They’re done! My first ever Funko Pop! customising project, featuring Ty, Zane, Nick, and Kelly from abiroux‘s amazing Cut & Run/Sidewinder novels. These were an amazing little therapy project for me this week, and having a project to do that was entirely for my own amusement (not work, not a contract, not a commission) did wonders for my state of mind.
If you’re curious, there are construction notes under the cut here:
Archive for August, 2015
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im voting this best vine of 2014
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Inspired by Kevin Collert’s Marvel Series.
Force of Nature: Mother Nature Furiously Spins the Earth
Italian sculptor Lorenzo Quinn sculpted his project Force of Nature I and II, after being a witness to the devastating destruction of hurricanes in Thailand and in the Southern United States. Constructed from bronze, stainless steel and aluminum, the work reflects nature’s perceived powerful energy, which is unpredictable, beautiful, yet dangerous. By omitting Mother Nature’s face, Quinn reminds us that there is no sense of security or protection from the Earth itself. We are not in control, sudden destruction awaits at any time.
If you ever feel you’re good at driving, just remember that this exists. A roundabout. Made of roundabouts.
im gonna go here some day
For later reference, this roundabout is in Swindon, and was voted the fourth scariest junction in the UK.
darktwinkle but is it worse than that one in Coventry?
raininginadelaide maybe this is training for Coventry! All that’s missing is the ‘change-five-lanes-at 60-within-200-yards’
Where was this chap when my Cheesecake Factory cheesecake fell on the floor? O.o
Classical Pieces You’ve Probably Heard but Might Not Remember the Name
Posted: August 12, 2015 in UncategorizedTags: BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW, music, reference
- William Tell Overture– Rossini (Most famous part at 8:45, but why not listen to the whole thing?)
- Also Sprach Zarathustra– Strauss
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik– Mozart
- Symphony 94, Mvt. 2 “Surprise Symphony”– Haydn
- Toccata and Fugue in d Minor-Bach
- Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2– Chopin
- Rondo alla Turca– Mozart
- Sinfonie de Fanfares: Rondeau– Jean-Joseph Mouret
- The Four Seasons: Spring– Vivaldi (I just linked to the whole thing because it’s great)
- Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring– Bach
- O Fortuna (from Carmina Burana)– Carl Orff
- Funeral March– Chopin
- Orpheus in the Underworld: Infernal Galop (A.K.A. Can Can)– Offenbach
- Pomp and Circumstance (You probably graduated to this)– Elgar
- Gayane: Sabre Dance– Aram Khachaturian
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Wedding March– Mendelssohn
- Carmen: Les Toreadors– Bizet
- The Ride of the Valkyries– Wagner
- Für Elise– Beethoven
- Dance of the Hours– Ponchielli
- Rigotello: La Donna e Mobile– Verdi
- Night on Bald Mountain– Mussorgsky
- Romeo and Juliet: Love Theme– Tchaikovsky
- Entry of the Gladiators– Julius Fucik
- Lakmé: Flower Duet– Delibes
- Peer Gynt: In the Hall of the Mountain King– Greig
- Rodeo: Hoedown– Copland
- Peer Gynt: Morning Mood– Greig
- New World Symphony Mov. [2][4]- Dvorak
- Ave Maria (You knew this, but did you know that it was by Schubert?)
- Canon in D– Pachelbel
Add others if you want! Have fun!
- Dies Irae (from Requiem) – Mozart
- Flight of the Bumblebee – Rimsky-Korsakov
- Finale to the 1812 Overture – Tchaikovsky
- Der Holle Rache kocht in meiner herzen (aka the Queen of the Night aria) – Mozart
- Libiamo ne’ lieti calici – Verdi
- Largo al factotum – Rossini
- Overture to The Barber of Seville – Rossini
- The Blue Danube Waltz – Strauss
- Moonlight Sonata (mvmt. 1) – Beethoven
- Symphony No. 5 – Beethoven
I’m sure there are more but these were some of the first that came to mind as missing!
I think this one’s missing, one of my favourites:
Danse Macabre – Camille Saint-Saëns
Yay let’s add more!!!
- Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (from The Nutcracker) – Tchaikovsky
- Dance of the Russians (from The Nutcracker) (every Christmas commercial ever uses this) – Tchaikovsky
- Rose Waltz (from Sleeping Beauty) – Tchaikovsky
- Dance of the Four Little Swans (from Swan Lake) – Tchaikovsky
- Dance of the Knights/ Montagues and Capulets (from Romeo & Juliet) (also was on The Apprentice) – Prokofiev
- Rhapsody in Blue – Gershwin
- Enter Three Sailors (from Fancy Free) – Bernstein
- Jazz Waltz (Waltz No. 2) – Shostakovich
- Major-General’s Song (from Pirates of Penzance) – Sullivan
- Nessun Dorma (from Turandot) – Puccini
- Marriage of Figaro Overture – Mozart
- Figaro’s Aria (from Barber of Seville) – Rossini
- The Rite of Spring – Stravinsky
- Minuet in G Major – Bach/ Petzold
- Symphony No. 7, Second Movement – Beethoven
- String Quartet in F Major, Second Movement (it’s in those ancerstry.com commercials and The Royal Tenebaums) – Ravel
- Bolero – Ravel
- O Mio Babbino Caro (from Gianni Schicchi) – Puccini
- String Quintet in E Major, Third Movement – Boccherini
- Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 – Liszt
Yay for classical music!
I’ve been looking for Rhapsody in Blue
