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randomvarious · 1 year

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Today’s compilation:

Bääärenstark!!! Frühjahr 2000 2000 Schlager / Pop / Adult Contemporary / Europop / Pop-Rock / Latin

Alright, well, this is one of the worst things I've ever listened to, but let's at least try to make this post an educational one, shall we? Schlager, translated from German to English, simply means "hit," as in "hit song." And schlager isn't so much a genre as it is a style; this double-disc has regular pop, pop-rock, dancy Europop, traditional folk-pop, and even some country and Latin on it, and all of it's schlager.

So I think the best way to properly explain schlager then is to compare it to something else: are you familiar at all with those schmaltzy adult contemporary pop ballads of the 80s and 90s, like "I Swear" by All-4-One, "Save the Best for Last" by Vanessa Williams, or any number of Celine Dion belters? All that over-the-top, edgeless sentimental cheesiness? That's sort of what schlager is like. You take all that ballad goo, apply it to a range of different popular genres, and then you sing it all in German.

And essentially what you end up with is the most boring, basic, and anodyne music imaginable that’s far worse than any of those aforementioned adult contemporary tunes. Like, I really cannot believe that there's something of a robust industry for this pure and utter crap. None of these songs have any pretension of trying to be cool or progressive, or even ironic, and there's no intention of trying to ruffle any feathers either. Older folks in the US, by default, prefer to listen to the music of their youth, which is tame now, but at least it was viewed as either controversial, newfangled, or cutting-edge at some point.

Plus, the acts that were popular with each successive generation, if they're fortunate enough, get to live on a nostalgia circuit until their dying days, performing their songs that were once perceived as cool or hip for the generations in which they flourished.

But these songs, all of which are contemporary, are never going to go on that journey from cool to tame, because they're simply not remotely cool in the first place. And they have no inkling to be. There is not a patina of rebelliousness or hedonism or adventurism to be found within a single split-second of either of these discs. And as an American, the idea of not even making any kind of attempt to appear cool to any generation from the outset feels so far removed from what we know draws so many people to music in the first place. And I am just so genuinely gobsmacked here by this style of music's continued existence and the fact that there is still a palpable demand for it. It simply does not compute with my American brain. Who has ever willingly listened to music that could never objectively be regarded as cool, or, at the very least, impressive, in any tangible way? Schlager heads, it seems.

But then again, I guess this is like the German music equivalent of watching movies made by the Hallmark Channel: poorly and cheaply made productions in which nothing very interesting happens in them at all, but the simplicity and overall lack of tension is actually the selling point. I guess that's why the mascot for this release is a big, blue, cuddly cartoon bear attending a carnival, with chocolate-covered fruit on a stick in one paw and cotton candy in the other. Like, you'd actually think this was made for kids, but it really just seems to be an overt appeal to those seeking something truly so saccharine and banal that'll allow them some brief escape from this complex and changing world that they appear to grow more and more alienated from with each passing day.

So, with the adult contemporary industry all but pretty much dried up in the US, Americans, as they age, tend to turn towards what they grew up with, rather than latching onto something current that's been tailored to them. But German-speaking countries appear to not have as much of a problem with keeping their adult contemporary industry afloat, and part of that success, it seems, can be chalked up to the self-lobotomizing awfulness that is schlager.

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curatedbyhatto · 2 years

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Mario Duarte - Chubi

Bongiorno! Thanks for reading me once again, here, on tumblr of course.

Today's first track is called 'Chubi' (do I really have to restate the artist and the album for all 10 tracks)

This song is the first of two today, since August is ending already and I wanna take the whole month of September to publish Costarican songs (because of the Independence and the patriotic festivities).

Therefore in about half an hour there's gonna be a new song (and the last one on 'GdA') and that way we can start on the first Sunday of September with Tico songs.

Now, about Chubi (which in English would be something like 'doo-bee, doo-bee'), really REALLY good song.

It reminds me of Junior Senior a bit, I really like the chords, I think it would fit great at the end of a movie, or a TV show maybe?

Any Meaning?

Well yes, kinda, the song once again tells her (presumably) that he wants to be by her side all the time, that she's the only one, a very funky-poppy love song.

#curated by hatto: the music #music #alternative #rock #pop #Colombia #Barranquilla #Latin Music #salsa #cumbia #merengue #vallenato #betty la fea #breakbeat #basketball #90's #90s #el carro

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missvalentine142 · 20 days

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🤎April Collection: Eres 🤎

Let’s go back to the 90's latin rock era!

Eres by Cafe Tacvba is one of my favorites song of Spanish Rock, so this april collection is inspired by this era of music. Artist like Maná, Juanes and Cafe Tacvba are some examples of the representatives of this genre.

Whenever I think of this music I think of leather jackets and bell pants, so Eres consists of items that reminded me of this time!

Eres brings you:

9 Total pieces 3 Exclusive ones (Tier TL) *attach to a different post*

2 Top / 1 Mini Skirt / 1 Dress / 1 Boots / 1 Pants Exclusive: 1 Dress / 1 Top / 1 Pants

You can download everything in the link below!

