#I really LOVED this entire interview

[icewindandboringhorror]

Just curious what the average level of personal investment in these sorts of things is. Like, how much do people usually get into silly stuff like this their friends ask of them? etc. etc. Which I know, only surveying a small sample on a very specific website means I'm not getting an exact average idea lol, but.. curious nonetheless .. Maybe reblog for bigger sample size but also this is not very serious at all/not worth a call to action gbhjbhjb

#which I know this could be context dependent like.. maybe you'd normally dress up but on a week that #you feel sick you wouldn't or etc. etc. - but I mean.. GENERALLY. in the most general average scenario #where you have the average amount of health and free time that you always do. etc. just based on your personality #and level of investment in these things - what on AVERAGE are you most inclined to do #also of course assume they communicate with you ahead of time and are not like planning a part last minute #like 'throw together costume in 5 hours and show up tonight randomly' or etc. I would hope that if we're going with the #AVERAGE of things - most people's friends have better communication skills than springing entire parties #on people last minute lol #assume you have like.. a few days-a week or so to prepare. however ealrly people usually start talking about #birthdays. In my experience it's usually one or two weeks ahead of time. Like 'oh next weekend' or 'oh two weeks from now' etc. #ANYWAY.. feeling a little Sick again of course but still trying to get some photos or something posted #AGAIN i promise I am not going to exlcusively post polls and ntohing else forever hgkjgnekj #I just really really love the ability to post polls and have always my whole life been obsessed with surveying people #I used to think I wanted to do that as a career somehow like.. be one of the people that does psychological interviews #or produce interview asessments for a company or etc. etc. I am always the one friend in the group thats giving out custom made #surveys or asking for other simialr stuff (did you ever take an mbti quiz? how about enneagra #m?? oh yeah I know they're not really scientifically valid or antyhing but like... DID you take them?? huh?? did you??please?? ghjj) #I simply cannot resist.. posting a little poll every once in a while.. as a treat #whilst I still fall behind on like actual content and costumes and stuff gbjhbjh #New poll adventure should be not as much of a wait as the last one was though since I already have the writing #for it really. I just have to do the ms paint sketch. hopefully no unexpected other health issues will get in the way #*** *** *** #< (anytime I do these three star patterns it is an ocd compulsion not me bleeping out words or something just ignore it lol) #(it means something secret in my evil brain just pretend you do not see it. significant only to me) #BUT YEAH.. ... poll... what type of costume party atendee are you? #:0c

[jetskisonyourmoat]

Would just like to let everyone know I never stopped thinking about this interview

Alex’s tongue 😛 and some cute photos of him

Bonus gif

(Google Drive)

#I love this Interview so so so much #he is literally glowing here and seems really happy #also then getting an entire episode on Jools Holland is so special #might post the whole interview at some point in multiple parts #but yeah he’s so good here #alex turner #arctic monkeys #jools holland

[sosoffete]

Things You’d Only Know if You Were Hannah Waddingham | TZR

#hannah waddingham #stunning #goddess #woman #god is a woman #TZR #magazine #interview #TZR magazine #SHE IS BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN ITSELF #PURE LIGHT #I LOVE HER SO MUCH #HER SMILE GENUINELY MAKES ME SO HAPPY #she really is the most beautiful woman on earth #with her stunning beautiful eyes #and her bright beautiful smile #and her joy and love and warmth #and her ARMS AND BODY ODY ODY #ii cant #im hers completely and entirely hers

[mangle-my-mind]

Todd Haynes on Mandy Slade

OM: How did you come to cast Toni Collette as Mandy? She doesn't strike me as an obvious choice for the role as it is written; her most famous part was in Muriel's Wedding where she played the podgy, Abba-obsessed ultra-hetero outcast.

