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bamfdaddio · 3 years

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X-Men Abridged: 1979

The X-Men, those globe-trotting mutants that have sworn to protect a world that hates and fears them, are a cultural juggernaut with a long, tangled history. Want to unravel this tapestry? Then read the Abridged X-Men!

(X-Men 117 - 128, X-Man Annual 3) - by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, Terry Austin, George Perez

See Jean? Dark Phoenix is nothing: this is how you turn evil properly. (X-Men 123)

So, these things have been getting longer. Whoops.

Last year, plotlines tended to bleed over in one another, but this year is a lot more arc-based, jumping from location to location. This is basically X-Men: World Tour. After hitting Antarctica and the Savage Land, our team of merry mutants visits Japan, Canada, Egypt, Scotland and even a theme park! (And really, both Murder World and Disney Land are run by capitalist scumbags who pretend to be in it for the art, the only difference being that Arcade purposefully murders his guests.)

But, before we check in with the X-Men, we return to the Institute. See, there’s a mutual misunderstanding that wouldn’t be out of place in a Shakespearian tragedy: Jean and Charles think Beast and Jean were the only survivors of their fight with Magneto in Antarctica, while the rest of the X-Men believe they were the only survivors and Jean and Beast perished. Since the X-Men have been trapped in the Savage Land, nobody has been able to clear up the confusion.

With their grief driving a wedge between her and Charles, Jean leaves the mansion to deal with her feelings on her own. (She’ll end up on Muir Isle.)

This is adorable! And, if the whole "Empress of the known Universe "-thing blows up in her face, she can always become a barista at Starbucks. (X-Men 117)

Lilandra successfully persuades Xavier to leave Earth as her consort, now that there is nothing left for him. Xavier agrees, but not before having a flashback to the time he met another telepath named Amahl Farouk in Egypt. (The Shadow King isn’t relevant just yet, but he’ll become an important villain later on.)

The X-Men, meanwhile, cross a treacherous ocean on a raft and are picked up by a Japanese vessel. The Japanese do not allow them to call anyone, for some reason. Sure. When they finally dock in Japan - six weeks later - some arms dealer named Magnum Moses has put Agarishima is on fire. Like, literally an inferno of such big proportions that even Storm can’t do much.

What follows is an uninspired, slipshod adventure. For some reason, Misty Knight and Colleen Wing are there too, because the president needed American detectives to investigate Magnum Moses (?) and for some reason, Misty doesn’t know Jean thinks Scott is dead, nor does she mention she just saw Jean to Scott. AUGH. It will take almost a year for Scott to figure out Jean isn’t dead and it becomes increasingly more contrived. I get that Claremont needed to isolate Jean to make her susceptible to, er, a certain someone’s machinations, but holy fuck do I have to suspend my disbelief for all of this bullshit.

The only good things about this little arc are:

Sunfire is still a dick.

Wolverine meets Mariko Yashida, a Japanese girl who actually reciprocates his feelings, as opposed to Jean. I’ve mostly been ignoring his budding feelings for Jean, because I stopped finding love triangles interesting since I was 16 and watched The OC, so I can only applaud this development. Mariko brings out Wolverine’s soft side and it’s very adorable. Later on, she moves to NYC for some reason and they start dating.

There is something sweetly disarming about calling Wolverine ‘beautiful’. (X-Men 120)

Anyway, Magnum is holding Japan hostage: either they give him what he wants - I think that might be money, sorry, wasn't paying attention - or he sinks Japan by activating the fault lines and you guys, I am sooo bored. Unsurprisingly, the X-Men stop him and for once, it’s Banshee who gets to play the most important part.

It’s a good thing I was terrible at science, otherwise I might have to point out that earthquakes and sonic waves don’t work that way! I simply get to be entertained by little rascal Colossus, plugging his ears like a toddler, and Sunfire’s gritty determination to not be impressed by some silly screaming Irishman. (X-Men 119)

Banshee pays a steep price for the victory, however: his vocal chords end up damaged, leaving him effectively powerless for the remainder of the year.

Oh, and here’s interesting fact about the above spread: you may or may not know that Chris Claremont and John Byrne were notoriously terrible at working together; this issue became a particular sore point between the creators. See, Byrne wanted to run the above panel without the sound of ‘Kra-Koom’, believing the art was strong enough to convey the destruction. He was livid when the finished product ended up containing a sound effect after all. I get your frustration, man, but if you want a writer who knows how to say less with more, you should maybe not work with Claremont?

(One of the reasons Claremont liked being so verbose and descriptive in his scripts was because otherwise, the artist would fill in the blanks using his own imagination. It’s no wonder these two found it hard to work together.)

On the flight to the US of A, Colleen Wing hits on Cyclops. It has to be the jawline, right? It can’t be the personality. All of a sudden, a snow storm causes their plane to be diverted to Calgary. The cause of this delay is Alpha Flight, who want their Wolverine back!

