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eightsisterofmatariki · 12 days

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Shazam!

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

!! TW: alcohol, child abuse !!

Phantoms P.O.V

I drawled through paperwork, stopping myself from cursing who ever the heck John Constantine was. Seriously, were they quadruplets with a horrible mother or something, because no one man should get this many complaints. I felt a summon tug at my core and thanked the ancients that I had a reason not to sort through that mans olimpic sized swimming pool of paper.

As I flew to wherever I was summoned I idly thought about Constantine, maybe I should buy his soul? No one in their right mind would fight the ghost king and then some over one guys soul and then maybe I could get him to sit through all this paperwork instead of me.

I heaved myself out of the circle (which was incredibly hard in full regalia) and looked at who had summoned me. It was Constantine (I knew enough to recognise him from the few descriptions I had got). I considered punching him given he had the nerve to summon me, I settled for putting the fear of god into him and let my skin darken until it was black, let stars grace me like freckles, let my eyes glow wide like two moons. I loved being the Ancient of space.

But anyways, it worked. He looked up at me in fear and I felt a twing of sympathy when I saw the faces of the very unprepeared people around him. Maybe I would actually not purposely mess up his deal (that depends on what he was asking for) if they were asking for it too, I was still requesting his soul as payment though. "Uh, your highness, I uhm, never mind. Some really powerful ghost is attacking earth and we would want to make a deal for you to stop them." Constantine stuttered. Huh, an alternate earth, I wondered if this earth had an Amity Park.

"I will help you, and in return I will take your soul John Constantine." I boomed, making my voice clap like thunder, making my words sound ethereal, making each syllable sound like something else.

"You know me- I mean, yes. We accept your deal." Constantine said

"Good." I said. With the deal sealed I opened a portal to the swimming pool full of paperwork about himself and glared at him "Those are all complaints about you, have fun reading." I said, Constantine visibly paled while looking the the overflowing pool and I flew off towards the sounds of mayhem.

As I taunted and souped the ghost something was bugging me. By this point I had been Ghost King for a while and I knew how to recognise powerful magic when I saw it. I also knew how to look through it. I had looked at a being with a lightning bolt down his chest, he radiated power yet one look told otherwise when I saw a small bruised and starved child. Where did he get those powers? What happened to him? Why were they allowing him to fight? I was already preparing to take an unplanned vacation, it was about time to send a screw you up to the observants and I was worried about that kid.

I souped the ghost, checked up on an already groaning Constantine, then went invisible and intangible and flew back to the heros base. I ignored the comments of worry or teasing about Constantine and hovered around the boy, learning his name was Captain Marvel. I followed him home, watched him yell Shazam! and turn into the boy I had previously saw, then rush home.

The first thing I noticed was a cupboard filled with cobwebs and a few microwave meals and a booze, the second thing was a drunk man lumbering towards Captain Marvel and knock a bottle off that table as he did so. Captain Marvel looked weak as the guy hit him and my core and instincts cried out to help the boy, but revealing myself now would only make things worse for him.

I watched as the boy stumbled back to the basement and try to wipe blood out of his eyes, then give up and fall asleep on the cold floor, using an old jumper for comfort.

Billy Batsons P.O.V

I woke up expecting everything to be sore, and actually had to stop myself from freaking out. The wounds weren't bandaged and didn't have any medical help on them but they seemed shallower than before and they were properly cleaned.

I could feel that nothing under my clothes was touched so it wasn't some new power, what the hell "Hi." I spun around and grabbed an old fork which had just been lying where I moved him and the guy sitting opposite me put his hands up. That was the ghost king. I remembered how afraid Constantine had been if him and quickly threw th fork away and bowed because he was a king and that's what you do right?

"I uh- why are you here, your majesty?" I asked

"Stop bowing." the ghost king said with a sigh, so I did. "I didn't mean to scare you, what's your name?" I hesitated

"Billy, Billy Batson," I fought the urge to narrow my eyes

"I saw through the adult disguise in a few seconds." the ghost king admitted "You can call me Phantom or Danny by the way, I don't mind which." Phantom said, Danny sounded too informal for a king

"I promise you I'm fine Phantom." I said, I picked up my backpack

"What school do you go to." Phantom asked,

"I beg." I said, Phantom winced and disappeared

"I'll be here if you need help." he promised

#dpxdc

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yelena-bellova · 1 year

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I saw a poll on this and I wanted to know your opinion: what is the most toxic fandom?

Alrighty, get your snacks and sit back…

I don’t know if there’s necessarily one fandom that’s the most toxic. The toxicity doesn’t come from the product itself because the majority of these shows, movies, games, books, etc. that we all love aren’t morally questionable. It’s individual people that kick up a storm and they’re, obviously, in every single fandom.

That being said, having been a part of online fandom culture since the SuperWhoLock days, here’s my observations…

To this day, the two most toxic fandoms I’ve been a part of are Stranger Things and Star Wars and both have to do with age.

Stranger Things, while being a show that purposefully appeals to many age demographics, seems to draw a lot of younger fans online. Gen Z is completely unhinged with their opinions and, having grown up on social media, see trolling and online attacks as a way to be heard. Cyberbullying? They’re all for it, because that’s what they’ve been taught.

The Byler fandom specifically is the most toxic group of fans I’ve ever seen in any fandom. Again, these fans tend to be on the younger side and have no qualms about screaming their lungs out until they pass out. They’ve gone after multiple actors, other fan accounts, and have taken the joy right out of the show for a lot of us who like to discuss it. I’m not a Byler shipper, but I avoid the stans at all cost just because of the attitudes I’ve seen…

That’s not to say that older fans aren’t part of the problem. The Steddie fandom is intolerable, in my opinion. The Billy Hargrove stans are…otherworldly. And a lot of Eddie fans are straight up crazy. I said what I said…

Bringing us to Star Wars…

Star Wars’ problem lies more with the older fans…it’s straight up racism and sexism. Whenever there’s a POC cast in a role other than Rebel Pilot #64 or a woman is given a lead role, you’d think the sky was falling. And, much like their younger counterparts, hate is the first place they go. They lead online attacks and try to bully and petition the actors either a) out of the franchise or b) off of social media.

Star Wars is a highly political fandom which is hilarious considering it’s a universe about spaceships and little green gremlins that eat blue cookies, but I digress…

Moses Ingram, Kelly-Marie Tran, Daisy Ridley and John Boyega (this is just naming the few that I’m aware of) have all survived so many social media attacks they should have never dealt with in the first place, simply because a bunch of (typically) straight white fanboys can’t deal with representation. Star Wars, in their mind, is reserved solely for the “heroes” and the heroes can only be strapping white males.

And yes, there’s such a thing as forced representation that happens in media to fill quotas or to avoid being cancelled, but so far, Star Wars hasn’t slipped and everyone they’ve hired for their projects has knocked it out of the park. So why does it matter what color their skin is or what their gender is if they’re the best suited to bring their characters to life?

Two fandoms, two different age groups, but the same feral, hateful attitude. One is for representation, one’s against it…but both are wrong.

At the end of the day, these are made up characters in made up universes on made up shows, and there’s fans that take it all a little too seriously. These shows and movies are here for our enjoyment, not to create more discord in the world, and more fans need to realize this.

#sorry for the novel but i have a lot of feelings on the subject #anon #asked and answered #fandom behavior

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adamwatchesmovies · 9 months

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Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006)

Most movies are obviously good or bad. Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (or simply Stormbreaker in certain regions) has what it takes to entertain young teens but its low points are subterranean. I hesitated to call it a miss until I saw the villains. This adaptation of the book by Anthony Horowitz is derivative of every spy movie you've ever seen. Even if you can forgive that, there’s no way you can take the bad guys seriously.

Orphaned at a young age, Alex Rider (Alex Pettyfer in yet another bad YA Novel adaptation) is recruited by MI-6 when his uncle (Ewan McGregor) is killed in action. His mission? Pose as a contest winner and get close to billionaire Darrius Sayle (Mickey Rourke) to find out the real reason he created “Stormbreaker”, a computer system he claims will change the world.

It’s ridiculous to believe a 14-year-old would be recruited by a government agency but that’s part of the fantasy. Turns out Alex has been subconsciously trained by his uncle for years. He can stand toe-to-toe with ruthless thugs (in cleverly conceived action scenes by John Woo that are unfortunately not convincingly shot). He just needs the chance to prove himself. Then he’ll have the opportunity to get his revenge… and save the world too. In Bond-like fashion, Alex is given a variety of amusing gadgets disguised as everyday “kid” objects. A yoyo, a pen and a Nintendo DS (available in stores now!). Those are pretty cool.

Whenever Stormbreaker starts winning you over with its teenage charms, a disappointment is unfortunately right around the corner. When they introduce Mickey Rourke’s Darrius Sayle, you’ll be flabbergasted. With pimp-like clothes, a cane, a ponytail and blue eyeliner, he looks like a caricature. You think that’s as bad as it’s going to get but then Missi Pyle as Nadia Vole opens her mouth. Her accent is so bad and cartoonish it’s like she’s in a comedy sketch.