TH: Mandy was the hardest part to cast in the film. It's a particularly demanding role due to the range Mandy has to display as she changes from the seventies to the eighties. This type of camp female character has basically vanished from our cultural landscape, as far as I can tell. The closest equivalent today is probably a Parker Posey-type character, but she's still quite different from the Liza Minnelli of Cabaret or the Angela Bowie of the glam era. Mandy has a theatrical, campy party girl persona that can be turned on and off at will, and owes a great deal to the gay male sensibility of the time. I think women around the world were liberated from all kinds of highly codified notions of femininity when people like Patti Smith entered the pop cultural arena. It had such a profound effect on women but girls today have no memory of that kind of camp femininity.

I saw so many strong actresses for Mandy, both in the US and the UK, and it was really tough to find the right one. We came close a few times, but it wasn't until I met Toni that it all clicked. I had no doubt about her acting ability, but the question was how to transform Toni Collette psychically, both for the camera and in her own self-regard into this very different, very confident, overly sexual creature. She really had to go off the cliff; I'm sure it was terrifying. And what you see in the film is such a transformation, such a complete commitment to the role that she almost becomes unrecognizable as Muriel in Muriel's Wedding. After a certain point, nothing was too scary for Toni. What you get with the character is what you get with the actress playing her - this range of changes and the effects of various cultures and various experiences on one extraordinary woman.

OM: Although the script informs you of Mandy being an American bisexual who reinvented herself, you get the sense of invention fully in the scene where she presents Brian with the divorce papers. She breaks down and you see the façade in a seventies context. It's a very moving moment and it's contrasted with Brian's coked-up emptiness. What did you discover in your research about the 'back-stage' women of the glam era?

TH: I guess Mandy's basic expression of real needs is made more vivid by that scene, but the beaten-down, hard-boiled Mandy of the eighties gives you the framework for that. She was definitely one of those people who was feeling and hurting and acting out at the same time. Often the casualties were the women of the male rock world. I really feel the film builds and develops complex sympathies for Mandy that you won't necessarily feel going in. The character is loosely inspired by aspects of Angela Bowie, and it's very easy to make fun of that kind of pop creature after the fact. But in all the books I read there was no argument on how fundamentally essential Angela Bowie was to the invention of Ziggy Stardust and to glam rock in general. She inspired risk-taking and flamboyance to a degree no one else can claim credit for. It wouldn't have happened without her.

Source - "Superstardust: Talking Glam with Todd Haynes", Oren Moverman.

Photo source

Emphases my own :)

#mandy slade #velvet goldmine #25yearsofvelvetgoldmine #velvetgoldmine25th #many things to think about from this. #first - Toni Collette's ever-changing accent through the film is a stroke of fucking genius #i will never understand people who criticize how all-over-the-place it is. that's the entire POINT #next - camp femininity!!! #Mandy really does more drag than the rest of the characters. I LOVE how performative she is with her gender #(also this interview is from when the movie came out and I think since then we've had plenty of displays of exaggerated femininity in pop) #then - often the casualties were the women of the male rock world!!!! #yes EXACTLY

[nyaagolor]

I'm reading an interview about the creation of Dual Destinies and knowing that this was the writing philosophy certainly clears things up for me. "Don't worry about past characterization of chronology, just be creative" They sure did do that sir

#i fucking love dual destinies but some of the writing choices were. Interesting. #but this really clears a lot of stuff up #I wish capcom let them make an entirely new story without the mandate that Phoenix be back. It's spoken abt in the interview a lot #An Athena solo game genuinely would have slammed so unreasonably hard #and honestly I adore everything about Athena and Simon and the original stories they built around them #it's the phoenix and apollo stuff that drives me nuts. Also love that Apollo was not mandated for return by Capcom #Phoenix must be the protagonist; they said. Apollo who? #mod vex

[velvetjune]

completely unsurprising that Sam Lake loves Twin Peaks: The Return and how it involved Cooper

#when watching play throughs of alan wake 2 it was the season of tv that kept coming to mind #and the entire atmosphere - the way it changes style and plays around with mediums - Mr. C/Dougie/Cooper and Scratch/alan/zane #the list could go on forever #I have more complicated feelings on twin peaks the return tbh #I REALLY enjoy parts of it and I’ve seen the entire thing twice #but had a lot of criticisms too. still annoyed that Tammy was this investigator for the official book #then in the show one of her only scenes is an ass shot with David Lynch and Agent Rosenfield checking her out #i love the inspirations Alan wake 2 took from it but I also love how remedy made its own rich story #(and imo did certain things better) #alan wake 2 #sam lake #twin peaks #this info is from his recent interview with Games Now! on twitch btw

[the-cookie-of-doom]

In the wake of the breakup, Chay stops using the guitar Kim gifted him. He can't bring himself to get rid of it, but he can leave it in a closet and pretend it doesn't exist.

