#Glen McCready

[the-silver-swan]

EDIT: @timethehobo clarified that Glen McCready is Zevlor's voice actor, as stated on McCready's twitter profile! I'm so appreciative for the information, and wanted to put that right up front so everyone can easily find that info if they see this post.

WHO. IS. ZEVLOR'S. VOICE ACTOR. Is it Simon Templeman, for sure? Is it someone else? Why isn't he credited? He's such an important character in the first half of the games, and his voice work is so GOOD.

Seriously. I'm pretty sure it's Simon Templeman, but the thought of misattributing such an amazing performance is haunting me. Zevlor is a lovely, complicated, and compelling character, and his amazing voice actor is 1000% responsible.

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #zevlor #bg3 zevlor #voice acting

[cinnasalmon]

We do not deserve Glen McCready he is the best most purest person in this world

#i just know these cameos are gonna be SO GOOD #zevlor #bg3 zevlor

[biguns60plus]

This is the list I have accumulated from Pastor Bob Joyce as Elvis. He has told us quite a few who are alive. There are supposed to be over 900 so this list is still short.

Alive & faked death

Elvis

Bruce & Brandon Lee

MichaelJackson

Princess Diana

JFKennedy Jr

his wife Caroline

her sister Lauren

Nicole Brown Simpson is Megan Kelly

Tupac

Prince

Glen Campbell

John Denver

Carpenters

Bee Gees

Selena

Freddie Mercury

Marilyn Monroe

Isaac Kappy

Patrick Kennedy

Arabella Kennedy

Robin Williams

John Lennon

Yoko Ono

Joan Rivers

Kurt Cobain

Pres. J.F.Kennedy Sr

Kobe Bryant & daughter

Corey Haim

Jimmy Hendrix

Paul Walker

Bob Marley

Biggey

Chris Farley

Whitney Houston & daughter

Roddy Pipers

Dick Clark

Peter Jennings

Rush Limbaugh -Jim Morrison

Richard Beland

Luther Vandross

Dale Earnhardt

Johnny Cash

Shirley Temple

Janis Joplin

Big Bopper

Buddy Holly

Hank Williams

James Dean

Dennis Wilson

Natalie Wood

Ron McKerman

John Bonham

Heath Ledger

Brittany Murphy

Patrick Swayze

Debbie Reynolds

Annette Funicello

Joe Cocker

Lynn Anderson

Dudley Moore

Ashley Babbitt

Anna Nicole Smith

Elvis brother Jesse

Amy Weinhouse

Jon Benet Ramsey

Heather Rourke

George Michael

Elizabeth Montgomery

7 NASA astronauts

Seth Rich

Marty Fieldman

John Ritter

Sonny Bono

Jeffery Epstein

Mindy McCready

Erin Moran

River Phoenix

Penny Marshall

Donna Summers

Dana Pluto

Andre the Giant

Kenny Rogers

Michael Landon

Theresa Saldana

Bill Paxton

David Canary

Mary Tyler Moore,

Dudley Moore,

Princess Grace Kelly,

Steve McQueen,

John Candy,

Kate Spade,

Mama Cass Elliot,

Michael hutchence,

paula Yates,

Jackie O

George Carlin

Anthony Bourdain

Phillip Seymour Hoffman

Andrew Breitbart

Chris Liddell

Stevie Ray Vaughn

Tom Petty

Lucille Ball

Martin Luther King Jr

Brian Wilson

Chef Anthony B

Davey Jones

Chester Bennington

Chris Cornell

Erin Moran

Florence Henderson

Layne Stanley

Ricky Hendrix

Robert Trump (DJT) brother Patty Duke

Judge Scalia

Paul Newman

Donna Summer

Keith Moon

Mac Miller

Edyie Gorme

Tony Snow-GWBush press sec Brad Nowell

Caleb Logan

Conway Twitty

Keith Wheatley

Teena Marie

Rick James

Frank Zappa

Mickey Mantle

June Cash

Seal Team 6

Peter ? Tv commentator

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[danbenzvi]

Just listened to: “Doctor Who: The End Of The Beginning”

The Universe is in a state of crisis, facing destruction from the results of a strange spatio-temporal event. And the Doctor is involved in three different incarnations - each caught up in a deadly adventure, scattered across time and space.

The whole of creation is threatened - and someone is hunting the Doctor. The three incarnations of the Doctor must join together to confront their implacable pursuer - but in doing so will they unleash a still greater threat?

Starring Peter Davison as The Fifth Doctor, Colin Baker as The Sixth Doctor, Sylvester McCoy as The Seventh Doctor and Paul McGann as The Eighth Doctor.

Also starring Mark Strickson as Vislor Turlough, Miranda Raison as Constance Clarke and India Fisher as Charlotte “Charley” Pollard.

Guest starring Robyn Holdaway as Calypso Jonze, Kieran Bew as Dwayne Pherber, Tim Faulkner as Highgate, Richard Goulding as John Quarrington, Youssef Kerkour as Ibrahim, Glen McCready as El Zeddo, Kevin McNally as Vakrass and David Schofield as Gostak. 

Written by Robert Valentine.

#big finish #doctor who #the end of the beginning #the fifth doctor #the sixth doctor #the seventh doctor #the eighth doctor #vislor turlough #constance clarke #charlotte pollard #peter davison #colin baker #sylvester mccoy #paul mcgann #mark strickson #miranda raison #india fisher #robyn holdaway #kieran bew #tim faulkner #richard goulding #youssef kerkour #glen mccready #kevin mcnally #david schofield #robert valentine

[ivycovehq]

welcome to ivy cove, Mona! we can’t wait to meet Gamora, Leela, Lara Croft, Daisy Jones, Maeve Wiley and Mindy McCready. please make sure you read through the checklist and send in your account within 24 hours

( mona, she/her, 29, mst ) woah! was that GAMORA ZEN WHOBERI BEN TITAN walking down main street? i heard they’re not actually from ivy cove but come from MARVEL. they’re 33 and live in CORDOVA GROVE, but watch out because they can be STANDOFFISH + AGGRESSIVE but are actually CONFIDENT + TENACIOUS. despite them HAVING memories, you’ll always think of  ROAD TO RECOVERY, RESTING BITCH FACE, PUNS AT INAPPROPRIATE TIMES when imagining them. / nathalie emmanuel, she/her

