Lonely People In Bright Dead Cities

Aneira, sometimes I try to write things

[mererecorder]

MS found in a bottle by ~Keid-89

[ltwilliammowett]

Hong Kong: A View of the Harbor at Sunset in 1870, by John Stobart (1929-2023)

[seabeck]

Sunbeam

[angelphilic]

Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Divine Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) - London

[leforetenchante]

Our Lady of Sorrows

[everythingfox]

Vampire cat

[baroque-art-history]

St. Gregory painted by Francisco de Zurbaran (1598 - 1664)

[su-n-s-e-t]

[arcusxx]

[straycatj]

もう一匹入れそうだよね

Soba cup bed can accept one more small cat, I suppose...

[prorochestvo]

Bukharan jews in Samarkand, Uzbekistan

[traveltoslovenia]

LAKE BLED, Slovenia - it's hard to imagine a more amazing view than at Lake Bled in the fall season. (photo: Krénn Imre Photography, instagram.com/krenn_imre/)

All you need to know to visit Lake Bled: travelslovenia.org/lake-bled/

[kleioscanvas]

Black figure pottery inspired Sphinx

[chrisfriel]

lake 101123

taken a bunch of lake photos over the last couple of weeks think these are almost there but probably wrong

[lsleofskye]

Yellow Rose in Weather

[gyclli]

Pilot boat looking for a ship in the rain.

[radiojamming]

y’all want some

SEA SHANTY RECOMMENDATIONS???

[radiojamming]

also calling upon shanty wizard @theiceandbones​! these are actual work shanties (listen for stressed phrases that could be associated with pulling or heaving, like “way-hey and up she rises”; also for call-and-response songs), with some nuance between what counts as a shanty or just a sea song. i’ll also put some possible dates ascribed to these songs, since some of them are pretty darn old!

My Son John (~1803-1815; Napoleonic era)

South Australia (~1888; also have the crew of the Statsraad Lehmkuhl singing it!)

Haul Away Joe (18th c.)

Strike the Bell (1865)

Roll the Old Chariot Along / A Drop of Nelson’s Blood (19th c.)

Santiana / Santy Anno (~1850)

Blow the Man Down (pre-1860s)

Leave Her, Johnny (19th c.)

Randy Dandy Oh (18th c.)

Johnny, Come Down to Hilo (pre- 1914)

Roll Down to Old Maui (mid 19th c.)

Drunken Sailor (early 19th c. or earlier)

Wellerman (~1840s)

Roll the Woodpile Down (~1888)

High Barbary (~1595)

Honorable mention: Soran Bushi (a Japanese sea shanty! the dance mimics lifting cargo, dragging in nets, and pulling ropes!)

[ltwilliammowett]

Battle of Gdańsk Roadstead 1627, by Wieslaw Wilk, 2021