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corxandforx · 1 year

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French Onion

The Bread Peddler

Olympia, WA

#green coast livin #corxandforx #legal life #pnw #photography #mine #wa #oly #south sound #Soup mode #soup #french onion soup #winter #foodie #nom nom #eat local #support local biz

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museartcoofficial · 1 year

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Pride month is here! Check the link in my bio to get your hands on some cute pride stickers!

#pride merch #pride #pride month #lgbtq #lesbian #gay #nonbinary #asexual #transgender #pansexual #polyamourous #queer #queer owned business #support small biz #support local #support lgbt+#support artists #stickers #shopping

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outragedtortilla · 1 year

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reminder that it's so much harder for small biz to absorb the cost of free shipping so please be mindful of that when you buy from them this season

#small biz #support local #33314

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inkydaze · 2 months

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Molar earrings with a moody, inky background.

From Inkydaze

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bradsmowingservice · 4 months

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Transform your lawn into a masterpiece with Brad's Mowing Service! 🌳 Unmatched expertise, timely service, and a commitment to perfection. Choose us for a lawn that speaks volumes! #BradsMowing #LawnPerfection

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halfpastdead · 5 months

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i ordered a deranged amount of tea on black friday

#it just arrived….#65 teabags lololol #what was i thinking #who wants to come over for a tea party???#i have too much fucking tea #it’s a small local biz tho so i’m glad to support i guess #we’re lookin at an assam with orange peel bergamot and cornflower #and a red rooibos with mint and warm spice

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timeandrelativedimensioninhell · 1 year

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#live music #support local music #small biz #classic rock #sound tech

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ghostyrainbow · 2 years

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Hi I'm looking for small business that have the following merchandise or close to it

Harry Potter (specifically Ravenclaw merch)

Stranger things (Eddie and Steve)

Pokemon (ghost and fairy and electric type stuff)

DND (fairy WARLOCK, fairy dragon companion, damphire bard)

Destiny the video game (ghost, pins, titan stuff)

Looking for pins mostly but also maybe art commissions?? If you know anyone please tag or link or just hmu

#small biz #small brand #small business #support local #merchandise

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honoringthehorrific · 1 month

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Is Late Night with The Devil worth tuning in for?

Don't adjust those sets...spoilers in 5..4..3..2...

First off sorry for not being able to find a gif from the movie! Tumblr gave me a real hard time with that one.

Second off I would like to say I do not support the use of AI art. I think it is abysmal. I watched this movie with my partner after saving up points at our local theater for free tickets. If this still supports the movies we see in some way please let me know and I will be sure to find another way to better watch these movies without supporting their actions...🏴‍☠️🦜 It just may mean you get your reviews a touch later!

Onto the movie. The aesthetics were very enjoyable I could appreciate the ties back to satanic panic and the fascination with the occult. The costuming, the filming of the movie, it all felt right and very few times did I feel my immersion in it break. I feel like maybe there were one or two shots where the actors looked too well made up if that makes sense.

One fun fact my partner pointed out was that you can see the twin towers in the opening shots and the city cut aways because they were built 4 years prior! I really liked that this movie didn't shy away from showing us the towers mostly because I feel like that's something that would have broken the idea we are in the 70s.

While the filming was fitting and awesome the effects were....I would say B tier at points. I think it adds to the charm of course I can always appreciate a homemade effect but it does slightly pull me out of this being something that really happened. Don't get me wrong I know it's not trying to be the next Blair witch "true story" but i feel like there is some level to this that wants the audience to feel that this is real.

My partner notes too that cutting it from a television camera view to the audience view might have helped as well!

Onto the fun stuff, we get hints throughout...sorry no, not hints...we get TOLD throughout the movie that our star of tonight's show, jack delroy, is in a fraternal organization...sorry, i mean cult. He is in the Bohemian Grove cult. We get told there are rumors of this in the opening almost documentary style retelling of Jack's fame and struggles with being as good as Johnny Carson. We'll come back to that.