( mona, she/her, 29, mst ) woah! was that TURANGA LEELA walking down main street? i heard they’re not actually from ivy cove but come from FUTURAMA they’re 30 and live in FULTON PARK, but watch out because they can be CONTRADICTING + OBSESSIVE but are actually PRAGMATIC + HEADSTRONG. despite them NOT HAVING memories, you’ll always think of NOT YOUR DAMSEL IN DISTRESS, FEELING LIKE YOU DON’T BELONG ANYWHERE, FORCING YOUR INDEPENDENCE EVERYWHERE when imagining them. / melissa barrera, she/her

( mona, she/her, 29, mst ) woah! was that LARA CROFT walking down main street? i heard they’re not actually from ivy cove but come from TOMB RAIDER they’re 25 and live in GLEN OAK HEIGHTS, but watch out because they can be STUBBORN + SECRETIVE but are actually COURAGEOUS + RESOURCEFUL. despite them HAVING memories, you’ll always think of THE THRILL OF ADVENTURE, DIRT UNDER YOUR FINGERNAILS, A BOW SLUNG OVER YOUR SHOULDER when imagining them. / alicia vikander, she/her

( mona, she/her, 29, mst ) woah! was that DAISY JONES walking down main street? i heard they’re not actually from ivy cove but come from DAISY JONES AND THE SIX they’re 25 and live in SHOREGRAZE RIDGE, but watch out because they can be ADDICTIVE + UNRELIABLE but are actually SPONTANEOUS + PASSIONATE. despite them NOT HAVING memories, you’ll always think of GETTING UP TO NO GOOD, BAREFOOT WALKS, SINGING YOUR HEART OUT when imagining them. / riley keough, she/her

( mona, she/her, 29, mst ) woah! was that MAEVE WILEY walking down main street? i heard they’re not actually from ivy cove but come from SEX EDUCATION they’re 22 and live in FULTON PARK, but watch out because they can be STUBBORN + PESSIMISTIC but are actually INTELLIGENT + INDEPENDENT. despite them NOT HAVING memories, you’ll always think of CHIPPED NAIL POLISH, WORN OUT BOOKS, LINGERING MOMMY ISSUES when imagining them. / emma mackey, she/her

( mona, she/her, 29, mst ) woah! was that MINDY MCCREADY walking down main street? i heard they’re not actually from ivy cove but come from KICK-ASS they’re 21 and live in RADIAN HILLS, but watch out because they can be UNFILTERED + AGGRESSIVE but are actually HUMOROUS + DEPENDABLE. despite them HAVING memories, you’ll always think of POLLY POCKET MEETS RAMBO, THE PERFECT COMEBACK, A SLOW EXHALE BEFORE COMBAT when imagining them. / sabrina carpenter, she/her

#multifandom rp #marvel rp #superhero rp #tomb raider rp #ivycoveaccepted

[tindogpodcast]

TDP 1070: Missy Series 03: Missy and the Monk from @Bigfinish

Missy... no longer alone, unleashed and unfettered! She's stuck with a Meddling Monk, in a TARDIS that won't fly without both pilots.

It's a partnership neither one wants - the Monk thinks Missy wants him dead. Whereas, Missy thinks the Monk is annoying. And wants him dead.

The two Time Lords must learn to live together, or die trying...

3.1 Body and Soulless by James Goss

Stuck with a co-pilot, Missy has taken extreme measures. After all, she only needs the Monk’s brain to fly his TARDIS. But when Missy and the bodiless Monk end up on different sides of a planetary war, they may need one another to survive...

3.2 War Seed by Johnny Candon

Missy takes the Monk to Earth to make a point – she can be nice if she wants. In fact, she can save the planet! While the Monk tries to charm the corporate sharks, Missy makes them a better offer. To supply the ultimate warrior, created in the ultimate war...

3.3 Two Monks, One Mistress by James Kettle

On the trail of some weapons-grade plutonium, Missy and the Monk visit Renaissance Italy and the house of an elderly Borgia. But someone else is en route to the Tuscan villa with designs on the old man’s treasures. Someone the Monk will soon know very well...

Michelle Gomez (Missy)

Rufus Hound (The Meddling Monk)

Gemma Whelan (The Meddling Nun)

Sheena Bhattessa (Francesca)

Samuel Collings (The Seed)

Anjella MacKintosh (Soldier 2/VAD Soldier/Medic)

Glen McCready (Kalvor Commander/Aztec Priest)

Lynsey Murrell (Anastasia Temple)

Tania Rodrigues (Prime)

James Smillie (Alfredo)

John Telfer (Richard Temple)

Ashley Zhangazha (Gasher)

  A new Tin Dog Podcast

[greensparty]

Album Reviews: Eddie Vedder / The Clash

This week I got to review not one but two reissue albums this week:

Eddie Vedder Ukulele Songs vinyl reissue

Earlier this year I was lucky enough to review the latest studio album from Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder, Earthling. In addition to PJ’s excellent 2020 album Gigaton (read my review here), each member has been doing some cool extra-curricular activities in recent years, i.e. Mike McCready’s soundtrack work and his photography (read my book review of his book Of Potato Heads and Polaroids), Stone Gossard’s label Loosegroove Records (who recently reissued The Living’s album 1982), Matt Cameron’s solo album Cavedweller, and bassist Jeff Ament’s recent solo album I Should Be Outside. For some PJ would be more than enough, but Vedder has always been super prolific: he was a part of the supergroup Temple of the Dog (their 1991 album is one of my all time favorites), he’s contributed to tons of movie soundtracks (way too many to list here), and he’s even acted (as a member of Citizen Dick in Singles and as a singer on the Twin Peaks revival). With Vedder’s solo album Earthling and the current PJ tour, it is a big deal that earlier this month UMe re-released his 2011 solo album Ukulele Songs on vinyl.

2022 reissue

Released in 2011, Vedder’s second solo album was made up of songs he wrote on the ukulele. It is by no means Vedder’s best solo album (that would be Earthling), but it is a fascinating left turn. I actually kind of wish more musicians would take a chance like this: make an entire album with an instrument they are not used to recording with. It is a test of a musician / songwriter to ask “can you still record a great song with an instrument you’re not used to?”. The album is solid and it’s full of standards as well as duets with the likes of Glen Hansard and Cat Power (both of whom have collaborated with Vedder previously). As we’re appreciating PJ’s current tour and Vedder’s current solo album, let’s appreciate this horse of a different color in Vedder’s discography!

