#divinyls

[prettypretender]

ℭ𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔰𝔰𝔶 𝔄𝔪𝔭𝔥𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔱

[yourdadismycardio]

🎶 I love myself, I want you to love me

When I feel down I want you above me

I search myself, I want you to find me

I forget myself, I want you to remind me.. 🎶

[ometochtli2rabbit]

MAYA:

13.0.13.5.13

oxlajun[13] BEN|AAJ [reed] - junlajun[11] PAX

galactic tone: ascension/ universal movement

sun sign: REED| armadillo/red/east

bless or repair your house

NAHAU:

mahtlactli-onei[13] - ACATL [reed]

Citlalicue | Tezcatlipoca

toznene [parrot]

lord of the night: Centeotl

trecena [13]: Tonacatecuhtli

x: mahcuilli[5] - etzcualiztli

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"The divine horses", Giorgio de Chirico, 1963

"Flag of Divine", Tarsila do Amaral,1939 - 1968

"Divine Protection", Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid, 1981

"Head of divine vengeance", Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 18th -19th C

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Heart Sign: The predominant sign of your Mayan Cross

As keepers of the fire of the hearth, persons born on this day are centered, loving, and intelligent and possess sacred knowledge. They hold much respect for the plant kingdom and gifts from the Earth. The key to their success is to recognize the esoteric gifts and Destiny as in this Cross, so that they may experience the divine love that supersedes all else and brings ultimate completion. Reed is engendered by the day Serpent and holds the destiny of the Crocodile. The combination of these energies will provide an inexhaustible power and enrich life by extraordinary experiences. The Reed person is very prone to mysticism. (www.mayancross.com)

Here are songs and performers that mention DIVINE:

The Divinyls: I Touch Myself (1991 #1 on this day)

Divine: Shake It Up

Ben E King: Amor

The Avalanches Ft MGMT & Johnny Marr: The Divine Chord

The Black Dahlia Murder: Deathmask Divine

The Breeders: Divine Heaven

The New Pornographers: It's Only Divine Right

D'Angelo: Lady

Def Leppard: Kings of Oblivion

Korn: Divine

Nina Hagen: Divine Love, Sex and Romance

Divine Brown: BeBe

The Divine: Sinthetic Inside

The Divine Comedy: The Book Lovers

The Diviners ft. Philly K: Savannah

Shinedown: Lady So Divine

Vanessa Paradis: Divine Idylle

The Soup Dragons: Divine Thing

Seal: Love's Divine

George Jones & Melba Montgomery: Simply Divine

Rollins Band: Divine Object of Hatred

Foo Fighters: Razor

Adele: Can I Get It

Slayer: Divine Intervention

Rosanne Cash: Sea of Heartbreak

Blue Oyster Cult: Divine Wind

Van Morrison: Careless Love

Patsy Cline: That's My Desire

Rolling Stones: So Divine & Tie You Up (The Pain of Love)

Dolly Parton: Wasting Love

Oscar Peterson: Stompin' at the Savoy

Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin: The Life Divine

Bob Dylan: When Did You Leave Heaven?

Nat "King" Cole: The Touch of Your Lips

Lana Del Rey: Old Money

Sam Cooke: Little Girl

David Bowie: I'm Divine & Somebody Up There Likes Me

Prince: It

[blondebrainpowered]

Divinyls - I Touch Myself, 1990

[balkanparamo]

Ybon: DiVinyls

[bitter69uk]

“Few singers can locate the rage that lies behind lust like Christina Amphlett of Divinyls. She sings with an eroticism that is almost vengeful, hurling out phrases brimming with violent need. Then she can turn and offer succor, proving there’s vulnerability beneath that banshee wail after all ... There’s no denying the singer reaches her climax on “I Touch Myself,” one of the catchiest songs ever written about masturbation. It is perhaps the truest tribute to Amphlett’s urgent talent that she can make even self-stimulation seem inclusive.”

