#the falcon and the snowman

[0rph3u5]

This Is Not America  · David Bowie · Pat Metheny Group

#the falcon and the snowman #soundtrack

[punk-chicken-radio]

ax trax of the week

david bowie - this is not america

i rewatched the falcon and the snowman...

-ax

#ax trax of the week #david bowie #this is not america #the falcon and the snowman

[ladymarvel27]

#tfatws #winter soldier #bucky barnes #sebastian stan #memes #memes by me #pentagon #hexagon #octagon #seargent james buchanan barnes #bucky #sambucky #sam wilson #wakanda #okoye #marvel #cute guy #fictional guy #the falcon and the snowman #the falcon and the winter soldier

[cinemajunkie70]

A very happy Birthday to Sean Penn!

#Sean Penn #fast times at ridgemont high #carlitos way #taps #the game #at close range #the Falcon and the snowman #bad boys #this must be the place #dead man walking #mystic River #milk #sweet and lowdown #licorice pizza #the gunman #the Indian runner #the crossing guard #the pledge #into the wild #flag day #she’s so lovely #I am Sam #the interpreter #state of grace #the secret life of walter mitty #all the kings men #21 grams #tree of life #the professor and the madman #gangster squad

[kickmag]

Throwback: David Bowie-This Is Not America

David Bowie and Pat Metheny collaborated on "This Is Not America" for the soundtrack to The Falcon and the Snowman. Bowie wrote the lyrics after watching the film which was about two American men who sold security secrets to the Soviet Union. Metheny plays rhythm guitar on the moody single and Bowie's poetic words captured the essence of the movie's theme of disillusionment and betrayal. He did not appear in the video which was comprised of clips from the movie. "This Is Not America" was released as a single in 1985 and it appeared on the soundtrack. The song also appears on various Bowie albums including The Singles Collection, Tonight, Best Of Bowie, The Platinum Collection, The Best Of David Bowie, Nothing Has Changed, Bowie Legacy, and the Loving The Alien boxset. The late artist performed a variation of the song for Diddy's "American Dream" from The Training Day soundtrack. On January 8, 2024,  Paris dedicated a road named Rue David Bowie to the singer on what would have been his 77th birthday. 

#david bowie #pat metheny #the falcon and the snowman #Youtube

[calyxaomphalos]

The Ghosts of Windy Ridge

Turn #112, The Ghost Jamboree

28 April 2022, Thursday Night - The Ghost Jamboree

Rather than roll right up to the Yellow Cross, I parked a few yards down the road and then walked the rest of the way. The sun was definitely down. A gentle rustling off to my right made me look over the treeline. There was a familiar silhouette. "Hey, Dave, nice to see you this evening."

"Dave's not here, man," came the predictable reply from the tall tree spirit.

And with that, I suddenly felt a prickling wave of heat pass over my skin, though the night was cool. Just like the first time I'd met Dave the Tree, every spirit around suddenly lit up and they were all converging at the Yellow Cross.

When I approached the cross, I could see the glowing form of Ergediel floating above and behind the shrine. Further back on the ridge and headed down the slope was Black Shuck in his loping, smoke-cloud gait. Overtaking Black Shuck, and nearly seeming to disrupt the integrity of his ghost dog body in a heavy breeze was Shawasha, causing swirling patterns in the grasses and shrubs along the ridge and down to the shrine. I could feel Foras lurking somewhere off toward the Crossroads, headed this way.

A familiar voice next to me said, "Good evening, Serren."

"George, a pleasure to see you," I said, even though I had no visual sense of Dani's departed grandfather. "I brought a couple dressed candles, do you have any recommendations as to placement?"

"Hmm, you are the one who is physically in the space, Serren. I trust your instincts on that."

I pulled out the candles and my lighter. Considering the scene, I nestled one next to a Sacred Heart of Jesus candle which was still burning, and put the other in amongst the few branded with the Academy logo. As I worked on this, I could feel an oppressing sensation. It was tied to an approaching spirit, Foras.

The only other local spirit I'd encountered in Windy Ridge who had not yet made an appearance as Mo himself. Part of me wondered if Mo had maybe gone down to the Great Hall to listen to the rants that undoubtedly would be arising from Hank's presentation. I took out a small towel from my basket and spread it out to sit on, then I made myself comfortable.

