#god that 80's version is so hot

[hedonistbyheart]

*Minding my own business scrolling twitter*

*Sudden Ai no kusabi clip*

Oh hi boys! it’s been literal decades since I last saw you guys. Guess this randomising of the feed is good for something after all.

#god that 80's version is so hot #insane but hot #my vampire chronicles obsessed ass was all about jason mink lol

[the-boney-rolls]

The Great Covid Beatles Binge, Day 2: Give My Regards to Broad Street

Hoo boy, here we go!

OK so we open with a stern/bored looking Paul stuck in traffic in the rain and it looks like he's spacing out... hey, Paul, are you starting to daydream? Paul? Is this whole movie about to be a dream, Paul? Oh god

This silly little car! The computer, the carpet, the pool ball gear shift. It's giving the 80's car version of the Beatles house in Help! It's also giving hyper-masculine in a way that is, I'm sorry, not convincing.

This plot is already deeply inscrutable. Something about some missing tapes, a reformed criminal that Paul knows somehow and trusts for some reason, and some ominous business men. Something bad will happen at midnight if the tapes aren't found. OK!

Ringo looks so cool and hot! That vest over that sick as hell dragon shirt. Yes. This scene is genuinely funny, too -- Ringo spends the entirety of "Here, There and Everywhere" and "Yesterday" searching through his mountains of drum equipment looking for brushes, only to find them too late. Apparently, the reason for this scene is that Ringo just didn't want to re-record old Beatles songs!

And now we have Paul, Ringo, George Martin and Geoff Emerick all together in a scene! Makes me think about how George Harrison apparently was a little miffed Paul didn't just call him to ask for filmmaking advice since it was something he had experience with. What could have been!

“Wanderlust” is such a great song, actually, damn.

“I’m not a bad boy, really. I’m just — er, manipulated” John??

Now this is more like it! Surprise Linda in drag, hell yes!

I don't know why this scene is happening? It's a rehearsal for... something? But I'll take it. I love "Ballroom Dancing" and I love vaudeville Paul.

I'm starting to feel like Paul's grandpa in AHDN, "so far, I've been in a train and a room, and a car and a room, and a room and a room." Did Paul's experience on that set define what a movie is to him? "Ah yes, a movie must include lots of transportation from one location to another and then some musical scenes." But dear, it worked because there were jokes! And all four of you to play off each other.

I.......... what

This is Silly Love Songs, of all things!

Again, I don't know why this scene is happening in the context of the movie. Is it another rehearsal for something? A music video? Television special? Who knows, Yoko! But OK here we go, I sure am having fun! Linda is extremely into it. That slap bass kills. There's a Michael Jackson impersonator for some reason? Sure! It makes no sense but I love this man and his bizarre beautiful mind.

So now we're doing band rehearsal in some kind of barn? Or abandoned warehouse? Or something? All of the plot of this movie seems to happen in dialog in cars en route to some ambiguous musical engagement.

“Do you think we can get some heat in here or are we practicing to be Canadians?” God bless you, Ringo.

“Should we try Not Such a Bad Boy” “Do we have to?” “Yeah” Bossy Paul bosses around a Beatle, we love to see it.

Is this song about him or John? 

The French horn player coming in late to record "For No One," inexplicably in a bright red motorcycle helmet, so late that he’s preparing up until right before the solo starts. Reminds me of that story of Ringo recording Hey Jude. But it also feels very symbolic of something. There are so many odd inscrutable details in this movie, it could almost be Lynchian in someone else's hands.

“We’re running, and running out of time too” It feels meaningful but I don't know how.

Hello Mr. Darcy! Wow, can I have an entire movie that’s just this Victorian dream sequence? Can we go back in time and do a Beatles movie period piece, please??

The strings in this which are inspired by but are not quite "Eleanor Rigby" are lovely. Apparently this whole sequence is called "Eleanor's Dream," which implies that Paul is Eleanor. Make of that what you will, I suppose.

I like that Linda is a pants-wearing photographer in this period scene. Linda's gotta Linda.

This strikes me as very Evil Beatles. Again, make of that what you will.

Barbara and Linda are acting the HELL out of this going over the waterfall scene damn.

I don't know, I could screen grab this entire segment, it's amazing, it's insane.

But I can't gloss over Paul being horny for Ghost Horse Girl Linda. Incredible.

"That’s it you’re finished. What are you gonna do now?" Well ok at least this one is pretty obviously a reference to the critical reception of his career after the Beatles and again after John.

"Uncle Jim" Ok so I guess this is supposed to be his dad, but what is the point of this scene? And why the monkey? The further I get into this film the more I feel like I am looking deep into this man's psyche but through the murkiest of windows. I'm here for the weird dream symbolism, Paul, but if you're gonna go that route, again go full Lynch and get even weirder.

Just the straight up original recording of "Band on the Run" feels out of place with all these re-records. I wonder why that choice.

His car license plate is "PM 1" That's right, baby, you're number 1.

Another little cute but inconsequential day dream (presumably within the dream that is this entire movie). He looks like Roy Orbison here.

Oh ok Harry was just locked in a cupboard this whole time. So the whole "plot" was pointless. Cool cool cool.

Paul and Harry being giddy and laughing together is cute though, and it makes me wish that that relationship was fleshed out more. Who are they to each other, exactly??

Yup it was all a dream. Love it, love that for us. Thanks, Paul.

OK so this was definitely barely a movie. There could have been something here, but I'll go back to what I said above -- I wish he'd gone weirder with the whole thing! And I wish Paul himself had been weirder. The character Paul is kind of a dud, just plodding along from place to place and only coming alive when he performs. It's like that Hawaiian shirt is supposed to be a stand in for characterization. But worth it for the music video scenes and for getting a tiny glimpse into Paul's psyche.

#give my regards to broad street #paul mccartney #the beatles #linda mccartney #ringo starr

[suchagallabitch]

🫵weekly wednesday tag 🫵

omg I (simple old me?) have been bestowed upon the honour of coming up with these questions??? i would like to thank the academy for this most sacred honour 😋

1. if you could switch bodies with anybody for only one hour who would it be and what would you do? I think I gotta say taylor swift OBVI. first off im gonna dropping ME! acoustic version. Then I’m gonna hope lover deluxe is already recorded, drop that. If not i will make sure to text Jack and tell him that we need to record it so that i get it either way 😼. Then I would find out the definite truth of what happened between her and Karlie Kloss. I’d wire myself (as in me- me) a few million dollars, pet the cats and then post something really random on her instagram story. Literally want to make the public go absolutely bananas trying to figure out why taylor posted a random twitter meme. I have a lot of faith to believe this could all happen in an hour but I would try. SO hard.

2. whats your most trivial / dumbest hot take?I don’t think we should still be discovering animals. like what do you mean in the year of our lord 2023 we are STILL finding animals?? no they should all be discovered and if they havent been then i think they should stay undiscovered.

3. if you had to teach a college course what would it be in? I feel like we’re all expecting me to say something Taylor related but honestly I could teach a masterclass on the psychology of Ryan Murphy. I hate that man and i have so much to say about him and his productions

4. season 12 of shameless is suddenly happen and youve been put in charge! what plot point(s) are you gonna make happen? I cant think of anything substantial to actually contribute but i want Carl Gallagher to have a fruity little vape. I also want to see him quit the force and flourish in a new job!

5. who would be your godly parent? (can be any mythology). I’m gonna go with greeks as a Percy Jackson stan. I asked my bsf who is an expert in greek mythology. She said: “you’re a Aphrodite child cuz you’re a hopeless romantic and you appreciate beauty. You’re very particular in how you’re viewed and how everything you produce is viewed (what you write, how your feed looks like, etc.)” - I’m gonna have to agree with her on Aphrodite

6. what’s something you love about yourself? I think i’m so very very funny

7. describe your day in 5 emojis: 😴👁️👩‍💻✈️☕️

8. what shameless character do you think you could beat in a fight? Realistically i think the ONLY person i could beat in a fight is Liam and honest to god im not even sure i could.

9. tell us 2 truths and a lie, we’ll try to guess the lie!

- I’m double jointed

- I sleep on the left side of the bed

- I’ve never had pumpkin pie

10. do you have a pet(s). if so how did they get their name? I do! my son (cat) is named Chidi after the good place!

11. show us a meme (or picture) that captures your essence

self explanatory.

12. whats your typical coffee / tea / beverage order? see i gotta have a special lil drinky drink everyday and i mean my little drinky drinks are free so i am likw 80% gingerbread chai at any given time. Alternatively, an iced chestnut praline latte w/ praline cold foam.

13. use a song to describe the last 5 years of your life?

2019- its nice to have a friend- taylor swift

2020- ribs - lorde

2021- nothing new - taylor swift

2022- first love / late spring- mitski OR orlando- leith ross

2023- true blue - boygenuis OR now that we don’t talk - taylor swift.

Thank you friends thats all i got :)

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#im on a plane rn #zoom zoom in the sky #elle does tags

[thesinglesjukebox]

CHAPPELL ROAN - "GOOD LUCK, BABE!"

