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fereinsm · 1 year

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Overhaul/Update version for one of my proudest works, a main cover art(?) for my little project call Robotnik AU.

Characters list:

Upper row/section (above Movie Eggman's hands), from left to right: - Sonic.exe (the utmost terrifying OC/FC from the creepy pasta thingy) - Queen Boom Boo, Merc version (OC/FC made by Dan-Habiki/@Dan_Daymaker) - King Boom Boo - Lah - Su & Uh - Shadow the Hedgehog (Team Dark) - Rouge the Bat (Team Dark) - E-123 Omega (Team Dark) - Dr. Eggman Nega - Doctor Albert W. Wily (Megaman, Archie comics) - Honey the Cat - Breezie the Hedgehog - Bocoe & Decoe + Bokkun - Dark Oak/Lucas - Dark Queen/Merlina - Erazor Dijinn - Coconuts - Scratch & Grounders - General Helmut Von Stryker - Anton Veruca (Shogakukan magazines) - Junior Robotnik - Captain Whiskers & Johnny - Opal the Jellyfish (Pirates of the Setting Dawn) - Dive the Lemming (Pirates of the Setting Dawn) - Blade the Shark (Pirates of the Setting Dawn) - Captain Shellbreaker (Pirates of the Setting Dawn) - Mr. Bristles the Yeti Crab (Pirates of the Setting Dawn) - Mephiles the Dark - Silver Sonic - Dark Enerjak (Knuckle) - Nazo (appeared in Sonic X's last teaser) - Eggette/Omelette Robotnik (famed OC/FC originally designed by Alpha Gamboa (blackbookalpha)) - Infinite the Jackal - Solaris - Black Doom - Eclipse the Darkling - Black Death - Dark Gaia (Perfect form) - Metal Sonic - Iron Queen aka Regina Ferrum - Time Eater - Mammoth Mogul - Iron King aka Jun Kun - Imperator Ix - Wendy Naugus - Bearenger the Grizzly (Witchcarters) - Carrotia the Rabbit (Witchcarters) - Falke Wulf (Witchcarters) - Walter Naugus - Fleetway's Super Sonic - Shade the Echidna - Boomer Walrus aka Anti Rotor - Patch D'Coolette aka Anti Antoine - Princess Alicia Acorn aka Anti Sally

Middle section (below Eggman's hands), from left to right: - Speedy (both Pre and Post-Super Genesis Wave versions) - Sage - T.W. Barker - Dave the Intern - Sleet & Dingo - A.D.A.M. - E.V.E. - Lyric the Last Ancient - Zor - Zash (OC/FC made by @saccharinerose) - Zeena - Zazz - Zomom - Zavok - Master Zik - Agent Stone (Sonic movies 2020/2022) - Orbot & Cubot - Wes Weasely - Snively Robotnik - Dr. Robotnik (Sonic movies 2020/2022) - Thunderbolt the Chinchilla - Predator Hawk (Destructix) - Anti-Miles - Scourge the Hedgehog - Storm the Albatross - Wave the Swallow - Jet the Hawk - Rosy the Rascal - Sleuth "Doggy" Dawg (Destructix) - Sergeant Simian (Destructix) - Fiona Fox (Destructix) - Duck "Bill" Platypus - Bark the Polar Bear - Bean the Dynamite - Drago Wolf (Destructix) - Nicolette 'Nic' the Weasel - Razorclaw - The Foreman (Grandmaster) - Hugo Brass - Diesel - Flying Frog (Destructix) - Geoffrey St. John - Hershey the Cat - Nack the Weasel/Fang the Sniper (Team Hooligan) - Fleetway's Chaos (Darkon fish form)

Lower section, from left to right: - Dr. Finitevus - Grimer Wormtongue - Dr. Fukurokov - Dimitri the Echidna - Maw the Thylacine - Mecha Sally - Mecha Sonic - Mecha knuckle - Jackal Squad, named by Nibroc-Rock as Uno, Deux, Trois, Quatre, Cinq & Sei (Shadowy figures) - Kayseri Valaedshkova (OC/FC made by dirtthefox/@Its_Dima_V) - Strike (OC/FC made by @speedofsoundsketches) - Surge the Tenrec - Kit the Fennec - Sofia the Gorgon (OC/FC made by Sofia-MMD/@GorgonSofia) - Clutch the Opossum - Kaibette the Genet (OC/FC made by @kaibette) - Rough & Tumble the Skunk - Battle Lord Kukku XV - ***Mecha Robotnik - Akhlut the Orca (both Pre and Post-Super Genesis Wave versions) - Tundra the Walrus - Mordred Hood (drawn with @adokle's style) - The Foreman/Tassel boy (Post-Super Genesis Wave) - Mimic (the Mimic Octopus) - Byte the Goat (OC/FC made by @bunniibones) - Lightning Lynx - Iblis - Phage - Conquering Storm (Post-Super Genesis Wave) - Bride of the Conquering Storm (Pre-Super Genesis Wave) - Dr. Starline - Biolizard - Sigma (Megaman, Archie comics) - Axel the Water Buffalo - Abyss the Squid - Cyani the Cobra (OC/FC made by @bunniibones) - Cipher the Owl (OC/FC made by @bunniibones) - Bleak (OC/FC made by HT-Doodles/@HtDoodles) - Clove the Pronghorn (my top fav among all the characters here) - Cassia the Pronghorn - Lien-da - Chaos - Tikal the Echidna - Pachacamac - Gae-Na - Kragok - Thrash the Devil - Warden Zobotnik & Znively (Zone Cop) - Belinda & Charlie - Nephthys the Vulture - ??? (Behind Nephthys) - Trevor Burrow the Mole (Desert Raiders) - Sonar the Fennec (Desert Raiders) - Spike the Porcupine (Desert Raiders) - Razor the Shark - Queen Angelica - Rusty Rose - Robo Tails (Brain-washed, based on Sonic Lost World's designs) - Beauregard Rabbot - Jack Rabbit - Matilda the Armadillo - Zefir (my main OC/FC) - Gamer Deer (aka 'Aleko' the Northamer Guard or the 'Gamerdeerdude' by @adokle) - Zonic (Zone Cop) - Chesah the Tarsier aka No.29 (my OC/FC) - Sandy the Caterkiller (OC/FC made by @the-hydroxian-artblog)

For the Alt version: FeReinsm on Instagram: “Overhaul/update versions for one of my proudest works, a main cover art(?) for my lil’ project - Robotnik AU. For the 2nd and 4th pics…”

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Names & faces for my most frequently used ocs so people have some kind of reference when I reblog ask games. The ones I use less often can be found [here]

Due to an anon who blew it for everybody I am currently only drawing male & man-adjacent characters, but I will still answer ask game questions for the ladies

Sunny (he/him, 25), Laurie (she/her, 28), Gray (he/him, 30), Carrie (any, 27), Wendy (she/her, 32), & Dave (he/him, 26)

Dan (she/they, 20s) & Jesse (he/him, 20s), Shel (any, 42) & Leon (he/him, 46), Yankers (he/him, 30s) & Laundre (she/her, 30s)

Irene (she/her, 30s) & Kathleen (she/her, 30s), their not-yet-drawn friend Michael (he/him, early 20s), Keonda (she/her, late 20s)

Angela (she/her, late 20s), Giuliana (she/her, 29), & Dane (he/they, late 20s)

Connie (she/her, 40s) & Val (he/him, 500+), Mona (she/her, early 20s)

Lemon (any) & Tim (he/him), Penne (she/her, 30s) & Diana (she/her, 30s)

Morty (he/him, 20s), Conrad (he/him, 500+), Jan (any, 20s)

Marsha (she/her, 39), Marty (she/they, 33), Teddy (he/him, 20s)

not yet drawn: Marsha's partners Max (he/him, 44) and Alfie (he/him, 46)

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justinspoliticalcorner · 30 days

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Don Moynihan at Can We Still Govern?:

A group of students assembled on the University of Texas at Austin campus to call for an end to the war in Gaza. They did not engage in violence. They did not disrupt classes or occupy administrative buildings. They set up tents on a lawn. They were met with a militarized response, ordered by Governor Abbott, and supported by University administrators. Students and journalists were arrested. Greg Abbott is one of many on the right that has bemoaned the death of free speech on campus. He signed a law to protect such speech in 2019. And then he calls for peaceful protestors to be arrested. So how can Abbott justify such a reversal to his call for free speech? The protestors are anti-semitic, he says. Really? How does Abbott and the police wading through the crowd know the students are anti-semitic? Because, as Dave Weigel points out, Abbott has broadened the definition of anti-semitism to incorporate support for a Palestinian state. Any protest for this cause is, therefore, anti-semitic, and therefore worth contravening his commitment to free speech, which, lets face it, was never meant to be especially binding.1

The absurdities that follow are almost funny. The University of Austin, the pretend university launched by IDW types like Bari Weiss, is preparing its “Forbidden Courses” for the summer. It stands silently by as the actual University of Texas at Austin is censored, safe in the knowledge that they are regime-approved. You don’t have to be blind to the real cases of anti-semitism in America to be troubled by accusations of anti-semitism to shut down the most visible protests to a military response that has become increasingly unpopular.

[...] There are the protests, and what the people off campus want to turn the protests into: sites of disorder and violence, a basis by which to discredit and control campuses, a reason to fear leftists radicals, and a campaign issue in the presidential election. For them, the George Floyd protests of 2020 were events of failure, of an insufficient will to crack down on dissent. (Though police did indeed crack down). They want the police to intervene aggressively, and with a sense of righteousness that comes from claiming to be on the right side of history. It does not matter if students are not engaged in meaningful violence or property damage. It does not matter if the worst forms of anti-semitism are occurring off campus, by non-students.

[...] These critiques serve two purposes. First, they erase the subject of the protest. The fundamental question of whether the protestors have a point is elided. Next time you read an opinion piece about protests on campus, ask yourself, did the author engage in the basic question of whether the war should continue, and whether the US government should continue to provide arms for it. It says something truly profound about the blinkered view of the American pundit class that they only way they can understand a real war is through their own worn culture war framings. They squint just enough to be outraged by the fact that students are protesting but refuse to engage in a discussion of what the students are protesting about.

Second, they serve to delegitimize the university itself. I’ve written about the tactics of delegitimzaiton, deconstruction and control before in the context of the administrative state, but it applies just as well to universities. As the work of political scientist Dan Carpenter points out, public organizations win autonomy based on building positive reputations; they lose that autonomy when they become viewed as incompetent or immoral. Creating reputational damage is a necessary precondition to justify removing autonomy from institutions. The narrative of a woke or disorderly campus justifies removing faculty or student input on who leads the institution, of legislators or donors establishing the contents of the curriculum. Those pushing that narrative will use any campus event to further it. Far too many people who should know better have gone along with it. This is one of the ways that what is happening on campuses now links to the campus speech wars, the censorship of speech related to race and gender, and removal of DEI offices, and the erosion of faculty and student governance. Universities, as a community, are permitted less and less to manage themselves based on their values. They will not be trusted to find the right balance. Ask yourself, is society better off with Elise Stefanik’s vision of higher education?

