#the nature trust of BC

[krispyweiss]

Quarter Notes: Blurbs & Briefs from Sound Bites

- In this edition: Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires; moe.; the Wood Brothers; Genesis

AMBASSADORS ISBELL AND SHIRES, I PRESUME: Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires are the 2023 Record Store Day ambassadors.

To celebrate, the couple will release a joint EP, the Sound Emporium, available in - where else? - record stores - when else? - on RSD, April 22.

THE KEYS TO mOE.: Keyboardist Nate Wilson has joined moe. full time. His arrival marks the band’s first lineup chance since Jim Loughlin rejoined in 1999.

Wilson had been touring with the group while guitarist Chuck Garvey recovered from a 2021 stroke.

“He has since proven himself a valued contributor to our sound, and now with Chuck back in the groove, he compliments our overall style,” bassist Rob Derhak said in a statement.

WOOD BROTHERS GIVE BACK: Continuing a 2022 tradition, the Wood Brothers will donate $1 of every concert ticket sold to the Nature Trust of BC.

“We have to do things for wildlife for its own sake and conservation is so important for wildlife,” Chris Wood told the organization. “Land acquisitions are so important for conservation, and the Nature Trust is doing a great job of securing land.”

GENESIS BBC BOX SET ON TAP: Genesis will release BBC Broadcasts, a 53-track box set, March 3.

Singers Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins and Ray Wilson are all represented on what Rhino Records calls “cream of the group’s work recorded by the BBC between 1970 and 1998.”

1/31/23

#quarter notes #jason isbell #amanda shires #jason isbell and the 400 unit #drive by truckers #record store day #moe. #nate wilson #chuck garvey #rob derhak #al schnier #jim loughlin #vinnie amico #the wood brothers #the nature trust of bc #chris wood #oliver wood #jano rix #medeski martin and wood #genesis #the bbc broadcasts #rhino records #peter gabriel #steve hackett #tony banks #mike rutherford #phil collins #ray wilson

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

utter bullshit that we stop growing at a certain age.

humans should grow (both taller and wider) at a continuous rate throughout our lifespans. i want to be 80 years old with the proportions of an average human being except i am the height of a multistory building. that would be so fun. that would require so much societal rearrangement. this isn't a want it's a need

#snyesyd #you want worldbuilding? here's your worldbuilding *shoves it across the table* #take it! confiscate it from me! i cannot be trusted to provide a nurturing home environment. #there are legends that certain tall people who manage to reach the age of 100 have in fact surpassed the height of the statue of liberty #it hasn't been proven solely bc people that Old and Tall have no interest whatsoever in standing up just to prove/document a point #they are 100+ years old and 150+ feet tall and they are Tired and they Do Not Give A Shit #they will stand up on their great-great-grandkid's birthday so the kid can sit on their shoulder & survey the majesty of nature & etc #anything more than that? they're not interested they're staying in bed

[virgothozul]

Ok. I have listened to the people. I have watched the thing. It is very wholesome.

Kazu comes home. He is hopeless and tipsy. And he swings between excited and wasted.

#I am SICK of Miri’s voice ngl #I know kids are loud. And make a mess of EVERYthing. That’s why i stay away. #But for Kazurei ; I made it to the end #They are precious #Rei is so cute I love this guy #He has 0 human skill and still is effortlessly hilarious and a little cutie 👏💖 #i wish we had more of their relationship bc they have sth really special #They never question their trust in each other like it never crosses their mind. They disagree almost all the time but they never part #It’s more natural than breathing. They’re always saying stuff like « it’s not fit to involve other people in our way of life » #it’s not even an option to live apart. They clearly will spend all their lives together #Except that scene it’s so weird when Kazu says « hum with Miri gone we don’t have a reason to live together anymore » lol man #Not as if you guys were already joined at the hip before meeting her. But I get the «the family life changed us now sth’s missing #and it feels incomplete ». But still guys. You are soul mates. #Also the « of course he comes with me. He’s my partner. » line 💕💍 #even if at some point they meant to part ways ; really they can’t be separated. #kazurei #No homo daddies #Buddy daddies #kazuki x rei #Domestic gays

[beaulesbian]

Trigun Stampede s01 || Vash + the reflection on his glasses

(edit: added one i missed)

( @crazymadredfox​ thank you for the mention of this part!)

