#sarah's 'songs of the forest' collection
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Good morning! Good whatever-time-this-post-finds-you!
My phone updated. Thanks, I hate it. Anyway, I had a bio pinned, but I took it down because I wanted my 6,000 years meta to be pinned. I’m currently on the side of procrastination — I should be working on my GO fiction, someone shout at me to write — so here is a little bit more in depth bio about the ghost behind this tumblr.
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Real Name: Sarah.
Nickname(s): There’s a list. Caps, Ghost, Khas, Khasper, Khasper the Spicy Ghost, Pippin, Haands, Crowley, Ginger and Tapeworm.
Nickname Origin(s): Buckle up. Caps is an age old nickname that was given to me because I wear hats all the time. Ghost began with a chat group I used to be in eons ago. The different variants of Khasper were given to me at my very first job, but we collectively agreed to change things up a bit, and Khasper the Spicy Ghost was born. Pippin was given to me when the Lord of the Rings trilogy was first released. Haands was given to me by former coworkers. Their reasoning behind that is I’ve got big hands. Crowley was given to me by my work bestie, and Ginger was given to me by the rest of my coworkers for my only slightly red hair. Or maybe it’s for my fiery personality. Tapeworm is something my uncle calls me presumably because I’m always hungry, but isn’t that the nature of an actual hobbit?
Preferred Name(s): Ghost, Khasper, Crowley, Ginger or Pippin.
Ao3: Beyond_Ineffable.
Social Media(s): I have Facebook and TikTok. My TikTok is actuallyahobbit89 if anyone is curious. I’m hardly on it though. I’ll pop in to post a video and then disappear like a ghost.
State: Born in raised in Floriduha. It’s a state of chaos.
Birthdate: July 25.
Pet(s): I’ve got two dogs. Mycroft is a probably Dutch shepherd Australian cattle dog mix. I’ve never had him DNA tested, but his mother is an Australian cattle dog. Patch is a portly pitbull mix.
Hobbies: Writing, reading, listening to music and true crime podcasts and stand up paddle boarding.
Personality: Here’s the best way I can describe this. I’m a permanently exhausted pigeon who functions on caffeine, anxiety and not enough sleep. I’m shy and socially awkward, but once I’m comfortable with someone and know that I can completely be myself around them, the anxiety disappears.
Favorite Holiday(s): Big spooky fan, me.
Favorite Drink(s): Coffee, Ice sparkling water + caffeine, London fog tea and cranberry juice.
Favorite Food(s): Sushi, tacos, salmon, crepes, lasagna, sweet potatoes and chicken teriyaki.
Favorite Dessert(s): Pumpkin pie.
Favorite Color(s): Turquoise, but any shade of blue, really. It’s pretty.
Favorite Quote(s): “She walks in starlight in another world.” “The world is not in your books and maps. It’s out there.” “Why do we fall, sir? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up.” “A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest because she should be sure that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her.” “I know of witches who whistle at different pitches, calling things that don’t have names.”
Favorite Book(s): The Inheritance Collection and Neverwhere, which I still need to finish reading.
Favorite TV Show(s): Good Omens, Sherlock, Lucifer, The Exorcist and Hannibal.
Favorite Movie(s): Bad Samaritan, The Hobbit trilogy, The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Favorite Character(s): Crowley, Aziraphale, Furfur, Hastur, Pippin, Bilbo Baggins, Sherlock, John Watson, Father Marcus and Will Graham.
Favorite Actor(s): David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Martin Freeman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Jason Statham, Keanu Reeves and Mads Mikkelsen. It’s an accent thing and a hair thing.
Favorite Song(s): There’s too many. I’ll just drop this here. Whiplash Radio.
Favorite Music Genre(s): Mostly everything under the sun.
Favorite Podcast(s): Small Town Murder.
Have You Ever Met A Celebrity: Yes. Jimmie Johnson, a NASCAR driver, visited the very first job I had. He brought his daughter. Story time! My former coworkers were being a bit too extra around him — personal space, what personal space? — and he didn’t like it. I had not yet had a chance to speak to him, and I was told not to because he’s rude. I didn’t believe that, so later, I saw Jimmie was standing at the fence with his daughter. I walked over, said hello and asked him if his daughter would like to pet the dog. He said yes, so I moved the dog closer so she could pet him through the fence. She did, he thanked me, and that was our interaction. He was very pleasant.
Have You Ever Been To A Concert: I have not, unfortunately.
Do You Collect Anything: Yes. Coffee cups, gnomes and pocket knives. That’s a weird combination.
Do You Have Any Idols: Yes! Neil Gaiman. He’s a legend and someone I admire, especially when the writer’s block is slaying me.
Is There A Real Life Friend You Can Completely Be Yourself With: Yes! I made a tumblr post about him! We’ve known each other a long time.
What Are Your Interests: All things spooky. Ghosts. Graveyards. Stars. Galaxies. Planets. Everything about the solar system. True crime. History. Metaphysical things.
Where Would You Love To Travel To: Ireland. New Zealand. Scotland.
Is There A Random Fact About Yourself That You’d Like To Share: I like flamingos.
No pressure tags: @phoen1xr0se @ineffabildaddy @peregrintook @sad-chaos-goblin @spot-o-bodysnatchin @apocalypticginger-blog @crowleyscleaninglady @missdeliadilisblog @ritz-writes @ineffablemoist @turquoisedata @azirapalalalala @peachworthy @pretendygood @belladonna413 @jackinistafflower @aziraphalalala @scarecrowcloud @tragic-cosmic-magic @musingsofmaisie
It’s open to everyone, but here is an apology dance in case I missed anyone! 💚
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May 2024 Reading Wrap Up
I read 8 books in May and fully got through all the books I wanted to read this month, which makes me happy. My enjoyment was a big up and down throughout the month, but I'm overall happy with what I finished in May. I read mostly fantasy, with 3 nonfiction. I wrapped up 1 series and read a few new releases I have been excited about.
Let's get into it!
1.The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo 4/5 stars. This was an enjoyable new historical fantasy standalone, and I'm liking her adult works quite a bit. I enjoyed the early-modern Spain setting, including all the societal upheavals that Spain was going through during this time period. This novel feels like a Leigh Bardugo book, with characters, themes, and plots that appear in her other books. In general, if you consistently like Bardugo's works, then you'll probably like this one! Adult Historical Fantasy.
2.Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa L. Sevigny. I read this on audio, and this was an enjoyable nonfiction about the first women to raft down the Colorado River in the late 1930s. Nonfiction.
3.The Winners (Beartown 3) by Fredrik Backman, 5/5 stars. This gave me such a satisfying but emotionally devastating conclusion 😭. I knew from page 1 that things were going to hurt, but I really couldn't have asked for a better series about a small hockey town. Fiction.
4.Song of the Huntress by Lucy Holland 2/5 stars. I read Sistersong when it was released a few years ago and loved it. I was disappointed with this however, I never really connected to the plot or characters at all. I felt like our main character never went through any sort of growth, and I was bored or frustrated throughout.Shoutout for having an ace main character, but other than that I would have dnf'd this book if it wasn't for how much I deeply enjoyed Sistersong. Adult Historical fantasy
5.The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape by Katie Holton. This was a lovely collection of short essays, musings, passages, and poetry about trees and forests.
6.The Hedgewitch of Foxhall by Anna Bright, 3/5 stars. I'd been interested in this novel since the title and fantastic cover caught my attention. Young Adult is generally not my favorite genre anymore, and this definitely had a YA feel to it, a bit more than I find I enjoy anymore. The ending felt cobbled together and rushed, but I thought this novel had some good reflections and critiques on nature and society that apply well today. Young Adult Historical Fantasy
7. Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness by Edward Abbey. I can see why this is a foundational piece of North American Nature Literature, and I did enjoy my time reading it. Edward Abbey was certainly a man with opinions, and a man of this time. I thought his prose, reflections on the landscape and nature were beautiful and apt. However sometimes he will randomly spout some nonsense. I did really enjoy reading this collection of essays and he makes me want to visit this region, and to really get to know, understand, and appreciate the land. Nature Literature
8.The Witch Collector by Charissa Weaks 3/5 stars. This was my Random TBR Pick for the month of May. I'm not the biggest Fantasy Romance person, but I was willing to give this a try. This was fine. It was entertaining and I kept wanting to turn the page and find out what happens next. I didn't connect with the characters as much as I wanted to, and I did not enjoy the Insta-love that happened. The worldbuildng felt weak, but the magic system interests me. This book definitely steered in a direction I wasn't fully expecting, and I don't think I have any interested in continuing the series. It's not necessarily bad, just not my cup of tea. Adult Fantasy Romance.
that's all the books I read in May!
My June TBR:
The Magician's Daughter by HG Parry
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh (TBR pick)
River Horse: A Voyage Across America by William Least Heat-Moon
1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric H Cline
#books#May 2024 reading wrap up#the familiar#leigh bardugo#the winners#fredrik backman#song of the huntress#lucy holland#the hedgewitch of foxhall#anna bright#the witch collector#charissa weaks#bookblr#fantasy books
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Tag game
Thank you, my dear @paddyfitz ♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎
Tag game: tag 9 people you’d like to get to know better.
Last song: The Three Ravens - Sarah Leonard
Currently watching: Nemesis a Miss Marple Mystery starring Joan Hickson. Also going to finish up Magpie Murders later this evening.
Three ships: Newton and Hermann (Pacific Rim, 5ever), currently into "Ineffable Husbands" and Tomgreg
Favorite color: Pastel yellow, but also forest green, black, navy blue.
Currently consuming: Nothing. Some Earl Grey soon though!
First ship: oh probably Han and Leia actively but I also as a child assumed that Bert and Ernie were married (and also Frog and Toad, as well as Mole and Ratty)
Relationship status: sadly single but also glad I'm not in an unhealthy relationship
Last movie: I can't remember, but the last one that was new to me was Snowball Express (1972) which was not great but kinda cute.
Currently working on: I was cataloging my old photograph collection but I stopped because the next stage is scanning a few and I have a cold.
tagging @spengnitzed @thesundaytea @froggy-horror-picture-show @lonely-business @hurremhasckis @martian-marco @davey-meow @mrgaretcarter2 @takingaspadetoasouffle
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sleepy attempts to recall the premise/plot of some of the books she read in high school
The Safe-Keeper's Secret by Sharon Shinn
premise: there's a girl who people tell their secrets to
plot: I don't remember, guess I should reread it
Dragon's Keep by Janet Lee Carey
premise: there's a girl who was born with one finger as a dragon claw and people think she's cursed or something!
plot: she has to go learn about being part dragon? guess I should reread it
The Storyteller's Daughter by Cameron Dokey
premise: it's a retelling of 1001 nights
plot: this girl inherited her mother's ability to read stories in cloth and it's a retelling of 1001 nights, I am still going to reread it
Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
premise: this girl named Aza is considered to be ugly and beauty in in the eye of the beholder
plot: she strikes up a friendship with a prince, I think, and there are magic shenanigans? the writing style is delightful and smart, looking forward to rereading it
Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff
premise: it's a really short iliad retelling
plot: it's a really short iliad retelling
The Light of the Oracle by Victoria Hanley
premise: there's a girl who can talk to birds? I think?
plot: no idea, got to reread it
Ever by Gail Carson Levine
premise: this girl falls in love with an immortal and can only be with him if she becomes immortal by passing some trials
plot: she goes through the trials (this book was the first time I read something in alternating first person povs, every other chapter no less)
Princess of the Midnight Ball, Princess of Glass, Princess of the Silver Woods by Jessica Day George
premise: fairytale retellings, 12 dancing princesses, cinderella, and red riding hood respectively
plot: in midnight ball, the guy who figures it out KNITS. we stan. in glass, it's a foot, not a slipper. I don't remember the twist in silver woods.
