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inmyarmswrappedin · 4 years

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DRUCK reactions - s4 ep3

Featuring: the clip that made me infinitely more interested in the season.

Oops, I forgot to link to the Nadia clip twitter thread. It’s there now!

(Thanks again to @wodrueckts! 💛)

CLIP 1: What is this, a tent for ants?

LISTEN. Tua is already the smallest in the girl squad, and that tent doesn’t even look like she can lay fully stretched out inside.

I was so disturbed by this that I looked up 1-person tents, and they don’t look that small! They are longer and thinner.

Amira’s mom comes outside and she’s also disturbed, but not by Amira using a toddler-sized tent, but Amira going camping at all. She’s like, we’re going to have a conversation about traveling while hijabi, but Amira isn’t in the mood.

And her mood is further spoiled because Sam texts her hoping that she can hook her up with Mohammed.

Amira’s mom brings her some pepper spray, and holy shit! Is that legal in Germany? (Answer: yes, it is, but it’s sold as “animal repellent.”)

I’ve traveled on my own before but I’ve always stayed in B&Bs, hostels or hotels. Ngl I wouldn’t even couchsurf at a stranger’s without some kind of protective device, like a portable door lock. I would never carry a weapon because you never know if you’re going to use it properly in the heat of the moment, but something like a personal alarm for runners would work in a camping setting. Take care of yourself if you’re traveling on your own!

CLIP 2: Lemonade pining

Jonas is going on about supporting sea rescue efforts of African migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, a big topic last year because of the Salvini administration (in Italy) approving a law to fine migrant rescue ships. Salvini has been ousted since, and sea rescue has disappeared from the news what with 2020 being a dumpster fire and all.

Essam, high on power, demands that his slave Amira makes him some lemonade, but I already described my issues with this storyline last week. After threatening Amira with the ever classic sibling-on-sibling physical violence, Amira relents.

Mohammed comes in as Amira is sulkily preparing some lemonade for Essam, and he makes a flirty comment about Amira’s ice cold stare again.

The sweet thing about Mohammed is that he fully admits that he finds Amira intimidating, like he totally recognizes that Amira can be unapproachable when she wants to (even though Amira M. is also one of the friendliest Sanas), but like… For one thing he doesn’t neg her about it. He’s playful about Amira being scary, but he’s not trying to bring her down. And for another, Mohammed tries to find ways in which he fits into Amira’s life or can help her in some way.

This will keep coming up with them, but it happens here when he thinks of a way to prank Essam and, as a result, cheer Amira up.

Peep at the interaction between Amira and Mohammed when they come out with the lemonade. They don’t exchange a word, but they’re such a team.

CLIP 3: Beware bicyclists

Amira, apparently still on a high since the lemonade prank, is strolling down the street singing to herself, as I believe most of us have done at some point.

Jonas asks for Amira’s help with his solidarity party, further characterizing Amira as the one they all go to for help.

Sam also texts Amira. She’s found Mohammed’s insta, which makes Amira’s face fall for a moment… Even though Mohammed keeps seeking Amira out, it feels like Sam might be able to hook up with him through sheer force of will? Or maybe Amira is kinda hoping Sam’s crush goes away, but it ain’t.

There’s something really Formal about that family photo that makes it lowkey funny, like I can imagine that pic being one Mohammed’s family sends to their relatives (caption about family and all), instead of one would post on instagram. Somehow, you can feel Mohammed’s latent dad energy just waiting to be discovered.

Even though this wasn’t the way Amira wanted to come across that pic, Mohammed just looks so damn fine that she can’t help but zoom in on his face, a Druck classic at this point.

And she’s so focused on the thirst that she almost gets run over by an islamophobic bicyclist, who thoroughly spoils her day.

This is such a Northern Europe thing btw. I think each one of my friends who has lived in the bike using part of Europe for any period of time has a story about a bicyclist yelling profanities at them. It’s like they’re saving the planet with their lack of gas use so they have to be extra dickish to compensate for their do gooding.

Amira also looks around as this happens, maybe to see if someone else witnessed what happened (for support?).

Anyway, Amira is so angry that she double texts Sam (or possibly just texts? I checked a couple times and it isn’t clear that she sent Sam the text where she translates the caption about family) to be careful with Mohammed as Arabs will fuck you over. She does a double take to herself, like she’s checking with herself that this was appropriate, and seems to decide it is.

I really dislike the context here. When this happened on Skam, it was part of a larger conversation between Sana and Noora where it was clear that Sana was repeating stereotypes in order to discourage Noora’s interest. And even in that conversation, what Sana said is that Muslim guys will sleep with white Norwegians because they put out, but in the end they marry Muslim girls. So rather than saying, he’s gonna fuck you over, Sana explains how. What Amira tells Sam is so lacking in context, so random as a response to Sam asking what the caption says, and like… You kinda have to have watched the Skam scene in order for Amira not to come across like a total dick here.

It also makes no sense because Sana knew that Noora had been hurt in the past by guys using her for sex and then discarding her, but a no strings attached hook up is exactly what Sam is after. So like… How would Mohammed wanting just sex and nothing else fuck Sam over anyway?

CLIP 4: Sam is interested in getting fucked (over)

Amira and Sam are doing boxing intervals, and Sam is a bit taken aback by how intense Amira is at something Sam is presumably doing just for fun.

Now imagine they’d actually written a scene around that difference between both girls, instead of a brief subtextual moment for us to read into.

Mohammed comes in during a pause, which Amira is using to get a bit more practice in whereas Sam is showing off to Kiki (sensing a theme they could’ve explored, here).

It looks like he’s going to go say hi to Amira, but Sam gets there first and starts flirting with him, hair twirling and all. Amira looks upset and goes back to boxing.

CLIP 5: Nadia! [crowd cheers]

At this point when the season was dropping, I was, to be completely honest, a little bored. Like the clips were cute and all, but I wasn’t excited. (Of course, you have to keep in mind that this was in comparison to my excitement levels during Matteo’s season, where so much as a glimpse of David made my synapses light up.)

I loved this clip and immediately posted a full on analysis on twitter (which you can read here if you’re interested, but I’ll be rehashing most of it in this post), and it still holds up in rewatch even though they didn’t mine the Nadia/Amira dynamic for all it was worth.

So we open on Nadia and Amira and they’re already looking tense as shit. It doesn’t help that Amira’s mom seems, like, almost relieved that Nadia hasn’t totally cut ties with Amira lmao. And she’s like, “omg you must have so much to talk about!” even though we just saw them looking quiet and uncomfortable.

Amira is all, “never thought you’d be the first one to marry,” and to Nadia’s credit, she takes this comment, which could read as shady, as a friendly observation. She talks a bit about how Ahmed is not like the other dicks, but Amira isn’t convinced, and now she’s definitely shading Nadia.

She also gets on Nadia’s case about going to Dubai for their honeymoon, but Nadia doesn’t defend herself and just looks sheepish.

Kiki comes in with some vegan cupcakes that she made to thank Amira for her help last episode, and you can see how Amira is much more at ease with Kiki. Tbf they did see each other last week, whereas we know Nadia has been out of the picture for a while. Anyway Kiki seems to feel the tension in the air, so she tries to excuse herself.

At this point, Nadia finds her voice to ask Kiki to stay. Is it because she thinks that with Kiki around conversation will flow more freely? Or maybe because she’s hoping that Amira’s irritation will be redirected to this Alman?

After Kiki admires the vegan spread Amira’s mom prepared, we find out that Nadia’s intention is the latter. She all but tells Kiki that Amira told her Kiki was a racist piece of shit. So this is how Nadia gains the upper hand after Amira’s earlier comments.

Amira looks alarmed, but Kiki is like pfff yeah, I was so into Alexander Humberbumber that I might have been the worst s1 Vilde until Amber made her appearance, but now I’m getting dicked down by a good man and I see Amira for the Muslim goddess she is (I’m paraphrasing but not that much!).

Amira looks really touched by Kiki not just 1. Not picking up Nadia’s intention, but also 2. Swiftly clearing the air and complimenting Amira in the process.

Kiki figures out that Nadia is the friend who’s getting married and declares her love for weddings of all kinds but especially Bollywood-style ones. Nadia looks really amused at this and looks at Amira like, “get a load of this girl!” Amira looks a bit embarrassed.

Sidenote to say Druck started building up to Kiki’s love of weddings last episode when she was paging through a wedding magazine spread. Like, they really put in more work into this Kiki/wedding storyline than most storylines last week.

And when Kiki asks if Nadia’s marriage was arranged, Nadia makes fun of Kiki to Amira. Like I would love to say that Nadia isn’t being mean to Kiki, but she is, and the point is to bring Amira down a notch. Now Amira really does look embarrassed, because in some way she’s supposed to be responsible for Kiki not saying something islamophobic. Kiki isn’t Amira’s responsibility, and I’m sure Nadia would agree in other circumstances, but… That’s what Amira gets for calling Nadia out for the Dubai honeymoon!

But as the conversation goes on, it also kind of seems like Nadia takes a liking to Kiki? (I’m mostly assuming because Nadia later invites Kiki to that pre-wedding event.) They talk a little bit about Nadia and Ahmed, and Kiki’s like, “I want to go to a Muslim wedding so fucking bad, Amira, please!” It’s like… At the moment Amira is the only single female friend Kiki has, but Kiki’s just like, can’t you just get married now though.

