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vs120shound · 5 months

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Jennifer from Colight Productions in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma lighting-up and dangling a Marlboro Lights 100s cigarette!

JENNIFER DANGLING A MARLBORO LIGHTS 100s!

Not shot in high definition for that was yet to be invented and/or hit the market many years after this was shot for Coherent Light Photography (Colight Productions) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (U.S.A.)! Jennifer has the technique down solid . . . and she's not scaring off too many folks with her looks!

There are two other versions of this classic SF video and they each run longer than the 38 seconds of duration for this clip. Jen shines here. Clearly, she is familiar and experienced at dangling, handling the tricky dangle-drag, dangle-inhale and dangle-exhale with aplomb, grace and enjoyment.

thelibrarian120 did feature Jen in its series on beautiful women who smoke More 120s (Red and Green packs, not the all-whites). "The Librarian" package of Mores was 51 videos long -- and No. 52 featured a "cocktail" cigarette in which the paper wrapper beyond the filter is colored and not the brown color of a More -- and few of the BHYSWs stood out more radiantly than Jennifer, yet there were perhaps a handful. There were two hand fulls of models/actresses from Colight within the production!

'The Librarian' Captures Jennifer with More 120s!

From thelibrarian120 on November 20, 2023 . . .

In each clip -- Marlboro Lights 100s and More 120s Red Pack -- SF aficionados can see just how beautiful Jennifer is and what a wonderful smoker she is with her style and power as well as her hunger for nicotine! And what a great head of hair. Jennifer has an exotically beautiful look. Kind of difficult to ascertain exactly why her star did not rise to meet Colights' showcase SF models/actresses, namely Nadja and Maddie as the co-leads. But Jennifer, whose best color might well be red, made her contribution in her limited way. Just left us hungry to see more of her. Few other SF models/actresses within Hall of Fame pioneer and the site's web-master/web producer Ed Luisser's not particularly deep stable were able to handle the assignments that called for highlighting the elegant, sophisticated, glamorous, stylish look better than Jennifer did. It will be our goal to find the longer version of our Centerpiece video and to share it with you at that time.

#SF #Hot women who love smoking cigarettes #Smoking cigarettes #Smoking #Jennifer of Coherent Light Photography (Colight Productions) from Oklahoma City -- Oklahoma U.S.A.!#thelibrarian120 “The Librarian”#More 120s and Marlboro Lights 100s!

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hi, sarah! i see you've watched a lot of british panel shows/comedians and i need a specific recommendation: where to start with dara o briain? he's right now my favourite taskmaster contestant ever and after listening to his episodes on the tm podcast and off menu, and watching him on wilty, i'm completely in love with his humor and manner of speech. what are the "must see" things he's done in the past? he's such a prominent figure in british tv but idk how to choose what to watch next

i have watched a lot of panel shows...you got that right hehehe...

i'm happy for you that you found someone you really like and get to explore a lot of new content! i gotta say, that doesn't happen often for someone quite so famous and prolific like dara, so it's fun for me to think back to all the stuff he's been in :')

he's a comedian, but he's also known for being mr big smarty pants, so he's done a lot of comedy programmes as well as smarty pants programmes & documentaries. you may choose to start in one of these distinct directions if there's a side of dara you like best! let me start with a few of my own faves...

he's probably best known — definitely by my followers, but also in general — for being the long-time host of the news-focused panel show mock the week, which JUST ended after 17 years. of the panel shows about news, of which there are many, this one is the most accessible and the most silly. dara is a GREAT host and has hilarious dynamics with the regular panelists, especially his literal best friend ed byrne (who we heavily stan). in fact, on mtw, you'll also see lots of other taskmaster contestants you may recognise, including panel captain and cult fave hugh dennis, frankie boyle, russell howard, and ed gamble. i know 17 years is A LOT, so if you've never seen the show and aren't sure where to start, i'm gonna recommend you give series 15 a go — as a new-er panel show fan, i think a more recent season like this one will be most accessible. also, this compilation of comedians roasting dara on mtw for half an hour is fucking hilarious lmaooo

dara has been on tons of panel shows as a panelist opposed to hosting, and you'd be amiss not to catch up on him on qi! one of stephen's smart lil boys and a clever laugh, he was made for that show. you can find dara's episodes here and i have all of qi linked on the masterpost! if you've never seen qi here's a silly clip that is mostly sean being one of stephen's naughty lil boys but it's a great example of the learning a lot/learning absolutely nothing dichotomy that can happen with a great panel (including dara!!)!

apart from that, i'd highly recommend you watch his stand-up! i put two specials on drive for you, 2012's craic dealer and 2015's crowd tickler (sorry for the mid quality — they're just dvd rips). these are pretty perfect for blossoming dara fans because they're funny, witty, clever, goofy — all the things we love about dara at once!!

as for my final personal recommendation, you should definitely check out dara & ed's great big adventure, a bbc two miniseries where the besties travel along the pan-american highway! they have top-tier wholesome bantz, ed is very fucking goofy (you will find quickly that being a fan of dara is being a fan of ed hahaha), and they explore some very beautiful cultures. i will work on getting decent rips of the show for my drive, but in the meantime you can watch this on dailymotion!

it would be amiss if i ended the recs here, because dara has hosted a lot of different series — but these series are based around very specific interests of his. some of the big ones include the following: go 8 bit, one of his most recent shows about classic and indie video games, very nostalgic with fun guests; science club (if you need full eps of this lmk, i should be able to get them but it will just take a lil time) and school of hard sums, nerds talking about science and maths, def have qi vibes; and the underrated stargazing live, broadcast every winter and when dr brian cox & our fave amateur astronomer mr ó briain talk about stars and shit! these are less necessary watching and more worth watching if the topics tickle your fancies~

okay i hope that helps!! there is obviously so much more to his career — including his many books — but i think this is overwhelming enough and i hope you don't mind the long post! feel free to catch us up on what you're enjoying down the line, we love dara and hearing what others love about him too :')

#riemmetric #a #long post #whoops heh

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chuplayswithfire · 2 years

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i think we all know that episode ten features both Stede and Ed paralleling each other, but what really interests me about the whole thing is that they are moving in reverse from each other, not following the same path but rather tracking backwards.

