HARDCORE BAND BREAK-UP INCOMING -- SEAN IS GETTING INTO B-BOY CULTURE.
PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on primary VOID lyricist and band drummer, the late, great Sean Finnegan rocking a "Wild Style" (1983) sleeveless T-shirt, with "Bubba" Dupree to the left of him looking more glammed out than in the band's earlier days, c. 1983-'84? 📸: Jim Saah.
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PIC #2: Behind-the-scenes shot of the 1983 hip-hop cult classic/docudrama, "Wild Style," with the titular "Wild Style" mural by graffiti artists ZEPHYR, Revolt, and Sharp in the background.
Partly because I wanted to get all the achievements (one would say, why didn’t you play collectible mode? Listen, I’m like that, I need to play the whole game, I can’t just pick up the collectibles), partly because I hadn’t really played it since it came out. I really enjoyed it back then, but the game is rough. It’s tragedy porn. Sean Díaz goes through so much shit. Daniel too! But mostly Sean. And I get the story, but man... Look what they did to my boy!
So it took me a bit to get back to it. Still enjoy the game, still rough.
Now playing it with the hindsight of having played it in before (and some handy dandy guides) I got what I think it’s the best ending. High morality, Daniel is comfortable with his powers, Sean lives in Mexico, free and Daniel lives with his grandparents. I think the game kinda wants you to surrender Sean? What with David’s advice to Sean and all that, but the ending where Sean goes to jail... Oof. Only positive thing is that Lyla is there.
I felt a bit weird about the romances this time around since Sean is 16 and I’m not super clear on Finn and Cassidy’s ages? And also, after all this time, I still can’t get behind Finn’s character? Like, woo! Sean is bisexual, he can get with this hippy boy, yay... Said hippy decides the moment he sees Daniel that he’s going to use for a heist? And still goes through it even when Sean refuses to do it? Woo, gay rights?
So let me introduce you to a concept I made up in my head that I’ve been using to entertain myself through Nats games this year
As we know, most of the Nats bullpen is simply terrible, with a few exceptions. And those few exceptions are what I’ve been referring to as “the Good Pitchers Club.” Like this has taken on a life of its own in my household, we refer to it all the time when watching games. The Good Pitchers Club is a very exclusive club of only a few members, the only bullpen pitchers who are actually good. Sean Doolittle is the president, Tanner Rainey is the vice president and current acting president while Doo is injured, and Kyle Finnegan is the secretary/treasurer. And that’s it. Everyone else is trying to make their case to join the club, but so far no one has been successful. Maybe as the season goes on someone else will gain membership to the Good Pitchers Club, but we’ll have to wait and see
Anyway, I am absolutely going to be posting here about the Good Pitchers Club in the future, just some information for you to have as I amuse myself
The Postman Always Rings Twice / Bob Rafelson (1981)
Secretary* / Steven Shainberg (2002)
Spirited Away* / Hayao Miyazaki (2001)
Watcher / Chloe Okuno (2022)
The Talented Mr. Ripley / Anthony Minghella (1999)
Pride & Prejudice / Joe Wright (2005)
Moonage Daydream / Brett Morgan (2022)
Volver / Pedro Almodóvar (2006)
Belfast / Kenneth Branagh (2021)
The Last Picture Show / Peter Bogdanovich (1971)
I, Tonya / Craig Gillespie (2017)
The Postman Always Rings Twice / Tay Garnett (1946)
Rocketman / Dexter Fletcher (2019)
The Unholy / Evan Spiliotopoulos (2021)
Mara / Clive Tonge (2018)
Frogs / George McCowan (1972)
Prometheus / Ridley Scott (2012)
Men / Alex Garland (2022)
All the Right Moves / Michael Chapman (1983)
Poseidon / Wolfgang Petersen (2006)
Saint Maud / Rose Glass (2019)
Monstrous / Chris Sivertson (2022)
Wander Darkly / Tara Miele (2020)
Howl’s Moving Castle / Hayao Miyazaki (2004)
Iris / Albert Maysles (2014)
Lamb / Valdimar Jóhannsson (2021)
In Fabric / Peter Strickland (2018)
The Elephant 6 Recording Co. / C.B. Stockfleth (2022)
The Visitor / Justin P. Lange (2022)
Smile / Parker Finn (2022)
Yellowjackets [szn 1-2] (2021-2022)
