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Play It By Ear Musical Moments That Go Hard

This week on the Play It By Ear Book Club we are going to come up with a wish list for a (theoretical) sequel to this video:

What are the best musical moments on the show that absolutely Go Off? That slaps? That gives you goosebumps but that didn't make it into the original video?

I'll start us off: one of my favourite musical moments is around the 4:30 mark of Elevator Pitch, at the end of the opening number. All we do is start, all we do is start, all we do is staaaaaaaaaaart.... UUUUP!

What are yours?!

Earlier book club episodes

#play it by ear #jess mckenna #zach reino #pibe book club #Youtube

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You can’t force someone to love something as much as you. Whether that be cornhole, unicycles, or even yourself.

Or: Bryce has some realisations and Clark endures surely the world’s longest crush.

#pibe book club #pibe #play it by ear #cornhole in one #chapter 2 coming in the next week!!! #this has been so fun :D

[heywindella]

Hello! I'm Riley and I made this video with the help/suggestions of the PIBE book club. If that was you, then thanks! I hope you enjoy it :)

#play it by ear #off book #dropout #please bear with me i dont know how to tumblr #Youtube

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Reigning MLS scoring champs ready to crown "relentless," "lethal" Martinez

USA Today Sports

August 17, 201812:22PM EDT

Steadily, efficiently, ruthlessly, Josef Martinez has closed in on the MLS single-season scoring record of 27 goals, and he could match or break the mark as early as Sunday, when his league-leading Atlanta United side welcome Columbus Crew SC to Mercedes-Benz Stadium (4 pm ET | TSN2 ��� TV & streaming info).

Some athletes in possession of iconic milestones like this one hope and pray that they stay in the same hallowed spot in the record books, occasionally even celebrating when would-be successors fall short.

Not this one.

“I think he’s going to end up smashing the record,” Chris Wondolowski told MLSsoccer.com of Martinez this week. “I would much rather have that than just maybe him win by one or two. Because then you’re thinking about the ones you missed. If he’s going to score 33, 34, I have no problem losing that one!

“It sounds so cliché, but I think records are made to be broken. I’m just proud that I get to have my name mentioned with some of these guys. It’s pretty cool to have that.”

Wondolowski is the co-holder of the current mark alongside Roy Lassiter, who set the bar with an incredible campaign for the regular-season champions Tampa Bay Mutiny in the league’s inaugural season in 1996, and the New York Red Bulls’ Bradley Wright-Phillips, who reached that historic territory in 2014.

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All three are icons in their own particular way, with a range of finishing qualities, who attained their share of league history on trophy-chasing teams with loaded attacking corps. And all three have looked on in awe and respect as Martinez has exploded the parameters of what was thought possible in MLS.

“Martinez is on fire, he’s been on fire ever since he’s been in the league and he probably would’ve scored more if he hadn’t gotten hurt last year,” Lassiter told MLSsoccer.com on Wednesday, speaking by phone from his second home of Costa Rica. “All records are made to be broken. It’s been good to have the record for so, so many years.

“Actually it’s a happy moment. I mean, my name still stays there amongst players that have been able to accomplish that feat,” Lassiter added when asked if he’s felt any sadness about his record falling. “I feel that the kid can do 30-plus goals, [way] more than 27. The team that he has, the coaching staff that he has … he could end up with much more goals than that.”

Wright-Phillips sounded a similar note when discussing the topic during All-Star Week in Atlanta.

“I know it sounds weird for an athlete, but I’m not too competitive,” said the Englishman, who marked his 100th career regular-season goal last month. “It doesn’t bother me. Records are there to be broken – and it also shows improvement. When I done it, when I got there, someone’s going to break it, someone’s going to break Josef Martinez’s [record]. That’s how it goes, that’s improvement.

“If he carries on how he is, then he’ll probably be one of the best there is. His goalscoring rate is crazy – crazy. I’ve never seen anything like that.”

