I was inspired by @silkchifffon to post my vinyl collection 😛 click for full quality! (not included: my preorders of 1989 TV and The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess by Chappell Roan)
also here is my discogs lol
list ⬇️
Aly & AJ - Ten Years, Joan of Arc on the Dance Floor / Attack of Panic (single), Potential Breakup Song (single), a touch of the beat gets you up on your feet gets you out and then into the sun
The Beatles - Abbey Road, Hey Jude, Let It Be
Big Red Machine - How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?
Billy Joel - Streetlife Serenade, The Stranger, 52nd Street, Glass Houses, The Bridge, A Matter of Trust / Getting Closer (single), An Innocent Man
Carly Rae Jepsen - Tug of War, Kiss (picture disc), Kiss (anniversary white vinyl), Call Me Maybe Remixes, Emotion, Emotion (anniversary blue vinyl), Emotion Side B, Dedicated, Dedicated Side B, The Loneliest Time
Carole King - Tapestry
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits
Dean Martin - The Dean Martin Christmas Album
Eagles - Hotel California
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac, The Farmer’s Daughter / Monday Morning (single), Rumours, Dreams / Songbird (single)
Frank Sinatra - Merry Christmas to You
HAIM - Days Are Gone, Something to Tell You, Women in Music Pt. III
Halsey - BADLANDS
Harry Styles - Harry Styles, Fine Linen, Harry’s House
The Head and the Heart - The Head and the Heart, Let’s Be Still
Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
Hozier - Hozier, Wasteland, Baby!, Unreal Unearth (signed)
Huey Lewis and the News - Sports
Jackson Browne - Running On Empty
James Taylor - Greatest Hits
Jonas Brothers - Happiness Begins
Judy Garland - The Very Best of Judy Garland
Julie Andrews - Your Favorite Christmas Carols Vol. 5
Leonard Nimoy - The Touch of Leonard Nimoy
Lorde - Pure Heroine, Melodrama
mxmtoon - the masquerade, dawn / dusk (double EP), in the darkness (Flexi single)
Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR, singles 4 you (12” single, sealed)
One Direction - Up All Night, Take Me Home, FOUR, Made in the A.M.
Paul Simon - Greatest Hits Etc.
Sammy Rae & The Friends - Chapter One
Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits
Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift, Picture to Burn (single), Fearless (Platinum Edition), Fearless (Taylor’s Version), Speak Now, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), Red, Red (Taylor’s Version), 1989, reputation (picture disc), Lover, ME! (single), ME! BBMA rehearsal audio (single), Lover (Live From Paris), Christmas Tree Farm (12” single), folklore (stolen lullabies edition), cardigan / cardigan voice memo (single), cardigan (cabin in candlelight version) (single), evermore, Midnights (Lavender Edition)
Various/Misc - Camelot OBCR, Casablanca: Classic Film Scores For Humphrey Bogart, A Christmas Album, Christmas America, A Christmas Gift, Christmas Number 1’s, Cinderella (1965 OST), The Magical Music of Walt Disney, Free to Be… You and Me, Grease OST, My Fair Lady OBCR, The Sound of Music OBCR, The Sound of Music OST, Star Trek Stories, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock OST, West Side Story OST, The Wizard of Oz OST, The Wizard of Oz OST (Mondo)
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REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 09/12/2023 (Christmas Garbage, Taylor Swift)
Content warning: It’s beginning to look a lot like…
Merry Christmas! It’s not like it’s barely December or anything. “Last Christmas” by Wham! is #1, again, and in fact most of the top five is Christmas. Mariah’s at #2, and “Fairytale of New York”, undoubtedly boosted by the tragic passing of the Pogues’ lead singer Shane MacGowan, is at #4. Otherwise, Jack Harlow’s at #3 with “Lovin’ on Me” and Noah Kahan of all people is at #5 with “Stick Season”. Yeah, it’s holiday season, the structure’s out the window, it’s REVIEWING THE CHARTS.
Rundown
In fact, it’s the holidays, let’s get that stuff out of the way first. Entering the UK Top 75 - which is what I cover - for the first week this year, we have some absolute classics, some of my personal favourites, like “What Christmas Means to Me” by Stevie Wonder at #75, “2000 Miles” by the Pretenders at #70, “Stop the Cavalry” by Jona Lewie at #68 and “Christmas Lights” by Coldplay at #50. These are some of the earliest highest positions these songs have ever had, and I am so thankful for that because these are, in my opinion, the best ones. Oh, and there’s also… the rest, with “Blue Christmas” by Elvis Presley at #73, “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby at #67, “A Holly Jolly Christmas” by Burl Ives at #61, “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” by The Jackson 5 at #52 (for some reason, the Official Charts Company credits MJ here separately as well), “Let it Snow, Let it Snow!” by Frank Sinatra at #45 (OCC adds an extra “Let it Snow” here for some reason), “The Christmas Song (A Merry Christmas to You)” by Nat King Cole at #43 and “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” by Darlene Love at #42. In the top 40, we don’t see any returns but it is chock-full of holiday tunes, some of which re-peaked or reached a new peak. Those are Jorja Smith’s cover of “Stay Another Day” at #26 and Sam Ryder’s “You’re Christmas to Me” at #12 of course thanks to Amazon, but this is also the highest “Santa, Can’t You Hear Me” by Kelly Clarkson and Ariana Grande has been at #23, with Ari also hitching a re-peak for “Santa Tell Me” at #11. Michael Bublé’s butchered “Holly Jolly Christmas” is at #21 for the first time and Dean Martin’s “Let it Snow” (this time, correctly said three times) peaks at #17. Like I said last week, this is a strong Christmas year and we may see even more of these for older tracks.
Given we obviously don’t have any non-Christmas gains, let’s take a look at what dropped out this week to make room, or at least the notable ones which, you should know the jist of by now. We bid a temporary farewell to “Selecta” by Chase & Status featuring Stefflon Don, “Won’t Forget You” by Jax Jones, D.O.D and Ina Wroldsen featuring The Blackout Crew, “Now that We Don’t Talk” (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault) by Taylor Swift, “ten” by Fred again.. and Jozzy, “One of Your Girls” by Troye Sivan, “IDGAF” by Drake featuring Yeat, “Me & U” by Tems, “Would You (go to bed with me?)” by Campbell and Alcemist, assisted by a remix with Caity Baser, “Black Friday” by Tom Odell, “Disconnect” by Chase & Status and Becky Hill, “Dance the Night” by Dua Lipa from Barbie, “Teenage Dirtbag” by Wheatus from… the year 2000 and finally, “Pompeii” by Bastille.
That’s a really mixed bag when it comes to quality but I feel like the same actually can’t be said for our debuts, which should be a short little romp but honestly also promise quality out of the gate.
NEW ARRIVALS
#72 - “Everywhere, Everything” - Noah Kahan
Produced by Gabe Simon and Noah Kahan
This is actually a deep cut from Stick Season but of course, it recently got a duet version released so here it is charting, alas in its original version because… that’s OCC for you. How is the original song? Well, Kahan’s been a bit hit or miss for me but this one’s definitely quite Christmassy so it’s a fitting week to debut, especially the opening line of “it’s been a long time” and shaking percussion that is bothersomely in the centre of the mix but still sounds like sleigh bells over the otherwise pretty bare acoustic guitar balladeering, until of course, you get the expected crash into stomp-rock melodrama and, sorry, I just think this formula has been done better, and the chorus here is actually kind of insufferable with the inflections. I suppose the loving-you-until-the-end conceit is cute and well done, but it also doesn’t really fit with the stop-and-start rhythm. I don’t know, it’s really an awkward one, one that I don’t feel makes much of a lasting impact, and adding Gracie Abrams of all people is decidedly not going to help it out at least for me. It’s still alright though, and there is a level of quality here in the songwriting that sometimes you don’t even get on a chart week so I’m not complaining.
#63 - “Jingle Bells” - Meghan Trainor
Produced by a scumbag, a maggot and a cheap lousy…
Listen, even if this wasn’t an Amazon original, I don’t think I’d review this. It’s like cactus repellant. Naturally I went into my batch of song suggestions and this time picked out “Lights” by Charlotte Plank and Hybrid Minds. Plank is a UK singer who hit the top 10 this year with “Dancing is Healing”, and she’s working with yet another drum and bass act, Hybrid Minds being active in liquid funk since around 2012, though they’ve mostly avoided charting. Released in September, I’m honestly kind of surprised this didn’t chart with Plank’s low-register… terribly-mixed vocals, amidst the clashing mix of reggae piano chords, lowly guitars and overwhelming multi-tracking that sadly lessens the impact of that drop into heavy breakbeats a bit… but when it does come in, I mean, it’s a cheat code to drop in some Amen breaks. I could care less about the lyrics here, but it is a shame that outside of that drop, I don’t find much to like, mostly because for a song in this genre, there’s just not much actually there. I think there’s a secretly great atmospheric drum and bass track here, it just needs more layers and less focus on the hyperactive drop. Still a decent song though, and I appreciate the suggestion. I just don’t think this particular one is for me, though I may find songs I like in both catalogues here so I’ll definitely check out more when I get the chance.
#56 - “MY HOUSE” - Beyoncé
Produced by The-Dream and Beyoncé
You can kind of tell that this is a concert film leftover. I’m sure that the film itself is actually brilliant even if self-indulgent because, I mean, it’s Beyoncé and RENAISSANCE is my favourite album of hers by far, but I can’t exactly expect the same budget for vintage sample collage and hard-hitting, dynamic dance tracks for what is essentially a B-side penned solely by Bey and The-Dream. That doesn’t mean it’s not good though because it absolutely is. That smug chuckle that starts the song before the crowd vocal against triumphant horns set this up to be a killer at a live show, so it’s fitting it was for the concert film. Bey also has a violent rasp to her yelling delivery here, not sliding on the beat but instead spitting all over those strings and military drums, and if that’s The-Dream on backing vocals in her verse, God, I’ve never heard him like that. It doesn’t settle for that victory lap though because you know the Queen has to start riffing her way into a completely new song with an even tighter techno groove and wiry, almost neurotic bass synth that just goes crazy, especially with the shifting industrial percussion and Bey holding it down so effortlessly, to the point where it sounds kind of weird when she actually does put in effort, delivering an inspirational spoken word piece that sounds like a sample over another layered harmony vocal that sounds like another sample, but it’s all Bey. It’s actually kind of brilliant in that regard, and I can sigh at her touting her album as anywhere close to “revolutionary”, but If I did, I’d be complaining about pretty much the fabric of the entire album… and that amount of eye-rolling may be better fit for another time because this is a very solid diva house track, even for just a loosie release.
#44 - “Winter Wonderland” (Spotify Singles Holiday) - Laufey
Produced by Laufey and Spencer Stewart
I mean, it’s immediately better than what Amazon churns out because I can actually hear it. Anyway, our story for this one begins all the way back in 1934, when American composers Felix Bernard and Richard Bernhard Smith - yes, both Bernards - wrote this song that’s really just about romance in the Winter, not necessarily Christmas. First recorded by jazz bandleader Richard Himber and his orchestra, it’s been covered a barely countable number of times since, with new arrangements, compositions and added lyrics showing up from time to time. It makes complete sense for Laufey, who mostly dabbles in a vintage kind of jazz-pop, to cover this, and yeah, it sounds good, of course it is. The classy mix is actually less subtle than I’d perhaps want for such an easy-going song but it’s a pretty clean arrangement outside of that, and Laufey, though I feel she struggles to be all that convincing of a performer, has a warm, rich undertone and definitely some little nuances of personality that make this a worthwhile edition to this catalogue of covers. Whilst we’re here, I may as well give a brief history of the song on the UK Singles Chart, as this is the sixth version. Whilst composed in the 1930s, the charts didn’t exist then and it didn’t appear until 1958, with somehow-still-alive Johnny Mathis’ version that, whilst short-lived, did peak at #17, becoming the highest-charting “Winter Wonderland”, though I barely see it floating on streaming these days. It really started picking up in the 90s, as the late Doris Day’s version, originally released in 1964, was doubled with her version of “The Christmas Song” for a 1990 re-release that peaked at #87. Dream pop band Cocteau Twins released an EP called Snow in 1993 that of course charted on the Singles Chart at #58, doubling their version up with a cover of “Frosty the Snowman”. Macy Gray’s 1999 version resurged and peaked at #76 in 2008, and then the several renditions by the late Tony Bennett, both the solo version from 1968 and the Lady Gaga duet from 2014, probably helped him land a chart placement with his version in 2019. It re-charted and peaked at #94 last year and given he sadly passed this year, I imagine we may see a new peak, possibly in the top 75. This little chart history anecdote may be my favourite part of writing this series, so just for funsies, when the versions of “Winter Wonderland” hit their peak, these songs were #1: “It’s Only Make Believe” by Conway Twitty, “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice (also a pretty cold song), “Babe” by Take That (dethroning Mr. Blobby, may I add), Alexandra Burke’s cover of “Hallelujah”, “Merry Christmas” by Ed Sheeran and Elton John and of course, “Last Christmas”. It just goes to show you the longevity of this composition.
#20 - “You’re Losing Me” (From the Vault) - Taylor Swift
Produced by Jack Antonoff
You know you’re in the dregs of 2023 when several songs on your new entries list have subtitles. Jokes aside, this is one of Taylor Swift’s best songs: about her deteriorating relationship with Joe Alwyn, the track lyrically focuses on what may be the saddest ending to a relationship, that being gradual disconnect, especially when one person doesn’t even notice that something is wrong. The song acts as both a desperate plea to Alwyn to just rip the band-aid and end the relationship as well as a plea to herself to be the brave one and put an end to something that seemed perfect and is now far off the deep end, and not because of volatility or a toxic, abusive relationship, but instead, it just… doesn’t click into place the way it looked like it was going to. It’s a profoundly sad song, especially with the bridge demonstrating all the value and hard work Taylor is putting into this relationship only to see it not crumble, but fade in a tedious loss, and the production exemplifies this excellently, with the stray, pulsing synth bass - a killer detail considering that chorus - and the dynamic mix of airy synths from Jack Antonoff, as well as the production on Taylor’s voice, accentuating the human sighs whilst drowning some of her faded platitudes in Auto-Tune and multi-tracking, as she ends up on the opposite side of the room to her ex-partner. The strings are rushed against the quick yet oddly despondent drums, that feel like card just barely carrying the song on its shoulders. The harmonies and riffs in the second pre-chorus just sound so disconnected and sad; there are a lot of voices but none of them particularly stand out in how detailed yet scarce the song really is, thickening the air with indecision as she sings. The way the strings careen in the start of that bridge is one of my favourite moments in pop music this year, it’s an absolutely brilliant song, probably a perfect one in all honesty, and whilst I know it won’t stick around, it doesn’t mean it’s not a quality song. “My face was grey but you couldn’t admit we were sick” is a devastating line, gives me chills honestly. It took… nearly all year, but the Swifties have won me over big-time with this one. Christmas miracle.