#cant believe i missed this one when i specifically rewatched the whole season for this :') #trigun #vash #vash the stampede #trigun stampede #trigunedit #mine #gif:trigun #so i thought the reflective effect appeared in more episodes but it was only episode 1 #and then it kinda reappears when vash is not vash anymore in eps 11-12 #the first episode had a lot of bright lights (desert sun and then the lights from the plants) #which made the reflection seem natural to happen but it was interesting it happened quite a lot as a storytelling tool almost #like it helped to push across this introduction of vash bc at first we dont know anything about him (first time fans like me heh) #so they hide his eyes in important moments including his first appearance #and it goes possibly for how that reflection is how vash doesnt know meryl or roberto yet so it takes a while for him to trust them #and see whats their deal #i like that 7th gif with comparison of rosa beside vash.. you can see her go on a whole journey with just her eyes #but vash's thought process is hidden until the last moment where he doesnt want to fight the julai guys who want to take him #the last one is so creepy.. he's an empty husk! there could be pain or numbness or multiple other emotions in his eyes #but the glasses put them behind a barrier and only the movement tells us more that hes floating there trapped emotionless #its so sad.. uff i love this show

[obimaulartfire]

When Maul and Obiwan touch foreheads in a piece of writing, my lifespan increases.

This was partly based on a scene in @nicolabarth's fic, Rage and Hope. Go check it out if you haven't already :)

#obimaul #obi wan x maul #obiwan kenobi #darth maul #star wars #star wars the clone wars #fanfic fanart #swtcw #my art #shippy things #i just think this gesture is so tender #i adore when any ship does it but especially these two because maul has horns and it's a sign of trust i feel #i didn't make obiwan's eyes completely gold because like i wanted this to apply to them in general not just in the fic #but if you look there's some specks of gold in there #maul #obimaulartfire #i get embarrassed drawing shipping things but i'm coming out of my shell a bit #anyway hope u enjoy :) #oh ALSO! (bc I love rambling) #i really tried to make the expressive nature of my artstyle more apparent here #i'm trying to embrace it you know? as much as i love clean lineart i love expressive pieces too

[dramarants]

i only want love triangles if it's whatever fucked up polygon junmo kicheol and euijeong have going on

#the worst of evil #ranting #idk how to articulate how juicy it is #junmo's fierce protectiveness of his wife - he trusts her but can't help his jealousy fear or frustration while trapped in the situation #euijeong hurting but putting her own life on the line worried for her husband while unpacking the memories of her first love #she can't help but sympathize with kicheol and what he's endured; haven't seen much of how she feels rn but it must be c o n f l i c t e d #(not necessarily even in a romantic way but wanting to root for a person chasing their goals who was once so important to you) #(all while grieving her mother without the support of her literal goddamn spouse by her side) #and kicheol. also grieving and trying to establish a place for himself and his crew yet drawn to junmo despite the red flags #his panic and desperation when jungmo bled out on him which must have triggered his own memories of losing taeho #junmo who has every reason to despise kicheol barely concealing his general rage but protects him like it's second nature at every turn #all while conflicted as a bystander to atrocities (and now willfully leaving another cop to die to protect himself his wife and the mission #getting mentally and physically pummeled left and right just bc his superiors demand it from him #all to please euijeong's family by using the promotions to prove himself and get rid of the stigma weighing him down #like !!! #and haven't even touched on kicheol wooing euijeong against his buddy's wishes and in such a pure heart fluttering way #accepting the risk for a second chance to bathe in the bright light she used to shine on his life #OMG AND BIBI'S ENTRANCE!! junmo realizing her interest gives him leverage and agency but struggling to use it to his advantage #it's soooo messy and i'm obsessed #that funeral arc is gonna haunt me for years #as is the tension during the pat down which def was supposed to be like a gang pride/dignity/lack of power against the jp folks thing #also testing their relationship and responsibilites as leader subordinate #but felt charged around whether kicheol would protest or junmo would accept the manhandling in totally different 👀 ways #goddamn i wrote an essay and this doesn't even scratch the surface of the meat of the show #tldr; i have many many feelings and for once the 'love triangle' isn't making me gauge out my own eyeballs #it's about power it's about raising the stakes and revealing things about the characters w/o dominating the plot

[drunkwithoutalchohol]

Shelby: I’ve been dropping them the most insanely obvious hints for like a year now. No response.

Katherine: Wow. They sound stupid.

Shelby: But they’re not. They’re really smart actually. Just dense.

Katherine: Maybe you need to be more obvious? Like, I don’t know… “Hey! I love you!”

Shelby: I guess you’re right. Hey Katherine, I love you.

Katherine: See! Just say that!

Shelby: Holy shit.

Katherine: If that flies over their head then, sorry Shelby, but they're too dumb for you.

Shelby: Katherine.