For info on Ukulele Songs: https://shop.pearljam.com/products/2022-eddie-vedder-ukulele-songs-deluxe-vinyl

4 out of 5 stars

The Clash Combat Rock / The People’s Hall Special Edition

In 2019, when I did my Top 5 Clash Albums of All Time, I ranked their 1982 album Combat Rock at #5. The 5th and best-selling album by The Clash was released in May 1982. It’s surprising that this is the band’s biggest selling (double platinum in the U.S.), because I rarely hear people talk about it the way they do London Calling, Sandanista, or Give ‘Em Enough Rope, or even The Clash for that matter. On the other hand, it does contain some of the band’s biggest hits: “Rock the Casbah”, “Should I Stay or Should I Go”, and “Know Your Rights”. The album even features a guest appearance from Allen Ginsberg. I wouldn’t call this my favorite Clash album (although their lesser albums are better than some bands’ best), but it’s definitely their most mainstream! On this blog, I have been lucky enough to review Clash leader Joe Strummer’s solo compilations Joe Strummer 001 and Assembly. I am truly thrilled to get the chance to review the 40th anniversary re-release of Combat Rock, which features the triple-sided The People’s Hall, a collection of unreleased tracks from the Combat Rock era. Legacy Recordings recently released this on vinyl and CD this past week.

2022 vinyl reissue

I got to review the vinyl. Sides 1 and 2 are Combat Rock, which still sounds as great as ever. It was never a bad album, it just has to live up to such an already strong discography by this point in the band’s career. But it is impressive. There is the group’s trademark politically-charged punk, but there was also elements of new wave, funk, reggae, and early rap coming up. Sides 3, 4 and 5 are The People’s Hall, which is twelve tracks of rare, never-released and early versions of Combat Rock tracks. I won’t say that this collection is For Fans Only, but I will say that hardcore Clash fans are going to be a lot more thrilled than casual listener. For me (I’m not a super-fan, but definitely a fan), this vinyl collection (which includes a pull-out poster) is truly an awesome tribute to this legendary band! A few more listens and Combat Rock is going to move up the list of my Top 5 Clash Albums!

For info on Combat Rock / The People’s Hall Special Edition: https://www.legacyrecordings.com/releases/combat-rock-the-peoples-hall/

4.5 out of 5 stars

#album review #reissue albums #eddie vedder #the clash #music nerd

[krispyweiss]

Former New York Doll Sylvain Sylvain Dead at 69

Former New York Dolls rhythm guitarist Sylvain Sylvain died Jan. 13 after fighting cancer, his wife, Wanda O’Kelley Mizrahi, said on Facebook.

“While we grieve his loss, we know that he is finally at peace and out of pain,” she wrote. “Please crank up his music, light a candle, say a prayer and let’s send this beautiful Doll on his way.”

Sylvain was 69.

Now the last surviving member of the original lineup, Dolls frontman David Johansen called Sylvain “my best friend for so many years” and recalled their first meeting in a rehearsal space in New York.

“I instantly loved him,” Johansen, aka Buster Poindexter, wrote on Facebook. “I’m gonna miss you, old pal. I’ll keep the home fires burning.”

The Dolls formed in 1971 and released their self-titled, Todd Rundgren-produced debut in ‘73. The New York Dolls represented a glam-to-punk bridge that inspired more musicians than record sales.

“I idolized the New York Dolls as a kid ... the(y) were like superheroes to me,” William DuVall wrote on Facebook. Meanwhile, the Waterboys’ Mike Scott tweeted: “Travel on well, Sylvain Sylvain, you all-time-great rock-and-roller.”

The Dolls, whom Mike McCready called “heroes to my heroes,” recorded a followup LP, Too Much, Too Soon, in ’74. But the band dissolved by ’76 as punk was emerging.

Writing on Twitter, the Sex Pistols’ Glen Matlock lamented “the sad news ... that Sylvain Sylvain has left the building” and a “speechless” Kathy Valentine said: “No, no, no, no. It's too much.”

Steven Van Zandt said the former Doll “lives forever in the Underground Garage,” a reference to his radio show.

“Great, great guy. Very talented. Underrated. Always welcoming positive energy,” the E Streeter wrote on Facebook.

After working on various other projects apart and together, Johansen and Sylvain launched a 21st-century version of the Dolls. Aaron Lee Tasjan was one of the players who passed through the group and he remembered his friend and former bandmate as, “pure rock ‘n’ roll poetry in motion.

“He said I should change my name to Aaron Lee Aaron,” he tweeted. “I already miss you, brother!”

1/15/21

#sylvain sylvain #new york dolls #david johansen #buster poindexter #johnny thunders #jerry nolan #todd rundgren #little steven’s underground garage #steven van zandt #bruce springsteen and the e street band #aaron lee tasjan #mike mccready #pearl jam #the go go's #kathy valentine #william duvall #the waterboys #mike scott #glen matlock #the sex pistols

[takadasaiko]

Love Me Twice: Chapter Three

FFN II AO3

Chapter Summary: Red discovers that Tom is missing and tracks him down to St Regis while Tom looks for any answers he can find.

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Chapter Three

No one met him at the door. Not Benny, the guard who was always looking for his first chance to grab a morning smoke or Lomay who you could set a clock by the last weeks. Reddington risked a glance back at Dembe only to find the younger man brushing past him and taking the lead. It was clear something was off, even if he didn't have his gun drawn yet.

That changed for both of them as soon as they rounded into the hallway to see a figure laid out, white sheet covering him. They moved with a synchronicity that spoke of their years working together, Red clearing the rest of the hall and pressing the up button on the elevator at the other end before moving past to where Dembe had his cell phone pressed to his ear. "Dr Lomay isn't answering and Dr Chen's phone rolls straight to voicemail."

"Elizabeth," Reddington breathed, her name rolling off his tongue with no small amount of desperation in it. If she'd been saved only to lose her here, he didn't think he could bear it. Not again.

Dembe cleared the stairwell, Red following at his heels, and then to the second floor hallway once they reached it. It was there that any restraint dissipated and the Concierge of Crime tore past him with the single goal of reaching Elizabeth's room. The door stood slightly ajar, movement barely visible, and he swung into the room with his gun raised. Melissa Lomay let out a startled sound and dropped the bag of fluids she'd been replacing on Elizabeth's IV rack.

Reddington instantly lowered his weapon. "Why didn't you answer your phone?"

"I've been a little busy," the doctor snapped, reaching to check the bag. Once she was convinced it was undamaged, she continued replacing the depleted one.

"What happened?"

She shot him a look, but answered. "Best I can tell Mr Keen finally had enough of the secrets."

"What?"

"He's gone. Daniel has a concussion from where Keen attacked him in the stairwell and Benny, as I'm sure you saw, is dead. His gun is missing."