Ed is at his most emotionally honest and healthy point at the start through about the first half of Episode 10. It might not seem like it on the surface, given the crying, feasting upon of marmalade, depression nesting, and sad poetry writing, but this is Edward Teach for the first time (possibly in his life, but definitely during the season) allowing himself to feel his emotions in the moment without needing to be subject to racist violence or trauma (the French captain using a racial slur, the false kraken) first. Stede broke up with him and instead of putting on a mask until it overwhelms him, he's just sad. He just lets himself be sad, and then he reaches out to other people - Lucius, and then the crew - and he starts to heal.

Is he doing great? Fuck, of course not. The man's just had his heart broken after giving up everything he knows and putting himself out there. He's feeling god awful. He's a wreck. Even when he's cleaning up, and feeling a bit better, it's clear he's still really fucking sad, and clearly his new hopes are fragile considering Izzy will later break them down like a wrecking ball, but in that first half of the episode what we see is Ed suffering and hurt.

And honest about it. No hiding himself. No hiding from himself. He doesn't try to blend in. He doesn't put on a different mask, he doesn't hide away from it. Even without Stede, he's letting himself feel what he wants to feel and react how he wants to react and be the person he wants to be, Edward not just Blackbeard myth and legend. He's acting fully on his personal growth.

Stede on the other hand starts the episode out lying to himself and everyone around him about everything he's feeling. He's regressed to all his worst habits - he's passive aggressive with Mary and avoidant, nosy and invasive, leaning fully into his privilege to dictate to Mary her title (pointing out that Widow Bonnet isn't accurate and that she should change it) and space (being in her painter's studio when she clearly doesn't want him there, and remember, Stede is the one familiar with passive aggression and the rules of society. He knows what he's doing.)

He tries to pretend that everything is normal, giving into his classic trait of avoidance by refusing to properly discuss the issue of his abandoning his family (Mary is the one forced to bring it up! After Stede tries to passive aggressively get her to talk about Doug!) or becoming a criminal or - any of it, really.

And this culminates in two ways: 1) Stede going to that bar and indulging in the worst of himself with those men, betraying Ed for the sake of winning a place amidst men he's never been able to find companionship with and 2) ruining Mary's event with verbal and then physical violence and refusing to discuss THAT either.

for the first - it is difficult to see the way that Stede discusses Ed in that post as anything besides Stede throwing Ed fully under the bus for the sake of his own reputation (and being fully aware of it, which makes him feel worse, which makes him lash out more when he gets to Mary's art show). Stede's been uncomfortable at home, unhappy, has made this choice to rush back and pour himself into a space that's already been filled in and paved over, and it's becoming increasingly clear to him that no matter how much he wants to deny it, he doesn't belong here.

And then along come fellow gentlemen who gas him up, who consider him a hero, who want to hear all about his adventures. He's boasting when we return to the clip, about his duel with Izzy, clearly already deep in his cups given the number of empty tankards around him. When they ask about Blackbeard, leaning in, eager, "Is he as bloodthirsty as everyone says," full of relish and intrigue, Stede responds with truth - "Oh he's absolutely lovely."

And those men falter, their faces struck with confusion, maybe disappointment, and you get a moment of Stede seeing this, that he's losing the crowd, and he says, "Oh and of course a bloodthirsty killer" and immediately there are smiles and impressed nods. This isn't something he said to protect Ed or his reputation - this is something he said to recapture the crowd hanging on his every word, for once listening to him, Stede Bonnet, with respect. No Baby Bonnet here.

Not great Stede!

But then he makes it worse, by adding, "Born of the devil himself."

Born of the devil himself. The ultimate means of othering someone in the Christian world, which, these times were very big on the religion, on the Christianity, on the importance of being children of God, and here is Stede throwing Ed fully under the bus to say that Ed isn't just a bloodthirsty killer, but a monster, a being born from the devil himself.

Stede has personally heard from Ed that these are some of Ed's worst fears about himself. That he's a bad person, a monster, that he's done all these horrible things, and Stede fully throws Ed to that reputation for the sake of getting along with his fellow rich white gentlemen. He is fully putting Ed in the box of the Devil Pyrate Blackbeard for the approval of these men. And he clearly feels pretty bad about it, considering he hastens to say he doesn't want to talk about Ed.

And then we get to his second big hit on his spiral down (and I do love the symbolism, that Stede and Ed both have a two hit spiral down to the bottom). He goes to Mary's art show, drunk as a skunk, to humiliate Mary and make her feel as terrible as he does, because he hates that she's happy.

"And if her husband gave up the sea, surely she should give up the dishonest title, even though she hates my guts. [exaggerated sad face] which is her right."

Oh he can't stand that she's happy. That she gave him that speech and told him she won't blow up her life just because he blew up his (after he blew up hers in the first place!!!)

And then when Doug puts a hand on his shoulder, there's that already classic line - "Unhand me or bleed." - as he tosses him to the table and presses a knife to him. The look of dawning realization.

"Clearly I've had too much to drink. And for that I am sorry. Being home's been quite an adjustment. For both of us! I forgive you by the way. For sleeping with Doug."

This is the lowest Stede can go. This is his bottom drop. This is not an apology for what he said about or to Mary, what he did to Doug. This is an apology for having too much to drink, coupled with a condescending, but we were both in the wrong, equally! Stede doesn't actually face that he's beyond fucked things up until Mary almost kills him and he's forced to come to the realization of ohhhhh shit, she was going to kill me!

Luckily from here, he can make the climb up. And this is partially because Mary is gracious about the whole thing (more than most people would be, to be honest), but also because Stede has a way out. Stede can go back to the sea, and he can go back to his crew, and he can go back to Ed.

