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They saved a seat for Michael 🥹
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denimbex1986 · 5 months
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'...Mr. Arnold is tempted into the ball by a Doctor Who Annual and is playing the theme in the music shop scene – are you a fan of Doctor Who in real life? And what was it like making those jokes and references in front of the Tenth Doctor David Tennant?
“I’ve always dipped in and out of Doctor Who over the years since Sylvestor McCoy, who was doing it when I first became aware of it when I was growing up. Even if you’re not a fan it’s one of those shows you can’t really get away from, so doing that particular scene in front of David was really fun, and of course Douglas had directed Doctor Who as well. Apart from the amusing situation of two supposed Doctor Who fans talking about Doctor Who without realising they’re in the company of a Doctor Who, I also seem to remember Michael being the one to suggest that he would deliver his “due to problems at the BBC” line directly to David.
Oh, and I think it was actually my idea to grab the annual off the harpsichord before joining the queue behind Crowley at the end of the ballroom scene (which we’d shot weeks earlier at this point). When we were blocking it out and rehearsing I knew I had to leave my position and get to the front for my “surrender the angle” line, and then later it just felt like I wouldn’t leave without the annual so I ran back through everyone to grab it. Nobody seemed to have a problem with me doing that so I just carried on doing it when we shot it! I do remember it being a fun set with Douglas and the team being very open to suggestions.”
How did you balance filming both Good Omens and BBC Ghosts at the same time?
“Luckily both shows were a joy to work on, and everyone seems to know about both of them. We were shooting them in early 2022 and I also had a little part in an ITV drama called ‘Stonehouse’, starring Matthew Macfadyen. I usually never know when I’m working next so to have three great TV jobs at once was very unusual. There was all this date juggling and I actually almost had to turn down Ghosts due to clashes. Luckily both shows had to move some dates so it worked out. But yes, I spent two weeks up in Scotland shooting all that Good Omens ballroom stuff, then I came back down to London to do Ghosts, knowing I’d be back up to shoot my scenes in the music shop in a couple of weeks. Now, when I found out who was playing my wife in Ghosts I couldn’t believe it: Caroline Sheen – Michael Sheen’s cousin! She was amazing and that was another great set in general. I say “set”, but it’s all filmed in that house which surprised me. I’d worked with Kiell [Smith-Bynoe] and Jim [Howick] before, and Charlotte [Ritchie] was in the Good Omens radio play a few years ago and a big fan of the book. Charlotte’s very musical of course and we got talking about my folding keyboard I had for practising my Good Omens stuff, and she ended up setting it up in the house for us to have a play on!
Now, when we’d shot all our internal scenes there was this big storm forecast, and our external scenes were scheduled for the day of the storm, so that had to be moved into the next week. It meant I ended up shooting those scenes outside the house, then going straight back up to Scotland to shoot the Good Omens music shop scene the next day! When I mentioned to Michael I’d just worked with Caroline he said “ooh she’s in Ghosts is she!” and revealed that she’d texted him about me which was rather surreal. Then later after the Ghosts wrap party Kiell gave me a part in his Channel 4 Blap, so at the time I felt like I was killing it career wise, but the industry quietened a bit after that and my workload eased off over the year so I was in my overdraft by November.”
What are your plans for the future – can we expect to see you in something else soon?
“This year, after a bit of a quiet start, I was very fortunate to work on a Disney+ show called Rivals which stars… David Tennant! I think I’m allowed to say my character is called Brian, and I shot five episodes so that was another really amazing job, and great to work with David again (I told him he must be my good luck charm, although I hope he’s not sick of me). That should be out at some point in late 2024. Other than that I’ve filmed a few other bits I presume will be out next year, one of which is called Truelove on Channel 4 which actually looks really good. That starts early January. Of course now Season 3 of Good Omens has been greenlit, I would love Neil and the gang to have me back on that… but I can only keep my fingers crossed!”
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happy noel-vember everyone <3
in celebration of this holiday i've decided to draw all my personal favourite noel fisher roles!
@gallavich-fic-club
L - R
Toad - Xmen Evolution (Voice) [2000-2003] Troy McGilty - Max Keeble's Big Move [2001] Brian Gibbons - Final Destination 2 [2003] Cael Malloy - The Riches [2007] Todd McCray - A Dog Named Christmas [2009] Mickey Milkovich - Shameless US [2011-2021] Vladmir - The Twilight Saga [2011-2012] Cotton Top Mounts - Hatfield & McCoys [2012] Michaelangelo - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Motion Capture) [2014, 2016]
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There's a lot happening, all...Good Friday!
📢NEW SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT! 📢
We're delighted to announce that we'll have both Milk VFX and Rich Keeble joining us for The Ineffable Con 5!
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JC, VFX Supervisor, and Enrico, CG Supervisor, from Milk, were part of the Good Omens team that earnt Milk a 2020 BAFTA Television Craft Award nomination!
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Get your questions in for JC and Enrico here:
Mr. Arnold, AKA Rich Keeble, will be joining us live via Zoom for TIC 5!
The first question, oBvIoUsLy (🎩) is "Did you get to keep that amazing jacket?!" 👀👀👀
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JC and Enrico from Milk and Rich Keeble will be joining Peter Anderson and Colleen Doran in our The Ineffable Con 5 line up so far!
We can't wait to have you with us - tickets start at £5 and are available here:
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"Good Omens family portrait!"
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WALKER & WYLDE: SECONDHAND EXISTENTIAL CRISIS
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Secondhand Existential Crisis – Walker & Wylde Release Date: February 2nd, 2022
Track Listing:
1. Life of the Cursed (Intro) 2. Have a Good Time 3. Paradise 4. The Calisthenic Dirge 5. Babylon 6. Here I Am 7. Little Bit of Blood 8. I’ve Earned Everything I’ve Got 9. Wage Slave Hymnal 10. Bottle Street 11. Keep On Walking 12. Life of the Cursed (Outro) 13. End of the World
Walker & Wylde bridge soulful, feel-good folk-punk with dark realities in new album, Secondhand Existential Crisis. A working-class mantra of an age marked by violence, anxiety, and radical optimism. Warm, comforting lyrics resonate with collective concerns. Dynamic melodies make it a nuanced listen that will leave you feeling energized and understood.
The album carries an endearing, grassroots sound, drawing comparisons to AJJ and Violent Femmes. The Montreal-based band wrote the album on a west-to-east coast journey to find the “answer to life.”
“My feet caught the walking need when I was but a twig / So I take only what I need and I need nothing big / Except for the keys to everything, the answers to our life”
Blue Jay Walker and Ixc Wylde deliver catchy and charismatic vocal melodies in “Paradise.” Joyful stomping drums support lightly layered strums. A playful and lively beat jumps and jigs while lyrics describe the bliss and blues in the pursuit of happiness.
“Babylon” shifts into reluctant power. Walker and Wylde’s voices remain strong and clear, pleading for climate justice: “The weeping willow trees have been cut down by disease / To build a thousand towers where they fell / The river’s on its knees / Begging mercy, please.” Rich backup vocals from Sky Coombs strengthen the somber and spirited message.
“Build your towers tall / Never will Babylon fall”
Wylde’s harmonica melodies shine beautifully in the slow burner, “Here I Am.” Strings rise and fall in delicate and dynamic waves. Tender tavern music – with a smart lyrical edge.
“Here I stand, old and bitter / My wicked fingers ache and creak to pull the old strings taught / How could I beat a higher bidder / I gave to you my best years and you told me they were naught”
“Little Bit of Blood” strikes with funky bass, bouncing drums, and snapping strums. Fun, boisterous con man vocals perform stellar satire: “I’ve got everything / I just need you to believe / Buy in, eat it up / I’ll fix it all with a smile / And a little bit of blood.” The tune soaks in its villainy, revealing populist power dynamics with wicked appeal.