Conclusion
Yeah, I mean Taylor Swift gets Best of the Week for “You’re Losing Me” and pretty handedly, but I should say that Beyoncé doesn’t trail far behind with the Honourable Mention for “MY HOUSE”. As for the worst, it goes to Noah Kahan by default for “Everywhere, Everything” but I really do think the song is okay, teetering on pretty decent, so take it with a grain of salt. We may actually get some competition amidst the festive onslaught with Nicki Minaj and Tate McRae, but part of me doubts they’ll end up too high. As for now, thank you for reading, rest in power to Benjamin Zephaniah, and I’ll see you next week!
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Q, U, A, C, K for the song meme! :3c
Q - (a song to drive to)
U - (a song that reminds me of a fictional pairing)
A - (an uplifting song)
C - (a song from a soundtrack)
K - (a song I know all the lyrics to)
Q- Ring My Bell - Anita Ward Whenever i drive with my sister we like to listen to Disco and dance music! This one is a classic and its nice and long to keep you engaged hehe
U- Heaven can Wait - Dean Martin It's no secret I've been on a Good Omens kick lately, I've been slowly putting together a playlist for Aziraphale and Crowley, but this song is my favorite on the track list
A - (Every time i hear) That Mellow Saxaphone - Brian Setzer Orchestra Uplifting is hard to define, but most Horn-based Band Dance music really gets my hyped up! This one is a personal fave.
C - Superliminal: The Lofi Mix - 2Mello It might be a little unfair to choose an ENTIRE album but choosing favorites here would be impossible. This offical remix of the Superliminal OST is so groovy and relaxing
K- Minnie The Moocher - Cab Calloway A few songs fit this catagory but from my personal sing-along playlist, this one is always a must-play!
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Rebroken Playlist
Love You Anyway- Luke Combs
Broken Coastline- Down Like Silver
I’ll Be Waiting- Cian Ducrot
The Weakness- Ruston Kelly
Beautiful Lies- Tanner Usrey
This Time Tomorrow- Candlebox
heartLESS- You Me At Six
3:59 AM- John Moreland
Wannabe- Dalton Domino
You Don’t Care for Me Enough to Cry- John Moreland
Lies I Chose to Believe- John Moreland
Caroline (Acoustic)- Old Sea Brigade
Dawns (ft Maggie)- Zach Bryan
Scared to Love You- Tristan Bushman
Can’t Help Me Now- Rob Thomas
Never Love You Again- Cheat Codes
Running Up That Hill- TITUS
When was it over?- Sasha Alex Aloan
The Wire- Patrick Droney
On Your Way Home- Patrick Droney
Love Again- The Kid LAROI
Fade Away- Morgan Page
In A Heartbeat- Ryan McMullan
Hope It’s Something Good- The Chicks
BEST FOR ME- The Kid LAROI
What If I Never Get Over You- Ryan Hurd
Breakups- Seaforth
The One I Was Then- William Clark Green
Favorite Ex- Maisie Peters
What Brings Life Also Kills- Kolton Moore & The Clever Few
A Little Bit Yours- JP Saxe
Dancing On My Own- Calum Scott
Hurts like hell- Wrabel
Exile (ft Bon Iver)- Taylor Swift
I miss you, I’m sorry- Gracie Abrams
Say Something- Alex & Sierra
Someone You Loved- Lewis Capaldi
Over You (Acoustic)- Marc Scibilia
Can’t Miss You Anymore- Avery Anna
Falling- Harry Styles
Love Like Ghosts- Lord Huron
Wish You’d Miss Me- Chase Wright
Forget I Exist- Sam MacPherson
Missing Piece (Sofi Tukker Remix)- Vance Joy
Don’t Give Up on Me (with R3HAB)- Andy Grammar
Someone Else- Mason Lively
Love Ain’t Done a Damn Thing- Mason Lively
Do That Again (demo)- Taylor Acorn
Ghost- Josiah and the Bonnevilles
Another Go- Logan Michael
Leaving- Zach Bryan
Leave Me Alone- Logan Michael
Pick Up Your Phone- Tanner Usrey
Alright- The Lowdown Drifters
Blue- Zach Bryan
Memory to Drown- Bryan Martin
I Loved You Then (And I Love You Still)- Woodlock
Losing You- Kolby Cooper
Wondering- Dylan Wheeler
Crying Over You- The Band CAMINO
better off without me- Matt Hansen
Watch Me Bleed- Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Thinking ‘Bout Love (acoustic)- Wild Rivers
I Found- Amber Run
Mending Song- Ruston Kelly
Pictures- Judah & the Lion, Kacey Musgraves
Wildflower- Ruston Kelly
you’d never know- BLU EYES
Half A Man- Dean Lewis
A Letter To Everyone Who’s Hurt Me- Chandler Leighton
enough for you- Olivia Rodrigo
never knew a heart could break itself- Zach Hood
Like That- JP Saxe
Over For You- Morgan Evans
July- Noah Cyrus
i tried- Camylio
Trying My Best- Anson Seabra
Trying Not To Fall- No Justice
Don’t Walk Away- No Justice
HALF HEARTED- We Three
When You Think of Me- JP Saxe
Let It Rain- David Nail, Sarah Buxton
What Are You Listening To?- Chris Stapleton
Crazyland- Eric Church
break my heart- Matt Hansen
Toxic Heart- Logan Michael
Before You Go- Lewis Capaldi
NIGHTMARES- Jordan Nix
Blue- laye
Self Sabotage- Abe Parker
Backseat (All I Got)- Sam MacPherson
Cold Black Mile- Ruston Kelly
Moving Target- Wild Rivers
Golden- Becca mancari
Part Of Me- Cian Ducrot
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Idk if you’re looking for suggestions to the Charleston trio/ amelietmano playlist but I love the ship and have some recommendations! Also good call with the Lent by autoheart their songs are just 👌 chefs kiss
Anything Goes! Has some really good songs (was also created by Cole Porter in 1935) that fit them! I’m partial to the 1962 off Broadway recordings
Cult of Dionysus
Everybody talks
Overture/And All That Jazz
Tangled Up -Like Remix
Sway
My Type
Dean Martin is also always a good shout; Sinatra too
I’ll Cover You (from Rent)
Material girl /hj
Thank uuuu
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1.FM - Chillout Lounge Radio (February 20, 2023)
23:59 Elmara - Training
23:52 Paco Fernández - Al Lado Del Mar
23:46 Puff Dragon - Lava
23:38 Tommy Awards - Hotel Odemark
23:30 Verda - Es Vedra
23:26 Shakes Seven - Best Friends
23:22 Ku You - 40 Degrees
23:15 Sly - Like Love (Original Mix)
23:10 Cesar Martinez Ensemble - Contigo Para Siempre
23:03 Aurosonic, Denis Karpinskiy & Kate Louise Smith - They Wait For Us (Chill Out Mix)
22:58 Ohm-g & Bruno - Jungle Light
22:52 Thomas Lemmer - I Like It
22:46 Zero 7 - Space Between, The
22:42 Airstream - Electra
22:38 Jeff Woodal - Your Love (The Dark)
22:32 Shakrag - From Singapore To Ibiza (Tribute To Cafe Del Mar Mix)
22:26 Green Lemon Feat. Bernd Langer - Rauchy Stranger
22:21 Strange Voices - All Right For Now (3 Times Infinity Mix)
22:14 Jean Martin - In My Dreams (Extended Remix)
22:06 Deep-dive-corp. - Bassic (Flow Mix)
22:05 Costes - Stéphane Pompougnac - Green Tree
21:59 Guenter Haas - Ai Fu Lin
21:54 Noise Boyz - With My Own Eyes (Keys Of Da Sea Mix)
21:48 Vargo - Get Back To Serenity
21:43 Joey Fehrenbach - Untouchable (Feat. Vi Flaten)
21:37 Jjos - Foolish Game (Feat. Deary's) (Evolution Vocal Mix)
21:33 Jeff Woodal - Silver Birch
21:28 Conjure One - Make A Wish
21:19 Toka Kakabadze - Urban
21:15 Triangle Sun - Beautiful
21:12 Claes Rosen & Natalie Peris - Stay
21:06 Dab - Pure Joy
21:02 Lowland - Cafe Del Mar
20:55 Kosta Rodriguez - Blue Grass
20:50 Vanilla - Dreamcatcher
20:46 No Logo - Matter Of Time
20:41 Scott Simmons - Children (Mediterr-asian Chill Mix)
20:36 The Fray - How To Save A Life
20:29 Alex Paterson - Flex-e-fun
20:24 Farbor Resande Mac - Stockholmsnatt
20:18 Pilgrims Of The Wind - Nothing Can Pull Us Apart
20:13 Rae & Christian - Still Here
20:08 Un Homme Et Une Femme - Une Rose Pour Emily (Cafe Hotel French Del Mar Mix)
20:04 Jjos - Don't You Want Me (Chilled Mix)
20:01 Oh Wonder - Technicolour Beat
19:55 Frank Borell - Somber Moods
19:49 The Sura Quintet - Relax In Sura
19:43 Koolsax - Evasion
19:37 Silent Poets - Moment Scale
19:33 Petit Biscuit - Sunset Lover
19:28 Peter Pearson - Bossalove
19:22 The Man Behind C. Feat.debora Vilchez - Fluye
19:14 Deep-dive-corp. - Relaxer
19:09 Dj Milews - Children (Ambient Del Mar Winter Cafe Mix)
19:03 Simon Bareilles - The Sound Of Silence (Feat. Sara Keys)
18:57 Madonna - Frozen
18:52 Gxr And Kathie Talbot - 5 A.m.
18:46 Manoa - Repeat It In Slow Motion (Trippin Clouds Mix)
18:43 Moon Tribe - Moon Tribe
18:36 Alex Cortiz - Deja Vu
18:30 Gary B - Set Me Free
18:27 York Ft Asheni - Iceflowers
18:21 Koru - I Believe
18:14 Roger Sanchez - Lost (Ibizarees The Unforgotten Mix)
18:10 Pines - Tell Me (Feat. Water Park)
18:05 Jjos - Body & Soul
17:57 Dr Drummer - Galactica Soul
17:51 4tunes - Where Are You Now (Feat. Hed)
17:47 Lange - Frozen Beach
17:42 Amethystium - Calantha
17:36 Phil Mison - Lula
17:28 Madonna - Secret (Difrankz' 2003 Confidential Chill Out Mix)
17:24 Fidelity - You Don't Know
17:19 Ra-qi Gong - Rainy Days In Shanghai (Buddha Cafe Del Mar Bar Mix)
17:15 Triangle Sun - Beautiful
17:10 Ziller - Pearl & Dean
17:06 Re:locate Vs Robert Nickson - Resource (Rechill)
17:01 Jupiter Jack - Blank Space
16:57 Sued - Feel Me
16:52 Chilloutlounge - Letting The Cables Sleep
16:46 Jjos - One More Night
16:42 Mystique - Essences (Rico Van Basten Chill Mix)
16:37 Timewarp Inc - Epic Tones Feat Rxn (Sundayman
16:31 Lemonjazz - Gypsy Woman (Erotic Bedroom Affairs Lounge Chill Mix)
16:24 Chicane - Saltwater (The Thrillseekers Remix)
16:20 Adrien Aubrun - My Last Poem
16:12 Va - Soar Angelic
16:06 The Sura Quintet - Lampedusa (Sunset Session)
16:01 Moon De Lounge - La Mer Se Calme ( Mounier Oriental Sunset Dub Mix)
15:55 Mobymusic - Whispering Wind
15:50 Noel - Chalito - Ibiza Chillhouse Lounge Mix
15:44 Henderson - Rain (Desansis Chill Out Mix)
15:38 Digby Jones - Pina Colada
15:32 Blank & Jones With Jason Caesar - Hideaway
15:28 Emapea - Laka
15:23 Guss - Milesing
15:18 Chilloutlounge - Track 8
15:12 Atb - Remember That Day
15:08 Chillwave - Massage Del Mar (Beach Cafe Mix)
15:04 Faith Hill - Love Ain't Like That
14:58 Blank & Jones Feat. Cathy Battistessa - Miracle Man (Beached Mix)
14:50 Detson Engeneering - Wonderland
14:47 Dragon Lounge - Saigon Sundown (Asia Cut)
14:43 Lemon Sol - Beautiful Morning (Piano Cafe Chillout To Ibiza Del Mar)
14:38 Heso - Never Ending Time
14:34 Ben Leela - Dreaming A Dream
14:30 Mandrave & Miyagi - Asian Lights
14:25 Sam Swift - Wonderful World
14:19 Sven Andersson Iii - Journey To Your Soul (Cosmic Cycle Buddha Lounge Bar Mix)
14:12 Thievery Corporation - Incident At Gate 7
14:06 Philip Aniskin - Evening On The Waves
14:00 Manoa - Jumaira Drive
13:52 Chicane - Low Sun
13:47 Exit Mars - Gliding (Comfort Version)
13:43 Melibea - Lamento (Al Ponerse El Sol)
13:36 Aural Float - Still Here
13:29 Milews - Miami Beach View - Sunset Del Mar Cafe Lounge Mix
13:25 Thomas Lemmer - Savannah
13:20 Kitty The Bill - Cabriolet Tour
13:16 Vio Beach - Piano Chillout (Ambient Dream Mix)
13:10 Freemasons - Love On My Mind
13:05 A$ap Rocky - L$d
13:00 Various - The Cure (Sunshine Mix)
12:50 Chilloutlounge - Track 2
12:48 Isan - No. 1 (Lent Et Douloureux)
12:43 Noel - Chalito (Ibiza Chillhouse Lounge Mix)
12:38 Gelka Feat. Phoenix Pearle - Being You
12:33 Ringo Orenji - Mikan
12:29 Mario & Vidis Feat. Jazzu - I'll Be Gone (Extended Original)
12:23 Fluff - Silent Life
12:18 Coastline - Adriatic Sea - Dj Lounge Del Mar Vs. Milews Ambience Mix
12:10 Groove Armada - Inside My Mind
12:07 Nouvelle Vague - Love Will Tear Us Apart
12:03 Jose Ramos - Alone Again
11:58 E-love - Cause I Love You No More (Alster Lounge Chill Out Vocal Mix)
11:53 Maricopa - Sun Scope
11:47 Massive Gold - Follow Me (Feat Jaywee) (Chillout Del Mar Cafe Instrumental)
11:42 Sleepingroom Armada - Hope - Easy Erotic Groove Lounge Mix
11:36 Blue Chakra - Free From You (Half Tempo Long Chill Mix)
11:29 Hirudo - Spy From Cairo (Classic Instrumental Mix)
11:23 Bay Area - Santa Monica Blvd (No 17 Mix)
11:19 Ravi Costes - Lion Sleeps - Cafe Groovera Hotel Bar Del Mar Mix
11:13 Rhodescreen - Peace System (Original Mix)
11:07 Pacator - Tränen (Marcielo Ambient Mix Instrumental)
11:03 Cold Blue - Underwater Love
10:58 Saigenji - No Meio Da Chuva
10:55 Karen Souza - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
10:48 Future Loop Foundation - Monika's Summer
10:44 Flume Feat. Andrew Wyatt - Some Minds
10:39 Dab - Pure Joy
10:33 Ficci - Edge Of The Night
10:27 Omnimotion - Cozy Life
10:21 Ohm-g - Relax 2 The Max
10:14 Chillsurfer Armada - Relax Your Mind (Cafe Buddha Del Mar Luxury Lounge)
10:09 Sofa Sweeper - Voice Of Core
10:02 Dab - Have A Smoke
09:58 Vibraphile - Waiting For You (Instrumental)
09:52 Alpha X - Nocturnal Trip
09:46 Joey Fehrenbach - Edison Cylinder
09:42 Marc C. Griso - Sex, The First Time
09:36 Gelka Feat. Phoenix Pearle - Million Nights
09:32 Listening Deluxe - Guitar Dreams (Short Aqua)
09:26 Noise Boyz - Honeytrap (Keys & Trumpet Mix)
09:20 Fresh Moods - Solarcell
09:14 Vargo - The Moment
09:10 Bop - Enjoy The Moment (Unquote Remix)
09:04 Pep Llado Feat. Antonio Martin - Vai Vedere
08:59 Skysurfer Feat Lovay - Circling Elements (Down By The
08:54 Solid Gold - Save A Prayer (Nick Tatler & Phil Blohm Instrumental)
08:47 Bong & Eddie M - Rain From The Suite 902 (Original)
08:42 Polished Chrome - Beautiful
08:39 Urban Phunk Society - Spring 2 Summer