The Singer of All Songs by Kate Constable
premise: magic is controlled by songs and people can only use one type/sing one type of song. except the mc, who can!
plot: they have to go on a quest and I do not remember any of the details.
The Naming by Alison Croggon
premise: magic users are called bards and there's this guy the winter king who is ruining the land or whatever and our main gal is plucked from obscurity to become a bard.
plot: she learns to be a bard and there is SO MUCH WORLDBUILDING. SO MUCH LORE. SO MUCH HEFT. story? don't really remember.
Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan
premise: probably the only time I ever felt like faeries were presented as genuinely intimidating creatures, but I'm wondering if that effect will remain upon my reread
plot: I assume there were wars
Eon by Alison Goodman
premise: girl pretends to be a boy to train to be some kind of warrior or magic user, can't remember
plot: shenanigans ensue? gotta reread
Rampant by Diana Peterfreund
premise: there are killer unicorns
plot: girl trains to kill the killer unicorns, I think
The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding
premise: a young girl is a thief in I think Victorian London
plot: there's a mystery surrounding a diamond
Rowan Hood: Outlaw Girl of Sherwood by Nancy Springer
premise: young girl version of Robin Hood, obvi
plot: adventures in Sherwood forest
The Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
premise: young boy trains to be a ranger
plot: we fall in love with the guy who trains Wil to be a ranger
The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas
premise: a boy didn't intend to steal any magic?
plot: but that's what happened?
Elissa's Quest by Erica Verrillo
premise: girl discovers she has magic, is thrust into a world beyond her ken
plot: suddenly she's really important and must go questing and learn magic and stuff (I remember loving the first two of the trilogy and then being slightly letdown by the ending of the last one)
The Books of Umber: Happenstance Found by P.W. Catanese
premise: I don't remember
plot: really don't remember
this year I decided to start collecting the books I remember loving and checking out from the library more than once. I hope next year I actually read them.
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Stranger things ocs part 1;
Name:
Tiffany Esther Hammond
Born:
April 29 1966-1967 five minutes after Steve.
Age:
16/17 (season one)
17/18 (season two)
18/19 (seasons three and four)
Aliases:
Tiff
Tiff the Metal Head
Tiff "The Rat's nest" Hammond
Tiffany "The Dreamer" Hammond
Tiff "The Gut Buster" Hammond
The Angel of Vengeance
The Swashbuckler
Captain Elora Everstone of the Stormbringer (DND character)
The pirate (graffiti name)
Residence:
Forest Hills Trailer Park at Hawkins, Indiana
Family:
Unnamed Mother
Benny Hammond (father)
Diane Hopper (God mother)
Jim Hopper (God father)
Sarah Hopper (God sister)
Jane Hopper (God sister)
Vance Hopper (God cousin)
Griffin Stagg (God cousin)
Friends:
Steve Harrington
Tommy Hagan
Carol Perkins
Eddie Munson
Robin Buckley
Argyle
Fred
Gareth
Jeff
Chrissy Cunningham
The Party
Erica Sinclair
Murray Bauman
Joyce Byers
Other:
Nancy Wheeler (frienemy)
Jonathan Byers (frienemy)
Billy Hargrove (arch enemy)
The Harrington Parents (enemy)
Neil Hargrove (enemy)
Keith (coworker and frienemy)
Vecna (enemy)
Martin Brenner (enemy)
Dr. Sam Owens (ally)
Claudia Henderson (acquaintance/parenal figure)
Jason Carver (sympathetic enemy)
Connie Frazier (father's killer/enemy)
Affiliation:
Corroded Coffin
Hellfire Club
Scoops Ahoy
Family Video
Benny's Burgers
The Party
Occupation:
Member of the Corroded Coffin (-1986)
Member of the Hellfire Club (1980s-1986)
Employee at Family Video (1985-)
Employee at Scoops Ahoy (1985)
Waitress at Benny's Brugers (-1983)
Owner of Benny's Brugers (1983-)
Student at Hawkins High School (1981-1985)
Gender:
Female
Height:
5'4 1/2 (177.8 cm)
Weapon:
Sword
Pencil
Fork
Lighter
Matches
Shoe
Frying Pan
Hobbies:
Playing with fire
Stealing small things
Reading
Drawing
Fencing
Archery
Listening to music
Playing the keyboard
Eating
Trying to cook
Playing video games
Playing board games
Playing card games
Role playing
Treasure hunting
Hanging out with her friends
Making weird food combos
Bad graffiti
Dying her hair
Doing stupid things with her friends
Street racing
Swimming
Collecting things
Playing dnd specifically
Personality:
Creative
Sentimental
Street smart
Slightly rebellious
Bit of a chameleon
Anxious
Playful
Protective
Constantly confused
Bit of a day dreamer
Bit of a smart ass
Temperamental
Annoying on occasion
Secret delinquent
Well-liked
Good in school and around most adults
A bit bossy at times
Tomboyish
Insecure
Outgoing
Vengeful
A bit of sailor mouth
Kind of a loud mouth
Almost zero brain to mouth filter
Open minded
Eccentric
Impulsive
Has a taste for justice
Bit of a punk
Bit of a metal head
Fan girl before it was popular
Fears:
Arachnophobia
Atelophobia
Musophobia
Autophobia
Theme Song:
Fight For Your Right by Beastie Boys
Relationship status:
single but crushing
Story:
Stranger Us
Name:
Misa Rosè Buckley
Born:
March 19, 1971.
Age:
12 (season one)
13 (season two)
14 (season three)
14/15 (season four)
Aliases:
Misa Madrain
The ranger
Bow Master Misa
Miss Popular (given by Mike)
Frasier (graffiti name)
Residence:
The Buckley House at Hawkins, Indiana
Family:
Minerva (grandmother)
Richard Buckley (father)
Melissa Buckley (mother)
Robin Buckley (older sister)
Susan Hargrove (maternal aunt)
Neil Hargrove (maternal uncle via marriage)
Billy Hargrove (Step-cousin)
Max Mayfield (maternal cousin)
Friends:
The Party
Erica Sinclair
Steve Harrington
Argyle
Chrissy Cunningham
Tiffany Hammond
Bob Newby
Other:
Eddie Munson (friend)
Nancy Wheeler (acquaintance)
Jonathan Byers (acquaintance)
Jim Hopper (acquaintance/parenal figure)
Joyce Byers (acquaintance/parenal figure)
Claudia Henderson (acquaintance/parenal figure)
Billy Hargrove (enemy)
Jason Carver (frienemy)
Vecna (enemy)
Scott Clarke (former teacher)
Martin Brenner (enemy)
Dr. Sam Owens (ally)
Demogorgon (enemy)
Connie Frazier (enemy)
Troy and James (enemy)
Demodogs (enemy)
Hospital Creature (enemy)
The Flayed (enemy)
Jake (enemy)
Troy (enemy)
James (enemy)
Angela (enemy)
Affiliation:
Hawkins Middle School Cheerleaders (former)
Hawkins High School Girls' Soccer team
Hawkins High Drama Club
Hawkins High Band
Hellfire Club
Hawkins High School Band
The Party
Hawkins Middle School AV Club (formerly)
Occupation:
Member of the Hawkins Middle School AV Club (formerly)
Student at Hawkins Middle School (1982-1985)
Cheerleader at Hawkins Middle School (1982-1985)
Student at Hawkins High School (1985-)
Member of the Hellfire Club (1986-)
Member of the Party (1976-)
Gender:
Female
Height:
4'11" (149.86 cm)
Weapon:
Pocket knife
Screw driver
Bow and arrow
Hobbies:
Archery
Gymnastics
Cheerleading (formerly)
Acting
Singing
Playing the Clarinet
Soccer
Taking care of her cat
Playing dnd
Graffiti
Street racing
Drawing
Listening to music
Riding her bike
Running from the cops
Stealing
Personality:
Cheerful
Cloaked smart ass
Has a lot of attitude
Creative
Smart
Good at blending in
Annoying when she wants to be
Street smart
Eccentric
Rebellious
Confident
Fears:
Cynophobia
Theme Song:
Material girl by Madonna
Relationship status:
Single but crushing
Story:
Stranger Us
#stranger things oc#stranger things original character#stranger things moodboard#stranger things original characters#stranger things ocs#stranger things oc moodboard#stranger things#my ocs#my ocs stuff#stranger things fanfiction#stranger us
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from eden // o.w.
Summary: A quidditch rivalry turns into a friendship with benefits, though neither of you will admit you wish it were something more.
Contains: Fluff, allusions to sex and slytherin!reader.
A/N: This is half assed and I hate it.
‘songs of the forest’ hozier collection
You’re standing in front of Oliver Wood’s door. It’s strange to think how long it’s been since you last called him by his full name. Nowadays he was just ‘Ollie’. At least since you were able to put your petty quidditch rivalry aside and accept the fact that you didn’t hate each other as much as you’d originally thought.
It’d been after quidditch practice. You were sweaty, trudging back towards the castle as the sun had begun to set, when you felt a familiar arm drape across your shoulders.
“Practice didn’t go too well, did it, bug?” he snickered cockily. “You might be good, but you little snakes have got nothing on Gryffindor.”
“Oh, for Godric’s sake!” you huffed, exhausted by his teasing the entire day. “Just shut up, Wood!”
That was when it had all started. When he’d looked at you with that mischievous glint in his eye and chuckled a “Shut me up yourself, coward.” and you’d placed your lips on his eagerly. Eager to end the slew of snarky comments that never ceased to escape him.
That’s how you reasoned it.
That must’ve been why bitterly exchanged names had soon turned sweet in your mouth. And why you’d made a habit of spending the night in his bed. It was just better this way, taking out your pent up frustration with each other differently than you were used to. That’s how he reasoned it too, when he found himself pinning you to the nearest wall after a heated practice. When he found himself smiling fondly at the sight of you, your hair tousled as you sifted through the clothes strewn about his dorm floor.
There was something so wretched about this, something so precious about this, you’d think as you left his room as quietly as you could. Though at times, you couldn’t help but feel it was the opposite. A precious secret for only you to know.
But you’d had enough. Somewhere along the way, you’d realized he’d become something more to you. And you couldn’t mask it any longer.
Which is how you ended up here, sitting in front of Oliver Wood’s door, awaiting his return so that you could break things off and try as best you could to forget anything and everything that had happened between you.
“If it isn’t my little snake!” he laughs as he approaches, pulling you out from the depths of your thoughts. “Slithered all the way here just to sit outside my door.”
“We need to talk, Wood.”
“Whoa, Wood? What happened to ‘Ollie’?” he asks cheekily, his smile doing more than enough to assure you how detached he was from this whole situation.
“Yeah, about that.” you mumble, eyes falling to the ground. “I think- I think we should end this. This thing we have going on.”
You feel a gentle hand come up beneath your chin, bringing your gaze up to meet his own.
“Why would you say that, angel?” he asks, voice suddenly filled with concern. “Did I do someth-”
“No! No, it’s nothing like that.” you assure him. You weren’t lying. He hadn’t done anything wrong. “I just, I think it’s better off this way.”
Oliver’s brows are furrowed, deeply confused about where this was coming from. “Right. This ‘thing’. You don’t feel the same way anymore?”
You don’t. You don’t feel the same at all. When this had started it was just a pastime, a means to an end. You didn’t feel anything at all back then. Now, things have changed. Now you’re feeling everything at once.
“No, I don’t. I don’t feel anything for you, okay? It’s just not like that.” you state matter of factly.