When even the narration is all “and they think they’re equal to any team of superheroes”, you know you’re a bunch of C-listers. Ugh. (X-Men 121)

Vindicator, previously known as Captain Alpha. He changed his name after accidentally shooting Moira that one time, which is exactly the kind of hollow gesture this dude would make. Ugh. If you think his new-found remorse won’t let him threaten an airplane chock full of innocent passengers, you would be wrong.

Shaman, doctor by day, magic user by night. Him and his magical little pouch are to blame for the snow storm.

Sasquatch, Canada’s answer to the Hulk. (Hilariously, the theory on why he turns furry instead of green is because he’s closer to the Aurora Borealis and this somehow messes with the radiation?)

Snowbird, a young Arctic goddess. Precious. To be cherished. Barely there for this adventure, sadly.

Northstar, an arrogant, hot-headed speedster, the twin brother of

Aurora, a lover, not a fighter. Together, they have light powers.

Vindicator and Shaman hog most of the spotlight, so Alpha Flight continues to be the ever-loving worst. They’re really wasting Northstar’s first appearance here. Here's why they suck:

Alpha Flight accidentally smashes a plane and keeps threatening to drag Wolverine back to the military against his will.

They push the cover price of the comic to a whoppin’ 40 cents.

Johnny fuckin’ Hudson even provokes Storm into an attack in the middle of a mall.

Shaman lets his blizzard get out of control.

After Storm fixes this mistake for him, Northstar has the gall to knock her out, “because she’s obviously the strongest”. Like, you’re not wrong, but damn, y’all a bunch of unpleasant superheroes.

To stop the fight, Wolverine decides to turn himself in. The X-Men leave, but while flying back, they already make plans to save their teammate. Wolverine saves them the trouble, casually sauntering into the cockpit while claiming that pulling a fast one on them was the easiest thing ever.

To be fair, I understand why you’d want to put a country between yourself and those bozos.

And finally, the X-Men are home! Xavier left them the equivalent of a Post-It saying “off to space”, so they try to pick up their life as best they can. None of them contact Jean’s parents, make an attempt to visit her grave or happen to see Beast on TV and by now, my suspension of disbelief is stretched so far that it could replace Reed Richards on the Fantastic Four.

Ororo, meanwhile, makes a little pilgrimage to Harlem, to the building she grew up in before she moved to Cairo.

I have failed you as a recapper, because I have absolutely no idea how to parse this scene. (X-Men 122)

I think I’d have to write a full-on thesis before I could properly analyse this, because so many things intersect here: poverty and racism, the boundaries of a superhero comic, confronting a (shared) past. I can’t even fully gauge if this is a clumsy, privileged attempt at tackling a serious topic or rather, a valuable moment in a comic that continually tries to expand on its themes of racism, exclusion and prejudice. One thing I will note is:

Luke Cage delivers the sort of trite conclusion that they’re superheroes: they’re better at fighting Galactus than at fixing the human condition. Point is, he kind of has to believe that, doesn’t he? It’s the sort of blind spot we all permit ourselves: you can’t fix everything. None of us have the power to fix the earth, or humanity, or the economy, or whatever: if you’re lucky, you can maybe tend to your own garden and leave it better than you found it, ensuring some happiness for yourself and a few loved ones.

Chasing bank robbers is easy. Superhero stuff. But here? Who do you attack here? These kids, or the system that failed them? You can’t really punch a needle exchange into being. Maybe that’s the appeal of superhero comics: there’s a clear villain, which is so sorely lacking in our day to day lifes. There, we are ruled by systems that are rooted in inequality, patriarchy, gender...

But Storm isn’t like Luke Cage, not in this regard. Before she became an X-Man, she used her powers to help people that came to her. And the whole point of the X-Men - other than beating up villains in colorful spandex - is that they want to change the system. They want to fix things, they want to fix a dark part of human nature, the part that hates which we fear.

Storm doesn’t really respond to Luke Cage here, but we know she’ll keep fighting the good fight, despite insurmountable odds. You can’t fix mankind, I don’t think, but you can sure as hell try.

*coughs*

Anyway!

Black Tom and Juggernaut hire Arcade… to kill the X-Men! I’m not sure why? I thought these two usually attempted to solve things on their own and Arcade’s fee is, like, a million bucks, so…? Maybe Black Tom asked his boyfriend what he wanted for his birthday and Juggernaut clenched his fists and said “I WANT THE X-MEN DEAD” and things escalated from there.

So, Arcade is a subtle villain. While Scott and Colleen Wing are on a date, this happens:

I can’t decide which is funnier: kidnapping people by sneaking up on them with A GARBAGE TRUCK or the fact that Spider-Man deduces this is Arcade’s doing by the noise alone. (X-Men 123)

Spider-Man doesn’t really figure into the rest of the plot, by the way.

