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spider-jaysart · 5 months

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For the Supersons week 2023 bonus prompt: In another life

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This is an au of mines called Species swap where Damian's an alien and Jon's a human instead. Besides my apocalypse one, this one is also one of my most faves!

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Damian and the Batfamily, plus the Al Ghul's, are hero aliens instead of humans (though, the Al Ghul's are more like warriors here like Tamaraneans are for example) and Jon and the Superfamily are the humans in this au who save people on earth with their highly trained combat skills and helpful gadgets.

The Al Ghuls live on a far away planet called "Lazarus planet" and Damian grew up there with them (just like in his origin). All aliens there were trained to fight very skillfully. Damian too while growing up there was trained to fight very skillfully as well, since he's going to be the ruler of that planet one day when he grows up.

But then Talia had no choice but to send Damian to his Father's planet on his 10th birthday, since some vicious aliens from another planet had came to invade their home and wanted to assassinate all of their people during that day, so she had to do it to keep him safe until the war was over. She quickly leaves their planet and uses one of the mini traveling spaceships to drive Damian to Bruce's planet, which is Gotham. After landing there and finding Bruce, she leaves Damian there with him to be taken care of while she's gone.

So for the mean time while Damian has to stay on Bruce's planet, he begins to finally get to know his Father and finally learns about the rest of his unknown Batfamily members for the first time as well. And while all of that's happening, after some time, the Al Ghul's later win the war on their planet and Talia goes back to go get Damian. Though, Damian has already become attached and didn't want to just leave his Father and his other family so soon after getting to finally know them for only just such a short time, so Talia lets him stay a little longer because of that. After that, her and Bruce both later decide on an agreement about sharing equal time with him, letting him usually spend one week on Lazarus planet with the Al Ghul's and the next one on Gotham planet with the Batfamily so that it'll be fair

With the Superfamily, Jon, Clark, Lois, Kara, Kon, and Chris live on earth as humans and fight crime protecting people (just like the Batfamily as humans). They train a lot to stay strong and also own a lot of gadgets. And just like how the Batfamily would, they have things like a Superrang, Supermobile, and etc. They also all wear masks to hide their identities

Damian's never been to earth before, not even his Mother. Though, he's always heard stories from his Father, brothers, and Grandfather about earth and it's humans, since they're the ones who have actually been there before. He was always curious about what it was like over there but he never dared to visit it, especially since he was always told by his family that he wasn't ever allowed to because of certain reasons that could possibly endanger him

One day though, during a mission in space with his brothers when he was 12 years old, which involved a bunch of dangerous aliens who owned powerful electric, laser guns, he fell down to earth after being severely shocked and knocked out by a strong laser blast. He fell down in planet earth's direction, later crashing into a video game store while Jon and his family were nearby, busy dealing with a mission of their own. Jon, after hearing the crash, went to go take a look at where and what the loud sound was caused by and saw Damian just laying there knocked out in the store with the ceiling rocks on top of him, since he had destroyed the stores roof during his crash into the place

After the rest of the Superfamily found out about it, they took Damian with them to the Fortress of solitude to find out who he was (he was still knocked out), since they knew he wasn't from earth after looking at his unique outfit and long unusual sharp, large sword. As soon as Damian woke up, he tried to fight them and escape, feeling endangered since he didn't know them, but they calmed him down and then kept him inside of a clear cube that he couldn't break through at all with his super strength so that he could stop, which just got him upset again but even more than before

They let Damian out once they found out that he wasn't a threat and tried apologizing to him. Jon excitedly then tries to become his friend and tries showing him around Metropolis during that same day until they can get him back home. Damian's clueless about earth things and only knows a little bit about the things that his family has told him about it before, so Damian ends up curiously asking Jon a lot of questions about everything around earth and in Metropolis, while Jon tries to answer them all for him (he thinks that Jon is a very smart person cause he knows all the answers to his every question lol). So they both get to bond a little and know eachother better that same day (they also fight some crime together while walking around the city)

Meanwhile, the Batfamily and the Al Ghul family are both panicking very much and are trying to find Damian as fast as they can since he's still missing. So once the Batfamily and the Al Ghul's got to earth, they got into a mini fight with the Superfamily, thinking that Damian's in danger with them. But then Bruce remembers Clark being the same exact boy he had met as a kid when he himself accidentally crashed onto earth many years ago in the past and got his help to go back home, so it all gets figured out in the end and peace is quickly made between them both and all is finally understood

Both of Damian's family finally found him after that and tried to take him safely back home, but he refused and didn't want to leave since he found everything so interesting on earth, plus he was also just starting to like Jon too. After arguing back and forth, they decided that he could visit sometimes, but only with supervision from whoever is available to go along with him during those times to make sure he's okay. Damian was pleased with that decision.