TY & LY

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¡Volvamos a la era del rock latino de los 90!

Eres de Café Tacvba es una de mis canciones favoritas del Rock en español, por eso esta colección de abril está inspirada en esta era de la música. Artistas como Maná, Juanes y Café Tacvba son algunos ejemplos de los representantes de este género.

Siempre que pienso en esta música, pienso en chaquetas de cuero y pantalones campana, ¡así que Eres se compone de prendas que me recuerdan a esa época!

Eres se compone de:

9 piezas en total 3 exclusivas (Nivel TL) *adjuntas en una publicación diferente*

2 Top / 1 Minifalda / 1 Vestido / 1 Botas / 1 Pantalón Exclusivo: 1 Vestido / 1 Top / 1 Pantalón

Puedes descargar todo en el sigiente link!

Patreon Full Collection

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hellfire--cult · 9 months

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Request:

i’d love a sequel where there’s a bit of a “day in the life” with the new happy family, or maybe like some vignettes of them getting settled in and making their new home their own? i would literally love any more content in this universe but there’s my ideas in the hat! 🤍

Your wish is my command 💚

Hook!Eddie x Fem!Reader

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Read the main story here. 🌟

Summary: This is what happens after everyone starts living in the home. A recap of everything that's happened until we reach the present.

You can always support your writers by hitting THE REBLOG button! 💚

You can always send requests for this beautiful couple! My ask is open!

Hooked on You: After Story

Life after was something everyone had to get used to.

The boys had to be given names, full names, and thankfully Nancy who has some contacts in the newspaper industry pulled some strings for your “orphaned” family.

You didn’t give specifics, but told her that you started dating a man who was struggling to keep his family afloat. They had no records since they were living anywhere they could, and he just picked the kids up like strays. He and his best friend took care of the kids, and that it was a coincidence in meeting when you hired a ‘cleaning service’.

But it wasn’t just any name.

When you showed up with a big smile to your face at dinner, while everyone was enjoying themselves with the food, you had grasped in your hands the adoption papers for each boy in the group.

Through tears, and smiles, they had hugged you one by one, appreciating your kindness but overall, calling you a different name.

Mom.

Eddie, whose last name he chose was Munson, was stunned when he asked if they were going to call him Dad and each boy grimaced at that outcome, shaking their heads. After that Eddie had played a game of chase with the children, playing as the big bad bear, with his hands above his head, reaching for the boys.

That was another change.

“So, this is a– what?”

“Prosthetic. It’s not normal to have a hook as a second hand here, and this has motor sensors, so you can basically have another hand!” You had explained to him, and he was stunned at the realization that he could have his left hand back. But sometimes, he discards the prosthetic, and goes back to his hook because he feels complete with it, that’s what he had told you.

Steve, now Steve Harrington, had acquired the second mom title. Whenever you were gone, or busy, or simply tired, he took care of the boys, played with them, and helped them clean the house.

It was summer time, but you knew you will have to enroll the kids into school soon, but you had to teach them basic things, such as the ABC, numbers, some math, a little bit of history and biology, and Eddie and Steve listened intently, giving their own teachings here and there.

You didn’t want your boys to go into middle school without knowing at least the basics, because then everything would be too complex, so thankfully, Robin, who is a teacher, happily comes once a week to give her own teaching to the kids. You found out that Steve and her had developed a strong friendship during the two months you all had been living together.

Another thing they discovered was music.

While the kids loved normal pop songs, except for Mike who had taken a liking to punk music, Steve had loved the 80’s vibe, sticking to it, and then some 90’s, but poor Eddie had not found himself in any of those genres. He couldn’t pinpoint what it was that he might like, but it wasn’t any of that.

You had tried almost everything, latin music, grunge, rock, techno, but he was still not feeling any of those genres. You were in your room when trying everything in his music app on his phone, and you sighed when he, once again, said he didn’t feel anything from it.

“I really don’t know what else to play Eds…” He grabbed his phone, which you had taught everyone in the house how to use and bought one for each of them, and started scrolling.

“There was something about that Rock genre that you showed me… Something is there, but not fully?” You frowned in confusion at his words, and you had to think outside the box. You were showing him things you liked, so maybe, you had to show him things that you wouldn’t normally listen to.

“Hang on…” You grabbed his phone again and searched for a particular playlist. You grabbed his headphones from his night table, and urged him to put them on. He was confused, but did so anyways, and you pressed play onto the playlist.

Eddie’s eyes widened at the sudden strum of a guitar, wild, heavy, powerful, chord after chord. You bit your lip as you stared at his face, and by the smile that was spreading on his cheeks you knew that you hit the jackpot.

He spent an entire day listening to Metallica. Then the next day to Slipknot. Then Guns ‘n Roses. My Chemical Romance. Megadeth. Rammstein.

The man was a metalhead.