"And Elizabeth?"

"Slept through it all."

Red finally loosed a breath, but turned a sharp glare on the doctor half a second later. "He was supposed to be sedated."

"He was. Steadily. Apparently he found a way around that on top of the typical limitations of someone with injuries like his. It was a move of a desperate man. We warned you that what you were attempting with Andrei was -"

"Yes, you've said as much," Reddington grumbled, waving her off. That was neither here nor there at this point. The key was finding Tom before he hurt himself further. Red had seen the blood stains against the wall like a man trying to keep himself on his feet as he stumbled towards the door. He just hadn't known it was Elizabeth's husband that had left them there.

"I have the footage," Dembe said from behind and Red turned. He hadn't even heard him leave.

He took the offered tablet and watched the four squares of recorded footage. Tom making his way down the hall from his room to Elizabeth's and then out again just a handful of moments later. The second box showed him exiting into the hallway below and the third box showing him stumbling into the street just outside of the building, a phone pressed to his ear. Chen's, Reddington suspected. It was likely in pieces now and impossible to trace. The last box showed a steady stream of the back alley, Tom never making it around that way.

"Get this footage to Glen. Have him trace Tom's path."

"Of course."

"If we don't find him soon, we won't find him at all."

                                                       --------

He thought he remembered someone ushering him into a car. Someone greeting him by name, hands on him to guide him, and then stretches of nothing. He thought he might have woken up here and there, but it was all interwoven with shadows of faces he couldn't quite see and voices he couldn't quite hear. There was one that was a little louder, a little more clear, and she called his name even if it wasn't Jacob. Somehow he knew it was his name, but even she faded eventually.

By the time Jacob's eyes slid open again, the sound of medical equipment all around, the dreams were gone. He knew he'd had them, but they were lost to the fog of his mind. Everything was by the time he pried his eyes open again.

"Welcome back, Mr Phelps."

"Hank," Jacob croaked, his throat dry and scratchy as he looked up at a familiar face. Hank Rogers had been over St Regis' medical facilities since before even Jacob had arrived years before. The man had patched him up more times than he could remember and if his surroundings were anything to go by he'd done it yet again. "What happened?"

There was a moment of hesitation and a flash of uncertainty. "You called for… an extraction. Do you remember what happened?"

Jacob grimaced and forced himself to think through the pain medication. "I woke up in this building."

"A hospital?"

"Sort of. Not public. I think they told me I'd been working a job, but I can't remember. Everything's fuzzy." He turned blue eyes to meet a set of dark brown. "Was I working a job? Hell, Bud's gonna kill me. How bad did I botch it?"

Hank's bushy brows drew together and the corners of his lips dipped low in a frown. "Let's worry about getting you well before we worry about… that, shall we?"

The door behind him slid open and Jacob struggled to see who was making their way in.

"He needs to rest," Hank greeted the person and finally shifted enough for Jacob to see Gina Zanetakos.

"How is he?"

"Confused, just like you said," the doctor murmured very softly, but not so much that Jacob couldn't make the words out.

"I'm right here," he grumbled and Gina's gaze snapped to meet his.

"What happened?" Her tone was strange. Cautious. Like she was waiting for him to take the lead so she knew which direction to lean.

"I don't know."

"You said you lost time."

"Yeah."

"How much?"

"I don't know."

"There's a lot you don't know."

"Gina," Hank snapped softly and turned his attention back to Jacob. "What year is it?"

A memory flashed through the fog. "The doctors that were holding me kept asking me the same thing."

Gina crossed her arms across her chest, impatience written in every line of her pretty features. "Did you give them an answer or jerk them around too?"

"'08," Jacob growled, matching her level of irritation, but just like that hers vanished and was replaced with surprise.

"2008?"

"No. Nineteen. Of course two-thousand."

"Jacob, look at me," Hank instructed, but as Jacob did he didn't like the older man's expression. "It's 2017. December."

Even with the firm mattress of the bed beneath him, Jacob felt his world shift. "What?"

"Two-thousand-seventeen," Gina stressed. Hank shot her a warning look.

"No. No… that's not…"

"It's alright," Hank promised, his voice soothing. "We did a pretty thorough exam when you came in, but we'll get to the bottom of this." He reached over to one of the many machines off to the side and Jacob heard a familiar woosh. Great. He'd made it out, made it back to St Regis, but nothing had changed. No answers and medication. Apparently that was everyone's answer to everything, he thought bitterly as he slipped under again.

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"You said there was no sign of head trauma," Gina growled as she blew through the door to her office. McCready's old office. The one she'd taken over after she'd put a bullet in his chest to save Jacob's life. Thankless bastard.

"We're still running tests," Rogers said, his tone holding a calculated level of patience. "Right now he needs rest. If he's staying, that is."

Gina turned and shot him an irritated look. "Find out what happened, how much time he's lost, and if he'll get it back." There was a stretch of silence and she could practically feel the disapproval rolling off of him even if the doctor kept his expression even. He would have made a fair operative if that had been the path he had chosen. He was also one of the only people left on the St Regis campus that survived her restructuring after she had taken McCready's place. He had earned it and he'd proven loyal, but he'd always been much more loyal to the individual operatives in his care than the institute on whole. "What?"

"May I speak freely?"

"Won't you anyway?"

A soft sound might have been a chuckle if not for the frown that had finally broken through. "I see what you're thinking."

"Do you now?"

"And I know how close you two were. I'm sure you've missed him -" she snorted at the statement and he shot her a pointed look - "even if you won't admit it. But Jacob made his choice, even if you and I are the only ones left here that remember it."

"A choice The Major put a price on his head for. Are you suggesting I finish it?"

"I'm suggesting you get word to his wife."

"She's a fed."

"She's his wife. Not a mark, not a job. A woman that, of all people, Jacob Phelps broke ranks for. She must be special."

Gina's gaze swept over him, taking every inch of his expression in. He was good. Careful. He didn't push on things unless he felt it down to his soul. On most days she found a strange sort of respect in that. Not today.

She leaned in, her words enunciated as she spoke. "I don't care."

"And if he remembers?"

"Find out if he will."

"And if he doesn't, what? You'll just keep him here?"

She shrugged, idly picking up a paperweight from her desk. "If he doesn't, he'll make us a lot of money just like he did before."

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Glen Carter was one of the more obnoxious individuals that Red had ever come across. The man riled him up for sport, jerking him around with his pathological lies and wild excuses, but in the end he was still the most talented tracker that Reddington knew.