08:34 Sine - Flying (Original Mix)
08:28 Machomovers - Smooth Operator
08:22 Gary B - Love Rain Down
08:18 Vanegas - Te Voy A Querer
08:13 Aaron Bass - On The Beach
08:10 K Vassiliadis Ft Marien - Den Efiges Lepto (Dub Mix)
08:06 The Avener & Mazzy Star - Fade Into You (The Avener Rework)
08:01 Coastline - Adriatic Sea (Dj Lounge Del Mar Vs. Milews Ambience Mix)
07:56 Visit Venus - Home
07:51 P.m F.m - Chinchilla
07:47 Washed Out - Face Up
07:41 Chilloutlounge - Breather 2000 (Arithunda Mix)
07:35 Dj Lounge Del Mar - Sentosa Beach Cafe - Tribute To Cafe Del Mar Guitar Mix
07:30 Pathetique - Dis Moi - Instrumental Cafe Costes Del Mar Sunset Hotel Chillout Mix
07:24 New Beginning - Another Day
07:19 Dj Pippi - A Touch
07:14 Alex Cortiz - Fingerprints
07:10 Alex Baratini - My Play (Chill Out Mix)
07:05 Cdm - Many Rivers To Cross
06:59 Bright And Beautiful - Night Rains (Sound Of Ibiza Mix)
06:53 Citrus Jam - Nice Holiday
06:45 Vibrasphere - Spring Flood
06:42 Ben Leela - Dreaming A Dream
06:36 Jazz L'amour - Summer Dreams - See The Light Mix
06:32 Ibizarre - Smooth Temptation
06:28 Chilling Crew - Frozen Time
06:23 The Essence - Serpentine
06:17 Jjos - Lonely (Feat. María La Caria) Manu López-saxo (Lounge Mix)
06:12 Soft Wave - Plenitude Part 2
06:05 Fenomenon - Pacific Memories
06:01 Ultraviolet - Ready Or Not (Chilled Out Mix)
05:55 Frank Borell - Wake Up In Paradise
05:49 Night Traffic - Rain
05:42 Wonderphazz - Memories (Chill Guide Mix)
05:38 Soleil Fisher - Beautiful Nights In Ibiza (Tribute To Cafe Del Mar Mix)
05:31 Muki - Track 4
05:27 York - Bye Bye Baby (Chill Out Mix)
05:23 Michael Hummer - Coffee
05:16 More Than Ever People - Levita
05:09 Jjos & Fede Garcia - Foolish Game (Feat Deary's)
05:03 San Martino - Es Cavalett (Piano Dream Mix)
04:59 Cafe Easy - Summerbreeze
04:53 Sangar - My Breeze
04:49 Brooke - 1 Want To Know What Love Is (Balearic Hypno Dub)
04:43 Blue Six - Love Yourself
04:39 Gelka Feat. Phoenix Pearle - Flying On Clouds
04:34 Orange Music - Islandlover (Monotonic Trip Mix)
04:28 Hirudo - Waiting For The Sun To Rise (Out Of Style Mix)
04:23 Lounge Aura - Something (Geronimo Chillout Mix)
04:16 Chilloutlounge - Allstars
04:11 Mamani - Glowing Desert (Aloe Trumpet Mix)
04:06 Thievery Corporation - Transcendence
04:00 Jerome Isma-ae - Underwater Love
03:55 Mark Gorbulew's Manhattan Groove - Dreamsville
03:51 Erotic Lounge Deluxe - Gimme The Night
03:45 Blue Metheny - I'm Calling Out
03:39 Leaking Shell - After Hour
03:34 Coronado (Pianofly Mix) - Bay Area
03:30 Lemon Sol - Beautiful Morning (Piano Cafe Chillout To Ibiza Del Mar)
03:25 Sleepingroom Armada - Hope (Feat Inocencia Comas) (Easy Erotic Groove Lounge Mix)
03:19 Klangstein - Deep Dive (Original Mix)
03:13 Cats Love Dogs - Sunpearls (Paradise Lounge)
03:06 Ibiza - Ibiza Blues Swing
03:01 Autopilot - Seen It All
02:59 William Orbit - Love My Way
02:53 Nautic - Freedom Of The Floor (Open Space Remix)
02:47 Melibea - Fusion
02:41 James Bright - Set Me Free
02:34 Dj Disse - Walk On The Wild Side
02:28 Sofa Sweeper - The Sad Side Of The Street (Mellow Guitar Mix)
02:24 Alex Cortiz - Phusion
02:18 Rollercone - Daydreaming
02:13 Va - Majorca
02:10 Synkro - Memories Of Love
02:05 Fragile State - Every Day A Story
02:00 Luxury Traveller - Eagle Will Rise Again
01:59 Moby - Everything Is Wrong
01:54 L'art Mystique - Le Jardin Secret
01:50 Mirrored - Stand Still
01:44 Night Loungers - A Little Lazy Morning In Paris - French Kiss Del Mar Instrumental
01:40 Liedschatten - Seaside (Original Mix 2006)
01:33 Magic Waves Feat. Mirjam - Tonight
01:27 Royspop - Mid Summer Nights (Luxury Deluxe Del Mar Mix)
01:22 Peter Pearson - It's In The Stars (Original Mix)
01:19 Jjos - Back To Me
01:10 Tactful - No Fear
01:04 Citrus Jam - Pacific Snow
01:00 For - For Want Of Her
00:55 Moorcheeba - Moog Island
00:49 Man In The Moon Feat. Debora Vilchez - Fragil
00:43 Schwarz & Funk - The Dawn
00:39 Out Of Sight - Comfort (Afterlife Mix)
00:33 Coyoteeve Feat. Saro - Tribastone
00:28 Gold Lounge - Only A Dream
00:21 Yagya - The Phantom Of Us
00:15 Lenny Mac Dowell - Zanzibar Feeling
00:09 Ypey - Love In Spain
00:03 Freemasons Feat. Amanda Wilson - Love On My Mind
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"Deep Freeze" People with super-powers stop Military bad guys.
Nifty pilot, this. Fast moving and lots of fun.
The first third introduces to Billy Hayes and Elvin Lincoln, scientists working for a group called Humanidyne, which has links to the Military. Something Billy and Elvin are not too happy about. The new boss at Humanidyne doesn't like their pacifist ways, and the odd bunch of super-powered people they are always trying to help, so he shuts down their department and fires the two guys.
Billy and Elvin are licking their wounds over this, when Billy gets a short and mysterious call from their original boss, who tells them that Humanidyne are mis-treating one of their previous charges/patients: a guy who can freeze anything. So, in the middle third of the movie, our two scientist heroes (one of whom has the power of shrinking to 6 inches tall) contact two previous subjects (each with super-powers, too) and they mount a rescue operation to get their cold-hearted friend, and their previous boss, out of the clutches of the heavily-armed bad guys. Cue: lots of action and rock music.
Final third finds the whole group together for the first time and realising that a huge and very, very dangerous weapon has been built out in the desert. So, since nobody else on the planet can stop it, they work together and save the day.
And, as I said before, it positively zips along. For many reasons.
It's funny. The whole affair is peppered with gags and comedy that works. A minor character (played by Diane Civita) is shown many times and always raises a chuckle. The main characters have an easy going camaraderie (think The A-Team) and their banter is good-natured and easy on the ears.
The guest cast is top notch. Larry Linville, Edward Winter and Kenneth Mars are three of television's more reliable performers. Linville is well-served by the script, Mars makes the most of what he's given and Winter is completely wasted. But it's always good to see him. Winter could have played the Linville role, since he had played characters like that in the past, but it hard to imagine anyone being better than Linville here. He's a hoot.
The main cast are superb. Dean Paul Martin and Kevin Peter Hall make great leads. They have great chemistry and it's fun to watch them and root for them. Courteney Cox is the best of the rest. She's cute and sincere. A lesser actress would not have made the material work.
The story, cleverly, waits a long time before introducing Johnny and Gloria and their super-powers. It relies on humour, good characters and an interesting story get the first third out of the way and then it unveils the super-fast guy who shoots lightening bolts, and the girl who can throw anything - big or small - around with the power of her mind. In this way, the middle-third - which you would expect to flag a bit in a two-hour pilot - is actually cool and fun. An example of great pacing.
The soundtrack is catchy and upbeat. The show's theme music (not heard properly until the end) appears on the score many times as a catchy melody. So, whenever the guys go into action as team you hear this catchy little ditty on the soundtrack from a few seconds. After an hour, it's impossible not to hum along. The big battle at the end is edited to match a great Kim Wilde remix and the climax of this movie is one of my all-time favourites.
With all this goodness going around there are only a few weak spots.
When the pilot stops to devote time to the romances between the characters it gets boring very fast. Luckily these scenes are brief and infrequent.
A+ all the way, from me. Fast moving and lots of fun.
10/10
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here is my club remix of dean martin hit song
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BLACK LIVES MATTER
A list with black artists who have a song in the Unknown Songs That Should Be Known-playlist
(Can be a black artist in a band or just solo-artist) (no specific genre)
Bull’s Eye - Blacknuss, Prince Prime - Funk
Aftershow - Joe Fox - Alternative Hip-hop
Strangers in the Night - Ben L’Oncle Soul - Soul
Explore - Mack Wilds - R&B
Something To Do - IGBO - Funk
Down With The Trumpets - Rizzle Kicks - Pop
Dans ta ville - Dub Inc. - Reggae
Dance or Die - Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Funk
FACELESS - The PLAYlist, Glenn Lewis - R&B
Tell Me Father - Jeangu Macrooy - Soul
Southern Boy - John The Conquerer - Blues Hard Rock
Savannah Grass - Kes - Dancehall
Dr. Funk - The Main Squeeze - Funk
Seems I’m Never Tired of Loving You - Lizz Wright - Jazz
Out of My Hands - TheColorGrey, Oddisee - Hip-Hop/Pop
Raised Up in Arkansas - Michael Burks - Blues
Black Times - Sean Kuti, Egypt 80, Carlos Santana - Afrobeat
Cornerstone - Benjamin Clementine - Indie
Shine On - R.I.O., Madcon - Electronic Pop
Bass On The Line - Bernie Worrell - Funk
When We Love - Jhené Aiko - R&B
Need Your Love - Curtis Harding - Soul
Too Dry to Cry - Willis Earl Beal - Folk
Your House - Steel Pulse - Reggae
Power - Moon Boots, Black Gatsby - Deep House
Vinyl Is My Bible - Brother Strut - Funk
Diamond - Izzy Biu - R&B
Elusive - blackwave., David Ngyah - Hip-hop
Don’t Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down - Heritage Blues Orchestra - Blues
Sastanàqqàm - Tinariwen - Psychedelic Rock
Disco To Go - Brides of Funkenstein - Funk/Soul
Circles - Durand Jones & The Indications - Retro Pop
Cheesin’ - Cautious Clay, Remi Wolf, sophie meiers - R&B
Changes - Charles Bradley - Soul
The Sweetest Sin - RAEVE - House
Gyae Su - Pat Thomas, Kwashibu Area Band - Funk
What Am I to Do - Ezra Collective, Loyle Carner - Hip-hop
Get Your Groove On - Cedric Burnside - Blues
Old Enough To Know Better - Steffen Morrisson - Soul
Wassiye - Habib Koité - Khassonke musique
Dance Floor - Zapp - Funk
Wake Up - Brass Against, Sophia Urista - Brass Hard-Rock
BIG LOVE - Black Eyed Peas - Pop
The Greatest - Raleigh Ritchie - R&B
DYSFUNCTIONAL - KAYTRANADA, VanJess - Soul
See You Leave - RJD2, STS, Khari Mateen - Hip-hop
Sing A Simple Song - Maceo Parker - Jazz/Funk
Have Mercy - Eryn Allen Kane - Soul
Homenage - Brownout - Latin Funk
Can’t Sleep - Gary Clark Jr. - Blues Rock
Toast - Koffee - Dancehall
Freedom - Ester Dean - R&B
Iskaba - Wande Coal, DJ Tunez - Afropop
High Road - Anthony Riley - Alternative Christian
Sunny Days - Sabrina Starke - Soul
The Talking Fish - Ibibio Sound Machine - Funk
Paralyzed - KWAYE - Indie
Purple Heart Blvd - Sebastian Kole - Pop
WORSHIP - The Knocks, MNEK - Deep House
BMO - Ari Lennox - R&B
Promises - Myles Sanko - Soul
.img - Brother Theodore - Funk
Singing the Blues - Ruthie Foster, Meshell Ndegeocello - Blues
Nobody Like You - Amartey, SBMG, The Livingtons - Hip-hop
Starship - Afriquoi, Shabaka Hutchings, Moussa Dembele - Deep House
Lay My Troubles Down - Aaron Taylor - Funk
Bloodstream - Tokio Myers - Classic
Sticky - Ravyn Lenae - R&B
Why I Try - Jalen N’Gonda - Soul
Motivation - Benjamin Booker - Folk
quand c’est - Stromae - Pop
Let Me Down (Shy FX Remix) - Jorja Smith, Stormzy, SHY FX - Reggae
Funny - Gerald Levert - R&B
Salt in my Wounds - Shemekia Copeland - Blues
Our Love - Samm Henshaw - Soul
Make You Feel That Way - Blackalicious - Jazz Hip-hop
Knock Me Out - Vintage Trouble - Funk
Take the Time - Ronald Bruner, Jr., Thundercat - Alternative
Thru The Night - Phonte, Eric Roberson - R&B
Keep Marchin’ - Raphael Saadiq - Soul
Shake Me In Your Arms - Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’ - Blues
Meet Me In The Middle - Jodie Abascus - Pop
Raise Hell - Sir the Baptist, ChurchPpl - Gospel Pop
Mogoya - Oumou Sangaré - Wassoulou
Where’s Yesterday - Slakah The Beatchild - Hip-hop
Lose My Cool - Amber Mark - R&B
New Funk - Big Sam’s Funky Nation - Funk
I Got Love - Nate Dogg - Hip-hop
Nothing’s Real But Love - Rebecca Ferguson - Soul
Crazy Race - The RH Factor - Jazz
Spies Are Watching Me - Voilaaa, Sir Jean - Funk
The Leaders - Boka de Banjul - Afrobeat
Fast Lane - Rationale - House
Conundrum - Hak Baker - Folk
Don’t Make It Harder On Me - Chloe x Halle - R&B
Plastic Hamburgers - Fantastic Negrito - Hardrock
Beyond - Leon Bridges - Pop
God Knows - Dornik - Soul
Soleil de volt - Baloji - Afrofunk
Do You Remember - Darryl Williams, Michael Lington - Jazz
Get Back - McClenney - Alternative
Three Words - Aaron Marcellus - Soul
Spotify playlist
In memory of:
Aaron Bailey
Adam
Addie Mae Collins
Ahmaud Arbery
Aiyana Stanley Jones
Akai Gurley
Alberta Odell Jones
Alexia Christian
Alfonso Ferguson
Alteria Woods
Alton Sterling
Amadou Diallo
Amos Miller
Anarcha Westcott
Anton de Kom
Anthony Hill
Antonio Martin
Antronie Scott
Antwon Rose Jr.