Tonight is 1977. Halloween night. Sweep week. A night where Jack really needs to scrape in the views. He has no idea that the plans he has this evening will go awry...recently his wife madeline who will be reffered to by her "special nickname" mini has passed away from lung cancer. Tonight's show is also jacks first one back and man is it a doozy. We get to see how he banters with his co-host and honestly kind of berates him. I had this struggle with jack where I wanted to like him but every time I tried I just got these kicks and hints that he was kind of an asshole? But it's show biz, who isn't? His first guest is a medium who intends to commune with the dead. He seems like other shoddy Vegas types until he accurately assess a family who lost their son and brother to suicide. It's later revealed to be a bunch of hooey when the next guest a renowned skeptic chats with the family and realizes they were questioned prior to the show.

The first chilling moment we get that isn't the use of AI art is the medium seemingly becoming possessed by the grieving spirit of mini however no one claims the name and only later does jack reveal he thinks the message was for him.

I'm not gonna foot around it. The use of AI art while not overly used and egregious it's present. Personally it being present feels like an issue. It bugs me and it should bug you. I know many people want to cut it a break for being an indie film but it doesn't take much to put some money towards what was it? 5-6 pieces of art? Yeah some people will have higher rates for working on this but I'm sure they could have found someone to do the art if they felt theirs wasn't up to par. I don't think they're fully evil or anything for it. I don't support AI art but I can understand the other side of the argument. However when you turn a blind eye to one film and it does well it doesn't matter if it's an indie project or not. It makes the big guys think hey we like this. Give the devil an inch and he'll take a mile right?...

That all being said I could ignore the cut aways kind of??...I paid attention for mistakes the first few times before the sight of them just elicited an annoyed eyeroll from me.

As the movie progresses we meet the skeptic. He's offering checks to people who can prove without a doubt that they're the real deal and he says hes not lost a nickel yet. The medium claims he doesn't want the money and when Jack vouches for him and says the last message was meant for him the medium's behavior gets more and more erratic before he finally spews black vomit all over the studio including onto the skeptic.

Little do we know on the way to the hospital our medium turns up dead. This starts to brew panic in the crew and our co-host as our next guests are brought on. June and Lily. Lily was found as a 10 year old by the authorities as the only surviving member of a satanic cult that kind of parodies the satanic church and Anton lavey. Lily is possessed by a demon she calls mr.wriggles. mr.wriggles is an interesting one alright! Wether it's trauma, the demonic possession or my boyfriend's theory- autism. Lily exhibits off behaviors like staring directly into the cameras and seeming very monotone at times. It isn't until Jack pushes for and honestly...kind of corners June on live TV that June and Lily decide to showcase Lily's ability. Man does this demon have something to say.

The demon begins by noting that him and Jack know each other hinting at a tie between the Grove cult again. Before intent focuses again on June. Calling her out for her and jacks relationship and telling her to remember what happened to his last whore. Possession doesn't cease until June slaps the girl. Let me tell you I didn't trust this at all. June goes to undo the straps after some crazy electrical issues and levitation and I just felt uneasy the whole time. That typical feeling while watching these movies of "are you stupid??" Lily in my eyes had a very sinister look to her still that later gets touched on again. We then get the skeptics explanation and recreation with hypnosis. Making our co-host believe his phobia of worms is suddenly real life with them wriggling from his neck stomach and lastly eyeball. Only for us to cut back to reality with his activation phrase and see that none of it was true. They watch the tape back and realize that the whole audience was hypnotized because none of that truly happened on their TV sets. However when watching back what happened with Lily it triggers the girl.

She levitates and glows while her head splits open. She immolates the skeptic when he offers the hefty check in exchange for his life and hangs her guardian/doctor by the necklace meant to keep the demon at bay. And unfortunately our chunky loveable co-host gets his neck snapped when trying to "the power of Christ compels you" the demon away. It isn't until we get this gorgeous dream like sequence after Jack seemingly gets away. Him going through the routine of the show only to try and escape. Him telling us to turn off our sets and stop watching before we get a sequence with the cult and him drinking from a chalice as he meets his wife. She reveals that he sacrificed her health for fame. He didn't know. And this is where I felt sympathetic for him....the entire time he was unaware...he murdered her unintentionally. And so she asks him to murder her in the physical. Take the ritual knife from Lily's old home and finish her off before the cancer can take her....only for him to plunge the knife into her and reveal that the dream was fake. And he has stabbed Lily to death. He stands and we get a heart wrenching scene of him trying to say the skeptics activation phrase to wake up while surrounded by the carnage he somewhat unknowingly caused...

