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RECHERCHE DE PRÉLIENS : ORSO - 34/38 ANS - BUSINESSMAN
Description du personnage : Orso c'est le genre de type qui est parti de rien pour arriver en haut de l'échelle. Issue d'une famille somme toute modeste, il a toujours eu une ambition à en faire pâlir plus d'un et c'est grâce à une bourse qu'il a réussit à intégrer NYU pour y étudier le business. Toujours aidé par sa famille, il leur a rendu l'appareil dès lors qu'il a obtenu un poste haut gradé dans une célèbre entreprise, et il se tourne souvent vers eux pour leur demander des conseils. Sa vie a prit un tournant violent quand il a perdu un proche (quelqu'un de sa famille, son meilleur ami, sa meilleure amie, au choix) et où il s'est rendu compte que la vie ne tenait qu'à un fil. C'est son psychiatre qui lui a donné le nom de l'association des endeuillés anonymes et il a d'abord refusé d'y aller avant de finalement accepter et il a dû se rendre à l'évidence que ça lui faisait un bien fou de pouvoir parler de la personne qu'il avait perdu sans être jugé et sans se sentir forcé de rien.
Description du lien : La première fois qu'il a vu Arya, c'était il y a quelques semaines. Ce qui l'a d'abord frappé c'est la fragilité qui émanait d'elle, cet aura mélancolique qui gravitait autour d'elle. Et puis, elle a raconté son histoire avec des trémolos dans la voix et il a rapidement fait le lien avec l'article qu'il avait lu dans le New York Times un matin, le policier qui avait été tué lors d'une intervention musclée. Il l'a regardé de loin, et puis la fois suivante il s'est rapproché d'elle et il lui a adressé ses condoléances. Il y a quelque chose en Arya qui lui donne envie de la protéger, comme une intuition étrange qui se forme dans le creux de son estomac. Mais il a compris que ce qui liait Jaden et Arya c'était plus fort que de l'amour, deux âmes soeurs et il voit bien à quel point elle est blessée, à quel point ça lui fait mal de parler de lui et il sent bien la tristesse et le désespoir qui se forme dans sa voix quand elle en parle. Alors il espère sincèrement qu'elle trouvera en lui, une épaule sur laquelle se confier et que malgré le mal que la perte de Jaden a engendré, elle réussira à remonter la pente sans trop de difficultés.
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rainydawgradioblog · 17 days
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10 most underrated Joni Mitchell songs
Joni Mitchell’s surprise return to Spotify marks the first day of my life. Two grueling years of mp3 downloads, YouTube video playlists, and Apple Music temptations took quite the toll, but we’ve made it. To celebrate, here’s a list of 10 criminally underrated Joni bangers that deserve your streams. Now!
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“Refuge of the Roads” (1976)
The ultimate highway soundtrack, “Refuge of the Roads” is an escapist hallucination with some of the sexiest bass you’ll ever hear. Joni’s on the run, hiding from the critics and her deep-seeded feelings of love that keep her from being the picture of independence she longed to be. The song details her miraculous recovery from cocaine addiction thanks to a Tibetan Buddhist master in Colorado and the insignificance of her emotional existence. It’s also one of her favorite songs she ever recorded!
“Judgment of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig’s Tune)” (1972)
A piano tribute to Beethoven, “Ludwig’s Tune” is Joni finding solace in another legendary musician’s experience of being misinterpreted. Just like Ludwig, her art was deemed “too raw” at a time where no one was trauma dumping like Joni was. The song is a peak in Joni’s orchestration skills, with glorious winds and vocal runs, plus some of her best poetry to match. 
“Talk to Me” (1977)
I never thought the same woman who sang “A Case Of You” would be literally chicken squawking on record, but we’re blessed to live in that reality. Joni’s sense of humor on “Talk To Me” is on full display, dodging punchy acoustic guitar and raging fretless bass, begging “Mr. Mystery” (presumably Bob Dylan) to talk to her. “You spend every sentence as if it was marked currency / Come and spend some on me” is lyrical brilliance, not to mention one of the most iconic opening lines, period.
“Harry’s House/Centerpiece” (1975)
Joni’s storytelling skills fly under the radar way too often, despite her pointed observations in “Harry’s House/Centerpiece” being one of the greatest critiques of gender roles in music. Her blend of jazz fusion and a jazz standard adds to the traditional versus modern views of gender roles she’s observing, and her top tier crooning sells it hard. Not to mention Harry Styles named a whole album after the song!
Borderline (1994)
Not many of Joni’s songs match the intensity of “Borderline,” with a drop dead gorgeous steel guitar/organ combo and insightful 50-year-old cynicism. I think of “Borderline” as her 90s version of “Both Sides Now”. She makes sure to remind us that no one really knows life at all, and pretending otherwise only builds the borderlines between us. A brutally honest queen!
“Love” (1982)
For someone who allegedly doesn’t know love at all, Joni seems very well-acquainted with it on this song. Her insightful takes are a lot to digest, but they’re paired with winding early-80s production that work seamlessly. Think Leonard Cohen-level poetry and Steely Dan-esque funk with just a touch of 80s cheesiness.  
“People’s Parties” (1974)
Even Joni has social anxiety, and “People’s Parties” is very that. Her descriptions of the posh social climbers and dramatics at the exclusive events she attends is strangely relatable to your average introvert, while also serving up a juicy critique of elitism in showbusiness. “People’s Parties” is some of her most charismatic musical phrasing, and her lower register in the outro scratches every itch in my brain. 
