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reikunrei · 2 months

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"More than just an ordinary human."

It's that time again! Another Doctor Who episode wahoo!! Let's check out season 3, episode 6:

"The Lazarus Experiment"

So, Lazarus is, obviously, taken from the biblical figure of Lazarus who was brought back from the dead by Jesus. The story of his revival is meant to exemplify the power Jesus has over death itself, but I won't be talking about that in-depth here; the Bible-talk is more James's wheelhouse lol.

As it applies to this Doctor Who episode, it's not so much about coming back from the dead, but rather about cheating death. Professor Richard Lazarus has created an invention, which he calls a "miracle" (the same word used by Patty in reference to "Henry's" powers in tfs), that will essentially de-age anyone who steps inside.

(Peeping the fact that he specifically mentions the moon landing like Mr. Clarke mentions it in st3)

However, there's a catch! He didn't do his proper research! He didn't account for all possible variables! And something in his DNA is trying to change him! (Another tfs word! We love to see it!)

Rejuvenating, you say? Even after the Doctor blows up Lazarus in his monster form and he comes out entirely unscathed? Golly, I wonder who that reminds me of! Anyway.

So basically what happened is Lazarus "changed his own molecular patterns" by "hack[ing] into his own genes" which is SUCH a NINA-ass word to use. Don't even remind me of all the computer stuff that's being pushed in the st5 leaks and updates. This has seemingly activated something in his DNA that's trying to make him change, and that "change" is a giant scorpion-like monster that is absolutely ravenous. Before the Doctor and Martha are looking at his DNA, we see a scene of Dr. Lazarus grabbing a finger-food platter from one of the waitstaff at his invention's unveiling and scarfs it down, saying he's famished, which the Doctor isn't surprised by (it's insinuated that he understands, at least loosely, what's happening because of the Time Lord's ability to regenerate, which always wears them out and makes them very energy-hungry).

In his monster form, Dr. Lazarus drains all the "life-energy" out of several human victims in order to sate his hunger, leaving an empty shell. (Insert Vecna consuming his victims to get stronger, insert "Henry" killing animals in tfs to sate the Shadow and it being much more powerful when "he" finally kills Virginia, insert Max being left an empty body without a soul/life, etc. etc., you get the picture. Not to mention that the Doctor equates it to "squeezing the juice out of an orange" ... I wasn't expecting a little st vr connection, but I'll take it!). He has little to no control over his transformation, and while he can feel it coming on, he can't just snap in and out of it; it simply takes over and he changes. The first time we see him transform, he writhes on the ground in agony and his wife asks if it's "some kind of seizure" (smash cut to "Henry" in tfs seizing).

Later, after some running around, being chased, and doing some thinking, the Doctor explains to Martha that this "thing" (Lazarus) isn't alien, it's "strictly human in origin." This form was becoming "dominant" because the process of de-aging himself likely awoke some dormant genes that "evolution rejected...millions of years ago...forgotten until Lazarus unlocked it by mistake."

A big part of this episode is about hubris. Dr. Lazarus is overconfident in his invention, and he spends ample part of the start of the episode dismissing the Doctor and Martha when they both warn him that something may be wrong/this may be more dangerous than he realizes. On top of Dr. Lazarus seeking out youth/prolonged life, much like the idea that Brenner is looking for some sort of power/immortality of some kind in st (barely even touching on the other weird stuff like Brenner not aging in tfs between 1959-1979), a lot of it made me think of El tearing into Brenner in 4.08, especially her emphasis on him being the monster, on all of this being his fault, all because he couldn't let Henry go. Brenner has constantly been presented to us, throughout all mediums, to be fairly stubborn and determined to get what he wants, even if the results are catastrophic (ie. the number of guards and orderlies who have died helping him with his child dungeon project, all of the children themselves dying in one way or another, even his own ass getting jumped by a demogorgon and then shot to bleed out and "die" in the desert).

Which leads into the other core aspect of this episode: humanity.

Throughout all of Doctor Who, the Doctor makes it clear that he finds humans utterly fascinating, especially in their mundanity. He emphasizes the importance of everyone's individuality and tells everyone they're special and important, even if they don't really "do" anything. Simply being who they are is what makes them matter; they don't need to be useful or supply anything groundbreaking in order to be amazing in his eyes. They exist as humans, and that's all that matters.

In this episode, we see Lazarus talk about how humans, as they are now, are basically inferior. While a large part of his motivations are about the money he'll make off of such an invention, we learn later that he has a distinct and deep fear of death and being defenseless against it. He wants to "change what it means to be human," to give them "a chance...to evolve, to improve" and to make sure he never has to face death like he did as a child: terrified and vulnerable.

We get the two following conversations between the Doctor and Lazarus, one at about the midway point of the episode before shit really hits the fan, and the other is near the very end of the episode after shit has really hit the fan.

This next one is split into several pieces to get in all the lines because they say a lot that jumps out as very important and distinctly Brenner, with some smatterings of One's monologue and some Henry-isms, especially from tfs, and the general presence of many of The Words.

I wanna point out that the Doctor being at the London Blitz is a direct reference to the episodes I talked about in my last dw post. And I find it incredibly interesting that a lot of the original tfs promo was heavily centered around church, like how this final standoff is in a cathedral, even so far as having Mr. Newby originally be listed as Father Newby, etc., despite the final play not being as heavy-handed with the religious imagery. Idk it's just itching something in my brain! I also wanna note that, since it's kinda hard to see here, the camera pans around Lazarus in a counterclockwise circle, following the path of the Doctor as he circles him, and we aaall know how st loves to use circling camera shots like that.

I especially want to touch on the second conversation the Doctor and Lazarus have in the church. The Doctor speaks to him calmly, trying to get him to understand and have compassion for the experience that is being human rather than trying to cheat it, and that living an exceptionally long life really isn't all it's cracked up to be. Even though Lazarus is now a "monster," he's still intensely humanized. He's killed at least four people at this point, but the Doctor doesn't go about simply trying to belittle, dehumanize, or kill him.

When it comes to Brenner, unfortunately, we still don't know much about his past, but we have a lot we can assume or extrapolate, at least based off what tfs has told us and the gaps we can fill in from st itself. We know, at least vaguely, that he and his father had a strained relationship. During the opening sequence of tfs on the USS Eldridge, we hear Captain Brenner talking to his other shipmates about how "it's my kid's birthday today, he told me he hates me."

However, later in the show, Brenner tells "Henry" that his father's return from Dimension X and subsequent death because of it compelled him to join Project Rainbow and devote his life to the cause and figure out what happened. With "Henry's" seeming ability to survive being infected by the Shadow, Brenner tries to tap into that. His main goal in tfs is to make contact with the Shadow and figure out what happened to his father, and since it's then explained that he made more children like "Henry" (specifically the immunity to the Shadow/the shared blood that supposedly gives them that immunity), it's clear he's trying to avoid is father's fate in that way. In short, it very much comes off as an attempt to try and cheat death.

Brenner, throughout the show, often presents what he does as good, both for the children in the lab and for humanity as a whole (though specifically for the US, focused on beating back those nasty commies). Even if he does bad things, it's for the greater good! He has good intentions! That's gotta count for something, right? /s

Both Lazarus and Brenner went into their respective experiments because they thought they could become better than human. Or in Brenner's case, at the very least he could live vicariously through his experiments to feel better than human, which was explicitly touched on in the vr game in clips like this one. As we also see in st4, El tries to call Brenner a monster, but when she relays this thinking to Vecna, he rejects it, and calls Brenner "an ordinary, mediocre man."

Shortly after that first conversation I showed between Lazarus and the Doctor on the rooftop, after Lazarus transforms, there's a sequence where, from inside Lazarus's machine, the Doctor is able to reverse the polarity of the capsule so it reflects energy rather than receive it, and it blasts Lazarus away, turning him back into human form and supposedly killing him.

Right away, with this comment from Martha, Lazarus is equated back to an ordinary human. He's not made to be the "big bad villain" where everyone is glad he's dead, nor is he made out to be this reverent being. He's someone to be pitied. It's decidedly solemn. He was just a man out of his depth who bit off more than he could chew... much like how Brenner is a man out of his depth who bit off more than he could chew.

I wouldn’t be surprised if we learned that Brenner was actively harming himself in his attempt to do… whatever. Much like how Lazarus was harming himself (and others) in order to maintain his new youth, Brenner may be harming himself with his experiments. Whether that be via blood transfusions/consuming blood (see the post I linked from Stav above), or by doing something as drastic as physically combining himself with one of the Henwards, I doubt anything 100% good and rewarding could come from it. Even if he's looking for something like regenerative healing, as we see in Vecna and as hinted by Brenner not being dead despite getting jumped by a demogorgon, what does he have to do to reach that point? What risks are there involved that he may not have accounted for, simply because he would have no idea that they exist in the first place? Just looking at the circumstances of the weird Brenward face combo we get in 4.07… he didn’t exactly wind up in a great spot after combining himself, did he? Plus, while I'm of the mind that Vecna and the guy we see shape the Mind Flayer are two different dudes (James and Em have other posts about this as well), the way it's presented to us implies that Vecna evolved from the MF guy, so there's a sort of compounding that changes in his appearance from mostly-human to mostly-infected-by-the-UD, which... also doesn't seem great.

We can already see how being infected by the Shadow affects people, which is highlighted in Henry not sleeping and barely eating when he's flayed. Hell, Brenner saw what happened to his father after he returned from Dimension X, and he took the lives of several test subjects (many of them children) in his own experiments. He already knows that there are risks and detractions in this work.

At the very end of this dw episode, Lazarus is finally actually killed. Using the organ in the church, the Doctor amplifies its sound using his Sonic Screwdriver to create "hypersonic sound waves" in order to interfere with Lazarus on a molecular level, which is more or less the same thing he did with his machine. Lazarus falls from a high balcony within the church, disoriented by the noise, and turns back into a human upon death. He even reverts back to his "correct" elderly appearance as the Doctor kneels over him and gently shuts his eyes.