Arthur St. Clair
Atatiana Jefferson
Aubrey Pollard
Aura Rosser
Bennie Simons
Berry Washington
Bert Dennis
Bettie Jones
Betsey
Billy Ray Davis
Bobby Russ
Botham Jean
Brandon Jones
Breffu
Brendon Glenn
Breonna Taylor
Bud Johnson
Bussa
Calin Roquemore
Calvin McDowell
Calvin Mike and his family
Carl Cooper
Carlos Carson
Carlotta Lucumi
Carol Denise McNair
Carol Jenkins
Carole Robertson
Charles Curry
Charles Ferguson
Charles Lewis
Charles Wright
Charly Leundeu Keunang
Chime Riley
Christian Taylor
Christopher Sheels
Claude Neal
Clementa Pickney
Clifford Glover
Clifton Walker
Clinton Briggs
Clinton R. Allen
Cordella Stevenson
Corey Carter
Corey Jones
Cynthia Marie Graham Hurd
Cynthia Wesley
Daniel L. Simmons
Danny Bryant
Darius Randell Robinson
Darius Tarver
Darrien Hunt
Darrius Stewart
David Felix
David Joseph
David McAtee
David Walker and his family
Deandre Brunston
Deborah Danner
Delano Herman Middleton
Demarcus Semer
Demetrius DuBose
Depayne Middleton-Doctor
Dion Johnson
Dominique Clayton
Dontre Hamilton
Dred Scott
Edmund Scott
Ejaz Choudry
Elbert Williams
Eleanor Bumpurs
Elias Clayton
Elijah McClain
Eliza Woods
Elizabeth Lawrence
Elliot Brooks
Ellis Hudson
Elmer Jackson
Elmore Bolling
Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr.
Emmett Till
Eric Garner
Eric Harris
Eric Reason
Ernest Lacy
Ernest Thomas
Ervin Jones
Eugene Rice
Eugene Williams
Ethel Lee Lance
Ezell Ford
Felix Kumi
Frank Livingston
Frank Morris
Frank Smart
Frazier B. Baker
Fred Hampton
Fred Rochelle
Fred Temple
Freddie Carlos Gray Jr.
George Floyd
George Grant
George Junius Stinney Jr.
George Meadows
George Waddell
George Washington Lee
Gregory Gunn
Harriette Vyda Simms Moore
Harry Tyson Moore
Hazel “Hayes” Turner
Henry Ezekial Smith
Henry Lowery
Henry Ruffin
Henry Scott
Hosea W. Allen
India Kager
Isaac McGhie
Isadore Banks
Italia Marie Kelly
Jack Turner
Jamar Clark
Jamel Floyd
James Byrd Jr.
James Craig Anderson
James Earl Chaney
James Powell
James Ramseur
James Tolliver
James T. Scott
Janet Wilson
Jason Harrison
Javier Ambler
J.C. Farmer
Jemel Roberson
Jerame Reid
Jesse Thornton
Jessie Jefferson
Jim Eastman
Joe Nathan Roberts
John Cecil Jones
John Crawford III
John J. Gilbert
John Ruffin
John Taylor
Johnny Robinson
Jonathan Ferrell
Jonathan Sanders
Jordan Edwards
Joseph Mann
Julia Baker
Julius Jones
July Perry
Junior Prosper
Kalief Browder
Karvas Gamble Jr.
Keith Childress, Jr.
Kelly Gist
Kelso Benjamin Cochrane
Kendrick Johnson
Kenneth Chamberlain Sr.
Kenny Long
Kevin Hicks
Kevin Matthews
Kiwane Albert Carrington
Lacy Mitchell
Lamar Smith
Laquan McDonald
Laura Nelson
Laura Wood
L.B. Reed
L.D. Nelson
Lemuel Penn
Lemuel Walters
Leonard Deadwyler
Leroy Foley
Levi Harrington
Lila Bella Carter
Lloyd Clay
Louis Allen
Lucy
M.A. Santa Cruz
Maceo Snipes
Malcom X
Malice Green
Malissa Williams
Manuel Ellis
Marcus Deon Smith
Marcus Foster
Marielle Franco
Mark Clark
Maria
Martin Lee Anderson
Martin Luther King Jr.
Matthew Avery
Mary Dennis
Mary Turner
Matthew Ajibade
May Noyes
Mckenzie Adams
Medgar Wiley Evers
Michael Brown
Michael Donald
Michael Griffith
Michael Lee Marshall
Michael Lorenzo Dean
Michael Noel
Michael Sabbie
Michael Stewart
Michelle Cusseaux
Miles Hall
Moses Green
Mya Hall
Myra Thompson
Nathaniel Harris Pickett Jr.
Natasha McKenna
Nicey Brown
Nicholas Heyward Jr.
O’Day Short family
Orion Anderson
Oscar Grant III
Otis Newsom
Pamela Turner
Paterson Brown Jr.
Patrick Dorismond
Philando Castile
Phillip Pannell
Phillip White
Phinizee Summerour
Quaco
Ramarley Graham
Randy Nelson
Raymond Couser
Raymond Gunn
Regis Korchinski-Paquet
Rekia Boyd
Renisha McBride
Riah Milton
Robert Hicks
Robert Mallard
Robert Truett
Rodney King
Roe Nathan Roberts
Roger Malcolm and his wife
Roger Owensby Jr.
Ronell Foster
Roy Cyril Brooks
Rumain Brisbon
Ryan Matthew Smith
Sam Carter
Sam McFadden
Samuel DuBose
Samuel Ephesians Hammond Jr.
Samuel Hammond Jr.
Samuel Leamon Younge Jr.
Sandra Bland
Sean Bell
Shali Tilson
Sharonda Coleman-Singleton
Shukri Abdi
Simon Schuman
Slab Pitts
Stella Young
Stephon Clark
Susie Jackson
T.A. Allen
Tamir Rice
Tamla Horsford
Tanisha Anderson
Timothy Caughman
Timothy Hood
Timothy Russell
Timothy Stansbury Jr.
Timothy Thomas
Terrence Crutcher
Terrill Thomas
Tom Jones
Tom Moss
Tony McDade
Tony Terrell Robinson Jr.
Trayvon Martin
Troy Hodge
Troy Robinson
Tula
Tyler Gerth
Tyre King
Tywanza Sanders
Victor Duffy Jr.
Victor White III
Walter Lamar Scott
Wayne Arnold Jones
Wesley Thomas
Wilbert Cohen
Wilbur Bundley
Will Brown
Will Head
Will Stanley
Will Stewart
Will Thompson
Willie James Howard
Willie Johnson
Willie McCoy
Willie Palmer
Willie Turks
William Brooks
William Butler
William Daniels
William Fambro
William Green
William L. Chapman II
William Miller
William Pittman
Wyatt Outlaw
Yusef Kirriem Hawkins
The victims of LaLaurie (1830s)
The black victims of the Opelousas massacre (1868)
The black victims of the Thibodaux massacre (1887)
The black victims of the Wilmington insurrection (1898)
The black victims of the Johnson-Jeffries riots (1910)
The black victims of the Red summer (1919)
The black victims of the Elaine massacre (1919)
The black victims of the Ocoee massacre (1920)
The victims of the MOVE bombing (1985)
All the people who died during the Atlantic slave trade, be it due to abuse or disease.
All the unnamed victims of mass-incarceration, who were put into jail without the committing of a crime and died while in jail or died after due to mental illness.
All the unnamed victims of racial violence and discrimination.
...
My apologies for all the people missing on this list. Feel free to add more names and stories.
Listen, learn and read about discrimination, racism and black history: (feel free to add more)
Documentaries:
13th (Netflix)
The Innocence Files (Netflix)
Who Killed Malcolm X? (Netflix)
Time: The Kalief Browder Story (Netflix)
I Am Not Your Negro
YouTube videos:
We Cannot Stay Silent about George Floyd
Waarom ook Nederlanders de straat op gaan tegen racisme (Dutch)
Wit is ook een kleur (Dutch) (documentaire)
Books:
Biased by Jennifer Eberhardt
Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri
Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
How To Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad
So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
They Can’t Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery
White Fragility by Robin Deangelo
Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
Woman, Race and Class by Angela Davis
Websites:
https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/report/
https://museumandmemorial.eji.org/
https://archive.org/details/thirtyyearsoflyn00nati/page/n11/mode/2up
https://lab.nos.nl/projects/slavernij/index-english.html
https://blacklivesmatter.com/
https://www.zinnedproject.org/
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IT’S MUSIC TIME MY GOONIES PT. 3
FT. MY YOUTUBE PLAYLIST
hehe, so i have been wanting to do one of these again for a while now, so here we are! but instead, we’re doing my youtube playlist, which has all the slowed, sadder versions of songs that i like. yes, i like sad songs, oops :P. ballads have always been my jam, probably always will be so, here are some songs from my playlist! once again, putting the playlist on shuffle and just going with the flow besides the occasional skip lol :P
people i feel like would like to see this: @loth-wolffe @weirdcharacter @ladykatakuri @ahsokasleftbicep
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happier by olivia rodrigo but it’s ten times sadder
by wisterxiaa
i love slowed versions of songs, that is like the way to my heart lol 😂 this is really nice, her voice sounds really cool slowed down like this. the electric guitar in like the middle sounds so cool omgg. is it sad? yeah, a little, but it’s really nice slowed down like this. most of the time, the titles say this in my playlist, but i just like the way it’s slowed lol 😂. the thumbnail is so pretty 9/10, love the purple and the monarch butterflies :) overall, recommend this song when your in the mood for some olivia rodrigo, but a tad bit sadder. AND THE OOH’S AT THE END HIT DIFFERENT OMGGGG AND SHE SOUNDS SO BROKEN AND SOFT AT THE END APOBIHJ[OADSIJB
everybody loves somebody - dean martin (slowed n reverb)
by starclouds
pretty sure i got this song from General Angsty (if i didn’t, apologizes), but this slowed down verison HITS THE SPOT. i love his voice in this slowed way, it is so interesting. also, it’s reverb? like? yes, please. the thumbnail is actually a GIF that is a fountain, it’s pretty cool, 7/10, also this makes me wanna sway with like Echo or something (actually now that i think of it, i’m pretty sure i got this from General Angsty’s dancing post with the boys, which made me so SoFt omg :)) overall, recommend listen to this when you wanna sway with your lover in like a dance club, but your nestled into their neck and your pulled so close and it’s warm in their embrace :) the instruments also are really nice in this verison.