This message is further reaffirmed by the “I’ve Earned Everything I’ve Got” interlude featuring a soundbite of Richard Nixon.
A stand-out track from the album, “Bottle Street,” follows the plight of the unhoused: “What do you mean that it ain’t our home / Take our tents, our tarps, our hope / Make up signs so the tourists know.” Injustice interweaves with Arya Nasr’s vibrant saxophone. Walker and Wyldes’ vocals deepen with determination.
“A beacon shining hope for more than / A brief respite, just a moment / We all wondered could it last then / I saw by-law roll through heaven”
Secondhand Existential Crisis is an ambitious and exciting adventure. Walker & Wylde pair potent societal commentary with heartfelt, energized folk-punk. Persistence, honesty, and vulnerability pay off for diamonds exploited in the rough.
Written by: Jenna Keeble
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3/ Peter Lumberg: The Essence of the Dear Departed
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3/ Peter Lumberg: The Essence of the Dear Departed
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Cairns struggled to dispose of its dead. The essence of the dear departed lingered. None more so than that of Peter Lumberg. Despite an obvious culprit, his murder remains unsolved until this day. Rather than expose corruption in the ranks, the commissioner chose not to pursue the investigation into Peter’s death. All part of the greatest gay scandal in Queensland history.
The motive for the terrible deed and the identity of the murderer is shrouded in mystery, but it is to be sincerely hoped that whoever he may be, he will be brought to book and made to suffer for the dastardly crime of murdering an old and inoffensive man.
Morning Post
News buzzed along the footpaths of Cairns faster than James O’Shea’s cab. Chinese whispers leapt from one rumourmonger to the next. Gossips tossed tittle-tattle over back fences, shop assistants dispensed dirty laundry along with change, and drunks argued hearsay in public bars.
On Tuesday morning, as he rode into town, Arthur Keeble noticed George Dunwoodie guarding a dead body. Stopping only long enough to ask the deceased’s identity, he galloped off to the police station. As the alderman tied his horse to the station fence in Abbott Street, former mayor A J Draper strolled by, and Keeble alerted him to the murder. By the time the alderman reported what he’d seen to Detective Constable Seymour, Draper had told someone, who told someone else, who told someone else again. The news took wing.
Minutes later, Percy Le Vaux ambled from his Abbott Street office to a nearby pub for a morning heart starter. But he never had that drink. Tom Strutton waved him down with news. Keeble told Draper who told Strutton who now told Le Vaux, that there was an elderly man dead at Sandy Gallop. “It might be Peter.”
“I hardly think so,” said Le Vaux, “He was in good health on Sunday.”
But Strutton lived near Mrs Dunwoodie’s Royal Hotel, and Draper mentioned a clearing with a mango tree. That sounded like Peter’s campsite. Le Vaux hoofed it for Sandy Gallop.
Then, as Alfred Chisholm strolled along the same street in search of stories for the afternoon paper, Bill Furmedge called out. “Where is Le Vaux? Keeble brought in the news that Peter Lumberg is murdered.”
Chisholm looked for a cab to take him to Peter’s camp. Detective Constable Seymour was already on the way.
Blanche Le Vaux heard from her back neighbour. Young shop assistant Lydia Male hurried home at lunchtime to tell her mum the shocking news. “Peter Lumberg is murdered.”
“I wonder if Mrs Le Vaux knows,” her mother responded. Jane Male went to the fence and called over to Blanche Le Vaux, “Did you hear anything?”
“No.”
“Lydia just told me Peter is murdered.”
“Oh, my God!”
Jane Male later remarked on Blanche Le Vaux’s lack of emotion. “I was crying, but Mrs Le Vaux did not appear much upset. Previous to his death, she often told me that she did not like Peter.”
Indeed, Blanche Le Vaux made no secret of disliking Peter Lumberg.
“I have known Lumberg since I was a child. About 3 years ago, I renewed his acquaintance in Cairns. He came to my house with Mr Le Vaux for meals. I expressed the hope he would not always be at the house on account of his dirty habits. I often asked Mr Le Vaux to tell Peter Lumberg to go, but he told me to do so myself.”
Despite Blanche’s objection, Peter lived in a shed in her backyard from January 1905 until a few days before his death.
Born Niels Peter Lundberg, the Swede abandoned his homeland in his late teens. He told Jane Male his family treated him unkindly. Peter joined hundreds of thousands of young men lured to Australia by gold. They chased the precious metal from one rush to the next. A lucky few struck it rich. Most barely scraped by. But gold fever is a contagion beyond remedy. Young prospectors lived rough. They grew old in one makeshift bushcamp after another, forever sustained by the dream of sudden instant wealth.
Peter followed the gold from New South Wales to Gympie in South East Queensland and finally north to the Palmer River rush of 1873. Almost a hundred years since the British arrived uninvited in Botany Bay, Cape York remained largely untouched by colonisation. Although the northern wilderness teemed with resources, it was too hot, too distant, and too fraught with danger.
But men will travel to the gates of hell for gold. After a promising discovery in a remote northern river that was promptly named for Premier Arthur Palmer, hundreds of men travelled overland to the new Eldorado. En route, they traversed 70 miles of rocky ground, which later proved impassable for bullock drays laden with supplies. The prospectors faced starvation. And things were about to get worse. The rivers would rise during the upcoming wet season and completely shut off access.
Nevertheless, hundreds of men refused to abandon the field. Premier Palmer feared he’d wear the blame for mass casualties. The government hired a steamship to convey men and equipment to the Endeavour River, where they would establish a base and attempt to forge a track inland.
Scores of prospectors joined the voyage, Peter Lumberg among them. They arrived at the Endeavour River on October 25, 1873, and disembarked at the spot where James Cook and his crew lived for seven weeks in 1770 while they repaired their damaged ship. The newcomers paid tribute to the fabled explorer in the name of the canvas township hastily erected on the riverbank, Cook’s Town.
A few days later, a large company of mounted police and miners struck out in the direction of the Palmer River.
“The command left the Endeavour some 108 strong, about 90 of these on foot with swags from 70-pounds to 90-pounds weight — the supposed distance being about 85 miles, we thought we should not overload ourselves.
“After the first day out, we found we had overloaded ourselves, and many a poor fellow had to throw away his clothing in order to keep his flour. In fact, the road was soon lined with clothing, blankets, tents, and flour.
“The road, instead of 85 or 90 miles, turned out to be 160, and most say it is fully 180. Anyhow, it is a hard road to travel.
“We had three brushes with the blacks. Twice they attacked us, and once, the black troopers [native police] had a skirmish with them; but wherever the troopers came across them, they made short work of them. They are a good-looking race of blacks — fine, tall and well-made, many over six feet in height, and a pure copper colour. Miners going this route should not go in less than parties of eight and then well armed with guns or rifles. Revolvers are no use, as the blacks can kill with their spears from 80 yards. They always attack at the break of day, but a good watch must be kept all night. Their war-whoop is the cry of the black cockatoo.”
Charles Jackson made the journey a couple of months later. He wrote to a friend in Sydney that he only lasted three weeks on the field due to the lack of food.
“The day we started to come down, we had to swim the Palmer River. One of my mates drowned trying to do so. But we either swam the river or died of starvation. I undressed and made a swag of my clothes, money, and everything else I owned. About halfway, the current compelled me to let my swag go, and I was carried about one hundred yards before I could land on the other side. I and my mate were left with nothing. I walked 150 miles naked as I was born.”
A former night watchman from New South Wales named Richards wrote home to his family in Gulgong.