He came home, but he can leave again. And he sets things to rights. He talks about his feelings, he speaks to the children and Mary and even Doug, he puts her reputation back to the way it should be and fakes his death and he's able to walk back to a life that he truly wants as a man free of the past.

Now back to Ed.

See, now we're back to that fun reverse parallel. Because in a perfect filming choice, the intersection of Stede and Ed's emotional arcs happens to be the moment when it all hits the crescendo - because Izzy confronts Ed, who is at his best and most free self, at the moment that Stede is torching Mary's life and being his absolutely worse self. And I didn't talk about that scene earlier, but let's talk about it.

Let's talk about Ed is smiling and laughing a little, is cleaning up and restoring the space around him, is giving himself the emotional room to go "Feels nice to tidy up a little, can't believe I was living like this, can you Iz?" and invite a man who has both been his ally and his betrayer in, and Izzy Fucking Hands, lounging in the background, leafing through Stede's book of pirates and anti Blackbeard propaganda, says,

"I'm going to speak plainly." And Ed welcomes this. Ed gives him the space to speak. "I should have let the English kill you." And we see the expression on Ed's face, as his smile drops and his brows furrow. "This, whatever it is you've become, is a fate worse than death."

And Ed tries to laugh it off, a little bitten of tch, shake of the head, close the eyes, and smile again, "Well, I am still, Blackbeard, so -"

And Izzy cuts him off with a growl. Izzy tosses the book. Izzy stomps up to him. Izzy growls out that the English propaganda is the real Blackbeard, not Edward, who's just a "namby-pamby in a silk gown, piiiiining for his boooooyfriend."

And Ed snaps.

Narratively, its the moment when Stede grabs a knife and holds it to Doug's throat.

(Note that they both go for the throat. Constantly paralleling each other.)

From here, while Stede goes on the upswing, Ed goes on the downswing. It's here that he betrays himself and Stede - where Stede tore Ed down to cast him as the monster for the approval of his wealthy white peers, Ed has everything of Stede's cast into the sea, starting with Lucius and then the books and the the knick knacks and finally the crew themselves, save for the ones Ed needs. This is Ed's two part violence - hurting the crew, throwing away Stede's stuff.

(I'm going to be honest, I don't read cutting off Izzy's toe as an act of violence, that seemed very much like an act of acknowledgement for and too Izzy and the man he wants Ed to be, the man he worships. It's a classic Blackbeard thing to do, cut off a man's toe and make him eat it for a laugh, and Izzy wants Blackbeard.)

And Ed has people around him too, people who care about him, but they're Stede's people first. We haven't seen Ed getting close to the crew aside from Lucius and Frenchie - and where Frenchie was validating Ed on the French ship, Lucius has been Stede's staunch partner in romance. It's really clear why one goes and one stays. The person that Ed has who "cares" about Ed, is Izzy, who this whole performance is for.

So we end where we began.

One protagonist at his most emotionally healthy and honest. One protagonist drowning in his worst state to date.

God I fucking love this show.

#ofmd #edward teach #stede bonnet #izzy hands #mary allamby bonnet #our flag means death #ofmd meta #ofmd spoilers

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allthinky · 7 months

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Vindication?

At the risk of izcourse, I want to say that nobody can be vindicated from a trailer. I mean "Ha! I told you Madeleine Sami would be on the crew!" yes, that's a winner. Most other things we can't be conclusive about because we know how they cut trailers and release clips. To confuse and confound us, and we are most thankful!

But also, more specifically, vindicated about what? That these guys are pirates and served under the scoundrel Hornigold and are used to torture and injury as forms of discipline? We knew that.

I certainly was hoping that Ed would just be mostly sad sack Ed and not be doing more maimings (though he loves a good maim) primarily because so many fans already have such problematic reads of the character. But of course, a good script doesn't spend time hoping that racists and such won't get ammunition from their well-told story.

So. Yes. Izzy told Ed that he'd better get meaner and more devilish and be Blackbeard again, and Ed for all the reasons has taken that seriously and Izzy is, you know, reaping what he sowed. [I've actually been in a similar work situation where a sort of middle manager kept bugging their superior that we needed to get leaner and meaner and in the end that guy got (nearly) canned and so this feels familiar? They were very surprised that the face-eating leopard that they helped to build came after them.]

I'm not a fan of the toes thing or the turtle/crab thing or yardies or coconut wars but I know that kind of violence is classic comedy since even before the godawful Three Stooges.

If you feel vindicated that Izzy made a huge mistake (cf. Arrested Development) then I'm with you. But for the rest of it, I'm waiting for the actual episodes.

Izzy has always been 3-D and interesting, but he's not the hero, or even a hero, and he's only good at some parts of his job. And now he may be discovering that using pain and fear to get others to do your bidding has its downsides.

Fang is a fucking angel.

#ofmd #our flag means death #edward teach #ofmd s2 #izzy hands #fang

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boxwinebaddie · 2 months

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no one asked but post!rm when stan finally gets cleared for *cough* AcCidenTiaL (wO)mAnsLaugTher ( i actually don't think they charge stan at all just because of the situation and other things that come to light later ) but anyways!!! emphasis on Laughter, which, the only way that stan can cope w/ his sisters death is by laughing smh so on sweet shell bell's death day instead of being somber, they decided to have a concert....but not just any cd concert...oh no, my friends...

a y2k-2009 pop hits tribute dead(icated) to darling shelley ;) <3

which is know is so fkn ICONIQUE!! like dropping toxic by britney spears ( shelley worshipped britney, she was like Ugh, Vintage! help ) and stan in the little emo-boy rendition of the flight attendant outfit...i know that kyle got rizzed Hard. good girls go bad??? oh my god help?? gives you hell?? i gotta feeling omg!! kiss me thru the phone!!

amazing...that whole concert...i was gonna say that the Actual hardcore ppl there who wanted to listen to punk rock music were so salty, but, respectfully, they weren't there!!! that crowd was FILLED with slay olay girlies getting down and as they should!!!! literally those drunk girls in the bathroom crying to 'so sick' by ne-yo...yeah, yeah.

this one is for YOU, queen!!!!! GET LOOOOOW!!!

but speaking of immortal queens that live forever in our hearts.

i bet you ravenstan was like "alright dawn spawn, so i know i usually let you pick the song...but it only feels right that i end the show with miche's favorite song...a classic we all know and... *cringes*

...l...ove..."