Amira’s like NO WEDDINGS, Australia first. And tension falls around the table again, because of course, Nadia didn’t know about this, but Kiki knew about it, so like… It’s just another way in which Amira has become a different person as far as Nadia is concerned.

Let us now talk about Kiki. Like I said, I really loved this clip. In general I love Skams clips where the dynamic feels so lived in and nuanced and multifaceted. This is the first time we see Nadia in the flesh, but we get so much information just from looks and tone of voice. Nadia’s actress and Tua El-Fawwal just rock this scene.

When it aired I took Kiki’s words at face value. Like, this was the way the writers had decided to resolve Kiki being a racist in earlier seasons, and I accepted it. It wasn’t until later that I read criticism of the scene and thought about it a bit more.

In Skam, Isak apologizes to Eva in three separate scenes. In s1, episode 10, she says to Eva, “I fucked up,” “[if I had known Iben was a psycho] then of course I wouldn’t have done it.” In episode 11, “I know it might be hard to believe, but I never wanted to hurt you. It just turned out that way. I’m sorry.” And in s3, “I just want to say sorry for that stuff last year. When I was ruining things for you and Jonas.” Like. You can say that Isak only said sorry because he got caught (though I personally believe he was genuine every time, if not entirely truthful), but the point is that Julie Andem thought it necessary, in order for Isak to remain a likable character, that he apologized three times.

The girl squad never apologized to Sana, they just showed up with the Los Losers van one day.

And while Druck also thought it was necessary for Matteo to be full of self-loathing over what he did to Hanna, they didn’t think Kiki needed to apologize on screen.

One of my least favorite Skams characters is Basile Savary, because he was a total creep to the point that, during s3, Skam France had to release a damage control text out of Lucas L’s POV because people were worried that he might have done something to Daphné while she was drunk. Basile was a creep who respected no boundaries (including dry humping Daphné against her will on social media, which played off as a joke!) until one day he wasn’t and became the perfect boyfriend. No arc where he learned to be a doper person, Skam France said, no we are not going to examine how nerds get away with being gross creeps.

And as much as I would like to say otherwise, Druck did the same with Kiki. Kiki was one of the most overtly racist Vildes in s1, was still making offensive comments about Amira’s and Sam’s hair in s2, and then… Season 4 rolls around and Kiki just says, “oh yeah I was a dick before but now I know Amira is a great Muslim.” Like… At least it didn’t happen from one day to the next, but no, there wasn’t an arc where Kiki is taken to task for her racism, nor a scene where Kiki apologizes to Amira.

This is an issue specifically because Amira’s season hinges on the Kiki/Amira friendship, like they pretty much got rid of most other conflicts or didn’t explore them fully, choosing instead to focus on this dynamic.

And I don’t think it was because Lea and Tua are such good friends irl (which they are! Lea even attended Tua’s engagement party! I love them!), because like, Tua is also good friends with Carl (Stefan) and we never got an Amira/Stefan scene, did we? I think it was simply that this season was too packed with people of color, and either funk or the writers needed a white character to anchor the season.

I still love Kiki and Amira obviously, I ship them (in fanon) and I love their scenes, because I love Lea and Tua and their friendship, and their characters. All I wanted from s4 of Skam was Vilde supporting Sana in the way Sana had supported Vilde for three seasons, and Druck gave me that. But here’s one thing where the writers dropped the ball, and it’s a massive mistake because the emotional core of the season is this friendship.

This also made me think about how the change of writers resulted in character arcs being dropped left and right. Now that two writing collectives are about to pick up Druck’s next gen, I think there’s an idea that the change in writers in the first four seasons wasn’t noticeable, but honestly… It kind of was. I would argue that a lot of the things that were set up in s1 and s2 got dropped and didn’t go anywhere. To wit:

Hanna’s arc in s1 is trashed in s4. Jonas is set up with a redemption arc in s2 that isn’t explored past that season. The Winterberg of s2 has nothing to do with the s4 ship. Kiki is still being racist in s2 and a shining example of allyship in s4. The little depth that Sam had in s1 and s2 gets dropped. Amira’s delivery job… Enough said. The one character whose character arc through the seasons was done justice I would argue is Matteo. He gets a shift in characterization after s1 to make the storyline with David make more sense (more on this if I ever write Matteo’s season meta), and retains that characterization to the end. Of the minor characters, Carlos and Abdi also come out well. David gets introduced in s3 when Q3 took over the writing, so he wasn’t affected.

Anyway, this clip totally revitalized the season.

CLIP 6: Amira praying, that’s it, that’s the clip

Mohammed is at the door waiting for Amira, and when Amira asks him if Sam is already there, he says he’s not here because of Sam. And I’m like, does he mean that literally? Like Amira could’ve assumed Sam invited him to this party, but Mohammed did meet the squads last episode. Maybe he asked Jonas if Amira was coming or got himself invited some other way.

Amira’s like sure, and gets inside. And Mohammed looks at her in such a way that even I need to fan myself a little tbh.

Hanna compliments David’s design, and Matteo’s like yeah, David is great, but I’d rather shit on Stefan. Idk, I feel like the Matteo in my mind would want to hype David up a little more before moving onto shitting on Stefan, but it’s a small quibble.

Amira goes to help Sam in the kitchen, and they both have some trouble making German food. I can’t tell if it’s because they’re generally bad at cooking or this is a commentary on white people’s palates. Or Abdi’s palate since he’s still going on about hollandaise sauce.

Oh, Sam explains that she told Mohammed about the party and he got on board. So he is there because of Sam, kinda.

They also talk about Mohammed having the coolest insta (pro: Mohammed has at least one topless pic, con: Mohammed has a pic wearing flip flops with socks), and how Abdi doesn’t compare because he doesn’t have an insta (yet). I mean… Damn, Sam. You can’t argue with logic like that.

But Sam calls Amira out on being weird lately. Again, I really wish this conversation didn’t rely so much on subtext, so it could be properly developed. Also, a new version of Snow’s Informer is playing in the background during this conversation and I can’t help but love the mood whiplash of it all.

Then something confusing happens when Jonas introduces the music act and says they come from Lebanon and traveled to Germany by train and then the lead singer says they’re from Berlin. They’re called Feedback and I tried googling them to find out what that’s all about, but with that name I didn’t get any results about them.

At least this is the kind of band that would play at an event like this, like they seem good enough to do a performance, but not big enough that there’s no believable way Jonas could book them.

Amira and Mohammed have a ~Moment~ when the audio switches to the version of Sand performed by Lary, and the sexual tension is so overwhelming for Amira that she immediately leaves to get some praying done, in the privacy of the venue’s backroom.

This scene is so iconic and beautiful. That shot of Amira being lit from above, looking up with her hands held before her? Talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, etc. The kind of sequence that needs both a Muslim performer and behind the scenes respect for said Muslim performer.

Amira overhears some argument as she’s folding the carpet she was using, and then she sees that Mohammed was blocking the door, so that she could pray in peace. Can we get a #notallmen here? Thanks. Again, Mohammed just finds little ways in which he can help and support Amira without being intrusive.

Mohammed compliments Amira’s friends for trying to help refugees (although sea rescue is more about migrants in general, rather than refugees). I think something that is lost in translation is that German is obviously not Mohammed’s first language, so I think this scene is more significant and subtext-laden for German speakers.

Amira is probably still smarting from her earlier run in with the racist biker, so she (who’s always said she wants to be Chancellor) says that Jonas will probably become Chancellor one day. Mohammed says no! Amira should be Chancellor, but Amira doesn’t think anyone wants that. 🙁 But Mohammed says he does, and he says “we” need someone who fights for “us” (which Amira probably interprets as “us Muslims,” but Mohammed might mean more like, “us refugees”).

Also, Mohammed thinks that Amira was trying to matchmake him with Sam, which we know it was more like the opposite, but it’s very in line for Mohammed to think Amira was trying to get rid of him.

Then Mohammed asks Amira for her phone and is all, “don’t you trust me?” and Amira’s like, “no,” which is hilarious. After a while, Amira wants her phone back and Mohammed notices Amira accidentally cut herself with the knife earlier. He puts a cute bandaid on it, and they have yet another Moment. They’re so into each other that Amira goes, “omg I love this song! Let’s go in!” But Mohammed is now sure his feelings are requited.

Social media

Kiki slept at the new apartment even though it’s falling apart, a sign that that she can’t stand being at her mom’s house. Later, Zoe texts her and Kiki says she’ll be available whenever Zoe needs her, but she also just… doesn’t want to live at her mom’s.

Matteo and David (but really just Lukas) attended the Berlin CSD (Pride) march.

Mia posts a pic of a cortado coffee, and I totally believe this was taken in Madrid. 👌

Carlos missed the Abiball because he failed his History resit, then he missed Jonas’ birthday because he was sick, and this week he’s visiting Brandenburg with Kiki, and what I’m getting from all this is that maybe Carlos’ actor had other commitments during this time lol.

Amira and Mohammed both post pics acknowledging their Moment under the lights/with the bandaid, showing Amira is getting more emotionally committed to this relationship.