Arcade successfully kidnaps all of the X-Men (and their dates: Colleen, Amanda and Betsy). Who is this Arcade? Well, he is an assassin who lets his victims run through a gauntlet of some sort, testing them with potentially deadly results in his Murderworld. He’s like a discount-combo of Saw and the Joker, except a lot less competent and a lot more spoiled rich kid. He barely kills anyone, ever, until maaaybe Avengers Arena, some forty years later.

Arcade veers heavily to the silly side of the silly-to-sinister scale, but he at least commits to a theme. Bonus is that trapping your heroes in a bunch of ricocheting balls fubars them ever-so beautifully. (X-Men 123)

This whole adventure is very silly and has very little bearing on the overarching plot, but it’s a fun enough romp: Cyclops nearly gets squashed by a hydraulic press, Nightcrawler gets attacked by bumper cars with chain saws attached to them, stuff like that. The absolute best part is when Colossus is hypnotized by an illusion of the KGB and becomes THE PROLETARIAN.

His insignia is Vladimir Lenin, y’all.

After various shenanigans, everybody is freed from their respective booby traps, everyone except Colossus. See, Piotr has been feeling down, torn between the exciting new loyalty to the X-Men and the more dutiful loyalty to his family and his motherland. (Also, he’s been feeling like a failure because he came up short a couple a times, aw.) Those feelings are exactly what Arcade has been abusing, but when Colossus comes in for the kill, Storm gives the most heartfelt plea:

I’m not crying, you’re crying. (X-Men 124)

Arcade’s all: “Eh, can’t win ‘em all” and yeets the X-Men out of Murderworld. The story has barely any other repercussions, except we stop seeing Colleen Wing and Betsy (Piotr’s date) after this. To be fair, being kidnapped by a super villain is a good reason to stop seeing someone.

Even more inconsequential is the adventure in the Annual. The only important thing to glean from there is that, when Thor is unavailable, Storm is a suitable substitution. Couldn’t agree more.

The quality of the comic has been steadily ascending throughout the year and ends on a supremely high note: Proteus. Because I think it might be Claremont’s best work so far, I’ll be dedicating a full post to that. (Man, that 10-picture-limit is a real bummer, huh?)

Ugliest Costume: I don’t care, I just want someone to cosplay the Proletarian.

Best new character: There’s actually a few options - Snowbird, Northstar, Proteus - but both Jean-Paul and Narya don’t really show their best sides this year, so I’m going in a different direction. My pick is the Shadow King. He is a very effective foil to Xavier, perhaps even moreso than Magneto. I know I rag on Xavier and his cavalier attitude to bending others to his will a lot, but imagine if you had his powers: wouldn’t you just make people do whatever you want? Just, like, all the time? The Shadow King is an effective reminder of what Charles would have been like, had he been immoral. (Well, more immoral.)

No matter how cool your psychic battle may be, this is what it looks like to the rest of the world. (X-Men 117)

Turns evil: Colossus, for the first time!

What to read: 117, 125 - 129.

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tyrantisterror · 6 years

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I’ve got the Medieval Studies Congress this weekend and thus won’t be only much, but I wanted to share something with you all before I go. Submitted for your amusement are five different profiles for the same kaiju - specifically, my main kaiju, Tyrantis. There’s more information in each profile, but here’s a rough rundown for you:

First is Neosaur Tyrantis, hailing from a world where scientists recreated dinosaurs using the genes of their closest modern day relatives, and then other scientists took these “neosaurs” and further mutated them with gene altering pathogens in an attempt to artificially create giant monsters for nefarious and ill defined reasons! His universe’s Dr. Lerna (Dr. Mary “Minnie” Lerna) is a genetic engineer who helped work on the Neosaur project, but not on the “give genetically engineered dinosaurs super powers” one.

Next is HWE Tyrantis, who hails from a group writing project called The Hollow Earth Enigma that I’m apart of (and the only reason I haven’t deleted my deviantart account). He too is a genetically engineered chimera, but this time was made in the Mesozoic era by Reptoids, because HWE has a pretty big focus on cryptozoology and all that fun stuff. His Dr. Lerna (Dr. Minerva Lerna) is a herpetologist and cryptozoologist turned adventurer, and at one point was kidnapped by time and space altering sasquatches.

Authorial Tyrantis is our third alternate Tyrantis, and hails from my nebulous/loosely connected in broad strokes D&D setting that I use for all my Pathfinder campaigns. Originally he was just a super powered Tarrasque that I made to counteract a player of mine who was being a munchkin, but eventually he gained Tyrantis’s personality as well as his name, and has since gone on to have short but impactful cameo roles in almost all of my campaigns ever since. Though this Tyrantis is smarter than the others by dint of being a prehistoric demi-god, he still speaks like a Hollywood caveman. His Dr. Lerna (Dr. Hermione Lerna) is a literal goddamn wizard.