"Hit It, Margorina."

and marj, who as a cottage core girlie Jumped at the opportunity to rock a twee outfit, strummed that chord and it was already chaos...

but when ravenstan did the Justin Bieber Hair Flip ( he went blonde one more time for this momentous occasion ) and dropped the 1st

"ohoooOooooOoh~" IT WAS OOOOOOOVER!!!!

BC THE CD COVER OF BABY BY JUSTIN BIEBER WENT FKNNN INSAAANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i just Know raven was flying across the stage in the signature shelley obnoxiously glossy way too sparkly blue eye shadow, the butterfly clips she always used to wear, out here in an ed hardy teeshirt and traded the tiny godless vegan lead singer harlot parts for bedazzled jeans and was booooodying justin bieber, like, shelley offkey belted that song half crying every day...Unreal, oh my god. i wish she was alive :( for one direction because that would have been a Moment!

the whole crowd screamin "BABY, BABY, BABY OOOHH!!! LIKE BABY BABY BABY NOOOO!!!" kyle was dyin but bebe was gettin her LIFE!

and kenny going LUDA! in the deep ass voice and rapping HEEEEELP

...it was

a truly legendary night.

Rip Shelley. </3

-uncle nina, being deranged at the midnight hours -- what's new?

#i'm sorry this was so funny to me #whenever cd does the mcr iconique outfit moments to fit the themes of their cover concerts? they are so real for that #still thinking about their latest halloween costume being greta gerwig barbie and raven as ken kenny as barbie #jimmy as alan and marj as weird barbie #SO HARD #but this was too real for me #i'm sorry i had to share i needed you to know that cd has so much range when theyre free from e they act Crazy its so good #ravenstan was humiliated but anything for shell

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theclaravoyant · 7 months

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AN ~ For @fictober-event’s Fictober 2023 prompt: “Don't worry, I got you.” Set during s2, written pre-airing, insp. by that one clip of Stede getting White Girl Wasted and also this art by @dirkidork Masterpost of my Fictober OFMD fics

Fandom: Our Flag Means Death Characters & Relationships: Edward Teach, Ed x Stede. Tags: Drunkenness/Hangover, reference to vomit.

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“Hey, Teach,” Jackie calls after him. “Don’t forget your man.”

She points at a table where Stede’s blonde curls shine like a beacon. Curse him, Ed can’t even bring himself to object to her calling him his man. It’s not like he hasn’t been staring all night - so sue him, it’s nice to see the man cut loose, alright? Still, he’s not sure whether to be more impressed or pissed off that Stede has apparently decided his current absence of Captaincy duties means it’s time to get absolutely dance-on-the-table, arm-wrestle-strangers, knock-down-drag-out sloshed. It would be much easier to be impressed, he’s sure, if it wasn’t him who had to do the de-knocking-out part.

He sighs, and nods his farewell to Jackie before going to collect his man.

As soon as he lays a hand on Stede’s shoulder, the blonde curls bounce as he throws his head back as if pretending he had never been resting his eyelids down there on the table at all.

“Ed!” he cries, delighted. He beams, and it’s definitely the alcohol and no other reason that his eyes seem bigger and shinier than usual as Ed scoops him onto his arm so that he can support him as they stagger out of the bar. Stede isn’t putting a great deal of effort into walking. He boops Ed firmly on the nose.

“Te ataahua koe.”

Ed snorts. He can’t help himself from smiling, if only a little bit, and tries to pretend his heart didn’t just skip a beat.

“Where’d you learn that one?”

“Mary taught me. Not my Mary. Your Mary. Anne’s Mary? Cali-” he hiccups- “Calico Fucking Jack’s Mary, apparently, did you know that?”

He launches into a tirade about Calico Jack that so screams I had the biggest crush on you that Ed almost wants to be sick. But equally, he’s hanging on every single god-damned word as he all but carries Stede down the street. Oh, he’s in deep on this one. He’s well and truly fucked.

Suddenly, Stede stumbles, and pulls them to a halt. The words die in his throat and instead he weakly croaks -

“Uh, Ed?”

“Yeah?”

“I don’t feel so good.”

A classic. Ed barely has time to scoop them toward the nearest garden-bed before Stede can up-chuck his largely liquid dinner all over them both. He avoids most of the mess, and focuses on trying to hold Stede up somewhat, patting his back sympathetically while he wretches.

“Don’t worry, mate,” he promises. “I’ve got you.”

#blackbonnet #gentlebeard #ofmd #our flag means death #fictober23 #who do i have to pay for te reo maori in s2 #translation: you’re beautiful #ofmd s2 #ofmd spoilers #clara's fic tag

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great-collapsing-hrung-disaster · 7 months

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WATCH OUR STREEEEEEAAAAAM

So for the last... three(?!?) years or so, I have been playing TTRPG's on my buddy Dave's twitch stream - Salt Circle RPG. Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/themdave Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThemDave Twitter: https://twitter.com/SaltCircleRPG We're currently playing

Scum and Villainy every other Sunday from 3pm to 7pm EST (our next session is TOADY, 1/18/24, at 8:00pm EST) but we have played Dungeon Crawl Classics, Scum and Villainy, Paranoia, Mork Borg, and the obligatory 5th ed D&D. I played a 1-on-1 game with Dave a few years ago - you can find the first episode here. If you're like me and have trouble watching unedited game footage, then these little edited bite-sized chunks might be more up your alley! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=597y-lA6chY&list=PLvZSRXhHlI6Fkcz_3yJILbh2-7VzbmkmN Lastly, here's a clip of Dave (on the Free League channel no less) following his instructions to the letter and burning his copy of Mork Borg after the world ended. What a guy. https://www.twitch.tv/freeleaguepublishing/clip/BetterRacyPoultryMikeHogu-f2AoKXoOBWS4qeZr?filter=clips&range=all&sort=time

#mork borg #ErrantRPG #dccrpg #twitch #actual play #ttrpg stream #one player rpgs #fuck you i had fun

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world-cinema-research · 7 days

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"A Hard Day's Night" Blog Essay

By: Jillian Arnold

“We know how to behave! We've had lessons.”

