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gbu playlists director's commentary

@trifoliate-undergrowth asked and now i am going to give the full track by track breakdown + general commentary because i have been waiting for someone to give me an excuse

(be warned before opening, this is long as hell)

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ended up making all of them 21 songs long–no particular reason for the number, it just worked out that way. i didn't originally intend for playlist times to matter, but when i realizes blondie's and tuco's could fit onto a cd, i fiddled with angel eyes's to cut down the length as well (specifically by dropping "riders on the storm" and replacing it with "people are strange"). i do definitely intend to burn these at some point; i'm thinking i'm going to start them each with the respective character's variant of the main theme and end them with the quotes i put in the descriptions. i structured blondie and tuco's by starting and ending each with a townes van zandt song. i had originally intended to do the same with angel eyes, but i couldn't find any townes songs i liked for him; i briefly considered starting and ending with the johnny cash songs instead, but i didn't like how that would've flowed, so i discarded the idea entirely. my main priority was getting things to flow musically well, but i did want certain themes in certain places.

breakdown: il buono

"where i lead me", townes van zandt: the opening verse especially. “where i lead me, i will follow / where i need me, i will call me / i’m no fool, i’ll be ready / god knows i will be / and in the meantime make a little money / and buy a little mercy.” really this is a blondie/tuco or even general gbu song, especially “or you can clench your fist, shake your head, and head to the country / i got no doubt about it, friends, that’s where they’ll find me” as tuco tracking blondie down for revenge. i felt the vibe suited blondie best.

"elements and things," tony joe white: mostly my joking reference to the clint squint with “i would, but the sun’s in my eyes.” that said, the music itself has the right vibe for him–makes me imagine him riding through the countryside–and the grandeur of it seems to suit him. “you lay back and think about things,” too.

“the changeling,” the doors: “i’ve had money, and i’ve had none, but i’ve never been so broke that i couldn’t leave town.” and also, blondie as a changeling, impossible to know or define or pin down.

“call me the breeze,” jj cale: a desert breeze, untethered, tied down to nothing? “i ain’t got me nobody, i ain’t carryin’ me no load”? that’s blondie to a tee (or he’d like it to be, anyway).

“spoonful,” willie dixon: a parallel with tuco, who has the howlin’ wolf version. “could be a spoonful of water, to save you from the desert sand / but one spoon of lead from my 45 will save you from another man.” this version strikes me as a little more romantic/sincere with the piano and dixon’s crooning vocals, and it also doesn’t mention gold like the wolf version, something i think blondie cares less about by the end.

“walk away,” tom waits: walking away, aka blondie’s favorite pastime. “i always get out of the trouble i’m in.” also, “a yellow dog knows when he has sinned” reminds me of him abandoning tuco and then being marched through the desert for it.

“secret intention,” the william loveday intention: blondie at sad hill specifically. the religious overtones of both song and scene especially. the ritual of it all. the treachery.

“dancing with mr. d,” the rolling stones: another sad hill song. it opens with “down in the graveyard where we have our tryst,” for god’s sake. playing with blondie as an otherworldly and sinister figure. “he never smiles, his mouth merely twists.” not entirely true of him, but evocative.

“calling card,” rory gallagher: “whatever you do, brother, don’t show that hurt.” i almost put this on tuco’s before ultimately switching it to blondie; he strikes me as being lonely deep down, and determined not to let on. if you like, think of it as him advising tuco.

“the spy,” the doors: “i know the words you want to hear / i know your deepest, secret fear.” finding out tuco’s secret(s). also, “a spy in the house of love” just feels right for blondie.

“fire of love,” jody reynolds: “the sun beats down with its fiery glow / knows i won’t see my love no more / i’m sorry for the things that i’ve done / forgive me dear, my only one.” the desert! also, the general idea of being burned/hurt by love strikes me as appropriate. i think it hurts him, in a way, that he loves tuco.

“waiting for the sun,” the doors: mostly vibes, but the image of “it’s time to live in the scattered sun” reminded me of him for some reason, and the “waiting for you to come along / waiting for you to hear my song / waiting for you to tell me what went wrong” made me think of him and tuco (every gun makes its own tune, the ending).

“written in your hair,” robert lester folsom: this one is mostly vibes, and also something something buried gold/golden hair, but also “you can’t do a thing if you ain’t there” reminds me of him.

“don’t let me be misunderstood,” the animals: pretty self explanatory; he’s cruel perhaps without always wanting to be. also, “no one alive can always be an angel / when things go wrong i seem to be bad” reminiscent of the missed shot and his subsequent ditching tuco in the desert. a sort of apology.

“all along the watchtower,” bob dylan: a very blondie & tuco song to me. the second verse especially. “there are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke / but you and i, we've been through that, and this is not our fate / so let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late.” tuco’s near hangings and blondie’s near death in the desert (but you and i we’ve been through that), and the exchange of the secret at the bridge (so let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late); ironically, blondie lies.

“hunger child blues,” townes van zandt: one of THE top blondie songs to me. i almost ended with this one for the “do you think that you know my name?” but it didn’t flow well. it’s ethereal, and a little threatening, like him.

“(ghost) riders in the sky,” johnny cash: also on sentenza’s, who has the ronnie dawson cover. i wanted to lean into the supernatural aspect, and “cowboy, change your ways today, or with us you will ride” felt apt. i actually liked the dawson version better for blondie but the cash version flows very well musically.

“wand’rin’ star,” lee marvin: from paint your wagon. if the title itself isn’t convincing enough, “i’ve never seen a sight that didn’t look better looking back.”

“don’t fence me in,” clint eastwood: pretty self explanatory. had to pick the clint cover for obvious reasons.

“state trooper,” bruce springsteen: “maybe you got a kid, maybe you got a pretty wife / the only thing that i got’s been botherin’ me my whole life” immediately makes me think of him. as does “hi-ho, silver-o, deliver me from nowhere” and the echoing cries at the end. the crushing loneliness of the open road.

“snake song,” townes van zandt: the other top blondie song to me. “you can’t hold me, i’m too slippery / i do no sleepin’, i get lonely / you can touch me if you want to / but i got poison, i just might bite you.” that’s blondie, baby. the line “lie in circles on the sunlight” is also very evocative and “i’ll be there when you start sinkin’” reminds me of the ending.

breakdown: il brutto

"lungs", townes van zandt: another general gbu song, but “salvation sat and crossed herself and called the devil partner” makes me think of him and pablo. “jesus was an only sun and love his only concept / strangers cry in foreign tongues and dirty up the doorstep” makes me think of his relationship with blondie, given their weird interplay as jesus and judas at various points. as a bonus, “seal the river at its mouth, take the water prisoner / fill the sky with screams and cries, bathe in fiery answer” gives me branston bridge vibes also.

"wanted dead or alive," warren zevon: pretty self explanatory just from the title, but i thought "all i'm trying to do is find a peaceful place / but they say i have an outlaw's face" is particularly apt. that, and the parallel of "fifteen states" to tuco being wanted in fifteen counties.

“do it again,” steely dan: “but the hangman isn’t hangin’, so they put you on the street.” any song with a noose in it is a tuco song to me, especially if said noose is escaped, but the rest of the lyrics fit well too–revenge, trouble with the law, water in the desert, seduction and lost love (the wives!), gambling, making money.

“black widow blues,” townes van zandt: “i got the hands, pretty lady, gonna make you grieve / and the lovin’ gonna make you mine.” a specific kind of drifting, hedonistic romanticism that suits him, i think. something something a wife in every town.

“ventilator blues,” the rolling stones: “when you’re trapped and circled with no second chance / code of livin’ is your gun in hand / can’t be browed by beatin’, can’t be cowed by words / messed by cheatin’, ain’t gon’ ever learn.” the line about “everybody's trying to step on their creator” and the opening verse about being agitated and beat down.

“goin’ out west,” tom waits: “they got some money out there, they’re giving it away” and “all my friends say i’m ugly, i got a masculine face.” i feel like the braggadocio and the musical sound of it suits him.

“highway chile,” jimi hendrix: “now you’d probably call him a tramp, but i think it goes a little deeper than that”–tuco calls himself a tramp on the wagon. “ain’t seen a bed in so long it’s a sin.”

“born under a real bad sign,” albert king: pretty self explanatory. “if it wasn’t for real bad luck, i wouldn’t have no luck at all.” that’s tuco, baby. i used king’s original over the cream cover namely because of the line “i can’t read, never learned how to write.”

“laundromat,” rory gallagher: “what do you think of that? / i’m sleepin’ down at the laundromat” and the line about “come and meet my friends, they’ll be with me to the end” reminds me of his “if you work for a living, why do you kill yourself working?” scene

“who do you love,” townes van zandt: the morbid, boastful lyrics and themes of seduction suited tuco very well imo. i love bo diddley but i picked the townes cover as i felt it fit better musically.