“Everyone can get a bit of gold, but not enough to pay the cost of living. Many are starved; you could almost read the Gulgong Argus through them. I walked back from the Palmer in five days. For the last three, I had nothing to eat and no boots to protect my feet. My clothing consisted of a shirt and hat. My skin was tanned to a chestnut colour. I saw many others naked on the road with only hats to protect their heads.”
Peter soon gave up on full-time prospecting and partnered with another former miner carting supplies between the coast and the goldfields. He became friends with shopkeeper Louis Severin, Blanche Le Vaux’s father, one-time mayor of Cooktown and later three-time Mayor of Cairns.
But Cooktown, as it was soon known, enjoyed only a brief heyday and then a slow decline as more convenient routes opened to the hinterland. Louis Severin packed up his business and family and moved to Cairns, the new boom town. Blanche Severin did not see Peter Lumberg again until after her 1902 wedding to Percy Le Vaux. She never understood her husband’s devotion to the old bushie. Following Peter’s murder, others also questioned the relationship. Some voiced suspicion earlier. In 1904, the Morning Post censured Le Vaux for associating with his social inferiors.
“He takes the wharfie to his bosom, and is not above a filial alliance with some old, drunken reprobate.”
Ouch! Carefully constructed sexual innuendo. A denunciation of rough trade and a touch of ‘Who’s ya daddy?’ (Peter Lumberg was a renowned drunk at the time.) Of course, in years to come, foolish people would deny people of the era ever discussed such things. ‘Oh no. It was a more innocent time, and they meant something totally innocuous.’ Bullshit! Consider a 1903 Morning Post report on council discussions about the difficulty in proving the occupations of women working in suspected brothels. “The occupiers of these places all describe themselves as dressmakers,” said Mayor Severin.
“Trouser hands, I suppose,” interjected Alderman Brown.
Alderman Bulcok proposed a solution. “Alderman McLachlan is a single man, and I move that he sacrifice himself on the altar for the sake of his country.” Yep. Take one for the team. Humour never changed so much after all.
Sub-Inspector Patrick Bowen heard about the murder at Cairns railway station when he arrived back from Mareeba at 6 pm Tuesday night. As he headed for Sandy Gallop, Acting Sergeant McGuire and Constable Murray pulled up in James O’Shea’s cab and reported on the day’s events. Bowen went and checked out the crime scene himself. Wednesday morning, he sent his available officers and black trackers to search the campsites around Sandy Gallop for weapons and bloodied clothing. He said he went to ‘a great deal of trouble’ to investigate the theory that a black man killed Peter Lumberg. Not because of evidence but because of the papers. The Morning Post wasn’t too bad, although the paper’s reporter arrived late at the crime scene and compiled his report from second-hand accounts and conjecture.
“From the appearance of the sandy soil where the body lay, it was apparent that old Peter Lumberg had not succumbed to the assassin without a struggle. The ground was torn up and bushes broken down as if the deceased fought inch by inch for his life before being stabbed to the heart.”
Wrong! Wrong! And wrong again! Those who examined the crime scene observed few signs of struggle, and only a solitary bush suffered damage. Dr O’Brien detected just one tiny cut on the third finger of Peter’s right hand, indicating he offered little resistance.
But although incorrect, the Morning Post article would not cause the police trouble. That would arise from the Cairns Argus article in which Chisholm — who knew better — repeated the ‘desperate struggle’ nonsense.
“From the appearance of the ground, it is evident that a desperate struggle took place before he was killed.”
But worse still, the Argus and papers across Australia repeated as gospel the misinformation provided to them by Alfred Chisholm.
“It is believed the crime was committed by Kanakas.”
Believed by who? One person — Alfred Chisholm. Even Le Vaux moved on to blaming Aboriginals after briefly attributing the murder to Kanakas and then Malays. But in 1905, as White Australia prepared for mass deportations of South Sea Islanders, politicians, unionists and anti-black-labour newspapers relentlessly demonised Kanakas as murderous thugs. Once the narrative of a Kanaka killer took hold, the public was unlikely to accept the arrest of anyone else. Bowen would need to prove that someone else committed the crime and also that a Kanaka did not. So, before beginning an investigation into who killed Peter Lumberg, he set out to prove who did not.
At 11 am, the Sub-Inspector joined Peter Lumberg’s funeral procession from Cairns Hospital to the local cemetery. Town elders chose the McLeod Street site after the tide exposed coffins buried in the original graveyard on the beach. However, they did not select the new location for its suitability as a burial ground. They chose it because it was unsuitable for future residential or commercial use. It was on the edge of the swamp. The underground water table rose to within a few feet of the surface. Funeral parties sometimes waited for gravediggers to excavate a fresh plot after mourners watched water fill the original during the ceremony. Undertakers learned to weigh coffins down to stop them from re-emerging from the sand.
After an official report into the health hazard posed by decaying cadavers, aldermen advised nearby residents not to drink water from their underground wells. Otherwise, they risked sipping the essence of the dear departed in their morning cuppa.
The Sub-Inspector made discreet inquiries among the mourners. But all anyone wanted to discuss was the victim’s relationship with his lawyer. On Tuesday afternoon, some town ladies felt an uncustomary urge to visit friends in the neighbourhood of Peter’s camp. Sandy Gallop was the other side of the tracks — the wrong side of the tracks. People hoping to host the upper crust for afternoon tea did not build houses there.
“The salubrity of the locality is evidently not conducive to harmony in neighbourly relationships,” intoned the Morning Post.
The paper probably had in mind incidents like when Tom Strutton’s wife punched a neighbour, pulled her hair and attempted to choke her. In Biddy Strutton’s defence, Betty Johnson did call her a ‘dirty Irish bitch’, a ‘damned slut’ and other disgraceful epithets the Morning Post considered unfit for publication.
But a murder. That changed everything. Jane Male and other townsfolk flocked to visit Biddy Strutton, the widow Collinson, and other residents of the area. At the funeral the following day, they shared the story of Fanny McDaniel’s scandalous denunciation of Le Vaux as the murderer.
Otto Linderman divulged another intriguing anecdote. Busy working on Tuesday afternoon, he never heard about the murder of his friend of 27 years. But that night, he encountered a wasted Marston Mayers at the Federal Hotel. According to Percy Le Vaux, he and Mayers dropped by Peter’s camp late Monday night, making them the last known visitors to the crime scene before the discovery of the body. Otto learned about his old mate’s death when Mayers suddenly blurted, “We are supposed to have killed Peter Lumberg.”
Sub-Inspector Bowen learned much about the murder victim from businessmen who had dealings with him in the months before his death. Looks, they say, can be deceiving. That was certainly true of Peter Lumberg. The grubby old prospector, ‘the missing link’, he of the stained, ragged clothes and matted hair, and according to Blanche Le Vaux, dirty habits, was a wealthy man. Yes, he lived in sheds or bush camps, but the old prospector owned five houses in town, including the one rented by Percy Le Vaux. According to rumour, Le Vaux recently drew up a will for Peter, with himself as executor and Mrs Blanche Le Vaux as beneficiary.
Bowen’s search parties failed to turn up any new evidence during the morning. No weapons. No bloodied clothing. Or leads. Additionally, people who lived near Peter’s camp unanimously agreed they’d seen no ‘coloured people’ hanging about. Crucially, Bowen noted there were no barefoot tracks at the crime scene. That was important. Kanakas and Aboriginals rarely wore footwear. George Dunwoodie insisted he saw no barefoot tracks at the crime scene. Also, Bowen had expressly checked for barefoot tracks himself on Tuesday afternoon.
He later said that despite going to ‘a great deal of trouble’, he found no evidence to indicate a black killer. “I had a Kanaka, up to ten police and four Aboriginal trackers making inquiries and searching the camps. I could find no clue that the murder had been committed by a coloured man.” Bowen pulled Detective Constable Seymour off the search and instructed him to find out what he could about Percy Le Vaux, ‘an intimate friend of the deceased, and continually in his company’.