And then, there are the contrivances and coincidences, not to mention the poor planning. Sayle has a personal vendetta against the Prime Minister (Robbie Coltrane) so he’s filled the Stormbreaker computers with a deadly virus. Not a computer virus; a green liquid that will kill millions of children when his old enemy presses a big red button as part of the launching ceremony. Said big red button is encoded to launch the virus only if the Prime Minister presses it. This means Sayle couldn’t release the virus (the literal virus. I can’t get over it) even if he wanted to!

This sort of logical head-scratcher isn’t alone. It’s accompanied by a double-whammy of bumping into the right person, at the right time. To prevent the big button from being pressed, Alex desperately needs help. Who happens to be at the ceremony providing security? None other than the soldiers he was training with a week ago. The authorities must’ve had a great deal of confidence in them considering their first mission is this high-profile. Alex uses one of their weapons and destroys the button. His evil scheme down the toilet, Style runs away. Alex goes to pursue him but oh no! Traffic! How could he possibly catch up? Well by asking his school crush, Sabina (Sarah Bolger) for a ride! She just happens to be riding a horse right outside the building! Sure, why not?

Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker is not a Harry Potter ripoff in the same way as the Billy Owens or Percy Jackson franchises but it’s pretty clear it wanted to cash in on the craze. An orphaned boy who discovered he belongs to a secret organization, access to special powers/resources, a film series whose leading man is destined to grow into a hunk for the girls, action scenes to appeal to the boys, a twist on an old formula to make it fresh (in this case, James Bond). Yeah, it fits. Unfortunately, this first chapter has none of the metaphorical magic needed to have lasting power. Plus, it’s just not a good movie. Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker is yet another mid-2000s flick that ends on a note promising a sequel that never happened. (July 31, 2020)

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kleiner-ghost-fo4 · 2 years

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Hancock X Nora (pt.1)

a very much rough and unedited first draft, but this idea has been living rent free in my head for way too long.

Sight NSFW, drugs, alcohol

1.2k

I might eventually write part 2 where they do the deed, if you catch my drift.

Nora stared at the star-filled night sky above her. It had been so long since she’d seen the stars. Well, it had only been since last night, as most of the evenings in the Commonwealth resembled this one, but Nora wasn’t thinking about that. She was thinking about about pre-war times; about the old days when, after putting Shean to bed she’d go to her backyard, perhaps with a glass of something as strong as the vodka she’d been drinking tonight, and watch the planes fly above her, illuminating the sparsely lit blanket of darkness with two dots or red and white.

Nate was not in those memories.

As Nora tried to push past the vodka-induced brain fog, she managed to recall a vague outline of a tall white man with a short beard who’d occasionally join her, his own drink in hand, in the backyard. But the memories of him were fuzzy, and distant.

Nora let out a heavy sigh and pulled her bottle of vodka to her mouth. She was disappointed to realise that it was more empty than she’d expected.

“Something’s telling me you ain’t signing like that about Billie Mullins.” Hanckock brought Nora back to reality with his raspy voice.

They’ve been traveling together for a while, and had come to spend more than one night like that in the open. More often than not Hancock would start telling some story or the other, perhaps to fill the silence, perhaps because he truly cared to share. Nora stopped listening after a while, once she got the general gist of all of his tales. Someone did something really fucked up, John or someone he knew took care of it.

“I’ll give it you straight,” Nora spoke, using one of the ex-mayor’s own favorite phrases, “I wasn’t even listening.”

Hancock’s brows frowned ever so slightly, as his mouth briefly twitched downward in disappointment.

“Well, sorry to bore you with my stories. I just thought I'd pass some of my mayoral wisdom onto you, general.” He replied, as his tone quickly shifted to his usual half-joking one. “How about you tell me something for a change? How ‘bout you share whatever’d gotten you so deep in thought?”

“Hmm…” Nora pondered, as she twirled around her empty bottle of vodka. “I was thinking that these drinks do down damn fast.”

“Heh. Couldn’t agree more.” Hancock replied with a smile.

He then pulled out an inhaler, and with a well-practiced motion put a fresh ampule of Jet in it. He brought the inhaler to his mouth, taking a deep drag of the drug. With her hands and hear resting on her knees, Nora watched as the man’s face tensed up, and as his eyes went out of focus, as for a handful of seconds he lived through a reality of his own. Nora smiled, as she thought about how Hancock's dark eyes looked just like the night sky above them. She wondered what it would be like, to always have that snapshot of the stars by her side.

Then, as she realized what she was thinking, she forced herself to look away and bury her head in her knees. Her feelings were hard to explain, or even understand. It’s not that she was afraid of falling in love again, but more that she was afraid of what people would say when they’d learn that she’d moved on from Nate so fast. And, perhaps to a bigger degree, Nora did realize that a hot, skillful, mayor was out of her league. She’d seen the people he usually ran with, and all of them were either better looking, or better fighters than her, if not both. The man had so many options that there was no reason for him to even consider Nora as any kind of partner, other than business.

“But seriously, what’d got you thinking?” Hancock broke the silence once more, having come back from his trip.

“The past.” Nora replied, lifting her head to face him once again. “The stars, the planes, my life before …”

“You miss it.” Hancock’s words came off as closer to a statement than a question.

“No.” Nora shook her head. “I mean, some aspects of it, sure. Running water and TV. Nice food. Abundant alcohol… “She attempted a joke as she showed Hancock her empty bottle of vodka. She paused, before taking a deep breath, and deciding to say what had been on her chest for a long while. She reckoned she could always blame it on the alcohol later on. “I wouldn’t give up this for the world.”

“This, huh…” Hancock muttered to himself.

“Oh, you know what I mean!” Nora suddenly felt the need to correct herself. “The freedom to go wherever I want, and the possibility to do good, to make the Commonwealth a getter place.”

“Heh, unsurprising words coming from the general of the Minutemen,” Hanckock smirked. Then, he turned towards Nora with that coy, almost flirtatious smile, and spoke: “And here I was hoping it’s this handsome ghoul you wouldn’t give up for the world. You know, you better watch your words around me, or I might just fall under your charm.”

There was something about the way the light of the campfire hit Hancock’s face, highlighting every bump and crevasse in his skin. Nora blamed the spark in his eyes on a trick of the light as well, and decided to let it all go to hell.

“What if it is John? How much more would I need to say to fully have you ‘under my charm’?” Nora asked, as she moved closer to the man, mimicking his expression.

She realized that she was pushing it when Hancock’s expression changed into that of surprise, followed by confusion. But, he hadn’t rejected her yet, and she still had the alcohol to blame it all on. So, she pushed the flirting further. Not by much, as all she had to do was take Hancock’s hand, and guide it towards her collar. She didn’t even have to guide it all the way there, as somewhere halfway through Hancock had moved in closer, and had unzipped her blue suit about hallway down her chest.

he leaned into the crook of Nora’s neck. Heat began rising to her face, as she too got ahold of his collar, pulling him even closer.

“What are we calling this?” He whispered.

“One-off fling?” Nora asked as she could barely contain herself from pulling off his clothes. It had all happened so fast that she’d missed whatever it was that had triggered this response in him. But it was what she’d wanted, even if her words lacked confidence, as deep inside she knew she wanted it to be more. Hancock slid his hand under her suit, over her shoulder, and Nora felt the need to hastily add: “I do you, you do me kind of deal.”

There was a brief silence, where Nora’s hands did not move from Hancock’s back, and his did not move from her shoulder.

Then, the ex-mayor pulled away and locked eyes with nora. She was about to complain, but then she realized what that spark in his eyes was. So, she let him take the lead.

“Yeah, I can see myself doing this kind of deal.” The mayor finally, and decisively replied, before moving his hand from under Nora’s suit to her neck, and pulling her in for a kiss.

#fallout 4 #fo4 #john hancock #hancock and sole #sole survivor #fanfiction #idiots to lovers

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dumbestthingiveeverheard · 10 months

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Dumbest Thing I've Ever Heard: 7/13/2023

Third place: Kurt Schlichter

Talking about what a new Republican President should do on their first day in office, he writes:

There will be lots of protesters getting riled up about the peaceful transition of power – communists, weirdos, angry wine women in nasty hats. Make it known to federal law enforcement that insurrection will not be tolerated and you expect anyone getting frisky to get frisked, hooked up, and locked up. The dual track justice days are over.

Really, so Kurt takes a stance against insurrection. Hey, what does he think should happen to the people who stormed the United States capitol on 1/6/2021?

Now come the pardons. There’s a big pile of them on your desk. J6 political prisoners, Republican victims of Democrat frame jobs, and other conservative recipients of double standards all walk. You make it known you expect them to be processed out of prison by midnight – and that you will fire those insubordinate federal employees who fail to obey. In fact, you execute a memo that directs that insubordinate federal employees will be fired immediately – there’s some technical reclassification language in there, but the bottom line is that if you play stupid bureaucratic games, you will win stupid bureaucratic prizes. Let them sue; the civil service laws insulating executive branch employees from chief executive oversight and control are unconstitutional anyway.

