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An observer in the Near East: MONTENEGRO (1907)

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An observer in the Near East: MONTENEGRO (1907)
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CHAPTER I
THE CITY IN THE SKY
Why I went to the Balkans―The road to Montenegro―Cettinje and its petroleum tins―About the blood-feud―England and Montenegro―Warned not to attempt to go to Albania―My guide a marked man-The story of Tef―A woman's fickleness, and its sequel.
CHAPTER II
AN AUDIENCE OF PRINCE NICHOLAS
The Palace at Cettinje―A cigarette with the Prince―The policy of Montenegro―A confidential chat―His Royal Highness's admiration for England―His views upon Macedonia―He urges me not to attempt to go to Albania. but I persuade him to help me―His Highness's kindness―Souvenirs.
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CHAPTER I
THE CITY IN THE SKY
Why I went to the Balkans— The road to Montenegro — Cettinje and its petroleum tins — About the blood-feud — England and Montenegro — Warned not to attempt to go to Albania — My guide a marked man — The story of Tef — A woman's fickleness, and its sequel.
I ENTERED the Balkans by the back door. The luxuries of the Orient Express had no attraction for me. I wanted to see the Balkans as they really are, those great, wild, mountainous countries, so full of race hatreds, of political bickerings, of fierce blood-feuds, of feverish propa- gandas those nations with their interesting monarchs and their many mysteries.
The "Orient" runs direct from Paris to the Balkan capitals, it is true, but if one goes to study a people the capital is not the only place in which to discover the truth. One must go into the country, move among the peasantry, hear their grievances and investigate their wrongs. Therefore I decided to enter the East by Montenegro, and also visit the wild and little-known regions of Northern Albania.
The comfortable voyage by the Austrian-Lloyd mail steamer Graf Wurmbrand from Trieste down the Adriatic, touching at Pola, the Austrian naval station, Lussinpiccolo, Zara- famed for its maraschino-Sebenico, Spalato, and Gravosa to Cattaro, has been already described by many writers. Suffice it to say that it is perhaps one of the most picturesque of pleasure-trips in the world, for every moment one has a fresh panorama of mountain and blue sea, of green, fertile islands with subtropical vegetation, and tiny white villages nestling at the sea's edge, as the steamer threads her way through the narrow and often difficult channels.
At times the wild scenery, especially in the Bocche di Cattaro, reminds the traveller of the Norwegian fiords, and at others the coast is an almost exact reproduction of the French Riviera.
The object of my journey was, however, not in order to write a mere description of men and places. There have been other travellers in the Balkans who have related their story, therefore my mission was to make careful inquiry into the present unsettled state of affairs, try and discover the grievances of both sides, and endeavour to obtain from the rulers and statesmen of the various nations their aspirations for the future. This I succeeded in doing, for the various monarchs of the Balkans graciously gave me audience; and from their Ministers, from the middle classes, and from the peasants, I was enabled at last to form some conclusion as to the real situation-political, economical, social, and financial.
The writer who attempts to place the various Balkan questions impartially and clearly before the public will at once find himself utterly confused, and wallowing wildly in a morass of misstatement and misrepresentation. The Balkans are torn by race hatreds, party strife, and the intrigues of the Powers. The Turk hates the Bulgar, the Serb hates the Austrian, the Roumanian hates the Greek, the Albanian hates the Montenegrin, the Bosnian hates the Turk, while the Macedonian hates everybody all round. What is told to one authoritatively one hour, is flatly contradicted the next; therefore it is not in the least surprising that in the European Press there have been so many misstatements about the various Balkan questions, the real truth being so very difficult to obtain.
I have, however, endeavoured to obtain it, and at risk of being injudicious, to place before the reader the facts as they are, without any political bias, or any seeking to gloss over the many glaring defects of administration of which I have myself been witness.
To describe the beauties of the Bocche di Cattaro, that series of winding channels where the high grey mountains rise sheer from the water, would be only to traverse old ground. Suffice it to say that I landed at Cattaro on a bright, sunny noon, and found upon the quay a tall, lean mountaineer who had been sent to meet me.
To the traveller fresh from the West the Montenegrin costume of both women and men is very attractive, but a few days in the Balkans soon accustoms the eye to a perfect phantasmagoria of colour and of costume. Pero was my driver's name, and I noticed that around his waist was a revolver belt, but minus the weapon. I inquired where it was, and with a grin he informed me that Cattaro, being in Dalmatia, the Austrians would not allow Montenegrins to bring arms into their country; so they were compelled to leave them on the other side of the frontier, ten kilometres distant.
My bags packed upon the three-horse travelling carriage and secured with many strings, and Pero equipped with a plentiful stock of cigarettes, he mounted upon the box, whipped up his long-tailed ponies, and we started on our eight-hour ascent of that great wall of mountain that hides Montenegro from the sea.
As we ascended through the little village of Skaljari we entered upon a magnificent road, said to be one of the greatest engineering feats of modern times, and steadily ascended, until at the striped black-and-yellow Austrian boundary post we crossed the frontier, and were in the "Land of the Black Mountain"-Montenegro. Across the road, at an acute angle, a row of paving-stones marks the frontier, and soon after- wards we found ourselves in the wildest and most desolate mountain region. At a lonely roadside hut Pero obtained his big, serviceable-looking revolver, and I, of course, wore mine in my belt; for in Montenegro or Albania arms make the man. A man unarmed is looked upon as an effeminate coward. Indeed, by order of Prince Nicholas every Monte- negrin must wear the national dress, both men and women, and every man must carry his revolver when out of doors.
Four hours from Cattaro we were in a lonely mountain fastness, a wild, desolate, treeless region of huge limestone rocks of peculiar volcanic formation, which gave them the appearance of a boiling sea. The views over the Adriatic as we turned back were so superb that, despite photographing being strictly forbidden on account of the fortresses in the vicinity, I could not resist the temptation to take one or two surreptitiously. On, through a bleak, uninhabited country, we at last reached the guard-house of Kerstac, and then half an hour later found ourselves upon a plateau where, in the centre, stood the small clean village of Nyegush, the ancestral home of the reigning family, and the scene of most of the Montenegrin wars of independence. Here we halted for half an hour at the post-house, and before we left, the big, lumbering post-diligence, with its armed guard, came up behind us.
Before we moved off again it had grown dark, the moon shone, and for four hours longer we alternately climbed and descended through that wild region of silence and desolation, until at last we saw, deep below, the lights of Cettinje, the little capital, and an hour later brought us to the unpre- tending "Grand" Hotel.
Hardly had I entered my room when there came a loud knock at my door, and a tall, scarlet-coated Montenegrin warrior, armed to the teeth, entered and saluted. For a moment I looked up at him aghast, but the mystery was solved when, next second, he handed me with great ceremony a telegram from a dear friend in England wishing me God- speed. I had taken him to be, at least, one of the Prince's bodyguard, and he was only a plain telegraph messenger!
This was but one of many surprises in store for me in Montenegro. Next morning I went out to look round the clean little capital, when, on passing the Prince's palace, I saw a number of soldiers drawn up, and as I went by, the band suddenly struck up the British National Anthem! I raised my hat, halted, and stood puzzled. Surely they were not honouring me! Another moment, however, and I recognised the reason. In a carriage, accompanied by the Grand Marechal of the Court, there drove up my friend Mr. Charles des Graz, the newly-appointed British Chargé d'Affaires to Montenegro, who was about to present his creden- tials to His Royal Highness the Prince.
Montenegro is perhaps the most interesting country in all the Balkans. Cettinje, a small, clean town of broad streets and one-storeyed, whitewashed houses, is a little city in the sky, lying as it does in a cup-shaped depression at the summit of a high, bare mountain. Its long, straight, main street reminds one very much of a small country town in England, if it were not that everyone is, by law, compelled to wear the national dress, and every man has in his belt his big, long- barrelled revolver, without which he must never go out of doors.
The men, sturdy mountaineers, are of fine physique- handsome fellows, all of them. Their dress consists of dark blue baggy trousers, white woollen gaiters, raw-hide shoes, a scarlet jacket heavily braided with gold, and a small round cap, with black silk around the edge and the crown of the same colour as the jacket, bearing the Prince's initials in Servian letters, "H.I." The women, who are particularly good-looking, wear dark skirts, beautifully hand-embroidered blouses, and a kind of long coat, with open sleeves of soft, dove-grey cloth. Forbidden to wear European hats, they are compelled to adopt an exactly similar cap to the men, except that the crown is embroidered instead of bearing the royal initials.
Nowhere have I seen such glorification of the male as in Montenegro. To the men, born fighters as they are, work is undignified; therefore the women toil while the opposite sex look on. I saw women employed in building operations and performing work which, in other countries, is left to day- labourers.
Cettinje is quaint in the extreme. The only houses of foreigners are the various Legations, and the only foreigners are diplomats with their wives and families. The first thing that strikes the stranger is the number of petroleum tins. Opposite the hotel I saw a great ring of empty tins, numbering some hundreds, ranged around a fountain. A few women were squatting gossiping, and an armed policeman lounged against the water-source. On inquiry, I found that there was a water famine, and the tins had been placed there at dawn to await the moment when the authorities thought fit to allow the people to get their daily supply. The women had gone away to work, and would return later. The Monte- negrins a short time ago constructed a reservoir, but there was a crack in it, so the water ran away. Hence the famine.
The petroleum tin is never out of sight for a single moment in Cettinje. At any hour, and in any street, you see women and children carrying them. They are used for everything, from milk-pails to flower-pots.
In Cettinje one comes for the first time up against the dark-faced, scowling Albanian in his tightly fitting trousers of white wool striped with black, his dirty white fez, and the swagger of superiority in his gait. He is well armed, and for a good reason. The Montenegrin hates the Albanian, because of the constant border feuds over at Podgoritza, where blood is constantly spilt, and where I have seen a Montenegrin in the market squatting over a basket of apples with a loaded rifle.
That morning I was chatting to a man in Montenegrin dress, of whom I had bought some excellent cigarettes, manufactured by the Montenegro Tobacco Monopoly-an Italian syndicate, by the way and happened to mention that I was on my way to Albania. "Ah, gospodin!" he exclaimed, holding up both his hands, and glancing at the revolver in my belt. "Take my advice.
Don't go into Albania or Macedonia. You are not safe there from one moment to the other. For half a word they'll shoot you dead as easily as they drink a glass of wine. No man's life is worth a moment's purchase there. I'm Albanian myself from Kroja-and I know."
This was scarcely reassuring. I looked about me on every hand as I strolled through Cettinje. All was so quiet, so orderly, so very peaceful there, even though the big, burly mountaineers in the gold-laced jackets eyed me with askance as I passed. Not without some trepidation I took a number of photographs, for I had heard that, like the Turk, the Monte- negrin was averse to having his counterfeit presentment put upon paper. Nevertheless, the first feeling of insecurity having passed, I very soon found myself quite at home in Cettinje, and in the midst of very good and kind friends.
A good many foreigners come up from Cattaro to pry about Cettinje for a day or two, buy picture-postcards and antique arms, sneer at the honest Montenegrin, and return into Dalmatia. Towards such, the Montenegrin is not par- ticularly polite. But those who go to Cettinje to seriously and thoroughly study the people and their future will find a great deal of genuine and charming hospitality.
My first day in Cettinje was lonely. Afterwards, until I left, I was always with friends and officials, who took the greatest trouble to answer my questions and explain matters.
Montenegro is entirely unlike any other country in the world. Its air of antiquity is particularly pleasing, while on every hand the beneficent rule of Prince Nicholas is apparent. Every man in Montenegro swears by his Prince, whom he almost worships. They call him their "father," and if His Royal Highness raised the standard of war to- morrow, every man would rise and fight to the death. The Prince is accessible to all his people-more so to them, indeed, than to the diplomats. Sometimes, early in the morning, he will sit in an arm-chair on the steps leading to the entrance of his palace, and there hear the complaints or petitions of his people. In this patriarchal way he often ministers justice. Last year he granted Montenegro a Constitution, and there is now a Skupshtina similar to that of Servia; but the people have not yet quite understood that in future they must go to the Ministers, and not to their Prince. They will see him, and nobody else.
In no country is loyalty and patriotism so strong as in Montenegro. The army is well trained, and the whole country being one huge natural fortress, a foreign enemy would experience enormous difficulty in gaining entrance. In Cettinje, even a constant traveller like myself meets with continual surprises. One day, while walking at the rear of the Bigliardo, or old palace-so called because when built the first billiard table was introduced-I heard the sound of clanking chains behind me. At first I took no notice, but as it continued with regular rhythm I glanced behind, when, to my amaze- ment, I saw a convict in leg-fetters with difficulty taking his afternoon stroll beneath the trees! There were several others on the grass plot before the prison, idling in the shadow or gossiping with their friends, who had come to keep them company!
Inquiriesshowed that most of these prisoners were murderers, not for robbery but for vendetta. In Montenegro the blood- feud is constant, and life is held very cheap. It invariably commences by jealousy, and is of everyday occurrence. Two lovers quarrel, and one is shot. Then the blood-feud commences, and unlike in Italy or other Southern countries, the vendetta is not only upon the murderer, but upon his next-of-kin. Therefore, if the assassin escapes into Servia, Bosnia, or Turkey, as he so often does, the brother of the dead man takes up the feud and kills the assassin's brother without parley when next he meets him. I myself saw a man shot dead one night in Ryeka, at the head of the Lake of Scutari, and the murderer walked coolly away undeterred. It was the blood-feud, and no one took much notice.
"S'bogom!" (God be with you!) It is the expression you hear on every hand in the Balkans. In the streets the peasants touch their round caps in salute and exclaim, "S'bogom!" When you leave for a journey and when you return, when you rise and when you go to rest; even if you go for a short walk-it is the same. Life is so uncertain in those wild regions that the protection of the Almighty is invoked upon you always, and your revolver is ever ready in your belt.
In Cettinje I had a faithful guide and servant, a black-eyed, somewhat sinister-looking Albanian, named Palok. He travelled with me through Montenegro and Albania, and was most faithful and devoted. Besides Albanian and Serb he spoke a little Italian, and possessed a keen sense of humour.
One day, while we were travelling through the wild, bare mountain, a perfect wilderness of huge boulders without a single tree or even blade of grass, we halted for our midday meal, and while eating he told me of a great friend of his who had recently been killed at Spuz for vendetta, and he added, fondling the butt of his revolver, "I too, gospodin, shall die before long."
I looked at him in surprise. His usually humorous face had changed. It was dark and thoughtful, and his black eyes were fixed upon me.
"Is there a blood-feud upon you, then?" I asked, in surprise.
"Yes," he replied briefly; and though I endeavoured to persuade him to tell the story, it was not until the following day that with some reluctance he explained.
