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soundsof71 · 3 years

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FIVE ALBUMS YOU NEED IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW!!!

aka, My Top 5 of 2020, but I didn’t want to seem too retro!

Yep, I have a classic rock blog. Yep, I think that the best rock and roll in history is being made RIGHT NOW. And yep, ALL of it is being made by women.

(Shown at top, Nova Twins by Ant Adams [x] and The Tissues by Michael Espleta [x]. I was planning to make a collage of all my faves in concert, but not all of them were able to play in 2020. Both of these photos are pre-pandemic.)

There’s been quite a bit of movement on this list, and all five of these have spent some time at Number 1 as the year has done (gestures broadly) All This™. Anyone looking for rock and roll is going to dig any of these.

Rocking out is just the start of it, though. Wrestling with my bipolarity and schizophrenia is tough on a good day, and there haven’t been too many of those lately. The plague has also taken its toll around me, with two family members dead and a third who’s doing better, but will likely never be all the way back. (Mask up, kids!)

I’ve written plenty about how deeply Taylor Swift and Phoebe Bridgers have moved me this year (and will do so again), but in those rare stretches where I’ve had enough spare energy to listen to music at all these days, I’ve mostly been looking for more than beautiful music. Heavy times need heavy lifting, and I find that in heavy music.

The five albums here have all helped carry me, pointing the way toward light.

1) BULLY, SUGAREGG

Alicia Bognanno is a force of nature as a guitarist, vocalist, composer, and producer/engineer. (While working on her degree in audio engineering at MTSU, she interned with Steve Albini, who remains both a fan and an admirer). A Nashville transplant from Minnesota, she’s still a natural fit in her home on Sub Pop: as heavy as Soundgarden, as hooky as Sleater-Kinney.

I was blown away hearing her searing honesty while working through her discoveries of her bisexuality and bipolarity (double bi!), and her triumphant roar lifts me out of my seat every time I listen.

“She sings the hell out of [these songs], her voice fraying to the point of combustion every time she launches to the top of her range. This is phenomenal music for converting anger and anxiety into unbound joy.” ~Stereogum, Album of the Week

Also, check this fantastic interview with Alicia in the New York Times talking about what she’s gone through to get here.

TURN IT UP!

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2) GANSER, LOOK AT THAT SKY

Ganser syndrome is a rare dissociative disorder characterized by nonsensical or wrong answers to questions and other dissociative symptoms such as fugue, amnesia or conversion disorder, often with visual pseudohallucinations and a decreased state of consciousness. ~Wikipedia #it me

‘Just Look At That Sky’ doesn’t presume to offer solutions; it’s an honest document of what it feels like to wade through anxiety, day by day, not a survival guide or handbook of answers none of us actually have. Whether or not you pay attention to this, Ganser are simply one of the most invigorating, exciting new bands. ~Clashmusic

I saw one very positive review compare Ganser to a cross between Fugazi and Sonic Youth, but I think they hit much, much harder than either of those. And as you can surely guess, I also deeply relate to their themes of mental illness and dissociation while trying to make it through All This™. But my god, are they TIGHT. This is a BAND.

Ganser has two fantastic lead vocalists, and on “Bad Form”, bassist/vocalist Alicia Gaines wrote the song for the voice of keyboardist/vocalist Nadia Garofolo. Alicia also wrote a FANTASTIC essay on the strains that making an album during a pandemic puts on the mental health of the entire band at talkhouse: “Writing, recording, reaching out, balancing relationships outside and within the band, I found (and still find) myself under-rested and agitated to no particular end. More than not doing enough, I was not enough.”

(If you can’t relate to that, I can’t relate to you, tbh.)

This video also does a fantastic job of showing dissociation. TURN IT UP!

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3) THE TISSUES, BLUE FILM

“Blue Film” is a ten-song shot of dagger-twisting electro-(s)punk. It’s completely addictive from the very first listen. The tour de force is “Rear Window”, an art-punk masterpiece of slashing guitars and mad caterwauling. Copious doses of jaunty poetics and social commentary reward the earlooker patient enough to untangle Kristine Nevrose’s hysterical meowing about intergalactic salt shakers and hysterectomies, but I’m too emotionally invested to look under the hood.” ~ Sputnik Music

“Rear Window” is in fact my most-played 2020 track. TURN IT UP!

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4) GUM COUNTRY, SOMEWHERE

It’s not all heavy! But even when I’m looking for something light and hooky, I need a bite, and Gum Country has done it with the kind of swirly, feeedback-laden wall of sound that Lush or Yo La Tengo would make if they lived in LA. (Recent transplants to SoCal from Vancouver, I do think that the sunshine has gone straight to their heads, in the very best way.)

Indie music nerds will know guitarist/composer/singer/front woman Courtney Garvin from The Courtneys, and she really does throw up a glorious wall of sound. I adore this video too! Sweet, swinging, fun -- and yes, the drummer is playing keyboard with one hand while slapping the skins with the other!

I mentioned earlier that all five of these albums have spent part of the year at #1 on my list -- I think that this one might have spent the longest stretch there. Like all shoegaze, even as hooky as this, the truth of these songs is revealed in VOLUME. TURN IT UP!

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5) NOVA TWINS, WHO ARE THE GIRLS?

Now, THIS is heavy! Amy Lee (vocals, guitar) and Georgia South (bass) are fucking LOUD, and insanely intense. A mix of grime, hip-hop, metal, punk, and good old rock and roll, they’re a harder-hitting, more theatrical Prodigy, with a pyre of intensity that recalls the heaviest howls of Rage Against The Machine. Indeed, Nova Twins spent a good bit of 2019 playing heavy metal festivals and toured as openers for Prophets of Rage. (Tom Morello has been a fan and supporter from the beginning.)

As you may have noted in the photo at the top of this post, their musical audacity extends to visuals too: they design their own clothes, hair, and makeup, they art direct their own videos, and more. They impress the hell out of me, and I’ve been a huge fan since hearing their first singles in 2018. I’ll plant a flag and say that Georgia South in particular is the most innovative musician on any instrument in any genre right now, but they’re both absolutely monsters.

I’m honestly not at all sure that #5 is high enough for this, but I’m absolutely certain that after this video, you’re gonna need to rest for a little. LOL

“Taxi” is the story of two gleefully and creatively violent women shaking up the local crime syndicate as they use a vintage cab for their moving murder scene. This is the movie that Robert Rodriguez wishes he was making with Sin City, if it were combined with Blade Runner and The Matrix. And gangsters. And a snake.

I’m gonna take your crown I’m gonna, I’m gonna bleed you out We demand it by the hour We devour, control, power

I’m gonna burn it down Even the, even the royals bow

So not the same kind of therapeutic work being explored on this rekkid, but you know what? Fucking shit up is therapeutic too!

Definitely take this full screen, and for the love of fuck, TURN IT UP!

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SO. Not done with the best of 2020 yet? I’m sure not! A lot of my favorite songs aren’t on albums (at least not yet), so for an unedited list of everything I’m finding, check out my Spotify list, 2020: Shuffle This List! 268 songs and counting, over 15 hours, and not finished yet. I’m still checking out everyone else’s Best of lists (including yours! Message me links to yours!!!), so will probably be adding to this for most of 2021, too.

And for more banging tracks by women from 2020, plus a few 2019 gems that I’m still grooving to, check out my more thoroughly curated Spotify playlist Women Bangers: A Tumblr New Classics Jam. (You’ll see a couple of these tracks there!) I’m working on a YouTube playlist and an essay to properly roll that one out. I’m also still tweaking the ending, but the three dozen or so tunes there are definitely bangin’.

Tell me if you hear anything you dig here, and tell me what YOU’VE found! We’re gonna get through this together.

Yr pal, Timmy

#me #new classics #classic rock #women in rock #best of 2020 #bully #ganser #the tissues #gum country #nova twins #essay #youtube #punk rock #punk

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offtopicoverload · 3 years

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Get Lucky

so i totally forgot about this request from @renluthor for like. two months, terribly sorry, but i finally finished it lmao. bit different than what we had discussed, but i had a lot of fun with it and think it turned out decent enough, hope you enjoy it also idk how to tag on ao3, i hope this works fine

M Rating (still suck at rating, there's drinking and kissing so)

Zoey x MC (Bea)

~1700 words (still pretty short since i cant seem to get my word count up rn but im also not that fussed)

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Bea Hughes stands in the middle of Belvoire’s quad on her first day at the school, staring down a snarling beast, some bitch named Poppy that’s really starting to get on her nerves. “You know what, Poppy?” she snarks, “I’m really going to enjoy tearing you down. Something tells me nobody likes you half as much as you like yourself.” She pauses, glancing around before her gaze lands on some frat bro, “Michael, how often does Poppy call you an idiot?”

He frowns, face downcast, “Every day. My therapist says it isn’t good to surround myself with people who bring me down, but my parents are friends with Poppy’s and -”

“Oh my god, nobody asked to be invited to your pity party, Michael!” Poppy shouts, effectively cutting him off with a stamp of her foot.

Bea’s scowl grows, “You know what nobody asked to be invited to? Poppy’s Daily Bitch-Fest. Death by migraine would be more pleasant.”

“Oh, you haven’t even seen Poppy’s Daily Bitch-Fest,” her eyes narrow at Bea dangerously, “But if you’d like a demonstration, by all means, be my guest of -”

“Hey Bea! Look at the time, we gotta go!” Someone takes hold of Bea’s wrist, tugging her along and away from the crowd, from Michael, and from Poppy and her glare. She’s pulled into a sprint across the lawn, running wildly until they’re inside a dorm and standing before some door.

“Wish the circumstances were different, but welcome to the Winfrey dorm complex, aka your new home!” The girl lets Bea’s wrist drop back to her side, gesturing widely with one hand as she fumbles to unlock the door with the other.

She finally succeeds, throwing the door open and ushering Bea inside, the door slamming shut behind them. Bea’s eyes immediately rove over the expensive decor and nice furniture of the huge dorm she’s somehow stumbled upon.

The girl collapses on a couch, kicking her feet up as she looks over to Bea, “So, you got out of that one alive. Barely,” she adds under her breath. “How are you feeling?”

Bea follows suit, slumping down on the opposite side, toying with the hem of her shirt distractedly. “Honestly, you’re gorgeous,” she shrugs, watching the fabric slide between her fingertips. She freezes, slowly glancing to Zoey, “...is what I was thinking, but did I just say it out loud?”

A laugh bursts from Zoey, her head falling back, “You did, and you’re absolutely, positively right. Not to mention easy on the eyes yourself,” she grins, winking at Bea, before sticking her hand out. “I’m Zoey Wade, your roomie,” she shakes Bea’s hand when their palms meet, “This right here is our dorm. Your room’s on the left, mine’s on the right.”

“Okay,” Bea responds abruptly, sinking into the cushions and crossing her arms beneath her chest. “Okay,” she repeats.

Zoey glances over to her, “Are you okay?”

Bea’s eyes flicker to her dark ones, “Yes. Yes, because I got lucky on the roommate front,” she smiles, albeit somewhat forced.

“That you did,” Zoey smiles right back. “In fact, I know the perfect place to get you off campus until the hype dies down.” she jumps to her feet, crossing to the front door before Bea can even react.

She scrambles to her feet, nearly tripping on the corner of the coffee table, “Wait!” Zoey spins as she swings the door open, winking before disappearing down the corner, Bea nearly sprinting to catch up.

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An hour later, Bea and Zoey are sitting in a dim corner of a Soho speakeasy, soft music and conversation buzzing in the background. Half-drunk Manhattans sit before them, their own voices adding to the soft din of chatter flowing in the space.

“How’d you find this place?” Bea inquires curiously, her eyes scanning the building and its patrons. It’s cozy and warm, the inviting atmosphere a sharp contrast to Belvoire’s intimidating one.

“Connections,” Zoey’s shoulders rise in a nonchalant shrug, unbothered as she scrolls her phone.

“Whose?”

Zoey looks up from her phone, gaze meeting Bea’s as she smirks, “Can’t spill all my secrets on the first day, babe.”

“Why not?” Bea challenges, one eyebrow quirked.

Zoey’s phone is set face down on the table as she looks at Bea mysteriously, smiling secretively, “As sweet as you are, I always need a few cards up my sleeve.”

“How many you got?”

“I’ll never tell,” she winks, in what Bea is quickly learning to be her default.

“I thought the whole point of coming here was to learn more about each other, roomie,” Bea counters pointedly.

Zoey shakes her head, leaning back against the booth, “The point of coming here is avoiding the campus harpy that goes by the name of Poppy.”

“So you don’t want to get to know me? Or let me get to know you?”

“Maybe if you’re lucky I’ll tell you something.”

Bea just her bottom lip out in a pout, her eyes wide and innocent as she blinks up at Zoey. She only smiles coyly in return, drinking her cocktail as Bea deflates, sighing and slumping backwards.

“You are so lucky you’re cute,” Zoey hums from the back of her throat.

Bea grins before schooling her expression into something flirtatious, “I’m hoping I’ll get luckier.”

Zoey laughs at that, just as loud and unrestrained as back in their dorm, “Nice try. At least buy me a drink first.”

“I’ll buy you the whole bar, how about that?”

“I’ll take another Manhattan for now,” Zoey laughs, sinking back into the booth as Bea jumps up, weaving through the speakeasy’s crowd to get back to the bar.

She returns a few minutes later, wiggling the drinks in her hands enticingly with a wide grin on her lips. She slides back into her seat, sipping her own bright coloured cocktail as she looks to Zoey.

“So what made you want to come to Belvoire? Long way from home, right?” Zoey plays with her drink, scraping a cherry off a toothpick with her front teeth.

Bea shrugs, “It’s a good school, and I thought it’d be fun to try something new… But now I’m mixed up in petty drama,” a sigh shifts her shoulders, Zoey stilling her absentminded fidgeting.

“Petty drama, maybe, but you’re making a name for yourself,” she nudges Bea with her elbow. “That’s more than a lot of people can say.”

“So you don’t think I’m totally screwed?”

“Hmm,” one carefully manicured nail taps Zoey’s chin. “I give it ten to one odds,” she finally decides, smiling sweetly across the table.

Bea frowns, a dent forming between her brows as the girl across from her’s smile grows in amusement, “Those aren’t good odds.”

“But there’s still a chance. Look, I know I don’t know you very well, but you seem like the type to pull it off.”

“Seems like you’re just trying to flatter me.”

“And what if I was?”

“I guess I’d wonder if there was a reason for it.”

“Can’t a cute girl be reason enough?”

Bea lets her gaze rake over Zoey suggestively, “I suppose so.”

“See? You’re smart, you’ll be fine,” she encourages. “Probably.”

“Ugh,” with a groan, Bea’s head falls forward, forehead crashing against the table.

“Nope, nope, nope,” Zoey chastises above her, “No moping.”

