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rebelwith0utacause · 4 years

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Thoughts on coronapocalypse, fandoms and doing the things you love

I’ve known of 5SOS since SLSP came out. I was in the US for the summer and I kinda heard the song a dozen times on the radio, but once I got back home (where they don’t really stream popular new music on the radio) I kinda forgot all about them. I might go and play SLSP and Amnesia on YT (because no Spotify where I live), but that was about it. I missed out on other songs and albums.

And then, last Spring I heard Youngblood (the song) for the very first time. It was the next song in autoplay and I actually liked it, but never got around to remembering who it was from. then Easier came along and I was like, oooh that sounds sexy and familiar. So I looked them up and actually realized that I know this band.

Mind you, I haven’t been listening to a lot of new music for the past 10(ish) years. I just wasn’t in the right headspace to accept anything new. I used to listen to a lot of metal back in my high school days, and a lot of Paramore, ATL, Alesana, The Used kind of music. I used to actively look for new bands and feel great when realizing there was so much great music in the world.

Then I magically went to college and stopped. I guess the new environment/responsibilities/obligations combined with my declining mental health got the best of me and I was okay with just listening what was served to me. It ended up being commercial pop alongside lo fi compilations that were somehow gonna make my life less stressful. What I didn’t realize was that I was only burying my one true passion, listening to a lot of quality music.

As far as pop culture goes, I’ll never be able to fully understand why I liked 1D (especially their last 2 albums) or my strange fascination with Harry’s solo career, but hearing Fine Line made me realize that underneath all of that pop sound, there are grungy undertones, grit and realness, something today’s music is sorely lacking.

But let me get back to 5SOS. It was the beginning of October 2019, I’ve already listened to Teeth, Lights Up by Harry was released the previous day and I somehow got stuck listening to Youngblood, the whole album. And that was an entire experience on and of itself. I remember hearing Talk Fast for the first time and actually feeling a part of me, the old me, come back. I felt elated that I’m listening to something new again (even though it was almost 2 years old by then). The excitement didn’t go away. I kept it on repeat for weeks, somehow ended up buying every single album/ep/song I could find and literally playing it on repeat until I had to go to work. I decided to get back to reading fanfics/laughing at memes/watching all the interviews, basically a pattern I was previously well accustomed to from my earlier years on Tumblr, Buzznet and Wattpad. I was talking about 5SOS all the time with my fam & friends.

Now here comes the interesting part. My mom was lowkey scared for me. She didn’t understand how her almost 28-yr-old daughter could get so hyped about something. She thought I might be going off the stray path a bit, which is understandable because back when I was a kid, I never let anyone see me get hyped out of fear that they would tease me, and these past ten years I was acting incredibly responsible and very ‘wise’ and basically trying to repress the carefree child in me, because that’s what I thought would make all of my insecurities and the harshness of this world disappear. She even reprimanded me once when I read her a 5SOS joke because she didn’t think that it was appropriate for an oldie like me to laugh at something younger people were laughing at.

Now, it’s been months, and she definitely got used to the idea of me listening to a lot more music than normal. I went on to find new bands, got back to listening to metal again, planed a trip to France to a bunch of concerts and it was all going great until Covid-19 happened.

These past 3 weeks my mom has had the opportunity to see me act extremely calm and rational while people are dying and getting infected every day. She’s seen me be extremely serious when the government announces the daily numbers, be wise when telling her not to panic and be happy and shedding a few tears while laughing at the Amazon Twitch stream.

This morning she went to me and told me that she hoped I would never lose the hype I got from this album (because I was extremely happy).

Guess what I’m trying to say is that everything is relative. What I find uplifting might not be the same thing as someone else. The only thing we need to remember in these trying times is to do what makes us happy and never let go of it. Be more careful health-wise. Panic less. Wash our hands. Stream C A L M.

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artnurse · 5 years

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what are some songs, albums, or artists that you have a strong attachment to?

AHHhHHH omg this is a loaded question because I can go on forever for music (and also thank you for sending me a message that isn’t about lingerie or my face lmao)!!!! I’m going to include some links because I love to be able to share music with people! These are in no particular order – just in order of me thinking about them.

Hollow Knight soundtrack. Christopher Larkin did an AMAZING job composing this soundtrack – and the game is amazing as well (one of the few games, in addition to Shadow of the Colossus, that makes me cry when I think about the ending). My favorite track on it is City of Tears. Check it out!

A lot of the songs and instrumental pieces from the original 1990′s Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon was my dang childhood and inspired me in a lot of things. Some of my favorite tracks:

Instrumental: Princess no tame ni��, Sailor Uranus and Neptune theme, sadness, otome kokoro, holy grail, eternal no ai

Songs: Moon Revenge, Kaze mo sora mo, kitto, Moonlight Densetsu, Senshi no Omoi, Ai dake ga dekiru koto, Ai no Senshi,

Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3. The first time I heard this song, I was 18 and working my part-time job in a cutlery shop at the mall. Manager let me listen to whatever music I wanted when I did the store openings on the weekend, so I’d always listen to the classical music station. This piece came on and I was so moved that I sped home to download it on Napster and then find a physical copy of it on CD at Tower Records so I could listen to it on repeat for a month.

Marina & the Diamonds “Electra Heart” album. This got me through a particularly bad breakup and I listened to it several times a day. I loved her entire concept for the album and all the art that went into the promotional videos for it. I have a few characters on WoW that are Marina references. Some of my favorite tracks are: Starring Role, Valley of the Dolls, Fear and Loathing, Radioactive … I’m pretty sure at least 10% of my tumblr posts in 2012/13 were Marina-inspired. Such a good era.

The Beatles Eleanor Rigby. I grew up a Beatles fan because my mom was – she had all the vinyls, a bunch of memorabilia.. etc. Something about this song (And the entire Revolver album) gets to me.

WHAM! Last Christmas and Aqua’s Barbie Girl – these are two songs that I have always, and will always, sing my heart out at karaoke.

Lady Gaga’s The Fame Monster album. I’m pretty sure that I did a million views alone on that Bad Romance song. Still one of my all-time favorites. Her Born This Way album means a lot to me too, because I listened to it a lot in Mists of Pandaria and that’s probably when I had the most fun w/ my friends and guldies in that game.

Mew - Repeaterbeater is probably one of my top songs from them. My ex (with whom I am still best of friends) introduced me to the band when we started dating in 2009 and like, I felt like I had missed out on life by not hearing of this amazing Danish band til then. I have about 20 CDs/albums from them – a lot of overseas limited prints and hard to find stuff. I really adore this band, and missing their show in SF due to the stomach flu in 2010(?iirc) is one of my biggest regrets. Comforting Sounds, Apocalypso, Am I Wry? No, and Satellites are also in my top songs from them.

The band 30 Seconds to Mars (at least, their A Beautiful Lie) holds a place in my heart because I listened to this a lot during my emo years and played this album a lot while PVPing in Lineage2 and also to and from classes. I’ve probably seen this band the most live – in two different countries as well! I have heard some problematic things about Jared Leto in the past few years that has kind of tarnished my love for the music, but it’s still an album that evokes a lot of emotion for me.