Thursday was Show Day. Employers gifted their workers a half day off, and most of the town headed for the Show Grounds at the Four-mile on Mulgrave Road near William Cannon’s farm. Percy Le Vaux hired a cab for the occasion. Before leaving for the Four-mile with Chissy, he popped into the police station to check on the investigation’s progress. After the freshly crowned ‘person of interest’ left, Bowen decided to search his home and office. He called out to Detective Constable Seymour. “Le Vaux has just driven away to the Show Grounds; get your horse and bring him back, and I will get a search warrant.”
Seymour caught up with the cab just over the railway lines, and Le Vaux reluctantly agreed to return.
“As Lumberg has been staying at your house,” Bowen told him, “I would like to search your premises for anything in connection with the murder.
“It will cause suspicion,” responded Le Vaux.
“We will do it as quietly as we can. It is a holiday, and there are few people about.”
The lawyer tried one last dodge. “It will spoil my half-holiday.”
At Le Vaux’s house, the police found another bloodied tomahawk and, at his office, an undated will.
Hubert Durham, gay policeman and the great police cover-up:
The gay scandal QLD Police hushed up for over a century.
1/ The murder
2/ Sandy Gallop
3/ The Essence of the Dear Departed
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Custom Toonami Block Week 150 Rundown
Spy X Family: So yeah contrary to my theory from last time there really WAS a political rival trying to make the Desmond kids fail but it’s just a little kid buying a discount Spy from the Spy equivalent of Wish dot com, still feel like we should foreshadow stuff like that instead of bringing it up after the fact but okay. But yeah this kid looks like one of the Addams Family had a kid with one of The Oblongs and they made this weird off-model goth child. Though surprisingly enough they don’t go for the ‘he keeps trying lame attempts to get Damian expelled’ like the sabotage gets revealed pretty early thanks to Anya and Damian is way cooler to this kid for trying to get him expelled than he is to Anya for… being short. But yeah we have a pretty big swerve from a plotting hijinks plot to a Max Keeble’s Big Move plot where this kid is trying to do everything he ever wanted before he’s forced to leave the school because his family’s company was bought out, he starts out just taking advantage of the situation but genuinely starts enjoying himself when Anya genuinely comforts him about his fears and the punch line for all this should be ridiculously obvious for how they spread this joke over ten minutes but turns out his family’s only gonna be like 10% less rich and effectively nothing will change for him. The second plot is about Yor parkouring her way into Anya’s school after she believes Anya forgot her gym clothes, it’s pretty damn funny how Yor always jumps to the most extreme conclusion and thus takes the most extreme actions and the obvious punchline for this one isn’t as dragged out as the other so that’s cool, plus it ends with her and Loid going on a lunch date so that’s pretty nice, like they kinda skip over Loid explaining to Yor WHY she’s not a bad mother but I assume they discuss it at lunch so it’s fine.
Inuyasha: Naraku’s Baby-heart has just kinda nestled in at a new castle town where all the attendants died while the Lady was going into labor and the Lady’s just like ‘man that baby is sus and everyone died’ but the Lord’s just like ‘oh shit, free baby’ and assumes it’s his wife despite it being perfectly albino and them being generic feudal dudes, like even the Lady is like ‘I’m not sure that’s mine and there was a ghost girl with a mirror that was standing over me while I was giving birth but I’m sure it’s fine…’ I mean technically Kanna didn’t even need to keep the mom alive but Baby!Naraku does like snuggling some titties I guess so it’s okay, but like did they… kill the real baby she was having? Like Naraku’s up to some dark shit but that’s pretty dark for a shonen from the 90s. Anyway Kagome’s here to save Kikyo and her Shikikami are like ‘do you wanna save her?’ and Kagome’s like ‘is there literally any downside to doing so?’ and they say no so she’s like ‘well duh’ because Kagome’s character is literally built around always wanting to help people. I like to think that since the two kids are Kikyo’s Shikikami they’re projecting Kikyo’s self-esteem issues onto Kagome and asking here that like she may just want to let her die but Kagome’s a good girl so of course she will. I think the filler episode with Kikyo and Kagome in the cave kinda came and ate this one’s lunch because we’ve already had the ‘Kagome has complicated feelings about Kikyo but doesn’t want her to literally die’ moral and it always felt weird to retread it here even if this one is the canon version. Kagome dives in to save Kikyo and gets the abridged version of the two part special from a few weeks ago and gets to do her Rifftracks of ‘No Kikyo don’t go in there that’s where the demon spider is’ which is kinda funny but yeah, Kikyo gets saved and talks to Kagome again about why she saved her when all she’s ever been to her is a romantic rival and a cold-hearted zombie girl stringing along her boyfriend and Kagome’s so dense she doesn’t even get that letting her rival die was an option until after Kikyo leaves, like I hesitate to call Kagome ‘pure-hearted’ like they said when she was having her confrontation with the Baby but she’s a good girl and isn’t going to even think of doing something like that. Now we get our post-Kikyo ‘Kagome’s kinda snippy for a while and Inuyasha doesn’t know how to deal with it’ but it does get a nice resolution with Inuyasha saying he trusts Kagome that she saved Kikyo and her being alive and fine is enough for right now and he doesn’t need to see her right away because Kagome did a good job saving her and they have shit to do.
Yu Yu Hakusho: This one’s kind of a ‘Yusuke mopes around’ episode because Raizen’s three messengers give him a week to get his affairs in order and of course he waits till the last fucking day to tell anybody. Meanwhile Hiei and Kurama have become big enough demon world celebrities that they get offers from the other two Demon Kings and they both agree to each other to not actually serve their respective kings but kinda go undercover and see what they can find out, though Hiei also gives his usual ‘maybe this is the time I betray you for real’ shtick even though at this point we know it never is. Also Kuwabara’s getting ready to face the greatest Demon King of all… high school entrance exams (Always really found it fucking weird how Japan breaks up high school but I guess in the end it’s just adding one year to middle school and cutting one from High School it just always threw me off when anime characters are like ‘yeah I’m 15 in middle school). But yeah, Yusuke does finally tell Keiko that he’s going and he won’t know if he can get back and she tells him she’s sick of his shit and isn’t going to wait around for him even though she probably couldn’t help doing so anyway. Yusuke comes by her family diner and gives her a better proposal, literally, he says he’s gonna use all his shonen protagonist determination to find a way to get back before he’s 18 and he’s going to marry her, which is apparently something he used to say all the time as a kid, guess Yusuke wasn’t always a closed-off as he was at the start of the series, at least around Keiko but yeah it’s really cute and he reassures her everything will be alright and gets ready to head out.
Jujutsu Kaisen: So Megumi, Riceball Boy and Blind Dude are fighting Hanami, well sort of, they’re basically trying for a stunlock loop to run away enough to go get help and it works until Riceball Boy runs out of words to shout but Maki’s here to help so she and Megumi fight Hanami off for a bit and more importantly knock her into the forest, just when it looks like she has them dead to rights with her Kurama death seeds, Yuji gets his first Shonen Protagnist post-training badass entrance and storms in with Todo, a classic. Todo gets Panda to get the others to safety and tells Yuji he ain’t gonna do shit until he sees Yuji do the new thing they talk about. So yeah Yuji gets a new punch which I can only describe as kinda like Hit’s Time Skip punch mixed with Kakashi’s Kamui distortion but also a punch, idk if I’m just having a hard time wrapping my head around the power system or if the fast pace of the anime is bad at explaining them but I don’t quite understand the full extent of some of these, but point being Yuji has a new punch and it’s a black punch so it’s automatically better than all other color punches. So yeah now that Yuji can do a thing Todo joins in and they have the weird symmetrical choreography of those High School Musical kids that can break out in dance at a moment’s notice and do some fucking up of Hanami who unleashes her second arm because no one in Shonent Anime who has an eye/appendage covered is actually injured they’re all just hiding badass shit they have on their body parts. She remembers Mahito telling her about how violence is part of a Cursed Spirit’s base nature despite how Hanami acts like a rational version of Captain Planet and she agrees that fighting people with both arms and being matched blow for blow makes her enjoy fighting. Also Todo’s gonna do his secret thing now so that’s cool.