“The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines” (1979)
Charles Mingus pulled something so specific out of Joni that is not talked about enough. On “TDCFDM,” Joni’s practically playing the part of every instrument next to bumbling bass, skittering drums, floating saxophone, and razor-sharp horns, and sounding next-level doing it. If anything Joni’s made proves her supernatural abilities, it’s this song.
Conversation (1970)
“Conversation” is the original love triangle song, and Joni is feeling chaotic. She’s helplessly flirting back and forth with a guy who’s taken, bringing him apples and cheese and listening to him rant about his relationship issues. Sonically the song is the perfect encapsulation of obsessing over someone new, and her signature soprano is perfection as per usual. 
The Last Time I Saw Richard (1971)
Holding a candle to ballads like “A Case Of You” and “River” seems unthinkable, but Blue’s closer makes it look easy. Richard and Joni play two sides of a spectrum; Richard being chewed up and spit out by pain and heartbreak, while Joni is fighting for optimism amidst the emotional devastation we hear on Blue. Joni’s pissed and panicked that someone could give up on happiness, so she’s “gonna blow this damn candle out,” refusing to let life get the best of her. 
Here's my comprehensive guide to Joni in playlist form including influences, influencers, and more. Happy listening!
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personally am D Y I N G to see the muses portraying for seth cohen, damon salvatore!!!, tess coleman's fiance ryan, jimmy cooper, dan humphrey, EDWARD CULLEN, and chip dove !!!!
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oh ... my god. these are some solid options & please please, give the people what they want ! also, getting the complete main cast of tvd & twilight would be iconic if i say so myself.
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tonin-terets · 9 months
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Channel 4 Idents from Optical Arts on Vimeo.
Optical Arts worked with 4creative and Art Practice to direct and create five new idents for Channel 4, following their new masterbrand launch.
The idents consist of 25 unique looping scenes, designed to reflect what life is like in the UK today – through the eyes of 17 creatives, artists, and filmmakers. Each scene was developed from an open brief which invited each creator to interpret one of five themes: Identity (who we are), The Land (where we live), System (what controls us), Release (how we escape) and Love (all that really matters), with the idents being divided up into 5 sets of 5 films, each with its own distinct style and voice.
Our work is included alongside that of a diverse range of hugely talented directors, creating a unique and ambitious project, portraying a snapshot of Britain today.
Two of our scenes highlight some of the dark realities that technical advancement brings - widespread digital observation, and machine control. Whilst the other two address more human themes - the effect of serotonin on the brain and the experience of a broken heart.
We are thrilled to see our work within these idents as part of this epic and memorable project. Channel 4 have made some of the most iconic idents in TV history, and we are delighted to play a small part in continuing that legacy with this work.
Optical Arts directed and created 4 scenes: Shattering Room, Chemicals, Robotic Fulfilment Centre and Digital Tracking. Dinner Party was directed by Dan Tobin Smith, the studio’s founder.
Credits
Executive Creative Director: Lynsey Atkin Creative Directors: Mike Skrgatic, Daniel Wolfe, Lynsey Atkin, Bafic Directors: Saman Aminzadeh, Optical Arts, Bafic, Mike Battcock, Will Dohrn, Daniel Eatock, Mike Skrgatic and James Allen, Verity May Lane, Maria Lax, The Line, Louis McCourt, Justyna Obasi, Elliott Power, The Romantix, Dan Tobin Smith, Daniel Wolfe Voiceover: John Joseph Holt OPTICAL ARTS & DAN TOBIN SMITH Founder / Creative Director: Dan Tobin Smith EP / Studio Director: Hannah May Creative Directors: Fabrice Le Nezet, Martin Pryor, Joe Jackson 1st AD: Rob Blishen Moco: Simone Tartaglia & Dennis Henry SFX: David Plewis for Asylum CG team: Nicolas Damour, Flora Macleod Creative Assistant: Minna Griffiths Technical Assistant: Elliott Lowe & Jack Lovell Production Assistant: Stephanie Skarbek ART PRACTICE X LOVESONG Creative Director (Art Practice): Mike Skrgatic Creative Director (Love Song): Daniel Wolfe EP: James Guy Producer: Bonnie Anthony Production Manager: Julia Guignabel Production Assistant: Katie Reid Directors of Photography: Daniel Landin, Eponine Momenceau Moco: Simone Tartaglia & Tomi Keeling 1st AD: Rob Blishen Production Designer: Arthur De Borman Casting Directors: Kharmel Cochrane, Claire Catterson, Found Casting, Belinda Norcliffe TIME BASED ARTS Producer: Chris Aliano 2D Supervisors: Stephen Grasso, Leo Weston, Miguel Wratten CG Supervisors: Mike Battcock, Sam Osborne, Nick Smalley 2D Team: Manolo Perez, Jamie Crofts, Olivia O’Neil, Lucy Lawrence, Valeria Scalamandre, Eleonora Laddago, Bernie Varela, Chris Fraser, Dan Cowley, Tom Robinson CG Team: Ben Cantor, Nigel Timms, Bethan Williams, Ian Baird, Jordan Coles, Maxime Ponsart, Joe Ibbett, Teodora Retegan, Quentin Corker-Marin, Stephen Ross Grading: Max Ferguson Hook, Simone Grattarola STRING & TINS Audio Post Production: String and Tins Sound Supervisor: Will Cohen Sound Design: Lawrence Kendrick, Culum Simpson, Jim Stewart, Kaspar Broyd, Adam Smyth, Joe Wilkinson, Adam Hare, Will Cohen, Mike Bamford Music Composers: Will Cohen, Culum Simpson, Adam Smyth, Jim Stewart, Kaspar Broyd, Miink, Cal Swingler, J. Caesar, Matthew Watson, Daniel Freeman, Anthony Moore Music Supervisors: Laura-Leigh Smith and Mike Bamford Producers: Laura-Leigh Smith and Rachel Hough
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kawaiieditsstuff · 5 years
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Do you wanna talk about beauty?