Poe - Haunted. She was one of the first performers I saw at a small venue for the 21+ crowd at a bar up in Orangevale (called The Boardwalk). I thought she was so cool, and bought her most recent album when we saw her. A lot of people may recognize her Hey Pretty song though. (Side note, first ever concert I attended was the Family Values Tour in 2001 w/ my friends in high school – Stone Temple Pilots, Linkin Park, Puddle of Mudd, Staind, Static-X, and Deadsy played.)

Honestly, anything by Patrick Wolf. LOVE HIM. Such a talented musician. Reminds me of one of my closest friends who introduced me to his music. One of my favorite songs by him is Hard Times. His acoustic album Sundark and Riverlight was also amazing, as was the version of The Libertine from it!

Röyksopp - What Else is There? Karin Dreijer Andersson (The Knife/Fever Ray) has haunting vocals and it pairs so well w/ the music. I pretty much love most of Röyksopp’s stuff, but this song in particular reminds me of a friend I lost contact w/ over a decade ago.

Kings of Convenience - I’d Rather Dance with You. I’m sorry, but this is probably one of the best songs of all time. And, yes, this song was one of autoplay songs on my Myspace forever ago, lmao. Erlend Øye is literally so cool and you will never be as cool as him ok?

Mystery Skulls - Ghost. Man oh man. I remember listening to this on repeat while raiding cuz I was being emo over some guy LMAOOO. But I still really love this song, and the band is awesome as well! I’ve gotten a few of my friends (and my mom!!) into Mystery Skulls! Also — I’M PRETTY SURE ONE OF MY FRIENDS HERE ON TUMBLR WAS THE ONE WHO LINKED ME THIS SONG AND TOLD ME TO CHEER UP.

Deadmau5 - Ghosts n Stuff 2009 was a really good year for me personally, and also a lot of great music was filling my ears that year, including the For Lack of a Better Name album with this track on it. I love Pendulum, so having Rob Swire pair up on this track w/ Deadmau5, to me, was AHHHHmazing.

Janet Jackson - Velvet Rope. A really great song and it had a lot of personal meaning to me back in high school / college. I have always been a huge Janet fan and this came from one of my favorite albums of hers.

Gotye - Heart’s a Mess. I know a lot of people associate him with the popular track Somebody That I Used to Know w/ Kimbra, it’s a great track, don’t get me wrong, but this song is my favorite from him. Another song I listened to frequently through a breakup. I love Gotye’s very Peter Gabriel-esque vocals.

I could actually keep writing for like…. another hour but I will save you guys that and just end it here. Let’s just say I am a VERY auditory person

#Anonymous #thanks now im on a music kick and i won't shutup

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bonesandthebees · 2 years

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anyways sd anon with an actual reply message because i have just finished a hell homework ! and now i have to write a poem about a car crash! there is a story there i swear

sesame oil. love of my life. glass bottle i was juggling while attempting to hold three other glass bottles and my phone at the same time in hmart. it made it up safely! and i’ve been meaning to make soba stir fry soon i just haven’t had the time

ALSO MY FOURTH ROOMMATE HAS STARTED DATING SOMEONE NOW. HE IS FOUR YEARS OLDER THAN HER BUT THAT’S ANOTHER STORY i’m literally just. oh my GOD. and she left to go home for a week so it’s me and my dating roommates and it’s not super bad rn but like bro. bro. what is this.

been holing up in my room like a goblin recently! but i did find a few sunny spots for when i want to drag myself outside! it’s a sunny week this week and i am a fan of it although i do have to awkwardly watch streams on my phone while i walk to class. at this point i’ve started catching up on them while i do dishes lmao

also i’m so excited to see arc 2 of it! seems like things are ramping up/some knowledge is about to get Dropped so… hyped for that!

san diego is actually exactly that like it’s great but the weird conservative pockets are Not It esp bc they’re just like the don’t wear masks and be very classist which becomes inevitably slightly racist conservative

public transport still killing me <3 have resigned myself to emptying my wallet for lyft <3

also yes! petrichor and also the smell of the ocean like not the sanitized one the lowkey dead kelp one. also this one bath and bodyworks candle called sweater weather but we are not allowed to light candles in the dorm so…

i listened to youth So long ago when how to be a human being just came out and i clearly remember it was bc youtube autoplayed the song and i got into them, forgot about them, and got into them again about a year or two ago so like i love their music but the cursed knowledge is still very much there. also like i’ve been looping them recently cause agnes makes me sad and write better but i am slightly paranoid someone will see that and Know

car crash! how, uh, cheerful /s

i'm very proud of you for not dropping the sesame oil bottles sd anon, also soba stir fry sounds like it'd slap

I mean uhh depending on how old your roommate is four years older isn't terrible?? but it definitely is debatable. like if your roommate is 18 dating a 22 year old that's not great but it's also not the worst imo. just kind of let them do their own thing I'd say and don't worry about it too much

honestly I've listened to streams while doing the dishes a ton of times before, dishes are so goddamn boring streams definitely liven it up lol

hehe yes arc 2 is gonna be very interesting i'm so hyped for it, I'm a little worried it's not what yall are expecting so I hope it's not disappointing!

i'm very sorry for your wallet, lyft is getting so expensive these days ://

YEAHHHH NGL THE DEAD KELP SMELL IS KIND OF RELAXING. and ah yes i remember not being able to light candles in my dorm... o7 good luck

youth and agnes are both so good... agnes is probably my all time fav glass animals song, youth was like the second song of theirs I got into after pork soda. they're literally so good but the knowledge that they as people are fully aware of dnf because of that fic is just... sigh

#sd anon #ask

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stereksecretsanta · 6 years

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Merry Christmas, @hannars97!

One of the requests was for "really like stiles discovered kpop and drag derek with him" and, though my Kpop and Krock knowledge is a couple of years out of date (and I always tended towards Jpop and Jrock because of my job at Jrock Revolution... XD;;), it seemed like Hanna was excited for that particular prompt, so I tried my best and gave it a go! I'm crossing my fingers that you enjoy reading this story, Hanna, and I hope that you have a wonderful holiday season. <3

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Words Fail & Music Speaks

Falling 이대로 falling for you 날 잡아줄 수 없어도 Falling 또 다시 falling for you 날 감싸줄 수 없나요 Falling like this, falling for you Even if you can’t catch me Falling once again, falling for you Can’t you embrace me? “Falling” – John Park

”Where words fail, music speaks.” - Hans Christian Andersen

The Stilinski household had once been a home filled with music: rock, pop, classical, Broadway, country—anything and everything was a possibility to be heard. Certain days tended to lean towards a particular style of music—Fridays were the most likely day of the week for Noah to drop by the house and find Claudia singing along to an old school country song, rolling pin clutched in one hand as a makeshift microphone while Sundays typically had Stiles bouncing around the living room and jumping from sofa to armchair to sofa again, headbanging and doing air guitar along to Metallica’s Enter Sandman album. It was a home rich in sounds, in lyrics, and varying vocal qualities and styles.