Good Song, Babe!

[7.76]

Alfred Soto: Hey, y'all, Spotify played "Good Luck, Babe!" after ILLIT's "Magnetic" -- are the streaming gods Jukebox-friendly? Maybe a synth line patterned after Wham!'s "Last Christmas" and a vocal that commands attention despite singing a line like "sexually explicit kinda love affair." Then again, that's how people talk. [8]

Jeffrey Brister: What if the narrator of “I Kissed A Girl” was a fucking liar whose inability to admit her attraction and healthily process and metabolize her emotions made her so transparently readable her spurned girlfriend shot a bullet made of yearning, resentment, and justifiably venomous smugness directly between her eyes? [9]

Taylor Alatorre: I have a soft spot for music that performs a kind of empowerment driven by romantic spite, while at the same time being precision-engineered to make the singer look small-minded and weak to the sober bystander; this is why I can never forswear Drive-Thru Records or pre-2016 Drake. In that vein, "Good Luck, Babe!" can be heard as a more ideologically palatable version of "Hotline Bling," right down to the self-degrading tinniness of the initial backing synths. Both songs construct a character whose presumptuous sense of entitlement becomes more apparent with time, and both ask us to sympathize with that character, not in spite of that entitlement, but because of it. Because relatability, and because we're hard-wired to believe almost any convenient lie if it's made to sound pretty enough. Chappell Roan's relative vocal restraint here represents her attempt to come off as the reliable narrator, to prevent too many of her unnervingly real feelings from spilling over. It's an effort that comes undone as soon as she gets to the bridge, when she drops the blasé affect, claims the power of omniscience, and uses it to peer into her rival suitor's future bedroom. "You're nothing more than his wife" -- sure, whatever you need to tell yourself. What, too cynical, you say? Whichever reading the listener goes with, they're choosing cynicism, either the listener's toward Chappell or Chappell's toward the other girl, who at the end of the day may just be a garden-variety bisexual; we're not allowed to know. Love is still a battlefield in the 2020s, queer love not excepted, and "Good Luck, Babe!" isn't afraid to show off the sometimes gory aftermath of those battles, caked in just enough gloss to give us the option of seeing something different in it. A potent cocktail of unraveling passions and high-grade copium, it arrives just in time to be used in AMVs of the final season of Sound! Euphonium, otherwise known as the official anime of yuri-baiting. Good luck, Kumiko! [8]

Will Adams: A breakup song directed at a queer person who was clearly uncertain, self-conscious and anxious about their identity leading them to push a great thing away? Oof. I'm the problem, it's me! But any discomfort I have with seeing myself in "Good Luck, Babe" is assuaged by its giant hooks, a bridge that mounts the tension (sadly, a rarity for pop at this point), and Dan Nigro's production, which draws from the same pillow-soft '80s synthpop of "So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings." It's the sugar to help the medicine go down. [8]

Leah Isobel: I'm convinced that Taylor caused a lesbian pop revolution. Not on purpose, obviously, but perhaps inevitably; of course her simultaneous insistence on both the femininity and the import of her perspective would inspire a generation of gay girls young enough to look for validation from pop culture and old enough to perform deep reads on the line "she's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers." Some of those artists have even made minor commercial breakthroughs, though nothing has heralded the arrival of a real-deal pop star the way that "Good Luck, Babe!" has. On a musical level, I don't know if I see it. It's catchy, sure, but its chorus isn't quite as singalongable as "Red Wine Supernova," and it doesn't sell Chappell as a persona the way "Pink Pony Club" does. Its production and vocal delivery are so arch that all I can see are the references: a little Wham! synth here, a little Marina & The Diamonds-circa-The Family Jewels whoop there, a "Bags" melodic bite for good measure. (Sidebar: I'm compiling this for an eventual piece about how Immunity is the most influential pop album of the last decade no one steal this from me thank you!) But maybe that's it. A pop star is voracious, ambitious, all-consuming; she cannibalizes. What "Good Luck, Babe!" offers isn't mushy sincerity, but steely-eyed purpose. I don't love it, but I do respect it. [7]

Hannah Jocelyn: I've written so much about about the power of "Good Luck, Babe" but I don't think it's perfect. Among my nitpicks; the "sexually explicit kinda love affair" line doesn't land, the ending nearly kills the momentum, and I've always heard some weird aliasing artifacts on the hi-hats, even in the 24/48 flac download (which might be the nerdiest thing I've ever written on TSJ). But there’s a reason I've been obsessed with this song, and it's not just because I've wound up The Other Woman in emotional affairs with queer/questioning women before. I wasn't as on board with Roan at first, then this song made me go back and get acquainted with the Femininomenon. Unlike most of Midwest Princess, this is not OMG I'm a girl??? and I like GIRLS??? music, and unlike several similar songs about loving women in denial, it's not self-pitying. This feels more real, with palpably complex emotions underneath the showy vocals, and it feels messy in a way that queer pop stars were once supposed to avoid. I could go on and on, and I have, but I'll say this: I genuinely think this song will change lives and cause people to reconsider their identities. At least one of my friends has already mentioned crying to this song. I recently spoke with a music writer that claimed music wasn't necessary, but for the right person, some songs are. [9]

Alex Clifton: I don’t know what I can say about this song that Hannah didn’t already say in her excellent Billboard article, but I’ll try. Up until now Chappell Roan has been my good-time music, with tracks like “Pink Pony Club” and “Red Wine Supernova” regularly stuck in my head.  She’s a girl from small-town Missouri in full drag regalia aiming to give everyone a great time, and she constantly delivers on that front. “Good Luck, Babe!” sounds happy but is one of the more lyrically devastating songs I’ve heard this year, and Roan’s performance is incredible. The way she screams “I TOLD YOU SO” at the end of the bridge rips at something in my heart. It’s angry as all hell but also has a level of concern; Roan doesn’t want the subject to end up in a dead-end relationship and just wishes she’d get her shit together. It’s a delicate line to thread but goes to show that Chappell Roan isn’t just a novelty pop writer. It’s exhilarating watching someone’s star rise, and to watch this song specifically become the catalyst for additional recognition is unlike anything I’ve seen before.  [10]

Ian Mathers: I was hugely impressed with "Casual," even more so with Roan's first record overall, but I'm lightly gobsmacked here with how quickly she's put out something else that simultaneously feels like it could have been on The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, like it sums up what that album was doing (and how well it does it), and like she's already moved past her work there. And it's her most successful single so far? It very much feels like things are going to keep going up from here. [10]

Jackie Powell: When “Good Luck, Babe!” came out last month, it wasn’t what I was expecting on my first listen. I got a tease from friends about what this song was about, but I was underwhelmed by the fact that I couldn’t clearly understand the story that Chappell Roan worked very hard on constructing. Her vocal style on other tracks like “Red Wine Supernova” or “Casual” is much more based in her chest voice and as a result is much easier to lyrically comprehend while listening. On “Good Luck, Babe!” Roan slurs a lot. She opts to implement much more mixing in her head voice during the hook which matches the sonic feel of the synths and drum machine that producer Dan Nigro has added in. The hook flutters and it flutters in a tone that’s paradoxical to the story she’s trying to tell. This is a song about rage, is it not? This is a song about compulsory heterosexuality, a phenomenon that is incredibly frustrating as it is prevalent in 2024. We don’t hear that rage until the absolutely mind blowing bridge where Roan’s upper register soars when she tells her past lover that she told her so. This story that Roan tells is one that so many queer people often face. It’s that same level of discomfort that Ben Platt and Renee Rapp have both sung about in their respective songs “Andrew” and “Pretty Girls.” This track’s importance can’t be understated. Its rise in popular culture can’t be undervalued. But I do wish that the story was illustrated more blatantly. Slurring aside, where is the music video for this? The video for “Casual” was exactly what a Roan fan would expect: a cross between the films Splash and Jennifer’s Body with a dash of heartbreak. I’m reminded of the queer women artists like Hayley Kiyoko and Zolita who have both gained a following for the honest queer stories they’ve portrayed in their music videos, which have garnered meaningful amounts of views. Meanwhile, DJ Louie XIVI recently had a Pop Pantheon episode that pondered if the music video is indeed dead. I would hate for that to be the case for Roan, an artist that thrives on theatrics, visuals and play— the fuel that her exponential and unexpected rise to stardom requires. [7]

Isabel Cole: I feel like it was probably deliberate to set the big bursting kiss-off chorus up in the flutiest part of her range where she can't really enunciate, but I still find it annoying to listen to. The bridge is pretty good, though. [5]

Mark Sinker: Gorgeous control of voice over bare control of desire; fragments of the crunchily expressed across the oldest (cliched, she says it herself) story, oh i'm the “other girl”!!¡¡ and then the closing device (which you can call brechtian if you’re fancy, or lazy) undermines it a little, at least musicially.  [6]

Joshua Lu: The bitter, lesbian reimagining of Gwen Stefani's "Cool" I never knew I needed. [8]