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and the people who are habitually up in arms about campus free speech and antisemitism are themselves eroding campus free speech and enabling antisemitism by their actions supporting the removal of pro-Palestinian protesters from college campuses.

#Israel/Hamas War Protests #Israel/Hamas War #Ceasefire NOW Protests #Texas #University of Texas #Israel Apartheid #Greg Abbott #Antisemitism #Campus Protests #Austin Texas

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dustedmagazine · 11 months

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Dusted Mid-Year 2023, Part Three (The Lists)

Natural Information Society

Swapping records is fun, but when it comes down to it, we like what we like. What’s that? Glad you asked. Read on for our writers’ mid-year favorites.

Jennifer Kelly

Meg Baird — Furling (Drag City)

Robert Forster — The Candle and the Flame (Tapete)

The Drin — Today My Friend You Drunk the Venom (Feel It)

En Attendant Ana — Principia (Trouble in Mind)

Stella Kola—S-T (Self-Release)

Mudhoney — Plastic Eternity (Sub Pop)

Sleaford Mods — UK Grim (Domino)

The Tubs — Dead Meat (Trouble in Mind)

Nighttime — Keeper Is the Heart (BaDaBing)

Purling Hiss — Drag on Girard (Drag City)

Lonnie Holley — Oh Me Oh My (Jagjaguwar)

The Toads—In the Wilderness (Upset the Rhythm)

Dan Melchior—Welcome to Redacted City (Midnight Cruiser)

James and the Giants—S-T (Kill Rock Stars)

Ben Chasny and Rick Tomlinson—Waves (VOIX)

Bill Meyer

Natural Information Society — Since Time Is Gravity (Eremite)

Elkhorn — On the Whole Universe in All Directions (Centripetal Force)

Meg Baird — Furling (Drag City)

Robert Forster — The Candle and the Flame (Tapete)

The Necks — Travel (Northern Spy)

Milford Graves — Children of the Forest (Black Editions)

Peter Brötzman Heather Leigh — Naked Nudes (Trost)

Yo La Tengo — This Stupid World (Matador)

Magic Tuber Band — Tarantism (Feeding Tube)

Drew Gardner — Flowers in Space (Feeding Tube)

Jozef Van Wissem and Jim Jarmusch — American Landscapes (Incunambulum)

Dave Rempis/Elisabeth Harnik/Tim Daisy — Earscratcher (Aerophonic)

Alasdair Roberts — Grief in the Kitchen and Mirth in the Hall (Drag City)

Jonathan Shaw

BIG BRAVE — nature morte (Thrill Jockey)

Wound Man — Human Outline (Iron Lung)

Gel — Only Constant (Convulse)

Home Front — Games of Power (La Vida Es Un Mus)

Sleaford Mods — UK Grim (Domino)

Spirit Possession — Of the Sign… (Profound Lore)

Bryon Hayes

Yo La Tengo — This Stupid World (Matador)

Big Blood — First Aid Kit (Feeding Tube / BaDaBing)

Meg Baird — Furling (Drag City)

Califone — Villagers (Jealous Butcher)

M. Sage — Paradise Crick (RVNG Intl.)

The Reds, Pinks & Purples — The Town That Cursed Your Name (Slumberland)

John Atkinson — Energy Fields (AKP Recordings)

Joseph Allred — What Strange Flowers Grow in the Shade (Feeding Tube)

The Far Sound — The Far Sound (Centripetal Force)

Ulaan Khol — Milk Thistle (Desastre)

Powers / Pulice / Rolin — Prism (Cached Media)

Lia Kohl — The Ceiling Reposes (American Dreams)

Tim Clarke

Jana Horn — The Window Is The Dream (No Quarter)

Arrowounds — In The Octopus Pond (Lost Tribe Sound)

Meg Baird — Furling (Drag City)

Pile — All Fiction (Exploding In Sound)

Tim Hecker — No Highs (Kranky)

Califone — Villagers (Jealous Butcher)

King Krule — Space Heavy (XL/Matador)

This Is The Kit — Careful Of Your Keepers (Rough Trade)

Cory Hanson — Western Cum (Drag City)

Andy Shauf — Norm (Anti-)

Patrick Masterson

Pile — All Fiction (Exploding in Sound)

Yves Tumor — Praise a Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) (Warp)

Wednesday — Rat Saw God (Dead Oceans)

Jayda G — Guy (Ninja Tune)

Ryuichi Sakamoto — 12 (Milan)

Malla — Fresko (Solina)

Skech185 — He Left Nothing for the Swim Back (Backwoodz Studioz)

Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru — Jerusalem (Mississippi)

Meg Baird — Furling (Drag City)

Andrea — Due in Color (Ilian Tape)

Memphis LK — Too Much Fun EP (Remote Control)

BigXthaPlug — Amar (United Masters)

Andrew Forell

Algiers — Shook (Matador)

King Vision Ultra — Shook World (Hosted by Algiers)

Asher Gamedze — Turbulence & Pulse (International Anthem)

99LETTERS — Makafushigi (Disciples)

The Drin— Today My Friend You Drunk the Venom (Drunken Sailor)

Comet Gain — The Misfit Jukebox (Tapete)

billy woods & Kenny Segal — Maps (Backwoodz Studioz)

Kevin Richard Martin — Above the Clouds (self-released)

SQÜRL — Silver Haze (Sacred Bones)

The Murder Capital — Gigi’s Recovery (Human Season)

Parasite Jazz — Paradise Jazz (Disques de la Spirale)

Christian Carey

The Reds, Pinks, and Purples — The Town that Cursed Your Name (Slumberland)

Aaron Cassidy — A Way of Making Ghosts (Kairos)

Arrowounds — In the Octopus Pond (Settled Scores)

V/A – Red Hot and Ra: Nuclear War LP (Red Hot)

Oval — Romantiq (Thrill Jockey)

Meg Baird — Furling (Drag City)

Black Duck — S/T (Thrill Jockey)

Mother, Sister, Daughter — Musica Secreta (Lucky Music)

Natural Information Society – Since Time is Gravity (Eremite)

Alasdair Roberts — Grief in the Kitchen and Mirth in the Hall (Drag City)

Fever Ray — Radical Romantics (Mute)

James Romig — Spaces (Sawyer Editions)

Brad Mehldau — Your Mother Should Know (Nonesuch)

Nina Berman and Steve Beck — Milton Babbitt: Works for Treble Voice and Piano (New Focus)

Marc Ducret — Palm Sweat (Out of Your Head)

Jennifer Grim — Through Broken Time (New Focus)

Erkki — Sven Tüür: Canticum Canticorum Caritatis (Alpha Classics)

James Ilgenfritz — #entrainments (Frequent Seams)

Brandon Lopez — vilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevilevile (TAO Forms)

Lonnie Holley — Oh Me Oh My (Jagjaguwar)

John Liberatore — Catch Somewhere (New Focus Recordings)

Sebastian Rochford, Kit Downes — A Short Diary (ECM Records)

Frederic Rzewski — Late Piano Works (Naxos)

Rebecca Saunders — Skin (NMC)

Guided by Voices — La La Land (self— released)

Susan Narucki and Donald Berman — This Island (Avie)

Chamber Music From Hell — Chris Opperman (Purple Cow)

Elkhorn — On the Whole Universe in All Directions (Centripetal Force)

Purling Hiss — Drag on Girard (Drag City)

Caterina Barbieri — Myuthafoo (light-years)

Yo La Tengo — This Stupid World (Matador)

Ian Mathers

Fifteen, in alphabetical order:

Aarktica — Paeans (Projekt)

Acid King — Beyond Vision (Blues Funeral)

ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT — “Darling the Dawn” (Constellation)

Avalon Emerson — & the Charm (Another Dove)

Brìghde Chaimbeul — Carry Them With Us (Tak:til)

The Drin — Today My Friend You Drunk the Venom (Feel It)

Ladytron — Time’s Arrow (Cooking Vinyl)

loscil // Lawrence English — Colours of Air (Kranky)

Meg Baird — Furling (Drag City)

Mute Duo — Migrant Flocks (American Dreams)

The National — First Two Pages of Frankenstein (4AD)

Tacoma Park — Tacoma Park (Self Released)

Tørrfall — Tørrfall (De Pene Inngang)

Yo La Tengo — This Stupid World (Matador)

Yves Tumor — Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) (Warp)

Derek Taylor

New releases

Kirk Knuffke & Joe McPhee Quartet + 1 — Keep the Dream Up (Fundacja Sluchaj)

Natural Information Society — Time is Gravity (Eremite/Aguirre)

Aruán Ortiz — Serranias — Sketchbook for Piano Trio (Intakt)

Mark Dresser — Tines of Change (Pyroclastic)

Andrew Cyrille — Music Delivery/Percussion (Intakt)

Steve Millhouse — The Undwinding (Steeplechase)

Archival Releases

The Jazz Doctors — Intensive Care/Prescriptions Filled: The Billy Bang Quartet Sessions 1983/1984 (Cadillac)

Milford Graves w/ Arthur Doyle & Hugh Glover — Children of the Forest (Black Editions)

Abdul Wadud — By Myself (Bisharra/Gotta Groove)

Sirone — Artistry (Of the Cosmos/Moved By Sound)

Marion Brown — Mary Ann: Live in Bremen 1969 (Moosicus)

Steve Swell’s Fire Into Music — For Jemeel: Fire From the Road (2005-2006) (RogueArt)

Margaret Welsh

Wheatie Mattiasich — Old Glow (Open Mouth)

Rozi Plain — Prize (Memphis Industries)

Glass Triangle — Blue and Sun-lights (Relative Pitch)

Andy Shauf — Norm (Anti)

Yo La Tengo — This Stupid World (Matador)

Horse Jumper of Love —Heartbreak Rules (Run for Cover)

Bill Orcutt — Jump On It (Palilalia)

Lana Del Rey — Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (Interscope)

#dusted magazine #midyear #midyear 2023 #writers lists #jennifer kelly #bill meyer #jonathan shaw #bryon hayes #tim clarke #patrick masterson #ian mathers #derek taylor #margaret welsh #christian carey #andrew forell

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noloveforned · 1 year

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no love for ned is on wlur tonight from 8pm until midnight. tune in for the new show at 8pm followed by a rebroadcast of last week's show at 10pm. you can also catch up with last week's show at your convenience below!