In various languages, as well:

Claudia introduced Stiles to her favorite Polish singers early on in his life, wanting to share her history, culture, and language with her son as much as possible: because of that, the amber-eyed boy grew up singing along to Marcin Rozynek, Magda Piskorczyk, Stanisław Sojka, Natalia Kukulska, and Irena Jarocka, using his favorite songs from each to slowly teach himself the language that his mother had grown up speaking with the rest of her family when she was his age.

Stiles had only managed a passing ability in Polish before his mother got sick and worsened under the onslaught of the frontotemporal dementia’s symptoms; after the diagnosis came in, the young boy had buckled down and studied for all he was worth, singing old lullabies that he had found on the internet to Claudia on the days her disease struck hardest—hoping, perhaps, that the familiarity of her first language would offer some comfort to his mother as she got worse and worse in the hospital, health slowly but surely spiraling into a decline.

The other side of the coin—the downside—in learning songs to sing and the language to speak to his mother in came as thus:

Noah and Claudia had known from an early age that something was off about their son. His energy tended to be in excess to the children around him and school was a chore for two particular reasons: either Stiles found it impossible to concentrate on the tasks assigned to him, becoming disruptive to the other students around him, or he focused so thoroughly on his assignments that it was difficult to coax him into moving to something new. Doctors were able to diagnose the signs early on and it was a constant and regular occurrence after that to try and find a medication and dosage amount that would work best with Stiles. A solution was eventually settled on—though no medication was one hundred percent perfect—and so Claudia had searched for supplements to include to help her son with his concentration and attention issues.

It wasn’t long after that the Stilinski matriarch discovered that music helped Stiles in unexpected ways; when Claudia ran foreign music in the background, Stiles was able to better concentrate—part of his mind focusing on the music and language, running along with it. But, because the words weren’t in English, they instead became a reassuring background noise to the boy, allowing most of his attention to actually shift to his schoolwork and other assignments given to him.

Claudia’s Polish records, cassettes, and CDs became a default to turn to, if only because her collection for that particular language was the largest, started when she was a little girl. Spanish came soon after: taught at school and the secondary language of California with Stiles the first one to the counter at the local panadería, rattling off their grocery list with a wide smile: pork and chicken tamales for their Wednesday dinner, pan de leche, conchas, and ensaïmada to eat at breakfast and as treats throughout the week (the conchas were always the first to go once Stiles got tall enough to reach the bread box that they were all stored in).

The downside to immersing himself in Polish to offer up a sort of comfort to Claudia as she lay sick and dying came when it became harder and harder to focus on homework with Natalia Kukulska running in the background—after all, now, Stiles was actually able to understand the lyrics that she sang. The same issue arose the further along in Spanish the boy got at school, vocabulary and conjugations gone over week after week, and though Stiles didn’t think that he’d ever be one hundred percent fluent in the language… he now knew enough to understand bits and pieces of the songs played on the radio.

After Claudia passed away, Stiles eventually gave up listening to either option, defaulting to classical music or instrument-focused electronica and club mixes to help him concentrate during extra long homework sessions or research binges. Unfortunately, the music genres were never as helpful as the Polish and Spanish songs were—the lack of vocals giving the boy’s mind an opportunity to drift without that extra safeguard to ensure he stayed on task; it wasn’t completely horrible—not as bad as what it could be—but… well, for quite a while, Stiles’ grades definitely took the brunt of that particular hit.

It wasn’t until years later that Stiles finally stumbled across a solution.

Literally.

The teen had been running various YouTube users’ playlist mixes in the background of his laptop while on his current supernaturally-prompted research extravaganza. The latest Big Bad wasn’t a creature that Stiles was able to find in the Argents’ beastiary despite several days of finetoothed combing, so turning to the internet was the next step when the usual tools finally ran dry.

He’d pulled up a playlist from a user that the whiskey-eyed teen typically relied on for ambient, background music, and things had been going well for the majority of the night: until the playlist switched to a new song, one that must have been recently added, and Stiles paused for a moment in his reading to shoot the YouTube tab a suspicious, furrowed look.

Korean began playing over the laptop’s speakers, and the teen huffed a quiet breath while switching over to the video platform website so that he could skip the song and move ahead to the next one.

The moment that Stiles clicked on the tab to see a young man perched on a large throne and wearing a black and white pinstriped suit, bright red hair flowing over the chair’s arms and to the floor, the teen’s eyebrows slowly began to creep up his forehead. The visuals didn’t do much to appeal to him—the scenes with the astronauts left him rather unimpressed—but the dirt scene, one that seemed to ooze post-apocalyptic setting? It intrigued Stiles enough to get him to stay and to continue watching despite the music genre not being what he typically enjoyed listening to as the autoplay selection shifted over to the next song… which ended up being another Korean pop song.

This song—called “Lucifer” and performed by a band called SHINee—had elements of electronica and pop that drew him in more thoroughly than the previous music video. It went without saying that the teen’s interest was piqued by a variety of new music styles, a language that he wasn’t too familiar with—Korean had never been one of the languages that Claudia had played for him when Stiles was young—and researching the newest supernatural threat took a pause while the teen got caught up in a new type of binge watching and listening.

Perhaps after forty-five minutes or so into the various videos that Stiles clicked, one after another, he finally came across a music video that made him pause: the song was older, probably recorded back in 2009, but the genre reminded the teen a lot of the old ballads and R&B songs that Claudia used to sing along to before she got sick. The song was called ”One” and was sung by a group called Dong Bang Shin Ki; looking back, Stiles was able to pinpoint that this was the exact moment when his interest shifted and perhaps turned a bit more serious: curiosity took precedent as the amber-eyed teen scooted closer to his desk, fully prepared and ready to dive more completely into this new thing that caught his attention.

From ”Rising Sun” (also from Dong Bang Shin Ki) to ”Passion” from a singer called SE7EN to a video called ”LA Song” from a guy who sometimes went by either Bi or Rain to ”Sorry Sorry” from a boyband with a ton of members that were called Super Junior to ”Eat You Up” from a pretty kickass female singer named BoA… the more Stiles explored, the more intrigued he became—and the more obvious it was that he preferred certain singers and groups over others, as well as certain time periods in what had been produced and released. (And when he eventually stumbled across Seo Taiji, EVE, and The TRAX, too…? The bottomless hole that was his typical research binge became that much deeper.)

The teen ended up staying up until dawn, ignoring the first blush of light that highlighted the horizon and slipped through his window in a fall of gold, and instead continued clicking from music video and performance—one after another—until Stiles’ dad yelled at him to start getting ready for school because otherwise he’d be late.

It was a pattern that quickly established itself as a regular one, and it didn’t take long before the teen was switching his music from the previously established instrument-based electronica and classical music to Kpop (and Krock, on occasion) playlists from YouTube users. He liked the older groups, the ones from 2008 and on—they typically had more of an R&B feel to their music, especially the ballads, and it made Stiles nostalgic for his mom (when that happened, the whiskey-eyed teen tended to lean more heavily towards listening to a singer called Eru).