Overall I give this 3 worms out of 5.

The AI made my eyes roll and the effects were corny but the premise and scenery and aesthetics were beautiful. I sort of reccomend it if you can watch it in a non supporting way.

#late night with the devil #not an aesthetic #regurgitated reviews #horror

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t00thpasteface · 1 year

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Hey, you obvs know a lot about mythology. I'm tryna learn more all the time. So, what's your favourite book/resource on mythology?

i mean, i always like to read stuff straight from the centaur's mouth. i LOVE the iliad and the odyssey! and i read metamorphoses for a class a few years back and had a blast... i think that was the same class where i read agamemnon. i've been told anne carson is a great translator of ancient texts and plays... maybe start by looking up collections of her published work? but she's certainly not the only one in the biz.

the best resource is whatever's at your local library! or available online from other libraries. get a library card and show your support!! although tbh i'm the kind of person to just check random books out at a glance and see if i like them, so... i guess i'm not the right person to ask if you're looking for a more precise approach. i read like a grazing herd-animal!!

#theoi dot com is a pretty good reference site but there's no substitute for reading (translations of) the source material #shebbz shoutz #HOORAY primary sources!!!!#greek mythology #pagan #ask

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lexicorp · 7 months

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Adventure time is in my brain so much now-

I'm round mid season 5 rn buuuuuut already started theory crafting and au incorporating one of my peeps

Amory Führer taking Simon's place as the local ice wizard ~

I'd think that this universe would come about from the wish "I wish Simon never found the crown" and thus someone else replaces his biz

Simon and Betty don't get into that absolute batshit, tho I'm sure they'd still have some shenanigans in their years lolz. But ye, it works p well for them, they deserve chill vibe time-

Base amory is always obsessed with magic, so it was perfect to translate to this. He would love Simon's books and study antiquarian stuff on the side of his chemistry science nerd degree. And when Betty and Simon can't find the crown, amory with his stubborn ass would find it a perfect way of proving his metal to retrieve it where a famous person couldn't lolz. He always feels like he has something to prove, which manifests in his reckless determination and stubbornness. His goal was to prove the existence of magic and theorized the artifacts were tools and a map to determining the code to spells with your own hands. His dad always thought it was absolutely stupid, that he was wasting his potential on silly fantasies, daddy-o wasn't a fan of Simon either when amory would talk about a lecture of his. Amory's dad is kinda like, take Marcy's dad, and remove the goofy cray cray, he's kinda jus a gruff and generally aggressive ass. Abusive in many flavors and imprinted a lot of the trauma response behaviors in amory.

(I'm tryna summarize best I can but omyglob-)

The gal on the bottom right was amory's fiance, who didn't know much bout this stuff but tried to support him, yet something didn't sit right with her about seeking objects like those that are buried away. Amory was wrapped up in his head and didn't listen, which leads to kirona leaving, as she couldn't deal with his progressively worse obsessive behavior, especially after he found the crown and put it on. He did not keep it together with the crowns effects, and nearly hurt kirona before she managed to land hitting the crown off his head. He was so engulfed in what he saw that he didn't even hear her when in her high adrenaline state was scolding him. When kirona tried to take the crown to get it away, he reached out to take it back which made her more angry. High emotion time and all that she rushed out from the apartment.

Amory tried to show the crown off as proof of his theories, that he just needed to study it more. They didn't believe what he told them of it, so in his frustration he put it on to show them, trying to keep it together this time, but it went a bit crazy with him freezing some peeps and getting in ppls face hah.

His deal is that he totally is like, "itsfineitafineitsfine-" thinking he totally has it all under control, that he can figure it out.

