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dollarbin · 7 months

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Dollar Bin #11:

Graham Nash's Wild Tales

Graham Nash is the Malvolio of the Dollar Bin. In case Shakespeare's 12th Night is not instantly at your fingertips, here's the run down: Nash/Malvolio spends his existence/the play looking down on all the drunk David Crosbys/Sir Tobys around him. He thinks he's an equal to the geniuses about him (Joni Mitchell is his Viola; Neil Young his Feste) and he's a competitor with the biggest dope in history (Stephen Stills, of course / the Duke Orsino).

Malvolio winds up cross-gartered in yellow tights, sure he's the star of the play. In actuality he's the laughing stock.

Malvolio = Nash. Check them out.

But Wild Tales has more potential than anything else in Nash's oeuvre. Here's a list of why this album should not suck:

The cover photo, taken by the omnipresent Joel Bernstein, gives us hope that this is a concept record about Middle Earth with Nash playing the role of Tom Bombadil's willowy, spaced out neighbor. Look, he even has a book about Ents!

2. The back cover's art is by Joni Mitchell. She must have, inexplicably, still liked Nash on some level. And she sings on one track. Surely, this album cannot suck!

3. Ben Keith is all over this record. Keith is, of course, central to the Fellowship of the Young. He, Briggs, Poncho, Whitten and Nils helped Neil sneak in and out of Mordor time and time again. If Ben Keith plays on a Dollar Bin record, buy it.

4. Joe Yankee plays on this record. (That's Neil Young's nom de plume in the early 70's. Soon Neil would settle on Bernard Shakey instead.) Again, how can this record not be good?

5. This record is from 73. In 71, when Nash put out his first solo record, Nash had reason to think we all wanted to see him in the yellow tights. Deja Vu was fresh, Mitchell had recently tolerated him as a boyfriend and he was the only relatively handsome guy in the world's biggest band. Just check them out.

Listed left to right, there they are in 71: Neil looks like he forgot to do his middle school math homework yet again and teacher will be mad; Greg Reeves looks like he refuses to do any homework, ever; he is working up a mustache instead; Crosby stands before them all proudly, the assistant middle school Gym coach the girls all know to avoid; Stills is a mouth-breather repeating a grade: he wants to do the homework, but knows not how; Dallas Taylor still eats paste.

And then there's Nash behind them all: in 71 Graham clearly thought he was a studly chick-magnet, ready to date multiple high school cheerleaders and make them all cry; plus when he sings "very, very, very fine house" it sounds like he's actually wearing yellow tights, prancing about, praising Jove. Listening to solo music by the guy in 71 seems like a bad idea.

But by 73 Nash should have gained a little perspective. CSN&Y were toast, Mitchell and Young were making timeless music without him and even Stills refused to put his own name on Nash's records (he's listed as Harry Halex on Wild Tales: Stephen Stills not only sucks, he also can't think up fun or even pronounceable fake names. Let me suggest one for you Stephen: Richard Stroker; his friends call him Dick).

And so Nash should have approached Wild Tales like it was his Gettysburg: it was time to charge the enemy screaming, bayonet out. Nash had everything to lose, everything to gain.

Instead, the album is... okay. Side 1 starts with strong promise: Young's rhythm section regulars Johnny Barbata and Tim Drummond lay down a muddy vibe while David Lindley impersonates Neil nicely. Please inform my wife that Lindley's recent look is my new one:

The problem, frankly, is Nash's voice. He always wants us to believe Wild Tales are about to be told but he always sings like he's hawking Cinnamon Toast Crunch during Saturday morning cartoon hour. Stop sounding happy Graham! We hauled this out of the Dollar Bin because we want Acid, Booze and Ass, Needles, Guns and Grass. We do not want laughs.

Prison Song is a highlight, though. The melody swings, Lindley provides swashbuckling mandolin fills and, while I'm not convinced that all the pot dealers then in prison were assuaged by the knowledge that Graham felt for them deeply, I can get behind this song.

But Side 1 ends with two tracks that show what we are missing out on. When Ben Keith wasn't making this record in 73 he was installing street signs in Neil Young's Ditch, making Tonight's the Night. There are echoes of that effervescent vibe in the Nash songs You'll Never Be the Same and, especially, And So it Goes. Young is credited with acoustic piano on the later song, an instrument he plays plenty of on Tonight. And I'm gonna argue right here that Neil plays the electric rhythm guitar as well on this song; if it's not him, it's Ben Keith. And so, musically, the track is a big deal compared to everything else on this record.

But then there's the chorus:

Well there's one thing to try,

Everybody knows.

Music gets you high,

Everybody grows.

And so it goes.

First of all, no one wants to think about Graham sporting a boner during this, or any, song. So that growing line has got to go.

Secondly, listen to the chorus's vocals, and this song sounds like I'm Waiting For My Man rewritten as a Subway commercial. It's now entitled I'm Waiting For My Ham.

