Business of the Day -- Thank Yous, Recommendations & Music.

[hackthis_archive]

heidi8 has informed me that the First Gentleman is shilling for the Head Speechwriter. I'm fairly certain there might be an issue there, but what really perturbs me is that I can't seem to find the 'Americone Dream' at the flipping store. Who the hell is keeping me from fudge-covered Stephen?

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Son of a bitch, I forgot to say THANK YOU! to all you lovely people who gave me love in musesfool's Love Meme that happened last week. You guys are all awesome and gave me these lovely warm fuzzies and I thank every last one of you for making my day, week AND month. *draws sparkly hearts around you guys*

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I adore sparky77 for many many reasons. She makes me laugh. She loves the Petrellis just as much as I do. She let me hijack the icon skripka made for her*. My only complaint is that she doesn't write a lot, but when she does, you're guaranteed something beautiful. Something like Apples Can't Talk which is Nathan & Peter and flying and just amazingness. She's such an awesome generous soul, and she makes me so happy to be a part of fandom. Thank you, sweetie.

While I'm talking about OMGPETRELLISYAYE linaerys wrote a lovely story called Fear of Flying, which is Peter/Nathan, about power dynamics, and trying to be your own person, and it's in Venezia, and there's opera, and it's so quietly beautiful and powerful I just went... oh.

Also, blondiusmaximus drew this extraordinary Petrellis (yes, all of them) Vs. Sylar art and mostly I just like to look at it and go 'Wow.' I think it could only have been improved by Mama Petrelli holding them all in the palm of her hand, because she rocks that hard.

So, I'm totally digging Psych, for the three people who haven't heard me shrieking Gus +Shawn = OTP4EVA at the top of my lungs. I even wrote some of it this week, but mostly I just want to pimp Yes, Shawn, There is a Santa Claus from the yuletide archive, because a) YAY, Yuletide and b) Yay! Wee!Gus and Wee!Shawn!

And before I forget, because we can't be forgetting Caro, barely_bean wrote an absolutely heart-wrenching Nathan & Peter story, Buoy, for Slod's picfor1000 challenge, and since I've already fawned over the story, now it's your turn.

Go give the authors/artists love!

*I really need an icon that says 'In My Next Life I'm Marrying Nathan Petrelli. Twice.'

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Friday's Top 5


The Ashtray Hearts 'Valentine' -- Have I talked about The Ashtray Hearts? Prolly not, since I have three songs by them -- all courtesy of vylit (even though I can't fucking find the CD at the STORE) -- and I have yet to listen to any of the other songs besides this one. I wanted this song for the Petrelli mix, but it didn't fit quite right, so I had to content myself with listening to it 26 times so far this year.

Dixie Chicks 'The Long Way Around' -- hackthis is recommending the Dixie Chicks? OMG! THE WORLD! SHE IS ENDING! Not really. My love for country goes from Johnny Cash to Lyle Lovett to Ryan Adams/Whiskeytown –- that's about it. So, why the hell are the Dixie Chicks here? Well, see, there was this documentary Shut Up and Sing, you might've heard about it. It's a documentary about what happens when you admit that your president is a dumbfuck and you are ashamed he's from your home state. You get death threats. This is a little scary. Even if you are married to Adrian Pasdar. I procured this album immediately after watching the documentary, and let me tell you, it's been a long time since I was this happy to give anybody any money.

Piers Faccini 'Sharpening Bone' -- I got this song from aurgasm mid-last year. I never actually listened to it at the time (we've discussed how sometimes my music lines are jammed), so imagine my shock last month when I was running and this deep, sexy, voice started crooning in my ear, sounding like Jeff Buckley on two packs a day and a case of Jack D, and talking about how love tries to kill you. Oh, yes, precious.

The Fratellis 'Chelsea Dagger' -- Da da dum da da dum da da da da da da dum. You may know this rhythm by now. You may have succumbed in the first three seconds to a song that goes 'Well, you must be a girl with shoes like that.' It's probably infected your brain and you're wondering how it will ever end. Don't fight it, if the Fratellis haven't swallowed your town yet, they will soon enough.

Kaiser Chiefs 'The Angry Mob' -- It's a shame I don’t like The Black Donnellys, because I swear if I did I would sell myself for a month to whomever agreed to make a video using this song. It's only cos you came in with your brothers too, if you came in on your own, you'd be dead.... Actually this is a song about thinking for yourself, stop being one of the mob -- you'll like it. And then go buy Yours Truly, Angry Mob.

Comments

[callmesandy.livejournal.com]

Weeeeeeee, downloading music, thank you so much!

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

You are very welcome :)

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

I've been waiting on that Dixie Chicks thing from you. HAHAHAHHA Oh, man. You are cute.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I only watched it because I wanted to see him, but then it was actually good, and they were people -- with brains! -- and I was all WTF?! He likes to sky-dive and play chess, Kass -- we are totally MFEO! But. If I can't have him at least I like her. What a cruel, vicious cycle.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

He's really creepy. You need to see Profit. He's as creepy as Bale. That being said, I do not harsh on your love. LOVE away!

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Everyone keeps telling me to watch Profit, I tried the pilot a little while ago, but the fashion and styling hurt my eyes. I thought that was supposed to be the mid-90s. I plan to give it another go eventually. He is NOT as scary as Bale. Nobody is as scary as Bale (except in Batman Begins) -- except maybe photos of Jared Leto. Blergh.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

Yes, the photoshoot was scary. Jared needs an intervention on himself.

I think that Forrest is my big Heroes crush. I wish he would get a better plotline. I still hate Nikki/Jessica.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Jared needs an intervention on himself.

Amen. Also, dude, it occured to me on Monday that the way you feel about Niki/Jessica is the way I feel about Claire.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

It's funny, because I actually like Claire, which is so out of character for me. This is the strange part of that: I liked Claire/Peter before the reveal on Claire's parenting (in my head, because ou know I don't read fic or anything) and then after the reveal liked it even MORE because I think the P's are all SO JACKED UP that incest works there in a gothic, sort of House of Black way. Speaking of, where is the Petrelli Slytherin fic?

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

HP is dead to me (at least until July). Long live it. Besides Nathan as a Slytherin isn't a story -- it's just a fact of life.

I think the P's are all SO JACKED UP that incest works there in a gothic, sort of House of Black way.

Yes, they are rather jacked up, aren't they? Yet another reason I adore them. Claire just -- feh. How I wish she could die. Swiftly. And permanently. I quite like Jessica though I must say. She makes me laugh. That's a twin that got sorted in the right house.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

It's funny, because I actually like Claire, which is so out of character for me.

Actually, you liked Clark too, so this is no real surprise when you think about it.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

Why must you slander me in public? I do NOT like Clark! I have never liked Clark, as you well know, slandering vixen. I like the one Clark in Superman: Birthright, which you would as well; he's a completely different person than the Clark we have hated all these years. Now, back on your perch.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

You did SO like Clark, well, at least once, which is more than me. I mean they're so alike -- Clark and Claire -- I can't believe nobody's talked about it before. They're both sanctimonious, snivelling, 'My life is so hard as a teenager (who everybody is trying to protect!) woe is me, I will go over here and bitch and moan like the ungrateful little shit I am.' Maybe what I really need is a Sylar icon that says 'Kill the Cheerleader, Save on Aspirin!"

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

You have clearly confused me with one of you minions (or Ash). *sniff*

You are being very hard on Claire (Clark, all that is true for, but to be fair, being an alien is sort of hard). Her father was wrong every step of the way with her, and imagine you woke up tomorrow and could phase through walls or control water...it would be at best strange, but imagine if you were 16. It's part of the hormonal nature of teenagers to be confused and horrid. It's biochemical.

How can you like Sylar? HOW? I feel like you've been kidnapped and replaced with a clone.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

to be fair,

You mention this f-word, I know not this word. And I see we have an intrinsic differing view on Mr. B. I agree with what he did with Claire -- maybe not him wiping out Mrs. B every other day -- but he was trying to keep Claire's ass safe, even from herself, which clearly didn't work for shit. Excuse him for trying. And yes, its part of being a teenager to be a self-centred shit, who thinks the world revolves around them, but hey, it doesn't. Why would I be interested? Oooh, this person has no common sense, is tied to everyone for no discernable reasons, and is more irritating than a tag on my shirt. Sympathy? Whatever.

Also, I never said I liked Sylar -- but I certainly find him entertaining and fascinating -- that's more than I'll say for 50% of the cast.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

I wasn't trying to convince you to like Claire, just rambling. WHATEVERS! It's not like you could convince me to like Nikki/Jessica!

I am of two minds about Mr B. On the one hand, intrinsically, as a criminal mastermind and villain, I can understand his desire to control his environment and all his thralls. This is acceptable on a utilitarian basis. His execution was severely lacking, but then one should never underestimate the evil that is Eric Roberts. Many have underestimated this evil previously and come to GREAT WOE! On the other hand, as a parent, he fails totally.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Jessica is awesome. She's badass with the gun, and she got to sleep with Nathan. She must die by my hand immediately.

Mr. B is the man. I have no qualms. He's one of the more intelligent Slytherins. There are those who are just scary and evil for no reason (Eric Roberts) and then then there are the scary and evil and inspire bed-wetting (see Malcolm McDowell and the Dark Lord -- who very well could be one and the same) and then there's everybody else who reckons evil gives you better health insurance.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

MM totally = Grindlewald !!!
Evil really does have better coverage. You need it for all the burns from explosions in your Lab O' Evil and from being wrongly injured by random do-gooders.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

There had been so much build up about Linderman that truly I thought there was no way they could make that work, nobody could be that fucking scary --- they proved me wrong.

[sparky77.livejournal.com]

I did not know that you had not seen Profit. That is bad and wrong and also bad. Seriously, he's naked. And he has lots of kinky sex (sometimes with his stepmom) and is awesome.

It's a bit stylized and weird at the beginning, but you get used to the style very fast. It's basically a really, really perverse farce.

It's available for download in various places and I'm making copies of my dvds for people if you want them.

And you just kind of almost made me cry. Fandom often drives me kind of insane and makes me want to run and hide, but your fundamental awesomeness is one of the reasons that I stick around. Thank you so much!

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

It's a bit stylized and weird at the beginning, but you get used to the style very fast. It's basically a really, really perverse farce.

I did try! Rilly! Okay, sort of -- you know how sometimes you're just caught on the wrong day? Anyroad, the stylized and weird just drove me right off. But for you and barely_bean and linaerys and scribblinlenore are very persistent, so I will give it another go.

Also, I know how sometimes fandom makes you want to burninate the whole place to the ground, but *you* are AWESOME, and I am so pleased to know you and share a fandom with you. Also, you should watch this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4ELMARYxqw&NR). Don't drink anything though, the music might cause a monitor accident.

[sparky77.livejournal.com]

That video was awesome. They cannot stop touching each other.

And my Profit watching advice would be to remember that a lot of it is intended to be funny. Also, I highly recommend the commentaries if you have the dvds. Adrian's voice is especially low and sexy on them and one of the creators keeps on talking about he wants to kiss Adrian.

[saturnalia.livejournal.com]

Hooray for music downloads! (Um, but I think the Fratellis track you have uploaded there is actually Whistle for the Choir, not Chelsea Dagger. *cough*)

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Well buggery to that! Stupid mislabelled file. *changes link* Thank you :)

[gene-lee.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the song recs. Hearing the Fratelli's track made me go out and get the album--where there were girl scouts selling cookies outside the Borders! YATTA!!

Also: catching up on all the good fic and meme I've missed, I feel I'm behind on a month's worth of gushing. How about this hot pic of Adrian to bring everything up to speed.

http://gekidasa.livejournal.com/287086.html

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

You know, it turns out I hadn't even put up the right Fratellis song. This is Chelsea Dagger (http://www.sendspace.com/file/azi06r), which I am sure you now know if you've bought the CD. I really hope you enjoy it.

Also, anytime you bring Adrian with you, everything is juuuuuuust fine :)