Bea turns, her cheek pressing into the wood, “What else am I supposed to do?”

“You’re going to dance,” Zoey announces, standing with her palms flat on the tabletop. She cocks her head at Bea expectantly, sauntering out to the dancefloor when Bea takes the hint, popping up and chasing behind her.

The dance floor's more crowded than anywhere else, couples and friend groups moving in unison to the beat thundering through the air. Zoey whirls around, dancing to the peppy song currently playing until Bea’s joined her, swinging her hips and throwing her arms about carelessly.

The song’s change, the crowd moves as one, and the pair spin and jump and whirl, Zoey taking Bea’s hands and twirling her until she’s laughing and dizzy. Time ticks past until they’re both breathless and sweaty, leaning against one another for support.

“You’re a pretty good dancer,” Zoey chuckles, her breath brushing Bea’s cheek, goosebumps breaking across her skin.

A grin breaks Bea’s lips too, relaxed and somewhat tired, “Right back atcha.”

Zoey throws her arm over Bea’s shoulders, fingers knitting behind her neck as she looks down at the shorter girl, her messy hair and gleaming eyes, her smudged lipstick and shining teeth. One hand retracts, the pad of her thumb swiping lightly beneath Bea’s lips, cleaning up the mess on her skin.

Bea’s breath hitches, her eyes widening in the dim lighting of the speakeasy, glued to Zoey’s dark ones as they shift over parted lips. “Hey, Bea?” she whispers, thumb still ghosting over Bea’s skin.

“Yeah?” she whispers back, the exhale skimming Zoey’s skin now.

“Are you still trying to get lucky?”

“God yes,” she groans.

Zoey bends down, letting her lips softly graze Bea’s, just barely making contact. Smudged lips chase hers, Zoey smiling before Bea’s palms are on her cheeks, tugging her downwards, her own thumbs brushing along high cheekbones.

Zoey’s hands find her hips, pulling her closer until they’re bodies fit together, only heat between them under the lights. Zoey nips at Bea’s bottom lip, the shorter girl gasping against her lips, Zoey’s tongue slipping past them.

Time ticks past, the mass of people surrounding them lost in a haze, heat the only thing discernible. The break apart after a short moment, unconsciously swaying to the music together, getting caught up in the rhythm, sucked into the thudding bass.

“We should probably head back to campus,” Zoey murmurs after another song fades out.

Bea’s head lolls to the taller girl’s shoulder, a groan spilling from her throat, “Mm, do we have to?”

A familiar chuckle explodes from Zoey’s chest, “Yeah, maybe you’ll find a four-leaf clover along the way. Get even luckier.”

Bea pulls back, her eyes eager as they meet Zoey’s and the remaining laughter in them. “Okay, let’s go!” she grabs Zoey’s hand on her hip, tugging her through the crowd and out the door, pulling her along this time. Her laughter rings behind Bea as she barrels down the street, New York’s lights illuminating her way.

#i know i said id post this yesterday but then i got to editing and decided. no #zoey wade #zoey x mc #queen b #choices fanfic #playchoices #qb basa #i feel like this is very weird and i can’t tell why???#like just different style ig???

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psychedellic-phase · 4 years

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Fifteen (pt 2)

tw: none, fluffy

wc: 2337

Part one!

Spencer almost ran every red light and stop sign on his drive home. He didn’t even put the radio on. The only music was the sound of his ragged breath and skyrocketing heart beat. It hadn’t sunk in for him yet that you were really, truly, gone. You had only called it quits a few weeks ago, and work was okay. Good even. Hotch was nice enough to split you guys up a lot, sending you with JJ or Derek and Spencer with the newest member, Alex Blake. In the few small interactions you had, the two of you were better than you had been during the last few months of your relationship. It was just like the old days, before everything went sour. He guessed that was just you faking how much pain you were really in, and he was right. He cursed himself for not noticing that either.

He sat on his couch and opened up the box again to find envelope 1:

“Okay, Hey Spence. I’ll try not to be so long winded, but bear with me throughout this. I want you to really understand what happened between us.

These are going to go chronologically, so the story starts before we even started dating. The story starts the day I realized I loved you. November 17, 2010. So please take out:

1. Welcome Interstate Managers- Fountains of Wayne.

Please direct your attention to track 3. Stacy’s Mom. This may be my favorite memento from us. It’s so innocent. We were so innocent then, but not anymore.”

He took the disk out and ran his hands over the case. It had never been opened and still had the plastic film on it. He flipped it over and read the track list to find #3, ‘Stacy’s Mom’. He immediately knew where this was going. The memory hit him like a sack of bricks, knocking the air out of him and making it hard to breathe.

“This also may be one of my favorites because it’s so not you. No one would think that Stacy’s Mom of all songs would be so important to us. But it is, because it was the beginning.

We had just gotten back from that weird, awful case in LA. The one where the taxi driver had the weird smell thing and would remove skin from the victim’s feet? And Emily was being suspicious? Yeah, we had just gotten back from that one and Derek and I had each given you $50 to finish the paperwork for us. We were joking around and arguing about basketball of all things. I don’t have an eidetic memory but I remember that day so clearly.

“Is this really the hill you want to die on Derek Morgan?” I said.

“Yes, Y/N, Michael Jordan will always be the best basketball player of all time,” Derek said back.

“I’m just saying Lebron or Kobe could definitely pass him at some point! Especially now that Lebron’s on the Heat. Him, Wade, and Bosh are going to kill it.”

“Why do you know so much about basketball Y/N?”

You weren’t paying attention to us. You were doing the work we should have been doing. You always were the good one, Spence. When Em or D or I would go off the rails, you always kept it together. I admire you for that. I had a crush on you at the time. It wasn’t full blown yet, but it was enough to make me flustered and blushing any time I was near you.

I told Derek that I was a pretty big basketball fan because my brother had drilled it all into me when I was a kid. He scoffed and told me I didn’t seem like the sporty type.

“Well not everyone can kick down a door in one move like you, but I’m pretty athletic!” I argued.

“Athletic? C’mon Y/L/N, Hotch keeps you and Reid at the stations for a reason. You’re not a bad shot but your specialty is interrogation.”

I faked offense, being dramatic as usual. But, really I was a little hurt and D could tell. You had finished the paperwork then, and handed both of us files.

“Do you think I’m athletic?” I asked you.

You smiled shyly, “I mean, you’re not the most athletic but you’re not bad.”

“See?” Derek said, and I shoved him playfully.

“I’m not exactly athletic either,” You said, and you did the tongue thing that you don’t even know you do. The one where you poke it out of one side of your mouth. It makes me a little weak in the knees.

“I was bad at everything at the Academy Y/N.”

“Yeah? Like what?” I asked, “You’re good at everything.” Derek laughed, but I meant it. You are good at everything.

“Marksmanship, physical training, obstacle course, Hogan's Alley, you know, pretty much everything that wasn't technically book related. They ultimately had to make exceptions to allow me into the field.” You admitted, getting a sheepish smile on your face.”

Spencer stopped reading then, and wiped his eyes. He had allowed a few tears to fall as he read. He remembered this day so fondly. You guys have always been friends; the whole team is a family. But you always stuck more around Emily and Derek when you could. You worked with Spencer well, it wasn’t that you didn’t like him. In hindsight, you avoided him because of your crush on him. The thought made a smile creep up on his face. It was a watery smile, but still a smile. At that time in his life he was so insecure and unsure of himself but you always made him feel validated. When he would go on his rambling tangents about weird facts you always smiled and nodded when the others tuned him out. He needed that then, and, honestly, still needs it now.

All of you, especially Spencer, were still reeling from the loss of JJ to the state department. It was a constant reminder of how quickly everything could fall apart. So, he needed good memories, good days. Days like November 17. A few of his tears smeared the ink and mixed with your dried tear stains. He sighed, how did he get here, only being close to you through mixed tears? He shook the thoughts away and kept reading.

“This is a long one, sorry Spence, but the backstory is important I think. So anyways, we handed in the paperwork you did for us and we all went down to the parking garage together. Derek got in his car and left, probably to meet some girl of the week. Emily was gone, she was still being weird, which we all learned about later. Rossi? Hotch? Garcia? Who knows where they were. All that mattered was you and me, laughing about how not athletic we are as we made our way to our cars that we parked next to each other every day. I don’t even remember how we started the parking thing, but if I got there and I saw your car I made sure to be next to it. And you did the same. Somehow it made me feel safe. And of course, that day your car wouldn’t start. So I graciously tried to help you jump it, but still nothing. You reeled off the facts of how jumping a car works, but alas that did not get your crappy sedan to start. The two of us trying to fix a car is about as ridiculous as it gets. After our third jump attempt we gave up and I said I’d drive you home and we would get Derek to help us fix it tomorrow. You agreed and got in the passenger seat. There was crap everywhere, there always was. You always hated that.

“How do you have like eight outfits just in the car?” You asked, tossing a dress into the back seat.

“I have to always be prepared,” I said back, stifling a laugh.

“Oh? And what does this prepare you for?” You asked me, holding up a tank that would barely cover my chest.

I grabbed it from you and blushed. I was so embarrassed I didn’t know what to say.

“I’m kidding Y/N,” You said and we both laughed. It felt so right. So comfortable.

You had on a very Spencer Reid outfit that day. Purple dress shirt, dark blue cardigan, purple and blue tie. You’re striking. Derek doesn’t lie when he calls you ‘Pretty boy’.

But anyways, before I fall back in love with you just by descriptions—“

He had to put the paper down then. It hurt. Every word hurt. You’d fallen out of love with him? You said the last rule was he had to remember that you loved him. You did love him, you just weren’t in love with him anymore. There is very big difference. He thought he may throw up again but he took a few deep breaths, the same way you taught him to when he’d get overwhelmed, and kept going.

“We were sitting there and I started driving and I turned the radio up. You made that face, you always do when I put on top hits.

“Sorry I don’t have a lot of Beethoven,” I joked at a red light. You looked over at me, and we made eye contact, which caused my breath to catch in my throat.

“It’s alright,” You cleared your throat, “I know every word to every song I’ve ever heard, so I can follow along.”

“Okay, what’s this one?” I challenged, turning up the radio.

“Rolling in the Deep, Adele”

We played that game for a while. You guessing songs and me laughing. You got every single one right.

“Oh! I need to turn this one up! I love this song!” I said. It was the very beginning of Stacy’s Mom.

“Sing with me, Genius.”

You rolled your eyes, “I’m not singing! I-I can’t sing!”

“Too late, it’s starting.”

“As long as you promise to sing with me.”

We had our first pinky promise then. Your pinky was so long and large, mine so tiny.

“Did your mom get back from her business trip?” I started and you added the “business trip” in the background.

“Is she there or is she tryna give me the sli-i-i-i-ip? Give me the slip?”

You took over then, I think the line resonated with you, “You know, I'm not the little boy that I used to be. I'm all grown up now baby, can't you see?”

Then we took the chorus and the rest of the song together, jamming out like teenagers. My heart swelled. You singing, so relaxed with me, just made me so happy. You were comfortable with me. And your singing voice is pretty good too Spen, maybe if you hadn’t been groomed for the FBI you would’ve made a good singer.

“I know it might be wrong but I'm in love with Stacy's mom.”

We finished the song together, practically yelling, and when we looked up we both realized I missed the exit for your place. I made a u-turn and dropped you off, vehemently apologizing for messing up. Directions were always your thing, not mine. You smiled and said thank you, and even pulled me in for a hug. When we came out of the hug, we made eye contact. The steamy kind like in movies before the two main characters make out. I almost leaned in to kiss you, but I pulled back and left. You waved to me from the door.

The whole ride home I was freaking out. My heart was going insane. That’s the day I fell in love with you, Spencer Reid. I was teetering on the edge already, but sitting in my car with you, scream-singing Stacy’s Mom, that’s when I fell into the water. So put the CD in a player, turn it on, and listen to Stacy’s Mom. Every time I hear that song I will think of you, sometimes I even play it on purpose just to remember that day. To remember how complete I felt. Remember the electricity and tension. Remember how that’s the day you fell in love with me too. When the 3 minutes and 18 seconds of the song are done, go to envelope 2.”

Spencer put the paper down and shakily tore off the plastic. You were right, that was when he told you he fell in love with you, but really he had been in love with you a long time before then. He had fallen for you almost immediately after you joined the unit, but he didn’t say anything. He told you he fell in love with you the same moment you fell in love with him because that would be perfect. And you deserve perfect.

Spencer remembers a different day as the one when he fell in love with you. It was the first day you were introduced to everyone and Rossi raved about all your skills to the team. You dressed to impress that day, and impress you had. Not just your beauty, but your brain. That’s what he really fell in love with first. But that was almost five years ago. When his hair was too long and shaggy; a homeless poet was what he liked to call himself.

When the song ended, he started it over.

“She’s all I want and I’ve waited for so long,” Was another line he yelled extra loud, but you hadn’t written about it. He belted that one out because that was how he felt about you. How he still feels about you. He suddenly felt so claustrophobic, ripping off his tie and opening the top few buttons of his shirt. He paced around the room, the song still playing in the background. ‘How did this happen?’ He asked himself again. He lived it with you and still didn’t know quite how this happened. Knowing the answer was hidden in those pages, he got himself together enough to open up envelope 2.

PART 3!

#spencer reid #spencer x you #spencer reid smut #spencer reid fic #fluff #reid fluff #reid #cm #criminal minds #criminal minds fic #mgg #mgg fanfiction

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tfc2211 · 3 years

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Deano Williams, Richie Havens, and Daniel Ben Zebulon on-stage at Woodstock (Photo by Doug Lenier. Bethel Woods Collection, a gift of Doug Lenier)

The Woodstock festival had been scheduled to begin on Friday afternoon. Sweetwater was the planned first act. The audience had been streaming onto the festival site for days, in numbers far exceeding expectations, and traffic had already clogged all roads leading to the festival for dozens of miles. Sweetwater and their equipment were stuck in Liberty, normally a 20-minute drive away, but now accessible only by helicopter. Richie and his bandmates, Deano Williams and Daniel Ben Zebulon, had been flown to the festival site in a small helicopter that landed behind the stage. Tim Hardin was also on-site, along with a few other performers. As the start time came and went, Michael Lang pleaded with Hardin to take the stage and open the festival. Hardin adamantly refused, reminding Lang that he was supposed to go on fifth. Lang appealed to Richie, who finally, reluctantly agreed, telling the festival promoter that he would owe him big-time if anyone threw any bottles at him. Richie’s bass player, Eric Oxendine, was still stuck in traffic, but Richie agreed to perform without him.

