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Daniel Brühl Smoking Hot, a collection:
Me, a non-smoker for life: dying from secondhand smoke watching these DB characters puff a cigarette up close wouldn't be the worst thing in the world...
Marek, Honolulu (2001)
Daniel, No Regrets / Nichts Bereuen (2001)
Paul Krantz, Love in Thoughts (2004)
Jan, The Edukators (2004)
Salvador Puig Antich, Salvador (2006)
Klaus Prompst, In Tranzit (2008)
Dr. Georg Rosen, John Rabe (2009)
Álex Garel, Eva (2011)
Iván Pelayo, Winning Streak / The Pelayos (2012)
Thomas Lang, The Face of an Angel (2014)
Sebastian Zöllner, Me and Kaminski (2015)
Inspector Escherich, Alone in Berlin (2016)
Lutz Heck, The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
Wilfried Böse, Entebbe (2018)
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STRANGE TALES #124
1964, Marvel Comics
Stan Lee script, Steve Ditko art, George Bell inks, Sam Rosen letters
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From "The Master Plan of Doctor Doom!" in Fantastic Four #23, February 1964. Stan Lee plot, Jack Kirby pencils, George Roussos inks, Sam Rosen letters. Original colorist unknown. Photoshop color reduction.
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The Rise of George Rosener
The Rise of George Rosener
Brooklyn native George Rosener (1884-1945) was a veteran of vaudeville, medicine shows, stock theatre, and clown alley when he made it to Broadway in the 1923 and 1925 editions of the Artists and Models revue. From there he went into the Shubert musical My Maryland (1927), based on Clyde Fitch’s Barbara Frietchie. Also in 1927 he cowrote the play Speakeasy starring Leo G. Carroll, which was made…
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Beauty and the Beast vol 1 4 (1985) . Checkmate! . Written by Ann Nocenti Penciled by Don Perlin Inked by Kim DeMulder Colors by Petra Scotese and George Roussos Lettered by Joe Rosen Edited by Michael Higgins Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz . The leader of the Gladiators turned out to be one of Dr. Doom's more advanced robot. After Beast and Dazzler had defeated the Gladiators (with some help) they defeated the robot... . See more relevant content here: #marvelman901beast #marvelman901xmen #marvelman901dazzler #marvelman901drdoom . #beast #xmen #gladiator #billsienkiewicz #drdoom #dazzler #robot #donperlin (på/i California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnVX29ktjUX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 1) #1: Lo, this Monster!
Read Date: June 09, 2023
Cover Date: July 1968
● Writer: Stan Lee (both stories) ● Penciler: John Romita / Larry Lieber ● Inker: Jim Mooney / Bill Everett ● Colorist: {uncredited} ● Letterer: Sam Rosen / Artie Simek ● Editor: Stan Lee ●
**HERE BE SPOILERS: Skip ahead to the fan art/podcast to avoid spoilers
Reactions As I Read:
● I think reading the Mirage TMNT has got me used to black and white comics. plus the shading here gives it enough depth and texture to keep it interesting. even though it’s daylight, there’s a nice noir element
● the shading is really excellent throughout!
● I was about to say that this is probably the first time Pete has been seen out of costume climbing a wall, but a little girl saw him way back—maybe even clear back in Amazing Fantasy 15–and he saved a security guard’s life while in his civvies but managed to keep his face turned away. here, though, people are actively trying to get a glimpse of him
● I love how consistently un-self-aware JJJ is
● this is a 64-page issue
● 👏👏👏👏
Synopsis:
Story 1:
Spider-Man is in the neighborhood as a Man Monster destroys a political billboard for the Mayoral candidate, Richard Raleigh. Two workers, installing the billboard, are almost killed by the rampage, but Spidey is able to rescue them and then battle the terrorizing titan until he is defeated and left, in order to rescue the workers again from falling from a ledge of a building, where Spider-Man had placed them out of the monster's path of destruction. When the Web-Crawler returns to mop up his opponent, he discovers he is now gone. Spider-Man reverts back to his civilian identity of Peter Parker and discovers the whole city has become "Raleigh Rooters" and that the candidate seems to have some unbelievable hold on the masses. His pals, Harry and Mary Jane, are among his most boisterous followers only outdone by his boss, J. Jonah Jameson, who has put his newspaper, The Daily Bugle, fully behind Raleigh's candidacy.
As New York watches Raleigh on television cry for union against the city's underworld who are obviously trying to intimidate him from running for mayor, he puts on a show that makes him seem like a common man who has the city's interest at heart. However, after the cameras stop rolling, he shows his true colors as a power-hungry ego-maniac who has his own interests at heart. Atop of his interest is to destroy Spider-Man and former Police Captain, George Stacy, who, he has learned, is looking into his background. It is revealed that Raleigh is behind the cyborg Man Monster and his creator, Dr. Thraxton. As Peter picks up Gwen for a date and drives away they witness the Man Monster attack the home of Capt. Stacy. Peter sends Gwen for help and then changes into Spider-Man in an attempt to save Mr. Stacy. The fight is carried on to Raleigh's house, which Spidey figures out must be behind the creature. He brings the fight into the Raleigh house where Raleigh uses the pain control apparatus he uses, to keep the Man Monster compliant to his will, a little too much and damages it beyond repair. The creature then turns on Raleigh and Dr. Thraxton, killing them both. Spidey finishes the fight with a vicious side-hand smash to the creatures neck, apparently killing the creature. Spidey leaves as he hears approaching sirens and is seen by Jameson, which he predicts correctly, will use his paper to call him the killer of Raleigh. Jameson states that he will make the public hate the fact that a man as great as Raleigh is dead, while the menace of Spider-Man is still alive and free.
Story 2:
Peter Parker stands by the side of his grieving Aunt May, as Ben's remains are laid to rest. With the funeral now over, the pair walk out of the cemetery. Peter thinks back to the events that led up to the death of his Uncle Ben, and how he blames himself for what happened.
Peter reflects back to the day that he was bitten by a radioactive spider and given fantastic powers. Seeking a career in showbiz, he develops the identity of Spider-Man. However, one night he let a burglar run flee the television studio, telling the security guard that it wasn't his problem to deal with. Later that night, Peter's Uncle Ben was shot during a house robbery. Learning that the man responsible is holed up at the Acme Warehouse, Peter went after him as Spider-Man. Easily defeating his uncle's killer, Peter was horrified to discover that it was the same burglar who he let get away much earlier.
With his recollection of these tragic events over, Peter vows to never let his inaction lead to another person getting harmed as long as Spider-Man has a means to stop it.
(https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Spectacular_Spider-Man_Magazine_Vol_1_1)
Fan Art: Spider-man by nefar007
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Lionel Atwill in Doctor X (Michael Curtiz, 1932)
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy, Preston Foster, John Wray, Harry Beresford, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Leila Bennett, Robert Warwick, George Rosener, Willard Robertson, Thomas E. Jackson, Harry Holman, Mae Busch, Tom Dugan. Screenplay: Robert Taskner, Earl Baldwin, based on a play by Howard Warren Comstock and Allen C. Miller. Cinematography: Ray Rennahan. Art direction: Anton Grot. Film editing: George Amy.