Wayne Weizhen Zhang: I am all for Chappell Roan's meteoric rise to fame as the next local drag supporting queer, but this song feels as basic camp as the fonts used in the visuals for her Coachella performance.  [6]

Nortey Dowuona: If anyone is wondering why this is the Chappell Roan hit, it's because it sounds like a synthpop song from 1986, and pop fans are still somehow locked into 1983-1988 as the best time to listen to pop music. That said, "you're standing face to face with 'I TOLD YOU SO'" is a FANTASTIC LYRIC. [9]

Katherine St. Asaph: The belted "I TOLD YOU SO" is unexpected and amazing. The part that flips the hook from "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" into a soprano trill is great -- between "Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl" ("Footloose") and "Red Wine Supernova" ("What's Up") she's now three for three on rewriting the Great Karaoke Songbook for 2024. The line "you have to stop the world just to stop the feeling" is so perfect it feels like it must have been written in stone centuries ago and just now unearthed. But if I'm being completely honest with myself, everything else in the track is pretty mid, and repeated listens just make the mid parts seem proportionally larger. [5]

Andrew Karpan: An exuberant jubilant kiss-off for fans of Roan’s last version of this (“My Kink Is Karma”) but more pointed, less funny and charged with a contemplative melancholy bellied under its titanic build. The radical space of queer longing turns into an ocean that lifts all boats. “With your head in your hands, you're nothing more than his wife.” We are lifted and listening.  [8]

Rachel Saywitz: I worry sometimes that I’m not wanting enough. Or I want, but the wrong things. Or I don’t want the right things enough. Chappell Roan is want, maximized and poptimized, and “Good Luck, Babe” is its earnestly sweet manifestation. Roan masters pop’s narrative drama as she coaxes her past, closeted self to breathy, sapphic jubilation with the wave of a bouncing synth wand and a Florence Welch operatic belt. Love is want, at its core, and I feel it cascading through me with each listen, urging my spirit to coalesce with my mind, for once. I want, I want, I want. [9]

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#chappell roan #music #pop #pop music #music writing #music reviews #music criticism #the singles jukebox #Youtube

[xxskycrystalxx]

Thor: Love & Thunder Thoughts [heavy spoilers below]

Lowkey think I need to watch the movie again to really take in certain moments/scenes, but for now, let’s just stick with some thoughts I had about it. (it’s kinda all over the place but bare with me)

1. I have no idea why there are so many negative reviews and harsh critics of the movie. I thought it was a good one, not perfect, but great. Is it my favorite Thor movie? I’ll have to think about it but it’s getting there. 

2. Gorr The God Butcher: He was a decent villain. I sympathized with him but sympathy can only go so far when one kidnaps children and looks like a zombie dyed in grey. The sword was cool though, the monsters/aliens? creepy. 

3. Eternity??? I have questions Marvel. 

4. Jane Foster. DOCTOR JANE FOSTER!!! She absolutely killed it in the movie, like seriously. I had an inkling that they’d go the cancer storyline but I was hoping she’d still be alive at the end of the movie. The fringing has got to stop. Although I get why they had her die at the end. It’s ironic how the very thing that made her powerful and healthy was also the thing that led to her death, same with Gorr. No but who is going to tell Darcy and Erik????? I’m getting sad just thinking about it again...

But also, how should one interpret Jane becoming Mighty Thor? Don’t get me wrong, I love her as Mighty Thor, she was an absolute powerhouse and was amazing, but was she worthy or not? Did mjolnir choose her because Thor told mjolnir to protect her or is she actually worthy? It’s something to think about it.

5. KING VALKYRIE!!! her entrance to the battle of New Asgard was amazing and technically Jane did it too when arriving to fight Gorr with Thor. Both amazing entrances. Both amazing women who are besties. Valkyrie & Jane knocking their weapons together was just 10/10. 

6. “EAT MY HAMMER!” I c o n i c

7. The goats were pretty funny but got a bit annoying at the end.

8. The representation was done quite well this movie. Korg & Dwayne. 

9. BAO uwu

10. Nice to know that Zeus is a douchebag in essentially all versions of him. Besides the cartoon Hercules movie that Disney did back then. Quite interested to see what will happen, knowing that Hercules has been introduced. I guess now the Gods will be the villains. On sidenote though, Russell Crowe is great. 

11. “Come to daddy” had me laughing so damn hard.

12. The mjolnir > thor < stormbreaker triangle HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 😂

13. It was nice seeing Sif alive and not being killed off.

14. Jane and Thor.

15. Matt Damon & Luke Hemsworth again with Melissa McCarthy as Hela made me spit out my popcorn 😂😂😂

16. The soundtrack was pretty good, loved the 80′s feel to it and the COLORS!! It’s so colorful in T:LaT and I love it!!

17. The kids getting powers and being amazing with them? YES! Go girl with the teddy bear!! Spy Kids but give them actual powers. 

18. The montages were great. Especially the one with Jane and Thor. That really pulled on my heartstrings and made me all fuzzy inside seeing them being in love and seeing their domestic life together. WE COULD’VE HAD IT ALL!!! Jane dressing as John Hurt (didn’t know who that was until I saw someone on tumblr mention it) and Thor as a hot dog, roller-skating together, being domestic, Thor starting to think of a future, as in kids (has he always felt like he wanted a kid or did he want to have a kid with Jane?) The events leading up to the break-up, etc. I take pause with the handwritten letter though. Like it’s so dumb honestly, and I wish that they kept the alternate ending where it actually explains why they broke up and it makes sense. 

19. Thor: I did really love him in the movie. He’s been through a lot and lost essentially all his loved ones and more. The guy is going through the motions, he was struggling and then he picked himself up, he fought for it. Then he had something to fight for. I think the process that Thor went through, the development was done quite well. I’ve always loved his character, just didn’t like how his character became the brunt of jokes and making fun of his struggles. 

20. Chris Hemsworth’s butt. That’s all that needs to be said.

21. THE TATOOS ON THOR’S BACK!!! 😭😭😭 “the sun will shine on us again, brother” + Tony & Natasha

22. Jane and Thor.

23. Heimdall’s son. Would like to see more of him.

24. Love? Is that her actual name? I’m just going to assume so from the narration. Don’t know how to feel about her necessarily. She has powers due to being “resurrected” by Eternity, and she had absolute no emotion when she saw her father die. Don’t know how I feel about that. It’s cute that Thor’s like a father now. He wanted to have a kid (kids?), and now he does. 

25. The Guardians: loved every bit of their screentime. I love the guardians with all my heart, especially my boi Peter Quill. Got that smidge of Starmora crumbs too, I’m expecting Starmora endgame in GotG vol. 3 James Gunn. Heed my words. Loved the short Quill + Thor bromance that we got to see, and the “look into the eyes of the people you love” line, it was hilarious but also quite nice. Want to see the Guardians and Thor again. 

26. Jane and Thor. ❤️ It was bittersweet but I’m glad we got the amount that we got. I’ve always loved them together from the very start, fosterson will always be one of my top marvel ships. The hospital scene where Thor says “I love you” and Jane saying it back to him when she’s dying, will forever just break my heart in two, I will never be the same. I’m still recovering from my heartache of palmerstrange from DS:MoM and now this??? Not cool. But anyways, I think for all the fosterson shippers/lovers, we were fed pretty well. Them being a power couple and fighting side by side? Check. Still loving each other after being apart for so many years? (“I’ve always loved you.”) Check. Bringing the heart and love in the movie? Check. Serving one of the most satisfying kisses in mcu history? Check. Giving each other strength to fight, the will to keep going? Check. Making me cry a bucket load of tears at the end? Double check. Fosterson will forever be in my heart, never forgotten. And I hope that the mcu doesn’t forget Dr. Jane Foster also a.k.a Mighty Thor either. Although I’m still bitter that they killed Jane off and just when she and Thor got back together and they both were so happy. I’m just emo over them. But I love them. I really do. And who knows? Maybe there’s hope for them still?

27. VALHALLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 😩 It was nice to see Heimdall again and him being the person who welcomes Jane into Valhalla. And yes, Jane is in Valhalla. It made total sense to me. She was battling cancer while fighting and she died fighting against it. It counts. Now, she and Thor can reunite in Valhalla, whenever that is. It would’ve been nice to see Loki there but I know why he didn’t show so it’s alright.

28. Underrated opinion(?) but I liked it more when the Thor movies were more serious. Not saying that I don’t like the humor of it all because Ragnarok and T:LaT had some rlly funny moments, but when it’s serious, it’s more impactful imo. Like there’s more feeling, emotions, and realisticness to it besides always making jokes and poking fun. 