Jonathan Richman, who I love, knows better than to try to cover Leonard Cohen. I know not to attend an open casting call for SI's Swimsuit Edition.

But Nash has no idea. He thinks he can rock a two piece; he thinks he is Leonard Cohen. No wonder Neil pretends to be Joe Yankee on the credits.

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The album's second side is dull and unmemorable. Joni Mitchell clearly fell asleep while waiting to be cued for her paltry vocals on Another Sleep Song. She sounds disinterested at best.

Last Spring Nash foisted himself back into our consciousness. Stories appeared in the New Yorker, NPR, all over. After Crosby's death, Nash basically insisted that Crosby's last words had been "you're my hero Graham" or something along those lines. In actuality, Crosby's thoughts on Nash for the last decade had been, basically, you ruined my life; eat a sweet one.

At the same time, Nash made a pathetic effort to jump start SN&Y by praising Stills and claiming that Crosby forgave Young at the end. In fact, Crosby had told Neil more than a few times to eat a whole bunch of sweet ones. But no dice Graham: Neil responded to Nash's press push by reuniting with Stills for a benefit show and not inviting Nash. Man, that's low, Neil. Stephen Stills sucks.

Finally, Nash gloried in those same interviews about his love life. After 40 years of marital bliss, he'd recently dumped his wife and took up with a woman younger than most of his kids. The dude is 81, six months younger than my dad.

Someone get me a woody Allen sized bucket. I'm about to throw up; it seems I drank too many Wild Tales.

#stephen stills still sucks #graham nash #neil young #david crosby #malvolio #ents #tom bombadil #Youtube

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torchwood-rarepair-royale · 1 year

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Second Bracket

You thought I was joking about multiple brackets, didn’t ya? (My beloved edit maker @horselover107 sure wishes I was, but she has been cursed for her hubris of submitting... so many of these <3.)

This bracket and all the rest consist of ships that I only received one nomination for (with the exception of Martha/Nine and Tyler/Hasan, who lost the prelims to make the first bracket, but will get a chance at redemption here. The seed order is decided by submitted order, so if you don’t see your ship here, don’t worry... it’s somewhere :3

The left side bouts will run on Monday, April 17th, starting at 9am CST, and dropping one every hour on the hour. The right side bouts will run on Wednesday, April 19th, same hours.

Match-ups below the cut:

Bout 1L: Martha Jones/Nine vs Gwen Cooper/Jack Harkness/Owen Harper/Ianto Jones/Toshiko Sato/Rhys Williams

Bout 2L: Donna Noble/Toshiko Sato vs Esther Drummond/Jack Harkness

Bout 3L: Jack Harkness/Clara Oswald vs Toshiko Sato/Orr

Bout 4L: Gwen Cooper/John Hart/Toshiko Sato vs Jack Harkness/Rex Matheson

Bout 5L: Jack Harkness/Martha Jones vs Suzie Costello/Ace McShane

Bout 6L: Johnny Davies/John Hart/Johnathan Penn vs Ianto Jones/Kathy Swanson

Bout 7L: Alice Carter/Sarah Jane Smith vs Suzie Costello/Rose Tyler

Bout 8L: Esther Drummond/Lois Habiba vs Ianto Jones/Rex Matheson

Bout 1R: Gwen Cooper/Suzie Costello/Toshiko Sato vs Jack Harkness/Carla/Persis

Bout 2R: Jack Harkness/River Song vs Alonso Frame/Ianto Jones

Bout 3R: Owen Harper/Ianto Jones/Toshiko Sato vs Jack Harkness/Javic Thane

Bout 4R: Gwen Cooper/Kathy Swanson vs Gwen Cooper/Mary

Bout 5R: Gwen Cooper/Syriath vs Suzie Costello/Owen Harper

Bout 6R: Owen Harper/Martha Jones vs Ianto Jones/Martha Jones

Bout 7R: Gwen Cooper/Esther Drummond vs Gwen Cooper/Toshiko Sato/Rhys Williams

Bout 8R: Norton Folgate/Jack Harkness vs Tyler Steele/Hasan

#torchwood

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os2pontos · 8 months

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Notas sobre o amor.

“Amor é bicho instruído.” - como escreveu Drummond.

“Amor é poesia.” - como cantou Rita Lee.

“Amor é coisa aguda.” - conforme Filipe Catto.

Eu não sei o que é o amor. Mas eu amo.

“Tem um jeito manso que é só seu.” - daquela letra do Chico.

“ Onde estará o meu amor?” - assim indagado na voz de Bethânia.

Porque se o mundo é um moinho, e as rosas não falam, então só me resta sorrir pra não chorar.

“E flutua, flutua.” - em dueto, como Johnny Hooker e Liniker.

Mas eu continuo não sabendo dessa gente toda, só sei mesmo que vamos ver um filme, ter dois filhos ir ao parque, discutir Caetano e planejar bobagens. Assim, na mesma ordem de Cícero.

Porque mesmo que não venha mais ninguém, ficamos só eu e você. (E a Banda do Mar na trilha!).