He had uncovered footage of a man that had parked a block down from the building that Red had been using to keep the Keens safely hidden away. The man had gotten out and moved out of the camera's line of sight, but when he returned he was supporting a familiar figure all the way to the passenger's side.

The camera had only caught one usable angle of their mystery man, Glen had argued, and that's why it had taken time. Even so, nearly two weeks after Tom had managed his messy escape - and Reddington had moved Elizabeth, not willing to risk underestimating him again - Glen had found the location of the man that had picked him up. Not Tom himself, but it was a start.

Brimley was sitting in a chair outside of a closed door when Reddington arrived, breathing deeply from his oxygen tank, and his focus on the task was absolute.

"Has he given you a location yet?"

Brimley took one more long breath before removing the mask from his nose and mouth. "Took some work, but training only takes ya so far. Hit just the right nerve and he sang like my Aunt Myrtle's yellow canary."

"And?" Red pressed, an uncomfortable feeling tightening his chest at the look he received.

"He's ready for you. Switch is on the right."

Reddington gave him a brief, terse nod before moving into the room. It was quiet inside - eerily so - and pitch black so that the light from outside the door flooded in like a tidal wave, leaving the hunched figure in the corner curling in on himself a little more. Reddington reached over without looking, and even he had to wince as the lights snapped on at top voltage.

Their man - Eric Sneider seemed to be the final consensus, though the man appeared to have his pick of names he chose from on a regular basis - yelped at the sudden illumination. It was a wonder. Teddy had had him five hours at the most. How he did it, Red would never know.

Nor did he care right then.

He moved towards the trembling man, his steps slow and deliberate, and he made sure that the legs of the metal chair scraped loudly across the concrete floor as he pulled it towards him and took a seat. "Mr Sneider. Do you know who I am?"

The man finally uncurled just a little from his ball of fear to turn wide, red-rimmed eyes on him. His jaw dropped a little. "You're Raymond Reddington," he managed, a sense of awe in his tone.

"Yes."

"What do you want with me?"

"Tom Keen."

"I… I don't know who that is."

Red tilted his head to the side, considering. No. He wouldn't, would he. "Jacob Phelps then."

Sneider flinched back. "I don't—"

"I would think long and hard before lying to me, Mr Sneider."

"I can't. She'll kill me if I talk. "

"And I'll kill you if you don't, though I'd say I pose the more immediate threat," Red said as he pulled his gun from the holster and placed it on his knee.

"He… called in an extraction."

"Who did he contact? Who sent you?"

"St Regis." The confession was small, whispered and trembling. Reddington sat for a long moment. It made sense. Tom had asked for a phone and wanted to contact the Major several times after the failed memory procedure. And why wouldn't he? His mind was trapped back in 2008. A time long before he'd left the organization. Long before he'd considered it an option.

"That's it. I swear," Sneider half sobbed and Reddington turned his nose up.

"You're going to put me in touch with the person that gave you the order to come for him."

He held the other man's gaze for a long moment before he received a slow nod of confirmation.

                                                      --------

He was going stir crazy. After being drugged into a stupor and held hostage only to break out and make his way back, Hank had all but locked him in the medical ward and demanded bed rest. Jacob had complied, grumbling the whole way, and he certainly would never admit to feeling better for it. The pain had lessened, his strength was coming back in spurts, and even the knife wound in his side that he'd managed to reopen in his escape was finally starting to show real signs of healing. It was slow going - much slower than he was accustomed to - but Hank had reminded him that the body at thirty-three didn't bounce back quite as quickly as one did at twenty-three. Even if he didn't remember getting to those limits, he'd have to respect them if he was going to make a full recovery.

They still didn't know why he was missing time. Hank had put him through a gauntlet of tests and no head trauma was evident. The stab wounds and gunshot to the shoulder seemed to be the worst of it, but hardly explained anything. What was worse, Hank seemed hesitant to give him any details about what he was missing. Jobs taken, injuries dealt out. Jacob has scars from injuries he couldn't remember, and each time he tried to ask the old surgeon about it Hank sidestepped the answer.

That led him to where he was.

Bud's office door stood large and imposing. Operatives didn't just invite themselves over to it, or at least normal operatives. Jacob has never been normal and he'd never been good at waiting for answers. He wrapped his knuckles against the door hard.

There was a stretch of silence before shuffling and finally the door was opened by an irritated Gina from the other side. She stared at him, surprised, and Jacob was pretty sure he had at least one answer. "He's dead, isn't he?"

"What are you doing here? Rogers said you should—"

"Rest. Yeah. Been doing alot of that. You gonna let me in or leave me hanging in the hallway?"

Gina's lips twitched down but she stepped back, clearing the way for him to enter. The room was different. Same desk - damn thing was so large that it might have been more trouble than it was worth to move - but other than that there was nothing left of Bud. From the books to the type of liquor set up on the shelf. He'd been gone a while.

"How long?"

She knew what he was asking. "Best anyone can guess, a couple years."

"How?"

Gina shrugged, turning back to her desk and the files that were piled there. "We don't know. The body has never been found. I went with him for an op he wanted to oversee himself, but he never showed at the rendezvous. There was nothing after that."

"Bud wouldn't have gone down without a fight."

"One he must have lost. It was bound to happen. He had several close calls towards the end. Reddington, the Germans…" She was watching him now, almost like she expected it to jog a memory. Jacob has nothing and she turned back to her paperwork. "Bastard left me to clean everything up."

"Why didn't I help?"

"You do. You will. You've always belonged in the field."

"So do you."

"I've done alright here." She paused, that honey brown gaze sweeping him up and down. "Sit."

"That obvious?" Jacob chuckled, sliding into one of the plusher seats in the room. The walk over to her office had tired him out more than he cared to admit. "I need some answers, Gina."

"I don't know what happened to your memories."

"But you know what job I was working. Maybe if I could retrace my steps I could—"

"Why?"

Jacob blinked hard. "Because I've lost ten years."

"And you may never get them back. Best we can hope for is to get you back to work - back to normal - and who knows? Maybe something will click back into place."

There was something in her tone, in the way she brushed it off. He couldn't quite put his finger on it. Gina had always barreled ahead. She preferred it to looking back and it was one of the reasons they'd worked so well together for so many years, but it was all those years that he'd known her that made him think something was off.

She stood, drawing his attention, and he knew the look she was wearing. That little half smile and the way she held his gaze. She leaned down, hands on either armrest so that she pinned him into his spot in the chair, and she pressed her lips against his. Like her words, there was something strange about the kiss, but his need to feel something that was familiar won out and he reached up to pull her in deeper. He felt her smile into the kiss, settling down into his lap with one arm shaking behind him.

