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Sparkle (1976)

In 1959, three young women in Detroit’s Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects came together to form a musical trio. Sixteen-year-old Florence Ballard first convinced her best friend, Mary Wilson, fifteen, to join the group; Wilson then recruited Diana Ross, also fifteen, to join. On weekday evenings and weekends, the Primettes (the “sister group” to the Primes, later known as the Temptations) performed at local clubs and talent shows across Detroit, often covering hits from the Drifters and Ray Charles. The Primettes became a local sensation, winning a competition at the 1960 International Freedom Festival, and attracting the attention of Motown founder and executive Berry Gordy. Gordy signed the Primettes to a contract in early 1961, on stipulation they change their name. They became the Supremes.

One decade later in American cinema, the major Hollywood studios began experimenting with and quickly realized the box office appeal of blaxploitation. Blaxploitation is a type of exploitation film that features heavily – if not entirely – black casts and narratives, often aimed at an urban African-American audience. Generally, the subgenre concurrently provided a valuable avenue for black representation in Hollywood (on- and off-camera) and narratives concerning the community, all while upholding damaging white stereotypes about black people (i.e., violence, substance abuse, the hypersexualization of black women and highly polarized sexualization of black men with little in-between, etc.).

Released by Warner Bros., Sam O’Steen’s Sparkle, takes inspiration from the history of the original members of the Supremes. Sparkle arrived long after the breakup of the original Supremes (Ross departed in 1970; Ballard in 1967, but passed away two months before Sparkle’s release) and before the 1981 Broadway debut of Dreamgirls (which has a narrative with the same inspiration and story arc). Likewise, the film made its theatrical debut at a moment when blaxploitation was undoubtedly in decline. Repeated criticism from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the decision of some of the subgenre’s stars to pursue interests elsewhere, and impatience for blaxploitation’s typical low production values all contributed to that drop-off. Sparkle carries elements of blaxploitation (as do many films centered on African-American characters), but, despite its myriad of flaws, it represents a glimpse of the future of black American cinema.

It is 1958 in Harlem, New York City. The Williams sisters – youngest Sparkle (Cara; the obvious Diana Ross analogue), middle sister Delores (Dwan Smith), and eldest Sister (Lonette McKee; whose character starts out as the lead singer) – and friends Stix (Philip Michael Thomas) and Levi (Dorian Harewood) decide to take their church singing experience to form a musical quintet. The sisters’ mother, Effie (Mary Alice), works long hours as a maid, and has little time to tend to her children. Without much consideration other than requesting promises that the Williams daughters’ schoolwork remains their priority, she lends her blessing to their idea. Dubbing themselves the Hearts, a successful showing at a local talent competition has everyone imagining how they might have a future as professional musicians. Both young men drop out of the group – Levi so that he can take a job with a gangster named Satin (Tony King); Stix becomes the now-trio’s manager and co-composer. The trio, now known as Sister and the Sisters (I would have kept the original name), soon become the headline act at the sordid Shan-Doo Club. There, the malicious intentions of others and unfortunate incidents will challenge the fabric of the group and the bonds of sisterhood between Sparkle, Delores, and Sister.

At a brisk ninety-eight minutes, Sparkle wants to balance the narratives for Sparkle, Delores, and Sister as much as it can. But Joel Schumacher’s (1978’s The Wiz, 2004’s The Phantom of the Opera) screenplay and Howard Rosenman’s (1991’s Father of the Bride, 2017’s Call Me By Your Name) story serves no one particularly well. Given that the film is named after the youngest of the Williams sisters, it makes sense that Sparkle receives the most attention. However, the pedestrian dialogue – especially in the most heightened romantic and violent moments of the films – provides Irene Cara little to work with. And if the ostensible lead actress is ill-served by the screenplay, the situation is worse for everyone else. Sparkle’s storyline – despite a worthy message of how she cannot depend entirely on others to find happiness or success – lurches from one cliché to another, the typical rags-to-riches story executed more interestingly in scores of films that came before and after this.

The connections to Delores and Sister’s stories are likewise poorly handled and edited, with transitions too abrupt for any sort of reflection about the scene prior. We learn about Dolores’ interest in joining the civil rights movement, but this character detail has no depth despite its centrality to a crucial plot point. Sister’s eventual drug abuse and domestic (and potentially, sexual) abuse from her partner is entirely one-dimensional – as if lifted from a shabby blaxploitation film with even less regard for its characters. Her fate feels preordained from the moment we learn of her quandary. Sister’s part in Sparkle is sensationalistic, torturing her and her loving sisters almost for the sake of it.

I can understand how the extremely simplified dialogue in Sparkle might be realistic, but the screenplay is also devoid of geographic, historical, and racial vernacular that places the audience firmly in the film’s setting. Rarely did I ever feel that this was a film set in Harlem, let alone New York City in the late 1950s. New York City – and Harlem moreso than most neighborhoods – is itself a character in many films set in the Big Apple. Bruce Surtees’ (1971’s The Beguiled, 1984’s Beverly Hills Cop) anonymous cinematography also undermines this aspect of the film. The lack of variety beyond Surtees’ medium and medium-close shots renders Sparkle a tedious watch. The film never suggests the claustrophobia that many contemporary independent films rely on to suggest intimacy or entrapment. Nor does the camera pull back far enough to bask in the magnificence of New York City, any of the featured musical venues, or even the bodily movement in some of the sisters’ musical performances.