“That so?” he asks, his accent even thicker than usual. “So you don’t feel anything when I do this?” And before you can ask what he’s on about his lips on yours, the familiar feeling washing over you.
“Ollie?” you croak when you break away.
“Aye?”
“I think I’m in love with you.” you whisper into the shell of his ear, half hoping he wouldn’t hear it or that it’d fly right over his head.
“You think you’re in love with me?” he chuckles, forehead now pressed up against yours. “That’s disappointing.”
“Godric, why do I even-”
“See, I know I’m in love with you.”
You’re taken aback, but you quickly narrow your eyes playfully. “Don’t interrupt me, Ol-”
He kisses you again, and this time you can feel his cheeky grin against your lips, one you can’t help but mirror. “You were saying?” he asks cockily, backing away before you yank him closer by his collar and his lips are back on yours.
“Your team better hope you’re as good a keeper as you are a kisser, Wood.” you laugh, the playfulness of your never ending competition in the air.
“Shut up, Y/L/N.”
“Shut me up yourself, coward.”
oliver wood taglist: @oliverwoodmarrymepls @velvetcloxds @pinkcloxds @d22malfoys @blue-4-55-readinglist @scandalous-chaos @bellatheslytherclaw @haroldpotterson @ughgclden @marigold-blackthorn @coryhuh @cassiopeia1042 @wolfstar-lb @onyourgoddamnleft @meromelo
‘songs of the forest’ taglist: @cupids-crystals @papillon-mechant @wolfstar-lb @moonlitmeeks @scorpireads @sophiavrodriguess @my-dearest-moony @wrathspoet @scandalous-chaos
#oliver wood#oliver wood x reader#oliver wood x y/n#oliver wood x you#oliver wood oneshot#oliver wood fluff#rivals to lovers#sarah's 'songs of the forest' collection#hozier song fic collection
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books by trans authors i read & enjoyed this year
Science Fiction
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey. I recommend going into this not knowing much, but the main character is a woman going through a divorce, whose ex is dating her clone. Mystery/thriller vibes if you’re into that sort of thing.
The Machineries of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee. A series of novels that cover “space opera, fantasy, Korean folklore and mathematics” themes, and a truly wild ride, with an all-queer cast of characters.
In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu. “Explores borders, power, diaspora, and transformation in an Asian-inspired mosaic novella.” Matrix-y, multiple queer characters, multiple characters that use neopronouns.
Fantasy
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon. A woman gives birth to and raises twins in the forest after escaping a cult, and that's how the story starts. It gets weirder from there.
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan. Pitched as The Song of Achilles meets Mulan and I don’t 100% agree with that characterization but this book was amazing, okay. “A bold, queer, and lyrical reimagining of the rise of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty” and probably my favorite book of the year.
Witchmark by C.L. Polk. A mystery/romance with a setting reminiscent of edwardian england. Very gay, very magical.
Fiction
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters. A “debut about three women - trans and cis - whose lives collide after an unexpected pregnancy forces them to confront their deepest desires around gender, motherhood, and sex.”
The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhader. A closeted Syrian trans boy copes with grief and identity in this multi-generational story.
She of the Mountains by Vivek Shraya. An illustrated novel that combines a contemporary love story with Hindu myth.
Nonfiction
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi. A deeply moving, provocative memoir, and a “revelatory account of storytelling, self, and survival.”
I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World by Kai Cheng Thom. A collection of essays that propose heartfelt solutions on the topics of violence, complicity, family, vengeance, and forgiveness.
Horror Novellas
Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn. Pitched as Rosemary’s Baby meets Octavia Butler. “A lush, gothic fantasy about the prices we pay and the vengeance we seek.”
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca. “A macabre ballet between two lonely young women in an internet chat room in the early 2000s.” It’s short and deeply unsettling which is how I like my horror.
Anthologies
Love Beyond Body, Space & Time: An Indigenous LGBT Sci-Fi Anthology
Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction
Transcendent: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction
Homesick: Stories by Nino Cipri. Speculative stories that examine home and estrangement.
#booktalk#queer books#i am starting to organize my reading stats lol#anyway here's probably the first of many recs i make!
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any spare thoughts/head canons for someone new au?
Oh always
Ava has to sleep on the left side of the bed, Connor and Sarah sometimes switch who is in the middle but Ava always gets the left lmao
This only changes when she’s had a bad day or isn’t feeling well because those are the times she needs the extra comfort/security of being between her partners
Also shortly after Sarah joined their relationship and it became clear she wouldn’t be leaving, Connor decided to surprise the girls by buying them a new bed
A Wyoming king bed to be exact which is. Huge and this man does not skimp on comfort so it was a very nice and very expensive one lmao
Don’t ask how he got this into their apartment, it was a disaster and almost cost them their bedroom door but they got it eventually 💀
Ava spent hours online looking for the perfect bedsheets and buying throw pillows to fit her ✨vision✨
She went with a forest green and white theme that she was very proud of
Sarah was just excited that one of the blankets was a satin texture because that’s her favourite so she’s always stimming with it (autism things 😌) 
Sarah, the absolute sweetheart she is, likes to make playlists for people when she finds songs that makes her think of them
Particularly for her partners, obviously
Their playlists are named “♡ Avey ૮ • ﻌ - ა” and “♡ Connor ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ”
Ava was the first to find out about said playlists because she was using Sarah’s Spotify to play music in the car
Teasing definitely ensued
Connor thinks it’s absolutely adorable <3
Sarah did end up sharing the links with them
And Ava loves to listen to hers if she’s feeling down because it just makes her heart go 💞💖💕💞💖
(I could actually make these playlists if anyone is interested)
Cuddle puddle
I would call it a cuddle pile but. Nope they just melt into each other
Rip to Sarah who often gets squished
It’s out of love <3
One time Connor made the mistake of tickling Ava when they were all cuddling
He may have had bruised ribs <3 never underestimate Ava’s kicking strength 💀
Sarah, who just wanted to cuddle but had to diffuse the situation: :(
But in all seriousness they’re all pretty physically affectionate (or in Ava’s case just really handsy 🙂)
Sarah: Ava that is my boob
Ava: :) I know :)
Connor: 👀 oh
So cuddling after a long day is really nice <3
Ava is not one to make other people her phone wallpaper
BUT she has an exception
Because the photo she got of Connor and Sarah when she came home from a night shift was far too cute to not see every day
They must have been watching tv in the living room before falling asleep
Connor was laying on Sarah’s chest and the protective hand she had on the back of his head even in sleep was the sweetest thing
Both of Ava’s partners get shy when they see that photo
But it’s definitely a favourite because it’s just the cutest moment of vulnerability
Case study dates !!!
When they have lots of paperwork to do or a particular patient case they have to work on at home
Such as figuring out treatment plans or planning surgeries
They three of them will spread their stuff out on the kitchen table and just work in each other’s company
Sarah always puts on lofi or classical music (“it helps your brain stay focused!!”)
They usually have coffee and Ava is happy to share her huge collection of colourful highlighters (headcanon that Ava is a stationary fiend lmao)
Connor likes to talk out loud to logic out particularly tough cases and the girls like to listen and help if possible
And Sarah, while she was never interested in surgery, loves to hear her partners talk about work
Because she does find herself missing the day to day medical aspects of being a doctor that she doesn’t always do as a psychiatrist
So hearing stories about it and using her randomly researched knowledge to understand cardio/trauma surgeries is fun for her
Also she just adores the way Connor and Ava light up when they talk about hearts lmao
#ugh I adore them#new page/paragraph break thingy 🦈#chicago med#ava bekker#sarah reese#connor rhodes#rheesker#my aus#someone new!au#poly!rheesker#asks#anon
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Camp Willowdale / JJ Maybank AU / PART 5
Synopsis: Camp Willowdale is buzzing with new campers. It’s Caroline Windsor’s first year as a camp counsellor after attending the camp as a camper for ten years. Little does she know that this year Willowdale Lake is going to be a little different from what she is used to it being…
Warnings: future chapters may include curse words, mentions of drugs, mentions of alcohol, mentions of sexual activities, mentions of death.
Pairings: JJ Maybank x fem OC
Part 1 ; Part 2 ; Part 3 ; Part 4
Masterlist
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Part 5 -
53 days of camp left
The first day at Camp Willowdale was usually pretty straightforward – campers arrive, sign in, move into their designated cabins where they meet their counselors, then all gather in the Wildcat Lodge to get their schedules, maps, badges and compasses. Ever since Pricilla’s daughter left her, she ditched the idea of having a stable with horses at camp (saying it reminded her way too much of Wendy, and also cost a lot of money to maintain), and settled for scavenger hunts in full scout mode in the forest, hence the compasses and badges. Every camper was given a first badge for participation and would get the chance to earn new badges to add to their collection during their nine week stay. Pricilla made sure that there was a badge for literally everything – from successfully starting a fire to throwing out the trash. She liked to do this to make all the campers feel included and special, which on its own sounded like a wonderful thing, however her actual motives were selfish – happy kids meant happy parents, and happy parents meant money. She also liked to turn everything into a competition, so she established a scoring system that nobody but her understood, where she’d award or deduct points from different groups and the group with the most points at the end of the summer will be crowned conquerors of the camp at a made up end-of-summer event Pricilla named the “Camp Will-all-hail banquet”. Caroline always found the name to be extremely tacky, but much like mostly everything that Pricilla put her finger onto, it wasn’t surprising.
JJ and Caroline had gotten assigned to Teens 2. Unsurprisingly, everyone in their group was almost their age, which seemed like somewhat of a recipe for disaster, as Caroline feared that this could result in the teens refusing to follow orders from someone who is basically their age. She was pleasantly surprised to find out that their group of teens was actually quite well-mannered and well-behaved. John B and Sarah’s teens, however, were a whole different story.
“You sure you got T2 and not T1?” panted Sarah after finally sitting down at the counselors table beside Caroline for dinner.
Caroline smirked, “Positive,” she confirmed, not being able to hide her amusement at the sight of an already tired Sarah, “Why’d you ask?”
“Oh, no reason,” said Sarah sarcastically, “Well, besides all the girls, and I’m pretty sure one of the boys, having a massive thing for John B, and them all quite literally being the spawns of Satan, hm… no reason,”
Caroline laughed at Sarah’s words, looking over at the table where her group and Sarah’s were seated at. Two of the T1 girls were giggling while telling a story, while everyone else’s attention was on them. Caroline came to the conclusion that they would be the It Girls at this year’s camp, bossing everyone around. She couldn’t help but laugh at the irony that it was Sarah who got these two as they were literally mini versions of her.
“Heard my name being called,” John B slid onto the bench across the table from the girls. Now that everyone had been sorted, the Wildcat Lodge seating area had been rearranged so that the groups would be sat together according to their ages, and the counselors would be sat together according to their groups. The head staff had their own table at the very foot of the podium, right next to where the food was, conveniently.
JJ was quick to join their group at their respective table, “What’d I miss?”
“Oh, nothing,” Caroline said nonchalantly, “Just Sarah being jealous over her girls liking John B, no biggie,” Sarah kicked her under the table, earning an, “Ow!”
John B’s eyes immediately shot up, that familiar twinkle of excitement swimming through his honey orbs, “Jealous?”
“As if,” barked Sarah, squinting her eyes at him threateningly.
“We’ll see about that, baby cakes,” John B winked, diving into his dinner.
“So,” said JJ, lowering his voice in case any of the neighboring tables were listening, “What’s the plan, guys?”
Caroline shook her head, “I don’t even know where we could start, I mean, the only clue we’ve got so far is that message we had to scrub off the rock this morning before the campers arrived…”
John B thought for a second, “Hey, wasn’t Topper paired up with her?” he said suddenly.