We've already seen something similar to this sort of death with Brenner in st4. While I wouldn't say it was a soft moment for him, since El was still clearly rejecting him, she still leaned into his touch, still listened to him, and clearly was grappling with a lot of messy feelings. She, in that moment, wanted to view him as a monster, but she couldn't. Not entirely. That's her Papa! That's someone who, for most of her life, despite every horrible thing he did, took care of her; who said he loved her and held her best interests at heart.

In my mind, this sort of "soft end" is what we should expect for Brenner and Vecna in st5. It could be even softer than what we see in st4, because as much as Brenner deserves to have his shit absolutely rocked, we've been increasingly shown that he is only human. Human's are not monsters, but humans can do monstrous things. That doesn't make them inhuman. And, as people like James and Em have spoken extensively about lately, Brenner is likely but one cog in the machine that is the Cycles in this show, and not necessarily the source of the cycles to begin with. He didn't pop outta the womb wanting to build a child torture dungeon, but something happened to bring him there and cloud his judgement.

And even if the death is something more intense and dramatic like that of Lazarus, it's not necessarily something to celebrate, yknow? Even if the threat is gone (which is a very good thing), it took many horrible, avoidable things to get there in the first place, and that's what's tragic.

B-B-B-Bonus Round: Just Some Extra Shit

vs "Henry" going missing in Nevada for 12 hours per tfs. Martha has been on several trips with the Doctor thus far, so there's the added bit of "the passage of time is messed up" seeing as, for her, it's been several days, but to everyone else it's only been 12 hours.

All of the above is so... yeah lol. Lazarus is repeatedly very weird to the two young women in this episode, Martha and her sister Tish, and he even rejects his elderly wife in one scene when she kisses him and he tells her to "look at [her]self." The sniffing thing even made me think of the demogorgon being given the trait of "smelling blood" so... I see you, Brennergorgon.

I could've probably fit this bit somewhere above, but I'm too lazy, so it's going here instead. Love a good boiler room setting and talking about sacrifices!

"Always the mothers" just like how Brenner say it was always the mothers who came to him convinced their children had abilities or issues, etc. (plus just a little context for Martha's mom's "dangerous" comment: this season has an overarching hidden plot about the Master, who I touched on in another one of my dw posts, wherein he basically holds political power over the city (hiding the fact that he's a Time Lord) and is trying to sabotage the Doctor).

#st dw #i say things #martin brenner #richard brenner #stranger things #not as involved as the last one but it offers up some interesting thoughts methinks

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writerswatch supernatural

I am doing a rewatch in groupings of the writers! The tag is #writerswatch. I have tallied the writers into groups giving the speed 1 episode per day, but I will not be consistent with that and have it listed into dates for each writer.

I have outlined it below and people can join if they do want to, whether it be for a certain writer, episode, or anything. I just thought this would be a fun format.

I am starting with Eric Kripke.

Eric Kripke: September 25th-October 10th

"Pilot"

1x02 (with Ron Milbauer and Terri Hughes Burton)

"Bloody Mary" (with Ron Milbauer and Terri Hughes Burton)

"Home"

"Shadow"

"Devil's Trap"

"In My Time of Dying"

"All Hell Breaks Loose - Part 2" (with Michael T. Moore)

"The Magnificent Seven" (with Emily McLaughlin)

"No Rest for the Wicked"

"Lazarus Rising"

"Heaven and Hell" (with Trevor Sands)

"Lucifer Rising"

"Sympathy for the Devil"

"The Real Ghostbusters" (with Nancy Weiner)

"Swan Song" (with Eric 'Giz' Gewirtz)"The Man Who Knew Too Much"

Sera Gamble: October 11th-November 8th

1.03 Dead in the Water

1.12 Faith

1.14 Nightmare

1.21 Salvation

2.03 Bloodlust

2.08 Crossroad Blues

2.13 Houses of the Holy

2.17 Heart

2.21 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part One

3.02 The Kids Are Alright

3.07 Fresh Blood

3.10 Dream a Little Dream of Me

3.12 Jus in Bello

3.15 Time Is on My Side

4.02 Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester

4.09 I Know What You Did Last Summer

4.17 It's a Terrible Life

4.21 When the Levee Breaks

5.02 Good God, Y'All

5.07 The Curious Case of Dean Winchester with Jenny Klein (story)

5.13 The Song Remains the Same with Nancy Weiner

5.21 Two Minutes to Midnight

6.01 Exile on Main St.

6.11 Appointment in Samarra

6.21 Let It Bleed

7.01 Meet the New Boss

7.10 Death's Door

7.17 The Born-Again Identity

7.23 Survival of the Fittest

Raelle Tucker*: November 9th-14th

1.03 Dead in the Water

1.12 Faith

1.14 Nightmare

1.21 Salvation

2.04 Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

2.10 Hunted

2.16 Roadkill

2.20 What Is and What Should Never Be

*she did write some episodes with Gamble so some are repeats, so I have cut down the days.

John Shiban: Nomember 15th-23rd

1.06 Skin

1.07 Hook Man

1.11 Scarecrow

1.15 The Benders

1.20 Dead Man's Blood

2.02 Everybody Loves a Clown

2.09 Croatoan

2.15 Tall Tales

2.19 Folsom Prison Blues

Cathryn Humphris: November 24th-November 30th

1.20 Dead Man's Blood with John Shiban

2.07 The Usual Suspects

2.14 Born Under a Bad Sign

3.05 Bedtime Stories

3.10 Dream a Little Dream of Me with Sera Gamble

4.04 Metamorphosis

4.14 Sex and Violence

Ben Edlund: December 1st-December 24th

2.05 Simon Said

2.12 Nightshifter

2.18 Hollywood Babylon

3.03 Bad Day at Black Rock

3.09 Malleus Maleficarum

3.13 Ghostfacers

4.05 Monster Movie

4.08 Wishful Thinking

4.16 On the Head of a Pin

5.04 The End

5.10 Abandon All Hope...

5.14 My Bloody Valentine

5.20 The Devil You Know

6.03 The Third Man

6.09 Clap Your Hands If You Believe...

6.15 The French Mistake

6.20 The Man Who Would Be King

7.02 Hello, Cruel World

7.09 How to Win Friends and Influence Monsters

7.15 Repo Man

7.21 Reading Is Fundamental

8.05 Blood Brother

8.13 Everybody Hates Hitler

8.21 The Great Escapist

Jeremy Carver: December 24th-January 11th

3.04 Sin City

3.08 A Very Supernatural Christmas

3.11 Mystery Spot with Emily McLaughlin (story)

3.14 Long-Distance Call

4.03 In the Beginning

4.11 Family Remains

4.15 Death Takes a Holiday

4.20 The Rapture

5.03 Free to Be You and Me

5.08 Changing Channels

5.15 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

5.18 Point of No Return

8.01 We Need to Talk About Kevin

8.23 Sacrifice

9.01 I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here

9.23 Do You Believe in Miracles?

10.01 Black

10.23 Brother's Keeper

11.01 Out of the Darkness, Into the Fire

Matt Witten: January 12-January 13th

2.06 No Exit

2.11 Playthings

Richard Hatem: January 14th-January 15th

1.04 Phantom Traveler

1.10 Asylum

Andrew Dabb: January 16th-March 1st, Daniel Loflin: January 16th-31st

4.06 Yellow Fever with Daniel Loflin

4.13 After School Special with Daniel Loflin

4.19 Jump the Shark with Daniel Loflin

5.06 I Believe the Children Are Our Future with Daniel Loflin

5.11 Sam, Interrupted with Daniel Loflin

5.16 Dark Side of the Moon with Daniel Loflin

5.19 Hammer of the Gods with Daniel Loflin

6.04 Weekend at Bobby's with Daniel Loflin

6.07 Family Matters with Daniel Loflin

6.13 Unforgiven with Daniel Loflin

6.18 Frontierland with Daniel Loflin and Jackson Stewart (story)

7.03 The Girl Next Door with Daniel Loflin

7.08 Season Seven, Time for a Wedding! with Daniel Loflin

7.14 Plucky Pennywhistle's Magic Menagerie with Daniel Loflin

7.22 There Will Be Blood with Daniel Loflin

8.02 What's Up, Tiger Mommy? with Daniel Loflin

8.08 Hunteri Heroici

8.14 Trial and Error

8.22 Clip Show

9.02 Devil May Care

9.10 Road Trip

9.20 Bloodlines

9.22 Stairway to Heaven

10.02 Reichenbach

10.09 The Things We Left Behind

10.17 Inside Man

10.22 The Prisoner

11.02 Form and Void

11.10 The Devil in the Details

11.15 Beyond the Mat with John Bring

11.17 Red Meat with Robert Berens

11.23 Alpha and Omega

12.01 Keep Calm and Carry On

12.09 First Blood

12.23 All Along the Watchtower

13.01 Lost and Found

13.10 Wayward Sisters with Robert Berens

13.15 A Most Holy Man with Robert Singer

13.23 Let the Good Times Roll

14.01 Stranger in a Strange Land

14.13 Lebanon with Meredith Glynn

14.20 Moriah

15.01 Back and to the Future

15.10 The Heroes' Journey

15.20 Carry On

Julie Siege: March 2nd-March 7th

4.07 It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester

4.12 Criss Angel Is a Douchebag

4.18 The Monster at the End of This Book

5.05 Fallen Idol

5.12 Swap Meat with Harvey Fedor and Rebecca Dessertine

5.17 99 Problems

Adam Glass*: March 8th-March 22nd

6.02 Two and a Half Men

6.08 All Dogs Go to Heaven

6.12 Like a Virgin

6.19 Mommy Dearest

7.04 Defending Your Life

7.11 Adventures in Babysitting

7.18 Party On, Garth

8.06 Southern Comfort

8.12 As Time Goes By

8.18 Freaks and Geeks

9.07 Bad Boys

9.12 Sharp Teeth

9.17 Mother's Little Helper

10.04 Paper Moon

10.12 About A Boy

*both hitting Dabb and Glass these are writers I don’t really even take as canon most of the time, and then adding in Buckleming soon, but I’m still going to act as if I’ll have the stomach for it.