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A rangy, physical frontrunner with world-class speed that made him particularly unstoppable in open space, Lassiter feasted on the elegant service provided by the likes of Carlos “El Pibe” Valderrama and Steve Ralston in year one – where, it’s worth noting, teams played 32 regular-season games compared to the 34 that the other three strikers had to work with. It was a 10-team league with a markedly different character to the sleek, worldly MLS of today.

“It’s a little bit more dynamic now. You have younger players on the field now,” said Lassiter, whose son Ariel plays for the LA Galaxy. “Before it was mainly older, experienced players on the field, a little bit more defensive-minded. But the methodology now is attacking and organized.

“Before it was bringing in older, recognized players throughout the world. Now you’re bringing in young players, while still bringing in the older players that have good names and can still play and bring a lot to organizations. I think it’s more of a mix now. … I see it being younger, a little bit more Hispanic.”

Wondo, meanwhile, made his mark as the elusive, deadly poacher for the 2012 Supporters’ Shield-winning San Jose Earthquakes, a side known for its gleefully direct style and “Bash Brothers” duo up top, hulking targetmen Alan Gordon and Steven Lenhart. With those two carving out space and winning headers as a fleet of pacey, tricky wide men rained down crosses, Wondolowski was free to ghost in and around the opposition’s penalty box to devastating effect.

Though some might consider Frank Yallop’s side a muscular anachronism, Wondolowski believes the 2012 Quakes would be right in the mix today, too.

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“I know it’s very hypothetical, but I would say that we would be Supporters’ Shield contenders again,” he said. “Even though it was a predictable way [of playing], you knew if you could get the ball on the flank, beat some of their guys – we had Marvin Chavez and Simon Dawkins and then you had [fullbacks Steven] Beitashour and Justin Morrow, who could run the flanks all day and get crosses in, and then you had the three of us [up top] able to attack the ball. Defenses knew we were coming and they still weren’t able to stop us. It was fun in that sense.”

BWP, Lassiter and Wondo all point to the varied ways in which Martinez poses danger, whether it’s with his head or feet, via build-up play or rapid counterattacks. But one overriding trait impresses them the most.

“I love his passion, I love that he’s just relentless with it,” said Wondolowski. “He’s very smart with his runs and he’s able to find space even when it’s not [plentiful]. You see their buildup with the ball, you kind of wonder where he is, but he’s creating that space for that final third, that final attack. He knows where wants to be and where wants the ball to be, and he’s relentless with it. He’s able to score two, three times a game [because of] hundreds of runs that he makes throughout the game.”

Said Wright-Phillips: “He seems very hungry to score goals. A lot of strikers don’t have that – everyone thinks they do, but you can see on the pitch that when he gets on there he wants to score. He’s doing everything he can to score.”

Though the four strikers in question played in different eras, on distinctly different teams, there’s general consensus that a certain set of circumstances have to fall into place for such a scoring windfall to unfold.

“In one season, you’ve got to stay healthy, you’ve got to be on a good team – a good, dynamic team that understands and looks to get you the ball and believes in you,” said Lassiter, who currently works as a coach and technical director at Seattle-area youth club Washington Premier FC. “So many factors have to come into play to get that record.

“There’s no way he [Martinez] could do that on a team that’s at the bottom, not producing, not having productive wingers, not having good, dynamic midfielders with good vision, movement, that can see his runs.”

Notes Wondolowski: “With Miguel Almiron, it’s crazy to think that Josef Martinez could have 30 goals and may not even be the MVP on his team.”

The Quakes icon acknowledges that Atlanta’s aggressive philosophy is a factor in Martinez’s prolific scoring – yet warns that the Venezuelan’s contributions are more unique than they may appear.

“It’s been fun to watch – him AND Atlanta. They play a great style, entertaining, and across the board they’re dangerous,” said Wondolowski, who sits second on the league’s all-time career regular-season scoring list with 140 goals and is bearing down on Landon Donovan’s 145.