It Comes at Night / Trey Edward Shults (2017)
Everything Everywhere All at Once / Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (2022)
Black Bear / Lawrence Michael Levine (2020)
mother! / Darren Aronofsky (2017)
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story / Eric Appel (2022)
X / Ti West (2022)
I Heart Huckabees* / David O. Russell (2004)
The Right Stuff / Philip Kaufman (1983)
Goliath Awaits / Kevin Connor (1981)
Poltergeist* / Tobe Hooper (1982)
Doctor Who [TV Movie]* / Geoffrey Sax (1996)
Earthstorm / Terry Cunningham (2006)
Lake Eerie / Chris Majors (2016)
Fantastic Planet* / René Laloux (1973)
Synecdoche, New York* / Charlie Kaufman (2008)
Flight of the Navigator* / Randal Kleiser (1986)
NOPE / Jordan Peele (2022)
Women Talking / Sarah Polley (2022)
Striking Distance / Rowdy Herrington (1993)
Vivarium / Lorcan Finnegan (2019)
Saw* / James Wan (2004)
A Peculiar Noise / Jorge Torres-Torres (2016)
In the Earth / Ben Wheatley (2021)
Cats 2 / Jake Jones (2023)
Bringing Out the Dead* / Martin Scorsese (1999)
The Last Blockbuster / Taylor Morden (2020)
The Dance of Reality / Alejandro Jodorowsky (2013)
In the Mouth of Madness / John Carpenter (1994)
The Chamber / Ben Parker (2016)
Tenet / Christopher Nolan (2020)
Synchronic / Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead (2019)
Paprika / Satoshi Kon (2006)
The Menu / Mark Mylod (2022)
Sunshine / Danny Boyle (2007)
Devil’s Island / Sean King, Taylor King (2021)
Benedetta / Paul Verhoeven (2021)
Scotland, PA* / Billy Morrissette (2001)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover / Peter Greenaway (1989)
The Color of Pomegranates* / Sergei Parajanov (1969)
Face/Off* / John Woo (1997)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial / Steven Spielberg (1982)
The Gilded Age (PBS American Experience) / Sarah Colt (2018)
Aniara / Pella Kågerman, Hugo Lilja (2018)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas* / Chuck Jones, Ben Washam (1966)
The Quake / John Andreas Andersen (2018)
The Guilty / Gustav Möller (2018)
The Muppet Christmas Carol* [VHS] / Brian Henson (1992)
M3GAN / Gerard Johnstone (2022)
Caught / Jamie Patterson (2017)
Shot / Jeremy Kagan (2017)
A Charlie Brown Christmas* / Bill Melendez (1965)
Body at Brighton Rock / Roxanne Benjamin (2019)
Trancers / Charles Band (1984)
Higher Power / Matthew Charles Santoro (2018)
*Asterisk = rewatch
Favorites first watched in 2023: Men, In Fabric, Yellowjackets, Everything Everywhere All at Once, mother!, NOPE, The Dance of Reality. (ETA: Vivarium and Aniara, which I wouldn't necessarily call "favorites" but they've stuck with me.)
Favorite rewatches: Secretary, I Heart Huckabees, Poltergeist, Bringing Out the Dead
ian gallagher, fiona gallagher, lip gallagher, mickey milkovich, kevin ball, v fisher, carl gallagher, and frank gallagher
nsfw available for all [ s5 + for ian, lip, and mickey, s11 for carl]
stranger things ;
jim hopper, steve harrington, eddie munson, nancy wheeler, jonathan byers, billy hargrove, mike wheeler, will byers, dustin henderson, lucas sinclair, max mayfield, and el hopper
nsfw available for all except mike, will, dustin, lucas, max, and el
the umbrella academy ;
diego hargreeves, allison hargreeves, klaus hargreeves, five hargreeves, ben hargreeves, and viktor hargreeves
nsfw available for all except five
the last of us ;
joel miller [ROMANTIC] ellie williams [PLATONIC]
nsfw available for joel
black butler ;
sebastian micheals, finny, bard, mei-rin, grell sutcliff, william t. spears, undertaker, and claude faustus
nsfw available for all
inside job ;
reagan ridley, brett hand, ron staedtler, and andre lee
nsfw available for all
kobra kai ;
daniel larusso, johnny lawrence, hawk moskowitz, robby keene, miguel diaz, and demetri alexopoulos
nsfw available for daniel and johnny
supernatural ;
sam winchester, dean winchester, castiel novak, lucifer, crowley, and john winchester
nsfw available for all except tanjiro, zenitsu, inosuke, genya, or muichiro
gotham ;
oswald cobblepot, fish moony, sal maroni, victor zsasz, edward nygma, harvey bullock, harvey dent, alfred pennytworth, and bruce wayne
nsfw available for all except bruce
daredevil ;
matt murdock
nsfw available
the mandolorian ;
din djarin 'mando'
nsfw available