"A year ago my brother Tef, away in Scutari, fell in love with a beautiful girl. He had a rival-a young Albanian, a coppersmith in the bazaar. They quarrelled, but the girl-ah! she was very beautiful-preferred Tef. Where- upon the rival one night took his rifle and laid in wait for my brother in the main street of Scutari. Early in the evening he left the house of the girl's father, and as he passed the fellow shot poor Tef dead."
And he paused as his brow knit deeply, and his teeth were set tightly.
"Well?" I asked.
"Well, gospodin. What would you have done had your own brother died a dog's death? I took a rifle, and within a week the murderer was in his grave. I shot him through the heart and then I left Scutari."
"And you are safe here, in Montenegro ?"
"Safe! Oh dear, no," he answered. "One day-it may be to-day-the fellow's brother will kill me. He must kill me. It is Fate-why worry about it? It does one no good."
And the marked man, the man doomed to die at a moment when he least expects it, rolled a cigarette and lit it with perfect resignment.
"And are you not afraid to go with me back to Scutari?" I asked, amazed at his fearlessness.
"Afraid, gospodin!" he exclaimed, looking at me in reproach as his hand instinctively wandered to his weapon. "Afraid! No Albanian is afraid of the blood-feud. I have killed the murderer, and his brother must kill me. It is our law." And the doomed man smiled gravely.
"And the girl?" I asked.
"Ah! They are all the same," he answered, with a quick shrug of the shoulders. "A month ago she married a tobacco- seller a man old enough to be her father. Poor Tef! If he could but know!"
"And the blood-feud still continues?"
"Of course-until I am dead."
Then Palok smoked on in silence, entirely resigned to the fate that awaits him. He knows that one day, as he walks along the road, the sharp crack of a hidden rifle will sound, and he will fall to earth, another victim of a woman's fickleness.
S'bogom! God be with you!
CHAPTER II
AN AUDIENCE OF PRINCE NICHOLAS
The Palace at Cettinje-A cigarette with the Prince-The policy of Monte- negro-A confidential chat-His Royal Highness's admiration for England-His views upon Macedonia-He urges me not to attempt to go to Albania, but I persuade him to help me-His Highness's kindness -Souvenirs.
HIS Royal Highness the Prince will be pleased to grant you private audience at four o'clock this after- noon, gospodin."
The tall, burly aide-de-camp in the little round cap, high boots, pale blue overcoat, and pistols in his belt, saluted, and we shook hands.
It was then three o'clock, and I was just about to go out to visit Madame Constantinovitch, the mother of Princess Mirko. So I had to return at once to my room and dress for the audience. The kings and princes of the Balkans have a habit of summoning one at a moment's notice, and paying visits at unearthly hours.
Here, in Cettinje, in the heart of these wild, desolate fast- nesses, one seems so far removed from European influence, yet how great a part has this rocky, impregnable country, with its fierce soldier-inhabitants, played in the politics of Eastern Europe, and how great a part it is still destined to play in the near future!
The fact that everybody is armed gives the stranger an uncanny feeling. The man who brings one's coffee wears a perfect arsenal of weapons in his sash, and one quickly acquires the habit of carrying a revolver one's self. Indeed, if you are wise, you will carry a good serviceable weapon from the moment you enter the Balkans to the moment you quit them. But if you approach the Albanian frontier, you will be at once warned not to fire without just cause. A few shots is sufficient to alarm the whole neighbourhood for many miles, and on hearing the alarm every man seizes his rifle and flies to the rendezvous, fully equipped and eager for the fight with those Albanian border tribes, of whom I afterwards had the good fortune to be the guest.
I had already had a long chat with Prince Danilo, the Crown Prince of Montenegro, whom I found a very smart and highly educated man, fully alive to the political difficulties of the neighbouring states and the necessity of Montenegro preserving her independence. He held very strong views upon the terrible state of affairs in Macedonia, and gave me many interesting details about his own country.
Having met him, and also his younger brother, Prince Mirko, I was particularly anxious to make the acquaintance of their father, Prince Nicholas, the ruler of the sturdy, warlike dwellers of the "Land of the Black Mountain "-the principal and most striking figure in this remarkable country, where peace and war walk ever hand-in-hand.
Since 1860, when his uncle, Prince Danilo, was assassinated, he has ruled justly, if somewhat sternly, and has succeeded in raising his nation from a state of semi-civilisation to the high place it now occupies in the Eastern world. In 1888 he gave the country a Civil and Criminal Code, and last year he granted a Constitution. Indeed, he has done all in his power to induce his warriors to follow the arts of peace without forgetting those of war.
At the hour appointed, the royal aide-de-camp called in a carriage and drove me to the Palace, a long, dark brown building of somewhat plain exterior, as befits the home of a fighting race, where I was received in the great hall by half a dozen bowing servants in scarlet and gold. Here I was met by the chamberlain, who conducted me up the grand staircase and into the great audience-chamber, with its many fine paintings and highly polished floor. Then, after a moment, the Prince-a brilliant figure-entered, shook me by the hand, and welcomed me to Montenegro.
These formalities ended, His Royal Highness said in Italian, "Come, let us go into yonder room. We shall be able to talk there more comfortably." And he led me into a smaller chamber, where he gave me a seat at the table where he sat.
The afternoon was gloomy, and dusk was creeping on, therefore upon the table a great antique silver candelabra had been set, and by its light I was enabled to obtain a good view of the ruler of Crnagora, the "Land of the Black Mountain."
Of magnificent physique, tall, muscular, with hair slightly grey, he bore his sixty-five years lightly. Attired in the splendid national costume of scarlet, blue, and gold, with high boots, he wore a single decoration at his throat, the Cross of Danilo, of which Order he is Master. Upon his hand- some, well-cut features the candles shed a soft light, causing the gold upon his dress to glitter, and I noticed, as I asked him questions, how his dark, keen eyes shot quick, inquiring glances of alertness.
After the first few minutes of regal formality His Highness's manner entirely changed. Putting ceremony aside, he pro- duced his cigarette case of crocodile skin, with the royal crown and cipher in gold in the corner-offered me a Montenegrin cigarette, took one himself, lit mine with his own hand, and then we fell to chatting.
In the delightful hour and a half we smoked together I asked the prince-poet many questions, and learnt many things. He explained several difficult points in Balkan politics, which to me, an Englishman, had always been puzzling. We spoke in Italian of Macedonia and of a certain well-known foreign diplomat in London who was our mutual friend, the Prince giving me a very kind message to deliver to him.
Presently I referred to the splendid result of his rule, and related to him a little incident which had occurred to me in Nyegush a few days before, as showing how deeply he was beloved by his nation. A smile crossed his fine open countenance as he replied simply, "I have done my best for my people-my very best; and I shall do so as long as God gives me life. I am happy to believe that my people appreciate my efforts."
"And now, Monseigneur," I asked, "will you tell me what is the present position of Montenegro?"
"The present position is peace," was his prompt answer. "I have granted a Constitution, and the first meeting of the new Skupshtina has been held successfully. Though the Albanian question is always with us, I am thankful to say we are on the most excellent terms with Turkey, while towards Russia we are pursuing our traditional policy. For the Emperor Francis Josef of Austria I have nothing but the most profound admiration, and I owe very much to him."
"And towards England, Monseigneur ?"
"England has been, as you know, Montenegro's very best friend," replied the Prince. "I, personally, have the greatest respect and admiration for your great country. We Montenegrins always remember that it was Mr. Gladstone who gave us the strip of seaboard on the Adriatic with Dulcigno. He was our greatest friend, and his memory is respected by admirer by every man in Montenegro. Of Tennyson, too, I am a great I am very fond of his poems."
"You are a poet yourself, Monseigneur," I remarked, remembering that more than one poetical drama from his pen had been successfully produced on the stage.
His Royal Highness smiled, and puffed slowly at his cigarette.
"I have written one or two little things, it is true; but nothing of late."
"I wonder if I dare ask your Royal Highness to write a few lines for me as a souvenir of my visit?" I asked, not without some trepidation.
"Ah!-well-I won't promise," he laughed. "All depends whether I'm in the mood for it."
"But you will try, won't you?
And the Prince nodded assent.
Then we spoke of Servia and of recent events there; but he was not inclined to discuss the question, and naturally so, when it is remembered that his daughter was the late wife of King Peter.
Returning to the burning question of Macedonia, I saw that he was well informed of all that was transpiring around lakes Presba and Ochrida and down in Serres.
"It is a monstrous state of affairs," he declared. "Something must be done at once, for as soon as spring comes again the massacres will increase."
"But there are outrages, tortures, and massacres every day," I remarked.
"Ah yes," he sighed, "I know. Most terrible details have reached me lately. But you are going to Macedonia yourself, and you will see with your own eyes."
"And what, in your opinion, would be the best settlement of the question?" I inquired.
"There is but one way, namely, for the Powers to call a conference and place Macedonia under a governor - general, who must be a European prince. The reforms would then be carried out, and the Greek bands expelled from the country. How long will Europe tolerate the present frightful state of affairs?"
"The fact is, Monseigneur, that we, in England, are very ignorant of the true state of things, or even of the facts of the Macedonian question," I said.
"Ah, there you are quite correct. If your English public knew what was really happening-how an innocent Christian population is being slaughtered and exterminated because of international rivalry-they would cry shame upon those responsible for this wholesale murder and outrage. But" -he smiled-" I almost forget myself. My position as a ruler forbids me to talk politics, you know!" And we laughed together.
"So you are going to Servia, Bulgaria, Roumania, and to Constantinople-eh?" he remarked a little later, when we had lit fresh cigarettes. "In Bulgaria, and also in Roumania, you will see many things that will interest you. The Bul- garians are very strongly armed, and so are the Roumanians."
"Her Majesty the Queen of Roumania has also promised me audience," I said.
"When you see her, will you please present to Her Majesty my most cordial respects. She is so very charming."
"I want, Monseigneur, to visit Northern Albania, leaving Montenegro by Ryeka and Scutari. Would that be the best route, do you think?"
"What!" he exclaimed, in surprise. "Do you actually contemplate visiting the tribes up in the Accursed Mountains?"
"Certainly. Why not?"
"Well, my advice is, don't think of going there. If you do, you will never return. You'll be shot at sight, like a dog. You have no idea what those uncivilised tribes are like. The whole country is utterly lawless."
"So I understand. But I've also heard that the Albanian possesses a deep sense of honour. And I thought that I might possibly obtain permission from one or other of the chiefs."
The Prince was silent for a moment. Then, looking at me across the table, said-
"Do not go. It is far too great a risk."
His advice was the same that my, friends in London had given me; the same that I had received there, in the market-place of Cettinje.
But I was determined, and pressed His Royal Highness to assist me, at last receiving his promise of help. By his kind permission, the Albanian named Palok acted as my guide, and what eventually happened to me in that wild region will be seen in the following pages.
"Well," exclaimed the Prince at last, "if you go up there, it must be at your own risk. I've warned you of the danger. No one has been up there for many years. It has been at- tempted, of course, but travellers have either been held to ransom, and the Turks have been compelled to pay for their release, or else they have simply been shot by the first Albanian meeting them. The country beyond Scutari is the most unsafe in the whole Balkan Peninsula."
I replied that I intended to make the attempt.
"Well, then, I wish you buon viaggio," he laughed. "May every good luck attend you, and as we say in Montenegro - S'bogom! (God be with you!) When you return for I suppose you will pass this way down to the sea-come and see me, and tell me all about the Skreli and Kastrati country -for of course I am highly interested. They are always at war with our people on the frontier."
"I will let your Royal Highness know the moment I am back in Cettinje," I promised.
Then rising, he gripped my hand warmly, saying-
"Then I will help you if I can. Be careful of yourself, for I shall be anxious about you. Again, S'bogom!"
And the Prince accompanied me to the head of the grand staircase, where I made my obeisance, turned and descended through the rows of armed and bowing servants ranged in the hall, charmed by His Royal Highness's graciousness towards me and by the pleasant chat I had enjoyed.
When, after my journey through Northern Albania, I one afternoon re-entered that audience-chamber, and he came forward with outstretched hand to greet me, he exclaimed-
"Well, well! I am so glad to see you back safe and sound. You look a little thinner in the face a little travel-worn- eh? Life in the Albanian mountains is not like your life in London or Paris, is it? But never mind as long as you are safe," he laughed, placing his hand kindly upon my shoulder.
"Come along to this room. It is more cosy," and he led me to the smaller apartment, his own private cabinet.
For nearly two hours I sat relating to him what occurred on my journey, and describing the wild country which had, until then, been practically a sealed book. Even though Cettinje is so near, hardly anything was known of the Skreli, the Hoti, the Klementi, or the Kastrati tribes, save that they were brigandish bands who constantly raided the Montenegrin frontier.
The Prince listened to me with great attention, and put many questions to me as we smoked together.
Then rising, he took from a drawer in his great writing- table a small scarlet box, and as he opened it he bestowed upon me a compliment undeserved, for he said -
"There are few men who would have risked what you have done. Therefore I wish to invest you with our Order of Danilo, as a mark of my appreciation and esteem."
And he displayed to me the beautiful dark blue and white enamelled cross of the Order, the same that he was wearing at his throat, surmounted by the royal crown and suspended upon the white ribbon edged with cerise.
After he had invested me with the Order, saying many kind things to me, which I really don't think I deserved, he added-
"The chef du chancellerie will send you the diploma in due course, and I trust, when you petition your own gracious Sovereign King Edward, that His Majesty will allow you to wear this insignia."
I thanked His Royal Highness, gripped his hand, and a few minutes later passed through the line of bowing servants out of the Palace.
And that same evening I received from His Royal Highness the signed photograph which appears in these pages.
Before I left Cettinje I received the following expressive lines, written especially for me by a Montenegrin poet who is a great personage, but whose name he would not permit me to give. They are in Servian as follows, and I have placed their English translation below :-
S' veledušnog Albiona
Pružiše se dvije ruke
Crnoj Gori da pomogu
U junačke njene muke
S' vrućom rječu na ustima
Gladston diže Crnogorce
A Tenison za najprve
U svijet ih broi borce
Na glas svoih Velikana
Britanski se narod trže
Da pomože da zaštiti
Crnu Goru iz najbrže
Posla svoje bojne ladje
Sto na tečnost gospostvuju
Veledušno da zaštite
Domovinu milu Moju
O fala ti po sto puta
Blagorodni lyudi Soju
Dok je svjeta dok je greda
Nad Ulcinjem koje stoju
Hraniće ti blagodarnost
Ova šaka sokolova
Koima si u pomoci
Stiga putem od valova.
The literal translation in English is as follows:-
From the great-souled Albion,
Two arms were stretched
To help Montenegro
In her heroic sufferings.
With fiery word on his lips
Gladstone lifts up Montenegrins,
Whilst Tennyson declared them
The very first fighters in the world.
On the call of their great men,
British people rose up
In quickest manner, to help
And to protect Montenegro.
They despatched their war-ships,
Which rule over the seas,
Generously to protect
My Fatherland so dear to me.
Oh! thanks to thee, hundredfold thanks,
Noble race of men.
As long as the world lasts,
As long as the mountains above Dulcigno stand,
Will remain grateful to thee,
This handful of falcons,
To whose help thou didst come
By the road of the waves.
- An Observer in the Near East - William Le Queux. Publisher, E. Nash, 1907.
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2024.05.10 16:42 Clever_pig Sandals Barbados

