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sorenblr · 5 months

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Prepare those calzones rojos and don't choke til you swallow that twelfth grape.

Any "best of '23" lists you wanna expose to this here tumblr audience?

I've waited until the very end to answer this, since my yearly vacation lines up with the last week of December, allowing maximum time to devote to "gaming like a monster". I still didn't play shit for new games this year, but I am confident that every title on this list makes Baldur's Gate 3 and Tears of the Kingdom look like a bunch of muddy, wet shit:

Heart of the Killer

The 8th and penultimate episode in thecatamites' Anthology of the Killer series, which in aggregate is the most compelling project to come out of the medium in recent memory. Follow zinester and aspiring murder victim BB as she navigates a strange world of maniac killers and maniac killer paraphernalia. Combines the warm trappings of pulp horror and associated genre schlock with the profound literary sense and humor of the author. Boasts the rare perfect art design.

This one features 'liminal spaces' and is about the regulation and dictation of desire. Oh shit!

Varney Lake

Another 'pixel-pulp' title by the Argentine LCB Studio, this time a King or Bradbury-esque portrait of mournful childhood nostalgia set in the summer of 1954. Three friends find a dracula in the woods and he turns out to be basically just a stand-up kind of guy. Sincere, intelligent writing and gorgeous CGA-inspired art that transcends mere imitation of that style.

Pseudo-sequel to the fantastic Mothmen 1966 and best enjoyed in sequence with that game.

Stomp Plonk

It's just good old-fashioned fun to stomp and plonk around in Marek Kapolka's wordless fantasy world. The character designs and animation here bring me a lot of joy. Sometimes a game just needs to be a collection of little cretins.

Pseudoregalia

Sharply designed 3D metroidvania based on an earlier game jam project. Strangely melancholic tone and a nice, expressive moveset. One of the more engaging translations of the genre to 3D.

You can tell the developer didn't expect so many eyes on this because the protagonist has her big goat ass hanging all the way out and they had to include a toggle for pants in the options menu.

Honorable Mentions:

Shards of God: point-and-click agatha christie murder mystery set on a dune-esque desert planet. good

Orbo's Odyssey: kinetic 3d platformer. movement funny... but good?? slay 4 golden draculas

Kowloon's Curse: Lost Report: any game with an explorable desktop w/ fake sites and shit is good

Tommy Gun Witches: if you haven't seen the main promo screen for this game, there's still time for you to correct that

DOCTRINESPACE: cool twine game about a future where crypto bullshit is king, and the doctrines are hotter than ever

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days: mostly about killing chinese police officers and any civilians foolish enough to enter your line of sight. kane and lynch are craaaaazy!

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2023 games that I would like to have played but couldn't squeeze in: Blasphemous 2, Crypt Underworld, Bahnsen Knights, Knuckle Sandwich, 24 Killers etc.

#ask #goty 2023 #goty #thecatamites #heart of the killer #varney lake #stomp plonk #pseudoregalia

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msweebyness · 3 months

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Miraculous Second Gen

These are the kiddies that Sparky and me came up with for the Miraculous kiddies! Enjoy! @imsparky2002 @artzychic27

(NOTE: These apply and are canon to my MLB canon and all of Sparky and I’s AU’s, meaning Class of Heroes/Villainy, Monstrous Youths, Ghoul Squad, etc.)

Polycule:

Emma:

She/Her

Age 15

Bio parents Adrien/Marinette

Genki Girl, social media influencer

SO MUCH ENERGY

Deals with OCD

Cat holder

Louie:

He/Him

Age 14

Bio Parents Luka/Kagami

Mellow fellow, wants to be a musician

Can see auras

Serious crush on Darius

Ladybug Holder

Hugo:

He/Him

Age 10

Bio parents Luka/Marinette

Bouncing off the walls

Promising young athlete

Emerging himbo™️

Future dragon holder

Alison:

She/Her

Age 6

Bio parents Kagami/Adrien

Cold and stoic like Kagami

Doesn’t speak unless necessary

Crazy smart and mature for her age

Future snake holder

Alyno:

(Twins)

Cody:

He/Him

Age 16

Chillest dude on Earth, into meditation

Wants to be a writer for comics, Marc is a kind of mentor

Also plays the keyboard

HUGE crush on June

Fox holder

Cecily (“CeCe”):

She/Her

Age 16

Super driven, like her mom

Can be a bit too blunt

Constantly bickering with her twin

Runs a feminist news site, Grrrl

Turtle holder

Julerose:

Marek:

He/They

Age 17

Bio mom is Juleka, with a donor

Super shy like Juleka, loves cute things like Rose

Can and has won a knife fight

Babysits his cousin Alison a lot

Tiger holder

Dating Vicki

Myvan:

Juniper (“June”):

She/Her

Age 16

Ox holder

Has a bit of RBF

Super intimidating mom friend

Has…a bit of a temper, but still as kind as her parents

Activist, wants to be a social worker

Returns Cody’s feelings, but unaware of it

Hector:

He/Him

Age 10

Big and bulky, just like his dad

Gentle Giant, really soft-spoken

Likes working with animals

Best friends with Hugo

Future mouse holder

NathMarc:

Elicia:

She/Her

Age 17

Bio dad is Marc, with a surrogate

Lil Sassy Lassy, always has an opinion

Has a passion for sculpting

High-functioning autistic

Rooster holder

Kimdine:

Victoria (“Vicki”):

She/Her

Age 17

Monkey holder

Basically, Kim but with more common sense

Ridiculously energetic, does a bunch of sports

Works as a model for Mari’s fashion line

Dating Marek

Nicolette (“Nikki”):

