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chaosverse-mainblog · 1 year

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Kelsey

“Kelsey” Kelechi Siqiniq Darling

-15/16yrs old

-Afro-indigenous, ½ Nigerian (Igbo) ½ Inuit (Iñupiaq)

-Has a dark skin tone, almost like a Aicha Faye

-Has a mole under his right eye/close to his cheek, one on the right side of his bottom lip, another near the left side of his chin, one in between his eyes/on his nose bridge and one on his nose, also has freckles (mostly on his body, a few scattered across his nose)

-Tooth Gap

-He has light blue eyes but for some reason his eyes tend to reflect light like in pictures regardless of actual lighting, basically it constantly looks like he has red pupils/the red-eye effect, he also has monolids/monolid eyes + a bulbous/broad nose

-Chubby

-6’2 (THE HELL THEY FEEDING HIM??) but he slouches when talking to people shorter than him (basically almost every kid his age) so he looks about 6ft max most of the time

-4B, 8 inch, golden blonde (like ebonyboadu’s) with brown-black roots, afro (it’s kinda big, it looks like Chelsea Boatey’s)

-Has ocular albinism + mild(ish) photophobia

-Nostril piercing (gold) on the left side

-Voice HC: Steve Lacy or Marshall Lee (Donald Glover)(still considering multiple options), Can speak English (2nd), Igbo (1st), French (3rd) and trying to practise Iñupiaq

-ASD + Depression

-Stromae, Vendredi sur Mer, Vanessa Paradis, Kali Uchis, LVL1, ZUTOMAYO, Nastyona, Doja Cat, Eve, Yemi Alade, Azealia Banks, Amerie, Rihanna, Beyoncé, Destiny’s Child, TLC, Tinashe, PinkPanthress, Erykah Badu, Eve, WILLOW, The Internet, Gorillaz, Tame Impala, MF DOOM, Odd Future, Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler the creator, Outkast, Frank Ocean, Bruno Mars, Steve Lacy, Bell Biv DeVoe, Easy-E, Michael Jackson, MARINA, Madonna, Melanie Martinez, Elita, Mitski, Lady Gaga, Millionaires, Gwen Stefani, Blondie, The Cramps, Mother Mother, ICP, Metallica, Rammstein, October Country, Foster the People, Sohodolls, The Dresden Dolls, Le Tigre

-Interest in knifes, like pocket-knifes, switchblades, etc. He has like a whole mini collection

-He also likes drawing and sketching, has one HUGE sketchbook now and some old one that was his first ever official one, works on painting projects, now he’s trying out Graffiti + he likes drawing little comics and stuff in his his sketchbook

-He likes shows like: Boondocks, For Colored Girls, Ride the Cyclone, Heathers, Pose, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Carrie, The Butterfly Effect (2004), Jennifer’s body, Get out, Us, Suspiria, Boxing Helena, Hellraiser, Lolita, girl interrupted and more, he also likes anime.

-He likes writing poems

-Can Skate (Mostly Skateboarding) and play violin

-Has a Nintendo DSI XL(Metallic Rose), He likes Animal Crossing, Kirby games, Zelda games, Pokemon games, and he LOVES Princess Peach

-Either freezes up/zones out or walks out of awkward/uncomfortable situations

-Can't make proper/his own decisons for shit,

-Can be very blunt or too honest or comes on strong

-Really quiet in front of other ppl (except Dev and Mick)

-He can Waack and Vouge

-He’s into urban exploration, sometimes he’ll take some cool trinkets if he can find any, maybe take some inspiration of some random graffiti

-Interested in the Arts and Criminology

-Mostly prefers smaller crowds of people, can easily get overwhelmed

-Classes: Literature, Chemistry, Algebra, P.E (in the school basketball team), Art and Design, French, Business, Geography, ICT

-Contortionist + Intersex

-His natural hair color is in fact blonde but the rest of the hair on his body seems to be a dark brown

-Says really creepy shit out of the blue then just, “forgets”, after

-Damn I wonder why he wears that one earring on his right ear

#submission

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coolcoolkerberos · 4 years

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Rating Side’s Playlists: Janus

Aka I say Vibes 30 times, these aren’t in order

- Come Little Children by Erutan

Disney villain vibes

Evil motherly song, guiding through the dark

“It must be this way” MY FUCKING FEELINGS

Haunting, I love it

7/10, get’s kinda repetitive

- You’re a Cad by the bird and a bee

Oh boy I’ve been hearing this one is about Virgil

First lyric screams “betrayal”

JAZZ VIBES YESSSSSS

A sort of ‘they’ll see through your lies’

“I should be better, but I’m worse” JANUS MISSES VIRGIL MY HEART

“You’re reckless with my heart, still I wait by the fire, I won’t ever get smart”

10/10 I added it to my playlist

- Denial by the Vaccines

Oooo dark vibes

“I know the world is in your hands” Janus calling out someone’s power?

“Please do my turn the light out, oh I don’t think the conversations over” Major SvS Redux vibes

Chill beats

The song is like someone speaking from your head and saying you’re denying your head from information

“I know where you want to go, oh I do, but do you?”

9/10, meaningful

- Mandy Goes To Med School by the Dresden Dolls

OOOOO MORE JAZZ VIBES

I love the piano in this song

I don’t even know what this song is about, I just think it’s neat

Her voice gets a bit annoying but then it gets good

“I’ve been dying to find out the hard way” idk but this lyric SLAPS

“I’ll burn that bridge when I get to it” (KILLER PIANO ENTERS)

8/10 to my playlist thing song goes

- Razzle Dazzle from Chicago

I’ve never listened to Chicago so here we go

Janus loves Jazz TM

“How can they see with sequence in their eyes?” ooooo

“Razzle Dazzle them and they’ll beg ya for more”

why does this seem like Janus telling Virgil he’s tricking everyone else with a friendly disguise?