Brett Matthews: March 23rd-March 25th

6.05 Live Free or Twihard

6.10 Caged Heat with Jenny Klein (story)

6.16 And Then There Were None

Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder: March 26th-April 3rd

6.06 You Can't Handle the Truth

6.14 Mannequin 3: The Reckoning

6.17 My Heart Will Go On

9.05 Dog Dean Afternoon

9.13 The Purge

10.06 Ask Jeeves

10.13 Halt & Catch Fire

11.07 Plush

11.13 Love Hurts

Brad Buckner and Eugene Ross-Leming: April 4th-May 11th

(I wouldn’t recommend rewatching all of these and am assuming people know what to be critical and prepare for)

1.13 Route 666

7.05 Shut Up, Dr. Phil

7.13 The Slice Girls

7.19 Of Grave Importance

8.03 Heartache

8.07 A Little Slice of Kevin

8.15 Man's Best Friend with Benefits

8.19 Taxi Driver

9.03 I'm No Angel

9.09 Holy Terror

9.16 Blade Runners

9.21 King of the Damned

10.03 Soul Survivor

10.10 The Hunter Games

10.16 Paint It Black

10.21 Dark Dynasty

11.03 The Bad Seed

11.09 O Brother Where Art Thou?

11.18 Hell's Angel

11.21 All in the Family

12.02 Mamma Mia

12.08 LOTUS

12.13 Family Feud

12.17 The British Invasion

12.21 There's Something About Mary

13.02 The Rising Son

13.07 War of the Worlds

13.13 Devil's Bargain

13.18 Bring 'em Back Alive

13.22 Exodus

14.02 Gods and Monsters

14.07 Unhuman Nature

14.12 Prophet and Loss

14.19 Jack in the Box

15.02 Raising Hell

15.08 Our Father, Who Aren't in Heaven

15.13 Destiny's Child

15.19 Inherit the Earth

Robbie Thompson: May 12th-May 29th

7.06 Slash Fiction

7.12 Time After Time

7.20 The Girl with the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo

8.04 Bitten

8.11 LARP and the Real Girl

8.17 Goodbye Stranger

8.20 Pac-Man Fever

9.04 Slumber Party

9.11 First Born

9.18 Meta Fiction

10.05 Fan Fiction

10.11 There's No Place Like Home

10.18 Book of the Damned

10.20 Angel Heart

11.04 Baby

11.11 Into the Mystic

11.16 Safe House

11.20 Don't Call Me Shurley

Jenny Klein: May 30th-June 7th

5.07 The Curious Case of Dean Winchester with Sera Gamble (story)

6.10 Caged Heat with Brett Matthews (story)

7.16 Out with the Old with Robert Singer

8.10 Torn and Frayed

9.08 Rock and a Hard Place

9.15 #thinman

10.08 Hibbing 911 with Phil Sgriccia (story)

10.15 The Things They Carried

11.08 Just My Imagination

Daniel Loflin (without Andrew Dabb): June 8th-June 9th

8.09 Citizen Fang

8.16 Remember the Titans

Robert Berens: June 10th-July 5th

9.06 Heaven Can't Wait

9.14 Captives

9.19 Alex Annie Alexis Ann

10.07 Girls, Girls, Girls

10.14 The Executioner's Song

10.19 The Werther Project

11.06 Our Little World

11.14 The Vessel

11.17 Red Meat with Andrew Dabb

11.22 We Happy Few

12.03 The Foundry

12.07 Rock Never Dies

12.14 The Raid

12.19 The Future with Meredith Glynn

12.22 Who We Are

13.03 Patience

13.09 The Bad Place

13.10 Wayward Sisters with Andrew Dabb

13.21 Beat the Devil

14.03 The Scar

14.09 The Spear

14.18 Absence

15.03 The Rupture

15.09 The Trap

15.12 Galaxy Brain

15.18 Despair

Nancy Won: July 6th-July 8th

11.05 Thin Lizzie

11.12 Don't You Forget About Me

11.19 The Chitters

John Bring: July 9th-July 10th

11.15 Beyond the Mat with Andrew Dabb

12.18 The Memory Remains

Davy Perez: July 11th-July 22nd

12.04 American Nightmare

12.12 Stuck in the Middle (With You)

12.15 Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell

13.06 Tombstone

13.11 Breakdown

13.17 The Thing

14.04 Mint Condition

14.11 Damaged Goods

14.16 Don't Go in the Woods with Nick Vaught

15.04 Atomic Monsters

15.11 The Gamblers with Meredith Glynn

15.15 Gimme Shelter

Meredith Glynn: July 23rd-August 6th

12.05 The One You've Been Waiting For

12.11 Regarding Dean

12.16 Ladies Drink Free

12.19 The Future with Robert Berens

13.04 The Big Empty

13.08 The Scorpion and the Frog

13.14 Good Intentions

13.20 Unfinished Business

14.05 Nightmare Logic

14.08 Byzantium

14.13 Lebanon with Andrew Dabb

15.06 Golden Time

15.11 The Gamblers with Davy Perez

15.12 Galaxy Brain (story) with Robert Berens

15.17 Unity

Steve Yockey: August 7th-August 17th

12.06 Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox

12.10 Lily Sunder Has Some Regrets

12.20 Twigs & Twine & Tasha Banes

13.05 Advanced Thanatology

13.12 Various & Sundry Villains

13.19 Funeralia

14.06 Optimism

14.10 Nihilism

14.14 Ouroboros

14.15 Peace of Mind with Meghan Fitzmartin (story)

15.05 Proverbs 17:3

Jeremy Adams: August 18th-August 20th

13.16 Scoobynatural with James Krieg

15.07 Last Call

15.14 Last Holiday

Auxiliary Writers: August 21st-August 27th

1.08 Bugs by Bill Coakley and Rachel Nave

1.17 by Hell House Trey Callaway

1.18 Something Wicked by Daniel Knauf

1.19 Provenance by David Ehrman

3.06 Red Sky at Morning by Laurence Andries

7.07 The Mentalists by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker

15.16 Drag Me Away (From You) by Meghan Fitzmartin

#writerswatch #spn #supernatural #incoherents #writerswatch guide

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goalhofer · 2 years

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U.S. Daily Precipitation Records Tied/Broken 7/9/22

Mobile, Alabama: 2.22" (previous record 0.96" 1968)

Oxford, Alabama: 3.04" (previous record 0.97" 1948)

Chugach National Forest, Alaska: 1" (previous record 0.9" 1995)

Unincorporated St. Johns County, Florida: 3.12" (previous record 1.52" 1981)

Cumming, Georgia: 5.4" (previous record 1.1" 1969)

Unincorporated Mitchell County, Georgia: 4.08" (previous record 1.77" 1945)

Aledo, Illinois: 2.64" (previous record 1.32" 2003)

Galesburg, Illinois: 2.65" (previous record 1.93" 2004)

Liberty Township, Illinois: 1.68" (previous record 1.1" 2001)

Pana, Illinois: 2.86" (previous record 1.64" 2008)

Princeton, Illinois: 0.91" (previous record 0.9" 2003)

Rock Island Township, Illinois: 2.44" (previous record 1.69" 1969)

Windsor Township, Illinois: 1.77" (previous record 1.12" 2008)

Halbert Township, Indiana: 2.11" (previous record 1.68" 2012)

Hoosier National Forest, Indiana: 1.93" (previous record 1.42" 2001)

Oolitic, Indiana: 2.03" (previous record 1.59" 2016)

Unincorporated Barren County, Kentucky: 2.08" (previous record 1.23" 1982)

Bowling Green, Kentucky: 2.2" (previous record 1.2" 1991)

Louisville, Kentucky: 1.1" (previous record 0.98" 1969)

Rochester, Kentucky: 4.4" (previous record 4" 1991)

Unincorporated Anne Arundel County, Maryland: 1.36" (previous record 0.99" 1970)

Preston, Minnesota: 3.55" (previous record 2.23" 2000)

Greenville, North Carolina: 3.25" (previous record 1.69" 1959)

Hatteras Township, North Carolina: 1.38" (previous record 1.18" 2010)

Howards Creek Township, North Carolina: 1.2" (previous record 1.13" 2011)

Ocracoke Township, North Carolina: 2.2" (previous record 2.18" 1963)

Washington, North Carolina: 3.32" (previous record 1.51" 1953)

Wilkesboro Township, North Carolina: 1.3" (previous record 0.82" 1980)

Wilson, North Carolina: 2.4" (previous record 1.2" 1953)

Bismarck, North Dakota: 1.06" (previous record 1.04" 1986)

Bamberg, South Carolina: 4.74" (previous record 2.29" 2005)

Darlington, South Carolina: 2" (previous record 1.65" 2019)

Chattanooga, Tennessee: 1.23" (previous record 1.03" 2020)

Huntingdon, Tennessee: 1.42" (previous record 1.33" 1968)

Lynchburg, Tennessee: 1.94" (previous record 1.58" 1956)

Martin, Tennessee: 2" (previous record 1.47" 1977)

Mt. Le Conte summit, Tennessee: 2.45" (previous record 1.85" 2001)

Nashville, Tennessee: 2.34" (previous record 1.37" 2008)

Norris, Tennessee: 0.99" (previous record 0.73" 1975)

Tullahoma, Tennessee: 1.44" (previous record 1.38" 1974)

Unincorporated Wilson County, Tennessee: 1.1" (also 1.1" 2012)