Surtees’ purported lack of experience in lighting for scenes featuring non-white people also results in all the musical performances – outside of the spotlight beaming towards any of the performers – being surrounded in pitch darkness. In terms of lighting, this is an exceptionally dark movie during those moments, as one can barely make out backgrounds or furniture or even some facial expressions and features because of the poor lighting. It is almost as if Surtees wanted to capture the impression that one experiences when coming into a dimly lit room after exiting a daytime exterior. One’s eyes have not adjusted to the darkness, so the interior seems darker than it is. The only problem is that Surtees never adjusts, and it is not clear what purpose this serves emotionally, narratively, or even atmospherically (because almost all other interior scenes in Sparkle are also underlit, just not as intensely as the musical scenes). Your experience in watching Sparkle may vary depending on the quality of the print you watch, largely due to the poor cinematography and lighting that makes certain formats and editions unwatchable. This write-up is based on the print made available for broadcast on Turner Classic Movies (TCM).

The composer for Sparkle, Curtis Mayfield, was an innovator in soul music and 1960s R&B. Mayfield, one of the original members of the Impressions (whose original lead singer was Jerry Butler; “For Your Precious Love”, “People Get Ready”), left the group in 1970 for a solo career. His filmography, though not lengthy, nevertheless included one of the most popular blaxploitation films of all in Super Fly (1972). Part of Mayfield’s reasoning for leaving the Impressions was to find the freedom to integrate his music with a social consciousness (as one can hear in the Impressions’ “People Get Ready” and the songs in Super Fly). But for a project like Sparkle, Mayfield would have to find a way to replicate the Motown sound, style, and lyrics of early ‘60s girl groups. He may not have been the ideal candidate for this mode of R&B and soul (and one can hear it in this film at times as a handful of the songs pass too long without a quotation of the chorus), but Mayfield produces an always-listenable score and set of songs for Sparkle.

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The Hearts’ debut number, “Jump”, has minimal instrumentation: percussion and select stabs of brass. It is a basic start, acted wonderfully by the quintet by showcasing the initial awkwardness that only begins to truly groove about a minute in. The boys, Stix and Levi, are obviously vestigial to the performance because neither sings, both only half-clumsily (look at 1:23 in the provided video) adding to the choreography. It works in the narrative context of the film. Once the Hearts become Sister and the Sisters, then the performances garner more musical interest. “Hooked On Your Love”, the group’s debut performance at the Shan-Doo Club, might be the most Supremes-like song in the soundtrack. From the choreography that just evokes the grainy videos one might find on YouTube of early ‘60s girl groups, the era-appropriate vocal ornamentations, and the fact that all three actresses (especially) Cara are having a blast performing, “Hooked On Your Love” is just a knockout of period musical goodness. I just wish the camera drew back a little longer so we could see all three sisters for longer stretches of time (and again, pity about the lighting). Cross-cut with images of Sister’s relationship and personal troubles, “Giving Him Something He Can Feel” is a wonderful mid-film number, for the same reasons as “Hooked On Your Love” works musically. Here, however, there is more narrative and visual interest. Its placement and the editing here – see those wary glances from their mother towards the disreputable crowd during the performance – is the film’s Rubicon crossing.

With such a great slate of songs, what a shame it is that none of the film’s original performances are available in soundtrack form. Instead, Aretha Franklin is the sole performer on the soundtrack, as she covers all the songs. No disrespect to Aretha (in my book, at least in the top five of vocalists in any genre during the last century), but the original performers deserved more respect in a commercial release of the film’s soundtrack. As it is, the original in-film performances are easily searchable, so one can enjoy the movie and the soundtrack versions and appreciate the artistry of Aretha, as well as that of Irene Cara, Lonette McKee, and Dwan Smith.

A year after appearing in Aaron Loves Angela (1975), Irene Cara had now starred in two major studio production a year apart. Neither film was a box office success – Sparkle’s box office records remain unknown, so I am going off educated guesses from a variety of sources – but this was still a point of pride for Cara to achieve so much just as she turned seventeen years old. Her best-known accomplishments in acting and singing in Fame (1980) and her Academy Award win for the title song to Flashdance (1983) would not be far off. Lonette McKee, in her film debut, would carve out a stable career through the 1970s and ‘80s, with appearances in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Cotton Club (1984) and Walter Hill’s Brewster’s Millions (1985). Dwan Smith has largely faded from the public eye since Sparkle.

As one of the late Whitney Houston’s favorite films, Sparkle was remade in 2012 starring American Idol winner Jordin Sparks, Carmen Ejogo, and Tika Sumpter as the sisters and Houston as their imperious evangelical mother. 2012’s Sparkle was Houston’s final film, and has been almost universally compared unfavorably to the original. Sparkle has, over the years, become a cult favorite among African-American audiences. Curtis Mayfield’s songs and associated performances, alongside a sincere (if incomplete and poorly photographed) depiction of black life in New York City were more than enough to help the film achieve that status. My reservations aside, the original Sparkle deserves that chance for audience reevaluation.

My rating: 5/10

^ Based on my personal imdb rating. My interpretation of that ratings system can be found in the “Ratings system” page on my blog. Half-points are always rounded down.

For more of my reviews tagged “My Movie Odyssey”, check out the tag of the same name on my blog.