At approximately 5:15 on Friday afternoon, Richie, Deano, and Daniel walked onto the still unfinished stage, sat down, and began to play their 20-minute set. They opened with “From the Prison” from Richie’s Something Else Again album, with a bit of the Youngbloods’ “Get Together” thrown in for good measure. He followed with “I’m a Stranger Here,” which was one of the demos he recorded before signing with Verve Folkways. He concluded his set with two songs from his debut album, “High Flyin’ Bird” and “I Can’t Make It Anymore.” Still with no act ready to follow Richie, Michael Lang convinced him to do an encore. Richie attempted to play “With a Little Help from My Friends,” the Beatles cover from his newly released 1983 album. He obviously had trouble remembering the lyrics, so he asked the audience to sing along. Later in the festival, Joe Cocker would also perform the song, creating one of the most memorable moments of Woodstock. Richie then redeemed himself with a second encore, a performance of “Handsome Johnny” from Mixed Bag. He returned for a third encore at Michael Lang’s insistence, a medley of the Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields Forever” from his 1983 album and “Hey Jude.”

Finally, exhausted and at a loss to remember any additional songs, Richie Havens began playing a guitar groove. The word “freedom” came to his mind, and he began singing. He added a few lines from the traditional song, “Motherless Child,” and a new song, an anthem for the Woodstock festival, was created live on stage. The song, "Freedom" was immortalized in the Oscar-winning 1970 documentary film, Woodstock, and the film’s soundtrack album and became a staple of Richie’s performances the rest of his career. Richie told the story many times about having to go to the theater and watch the movie to learn the song he had extemporaneously written on the Woodstock stage. Woodstock was a defining moment for Richie Havens, and he would reference his performance at the festival for the rest of his career.

—Wade Lawrence & Scott Parker

#Richie Havens #Woodstock 1969

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snarkwrites · 4 years

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-- about my writing --

I’m currently taking requests / asks for headcanons [ can be either NSFW or just in general or a specific idea ] or fluff/filth Alphabet letters. These are the only requests I plan on taking. If you send me prompts / one shot ideas.. I won’t do them, sorry.

To see what the questions are for the fluff / filth alphabet, see [this post]

[ To my thots anon whomst I love with every cell in my body... Your thots are all going to fall under NSFW headcanons so please.. By all means.. Feel free to send me all the thots you want because I really really really really really enjoy writing them!!! Also, you can find the thots you’ve sent me on my nsfw masterlist, they’re not going anywhere. They were so good I had to add them to a masterlist somehow, I couldn’t resist. At everyone else out there, the same applies to you guys.]

So.. Here’s the thing.. I’ve decided that I’m going to be taking 3 kinds of requests. Those are as follows: Headcanons { filthy, fluffy or themed specifically at your choosing }, fluffy alphabet and filthy alphabet letters. These are the only kinds of request I answer so don’t send me prompts / one shot requests or ideas unless I specifically say otherwise.

Bearing the above in mind, I have some guidelines.

I’m only accepting headcanons (nsfw / fluff / specific theme &/or reader), fluffy or filthy alphabet letters. If you send me one shot ideas or prompts, I’m going to delete them because I don’t do one-shots.

One character per ask. I don’t care how many asks you send. But I ask that you only send one character per ask because that makes things a lot more simple for me.

You can send up to 4 letters in each ask if you’re asking for either version of the alphabet. Be sure to let me know whether you want filth or fluff or a mix of both. IE, you could send me something like this; character name - a, b {filth} & j v {fluff}. I’m not saying your ask has to look exactly like this but it does need to clearly state which version you’re asking for. The format I just did above was just the easiest way that came to mind for me.

The more precise you are with the headcanon requests you send, the better I can tailor them to you. If you just want an overall NSFW headcanon or overall fluff, that’s totally fine. But if you want a specific scenario ( friends to lovers, date night, weddings, the sky is the limit here) you need to tell me that. The same goes for if you want a specific reader (POC, plus size, sick, shy, virgin, imprint, etc) then I need to know that. It’s like I said.. The more specifics you give me, that’s more I have to work from.

As far as headcanons go, the things I won’t write are rape, incest / huge age gaps between reader / character. I’ll only write abuse if someone is getting their just desserts at the hands of character on readers behalf. Any asks containing rape / incest / huge age gaps are going to be deleted.

All asks must come to my inbox. I don’t take requests through DM or in comments on a post. If it helps, my anon is on, so you can request to your hearts content.

If the ask box is closed, this means I’m currently not taking headcanon or fluff/filth alphabet requests. This will also be noted on my blog bio and possibly a post stating why/for how long. Anything sent in after the ask box is closed will either be gotten to the next go around or it’ll be deleted, depending on the situation.

First of all... My content is meant strictly for adults. I do write some things that people underage can safely read, but that is not always the case. I realize that I can’t stop minors from reading my work, but I can tell you outright that I’d rather you skip over it if you’re underage and it clearly states that it’s not written for anyone underage. Again.. I can’t do anything to stop minors from reading my NSFW content beyond just choosing never to post writing on the internet. And I don’t plan on stopping, so.. yeah.

I put warnings on everything. Reading those will definitely save you time and upset. If you keep reading something I’ve written and it upsets you in any way, I’m sorry but I can’t help. I warned you. You chose to take the risk -and most likely, you chose to skip the warning I gave before the post even started... It’s strictly on you now. It’s out of my hands. Any complaints or things of that nature are gonna be laughed at and deleted out of my inbox because I’m not here to argue or censor myself. I’m not your parents, just a peer. If you as a minor choose to look at me, an adult adjacent person, as an authority figure of any sort... First of all, why? Ya’ll.. no.. please don’t. I’m a hot mess, okay? To look at me like any trust worthy authority figure is... A huge error on your own part. Secondly, please don’t. I’m here to enjoy my favorite fandoms / post content for them. I’m not here to please people / censor myself and my content to make everyone else happy... Let me repeat. I put warnings on everything I post. If you keep reading and you read something you’re not supposed to this is now solely your own problem. Sorry, I guess?

I’ve seen other adults saying that they block minors on here. While I’m not gonna do that.. I will not tag minors in my NSFW content knowingly. If I find out you’re a minor and I’m posting something NSFW for a fandom you’ve asked to be tagged in, I will not be tagging you. Sorry. As much as I say I’m not here to parent you and I’m just your peer and you need to think of me like that instead, I’m also not willing to risk anything, either. I’m truly sorry in advance.

While I’m talking about tagging people / my taglist...If you want me to tag you in my writing, you need to be on my taglist. The taglist can be found [ here ] or you can dm / send an ask telling me you want to be added and I will be more than happy to do so. Don’t be afraid to ask me. I don’t mind at all!

Every now and then, I’ll tag my friends in things I write. If I tag you in something and you don’t want me to, let me know. I won’t do it anymore. I’m not here to overwhelm or annoy anyone and I don’t want to come off as pushy, either. SO.. if you’re getting tagged or whatever and you want me to stop tagging you, all you have to do is let me know.

If you’re not on my tag list (or I don’t know you well enough to know whether you’d potentially want to read something) I will not be tagging you. If you’re a minor and I know for sure/think you are and it’s smut, I will definitely not be tagging you.

Content I’m not willing to write or you probably won’t find here: Incest and Rape. Those are my hard no’s. Just the thought of writing something like that makes me feel gross. I’m also not going to be writing huge age gaps in romantic stories either. (the closest I’ll come is like.. 18/19 and up to 24...) I mean absolutely no offense against people who can and do write things like this, I just can’t?

American Horror Story; tate langdon, ben harmon, kit walker, kyle, dandy mott, jimmy darling, james patrick march, michael langdon, xavier plympton and night stalker.

Arrowverse; oliver queen, john diggle, slade wilson/deathstsroke, barry allen, cisco ramon, ray palmer, mick rory.

Bands / Celebrities; ask before sending because I haven’t done many of these and I’m still adjusting… Off the top of my head I’ve written for / feel comfortable with Nick Groff (ghost adventures), Jon Bernthal.. There are lots of others but alas, I’d stretch this out so badly if I added too many more names.

Boondock Saints movie; Connor Macmanus Murphy Macmanus & Rocco.

Breakfast Club movie; John Bender.

Castle Rock tv series; Dennis Zalewski, The Kid.

Criminal Minds; Derek Morgan, Spencer Reid, Hotch, Tobias Hankel & Adam/Amanda.

Crybaby Movie; wade walker.

CSI tv series; Greg Sanders, Nick Stokes, Warrick Brown, Gil Grissom, Tim Speedle, Ryan Wolfe, Eric Delko, Danny Messer, Don Flack, Mack Taylor.

Dazed & Confused movie; Randal Pink Floyd, Mike Newhouse, Ron Slater, Fred O’Bannion and Kevin Pickford.

DC Cinematic; Digger Harkness.

Detroit Rock City movie; Tripp, Lex, Hawk and Jam.

Fast & The Furious series; Dom Toretto, Han.

Four Brothers movie; Angel, Jack or Bobby Mercer

Friday Night Lights tv series; Tim Riggins, ,Matt Saracen, Landry Clarke, Bobby Riggins, Vince.

General Hospital tv series; Sonny Corinthos, Jason Morgan, Johnny Zacarra, Dante Falconeri, several other of the guys on here…

Ghostbusters 80′s version movie; Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler , Peter Venkman, Winston Zeddemore.

Gotham tv series; Jerome Valeska, Jim Gordon, Joker, Riddler.

Harry Potter movies; Sirius Black, Severus Snape, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Neville Longbottom.

Horror movies various; Billy Loomis/Scream, Charlie Walker/Scre4m, Wade/ House of Wax, Tom Hanninger/My Bloody Valentine + others. Trust me, there are... So many others. I just didn’t have the brain power to think of them all at the moment.

Law & Order tv series; Barba, Carisi, Stabler.

Lucifer tv series; Lucifer Morningstar.

Luke Cage; Luke Cage, Shades Alvarez.

Marvel Cinematic; Bruce Banner/hulk, Captain america/steve rogers, bucky barnes/winter soldier, eric killmonger, hawkeye/clintbarton, thor, loki, pietro maximoff, venom/eddie brock, starlord/peter quill, ironman/tony stark, wolverine.. I’m a marvel ho.

Mayans MC tv series; Angel Reyes and Ez Reyes.

NCIS tv series; Anthony Dinozzo, Timothy McGee, Marty Deeks, Greg Callen.

On My Block tv series; Spooky Diaz.

Punisher tv series; Billy Russo, Frank Castle.

Riverdale tv series; Jughead Jones, FP Jones, Reggie Mantle, Sweetpea, Archie Andrews.

Shameless tv series; Lip Gallagher.

Sons of Anarchy tv series; Jax Teller, Chibs Telford, Clay Morrow, Juice Ortiz, Opie Winston.

Stranger Things tv series; Jonathan Byers, Billy Hargrove, Steve Harrington, Jim Hopper.

Star Wars movie series; Han Solo, Kylo Ren, Ben Solo, Poe Dameron, Finn.

Supernatural tv series; Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Crowley, Benny Lafitte, Kevin Tran.

Teen Wolf tv series; Stiles Stilinski, Scott McCall, Derek Hale.

The Crow movie series; Eric Draven and Jimmy Quervo/Wicked Prayer.

The Lost Boys movie series; Edgar Frog, Allen Frog, David, Michael Emmerson, Sam Emmerson.

The Outsiders book/movie; Two Bit Matthews, Dally Winston, Darry Curtis, Soda Pop Curtis, Johnny Cade, Steve Randle.

The Walking Dead tv series; Daryl Dixon, Shane walsh, Rick Grimes, Negan, Glenn Rhee.

The Vampire Diaries tv series; Klaus Mikaelson, Kai Parker, Kol Mikaelson, Jeremy Gilbert, Damon Salvatore.

Twelve Rounds 3 movie; Detective John Shaw.

Twilight movies/books; Jasper Hale, Emmett Cullen, Jacob Black, Paul Lahote, Embry Call.

I’m gonna be honest here. I post on my own time, at my own pace. Some days I post constantly, sometimes it’s days or even weeks, and occasionally, a month before I post anything. So.. Now ya know.

If I’m not on and posting, odds are I’m busy, taking a break or whatever. But I’ll come back! I always do.

Basically, what I’m saying here is I have no set posting schedule. At all. I post what I want when I’m in the mood to do so. Just something to keep in mind when you’re asking for headcanons / nsfw alphabet letters with characters.

#about the writer #psa #multifandom writer #multifandom about page

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twins2994 · 4 years

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Cincinnati Reds-Minnesota Twins Series Preview

9.25.20-Tyler Mahle RHP (2-2) 3.57 ERA Vs. Jose Berrios RHP (5-3) 3.72 ERA

9.26.20-Luis Castillo RHP (4-5) 2.86 ERA Vs. Michael Pineda RHP (2-0) 3.18 ERA

9.27.20-Sonny Gray RHP (5-3) 3.73 ERA Vs. Rich Hill LHP (2-2) 3.27 ERA

The Reds At A Glance- The Cincinnati Reds join the likes of the 2012 Marlins, the 2016 Diamondbacks, and the 2019 Padres to win the hot stove league only to come out flat. They added guys like Mike Moustakas, Wade Miley, Shogo Akiyama, Nick Castellanos, and Pedro Strop, but are still fighting for a playoff spot in the last weekend of the season. The best batting average among qualifying players on the Reds is Joey Votto at .227. The Reds are hitting .211 as a team and have struggled to put runs on the board. Eugenio Suarez leads the team with fifteen homers on the year and Nick Castellanos has added fourteen. The Reds picked up guys like Brian Goodwin and Archie Bradley at the trade deadline. The Reds have a great starting rotation with Luis Castillo, Sonny Gray, and Trevor Bauer. I doubt any team will want to face them in a three-game series. Trevor Bauer might win the National League Cy Young with a (5-4) record, a 1.73 ERA and 100 strikeouts in 73 innings of work. Rasiel Iglesias leads the bullpen with eight saves. Amir Garrett has had a solid year with a 2.55 ERA, Pedro Strop owns a 3.86 ERA and add in Archie Bradley to the mix and you’ve got a good bullpen.

The Twins At A Glance- The Minnesota Twins got great news this week as the rival Chicago White Sox got swept in a four-game series from the Cleveland Indians. The Twins now lead the American League Central by one full game and the Magic Number is down to three, which means the Twins control their own destiny for the division title. The Twins have a Magic Number of one to host the Wild-Card Round at Target Field as well. Nelson Cruz has still been battling the hamstring issue, but I think he gets some at-bats this weekend to see some live pitching. Luis Arraez won’t play this weekend or in the first series, but maybe if the Twins advance. Max Kepler went 6-for-10 on Sunday and Tuesday and is looking like he’s putting together better at-bats. Byron Buxton has had a great September with a .305 average, eight homers and fifteen RBI’s. Josh Donaldson has five homers this month and has been turning it on. Kenta Maeda would be one of the favorites for the American League Cy Young if Shane Bieber didn’t have such a tremendous year. He went (6-1) with a 2.70 ERA in 66 2/3 innings of work. He struck out 80 over those 66 2/3 innings as well. He will be the Game 1 starter for the Wild-Card Series. Jose Berrios will get the start in Game 2 and Michael Pineda likely gets the nod if there is a third game. Matt Wisler has had a fantastic season with a 1.09 ERA in 24 2/3 innings. Tyler Duffey has been solid with 28 strikeouts in 22 2/3 innings. Taylor Rogers has locked down nine saves despite having some bad outings.