In Doctor X, Lee Tracy is called on to do two incompatible things: serve as comic relief and play the romantic lead. He succeeds at the former more than he does at the latter, which is not saying much. (The comic shtick involves things like joy buzzers and exploding cigars, which gives you a sense of the level of humor Tracy is asked to participate in.) The film is a whodunit horror about a serial killer who strikes at the full moon and who leaves his victims mutilated. (The movie calls it cannibalism, but I don't recall any evidence that the killer actually ate the people he murdered.) The chief forensic clue is that the victims were sliced up with a particular kind of scalpel, used only by one facility in the city: a research institute headed by Dr. Jerry Xavier (Lionel Atwill). When the police detectives call on Xavier, they are introduced to his research staff, each of whom becomes a suspect in the killings. Meanwhile, Lee Taylor (Tracy), one of those anything-for-a-story reporters Hollywood was fond of, is snooping around too, trying to uncover the Full Moon Killer before the police do. This involves Taylor breaking and entering at not only the institute but also Dr. Xavier's creepy gothic mansion on a cliff in Long Island, where he lurks around in some skeleton-filled closets. (Cue the obvious gags.) He also meets Dr. Xavier's lovely daughter, Joanne (Fay Wray), and they inexplicably (at least where she's concerned) hit it off. Naturally, Joanne has to be put in jeopardy and Taylor has to rescue her. Doctor X is mostly remembered for its experiment with two-strip Technicolor, which yields some interesting if washed-out looking images, but also seems inappropriate for the film's sinister old dark house setting. There are a few nice scares among all the goofiness and pseudo-scientific poppycock -- the usual foaming and smoking beakers and flasks and some sparking and arcing electric apparatus -- but in a golden age for horror movies, Doctor X is decidedly second-tier.
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Beer Events 8.1
Events
Westmalle Brewery brewed their 1st beer (1836)
First excise tax on U.S. beer enacted (1862)
Conrad Binding bought the Glock Brewery (Frankfurt, Germany; 1870)
Carson City Brewery sold to James Raycraft & Frank Golden (Nevada; 1890)
Schmitt & Schwanenfluegel incorporated (1892)
Imperial Brewing brought English brewers over to brew Ales & Porters (Minnesota; 1901)
Szesztilalom ended (Prohibition, Hungary; 1919)
Michelob Dark introduced on draft (1981)
CAMRA introduced the Cyclops system to classify real ales (2006)
HopUnion merged with Yakima Chief (2006)
Berlin court ordered breweries to stop advertising beer as good for peoples’ looks and health (2011)
Breweries Opened
New Zealand Breweries / Steinlager (New Zealand; 1958)
Burton Bridge Brewery (England; 1982)
Bayern Brewing (Montana; 1987)
North Coast Brewing (California; 1988)
Appleton Brewing (Wisconsin; 1989)
Columbus Brewing (Ohio; 1989)
Durham Brewing (England; 1991)
Babe's (Iowa; 1993)
Jet City Brewing (Washington; 1993)
Rio Bravo Restaurant & Brewery (New Mexico; 1993)
El Dorado Brewing (California; 1994)
M.J. Barleyhoppers Brewery & Sports Pub (Idaho; 1994)
Black Horse Pub & Brewery (Tennessee; 1995)
Garretts Mill Brewing (Ohio; 1995)
Mill Brewery, Bakery & Eatery (Alabama; 1995)
Only the Best Brewing (Colorado; 1995)
Silk's Grill & Brewing (Texas; 1995)
Chez Gambrinus (Canada; 1996)
Commonwealth Brewing (Massachusetts; 1996)
Du Claw Brewing (Maryland; 1996)
Great Southern Brewing (Tennessee; 1996)
Howe Sound Inn & Brewing (Canada; 1996)
Lavoie Brewing (Wyoming; 1996)
Pints Pub & Brewery & Freehouse (Colorado; 1996)
Top of the Hill Restaurant & Brewery (North Carolina; 1996)
B.C. Brewing (California; 1997)
Brown Cow Brewery (England; 1997)
Cigar Band Brewing (Texas; 1997)
E&O Trading Co. (California; 1997)
Faust Brewing (Texas; 1997)
Harper's Brewing (Michigan; 1997)
O'Hara's Brewpub (Minnesota; 1997)
Rarotonga Brewery (Cook Islands; 1997)
Speakeasy Ales & Lagers (California; 1997)
Wild Onion Brewing (Illinois; 1997)
Buckwoods Brewing (Canada; 1998)
Cottage Springs Brewery (Wales; 1998)
Dr. Hops Brewery (Idaho; 1998)
Ellis Island Casino (Nevada; 1998)
Fourth Street Brewing (Iowa; 1998)
Morro Bay Brewing (California; 1998)
Old Hat Brewery (Michigan; 1998)
Willow Street Brewery (California; 1998)
Alcazar Brewery (England; 1999)
Minocqua Brewing (Wisconsin; 1999)
Pumphouse Brewery (Canada; 1999)
Saint George Brewing (Virginia; 1999)
Augusta Brewing (Missouri; 2000)
Paradise Brewery (England; 2000)
Rosen Brewery & Restaurant (California; 2000)
English Ales Brewery (California; 2001)
Island Brewing (Canada; 2001)
Spanish Peaks Brewing (California; 2001)
Laughing Dog Brewing (Idaho; 2005)
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Radio NET Bulgaria (December 21, 2022)
23:56 CHUCK LOEB - Cotton Club
23:52 SAM LEVINE - I'll Be Home For Christmas
23:48 FRANK SUTTON - Rain Serenade
23:44 BONEY JAMES - Maker Of Love
23:40 RICHARD ELLIOT - Sticky Wicked
23:34 GEORGE JINDA - Deep as The Night
23:31 CHRISTMAS CAROLS - Stille Nacht
23:27 EARNEST WALKER JR - Chandelle Drive
23:24 MARCUS ANDERSON - Cup Of Joe
23:18 EUGE GROOVE - Straight Up
23:13 SPECIAL EFX - Garden of Eden
23:08 DR. SAXLOVE - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
23:05 NICK COLIONNE - Uncle Nick
23:00 JAY KING - Soulful Bossa Nova
22:58 BARCLAY & CREAM - You're Not Alone (Alexander Metzger Mix)
22:53 JEAN MARE - Just Equality (Electro Downbeat Mix)
22:49 MENZI - Zug Nach Nirgendwo
22:45 MARGA SOL - What I Need
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22:28 ASTRID SURYANTO - Distant Bar (Original Mix)
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22:06 GUSHI, RAFFUNK - Travel (Lemongrass Couch Remix)
22:02 ORJAN NILSEN - Drink To Forget (Original Chill Out Mix)
21:59 JES - Stronger
21:54 ANDY MOOR, ASHLEY WALLBRIDGE, GABRIELA - World To Turn