Overall, as you can tell from my boatload of thoughts, many many thoughts  about T:LaT but the end result was that I loved it. Absolutely loved it. Did it have flaws? Of course. Every movie is not perfect and that includes mcu movies. But did I enjoy it? Have a lot of good laughs? Cry my eyes out? Yes, yes I did. Brilliant work from Taika and Chris, Natalie, Tessa, and more!! Lots of love! <3

#thor: love and thunder #t:lat #t:lat spoilers #thor: love and thunder spoilers #marvel #mcu #thor #thor odinson #jane foster #valkyrie #king valkyrie #korg #fosterson

[crayonsandclovers]

Lana Del Rey's Unreleased Leaked Songs Ranking just because I can

Okey, I just found a very fucking long list of unreleased but leaked Lana Del Rey songs and as listening to leaked songs is my ugly pleasure hobby I'm gonna find some of them and share them with y'all cause they may be too good to be true (also I'm sharing my own opinion on here, don't eat me, alrighty?)

Also I won't be judging the vocals, I'm focusing more on music and lyrical side of things

4th of July

Almost no text beside 3 repeating lines but the vibe is here, though it's hinting at crack or amphetamine addiction which is a no no to me so i'm gonna give it a 6/10

80's Baby

Okey, so definitely it's only vocals isloated from the entire song so it sounds a bit weird and makes some lines incomprehible but it's understandable in this conditions, i really like the way she says "[...] my 80s baby~" but this song itself doesn't offer much lyrically, but it certainly has some vibe. 6,5/10

1949

Okey, oh boy. So this song is a one big reference to the Lolita book. The song is written from a perspective of title "Lolita" who is 13 years old (if i recall correctly) during her trip with her step-father. In both of the verses there are hints that she doesn't actually feel safe in this relationship and it personally terrifies me just as if i read the book. It is not written as an approval of this situation, it describes the situation from the eyes of the girl - just how the book critises doings of the main hero, step-father by showing the situation from his perspective (to him, this is all normal). Musically, the song is amazing, almost perfect even. Love it, but even though I know about the meaning behind the song, the "Daddy" parts still make me shiver in a bad way (I just dont like this trope in her songs, hot take). Overall nice 7/10

Afraid

Oh god it's something different. This song is about a woman leaving a toxic relationship and being afraid of it at the same time. She thought she could fix him, but she understands she not only couldn't do that, he also gave her nothing but fear. And she actually leaves him. There's no "I'm coming back I think I love him still" plot twist at the end, she stays with her decision up to the very end - and I love it. 9/10, amazing song, only the music is suddenly jumping weirdly? But I can let it slide

All Smiles

Won't rate this one, because there's only one version of the audio out there and it's in bad quality + the crowd cheering doesn't help in understanding the lyrics, -/10 until I find the better version

Angels Forever (Forever Angels)

Oh god I love it!!!!!! It's so so sooo good! Very Lana Del Reyesque, exactly what would you expect from her music, it's wild, it's free, it's beautiful, perfectly illustrates the california teenage/young woman dream and some of it's tragism without explicitly stating it. For some the song may sound a little bit bland but that's okey. Love it and would sold my soul for it to be on spotify, makes me wanna dance at 3 am on the disco party where everyone are almost asleep and i'm just too drunk and in a trance to leave, amazing, 10/10

Ave Maria

It's more of an interlude than actual song, but some lyrics are definetly there, but I don't really understand the meaning of it lyrically (if anyone wants to interprate this song for me I'd gladly listen) . It was supposed to be on Ultraviolence and I can here that. Actually alright, would serve it's job if it ended up on the final album but doesnt offer a lot as a stand alone song, 7/10

Bad Boy

"Throw me round like a hot potato, if he want the butter then say so" - Okey, I understand why this one wasn't released

I'm not judging the vocals, cause obviously it wasnt meant to be the final version, but the lyrics are absolutely terrible (xD), 0/10

[This is all for tonight cause it's 1:11 am at mine and I'm tired as fuck, gonna finish it in the upcoming days, good night everyone]

#lana del rey #lana del ray song #lana del ray aesthetic #lizzy grant #music #songs #lana del rey unreleased #unreleased music #i love this shit

[thebunnyremix]

You should tell us about a thing you like

Hmmm…what’s a thing I like that I wanna gush about for a few…there’s so many things I like that I can ramble on about for literal hours…

Oh, I know! Let me talk about Legend, an 80's fantasy film directed by Ridley Scott, and featuring Tim Curry at his finest.

Along with Willow, this dark and glittery film pretty much set my standards for the fantasy genre.

Truth be told, it scared the crap out of me as a kid. (Then again, i frightened easily at that age.) Child me could not handle the goblins and the amazing practical effects that brought them to life. They don't bother me now, but I couldn't even look at them as a kid. They creeped me out.

Anyway, I saw this movie as a kid because my sister had a horse obsession and she couldn't get enough of the unicorns. And who could blame her? I mean, damn. Look at them.

This is Jurassic Park level of amazing special effects. I'm still not convinced those weren't real unicorns Ridley Scott somehow smuggled on set. (Just like Spielberg totally smuggled real dinosaurs on set. Fight me.) Also, they make whale noises for some reason. I dunno why, but I like it. It's cool and adds to how ethereal they are.

The story revolves around Princess Lili and her forest-dwelling boyfriend, Jack. The Lord of Darkness wants to kill the unicorns, and use their horns to reshape the world more to his liking. So, he sends a trio of goblins to hunt the unicorns down.

Real talk? The makeup job on the goblins still holds up. I love their designs.

Anyway, Jack wants to show Lili the unicorns, which happen to be passing through. Lili unwittingly becomes the perfect bait to lure in the unicorns into a false sense of security when she can't resist petting one.

This leads to the goblins darting one of the unicorns, cornering him once he collapses, and cutting off his horn, sending the world spiraling into an eternal winter, and thus leaving his mate the last of their kind. Guilt-ridden, Lili sets out to make things right, while Jack bands together with his forest brethren to go after the Lord of Darkness...who now has the hots for Lili and has her captured along with the remaining unicorn.

And just when you think this can't get any more weird, we get a creepy, yet sexy dress dance.

Child me did not know why I liked this scene so much. Adult me knows why, though.

Now, there are two versions of this film. The director's cut, which is generally considered to be the better version, as it's more organized and has all the cut scenes intact. I grew up seeing the theatrical cut, which has a slightly more jumbled plot due to cut scenes and other meddling.

If the theatrical cut has any redeeming quality in my opinion, it's the soundtrack by Tangerine Dream. It's so...captivating. Just listen.

God, I just...I love the pretty noises so much...

But, there you go. That's a thing I like. 😁

To me, Legend is basically the movie equivalent of comfort food. But let me tell ya, if you like a good 80's aesthetic, the fantasy genre, and anything with Tim Curry, I recommend giving it a watch. Maybe watch both versions too. Decide which you like better. (Spoiler: The director's cut is better story-wise. But the theatrical cut has better music. Fight me.)

#ask #legend (1985)

[fuckyeahvanhalen86-95]

Van Halen had more than their share of contradictions.

They began life as a party band but were also home to one of rock's most inventive musicians in guitarist Eddie Van Halen, who spent countless hours toiling in isolation perfecting both his craft and instruments. Their fun-loving music, videos, fashion sense and personalities served as the template for a generation of bands, yet they were also at the center of two of the nastiest breakups in rock history.

So, yeah, things could get weird around Van Halen sometimes. They had an unparalleled gift for blending hard-rock chops and pop smarts and a knack for staying creatively ahead of their peers. Bold and sometimes strange musical experimentation played a role in that success, as you'll note in the below chronological look at the 10 Weirdest Van Halen Songs.

"IN A SIMPLE RHYME/GROWTH" (1980 - WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST)

Van Halen's first two albums were comprised of songs written during their club-performance days. On 1980's Women and Children First, they took advantage of their chance to write new material, expanding their palette and exploring more complex arrangements. One of the clearest and most distinctive examples is the LP's closing track, "In a Simple Rhyme." It's a poppy, progressive and somewhat weird rock song that sounds like Rush attempting to write a romantic ballad. After the song's gentle fade-out comes another surprise: a 30-second instrumental featuring a brontosaurus-sized guitar riff. According to The Van Halen Encyclopedia, the plan was for "Growth" to be expanded into a full song that would kick off the band's next album. That didn't happen, but they would occasionally play the song at their concerts, including a 1986 version featuring both Eddie Van Halen and Sammy Hagar on guitar.

"SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE PARK/ONE FOOT OUT THE DOOR" (1981 - FAIR WARNING)

After sneakily replacing his guitar with an electric piano on Women and Children First's "And the Cradle Will Rock...," Eddie Van Halen dove deeper into synthesizers with the following year's Fair Warning, using an inexpensive Electro-Harmonix micro-synthesizer to come up with "Sunday Afternoon in the Park." It's a funky and creepy two-minute instrumental that sounds like George Clinton's idea of a John Carpenter film score. The tempo switches to a hyperactive electro-boogie for the conjoined "One Foot Out the Door," as David Lee Roth tries not to get caught with somebody else's wife. It's all topped with one of Van Halen's fiercest guitar solos, which fades out too quickly.