I’m pretty sure this song is about prostitution

I know this song is supposed to be about disguising bland things with stupid amounts of show, but it gives off the vibe Janus is horny

6/10 just because I thought the song was SUPER repetitive

- Into the Unknown by the Blasting Company

I see over the garden wall (but I never watched it)

Same vibes as Come Little Children

“All that is lost is revealed” OOOO

Singer has rich voice I love it

7/10 I wanted more

- Don’t Tell Mama from Cabaret

Why do I get poor unfortunate souls vibes?

Song about lying about where you are (What Janus thinks Virgil is thinking?)

“I'm breaking every promise that I gave her, so won't you kindly do a girl a great big favor?” Major betrayal vibes

Lying to eachother is a big theme in this song

9/10 TO MY PLAYLIST YOU GO

- It Seemed The Better Way by Leonard Cohen

Again: evil vibes

DEEP VOICES

“Sounded like the truth, seemed the better way. Sounded like tha truth, but it’s not the truth today.” DAMN

This is more on the lying side of Janus

Violins are GOD TIER

7/10 I love the OoooOOOoooo-ing

- Talking at the Same Time by Tom Waits

Jazz Boys Assemble

Subtle trumpets, good beat

Again: MAJOR SvS REDUX VIBES

Kind of silent drunk ranting vibes

“You got to build your nest high enough to ride out the flood”

8/10 voice is annoying at points but it works well

- Anywhere by the Scarring Party

MORE JAZZ!!!! (Kind of Hadestown vibes)

I can’t understand the singer but it’s fun

Lots of dramas and flair

5/10 I couldn’t understand, but the music slapped

- Change by Lana Del Rey

I’ve never listened to a single Lana Del Rey song so this will be fun

Angst-y

“I’ve been thinking it’s just someone else’s job to care, but who am I? To try?” JANUS STOP BREAKING MY HEART

“Change is a powerful thing, I feel a coming in me.”

Janus would most likely try learning this song on piano

ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING HOLY SHIT

9/10 Haunting, and I love it

- As Far as I Can See by Phantogram

Jazz/Techo? Hell yeah.

I really can’t tell if my phone is glitching of if it’s this song

“As far as I can see, nobody loves me. As far as I can tell, nobody loves you either.” OOP

“As far as I can see, nobody’s listening. As far as I can tell, nobody’s listening to me” SvS VIBES

7/10 confusing but catchy

- I Put a Spell On You by Nina Simone

afsgafafsha JANUS IS A HOCAS POCUS FAN

Jazz Vibes, I love her voice

“You know I can’t stand it, you’re running around” VIRGIL ANGST

6/10 I NEED MORE

- All the Good Girls Go to Hell by Billie Ellish

Fun Fact: I thought Billie was a male white 33 year old country singer until I heard this song a couple of months ago

“Once you get inside em, got friends but can’t invite em.” JANUS AND REMUS BEING CAST AWAY BY EVERY OTHER SIDE

“When the water starts to rise, and heaven’s out of sight, she’ll want the devil on her team” SvS REDUX VIBESSSSSS

“You’re cover up, is caving in, man is such a fool why are we saving him? Poisioning themselves now. Begging for our help? Wow.” I JUST ASDFGHJKL

10/10 I love this song for Janus, and I just love this song in general

- Evil Night Together by Jill Tracy

Man Janus just loves those jazz songs

Evil voices? We love it

“Let sway away the hours, let’s spend an evil night together” Janus, I just- I- why is he horny

“Who’s gonna make you a hero? Who’s gonna blow you away?” BETRAYAL VIBES

I just LOVE HOW THE MUSIC BUILDS TENSION

7/10 gets repetitive at the end, but I love this song

- Bladk Hole Sun from Scott Brandlee’s Post Modern Jukebox

Oooo is this jazz or classical

It’s jazz

Her voice is so beautiful

“Black Hole Sun, won’t you come, and wash away the rain?”

More major keys then other songs

INSTRAMENTAL SLAPS

10/10 I have no criticisms

- When the Chips are Down from Hadestown

Asdfashdhahesksksk I KNEW HADESTOWN WOULD BE HERE

Very different from the broadway version in voices, but I think it works for Janus

PIANO BREAK (jams)

“Aim for the heart, shoot to kill, if you don’t do it then the other one will” VIRGIL

“The first shall be first, and the last shall be last. Cast your eyes to heaven: you get a knife in the BACK”

8/10 I love this song but the voices don’t do it for me

- Devil in the Details by Bright Eyes

The voice? SLAPS

“Now you have your cake, don’t hesitate. Come on just do it.”

“There’s no backing out. This is gonna be reality, you can never dream it down.” DAMN

The strings? SLAPS

Angst TM

The guitar? SLAPS

“If there’s still time to turn around, I’m going too” SvS REDUX!!! VIBES!!!

Another 10/10

- Criminal by Fiona Apple

Evil jazzzzzzzz

“When a girl will break a boy just because she can”

Her voice is amazing, and it works well with the tone

“I got a lot to loose, and I’m betting high, so I’m begging you.” SvS vibes!!! (Not redux tho)

I really think Thomas, Joan, and Tayln knew what the fuck they were doing with this song and causing chaos with the Janus and Virgil shippers (yes they exist)

7/10 the ending wanted to be a fade out but it didn’t really work

- Trust in Me from the Jungle Book

Oh Jesus

Ooo opening just BURSTS through the door

Scarlett Johansson didn’t have to go this smooth but she did and I love her for it

MORE EVIL JAZZ

I like this take on the song, gives it more evil mom energy

10/10 I just- amazing

And that’s the end, Janus’ playlist overall is a 8/10

#sanderssides #deciet sanders #janus sanders #janus sanders sides #deciet sanders sides #janus’ playlist #SvS #svs part two