no love for ned on wlur – january 20th, 2023 from 8-10pm

artist // track // album // label the happy thoughts // half day // the happy thoughts // hozac dippers // mazing // looking for a sphere cassette // tenth court bettie serveert // get the bird // kid's alright ep // matador equal parts // a crisis // equal parts ep // tiny town the breeders // son of three // title tk // 4ad lenola // track this // the swerving corpse // tappersize sex hands // hairdo // pleh // faux discx jen trynin // go ahead // gun shy, trigger happy // warner bros. syndrome 81 // avenir // prisons imaginaires // destructure the casual dots // descending // sanguine truth // ixor stix personal trainer // rug busters // big love blanket // the industry bonny doon // crooked creek // let there be music // anti 2 square y? // lovebomb // the secret degree // emotional response garrett t. capps and nasa country // happen anytime // people are beautiful // spaceflight elephant micah // coming down for you // (bandcamp mp3) // (unreleased) tujiko noriko // cosmic ray // crépuscule i and ii // editions mego björk featuring ísadóra bjarkardóttir barney // her mother's house // fossora // one little independent steve reid // odyssey sweet // odyssey of the oblong square // soul jazz benji b, raven bush, theon cross, nubya garcia, tom herbert, shabaka hutchings, nikolaj torp larsen, dave okumu, nick ramm, dan see, tom skinner and martin terefe // miles chases new voodoo in the church (single edit) // london brew // concord jazz angel bat dawid featuring terence etc. // re-birthday // (bandcamp mp3) // nkonsonkonson publishing james brandon lewis trio featuring anthony pirog and nicholas ryan gant // bittersweet // no filter // bns sessions roy ayers ubiquity // he's a superstar // he's coming // polydor mckinley dixon featuring angélica garcia // sun, i rise // beloved! paradise! jazz!? // city slang b. cool-aid featuring liv.e, butcher brown, jimetta rose, v.c.r and maurice ii // cnt go back (tell me) // leather boulevard // lex stan ipcus // bust the way i flip it // foliage // (self-released) theo croker featuring ego ella may and d’leau // theo says // by the way ep // masterworks cécile mclorin salvant // wuthering heights (kassa overall remix) // wuthering heights (kassa overall remix) digital single // nonesuch billy nomates // saboteur forcefield // cacti // invada apollo ghosts // gave up the dream // gave up the dream digital single // you've changed julian never // high school // pious fiction // mt.st.mtn. dylan mondegreen // sister // sister digital single // (self-released) ivy // sleeping late // apartment life (expanded) // bar/none

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dsneybuf91 · 2 years

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D. Lee Inosanto’s The Sensei Review

For Women’s History Month 2021, I decided to take a deeper look at part-Filipina-American martial artist Diana Lee Inosanto. Her pedigree includes some legends, including her father, Dan Inosanto, and her godfather, Bruce Lee. While writing my review for her performance in The Mandalorian Chapter 13, I decided to eventually share some more reasons to admire her in her own right.

Some of the most intriguing tidbits I’ve learned about Inosanto involve her efforts to demonstrate talents beyond martial arts. In 2007, she wrote, directed, helped produce, and co-starred in her own movie: The Sensei. It seems pretty obscure nowadays; I couldn’t find it on iTunes or Netflix. Despite this, a Hapa Mag article about Inosanto credits the trailer for convincing Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni to cast her as the magistrate Morgan Elsbeth. Fortunately for me, one of my local public libraries put the movie up through their hoopla streaming app. YouTube and Amazon Prime also have it for free, though the former’s official upload – which I’ve embedded at the bottom of this page – lacks proper captions. Inosanto’s pedigree and hoopla’s plot description both made it sound deserving of a watch.

After punks at school hand him multiple savage beatings, gay teen McClain Evans (Michael O'Laskey, Inosanto's adopted son), discreetly begins martial arts training with Karen O'Neil (D. Lee Inosanto), a mysterious woman who had her own cross to bear with the prejudiced and bigoted small town community. As McClain learns to defend himself from hatred and bigotry, the student and his teacher expose several raw nerves in their rural Colorado community.

The Sensei

Premiere: May 4, 2008

Director: D. Lee Inosanto

Writer: D. Lee Inosanto

Inosanto, and the rest of the skilled cast, deliver her anti-homophobia and anti-sexism lessons in a rather overt manner. Since these feel like very important lessons, I don't fault her for ensuring that they clearly come across. The framing device of an older, tougher McClain sharing Karen's lessons with Pastor James (Keith David) helps justify the distinct lines between good and evil, by reminding the viewer - at least one who doesn't waste time wondering how McClain can tell Pastor James about events he wasn't around for - to view this story from the oppressed's intimidated perspective. (Additionally, the older I've gotten, the more naive I find it to apply the belief "No one is purely evil" to bigots.) Conservatives of 2000s Colorado wouldn't always cooperate with Inosanto and her film crew, but her insistence to continue filming her movie there, rather than attempt to pose a more socially-tolerant location as Colorado, went a long way towards ensuring the low-budget production's authentic tone. The set pieces boast a raw and suspenseful energy, with cuts that usually last long enough for the viewer to appreciate the action and emotion.

While Inosanto doesn't fall on the LGBT+ spectrum, being a mixed-race teenager in the 1980s still subjected her to the tragedy of losing someone close to AIDS, while her parents endured conservatives condemning their love. Her approach to writing and directing a gay main character emphasizes his status as an underdog, to make his struggles relatable to multiple demographics. While McClain lacks the qualities of a degrading gay stereotype, the movie's explorations of the AIDS epidemic - and the rise in homophobia it sparked - personally affecting him and Karen ensure that his sexuality doesn't feel incidental at all. As a character, McClain holds the viewer's interest through his resistance to conformity, standing up for his behavioral differences rather than reversing them. He also earns the audience's admiration by befriending victims of other unfair forms of discrimination.

With Inosanto credited as the writer and director as well as a co-star, some viewers might wonder if she portrays Karen as a perfect mentor. Expectedly, she proves kind and brave by taking on McClain as a student, even while the other karate instructors in her family fear having a gay student would ruin their school's business. However, when McClain's mother (Gina Scalzi) first asks Karen to teach her son self-defense, Karen demonstrates some humanity by taking a while to agree. When Karen and a trained McClain take on a lynch mob about halfway through the movie, the two end up having to defend each other as well as themselves, rather than one lasting the fight without a scratch. Additionally, her subplots about opposing sexism and racism, and coming to terms with her own mortality, indicate that her life doesn't revolve entirely around solving a male white teen's problems.

I hope viewers can stand the cheese behind some of the dialogue, such as Karen's brother Peter (Bryan Frank) referring to her as the Good Samaritan. I'd call such monologues hokey - even for 2008 - but their lessons of social tolerance feel too necessary to groan at. Despite its flaws, Diana Lee Inosanto's The Sensei proves a compelling, thrilling, and morally-sound watch.

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Violence towards Asian-American women reached alarming levels by the time I finished writing this review. I've started donating to charities dedicated to eliminating hate crimes towards AAPI people, and would like my readers to do the same, even if I personally take no share of the funds:

The AAPI Community Fund

Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta

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MEGADEATH

MetallicA dan ayrılan Dave Mustaine’nin kurup başını cektiği, İron Maiden ve MetallicA ile beraber 90'lı yıllara damgasını vurmuş ANARŞİST heavy metal grubudur ve bence en iddilalı albümleri Rust ın Peace dir....

Marty Friedman’ın katılımıyla tavan yapan grup, enstürman hakimiyetiyle beraber Mustaigne’in eşine zor rastlanır vokaliyle ön plana çıktılar SERT BİR SOUND a sahip SPEEDTRASH tarzı müzik yapan gruptur...

MEGADEATH anti-militarist, özgürlükçü, dünyayı ve siyaseti çok önemseyen tavrıyla ön plana cikmiş, bireysellikten uzak bir gruptur. fanatik hayran kitlesine sahiptir ve Dave Mustaine yıllardır bu grubu başarılı bir şekilde ayakta tutan bir sanatçıdır Turkiye'de de konser verdiler, ikinci gelişlerinde bende oradaydım sanırım 2005 di... sahne şovu, sahne kullanımı şarkı sözleri dinleyici kitlesinin yüreğine ulaşabilmesi önemlidir.... iyi az kalır,çabuk tüketilir... sömürülmeye açıktır ama onlar bence daha uzun süre sahnede kalacaklardır zira anti emperyalist globalizm karşıtlığı devam ediyor

Bu gün size ‘’Peace sells but who’s buying’’ ve Holy Wars isimli şarkıları seçtim ancak dediğim gibi sıkı sert bir soundu var...

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"But we is going after a heavenly crown"

From: Doug Swanson Subject: Re: DMN & 'Cult of' Date: September 17, 2023 at 12:49:08 PM CDT To: daniel kusner dakusner@

Hi, Dan,

Great to hear from you. Hope you're doing well. Didn't see you on the enemies list but if I do I'll let you know. All best, Doug

On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 8:51 PM daniel kusner [email protected] wrote: Hey, Doug

I hope you are enjoying being our nation’s foremost DPS authority.

This story just went up. Thought I’d send it along.

Until reading this today, I didn’t realized the Waco museum tried some nonsense with you.

So if you ever need anything , please never hesitate.

And (iIf you happen to know if my name is on a list, boy, i’d like to know about it.)

:—)

dan

They didn’t like his book on the Texas Rangers, so they tried to smear his reputation

Watchdog: Supporters of Texas Rangers built a dossier on an author and compiled an ‘enemies list.’

‘Texas Rangers operated a fable factory.’ So writes author of a critical book on the Rangers, celebrating their 200th anniversary this year. Author Doug Swanson proves it from his own experience. Here, a Texas Ranger statue is removed from Love Field in 2020.(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer)

By Dave Lieber

5:00 AM on Sep 13, 2023

To me, a writer who studies the lives of people and shares them through journalism, this episode involving supporters of the Texas Rangers (the original ones, not the ballclub) is somewhat frightening.

Public records show that supporters, including the director of the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco, tried to discredit author Doug J. Swanson for his courageous analysis of Rangers’ history in his 2020 book, Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers.

In doing so, their actions only further underline Swanson’s main point. In this cult, if you dare to counter Ranger orthodoxy, you will pay a price.

They compiled a dossier on Swanson and drew up what I’ll call an “enemies list” of reporters who previously portrayed the Rangers in a negative light.

Watchdog Alert

Are you a taxpayer in Texas? The Watchdog has your back.

A top supporter of the Rangers hired a Houston public relations firm to counter Swanson’s arguments about the sordid history of the mostly beloved Rangers.

The supporter, Russell S. Molina, a Houston businessman and chairman of the non-profit Texas Ranger Bicentennial 2023, told me he paid for the public relations firm that attacked Swanson’s book.