“A Hard Day’s Night” is a fun and slapstick humor movie that allows fans to have a deeper dive into the Beatles, more personal side rather than professional, and shows a different, boyish wonder side of them. The plot of this movie consists of a routine event that the stars of the Beatles, John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr, deal with in their stardom. It shows the stars running away from their obsessive fans to play a live concert along with other side quests such as Ringo going to jail, John criticizing the TV Director, George being mistaken as an actor, and Paul McCartney taking care of his grandfather. It shows that the Beatles had good time management in their professional life in their personal life and it shows that the stars were human like their fans, but also made their fans laugh with their hilarious plot.

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A trailer for the movie, A Hard Day’s Night. Just this trailer shows the highs and lows of fame; affecting thousands of your fans with music but also never getting time away from thousands of fans. This clip shows a compilation of the members of the Beatles, John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr, running away from obsessed fans.

The film is well received by audience members and has earned an 89% acceptance rate in an audience score and a 98% with the Tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes. Although it is not as well known as other classic films, it is an important one in our history and just shows that sometimes all we need is a little humor in our lives. The film was also loved by fans because it came out during the peak of the Beatles' careers when they had thousands upon thousands of fans. This movie has been nominated for three awards, which just shows how good and popular a movie it is.

Ironically, a huge event that happened the year the movie was released was when the Beatles came to America. On February 7th, 1964, the Beatles touched down on American soil before they made their live U.S. debut on the Ed Sullivan Show two days later. At the time, the Beatles were huge in the UK and were so famous, so then performing in America made them huge as well in the States. They were one of the first bands to have popular music in the States from other countries, which contributed to the Beatlemania happening in the UK and the States.

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Here is a scene from the movie, starring George Harrison. The scene is about George being mistaken as an actor auditioning for a TV show. The humor in the scene allows fans to connect with the scene and love the actor even more.

The film was shot using a cinéma vérité style, which is a French film movement of the 1960s that showed people in everyday situations with authentic dialogue and naturalness of action. I think this style of film shooting was done because they wanted the fans to see the authenticity of how the band acted and wanted them to see that they were real people just like them also since this film had some of the biggest music stars at the time in it, it brought popularity to the French film movement since so many many people watch the movie because of their favorite stars.

This film is both conventional and unconventional. It is conventional because it stars the Beatles and their feature film debut when they were at their peak of fandom. It is unconventional due to the documentary style of filming and it being filmed in black-and-white since colored films were the norm in films at the time.

Here's a poster of the film. Its bright colors and fun letters attract people’s eyes to the movie, making people want to see it. It also shows the iconic faces and hair of the stars of the movie, which people also recognize and love.

This film allowed fans to connect even deeper with their favorite music stars, who will be forever known for all time. It also allowed the band to reach out to their fans by providing them with laughter and fun. Overall, it is a fun and classic movie that everyone should watch, especially huge fans of the Beatles.

"Now you'll like these. You'll really dig them. They're fab and all the other pimply hyperboles."

#Youtube

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aoi-424 · 2 months

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Classical Music in La Corda (Part 1)

Being a big fan of the La Corda d’Oro series for over 15 years, I decided to organise the list of classical music pieces that appeared in the game / TV anime throughout the series.

If you have never heard of the series, here’s a quick introduction I wrote: An Introduction to La Corda.

(Article also available on Medium)

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La Corda d’Oro (Kiniro no Corda, 金色のコルダ), published by KOEI in 2003

The below list of pieces appeared in the game La Corda d’Oro that was first released on September 19, 2003. In the game, you play as the female protagonist Hino Kahoko, in which you could choose to practise any of the pieces below to perform at the concour (i.e. music competition).

*Background information: In the game, each piece is categorised as either elegant (清麗), vivid (彩華) or gloomy (愁情). A list of keywords is also associated with each piece (which is for selecting a piece that best fits the concour theme).

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Ave Maria (アヴェ・マリア)

Composer: Franz Schubert (シューベルト) Category: elegant (清麗) Keywords: fountain, wish, grace, peace, loneliness, prayer

This piece is composed as a setting for an Englishman Walter Scott’s narrative poem called The Lady of the Lake. In Scott’s poem, a young girl Ellen Douglas, sings prayer to the Virgin Mary, hoping that her father’s sins could be forgiven. As the opening words for Ellen’s song is “Ave Maria” (Latin for “Hail Mary”), over time people gradually adopted this song for the Catholic prayer and it is now commonly played at a mass.

While there are multiple versions arranged for the piano by Franz Liszt, my personal favourite is this version (with the violin and piano accompaniment) that has the main melody starting on Middle C.

Gavotte (ガヴォット)

Composer: François-Joseph Gossec (ゴセック) Category: vivid (彩華) Keywords: life, hope, future, nation, excitement, warmth, nature

The word “gavotte” is a genre of dance in France dating back to the 17th century. The typical rhythm consists of two light steps and one heavy step that is twice as long, and the end of each phrase corresponds to a break in the dance steps — as you can clearly see in this clip from the 1938 Looney Tunes film. Violin players would definitely find this tune familiar, as it is the piece that concludes Book 1 of the Suzuki Violin.