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kakushigo · 4 years

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An (in)complete list of all WeiLan AUs I have started & do not have enough time in 30 lives to compete:

Shifter AU: The god Kunlun was a 9-tailed fox spirit who took the displaced Dixingren people under his, uh, tails in the mountains of Kunlun. The gods said that no Dixingren would ever enter the wheel of reincarnation & Kunlun said that was bullshit. They attempted to kill Shen Wei, Lord of the Dixingren, as repayment for Kunlun's insult but his twin brother tricked the gods into killing him instead. Kunlun remakes Ye Zun's soul, stitching it together with the soul of a corvid from the decimated Dixing. Thus is born the first shifter of the Dixingren. Shit happens, Kunlun is eventually killed as he seals the gods off from the world. Shen Wei sleeps for 10,000 years, not knowing Kunlun is reincarnating in humans or that his brother is still alive. Dixingren interbreed with humanity and the Yashou, creating a race of shifters- humans who can take an animal form. Shen Wei wakes up in a different time and meets Zhao Yunlan, a human police chief with a "fox" shift. Shen Wei doesn't know if this is Kunlun or not until Zhao Yunlan's second tail comes in- showing he's not the fox shifter everyone thought he was.

Shifter AU, version 2: ft both Shen Wei & Yunlan reincarnating & meeting again in modern eras. Shen Wei has a Dixingren corvid shift like his brother.

Reincarnation AU: Kinda follows novel canon but Kunlun's reincarnations remember Shen Wei & quietly mourns for a love he can't clearly remember

K AU- Kunlun is the First & Silver King, an immortal human blessed by the Dresden Slate. He has completely abandoned the world after the death of his mother, father, and sister. Ye Zun is the Seventh & Grey King- the wildcard king, every one of the grey kings has had different powers. Shen Wei is the Second & Gold King- the Silver King's childhood friend and arguably the most powerful of the kings, but he is not immortal like Kunlun. He also has not completely retired from the world and strives to maintain order so that some day, Kunlun may descend again & live among everyone else. Da Qing as Neko, loyal only to his master and a Strain Yashou who can craft fine illusions. Ye Zun "kills" Kunlun, then frames him for the murder of the Third & Red King's (aka Chu Shuzhi) beloved twin brother. The Fourth & Blue King aka Guo Chengcheng works to maintain order and keep his beloved Red King from overexerting himself & dying despite his grief. Zhao Yunlan, college student & owner of Da Qing, is thought to be the new Grey King but he's got secrets as old as the Kings themselves and only Shen Wei can unravel them all.

They're both professional orchestra players, Zhao Yunlan plays violin & Shen Wei plays the Dizi.

Post-canon AU where Zhao Yunlan founds the Dixingren school that eventually becomes several schools & a university. Shen Wei is reborn after 10,000 years and somehow completely misses meeting Yunlan, the immortal Haixingren professor, until he's become a police officer & is investigating a case at the university.

Post-canon AU where Zhao Yunlan becomes King of Dixingren and nearly dies before Shen Wei pieces his soul back together & comes back to life

So many time travel AUs I can't even keep them seperate

Nirvana in Fire AU where Zhao Yunlan is the disfavored seventh Prince mourning the death of his childhood best friend, Shen Wei. The whole Shen Family & their army (the Dixingren Army) was implicated in a plot to kill emperor Zhao Xinci and put to death, though Zhao Yunlan thinks they're innocent (half the reason he's out of the emperor's favor). Enter Hei Pao Shi, a mysterious strategist who has chosen to ally himself to Seventh Prince Zhao Yunlan, to Yunlan's confusion and mild distaste. This does not stop Yunlan from flirting with the masked man.

In which Shen Wei is a gentlemen thief named Hei Pao Shi and he flirts with Officer Zhao Yunlan who is in charge of the task force intent on capturing him. It's all fun and games until Officer Zhao shows up at Professor Shen's door, asking him about the artifacts HPS has stolen and Professor Shen falls a bit in love.

Professor Shen Wei lives across the hall with his cat Da Ji. Zhao Yunlan and his cat Da Qing aren't in love. Really.

Shen Wei is a professorial chef and Zhao Yunlan is his disaster boyfriend who can't tell the difference between instant ramen & handmade ramen. This is somehow still a match made in heaven.

I have a note that says "Dragon WeiLan ft pearl of sadness" and I really want to know wtf I meant by that

Shen Wei comes back to life post-drama and is made aware Yunlan is eternally on fire in the lamp (discontinued due to sadness & Shen Wei murdering the Regent)

Ye Old Haixing AU where Shen Wei, as first Prince of the Ghost Tribe, and Zhao Yunlan, first Prince of the Mountain Tribe, are engaged to be married. Only issue is that Shen Wei is in love with the pugilist Kunlun & Zhao Yunlan is in love with the pugilist Hei Pao Shi.

Mama Zhao has insisted that Zhao Yunlan find someone to date or she'll set him up. He lies & says he has a date, but now Moma Zhao wants to meet them. Da Qing turns down fake dating Zhao Yunlan, so in a fit of desperation, Zhao Yunlan calls a random number and ends up convincing Professor Shen Wei to be his fake date. They don't meet until the dinner with Mama Zhao. Zhao Yunlan regrets his request to have the professor fake a messy breakup with him to get her off his case, but then professor Shen Wei never does the melt down over Yunlan's horrific lack of manners. Instead Yunlan gets taken home & fucked. Fake dating turns real and Yunlan worries when Shen Wei will come to his senses even as they adopt a cat & move in together. Da Qing officiates their wedding & Mama Zhao gets drunk & confesses she knew they were fake dating but now she's keeping Shen Wei

#weilan #i know I'm forgetting some #but yeah #like I mentioned #so many AUs #it's not even funny #'an' AU a day?#more like too many AUs and I cry #good news though??#bits of shifter verse may still see the light of day #because kitsune Yunlan is adorable #And I can't get over Giant Kitsune Kunlun vs fennec fox sized kitsune Yunlan #my brain while compiling this: but have we considered-#also a couple crossovers with MDZS #but if I ignore them #they'll go away #right?#pls light a candle for all these wonderful AUs #my writing

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funkzpiel · 4 years

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I got tagged by @karasuya and @paintingraves ~ thanks <3 You guys had different questions, but same concept, so I’m merging them together in one post.