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like or credits to givestelena;;;;
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tomiewrites-archive · 5 years
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Abaixo do corte você encontrará #10 dash icons do 𝐃𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐇𝐄𝐍. Os icons foram feitos por mim, porém nenhuma das imagens ou psds utilizados são de minha autoria. Por favor, dê like ou reblogue caso for usá-los ou julgá-los úteis. ♥
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mythoughtsxxblog · 2 years
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My Top TV Show Male Characters
I'm currently bored, so why not make a post dedicated to my favorite TV show male characters (I'll do a female one soon). I've been binge watching so many shows ever since last year when quarantine first started, I thought why not even though I'm sure nobody cares 😂 *in no particular order*
Matt Saracen (Friday Night Lights)
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Sweet precious baby angel. Matt Saracen stole my heart the first time I watched FNL. He deserves the world and more.
Pacey Witter (Dawson's Creek)
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An absolute lovable king that deserved better. He is the reason why I watched Dawson's Creek and will continue to rewatch it. Pacey is the blueprint. I know most loved him and Joey, but the way he was with Andie made my heart melt. He was the perfect boyfriend to her. Also Joshua Jackson has the best "heart eyes emoji" facial expression (as seen above lol)
Cappie (Greek)
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Greek was a show on ABC Family years back. It wasn't the most popular show, but it is one of the best shows to come out of that network. So very underrated and Cappie is quite literally the best written character of all time. Sometimes writers will write a protagonist in a way that at times makes it hard to root for them (*cough* Dawson Leery) but Cappie is written perfectly.
Stiles Stilinski (Teen Wolf)
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An absolute icon. Stiles was the reason why I watched the show to begin with. His sarcasm and humor made every episode worth watching. Dylan O'Brien is a natural and stole the show. He deserved an award for Void Stiles.
Seth Cohen (The O.C.)
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Just recently started this show and I immediately loved Seth. I'm a sucker for curly haired brunettes. His sarcasm reminded me so much of Stiles. It's as if he was the blueprint for Stiles lol.
Nathan Scott (One Tree Hill)
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I'm hardcore judging anyone that preferred Lucas Scott. This man is the reason why I have high expectations for relationships. Him and Haley >>>>>
Matty McKibben (Awkward)
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My high school crush and favorite armpit smelling weirdo. It was always Team Matty. Lowkey deserved better than Jenna at the end (even though they're one of my fave couples)
Dan Humphrey (Gossip Girl)
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Now I know this is a very unpopular opinion but I love this king. Sorry not sorry and come on, it's Penn Badgley. Dan ate the rich like the legend he is. Another unpopular opinion.... Dair >>>>
Sam Winchester (Supernatural)
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The most underappreciated man on this show. Will forever be the star in my opinion (even though I love them all).
Uncle Jesse (Full House)
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My first ever TV crush. Literally watched Full House in its entirety multiple times just to see him.
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agent-cupcake · 3 years
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Spooky Season Playlist
(aka inspiration songs nobody asked me to share)
With Lyrics:
My September // Nastyona
Coralaoline // Smuffy
redruM // Pogo
Bleed Magic // I Don’t Know How but They Found Me
Mx. Sinister // I Don’t Know How but They Found Me
The Ballad of Sara Berry // Annapantsu
Devil // Shinedown
Your Reality (Minor Key) // Lollia
バクロム //  Hiiragi Kirai feat.flower
死神舞踊 // コドクラブ feat.ロス
Autophagy // Miyashita Yuu
Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni // Eiko Shimamiya
Dream Island Obsessional Park //  Susumu Hirasawa
Day Scanner // Susumu Hirasawa
ノロ // ¿? feat.flower
人間 // ¿?