Such was how Derek eventually stumbled upon Stiles: with the teen absently bopping his head along to Super Junior’s “MAMACITA” playing on low in the background while Stiles paged through another hunter family’s beastiary—given to him by Peter at the pack’s last meet-up, and the teen had been too intrigued at the chance to dive into another family’s records that he didn’t bother asking too many questions about how Derek’s uncle had managed to get his sneaky, sneaky hands on it.

The dichotomy—the unexpected sight of Stiles happily moving along to a song in another language—and what the Hale Alpha had been expecting was enough to make Derek pause at Stiles’ bedroom’s windowsill, and the older man’s expressive eyebrows slowly lowered in confusion as a pale gaze flickered from the oblivious teen to his laptop and back again.

“Do you even know what they’re saying?” the werewolf asked, pitching his voice loud enough for Stiles to hear over the beat of the music. In all honesty, Derek felt that he should have been surprised by finding the teen listening to what he was—but, then again, the Alpha had also stumbled across the cassette collection that Stiles kept in the Jeep. True enough, many of the tapes were legacies left to him from Claudia Stilinski… but a fair amount of the newer looking tapes had Stiles’ writing on them. And those tapes could be described as ‘eclectic’ at best.

“Nope. Do you?” the teen shot back without missing a beat, already alerted to Derek’s incoming visit by the proximity wards, and instead flipped the next page in the new beastiary. A creature that Stiles had never come across before—neither in the Argents’ records nor on the Redbull-fueled internet research binges—was this section’s Big Bad, and it took only moments before Stiles’ attention shifted from the bemused werewolf still perched on his windowsill to the book spread across his lap.

Stiles’ easy disregard sparked something within Derek’s chest—if the Alpha was truthful with no one but himself, at least he could admit within the shadowed protection of his mind that it was an emotion very close to jealousy that surged to ugly life—and the corner of his mouth twisted downwards.

“I do,” he answered in turn, and the burn softened back down to ambers as Stiles slowly blinked, obviously returning to the immediate here and now as he shifted his attention back to the waiting Alpha. Curiosity lit that amber gaze and, to further prove that he could do as he claimed, Derek tilted his head to the side to listen to the lyrics for a moment or two before translating aloud for Stiles’ benefit: “Why are you shutting your mouth right now? Did you decide to just go with the flow? Just say Shh!, then everything will calm down. Everyone keeps nagging. Were you expecting us to be Superman? This world is good enough to play in, right? If you do as you always did, go as you always went. There’s no way you’ll stick out and be hit by a hammer.”

“…oh,” came Stiles’ reply as the teen blinked once more and glanced towards his computer, a new appreciation at understanding a portion of the song softening the look in his eyes. “That’s… not what I was expecting. I like it, though.”

Drawn into the teen’s orbit as the moon drew the ocean’s to tide, Derek ducked the top of the pane and shifted more completely into the familiar warmth of Stiles’ bedroom. One step after another, and curiosity at this unexpected Stiles Trivia tidbit drew the older man to the other’s laptop. A single touch woke it to life—and it was then that Derek saw just how many Kpop playlists the teen had loaded and waiting to be switched over to. The eyebrows yet again traveled upwards over Derek’s forehead, and he poked around each one to see what it was that Stiles had managed to find and collect since the last time the ‘wolf had stopped by his room.

“Why’re you listening to all of this when you don’t understand it?” Derek eventually asked as he scrolled down a list of BoA’s songs that was… rather long.

Stiles remained silent for a long moment, tap-tap-tapping his pen against the curve of a pale, bared knee—and eventually offered up a one-shouldered shrug, Gallic and enigmatic in its lack of meaning. “It helps me concentrate,” the teen replied after a moment or two of Derek waiting, silent and expectant for any real sort of reply. “It was a trick that my mom used to do with different languages. I figured that I would give it a try with… this. It works, so… does it really matter why?”

The connection to a memory from a dead and gone family member—the tenseness along the line of Stiles’ spine, the slight hitch of his voice when he mentioned his mother: they were things that Derek still did himself when talking about the family that he’d lost; it didn’t matter if the loss was years past: some hurts just… didn’t heal.

Derek fell silent at that even as he continued to click through the teen’s playlists, taking note of various artists—seeing if there was a pattern to Stiles’ preferences (there was) and weighing, considering, an idea that slowly began to form along the edges of his mind. Vague and more of an outline of an idea than anything concrete, but… a possibility, a hint, a chance towards something.

“What’s your favorite song? I can translate it for you—if you’d like.”

Vulnerability softened the normally iron strength that filled Stiles’ caramel gaze, and the smile that the teen offered the ‘wolf was crooked and sulky-sweet with understanding and unspoken affection. “…okay,” he agreed, setting aside the bestiary to return to it once Derek was gone. “I’d like that, yeah.”

Stiles paused as he flipped open the screen for his laptop, confusion furrowing his brow at stumbling across two tickets—obviously concert tickets, though Stiles hadn’t bothered checking to see if any of his favorite bands and singers were on tour for perhaps two years now (no point, he’d always figured; you never knew when the latest monster flavor of the week would decide to rear its ugly head). So, that being the case, where had these come from…?

The teen flipped them over to see the front of the printed tickets, eyes going wide as he finally caught sight of what the concert was: The Korea Times Music Festival—pool tickets at the Hollywood Bowl with the date showing a little bit more than a month from now.

How…?

What?

…why.

(All pertinent questions that Stiles didn’t have the answer to—but desperately wanted.)

Glancing down to his computer’s keyboard, Stiles picked up the Post-It Note that had been stuck to the back of the topmost ticket, bright yellow slip of paper slipping away as he picked them up. Derek’s sloppy scrawl was immediately recognizable after too many years of notes left behind for Stiles to find in a variety of places (places typically geared towards pissing the teen off during the Cold War portions of their Alpha-Emissary relationship).

Feeling up to heading down to SoCal next month to see some of your bands perform live?

“You grade-A asshole,” Stiles muttered around a bright, happy laugh—corner of his mouth curling upwards into a stupidly sappy grin, dimples on display for anyone to see—and the boy didn’t bother trying to fight against the supernova strength flare of relief and glee and want that exploded to life within the confines of Stiles’ chest as he read the note from Derek.

The answer, when Stiles sent it via text, was simple enough:

I totally am! But only if you’re coming with me, O Alpha Mine. ;)

::fin::

#hannars97 #stereksanta17 #*fic17 #*gifts17

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lovevignette · 6 years

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11 questions tag

Tagged by @jisungshiine (thank you for tagging me!)

Rules: Answer the 11 questions, create 11 questions on your own and tag 11 people to answer them.