Rules: Answer these questions & tag people you want to get to know better

1. name: Funkspiel (I generally don’t give out my real name too often unless we talk a lot separately via DM, etc.)

2. nicknames: Funkz seems to be the most common one.

3. zodiac sign: Cancer

4. height: 5’6″

5. languages spoken: English. I learned Spanish/Latin in high school and Italian in college and now as time has passed the three have merged into one language that is utterly useless to anyone haha.

6. nationality: American

7. favorite season: Fall. For just about all the reasons you might expect haha.

8. favorite flower: Cherry Blossoms

9. favorite scent: Lavender or maybe coffee

10. favorite color: honestly IDK if I have one, I’m not really attached to any specific one... black? teal? red? who can know these things...

11. favorite animal: Wolf - I’ve adored them ever since I was a kid and it’s never gone away.

12. favorite fictional characters: Goodness, fuck me... There’s so many. Steve Rogers (pre-MCU fuck up), Harry Dresden, Jacob Frye, Handsome Jack, Chris Redfield, Albert Wesker, Percival Graves, Geralt, Trevor Belmont, ~ literally the list is massive.

13. coffee, tea, or hot chocolate: coffee or tea

14. average sleep: ...highly depends... usually not a lot

15. dog or cat person: dog person, but i adore them both.

16. numbers of blankets you sleep with: as many as I can tolerate before it gets too hot, haha

17. dream trip: Venice. I’ve always wanted to go. I was actually supposed to go in May. Obviously not anymore, unfortunately.

18. blog established: This one? honestly don’t remember haha

19. followers: 1,420 as of today. ya’ll are too kind, I don’t fucking deserve you.

20. random fact: I used to many a lot of GMVs and other fan-made videos on youtube between 2007-2014. I lost track of it when I started editing as a career. I constantly have an urge to get back into it, but I just never have the energy outside of work.

21. Hogwarts House: It’s complicated. Literally every test always pegs me 50/50 in Gryffindor and Slytherin. So who knows. Slytherindor? IDK. I didn’t get a letter anyway. ;)

22. Last Thing I Googled: 3 ingredient peanut butter cookie recipe lmaoooo

23. Song Stuck in my Head: “Goodbye with Soap and Skin” by Apparat

24. How Many Blogs do you Follow: 194

25. Lucky Numbers: i have no fucking idea lmao

26. Dream Job: I really love my job, actually. But I’d love to be a full-time writer.

27. Wearing: PJs and a bathrobe lmao don’t look at me XD

28. Favorite Song(s): Oh god... fuck me, idk. If I’m writing? Instrumental for the most part (I write to the song on 23 above a lot)

29. Favorite Instruments: Violin or piano

30. Favorite Authors: Jim Butcher, Neil Gaiman, Pierce Brown

31. Favorite Animal Noises: holy shit idk... howling? whale sounds? XD I wasn’t ready for this question.

32. Aesthetic: houses heavily decorated in plants, a book and a plush armchair with coffee and a blanket, misty lake front on a crisp fall morning

Tagging: I’m always terrible at this bit... Anyone who’s interested? I tag you, interested people. <3

#tumblr tag thingy

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schostakowitsch-remade · 7 years

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hey hey i’ve never done one of these before

rules: answer 30 questions and then tag 20 blogs you would like to know better

tagged by @oracle-futaba

1. nickname: lex

2. gender: female

3. star sign: cancer

4. height: 5′3″

5. time: 4:24 pm

6. birthday: july 10

7. favourite band(s): hhhhhh mother mother, debout sur le zinc, the dresden dolls, steam powered giraffe, and mcr

8. favourite solo artist(s): can’t really think of any off the top of my head. amanda palmer? i really only listen to her through the dresden dolls though

9. song stuck in my head: pretty women from sweeney todd

10. last movie I watched: coraline

11. last show I watched: hhhhhelll idk???? i think it was revolutionary girl utena

12. when did I create my blog: like. 2014??

13. what do I post: vidya game and goro akechi

14. last thing I googled: toxicity of foxglove

15. do you have other blogs: i am one (1) mess of a blog

16. do you get asks: a bit more lately! many thanks to brice for that

17. why did you choose your url: because i could not believe that this canon twewy url wasn’t taken

18: following: 439

19. followers: 326

20. favourite colour: black and white is good... i like purple too

21. average hours of sleep: uhhhhhh school days about 7 hours. free days about 4 hours lmao

22. lucky number: don’t really think i have one? probably 7

23. instruments: violin, badly

24. what am I wearing: button-up shirt and leggings

25. how many blankets do I sleep with: two! three if it’s really cold

26. dream job: like idealistically? botanist or fashion designer ghhhh

27. dream trip: shanghai / hunan / shibuya

28. favourite food: sushi! good! though i just really like asian food

29. nationality: chinese-american

30. favorite song now: i’m just a kid by simple plan?? i have a few; i’ve been listening to black star by radiohead too

i tag @omurice-kun, @selflee, @morphogenetic, @ravencapri, @traversetown, @blackstar not tagging 20 no