Wichita Falls, Texas: 0.2" (also 0.2" 2010)

Charlottesville, Virginia: 2.53" (previous record 1.92" 1996)

Lebanon, Virginia: 1.14" (previous record 1.05" 2011)

Unincorporated Patrick County, Virginia: 1.76" (previous record 1.7" 1996)

Quantico, Virginia: 2.37" (previous record 1.53" 2014)

Unincorporated Sussex County, Virginia: 1.76" (previous record 1.7" 1996)

Unincorporated Wyoming County, West Virginia: 1.5" (previous record 1.28" 2008)

South Pass summit, Wyoming: 0.5" (previous record 0.3" 2015)

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Kansas City Royals-Minnesota Twins Series Preview

9.13.22-Kris Bubic LHP (2-11) 5.40 ERA Vs. Joe Ryan RHP (10-8) 4.05 ERA

9.14.22-Zack Greinke RHP (4-8) 4.00 ERA Vs. Sonny Gray RHP (7-4) 3.09 ERA

9.15.22-Daniel Lynch LHP (4-10) 5.14 ERA Vs. Dylan Bundy RHP (8-7) 4.68 ERA

The Royals At A Glance- The Royals are (9-13) since the Twins last saw them on August 17th. Since then, Josh Staumont went down with bicepts tendinitis, Zack Greinke had forearm tightness and has returned, and Vinnie Pasquantino missed some time with a shoulder injury, but is back. Edward Olivares is working his way back from a quadriceps injury at Omaha. The Royals won the series finale in their past two series and Brady Singer shutout the Tigers in a win on Sunday. They had an off day on Monday and head to Target Field for their last trip to Minneapolis of 2022. Nate Eaton has been hot in September with a .438 average. Ryan O’Hearn is hitting .357 in September, but is just hitting singles. The Royals scored just eighteen runs in their last six-game homestand. The Royals starters own a 4.73 ERA, which is fourth-worst in baseball. The bullpen isn’t much better as they are the third-worst in ERA in the game. Luke Weaver was picked up as a reclamation project at the trade deadline. Scott Barlow hasn’t allowed a run in his last four innings of work.

The Twins At A Glance- The Minnesota Twins playoff hopes took a huge dive when the Indians swept them this past weekend. The Indians won on Monday to take a five-game lead over the Twins in the American League Central. The Twins do have a softer schedule to close out the season. Twelve of their last twenty-three games are against teams out of the playoff hunt (Royals, Tigers, Angels), but the other eleven are against the Indians or White Sox. Jorge Polanco is expected back during the Royals series. There has been talk that Byron Buxton could be back by this weekend’s series that is the team’s last chance. Bailey Ober made a nice start for the Saints on Sunday and might be activated for the doubleheader on Saturday. Max Kepler is day-to-day after fouling a ball off his foot in Sunday’s game. I feel like Randy Dobnak will be activated and optioned to St. Paul after his rehab stint. Jhoan Duran hasn’t allowed a run in his past twelve innings of work. The bullpen will be well rested for this series with the top arms not throwing for three days until Sunday.

What To Watch For- The Twins are (9-4) against the Royals in 2022. They have won five of the seven meetings at Target Field. Kris Bubic is (1-4) with a 4.91 ERA in eight games against the Twins. Joe Ryan is (3-0) with a 1.59 ERA in three starts against the Royals. Zack Greinke is (5-12) with a 4.59 ERA in twenty-eight games facing Minnesota. Sonny Gray is (6-2) with a 1.86 ERA in nine career starts against Kansas City. Dylan Lynch has a 4.50 ERA in five starts versus the Twins. Dylan Bundy is (2-2) with a 4.08 ERA in nine games versus the Royals. The Twins need to win essentially all their games against the bad teams they face. A sweep of the Royals would go a long way in making this weekend’s series mean more against the Indians. The Twins haven’t been able to hit with men in scoring position and that’s been the story for the whole second half. We’ll see how they do against the Royals.

-Chris Kreibich-

#Twins #MnTwins

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Saito Hajime Analysis

tl;dr Worse than most of the other Arts Sabers without loop set-ups, secret 5-star when he can loop

Saito Hajime Max HP: 11,873 Max ATK: 9,425 Attribute: Man Star Absorption: 102 Star Generation: 10% NP Charge ATK: 0.76% NP Charge DEF: 3%

QAAB Quick: 4 hits, Arts: 2 hits, Buster: 2 hits, Extra: 4 hits Quick: 3.04%, Artts: 1.52%, Extra: 3.04%

Freely Drawn Sword B Increases own Arts performance for 3 turns. (10% -> 20%) Increases own Buster performance for 3 turns. (10% -> 20%) Gains critical stars (10 -> 20) Cooldown: 7 -> 5 turns

Eye of the Mind (True) B Grants self Evasion for 1 turn. Increases own defense for 3 turns. (9% -> 18%) Cooldown: 8 -> 6 turns

Invincible Sword A Increases own attack for 3 attacks, 3 turns. (20 -> 30%) Increases own critical damage for 3 attacks, 3 turns. (50% -> 100%) Cooldown: 7 -> 5 turns

Magic Resistance D: Increases own debuff resistance by 12.5%. Independent Action C: Increases own critical damage by 6%.

Mugyo Arts 7 hits Reduce one enemy's Arts resistance for 3 turns. (20% -> 40%, OC) Deals damage to one enemy. (900% -> 1500%) Reduces their critical attack chance by 20% for 3 turns.

Primary Role: DPS, Looper Secondary Role: Crit DPS Situational Role: N/A

Saito Hajime is yet another 4-star Arts Saber, a niche that is quickly becoming very full, so there is a lot of competition. Just like his appearance, Saito is pretty unassuming at first, but has a lot of potential in the right team. Starting with his fundamentals, they aren't great. His stats are good, having solid HP and ATK, which is pretty typical of the Saber class. His NP generation is much less noteworthy, and despite his QAABB kit, the low NP generation on his Arts hurts Saito. His best NP generation chain is actually his AAQ chain, generating 30% of his NP gauge, which is equivalent to his AQA chain, but it also generates 2 more crit stars. His crit star generation is also another sore point: despite his 4 hit Quick, he only has one and won't generate a lot of crit stars on his own. This isn't uncommon for Arts Sabers though.

His first skill, Freely Drawn Sword, is very good, providing two decent buffs on top of a 20 crit star bomb, and on a good cooldown as well. The Arts boost will help his NP generation slightly, but the primary reason to use this is the 20 crit star bomb. This means its best timed when Saito has a Brave chain coming up, for reasons that will become apparent. Saito can have as much as 32 crit stars going into a Brave chain, giving him a pretty solid chance to crit durign the next turn. His second skill is an Evasion skill with a very weak defense buff, anyone who knows about Eye of the Mind True knows that its just a hard survival skill. It's good for that reason alone, but not an especially noteworthy skill, and has no real synergy in his kit.

Invincible Sword is a pretty powerful skill that synergizes better than you might expect. A 30% Attack buff and a massive crit damage buff, this works great with his star bomb on a Brave Chain. Since he can't consistently make crit stars, it makes for a great bit of burst damage. That crit turn will also help to ramp up his NP generation.

His NP, Mugyo, is pretty solid. It's a ST NP, reduces Arts resistance before dealing damage, and reduces critical hit chance for 3 turns. His NP will typically refund about 22%, ignoring overkill, and his NAA chain will generate 54%, or 79% with crits ignoring overkill. That's pretty solid and means that Saito will naturally access two NPs generally pretty quickly on his own. Of course, if you've gotten to this point, you've probably come to the conclusion that Saito is a burst damage Arts Saber, focusing on crit damage, which actually isn't very noteworthy among his archetype. Lancelot will definitely outdamage him over the course of a couple of turns, Munemori has better NP generation and synergistic effects, and Hokusai does a lot more NP damage while having scaling crit damage.

But let's take a few moments to look at his NP in more detail. At base, his NP generation sits at 5.32%. Why is this notable? It's sits pretty squarely between Tomoe Gozen and Jason, two of the Arts AoE Sabers. Compare that to Yagyu Munemori's 3.24%, Beni-enma's 2.80%, Summer Medb's 4.32%, Hokusai's 3.44%, or Dioscuri's 4.08%. Saito has the highest base NP generation on his NP, on par with the AoE Arts Sabers that are known to be able to loop, although they typically need a little bit of added help.

Saito cannot loop with just the Double Castoria System, although he can get pretty close and can do it with an additional Arts. However, Saito does loop with the addition of a Paracelsus, and this marks being one of the only Arts Sabers who can loop effectively, along with Summer Medb. With a Level 100 Black Grail, and Level 10 skills throughout, a Double Castoria plus Paracelsus system will loop Saito's NP with only two hits of overkill on a Lancer, or in terms of practical numbers, any Lancer with less than 357,000 HP, and that's at NP 1. Against a Berserker, he can do it with a Level 100 Sign of Smiling Face and 4 hits of overkill, or any Berserker with less than 110,000 HP. That's a lot more situational and probably would just useful against some story and event bosses, but the fact that it is even possible is very noteworthy. Even if you miss the loop point, his Arts cards will generation around 30 to 35% of his NP gauge with full support line-up and any CE, so he can quickly pick it back up.

And if you're so F2P inclined, a Level 100 Royal Icing allows Saito to loop with just one hit of overkill, or a Lancer of 353,000 HP. Very slightly less optimal. I'm pretty sure this isn't with Overkill bug either, given that there should probably be more hits of overkill here. Unfortunately I'm not doing those calculations manually.

One final note: an MLB Art of the Poisonous Snake let's you loop without overkill, letting you take on any Lancer! Your damage will be worse though, so keep that in mind.