She/Her

Age 13

Much more quiet and subdued than her sister

Voice of reason in the fam

Super tech savvy

Deadpan Snarker

Future horse holder, Max is mentoring her

Sabrina/Delmar:

Darius:

He/They

Age 14

Adopted at age 7

SUPER organized like his mom

Really good at public speaking

Wants to go into politics to make a difference

Serious crush on Louie

Dog holder

Alix:

River:

They/Them

Age 13

Adopted at 1 year old

Daredevil like their mama

Snarky lil shit

SUPER smart

Rabbit holder

***BONUS MY OC COUPLES!!!!:***

Breckvie:

Destiny:

She/Her

Age 17

Proper lady like Evie

Ridiculously kind, compulsively cares for others

Also can put her foot down

Kind of has a crush on Elicia

Pig holder, Rose is mentoring her

Reagan:

She/Her

Age 12

Herbo™️

Crazy good cook, wants to be a chef

Big daddy’s girl

Milo:

He/Him

Age 9

Wants to be a vet like his dad

Happiest kid in the world

Randomly befriends and adopts animals

Jessthony:

Warren:

He/They

Age 15

Adopted at 3

Shy like Jesse, but quietly snarky like Anthony

Fidgets a lot

Wants to be a designer, kind of a protege to Mari

Loves hanging out with his cousins, June and Hector (Fred Haprele and Imelda Ortega got married during Jesse and Mylene’s last year of Lycee💖)

Goat holder, Nath helped mentor them

Leave your thoughts in the comments and reblogs!

#miraculous ladybug #second generation #mlb OC’s #kiddos

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juncojuncojunco · 10 months

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lapvona semi-quick thoughts

I picked this up at a bookstore 2 weeks ago having barely scanned the summary and reading the first page and a half, drawn in by the pure savagery of the revenge a village reaped on a bandit. thankfully i did not look into any reviews of the book beforehand because i just did now after finishing the book today and ?? i guess people are mad?

tw: sexual violence, general violence, incest, abuse, pretty much all of the stuff

it's pretty uninteresting to call this book gross, and any complaint against it being gross is just...? But one of the repeating charges I've watched/read about this book is that its violence and disgust leads to nothing, is pointless, and generally doesn't seem to send any message. Which is somewhat more of a worthwhile point, but why is it that we demand a message at all? I guess the TLDR of this is that I was fairly entertained by this book, and the tone and style of the writing was so emotionally detached that I never felt the pressure to sympathize with a character, to blink an eye with disaster hit or a major character dies, or be surprised by the book's ending. does this make it a bad book? it depends on what you're reading for. This wasn't the best book I've read by a long shot, but it was a bold, compelling one.

Not interested in talking about religion or feminism or socialism--those themes in the book are extremely on the nose and simplistic, and I think serve more matter-of-factly than to say anything (which is the exact complaint that people have that's fair) illuminating. I haven't dug into any author's notes or interviews but i have heard that Ottessa Moshfegh considers this an apolitical novel, which both makes no sense and a lot of sense at the same time, and might propel me to read more of her commentary on the work. I usually don't like hearing author's notes on their work but this does leave me scratching my head.

What grabbed me the most through this book was the disintegration of the human-animal divide. Ina as a character most obviously embodies this, as someone abandoned by her own kind and survived while blind with the help of birds; her fluency in birdsong, the way she's described as emitting a chirping sound when she sleeps. In the famine she has cannibalized both humans and birds in an attempt to save herself, and at the last leg of the book she manages to regain sight by replacing her own eyeballs with that of a horse's, rendering her part-animal in the flesh.

Marek and Jude both read as the ram described in the beginning--a wretched creature isolated in a pen on its own, unloved and uncared for, who nevertheless does not escape their dreadful life despite the shabby fence that prevents its freedom. Jude also naturally leads to Judas, and then for me to the Judas goat--an animal trained to lead its herd into slaughterhouses. Considering the way Jude and the book at large calls lambs "babes" even more often that it does for human babies, the lambs can be seen as children, or Jude as a sheep, sending his flock off to be eaten every season in tears. And while Lapvona starves and begins to cannibalize each other in the village, up on the hill, Marek cannibalizes his pseudo-siblings by consuming mutton for the first time.

Agata is the character most treated like livestock--chased, bound, and assaulted, mute and named by her captor; I don't even like saying or thinking about her name, knowing that this was a name forced upon her after Jude's mother. In the beginning she was quietly dead, then quietly wedded to Villiam, then quietly dies--there's no struggle there, and she is, along with Lispeth and maybe Dibra, the only characters to empathize with.

Lapvona's villagers all being vegetarians in the onset also mirrors nicely with Jacob being the only named hunter. I don't have much to add with this train of thought except that it's cool!

Anyway. Maybe this is just a personal brain worm. But I think the book cover being a bound lamb really emphasizes the role of the animal in this book to at least rival all of its political, social and class undertones. Taken in that light, this was an interesting read that honestly is not as grotesque as some reviewers say it is, and the grotesque does not need a reason to exist let's just be gross!! 8/10 for this one it was fun. The writing was snappy and kept me turning the pages, the characters' psyches so foreign it felt like I was a tourist in their world, the intertwining and payoff of every character (this was a dense, useful cast) was rewarding, and the ending cruel enough that it feels like its own brand of satisfaction. throw that baby down the mountain!