#about tag

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todayclassical · 7 years

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May 11 in Music History

1728 Birth of French composer and violinist Pierre Gavines in Bordeaux.

1731 Birth of composer Johann Gottfried Seyfert.

1738 FP of Hasse's "Alfonso" Dresden.

1772 Birth of composer Henri-Jean Rigel.

1791 Birth of Bohemian composer Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek in Wamberg.

1797 FP of Dalayrac's "La Maison isolée" Paris.

1811 Birth of Italian baritone Filippo Coletti in Anagni Italy.

1827 Birth of American composer Septimus Winner in Philadelphia, PA.

1830 FP of Herold and Carafa's "L'Auberge d'Aurey" Paris.

1840 Birth of composer Filippo Capocci.

1849 Death of German composer Otto Nicolai at age 38, in Berlin.

1855 Russian composer Anatoly Liadov.

1864 FP of Guiraud's "Sylvie" Paris.

1877 Birth of soprano Anna Slavikova-Jordanova.

1881 Birth of composer Jan van Gilse.

1882 Birth of Austrian composer Joseph Marx in Graz.

1884 Birth of Romanian soprano Alma Gluck in Bucarest.

1885 Birth of Dutch bass-baritone Joseph Groenen in Waalwijk, Holland.

1888 Birth of Belgian tenor Louis Morrison in Antwerp.

1888 Birth of American popular music composer Irving Berlin.

1895 Birth of American composer William Grant Still.

1896 Birth of composer Josip Slavenski.

1898 Birth of Swedish bass Sven Nilsson in Gafla Gäfle, Sweden.

1902 Birth of Brazilian soprano Bidu Sayao.

1905 Birth of American soprano Agnes Davis in Colorado Springs.

1905 Birth of tenor Paul-Henry Vergnes in Lagrasse.

1906 Death of baritone Gottardo Aldighieri.

1909 Birth of composer Herbert Murrill.

1913 Birth of American composer Clare Grundman.

1916 Death of German composer Max Reger.

1917 FP of Ferrucio Busoni's operas Arlecchino 'Harlequin' and Turandot at the Stadttheater in Zurich.

1928 Birth of German soprano Ingeborg Reichelt in Frankfurt.

1931 Birth of American bass Arnold Voketaitis in East Haven, CT.

1938 Birth of American composer Harvey Sollberger in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

1940 Birth of American visualist-music composer Ron Pellegrino.

1940 Birth of American baritone Ron Bottcher in Sandpoint, ID.

1941 FP of Henry Cowell´s Tales of the Countryside for piano and orchestra in Atlantic City, NJ.

1942 Death of German soprano Helena Forti.

1944 Birth of American soprano Elaine Cormany in Clifton, TX.

1945 Birth of New Zealand cellist and conductor Ross Pople.

1945 FP of Leonard Bernstein's Hashkiveinu with text from the Sabbath Evening Service for Cantor, Choir and Organ, at Park Avenue Synagogue in NYC.

1946 Birth of American composer Lenore von Stein.

1947 Death of Swedish composer Ture Rangström.

1948 FP of Henry Cowell's Hymn, Chorale, and Fuguing Tune No. 8 for strings, at Florida State University Recital Hall. School of Music Faculty String Quartet.

1950 Death of tenor Charles Rousseliere.

1953 Birth of American experimental-music composer Steed Cowart.

1954 Birth of Scottish composer Judith Weir in Aberdeen.

1954 FP of Matyas Seiber´s Concertino for Clarinet and Strings in London.

1955 FP of Sir Arthur Bliss' Violin Concerto, in London.

1956 Birth of American composer Jane Ellen in CA.

1956 Birth of Belgian composer Marc Achille Matthys in Gehnt.

1957 Birth of Italian tenor Giuseppe Sabbatini in Rome.

1960 FP of Chailly's "Il mantello" Florence.

1960 FP of Bucchi's "Una notte in Paradiso" Florence.

1961 Birth of Filipino pianist Cecile Licad in Manila.

1963 Death of Italian tenor Guido Ciccolini in Rome.

1963 FP of William Grant Still's opera A Southern Interlude. University of Miami Opera. It was later revised as Highway 1, U.S.A.

1966 FP of Andrew Imbrie's Symphony No. San Francisco Symphony.

1976 Death of mezzo-soprano Enid Cruickshank.

1984 FP of John Harbison's Ulysses' Bow. New Haven Symphony, Murray Sidlin conducting.

1995 FP of John Adams' musical I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky with the Paul Dresher Ensemble conducted by Grant Gershon in Berkeley, CA.

2000 FP of Colin Matthews' Pluto - The Renewer. Composed as an addition to Gustav Holst's The Planets. The Hallé Orchestra, Kent Nagano conducting, in Manchester England.

2002 FP of Kenneth Frazelle's Concerto for Chamber Orchestra. Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane conducting in Glendale, CA.

#classicalmusic #today in music history #musichistory #todayclassical #onthisday

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theelliottsmiths · 4 years

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What instruments can you play or that you have tried to play?

I played violin for several years, didn't for like five and then picked it up again a few months ago. It uh. Doesn't sound super great. My body does not remember what vibrato is. I wish I had been allowed to do viola instead, the e string hurts my ears a bit, but the school did this thing where they gave us all a test and the children who could hear whether a note was higher or lower than another etc were told Okay you play violin now have fun. I think it was some kind of let's get poor kids into music initiative. Sidenote if you don't already you should watch Twoset Violin they're funny but every now and again they do something and you realise oh shit they're actual professional musicians

I taught myself how to read music on recorder but I was maybe nine so I do not think I could now, and I taught myself enough acoustic guitar to clumsily play songs like this and enough piano to play like, Frühling in Paris and most Dresden Dolls/Amanda Palmer songs. I can't sing but I do, very loudly and until I fuck up my voice because it's fun.

My hands are not big enough to play Mein Herz Brennt and I'm considering slicing my thumb webbing bit so I can stretch further. It would be worth it yes? Or just use my foot to play the lowest notes that'd be jazzy

If you hand me an instrument though I'm gonna fuckin try. I've always wanted to play accordion and cello. I have never touched a cello or tried playing a drum kit. A church once let me ring the bell.