Saito sits at a very interesting spot. He's very team reliant, probably more than the other Arts Sabers, but he benefits the most from it and has one of the best ceilings, comparatively, of any Arts Saber. If you have the tools to make him work, he'll very easily a very strong Arts Saber, and better than the grand majority of Arts Sabers in the game, possibly only really rivaled by the 5-star Dioscuri and Beni-enma. But without a dedicated Arts team, he's going to be much less impactful than most of the Arts Sabers. It's a position that exists mainly because he's the only one, ignoring Medb, who can very easily loop out of the bunch, which makes most of his viability dependent on that.

And I mean, he loops easier than Medb and does more damage. So it's not a fair comparison there either.

#fate grand order #fate series #saito hajime #servant analysis #fgo

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1834 April Thursday 3 (part two)

Dr[ove] thro[ugh] the vil[lage] of Ampleforth and alight[e]d at Rom[an] Cath[oli]c coll[ege] ab[ou]t was a mile bey[on]d at 4.08 -14 monks Benedictine, and 40 boys stud[en]ts form the coll[ege] - one of the bigg[e]st boys, who w[oul]d be call[e]d a philos[ophe]r, w[oul]d cost, ev[er]yth[in]g include[e]d exc[ept] danc[in]g and [purchased?] mus[i]c, £50 a y[ea]r - two of the monks ver[y] civ[i]l , shew[e]d us all ov[er] the h[ou]se - good, airy, neat[ly] kept r[oo]ms ab[o]v[e] st[air]s and bel[ow] and w[hole] th[in]g very nice - nice gard[e]n – beaut[iful] situat[io]n and view fr[om] the h[ou]se –

ab[ou]t an h[ou]r there and off at 5.05 thro[ugh] Hovingham, and not far fr[om] then pass[e]d at 6.05 Slingsby Cast[le] n[o]t ver[y] ancient b[u]t fine look[in]g ruin – rath[e]r houselike as 2 large Elizabethan windows -

Alighted at Langton at 7.25 - Mrs Norcliffe th[ou]ght late-Norc[liffe] there and Charlotte, b[o]th go[in]g to York tomor[row] I[sabella] N[orcliffe] at Croft-dress[e]d Went to Charlotte for a moment ‘What did I bring miss W for? They said “she was crazy”,’ and, she, Charlotte, believed it. I merely said ‘No, if I had thought her so should not have taken her there dressed-Tea ab[ou]t 8.45- Norc[liffe] w[e]nt j[u]st bef[ore] Miss W [Walker] w[e]nt to her r[oo]m at 10.35 Mrs N[orcliff st[aye]d an h[ou]r after and then she and CN and I w[e]nt upst[ai]rs and CN st[aye]d talk[in]g to me in my dress[in]g r[oo]m, [just] of[f] the whi[te] r[oo]m,from 11.35 till 01.05

Thank her much for what she had said, though she seemed ashamed of it. Explained and said I thought of settling with MW. CN thought I had better not determine too soon but take time to let it amalgamate gradually. I said it had already been amalgamated the last 18 months and I thought that long enough. And though I had made up my mind, but begged Charlotte not to name it. Nobody was so much in my confidence as she thanked me said she had no idea I knew Miss Walker so intimately or would not have said what she did she and Mrs N[orcliffe] and I had had a good deal of conversation about her before coming upstairs. They said she ought to visit and I know not what, which I combatted and said, if I could not manage York society comfortably for her, I could ask Lady Stewart Rothesay who, I was sure, would be all kindness. This seemed asurprise upon them Mrs N said I should make M[iss] W unhappy by so taking her out of her own line but they soon began to see I was no not to be talked out of it . Charlotte said she understood M[iss] W had fifteen hundred a year . ‘Yes’ said I calmly, ‘she has’. Found Miss W asleep, but she roused up and we had a long talk. Told her all I could. Very fine day

Visit-in this context means be more socially outgoing.

[Full diary extract from SH:7/ML/E/17/0016 verso and recto]

So her shyness was noted by the Norcliffes, and her relationshipwith Anne was not met entirely with equanimity.

#gentleman jack #anne lister #anne lister's diary #ann walker

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Stranger Things Tarot Cards (18/38)

The Star

Upright: Shining with inspiration brighter than a thousand Satan’s Baby fireworks, Lucas Sinclair knows how to turn his ideas into action. When the Star rises for you, it means that all things are possible. You have rejected limitations and dismissed doubts - no, you find yourself blazing a magical path to success.

Upside Down: Your light is dimming, and you may find yourself questioning your every move. Now is the time to rest, recharge, and take care of yourself before your star burns out altogether. Don’t worry - you will return as bright as ever.

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New Post has been published on supply&demand

New Post has been published on https://supplyanddemand.us/tennis-need-your-love-official-video/

Tennis - Need Your Love (Official Video)

Swimmer out 2.14.20 pre-order now https://www.tennis-music.com/

Directed by Luca Venter

2.25 – Madrid Theatre & Cafe – Kansas City, MO 2.27 – Granada Theater – Dallas, TX 2.28 – Paper Tiger – San Antonio, TX 2.29 – Stubb’s – Austin, TX 3.01 – White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX 3.04 – Meow Wolf – Santa Fe, NM 3.26 – Metro Music Hall – Salt Lake City, UT 3.27 – Treefort Music Fest – Boise, ID 3.28 – Top Hat Lounge – Missoula, MT 3.30 – Venue – Vancouver, BC 3.31 – Neptune Theatre – Seattle, WA 4.01 – Wonder Ballroom – Portland, OR 4.03 – The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA 4.04 – Fonda Theatre – Los Angeles, CA [SOLD OUT] 4.05 – Belly Up Tavern – Solana Beach, CA 4.06 – Fonda Theatre – Los Angeles, CA 4.08 – Crescent Ballroom – Phoenix, AZ 4.10 – Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO 4.16 – Slowdown – Omaha, NE 4.17 – Cedar Cultural Center – Minneapolis, MN 4.18 – The Vic Theatre – Chicago, IL 4.20 – Majestic Theatre Center – Detroit, MI 4.21 – Deluxe at Old National Center – Indianapolis, IN 4.22 – The Opera House – Toronto, Ontario 4.24 – Higher Ground – Burlington, VT 4.25 – Royale – Boston, MA 4.26 – Port City Music Hall – Portland, ME 4.28 – Brooklyn Steel – Brooklyn, NY 4.29 – 930 Club – Washington, DC 4.30 – Union Transfer – Phildadelphia, PA 5.01 – Haw River Ballroom – Saxaphaw, NC 5.04 – Saturn – Birmingham, AL 5.06 – Cannery Ballroom – Nashville, TN 5.08 – Headliners Music Hall – Louisville, KY 5.09 – Delmar Hall – St. Louis, MO

Lyrics: Baby I’m fated but you will be waiting / I will have made it and you’ll be explaining what you think the world owes you / lookin for someone to carry you into / futures that beckon but need to be followed through / I hope you’re happy /I hope you’re pleased / I thought you were a victim but it’s clear to me / I need your love and I need your touch like I need a bolt of lightning from the sky above / I’ve been thinking about you / thinking about you / I can’t escape you, oh / talking a lot like a prophet but there’s no / wisdom in what you’ve been saying and I can’t seem to get a read on you / burning your bridges and spreading around those rumors that sprout from the cracks in the ground, oh no / I hope you’re happy / I hope you’re pleased / I thought you were a victim but its clear to me / baby you’ve got more poison than sugar / baby you’ve got more poison than sugar / I need your love and I need your touch like I need a bolt of lightning from the sky above / I’ve been thinking about you / thinking about you / I can’t escape you / ooh, who could blame me / every time I hear your name I go crazy / ooh, pretty baby / every time I hear your name I go crazy / I need your love and I need your touch like I need a bolt of lightning from the sky above / I’ve been thinking about you, thinking about you / I can’t escape you, oh

#Need Your Love (Official Video)#newalbum #newartist #newband #newmusic #newsong #sotd #supplyanddemand #Swimmer #Tennis #Tennis - Need Your Love (Official Video)

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sixsideent · 5 years

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Wow ol boy got to stompin in dem air forces ones 🤕😖 not cool bro. On June 13 at around 4.08 a.m., a male entered a gas station kiosk in the area of Sherbourne St. and Front St., jumped over the counter and confronted the employee at knife point. Brandishing a knife, he ordered the victim to open the cash register and lie on the floor. The victim complied with the request, lying face down on the ground. After emptying the cash register and placing the money in his hoodie pockets, the suspect stomped on the employee’s head four times in an unprovoked attack. The victim suffered serious injuries, including a fractured skull and orbital bone along with cuts and bruises to the face. At a news conference at police headquarters on June 26, Hold Up Insp. Lauren Pogue said the victim was a hardworking employee trying to put himself through school. “This attack was without cause,” she said. “The level of violence seen in this robbery is extraordinarily disturbing and I am truly hoping that someone from the public may be able to provide us with some information.” Security video of gas station robbery suspect who attacked the employee The suspect is described at as a black male, about 5’8’ to 5’10’ with a thin muscular and athletic build. At the time of the robbery, he was wearing a dark coloured hoodie with a silver zipper in the front, a bald cap with hood drawn over the bald cap and pulled tightly around his face. He was also wearing a black ‘Chuck Taylor’-style Converse sneakers and dark gloves. https://www.instagram.com/p/BzWHQI1Fg16qGHkgzfou35_YLwnpofCRm0VYus0/?igshid=wwlsvqr9mxsl

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thereturnofthedirtyblog · 5 years

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STATES VISITED BY GHOST ADVENTURES

Alabama :

1.05 – Sloss Furnaces: Birmingham, Alabama, US 4.07 – Vulture Mine: Wickenburg, Arizona, US

Alaska :

Arizona :