1. How was your day?

My day so far has been kinda okay??? i mean i got woken up by my mom screaming at me lol, but besides that its been good i guess

2. Who's your Stray Kids bias and why?

my stray kids bias is jisung! to be honest i don't really know why, i just felt myself drawn to him?? plus the more i got to know stray kids i was amazed at his rapping skill and singing and just all of his talent so i had to stan

3. If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?

omg this is literally the hardest question..but i'm thinking burgers and fries. i feel like any other food i would get extremely tired if and then stop eating at all :/

4. What weird food combinations do you really enjoy?

none lol. I don't really like mixing up foods because it never tastes right to me? i just can't do it lol

5. If you could meet just one of your biases, who would it be?

honestly i think it would be jaemin because i feel like i would have a lot to say to him. stuff like how me and so many other fans still and will always support him no matter what. i'll probably drown him in flowers and 'get well soon' cards for dramatic effect lol

6. What's your favorite song by Stray Kids and/or 3racha at the moment?

honestly i don't think i could pick a song that i like the best. not only can i not decide but i don't even think i've listened to all of their songs yet (i'll make sure to do that though)

7. What movie can you watch over and over without getting tired of?

umm i think none. i get really tired of watching movies over again because after a while i stop enjoying it. but in this case i think it'll be Tangled because i watched that movie a lot.

8. Is there any Kdrama you absolutely love?

i'm kinda just starting to watch a lot of kdrama's so i don't really know many, but from the ones that i've finished it'll be Descendants of the Sun because i feel like i was more invested in the drama and the characters than the other ones i've watched

9. What mythical creature do you wish actually existed?

vampires so i can convince one to turn me into one lol, that or warlocks and faeries because why not

10. If someone narrated your life, who would you want to be the narrator?

cryaotic because he's hilarious and his voice sounds really nice. i just picture him laughing hysterically while i'm doing something and not even narrating smh..if you know him you know what his laugh sounds like lol. either him or jhope because i really like his voice also

11. How did you get into Stray Kids?

I always heard of jyp's new boy group because of all the rumors before they were released y'know? but even when they came out i was never really interested in them. i was watching music videos on my tv one day and Hellevator played on autoplay. it was like..a week or so after it came out? i watched the vid but didn't get into them until like a month and a half later lol because they kept getting recommended to me on youtube and i kept seeing them everywhere.

My Questions:

1. What's your favorite day of the week and why?

2. What groups are your top three biases from?

3. Morning, night, afternoon, or evening?

4. What color do you associate with yourself and why?

5. Who's your ultimate bias and why?

6. If you could have a conversation with any k idol, who would it be?

7. What superpower would you like to have?

8. What songs would your ultimate/best playlist have?

9. What's your favorite kdrama/anime?

10. Who do you look up to?

11. How did you get into your bias group?

*these are not really group specific since a lot of us are multifandom.

People i'm tagging: @jaidinnnn @fudgepandachan @picoleroxo @3jeonghan @be-the-piano @njaemic @blossomkth @taeyongtown @yvvs4n @soulmadcity @ludoyoungxx

i didn't really know who to tag but yeah...Remember that if you don't want to do it or if you already did it, you don't have to do it!

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biofunmy · 5 years

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‘The Voice’ crowns its Season 16 winner. Team Shelton or Team Legend?

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Spoiler alert: This story contains details about the outcome of Tuesday’s finale of “The Voice.”

John Legend just became a V-EGOT winner.

Maelyn Jarmon was named the Season 16 champ of “The Voice” during Tuesday’s finale, handing Legend a win in his first season as a coach.

“This journey with John has been incredible, it’s been a dream,” Jarmon said. “This has gone above and beyond my expectations. … I owe it to everyone who voted and streamed my songs.”

The feeling is mutual. “Maelyn makes me feel at peace. … Everything’s right when I get to listen to her voice,” Legend said. “I’m just so grateful I got to work with you this time.”

Last night on ‘The Voice’:The Top 4 lay it all on the line during finale performances

“The Voice” Top 4: Maelyn Jarmon, Gyth Rigdon, Andrew Sevener and Dexter Roberts. (Photo: NBC)

Jarmon, 26, who is deaf in one ear, earned a four-chair turn during the Blind Auditions after wowing all the judges. She was the first member to join Team Legend and ultimately handed him the trophy that will join the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards on his mantel.

Rookie “Voice” coach John Legend celebrates his first win with Season 16 champ Maelyn Jarmon. (Photo: Trae Patton/NBC)

The Texas native beat overwhelming odds: She was the sole singer standing in the way of Blake Shelton, who had a 75% chance at the title with three of his singers in the finale.

When the votes were tallied, Gyth Rigdon finished in second place; Dexter Roberts came in third; Andrew Sevener in fourth.

The two-hour season finale felt like a concert, with more than a dozen guest performances and post-competition duets with the Top 4 and their musical heroes.

Sevener opened the festivities, singing “T-R-O-U-B-L-E” with Travis Tritt, just days after the country star’s tour bus was involved in fatal crash in South Carolina that left two people dead and another injured.

Jarmon and Sarah McLachlan offered a stunning duet of “Angel.” Roberts and Toby Keith brought the heat with “That’s Country Bro,” while Rigdon and Hootie & The Blowfish tackled “Hold My Hand.” The finalists may have been singing with their idols, but they held their own with the professionals and looked right at home onstage.

Related: Country star Travis Tritt’s tour bus involved in fatal crash in South Carolina

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Some fan-favorite contestants who were eliminated throughout the season got another chance in “The Voice” limelight.

Mari Jones and Kim Cherry lit up the audience with a soulful rendition of Lizzo’s “Good as Hell,” before LB Crew, Shawn Sounds, Jej Vinson, Kalvin Jarvis and Domenic Haynes tore into Bobby Brown’s “My Prerogative,” channeling a boy band in their colorful suits and in sync (no pun intended) choreography.

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Betsy Ade, Celia Babini, Lisa Ramey and Presley Tennant gave the boys a run for their money with their own rocker girl group. They performed a fiery rendition of Stevie Nicks’ “Edge of Seventeen.”

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The Jonas Brothers performed their new single “Cool.” Khalid, who served as an adviser for Legend during the Cross Battle round, returned with his smooth “Talk.” Taylor Swift brought her massive butterfly wings during a performance of “Me!” with Panic! at the Disco’s Brendon Urie, while the K-pop group BTS broke the internet (literally) with their single “Boy With Luv.”

“BTS stole all their dance moves from me,” Shelton quipped.

Other guest performances included OneRepublic (“Rescue Me”), Hootie & The Blowfish (“Let Her Cry”) and Halsey, who debuted her new single “Nightmare.”

Although Rigdon, Roberts and Sevener didn’t walk away with the title, they did get a pricey consolation. Each will be able to drive home in his own new Toyota RAV4.

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Hi, for the ask the blogger thing, how did you become ExoL? 🌸

Oh boy, how did a I get to be an ExoL?

This is how.

Kidding, that’s just most part of the reason. So as I said in the other ask, I’d been listening to Kpop for a few years before I really got into the fandom. I vaguely remember Exo debuting, but it wasn’t until Monster that I really became aware them. I heard it on Spotify’s Daebak playlist and had it stuck in my head for a good month after it came out, but I never actually watched the video: I loved music videos as a kid (I briefly considered going into Media Studies and pursuing visual directing, after I won an award for an MV I made as part of a course, but I decided to go into Lit/Cultural Studies instead) but as MVs had kind of been on the decline in Western pop it just never occured to me to watch the video. But I knew I liked the tracks I’d heard, and I especially liked the voice of that one guy who sang the goddess line and did the adlibs.