After finding their own music, they had to find their own style. The boys almost wore the same things, sometimes jeans, sometimes shorts, sometimes plaid shirts, sometimes stamped shirts, sneakers… Steve had gone for the rich boy vibe, as you called it. He likes polos, dress pants, tight denims, sweaters, maybe a cardigan.

Now Eddie, you were surprised. He liked everything black, ripped, and he loved the sound of chains as an accessory on his hip. When he found out there were shirts of the bands he started to like, he bought a ton of them, some in white, some in black. One thing that stayed authentic of Eddie, was the black bandana, which he sometimes uses on his head still, or he puts it in his back pocket.

But one of your favorite things in the whole day was going into your room, to finally be alone with him. He was always reading a book, and you came to find out that he loved fantasy. It was funny, because he came out of a fairytale himself, but yet he loves those kinds of books. He devoured Tolkien in a week.

He would always put whatever he was reading down to welcome you into bed, embracing you in his arms, gentle kisses that always turned into heated ones because that’s another thing that happened. He couldn’t keep himself from touching you.

And you didn’t want him to. The boys at first made gagging noises whenever he came into the kitchen for breakfast and gave you a morning kiss, lingering there more than it should, but they soon got used to it. Whenever he could, he was wrapping an arm around you, pulling you close, kissing your neck, your face, your shoulder, anywhere he saw skin.

So you had to introduce him to condoms.

He wasn’t a fan of them, but when you remembered you two didn’t use protection in Neverland, he told you to not worry. In Neverland time is completely stopped, as well as your cycle, and that would explain why you didn’t have periods while being there. You were in such a blissful experience that you didn’t even remember about your period.

But in this world, you could get pregnant, and even if you want a kid of your own with Eddie, there was still so much to get used to for him. But still, it didn’t forbid him from touching every single night, wanting to drown himself in you, and you weren’t complaining. He was always up for trying new things, and you both had discovered many together.

You taught Eddie and Steve how to drive, but there wasn’t much for you to teach because as soon as they touched the steering wheel, they immediately got the hang of it, and Eddie even described it as easy as sailing a ship. You couldn’t believe a former pirate said a car feels like a ship. With the prosthetic, driving an automatic is very easy for Eddie.

The kids love the pool, you bought a slide for it and a lot of floaters for them to swim in. You noticed how maternal you had gotten ever since getting the kids into your life, and it wasn’t something you thought of ever having. Now, you want more, for some reason. You always have to shake that thought out of your head because that would end badly.

Another thing you did, not very recommended in the summer, was getting a tattoo. You had tattooed your grandma’s drawing of Neverland. You knew there was a diary of hers, and she sometimes read the story from her own head, and sometimes from there and showed you the drawing. She explained she could see the island at the top of the clouds, while flying with Peter.

So you outlined it and tattooed it on your wrist.

When Eddie saw it, he was immediately interested, knowing about tattoos but the tribe were the only people that knew how to do it. You decided to visit the shop once with him, and he got a hook tattoo on his ankle, to test the waters of the pain. After a week, you couldn’t find him anywhere for three hours, sending you into a panic, only for him to return with six more tattoos on his body, with a wide grin on his face.

“It's summer! One is already bad, you got seven!” You had yelled at him, but he just shrugged and grinned down at you.

“I’ll get even more in winter.”

But summer was ending, as well as the boys started becoming nervous of going to school, which was a private one so they had to use uniforms for it. They complained of course, but you had promised them that the teacher they were having was going to be very patient and that you met the kids' parents of the class already and they all seemed nice and welcoming.

A week before the start of classes, you decided it was time for a last pool party, and so, you invited Nancy, Jonathan and Robin over, where Robin mentioned she had a long distance friend visiting and she had asked if they could come over with their little sister, to which you agreed.

So now, you were cutting the vegetables for the salads in your kitchen, as Jonathan helped Will start the fire outside for the BBQ. For some reason, Jonathan had taken particular liking to one of your kids, but that’s good, because Nancy had found herself teaching Mike how to play some chess, and Dustin was already attached to Eddie like a Piranha.

One of your boys, though, was sitting alone on one of the lawn chairs, looking at nothing in particular, just the ripples of the water happening on the pool. You put down your knife, ready to go talk to Lucas, but the doorbell rings, making your head snap that way.

“Don’t worry, I got it!” Steve yells as he rushes towards the door, opening it, to see Robin, a smile on his face as they hug tightly.

“Hi there Dingus.” She pulled away from the hug to point behind her back. “My friend is unloading something and he’s right here, okay?”

“Yeah sure.” Steve turns his head to guide Robin towards the kitchen and garden where everyone is and she immediately bolts away. He hears a clear of throat and his head turns back around, only for his eyes to land on blue ones, knocking the breath out of his lungs in an instant.

“Hi, um… Hope we’re not intruding, it’s just, I’m with my sister and I couldn’t leave her alone.” The blonde man says, looking at Steve with the same hazed look in his eyes. Steve shook his head to come out of the trance he was in and smiled, putting his hand out for a shake.