Clair De Lune Ethereal Remix
by A.Krishna
IF ALL MUSIC SUDDENLY BECAME ETHEREAL ON YOUTUBE, I WOULD MOST LIKELY CRY. so i love ethereal remixes, there’s just something so… whimsical about ethereal remixes. this song is so pretty and beautiful on ethereal omgggGGGg. the thumbnail is beautiful 10000000/10. I just- this sounds like a song you would use as like a look back through your entire life, like every memory and moment just appearing as this song plays WOW. and when the piano climax’s in the midDLE OMGGGG it is INSANE, LIKE THE EMOTIONS THAT GO THROUGH MY BRAIN AOBIASDNB and then it gets super soft and quiet aaaahhhh CAN YOU TELL I LIKE ETHEREAL?? IDK IF YOU CAN 😂 anyways, overall recommend this song when your just watching the rain fall and reminiscing about good times in your life :)
heather - conan gray ( slowed + reverb)
by Vibey
okay definitely this song is sadder slowed, like THE FEELS OMGG but it’s amazing slowed, like the original is awesome, AND THEN THIS???!! so the thumbnail is a really pretty GIF of this VHS tape just playing, and it’s purple so 10/10. this definitely brings the raspy part of his voice, and i really like it (or that’s just the reverb lol 😂) only thing i do not like about this slowed version is it cuts off the end of the song at the end of the video, and I don’t know why, but it’s still really good, so i don’t mind too much :). it’s very pretty and sad all at the same time. overall, recommend listening to this song when your just chilling, staring up at the ceiling and your like “let’s be a puddle of sad for a sec”
Chiquitita(slowed+reverbed)💜
by Brown Aesthetic Syndrome
LIL’ SOKA, IT’S OUR SONG!! OUR SONG SLOWED AND REVERBED IS SO PRETTY, AND AWESOME!!! MKAY, SO THE THUMBNAIL IS COOL, 8/10, THE FLOWERS ARE PRETTY!! YES, I WILL BE SCREAMING ABOUT THIS SONG LOL 😂 THE PIANO SOUNDS SO PRETTY IN THIS, LIKE IT’S SO MUCH MORE BROUGHT OUT :))), AND THEIR VOICES SOUND SO PRETTY SLOWED!!! OH AND THE CHORUS ITS DIFFERENT OMGGGGG AOPBINAS[FDPOIBJOFIBOAFINBPOJ IT’S SO INSANE OMGGG AOIBAPDOFSKGN!! ANYWAYS RECOMMEND THIS SONG WHEN YOU ARE LIKE “I NEED ABBA VIBES, BUT SLOWED” ALBKNDSPFOBIN
billie eilish - my future - slowed dreamy reverb
by ayabe
so this song is incredible, like it slowed really hits different. billie’s voice has always been so interesting to me because sometimes she sings like very whisper like, and other times she is full on belting like going insane, and i really like that she uses her voice in multiple different ways during her songs. billie is the number one artist i go to when i really wanna be in the feels, and this verison of my future is so amazing. the beat is so interesting, and the thumbnail is really cool 9/10, also i don’t know what the language is nor, do i know what it says, so if you do, let me know lol 😂 but the picture is cool. this song is one i listen to all the time because it’s just- yes. overall recommend this song when your chilling in bed, just in the dark, with the window open on a summer night :)
friends on the other side - s l o w e d
by angelicsounds
THIS IS SO EPIC SLOWED OMGGGGG I CAN’T NOT EVEN EXPLAIN AOBPINADOPBNF I REALLY FEEL LIKE A SPOOKY DUDE WHO KNOWS HOW TO DO SOME SPOOKY STUFF OMGGG i love the original song, and i also really like the cover by annapantsu, definitely recommend her verison too! this has got to be the coolest disney villain song slowed down, hands down. the thumbnail is a GIF of this anime character’s eyes doing weird looking highlight stuff lol idk what to call it, 8/10. overall, recommend when you wanna listen to a song that makes you feel like the main villain in a story :) AND THE ENDING HITS DIFFERENT OMGGGGGGGG
le valse de l’amour - patrick doyle (slowed down)
by mari
okay, so we all know that I love Cinderella. and this song is so incredible, i can’t- okay, but just imagine… the bad batch, undercover at a senate ball, you, trying to make sure the senators are safe. the boys are in their separate locations, you know, watching, making sure everyone is good. some random dude from out of nowhere tries to make you dance with him. you are obviously like “um, what the heck, please no sir.” and suddenly…
“may i have this dance?”
it’s Hunter (or crosshair, but i’ve written a fic about Hunter dancing with the reader, so i feel like he would be a good dancer).
anyways, he whisks you away from random dude, and your like “Hunter there’s no music” because the orchestra just finished their previous song, and he’s like
“just wait.”
bam, this song comes on.
and suddenly, Hunter’s waltzing with you and you didn’t even know he could waltz. and it’s exactly like the scene from Cinderella 2015. So you two are doing your own thing in the middle of the ballroom, and everyone starts moving out of the way because woah these people are really good at dancing
and you are just shocked because HOW??
and he just leads you through the whole thing. he spins you around, and if your wearing a dress and it’s got some tulle on it, it swishes around when he spins you and oh my god the butterflies and smile he gets when you giggle because you love the way it swirls around you. and then people start backing up more, because at this rate, you guys are taking up the whole dance floor.
and you just keep going, and he starts pick you up and spinning you around when the harp comes on. and he grabs you by the waist and starts swinging you around just like Kit & Ella do in the movie. and then the end of the song comes, and he dips you, brings you back up, and that’s it.
and when it’s all said and done, you just look at him, and well, he obviously looks extremely handsome, his suit is all pressed, and his hair is done back in a bun, but he’s got a few wisps coming out from your whole little dancing experience, and all you can say is:
“I-”
“shhh, mesh’la. later. i’ll tell you later.”
anyways, thumbnail is a solid 11/10, and recommend if you wanna daydream about dancing at a senator ball with Hunter.
no i am not planning on writing a fic about this, what you you implying? okay, yes i am, i am. no shame 😂
sleeping beauty - once upon a dream (slowed + reverb)
by Paige Coddington
sleeping beauty is one of my favorite disney princesses besides rapunzel & cinderella, so i love this. The GIF is so pretty, 10/10. Aurora’s voice is pretty, and her vibrato is so much more prominent in this verison, and i am obsessed. this is so pretty, I- speechless, actually. and then philip comes in and it’s just ✨ also, i always like aurora in the pink dress when i was younger, but now i kind of like the blue dress more. they should have just given her a purple dress i guess lol 😂 overall, really pretty, recommend when you are in the mood for some more nostalgic disney vibes :)
D a n c i n g Q u e e n 女王
by v a p o r w a v e
okay so i originally found this on an edit of “the snap from avengers infinity war, but dancing queen” -
and when i tell you that the snap got even sadder, I-
anyways, i also really like vaporwave music, very interesting and very cool. i love the video because i’m pretty sure it’s the original music video, but it looks like your looking through a kaleidoscope, so 100000000/10. this song is so good vaporwave, like, just yes. like when i say this hits different, like for real, this hits different. ABBA is always good, but this by far has to be my favorite thing of ABBA music i have ever found. It’s like…
it’s just incredible.
like i said with the ethereal remix of clair de lune, this is like a song that you put on your life, and just look at all the memories and moments that have happened to you.
overall, recommend when you wanna just sit and think for awhile, or maybe make the snap from avengers infinity war sadder
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and that’s it! i decided that i would just stick to 10, the other ones i have done are about 12, and i just thought it was a good number lol 😂 i hope you guys enjoy these as much as I do, and check out my pinned post to see them all linked on one post :)
lots of spells (& music listening),
moony
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Album of the month / 2021 / 08 August
I love listening to music - gladly, all the time, everywhere. That's why I would like to share which music (or which album, after all I'm still from the vinyl generation ;-) I enjoy, accompanies me, slides up my playlists again and again...
The Beatles & George Martin
LOVE
Rock-Remix / 2006 / Parlophone, Apple, EMI (Universal Music Group)
When you hear the term "remix," it's usually a DJ putting a danceable techno beat under a pop or rock song. And often enough, this leaves the original performer or composer turning in his grave to the same frantic beat. But there are also exceptions. And one of them this time is my album of the month.
34 years ago in Québec I visited a kind of circus performance that was new to me. There were no animals, but excellent artistry. The whole thing was embedded in an almost psychedelic production of sounds and music and light effects and projections. Although individual acts, the whole was dramaturgically staged like an opera or a musical in one piece. The name of the circus was "Cirque du Soleil". A concept that in the following years and decades went from French Canada around the world and celebrated legendary successes everywhere - including artists in residence in Las Vegas. The visionary founder Guy Laliberté also became known worldwide as an impresario and, incidentally, a billionaire.
There are bands I really regret never having seen live. For example, The Queen with Freddie Mercury, although at least I met the latter once in a club in Munich - well, we were in the same room for a few hours. But there is also the opposite, for example The Beatles. As much as I appreciate these musical titans, a concert seems rather witless to me: film footage shows four musicians on stage, initially even dressed alike, operating their instruments without notable movements or show effects and trying to permanently drown out screaming young ladies. But maybe I only comfort myself with this assessment, because I was and am simply too young to be able to experience John, Paul, George and Ringo in their active time on stage. Anyway.
Guy Laliberté and George Harrison were friends. And at some point - I imagine the two of them over a cup of yogi tea after meditative yoga, one handing the other the joint "You, I have an idea..." - the idea was born to bring together the two cultural phenomena Cirque du Soleil and The Beatles. As a composition for all senses, new and timeless, ecstatic and colorful. After all, it was Harrison who was always eager to experiment. He converted to Hinduism in the 60s, gained experience with psychedelics and transcendental meditation and introduced oriental instruments, first and foremost the sitar, into Western music and is thus considered one of the most important pioneers of world music. A development that goes hand in hand with my personal taste: the longer their hair got, the more I liked their music.
It was only after Harrison's death that Laliberté was able to close the deal with the rights holders of the music (Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison), which can thus probably be considered a kind of Harrison's legacy. For the show was not to simply put together a soundtrack of the old familiar hits, nor were the compositions to be reinterpreted by other musicians. No, the original multi-track recordings were to be used to create new adaptations of the original songs. And who would be better qualified for this than George Martin, who had already produced groundbreaking albums with the Beatles themselves. In the process, he advanced from mere producer to arranger and idea generator, who also revolutionized recording technology by using overdubbing, for example. It's hardly surprising that he is often referred to as the "fifth Beatle".
In general, Sir George Henry Martin, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, is a man of musical superlatives. He is recorded as the producer of 4,836 titles, but one assumes considerably more. And that includes not only The Beatles, but also a wide variety of works for Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Gerry & the Pacemakers, Manfred Mann, Little River Band, Ultravox and many more. His 30th number one hit was "Candle in the Wind" by Elton John. Martin founded the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts with McCartney, was one of a handful of producers inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and received the BRIT Award for "Best British Producer of the Past 25 Years" in 1977, among countless other honors.
So George Martin went into the studio with his son Giles Martin, who had produced INXS and Kate Bush, among others, following in his father's footsteps. And not just any studio - of course it had to be Abbey Road Studios (again). With the original recordings, the team not only created new variations of the original pieces, as they could have been created alternatively with the Beatles themselves. For example, they enriched the acoustic version of "While my Guitar gently weeps" with an orchestral accompaniment and combined the rhythm of "Tomorrow never knows" with the vocals of "Within You without You". Thus, a soundtrack project for a circus stage show ultimately became a new album by the Beatles. No wonder that Sir Paul himself described "Love" like this: "This album puts The Beatles back together again. It's kind of magical." And Ringo added "George and Giles did such a great job combining these tracks. It's really powerful for me and I even heard things I'd forgotten we'd recorded."
The documentary "All together now - A Documentary Film" by Adrian Wills (director) and Heidi Haines (screenplay), which won a Grammy in the category "Best long form Music Video", also fits the project's ambition. It tells the entire story of LOVE's creation, from the first meetings of the creative team around Martin and Laliberté to interviews with, among others, McCartney, Starr, Yoko Ono, John Lennon's widow, and Neil Aspinall, the Beatles' longtime road manager and event technician, to the first rehearsals of the stage show in Montréal.
LOVE is more than a medley of hits by the mushroom heads, but rather a kind of rock opera that is a first-class listening experience even without the accompanying show. Says George Martin: "The Beatles always looked for other ways of expressing themselves and this is another step forward for them." And father and son succeeded with remarkable creativity. The new version of "Because" is still directly harmless, since it uses the birdsong of "Across the Universe" as well as the final chord of "A Day in the Life" played backwards. "Glass Onion," on the other hand, became a grandiose collage with elements of the songs "Things We Said Today," "Hello, Goodbye" (background vocals), "I Am the Walrus" (background vocals), "Penny Lane" (flute), "A Day in the Life" (orchestra), "Magical Mystery Tour" (effects) and "Only a Northern Song" (effects). State-of-the-art technology in digitization, mixing and mastering also ensure the finest sound quality.
Speaking of sound quality: a show that relies so heavily on music must of course also rely on a perfect acoustic performance. Created by French designer Jean Rabasse, the LOVE theater at The Mirage / Las Vegas houses 2,013 seats set around a central stage. Each seat is fitted with three speakers, which sums up to a spectacular sound system with 6,351 speakers designed by Jonathan Deans. The stage includes 11 lifts, 4 traps, and 13 automated tracks and trolleys. The theater features 32 digital projectors creating very large high definition digital 100' wide panoramic images, even on four translucent screens that can be unfurled to divide the auditorium. That's what I call "being in the middle of the action".
Reportedly, the theater cost more than $100 million - which doesn't even include the development of the show. And unfortunately, it also means LOVE can never go on tour. So I won't be able to avoid traveling to Las Vegas one day for that reason alone. Which I trust will be on the event calendar for a few more years to recoup its costs. And so the circle closes: Decades later, I would once again enjoy Cirque du Soleil in North America - and thus also experience The Beatles live in a somewhat different way.
Here's a trailer for the Las Vegas Show LOVE from the Cirque du Soleil:
https://youtu.be/hIJZAfyRlD4
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REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 25/11/2023 (Tate McRae, Drake)
Content warning: Holiday festivities (bah humbug)
For a second week, Jack Harlow - sadly - holds onto the #1 with “Lovin’ on Me” on the UK Singles Chart. Welcome back to REVIEWING THE CHARTS!
Rundown
As always, as this is very much a regular November-era episode, Hell, probably the real start of the Christmas music era, also known as the end-times, we start with our notable dropouts, which are songs exiting from the UK Top 75 - since that’s what I cover - after five weeks in the region or a peak in the top 40. This week, we bid our farewells to an actually pretty considerable selection of big hits, those being “TOO MUCH” by The Kid LAROI, Jung Kook and Central Cee, “Can’t Play Myself (A Tribute to Amy)” by Skepta, “IDGAF” by Drake featuring Yeat - most likely making way for Drake’s debut this week and will be back the next - “3D” by Jung Kook and Jack Harlow (also potentially back next week thanks to the Justin Timberlake remix), “Say Yes to Heaven” by Lana Del Rey, “Party All the Time” by Hannah Laing and HVRR (Rest well, sweet prince), “It Goes Like (Nanana)” by Peggy Gou, “Everywhere” by Fleetwood Mac, “Iris” by the Goo Goo Dolls, “Flowers” by Miley Cyrus, “Escapism.” by RAYE featuring 070 Shake, “As it Was” by Harry Styles and finally, “Someone You Loved” by Lewis Capaldi. It’s likely that these end up back in the chart after Christmas, and really, there is no silver lining because we’re shoveling out old tracks for even older ones.