So after everything and as time went on, Damian and Jon later became the duo team named Supersons and also best friends in the end too (with crushes on eachother)

Some facts:

Damian and the Al Ghul's are the ones who rule Lazarus planet since they're the royal family there

Those from Lazarus planet are called "Lazarens" and those from Gotham planet are "Gothamites", so that makes Damian a mixed alien who is considered a "Lazamite"

Most characters who are aliens in canon are now humans in this au instead

All planets like Tamaran and Krypton don't exist in space in this au and are instead just big cities on earth. Tamaran city is corrupted under Blackfire's control over it and Krypton is a city that was destroyed many years ago, so it is now abandoned and no one ever visits it

Damian is pretty reckless on earth while fighting and using his powers on humans who are criminals, since he's used to being that way when defeating enemies who are very strong like him back in space. So Jon has to sometimes remind him to be more careful about what he's doing and how he has to be more calmer when handling humans and certain other things

Just like how Damian always visits Jon on earth for patrol together or just hangout or have sleepovers at the Kent farm, Jon also visits Damian's planets sometimes too and they get to do many of those things together there as well

Damian wanted to find a way to be around Jon more though after becoming his friend, so after hearing that Jon goes to school in the early day, he immediately wanted to be registered in too (it's also because they don't have many schools in space for alien kids and he was homeschooled for years by Talia, so he wanted to know the experience too). Talia and Bruce didn't want to do it since they were afraid that he could get caught as an alien if he were to make any kind of mistakes around the civilians over there, but after being constantly asked over and over by their son and seeing how much he wanted it, they finally did it for him. The Superfamily decided to help him out by making him a holographic bracelet that makes him look human (which makes him look like how he always does in canon)

Damian doesn't have his canon pets with him in space in the beginning (only Goliath and Batcow who have some type of alien DNA in them) and has no idea what earth pets are like either because of this, but he does meet them on earth later on. After escaping their everyday cages, they all unexpectedly run out of a nearby pet shop while Jon is showing Damian around the city and they happily run towards the Boy Wonder. Damian prepares to defend himself since he isn't very trusting of them at first, thinking they are going to try and challenge him with an attack like other creatures he's fought before, but he was immediately met with the complete opposite after getting pushed down to the ground by them, getting a bunch of doggy and cat kisses to the face instead. This unexpected love from them quickly made him change his whole view on them, causing him to fall in love with their lovable, fluffy cuteness. The pet store owner tried to take them back inside, but Damian threatened him with his large sword so that he can leave them alone. It scared the poor guy away and Damian happily left with his new pets. After seeing that, Jon had to quickly go after Damian to tell him that's not how things are done on earth and that he has to actually go back and adopt them first for real instead of just leaving with them. After all of that, Damian later puts special collars on them (made by the Batfamily) that help them breathe properly in space so that he can take them home with him

When Jon gets married to Damian in the future when they're both adults, he also becomes a king on Lazarus planet too like Damian

In this au, Damian and the Batfamily destroyed Eberos (the creature from Dceased who was made by Darksied to start the apocalypse) before he could even do anything to earth

For abilities and other little things:

Damian has flight, Superstrength, Superspeed, laser vision, laser beams, and flame blasts that he can throw from his hands. And also, while it may be a learned skill for him in canon, it's actually a natural born ability of his to be able to imitate many voices in this au

Whenever he gets really mad, Damian's hair turns into flames until he calms down again

Lazarens have Lazarus blood in them, so whenever they get cuts or are severely injured, their wounds just close back up (after an hour) and they regenrate whatever part of their body they lost (which usually takes almost a month). They can also live up to 2000 years or even longer because of this. There are also multiple Lazarus pits on Lazarus planet

Damian's big sword is way too heavy to actually be held by humans, so only those with super strength like him can hold it. He can also transfer his abilities to the weapon while holding it during battle and make it light up in green fire, which helps him create bigger damage against enemies and make fast clean cuts through anything too