First trip to a Sandals so I don't have much to compare although we met a couple who've been to 6 and this was their least favorite. More or less a second honeymoon for us.
TLDR: Grounds and beach were gorgeous. Hotel does need updating. Food was okay to just good. Overall, the staff is rude to the point of making us feel bad for troubling them. Americans, please stop bringing your Yetis and making staff clean them out for you so you can get a fresh drink. I'm American and shit like this is why people hate American tourists.
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2024.04.30 17:50 Lady_Aya B1665.2 - Smoking Elimination Bill - 2nd Reading

Smoking Elimination Bill

A
BILL
TO
Create a statutory duty to eliminate most smoking by 2030, implement licensing for the sale of tobacco and nicotine-containing products, regulate e-cigarettes and for connected purposes
BE IT ENACTED by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:--

Chapter I: Smoke Free by 2030

Section 1: Smoke Free Target

(1) It is the duty of the Secretary of State to ensure that by 2030, less than 5% of the United Kingdom population are regular smokers. This shall be referred to as the “Smoke Free Target”.
(2) The Secretary of State must publish an annual smoking elimination plan, which must include:
(a) an action plan demonstrating the actions to be taken by the Secretary of State to achieve the Smoke Free Target,
(b) measurable objectives to be achieved by the time of the publication of the next annual smoking elimination plan,
(c) the best available data regarding smoking within the United Kingdom, and
(d) a summary of failures to achieve targets set out in all previous smoking elimination plans until such time as they have been achieved, alongside remedial measures to ensure ascertainment of the relevant target.

Section 2: Definitions

(1) For the purposes of this act, a regular smoker is a person who usually consumes at least one tobacco product per week
(2) For the purposes of this act, a tobacco product is a product primarily intended for the consumption of nicotine, including but not limited to:
(a) smoked tobacco products such as cigarettes, cigars and hookah tobacco,
(b) smokeless tobacco products such as dipping tobacco, chewing tobacco or snus,
(c) heated tobacco products, or
(d) any other product as designated by regulations by the Secretary of State.
(3) For the purposes of this act, a nicotine-containing product is any product given under subsection (3), or an electronic cigarette, or any other product as designated by regulations by the Secretary of State.

Chapter II: Introduction of Licensing of Sale

Section 3: Licensing Requirement for sale

(1) A person commits an offence if they—
(a) sell nicotine-containing products by retail without a licence, or
(b) sell nicotine-containing products by retail from premises other than premises in respect of which they have been granted a licence, unless that licence is granted for online sales.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine, or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person is considered to have sold a nicotine-containing product by retail if they provide the item for free.
(4) This Subsection shall come into force upon either the 1st of January 2025, or on a date appointed by regulation by the Secretary of State not later than the 1st of January 2027.

Section 4: Regulations Regarding Licensing

(1) A body known as the Tobacco Licensing Agency is to be formed.
(2) The Secretary of State must by regulations make provision about the granting of licences for the sale by retail of nicotine-containing products, and such regulations as the Secretary of State deems reasonably necessary for the orderly function of the Tobacco Licensing Agency.
(3) Regulations under subsection (2) must provide that—
(a) the licensing authority for the sale by retail of nicotine-containing products is the Tobacco Licensing Agency,
(b) the licensing authority may place conditions on persons to whom licences have been granted,
(c) no licence may be issued to or held by a person who has been convicted of an offence under section 7 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933.
(d) licences will be issued on an individual basis for a specific address, or online point of sale, and subject to compliance inspection by the licensing authority.
(3) Regulations under subsection (2) must further ensure that the licensing authority may to such an extent compliant with other legislation regulate product standards with respect to products under their remit, including but not limited to:
(a) Restrictions of the marketing and advertising of tobacco products
(b) Requirements regarding health warning and information displays with respect to the sale of tobacco products

Section 5: Age Verification Conditions

(1) Regulations under section 4 must—
(a) require holders of a licence to operate an age verification policy,
(b) enable the licensing authority to issue fines in respect of a failure to operate an age verification policy,
(c) create criminal offences in respect of a failure to operate an age verification policy.
(2) The Secretary of State may publish guidance on matters relating to age verification policies, including guidance about—
(a) steps that should be taken to establish a customer's age,
(b) documents that may be shown to the person selling a tobacco product or related goods as evidence of a customer's age,
(c) training that should be undertaken by the person selling the tobacco product or related goods,
(d) the form and content of notices that should be displayed in the premises,
(e) the form and content of records that should be maintained in relation to an age verification policy.
(3) A person who carries on a business involving the retail sale of tobacco products must have regard to guidance published under subsection (2) when operating an age verification policy.

Chapter III: Regulations Regarding E-Cigarettes

Section 6: Extension of Plain Packaging to all “nicotine-containing products”

(1) Within the Plain Packaging Act 2016, the following amendments are to be made:-
(a) replace all instances of tobacco products with nicotine-containing products
(b) replace Section 1 subsection c with:
“c) Nicotine-containing products shall have the same meaning as that given in the Smoking Elimination Act 2023”.

Section 10: Ban of disposable e-cigarettes

(1) A person commits an offence if they sell disposable e-cigarettes (where intended for use as a nicotine-containing product) by retail.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine, or-
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.
(3) For the purposes of this section, an e-cigarette shall be considered disposable if it is intended only for a single use, and lacks capacity either to be refilled or recharged by the user.
(4) This Subsection shall come into force upon either the 1st of January 2025, or on a date appointed by regulation by the Secretary of State not later than the 1st of January 2027.

Chapter IV: Implementation

Section 11: Commencement, Extent and Short Title

(1) This Act shall come into force one year after receiving Royal Assent.
(2) This Act shall extend to England only unless—
(a) a Legislative Consent Motion is passed in the Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, in which case it shall also apply to Scotland, or
(b) a Legislative Consent Motion is passed in the Senedd Cymru, in which case it shall also apply to Wales, or
(c) a Legislative Consent Motion is passed in the Northern Ireland Assembly, in which case it shall also apply to Northern Ireland.
(3) This Act may be cited as the Smoking Elimination Act 2024.
This bill was written by the Right Honourable Dame SpectacularSalad KG KP GCB OM GCMG GBE CT PC MP MLA FRS and the Right Honourable Sir weebru_m CT KT PC MP on behalf of His Majesty’s Government
Chapter 2 was largely sourced from the real life Sale of Tobacco (Licensing) Bill.
This Legislation amends the Plain Packaging Act 2016.
Opening Speech:
Deputy Speaker,
The house recently read the Advertisement of Vape Products (Regulation) Bill, one I was happy to welcome to this house and support at division. I believe that we in this house must do more to regulate vaping, and also to do what we can to eliminate smoking more generally.
Recalling also the Plain Packaging Bill read earlier this year (and subsequently withdrawn), I was spurred into action to propose the following legislation. I have sought to propose a package of world-leading, comprehensive measures.
Firstly, this bill will create a statutory duty for the Secretary of State to reduce the number of regular smokers to 5% of the population by 2030. In 2021 it was 13.3%, and below this threshold the UK will be considered “smoke free”. This 5% target is inspired by New Zealand’s health measures, but I must make clear that this bill does not go as far as a total ban for certain ages as seen in Aotearoa.
To support this goal, the bill will introduce two new licences. These are a licence on the sale of nicotine products (meaning tobacco products, and vapes), and a licence on the purchase of tobacco products specifically, but not vapes.
The nicotine-containing products licence will come into effect a year after passage of the bill, and this will require any business selling either tobacco or vapes to be licensed. This will also ban online sales of these products, making them only available in brick and mortar stores.
This effort is aimed at cracking down on the sale of tobacco and particularly vapes to young people, as the 25 years of age check will apply as a part of the terms of the licence itself. The NHS estimates that 9% of secondary school pupils either regularly or occasionally vape. This is 9% too many.
Eliminating online sale of tobacco or vaping products will close the online sales loophole, and by controlling which businesses are able to sell these products, we can implement better checks and controls to ensure that young people are unable to access them.
The second measure is the Tobacco Purchase Licence, which will come into force no earlier than the beginning of 2027. This is a licence to be required for an individual to buy tobacco containing products (but explicitly not vapes).
This will be a free, renewable, annual licence. Everyone who is 18 or older will be able to get one, but they will need an application signed by their GP, with the licences themselves issued by NHS bodies, who may issue guidance to the GP on how to support the individual in question.
The aim here is twofold, firstly to ensure that all active smokers have some interaction with the NHS relating to smoking, giving us a greater ability to support cessation. Individuals will retain the right to choose to smoke tobacco, but they will be unable to renew their licence to purchase without a GP’s awareness.
The second aim is simply to make smoking tobacco more hassle than vaping. We do not know how harmful vaping is, but the NHS’ own guidance is that vapes are far less harmful than cigarettes, exposing users to fewer toxins and at lower levels than smoking cigarettes. By creating a licence required to buy tobacco but not vaping, it is hoped that individuals will be nudged away from cigarettes and towards vaping as a substitute. Due to the nature of the licence, this will be a passive incentive built into the nicotine-products market.
And that brings me neatly onto the fourth key strand of this legislation, that is the extension of plain packaging and out-of-view laws to vapes, and banning disposable vapes. The first component is intended to crack down on bright packaging intended especially to appeal to young people. The second component is intended to tackle both the ease of access to addictive nicotine products, and also to reduce the environmental impact of vaping.
Overall, this represents a comprehensive package of measures that will fit well with the Government’s existing proposals. I hope they will see fit to provide cross-bench support for these measures, aimed at the substantive elimination of smoking in the UK.
This reading shall end on Friday 3rd May at 10PM.
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2024.04.23 09:16 model-kyosanto B1665 - Tobacco and Vapes Bill - Final Division

B1665 - Smoking Elimination Bill - Final Division

A
BILL
TO
Create a statutory duty to eliminate most smoking by 2030, implement licensing for the sale of tobacco and nicotine-containing products, regulate e-cigarettes and for connected purposes
BE IT ENACTED by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:--

Chapter I: Smoke Free by 2030

Section 1: Smoke Free Target

(1) It is the duty of the Secretary of State to ensure that by 2030, less than 5% of the United Kingdom population are regular smokers. This shall be referred to as the “Smoke Free Target”.
(2) The Secretary of State must publish an annual smoking elimination plan, which must include:
(a) an action plan demonstrating the actions to be taken by the Secretary of State to achieve the Smoke Free Target, (b) measurable objectives to be achieved by the time of the publication of the next annual smoking elimination plan, (d) a summary of failures to achieve targets set out in all previous smoking elimination plans until such time as they have been achieved, alongside remedial measures to ensure ascertainment of the relevant target.