“I don’t think I could do what he [Martinez] has done, even with his team. He’s absolutely lethal with it. He’s the right player for the right style and they’re making the most of it. it’s not an easy thing and believe me, there’s defenses and players that are keyed on him. But he’s still able to find a way.”

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🏆Nominations for the Play It By Ear Awards🏆

After a lot of good input from the community, it is now time to nominate our favourites!

Our final categories were chosen to represent the broadest possible span of the suggestions that were submitted, as well as ideas that are creative and might tell us something new about our beloved show! The suggestion "most homoerotic moment" for example, while being one of my personal favourites, would probably mot tell us something we don't already know 😆

Without further ado, here are the final categories:

Best villain 🦹

Best incomprehensible plot 📝

Best prompt given by Mano, and the best interpretation of that prompt 🤹‍♂️

Best improvised lyrics or rhyme 🎵

Best physical comedy moment 🤸

Wildest line in the show 💬

Best guest 🙋

Episode with the highest banger count 🎺

Most impressive musical number or vocal moment 🎙️

Since this is our first annual fandom awards, we will accept nominations both from season 1 and season 2 this time! 💫

Please put which person/episode/song/moment you would like to nominate in the notes, and remember to say which category you are nominating them for! And feel free to nominate as many, and in as many categories, as you would like 🥳

#pibe book club #play it by ear #jess mckenna #zach reino #dropout #mano agapion

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🎲 Play It By Ear Bingo 🎲

Happy New Year everyone!

This week in the PIBE book club, while I'm putting together the results from last time, we are coming up with a Play It By Ear Bingo for season 3!

In the tags, put your suggestion(s) for what should go in the boxes. I'll start us off:

Mano gets brought on stage

What are yours? 😁

P.S.: message me if you want to be tagged in future book club posts.

Tag list:

@robynator

#play it by ear #jess mckenna #zach reino #pibe book club

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🏆 Awards Season🏆

Hi ho! After a small break we are back with another book club. The suggestion for the topic this week came from @robynator!

It's award season, and in the next few weeks we will be running the new, yearly, Play IT By Ear Awards! This event takes place after a new season has aired, and in it the fandom will vote on which episode in the new season should get prestigious awards.

In this week's book club, it is up to us to come up with the categories that will be awarded!

Any type of suggestion is welcomed, serious or silly or anywhere in between. I'll start us off with some of my own ideas:

Best plot twist

Best improvisational musical comedian in a leading role

Put yours in the tags, and we'll compile the categories before moving on to nominations!

#play it by ear #jess mckenna #zach reino #dropout #pibe book club

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This week on the Play It By Ear Book Club we are working out which episode is the best to introduce new people to the show!

I could have made this a poll, but that is not what the book club is for! So, please, reblog (or reply) with the episode you think is best suited to introduce someone to PIBE with, and include your reasoning! Was the plot especially coherent and impressive? 🦸‍♀️🤵🏻 Was there a particular musical moment that blew your socks off? 🎆🎶

Let's figure this one out once and for all 🔽 💪🏻

#play it by ear #jess mckenna #zach reino #dropout #mano agapion #book club is early this week because of scheduling reasons ✨ #also this one is mostly for me #I have people who need to be assimilated into the fandom x) #participation in the book club is as always mandatory x #(when i say scheduling reasons I mean that I am sitting in a hotel room and I am bored) #pibe book club

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This week on the Play It By Ear Book Club we are brainstorming settings for season 3!

I'll start us off with the one I personally want to see the most:

A court case ⚖👩🏻‍⚖️

Go ahead and add your suggestions (and possible fun plot lines) in the replies/tags, and we'll compile a list!

Previous book club topics

#play it by ear #jess mckenna #zach reino #dropout #mano agapion #pibe book club #absolutely no one has asked me to run this book club nor expressed any interest for me to keep doing it #but BY GOD I will keep at it #it just really tickles me to pretend like we're an extremely far reaching and well organised fandom which runs competitions and clubs 😂 #i love it #it is exactly the kind of silliness that this fandom was made for

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This week on the Play It By Ear Book Club, we're playing a little game I like to call...