Not one of them, but Damian is allergic to these giant "shrimp" like creatures in space and will grow a big headache and will also be sneezing out whole fire breath sneezes as if he's a dragon if he's too close to them for too long. He can even take out almost a whole battle field with it too, that's how bad it is (inspired by my friend @paladin-of-nerd-fandom65 's headcanon where Damian is allergic to shrimp). After finding out about this allergy, Jon created an antidote for him that makes it go away faster whenever they bump into these creatures

Lazarens only fall in love once with someone and aren't able to go through it again with other people

Bruce is a Gothamite who is born with a lot of rare abilities that many other Gothamites don't have, so some of them were passed onto Damian too. They're: Super high intelligence, the super clear ability to observe things much better than a human as if they're like robots, astounding quick memory, and the ability to move any shadows with them when they need to stay hidden

Damian's system allows him to eat whatever he wants, especially weird stuff, without any kind of problems. He's still a vegetarian though and even tries to be one with earth food too (sometimes he doesn't understand what any of the meals actually are though and needs help from others to tell him if they involve meat or not)

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bzedan · 1 year

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April! Continuing my little bonus challenge of meaningful numbers, this playlist is 4 hours and 0 minutes long (my 40th birthday was this month).

Being my birthday month, this playlist was all about indulging myself with some oft-played faves mixed with ancient nostalgia, while also threading through a little bit of self-discovery vibes? Existing at this age wasn't something I could really conceptualize when listening to 'Barracuda' for the first time, I was just getting by day-to-day.

Anyway! A lot of songs from my most beloved records and tapes growing up, but with all the things I've fallen in love with since (did you know I was finally able to learn who Dio was thanks to hearing it on a radio station in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.

That's not to say there are a bunch of new favourites in here; 'Damocles' by Medusa is sparkling new and absolutely slaps in a way that I wish I could send to young me who hadn't even heard rock as hard as 'Time of the Season' yet, but who would play harpsichord records loudly, paving the mental pathways for listening to Wendy Carlos' The Well-Tempered Synthesizer (deeply unavailable online). I will note that I'd heard rock before The Zombies, but I don't think the piano music to 'White Rabbit' is quite the same thing, really.

Related media to some of the songs:

If you like Stromae's 'Alors On Danse' then there's a Tiny Desk Concert for you with another mix of the song (it's at 8:03).

'ボクにインビテーション' (Boku ni Inbitēshon, "Invitation to Me") by JP is from Shirokuma Cafe, an anime worth hunting up (it's animals who work and visit a cafe! there are puns that can't be localised but they translate them well!).

'Violin Concerto in G Major, Op. 8, No. 2: I. Allegro' is from Chevalier, which is in theatres now and I look forward to seeing when I can watch it at home, here's a trailer. And here's the Tumblr post that hipped me to the movie coming out.

Anyway here's a link to April's playlist on Spotify, with the track list below.

Also embedded, if you like that sort of thing:

'Meet Me In The Middle (Ky Vöss Mix)' - Boy Jr.

'Sometimes I Think I Hate Myself' - Dead On A Sunday

'Damocles' - Medusa

'Sister Christian' - Night Ranger

'It Can't Come Quickly Enough' - Scissor Sisters

Alors On Danse - 90's Remix' - Stromae

'Talkin' Bout' - Thumpasaurus

'Barracuda' - Heart

'Crimson and Clover' - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

'Time of the Season' - The Zombies

'From The Morning' - Let's Eat Grandma

'Magic Carpet Ride' - Steppenwolf

'The Pusher' - Steppenwolf

'Holy Diver' - Dio

'(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone - 2006 Remaster' - The Monkees