“No issue at all! The boys will love her. I’m Steve by the way.” The other man smiles, his white teeth showing off as he presses his hand against Steve’s, electricity immediately coursing through their bodies.

“I’m Billy.”

“Are you going to keep flirting or…” A soft voice says from behind him, making Billy let go of Steve’s hand with a groan, a blush appearing on his cheeks as he makes way for the redheaded girl to come forward. “I’m Max.”

“Oh hi–” Steve felt the presence of someone else next to him, and he turned his head to see Lucas, staring at the girl with a dreamy look in his eyes.

“Hi… I’m Lucas.” Max’s lips tugged slightly up at the sight of the boy, her skateboard in hand. “What's that?” He pointed at it and she smiled widely, walking inside the house, grabbing onto his hand to guide him outside where everyone was.

“I’ll teach you!” Steve could hear her yell as he let Billy in. He closes the door only to see Billy looking all over the house with a confused frown on his face.

“This is big… You all live here?” He asks and Steve stands next to him, nodding as he looks around as well.

“Yep. We are grateful to her, you know. We would have…” He suddenly heard some footsteps coming over and Steve turned his head to see Eddie reaching them, with a piece of bread in his hand, his other one reaching out to shake Billy’s.

“I’m Eddie.” He greets and Billy looks down at the prosthetic hand, shaking it carefully with him, and when Eddie lets go, the blonde man’s curiosity got the best of him.

“I’m Billy– Um… how did that happen?” He asks, pointing at the hand. Eddie looks down at it and then back at Billy.

“Crocodile bit it off.” He shrugs and walks towards the kitchen once again as Billy stands there completely stunned. Steve’s eyes were bulging out of his skull almost, and he was trying to come up with another excuse because that sounded way too unreal and he didn’t want Billy to think Eddie was messing with him.

“Fucking sick.” Billy says with a smile and he looks back down towards Steve. The brown haired man lets out a sigh of relief and then nods.

“Gruesome, but yeah, sick.” Billy just stands there looking at Steve, his mind completely drifting away and Steve could even sense that, as the blonde’s eyes were just gazing into his, and that was making Steve’s heart accelerate rapidly. “W-What’s wrong?” That made Billy snap out but his face was still the same, still staring as if his eyes were not to be trusted.

“I-I don’t know, you just seem… like you came out of a fairytale or something.” Steve couldn’t help the big smile and blush that spread on his cheeks, while Billy realized what he had just said, embarrassment filling him from head to toe, stammering on his words to try to save it but Steve was just laughing, enjoying the man’s company and voice.

You were sneaking glances through the kitchen door, a smile on your face as you bit your bottom lip. Everyone has someone in your family, your big family, and that fills you with joy. You felt an arm creep from behind you, pulling you close to a warm body. You giggle as his face immediately snuzzled in the crook of your neck, causing your skin to grow goosebumps from it.

“Eddie–”

“Don’t spy on them. Let my second in command flirt in peace.” He says in your ear and you turn around to face him, smiling widely up at him, your arms wrapping around his shoulders.

“I’m just so happy… Everyday just feels like a dream.” You say to him, and he gives you a nod, a gentle smile spreading on his lips as he leans down to kiss your cheek, then the tip of your nose, expressing his love for you.

“I will never regret the day I thought you were Wendy and kidnapped you.”

“I should sue.” He fake gasps while shaking his head at you.

“Now, you’ve hurt me Angel.” Your eyes looked to your side, seeing everyone playing with each other through the window pane you had, and your eyes filled with tears at the sight of it all. Nothing could make it better. Nothing at all… Except.

You felt Eddie grip your side, giving it a soft press to catch your attention again. You looked at him and his eyes were nervous, full of doubt yet with determination.

“Eds? What's wrong?”

“I know… The kids don’t call me dad… But–” He licked his lips while swallowing a big lump down his throat and your heart was almost out of your chest and you could hear its beating on your ears. He gives you a big grin as a tear already rolls down your cheek.

He grabs your hand and walks out of the kitchen to take you upstairs and into your grandmother’s room. He then opens the balcony’s door and steps out with you, the breeze already hitting you and the sun beaming down at your body.

“Close your eyes Angel.” He whispers in your ear as he lets go of your hand. Your breathing became heavy as you did as told, and you raised your head up, towards where the second star to the right is. You always wished on it, wished that it wouldn’t take your love away, that it wouldn’t take your children away, wished that everything was real and not a dream.

“Eddie–”

“Open them and turn around.” You did as told, turning to see Eddie on one knee, a box on his hand as his elbow rested on his knee. Your heart got caught in your throat as you looked at the diamond in the box, covering your mouth with both of your hands as tears started spilling out uncontrollably from your eyes.

“What…?”