“brown eyed handsome man,” chuck berry: the braggadocio and the romanticization of brown eyes fits already, but the line about the judge’s wife setting a man free especially caught my attention, because it seems like it would happen to tuco (or he’d make up a story about it, anyway).

“hate street dialogue,” rodríguez: the song’s about growing up in inner city detroit, but it fits well, i think, with tuco’s line “where we come from, if one did not want to die in poverty, one became a priest or a bandit.” also, “i’ve tasted hate street’s hanging tree.”

“snake mountain blues,” townes van zandt: the general lost love, “no one to care for me” thing, but also: “and it’s goodbye to this yellow-headed misery i’ve known.” remind you of anyone?

“should’ve learnt my lesson,” rory gallagher: never learning, and “my first mistake was when i thought that you’d be true / now i realize that was a foolish thing to do” as everything with blondie. “when you don’t fit, you know that’s the time to move.” “you must be prepared to lose if you choose to toss the dice.”

“just a bum,” michael hurley: a wistful, romantic take on the life of a hedonistic drifter. “just a tramp / call me what you like / see me travelin’ down the pike / and singin’ love songs / sittin’ by the fireside dreamin’ all night / makin’ love drunk in a meadow ‘neath the pale moonlight / travelin’ over land like a natural born man.”

“paper mountain man,” linda perhacs: the chorus, the line about “sewn by the love many ladies’ hands” and “you like delicate ladies with real fine skin / you’ll touch ‘em but you’ll never love / that’s the way you’ve always been,” the line about curly hair. “heavy-booted walk tappin’ low funk blues” also feels fitting for reasons i can’t quite describe.

“spoonful,” howlin’ wolf: also on blondie’s, who has the willie dixon version. this version mentions gold, which is apt, and i think the mentions of being satisfied with just a little love work more ironically here than for blondie. something about all this strife over a little wealth (before the gold comes along anyway...)

“driftin’ blues,” lowell fulson: “well i’m drifting and i’m drifting like a ship out to sea / ain’t got nobody in this world to care for me.” need i say more?

“get behind the mule,” tom waits: one of the best suited songs for him, imo. “i’m diggin' all the way to china with a silver spoon while the hangman fumbles with the noose”–sad hill! but also, the idea of “you've got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow” is about how it goes for him. he's just got to endure. blondie leaves him in the desert seventy miles from town and tells him to manage it, so he does. what else is he supposed to do?

“dirge,” bob dylan: this is the other peak tuco song for me. the verse that starts “can’t recall a useful thing” which i made a web weave out of, but also, “i’ve paid the pride of solitude, but at least i’m out of debt.”

“rake,” townes van zandt: i wanted to end on kind of a grim note because there’s something very tragic about tuco as a character to me. he ends the movie alive and with the gold, yes, but humiliated and abandoned by his partner. reminds me of his relationship with pablo, too: “have you accomplished anything but evil?” his drifting and hedonism can only take him so far before his past catches up with him eventually.

breakdown: il cattivo

"dead before dawn", vaguess: “please burn my rotting flesh / and don’t give me a grave / buy yourself something nice / with the money that you save / cause i’ll be gone”. sad hill!

"sinister purpose," ccr: THE angel eyes song to me. “burn away the goodness, you and i remain / did you see the last war? well here i am again.” specifically, angel eyes to blondie.

"big in japan," tom waits: this one's all about the "i've got the [blank], but not the [blank]" structure. as in, the cemetery, but not the grave–which could go for all of them, but i felt this fit sentenza best given he's trying to get both of these things; tortures it out of and forces a partnership on blondie since he suspects torture won't work on him. that, and the "i've got the whole damn nation on its knees."

"people are strange," the doors: a time-constrained replacement for "riders on the storm," which i felt would’ve really suited him with the sinisterness of it and the thing about the drifting killer. regardless, i think the idea of being cruel and apart from other people as a self-reinforcing cycle feels pretty fitting.

"thirteen," johnny cash: a song about a nameless killer. “bad luck wind been blowin' at my back / i was born to bring trouble to wherever i'm at” and “the list of lives i’ve broken reach from here to hell.”

"sympathy for the devil," the rolling stones: a song about a sophisticated devil? come on, that’s angel eyes for sure. i think “so if you meet me have some courtesy / have some sympathy and some taste / use all your well-learned politesse / or i’ll lay your sole to waste” is very fitting especially.

"whistlin’ past the graveyard," tom waits: this could've gone for any of the trio, honestly, but i picked angel eyes as this specific brand of sinister, supernatural braggadocio seemed to suit him best.

"i’m the devil," the william loveday intention: i feel like this one’s just self explanatory, to be honest.

"old judge jones," les dudek: one of my early adds; his (italian) name’s sentenza, after all, so i’m a sucker for pairing him with any song about judges/judgment. “old judge jones never gave a man a break / on his hanging tree the leaves don’t shake.”

"the snake," al wilson: the theme of accepting someone else’s help and then crossing them because “you knew darn well i was a snake before you brought me in” feels very right for him. something with how he betrays tuco. hell, this could be a blondie song too.

"money talks," jj cale: “you’d be surprised with the friends you can buy with small change.” the goons he hires.

"dead man, dead man," bob dylan: a tuco’s-eye-view of angel eyes, specifically. the lines about “the glamor and the bright lights and the politics of sin,” “the tuxedo that you’re wearing, the flower in your lapel,” and the choruses with lines like “pretending that you’re so smart” and “what are you trying to prove?”–all his false sophistication and arrogance covering that he’s just another lowdown coward.

"hoist that rag," tom waits: the horrors of war (specifically, the prison camp stuff).

"wolf teeth," jd mcpherson: “i leave a little magic every place i go” (the inhuman vibes of him) and “leave a little blood so the grass can’t grow.”

"rotten to the core," the builders and the butchers: while i initially listened to this song assuming it was about a guy who sucked, it’s about seeing the world as an inherently cruel and dangerous place–which, funnily enough, i think also fits pretty well. case in point, when he tries to justify his brutality to that prison camp official by claiming they have to have “respect.”

"bad seed sown," the bellfuries: “the kinda people hip to my kind of evil / are few and far between / it lurks, it lies, it feeds on cries / it’s sophisticated and mean.” self explanatory. additionally, “there won’t be omens or signs / just a smile and a line / then the swing of the axe”–betraying tuco.

"love of hate," st. john green: sad hill. this one’s partly just vibes. “shall die alone, without privilege of a stone” does fit nicely.

"riders in the sky," ronnie dawson: also on blondie’s, who has the johnny cash version, so i ended up using this for angel eyes. blondie may have changed his ways, but angel eyes doesn’t, and he strikes me as the type not to stay dead and buried. i just like the idea of him as a ghost.

"god’s gonna cut you down," johnny cash: the delicious irony of sentenza as a figure of judgment, and of him being then cut down by blondie (golden haired angel).

"the werewolf song," michael hurley: a slightly softer, sentimental take on the violence, if that makes any sense. vibes mostly. i wonder if he ever gets lonely.

"death don’t have no mercy (live)," hot tuna: reminds me very strongly of his intro at stevens’s place; “he comes to your house and he won’t stay long / you look in the bed and somebody will be gone.” felt this was a good, grim note to end on, and i felt the hot tuna cover fit very well musically.

#the good the bad and the ugly #dollars trilogy

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antifainternational · 1 year

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⭕ The famous speech of anarchist Juan Garcia Oliver on 20 November 1937 at Montjuic Cemetery, in Barcelona, in homage to Buenaventura Durruti, who died on 20 November 1936.

(English Subs).

Who was Durruti, as summarized by Joe King in theanarchistlibraryorg:

To reduce to a few hundred words the life story of an almost mythic figure is not an easy task. It can be said, without fear of exaggeration, that Buenventura Durruti symbolised in his person the courageous struggle of workers and peasants in that country, and more specifically symbolises the spirit of Spanish anarchism.

He was born the son of a railway worker on July 14th 1896 in Leon, a city in central Spain. Aged 14 he leaves school to become a trainee mechanic in the railway yard. Like his father, he joins the socialist UGT union. He takes an active part in the strike of August 1917 when the government overturned an agreement between the union and the employers. This soon became a general strike throughout the area. The government brought in the army and within three days the strikers had been crushed. The troops behaved with extreme brutality, killing 70 and wounding 500 workers. 2,000 strikers were jailed.

Durruti managed to escape to France, where he came into contact with exiled anarchists, whose influence led to him joining the anarchist CNT union upon his return in January 1919. He joins the fight against dictatorial employers in the Asturian mines and is arrested for the first time in March 1919; he escapes and over the next decade and a half he throws himself into activity for the CNT and for the anarchist movement.

These years see him involved in several strikes and being forced into exile. Unwittingly the Spanish government ‘exported’ rebellion, as Durruti and his close friend Francisco Ascaso happily joined the struggle for freedom wherever they ended up, in both Europe and Latin America.