What To Watch For- The Reds and Twins have won twelve games each in the all-time series between the two teams. The Reds took two out of three game at Target Field back in April of 2018. The Reds were the third-to-last team to make their first visit to Target Field. The Nationals were the second-to-last and the Giants still have never played at Target Field. Tyler Mahle threw 6 1/3 innings and allowed just one run in his only start against the Twins in 2018. Jose Berrios faced off against Mahle on April 29th and went just three innings and gave up four runs. Luis Castillo gave up five runs in one inning of work in the first game of that series back in 2018. Sonny Gray is (2-4) with a 5.30 ERA in seven career starts against the Twins. Rich Hill is (5-3) with a 3.34 ERA in twelve games against the Reds. Twins fans that have become fans after 2010, don’t remember the rivalry the Sox-Twins had in the 2000′s. Maybe I was just a kid then, but this weekend definitely means something to me. I don’t want the Sox to win the damn division. Anybody, but the Sox if we don’t win the Central Division. The Twins will have control heading into the final weekend of the season.

-Chris Kreibich-

#Twins #MnTwins

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Dust, Volume 5, No. 2

Abjects

It must have been the polar vortex, forcing Dusted writers to stay in out of sub-zero weather and coercing them to focus on records they’d been neglecting. That’s the most plausible explanation for this especially robust edition of Dust which covers black metal from Tunisia, free jazz from Chicago, desert blues from the Sahara and a punk band from all over the place. This edition’s contributors include Jennifer Kelly, Jonathan Shaw, Patrick Masterson, Ian Mathers, Isaac Olsen, Nate Knaebel and Bill Meyer.

Abjects—Never Give Up (Yippee Ki Yay)

Never Give Up by Abjects

Punk rock is the common language for this globe-hopping threesome, the singer/guitarist Noemi hailing from Spain, bassist Yuki from Japan and Alice, the drummer, from Spain. Their slash-and-bang aggression softens, just a bit, in tight, dizzy harmonies in cuts like the title and “Long Way to Go.” Others, including the single, “The Storm” stutter and swagger on hard staccato foundations, while sweetening the pot with all-hands vocals. This is basic stuff, executed with a certain amount of flair and skill and broken by occasional blistering, shreddy not-exactly-class-of-1979 guitar solos. All three members have spent time in the U.K. and have strong opinions on EU membership. Their “Fuck Brexit” rampages and rolls in rapid-fire repugnance, with a snarling tangle of guitars, a tom-tom fury of drums. You might hear hints of Reading Rainbow and Grass Widow in the vocal-centered cuts, but “Awake” is pure, four-slashing, garage punk, a la L7 and the Ramones, but with a tiny bit of an accent.

Jennifer Kelly

Ayyur — The Lunatic Creature (Sentient Ruin Laboratories)

The Lunatic Creature by Ayyur

“Lugubrious Fields” is the first and most interesting track on The Lunatic Creature, a new EP by Tunisian black metal act Ayyur. Like the other songs on the tape, “Lugubrious Fields” is driven by layered guitar riffs that crackle and buzz with anxious menace. Melody manages to cut through the guitars’ miasmatic fog, and vocals, supplied by bandleader and songwriter Angra Mainyu, growl and whither, emerging and disappearing back into the thick mix. Much of the track lingers at midtempo, held there by the riffs’ accumulated power. Don’t let the relatively exotic sound of the phrase “Tunisian black metal” fool or titillate you — this is pretty conventional stuff, evocative by turns of the USBM Cascadian movement and then of tougher, more orthodox acts like Aosoth (and it should be noted that former Deathspell Omega vocalist Shaxul provides drums on this record). But if midtempo black metal is your thing, this tape is worth a listen.

Jonathan Shaw

Dawn — New Breed (Local Action)

new breed by DAWN

Goldenheart was the record that put her on the map, Blackheart got all the attention and Redemption was the overly long attention-getter, but the more I listen to New Breed, the more I think this is the record Dawn Richard was meant to make. It’s not a pristinely polished pop production a la Goldenheart or anything Janelle Monáe’s done since The ArchAndroid (though it likely won’t surprise you to learn that Monáe reached out to Richard last year either because of or as an inspiration for the latter’s cover of “Pynk”), and it’s not the purely synthetic club constructions of Redemption or the Infrared EP; if anything, this is a little disjointed and sloppy – song transitions can be fairly abrupt and the sonic arc can zig and zag across R&B, funk, soul and pop with political sutures loosely keeping the theme. But it holds together just enough to be her most exciting album, and certainly the one with the most potential for a wider listenership than just futurist R&B enthusiasts. Put another way: It’ll be a travesty if you don’t hear “Dreams and Converse” playing from every bodega, bank lobby and beat-up SUV in five months.

Patrick Masterson

DenMother — Past Life (Counting on Downstairs)

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“Face,” the opening track of now-Fredericton (by way of Toronto) based DenMother’s new record both marks the end of a busy year (2018 saw releases in January, June, and here December) and exhibits a contrast that gets right to what makes Sabarah Pilon’s work under the name always compelling. The first sound you hear is a lilting melody of what sounds like a synthesizer trying to sing like a person; before too long, it’s joined and almost (but not quite) overwhelmed by a more obviously machine-based blare of sound, a thickly sliding, grinding tone. It might sound like those elements are incompatible, or that they wouldn’t mesh well with the song DenMother sings over them, but the result feels perfectly natural. And if “Face” makes for a great example of the kind of music DenMother’s been making for years now, Past Life also shows some new dynamics and approaches, whether it’s the bereft upright bass-and-voice intro to “All Black” or the more heavily textured, submerged songcraft of “Not a Likely Story.” Past Life features both, in the form of the guitar reverb and vocal refrain duo of “The Desert,” one of the starkest DenMother songs and, in the warmly embracing and emotional ambiguous “Fish Cars,” maybe the best example of her ‘classic’ sound in a year or two. Here’s hoping for a similarly active 2019 from one of Canada’s best hidden treasures.

Ian Mathers

Etran de L'Aïr — No. 1 (Sahel Sounds)

No. 1 by Etran de L'Aïr

In the decade or so since Tinariwen broke through in Europe and the US, there’s been such a glut of Saharan records that it’s easy to miss a real stunner when it comes out. Easier still when said stunner is by a budget wedding band from Agadez and released by the prolific boutique label, Sahel Sounds. If you also missed Etran de L'Aïr’s No. 1 when it came out last year, don’t wait any longer to pick up one of 2018’s most dopamine releasing LPs. Recorded live outside the band/family’s home in front of an ecstatic crowd, Etran’s music, with its flashy but oh-so-sweet interlocking guitar lines and unwillingness to let a good groove go to waste, sounds like a stripped-down, scrappy, North African garage rock version of Congolese soukous. After the throat-clearing first track, they never touch the ground. Pure pleasure. Highest recommendation.

Isaac Olson

Ex-Display Model— Ex-Display Model (Self released)

Ex-Display Model by Ex-Display Model

The fact that Ex-Display Model, as of their debut, sound a little bit like Fujiya & Miyagi isn’t a big surprise. Plenty of listeners tend to identify bands via vocalists, for one thing, and F&M’s David Best has one of the more pleasingly indelible voices in the field. And in fact, Ex-Display Model started out as a solo project for Best, before he started working with AK/DK’s Ed Chivers, so when the opening “Immaculate Rip” channels a tinge of F&M’s cool, sardonic electro-rock it’s hard to be upset by more of a good thing. But then the song channels a malfunctioning guitar pedal for a much more abrasive chorus, and this taut, sharply formed debut is off the races. Whether it’s adding Au Revoir Simone’s Annie Hart on the reflective, melancholy “Autopilot” or going slightly glam on “Swing of Things” (or, for that matter, doing one of the best straight Motorik homages in a while on “Torschlusspanik”) Ex-Display Model wind up distinguishing themselves easily from either parent project, while offering some tantalizing glimpses of where the project could go further, starting from this basis next time around. The closing title track channels the duo’s instincts towards both dense repetition and thrilling squall into a fine climax — display-ready or not, here’s hoping for more from them.

Ian Mathers

Foster / Young / Zerang—Bind the Hand(s) That Feed (Relative Pitch)

Bind the Hand(s) That Feed by Michael Foster / Katherine Young / Michael Zerang

Bassoonist Katherine Young and percussionist Michael Zerang first encountered New York-based tenor / soprano saxophonist Michael Foster when the latter musician came to Chicago to participate in the 2018 Exposure Series . Originally conceived as a residency to bring an out of town composer and a group of Chicagoan improvisers, that year the event played out as a sequence of encounters between local improvising musicians/presenters and their counterparts in other cities around the USA. Coming from different aesthetic corners and generations, they build out from common commitments to improvisation and extended technique. You can hear them figure out what works as the set progresses. Things start with a scrape and a rasp; Zerang loves friction, Foster sucks and gargles, and Young magnifies and distorts her instrument’s woody timbres with electronics. After an initial fractious dust-up, they pull back to explore micro-sounds, patient gestures and complementary contours. The trio collectively realizes such a fertile environment that it’d be a shame if they didn’t re-convene to see what else they can grow in it.

Bill Meyer

Hoover / “Hoover1” 12” (Nowt Recordings)

HOOVER1 by nOWt

No DC post-hardcore, vacuum cleaners or unloved blanket-bearing presidents need apply on René Pawlowitz’s latest alias, pardon, release as Hoover. The Frankfurt producer best known as Shed (but certainly willing to go by a number of other names — just look at that list) has recently been exploring throwback rave music as a style beyond his usual triangulation of techno, house and dubstep. Unlike the 12” he put out for XL as The Higher in November, which featured prominent vocals, brash synths and uptempo percussion experiments, the Hoover vinyl is a more restrained effort. For evidence, check the almost stripped-back feel of the a-side, which uses the common trope of a distended female vocal sample before an all-enveloping astral synth swoops in around a little before the two-minute mark. But that’s as far as he’s willing to wade into these waters – the percussion holds station and remains clipped. The half-stepping b-side, meanwhile, is a sumptuous after-hours burner that arguably does less than the a-side; it almost feels like a cut better suited for the Workshop crowd. Beautiful studies in sound design and mood both, but if you were looking for something a little, er, higher, Hoover’s probably not going to get you there.

Patrick Masterson

The Hunches — Same New Thing (Almost Ready Records)

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The popular narrative attributes the heavily scare-quoted garage rock revival of the early-2000s to bands like the Strokes, the Hives, and the White Stripes. Let me tell you something, no disrespect to Jack or Pelle, but that's just fucking dumb, and you should know that. It started right here and it pretty much ended here, too. The Hunches would get louder, artier, and weirder leading up to their demise in 2009, but these previously unreleased 2002 demos (some of which would appear later in revised form, while others are completely new to the world) find the band in a raw, feral state. Hart Gledhill sound sounds like he's about to cough up a lung and rip his heart out on every song, and guitarist Chris Gunn takes aim with rapid-fire KBD riffs, drags the listener through rusted shards of post-Stooges shrapnel skronk, and then offers the necessary first-aid in the form of chiming, downright melodic leads. Same New Thing shows that while everyone else was playing "Incense and Peppermints," the Hunches had been playing "Psycho" all along.

Nate Knaebel

Jovan Karcic—2015 (Scioto)

2015 by Jovan Karcic

Jovan Karcic played guitar in the agitated pop punk band Gaunt during the 1990s, and he’s currently sitting in on drums for the raucous punk band Scrawl. You might not expect his latest solo album 2015 to be as sleek and full-throatedly synthy as it is, or to recall the lush keyboard atmospheres of the Cure or the chilled funk syncopation of smooth R&B. But there it is, Karcic’s songs are gleaming, surging masses of synthethic sound, which slip from self-searching confessionalism into ambient reveries. 2015 looms much larger than your typical bedroom-recorded autonomous songwriter project, with brighter, more polished textures in service of its down-on-its-luck narrative. “Larry’s,” for instance, visits the colorless desolation of a mid-American tavern, the kind with pinball machines and pool tables and decades-old alliances scratched in initials into table tops. And yet it’s recorded in what might be the very opposite of kitchen sink realism, with booming dance-floor rhythms and thick layers of keyboard interplay and a 1970s Dire Straits-ish guitar solo erupting out of the interstices. “Lesserman,” later on, draws a contrast between the downbeaten “Lesserman” and the more successful “Betterman” who “eats breakfast with his kids, and looks them in the eyes,” and confides that, “today brings opportunities for joy.” Yet though the track intensifies when it gets to the “Betterman” verses, with massed vocals and additional electric keyboard parts, Karcic’s heart is with “Lesserman.” Maybe 2015 is “Lesserman” imagining an impossibly happy ending, lush, sweetened with keyboards, pulsing with a positive rhythm, while outside sleet needles down on dirty streets, and tomorrow is never a better day.

Jennifer Kelly

Eli Keszler — Stadium (Shelter Press)

Stadium by Eli Keszler

You need people to fill up a stadium, and this record sounds like just the tool to expand Eli Keszler’s audience. His past work has included kicking out the jams with Oren Ambarchi and wiring a pumping station for sound. They’re worthy endeavors, but not ones likely to pull a stadium-sized crowd, or even an audience like his recent mates Oneohtrix Point Never and Rashad Becker might draw. So Keszler has recontextualized his extraordinary percussive technique and his abiding concern with spatial sound by pairing them with more accessible sounds. The opening track “Measurement Doesn’t Change the System at All” (a claim that physicists could dispute) combines a creeping Farfisa melody and sprinting, undeniable groove. The vibraphone and bass drum on “Flying Floor for U.S. Airways” are magnified until they are as thick and plush as sofa stuffing; the patter of dryer drum and stick sounds manifests a clear focus point in an otherwise cloudy space. And while

“Fashion of Echo” begins with a typical Keszler gambit, using rapidly and precisely articulated shifts between the different parts of the kit to suggest a three-dimensional configuration in motion, there’s more forward momentum than in the past. Stadium sounds rather like something Aphex Twin might achieve if he took up the drums.