“I want to be their dad. I want to be with you, forever, for as long as you’ll have me, or for as long as we live. You’re it for me Angel, you have been it for me from the moment you decided to fly towards me, towards the ship, instead of here.” He choked up on a sob and then took a deep breath to keep going. “I know it’s soon, but I can’t imagine my life with anyone else. In my eyes, into my future, you’re always there. You will always be there.”

You dropped to your knees, as happiness flourished in your chest, smiling through your tears as you put your left hand up, putting it on display for him. You looked up at his big doe eyes, a tear slipping out of his left one as he looked down at you as if you were the only thing keeping him alive.

And you were.

“I’m ready to be Mrs. Hook.”

And when our journey is through, each time we say "Goodnight", we'll thank the little star that shines, the second from the right.

A/N: Remember you can still send requests for these two! I plan on making more little one shots for them, but this one is good so you can all know what happened after the return 🥰

Hope you enjoyed this magical little thing!

Song at the bottom is Second Star to the Right from the original 1953 Peter Pan soundtrack.

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carpsurprise · 1 year

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stardew characters and thejr music taste

˗ˏˋ ´ˎ˗ bachelor/ettes and thier music taste … !

→ notes: thank you for sending a request in!! i tried my best with this LOL so i'm sorry if i didn't deliver well!!! tag urself im sam <;/3

→ alex: 90's hip hop, pop, electronic ... (high energy stuff for working out!)

→ elliott: classical, opera, latin

→ harvey: jazz, classical, classic rock

→ sam: pop punk, hair metal, dad rock

→ sebastian: midwest emo, lofi beats, kpop

→ shane: dad rock, numetal, ska

→ abigail: pop punk, video game OSTs, post-hardcore

→ emily: pop, kpop, disco

→ haley: 80's pop, country (only by women tho), bedroom pop

→ leah: jazz, blues, folk

→ maru: indie, metal, grunge (i'll fight about this)

→ penny: bedroom pop, instrumentals, jazz

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cartermagazine · 17 days

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Today We Honor Chuck Stewart

Chuck Stewart, one of the most prolific and admired photographers in jazz — an intimate chronicler of many of its icons and milestones, including the historic recording session for John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” — over a distinguished career that spanned more than 70 years.

“Chuck was born in Henrietta, Texas and raised in Tucson, AZ where his family moved to seek more opportunities. On his 13th birthday, his mother gave him a 616 Box-Brownie camera to try his hand at photography. The next day, the famed mezzo-soprano Marian Anderson visited his school in Tucson. He took pictures of the event and sold them to students and teachers and earned $2.00. This was a great financial leap from a 25-cents a week allowance. His career was born.

Chuck worked the New York City music scene in the early fifties capturing notable jazz luminaries representing Latin jazz, big band, bebop, cool jazz, and more, as well as bands and vocalists representing rock n’ roll, rhythm and blues, pop, country, Broadway, film and television. Chucks archives contain 800,000 negatives with a large inventory being jazz musicians from the 50’s to late 90’s.

Chuck was the only photographer at the historic recording session of John Coltrane’s album “A Love Supreme.” Oddly, his photos weren’t used for the album cover. However rare and unseen photos from that session now reside in the jazz archives of the Smithsonian Institution for anyone to see. Majority of the images used in the John Coltrane’s “Chasing Trane” Documentary and James Brown HBO Documentary are Chucks.

When the Beatles first toured America, Chuck toured with them but asked to be reassigned after being pinched and poked too many times by fans. “There are no black Beatles. Why are you grabbing me?” I protested. ‘You’re with them and that’s good enough for us,’ fans retorted.” - via chuckstewartphotograhy.com

CARTER™️ Magazine

#chuck stewart #carter magazine #carter #historyandhiphop365 #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #history #cartermagazine #today in history #staywoke #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth

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jasongracestan12 · 5 months

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Y’all I saw a music taste of the seven post that I felt was really inaccurate, so I had to make one of my own lmfaooo (I mean this is all subjective, it’s never really clarified in the series; no hate) .

Maybe this is a basic take, but I feel as though Percy would be a fan of late 90’s/ early 2000’s emo/rock. Think Green Day, Blink 182, All-American Rejects.

Annabeth does give me trouble. Y’all think she listens to classical? Maybe Adele. Something elegant/mature, I feel like.

Piper, I think, for sure listens to some indie artists. Think Arctic Monkey, Glass Animals, Two-door Cinema club, and Peach Pit. “Alrighty Aphrodite” is probably a jam for her.

I’d like to think Leo probably listens to some Latin music. Maybe raggaeton? Bad Bunny, J Balvin. Something absolutely bumping while he works in Bunker 9.

Frank. I do feel like maybe he’s just not a huge music fan in general. Like he will listen to whatever, but he’s not out here making Spotify playlists.

Hazel is a fan of swing. She’s from that era and it’s still her fave. Benny Goodman. Ella Fitzgerald. Duke Ellington. “Don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing” 😔 ✌🏼

Jason is a little basic bitch fr. He listens to Taylor Swift, and Olivia Rodrigo. He’s into that girly pop, TRUE pop music. Lauv and, like, Shawn Mendes as well. I saw a post that theorized he didn’t really listen to music until after becoming detached from camp Jupiter, and I liked it so I’ll use this post to say I second the theory, lmao.