'Magic Man' - Heart

'The Last in Line' - Dio

'I Am a Rock' - Simon & Garfunkel

'The Weight' - Smith

'This Diamond Ring' - Gary Lewis & The Playboys

'Grease - From â€œGreaseâ€' - Frankie Valli

'To Love Somebody' - Bee Gees

'It's My Party' - Lesley Gore

'My Kink is Karma' - Chappell Roan

'Good Tonight' - Izzy Perri

'Blue Monday' - Orgy

'Five O'clock World' - The Vogues

'Leader Of The Pack' - The Shangri-Las

'Earth Angel' - The Penguins

'Son of a Preacher Man' - Dusty Springfield

'Devil Came Down the Dance Floor (feat. Amber Martin)' - Jake Shears

'If U Seek Amy' - Britney Spears

'Central City Freestyle' - Big Freedia

'Dark Night' - The Blasters

'I Think We're Alone Now - Single Version' - Tommy James & The Shondells

'Chaeri' - Magdalena Bay

'On A Roll' - Ashley O

'Career Boy' - Dorian Electra

'Better To Find Out For Yourself' - Buffy Sainte-Marie

'Mamma Mia' - String Tribute Players

'Chemical' - Post Malone

'The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)' - Betty Everett

'ボクにインビテーション' (Boku ni Inbitēshon, "Invitation to Me") - SUPER OMOTENASHI BEATS vol.1 ver' - JP

'Tell Him - Single Version' - The Exciters

'Visions' - Guilhem Desq

'I Love You Always Forever' - Donna Lewis

'I Think You've Got Your Fools Mixed Up' - Brenton Wood

'Identity Crisis' - Jarina De Marco

'I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore' - Lucy Dacus

'Psychos' - Jenny Lewis

'Underwater' - Sun's Signature

'Violin Concerto in G Major, Op. 8, No. 2: I. Allegro - From "Chevalier"' - Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

'So Good Right Now' - Fall Out Boy

'Chan Chan' - Buena Vista Social Club

'White Rabbit' - Jefferson Airplane

'Mr Blue' - Yazoo

'Synthesizer' - Electric Six

'Crazy On You' - Heart

'Sonido Amazonico' - Los Mirlos

'Coconut' - Harry Nilsson

'Oranges and Lemons' - Book Of Love

'Season of the Witch' - Donovan

'If I'm Dancing' - Britney Spears

'All Night Long (All Night) - Single Version' - Lionel Richie

'Year Of Living Dangerously' - Scissor Sisters

#meche makes playlists #syndicated from subscription sites #playlists #taking pictures for 25 years and also having a partner of two decades who was a professional photographer is #I think I do have images of me in every format but glass and tin plate #but what I have *to hand* for quick shitpost covers is more limited #Spotify

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btpbyalison · 1 year

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Keith+Lily

There are times I meet with clients, and I know they’ll be special. Know they’re going to be stuck with me forever.

These are the clients that are just fun. During their consult, Keith told me about his custom-built chopper. Two of his groomsmen had them, too. A chopper is a fabulous motorcycle, for those who don’t know.

I knew they had to hire me. Thankfully they did.

So, on May 6th, 2023 I found myself at Lily’s sister Ashley’s house. Lily was getting her makeup done by the brilliant Amanda Holt. If you’re getting makeup done, you should call her.

I immediately felt like one of the girls. One was dealing with her hubby being a tool. Others were getting ready. The mother of the groom was gushing over her daughter-to-be. And the one she already had.

All of the girls were to wear cowboy boots. Bride, too.

But, she decided a super glam pair would work better with her dress. Her stunningly brilliant dress. It fit her perfectly.

Seriously....look at that dress.

After the girls were ready to go, I made my way to Andre’s on Telegraph.

The guys were drinking Busch and smoking cancer sticks. You may call them cigarettes. They were ready to get the party going. Custom boutonnieres with bullets were made by the groom and friends the night before. They were perfection.

Then the bride circled the parking lot, so we got the groom hidden. By the dumpster was the best Andre’s had to offer by the back ballroom.

Lily was blessed with fabulous godparents who love her dearly. And a first look with Aunt & Uncle KK was in order.

Then it was time to get everyone down the aisle.

This was the shortest ceremony I have ever witnessed. And I have done courthouse weddings. By the time Lily's new bonus son Dalton figured out his fly was down, the ceremony was over shortly after. While the ceremony was short it was full of laughter and love. Just like Keith and Lily.

And it ended with a…boy howdy did it end with a kiss.

We made our way to Cliff Cave Park. I yelled at the wind. Kept having to scream at the sun to get behind the clouds. Got annoyed with folks who thought it was fine to walk behind our photos. Don’t be that person. Seriously. Do better.

My day was made when we got this photo.

Just when the locals wedding guests were about to lose it, we found our way back to Andre’s. After dinner we got the party started.

The speeches were precious.

A sister who adores her baby sister.

A best man who was more than just a friend, he’s family.

A yummy cake was cut.

A speed round of photos taken with guests. And the party really got started.

We danced. Boy, did we dance.