So in summary: none.

#me rambling #non-rammstein

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polandandback2019 · 5 years

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May 30

The trip to Frankfurt Airport on the ICE (inter-city express) was very good. We had no trouble getting the rental car. Actually, we got lucky getting a nice brand new Ford Fiesta, diesel. May 30 is ascension Day, a national holiday. We took our time and drove to a nice old town call Meiningen, about an hour and a half from Leipzig. It was a very nice hotel with an Italian restaurant and free parking. We had spaghetti carbonara again and took a nice walk around the old town for some beautiful pictures. We just relaxed and thought there might be a little trouble getting a hotel in Leipzig because of the long holiday weekend. We found a nice apartment hotel that is directly in the Old Town and near the old city hall. I booked a room for 3 days instead of 2 so we could relax. We wanted to go hear the Boy’s Choir service in Dresden on Sunday, but couldn't be sure if they were singing based on the website.

May 31

We found the hotel easily which has a kitchenette. We could not check in until 4:00 PM so we spent Friday morning and afternoon walking around Old Town and visiting the Bach museum.

June 1

On Saturday we got up early drove to the monument to the nations. It's a huge monolithic structure celebrating the victory of the coalition of many nations over Napoleon which ended Napoleon's reign over Europe. That took a good 2 hours with a lot of steps up and down to get to the observation deck 91 m above the ground. When we got back, we parked our car near to the hotel which is cheaper than the original park house. After lunch, we wandered around looking at shops and buildings before we went to the choir concert at 3:00 PM in the Thomas Church, where Bach was choir director for 25 years.There are ice cream stands on every corner all over Europe and we finally had some good Italian ice cream before concert. We skipped coffee and loved the ice cream. We went to the German secret police office which had been the headquarters for the US military mayor of Leipzig when the allies took it over in May of 1945. The Stasi used every effort they could to keep track of what people were doing. One famous sayings was you don’t “know who was whom” so you better not talk about anything against the government. We had dinner at a typical German restaurant which had an untypical menu. Elizabeth had the potato soup with wurst and I had the senior plate with 3 small sausages, sauerkraut and dampf noodles (boiled noodles). Both were very tasty and not huge portions. I had never seen a menu with items for seniors. Later that night there was a big demonstration in front of the Opera House about the plight of refugees coming into Europe. They were protesting the treatment of the people who were rescuing the people escaping from Africa. Apparently the people on the boats who are helping are being arrested for human trafficking. We thought it was a protest about nationalism. A young lady standing near us kept looking back at us while we spoke in English so we asked her to explain some of the signs to us. She told us it was also about the education system. Apparently not many things have changed since my friend Rudi went to school in Selb in the 60s. Your prospects for going to college or any other higher learning still depends on your social status. The young lady we talked to was 31 years old and is just completing her bachelor degree. She had a hard time getting into college since she was not college material because of her parents social status. Her boyfriend, on the other hand, who is also 31 is working on his doctorate because both his parents were College professors.

Sunday, June 2

I like getting up in the morning, brewing coffee while I walk downstairs to the bakery 20 feet from our hotel for fresh brotchen. It has been very warm and we can’t keep our windows open at night because we are on a busy street for foot traffic. Someone was having a really good time at 2 a.m. this morning so we had to close our windows. For some reason, the towel heater comes on every evening in the bathroom and makes the bathroom very warm. I have not been able to figure out how to turn it off. It must be on the timer because it goes off in the middle of the night. There is a switch but I can't figure out which is on and which is off and I turn the thermostat down to cold. It's the weekend so there's no one at the front desk and I don't consider it an emergency. It's almost 10 AM so we are going to go for a stroll around town before lunch. We're going on the music tour that’s marked on the city map. We walked over to the Mendelssohn Haus in time to catch the noon concert. it was a man with a violin and a woman on a piano. They played two pieces, one by Mendelssohn and one by Tchaikovsky that took an hour. By my standards, they were exceptional. They played one encore because it was very hot with little ventilation of the 2nd floor. We had a late lunch and went to a museum that had over 5000 musical instruments from over a 500 year period. We had a nice talk with one of the monitors that watched us to make sure we didn't use flash photography. After I spoke to him for about 10 minutes, he asked if I were a real American since I spoke German so well. He knows about Route 66 and has friends who have ridden a motorcycle across Route 66 from California. Now it's time to rest a little bit before abend essen (dinner meal). We plan eat at a Greek restaurant we found last night.

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visions-of-distant-stars · 7 years

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The people around you

I met a wonderful girl today. Again.

She’s going to go for a trip in Vietnam very soon. A backpack adventure all alone. I admire her brave spirit.

Every time we meet I discover new, amazing things about her.

She had studied literature / philosophy.

She travelled a lot and she lived in Morocco for a while.

She lived in Paris, and Dresden, too.

She likes drawing and she’s a great illustrator

She has worked with one of the biggest film festival of my city

She used to ride the horse, when she was younger

She played the violin

Her parents worked at a local radio and she grew up in this environment

She grew up reading everything and she has a passion for comic books

She’s interested in documentaries about various religion

.. wow! I’m amazed by all the things she did and she can do in the future!

I know another girl.

She has been in Nicaragua once. The reality struck her and, coming back, she decided to write a book about it.

She sold all the copies of the book, and with that money, she could help the communities of Nicaragua to build a new school and buy new books.

These days she departures again to Guatemala, for a reportage.

Sometimes I look around and I’m amazed by all these people around me. In silence, they’re all doing amazing things. They’re like little lights that irradiate also the people around them, and they are a guidance for the other people lost in their journey.

I’m inspired by this greatness!

When I will ever be able to illuminate, even myself?

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purple and grey!!!!