#heroes of olympus #jason grace #olivia rodrigo #the lost trio #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #annabeth chase #frank zhang #hazel levesque #piper mclean #leo valdez #riordanverse

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tutuandscoot · 2 months

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hi! i am a new ice dance fan and was wondering if you could explain why everyone is saying the sport is going downhill?? just trying to learn!!!

Oh boy…. That’s a long story.

The quick version, as pertains to ice dance:

There used to be 3 segments of competition: compulsory dance, original (then short, then rhythm) dance, and the free dance

In the 70’s,80’s,90’s (and earlier?) teams would compete at least 2 compulsory dancers, then OD and FD. It was cut back to one CD around 2000- so eg the 2002 Olympics was one CD, OD, FD. After many scandals relating to judging and corruption, the ISU got rid of the 6.0 scoring system and brought in what is used now known as the Code of points.

Through 2000-2010, teams competed the CD, OD and FD. After the 2010 season (where VM won olys and worlds) the ISU abandoned the CD from senior competition bc ‘it was boring’ and ‘took up too much time at competitions’

As a compromise they rejigged the 2nd portion of competition- renaming it the ‘short dance’ which was very strict and technical- each year there was a chosen rhythm and set pattern dance within their own choreography every team had to perform- so it at least had a compulsory portion where every team was compared directly against each other. After 2018 (when vm won again) they renamed it the ‘Rhythm dance’ and since then have slowly been loosening to rules and requirements to make it less objective- so essentially judges didn’t have to justify their scoring and could just award what they liked. There is also a scoring component called GOE- grade of execution which was increased from 3 to 5 (plus or minus- a score which is added or deducted from each element base value)- this part of the score was given much more weight and priority so essentially a team could perform a fairly easy lift which isn’t worth many points, but the judge decides they really like the lift and can make up that teams points with a high GOE mark if they choose to. And vise versa- give a team low GOE to knock them down even if they are technically strong.

After 2022 olys the set/compulsory pattern was removed all together- so there is no part of ice dance competition now that offers direct comparison. Judges don’t have to reward the actual best team‼️This is where you get fans complaining about teams that are not technically strong scoring well/winning bc the judges “like” them or there is some other (bribe/political) incentive to reward that team.

It is impossible I think to get rid of all corruption in skating, but the 2007-2018 era/s at least had *some accountability (don’t get me started on VM vs DW)

The announcement yesterday that there is not even a solid set ‘theme’ or rhythm going forward (aLeDgEdLy) is infuriating. Add to that that there is no traditional, classical dance left in ice dance- no ballroom, latin, classical ballet. Die hard fans love compulsory dances like the golden waltz and tango romantica bc when a team ( VM) does it well it is ice dance at its purist.

The isu is essentially telling us what is good when we all damn know it’s not good. They are taking us for fools, they are pandering to tik tok audiences bc they know people don’t have the patience or interest to watch actual skating competitions and think they will get audiences back by “modernising” the sport bc people these days can’t relate to tangos and waltz.. which is BS bc back in the 80’s people weren’t getting around waltzing and tangoing at clubs and parties- this is classic dance and art that actually works on ice bc it is adapted from ballroom dance. Not sliding on the ice breakdancing to Party Rock Anthem!🤮

I’ll stop there bc this is getting long and blogs like @macaroni-rascal @anewbeginningagain etc can explain the technical stuff much better than me

#if you have anymore specific questing feel free to send them through #idk everything but can try to answer xx #ask #and when u say ‘new fan’ I hope yo I go back to the start of VM’s career and live in that era of ID

