TRACK OF THE WEEK: "Train Tracks in the Snow" is about the train tracks that used to run along Pine Creek when I was a kid growing up in north central Pennsylvania. Being close to the Creek allowed me to catalogue the sounds of trains and waterways. These sounds comforted me and made me feel safe and “connected,” even when it was freezing and snowing. Trains are relentless against cold and ice, and they reminded me there was more to life out there than just my own little world. This spoken word piece recalls winter times along Pine Creek*, particularly around Ramsey Village and Cammal.
I recorded this in California with my talented friend, the late, great Jeff Lloyd. He made this free-wheeling synthesizer track, then I added parts (it was remixed by Scott Francis at Mind's Eye Studio in Williamsport PA):
*This Creek (which is more the size of a river) flows southward out of New York state into the Appalachian mountains of north central Pennsylvania—cutting through “The Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania.” In the late 80s, the train tracks were removed and replaced with a popular long-distance bike trail.
#train #trains #snow #traintrack #pinecreek #pennsylvania #appalachian #cold #ice #ramseyvillage #cammal #waterville #synthesizer #jefflloyd #spokenword #williamsport #ambient #electronica #casiokeyboard #keyboard #johnnyjblair #childhood
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The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals and Cats are structurally the same musical in that they both open with an establishing number, followed by a long barrage of "I am" songs, culminating in one massive "I want" song for our main hero. This is immediately followed by the death of our main hero and a closing number without any real resolution. This is my hot take.
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Beau, Lloyd, and Jeff Bridges in their backyard. 💕
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Fanart I made of the Party Members from Mother 1 and 2, in order Ness, Paula, Jeff and Poo, Ninten, Ana, Lloyd and Teddy, all of them as anthros 🧢 I have been playing a lot both of them and I plan to make more fanarts about the franchise! (I didn't do the Mother 3 ones either because I haven't played it yet and I haven't gone into the story much, but soon....)
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mother sketch board
some of these are aus i will post about later so if something seems out of context then it probably is lol
though some of the things ooc that isnt an au is:
set 3 - i remember coming across a post about the novel and i found it funny that ninten and ana actually hated each other, while alot of other wacky stuff was in it this is probably one of the few things that i actually wish was canon lol and somehow they liked each other in the end
also ness at some point became a sonic fan this is canon you cannot convince me otherwise nope nope
set 3 - the galah parrot is a pet of a boy in mother fan concept thing, in order to keep the theme of each protag having a dog this bird acts like a dog, his name is poppy, poppy is peak. Also the other one was just me experimenting with paula dress design.
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New video! Marley Purt Drive" - Crystal Drive performing a Bee Gees song (live 1973)
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HAAAPPPPYYY NEWWW YEAAAR!!!!
its a little rushed but hey. its something. happy new year to all 🌎❤
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people on discord really liked them so idk have some crossover guys
i did the mother three ones a while ago but they were due for a revamp and now they have shirts which like? at first seeing my old lucas silvally in a shirt was jarring but then it kinda looked charming so i went with it.
yknow now i wonder what would happen if dragonite ness used the bag of dragonite… would we see mega dragonite for the first time ever or would he just be a slightly bigger dragonite
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by popular demand i have brought upon thee. the sequel to this poll right here <33 everyone please explain in the tags i love hearing ur thoughrs. also fight each other to the death
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