Final thoughts

While I did have some issues with this episode, it was much more solid overall than episode 2. Nadia’s actress really delivered in her intro clip and I wish they’d explored that dynamic a bit more, but the character kind of takes a backseat after this. Although I don’t feel like Amira and Mohammed have a motif or object that they keep revisiting (like Jonas and Hanna with Hanna’s nose, or Mia and Alex with Hotel Hardenberg, or David and Matteo with the sandwiches*), I like their dynamic where Mohammed is supportive of Amira’s endeavors, which this episode solidifies. I also really love the significance of Amira getting to complete her prayer thanks to Mohammed. In Skam, Sana gets constantly interrupted until later in the season, where she gets to pray for all her friends.

[* I thought about this a bit more, and I think one motif Mohammed and Amira share is music, and singing to each other.]

I discussed this episode with Michi, and we came to the conclusion that the root conflict between Amira and Nadia is that Amira feels like that, to be with a man, is to compromise yourself and your principles. Nadia didn’t use to be the person who’d be the first to marry, or who’d go on a honeymoon to Dubai, and Amira sees that chance as Nadia losing sight of her ideals. But, in the last clip, Mohammed’s actions allow Amira to be who she fully is, and to finish her prayer. So the idea is planted, that Amira wouldn’t necessarily have to compromise her principles if she got into a relationship. Of course, Mohammed is probably one of the people who’d most compromise Amira’s ideals if she were to date him, but we’re not at that point yet.

#druck #about druck

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noahsfreckles · 5 years

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Keeping Secrets from Strangers (7)

A few months have gone by and me and Jamey are closer than ever. We talk all day, everyday. We've watched so many movies together. I haven't ask to meet anymore, if he wants to meet he will say something, so I try not to think about it. Kyle and I have started talking off and on. I remember talking to him about Jamey at Ace's but I don't remember much. I still have yet to meet Jason, he says he's really busy with work and meetings but maybe one day when he's free I can meet him.

Noah has posted a few pics;

He hasn't really said much on Twitter, just mostly random stuff. I think he might be filming a new movie, I wonder what this one will be about.

Lexi and I are currently hanging out in my room, deciding if we want to go out tonight or have a movie marathon. I think we're leaning towards marathon. We haven't hung out that much because of exams and all. So tonight is special.

"What series of movies should we marathon?" Lexi asks looking at my DVDs.

"Well we only have a couple we can do. Harry Potter? Saw? Transformers? Scream? Pirates of the Caribbean? Toy Story? Fast and the Furious? Wait I don't have the last ones of Pirates or Fast and the Furious."

"What has the least amount of movies?"

"Toy Story and Transformers."

"Let's do Toy Story cause I know one of us will fall asleep before the end." She glares at me after she says it.

"Hey I've been getting better at staying up, just ask Jamey."

"Where is he at today?" She asks as she gets the movie set up.

"He went to the gym of course, and I think now he's at work. He has really weird work schedule."

"Have you talked to him on the phone yet?"

"No why?"

"Just wondering," Lexi says as she hops back on the bed. "Ready?"

I nod and she presses play on the remote.

A few hours go by and I'm still awake, granted it's only 12:30 am, Jamey has texted me twice. He's too cute.

Jamey🐱: thinking about you 💕 Jamey🐱: missing your beautiful face

I think I found a good one or he found me.

Lexi and Jamey have talked a few times over texts, mostly when I fall asleep on her or when I'm not around my phone. Lexi likes him so that's good.

Some days I wish I could actually meet him or see more pics of him but what can you do?

"Movie number three!" Lexi randomly says and scares me.

"Give me a heart attack."

"Just making sure you're still awake."

"I'm definitely awake now."

"Good, press play please."

I do as I'm ask when I receive a notification.

1 new Instagram post from Noah.

Late nights suck. I miss you. 💔

"I think Noah has a girlfriend or a girl he's talking to," I turn to Lexi and show her the Instagram.

"Maybe it's you," she teases.

"Believe me if I was talking to Noah Centineo I would know."

"Mmhmm sure."

Jamey🐱: I'm on my way home.

I click the banner right away.

Mia: yaaaayyyy Mia: btw I miss you too.

Jamey🐱: what should I get to eat?

I look at the clock; 12:52am.

Mia: umm what are you in the mood for?

Jamey🐱: do you really wanna know? 😉

Mia: Maybe 😏

Jamey🐱: avocado and hot sauce.

Mia: you are a strange boy

Jamey🐱: and something else.

Mia: what?

Jamey🐱: well it's something I can't eat.

Mia: ??

Jamey🐱: my bed. Jamey🐱: with a special girl. Jamey🐱: cuddling watching movies.

Mia: ☺️🥰☺️

"Are you blushing? Lexi says scaring me again.

"N-no."

"Yes you are! What is Jamey saying to you?"

"Nothing."

"Lies."

"Nope."

"Yup."

Jamey🐱: 💕🥰💋

I start blushing more. Lexi grabs my phone and starts reading our texts and then starts typing.

"Lexi! Give it back!"

Mia: how do you expect cuddles when you haven't even met yet?

Jamey🐱: hi Lexi. Jamey🐱: I was going make it a surprise but I was going to come to Starbucks tomorrow when you guys are there. 🙁

Mia: oh shit for real?

Jamey🐱: yeah.

"What are you saying to him?"

Lexi says nothing and hands me the phone back and I read it.

"Lexi you made him feel bad."

"I know and I feel like an ass now."

"Apologize maybe?"

I hand her back my phone and she starts typing again.

Mia: hey Jamey I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you, I just don't want to see Mia sad again.

Jamey🐱: again?

Mia: that's her story to tell not mine. So I'm sorry again. Bye.

Jamey🐱: I accept your apology Lexi and I don't plan on making Mia sad. ♥️

Lexi hands me the phone back and I read it over.

Mia: you were going to surprise me tomorrow?!

Jamey🐱: yeaaaahhh 🙁

Mia: I'll act surprised if you do it. 😲

Jamey🐱: it's not going to be a real surprise though.

Mia: I know but I wanna see you and do all the things we talked about.

Jamey🐱: me too. 💕

Mia: will you still come?

Jamey🐱: I'll try. I don't want Lexi to murder me if I say I will and don't show up and you're sad again. 😕

Mia: okay.

Jamey🐱: don't be sad beautiful. I don't like when you're sad.

Mia: did you get your avocado and hot sauce?

Jamey🐱: walking out of the store with five of them.

Mia: you're going to turn into an 🥑

Jamey🐱: 😂😂

~ Noah posted a photo. ~

You give me feelings that I can't explain to you.

Jamey🐱: text you when I get home beautiful 💕

Mia: drive safe ♥️

Lexi and I finish watching the movie and she decides to go to sleep. We haven't really said anything to each other since she talked to Jamey. I'll talk to her in the morning.

Jamey🐱: 🥑🌶

Mia: 🤓

Jamey🐱: you gotta try it sometime. It's so good.

Mia: I will. Mia: how was work?

Jamey🐱: long and boring. I would have rather stayed home and texted you all night.

Mia: I would rather have that too but you need money to spoil me with later and I was kinda busy tonight with Lexi.

Jamey🐱: so you're a gold digger. The truth comes out. Jamey🐱: I'm glad you got to hang out with Lexi. Where is she if you're talking to me?

Mia: 😕 she feels like an ass after she talked to you and went to sleep.

Jamey🐱: I forgave her though.

Mia: I know 😕 I think she thinks I'm mad at her. I'm not though. She didn't know you were surprising me.

Jamey🐱: 😕 Jamey🐱: what are you doing tomorrow?

Mia: hopefully hanging out with a cute boy 🥰

Jamey🐱: sounds fun.

Mia: I think I'm going to sleep so I can be pretty for my meeting. 😉

Jamey🐱: night beautiful 💕

Mia: night 🤓

I plug in my phone and turn off the tv, I get comfortable in my covers and fall asleep.

#keeping secrets from strangers #noah centineo imagine #noah centineo #noah centineo x orginal character #noah centineo fanfic #jamey #thefosters #jesus #sbial #sierra burgess is a loser #tatblib #to all the boys i've loved before #theperfectdate #noah centineo fanfiction

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sundancingdragon · 4 years

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ATTENTION: REPOSTER ON TWITTER/INSTAGRAM - glojo3798 / GlojoCuscuhing

Hey guys, I will take some of your time here by writing about this particular Star Trek gifs reposter that’s been brought to my attention, but first let me provide some links explaining what reposting is and why it is bad. See posts here and here. A lot of gif makers and other content creators have faced reposters since tumblr exists and I myself wrote a lot of posts about it, but those sum it up well.

Recently I was notified by @ansonmountdaily that there is a massive reposter who’s been going through tumblr stealing thousands of Star Trek gif sets over the course of at least three years, and reposting them on their Instagram and Twitter accounts glojo3798 and GlojoCuscuhing, 99.99% of the time without giving credit to the original gif makers on tumblr, which come from every Star Trek fandom (TOS, TNG, VOY, DS9, Discovery and Picard) See list by AnsonMountDaily at the bottom of the post for a sampling of gif makers that have been targeted. The purpose of this post is to let people know their work has been reposted offsite without credit. It is not meant to attack the reposter in any way.