"BIG BAD BILL (IS SWEET WILLIAM NOW)" (1982 - DIVER DOWN)

One of the main sources of friction between David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen was over the latter's use of keyboards. Roth feared it would upset the band's fans, who wanted only to see Van Halen in "guitar god" mode. (As "Jump" and the band's string of keyboard-based '80s hits proved, Roth was wrong.) But it was Roth who suggested that Van Halen's father, Jan, play jazz clarinet on the band's cover of the 1924 Milton Anger and Jack Yellen song "Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)" on 1982's covers-heavy Diver Down. "He was nervous as shit," said Van Halen, recalling his dad at the recording session. "We're just telling him, 'Jan, just fuckin' have a good time. We make mistakes! That's what makes it real.' I love what he did."

"HOT FOR TEACHER" (1984 - 1984)

The final single of David Lee Roth's first tenure with Van Halen was the sorta weird "Hot for Teacher." How many hit songs can you think of that start with a 30-second drum solo, followed by an extended guitar solo? Roth doesn't appear until more than a minute into the song, speaking to his "classmates," rather than singing, as Eddie Van Halen suddenly shifts to chicken-pickin' rhythms. A traditional verse-and-chorus structure finally appears, but the band never stays in one place for long, blending speed-metal riffs with high school humor and a big Broadway-worthy chorus. It was all too perfect to last: Soon after the song's release, everything went to hell.

"INSIDE" (1986 - 5150)

"Man, what kind of crap is this?" That's the opening question Sammy Hagar asks on the closing track of his first album as Van Halen's new singer. After using the first eight songs on 5150 to establish the new lineup as a commercial and artistic force, Van Halen cracks open the fourth wall and directly if obliquely addresses the controversy that ensued after Hagar was hired to replace Roth. Over a thumping synth-rock groove, Hagar gets meta about what he's learned from his new bandmates: "Now me, look, I got this job not just being myself," he says. "I went out I brought some brand new shoes, now I walk like something else." He gets more serious as the song goes on, hitting some wild vocal heights while singing about feeling the need for "something special, someone new, some brand new group to sink my teeth into."

"MINE ALL MINE" (1988 - OU812)

After proving they could use keyboards to craft hit pop singles and ballads, Van Halen took a more serious step with the opening track of 1988's OU812. Clocking in at over five minutes, the complex "Mine All Mine" treads near jazz-fusion territory and showcases a new lyrical depth that almost drove Hagar past the breaking point. "It was the first time in my life I ever beat myself up, hurt myself, punished myself, practically threw things through windows, trying to write the lyrics," he told writer Martin Popoff in 2010.

"PLEASURE DOME" (1991 - FOR UNLAWFUL CARNAL KNOWLEDGE)

For the most part, 1991's For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge marked a return to straightforward guitar rock for Van Halen. The hit single "Right Now" was the only song to feature keyboards; almost everything else follows a Standing Hampton-on-steroids formula. But the seven-minute "Pleasure Dome" takes a weird turn into progressive rock, with the Van Halen brothers and Michael Anthony daring each other to go deeper into King Crimson-style madness. Hagar's cosmically themed vocals are fine but seem almost beside the point. When the band performed the song live, it was usually instrumental.

"STRUNG OUT" (1995 - BALANCE)

Ever wanted to hear Eddie Van Halen destroy a piano? According to the Van Halen Encyclopedia, while renting composer Marvin Hamlisch's beach home in 1983, Van Halen "threw everything he could find into the piano and raked various items across the strings, including ping-pong balls, D-cell batteries and even silverware." Supposedly, there are hours of tapes documenting this, but Eddie Van Halen mercifully selected the best 90 seconds for inclusion on the band's final album with Hagar.

"CROSSING OVER" (1995 - BALANCE [JAPAN IMPORT])

Van Halen released only one non-album B-side, and it was a pretty strange one. In 1983 Eddie Van Halen composed "David's Tune," a tribute to a friend who died by suicide, handling all the instruments and vocals. After joining Van Halen in 1985, Sammy Hagar was eager to flesh out the track, but Van Halen kept "Crossing Over" in the vaults for nearly a decade, until the death of the band's manager, Ed Leffler. A full-band take was recorded and then blended with the guitarist's original version, which can be heard in the left channel of the released recording. The sonic effect is otherworldly, a perfect match for the song's subject matter.

"HOW MANY SAY I" (1998 - Van Halen III)

Van Halen III is the most criticized album of Van Halen's career, and much of the scorn is directed at the closing "How Many Say I," which features Eddie Van Halen on his only lead-vocal performance. The piano-based track is reminiscent of a late-era Roger Waters ballad and is an odd creative choice for the band, which was in the process of introducing its third singer, Gary Cherone. "They forced me," Van Halen told Billboard at the time. "Don't be shocked when you hear the vocal." "Maybe we were being too artsy-fartsy," Cherone later admitted to Rolling Stone. "But I thought it was great."

#ultimate classic rock #2022 #van halen #eddie van halen #michael anthony #sammy hagar #david lee roth #alex van halen #gary cherone #in a simple rhyme #growth #one foot out the door #Saturday afternoon in the park #big bad bill (is sweet william now) #hot for teacher #inside #mine all mine #pleasure dome #strung out #crossing over #how many say i #videos #news #Youtube

[rolandrockover]

Heav, Heav, Heaven's on Fire!

I feel need to ramble a little on without emphasizing or comparing individual song elements too much. This statement could inspire some to think: "Hey, he does that all the time anyway!" And then I'd be happy to reply: "Alright! Then I don't need to have a bad conscience." Let's go!

And that brings me to following question: If something was hotter than hell, then surely that circumstance could set heaven on fire. Or better cause the sky to burn, wouldn't it?

Is that actually a scientific fact, completely apart from the metaphorical notion of a heaven or a hell? What I mean is if a certain concentrated temperature would be reached could it ignite the atmosphere? Or is this just dramatic movie or comic book fantasy? In order not to further diminish my admittedly somewhat forced transition with an opposing answer to this question, I prefer to leave it at the comic and fantasy level. Because, that's always a good thing when it comes to Kiss.

Be that as it may, I'm not really aiming for anything other than a little focus on Hotter Than Hell and Heaven's on Fire as you might have guessed. I would very much like to establish a vantage point that would allow Heaven's on Fire to be viewed as sort of an 80's version of Hotter Than Hell in the same vein that Unholy is sort of generally accepted as a 90's version of God Of Thunder. This practice, as we all know, is not completely uncommon.

O…kay? Then let's continue.

Do they have anything in common? Well, in one song the woman is hot, and in the other it's more Paul if I got that right, but that's not really the point. We still have this little beautiful contrast of heaven and hell. An impression that is only reinforced by the strong contrasts in production once you are aware of them. I love both, by the way. But so much for the content. Otherwise, they both infuse a certain cognate minimalism in their arrangement and chord choices in the verse and chorus, and are not altogether as dissimilar as you might think at first glance.

On the other hand, to be honest, almost everything i say is pure intuition, and maybe even my own disguised desire to be able to draw just another parallel between the 70s and 80s. What do you not do?

It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it. Isn't that so?

Hotter Than Hell (1974)

Heaven's on Fire (1984)

#Kiss #Paul Stanley #Desmond Child #Hotter Than Hell #Heaven's on Fire #Animalize #1974 #1984 #80's #90's #God of Thunder #Unholy #Gene Simmons #Vinnie Vincent #70's #Roland Rockover #Youtube

[fahrni]

Saturday Morning Coffee

Good morning from Charlottesville, Virginia! ☕️

I’m getting more and more excited about writing code full time at work. I’m sure that won’t last but I’m going to enjoy every minute of it while I can. 😃

I ran into issues getting my git SSH keys to work earlier in the week and while I find that frustrating it was also a nice challenge to fix. I’m up and running and ready to break some stuff! 👍🏼

I hope you enjoy your coffee and the links.

Sarah Burns • The Irish Times

Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor has died at the age of 56, her family has announced.

The 80’s was my era of music and I most certainly remember Nothing compares 2 U, it was a big hit.

The thing that really struck me is, she was 56 years old. As I age my mortality has occupied more of my thoughts than I care to admit, but there you go.

God speed. ❤️

Jacob Zinkula • Business Insider

ChatGPT creator says AI advocates are fooling themselves if they think the technology is only going to be good for workers : ‘Jobs are definitely going to go away’

Emphasis is mine. I’ve not used ChatGPT but we’re pushing into AI hard at WillowTree. It’s such a hot button item at the moment all agencies will have to take it very seriously.

For my daily work I see it as a really smart auto complete. The next evolution in code assistant. It felt like cheating early on but as a developer you still have to validate the output. Did you get valid and good code? It may not work all the time. Yes, it’s fallible but it’s also early days. I am certain I’ll use it at some point to help generate some code.

Give it another 10 years to mature. I’ll be really close to retirement by then and the next next generation can use it to their advantage. 😃

Owen Bellwood • Jalopnik

According to General Motors boss Mary Barra, Chevrolet has backtracked on its plans to completely kill off the Bolt, which has so far seen its sales more than double in 2023. Now, the company is working on a next-generation Bolt, which will join Chevy’s other electric models: the Silverado EV, Blazer EV and Equinox EV.

I found this really encouraging! We need more little EVs in the market and I always thought the Bolt was a nice little car.