Now as always, I will never cover all of the Christmas songs but this is the week this year where we get the influx of the truly canonised classics, at least most of them, so for their first week in the top 75 this year, we have “Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow” by the late Dean Martin at #69, “Snowman” by Sia at #67, “Do They Know it’s Christmas?” by Band Aid at #65 - wow, not off to a good start at all. Thankfully, we do clean up with “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” by the late Andy Williams at #57, “Fairytale of New York” by The Pogues featuring the late Kirsty MacColl at #53, “Merry Christmas Everyone” by Shakin’ Stevens at #51, “Underneath the Tree” by Kelly Clarkson at #49 and “Jingle Bell Rock” by the late Bobby Helms at #44. Wham! are at #14, Mariah’s at #16, Brenda Lee trails in third at #31. We do also see some non-holiday gains, namely “Lil Boo Thang” by Paul Russell at #36, “Angel Numbers / Ten Toes” by Chris Brown at #31 for whatever reason, “First Person Shooter” by Drake featuring J. Cole at #27 thanks to the video - more on Drake later - and “Can’t Catch Me Now” by Olivia Rodrigo at #13. We also see the bizarre re-entry for Ye’s 2010 track “Runaway” featuring Pusha T at a new peak of #34. Yeah, I assume there’s some TikTok virality here because I can’t figure out why otherwise, though it is a fan favourite - even if I think it’s pretty overrated, like the rest of that album. For the record, this is only its third week in the UK charts; it peaked at #56 for two consecutive weeks in 2010 and vanished thereafter.
And for THIS week in the UK Singles Chart, our top five starts with “Water” by Tyla at #5, in no doubt helped by remixes with Travis Scott and Marshmello of all people, and sadly not other Afrobeats artists as would have probably worked a lot better. Regardless, we then have “Stick Season” by Noah Kahan at #4, “greedy” by Tate McRae at #3, “Prada” by casso, RAYE and D-Block Europe at #2 and of course, Jack Harlow at the very top. Now to pick through our limited little bag of new entries.
NEW ARRIVALS
#75 - “Stay Another Day” - Jorja Smith
Produced by who cares?
Well, it’s that time of year again where we get the charts flooded with Amazon originals, tracks recorded for the Christmas season exclusively by artists working with Amazon Music that autoplay when you ask Alexa for holiday tracks. I think I would have loved to hear a Jorja Smith cover of “Stay Another Day”, personally, as her sultry voice would make the saccharine melodies of the boy-band original much easier to stomach. East 17’s 1994 original is barely even a Christmas song, it just happened to be released in late November and have a snowy video… well, they knew what they were doing with the sleigh bells at the tail-end. It’s not really a song I ever got, but it did spend five weeks at #1 and was the Christmas chart-topper for that year. So naturally, I’m going to talk about abstract hip hop. I made a Google form earlier this month asking for song suggestions to replace the Amazon originals, and got around 51 songs - all unique to be fair - sent to me, so I used a random number generator and selected two for this week. I probably won’t go into as much depth, and they won’t be covered in the conclusion out of fairness, and really for this suggestion, I don’t know where to start. “The Gods Must be Crazy” is a track from We Buy Diabetic Test Strips, the latest album from alternative rap duo Armand Hammer, consisting of rapper-producers billy woods and E L U C I D. With a beat from El-P, both rappers trade sarcastic, at times pretty funny, bars and some striking imagery regarding race, particularly the white misuse and misunderstanding of the black culture they use whilst also neglecting. E L U C I D goes for the abstract whilst woods is arguably more straightforward, but they both end up with some really poetic lyricism, often almost revolutionary and it definitely sounds like they’re leading a protest over some of the grooviest production I’ve ever heard from El-P, with the driving glitched-out vocals, with just enough fuzz to make it hit really hard, and a distanced, unpredictable set of drums. It’s a great track, but definitely one I feel will be much more effective in the context of the album, and I’d love to read a full analysis that puts some of what I simply don’t understand from E L U C I D’s brash delivery and woods’ as always effortless lyrical riffing into perspective.
#64 - “Surround Sound” - JID featuring 21 Savage and Baby Tate
Produced by Christo, DJ Scheme and Nuri
And bizarrely enough, we’re sticking with alternative rap though clearly, much less abstract. This was the lead single for JID’s great album The Forever Story last year, which peaked at #74 in the UK, and it was definitely one of the highlights for me, mostly because of the great use of Aretha Franklin’s 1965 track “One Step Ahead”, used similarly to how it was in Yasiin Bey’s 1995 track “Ms. Fat Booty” - which peaked at #85 in 2000, when Manic Street Preachers were at #1 - but instead layering it behind a killer trap beat. TikTok virality pushed this song back into mainstream popularity, but I’ve been bumping this one since release, with JID effortlessly rattling off flows as always, littered with breathy ad-libs and seamless rhyme schemes, so much so you almost forget most of this is just flexing. I love how the sample comes back in to act as an introductory jingle for 21 Savage, entering the ring with some of his coldest bars at that point, in a flow he hadn’t yet overused, and an overall brilliant if fleeting guest verse. Then Baby Tate strangely comes in, mostly moaning in a half-finished verse excerpt that blurts itself between the “banger” first half and a static noise that fills out the track before returning to a dark, fragmented beat that cuts in and out amidst JID’s grimier gangsta rap lyrics, with a menacing charisma honestly kind of reminiscent of Eminem, using flows and schemes that never seem to actually get a hold of the verse, it strays really far from the tightly-composed hit that makes up the first half and seems to show the grimmer reality of Atlanta that all three artists here are based in. Overall, I mean, it’s brilliant top-class hip hop, the kind you never expect to chart outside of the big-hitters like Kendrick and Cole, and I really hope it survives Christmas because it is fantastic.
#60 - “Lose Control” - Teddy Swims
Produced by Ammo and Julian Bunetta
I first heard Teddy Swims as a feature on a Meghan Trainor song, then discovered his real second name was Dimsdale so it really does not seem like a good first impression for Mr. Dimsdale or his pop-music Dimmadome but jokes aside, this has been his breakthrough hit in the US for a couple of weeks now, just hitting the top 40 on Billboard recently, and Mr. Dimsdale’s story is one we often see. He attracts a YouTube audience with cover songs and eventually sees industry attention. This is an original song and… well, wow, this guy can sing. That is probably the intended reaction to this, as content-wise, it’s not great, mostly because it feels a bit too obvious, but I mean, the whole song kind of toys on that boat of bombast, so it makes complete sense. The mix clips in the first verse with a slightly blocky-feeling bass and snaps that actually sound real and then that chorus comes in with the blasts of horns and the clanging percussion that despite the choir vocals, the clamouring of the production… it feels a bit empty, lacking in the actual composition, and I actually quite like that. It works for his raspy belt, the metallic attempt at recreating a big-band feel, it doesn’t feel “complete” or natural and this kind of breakup song where Dimsdale is rendered a broken man actually seems to warrant that sound. It even has a guitar solo that doesn’t deviate much from the chorus melody sadly but adds some needed grit before Mr. DImsdale really hits that note in the final chorus, and yet it doesn’t have a bombastic ending, or at least not as much as it needs. It just slips back out of existence, it’s kind of depressing in that aspect, I suppose. I guess, it’s not great, but I’ll take it.
#50 - “You’re Christmas to Me” - Sam Ryder
Produced by The Nocturns
The grip that Amazon has on the UK Christmas market is starting to be of concern. This is from the SEQUEL to an Amazon Prime-original Christmas film starring all British actors. There is a franchise at work, for God’s sake! At least this is an original song, and I will say this one is on YouTube but on principle, I will still refuse to review it and instead randomly select… “The Rose Song” by Olivia Rodrigo, which is also from a piece of visual media, that being the second season of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. I have not watched that because, to put it bluntly, I’m not 12, but I’m sure it’s decent enough Disney sitcom fluff and you can definitely tell that Rodrigo still actually wrote this character’s songs, it wasn’t a screenwriter here, as it’s very much in the vein of her own solo work. It’s got similarly wordy moments, the actually pretty beautiful rising pianos amidst a shaky falsetto in the chorus, and none of the floaty over-production or attempts at grit that were on GUTS, despite one of her actually most impressive performances yet and a wonderful string swell that definitely sounds Disney but hey, there’s a reason why Disney still hits all these years on. The song’s content is about realising she’s more than what she is to this guy, who doesn’t seem to value her as a partner or really, human, and whilst it does go into clichés occasionally, it does it tastefully and with the power you can expect from a really good O-Rod ballad so… yeah, surprisingly enough, I really like this. It’d definitely be better than whatever Sam Ryder pushed out, at least. If I’m wrong, I don’t care.
#48 - “Body Moving” - Eliza Rose and Calvin Harris
Produced by Calvin Harris
I really didn’t expect Eliza Rose to grab a second hit after “B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All)” but I guess handing over most of the production duties to Calvin Harris is the best way to do so, and with sadly no relation to the Beastie Boys song, we have a song that feels pretty separate from “B.O.T.A.”, even if Rose has the same… interesting delivery and pretty terrible lyrics, which absolutely did not ruin that song, in fact they added to its charm. I’m not sure if I can say the same with this one, which just feels… random, for lack of a better word. The drums are all over this, layered to skitter and clatter over places where I feel they shouldn’t be, we have a whispery vocal loop from Ms. Rose in the back of the mix but still way too loud, not that you can hear it over the horn blasts that honestly don’t even sound in key, even if they probably are. They don’t build up effectively to a drop either, which just kind of crashes in with again, an overly-scattered set of metallic drum patterns, and Rose being interrupted by those gross, blaring horns. I like the keys and strings added in that second verse, probably the only real resemblance to “B.O.T.A.” here, but it doesn’t bother much with that atmosphere, neglecting it for the sake of a bombast that isn’t there. It really just doesn’t feel like anyone was in the same room making this, and it really is a shame because this collaboration on paper should have been way better.
#26 - “You Broke My Heart” - Drake
Produced by Vinylz and FNZ
Out of all the songs to chart from Drake’s deluxe edition of For All the Dogs, subtitled the “Scary Hours Edition”, it had to be the one perhaps least representative of those six new tracks, which mostly consist of sluggish, paranoid jazz-rap rambles, most of the time eschewing the need for an actual drum pattern and using endless loops for some of Drake’s most self-aware yet least sobered writings in years. For the record, I like all of them, but I am partially glad that say, “The Shoe Fits” or “Stories About My Brother” didn’t chart because they’re heady, conscious and introspective tracks, whilst this song… it’s the relapse. It’s the full circle moment where Drake gives up on trying to contextualise everyone and everything around him, resorting to monosyllabic chants in the bridge - or “hook” at a stretch - and barely landing on a coherent flow over a cascading sample beat, that seems to go for the same drumless, hypnotic feel of the rest of the bonus tracks, switching between samples of Major Harris and the Supremes before the bait-and-switch into a hard trap beat wherein Drake can just flex and dismiss instead of the bitter breakup balladeering of the first verse, back in the mode of For All the Dogs. Now why do I actually like it? Well, it’s silly, it took me by surprise, it does a good job placing the murky, desperate “Stoned Love” sample from the Supremes - which peaked at #3 in 1971 behind George Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord” at #1 - against the almost rage-esque beat where OVO protégé Smiley provides… juicy ad-libs. He eventually gets back into talking about his ex but it’s in these whispered yells and rants that are just comedy, it’s a fascinating listen to me, maybe not as good as “Wick Man” or the more lyrical tracks I mentioned earlier but very much still in good fun. It won’t last past this week, though, as Yeat will come back like Superman to rescue the UK Singles Chart from… Smiley, I guess.
#12 - “exes” - Tate McRae
Produced by Ryan Tedder and Tyler Spry
Well, that next Tate McRae album is coming sometime soon and with the help of pop songwriting giant Ryan Tedder, she’s definitely in full “pop girl” mode, and this time without an obvious Timbaland sample to back her up. And surprise, surprise - the song is not great. It’s hard to take McRae’s sing-songy chorus and fake laughter seriously when Dua Lipa does the same conceit a lot better and a lot sexier on “Houdini” whilst trying less, as Tate moves on with guys very quickly and keeps memorabilia of all of her exes even if the relationships mostly meant nothing. It’s a shame that this is awful, genuinely, like it took a while but this is driving my insane. Why do we have a random blend of instruments functioning as the monogenre melody, and none of them mixed to be a focal point? Should I be focusing on the muffled, cheap and jaunty acoustic guitar line (which sounds especially terrible in the outro), the airy keys or the reverb-drenched rubbery vocal loop that is mixed in the chorus so it’s nearly as loud as Tate, who just sounds terrible because bless her, she’s not the best singer, and definitely not the most emotive, so she can’t sell this dead-on-arrival song with a rhythm that decided to add trap skitters for basically no reason when a more bass-focused funk groove or even a drum and bass backing would make this hit much harder. It sounds dated on arrival too, like this is something that Selena Gomez would have picked up in 2019, and McRae going for a semi-rap delivery sometimes just sounds forced and gross, especially coming from someone void of personality and full of Auto-Tune, and ESPECIALLY on the half-time trap breakdown in the second verse that made me have to stop the song just in shock of how insufferable it was. It never truly progresses either outside of layers of synth nothingness and vocal harmonies that basically register as Auto-Tuned whining baby noises from the back of the mix. God, this is just shockingly awful, especially from veterans like Ryan Tedder. Get this away from me before I start noticing more things to hate about it.
Conclusion
It should be obvious, Tate McRae gets Worst of the Week for “exes”, which is by and far the absolute worst song that debuted, and sadly, I do have enough disappointment to give the Dishonourable Mention to “Body Moving” by Eliza Rose and Calvin Harris, it is quite a shame. As for the best, we do have two great hip hop songs here, which feels good to say in a year that has been kind of lacking for mainstream rap. Drake gets the Honourable Mention with “You Broke My Heart” but the Best of the Week, similarly far ahead, goes to JID for “Surround Sound” featuring 21 Savage and Baby Tate, I really hope that one sticks around. As for what’s on the horizon, we’re safely in holiday territory now, so expect more of that. For now, thank you for reading and for once, I’ll see you earlier than next week. Stay tuned.
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hey did i ever mention that for a few days back in ye olde 2014, before s10 ever aired, i became briefly deeply obsessed with the idea of demon!dean becoming the new cain and recruiting demon!bela to be his second-in-command aka the new abaddon? i even decided i would write a multichapter fic about it but only ever published two chapters because 1) hyperfixation ran out and 2) i really didn’t think the plot through very hard other than “dean and bela being sexy narrative mirrors again except this time they’re Evil and Doing Crime for fun”. and frankly i think that was a good concept if not very well planned out!! sexier than the actual demon!dean arc we got at least!!