21:50 ELLIE GOULDING - Heartbeats (Cosmonaut Grechko Edit)
21:46 BOYCHILD, SOUNDMOUSE - Counting What Ifs (Original Mix)
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20:38 SUSANA, DARK MATTERS - Sleepless Ocean (Extended Mix)
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19:58 BEAMY - Jasmine
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19:47 MASHTI, JEAN VON BADEN - Waiting
19:41 TONY IGY - Astronomia (Chillout Mix)
19:37 SARAH MENESCAL - Don't Speak (Reggae Version)
19:32 MARC PUIG, MARIA COLLADO - To Forget Me
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19:13 JOHN O'CALLAGHAN, AUDREY GALLAGHER - Big Sky (Acoustic Mix)
19:07 MAN IN A ROOM, CIVILIAN - Night Mail
19:02 MARGA SOL - What We Had
18:57 JEROME ISMA-AE - Underwater Love
18:51 DASH BERLIN - Till The Sky Falls Down (Monokini Beach Mix)
18:47 WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS - Psychasthenia
18:44 CLAES ROSEN, NATALIE PERIS - Stay (Original Mix)
18:41 ROB NUNJES - Smells Like Teen Spirit
18:36 HEIKO - Miles Away
18:30 SUNLONGER, KYLER ENGLAND - Change Your Mind (Chill Version)
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18:19 THE THRILLSEEKERS - Synaesthesia (Solarsoul Chilled Remix)
18:14 SUNLOUNGER, ZARA - Crawling
18:10 ATB, AMURAI - Love & Light (Downtempo Mix)
18:07 JAMES BUTLER - Dinner For Two
18:02 FUNKAGENDA - Breakwater (Violet Oversoul Mix)
17:57 JEFFERY SMITH - Groovin' (That's What I Like)
17:53 NEAL DAVIS - Joy To The World
17:47 KEITH MASON - The Sabbath
17:41 GEORGE JINDA - Deep as The Night
17:37 NATE WHITE - Ducie's Groove
17:32 FRANK MCCOMB - Just Ride
17:28 CANDY DULFER - Smooth
17:23 BROOKE ALFORD - Christmas Time Is Here
17:19 SLIM GAMBILL - Boom
17:15 ATTILA ZAVODI - Beetle by the Road
17:10 FRANK PIOMBO - Luv Dat Smooth Latte (Nicos Theme)
17:06 DON VINO - They Were Here (Feat. Vicky Sampson)
17:00 DOMINIC CAMARDELLA - The Alhambra
16:56 DESMOND MEYER - Lickamore
16:52 GABRIEL MARK HASSELBACH - Litmus Test
16:47 EUGE GROOVE - To The Nines
16:43 RHYTHM JETS - Do You Hear What I Hear
16:38 KEN NAVARRO - Time And Love
16:35 JEFF LORBER FUSION - Mind Reader
16:29 MARCUS ANDERSON - White Christmas
16:25 KARLA LEAL - Wait and See
16:20 CAROL ALBERT - For the Moment (feat. Paul Brown)
16:17 THREESTYLE - Desert Moon
16:12 CHRIS GODBER - West Coast Soul
16:09 SMOOTH SOUL HOLIDAY - Carol of the Bells
16:04 KENNY NIGHTINGALE - Never Let You Go
16:00 ADRIAN CRUTCHFIELD - Purity
15:55 JOYCE COOLING - Another Time
15:51 SPECIAL EFX - Night Shift
15:47 JOEL DEL ROSARIO - Sunrise on the Sunset
15:42 DONALD HAYES - About You
15:40 NICK DUKAS - Rockin Around the Christmas Tree
15:36 TIM BOWMAN - Heart & Soul
15:32 PEET PROJECT - Bizd magad most ram
15:28 CAROL NETHEN - Silent Night
15:24 WAYMAN TISDALE - Let's Do It Again
15:21 DAVE KOZ - Yesterday
15:16 BILLYRAY SHEPPARD - Silk
15:12 NICK COLIONNE - Romantic Nites
15:08 NILS - Snow Outside My Window
15:03 GINO ROSARIA - Gentle Touch
15:00 GARY PALMER - To the Top
14:56 CHIELI MINUCCI - Shine
14:52 DAVID DAVIS - Back & Forth
14:48 KEITH ANDREW - East Peak
14:44 FRANCESCO DIGILIO - O Little Town of Bethlehem
14:40 PETER WHITE - Lovely Day
14:35 JOE MCBRIDE, THE TEXAS RHYTHM CLUB - Keepin' It Real
14:30 BRIAN CULBERTSON - Angels We Have Heard On High
14:25 EVERETT B WALTERS - Chuck's Chunky Fried Chicken Shack
14:20 KEIKO MATSUI - A Night With Cha Cha from Soul Quest
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14:12 LOUIE FITZGERALD - Keepin' the Groove On
14:08 SYLVIA BENNETT - A Rainbow Christmas
14:04 EUGE GROOVE - All For You
14:00 CHRISTOPHE GOZE - Bossa Roma
13:56 JEFF RYAN - Sweet Spot
13:52 PATRICK YANDALL - Yearning for Your Love
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13:44 BRIAN SIMPSON - All That Matters
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13:32 RANDY SCOTT - Step
13:30 SHIN GIWON CHRISTMAS CAROL COLLECTION - White Christmas
13:26 MARCO ALBANI - Freedom (feat. Martino Onorato, Umberto Vitiello)
13:22 DARREN RAHN - Free To Be Me
13:18 No One Else Would Ever Do (feat. Magdalena Chovancova, Robert Fertl & Dw3)
13:12 GEORGE BENSON - Breezin'
13:08 OLI SILK - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
13:04 SKINNY HIGHTOWER - Now Or Never
13:00 NORMAN BROWN - I Won't Hurt You
12:55 JACKIEM JOYNER - Back To Motown
12:51 MIKAEL - Trippin Over You
12:47 DARRIUS JAMAR - Missing You
12:44 DAVE KOZ - The First Noel
12:39 ADAM HAWLEY - Hello (Feat. Kat Hawley)
12:34 NICK COLIONNE - Is This Love I'm Feeling
12:30 NILS - Merry Merry Christmas
12:26 JEREMY HECTOR - Finally Home
12:22 DREW DAVIDSEN - I Can't Help It (feat. Bobby Lyle)
12:18 WAYMAN TISDALE - Watch Me Play Again (feat. Robert Wilson from The Gap Band)
12:14 PIECES OF A DREAM - In Too Deep
12:09 HERB ALPERT - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
12:04 PETER WHITE - What's Going On
12:00 ZACH BRIDGES - These Hands
11:56 ADRIAN CRUTCHFIELD - Lover
11:52 STEVE OLIVER - Long Road
11:48 BEN TANKARD - My Favorite Things
11:43 UNDER THE LAKE - This One Too
11:39 JIM ADKINS - Into The Storm
11:34 CAROL NETHEN - O Holy Night
11:29 KIM SCOTT - Butterfly
11:24 KAYLA WATERS - Heaven Said (vocal)
11:18 DAVID PETROSYAN - By Happy
11:13 BOB BALDWIN - Morning
11:09 BRIAN CULBERTSON - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
11:04 EUGE GROOVE - Talk To Me
11:00 CHRIS GODBER - Can't Help Believin
10:56 AL DEGREGORIS - After a Rain
10:52 CHRIS 'BIG DOG' DAVIS - Whatcha Gonna Do For Me
10:49 JAZZ FUNK SOUL - Hidden In Plain Sight
10:44 TERENCE YOUNG - Yearning For Your Love
10:40 LELIO LUTTAZZI - White Christmas
10:36 MARCUS ANDERSON - Bless The Lord
10:31 VINCENT INGALA - Coast to Coast
10:28 CHRISTMAS CAROLS - Ave Maria
10:24 ROB TARDIK - Perserverance (feat. Roberto Vally)
10:20 BIRDS OF A FEATHER - Someday Soon
10:16 PAUL TAYLOR - Told Ya So
10:12 STEVE WATSON - Pear Bear
10:08 DAVE KOZ - Winter Wonderland
10:04 LOWELL HOPPER - Distant Love (feat. G. Vernon Burrell, Jr.)