Amor é fogo. É ferida. É contentamento. É dor.

Mas além de dor.

Amor é humanidade no amar. Se amor é nome, amar é ação. E para amar, basta ter um coração que bate… bate… bate…

Socorro. Porque assim como escreveu Arnaldo Antunes e cantou Cássia Eller, “(…) alguém me dê um coração, que este não bate bem apanha (…)”

Sigo. Amando.

#reflexao #amor

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cristianemagalhaes · 8 months

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O cheiro de Deus – Roberto Drummond

Um livro fantástico, em todos os sentidos..... Personagens que ninguém iria imaginar: uma moça que, ao chegar a frente fria da Argentina, dá uns espirros e vira negra! Um coronel que tem dois corações – um bom e um ruim, os filhos da matriarca (que é o fio da história, fica cega mas quer sentir o cheiro de Deus) tem nomes de whisky (Johnnie Walker, Red Label...), tem lobisomem, fantasma,

anã, tem uma cidade em permanente guerra entre os partidários da UDN e os do PSD tem carta perdida, tem cheiro de tudo!

“—Catula é um campo de batalha – sentenciava Tio Red Label-, onde o em e o Mal estão em guerra – e acrescentava, quando bebia mais Valdepeñas que devia -, Catula tem uma alma branca, refém do sentimento do pecado herdado dos portugueses, e uma alma negra, herdada da Mãe África, para a qual não existe pecado -e, na quarta garrafa de Valdepeñas, Tio Red Label erguia um brinde e gritava – Catula é a pátria brasileira.”

“Em pouco tempo, Vó Inácia tinha 17 suspeitas d cheiro de Deus, mas o cheiro do suor dos amantes seguia em primeiro lugar...”

“ – Se eu fosse viver de novo, irmão rifle, com o que aprendi como cega, eu ia agir como se todo dia fosse dia de festa. Eu ia decretar um feriado nacional só para mim e viver cada coisa sem o sentimento do pecado, sem o sentimento de culpa que está matando meu filho Red Label....

- Não é pecado ser feliz, irmão rifle. O que estraga tudo é este sentimento judaico-crisão de culpa. Culpa por estar alegre. Culpa por estar feliz. Culpa por amar. A alegria, a felicidade e o amor, irmão rifle, são invenções de Deus. Mas eu sempre agi como se fossem invenção do Diabo. É a maneira branca de ver a vida que fez isso comigo, irmão rifle.”

“- Os cegos é que deviam dirigir o muno, porque os que têm dois olhos não enxergam os lados da medalha.”

#livros #robertodrummond #ocheirodeDeus

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scotianostra · 2 years

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September 3rd 1745 saw Bonnie Prince Charlie proclaim his father as King James VIII of Scotland at Perth.

After Charlie had landed on the west coast of Scotland then raised his standard at Glenfinnan, his small army started moving south taking little time to reach Perth.

In the face of the Jacobite army, the provost and town magistrates fled south but the Prince was enthusiastically received by the town’s citizens. Of course he had already made a similar proclamation at Glenfinnan, but this was a significant date as it was the first real centre of population they had reached.

A notable number of local individuals and families joined the uprising, including the Prince’s two senior commanders, James Drummond, Duke of Perth and Lord George Murray of Blair Atholl. Within three weeks they would take Edinburgh and achieve, arguably the highpoint of the ‘45 by defeating Johnny Cope’s redcoats at Prestonpans.

#Scotland #scottish #'45 Uprising #bonnie prince charlie #perth #history

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dstrachan · 1 year

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'VIEWS FROM THE EDGE' - w/c 8th May 2023

Frightened Rabbit ‘Blood Under The Bridge’

Red Hot Chilli Peppers ‘Under The Bridge’

JOANovARC ‘Peace Of Mind’

The Knife ‘We Share Our Mother’s Health’

Julian Cope ‘Sunspots’

Kala Chng ‘Fire’

Tegan & Sara ‘Northshore’

Lisa Stansfield ‘All Around The World’

Grace Jones ‘I’m Crying (My Mother’s Tears)’

DBMG/RAF: die Baader-Meinhof Gruppe / Red Army Faction ‘Fistula’

Easter Street ‘Burn Your Bridges’

P J Harvey ‘Victory’

Tracy Chapman ‘Talkin’ Bout A Revolution’

Steel Pulse ‘Handsworth Revolution’

Bo Bruce ‘The Fall’

Holly Drummond ‘I See Fire’

Johnny McEvoy ‘James Connolly’

Puppet Theory ‘Strike Three’

She Drew The Gun ‘Where I End You Begin’

She Drew The Gun ‘What Will You Do’

She Drew The Gun ‘Something For The Pain’

Bjork ‘Who Is It (Carry My Joy On the Left Carry My Pain On the Right) [Radio Edit]’

Emmerson, Lake & Palmer ‘The Sage (Live at Newcastle City Hall, 26/03/71’