Over the years, he thinks he's found a way to stifle the madness to get a clearer head. In his chaotic potion making, made a sort of toh eda elixir. It helps but doesn't fix fix it, and he'll start growing a tolerance so he keeps changing it and trying to figure out other ways. So he's kinda in between ice king and winter king in sanity lol

Instead of capturing princesses like ice king, glacier king (amory) tricks wizards into signing a contract to basically give their body to science, door to door business bich in the wizard City lmao, jus like I got ✨free healthcare✨ XD also collects various creatures of ooo to study mutations and differences between how the natural creatures are and hexed creatures. Glacier would also be fascinated by bubblegum for her own mad scientist side lol. He would a hundred percent steal her candy people making instructions or randomly bug her for tips or share his own.

Finn and Jake would be a nuisance cuz y'know they'd sabotage his hostage lab rats biz, but after getting over that he'd find it kind of amusing and a cut between the cycle he's been in. So later in the show would study them lol not entirely sure how all the parts would work- but that's most of what I got so far

#oc #adventure time #adventure time au oc #ice king #glacier king #messin around

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justablah56 · 11 months

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Have a character rant about Terry Jr, featuring Ron and some random headcanons about the relationship between TJ, Nicky, and Cassandra! Because nothing bad has happened to any of them at all, what are you talking about (oops, this ended up being long)

Terry Jr absolutely despises the scent of anything "For Men", which makes the soccer changing rooms in hs sensory hell. As a result, all his toiletries are technically marketed at women, but he is willing to pay the pink tax for floral-smelling stuff instead of... That.

(Ron notices how much his stepson hates it, and so also switched to quote-unquote for women products. In his enthusiasm to be supportive, he somehow ends up buying scented sanitary pads)

He still plays soccer, even as an adult. It's just at his local pub's team (which might not actually be a thing in America, oops) but he kept it up fairly consistently throughout his life.

Since being called away for DADDIES missions can really fuck up your work schedule, he works part time as an assistant coach/teacher at a dance studio with surprisingly flexible hours and a very understanding boss. Admittedly, she's seen him break down crying more than once over DADDIES-related shit that he had to explain with half-lies, so that may explain some of her patience with his unruly hours

Mostly he does community theatre though

He actually meet Cassandra before Nicky did! They were on the same drama course at college, got assigned together, and really hit it off. They ended up bonding so much that they considered each other their psuedo-sibling. Since, in this headcanon universe of blurredness, Cassandra doesn't talk to her parents at all, Ron and Samantha basically adopted her when Terry Jr brought her home during the school holidays, which only deepened their sibling bond

Terry's nickname for her is Star, because she shines bright and he was convinced she would make it big time in the acting biz. She has a little custom bracelet that he got her as a wedding present with that on.

He religiously drinks hot chocolate before soccer games, because Ron thought that a "warm up" was a drink to warm you up before a game. He put marshmallows in it and everything, so Terry Jr just happily accepted the bizzare brand of affection and support that so often comes from Ron. The one time he didn't drink it, they lost the game, and ever since that game the Doodlers make sure everyone has a hot chocolate before the game. They never lost since

(Additional headcanon that Grant accidently passed that pre-game ritual to Lincoln)

Since Ron can no longer wear pants, he took to wearing skirts when needed so as to not get arrested. However, due to a lot of the internalised toxic masculinity Willy installed in him, he felt uncomfortable doing so. Terry Jr dragged all the other kiddads thrift shopping for cool skirts and they suprised Ron at the next Oak-Garcia-Wilson-Stampler-Close-Foster-Freeman family BBQ by wearing them. Ron was so happy about them supporting him, he almost cried. Terry Jr ended up keeping skirts and dresses as part of his fashion rotation, and would even wear sports skirts (which have built-in-shorts) on the soccer field sometimes. When Ron disappeared, he stopped wearing them. He still has a gorgeous, corseted, galaxy dress in his side of the wardrobe at the Stampler-Marlowe residence that he hasn't been able to bring himself to wear, but also hasn't been able to bring himself to part with. Scary's seen him taking it out and looking at it longingly, and is definitely not devising a secret plan to get him to wear skirts by making him take her prom dress shopping and making him try on some himself. (She doesn't know why he looks so sad and longing, or why he doesn't wear them when he clearly wants to, but deep down she thinks he should. Terry Jr would start wearing skirts again for her)