A loud, sharp ringtone shattered the moment and she let out a frustrated growl as she stood back to her feet. "I have to get that. There's an op in Hong Kong that we need to go well."

"You owe me some stories," Jacob said, his voice rough.

"As soon as I finish with this."

It was a dismissal if he had ever heard one, but as Jacob eased himself out of the chair and towards the door, he focused on the fact that he'd received at least one answer. The others would come… or they wouldn't. At least he'd made it home.

                                                      --------

The phone rang again and again, leaving Reddington to shoot his terrified hostage an exasperated look. If he'd been foolish enough to give him the wrong number, no one would be happy by the end of this.

Then it connected, but no one said a word. Well, she had learned her craft from Bill McCready, and the man had always been a fan of having more information than he gave away. Ah well. Reddington had found confidence often made up for what he lacked in concrete information.

"Gina. Raymond Reddington. I hear you found someone I'm looking for."

There was another bout of silence before a snort that might have been a laugh. "So that's where Sneider went."

"It is."

He could almost hear her lean back against some oversized desk and do everything she could to show a man that couldn't see her just how unruffled she really was. "What do you want?"

"A truce."

"I'm not at war with you."

"No, but your former employer was deeply in my debt. So often when a parent dies the children are saddled with all the promises that they couldn't fulfill."

"I'm doing just fine."

"So I hear. Old and new ops alike flourishing and intel coming in from all over the world, I'd imagine, but you and I both know that you will makethe operative of your choosing if I hire them."

"And in return you want Jacob?" she chuckled. "The highest earning operative that this organization has ever had… for what? One job? Anyone can see it's a bad business deal."

Red felt the small muscles in his cheek twitch with irritation. "You may try to make this about the money, Gina, but we are both well aware that it's not. It's the same reason that you took the fall for him in the Angel Station assassination, the same reason you hired him on when he came running to you after Bill put out a burn notice, and the same reason you put a bullet in McCready just a few weeks later: you can't let him go."

"He came back."

"Because he can't remember what he has here."

"And you think you can fix that? Give your pet fed her precious Tom Keen back?"

"I have the resources. The connections to give him a chance. If you truly care for him, Gina, you'll give me the chance to try."

There was a long, tense moment before: "He's made his choice."

And that was it. The line went dead and Reddington was left holding the phone, the truth oppressively heavy in the air around him. Tom was gone. Even with all of his resources, he needed Gina's help now that the younger man was hidden behind St Regis' wall of protection and she had made it clear that he wouldn't get that help.

"What are you going to tell Elizabeth when she wakes up?" Dembe asked softly from behind as Reddington snapped the flip phone shut with more force than was warranted.

"The truth," he breathed after a moment. "Her husband is dead."

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TBC

Notes: And so it's set. We're about to jump ahead to present day (aka, just after the S7 finale) in the next chapter and things are about to start ramping up. I hope you guys are still enjoying the story. Please feel free to drop a comment and let me know :D

Next Time: An op pits Jacob against an old enemy, but when a client will only take the best, Gina volunteers him for the job.

#the blacklist #blacklist fanfiction #Tom Keen #Raymond Reddington #Dembe Zuma #Gina Zanetakos

[vintage1981]

Space:1999 Re-imagined by Big Finish Productions!

Limited Special Edition Available to Pre-order Now!

Space: 1999 - the iconic Gerry & Sylvia Anderson series is back, reimagined for audio, and you are one of the first people in the world to know about it!

A feature-length version of Breakaway will be released this year on 13th September. The 3-disc set features the main story spread over two discs, with a feature-length documentary on the making of the story on the third disc.

In addition to the standard edition from Big Finish, a limited special edition of 500 copies worldwide, will be available exclusively from the Gerry Anderson Store. The special edition consists of:

3-disc box set of Space: 1999 Breakaway;

Special edition slipcase;

Exclusive 'Gerry Anderson Photo Archive' booklet featuring specially curated images from Gerry Anderson's personal archive;

A downloadable special feature featuring previously unheard interview material with Gerry Anderson;

A downloadable version of the full set over at BigFinish.com.

This special version is the same price as the standard edition, but with unique and limited-edition features. But with only 500 copies available worldwide we wanted to give you a head start. So, head over and grab one now!

Meet the cast (L to R) Glen McCready (Commander Gorsky/Paul Morrow/Alan Carter), Clive Hayward (Professor Victor Bergman), Susan Hingley (Sandra Benes/Alpha Computer/Sian Springer), Timothy Bentinck (Commissioner Simmons), Mark Bonnar (Commander John Koenig), Maria Teresa Creasey (Dr Helena Russell), Amaka Okafor (Dashka Kano).

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#Space: 1999 #Gerry Anderson #Sylvia Anderson #ITC #Big Finish Productions #audio drama #Victor Bergman #Sandra Benes #John Koenig #Helena Russell #Mark Bonnar #Marisa Teresa Creasey #Moonbase Alpha

[newcountryradio]

New country #1102 (661) van 6 december  2021  (wk 49) tussen 19.00 -22.00 op Smelne fm

Album van de week *Zephaniah OHora *Listening To The Music * last roundup records