((aaa sorry this is so late I haven’t had the chance to get on my computer until now))

Purple: 10 facts about my room

1. I have a lot of posters on the walls. Like. 13. plus a calendar.

2. My dresser is a war zone between snacks and miscellaneous things on one side and my TV and game systems on the other.

3. There are six blankets on my bed, which is odd because it’s always hot here.

4. I have a net in the corner of my room that has about a third of my stuffed animals, and another third is on my bed.

5. I have a tall bookshelf with all my manga and a few of my taller books (art books, high school yearbooks, game guides, etc.) and a collection of pokemon plushes on top.

6.I have a smaller bookshelf with anime/other DVDs, my Dresden Files books, and some of the smaller books I have. Plus all of my pokemon figures and anime figures on the shelves.

7. My room is very small. Between my bed, dresser, bookshelves, and two small stands, I have very little room to actually move around.

8 Um. I’m running out of things. Uh, I keep my violin propped up against the wall and trip on it pretty much every day, but refuse to move it.

9. I don’t have a place to hang all my con badges so they hang on the hooks the hold up my stuffed animal net.

10. My closet is a hazardous area that no mortal should be allowed to enter for fear of things falling on them

Grey: 2 facts about my favorite things

1. Sharks! I have so many shark facts! Most recently I learned that sharks can either give birth to live young or they can lay eggs.

2. I’ll go with one of my more obscure interests for this one. The actor of my favorite character form Firefly is going to be at Phoenix Comicon this year and I am Excite.

#answered #iceberg rambles #again sorry this took so long!!#thanks for asking though!!

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hollybrunskill-blog1 · 7 years

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‘MUSIC FOR MARK’ - AUCTION OF PROMISES

What a triumphant result; what a heartwarming occasion...💖💖💖

FINAL TOTAL RAISED DIRECTLY FROM THIS AUCTION - £3920! THANK YOU to everyone who donated a promise, thank you to everyone who placed a bid, and THANK YOU to our lucky winners!! If you haven’t yet paid for your prize, you can do so now on our JustGiving page below. Please write for reference to which auction your payment refers. If you’d prefer to send a cheque, please contact [email protected] for further details.

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A) 2 pairs of Bath Rugby tickets, European Quarter Finals home game v Brive/ 1 April 2017, kindly promised by Vicki Smith. FINAL BIDS JO T £100 and HALL £80

B) One week’s accommodation in a 3 bedroom town house on the coast, near Estepona, Spain, kindly promised by the Swan Family FINAL BID WOOD £500

C) One Ocado voucher with £50, kindly promised by Ocado. FINAL BID THOMAS £50

D) One night midweek stay at Paradise House (luxury boutique b&b) Bath, 2017 subject to availability, kindly promised by the Lanz family FINAL BID WEST £100

E) 2 x mohair throws by Neptune, (RRP £105 each), kindly promised by Emma Sims Hilditch FINAL BIDS ROLLS £50 and Jo T £80

F) Freshly home baked bread in a style of your choice, delivered locally to your door, kindly promised by Jon Brunskill. FINAL BID NASH £30

G) Three-course Sunday lunch for 4 people at Hayward’s Kitchen, Saltford Golf Club, kindly promised by Gemma Hayward. FINAL BID BEVAN £50

H) Lunch for 2 at Amarone, Bath, with a bottle of house wine (Mon-Fri), kindly promised by Jane & Kambiz Shayegan FINAL BID JO T £80

I) One bespoke celebration cake to the value of £150, by Daydreams UK (Crafting Creative Cake), kindly promised by Kate Parsons. FINAL BID WOOD £75

J) 4 tickets for the Bath Literary Festival; MARY BERRY! 20 May 2017 Bath, kindly promised by The Bath Festival (note can bid for one pair or two) FINAL BIDS WENDZINA £25, SWAN £25

K) 4 tickets for the Bath Literary Festival; SALMAN RUSHDIE, 25 May 2017 Bath, kindly promised by The Bath Festival (note can bid for one pair or two): FINAL BIDS ROZMUS-WEST £75 and WEBBER £100

L) 4 tickets for the Bath Literary Festival; ALI SMITH 21 May 2017 Bath, kindly promised by the Bath Festival (note can bid for one pair or two) FINAL BID WEBBER £50

M) Pimms and Croquet on the lawn for 4 people (including some instruction!) at Stanton Prior, Bath, kindly promised by the Hardwick Family. FINAL BID LAWMAN £50

N) A freshly picked seasonal bouquet of home grown parrot tulips, delivered locally in April, kindly promised by Tiffany Brunskill. FINAL BIDS SOLOMON £25 and SWAN £40

O) A place on a 5 week introduction to Croquet course at Camerton and Peasedown Croquet Club, kindly promised by Ros Key-Pugh

P) One trial violin lesson, kindly promised by Camilla Seymour. FINAL BID DUNCAN £30 (and £20 for late promise, trial piano Tom Worley)

Q) An afternoon of swimming for a family, in a private heated outdoor swimming pool in Saltford, at a mutually convenient time over the summer, kindly promised by Jean Katsimiha. FINAL BID S Webber £35

R) One week’s accommodation for up to 6 people in a fabulous holiday apartment in Port Isaac, Cornwall, kindly promised by the Lewis family: https://www.ownersdirect.co.uk/accommodation/p8035859. FINAL BID PAXTON £550

S) 2 one-hour private Shiatsu sessions at their home in Larkhall Bath, kindly promised by Jason & Fiona Cox FINAL BID NASH £120

T) 2 local (Larkhall or Bath with transportation) babysitting sessions, kindly promised by 16 and 18yr old sisters Amber and Katie Cox (pupils at Royal High School) FINAL BID WEST £30

U) 2 Hardback books “Comptoir Libanais” and “Comptoir Libanais Express”, kindly promised by their new restaurant in Southgate, Bath (each worth £20) - note two separate auctions FINAL BID WOOD £25 AND NASH £30

