@mclars@schafferthedark@aninjanamedsnax This is essentially how Tolkien developed Middle Earth... building lore based off the etymology of character names etc
(I expect you already know that and this is for the benefit of others who don't)
"Vader" means "father" in Dutch. Lucas didn't plan that. Poe did the same thing with guilt in Tell-Tale Heart.
June 13, @schafferthedark, @aninjanamedsnax and me present... "Villains in the Feed".
https://t.co/JC7dz5UjWj
Sat June 13: @mclars & I present “Villains in the Feed,” a live stream concert exploring lore behind beloved baddies. Lars will examine antagonists of Edgar Allen Poe & I will deep dive into Darth Vader. MC Snax opens. VIP tix w/exclusive perks available: https://t.co/qSC0qS7QkW
14 years ago today: Carnegie Hall. We debuted "Flow Like Poe." The song now has over 1.1M streams.
Carnegie Hall said they weren't responsible. They were.
Can't wait for this! Upcoming shows:
- Jun 20 (Sat) - Fire & Ice RGX 2026, 12:00 PM · Roseville, CA
- Sep 12 (Sat) - Supernova International Ska Festival 2026, 11:00 AM · Hampton, VA
Tickets: https://t.co/DvvFnXty6C
Fire & Ice RGX! Play games in our arcade & enjoy an outdoor concert on Saturday! This concert is included with your Saturday ticket! Musical performances by @shihori94@CoolieRanx@mclars@ChrisGraue aka Lo(u)ser @hichaseaustin UltrafiendX & @toferaplays
https://t.co/EGIQJEgvxP
Don’t miss “The Graduate” 20 Year Anniversary Show at the @ottobuddy (Ottobar) in Baltimore on May 20th!
Featuring awesome openers the Flying Faders, Garbage Masher, and more TBA. Can’t wait to celebrate this record with you all. See you there!
Tickets: https://t.co/opXRXdPddG
@Y40IFRQTTING "Flip side experience, well not really, more familiar than Russia or Chile" - @mclars , UK Visa Versa, about his history of an American going to Britain (though the point in his case as as an English major going to Shakespeare sites)
Shout out to the new Lit-Hop Academy students who signed up for this spring.
I’ve got two spots left.
Apply here for one-on-one creative coaching (music and more): https://t.co/OghiUG55ZE
For the filming of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” Bob Hoskins literally trained himself to hallucinate the Toons. To make the interactions feel real (there were no stand-ins or motion-capture yet), Hoskins deliberately practiced “hallucinating” Roger, Jessica, and the weasels so he could look them in the eye and react naturally. After six months of 16-hour days on greenscreen sets, he couldn’t turn it off. Post-wrap, he’d be having normal conversations and suddenly see weasels crawling out of walls or rabbits popping up. He called it his “greatest ordeal” and said it “screwed up my brain.”
The hallucinations were so severe that physicians told the British actor to step away from work immediately after the 1988 shoot. He followed the advice…aggressively...vanishing from screens until 1990’s "Heart Condition." The film’s massive success only made the mental decompression weirder; he later joked that the voice of Roger was “there just behind the camera all the time.” #DisneyFacts