Kim finds out; maybe he sees Chay's playing someday, and recognizes the old, beat up instrument Porsche originally gave him. Asks what happened to the other one. Chay' still angry, says he doesn't want anything to do with it, the meaningless gift that Kim used to buy his way into Chay's good graces.

Kim doesn't say anything to that. He looks briefly wounded, but of course he covers it, never one to show he's hurt.

Sometime after that, Chay digs out the guitar with the intent of giving it back to Kim. That's when he notices it - etched into the back of the neck: Kim. Except, on closer inspection, he realizes it actually says Kinn, the letters tight in the small space, making the nn look like an m.

Chay realizes several things in that moment: 1. this guitar belonged to Kinn, 2. he must have given it to Kim, 3. this must be Kim's first guitar, and 4. it wasn't such a meaningless gift after all.

He looks at his own guitar, gifted to him by Porsche; it may be old and beat up, but he treasures it. It's a symbol of Porsche's love and sacrifice and support, it allowed Chay to chase his dreams, and as much as he loved that Kim gave him a guitar, this one means the world to him.

And now, he realizes that Kim gave him not just a random guitar, something to bribe Chay with, but something that must carry the same sentiment for him. because Chay has learned a lot about the Theerapanyakul's, now. He knows Kim left the family to pursue music, and he knows it cost him a relationship with his brothers. The fact that he still has Kinn's guitar all these years later shows it can't have been an easy decision.

He wouldn't still have the guitar if it wasn't important to him. The thing must be a decade old at least, yet it's in perfect condition, clearly well-maintained. Loved. And he trusted Chay with it. Even after everything that happened between them, he never asked for it back, even when Chay called it meaningless and unwanted.

That goes a long way in helping Chay understand him a little more, and eventually, forgive him.

#cookie speaks #look #i know this is NOT canon compliant #but lets pretend that kim got to know Chay a little more before giving him the guitar #also I love the idea that Kinn is the one who made Kim fall in love with music #who taught him guitar #who pushed him to get out #not realizing that would mean losing Kim entirely #i also think he watches Kim's interviews whenever he can #just so he can feel like he still knows his little brother #it doesn't really work #Kim rarely tells the truth about his life when he says anything at all #but it's better than nothing #Kinn gets to watch him grow up from a distance #and as much as it hurts #he's so proud #and his heart will absolutely break when he finds out Kim kept his guitar after all these years #Chay will tell Porsche who will ofc tell him #feelings for everyone

[stolligaseptember]

if you're not going to break up with me by crying in anguish as you're cradling my corpse after you've bleed me dry by slitting my throat with the very same weapon you wielded the first time i saw you and immediately fell heedlessly in love with you then i don't want it

#i need to make a compilation of the posts that i've made in this spirit #because we're really hitting the entire spectrum of tragic queer romances #if you're not gonna love me with undying devotion then don't even bother!!!!!!!!!!!!! #loustat #lestat de lioncourt #louis de pointe du lac #interview with the vampire #iwtv #amc iwtv

[swampndn]

Friends, ya bitch did it again. We got yet another random man in love with me, and this time, he was the camera operator for an interview I was doing.