The Spanish monarchy fell in 1931 and Durruti moved to Barcelona; accompanied by his French companion Emilienne, pregnant with their daughter Colette. He joined the Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI), a specifically anarchist organization, and together with other militants they form the ‘Nosotros’ group. These were members within the CNT of a radical tendency that harboured no illusions with respect to the recently proclaimed Republic, maintaining that the moment was ripe for continued progress towards a social revolution.

With the electoral victory by the liberal/reformist Popular Front in February 1936, Left and Right were on a collision course, initiated very rapidly by Franco’s military rebellion on July 19th 1936. The CNT and the FAI confronted the army with courage, organization and mass mobilizations.

They triumphed in much of Spain despite the fascist superiority in weapons and resources. The anarchist contribution was decisive in resisting the fascists throughout the country and in Catalonia defeated the rebels singlehandedly, Durruti being one of the boldest fighters in this battle. It was here that Francisco Ascaso lost his life.

On July 24th, from Barcelona where the anarchist goal of workers’ control, direct democracy and liberty was starting to be a reality, Durruti left with an armed column towards Zaragossa, occupied by the fascists. Through hard battles this workers’ militia, without officers or other military trappings, advanced and saved the Aragon front against much better equipped regular troops.

Parallel to this, the anarchist forces supported a social transformation which meant the establishment of agricultural collectives in Aragon, upsetting the authoritarians of the Communist and Socialist parties, according to whom the war could not be won with the revolution going on. War or no war these would-be rulers would never have liked a real workers’ democracy.

After the liberation of Aragon, Durruti was interviewed by Pierre van Passen of the Toronto ‘Star’. “For us,” said Durruti, “it is a matter of crushing fascism once and for all. Yes, and in spite of the government. No government in the world fights fascism to the death.

“When the bourgeoisie see power slipping from its grasp, it has recourse to fascism to maintain itself. The Liberal government of Spain could have rendered the fascist elements powerless long ago. Instead it compromised and dallied. Even now at the moment there are men in this government who want to go easy on the rebels.”

And here Durruti laughed. “You can never tell, you know, the present government might yet need these rebellious forces to crush the workers’ movement...

“We know what we want. To us it means nothing that there is a Soviet Union somewhere in the world, for the sake of whose peace and tranquillity the workers of Germany and China were sacrificed to fascist barbarians by Stalin. We want revolution here in Spain, right now, not maybe after the next European war.

“We are giving Hitler and Mussolini far more worry with our revolution than the whole Red Army of Russia. We are setting an example to the German and Italian working class how to deal with fascism.”

But, interjected van Passen, even if you win “You will be sitting on a pile of ruins.” Durruti answered “We have always lived in slums and holes in the wall. We will know how to accommodate ourselves for a while. For, you must not forget, we also know how to build. It is we the workers who built these palaces and cities, here in Spain and in America, and everywhere.

“We, the workers, can build others to take their place, and better ones! We are not in the least afraid of ruins. We are going to inherit the earth, there is not the slightest doubt about that. The bourgeoisie might blast and ruin its own world before it leaves the stage of history. We carry a new world, here, in our hearts. That world is growing this minute”.

Durruti embodied the feelings and goals of the workers in arms, being a peculiar “chief” whose main privilege was to fight in the first line and whose only rank was the esteem his equals had for him. His courageous life came to an end in November of that same year. On the 15th Durruti arrived with a force of 1,800 men to reinforce the defence of Madrid, where they went immediately to the toughest section and on the 19th he was struck by a bullet. He died at dawn on the 20th, being buried two days later at Montjuich’s cemetery in Barcelona, accompanied by 500,000 people carrying the red & black flags of anarchism. It was the largest funeral cortege ever seen in that city.

Here was a man who fought for his union and anarchist ideals; who never sought any special privileges for himself, who acted as much as he read or thought, who loved, dreamed and was determined to leave this world a better place than when he entered it.

#durruti #garcia oliver #spain #spanish #anarchist #anarchism #anarchists #antifa #antifascist #antifascism #antifascists #spanish revolution #spanish civil war #history #Youtube

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lovelikedestiny · 2 years

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“Fuck!"

It's an exclamation from Nicky over the radio that makes Booker stop so abruptly that Nile runs full tilt into him; her face making acquaintance with his broad back and she just barely avoids accidentally shooting him in the ass with her gun.

"Damn it, Booker!" She hisses, heart pounding in fear of being overheard by the drug dealers who are about to be put through the wringer by them. "What the hell wa-" She begins in a whisper, irritated by what caused him to stop.

He interrupts her with a raised hand, signaling her to be quiet, and Nile obediently shuts her mouth. Of course, she knows how important it is on missions to agree upon something and trust each other, so she swallows her growing curiosity with difficulty, waiting dutifully instead.

For a handful of heartbeats, it seems like he's listening to something, but when Nile pricks up her ears, all she hears are the noises of the warehouse - the radio remains silent.

"Okay," Booker finally whispers, and starts moving again. "Let's keep going."

The closer they get to the drug dealers about to load another shipment, the sharper Nile's perception becomes, and she falls into the rhythm of objective focus that allows her not to be affected by overwhelming excitement or fear.

Booker gives her a small grin and nods wordlessly at her, silently counting with his fingers, ready to heckle the drug dealers through Andy and Joe on the other side. Three, two, o-

"Motherfucking shit!" The next curse rings out on Nile's radio and once again Booker freezes, pressing his back against one of the containers. One of his long arms also pushes Nile further into the shadows.

Booker's strange behavior deeply confuses Nile and she notices a drop of sweat slowly trickling down her temple. As he begins to retreat, pushing her further back as well, she braces herself against him with little success, but has to give in so as not to draw the enemies' attention to them after all.

Only when they are out of earshot, outside the warehouse, and the icy wind makes her shiver, she confronts him, irritated by now. "What are you doing? We were almost there! Did you get cold feet? Or did I miss something?" Nile actually always thought her perceptiveness was more than good. "We can't leave Andy and Joe alone with them!"

"Andy and Joe are on their way back to the car, too," Booker replies, his breath a bright cloud in the night air. "The mission's off."

At first, Nile thinks she has misheard. "O…sorry, what?! Are you kidding me?"

Calmly, Booker stows the explosives he was going to attach to the vans in his backpack. "Do I look like I'm kidding?" He asks, slightly amused, and Nile has no idea what he finds so funny.

"Booker?" Andy's voice crackles in Nile's ear.

"Already on our way," Booker answers her unspoken question, and Nile has the hated feeling that she is missing something important.

"All right, see you at the car."

As Booker starts walking the way they'd just taken with careful caution, Nile trudges behind, grumbling.

"Could someone explain to me what has fucking changed with our plan in there?" Even though she's been part of the team for several months, the others continue to tend to forget that, as a newcomer, she has no idea about insiders or secret maneuvers.

Booker takes pity on her with an apologetic look and slows his steps so she can catch up to him. "Nicky swore," is his only explanation, and Nile is about to punch him in the shoulder.

"I’ve noticed. So?" She asks impatiently.

"Have you ever heard Nicky swear?"

A little, Nile feels like a student that is pointed towards the answer of a riddle by a teacher who wants her to solve it independently. But as she ponders Booker's question, she's surprised to realize that she's actually never heard Nicky curse.

Part of her protests firmly, because everyone curses at some point, right? But even as she strains her brain and digs into memories, she can't find a moment when Nicky had cursed in any form.

Last Monday, half his shoulder had been ripped off in an explosion, and though Nile had been able to tell he was in great pain, Nicky had endured the healing of the injury with a stoic expression.

Yesterday he had accidentally burned dinner, but instead of swearing, Nicky had merely sighed and then made a delicious meal from scratch.

"Nicky doesn't just swear," Booker puts her thoughts into words. "Which, by implication, means the shit is going to hit the fan when he does swear."

"Makes sense," Nile reluctantly admits, suddenly strangely glad to be out of the warehouse, to which she gives an uneasy look. "But the first time Nicky cursed, you didn't abort the mission yet."

"I was waiting to see if he would swear a second time." Booker seems to have been seized by an inner turmoil at Nicky's curses, showing Nile that this is indeed a serious matter.

"It's very simple, Nile. One curse is something like a red flag, okay?Swearing twice means immediately canceling the mission, and three curses means we should take to our heels." Subconsciously, Booker's walking pace increases and Nile struggles to keep up with his long legs.

"Keep that in mind. Got our asses saved a lot of tim-"

An Italian curse cuts Booker off. Even though Nile's Italian is a little rusty it must be quite a heavy curse by the face Booker pulls.

And Nile starts running.