Terry Jr and Cassandra both used some theories from Samantha's psychology books to train themselves so they have better coordination and clearer speech whilst drunk than sober (basically, you can remember things better in the condition you learned them in. That includes memorising a list of words whilst drunk. Idk if this actually applies to muscle memory, but for the purposes of this, it does)

Nicky and Cassandra have conspired to test all of Terry Jr's romantic partners, because they are both of the opinion that he only deserves the best and shouldn't put time and effort into people who won't stick around. This includes, but is not limited to, Nicky full on making out with Terry Jr in front of them, and Cassandra walking out into the living room of her and Terry's shared apartment in only a bra and sweatpants. She then proceeds to introduce herself as Terry Jr's roommate, rather than his sister like she usually does, in such a way that she's not outright implying that they have a fwb relationship, just enough to test if they'll get jealous or properly talk to him about why he seemed so completely unphased about her walking around topless (the answer being that she does it often, and it's only a problem when he has friends over who are attempting to be respectful. Grant covered his eyes and dove under the covers the first time it happened, because he didn't want to make her uncomfortable, despite the fact that she knows he's gay as fuck)

Terry Jr and Nicky have a very odd romantic friendship that everyone around them (which is admittedly just the other kiddads, Marco, Cassandra, and Rebecca) act like is completely normal, so occasionally Terry Jr just... Forgets? To tell his new partners about the fact that yeah, he and Nicky occasionally kiss and go on dates and by occasionally he means pretty much every week. Like, genuinely completely forgets that that's something he should mention because they might not be cool with essentially being in a polycule

Honestly, the entirety of the kiddads and spouses is like a QPR polycule

It is a frequent joke that Cassandra's initials can just as easily stand for Cassandra Stampler as Cassandra Swift. It is also a frequent joke that Terry Jr nicknamed Taylor angel, specifically for the irony of him being part demon. As a result, whilst legally Taylor's name is Taylor Alexander Swift, if you ask Terry what his initials stand for, he will without fail say Taylor Angel Stampler. Nicky is not impressed (he secretly finds it hysterical)

Terry Jr wants nothing more than for his friends/family to be happy.

Nicky and Cassandra's relationship was one that would have made a wonderful summer fling that ended naturally, but they both pushed it further than it was meant to live to try and show Terry that they were happy, so he wouldn't worry about them. The fact that Nicky whisked Terry Jr away during the wedding to make out with him should have been a big sign that this wasn't going to work out.

They were starting to file for a divorce, having mutually agreed that the type of relationship they were forcing themselves into wasn't working out for them, when they found out that Cassandra was pregnant. They halted the legal divorce and Nicky moving out, with the agreement to raise Taylor together for the first two years, and then have a 50/50 split of custody. Nicky was going to move back into Terry Jr's apartment when that happened (the betrayal happened before that could occur)

Cassandra often jokes that Terry Jr is more Nicky's husband than she is, since he was with him before, during, and after her

Terry Jr's preferred method of drinking water is not water with some ice cubes in it, but an entire glass of ice cubes with some water in it to stop them from sticking together due to the cold. Outside of sports, he's not good at remembering to hydrate, so he just crunches on ice instead

saw the notification for this , looked at , saw how much I needed to scroll , and immediately let out an absolutely delighted squeal hoLY SHIT ANON AHSJJWKDJND !!!!!! /pos