Caroline’s eyes widened in realization, “John B, you’re a genius!” she said, earning a proud smile from the boy, “Last night at the counting, Topper said something about feeling guilty for not offering her his jacket!” the four of them turned to look towards Topper’s table. He was sitting quietly, barely poking at his food, while the rest of his fellow counselors were having an animated conversation around him. Caroline turned back towards her friends, “Chances are he was the one who saw her last!”
“Yeah, and judging by the look of his face, he doesn’t seem too excited about it,” remarked JJ.
“Can you blame him? I’d be pissed if I was paired with Madison, too,” muttered Sarah, scrunching her nose at the leafy salad in her plate.
“Tonight at the bonfire,” said Caroline, “Sarah’s going to offer him some help with his girls, seeing as he’s dealing with all of his kids alone,”
“Hey, why me?” Sarah frowned at the plan.
“Because you’re the one who had a massive crush on him back in the day,” Caroline whispered in Sarah’s ear, resulting in Sarah kicking her under the table again. Caroline bit back a groan as she smiled forcefully, looking at the two boys in front of her, “Okay, well, sounds like we’ve got a plan.”
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After handing out the songbooks and marshmallows to all of their teens, Caroline, JJ, Sarah and John B took a seat at their designated log next to their groups, which had somehow bonded during dinner and were all laughing together.
“Alright, settle down kids!” Pricilla said, causing everyone’s chatter to die down, “As you have already been informed, it is a Willowdale tradition to perform our very own rendition of Bomfiara every morning and night until the end of camp. The songbooks you’ve been kindly given by your counselors contain the lyrics to all of the camp songs we’re going to be singing this summer, but I’m sure that by the end of it you won’t be needing the books anymore,” Pricilla fake-laughed at her own joke while everyone just started at her blankly, “Okay, well, let’s sing!” she gave the tone and everyone started signing.
“This is so lame,” said one of the girls Caroline proclaimed as “It Girls” earlier that evening, “We’re too old for this BS,”
“You got that right,” mumbled Sarah.
“Oh, come on, I love it, it used to be our favorite tradition!” whined John B.
The two girls squealed and started pinching each other, immediately opening their songbooks and joining in on the singing, making intense eye contact with John B with their best seductive looks. Sarah rolled her eyes at the scene.
“See?” she whispered to Caroline, “This is what I meant!”
Caroline smirked at the blonde girl, “Am I sensing… jealousy?”
Sarah scoffed at the remark, “Pf, yeah right,” she said defensively, “I’m just annoyed that they’re only listening to what he’s saying and we’re supposed to be counselors together.”
Caroline nodded slowly, pretending to be buying the story, “Yeah, sure,” she turned to look at Topper, who regardless of the fact that he was surrounded by his group and fellow counselors, still seemed down, the camp fire illuminating his distant face, “Speaking of together, when do you wanna go talk to Topper?”
Sarah followed Caroline’s gaze towards the boy, “Once this stupid song is over,”
Caroline nodded and both girls turned towards their group again, where the It Girls were still making sexy eyes at John B, who seemed totally clueless to their approach as he was belting the lyrics of the much familiar song out loud, waving JJ’s hands every so often.
Once the song was over and everyone got back to their regular chitchat, Sarah stood up and straightened her shorts and camp sweatshirt as she made her way towards Topper.
“Hey, Top, this seat taken?” she said, referring to the empty spot on the log next to him where Madison was supposed to be sat.
Topper looked at Sarah as if she’d just said a distasteful joke, “Hey, Sarah…” he muttered, “Obviously not,”
“Awesome!” Sarah smiled widely, plopping down next to the boy.
“So,” Topper started awkwardly, “What brings you here?”
“Saw you from across the pit,” she explained directly, “Couldn’t help but notice that you seem lonely,”
“Yeah, well,” Topper looked at her with a look of disapproval once again, “I sort of am,”
Sarah pretended to only just realize what he was talking about, “Riiight… So, about that,” she chirped again, “Last night you said something about a jacket?”
Topper sighed, “Yeah, Madison said she was cold when we were in our cabin and instead of offering her my jacket, I sort of felt… relieved that she was going to leave me for a second to go grab hers. I should’ve known that something was wrong when she was gone for over 10 minutes, instead I just laughed around with Kelce and the boys and then we heard the scream…”
Sarah rolled her eyes, “Oh, please, you’re not blaming yourself for it, are you?”
“I mean, I kinda am,” Topper confessed, “If I wasn’t too caught up in being annoyed that I’d been paired up with her, I’d have just given her my jacket or followed her to your cabin to get hers and none of this would’ve happened,”
Sarah tried putting on her best apologetic smile as she reached for Topper’s hand, taking him by surprise, “Look, Top, I hate Madison just as much as the next person, but I hardly think any of this was your fault. She probably just used the jacket as an excuse to ditch and got excited to see her rookie boyfriend, hence the scream,”
Topper frowned, “Don’t tell me you actually believe all that?”
Sarah shrugged, “I mean, she was a drama queen,”
Topper pulled his hands away from Sarah’s, shaking his head, “Just go, Sarah,”
Sarah looked over towards her friends across the fire pit who were all staring at her in anticipation, as she shrugged her shoulders and mouthed them a, “Sorry, I tried,” making her way back to where they were seated.
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A/N: Camp has finally officially begun and so has the search for truth ~~ As always, let me know what you think, I hope you are enjoying the story so far, I'm super excited to be writing this xxx
tags: @k-k0129 ; @hayleyy-l ; @marvellover04
Part 6 here
#jj x reader#jj x y/n#jj x you#jj imagine#jj mayback x reader#jj obx#jj one shot#jj x oc#jj fanfiction#jj maybank#obx#john booker routledge#john b routledge#john b obx#jiara#john b#sarah obx#sarah cameron#summer camp#mysterybooks#mystery series#rafe cameron#rafe obx#outer banks fic#outer banks x reader#obx2#outerbanks#jj masterlist#obx masterlist#obx au
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Show and movie recommendations for people who like Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman
This morning someone asked me for some movie recommendations that are like Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman. There’s really nothing quite like The Sandman but I will list similar films and shows here.
1. Over The Garden Wall.
Over the Garden Wall was an animated mini-series that aired on Cartoon Network in 2014. It is a very unique mini-series that was shown as ten minute shorts. When compiled together the shorts tell a full length movie about two brothers lost in a surreal forest known as The Unknown. Most of the visuals are inspired by early twentieth century Hallowe’en greeting cards. This is a very, very underrated mini-series. I actually consider it my comfort food of media. I watch it when I’m not feeling well and it makes me feel better.
2. Tim Burton’s The Nightmare before Christmas.
I know a lot of people might think of this one as overrated and far too common place but when I was eleven-years-old I felt like I was the only one in the world who loved it. I saw Nightmare before Christmas in the threatre in 1993 and was fast obsessed. The King of Halloween is weary of his routine and feels like something is missing from his life so he discovers and attempts to do Christmas. It has a beautiful score by Danny Elfman and many surreal and wonderful imagery.
3. Jim Henson’s Labyrinth.
Labyrinth is a fantasy film from 1986 featuring David Bowie as The Goblin King. A young girl named Sarah wishes away her half-brother. After the baby is actually abducted by goblins Sarah must solve an intricate maze within thirteen hours to save him before he is transformed into a goblin. The film is full of goblin creatures created by Jim Henson and you can see how it had some influence on certain aspects of The Sandman including Barbie’s dream world in the A Game of you story arc.
4. The Company of Wolves.
The Company of wolves is a horror film based on the short story collection The Bloody Chamber and other stories by Angela Carter. It was directed by Neil Jordan, director of Interview with The Vampire. Most of the film is set in the mind of a sleeping pubescent girl who is apparently having her first period. In her dream world she is Little Red Riding Hood. And her grandmother tells her various stories about werewolves. Werewolves fast become a metaphor for puberty, masculinity, and sexual awakening and all those confusing and frightening emotions that come with them. For all its symbolism and subtle beauty this is still very much a horror film.
5. Clive Barker’s Nightbreed
Sometimes sold as Night Breed or Nightbreed I strongly recommend tracking down the Cabal cut or director’s cut of this movie. It’s not just longer. Some scenes are entirely different from the theatrical release. It even has a different ending. The plot deals with a man named Boon who has been having strange dreams of a place called Midian. An underground city entirely inhabited by monsters. He yearns to be a part of that world. Meanwhile Boon’s own therapist frames him for murder and manages to even convince Boon that he might be the killer. But things get even more strange when Boon discovers that Midian and it’s monstrous inhabitants are, in fact, real. This film is based on the book Cabal by Clive Barker. This one is very much a horror film.
6. Pan’s Labyrinth.
Not to be confused with Jim Henson’s Labyrinth, Pan’s Labyrinth is a Spanish language film about a young girl in a very unpleasant situation so she escapes into a fantasy world where she is a lost princess. Beautiful, surreal, and very well made. Pretty much any film by Guillermo del Tor can fit on this list. My only complaint about this movie is that it is ONLY available with subtitles with no dub option. I understand that Guillermo del Toro does not like badly dubbed movies but this is very inconsiderate for the visually impaired. I am visually impaired and have to sit very close to read those subtitles. Either that or learn Spanish...
7. The Dark Crystal and it’s one season prequel series: Dark Crystal / Age of Resistance.
Similar to Labyrinth only with a surprisingly more serious tone and no song numbers, The Dark Crystal is a movie that takes you into a surreal fantasy world inhabited entirely by puppet creatures. The prequel series recently aired on Netflix and has the same charm and beauty as the original.
8. Swamp Thing.
The 2019 Swamp Thing series for DC Universe (now on HBO Max) only got one season but it features a character you might recognize from The Sandman. Matthew Cable. After Matthew’s death he becomes Morpheus’ raven in The Sandman. There’s actually a lot of atmosphere in this show and it is very underrated.
9. Lucifer.
Though not faithful to the comics the premise of Lucifer is based on events from The Sandman: Season of Mists and The Sandman: The Kindly Ones where Lucifer quits ruling Hell, moves to Earth, opens Lux and takes up playing piano.
10. Justice League: Action episodes Trick or Threat and Supernatural Adventures in babysitting.
The Justice League: Action episode Trick or threat features the first TV animated appearance of Cain and his House of Mystery as they appear in Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman. The Supernatural Adventures in Babysitting episode features the Magdalene grimoire. This is the spell book that was used to summon Morpheus in the very first issue of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman.
Bonus mentions:
MirrorMask
Stardust
Howl’s Moving Castle
Princess Mononoke
The Wizard of Oz
Return to Oz (features a character Jack Pumpkinhead who helped inspire Mervyn Pumpkinhead on a superficial level)
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (animated or TV mini-series)
10th Kingdom (TV mini-series)
Gulliver’s Travel’s TV mini-series (features a young Tom Sturridge)
Rise of the Guardians
Maleficent
Faust (1926 silent film)
Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
Tales from the Cryptkeeper (animated series)
Carnival Row (TV series)
Sleepy Hollow (1999 film)
Neverwhere
Good Omens
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Sarah Anne Lawless’ Masterpost of Rescued Blog Posts
Obviously not all of her posts are here, I’ve just saved the ones I thought were of more interest to me and others. These posts (except for one not rescued by me) are made private for legal reasons. I might update if specific blogs are requested.
Note: the links will not work on the Tumblr app. You must visualize them either through the desktop or your phone’s web browser. If still a link isn’t working, let me know.
2009
How to Create a Genius Loci Profile
The Man in Black
Nicnevin
Ancestor Worship in Modern Witchcraft
2010
Darkness is Good for You?
Divisions of Witchcraft
Walking Between Worlds
What Makes One a Witch?