2.05 –Birdcage Theater: Tombstone, Arizona, US 4.20 – Jerome Grand Hotel: Jerome, Arizona, US 6.03 – The Copper Queen Hotel & The Oliver House: Bisbee, Arizona, US 10.08 – Apache Junction: Apache Junction, Arizona, US 10.09 – Return to Tombstone: Tombstone, Arizona, US 11.7 – Grand Canyon Caverns: Peach Springs, Arizona, US 12.8 – Hell Hole Prison: Yuma, Arizona, US 12.9 – The Domes: Casa Grande, Arizona, US 12.12 – Stardust Ranch: Buckeye, Arizona, US 13.3 – Palace Saloon: Prescott, Arizona, US 15.10 – Phelps Dodge Hospital: Ajo, Arizona, US

15.11 – The Slaughter House: Tucson, Arizona, US 16.4 – Old Gila County Jail and Courthouse: Globe, Arizona, US

Arkansas :

4.10 – Fort Chaffee: Fort Smith, Arkansas, US

California :

2.01 – Preston Castle: Ione, California, US 2.03 – La Purisima Mission: Lompoc, California, US 3.07 – Linda Vista Hospital: Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California, US 3.10 – Clovis Wolfe Manor: Clovis, California, US 4.08 – USS Hornet: Alameda, California, USNovember 5, 2010 4.11 – Amargosa Opera House: Death Valley Junction, California, US 4.15 – Pico House Hotel: Los Angeles, California, US 4.23 – Sacramento Tunnels: Sacramento, California, US 5.03 – Old Town San Diego: San Diego, California, US 5.04 – Winchester Mystery House: San Jose, California, US 6.04 – The National Hotel: Nevada City, California, US 6.05 – Return to Linda Vista Hospital: Los Angeles, California, US 7.03 – Point Sur Lighthouse: Big Sur, California, US 7.08 – Brookdale Lodge: Brookdale, California, US

7.09 – Tor House: Carmel, California, US 7.15 – Market Street Cinema: San Francisco, California, US 7.17 – Glen Tavern Inn: Santa Paula, California, US 8.03 – Tuolumne General Hospital: Sonora, California, US 8.05 – Yost Theater & Ritz Hotel: Santa Ana, California, US 8.08 – Alcatraz: San Francisco, California, US 9.1 – Sharon Tate Ghost/The Oman House: Los Angeles, California, US 9.6 – Heritage Junction: Santa Clarita, California, US 9.7 – Fort MacArthur Museum/Battle of Los Angeles: Los Angeles, California, US

9.11 – Whaley House: San Diego, California, US 10.1 – Queen Mary: Long Beach, California, US 11.6 – Los Coches Adobe: Soledad, California, US, Salinas, California, US 11.8 – Haunted Hollywood: Los Angeles, California, US 12.1 – Black Dahlia House: Los Angeles, California, US 12.2 – Secret Scientology Lab: Los Angeles, California, US 12.3 – Bracken Fern Manor/Tudor House: Lake Arrowhead, California, US 12.5 – Chinese Town of Locke: Walnut Grove, California, US 12.6 – Star of India: San Diego, California, US 12.11 – Return to Winchester Mystery House: San Jose, California, US 13.4 – Reseda House of Evil: Los Angeles, California, US 13.5 – Dorothea Puente Murder House: Sacramento, California, US 13.10 – Zalud House: Porterville, California, US 14.2 – Freak Show Murder House: Los Angeles, California, US 14.5 – Silent Movie Theater: Los Angeles, California, US 14.10 – The Viper Room: West Hollywood, California, US 16.1 – Ripley’s Believe It or Not: Hollywood, California, US 16.2 – The Alley of Darkness: North Hollywood, California, US 16.3 – Kennedy Mine: Jackson, California, US 16.5 – Hotel Léger: Mokelumne Hill, California, US 17.2 – Westerfeld House: San Francisco, California, US 17.3 – Crisis in Oakdale: Oakdale, California, US 17.5 – Terror in Fontana: Fontana, California, US 17.6 – Riverside Plane Graveyard: Riverside, California, US

Colorado :

4.05 – Stanley Hotel: Estes Park, Colorado, US 6.02 – Peabody-Whitehead Mansion: Denver, Colorado, US 7.07 – Cripple Creek"Cripple Creek, Colorado, US

Florissant, Colorado, US 13.1 – Colorado Gold Mine: Idaho Springs, Colorado, US 14.6 – Exorcism in Erie: Erie, Colorado, US 15.4 – Museum of the Mountain West: Montrose, Colorado, US

Connecticut :

3.05 – Remington Arms Factory: Bridgeport, Connecticut, US 6.06 – The Galka Family: Granby, Connecticut, US

Delaware :

Florida :

1.04 – The Riddle House: Royal Palm Beach, Florida, US 2.02 – Castillo De San Marcos: St. Augustine, Florida, US

Georgia :

2.07 – Moon River Brewing Company: Savannah, Georgia, US 9.10 – Haunted Savannah: Savannah, Georgia, US

Hawaii :

Idaho :

1.08 – Idaho State Penitentiary: Boise, Idaho, US 11.11 – Lava Hot Springs Inn: Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, US 15.3 – Albion Normal School: Albion, Idaho, US 17.1 – Idaho State Reform School: St. Anthony, Idaho, US

Illinois :

5.01 – Ashmore Estates: Ashmore, Illinois, US 7.02 – Excalibur Nightclub: Chicago, Illinois, US

Indiana :

7.05 – Black Moon Manor: Greenfield, Indiana, US 8.10 – Thornhaven Manor: New Castle, Indiana, US 9.9 – Fox Hollow Farm: Carmel, Indiana, US

Iowa :

4.13 – Villisca Axe Murder House: Villisca, Iowa, US 11.1 – Edinburgh Manor: Scotch Grove, Iowa, US

Kansas :

10.6 – Sallie House: Atchison, Kansas, US

Kentucky :

1.01 – Bobby Mackey’s Music World : Wilder, Kentucky, US 4.03 – Return to Bobby Mackey’s: Wilder, Kentucky, US 4.04 – Waverly Hills Sanatorium: Louisville, Kentucky, US 4.25 – Kentucky Slave House: Maysville, Kentucky, US 5.08 – Rocky Point Manor: Harrodsburg, Kentucky, US

Perryville, Kentucky, US 8.11 – Battle of Perryville: Field Hospitals"Perryville, Kentucky, US

Louisiana :

2.04 – Magnolia Plantation: Natchitoches, Louisiana, US

7.14 – New Orleans: New Orleans, Louisiana, US 9.2 – The Myrtles Plantation: St. Francisville, Louisiana, US

Maine :

Maryland :

Massachusetts :

1.02 – Houghton Mansion : North Adams, Massachusetts, US 4.18 – Valentine’s Day Special(Longfellow’s Wayside Inn): Sudbury, Massachusetts, US 4.19 – Salem Witch House/Lyceum Restaurant: Salem, Massachusetts, US 5.05 – Lizzie Borden House: Fall River, Massachusetts, US 8.06 – Haunted Victorian Mansion: Gardner, Massachusetts, US 13.9 – Dumas Brothel: Butte, Montana, US

Michigan :

Minnesota :

7.04 – The Palmer House: Sauk Centre, Minnesota, US 10.7 – Nopeming Sanatorium: Duluth, Minnesota, US

Mississippi :

7.18 – Kings Tavern: Natchez, Mississippi, US

Missouri :

7.10 – Union Station: Kansas City, Missouri, US 8.04 – Missouri State Penitentiary: Jefferson City, Missouri, US 8.07 – The Exorcist House: Bel-Nor, Missouri, US 10.2 – Lemp Mansion: St. Louis, Missouri, US 11.9 – Odd Fellows Asylum: Liberty, Missouri, US 15.5 – Pythian Castle: Springfield, Missouri, US 15.6 – The Titanic Museum: Branson, Missouri, US

Montana :

9.4 – Bannack Ghost Town: Dillon, Montana, US 11.2 – Old Montana State Prison: Deer Lodge, Montana, US 13.6 – Hotel Metlen: Dillon, Montana, US 13.8 – Twin Bridges Orphanage: Twin Bridges, Montana, US 13.9 – Dumas Brothel: Butte, Montana, US

Nebraska :

Nevada :

3.06 – Old Washoe Club and Chollar Mine: Virginia City, Nevada, US 4.09 – La Palazza Mansion: Las Vegas, Nevada, US 4.16 – Goldfield: Goldfield, Nevada, US 4.17 – Bonnie Spring Ranch: Blue Diamond, Nevada, US 4.22 – Madame Tussauds Wax Museum: Las Vegas, Nevada, US 5.02 – Mizpah Hotel: Tonopah, Nevada, US 5.07 – Return to Virginia City: Virginia City, Nevada, US

6.07 – The Riviera Hotel: Las Vegas, Nevada, US 7.16 – Goldfield Hotel: Redemption: Goldfield, Nevada, US 8.01 – Pioneer Saloon: Goodsprings, Nevada, US

Sandy Valley, Nevada, US 8.09 – Mustang Ranch: Clark, Nevada, US 9.12 – Overland Hotel and Saloon: Pioche, Nevada, US 11.10 – Clown Motel and Goldfield High School: Tonopah, Nevada, US

Goldfield, Nevada, US 12.4 – Return to the Riviera: Las Vegas, Nevada, US 12.10 – Nevada State Prison: Carson City, Nevada, US 12.13 – The Haunted Museum: Las Vegas, Nevada, US 13.2 – Mackay Mansion: Virginia City, Nevada, US 15.8 – Eureka Mining Town: Eureka, Nevada, US 15.9 – Sin City Exorcism: Las Vegas, Nevada, US 16.7 – The Washoe Club: Final Chapter: Virginia City, Nevada, US 17.7 – Gates of Hell House: Las Vegas, Nevada, US

New Hampshire :

New Jersey :

1.06 – Abandoned Psychiatric Hospital: Cedar Grove, New Jersey, US

New Mexico :