This individual has reposted 7000+ gif sets for which they’ve received thousands of views and likes from their 4100+ Instagram and 1700+ Twitter followers. Reposts include gifs clearly watermarked with the gif makers’ names but conveniently re-cut by them to make the watermark on gifs harder to see. Glojo also has the habit of combining stolen gifs, creating a collage, changing the size and order of the gifs, putting additional text over the graphic, and sometimes even their own watermark on stolen edits (original), giving the impression they’re the creator of those works. To top it off, Glojo has turned other people’s gifs into “birthday gift” collages, tagging Star Trek actors’ Twitter/Instagram handles on the reposts, again making it seem as if the gifs were their creations.

Glojo knows where the gifs originate from because the captions on the reposts are often the same as on the tumblr posts, and on the rare occasion they do admit the gifs are not theirs, it’s done in a vague manner, in the style “credit to the owner” (“gif from tumblr”) which is not credit at all, it’s merely acknowledging the platform the gifs come from, when credit should be given to specific users.

Before AnsonMountDaily told me about the reposting I did not know about any of this and am pretty sure the gif makers on the list didn’t either. They have since been notified. Glojo was contacted via Instagram about giving credit more than once, only to block those users. I myself wrote to them (also commented) about it, but they were not even bothered to answer me, but still continued to repost my works after i wrote them.

I want to ask those who see Glojo’s reposts or already follow them on social media, to NOT like/follow reposters or give them views. Please encourage the content creator and not the thief. We know it can be difficult sometimes to recognize an account as a reposter, and that net etiquette about reposting and ”resharing” isn’t immediately clear to everyone browsing social media, which is why we’re alerting people about this particular case, and spreading the word to other graphics makers who have been affected.

If you respect content creators who provide you with fanart and gifs for your favorite fandom, if you appreciate the love and dedication and energy they put into their work, and don’t want them to lose interest in giffing (a skill that takes time to practice and learn, and a process that is longer and far more involved than non-gif makers tend to believe), do not encourage people like Glojo into stealing more because it is very upsetting. As a member of @startrekladies I had a hard time going back on posting there because a lot of Glojo’s stolen works originate from said blog or got reblogged by it. More than that, Glojo went through my old blog @spockemon and reposted 50+ edits and gifs, and even my Doctor Who gifs (original), and that’s just what I found from browsing their instagram a little, pretty sure if i scroll down to the end i could find more :/ which is very upsetting.

They reposted not only Star Trek gifs/edits, but also Doctor Who, Farscape, Stargate and Star Wars gifs.

We do hope that if they repost more they will give a credit to original creator, but as someone whose gifs and edits were reposted a lot and even re-edited and watermarked by glojo, i prefer them to not repost my works at all. Even if it is just a small screencap edit, I still put my time and effort into it and using it as a base for their work and even claiming as theirs is disrespectful. The worst is - Glojo is not the only one who does this, there are more accounts stealing works from creators and getting praise for it, never mentioning that it is not their work. That is why my recent gifs are all watermarked. I put in my about page that if someone reposts my works outside tumblr at least give me credit, linking back to my tumblr, that is not much to ask and all the time I ask for the credit I get rude answers and get blocked. or no answer at all :/ I hope you will have better luck with it.

Feel free to reblog this post to help us spread the word, thank you! If your gifs have been reposted and you wish for them to be deleted, we suggest you either contact Glojo on their social media and politely request a removal (please, DO NOT harass or attack them!), or report the reposts to Twitter/Instagram.

Thank you very much for reading!

The following are gif makers’ names and examples of their gif sets that have been reposted on Glojo’s Instagram and/or Twitter that we can recognize. Please note this is just a small sampling of gifs Glojo has taken from each gif maker, there are many more, just like there are numerous other gif makers not covered on the list! (if you want to be removed from the list, contact me)

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dragracemeup · 7 years

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lmao why steal the pictures I posted and post them in the exact same order

I genuinely saved the pics for twitter then saw your post after I’d posted mine and genuinely couldn’t be bothered reposting it. I wasn’t ‘stealing’ the pictures as you didn’t take them in the first place, they were taken by a photographer then uploaded to twitter and anyone has access to them. It wasn’t shady just a coincidence as tbh a lot of picture posts are similar as they get reposted just after they are released! So let’s not start anything, I’m not here for that in any way and that was not my intention, so to be clear it was a coincidence.

Ps they’re are more serious matters going on in the world to worry about than picture posts on tumblr lol

❤️💛💚💙💜

EDIT they’re not in the ‘exact’ same order btw

#i call shade

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thirdman-seventhson-blog1 · 7 years

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Vault Chat

Keep in mind, jack was probably on for about 10 minutes, and there were 200 people on the chat!! Here’s the part of the vault chat that I got.

<Apple_Blossom> check out the paintings of RomIne Brooks... she was friends with Rimbaud@Jack White

· <Hunter Arias> Thanks for the input!

· <Jack White> @Rodney Flater hmmmmm......

· <DonTazeMeBro> @Jack White I have been heavy into Sturgill Simpson, you like him?

· <MaWaiDu> @Jack What was the last project you weren't sure if you could actually finish?

· <Christina Kinzler> @KRIST3N Sucks

· <DanielleMeiling> @Jack White Hi Jack. Any news on when American Epic is getting released?

· <gabbyalucas> Favorite album at the moment?

· <RRRecords> @Jack White What is your favorite baseball movie? Mine is The Natural.

· <Jack White> @MaWaiDu life

· <Jack White> lot of peoples in here

· <Nick(Boat)> @Jack White What's your thoughts on United on Chestnut?

· <MaWaiDu> lol

· <Trale Merz> Favorite 3 ball parks

· <Maxman142001> Hints for the next vault?

· <msmaggie> see you at Zolli for coffee? 10 minutes?

· <Dina Grace Zoe Sciortino> Lol

· <Apple_Blossom> @Jack White are the new presses up and running at Cass???

· <Christina Kinzler> @Jack White Too many ppls boo

· <Marjorie Hernandez> @Jack White might be worth the investment 😉

· <Jack White> @RRRecords i like the natural very much, quote me a line from it

· <bloomooks> We missed you, Jack. That's why

· <Dina Grace Zoe Sciortino> righhhtttttt

· <RobScarr> @Jack White enjoyed reading your words in 'the drum thing' book very inspiring as a drummer myself

· <Bill Vouronikos> what r the chances of another raconteurs album?

· <Morgan McPheeters> @Jack White Did you have fun in Deep Ellum with WarStick? It's the coolest neighborhood in Dallas.

· <Billy Daneau> for how long you haven't talked to meg

· <Mat Kancler> @Jack White looking for interns? I'm your guy!

· <Kerri Grendel> Jack, you are loved.

· <RACHELSWENS> Bout time you came on here, i didnt think anyone actually used it

· <Christopher Merritt> @Jack White - have you heard the new Washington Phillips cd?

· <Janet Hall> @JackWhite I ordered your guitar pics, can't wait to get them!

· <Kelly McCleary> @Jack White we're all jonesing for news

· <Drebin> Thank you for everything Jack. Can't wait to see your next project!

· <Pabs> Any plans to tour last Dead Weather's album?

· <Rob Frost> too many peoples. i go sleep now

· <Francscoxvier> Greetings from Saskatoon

· <gabbyalucas> So so so stoked about the new Lillie album. Huge fan of her stuff. Can't wait another second!

· <Apple_Blossom> ha

· <Abbie Stein> @Jack White have you listened to Cindy Wilson's new EP yet?

· <gabbyalucas> So many people, slightly breaking the chat haha

· <Maxman142001> @jack have you picked up any new guitars lately?

· <Kate Cox> Favourite Nick Cave track?

· <Mandy Thomas> Loved the last Vault Package...it was my first! Came on Christmas Eve!

· <Marjorie Hernandez> You draw quite the crowd, jack!

· <caity> Did you guys get a lot of new subscribers for the package? I loved the vault package, the pendant is dope!!! !!! !!! !!!

· <Breanna Gibitz> Jack. I think you're great. just wanted to say that.

· <Christopher Merritt> This is insane btw

· <Karen Proffitt> I think we missed you.....

· <LordKhan> @Jack White You can't spell it, but it eats pretty good, don't it?

· <Lindsey Crooks> It's been so long! I thought you might have died.

· <Sarah Sparks> @Marjorie Hernandez what up lady?! Did you have a good b-day?

· <Jack White> @Kate Cox red right hand

· <Mallory McClain> @Jack White thoughts on any of the festival lineups that have been released? they seem a little lacking imo

· <MaWaiDu> @Jack would you ever open up a new upholstery shop?

· <caitinlv> @Jack White big ups to Bump Bailey

· <Christina Kinzler> @Jack White Whats the word on the pressing plant opening?

· <Lucas Marinho> What kind of drumsticks do you use, Jack?

· <STL_Ben> remember 10 minutes ago when there was only 4 people logged in?

· <gabbyalucas> I'm actually in class right now. I cant learn knowing Jack's online

· <RACHELSWENS> See what happens when you leave us for too long

· <Rodrigo Cortes> Live at Disgraceland was awesome

· <jen&juice> Did you have a nice Christmas with the kiddos?

· <KYLOSIS> Congratulations on 30 Vaults!

· <Mommaboat> @Jack White missed you at New Years!!