Of course, the dumbest part about this column is Kurt suggesting ideas so far to the right that any Republican who would even consider taking his advice will be treated like Barry Goldwater was when he buddied around with the John Birch Society back in 1964. The American people don't actually like the far-right, that's why nothing is ever checked off their Wishlist and why they have to lie to people about who they are to get elected.

Second place: Frank Bruni

Today, the New York Times columnist published an article with the headline "Democrats, It's OK to Talk About Hunter Biden." In it, he goes to town on the mindless defenders of President Biden--who they are, fuck is I know, he doesn't name any names nor does he bother to give any real examples.

To speak personality, I am one of the biggest supporters of President Biden that exists and I'll gladly admit the administration has made mistakes. I found Biden's choice to push for gun control after the massacre done by Robert Long over talking about the issue of white supremacy to be distasteful, I find his decision to not fire Christopher Wray to be baffling, and I have yet to find a decision in the history of the Presidency as a whole--going back to George Washington--as stupid as making Merrick Garland Attorney General. Spoilers for below, but my number one pick for this list is even a member of Biden's Administration. Is that enough criticism of Biden for you? Have I passed the test you've decided to reign down that somebody much engage in an arbitrary number of criticisms against the president or else be declared a partisan?

Regarding Hunter Biden, the issue is not even that people are talking about Biden's children nor that Republicans have pounced on this issue--it's that nothing is there. I also want to note this part:

As Peter Baker wrote in The Times last month, “In modern times, the harsh spotlight of media scrutiny has focused on Donald Nixon’s financial dealings with Howard Hughes, Billy Carter’s work as an agent for Libya, Neil Bush’s service on the board of a failed savings and loan, Roger Clinton’s drug convictions and of course the various financial and security clearance issues involving Mr. Trump’s children and son-in-law.”

There was also discussion of Chelease Clinton being "the White House dog." Seriously, Rush Limbaugh called her that back in 1992--when she was thirteen. And people wonder why Democrats are kind of iffy on the whole "attacking the child of the President" thing.

But even then, the only one of these that could possibly be compared to what Hunter Biden has done is Roger Clinton. It also dodges the point because somebody--like, for example, me--could find the majority of these stories to be both distasteful and an utter waste of time.

Winner: John Kerry

See, I told you guys I'd pick a member of the administration today. Mediaite reported today on a conversation Kerry had with Rep. Darrell Issa where he refused to call the authortarian Chinese leader Xi Jinping a dictator. Even though Xi is President of life, rules in an authoritarian manner, and is--you know, a dictator in every regard.

I have to ask: Given Biden is attempting to save America from entering fascism, making opposition to right-wing authoritarianism a core part of his administration, what does it say when somebody he hired--who's in a position he created, by the way--can't name an authoritarian when he sees it?

I also have to ask: What do I expect from the guy who ran for President against one of the most authoritarian men in modern American history, and failed to sound the alarm of fascism?

John Kerry, you've said the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

#kurt schlichter #frank bruni #john kerry

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musicrunsthroughmysoul · 1 year

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What? Me posting about Fanny's 1971 live performance on Beat-Club AGAIN? It's more likely than you think!

Anyway, watching and listening to this band jam is such a fucking joy that I'm here practically crying over how grateful I am to witness it (51 years after the fact, not to mention!), but I would just like to continue this apparently one-sided conversation with myself about their music to mention...god damn, what they managed musically with just four members is such a fucking astonishment and WE ALL should be crying with gratitude over how they did ALL OF THAT (all five of the unprecedented full-length albums they put out as a rock band of all women; their live shows and performances, WHICH THEY DID A WHOLE LOT MORE OF than we still publicly/collectively have record of; and in general, the sexism, the racism, and the homophobia and plain not-being-taken-seriously that they endured in order to DO ALL OF THIS), but furthermore, I was just thinking about the fact that they did these live performances in particular (okay, ALL of their live performances, though) with just one rhythm/lead guitarist who played both parts, a bit like the way Nickey Barclay totally fucking fluidly moved from the piano to the keyboard/organ and back except that the piano performs much of the rhythm in lieu of a constant rhythm guitar presence (I think? I don't know enough about actually playing music to say for sure, but my familiar ear tells me that's what's going on), so on the studio versions of these songs they're able to have both rhythm and lead guitar assuming one is played live with the whole band and one is overdubbed (and both played by June Millington, of course) but that's impossible during live performances AND SO...WOW THAT'S AN INCREDIBLY LONG SENTENCE, I AM SO SORRY...AND SO, ALL THAT TO SAY, WHAT IF THEY HAD ANOTHER (WOMAN) RHYTHM OR LEAD GUITARIST WHO PLAYED WITH THEM LIVE? Not that the band totally needed to make their sound any more full than it was as just the four of them, but it could've assisted in rounding out their sound, anyway! ALSO, oh my GOD this is NOT meant to be criticism over June Millington's rhythm or lead guitar playing which IS FUCKING PERFECTION and she could play whatever the hell she wants/wanted and I would still be like 🥺😭🥺💗! I don't think I need to re-defend that she's one of my favorite guitarists of all-time. What I meant by my thought was that the band could've gotten even more sound, even more presence out of...well, literally having another presence on stage/live with them. If they'd had someone to play rhythm guitar or lead guitar and June play whatever they didn't (okay, realistically, seniority considered: it would be the opposite, actually, LOL...and tbh I've always thought that June preferred playing rhythm guitar? I think Alice de Buhr confirmed that at least once on the Get Behind Fanny podcast), I just wonder if they could've literally AND figuratively added more to their sound than what was ALREADY there; to make it even better, so to speak, even though what they did with just four members is truly something to think and speak and scream about still, 50 years on. :')

Buuuuuuuuut maybe that thought isn't even necessary since The Beatles were [mostly, presumably, but you can call me stupid for presuming that since generally speaking The Beatles couldn't hear shit when they played live - for understandable reasons - lol] able to keep their sound fairly rounded out live even when, for example, John Lennon played keyboard or the mouth organ and wasn't available to play rhythm guitar (disregarding Let it Be because they did introduce a fifth member, Billy Preston, to play keyboards, so John and George were free to trade off parts/roles without entirely missing or taking away from their sound which would've sounded as complete in the studio even without Billy Preston. NOT, once again, THAT I AM ESPECIALLY SAYING THAT FANNY'S MUSIC WAS MISSING SOMETHING OR THAT ANYTHING WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEIR SOUND. IT WAS NOT, EVER, NEITHER LIVE NOR IN THE STUDIO). But maybe I should still mention/consider the fact that once The Beatles added Billy Preston to their Let it Be sessions, they DID have a more complete sound, both live and in the studio, but of course what I was talking about in regards to Fanny was LIVE and not in the studio, anyway but also I fucking love Billy Preston's playing and I really DO think that he added something unique and special to The Beatles' sound that the band did NOT have even when it was Paul or John or even George playing the keyboard or piano in the studio. SORRY BUT MY FAVORITE INSTRUMENT IS THE PIANO AND KEYBOARD SO MY EARS KNOW A GOOD FUCKING PIANIST AND KEYBOARDIST/ORGANIST WHEN THEY HEAR ONE. And yes that's @ Billy Preston but of course that's also @ Nickey Barclay too, but I feel like that's implied, LOL.

#anyway put me down for my legacy to be comparing incredibly popular/famous bands of all men #to rock bands of all women without blinking an eye. you're welcome. :)#sorry not sorry but the comparisons still deserve to be made. thanks bye #this is why my posts are only fit for Tumblr: as much as I ramble on...well actually yeah that would be the reason. I ramble on too much #me: *starts talking about Fanny; uses them as a comparison to The Beatles; starts talking about Billy Preston*#is this why I'm not a published writer? lmao (please don't answer that. I'm not ready to confront that just yet)#classic rock #music #MY JAM #crystal visions of lilies in the valley #anyway oh of course also once again I AM UTTERLY FUCKING OBSESSED with Fanny's cover of 'Special Care'!#and if you ask me: 1) I've never heard of Buffalo Springfield/Stephen Stills and 2) 'Special Care' is by Fanny. the end #(my 1) is obviously a joke but in my mind that's how I justify my 2) point. might as well have been Fanny's song! fuck!)#Youtube

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self-ships-ahoy · 1 year

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5, 7, and 8 for whoever you're feelin!

70s/80s Songs-Based Ship Meme

After much internal debate, I have decided to go with Sigma on this one. Despite what I said about wondering if Synthia is more oc than s/i, I'm still sticking with first person for now.

5: Billy Joel - The Longest Time: What effect do you imagine you would have on your F/O? Do you think that you would influence how they think of things, their interests, or how they react to things? Do you think they would try different things because of you?