So even though I’d listened to and liked a few of their songs, I’d no real idea of who they were as a band or what they looked like. It was actually my Kdrama habit that led me to my ExoL destiny!

Basically two things:

1) I’d seen the poster for Kyungsoo’ webdrama multiple times on the website I used to watch drama, and saw that it was constantly billed as one the hottest/most watched. I was in the middle of watching a few other series, but every time I went to the home page I stared at that poster for a good few minutes because damn, the male lead looked just my type. HOW LITTLE DID I KNOW. I’d read the descriptor for it and thought it looked cute so put it on my ‘To Watch’ list.

2) I was eagerly awaiting Jung Kyung Ho’s new drama, Missing 9. He was my first Kdrama crush and I was excited for his next project, so I watched a lot of the pre interviews and promos where he appeared with this tall, cute, fluffy haired boy who was apparently an Exo member? Then the drama started and I thought he was really sweet, and realised when people were giffing and talking about the show that he was CRAZY popular. I knew I liked Exo, so I thought ‘Hey, I’ll watch the MV! I bet he’s the main vocal’. So I googled the Monster MV and was EXTREMELY shocked to discover that the soft fluffy boy was the rapper?!

This kid?! But what really blew my mind more was the MV. Instantly hooked: the aesthetic? The dancing? AND THE GUY FROM THAT ONE POSTER IS THE GUY THAT SINGS THE GODDESS LINE OH MY GOD. I watched it like three times, then the performance version and the dance practice. Then the Transformer x Monster performance from MAMA 2016 came up on autoplay (which to this day is one of my favourite of their performances), followed by Lucky One… followed by Call Me Baby… followed by Love me Right…

After that it didn’t take much. I watched literally everything that D.O had been in. By the time the Kokobop trailers started rolling in that summer I was fully invested in them. Back then I just lurked on the edges of the fandom, liking things and watching youtube crack videos but not really telling anyone or engaging. I think it was when they performed at the Olympics that I started owning it because my boys were live on international tv!

Then of course a few months later I tricked @sweet-teeth-mfs into getting into them and here we are! As I’ve said before, fandom is better with friends and having Edie to share things with instead of screaming to myself has been a blessing. I remember watching the first teaser for 100 Days My Prince and being so overwhelmingly excited for it, and tentatively telling Edie about it when she started to seek out more content like ‘So… this will start soon… you might like it.’ Being able to yell each week to each other about what had happened was the BEST.

So yeah, that’s how it happened! Sorry for the essay. I did joke with Edie that I should have just answered with ten gifs of Kyungsoo.

Also, if you have never seen the Transformer x Monster performance I’m talking about I strongly suggest you check it out:

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I just need to get this small rant out...

Ok so, I found this band as some may know called ATEEZ way back in about May-ish June of 2019... 'Wave' came up on my YouTube autoplay song board and I listened to it and that mv hands down changed my life, as sure as I knew it, this band has literally changed me, all the band's I stan like BTS, ASTRO, A.C.E, Stray Kids, ATEEZ is special in a way, I don't know why or how but I feel a strong connection to their music and they are just fun-loving people, they love their fans and want to take care of us Atiny ~the fanbase name~ some people may not understand my obsession for kpop and it's okay, some people may think it's weird or annoying, I don't care, these people, just one person, just one group, can change a person's life, I don't need people to tell me who to be, I just listen to my music and know who I want to be. My point being, there is just something about ATEEZ that just clicks, they are just a perfect fit, they aren't just 'there' they just have this vibe that always keeps me happy, I've watched almost every performance video and every mv, learned most of their songs, have their pictures plastered on my walls, they are coming close to where I live in April 2020 and I literally couldn't breath when I found that out, I will work my ass off and do everything I can and put in every hour, every minute, every second of work to get floor seats, maby not right up to the stage but close enough where I can tell "I love you ateez" loud enough to where they can hear it, because I want them to know how much they have helped me through my ups and downs and my stressful nights and days, I really appreciate them and ty YouTube for the autoplay, or I would of never staned ateez. Id probably sell my soul to meet them, id give them every penny I own to meet them, if I had one wish, I probably would choose to meet ateez and talk to them to tell them how much I love them and that words can't describe my love for them and they have helped me through a lot....im sorry this was a long rant but I just had to get it out there. Thank you for staying for my Tedtalk...

I love you Ateez, ty again...

~Karly💕

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rockrevoltmagazine · 5 years

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SEASON OF GHOSTS Release New LP & Official Music Video for "A Leap Of Faith"

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UK and Japan based Cinematic Electro-Metal band SEASON OF GHOSTS has released the official music video for the title track off of second full length album, A Leap Of Faith, which released physical and digital copy 10/23/2018.

“A Leap of Faith came to life, as the result of our collective experiences since the creation of ‘The Human Paradox’ and although one could say that four years is not such a long period of time, a lot has changed within and without, on every possible level. Every challenge, of course, is an opportunity in disguise, as well as a valuable lesson, so me and Sam attempted to put this into music and words. In a Leap of Faith, as well as everything I’ve ever worked on, every word has a purpose, every note, every meaning has been carefully selected with intent. We do not believe in fast fashion, fast art, therefore we create slowly, hoping that our songs will mean something to someone in the years to come. This album bears significant emotional weight for us who created it, existential intensity, but also it’s very pleasant to the ear, easy to listen, hopeful. We feel it conveys a straightforward, honest, loving message to those who’ll let it be their life soundtrack for an hour or so.

For the needs of A Leap of Faith, we combined our musical influences, spanning from Japanese visual kei, to American rock, to European metal, inviting our friends from all over the world to contribute with their unique musical style, Fatal FE (ex-Fail Emotions) from Russia, who was in charge for most keyboards, Masaki (This is a PEN) from Japan, who played piano on ‘You Are Not Your Pain’ and of course Mr Fusix who worked his magic on the mix and master. My good friend Intetsu from Japanese Visual Kei band, AYABIE, handled all photography and videos, the ethical, ethnopunk UK brand, Psylo, took care of our costumes and Sam along with Paul were in charge of art direction. Looking back, it’s so surprising that sometimes darkness can create something so harmonious, beautiful and full of light.

A Leap of Faith is not a concept album like the previous one, but undoubtedly it has a concept if one connects the dots. It emerged during a prolonged period of mental, emotional and physical drought, so it bears a certain level of rawness in its sound, its artistic concept, the photography, the aesthetics, which comes in contradiction to the more lavish atmosphere of ‘The Human Paradox’. I am in no way denouncing my beliefs or my style, I just happen to like lots of different things and everyone deserves variety, so this album has been tasked with the mission of conveying our message in a more laconic, no-frills -literally-, straightforward way, It’s a bittersweet memoir and a peculiar, daily life user manual for those who dare to listen closely. For me, A Leap of Faith is the music of the spirit, soul- nurturing, it means to offer insight and love, but you, the listener, can take whatever you need from it.” – Sophia (Vocalist and main song writer)

Click HERE to Purchase / Download A Leap Of Faith LP

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The Actress. The Singer. The Activist. Felicia Punzo

Felicia Punzo has always wanted to be a superstar. The Philadelphia native has acted in numerous musicals including Annie, The Wizard of Oz, Bye Bye Birdie, and the Music Man. She was also involved in three KIA TV commercials, and was cast as an extra in the 2009 motion picture are Standing Ovation.