#the old guard #tog fanfic #ficlet #nile freeman #sebastien le livre #nicolo di genova #Nile #Booker #Nicky #team on a mission

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bullet-prooflove · 1 year

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When in Rome: Joe Velasco x Reader

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You could feel the very first chill of the season in the air as you pulled the black leather jacket even tighter around your body. Your fingers sought out the silver zipper guiding it up to the vibrant red scarf that was wound tightly around your throat. The park was quiet at this hour and that was the way you liked it. The streetlights were beginning to flicker on, highlighting the fountain you were leaning against.

You loved this place; it wasn't hard to understand why Joe had asked to meet here. The place was rich with life, history and texture, you could practically feel it thrumming in the air. You didn't regret joining the police academy at eighteen but sometimes you wished you'd seen a little bit more of the world beforehand.

You heard Joe’s familiar footsteps long before you saw him, it wasn't until he took his seat beside you on that you turned your head to acknowledge his presence. Joe looked dishevelled, his jaw lined with five o’clock shadow, dark hair sticking up in all directions. He was wearing a faded grey hoodie that covered his broad frame, black and white harem pants with tiny elephants stitched into the fabrics and flip flops. The stench of weed clung to his clothing causing you to wrinkle your nose.

“This is a look.” You told him, gesturing at his assemble.

“When in Rome.” He said, crossing his arms over his chest.

“You smell like a grow house.”

“That’s because I have literally been working in one.” Joe informed you, rubbing the back of his head with his hand. “They think I’m out meeting my dealer.”

“So, let’s make this quick then.” You uttered. “What was so important that you couldn’t go through your handler, not that I’m not thrilled to hear from you.”

“You missing me back in SVU?” He asked, quirking an eyebrow.

You nudged his shoulder lightly with his own.

“Missing you in general.” You told him, lingering in his proximity. “The bed’s lonely without you.”

“Trust me I’d rather be sleeping with you than camping out in the Mystery Machine with Shaggy and Scooby.” He informed you, jabbing his thumb in the direction of the camper van on the opposite side of the iron fencing. “That’s not why I called you down here.”

It was the tapping of his foot that sent alarm bells. You recognised that gesture, hell you did yourself when you were anxious.

"Someone's asking questions, questions about you and the explosion that killed your old partner Quinn." Joe told you in a hushed tone. "They wanted to know what happened to Algarez after you got to him."

"You know what happened."

"You said it was in self-defence." Joe said, his tone resolute as he studied the profile of your face. "I don't care if that's the truth or not. He deserved what he got for torturing Quinn, but you need to know that someone is looking into this, and I don't know if there is anything for them to find."

"There isn't." You told him wearily, digging your hands into your pockets.

There was nothing but your memories and the vast emptiness that flooded your body whenever you thought about the look of surprise on Algarez’s face when you pulled the trigger.

Joe was straightening up, his green eyes fixated on your face as he stared down at you. There was an ache in your chest, it climbed up into your throat, making your eyes sting as Joe’s hands came to rest upon your shoulders. His thumbs caressed the line of your collarbone through your leather jacket, you missed the feel of his hands on your skin.

“I love you alright?” he said quietly. “I don’t care what you did in the past. I only care about your future.”

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It’s been 15 years since suicides overtook homicides as the second leading cause of death for children ages 10 to 14 years old. Two years since the first Meta whistleblower warned United States senators that America’s children are at risk from “disastrous” decisions being made in Silicon Valley. (And a little over a month since a second Meta whistleblower testified, “They knew and they were not acting on it.”) And it’s been roughly one year since a wave of new, younger lawmakers—many raising their own young children—were seated in the House of Representatives. “As a mom of two kids, you know, we want to make sure that their online experience is safe,” Representative Beth Van Duyne, a Texas Republican, tells WIRED.

All those changes—including an alarming doubling of the adolescent suicide rate—and yet, one constant remains: congressional inaction. Amid a flurry of blockbuster whistleblower hearings, soaring campaign promises, tear-soaked press conferences with the families of teens lost to cyberbullying, and dozens of competing bills that members have introduced aimed at protecting kids in cyberspace—nothing.

Congressional inaction has left the door open for the Biden administration to lead on the issue. On Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission unveiled its proposal for a new set of guidelines to govern social media firms. The FTC wants to prohibit social media companies from identifying children—like targeting their cell numbers—when they’re online, while also limiting which data is collected on students, including having apps not target children under 13 with ads by default. With House Republicans now taking steps to impeach Joe Biden, why would they want to cede their oversight authority over American tech firms to the White House? Most don’t.

With so much interest—and increased pressure from agencies like the FTC—why hasn’t Congress protected kids yet? “I’ve never been able to figure that out either,” Representative Dan Crenshaw, a Texas Republican who sits on the Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction on the issue, tells WIRED. Of course, there are theories floating around the marble halls of the US Capitol.

“M–O–N–E–Y”

Teams of tech lobbyists on Capitol Hill have dropped upward of $75 million (not including Q4 totals, which aren’t due until January 22) in 2023. Of the 637 “internet” lobbyists, as money and politics nonprofit Open Secrets dubs the sector, a whopping 73.31 percent are former government employees. Many of these lobbyists are from the same congressional offices and committees now tasked with regulating the internet. They’re not very subtle.

One social media firm or another seems to always be blanketing Washington with a feel-good, policy-focused ad campaign. At the start of the year, TikTok—which, at $3.7 million, spent more in Q3 lobbying this year than it did throughout all of 2019 and 2020 combined—plastered DC’s metro system, historic Union Station, and The Washington Post with ads. When its CEO was dragged in to testify to an angry Congress this spring, it even paid for travel, room, and board for dozens of sympathetic “influencers.” For the past month or so, Meta ads have blanketed the Beltway: “Instagram supports federal legislation that puts parents in charge of teen app downloads,” the ad reads, without saying which measures it’s actively trying to kill on Capitol Hill.

Lawmakers say the ad blitz shows what they’re up against from technology firms. “M–O–N–E–Y,” Senator Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, spells out to WIRED. “They’re only in favor of stuff if they can write it.”

In the last Congress and again this summer, two key kid-focused digital measures both sailed through the Senate Commerce Committee. The Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) outlaws targeting children with advertising while also banning data collection on teenage social media users, to name a few of its provisions. The controversial Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) mandates annual minor-focused risk assessments within social media giants while also giving parents and regulators new tools to protect children.

The two measures enjoy broad support, which is why they get out of committee with ease. But they’ve never been brought to the Senate floor for a vote by all 100 US senators. Critics say many members are supportive in the relatively obscure confines of their committees, but some of that support withers away under the intense lobbying scrutiny that comes once bills make the queue for Senate consideration. So far, members have been shielded, but those days seem to be over. “That’s because, in committee, they know they’re not going to have to vote on it on the floor. I know that for a fact,” Hawley, who’s up for reelection in 2024, says. “I can tell you, I’m going to get much more aggressive come the new year about forcing votes. I think it’s time to start putting people on record.”

The thing is, no one really knows what would happen if COPPA 2.0 or KOSA were voted on. “I don’t have any predictions or any insights,” Senator Roger Wicker, the Mississippi Republican who chaired the Commerce Committee until Democrats reclaimed senatorial power in 2021, tells WIRED. The resistance remains hard to nail down. Republicans blame Democrats. Democrats blame Republicans. Everyone blames the tech industry. “In the legislative process where you’re not bringing something to the floor for debate—which is where you could have a lot of input—then one person can hold something up,” Senator Maria Cantwell, a Democrat who chairs the Senate Commerce Committee, tells WIRED.

Because a broader data privacy bill remains gridlocked to death on Capitol Hill, Congress now has these offshoot measures aimed specifically at children, according to Cantwell. “We want to get a privacy bill, overall,” she says. “That’s what we focused on, because we think that framework gives the biggest protections, including for kids. But we’ve allowed these [children-focused measures] to see if they can make it through so that they wouldn’t have to be part of a larger discussion.”

While Hawley’s convinced Big Money keeps derailing the effort, others disagree. These issues just take time, nuance, and compromise, congressional leaders in both chambers argue. “We keep trying. We need a bipartisan, bicameral consensus, and that’s what we’re trying to do,” Representative Frank Pallone, the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, tells WIRED. “I don’t think it’s any special interest. I think it’s just the fact that it’s hard to get the Senate and the House and the Democrats and Republicans to agree, but we’re trying. I think we’re making progress.”

KOSA Complications

In the last Congress, KOSA—the Kids Online Safety Act—was formally endorsed by 13 Senate cosponsors. That number has more than tripled to 46 cosponsors in this Congress. KOSA cosponsors—Senators Marsha Blackburn, a Republican from Tennessee, and Richard Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat—say their personal lobbying of their colleagues is paying off, even if the measure remains stalled. “We’re pushing forward,” Blumenthal tells WIRED. “I’m very hopeful we’ll see a vote early next year. I think we’re feeling it.” Still, while the measure is broadly bipartisan, there’s been a recent wave of opposition to it on the civil libertarian left.