Zom 100: Reflecting on his decision to follow his childhood dream last episode Akira decides to… become a superhero, I mean okay, guess ‘find what you wanted to do before capitalism shoved you down a money pipeline’ is kind of hard so you’re probably gonna have to go back to when you’re like six to actually get there, though the end result is pretty cool. They get a jumpsuit from the aquarium that is meant to resist shark attacks so while Akira’s wearing it it’s basically impossible for zombie bites to infect him (though it still hurts like hell). I kinda really like this idea because we run into our Risk Analyst Shizuka again and it shows how Akira with his out of the box deranged thinking came up with something safer than her boneheaded plan of getting on the teacher’s bus from Highschool of the Dead was. That being said she’s still tsundere as hell and pulls the ‘you’re just being a hero for the satisfaction of it’ card like that isn’t how good deeds universally work anyway. Like this is probably the safest Akira could be but the marginal risk he’s putting Kencho in still pisses her off despite her goal-oriented thought process not analyzing her idea of getting on a bus with the worst group of zombie survivors properly. Anyway the plot dumps a zombie shark with scuba diver spider legs on the situation and that goes about as well as you’d expect. I think what’s going on is that the shark ate zombies and the zombies ate the shark from the inside and also just so happen to have symmetrical leg holes and be working in unison with the shark despite not being able to see from inside but best not to think about it too hard. Shizuka gets thrown under the bus by one of said bus-riders and Akira has to help her out and we run through the whole ‘live versus survive’ debate again but both of them team up to electrocute the shark with flashlight batteries while Akira’s standing in water which I’m pretty sure would kill him too or not work at all but really fight a stupid problem with a stupid solution so it’s fine, Kencho’s ass even gets to help out and while Shizuka doesn’t officially join the party she at least concedes that working with a small task force is better than throwing in with any randos who own a bus and she and Akira make a pretty good team so they exchange phone numbers. Meanwhile Akira sets his next goal, to see his family who are in a rural town around where the safe zone is supposed to be, so that’ll be fun.
Ranking of Kings: We start off with Ouken stabbing right through Kage after he swallowed him which I feel like should’ve been the cliffhanger last time instead of putting weight on if Kage had some weird man-eating transformation or something. Daida!Bosse finishes telling Snake Guy the story of Miranjo’s horrible backstory and the long and the short of it is she got her hands cut off and her face flayed open like how Daida found her in the sunken place and Bosse got her fixed up but that damage was never undone and he blames himself for never being able to help her soul heal. Now Ouken has everyone dead to rights and stabs Bojji for good measure, though surprisingly Miranjo leaves her mirror and possesses one of the unconscious prisoners to heal Kage. Despa grabs her arm and is touching Bojji at the same time so they both get to watch Kage about to cross over to see his dead mom again before Miranjo reminds him of Bojji and he comes back to life. He says he shouldn’t thank her because it’s her fault she let a Dark Souls Man into the kingdom and got him stabbed but he thanks her anyway and the combination of events causes Miranjo’s wounded avatar in Daida’s body to disappear, showing those wounds in her soul and her resentment is finally starting to evaporate. Meanwhile the Big Four show up to fight Ouken and Snake Guy, Sword Guy, Shield Guy and Spear Guy all work as a team as they were presumably intended to before all the dark souls mirror Get Out bodysnatching shenanigans happened, it kind reminds me of the Furious Five vs Tai-Lung fight in Kung Fu Panda because like you know they’re gonna lose but the teamwork is cool to see. Still oddly enough Ouken is able to remember Despa’s lessons and turn the tables on them, so I guess there is part of his soul still in there after all, idk if this means he’s starting to heal too or what, still it’s a good time.
Vinland Saga: Thorfinn wakes up from his post-flight nap and finds his arms bending the wrong fucking way so Thorkell tells him a story about Thors while Askeladd sets his arm and they wait for his ears to stop ringing. So Thorkell’s Thorfinn’s mom’s uncle and as we know Thors was really good at killing people until one day he’s like ‘man I don’t wanna kill people anymore’ and fakes his own death. Apparently three months after that, Thorkell’s bumming around Thors’ house in a battleboner-induced state of depression and finds Thors and Helga and baby Ylva sneaking into the house to get some of their shit I guess before going to Iceland. Thorkell tries to convince him to come a’murdering again but Thors shuts him down and kinda doesn’t explain his new pacifist lifestyle very well and instead makes it sound like he just doesn’t think Thorkell’s hot shit and beats him down bare-handed. Meanwhile Askeladd tries being the Doc Louis to Thorfinn’s Little Mac and tells him how to beat Thorkell based on how he saw him downed in a big battle previously. So they go for round two and Thorfinn’s down an arm and in a lot of pain but thanks to some help from Askeladd he manages to land a hit to Thorkell’s jaw which if you know anything about fighting pretty much scrambles anyone’s brain for a few seconds (kinda accurate to the Little Mac analogy too) and disregarding all Askeladd’s advice to think before he fights, Thorfinn just jumps Thorkell’s body and jams his eye out with his bare hand. His men at this point are like ‘oh shit wait Thorkell wasn’t supposed to lose’ and jump Thorfinn to kill him anyway, luckily Thorkell’s a more honorable man than Askeladd is and is actually willing to honor the duel, though his men aren’t having it and still want Thorfinn dead. I mean yeah Thorkell’s men kinda interfered but so did Askeladd and Thorfinn was unconscious for a minute too so at this point they have one assist and one brief nap each so I’d make them as tied but Thorkell’s had enough and concedes defeat so it’s up to him I guess. Meanwhile Canute shows up and is just like ‘Yo my dad never loved me and I don’t fear death so I’mma go kill him so either kill me or get out of my fucking way’ and this new show of ballsiness does impress Thorkell and even Askeladd admits he killed Ragnar and offers his life to Canute which Canute takes and the whole team joins the party to go kill the king, awesome. It’s kind of funny like that whole shakeup, we find out Bjorn’s alive, the two brother guys are alive (though the one is in shock and may have amnesia) Priest dude’s alive, Askeladd’s alive, basically all the named characters are still alive and we just traded Askeladd’s mooks for Thorkell’s mooks, except… The Ear I guess? Was anyone’s favorite character The Ear? If so rip I guess but yeah for how earth-shattering that conflict was surprisingly little has changed as far as party structure goes.
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In Leave It to Psmith, Psmith falls in love for the first time, and this relationship drives much of the plot (although the fact that a lot of people care about the Jacksons and want to help them might be more at the core of the novel). It affects his behavior in new ways (he wavers between being smoothly eloquent and awkward and ridiculous, and suddenly he’s very open with his feelings) and culminates the character development that’s been creeping along since the first book. Psmith and Eve’s relationship is the primary one of the novel and certainly the one we are meant to take the most seriously. Not that the romance is always dealt with solemnly--Psmith is involved, so there’s bound to be plenty of comedy--but the sincerity of the love story is never in question. Psmith and Eve’s situations and exchanges might be a joke; their love never is. They’re well-matched and good for each other, and we’re happy for them at the end when they finally get together. 
But they’re not the only romantic couple in the story. These other relationships (or would-be relationships) not only further the plot but provide foils for the main romance, possibly also exploring the theme of what works in a romantic partnership and what doesn’t. 