メビウス (Mobius) // Hiiragi Kirai feat. Flower
I Wonder If You'll Say You're Sorry // Kalfina-P feat. GAKUPO V4
Without Lyrics:
Blood Theme // Daniel Licht (Dexter)
Curse Womb Must Die // Hiroaki Tsutsumi (Jujutsu Kaisen)
The Scariest // Hiroaki Tsutsumi (Jujutsu Kaisen)
Pale Court // Christopher Larkin (Hollow Knight)
The most iconic horror anime music theme // PianoDeuss (Higurashi)
Main Theme // Samuel Lafalmme (Outlast)
It Was Always You, Helen // Philip Glass (Candyman)
Sayo-Nara // Dan Salvato (Doki-Doki Literature Club)
Virtual Mima // Masahiro Ikumi (Perfect Blue)
Humanity (Pt. 2) // Ennio Morricone (The Thing)
The Alien // Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow (Annilhilation)
Ai (Main Theme) // Kenji Kawai (Higurashi)
Michishirube // Kenji Kawai (Higurashi)
Witch World #1 // Yuki Kajiura (Madoka Magica)
Something, Everything is Wrong // Yuki Kajirua (Madoka Magica)
Cohen’s Masterpiece // Gary Schyman (BioShock)
Cohen’s Masterpiece Accordion Ver. // Gary Schyman (BioShock)
Hail the Nightmare // Ryan Amon (Bloodborne)
Orphan of Kos // Tsukasa Saitoh (Bloodborne)
Omen // Ryan Amon (Bloodborne)
Title // Disasterpeace (It Follows)
Ashes and Ghost // Akira Yamoka (Silent Hill 2)
Block Mind // Akira Yamoka (Silent Hill 2) 
Main Theme // YASUpochi (Ib)
Long, Long Time Ago // Javier Navarrete
Hearts of Stone // Marcin Przybyłowicz (Witcher 3)
Sea Wall [edit] (soft) // Andy Mecca (Bladerunner 2049)
Vers la flamme, Op.72 // Scriabin (Horowitz)
Call Me Joker // Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker)
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every day i think about how they changed the le bien qui fait mal and l'assasinphonie choreography so salieri wasn't dancing close with sexy half naked men. do we know why. i have tried and failed to pinpoint an exact time. i feel like im going insane. they no homoed a dance
anon.. i think about that daily too... im so happy someone else loves the original choreos like i do 😭 it took me a while to reply cuz i was on a mission to answer ur questions as best as i could. so... finally... here is what i found out:
first of all if u wanna read my rant about the changes, in general, here are the posts about le bien qui fait mal and l'assasymphonie
second of all "do we know why" is a good question. meaning i dont have an answer dlkjaskl i just now started to learn french so if they ever talked about it in a video, or something... i missed it. so right away im telling u that i can only offer my guesses.
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starting with LE BIEN QUI FAIT MAL, as i said in that post i linked, i tried to figure out whether they only degayed it for the 2011 proshot or not and i found out that no, the changes were also present in live performances.
then an anon told me massimiliano (the dancer who manhandles salieri) couldnt be at the 2011 proshot recording. i checked the video and he really wasnt there at all, but that still doesnt fully explain things, bc as u will see from my extensive, very professional research, unlike in the 2011 proshot, in live 2011 shows massimiliano was there, performing, in other parts of the musical. just not during lbqfm. i know he is an irreplaceable icon, so much that i couldnt find a single video where he wasnt the one manhandling salieri (even tho other dancers, from other parts of the choreo, kept switching), but to me its now clear that that was not the case. they really just decided to change the choreo.
so now lets see how it all progressed
for that its helpful to know the dates of mor performances. based on that i was insane enough to watch as many videos as i could to try to pinpoint when the choreo changed. except it wasnt that simple. i quickly found out that a loootttttt of other changes happened before that major one, before massimiliano left. so here it is
THE LBQFM CHOREO CHANGES I NOTICED
03.01.2010 last PDS performance, still the original
6, 26 february 2010 original
11 march 2010 original (massimiliano's skirt fell off 😭)
20 march 2010 original
8 may 2010 original
9 may 2010 not so much the original anymore. this is the first change i've noticed. @1:28 originally its a male dancer who bends back salieri and then there are 2 men and 2 women who .. idk how to describe it, but do that push and pull motion. here one of the guys is not there
(10, 11, 12 no performances)
13, 15, 16 may 2010 now the other guy is gone too, only women left (but the dancer is not really gone. im pretty sure hes there, doing another thing next to them)
(cannot find a video from the 17th, that was the last performance in lyon)
performances at zenith de saint etienne begin at the 21st but i couldnt find a video from it
22 may 2010 original again (sidenote salieri is really unhinged here)
27 may 2010 change. female dancer who's usually interacting with salieri during the first verses isnt there, just massimiliano. not sure if its the same woman who calls him during the bridge and moves him thru the dancers but anyways shes also not there, he walks around alone. so when the Climax happens, again, only massimiliano is there grabbing him
31 may 2010 and 6, 10, 13 and 19 june 2010 another change. the female dancer is back, but during "j'adore l'avoir dans la peau" usually there are two dancers next to him mimicking playing a harp with their bodies but not this time
now the dates that matter the most i cant find a single videeooo 🤡 which are the performances in limoges (25, 26 and 27 june 2010) so all i can say is that
3 july 2010 is the first time i could find that massimiliano wasnt there. aka the degayed choreo. but i cant say if it is the first. also the original choreo for the "j'adore..." part is back again. thats the only performance they did in nancy and its also the last tour performance from 2010. a bunch of people were at the curtain call, even albert cohen was there, so its very weird that massimiliano was absent. im so mad i couldnt find those videos from late june bc all i got is just one video of him not being there, which makes me think he just couldnt be there so they had to change the choreo
9 november 2010 they are back in PDS and its the original again (also this is just for me but he still has the original cravat here. im trying to kill two birds with one stone)
2 december 2010 original (salieris beautiful cravat is gone 😔but this is one of my fave videos)
5, 11 december 2010 still the original
12 december 2010 changes again 😭 "j'adore..." harp dancers are gone again
14 december 2010 they are back <3 (funny video bc mikelangelo forgets to give florent the score)
18 december 2010 NOW HERE ITS WHERE IT GETS INTERESTING. a little change. massimiliano is there at the beginning, he drags salieri around but then hes gone before the first verse starts! and he doesnt come back !!! harp dancers are still there tho lmao
19 december 2010 massimiliano is fully gone 🎻 yamin even replaced him during la mascarade, like it happens in the 2011 proshot. i think since this date this change became the standard for a while, before they went back to the original. in the meantime, im guessing its when they shot the 2011 proshot