Hopefully the next generation gets its fire issues under control.

Oh, the only downside I can think of is Chevy’s insistence on building their entire infotainment system.

Manton Reece

Dave Winer posted a 12-minute audio recording on his blog, addressed to me but applicable to everyone who is creating tools for the social web. Listening to it, I have a bunch of thoughts. In this post, I just want to start with server-to-server ActivityPub, and leave some of the other technologies Dave brings up for later.

Dave Winer has created a bunch of the technologies we rely on everyday in the blogging world; blogs, RSS, and Podcasting delivery. Now he’s trying to unify the mechanism to span posting to multiple social networks and blogging.

Manton Reece is the creator of Micro.blog — the service I use to publish this site — and is into open standards like MetaWeblog and ActivityPub, so much so Micro.Blog is a Fediverse server by federating with Mastodon.

To see these two chatting about putting something together to bride these systems is nice to see. I see what Dave is proposing as the next version of MetaWeblog, perhaps extended to accommodate new blogging and social network norms.

Perhaps Micropub could serve to do this? I’ve not looked into it but it seems like it could be the way to go?

I have my own opinions on the matter and I’m sure I’ll voice them at some point. In the meantime it’s nice to see this happening and I’m going to keep an eye on it. 👀

Robert Reich

Someone who has tried to overthrow the U.S. government cannot be president.

Mr. Reich is point out what may sound obvious at first but what he’s really saying is it shouldn’t take a conviction to eliminate TFG. We all know he tried to overturn a fair and valid election in 2019. We all know he rallied his supporters to storm the Capitol and try to stop the formality of recording the election results.

He doesn’t need to be convicted. He’s a danger to democracy and the rule of law. That’s disqualifying. ⚖️

leboncoin Engineering Blog

I recall how, when I was a junior developer, I often felt happy and reassured when I was writing software. It felt like a safe place compared to the overwhelming complexities of the world. The simple, deterministic functions, mechanical in their way of working, offered comfort. If you inject an input, it always gives the same output. It’s controllable, manageable, uncomplicated!

If you’re good at what you do eventually someone will notice and give you more to do with greater responsibility. Eventually you’ll be mentoring people and more junior developers will naturally look to you for your experience.

It’s not a bad thing. It’s just what happens and isn’t isolated to software engineering. This happens in all fields.

While I enjoy working with Junior folks there’s also this big part of me that’s ready to sit in the corner and just work on features and bugs, and that’s all. A simplified dev life. 😃

Dean Obeidallah

Barbie not only broke box office records, she destroyed the GOP’s Barbie Boycott

Barbie isn’t a film I plan on seeing but it sounds like the GOP is once again up in arms over cultural issues dealt with in the film.

I hope it breaks all the records. 🎬

Tony • arcadeblogger.com

I was visiting my family in the Chicago suburbs recently, when my niece mentioned she saw “some TRON thing” sitting on a curb while she was riding her bike through the neighbourhood.

As a teen I remember well the arcade in Exeter. It was called the Quarter Slot. Ahhh, good times. Anywho, I will never forget the Tron game — not the one mentioned in the article — because there were two guys who spent a crazy amount of time playing it and taking copious notes on how to beat every level.

Yes, those were the days.

James Surowiecki • Fast Company

Threads has one big advantage over Twitter: Zuckerberg understands advertising

If Threads can pull people away from Twitter — I mean, ahem, X — does that help to extinctify the ailing bird?

Who knows. Musk is crazy rich so I’d imagine he can keep it afloat for a very long time.

All I want to know is when will he be selling Twitter.com and for how much? It would make for a great Mastodon instance. 🐘

Ryan Erik King • Jalopnik

The Alpine F1 Team is currently competing at each race weekend with the odds slightly stacked against them. The Renault power unit used by the French factory team is believed to be 30 horsepower behind their rivals. Under normal circumstances, Alpine would be told simply to improve on their own, but there’s currently a freeze on engine development. The FIA, the sport’s governing body, wants to allow Alpine to catch up.

Alpine is kind of what remains of the Renault team and it seems like they’re going backwards.

I’d love to see them move closer to the front of the pack but they continue to be one of the “back of the pack” teams with flashes of brilliance on rare occasion.

Formula One is an extremely tough sport to compete in. Teams with extremely deep pockets can buy great engineering and dedicate huge resources to land their teams in victory lane. It also makes the races really boring. 😃

Here’s hoping Renault is given a chance to fix their horsepower issue ahead of next season. At this point I suppose it doesn’t matter much.

I’m a Haas supporter myself. It’s the only American team on the grid so why not support them? They also have Guenther Steiner who is the most entertaining of all the Principals in F1. 😃

Oh, by the way! Since you’re an American team why not use American built power? I mean, you run Ford motors Stuart Haas Racing, why not work with them on an amazing F1 power unit? I’d love to see that! Don’t let Red Bull be the only team doing it!

Who else is looking forward to the next season of Drive to Survive?

Tim Hardwick • MacRumors

Apple has become the target of a £785 million ($1 billion) class action lawsuit on behalf of over 1,500 developers in the UK over its App Store fees, reports TechCrunch.

Unfortunately this is pocket change for Apple. I don’t make much as a developer of apps for Apple devices but to those who do giving up 15 to 30% of revenue is a big deal.

Even if Apple allow for third party stores or payment processors they’re still going to charge their fee. Might as well keep the App Store as it is and be done with it.

Daring Fireball

Translation From Hostage Code to English of X Corp CEO Linda Yaccarino’s Company-Wide Memo

I mean, if Yaccarino isn’t actually asking for help to get out now I suppose she will be in six months to a year because Space Karen won’t agree with her about something and drive her insane or sack her.

Just let Twitter fade away, sell off the domain, and let’s move forward with the open web.

Janis Mara • berkeleyside.org

Peet’s is widely credited with transforming the industry — after all, the three founders of Starbucks learned much of their craft from founder Alfred Peet — but there’s much more to it than that.

I’d always known Peet’s was a big influence in the coffee world but I had no idea how much of an influence it really was.

This story is a fun read about one employees view from the inside. ☕️

[the-great-commission]

Feed the World

“There’s a world outside your window, and it’s a world of dread and fear.”

Anytime this Christmas song comes on, no matter what version, I will sing my heart out. It is THE BEST Christmas song ever preformed and that is why I listen to it all year long. There are two versions, 1984 and 2014, the newer version has slightly different lyrics at some parts. Here are all the lyrics of Do They Know It’s Christmas? by Bandaid. (the newer version is Bandaid 30):

It's Christmas time There's no need to be afraid At Christmas time We let in light and we banish shade

And in our world of plenty We can spread a smile of joy Throw your arms around the world At Christmas time

But say a prayer Pray for the other ones At Christmas time it's hard But when you're having fun

There's a world outside your window And it's a world of dread and fear Where the only water flowing is (where a kiss of love can kill you) The bitter sting of tears (where there’s death in every tear)

And the Christmas bells that ring there Are the clanging chimes of doom Well, tonight thank God it's them instead of you (Well tonight we’re reaching out and touching you)

And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmas time (bring peace and joy this Christmas to West Africa) The greatest gift they'll get this year is life, ohh (a song of hope when there’s no hope tonight, ohh) Where nothing ever grows (why is comfort to be feared) No rain or rivers flow (why is to touch to be scared) Do they know it's Christmas time at all? Ohh (How can they know it’s Christmas time at all)

Here's to you Raise a glass for everyone Here's to them Underneath that burning sun (and all the is to come) Do they know it's Christmas time at all? (How can they know it’s Christmas time at all)

Feed the world Feed the world Feed the world Let them know it's Christmas time again (Feed the world) Let them know it's Christmas time again (Feed the world)

Let them know it's Christmas time again

Now Bandaid, if you don’t know, was a collection of musicians that came together for this song to raise money combat famine in Ethiopia. I am a big fan of 70’s and 80’s music, so I do not expect the people reading this to know these names, but the charity group was made up of Bono, Paul Young, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Boy George, George Michael, Duran Duran, Sting, Phil Collins, and others whom I don’t know too well from the 80’s.

For the Baidaid 30 version, you can just feel the pain in their voices. Mmm, I love it. The passion of all of them, and so many different vocal types singing together compared to the original. It just hits different. For this collection of musicians, we have Bono again along with One Direction, Sam Smith, Ellie Golding, Ed Sheeran, Seal, Rita Ora (such a powerful voice!), Dan Smith, Paloma Faith, Sinead O'Connor (I love their part!), and a handful more. 

So, they raised money for poverty in Africa, but why is it my favorite Christmas song? It’s my favorite Christmas song because it’s not about things. It’s not American-ized Christmas. When people think of Christmas, everyone thinks of different stuff. Some may think of Jesus, some may think of Santa, some will think of hot cocoa and snow, kids may think of winter break, my mom thinks of a larger workload because her job fluctuates at Christmas.