/ Jim Farber reviewing Divinyls for Rolling Stone /

Released 35 years ago today (1 November 1990): the rollicking single “I Touch Myself” by Australian post-punk band Divinyls. This was a fluke late-career international hit for the veteran band and weirdly, it ultimately led to a backlash. The subsequent album (simply entitled Divinyls) and follow-up singles didn’t chart well, and it created a perception of Divinyls as “one hit wonders.” It would be six more years before Divinyls issued another album (Underworld in 1996) which was solely released in Australia, and then they disbanded. More happily, the accompanying video for “I Touch Myself” - featuring sultry frontwoman Christina Amphlett pouting and cavorting, veiled sadomasochistic references and shots of hands reaching crotch-ward only to cut away at the last moment - is fondly remembered by many. Funnily enough, it was directed by action movies director Michael Bay of Transformers infamy. When I interviewed Amphlett in 1990 for my university newspaper she was disdainful recalling their creative disputes. “The director of the video was very square, and he was a bit of a pain in the ass because you’d walk out in different clothes and stuff and it was all a bit much for him. He had this (shot of a) girl throwing a champagne bottle and crying. What that had to do with “I Touch Myself” I don’t know. It was a bit of a battle, but maybe it was a good thing he was square because between us and him it balanced out.”

[godgivenwarning]

Today's diary entry/music yap includes mentions of sex, pain, and other potentially disturbing themes. I really don't think it's that bad, but you never know how other people will react.

Come and take a gander at my playlist... if you dare😈

Autism related issues and chronic illness flare ups cause me to play the same earwormy songs on loop until the issues subside (or i get used to the pain). I guess it's because it's something consistent that I can control.

I often eat the same foods and wear the same outfits over and over again for the same reason. I'm a sensory seeker though, so most of the food and clothes are exciting at least (beige, bland foods and "normal" clothes are my worst nightmare).

I've listened to the same The Cure's Greatest Hits album at an unhealthy volume, every day for the past 2 weeks💥

Here's some of the random stuff I've played almost daily over the past 2 weeks and an explanation into why I like them (not including the entirety of Nine Inch Nails's discography because that's a given lol). Also some weird trivia, because it pains me to not mention something I found during my recent research into the making of the Into The Void music video.

I Touch Myself came up as a suggested song on my TikTok story a while ago, but it's been on my playlist for about a year now. It's cathartic to sing along to a song that's about something I used to feel so much shame around :)

Insomnia reminds me of my childhood, some good memories and some bad memories, but now I've been able to reclaim it from the bad memories simply by listening to it while doing random household chores. The lyrics really speak to my insane sleep issues. I think every Brit knows this one.

Faithless – Insomnia (Radio Edit) Lyrics | Genius Lyrics https://share.google/MOCtY19tdAcHbl00D

Nothing Lasts Forever makes me think about a man I care very deeply for...

Wrong Number is insanely catchy, I often have to play it 3 times in a row. I love the way Robert Smith's voice sounds. He's kind of whimpering and moaning the entire time, it's not a sex thing, it's just really fun to sing along to.

Take Me To The Hospital... Watching Keith Flint smash up an ambulance in the music video while computer noises assault my ears feels oddly healing. "Take me to the hospital" is a phrase I've used quite a few times (in various forms) during my lifetime. I grew up with The Prodigy, reclaiming them from my sibling's dad, who would laugh while singing along to Smack My Bitch Up, has been amazing. Their songs are deeply embedded into England's rave and anti establishment music scenes. They don’t stand for what he thought they did.

Fun fact! They originally asked Walter Stern to direct the mv, but his version was rejected by the band. The second official video was directed by Paul Dugdale.

You may know Stern from Massive Attack's music videos for Teardrop, Risingson and Angel, The Prodigy's Firestarter, Breathe, No Good Start The Dance and a bunch of incredibly iconic videos by other popular musicians. There are way too many mvs to name, but my favourite is the Nine Inch Nails music video for Into The Void (Jeff Richter is also credited for this one)! I can't seem to link it, but look Stern up on Wikipedia for more of his directing credits :)

And last, but not least:

Gibson Girl... Sex, shame and pain... It speaks to me in a way that is difficult to articulate.

This turned into the playlist of absoloute anguish and horniness, but it feels like a little peek into my brain. Music is a huge part of my life, so I wanted to jot some of this down because my playlist has been absolutely nuts recently... just like me LMAO😭

Apologies for bad grammar, you know the drill... It's 2am and my bones hurt.

Thanks for reading my autistic rant :)

[blakenstein]