ANYWAY i never finished the fic but more importantly i DID make a playlist for it on 8tracks (because those were the cursed pre-spotify days) and while that playlist is also EXTREMELY 2014 i simply refuse to be embarrassed about it bc it DOES have bangers on it, and it’s, to this day, the only spn playlist i have ever made (yes. an au demon!dean and demon!bela playlist. i don’t know either. life is wild y’all). so i’m bringing it back like a ~blast from the past~ (and YES i even made a poorly edited cover and tracklist. what was i gonna do, simply not make a cd leaflet?! it was 2014.) you’re welcome ✨
it’s 2021 babey and you can listen to the playlist here ✨
(but because spotify is ~too cool~ to list dodgy youtube remixes and i want you to have the FULL cheesy 2014 throwback experience, here is the skorge remix of “sail” and here is the glitch mob remix of “seven nation army” )
and because i was a complete floozy for lyrics even 7 years ago... you can find the extended tracklist with significant lyric snippets under the cut. enjoy besties 💕
1. Feral Love // Chelsea Wolfe
Run from the light
Your eyes black like an animal
Deep in the water
2. Back In Black // AC/DC
Forget the hearse, ‘cause I’ll never die
I got nine lives, cat’s eyes, using every one of them and runnin’ wild
'Cause I’m back, yes I’m back, well I’m back, yes I’m back
Well I’m back in black, yes I’m back in black
3. Seven Devils - Florence + The Machine
Holy water cannot help you now
A thousand armies couldn’t keep me out
I don’t want your money, I don’t want your crown
See, I’ve come to burn your kingdom down
4. Lilith // Susanne Sundfør
As you lie across the table you swear and rhyme
You lie across the table, you swear and rhyme
Thinking that someone might suit your body
5. Sinister Kid // The Black Keys
I’ve got a tortured mind, and my blade is sharp
A bad combination in the dark
6. Heaven Knows // The Pretty Reckless
Oh, Lord, Heaven knows we belong way down below
Oh, Lord, tell us so, we belong way down below
Way down below, way down below
7. Small Pack of Wolves // Ramin Djawadi
(instrumental)
8. You’re Going Down // Sick Puppies
Define your meaning of 'war’
To me it’s what we do when we’re bored
I feel the heat comin’ off of the blacktop
And it makes me want it more
9. An I For An I // IAMX
Apocalypse and rapture signing in
(An eye for an eye)
If you’re not with us, you’re against
(An eye for an eye)
10. Lose Control // Evanescence
Mary had a lamb, his eyes black as coals
If we play very quiet, my lamb, Mary never has to know
11. Hey Man Nice Shot // Filter
Now that the smoke’s gone and the air is all clear
Those who were right there got a new kind of fear
12. Sail (Skorge Remix) // Awolnation
Maybe I’m a different breed
Maybe I’m not listening
(Sail with me into the dark)
13. Addiction // Ramin Djawadi
(instrumental)
14. Animal I Have Become // Three Days Grace
So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
15. My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark // Fall Out Boy
Burn everything you love, then burn the ashes
In the end, everything collides
My childhood spat back out the monster that you see
16. Problem // Natalia Kills
We're hell raising and we don’t need saving
'Cause there’s no salvation for a bad girl
We’re rock bottom but there ain’t no stopping
'Cause they don’t know nothing about love
We're hell raising and we don’t need saving
'Cause there’s no salvation for a bad boy
We’re rock bottom but there ain’t no stopping
'Cause it’s you and me against the world
17. Smells Like Teen Spirit // Nirvana
Hello, hello, hello - how low?
With the lights out it’s less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
18. Everybody Wants To Rule The World // Lorde
Welcome to your life: there’s no turning back
Even while we sleep we will find you
Acting on your best behavior
Turn your back on Mother Nature
19. Gotham’s Reckoning // Hans Zimmer
(instrumental)
20. Seven Nation Army (The Glitch Mob Remix) // White Stripes
Everyone knows about it
From the Queen of England to the hounds of Hell
21. Iron // Woodkid
The sound of iron shocks is stuck in my head
The thunder of the drum dictates
The rhythm of the falls, the number of deaths
22. Get Lucky // Halestorm
Like the legend of the phoenix
All ends with beginnings
23. Bottom Of The River // Delta Rae
The wolves will chase you by the pale moonlight
(Drunk and driven by a devil’s hunger)
Drive your son like a railroad spike
(Into the water, let it pull him under)
Don’t you lift him, let him drown alive
(The good Lord speaks like a rolling thunder)
24. Counting Bodies Like Sheep To The Rhythm of The War Drums // A Perfect Circle
I’ll be the one to protect you from your enemies and all your demons
I’ll be the one to protect you from a will to survive and a voice of reason
25. Animals // Martin Garrix
(instrumental)
26. And The World Was Gone // Snow Ghosts
I wish you’d felt me falling
I wish you’d watched over me
But I blinked and the world was gone
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A bunch of free Stargate (and related) stuff to watch while you’re stuck at home
A list by me.
It got really long so under the cut it goes.
Please reblog and add your favorite videos to the list!
I wanted to clarify a couple of things - I put in a lot of categories but sometimes a lot of what would normally fall in those are put up in the more generic “YouTube Channels” list because one person has posted a pretty significant chunk of Stargate stuff so in order to keep the list from getting too unwieldy I didn’t put them in twice. For example, under “Promos” it doesn’t include the SyFy Channel Super Fan stuff because BriaHalifax has them on their YT Channel. I’m sorry if it’s confusing but if you guys have any questions please let me know! I was just watching a bunch of stuff and am an inveterate list maker and thought I should just inflict share with all of you.
YouTube Channels:
Stargate Command
GateWorld
David Hewlett’s YT Channel
BriaHalifax
Gaffsie
CreationTV
The Popcast
QueenReyes79
SGAngel204
Susan Shambaugh
BiggestStargateFan
Yabolksar (DragonCon 2009 videos)
Alex Petrov (Farscape related content)
Angie Dean (BenBrowder.net YouTube page)
Claudia Black Unofficial
General Hospital
Fandom Spotlite
Ronald J. Coleman
The GATE
Randommind time
Fan videos (mostly not on YouTube):
The Colonel by lilly-the-kid (Password: colonel)
Dr. Horrible Trailer Spoof by firefly827347
Stress by sandy and rache
Written by the Victors by zulu
This is How it Works by lim
By Way of Sorrow by sandy and rache
Previously, on Stargate SG-1… by Jameson Zed
Liquid Bird by hollywoodgrrl
Missed the Saturday Dance by Zoetrope
The Real Reason…(you love Stargate SG-1!) by Jameson Zed
The Fate of Atlantis by Stargate Fenura
John Sheppard | Funk Soul Brother {WWAC} by KyraLove
Stargate Atlantis intro NCIS style season 2 by House352
SG-1/SGA/SGU - High Voltage by kuwdora (Password: pixie_vids)
Masters of War (Pegasus Rising Remix) by bironic
Breathe You In from Holdt
Stargate: Camelot (Merlin/SG-1) by DoubleTreble1518
Roads Untraveled by esteefee
Pro videos (mostly folks showing off their VFX work on the shows):
Interface Mix by Lomax
stargate s.g.i and stargate atlantis by Martin Halle
Promos:
NOW TV - Stargate SG-1 Promo
Stargate SG1 Christmas Marathon :15 version
Stargate SG-1 Weekend Marathon
SyFy Channel Q&A with Joe Flanigan: Stargate Atlantis
SyFy Channel Q&A with David Hewlett: Stargate Atlantis
STARGATE SG-1 UNLEASHED TEASER
SyFy Channel Stargate Atlantis promos (with action figures)
SyFy Stargate Atlantis German promo
SyFy Stargate Atlantins und Stargate SG 1 German Trailer
SyFy Channel Stargate Universe promo
Stargate Universe Sales Tape
SF Stargate Atlantis Marathon
Convention Panels:
Joe Flanigan/David Hewlett Chicago Convention 2013
Stargate Q&A with Richard Dean Anderson & Amanda Tapping - Wales Comic Con 2019
Richard Dean Anderson (Stargate SG-1, MacGyver) Fan Expo Canada - Full Panel
CALGARY EXPO 2013: STARGATE SG-1 - Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks
Dragon Con 2015 - Doctors of Stargate (David Hewlett, Paul McGillion and Teryl Rothery)
Jason Momoa On Mooning David Hewlett - 2008 Creation Stargate Convention in Burbank, CA
Stargate SG1 Panel Wales Comic Con April 2019
Joe Flanigan (Stargate Atlantis) Fan Expo Canada 2018 Full Panel
Stargate SG-1 Panel from SDCC '08
SDCC 2007 Stargate Atlantis Panel
Fan Films:
Stargate: SG-2 - The Ninth Symbol
Stargate Hades Part One
Stargate Hades Part Two
Stargate The Euderion Chronicles (German)
Stargate The Lost Colony
Downloads:
bluespirit - David Hewlett
bluespirit - Joe Flanigan
Vids by Clucking Belles: Sandy 'n Rache
Other:
Richard Dean Anderson Website Video Gallery
AmandaTapping.com Media Page
Stargate: Instructional videos by Daniel Jackson
KINO 101 - STARGATE UNIVERSE
Stargate Universe KINO Webisode
Top 10 Stargate Moments
The GOA'ULD (STARGATE Explained)
Stargate Atlantis - Vegas "Beautiful People"
Discussion on Stargate Universe
Stargate: the complete saga (this is for an English assignment!)
Stargate Origins: Catherine - Analysis and Review
STARGATE INFINITY | S01E01
We NEED a Legit Stargate Game Like This!
The Complete History of Atlantis
Stargate SG-1 - The Role-playing Game
Behind the Mythology of Stargate SG-1
The Making of Stargate 1994 Movie Documentary
25 Minutes with Richard Dean Anderson
Richard Dean Anderson -- My Favorite 'Macgyver' Invention Was ...
Chris Judge Voice for STARGATE SG-1 UNLEASHED - OUTTAKE
Amanda Tapping Sanctuary Season 4 Ending, Charities & Universal Soldier
David Hewlett from "Stargate Atlantis" tests your evil mutant knowledge!
Talking VR, Gaming and Cyborgs with David Hewlett
Stargate - A Gate to other Worlds
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Storytellers in 15x04
In the middle of this week’s episode, we get a really weird moment. It’s weird, because it’s just a one-off character eulogizing another one-off character who got killed off screen. But it’s a FULL MINUTE of this. It's such a strange beat in the episode and I keep staring at it like a child-prophet stares at secrets hidden in cereal boxes. So, let’s all read the third-in-line cheerleader’s eulogy together:
“We are here to celebrate the life of my best friend Susie. My best friend Susie who I miss like she was a part of me…and in many ways she is still a part of me. She’ll always be a part of all of us. Susie Martin was as rare as a ghost orchid and as unique as a snowflake. So beautiful inside and out. But as Robert Frost tells us, nothing gold can stay. And that’s what Susie was. Pure gold.”
I think what caught me at first was the mention of the ghost orchid. What a strange, random plant to bring up in this strange, random speech! I went to Wikipedia and read through the entry for the ghost orchid. Interestingly enough, the book The Orchid Thief features ghost orchids, and was turned into a meta-layered movie. The movie, Adaptation, is about a struggling screenwriter who wants to create a faithful adaptation of the book but finds that he can’t. In his quest for story structure, he discovers that he is part of a larger, dangerous story full of deceit, drugs, and death.
This is a long, winding way to say that I think we listened to the cheerleader’s eulogy because her eulogy is a story. EVERY eulogy is a story. She’s a storyteller, painting memories of her friend that may or may not be true. What matters is the story - her friend is gold, and that’s why she’s gone.
Becky’s our obvious storyteller lampshade, recreating and remixing the world she loves into new stories just for herself and her own fandom. Chuck has his own storyteller arc as well, which gets laid out quite neatly for us.
But I find myself obsessed with the smaller stories in the episode. We learn that Sam pulled Dean back from the brink by telling him what they do matters (it’s that old savior story). Dean tries to spin the same story for Sam, but the narrative doesn’t work on Sam the same way.
Henry’s parents spin stories: Henry can live a normal life, Henry’s going to Yale as long as they do everything right. At the end of the episode, Henry gives them a new story in return. Instead of a tragic vampire, he’s a normal human, but a killer. He’s escaped (that’s all) and is definitely not about to ride off willingly to his own execution.
I think the title of the episode is also a nod to stories. “Atomic monsters” make me think of “nuclear families,” which is a term used to describe a “traditional” family unit. “What makes a family” is a BIG theme of Supernatural, and part of the story Sam and Dean spin about the people they love, and the people they save.
On a more global scale, the episode mentions the story that underpins the way the show Supernatural works: there’s no such thing as the supernatural. Although multiple characters know that vampires are real by the end of this episode, the grand fiction that none of it is real still settles like a great, stifling blanket over reality. With that story in place, you can’t warn anyone about monsters. With that story in place, people also can’t defend themselves against monsters. Or seek help. Or face consequences other than the business end of a machete.
I love that this season is shaping up to examine storytelling, including the story the show has been telling all along. That killing monsters renegade-style is a noble calling and the ONLY way - and not something dark and damaging as well.
This was an episode about the stories we tell to shape our world, and the stories we tell to make it through another day. There’s so much to unpack, and I love it!