10:00 VANN BURCHFIELD - You Can Do It
09:56 BRAD ALEXANDER - Sunrise on I15
09:53 STEVE RAYBINE - Firefly Dance
09:48 CHRIS STANDRING - Yesterday's Heaven
09:43 KENNEY POLSON - Black Swan
09:40 NILS - Silent Night
09:36 NORMAN BROWN - Amen
09:32 ZOLBERT - A Song for You
09:28 PETER WHITE - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
09:24 WILL DONATO - You Got This
09:21 BONEY JAMES - Creepin'
09:16 KONSTANTIN KLASHTORNI - Too Much Heaven
09:12 WARREN HILL - Fallen
09:08 ALVIN GARETT - My Gift To You
09:04 THE SAX PACK - Shine On
09:00 NICK COLIONNE - Say What's on Your Mind
08:57 LEBRON - New Era
08:52 RICK HABANA - Round We Go
08:48 RAINFOREST BAND - God's Nature
08:45 ALEXANDER ZONJIC - Living in the Past
08:41 COOL SPRING JAZZ QUARTET - Angels We Have Heard On High
08:37 STEVE OLIVER - City Of Lightning
08:34 BK JACKSON - Before I Let Go
08:30 CAROL NETHEN - Pat a Pan
08:25 ANDREW NICHOLS - I Love the Way You Love Me
08:20 WAYMAN TISDALE - I Hope You Feel It To
08:16 PEET PROJECT - Playground
08:12 KIM SCOTT - Billie Jean
08:08 TON SMITH - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (feat. Preston Smith and Oliver Scott)
08:04 AL DEGREGORIS - People Power
08:00 MARCUS ANDERSON - Believe In Yourself
07:55 RHYTHM LOGIC - Logically Speaking
07:51 VINCENT INGALA - My Kind Of Day
07:48 MARK R. HARRIS - Setting It Straight (feat. Ignacio Nunez & Daniele Silvestri)
07:43 JAY ROWE - What Child Is This
07:39 EVAN CARYDAKIS - Groove House
07:34 AL GOMEZ - Sip Thy Wine
07:30 RONNY SMITH - One Snowy Night
07:26 ROB SABADO - On The Beach
07:22 NICK COLIONNE - When You Love Somebody
07:16 KIRK FISCHER - Reach into Your Heart
07:12 BIRDS OF A FEATHER - View From Here
07:08 NICK DUKAS - Through Their Eyes
07:04 ALTHEA RENE - Pastel Leather
07:00 THREESTYLE - Bring It Up
06:55 KOOL&KLEAN - Dream Weaver
06:52 DEE BROWN - Beauty Within
06:48 PETER WHITE - My Prayer
06:44 DAVE KOZ - This Christmas (Feat. Jonathan Butler)
06:40 LOUIE FITZGERALD - Consuming Fire
06:36 BRYAN LUBECK - Noon Groove
06:31 BRIAN BROMBERG - The Christmas Song
06:26 POP'N BOSSA - It Will Rain
06:23 KIM WATERS - Secret Romance
06:19 VINCENT IOIA - Linda's Sunset
06:14 TONY SAUNDERS - Highway 5
06:08 SHIN GIWON CHRISTMAS CAROL COLLECTION - The First Noel
06:04 PATRICK YANDALL - Law St. Locals
06:00 EUGE GROOVE - Rewind
05:56 TIM BOWMAN - Summer Groove
05:51 3RD FORCE - Out Of The Storm
05:47 ADRIAN CRUTCHFIELD - Morning After
05:43 LYNNE FIDDMONT - Spirit of Christmas
05:39 BEN TANKARD, NICHOLAS COLE - Every Praise
05:35 KIM SCOTT - Back Together Again
05:31 LEE RITENOUR - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
05:26 DARREN MOTAMEDY - Too Close
05:21 STEVE OLIVER - Circles
05:17 JEFF KASHIWA - The Attraction
05:12 VINCENT INGALA - Fire And Desire
05:08 JAMES 'PJ' SPRAGGINS - Hark the Herald Angels Sing
05:04 PAUL BROWN - 24-7
05:00 ENNY - What's Love Got to Do with It (feat. Marcus Anderson & Matt Cusson)
04:55 KONSTANTIN KLASHTORNI - Look Around
04:52 BONEY JAMES - Fresh Air
04:47 AL DEGREGORIS - Smooth It Out
04:42 BRIAN CULBERTSON - All Through The Christmas Night
04:37 ROBERTO VAZQUEZ - Between Two Worlds
04:33 THE SAX PACK - You Are My Starship
04:28 JACK JEZZRO - Happy Holiday
04:23 NILS - Get On the Dance Floor
04:20 NICK COLIONNE - The Journey
04:16 SHAUN LABELLE - Palm Canyon Drive
04:13 PETER WHITE - How Deep Is Your Love
04:10 HERB ALPERT - Merry Christmas, Darling
04:06 MARK JAIMES - Heads Up (feat. Rick Braun)
04:00 AMANDUS - One Day for a Lifetime
03:56 SHARON RAE NORTH - Heart of Mine
03:52 TERENCE YOUNG - Come With Me
03:46 GERRY SMOOTH - Sweet Delight
03:42 BRIAN BROMBERG - Celebrate Me Home
03:37 CHRIS GODBER - Chill
03:33 RICK BRAUN - Feet First
03:29 BEN TANKARD - White Christmas
03:25 JEFF RYAN - We Can Work It Out
03:21 NORMAN BROWN - My Window To Heaven
03:19 496 WEST - Soul Catcher
03:14 NICHOLAS COLE - Sugar
03:08 SHIN GIWON CHRISTMAS CAROL COLLECTION - Jingle Bell Rock
03:04 THREESTYLE - Giant (feat. Magdalena Chovancova & Robert Fertl)
03:00 ERIC MARIENTHAL - Open Road
02:56 PIECES OF A DREAM - Fired Up
02:51 CHASE HUNA - Into the Sun
02:48 VINCENT INGALA - This Time Baby
02:44 BRETTINA - New Day
02:41 JAMES BOWMAN III - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
02:37 LIN ROUNTREE - FuSion
02:33 DONN BYNUM - Because I'm Feeling You
02:30 COOL SPRING JAZZ QUARTET - Go Tell It On The Mountain
02:26 2UNES - Rain Forest
02:21 MARCOS ARIEL - Second Chance (feat. Lulu Joppert)
02:17 QUINTIN GERARD W. - Cruisin' 0n Taxi Way
02:12 PAUL HARDCASTLE - Wavelength
02:08 JEANETTE HARRIS - Away In A Manger
02:04 AL DEGREGORIS - My Father's House
02:00 JODY MAYFIELD - Strawberry Sunday (feat. Walter Beasley)
01:56 GARY MEGGS - Hark The Dancing Angels
01:51 KEN POWE - First Love
01:47 NILS - Stratmosphere
01:43 JACKIEM JOYNER - Later Tonight
01:40 GINO ROSARIA - The Night Is Still Young
01:36 PETER WHITE - Reveillez-Vous (Wake Up)
01:32 DAVE KOZ - Silent Night
01:27 RICHARD ELLIOT - Kick It Up
01:21 EUGE GROOVE - Take You Higher
01:16 DONALD HAYES - Can't Help It
01:10 WOLFGANG HAFFNER - Warm Breeze
01:07 TONY CRADDOCK JR. - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
01:04 RONNY SMITH - Funny How Time Flies
01:00 GARY PALMER - Misunderstanding
00:56 PEET PROJECT - Let's Do This