V) 2 Zumba cards of 5 classes each, in Bath (worth £20 each), kindly promised by Heidi Postlethwaite - note two separate auctions FINAL BIDS, 2 CARDS, HARDWICK £60

W) A one week’s static caravan stay for a family of up to 6 (two bedrooms and two people in the lounge) at Mullacott Cross, North Devon (10 minutes from Woolacombe); at a mutually agreed time March-November this year, kindly promised by Maggie Brown’s family FINAL BID PRIDDLE £220

X) Lunch for two at Combe Grove Hotel, kindly promised by the hotel FINAL BID JO T £100

Y) Gel polish manicure or pedicure, The Hair Studio, Timsbury, kindly promised by Emily Baxter. FINAL BID MACKAY £20

Z) 9 carat gold diamond and sapphire huggie earrings, rrp £275, kindly promised by Yasmin Mozafari’s father FINAL BID HANSEN £120

AB) 3 x Big Beach Bags, made by a fair-trade women’s cooperative Bangladesh, (RRP £29.95 each), kindly promised by Catherine Woodman, note 3 separate auctions FINAL BIDS BRUNSKILL £20, BROWN £30, SWAN £35

AC) Cut and blow dry, Melanie Giles Hairdressing in Bath, kindly promised by Mel Giles FINAL BID KENDALL £55

AD) 2 tickets to the Glastonbury Extravaganza, 5 August, kindly donated by Michael Eavis (note tickets not available until May) http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/vouchers-on-sale-now-for-2017-abbey-extravaganza/ FINAL BID PRITCHARD £70

THEATRE/MUSIC - BRISTOL AND BATH:

AA) 4 theatre tickets to see ‘The Addams Family’/ The Theatre Royal, Bath / June 2017, kindly promised by Lynda Elvin. http://theatreroyal.org.uk/page/3787/The-Addams-Family/1370 FINAL BID LEWIS £80

BB) Pair of tickets / Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra with Freddy Kempf (piano) / Colston Hall, Bristol / 17 May 2017, kindly promised by Andrew Jamieson: http://www.colstonhall.org/shows/moscow-philharmonic-orchestra-picture-perfect/ FINAL BID SHEARN £70

CC) 2 tickets, Madeleine Peyroux, 27 May, Bath, kindly promise by The Bath Festival. http://bathfestivals.org.uk/the-bath-festival/event/madeleine-peyroux-2/ FINAL BID SMITH £70

DD) 4 tickets, “Brahms From First to Last”, 23 May, Bath (Ann Murray, mezzo soprano; Samuel Hasselhorn, baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano), kindly promised by The Bath Festival. http://bathfestivals.org.uk/the-bath-festival/event/bathsongs-brahms-from-first-to-last/ FINAL BIDS NASH £40, SEYMOUR £25

ZZ) 4 tickets for the musical “Thoroughly Modern Millie” including back stage tour and meeting the cast! June 2017, Bristol, kindly donated by our own Katie Thomas, stage name Katherine Glover, playing Miss Dorothy! http://modernmillie.co.uk/ FINAL BID WEBBER £200

MUSIC - LONDON:

EE) Pair of tickets / London Chamber Orchestra with Pekka Kuusisto (violin) and Vladamir Ashkenazy (conductor) / Cadogan Hall, London / 14 June 2017, kindly promised by LCO: http://www.lco.co.uk/concerts/ FINAL BID BRUNSKILL £20

FF) Pair of top category tickets (worth £55 each) / Recital of Richard Goode / International Piano Series / Royal Festival Hall, London / Wednesday 31 May 2017, kindly promised by Tracy Lees: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/108183-richard-goode-piano-2017 FINAL BID IRENE £100

GG) Pair of tickets / Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra with Angela Hewitt (piano) / Cadogan Hall, London / 26 February 2017, kindly promised by Andrew Jamieson: http://www.cadoganhall.com/event/zios1617-vienna-tonkunstler-orchestra-1/ FINAL BID BROWN £20

HH) Pair of tickets / Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra with Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin) / Cadogan Hall, London / 28 February 2017, kindly promised by Andrew Jamieson: http://www.cadoganhall.com/event/zios1617-vienna-tonkunstler-orchestra-2/

II) Pair of tickets / Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra with Emma Johnson (clarinet) / Cadogan Hall, London / 2 March 2017, kindly promised by Andrew Jamieson: http://www.cadoganhall.com/event/zios1617-vienna-tonkunstler-orchestra-3/

JJ) Pair of tickets / Norwegian Chamber Orchestra with Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) / Cadogan Hall, London / 17 March 2017, kindly promised by Andrew Jamieson: http://www.cadoganhall.com/event/zios1617-norwegian-chamber-orchestra/

KK) Pair of tickets / Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra / Beethoven’s Choral Symphony / Cadogan Hall, London / 31 March 2017, kindly promised by Andrew Jamieson: http://www.cadoganhall.com/event/zios1617-dresden-philharmonic/ FINAL BID BEELEY £50

LL) Pair of tickets / Brussels Philharmonic with Jérôme Pernoo (cello) / Cadogan Hall, London / 9 April 2017, kindly promised by Andrew Jamieson: http://www.cadoganhall.com/event/zios1617-brussels-philharmonic-2/

MM) Pair of tickets / Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra with Freddy Kempf (piano)/Cadogan Hall, London / 18 May 2017, kindly promised by Andrew Jamieson FINAL BID BROWN £50

NN) Pair of stalls tickets / ‘The Music of Bond’/ Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Royal Albert Hall, London / Tuesday 11 April 2017, kindly promised by Ed Milner. FINAL BID BROWN £90

OO) Pair of top category tickets (worth £55 each) / Recital of Boris Berezovsky / International Piano Series / Royal Festival Hall, London / Tuesday 28 February 2017, kindly promised by Tracy Lees: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/109055-boris-berezovsky-piano-2017

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