Bill Meyer

Kukuruz Quartet — Julius Eastman Piano Interpretations (Intakt)

Julius Eastman Piano Interpretations by Kukuruz Quartet

George Lewis’s liner notes underscore the precariousness of Julius Eastman’s profile. From promising beginnings as a performer and a composer of avant-garde classical music in the 1970s and 1980s, he spiraled into obscurity and homelessness and was almost forgotten. If not for the luck, if you can call it that, that the current concern with elevating under-heard narratives, for which Eastman certainly qualifies — black, queer, an extraordinary singer, an acutely challenging composer in an idiom more likely to borrow from people of color than to follow their lead — follows his death by only a couple decades, would he be totally forgotten? So let’s take the emergence of an album dedicated to his work by a European piano quartet as a good sign. Bright recording and exacting performances make this an easier listen that some of Eastman’s own performances, and the density made possible by the use of four grand pianos amplifies the archness of “Evil Nigger” and the spiritual aura of “Gay Guerilla.” Two less notoriously entitled pieces, a robust exercise in overlaid patterns called “Fugue no. 7” and a long, barely there exploration of the piano’s innards named “Buddha,” round out a set well worth hearing.

Bill Meyer

loscil – Submers (Kranky)

Submers by loscil

Kranky continues their reissue program of Scott Morgan’s earlier work as loscil, bringing his second album Submers (originally released on CD in 2002) out on vinyl. loscil records tend to operate on two levels, with the immediate/visceral impact of his richly soothing and/or foreboding music (still, at this point, fairly summed up as “ambient dub”) working hand in hand with some sort of conceptual angle for both artist and listener to meditate upon. With Submers, it was submarines, including the Russian Kursk, which had recently lost all hands after a torpedo mishap during a naval exercise. While more recent releases have shown just how well Morgan can fold in the work of collaborators, on this record he’s working strictly from sample sources and composing using a custom-built sequencer, no synthesizers or acoustic instruments involved. The result is an enveloping, suitably aquatic sound world from the shimmering, gently pulsing opening track “Argonaut I” into a solid hour of engrossing deep sound. Morgan has continued to refine his work but there’s a reason Submers brought him to wider attention at the time - it’s still one of the highlights in one of the most solid discographies in ambient music.

Ian Mathers

Lucille Furs — Another Land (Requieum for Un Twister)

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The first thing you hear is a bassline borrowed from “Come Together,” the second a hazy overtone of keyboards and guitars. Lucille Furs, out of Chicago, are deep into a 1960s psychedelic lode, with hints of Love and the Zombies wafting through their low-key lysergic tunes. Slanty, surfy-toned guitar splinter the air in “Paint Euphrosyne Blue,” chortling organics burble up through the tune. It’s more emphatic than most of these tunes a fuzz-garage raver in line with Black Angels or the Allah-Las. Elsewhere the vibe is sleepier, but still enticing. While not exactly overstuffed—there are only five of them and the most exotic instrument is a mellotron—these songs feel plush and carefully arranged. Baroque garage pop isn’t really a category, but maybe it should be.

Jennifer Kelly

Murderer — I Did It All for You (Toxic State)

I Did It All For You by Murderer

With just an extremely short 2013 demo to their name, Murderer went recording and came back with this 15-tracker released in the dying days of December that picks at a scab of more than just straight-ahead garage vibes: There are the gentle chimes that color the margins of “Piece of Candy”; that lazy, burned-out surf riff on “Cowboy” and “Moonlight”; the creepy dreaming of “Juicy Fruit Dream”; the slightly overbearing keyboard flourish on “A Diamond Just for You”; the fact that there are four different tracks all called “Perfect” here; and so on. Featuring commanding drum work by Sam Ryser (also of Crazy Spirit and Dawn of Humans) and guitar and vocals courtesy Hank Wood of thee Hammerheads, the thing that came to my mind after a first listen was Pink Flag-era Wire, but the taut post-punk goes in enough different directions to get you racking your brain for better analogs from the turn of the ‘80s. “I need it to be perfect / I need it to be real / That’s just how I feel” each “Perfect” intones; in its own way, it certainly is that. Great album for the fuckin’ record reviewer in your life.

Patrick Masterson

Doug Paisley — Starter Home (No Quarter)

Starter Home by Doug Paisley

The title track of Doug Paisley’s Starter Home is the sort of perfect instant classic that most songwriters on the folk/country spectrum spend an entire career hoping they’ll write. While “Starter Home” and its autopsy of middle-class aspiration, repression and stasis could have been written anytime in the last 60 years, it has particular resonance ten years into a housing crisis that only the wealthy think is over. Nothing else here is as good as “Starter Home”, but “No Way to Know,” “Mister Wrong,” “Drinking with a Friend,” and “Waiting” come close. The other four tracks are all worth hearing at least once, too. Like Paisley’s previous records, Starter Home is a better-than-average folk record with a handful of knockouts. He’s going to have an incredible Best Of collection someday.

Isaac Olson

Manuel Troller — Vanishing Points (three:four)

Vanishing Points by Manuel Troller

Rock dynamics shape the music that Manuel Troller makes with Schnellertollermeier. In KvG’s Bottom Orchestra, he shifts nimbly from chamber music to free improvisation to shattered chanson. But when the Swiss guitarist plays solo, it’s all about the possibilities of his gear. Troller could not get the tones he gets without a plugged-in signal chain; with it, his sounds range from feathery cirrus to fractured granite. He uses delays to freeze moments of motion, sometimes to subject them to examination and other times to use chunks of digital stutter as building blocks. This description may sound a bit clinical, but Troller has a knack for turning sound into experience. Sometimes this record feels like flight, other times like you’re stumbling around in a dark and cluttered factory space, but it never feels like a guy just fiddling with his strings and boxes.

Bill Meyer

Jamila Woods — “Zora” single (Jagjaguwar)

LEGACY! LEGACY! by Jamila Woods

The Zora Neale Hurston quotation I keep returning to in listening to the second single from Jamila Woods’ sophomore full-length Legacy! Legacy! is, “I love myself when I am laughing … and then again when I am looking mean and impressive.” The 29-year-old Chicagoan is exuding confidence from every pore on this three-minute track, luring you from the soft power of “I tenderly fill my enemies with white light” to the leveling of “You will know never everything, everything / I will never know everything, everything” to the outright ascension of “I may be small, I may speak soft / but you can see the change in the water.” In a word: Recognize. The gorgeous harp flourishes, sparsely echoing synths and dusty groove of the beat, accompanied with backing vocals mixed to accentuate rather than overwhelm Woods’ lead, further illustrate who is running the show here. As Hurston also once said, there are years that ask questions and years that answer; for any doubters left after 2016’s Heavn (and aren’t there always a few), May’s Legacy! Legacy! should firmly weed them out. Get ready.

Patrick Masterson

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TITLE: Burn the House Down

FANDOM(S): Deadpool, MCU

RELATIONSHIP(S): Domino x reader (established). Wade x Domino. Reader x Wade. Domino x Wade x reader.

REQUEST: Maybe a little fluffy mixed in with some smut for the poly. Like Vanessa dosent die they just break up and Wade, reader and Domino have been friends for a while and help cheer him up maybe🤔🤔🤔.

REQUESTER: @keya168

SUMMARY: Love means partnership, not ownership, appreciation not possession.

WARNING(S): AU, Deadpool 2 spoilers, pre-poly, smut

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“Fuck, Wade, yes, yes, unh...” Naked and seated in Wade’s lap, back pressed against the front of his chest, his hands are underneath your brown thighs, spreading your legs wide so that he has a clear view of his cock thrusting in and out of your pussy, while holding you in place as he steadily fucked up into you.

His hands drifted from your thighs to your ass and he massaged each cheek before his hands trail back up again, hooking underneath your knees and applying the faintest pressure, forcing you to tilt back against him even more as he slowed down minutely, fucking you with short, hard thrusts that had your eyes screwing up with pleasure.

“Way...” You couldn’t even say his name right, tongue heavy and lethargic in your mouth.

“You like this, don’t you?” The question is rhetoric, maybe, because he’s kissing the back of your neck in the next moment. You moan his name and so he does it again, “Say it. Say you like this, that you want my cock.” You keep your balance by making your feet stay flat on his thighs as you slowly lifted yourself up and down on his cock, riding him.

“I love this cock.” You moan as he filled you. “I want it, I nee--” Wade’s hands bit into either sides of your waist only to relax before abruptly he slipped out of you. Panicked, your mouth opens, “No, no, wait, don’t sto--unh!”

Turns out, he wasn’t stopping, only changing positions. You remained in his lap, only you’re turned around to face him. And this is much more intimate, his hands remain on your ass, spreading your cheeks while he fucks into you and his index teases your asshole, pressing firmly but not forcing itself in. “You feel so fucking good, honey, oh shit...”

“You like the way I feel, Wade?” Hands finding his shoulders, you kiss underneath his chin, his cheek, and he turns his head, and the two of y’all shared a kiss. “You’re gonna cum in my pussy.”

“Holy shitake fuck knuckles...” Distantly, little alarm bells are ringing but it’s forgotten as your pussy walls clamp down around him, squeezing his length and ooh, you’re such a... Hand drifting down, Wade rubbed at your clit and you practically drench his cock. Again, he slips out of you, only to jerk his cock in hand a few times before cumming all over your pussy, though a bit got on your tummy.

You pout, devilish amusement in your gaze. “I’m disappointed,” He wonders if he did something you didn’t like. “If you weren’t going to cum in my pussy, my mouth was an option, too.” In the span of a heartbeat, his hand circled your ankle and you let out a squealing laugh as Wade jerked you towards him and into his lap.

“I bet you’re all wondering, how I, the merc with a mouth, managed to nail Domino’s extremely hot girlfriend when last chapter the author wouldn’t let me be in between all that sexy goodness, and lemme tell ya, I was pretty bummed about that but also--”

“Wade, who are you talking to?” You interject, sounding a bit amused.

“The audience.”

“...What?”

“Never mind, never mind.” Leaning down, he took a nipple in his mouth while signing for a flashback scene. “Cmere, sexy mama. I wanna kiss dem lips again.”

Laughing, you obliged.

|| Flashback, June 1st, 2018 ||

“I so do not need a babysitter.” You say as you jerked on the handle of the refrigerator only it wouldn’t open. Pulling harder, you manage to somehow hit yourself in the stomach and the door swung shut again while you clutched at the abused area.

“Babe, you are prone to falling down flights of stairs, and remember that time you left the stove on with the gas running?” Domino raised an eyebrow. Opening the fridge door, she gave you a cold bottle of water.

“That was awhile ago!”

“Baby, that was two days ago.” Domino reminded you, arms crossed underneath her chest, pushing her boobs up and that was so unfair, she knew your weakness. “Please, just do this, for me and my peace of mind?” Your lips twisted up and you turn your head away. “Please...” Whispering the words into your ear, she then kissed your neck.

“Fi...” She sucked at your neck, not too hard, but it was enough to make your knees turn to water. Luckily (ha!) Neena knew the effect she had on you and all your sweet spots, and easily set you down on the island counter before you fell and injured yourself. “Stop being a tease! I’m already gon be without you for a whole week. And you said I couldn’t use my favorite dildo.”

The front door buzzed.

“Why would you wanna play with that old thing when you’ve got a brand new one in red and black wrapping?” Nipping at your ear, she retreated, chuckling underneath her breath as you huffed, irritated. Undoing the latches and twisting the numerous locks, she twisted the knob of the front door, revealing Deadpool. “Hey!” Tossing him the keys, she grabbed the duffel sitting on the side. “Bedroom’s upstairs, bathroom’s to the left. Don’t touch the mini bar, and keep my bae in good condition.”

“Drink all the good shit from the mini bar and keep ya boo from maiming herself. Gotcha.” He caught the keys after letting them beam him in the eye. “...Is she really that bad?”

“No, ‘she’ is n--” Jumping off the counter, you misjudge how far down it is and the water bottle slipped out of your hand, rolling underneath your feet.

“Oooh, shiiiii--!” Deadpool dived, managing to use his body as a makeshift pillow and keep you from cracking your skull on the floor. The position left the two of y’all kind of in an awkward way; he’s holding you bridal style to his chest while your fist is bunched up in the spandex front of his suit. “...Okay. I see the concern.”

“You’ll be fine.” Neena sincerely hoped so. “I’ll be back on the twelfth. Love you, Y/N.”

“Love you too, Nee!” You place a hand on a soft surface, blowing an air kiss at your girlfriend who did the same, looking amused, before she closed the door on the way out. “Oh, God! I’m just fondling you like a pervert!”

“Urk!” In your haste to get up, you accidentally elbowed him in the throat. “No, it’s totally f-fine. No worries. Please stop moving.”

Once you managed to untangle yourselves (Wade did most of the ‘untangling’ as you kept accidentally injuring him in your panic) your eyes dart around guiltily. “Do you want some food? We have frozen pizzas in the freezer, and ooh, ooh, some leftover chicken and potatoes and gravy!”

“Why don’t you go and...” he paused. “I’ll carry you to the sofa and heat up the food. You find us something to watch. Do you have Netflix?”

“And Hulu!” You pumped your fist as he lifted you up, hands underneath your ass, though you barely registered the action, Neena did it often enough. “Can we watch How to Get Away with Murder, please? Please!”

“Sure, why not,” He set you down. “Orange is the New Black after?”

“Nee never wants to watch it with me because she totally dislikes the main character. Yas!” Throwing both your hands up, you nearly toppled forward but Deadpool is right there, straightening you up again, and piles some pillows around you as sort of added protection.

Being with Wade is...strangely fun. He’s a bit of a chatterbox but he listen to you. Does he always respond to the topic at hand, no. Of course not. Mainly because his brain operated on a different frequency than yours, or so you were looking at it that way. But all in all, you didn’t dislike him. Neena certainly knew what she was doing, putting the guy you’d been crushing on for months into close proximity with you.

For a whole week.

Almost as if in response to your anxious feelings, your powers flared up and frequently, changing your normal once to three time a week almost injuries to an hourly rate for several days. Wade was practically performing gymnastics to keep you from getting hurt and you were so humiliated.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry!”

“Y/N, buttercup, it’s okay.” Wade said nonchalantly, holding his severed finger to the knuckle while his healing factor worked. “It’ll heal.”

“But what if you can’t heal anymore? You’d be stuck with four fingersssss!” You drag your hands down your face, feeling your skin heat with embarrassment. “I just wanted to help you make the pizza. I didn’t see your hand there, I promise!”

“You just wanted to help, no foul...” he waved his hand and the reattached finger nearly came off again. Your eyes bubbled with teary dismay. “...Hey, I mean it.” With his uninjured hand, he brought you in for a hug. “You only have the best intentions and that makes you terribly cute, Doms was right.”

“You guys were talking about me?” Your voice came out a bit muffled.

“Just like you were talking about me to her. You flatterer.” And he spanked your ass, making you hop a bit, squealing in surprise. “Come on. I want to watch Assassin’s Creed, Michael Fassbender looks disturbingly like younger Magneto.”

After that revelation, it’s like you couldn’t keep your hands off each other. Bit by bit, he showed you himself, and then the tension boiled over. Wade wasn’t the most handsome man in the world but he wasn’t this monster hiding in the closet ugly either. And you had no issues saying so, threatening to poke him where the sun didn’t shine if he kept up that attitude.