#He was weirdly nervous putting my mic on #He had to move my hair out of the way and commented about how soft it was #He's a Black man so allowed to touch my hair #don't worry #THEN during the ENTIRE ONE HOUR interview he was just cheesing behind that camera #And when we cut he commented on my southern twang #then he personally escorted me to this ofher area and I don't think he was supposed to because the people were like where are you going??? #asking me all kinds of questions #opening doors and shit #He outwright smitten #then I strutted to my car like yes #ya bitch still got it #also he really perked up when someone asked me if I lived in the area and I said relatively close #now time will tell #how long til he slides in my DMs? #I mean #I ain't looking #still too traumatized #but I do love free dinner

[non-un-topo]

I am having a blast cramming so much drama into my Yusuf & Nicolo childhood friends to enemies au hehehe

#that's a long title lol. #the yusuf-and-nicolo-canon-divergent-childhood-friends-to-enemies-au-where-they-still-kill-each-other-and-fall-in-love #fic: summerwind #that's easier #it's going to be so obvious that i was hyped up about house of the dragon + game of thrones when i got the idea #family drama family drama family dramaaaa #and i want a lot of violence!!! #i've put my entire pussy into the historical accuracy of this fic also and i'm genuinely proud of myself #ngl this is an extremely challenging project but i'm having so much fun #and accidentally getting really attached to y&n's sibling ocs #might draw chadiya because i've already drawn panfilo #i'm just trying to distract myself and not freak out because my interview is in an hour

[flootzavut]

I cannot overstate the joy that the Joey/Lenny interviews and gifs are giving me. I think I somehow missed that Lenny was gonna be in it even, so that was 👀 when I saw his tweet, too, but the moment I saw those two in a selfie together I was like "this is going to be so chaotic and wonderful" and they are and just... thank you to whoever made that decision for putting them together, and thank you to Lenny and Joey for being such a chaotic bastard duo, this is everything I wanted for Christmas, everything else is a bonus.

#joey batey #jaskier #lenny henry #balor #blood origin #the witcher #please someone cast them in something together #maybe something with improv #and definitely comedic #also I really hope we get every last interview no matter how small #because I am just so hearteyes about this entire dynamic #I love them your honour

[padfootastic]

I feel like I'm gonna combust.

James dies in fifth year.

What do his parents do? His father works in the DMLE and I have no idea if his mother has a job (can you tell me?). What is their course of action?

Are they going to sue the school for the loss of James or Snape personally? I feel like they have a pretty solid argument for sacking (punishing) dumbledore or sending Snape to Azkaban.

And I that which ever they choose, the would get easily.

Or do they have a big enough heart to forgive Snape, and Dumbledore? Ik Albus hasn't done much wrong, but if a dark curse has been made and used (killing a pureblood- even if it is a blood traitor), dumbledore will be blamed, or could be, right? And they (Potters) would have enough money and power to get their compensation, in whichever way they take it, wouldn't they?

I wonder about Sirius too, but I these are some, that, as far as I know, haven't been asked and it's intresting side for me. Like we know Sirius and lots quality from head to toe but all we know about his parents are that the are old, rich and loving. And that they have a big heart.

hello hello hello! can i just say,,,i love ur questions bc literally the same things go thru my mind lol it’s why i spend so long on worldbuilding (often the unnecessary kind too lol)

let’s take this one by one:

1. i…don’t know of flea was in the DMLE actually? 🤔 wasn’t he a potioneer? and no, i don’t think we have anything for effie but idk why, i like to think she’s a socialite with like. an enchanting business on the side? (v random ik lol but it’s fun) i’m also gonna plead the fifth on this one since i…might include it in the fic and i’ve got a few options i wanna go with there (depending on how i do the macro characterisation for the —are they ruthless, forgiving, more upset than angry etc etc)

2. definitely think they’ll take action against the school, tho, regardless of however they choose to deal w snape personally! they’re def the type to hold authorities responsible for their actions (and lack of) and i do think they’ll push for some outcome pretty hard. idk about getting dumbledore sacked bc,,,if he’s the only one who can keep the school safe during voldy’s rise… not sure that’ll happen.