 1.      Buck Owens    Love’s Gonna Live here                    *capitol

2.      Ferlin Husky    Wings of A Dove                   *capitol nashville  

3.    Stonewall Jackson   Waterloo/ BJ the DJ     *Master Tape Records 

4.      Creed Fisher       Life Of A Workin’ Man         * fishdog records  

5.      Brett Young         You Didn’t                             *bmlg  60

6.      Walker Hayes      AA                                         *monument           

7. Jason Aldean/Carrie Underwood --If I Didn’t Love You *capitol nash. #3

8. Dustin Lynch/ Mackenzie Porter   Thinking Bout’You     *broken bow   #2

9.  Zac Brown Band                Same Boat                               * BBR #1

10.  Zephaniah OHora         Heaven‘s On The Way  * last roundup records

11.  Zephaniah OHora           Black And Blue            * last roundup records

12.  Darling West                      Someone Like You    *jansen Records

13.  Glen Campbell                   Wichita Lineman      *capitol 1968

14.  Mindy McCready                Guys Do It All the Time  *mca nashvuille  

15.  Pistol Annies  If We Make It Through December * rca rec *favoriet    

16.  Alan Jackson          She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues *arista    

17.  Alan Jackson                      Chattahoochee      *arista          

18.  Josh Turner/Kris Kristofferson   Why Me      *mca nashville   *sofi

19.  Susto                                   Double Rainbow    *new west

20.  Garreth T Capps                 The Devil Inside      * vinyl ranch  

21.  Tami Neilson                      River                         *outside/V2

22.  Zephaniah OHora               It’s Not So Easy Today   * last roundup  

23.  Zephaniah OHora     When I’ve No More Tears To Cry* last roundup  

24.  Willie Nelson & family      I Saw The Light     *Legacy Recordings

25.  Alison Krauss/Robert Plant-   High And Lonesome   *warner music

26.  Taylor Swift                        I Bet You Think About Me   *republic 

27.  Molly Tuttle                       She’ll Change              *nonesuch

28.  Mose Wilson                      I Don’t Need You        *mose Wilson

29.  Re:  Joshua Ray Walker     Dallas Lights             *state fair records

 30.  Johnny Cash      All I Do is drive         *Columbia /legacy *trucksong

31.  Alan Jackson         Racing The Dark                    *arista  

32.  Buck Owens        Together Again                       *mercury

33.  Chris Stapleton    When I’m With You              *mercury *juweeltje

34.  Cory Keefe          Deeper Well                           *kdm records inc

35.  Mo Pitney            Country                                  *curb * (3 in 1)

36.  Chris Hillman      Bidin’ My Time                      Rounder * (3 in 1    

37.  Willie Nelson       Ride Me Back Home             *Legacy  (3 in 1)

38.  Zephaniah OHora        All American Singer              * last roundup  

39.  Zephaniah OHora        Listening To The Music         * last roundup 

40.  Billy Bray Band            Allnighter                              *pro4music

41.  Liselotte van Dooren  Learning To Dance In The Rain *hakze promo

42.  Nynke  Mc Yard          Strong enough                         *joleij

43.  Dallas Smith               Like a Man                             *604 records

44.  Joshua Ray Walker     See You next Time                *state fair records

Adres  Bauke van der vliet Samensteller/ presentator New Country Barten 30 8447 BS Heerenveen   ([email protected])

#playlist New Country #maandagavond smelne's country avond

[gamingpost]

Englischer Sprecher von Evil Genius 2 vorgestellt Mit Samantha Bond & Brian Blessed

Englischer Sprecher von Evil Genius 2 vorgestellt Mit Samantha Bond & Brian Blessed

Rebellion hat einige bekannte Sprecher aus “Evil Genius 2: World Domination” enthüllt, darunter Samantha Bond, Brian Blessed, Glen McCready und Rakie Ayola. Ein neuer Charakter-Trailer ist auch zu sehen. “Evil Genius 2: World Domination” wird am 30. März 2021 für den PC erscheinen. Source

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[danbenzvi]

Just listened to: “Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor and River Song”

The Doctor knows that River Song is a part of his future. A maddening, intriguing, but inevitable part.

Their lives are becoming inextricably intertwined, but in these early days – for the Doctor at least – they must navigate their relationship without too many spoilers.

Whatever her past, and the Doctor’s future, holds, River will make sure that he has fun untangling the mystery...

All stories starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Alex Kingston as Professor River Song.  All stories directed by Nicholas Briggs.

The first time the Doctor met River Song, he saw her die. And now she’s asking him on a date. Well, not a date, exactly... More of a mission.

But the Doctor isn’t at anyone’s beck and call. Or so he thinks. With billions of lives hanging in the balance, can the Doctor afford not to do whatever River wants? Whichever one of him she asks?

Special guest stars Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor and Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor.

Also starring Glen McCready as Borslav.  All other roles played by members of the cast.

When jewels become lethal in the London of 1912, both River and the Doctor turn up to find out why.

A mystery takes them centuries into the past, and onto the high seas, where a superstitious crew edges towards mutiny.

The star-crossed couple are about to find out that, while gemstones inspire jealousy, love can be the deadliest treasure of all...

Starring Barnaby Kay as Gerrard Pulman, Joe Jameson as Captain John Bickell, Joe Sims as Abe Porter and Anjli Mohindra as Omara.  All other roles played by members of the cast.

River and the Doctor meet on the most haunted planet in the galaxy. The Doctor’s not sure it’s an ideal date - until they discover a mystery.

Something is wrong with the ghosts. Something might even be killing them...

And as the Doctor and River investigate, the truth of what’s happening on the planet of ghosts may prove deadly for them both.

Starring Timothy Bentinck as Alfie, Mina Anwar as Betty, Emma Swan as Dell and Sam Benjamin as Ziggy.  All other roles played by members of the cast.

[Plus an additional disc of behind the scenes material.]

#doctor who #big finish #the tenth doctor #river song #david tennant #alex kingston #james goss #lizzie hopley #jonathan morris #glen mccready #barnaby kay #joe jameson #joe sims #anjli mohindra #timothy bentinck #mina anwar #emma swan #sam benjamin #nicholas briggs

[uacboo]

The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com

by: The Associated Press Updated: Oct 31, 2017 - 4:22 PM

1. The Rooster Bar by John Grisham, narrated by Ari Fliakos (Random House Audio)

2. Origin by Dan Brown, narrated by Paul Michael (Random House Audio)

3. The Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie Donlea, narrated by Nina Alvamar (Recorded Books)

4. The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by Glen McCready (Naxos AudioBooks)

5. The Lighthouse Keeper by Cynthia Ellingsen, narrated by Kate Rudd (Brilliance Audio)

6. Burnt Offerings: Valancourt 20th Century Classics by Robert Marasco, narrated by R.C. Bray (Blue Heron Audio)

7. Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate, narrated by Emily Rankin and Catherine Taber (Random House Audio)

8. It by Stephen King, narrated by Steven Weber (Simon & Schuster Audio)

9. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness, narrated by Jennifer Ikeda (Penguin Audio)

10. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, narrated by Wil Wheaton (Random House Audio)

(All that positive SM interaction by cast, crew, production and author are paying off.)

#a discovery of witches #audiobook #audible #deborahharkness #Jennifer Ikeda

[ericfruits]

A young Scottish pianist marries folk with jazz

IN SCOTLAND, between the Ochil Hills and the River Devon, lies Dollar. Etymologically, the town’s name is thought to have come from dol, a Pictish word for “field”, or doilleir, a Gaelic word meaning “dark and gloomy”. They rely on music here to lift the mist, as in settlements throughout Scotland’s rugged hinterland. The tunes are often traditional folk numbers, played on fiddles, the piano, the accordion and the clarsach (bagpipes) in cosy pubs. In short, Dollar is an unlikely home for a jazz talent.