He made a quip that he only let girls peg him on International Women’s Day.

You couldn’t stop laughing for hours.

But secretly you filed that information away.

|| End Flashback ||

“And just like in the Bible, written by white men who think they’re owed women’s bodies, on the last day, ladies and gents, sweet, sweet Y/N let me fuck her. Strange how she’s an awkward duck in all situations but while I’m balls deep--”

“If you don’t cuddle with me and go to sleep, you won’t be getting balls deep for a whole month.” You said, voice thick and groggy. Wade wrapped his arms around you, pulling you in close.

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Michael B. Jordan & His Parents Show Lupus Love In LA + Holly Robinson Peete & Fam Bring Out All The Stars At Fundraising Event

Michael B. Jordan joins forces with his parents to raise money for Lupus. Meanwhile Holly Robinson Peete and her husband Rodney Peete bring out the stairs to raise funds for autism and Parkinson’s disease. More inside...

When celebs give back!

It's no secret Michael B. Jordan has a close relationship with his parents. Last year, he revealed he still lives with his parents, well, his parents live with him. And for a very good reason. His mother, Donna Jordan has Lupus, which is an autoimmune inflammatory disease that can affect any organ in the body. Not only that, his father, Michael A. Jordan is diabetic and has complications with that from time to time, so he likes having them close by to make sure they're OK.

The Black Panther star had his mother and father by his side on the orange carpet for the 3rd annual MBJAM held at Dave & Busters in LA. He started the event to benefit Lupus LA, an organization he says helped his fam tremendously when they made the move to LA.

“When we moved to LA as a family and needed resources to help her, Lupus LA was the first place we turned," MBJ shared with the crowd. "They’ve been awesome to us, so we wanted to give back in a meaningful way. That’s when MBJAM was born.”

Aww!

Nick Cannon, who battles Lupus, emceed the event and shared stories about how he has fought the disease head on. He revealed to the crowd of almost 500 people that Lupus LA Ambassador Toni Braxton was one of the first to reach out to him after his diagnosis with lupus nephritis in 2012.

“Knowing that someone was there that understood what I was just beginning to go through, someone who’s been on that journey with lupus and was able to let me know about the ups and downs — the times when you can’t get out of bed and you can’t move or you can’t stay out in the sun as much as you want to — the fact that she would check up on me every time I would be in the hospital, it went beyond just a colleague or someone in the industry that cared,“ Cannon shared. “I consider her family.”

The "Wild 'N Out" honcho said Lupus is what brought him and MBJ together and he praised him for his philanthropic work: "The fact that someone of his statue, someone of his prominence…that he takes that light and shines it on something that doesn’t often get a lot of attention deserves recognition."

The Grammy winning singer - who also battles Lupus - got kissy with her son, Diezel Ky Braxton-Lewis, on the carpet.

"Euphoria" star Storm Reid and "black-ish" star Miles Brown were also in the mix.

At another celeb filled fundraising event...

Actress Holly Robinson Peete and her husband/former NFL quarterback Rodney Peete are vets in the game when it comes to raising money for causes they hold dear to their heart.

The couple hosted their HollyRod Foundation's 21st annual Annual DesignCare Gala. The HollyRod Foundation - formed in 1997 by the power couple - is dedicated to providing help and hope to those living with autism and Parkinson’s disease.

The whole Peete Family, including her son R.J. who has autism, was in attendance, along with several of the celebrity friends. Their other children Ryan, Robinson and Roman were all smiles in the family flick.

The event recognized several honorees, including "Desperate Housewives" actress and philanthropist Eva Longoria, who were presented with awards. Longoria spoke about her oldest sister, Liza, who has a mental disability.

“She too was on that ‘never’ list,” said the actress-producer. “They said she would never walk. She would never talk. She would never have an emotion toward anybody,” before adding that her sister is now 53, employed and happy. “She has three boyfriends,” Longoria said with a smile. “We get them confused and we get her in trouble. It’s a mess.” Ha!

Other honorees included “American Ninja Warrior” star Jimmy Choi, a marathon runner who has Parkinson’s; civil rights attorney and talk show host Areva Martin; autistic NCAA basketball player Kalin Bennett; and Mike Triplett on behalf of Cigna, the health services company.

"L.A.'s Finest" star Gabrielle Union and her recently retired NBA hubby Dwyane Wade were all smiles in the Malibu mix.

"Ambitions" star Essence Atkins showed support. That glow from these two fab chicks though!

Beyonce's mom/designer Tina Lawson and her hubby Richard Lawson came out to support their friend.

Retired boxer Laila Ali and her husband/ retired-NFL player Curtis Conway hit the carpet.

"Jessie" star Skai Jackson opened up about how she's dealing with her 20-year-old co-star Cameron Boyce's recent, and sudden death.

“I’ve been coping. I mean, I just go day by day,” the 17-year-old actress told Us Weekly at the event. “He was like a brother to all of us, all of my castmates. We got to spend five amazing years with him.”

She said she's going to do everything she can to keep his legacy alive.

“That was another organization [The Thirst Project] that he was really close with,” the actress told Us of the non-profit institution that aims to bring clean drinking water to communities all over the world. “So I’m just doing everything that he wanted to do and make sure that his legacy always lives on forever.”

"Mom" star Yvette Nicole Brown and "Living Single" alum Kim Coles stepped out to show support.

By the end of the night, the event raised $700,000 for the HollyRod Foundation. Congrats!

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KEELEY: MARINERS WEEKLY: Inside the Division for the Last Eleven

By: Michael Keeley, Maine Mariners Mar. 12, 2019 – With the unpredictability of the ECHL’s North Division a constant theme from week to week in the 2018-19 season, it should be no surprise that there’s still very little decided as teams push past the 60 games played mark. All that is truly known is that the Newfoundland Growlers will be in the postseason, likely as the top seed. The Mariners’ hard charge has put them only a point out of second, but still just four up on a playoff spot altogether. Manchester, Brampton, and Worcester are all very much in the mix along with Adirondack and Maine to make up the 2, 3, and 4 slots in the playoff picture. Reading is teetering, but still alive. The Mariners enjoy somewhat of a light week, by recent standards – getting an entire six days off between games. The week that was Wednesday, Mar. 6th – NOR: 1, MNE: 3 It was a solid defensive performance throughout by the Mariners, who scored a goal in each period to build a 3-0 lead. Former Admirals Greg Chase and Taylor Cammarata each found the net, the third goal from John Furgele, who would be traded the following day. Connor LaCouvee lost the bid at his first pro shutout late in the game but stopped 39/40 to earn his 11th win of the season. The Mariners swept the season series against Norfolk. FULL GAME RECAP & HIGHLIGHTS Friday, Mar. 8th – MNE: 4, SC: 1 The Mariners took the lead in the 1st by breaking a power-play drought that had reached 26 straight, thanks to Dillan Fox. Dwyer Tschantz was the story of the second period with a pair of goals, Wade Murphy adding a fourth for good measure. LaCouvee once again lost the shutout in the 3rd but once again was solid in between the pipes. The Mariners improved to 5-1-0 against the South Division and tied their season-long point streak (6) and home win streak (5). FULL GAME RECAP & HIGHLIGHTS Saturday, Mar 9th – MNE: 1, SC: 2/OT For a night, the Mariners became the Maine Wild Blueberries and drew over 4900 people to the Cross Insurance Arena. Greg Chase stayed hot with a first-period power play goal but gave it back when his roughing penalty minutes later led to the Stingrays tying the game. It was a battle the rest of the way, but the Mariners couldn’t find any third-period puck luck, hitting three posts and getting shut down by South Carolina netminder Adam Morrison, who made numerous spectacular stops. With less than a minute remaining in OT, Sam Fioretti beat LaCouvee’s glove to hand Maine its first home loss in six. The point streak continued to a season-high seventh game. FULL GAME RECAP & HIGHLIGHTS Transactions -D Zach Tolkinen was returned from loan to AHL Hartford -The Mariners signed F Chris Ordoobadi -F Terrence Wallin was loaned to AHL Hartford -The Mariners acquired F Branden Troock from Atlanta for D John Furgele -G Chris Nell was reassigned to Maine from AHL Hartford -F Greg Chase was loaned to AHL Hartford -F Drew Melanson was reassigned to Maine from AHL Hartford -G Connor LaCouvee was recalled to AHL Laval Coming up (all times Eastern) Sat, Mar. 16th @ Worcester Railers – 7:05 PM (AWAY) Sun, Mar. 17th vs. Newfoundland Growlers – 3:00 PM (HOME) – BEACON’S BIRTHDAY BASH PRES. BY EVERGREEN CREDIT UNION The remainder of the regular season is inside the North Division. The Mariners visit Worcester on Saturday for the first of two trips to the DCU Center in a six-day span. Maine has won six in a row against the Railers, head to head. On Sunday, the first place Newfoundland Growlers are at the Cross Insurance Arena. Newfoundland has hit a bit of a speed bump of late, losing two of three to Orlando on home ice over the weekend. The Growlers are 5-1-0 against Maine this season. Celebrate Beacon’s 1st birthday with a mascot party as part of “Beacon’s Birthday Bash” presented by Evergreen Credit Union. Members of the Mariners Kids Club can skate with the team after the game. The puck drops at 3:00 PM Looking ahead: The Mariners have two more Sundays afternoon home dates in March – the 24th against Manchester and 31st against Adirondack. The 24th is Country Night presented by 99.9 The Wolf. On the 31st, the Mariners will screen D2: The Mighty Ducks on the video board after the game. The full promotional schedule can be found HERE. There are only six regular season home games remaining. Standings update (top 4 make playoffs): 1. Newfoundland: 83 points, 11 games remaining (magic number: 8 pts) 2. Adirondack, 70 points, 11 games remaining 3. Maine, 69 points, 11 games remaining 4. Manchester, 68 points, 11 games remaining 5. Brampton, 66 points, 12 games remaining 6. Worcester, 65 points, 12 games remaining 7. Reading, 61 points, 11 games remaining *NOTE: The first tiebreaker is ROW (regulation and overtime wins). The Mariners currently hold that tiebreaker over Brampton, Worcester, and Reading, but lose it to Newfoundland, Adirondack, and Manchester. Read the full article

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Hypocritical Simpsons producer pulls Michael Jackson episode after ‘Leaving Neverland’ doc backlash

Producers of The Simpsons cartoon series are pulling an episode featuring Michael Jackson following renewed allegations of child abuse in a new documentary. Reaction has been mixed, with many accusing the show of hypocrisy. HBO’s new documentary ‘Leaving Neverland,’ contains a slew of allegations of child sexual abuse against pop icon Michael Jackson, made by his accusers Wade Robson and James Safechuck. In the 1991 Simpsons episode ‘Stark Raving Dad,’ Homer meets a man named Leon Kompowsky who believes he is Michael Jackson. Kompowsky befriends Homer’s son Bart and even sings a once-popular birthday song for Lisa. Executive producers of the long-running animated series have decided to remove the episode, which features the voice of the pop star, from syndication and streaming services in the US. The news follows decisions by radio stations across the globe to remove the star’s music from their playlists. "The guys I work with – where we spend our lives arguing over jokes – were of one mind on this," Simpsons producer James L. Brooks told the Wall Street Journal, adding that it "feels clearly the only choice to make." Online reaction to the news was mixed, with some saying it was the right move to make, others accusing Brooks of blatant hypocrisy, as the show has featured many controversial figures over the years, including Bill Cosby and Charles Manson.

The "Leaving Neverland" documentary rigorously details allegations of child abuse made against Michael Jackson and has reignited the decades-old controversy surrounding the musical icon – but the #MeToo era has already given its verdict. When police began investigating Jackson over accusations of child molestation in 1993, the world quickly divided into two equally resolute camps; those who defended the superstar and those who believed the accusers. This time, however, we are in the #MeToo era. While Jackson’s family has vigorously denied the claims made by Wade Robson and James Safechuck in the documentary and is suing HBO, which produced it, for $100 million, the backlash has been instant. A museum in Britain has removed a statue of Jackson. Op-eds are appearing by fans who once were more convinced of Jackson’s innocence but who have since changed their minds. Oprah Winfrey has taken heat from Jackson superfans for her support of Robson and Safechuck. Radio stations in Canada, Australia and New Zealand have even been banning Jackson’s music. To ban or not to ban? The question of pulling Jackson’s music from radio stations in light of the documentary is a heated one. "The thrill is gone," one headline reads. "We'll never listen to Michael Jackson the same way again," another says. Event DJs are torn about whether or not to stop playing Jackson songs at weddings. Should unproven allegations destroy the legacy of a man regarded as a musical genius? Even if the allegations could be proven, is banning the music the right decision? For many Political Correct ones, the answer is a clear-cut "yes" to banishing the music from the airwaves, but for others, it’s not just a simple question of right and wrong, but more a philosophical one. "I really have a huge issue with curtailing access to art and to things that have been created by somebody in the past, by somebody who is dead and who cannot do anything about it," film director Ramon J. Goni told RT. "When you look at a Picasso painting or you read a Hemingway book or even look at a statue that was created during the Renaissance period when the Catholic Church was torturing and killing people in the name of God," Goni asked, is not possible to separate the flawed human being from the art that was created "at their best moments"?

marni halasa But political activist Marni Halasa disagrees, said that "if listeners of these radio stations are calling up and saying you know what, this is criminal behavior that R. Kelly and Michael Jackson have actually engaged in and we're not okay with that, I think that's perfectly fine." To believe or not? Goni and Halasa also disagreed on how convincing the new documentary actually is. While Halasa believes Robson and Safechuck’s accounts of abuse are "irrefutable," Goni said that judgements were being made without real evidence. "It’s a scary area if we all are judging for ourselves with very limited facts, with facts that we don't quite cross-examine with actual evidence other than interviews and documentaries that are biased," he said. People across the world are equally convinced on both sides. Jackson superfans believe Robson and Safechuck are just looking for money. They claim there are inconsistencies in the men’s stories and have blasted the documentary as one-sided.

© Reuters / Leonhard Foeger They point to Macaulay Culkin, who also had a close relationship with Jackson as a child, and who says he was never abused (suggesting that since Culkin already had money and fame, he didn’t need to ‘fabricate’ abuse allegations). They also point to Brett Barnes, another man who knew Jackson in the 90s as a child and denied abuse took place. Director Dan Reed did not approach Culkin or Barnes for the documentary. Many are equally convinced Jackson did commit the crimes and find the emotional accounts of abuse presented in the documentary too convincing, compelling and detailed to deny. "If Michael Jackson were alive, I'm confident a jury would find him guilty," a barrister writes in the UK Telegraph. Those who believe in Jackson’s guilt also point to Culkin’s case, saying that an abuser would likely target children with less power – and that this is why Culkin was never a victim. They say Jackson was a master manipulator who groomed both the boys and their families into thinking sleeping in his bedroom was normal and they question the Peter Pan persona of the damaged, eternal child that Jackson portrayed.