First, there’s Joe and Constance Keeble. The narrator is careful to shut down any cynicism about their relationship by specifically spelling out that their marriage isn’t one of convenient exchange of money and status. They genuinely like each other, are “a happy and united couple.” The problem is...we don’t get to see this much since the plot requires Constance to be an antagonist preventing her husband from helping the stepdaughter against whom she holds a grudge. As much as the Keebles are fond of each other, their partnership is never quite equal since there is an imbalance of power in Constance’s favor. Joe is a bit afraid of her, and she’s not open to constructive communication on the topic of Phyllis. Loving each other is not enough for their marriage to be a total success; domination of one party over another has gotten in the way.
Then there’s Mike and Phyllis Jackson. We never get to see them together, but they’re clearly happily married. Her shooing him out of the house while she entertains her friends is less about not wanting him around than understanding her socially anxious husband wouldn’t feel comfortable around her guests (as Psmith seems to suggest to Mike). She refers to him as “an angel” and the fact they risked a lot to elope suggests how much they are in love. Their struggles are not in their relationship but from external factors: family estrangement, unexpected loss and financial concerns. In some ways, the Jackson represent a successful marriage, but they also demonstrate the potential hardships in life that come with the decision to commit to each other. Marriage is a risk, but it’s one they’ve been willing to take--and there has been a cost.
Eve, in her first scene, comments that if she continues to be so broke, she might need to marry “[s]ome nice, rich, indulgent man who will spoil me.” But she’s clearly joking, as her actions confirm. Her rejection of Miss Clarkson’s pessimistic view of marriage as dangerous and her refusal to accept the advances of the well-connected but distasteful Freddie Threepwood establish her as no cynic in matters of the heart. Freddie’s infatuation with her goes nowhere because it is entirely one-sided with nothing to ground it. He refuses to respect her wishes and seems more interested in his idea of her than the woman herself. He’s quick to propose and spout romantic platitudes but doesn’t seek to get to know her or spend time with her in a friendly capacity. Although she stands her ground on refusing him, she worries that she might eventually give in. Not only is there no substance to this attempted relationship, but it would have been based on pressure and coercion, so it fails.
Ralston and Cynthia McTodd have an utterly bizarre relationship. Our first impression of it is Ralston’s abandoning a distraught Cynthia for apparently no reason, an action that becomes further plausible with the introduction to the temperamental, self-absorbed poet. Shortly afterward, however, he begs her to rejoin him, and she does. It turns out that he walked out on her for an incredibly petty reason, he does this frequently, and she thinks it’s fun to be married to someone so eccentric. It’s a very dysfunctional marriage, but treated as a joke because the McTodds apparently revel in this ridiculousness. While it works for the McTodds, it’s not particularly successful in any meaningful way (Cynthia undergoes what appears to be intense distress whenever he leaves her--is that really worth the fun?) because it’s all drama and no effective communication or consideration.
Ed Cootes and Liz Peavey have their share of drama too. Theirs is another case of definite fondness for each other but an imbalance in the partnership. Psmith notes that Ed is more fortunate to marry her than she is him, and Liz’s behavior toward Ed indicates she thinks the same. As fond as she is of him, she’s quick to berate and insult him. She’s the brains of their partnership and won’t let him forget it, and he is expected to meekly accept her treatment of him. As with Joe and Constance, they are not equal. Nevertheless, they presumably end up together in the end, and on some level, they deserve each other. They’re not brought to justice for their crimes but they’ll have a lifetime to spend together, which might be both reward and punishment.
Viewed in light of Psmith and Eve’s romance, these others reinforce what works about this central relationship. Psmith has to learn to curb his domineering tendencies, and Eve is able to stand her ground against him but not walk all over him. They’re both optimistic about their future and ready to handle whatever life throws at them--because they’ve both undergone hardship and had to be flexible and hopeful. The attraction starts with him seeing her from across the street, but this infatuation is allowed to grow into a more substantial connection as they get to know each other. He has to be willing to accept her choices, and she finally accepts him of her own free will after coming to her own conclusion with no manipulation. She gets the fun of being married to someone eccentric, while he is able to combine his oddities with enough emotional maturity and consideration of her not to put them through drama constantly. And finally, they view each other as intellectual equals, with mutual respect and admiration.
Wodehouse wrote a lot of comedic romantic pairings that wouldn’t be healthy in the real world, but couples like Psmith and Eve (and many others throughout his romantic comedies, especially in the 20s and 30s) demonstrate their author’s understanding of a more meaningful kind of love. And perhaps that’s much of why these stories are so joyfully satisfying to read.
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When you’ve actually had a crush on Noel Fisher since like 2001 and saw Max Keeble’s Big Move but, like, you never imagined 15+ years in the future watching Shameless and completely falling in love 
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Ooh! We almost got our brilliant Good Omens music composer David G Arnold in S2! 👀❤
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Friday, September 6, 2019
Over this past week of orientation, I have learned so much about this city and what will take place over the next few months. Our dorm is located right in the center of the city; dozens of restaurants, coffee shops, and shops are less than a stone’s throw away. Oxford has proved to be really manageable. The buildings are rarely more than four stories tall, and everything is in walking distance from the dorm. I’ve explored dozens of old streets, with pubs on ever corner, each competing for the title of “Oldest Pub!” The marraige of old and modern is everywhere, manifesting itself especially when a chain restaurant or shop resides in a building that has stood for 700 years. I laughed when I saw that a beautiful stone building next to a castle-like university building was home to none other than Pizza Hut.
This weekend, our program leaders will take us on a field trip to Winchester Castle. We will go on several field trips throughout the semester, each to a place that is rich with British history yet would have been difficult to get to on our own.
The photos above are places where I will spend a lot of time. The first building is the Radcliffe Camera, a library that is only a 5 minute walk from home with amazing reading rooms. The second photo is of Keeble College, the college that my program is associated with. Our dinning hall (pictured last), gym and other library are located in its premises. Hello Hogwarts?!
Today, I have the first meeting with my advisor who will guide me through my research project on Voltaire. After that, we will abandon this leisurely pace with which we’ve strolled through the first week, and truly begin!