Aside from helping him become more stable and safe in his own mind? I think we influence each other a lot through all the discussions we've had over the years; we both like to wonder and hypothesize and consider viewpoints. I influence him to come down to earth and enjoy little moments, as much as he's expanded my range of thinking (both works in progress lol). I think if I can make a good case for something, I can convince him to try something new, though it's probably not new for me. More than anything, I think I've given him hope for himself and us and the future, and that he still deserves love and care after everything that's happened to him.

...I may have also influenced his opinion on marine life. (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)

7: Daryl Hall & John Oates - Out of Touch: What conceptual or intangible things do you associate with your F/O? (eg., colors, music, scents, times, etc)

Well, space for one XD Seriously, I see space pics or facts or anything like that and I think of him. I also sort of associate him with classical/dark academia stuff; I listened to a lot of that while trying to accept my feelings lol. And I think he's in a similar spot with Medic, where anything pertaining to his home country reminds me of him. That's kind of it for now, but I'm sure more associations will come in time!

8: Elton John - I’m Still Standing: What’s a song you enjoy (one that you didn’t pick up from them, if applicable) that you think your F/O would also like?

Well, seeing how he didn't mind Lucio's music (more so to have something drowning out The Melody, but he did say he was a fan because of it and the songs were "delightfully" distracting). He might pick up synthwave from me, or...what's it called, chillwave? Something electronic that provides a good earworm you can sleep to (as opposed to ones you can't....or is that just me). I'd recommend lofi, but I think he wants something he can work or think to, and lofi's really for relaxing. And I wanna avoid something with a heavy base bc of @/pearsaregrossfightme's funny post where he subconsciously controlled gravity to rise and fall to the beat of a cool song he vibed with. He probably reacts to music the same way I do, on an autistic level - give me a good song and I just feel it in my core.

To pick a specific song, Maybe Descend (Emil Rottmayer), or the more famous Resonance (HOME) - something from Electronic Gems that you put on in the background to help you concentrate while studying and stuff.

#i just want to entertain the fact that he autisms just like me #i will try not to project too much #but so far canon has shown a lot of similarities with me #also sorry this took so long i've been horribly tired #thank you so much for sending one in!#self ship #self ship meme #💗 caught in your orbit #nerdstreak #;answers

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Smokey brand Select: Frank Castle

I am a fan of the Rampage movie. At least that’s what i call them. I suppose Revenge film is what they’re known as in terms of a wider audience. Hell, I'll even give you Vigilante genre but they all kind of have the same thing in common: Rampage. You know the type; Something starring a protagonist who is cutting a bloody swath through a crew of individuals as they right a wrong. Think John Wick or a decent amount of Denzel Washington’s filmography. Seriously, for a minute there in the Early Aughts, mans was on a mission to punish absolutely everyone and it was amazing to witness. Now, the aforementioned examples will definitely have a representative on this list but the genre as a whole, is up there for me. I can’t say i love it s much as, say, Cyberpunk, but it’s definitely a solid top-three in my yes. As such, i wanted to throw a few suggestions out there to check out, especially considering I've seen literally hundreds of these films. Hundreds.

10. The Equalizer

We’re going to start this list of with a bit of a cheat. Equalizer All of them. Literally every Equalizer flick released to date. Solid Rampage films, the lot of them. John Wick is going to show up on this a bit down the line and, yes, he’s getting the same treatment because there is no weakness in those films, just like Denzel’s flagship franchise. Seriously, he’s made two with a third on it’s way this September. The Equalizer is the only franchise win which Denzel has returned. Dude never does sequels but he got three of these in the bank To date. John Wick has kind if injected a ton of energy into the Rampage genre so we might see a few more of these before Denzel bows out. Even then, this thing is tailor made for his son who had a strong run in Tenet.

9. Mandy

Bro. Just watch it and you’ll get it. Words fail me for this one. seriously, just check i out. It’s a fever dream of pure mayhem, i sh*t you not.

8. I spit on Your Grave

This is not a kind watch. The catalyst for this particular Rampage is graphic and very much fetishized. It is not kind. It is very barbaric. It is not for the feint of heart. Neither is the whole ass raucous bloodshed which follows. I Spit on Your Grave has the reputation of being gratuitously cruel and, believe me, it earns that sh*t but, behind the shock and controversy, is one of the most visceral rampage films i have ever seen in my entire goddamn life. The original is a staple of Revenge film lists, inspiring other like The Bad Batch, Promising Young Woman, and Revenge; All of which can be on this list in their own right but i wanted to pay homage, and give credit to, the grandmother of this sub-genre in a sub-genre. Go into this knowing you will be disgusted in every way possible.

7. V for Vendetta

Is this a rampage film? In the strictest sense, hell yeah! It’s nothing like it’s graphic novel counterpart but it’s definitely peak rampage. I mean, this dude toppled a sitting government while leaving one helluva body count in his wake. V is a force of nature and, even though it feels like there was a ton of blood shed as he ripped apart a country, he has a lot in common with John Creasy and his exploits. Don’t let the Guy Fawkes mask and penchant for the theatrical fool you. This man was brutal and singular in his mission, culminating in one of the best rampages ever committed to film.

6. Kill Bill

I struggled with this one, really did. Kill Bill is a quintessential Revenge story which motivates one of the bloodiest Rampages in cinematic history. It absolutely deserves it’s place on this list, no doubt. My struggle was to include this one of Inglourious Basterds. Basterds is, for sure, a Rampage film. It has all the hallmarks of the best. But, at it’s core, it’s more Revenge than Rampage and i kind felt like Vendetta slid into that spot early on. Didn’t want to do that again, you know? Even if Basterds is my favorite Tarantino film. Even so, the Kill Bill duology is everything i want in my Rampage films. Bloody. Personal. Well written. Inspired. This sh8t is Tarantino breaching the mainstream. This is a genius genre director, given blockbuster budgets. This is Tarantino before the Oscar acclaim. Absolutely amazing set of films.

5. Oldboy

Not the Josh Brolin one. Tat one sucks ass. No, I'm talking the batsh*t foreign original. I just mentioned the insane genius of Tarantino above? Well take that and slap some Korean sensibilities on top and you have Park Chan-wook. This man’s filmography is vast and eclectic. It covers so many different genres but share his striking penchant for visual brilliance. Oldboy is no different. This movie has a look to it’s bombastic inhumanity. The violence is visceral, yet, stylized, adding to the overwhelming bleakness of the narrative. Oldboy is an exercise is despair and malice and i love every second of it.

4. Tombstone

I was hesitant to add this one. A lot of Westerns can be considered Rampage films but i, you know, hate those. I can count on probably two hands how many Westerns i actually like and one of those is f*cking Logan. That said, Tombstone is f*cking amazing. It has been for decades. This sh*t is well written, Wild West, American propaganda at it’s best. The Wild west was a time of straight up genocide and wanton anarchy as the US figured itself out and, in that muck of self discovery, we got the myth of the OK corral. Tombstone is a retelling of that sh*tshow and it is amazing to watch. Doc Holliday, alone, is worth the price of admission. I cannot sing the praises of this film enough and i absolutely abhor Western on the whole.

3. Leon the Professional

I know this film as The Professional. It was the vehicle that catapulted a then, barely teenage, Natalie Portman into stardom. She had solid performances from a very stoic Jean Reno and the closest thing to a Joker archetype ever committed to film that’s not actually Joker, in Norman Stansfield. Luc Besson, the visionary responsible for The Fifth Element and Lucy, gave us this sweaty, gritty, neo-noir filled with absolute bedlam. The carnage is real and it’s very much intimate. I f*cking this film. It gives everything in Tarantino’s catalog a run for it’s money, often eclipsing them. If you’ve never seen Leon, watch that sh*t immediately. It’s pure cinematic brilliance. It’s everything!

2. Atomic Blonde

Listen, it’s hard to bet against a film, set in Eighties, saturated with nostalgia, starring an ass-kicking Charlize Theron. Blonde is HEAVILY influenced by John Wick, with just a hint of Basic Instinct in there, but definitely stands on it’s own. It’s a crime this thing doesn’t have a sequel or a franchise unto it’s own because Blonde is every bit a film as the first John Wick. Arguably moreso considering how pedestrian Wick I’s writing turned out to be. The world of spies and double-agents in which Lorraine Broughton’s stories lie. Interestingly enough, Atomic Blonde is a f*cking comic book movie! It’s based on The Coldest City graphic novel. It’s a solid read with great art and has a Sin City feel to it.

1a. Man on Fire

As a standalone film, Man of Fire is arguably the best Rampage movie ever captured on film. This thing has everything. Great performances. Brilliant writing. Fantastic set pieces, and whole ass brilliant kills. I mean, dude shoves a C4 bomb up a man’s ass just for information. I was captivated by the brutality in this movie and it was delivers in a cold, detached, damn near matter-of-fact way, by Denzel Washington’s John Creasy. This film was the one that really made me fall in love with the genre as a whole. Much like the above Atomic Blonde, this was adapted from the page, a book, and is technically a remake. There is a Man on Fire adaption which released in 1987. It’s a french production, like La Femme Nikita but I've ever seen it personally. No, John Creasy is all the burning mans i need.