3. i do err on the side of wealthy potters so i think they’ll have enough money for whichever route they take. i tend to think of them as like…new money types who’ve earned through inventing and travelling? so they earn a lot, and spend on fun things, and it’s a constant cycle. but they don’t have the kind of…historical prestige that the ‘old families’ do tho they enjoy a nice enough reputation.

i haven’t said a lot here, but i do think that a part of them will be diverted towards taking care of sirius as well, because i firmly believe they considered him a second son and they can see how much it’s affecting them and fhey’re the only other ones who get it, right, how devastating the loss of james potter can be. that being said, i find it very, very possible that they’ might ‘die of a broken heart’ and i don’t say that all that lightly. from what we get: james is a surprise child after years of trying to elderly parents. he enjoys a level of pampering and spoiling and unconditional adoration that’s far above the normal avg amount a child gets, imo, and i think after he was born, his parents poured everything of themselves into him. james was effie and flea’s entire world, and they never hesitated in showing it. i totally see them as the kind of overprotective, almost helicopter, parents who panic when their child gets even a scratch on their body—so for him to die? for them to bury their child they wished for so strongly and celebrated as much as they were able to? it’s the definition of heartbreaking. it’s so, so painful, and neither of them would be able to get out of the bed for days or even keep so much as a piece of toast down or do anything, really, for a while.

when they find out the news, effie lets out the most gut wrenching, grief-filled scream, falling to her knees. flea tries to hold onto her but he’s even weaker and both of them just. sink to the ground over their baby boy’s body. not one person had a dry eye around them. no one has seen such a level of shame on dumbledore or mcgonagall’s face before. it might be the first time snape realises the *magnitude* of his actions.

#james potter #prefacing this with: i have no idea about any info outside hp books #(or a lot within it either lol) #i don’t read potter more or the other articles or interviews #and i don’t care to atp #so whenever i don’t have canon material i’m just filling my own blanks in #when it comes to effie & flea- i’m much more interested in their grieving and emotional response than how they avenge/revenge #that part i wanna explore for sirius #but with james’ parents. they loved him SO MUCH #and losing a child is one of the most painful things ever #esp if it’s ur only child #esp if they’d already gotten sick by then #and dammit i did not have this in my notes but now i really wanna write a little oneshot talking about this #will someone grant me their angst writing skills for a while #just a lil drabble and then i’ll give it back promise #i’ve made my own heart hurt talking about effie and flea’s lol #pen’s asks #pen’s notes #and he was their entire purpose of living

[nicoscheer]

X

He’s gonna be the fucking death of me first killing the joke and now silverscreen 😭😭😭

Indie rock icon, last shadow Puppets star and one of Merseyside’s most notable musical exports, Miles Kane, returned this year with his fifth album ‘One man Band’. Following on from his last two records which are packed with Glam stompers, the new album saw him dive back into the punchy Indie sound that first earned him waves of fans. We spoke with Miles about how his songwriting, style and sound have evolved over the years…

Q. You’ve had a productive spell recently releasing two albums in two years, have you enjoyed focusing on you solo work?

A. “Yeah, I think especially on this record. I just love making tunes, you know? I think on this one, it was great working with our James, my cousin from the Coral and Alfie Skelly too. Also, not having that pressure of a major label and just being fully in control of what I want to do. There’s always a plan and an expectation but I think I’ve really taken control of the ship on this album. I think I just got in a zone. It wasn’t a/masked but the quality of songs came quite quick, which doesn’t always happen.”

Q. How important to you is your visual identity as an artist?

A. “It’s always been massively important with me, whether it’s super stylized suits or glam rock makeup. There’s many sides to my sort of style, but on the new album I’ve just been feeling the more casual side both in life and in music. I just wanted it to be not super posed and sexy, I wanted it to feel more natural.”

Q. What drove you to write the track ‘Baggio’

A. “Im obsessed with Italian shirts and always have been as a kid. So I think it was a story about that childhood and my intriguement/ obsession with Italian football. It’s more of a song about childhood, reminiscing and remembering these specific little things. For me, it was World Cup 94, watching Italy and seeing Baggio. You could have said Oasis or something like that but Baggio’s a bit cooler and I think people around me like James and Alfie were like ‘Oh, this is so you’ because obviously they know me and I think that’s why it connected. I think at first some people were like, ‘ what are you on about there?’ but it’s these kinds of songs that I’m glad I stuck to my guts on.”