the terry/nick/cass polycule is something I never knew I needed but now refuse to live without, thanks <3333 truly the definition of this is my boyfriend and this is my boyfriends wife <33 Nick and Cass testing out all of Terry's partners is so fucking funny I love it , ALSO TERRY JUST . FORGETTING TO TELL PEOPLE HES BASICALLY DATING NICK EBJDJSKSKKSS they're just so silly and I will be Thinking™ abt them <333 but Terry meeting Cass before Nick did is actually so interesting to me , they are SIBLINGS your honor !! and the star nicknameee whahdjd 🥺🥺 I love them dearly <33 also the whole thing abt the skirts 🥺 Terry convincing the rest of his friends to wear skirts to support his stepdad 🥺🥺 and then him continuing to wear them ! AND THEN STOPPING ONCE RON DISAPPEARED WOSIHSJSJS 🥺😭😭🥺 plus the bit abt scary deciding that she wants to help Terry be comfortable wearing his skirts/dresses againnnn 🥺🥺 she cares abt him !!!! I just love all of this v much , ty anon I love you dearly<333

#i hereby dub thee tj anon #ok but literally absolutely delighted to receive this #youve made my week anon #this was an absolute joy to read through and i love all of it v much !!#this is all canon to me btw <333 #dndads #dndaddies #dungeons and daddies #terry jr #terry jr stampler #terry stampler #tj anon

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dreamings-free · 4 months

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Pollstar Staff | 11/1/24

Following a massively successful year with record-setting box office tallies and Taylor Swift’s highest-grossing tour of all time — what’s next for the live biz in 2024? Pollstar’s editorial staff offers predictions.

Live Growth Spurt May Slow The live industry saw unprecedented growth in 2023 with a massive 46% growth YoY for the Top 100 Tours, according to Pollstar Boxoffice reports. 2024 should be another strong year — but perhaps not a great one. Though the U.S. economy showed promising signs with GDP increasing 4.9% in Q3, the total household debt spiked to $17.29 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve, though inflation continues to outpace salaries. Consumers may think twice before clicking the checkout box and adding another credit card charge, which may decrease ticket sales following live’s record-setting year. – Oscar Aréliz

Reunions, Farewells & Mega-Fests It’s hard to put the genie back in the bottle, so the industry as a whole will get creative to continue the upward momentum of recent years. Expect more seemingly unlikely reunions, farewells that may not actually be final (cough, cough), and additional legs of tours that seemed like one-time affairs. Also, don’t be surprised if the mega-festival trend (When We Were Young, Power Trip, etc), continues to gather steam to the point of becoming a whole new category of yearly event. – Ryan Borba

Ticketing: Same As It Ever Was With mounting public pressure, grandstanding politicians and supreme supernova demigoddess Taylor Swift aligning for the cause of ticketing reform, in the coming year one can expect little to change. That’s because tickets are money, whether artists, their teams, promoters, venues or ticketers keep prices low, outsmart bots, include all-in pricing, shut out the secondary or sell on the side, capitalists always gonna capitalize. – Andy Gensler

Sphere’s Innovations Break Out Many of the innovations that make Sphere so groundbreaking are likely to start trickling out to the world. Don’t expect to see 16K LED screens that stretch around concertgoers at your local arena any time soon, but it’s not a stretch that the beamforming sound system Holoplot created for Sphere becomes scalable enough for broader expansions and artists who already embrace innovation are likely to make bids at recreating Sphere’s already legendary immersive experience at other venues (as best they can). – J.R. Lind

More Protest Songs More artists will pen anti-war songs, including showing support for innocent civilians in various conflicts. We’ll also hear other politically-minded songs, such as tunes concerning women’s rights — along with more live events booked to benefit those in need and support causes near and dear to artists’ hearts, like 2022’s Love Rising Nashville organized in support of the LGBTQ+ community. Plus, it’s an election year. – Sarah Pittman

Indies Go Back To The Future Independent operators may remain fiercely competitive but, with the establishment of trade groups NIVA and NITO, a greater spirit of collaboration has emerged in the wake of COVID. In some cases, onetime rivals – including clubs and promoters – are teaming to share resources to lift all boats, while Brian Becker’s LiveCo brought together five indie promoters to expand existing partnerships with entertainment platforms to create new, innovative projects. Expect this trend to continue. – Deborah Speer

Cloning Technology Arrives Insomniac Events founder/CEO Pasquale Rotella manages to find a scientific breakthrough getting one step closer to cloning himself by 2030. This opens doors for agents and promoters to attend all their events at once, and for artists to play multiple shows at the same time. – Ariel King

#interesting..#and confirming a few of the points we discussed yesterday #this explicitly says that ticket sales are expected to go down from prev years #because of the global economic situation #and that ticket pricing is expected to stay the same or even increase #predictions #music industry #music business #touring #live music #pollstar #11.01.24 #link #m #that last paragraph tho.. is that satire or are the serious.. can we.. not :/

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jobey-wan-kenobi · 11 months

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Revolver~ 💿

Revolver is a weird one because I can find a flaw with every song, except for...