Melodie, from Orpheus and Euridice (メロディ)

Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck (グルック) Category: gloomy (愁情) Keywords: lament, talent, disappointment, encounter, tragedy, ability, pride

This piece originates from Act 2 of the opera Orpheus and Eurydice (Orfeo ed Euridice in French). Gluck’s melodie, also known as “Dance of the Blessed Spirits”, was originally for solo flute and was later also transcribed for the violin (here is a version played by one of the greatest violinists of all time). It depicts the grief experienced by Orpheus, the legendary musician in Greek mythology who took a journey to the underworld to save his deceased wife Euridice.

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I'll continue with the remaining pieces in the game in my next post :) Thank you for reading!

Reference: 金色のコルダコンプリートガイド

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weaversweek · 6 months

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"Baby shark"

Into the final week in the #FearOfMu21c project, crowdsourcing the greatest singles of the 21st century. Here’s an index post. And here's one with as many nominations (1) as the entire Ed Sheeran catalogue.

Baby shark - Pinkfong

Throughout this list, I've commented on the techniques of song writing. A good pop song is catchy and memorable and has hooks. A great pop song will use its limited time to go somewhere unexpected. A good song will convey its message; a great song will leave us in no doubt about its meaning. A good song will want to be heard; a great song demands to be heard again.

"Baby shark" is a great song.

"Baby shark" grew out of a campfire song, popular amongst the young people of Korea. The original writers have been lost to time, we do know that versions of the song were around in the late 20th century. Alemuel had a decent hit in 2007 with "Kleiner Hai", a German-language tale of a small shark that grew up and ate a diver. Other translations were made and released in the following years.

Back in Seoul, SmartStudy was founded in 2010. The media company released classic nursery and playground songs from their culture, crafts, puppet videos, and a collection of animations for children. With a pink fox mascot, the Pinkfong brand of animations and phone apps was successful in south-east Asia.

And then the Pinkfong company recorded "Baby Shark". It was successful in the original version, and a "dance version" of the video turned into a phenomenal success, the original clip has been seen an average of one-and-a-half times by every person on the planet.

"Baby shark" is remarkable in many other ways. For instance, it uses a tremendously restricted vocabulary. Eighteen words would be an unremarkable clause in a Lorde song, or a short album title for Fiona Apple. "Baby shark" uses precisely 18 words. Total. Across the entire song, just 18 words.

The song is written in G-major, with a change to C-major for the final stanza - two of the most common musical keys in pop music. To sing "Baby shark", you need a range of just half an octave, so even the worst voice can sing it reasonably (compare with other well-known tunes with minimal range: "Too many broken hearts", "G'd save the queen").

Lyrically, the song tells a story and circles back upon itself: it introduces the participants, encourages us care about them, takes them on a literal journey, and resolves it, imploring us to set out again.

Whether we like it or not, "Baby shark" has become an absolute staple of the pop charts. It's in the top 60 most-streamed music tracks almost every week of the year, and has gone from utter obscurity to something everyone knows.

"Baby shark" is the biggest cultural moment of the past ten years, and fully deserving a nomination for the century's Best 50 Songs. (But just the one.)

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bobbie-robron · 11 months

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He didn’t want to come. And, you know, I don’t blame him.

In case anyone is interested in seeing the original Gordon Livesy’s first appearance.

02-Dec-2003

#classic ED #classic ED clip #Classic ED original Aaron’s story #20031202 #classic ED 2003 #200312 #episode 3599 #chas dingle #Gordon livesy #original Gordon actor #first appearance on the show #will upload the original aaron clips when he appears

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theknightmarket · 1 year

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I did a tier list of the Markiplier Egos, so I thought I’d share it here – and, yes, perhaps some of these ratings indicate who I like to write, sue me. So, bottom to top, here it is:

Actor: Super Hell

I goddamn hate Actor, as you could probably figure out. He’s a prissy bitch, who deserved everything that came to him. Okay, that might’ve been a bit of an exaggeration, but Jesus Christ do I hate him, mainly for causing Damien’s death, plus everything else, but mainly that. He deserves less than Super Hell, but that is the bottom of the barrel.

E-Boy Mark: F

Reminded me too much of my boy Bing, and I did Not like it. Plus, I have the same tiger pattern on one of my jackets, and I did not want to be associated with this E-Boy. So, F tier.

Ed Edgar: F

I hate babies. Simple as that. Props for being a cowboy aesthetic, but that mustache knocked him back down into F tier.

Derek Derekson: F

Need I say anything? He’s abusive and a bitch, and I care too much about my baby Eric to put him any higher. I would put him lower, but Super Hell is reserved for Actor. F.

Silver Shephard: E

I haven’t seen anything about him, except for the skit with all the other egos, in which I also did not see much. Cool costume, but no clue. E.

Dr. Iplier: E

Again, not much. To be honest, both of the Egos in the E tier are ones I haven’t seen much of but know about. Hence, the doctor is here. Nice catchphrase, E tier.

Yandereiplier: D

The animation is cool, I’ve always liked horror-blood elements, and the pictures of Yandere have the red hair, which I am a fan of. However, the game itself is a point down, and he is only for the sim, so D tier.

King of the Squirrels: D

A classic start to the Ego train, so points given, but points taken away because I am not a huge fan of peanut butter. Squirrels I love, though, so again. Hence, D tier.

Bill: C

Okay, so I haven’t seen the video he comes from actually, but I did see one clip of him saying ‘Oh, honey, no’ and, boy, did I feel flustered, and I don’t even know why! It was just weirdly sweet and reflects the kinda stuff you see in my S tiered Egos. But, alas, he’s not all that common in videos, so C.

Bim Trimmer: C

I don’t know either, man, he’s just a funny guy. The image I have for him is so stupid, and he’s Bim Trimmer??? C’mon. C tier.