Section 2: Definitions

(1) For the purposes of this act, a regular smoker is a person who usually consumes at least one tobacco product per week
(2) For the purposes of this act, a tobacco product is a product primarily intended for the consumption of nicotine, including but not limited to:
(a) smoked tobacco products such as cigarettes, cigars and hookah tobacco, (b) smokeless tobacco products such as dipping tobacco, chewing tobacco or snus, (c) heated tobacco products, or (d) any other product as designated by regulations by the Secretary of State.
(3) For the purposes of this act, a nicotine-containing product is any product given under subsection (3), or an electronic cigarette, or any other product as designated by regulations by the Secretary of State.

Chapter II: Introduction of Licensing of Sale

Section 3: Licensing Requirement for sale

(1) A person commits an offence if they—
(a) sell nicotine-containing products by retail without a licence, or
(b) sell nicotine-containing products by retail from premises other than premises in respect of which they have been granted a licence, unless that licence is granted for online sales.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine, or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person is considered to have sold a nicotine-containing product by retail if they provide the item for free.
(4) This Subsection shall come into force upon either the 1st of January 2025, or on a date appointed by regulation by the Secretary of State not later than the 1st of January 2027.

Section 4: Regulations Regarding Licensing

(1) A body known as the Tobacco Licensing Agency is to be formed.
(2) The Secretary of State must by regulations make provision about the granting of licences for the sale by retail of nicotine-containing products, and such regulations as the Secretary of State deems reasonably necessary for the orderly function of the Tobacco Licensing Agency.
(3) Regulations under subsection (2) must provide that—
(a) the licensing authority for the sale by retail of nicotine-containing products is the Tobacco Licensing Agency,
(b) the licensing authority may place conditions on persons to whom licences have been granted,
(c) no licence may be issued to or held by a person who has been convicted of an offence under section 7 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933.
(d) licences will be issued on an individual basis for a specific address, or online point of sale, and subject to compliance inspection by the licensing authority.
(3) Regulations under subsection (2) must further ensure that the licensing authority may to such an extent compliant with other legislation regulate product standards with respect to products under their remit, including but not limited to:
(a) Restrictions of the marketing and advertising of tobacco products
(b) Requirements regarding health warning and information displays with respect to the sale of tobacco products

Section 5: Age Verification Conditions

(1) Regulations under section 4 must—
(a) require holders of a licence to operate an age verification policy, (b) enable the licensing authority to issue fines in respect of a failure to operate an age verification policy, (c) create criminal offences in respect of a failure to operate an age verification policy.
(2) The Secretary of State may publish guidance on matters relating to age verification policies, including guidance about—
(a) steps that should be taken to establish a customer's age, (b) documents that may be shown to the person selling a tobacco product or related goods as evidence of a customer's age, (c) training that should be undertaken by the person selling the tobacco product or related goods, (d) the form and content of notices that should be displayed in the premises, (e) the form and content of records that should be maintained in relation to an age verification policy.
(3) A person who carries on a business involving the retail sale of tobacco products must have regard to guidance published under subsection (2) when operating an age verification policy.

Chapter III: Regulations Regarding E-Cigarettes

Section 6: Extension of Plain Packaging to all “nicotine-containing products”

(1) Within the Plain Packaging Act 2016, the following amendments are to be made:-
(a) replace all instances of tobacco products with nicotine-containing products (b) replace Section 1 subsection c with: “c) Nicotine-containing products shall have the same meaning as that given in the Smoking Elimination Act 2023”.

Section 10: Ban of disposable e-cigarettes

(1) A person commits an offence if they sell disposable e-cigarettes (where intended for use as a nicotine-containing product) by retail.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine, or- (b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.
(3) For the purposes of this section, an e-cigarette shall be considered disposable if it is intended only for a single use, and lacks capacity either to be refilled or recharged by the user.
(4) This Subsection shall come into force upon either the 1st of January 2025, or on a date appointed by regulation by the Secretary of State not later than the 1st of January 2027.

Chapter IV: Implementation

Section 11: Commencement, Extent and Short Title

(1) This Act shall come into force one year after receiving Royal Assent.
(2) This Act shall extend to England only unless—
(a) a Legislative Consent Motion is passed in the Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, in which case it shall also apply to Scotland, or (b) a Legislative Consent Motion is passed in the Senedd Cymru, in which case it shall also apply to Wales, or (c) a Legislative Consent Motion is passed in the Northern Ireland Assembly, in which case it shall also apply to Northern Ireland.
(3) This Act may be cited as the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2024.
This bill was written by the Right Honourable Dame u/SpectacularSalad KG KP GCB OM GCMG GBE CT PC MP MLA FRS and the Right Honourable Sir u/weebru_m CT KT PC MP on behalf of His Majesty’s Government
Chapter 2 was largely sourced from the real life Sale of Tobacco (Licensing) Bill.
This Legislation amends the Plain Packaging Act 2016.
Opening Speech:
Deputy Speaker,
The house recently read the Advertisement of Vape Products (Regulation) Bill, one I was happy to welcome to this house and support at division. I believe that we in this house must do more to regulate vaping, and also to do what we can to eliminate smoking more generally.
Recalling also the Plain Packaging Bill read earlier this year (and subsequently withdrawn), I was spurred into action to propose the following legislation. I have sought to propose a package of world-leading, comprehensive measures.
Firstly, this bill will create a statutory duty for the Secretary of State to reduce the number of regular smokers to 5% of the population by 2030. In 2021 it was 13.3%, and below this threshold the UK will be considered “smoke free”. This 5% target is inspired by New Zealand’s health measures, but I must make clear that this bill does not go as far as a total ban for certain ages as seen in Aotearoa.
To support this goal, the bill will introduce two new licences. These are a licence on the sale of nicotine products (meaning tobacco products, and vapes), and a licence on the purchase of tobacco products specifically, but not vapes.
The nicotine-containing products licence will come into effect a year after passage of the bill, and this will require any business selling either tobacco or vapes to be licensed. This will also ban online sales of these products, making them only available in brick and mortar stores.
This effort is aimed at cracking down on the sale of tobacco and particularly vapes to young people, as the 25 years of age check will apply as a part of the terms of the licence itself. The NHS estimates that 9% of secondary school pupils either regularly or occasionally vape. This is 9% too many.
Eliminating online sale of tobacco or vaping products will close the online sales loophole, and by controlling which businesses are able to sell these products, we can implement better checks and controls to ensure that young people are unable to access them.
The second measure is the Tobacco Purchase Licence, which will come into for https://www.reddit.com/MHOC/comments/1bskb2u/b1665_smoking_elimination_bill_2nd_reading/ no earlier than the beginning of 2027. This is a licence to be required for an individual to buy tobacco containing products (but explicitly not vapes).
This will be a free, renewable, annual licence. Everyone who is 18 or older will be able to get one, but they will need an application signed by their GP, with the licences themselves issued by NHS bodies, who may issue guidance to the GP on how to support the individual in question.
The aim here is twofold, firstly to ensure that all active smokers have some interaction with the NHS relating to smoking, giving us a greater ability to support cessation. Individuals will retain the right to choose to smoke tobacco, but they will be unable to renew their licence to purchase without a GP’s awareness.
The second aim is simply to make smoking tobacco more hassle than vaping. We do not know how harmful vaping is, but the NHS’ own guidance is that vapes are far less harmful than cigarettes, exposing users to fewer toxins and at lower levels than smoking cigarettes. By creating a licence required to buy tobacco but not vaping, it is hoped that individuals will be nudged away from cigarettes and towards vaping as a substitute. Due to the nature of the licence, this will be a passive incentive built into the nicotine-products market.
And that brings me neatly onto the fourth key strand of this legislation, that is the extension of plain packaging and out-of-view laws to vapes, and banning disposable vapes. The first component is intended to crack down on bright packaging intended especially to appeal to young people. The second component is intended to tackle both the ease of access to addictive nicotine products, and also to reduce the environmental impact of vaping.
Overall, this represents a comprehensive package of measures that will fit well with the Government’s existing proposals. I hope they will see fit to provide cross-bench support for these measures, aimed at the substantive elimination of smoking in the UK.
Lords may vote either Content, Not Content or Present to the Bill.
This Division ends on the 25th of April at 10PM BST.
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2024.04.20 10:01 model-kyosanto B1665 - Tobacco and Vapes Bill - Second Reading

B1665 - Smoking Elimination Bill - Second Reading

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BILL
TO
Create a statutory duty to eliminate most smoking by 2030, implement licensing for the sale of tobacco and nicotine-containing products, regulate e-cigarettes and for connected purposes
BE IT ENACTED by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:--

Chapter I: Smoke Free by 2030

Section 1: Smoke Free Target

(1) It is the duty of the Secretary of State to ensure that by 2030, less than 5% of the United Kingdom population are regular smokers. This shall be referred to as the “Smoke Free Target”.
(2) The Secretary of State must publish an annual smoking elimination plan, which must include:
(a) an action plan demonstrating the actions to be taken by the Secretary of State to achieve the Smoke Free Target, (b) measurable objectives to be achieved by the time of the publication of the next annual smoking elimination plan, (d) a summary of failures to achieve targets set out in all previous smoking elimination plans until such time as they have been achieved, alongside remedial measures to ensure ascertainment of the relevant target.

Section 2: Definitions

(1) For the purposes of this act, a regular smoker is a person who usually consumes at least one tobacco product per week
(2) For the purposes of this act, a tobacco product is a product primarily intended for the consumption of nicotine, including but not limited to:
(a) smoked tobacco products such as cigarettes, cigars and hookah tobacco, (b) smokeless tobacco products such as dipping tobacco, chewing tobacco or snus, (c) heated tobacco products, or (d) any other product as designated by regulations by the Secretary of State.
(3) For the purposes of this act, a nicotine-containing product is any product given under subsection (3), or an electronic cigarette, or any other product as designated by regulations by the Secretary of State.

Chapter II: Introduction of Licensing of Sale

Section 3: Licensing Requirement for sale

(1) A person commits an offence if they—

(a) sell nicotine-containing products by retail without a licence, or
(b) sell nicotine-containing products by retail from premises other than premises in respect of which they have been granted a licence, unless that licence is granted for online sales.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine, or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person is considered to have sold a nicotine-containing product by retail if they provide the item for free.
(4) This Subsection shall come into force upon either the 1st of January 2025, or on a date appointed by regulation by the Secretary of State not later than the 1st of January 2027.

Section 4: Regulations Regarding Licensing

(1) A body known as the Tobacco Licensing Agency is to be formed.
(2) The Secretary of State must by regulations make provision about the granting of licences for the sale by retail of nicotine-containing products, and such regulations as the Secretary of State deems reasonably necessary for the orderly function of the Tobacco Licensing Agency.
(3) Regulations under subsection (2) must provide that—

(a) the licensing authority for the sale by retail of nicotine-containing products is the Tobacco Licensing Agency,
(b) the licensing authority may place conditions on persons to whom licences have been granted,
(c) no licence may be issued to or held by a person who has been convicted of an offence under section 7 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933.
(d) licences will be issued on an individual basis for a specific address, or online point of sale, and subject to compliance inspection by the licensing authority.
(3) Regulations under subsection (2) must further ensure that the licensing authority may to such an extent compliant with other legislation regulate product standards with respect to products under their remit, including but not limited to:

(a) Restrictions of the marketing and advertising of tobacco products
(b) Requirements regarding health warning and information displays with respect to the sale of tobacco products

Section 5: Age Verification Conditions

(1) Regulations under section 4 must—
(a) require holders of a licence to operate an age verification policy, (b) enable the licensing authority to issue fines in respect of a failure to operate an age verification policy, (c) create criminal offences in respect of a failure to operate an age verification policy.
(2) The Secretary of State may publish guidance on matters relating to age verification policies, including guidance about—
(a) steps that should be taken to establish a customer's age, (b) documents that may be shown to the person selling a tobacco product or related goods as evidence of a customer's age, (c) training that should be undertaken by the person selling the tobacco product or related goods, (d) the form and content of notices that should be displayed in the premises, (e) the form and content of records that should be maintained in relation to an age verification policy.
(3) A person who carries on a business involving the retail sale of tobacco products must have regard to guidance published under subsection (2) when operating an age verification policy.

Chapter III: Regulations Regarding E-Cigarettes

Section 6: Extension of Plain Packaging to all “nicotine-containing products”

(1) Within the Plain Packaging Act 2016, the following amendments are to be made:-
(a) replace all instances of tobacco products with nicotine-containing products (b) replace Section 1 subsection c with: “c) Nicotine-containing products shall have the same meaning as that given in the Smoking Elimination Act 2023”.

Section 10: Ban of disposable e-cigarettes

(1) A person commits an offence if they sell disposable e-cigarettes (where intended for use as a nicotine-containing product) by retail.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine, or- (b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.
(3) For the purposes of this section, an e-cigarette shall be considered disposable if it is intended only for a single use, and lacks capacity either to be refilled or recharged by the user.
(4) This Subsection shall come into force upon either the 1st of January 2025, or on a date appointed by regulation by the Secretary of State not later than the 1st of January 2027.