Hawkwind ‘Motorway City’

Alice Cooper ‘Elected’

Adam McNaughtan ‘Fitba’ Crazy’

Samantha Fish ‘Road Runner’

#mad wasp radio #td1 radio #vault radio #views from the edge #community radio

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mikijamcf · 2 months

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"Sweet" Charles Sherrel

Remembering "Sweet" Charles Sherrell (March 8, 1943 – March 29, 2023) Bassist known for recording and performing with James Brown. Sherrell began his career playing drums with fellow Nashville residents Jimi Hendrix and Billy Cox, practicing at a club a block from Hendrix's residence. Sherrell learned to play the guitar by washing the car (a Jaguar) of Curtis Mayfield in exchange for guitar lessons. Sherrell soon began teaching himself to play the bass after buying one from a local pawn shop for $69, which led him to join Johnny Jones & The King Kasuals Band, Aretha Franklin's backing group. Sherrell joined James Brown's band in August 1968, replacing Tim Drummond after Drummond contracted hepatitis in Vietnam. He played on some of Brown's most famous recordings of the late 1960s, including the #1 R&B hits "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud", "Mother Popcorn", and "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose". Brown credited him with being his first bassist to incorporate playing techniques such as thumping on the strings that were adopted by other players, including Bootsy Collins. In the 1970s, Sherrell rejoined Brown and performed with The J.B.'s. He later played with Al Green and Maceo & All the King's Men. He also released some recordings under the name Sweet Charles, including his first solo album, Sweet Charles: For Sweet People, on James Brown's label People Records

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andromeddog · 8 months

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pls talk more about your scottish highlander regiment ocs…… they are so enchanting.. i love the officers

anon i hope you are prepared for a lot of rambling under the cut

hello and welcome to my twisted mind.... i'll try to condense the 10k google doc of lore into something passable here. BASICALLY all of these ww1 guys are part of a web of interconnecting stories that intersect and span before/during/after the war. the main group are the four rugby boys who live in Stirling, Scotland and are drawn into the war in 1916 following the military service act...

from left to right we've got connor, james, peter, and johnny! excuse my bad handwriting but here's the jist of their dynamics. they play rugby together before everything goes to shit (peter is captain, james is the star player, johnny is stupidly reckless, and connor keeps getting into fights) a group of good guys, if a bit rowdy. they join up with the 14th Service Battalion of the Argyll & Sutherlands and spend most of the war fighting on the western front!

two old sketches of johnny and peter..... i think these r from like spring 2022? anyway i could go into more detail about their interpersonal issues but it's a lot and i feel like that could b its own post... ultimately connor gets killed taking out a stormtrooper (another oc) and peter loses a leg about a week later. james contracts influenza and gets sent home but eventually recovers, leaving johnny to finish out the war by himself. their group is definitely not the same after the war, and peter & james in particular really struggle with ptsd in the following years.

AND THE OFFICERS. WOO. aka toxic old man yaoi aka Lt Kincaide and Lt Irvine. these two spend like three full decades being catty and hating each other before they end up getting together LOL it goes something like this: kincaide is from a wealthy family, irvine is not, they meet at school and end up going to the same military academy prewar. they rly hate each other from the beginning and would probably just be petty rivals HOWEVER. irvine is sneaking around somewhere he 1000% should not be and catches kincaide in a very compromising position w another man. irvine intends to tattle but kincaide blackmails irvine into keeping quiet- irvine is there solely on scholarship and kincaide has enough social clout to ruin his military career. basically if kincaide goes down he's taking irvine with him.

that sets the stage for a decades long contentious relationship- partially bc they just keep bumping into each other. irvine obessively tries to find ways to end kincaide's career and kincaide loooooves fucking with him. individually they're very competent people- kincaide is an especially beloved officer even if he is a bit of a romantic snob, and irvine is insanely effective if a bit rigid and cold. these guys got issues on top of issues but proximity eventually leads to a healthy rivalry that becomes something like friendship that becomes basically being married. by the end of the war they are staples in each others lives but they dont get together until a decade or so after it's all over... they each take some damage during the war and spend their later years taking care of each other :')

my beloved old men. they are so fucked up. mutsache4mustache <3

there is so much i could say about them individually and the deep lore but im such a horrendous writer. also this is like a quarter of all of their stuff minus about four characters. the ideal format for this story would be a 300 chapter webcomic/graphic novel but i have neither time nor skill nor attention span for such a sprawling story so it'll just be random illustrations and blurbs in the tags. and my google docs. if any of this has interested ppl i've made a rugby boy playlist and an officers playlist bc im insane. you can get the vibes of their stories a lot better.

and uh i think thats a super rough version of these guys. anon i hope you know that i love you and this ask was so delightful to get <3

#oc stuff #anon #asks #historical ocs my beloveds #peter murray #johnny drummond #connor somerville #james logan #lt irvine #lt kincaide