The fourth Tyrantis is the most requested Tyrantis of all time: a Tyrantis with FEATHERS. People hounded me to put feathers on Tyrantis so often back in the Deviantart days, and while it was REALLY annoying, I understand why - people who love dinosaurs want them to look accurate, and there ain’t nothing wrong with that. Besides, it also led me to redefining Tyrantis as not a dinosaur and making retrosaurs into a thing, so all in all it worked out! As a gesture of goodwill, enjoy this feathered Tyrannosaur-derived Tyrantis and ponder on what could have been if my artistic choices weren’t so easily motivated by spite. This Tyrantis’s Dr. Lerna (Dr. Wilmore Lerna) is a male Dinosaur Renaissance paleontologist in the vein of Robert Bakker, and looks suspiciously like Judd Nelson.

Our final alternate Tyrantis is a horrifying radioactive mutant, which is probably the second most requested alteration to the canon version of him. People love monsters that look horrifying! He may have a Shin Godzilla style makeover, but deep down he’s still the lovable goof we’ve all come to love. Hailing from a gritty horror-centric reboot, this Tyrantis lacks a Dr. Lerna.

Also, what the hell, have the OG Tyrantis as he appears in ATOM. I updated his file’s art so he wouldn’t look shabby compared to his new alternate selves and everything!

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agatasmurf01 · 3 years

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Class of Legends Nitty gritty Audit and Advices for Novices

Today I might want to acquaint with you quite possibly the best allowed to play - games: the twofold Brilliant Joystick - victor "Alliance of Legends" by Mob Games!

Class of Legends is a MOBA-Game (Multiplayer Online Fight Field), which is arranged towards the popular Warcraft 3 - Guide "Guard of the People of yore".

For the individuals who never played DotA (are there any?) and who don't have a clue about the game idea I will clarify it in detail:

The start

Group of Legends doesn't put high prerequisites on your laptops. You need at any rate:

- processor with 2 GHz - 1 GB Smash, - DirectX 9.0 proficient video card, - 750 MB free hard plate space, - DSL or comparable

Make a record either on the worker EU West, EU Nordic/East or US, contingent upon where you live. You can likewise make a record on US while living in Europe yet you will encounter higher pings at that point. I give you a connection to make a record in my creator's profile. Pick a name (consistently the hardest part) and a decent picture and off you go!

The Heroes

There are 2 groups 5 players (there are more game modes, however they are not significant first and foremost in light of the fact that as an amateur you should begin with 5vs5 to gain proficiency with the ongoing interaction). Before each match all of you pick a "champion" who is the character you need to use in fight. Dependant on your own preferendes it very well may be for example an undead mage, a goliath rock golem, a young man riding on a Sasquatch, a daring knight and numerous more.All in all there are more than 80 (!) various bosses and consistently week one is added.

Each champion has 4 distinct capacities (3 typical and one extra solid, "A definitive") and a latent, which he has since the start. You gain proficiency with the capacities by step up ingame and your maximum top dog level is 18 which implies that you have 5 focuses in each ordinary capacity and 3 in your definitive.

You get insight for step up by:

1. Being close to when foe flunkies or impartial beasts are murdered by your soldiers (it's not important to execute them yourself!)

2. executing or helping to slaughter foe champions

At the outset you for the most part play whatever you like, later it's valuable to speak with your teammembers before the match starts so you have a reasonable arrangement and not 5 bosses of a similar kind.

The various types of champions are generally:

1. Mages ("AP Conveys": AP implies capacity power, they essentially bargain otherworldly harm with their capacities)

2. Contenders ("Advertisement Conveys": Promotion implies Assault Harm, they predominantly bargain actual harm with their autoattacks)

3. Tanks (They are difficult to execute and ensure their own conveys, for instance by staggering or provoking the adversaries)

4. Supports (They have either buffs or recuperates to help their conveys and keep them alive)

5. Junglers (They don't begin in the path yet in the wilderness and backing their colleagues by ganking and ambushing the adversaries)

The intriguing point is: Contingent upon the things you prepare on your bosses they are regularly ready to satisfy various jobs!

First and foremost you don't have own heroes, yet consistently there are sans 10 ones which everybody can utilize. After certain matches you can purchase more heroes with impact focuses (IP) in the shop. I will result in these present circumstances later.

The guide

The guide has 3 unique paths, which lead from your own to the foe base. On these paths there are a few Pinnacles which you should obliterate before you can assault the actual base. As a help your primary structure ("Nexus") generates crony waves in short spans which help you in battles. Between the paths there is the "wilderness", where unbiased beasts are found. On the off chance that you murder those you get gold and additionally impermanent buffs.