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puffkins2000 · 1 year

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Did someone ask for more radio stations? XD Right, so let me tell you--I've not only added more radio stations, but I also updated a few of them as well as having made "add-on" versions to a few of the stations. Add-on stations are "added on" to the already existing stations in Sims 3: Soul, Disco, Spooky, Pop, Latin, and Electronica. Only three of these need base game, so you're fine there. However, 70's, 80's, & 90's Stuff is required for the Disco station (( I will leave 'NuDisco' up for those without it )), Ambitions is required for 'Soul', and Movie Stuff is required for 'Spooky' (( again, will leave the 'Harvest' station up for those without this pack )). And maybe it will work if you don't have the pack--can anyone confirm this? Also, if you want me to make a separate station for 'Soul', please let me know. New stations include: Alternative, University Rock, METAL, Romance, and Talk Radio. The "Romance" station is not pictured in the above because, for some reason, I never made it originally? Like... why didn't I ever do that? XP Honestly, I thought I had. Apparently not, and when I was testing the other stations out, I was in the middle of making the 'Romance' station. I broke down the massive University Station into other parts, adding them to other stations and then making it its own station, similar to the Geek Rock station, with less songs. Please note that while I'll most likely keep the University Station up for DL, I won't be updating it anymore. The Housemix station was updated to include some techno songs as well. Other changes include that none of the stations have the word "station" attached to it now. :D Alright, onto the music list~ Soul: I Will Survive Lean On Me Hello Sunshine Fwoob I'll Be Around Romance: Love In Your Eyes Love Is True Never Be Lonely Iffen Dona Bin Gau Zumbray Electronica: Feelin' Spline Briando Simlify Beautiful Now Bobolicious Mr. Boboto Monday Nite Cabin Fever METAL: Cassie Zomberribe Forastu Mordoo Bleed Into Me The Legend Of Mother Swan Man's Fire It Is Progression If A Cannibal Uses A Fork? Turgid Apocalypse Our Time Is Now (( I can't figure out why this is the metal section, but whatever. XD )) University Rock: Beautiful Life Black Shoes Very Very Rich Town Pretty People Not A Love Song Outsider Take Out The Trash This Conversation is Over Sway I Never Know Candles Cast Long Shadows Free Radicals New Age: (( new pieces added )) Cascade Bubble A Plangent Sough If You Really See Eurydice Celestial Bungalow Frolicking Wind Dancer Housemix: (( new pieces added )) Simtrance Simpatico Divebomb Battle Royale Banana Blaster Fancy Footwork Mad Pursuit Spooky: (( new pieces added )) Vwamplo Happy Face Praying Mantis Pop: Easy Girl Next Door About Work On The Dancefloor Good Times Don't Cha Run Away With Me Chemicals React Hot 'N Cold Love Me Dead Stop Desire Pocket Full Of Sunshine Smile What A Let Down Side Effects When It All Falls Apart Where Would We Be Now Wind It Up Practice Alternative: Explorers JEKYLL & HIDE Hungry Child Fawna Benna Slo Up We Go Thank You Pressure Devotion Charlie The Princess and The Clock Dirtbag Transformation (Still Dirty) Entropy Sad Disco Ragdoll Walking At A Downtown Pace Kool Shotgun Sims Disco: (( no changes made )) Talk Radio: *literally just talk* Credits: @twinsimming, mypantsfelldown, TS4 Sound Tool, and a friend of mine (( who didn't want their name mentioned )) for extracting music * The Broadacaster for making this even possible * Sims Fandom for the radio stations and songs names info * And to viewers like you Currently am looking for one song, which is Maiya Sykes ~ At Last, if anyone can locate it. It seems to be "missing" in game for some reason. Problems? Let me know!:D

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dummerjan · 8 days

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a get to know you better meme

tagged by @zozobruh - Thank you! <333

do you make your bed? No. I do turn turn up the blanket so it can air out but that's it.

what's your favourite number? There's 3, and then 9, then 12, then 16 (but only because that's the day of the month I was born), then 21 (for non-SKAM reasons actually), then 27. 3 is the dominant theme. I like to do things in a set of three, but not compulsively. There's a bit of a system to and a whole story behind the numbers. I could go on a whole spiel. It also goes back to me playing around with words and syllables when I was around 8. I used to collect words with 9 letters.

what is your job? Don't have one.

If you could go back to school would you? What school? Elementary? No thanks. Also not secondary. Or night school. Regular school does not work for me, too autistic and the system too... well, a system. People are assholes, teachers included. Most of my schooling was done via distance learning and I definitely don't want to go back to that either. But also, I am attending school right now (vocational school) and I intend to further my education afterwards. I'd really like to learn how to properly draft and construct patterns and/or acquire the master craftsmen certificate in tailoring (or however you say meinen Meister machen).

can you parallel park? I don't have a license and I hope to make it through life without having to learn how to drive.

a job you had that would surprise people? None.

do you think aliens are real? Earth being the only inhabited place seems unlikely. Though I highly doubt they are how we have pictured alien life forms.

can you drive a manual car? If I did have a license, I'd be able to since that is the norm in Germany.

what's your guilty pleasure? I don't know... really bad smut? I have horrendous taste in that, I really do.

tattoos? I love them on other people, from a single or a few to lots of skin being covered, and all kinds of styles. But I don't have any myself and I don't think I ever will. I just couldn't be bothered. Way too indecisive and uncertain to decide on a design, and then the work put into researching which artists are the best, nevermind that I am scared of needles. And then afterwards it won't look exactly how I pictured it, especially after a few years or even decades. Oh, and the price! I do admire them on other people but I just don't think it's for me, too much hassle and not enough passion for it. (But if I would get tattos, I suspect I would get an Against Me! quote tattooed. Something from True Trans Soul Rebel. And an AJJ one.)

favourite colour? Dark blue.

favourite type of music? *panicked screaming* I listen to way too many artists (or sometimes just a single song) from all over the world and from all kinds of genres. And while there are genres I really like, I rarely will listen to more than a few representatives. But I can say that right now I really enjoy late Soviet/90s Siberian punk (Yanka Dyagileva and Egor Letov).

