#or since

[mewo777]

hey so what did he mean by this. what did he mean

[made-my-peace-with-all-the-bad]

You guys ever think about that one boot where Brody does an opt up on “window pane” in the opening number? Cause I do

[midnightmoonbeams]

Obviously after that horrendous attempt at 3 stars in 200cc Spiny Cup I said, fuck this, and went online. Never have I ever seen this happen; in which all 12 online racers pick the same damn course to race on. COMBO!!

From November 22nd, 2023

[weaversweek]

4 "Im nin'alu" - Ofra Haza

writers Shabazy, Rabbi Shalom-Shabazi

When I first plotted out the #UncoolTwo50 bonuses, I was reasonably certain of four of them - the three yet to come, and "Like a prayer". The fifth spot was open. While testing the tunes, I found "Like a prayer" had lost magic, and "Buffalo stance" had more meaning. And that "Im nin'alu" was an under-rated classic that seems to have eluded other commentators.

ELF POINTS - 11 points

Part of the UncoolTwo50 project, marking the best singles from 1977-99.

Ofra Haza was born on 19 November 1957 in Tel Aviv's poor Hatikva Quarter. At the age of 12 she joined a local theatre group where she excelled at acting and singing; she was eventually signed by manager Bezalel Aloni. One of Israel's most popular singers, Ofra had a voice of flawless tone, able to move through many styles; she was regularly described as "The Madonna of the East".

Her second album, Yemenite Songs (later released as Fifty Gates of Wisdom), was a thank you to her family - it's an album of devotional poems and secular street songs passed down from her Yemeni ancestors. Wally Brill, a producer who would later work with Ofra, explained what the album meant: "There has always been a sort of chav culture in Israel. The notion of Ofra becoming this poster girl of world music was surreal. It's on a par with Cheryl Cole deciding that her next album will comprise of Northumbrian fishing shanties."

"Im nin'alu" began as a Hebrew poem written in the 17th-century by Rabbi Shalom Shabazi. The opening line, "Im nin'alu daltei n'divim daltei marom lo nin'alu" translates as "Even if the gates of the rich are closed, the gates of heaven will never be closed". Originally released in Israel on Fled Anita in January '85, the single started to pick up airplay in Europe towards the middle of 1987. Grant Goddard from the Israeli station Kol Hashalom (The Voice Of Peace) started writing letters of recommendation to DJs all over Europe. "I played it heavily in 1985;" says Goddard, "and I was convinced it could have wider appeal."

John Peel played Ofra's later single "Galbi", and delved into her catalogue. Slowly the rest of Europe started tuning into the Haza phenomenon. Several sections of Haza's music were sampled onto other popular house and hip-hop recordings, not least Eric B & Rakim's "Paid in full" and M|A|R|R|S's "Pump up the volume". "Im nin'alu" became the first song primarily in Yemenite to hit the top twenty here.

The combination of traditional Yemeni instruments and Western disco, topped with some very effective scratching, was highly innovative for any recording. Album Shaday has some spectacular reworkings of these traditional folk tunes, married with contemporary-for-1988 dance beats; it's also got some bland pop, so be prepared to skip.

Ofra Haza took part in the Eurovision Song Contest four times, finishing second in 1983. She'd voice Yocheved, the mother of Moses, in 1998 film The Prince of Egypt, and sung the film's big song "Deliver us". It would turn out to be her last big release; Ofra Haza dies of AIDS-related illnesses in February 2000.

The song is just so very different, it's a complete culture shock when it turns up on Top of the Pops, nestled between Debbie Gibson and Scritti Politti. For three minutes, we're taken out of our "May half-term starts tomorrow" reverie, and taken into a world of exotic promise, unfamiliar and somehow we know we'll be safe.

Also… "Im nin'alu" dates to the 17th century, so it's the second-oldest song on my list, younger than "Coisice a ruin" (qv). Debbie Gibson put "Electric youth" into the top 60, I just couldn't find space for this song, however much it defines my generation. Scritti Politti are like the white chocolate Green Gartside loves; fine in small doses, but I can't stand them for long. "Wood beez (pray like Aretha Franklin)" longlisted.

[aeris-blue]

For the month of July my main goal is going to be to make a poster or something for my top five favorite video games!

Starting off we have number 5: PokeMon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time!

[rolandapostatize]

yada yada i'm a 24 year old adult (😱) i should learn to take responsibility for my own life etc however can i just say in the relevant moment in time, aka around and before i was 18, literally nobody took even a moment to talk to me about "what are you gonna do for a living" "what do you want to do with your life" etc. however embarrassing it may be to admit i will always be bitter about this. even just describing to myself the thought process i followed behind picking university choices for the final exams makes me want to cry

[dramas-vs-novels]

What is the weirdest job you've done for work?

Sometimes I have to act as facility manager.

It has to do with the station insurance. We rent out studios when they aren't in use, sometimes for big national projects (major advertising clients like the NFL), sometimes music videos, sometimes videos for the local museums.

Whatever.

Each of those is required to have a facility manager who is a badged employee of the station. And all you have to do is be there for the building.

So those jobs, I get paid to come in, turn on the lights, on Day 1 I'll help set up tables, get people hooked up to the internet or printer system, put up signs directing people to bathrooms, maybe help set up makeup or talent rooms, etc.

So day 1, it's actually a pretty intensive job sometimes.

But if they are a low-key client or after that initial setup is done... I just... sit. I'm not allowed to help- that's what their crew is supposed to do. I can't help them carry, clean up, run lights, nothing.

I belong to the building.

So I'll get paid for 12-16 hours (overtime!) per day of just... Sitting alone in a quiet room watching Netflix on my laptop. I can't even do my existing work because that's considered splitting focus. Facility can Netflix. Facility can play games. Facility cannot edit/produce/do anything else.

The longest streak was 6 days straight. Of nothing.

Somehow, those days are more exhausting than when I'm busy.