The Colonel: C

Being separate from Wilford, he’s kinda lacking in substance compared to him, but I get it. Cuckolded a dude, which isn’t a great start, but it’s Actor, so I don’t care. Says ‘bully’, which is fun, but he does kill the viewer, so points off for him, putting him in C.

Google(s): C

Might be influenced by my having a fic in the works for him, but I am also a sucker for AI, android stuff. Plus, the fanart I see for him is always cute. Him being rude to Bing takes him down a notch, though, so C.

Heehoo: C

The concept of this guy is so funny to me – like, Jesus Christ, the Markiplier runs into the wild, completely naked, save for maybe shoes, of all things, and is fine??? The long hair pushes it over D, but the lack of a voice keeps him in C.

The Nightguard: C

It’s mainly for the musical itself, and that one moment when he leans in and says ‘I killed a guy’ because obviously. Not to mention it’s Mark singing. However, this one can be excluded from being an ego because it is basing off of a pre-established character. So, C tier.

Captain Magnum: C

I haven’t gone through his ending yet in AHWM (sue me, I got Yancy first), but I do love pirates ;) but I don’t love beards. Personal preference, it just takes away from the face. Basically, the aesthetic alone brings it into C tier.

Annus: B

Now, I did watch, uh, [redacted] – catch my favorite video being the A.I generated basically fanfictions – and I loved the whole concept of it! The ending, especially during covid, kinda helped me get used to death and the idea of having to die in the end. However, some of this does not extend to the ego of Annus. I feel like there was a lot more they could have done with both Annus and Unus, but I understand that most of the audience would not have wanted it to be fully cryptid and ARG-esque, so B is both the lowest and highest I can go with him. I do love suits, though.

Eric Derekson: B

I have seen next to nothing about this boy! And I love him :D! He’s just so cute in everything I’ve seen and read. Solid B tier for the cute side, anyway.

The Jims: B

Honestly, it’s a goof ego, and I like that. The stupid movements and the little side bit about WKM made me happy after the sad events, and I saw them in Space, so I’m happy to put them at B, as a collective, of course.

Monster Gulch Mark: B

I’m a sucker for apocalypses, man. The casual murder plot caught my eye, and then the second song was a banger, too. I was super disappointed when nothing ever came out from Monster Gulch again, and I appreciate the running water thing, if you know what I mean by that. So, for both Mark in this and the musical in general, B tier.

God of Night: B

Dope aesthetic and I am a sucker for deity-stuff. However, I do not have the attention span to watch a 3+ hour video where he is not in all of it, and was, maybe, recorded without a hard script? I don’t know, but I know I should watch it considering I have a fic queued for him. Cool concept, but I can’t watch so much of that in one go. B tier.

Noir: A

You remember that I said I love suits, right? Well, this guy, in a disheveled suit, the noir aesthetic – one that I loved since I saw Into the Spider-Verse – and the voice over??? A tier, and I will take no comments. Also, there’s something to be said about how the lower tiers tend to have the cocky-know-it-all egos, and the higher tiers are soft guys. This, the A tier, is a weird exception.

Murdock: A

No. 1, the murder – no. 2, the vibe – no. 3, the outfit! The moment I saw Murdock, I had to put the screen down and go for a walk. You’ve seen this man, you understand what I mean. A tier, for everything he’s involved in.

Dark: A

This is probably lower than a lot of people would put him, and I’m still debating putting him higher, but A tier is the least I will go. Again, there’s the suit, plus, I’m a fan of the glitchy, multi-emotion thing he has going on. However, as many of you will remember, he did shove the viewer into a mirror and steal their body. Not great on his part, but he is against Actor, and the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Hence, A tier, plus he does stage himself sexily on that desk, so…

Engineer: A

This guy is plain cute. He’s devoted, he’s hard-working, he appreciates the aesthetics! He really should be in A+ tier, considering I have a sticker of him, too, except for one tiny snag. Actor. He is the source of all my trouble and complicates things in the theory sense. Is Engineer actually Actor? We don’t know, and I don’t like to think I would put anyone related to Actor in A+. So, sorry, my dear boy, he has to be in A tier.

Bing: A+

If you’ve seen my other posts, you may already understand why he’s here, but I will reiterate for every who doesn’t know. I don’t know what it is, but the dumb, skateboarder-bro, with a heart of gold is a thing I love. The glasses are cool, the orange I adore, and an android? C’mon, I can’t put him anywhere but A+. (I also have a sticker of him on the laptop I am currently writing this on)

Host: A+

I had to go searching for Host after the sketch with all of the egos in it, and, boy, was I overjoyed to find him. The blind-fold and narrator bit, and a couple of fics I’ve read influenced this decision. A+ tier, but it’s a controversial one. (Another that I have a sticker of)

Wilford: A+

Yeah, this is just where he belongs. S tier is reserved for two egos here, and so Wilford is a banger in A+ tier. The whole fruity-bisexual-timelord thing is amazing, and, as far as character design goes, oof, the fluffy hair, slightly unbuttoned shirt? I am swooning. A+ tier. (Also, a sticker)

Illinois: A+

This guy has two belts. What a dude. And the flirty thing I appreciate, the whip cracks, as well. Him walking backwards through a bunch of traps is pique douche, but in an oh-my-god-he’s-going-to-get-himself-killed-better-help-him kind of way. Like pulling a drowning dog out of a pool and them shaking off. A+.

Can you guys guess who’s at the top of this list? If you can’t, lemme tell you.

Damien: S

Damien is my comfort character, and that sucks because – spoilers – he is dead. I forgive him for shoving the viewer into a mirror, solely for his adorable personality and all of the fics people have for him prior to poker night. The ‘little monster’ nickname has me squealing every time I hear it, and I could fully write an essay on his character. Fuck Actor for killing him, and fuck anyone who doesn’t think he’s amazing. Solid S tier, no questions.