#Sparkle #Sam O'Steen #Irene Cara #Philip M. Thomas #Lonette McKee #Dwan Smith #Mary Alice #Dorian Harewood #Tony King #Joel Schumacher #Howard Rosenman #Bruce Surtees #Curtis Mayfield #WB100 #TCM #My Movie Odyssey

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joytraveler · 1 year

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63. Marsha Mallow

"All of this sounds delicious but speaking of, let's visit Marsha Mallow in her Candy Cane Cottage out in the Pixie Stix.. Or do you have to cross the Pixie Styx river to get there"

The Marsha Mallow title screen is REALLY cute, featuring what can only be Marsha, a soft-bodied little happy thing that looks like a more humanoid Kirby wearing a bow and barrettes, hugging a bunch of less human (but still smiling) candies and other treats.

Klickitat_Street: hoo boy here we go, this is going to be cookie cauldron all over again right? GlockRoach: Look at the candies, they have faces, clearly they're made with the souls and juices of children

When Bea presses start, an animated cinema sequence happens, showing Marsha and all her friends dancing happily on what looks like a kitchen counter, and then her friends start to flee because ants are getting into the kitchen! Clearly Marsha has to help them escape...

"Things were just! Too! Perfect! It could never last, it's sad, I know.. Hang in there Marsha, we'll get you and your friends out of this, somehow!"

..which leads into the game: you have to move Marsha around on the floor and bounce her friends to safety as they jump from the counter. It's very similar to the classic Game & Watch, "Fire", but with a lot of enhancements. For one, Marsha can temporarily EAT some of her friends, making her bigger and bouncier! It doesn't last long, though, and if she eats a cinnamon ball, she gets toasted!

"Sometimes you just gotta devour your friends to save your friends, but that's the way it goes sometimes when they're all edible and delicious"

berd_snurglar: this game is somebody's fetish Baconnaise: Yeah maybe mine now, uh-oh HNV: Is it bad that I'm disappointed that this game is cute and harmless with no spooky twist? GlockRoach: Screw you tough guy, I'm fuckin terrified of marshmallows

The game isn't strange or evil, but it does seem to get ridiculously hard as the levels progress. The floors get wider, and platforms for the food friends to walk on or ricochet off start to appear, turning it into a sort of juggling version of Lemmings.

"They can't all be spooky, what's wrong with just cute sometimes? Remember, some of these were made by kids!" She says as she grits her teeth and tries to not fail. "Sadistic kids. Horrible little brat-children!"

Not long before she's telling Marsha and her friends to burn. "Mmmaybe we can find something less frustrating like Super Pain Planet"

Llord_Kuruku: Or Box Baby threeee Chillarmy_The_Beedrill: R U KIDDING NO HNV: I'm still not trusting POP II, let's go somewhere relaxing like Bobotown

#jtnuggets #mar 11 #bea #klickitat street #glockroach #berd #baconnaise #hnv #llord kuruku #chillarmythebee

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cypresstx · 2 years

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dreamcatchr · 4 years

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Wait, a Steel Panther movie!? When, Where? Watch me line up for it at the cinema like Big Bang Theory characters waits for Indiana Jones and like Adam Goldberg & his sister line up for Star Wars. Where do I sign up!

Yes!! Stix mentioned it here at around 34 mins in, so exciting!!

#ask #notsheenaeaston

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whileiamdying · 4 years

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In 2029, an Animal Physic Crime Whisperer taps into animals’ minds to solve crimes while working under the umbrella of a taxpayer-money-hemorrhaging F.B.I. Pet Files Division. CAST Pipus the Wise - "Agent Persia" Kendra Uncut - "Agent Stix" Rose Luardo - "Agent Rose" Scott J. Ross - "Agent Murph" Yung Hurn - "Yung Hurn" Sadat Waddy - "Elon" Isa Rodriguez - "Cyberpunk Killer" "Sarge" Bohleman, Chris Wood, Betsy Oliphant, and Branden McLean - "Cops" Josh Alvarez - "SWAT Leader" Tony DiPatrizio, James Doolittle, Michael Parsell, Lena Parsell, Naeem Juwan - "SWAT Officers" Franklin the Pig - "Yako" (thanks to FairyTail Acres Rescue) Weed Chameleon - "Chameleon" Jamerson, Christian, Y, Nate Harris, & Shannon Sun-Higginson - "LAN Center Gamers" CREW Directed by Public Cinema Club (Pipus the Wise, Kendra Uncut & Scott J. Ross) Commissioned by Syfy Executive Producer - James Doolittle for All Ages Productions Producer - Shannon Sun-Higginson Assistant Director - Callum Hanlon Cinematographer - Ian Mosley-Duffy AC - Mike Toland Gaffer - Shane Moore Key Grip - Kevin Goff Production Designer - Adam Fergurson Prop Assist - Matt Reed Location Sound Mixer - Sean Hamilton Hair & Makeup - Emily Rothstein Intern - Dylan Majerus PA - Layla Mzrowoski POST Edit & Sound Design - Public Cinema Club Pet Files Title Sequence - Jimmy Simpson VFX & Motion Graphics - Harvey Benschoter & Scott J. Ross Sound Mix - Timothy Day Color - David Bauer Camera & Lighting by Expressway Cinema Rentals Animal Casting by Dognerd Casting Thanks to Jeff Barlow, Klip Collective, Nu Millenium and Localhost for locations in Philadelphia

#IFTTT #Vimeo

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weirdesplinder · 4 years

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Il lato ironico dell’urban fantasy: Terri Garey

Oggi un nuovo post sul lato ironico dell’urban fantasy. Stavolta parliamo di Terri Garey. Anche lei fu pubblicata da Delos in italiano nella collana Vampiri e Paletti con la serie che l'ha resa famosa in America, la serie Nicki Styx. Dal nome della sua protagonista. Questa serie è ironica, spigliata, inverosimile a tratti, e anche ridicola a volte, insomma è fatta per ridere, ma anche l'amore ha tanto spazio.