"You know your Maurice is always late," George said. "It's been years, Serren. You'd think he'd understand. I've only been coming to these for a few months."

I thought about the town and how I only knew a few people in it. And here, too, I must assume that despite what Dave the Tree had done for me, there were many more spirits here than I could identify individually. "What are these gatherings like, usually? Is it appropriate for me to even be here?"

"We're drawn here. I can't really say why. A lot of the time, we don't even talk to each other, let alone to those still in the physical realm. When I am not here, I am not sure exactly where I am. Sometimes, as you well know, I am able to visit people and places about the town, but not in a way that I have any control over. It is very confusing, most certainly. Maurice's ability to be late has been one of the more baffling things about this whole experience, honestly."

As if on cue, I heard Mo call out, "Hey, Rennie! Welcome to the party!" There he was, big as life, standing in front of the Yellow Cross, arms akimbo, that same subdued smirk which said he was planning mischief.

"Mo, great to see you, I'm sorry I wasn't here sooner."

"I've been at this party for years, Rennie. You could have come any time. But no, only when you need ol' Mo. Sure thing."

"Guilty as charged," I sighed. "The world has gone crazy since you left. I might be joining you at this party sooner rather than later if you can't help me find a way to keep Raj and Salimi from retaliating against me."

"I kept the receipts, Rennie. Raj knew all along that the paintings were fake. What he paid us was a fraction of his expected return now, some thirty years later. That means someone else has spotted at least one fake recently, probably when Raj was trying to sell'em. But he knew and there's proof in my documents from the Academy. I'm sure you can find them in the Academy's library."

"Heh, I think I've already got them back at the cabin I'm renting. What exactly am I looking for in there? It's not written out in plain text, I'm sure."

"Pretty damned close, actually. Look at the stock certificate receipts for MoFo Graphics Co. You'll find some 'out of range' certificates. Those are the paintings. Now, Rennie, please, join the party!"

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Mo is definitely based on a real-life person, but all the art forgery stuff is made up. The pic below is from the Game Developer's Conference held in San Jose, CA, March 21-23, 2002 where we were demoing MojoWorld. Our fearless leader went by the nickname "Doc Mojo" and I never really called him anything but Mo.

That's Mo in the back, me on the left and Daulton on the right. I'm the only one in the photo without a Wikipedia page and that's OK.

This is not the end of the novel! There are six more scenes coming!

#the ghosts of windy ridge #writeblr #nanowrimo #over the mountain #wait‚ what? #the falcon and the snowman

[josefksays]

#The Falcon and the Snowman #Timothy Hutton #still #babe #my edits

[thebrickdwarf]

Black Falcons Friday - Snowman construct

#lego #brickcentral #afol #lego photography #toy photography #black falcons #black falcons friday #snowman

[thelastofthebookworms]

*About Ash Lad, Who Stole the Troll's Silver Ducks, Coverlet, and Golden Harp

My tag for this series is 'fairy tales'.

#polls #fairy tales #folktales #the blue mountains #boots and the troll #anansi #the wicked king #peter klaus #pele's revenge #the snowman #the legend of the white snake #the feather of finist the falcon

[dinlukewarrior]

above all, Empire Strikes Back is a deeply funny movie

#starting a thread of all ESB’s funny scenes #Luke collapsing on Hoth #Luke being eaten by the abominable snowman #Han repairing the Millenium Falcon while Echo Base is literally being blown up #C-3PO’s dialogue in its entirety #‘you’ve got a lot to learn about women’ #Luke’s shit eating grin #Han stomping off and being pissy #C-3PO interrupting Han and Leia’s kiss #R2 falling u to the swamp in dagobah #EVERYTHING YODA HAS EVER DONE #’how do you get so big eating food like this?’ #’Yoda not far hehehehe!!!’

[genericswordsmaiden]

As a fan of both Pat Metheny and David Bowie I genuinely think they could have ruled the world if they made a whole album together. "This is not America" is proof of that, his vocals are just heavenly with that baseline. While I know for a fact that Pat's music seldom works with added lyrics (Pino Daniele's live rendition of Last Train Home during a tour with Pat is an interesting example), that song is a beautiful exception. Pat has always experimented with genres, merging jazz with whatever else he wanted (and doing it spectacularly!!) and the vibes of First Circle (his 1984 album with the PMG) are actually pretty visible in the theme for Falcon and the Snowman. If I didn't love Secret Story (1995) so much, I'd say that FC is in fact his best album. Imagining it with Bowie's vocals is pretty good, actually. Anyway yeah in an alternate timeline This is not America sparked a lifelong collaboration, I can feel it in my bones.