The Ethics of Malevolence
Hedgecrossing Ritual
Disclaimer of a Traditional Witch
On Circle Casting and the World Tree
The Religion of Trees
Is Witchcraft Shamanism?
On Shapeshifting: A History and Guide for Shifters
Introduction to Animal Familiars
The Seer’s Reading List
Ancestor Altars and Rituals
2011
How to Use a Stang
Quotes on PNW Shamanism: Initiation and Spirits
Plants Can Be Witches Too
Cosmogeny of an Animistic Mystic
Weep for the Forests of Death
The Importance of Maintaining a Healthy Level of Skepticism (scorpion--witch)
How to Make Pagan Holy Water
2012
Land Guardianship
How to See in the Dark
2013
Medea’s Ritual of the Mandrake
Pantry Folk Magic
2014
Love Spells
The Witch and the Wild
The Song of the Land: Bioregional Animism
2015
Banishing, Depossessing, and Devouring
The Curse Collection
Consecration and Desecration
For Fear of Flying
Catching and Binding Spirits
Six Herbs for Spirit Work
Introduction to Traditional Witchcraft
2016
Animism at the Dinner Table: Part 1
Animism at the Dinner Table: Part 2
2017
Everything You Need to Know About Animism: Part 1
Everything You Need to Know About Animism: Part 2
#thanks to the links this won't appear in the tag anyway#this is more a reference to myself than anything tbh#sarah anne lawless#animism#traditional witchcraft#resources#for reference
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ahhh so i am in the middle of a music crisis (ie i never know what to listen to and I’m just like eh not really enjoying anything atm) can you rec some artists or albums?
hi im little a . 1 month late to answering this kdsh ok basically i dont really listen to songs based on albums or artists if that makes sense ? like except glass animals, of monsters and men, and lorde, i just sort of find songs i like by any random person and listen to it ! that said, some of my favourite songs are by:
glass animals
of monsters and men
lorde
rainbow kitten surprise
tally hall
alt-j
autoheart
and a bunch of classical artists but esp debussy and tchai :)
hippo campus
alex g
cold war kids
GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV !!!
andrew bird
mother falcon
sufjan stevens
monetochka
flatsound
youth lagoon
kishi bashi
sleeping at last
patrick watson
rostam
slow meadow
the cinematic orchestra
HÆLOS
soley
the national
shakey graves
songs i rly like that you can listen to the artists of of u so please, under cut bc ik this will be long tm - all of these are on my playlists here:
painkillers - rainbow kitten surprise
echo's answer - broadcast
flip - glass animals but also like every glass animals songs except from their new album
miracle mile - cold war kids
under my skin - jukebox the ghost
small red boy - ajj
dirty imbecile - the happy fits
spring and a storm - tally hall (!!!!)
buttercup + monsoon by hippocampus
harness your hopes - pavement
when i was done dying - dan deacon (!!!!)
man of oil - animal collective
every song ever by alex g but mostly sandy, krying, sarah, and treehouse
beekeeper - keaton henson
song for no one - miike snow
hang me up to dry - cold war kids
soldier's daughter - jhmeel
pulaski at night - andrew bird
marfa + alligator teeth - mother falcon
your ex lover is dead (final fantasy edition) - stars [idk where the final fantasy thing comes from but it's good trust me bro]
perpetual mild mental illness - the original crooks and nannies
agoraphobia + hungover in the city of dust - autoheart
bUd - daoko
dirty night clowns - chris garneau
i exist i exist i exist - flatsound
saint bernard + downhill - lincoln
no, the moon - teen suicide
siren 042 - lala, lala, WHY?
17 + the hunt + cannons - youth lagoon
went to war - amason
hand over hand - roland faunte << !!!!!!
ms - alt j (best song imo but all of them are so good esp tessellate)
an introduction to the album - the hotelier
paper thin hotel - matt maltese
i am the antichrist to you - kishi bashi
big bird in a small cage + je te laisserai des mots - patrick watson
amsterdam - gregory alan isakov
gwan + thatch snow + i will see you again - rostam
the fold - wickerbird
hands - emily jane white
forests - duologue (this gets stuck in my head for months at a time be warned)
film burn - yppah
blood - the middle east
untitled - sea oleena
england + exile vilify - the national
all delighted people + impossible soul - sufjan stevens
i already forgot everything you said - the dig
ladies and gentlement we are floating in space
dream sweet in sea major - miracle musical
the whole cloud atlas soundtrack
ok i will . stop myself for now but yeah everything should be in one of the playlists on spotify linked above ! it's on my pinned post too !
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Book Society presents its August reading event! As selected by the members, this month's theme is All By Myself. To clarify the cryptic title, this event is all about standalone books! We invite you to indulge in one or more of our personal recommendations listed below and discover the magic for yourself. We also encourage you to revisit a standalone that holds a special place in your heart and spread the love by recommending it to others. Please note that series, collections, and companion books do not apply, so try to pick a book that shines on its own! This event is open to everyone, not just our members.
✧ how to participate:
optional: reblog this post; check out our network and members
read (or reread) a standalone book recommended by one of our members, or reread a standalone that you consider a personal favourite; there is no book of the month for this event
share what book you’ve chosen, thoughts, reactions, and/or creations
use the tag #booksociety in your posts, and include “@booksociety’s All By Myself Event: [insert book title here]” in the description of your creations
the event starts on 1 August and ends on 31 August
✧ reading recommendations (under the cut):
A Concise Chinese English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo (Violeta's pick; ownvoices, romance, contemporary; 354 pages)
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (Kahlia's pick; young adult, fantasy, fiction, horror; 237 pages)
Airman by Eoin Colfer (Chloe's pick; young adult, historical fiction, fantasy; 424 pages)
All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater (Megan's pick; young adult, fantasy, fabulism; 320 pages)
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Gina's pick; adult, historical fiction; 531 pages)
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (Jo's pick; mystery, crime, thriller; 264 pages)
Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland (Anniek's pick; young adult, fantasy; 400 pages)
Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente (Nana's pick; new adult, fantasy, retelling, historical; 352 pages)
Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan by Ruby Lal (Tejal's pick; nonfiction, historical, biography; 336 pages)
Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E. Smith (Celina's pick; young adult, contemporary, romance; 271 pages)
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Beth's pick; classic, horror, scifi; 335 pages)
From Lukov with Love by Mariana Zapata (Isabel's pick; new adult, contemporary, romance; 493 pages)
Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust (Kat's pick; young adult, fantasy, retelling, lgbt+; 384 pages)
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Hazel's pick; adult, fantasy, historical; 338 pages)
I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman (Lu's pick; young adult, contemporary, lgbt+; 396 pages)
I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver (Claire's pick; young adult, contemporary, romance, lgbt+; 329 pages)
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (Teona's pick; young adult, contemporary, fiction, lgbt+; 371 pages)
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio (Ania's pick; adult, mystery, dark academia; 368 pages)
In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan (Cas's pick; young adult, fantasy; 437 pages)
Into the Blue by Pene Henson (Nickie's pick; new adult, contemporary, romance, lgbt+; 236 pages)
Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Sari's pick; classic, play, tragedy; 124 pages)
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Mel's pick; classic, romance; 279 pages)
Providence by Caroline Kepnes (Kate's pick; adult, thriller, romance, mystery, paranormal, 367 pages)
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (Scarlett's pick; new adult, romance, contemporary, lgbt+; 421 pages)
Seven Endless Forests by April Genevieve Tuckolke (Denal's pick; young adult, adventure, fantasy; 352 pages)
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (Franzi's pick; adult, thriller, mystery; 254 pages)
Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson (Melissa's pick; young adult, fantasy; 453 pages)
Steel Crow Saga by Paul Krueger (Sut's pick; new adult, fantasy, lgbt+; 528 pages)
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (Josie's pick; contemporary; 307 pages)
Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno (Caroline's pick; young adult, fabulism, lgbt+; 288 pages)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Rachelle's pick; young adult, historical; 552 pages)
The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar (Isha's pick; young adult, contemporary, lgbt+; 400 pages)
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Sabrina's pick; children, classic, fantasy; 93 pages)
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (Mi's pick; adult, fantasy, romance, historical; 391 pages)
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (Rina's pick; adult, historical fiction, war; 440 pages)
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater (Camille's pick; young adult, fantasy; 409 pages)
The Secret History by Donna Tartt (Tara's pick; adult, mystery, dark academia; 559 pages)
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (Anna's pick; adult, mystery; 512 pages)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Paula's pick; adult, historical, romance, lgbt+; 391 pages)
The Silver Dark Sea by Susan Fletcher (Joyce's pick; adult, contemporary, fantasy, fiction; 436 pages)
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Marisa's pick; adult, historical, mythology, retelling, romance, lgbt+; 352 pages)
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix (Sage's pick; adult, horror, paranormal; 400 pages)
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (Kalli's pick; adult, fantasy, lgbt+, romance; 498 pages)
The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson (Alex's pick; young adult, contemporary, romance; 519 pages)
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diary of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay (Ral's pick; non-fiction, memoir, humor; 256 pages)
To Catch a Pirate by Jade Parker (Vee's pick; young adult, historical fiction, romance, pirates; 230 pages)
We Are Okay by Nina Lacour (Lizz's pick; young adult, contemporary, lgbt+; 236 pages)
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2020 Year In Review
This year once again I invited some friends and colleagues to reflect on 2020
JG Thirlwell
Composer
Foetus Xordox Manorexia Steroid Maximus Venture Bros Archer
www.foetus.org
2020 was a troubling and disturbing year.
I created a lot of music and experienced a lot of nights waking at 5am in a panic.
I deeply missed the sacred experience of being able to see live music.
In its absence of that I listened to a lot of music.
It was difficult to whittle down this list but here are a lot of albums I enjoyed in 2020, in no particular order.
Le Grand Sbam Furvent (Dur Et Doux)
John Elmquist’s HardArt Group I Own an Ion (900 Nurses)
Roly Porter Kistvaen (Subtext)
Liturgy Origin Of The Alimonies (YLYLCYN)
Clark Kiri Variations (Throttle)
Dai Kaht Dai Kaht I & II (Soleil Zeuhl)
Chromb Le livre des merveilles (Dur Et Doux)
Horse Lords The Common Task (Northern Spy)
Ecker & Meultzer Carbon (Subtext)
Insane Warrior Tendrils (RJ’s Electrical Connections)
Jeff Parker Suite For Max Brown (International Anthem)
Jacob Kirkegaard Opus Mors (Topos)
Tristan Perich Drift Multiply (Nonesuch)
Bec Plexus Sticklip (New Amsterdam)
Vak Budo (Soleil Zeuhl)
Merlin Nova BOO! (Bandcamp)
The The Muscle OST (Cineola)
Zombi 2020 (Relapse)
Regis Hidden In This Is The Light That You Miss (Downwards)
Rival Consoles Articulation (Erased Tapes)
Sarah Davachi Cantus, Descant (L.A.T.E.)