#books #so did ina eat dibra or NOT and what did ina do to Agata? that's the only thing i'm still restless to know #i think the important takeaway for me is that as with all art it's about your individual visceral reaction to it. what the author intended #or did not intend is not to me of highest priority #you know when you go to an art museum and love a piece and then you read the wall label of their concept and you're like oh :/#if you treated this book like an abstract sculpture or like a performance piece #you will enjoy it more than if you were reading it like an essay looking for a thesis or conclusion

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cordeliaflyte · 7 months

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new year's eve by ros serey sothea

niepewność by marek grechuta

northern star by dom fera

naomi by neutral milk hotel

no children by the mountain goats

#answered

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mitchbeck · 2 years

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CANTLON: HARTFORD WOLF PACK OFF SEASON NOTES

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - Activity is picking up for every professional hockey franchise around the globe, including the Hartford Wolf Pack, preparing for the upcoming 2022-23 season. HARTFORD YARD GOATS WHALERS TRIBUTE The Yard Goats hope to add more names for their annual Hartford Whalers appreciation day next year. Dave Keon sent a thoughtful, heartfelt video message from his home in Florida to his former teammates and fans. Ron Francis and Ulf Samuelsson couldn’t attend this season because Francis’s daughter is getting married. Nick Fotiu, who has a heavy Connecticut connection, could not attend because his grandson graduated from the NYC police academy. Fotiu played for the New England and Hartford Whalers and the New York Rangers in his playing days. He also played three separate times, coaching in New Haven, and was an assistant for the Wolf Pack. He hopes to attend next year. The Staten Island-born Fotiu lives in Cape Cod. Mark Howe, who retired as the Head of Scouting, may join his brother, Marty, a resident, who has attended every year. Sean Burke was set to attend; however, now he's in a scouting role after leaving the Montreal Canadiens for the Las Vegas Golden Knights, where he joins his old Whaler teammate, Jim McKenzie. THE AHL SCHEDULE RELEASED The AHL teams have agreed to a unified 72-game AHL season. That schedule was unveiled last week. Highlighting some key dates in the schedule, it starts with Hartford opening the '22-'23 campaign on the road with a two-game set against the Charlotte Checkers on October 14 and 15. The teams' home opener comes a week later when the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins come to the XL Center. Hartford takes on Bridgeport the day after Thanksgiving and will play host to the Springfield Thunderbirds on New Year’s Eve at 5:30. The schedule features three Central Division teams that Pack fans have not seen in Hart City in quite some time. They are the Grand Rapids Griffins, the Rockford IceHogs, and the Milwaukee Admirals. The Pack plays Rockford on December 2nd for the first time. Milwaukee arrives on December 9th and makes its first appearance since February 14th, 2003. They now play in the new Panther Arena, as the Bradley Center is gone. Grand Rapids travels in the next night. They haven’t seen the XL Center since January 2nd, 2009. The Laval Rocket and Belleville Senators have been dropped from their schedule. GETTINGER RESIGNED Tim Gettinger received a new one-year, two-way deal from the Rangers, paying him $750K in the NHL and $125K in the AHL. Kasperi Kapanen, the son of former Whaler Sami Kapanen, signs a two-year extension with the Pittsburgh Penguins for $3.2M per season. The Wolf Pack's spare goalie for the past two years, François Brassard, heads to the Providence Bruins, signing a two-way (AHL-ECHL) deal. Instead, he will likely end up playing in Maine for the Mariners. Connor Bleackley joins Brassard in Maine. He was a Pack Player for the last game before the pandemic hit three years ago. LOTS OF MOVING AROUND Former New Haven Nighthawk Sylvain Couturier is hired as the new GM by the Cape Breton Eagles (QMJHL). He leaves the Acadie-Bathurst Titan from the other side of the province. A former New Haven Senator has left Cape Breton as head coach for the University of Waterloo (OUAA) next season. Former UCONN player Ben Freeman signs with the Greenville (NC) Swamp Rabbits. Defenseman Zack Malik split last season in the Czech Republic (Czechia) Division-2. His father, Marek Malik, is a former Whaler, Springfield Indian, Ranger, and Beast New Haven defenseman. Marek was an assistant coach with HC Frydek-Mistek and HK Dukla Jihlava and heads to FPS (Finland Mestis Divison-2). COLLEGE TRANSFERS Nick Bochen of Quinnipiac University (ECACHL) transfers to Bentley University (AHA), making 89 known transfers and 95 grad transfers for 184 thus far. Over 100 players remain in the transfer portal. 51 AHL’ers have signed overseas. Russia, with eleven, leads the way. Sweden has eight. Germany has seven signees, while Switzerland and Finland each have six. 25 of 31 teams have lost at least one player. Ex-Pack, John Gilmour leaves CSKA Moscow (Russia-KHL) for Dynamo Minsk (Belarus-KHL). The WJC camp resumes the postponed December tournament next month in Edmonton. It features Ranger draftees Will Cullye and Brennan Othmann plus Chase Stillman, the grandson of former Nighthawk and Springfield Indian Bud Stefanski. One of the camp coaches is ex-Springfield Indian Brad Lauer from last year’s WHL champion, the Edmonton Oil Kings. He was recently hired as an assistant coach by the Winnipeg Jets. Ex-Pack/Bridgeport Sound Tiger, Ted Donato, has bowed out of the US WJC team as one of its assistants. Grant Potulny, a former Springfield Falcon and the brother of ex-Pack Ryan Potulny, the head coach of Northern Michigan (CCHA), takes his place. Former Whaler Brad Shaw has left the Vancouver Canuks and has been named the new assistant coach in Philadelphia. He joins John Tortorella's Flyers coaching staff. HARTFORD WOLF PACK HOME Read the full article

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rp-kat · 4 years

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Iugulatus - Call of the Horned God