#wow a post about pat metheny where i don't say anything about the fact that i've listened to his music since i was 3 years old #truly bizarre #pat metheny #david bowie #falcon and the snowman #claire talks about music

[nightmareduckling]

The Falcon and the Snowman and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier describe the same things.

#mcu #falcon and the winter soldier #Falcon and the Snowman #idle thoughts

[jilyawards]

The Jily Fandom Rec List 2024 is a compilation of Jily stories our readers want to keep an eye on for this year's awards.

This post will be reblogged at the end of each month with the month's new additions, so don't forget to send in your own recs via asks or DM!

JANUARY

Miss Evans And The Impossible Task Of Finding A Husband (completed, 22.2k) by @annasghosts. Rated T.

Miss Lily Evans, the youngest daughter of a widow with a modest fortune, at one and twenty years of age knows what is required of her: to find a husband willing to support her and her mother. The problem? Men of the London society aren’t swayed by her lack of a dowry and brazen attitude. Luckily for her Mr James Potter has just come home from Cambridge and she can enlist his help to find out what men really want.

The Falcon And The Squid (completed, 8.2k) by @jfleamont (pennyrigby on AO3). Rated T.

There's a Lego Millennium Falcon that needs to be built. There's also a bet, a ring and a bike. Put it all together and what do you get?

And The Roar Will Rise (completed, 21k) by @kay-elle-cee. Rated T.

It's James Potter's last summer running the circulation beat for The Daily Prophet, and he's determined to make it through the high season and leave the country—and the ghosts of his past—behind. But when the paper is sold to a new owner who begins printing vicious headlines that vilify the Wizarding community, he finds himself leading the charge of Magic and Muggle newsies (and one brilliant reporter) to take action. A Newsies AU.

The Last Enemy: Dark Marks (WIP, 376.7k as of 29 Feb 2024) by @chdarling-tle. Rated M.

The entrance to Hell is hidden at the base of a large willow tree, a human-sized hollow tangled in its roots, ready to swallow you whole... It’s 1976 and the events of the past term at Hogwarts have left their mark on all involved. But it’s a new school year now, with new teachers, new rules, and new regrets. Yet as the war clamoring outside the castle walls grows ever louder, the students inside will learn that some marks are impossible to wash away. Dark Marks is the second book of The Last Enemy series, which follows the lives of the heroes and villains of the First Wizarding War from 1975-1981.

Do You Want To Build A Snowman? (completed, 2.9k) by @practicecourts. Rated G.

A young James Potter feels a little lonely and it has snowed so really he should be outside having fun, instead of talking to a portrait.

Happy reading!

#jily fandom rec list 2024

[kalak]

Luke on Hoth. Luke sees miles and miles upon snow and ice stretching out and assumes that it has the same consistency as the sand dunes from tatooine.

That's not the case, obviously, but luke is fascinated by the texture and the clumpiness of snow; you can't really mold sand into structures without some moisture and you didn't go around dumping water on the ground on tatooine. (in fact, I think Luke would have been gobsmacked by the fact that you can build sand castles and massive sculptures out of the stuff when he goes to a beach for the first time)

He has fun with shaping and decorating little snowmans - han gets the idea of building a real life sized replica of the falcon; he knows his ship so well that he can do it with his eyes closed, he insists - they end up with a massive snow frisbee.

And then Luke finds out about snowball fights - its all downhill from there. Luke and Han acquire the high ground by climbing up on the massive snow frisbee, and they accumulate a frankly insane amount of snowballs; Luke keeps lifting and shaping additional snow with the force so they never run out of ammo. It all ends when an enraged Chewie drags Han down by the scruff.

What Luke didn't expect however, is that snow melts. After the fun is over and they make it back into the warmth of rebel base, all the snow that has settled into the nooks and crannies of luke's attire melts, Luke feels a certain burning sensation on his skin due to the tempature difference of in and out, and wow, this is terrible. Leia harshly reprimands them both and then ushers Han and Luke to make them hot chocolate.