When the match starts everybody has about a moment to spend his beginning capital on things in the shop.

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bringinbackpod · 4 years

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Interview with Ayron Jones

We had the pleasure of interviewing Ayron Jones Zoom video!

Please share while we are #togetherathome 🏠

AYRON JONES – Guitarist & singer Ayron Jones whose songwriting is filled with raw emotion is the new sound of Seattle in 2020. The gritty, genre-blending artist is an amalgam of the incredibly rich history of the city, from Jimi Hendrix to Nirvana to Sir Mix-A-Lot who produced Jones’ first independent record. Now primed to bring his unique sound to the rest of the world, his explosive single “Take Me Away” is released on June 19 via Big Machine/John Varvatos Records. “Take Me Away” pulls Jones’ diverse influences into a style that is at once both familiar and yet distinctly his own, with firm footing in the nostalgia of rock music. The tones and musical roots may be familiar, but the story is unique to Jones and the struggles and darkness that shaped his art. With a tumultuous childhood marred by parental addiction and abandonment, the weight of Jones’ past became the inspiration for “Take Me Away”. "'Take Me Away' was about how music was my escape, how I sometimes felt stuck in my own personal prison of isolation and solitude that I’d constructed for myself,” explains Jones. “Music was my release, and from the darkness I could create something beautiful, and not be defined by my history.” While gaining a following as an independent artist Jones has become part of the fabric of the Northwest city, opening for Guns ’N’ Roses at the Gorge and B.B. King, as well as working with Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin and Eric Lilavois at the iconic London Bridge Studio. The city has championed his sound with consistently sold out shows, and Jones has been embraced by the city’s wealth of music royalty including Duff McKagan, Mike McCready, and more. Jones’ ascent also broke barriers in the rock music world, and he explains "being black in the rock industry, I was forging a path into establishments and onto tours that had not previously embraced an artist like me. But the one thing that always changed minds and spoke for itself was the music.” His reach now extends well beyond Seattle, playing alongside such acts as Run DMC, Public Enemy, Rahkim, Jeff Beck, Theory of a Deadman, Robin Trower, and Spearhead, plus notable festival performances to include SXSW, Sasquatch, and Bumbershoot. For more information visit ayronjonesmusic.com.

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thegravyseed · 6 years

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Cinema Review: Star Wars - Episode 8 - The Last Jedi

The movie-looking-at community has been clamouring for my nüancéd and highly respected opinion on this, the newest installment of the Star Trek filmic saga. Luckily, it is with a skinny heart I announce that Star Ocean 8 is not only better than good, but is in fact as well: good. This assessment is due to the film containing a great many stars, in addition to a war, and the final magic laser monk; as a flick criticismer, my primary duty is to determine whether the title is accurate to its content. In this respect, I have no choice but to damn the film with gigantic praise.

Secondly, Star Bucks 8 is a good motion picture, because it is Dark & Gritty©️. I don’t know about you, but I for one am not six years old and afraid of fistfights, and thus I only enjoy those films which are Dark & Gritty©️. However, I feel the motion picture missed opportunities to be even Darker & Grittier©️. For example, we see beloved carnivorous sasquatch Chewbacca cooking and eating a helpless dog-bird, but we do not see him ruthlessly capture and murder the creature while looking into its baleful CGI pupils, which I feel would have contributed to the Pathos (a word I just learned from my fourteenth-favorite pastime: books) of the film.

Unfortunately, we now come to the point in the analysis when I analyze those elements of A Star Is Born 8 which are less than paradisiacal (a word I learned from my second-favorite pastime: inventing words). My primary criticalism is that the Avengers 3 trailer was shown prior to this film, and thus, while the film Afghan Star 8 is splendid, it is no Avengers 3 trailer.

In summation, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 8 has everything the fans have wished for in this hallowed series: Mark Hamill lovingly milking the CGI teats of a moist alien for its sumptuous green milk.

4.5 out of 5 stars wars

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nwbeerguide · 7 years

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Sasquatch Brewing Company announces Grand Opening at their expanded brewery, April 21st

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March 30, 2017 – Portland, Oregon – After five years in its tiny, hand-made brewery and pub, Sasquatch Brewing Company is undertaking a major expansion, adding a new brewing facility in a 4000-square foot warehouse in industrial Northwest Portland. The new brewery will include a 15-barrel system, two 90-barrel cider fermenters, and a tasting room open to the public seven days a week. Three brand new beers – a Kolsch, Amber and a Grapefruit IPA – and a new Hopped Cider will be released at Sasquatch’s Grand Opening event. The event is set for April 21 from 3 to 10 pm at 2531 NW 30th Avenue, Portland. The festivities are free and open to the public and will include complimentary BBQ and live music from Portland bluegrass band Out West.