Chapter IV: Implementation

Section 11: Commencement, Extent and Short Title

(1) This Act shall come into force one year after receiving Royal Assent.
(2) This Act shall extend to England only unless—
(a) a Legislative Consent Motion is passed in the Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, in which case it shall also apply to Scotland, or (b) a Legislative Consent Motion is passed in the Senedd Cymru, in which case it shall also apply to Wales, or (c) a Legislative Consent Motion is passed in the Northern Ireland Assembly, in which case it shall also apply to Northern Ireland.
(3) This Act may be cited as the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2024.
This bill was written by the Right Honourable Dame u/SpectacularSalad KG KP GCB OM GCMG GBE CT PC MP MLA FRS and the Right Honourable Sir u/weebru_m CT KT PC MP on behalf of His Majesty’s Government
Chapter 2 was largely sourced from the real life Sale of Tobacco (Licensing) Bill.
This Legislation amends the Plain Packaging Act 2016.
Opening Speech:
Deputy Speaker,
The house recently read the Advertisement of Vape Products (Regulation) Bill, one I was happy to welcome to this house and support at division. I believe that we in this house must do more to regulate vaping, and also to do what we can to eliminate smoking more generally.
Recalling also the Plain Packaging Bill read earlier this year (and subsequently withdrawn), I was spurred into action to propose the following legislation. I have sought to propose a package of world-leading, comprehensive measures.
Firstly, this bill will create a statutory duty for the Secretary of State to reduce the number of regular smokers to 5% of the population by 2030. In 2021 it was 13.3%, and below this threshold the UK will be considered “smoke free”. This 5% target is inspired by New Zealand’s health measures, but I must make clear that this bill does not go as far as a total ban for certain ages as seen in Aotearoa.
To support this goal, the bill will introduce two new licences. These are a licence on the sale of nicotine products (meaning tobacco products, and vapes), and a licence on the purchase of tobacco products specifically, but not vapes.
The nicotine-containing products licence will come into effect a year after passage of the bill, and this will require any business selling either tobacco or vapes to be licensed. This will also ban online sales of these products, making them only available in brick and mortar stores.
This effort is aimed at cracking down on the sale of tobacco and particularly vapes to young people, as the 25 years of age check will apply as a part of the terms of the licence itself. The NHS estimates that 9% of secondary school pupils either regularly or occasionally vape. This is 9% too many.
Eliminating online sale of tobacco or vaping products will close the online sales loophole, and by controlling which businesses are able to sell these products, we can implement better checks and controls to ensure that young people are unable to access them.
The second measure is the Tobacco Purchase Licence, which will come into forhttps://www.reddit.com/MHOC/comments/1bskb2u/b1665_smoking_elimination_bill_2nd_reading/ce no earlier than the beginning of 2027. This is a licence to be required for an individual to buy tobacco containing products (but explicitly not vapes).
This will be a free, renewable, annual licence. Everyone who is 18 or older will be able to get one, but they will need an application signed by their GP, with the licences themselves issued by NHS bodies, who may issue guidance to the GP on how to support the individual in question.
The aim here is twofold, firstly to ensure that all active smokers have some interaction with the NHS relating to smoking, giving us a greater ability to support cessation. Individuals will retain the right to choose to smoke tobacco, but they will be unable to renew their licence to purchase without a GP’s awareness.
The second aim is simply to make smoking tobacco more hassle than vaping. We do not know how harmful vaping is, but the NHS’ own guidance is that vapes are far less harmful than cigarettes, exposing users to fewer toxins and at lower levels than smoking cigarettes. By creating a licence required to buy tobacco but not vaping, it is hoped that individuals will be nudged away from cigarettes and towards vaping as a substitute. Due to the nature of the licence, this will be a passive incentive built into the nicotine-products market.
And that brings me neatly onto the fourth key strand of this legislation, that is the extension of plain packaging and out-of-view laws to vapes, and banning disposable vapes. The first component is intended to crack down on bright packaging intended especially to appeal to young people. The second component is intended to tackle both the ease of access to addictive nicotine products, and also to reduce the environmental impact of vaping.
Overall, this represents a comprehensive package of measures that will fit well with the Government’s existing proposals. I hope they will see fit to provide cross-bench support for these measures, aimed at the substantive elimination of smoking in the UK.
Lords can debate and submit amendments until the 22nd of April at 10pm BST.
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2024.04.13 22:55 model-kurimizumi B1665 - Tobacco and Vapes Bill - Final Division

Smoking Elimination Bill

A
BILL
TO
Create a statutory duty to eliminate most smoking by 2030, implement licensing for the sale of tobacco and nicotine-containing products, regulate e-cigarettes and for connected purposes
BE IT ENACTED by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:--

Chapter I: Smoke Free by 2030

Section 1: Smoke Free Target

(1) It is the duty of the Secretary of State to ensure that by 2030, less than 5% of the United Kingdom population are regular smokers. This shall be referred to as the “Smoke Free Target”.
(2) The Secretary of State must publish an annual smoking elimination plan, which must include:
(a) an action plan demonstrating the actions to be taken by the Secretary of State to achieve the Smoke Free Target, (b) measurable objectives to be achieved by the time of the publication of the next annual smoking elimination plan, (c) the best available data regarding smoking within the United Kingdom, and (d) a summary of failures to achieve targets set out in all previous smoking elimination plans until such time as they have been achieved, alongside remedial measures to ensure ascertainment of the relevant target.

Section 2: Definitions

(1) For the purposes of this act, a regular smoker is a person who usually consumes at least one tobacco product per week
(2) For the purposes of this act, a tobacco product is a product primarily intended for the consumption of nicotine, including but not limited to:
(a) smoked tobacco products such as cigarettes, cigars and hookah tobacco, (b) smokeless tobacco products such as dipping tobacco, chewing tobacco or snus, (c) heated tobacco products, or (d) any other product as designated by regulations by the Secretary of State.
(3) For the purposes of this act, a nicotine-containing product is any product given under subsection (3), or an electronic cigarette, or any other product as designated by regulations by the Secretary of State.

Chapter II: Introduction of Licensing of Sale

Section 3: Licensing Requirement for sale

(1) A person commits an offence if they—
(a) sell nicotine-containing products by retail without a licence, or
(b) sell nicotine-containing products by retail from premises other than premises in respect of which they have been granted a licence, unless that licence is granted for online sales.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine, or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person is considered to have sold a nicotine-containing product by retail if they provide the item for free.
(4) This Subsection shall come into force upon either the 1st of January 2025, or on a date appointed by regulation by the Secretary of State not later than the 1st of January 2027.

Section 4: Regulations Regarding Licensing

(1) A body known as the Tobacco Licensing Agency is to be formed.
(2) The Secretary of State must by regulations make provision about the granting of licences for the sale by retail of nicotine-containing products, and such regulations as the Secretary of State deems reasonably necessary for the orderly function of the Tobacco Licensing Agency.
(3) Regulations under subsection (2) must provide that—
(a) the licensing authority for the sale by retail of nicotine-containing products is the Tobacco Licensing Agency, (b) the licensing authority may place conditions on persons to whom licences have been granted, (c) no licence may be issued to or held by a person who has been convicted of an offence under section 7 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933. (d) licences will be issued on an individual basis for a specific address, or online point of sale, and subject to compliance inspection by the licensing authority.
(3) Regulations under subsection (2) must further ensure that the licensing authority may to such an extent compliant with other legislation regulate product standards with respect to products under their remit, including but not limited to:
(a) Restrictions of the marketing and advertising of tobacco products (b) Requirements regarding health warning and information displays with respect to the sale of tobacco products

Section 5: Age Verification Conditions

(1) Regulations under section 4 must—
(a) require holders of a licence to operate an age verification policy, (b) enable the licensing authority to issue fines in respect of a failure to operate an age verification policy, (c) create criminal offences in respect of a failure to operate an age verification policy.
(2) The Secretary of State may publish guidance on matters relating to age verification policies, including guidance about—
(a) steps that should be taken to establish a customer's age, (b) documents that may be shown to the person selling a tobacco product or related goods as evidence of a customer's age, (c) training that should be undertaken by the person selling the tobacco product or related goods, (d) the form and content of notices that should be displayed in the premises, (e) the form and content of records that should be maintained in relation to an age verification policy.
(3) A person who carries on a business involving the retail sale of tobacco products must have regard to guidance published under subsection (2) when operating an age verification policy.

Chapter III: Regulations Regarding E-Cigarettes

Section 6: Extension of Plain Packaging to all “nicotine-containing products”

(1) Within the Plain Packaging Act 2016, the following amendments are to be made:-
(a) replace all instances of tobacco products with nicotine-containing products (b) replace Section 1 subsection c with: “c) Nicotine-containing products shall have the same meaning as that given in the Smoking Elimination Act 2023”.

Section 10: Ban of disposable e-cigarettes

(1) A person commits an offence if they sell disposable e-cigarettes (where intended for use as a nicotine-containing product) by retail.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine, or- (b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.
(3) For the purposes of this section, an e-cigarette shall be considered disposable if it is intended only for a single use, and lacks capacity either to be refilled or recharged by the user.
(4) This Subsection shall come into force upon either the 1st of January 2025, or on a date appointed by regulation by the Secretary of State not later than the 1st of January 2027.

Chapter IV: Implementation

Section 11: Commencement, Extent and Short Title

(1) This Act shall come into force one year after receiving Royal Assent.
(2) This Act shall extend to England only unless—
(a) a Legislative Consent Motion is passed in the Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, in which case it shall also apply to Scotland, or (b) a Legislative Consent Motion is passed in the Senedd Cymru, in which case it shall also apply to Wales, or (c) a Legislative Consent Motion is passed in the Northern Ireland Assembly, in which case it shall also apply to Northern Ireland.
(3) This Act may be cited as the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2024.
This bill was written by the Right Honourable Dame u/SpectacularSalad KG KP GCB OM GCMG GBE CT PC MP MLA FRS and the Right Honourable Sir u/weebru_m CT KT PC MP on behalf of His Majesty’s Government
Chapter 2 was largely sourced from the real life Sale of Tobacco (Licensing) Bill.
This Legislation amends the Plain Packaging Act 2016.
Opening Speech:
Deputy Speaker,
The house recently read the Advertisement of Vape Products (Regulation) Bill, one I was happy to welcome to this house and support at division. I believe that we in this house must do more to regulate vaping, and also to do what we can to eliminate smoking more generally.
Recalling also the Plain Packaging Bill read earlier this year (and subsequently withdrawn), I was spurred into action to propose the following legislation. I have sought to propose a package of world-leading, comprehensive measures.
Firstly, this bill will create a statutory duty for the Secretary of State to reduce the number of regular smokers to 5% of the population by 2030. In 2021 it was 13.3%, and below this threshold the UK will be considered “smoke free”. This 5% target is inspired by New Zealand’s health measures, but I must make clear that this bill does not go as far as a total ban for certain ages as seen in Aotearoa.
To support this goal, the bill will introduce two new licences. These are a licence on the sale of nicotine products (meaning tobacco products, and vapes), and a licence on the purchase of tobacco products specifically, but not vapes.
The nicotine-containing products licence will come into effect a year after passage of the bill, and this will require any business selling either tobacco or vapes to be licensed. This will also ban online sales of these products, making them only available in brick and mortar stores.
This effort is aimed at cracking down on the sale of tobacco and particularly vapes to young people, as the 25 years of age check will apply as a part of the terms of the licence itself. The NHS estimates that 9% of secondary school pupils either regularly or occasionally vape. This is 9% too many.
Eliminating online sale of tobacco or vaping products will close the online sales loophole, and by controlling which businesses are able to sell these products, we can implement better checks and controls to ensure that young people are unable to access them.
The second measure is the Tobacco Purchase Licence, which will come into forhttps://www.reddit.com/MHOC/comments/1bskb2u/b1665_smoking_elimination_bill_2nd_reading/ce no earlier than the beginning of 2027. This is a licence to be required for an individual to buy tobacco containing products (but explicitly not vapes).
This will be a free, renewable, annual licence. Everyone who is 18 or older will be able to get one, but they will need an application signed by their GP, with the licences themselves issued by NHS bodies, who may issue guidance to the GP on how to support the individual in question.
The aim here is twofold, firstly to ensure that all active smokers have some interaction with the NHS relating to smoking, giving us a greater ability to support cessation. Individuals will retain the right to choose to smoke tobacco, but they will be unable to renew their licence to purchase without a GP’s awareness.
The second aim is simply to make smoking tobacco more hassle than vaping. We do not know how harmful vaping is, but the NHS’ own guidance is that vapes are far less harmful than cigarettes, exposing users to fewer toxins and at lower levels than smoking cigarettes. By creating a licence required to buy tobacco but not vaping, it is hoped that individuals will be nudged away from cigarettes and towards vaping as a substitute. Due to the nature of the licence, this will be a passive incentive built into the nicotine-products market.
And that brings me neatly onto the fourth key strand of this legislation, that is the extension of plain packaging and out-of-view laws to vapes, and banning disposable vapes. The first component is intended to crack down on bright packaging intended especially to appeal to young people. The second component is intended to tackle both the ease of access to addictive nicotine products, and also to reduce the environmental impact of vaping.
Overall, this represents a comprehensive package of measures that will fit well with the Government’s existing proposals. I hope they will see fit to provide cross-bench support for these measures, aimed at the substantive elimination of smoking in the UK.
This division ends at 10PM BST on Tuesday 16 April 2024.
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2024.04.08 12:47 Maroiogog B1665 - Tobacco and Vapes Bill - 3rd Reading

Smoking Elimination Bill

A
BILL
TO
Create a statutory duty to eliminate most smoking by 2030, implement licensing for the sale of tobacco and nicotine-containing products, regulate e-cigarettes and for connected purposes
BE IT ENACTED by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:--

Chapter I: Smoke Free by 2030

Section 1: Smoke Free Target

(1) It is the duty of the Secretary of State to ensure that by 2030, less than 5% of the United Kingdom population are regular smokers. This shall be referred to as the “Smoke Free Target”.
(2) The Secretary of State must publish an annual smoking elimination plan, which must include:
(a) an action plan demonstrating the actions to be taken by the Secretary of State to achieve the Smoke Free Target, (b) measurable objectives to be achieved by the time of the publication of the next annual smoking elimination plan, (c) the best available data regarding smoking within the United Kingdom, and (d) a summary of failures to achieve targets set out in all previous smoking elimination plans until such time as they have been achieved, alongside remedial measures to ensure ascertainment of the relevant target.