26 december 2010 still just the female dancer
4, 8 january 2011 still just the female dancer
9 january 2011 still just the female dancer but because it was the last performance in paris, before going on tour again, she has a whip for funsies. also they added, at the end, 2 female dancers sorta removing and quickly putting back salieris coat
28 january 2011 first tour performance, still just the female dancers. and i was not paying attention to this before, but i noticed for the first time in this video the 2 women dancing together, like they show for 2 seconds in the 2011 proshot. lesbian rights <3 i dont think it was part of the original choreo? its hard to tell exactly when they added that bc people usually record salieri, not the dancers, and hes not next to them when it happens (its before the bridge)
4, 5, 6 february 2011 still just the female dancer. but unlike before, this time (but idk exactly when it began) massimiliano was there for other parts of the show; yamin and other people didnt replace him (on the 4th: im pretty sure hes present in l'assasymphonie) (on the 5th: hes in la mascarade, le trublion, etc)
so. they really just changed it. massimiliano not being able to perform wasnt the case. we have to accept that they made a mistake <333 ldkajslk
19, 20, 27 february 2011 the original is back
19, also 19, 20, 23, 26 march 2011 it changed a little again but massimiliano is still there. no one bends salieri back and just one guy and one woman do the push and pull motion. also i think around here they removed the two women dancing together? maybe i just cant see it
20 mai 2011 original back once again
01 april 2011 .................... clearly an aprils fools joke bc massimiliano is gone again. i randomly picked this date cuz i knew it would be cursed dlkjaslk.. also again salieri doesnt get bent back and just 2 dancers do the push and pull... u knOW IT !!! WE GET IT !!!!! ok but i love him dramatically sighing and falling on the floor at @2:58 hes doing the most to make up for the flavour that got lost
03.06.2011 original again
12.06.2011 just massimiliano, no female dancer. im obsessseedddd with this video fully bc of the things massimiliano does!! obsessed with his evil smile @0:48, obsessed with salieri forgetting to throw the score on the floor, so massimiliano grabs it from his hand and forces him to kneel and stand up again. can u tell im a massimilianator and the choreo without him has no chance to please me?
17.06.2011 back to the original again
now im gonna skip to the very last performance from this production bc im honestly tired lkdajskl
10 july 2011 its the original thank god
TL;DR: 19 december 2010 is when the degayed choreo became the standard for a bit and on 19 february 2011 the original returns.
im confident that watching all those videos in a short period of time gave me brain damage but .. anything for science <3
ANYWAYS i started to do this to figure out why they changed It only to realise they changed A Lot of other things throughout performances (some things i didnt even mention, like the dance the woman does next to salieri during the first verse changes a lot) and they kept going back and forth to the original choreo. i think i can safely say not a single part (involving salieri) remained the same throughout the whole thing (not even the bending him back part was always there. i could swear it would be but!! no!). my guess is maybe because a certain dancer took a break or maybe they just wanted to do something different
in conclusion i figured out the exact dates but i cant tell u why massimiliano wasnt part of lbqfm for a while. i couldnt even find people talking about it on forums but, again, maybe bc im not fluent in french. to me it was a big loss, the whole thing loses its spice, i obviously prefer the original by miles. no idea why they simply didnt chose someone to replace him bc the other dancers changed all the time.
maybe it was in florents contract that only massimiliano was allowed to manhandle him <3 dlkjaslk im half kidding bc who knows? maybe it was a legal thing, maybe massimiliano invented this part of the choreo and only He could do it 😭 but honestly. my real final guess is that they simply wanted to change things to make it New and Fresh. as we saw, massimiliano leaving wasnt the only lbqfm choreo change.
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moving on to L'ASSASYMPHONIE thank god bc it will be a lot easier to pinpoint when they changed the choreo. i believe they changed it and never went back to the original </3 god knows why </333 so when i find the new one ill stop looking
03.01.2010 last performance from "season one", at PDS (before going on tour) and also the last time they used the original choreo bUT ! THERES A BONUS! MORE MEN !!! LKDJALKS they said we will degay it later but u can have more naked men as a goodbye gift <3 really caught me by surprise, its the first time i watched it. but u wanna know whats really weird? this blurry shaky video is the only one i can find?! i even had to scroll a lot on youtube to get to it... conspiracy theory dove is trying to hide the original choreo. but honestly it makes no sense bc it was a Special day..... i cant find it anywhereee not even outside youtube... this is a hate crime. this is offensive. this is the heresy salieri sings about in the song.
the only thing i found was another performance from the same day but i think its the morning or afternoon performance and not the very last one. its for sure different than the one i linked first. i dont think there are 100 men onstage but at least we can see he had black nails 🥰 anyways... if anyone knows a better shot video of the very last performance... let me know... im really upsetklfdjalsjdal I FEEL SOOOO ROBBED...
and im even more mad now, remembering that from now on we get this new choreo. it began on their first tour
04.02.2010 2010 tour begins, first time we see the new choreo
and i have absolutely no idea why they changed it. again, i never saw an explanation and i dont have a single guess. i cannot imagine why they thought the new one was better. if i have to say one nice thing about it is that i like the background, the moving curtain that kinda looks like flames. they should absolutely drop the stupid flashing lights and just leave that background for the Cool effect and bRING BACK..... THE HALF NAKED BLINDFOLDED MEN (HNBM) ...........  THEY CAN REPRESENT SO MUCCHHHHHH... I LOVE THEM....
thats all i got to say otherwise ill start repeating myself.. if u wanna read more about my opinions on the hnbm and why i prefer the original l'assasymphonie choreo its all in the second link of this post..
anyways big thanks to anyone who read this, hope u enjoy all those videos. even with the dagayed choreos, florent and the dancers always deliver amazing performances. so, regardless, its a good time to watch them. lastly if anything is wrong, if i put down the wrong date or something, my bad, but it was .. a lot.. to go through, so if anyone sees a mistake let me know !