“The brewery has been a labor of love from day one,” said Sasquatch Brewery founder Tom Sims. “We have appreciated and thrived on the support of the local community, and are excited that we’ve come to a point where we’ve simply outgrown our space. We are looking forward to having room to spread our wings and begin some new programs out of the new location.”

The new brewery will feature 22 taps with a wide variety of beers and ciders, local kegged wine, a barrel program for aging beers and large, private event space. The original location in Hillsdale will remain open, focusing on developing small experimental batches.

Sasquatch started as a classic Northwest, hop-driven brewery, and over the years has broadened its offerings to include sours, Belgians and ciders. Its top year-round beers include Woodboy IPA, Oregon Session Ale, Vanilla Bourbon Cream Ale, Hairy Knuckle Stout and Red Electric IRA.

Sasquatch, a true bootstrapped brewery that prides itself on making an authentic agricultural product by hand – from hauling grain to welding its own bar and tables – feels at home in its gritty location in the heart of one of the last true industrial areas of Portland. Just inches from the back of the building a train runs by, and out front across the street, steel galvanizers are dipping metal into steaming vats of molten zinc.

And yet despite its industrial location in this city of contrasts, Sasquatch is nestled at the foot of Portland’s beloved Forest Park, one of the country’s largest urban forests. This makes it ideal for hosting hikes and runs in the park, because as Sims puts it: “Exercise is best when it ends with a beer.” On the brewery’s north wall is a large, colorful mural painted by renowned Portland artist, Chris Bigalke. It features a nod to the things the brewery team loves most: the outdoors, Portland and of course, good beer.

Mike Paladino, Head Brewer, said, “The brewery’s new location will give us the room to make lagers, start a barrel-aging program and start packaging beer and cider in a 500ml bottle format. The new facility in the heart of Northwest Portland is a brewer’s dream.”

About Sasquatch Brewing Company

Sasquatch Brewery, based in Portland, Oregon is truly home-grown. With the company’s roots stretching back to include the founder’s Oregon Trail pioneer ancestors, Sasquatch is a classic Northwest hop-centric brewery. The five-year old brewery has expanded its offerings to include IPAs, sours, Belgians and ciders, including its New West cider brand. In adding a new, larger brewery location in 2017, Sasquatch will start making lagers, add a barrel-aging program and start packaging beer and cider in a 500ml bottle format. Learn more at http://bit.ly/2nPPJrP @SasquatchBrew

from The Northwest Beer Guide http://bit.ly/2ouAiIy

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ainews · 1 year

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Deadwood fans were treated to a wild and unexpected surprise this week when one of the show's most beloved characters, Al Swearengen, encountered a mysterious creature in the woods.

In the episode, titled "Sasquatch", Swearengen and his men are out hunting for game when they are suddenly confronted by an unidentifiable creature. Swearengen, always one to remain calm in the face of danger, slowly approaches the beast and discovers that it is, in fact, a sasquatch.

The creature appears to be friendly, but Swearengen and his men remain cautious. Swearengen slowly builds a rapport with the creature, eventually earning its trust. After a short conversation, Swearengen and his men finally leave the sasquatch in peace, and they all head back to Deadwood with a newfound appreciation for the mysterious creature.

The episode was an instant hit with fans, who praised the show's writers for their creativity and originality. For many, the episode provided a welcome respite from the show's usual gritty and violent storylines, giving viewers a chance to appreciate the show's lighter side.

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valdiis · 7 years

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Five Happy Things

When you get this, please respond with five things that make you happy. Then send to the last ten people in your notifications 🌼

Tagged for this by @keialaar

A reintroduction to some nice old-school grungy gritty down-home jazz when I was feeling blue. Reminded me of sunny day drives.

Marshmallow pinwheels.

D3 nights with @i-do-a-stuff and @musings-of-a-sasquatch.

Used bookstores.

Making things with my hands.

Tagging: @solarine, @desolatedangel, @brews-and-sass, @ma-at-thought, @zaderick, @gilneangunman, @notapaladin, @metagenesis, @kavtari, @centoridellanir.

(I’m having some trouble with making tags work - again - so if you don’t see yourself and you know you said a thing or liked a thing very recently, please consider yourself tagged and tell me what makes you happy!)

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thefaeriereview · 4 years

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Check It Out: It's Only Make Believe

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It's Only Make Believe by J.S. Jack

Supernatural Horror & Suspense

1985, West Virginia. Following several mysterious events and disappearances, Graceland Johns, 11 years old, joins forces with her leukemia-stricken best friend, Robby “Super Sleuth” Lee, to get to the bottom of a mystery that involves more than just the Sasquatch they set out to find. With a disastrous storm approaching, their discoveries will lead to a shocking revelation that could change everything they believe in. Set against the backdrop of the Appalachian wilderness, the troubles may threaten the very life and soul of their withered coal town. With a mysterious beast, a brutal sheriff, and a psychotic child molester on the loose, will they solve the mystery that plagues their tiny hamlet before it is too late, and before Robby runs out of time?