2010

#Iugulatus #call #horned #god #black metal #Satanism #hatred #Marek Zuterek #Wojtass #Jakub Walens #markiz #Balrog #Andrzej Kosecki #Morbid M.#Maciek Stokowski #Regimental Records #goat

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treadach · 5 years

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#goats #goat #cottagecore #marek #helmut #boy #the one in the back has no name now i think #or is it #czesiu

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oceancamp · 5 years

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Music asks: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30

5:A song that needs to be played LOUD

Soundgarden - Limo Wreck

10:A song that makes you sad

Peter Gabriel - Wallflower

15:A song that is a cover by another artist

The Mountain Goats - Hellhound on my trail

20:A song that has many meanings to you

Peter Gabriel - Blood of Eden, Soundgarden - Birth Ritual and also Burden In My Hand

25:A song by an artist no longer living

Marek Grechuta - Nie dokazuj

30:A song that reminds you of yourself

RHCP - Porcelain

thx for the ask ♥

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kurhanik · 5 years

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Tag meme

Two super old tag memes! Both tagged by @gerugeru, thank youu <3

.... I'm pretty sure most/all of my mutuals have been tagged already, so I'm not taggin!

1. Are you named after anyone? I guess my old/dead name's related to the church my parents organised their wedding and my baptism in, same patron : o hard to say when it comes to my current one, it's also been choosed by my parents but idk really why did they call me like this. I like to think it's after Kazik Staszewski and Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer bdfbbfdb (which is not true)

2. When was the last time you cried? Two days ago, in rather nasty circumstances, but tbh I really, really missed crying, I couldn't do it for 8-9 months in 2018, and that really sucked. So tbh I'm happy to be able to cry from time to time

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot? I stream a lot, which makes me tired.... Yeah. I do

5. What’s the first thing you notice about people?Will it sound odd if I say their political viewsss... Also I tend to be curious about what someone's eating when I meet them for the first time : o outfit's also important, i guess, and hairstyle, as I tend to confuse faces.

6. What’s your eye color?Weird kinda grayish-mix, sometimes it's more blue, other times more greenish

7. Scary movie or happy ending? deppressive ending after a deppressive movie, but if I've got no other choice I'll pick happy ending.

8. Any special talents? Drawing nothing but old men

9. Where were you born? Cracow, Poland

10. What are your hobbies? Birdwatching/caring for birds, history, politics

11. Do you have any pets? a dog, 13 exotic birds (from canaries to quails), about 20 pigeons 12. What sports do you play/have youplayed? None really, but I like football.

13. How tall are you? 152 cm

14. Favorite subject in school? at University: narrative drawing, at regular school: hostory, Polish, history of art

15. Dream job? My current job, art freelancer, or 2D game artist

Here's the next one:

Nickname: Jagal

Zodiac: Aries

Height: 5'

Last movie I saw: Cold War

Last thing I googled: beanie

Favourite musicians: there's obviously too many of them, but if ive got to choose, it would be Marek Grechuta + The Mountain Goats

Song stuck in my head: Kult - Elektryczne nożyce

Other blogs: @biboss @brewka @cykorie @witchersecretsanta

Do I get asks: my secret santa blog sure does :"D

Blogs following: 14 here, 166 on brewka/biboss

Amount of sleep: 7-9 hours

Lucky number: 8, 23, 44

What I’m wearing: black jeans and socks + blue shirt

Dream job: freelancer arist/2D game artist

Dream trip: around Ukraine, Kaunas and other Lithuanian cities again, Budapest

Favourite food: Ukrainian borsht, letcho, kutia

Play any instrument: nope

Languages: Polish, English, a bit of Ukrainian, German and French

Favourite song: 2 many, but I'll pick Dilaudid by The Mountain Goats as an example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dhyw30g__Q

Random fact: I'm returning to university after a gap year now and even tho I don't wanna i found motivation to paint again thanks to everything on this blog

Describe yourself as aesthetic things: Polish March/November, wrinkles, long hair/manes, big noses/beaks, feathers/wings, robes, folklore and flowers

#gadanie #tag meme #tag

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godkylo · 7 years

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alright, another redemption talk, and you might recognize this one. Galen Marek, aka the Goat, aka Starkiller. from the Force Unleashed series. so, gonna try to keep this one short, since his history is a lot more steep than Arcann's. Basically, his dad was killed by Vader when he was a boy, whom then took Starkiller away to train as a secret apprentice (since there can be no more than two Sith at a time) Starkiller was the fuckin' man, and he was able to take on prestigious Jedi Masters and kill them. Dude was even able to down a Star Destroyer before it could reach him, some serious stuff. You would think that means he's ready to contend with Sidious right? him and Vader together are reaally fucking scary after all. wrong. Vader got skittish once he was found out by Sidious' spies and he betrayed Starkiller and sent his body out to space. But, it was all a ploy, and Vader recovered his body so that they may try again. At this point, Galen is thinking Vader was fake as fuck, but he still started rolling with his ass anyway (another mistake). Vader had him forge a proxy alliance between some other familiar faces like Bail Organa, Mon Mothma, and Garm Bel Iblis to forge the Rebel Alliance. however, once again, at the height of this scheme, Starkiller was betrayed and casted out by Vader again, this time with the rebel leaders in custody. wow, Anakin you were a dick man. anyway, so Galen gets pissed, and reconciles with his daddy's force ghost and resumes his parent's legacies as Jedi. he later confronts Vader on the Death Star and beats him. this is where you can decide to confront Sidious for the Light Side ending, or to finish off Vader so that you can get the Dark one. canon dictates that Starkiller confronts Sidious and even goes on to beat him after a pretty dope duel - which gives the rebels some time to escape. unfortunately, the win came with the cost of Starkiller's life. however, both Vader and Sidious acknowledged that the guy was a badass, and the rebels used the Marek family sigil as the symbol for the Rebel Alliance. I myself anticipate that if Kylo Ren was to have a redemption moment, it would be in a situation much like this, wherein he gives his life to beat the final boss (i.e. Snoke i guess).

