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2018 Custom Shop 1957 LP Junior TV Model Reissue with 1970 Marshall Lead 20

2002 Historic 1967 Flying V Reissue

1965 Duo Sonic with 1968 Traynor TR1 Reverb, 1969 Traynor YGM1 GuitarMate Reverb, and 1966 Traynor YGA1B Signature amp.

1961 Les Paul SG Junior

1939 Silvertone Suitcase PA System

Amp and speaker in 1 cab, plus a matching extension cab. 2 6L6 globes for 25 watts, 2 10″ speakers. Great cleans and big OD. No pedals in demos as always. Available for Detroit Studio Rental and players are welcome to come play any of my 141 1932-1968 vintage tube amps. An experience you can’t get anywhere else. By appointment, see contact info.  Clean demo followed by crunchy. Erik Gustafson - Demos

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Steddie Drabble, sequel to this post.

TW: child abuse.

Steve doesn’t have much. Eddie had made them a list of things to grab before they’d headed over to the Harrington house, a list of clothes, toiletries, basics and such, with “shampoo” underlined and “bowling pin” circled. They’d borrowed an extra duffel from Marianne across the way, since they didn’t know if trash bags would be enough, and thank god they had, kid sure had a polo collection. But moving it all out of that place - nice car parked yet nobody home, they found, blood still on the carpet - and seeing it stacked up next to Eddie’s exploding menagerie were two different things. And it just seemed to Wayne, well, when Steve was up for it, maybe they’d go to the thrifty mart together.

Steve is quiet, on account of the pain he felt moving his face and the shyness he had shrunken into, having been quickly and sharply beaten and disowned and then thrust into a new life, a new space. Wayne knew it was different, going from a frequent guest who got to put on the charm to a hurting ball of need. To feel like a burden. He saw the same thing happen to Eddie, when he was a child; he changed from an energetic ragamuffin who’d visit Wayne once every couple months to a sad, angry teen who he had to figure out how to live with. But it had worked out. And seeing how gently Eddie cleans Steve’s bruised face, how he changes his whole schedule to take care of Steve, how he cuts fruit for Steve, hearing Eddie whisper Steve to sleep, he thinks it will work out again.

Wayne learns a lot about Steve over the next couple of weeks. He learns how good a cook Steve is, how good he is at making scrambled eggs, tuna melts. How his hair is a source of pride but also seems to show off how he’s doing, like it’s connected to his mood. Some days it’s sky-high and some days it’s flat until Eddie starts whistling up the walk. Wayne loves watching Steve’s hair puff up, his smile grow, and Eddie seems to do the trick. Wayne learns just about every shirt he has is striped, that he can’t hear that well on his left side, that he likes his toast burnt to a crisp.

One morning, a couple weeks after Steve becomes his second duckling, they’re both up early in the kitchen waiting for Eddie to rise. Steve is making bacon and pork sausage, shuffling the meat around and shuffling himself around, like he’s scared to say something. Finally Wayne says “what is it, son?” And Steve starts to cry, one slow beautiful tear down each cheek. He’s been looking better, lately, seeming brighter, but he’s still been holding his breath. It’s time to exhale.

“Thank you. For saving me,” Steve moves the pan to the back burner, meat cooked, looking away. Wayne turns the stove off, and folds Steve into his arms, chuckling. Steve smells like Eddie. Steve smells like Wayne’s tobacco.

“Ain’t no thing about it, boy,” Wayne whispers to Steve, trembling and clutching the spatula. “You’re safe. You’re family.” And he pulls away before he goes softer himself, coughs, turns the stove back on for Steve’s eggs. A small little smile creeps up on Steve’s lips, still shy but an agreement nonetheless. He’s home, making breakfast for those that love him. And later, they’ll go thrifting, get Steve a thicker winter coat, more kitchen tools, some striped pajamas.

The Giff are 8 ft (2.4 m) tall hippofolk with surprising dexterity and grace. And of course are good at knocking people over, as if you needed me to say that. While they do love a good tussle, they're surprisingly calm overall. They always keep thier word, they love travelling and explosions, and while thier outfits tend to invoke the Age of Empires they actually don't like the idea of being an empire. They believe everything has a place and theirs is to follow orders, which is why they work as mercenaries. They don't even care about money. Thier ideal setup is just being given food, thier own room, and clear instructions in line with their interests (explosives, tussling, travelling). I feel like tumblr will at least feel a kinship with that.

Thelma & Louise (1991) dir. Ridley Scott

The Lost Boys' vampiric villain David arriving from Sideshow in late 2024

Sideshow is taking it back to one of the biggest ‘vampire movie’ cult classics of all time, with David from The Lost Boys.

My Avatar Collection so far

G3 really seems to have hit their stride recently, I really liked the Monster Ball dolls and core refresh is looking like a huge improvement over the first core dolls, i'm fully back onboard the MH train which I wasn't expecting to happen. I think Amped Up Frankie is one of the best MH dolls ever? Venus too.

Frankie Stein is Amped Up!

An all Fender FenderFriday:

1998 CustomShop '60 Custom Telecaster 1962 Tremolux 1959 Princeton 1965 Vibrolux 1965 Champ 1961 Concert 1965 VibroChamp 1968 ProReverb 1959 Harvard 1964 Bassman 1964 Champ

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Top 20 Selling Manga for August 2023

These were the top 20 selling manga in August 2023, according to Circana: Jujutsu Kaisen Volume 20 by Gege Akutami One Piece Volume 103 by Eiichiro Oda Jujutsu Kaisen Volume 1 by Gege Akutami Spy x Family Volume 1 by Tatsuya Endo Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Volume 1 by Koyoharu Gotouge Jujutsu Kaisen Volume 0 by Gege Akutami Chainsaw Man Volume 1 by Tatsuki Fujimoto Komi Can’t Communicate…

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On the left, a Water Genie! 17 ft (5.2 m) tall, skin that changes hues with thier mood, and massive egos. Not often you get to see a person with these sorts of fishy traits, it always seems to get limited to scales and gills. Tridrone on the right can do 3 things at once, is vaguely the size of a human, and is biomechanical! Triangles!

Thelma & Louise (1991) dir. Ridley Scott

999: Hiphop Heaven Drop Juice Wrld Inspired Key Chain

Hiphop Heaven collaborated with Studio Boolean to create this amazing “Goodbye & Good Riddance” which has driven off into the sunset waiting for fans to cop! This awesome collectible sees the blue Porsche turned into a hot wheels sized key chain with all the details like the bird flying out the window to the license plate having 999 on it. It is homed in a very dope packaging that is very…

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