1b. John Wick

And i mean all of them. All of the John Wick franchise. Not one of these films is bad and they are the perfect representation of the Rampage genre. Every minute Keanu is on screen in that bulletproof suit, is a f*cking treat wrapped in potent mayhem. I absolutely love these films and, to date, they are the best Rampage flicks i have ever seen, outside of Man on Fire. The world of Wick is easily the best thing about these films. I mean, Wick has developed considerably as a character but everything around him is just so captivating. Sure, the violence is on point but there is so much more to this world of fervent rampage and constant carnage which makes the entire John Wick franchise so goddamn special. Watch any of the John Wick films and you will be entertained. Personally, the first is my favorite, so far, but any of them are solid bets. Even the fourth, which releases in a few weeks. That one looks to be the best to date.

Honorable Mentions: Drive, The Crow, Machete, Max Payne, Taken, Death Wish, The Bad Batch, I saw the Devil, The Harder They Fall, The Long Kiss Goodnight, True Grit, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Inglourious Basterds, The Northman, Revenge, Upgrade, Mad Max, Martyrs (kind of), Darkman, Get Carter

#Smokey brand Select #Rampage movies #Revenge Films

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Smokey brand Select: Frank Castle

10. The Equalizer

9. Mandy

Bro. Just watch it and you’ll get it. Words fail me for this one. seriously, just check i out. It’s a fever dream of pure mayhem, i sh*t you not.

8. I spit on Your Grave

7. V for Vendetta

6. Kill Bill

5. Oldboy

4. Tombstone

3. Leon the Professional

2. Atomic Blonde

1a. Man on Fire

1b. John Wick

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REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 03/12/2022 (Christmas Garbage, Stormzy)

I think this’ll be a short one. Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero” reigns for a sixth week and welcome back to REVIEWING THE CHARTS!

Rundown

As always, we start with our notable dropouts, which are songs exiting the UK Top 75 – which is what I cover – after five weeks in the region or a peak in the top 40. This week, that list includes “Major Distribution” by Drake and 21 Savage, “TV” by Billie Eilish, “One Up” by Central Cee, “She’s Not Anyone” by D-Block Europe featuring Burna Boy, the original “Miss You” by southstar sadly being eclipsed by the Oliver Tree and Robin Schulz version, “STAR WALKIN’” (League of Legends Worlds Anthem) by Lil Nas X, “Super Freaky Girl” by Nicki Minaj, “2 be Loved (Am I Ready)” by Lizzo and some really big 2022 hits saying farewell: “Big City Life” by Luude and Mattafix, “Last Last” by Burna Boy, and “Running up that Hill (A Deal with God)” by Kate Bush. Oh, and “Bad Habits” by Ed Sheeran is gone but it’ll be back. To be fair, most of this will be after Christmas.

One thing I appreciate about ACR is that in a year wherein festive celebrations came earlier than seemingly ever, there aren’t four Christmas songs in the top 10 like in the US, and we had more of a trickling in effect than Stateside. That doesn’t mean that our notable gains and returns aren’t largely dominated by holiday music, however. In terms of where our three highest-performing festive tracks are, “Merry Christmas” by Ed Sheeran and Elton John is at #15, “Last Christmas” by Wham! is at #9 and, to prove ACR’s impact, “All I Want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey is at #8. Without ACR, it’d top this week’s chart. We also see 14 returning entries from the Christmas canon, so bear with me as we welcome back “Mistletoe” by Justin Bieber at #71, “Feliz Navidad” by Jose Feliciano at #70, “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” by John Lennon and Yoko Ono with the Plastic Ono Band and the Harlem Community Choir at #68, “Sleigh Ride” by the Ronettes at #66, “Snowman” by Sia at #65, “Merry Xmas Everybody” by Slade at #63, “Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!” by Dean Martin at #61, “Holly Jolly Christmas” by Michael Bublé at #60, “One More Sleep” by Leona Lewis at #57, “I Wish it Could be Christmas Everyday” by Wizzard at #53, “Wonderful Christmastime” by Paul McCartney at #51, “Step into Christmas” by Elton John at #45, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” by Andy Williams at #44 and “Driving Home for Christmas” by Chris Rea at #42. I wouldn’t usually do this since I name these songs every year but it’s a short episode so I suppose it’s worth listing off my opinions on these songs, in the exact order I mentioned them. So just briefly: better than you remember, mind-numbing, infuriating, a classic, I hope the snowman isn’t autistic, sounds like a drunk dads’ karaoke (in a good way), fine enough, Satan’s spawn, modern classic, disagreeable but good, genuinely bizarre and incomprehensible, jolly good fun, sounds like a warm fireplace and finally, seriously underrated. As of now, there are five Christmas songs in the top 20.

In terms of gains outside of the Christmas songs, there really aren’t many to speak of as most songs found themselves falling or stagnating. Regardless, “Lionheart (Fearless)” by Joel Corry and Tom Grennan is at #22 and Stormzy sees gains for “Firebabe” at #11 and “Hide & Seek” at #7 off of the #1 album (more on that later). Also in the top 10 is a massive gain off of the debut for RAYE’s “Escapism.” featuring 070 Shake at #6. It’s the first top 10 hit for 070 Shake, and whilst I do doubt its longevity considering how opposed it is to sounding festive, I do hope it sticks around. It’s a great song.

This week’s top five on the UK Singles Chart consists of “PSYCHO” by Anne-Marie and Aitch at #5, “Miss You” by Oliver Tree and Robin Schulz at #4, “messy in heaven” by venbee, goddard. and ArrDee at #3, “Made You Look” by Meghan Trainor at #2 and of course, “Anti-Hero” at the top. Now we can go through our list of new entries on the chart, as is the point of this series yet I’ve still not found a good segue. It’s been damn near five years.

NEW ARRIVALS

#52 – “Someday at Christmas” – Lizzo

Produced by the shills over at Amazon

Every Christmas, we get Amazon pushing songs, typically covers, by big artists that are exclusive to their Amazon Music service so that Alexa will play it when someone asks for holiday music and whoever recorded it gets a cheap, Astroturf hit. To me, it kind of ruins the point of a Christmas song to make it exclusive to a service (especially considering the universal and optimistic, hopeful world view of the original song), and it largely makes no impact as the song leaks onto YouTube or... totally legal torrenting sites anyway. “Someday at Christmas” is a classic by Stevie Wonder and is available on all streaming services so it’s really not worth digging a cover up. As a part of my opposition to these sketchy Amazon original covers, I opened this spot up to people on a music Discord server largely centred around the charts to give me suggestions of songs to check out, so in kind of a lightning round, here are 10 songs that the server wanted me to listen to instead of “Someday at Christmas”.

Jade suggested “The Thrill is Gone.” by RAYE, which acts as the B-side to “Escapism.” and in my opinion is worth a single release on its own. RAYE has that typical mix of cold swagger and quivering whisper that works for the uncertain content, desperate for validation from this guy when the thrill in the relationship has just withered away. I do think the chorus is a bit weak but the jazzy groove is top-notch and really organic, especially in the breakdown, with the tempo shifts adding some real sense of dynamics across the arrangement. This new direction from RAYE reminds me of Amy Winehouse and whilst she may not have the punch yet in these singles, she’s got me compelled with these singles and I’m excited for that album.

Piran suggested “player 2” by piri & tommy, a UK garage duo who have learned from the winning formula that is PinkPantheress, mixing the classic groove with bedroom pop sensibilities. This is far from my favourite from their album froge.mp3, especially considering “beachin”, “on & on” and “say it” exist, but it still has that vintage-sounding wave of subtle keys and a thumping beat that is decent. If Tommy Villiers were a vocal presence worth caring about, I’d probably not mind the bog-standard content but in comparison to the more energetic tracks, that chorus feels kind of tedious and piri is obviously the standout in this duo when it comes to the vocalist. Regardless, it’s still got a groove to it, the build-up is well-implemented and its mix is impeccable for its genre – the bass really hits and the vocals are cloudy and all over the mix like they should be in more casual UK garage, but it’s also mostly a demo of a song that feels like it should have been re-recorded somewhere across the line.

Jade also suggested “Zukunft Pink” by Peter Fox featuring Inéz, which is Fox’s first solo release in 14 years and went #1 in Germany. I liked the intro with all the strings coalescing into each other amidst the hand claps, and they definitely carry a grandiosity when the bassy digital dancehall groove comes in. I’m not entirely convinced by Inéz on the hook but Fox’s vocals deliver a bassy rumble that is pretty fitting for this kind of subtly uplifting but also incessantly-flexing track... and compared to your average rap song, it definitely has more of a bounce to it so I’ll take it. Sure, it’s a tad unmoving but when he starts the second verse by dissing Elon Musk and the little chiptune synths arrive in the bridge, I can’t say this isn’t good fun.

