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[lisablack000]

Restaurant in the 1970s

[periodically-vintage]

Sassy. June 1989.

[remedyofarc]

Im just saying hypothetically how would we close it?

1) Cap, overalls, boots. (Mario)

2) Flat cap, suspenders and suit pants, leather shoes. (Martin)

3) Fedora, vest, dress pants and dress shoes.(Marco)

4) Backwards cap, red t-shirt and green long-sleeve undershirt, tracksuit pants, sneakers. (Mortimer)

5) Shaded original sprite. (Manolo)

6) Red dyed hair, red jacket with green puffy sleeves, red pants, green sports shoes (Tony)

Mario, Martin, Marco, Mortimer, Manolo, Manuel & Tony.

Current lore on characters (unfinished):

Marco: An early-mid 40’s man who’s seen some adventures, he used to work as a carpenter and lived a normal life until some issues started occurring within the Mushroom Kingdom, things would go missing, things would be damaged, and these occurrences began happening more and more. Marco along with his brother Louis and sister Bianca would solve these issues to the best of their ability, until one day the worst happened, THE PRINCESS HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED! AND THE MUSHROOM KINGDOM IS OVERRUN BY KING KOOPA’S MINIONS! Marco with the help of his siblings and some good friends were able to hold back many of Bowser’s minions. But they just kept on coming, until word got around for the minions to retreat as their king had been defeated, by a brave young plumber named Mario. Princess Toadstool gave spoke honorably about this lad, and when the Princess said she would knight those who assisted in her rescue and protection of the Mushroom Kingdom and its inhabitants Marco, Louis, Bianca and many others got to meet this chipper fella, and overall, they all had a great time together.Nowadays Marco decides to live a peaceful life in Toad Town, he still makes the same visits he did 20 years ago, working with his brother at the same place he did way back then, Bianca moved overseas for work but still sends letters home._____________________

Mortimer: Aged around 25-35, He is a powerful man who shares a fairly indifferent view on the political climate between the kingdoms, One has described him as “Someone you assume is in control of the situation, and like, way more things that someone should be conceivably be in control of.’ Mortimer is known to run multiple stores within the multiple Kingdoms as well as some Casino’s (one of them featured in Super Mario 64 DS). His main operations are located in New Donk City, it is commonly believed there he owns: 1 Casino, 2 fast-food shops, 1-15 small businesses, and some speculate a business located in New Donk’s red light district. Mortimer claimed that he owns 3 business within New Donk City, but hasn’t specified further.*furthermore we know this statistic on his businesses in New Donk to be false, but cannot prove or disprove* Mortimer holds a partnership with Wario, while Wario and Mortimer do not get along per se, they do get along as business partners, it is believed that the partnership held is related to Mortimer’s businesses and Wario’s goldmine. Neither have spoken out about confirming this information but Wario has said ‘I will tell you nosey people one thing, Mortimer has helped me with some things and I am to a degree indebted to him’, this secrecy and Wario’s use of the word indebted have caused some to suggest Mortimer works for or perhaps is the leader of the Mafia._________________________

Tony: 19 year old College student, Sporty and sleepy, Tony has a reputation of being a troublemaker and something of a vigilante in his school, as well as something of a jokester. Anthony or 'Tony’ is a big sports fan and absolutely idolises Mario, who is undoubtedly his favorite athlete. His brother Sebastian (or Seb) on the other hand thinks he focuses too much on the wrong things, he supports his brother following his dreams but also thinks he should spend less time 'playing this super-ultra-hero-man he thinks he is’ and spending more on being present in classes, and handing in all assignments, and showing determination in more than just soccer/football. (⚽️ <- this sport) He shares a dorm room with his brother Sebastian, and Tony has a massive crush on 'a Green eyed, Red-haired Hottie’, Eleanor. Sebastian has no crush or partner at this time.