1. Le ragazze morte sono facili

(complimenti a Delos per aver mantenuto il titolo originale perfettamente tradotto)

Trama: Nichi Styx era una ragazza normale finchè non è quasi morta, o meglio è morta per qualche minuto., e l'esperienza l'ha cambiata per sempre permettendole di vedere i fantasmi. (lo so, Ghostwisperer è dietro l'angolo e così la serie di Harper, ma questa serie è molto più leggera e ridicola). Ora che i fantasmi sanno che Nichi li vede non le danno pace e lei deve cercare di risolvere i loro problemi irrisolti...anche se preferirebbe passare del tempo con Joe Bascombe, l'affascinante chirurgo che le ha salvato la vita....che sarebbe pure interessato a lei, ma che inizia a crederla matta viste tutte le bugie che inventa per coprire la sua attività fantasmatica. Come se tutto questo non bastasse un amico pensa bene di vendere l'anima di Nichi al diavolo.....letteralmente.

2. Attrazione infernale

Trama: Nichi Stix era una venditrice di abiti usati e ora invece passa il tempo ad aiutare i fantasmi a passare oltre risolvendo i loro problemi. Vita tutt'altro che facile, per fortuna Joe, il suo ragazzo, non è solo terribilmente bello e pure medico, è anche comprensivo e ora che sa della sua attività paranormale le da una mano. Purtroppo però il diavolo in persona è leggermente irritato con Nichi e si presenta davanti alla sua porta determinato a tentarla e dividerla da Joe.....E chi meglio di lui sa come tentare una donna?

3. Sei la sola che voglio

Trama: Non c'è niente di male in un nuovo negozio di musica che apre i battenti in città, ma in questo caso il proprietario è il diavolo in persona, che ha deciso di tampinare Nichi dopo che questa ha osato resistergli. Ora vuole rendere la sua vita un inferno e per farlo svela il suo segreto, cioè che può vedere i fantasmi a tutti vivi e morti. Così ora tutti i fantasmi del mondo bombardano Nichi dalla mattina alla sera, e lo stesso fanno i giornalisti.....

4. Notte silente, notte infestata

Trama: Nicki e Joe hanno superato assieme tante prove, fantasmi buoni e cattivi, giornalisti accaniti, il diavolo in persona, ma sono impreparati per un attacco ben più subdolo. Infatti tre sorelle demoniache hanno deciso di punire Nicki per il suo trattamento del loro adorato diavolo invadendo i sogni di Joe in modo.....molto sensuale. L'amore tra Nicki e Joe supererà anche questo attacco o questo Natale sarà l'ultimo che passeranno assieme?

E’ un peccato che Delos abbia interrotto la pubblicazione in italiano della serie proprio al penultimo libro, ne mancava solo uno, il quinto per completarla!!!

Nel quinto libro intitolato HAPPILY NEVER AFTER Nicki e Joe stanno per sposarsi, ma prima Nicki deve aiutare una star del cinema degli anni 60′, morta nel sonno...soffocata da qualcuno, a trovare la pace....

Questa serie è interrotta, ma le manca solo un libro per venire compleata, perciò case editrici, fateci un pensierino....finirla di pubblicare in italiano sarebbe carino.

#Terri Garey #libri con fantasmi

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inquisitorextraordinaire · 7 years

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Pssssst your character music is good do you have playlists or songs for your friends' OCs too??? Will you share? *~*

oh fuck where do you people come from. (God dammit Kay if this is you YOU COULD HAVE JUST ASKED.)

Okay, first I’ll do @caezsucksdangs OCs because they have A LOT LESS THAN KAY.

P.S. sorry if there’s a bit of overlap from my other list…

Caez:

- “Flawed Design” by Stabilo

- “Body” by Mother Mother

- “Ghost Towns” by Radical Face

- “Try To Change” by Mother Mother

- “Red Stars” by The Birthday Massacre

- “My Skin” by Natalie Merchant

- “The Devil Within” by Digital Daggers

- “It Took Me By Surprise” by Marina Mena

- “The Beast” by Imogen Heap

- “River Below” by Billy Talent

- “Ignorance” by Paramore

- “Smother” by Mother

- “Broken Tines” by Casey Lalonde

- “Disintegration” by Monarchy

- “Always Hate Me” by James Blunt

- “Heaven” by Messengers

- “Black Sheep” by Metric

- “Girls/Girls/Boys” by Panic! At the Disco (Ollie Piano Cover)

- “Mists Of Avalon” by Peter Jeremias

- “Run Or Die” by Christian Baczyk

- “Set Fire To The Third Bar” by Snow Patrol

- “Dread In My Heart” by Mother Mother

- “EET” by Regina Spektor

- “Arsonist’s Lullaby” by Hozier

Stix:

- “You’re Not Good Enough” by Blood Orange

- “Family Portrait” by Radical Face

- “I Found” by Amber Run

- “Guillotine” by Yadi

- “Don’t Let Me Down” by The Chainsmokers

- “Stronger” by Kanye West (RaveJaxx Remix)

- “Yin Yang” by USS

- “Where The Lonely Ones Roam” by Digital Daggers

- “Die In A Fire” by The Living Tombstone

- “Everytime” by Broods

- “Buzzcut Season” by Lorde

- “Headstrong” by Trapt

- “Almost Human” by Monarchy

- “East Of Eden” by Zella Day (Matstubs Remix)

- “Dorian” by Agnes Obel

- “Ocean Eyes” by Billie Eilish

- “Oh Be Clever” by River

- “Wolf” by Leø

- “All You Are” by Memtrix

- “Pessimist” by Koven and Memtrix

- “The Good In Me” by Jon Bellion

- “Fuqboi” by Hey Violet

- “We Ride As One” by James Paget

- “Never Be Like You” by Flume (Crywolf Cover)

- “Colours” by Halsey (Stripped Version)

- “The Real Thing” by Forget Tomorrow

- “Francis Forever” by Mitski

- “I Bet On Losing Dogs” by Mitski

- “Mistakes Like This” by Prelow

- “Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea” by XYLØ

- “Believer” by Imagine Dragons

Geht:

- “Ava” by Famy

- “Always Gold” by Radical Face

- “Iscariot” by Walk the Moon

- “Make You Better” by The Decemberists

- “Until You Were Gone” by The Chainsmokers

- “The Run And Go” by Twenty-One Pilots

- “When You Were Young” by The Killers (Kier Kemp Cover)

- “Here Comes The Hotstepper” by Ini Kamoze (Yuksek Remix)

- “You Can’t Hate Me As Much As I Do” by Casey Lalonde

- “Last Resort” by Papa Roach

- “Jesus Christ” by Brand New

- “Starboy” by The Weeknd

- “Gravity” by EDEN

- “The Last Saint” by Mario M

- “Garbage Truck” by Sex Bob-Omb

- “LOL” by EDEN

- “IDFC” by Blackbear (Tarro Remix)

- “Love Stuck” by Mother Mother

- “Jump The Fence” by Mother Mother

- “Infinitesimal” by Mother Mother

- “Junkie” by Kill Paris

- “The Drugs” by Mother Mother

- “Did You Wrong” by Sweater Beats

- “Frame Of Mind” by Tristam and Braken

- “The Good, The Bad, And The Dirty” by Panic! At the Disco

- “All Time Low” by Jon Bellion

- “Afraid” by The Neighbourhood

- “I’m Not Famous” by AJR

- “BADBOI VIP” by Pegboard Nerds

- “Handclap” by Fritz and the Tantrums

- “Destiny” by Jame Paget

- “Cupid’s Chokehold” by The Gymclass Heroes

- “Better Than Sex” by The Midnight Beast

- “Rustie” by Attak

OKAY. These next ones are all my friend @kalamitis OCs.

Ty:

- “Hope Of Morning” by Icon for Hire

- “Sleep Alone” by Two Door Cinema Club

- “Halo” by Starset

- “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards” by Say Lou Lou (Tame Impala Cover)

- “Still Here” by Digital Daggers

- “You’re No Fun Anymore Mark Trezona” by Mindless Self-Indulgence

- “Eyes Wide Open” by Gotye

- “Exile Vilify” by The National

- “Bad Wings” by The Glitch Mob

- “Little Bird” by Imogen Heap

- “Feels Right” by Godwolf

- “Suffocate” by Whipped Cream

- “Wanderer’s Lullaby” by Adriana Figueroa

- “Somethin About U” by Astronomyy

- “Bit By Bit” by Mother Mother

- “Arrival” by IHF

- “Rude” by Dilistone and LILI N

- “Sober” by Dilistone

- “Remembering Myself” by Stephen

- “Don’t Leave” by Snakehips

- “Hand Of God” by Jon Bellion

- “Sweet Revenge” by Phantom Power

- “Nothing Left To Lose” by Ethos Music

- “Believe” by James Paget

- “Say It, Just Say It” by The Mowgli’s

- “Boats And Birds” by Gregory and the Hawk

- “Rockabye” by Clean Bandits

Kos:

- “St. Patrick” by PVRIS

- “The World Has I’ts Shine” by Cobra Starships

- “Coin Operated Boy” by The Dresden Dolls

- “Pretty Thing” by Broods

- “Pretty Face” by Soley

- “Bodyache” by Purity Ring

- “Cake By The Ocean” by DNCE

- “10,000 Emerald Pools” by BØRNS

- “Moondust” by Jaymes Young (Stripped Version)

- “Bare” by Wildes

- “Cosmic Love” by Florence and the Machine (Seven Lions Remix)

- “Weak When You’re Around” by Blackbear

- “Superlove” by Tinashe

- “Side To Side” by Ariana Grande

- “YALA” by M.I.A.