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10 most underrated Joni Mitchell songs
Joni Mitchell’s surprise return to Spotify marks the first day of my life. Two grueling years of mp3 downloads, YouTube video playlists, and Apple Music temptations took quite the toll, but we’ve made it. To celebrate, here’s a list of 10 criminally underrated Joni bangers that deserve your streams. Now!
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“Refuge of the Roads” (1976)
The ultimate highway soundtrack, “Refuge of the Roads” is an escapist hallucination with some of the sexiest bass you’ll ever hear. Joni’s on the run, hiding from the critics and her deep-seeded feelings of love that keep her from being the picture of independence she longed to be. The song details her miraculous recovery from cocaine addiction thanks to a Tibetan Buddhist master in Colorado and the insignificance of her emotional existence. It’s also one of her favorite songs she ever recorded!
“Judgment of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig’s Tune)” (1972)
A piano tribute to Beethoven, “Ludwig’s Tune” is Joni finding solace in another legendary musician’s experience of being misinterpreted. Just like Ludwig, her art was deemed “too raw” at a time where no one was trauma dumping like Joni was. The song is a peak in Joni’s orchestration skills, with glorious winds and vocal runs, plus some of her best poetry to match. 
“Talk to Me” (1977)
I never thought the same woman who sang “A Case Of You” would be literally chicken squawking on record, but we’re blessed to live in that reality. Joni’s sense of humor on “Talk To Me” is on full display, dodging punchy acoustic guitar and raging fretless bass, begging “Mr. Mystery” (presumably Bob Dylan) to talk to her. “You spend every sentence as if it was marked currency / Come and spend some on me” is lyrical brilliance, not to mention one of the most iconic opening lines, period.
“Harry’s House/Centerpiece” (1975)
Joni’s storytelling skills fly under the radar way too often, despite her pointed observations in “Harry’s House/Centerpiece” being one of the greatest critiques of gender roles in music. Her blend of jazz fusion and a jazz standard adds to the traditional versus modern views of gender roles she’s observing, and her top tier crooning sells it hard. Not to mention Harry Styles named a whole album after the song!
Borderline (1994)
Not many of Joni’s songs match the intensity of “Borderline,” with a drop dead gorgeous steel guitar/organ combo and insightful 50-year-old cynicism. I think of “Borderline” as her 90s version of “Both Sides Now”. She makes sure to remind us that no one really knows life at all, and pretending otherwise only builds the borderlines between us. A brutally honest queen!
“Love” (1982)
For someone who allegedly doesn’t know love at all, Joni seems very well-acquainted with it on this song. Her insightful takes are a lot to digest, but they’re paired with winding early-80s production that work seamlessly. Think Leonard Cohen-level poetry and Steely Dan-esque funk with just a touch of 80s cheesiness.  
“People’s Parties” (1974)
Even Joni has social anxiety, and “People’s Parties” is very that. Her descriptions of the posh social climbers and dramatics at the exclusive events she attends is strangely relatable to your average introvert, while also serving up a juicy critique of elitism in showbusiness. “People’s Parties” is some of her most charismatic musical phrasing, and her lower register in the outro scratches every itch in my brain. 
“The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines” (1979)
Charles Mingus pulled something so specific out of Joni that is not talked about enough. On “TDCFDM,” Joni’s practically playing the part of every instrument next to bumbling bass, skittering drums, floating saxophone, and razor-sharp horns, and sounding next-level doing it. If anything Joni’s made proves her supernatural abilities, it’s this song.
"Conversation" (1970)
“Conversation” is the original love triangle song, and Joni is feeling chaotic. She’s helplessly flirting back and forth with a guy who’s taken, bringing him apples and cheese and listening to him rant about his relationship issues. Sonically the song is the perfect encapsulation of obsessing over someone new, and her signature soprano is perfection as per usual. 
"The Last Time I Saw Richard" (1971)
Holding a candle to ballads like “A Case Of You” and “River” seems unthinkable, but Blue’s closer makes it look easy. Richard and Joni play two sides of a spectrum; Richard being chewed up and spit out by pain and heartbreak, while Joni is fighting for optimism amidst the emotional devastation we hear on Blue. Joni’s pissed and panicked that someone could give up on happiness, so she’s “gonna blow this damn candle out,” refusing to let life get the best of her. 
Here's my comprehensive guide to Joni in playlist form. Happy listening!
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idk why i only just thought of it now but andy samberg is kind of an excellent fc for adult peter. he’s got the brown hair, that pointed nose, & there’s tons of resources for him. thoughts??