It's so secret that I love omorashi (pee desperation) and I blame this fetish from a Mario game... In Mario bros 2 when lifting a turnip from the ground it looks like each character is on the verge of peeing themselves holding on there crotch desperately trying to hold it

HEY HERE WE GO AGAIN.- look, maybe ihy luigi is the version that I like the least :D! the story is curious although it was a creepypasta joke anyway.. BUT AH JASKLFJ, I couldn't help but imagine this idea. luigi wins, he throws mario into the lava believing that he finally decided the problem, he will finally be number one! and out of nowhere his dead brother appears next to him as if nothing happened and FOR MORE- he hugs him without resentment. because in the end he loves luigi, despite everything. basically a ghost mario clinging to luigi and he is like: FUCK YOU

[plungermusic]

You don’t mess with a classic recipe from the 70s …

...and that goes for the pizza too. Crowd Company launched their Live At The Jazz Cafe album in Dean Street’s Pizza Express with a tasty retro slice of golden era funk and soul. The crisp base of Robin Lowrey’s drums, Emil Engström’s bass, and Rob Fleming’s guitar was topped with lashings of clavinet and organ from Claudio Corona, spiced with tricksy arpeggiated brass fanfares (and sparkling solo spots) from Chris Rand on sax and Dave Boa on trumpet in the opening instrumental Blind Pig.

Vocalists Esther Dee and Jo Marshall then joined to back Rob’s gruff lead on the dancey Are You Feeling It, and their sophisticated harmonies and timings were a highlight of the stop/start Blaxploitationesque Fast Forward. The N’awlins lope of Allen Toussaint’s Goin’ Down, with smoky organ and bright percussive trumpet, saw Rob adding gritty counterpoint over the closing chorus, and he also led the barrelling Away With You and the propulsive funk of Now Or Never (where Dave and Chris exchanged latin-flavoured solos with increasing speed and complexity!) The jerky Let Me Be showcased Esther and Jo in scattergun bebop-sax-solo vocals, thrilling high harmonies and unexpected progressions: Jo then displayed sultry soulful tones on Anne Sexton’s You’ve Been Gone Too Long, before Esther closed set one leading out The New Mastersounds' Turn This Thing Around.

A second instrumental, the hypnotic cop show theme of Sally, got set two underway, with staccato clav and wah-guitar offset with smooth horns, and a discursive relaxed sax break. Clav and guitar led out the slick groove of Take Off The Crown, the punchy horn phrases mirrored by the girls’ “doo-dah-doos”, while Claudio's Hammond shone on the bustling Do You Know Me. Esther showed a playful side, encouraging the audience to try to match her high notes with a couple of lines from Minnie Riperton’s Loving You, and Jo took centre spot with her impassioned bluesy lower register on the dramatic Can’t Get Enough with its hip-hop mariachi brass phrases, and her gutsy soulful lead on Fever. That also saw Rob turn out some fine jazzy octave playing, and his relaxed fuzzy wah solo closed out an appropriately sunny, upbeat Summer with its airy vocal harmonies and breezy sax outing.

With the pizzas cleared and a party atmosphere pervading, the diners were out of their seats for Turn It Loose, the Motowny snare-driven swing of Saw You Yesterday, and the mesmeric Soar with its insistent horn-like vocal mantra and three-voice a cappella close. The set ended with an old favourite, the driving New York funk of Long Way From Home (another chance for sax and trumpet and organ to display their considerable chops, sharing solos in a three way round) and a short sharp encore run at All I Can Do, with some very Tom Scott horn punctuation and a final solo from Rob himself.

Crisp, toothsome, succulent, with just enough vintage cheese and hot spice. And yes that goes for the pizza too.

Crowd Company: Live At The Jazz Cafe is available on Digital/CD/Vinyl - links here: http://www.crowdcompanyfunk.com/music/

[minetta-deli]

You didn't think we'd let you get through #MothersDay without a #cupcake, now did you? _____________________________________________ #incredibly #retro and #wonderful #pink and #yellow #vanilla #cupcakes by our pal @sarahskitchen.ie #Retrotastic! #delicious #HappyMothersDay y'all! 💕💛💕