do you like puzzles? Yep. I don't know who but someone on tumblr got me into online puzzles last summer. (They did a Jeff puzzle.) I like those.

any phobias? No proper phobias.

favourite childhood sport? I didn't really do sports. In fact I hated sports, still do. Worst of all was school sports class, I had a stomach ache every the evening before. But my family was active and we regularly went swimming, rock climbing, hiking. I did horseback riding for several years but it was therapeutic.

do you talk to yourself? In my mind yes, but rarely out loud.

what movie(s) do you adore? I adore Latin American movies though I can't say I have seen too many. (Quemar las naves, María, llena eres de gracia and El cielo dividido are my favourites.) I enjoy Nordic comedies, not just with Mads Mikkelsen but I really do like those. (The last one I watched was Riders of Justice though I really wouldn't classify it as comedy. It has comedic elements.) I like movies with open, ambiguous endings, ones that leave you a bit unsatisfied, ruminating, on edge. When they linger. I don't like it when movies make it easy for me. And above all else I adore Astrid Lindgren movies. I feel like so many conversations I have lead to me mentioning how much I love them but it's true. I really, really do.

coffee or tea? I don't (can't?) drink coffie and when I drink tea, then not black (or any other proper tea) but herbal and spiced tea.

first thing you wanted to be growing up? I think a teacher? I adored and really looked up to my elementary school teacher. I loved German and correcting texts so I wanted to be like her.

tagging @lady-guts @thestrangeillusion @toppingjeffsatur @scattered-stardust @sitron-sunni @die-schwanenkoenigin

#meins #playing tag #i was just done with the other tag game when i was tagged in this one and couldn't resist #but i am going to resist proofreading even if i feel anxious about any mistakes I've made #but i really need to get ready for bet now

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rainbowrocketquotes · 11 months

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random little post to spruce up the posting on here because I live and die by the queue function and by god have I been forgetting to add to it

presenting: what music I think the villains listen to

//note : this is based mostly off of people I associate with the villains because everyone I hang out with is a music freak. if you think an 50 hour playlist is bad, wait until you get a hold of my best friend's 600 hour one

Giovanni

No way in hell this man isn't a swing fan. His playlist is exclusively 50's—70's and there is no coherent genre. If you listen to music with him you could be vibing to Marvin Gaye and then Elvis could come on.

Maxie

Pry Roar and The Front Bottoms from his cold, dead hands. Just BIG Folk Punk vibes from him. Also, a good amount of Alt-Rock. His guilty pleasure, though? Country music. He's probably the one that listens to the most music, just because he feels like the kind of guy that can't work without background noise.

Archie

Very well rounded, says he doesn't have a preference, but has a slight one for rock music. Specifically he enjoys 80s & 90s metal. He feels like the kind of guy to be really into Megadeth. Maybe sprinkle some Tech N9ne in there for flavor.

Cyrus

Realistically he's definitely a full Alternative fan. I think he's super into Weirdcore (See: Lemon Demon, Will Wood) but would never admit it. He also listens to Emo Rap and Russian Rap on occasion but doesn't really consider them favourites. He pretends he doesn't like music, though, so he only really gets to listen to what other people force him to.

Ghetsis

Screamo, next question—

Kidding, but he really does like screamo, metal, and hard rock. He'll pretend he only likes vague classical music to seem more mysterious and then you look at his history and it's all Slaughter to Prevail and Korn.

Colress

I like to think he doesn't really listen to music in his free time. He usually listens to whatever is on, which is usually Ghetsis's screamo. He keeps him from ruining speakers. He does enjoy Green Day, though, and some Olivia Rodrigo.

Lysandre

He really likes single instrument covers, especially violin. Absolute Lindsey Stirling fanboy. Also enjoys Lana Del Rey and MARINA a lot. Those kinds of pop artists, you know?

Guzma

He's definitely the most well-rounded with his tastes, mostly because he listens to a lot of it. He listens to a lot of pre-2010s hip-hop & rnb. He loves dance music and electronica as well, and generally just a lot of old school stuff. Anything from 2pac to Gewn Stefani, baby. Mood/genre-switched covers are also a thing, and just covers in general. Catch him in his room at 2am listening to egg on repeat (then back away awkwardly and shut the door because he gets too into it and starts crying).

Lusamine

Listens to a lot of what Lysandre does. Lorde, Billie Eilish, anything hard pop that can pass as alternative. Nobody will ever trust her with the aux/bluetooth/radio/etc. because she always plays music nobody likes. She once got into a fight with Cyrus on what is and isn't alternative music and he didn't speak to her for a month after.

Bonuses, villains I don't include on the blog

Rose

Classical music. Bach & Chopin always playing from his office. More for ominous ambiance than anything, but he does genuinely enjoy it.

Oleana

She doesn't really listen to music, but she likes rap. She won't go out of her way to listen to anything, though.

Volo

Echoey latin chants with ambient noises in the background /hj. If he was in the modern day, I think he'd like NF and Panic! At the Disco.

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