00:51 BRIAN CULBERTSON - This Christmas
00:46 TIM BOWMAN - Happiness Is
00:42 MARC ANTOINE - Eclectic World
00:38 ERIC DARIUS - Broke Down
00:34 BEN TANKARD - I'll Be Missing You
00:32 ART MORRIS - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
00:27 BE'NE MUSIC - 120 East
00:22 PIECES OF A DREAM - Feelin' Good
00:18 KIM WATERS - East Coast Strollin'
00:14 KEITH ANDREW - Take It Slow
00:09 BRIAN LENAIR - Christmas time is here
00:05 PATRICK YANDALL - Basic Reply
00:00 BIRDS OF A FEATHER - Above the Clouds
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JOHN RABE (2009)
Daniel Brühl as Dr. Georg Rosen
#just look at him#he looks adorable so let me be#john rabe#florian gallenberger#daniel brühl#dr. georg rosen#danielbruhledit#film scene#biopic#biography#period film#filmedit#filmgifs#john rabe 2009#daniel bruhl#gifset#gifs#cinemagifmaker#baby’s so nervous he doesn’t know where to put his hands#daniel brühl filmography#m* edit
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Pick Your Favorite Sad Boi, Daniel Brühl Edition:
Nikolas Koll, Der Pakt - Wenn Kinder Töten (1996)
Checo, Paradise Mall / Schlaraffenland (1999)
Markus Baasweiler, Schule (2000)
Marek, Honolulu (2001)
Daniel, No Regrets / Nichts Bereuen (2001)
Marko Stemper, Elephant Heart / Elefantenherz (2002)
Arbo, Vaya Con Dios (2002)
Alexander Kerner, Good Bye, Lenin! (2003)
Paul Krantz, Love in Thoughts / Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken (2004)
Jan, The Edukators / Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei (2004)
Andrea Marowski, Ladies in Lavender (2004)
Karl, A Friend of Mine (2006)
Tonda, Krabat (2008)
Dirk, All Together (2011)
Dr. Georg Rosen, John Rabe (2009)
Hans Krämer, The Coming Days / Die kommenden Tage (2010)
Álex Garel, Eva (2011)
Niki Lauda, Rush (2013)
Daniel Domscheit-Berg, The Fifth Estate (2013)
Thomas Lang, The Face of an Angel (2014)
Daniel, Colonia (2015)
Sebastian Zöllner, Me and Kaminski (2015)
Tony Balerdi, Burnt (2015)
Escherich, Alone in Berlin (2016)
Helmut Zemo, Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, The Alienist (2018 - 2020)
Ernst Schmidt, The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
Thomas Fischer, My Zoe (2019)
Daniel Weltz, Next Door / Nebenan (2021)
#daniel brühl#good bye lenin!#alexander kerner#the edukators#baron zemo#captain america civil war#me and kaminski#Sebastian Zöllner#no regrets#the alienist#laszlo kreizler#love in thoughts#Ladies in Lavender#Andrea Marowski#Krabat#John Rabe#The Coming Days#colonia#nebenan#rush#niki lauda#the face of an angel#tony balerdi#burnt#vaya con dios#schule#honolulu#elephant heart#der pakt
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STRANGE TALES #124
1964, Marvel Comics
Stan Lee script, Steve Ditko art, George Bell inks, Sam Rosen letters
#strange tales#DC comics#marvel#intrapanel#1964#dr strange#stan lee#steve ditko#george bell#sam rosen
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SPN Casting Sides (usually 3-10+ pgs from script):
1.10 Asylum (Kat, Gavin)
1.13 Route 666 (Audrey Robinson, Cassie Robinson, Harold Todd, Jimmy Anderson)
1.14 Nightmare (Alice Miller, Max Miller)
1.15 The Benders (Deputy Kathleen Hudak, “Abraham Bender”)
1.17 Hell House (Craig Thursten, "Ernie”, “Harold”)
1.18 Something Wicked (Michael, Young Dean)
1.19 Provenance (Sarah Blake)
1.20 Dead Man's Blood (Beau, Kate, Luther)
1.21 Salvation (Tom)
1.22 Devil's Trap (Bobby Singer)
2.01 In My Time of Dying (Tessa, “Janitor”)
2.02 Everybody Loves a Clown (Ellen, “Miles”, “Alex” 12 July 2006, “Alex” 14 July 2006)
2.03 Bloodlust (Gordon Walker, Lenore)
2.04 Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (Angela Mason, Neil)
2.05 Simon Said (Andy Gillette)
2.07 The Usual Suspects (Detective Pete Sheridan)
2.08 Crossroad Blues (Crossroads Demon, George Darrow, Robert Johnson)
2.09 Croatoan (Dr. Lee, “Vargo”)
2.10 Hunted (Ava)
2.11 Playthings (Susan)
2.12 Nightshifter (Agent Henriksen, Ronald)
2.13 Houses of the Holy (Father Thomas Gregory, Father Reynolds)
2.15 Tall Tales (Frat Boy, “Janitor”)
2.16 Roadkill (David McNamara)
2.18 Hollywood Babylon (Director, Tara Benchley)
2.19 Folsom Prison Blues (Deacon Kaylor, Mara Davis, Randall)
2.21 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part One (Jake Talley, Lily)
3.01 The Magnificent Seven (Isaac, Walter Rosen)
3.02 The Kids Are Alright (Ben Braeden)
3.03 Bad Day at Black Rock (Bela Talbot, Creedy, Kubrick)
3.04 Sin City (Father Gil, “Iggy”, Ruby)
3.05 Bedtime Stories (Crossroads Demon, Dr. Garrison)
3.06 Red Sky at Morning (Gertrude Case)
3.07 Fresh Blood (Dixon)
3.08 A Very Supernatural Christmas (Young Dean, Young Sam, Edward, Madge)
3.09 Malleus Maleficarum (Elizabeth, Renee, Tammi Benton)
3.10 Dream a Little Dream of Me (Dream!Dean, Jeremy Frost)
3.12 Jus in Bello (Deputy Phil Amici, Nancy Fitzgerald, Sheriff Dodd)
4.01 Lazarus Rising (Castiel, "Kristy”, Pamela Barnes)
4.03 In the Beginning (Young Mary, Young John, Deanna Campbell)
4.04 Metamorphosis (Michelle Montgomery, Jack Montgomery, Travis)
4.05 Monster Movie (Jamie, Dracula)
4.06 Yellow Fever (Luther Garland, Sheriff Ed Britton, John Garland)
4.07 It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester (Tracy Davis, Don Harding, Uriel)
4.08 Wishful Thinking (Wes Mondale, Hope Lynn Casey)