#kylo ren redemption arc #starkiller #galen marek #star wars #reylo

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gp11 · 6 years

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The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript

Either the deluded ramblings of a Renaissance eccentric or a valid herbal, astronomical and cosmological account of medicines, events, or life within a certain period of time; with the Voynich Manuscript it appears, nobody knows..., that is, nobody can decipher it. It is commonly described as a handwritten codex of unknown origin and content. Experts are still trying to identify the unknown writing and language associated with it; drawing a blank, it appears, save for a few words of Latin and some words that have been identified as "High German" (The earliest stage of the German language c 700-1050 ad). The book consists of folded vellum panels formed into a paged segment called a quire (traditionally 4 sheets of parchment folded to produce 8 leaves = 16 sides, medieval period = 24 sheets folded to produce 48 leaves = 96 sides, bound together to form a complete manuscript. A single sheet, when folded is referred to as a bifolium, in essence - two folios or leaves.) The vellum has been carbon-dated to a time frame in the early 15th century, (1404-1438), leading experts to believe that it may have been written in Northern Italy during the Italian Renaissance. The manuscript gets its name from a man called Wilfrid Voynich, a book dealer who purchased it in 1912. He claimed to have discovered it in a Jesuit seminary outside of Rome. The material used is vellum. The book is partially damaged and incomplete. 240 out of 272 pages were found. It consists of 18 (out of 20) quires.

The body of content comprises of information on : - Herbal - Astronomical - Biological - Cosmological - Pharmaceutical - Recipes The earliest information about the existence of the manuscript comes from a letter that was found inside the cover, supposedly attributed to the hand of Johannes Marcus Marci (Bohemian doctor and physician to the Holy Roman Emperors). The manuscript has been studied by many professional and amateur cryptographers, including American and British codebreakers from both the first and second world wars. No one has yet deciphered the strange text and it still baffles researchers to this day. Some of the pages are missing, with around 240 remaining. From what is understood so far, it is thought that the text is handwritten from left to right and the majority of the pages contain illustrations. Some of the illustrations are various diagrams and some of the quire segments contain fold-out pages. Although various photographs of the pages with their garishly coloured illustrations (which were believed to have been coloured later than the suggested time of composition), would lead one to believe that the manuscript is reasonably large, it is surprising to note that the Voynich manuscript measures 23.5cm x 16.2cm (approx. 91/4" x 61/3" - Just a little over an A5 sheet). The radiocarbon dating was performed at the University of Arizona in 2009. All samples tested gave a reading that placed the date somewhere between 1404 and 1438. Further testing in 2014 on proteins indicated that the parchment was calf skin and a multispectral analysis suggests that the parchment was unwritten on before the actual creation of the manuscript. Investigations and studies found that the goat skin binding and covers are not original. Various indicators suggest that at one stage it may have had a wooden cover and also a tanned leather one at some time in its history, due to signs of discolouring. Modern technological advances have allowed experts to glimpse into the past production values of the manuscript with Polarized Light Microscopy being one of the advances. Using this technology they were able to establish that a quill pen and iron gall ink (A purple-black or brown-black ink made from iron salts and tannic acids from vegetable sources. It was the standard ink used in Europe for the 1400 year period between the 5th and 19th centuries, and is still sold today.) were used for the text and drawing outlines. On study, it was ascertained, that in total the text contains possibly up to 25 different characters in total with the exception of a few choice rarer characters that appear on a couple of occasions. The Illustrations Herbal section 112 folios Astronomy - 21 folios. Biological - 20 folios. Cosmological - 13 folios. Pharmaceutical - 34 folios. Recipes - 22 folios. Five of the folios contain only text alone. Twenty eight folios are missing. All efforts to conclusively identify the plants have all but failed, apart from two, one of which is reminiscent of a Wild Pansy and the other a Maidenhair Fern. Many theories abound as to the possible author of the Voynich Manuscript (with the theory that Voynich may have created it himself on aged vellum.) Many believe that the radiocarbon dating discounts the theory of a more modern fraudulent fabrication. Possessors The supposed known list of people to have had possession of the manuscript, in chronological order are: Rudolf ll - Holy Roman Emperor 1552-1612 Jakub Sinapius (Of Tepenec, Bohemian pharmacist & personal doctor to Rudolf) 1575-1622 George Baresch (Czech antique collector) 1585-1662 Athanasius Kircher (German Jesuit Scholar) 1602-1680 Jan Marek Marci (Bohemian doctor and scientist) 1595-1667 Athanasius Kircher Pieter Jan Beckx (Belgian Jesuit priest) 1795-1887 Wilfrid Voynich (Polish-Lithuanian, antiquarian bookseller) 1856-1930 Ethel Voynich (Irish novelist and wife of Wilfrid Voynich) 1864-1960 Anne Nill (Voynich's bookshop employee and long term companion of Ethel Voynich) 1894-1961 Hans Peter Krauss (Austrian, antiquarian book dealer) 1907-1988 Yale University Hans Peter Krauss purchased the manuscript for $24,500 in 1961. After a few unsuccessful attempts to sell it on for profit (reputedly up to the sum of $160,000), he then donated the manuscript the the Beinecke Library at Yale University. Various claims of success and headway in deciphering the text have been made over the years, but as yet, nothing conclusive has come to the fore. A view through the pages of the mysterious manuscript can be found at this link. https://archive.org/details/TheVoynichManuscript/page/n1 Read the full article

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tumblngdice · 6 years

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Jorginho the beating heart of Chelsea’s mangled midfield

Barney Ronay at the London Stadium, 23 Sep 2018 18.50 BST

With three minutes to go here, Jorginho played a nudged sideways pass across the centre circle. Oddly there was no spontaneous ovation, Jorginho did not punch the air or collapse tearfully to his knees or do a dance from Fortnite.