Favorite song: Tomorrow Never Knows

It's the only one that doesn't have at least one lyric I find annoying so it kinda wins by default. Of course, they did kinda cheat by just making it one long quote from the Tibetan Book of the Dead, but that was a better choice than some of the others made on this album...

Also you can't beat that soundscape. Just fantastic studio work there. A little work of art.

Now, I thought it would be hard at first to find a least favorite on this album, but in the end I found two...

Unfavorite: Taxman or Doctor Robert

Lookit the boys in "Taxman," maxing out their Boomer energy while only averaging twenty-four years between them. Object lesson in how wealth turns your head. Cry me a feckin' river, George.

From my vantage point in the capitalist hellscape of USA 2023, I read about the England the boys grew up in and am sick with envy. Well, not so much the repressive and toxic social attitudes. But the community aspects? The government's doings? It makes this American cry. Robust public transportation. The National Health Service. A functioning social safety net.

And, uh, all this is essential to the Beatles (four nobodies with no real show biz connections)' rise to the top? Yeah, I think you could be a bit more "thankful," Georgie. You'd not have broken out of the world of playing sleazy nightclubs without the leisure and support of the thousands of local fans who began patronizing you at the Cavern and getting your name in Brian Epstein's ear. A full lunch hour, even for the lowliest pink-collar jobs, whereby you can make a daily habit of seeing BABY BEATLES play down the street at noon? John (and other key British '60s musicians) getting to go to 'art college'? George's dad being able to support a stay-at-home spouse and four kids on one bus driver's salary? Paul's dad's employer paying off his gambling debts and trying to keep him on the straight and narrow, instead of sacking him on the spot as would happen in any "at-will" employer? Mona Best having the spare room to turn her basement into a club? George Martin having the tenure and creative control at EMI to take a risk mentoring his rough Liverpudlian studio-virgins? Ringo's extremely poor family not being rendered so broke by his year-long hospital stay that his stepdad couldn't afford to buy him a drum set for Christmas? Oh, and let's not forget the Labour government decriminalising homosexuality. That's civilisation. It's all worth paying for, lad!

Anyway, the government still left you boys enough money to a) buy nice homes and cars and party party party, b) found and then completely mismanage Apple Corps, and c) spend a decade suing each other into oblivion. It's not like the taxman left you bereft. You were, like, fine.

But at least Taxman's lyrics are vaguely clever, and it's fun to listen to. Doctor Robert sounds too samey, but in a less interesting way. A true throwaway. And its lyrics are shit.

I could lop both of them off the album and be OK.

---- ask game ----

#'and your bird can sing' can stay tho... *that* one is actually deep #*casually sips my tea*#beatles #revolver (album)#ty for the asks love <3 #i'm throwing so much shade in this ask but i really do love this album believe me 😭

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I was just watching strictly and I was wondering- how would you see kanthony in strictly? Both profs? One of them being the Prof and the other being paired up with them (and if that who's the prof). Intrigued by what you would think (if you're into that ofc)

❤️ What a lovely ask, thank you! I apologise for taking a second to reply to it - I was writing when I wasn't doing life admin and working. (I'm also jumping here and say I'm very very sorry for writing this massive response you probably weren't asking for - I had a lot of fun imagining this)

I have to admit that I'm not a massive Strictly person, so I haven't seen too much of it, but I'm familiar with the format. I've seen other countries' versions of Strictly a bit more than Strictly itself, weirdly.