Section 2: Definitions

(1) For the purposes of this act, a regular smoker is a person who usually consumes at least one tobacco product per week
(2) For the purposes of this act, a tobacco product is a product primarily intended for the consumption of nicotine, including but not limited to:
(a) smoked tobacco products such as cigarettes, cigars and hookah tobacco, (b) smokeless tobacco products such as dipping tobacco, chewing tobacco or snus, (c) heated tobacco products, or (d) any other product as designated by regulations by the Secretary of State.
(3) For the purposes of this act, a nicotine-containing product is any product given under subsection (3), or an electronic cigarette, or any other product as designated by regulations by the Secretary of State.

Chapter II: Introduction of Licensing of Sale

Section 3: Licensing Requirement for sale

(1) A person commits an offence if they—
(a) sell nicotine-containing products by retail without a licence, or
(b) sell nicotine-containing products by retail from premises other than premises in respect of which they have been granted a licence, unless that licence is granted for online sales.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine, or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person is considered to have sold a nicotine-containing product by retail if they provide the item for free.
(4) This Subsection shall come into force upon either the 1st of January 2025, or on a date appointed by regulation by the Secretary of State not later than the 1st of January 2027.

Section 4: Regulations Regarding Licensing

(1) A body known as the Tobacco Licensing Agency is to be formed.
(2) The Secretary of State must by regulations make provision about the granting of licences for the sale by retail of nicotine-containing products, and such regulations as the Secretary of State deems reasonably necessary for the orderly function of the Tobacco Licensing Agency.
(3) Regulations under subsection (2) must provide that—
(a) the licensing authority for the sale by retail of nicotine-containing products is the Tobacco Licensing Agency, (b) the licensing authority may place conditions on persons to whom licences have been granted, (c) no licence may be issued to or held by a person who has been convicted of an offence under section 7 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933. (d) licences will be issued on an individual basis for a specific address, or online point of sale, and subject to compliance inspection by the licensing authority.
(3) Regulations under subsection (2) must further ensure that the licensing authority may to such an extent compliant with other legislation regulate product standards with respect to products under their remit, including but not limited to:
(a) Restrictions of the marketing and advertising of tobacco products (b) Requirements regarding health warning and information displays with respect to the sale of tobacco products

Section 5: Age Verification Conditions

(1) Regulations under section 4 must—
(a) require holders of a licence to operate an age verification policy, (b) enable the licensing authority to issue fines in respect of a failure to operate an age verification policy, (c) create criminal offences in respect of a failure to operate an age verification policy.
(2) The Secretary of State may publish guidance on matters relating to age verification policies, including guidance about—
(a) steps that should be taken to establish a customer's age, (b) documents that may be shown to the person selling a tobacco product or related goods as evidence of a customer's age, (c) training that should be undertaken by the person selling the tobacco product or related goods, (d) the form and content of notices that should be displayed in the premises, (e) the form and content of records that should be maintained in relation to an age verification policy.
(3) A person who carries on a business involving the retail sale of tobacco products must have regard to guidance published under subsection (2) when operating an age verification policy.

Chapter III: Regulations Regarding E-Cigarettes

Section 6: Extension of Plain Packaging to all “nicotine-containing products”

(1) Within the Plain Packaging Act 2016, the following amendments are to be made:-
(a) replace all instances of tobacco products with nicotine-containing products (b) replace Section 1 subsection c with: “c) Nicotine-containing products shall have the same meaning as that given in the Smoking Elimination Act 2023”.

Section 10: Ban of disposable e-cigarettes

(1) A person commits an offence if they sell disposable e-cigarettes (where intended for use as a nicotine-containing product) by retail.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine, or- (b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.
(3) For the purposes of this section, an e-cigarette shall be considered disposable if it is intended only for a single use, and lacks capacity either to be refilled or recharged by the user.
(4) This Subsection shall come into force upon either the 1st of January 2025, or on a date appointed by regulation by the Secretary of State not later than the 1st of January 2027.

Chapter IV: Implementation

Section 11: Commencement, Extent and Short Title

(1) This Act shall come into force one year after receiving Royal Assent.
(2) This Act shall extend to England only unless—
(a) a Legislative Consent Motion is passed in the Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, in which case it shall also apply to Scotland, or (b) a Legislative Consent Motion is passed in the Senedd Cymru, in which case it shall also apply to Wales, or (c) a Legislative Consent Motion is passed in the Northern Ireland Assembly, in which case it shall also apply to Northern Ireland.
(3) This Act may be cited as the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2024.
This bill was written by the Right Honourable Dame u/SpectacularSalad KG KP GCB OM GCMG GBE CT PC MP MLA FRS and the Right Honourable Sir u/weebru_m CT KT PC MP on behalf of His Majesty’s Government
Chapter 2 was largely sourced from the real life Sale of Tobacco (Licensing) Bill.
This Legislation amends the Plain Packaging Act 2016.
Opening Speech:
Deputy Speaker,
The house recently read the Advertisement of Vape Products (Regulation) Bill, one I was happy to welcome to this house and support at division. I believe that we in this house must do more to regulate vaping, and also to do what we can to eliminate smoking more generally.
Recalling also the Plain Packaging Bill read earlier this year (and subsequently withdrawn), I was spurred into action to propose the following legislation. I have sought to propose a package of world-leading, comprehensive measures.
Firstly, this bill will create a statutory duty for the Secretary of State to reduce the number of regular smokers to 5% of the population by 2030. In 2021 it was 13.3%, and below this threshold the UK will be considered “smoke free”. This 5% target is inspired by New Zealand’s health measures, but I must make clear that this bill does not go as far as a total ban for certain ages as seen in Aotearoa.
To support this goal, the bill will introduce two new licences. These are a licence on the sale of nicotine products (meaning tobacco products, and vapes), and a licence on the purchase of tobacco products specifically, but not vapes.
The nicotine-containing products licence will come into effect a year after passage of the bill, and this will require any business selling either tobacco or vapes to be licensed. This will also ban online sales of these products, making them only available in brick and mortar stores.
This effort is aimed at cracking down on the sale of tobacco and particularly vapes to young people, as the 25 years of age check will apply as a part of the terms of the licence itself. The NHS estimates that 9% of secondary school pupils either regularly or occasionally vape. This is 9% too many.
Eliminating online sale of tobacco or vaping products will close the online sales loophole, and by controlling which businesses are able to sell these products, we can implement better checks and controls to ensure that young people are unable to access them.
The second measure is the Tobacco Purchase Licence, which will come into forhttps://www.reddit.com/MHOC/comments/1bskb2u/b1665_smoking_elimination_bill_2nd_reading/ce no earlier than the beginning of 2027. This is a licence to be required for an individual to buy tobacco containing products (but explicitly not vapes).
This will be a free, renewable, annual licence. Everyone who is 18 or older will be able to get one, but they will need an application signed by their GP, with the licences themselves issued by NHS bodies, who may issue guidance to the GP on how to support the individual in question.
The aim here is twofold, firstly to ensure that all active smokers have some interaction with the NHS relating to smoking, giving us a greater ability to support cessation. Individuals will retain the right to choose to smoke tobacco, but they will be unable to renew their licence to purchase without a GP’s awareness.
The second aim is simply to make smoking tobacco more hassle than vaping. We do not know how harmful vaping is, but the NHS’ own guidance is that vapes are far less harmful than cigarettes, exposing users to fewer toxins and at lower levels than smoking cigarettes. By creating a licence required to buy tobacco but not vaping, it is hoped that individuals will be nudged away from cigarettes and towards vaping as a substitute. Due to the nature of the licence, this will be a passive incentive built into the nicotine-products market.
And that brings me neatly onto the fourth key strand of this legislation, that is the extension of plain packaging and out-of-view laws to vapes, and banning disposable vapes. The first component is intended to crack down on bright packaging intended especially to appeal to young people. The second component is intended to tackle both the ease of access to addictive nicotine products, and also to reduce the environmental impact of vaping.
Overall, this represents a comprehensive package of measures that will fit well with the Government’s existing proposals. I hope they will see fit to provide cross-bench support for these measures, aimed at the substantive elimination of smoking in the UK.

This Reading will end on the 11th at 10PM.
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2024.04.01 01:37 Sirboomsalot_Y-Wing Fun fact: in the song “Wolfpack”, Sabaton mentions “the Gleaves and the Ingham” during the chorus. However, USCGC Ingham was not one of the escorts of convoy ON 92; her sister ship Spencer, however, was.

Fun fact: in the song “Wolfpack”, Sabaton mentions “the Gleaves and the Ingham” during the chorus. However, USCGC Ingham was not one of the escorts of convoy ON 92; her sister ship Spencer, however, was.
Other than the official Sabaton website page for “Wolfpack”, I haven’t been able to find any sources that name Ingham as one of the escorts of ON 92
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2024.03.31 22:40 model-kurimizumi B1665 - Smoking Elimination Bill - 2nd Reading

Smoking Elimination Bill

A
BILL
TO
Create a statutory duty to eliminate most smoking by 2030, implement licensing for the sale of tobacco and nicotine-containing products, regulate e-cigarettes and for connected purposes
BE IT ENACTED by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:--

Chapter I: Smoke Free by 2030

Section 1: Smoke Free Target

(1) It is the duty of the Secretary of State to ensure that by 2030, less than 5% of the United Kingdom population are regular smokers. This shall be referred to as the “Smoke Free Target”.
(2) The Secretary of State must publish an annual smoking elimination plan, which must include:
(a) an action plan demonstrating the actions to be taken by the Secretary of State to achieve the Smoke Free Target,
(b) measurable objectives to be achieved by the time of the publication of the next annual smoking elimination plan,
(c) the best available data regarding smoking within the United Kingdom, and
(d) a summary of failures to achieve targets set out in all previous smoking elimination plans until such time as they have been achieved, alongside remedial measures to ensure ascertainment of the relevant target.

Section 2: Definitions

(1) For the purposes of this act, a regular smoker is a person who usually consumes at least one tobacco product per week
(2) For the purposes of this act, a tobacco product is a product primarily intended for the consumption of nicotine, including but not limited to:
(a) smoked tobacco products such as cigarettes, cigars and hookah tobacco,
(b) smokeless tobacco products such as dipping tobacco, chewing tobacco or snus,
(c) heated tobacco products, or
(d) any other product as designated by regulations by the Secretary of State.
(3) For the purposes of this act, a nicotine-containing product is any product given under subsection (3), or an electronic cigarette, or any other product as designated by regulations by the Secretary of State.

Chapter II: Introduction of Licensing of Sale

Section 3: Licensing Requirement for sale

(1) A person commits an offence if they—
(a) sell nicotine-containing products by retail without a licence, or
(b) sell nicotine-containing products by retail from premises other than premises in respect of which they have been granted a licence, unless that licence is granted for online sales.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine, or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person is considered to have sold a nicotine-containing product by retail if they provide the item for free.
(4) This Subsection shall come into force upon either the 1st of January 2025, or on a date appointed by regulation by the Secretary of State not later than the 1st of January 2027.

Section 4: Regulations Regarding Licensing

(1) A body known as the Tobacco Licensing Agency is to be formed.
(2) The Secretary of State must by regulations make provision about the granting of licences for the sale by retail of nicotine-containing products, and such regulations as the Secretary of State deems reasonably necessary for the orderly function of the Tobacco Licensing Agency.
(3) Regulations under subsection (2) must provide that—
(a) the licensing authority for the sale by retail of nicotine-containing products is the Tobacco Licensing Agency,
(b) the licensing authority may place conditions on persons to whom licences have been granted,
(c) no licence may be issued to or held by a person who has been convicted of an offence under section 7 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933.
(d) licences will be issued on an individual basis for a specific address, or online point of sale, and subject to compliance inspection by the licensing authority.
(3) Regulations under subsection (2) must further ensure that the licensing authority may to such an extent compliant with other legislation regulate product standards with respect to products under their remit, including but not limited to:
(a) Restrictions of the marketing and advertising of tobacco products
(b) Requirements regarding health warning and information displays with respect to the sale of tobacco products

Section 5: Age Verification Conditions

(1) Regulations under section 4 must—
(a) require holders of a licence to operate an age verification policy,
(b) enable the licensing authority to issue fines in respect of a failure to operate an age verification policy,
(c) create criminal offences in respect of a failure to operate an age verification policy.
(2) The Secretary of State may publish guidance on matters relating to age verification policies, including guidance about—
(a) steps that should be taken to establish a customer's age,
(b) documents that may be shown to the person selling a tobacco product or related goods as evidence of a customer's age,
(c) training that should be undertaken by the person selling the tobacco product or related goods,
(d) the form and content of notices that should be displayed in the premises,
(e) the form and content of records that should be maintained in relation to an age verification policy.
(3) A person who carries on a business involving the retail sale of tobacco products must have regard to guidance published under subsection (2) when operating an age verification policy.

Chapter III: Regulations Regarding E-Cigarettes

Section 6: Extension of Plain Packaging to all “nicotine-containing products”

(1) Within the Plain Packaging Act 2016, the following amendments are to be made:-
(a) replace all instances of tobacco products with nicotine-containing products
(b) replace Section 1 subsection c with:
“c) Nicotine-containing products shall have the same meaning as that given in the Smoking Elimination Act 2023”.

