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mywifeleftme · 6 months

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185: Mary Lattimore // At the Dam

At the Dam Mary Lattimore 2016, Ghostly (Bandcamp)

I was having some trouble focusing enough to start writing about At the Dam, so I decided to listen to the album while taking a long walk around my neighbourhood at night. At the Dam is a series of solo pieces played on a Lyon & Healy Style 30 pedal harp, a $30,000 instrument that’s likely taller and heavier than Lattimore herself (and no doubt a nightmare to tour with). She uses loops and delay* to add fractal new branches to the imagery of bare and spindly trees her playing conjures in my mind. The titles (“Otis Walks in the Woods,” Ferris Wheel, January” etc.) are evocative in a generalized way, but I haven’t done any hunting to learn whether Lattimore’s divulged any specific backstory for them.

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To me, the album feels like the soundtrack to an experience that’s restful on its face, but ultimately brittle—a middle-aged academic working on Spinoza becomes entangled with one of her students, say, or an insular Hutterite religious community is shaken by an act of violence and one of the kids is gay or something. The music isn’t foreboding as such, but its calmness is the product of so much motion in her fingers and the mechanisms of the pedals, the shivers of reverberant echoes, that it feels especially vulnerable to disruption. Walking through the darkness down the calm streets and residential alleys of my neighbourhood with At the Dam in my ears, the world felt abundant and clear—and on the verge of collapse.

— * This is going to shock you, but I know as much about using effects on acoustic instruments as I do about my father (not much), so I made another call to MWLM’s richly remunerated Gear Tsar Haakon (they just bought a house with their residuals from the Tweens review) to help me understand what Lattimore’s doing technically: MWLM: what am I looking at here:

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is that a looper in her lap? it sounds like she’s something to add a bunch of reverb/delay to what she’s playing, so is the harp being amplified somehow? did she put pickups on it or something? h: that is indeed a *classic* Line6 DL-4 Delay/Loope. so yeah, her harp probably has built-in mics and she’s running it through the D-4 for delay. the reverb sound is probably just the natural reverb of the church. MWLM: so this is the harp she generally uses; doesn’t look electroacoustic? h: might be an aftermarket kit then. or there’s just a mic hidden somewhere. And there you have it 185/365

#music review #vinyl record #'10s music #mary lattimore #harp #electroacoustic #haakon consult #philadelphia music

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krzyyoyo · 2 months

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I saw so many people thinking the same thing I had to draw it lol

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catherinemoan · 1 year

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The Palace x Philadelphia PA 2022

Shot by Daniel Giangrandi

#Catherine Moan #the palace #synth #synth pop #synth music #pop music #DIY #house show #philadelphia music #philly diy #philly

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eeternalferret · 18 days

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#iasip #macdennis #dennis reynolds #mac macdonald #its always sunny in philadelphia #marina #primadonna #bubblegum bitch #electra heart #alan assigns music to the gang

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kennyslegalmother · 2 months

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i had a vision....

#what is this #im so sorry guys #charlie kelly #iasip #iasip charlie #its always sunny in philadelphia #always sunny #charlie day #comedy #sunnyblr #evanescence #music

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apprenticehoffman · 7 months

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some of you don't know that Lawrence and Adam have a passionate makeout session in Saw The Musical and it shows

#just saying #saw the musical #lawrence gordon #adam stanheight #chainshipping #saw #they've upgraded from their philadelphia run lmao...

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todayinhiphophistory · 3 months

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Today in Hip Hop History:

DJ Jazzy Jeff was born January 22, 1965

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sincerelymarner · 3 months

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it’s a love song

#do not know how i feel about this one folks but once again i shall post it anyways #i love u hadestown <3 one of the best musicals ever #trevor zegras #jamie drysdale #nolan patrick #travis konecny #claude giroux #danny briere #mike richards #jeff carter #philadelphia flyers #i always overthink these but #i remembered about brioux literally seconds before posting this so clearly i didnt think about this one too much #mere.png #hockey poetry

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huggybearluvr · 3 months

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If I Could Fly || J.D

!! A Part of the 30 days of music series !!