Dream Blunt Rotation

First, pick an activity. It could be a blunt rotation, but it could also be going to Disney World, playing sports, doing taxes, running a coffee shop, sailing on a pirate ship or anything else you want ☕��🏖🏴‍☠️

Then, pick up to four characters who have been featured on the show, who you think would be the best combination of people to join you in your chosen activity.

Who are you choosing? And what will you be doing? Answers in the tags ⬇✨

Earlier book club episodes

If you want to be tagged in the future when I post book club topics, send me a message or reply to this post🌟

#pibe book club #play it by ear #jess mckenna #zach reino #tw drugs

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What does your favourite episode say about you? 🎼

This week on the Play It By Ear Book Club, we are going to make the definitive chart of what your favourite Play It By Ear Episode says about you!

A few weeks ago I posted this, which was a first iteration of something that I believe needs fandom input. So, this week, please pick a few episodes and write a short description about what kind of person would choose that episode as their favourite!

Afterwards we'll compile the final list, gussy up the visuals a little (any volunteers?), and post the final verdict for each episode 😁

Since this is a more involved exercise than we normally do here in the book club, we'll give ourselves until after New Years to finish it up!

Answers in the notes please! 📚🎺🎶

Earlier PIBE book club episodes

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Tag list:

@robynator

#play it by ear #jess mckenna #zach reino #pibe book club

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because i’m too impatient to not share some of my fic, here’s the moment bryce first sees clark. they’re both 17, competing at a cornhole comp for the first time, and bryce is currently dating a girl called melissa:

Stepping out of Iowa’s minibus was a tall, lithe boy with scruffy brown hair. He rubbed his eyes before stretching like a dog awoken from a long nap, his teammates waiting impatiently on the steps behind him. Bryce could only assume that he’d just been asleep… and yet he looked so effortlessly good? His eyes matched the cerulean sea they’d passed as they entered Mountport. He had little black stud earrings. The May sunlight was highlighting the freckles dotted like a field of flowers across his face. He was… cute? Was that a thought he had now? That someone who isn’t Melissa - that a boy - is attractive? Huh. Interesting. After perhaps too long staring in the Iowan’s general direction, he parcelled up that idea and posted it to himself with the hope that it wouldn’t arrive until the tournament was done. You literally have a girlfriend, he repeated to himself, as he walked to the locker room.

#he’s having an Epiphany #i have a plan for about 5k words of this so i’ll post it in chapters #obvs this is still a draft #+ i haven’t written a proper fic since i was 14 so be kind #cornhole in one #bryce x clark #pibe #pibe book club #play it by ear #cjs writing

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i love making up silly headcanons for characters. anyways bryce has a fat crush on david tennant (tenth doctor era)

#cornhole in one #it’s no coincidence that clark is also a tall slim man with brown hair #play it by ear #pibe #pibe book club #pibe fanfic week

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This week in the play it by ear book club we are doing confessionals.

I'll go first: I haven't actually seen season 1

#I'm GOING TO #I swear #its just that through trial and error during season 2 i discovered that the optimal conditions for watching the show is #when im on my own at home #and ~1.5 glasses of wine in #and i am holding off on watching season 1 until I can fully recreate those conditions #play it by ear book club #participation in the pibe book club is as always mandatory x

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#making a new one because I was an idiot and deleted the last one #play it by ear #jess mckenna #zach reino #dropout #mano agapion #also I think we've mostly found each other! So i'm not going to continue the list of people who post a lot #just follow the reblog chains and we're all here I think #I am keeping you all in my heart instead <3 #fanartists: message me if i missed you!! I love you all so dearly

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Guys, I am thinking of making the pibe book club a weekly thing. Any suggestions for topics? The stupider the better