· <RRRecords> @Jack White "pick me out a winner Bobby"

· <Mommaboat> @Jack White love me some Lillie Mae

· <tanzaib> New raconteurs lp this year

· <Sarah Sparks> @Jack White did you ever watch

· <Bill Vouronikos> what r the chances of another raconteurs album?

· <Jack White> @caitinlv you mean baortholemew bailey

· <Vinnie Vrhovnik> Holy shit this is moving fast today

· <Billy Daneau> why the single on the last vault package wasn't red and blue just one color

· <RACHELSWENS> Hi Jack! What did you do for the holiday?

· <TWS_Andre> The Raconteurs I miss them so much!!

· <Sarah Sparks> aky Blinders"? great soundtrack (mostly because of you!)

· <Jessica Russell> @jJck White I've missed you! Best twitter notification all day

· <Norm bethune> @Jack White Any live shows coming up Det or Nash

· <Christina Kinzler> @Jack White Missed you at the Magic Stick

· <Apple_Blossom> @Jack White would you consider using the film from 2 against 1 to make an official video from the film 2 Guns??

· <MFSSkinny> @Jack White Pick me out a winner, Bobby

· <KYLOSIS> @Sarah Sparks Great show!

· <Breanna Gibitz> I'm running out of wall space for all the rad stuff you guys put in packages

· <Maxman142001> @jack white - have you given Blackwell any tips on his drumming?

· <Bill Vouronikos> what r the chances of another raconteurs album?

· <gabbyalucas> Hey Jack, what did you get for Christmas?

· <Jack White> @RACHELSWENS hunted whompus kitties

· <KRIST3N> I recently framed some of my favorite TMR silk screens. Wanda looks so purdy in her magenta mat board

· <DonTazeMeBro> @Jack White its 8 below zero in Minnesota want to visit

· <MaWaiDu> @Jack favorite episode of Twilight Zone?

· <LordKhan> Red, it took me sixteen years to get here. You play me, and I'll give ya the best I got.

· <Isfeld> @Jack White any vacation plans for the summer?

· <Pabs> Btw congrats you guys have the best customer service!

· <Sarah Sparks> @KYLOSIS right?!

· <Morgan McPheeters> @Jack White Did you like our twitter submissions for the Tin Man scavenger hunt contest? That was really fun

· <Tuesday Cummins-Smith> @Jack White did the shop girls get their top hat from The Rad Hatter?

· <Jack White> @LordKhan suit up

· <Dina Grace Zoe Sciortino> meow

· <KYLOSIS> @Sarah Sparks Better soundtrack!

· <Sarah Sparks> catty wampus!

· <Apple_Blossom> @Jack White is it a blizzard in Nashville now??

· <Abbie Stein> @Jack White I thought you would like this...I found a 1956 Ford Thunderbird Christmas post card flexi disc at an antique store recently!

· <Christina Kinzler> @Jack White What is the word on the Diecast RRS? Is that going to happen?

· <Janet Hall> @JackWhite Tour some more please!

· <MFSSkinny>

· <RACHELSWENS> You hunted whompus kitties over the holiday?

· <Jason Koffman> How about releasing a Slim & Slam LP?

· <Breanna Gibitz> JACK, will you fund a replica TMR store I can live in? I love the style of it there

· <caitinlv> @Jack White when a guy runs into the wall like that he should be called Bump

· <AlleyOops> When are you coming back to Austin? :D

· <chuck hosner> Working on a new solo album by chance?

· <MaggieMay> Jack. Any plans to release the Masonic lazaretto show?

· <Billy Daneau> solo album?

· <Hannah Geere> Did you enjoy being on Prairie Home Companion enough to come back to Minneapolis again in the near future??

· <Lucas Marinho> I don't like to be this guy, but please come to Brazil. There's so many new bands around my city. I'm surge you'd love them

· <Cameo Kraft> Have any new years resolutions??

· <KYLOSIS> @Jack White Are you in the touring mood this year?

· <Apple_Blossom> @chuck hosner !!!!!

· <Bill Vouronikos> what r the chances of another raconteurs album?

· <Jack White> @KYLOSIS hmm...

· <Maxman142001> @Jack White have you been to Johnny Walkers new studio?

· <jo7981> Would you ever come to Newfoundland again?

· <staci freeworth> @jack I love all the cool things you are doing but I must admit, I miss some jack white music......

· <Breanna Gibitz> I truly want my house to resemble the style of TMR in Nash

· <Lucas Marinho> sure*

· <Isfeld> @Jack White Gotten into any new bands lately?

· <Dina Grace Zoe Sciortino> Stop don't even tease like that!

· <EngineDriver> Have you seen the new Star Wars?

· <Apple_Blossom> @Jack White are you going to play on OJs new release?

· <DonTazeMeBro> @Jack White Fuck YES

· <Sarah Sparks> @Jack White a soul like you can't sit still for long!

· <Jack White> @jo7981 god i hope so, i loved newfoundland

· <MaWaiDu> @Jack I saw Karen perform with Rufus Wainwright at the Roman for Christmas, did a great job

· <DonTazeMeBro> i will take this as a yes

· <Patricio Pinto Castro> @Jack White new raconteurs record soon?

· <Mandy Thomas> I'm with KYLOSIS....touring?? come to Texas!!

· <MaWaiDu> Ryman*

· <Able_And_Want> 2017 is a good year for touring

· <KRIST3N> My New Years resolution was to go to a Jack white show...help me out!

· <KYLOSIS> @Jack White Canada misses you!

· <Jeff Harrow> @Jack White how's the upholstery business

· <gabbyalucas> How do you think this year's gonna go in comparison to last, jack?

· <jen&juice> I visited Galco's! What's your favorite soda or pop? Which is it?

· <Michael Stevens> @Jack White will we ever get the full Worlds Fastest Record show?

· <Kate Cox> do you have a cat?

· <Jonathan> you should invite Ryan Adams to do something at your headquarters. He tweeted the other day that he's a big fan of you and what you're doing after teasing his fans with record booth recordings from the machine at electric ladyland

· <Breanna Gibitz> If you do tour this year, please don't skip Cleveland, Ohio :) We miss you

· <Mat Kancler> @Jack White Looking for interns? I'm your guy!

· <RRRecords> @Jack White "I guess some mistakes you never stop paying for."

· <ThirdSon> @Jack White Time for a TMR NYC, right?

· <matthewvh> @Jack White Any idea on when Pokey's Blue Room show will be released?

· <KRIST3N> Rochester, Buffalo...even Syracuse!

· <RobScarr> @Jack White will there be a vault package dedicated to Icky Thump in its 10th year (this year)?

· <Trale Merz> Top 3 MLB ballparks

· <Roxxan> @ThirdSon Oooh. Yes. TMR NYC please!

· <Shane Rennie> Yes!! We need a Ryan Adams live at third man!

· <Morgan McPheeters> @Jack White Please come to Dallas if you tour again! Deep Ellum :)

· <Nick(Boat)> @Jack White, what have you been listening to in the car lately? RTJ3?

· <David Jamieson> going to spain for my honeymoon -- any favorite spots you can pass on?

· <Jessica McConaughy> @ThirdSon LA first!

· <Bill Vouronikos> what r the chances of another raconteurs album?

· <Aidan Abbott> Jack, will you come to my high school graduation?

· <Karen Proffitt> How about Cincy?

· <Jack White> @RRRecords "you had an amazing gift, but it's not enough....i think you're a loser"

· <RACHELSWENS> Yeah play in buffalo

· <Apple_Blossom> @Jack White favorite tracks in paramount 1 and 2??? i just picked both of the up

· <DonTazeMeBro> @Jack White tell Ben we need another contest soon, pick a number trivia anything

· <Billy Daneau> any tour youre thinking about?

· <Maxman142001> @jack white any pop up stores for TMR in 2017?

· <Jeff Harrow> @Jack White how's the upholstery business

· <Abbie Stein> @Jack White you should come hang out in Athens, Ga! SO much music history

· <Jack White> @Aidan Abbott no

· <Travis Krause> @jack white What was the last thing you listened to?

· <Rick Kanas> Will TMR ever put out the Complete Tommy Johnson Recordings?

· <Dina Grace Zoe Sciortino> Was so close to getting into Jimmy Fallon, walked around the city all day :) but I missed it by one person. Performance was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen

· <caitinlv> "we have two lives, the one we learn with and the one we live after that."

· <LordKhan> I coulda been better. I coulda broke every record in the book.

· <RACHELSWENS> It's cold and dark you'll like it

· <Christopher Merritt> @Jack White - how's about some more Sun Records reissues...?

· <tanzaib> What's next to be released on tmr

· <thirdgirlll> @Jack White do you own any pets

· <Jettkoral> @Jack White can I have a job

· <Aidan Abbott> Please

· <KRIST3N> @Dina Grace Zoe Sciortino watching jimmy now

· <Jack White> @Christopher Merritt yes!

· <thirdgirl> @jo7981 i'm from newfoundland too! ten years since the one note show :)

· <gabbyalucas> What did ya get for xmas, jack?

· <MaggieMay> Love vault #30. Thank you!

· <Brandon Attal> Tubbalicious says hello Jack & he would like his butt scratched

· <Michelle Erb> Hows the record plant coming along?