#katherine elizabeth #shelby shubble #empires smp #empires s2 #it's s2 this time #bc it fits so well #this actually happened I was there #trust me #nature wives

[northern-passage]

I want to express how much I love Clem as a character! I love how mysterious they are. My hunter doesn't trust them as far as they can throw them (avoiding taking the deal by using Lea as an excuse) but they still don't want to see them get hurt, especially by Duncan. And I as a reader am so excited to learn about them and see where their story goes...

clementine is Thee little meow meow

#whoever drew this im kissing u on the mouth #clementine #ask #anonymous #i like that most ppl ignore clem's suspicious nature bc theyre so cute. like hmmm theyre sus... dont trust them.... #but also if something happens to them i will kill everyone in this room and then myself

[bunnihearted]

hmm

#i just feel like i cant connect to anyone #i dont feel safe with anyone. ppl are so cold and callous #and in fact most ppl support and contribute to abuse & rape culture #and knowing that just makes me not feel safe or comfortable with them #thus i cant trust them w my experiences. i cant trust them at all tbh #+ i have a deeper connection w animals & nature and most ppl.. are so disconnected from those #i just dont feel.. ok with anyone #also the fact that i constantly have to mask. every interaction w ppl feels like a performance #everyone already has decided what they think others should be. and i dont fit into that. im none of it #so i feel sm like no one could understand me. and in turn i dont understand anyone either :/ #it's making me feel so so so so fucking lonely #my world views and experiences and everything are things i just cannot ignore #i simply cant shut it off and be w ppl regardless #and i know i cant expect to meet ppl EXACTLY like me. but i just want some that are kinda similar #sigh all of this is so hard to even put into words. it feels like im not explaining this properly #i just look around me sometimes and feel so extremely alone bc i cant connect w anyone. i just dont understand ppl at all. #and i just wanna feel safe and comfortable #maybe what im saying is that someone world views and morals etc are important to me #i cant connect with someone who denies a genocide for example #bc that is so fundamentally against who i am and what i believe in #but it is so fkn rare i cant even come up w an example of me coming across someone similar to mtyself #idk.. just dont wanna be alone

[krispyweiss]

Wood Brothers and Fans Protect Wildlife

- “Let’s do it again,” band says

One dollar from every Wood Brothers ticket sold in 2022 was donated to the Nature Trust of BC.

Working under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service added $2 to every one the Woods raised.

Together, the United States and Canada used the funds to conserve and protect wetlands and cross-border migration corridors.

“Thanks to everyone who bought a ticket to our shows this past year,” the band said in a statement.

“Your support helped permanently protect two essential wetland habitats. Let’s do it again” in 2023.

1-2-23

#the wood brothers #chris wood #oliver wood #jano rix #the nature trust of BC #the u.s. fish and wildlife service

[theygender]

I love being T4T. My gf has been on estrogen for a couple weeks now and she's been having a rough time with her mood so I'm teaching her about the ancient art of soaking in a bubble bath with a little drink to sip while watching shows on your laptop

#pro-tip for any girls newly on E. this is The Cure for PMS #(which accurately describes what youre going through btw) #other great cures include putting on nice smelling lotion and fuzzy socks and wrapping yourself in a blanket burrito/nest #also eating lots of chocolate or other sweets and drinking your favorite caffeinated beverages #my mom used to always put on lotion and fuzzy socks and drink dr pepper and eat chocolate #my cousin likes to watch netflix in the bath with wine and then get in a blanket burrito with her favorite lemonade tea #if youve got someone to take care of you then you dont even have to come out of the burrito. you can just ask them to bring you things #all of these methods help a lot. we're experts on this you can trust me (family of people with endometriosis) #also if youre having headaches and bloating and stomach pain you might try midol (generic works fine) #it has acetaminophen for pain + caffeine for headaches (like excedrin) + antihistamine for bloating #also to clarify: i said girls newly on E only bc i figured girls who have been on it for a while might have already figured this stuff out #but PMS is by no means exclusive to transfems who have newly started on E #many transfems have reported getting PMS symptoms and even cramps on a monthly basis after being on estrogen for a while #this is bc after a while on E your body can start naturally making more estrogen and this can come with its own hormone cycle #and as a result you can essentially get all of the symptoms of a period just without the actual bleeding #(this can include cramps bc even in cis women the signals for the muscle spasms can sometimes get misdirected to nearby organs— #unfortunately causing stomach issues as well) #so if anyone out there happens to not already know this information and youve been feeling like shit periodically for seemingly no reason #now you know 😅 #its your period #rambling

[sporefound]

what is your underlying motif?

the lightning rod

whether it’s your turbulent nature, your flash quick mind, or the air of unknown about you, your undercurrent is the lightning rod. you are somewhat unpredictable, but if we unraveled we’d see you know exactly what you’re doing, but it’s makes you feel less vulnerable to pretend it wasn’t planned. some people stay back from you, but others would follow you cross country, for the very same reason. they don’t know enough about you. the difference is in who wants to learn more. keep your golden nature, it’s exciting, but don’t be afraid to admit what you know. matshona dhliwayo said “lightning strikes but does not roar” your bite will always be worse than your bark, keep that close to your chest.

tagged by: @shdwtouch

tagging: @feygloom, @triickst, @stilettobite, @softersinned, @savageshadows, @championsofthegate, @shiilelagh, @lieriel !!!