Sufjan Stevens The Ascension (Asthmatic Kitty)
Idles Ultra Mono (Partisan)
Daedelus The Bittereindeers (Brainfeeder)
Boris No (Bandcamp)
Aksak Maboul Figures / Un peu de l’ame des bandits / Onze Danses Pour Cobattre La Migraine (Crammed)
Noveller Arrow (Ba Da Bing)
Felicia Atkinson Everything Evaporate (Shelter Press)
Ital Tek Dream Boundary (Planet Mu)
Author and Punisher Beastland (Relapse)
Sparks A Steady Drip Drip Drip (BMG)
Corima Amatarasu (Soleil Zeuhl)
Code Orange Underneath (Roadrunner)
Deerhoof Future Teenage Cave Artists /Silly Symphonies / To Be Surrounded../ Love Lore(Joyful Noise)
Sote Moscels (Opal Tapes)
Run The Jewels RTJ4 (Jewel Runners)
Oranssi Pazuzu Mestarin Kynsi (Nuclear Blast)
Master Boot Record Floppy Disk Overdrive (Metal Blade)
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith The Mosaic Of Transformation (Ghostly International) / Ears (Western Vinyl)
Michael Gordon Acquanetta (Cantelope)
Neom Arkana Temporis (Soleil Zeuhl)
Rian Treanor Ataxia / File Under UK Metaplasm (Planet Mu)
Helm Saturnalia (Alter)
Ivvvo doG (Halcyon Veil)
Robert Normandeau Figures (Empreintes Digitales)
Ben Vida Reducing The Tempo To Zero (Shelter Press)
Beatrice Dillon Workaround (Pan)
Dan Deacon Mystic Familiar (Domino)
Sea Oleena Weaving A Basket (Higher Plain Music)
Elysian Fields Transience Of Life (Ojet)
Rhapsody Symphony Of Enchanted Lands II - The Dark Secret (Magic Circle)
Duma Duma (Nyege Nyege)
Ulla Strauss Tumbling Towards a Wall / Seed (Bandcamp)
Honorable mentions
Carl Stone Stolen Car (Unseen Worlds) Nazar Guerilla (Hyperdub) Iwo Zaluski with the Children of Park Lane Primary School, Wembley The Remarkable Earth Making Machine (Trunk) Nahash Flowers Of The Revolution (SVBKVLT) Cindy Lee Whats Tonight To Eternity (Bandcamp) Insect Ark The Vanishing (Profound Lore) 33EMYBW Arthropods (SVBKVLT) Declan McKenna Zeroes (Tomplicated) Layma Azur Zeii (Bandcamp)
FILM TV
Succession
ZeroZeroZero
Escape at Dannemora
1917
Small Axe : Five films by Steve McQueen
Pirhanas
Monos
The Hater
Better Call Saul
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Drew Daniel
Matmos, The Soft Pink Truth
an alphabet of 2020 recordings
Arca “KiCk i”
BFTT “Intrusive / Obtrusive”
clipping. “Visions of Bodies Being Burned”
Duma “Duma”
Eilbacher, Max “Metabolist Meter (Foster, Cottin, Caetani and a Fly)”
Forbidden Colors “La Yeguada”
GILA “Energy Demonstration”
HiedraH Club de Baile “Bichote-K Bailable Vol. 2”
Ian Power “Maintenance Hums”
Jeff Carey “Index[off]”
Kassel Jaeger “Meith”
Laurie Anderson “Songs From the Bardo”
Mukqs “Water Levels”
Negativland “The World Will Decide”
O’Rourke, Jim “Shutting Down Here”
Perlesvaus “These Things Below with Those Above”
Quicksails “Blue Rise”
Rian Treanor “File Under UK Metaplasm”
Slikback “///”
Terminal Nation “Holocene Extinction”
Ulcerate “Stare Into Death and Be Still”
Various Artists “HAUS of ALTR”
William Tyler “New Vanitas”
Xyla “Ways”
Y A S H A “Summations”
:zoviet-france: “Châsse 2ᵉ”
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Sarah Lipstate (Noveller)
With all live performances canceled, this was truly the year of demo videos and home studio recording for me. These are 10 pieces of gear that came out in 2020 that helped keep me feeling creative and inspired during lockdown. In no particular order:
EHX Oceans 12 Dual Stereo Reverb - The Oceans 12 ticks all the boxes for what I’m looking for in a great soundscaping reverb. I used the Shimmer and Reverse algorithms in conjunction a lot when I was composing music for a film score.
Chase Bliss Audio Blooper - While I don’t actually own a Blooper, I had the pleasure of borrowing one from Mike of Baranik Guitars after NAMM this year. He made an incredible Blooper-inspired guitar and I was completely charmed by them both. Chase Bliss always delivers pedals that push me creatively and the Blooper truly hits the mark.
Cooper FX Arcades - I love everything Cooper FX has released to-date so the opportunity to access those sounds in one pedal via plug-in cartridges is just awesome.
SolidGoldFX NU-33 - I was asked to do a demo of this pedal for its release and ended up being really charmed by this box’s approach to lo-fi nostalgia. I’ve used it a lot for film scoring and highly recommend adding it to your collection.
Demedash Effects T-120 DLX V2 - I LOVE a good tape echo and the T-120 Deluxe V2 ranks up there with the best I’ve tried. This pedal made its way to me this Christmas and I look forward to making some beautiful sounds with it in the new year.
Hologram Electronics Microcosm - The Microcosm is one of those pedals where you should fully read the manual before diving in but once you put in that initial effort you’ve got a massively powerful tool on your hands. It does glitch like no other. Definitely worth the homework
Azzam Bells MP019 - I discovered this unique instrument through a post on Reverb’s IG page and immediately looked it up and ordered one. These experimental percussion instruments are hand-made in Italy and they’re as beautiful visually as they are sonically. I used it for bowed cymbal and daxophone sounds on a film score and it was absolutely haunting.
Echopark Dual Harmonic Boost 2 - I love the control you have over dialing in the perfect amount of grit with these dual boost circuits. I use it a lot as a textural tool when I’m laying down drones or bringing in big distorted swells. It’s one of the most versatile overdrives in my collection and I love that.
Fender Parallel Universe Series Volume II Maverick Dorado - I was smitten with the Maverick Dorado when I first saw it at NAMM. It has a lot of the specs that I look for in a guitar and the body shape with the Mystic Pine finish just blew me away. I hope that I get to use it live soon.
Polyeffects Beebo - The Beebo is one of those pedals that I genuinely feel is smarter than I am. It’s like an entire computer in one small touchscreen box. I can’t claim to have mastered using it yet but the sounds that I have managed to get out of it so far have been brilliant. I’m looking forward to spending more time with this box in 2021
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HELM 2020 REVIEW
Let's get the bad stuff out the way first, 2020 was undoubtedly an awful year. I'm still not sure how to really respond to seeing a global pandemic bring the capital to its knees and everything I love and hold dear to a grinding halt. Our government fucked it's response, putting profit before people and killing tens of thousands. The Labour Party descended into farce with the newly elected leader Sir Keith revealing himself as a bland centrist with no opposition or ideas. On a personal level it sucked not being able to travel or see my friends in different parts of the world - or even the same country - who I am starting to miss a lot. However, I was fortunate enough to get through the year with my sanity intact. Music, art and culture once again being my main positive. I think I listened to more music than I have in any year ever. I read more books than I have done since I was a teenager probably. I also re-discovered the joys of walking long distances and am extremely thankful for living near a lot of incredible green spaces: Epping Forest, Walthamstow Wetlands, Walthamstow Marshes, Wanstead Park, Wanstead Flats...
Music. My favourite albums of the year.
Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsi
Wetware - Flail
Raspberry Bulbs - Before The Age Of Mirrors
Necrot - Mortal
Rope Sect - The Great Flood
Private World - Aleph
Oneohtrix Point Never - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never
Pyrrhon - Abcess Time
CS+Kreme - Snoopy
Speaker Music - Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry
Drew McDowall - Agalma
Regis - Hidden In This Is The Light That You Miss
Nazar - Guerilla
Zoviet France - Russian Heterodoxical Songs (and all the ZF reissues!!)
Triple Negative - God Bless the Death Drive
Permission - Organised People Suffer
Actress - Karma & Desire
Acolytes - Stress II
The Gerogerigegege - >(decrescendo)
Chubby & The Gang - Speed Kills
Flora Yin-Wong - Holy Palm
Eiko Ishibashi - Hyakki Yagyo
The The - See Without Being Seen
Prurient - Casablanca Flamethrower
Henning Christiansen - L’essere Umano Errabando La Voce Errabando
Subdued - Over The Hills And Far Away
Rian Treanor - File Under UK Metaplasm
Komare - The Sense Of Hearing
Shredded Nerve - Acts Of Betrayal
Jesu - Terminus
Autechre - SIGN
Hey Colossus - Dances / Curses
Sparkle Division - To Feel Embraced
Mark Harwood - A Perfect Punctual Paradise Under My Own Name
Still House Plants - Fast Edit
The Bug & Dis Fig - In Blue
Kommand - Terrorscape
Haus Arafna - Asche
Khthoniik Cerviiks - Æequiizoiikum
Worm - Gloomlord
Kraus - A Golden Brain
Faceless Burial - Speciation
A shout-out to Jon Abby's AMPLIFY series on Bandcamp / Facebook, which I contributed a new piece of music to.
A shout out to the labels where most of the music I listened to seemed to come from:
The Trilogy Tapes
Iron Bonehead
Penultimate Press
Dais
La Vida Es Un Mus
Gigs. Despite live music being destroyed in 2020 I still saw a few unforgettable performances at the beginning of the year.
Graham Lambkin @ The ICA, London
Puce Mary / JFK @ The Glove That Fits, London
Demilich @ Finnfest, The Garage, London
Container / PC World / National Unrest @ Venue MOT, London
S.H.I.T / Asid / Chubby & The Gang @ Static Shock Festival, ExFed, London
Books I enjoyed. Most not published this year, but all read in 2020.
Joe Kennedy - Authentocrats
David Balzer - Curationism
Tom Mills - BBC: The Myth Of A Public Service
Simon Morris - Consumer Guide: Special Edition
Luke Turner - Out Of The Woods
Various - Bad News For Labour
Mike Wendling - Alt-Right
Baited Area issues 1 & 2.
Film. Three good films I saw this year which I hadn't before.
Suspiria (Remake)
Midsommar
Cannibal Holocaust
Podcasts. I listened to a lot of these whilst walking.
We Don't Talk About The Weather
Novara Media Tysky Sour & Novara FM
Grounded with Louis Theroux
System of Systems
Red Scare loveline episodes
Suite 212
NOISEXTRA
Social Discipline
CONTAIN
TV.
Didn't watch a huge amount and what I did was mostly trash. For some reason I rewatched both series' of This Life, a British drama from the late 90's about a group of young professionals house sharing and navigating their careers. Very cringey and has aged terribly, but it was perversely fascinating to revisit something from that time in the age of the pandemic. Following on from this I binge watched the entire series of Industry which was entertaining enough. A programme about a bunch of horny bankers with what felt like a confused ideology behind it. It seemed stuck between trying to criticise and glorify the culture around the industry, but also protect the industry itself from outside criticism by portraying anyone who may oppose as an insufferable wanker. Currently halfway through Succession which is OK. The Murdoch documentaries on the BBC were excellent and a rare respite from their descent into client journalism.
Thanks to anyone who listened to my music this year also. Best wishes to you all for 2021.
Luke Younger
http://hhelmm.com | http://alter.bandcamp.com
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Elliott Sharp
composer
1. My Nr. 1 lesson: patience. Whether it's bouncing through 30 seconds of severe turbulence at 39000 feet or slogging through 30 minutes of a interminable piece of concert music, one attribute I've tried to develop is the ability to see past the discrete and awaited ending, the exact framing of the immediate process, but put it into the context of a larger time frame. I've found that this year more than all others has demanded it. Breathing helps...
2. Books: revisiting old favorites from the realm of Thomas Pynchon and Philip K. Dick (both especially relevant), digging into John Lomax's portrait of Jelly Roll Morton, the works of Colson Whitehead, random things off of the shelf…
3. Composing: with touring off the table, I focused on that which needed to be written, some requested and commissioned, some spontaneously springing forth. Composing requires that one open the windows wide to the world, which at this moment brought in grief, terror, uncertainty, anxiety, visions of plague and pestilence and incipient fascism. Okay, now shut the window and get to work! How to process, translate, transform? The work can be a comfortable and obsessive cocoon once one learns to handle the radioactive materials and put them into the creativity reactor.