4.09 I Know What You Did Last Summer (Alastair, Anna Milton)
SPN Misc. Crew Documents:
8.10 Torn and Frayed (one line schedule)
14.05 Nightmare Logic (longform breakdown)
14.07 Unhuman Nature (technical package)
14.13 Lebanon (technical package)
15.04 Atomic Monsters (prep memo)
SPN Scripts (in all stages):
1.01 Pilot (lavender revisions)
1.03 Dead in the Water (production draft)
1.04 Phantom Traveler (yellow revisions)
1.10 Asylum (blue draft)
1.12 Faith (production draft)
1.13 Route 666 (studio draft)
1.14 Nightmare (production draft)
2.03 Bloodlust (production draft)
2.11 Playthings (production draft)
2.12 Nightshifter (blue draft)
2.21 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part One (blue revisions)
3.15 Time Is on My Side (production draft)
4.11 Family Remains (studio story arena, yellow revisions)
4.12 Criss Angel Is a Douchebag (network arena pitch)
4.13 After School Special (studio story arena)
4.14 Sex and Violence (network arena pitch)
4.17 It's a Terrible Life (blue revisions w/director’s notes)
4.20 The Rapture (outline)
5.09 The Real Ghostbusters (production draft w/director’s notes)
5.10 Abandon All Hope... (goldenrod revisions)
5.15 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (network draft)
5.22 Swan Song (production draft)
6.13 Unforgiven (green draft)
8.11 LARP and the Real Girl (production draft)
9.07 Bad Boys (2nd writer’s draft)
9.20 Bloodlines (2nd network draft)
9.22 Stairway to Heaven (production draft)
9.23 Do You Believe in Miracles? (pink pages)
10.23 Brother's Keeper (production draft)
11.20 Don't Call Me Shurley (production draft)
13.04 The Big Empty (blue draft; missing Act 5)
13.06 Tombstone (blue pages only)
13.08 The Scorpion & the Frog (production draft)
13.10 Wayward Sisters (2nd writer’s draft)
13.19 Funeralia (studio/network draft)
13.21 Beat the Devil (studio/network draft)
14.13 Lebanon (yellow draft, green pages)
14.14 Ouroboros (blue draft)
14.17 Game Night (studio/network draft)
SPN Storyboards:
3.05 Bedtime Stories (Scenes 1-4)
9.03 I'm No Angel (Scenes 1-37)
11.11 Into the Mystic (Scenes 1-5; 37)
#i can see how many hits each item has#clearly folks don't know these things exist#supernatural#scripts#casting sides#storyboards#long post
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Untitled Wednesday Library Series, Part 45
Now that I’ve staked out some blessed free time, I’m working on both the Albers and (more immediately) the Malevich I mentioned a couple posts back. I do, though, need a little more time. To that end, here’s the Fritz Kahn’s 1943 Man in Structure and Function (translated from the 1939 Der Mensch Gesund und Krank, a title I like less, by Dr. George Rosen).
In particular this is from the February 1946 third printing of the first edition, complete with barely palpable and nigh invisible embossing. Points against the necessity for flash to picture it.
The Text, the Object, etc.
I’m breaking with format here because otherwise I’d talk forever. Not sure who actually reads what I write in these, but in this case the pictures really are the post. Fritz Kahn was maybe the educational illustrator; the modern infographic and textbook illustration both owe huge amounts to him. His work was more in information architecture than data visualization, but it seems he did a little of everything anyway.
His biography and publication history are a little too tangled for me to confidently summarize here. Note, at least, that this book was written in Paris after he fled Germany in ‘37, was initially published in Switzerland, and only got an English translation (along with a couple other works, notably The Cell and Our Sex Life, all subject to significant alteration or destruction in their contemporary German editions) after he eventually secured residency in the US in ‘41.
Beautiful work here, if a little quaint in places. The integration of illustration with text is impressive, and the metaphors are uniformly robust. Calling the whole ‘accessible’ isn’t a cop-out; it’s the point. Plenty of the choices here persist in current biology/physiology/anatomy/chemistry texts. It is a little ra ra ‘industry and efficiency and mechanism-character of biology’ — the guy did make Der Mensh als Industriepalast — but zeitgeist or whatever. Weimar type shit. I’m soft on that, a little.
But anyway, observe ye Man Healthy and Sick as writ in bread and radishes and battles and tubes with feet. ‘Such is science’.
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Love In A Hopeless Place
A/N: After watching John Rabe, I just fell in love with Georg and Langshu’s relationship and wanted to write something for them, particularly since more scenes of their developing relationship can be found in the extended version and isn’t available for most of the general population. For reference, the actors are only two years apart, so I am not really sure how old Langshu is meant to be, especially since she is supposed to be a student at a college, so I will say she is in her twenties and he is in his thirties (the movie came out in 2009). At a certain point, it is all fanfiction that is not based on the movie, and I tried my best to be as true to history as I could. This is a story that has been long in the making and I am so happy that I finally finished this piece.