· <Vinnie Vrhovnik> Jack can you send the RRS to CLE to break up my boring shitty winter a bit?

· <Apple_Blossom> @Travis Krause weve been missing you

· <MaggieMay>

· <EngineDriver> Thoughts on what's happened to Conan's show?

· <Jeff Harrow> @Jack White how's the upholstery business

· <Lucas Marinho> What is you favorite MUTANTES song, Jack?

· <Christopher Merritt> @Jack White - more Prisonaires please!

· <Angela Bell> Jack, what are you listening to today?

· <Mommaboat> @Jack White. Come to Indy with Margo Price for my birthday! 💙

· <Apple_Blossom> hahaha

· <LazyDynamite> What does Third Man have in store for the new year

· <Janet Hall> @Jack White HI Jack!

· <Jack White> @gabbyalucas not much, a skeleton of a sea lion from 1918

· <rscott11> @Jack White Are the Dough Rollers still making music?

· <Billy Daneau> vault number 33 will be awesome

· <MaWaiDu> @Jack have you seen the movie La La Land?

· <Mallory McClain> @Jack White have you heard about Jessi Zazu of Those Darlins? She's a badass musician who's been diagnosed with cancer. It'd be cool if TMR would put out a record or something as a benefit.

· <Sierra> @jack white I'm listening to your acoustic in Idaho right now. It's my favorite!

· <MFSSkinny> @Jack White "my life didn't turn out the way i expected"

· <Shane Rennie> How many guitars do you currently own?

· <Breanna Gibitz> @Vinnie Vrhovnik YES PLEASE

· <ThirdSon> @Jack White what color is Lillie Mae picking for her limited edition LP?

· <Marjorie Hernandez> Jack, what things from third man can we expect this year? Or maybe just expect the unexpected?

· <RRRecords> @Jack White "I could have been better. I could have broken ever record in the book."

· <Apple_Blossom> @Jack White we've been missing you too

· <Jeff Harrow> @Jack White how's the upholstery business

· <Bill Vouronikos> what r the chances of another raconteurs album?

· <Stoffel> how about another green series

· <Breanna Gibitz> we need it in Clevland

· <Jack White> @Shane Rennie 33

· <Dina Grace Zoe Sciortino> lol damn

· <DonTazeMeBro> @Jack White what is the best new album you heard this year

· <Patricio Pinto Castro> @Jack White what have been you doing?

· <LazyDynamite> I heard your an antique clock collector?

· <LordKhan> I just quoted that!

· <LazyDynamite>

· <Morgan McPheeters> @Jack White I'm finally seeing Margo Price in March in Dallas-- can't wait!!

· <KRIST3N> Jack can I apprentice at your upholstery company. Please?

· <Abbie Stein> @Jack White did you ever meet/work with Johnny Cash before he died?

· <Jack White> @Stoffel they dont sell well, but i dont care

· <Jessica McConaughy> @Jack White much love! (Gotta hit the road and catch a flight) 💜 Thanks for being awesome

· <jen&juice> Have you heard of Reignwolf? Would make a killer blue room show- lucky to have great bands to see here in Seattle

· <Jack White> @Abbie Stein never met him, wish i had

· <gabbyalucas> Saw Karen's Instagram post of the kids' first day of school, warmer my heart. You have a beautiful family, you should be proud :)

· <Nick(Boat)> @Jack White, United on Chestnut ever going to press records again?

· <MFSSkinny> @Jack White "I coulda been better. I coulda broke every record in the book"

· <tanzaib> Has cass pressing plant started yet

· <tgonger> For 2017 - produce or perform?

· <Maxman142001> @jack white got any old Detroit material to release on TMR this year?

· <Cameo Kraft> Any random thoughts for today??

· <Ira Washburn> Jack, what sound do You prefer- Rhodes or wurlitzer?

· <Sierra> @jack white what is your favorite song to play live?

· <Stoffel> @Jack White

· <rscott11> @Jack White Are the Dough Rollers still making music together?

· <Jack White> almost bought cash's house, but didn't want to live in a museum

· <MaggieMay> Jack, the lazaretto Masonic show was life changing. Thank you

· <Jeff Harrow> @Jack White how's the upholstery business

· <Breanna Gibitz> I've been reading a book about Cash. It's been great, such an interesting dude.

· <LordKhan> @Jack White What's for dinner today?

· <RobScarr> @Jack White you going to get the new Tesla model 3?

· <Patricio Pinto Castro> @Jack White new raconteurs record soon?

· <Apple_Blossom> @Jack White its also haunted

· <Stoffel> @Jack White i love them, would love to see another one some day

· <Jessica Russell> @Jack White any big surprises in store for us in the coming months?

· <Abbie Stein> @Jack White the one in Hendersonville?

· <Tracy Christian> Barry Gibb took that off of your hands.

· <LazyDynamite> Can you play a banjo clock

· <KYLOSIS> @Jack White The JC museum is my second favourite spot in Nashville.

· <Jack White> @Maxman142001 so much you dont even know! lot of production from me in detoit, but i wonder if people would like a vault release of some of it or not

· <Christina Kinzler> @Jack White Any chance of a diecast RRS??

· <Jack White> @Abbie Stein mmm mmm

· <Sierra> Of course!

· <Morgan McPheeters> @Jack White Do you like Hamilton the musical? Ever thought of doing a collab w/ Lin-Manuel Miranda?

· <EngineDriver> Jack, check out the album Piper in the Holler by Tim Cummings. He does Appalachian songs with smallpipes accompanied by banjo, guitar, etc

· <Celina Johnson> @Jack White Do you have a house in Tulsa?

· <Natalia Fallon> Any chance of a guest appearance at Loretta's Ryman shows?

· <Jeff Harrow> @Jack White how's the upholstery business

· <Breanna Gibitz> We'd pretty much like a vault release of anything. Well, me at least.

· <jo7981> you know we would

· <Apple_Blossom> @Jack White stooges vault possible???

· <Abbie Stein> @Jack White that would have been pretty cool

· <Jack White> @Morgan McPheeters i prefer the millard fillmore musical

· <MaWaiDu> @Jack Hardest worker you've ever worked with?

· <Ashley Lorenz> Did you do anything with John Doe when he was in Detroit?

· <Ashlyn Scoggins> How was your New Years?

· <gabbyalucas> What's TMR's stance on internships? I'm heading over to Nashville for college to study the music industry and interning over there would be a dream!

· <RACHELSWENS> Can you upholster something for me

· <Sarianna> That's an amazing Vault idea

· <Vinnie Vrhovnik> Dude you know we'd love the Detroit stuff in a vault

· <Keith Thraen-Borowski> Favorite record store in midwest (outside of Detroit)?

· <Hannah Geere> @Jack White thanks so much for releasing Get Behind Me Satan on vinyl, it's always been my favorite

· <jesssy> @Jack White so i have this old, tattered chair.......

· <Michelle Erb> Yes we want oldies from Detroit!! At least I do

· <Jack White> @MaWaiDu you're looking at him

· <Peppermint7> are you going to make it back to L.A. for the Grammys?

· <Angela Bell> Upholstered anything fancy lately? Besides famous couches...

· <DonTazeMeBro> @Jack White I would like the Margo Price austin city limits as a vault

· <Maxman142001> @Jack white I'd love to see a reissue of Von bondies Nite Train!

· <Melissa Gonzalez> @JackWhite yes a vault release please ❤

· <Isfeld> @Jack White Any TMR event in europe this year or the next?

· <Breanna Gibitz> Do you have a favorite guitar you always go back to?

· <Jack White> @Maxman142001 me too!

· <Jack White> @Breanna Kibitz yes

· <Bill Vouronikos> what r the chances of another raconteurs album?

· <Marjorie Hernandez> @Jack White has record store day officially been moved to April 22nd this year instead of the 15th?

· <Jeff Harrow> @Jack White how's the upholstery business

· <KYLOSIS> @DonTazeMeBro That was a great perforamnce!

· <Aidan Abbott> You sound just like my dad

· <EngineDriver> Can we get a blue series of trad. Scottish and Irish tunes? You could record my seision group here in Denver!

· <Apple_Blossom> oh well...

· <DonTazeMeBro> I know Christie V from the Von Bondies

· <LazyDynamite> What kind of antiques do you collect

· <DonTazeMeBro> I used to work with her

· <Nathan Wiseman> Jack! Thank you for the newest vault release! I absolutely love it!

· <RRRecords> @Jack White can I pitch batting practice to you someday? It would be an honor to strike you out.

· <jen&juice> Yes Detroit Vault!

· <DonTazeMeBro> at the Mud Pie

· <Robert Cowley> Any of the Glastonbury shows gonna be in the vault soon

· <Dina Grace Zoe Sciortino> Always? What color is she?

· <Melissa Gonzalez> @JackWhite any new year resolutions?

· <Jack White> @DonTazeMeBro that must be after i worked with them

· <Mallory McClain> @Jack White Do you like Gibson electrics? I know you're a fan of the vintage acoustics

· <MaWaiDu> @Jack what are you working hard on now?

· <Patricio Pinto Castro> @Jack White something special about the 20 years of the white stripes?

· <Rodrigo Cortes> Who would you like to collaborate this year with?

· <Sarah Sparks> @Jack White RTJ sold out at Marathon! You gonna be there?