4. Beans! We have long been a fan in our house of the wide world of legumes but this year brought two stars to the front: the black bean and the red lentil. The black bean commands the lofty peaks but the seemingly infinite variations of dal surround it. Ginger, garlic, turmeric, smoked paprika, cayenne, onions, and olive oil form the basis then imagination builds.
5. Online teaching substituted for my canceled conduction of workshops in the Pyrenees Mountains of France. Between the participants and myself, we built a temporary but very congenial space online to share concepts and music. In addition, private lessons brought conversation and music with new friends in Germany, Italy, California, Australia, Illinois, Denmark, Pennsylvania, Spain, Florida, Brazil.
6. What started out as "stress baking" (before I even had heard of the term) soon became a frequent practice that yielded very edible results. The twins preferred the sweeter forays into banana bread and chocolate cake. I tried to find a balance between tried-and-true techniques and experiments in texture and taste with yeasted pumpernickels, multi-grains, and seed breads.
7. While not the same as performing 'live ', online gigs proved that it was possible to generate a surprising amount of adrenaline even without the pheromonal handshaking of a room filled with receptive ears. As a corollary, online recording collaborations with friends worldwide proved to be inspiring and a suitable substrate for sonic experimentation, exploration of new instruments, tunings, effects programming, structures. In these realms, shout-outs to Helene Breschand, Mike Cooper, Henry Kaiser, Tracie Morris, Mikel Banks, Dougie Bowne, Payton McDonald, Billy Martin, Colin Stetson, Jim O'Rourke, Scott Amendola, Roberto Zorzi, Jason Hoopes, Eric Mingus, Melanie Dyer, Dave Hofstra, Don McKenzie, Sergio Sorrentino, Veniero Rizzardi, Taylor Ho Bynum, Scott Fields, Bachir Attar, Karl Bruckmaier, Robbie Lee, Matthew Evan Taylor, Matteo Liberatore, Al Kaatz, David Barratt, Jessica Hallock, Kolin Zeinikov, Robbie Lee, Jeremy Nesse, James Ilgenfritz, Sergio Armaroli, Steve Piccolo, Sandy Ewen, David Weinstein, Jim Whittemore, Chris Vine, Werner Puntigam, William Schimmel.
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Daniel O’Sullivan
(Grumbling Fur, Guapo, Miasma & the Carousel of Headless Horses, Ulver, Sunn O))), Æthenor, Laniakea, Miracle, Mothlite, and This Is Not This Heat.)
Music
Richard Youngs - Ein Klein Nein
Alabaster DePlume - Instrumentals
Hildegard von Bingen - O Nobilissima Viriditas
Francisco de Penalosa - Missa Ave Maria Peregrina
Carlo Gesualdo - Responsoria 1611
Dirty Projectors - Five EPs
Sonic Boom - All Things Being Equal
Brother Peter Broderick - Blackberry
Richard Horowitz - Eros Of Arabia
Duncan Trussell Family Hour
Cocteau Twins in the bath
Books/comics
Alexander Tucker - Entity Reunion II
Derek Jarman - Chroma
Stephen Harrod Buhner - Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm
The Penguin Book Of Irish Poetry - edited by Patrick Crotty
The Gospel Of Ramakrishna - translated by Swami Nikhilananda
Lucretius - De Rerum Natura
Plotinus - Enneads
Ram Dass - Grist For The Mill
Lisa Brown - Phantom Twin
Other
Fasting / meditation / macrodosing
Walks in freshly coppiced woodland (for the smell mainly).
Plants / Foraging / Growing
Traditional ferments
Douglas Sirk movies
Mandolorian
Writing songs on the piano
Rediscovery of Kenneth Graham via my kids
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Karl O’Connor (Regis)
01.Wolfgang Press - Unremembered, Remembered
02. Klara Lewis - Ingrid Live at Fylkingen
03. Jesu - Terminus
04. Dave Ball - Leeds Poly Demos 1979
05. Edwin Pouncey - Rated Sav X (the Savage Pencil Skratchbook)
06. The Bug - In Blue
07. New Order - Power,Corruption and Lies ( Writing Sessions )
08. JG Thirlwell and Simon Steensland - Oscillospira
09. FM Einheit and Andreas Ammer - Hammerschlag
10. Thurston Moore - By The Fire
11. Body Stuff - Body Stuff 3
12. Ann M Hogan - Honeysuckle Burials
13. Rob Halford - Confess (Autobiography)
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Caleb Braaten (Sacred Bones Records)
Shirley Collins Hearts Ease
Dehd Flowers Of Devotion
Duma Duma
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Green-House Six Songs for Invisible Gardens
John Jeffery Passage
Drew McDowall Agalma
Sweeping Promises Hunger For a Way Out
Colter Wall Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs
Woods Strange to Explain
My Favorite 90’s Nostalgia Movie Rewatches
Colors
Ghost Dog
Menace II Society
The Player
Rounders
Safe
Starship Troopers
Trees Lounge
Vampires
Waiting For Guffman
Most Culturally Bankrupt Year : 1997
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Charlie Looker
(composer, Psalm Zero, Extra Life, Seaven Teares)
Ten Things That Didn’t Happen in 2020
1. I didn’t write a ton of new music. Don’t get me wrong, I wrote some. I always do. But mostly I focused on my new YouTube channel, essays, and on getting old recordings released. I haven’t even been working a day-job so I thought I was going to write my next Ring Cycle, but I really didn’t find Covid inspiring.
2. Trump wasn’t re-elected. Cool.
3. I didn’t lose anyone to Covid. I am, of course, profoundly grateful for this. But I feel pretty embarrassed remembering group-texting ten friends in March, “We are all going to see a loved one die. Every single one of us. Don’t kid yourselves”. I can get hysterical, and that was somewhat irresponsible of me.
4. No revolution happened. I don’t mean to be smug or cynical, or to belittle anyone’s participation in the protests. But, as far as I can tell, nothing happened in 2020 that promises to reduce police brutality or human suffering of any kind. We’ll see. That burning Minneapolis police station was exciting to watch at the time, if only on an aesthetic level.
5. I have a stack of unread books I bought this year, just staring at me, with nary a crease among them. These include:
Adorno and Horkheimer, The Dialectic of Enlightenment (looks amazing, but I haven’t touched it)
Marx, Grundrisse (it’s 1000 pages for fuck’s sake. Amazon also accidentally sent me two copies, and its double presence in the stack is just comical)
Reza Negarestani, Intelligence and Spirit (the first 15 pages blew my mind, then my mind blew it off)
6. I didn’t settle into living in LA. I moved here six months before Covid and I was just starting to cultivate some friendships and play shows. This was quashed and I still feel like I still live in New York. I still barely know the layout of the city here.
7. No brand-new buzzy musical artists burst onto the scene, that I can recall. No new hyped micro-genre of the moment. There was just no way for there to be a hot new trend. I’d say that was refreshing, but it wasn’t.
8. Tyson’s return was not awesome. Two minute rounds, ended in a draw. I’ve been getting way into boxing this past year. This fight was a bummer. I’m looking forward to Mayweather vs Logan Paul (LOL) because we know it’s comedy ahead of time.
9. For three weeks in July, I didn’t do a single thing other than watch street fight compilations on YouTube and Worldstar. That’s just grim.
10. There were no school shootings in March. Apparently, this was the first March with no school shootings since 2002. Not a single 7th grader got a hand job in March either. I cannot begin to imagine what it’s like to be a kid now.
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Chuck Bettis
https://chuckbettis.com
Other People's Music released this year:
Coil "Musick to Play in the Dark" (Dais)
Duma "s/t" (Nyege Nyege Tapes)
Twig Harper "External Boundless Prison/ in 4 parts EP" (self-release)
I.P.Y. (Ikue Mori, Phew, YoshimiO) "I.P.Y." (Tzadik)
Kill Alters "A2B2 Live Stream 11/13/2020" (self-release)
Krallice "Mass Cathexis" (self-release)
Lust$ickPuppy "Cosmic Brownie" (self-release)
Doug McKechnie "San Francisco Moog: 1968-72" (VG+ Records)
Merlin Nova "Boo!" (self-release)
Omrb "Milandthriust, The Graths of Mersh" (self-release)
Akio Suzuki & Aki Onda "gi n ga" (self-release)
Yoth Iria "Under His Sway" (Repulsive Echo)
Wetware "Flail" (Dais)
My own music released this year:
collaborations
Chatter Blip "Microcosmopolitan" (Contour Editions)
Matmos "The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form" (Thrill Jockey)
Reverse Bullets "Dreampop Dsyphoria" (self-release)
Snake Union "live at Roulette" (self-release)
Snake Union w/ Hisham Bharoocha, Bonnie Jones, Heejin Jang, Matthew Regula "Three Arrows" (Rat Route)
Thomas Dimuzio "Balance" (Gench Music)
YoshimiO & Chuck Bettis "Live at the Stone" (Living Myth)
solo
Chuck Bettis "Arc of Enlghtenment" (Living Myth)
Chuck Bettis "Motion Parallax" (Living Myth)
compilation
Various Artist "Polished Turds Vol.1" (Granpa)
Music Books read this year
"Intermediary Spaces" by Eliane Radigue/Julia Eckhardt (Umland)
"Ennio Morricone In His Own Words" by Ennio Morricone/Alessandro De Rosa (Oxford University Press)
"Free Jazz In Japan: A Personal History" by Soejima Teruto (Public Bath Press)
"Rumors of Noizu: Hijokaidan and the Road to 2nd Damascus" by Kato David Hopkins (Public Bath Press)
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Maya Hardinge
(musician / artist)
list of things i liked this year
first ever solo road trip through new mexico and Texas right before lockdown
experiencing manhattan with no cars on the road . having a car to escape in to nature. (which i craved so much)
walks and bike rides with friends… FRIENDS!
The web site ‘workaway’ that helped me feel that there were options for escape.
playing games weekly on zoom during lock down
teaching yoga weekly on zoom.
Witnessing and being part of the BLM protests.
witnessing and being part of the demise of T
sitting on my couch at 6am drinking a cup of tea, appreciating my apt.
making time to meditate.
halloween without tourists .
some music I’ve bought and/or enjoyed this year
Elvis Perkins-Black Coat Daughter
Patricia Kokett -Soi soi
Henning Christiansen - OP201
Bryce Hackford- Safe
Svitlana Nianio and Oleksander - Snayesh yak? rozkazhy
Brannten schnure - Sommer im Pfirsichhain
Killing Joke - Nighttime
David Shea - Tower of mirrors
Shakey - Shakey
Woodford halse tapes
Coil - Musick to play in the dark
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BJ Nilsen
sound artist / composer
Work 2020
Despite Covid 19 lots of things actually did happen.
In Feburary I visited the only active nuclear plant in The Nederlands as part of my "Expanded Field Recording” project together with SML. In March revisited the Acousmonium at the Elevate Festival in Graz with an additional trip deep inside the Schlossberg recording old mining trains. In March and April I did two daily recording projects “Pending and Auditory Scenes” - both of Amsterdam during lockdown. In May did my first Zoom field recording workshop with the CAMP project. In June & July two research trips in Waldviertel, Austria with Franz Pomassl. In August recorded bells and organs in 10 different churches around Amsterdam for Jacob Lekkerkerker. In September recorded Kali Malone at the Orgelpark in Amsterdam. Performed at Heart of Noise Festival in Innsbruck and A4 in Bratislava. Also went ice-skating for first time in 20? Years. In November and December I travelled to Jeju island to record field recordings for a project by Femke Herregraven for the Gwangju Biennale, commissioned for 2021.