From social to mainstream media While the debate rages online between vehement supporters of Jackson and adamant believers of his accusers, mainstream media has almost 100 percent come down on the side of the accusers this time around. The certainty of the media can likely be explained by the #MeToo culture which says all accusers must instantly be believed for the greater good and which leaves no room for any defence of the accused. Jackson’s legacy has been attacked as though there is no doubt whatsoever about the allegations made against him at a time when he has no ability to defend himself. Some in the media have even done away with all pretence of ‘innocent unless proven guilty’ and simply refer to Robson and Safechuck as"survivors" of abuse rather than "accusers," despite the fact that there is no surefire way to prove the authenticity of their accounts, however harrowing they may be. Piers Morgan appears to be one of the only media figures who has vigorously questioned Reed on the accusations made in the documentary. Aside from that interview, critical analysis of the documentary has been almost entirely missing in the media, in favour of swift condemnation of Jackson. So was Jackson just a troubled man whose childhood was stolen by an abusive father and who struggled to relive a better version of it in adulthood? Or did his troubled past really lead him to commit terrible acts of child abuse? The #MeToo epoch has delivered its own verdict: guilty as accused, no proof necessary. If you want to enjoy Michael Jackson before Youtube decides to ban him too, here's a link: Omg, there are certainly a lot of snowflakes who will be offended by this clip... Read the full article

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(Español: Haz clic en CC para activar los subtítulos) This is the story of a big wave pioneer who “died more times than Jesus”, a man who constantly risked his life to find life, to find the edge or reason and overcome it. His name is Ric Friar and this is a story of ‘Phenomenality’. And like all good movies there was sex, death, bar brawls, and a heap of shit. Friar literally became the “King of Poo” and made a fortune in the process. It’s a life that sequences more like a feature length dream: a truly wild concoction of adventures constantly intersecting with equal measures of insanity and bravado, an unbridled grabbing of life by tha balls. • WORLD PREMIERE | 16th San Francisco Documentary Festival, California, USA (2017) • WINNER | Audience Award - DOC LA. - Los Angeles, USA (2017) • WINNER | 2nd place Jury Award - Audience Awards, Los Angeles, USA (2017) • WINNER | Best Directing – International Film Competition of Bali (2017) • WINNER | Rising Star – International Film Competition of Bali (2017) • SEMI-FINALIST | Near Nazareth Festival, Israel (2017) • OFFICIAL SELECTION: - Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Australia (Academy Award® and BAFTA Accredited, 2018) - Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, Australia (2018) - Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, China (2017) - Sofia Independent Film Festival, Bulgaria (2017) - Utah Film Festival, USA (2018) - San Diego Surf Film Festival, USA (2018) - San Pedro International Film Festival, California, USA (2017) - Honolulu Surf Film Festival, Hawaii (2018) - Ocean Coast Film Festival, Portugal (2018) - Noosa Surf Film Festival, Australia (2017) - Barcelona Planet Film Festival, Spain (2017) Website: http://bit.ly/2MdjCgO Written & Directed by Lucas Jatobá http://bit.ly/2tgLY2F Executive Producers Ric Friar Wendy Harper [email protected] Producers Lucas Jatobá Ric Friar Wendy Harper Cinematographers Toby Heslop http://bit.ly/2I8OXOZ Lee Kelly http://bit.ly/2JU8ubG Underwater Cinematography Jon Shaw http://bit.ly/2I9FRBO Rick Rifici http://bit.ly/2JWInRE Music Composer Zino Zeinero Animators Marie Larrive & Lucas Malbrun http://bit.ly/2MdjHkC http://bit.ly/2tec4Dq Mulga http://bit.ly/2I9FVBy Cento Lodigiani http://bit.ly/2JW8hF2 Tânia Falcão & Avelar Lucas http://bit.ly/2I9FWp6 Brian Neong San http://bit.ly/2tec8mE Paul Ducco http://bit.ly/2MdjKwO Title Design Pragun Agarwal http://bit.ly/2JZDmrD Editors Lucas Jatobá Toby Heslop Online & Grading Toby Heslop http://bit.ly/2I8OXOZ Sound Recordist Paul Smith Sound Mix & Design Nigel Crowley http://bit.ly/2I8Pbpj Production Designer Cyma Hibri Production Assistant Luisa Daltro First AD Hugo Wilde VO Mark Kennedy http://bit.ly/2JZDmYF Hair & Make Up Desiree Wise http://bit.ly/2McxUOm Pam Daniel Dempsey Rai Elizabeth Pozoglau Script Supervisors Ric Friar Wendy Harper Vocals Honey Soul Friar Ryan Garner Production Design Assistants Mairi Armour Kevin Oyarbide Jurden Urunuela Nadia Grijalba Jamal Hibri Amy Holland Brendan Donnellan Maira Widholzer Runners Phoebe Pike Burcu Tekin Gaffer Jyden Chancellor Wardrobe Wendy Harper BTS Camera Operator Justin De Knock Storyboards Michael Golding Special thanks to: Rick Marks Brett Saunders Evan Sturrock Jason Bowman Fraser Shiers http://bit.ly/2JSS8QC Starring: Wendy Harper Ric Friar Lucas Jatobá Honey Soul Friar Ryan Garner Marie Kennedy Garry Birdsell Josephine Roberte Nadia Jones Zazi Timar Jyden Chancellor Rusty Harris Gitte Mariussen Terry Matthews Tony Mathers Tony Flook Kevin Oyarbide Jurden Urunuela Chiara Emerson Giselle Emerson Ana M. Lombardi Ron Wade Zino Zeniero Luisa Daltro Cyma Hibri Hawanatu Bangura May Zin Footage from “Ride a White Horse” Dir. Bob Evans, 1968 “Follow Me” Written by Zino Zeinero, Ric Friar & Wendy Harper Composed by Zino Zeinero Phenomenality Produced by 1 Giant Wave Phenomenality Produced by Living Library Films http://bit.ly/2tgLY2F

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From the bend of this island and the awe-inspiring changes that accept been alarming through us this year – some seismic – acquaintance arcane fiction acquainted absorbed with article in 2018.

Anna Burns’ Milkman (Faber), a aphotic reel of burghal dread, sounds a loud bulletin that Ulster has added to action than Brexit headaches. If Burns was a bolt from the blue, Silence Beneath a Stone (Doubleday Ireland), the accomplished admission of 82-year-old Norma MacMaster, was an archetype of biding your time and authoritative abiding aggregate was in its appropriate place. It told of added adulteration from the bound counties through the lens of a abandoned changeable inhabitant. For atmospherics, Eoin McNamee, addition accessory from the North, reigns supreme. The Vogue (Faber), his aboriginal atypical aback 2015’s Dejected is the Night, is a masterclass in arctic gothic from one of our best criminally underappreciated writers.

Children’s columnist Darragh Martin took to the developed fiction bazaar with Approaching Popes of Ireland (4th Estate) with admirable results. Hitting shelves aloof as the nation was gearing up for the accession of Pope Francis, its brisk, animated and wryly acute adventure of ancestors afraid off their accoutrements – Catholic or contrarily – is a delight.

These works tore accessible behavior to acquiesce in change via the accommodating meters of accomplished anecdotal prose. Addition approach, however, was activate by Jade Sharma. Problems (Tramp Press) doesn’t so abundant assignment through the avant-garde aberration of activity as bash it with a baseball bat. Untamed, blackly hilarious, and searingly raw in parts, Sharma’s tornado of drugs, sex and all-overs dismantles any expectations of the arcane fiction heroine.

Gary Shteyngart’s Lake Success (Hamish Hamilton) gives us a burnt-out hedge-fund administrator who’s gone AWOL beyond Trump’s America with annihilation but fear, abhorrence and a case of admired watches. It has an enjoyable, knock-kneed agreeableness and a anecdotal advocate who is avant-garde America itself.

Masters old and new alone some decidedly best adeptness aloft us. The articulation of Jaxie, the arch advocate of Tim Winton’s The Shepherd’s Hut (Picador) was one. With a mix of wartime argot and agenda wiring, this adolescent Outback anti-hero’s acclaimed annual is both aside by Aussie hypermasculinity but additionally negotiating a ballsy and liberating sea change. Winton’s affection beats loud, alike aback he has you in the anchor of amusement or suspense.

The aforementioned is accurate of Donal Ryan. Towering aerial in 2018 was From a Low and Quiet Sea (Doubleday), a abstract annual of lives chain in a ambit about amid alone Ireland and the inclement amphibian betrayal of the Syrian refugee crisis. Avant-garde science still hasn’t been able to explain area Ryan’s amazing bendability comes from, but you can bet that the acknowledgment will be of abundant absorption to novelists abundant best in the tooth than the above civilian servant.

Michael Ondaatje, you could argue, was aback to abreast his best with Warlight (Jonathan Cape) and like Ryan’s From a Low and Quiet Place, it best up a Booker nod and delivered scenes that were not bound annoyed from the mind’s eye.

Audacity and artifice bubbled up from Co Wicklow at the easily of Paraic O’Donnell, whose The Abode on Vesper Sands (Wiedenfeld & Nicolson) fabricated acceptable on the affiance of his 2016 admission The Maker of Swans. This had aggregate – elegance, humour and adumbral abnormal foreboding, all captivated up in a Victorian detective novel. O’Donnell has been befitting shtum on the attributes of his day job. Whatever it is, the time may be abutting to accord it up.

Rachel Kushner’s The Mars Allowance (Jonathan Cape) was a hot favourite on this year’s Booker shortlist, and it’s accessible to see why. Romy is a twenty-something woman adverse two activity sentences at a women’s bastille in California. She is abutting by a admirable assorted aggregation of unfortunates and deplorables, and already the apparent is scratched, it’s accessible that above stripper Romy about stood a adventitious in life. It’s by no agency an accessible read, but Kushner’s atmospheric autograph is acute to the last.

Sally Rooney’s Normal People (Penguin Random House) has best up acclamation and accolade nods ample this year. The Castlebar biographer has managed to anatomy on the abandon and activity of her debut, Conversations With Friends, to actualize an assured voice. Here, Marianne and Connell abound from two awkward alone teenagers into hardly beneath awkward Trinity College students. Despite their berserk differing characters, the two are befuddled aback calm bottomward the years. The agilely crafted new versions of themselves affray time and again, consistent in a muted, but compelling, adulation affair.

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Emer Martin’s The Cruelty Men (Lilliput Press) is a cathartic, abundantly ballsy multigenerational adventure that archive the fortunes of a Kerry ancestors uprooted and ultimately ravaged by both Church and State. Stunningly ambitious, achingly adverse and beating in a key year for Church-State relations, this is a appropriate assignment that illuminates a aphotic accomplished and wades bravely into circuitous amusing ills. This is what “the Abundant Irish Novel” looks like in 2018.

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Among the standout thrillers of 2018 is The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld (Weidenfeld & Nicolson). Aback the badge accept bootless to acquisition missing children, addled parents, generally continued afterwards the aboriginal disappearance, acquaintance Naomi Cotter gluttonous her help. Her own traumatised adolescence – kidnapped and confined for years by a psychopath – has fabricated her actual acceptable at her job. This haunting, annoying and absolutely arresting abstruseness is blithely told.

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Also able-bodied told is TH1RT3EN by Steve Cavanagh (Orion). Above acknowledged con artisan angry balloon advocate Eddie Flynn is assassin to avert Hollywood ablaze Bobby Solomon, accused of murdering his wife and her lover. But things go abominably askance from the start, and Eddie suspects that somehow a consecutive analgesic has murdered his way on to the jury. This awful agreeable fourth Eddie Flynn case is Grisham on steroids.

The Backward Show (Orion) by Michael Connelly, architect of Harry Bosch and The Lincoln Lawyer’s Mickey Haller, introduces a new capital character, Detective Renée Ballard. Ballard, abandoned to the night about-face for accusing a above of animal harassment, investigates the afterlife of a prostitute in her own time adjoin absolute orders. A nail-bitingly close alms with a assuming new character.

Ballard turns up afresh in Aphotic Sacred Night by Connelly (Orion), this time teamed up with Harry Bosch. The adept detective is bedeviled by the afterlife some years afore of a 15-year-old runaway, Lucy Clayton. Her afterlife is claimed to him – he knows her above aficionado mother, Elizabeth. Ballard finds 68-year-old Harry’s adamant chain alluring and already afresh works a case adjoin absolute orders, a charity for Harry aback he’s targeted by a abandoned LA assemblage boss. Sterling stuff.

Less corybantic by far is A Taste for Vengeance by Martin Walker (Quercus), in which food-and-wine admiring Bruno, the affably able and anew answer Arch of Badge of St Denis in the south of France, has to accord with a bifold annihilation and the accessible attendance of an IRA hit band on his patch. An calmly absorbing and agreeable allotment of rural French life.

Mankind’s approaching in the alpha of the AI era is at the affection of Beneath the Night by Alan Glynn (Faber & Faber). In what is both a prequel and aftereffect to Irish biographer Glynn’s amazing The Aphotic Fields -which became the hit blur Limitless with Bradley Cooper – the adventure focuses on Ray Sweeney, the grandson of 1950s announcement controlling Ned Sweeney who took consciousness-expanding consciousness-expanding biologic MDT-48 and became an adviser to presidents. Ray meets 90-year-old above CIA accessible Clay Procter, who suggests Ray’s grandfathering may not accept committed suicide as he was led to believe. Fascinating, as is Actuality and Gone by Haylen Beck (Harvill Secker), who is, in fact, Stuart Neville, one of Ireland’s best awful admired abstruseness writers. Set in a conflicting allotment of Arizona, this adrenaline-charged annual archive the atrocious efforts of a mother to balance her accouchement who vanish afterwards a accepted badge alley stop.

The Missing Ones by Patricia Gibney (Sphere) is a arresting admission set in the abstract boondocks of Ragmullin abreast Tullamore and introducing abandoned Garda Detective Lottie Parker, who fears for her accouchement while investigating a bifold murder. Gibney’s affiance is added than accepted with her accomplished Lottie Parker follow-up, The Stolen Girls (Sphere), a abrasive annual of annihilation amid refugees in Absolute Provision.

Inishowen adviser Benedicta ‘Ben’ O’Keefe has two deaths to investigate in Annihilation at Greysbridge by Andrea Carter (Constable). The deaths casting a cloak over a bells abounding by associates of a abstruse adjacent island community, and Ben’s concern puts her activity at risk. It’s an agreeable read, as is The Liar’s Girl by Catherine Ryan Howard (Corvus), in which Amsterdam-based baron Alison Smith charge acknowledgment to Dublin to face her bedevilled assassin above admirer aback a access of copycat killings begin. A abundant plot, solid characterisation and a ablaze faculty of abode accomplish this a standout.