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Franny Robinson HC Infodump #7: More Music Stuff
tw: mentions of psychedelic use (it’s clear it is in moderation but)
Cover Contributions To Tribute or Charity Albums (and other notable covers):
King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller - Franny recorded a cover of The Moon Is High (And So Am I) for the album. There’s a really cute video uploaded on her YouTube channel of her recording the song and she’s playing acoustic guitar and dancing around in place as she sings in several takes. It’s one of the few internet videos where her husband is seen, because sometimes the camera pans to the sound engineer booth when he’s sitting next to Serghei, her go-to sound guy.
She participated on the charity album BBC Children In Need: Got It Covered, since England’s been her home from nearly twenty years now. She sang a slowed down, gentler version of Pat Benatar’s Shadows Of The Night. (inspired by that being a song I vividly remember my mom singing to my siblings and I lmao)
For the album The Music Is You: A John Denver Tribute, Franny sang Rhymes and Reasons.
On a John Prine tribute album released in 2017, Franny and the other half of the duo Dara & Danny, Daniel Maitland, recorded In Spite Of Ourselves for the album.
For a Connie Francis tribute album, Franny sang Where The Boys Are
Franny, along with black country singer Erica James, curated a Charley Pride tribute album, featuring solely country or country-adjacent singers of color. “Charley Pride, when I discovered a black country artist, as an Asian-American growing up in the 80s, that was amazing to me. Because little Cambodian me was like, ‘wow, so you don’t gotta look like Dolly or Willie to love this music.’ Everyone thinks country and bluegrass music is white people shit, but it ain’t. It was always a mix of folks influencin’ it. DeFord Bailey paved the way for Charley Pride, who paved the way for Darius Rucker, who paved the way for Jimmie Allen, Willie Jones, Mickey Guyton, Erica right here, and non-black POC like myself and Dan(iel Maitland). It was such an honor to get to curate this album with Erica. Amazing.” Franny recorded Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger for the album.
On the Tracy Lawrence tribute album Good Ole Days, she recorded As Any Fool Can See with him
She was featured on Brooks & Dunn’s Reboot, recording She’s Not The Cheatin’ Kind
During a SiriusXM session, she sang Gretchen Wilson’s When I Think About Cheatin’, and the performance w/ent viral
On a Leonard Cohen tribute album, she recorded A Thousand Kisses Deep and that cover also became popular
During a Spotify Sessions recording with Seoul Hanoi’d, Franny recorded a cover of Marcy Playground’s Sex & Candy, which also blew up, prompting Seoul Hanoi’d to officially release it on their 2018 album. It was the second of five singles off of the album, and Franny in the music video was Hot ™
During a Spotify Sessions recording as a solo artist, Franny recorded a cover of Kris Kristofferson’s From The Bottle To The Bottom
Khmer Music:
Franny, for the most part, does not record or perform pop music. However, she’s collaborated on tracks with Cambodian pop singers
She writes a lot of songs used in the soundtracks of Khmer tv dramas, and sings a lot of them as well
She’s known as The Soundtrack Queen in Cambodia
In addition to a lot of songs for film and tv, she’s released three albums entirely in Khmer. A jazz album comprised of original songs and Khmer language versions of classic jazz songs; and two in the indie/alternative style of music similar to Seoul Hanoi’d
And she’s recorded Khmer versions of several of her most famous songs
With other Cambodian diaspora musicians, she regularly collaborates on special covers of iconic Khmer 60s and 70s songs
Songwriting
Franny’s even more active as a songwriter than a recording artist. She’s got over 1,000 songwriting credits to her name.
She began writing songs “when I was 11, but they were atrocious, unsalvageable things. The first song I wrote that ever saw the light of day even after heavy edits was first thought up when I was thirteen.”
Franny is openly bisexual and explores that in her songwriting-- however, most of her songs about women or her sexuality that she wrote “pre-2009-ish” she’s scrapped or sold to other artists. Why? “Look, I’ve been married to my husband for almost twenty years now. And that doesn’t make me any less bisexual. But a lot of the songs I’ve written about women are from the perspective of a thirteen through twenty year old me, and at forty, I’m not the best narrator for those stories anymore.They are my lived experiences and my lived feelings, but I want to see how someone actually going through that will take it and interpret it. The songs I write about women loving women now are about characters I make up for the purpose of storytelling so they’re about women closer to my age, it’s about big girl love, not adolescent love.”
Common themes in Franny Sor Robinson songwriting: geography, vivid imagery like she’s showing you a picture of what she’s singing about, Buddhist themes, Christrianity (she’s a Buddhist but grew up in the Bible Belt so she’s very familiar with Christian themes), alliteration
Franny came under a degree of controversy in 2014 with the release of a song called “The Sabbath” because it was a tasteful song about how much she likes sex with her husband after they’ve been apart for a while, and Franny was like “you know you’d think the pearl-clutchin’ folks would be glad I practically worship my husband, but I forgot women ain’t supposed to actually enjoy sex.”
She's written another really sweet song about making love with her husband that did Not get hate because it was Acceptable TM and pretty romantic actually. Think along the lines of Josh Turner's Your Man or Dierks Bentley's Come A Little Closer. Songs deff about how they wanna get down but sweet.