In our post-Roe reality, digital rights and reproductive freedom are now intertwined, and highly suspect. KOSA is now in the crosshairs of groups like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) over free speech and expression concerns. This fall, upward of 100 parents of trans and gender-expansive children penned an open letter opposing KOSA, saying it would “make our kids less safe, not more safe.”

“It would grant extraordinary new power to right-wing state attorneys general to dictate what content younger users can see on social media, cutting our kids off from lifesaving online resources and community,” the letter, released by digital rights group Fight for The Future, reads. “These are the same attorneys general that are actively working to ban gender-affirming health care that saves kids’ lives, criminalize drag performances, and label families that accept our children as ‘groomers’ and ‘child abusers.’”

The outcry from the progressive end of the spectrum has given those groups new, powerful advocates in Congress. In the end of the year legislative-twister at the Capitol, some KOSA supporters were itching for the proposal to be “fast-tracked,” a unanimous consent agreement where all 100 senators surrender their right to filibuster. But opponents got word and put an end to those efforts. “Until the bill is amended to foreclose the ability of state attorneys general to wage war on important reproductive and LGBTQ content, I will object to any unanimous consent request in relation to this legislation,” Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, told his Senate colleagues in a speech on the Senate floor last month.

KOSA’s sponsors know they still haven’t secured the 60 votes needed for passage, so one alerted party leaders they would oppose their own measure if it were brought up before the New Year. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office didn’t respond to a request for comment on whether he had—or has—plans to bring it to the floor. But Schumer says that before Congress can effectively regulate generative AI—one of his top priorities—America needs a federal data privacy law. “There was pretty much consensus that we need some kind of privacy law,” Schumer told reporters last month. “There are lots of disagreements, but it’s important to try and get that done.”

One Thing After Another

Over in the House, most eyes are on whether freshman speaker Mike Johnson can avert a government shutdown in the New Year. With such a green leader at the helm, House committees are, seemingly, more powerful than before, as members report trying to be the first person to get Johnson’s ear on an array of issues. While there’s no companion measure to KOSA in the House, children’s data privacy remains a top priority for the GOP majority in that chamber. The issue came up as a top priority in the last weekly in-person meeting of the Republican majority on the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee.

“It’s not dead. It’s a priority for us,” Representative Richard Hudson, a North Carolina Republican, tells WIRED. He’s the current chair of the National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee where he’s tasked with helping the GOP expand its House majority—or, at least, not lose its majority—in 2024. Hudson knows many of his newer members ran on protecting the nation’s children from online predators, legal and illegal ones alike. Now comes the hard work of threading the proverbial needle. “It’s a very difficult question,” Hudson says. “You’re trying to balance rights versus protecting kids, and that’s tough. But our chairwoman is very focused on getting it done.”

If these children’s data measures are ever debated and voted on, dozens of other more niche privacy protection measures will likely be offered by both party’s rank-and-file lawmakers. Some ideas focus on protecting reproductive and geolocation data from law enforcement, especially in states that have outlawed most abortions. Other measures would strip Section 230 liability protections from sites that, say, host child sexual abuse material or promote the sexual abuse of minors. Another proposal would incentivize, through drastically increased federal fines, tech firms to proactively report any child exploitation efforts they uncover.

There’s more. This year in the Senate, a new bipartisan measure was introduced to outright ban social media for children under 13, while also requiring parental consent until those minors turn 18. Its sponsors include some of the Senate’s most conservative lawmakers—Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, and Katie Britt, an Alabama Republican—and some of the chamber’s most progressive members—Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, and Brian Schatz, a Hawaii Democrat. Just bringing a measure to protect minors to the floor without ensuring its passage isn’t good enough for Schatz.

“If we can enact it, that would be great, but there’s no sense bringing something to the floor just to make a point,” Schatz, a father of two, tells WIRED.

If party leaders don’t put one or all of these bills on the floor for votes, Hawley, the Republican senator, vows to use all the instruments in his senatorial toolkit to force the issue in 2024.

“I think it’s time to start putting people on record,” Hawley, who authored a measure prohibiting social media accounts for children under age 16, tells WIRED. “Clearly, the leadership’s not going to bring this to the floor. I think that’s pretty clear. So I think we’ve got to get much more aggressive about forcing votes. What I’d really love to do is start trying to attach this to bills where we have roll call votes, because members hate roll call votes. So expect me to get very aggressive about this.”

Hot Air

Congress knows how to grab headlines—making laws is another conversation. This 118th Congress, with a mere 22 bills signed into law, is currently the least productive session witnessed in decades.

While no data privacy votes are scheduled in the new year, a fireworks display is already on the books. Fresh into the start of 2024, senators on the judiciary committee are dragging in five tech CEOs for a made-for-campaign-fodder hearing on children’s privacy issues. Law enforcement was already called in. See, while TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg agreed to testify, subpoenas—some hand-delivered by US marshals after Discord and X “refused to cooperate”—were issued for the other three tech titans: X CEO Linda Yaccarino, Snap’s Evan Spiegel, and Discord’s Jason Citron.

“We’ve known from the beginning that our efforts to protect children online would be met with hesitation from Big Tech. They finally are being forced to acknowledge their failures when it comes to protecting kids. Now that all five companies are cooperating, we look forward to hearing from their CEOs,” Senators Dick Durbin, the committee’s Democratic chair, and Lindsey Graham, the committee’s top Republican, released in a joint statement the Monday before Thanksgiving. “Parents and kids demand action.”

Parents and kids are still wondering whether they can count on this Congress for that action. As of now, Congress has shown they can’t.

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With 2023 almost wrapped up (the remaining Christmas / Winter fics are still coming, I promise) and 2024 here in just over 24 hours, I've looked back on what I've enjoyed this year and what I haven't. Admittedly, my pregnancy and raising two small humans has been harder than I thought. But reading through what you've enjoyed and look forward to has made me happy.

Though I'm still hoping for some more entries, the answers I've received are as follows:

What have you enjoyed this year plot wise:

Any smut has been god tier. (this person is/was also a patron and I'm sobbing. thank you for the support)

single parent x2

forbidden tropes x3

So...Teach me x3

Cosy comfort fics x 2

THE SPICE x4

kinktober

CNC

literally everything I've ever written (💅🏼)

Who have you enjoyed in 2023 on my blog:

Thiago Alcantara

Antoine Griezmann x 3

Rodrigo De Paul

Jan Oblak

Leon Goretzka x 5

Marco Rose

Roman Burki x 2

Joe Gomez x3

All of them

Jack Grealish

John Stones x3

Charles Leclerc x3

Ruben Dias x3

Trent Alexander Arnold x 2

Dominik Szoboszlai

Marco Reus

Virgil van Dijk x 2

Any and all from LFC

all the boys from Barca (have I written for the Barcelona men?)

Darwin Nunez

Anyone except Real Madrid players

Mario Hermoso

Who are you looking forward to seeing on my blog in 2024?:

Marcos Llorente

Mario Hermoso x 2

Dominik Szoboszlai x3

Mats Hummels

Leon Goretzka x4

Antoine Griezmann x2

Rodrigo De Paul

Jan Oblak

Sergio Ramos

Joe Gomez x 3

Non Premier League players

everything

Marco Rose

John Stones

Charles Leclerc x2

Trent Alexander Arnold x2

Alexis MacAllister

Darwin Nunez

Dusan Vlahovic

Nico Schlotterbeck

Ruben Dias

Roman Burki

Fernando Torres

More Barca players and more f1 drivers

The plots you want to read more about in 2024 are:

Soft fluffy smut x 11

Dating the managers daughter x11

friends to lovers x11

I've missed you type sex x10

dating your brothers teammate x10

kinktober / kink bingo type plots x 9

moving in together / buying furniture (domesticated fluff) x9

she / you being the player's child's teacher x8

first dates x7

baby daddy x6

single parent x6

something else x6 (see below)

sex with an ex x5

proposals x5

Something else*:

Dom/sub

CNC x2

cuckolding

threesomes x2

tension at work

physio x player

sad / angsty type plots

enemies to lovers

a/b/o

Bonus points for the below:

and I just want to shed some love on the feedback because I do go back to read this section when I'm feeling down about my writing and it has truly perked me up. I love my readers so much.