In an interview, Molina insisted that Swanson created “a flawed book.”

“His version is different from other versions out there,” Molina says. To which I add, that’s why you write a new book.

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Mythmaking

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the Rangers. Historians trace their founding all the way back to 1823, long before Texas became a state.

Embedded in Rangers’ lore are their polished myth-making abilities.

Molina and Byron A. Johnson, the longtime museum director and public employee for the city of Waco, proved by their actions against Swanson that they do indeed belong to a cult of glory.

Johnson declined to discuss this with me.

In one email to Molina, Johnson identified weaknesses in the myth-making process.

Some inductees in the Hall of Fame fought for the South in the Civil War, they or their family owned slaves or they are perceived as anti-civil rights in their treatment of Blacks, Latinos and native Americans. Of 31 inductees, 17 have image problems, Johnson concluded.

Related:Texas Rangers will be stronger by confronting their brutal past The dossier

At one point during the back and forth between Swanson and arch-critic Molina, Molina told the author, “I know all about you.”

“What do you mean by that?” Swanson asked.

“We have a dossier on you.”

In response, Swanson, who previously worked 33 years at The Dallas Morning News as a top reporter, filed an open records request with the city of Waco for any documents that mention his name or his book.

The city, which owns and manages the Ranger museum, provided Swanson with what he says were 2,000 pages. But not all were relevant.

Among them:

Swanson’s writing history, including his previous books. A list of 25 news reporters from various media who had written critical stories about the Rangers and might be expected to do so again. A list of Ranger Hall of Famers whose stains on their reputations make them vulnerable. A list of Hall of Famers who didn’t have similar stains and whose stories should be promoted. Molina told me he is not an apologist for Rangers’ history, which he calls “the good, the bad and the ugly.” He acknowledges “there are things in the past you can’t celebrate.”

Swanson wrote in response to one critic, “The Rangers and their supporters have lied about their history. That is my conclusion based on my research. The proof of it is demonstrated in every chapter, repeatedly and thoroughly. It is beyond dispute.”

Love Field statue

You might remember the statue of the Texas Ranger that welcomed visitors to Dallas Love Field. In 2020, D magazine printed an excerpt from Swanson’s book about the Ranger honored in that landmark statue.

Swanson reported how Sgt. Jay Banks, model for the statue, did not in 1956 stop anti-integrationists from blocking school entry of Blacks in Mansfield and Texarkana. Apologists say he was following orders of the governor.

Shortly after the excerpt appeared, the statue was quietly removed.

Molina is trying to find a new home for the statue. He says he hopes to make an announcement soon.

The statue of a Texas Ranger was removed from Love Field after Doug Swanson's book on the Rangers was excerpted in D magazine in 2020. ‘A fable factory’

To lead the campaign against Swanson, Molina hired Begala McGrath, a Houston PR firm.

In one memo, Jim McGrath called the book “an attack” on the Rangers. McGrath did not respond to The Watchdog’s request for an interview.

Rather than take the punch, museum director Johnson fought back.

But after seeing through open records the amount of work Johnson, a public employee, did on work time, especially helping the PR firm, Swanson asks, “Is that the proper role for a publicly funded library?” (The museum hosts a Rangers research center.)

Among Swanson’s findings, he writes that the Rangers’ idea of border patrol was, in some cases, murder of Mexicans and Mexican Americans.

He writes that long ago Rangers “were the violent instruments of oppression. They burned peasant villages and slaughtered innocents. They committed war crimes. … They hunted runaway slaves for bounty. They violated international law with impunity. They sometimes moved through Texas towns like a rampaging gang of thugs.

“They conspired to quash the civil rights of Black citizens. They busted unions and broke strikes. They enforced racial segregation in public schools. They botched important criminal investigations. … And they completely lied about it.”

And that’s only from page 5 of a 466-page book.

In an interview, Swanson questioned why so much effort has been unleashed to harm him.

“Why is Molina still attacking me more than three years after the book was published?” he asked. “It presents truths they don’t want to acknowledge. … But these truths won’t go away. These guys are literally selling the myth. As I said in the book, the Rangers and their enablers operated a propaganda mill. Molina and his crowd are merely the latest iteration of that.”

As Swanson writes, “For decades, the Rangers operated a fable factory through which many of their defeats, worst embarrassments, and darkest moments were recast as grand triumphs. They didn’t merely whitewash the truth. They destroyed it.”

In a statement denouncing the book, the Texas Ranger Association Foundation reminded that Rangers catch criminals, help small town police departments and work cold cases.

“Some really good stuff,” the statement added. “They are deeply woven into the history of the state.”

The library

One more troubling piece of this campaign, in addition to creating a collection of reporters on an enemies list, is violation of a researcher’s privacy. Under established library rules and Texas state law, whatever books or research used by anyone in a public library is confidential. Violation is a misdemeanor for “official misconduct.”

Molina, who is not a public official, told me that Swanson “claimed he spent a lot of time doing research” in the museum’s research center. “That’s not true,” Molina told me. Records showed that as part of the campaign, librarians were asked if Swanson contacted them to discuss any “lies or myths.”

When I told Molina that state law and library ethics require that researchers’ activities in a library must remain confidential, he answered, “I have no idea about that. I just know he didn’t spend a significant amount of time doing research to back up this book, and if you asked him, that’s the truth.”

I asked him. “The book took six years,” Swanson answered. “The book has 43 pages of single-spaced endnotes and bibliography. It’s all there for readers to make their own assessments.”

Plus, he used other libraries across the state.

“Bottom line, I wrote my book,” he says. “I am proud of it. I stand by it.”

The cover of Doug J. Swanson's new book, "Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers."(Book design and illustration by Daniel Lagin / Viking)

On Sep 4, 2020, at 5:19 AM, dakusner@ wrote:

hi, doug.

yesterday’s thank you note was dispatched in a flurry of haste.

just wanted to thank you again.

re-reading the piece more than several times, i’m … jealous.

you have such a gift for balanced writing.

i’ve learned so much from this exchange with you.

and i hope to retain every single one of your fine qualities.

thank you.

hope you’re expecting to enjoy a wonderfully memorable weekend.

anytime you ever need anything, just holler.

DANIEL KUSNER @dankusner In 2023, the Texas Rangers celebrate 200 years of serving Texans, and the hall of fame inducted four rangers in June. While it was the first time in 25 years that rangers had been added to the inductee ranks, something was different about the 2023 class. The organization added rangers Colonel Homer Garrison Jr., Captain James Frank “Pete” Rogers, Sergeant John Martin, and Sergeant Johnnie Aycock. The difference is, this is the first year any living rangers have been inducted into the hall of fame, specifically Aycock and Martin.

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There are a couple things happening here that are different tonight

-the morlock are quieter and they're not testing running around spitting. And they had some meetings and they're talking about what to do and I seen that bja is doing his own thing because nobody is listening to anybody and they want to try and get on board and program so trying to ask them what to do and so sit tight and we'll come up with some stuff and he noticed that they're nervous we do too. It's not really that bad out there but they're getting an odd feeling as soon as we fill it for a while is our son has been feeling it for a while and he says I have ESP and I can't shut it down and then there's some acts here and when I'm getting from them is different than what they're having to say in their attitude. So the checks they checked and saw that their massively arrogant and it made sense they're saying things in doing things to get in and out but they're actually attitude is way out there and they need to know why so a few of them are questioned tonight and then passing around answers finally and it is coming out like this his holy a secret and now he figured out tons of stuff as in a lot of trouble and they're trying to come down on him and try and stifle him and we figured out he needs help and we do so some of them think that about 5% wanted something productive to do then the rest of them are like these two assholes and are oblivious and don't care what other people are doing so that's a lot of flags they went up all the way up and we decided to figure out what it meant and we're looking around and we see John remillard smiling Dave and Dan Eccles same guy smiling and laughing and we're saying you're heading towards the end of your life and you're smiling and laughing shooting each other and dying.. and we want to know why it's such a glorious time it says we've been oppressed and repressed for a long time doing all sorts of other people's work and finally get to be pigs. As people are saying stuff like you don't have to restrain yourselves at all what are you going to be doing and it started coming out it's a very upset and pissed off of people and I can't stop doing stuff and that's one thing the other thing that came out is I'm tired of doing work for other people and they don't want to make since work and build things so it's a certain class or a category of Satanist and it was established by a psychologist that they are anti-society and their sociopaths as well as psychopaths but really there they were adolescent team to be unfit to be in the general population and people know that and the max are holding them here. All that said the max participated in to mention them further to venting them all further and keeping them here

We need these people out of here and I put the order out again cuz it keeps them out for them to try and keep them out and then other things happening the list in a minute

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This user refuses to accept the mimic. Our Glitchtrap and Burntrap are William Afton and have nothing to do with mimic. Also anti mxes.

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toadyingatheist · 10 months

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Inferno

Dua puluh tujuh tahun seratus dua puluh sembilan hari usiaku hari ini. Sebagai seseorang yang menggilai musik, tentu sebutan Club 27 sangatlah kekal di memori otakku. Betapa tidak, deretan nama musisi favoritku mati setelah menginjakkan kakinya di usia 27 tahun. Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse, Dave Alexander, dan Mia Zapata adalah sederet nama yang mati tanpa mengetahui seperti apa rasanya berada di usia 28 tahun.

Dalam film 3 Hari Untuk Selamanya, Yusuf yang diperankan Nicholas Saputra berkata bahwa usia 27 tahun adalah usia yang krusial. Di usia inilah kita akan mengambil keputusan penting yang akan mengubah hidup kita. Di usia ini pula Tuhan akan menutup beberapa pintunya untuk kita dan membukakan beberapa pintu yang lainnya. Tentu kematian dapat kita maknai beragam, bisa jadi pintu yang tertutup atau terbuka. Begitu pun hal-hal lain yang sintasi di usia ini. Masih ada ratusan hari lagi yang akan ku lalui sampai pada akhirnya ku tutup lembaran usia 27 tahunku jika datang kesempatan itu padaku.

Aku masih membujang. Menikah untukku adalah langkah besar dalam hidup dengan segala pertimbangan baik dan buruk yang mesti dikompromikan, khususnya dengan diriku sendiri. Bagi sebagian besar orang, menikah mungkin adalah hal yang dinantikan dengan amat dalam hidup. Kebahagiaan besar menunggu di pelupuk mata. Tidak dengan diriku. Aku masih memandang langkah besar ini sebagai momok dalam hidupku. Menjalin kontrak seumur hidup dengan seorang wanita yang mungkin saja tidak merawat kebahagiaan denganku semur hidupnya, seumur hidupku. What a big mistake in life! Apakah mungkin aku tetap bisa menjadi diriku sendiri setelah menikah? Apakah mungkin aku tetap bisa berhubungan baik dengan teman-temanku? Apakah aku tetap bisa tertawa lebar dan melepaskan beban dengan adik-adikku? Apakah aku tetap bisa menjalankan hobiku sebagai obat anti-depresanku?