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1.FM - Chillout Lounge Radio (February 15, 2023)
23:55 Koru - I Believe
23:49 Heso - Never Ending Time
23:43 Aural Float - Still Here
23:38 Jazz L'amour - Summer Dreams - See The Light Mix
23:32 Moon De Lounge - La Mer Se Calme ( Mounier Oriental Sunset Dub Mix)
23:25 Phil Mison - Lula
23:17 Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart- Andrew Weatherall Mix
23:08 Joey Fehrenbach - Grandfather
23:02 The Man Behind C. Feat.debora Vilchez - Fluye
22:56 Cesar Martinez Ensemble - Contigo Para Siempre
22:50 Puff Dragon - Lava
22:44 Cafe Americaine - Kashmir Wanderer (Nylons Cut)
22:41 Thomas Lemmer - Savannah
22:32 Toka Kakabadze - Urban
22:27 Aloha From Hawai - Sunset Cocktail Lounge (Cafe Bar Chillout Del Mar Cafe Mix)
22:26 Costes - Stéphane Pompougnac - Green Tree
22:20 Freemasons - Love On My Mind
22:15 Saigenji - No Meio Da Chuva
22:10 Coastline - Adriatic Sea (Dj Lounge Del Mar Vs. Milews Ambience Mix)
22:06 Autopilot - Seen It All
22:01 07 - Paradise Circus
21:56 Bedroom Surfer - Make It Happen - Meet Her At Costa Del Sol Mix
21:50 Merge Of Equals - Clear Blue Sky (Original Mix)
21:44 Paco Fernבndez - Al Lado Del Mar
21:39 Pathetique - Dis Moi - Instrumental Cafe Costes Del Mar Sunset Hotel Chillout Mix
21:34 Ringo Orenji - Mikan
21:29 Miraflores - Waves Of Love
21:24 Ziller - Pearl & Dean
21:19 Pines - Tell Me (Feat. Water Park)
21:12 Salt Tank - Sargasso Sea
21:06 Pep Llado Feat. Antonio Martin - Vai Vedere
21:02 The Avener & Mazzy Star - Fade Into You (The Avener Rework)
20:57 Ling Ludd - Waterfront Dub
20:53 Synkro - Memories Of Love
20:49 Flume Feat. Andrew Wyatt - Some Minds
20:42 Massive Gold - Follow Me (Feat Jaywee) (Chillout Del Mar Cafe Instrumental)
20:37 Farbor Resande Mac - Stockholmsnatt
20:29 Detson Engeneering - Wonderland
20:22 Space Manoeuvres - The Seventh Planet (Leama & Moor Mix)
20:15 Lullaby Lounge - Chill Del La Mer (Blank Cafe Relax Mix)
20:10 Maricopa - Sun Scope
20:03 Rediophonic - Desert Wind
19:59 The Angelica Project - Another Skin
19:53 Sly - Like Love (Original Mix)
19:48 Lange - Frozen Beach
19:43 Jeff Woodal - Silver Birch
19:37 Smooth Deluxe - Ibiza Sundown (Cafe Buddah Mix)
19:32 Night Loungers - A Little Lazy Morning In Paris - French Kiss Del Mar Instrumental
19:26 Alpha X - Nocturnal Trip
19:21 Peter Pearson - With All My Love (Bliss)
19:15 Naoki Kenji - Bedtime
19:11 Afterlife - How Does It Feel
19:05 Nautic - Freedom Of The Floor (Open Space Remix)
19:00 Miro - The Cure
18:55 Manoa - Walk This Way
18:48 Noel - Hold Me (Relax Lounge Cafe Chillout Mix)
18:43 Hirudo - Waiting For The Sun To Rise (Out Of Style Mix)
18:38 Cold Blue - Underwater Love
18:34 For - For Want Of Her
18:29 Green Lemon Feat Magica Fe - 11 O Clock (Pure Beach Cut)
18:22 Alex Cortiz - Ibiza Trumpet Thing
18:16 Kosta Rodriguez - Purple Sky
18:12 Lemon Sol - Beautiful Morning (Piano Cafe Chillout To Ibiza Del Mar)
18:05 Jjos & Fede Garcia - Foolish Game (Feat Deary's)
18:00 Triangle Sun - Beautiful
17:54 Future Loop Foundation - Monika's Summer
17:51 Urban Phunk Society - Spring 2 Summer
17:45 Victor G. De La Fuente Feat. S - Tu Despertar (Original Chill M
17:38 Vibrasphere - Spring Flood
17:33 Jjos - Back To Me
17:28 Peter Linski Experience - Everything Flows
17:21 Fenomenon - Pacific Memories
17:17 Alex Cortiz - Phusion
17:12 Polished Chrome - Mala (Original Mix)
17:07 Noise Boyz - Honeytrap (Keys & Trumpet Mix)
17:04 Isan - No. 1 (Lent Et Douloureux)
16:58 Lounge Worship - Above All (Instrumental)
16:53 Sinan - 99 Reasonsfeat. Omenzeter
16:48 Liquid Kings - Hang Up, Feel Free (Lounge Mix)
16:39 Va - Soar Angelic
16:34 L'art Mystique - Le Jardin Secret
16:29 Atb - Remember That Day
16:22 Philip Aniskin - Evening On The Waves
16:18 Mirrored - Stand Still
16:14 Five Seasons - In Your Town
16:06 Tactful - No Fear
16:00 Jjos - Lonely (Feat. María La Caria) Manu López-saxo (Lounge Mix)
15:56 Sofa Surfers - Sofa Rockers (Richard Dorfmeis
15:51 Beach Armada - Ocean Eyes (Oriental Chill Groove Cafe Mix)
15:48 William Orbit - Love My Way
15:42 Wonderphazz - Memories (Chill Guide Mix)
15:36 Kiss Audio - The Voice Of Freedom (Spiritual Version)
15:32 Mastermind - Empty Road
15:25 Royspop - Mid Summer Nights (Luxury Deluxe Del Mar Mix)
15:18 Magic Waves Feat. Mirjam - Tonight
15:14 Ben Leela - Dreaming A Dream
15:09 Ralph Hildenbeutel - Hommage A Noir
15:04 Jupiter Jack - Blank Space
15:00 Soleil Fisher - Beautiful Nights In Ibiza (Tribute To Cafe Del Mar Mix)
14:54 Mamani - Glowing Desert (Aloe Trumpet Mix)
14:47 Dj Disse - Walk On The Wild Side
14:44 Vibraphile - Waiting For You (Instrumental)
14:37 Muki - Track 4
14:32 Coolinar - Wednesday Night
14:27 Orange Music - Islandlover (Monotonic Trip Mix)
14:23 Moon Tribe - Moon Tribe
14:18 Dab - Pure Joy
14:12 Visit Venus - Home
14:08 Gelka Feat. Phoenix Pearle - Flying On Clouds
14:01 Oxen Butcher Feat. Lisa Eaton - Love & Happiness (Original Mix)
13:53 Deep-dive-corp. - Bassic (Flow Mix)
13:49 Erotic Lounge Deluxe - Gimme The Night
13:45 Mario & Vidis Feat. Jazzu - I'll Be Gone (Extended Original)
13:39 Sofa Sweeper - The Sad Side Of The Street (Mellow Guitar Mix)
13:34 Lemonjazz - Gypsy Woman (Erotic Bedroom Affairs Lounge Chill Mix)
13:30 Adrien Aubrun - My Last Poem
13:26 Andras & Oscar - (I Know) What You Want
13:21 Va - Majorca
13:15 Pusteblume - Cold As Ice (Beautiful Chillout Mix)
13:11 Jjos - Body & Soul
13:04 Ypey - Love In Spain
12:59 Mark Gorbulew's Manhattan Groove - Dreamsville
12:52 Chilloutlounge - Allstars
12:49 Dr. Meaker - Need Love
12:43 Nujazzy - On A Sunday Morning (Facebook Affair Mix)
12:37 Caya Levantado - Caribbean Daydreaming ( Jazzy Del Mar Cafe Lounge Mix0
12:31 Ohm-g & Bruno - One
12:27 Peter Pearson - It's In The Stars (Original Mix)
12:23 A$ap Rocky - L$d
12:18 Amethystium - Isabliss - Strangely Beautiful
12:13 Mahoroba - Faire On Tour (Jazzmatic Lounge Mix)
12:07 Rue Du Soleil - Essential Feelings
12:02 Alex Cortiz - Fingerprints
11:56 Blue Metheny - I'm Calling Out
11:51 Sleepingroom Armada - Hope (Feat Inocencia Comas) (Easy Erotic Groove Lounge Mix)
11:45 Jjos - Falling
11:39 Blue Chakra - Free From You (Half Tempo Long Chill Mix)
11:33 Michael E - Sark Of Searenity
11:27 Bright And Beautiful - Night Rains - Sound Of Ibiza Mix
11:21 Pacator - Tränen (Marcielo Ambient Mix Instrumental)
11:15 Martin Bro - To Lose Part
11:09 Moon De Lounge - Melodia Amore - Buddha Lounge Bar Chillout Mix
11:03 Henderson - Rain (Desansis Chill Out Mix)
10:57 Réve De Cabaret - Trust Me
10:52 Coronado (Pianofly Mix) - Bay Area
10:47 Roberto Sol - Miles Beyond
10:41 Lenny Mac Dowell - Zanzibar Feeling
10:34 Sweet Velvet - Recalling The Rising Sun
10:29 Pilgrims Of The Wind - Nothing Can Pull Us Apart
10:23 Steven Solveig - Boa Noite
10:18 Kaxamalka - True Vibe
10:11 Timewarp Inc - Epic Tones Feat Rxn (Sundayman
10:07 Amethystium - Calantha
10:03 Chris Coco Mts Afterlief - Home
09:57 Esteban Garcia Vs. Subworks - Runnin (Jazzy Dub Mix)
09:54 Claes Rosen & Natalie Peris - Stay
09:48 Schwarz & Funk - Remando Al Viento
09:44 Out Of Sight - Comfort (Afterlife Mix)
09:38 Melibea - Jam In Dawn
09:33 Green Lemon Feat Magica Fe - 11 O Clock (Pure Beach Cut)
09:26 Manoa - Jumaira Drive
09:21 Va - Red Muladhara
09:15 Atjazz - Storm
09:10 Koolsax - Evasion
09:04 Sunyata Project Feat. Miyabi - Inner Lights
08:59 Gary B - Set Me Free
08:55 The Fairchild - Piano Colors
08:50 Sleepingroom Armada - Hope - Easy Erotic Groove Lounge Mix
08:45 Boozoo Bajou Feat. Wayne Martin - Every Hour
08:41 Tall Paul Vs Inxs - Precious Heart
08:34 Laid Back - Sunshine Reggae (Peter Visti's & Stella Polaris Remix)
08:28 Various - The Cure (Sunshine Mix)
08:22 Bong & Eddie M - Rain From The Suite 902 (Original)
08:16 Phillip Ashmore - Luxury Living
08:10 Cafe Del Mar - Leftfield - Fanfare Of Life
08:04 Fresh Moods - Solarcell
07:58 Leaking Shell - After Hour
07:53 Jo Manji - Lazy Loungin
07:47 Bay Area - Santa Monica Blvd (No 17 Mix)
07:43 Karminsky Experience Inc - Departures
07:37 Wharmton Rise - The Augur Revisited
07:30 Coastline - Adriatic Sea - Lounge Cafe Chillout Del Mar Mix
07:24 Citrus Jam - Pacific Snow
07:20 Faith Hill - Love Ain't Like That
07:14 Chicane - Saltwater (The Thrillseekers Remix)
07:08 Blue Six - Love Yourself
07:04 Va - For Want Of Her
07:01 Bryan El - Ascension
06:55 Jjos - Foolish Game (Feat. Deary's) (Evolution Vocal Mix)
06:51 Sunlounger - Balearic Breakfast(Chill)
06:47 Marc C. Griso - Sex, The First Time
06:43 Air - Lost Message
06:38 James Bright - Be
06:33 Arrojas - Didascalias
06:29 Emapea - Laka
06:23 Frank Borell - Somber Moods
06:19 Lowland - Cafe Del Mar
06:13 Nimino - The Back Of Your Hands (Ft. Ashe)
06:07 Man In The Moon Feat.debora Vilchez - Fragil
06:01 Chilloutlounge - Breather 2000 (Arithunda Mix)
05:57 Bop - Enjoy The Moment (Unquote Remix)
05:51 Zero 7 - Space Between, The
05:45 Sven Andersson Iii - Journey To Your Soul (Cosmic Cycle Buddha Lounge Bar Mix)
05:41 Petit Biscuit - Sunset Lover
05:37 Lemon Sol - Beautiful Morning (Piano Cafe Chillout To Ibiza Del Mar)
05:32 Flamingo - My Friend (Mercer & Gissal Chilled Version)
05:27 T Mo - La Ritournelle
05:23 P.m F.m - Chinchilla
05:17 De Clive-lowe, Mark - Day By Day
05:10 Schwarz & Funk - Night Over Bangkok
05:05 Omega3 & Guitarigi - Food (Original)
04:58 Dr Drummer - Galactica Soul
04:51 Alex Cortiz - Deja Vu
04:47 Noise Boyz - With My Own Eyes (Keys Of Da Sea Mix)
04:39 Ibiza - Ibiza Blues Swing
04:35 Vanegas - Te Voy A Querer
04:30 Lux - Head Centre
04:25 Fidelity - You Don't Know
04:19 Guenter Haas - Ai Fu Lin
04:15 A$ap Rocky - L$d
04:10 Va - Serpentine
04:04 San Martino - Es Cavalett (Piano Dream Mix)
03:59 Coastline - Adriatic Sea - Dj Lounge Del Mar Vs. Milews Ambience Mix
03:55 Sunset People - Summer Madness (White Sand Cut)
03:49 Jjos - Heartbeat (Balearic Club Mix)
03:45 Juan Belda & Carlo Galimberti - Wine Sessions
03:40 Shakes Seven - Best Friends
03:36 Vanilla - Dreamcatcher
03:30 Tosca - Mango Di Bango
03:25 Lounge Aura - Something (Geronimo Chillout Mix)
03:19 Banderas - This Is Your Life (Easy Life Mix)
03:13 Exit Mars - Gliding (Comfort Version)
03:05 Bent - Swollen (Napoleon Remix)
03:00 Dreamscape - Electric Emotion
02:55 Polished Chrome - Beautiful
02:51 Riccardo Eberspacher - I Feel Love
02:45 New Beginning - Another Day
02:40 Dab - Pure Joy
02:36 Vibrasphere - Tierra Azul (Omnimotion Feat. Krister Linder Remix)
02:29 Jean Martin - In My Dreams (Extended Remix)
02:22 Joey Fehrenbach - Particles
02:17 Peter Pearson - Smooth Talking (Moonrise)
02:12 Luxury Traveller - Eagle Will Rise Again
02:06 Coastline - Adriatic Sea (Lounge Cafe Chillout Del Mar Mix)
02:00 Rae & Christian - Still Here
01:54 4tunes - In The Middle
01:48 Avalona - Empty Streets
01:42 Silent Poets - Moment Scale
01:36 The Sura Quintet - Relax In Sura
01:32 Melibea - Lamento (Al Ponerse El Sol)
01:23 Chilloutlounge - Track 3
01:18 Gary B - Love Rain Down
01:14 Vio Beach - Piano Chillout (Ambient Dream Mix)
01:10 Mystique - Essences (Rico Van Basten Chill Mix)
01:05 Mahoroba - Faire On Tour (Jazzmatic Lounge Mix)
01:00 Joey Fehrenbach - Untouchable (Feat. Vi Flaten)
00:57 K Vassiliadis Ft Marien - Den Efiges Lepto (Dub Mix)
00:50 Milews - Miami Beach View - Sunset Del Mar Cafe Lounge Mix
00:46 Ac - Meditarrean Sundance
00:42 Synthetic Substance - Eternity
00:38 Kalabi - Clear Skies
00:33 Un Homme Et Une Femme - Une Rose Pour Emily (Cafe Hotel French Del Mar Mix)
00:28 Sunsea - Light The Fire (Chillout Mix)
00:23 Ohm-g - Relax 2 The Max
00:17 Limelight - Oxygene 4
00:08 Chilling Crew - Frozen Time
00:05 Gabriel Le Mar - Seaside (Original Version)
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