It was odd because in that moment Jorginho had broken the Premier League record for passes completed in a game, edging out Ilkay Gündogan’s mark of 165, set this year.

A few minutes earlier a lofted sideways pass to Willian meant Jorginho surged past Cesc Fàbregas’s 144-pass Chelsea record, set against West Brom in November 2014. By the end he was on a sensational 180 passes, not just beating the record but obliterating it, a GOAT-level performance of wiffling the ball about in midfield that may, for all we know, never be surpassed.

At least not – it is to be hoped – while this reporter is present.

And all this was in a stadium redolent with records, venue for London 2012’s super Saturday, an arena that will be for ever marked by the names Farah, Rutherford, Ennis – and now Jorginho.

By the time the final whistle had interrupted his inexhaustible store of dinks and flicks and lofts Jorginho’s feat had been marred by the fact that Chelsea failed to score against West Ham, let alone win the game.

Worse, Chelsea had failed to do these things while giving a performance marked by something stuck and lateral, lacking a little urgency in their movement of the ball, with a large portion of the 90 minutes spent passing the ball short distances to no real end.

In many ways this match was a tale of three defensive midfielders.

Maurizio Sarri has always said there will be bumps in the road as he attempts to impose his favoured style. Five victories before this 0-0 draw had been marked by some glimpses of Sarriball, the promised fast transitions and blitz attack. But this was instead Jorginhoball, with the feeling by the end of having spent an entire game watching somebody knitting a jumper, incubating an egg, whittling a stick.

Which is fine when you win. When you don’t it is hard not to question the balance of the Chelsea midfield.

While Jorginho racked up the numbers in the centre circle N’Golo Kanté, defensive midfielder No 2, spent this game performing an awkward impression of a box‑to‑box dasher, at times a full-on right-winger.

Kanté is a World Cup-winning central pivot. His superpower is the interception. He is a one-man Bletchley Park, able to decode an opponent’s intentions three moves ahead of time. But on Sunday Kanté looked out of his comfort zone. He scuttled about and wandered offside.

Towards the end Ross Barkley teed him up for a shot on goal to win the game.

Kanté walloped the ball over the bar with all the finesse of a man playing in a pair of fishing waders.

This is not a surprise. As No 8s go, Kanté is an extremely good No 4.

When Chelsea are asked to break down a cussed defence this is simply a waste of his best qualities. It is a problem Sarri will have to solve at some stage if his passing metronome Jorginho is to play in every game. At Napoli he had Marek Hamsik to play box-to-box, to create and score. Sunday’s midfield three of Jorginho, Kanté and Mateo Kovacic have averaged one league goal each a season for the past three years.

All of which puts more pressure on the attacking half of this team. Eden Hazard has been in thrilling form and he had some fine early moments on the ball here, sniping and jinking and showing that beautiful spring from a standing start.

The balance of defensive duties has always been the issue with Hazard’s role at Chelsea. Sarri seems to have found an answer to that: just don’t give him any.

But Hazard will have days like these now and then. Increasingly, his influence was damped by a fine performance for West Ham from Declan Rice, defensive midfielder No 3, who spent seven years at Chelsea’s academy before being released aged 14.

Watching him here, staying close to Hazard, passing well, remaining calm in possession, one wondered if he was ever tempted to look across at his opponents and wonder what might have been.

Just think, Declan. You could have been on loan in Belgium by now.

Sarri was happy enough at the end with a point. Jorginho can luxuriate in his record, although it is wrong to blame him alone for that midfield stodge. This is an evolving Chelsea team. What seems certain is that Sarri will want more urgency in the passing from central areas – and that his use of Kanté looked, on this occasion, like a waste of energy in every sense.

Barney Ronay at the London Stadium

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In God’s Country: The Best of The Week

U2. Photo: Anton Corbijn

This week the legendary band U2 will be here as well as Mike Watt, The Mountain Goats, and Erykah Badu while local acts keep us entertained in between. Houston, here’s how to plan the following week.

On Wednesday you could get started over at NRG Stadium when Ireland’s U2 will swing by to perform their classic album The Joshua Tree in its entirety. While the band was just starting to pop thirty years ago, I don’t think anyone saw the global scale in which these guys would blow up on. Of course, in just a matter of years, they’d be one of the biggest acts on earth, where they still hold that reign today. Possibly one of the best live acts going, if you’re a fan and you want to steer from their latest records live, then this is your show. The Lumineers will be on as direct support and openers for the all ages show with doors at 6:30 pm and tickets between $102 and $157.

Downstairs at White Oak Music Hall, The Orbiting Human Circus Featuring The Music Tapes will be in town. The show, an immersive podcast that features magic, live music, and more will be making its stop, and should be pretty magical. Featuring the music of The Music Tapes, the group is part of the Elephant 6 collective, which features acts like Neutral Milk Hotel, Apples in Stereo, and the Olivia Tremor Control. No matter what happens at this show, it should be memorable. The all ages evening has doors at 7 pm and tickets between $15 and $17.