Pairing: Georg Rosen x Langshu
Summary: She was a refugee seeking protect in a warzone, he was an ambassador trying to do his part. Can it be possible that love be found in a world filled with destruction?
Warnings: Love at first sight, smut (loss of virginity), war, mentions of attempted rape and masturbation, possible age gap?, happy ending.
It had been a long night. Langshu didn’t mean to cause all this trouble, all she wanted to do was feed her brother, but instead, the night was filled with fear, fear of almost being raped, the knowledge that her little brother had killed to save her, the burial of her father, and almost being caught by the Japanese. Relief finally overcame her when Dr. Rosen had found her brother, who was alive and well, after they had split up from being chased. “It’s not safe to stay out,” he said in a soft whisper, “The college is too far, we should head toward my place.” Langshu held her bother close as they approached the big building, staying close by Dr. Rosen.
She was glad for the night, glad for the lack of light, so he may not see the adoring way she stared, as if confirming what she had thought of him, that he was her knight in shining armor, as the stories go. Ever since the day she took his picture, she couldn’t stop thinking of him and when she developed it, she had to make two, one that was intact and full, and the other for her to cut out in a perfect rectangle his portrait. Tucking the small picture in her sleeve, she kept it close by so whenever she felt particularly lonely for him, she could pull it out and study his face. It was such a kind face, but it didn’t quite capture the whole of him. His lovely dark hair that looked as soft as a raven’s wing, honey brown eyes that showed his soul, which was full of kindness and good intentions. His voice was gentle but sure, always offering a smile to the other students, but she sometimes felt that his smile was brighter for her.
He led them to a spare room and turned the light on. “Um, you may sleep here. The chaise is comfy,” he says pointing to the chaise big enough for a small boy, then turned and opened a door. “The washroom is here. Please, use it to freshen up if you wish.”
She smiled and nodded. “Thank you. For everything.”
He felt his cheeks grow warm and all he could offer was a small smile. Murmuring an excuse, he left them be and closed the door behind him. As he walked away, he realized that her clothes would not at all be appropriate to wear come day. Recalling the donation of clothes that he had received he went to search through for something. He could have chosen a simpler dress, there were plenty that would have been her size, but he chose a dark green with a white and red floral pattern party dress. She deserves something nice, something as lovely as her.
Georg carefully walked to the spare room, unsure if they would be asleep, if it was the wrong time. Softly he knocked at the door. “Langshu?” When he didn’t hear an answer, he opened the door carefully, not wanting to wake anyone and found that her brother was fast asleep on the chaise and the sound of running water in the next room. Quietly so not to make any noise and disturb her, he hung the dress on the door hook and left as if he were a ghost.
Langshu stepped out a few moments later, wrapped up in a robe, she smiled at her brother’s sleeping form. She turned and noticed the dress on the door hook. Dr. Rosen left it for her, and the thought made her smile even more. She was sure that he wasn’t going to expect her for the rest of the night, so she decided to dry herself off and slip on the dress, just to please him. She looked at herself in the mirror before leaving. She wished she had her long hair back, she looked too much like a boy, but she still smiled at the way she looked in the dress. Slipping out of the room, she made her way to his study.
Georg paced about his study for a bit, thinking. His thoughts should always be on the safety zone, how to help and protect, but now, he was caught up in her. When he had come to Nanjing, it had looked like a warzone, papers flying everywhere and people fleeing. But then, a sound of a click made him turn and half expecting a soldier coming for him, but instead, he saw a young woman with a camera. There was something in that moment that despite the cruelty and terror the world had to offer, it also had beauty. He smiled but she started to run away, he made a movement to stop her, but with a glance back at him, she was gone.
He hadn’t expected to see her again, but when she came to see Rabe asking for his help, he stepped forward to see who it was, and he stopped when he saw her again. She gasped, as if she hadn’t expected to see him again, and he smiled at her but once again it was all too quick and off she went. She didn’t see that he leaned against the window and watched as she hurried away, longing for her to look back, to let him see her once more. To find that she was one of the students at the college, one of the people he’d keep in his care gave him a pleasure he never thought possible. The idea of being able to watch over her, protect her, made him feel better knowing she was away from the danger. While he was often busy working on the preservation of the safety zone, he never failed to stop and acknowledge her whenever she passed by. Sometimes he told himself he was just being polite, that was all, other times, he berated himself for acting like such a schoolboy. But no matter what, he knew the truth.
Making himself sit, he decided he would try to get some work done, but a soft knock at the door stopped him completely. He knew without knowing, that it was her on the other side of the door. He hesitated, taking a moment to be certain that his voice would not betray him, and said, “Come in.” He stood as soon as he could see her, and his heart began beating furiously. She was wearing the dress, and she looked so beautiful in it. She gave a twirl and he could help but to smile with her. This is why you fight, he thought to himself, not just because it is right, but to see that smile. They speak pleasantries, act like a pair of love-struck children, and there is a thrill when he asks her to sit and he is so close to her. This is the first time that they are truly alone.
Scattered on the table are pictures of his family, of his childhood, which prompts her to share her own picture, the one she keeps so close to her. Seeing that she had cut out the picture of him made him feel flattered and surprised. “Is that me?” he asks, surprised by his own expression. It captured him puzzled, thoughtful, but unafraid. They looked up at each other at the same time and there was suddenly a change in the air. They realized just how close they were to each other, how close their lips were and then, there was a sudden pull towards each other, like magnets and before they knew it, their lips touched.
She had never kissed anyone before, it wasn’t proper and she never had any kind of intended to kiss, so when his lips so gently pressed against hers, it felt like her heart could burst open and release fireworks and tears. When he pulled back to look at her, he saw the lovely expression of joy and he couldn’t help but to feel that too. He has kissed one or two in the past, but beyond that, it never got any further. It wasn’t the same as those other times, this was completely different.
He felt eyes on him, and he stopped, of course, Shitler. He pulled away, murmured for a moment, then got up and turned the picture around. Shitler will not see what they will share together. She smiled and blushed, and her heart beat quickly when he offered his hand and she took it, standing before him.
“Dr. Rosen-”
“Georg,” he kindly interrupted her, “Please.”
“Georg,” she whispers with a smile and speaks it a few more times like a prayer. “When did you know?” she asked, “What was the moment that you knew?”
“When you tried to leave but then looked back, that look, it made my heart jump. That was my moment. Yours?”
“I knew when you smiled. When you heard my camera, you turned and the look of fear had gone, you smiled. That was mine.”
They kissed, long and deep and she swore she murmured a yes, swore she asked him to make love to her. He pulled back, looking down at her to make sure it was what she wanted before he led her to his room. Often, he’d look back at her, making sure that he doesn’t miss the moment of reluctance, that if she changed her mind, he’d make sure to let her know that it was alright and return her safely to her room. But she didn’t, her hand still secure in his. Opening his door, he allowed her to enter first. It was a lovely room, a dark wood bedframe with white sheets was the focal point of the room.