In 2009, Punzo worked with Grammy award-winning producer Kam Houff. She went on to release several tracks that year that included Sweet Dreams, Sweet 2 Me, Ready for the Weekend, and Wish It Would Rain.

In 2014, Felicia began working on a nationwide anti-bullying foundation. The program seeks to promote self esteem in kids by encouraging them to be who they want to be. She joins us for this installment of TAKE5:

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Nexus: Hey Felicia, this is Todd from Nexus Radio. Where are you at?

Felicia: I’m good. Right now I’m home and my music-movies room where no one can hear us.

Nexus: Perfect because we’ve got a lot of secrets to dish out! All right, we’re just going to ask a bunch of random questions. Obviously [we] want to know about your latest project, and then we want to get into the fun stuff. So tell us a little bit about what you’ve been working on.

Felicia: I worked on a song called About Us. I went out to L.A. and recorded it. It’s just a fun track; I’ve never done anything like it before. It was more “poppy,” than I’m used to. I’m used to doing the more pop-dance music. But then I got some remixes for it, and I think one was [Dave Crusher] remix- I forget the guy’s name, but I really loved that remix- it connected with me.

It was my first time out in L.A. and it just ‘vibed’ with me really well and you know, I’m trying to get it out there as much as possible and I actually recorded another track called Thrill Ride, but it’s not finished yet.

I recorded it on my grandpa’s birthday and it’s funny because- OK it’s not really funny, but it was a very long week because my grand pop was put in the hospital and his birthday was on the 25th of July. So he was put in the hospital and we threw him a birthday party in the hospital that same night.

I went into the recording studio and I also have a full-time job, so I was exhausted but I banged out the song and I can’t wait to hear the finished product. So I’m just waiting on some new music and I’m always up to recording some more and trying to get myself out there as much as possible.

Nexus: It sounded like you were very much influenced by that incident.

Felicia: I said that to my dad because when I was recording it I said to my dad I was just utterly focused. I was like “wow it’s getting really late,” but I just banged it out and I kept saying to my dad ‘I feel this is like my favorite song, it’s just stuck in my head and I can’t wait till everyone gets to hear it.’

Nexus: So when you’re on the Tonight Show and all that [you can tell them your story].

Felicia: I was thinking that too, everyone keeps saying that you need a story, you need a story. And I’m just a normal girl from South Philly. I don’t really have a crazy story, but with that song, I feel like it’s such a great story.

Nexus: Saying that you’re from South Philly is also the story! The Roots (music band) are from there right?

Felicia: Yes. I forget his name. He’s got puffy hair, the drummer. (Inaudible)

Nexus: So with the Tonight Show, it would be like Philly love. You’ve got The Roots playing with Felicia Punzo.

Felicia: Yeah, I think that’s great. That’d be awesome.

Nexus: So we know Philly is known for the Philly Cheese-Steak sandwiches out there. So what would be your favorite place to eat out in Philly?

Felicia: What would be one of my favorite spots to eat?

Okay. So I got two places to tell you. My Dad’s friend’s restaurant Chick’s. It’s a new restaurant and it’s one of my favorites, we go there all the time. It’s a pretty cool place.

So there’s also Chickie’s and Pete’s is a quick place to eat, they have the crab fries that are very well known. It’s also another, uh, you know, they’re friends of the family. Their place is somewhere we go very often also. I really like going out to eat and trying new things. My fiancé and I go to some of the higher-end restaurants, but if we’re just chilling, relaxing, and we want to get a quick plate it’s either Chicks or a Chickie’s and Pete’s.

Nexus: I see a lot of chicks involved. If me, your father and your fiance, we’re all going out to Chicks, and you could have the opportunity to interview another musician and bring them along to dinner, what would you ask them?

Felicia: It would be Demi Lovato. Her story is inspiring. I would ask her, you know, how to…., that’s really hard. That’s really hard. I’m really bad at asking questions.

Nexus: Basically, you would just go with the flow and just ask who she is, why she is, and how she’s doing. Is she an example of an inspiration for you? What has inspired you to make music and go from juggling a day to day job and a singing career?

Felicia: I’ve been performing since I was three, four years old. My mom taught me how to Sing Whitney Houston at the age of five. So music is very involved in my family, my brothers are DJs. My Dad was a DJ for 35 years. I always wanted to do music; it’s kind of in my blood.

Both of my nephews also love music as well. It’s kind of funny because the youngest one is only one and he’s just obsessed with music. You know the Alexa thing? He yells at it because he wants the music to keep playing. It’s so funny.

Nexus: Alexa, I think is underpaid.

Felicia: Yeah for real, everyone uses it in my house. I can make my dog, you know, when he’s in the house by itself, we say, ‘Alexa, play Meghan Trainor’ and the dog gets quiet.

Nexus: That actually leads to my next question, what was the last song that you listened to?

Felicia: I actually just came back from my Zumba class and I listened to the Cardi B song ‘Like It.’ (like that). That was the last song that we danced to.

Nexus: Did it make you sweat?

Felicia: Oh yeah, I haven’t even taken a shower yet. I literally walked through the door and my dad handed me the phone.

Nexus: Oh, perfect timing…welcome to the music world! What would you say to your fans out there? You’ve been inspired by so many. How can you be an inspiration to others? What would you want to say out to your fans out there?

Felicia: I would say, keep working on your craft. Just always believe in yourself, even when things are getting really tough and you want to give up. Just remember exactly why you’re doing what you’re doing. Never give up, never stop believing in yourself and always have faith that things will work out in your favor…and that comes from the heart.

Nexus: Very well spoken. How can new fans follow you? What are your Social Media handles?

Felicia: So I have my website, www.feliciapunzo.com. I’m always on my Instagram account, which is feliciapunzo, my twitter is @feliciapmusic but everything else is @feliciapunzo, but I’m mostly active on Instagram.

Nexus: Do we get to see those photos of you in the Zoomba class?

Felicia: I actually, I haven’t been able to take any yet. I was just able to start working out again. I was in a car accident a few years ago, and I finally cleared. I used to perform every weekend but because of my car accident, I had to stop performing constantly. But now I’m going to be able to start doing it again. I had to get my body back to know where it was because it was a pretty bad car accident, but I’m now starting to perform again. I have a full schedule.

Nexus: There you go. There’s your story.

Felicia: and I never think that I have one.

Nexus: Nope, You surely do. What are we going to see for the rest of 2018? And do you have any plans already for 2019?