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242. 1992: Noises Off (Touchstone) (PG-13)
243. 1992: Straight Talk (Hollywood Pictures) (PG)
244. 1992: Newsies (PG)
245. 1992: Passed Away (Hollywood Pictures) (PG-13)
246. 1992: Encino Man (Hollywood Pictures) (PG)
247. 1992: Sister Act (Touchstone) (PG)
248. 1992: Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (PG)
249. 1992: A Stranger Among Us (Hollywood Pictures) (PG-13)
250. 1992: 3 Ninjas (Touchstone) (PG)
251. 1992: The Gun in Betty Lou’s Handbag (Touchstone) (PG-13)
252. 1992: Crossing the Bridge (Touchstone) (R)
253. 1992: Sarafina! (Hollywood Pictures) (PG-13)
254. 1992: Captain Ron (Touchstone) (PG-13)
255. 1992: The Mighty Ducks (PG)
256. 1992: Consenting Adults (Hollywood Pictures)(R)
257. 1992: Aladdin (G)
258. 1992: The Distinguished Gentleman (Hollywood Pictures)(R)
259. 1992: The Muppet Christmas Carol (G)
260. 1993: Alive (Touchstone) (R)
261. 1993: Aspen Extreme (Hollywood Pictures) (PG-13)
262. 1993: The Cemetery Club (Touchstone) (PG-13)
263. 1993: Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (G)
264. 1993: Swing Kids (Hollywood Pictures) (PG-13
265. 1993: A Far Off Place (PG)
266. 1993: Born Yesterday (Hollywood Pictures) (PG)
267. 1993: Adventures of Huck Finn (PG)
268. 1993: Indian Summer (Touchstone) (PG-13)
269. 1993: Bound by Honor (Hollywood Pictures) (R)
270. 1993: Super Mario Bros. (Hollywood Pictures) (PG)
271. 1993: Guilty as Sin (Hollywood Pictures) (R)
272. 1993: Life with Mikey (Touchstone) (PG)
273. 1993: What’s Love Got to Do with It (Touchstone) (R)
274. 1993: Son-In-Law (Hollywood Pictures) (PG-13)
275. 1993: Hocus Pocus (PG)
276. 1993: Another Stakeout (Touchstone) (PG-13)
277. 1993: My Boyfriend’s Back (Touchstone) (PG-13)
278. 1993: Father Hood (Hollywood Pictures) (PG-13)
279. 1993: The Joy Luck Club (Hollywood Pictures) (R)
280. 1993: Money for Nothing (Hollywood Pictures) (R)
281. 1993: The Program (Touchstone) (R)
282. 1993: Cool Runnings (PG)
283. 1993: The Nightmare Before Christmas (Touchstone) (PG)
284. 1993: The Three Musketeers (PG)
285. 1993: Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (Touchstone) (PG)
286. 1993: Tombstone (Hollywood Pictures) (R)
287. 1994: Cabin Boy (Touchstone) (PG-13)
288. 1994: The Air Up There (Hollywood Pictures) (PG)
289. 1994: Iron Will (PG)
290. 1994: My Father the Hero (Touchstone) (PG)
291. 1994: Blank Check (PG)
292. 1994: Angie (Hollywood Pictures) (R)
293. 1994: The Ref (Touchstone) (R)
294. 1994: D2: The Mighty Ducks (PG)
295. 1994: Holy Matrimony (Hollywood Pictures) (PG-13)
296. 1994: White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (PG)
297. 1994: The Inkwell (Touchstone) (R)
298. 1994: When a Man Loves a Woman (Touchstone) (R)
299. 1994: Renaissance Man (Touchstone) (PG-13)
300. 1994: The Lion King (G)
301. 1994: I Love Trouble (Touchstone) (PG)
302. 1994: Angels in the Outfield (PG)
303. 1994: In the Army Now (Hollywood Pictures) (PG)
304. 1994: Color of Night (Hollywood Pictures) (R)
305. 1994: It’s Pat (Touchstone) (PG-13)
306. 1994: Camp Nowhere (Hollywood Pictures) (PG)
307. 1994: A Simple Twist of Fate (Touchstone) (PG-13)
308. 1994: Quiz Show (Hollywood) (PG-13)
309. 1994: Terminal Velocity (Hollywood Pictures) (PG-13)
310. 1994: Ed Wood (Touchstone) (R)
311. 1994: Robert A. Heinlein’s The Puppet Masters (Hollywood Pictures) (R)
312. 1994: Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale (PG)
313. 1994: The Santa Clause (PG)
314. 1994: A Low Down Dirty Shame (Hollywood Pictures) (R)
315. 1994: Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book (PG)
316. 1995: Houseguest (Hollywood Pictures) (PG)
317. 1995: Bad Company (Touchstone) (R)
318. 1995: Miami Rhapsody (Hollywood Pictures) (PG-13)
319. 1995: The Jerky Boys (Touchstone) (R)
320. 1995: Heavyweights (PG)
321. 1995: Man of the House (PG)
322. 1995: Roommates (Hollywood Pictures) (PG)
323. 1995: Tall Tale (PG)
324. 1995: Funny Bones (Hollywood Pictures) (R)
325. 1995: Jefferson in Paris (Touchstone) (PG-13)
326. 1995: A Goofy Movie (G)
327. 1995: While You Were Sleeping (Hollywood Pictures) (PG)
328. 1995: A Pyromaniac’s Love Story (Hollywood Pictures) (PG)
329. 1995: Crimson Tide (Hollywood Pictures) (R)
330. 1995: Mad Love (Touchstone) (PG-13)
331. 1995: Pocahontas (G)
332. 1995: Judge Dredd (Hollywood Pictures) (R)
333. 1995: Operation Dumbo Drop (PG)
334. 1995: Dangerous Minds (Hollywood Pictures) (R)
335. 1995: A Kid in King Arthur’s Court (PG)
336. 1995: The Tie that Binds (Hollywood Pictures) (R)
337. 1995: Unstrung Heroes (Hollywood Pictures) (PG)
338. 1995: The Big Green (PG)
339. 1995: Dead Presidents (Hollywood Pictures) (R)
340. 1995: Feast of July (Touchstone) (R)
341. 1995: The Scarlet Letter (Hollywood Pictures) (R)
342. 1995: Frank and Ollie (PG)
343. 1995: Powder (Hollywood Pictures) (PG-13)
344. 1995: Toy Story (G)
345. 1995: Father of the Bride, Part II (Touchstone)(PG)
346. 1995: Nixon (Hollywood Pictures)(R)
347. 1995: Tom and Huck (PG)
348. 1996: Mr. Holland’s Opus (Hollywood Pictures)(PG)
349. 1996: White Squall (Hollywood Pictures)(PG-13)
350. 1996: Mr. Wrong (Touchstone)(PG-13)
351. 1996: Muppet Treasure Island (G)
352. 1996: Before and After (Hollywood Pictures)(PG-13)
353. 1996: Up Close and Personal (Touchstone)(PG-13)
354. 1996: Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (G)
355. 1996: Two Much (Touchstone)(PG-13)
356. 1996: Little Indian, Big City (Touchstone)(PG)
357. 1996: James and the Giant Peach (PG)
358. 1996: Celtic Pride (Hollywood Pictures)(PG-13)
359. 1996: Last Dance (Touchstone)(R)
360. 1996: Boys (Touchstone)(PG-13)
361. 1996: Spy Hard (Hollywood Pictures)(PG-13)
362. 1996: Eddie (Hollywood Pictures)(PG-13)
363. 1996: The Rock (Hollywood Pictures)(R)
364. 1996: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (G)
365. 1996: Phenomenon (Touchstone)(PG)
366. 1996: Kazaam (Touchstone)(PG)
367. 1996: Jack (Hollywood Pictures)(PG-13)
368. 1966: First Kid (PG)
369. 1966: The Rich Man’s Wife (Hollywood Pictures)(R)
370. 1996: D3: The Mighty Ducks (PG)
371. 1996: The Associate (Hollywood Pictures)(PG-13)
372. 1996: Ransom (Touchstone)(R)
373. 1996: The War at Home (Touchstone)(R)
374. 1996: 101 Dalmatians [live action](G)
375. 1996: The Preacher’s Wife (Touchstone)(PG)
376. 1997: Evita (Hollywood Pictures)(PG)
377. 1997: Metro (Touchstone)(R)
378. 1997: Prefontaine (Hollywood Pictures)(PG-13)
379. 1997: Shadow Conspiracy (Hollywood Pictures)(R)
380. 1997: That Darn Cat [remake](PG)
381. 1997: Jungle 2 Jungle (PG)
382. 1997: The Sixth Man (Touchstone)(PG-13)
383. 1997: Grosse Pointe Blank (Hollywood Pictures)(R)
384. 1997: Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (Touchstone)(R)
385. 1997: Gone Fishin’ (Hollywood Pictures)(PG)
386. 1997: Con Air (Touchstone)(R)
387. 1997: Hercules (G)
388. 1997: George of the Jungle (PG)
389. 1997: Nothing to Lose (Touchstone)(R)
390. 1997: Air Bud (PG)