Aku pikir aku mampu untuk bertindak sebagai seorang pasangan yang suportif untuk wanitaku kelak. Aku akan mendukung segala kegiatan positif yang dikerjakannya. Tapi, apakah aku bisa dapatkan sosok wanita yang seperti itu pada diriku? Entahlah. Apabila memang tidak, rasa-rasanya membujang seumur hidupku juga tak kalah menyenangkannya.

Tak sedikit contoh yang ku dapatkan dari pernikahan di usia muda yang tidak berjalan mulus. Cita-cita yang diharapkan pupus begitu saja. Kebahagiaan hanya menjadi sesuatu yang delusif dan pada akhirnya hanya menjalani sisa hidup dalam keterpaksaan. Terpaksa tidak bahagia demi bermain topeng keluarga yang utuh di depan anak dan keluarga besar.

Untukku, memiliki pasangan yang berpikiran progresif dan berwawasan luas pun menjadi salah satu pondasi penting untuk membangun sebuah korporasi bernama “keluarga”. Aku tak sudi anak-anakku kelak tidak menggantungkan cita-citanya setinggi langit, tidak cerdas, tidak pintar, dan tidak berbudi luhur. Terkhusus di sisi kepintaran, menjadi pintar bukan berarti penurut. Jikalau hanya sekadar nurut, kerbau pun penurut. Aku akan teramat senang apabila anak-anakku nanti menjadi seorang pembangkang. Pembangkang yang konsisten mendobrak norma-norma usang yang tak lagi relevan dipraktikkan di eranya nanti. Aku bahkan tak akan menuntut mereka untuk menjadi anak-anak yang berbakti padaku, menjadi anak-anak yang berutang budi kepadaku karena setiap anak yang terlahir di dunia itu tak pernah sekalipun memohon untuk dilahirkan. Ku yakin itu penyebab mereka menangis kala keluar dari rahim ibunya. Akulah sebagai orang tua yang mengharapkan kehadiran mereka di dunia. Maka, akulah yang berutang untuk memberikan pendidikan yang layak untuk mereka. Bukan hanya dalam sebuah ruang artifisial bernama kelas dan dalam sebuah institusi bernama sekolah, tapi pendidikan yang mengarahkan mereka menjadi manusia madani hingga bertemu masa di mana aku bisa melepas mereka berkelana dalam lebatnya hutan kehidupan.

Ayahku berusia 33 tahun ketika memutuskan untuk menikah dan ibuku terpaut 10 tahun lebih muda darinya. Entah apa yang mendorongnya untuk mengambil keputusan besar itu, terlebih dengan seorang perempuan yang tidak hanya terpaut jauh dalam jumlah usia, tetapi juga dari pola pikir, pengetahuan, dan pengendalian emosi. Konflik-konflik besar menjadi tontonanku hampir setiap hari saat hampir ku tinggalkan usia balita sampai kedua orang tua ayahku meninggal. Ku yakin kebahagiaan dalam pernikahan -jika memang hal itu ada dan ia rasakan- usianya tidak lebih dari 5 tahun pertama. Atau mungkin malah kurang dari itu. Sayangnya dia masih terlalu angkuh untuk berkata jujur padaku di sisi ini.

Ibuku bukan sosok yang berpendidikan tinggi. Tentu tidak berpendidikan tinggi bukan jadi kepastian seseorang tidak berwawasan luas. Tapi kedua hal tadi berjalan beriringan dalam diri ibuku. Memori masa kecilku banyak diasosiasikan buruk apabila bersinggungan dengan dirinya. Ia adalah sosok yang belum selesai dengan dirinya, bahkan dengan konflik-konflik dalam dirinya sendiri. Ia adalah sosok yang tidak tahu ke mana emosi dalam dirinya harus disalurkan, tidak memiliki skill bertahan hidup, dan yang lebih berbahaya, tidak tahu cara mendidik anak. Kekerasan demi kekerasan menjadi makanan harianku. Benar memang dia mencintai aku sebagai anaknya, tapi caranya salah. Aku yakin betul cinta seorang ibu kepada anaknyalah cinta sejati di dunia ini. Tapi jika hanya sekadar cinta, ibu monyet menggendong anak monyet, ibu babi menyusui anak babi, dan ibu anjing pun mencarikan makanan untuk anak anjing. Tentu bukan sosok perempuan seperti ini yang ku idamkan hadir di hidupku, apalagi menjadi pasangan hidupku.

Entah pengakuan seperti apa yang nantinya akan dikatakan ayah kepadaku, menarik untuk ku ketahui. Akan aku tunggu dengan sabar. Yang jelas, aku berasumsi bahwa ibuku bukanlah sosok yang dicintainya. Gadis pujaannya mungkin saja telah mati dalam kehidupannya. Menikah dengan orang lain, dikhianati/mengkhianati, menghilang di telan bumi, atau bahkan mungkin juga ayahku seorang pecundang yang tak berani berkata jujur tentang perasaannya kepada gadis itu. Entahlah, aku tak tahu. Yang ku tahu, Sujiwo Tejo pernah berujar “Menikah itu nasib, mencintai itu takdir. Kamu bisa berencana menikahi siapa, tapi tak dapat kau rencanakan cintamu untuk siapa”. David Bayu dapat menggambarkan dengan baik sosok pria yang kalah, menyerah, dan harus berdamai dengan keadaan dalam lagunya yang berjudul Deritaku. Memang, laki-laki hanya bisa jatuh cinta satu kali dalam hidupnya, sisanya hanya menjalani hidup dan aku tak siap untuk menyesali langkah besar yang ku ambil dalam hidupku.

-Sid Isa: 28 April 2023-

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Yeryüzü Savunmasında Taviz Yok: Earth First!’ten Earth Liberation Front’a, Radikal Ekoloji

Adam Weissman, ELF, Çeviri: Akın Terzi

2005 yılında FBI, Earth Liberation Front (ELF–Yeryüzü Kurtuluş Cephesi) örgütünü ABD’nin kendi sınırları içindeki en büyük ‘terörist’ tehdit olarak tanımlar. ELF, binden fazla “suç olayı”ndan ve mala yönelik milyonlarca dolarlık zarardan sorumlu tutulur.

ELF’nin kökenleri, 1980’de ABD’de Dave Foreman öncülüğünde kurulan Earth First!’e (EF) dayanır. Norveçli felsefeci Arne Naess’in geliştirdiği, insan-merkezcilik yerine yaşam-merkezciliği savunan “derin ekoloji” anlayışı ile Amerikan yerli kültürünün unsurlarını birleştiren grup, Greenpeace (1971) gibi lobi faaliyetleri ve kampanya çalışmaları yürüten diğer çevreci gruplardan farklı olarak, doğrudan eylemi benimser. İlk yıllarında EF!’nin izlediği üç doğrudan eylem stratejisi vardır: 1) kamuoyunun dikkatini çevre tahribatına çekmek üzere gerçekleştirilen sembolik eylemler; 2) tahribatı engellemeye yönelik blokaj ve endüstriyel teçhizata zarar verilen ekotaj (ekolojik sabotaj) eylemleri; 3) her yıl farklı bir yerde toplanan Round River Buluşması [Round River Rendezvous] gibi, hem sanat etkinliklerinin düzenlendiği, hem de farklı kesimlerden eylemcilerin biraraya gelerek taktik ve becerilerini paylaştıkları buluşmalar.[1] Round River Buluşmaları, kimi araştırmacılar tarafından Zapatistlerin 1990’ların sonunda başlattıkları uluslararası Encuentro’lara [Buluşma] benzetilir; buluşmalar, eylemciler arasında “isyancı eğitim ve bilgi üretimi sistemleri”nin geliştirilmesini sağlar.[2]

1989’dan itibaren EF!’de “devrimci ekoloji” anlayışı egemen olmaya başlar. Judi Bari’nin sözleriyle: “...toplumsal ve biyolojik sorunları, sınıf mücadelesini ve küresel kapitalizmin halkların bastırılması ve doğanın yok edilmesindeki rolünün kavranmasını kapsayan bir devrimci ekoloji teorisine ihtiyacımız var.”[3] Judi Bari, işçi sınıfının ve yoksul kesimlerin hareket saflarına çekilmesi için uğraşır; endüstriyel makineyi bilfiil işleten işçilerin katılımı olmadan, “beyaz” ayrıcalıklı kesimlerin sürdüreceği bir direnişin sonuç vermeyeceğini öne sürer. Bu dönemde EF! içinde çatlaklar oluşmaya başlar; ancak hareketin kitleselleşme yönündeki bu hamleleri, EF!’nin ABD dışına yayılmasını sağlar.

Edward Abbey’nin 1975’te yayınlanan, ekotaj eylemleri gerçekleştiren bir grubu anlattığı The Monkeywrench Gang (İngiliz Anahtarı Çetesi) adlı romanı, Earth First!’ün esin kaynakları arasındadır. Edward Abbey de faal bir EF! üyesidir.

Kasım 1980 tarihli ilk Earth First! bülteninden: “Şiir eylemden önde gidecektir” – Arthur Rimbaud.

1991’de Britanya’da ilk EF! eylemleri görülür. 4-5 Aralık 1991’de Liverpool’daki Mersey Liman İşletmeleri, tropik ahşap ithalatını protesto eden yüzlerce kişi tarafından işgal edilir. Glastonbury’de düzenlenen bir protestoyla, küçük bir ağaçlık alanın yok edilmesi engellenir. 1992’de Hampshire’daki Twyford Down’da Britanya’nın ilk yol yapımı protestosu düzenlenir. Yüzlerce eylemci, Twyford Down’daki doğal yaşam alanının yok edilmesine karşı çıkmak üzere buraya gelir. Protestocular kısa bir süre sonra burada kamp kurarlar; Dongas adı verilen kamp, göstericilere hem kalacakları bir yer sağlar, hem de EF! taktiklerini öğrendikleri bir eğitim sahası işlevi görür. “Twyford Down Savaşı”, sonunda kaybedilmiş olsa da, radikal otonom çevre hareketinin Britanya’da yerleşmesini sağlar. Twyford protestolarının, Britanya’da anti-kapitalist ve küreselleşme karşıtı hareketin tohumlarını atan yol yapımı karşıtı hareketi de başlattığı kabul edilir. Böylece, başlangıçta sadece yaban hayatın korunmasına odaklanan hareket, zamanla kentsel alanları da kapsamaya başlar.