Section 10: Ban of disposable e-cigarettes

(1) A person commits an offence if they sell disposable e-cigarettes (where intended for use as a nicotine-containing product) by retail.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine, or-
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.
(3) For the purposes of this section, an e-cigarette shall be considered disposable if it is intended only for a single use, and lacks capacity either to be refilled or recharged by the user.
(4) This Subsection shall come into force upon either the 1st of January 2025, or on a date appointed by regulation by the Secretary of State not later than the 1st of January 2027.

Chapter IV: Implementation

Section 11: Commencement, Extent and Short Title

(1) This Act shall come into force one year after receiving Royal Assent.
(2) This Act shall extend to England only unless—
(a) a Legislative Consent Motion is passed in the Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, in which case it shall also apply to Scotland, or
(b) a Legislative Consent Motion is passed in the Senedd Cymru, in which case it shall also apply to Wales, or
(c) a Legislative Consent Motion is passed in the Northern Ireland Assembly, in which case it shall also apply to Northern Ireland.
(3) This Act may be cited as the Smoking Elimination Act 2024.
This bill was written by the Right Honourable Dame SpectacularSalad KG KP GCB OM GCMG GBE CT PC MP MLA FRS and the Right Honourable Sir weebru_m CT KT PC MP on behalf of His Majesty’s Government
Chapter 2 was largely sourced from the real life Sale of Tobacco (Licensing) Bill.
This Legislation amends the Plain Packaging Act 2016.
Opening Speech:
Deputy Speaker,
The house recently read the Advertisement of Vape Products (Regulation) Bill, one I was happy to welcome to this house and support at division. I believe that we in this house must do more to regulate vaping, and also to do what we can to eliminate smoking more generally.
Recalling also the Plain Packaging Bill read earlier this year (and subsequently withdrawn), I was spurred into action to propose the following legislation. I have sought to propose a package of world-leading, comprehensive measures.
Firstly, this bill will create a statutory duty for the Secretary of State to reduce the number of regular smokers to 5% of the population by 2030. In 2021 it was 13.3%, and below this threshold the UK will be considered “smoke free”. This 5% target is inspired by New Zealand’s health measures, but I must make clear that this bill does not go as far as a total ban for certain ages as seen in Aotearoa.
To support this goal, the bill will introduce two new licences. These are a licence on the sale of nicotine products (meaning tobacco products, and vapes), and a licence on the purchase of tobacco products specifically, but not vapes.
The nicotine-containing products licence will come into effect a year after passage of the bill, and this will require any business selling either tobacco or vapes to be licensed. This will also ban online sales of these products, making them only available in brick and mortar stores.
This effort is aimed at cracking down on the sale of tobacco and particularly vapes to young people, as the 25 years of age check will apply as a part of the terms of the licence itself. The NHS estimates that 9% of secondary school pupils either regularly or occasionally vape. This is 9% too many.
Eliminating online sale of tobacco or vaping products will close the online sales loophole, and by controlling which businesses are able to sell these products, we can implement better checks and controls to ensure that young people are unable to access them.
The second measure is the Tobacco Purchase Licence, which will come into force no earlier than the beginning of 2027. This is a licence to be required for an individual to buy tobacco containing products (but explicitly not vapes).
This will be a free, renewable, annual licence. Everyone who is 18 or older will be able to get one, but they will need an application signed by their GP, with the licences themselves issued by NHS bodies, who may issue guidance to the GP on how to support the individual in question.
The aim here is twofold, firstly to ensure that all active smokers have some interaction with the NHS relating to smoking, giving us a greater ability to support cessation. Individuals will retain the right to choose to smoke tobacco, but they will be unable to renew their licence to purchase without a GP’s awareness.
The second aim is simply to make smoking tobacco more hassle than vaping. We do not know how harmful vaping is, but the NHS’ own guidance is that vapes are far less harmful than cigarettes, exposing users to fewer toxins and at lower levels than smoking cigarettes. By creating a licence required to buy tobacco but not vaping, it is hoped that individuals will be nudged away from cigarettes and towards vaping as a substitute. Due to the nature of the licence, this will be a passive incentive built into the nicotine-products market.
And that brings me neatly onto the fourth key strand of this legislation, that is the extension of plain packaging and out-of-view laws to vapes, and banning disposable vapes. The first component is intended to crack down on bright packaging intended especially to appeal to young people. The second component is intended to tackle both the ease of access to addictive nicotine products, and also to reduce the environmental impact of vaping.
Overall, this represents a comprehensive package of measures that will fit well with the Government’s existing proposals. I hope they will see fit to provide cross-bench support for these measures, aimed at the substantive elimination of smoking in the UK.
This reading ends at 10PM BST on Wednesday 3 April 2024.
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2024.03.13 12:35 Yurii_S_Kh Holy Heirarch Oswald, bishop of Worcester and archbishop of York