#hc. #so true tho #the bit about some people not wanting to follow / some people willing to follow you everywhere #i was literally working on a meta abt how nita doesn't do half-baked trust #she requires a certain level of devotion bcs it is security to her #but she is hard to predict & is often at the mercy of her wild nature #she knows this but pretends it's a surprise #anyways i love this this is actually very accurate

[claitea]

thinking about anthea and concordia and how they knew n's time growing up in the castle was awful but they probably couldn't do much about it because they were also under ghetsis's "care"

#pokemon #pokemon black and white #pokemon bw #n harmonia #natural harmonia gropius #pokemon anthea #pokemon concordia #clai's art #i dont know what anthea and concordia are like outside of the games where they appear uh. literally once per version. which sucks #so my take is that they. being older than n and also raised by people before being orphaned. did not have the same extreme views #they didnt doubt that humans hurt pokemon at first bc they saw the same injured pokemon that ghetsis brought to n #but they knew not all humans were like that. so they would try to tell n that but he trusted ghetsis above all else #as they got older they realized more and more what ghetsis's true intentions with n were but by then it was too late #n was too deep in the worldview ghetsis forced on him and ghetsis viewed him as disposable #one step out of line from anthea or concordia to protect n or steer him away from the path ghetsis put him on-- #--would probably mean dire consequences for any of them. so all they could do was watch #i hope that all makes sense idk. i dont often write detailled backstories for characters i cant do it well all that much #anyway anthea and concordia DESERVE more of a role in the story than just last minute lore dump #they have POTENTIAL

[cornerful]

Sméagol and the Gift

'Now!' said Sam. 'At last I can deal with you!' He leaped forward with drawn blade ready for battle. But Gollum did not spring. He fell flat upon the ground and whimpered.

'Don't kill us,' he wept. 'Don't hurt us with nassty cruel steel! Let us live, yes, live just a little longer. Lost lost! We're lost. And when Precious goes we'll die, yes, die into the dust.'

Devastated by this. Just a little longer, he begs. Even though his existence is a torment. Even though the will that holds him to life is barely his own anymore. He has long outlived his time but it's such a cruelty that now the only freedom for him is in death. I'm glad Sam didn't kill him but the whole scenario is awful.

When a mortal keeps a ring of power he does not gain more life, he continues, denied natural mortality as the fear of death is amplified and twisted into fear of separation, nothing matters anymore but the keeping, the continuing. In that miserable existence there is no peace, and at its end there is no graceful goodbye to life, there is only dust. Sudden, empty, and final.

It would take murder to spare him that. Or falling with the ring into the fire.

Bilbo let it go in time (did he feel anything when it was destroyed?) Frodo is freed of it now, though the toll it extracted for the separation was at very least a finger. It was too late for Gollum for the price to be anything other than it was, and that's brutal.

If you live long enough, death is no longer the enemy. What Sauron did to Gollum ensured that it would always be the enemy, to be feared and avoided for ever, once time and the ring had fashioned it into the only escape left. Evil.

#lotr newsletter #suicide mention in tags #haunted by the au in which gollum goes into the fire with the ring On Purpose #bc he still couldnt separate himself from it but frodo's compassion had somewhat released him from its evil #in a way an honor to frodo's quest and in a way an act of mercy to be able to give up the self-torment #which gives me shrimp feelings bc of the everything but also back to the original point that it is so tragic that death is all that awaits #bc death is natural and that was taken from him. what is the will to live in the absence of natural death? #smth deeply horrible about that #matt bugg screaming we'll be dust. so famous and rent free #lotrn325 #damn it im having more thoughts #wraiths vs gollum: discuss #the nature of the ring kept affects the nature of its possession no? those rings were made FOR thralldom #sauron has power over gollum but not That Much and his own ring is all abt the domination #what would a 2000 year old gollum even be like ._. #the wraiths are probably even more tragic bc at this point they're like...undead. even death isn't freedom #on that topic what happened to the witch-king's spirit fr #I'm pretty sure he isn't ever actually called that in the book but it's epic and gender and way snappier than lord of the nazgul #anyway shoutout to i think yambits for breaking the lore and giving them peace that was sick #where's my gollum rehab fic #i know he's a horrible little man who is constantly trying to murder my boys but i love him so #the au...gollum gaining the willpower to destroy himself because he was given trust and kindness and companionship for once. FUCKED UP. #fucked up horrible i need a minute. being shown compassion and then becoming more self-compassionate. epic #that compassion entailing seeking the freedom of death your soul was denied bc this is fantasy and somehow the exact #arc that usually leads to fighting to live is now flipped. HUH. #yeah jirt alluded to his motivation being For Frodo but i maintain that the willingness to die is HUGE there and extremely relevant #me and my red string keeping me company #ugh tag championships i win i think but at what cost #who wants to spin around miserably in a pool like franknfurter with me as we listen to gollum's song #tam you're already invited i have a floaty for u