Twyford Down, 1992

Eylemcilere yönelik ağır cezai kovuşturmalara rağmen, Britanya’da yol yapımı karşıtı eylemler artar. Öyle ki, bir süre sonra hükümet, eylemleri engellemek ve inşaat alanlarını korumak için alınan tedbirlerin yüksek maliyetinden ötürü bütün yol yapımı projelerini askıya aldığını duyurur. Örneğin, 1996’da Newbury’de yapılacak bir yol inşaatında 120 hektarlık ağaçlık alanın yok edileceği öğrenildiğinde binlerce protestocu buraya akın eder ve Avrupa tarihindeki en büyük yol yapımı protestoları düzenlenir. Protestolarda 800 kişi tutuklanır; güvenlik önlemleri için 20 milyon sterlinden fazla para harcanır.

Newbury, 1996

Earth Liberation Front’un Doğuşu

1992’de Twyford Down protestoları devam ederken, Britanya Earth First! Brighton’da ilk ulusal toplantısını gerçekleştirir. Bazı üyeler EF!’nin kitleselleştiğini, bu yayılmayı korumak için yasadışı eylemlere mesafe alınması gerektiğini öne sürerler. Bu öneri genel kabul görmemekle birlikte, sonunda British Earth First!’ün kitle gösterileri ile sivil itaatsizlik eylemlerine odaklanmasına karar verilir. Ekotaj eylemleri bundan sonra başka bir isim altında yürütülecektir: Earth Liberation Front (ELF).

Earth Liberation Front ismi, 1976’da İngiltere’de kurulan Animal Liberation Front (ALF – Hayvan Kurtuluş Cephesi) örgütünden devşirilmiştir. ALF, hayvanların sömürülmesine dayanan gıda, giyim ve bilim endüstrilerine yönelik doğrudan eylemler yürüten otonom hücrelerden oluşur. ALF gibi, ELF’nin ilkeleri de eylemlerin şahıslara değil mala yönelik olması gerektiğini, sabotajın, yeryüzüne zarar veren endüstrilerin kapasitesini azaltma amacıyla yapıldığını vurgular. ELF’nin ifade ettiği üç hedef şunlardır:

• Doğal çevrenin tahribatından ve sömürülmesinden kâr sağlayan kurumlara en yüksek ekonomik zararı vermek;

• Yeryüzüne ve üzerinde yaşayan türlere karşı işlenen suçları ortaya çıkarmak ve kamuyu bilgilendirmek;

• Herhangi bir insanın veya insan dışındaki diğer hayvanların zarar görmesini engellemek için her türlü tedbiri almak.

Bu ilkeler çerçevesinde ekolojik tahribatı durdurmaya yönelik her doğrudan eylem, ELF adını kullanabilir.

1997 tarihli bir ELF bildirisinde grubun esin kaynakları şöyle sıralanır: “Makine Kırıcılar [Luddistler], Düzleyiciler [Levellers], Kazıcılar [Diggers], Alman Autonome işgalevi hareketi, ALF, Zapatistler...”

ELF’nin bugüne kadar gerçekleştirdiği en büyük eylem, 18 Ekim 1998’de Colorado’daki bir kayak merkezinde “vaşaklar adına” yapılanıdır. Eylemde, beş binaya ve dört teleferiğe yerleştirilen patlayıcı maddelerle 14 milyon dolarlık zarara yol açılmıştır. Bugün ekotaj eylemleri, ELF adı altında üstlenilsin veya üstlenilmesin, dünyanın dört bir yanında sürdürülmektedir. [EG]

Kaynaklar:

Noel Molland, “A Spark That Ignited a Flame: The Evolution of the Earth Liberation Front”, Igniting a Revolution: Voices in Defense of the Earth içinde, (ed.) Steve Best ve Anthony J. Nocella (Oakland: AK Press, 2006) s. 47-57.

Sierra Braggs, Earth First!: The Rise of Eco-Action, yüksek lisans tezi, Humboldt State University, 2012

Gündelik Hayatta Devrim

Adam Weissman

Ekolojik sabotaj, hem canlı bir Yeryüzü’ne duyulan sevginin şiirsel bir ifadesi hem de Yeryüzü’nün canına kasteden metanın ve servet birikiminin boş vaatleriyle körleşmiş, yozlaşmış dar görüşlü bir kültüre karşı direniştir. Bu ekolojik eylemli propaganda sayesinde, doğrudan eylemciler, insanların mülkiyet gibi yanılsamalı kavramları pekiştirmek için yarattığı afaki yasaların anlamsızlığını ortaya serer. Eko-sabotajcılar, paraya dönüştürürüm diye hiçbir taşı yerinden etmeden, hiçbir maden yatağını bulup çıkarmadan, hiçbir petrol rezervini boşaltmadan, hiçbir yağmur ormanını kesip tüketmeden rahat edemeyen gözü doymaz, yırtıcı bir sanayi medeniyetinin boyunduruğundan kurtulduklarını ilan ederler. Söz konusu medeniyetin yok oluşuna bağlı sayısız yaşama karşı bağlılık yemini ederler.

Makinelere saldırmak; vahşet karşısında kayıtsız kalmamızı telkin eden bir kültüre başkaldırmak; karanlığı kucaklayıp sessizce hücuma geçmek: Bunlar romantik kavramlardır, ama aynı zamanda da daha tamamlanmamış bir direniş modelini temsil ederler. İçinde yaşadığımız medeniyet, hayatımızı her yönden ağına düşürmüş durumda. Bu medeniyetin metaları ve kavramları dünya algımızı öyle biçimlendiriyor ki sanki onlarsız yaşayamayacağımıza inanıyoruz.

Peki dünyayı yaşanmaz hale getiren bu medeniyet hayatta kalmamız için gerekliyse, bu yıkım sürecini nasıl durdurabiliriz? Dünyadaki en büyük kötülüklere karşı çıkarak adaletsiz, ikiyüzlü yasalara başkaldırmak ne kadar önemliyse, bu kültürün gündelik hayatlarımızı mülkiyetine almasına karşı koymak ve yaşamlarımızın Yeryüzü’nün talan edilmesine bağlı olmadığını kanıtlamamız da o kadar önemlidir.

Bütün umutlarımızı gelecekte gerçekleşecek bir devrime bağlamak yerine, hayatta karşımıza tek seçenekmiş gibi sunulmuş olan “çalış-tüket”e dayalı yaşam tarzının dışında, temel ihtiyaçlarımızı giderebilecek pratik yaklaşımları vakit kaybetmeden ortaya koysak daha iyi olmaz mı? İçinde yaşadığımız topluma özgü yanlışların karşıtı olan değerleri –aşırı tüketim yerine ekolojik sürdürülebilirliği, hiyerarşi yerine eşitlikçiliği, benmerkezci rekabet yerine işbirliğine dayalı cemaati, sömürü yerine adaleti– hayata geçiren yaklaşımlar aracılığıyla yeni bir kültür yaratabilir ve böylece çoğunluklara güç ve ilham verip kapitalist endüstri toplumuna olan bağımlılığını ve onunla özdeşleşmesini sınırlayarak çok daha güzel başka bir dünya inşa edebiliriz. Nitekim yeniden tasavvur edilen devrimci çevrecilik ve toplumsal değişim sayesinde, hem gelecekte geniş çaplı kurumsal değişime zemin hazırlayabilir, hem de hiç vakit kaybetmeden gündelik hayatta bir devrim başlatarak insani değerleri hayata geçirmek için yeni pratikler ve kurumlar yaratabiliriz.

Kaynak: Igniting a Revolution: Voices in Defense of the Earth içinde, (ed.) Steve Best ve Anthony J. Nocella (Oakland: AK Press, 2006) s. 127-128.

ELF Bildirisi

Beltane, 1997

Bütün canlıları özgürleştirme mücadelesine hoşgeldiniz. Can çekişen gezegenimizin yakıcı öfkesiyiz biz. Açgözlülükten doğan savaşlar dünyayı mahvediyor ve bütün canlılar günbegün ölüyor. ELF, sanayiyi tez zamanda yok etmek, zenginleri yıldırmak ve devletin temellerini sarsmak için uğraşıyor. Direniş hareketi olarak benimsediğimiz sosyal ve derin ekolojiyi hayata geçiriyoruz. Kutsal olan her şeyi cansiperane savunduğumuzu düşmana göstermemiz gerekiyor. Hayallerimize erişebilmek için hep beraber dişimizle tırnağımızla mücadele ediyoruz.

Elimizdeki en büyük silah hayal gücümüz ve hiç beklenmedik bir anda saldırma yeteneğimiz.

1992’den bu yana, dünyanın dört bir yanında yeryüzü geceleri ve Cadı Bayramı şenlikleri düzenlendi. Binlerce buldozer, enerji hattı, bilgisayar sistemi, bina ve değerli ekipman paramparça edildi. Yüreğimizdeki cesaret başkalarını da harekete geçirmesin diye pek çok ELF eylemi halktan gizlendi.

İlham kaynaklarımız Makine Kırıcılar [Luddistler], Düzleyiciler [Leveller’lar], Kazıcılar [Digger’lar], Alman Autonome işgalevi hareketi, ALF, Zapatistler, ve hani şu kadim zamanların haşarı elf’leri olan küçük insanlar. Tepedekiler, elf diye bir şeye inanmadıklarından bizleri göremiyor. Gerçekte görünmeziz. Ne emir komuta zincirimiz var, ne sözcülerimiz ne de işyerlerimiz. Kırılgan hedefler peşinde, ayrı ayrı iş gören küçük gruplardan ibaretiz.

Pek çok elf Pasifik Kuzeybatısı’na ve başka kutsal yerlere gidiyor.

Kimi elf’ler, sürprizler yapa yapa yol alacaklar. Sizler de katılın bu aileye! Böylece dans ede ede, kurumsal para sisteminin posasını çıkaralım. “Fırtınalı gece” diye eylem grupları kurun, güvendiğiniz arkadaşları cesaretlendirin. Zira tek yürek olmuş bir topluluk çok güçlüdür.

Keşif Kolları Kurun:

Planınıza uyan hedefler arayıp bulun ve ne yapacağınıza karar verin.

Saldırın:

Enerji hatları: elektrik kablolarını kesin, elektrik direklerinin cıvatalarını ve temellerini sökün, ahşap direkleri testereyle kesin.

Trafolar: havai fişekler atın, üstlerine zincirler geçirin ya da patlatın.

Bilgisayarlar: Tesisleri paramparça edin, yakıp yıkın ya da suya boğun.

Lütfen bunu kendi kullanımıza uygun olarak geliştirin ve çoğaltıp dağıtın.

Kaynak: Igniting a Revolution: Voices in Defense of the Earth içinde, (ed.) Steve Best ve Anthony J. Nocella (Oakland: AK Press, 2006) s. 408-409.