If I wrote a Strictly AU for Kathony, to me, it would make sense to have Anthony as the celeb and Kate being the professional dancer. Kate would be both classically trained in ballet and contemporary dance but really found that she excelled (and loved) ballroom (I've only got a cursory knowledge of dance styles). Unfortunately, her previous partner Tom Dorset (you know I gotta include my man Dorset in a Kathony fic, why do I love this almost background character?) got an injury and Kate grew very disillusioned with the professional dancing scene, and especially the prospect of not dancing with Dorset.

However, because she has spent the past few years focusing on her dancing career and her studies at uni got interrupted by the death of her father years prior, Kate really starts to worry about how to make ends meet. She could maybe do some temp jobs and there's the supermarket around the corner that might be looking for staff, but with the daily expenses rising (Brexit and cost of living crisis and almost 20 years of austerity woohooo!), she's really not sure how she's going to make ends meet. Then Edwina points out that the BBC are looking for new professionals to join Strictly and Kate has been approached a few times about whether she would be interested, but Kate had long ago decided it's not her thing. The last thing she wants to do is be in the tabloids and be accused of falling the so-called Strictly Curse. It was never going to happen. Ever.

Then Kate starts panicking about the long-term viability of paying her bills, so she phones her contact just to make some casual enquiries, only to hear what the salary would be. Under other circumstances, Kate might have more pride about the whole situation but she agrees to join the new cast of professionals then and there. It's cutting it fine to the announcement but actually another of their professionals pulled out last minute (Siena) and so they had an opening, and actually, the contact thinks that they might have the perfect candidate to dance with Kate.

Kate at this point would be willing to dance with a potato if it meant that she got paid, so she doesn't really pay attention.

Anthony, on the other hand, first got his start in show biz doing some presenting gigs first at local news programmes, then children's programming while he was going to drama school part-time and then he pivoted to acting once he finished drama school. He had a few small guest spots on your Christmas costume dramas and he tries not to get his low-key type casting of ambitious man who ultimately does the wrong thing for selfish reasons get to him. As much as he tries to think that it isn't personal, the typecasting just seems a little bit too specific. Then he got his big break playing the supporting character to the main male lead in television show 'loosely' 'inspired' by Love Island. He doesn't have top billing, but he's a fan favourite. Then, after a disastrous stint attending the Baftas to present an award, a video goes viral of an uncharacteristically shitfaced Anthony embarrassing himself in front of the majority of his industry while making out with anyone who was nearby. His agent nearly quits in the aftermath of it all and in an attempt to change the narrative around his public persona, he agrees what many a disgraced public figure has done before - agree to go on Strictly.

For a hot second, it looks like an old ex-girlfriend of his, Siena, was gonna be his dancing partner, which would be a unique form of torture, but she pulls out at the last minute and gets replaced by he doesn't quite know who yet. He tries to get some clarity on the situation, until he finds out that they've finally found his dancing partner. Someone named Kate Sharma, who apparently was an up and coming star on the ballroom circuit.

Anthony had of course unearthed a few youtube videos of her dancing career, including a video or two from her uni days where she was dancing more contemporary stuff with friends, and he is actually really excited about being paired up with Kate. He doesn't know dancing per say, but he can tell that Kate has talent. She has that it factor that of course needed to accompany hard training, but she is able to convey so much with her movements and has enough charisma to spare, even by industry standards. Plus, it doesn't hurt that she's quite possibly one of the most beautiful women he has ever seen.

Unfortunately, however, their first meeting does not go according to plan. In fact, Anthony is willing to admit it actually goes disastrously wrong. Kate overhears him saying the wrong thing as the cameras are getting set up and while she is pleasant in front of the cameras, he can tell by the glint in her eye that she hates his guts. Which was fine. It was fine. They would only have to do this for a few weeks and Anthony can be cordial.

What neither of them know, is that the Strictly curse has other ideas...

That's basically how I would sort of do a Strictly AU. Don't know if it would be of interest etc but something like that would be my take on it. And I would probably find some way of inadvertently adding 5963 million layers of angst on top of this enemies-to-lovers set up.

#kathony #kanthony

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