Lily and Keith…. I love how you love each other. I’m grateful to capture your love story. More so, I’m grateful to have two new friends. You have an amazing tribe. Keep loving each other and that sweet boy. Congratulations!

#btpbyalison #stlouisphotographer #storieswanted #tellyourfriends #weddingphotographer #stlweddings

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laresearchette · 1 year

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES? CHILDREN OF THE CORN (2023) (Shudder) RESTAURANTS AT THE END OF THE WORLD (TLC Canada) 10:00pm

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

CRAVE TV STILL I SING

NETFLIX CANADA WE LOST OUR HUMAN

LGT WORLD WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP (TSN/TSN4) 9:00am: Canada vs. Switzerland (TSN/TSN4) 2:00pm: New Zealand vs. Canada

MLB BASEBALL (SN) 1:00pm: Tigers vs. Yankees

NHL HOCKEY (SNWest) 7:00pm: Wild vs. Devils (TSN2) 7:00pm: Lightning vs. Habs (TSN5) 7:00pm: Sens vs. Bruins (TSN4) 7:30pm: Leafs vs. Islanders (TSN3) 8:00pm: Coyotes vs. Jets (SNWest) 10:00pm: Flames vs. Ducks (SNPacific) 10:30pm: Knights vs. Canucks

NBA BASKETBALL (SN1) 7:30pm: Nuggets vs. Raptors (TSN) 7:30pm: Cavaliers vs. Nets (SN360) 10:30pm: Thunder vs. Clippers

CHUCK AND THE FIRST PEOPLES' KITCHEN (APTN) 7:30pm: Ekuanitshit, QC: In Ekuanitshit, Chuck learns all about harvesting and cooking whelk, a sea snail; he meets Rita Mestokosho, a writer, poet, and councilor for culture and education in the Innu Nation; Chuck meets Guy Vigneault, the director of a 10-boat fleet.

22 MINUTES (CBC) 8:00pm: Wonder drugs and a Juno streaker!

CANADA'S GOT TALENT (City TV) 8:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): Host Lindsay Ell and judges Howie Mandel, Lilly Singh, Trish Stratus and Kardinal Offishall return to Niagara Falls in hopes of finding a Canadian talent worthy of becoming an international star.

MARY MAKES IT EASY (CTV Life) 8:00pm: Picnic and Choose. What does that mean?

KARENA AND KASEY'S FOREIGN FLAVOURS (APTN) 8:00pm: Malaysia

WILD ROSE VET (Cottage Life) 8:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): A turtle named Knuckles needs help with some shell issues and a pig named Missy has a bad case of the flu.

SON OF A CRITCH (CBC) 8:30pm: When Fox’s father gets arrested, Mark lobbies his father not to report on the crime. Meanwhile, Pop and Mary steal cable with a descrambler.

WORKIN' MOMS (CBC) 9:00pm: A Jenny-organized school fun fair brings everybody together for a day of festivities and life-changing decisions.

HUDSON & REX (City TV) 9:00pm: When Jesse's sister contacts him for help, Jesse, Sarah and Rex head to Northern Ontario and find themselves in the middle of a deadly situation.

MEET, MARRY, MURDER (Lifetime Canada) 9:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE): Despite a rocky start, Savannah and Trent Paschal seem like the perfect suburban couple; their romance ends in suspicion, jealousy and a countrywide police hunt after murder is caught on camera.

PAWN STARS (History Canada) 9:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): Rick prepares for battle over a pair of vintage posters; Rick and Chum check out a large Battle Cat toy; Corey takes a look at an old fireman's megaphone; Chum heads over to a photo gallery to see a shot of a lifetime.

GOLD RUSH: PAY DIRT (Discovery Canada) 9:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): With added scenes and bonus features; Parker drops a bombshell on his crew to make up for the debacle in Alaska; Fred faces off with his son over the night shift; Tony's crew cashes out for the season.

HAUNTINGS (T&E) 9:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE): When Andrea Perron moved into her new home in Rhode Island with her parents and four sisters, the previous occupants seemed in a hurry to leave; "for the sake of your family, leave the lights on in this house at night," they told her father, Roger.

A DATE WITH DANGER (Super Chanel Fuse) 9:00pm: A single mom is looking for a fresh start in a new town when she befriends a boutique owner. After her new friend goes missing, she begins to suspect her neighbor of the crime.

