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I haven’t watched Rings of Power, but LOTR, Bear McCreary and Rufus Wainwright? Instant listen for me. Also this song is lovely.
song of the day!
I finally looked this song up (bc I kept hearing it on tiktok) and its actually good???:
day 81- Another Believer {Rufus Wainwright}
I love seeing the faces of these people as they sing this song together. I love that with just one sheet of paper, a few minutes' practice, and some experience with choral singing, the person standing in the far back of that room can be united with the person in the front row in co-producing this sound together. I love that this version of a beloved song - different, relatively simple arrangement - will only ever exist once, because those people chose to come together in that room to make it.
The other day me and my grandparents were watching a documentary about the Illiad, made by the Louvre. It tells the story with art, and sometimes with crappy animation.
Anyway, at some point they talked about how Achilles and Patroclus share a tent, and showed an animated scene of the visit of Odysseus and co. to their tent.
There. Was. Only. One. Bed
Having read TSOA, i asked my grandfather, “hey, why’s there only one bed ?”
He smirked and replied with “why do you think?”
And casually mentioned later that ancient greeks were pretty GayTM.
I’ve also been listening to songs by Rufus Wainwright , on recommendation from my grandfather. In Going To A Town, Rufus sings “Do you really think you go to hell for having loved?”
And ofc that triggered my gaydar so i looked him up, and, surprise surprise, he’s married to Jörn Weisbrodt (a guy).
So with all of this in mind, i think my grandpa has a highly functional gaydar and is using it to recommend music and stuff to me.
Florence performing ‘When In Disgrace With Fortune and Men's Eyes’ at St John at Hackney Church, 26 April 2016.
"Cigarettes and chocolate milk These are just a couple of my cravings Everything it seems I like’s a little bit stronger A little bit thicker, a little bit harmful for me." —Rufus Wainwright, "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk"