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#jojo's bizarre adventure#jjba#vento aureo#jjba polpo#polpo save me. save me polpo.#this is from like OVER a year ago at this point but i realized i never posted it bc of the insane state of mind ive been in where i am like#fucking sweating shaking heart racing at the mere idea of posting art.#anyway sorry for beingthe number 1 polpo stan account (not sorry actually). i just love a terrible criminal man.......#thinking abt him makes me smile.#myart#ALSO the tiny bruno here is like thirteen polpo isn't like 20 feet tall lakdsjfljladkjf. he's extremely tall but not THAT extreme.#more like. i don't know. 6'10. slightly taller than risotto in my mind.
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The Story Behind The Song: Arctic Monkeys’ early ambitions on ‘A Certain Romance’
Lucy Harbron – Far Out Magazine | January 17, 2024
It was 2006. Mortgages were crashing, and businesses were going bust. Tony Blair was on his last legs in office as the longest-serving prime minister since Margaret Thatcher, and the hangover of ‘Cool Brittania’ was beginning to set in with an unexpected ferocity. Things were bleak when a young Alex Turner sang, “There ain’t no romance around there” through the public’s speakers. Arctic Monkeys were about to write themselves into musical history as the voice of a new generation.
The final song on their debut album, there has always been something special about ‘A Certain Romance’. In 2022, after the release of their seventh album, The Car, Turner seemed to find himself reflecting back on that 2006 track. To the musician, that early cut holds a clue to everything that was to come as he said the piece “showed that we did actually have these ambitions beyond what we once thought we were capable of”.
Coming in at over the five-minute mark, ‘A Certain Romance’ almost feels like the Arctic Monkeys’ version of a rock opera, summarising all the themes, feelings and energy that came before it on their seminal album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. It has the cheekiness of ‘Fake Tales Of San Francisco’ and the catchy instrumentals of hits like ‘Dancing Shoes’ or ‘I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor’. Utilising the northern charm of ‘Mardy Bum’, it stands as a final, neatly summarising point on the social commentary found in their early tracks like ‘From The Ritz To The Rubble’ or ‘Riot Van’. Really, it could be argued that ‘A Certain Romance’ is the ultimate example of Arctic Monkeys’ original sound, perfectly encapsulating all the things that made the world listen up and pay attention.
It’s like they seemed to know that, too, always allowing the song a special place. In fact, it was really the band’s opening remark. Years before the offer of a debut album came around, the group were a well-oiled machine with their own local hits. They had the northern live music scene in their hands as their homemade demo CD was passed around like everyone’s worst-kept secret. Beneath the Boardwalk features eight out of the 13 songs that would be on Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, albeit in a slightly different, lower-quality version. But the opening number, ‘A Certain Romance’, sounds just the same.
It’s all there, from the rolling opening drums to that final guitar solo. Recorded and produced in a rented studio at only age 17, the existence of ‘A Certain Romance’, one of the band’s most explorative and energetic numbers, in this form this early in their career feels like a diamond sitting in a mine. It proves that they were always onto something special.
They never needed any help. In fact, their producer, Jim Abbiss, noted that they even seemed nervous about the help. “I think they were probably a bit weary, like ‘who’s this guy? And is he gonna make our sound this or that.’”
They didn’t want anything to change too much, as the group already had the songs figured out. Turner certainly did, as the track’s meandering narrative about hometown lads, fights, and local boredom is already there. Talking on a podcast, original member Andy Nicholson revealed the story behind the song. “We had a practice room with a pool table in, and we had a party in there, and we invited another band who were friends of ours, and we all had some drinks,” he said. “Then something happened, someone throws a pool cue, someone throws a pool ball, and everyone ends up fighting,” he added, explaining the lyrics, “there’s boys in bands / And kids who like to scrap with pool cues in their hands.”
But the magic of Arctic Monkeys lies in their nuance. What begins as a snooty analysis of his local landscape is a genuinely affectionate take. “Well, over there, there’s friends of mine / What can I say? I’ve known ’em for a long long time / And, yeah, they might overstep the line / But you just cannot get angry in the same way,” Turner sings, looking around at his bandmates and lifelong friends. ‘A Certain Romance’ is not only a time capsule for the group’s beginnings but is an ode to all the people who were there with them. It’s an ode to the hometown that made them and all its various characters.
But as the last guitar solo roars to life, there is an unspoken statement that they’re going to be bigger than what they came from. “I remember when we were recording ‘A Certain Romance’ and having a conversation with the producer about the final guitar solo,” Turner told NME, recalling the moment these songs were reworked for their debut. But they wouldn’t let anyone mess with ‘A Certain Romance’, knowing exactly what they were doing and trying to say with that one. In the 2003 demo version, all the feeling is already there, and Turner wouldn’t risk it.
“There’s something that happens at the end of that track where we break some rules in a single moment,” he continued. What happens at the end of the piece feels even more special, considering how the album was recorded. “These are the songs we wanna do, and I think this is the order we wanna do them in,” Alex Turner told their producer, recounting the conversation in 2007 to RadioX, “And he goes, ‘alright, we’ll try to record them in that order as well.’” As the final song, that last guitar solo is the last thing recorded for the album, standing as a cathartic outlet and a chance for the band to prove themselves.
“We focused on the [emotional] effect of the instrumentals over the words,” Turner reflected on the track, concluding, “and I feel like we’ve been trying to do that again and again since then.”
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#I could talk about 'A Certain Romance' until I'm blue in the face or a sobbing mess#lucy did a good job on this one#she perfectly encapsulated how this song makes me feel#the moment I heard it I knew that this band was something incredibly special#it is so near and dear to my heart I will never stop singing it's praise#the fact they made this song that is so compelling and takes you an emotional journey from the beginning to end over 20 years ago????#and how protective they were of it when making the first album cause they knew it was something special#and Alex drawing similarities between 'ACR' and 'The Car' & letting the instrumental moments of the song convey more emotion than the lyri#like he always said they continue to follow the same instincts from the very beginning nearly 20 years later#i just want to write an ode to ACR so i can ramble on about it#but im gonna shut up for now#anyways please enjoy this article LOL#arctic monkeys#wpsiatwin#whatever people say i am that's what im not#a certain romance#alex turner#jamie cook#matt helders#nick o'malley#andy nicholson#far out magazine
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With so little to be sure of, I'm absolutely positive that Bernadette Peters is wearing the top from her 2002 Radio City Music Hall performance in Sondheim's Old Friends on the West End.
#bernadette peters#stephen sondheim#broadway legend#broadway baby#queen of rewearing her clothes from more than 20 years ago#legends being well legendary#bob mackie#sondheim's old friends#west end debut#west end musicals#h/t tarablyhonest on x
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This is in light of certain events where all of these games have had some blatant pay to win bullshit going on by the way. So I made this poll to see which game you guys think is the most pay to win (p2w) and why.
#clash royale#brawl stars#shining nikki#love nikki dress up queen#love nikki#miracle nikki#supercell#clash of clans#paper games#yes part of the reason i made this poll was because of the new ur debut event coming up even though we had a ur debut 20 days ago#plus a fucking collab#not to mention brawl stars has been increasingly more p2w with the level up changes#and clash royale has always been extremely p2w#i also added love nikki due to the fact that i got burnt out years ago from how it became increasingly p2w as well#i added clash of clans as a tag because clash royale is a spinoff of clash of clans but i do think clash of clans is somewhat f2p friendly#at the very least clash of clans is more f2p friendly than either clash royale brawl stars shining nikki and love nikki are#poll
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some good old lesbians <3
#my trashy art#dreamers by bern#cw:bruises#when i first created them like almost 8 years ago#they are from dance practice ut u know#i wanted luna to be a reflection of me#a year later i was like 'luna is a lesbian' and i kept living my life like that#without asking myself “mmm why is the character that is supposed to be you a lesbian? should we ask ourselves this?”#nop..realized it 4 years after the creations of the whole universe#stuff changed she isn't supposed to represent me#not more than the main 4 at least but boy is it a funny story of me being oblivious#anyway have luna and laura in their early 20s they share an apartment while studying and working#bern oc
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My gaming hot take of the day is that I don't understand why people want remakes of their favourite games. If you already like the game, why does it need a remake?
I want remakes of games that sucked in their original state. So that they get another chance to shine.
But tbh most of all I don't want remakes at all. Just create new things instead of rebooting remaking remastering everything we've already had.
#i swear people won't die from looking at graphics from 20+ years ago#which in the majority of cases actually had more artistic integrity than their remake counterparts anyway
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Stranger Things | 4.08
You know, the Rockies, Grand Canyon...
#stranger things netflix#Strangerthingsedit#Natalia Dyer#Nancy Wheeler#Joe Keery#Steve Harrington#Stranger Things Spoilers#GIF set#Mine#Not Revolution#If you imagined during this scene I was like - Steve you're driving LOOK AT THE ROAD PLEASE you'd be right.#I mean I'm all for significant looks and everything... but someone should be looking at the road#and traditionally that someone is the one at the wheel#Six kids is a lot#although Steve does have 'babysitting' experience#and it's probably easier to look after kids when they're not fighting evil and falling into parallel dimensions#lol now I'm picturing a Stranger Things revival season 15 years from now where the next generation has somehow f**ked things up again#and this time THEY'RE the parents - except they're cool parents... at least by parent standards.#And omg it would 2001.#(and omg 2001 was more than 20 years ago)#I like how soft his face gets when he looks at her#I hate how much I need good things to happen to them#it feels like tempting fate
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to be honest i think classic sonic as a separate guy sucks and it should have just been a one time thing in generations that they never tried again. sorry classic sonic enjoyers .
#and thats not to say that i think all of the more recent classic sonic media is bad. sonic mania is good. sonic superstars is okay.#and the comics and animations are cute#but is it really worth it . i think the concept of classic sonic being from an alternate dimension#and certain characters being considered ''classic only'' characters kinda sucks. i dont like it.#and recently they seem to have dropped that idea and switched to ''yeah this is totally the same timeline as everything else''#which i dont like either. i dont like them going back and inserting more stuff into the area of the timeline#that we already passed over 20 years ago just to appeal to people who wont touch anything with modern sonic in it#its like theres no winning . maybe they should just stop with the classic sonic . leave him alone#if they think they have to keep making classic sonic stuff or theyll die though why does it have to be canon#why cant it just be a silly fun side thing that they dont take super seriously#also theres nothing stopping them from making 2d games that still use the modern designs like the advance trilogy or sonic rush#i think making games like that more often would be a better compromise than whatever theyre doing with classic sonic
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*Sees United States Air Force recruiting advertisement on the side of my dash.*
"College, Housing Healthcare. We bring it all. You bring you."
How dystopian is this? Really?
It just made me realize that in order to get the basics for LIVING that it's just accepted, nay even expected, for people to sign up to kill and die.
Uggggh. What kind of a Hell-world do we even live in?
#U.S. politics#recruiting#grooming#USAF#uncomfortably remembers over 20 years ago and fell for it#college money and travel desires...#and I didn't make it through boot due to health problems cropping up#but yeah I've grown up and rethought it ALL since then#even the ads are more dystopian now than they were then#I remember when they were more about college funding and exciting worldwide travel#now it's down to basics like healthcare and housing#because God knows we can't get a guarantee of those from a normal career civilian job anymore
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Don't want to tone police anyone else, but I kind of hope that if anyone sent me a misguided ask trying to 'correct' some terminology I used for my own self-identity, I'd be able to reply in a way that didn't frame myself as superior for being out longer than the asker.
#i've only been out for like 5 mins anyway so i kind of hate that anyway for maybe personal reasons??#i met a lot of trans people my age this year who also didn't come out during their entire 20s for Reasons#and we all agreed it fucking sucks and feels like wasted time#and i'm well aware people come out much much later than that and the same applies#as a transmasc person i have detected a small amount of 'well how would you know you only just came out like 5 mins ago'#from other transmasc people about my age who have been out way longer#and i understand where they are coming from i guess but i also can't help it#and i hope our community never has to be divided by supposed privilege lines of who came out when and who spent more time as 'cis'...#maybe people are already trying to do this but i hope not because none of that stuff is fixed enough to be an axis of oppression#though it does change our experiences of life of course it's never as simple as 'privileged vs oppressed' on things like this#in particular there's one transmasc person in my local area (there aren't many lol) who i really want to connect with but who has made#implications that they see people like me as trans babies of sorts#like not talking about me but someone else they said of a long-time friend of theirs who just came out as transmasc#'i could have used that support 10 years ago!'#i was just like :/ well they aren't talking about me but is this how people in my community see me??#anyway i think if we can't have compassion for and acceptance of each other's unique experiences it will stand in the way of intra-communit#connection
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my sister is currently doing her nightly *douse myself in water for 5 mins despite it leaving PUDDLES EVERYWHERE BTW and then spend 20 mins applying imported skincare i spent all my money on* in SILENCE sans any form of music meanwhile she walked in on me having a party of one (1) at myself in the bathroom mirror to set it off of all things. it's a bit funny that we are related by blood
#she just looked at me with my hands still doing some dumb dance gesture and went 'what.... are you doing' SO UNIMPRESSED LIKE#mortifying but i had fun. was literally just jamming for a good 20 mins like acting out every song in the mirror#not even taking my make up off or anything like that no just pure vibing. and i think im in the right here#and then she spends a MINIMUM half hour EVERY NIGHT on skincare which is fine i WISH i had that dedication#but she does it IN SILENCE I DONT UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE RELATED#my sister: even though im writing my thesis atm for my masters in chemistry im still excited for my dentistry degree i just got accepted on#me earlier today to my mum: LETS SEE IF I CAN FAIL MACROECONOMICS THREE YEARS RUNNING <3333#it's a bit funny it's a BIT funny#we are just such different people in EVERY facet of our lives even the tiny things idk IT'S A BIT FUNNY#can u see how i got the shit kicked out of me from watching fleabag. can you see it#we did however sit on the sofa together just now and i was lying on it first#but she wanted to show me a dress so she came over and i didnt want to get up so i lifted my legs as a joke#expecting her to be like 'sod off and make room' but she literally just scooted under and had my legs on her lap and her arms on my legs#and yes it's v casual v mundane but we've never really... had that? like we are NOT physically affectionate at all#we're not affectionate FULL STOP let alone physically#idk it was nice. i was hyperaware of literally every single part of me bc it's still so new but. it was nice#i used to get really hung up on our differences but now i do genuinely find it funny more often than not#('used to' i mean last year. literally a few months ago. we move)#hella goes home
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16,770 notes - Posted November 11, 2022
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shoutout to slow creators!
i know it can be disheartening to work so slowly when it seems like everyone around you works so fast and churns out great content left and right. i know it's easy to get frustrated with yourself for having to spend so much time on one thing and sometimes it's hard to stay motivated long enough to finish. but the things you make are so good, and taking lot of time on something isn't a bad thing. creation can be a very painstaking process, but the amount of love and care and effort and attention you pour into your work bleeds through. people can feel it. they appreciate it. they see how hard you try and they see how your thoughtful approach to creation affects the quality of the end product. speed is definitely a skill you can develop and chances are as you practice more and get more comfortable with things, you'll be able to work faster. but no matter what, the things you make are worth waiting for. keep creating! you are wonderful!
26,916 notes - Posted February 22, 2022
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friendly reminder for things you might have forgotten!