Yet Fergus McCreadie, a 22-year-old, is leading a new generation of Scottish jazz musicians. He combines swing and syncopation with ambitious improvisation, and blends these jazz elements with the splendid melodies of the sort conjured by folk players. They have the ability to bring both laughter and tears to their listeners, Mr McCreadie says, and the splendour of folk songs lies in their simplicity and conviction.

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To some, Mr McCreadie thinks, jazz can sound “lame and twee”—or, worse still, “horrible and mental”. “Some jazz musicians are guilty of forgetting that the most important thing in music is the melody,” he reckons. These few notes are what people whistle on the way to work or hum in the shower, but in their pursuit of cleverness, jazz musicians can end up playing anguished cascades of notes that even they themselves do not appear to enjoy. His music is intended as a corrective, and he also hopes to capture the arresting topography of his home town. “You can take the guy out of the countryside,” he says, cringing slightly, “but you can’t take the countryside out of the guy.”

Mr McCreadie released “Turas” (Gaelic for “journey”), his debut album, in April 2018. Piano, drums and bass combine to transport listeners up crag and down misty glen, with musical flurries the like of blustery winds—one critic described it as “Erik Satie on Islay malt”. On “The Culearn Mill”, the first track, Mr McCreadie steadily builds his theme before unleashing animated solos. Many listeners would recognise the patient precision of Oscar Peterson, the “Maharaja of the keyboard”, and the airy sustain of Bill Evans; later songs demonstrate a harmonic experimentation akin to Keith Jarrett. Mr McCreadie explores the safe ground before leaping to far-away keys, a move that would sound a mess under a lesser talent. It is a technique that Tommy Smith, the founder of the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, describes as “virtuosic and high in emotional depth”.

His fellow bandmates are attentive in their accompaniment. Sensitive percussion mirrors the rise and fall of Mr McCreadie’s musical leadership, but confidently sets the pace of the album as it makes its way from ballads to up-tempo foot-tappers. Sometimes the bass carries the melody; sometimes it lingers in the background. Each track is characterised by an appealing groove.

The relative youth of the Scottish jazz scene may explain this experimentation. London and New York have a century of convention that musicians must learn and respect; Glasgow has only offered formal training in jazz for a decade. Mr McCreadie is a recent graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and is part of a community that is committed and open to new ideas and influences. They appreciate each other’s musicianship and share that joy with increasingly enthusiastic audiences. Indeed, Mr McCreadie plays as a sideman in two other Scottish combos, each at opposite ends of the jazz spectrum. In the rhythm section behind Matt Carmichael, a saxophonist, his style is more that of the time-honoured session player. In Graham Costello’s collective, Strata, anything goes—from discordant bashes of the keys to muted strings.

Now Mr McCreadie is almost ready to lay down a second album and, in preparation for recording, the musician will resume his countryside hermitage. Familiar sights and sounds will move his fingertips, and lead to a collection of new compositions mostly without names (he admits to having great difficulty finding titles for his tunes, and has even resorted to Google Maps for inspiration). In recent years jazz has fused with other genres, particularly techno and electronica; that it has incorporated some Gaelic cheer is pure barry.

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[greensparty]

Album Review: Eddie Vedder “Earthling”

Overshadowing Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder’s new solo album Earthling (which drops today in digital from Seattle Surf / Republic with the physical release due out July 29) is the insults going back and forth in the press between Vedder and Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx. After Vedder made a comment about the Crue, Sixx referred to Pearl Jam as “the most boring band in history”. All I can say is Sixx must’ve not seen the PJ live performances I saw in 2000 and 2018 (read my review of their 2017 concert documentary and live album Let’s Play Two and their 2018 Fenway Park concert review for further proof). I certainly hope this tiff doesn’t overshadow the powerful new work from Vedder.

album cover

In addition to PJ’s excellent 2020 album Gigaton (read my review here), each member has been doing some cool extra-curricular activities in recent years, i.e. Mike McCready’s soundtrack work and his photography (read my book review of his book Of Potato Heads and Polaroids), Stone Gossard’s label Loosegroove Records (who recently reissued The Living’s album 1982), Matt Cameron’s solo album Cavedweller, and bassist Jeff Ament’s recent solo album I Should Be Outside. For some PJ would be more than enough, but Vedder has always been super prolific: he was a part of the supergroup Temple of the Dog (their 1991 album is one of my all time favorites), he’s contributed to tons of movie soundtracks (way too many to list here), and he’s even acted (as a member of Citizen Dick in Singles and as a singer on the Twin Peaks revival). Vedder’s 2007 soundtrack to Into the Wild was his debut solo album and it’s one of my favorites of that year. His 2011 album Ukulele Songs was an entire album of songs he was performing with a ukulele. Last year he, along with Glen Hansard and Cat Power did the soundtrack to Flag Day, among the highlights was “My Father’s Daughter” featuring Vedder’s daughter Olivia.

Mr. Vedder and guitar. Photo by Danny Clinch.

For this newest solo album Earthling he recruited several musical friends including Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, former RHCP guitarist Josh Klinghoffer (he’s recently been a touring guitarist with PJ recently too), Jane’s Addiction bassist Chris Chaney, and guitarist Andrew Watt, who produced this album. There’s also appearances from Stevie Wonder, Sir Elton John and Sir Ringo Starr! The Ringo collaboration “Mrs. Mills” is one of the highlights. Vedder has done some Beatle covers in the past and this is his  Beatle-esque pop rocker that actually makes reference to Paul McCartney in a fun melodic way. This is easily Vedder’s best solo album yet! It definitely sounds like Vedder and some of the songs could fit on a PJ album, but it also has a different vibe to it, almost a Tom Petty vibe, which makes perfect sense since Benmont Tench of The Heartbreakers plays on multiple tracks. The Elton John duet “Picture” could easily fit onto an Elton John album too. But it feels like he’s putting his powerful voice to work here and reaching out to the masses about his worldview (his political activism comes up throughout) in 2022. I think Nikki Sixx may want to listen to this and realize there’s nothing boring at all about Mr. Vedder’s music!

For info on Eddie Vedder’s Earthling: https://eddievedder.lnk.to/EarthlingPR

4.5 out of 5 stars

#album review #eddie vedder #music nerd #Pearl Jam #chad smith #josh klinghoffer #chris chaney #andrew watt #stevie wonder #Elton John #Ringo Starr #benmont tench