5 out of 5 fairies

It's Only Make Believe will give you chills. I love horror. Well, I love good horror. This, this is definitely good horror. There's just something so primal about it that kind of hits at your inner child that still wonders about things that go bump in the night...and whether the monsters that lurk are all human... Not for everyone, but if you're looking for something to cozy up with on a dark and stormy night that isn't as comforting as your warm blanket, then this is what you're looking for.

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About the Author: J.S. Jack was born and raised in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia. He moved to California to further his education, after which he spent years traveling, observing, and experiencing life. Like most writers and artists, he has a long list of bizarre previous work experiences that include diverse locations like a chicken slaughterhouse, the coal mines, and a hospice care facility. J.S. currently lives alone in San Francisco and works as an artist and photographer. He was homeless for over 8 years, and still wanders the San Francisco streets, photographing the gritty people of his beloved city. J.S. claims to have fallen into a "Vonnegut Time Warp" for several years. He also has a disguise fetish. "It's Only Make Believe" is his debut novel.

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mrwilliamcharley · 5 years

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WHIPPED CREAM Is On The Brink Of Greatness [INTERVIEW]

On the path to leaving behind a proud legacy, WHIPPED CREAM is on the brink of greatness. From being a competitive figure skater to becoming one of electronic music’s most brilliant producers, the journey of Caroline Cecil proved that you can amass to anything with a heart of gold. Initially blowing away listeners with her gritty and aggressive take on bass music, has now morphed into compelling pieces of music that allows her to seek artistic fulfillment. She’s rightfully earned all the accolades that come with the work, more recently, debuting at Ultra Music Festival. As she continues to reflect on where her music has landed her, we caught up with the DJ/producer to talk about all things music!

Run The Trap: What was your first experience with electronic music, as a fan?

WHIPPED CREAM: It was at this festival called Sasquatch that I went to about 7 years ago. That’s where I was introduced to it.

RTT: Who did you see over there? Who stood out to you?

WC: I saw Pretty Lights, Nero, and so many others.

RTT: You used to figure skate competitively. To go from that to producing music sounds like a very big, drastic change. Can you take us back to the day that you decided to produce music?

WC: I’ve always been really passionate about music. I think the reason why I skated was to express myself through music. I was never really technical, I was more artistic. So, once I had my injury on the ice and I had to stop skating, I still wanted to express myself through music. When I went to that festival, it kind of changed my life and I wanted to start creating music. Right after that festival was when I decided I wanted to try to learn how to make music. I liked DJing, and that’s when I started.

RTT: Your sound really brings such an energetic sensation you don’t really get from most music. Where does most of the inspiration from it come?

WC: Honestly, just nature and people, watching a good movie, other music. Really anything can spark an idea. I get really inspired, though, by movie soundtracks. Also urban music, like hip hop and rap.

RTT: You’ve shown time and time again that you can’t be kept in a box in terms of genres. With that being said, which tracks of yours are you the proudest of from a production standpoint?

WC: That’s a good question. I’m sitting on one that hasn’t been released yet. It’s called “Us,” and I think when that comes out it will touch a lot of people. It’s definitely one of my favorite songs that I have written. There are two records – “Ignorant,” which I’m very proud of, and there’s a record called “Love” that we put out a few months ago. Porter Robinson actually followed me because of this song; he was really intrigued by it. That was really cool.

RTT: Aside from electronic music, I know that you enjoy hip hop and R&B, and I feel like you’ve shown admiration for that in the breakdown of “Bad For Me.” If you could enlist R&B artists for a track, who would you go to?

WC: If I could pick any artist to work with right now, it would be Frank Ocean, Andre 3000, Kanye West, James Blake, A$AP Rocky, or Cardi B. I would love to go the R&B route too, like Majid Jordan, Drake, or Jorja Smith.

RTT: You just released “Time,” featuring DeathbyRomy. The track blends dark and aggressive basslines with a very intimate atmosphere. What are you trying to aim for with your newest projects?

WC: I wrote that song, and it wasn’t originally going to have a singer on it. But I felt like it needed something more to fill out the song, and I sent it to Romy and said, “yo, let’s try to write something really meaningful and impact as many people as possible. And she came back with these beautiful lyrics that gave me chills all over my body. I knew it was right. Honestly, I’m just trying to impact as many people as possible right now with my music, and that’s by taking risks and doing crossovers with vocalists and not having records that are just electronic. I really wanted to start doing the crossover with vocalists.

RTT: Is that one of your goals for 2019?