- “Fandango” by The Clarstone

- “Love Me” by Jane XØ

- “Anchor” by Novo Amor

- “Blow Your Mind” by Dua Lipa

- “Beyond The Void” by Cody Still

- “Gooey” by Glass Animals

- “Nasty Freestyle” by T-Wayne (Prizmo & Cpz Remix)

- “Powerful” by Major Lazer

- “Go Hard” by Kreyshawn (Valentino Kahn Remix)

- “Bitch” by Allie X

- “Get On Your Knees” by Nicki Minaj

- “Move Like A Soldier” by Kristina Maria

- “She’s The One” by Arkasia

- “Slay It” by Cryptex

- “The Prestige” by Kraddy

- “Let You Let Me” by Savoy

- “Bravado” by Lorde

- “LET ME TOUCH YOUR FIRE” by A R I Z O N A

- “Into You” by Ariana Grande

- “Mine” by Phoebe Ryan (Illenium Remix)

- “See Right Through Me” by Set Mo

- “All We Do” by Oh Wonder

- “That’s My Girl” by Fifth Harmony

- “Cool Girl” by Tove Lo

- “Brand New Moves” by Hey Violet

- “The Sound” by The 1975

- “Army Of Steel” by Red Noise Industries

- “Brutality Code” by Christian Baczyk

- “Instant Crush” by Daft Punk

Triis:

- “Stay” by Kygo

- “Fake You Out” by Twenty-One Pilots

- “Cat And Mouse” by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

- “Black And Gold” by Sam Sparro

- “Hymn Of Acxiom” by Vienna Teng

- “Keep Your Hands Off My Girl” by Good Charlotte

- “Mister Simple” by Super Junior

- “Tear You Apart” by She Wants Revenge

- “SADIST” by Crystal Castles

- “Make You Feel Loved” by CADE

- “Single” by The Neighbourhood

- “Wrong” by MAX

- “Somebody” by Natalie La Rose

- “Dessert” by Dawin

- “Gangsta” by Kehlani

- “Black Beatles” by Rae Sremmurd

- “Weak” by AJR

- “Closer” by The Nine Inch Nails

- “All I Wanna Do” by J-Park

- “Gangsta Sexy” by Hollywood Undead

- “The Cure” by Lady Gaga

- “That’s What I Like” by Bruno Mars

Kal:

- “Let You Go” by The Chainsmokers

- “GDFR” by Flo Rida (K Theory Remix)

- “Pursuit Of Happiness” by Kid Cudi (Steve Aoki Remix)

- “Freak” by Estelle

- “Recover” by Churches

- “Stranger Than Earth” by Purity Ring

- “Selfish Man” by Francis Lung

- “Learning To Hate You As A Self-Defense Mechanism” by Flatsound

- “The Beautiful Ones” by Monarchy

- “Pa Pa Power” by Dead Man’s Bones

- “Drugs” by EDEN

- “Tipsy” by J-Kwon

- “Alone” by Bazzi

- “Party Favours” by Tinashe

- “Sweatpants” by Childish Gambino

- “Company” by Tinashe

- “Drop That Kitty” by Ty Dolla $ign

- “Love This Shit” by August Alsina

- “Player” by Tinashe

- “Don’t Threaten Me With A Good Time” by Panic! At the Disco

- “I Wanna Get Better” by Bleachers

- “Fake Love” by Drake

Cam:

- “Do You Feel It?” by Chaos Chaos

- “Oh Miss Believer” by Twenty-One Pilots

- “Maps” by The Yeah Yeah Yeahs

- “Forget” by Marina and the Diamonds

- “#MINDCONTROL” by Hot Sugar

- “Tether” by Chvrches

- “Let Go” by Frou Frou

- “Oblivion” by Bastille

- “Elastic Heart” by SIA

- “Young Blood” by Bea Miller

- “Jenny” by The Studio Killers (Lily Sevin Cover)

- “Living Without You” by Monarchy

- “Never Be Like You” by Flume

- “How Long Will I Love You?” by Ellie Goulding (EMBRZ Remix)

- “Jealous Of The Rain” by Labyrinth

- “Reforget” by Lauv

- “Ghosting” by Mother Mother

- “Perfect Illusion” by Lady Gaga

- “Bad Habits” by Monsieur Adi

- “One More Time” by Jon Bellion

- “Sex” by The 1975

- “End Of All Things” by Panic! At the Disco (Rain Demo)

- “Greenlight” by Lorde

- “Liability” by Lorde

- “I Don’t Smoke” by Mitski

- “Your Best American Girl” by Mitski

- “Be Happy” by FRND

AHHHH I think that’s it? I basically just redid my playlists for these.

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bunnyjoyce-blog · 7 years

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My StEx OC’s

To say that these are my “OC’s” is not to imply that I have fully crafted character bios and sketches of each one. Only a few are ones that I’ve actually developed (like the fanbabies, e.g. Rusty’s kids, Ashton and Starla). Mostly I keep this list for when I need a character. “Oh, I need a repair truck in this scene -- I’ll use Emma the M.O.W. car.” “There should be some kind of food-service vehicle -- let’s use Olive the dining car.” “Poppa needs to mention an old friend in his story -- how about Malachi the Mallet?”

