Here you go, Tumblr. Have some plushie selfies from a few days ago.
I used the Rick Bear one for a post on all my other socials encouraging my friends who watch Rick and Morty but aren't caught up on S7 to you know, get caught up. Don't get me wrong - I love being insane about it here with you lovely folks, but I need to be unhinged in more than one place, especially about "Unmortricken". And I can't do that until I no longer have to worry about spoiling things for people. The Struggle is real.
Second pic: Can you believe I've had this Spike Spiegel plushie for over two years and hadn't previously taken a pic like this with him? Even though Spike is and has been my main cosplay for a couple decades now? I know, I know: sometimes I am dumb. Anyway, after getting home from seeing the Cowboy Bebop movie on the big screen for the 10th time, (yes, you read that right) I finally righted this wrong.
It's apparently National Bikini Day, so I'm posting my only bikini cosplay photo I have handy (of my only bikini cosplay lol)
Made Faye Valentine's bikini from scratch and from my stash in 2020 and self shot her on the beach one day. I love Cowboy Bebop (who doesn't?), so I had a lot of fun with it
I was immediately drawn to Cowboy Bebop the first time I heard the theme song play on Toonami in the mid-2000s. As a young band geek and anime lover, I was instantly captivated. You could say I fell in love with the soundtrack before I ever even watched the show, but wow. It’s not often all the elements come together to create a magnificent piece of art and storytelling with unique and exciting music interwoven with equally unique and exciting story lines. The characters and dialogue are every bit as poetic and thrilling as the music written to accompany them.
There’s so much I’m still learning and at the beginning I was making it up as I went along! The music transcription was a long process of sitting down with these recordings and painstakingly listening for each and every note that the band plays so that I could write it down and recreate it. Thankfully, it was such a joy to get intimately familiar with Yoko Kanno’s writing. She’s such a genius! Putting it together was the easy part. I’ve played professionally in Florida for many years now and I have a lot of world-class musicians that aren’t just my close friends, but are absolutely perfect for the band. Each member has been hand picked for their unique skills and style to put together the best show possible! In terms of finance and marketing, at first it was super confusing. I’m a musician first <B>after all! Luckily, I now have a wonderful administrative team that helps me with the non-music stuff.
The members I chose to make up the band include the greatest musicians I’ve had the pleasure of playing with. Much of the band is made up of pros from the Jazz at Lincoln Center franchise, the World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra, the Walt Disney Company, and solo artists with followings of their own. Most of the band became Cowboy Bebop fans after joining the band and playing the music. Others, like myself, have been long time fans. Now we all mutually love the series and all that it has to offer!
We have 2 tours currently announced and a lot more on the way! Our first tour ever is coming up starting on November 30th in Atlanta and we are all super excited to show what we’ve made to people all over the country. Eventually, even the world! We have some more awesome shows involving new cities and new conventions that we’re getting ready to announce soon for Cowboy Bebop LIVE!