[bombshellsandbluebells]

Ok because I can’t let this thought go, I need to say my piece on media analysis and fandom’s version of it really quickly:

I’ve worked as an on-set dresser, a set dresser, and in the set decoration department in other roles. I get how set dressing works. And I’m also a huge fan of media analysis and overanalyzing and drawing meaning where you find it from the text, intentional or not.

I’m all on board with finding details in the set dressing and expanding on them, but there are so many times I see posts that argue small set dec details are intentional and foreshadowing something - usually a ship going canon - when it never feels that way to me. Yes, there is thought behind every aspect of film, but that doesn’t mean that the exact placement of everything has some great meaning behind it. Sometimes the meaning is “it would make logical sense for this item to be in this space” and nothing more.

I don’t comment on these posts bc I don’t want to be overly negative or ruin anyone’s fun, but the problem I keep seeing happening in fandom spaces is that meaning that was never intentional on the creators’ part will be drawn from small details and passed around fandom as proof of foreshadowing of something that was never intended to happen. And because someone is able to find meaning in something, people believe it was an intentional set-up.

Sometimes the item is just there. Sometimes a set dresser went “yeah that looks good” and there’s nothing more to it. Sometimes the DP goes “yeah that shot looks visually good and the items in it make sense” not “every item placed in this shot is intentional”.

(Sometimes something gets stuck in a weird place and you don’t notice it until cameras are about the roll but it’s like, not worth the hassle of holding for art bc literally everyone hates holding for art, so it just lives there now.)

The problem isn’t drawing meaning from the text where you find it. That’s a great way to interact with media honestly. The problem is making the mistake of deciding it was intentional AND intentionally setting up the exact scenario you already wanted to happen. Bc honestly, until we hear it from the creator’s mouths, we don’t know always know what minor details were intentional.

#this was inspired by several different posts of this nature across all fandoms #like sometimes i'll read a post and go no trust me that items just there bc it's there #and when something is very very intentionally meant to mean something more attention is drawn to it in a signficant way #filmmaking is about telilng a story #and telling a story is not effective when you hide the meaning from your audience and only give them tiiny clues to do detective work to #stick together #so if you're ever having to do too much bending backwards to argue intention in some set dressing placement or lighting choice #or anythign #it's likely not an intentional choice and you're just subscribing the meaning YOU want to read into the text

[thiefofblood]

every time i draw them i have to go to previously drawn AND RENDERED art i've done to get their colors and it was driving me crazy to open up my csp files, hide all the rendering layers, just to get to the base skintone i use. then i decided to just add little notes about my headcanons that's it have fun

commissions | ko-fi

#hypmic #hypnosis mic #amemura ramuda #yumeno gentaro #arisugawa dice #fling posse #adding some notes i added on twitter too #but afab ramuda and gentaro also go into the theory i currently have that gentaro and his brother are related somehow to the cloning shit #and y'all are gonna get more than i typed on twitter but like the idea is that gentaro and his brother were part of early cloning tests #prior to ramuda's conception. whether that be they ARE clones or they were testing on natural twins #(and then of course the twin theory ALSO isn't confirmed yet so.) #i have 0 trust in this theory but if otome being dice's mom can be real when the original tie was hair color alone then SO CAN MY THEORY #dice i kinda picked up from other interpretations of him that i really liked #also i gave him socks bc i can't in good faith draw someone wear shoes with no socks. that's animal behavior #ALSO HE PUTS HIS MONEY IN HIS SOCKS SO LIKE. SORRY NO FUCKIN FOOT MONEY #also dice has like. 40 official arts with his midriff showing #i know what i'm talking about #oh also i think i took the heart ahoges on ramuda from another artist but idr who ?? i just remember seeing it and going that's cute!!! #ok that's enough rambling