[1] Sierra Braggs, Earth First!: The Rise of Eco-Action.

[2] insurgent systems of learning and knowledge production, ifade Manuel Callahan’a ait, aktaran Sierra Braggs, a.g.e.

[3] Judi Bari, “Devrimci Ekoloji”, çev. Anahid Hazaryan. http://www.teorivepolitika.net/index.php/arsiv/item/350-devrimci-ekoloji-biyomerkezcilik-ve-derin-ekoloji

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REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 10/06/2023 (Dave & Central Cee, The Weeknd/Madonna/Playboi Carti, Metro Boomin’s ‘Spider-Verse’ OST)

Content warning: Incest?

It’s Dave’s third, and Central Cee’s first: their massive collaboration “Sprinter” debuts at #1 on top of the UK Singles Chart, and with a four-song EP, the two have definitely shaken things up, so welcome back to REVIEWING THE CHARTS!

Rundown

We have a bit of a hectic week to cover this episode, so it’s of no surprise that we ended up with tons of notable dropouts, those being songs that exit the UK Top 75 - which is what I cover - after five weeks in the region or a peak in the top 40. This week’s hefty list includes Eurovision hits like “Queen of Kings” by Alessandra, “Cha Cha Cha” by Kaarija and… Ed Sheeran hits like “Life Goes On” and “Curtains”. Otherwise, we say farewell to “Tony Soprano 2” by Nines, “Princess Diana” by Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj, “Snow on the Beach” by Taylor Swift featuring Lana Del Rey, “What’s Love Got to Do with It” by Tina Turner, “Sure Thing” by Miguel, “Forget Me” by Lewis Capaldi and “I Ain’t Worried” by OneRepublic.

As for what’s filling in the gaps, “Anti-Hero” by Taylor Swift is our only re-entry at #49, but our notable gains include boosts for “Relax My Eyes” by ANOTR and Abel Balder at #58, “UNHEALTHY” by Anne-Marie featuring Shania Twain at #48, “TMO (Turn Me On)” by Luude and Bru-C featuring Kevin Lyttle at #45 - definitely not complaining about those three - alongside some I’m not as pleased about, like “Area Codes” by Kali at #39, “Talibans” by Byron Messia at #37 and “Side Effects” by Becky Hill and Lewis Thompson at #35, though at least “Little Things” by Jorja Smith is up to #28, and “Good Love” by Hannah Laing and RoRo is big off of the debut up to #22. We also see Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night” gain up to #13 and “Padam Padam” by Kylie Minogue at #12, both just missing the top 10, whilst “Dancing is Healing” by Rudimental, Vibe Chemistry and Charlotte Plank enters the top 10 at #8, becoming the first for Vibe Chemistry or Plank but Rudimental’s fifth; their first in five years since 2018’s “These Days” with Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen. It’s a shame that this new top 10 hit isn’t all that good, but what can you do?

The top five on this week’s UK Singles Chart consists of “Daylight” by David Kushner at #5, “REACT” by Switch Disco and Ella Henderson featuring the late Robert Miles at #4, “Giving Me” by Jazzy at #3, “Miracle” by Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding at #2 and of course, “Sprinter” at the very top, which we’ll get to later as part of our muddled batch of this week’s new entries, which we’ll start now.

NEW ARRIVALS

#70 - “Give it to Me” - Matt Sassari

Produced by Timbaland, Danja and Matt Sassari

If this week is defined by anything, it’s that we have songs by the duo of Dave and Central Cee, songs produced by Metro Boomin and a bunch of loosies that fall into neither of the categories. This song, more known for its “Full Vocal Mix” that halves its length yet has around 100 more million streams, is by French DJ Matt Sassari, and is essentially a remix of Timbaland’s 2007 hit of the same name with Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado that was a #1 hit in both the UK and US. The original is a fascinatingly bitter takedown from the trio onto… pretty much anyone who they didn’t like, whether that be Janet Jackson, Fergie, Prince or Scott Storch - yeah, they hit some pretty big names here, and it’s one of those diss tracks that feels a bit more petty than it does deserved… though honestly, I don’t find that much of a problem given how the Timbaland solo albums are mostly celebrity showcases anyway so it makes sense to stain them with gossip. With that said, I don’t like the original that much, as whilst it’s got the classic buzzing synth bass and heavily percussive groove of Timbaland tracks, it also has some of Nelly Furtado’s weakest and most awkward performances, especially in her verse, and the vocal melody all three of them go for in the verses is sing-songy and bitter to the point where Nelly sounds completely confused, Justin sounds punchable and Timbaland just sounds funny… which means he at least has the most charming performance. Given the club-based lyrics, it makes sense for a house remix but I do feel it’s a tad awkward, especially with how disjointed the new house beat ends up feeling with the original song’s vocals, which whilst being effectively chopped up, don’t really provide any sensible alternative to this just being an instrumental, and said instrumental would be pretty cheap-sounding and boring with its typical slap house synths that cloud up into a whole lot of nothingness. If not lazy, it’s empty - so it definitely makes sense that they shortened it to not even two minutes, got rid of the instrumental and replaced it with the original verses, excluding Nelly’s, which is a welcome decision but with every Timbaland-produced track, you could tell how involved he was in ensuring everything made perfect sense and worked together. He was a star-producer for a reason, and adding his work onto some distantly made slap house beat does no justice for the original track, even if I’m not a fan.

#68 - “HEATED” - Beyoncé

Produced by Beyoncé, Sevn Thomas, Neenyo, Jahaan Sweet, Boi-1da, Cadenza, Kelman Duran, Stuart White and Harry Edwards

There are four and a half minutes of runtime on this track, and double the amount of producers… yet you can definitely tell where they’re all coming from. Sure, this is not my favourite track from RENAISSANCE, but there are so many layers to this at any point in time: the liquid-smooth acoustic guitars, the weirdly intense Afrobeats percussion, the distant distorted chanting under several different layers and harmonies of Beyoncé providing great vocals as always. Sure, there’s only one real verse, but this is the “vibiest” song on the album, coasting off personality in an actually endearing way, mostly because Bey is full of charisma and whilst the song is mostly about how only a real man can handle the unique, powerful woman that is Beyoncé, there are some nice nods to how she came up - with her subtly paying tribute to her uncle Jonny in the pre-chorus - and the completely insane outro of liberation and aggression that ends the song with the mantra that had been in the back of the mix the whole time. Like most of RENAISSANCE, it’s just a great, slickly-produced and cleverly-composed track with a lot of attention to detail - why it’s coming back now I have no idea, but it may have something to do with the leaked Drake reference track. I honestly wouldn’t have minded him on the final track, mostly because a song about being uniquely powerful makes a lot of sense for both Bey and Drake, but it’s not like he brings all that much personality to the table, so the solo version works just as fine.

#63 - “bread & butter” - Gunna

Produced by Turbo, Omar Grand and Cam Griffin

I could not care less about if Gunna “snitched” or not - it seems that he took a plea deal, which is normal and common in the legal system, and Gunna’s relationship with his friends is of no interest to me, or any white boy on Twitter who thinks they have an eye on the streets. I did expect a comeback single when he was freed, but I didn’t expect it to honestly go this hard and be so connected to the story at hand. First of all, the R&B synths sound warm and the bass is surprisingly fuzzy and dynamic for a trap beat. More importantly, Gunna maintains his hustle, dissing Lil Baby for his perceived hypocrisy as he apparently still associates with “rats”. It’s a shame to see that duo dissolve, but the melancholy flow Gunna keeps with for most of this song is pretty defiant though it shows a level of sorrow and guilt considering how he becomes so paranoid and arguably allows his flow to become quite wonky in that second verse, mentioning how many have wronged him, his addiction to prescription pills and most interestingly how he feels that he fell for a manipulation of the legal system, which isn’t exactly hard for me to believe. Ultimately, this is not a great song - it runs a little long and Gunna is still not a dynamic vocalist, even if the melody gives his bars an internal sadness that interests me about where he could possibly go next, perhaps for more vulnerable lyrics down the line. I mean, it would be interesting to hear from Gunna of all people, but I don’t think I wanted it to have to come about like this.

#60 - “Closer” - Bou featuring Slay

Produced by Bou

Okay, for once, I think we need to stop thinking about the “Children”. Bou’s recent drum and bass hit is yet another flip of the late Robert Miles’ trance classic that hit #2 in 1996, and it definitely feels overdone, especially since the piano sound here Is particularly cheap, and the build-up is so liquidy it’s practically slime, which isn’t worth it since the drum and bass break is tacky and the bass is straight-up ugly, with the borderline off-key 808 clipping in the mix. Slay is a BTEC Bru-C who just repeats the chorus for half of the song until he actually gets into a verse, which for whatever reason is set to the back of the mix with a bunch of reverb, so it sounds like a completely disjointed song. Slay can barely flow and sounds completely out of it, so everybody here is amateur hour. Next.

#59 - “Annihilate” (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse) - Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, Lil Wayne and Offset

Produced by Metro Boomin, MIKE DEAN and Prince 85

I’ve heard really great things about Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and I do feel it is one of those superhero films you can enjoy without any prior knowledge of superhero films, and whilst I’m a fan of animation, so it’s probably necessary to watch it at some point, I don’t really have any interest in it, especially not after listening to the soundtrack, which feels as watered down as it could possibly be before it isn’t even recognisable as Metro Boomin production. What’s much more prominent are the flamboyant MIKE DEAN synths which make complete sense amidst all of the pop-music melodrama Swae Lee brings to the table, and honestly even Lil Wayne’s pretty great verse wherein he gives all the spider lines he must have been saving up for this groove-less trap beat. Offset on the other hand is embarrassingly basic, and Swae Lee has a verse for whatever reason that just makes the song drag on for no reason, especially since it’s a motivational song so if you’re not feeling it in the first hook, you won’t feel anything else. I get the appeal, but I’m not a fan… yet we have more Metro Boomin-Swae Lee Spider-Man tracks next week, except replacing the guests that are actually talented with, well…

#56 - “Calling” (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse) - Metro Boomin, Swae Lee and NAV featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie

Produced by Metro Boomin, Chris Townsend and johan lenox

NAV. He replaced them with NAV. To be fair, A Boogie is here too, but this is mostly the Swae Lee affair once again, with a liquid guitar line and an incredibly basic trap beat relying on pianos and occasional sound effects to make it sound in any way unique to Metro or the soundtrack. NAV is dour, also saying he isn’t materialistic, because anybody is believing that, and the rest of this is a love song. Great. Naturally, most of them sell it through the idea of giving them a bunch of luxury items, as well as generic platitudes that don’t paint an actual picture, with Swae Lee relying on superhero tropes again. I quite like A Boogie here, with a particularly dynamic, ever-changing flow and particularly honest, kind of cute delivery that has slightly more reciprocal lyrics as well as a great moment where the strings come in at the end of his verse, and he sounds great over them. That verse doesn’t save the song entirely though, especially due to the overlong instrumental outro that just fades out... and without any Spider-Man vore, unfortunately. We’ll be back to your feature film presentation after these brief messages.