Georg closed the door and came up to her, taking both hands and looked down at her. For a moment, they just stood there, looking at one another, not quite sure how to start. Langshu reached up and kissed him, softly, letting go of his hands to cradle his face. The kisses became more fervent, his arms wrapped around her, making her press against his body. A small gasp escaped her lips between the kisses, not just because of their intensity, but because she could feel him through his pants, and it was a sensation she never knew.
She slipped his suspenders off his shoulders and worked on his buttons. He watched with tenderness and love, feeling neither ashamed nor nervous. This was a brand-new kind of intimacy that he had never experienced before and now couldn’t imagine it without her. Her slender hands ran over his shoulders to help remove the shirt, then returned to glide down his chest. He was different from the men she had seen shirtless before, there was hair on his chest, not a lot, but enough to admire. She didn’t think, but her lips led her to his chest, leaving barely-there kisses, and she felt a surge or pride at the gasps and heavy breathing above her.
Taking her face into his hands, he pulled her up to kiss her again and all the while staring deep in her eyes, he unzipped her dress and let it fall to the ground. She thought back earlier when the soldier had demanded that she and the other students undress to convince him they weren’t boys and she felt ashamed. She remembered how Georg had been kind enough to look away, both shame and anger coloring his face then, but now, there wasn’t any shame from either of them. She wanted him to look, and when he did, he thought she was the loveliest creature to behold.
They fell back on the bed, his body beside hers as they kissed, his hands ran down her neck, to her breasts and knead and caressed them. She felt his hand roam across her body, from her breasts, to her stomach, until he reached between her legs and carefully slipped a finger inside. At first, he faltered, seeing her gasp and unsure if it was a good or bad gasp. Tentatively, he tried again, slowly moving it in and out, watching as her expression changed from unfamiliarity, to a lovely expression, her eyes closed, a sweet smile on her lips and her back arching, as if she wanted to be closer. He wouldn’t let up, not until he was sure that she experienced pleasure once before becoming one with her.
Sharing a room with twenty other women didn’t guarantee privacy, but there were those nights that Langshu had managed to explore and give pleasure to herself, all the while thinking of him. She was grateful that she had managed to remain untouched by the soldiers, she wouldn’t have wanted her first to be anything but this. He did whatever she urged, her eyes screw tightly and soft whimpers escaped her lips, and soon, she felt her body react harder than it ever did before as she felt the familiar feeling of pleasure overcoming her.
He watched with wonder and love as she become undone for him, how her cheeks grew pink with desire and her lips moist as she released the prettiest sound she ever heard. Releasing himself from her, he removed his pants and as she settled herself properly in the bed, he slipped in with her. Looking down at her, suddenly, he felt nervous; he didn’t want to hurt her, didn’t want to disappoint, she deserved all the love that he could offer her, and he hoped it would be enough. Kissing her forehead, he took a hold of himself, found her center and staring into her eyes, only after she gave a soft but certain approval, he entered her.
It was such a strange but wonderful feeling, and seeing his worry, she took his face into her hands, brought him down to kiss and nodded. Slow and agonizing it was at first, testing the waters to see what would work, but soon, they managed to find the rhythm that was meant for them. Her legs and arms wrapped around him, the scent his cologne filling her senses, mixing with the clean scent of hers, turning funky and warm from their body heat. His hands gently held her hips as he carefully thrust into her, his lips kissing hers, and if he couldn’t, he’d find her cheek, her neck, anything else to worship her with. He hooked his arms under her, his hands buried in her short hair, pulling her body closer to his, feeling her breasts crushed against his chest. It was a feeling Langshu always wondered how that would feel and it was magnificent.
In this mad world where chaos and death surrounded them, it was incredible and miraculous that two people were able to find a moment of peace, of ecstasy and of love.
Langshu’s body is curled against his, her head resting on his chest and her arms around him, sleeping peacefully. His hand absent mindedly brushing against her shoulder, staring out the window to the rising sun. Georg was awake before her, for how long, he didn’t know, nor did he care. The world was quiet, one could almost forget that there was a war going on, that life was not as peaceful as it seemed. He wished it could be like this forever, soft, silent and happy.
Because of Shitler’s laws, he would be unable to marry her and walk with her as husband and wife, but he would not let that stop him. When the war is over, he thinks, I can take her and her brother away from here and we can start again. They keep their relationship a secret, besides the usual dangers of enemies knowing their weakness, the committee wouldn’t approve, especially Madam Dupres, director of the college, due to it being a conflict of interests. She is a refugee, he’s an ambassador. Nevertheless, they refused to end their relationship, enjoying what time they could.
The Japanese forces had declared that the safety zone was to be dismantled and that the refugees were to return home, but there was no home for Langshu and her brother to return to. Georg was not going to let this stop him, and using his influence, he managed to get the pair out of the country to England. Germany wasn’t entirely safe for them either and he knew that at least in England, they would be protected, so even if it was far for him to travel from Germany to the little house in the English countryside, it was worth it to know they were safe.
Langshu would have been happy if she was to live with him as a maid or cook, just as long as she could be near him, but he wouldn’t hear of it, and in secret, they were married with her brother there to witness. “When the day comes,” he tells her in the safety of their new room, “I’ll bring you home to Germany, and we won’t have to be afraid of anything anymore.”
Georg did as much as he could to help the Allies, to fight back against the fascists and make the world a better place. The war at last ended with Hitler’s suicide, but the Germany he knew wouldn’t quite be the same. People were broken, cruel and lost, and he knew it wasn’t exactly a place for his family. Instead, he had requested a transfer to work at the German Embassy in London, now closer to his wife, now expecting their first child.
There were times Langshu had missed her home in Nanjing, but just as Georg felt for Germany, she knew that her homeland would not have been what she had known it to be. If given the choice, she would’ve preferred to be in self-exile with her beloved husband, brother and soon to be child in a strange land, rather than to be alone in a home that was no longer her home.
The years passed them, her brother grew into a man with his own family, Georg and Langshu surrounded by their children, then their children’s children, and all the while, she kept photographic record of it all, keeping her interests alive. Georg was a model husband and father, loving and caring for each of his children, more so than most fathers of his generation, but he knew better than anyone how precious life was and wanted to never waste a moment.
He retires from his position when he is sixty and enjoys his time with his wife. He finds her one day making scrap books for each of their children and sits beside her, watching her. “That was a good day,” she remarks, looking at a photo of their children standing by a tree, “We’ve had many good days.”
“Yes, we’ve been lucky,” he answers sweetly.
As she goes through, she finds the small rectangle picture she took so long ago, and with a giggle, she shows him. “Look at that handsome young man.”
“I wonder whatever happened to him,” Georg says, recalling his youthful hope and innocence.
“He grew to be a handsome older man. And he is loved just as deeply as the first day he was looked upon.”
True, it hadn’t always been easy, almost impossible, but they had managed to find love in such a hopeless place, and wondered, perhaps nothing was as hopeless as it seemed.
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