CASUAL (CBC) 9:30pm: Alex’s secret profile gets its first real match. Laura bonds with Michael after her sex tape goes viral at school. Valerie gets closure with her ex-husband.

#cdntv #cancon #canadian tv #canadian tv listings #chuck and the first people's kitchen #this hour has 22 minutes #canada's got talent #mary makes it easy #karena and kasey's foreign flavours #wild rose vet #son of a critch #workin moms #hudson & rex #casual #curling #mlb baseball #nhl hockey #nba basketball

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musiconanironingboard · 1 year

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19 January 2023: Cruel Country, Wilco. (2023 vinyl issue of 2022 dBpm release)

Wilco has a chequered history with me; when Belleville, Illinois, group Uncle Tupelo split up and its leaders created two new bands, I declared that it would be Jay Farrar’s Son Volt that would get the crown of greatness and not Jeff Tweedy’s Wilco. Though that first Son Volt album (Trace, 1995) was fantastic, this prediction could not have been more wrong. I saw Wilco perform in 1995 in one of their earliest gigs, and that was all I needed to see. I let quite a long time go by before I bothered taking them seriously. My brother became a huge fan based on their second album Being There (1996) and its followup Summerteeth (1999), putting both on his list of greatest albums of the decade, and only then did I give in. I went backward, got those albums, and then moving forward I declared the band’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) and A Ghost Is Born (2004) the best albums of their respective years. From there it became a slippery slope of disinterest and irritation with a string of Wilco albums that I found dull at best. My brother got so disinterested in them that he gave me his copy of their 2012 album The Whole Love, which I hadn’t bothered buying. My Wilco interest got piqued yet again by that album, and I’ve carried on acquiring all subsequent Wilco releases to the present day, including large, deluxe reissues of the band’s first few albums (well, the reissue of their ’95 debut A.M. is a single disc with bonus tracks, but the next three have received super-deluxe editions). I’ve also kept faithful to buying Jeff Tweedy’s solo releases, at least up until the point of his 2021 concert set Live is the King, which I refused to buy because its parent album, the studio set Love is the King, is so colossally boring that I’ve concluded Tweedy really needs an editor or someone around him who doesn’t act as if every move he makes is the work of a genius. Tweedy is no Prince, but he’s a bit higher up the food chain than Robert Pollard of Guided by Voices, but all three musicians managed to reach a point where they seemingly operate(d) in an echo chamber of acclaim. I could go on, but let me conclude this editorial by saying that Wilco’s new album Cruel Country is every bit as dull as Love is the King. In the old days, I would have just stopped buying their stuff the moment I caught wind of this one’s boringness, but at this stage I sometimes carry on with a musician much longer than I need to. And not only did I find this album boring when I played the double-vinyl set you see pictured here, I knew going into it that I thought it was boring, for last year I bought the ridiculous “Pre-Release Limited Edition” double CD of Cruel Country when the band rushed it out for a Record Store Day event. If you read my post about that purchase, you’ll see that was I irritated even then, swore I wouldn’t re-buy the album when it came out with proper artwork, and then admitted I knew I would be doing it anyway. I have only myself to blame. I do like the album marginally better than when I heard it last year, but I’m really struggling to give it the requisite minimum of spins that I give every one of my music purchases, even duplicates. I need to hear it one more time and then I can file it forever if I so choose. Will I buy Wilco’s next album? Let’s not talk about that now.

Above are the front and back covers. I will say that the artwork on this release is ornate. The lace doily motif you see on the front cover continues with the opened gatefold that you see below. The song titles are “stitched” in there, but it’s fairly illegible even when you’re holding the album right in front of you. (I put stitched in quotation marks because I’m confident this is computer art, but maybe I’m wrong. Maybe some maniac really did stitch this giant doily.)

Placed in the middle of the gatefold, but not attached, is a large, fold-up set of perforated postcards. These postcards, on their obverse, contain lyrics and credits. Below I have shots of the set, first the both sides of the unfolded cards, and then various shots of them being unfolded. I’m sure numerous fans take this as a nod to the ’90s mailing list Postcard from Hell, which started as an Uncle Tupelo list and then evolved to be a Wilco/Son Volt hangout. The list was named for Uncle Tupelo’s 1991 song “Postcard.” I know tons of fans who are constantly talking about the glory days of the list. And good lord; unlike most listservs from all those days ago, this one seems to still be active: https://www.postcardfromhell.com/