#52 - “Sittin’ on Top of the World” - Burna Boy

Produced by Skread

So, in 1998, Brandy Norwood released “Top of the World”, featuring the laidback, effortless rap of Ma$e and the hit-making grooves of Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins. It’s fine. The production actually feels very underwhelming, and the conceit of the song isn’t exactly fascinating, especially with a just-okay Brandy performance, two tacked-on Ma$e verses and a post-chorus that hasn’t aged particularly well - not because it’s problematic or anything but because it sounds very jerky and missing the fine tuning that probably would exist with that kind of vocal stutter and refrain nowadays. To be fair, the strings in the bridge are great, but the song isn’t overall, and it stalled at #2 behind B*Witched… okay, so the song was at least better than that song, and I’ll admit that it’s funny to hear Brandy ask Ma$e to slow down because he’s “killin’ ‘em” considering Ma$e is one of the most - purposefully - boring rappers of all time. Is Burna Boy’s remake an improvement? Well, I say yes, actually, with a fatter bass groove than the original, and a clever interaction with the sample, which is pitch-shifted and both interrupts and completes Burna Boy’s self-liberating chorus. Sure, that vocal stutter still doesn’t sound great, but it’s more well-integrated with the blended production here, and Burna Boy’s rich voice definitely helps further how catchy and honestly just kind of cute this song is, with the wormy synth by the end sealing the deal. Mediocre sample ends up producing pretty good song. Who knew?

#51 - “Am I Dreaming” - Metro Boomin, A$AP Rocky and Roisee

Produced by Metro Boomin, MIKE DEAN, Peter Lee Johnson and Scriptplugg

Our third and final track from the soundtrack is the only good one here, and yes, I’m saying that because A$AP Rocky is on it. Let’s just say I’m a fan. Seriously though, there are other factors here, mostly the whole early-2010s pop vibe it has going on, though a bit less compressed than those tracks were. The strings sound excellent and actually make this feel like a superhero anthem, especially when Roisee’s hook lines up perfectly with it, amidst the buzzing bass synths, and whilst I think that hook may be repeated a bit too much, she actually sells the motivational angle, partly because of how distorted her vocals end up sounding, indicating a filter that’s actually an obstacle between her and her dreams, whilst the rest of these tracks are complete fantasies. Similarly, Rocky mentions waking up feeling thankful for everything that’s been granted to him, and remembering how far he’s come from his impoverished childhood, even mentioning that because of the disparity he saw, he ends up ensuring his poorer friends hang out with his wealthier friends… which is not how that should work but I don’t care when he’s flowing this effortlessly, and the drums are so busy during his verse, it’s impossible not to have at least a little fun with it. I do wish Rocky was on the rest of this, but Roisee’s vocals are great, even if she doesn’t really go for an alternate melody at any point, meaning it feels a bit exhausting to try and split the chorus and verses from each other. Even if Rocky’s a non-presence for the rest of the track, MIKE DEAN is definitely here decorating the track with all his favourite synth patterns. Speaking of, even if it’s our last from him as a lead artist, Metro - and MIKE DEAN for that matter - still have yet another track debuting this week, that being…

#21 - “Popular” - The Weeknd, Playboi Carti and Madonna

Produced by Metro Boomin, MIKE DEAN and The Weeknd

Yes, this sounds bizarre on principle. The Weeknd and Madonna makes some sense considering the over-the-top pop icon status they both display, as well as both singers’ obsession with modal eras, but Playboi Carti? Well, it makes more sense when you consider Madonna was intended to be on the song firstly, and secondly, Carti’s only contributions are baby-voiced ad-libs in the post-chorus. In fact, let’s get him out of the way - he’s mixed horribly, doesn’t need to be here, sounds like he’s been sped-up and awkwardly placed in and his parts feel double the length of any actually decent elements the song brings to the table, which is a shame because this is actually a fantastic song, perfectly fit for soundtrack of The Weeknd’s HBO series The Idol not only due to its lyrics about being desperate for stardom but also with the campness of it, not pretending to be cool like any of the Spider-Verse cuts. Instead, we get Madonna’s silly spoken-word monologue over thematic synths and Metro’s drums doing their best Timbaland impression in this very 2000s funky dance-pop production. I’m pretty sure the song is about the series’ characters in some way, but I care very little about that so I’m just interested in the constant hooks exploding from everywhere, whether it be the sneaky keys, Abel’s constant grunting in the verses, the infectious “oh-oh” refrain in the pre-chorus, and of course, that impeccable chorus, whether it be the synths jabbing in and out or the catchy refrain Abel croons out. Madonna, unsurprisingly, gives not a fantastic performance but one very much within the realm of what she needed to do, as keeping it a tad more subtle was probably for the best to avoid this becoming a completely incoherent track. The cute laughs added in the bridge is a nice touch too, it does sound like this could have very well been a prime Madonna track… except you know, with The Weeknd replaced by Prince and Playboi Carti a complete non-presence. Please make a version without him, Abel, it’s the only thing that’s preventing this from being an excellent song - and you know, maybe add a bridge or synth solo in his place. Please?

#17 - “UK Rap” - Dave and Central Cee

Produced by Kyle Evans

Okay, so one thing I’ve noticed is a trend across all of our new arrivals this week: the lyrics are not interesting. If you run through them, they’re mostly either generic for no reason and as a result just uninteresting or generic because they’re soundtrack singles, with “Give it to Me” being a remix so the lyrics can’t really be totalled up there even if they are a bit more interesting. Apart from “bread & butter” and maybe “HEATED”, these three songs from Dave and Cench, all from their four-song EP Split Decision will be our only chance for some depth or at least comedy this week, since Dave is a conscious rapper and well, let’s just say Central Cee is never afraid to elaborate. Apart from the only track on the EP that didn’t chart, it’s pretty low-stakes for Dave and a comeback to making actually good music for Cench, so I’ll try and make these last three pretty quick and light-hearted. “UK Rap” is a slightly condescending nod to how British hip hop is under-represented, with Cench knowing a girl who only listens to the two most famous British rappers - guess who - and otherwise only bumps Americans in the car. Kyle Evans provides a decent enough drill beat, even if I’d want it to be a bit more fluid with the 808s and it seems a tad too intimidating for a song that’s mostly comical in its lyrical content about this… underwhelming relationship. Cench actually goes for some wordplay as well as having a pretty confident delivery, and mostly does alright. Dave… well, his verse is just as comical, and I had to stop and replay the song after I laughed over the bars that followed him randomly dropping in his pontification about asking for feet pics. The verse honestly continues to be pretty great, as Dave has an attention to detail in his bars, with a great conversational flow, slick wordplay about Rudimental and a great fluid flow that runs all over the beat and makes it sound so much better than it actually is. Oh, and we get a Nelly Furtado mention here, which would be a book-end if this were the single.

#14 - “Trojan Horse” - Dave and Central Cee

Produced by Dave

This sample is incredible. The strings from the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra are beautiful, and they’re chopped up in a pretty awkward way on first listen but as soon as the trickling drill hi-hats come in, it all makes sense, and the bass also sounds weird first listen… but the juicy tone of it makes it sound a lot bouncier, which works for them trading bars and creates a really unique version of a drill beat. As for the bars here, Dave and Cench talk about gang violence and paranoia, that even gives him trauma when his girl puts him in cuffs, as well as a lot of flexing and girl talk as you’d expect. Apart from wanting to have sex with his step-sister, it’s a nice touch that instead of cutting out the beat when Cench says he doesn’t need a beat (because he’s “too vocal”), Dave instead gets rid of the strings sample, so that when he comes back for his verse, he can lead another one in that’s a bit more interesting and screechier than the last, keeping the beat a lot more interesting, as well as allowing the main strings loop to feel like a refrain, that fits due to the nostalgic feel of it. Dave’s rhyme schemes are satisfying and whilst I’d appreciate a bit more interplay, they have enough chemistry in that they’ll share similar rhyme schemes or content themes between verses. Dave definitely shows up Cench - as expected - in terms of pure bars, but as a result it almost feels relaxing whenever Cench comes back In, which is actually the opposite for the third and final track from the two debuting today:

#1 - “Sprinter” - Dave and Central Cee

Produced by Jo Caleb, Jonny Leslie, Dave, Jim Legxacy, Kyle Evans and TR the Producer

The big hit from the EP is actually pretty much a Central Cee showcase, as the one track on this EP where he really shines ends up getting the single and video push. I’m glad, too, since first of all, I haven’t heard Cench’s vocals in this high of a fidelity so Dave gave him more of a budget than usual, and he also put him on much more interesting production, with the six producers curating an incredibly energetic, tropical beat bringing highly percussive elements to the drill rhythm, whilst tonally, the song uses acoustic guitars and almost Pharrell-sounding vocal soundbites as well as an incredible use of bass. It’s a lot of flexing and girl talk once again, but there’s actual interplay between the two and Cench is the most infused he’s been in years, whilst Dave is effortless rapping quickly but still with this new conversational cadence I hadn’t heard from Dave until now and it really works a lot better, since his blunter delivery was what prevented me from enjoying some of his music prior. Cench’s second verse is genuinely incredible, as he goes on for way longer than I expected as the beat shifts around him into this beautiful vocal warbling that has enough attention to detail to add the “Maybach Music” tag when it’s referenced. I could probably do without Dave’s second verse, honestly, I feel like the song is kind of out of steam - and breath - by the end of the second chorus, and it ruins the catharsis the song makes me feel from having a return to the hook after Cench’s exhaustingly good verse, but as a misogynist epilogue, I suppose it works, and whilst I do prefer “Miracle”, I’m not mad this is at #1.

Conclusion

It’s getting the Best of the Week too, though you could honestly tie it with “Trojan Horse”, and as for the Honourable Mention, it only feels right to give Beyoncé a nod for “HEATED”, though Gunna was absurdly close. As much as I want to spare Metro Boomin, he did make NAV chart so “Calling” with Swae Lee featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie ends up as the Dishonourable Mention, with the Worst of the Week easily going to “Closer” by Bou featuring Slay, which I can only hope doesn’t last. As for what’s on the horizon, well, it seems like it may be the true start of Summer on the charts and it seems like the quality for this Summer’s hits are going to stay pretty high, even if the older tracks are a bit too slow in their exits, so I’m excited to see what else is coming. As for now, thank you for reading and I’ll see you next week!

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