Felicia: So pretty much for 2018, I’m just trying to get these songs out there. Trying to get them played on different radio stations station. Trying to work on my fitness and trying to be the best that I can be to my ability. I’m one of those people that I kind of lives in the moment and I try not to get my hopes up for anything but definitely live in the moment type of girl. I wish for the best and work hard, so pretty much that for the rest of 2018 and 2019. Plus plan a wedding, my wedding for 2020, Plus a full-time job.

Nexus: Well it sounds like things are going really well for you. I’m really happy to hear it. Well, thank you for spending a couple minutes with me and I can sense that you definitely are going to need a shower now because now you went from a Zumba class to an interview with me and I make you sweat! Thank you so much and hopefully come out to Chicago. Guaranteed, I’m your best tour guide.

Felicia: Isn’t the Chicago the windiest city or something? Is that a lie?

Nexus: Well, it’s not the lie. Long story short, it’s basically related to our politics because we had a lot of “hot air.” So that’s why they call it the windy city.

Felicia: I understand now. I’m going to go back in the room right now and said, hey, let’s go to Chicago!

Nexus: Yes. Call us up. Come to the studio. We got you. We got you. There’s a home here for you. Enjoy the rest of your evening. Thank you. And we’ll talk soon.

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iyarpage · 7 years

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What’s the Best Music for Designing to?

Madonna once said that music makes the rebel and the bourgeoisie come together. I find it difficult to believe that either of these demographics would spend much time listening to pop from the year 2000, but who am I to argue with Madonna?

Now, for the young rebels out there, Madonna was our… ummm… Beyonce, maybe? I’m not good at these comparisons.

In any case, Madonna did not say that music is a huge part of the web design process, but she should have. Not on the front-end, thank God. Anyone who autoplays music on their site should be forced to browse with Netscape Navigator for a year, per infraction. But creatives of all kinds, the world over, use music to help them create. Whether they use it to lighten the mood during tedious tasks, to occupy the parts of their brain that aren’t busy, or take direct inspiration from it, music is there, helping synapses make connections.

We thought it would be fun to ask our community what music they listen to. To keep some semblance of organization, we’re going to do this with a series of polls. However, no one on this Earth has the time or resources it would take to make a comprehensive music genre survey, so this will understandably be limited. We’re also going to heavily favor the kinds of music that people typically use to help them concentrate.

Can’t find an option you like? Go blow up the comment section with your genre choices.

Lyrics or no lyrics?

Our first poll is going to be pretty all-encompassing. Simply put, do you like your work music to have words in it, or not? Some people simply can’t concentrate at all if the music has any lyrics, whereas others treat all music as a sort of extra-pleasant white noise.

The Classical Poll

Classical music is often treated as one genre by people who aren’t that into it. Dig past the surface, and you could say that every major composer developed their own genre. Some of them developed more than one, and nearly all of them experimented with what their friends came up with.

Ride of the Valkyries by Wagner is almost the quintessential “epic moment music”. Beethoven wrote massive epic symphonies, too (quite a few, in fact), but some of his most recognizable tunes are piano pieces for quieter moments, such as Fur Elise, and Moonlight Sonata. Many will recognize Tchaikovsky’s most famous work as the soundtrack to fairy tales and cartoons, while Debussy is known for his more sedate orchestral works.

So what’s your classical poison?

The Pop Poll

From cheesy, naïve love ballads, to the literal song-and-dance routines of boy bands, pop is designed to appeal to as many of us as possible. So… it’s no surprise that it does appeal to most of us. I mostly listen to metal and techno of various kinds, but even I can’t help but love some now-classic ’90s pop from my youth. However, I still don’t have a favorite Backstreet boy, and even if I do like some of their songs, I refuse to learn their names.

Going back further, we have Michael and Madonna, the indisputable king and queen of the genre (sorry Cher). Bringing it back to the present, Divas rule the scene, with Beyonce and Lady Gaga each having a fan base that would make some cult leaders green with envy. Look, I’m not saying either one is leading a cult, but if they did, they’d have so many people signing up.

So if you’re in the mood to have your ears soothed by the familiar while you make websites, which would you go for?

The Pre-rock Poll

Before Rock ‘n’ Roll, we had… well we had a lot. But the musical styles that were most popular right before the the introduction of rock include Jazz, Blues, Country, and Big Band. Heck, the Beatles made albums that were almost entirely Country. Beyond that, I have to admit that I am not particularly familiar with the subgenres here, nor any of the legendary musicians of these musical styles. This is largely why they got grouped together.

If you’re in the mood from something out of another time, or just something from the rural U.S., what’s your pick?

The Rock Poll

This is not the greatest music blog post in the world. This is just a tribute. To call yourself a lover of rock doesn’t really narrow it down, much. Rock has more subgenres than several other styles of music combined, and half of them are just metal subgenres. But, if you think of it in terms of your mood, it’s a little easier.

Wanna listen to something angry? Metal always has your back. Ditto grunge. Want something romantic and sappy? Soft rock probably has something for you. Want to hear the legends scream their way to greatness? Classic rock now technically includes everything from the ’90s on backwards, so there’s a lot there. Listening to something but you have no idea what to call it? It probably fits into “alternative rock”.

So what’s your mood?

The Electronica Poll

Ah, electronica. As a young whippersnapper in the ‘90s, we just called it “techno”, and we liked it that way! Oh, don’t hurt me Disco fans, you know I’m kidding. Mostly.

But yeah, we have Disco, and we have all the dance music that came post ‘90s. Then there’s more experimental instrumental stuff like Trance, which was brought to the mainstream, and my attention, by the late Robert Miles. Rest in peace. Then there’s Chillout, a decidedly slower, more sedate form of electronica, often instrumental, which is supposed to help you do what it says on the label.

The Hip-hop Poll

I’ll admit, hip-hop is a genre about which I could be much better educated, though I do rather like most of what I’ve been exposed to. The most popular genres seem to have sprung from the classic days of rap.

There’s Gangsta Rap, for when you need motivation to get your hustle on. There’s Conscious Rap for those who want to spend their day contemplating social issues, and wireframing. Then there’s Battle Rap, where people insult each other a lot. Hey, it can be funny. Lastly, I’m including Instrumental Hip-hop, which can be quite relaxing, actually.

So that’s everything I have space for, and then some. I am now expecting some actual music experts to go nuts in 3…2…1…

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What’s the Best Music for Designing to?

Now, for the young rebels out there, Madonna was our… ummm… Beyonce, maybe? I’m not good at these comparisons.

Can’t find an option you like? Go blow up the comment section with your genre choices.

Lyrics or no lyrics?

The Classical Poll

So what’s your classical poison?

The Pop Poll

So if you’re in the mood to have your ears soothed by the familiar while you make websites, which would you go for?

The Pre-rock Poll

If you’re in the mood from something out of another time, or just something from the rural U.S., what’s your pick?

The Rock Poll

So what’s your mood?

The Electronica Poll

Ah, electronica. As a young whippersnapper in the ‘90s, we just called it “techno”, and we liked it that way! Oh, don’t hurt me Disco fans, you know I’m kidding. Mostly.

The Hip-hop Poll

So that’s everything I have space for, and then some. I am now expecting some actual music experts to go nuts in 3…2…1…

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