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conceptmobius · 2 months

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Hypothetical Interview

#tumblr polls #Concept: “Mobius”#hypothetical #interview #curious #SEGA #Sonic the Hedgehog

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shinigami-striker · 4 months

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[January 2024] Birthdays | Monday, 01.01.24

Here are the upcoming birthdays for the month of January 2024 down below:

Monday, 01/01

Eden Riegel

Tuesday, 01/02

Anna Cummer

Thursday, 01/04

Greg Cipes

Friday, 01/05

Clancy Brown

Jason Charles Miller

Saturday, 01/06

Johnny Yong Bosch

Sunday, 01/07

Lara Gilchrist

Monday, 01/08

Scott Whyte

Wednesday, 01/10

Cat Thomas

Ryan Drummond

Thursday, 01/11

Heather Walker

Saturday, 01/13

Melissa Molano

Tuesday, 01/16

Carrie Keranen

Sunday, 01/21

Eric Stitt

Monday, 01/22

Juliet Simmons

Thursday, 01/25

Kaiji Tang

Friday, 01/26

Hannah Grace

Monday, 01/29

Bryn Apprill

Clifford Chapin

Julie Ann Taylor

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hitchell-mope · 8 months

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Hypothetical titles for season eighteen of 88

Discharged. Season premiere. Part one. Lysander finally comes home after a year long stay in hospital. But things go awry at the welcome home party

Disrespect. Season premiere. Part two. Kimberly becomes incensed when she finds out that Lysander invited Drummond to his welcome home party.

Warranted. In this parody of The Breakfast Club. The team goes slowly insane as they wait for an arrest warrant to be printed out.

Fava bean and a nice Chianti. Warrant in hand. The team can finally go after a cannibalistic serial killer. Guest starring Adam Sandler as Albert “The Carnivore” Johnson

Family affair. Findlay gets a nasty surprise when she finds out that Lilith has been dating Sidney’s older brother Samson. Elsewhere. Drummond visits Magda’s ex girlfriend at Riker’s and meets her lawyer. First appearance of Odette Anable as Christabel Saunders and Matt Cornett as Wesley Smyth

The fireplace. Andy catches wind of Drummond’s run in with Wesley. And decided to make a personal visit to the mans home. First appearance of Amy Adam’s as Lorna Carlyle.

That sounds familiar. On the sixth month anniversary Jonah adopting Butterball. The corgi becomes his mages familiar. First appearance of Theo James as the voice and human form of Butterball.

Read you like a book. It’s Drummond and Lysander’s turn to be Damsels in Distress. Their fellow Damsel. Almanac. Their rescuers. Odessa, Justine and Clyde. Guest starring Alan Cumming as Rumplestilstskin. First regular appearance of Graham Philips as Clyde O’Bannon. Features the return and first regular appearance of Joshua Bassett as David “Almanac” Carlyle.

License. Kimberly risks her career when she breaks into Drummond’s apartment. Meanwhile. Barnaby and Jonah take the state driving exam.

The girls at the gala. Findlay puts on her best polite grin and bears it when she has to contend with the First Lady and her entourage at a presidential gala. Guest starring Irene Bedard as First Lady Marianne Murray

Chums. David and Clyde hit it off when David moves into the suite at the Oberon next to Clyde.

A long walk. Season finale. Part one. On Christmas Eve. The precinct gets a call from a terrified teenage girl who’s being forced to walk off of Coney Island pier. First appearance of Teagan Croft as Mason “Macy” Christiansen.

Off a short pier. Season premier. Part two. Thornton and Sidney perform crowd control while Findlay reluctantly works with David to save Macy

Relative terror. David enamours himself to Clyde even further when he helps get rid of Clyde’s shrewish twin sister. Guest starring Liz Gillies as Deloris O’Bannon

Sensitivity training. Findlay has to go to a two day seminar after a victims mother complains about her attitude.

Sweet sweet freedom. David gets his Tag taken off. His first act with his magic back. Sweeping Clyde off his feet.

All shook up. Thornton uses Golden Brick’s Elvis night to weed it a serial killer known as The Lyricist

Chairman of the Board. Clyde gains control of O’Bannon Industries. And immediately disinherits his mother and sister.

Give my puppy the shot. Butterball gets run over. Jonah channels Terms of Endearment while waiting for him to recover.

I ain’t saying she’s a gold digger. Sidney’s girlfriend from his freshman year of high school visits and immediately starts causing trouble. Guest starring Ashley Tisdale as Annalise Marsden

Have you seen me? The Five Families spring into action when Butterball goes missing. Guest starring Chris Pratt as Emerson Davenport.

Getting warmer. The search for Butterball leads Findlay straight to Lorna Carlyle. Guest starring Johnny Depp as Lorna’s father, Royce Carlyle.

The incredibly mad women in the attic. Season finale. Part one. Findlay tries to concoct an escape plan while getting to know Lorna’s mother and grandmother. Guest starring Megan Mullally as Ellie Carlyle and Barbra Streisand as Mitzi Walker.