Locomotives Bernadette the steam engine Big Roy the Big Boy steam engine Sandy the sea-side train engine Malachi the Mallet Warren the Warbonnet diesel engine (Santa Fe) Eris the atmospheric train Bonnie the female Warbonnet diesel engine Jammer the female diesel (roller derby) Alpha the A-Unit engine Beta the B-Unit engine Bill the Billboard freight engine (Santa Fe) Amber the electric engine Juice Jack the electric engine Davenport the female electric Columbia the Columbian steam engine Watson the electric engine Gina the steam engine Raymond the solar-powered engine Coltrane -- coal train locomotive Shock the electric engine (contributed by little brother) Miles the long-haul train Pilot the switch engine Bumper the switch engine Ilene the tilting train

Non-Locos and Associates Taxi the cab car Ella the L Train Coleman the tender (coal car) Colette the tender Nicole the tender Hep Cat the H.E.P. car (head-end power) Jenny the steam-generator car

Head-End Equipment (Passenger Cars that Don’t Carry Guests) Millie the milk car Darian the milk car Maylee the mail car Posie the postal car Arthur the RPO (mail) Arlene the RPO Travis the Traveling Post Office car Otto the autorack car Zipporah the baggage car Sue Casey the baggage car Handel the baggage car Dorothy the dormitory car Marian the horse car Clydesdale the horse car (partner with Bonnie: "Bonnie and Clydesdale")

Passenger Coaches (Non-Sleeper) Corrie/Cordelia the corridor car Charity the chair car Priscilla "Miss Priss" the private car Penny the open car Opal the open car Columbine the combine car Cassie the casino car Cynthia the cinema car Emily the emigrant car Collin the colonist car Daisy the day coach Mark 3 the British carriage Peace the quiet car Seymour the observation car Prima the first-class car Parthenia the parlor car Lora the parlor car Sofia the lounge car

Food Service Cars Mitropa the German dining car Mikki McTrain the McDonald's dining car Kitty the kitchen car Kappa the kitchen car Barney the bar car Ginny the tavern car Beverly the beverage car Barbie the grill car Bebe Queue the grill car Fred Harvey the dining car Delicia the dessert car Barbara the lounge car (with a barber shop) Libby the library lounge car Mimi the piano-bar car Ladonna the ladies lounge car Sally the saloon car Phryne the grill car (fry-knee) Olive the dining car Ambrosia the dining car

Earl Lee the breakfast diner (on sleeper trains that leave too late to serve dinner)

Sleepers Daytona Beach the Pullman sun-lounge car Delray Beach aka "Sundrop" the Pullman sun-lounge car Sunrise Beach the Pullman sun-lounge car The 2 twin twinette sleepers Obed the male sleeper Tori the tourist car Lacey the sleeping car Lunette the sleeping car Eve the sleeping car Andromeda the sleeping car (though you can basically use any constellation for sleepers, can't you?) Leah the sleeping car ("lay-ah")

Freight Trucks Minnie the mineral wagon Hermione the mine car Flo the water truck (tank car) Clayton the quarry train Diggory the mine train Digby the mine train Cornelia the vegetable truck Stix the lumber truck (like Trax, get it?) Holly the lumber truck Pip the Tropicana Juice Train reefer Blocker the female boxcar (sister of Jammer) Boombox the boxcar Roxy the hopper Agatha the aggregate hopper Heidi the high car Julie 4 the firecracker truck Bobby the bobber (caboose) Ruby the red caboose Captain the crew car Isis the freezer truck Wayne the way car Baxter the caboose (BACKster) Snowdrop the freezer truck Spumoni the freezer truck

Work Trucks Billie the revenue car (money truck) Persephone the money truck Clarence the clearance car Speedy the speeder Fraiser the crane car (he's the repair truck for the mind) Squeaky the hand car Laurice the lorry Mr. Plow the snow plow Emma the MOW truck

Component OC's Bolt the repair truck Dynamo the work truck Prada the wardrobe truck (baggage car) Julian

National OC's Lady Luna the royal saloon car (races with Prince of Wales) The City of Carlisle the APT-P power/motor car (races with the City of Milton Keynes) Herr Schnell, the German train Roulette the TGV carriage (races with Bobo) Siesta the sleeping car (from Spain) Europa Siegfried the ICE car (races with Ruhrgold) Hashiko the Shinkansen restaurant car (races with Hashamoto) Orka the Swedish vehicle Isabella the Swedish freezer truck (Isabella = is, which is Swedish for ice) Thanks to @tussockpride for her help.

Espresso's train (i.e. the other six cars on a Settebello) Rapido the Settebello (from the other side of Espresso's train) Cuscino the Settebello car Mangia the Settebello dining car Deliziosa the Settebello kitchen car Bottega the Settebello boutique car Compartimento the Settebello car

Fan babies Thundersnow - Electra's son by Volta, an electric-steam locomotive Candy the snack car -- Dinah and CB's daughter Starla -- Rusty's daughter, a coach Ashton -- Rusty's son, a steam engine Puff-Top the sleeping car -- Flat-Top and Duvay's daughter Rockabye - Rocky 2 and 2nd-class sleeper's daughter (So, would that make her a box-bed? Bah dum tish!) Rock'n'roll -- a Rocky and a food service car's child Rocky Road - a Rocky and a freezer truck's child Snow-in-Summer the freezer truck

Misc. Copper the railroad police caboose Sam Spade the murder-mystery train Carla the railway car Vanessa the railway van Gunther the railway gun Lt. Aimee the railway gun/armaments carrier Doggett the animal truck Katrina the animal truck Trixi the German, Trix-built vehicle (Trix being a toy manufacturer) Buddy the Budd-built vehicle Messenger of Hope the Baptist chapel car Sister Mary the Catholic chapel car Slammer the prison car Diana the funeral car Morgana the funeral car Mortimer the funeral-train engine

Buffet Bunny (avatar OC) Rosie the geekaboose

#starlight express #stex

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anthonymmartinez · 4 years

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The Pet Files from Public Cinema Club on Vimeo.