GAMES;
call of duty ;
simon riley 'ghost', johnny mactavish 'soap', john price, kyle garrick 'gaz', alejandro vargas, phillip graves and könig
nsfw available for all
red dead redemption 2 ;
arthur morgan, bill williamson, charles smith, colm o'driscoll, dutch van der linde, hosea matthews, javier escuella, john marston, kieran duffy, micah bell, karen jones, mary-beth gaskill, abigail roberts and sean magurie
nsfw available for all
team fortress 2 ;
spy, mun-dee mundy 'sniper', jeremy 'scout', mr ludwig 'medic', mikhail 'heavy', pyro, tavis finnegan degroot 'demoman', mister jane doe 'soldier', dell gonagher'engineer'
sal fisher, travis phelps, larry johnson, and ash campbell
nsfw unavailable
mortal kobat 1 ;
johnny cage, kenshi takahashi, raiden, kung lao, lui kang, kui liang 'scorpion', bi-han 'sub-zero', tomas vrbada 'smoke', syzoth 'reptile', rain, kitana, mileena, and sindel
peter b parker, miguel o’hara, hobie brown, spider-man noir, ben parker, jess drew, miles morales, miles morales [ earth-42 ], gwen stacy, and pavitr prabhakar
nsfw available for peter b, miguel, hobie, noir, ben, and jess
star wars ;
obi-wan kenobi, anakin skywalker, padme amidala, qui-gon jinn, luke skywalker, han solo, leia skywalker, ben solo ‘kylo ren’, poe dameron, finn, rey skywalker, armitage hux, and cassian andor
nsfw available for all
marvel cinematic universe ;
tony stark, steve rogers, bucky barnes, sam wilson, pietro maximoff, wanda maximoff, vision, bruce banner, natasha romanoff, clint barton, peter parker, loki laufeyson, and thor odinson
nsfw available for all except peter
x-men ;
logan howlett ‘wolverine’, peter maximoff ‘quick silver’, erik lehnsherr ‘magneto’, charles xavier, hank mccoy ‘beast’, kurt wagner ‘nightcrawler’, warren worthington iii ‘archangel’, storm, and scott summers ‘cyclops’
nsfw available for all
deadpool ;
wade wilson ‘deadpool’, colossus, and weasel
nsfw available for all
karate kid ;
daniel larusso and johnny lawrence
nsfw unavailable
the breakfast club ;
john bender, andrew clark, brian johnson, claire standish, and allison reynolds
nsfw available for all
the outsiders ;
dallas winston, darry curtis, sodapop curtis, steve randell, two-bit matthews, johnny cade, and ponyboy curtis
nsfw available for darry and two-bit
the hobbit ;
bilbo baggins, thorin oakensheild, fili durin, kili durin, thranduil, legolas greenleaf, and bofur
nsfw available for all
lord of the rings ;
frodo baggins, sam gamgee, merry brandybuck, pippin took, gimli, legolas greenleaf, aragorn, and boromir
nsfw available for all
scream ;
billy loomis, stu macher, randy meeks, sidney prescott, tatum riley, and dewey riley
If you happen to be in (or plan to visit) the New York area, Sean MacGuire himself, actor Mick Mellamphy, will be starring on the upcoming play, The Smuggler by Ronán Noone.
Synopsis:
It’s 2023. Tim Finnegan is an Irish immigrant trying to make it as a writer on Amity, an affluent summer colony in Massachusetts, where tensions flare between the migrant and local communities after a fatal car crash. When he loses his job as a bartender, Tim gets drawn into the dark underbelly of the island. The Smuggler examines how far one man will go to restore his self-respect and asks the question, “What does it mean to be an American citizen?”
Written entirely in rhymed verse, Ronán Noone won the Best Playwright Award for this gripping, playful, and strikingly original work at Origin Theatre’s 1st Irish Festival in 2019. The 2020 production of The Smuggler was canceled due to the COVID-19 shutdown – Irish Rep is proud to return to this production and bring it to our stage this winter.
The Smuggler
By Ronán Noone
Directed by Conor Bagley
Starring Mick Mellamphy
Performing at the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York from January 18 to February 26, 2023
It's December, and that means I get to be self-indulgent and give myself gifts, mainly the gift of looking at actors I like.
I give you my series of self-indulgence, Granite Hills (1990):
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Set in 1980 in the fictional town of Mudslide, Wisconsin, mainly at the Granite Hills university. This cast will be a mix of actors who would and wouldn't be available at the time.