Piran also suggested “The Loneliest Time” by Carly Rae Jepsen featuring Rufus Wainwright. Whilst not successful commercially since “I Really Like You”, Jepsen has won with the critics and usually, not me as much. This new single went viral on TikTok and is completely competent with its vaguely disco sound as the strings wrap around an unnecessarily driving beat that, alongside the chipmunk post-chorus, just sounds a bit too awkward. Rufus Wainwright sounds like a Jonas Brother in this but at least with a modern duet, there’s actual interplay and they both have a lot of vocal charisma, getting back together after a breakup because they’re both so irresistible. It’s cute, but the production is too distracting for me to really endorse it fully. I wish I could like Carly Rae Jepsen more than I do but more often than not, whoever’s behind the boards is doing too much. I don’t like bog-standard synthpop but I also don’t understand the need for such maximalism as that bridge with all the sound effects when the songwriting reflects such a simple, instinctual emotion. Something more minimal and striking could have worked here.

Luca suggested “Get with You Tonight” by DJ Mark Night and Lukas Setto, a throwback deep-house tune with a sweet bass hook that pretty much won me over before anything else. That specific tone of synth bass in a funky house context will never not work, and Setto has that kind of liquid voice that just meshes with the production in such an effortless way. Sure, the content isn’t compelling but in a dancefloor smash like this, it doesn’t need to, and the way each falsetto note just perfectly hits on the stabs of the synth strings in harmony makes the chorus seem so cathartic, especially when the verses tend to be slippery with subtle ad-libs. The swell of the production is really grand yet never really oversells itself because the groove is so solid that every other inflection is just a DVD bonus feature. I have no idea why this isn’t a hit, it’s incredible.

Piran also suggested “Weapons” by Ava Max, who sadly started making good music as soon as she stopped charting. Whilst this second album seems set up to be a slump in the eyes of the public, at least I’m enjoying the singles, and this is one of them. Her brand of 80s pastiche has a certain synthwave drive to it, with a delivery so coded in vocal manipulation that any emotion comes off as an act, in a perfectly camp way. If anything, I kind of wish the song was more camp, since the main chorus melody sounds like it should be in a musical and the lead synth is not far from a Phantom of the Opera organ. Regardless, the drums are punchy as Hell and it’s incessantly catchy. It’s not my favourite Ava song – “Maybe You’re the Problem” still has that on lock – but this won’t make a bad album track. If anything, that may be the problem. I’m sure there are songs more single-worthy than this one.

Jade also suggested “Baby Girl” by Disco Lines, which may take a while to explain. Firstly, Adele released the fine enough song “Melt My Heart into Stone” in 2008, and in 2010, Donald Glover took an incredible piano and vocal sample loop from that song that had real flip potential with an actually good rapper on it, but since this is early Childish Gambino, it’s embarrassing and largely cringeworthy, as well as being like two minutes too long with a bad mix. A drumless flip of this loop with Griselda on it, or even a full hip house flip, would work, but alas, it didn’t happen. In 2014, HOME released the vaporwave classic “Resonance” that in the eyes of the Internet came to define the entire movement, with its wavy synths, many of its melodies becoming pretty iconic. Nowadays, I find it pretty rote to be honest, but it’s a solid instrumental that is definitely chill to relax to and the synthwork ends up keeping you on your toes more than you’d think. Colorado DJ Disco Lines took the hook from “Do Ya Like” and the synths from “Resonance”, sped both of them up for TikTok views and made a pretty annoying loop out of it. I appreciate the mashup as I’m a fan of Bastardised pop, especially putting vaporwave with Childish Gambino because well, that’s what he should have always rapped over... but when he’s taking a mediocre hook and splashing it over synths that become less recognisable once you’ve added these bog-standard house drums over it, it just becomes much of a muchness, not really existing in a form that is separable from virality, especially when he starts sampling MLG meme lines. Like come on, at least pretend it’s a real song.

Luca also suggested “CORALINE” by Maneskin, proving my thesis that this band is better in their native tongue. The acoustic backing reminds me of a Latin-inflected Red Hot Chili Peppers with how it makes a surprisingly flickery and upbeat strum sound drained and mellow, and whilst the language barrier does prevent me from fully taking the lyrics in and I can’t comment on their tone because of what may be lost in translation, it’s a pretty compelling and tragic story about a girl called Coraline who seems emblematic of those longing for a release or escape from a constant background of mental trauma. Frontman Damiano David plays it safer with his nasal tone which makes it even more gripping when that first electric guitar riff comes in and he breathily whispers over the tumbling drums, his delivery evolving into a raspy screech as the song intensifies and... yeah, this is exactly my thing. These suggestions have been good, but this one in particular scratches an itch that is so cathartic to me and I don’t get to talk about hard rock nearly enough on this show. David strains himself in his slippery delivery which sounds as messy and difficult to solve as the mental problems he’s describing, especially when his rolling rasp gets more venomous and desperate over the a killer drum fill – I had to search who Maneskin’s drummer was and whilst Thomas Raggi deserves credit for his guitar work, especially on that solo, the drums from Ethan Torchio are just crushing and absorb all space in the mix. It is seriously intense and honestly perfect for this content, especially if restraint wins over sonically as Damiano sounds defeated moaning over the same acoustic riff we started with. It’s a passionate, heartbreaking song that is pretty much up my specific alley in many ways: I live for dramatic alt-rock melancholy, and this is up there. Maybe I shouldn’t write these guys off as much as I do sometimes.

Piran also suggested “Blue” by Sigrid, which is in comparison to the previous song, kind of underwhelming. There isn’t really room for comparison here though as these are pretty much randomly selected tracks. I’m not a fan of Sigrid anyway, but what I’ve heard from her recently doesn’t even have the same punch as her debut, and as a ballad, “Blue” just feels like it exists. It almost has a country twang in its acoustics but watered down so that a Norwegian actually makes sense singing on it. There isn’t enough detail to the content to make it all that distinguishable, and it probably needed some extra drafts so that the writing weren’t so repetitive, especially if as a song it’s going to be this cloudy and unmoving. Sigrid is a great singer for sure, and she delivers vocally here, but she’s selling very little over a song that doesn’t even have a typical power ballad swell. This is just... completely fine, and that’s pretty much it.

Finally, Jade also suggested... “Vagina” by cupcakKe. You know, the blaring instrumental of this song sounds really dated for 2015, especially considering that a lot of other trap from that era has not aged one bit, and the rattling lo-fi percussion is pretty distracting, especially with the twinkling bells that are loud enough in the mix to annoy me. It’s just a bit of an instrumental headache and it really is unfortunate that there is not a comically obnoxious female rapper talking explicitly about sex over this beat. I get we can’t have everything we want.

Of course, we can’t exactly have a Best or Worst of the Week for this week, so I may as well replicate it for this section: my favourite was by far “CORALINE” by Maneskin but “Get with You Tonight” by Mark Night and Lukas Setto gets pretty close – turns out Luca suggested both. I’m not really a fan of all of them, but it’s mostly a good batch and the only track I’d say I dislike is “Baby Girl” by Disco Lines, but even that is only less than two minutes and has some decent ideas going for it. A big thank you is due to everyone who suggested, of course. Oh, and if you’re forgetting what this show is about:

#32 – “This is What I Mean” – Stormzy

Produced by P2J, Knox Brown, PRGRSHN and Joel Peters

Stormzy feels confused. This arguably maturer, slower effort This is What I Mean still gave him a #1 album but sonically, he seems too ambitious for his own will. He’s still a great rapper, yet he spends a great deal of his time singing. He has an ear for great production, but doesn’t develop upon the foundation enough. The beats are all immaculately mixed for the most part and definitely intricately sequenced but in the Jacob Collier fashion wherein very little soul is brought to the table and we’re relying on Stormzy for the emotional impact... which is just not going to come through since whilst he has a resonant voice in rap, he’s not going to tug at your heartstrings in R&B mode. Also, Jacob Collier helped produce the album – go figure. It’s a conflicted album that is less than the sum of its parts but ultimately delivers a pretty apt path for Stormzy to go from here, even if this album is far from perfect. My favourite track was the sweet, retrospective “I Got My Smile Back” which is way too wholesome for me not to dig, but the title track does get close, mostly because it’s a grime posse cut and those rarely fail. Stormzy handles most of the track, which mixes a fluttering romanticist piano with pulsating, warping bass and a genuine swell in the strings for the intro, before flattening into staccato harmonies and shrieks for Stormzy to start going off... and he does. There’s not much wordplay, but his sheer cold confidence and playfulness with his flow is more than enough to make up for it, especially when all of the vocal loops create an incomprehensible, bassy mess that he somehow still stands out against, before the grimey, filthy bass beat comes in and he can slide over it as he usually does, with effortless swagger and a wonderful blend of ad-libs and sound effects that are all so intricately placed to fit with Stormzy’s flow that it sounds like it took weeks. For the third verse and the bridge, Ms Banks comes in to trade bars with Stormzy, appearing on a distorted phone call verse that has a striking yell to it, right before Ghanaian singer Amaarae comes in and kills it with her convicted swells, venomous chants and violent, eerie harmonies perfectly aligned with the strings. I think it’s pretty hilarious that the week after Stormzy called himself Kanye, he said that he vibed with Hitler, but when you sit on an album for this long, some of it can age... not quite so well. The track ends with an infectious chant and hypeman outro from Black Sherif that goes pretty hard, and whilst I wish it ended up with a more solid bang and really, it fails to set the stage for how the album actually sounds, it’s great on its own and definitely has single material.