“In our world of plenty we can spread a smile of joy”. Joy, that’s what I think of when I think of Christmas. I don’t know how but the holiday season always makes me joyful, even if I’m going through something. I think it is the music, the snow, the reminder of Jesus’ birth, time with family, and so on. So, I have always looked at this song as “do they (other nations) know that it’s a time for joy?”

No, they don’t because why would they. What do they have to be joyful for? Sometimes I don’t even know what I have to be joyful for, and I have so much more than a lot of people here in America. My joy comes from the Lord, plain and simple, I can’t find my joy anywhere else. I can try, and I have tried, but it’s not the real joy that lasts.

So, another post that goes right back to talking about to spreading the gospel, this time in order to spread joy. Is God laying something on my heart? Am I just a messenger for someone who may need to hear this, I don’t know.

We must “feed the world” and “let them know it’s Christmas time”.

John 21:17 “A third time He asked him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt that Jesus asked the question a third time. He said, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Then feed my sheep.”

[annalewis63]

That look....

#sting #80's #Sting's version #my god he's so hot! #i love him soooo much #JESUS CHRIST!

[lexosaurus]

maybe random choices to start but dash, valerie, and dani!

👻Dash 👻

Fave Thing: The nicknames he makes with Danny's last name next question.

Least Fave Thing: I Hate how he's such a stupid stereotypical jock 80's bully. Like yes, this was written pre-smartphones, but his actions are just SO outlandish and ridiculous. I don't doubt that some people have truly horrific experiences with bullying at school, but for the average viewer this is not relatable at all. I think having a more subtle, toned-down version of this would have made the character dynamic between Dash and Danny wayyyyy more interesting.

Phanon Pet Peeve: I think overall phanon does a really good job with Dash redemption arcs, but I think sometimes people try to redeem him too much too fast. Like yes, Dash is canonically written to be hiding his femininity, but he's not morally soft. I think even redeemed he'd still be a bit selfish and have a hot temper. I think at first he'd want to be nice to Danny because he felt guilty, not because he felt bad for Danny.

👻 Valerie 👻

Fave Thing: The overall dynamic she brings to the show is HUGE. Being this sort of friend, sort of antagonist, sort of lover, ex, etc., is sooooo good. She's not totally innocent, she's not totally guilty, she's a truly Gray character (pun intended plz clap).

Least Fave Thing: I really hate how the show handled the fallout between her and the A-List group. Like, they had such a good opportunity to make something interesting there, and they went for the good old "she's too poor for us" line. It's so boring.

Phanon Pet Peeve: I don't really like it when Val's first reaction to finding out Danny is Phantom is getting upset because "Oh my god I could have hurt him." Like, the Miss Gray I knew would have been PISSED at Danny and wouldn't have even known why. Yes, she'd be upset about that too, but I don't think she's one-track minded enough to have one thing in particular that she'd be upset about in the reveal.

👻 Dani 👻

Fave Thing: I think her being a sort of nomad and wanting to explore the world was a good touch and differentiates her from Danny well. Danny is bound by Amity, while Dani has never experienced her own memories. Having her go on adventures that completely foiled Danny's was a great idea.

Least Fave Thing: Honestly? I just don't like Dani. Sorry, I just don't like clone plotlines. I always felt that she was a lazy attempt to get more female viewership.

Phanon Pet Peeve: Dani is a fucking 12 year old and Danny is 14 fucking years old WHY are people writing them as having a father-daughter relationship IT DON'T ADD UP THERE'S A 2 YEAR AGE DIFFERENCE if they're gonna have a familial relationship then they'd be siblings or cousins not a fucking parent-child relationship there I'VE SAID MY PIECE.

#danny phantom #ask game #character ask

[jillianallen14]

Okay folks, we’re ranking Ghost’s new album, Impera.

Just some general thoughts on the album: the Def Leppard & Iron Maiden & 80’s hair metal influence is very palpable, which I LOVED. Truly no one is making music like this anymore & I love Ghost for doing this. There’s some real tear-jerkers. The political messaging is +A. The guitar solos and drum work were ++++A. You go Tobias & all the Ghouls and Ghoulettes! It’s impossible for me to rank Ghost albums, but this one ~might~ just be my fave.

1. Respite on the Spitalfields: there are not enough words in any language to describe how incredible this song is. Holy shit. I think I’m going to have a heart attack when I get to see this live eventually. The bass at the beginning just scratches my brain, it’s so good.

2. Darkness at the Heart of My Love: made me weep like a small child. I didn’t know I needed more 80’s-style ballads in my life, but I did. And you probably do too. This song is a BANGER.

3. Watcher in the Sky: so catchy, so heavy, so good. It’s 80’s rock, but better & without the casual sexism. SEARCHLIGHTS

4. Griftwood: so catchy, so good. It’s 80’s rock but better. I’m your rock babyyyyy / Won’t back down is about to be stuck in my head for months lol. Tobias absolutely knocked it out of the park with his delivery of those lines.

5. Twenties: I don’t care what anyone says, this song is a banger. It’s heavy metal meets Oingo Boingo meets reggaeton meets 80’s rock. It’s a certified Twerk Banger. I’d get down to this at the club, I really would.

6. Spillways: Super good, super fun, super 80’s. Love that the beginning sounds a little like ABBA, who is another of Sweden’s cherished children

7. Call Me Little Sunshine: will be stuck in my head for the next 20 business years. Also the live version kicks all ass & the backing vocals gave me chills. We need the Ghoulette(s) (not sure if there’s more than one woman in the band rn) to sing backing vocals on the studio versions from now on.

8. Hunter’s Moon: Super fun song & I love that it was written for Halloween Kills. This was stuck in my head for MONTHS after it first came out. Def not as good as some of the other songs on the album, but still a BANGER & the breakdown is so good.

9. Kaisarion: Sorry to people who worship this song. It’s a great song!!! An amazing song! I just don’t love it as much as the others. There’s a little part starting at 3 minutes that sounds like Rush tho & that’s pretty dope. Super 80’s. I think I like the live version more than the studio version tho & the scream at the beginning of the studio version is top notch.

10. Imperium: this is an amazing instrumental. It’s only at the end bc I couldn’t stomach putting an instrumental above any of the full songs. I LOVE the riff tho & love that it repeats at the end of Respite

11. Bite of Passage: I really like this as an instrumental lead-in to Respite, but I actually wish this had been a full song

12. Dominion: not a big fan of horns. Really, this is the only thing I skip on the album. But it’s a good lead-in to the absolute banger that is Twenties

Also Papa IV has me hot and bothered lmao. What does Tobias put in that mask, I swear to god

#the band Ghost #Ghost #Ghost bc #Impera #heavy metal #Tobias forge #ghouls #ghoulettes #respite on the spitalfields #darkness at the heart of my love #watcher in the sky #imperium #kaisarion #spillways #griftwood #twenties #call me little sunshine #hunter’s moon

[nevermindirah]

Dorothy Freeman facts

By facts I of course mean headcanons, because Nile's mom doesn't get a first name in canon (or even confirmation that her last name is Freeman). All we know about her is the picture on Nile's phone lock screen (which is Kiki Layne's real-life mom and brother!) and a few lines that Nile tells Andy about her. I’ve been collecting my Dorothy headcanons for a while now to eventually make a post, and @mprosperossprite​‘s excellent post giving non-Americans context for what it means that Nile is from the South Side of Chicago prompted me to go ahead and share this. Disclaimer that I’m white and I will absolutely make corrections if it’s pointed out that I’ve caused harm with any of this.

So here have some fun facts about the version of Mama Freeman who lives in my head rent-free:

Her family and growing up:

she was born in the mid-'60s and named after Dorothy Dandridge

I can’t decide whether she was born in Chicago or moved there later on (maybe with Nile’s dad?) and when in the waves of the Great Migration her family left the South

she came of age in the "post"-Civil Rights movement and went to college in the mid-80s when a lot of what are now the foundational classics of Black feminism were being written

she was a young adult when Anita Hill risked so much to report that a Supreme Court nominee had sexually harassed her, and as a result she HATES Joe Biden

Marriage and babies:

she met Nile's father — I can’t decide how they met and I have two competing headcanons for his name, either Gideon for the hefty Biblical masculinity vibes (Giddy for short among family, that man loved to laugh) or Carl, which started out as a shitty Carl’s Jr burger chain joke that turns out to be perfect (it means free man!), and @knoepfchen​ used it in the sequel to if you do take a thief where Carl is alive!! — and Dorothy was a little skeptical of his near-religious devotion to the military but he was really hot and really devoted to her and they made it work

she's a little pissed that she was right but it's unbearable if she thinks about it too often

it's going to be a long, long time before she can look back on pictures of Baby Nile stomping around the house in her dad's combat boots (this is a Gina Prince Bythewood headcanon, whyyyyyyyy can I not find a link to where she said this)

she named their second baby Indus, Indy for short (this is nearly as established fanon in Book of Nile circles as how much Booker loves eating pussy, and Indy Freeman as a young adult is portrayed by either Aldis Hodge or John Boyega I don’t make the rules)

Work:

Dorothy did some office jobs but nothing really grabbed her, and she was probably gonna have to move for her husband's career, so she decided on teaching — high school humanities

she’s been active in CTU (one of the strongest teacher’s unions in the US) her whole career and one year she was on the bargaining committee and her babies know damn well never to trust a boss, not even one who says all the right things — if she ever finds out the way Nile said "like Quynh?" when Andy promised to protect her, she will lose her mind with pride

(Nile was 18 and freshly graduated from high school in 2012 when CTU went on strike for the first time in a generation and she brought her mom snacks on the picket line)

one of her very favorite things is getting her students to laugh despite themselves at her "oh my GOD you're so EMBARRASSING" old-people jokes

she's one of those teachers who can get 30+ teenagers to go dead silent with judicious application of body language

she's known to occasionally go easy on grading subjective things like essays when she knows students are having a particularly rough time at home, but the second she gets the feeling they're taking advantage and not trying their best that shit is over and they better mind their Ps & Qs

she's the kind of person who says old-people shit like that

she gives her students assignments like "help 5 neighbors register to vote" and "write a compare/contrast table about the candidates in this local election" and "research 5 different ways you could get grant money to do X" and other practical civic-minded shit

standardized testing is her supervillain origin story, just kidding it’s Rahm Emanuel, why the fuck did Obama trust that asshole

After her husband died:

she would have lost her goddamn mind if it weren't for her church friends after her husband died, people from the church raised money so they could make ends meet while his pension paperwork was taking forever, church friends watched Indy so Nile could go out for the soccer team, etc etc

she sold her and her late husband's house and moved to a 3-bedroom co-op unit when Nile started high school, it's more affordable and it meant she didn't have to worry about household repairs in the same way, she can use a wrench if she needs to but she doesn't have time and it just makes her grief flare up (co-op housing has a long history in Chicago and other US cities (like Washington DC where I live) as a way for Black people to access decent, affordable housing in the face of entrenched discrimination)

the move meant putting a longer commute between her and church, but she didn't even bother looking for a church closer to their new home, she loaded the kids into the car on the weekends, parking is hell in their new neighborhood but it's worth giving up a hard-won parking spot to not have to wait so long for the L on Sunday mornings

Indy lived with her through college and he was gearing up to get his own place when Nile died, Dorothy was planning to move into a one-bedroom in the co-op building because she doesn't need so much space anymore, Indy took a day off from his new job (not so new anymore, her baby's so grown!) to help her sort things to donate when those dress-uniform Marines came to their door

part of her wishes she could've been home more and not had to rely on Nile so much for help with Indy, but he's turned out such a kind young man, and he's a much better cook than his sister is (was, oh God — no wait, is! she’s alive! what do you mean you’ve been alive all this time??)

some of the girls from church are encouraging her to check out this social dancing thing, nobody's pressuring her to date but there's definitely been some ribbing, and with Indy out of the house... maybe? probably not, but maybe

Her feelings and beliefs and likes and dislikes:

she's an absolute badass and also she's a soft human woman with lots of feelings

she's very, very traditional in some ways, and part of her mixed feelings about Nile following in her dad's footsteps is gender stuff, she's proud of her daughter and would never stand in the way of what Nile wants to do with her life, and if Nile came home and told her she's a lesbian she would never reject her, but if Nile came home and told her she's bisexual maybe she can just try focusing on men? “I love you sweetheart and I want you to be happy I just know how hard it is already for us in this world” type shit

she has been on team natural hair basically her entire life and one of the worst fights she and Nile ever had was over Nile wanting to straighten her hair as a pre-teen

Indy takes more after her and Nile takes more after their dad, she's so proud of both of them, but Dorothy's activism was mostly wearing her natural hair to work and daring bosses to give her shit, Indy's out there marching in the streets like her parents had and she WORRIES

she teases Indy for going to so many protests like he's using it as an excuse to meet girls, but she WORRIES

when she turns 60, she gets box braids with streaks of dark purple, subtle enough that it's still work-appropriate but it makes her smile, she may be old now but damnit she’s still pretty!

she loves Grey's Anatomy and Star Trek and she watched Bridgerton all in one day

she has a dirty-old-lady celebrity crush on Chris Hemsworth

if she's ever masturbated thinking about Donna Summer, well, that's nobody's business but her own (do non-Americans know about the queen of disco??)

If you want to read fic featuring Dorothy:

I won't have to leave alone, 1000 words, Nile has a nightmare and decides to go tell her family she's immortal

I See Your Eyes Seek a Distant Shore, 65k, Nile adjusts to immortality and does a lot of soul searching about what it means to "do what we think is right", Booker goes to grad school for trauma studies, the working title of this fic was Booker Reads Edward Said and Gloria Anzaldúa and Goes Down on Nile and the final product has an annotated bibliography in the author's notes if you’re into that kind of thing, a lot of my Dorothy Freeman headcanons were born of my process writing this

Gather round the table, we'll give you a treat, 2279 words, college AU, Nile brings her Jewish boyfriend home for Christmas

a contribution I made to Shitty Old Guard Deaths: (Booker, USA, 2025, cause of death: a mother’s righteous wrath)

#nile freeman #nile's family #dorothy freeman #tog headcanons #tog meta #mine #long post

[mermaidsirennikita]

HR book recs for leads with an age gap (as in 15 yrs + kind of age gap, since a 10 year age gap is fairly standard)?

I gotta few!

What I Did For A Duke by Julie Anne Long--lmao definitely, she's like... 20ish, he's pushing 40. To me this is a perfect age gap romance, because you get the kind of... taboo nature of him being experienced and teaching her things while also enjoying the "he is unmanned by her" aspects.

After Dark with The Duke by Julie Anne Long--Heroine is 25, Hero is 42. I think he has a grown son who's maybe a few years younger than her? But yeah, she's a scandalous opera singer and he's an uptight duke who is hopelessly turned on by her. There's this great scene after they fuck for the first time and she's in his office and they have a very normal conversation and before she leaves he's like "oh also. I found your hairpin on my floor. So like. If you want to come back. And see if there are other hairpins in my room. Feel free."

Whitney, My Love by Judith McNaught--15 year age gap. Personally, I like this book, and it is a classic... But it's very long, and if you get your hands on the original, unedited version, he does rape her. It's a "rape but she enjoys it" thing, but it's rape.

Lady Sophia's Lover by Lisa Kleypas--I believe this one has a heroine in her early to mid twenties and a hero pushing 40. She's basically trying to seduce him out of revenge due to something he did to her family, and it's a lot of fun. He's a widower/lawman hero, she's a disgraced lady who works in his household.

Dearest Rogue by Elizabeth Hoyt--The age gap here isn't quite where you want it (I think it's around 12 years--he's 33 and she's 21) but you get a lot of the age gap fun because he's also her bodyguard and is very "OH MY GOD WHAT AM I DOING I HAVE RUINED HER" whenever they do something sexual. I think he like. Dry humps her to mutual completion very spontaneously at one point? And the next day they're like that monkey puppet side eye meme in the carriage. In stone cold silence lmao.

Gentle Rogue by Johanna Lindsey--I wanna say this is a 15 year age gap? It's old and problematic and it's been way too long since I last read it to tell you how problematic it is... I'm guessing dubcon/rape-but-she-enjoyed-it, because Johanna Lindsey... But it is a classic.

A Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught--I want to say the heroine is 17 and the heroine is 30ish? Which, yes, she is underage, but it is also a medieval romance written in the 80s, and it's fucking good. I prefer this to Whitney, My Love. There's some dubcon but it's honestly pretty mild.

Seducing A Stranger by Kerrigan Byrne--Morley is like... 40/nearly 40, and Pru is in her early twenties, I believe. It's... a lot. You have the "he loses himself in this girl" angle, and he does in fact penetrate and come inside her within like half an hour of meeting her, so like. Yay! She gets pregnant, there's a marriage of convenience and a murder mystery, he's very mad at himself about it.

The Chasing of Eleanor Vane by Sierra Simone--A novella, I know you can find it in Duke I'd Like to F... not sure if you can find it independently (but the collection is worth it). He's definitely in his 40s or thereabout, she's probably early twenties as she's engaged to his nephew and ward. HOT. Also, both main characters are bi, I believe.

My Dirty Duke by Joanna Shupe--Another novella from the above collection. Lmao this shit... is so hot. I cannot. Even. He's literally her father's best friend so the age gap is significant. I want to say he's around 40 and she's... 18? 20 max. But she basically propositions him and he's like I COULD NOT POSSIBLY but as it turns out... he could definitely.

Duke of Pleasure by Elizabeth Hoyt--Honestly, I'm not 100% sure on the age gap in this one, but I want to say the heroine is 21 and the hero is a widower and man of action so like... I assumed he was in his thirties. She's also spent a lot of time disguised as a boy so she's not very used to being treated as a lady~. There is a very memorable scene where he's all "pretend you're blowing me so that everyone assumes I'm just getting head from a random and they move on"... while they're on a mission~? And she's like nah I'm just gonna actually blow you lmao. I think this precedes them actually hooking up so it's A DOOZY.

#romance novel blogging