9.8 – St. James Hotel: Cimarron, New Mexico, US 11.5 – Haunted Harvey House: Las Vegas, New Mexico, US 14.4 – Double Eagle Restaurant: Mesilla, New Mexico, US

Las Cruces, New Mexico, US 14.7 – Skinwalker Canyon: Ojo Amarillo, New Mexico, US 14.8 – Upper Fruitland Curse: Upper Fruitland, New Mexico, US 16.8 – Lewis Flats School: Deming, New Mexico, US

New York :

3.08 – Execution Rocks Lighthouse: Port Washington, New York, US 4.02 – Rolling Hills Asylum: Bethany, New York, US 5.06 – Letchworth Village: Haverstraw, New York, US 7.13 – Sailor’s Snug Harbor: Staten Island, New York, US 9.3 – George Washington Ghost/Morris Jumel Mansion: Manhattan, New York, US,Smithtown, New York, US

North Carolina :

North Dakota :

13.11 – Dakota’s Sanatorium of Death: San Haven, North Dakota, US

Ohio :

3.04 – Ohio State Reformatory: Mansfield, Ohio, US 3.09 – Prospect Place: Trinway, Ohio, US 9.13 – Old Licking County Jail: Newark, Ohio, US

Oklahoma :

10.3 – Zozo Demon: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US 14.1 – Stone Lion Inn: Guthrie, Oklahoma, US 14.3 – Samaritan Cult House: Guthrie, Oklahoma, US

Oregon :

6.01 – Shanghai Tunnels: Portland, Oregon, US 15.1 – Golden Ghost Town: Golden, Oregon, US 15.7 – Wolf Creek Inn: Wolf Creek, Oregon, US 16.6 – Enchanted Forest: Turner, Oregon, US

Pennsylvania :

2.06 – Eastern State Penitentiary: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US 3.02 – Pennhurst State School: Spring City, Pennsylvania, US 4.01 – Gettysburg: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US 4.06 – Hill View Manor: New Castle, Pennsylvania, US

Rhode Island :

South Carolina :

5.10 – Old Charleston Jail: Charleston, South Carolina, US

South Dakota :

Tennessee :

4.24 – Hales Bar Marina and Dam: Haletown, Tennessee, US 4.27 – Loretta Lynn’s Plantation House: Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, US 10.5 – Bell Witch Cave: Adams, Tennessee, US 11.4 – Old Lincoln County Hospital: Fayetteville, Tennessee, US

Texas :

4.21 – Yorktown Hospital: Yorktown, Texas, US 7.01 – Central Unit Prison: Sugar Land, Texas, US

Huntsville, Texas, US 7.11 – Crazy Town: Mineral Wells, Texas, US 8.02 – Black Swan Inn: San Antonio, Texas, US 10.11 – Texas Horror Hotel: Seguin, Texas, US,San Antonio, Texas, US 13.12 – De Soto Hotel and Concordia Cemetery: El Paso, Texas, US 13.13 – Goatman’s Bridge: Denton, Texas, US

Utah :

4.26 – Tooele Hospital: Tooele, Utah, US 9.5 – Fear Factory: Salt Lake City, Utah, US 12.7 – Leslie’s Family Tree: Santaquin, Utah, US 13.7 – St. Ann’s Retreat: Logan Canyon, Utah, US 14.9 – Witches in Magna: Magna, Utah, US 14.11 – Asylum 49: Tooele, Utah, US 15.2 – Ogden Possession: Ogden, Utah, US 16.9 – Kay’s Hollow: Kaysville, Utah, US 17.4 – Tintic Mining District: Eureka, Utah, US

Vermont :

Virginia :

Washington :

4.14 – Kell’s Irish Pub Restaurant: Seattle, Washington, US 10.10 – Demons in Seattle: Bothell, Washington 11.3 – Manresa Castle: Port Townsend, Washington, US

West Virginia :

1.03 – Moundsville Penitentiary : Moundsville, West Virginia, US 3.01 – Ghost Adventures Live – The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: Weston, West Virginia, US

Wisconsin :

Wyoming :

7.12 – Wyoming Frontier Prison: Rawlins, Wyoming, US

OTHER PLACES VISITED :

1.07 – Edinburgh Vaults: City of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK] 2.08 – Ancient Ram Inn: Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England, UK 3.03 – Poveglia Island: Venice, Veneto, Italy 4.12 – Olde Fort Erie: Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada 5.09 – Rose Hall: Montego Bay, St. James Parish, Jamaica

10.4 – Island of Dolls: Xochimilco, Mexico City, Mexico

#submission #zakbagans #zak bagans #ghost adventures #ghostadventures #dirtyblog #dirty blog #thedirtyblog #the dirty blog

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U.S. Daily Precipitation Records Tied/Broken 7/24/22

Unincorporated Haines Borough, Alaska: 0.4" (previous record 0.34" 2015)

Sitka, Alaska: 1.28" (previous record 0.78" 1985)

Unincorporated Cochise County, Arizona: 1.75" (previous record 1" 2021)

Tahoe National Forest, California: 0.1" (previous record 0" 2021)

Alamosa, Colorado: 0.47" (previous record 0.27" 1992)

Berthoud Pass summit, Colorado: 0.7" (also 0.7" 1992)

Copper Mt. summit, Colorado: 0.5" (also 0.5" 1989)

Grizzly Peak summit, Colorado: 0.5" (previous record 0.4" 2015)

Hoosier Pass summit, Colorado: 0.9" (previous record 0.4" 2005)

Rio Grande National Forest, Colorado: 0.4" (also 0.4" 2004)

Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado: 0.39" (previous record 0.33" 1984)

Routt National Forest, Colorado: 0.8" (previous record 0.6" 2005)

Minonk, Illinois: 2.45" (previous record 2.38" 1967)

Huntington, Indiana: 0.82" (previous record 0.18" 1995)

Kokomo, Indiana: 1.24" (previous record 1" 1917)

Peru, Indiana: 0.75" (previous record 0.5" 2021)

Plymouth, Indiana: 2.09" (previous record 0.55" 2016)

West Point Township, Indiana: 3.85" (previous record 1.07" 2001)

Clutier, Iowa: 0.37" (previous record 0.32" 2011)

Decorah, Iowa: 3.79" (previous record 1.78" 1968)

Lake Mills, Iowa: 1.05" (previous record 0.7" 1973)

Zearing, Iowa: 0.95" (previous record 0.42" 1987)

Alma, Michigan: 2" (previous record 1.7" 1912)

Golden Township, Michigan: 3.47" (previous record 1.71" 1975)

Lowell, Michigan: 1.83" (previous record 1.73" 1932)

St. Johns, Michigan: 0.95" (previous record 0.85" 1900)

Austin, Minnesota: 4.9" (previous record 2.62" 2016)

Grand Meadow, Minnesota: 5.25" (previous record 1.79" 1973)

Preston, Minnesota: 4.5" (previous record 2.79" 1987)

Billings, Montana: 1.5" (previous record 0.3" 1993)

Boulder, Montana: 0.74" (previous record 0.65" 1955)

Boulder Mt. summit, Montana: 0.2" (previous record 0.1" 2007)

Helena National Forest, Montana: 2.7" (previous record 0.2" 2020)

River River Pass summit, New Mexico: 1.2" (previous record 0.7" 2011)

Signal Peak summit, New Mexico: 1.3" (previous record 1" 2005)

Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon: 0.2" (previous record 0.1" 1991)

Whitman National Forest, Oregon: 0.1" (previous record 0" 2021)

Willamette National Forest, Oregon: 0.1" (also 0.1" 2014)

Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota: 1" (previous record 0.8" 1991)

Unincorporated Pennington County, South Dakota: 1.18" (previous record 0.8" 1977)

Ashley National Forest, Utah: 0.4" (previous record 0.3" 2019)

Dixie National Forest, Utah: 0.6" (also 0.6" 2020)

Manti-La Sal National Forest, Utah: 0.6" (previous record 0.4" 1998)

Mosby Mt. summit, Utah: 0.5" (previous record 0.4" 1986)

Uinta National Forest, Utah: 0.4" (also 0.4" 1989)

Potato Hill summit, Washington: 0.2" (also 0.2" 1993)

Wheeling, West Virginia: 1.89" (previous record 1.01" 2017)

Beaver Dam, Wisconsin: 1.96" (previous record 1.8" 1977)

Ft. Atkinson, Wisconsin: 1.8" (previous record 1.76" 1944)

Hartford, Wisconsin: 2.46" (previous record 1.27" 1975)

Horicon, Wisconsin: 4.08" (previous record 1.18" 1993)

Manitowoc, Wisconsin: 1.9" (previous record 1.61" 2016)

Marietta, Wisconsin: 2.05" (previous record 1.93" 2010)

Mauston, Wisconsin: 1.51" (previous record 1.3" 1929)

Montello, Wisconsin: 1.52" (previous record 1.27" 2005)

New London, Wisconsin: 1.74" (previous record 1.58" 1912)

Plymouth, Wisconsin: 2.28" (previous record 0.78" 1979)

Portage, Wisconsin: 1.61" (previous record 1.46" 1999)

Seneca Township, Wisconsin: 2.6" (previous record 2.32" 1968)

Sparta, Wisconsin: 1.47" (previous record 0.83" 1984)

Stark Township, Wisconsin: 2.03" (previous record 0.87" 2010)

Two Rivers, Wisconsin: 2.5" (previous record 0.91" 2016)

Viroqua, Wisconsin: 2.69" (previous record 1.99" 1961)

Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin: 1.99" (previous record 1.2" 1986)

Battle Mt. summit, Wyoming: 0.6" (previous record 0.5" 1993)

Unincorporated Johnson County, Wyoming: 0.8" (previous record 0.3" 1982)

Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming: 0.7" (previous record 0.5" 1987)

South Pass summit, Wyoming: 0.5" (also 0.5" 1998)

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Minnesota Twins-Detroit Tigers Series Preview