Yancy: S

Objectively the best character. He was my first ending in AHWM, I love his song, he applied for parole??? Look at that man, listen to him talk – the accent omg – and tell me, genuinely, that you would not do anything for him. Look me in the eyes and tell me that he isn’t the light of your life. ‘Free as a buird’ – gods, he’s adorable, and a sticker that I have on the inside of my laptop, to boot!

And that’s it! Feel free to reblog or send me an ask telling me your opinion, but know that I will fight you if you disagree on my S tiers :D

Have a good day everyone!

#Tier list #tier #markiplier #markiplier egos #theknightmarket #Yancy is the best #and I hate Actor

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pipecleanergirl23 · 10 months

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I spot Ace in this clip where he's with the Ed's and not his gang in line with the club. Don't know how old it is but I'm hoping I can see it fully in YouTube.

#ace copular #ace powerpuff girls #ace d copular #cartoon network #cartoon network bumper

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omegaplus · 9 months

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# 4,459

Omega Radio's 50 Years Of Hip-Hop. When the 'Brentwood Era' started, I had the dial on WBLS, one of New York City's hip-hop / rap stations. It not only signified the first-ever genre I'd pay close attention to, but also signified the beginning of personal cassette dubbing.

For a few years, I'd record as much as possible off to the right of the dial, then later on Hot 97 and Kiss FM. I'd capture Kid Capri, Kool DJ Red Alert, Funkmaster Flex, and Ed Lover, Dr. Dre, and T-Money of Yo! MTV Raps. Running concurrently was In Living Color, a rap-centric die-laughing comedy show that introduced us to the Wayans Brothers, Homey The Clown, Fire Marshall Bill, The Homeboy Shopping Network, and more. My formative years listening to hip-hop / rap lasted as long from middle school to graduating senior year. There's no shortage of mostly positive memories in Brentwood, in thanks to all of my cassette dubs from that era.

I returned to hip-hop / rap when I discovered WUSB a few years later and stumbled upon one of their shows, Ghetto Radio, who showed me a more underground side of things. Street FM, Eminent Audio, and The Basement practically changed my life because they introduced me to sampling culture, forever opening up a new world in getting to know more about myself. As soon as I became a Stony Brook student, I inquired about joining the station. Now, I became a dee-jay and gave back to our listeners the same way WUSB gave to me. It wasn't until my second run at the station (Winter 2013) when I started Omega Radio and took my show more seriously.

For 11 years, we've taken every chance we get to play hip-hop / rap. Our shows started when we did a five-hour bonus broadcast to usher in a new year: classic Seventies' vinyl classics on New Year’s Eve, then three hours of the rough stuff on New Year’s. Since then, we paid it forward by delivering all-time legends (The Notorious B.I.G., 2Pac), more golden-era cuts (EPMD, A Tribe Called Quest, Monie Love), the Eighties (Kool Moe D, MC Shan, Eric B & Rakim, classic old-school moments (Whodini, Sugar Hill Records, Afrika Bambaata), and even white-label underground releases (Lo-Down Click, Erule, Brother Arthur). Let's not forget the ladies of the game, either (Queen Latifah, Monie Love, MC Lyte, and Yo-Yo to name a few).

Later on, we introduced deluxe editions of our shows consisting of golden-era legends still doing their thing (KRS-One, Onyx, Dres of Black Sheep), backpack artists (Jedi Mind Tricks, R.A. The Rugged Man, the Griselda camp), beat tapes (Fuzzoscope, All These Fingers), and newer artists (clipping., Danny Brown, Obnox, Dabrye). We also made some legend specific tributes for Public Enemy, N.W.A. (edited for FCC quality-control), and The Wu-Tang Clan, which happened to be Omega’s most popular show to date. As long as it isn't Kanye West or TekashiSixNine, we're good.

The good news? There’s no sign of up stopping. We'll continuously re-visit our golden-era finds until they’re depleted, and may even consider re-introducing our white-label bonus shows. And we’ll still play our new, current, and relevant hip-hop, rap, and backpacker finds on our deluxe shows.

Found below is each and every hip-hop / rap broadcast Omega WUSB has broadcast up until this point. We urge you to check them all out. Want to re-visit an era with the most creative freedom? Any artists you missed out on? Trying to find a one-hit wonder you want to make a legend out of? No worries. We have you covered.

Here's to fifty more years of hip-hop - and you can all thank DJ Kool Herc for that.

December 31, 2012-January 1, 2013; #5. (Double bonus.)

February 25, 2013; #10.

June 30, 2014; #55.

July 19, 2014-July 20, 2014; #56.

August 17, 2014; #59.

November 22, 2014; #68.

July 13, 2015; #87.

August 24, 2015; #91.

June 27, 2016; #114.

August 15, 2016; #120.

February 11, 2017; #132.

July 29, 2017; #142. (Partial.)

July 28, 2018; #168.

September 3, 2018; #173.

October 15, 2018; #177.

December 10, 2018; #183. (Wu-Tang Clan)

May 4, 2019; #194.

June 29, 2019; #199.

July 20, 2019; #201. (Public Enemy)

August 19, 2019; #205. (N.W.A.)

August 24, 2019; #206. (Partial.)

March 16, 2020; #223.

August 3, 2020; #236.

August 15, 2020; #237.

October 26, 2020; #245.

January 30, 2021; #254.

April 21, 2021; #260.

May 19, 2021; #264.

June 16, 2021; #268.

July 3, 2021; #271. (Double deluxe.)

August 11, 2021; #278. (Hip-Hop’s 48th)

January 3, 2022; #294.

January 12, 2022; #295.

April 25, 2022; #305.

May 21, 2022; #307.

June 20, 2022; #312.

August 22, 2022; #325. (Delayed.)

August 27, 2022; #326.

October 24, 2022; #333.

#omega #music #mixtapes #reviews #playlists #hip-hop #rap #backpack #personal #Long Island #damn #wow #whoa #hell yeah

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