#star wars #luke skywalker #my ramblings #star wars headcanons #i just like luke experiencing things and showing that he's from tatooine ok #cold luke wants some hot choccie #han solo

[nocek]

Hello! You were asking about poster/wall art suggestions for your current wip? What about a Thunderbolts poster? Or a classic Soviet propaganda poster featuring the Red Guardian? Or if you want to go extremely meta, the movie poster for The falcon and the snowman 😁

I really, really enjoy your work, both your BuckyNat-verse and Petvengers are some of my all time favorite fanart. Thank you for your hard work and playful attention to details, it sparks much joy for me and many others 😍

Omg those are some brilliant ideas! I hope you are ok with me posting this instead of just answering because I don't want to lose them.

Because you se get the idea of interior design I'm going for. Not what Bucky or Nat would actually have at home but what would be fun for me to draw for them to have :D So yeah I doubt they would have soviet posters but I'm so going to find some stupid ass poster and redraw it. Well maybe not strictly soviet but something more local.

Because yeah, Yelena is a mastermind of being annoying and besides the vest thing and backup Red Beardian why not stealthy switch some pictures of the wall. Family must be included there and since he is kiiiiinda father in law here XD

And dunno why the Thunderbolts mention made me want to include Kobik. But then the pictures are going to be small so maybe just some small picture with cosmic cube lol.

Yeah I'm starting blabbling. I'm sorry. But thank you <3 I always feel so weird on one hand posting petvengers dumbassery and then this semi realisickishy comic bookisch... also dumbassery. Each time feeling kinda guilty of annoying hypothetical people that like the other thing. That's why I've split the blogs.

Anyway still thank you because it actually means a lot to me to actually hear you like both <3

#text post #nocek blabbles #ask

[skedaddlesome]

Gifting The Line gift for the terrific Tilly (aka @koscheyyy) :-) Thanks so much for organizing this and have a wonderful last few days of 2022!!!

[id: A digital drawing of Azu, Celiquillithon Sidebottom, Grizzop drik acht Amsterdam, Hamid Saleh Haroun Al-Tahan, Sasha Rackett and Zolf Smith from the Rusty Quill Gaming podcast having a snowball fight. The character closest to the viewer at the bottom right corner is Zolf Smith. The only thing visible is the left half of his face , from the eyes upwards. Zolf is a white dwarf with white hair and an indigo winter cap, lined with fur and with a white tassel. He is scowling at the viewer. Behind Zolf and to his left is Azu. Azu is a black half-orc with deep brown skin. She is wearing dark pink fur-lined boots, gloves, light pink trousers, a striped pink scarf, a pink fur-lined jacket and a pink trapper hat with a tassel. She is grinning while running into the direction of the viewer and throwing a snowball. To Azu’s right is Celiquillithon Sidebottom, a smiling white half-elf with a blond mohawk, sideburns and slight stubble. They are shown in profile, facing to the left while getting hit by a snowball. Cel is wearing goggles, ear warmers resembling Santa hats and a long orange and brown coat fastened by a belt. Between Azu and Cel, Hamid Saleh Haroun Al-Tahan is facing away from the viewer. Hamid is an Egyptian halfling with light brown skin and dark brown hair. He is wearing a wine red tailcoat fastened with a belt, a green scarf, purple trousers and green shoes. Hamid is running, throwing a snowball with his left hand while casting magic missile with three snowballs with his right hand. In the center of the background, Grizzop drik acht Amsterdam is lying in the snow and making a snow angel. Grizzop is a grey-skinned goblin with red eyes. He is wearing a reindeer-themed winter cap, a blue scarf, a green tunic, a metal breastplate, gloves, leather vambraces, brown trousers and boots. Sneaking up behind Grizzop, carrying a giant snowball in both hands, is Sasha Rackett. Sasha is a white human with brown hair. She is wearing a black studded leather jacket, black gloves and dark grey boots. To Sasha’s and Grizzop’s right there is a snowman resembling Bertrand MacGuffingham, with a golden falcon breastplate, a falcon-shaped pompadour, a moustache, goatee and a sword. end id.]

#rqg #skribbles #gifting the line #rqg azu #celiquillithon sidebottom #grizzop drik acht amsterdam #hamid saleh haroun al-tahan #sasha racket #zolf smith #azubuike #azu rqg #sasha rackett #i would tag bertie but there's only bertie the snowman statue here