· <gabbyalucas> Trying to teach myself bass. Any tips on self-teaching?

· <Ira Washburn> @Jack White u like David lindley?

· <Jack White> @RRRecords you can't strike me out

· <DonTazeMeBro> In Minneapolis

· <Morgan McPheeters> @Jack White saw you and your elephant on American Pickers reruns. Picked up any cool treasures recently?

· <Eileen Corsano> hi Jack Happy New Year

· <Jack White> @gabbyalucas one string at a time

· <Abbie Stein> @Jack White heard from Loretta lately? Her Christmas album was great

· <Breanna Gibitz> Have you ever visited the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cle?

· <trickster> @Jack White is Vault #31 ready to be announced?

· <Sierra> @jack white what is your favorite thing to drink/eat?

· <KRIST3N> Jack please come to Rochester ny. It's where Son House came to hide

· <tanzaib> @Jack White how about the upholsterers unreleased tracks

· <Jack White> @Breanna Kibitz nope

· <KYLOSIS> @Jack White American Epic, what up?

· <jacqu_marie> did Trump ask you to perform at the inauguration?

· <Karen Proffitt> How about Breakstone concert for a vault?

· <jesssy> @Jack White have you aquired any new instruments?

· <RRRecords> @Jack White I hear you can't hit a curve ball...

· <LazyDynamite> did you have say in what music went into mlb the show?

· <vickendom> If you wanted to test a turntable, what would be the 1st vinyl you'd play?

· <Marjorie Hernandez> How's warstic doing, jack?

· <Jack White> @Breanna Kibitz and i've never been invited to see it

· <Michael Stevens> @Jack White you should come back down to Austin during SXSW, I know this great record label that throws great parties away from all the chaos. ;)

· <Rick Kanas> "the magic eye sees all"

· <Nick(Boat)> @Jack White, did u get a chance to see the Dirtbombs/Soledad show in detroit over NYE?

· <Vinnie Vrhovnik> Jack in inviting you to the Rock Hall

· <Jack White> @vickendom the beatles revolver, check the left and right signals

· <caitinlv> this chat is sticky tiday

· <Jeff Harrow> @Jack White how much would one of your couches cost

· <Alwaysin3s> @Jack White Jack I hope this New Year blesses you and keeps you well. That you find inspiration in the little things. Peace and love to you dear man

· <Apple_Blossom> @KYLOSIS great question... its likely gonna be on the tele in parts or serials

· <Rodrigo Cortes> Yes! SXSW!

· <DETROITSAINT> @JackWhite I could hear records pressing during the blood drive! Is it close?

· <MaggieMay> JW III your bens did a great show on NYE

· <Breanna Gibitz> ever have a desire to visit the Rock Hall just on a whim? Sad you haven't been invited ha

· <EngineDriver> Can we get a blue series of trad. Scottish and Irish tunes? You could record my seision group here in Denver!

· <vickendom> Thanks man!

· <Mandy Thomas> I love Revolver!!! come back to Dallas Jack!

· <Isfeld> @Jack White Any TMR related events in Europe some day soon?

· <Maxman142001> @Jack White will "Thats where it's at" ever get released?

· <Morgan McPheeters> @Mandy Thomas Amen!

· <Ira Washburn> When is your Detroit pressing plant going to be up and running?

· <Jack White> @Rick Kanas "i bet you i can tell right now, within a dollar either way, how much money you have on you.........you got ten bucks."

· <RACHELSWENS> Jack have you ever met Paul McCartney? He's my hero.

· <MaWaiDu> @Jack I relate to your song about entitlement, maybe the most true lyrics you've written, entitlement is everywhere!!!

· <DonTazeMeBro> Margo coming back in April to First Avenue have you played there

· <LazyDynamite> When will Tom Waits do a blue series?

· <Eve Jarman> Revolver's my favourite beatles album. Not a bad shout ;)

· <EngineDriver> Did you see that Beatles Eight Days a Week doc?

· <Nick(Boat)> @Jack White, any plans for a third store?

· <Patricio Pinto Castro> @Jack White come back to latin america soon please

· <Rick Kanas> "...and the silver?"

· <gabbyalucas> Bought my first vinyl copy of Lazaretto and I must say I was quite surprised when I discovered the hidden tracks. You weirdo :) can't wait for the new record to be even weirder

· <Jack White> @RACHELSWENS i saw him nearby once

· <STL_Ben> @Jack White you have released both mono and stereo recordings......when will we see a quadraphonic release from TMR?

· <DonTazeMeBro> the natrual

· <Ashlyn Scoggins> Jack, do you type with both hands or just one?

· <Abbie Stein> @Jack White what happened to the wax-o-rama in Nashville

· <Mandy Thomas> Going to see Margo at The Kessler!

· <MaggieMay> @jackwhite. I think a bone marrow registry during the blood drive would be awesome!

· <Marjorie Hernandez> Spent New Year's Eve in the Ryman this year... ever think about doing an acoustic show there yourself, jack?

· <Troo> Hi Jack !

· <RACHELSWENS> I dont think that counts.

· <Jeff Harrow> @Jack White how much would one of your couches cost

· <jen&juice> I was at The Gorge when you played the whispering sea and it was incredible! @jack what are some of your favorite venues?

· <Cameo Kraft> Have any plans to open a new store anytime soon??

· <Melissa Gonzalez> @JackWhite are you currently reading anything interesting? Or have a recommendations?

· <Jack White> @gabbyalucas those tracks took a long time to write and record

· <chudd13> @Jack White "you can't spell it but it eats pretty good"

· <Dina Grace Zoe Sciortino> what make JW smile?

· <Nathan Wiseman> @JackWhite will the Dead Weather tour again?

· <Jeff Harrow> @Jack White how much would one of your couches cost

· <gabbyalucas> I'm sure! But they were quite the surprise

· <DJRobbyRob> @Jack White Anything in the works with Dolly Parton?

· <Apple_Blossom> @Jack White did you like your colored pencils?

· <vickendom> I did "The Sound of Music" & Maria Callas' "Carmen" for 2 different TMR turntables.

· <MaggieMay> Jack white, give your blood.

· <ashleyredefine> Hello Jack-O!

· <Maxman142001> @Jack White have you recorded any solo material since the break?

· <RobScarr> @Jack White isn't one of them about smoking weed? haha

· <MaggieMay> Like the poster

· <Jack White> @Dina Grace Zoe Sciortino a woman asking if i'd like to go for a ride

· <MaWaiDu> @Jack we really appreciate your time, it's awful kind of you

· <Brandon Attal> My niece loves Weird Al, any chance you will release something from him?

· <Hunter Arias> That white house Hey Jude performance was great! cool to see you could be there

· <Dina Grace Zoe Sciortino> When can I pick you up?

· <Jeff Harrow> @Jack White how much would one of your couches cost

· <Jack White> @Hunter Arias i think paul was there

· <Alwaysin3s> @Jack White nice

· <Kelly McCleary> @Jack White Wanna go for a ride?

· <Breanna Gibitz> What do you do when you start falling for someone but you know it just won't work?

· <Apple_Blossom> did you here about the pipelines in cleveland and detroit???@Jack White

· <LazyDynamite> I love the new Tribe Called Quest... Ego is awesome!!!

· <KRIST3N> Jack would you like to go for a ride?

· <Apple_Blossom> very sad

· <Able_And_Want> Do you ever just pop in unannounced to talent shows at kids' schools or malls or places like that. I get worried about the future of our world, and then I see kids genuinely loving the music they're playing and dancing too and it makes me feel a little better. There's a lot of talent out there to be nurtured!

· <Jack White> have to go y'all, getting this pressing plant up and running is not easy....

· <Mallory McClain> @Jack White any news on the Luck Reunion sessions w/Margo et. al.?

· <Dina Grace Zoe Sciortino> I can chauffer you :)

· <Jack White> have a good day

· <Rodrigo Cortes> Ever been to Marfa, TX?

· <Cameron Fucile> good luck!

· <Rodrigo Cortes>

· <RACHELSWENS> Bye boy

· <Breanna Gibitz> have fun with that! Thanks jack

· <ashleyredefine> Bye bye

· <Ashlyn Scoggins> Keep working hard boo :)

· <KYLOSIS> Thanks for hanging out with us!

· <MaggieMay> You too!!!

· <Kelly McCleary> nice! bye!

· <thirdgirlll> @Jack White❤❤❤

· <Brandon Attal> Word

· <Jack White> make sure to do something positive for someone else

· <Daryl-Anne Fletcher> Bye Jack

· <Dina Grace Zoe Sciortino>

· <Marjorie Hernandez> Later jack!!

· <Rick Kanas> take care Jack!!

· <tanzaib> @Jack White any news on the release of Voscovo stuff

· <gabbyalucas> Have a good day man, thanks for this!

· <Melissa Gonzalez> Have a nice day JW!! ❤❤❤

· <DJRobbyRob> @Jack White Thank you!

· <meohmy> @Jack White Thanks, Jack! Love you!

· <bloomooks> You too, Jack. Thanks for dropping in

· <DonTazeMeBro> will do

· <jen&juice> You have a better one!

· <STL_Ben> and time to funnel back down to 4 people

· <Jack White> without them knowing about it....