The Show's Cast Includes:
Alfred Molina as Angel Ramon Vega [Age: 24]
Anjelica Huston as Sandy Cherry Lawson [Age: 26]
Billy Connolly as Professor Darwin Derryl Rigby [Age: 40]
Billy Crystal as Jethro Mephisto Butcher [Age: 25]
Brendan Fraser as Dallas Nathaniel Gray [Age: 23]
Carrie Fisher as Veronica Beverly Chambers [Age: 21]
Cary Elwes as Easton Markos White [Age: 27]
Chris Barrie as Douglass Wilfred Bernard [Age: 20]
Christina Applegate as Storm Hekla Jóhannsson [Age: 18]
Christopher Walken as Professor Karl Cai Lowell [Age: 40]
Craig Charles as Chuck Vance Sheppard [Age: 21]
Dan Aykroyd as Cesar Clay Leon [Age: 23]
Danny John-Jules as Quentin Kingston Hollister [Age: 21]
Daryl Hannah as Bernadette Daphne Jordan [Age: 24]
Diane Lane as Saffron Elouise Mason [Age: 19]
Fran Drescher as Monique Joanne Curtis [Age: 22]
Geena Davis as Erin Kermit Cantrell [Age: 28]
Gunnar Hansen as Thor Hjörtur Jóhannsson [Age: 48]
Harold Ramis as Edmund Morgan Blackburn [Age: 29]
Jack Black as Odin Hrafn Jóhannsson [Age: 21]
Jeff Bridges as Professor Kennedy Troy Gill [Age: 40]
Joe Pesci as Professor Jeremiah Emmit Jekyll [Age: 40]
John Belushi as Julian Noel Hood [Age: 25]
John Candy as Dale Randall Newman [Age: 26]
John Cusack as Andrew Simon Garfield [Age: 23]
John Goodman as Cyrus Lars Nielsen [Age: 27]
John Leguizamo as Alijah Mrlon Cross [Age: 29}
Judd Nelson as Colton Kenelm Coy [Age: 19]
Katey Sagal as Ramona Adrienne Dunn [Age: 25]
Kevin Bacon as Brad Nathan Hardy [Age: 25]
Kiefer Sutherland as Trenton Homer Abbey [Age: 21]
Luis Guzmán as Jaxxon Garrett Flores [Age: 29]
Mandy Patinkin as Elishua Saul Zebedaios [Age: 28]
Matt Dillon as Dennis Waylon Marley [Age: 20]
Matthew Lillard as Alexander Buddy Jones [Age: 19]
Oliver Platt as Ruben Manuel Valdez [Age: 22]
O'Shea Jackson (Sr.) as Tyrese Jordan Maxwell [Age: 18]
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Parris Hayes Grant [Age: 19]
Raul Julia as Professor Marcel Gomez Agua [Age: 40]
A Story about Ostracization, Erasure, Displacement, and More
Image: Dontnod Entertainment via Polygon
Homelessness/Houselessness:
What makes Life is Strange 2 special is its overarching themes of displacement, exclusion, and being “the other.” The game explores these themes in a variety of ways. The first way it explores them is by tackling Houselessness/Homelessness, and more importantly, youth Houselessness/Homelessness, which is seldom discussed. Throughout the game, there are various representations of characters who are homeless, nomadic, or are living unconventional lifestyles. Sean and Daniel lose their mother after she leaves to be raised by their father alone and end up losing their father after a racial profiling incident with a police officer occurs; the boys are left with no caretakers. Our protagonists are completely displaced and are considered criminals, thugs, outlaws, murderers, etc. The labels harm them even more, however, due to their Mexican American identities.
On the other end of the homeless/houseless spectrum, are characters like Brody (Brody Holloway), who was raised in an upper-class family but decided the unconventional and nomadic lifestyle was best for him. He becomes a traveling journalist and has the freedom to protest, write blogs, do podcasts, etc. He has the freedom to roam around and be creative because of the high class, safe, and structured upbringing he came from.
There are many other drifters Sean and Daniel meet along their journey. We’re introduced to characters like Cassidy who comes from an emotionally abusive family, where her father was racist and addicted to drugs, and her mother was complacent to it all. There’s also characters like Finn (Finnegan McNamara), whose father ratted him and his brothers out to law enforcement after starting an illegal business with them. The incident resulted in him and his brothers going to jail. Penny was continuously ostracized while growing up in a poor neighborhood in Chicago because of his “queer” identity. We’re also introduced to Jacob (Jacob Hackerman), who grew up in a very pious cult-like community that he was exiled from because of his gay identity. Later on in the game, we learn more about Karen, Sean and Daniel’s mother, who wanted to pave her own path and be set free from the rules set by society. We meet many characters similar to her in the commune that she resides in. The game gives us wide arrange of perspectives on and outcomes of homelessness/houselessness, some choose it, and others don’t have a choice but to live the way they do.
i'll write basically anything (fluff, angst, smut) for any of the characters listed above! if there's another character from any listed media/fandom that isn't listed, shoot me an ask and there's a chance i just forgot to put them on here!