Conclusion

Well, I suppose Stormzy, Ms Banks, Amaarae and Black Sherif get Best of the Work for “This is What I Mean” but there’s not exactly competition, especially since Lizzo’s cover is only a negative on principle and is honestly a pretty fine, faithful rendition. As for next week, I imagine it’ll mostly be more Christmas garbage, but for now, thanks for reading, rest in peace to Irene Cara and Christine McVie, and I’ll see you next week!

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Daredevil Annual (vol. 1) #1 - Electro, and His Emissaries of Evil!

Read Date: June 30, 2022 Cover Date: September 1967 ● Writer: Stan Lee ● Penciller: Gene Colan ● Inker: John Tartaglione ● Colorist: Stan Goldberg ● Letterer: Sam Rosen ● Editor: Stan Lee ●

SYNOPSIS:

The story opens to Daredevil exercising in his private gym. He is wearing Daredevil's Suit, without its mask. He uses the blind glasses of Matt Murdock. He finishes the final exercise and muses about how quiet things are in his life at the moment. He uses the elevator to go to his own apartment upstairs. Both the gym and the apartment are located in a private building owned by Matt Murdock. There are no other tenants, in order to protect his secrets. Being a successful superhero is expensive, but he has money from his successful law practice. He wonders how the other superheroes finance their careers.

Daredevil realizes that he is talking to himself again. He blames it on not having anyone in his life to confide in about his secret identity. He does not dare to take Foggy Nelson and Karen Page into his confidence, because that knowledge may put their lives in danger. He does not want risk the safety of either his loyal law partner or the girl his loves, just because Daredevil needs an audience. He just feels lonely at times.

Matt Murdock's Brownstone Apartment is protected by electric eye alarms and hidden wall panels. Daredevil does not feel like he has a real home, and currently has no family. To get out of his mood of self-pity, he prepares for a night out as Daredevil. He reasons that in New York City there are 8 million people, so there must be some fascinating feat of derring-do for him to perform.

He uses the cable of Daredevil's Billy Club to patrol the city. He is initially quite bored, and his radar sense fails to locate any trouble-makers. Then he locates two familiar heartbeats and two familiar voices. The heartbeats and voices belong to Electro and the Matador (Manuel Eloganto), his old foes. The two super-villains are conversing in the street, dressed in their uniforms. Electro has spend months creating a new team, the Emissaries of Evil. Their purpose is to destroy Daredevil. He has contacted and recruited the most powerful enemies of Daredevil, and now he wants the Matador to become the team's fifth and last member. Electro promises to lead them to victory. The Matador swears his allegiance to the team, though he does not care about who will lead them. He thirsts for revenge, because Daredevil is the only man who ever defeated him. He wants Daredevil to feel the bite of the Matador's deadly blade.

Daredevil appears and challenges the two villains to a fight. He falls on the Matador and mocks him for talking too much. He gives a double kick to Electro. Electro retaliates with an electric bolt, and warns Daredevil that he has has no defense against electricity. Daredevil uses the advance warning to evade the attack. He gives Electro another double kick. The Matador attacks with his cape, but Daredevil launches an effective counter-attack. Daredevil suddenly realizes that Electro is about to attack again, but has no time to properly evade the attack. An electrical bolt strikes Daredevil's shoulder. He falls down, seemingly unconscious.

Electro decides to leave the street before the police arrives, and the Matador follows him. The Matador points out that they could simply finish off Daredevil, now that they have the chance. Electro considers this fight to be a warning to Daredevil, that his days are numbered. He does not want to end his revenge plan early. When they leave, it is revealed that Daredevil was playing possum. He hoped that the villains would get withing grabbing distance for him. He feels dizzy following Electro's attack, but he is not seriously hurt. He uses his cable to leave the street.

As Daredevil swings around the city on his cable, his dizziness persists. The timing of his moves is off and his balance is affected. He falls down and lands on a roof top. He is still dizzy and now his entire body is in pain from the fall. He decides to walk to his apartment. He feels lucky that the streets are deserted and nobody sees him entering Matt Murdock's apartment. He feels worried. He has overheard that the Emissaries consist of five members, but he knows the identities of two of them. He has to figure out who the other three villains are.

The scene shifts to a private jet, flying over the Atlantic Ocean. The jet transports the Gladiator, who has spend some time living in Europe as a member of the Maggia. Electro contacted the Maggia in order to get in contact with the Gladiator. The Gladiator found the recruitment offer to irresistible, because it promised to give him a chance to triumph over Daredevil. His previous defeat at Daredevil's hands still haunts him. The scene shifts to a secret chamber within Melvin Potter's costume shop. The villain changes into uniform, now wearing a modified version of the Gladiator's suit. He feels ready to face Daredevil.

The scene shifts to a flashback, taking place months before the main story. Electro rescues an immobilized Stilt-Man from the waters of a river. He has decided to make Stilt-Man his first recruit. The scene shifts to Electro's residence. It is a strange, lonely house atop a lonely hill. The villain has created an electrical storm around his residence. Electro uses the storm to restore power to Stilt-Man's Suit. He tells his new recruit that he will need his strength to destroy Daredevil. The flashback ends.

The scene shifts to the present time, at the Nelson and Murdock Law Office. Matt Murdock is strangely late to arrive, and Karen Page is worried about his safety. She considers him helpless, a blind man trying to make his way through life. She finds him so brave and so helpless. Foggy Nelson tries to relieve her fears. He is secretly quite frustrated. Foggy is attracted to Karen, but she has fallen for his partner. He is getting worried about Matt himself and suggest calling his home. The office phone rings. Matt is calling to explain his absence. He claims he has overslept this day, and he has to attend to a few personal matters. He will not be coming to the office at all, but promises to come to work early for the next day. Karen is unaware that she is speaking to Daredevil, who is in full costume and about to search for the Emissaries.

Following a good night's sleep, Daredevil feels back into shape. He spends hours searching around town. Office workers stop their works and gaze at him through their windows. As he approaches the docks of the city, the Matador prepares to face him in battle. He has been hiding in the docks for a while. He notes that Daredevil is moving slowly, as if he wants to be discovered. The Matador waits to ambush the man, then uses his cape to cover Daredevil's eyes. Daredevil recognizes him anyway and punches him in the face. The Matador is puzzled at how Daredevil saw where to strike from beneath the cape.

The Matador is on the ground and has lost his cape, but holds on to his sword. He uses the sword to attack Daredevil, but his opponent evades his attacks. Daredevil punches the Matador again, causing the Matador to drop his sword. The Matador has no more weapons, but charges Daredevil like a bull. He gets his hands around Daredevil in a powerful grip. They wrestle for a while, but Daredevil manages to throw the Matador to the waters below them. Daredevil waits for his opponent to surface, but the Matador swims away.

Daredevil returns to patrolling the city. He uses nutriment capsules as his only meal. As night falls on New York City, Daredevil returns to ground level. In an alley, Daredevil is quickly approached by the Stilt-Man, who has been following him. The Stilt-Man starts shooting at him with his energy weapon, but Daredevil evades the attack. Daredevil confirms that Stilt-Man is one of the Emissaries, then uses his cable to tie himself around Stilt-Man's Suit. Daredevil then gives a powerful kick to Stilt-Man's armor. The kick has no effect on the Stilt-Man, but injures Daredevil's leg.

As Daredevil is in pain, the Stilt-Man gets overconfident. He lowers himself to Daredevil's height, pulls his energy weapon, and prepares to finish off his opponent. He is within striking distance of Daredevil, and the Daredevil indeed strikes him. The Stilt-Man thinks the attack will have no effects, but Daredevil actually clicked the button which activates his stilts. The rapidly emerging stilts send the Stilt-Man in collision course with a wall, which he strikes with all the power of a projectile weapon. The wall of the building collapses. Meanwhile, Daredevil escapes. A police car arrives to investigate the scene. The police officers find a giant hole in the building's wall, and suspect that someone used a battering ram.

Daredevil limps his way to Matt Murdock's apartment, with his injured leg in pain. He finds a recording tape left at his door. He enters the apartments, strips off his costume, and wraps his ankle in bandages. He then listens to a message from Foggy Nelson. Foggy informs Matt that the Stilt-Man has been sighted in the city. He does not want Matt to walk the city alone, in case the villain threatens him. He should not even come to the office alone, but alert Foggy and Karen to escort him. Matt is pleasantly surprised that Foggy is worried about his safety.