5.30.22-Dylan Bundy RHP (3-2) 4.54 ERA Vs. Beau Brieske RHP (0-4) 5.04 ERA

5.31.22-Devin Smeltzer LHP (1-0) 1.04 ERA Vs. Rony Garcia RHP (0-0) 3.00 ERA

5.31.22-TBA Vs. TBA

6.1.22-Bailey Ober RHP (1-1) 3.25 ERA Vs. Tarik Skubal LHP (3-2) 2.44 ERA

6.2.22-Chris Archer RHP (0-2) 4.19 ERA Vs. Alex Faedo RHP (1-2) 3.00 ERA

The Twins At A Glance- The Twins had an interesting homestand, where they didn’t score runs in the first four games and still won two. The offense picked up in the last three games and the team won four out of seven. The Twins now head out on an eight-game road trip to Detroit and Toronto. Royce Lewis suffered a bone bruise in his right knee on Sunday after making a great catch. He will end up on the injured list and the corresponding roster move is unknown. Sonny Gray left with pectoral soreness on Sunday. Max Kepler is feeling a lot better after leaving Saturday’s game with a quad injury. Gary Sanchez didn’t start, but was available to play on Sunday after dealing with a heat related illness on Saturday. Tim Beckham is beginning a rehab assignment at Fort Myers after missing the first two months with a quad injury. He is expected to be back at St. Paul soon. Joe Ryan and Gilberto Celestino are still out with COVID. Luis Arraez is hitting .397 in May and his average is up to .363, which is second in the American League. Jhoan Duran has not allowed a run in his past 9 2/3 innings of work.

The Tigers At A Glance- The Tigers took two out of three games from the Indians in Detroit this weekend. Friday’s game got postponed due to rain. The Tigers will now host the Twins for five games with a doubleheader on Tuesday. Robbie Grossman left Sunday’s game with a neck issue. Miguel Cabrera had a three-hit game on Thursday then went 0-for-3 on Saturday. Harold Castro hit another home run on Sunday and now has four in his past seven games. Tarik Skubal gave the Tigers seven solid ininngs on Thursday and Alex Faedo threw six very good innings, while allowing two runs on Saturday. Elvin Rodriguez left Sunday’s game with lower body cramping. Miguel Cabrera didn’t play on Sunday due to a back issue. Victor Reyes is running again and out with a quad injury and Casey Mize is slowly working his way back from an elbow injury. Wily Peralta is having a resurgent year with an 0.89 ERA in 20 1/3 innings out of the bullpen.

What To Watch For- The Twins have went (5-1) against the Tigers at Target Field. This will be the first series of the year at Comerica Park. The Twins went (4-5) in Detroit last season. The Twins were originally going to play a doubleheader to start the second half on July 23rd, but the makeup game got moved to Tuesday. The three-game series with the Indians has been scattered throughout the schedule after the first six games of the normal schedule got delayed due to the lockout. The White Sox series that would have started the season is now at the end of the year. Dylan Bundy is (0-2) with a 4.08 ERA in six games against the Tigers. Devin Smeltzer has a 7.11 ERA in two games against Detroit. Bailey Ober has a 4.85 ERA in three starts versus the Tigers. Chris Archer is (2-3) with a 3.57 ERA in twelve games against the Tigers. Jonathan Schoop has six career homers off Archer. Tarik Skubal is (1-3) with a 5.29 ERA in seven starts against the Twins. Neither side has determined a starter for the second game of the doubleheader.

-Chris Kreibich-

#Twins #MnTwins

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Today we remember the passing of Chris Squire who Died: June 27, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona

Christopher Russell Edward Squire (4 March 1948 – 27 June 2015) was an English musician, singer and songwriter best known as the bassist, backing vocalist and a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes. He was the longest-serving original member, having remained in the band until his death and appearing on every studio album released from 1969 to 2014. In 2017, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Yes.

Squire was widely regarded as the dominant bassist among the English progressive rock bands, influencing peers and later generations of bassists with his incisive sound and elaborately contoured, melodic bass lines. His name was associated with his trademark instrument, the Rickenbacker 4001. From 1991 to 2000, Rickenbacker produced a limited edition signature model bass in his name, the 4001CS.

Squire was born on March 4, 1948 in the north west London suburb of Kingsbury, to Peter and Joanne Squire. He grew up there and in the nearby Queensbury and Wembley areas. His father was a cab driver and his mother a secretary for an estate agent. As a youngster Squire took a liking to Lena Horne and Ella Fitzgerald records belonging to his father, though his main interest was church music. At age six, he joined the church choir at St. Andrew's in Kingsbury as a treble with Andrew Pryce Jackman, a friend of his who lived nearby. The choir got to perform at St. Paul's cathedral. Their choirmaster, Barry Rose, was an early influence on Squire. "He made me realise that working at it was the way to become best at something". Squire also sang in the choir at his next school, Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, then located in Hampstead. He played the harmonica on his way home from school.

Squire did not consider a music career until the age of sixteen when the emergence of the Beatles and the Beat music boom in the early 1960s inspired him to "be in a group that don't use music stands". A school friend recommended that Squire take up the bass after pointing out his tall frame and large hands, thinking they were ideal for playing the instrument. Squire then purchased his first bass, a Futurama, which he described as "very cheap, but good enough to learn on." In 1964, on the last day before the summer holidays, Squire's headmaster suspended him and a friend for having their hair too long and they were given two shillings and sixpence to have it cut. Instead, they went home and never returned. After his mother took him to a recruitment agency and enquired for work related to music, Squire landed work selling guitars at a Boosey & Hawkes shop in Regent Street. He used the staff discount offer to purchase a new bass, a Rickenbacker 4001, in 1965

In September 1967, Squire joined Mabel Greer's Toyshop, a psychedelic group that included Peter Banks, singer Clive Bayley and drummer Bob Hagger. They played at the Marquee club where Jack Barrie, owner of the La Chasse drinking club a few doors down, saw them perform. "The musicianship ... was very good but it was obvious they weren't going anywhere", he recalled. One evening at La Chasse, Barrie introduced Squire to Jon Anderson, a worker at the bar who had not found success as the lead singer of The Gun or as a solo artist. The two found they shared common musical interests including Simon & Garfunkel, The Association and vocal harmonies. In the following days they developed "Sweetness", a track later recorded for the first Yes album.

As the band developed, Anderson and Squire brought in drummer Bill Bruford, keyboardist Tony Kaye and Banks for rehearsals. The five agreed to drop the name Mabel Greer's Toyshop; they settled on the name Yes, originally Banks's idea. The band played their first show as Yes at a youth camp in East Mersea, Essex on August 4, 1968. Squire spoke about the band's formation: "I couldn't get session work because most musicians hated my style. They wanted me to play something a lot more basic. We started Yes as a vehicle to develop everyone's individual styles." Squire developed a bass solo named "A Bass Odyssey".

In August 1969, Yes released their self-titled debut album. Martyn Adelman, who had played drums with Squire's first group, did the album photos. Squire received writing credits on four of the album's eight tracks—"Beyond & Before", "Looking Around", "Harold Land", and "Sweetness".

After Bruford left the band and was replaced by Alan White in July 1972, Squire altered his playing to suit the change in the band's rhythm section. He felt he was "playing too much, though I was never really sure. With Bill, the things that I did felt right ... With Alan, I found that I was able to play a bit less than before and still get my playing across".

Squire described his playing on "The Remembering (High the Memory)" from Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973) as "one of the nicest things I think I've ever played".

Squire was the only member to play on each of their 21 studio albums released from 1969 to 2014. He was seen as one of the main forces behind the band's music, as well as being "perhaps the most enigmatic" group member. Heaven & Earth was his final studio album.

While most of the band's lyrics were written by Anderson, Squire co-wrote much of their music with guitarist Steve Howe (with Anderson occasionally contributing). In addition, Squire and Howe would supply backing vocals in harmony with Anderson on songs such as "South Side of the Sky" and "Close to the Edge".

During the band's formative years Squire was frequently known for his lateness, a habit that Bruford often complained about. Because of this, Squire would frequently drive at unsafe speeds to get to gigs on time, once causing an accident on the way to a gig in West Germany after he fell asleep at the wheel, although nobody was injured. A posthumous commemorative brown plaque was titled in such a way as to make reference to his habitual lateness, namely " 'The Late' Chris Squire ".

As Squire, along with Alan White and Steve Howe, co-owned the "Yes" name at the time, the 1989 ABWH line-up without him (which contained Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe) could not record under that name.

Following Squire's death on June 27, 2015, the band's show on August 7 of the same year marked the first Yes concert ever performed without him. Former member Billy Sherwood replaced Squire during their 2015 North American tour with Toto from August to September 2015, as well as their performances in November 2015, as announced when the band first revealed Squire's disease in May 2015

On May 19, 2015, Yes announced that Squire had been diagnosed with acute erythroid leukemia, and would take a break from performing while receiving treatment.

In the late evening of June 27, 2015, Squire died from the illness at age 67 while still receiving treatment in his adopted hometown of Phoenix, Arizona. Yes' official Facebook page confirmed the news the next day. Tributes were paid by fellow musicians Brian May, Geezer Butler, Gene Simmons and Tom Morello, as well as bandmates Geoff Downes and Bill Bruford.

Squire's death was central to the song "Fragile" from the 2016 collaborative debut album between Jesu and Sun Kil Moon. In the song, Mark Kozelek recounts his experiences as a Yes fan, particularly in light of the death of a friend, also named Christopher. Squire was given a writing credit due to lyrics from his Yes composition "Onward" being quoted through backing vocals.

In April 2016 asteroid 2002 XR80 received an official permanent name from the International Astronomical Union in honour of Squire. Asteroid (90125) Chrissquire was discovered December 11, 2002 and is a main-belt asteroid with an orbital period of 4.08 years.

#June 27 #2019 #R.I.P.#Chris Squire #YES

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