CAST Pipus the Wise - "Agent Persia" Kendra Uncut - "Agent Stix" Rose Luardo - "Agent Rose" Scott J. Ross - "Agent Murph" Yung Hurn - "Yung Hurn" Sadat Waddy - "Elon" Isa Rodriguez - "Cyberpunk Killer" "Sarge" Bohleman, Chris Wood, Betsy Oliphant, and Branden McLean - "Cops" Josh Alvarez - "SWAT Leader" Tony DiPatrizio, James Doolittle, Michael Parsell, Lena Parsell, Naeem Juwan - "SWAT Officers" Franklin the Pig - "Yako" (thanks to FairyTail Acres Rescue) Weed Chameleon - "Chameleon" Jamerson, Christian, Y, Nate Harris, & Shannon Sun-Higginson - "LAN Center Gamers"

CREW Directed by Public Cinema Club (Pipus the Wise, Kendra Uncut & Scott J. Ross) Commissioned by Syfy Executive Producer - James Doolittle for All Ages Productions Producer - Shannon Sun-Higginson Assistant Director - Callum Hanlon Cinematographer - Ian Mosley-Duffy AC - Mike Toland Gaffer - Shane Moore Key Grip - Kevin Gray Production Designer - Adam Fergurson Prop Assist - Matt Reed Location Sound Mixer - Sean Hamilton Hair & Makeup - Emily Rothstein Intern - Dylan Majerus PA - Layla Mzrowoski

POST Edit & Sound Design - Public Cinema Club Pet Files Title Sequence - Jimmy Simpson VFX & Motion Graphics - Harvey Benschoter & Scott J. Ross Sound Mix - Timothy Day Color - David Bauer

Camera & Lighting by Expressway Cinema Rentals Animal Casting by Dognerd Animal Talent Thanks to Jeff Barlow, Klip Collective, Nu Millenium and Localhost for locations in Philadelphia

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edicolaelbana · 5 years

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Edicola Elbana Show speciale Enrica Tedeschi

Lunedì 16 settembre alle ore 18 e 30 è stato presentato a Portoferraio da “Mardilibri” Silvia Boano con Radio Elbana Show Stefano Zio Stix Regini il libro di Enrica Tedeschi, una sorta di Biografia, perché è molto di più, sul mitico padre novantanovenne, Gianrico Tedeschi, un pezzo da “99” della nostra cultura.

Raccontare il personaggio, l'attore, l'uomo e il padre direttamente da una figlia penso sia difficile, ma Enrica è riuscita a miscelare con lucida professionalità e oggettività (non per caso è una navigata sociologa) le vicende, gli aneddoti, il coinvolgimento emotivo e il quadro storico in cui si sviluppava ogni tappa del racconto di questa vita intensa, fantastica, invidiabile per i contenuti e le esperienze.

Non basterebbe un film a rappresentarla, ma una fiction in più puntate .

Gianrico abbraccia un secolo, parte dal “Teatro per la vita”, e non il contrario, perché fu il teatro a salvargli la vita nei campi di concentramento dove era internato come IMI (Internati Militari Italiani).

Il teatro che tiene impegnata la mente e non fa pensare alla fame, al dolore, alla sofferenza, da sollievo emotivo e deride i potenti tra le righe, tra le parole e la mimica, boriosi e ottusi da non rendersene conto.

Proprio sugli IMI Enrica apre un capitolo a parte, un vero approfondimento che riporta alla luce un periodo buio, difficile e per alcuni anni controverso, sui reduci internati militari ritornati alla vita e che Gianrico si è portato dietro anche nel suo teatro a non voler dimenticare, a voler spiegare e raccontare, perché la memoria va tramandata.

Si va dall'intervista in presa diretta per arrivare al racconto e al contesto.

Ci sono i ricordi di famiglia, le sue origini, gli inizi, il teatro e tutti quelli con cui ha lavorato e soprattutto quelli che hanno voluto lavorare con lui, i più grandi registi, sceneggiatori del secolo scorso, il cinema, la televisione e la radio.

Un’artista che sapeva anticipare e leggere i cambi di costume della società, individuare le nuove sensibilità artistiche e gli autori, oggi diremo “avanti”, anche se forse lui si definirebbe “Semplice, buttato via, moderno” (leggere nel libro ).

C’è un’appendice al racconto con i lavori che ha fatto impressionante, va da pagina 187 a pagina 217, la leggevo incredulo, se non fosse che avevo finito di leggere la sua storia, ma non solo per la mole delle opere, ma soprattutto per la qualità dei testi, degli autori, dei registi etc, e comunque ha ancora qualche pagina da scrivere e ci mancherebbe.

Un vero atto di amore verso il padre quello di Enrica, che serve anche a tutti noi .

Consiglio questo blog di Enrica, isolana nell'anima. https://elbapercaso.blogspot.com/?m=1

#edicolaspeciale #isoladelba

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