clothes in the washer
dinner in the oven
unanswered email/text/call
meat that needs to defrost
plants that need to be watered
garbage day
upcoming birthday or anniversary
the alamo
32,607 notes - Posted April 28, 2022
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guy.s
i saw a post that said it maxed out at 24. so i just. kept buying em. thinking eventually i would get a little message saying i had the max amoutn. but. guys. it didnt. it did nt
39,542 notes - Posted November 11, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
no, YOU have a microwave brain that slowly rotates blorbos. I have a washing machine brain that rotates AND soaks them and sometimes things get a little intense and it starts going THUNK THUNK THUNK and nearly breaks itself because of blorbo overload
62,123 notes - Posted August 20, 2022
Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →
#tumblr2022#year in review#I was initially too embarrassed to share this#But screw it#i am a little relieved the stupid checkmarks one wasnt my number one lmao#I did turn off reblogs on that one tho#Third one is something i blazed hahaha#also. was v surprised about the toh tag bc I didn’t start regularly blogging about toh until like a few months ago I think?? Omg#I was very good about tagging all toh posts tho so my ml followers could block#I only recently started using ml by itself as a tag#Bc before that was just the default hdjddj#Anyway. It was a year here on tumblr dot com#I feel like I post and reblog so much more than everyone else DHSJSM#no wonder I’ve gotten tagged like 20 times as one of someone’s top people they reblog from LMAO#I’m the only option it’s just me and my cartoons and I never shut up about them!!
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honestly i think they need to stop making reboots and live remakes not because they’re bad but because they’re often dead in the water before they even air and met with THE harshest criticism that no one will ever give them a chance
#i think we’re in an interesting age where reboots are still being made#close to the original source as they were before#well actually they’re a decade closer on average than before but still#i think the issue is aside from cgi storytelling and movies are on similar par as they were 20 years ago#compared to movies made in the 60s then rebooted in the 90s had evolved in certain film making aspects#as well as the spread of these things are more regularly distributed and talked about so it doesn’t seem as old or out of touch as before#but like honestly live action reboots are not as awful as people often say#and the elements changed are for a new story and that’s not bad#it’ll never be the exact same as the original and that’s okay!#and this is about two very specific remakes but honestly it’s about all of them! give things a chance! don’t discount it because if your#previous expectations and don’t be haters for no reason like 😭😭#three examples actually#anyway#eris: text
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every day my youtube recommendations are inundated with 40 minute videos titled "the rise and fall of ____" where ____ is something that is very much still alive and thriving 😔
#i like 20 min to 10 hour videos where someone talks about some random shit for a long time but i am PICKY#u have to take it seriously. jokes are fine and good and some things are goofy but u still have to take it as it is u know!!#like u cant just look at some niche hobby community that had like maybe 1 thing blow up a bit outside the community a few years ago#and say its dying just because nothing else has gone big in the mainstream. its a niche hobby community for a reason#i dunno im sorry to be pretentious but i am in a constant state of that clip from parks and rec where the dude is in the home depot#like. i know more than you. clicks the kebab menu and presses remove from recommendations#i dunno for real people are constantly obsessed with calling niche mediums and hobbies and movements dead just because they personally#havent looked much into it. its a tale as old as time but now we have the internet and u can just like look at a forum or something#and find a very alive community still around so its like. come on 😔
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Sorry but you are not going to convince me to watch the Tokyo Mew Mew reboot
#i'm glad y'all are having fun with it but i genuinely think i would not enjoy it#i liked the original well enough and i don't really want the reboot to be people's introduction to tokyo mew mew#the original one is definitely a bit cringe and aged but. it's not bad it's really fun#idk it's just weird that they're rebooting so many of the classic magical girl shows instead of... making new shows?#i understand the sailor moon reboot bc the 90s show was very very different from the manga and also has too many episodes and movies#so wanting a separate show/movies that are closer to the manga and shorter makes sense#but like. i'm only 18 episodes in to ccs but why did that show need a reboot?#same for tmm. tmm is fine it didn't need a reboot it came out 20 years ago it's not that old it didn't NEED a reboot also quote me on this:#the og tmm anime looks much. MUCH. cuter than the reboot. and you know i'm right!! you know i'm right#the designs are also better and from what little i've heard of the reboot the story of the original made more sense#rant over i guess#cat rambles
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I did something unexpected tonight and got high for a few hours lmao
#happy new year!#my friend has her green card so I took one of her edibles#it was funny tho cause she’s like yeah that should kick in in about 15-20 mins and then it took like… 45 min lol#then it was like a rollercoaster from there on out.#cause it would come and go in cycles (although my friend said it was more like I was re-realizing I was high)#anyway much better than when I accidentally got high for the first time years ago lmao#personal
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