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Synopsis: After Jamie got drafted to the Flyers you were both missing the other more than ever. You would have left with him if it weren't for your classes. However, after a late night phone call with Jamie, you drop everything and go to him without a second thought.

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Jamie had been gone for nearly three weeks now. You couldn't help but feel lonely as you sat in the once shared apartment.

It was nearing 9 in California, so you knew calling Jamie was not an option. It was almost midnight on the east coast.

You sat on the couch watching one of your favorite movies to hopefully distract yourself.

About thirty minutes later a familiar ringtone buzzed from you phone. you were quick to pick it up answering the call.

"Jamie? everything okay?" you asked into the phone.

"Not really," He said trailing off.

"Baby, what's wrong?" You asked now sitting up.

"I just miss you so much, I can't sleep at all," He said softly.

"I know baby, I miss you too," You spoke truthfully, "I wish I could be there."

"I do too," He said.

"Its late baby, go to bed, you have a big game tomorrow against the red wings."

"Alright, I love you," Jamie said smiling into the phone.

"I love you too."

"I'm missing half of me when we're apart"

After the call ended you couldn't help but think about going to Jamie. At around 11 you decided you couldn't just sit here.

You practically sprinted to your room. Grabbing your laptop and emailing your academic advisor, letting them know you would be needing to transfer schools and would like to finish this semester online.

Once your emails were sent you booked a flight to Phili.

You packed up as much as you could in two suit cases and texted Trevor to come over.

As you sat in the living room bags packed you felt more relaxed then you ever have before.

You knew you would be coming back during the summer to finish your moving but for now these two suitcases would be more than enough.

You heard a knock at the door and quickly got up to answer it. As you pulled the door open you saw a half awake Trevor standing there.

"y/n it's midnight, what was so important I had to come over?" He said rubbing at his eyes.

"I need a ride to the airport, and here is the keys your gonna have to check in here once a week til im back to move everything," You spoke quickly.

"Wait what where are you even going?" Trevor said taking the key from you.

"Im moving to Phili."

Trevor couldn't help but smile. He was happy his best friend had someone like you in his life.

"Let's go then," Trevor spoke picking up one of your bags and following you out to his car.

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You landed in Phili calling an uber to take you to Jamie's apartment. You texted his neighbor carter letting him know you would be at the stadium within the hour.

Carter, Jamies Goalie and Neighbor had agreed to leave a key to his place outside the door so you could leave your stuff there to make it to the game on time. He also agreed to get you a media pass so you would be able to surprise Jamie.

After you dropped your stuff off you headed straight to the Arena. You got in through the back and quickly made your way to your seat. You opted for a pretty bad seat but you didn't want Jamie to see you.

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The Flyers had won the game against the wings and you were more than ready to run down and see your boyfriend.

You quickly made your way to the ice, walking to the locker rooms. You stood outside of the locker room.

Many teammates walked by giving you an odd look as they had no idea who you were.

Carter came out and sent a smile your way, as you handed him the key to his apartment," Thank you so much for helping me."

"I did this for the kid but, your welcome," He said with a laugh," I'll see you both later."

You stood a little longer, Jamie was the last one out.

He walked out of the locker room, with wet hair and you swear he's never looked so good. His eyes were stuck on his phone.

You picked up your phone calling him. He answered.

"Look up, idiot," You said before hanging up.

Jamies eyes met yours, you both felt butterflies as the world around you froze. You practically ran to Jamie engulfing him in a much needed hug.

"I can feel your heart inside of mine"

"Is this real? how are you here?" He said pulling away to look at you.

"I'm moving here," You smiled leaning up to kiss him.

"baby, you have school," He said, once he pulled away hesitantly.

"I'm transferring, I couldn't be away from you any more," You spoke softly," I already talked to my advisor, Trev's gonna keep an eye on my place til we can move the rest, and for now my suitcases are at Carters."

"I love you so much," Jamie said as he awed at not only your physical beauty but how perfect you were for him. He truly thought that he wouldn't see you for months but now here you are in his arms, and he is never letting you go again.

#jamie drysdale x you #jamie drysdale #jamie drysdale fic #jamie drysdale imagine #jamie drysdale x reader #30 days of music #anaheim ducks #philadelphia flyers

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j-o-s-h-i-t-o · 1 month

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