Q. Was it fun to explore the retro football style too with the single ‘Baggio’?

A. “Yeah, I love all that. I love all the old footy shirts because I think it sort of takes me back to a weird comfort memory of being a kid and I think a lot of those old footy shirts are super chic. The photo of me in the Baggio shirt wasn’t like a set up photo shoot. Chaz who plays bass was bringing his camera in and took that. I guess it was more candid and summed up the album better for me than trying to look cool or giving it the big one.”

Q. Are there any other celebrity icons or physical anchors you use to inspire your songwriting?

A. “Yeah, loads man. Rocky… fucking Al Pacino. There’s loads of wrestlers that I’ve taken inspiration from. I get very inspired by stuff like that, whether it be a jacket or it’s a bit of makeup or whatever, I’m quite obsessed. I get the mood of something I’m into and it’ll inspire me to do my version of that feeling. It sounds quite mad to explain it, but for me, that just works”.

Q. You’ve written songs on Merseyside, in London, America, at home or on tour… does your environment impact the kind of songs you’re writing?

A. “I’d say it’s more about where you’re at in your head you know. A lot of the songs on the new album were written up north and a lot was written on my couch in London where I am now. If I wanted to go and make a reggae album in Jamaica maybe that would have a big effect on it haha but, for me, I think it’s more about where I’m at in my mind.”

Q. How has Merseyside impacted you as a musician and as a person?

A. “Where you’re from is who you are, isn’t it, it’s everything. I’ve learned from all those Merseyside bands, The Coral, The Zutons, The Bunnymen, Teardrops, The Beatles. I saw them and wanted to be like them guys, you know? It was just engraved in me. I probably wouldn’t be sat here talking to you without them.”

Q. Which is your favorite track to play live off the new record?

A. “I could play this whole album live to be honest! I think ‘Never taking me alive’ is my favorite track ever to play to be honest. It’s kind of my new ‘Inhaler’ or ‘Come closer’, it’s got that big old riff and the big energy. I love that side of my tunes. Making this album I really fell in love with playing guitar again. I really want the guitar to be at the front just as much as the words are. I’ve really embraced that side of myself. Again, it’s simpler and I think that suits me. I like those other sides of me, don’t get me wrong but give me a riff and some lyrics and that’ll do me mate.”

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Part of the interview above

Miles reposted with 👌🏽

-09/01/2024-

X

Oh do I love him (the lipstick paired with him so openly talking bout using glam makeup in the above interview 🫶🏽🫶🏽🥰)

Please i can’t he’s so dog dad; good to know he loves Maxie just as much as we do (the audio says “you talking to me?!”(from taxi driver)

#08/01/2024 #so I just shamelessly stared at his calves cuz wtf #Miles boxing and Alex doing Muay Thai does something to my brain #adore his full focus during training #Maxie really got that Alex Turner Bambi eye stare down to a t #interview #I love that Miles’ entire extended family are musicians #please do play the entire album live darling #stan a self aware king who knows he’s obsessed #love that like 90% of all musicians also love photography #really just gift this man fifa points; wrestling/ boxing memorabilia or old footy shirts and he’s happy #thank you to the Beatles for making miles a musician #comfort memory of being a kid 🥹🥹 #Miles Kane is king #just Miles crouching low down to take that pic of Maxie who doesn’t even reach his ankles #Instagram #bootmusicuk

[dark-immortal-kiss]

You know writing problems and my emotional quibbles aside, iwtv felt like an entire fever dream that 13 year old me would never have believed was possible. I think that’s why I loved every minute of it even with all the changes, and in spite of the changes, because it’s what weirdo, goth, bi, misfit, 13 year old me desperately needed, and it’s what old hag me wants!

#maybe I’m nostalgic in my old age #but I can’t really begrudge this show of anything #because it’s the exact gay romp of a gothic romance that I’ve always wanted #I have the books as is and I love them #but this show is something else entirely #something that couldn’t even have existed until now #I loved it #iwtv #interview with the vampire #lestat de lioncourt #loustat #iwtv spoilers #louis de pointe du lac #amc iwtv #iwtv amc #iwtv 2022 #anne rice #the vampire chronicles