WC: Yeah, absolutely. I want to get music on the radio. I want to do the crossover and I want to make it cool, not corny.

RTT: That’s awesome, I feel like it’s going to be a big year for you. Starting today, have you had a moment to take a step back? You just made your debut for Ultra. How are you feeling?

WC: I’m feeling really, really blessed and lucky. I dreamt of doing this years ago, and I’m here now. It’s very surreal. I don’t have words for it.

RTT: You’re just on a high of emotions right now.

WC: Yeah! There are so many people that helped me get to this level, you know? It’s not just me. So, to the people that are reading this interview, I thank you guys for listening to my stuff and following me. You guys are a part of this just as much as I am. I love you guys. You’re the reason why I’m still here, you know, and why I’ll keep growing. It’s because of them.

RTT: What are some of the things that have surprised you about DJ’ing and the lifestyle that comes with it since it became your full-time job?

WC: I guess you don’t really think about all the traveling that you’re going to do and the late nights. You’re going to travel all day, and then you’re going to play your show, and then you’re going to wake up two hours later to go catch the next flight to the next show. And then you’re going to do it again. That’s not in the book. You don’t get told that that’s going to happen. But, even on my worst days, there’s nothing else I would rather do than this.

Something else that surprised me is how many people I actually can impact through a song or my shows. I think not just for me but for anyone out there that are reading this interview, no matter how small or big it is if you have a voice or you’re doing something you love you can try to impact other people, I think that you should try to use it. I’m no different than them. I come from a little town on an island. There were no other producers around. I just had this idea, no money, and I just worked really hard. – Whipped Cream

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Quicksand Interview: Synead Nichols, playing “Sary/Ensemble”

IRT Presents Everyday Inferno Theatre Company’s QUICKSAND By Regina Robbins

IRT Theater

154 Christopher St, NYC December 1st-15th, 2018 Tickets: $5-35

“They say that if one stands on the corner of 135th street and 7th avenue long enough, one will eventually see all the people one has ever known. It’s pretty true, I guess. Everyone comes to Harlem sooner or later.”

In Regina Robbins' Quicksand, heightened theatricality, live music, and dance combine to immerse the audience in the 1920s: an era of incredible progress and unimaginable inequality. As we follow the journey of Helga Crane, a biracial woman, from the deep south, through Chicago, New York, Denmark, and back, historical figures of the period appear unexpectedly; Broadway star Al Jolson sings “April Showers” on a New York City street, W.E.B. Du Bois lectures in a lady’s bedroom, and Paul Robeson performs a scene from The Emperor Jones. Infused with the flavor of the roaring 20s, this lively production will pull you back to a past eerily similar to our present.

What about the play resonates with you most/are you most excited to share and why?

I'm extremely excited and proud to be a part of a work that was written by a woman of color. The importance of working on a piece/narrative that I can relate to is very important to me. It allows me to connect not only to the work on a deeper level, but there is less of a struggle being authentic. With the way most industries are set up, holding a real space for non-binary women of color has been nothing short of impossible. Even in art, we have to constantly fight to be heard or seen but for one night...I exist on many planes. I could only be grateful for an opportunity like that.

What does "going home" (our 2018 season theme) mean to you?

"Going home" means a lot to me right now at this time in my life. It's about a return to self. A return to my "home"- the heart. I've been experiencing so many changing faces/phases over the last few years and although it’s not been an easy road, I’m so lucky to have the chance to explore this space; to find my way home.

What’s your favorite line in the show (yours or someone else’s) and why?

My favorite line is when my character Sary addresses her friend Clementine in regards to Helga and says "Don't be so chinchy, Clementine." That line just throws me for a loop. Go ahead, say it. It kind of makes me tingle. The sound of the “ch” and the “inchy”....so gritty.

SYNEAD NICHOLS (Sary/Ensemble) is a New York-born musician, artist & activist who was named one of Teen Vogue's 17 Rising Stars Who Personify Black Excellence During Black History Month. Synead has been honored by the NAACP as a history maker in her crucial role in community organization and has been a keynote speaker at Harvard's Alumni of Color Conference in 2015 in connection to social justice and organizing the Millions March NYC in 2014. Synead started on her performance track as a classically trained dancer studying at The Alvin Ailey School, Harlem School of the Arts, and LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts and studied acting at Stella Adler, CAP 21, the William Esper Studio, and abroad at the Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts in London. In the last year, she released new music ("Lost In The Wild"; "Zenith") which premiered on Apple Music's Beats 1 with Ebro Darden. She has also had the opportunity to work on several film & television projects ("Mercy Mistress", "Sasquatch") with diverse and vibrant creatives in New York City and abroad.

#EITC2018 #Quicksand #home #goinghome #EverydayInferno #IndieTheatre #NYCTheatre #WomenInTheatre #ChangeTheStage #nella larsen

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