Myles Mcweeney

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In Firefly by Henry Porter (Quercus), 13-year-old Naji, a atrocious but bent youngster with an off-the-scale IQ, decides to abscond from an ISIS bastion in Syria to Europe with advice he shouldn’t have. Pursued by arduous jihadis and a beneath baleful ex-MI6 agent, Luc Samson, Naji battles through aerial Macedonia and the betraying Balkans appear assurance in Germany. A tour-de-force of asthmatic suspense.

The adumbration of aftermost year’s Eleanor Oliphant afraid over a lot of accepted fiction this year, and while Gail Honeyman captivated on to the top atom on the album lists, admirers activate agnate contentment in Joanna Cannon’s Three Things About Elsie (HarperCollins), a ardent adventure about anamnesis and ageing in which 84-year-old Florence plays detective on the analytical new citizen at her aged home.

Another life-affirming apprehend came in Cathy Kelly’s The Year that Changed Aggregate (Orion), which follows three women as they bless altered anniversary birthdays. Eithne Shortall, meanwhile, hit her stride with additional atypical Adroitness Afterwards Henry (Atlantic Books), a apricot adventure that tackles grief, adulation and affective on afterwards a partner, and keeps readers bookish until the final page. This arising brand has been christened ‘up lit’: novels that embrace aberration and affecting agony with tenderness, affinity and compassion. We could do with a breach from all those black cerebral thrillers.

But those attractive for a bit of artifice were baby for choice. Liane Moriarty, the adept of affecting storytelling, followed up the success of Big Little Lies with some added arced acute in Nine Perfect Strangers (Penguin), casting a affably assorted accumulation of characters at a 10-day wellness retreat.

Graham Norton’s additional novel, A Keeper (Hodder & Stoughton), affirms his position as a biographer annual watching, already afresh exploring active familial secrets as Elizabeth, an academic, allotment to rural Ireland afterwards her mother dies, and discovers a box of abstruse letters.

The Irish arcane apple absent one of its best admired writers this year, afterward the afterlife of Emma Hannigan in March. Her final atypical sees three sisters aching the accident of their adherent nanny, and disturbing to get forth as they anniversary harbour their own clandestine turmoil. Belletrist to My Daughters (Hachette) has all of Hannigan’s signature amore and wit, a applicable accolade to its much-loved author.

Ireland has acquired a brace of ablaze new stars, too: Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen, who attempt to acclaim with publishing abnormality Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling. The sequel, The Importance of Being Aisling (Gill & Macmillan), finds our charlatan agape out of her abundance area and faced with catchy decisions about her relationship, her job and her friendships. McLysaght and Breen’s wry booty on Irish adeptness will hopefully ensure abounding acknowledged instalments to come.

The rom-com got a auspicious update, acknowledgment to Justin Myers’ gay hero attractive for adulation in The Aftermost Romeo (Piatkus), a laugh-out-loud annual of the avant-garde dating mural that additionally packs an affecting punch.

There were shades of Bridget Jones in AJ Pearce’s Dear Mrs Bird (Pan Macmillan), about an ambitious anchorman in London during the Blitz, who ends up answering belletrist for a magazine’s botheration page. It’s a absorbing romp, and a admirable ode to accord and backbone in a agonizing time.

Rachael English’s cornball whodunnit The Night of the Affair (Hachette) kicked off with a arise aperture arena in which the anatomy of the archdiocese priest is apparent on the kitchen attic at a blithe affair – this biting tale, set during the ‘Big Snow’ of 1982, is a abundant one to aces up for this time of year.

Promising Adolescent Women, the admission atypical by Cork-born Caroline O’Donoghue (Virago), is by turns bright and gritty. O’Donoghue’s annual follows the travails of an announcement controlling who gets fast-tracked up the anointed career pole acknowledgment to her fortysomething boss, Clem. If Phoebe-Waller Bridge, Nora Ephron or Lena Dunham appeal, there’s abundant to like in O’Donoghue’s able debut.

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Elsewhere, Caitlin Moran’s How to be Famous (Ebury) tackles gender relations and animal adeptness dynamics with according vim. With a toehold on Britpop-era London, Wolverhampton damsel Dolly Wilde – now 19 – is acquirements affluence on affairs of the affection (and loins). In all, a blissful antic through the 90s, admitting with a accomplishments band of #MeToo vulnerability.

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Romantics were advised to a able admission in The Bells Date (Headline Eternal). Jasmine Guillory breathes new activity into the brand with her interracial leads, who pretend to be a affected brace afterwards bumping into anniversary added in a lift. A fresh, adult read, and a name to accumulate an eye on.

Meadhbh McGrath & Tanya Sweeney

Along with new actual from writers in their prime, 2018 saw the advertisement of three cogent afterward abbreviate adventure collections – including one by William Trevor (see Top Pick, p20). Alike the vignettes in Helen Dunmore’s Girl, Balancing (Hutchinson) bell with cogent details: spilling Ajax in a austere 1960s bedsit, cyberbanking up the blaze in a adopted house. The accumulating is abounding of archetypal Dunmore capacity – the complication of ancestors bonds, the struggles and triumphs of women. In the accomplished appellation story, a adolescent woman uses her skating accomplishment to escape a animal predator.

Revered in his built-in US, Denis Johnson, like Dunmore, died in 2017 and the bristles darkly banana belief that comprise The Largesse of the Sea Maiden (Jonathan Cape) are befitting final testaments to his agrarian originality. In rehab, in prison, in their own troubled, circuitous heads, his characters attack with failure, agony and their own mortality. His sentences, like his plots, are abounding of attractive little shocks.

Over the accomplished 20 years, The Stinging Fly has been amenable for ablution the careers of abundant accomplished writers and Stinging Fly Belief (The Stinging Fly), edited by Sarah Gilmartin and Declan Meade, celebrates two decades of the abstracted magazine. This album represents Irish fiction at its best. There’s a abundance of treasures from writers such as Colin Barrett, Kevin Barry, Mary Costello and Danielle McLaughlin. Wendy Erskine is additionally amid them and Erskine’s admission Sweet Home (The Stinging Fly) is one of the best able and characteristic abbreviate adventure collections of the year, depicting a abreast East Belfast not generally apparent in fiction. From a biased abecedary who altar to Celtic lettering, to a DIY enthusiast whose mother is aloof out of prison, her characters are memorable, funny and absolutely formed, and admitting the belief booty abode aural a few streets, her capacity are universal.

Another admirable abbreviate adventure admission actual abundant abiding in place, About-face (New Island) by Mia Gallagher, evokes a Dublin that is both accustomed and alien, a haunted, addictive burghal area crisis lurks in abrupt places: a dabble in Tallaght, the walls of an old terraced house. Identities are ambiguous here, the characters appropriately cagey and the choir – which accommodate a kelpie, or Scottish baptize spirit – gratifyingly diverse.

All but one of the commutual belief in Mary O’Donnell’s thoughtful, absorbing accumulating Empire (Arlen House) are set in Ireland amid 1915 and 1919. O’Donnell’s focus is on colonialism, chic and gender politics, but her capacity are refracted through the prism of her characters’ ambivalences and contradictions. The across of her actual acuteness is impressive, decidedly in the appellation story, which moves amid Dublin and Burma, tracking a couple’s accord and the change of their alone consciousnesses.

In You Think It, I’ll Say It (Doubleday), Curtis Sittenfeld exposes the all-overs and anxieties of abreast common America. Several of the belief in her aboriginal accumulating circumduct about alive adeptness dynamics and the biased eyes with which women can appearance anniversary other. Backroom is everywhere. ‘The Nominee’ appearance a accustomed changeable presidential applicant grappling with the affair of likeability. ‘Gender Studies’ advance a abounding animal appointment amid a Democrat and a Trump voter. Current, layered and badly readable.

Finally, AM Homes’ Canicule of Awe (Granta) is a added satiric, surreal booty on abreast America. With her brand acerbic wit, Homes dissects the psychodramas of her characters, mostly angry narcissists who actualize the affliction of their society, its superficiality, rootlessness and disconnection. Set at a genocide conference, ‘Days of Awe’ is the standout adventure actuality – funny, outrageous, cogitating and attempt through with abrupt tenderness.

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The adorableness of William Trevor’s Aftermost Belief (Penguin) lies partly in their mystery. In these 10 masterfully controlled, agilely agreeable pieces of fiction, no one is accustomed and annihilation is simple. Trevor’s characters – a piano abecedary with a gifted, bandit pupil, two brothers mistaken for Polish painters – are generally wrong-footed by life, and by axis his argumentative eye on them, he depicts absolute worlds. Alive with aerial strangeness, these belief cry out to be reread.

Joanne Hayden

For drama, artifice and the odd about-face into the bluntly unbelievable, attending no added than a well-told true-life account.

There was no abstinent that Longford biographer and agriculturalist John Connell hit on article with the absolution of The Cow Book (Granta). Memoirs about the alleviation qualities of beginning air and blooming spaces will never go out of fashion, but The Cow Book seems to decidedly bell with a avant-garde Ireland that finds itself both added alert of brainy bloom as able-bodied as those means of activity that are bottomward from our added urbanised view.

Katja Petrowskaja’s Maybe Esther (4th Estate) is a best abnormal brand of biog. The Ukrainian-born Berliner traces 200 years and seven ancestors of her family, and by addendum tells a widescreen and occasionally boundless annual of the horrors that accept befallen the Jewry of this small, overheated continent. Language is an anchoring affair – her ancestors on her mother’s ancillary were adherent to educating deafened and aphasiac accouchement – with Petrowskaja’s memories and anecdotes told in translucent, abstract registers that may clothing some readers added than others.

Easy to dip into and abounding with nugget-sized profiles from addition who knows what they’re talking about – admired arts analyzer Ciaran Carty – Biographer to Writer: The Republic of Elsewhere (Lilliput) is capital for the bibliophile in your life. Featuring sit-downs with anybody from Ballard to O’Brien, Enright to Ishiguro, Carty has a cogitating appearance that transcends bald micro-biographing and adds an added band of relatability to these aerial names.

If active decibel levels alpha to arise aloof a bit too aerial during festivities, run off and adumbrate with a archetype of Pops (4th Estate), Michael Chabon’s abbreviate accumulating of essays and accessories about what is advancing bottomward the band aback “little ones” alpha to attending not so little any more. Fatherhood changes appearance with the years, the acclaimed US biographer reminds us, and requires abundant adroitness beneath pressure, but the headaches are there to be embraced.

Another blazon of anarchy is encountered in Rebel (William Morrow), the long-awaited tell-all (well, tell-most) from Hollywood’s abundant latter-day mud wrestler and enfant terrible, Nick Nolte.

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Both a begrimed allotment of accessible self-mythologising and a agrarian carnival of Lear jets, arch ladies, and lorry-loads of drugs, this is a down-and-dirty page-turner, alike if the accomplished affair is coated in article ultimately tragic.

Someone abroad who clearly played by their own rules is Pirate Queen Adroitness O’Malley, who artlessly warrants afterlight these canicule accustomed her proto-feminist credentials. While we anticipate a big awning delineation – Jessica Chastain, anyone? – this 40th Anniversary copy of Adroitness O’Malley: The Adventures of Ireland’s Pirate Queen 1530-1603 (Gill), Anne Chambers’ absolute adventures of the Connacht swashbuckler, will do the job.

Had Rory Gallagher been about aback then, O’Malley would absolutely accept fabricated allowance on lath for him. Rory Gallagher: The Man Behind the Guitar (The Collins Press) is Julian Vignoles’s active analysis of the activity and times of the Ballyshannon guitar god who set blaze to the blues-rock rulebook. Includes all-encompassing interviews, discography, and a absolute beverage of the Taste years.

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A ratcheting pace, a bound first-person immediacy, and absolutely amazing to be a commuter over its absolute angled course, Apperception On Fire: A Memoir of Madness and Recovery (Penguin Ireland) was a absolute accomplishment of 2018 that saw Arnold Thomas Fanning – the able columnist who absent 10 years to austere brainy affliction – chronicle his alarming decade. An indelible, ground-shaking account.

Hilary A White

At its best, sci-fl holds a mirror up to -contemporary association and alerts the clairvoyant to the perils of what lies ahead. Perhaps the best archetype of that in contempo years was 2017’s American War by Omar El Akkad, which looked at a near-future America rendered unrecognisable by a additional civilian war and altitude change.

This year’s adversary for the best near-future dystopian shock is Claire North’s 84k (Orbit) which looks at an England which is both actual altered and awfully similar.

All law administration and civilian interactions accept been outsourced to The Company, a all-inclusive amassed which controls every aspect of a citizen’s activity and decides on punishments and tariffs based on your adeptness to pay and your continuing in society.

The affluent can pay a fine, the poor finer become the attached acreage of The Company. The assured echoes of accepted acerbity measures and clearing are present and correct.

It was applicable that in the centenary of the end of the Abundant War, Stephen Palmer should absolution Tommy Catkins (Infinity Plus), which sees a soldier beatific home from the advanced with carapace shock. While recuperating in an beginning hospital, he begins to see glimpses of a alongside world. His adolescent patients are aberrant and adorable and he’s promised ambush in this alternating ambit – for, of course, a price. Tommy Catkins is a anxious attending at the fraying of a battle-broken mind.

Richard ‘Altered Carbon’ Morgan’s latest, Thin Air (Gollancz) sees a above acquisitive axis a colonised but now secessionist Mars and its ‘paprika sky’. All citizens are built-in with trackers, the affection is alienated and a bounded Mars baby-kisser is authoritative a name for himself by active on a boxy admission with the byword “bad altitude for bad hombres”. Wherever do they get their account from?

African sci-fi has been adequate a artistic access in the aftermost few years and Tade Thompson’s debut, Rosewater (Orbit) is set in Nigeria, 2066, afterward an conflicting aggression which larboard the UK, the US and best of the arctic hemisphere mysteriously ‘dark.’

If you’re not absorbed by a atypical declared in one analysis as an “alien-encounter, cyberpunk, bio-punk, Afro thriller” again you apparently don’t like sci-fi in the aboriginal place.

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Any new atypical by the abundant Kim Stanley Robinson is consistently an accident and Red Moon (Orbit) doesn’t disappoint.

The columnist has accounting about the about assured access of China before, and in Red Moon a adolescent tech beatnik delivers a new advice accessory to a ample Chinese antecedents on the moon. Set a bald 60 years in the future, it appearance all of the author’s accepted ruminations on the animal action and while admirers of sci-fi which absorb lasers and hyperdrives ability acquisition his appearance rather dry, he is a adept of his craft.

Ian O’Doherty

* Next week, we attending at the best books of the year in politics, history, accepted science, music and more…

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