· <Breanna Gibitz> thank you

· <Hunter Arias> Thanks! Have a great day!

· <Sierra> @jack white bye jack💙☺

· <Apple_Blossom> @Jack White thanks

· <Janet Hall> Will do

· <Sarah Sparks> love you! Best of luck in 2017

· <thirdgirl> thanks jack, happy new year to you

· <staci freeworth> thansk for saying Hi jack. Miss your music!!

· <Mommaboat> @Jack White 💙💙💙

· <KRIST3N> My bf will appreciate that advice

· <Melissa Gonzalez> Always ❤

· <Dina Grace Zoe Sciortino> love you

· <RRRecords> @Jack White peace and love, peace and love

· <LordKhan> Thanks Jack!

· <Sarianna> Thank you for saying hello!

· <ashleyredefine> For sure!

· <Rodrigo Cortes> Happy New Years Jack!

· <STL_Ben> DOH I missed jack! What did he say? Who has a transcript?

· <Sierra> You're the best ❤️

· <DJRobbyRob> I missed like the first 13 minutes

· <Nova_Jane> I just found out that my friend is Billy Wayne Davis' cousin. Small world!!! :)

· <Mandy Thomas> @Hunter Arias---Mother Nature's Son was amazing!

· <caitinlv> have a good one Jack & taje care

· <MaWaiDu> bye

· <Mandy Thomas> @Hunter Arias---Mother Nature's Son was amazing!

· <Michael Stevens> have fun!

· <Mommaboat> @Jack White 💙💙💙

· <Mandy Thomas> Bye Jack

#jack white #vault chat #third man records #tmr #tmr vault #tmr vault chat

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Dear Crashpad Diary #28

Helllllllooooooo my favorite beasts of the entire world!!

How´s going there?? Hope you´re ready for the summer and the outdoors season!! hahahahahaha

well… now I understand when some people defend that cold weather is better for climbing… after months of hot-boiling weather in SEA, I came to a conclusion that, summer in these places is not suitable for even a living, actually…. freaking hot hahahah I'm right now writing and dehidrating as I´m sweating hahahah

Today I´ll write about: Loads of falls, getting better on surfing, that´s why I don´t like policemen, drinking coffee that just came out of an animal´s ass, photo pranks, earthquakes…

I´m seriously having fun here while learning how to surf!! We´re currently in Bali and we´ve been going to some beaches that are better for learners and cookies hahaha The problem is that, when you are learning from someone that already knows what the story is, sometimes you lack some good information!! hahah The first morning we´ve gone inside the ocean I had a big board with good flotation… therefore… the thing would not dive right?!?! Yep!!

So there is no need to tell ya that whenever a huge wave was coming and I tried to dive with the board it would not work and I would go inside the wave in a washing machine state hahahah After 3 or 4 big waves I kinda felt that sth was wrong and I had to change the strategy!! ahahahaha

Ever since I almost died in Patagonia due to a sudden snowstorm allied to my excess of confidence I have always been afraid of nature and it´s power… maybe the ocean is the one that scares me the most… so… after all those huge waves, I was decided to leave the ocean and rest for a bit (or for days) at the beach… but my bro came and told me how to deal with them and it is actually pretty ok… you don´t feel like dying the whole time hehehehe And after that I could focus on standing up hahahahah which I did just after 4 hours… or 3 days…. not sure… I´m not controlling the time here!! hahahaha

Once in Bali, the rice fields and Ubud area are a must-see attraction… off we went then… We rented a bike… got my camera and all the stuff and venga!!   BTW… we have been using an app called Maps.me which is absolutely fantastic! you can use all the maps offline and download all the countries or areas you might need… freeeeeaking nice!! That saved us many times on the trip!!

And there we were… maps on one hand… Luh driving…. we had like 40kms in front of us… everything was fine till the time we got to a big avenue and the policemen stopped us… to check the docs… funny though that they were stopping only tourists…

As soon as he stopped us… Luh gave him the drivers license and all the motorbikes documents that were in pristine conditions as the bike was Wayan´s one, from the hotel we were staying… Anyways… does not matter if that was ok or not… they were stopping only tourists to get money out of them… they came with a story that the driver´s license was not valid here and bla bla bla… the police guy brought us to the corner and said that we would have to “fix the mistake”… we tried to discuss a bit but he asked for 500.000 rupees… we said we did not have, which was true, cuz who´d go out for a day trip in a place like this carrying the daily budget?? haha

He asked 50% then, and we said no… but in the end he got 150.000 from us and let us go…. fucker!! =(  Later that week we met some locals that told us it is pretty common… you only need to put like 50.000 inside the motorbike´s documents when you hand it off, they will take the money and let you go with no harm… it´s sad to see things like this happening tho!!

Forgetting about this shit happen… people like this policemen cannot dictate the way you face or remember the day… I just decided to write about to help people avoiding losing money for nothing!!   The trip that day was awesome… the rice fields were beautiful an huge… even after living in Hampi and having its great rice paddies as a constant background… I still have the capacity of fall in love with rice fields around the world… they seem to get greener and more vivid as the life goes on!! heheh

Something funny happened that day in the fields… funny for us… cuz for that lady twas not funny at all!! hahahah She was being photographed… and suddenly, she was covered by the mud and surrounded by rice hahahahah Yep… she fell inside one of the fields… and all the people present in that valley that day will remember the scared noise that one of her family member made as she collapsed!!

I can only imagine what happened: “Let´s take a pic people… Grandma… one step back… another one…. one last step for a better position!!”…. Grandmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa….. hahahahahhahaha

Poor thing!! She was rescued fast without major injuries… she fell prob around 3 metres… but her clothes…. hahahaha I´m laughing but twas not funny for her… clothes!! RIP white shirt!! hahahahah

The next matter might sound a little awkward and maybe disgusting for some of yous…. but it was a valid, different and, I risk to say, delicious experience!! Someone had already told me about the most expensive coffee ever… a coffee that somewhat was extracted from an animal´s poo!! hahah And the best part of the story… it was somewhere in Indonesia!! hahaha

It happened to be in that area.. in Ubud… place where the animals were kept in captive… feed by the human and, after all the digestive process, the poo would be collected, roasted, ground and served as the most expensive coffee on earth… I have to agree that the coffee is indeed good… but as all the good coffee I´ve ever taken… Colombian, Brazilian, Kenyan… all of them were great too!!

So… I have been trying to understand why we keep these animals in a cage to make sth that we have already mastered without them?? Maybe it is a way to add some different value to the product.. but is it worthy?? dunno…

It seems that the human being have a fetich for the animals asses though!! Some time ago a friend of mine told me that vanilla flowers are extremely rare, therefore, original vanilla flavour is costly… reason why all the big companies found a way to artificially replace it… and the way they found, involves something found on otter´s asses…. seriously??? First you get the vanilla from the otter ass and now the coffee from the Luwak ass????

Can you imagine what would be a Luwak vanilla coffee then!! hahahahahaha

Well… with the unpredicted bribe expense, we decide to save some money using the app Tripadvisor to get info on cheap places to eat and all… silly mistake!! They have a way to rate the restaurants with € symbols… if the place has one symbol is cheap and so on…

It was easy for me and Luh to choose…. the ones with more than € were automatically out of scope hehe Unfortunately and fortunately, they have some sort of trouble to define what is cheap and expensive… cuz the cheap stuff they define was overpriced … that's the unfortunate part… cuz we walked to few of them for 2 or 3 times… got there starving and had to abort the mission because of the prices…. However… and that's where the fortunate part comes… we got to find some nice, delish and cheap local places!!! Yummy and in your face trip advisor!! don´t like ya!! haha odds of using apps haha

Talking about odds…. what are the odds of going to bed thinking out of the blue about tsunamis and thinking what would be the best action plan for us if that happened (I know… it's weird but it was pretty random thought) and wake up the next morning with an earthquake???

Weird, isn’t it??? I know!!

Maybe because of the thought of the previous night… I woke up, got out of bed and opened the door to leave the room in a split of second… when I opened the door my brother woke up and while he was trying to understand what was going on I told him to leave fast…. by that time we had few more secs of shakiness and then it stopped… checking the internet few mins later I could confirm that it happened 35km from our place and it was quite strong… 6.10 on the Richter scale!! wow… one can freak out when the safety of the ground vanishes that sudden!! I can remember the soundtrack of it all was provided by some old ladies that kept yelling for the whole length!! haha

In that same website… earthquaketrack.com, I saw that you can register to receive earthquake alerts on twitter!! hahahaha Imagine that… you get an alert like: “Holy Shit…. run!!!!” or “Fuck fuck fuck fuck!!” or even “Good night Mr. Jones, We´d like to let you know that in few mins from now you´ll feel like you´re losing it… don´t worry… it´s all good… if you live your home and head to a park or some sort of open air area like… NOW!!

or... even the classic Douglas Adams advice: “Don´t panic!!” hahahahahaha

Sweeeeeet!! I hope you had good fun with this post… all the stories and infos are true, even the paragraph that I say I did get up on a surfboard!! hahahah

All the best smiles and sweet vibes from the great Indonesia!!

oh… and if you´re thinking about grabbing your backpack and travel the world… let me know…. I might join you somewhere!! =)

Cheers and good trip!!

 Evan

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