A grandmother’s fury. Season finale. Part two. Mitzi has a plan to take down her granddaughter once and for all

#mine #copyright me #modern fantasy #adam sandler #odette annable #matt cornett #amy adams #theo james #alan cumming #graham phillips #joshua bassett #irene bedard #teagan croft #liz gillies #ashley tisdale #chris pratt #johnny depp #megan mullally #barbra streisand

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aspenmissing · 9 months

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𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚢𝚕𝚘𝚗 (𝙿𝚝 𝟸)

Sam, Dean and Theo are backstage.

"From the night of Brad's stage dive. All of a sudden, we’re getting electromagnetic readings up the wazoo. For some reason, it's a legit haunting now" Theo says.

"Well, who's the ghost, Guys? What it wants?"

"We don't know. I think we should take a look at Brad's death scene. Outside in the lot, Dean and Theo leads Sam to one of the trailers. Once inside, Theo pops a DVD into the television.

"Hey, where'd you two get this DVD?"

"They're called dailies. I got it from Cindy. She's kind of got this on-and-off thing going with Drew. He dubbed us an extra copy" Dean says. They watch the footage of the scene, complete with Brad's surprised entrance "All right, here's where the guy fell through the roof"

"Right"

"They must have super-hearing" Mitch said from the tape. Suddenly, Brad falls through the ceiling of the set, hanging from a noose.

"Hey, wait, go back, go back" Theo rewinds the tape "Right after. Right aft- yeah, right. Wait. There" Theo pauses the frame. On the screen, we see a completely different set and standing in the far corner of the set, it is a ghostly white woman.

'"It's like "Three Men and a Baby" all over again" Sam looks at him, confused.

"Oh yeah. Selleck, Danson, and Guttenberg. And... I don't know who played the baby"

"What's your point?" Sam asks.

"There's a scene in the movie where people say that the, the camera caught a ghost on film. Apparently, in the background of one of the scenes, there was this boy that nobody remembers from set. Spirit photography" Sam looks at the woman.

"I've seen her before"

Dean, headset in place, is sitting with Sam and Theo at a table. Sam hands her a print-out of an article. Dean looks over.

"Here. Check this out" Dean talks into his headset.

"Yeah, go for Ozzy...No, I don't have a 20 on Tara, I think she's 10-100...Okay, copy that" Sam turns to Sam and Theo "I'm sorry, what were you saying?"

"I will take that headset off you, Dean" Theo says as Sam shakes his head in exasperation.

"Elise Drummond-starlet back in the thirties. Had an affair with a studio exec. He uses her up, fires her, leaves her destitute, so Elise hangs herself from Stage 9's rafters, right into a scene they're shooting"

"Just like our man, Brad. So, what, she's got it in for the studio brass?"

"Possibly. I mean, it's a motive. And Brad's death matches hers exactly"

"We're digging tonight, aren't we?" Theo says. Later, the crew is cleaning up for the day.

"That's a wrap, people! 6:00 AM for crew tomorrow!" A set worker says.

"Great work, everybody! MCG, you're a genius" Jay shakes McG's hand "You're kicking ass and taking names"

"Night, Jay"

Dean, Sam and Theo are walking through the cemetery at night, shovels in hand.

"Which way?" Sam asks and Theo reads a map.

"Uh...over here" she says and they walk a little further.

"Hey" Dean says.

"Yeah?" Dean gestures to a memorial for Humpty Dumpty.

"This map is totally worth the five bucks! Hey, we've gotta go check out Johnny Ramone's grave when we're done here"

"You wanna dig him up, too?" Theo asks.

"Bite your tongue, heathen!" Dean passes another memorial "Oh, that's cool"

"He's loving this too much" Theo whispers to Sam, who nods.

"You know, Guys, what I don't get is why now? I mean, after seventy-five years, Elise Drummond suddenly goes homicidal, you know? Why this movie?"

"Well, maybe she's mad they're making a scary ghost flick"

"Come on, it really that scary?" Sam asks.

"Here we go" Theo says and they reach Elise's headstone.

"Yep. All right"

"Yahtzee" They start digging. Later, the three have finished digging. Dean is in the grave, and opens the coffin to see Elise's corpse. They pour salt and kerosene over the bones and burn them.

Sam, Dean and Theo watch as the police examine the crime scene where Jay was killed.

"Run-in with a giant fan. Same thing happened to an electrician back in '66, a guy named Billy Beard"

"What the hell, dude?"

"I don't know. Doesn't seem like Elise this time, either. It's not her M.O."

"No, we already torched her. So, what are we dealing with another ghost?" Theo says.

"Maybe"

"Yeah, but these things don't usually tag-team" Outside in the lot, McG is getting out of his car. He gathers the cast and crew, including Dean, Sam and Theo.