But these two in particular made me cry a little harder (I'll blame the hormones that are still plaguing me)

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alexlacquemanne · 6 months

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Novembre MMXXIII "November Who"

Films

Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) de Gordon Flemyng avec Peter Cushing, Roy Castle, Jennie Linden, Roberta Tovey, Barrie Ingham, Michael Coles et Yvonne Antrobus

Ripoux contre ripoux (1990) de Claude Zidi avec Philippe Noiret, Thierry Lhermitte, Guy Marchand, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Grace de Capitani, Line Renaud, Michel Aumont et Jean Benguigui

Coup de foudre et Conséquences (Fools Rush In) (1997) d'Andy Tennant avec Matthew Perry, Salma Hayek, Jon Tenney, Carlos Gómez, Tomás Milián, Siobhan Fallon et John Bennett Perry

Au-delà des grilles (Le mura di Malapaga) (1949) de René Clément avec Jean Gabin, Isa Miranda, Véra Talchi, Andrea Checchi, Robert Dalban et Ave Ninchi

Clemenceau, la force d'aimer (2023) de Lorraine Lévy avec Pierre Arditi, Emilie Caen, Elizabeth Bourgine, François Marthouret, Serge Riaboukine et Arthur Choisnet

L'Argent des autres (1978) de Christian de Chalonge avec Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Deneuve, Laura et Michèle Kornbluh, Claude Brasseur, Michel Serrault, Gérard Séty et Jean Leuvrais

Mort sur la piste (2023) de Philippe Dajoux avec Jason Priestley, Eléonore Bernheim, Olivier Marchal, Roby Schinasi, Adèle Galloy et Olivia Courbis

Sylvia Scarlett (1935) de George Cukor avec Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Brian Aherne, Edmund Gwenn, Nathalie Paley et Dennie Moore

La Cité sous la mer (City Beneath the Sea) (1953) de Budd Boetticher avec Robert Ryan, Mala Powers, Anthony Quinn, Suzan Ball, George Mathews, Karel Stepanek, Hilo Hattie et Lalo Rios

Second Tour (2023) de Albert Dupontel avec Cécile de France, Albert Dupontel, Nicolas Marié, Scali Delpeyrat, Jackie Berroyer, Christiane Millet, Philippe Uchan, Renaud Van Ruymbeke et Bouli Lanners

Seuls les anges ont des ailes (Only Angels Have Wings) (1939) de Howard Hawks avec Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Richard Barthelmess, Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell, Allyn Joslyn, Sig Ruman et Victor Kilian

Un pyjama pour deux (Lover Come Back) (1961) de Delbert Mann avec Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Edie Adams, Jack Oakie, Jack Kruschen, Ann B. Davis : Millie et Joe Flynn

Le Couteau dans la plaie (1962) d'Anatole Litvak avec Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Gig Young, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Régine, Yolande Turner, Tommy Norden, Mathilde Casadesus et Elina Labourdette

Garde à vue (1981) de Claude Miller avec Lino Ventura, Michel Serrault, Romy Schneider, Guy Marchand, Pierre Maguelon, Jean-Claude Penchenat et Elsa Lunghini

La Sanction (The Eiger Sanction) (1975) de Clint Eastwood avec Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Vonetta McGee, Jack Cassidy, Heidi Brühl, Thayer David, Reiner Schöne, Michael Grimm et Jean-Pierre Bernard

Deux Hommes dans la ville (1973) de José Giovanni avec Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Michel Bouquet, Mimsy Farmer, Victor Lanoux, Ilaria Occhini, Guido Alberti, Cécile Vassort, Bernard Giraudeau et Christine Fabréga

JFK (1991) de Oliver Stone avec Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Laurie Metcalf, Jay O. Sanders, Michael Rooker, Sissy Spacek, Joe Pesci et Jack Lemmon

Le Juge et l'Assassin (1976) de Bertrand Tavernier avec Michel Galabru, Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Claude Brialy, Renée Faure, Cécile Vassort, Yves Robert, Jean-Roger Caussimon et Jean Bretonnière

Le Fugitif (The Fugitive) (1993) d'Andrew Davis avec Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Julianne Moore, Joe Pantoliano, Andreas Katsulas, Jeroen Krabbé et L. Scott Caldwell

Un singe en hiver (1962) de Henri Verneuil avec Jean Gabin, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Suzanne Flon : Suzanne Quentin, Gabrielle Dorziat, Hella Petri, Marcelle Arnold, Charles Bouillaud et Anne-Marie Coffinet

Doctor Who (1996) de Geoffrey Sax avec Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Eric Roberts, Daphne Ashbrook, Yee Jee Tso, John Novak et Michael David Simms

Séries

Doctor Who Saison 19, 20 Series 1, 3, 11, 5, 4

Castrovalva - Four to Doomsday - Kinda - The Visitation - Black Orchid - Rose - La fin du monde - Des morts inassouvis - Earthshock - Time-Flight - Destination: Skaro - Ark of Infinity - La Famille de sang - Smith, la Montre et le Docteur - The Day of the Doctor - Snakedance - The Star Beast - The Ghost Monument - Le Colocataire - La Chute de Pompéi

Top Gear Saison 20

A l'abordage ! - Ils ont roulé sur l'eau - Mission Camping-Car

Brokenwood Saison 8, 5, 4, 3

Quatre incendies et un enterrement - Dix petits héritiers - Tu ne tueras point - Un Noël rouge

Affaires sensibles

Les étonnantes enquêtes du bureau des ovnis - 1975, l'année de la femme - Caravelle Ajaccio-Nice : un crash secret Défense ?

Coffre à Catch

#140 : "Elles répondaient au nom de Bella" (avec Max MK) - #141 : Qui sera le futur Mr Money in the Bank? - #142 : Y'a R les amis!! Y'a R ! - #143 : Tiffany prend les rennes et Finlay prend la Trique !

Happy Days Saison 4

De l'huile sur le feu - Remise des prix : première partie - Remise des prix : deuxième partie - Le Jour J est arrivé - Les Mauvais Garçons - Howard inventeur - Le Chien de Fonzie - Ralphy a de sacrés ennuis - Le Baptême de Fonzie

Downton Abbey Saison 4

La Succession - Lettre posthume - Faste et Renaissance - Le Prétendant - Rien n'est terminé - Une vraie surprise - Dernières Festivités

Professeur T Saison 1

Anatomie d'un souvenir - Un poisson nommé Walter - Règles d'or - L'amour d'une mère - Sophie sait tout - Le fils dévoué

The Crown Saison 6

Persona Non Grata - Deux photographies - Dis-Moi Oui - Onde de choc

Spectacles

Prom 10 : Doctor Who at the Proms (2010) avec Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill et Matt Smith

Taratata 30 (2023)

La symphonie des jeux vidéos aux Chorégies d'Orange (2021)

Doctor Who at the Proms (2013) avec Neve McIntosh, Dan Starkey, Matt Smith, Jenna Coleman, Carole Ann Ford, Peter Davison, Nicholas Briggs, Ben Foster et Murray Gold

Le vison voyageur (2023) de John Chapman et Ray Cooney avec Michel Fau, Sébastien Castro, Armelle, Nicole Calfan, Anne-Sophie Germanaz, Alexis Driollet, Delphine Beaulieu et Arnaud Pfeiffer

Doctor Who: A Celebration (2006) avec David Tennant, Murray Gold et Russell T Davies

Drôle De Genre (2023) de Jade-Rose Parker avec Victoria Abril, Lionnel Astier, Axel Huet et Jade-Rose Parker

Prom 13: Doctor Who Prom (2008) avec Freema Agyeman, Noel Clarke, Camille Coduri et Catherine Tate

Livres

Doctor Who le dixième docteur, Tome 1 : Les révolutions de la terreur de Elena Casagrande, Nick Abadzis et Arianna Florean

Les contes du vortex de Pepperpot x Friends (Pauline Cadart Serizel, Marie Valerio, Rémi Germain, Robin Brou, Manon Segur, Julien Cadart Serizel, Flavia Valerio et Gökan Martin)

Le docteur Who entre en scène de Terrance Dicks

Doctor Who le dixième docteur, Tome 3 : Les fontaines de l'éternité de Elena Casagrande et Nick Abadzis

Les Daleks de David Whitaker

#mediatheque #novembre23 #november who

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Tycho presenta 'Small Sanctuary' y 'Time To Run' | SINGLES, 2023

Scott Hansen más conocido por su proyecto Tycho, ha lanzado dos nuevos sencillos que abre otro capítulo en la carrera del artista electrónico.

Se trata de Time To Run y el reciente Small Sanctuary, disponibles a través de Ninja Tune y Mom+Pop. Nuevos tracks que salen después de la edición de la legendaria compilación Back To Mine de 2022 y de su quinto álbum nominado al premio Grammy en 2019, Weather, también con series de remixes - recordemos fue el primer material que incluía vocales en toda su discografía -.

Las dos nuevas pistas están publicados en un mismo paquete, lo que significa que ambos formarán parte de un nuevo EP o álbum de estudio. Lo que sabemos es que Hansen se encuentra trabajando en nuevo material; que lo encuentra colaborando con Chris Taylor de Grizzly Bear en la mezcla de las pistas y Joe Laporta en masterización. Y da algunos detalles.