Did lots of gardening, released two tapes “Call it Philips, Eindoven” and “Zomer 2020” with Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson.
NOW! Looking forward to 2021.
http://bjnilsen.info
https://soundcloud.com/bjnilsen/sets/auditory-scenes-amsterdam
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Vicki Bennett
(People Like Us)
Negativland - True False https://negativland.com/products/truefalse-cd (this came out last year but is so THIS year)
Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways https://www.bobdylan.com/albums/rough-and-rowdy-ways/
The Soft Pink Truth - We from Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase https://thesoftpinktruth.bandcamp.com/album/shall-we-go-on-sinning-so-that-grace-may-increase
Carl Stone - Stolen Car https://unseenworlds.bandcamp.com/album/stolen-car
Porest - Sedimental Gurney https://porest.bandcamp.com/album/sedimental-gurney
Matmos - The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form https://matmos.bandcamp.com/album/the-consuming-flame-open-exercises-in-group-form
Domenique Dumont - Miniatures De Auto Rhythm https://antinoterecordings.bandcamp.com/album/atn044-domenique-dumont-miniatures-de-auto-rhythm
The The - See Without Being Seen https://www.thethe.com/product/see-without-being-seen-cd/
Ciggy de la Noche - Hold Tight HMRC https://soundcloud.com/ciggydelanoche/hold-tight-hmrc
Neil Cicierega - Mouth Dreams http://www.neilcic.com/mouthdreams/
and my details:
http://peoplelikeus.org/
https://peoplelikeus-vickibennett.bandcamp.com/
pic: http://peoplelikeus.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Welcome-Abroad-promo3-2-scaled.jpg
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DJ Food
Music -
Type 303 - Sticky Disco / Analogue Acidbath 7" (45 Live)
The British Space Group - The Ley of the Land CD (Wyrd Britain)
Squarepusher - Be Up A Hello LP / Warp 10 NTS mix (Warp)
dgoHn - Undesignated Proximate (Modern Love)
LF58 - Alterazione LP (Astral Industries)
Robert Fripp - Music For Quiet Moments series (DGM)
Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (BMG)
Simf Onyx - Magenta Skyline / The Unresolved 7" (Delights)
Luke Vibert - Modern Rave LP (Hypercolour)
JG Thirlwell & Simon Steensland - Oscillospira (Ipecac)
Aural Design - Looking & Seeing 7" / DL (Russian Library)
Luke Vibert - Rave Hop (Hypercolour)
Clipping. with Christopher Fleeger - Double Live (Sub Pop)
APAT - Terry Riley's 'In C' performed on Modular Synthesizer (YouTube)
Field Lines Cartographer - The Spectral Isle LP (Castles In Space)
Jane Weaver - The Revolution of Super Visions single (Fire Records)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - K.G. LP (Flightless)
Humanoid - Hed-Set - forthcoming on (De:tuned)
Film / TV -
Inside No.9 (BBC)
What We Do In The Shadows Season 2 (Netflix)
Tales From The Loop (Amazon)
Keith Haring - Street Art Boy (BBC)
John Was Trying To Contact Aliens (Netflix)
The Social Dilemma (Netflix)
The Mandalorian (Season 2) (Disney+)
Long Hot Summers - The Style Council documentary (Sky Arts)
Zappa (Alex Winter)
Books / Comics / Magazines
Confessions of a Bookseller - Shaun Bythell (Profile books)
The Often Wrong - Farel Dalrymple (Image Comics)
Edwin Pouncey - Rated SavX (Strange Attractor Press)
Jeffrey Lewis - Fuff (all issues - really late to the party on this one)
Rian Hughes - XX - A Novel, Graphic (Picador)
Cosey Fanni Tutti - Art, Sex, Music (Faber)
Caza - Kris Kool (Passenger Press)
Dan Lish - Egostrip Vol.1
Electronic Sound magazine
Decorum - Jonathan Hickman & Mike Huddleston (Image)
John Higgs - Stranger Than We Can Imagine
Simon Halfon - Cover To Cover (Nemperor)
Very few exhibitions or shows this year for obvious reasons
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Tim Clarke’s 2020
Trying to make sense of 2020 leaves me at a loss for words. Australia began the year with a Black Summer, as terrifying bushfires swept across vast swathes of the country. And then, of course, COVID-19 hit. Melbourne went into lockdown, many of us began working from home, and human connection, fragility, mortality and economic recession were all more important talking points than music. Yes, the music industry took a huge hit as the gig economy was decimated, but focus switched, it seemed, to smaller moments of connection. I transitioned from a headphone commute and attending sporadic gigs to sneaking in listening whenever I could: around home-schooling my daughter, during car rides, on headphones before bed, or while working from home. Music has seemed simultaneously less important and more important than ever. As a result, I couldn’t get a clear sense of how the albums that meant the most to me in 2020 could be arranged in any kind of order, so here they are alphabetically.
Activity — Unmask Whoever (Western Vinyl)
Unmask Whoever by Activity
Arising from the ashes of the criminally underrated Grooms, Activity put out their debut early in the year, latching onto my subconscious with their bewitching blend of noise-rock and synth-pop. Imagine Sonic Youth wandering lost in a haunted forest and you’re on your way to getting a handle on this slippery beast.
Anjimile — Giver Taker (Father Daughter)
Giver Taker by Anjimile
This one caught me by surprise late in the year, mainly thanks to Jennifer Kelly’s review. Giver Taker brings together the sprightly melodic sensibility of Illinoise-era Sufjan Stevens and the rhythmic and vocal qualities of the sorely missed Wild Beasts. Short, sweet and amiably tuneful.
Fake Laugh — Dining Alone (State 51 Conspiracy)
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Kam Khan not only has a way with a tune, he also has a subtle sense of humor. On Dining Alone, he’s evolved the power/guitar-pop of his fantastic self-titled debut into a more strident, synthesized sound that’s undercut by self-deprecating wordplay and sly instrumental details. Catchy as all hell.
Yves Jarvis — Sundry Rock Song Stock (Anti- / Flemish Eye)
Sundry Rock Song Stock by Yves Jarvis
I’d never heard any of this guy’s music before this year. Jean-Sébastien Audet creates gorgeously affecting psych-pop that unfolds like a half-remembered fever dream. Woozy, hazy and deeply beautiful.
King Krule — Man Alive! (XL)
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Hard to articulate how music that is so gloriously warts-and-all ugly can be so satisfying, but Archy Marshall has done it with his new album. Smoky jazz, belligerent post-punk and stoned lo-fi are all stirred together into a murky and intoxicating soup.
Adrianne Lenker — Songs (4AD)
songs by Adrianne Lenker
Given my adoration of last year’s two Big Thief records, I was really looking forward to Adrianne Lenker’s new solo albums. Instrumentals missed the mark for me, but Songs really shines, Lenker mustering a moving suite of achingly intimate folk.
Loma — Don’t Shy Away (Sub Pop)
Don't Shy Away by LOMA
Loma’s self-titled debut was my favorite album of 2018, so this follow-up was eagerly awaited. It didn’t end up quite what I was hoping for, but Don’t Shy Away is deeply affecting and intricately crafted, nonetheless. Emily Cross’s voice is as bewitching as ever, this time set within a more varied collection of songs, venturing into art-pop as well as their more familiar folk-rock terrain.
Protomartyr — Ultimate Success Today (Domino)
Ultimate Success Today by Protomartyr
A new Protomartyr album is always cause for celebration here at Dusted, and Ultimate Success Today is up there among their best. This time around they’ve incorporated a wider instrumental palette, including woodwind and cello, while also, somehow, getting heavier, befitting a year in desperate need of catharsis.
Shabason, Krgovich & Harris — Philadelphia (Idée Fixe)
Philadelphia by Shabason, Krgovich & Harris
Remember the Neil Young song “Philadelphia” from the Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington movie of the same name? Joseph Shabason, Nicholas Krgovich and Chris Harris do, and their interpretation sets the tone of this lovely album: hushed, introspective, delicately beautiful.
Andrew Wasylyk — Fugitive Light and Themes of Consolation (Athens of the North)
Fugitive Light and Themes of Consolation by Andrew Wasylyk
This is the third album in a trilogy of gorgeous instrumental records from Andrew Mitchell (who also plays bass in rabble-rousers Idlewild). Though all three albums are good, this is probably the best of the three, bringing to mind the suave sci-fi lounge-pop of Air’s Moon Safari, the lush soundtracks of Sven Libaek, or Mogwai at their most restrained and minimal.
Honorable mentions (10 more in alphabetical order):
Alabaster DePlume — To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1 (International Anthem)
Any Kind — Peacock (self-released)
Autechre — Sign (Warp)
Ian William Craig — Red Sun Through Smoke (130701)
Sarah Davachi — Cantus, Descant (Late Music)
Claire Deak & Tony Dupe — The Old Capital (Lost Tribe Sound)
Lemon Quartet — Crestless (Last Resort)
Owen Pallett — Island (Domino)
Lyra Pramuk — Fountain (Bedroom Community)
Dean Roberts — Not Fire (Erstwhile)
#yearend 2020#dusted magazine#tim clarke#activity#anjimile#fake laugh#yves jarvis#king krule#adrianne lenker#loma#protomartyr#joseph shabason#nicholas krgovich#chris harris#andrew wasylyk#alabaster deplume#any kind#autechre#ian william craig#sarah davachi#claire deak#tony dupe#lemon quartet#owen pallett#lyra pramuk#dean roberts
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hello there lovely townspeople! i’m here to announce a song fic collection i will try my best to actually write, even if it takes me ages, i know hozier will still be there since he is clearly an ethereal immortal being. i hope you all enjoy these works and watching me try to be a serious writer for the sake of doing these masterpieces justice. these are all for the harry potter fandom, marauders and golden era. i will be doing these out of order, since i never know which ones will inspire me first.
i’ll be using my usual taglists for these babies, but i’m gonna add a taglist just for the collection as well in case anyone wants to be notified!
join the ‘songs of the forest’ collection tag list here
i. like real people do - regulus black
you and regulus have baggage to unpack, but for now, you should just kiss like real people do.
ii. wasteland, baby! - harry potter
in a world threatened by darkness, you and harry find light in each other.
iii. would that i - cedric diggory
it’s not alway easy falling in love again, but cedric aids you in leaving the past behind.
iv. it will come back - remus lupin
remus finally lets you in on his darkest secret.
v. almost (sweet music) - sirius black
sirius thought he was finally over you, until he realizes he keeps looking for pieces of you in other people.
vi. work song - ron weasley
you’re always there to comfort ron during his search for the horcruxes.
vii. from eden - oliver wood
a quidditch rivalry turns into a friendship with benefits, though neither of you will admit you wish it were something more.
viii. shrike - draco malfoy
your first and last conversation with draco after you’ve parted ways.
ix. dinner and diatribes - blaise zabini
dinner is far too long to keep yourself away from blaise.
x. sunlight - james potter
to you, james potter’s love is sunlight.
tagging some moots to get the word out!
@velvetcloxds @oliverwoodmarrymepls @sheraayasher @lonelyhe4rts @canibeoneofthepogues @morozovastarless @gxtitobxby @cupids-crystals @mirclealignr @wolfstar-lb @mendesxruel @sereinegemini @scandalous-chaos @dr4cking @destourtereaux @pinkandblueblurbs @littlemissnoname13
#sarah's 'songs of the forest' collection#songs of the forest#hozier#hozier song fics#harry potter#harry potter fanfiction#marauders era#golden era#lightning era#harry potter oneshots
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