"Everybody! Gather around, okay! I've got an announcement to make" McG hands his car keys to a P.A "Hold that for me. Everyone! Huddle in! In light of Jay's accident last night, and in cooperation with the authorities, we're shutting down production for a few days. I know, I know. Look, I'm not gonna lie to you. We've had a few setbacks this week. But we all know what Jay and Brad wanted more than anything. And that was to see Hell Hazers 2: The Reckoning on screens all across America! Now, we owe it to them to go on, and to pull together and make this damn movie, huh?" There is cheers and applause from the crown "But- but, but, but not today. Go home. Someone will call you"

Sam is back inside, watching more of the dailies. Tara/Wendy is reading in Latin when she is interrupted by 'Kendra'.

"Wendy, don't" Kendra says.

"What are you, afraid of ghosts? Come on, it'll be fun" Dean and Theo enters.

"Hey" The two say in unison.

"Hey, you two find out where the electrician's buried?"

"He wasn't Billy Beard was cremated" Theo says.

"Great. Now what?"

"No idea. Any more ghost cameos in the dailies?"

"Not in the first six hours. You know, maybe the spirits are trying to shut down the movie 'cause they think it sucks. 'Cause, I mean, it kind of does"

"Come on, it'll be fun" Wendy says and she continues reading in Latin. Sam suddenly notices something and rewinds. He sits up and listens closer to the Latin.

"Listen to the invocation. Guys, that's the real deal - a necromantic summoning ritual. What the hell is that doing in a Hollywood movie?"

Marty, the writer, is on the phone in his office.

"No, dude, we're down for a few days - force majeure... Yeah. It's cool, though. Gives me time to pitch that time-travel thing... Yeah. All right, well look, get back to me on this, all right? Seriously... No, I'm serious... Dude, are you serious? 'Cause I'm serious" He notices Sam, Theo and Dean at the door "All right. Cool" Marty hangs up "Guys, we're all shut down. What are you still doing here?"

"Yeah, um, whez, is...sorry man, We- we- we couldn't help ourselves. We just had to tell you that we read the script" Sam says.

"And?"

Yeah" Sam nods "It's -uh- it's awesome"

"Awesome" Dean says.

"Really awesome" Theo says. Marty smiles at the flattery.

"I know, it's pretty rockin', right? I'm glad you guys liked it"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I really liked, uh, all the attention to detail"

"Dude, right on, that's my thing. I mean, you know, colour me guilty, but that is me. I'm, I'm, I'm a total detail buff"

"No, I can tell. I mean, the way you worked in all those, all those Enochian summoning rituals and all the authentic language" Sam says. Marty's smile fades.

"What, you mean that Latin crap? No, man, that's Walter. Walter Dixon, the original writer. You like that garbage?"

"Wait, Walter the P.A. Walter?" Theo says.

"No, he's not a P.A. He's got a clause in his contract that allows him to come on set"

"But he writes the invocations?"

"He wrote a whack-job screenplay. There's no pace, there's no love interest, it's all wackadoo exposition. I had to cut, like, ninety percent of it to make it readable, the other ten percent to make it good" Dean, Sam and Theo laugh.

Later, the siblings are reading Walter's screenplay, Lord of the Dead.

"Should've kept Walter's original script. It's actually pretty good" Theo says.

"Yeah. And it reads like a how-to manual of conjuration, like a textbook on how to summon ghosts and get them to do whatever you want"

"Yeah, like kill people" Dean says.

"Yep. So, let's say somewhere down the line, Walter learned some pretty black magic"

"Yeah. And let's say he's pissed at these people for wrecking his movie"

"Motive and means"

"It's worth checking out" Theo says.

Marty is walking among the forest scenery and spots Walter.

"So, you wanted to meet?" There is no response "Hey, I'm a little busy here, buddy. I'm working on a script"

"Oh, yeah. You guys worked on it a lot" Walter says.

"It needed work. Now, why couldn't we have done this in my office?"

"You know, the history, the lore in my draft was completely accurate. We could've gotten it right for the first time ever in this whorehouse of a town. But you tore it to shreds. You replaced it with cleavage and fart jokes" Walter sighs "It was real"

"Who gives a rat's ass about "real"? We're talking about ghosts here, Walter. There's no such thing"

"That's where you're wrong, Martin" Walter raises his hand, holding a talisman, and begins chanting in Latin. Marty rolls his eyes.

"Okay, nutjob. End of meeting" Marty turns around and comes face-to-face with a ghost that had killed Jay and he screams.

The fans turn on. Marty is on the ground, being dragged by the ghost towards the fan.

"Oh, God, no! Please, no!"

"You ruined it, Martin! Everything I worked for!"

"Oh, oh, oh. Oh, God! Walter!"

"Now you're gonna find out what being a ghost is really like"

"Walter, please! Walter, help me! Heeeeee--" Just as Marty is inches away from the fan, a shotgun goes off, blasting the ghost away. Theo approaches, weapon in hand and Dean next to her, while Sam turns off the fan.

"You are one hell of a P.A."

"Yeah, I know" Dean says.

"What are you doing?" Walter asks.