« Ha sido una experiencia realmente inspiradora trabajar con Chris. El sonido que desarrolló con Grizzly Bear ha sido una gran influencia, por lo que ha sido realmente gratificante verlo fusionar su paleta sonora con el sonido de Tycho. Su oído para los detalles y su gusto impecable realmente han ayudado a abrir las canciones y llevarlas a nuevos espacios sonoros. Joe también ha sido fantástico, logra mejorar las canciones mientras se mantiene fiel a la visión de la mezcla. Poder confiar en los procesos de ambos me ha ayudado a centrarme más profundamente en la composición y la producción ».

TIME TO RUN

En cuanto a ‘Time To Run’ el primero de los sencillos lanzados a mitad de año, podemos decir que regresa al enfoque instrumental de sus orígenes. En este sentido cuando es consultado por la experiencia en estos últimos años por las colaboraciones vocales, dice

« Definitivamente estaba listo para comenzar a explorar diferentes direcciones en general, así que fue un proceso divertido. Habrá voces en este álbum, pero no tan literales como Weather.» Y adelanta algo sobre el nuevo material « Creo que el nuevo álbum será un conjunto bastante diverso de canciones que van desde el sonido de Time To Run hasta canciones que creo que la gente consideraría más del estilo clásico de Tycho ».

Sobre el proceso creativo en esta nueva etapa, Hensen explica

« La música siempre me ha servido como una especie de meditación, mucho antes de empezar a crearla. Como corredor competitivo durante mis primeros años de vida, reproducía bucles de canciones en mi cabeza para afrontar el estrés de las carreras, centrándome en elementos rítmicos que me ayudaban a mantener el ritmo y mantener la calma. Hay una forma única de claridad que he encontrado a través de la práctica meditativa de correr, es una experiencia fundamentalmente humana y cuando siento la conexión más profunda entre la mente, el cuerpo y la naturaleza. 'Time To Run' es mi intento de traducir estas ideas en música. Mi objetivo era abordar la composición desde un nuevo ángulo y dejar que los elementos rítmicos tomaran la iniciativa. Presento los elementos melódicos que han llegado a definir el sonido de Tycho bajo una nueva luz al yuxtaponerlos contra una nueva base que toma señales de la música funk. En gran medida fue el producto de una especie de flujo de trabajo de sampleo/DJ. Había estado trabajando en el concepto original, que era una composición con mucho sintetizador con influencias de funk. Intenté acelerar y lanzar varias partes de guitarra que Zac me había enviado y una en particular pareció conectar bien. Después de eso retomé la canción con el objetivo de tener la parte de guitarra como elemento central y todo fluyó a partir de ahí ».

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El sencillo cuenta con su video musical dirigido por Patrick Elmore. Sigue a un corredor solitario compitiendo contra el resto de corredores sin mirar atrás hasta encontrar algo de paz y silencio en el río como concepto principal, sobre el que Scott señala

« Es una mirada autobiográfica a mis días como corredor competitivo. Al correr tuve mis primeras experiencias profundamente meditativas en las que la mente se libera del cuerpo de una manera y se puede lograr una concentración profunda. Pero también está todo el estrés y la ansiedad de una carrera mezclados y es importante encontrar formas de afrontarlo y escapar de la presión y las expectativas del momento. Para mí la música siempre fue la herramienta más poderosa que tuve para superar los momentos difíciles, mucho antes de ser músico tocaba estos pequeños loops y fragmentos de canciones en mi cabeza como un mantra para calmarme y dejar que mi cuerpo hiciera el trabajo duro, sin la típica sobrecarga mental de gestionar el dolor y el agotamiento de las carreras de larga distancia. Más tarde descubrí que hacer música podía tener un propósito similar en mi vida cotidiana y desde entonces ha sido una forma de terapia ».

Scott Hansen además es conocido por su trabajo fotográfico y como diseñador gráfico bajo el alias 'ISO50'. Para el arte de tapa de 'Time To Run', dice

« Yo hago todos los artes para Tycho, pasé mi juventud trabajando como diseñador gráfico. La portada de Time To Run es un collage de papel rasgado con una superposición de espacio negativo que presenta un patrón orgánico repetitivo. La idea era que el espectador mirara a través de una estructura pura y ordenada para ver el caos y la belleza que se esconde debajo ».

SMALL SANCTUARY

Es el más reciente de los lanzamiento y el más personal. Ya que es una dedicatoria a su hija. Inicia con una cálidas notas de piano, una línea de percusión se abre paso en conjunto para poco después una vocal femenina. En pleno interludio, una serie de sintetizadores florecen y se transforman en acordes dinámicos que llevando la canción a momentos más enérgicos e introspectivos.

« Inocentes y libres de las trampas de la vida moderna, los niños son una expresión pura de la condición humana », dice Scott Hansen. « Verlos crecer y aprender es ser testigo de un santuario para el espíritu humano. Escribí esta canción para mi hija que me brinda alegría e inspiración ilimitadas. La obra de arte representa la colección de experiencias e ideas que forman nuestra identidad. Desde los primeros años de vida hasta la edad adulta, recopilamos estas cosas en nuestra memoria y llegan a definirnos ».

El track cuenta con unas visualizaciones animadas de Michael McAfee

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Hansen creció en Sacramento, California en un principio todo se trataba de diseño gráfico, dibujo y fotografía hasta que un amigo de la universidad le dio un equipo de audio dañado.

« Acababa de aventurarme a la música electrónica a través de las primeras pistas de drum & bass y de repente mi mente comenzó a preguntarse cómo se hacía la música y sobre todo el proceso creativo ».

Su fascinación por la música electrónica se encendió cuando adquirió una groovebox usada Roland MC-303. Fue esta pasión lo que sentó las bases para la carrera del productor, compositor, y músico radicado en San Francisco detrás de su proyecto Tycho; que inicialmente comenzó como un proyecto en solitario, antes de que se convirtiera en un grupo electrónico dos veces nominado al Grammy. Sobre esto también se expresa.

« Ambas veces fueron una gran sorpresa y algo surrealistas. Sin duda, ser reconocido de esa manera fue uno de los momentos más destacados de mi carrera. Siempre he considerado que Tycho está bastante alejado de la corriente principal, por lo que sentirme abrazado por el mundo de la música tradicional fue increíblemente gratificante ».

El proyecto de Hansen sigue siendo sin duda a lo largo del tiempo -cinco álbumes editados desde su debut ‘Past Is Prologue’ en 2006-. Un conducto poderoso para cultivar esta paz interior a través de la música. Proporcionando un escape sereno para los oyentes que puedan resonar con ello.

Finalmente cuando le preguntan cómo lograr encontrar el equilibrio y la paz interior entre la carrera y vida personal durante estos tiempos y cuál sería su consejo respecto a este tema y los nuevos artistas que están empezando a construir su camino en esta industria. Scott comenta su experiencia y nos deja un poderoso insight.

« Ahora tengo una familia, lo que ha tenido una influencia enormemente positiva en el equilibrio entre mi vida personal y laboral, obligándome a tomar descansos frecuentes y pasar más tiempo fuera del estudio. Creo que esto me ha ayudado a encontrar la perspectiva. Ahora, cuando me quedo atascado en un problema o me desvío de algo, me alejo y cuando regreso, por lo general tengo mucha más claridad que si me hubiera sentado allí trabajando durante horas y horas. Por supuesto que eso es ahora. En el pasado, para bien o para mal, mi proceso siempre consistía en fuerza bruta, horas invertidas. No fue saludable, pero también me permitió aprender muy rápido, por lo que es difícil decir que lo haría de otra manera si tuviera la oportunidad. Supongo que diría que si vas a pasar algunos años sumergiéndote por completo en tu oficio, hazlo más temprano que tarde porque no puedes hacerlo para siempre. Tu cuerpo no lo permitirá y la creciente complejidad de la vida tiene una forma de consumir tu tiempo libre. En general, creo que el objetivo de cualquier persona debería ser crear un proceso eficiente que le permita dedicar la menor cantidad de tiempo necesaria a trabajar para lograr sus objetivos artísticos porque el resto de la vida es lo que seguirá inspirando tu trabajo mucho después de que la novedad de aprender el oficio haya desaparecido ».

Y en cuanto a los futuros planes, Scott comenta.

« Terminaré el álbum durante los próximos meses y luego comenzaré la producción del nuevo show en vivo. Con la esperanza de sacar el álbum y estar de gira para la primavera de 2024 ».

Como perla final te dejo en formato video o desde soundcloud; el ya legendario djset en vivo de Tycho en Burning Man 2023 donde Scott cerca del amanecer estrenó estos nuevos singles junto a un tracklist imperdible!