After Franny retweet a clip of that Tyler Childers song in 2019 with the caption “big relate”, she was asked in a tweet if a follow up to The Sabbath was in the cards. Franny replied with “there’s a demo recorded for a song I wrote about six years back and that’s that on that.” Yes, Franny Sor Robinson indeed has written a song about masturbation. She’s performed the song live a few times, however, it is still unreleased officially
Franny’s written songs with lyrics alluding to her family’s experiences under the Khmer Rouge and escaping and resettling around the world, she cleverly hides them among her albums so people accidentally digest some education
Cornelius is the well-documented muse for “every love song I’ve written that I don’t specify in the album notes or an interview is written about a character. My husband is the love of my life and had given me twenty years and counting of great material to write about.”,
Franny’s been on both ends of this story. In 2019, a song Franny wrote but didn’t record became a smash pop hit after she and her producer sent it around to other producers. They recorded Franny’s demo in mid-2017 and they and the bigger pop producer that worked on the song with them listened to over 20 demos of the song until they found the right person to sing it.
And in 2013, Franny got a huge boost to her fame when she was the featured vocalist on a pop song that became a global smash hit. Franny doesn’t typically do like...super top 40 pop type music, but she liked the song so when her agent suggested she record a demo for it and send it back to the producer looking, she was like “sure, okay” and then was absolutely surprised that they chose her over some of the names she knew also recorded demos for the song.
Misc. Music facts
In 2019, a group of NYU students (where she did her undergrad) made a Franny Sor Robinson tribute album project; the majority of the students were Asian students in the university’s music programs who cite her as a big inspiration for them pursuing music. She 100% cried
For the Netflix show Just Trust Me that she co executive-produces, Franny is also one of the people who soundtrack the show
In 2020, to celebrate the 10 Year Anniversary of her biggest solo album’s release, she pulled a The Story And Cover Stories (we stan Brandi Carlile) where it was re-released along with cover versions of each song by other artists including some of Franny’s biggest living musical influences. All proceeds for the album were donated to Cambodian Living Arts.
Franny has openly admitted in interviews to using mushrooms, LSD, and DMT before in songwriting sessions. Her stance is Kacey Musgraves’ stance. Franny quote from 2019, “Used responsibly, I think psychedelics are a worthwhile experience to have. But safety and education are key. I truly don’t believe they are party drugs. Psychedelics aren’t a party, they’re a deeply spiritual and philosophical journey.”
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SPIEGEL: Basically, over the last two decades, the marshmallow test has become a kind of poster child for the idea that there are specific personality traits that we all have inside of us that are stable and consistent and will determine our lives far into the future.
There is only one tiny problem with this interpretation, as Walter Mischel himself will tell you.
MISCHEL: That iconic story is upside down wrong - that your future is in a marshmallow - because it isn't.
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SPIEGEL: Literally the point of the original marshmallow study was to demonstrate how flexible people are, how easily changed, if they simply re-interpret the way that they frame the situation around them - for example, the situation of being exposed to a delicious, tempting marshmallow.
MISCHEL: The same little girl who can't wait for even a half minute for two little Oreo cookies - if she tries it and I tell her ahead of time you can make believe that they're not really there, it's just a picture in your head, the same child waits 15 minutes. It's a very small change that's been made in how the child is representing the object. Is it real, or is it a picture? And by changing the representation, you dramatically change her behavior on a measure as serious as the marshmallow test.
SPIEGEL: The vast majority of the kids that Mischel studied were able to delay gratification after they reframed their interpretation of the situation in front of them,
though, of course, that's not the moral that our culture drew.
MISCHEL: It's your destiny. Your future is in a marshmallow, and it's far from your destiny.
SPIEGEL: Which brings us back, for the final time, to Delia and Dan. Now, to be clear, there are people whose horrible crimes really do emanate from their personalities - psychopaths.
But after interacting with Dan for more than a year, Delia felt sure that he wasn't a psychopath. And a funny thing happened to her on the way to figuring out whether or not something rotten remained in Dan. Delia decided to just reject the entire frame that she'd used to think about people when she walked into prison.
COHEN: There are no bad people out there, and there are no good people. Like, everybody is a - such a mix of both. And they can, you know, be dominant at different times. But all these people that I've met that have done really horrible things are not horrible people.
SPIEGEL: How certain are you of that?
COHEN: Positive, absolutely positive.
SPIEGEL: Delia continues to work in prisons to spread TEDx, but she says she no longer even thinks about people's crimes.
COHEN: Now I don't want to know, and I'm not even curious anymore about what they did. That's not - I'm more curious about who are they now.
SPIEGEL: Like, I mean, is it like you honestly don't want to know or you just have no interest because it doesn't seem relevant to you?
COHEN: It isn't relevant.
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This episode of Invisibilia strongly resonates with my default position on morality. I have a problem with the word “evil”--the most I will ever grant is that it is appropriate to apply to acts or to situations, and never to people. Kurt Vonnegut’s moral philosophy made a big impression on me as a teenager--that everyone on Earth who has ever lived is fundamentally and utterly innocent, that we are all fools bumbling through this existence, scarcely better than a gang of badly socialized toddlers. Who can be both generous and selfish, to be sure, and lash out at others, and even do terrible harm, but who are all to different extents prisoners of circumstance and themselves. Of course you have no obligation to let people hurt you; you have no obligation to let people freely inflict pain on others. But “preventing harm” and “retribution” are things that in fact look totally different, though because retribution is so satisfying to us, we often don’t take the care to distinguish them.
And I don’t mean this in a Calvinist “we are all reprobates” sort of way; if anything, quite the opposite. I’m not sure we have any innate moral nature. But we are all deserving of compassion, even the very worst of us. Just as you don’t know what evil a good person might do in the wrong circumstances, you have no idea what good an “evil” person might do given the right ones.
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