Mark Normand. Photo: Avalon Management

Over at The Secret Group, you could get your laugh on when Mark Normand swings by to perform. Normand has been making audiences all over laugh out loud for a good while, he’s toured the globe, and with sets on places like Showtime, Comedy Central, and NBC’s Last Comic Standing, he’s definitely on the rise. His latest release, this year’s Don’t Be Yourself is pretty hilarious as well. There’s no word on feature act or host, but that may change on the all ages show with doors at 7 pm and tickets between $12 and $15.

At Walter’s you could get freaky when Chicago’s Crown Larks stop by to play. This band is a mix of post punk and experimental sounds, reminding me of what would happen if David Yow sang for Of Montreal, or maybe a lot like the band Cave. Their latest, this year’s Population is impressive to say the least, and they’re rumored to be one of the best acts touring today. New Houston band Laktating Yak, featuring Charlie Bryan of Dead Time, will be on as direct support, while the always engaging and intriguing sounds of Houston’s most interesting band, Ak’chamel will open things up. The all ages show has doors at 8 pm and tickets for $10.

On Thursday, many of you had planned make it out to Revention Center for the alt rock goodness of Soundgarden. However, with last week’s sudden and tragic passing of frontman Chris Cornell, the show and tour has since been cancelled. Refunds will be made available at the point of purchase.

Hiram. Photo: Nancy Hernandez

Walter’s will host a pretty tight show when the Urban Circus 5th Anniversary Party occurs. Featuring a headlining set from Houston rapper Tim Woods, the show promises everything from live graffiti to photography and so much music. Sets from DASHR, Hiram, TheGr8Thinkaz, Rajesh and many many more will all be set to perform. The all ages event gets going with doors at 7 pm and has tickets between $5 and $15.

Over in the greenroom at Warehouse Live, Houston’s HogLeg will bring their throwback old school rock to all in attendance. Featuring members of Dixie Waste, Born Again Virgins, and Poor Dumb Bastards, this four piece is an energetic band you need to see sooner than later. The all ages show has doors at 7 pm and it’s 100% FREE.

Meat Puppets. Photo: Mary Boukouvalas

Upstairs at White Oak Music Hall, the legendary sounds of the Meat Puppets will be here to perform. Chris and Kurt have been making great songs together for a really long time, and if you remove their more alt sound from the nineties on albums like Too High To Die, you’re left with some pretty songs and some more punkish tunes. They’ll be here in support of their last release Lollipop, while dropping some career spanning favorites. The king of DIY and “jamming econo,” Mike Watt will be on as direct support, and should bring some of your favorite Watt jams to life. The Tom + Jerry show will be on as openers for the all ages show with doors at 7 pm and tickets between $18 and $22.

Over at Continental Club, the country rock twang of Houston’s Grand Old Grizzly will bring plenty of good times to all who attend. While the band is set to release something new sooner than later, their last release Cosmonada is a record you should check out, as the honk honks and the tonk tonks all over it. The 21 & up show gets going around 10 pm and it’s 100% Free.

Friday you might want to make the drive out to Joke Joint Comedy Showcase for a weekend with the best joke writer in Houston, John Wessling of The Whiskey Brothers. Wessling doesn’t perform in town much anymore but that just means he has all sorts of new ways to make you laugh until it hurts. There are four shows, two on Friday and two on Saturday with doors at 7 and 9:30 with tickets between $14 and $19 for the 18 & up shows.

At Mucky Duck you could get your singer songwriter fix when Jeremy O’Bannon headlines a set. O’Bannon makes tunes that are hard to shake, his sets are peppered with tales and tone, and his latest release Letter Home from last year is one you need to hear in person. The rootsy acoustic sounds of Graham Wilkinson will be on as opener for the 21 & up show with doors at 7 pm and tickets between $20 and $22.

Tifa Tittlywinks of Dem Damn Dames. Photo: Penland Pin Ups

Numbers will host another sexy show from the ladies of Dem Damn Dames, this time called Cirque du So Weird. While the Houston burlesque troupe is a talented and alluring bunch, this show will feature a set from burlesque legend, Judith Stein from Canada. Of course, the Dames themselves will all be on hand alongside performances from Dallas’ Olive Avira, Lucy Furr of Louisiana, Lita Deadly of San Antonio, and so many more including Ms Yet of Houston. Opening things up will be Skabz the Clown and Nick The Vegan for the 18 & up show with doors at 7 pm and tickets between $15 and $30, the latter being a seated VIP option.

Of course you can get all of your R&B feels when Trey Songz brings his infectious jams to all when he headlines the ballroom at Warehouse Live. While he’s been going strong since 2005, his latest release Tremaine The Album is possibly his strongest to date complete with pop laden tunes you can’t help but like. Virginia’s Mike Angel will be on as direct support and opener for the all ages show with doors at 7 pm and tickets for $55.

If you’ve never caught the rooftop show at The Secret Group called Bad Idea, then this is the one you need to catch. Hosted by Zahid Dewji, the show makes the most of the very small patio of the venue and offers FREE pizza and a ton of funny comics. This edition will be taped, it has a secret lineup, and rumor has it that there’s a big time name set to perform on it. The show is all ages, the doors are at 7:45 pm, and it’s 100% FREE.

Londale. Photo: Daniel Jackson

Upstairs at White Oak Music Hall you could make it out for the melodic indie rock of Houston’s Vodi. There’s something hard to deny about a band that sounds like The War on Drugs, and their latest single “Talk” is just as hard to deny as their crazed performances. New Houston band, Londale will be on as direct support as well as to drop their debut album full of good time rock jams. Adam Bricks will bring his folk troubadour sounds on as opener for the all ages show with doors at 8 pm and a $10 cover.