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➨ O VÍA SOUNDCLOUD

TRACKLIST

<<< Begin Driving >>>

Tycho - Aerojet (Demo) Tycho - Cypress HVL - Whirlpool

<<< Arrive >>>

Marsh - Free (VIP Mix) Nimino - Alas DJ Seinfeld - These Things Will Come To Be Next To Blue - Gauze Catching Flies - Satisfied (Edit) Daphni - Cloudy (Kelbin Remix) Jasper Tygner - Need You Duskus - Let Go Atura - Think About You Salute - Jennifer Robby East - Trouble Silk - Quiver Salute & Sammy Virji - Peach Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People (Adam Sellouk Remix) Duskus - My Heart Tinlicker & Helsloot - Because You Move Me

<<< SUNRISE >>>

Aldous Harding - The Barrel Nimino - Opening Credits Tycho - Small Sanctuary (Demo) Tycho - Time To Run Roosevelt - Moving On Tycho - Weather (Nitemoves Remix) Tycho - Untitled Demo

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TYCHO LINKS

FUENTES

https://playlistmagazine.net/tycho-estrena-cancion-vivida-y-energetizante-time-to-run-entrevista/

http://www.melodiaviajera.com/2023/07/tycho-estrena-cancion-vivida-y-energetizante-time-to-run/

https://itsoundsalternative.com/2023/08/14/tycho-time-to-run/

https://jambands.com/news/2023/11/07/listen-tycho-releases-small-sanctuary-with-grizzly-bears-chris-taylor/

#tycho #ambient #youtube #djsetlive #burning man #time to run #soundcloud #Youtube #small sanctuary #scott hansen

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As Fresh As A Bright Blue Sky

Ship: Pete x Patrick

Rating: Explicit

Summary: Pete wasn’t exactly sure how he found himself in this situation. Straddling Patrick in the back of the van, Patrick’s back against the seat to keep himself sat up and his hands all over Pete. He’d always found Patrick attractive, sure. With those big eyes and soft hair, how could he not? He just never expected anything to actually come from those feelings, especially not something so receptive. Normally, he’d question and second-guess himself whenever anything too good started to happen for him, but it was hard to think with Patrick touching him.

Warnings: Trans Pete, ftm Pete, dry humping, sexual inexperience, coming in pants, nipple play.

Words: 1,423

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Pete wasn’t exactly sure how he found himself in this situation. Straddling Patrick in the back of the van, Patrick’s back against the seat to keep himself sat up and his hands all over Pete. He’d always found Patrick attractive, sure. With those big eyes and soft hair, how could he not? He just never expected anything to actually come from those feelings, especially not something so receptive. Normally, he’d question and second-guess himself whenever anything too good started to happen for him, but it was hard to think with Patrick touching him.

It was surprisingly easy to let go and fall into Patrick. As cheesy as it was, Patrick was his best friend and he felt safe to be vulnerable with him. They’d just always shared a different kind of connection, almost always being on the same wavelength. Patrick had seen the worst and ugliest parts of Pete and had still stayed. He’d drudged up every bad thing Pete wanted to keep buried and hidden away, and Patrick had just whispered that he still loved him. Maybe it wasn’t right to have a favorite in the band, but Pete obviously did.

Patrick just got him on a spiritual level that Joe and Andy didn’t, allowing him to be open in a way that he normally couldn’t. That was part of the reason why Patrick got to have him like this, kissing him deeply and grinding onto his lap. He moaned into Pete’s mouth and grasped tighter onto his hips when he rocked down firmly, rubbing himself against Patrick’s dick just right. It felt like they spent forever in that position, simply touching each other and making out, only breaking apart long enough to breathe before kissing again.

They’d spent an eternity rocking against each other, every noise they made seeming to echo in the van. Everything seemed to be led by instinct and desire, both of them chasing their own pleasure. They had been seeing one another for a while now and sleeping together just felt like the natural next step. And honestly, it was a surprise that it had taken them this long. If Patrick had been anyone else, Pete would’ve made the move to sleep with him a bit ago. But Patrick wasn’t anyone else, he was different to Pete.

He knew that Patrick had never done anything like this before and he didn’t want him to feel pressured or uncomfortable. It had been hard to figure out if Patrick was ready or not and eventually, Pete just decided to bite the bullet and ask. He’d been as gentle as he could, making sure Patrick knew he could say no and absolutely nothing would change about them. A week or so prior, Pete had sat down with him and asked if that was something he was interested in. Unsurprisingly, Patrick had blushed and stammered through the entire conversation.

But surprisingly, he had been fully on board and seemed a bit irritated that it had taken Pete that long to even ask. By the end of it, they’d finally made a plan. Making a plan for sex was so Patrick that Pete had to smile and shake his head fondly. Pete decided he would be the one to get what they needed, choosing to take mercy on Patrick and not force him to go through that situation. He couldn’t imagine the younger boy standing there and letting some cashier watch him put a package of condoms up on the conveyor belt.

When the next Friday came around, they finally started to move onto the next step. It had been easy to just make out and cuddle close to one another, they’d done that countless times. But both of their hearts were racing as they began to take things further than before. They started like they always did, Patrick pressing close to Pete and kissing him gently. He didn’t voice his nerves, but Pete could tell he was freaking out on the inside. He’d known Patrick long enough to know what situations made him anxious-which was most of them.

It had gotten so easy to read him, feeling anxiousness radiate off of him, but it had also gotten easy to bring him back down from that. Slowly, Pete’s fingers found their way beneath the hem of Patrick’s shirt. The younger man’s breath hitched in his throat, squirming as Pete rubbed along his stomach and sides. He’d ended up in Patrick’s lap a few moments later, hands pressing further up his shirt to rub over his chest. He could feel Patrick shivering beneath his hands as he massaged and squeezed at the fat he found there.

He knew Patrick felt a little self-conscious about his body, especially how big his chest was, nearly having tits of his own. Pete would be lying if he said he didn’t enjoy how they looked, though. He loved every inch of Patrick and he knew he was expressing it pretty well, groping his tits and rocking down against Patrick’s quickly hardening cock. Patrick’s hips jerked when Pete squeezed rougher, it felt good and overwhelming all at the same time. He could feel his cheeks heating up as Pete kept touching him, but Pete never pulled away.

The kiss was finally broken when Patrick became confident enough to reach for Pete’s shirt, tugging at the hem until Pete pulled back and finished taking his shirt off. He was naked beneath it, tanned skin suddenly being exposed to Patrick. Patrick was respectful and tried not to stare, but it was difficult with his cock hard and Pete’s tits right in his face. He could hear Pete laughing above him and could feel the sound reverberating in his chest. His laugh was brash, obnoxious, beautiful, and like sunshine made into a single sound.

Pete’s hand reached to grab one of Patrick’s hands, bringing it to his chest until Patrick got the hint and nervously groped at the flesh there. He let out a shaky noise at the feeling of Pete’s skin under his hand. He’d thought about this moment so much, getting to touch Pete like this. He’d only ever thought about this in his most private moments, only daring to think about it when he was alone with a hand around his cock. Pete’s skin was warm and once Patrick got a bit more confident, he couldn’t stop touching Pete.

“Come here,” Pete murmured, his other hand moving to Patrick’s hair to pull him closer to his chest. Patrick didn’t even think as he let Pete maneuver him however he wanted, mouth moving over Pete’s other nipple as he was directed to it. “There we go. Good boy,” Pete let out a quiet moan at the feeling of Patrick’s mouth on him, moving his hips a bit faster. He was moving in tight little circles now, rubbing his clit rhythmically.

Pete’s cotton boxers were sticking to his skin, the fabric stimulating him even more as he grew more and more sensitive. His fingers pulled at Patrick’s hair a bit roughly, but it only gained a moan from Patrick that was unfortunately muffled against his skin. Patrick’s hips were rocking up against Pete a bit frantically, both of them moving a bit haphazardly against each other. Patrick’s fingers were rough enough to leave bruises on Pete’s skin as he lost himself in pleasure. All of a sudden, he was going rigid.

A broken moan escaped him as he came abruptly, catching himself off guard with it. He tried to pull back to apologize frantically, but Pete kept him pressed against him and he didn’t fight him too hard. Pete’s hips continued moving, trying to get himself off too and Patrick was quickly becoming overstimulated. He whined and shifted around desperately, but he didn’t try to push Pete away. It wasn’t fair to get off and then stop Pete before he could. Minutes ticked by and Pete was finally coming against him as well.

Patrick bit down on his nipple and that seemed to push Pete over the edge, a soft cry escaping him as he shivered and continued rubbing against Patrick through each wave of his orgasm. Patrick decided hearing Pete come was the most beautiful thing he’d ever heard and he was ready to hear it again soon. His head was spinning too much to think about it at that moment, though. He didn’t have enough blood left in his brain to think too much about anything and he couldn’t get hard again even if he willed himself to.

#peterick #pete wentz #patrick stump #smut #nsft #fall out boy #fob #bandom #bandom smut #bandom nsft #rpf #rpf smut #rpf nsft #bandom rpf #my writing #ao3

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