391. 1997: G.I. Jane (Hollywood Pictures)(R)
392. 1997: A Thousand Acres (Touchstone)(R))
393. 1997: Washington Square (Hollywood Pictures)(PG)
394. 1997: RocketMan (PG)
395. 1997: Playing God (Touchstone)(R)
396. 1997: Flubber (PG)
397. 1997: An American Werewolf in Paris (Hollywood Pictures)(R)
398. 1997: Mr. Magoo (PG)
399. 1998: Kundun (Touchstone)(PG-13)
400. 1998: Deep Rising (Hollywood Pictures)(R)
401. 1998: Krippendorf’s Tribe (Touchstone)(PG-13)
402. 1998: An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn (Hollywood Pictures)(R)
403. 1998: Meet the Deedles (PG)
404. 1998: He Got Game (Touchstone)(R)
405. 1998: The Horse Whisperer (Touchstone)(PG-13)
406. 1998: Six Days, Seven Nights (Touchstone)(PG-13)
407. 1998: Mulan (G)
408. 1998: Armageddon (Touchstone)(PG-13)
409. 1998: Jane Austen’s Mafia! (Touchstone)(PG-13)
410. 1998: The Parent Trap (PG)
411. 1998: Firelight (Hollywood Pictures)(R)
412. 1998: Simon Birch (Hollywood Pictures)(PG)
413. 1998: Holy Man (Touchstone)(PG)
414. 1998: Beloved (Touchstone)(R)
415. 1998: The Waterboy (Touchstone)(PG-13)
416. 1998: I’ll Be Home for Christmas (PG)
417. 1998: Enemy of the State (Touchstone)(R)
418. 1998: A Bug’s Life (G)
419. 1998: Mighty Joe Young (PG)
420. 1999: A Civil Action (Touchstone)(PG-13)
421. 1999: Rushmore (Touchstone)(R)
422. 1999: My Favorite Martian (PG)
423. 1999: The Other Sister (Touchstone)(PG-13)
424. 1999: Doug’s 1st Movie (G)
425. 1999: 10 Things I Hate About You (Touchstone)(PG-13)
426. 1999: Endurance (G)
427. 1999: Instinct (Touchstone)(R)
428. 1999:Tarzan (G)
429. 1999: Summer of Sam (Touchstone)(R)
430. 1999: Inspector Gadget (PG)
431. 1999: The Sixth Sense (Hollywood)(PG-13)
432. 1999: The 13th Warrior (Touchstone)(R)
433. 1999: Breakfast of Champions (Hollywood)(R)
434. 1999: Mumford (Touchstone)(R)
435. 1999: Mystery Alaska (Hollywood)(R)
436. 1999: The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story (G)
437. 1999: The Straight Story (G)
438. 1999: The Insider (Touchstone)(R)
439. 1999: Toy Story 2 (G)
440. 1999: Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (Touchstone)(R)
441. 1999: Cradle Will Rock (Touchstone)(R)
442. 1999: Bicentennial Man (Touchstone)(PG)
443. 2000: Fantasia/2000 (G)
444. 2000: Play It to the Bone (Touchstone)(R)
445. 2000: Gun Shy (Hollywood)(R)
446. 2000: The Tigger Movie (G)
447. 2000: Mission to Mars (Touchstone)(PG)
448. 2000: Whispers (G)
449. 2000: High Fidelity (Touchstone)(R)
450. 2000: Keeping the Faith (Touchstone)(PG-13)
451. 2000: Dinosaur (PG)
452. 2000: Shanghai Noon (Touchstone)(PG-13)
453. 2000: Gone in 60 Seconds (Touchstone)(PG-13)
454. 2000: Disney’s The Kid (PG)
455. 2000: Coyote Ugly (Touchstone)(PG-13)
456. 2000: The Crew (Touchstone)(PG-13)
457. 2000: Duets (Hollywood)(R)
458. 2000: Remember the Titans (PG)
459. 2000: Playing Mona Lisa (no label)(R)
460. 2000: Unbreakable (Touchstone)(PG-13)
461. 2000: 102 Dalmatians (G)
462. 2000: The Emperor’s New Groove (G)
463. 2000: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Touchstone)(PG-13)
464. 2001: Double Take (Touchstone)(PG-13)
465. 2001: Recess: School’s Out (G)
466. 2001: Just Visiting (Hollywood)(PG-13)
467. 2001: Pearl Harbor (Touchstone)(PG-13)
468. 2001: Atlantis: The Lost Empire (PG)
469. 2001: crazy/beautiful (Touchstone)(PG-13)
470. 2001: The Princess Diaries (G)
471. 2001: Bubble Boy (Touchstone)(PG-13)
472. 2001: New Port South (Touchstone)(PG-13)
473. 2001: Max Keeble’s Big Move (PG)
474. 2001: Corky Romano (Touchstone)(PG-13)
475. 2001: High Heels and Low Lifes (Touchstone)(R)
476. 2001: Monsters, Inc. (G)
477. 2001: Out Cold (Touchstone)(PG-13)
478. 2001: The Royal Tenenbaums (Touchstone)(R)
479. 2002: Snow Dogs (PG)
480. 2002: The Count of Monte Cristo (Touchstone)(PG-13)
481. 2002: Return to Never Land (G)
482. 2002: Sorority Boys (Touchstone)(R)
483. 2002: The Rookie (G)
484. 2002: Big Trouble (Touchstone)(PG-13)
485. 2002: Frank McKlusky, C.I. (Touchstone)(PG-13)
486. 2002: ESPN’s Ultimate X (Touchstone)(PG)
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KASSANDRA CLACK: TRIPPIN’ IN HEELS
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Trippin' In Heels – Kassandra Clack Release Date: May 12th, 2023
Track Listing:
1. Short Cut 2. Fool For You 3. On Vinyl 4. Where I’m At 5. Algorithm 6. Flash
Kassandra Clack’s Trippin’ In Heels is a debut album infused with warmth and charm. Lyrical prowess is paired with assured, velvety vocals. Channeling old-school Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, the country pop collection is sugary sweet with a hint of sass. Listeners will be left satisfied and hungry for more.
The Vancouver-based singer, pianist and actor is no stranger to delicious creations. Parched for project funds, Clack baked and sold cinnamon buns. The results are glazed and glamorous narratives of the ideal self.
The album rises with “Short Cut,” a song about the stress and frustration of modern living: “Give me that dry shampoo / Cause I'm running on fumes / Hitting snooze three times / And I'm stuck on loop.” Country twang latches itself onto glowing electronic notes. Controlled vocal runs beautifying the search for quality of life. “Fool for You” is light, fuzzy and romantic. Bouncy bass and trance melodies support a story of falling in love:” You got me tripping in heels down the block / Got me forgetting my words when we talk.” Shaken and stirred, the song wears its heart on the street.
Dreamy electric guitar and slow piano give “On Vinyl” an endearing 90’s vibe. Jeweled singing capturing everlasting adoration. Witty words build drama and soul:” Might not be in mint condition / But we're all billboard number ones / Like a limited edition / It's a love that will pass on.” Clacks cuts herself some slack in “Where I’m At.” The track trudges through mental mucks with acoustic strings, metallic notes, and wispy vocal harmonies. Lyrics accept and reclaim rest days: “Ain’t no shame in hittin’ snooze / This Snuggie is my business suit / Kitchen boardroom / Different day / Same zoom.”
“Algorithm” decodes love with restless strings and rustic tones. Intensity builds up to a chorus reinforced by energized drums. ”Love is patient, love is kind / It's cold and cruel and brutally blind.” The album is wrapped up with the somber but shimmering “Flash.” Angelic vocal layers paint a portrait of uncertainty: “If my tickets were sold out / Would I be reaching for more / Trying to win the award / Would it really make you love me more.” Soft piano and twang construct a peaceful and picturesque soundscape.
Trippin’ In Heels is an enchanting introduction to Kassandra Clack. Fierce and feminine, her persona is captivating. The artistry is impressively intentional. Resonating lyrics, buttery vocals, and rich instrumentals make the album an elevated experience.
Written by: Jenna Keeble
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