"I could ask you the same thing, Walter" Sam says. Walter begins climbing up the stairs to the scaffolding "Raising these spirits from the dead? Making them murder for you? That's playing with fire, Walter"

"You don't understand"

"You know what? You're right, I don't understand"

"Just... wait, look. You put your heart and soul into something, years of hard work. It's years, and then they take it! And they crap all over it!" Dean and Theo looks at Marty, who shakes his head like Walter doesn't know what he's talking about "And then - and then they want you to smile and say, "Thank you""

"Walter, listen. It's just a movie. That's it" Walter scoffs.

"Look...I've got nothing against you, man. You're not part of this. Just please, please, just leave. But Martin's gotta stay"

"Sorry, can't do that. It's not that we like him or anything, it's...just a matter of principle" Theo says.

"Then I'm sorry, too" Walter raises the talisman again.

"Walter. Walter, pl-Don't" Walter begins chanting. The set begins to shake and three ghosts appear.

"Sam!" Dean shout and Theo and Dean raise their shotguns. The ghosts, all of whom are mangled in some way, begins walking closer.

"Come on, come on!" Theo says. Suddenly, they disappear. Then, out of nowhere, Sam is knocked to the floor- the ghosts are now invisible. Dean and Theo helps him up "Come on, come on! Move!" The siblings and Marty begin running away while the lights on set begins shorting out, lots of sparks flying. The four of them run into another building and shit the door behind them. Dean and Theo reloads their guns.

"Come out to the coast! We'll get together, have a few laughs!" Dean says sarcastically.

"Now, it not the time to be quoting Die Hard, Dean!" Theo says. Dean then turns around and realizes that the building they entered is actually just the set for the abandoned house. It's completely open on the other wall - they haven't actually reached any real shelter.

"Oh, man!"

"I can't believe this. Ghosts are real!" Marty says.

"What makes you say that?" They look around, ready to fight"

"But I don't understand. How is Walter controlling them?"

"Probably that talisman" Sam says. Suddenly Sam takes out his cell phone.

"What are you doing?"

"I mean, if film cameras pick these suckers up, then...maybe, uh..." Sam uses his cell phone camera to scan the room. He suddenly sees one of the ghosts a few feet away, heading straight for Theo.

"Y/N! Right there!" Sam points and Theo shoots it. On Sam's phone the ghost disappears "Got him" Sam picks up another ghost "Hey! Right there!" Dean shoots the ghost. They then notice Walter walking around the upper level. Sam hands his phone to Marty "Here, you get the idea?"

"Yeah"

"All right, you hold them off. I'm going after Walter" Sam leaves the set.

"I cannot believe there's an afterlife"

"Oh, there's an afterlife, all right. But mostly, it's a pain in the ass" Theo says. Marty keeps scanning the room with the phone.

There!" Marty ducks to his left as Dean and Theo shoots the two oncoming ghosts.

Walter leaves the set through the back exit and comes face-to-face with Sam.

"It's over, Walter. Now give it to me" Walter throws the talisman on the ground, shattering it.

"There! Okay, now no one can have it"

"I wouldn't have done that if I were you"

"Oh, yeah?"

"Yeah"

"And why not?" Walter asks.

"Because you freed them. We can's top them now. Walter, you brought them back, forced them to murder. They're not gonna be very happy with you" Marty, Theo and Dean joins them outside.

"Yeah? So, why not?" He suddenly falls to the ground and begins screaming in pain. Blood begins to seep through his clothing. Marty raises the cell phone and sees all of the ghosts tearing Walter apart.

The crew had resumed filming. Kendra and Mitch are now in the abandoned house. Kendra is scanning the room with her cell phone, the same kind as Sam has.

"Oh, God. Oh, God. There!" Mitch shoots. From the sidelines, McG is watching, ecstatic "But I don't understand. How can the spirits appear in the camera phone?"

"The video must pick up their frequencies in a way that our eyes can't"

"Oh, God. Oh, God. Right there!" Mitch shoots again.

"Cut! Oh, print that one. That's in the movie! Oh! I loved it, kids. Loved it" Marty, Theo and Sam are also watching from the sidelines.

"You fund out there's an afterlife, and this is what you do with it?" Marty looks up from texting, grinning.

"I need a little jazz on the page"

"Well, you did it" Theo says.

Sam and Theo are walking among the trailers. When they pass Tara's trailer, the door opens, and Dean comes out, clearly dishevelled, smirking. Tara comes outside as well, wearing a robe.

"You're one hell of a P.A." Tara says, smiling at Dean.

"Thank you"

"Hi" Tara says, noticing Sam and Theo. Sam looks awkward whereas Theo just smiles.

"Hello" she says. Dean, Sam and Theo then walk away; Dean grabs a sandwich and Theo grabs a smoothie. They walk off towards a painted sunset, which crew roll away.

"God, I love this town"

"You can say that again" Theo says. The painted sunset has finished rolling away, revealing a sunset over the Hollywood Hills.

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