Rudyard’s will take care of your doom needs when the stoner doom of Houston’s Dirty Seeds swing by to play their swampy metal. Alongside a pretty epic live show, their last release King Kush remains one of my favorite doom albums. Louisiana’s Forming The Void will be on as direct support with the slowcore doom of Houston’s Pyreship on as openers. The 21 & up show has doors at 9 pm and a measly $8 cover.

Flosstradamus. Photo: Paradigm Agency

Stereo Live will host the return of trap DJ Flosstradamus. I don’t need to oversell this show right, as this Chicago native never disappoints in a live setting. His latest drop, HDYNATION RADIO from 2015 still sounds legit, and his live sets are always amazing. The 18 & up show has doors at 9 pm and tickets between $24 and $33.

On Saturday you can get going at Raven Tower for the Shop Local pop up event. Featuring a ton of local vendors, a DJ set from Gracie Chavez, and plenty of food truck eats, the event should be worth showing up for and supporting local vendors. The all ages event is free to attend, it gets going around 4 pm, and there’s more information here.

Warehouse Live will host the return of another edition of Kiki Maroon’s Burly Q Lounge. The vaudeville based show that features side show talent, comedy, music, and burlesque will inhabit the insides of the studio and delight all who attend. The 18 & up show has doors at 7 pm and tickets for $25.

Ancient Cat Society. Photo: Lauren Marek

The Heights Theater will have a barn burner when Houston’s Ancient Cat Society headlines their album release party. These three by themselves are resected artists from bands like Buxton, Guess Genes, Dollie Barnes, and Vodi, but together they make charming tunes that would make any hardened music fan melt. Their sophomore release, Ancient Cat Society is one of the prettiest albums you can hear, and they’ll perform it in its entirety at this show. Say Girl Say and some special guests are on as support and openers for the all ages show with doors at 7 pm and tickets between $20 and $160, the latter being a seated table for four people.

Arena Theatre will bring back the legendary sounds of R&B soulstress, Erykah Badu. Badu was born in Dallas but her sound has always been outer worldly, and while her latest is just a mixtape, But You Caint Use My Phone is still pretty epic. The all ages show mentions nothing about direct support or openers, but that may change. Doors are at 7:30 pm and tickets are between $69.50 and $99.50.

The Mountain Goats. Photo: Billions Agency

Downstairs at White Oak Music Hall, the folky good times jams of The Mountain Goats will be on full display. These guys have been making fun and grand songs for a good while, their live shows are always fun, and their new album Goths changes things up without steering from their core sound. The lo-fi experimental tunes of Brooklyn’s Holy Sons will be on as direct support and openers for the all ages show with doors at 8 pm and tickets fo $23.50.

Satellite Bar will have the psych rock of Austin’s The Cuckoos. These guys make tunes that sound like Jim Morrison sang fro Brian Jonestown Massacre. Their latest, The Cuckoos from this year is definitely a trip. The guitar heavy sounds of Howard & the Nosebleeds will be on as direct support while the bluesy jams of Vanilla Whale will go on prior. The 18 & up show will get opened up by the psych blues of Austin’s The Mammoths with doors at 8 pm and cover between $5 and $7.

Continental Club will have the return of Austin’s Buenos Diaz. Okay, so he’s actually from Houston, but that shouldn’t matter as his tunes are pretty guitar heavy and full of life. His latest, Buenos Diaz is an album you can’t shake after one listen. Chris Berardo & The Desberardos will open the 21 & up show with doors at 10 pm and a $12 cover.

LIMB. Photo: Ismael Quintanilla

Sunday you can get groovy at White Oak Music Hall for the 4th annual Madness on Main festival. The day through night event will feature a headlining set from Austin’s Black Pistol Fire alongside performances from Lyric Michelle. Sailor Poon, Columbia’s Kiko Villamizar, LIMB, Perseph One, Flower Graves, Flyger Woods, and so many many more. The event will take place upstairs, downstairs and even at Raven Tower. The full lineup is available here for the all ages event with doors at 4 pm and tickets between $20 and $27.

Over at Rudyard’s you can catch the bluesy doom of Seattle’s Samothrace. Mixing blues rock overtones with a sludge heavy sound, these guys have been going pretty strong since 2008 and their latest Reverence To Stone is pretty intense. Seattle’s He Whose Ox Is Gored will be on as direct support while the heavy and loud doom of Houston’s Omotai will open the 21 & up show with doors at 8 pm and a $12 cover.

On Monday there are times when comics say they’re leaving town and then they have a ceremonious leaving show, only to usually come back to town less than a year later. That probably won’t be the case for Tim Mathis, who’s having a going away show at Joke Joint Comedy Showcase. Mathis hasn’t made as many friends in comedy here as enemies, but he also has TV credits and he knows what crowds he does best in front of, which is more than what some comics leave town with. Hosting the show, Mathis will present the likes of Theo Taylor, Andy Huggins, Bryson Brown, Alan Adams, and the headliner Keisha Hunt. The 18 & up show has doors at 6 pm and tickets are a measly $10.

Tigers Jaw. Photo: Ground Control Touring

The emo meets pop punk of Pennsylvania’s Tigers Jaw will be downstairs at White Oak Music Hall. After a basic break apart three years ago, two founding members have returned from the near dead with an album that’s more indie rock than their previous releases, on this year’s spin. The band always has a pretty fun live show, so the new songs should hit well in a live setting. The folk rock of Ohio’s Saintseneca will be on hand as direct support while the indie pop of Missouri’s Smidley will open things up. The all ages show has doors at 7 pm and tickets between $16 and $20.

That’s about all that’s happening around town. No matter what you decide to do, remember that a safe ride home is just an app away.

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