The scene switches to the following evening, with Matt Murdock walking in a park. His ankle has recovered. He is thinking about the Emissaries, but then his thoughts drift to his feelings about Karen Page. Night falls and the full moon appears. The Leap-Frog turns up in the park, searching for Daredevil. He is one of the Emissaries. He pays no attention to Matt Murdock, seeing him as just a blind man on a park bench. Matt recognizes him, and swiftly changes into Daredevil. He ambushes the Leap-Frog and grabs one of his legs.

Daredevil swings the Leap-Frog around and throws him to the ground. The Leap-Frog moves his legs to get Daredevil to let go of them, and regains his freedom. He kicks Daredevil in the face. Daredevil retaliates with his own kick to Leap-Frog's face, and then punches the villain. Leap-Frog suddenly escapes, while challenging Daredevil to follow him. Daredevil does manage to trail the leaping villain. He is aware that the Leap-Frog is leading him to a trap, but he wants to face the Emissaries.

The trail led Daredevil to the largest electric power plant in New York City. He realizes that has lost track of the Leap-Frog, and that the high-voltage lines serve to confuse his super senses. Daredevil is then ambushed by the Gladiator, who starts beating him up. The other Emissaries protest, as they want their own chance to fight Daredevil. Electro is the first in line, and uses an electric bolt to attack. Daredevil barely evades the attack.

Suddenly the Gladiator and the Matador team-up against Daredevil. Electro orders them to stop, but the Gladiator reasons that they need to all jointly attack the "slippery" Daredevil. The Matador holds on to Daredevil, as Gladiator beats him up. The Leap-Frog agrees with them and wants to attack as well. Daredevil uses a back-flip to throw the Matador to the Gladiator. He delivers a powerful punch to the Gladiator's torso, and then another one to the Gladiator's face. The Leap-Frog attempts to attack Daredevil from behind, but Daredevil turns around and kicks him. Daredevil then uses his Billy Club to strike the heads of the Stilt-Man and Electro.

A recovered Gladiator attempts to leap at Daredevil, but misses. Electro declares that Daredevil's speed and agility are no match for his shattering electrical power. Daredevil evades an electrical bolt by Electro, and the bolt strikes the Stilt-Man. Daredevil does not give Electro time to recharge and knocks him down. He hears two sets of footsteps approaching and decides to evade the attackers. He moves out of danger, as the running Leap-Frog and Matador collide with each other.

With the rest of the Emissaries disoriented, Gladiator challenges Daredevil to a single fight. This time, he attempts to cut Daredevil with his wrist discs. Daredevil evades his initial attack and then uses a steel beam to protect himself. The Gladiator easily destroys the steel beam, but fails to avoid a physical attack by Daredevil. The Gladiator is out of the fight.

With Daredevil momentarily distracted, the Matador tries to cover him with his cape. The Matador feels there is someone under the cape and delivers a beating. He feels confident about his victory, but then discovers that the man under the cape is a knocked-out Leap-Frog. Daredevil is actually standing behind the Matador and sucker-punches him.

Electro and the Gladiator are still dizzy from the battle and try to stand on their feet. Electro blames the defeat to their overconfidence, and attempts to rally his team. There is no counter-attack coming. Daredevil uses a coil of wire as a lasso, tying up the dizzy Electro, Gladiator, Leap-Frog, and Matador. There is no need to also tie up the Stilt-Man, who is unconscious. The villains try to use their combined strength to break through the wire, but Daredevil connects the wire to a power transformer. The transformer increases Electro's electricity and shocks the other three villains into submission. Electro's own strength is insufficient for him to escape. Daredevil promises that the police will release them, before transporting them to a prison. He thanks them for the workout.

The scene shifts to the Nelson and Murdock Law Office. Matt Murdock returns to work, claiming that Stilt-Man has been captured and it is consequently safe for him to get back to work. Karen Page tells him that she and Foggy have been phoning his home repeatedly, and they were getting worried. Matt claims that he was visiting his brother Mike. He finds an excuse to reprimand Karen over unfinished work. She does not like his attitude and storms out of the office. Foggy Nelson silently follows her. Matt feels like a heel for hurting her feelings, but he needed this argument to protect his secret identity. He is alone in the office, and reasons that he has always been a loner. And he will remain a loner for as long as Daredevil exists. The story ends.

(https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Daredevil_Annual_Vol_1_1)

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66 of 2022

THINGS I LOVE: Philosophy Overgrown yards Thunderstorms in the summertime Classic rock Dream interpretation New York City Collages Listening to music on long car drives Feeling excited and looking forward to things Deep, meaningful conversations Cinematography Bonfires Aesthetically-pleasing interior decoration Having a day I can consider one of the “best days of my life” The style from the 60s and 70s Airports Crossword puzzles Film photography Quotes I can relate to Running

THINGS I DISLIKE: The ’80s Rap music Dislike/hatred of/towards animals Feeling an unavoidable sadness within me Ignorance People who think that everything is a joke Unnecessary rudeness Celery Clothing with fringe When people do things just to “follow the pack” Waiting Confrontation Not being taken seriously by others Feeling incompetent Clichés When my feet are cold Not being able to respond to someone’s message right away for whatever reason Indulging myself in things Romantic comedies Being alone in total darkness

MUSICIANS & BANDS I LOVE: // to be specific, I don’t love any of them; a few I just like The Beatles Paul McCartney Pink Floyd Simon & Garfunkel The Who Bob Dylan George Harrison Led Zeppelin Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young Paul Simon Billy Joel Elton John The Beach Boys The Doors David Bowie

FILMS I LOVE: Empire of the Sun Atonement Up In The Air Beginners Inglourious Bastards I’m Not There The Descendants Schindler’s List The Graduate My Neighbor Totoro Kiki’s Delivery Service Help! The Darjeeling Limited The Royal Tenenbaums Midnight in Paris

BOOKS I LOVE: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close The Book Thief The Catcher in the Rye Ordinary People The Foxman The Hole We’re In The Fault In Our Stars The Fates Will Find Their Way Pictures of Hollis Woods The Graveyard Book

THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THE FUTURE: Go on a long road trip lasting at least a month Meet at least one of my “idols” Live in New York City Be in a film, even if only in a minor role Travel around Europe Meet someone who shares my interests and way of thinking and have a close relationship with them Have a farm Decorate (and even build) my own home Be renowned for some reason or other Visit a particular museum or monument

I’M FOND OF: Cats. Weed. // which is strange because I’ve never smoked weed myself, so. I just like the smell of it. New experiences. Getting to know people I have things in common with. Aliens. Horror films. Surveys. Mythology. Nature. The beach. The X-Files. Conspiracy Theories. // not like I believe in any of them, though Documentaries. History. Reading. Clothes. Taking Walks. Tattoos. Quadding/Four-wheeling. Classic Rock. Straight forward people. Metal. Poetry. The Sims.

I’M NOT FOND OF: Extremists. Closed-minded people. Cheese. People who judge or worry about the decisions/opinions of others. Disrespect/Ignorance. The media. Cleaning. Romantic Comedies. Bugs. ‘Reality’ TV shows. Technology taking over *every* aspect of life. Overdramatic people. Today’s music. Cliches. People who hold certain sentiments simply because the mass majority feels that way. Facebook. Self-righteousness. Being stared at. Being condescended to. Being ignored. Beer. Snow/Ice. Feeling trapped in my own head.

I enjoy eating/drinking: Steak. Shrimp. Pizza Pringles. Ben & Jerry’s. Rice. Potatoes. Bagels. Fruit. Skor bars. Aloe Vera drinks. Bolthouses. Water. Chicken. Salads. Omelets. Zucchini. Dark Russet chips. Hot chocolate.

I like to watch: The X-Files. Law & Order: SVU. The Twilight Zone. American Horror Story. Married With Children. Twin Peaks. King Of The Hill. Nightmare Next Door. Wicked Attraction. Roseanne. That 70’s Show. Freaks & Geeks. Breaking Bad. Charmed. Family Guy. The Wonder Years.

I would describe myself as: Laid back. Accepting. Indifferent. Realistic. Ill-tempered. Sarcastic. Blunt. Introverted. Witty. Good-natured. Understanding. Open-minded. Anxious. Headstrong. Honest. Lazy. Moody/Neurotic. Wise. Thick-skinned. Logical. Aloof. Impartial. Cynical. Humorous. Indecisive. Intuitive. Loyal. Modest. Brooding.

I’ve experienced: A hangover. A really bad break-up. Smoking weed. Doing drugs other than weed. Being in a fist fight. Having my own house. Being on a plane. Smoking a cigarette. Sexual assault/abuse. A pregnancy. Being kicked out of my parent’s house. Hitchhiking. Shooting a gun. Physical abuse. Being hospitalized. An abusive relationship. Watching someone die. Seeing someone stabbed and/or shot. Being robbed. Competing in some sort of competition. Being in love. Gambling in a casino. A surgery of some sort.

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