Ulima is like an inch or two shorter than Donnie. There's not much difference. Carina is about the same height as Mikey, maybe an inch and 1/2 shorter, hard to say cause I can never find good heights of the rise crew. Rara's a little smaller than Raph, but taller than Donnie and Rei is the shortest and reaches Leo's chest. Height difference is always with them.
CONGRATULATIONS, CYPRIAN, MARIE, & KADE! welcome to POTTERHQ! the characters REMUS LUPIN, CASSIOPEIA NOTT, & CADEN FINNEGAN-THOMAS, along with the face claims SEAN BEAN, ABIGAIL COWEN, & KEHLANI are now taken. PLEASE, be sure to send in your blog to the main within 24 HOURS or send us a message if you need more time. please remember to follow all of the instructions listed on our newbie checklist as well when creating and sending in your blog. see you on the dash!
{ non binary, he/they } ❝And I just keep on missing you, straying nights and after all, would you be waiting if you knew?❞ huh, who’s SEAN BEAN? no, you’re mistaken, that’s actually REMUS LUPIN. they’re 69 year old HALF BLOOD wix who is a RETIRED SPY. they are a GRYFFINDOR alum and the child of LYALL LUPIN and HOPE HOWELL. they are known for being SELFISH, SELF HATING, BITTER, PESSIMISTIC, and WAYWARD but also INTELLIGENT, GIVING, INTUITIVE, EARNEST, and APPRECIATIVE, so that must be why they always remind me of the song IN YOUR LIKENESS BY WOODKID and FALLING ASLEEP UNDER THE SUN, CHOCOLATE STAINED FINGERTIPS, READING BY DAWN’S LIGHT, THE SCENT OF EVERGREEN SAP, and MUMBLING IN WELSH. i hear they are aligned with the ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, so be sure to keep an eye on them. { Cyprian, 30, -7 PDT, any pronouns! }
{ cis woman, she/her } ❝ all of these minutes passing, sick of feeling used. if you wanna break down these walls, you’re gonna get bruised ❞ huh, who’s ABIGAIL COWEN? no, you’re mistaken, that’s actually CASSIOPEIA NOTT. pronoun is a 25 year old PUREBLOOD witch who is UNEMPLOYED. she is a SLYTHERIN alum and the child of THEODORE NOTT. she is known for being DISMISSIVE, GUARDED, SELFISH, INDULGENT, and INSECURE but also DISCIPLINED, ORGANIZED, ALLURING, CHARISMATIC, and INDEPENDENT, so that must be why pronoun always reminds me of the song CASTLE BY HALSEY and WELL WORN BALLET SHOES, HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND EVEN HIGHER PRESSURES, LONELY NIGHTS AND FRETFUL DREAMS, PERFECT MANNERS AND HER OWN AGENDAS, ENDLESS SHOPPING BAGS, BRIGHTLY COLORED DRESSES AND JEWELED TONES, PORCELAIN SKIN AND COLD EYES, AND A CUSHIONED NOOK HIDDEN BY A STACK OF BOOKS. i hear she is aligned with the NO ONE, so be sure to keep an eye on her. { marie, 32, pst, she/her }
{ nonbinary, they/them. } ❝ just drink, fuck, dance right through disaster ❞ huh, who’s KEHLANI? no, you’re mistaken, that’s actually CADEN FINNEGAN-THOMAS. they are a TWENTY-SIX year old HALFBLOOD wix who is A POTIONEER. they are a GRYFFINDOR alum and the child of DEAN THOMAS & SEAMUS FINNEGAN. they are known for being IMPULSIVE, ABSENT-MINDED, ICARIAN, STRONG-WILLED, and SELF-CONSCIOUS but also SINCERE, AGREEABLE, HARDWORKING, PERCEPTIVE, and RESOURCEFUL, so that must be why they always remind me of the song QUARTER PAST MIDNIGHT BY BASTILLE and LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY, SCREAMING OUT YOUR FRUSTATIONS IN A FOREST, CALLOUSED HANDS, THE STEADY CADENANCE OF SOMEONE READING POETRY ALOUD, AND OLD BOOKS WITHOUT THEIR COVERS. i hear they are aligned with NO ONE, so be sure to keep an eye on them. { kade, 25, est, they/them. }