Holy Heirarch Oswald, bishop of Worcester and archbishop of York
Commemorated February 28/March 13
A stained glass image of St. Oswald of Worcester
Oswald was the offspring of pagan Danes who had invaded England in the ninth century and settled in the east and north of England, the region that came to be known as the Danelaw. The future saint was probably born around 925 into a family of newly-baptized wealthy Danish Christians. There were two important Church figures among his relatives: his uncle, Oda (Odo) the Good, the illustrious Archbishop of Canterbury from 941 to 958, who helped restore Church life and piety in England after the Danish raids; and Oskytel, Bishop of York in 958-971. The first Life of Oswald was written soon after his repose by the learned monk, mathematician and homilist Byrhtferth of Ramsey. Later the chronicler Eadmer (c.1060-c.1126) composed his version of the saint’s life as well as accounts of his miracles. There were also other Lives of Oswald of considerable importance.
As a boy and young man Oswald was raised by his uncle St. Oda and then studied at Winchester. At that time Church life, monasticism and discipline in the country had terribly declined after the devastations of the pagan Danes in the previous century. The saintly King Alfred the Great, who had saved the English State from destruction in the late ninth century, had only begun the long process of reviving the English Church by founding the monastery in Athelney and inviting Church figures to help him. For example, there was Werferth, a learned Bishop of Worcester from c.872 till c.915, a contemporary, friend and assistant of the Right-Believing King Alfred the Great at whose request he translated the Dialogues of St. Gregory the Dialogist from Latin into Old English.
St. Alfred’s work was continued by his tenth-century descendants, especially Kings Edward the Elder, Athelstan, St. Edgar the Peaceful and St. Edward the Martyr, and by the three holy English hierarchs: Sts. Dunstan of Canterbury, Ethelwold of Winchester and our saint—Oswald of Worcester, who was destined to be remembered in English Church history as a great archpastor and restorer. Oswald studied with married priests in Winchester for some years and it was there that he was eventually ordained a priest. But secular life was not for him, as Oswald had striven for a serious ascetic life since childhood.
Thus, in about 950 Oswald was tonsured and sent to the great monastery of Fleury in France (at Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire and which still exists). This monastery possessed the relics of St. Benedict of Nursia, “the father of Western monasticism”, and boasted the largest library in Western Europe. Oswald gained enormous spiritual experience and learned monastic skills in Fleury, staying there for about ten years. There he studied day and night, absorbing the Holy Scriptures and works of the Church Fathers. He even learned most of the services by heart. Once when the saint was serving the Divine Liturgy the people standing in the church saw an angel descending to him in the altar. On his deathbed, St. Oda, St. Oswald’s beloved uncle and mentor, sent messengers to him conveying his blessing to him to return to England and serve God and the people there. St. Oswald saw the will of God in it and, though it was a sorrow for him to leave Fleury, he came back to England.
On his return he learned that Oda had died shortly before. Oswald first wanted to go back to Fleury, but turned to his relative Oskytel in York who became his patron for some time. And it was Oskytel who introduced Oswald to the great archbishop-visionary and father of his people: Dunstan of Canterbury, who was undertaking a large restoration program in the English Church and needed like-minded people as his helpers. Dunstan came to love the young, mild, responsive and tactful Oswald and at once saw in spirit that his labors would yield bountiful fruit for the Church. So for the rest of his life Oswald dedicated his energies to reviving monasticism and spiritual life in the whole of England, in alliance with Sts. Dunstan and Ethelwold.
In 961 Dunstan consecrated Oswald Bishop of Worcester in western England, and this was to become a very large and prosperous diocese. This diocese still exists and it is already over 1330 years old. St. Oswald rebuilt the small St. Peter’s Cathedral Church at Worcester and the new cathedral was dedicated in honor of the Mother of God. The holy archpastor established in Worcester a large monastery and organized life there on the pattern of Fleury. It was a so-called “monastery-cathedral”; the tradition of building such ecclesiastical structures was characteristic of early England.
This monastery became one of the greatest in the English land. At that time in former English monasteries and cathedrals most of the clergy were married priests and there were almost no monks. Through the labors of “the three holy hierarchs of England” monasticism was very successfully reintroduced and spread all over England. By the end of that century there were thriving monastic communities for men and women throughout the country, despite the strong anti-monastic movement among part of the nobility (who murdered St. Edward the Martyr) and new Danish attacks.
But it was a difficult and gradual process in Worcester because it lacked monastic tradition. Oswald preached as best as he could inside his church and the townsfolk flocked to listen to the new preacher. Oswald also taught outside the church, often standing in an open space, and people’s hearts were drawn to him seeing his holiness and sincerity. Unlike St. Ethelwold, who out of zeal for the good of the Church often acted resolutely and quite sternly, in many cases physically expelling married priests from monasteries and replacing them with monks, St. Oswald acted very wisely and amicably. His approach was based primarily on love, temperance, patience and teaching. Like Dunstan, Oswald preferred to be slow and quiet rather than strict and quick. His very meek and amicable nature attracted the hearts of thousands of English people to him who loved him and gradually returned from their errors to the right path of genuine Christian life.
Ramsey parish church (formerly belonged to the abbey), Cambridgeshire
According to tradition, in Worcester Oswald first refused to demolish the church for married priests but built the new church for monks opposite it and allowed both communities to celebrate. Seeing the exemplary and pure life of the monks, hearing their magnificent choir singing (St. Oswald himself was a talented singer with a rare and beautiful voice, according to his contemporaries) and perfectly disciplined services, all the townsfolk started visiting them, and gradually deserted the church where married priests served, so they joined the monks or left and the old church was demolished. According to several records from that time, Oswald never forced any married clergy to leave, and until the end of his episcopacy there were married church workers and clergy in his monastery along with the monks.
In about 962, St. Oswald most probably rededicated the ancient monastery at St. Albans, the site of martyrdom of the first English martyr, St. Alban. At the same time he founded a new monastic community in Westbury-on-Trym near Bristol in Somerset, which was another great establishment (it first consisted of his twelve disciples). Early in the 970s, in alliance with the Right-Believing King Edgar the Peaceful, the lover of monks and supporter of monastic life in his kingdom, St. Oswald refounded (or restored) seven old monasteries in Western England. In the Severn valley these included Pershore and Evesham in Worcestershire (renowned centres of monastic life, holiness, and pilgrimage for centuries), and in Gloucestershire they most likely included Deerhurst, Winchcombe and Gloucester.
The holy archpastor gained so many pupils that he needed to open another new large community. So in 971 Oswald established a monastery outside his diocese at Ramsey in Cambridgeshire (it was then a peninsula with fens or marshes on three sides) and dedicated it to Our Lady, St. Benedict, and All Holy Virgins. The place offered everything that Oswald wanted for his monks: level land, rich soil, fresh water (the River Ouse flowed nearby), all kinds of fish and fowl, and solitude. This grew into a large and his most beloved monastery; in fact Oswald was its first abbot and spent much time in it. St. Oswald beautified and adorned the monastery church of Ramsey for many years, and some descriptions of the splendid church of his age still survive. Afterwards Ramsey developed into one of the wealthiest and one of most prominent medieval monasteries in England; some buildings and ruins of the former Ramsey Monastery are now used by a local college and the twelfth-century Church of St. Thomas Becket (built by the monastery as an infirmary or guesthouse) is still active.
Former Ramsey Abbey's gatehouse, Cambridgeshire
All these labors finally led to the restoration of monastic life at Crowland in Lincolnshire: a great center on the site of the early eighth-century hermitage of St. Guthlac amid the marshes, who is recorded as “the English St. Antony the Great”. This great revival movement finally led to the restoration of monastic life in the north of England, though it was accomplished later, not in the lifetime of the three English holy hierarchs, because the Danish settlers’ influence in the north was still too strong at that time. Together with Dunstan and Ethelwold, Oswald worked on the preparation of the important document, Regularis Concordia, which was adopted and signed in 970. This document regulated monastic life and discipline in England.
In 972, Oswald was appointed Archbishop of York while retaining the post of Bishop of Worcester. This not very canonical measure was explained by the very weak monastic life in the north of England after the Danish invasions. In Yorkshire Oswald did all his best to revive monastic life, especially in Ripon where the monastery had been founded in the seventh century by the great missionary St. Wilfrid of York. In Ripon he may have collected portions of relics of local saints, including St. Wilfrid, and taken them to Worcester Cathedral for veneration; so, tradition holds that some relics of Wilfrid may be hidden inside this Cathedral to this day. An ascetic, visionary, encourager of monks and consoler of the people, St. Oswald (like his fellow archpastors Dunstan and Ethelwold) was an able advisor of the royal family for many years as well. Due to his close links with the royal house he managed to secure extensive lands for his monasteries.
Up to the end of his life Oswald remained an active preacher, energetic bishop, and builder of many churches. He often visited all his monasteries as a good shepherd. He promoted learning among his monks, inviting from Fleury preachers, mathematicians and astronomers. He himself wrote several treatises. Among other saints linked with St. Oswald we can mention St. Abbo, a learned monk of Fleury who was invited to Ramsey in the 980s for two years, either by Oswald (which is more likely) or else Dunstan, and there he taught. Significantly, while in England Abbo learned the story of the martyrdom of the Holy King Edmund of East Anglia and wrote his Life which survives to this day.
Another saint was Oswald’s kinsman Ednoth (feast: October 19/November 1). He studied at Worcester under St. Oswald and became a monk and eventually Abbot of Ramsey. He later founded St. Ives Monastery and Chatteris Convent in Cambridgeshire. About 1007 he became Bishop of Dorchester-on-Thames but in 1012 he was martyred by pagan Danes. His relics were kept at Ely. Sts. Oswald and Ednoth are depicted together in the fourteenth-century manuscript known as the “Ramsey Psalter”. There is, however, another, earlier illuminated “Ramsey Psalter”, most likely produced by Ramsey monks and personally belonging to St. Oswald; it is now preserved in the British Museum.
Ramsey Psalter (early 14th century)
Late in 991, Oswald spent time at his beloved monastery of Ramsey where he kissed and blessed his monks for the last time. He felt that his end was near, so before his departure he said to the brethren, “May the Lord gather all of us in the Heavenly Kingdom.” He spent the winter in Worcester and on February 29, 992 [1] (that was a leap year), he served his last Liturgy. It was during Lent. Then, singing the Psalms, he washed the feet of twelve poor men, as was his daily custom during the Lenten fast. The saint of God reposed on the same day while kneeling and having just uttered the words: “Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit!”
The news of the repose of the holy father and bishop spread to towns and villages very quickly. It was said that on that day traders left their shops, women stopped their weaving, and all hastened to him: orphans, widows, monks, clergy, strangers, peasants and paupers – all those whom he had taken care of in his lifetime. All wept in their grief. When his body was carried to the site of his burial in Worcester, a white dove soared over the procession. The hierarch was venerated and remembered for his holy life and learning, for mercifulness and generosity, for honesty and meekness, for hospitality and care for the poor. An author of his Life states that he was loved during his life and venerated after his death. Indeed, he was a rare humble and kind-hearted saint, with a pleasant appearance, melodious voice, open and attractive nature and many talents;[2] in spirit he was very close to such early English saints as Cuthbert, Aidan, Chad, John of Beverley, Cuthman and Swithin of Winchester.
In 1002 Oswald’s relics were solemnly laid in a new shrine. Finally his veneration became national. He was particularly commemorated in Worcester, York and Ramsey. In the second half of the eleventh century the Worcester Monastery-Cathedral (from that time known as St. Mary’s Priory) was rebuilt by Oswald’s great successor, Wulfstan of Worcester (1008-1095; the last native English bishop from the “old” Church who served after the Norman Conquest) and his relics for some time rested in the monastery crypt from then on. Throughout the centuries numerous miracles occurred at the relics of Sts. Oswald and Wulfstan (the latter is venerated as a saint by Roman Catholics) at Worcester Cathedral whose tombs were located near each other. King John Lackland was so impressed by the spirit of holiness at Worcester Monastery that he ordered that he be buried between these two saints at the Cathedral (it was due to this close royal connection that the Cathedral was not destroyed during the Reformation).
During the Reformation the shrines of both saints were demolished, and their relics, according to tradition, were buried under the floor near the altar of the Cathedral where they may rest to this day, waiting for the time when they are again revealed to faithful Christians.
Worcester Cathedral (Photo by Irina Lapa)
Let us now talk about the Worcester Monastery Cathedral. The early English Cathedral in Worcester was built in 680 and dedicated to St. Peter. The third bishop of this diocese was St. Egwin who founded Evesham Abbey on the site of a miraculous apparition of Mary the Mother of God. From 957 to 959, St. Dunstan served as Bishop of Worcester before being raised to the rank of Primate of the English Church. St. Oswald, the most venerated saint of the beautiful, Roman-founded city of Worcester, was bishop here in 961-992. Since then the monastery in Worcester has been dedicated to the Mother of God. In 1040 Worcester was badly damaged by a Danish invasion but was rapidly restored. Under Bishop Wulfstan, construction of a large new Cathedral began in 1062.
Crypt of Worcester Cathedral (11th century)
In 1084 the building of the many-columned Cathedral crypt was begun by the Normans; it still exists in perfect condition and is regarded as one of the finest in the country. It has exhibitions devoted to the Cathedral’s early English past. Remarkably, it displays the boots, staff and part of the emblem of Santiago de Compostella of a fifteenth-century pilgrim whose remains were discovered under the floor of the Cathedral in 1986. The remains were examined by scientists from the University of York and it is now presumed that they belong to Robert Sutton, a wealthy Worcester dyer who loved pilgrimages.
After the Norman Conquest what is now the Catholic cathedral-priory grew and developed. The motto of its monks was: “No prayer without work, no work without prayer.” Worcester’s brethren were occupied by growing plants, various crafts, teaching, and scholarship. They received and always generously treated thousands of pilgrims, performed public and private services, and ministered to those in need.
The boots and staff of the Worcester's pilgrim (now displayed in the crypt)
They fed and clothed the poor and the hungry, managed a hospital, and gave communion to prisoners. Many scholars were produced by Worcester. Among them we can mention Florence of Worcester (+1118), a monk and chronicler who took part in the compilation of the Chronicle of Chronicles in Latin, which related the history of the world from the Creation till 1140; John of Worcester (+1140), a devout monk and man of learning who completed this chronicle, which survives in five manuscripts; the antiquarian, prolific author and chronicler William of Worcester (c.1415-1482) who travelled extensively across the country.
Worcester Cathedral, one of the most interesting English cathedrals (photo by Irina Lapa)
This was not the only monastery in Worcester in the Middle Ages. In the medieval period there were also the Black (Dominican) Friars, Friars of the Sack, the Grey Friars (Franciscan Friars Minor; a part of the friary remains intact), the Penitent Sisters, the Trinitarians and probably other communities. What today is called the Commandery Museum in Worcester was originally the hospital and almshouses founded by St. Wulfstan in 1085. In its long history it served as a charitable home, a hospice for the dying, a hostel for pilgrims (founded by the Knights Hospitallers), and was even the headquarters of the Royalist Army during the Civil War.
Edward Elgar - the greatest son of Worcester
Worcester is also famous for its ancient and very rich musical traditions. Among the great composers who were closely related to Worcester Cathedral let us mention Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656), a pupil of William Byrd, organist and madrigal-writer who composed a large amount of Church music; and the greatest composer in English history Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934, a Roman Catholic). Both spent part of their lives in and near Worcester. (The birthplace of Elgar is in Lower Broadheath just outside the city). Elgar, who precisely in Worcester first performed his famous work, The Enigma Variations, is commemorated at the Cathedral on one of its stained glass windows and his monument stands in the city center close by. The Church music of both composers is often performed in the Cathedral.
Worcester is one of the three English cities in which since 1724 the annual festival of spiritual music called, “The Three Choirs Festival”, has been held (the other two cities are Gloucester and Hereford)—this is the oldest music festival in the world, and it is held in each of these cities alternately. Among celebrities buried at the cathedral are King John Lackland (1167-1216) and Prince Arthur Tudor (1486-1502—the elder brother of the future King Henry VIII who died at Ludlow Castle in Shropshire aged only 15 (who knows, maybe if Arthur, and not Henry, had succeeded to the throne, the bloody Reformation with all its consequences would have not happened)[3] and the Prime-Minister Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947).
Ellen Wood (Mrs. Henry Wood) - the greatest daughter of Worcester
Another eminent figure in Worcester was the prominent author and novelist Ellen Wood (1814-1887). She wrote under the pseudonym Mrs. Henry Wood and her novels, such as East Lynne, were translated into many languages. Her monument can be found in the Cathedral. A hero connected with Worcester is the Anglican priest, preacher and poet Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy (1883-1929, nicknamed “Woodbine Willie”) who served at the city’s St. Paul’s church. During the First World War he volunteered as a chaplain and, at permanent risk to his life, he courageously rescued, helped and consoled wounded and dying soldiers in no man’s land. He supported them spiritually and gave them woodbine cigarettes, hence his nickname. For his self-sacrificing work he was awarded the Military Cross (commemorated by some in the C of E on March 8).
In 1540 the Benedictine priory at Worcester was closed: though the church itself survived and has been used as Anglican Cathedral since then, some monastic buildings were destroyed or used for other purposes. In the seventeenth century the Cathedral was greatly damaged by the Republicans (it should be recalled that there were many Royalists in and around Worcester), and the famous Battle of Worcester took place in 1651, when Oliver Cromwell defeated the Scottish armies of the future Charles II. In the nineteenth century large-scale restoration work was carried out at the Cathedral, and Sir George Gilbert Scott contributed much to it. Restoration resumed in the 1980s.
Worcester Cathedral's chapter house (photo by Irina Lapa)
Today this magnificent ancient Cathedral, standing on the banks of the River Severn and dedicated to Christ the Savior and the Most Holy Virgin, attracts thousands of pilgrims from around the world every year. The Cathedral is influenced by many architectural styles, from Norman to Perpendicular. Apart from the crypt, a true gem of the Cathedral is its circular chapter-house (early twelfth century; the only round chapter-house in England) that has survived in perfect condition from ancient times. In this room monks used to read a chapter of the rule of St. Benedict every day (hence its name) and settle everyday monastic affairs. Of the surviving former monastic buildings we can mention the refectory. The medieval central tower of the cathedral is fifty-two feet high and offers fantastic views of the city from its top. The peal of the Cathedral’s bells is one of the most beautiful in England, according to many.
Medieval misericords at the cathedral (taken from Geograph.org)
The Cathedral is famous for its thirty-nine ancient misericords (ledges projecting from the underside of hinged seats in choir stalls which, when the seat is turned up, give support to someone standing nearby—they were used by monks during long services) with fine carvings depicting scenes from the Bible or folklore. The unique medieval former monastic library still survives in the Cathedral: some of the Abbey manuscripts are kept there, while the rest are in the British Library in London and in Oxford and Cambridge. From those kept at Worcester (most of them have been digitalized today) there are about 300 medieval documents from the tenth to the fifteenth centuries, 5,500 post-medieval books, about 20,000 archive documents from various epochs and a large music collection. There is a rich set of stained glass throughout the Cathedral depicting numerous saints, Bible characters and events, kings and writers.
On a more secular side, Worcester gained fame for glove-making, the special Worcester sauce, Worcester porcelain and for Berrow’s Worcester Journal which claims to be the oldest newspaper in the world still in circulation (it began in 1690). Worcester is a city with a particular atmosphere of peace and warmth, especially at the Cathedral with its homely feel so close to Orthodox hearts. We believe that it owes much of this spirit to the prayers of St. Oswald who blessed this place through his holy life and deeds.
Holy Hierarch Oswald of Worcester and York, pray to God for us!
Dmitry Lapa
[1] His feast-day is celebrated by Catholics and Anglicans on February 29 in leap years and on February 28 in all other years, and by Orthodox on March 13. There was a curious tradition in Scotland and some other countries in the Middle Ages. According to it, any woman could propose marriage to a man she liked once in every four years, namely on February 29 (which was also St. Oswald’s day). If a man declined the proposal of marriage, he was obliged to pay a fine to the woman as compensation (i.e. to kiss her or to give her money to buy a silk dress or gloves). An appropriate law was enacted in Scotland in 1288. Ireland had the same tradition much earlier, from the fifth century on.
[2] This is what Eleanor Shipley Duckett (1880-1976), a medieval historian and expert in the English monastic reform of the tenth century, writes of St. Oswald: “His nature held neither the deep reserve of Dunstan nor the impetuous drive toward the goal so characteristic of Ethelwold. His was, rather, a spirit of warm and genial friendliness; his spontaneous greeting of welcome to his fellow-men won for him a ready response from all with whom he lived and worked. His fervor for religion in its stricter ways was no less than that of Dunstan and Ethelwold, his practice as sincere and faithful; but his mind seems to have lacked something of the austere temperament of the one, the stern quickness of the other…. The picture left of Oswald to a later day was of a father who worked in holy shrewdness and skill; who impressed his clerics by the delight with which he shared the Hours with his religious and by the love and reverence which the people of Worcester openly showed toward this monastic bishop of theirs… Like his friends of Canterbury and Winchester, Oswald gave constant thought to the seculars, the parish priests, the laity, of high and low estate, under his charge. Continually he was making the round of his diocese, preaching in village after village to the peasants, giving aid to the many poor and destitute whom he met on his way.”
[3] As wisely notes Eleanor Parker, a very young and talented modern researcher and propagator of the early English holiness among her fellow-countrymen: “There is something very poignant about the figures of the Saxon saints [at the cathedral] casting their bright lights over Arthur's tomb, when it was his death which brought about the greatest gap between our world and theirs.”

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2024.03.10 01:06 rationalutility Culture and Media

TV STATIONS
RVIX (Channel 1) - official channel of the Royal Family, usually plays official announcements and music and also airs special events like royal weddings and camping trips
RSP (Channel 2) - reserved for emergency use or especially important propaganda
RNIA (Channel 3) - government news channel, airs soap operas during the day and crime shows late at night
BRTV (Channel 5) - a British station with good reception, cop and spy shows as well as comedies
LJI - (Channel 6) - domestic comedy, soap, and western channel
LVIX - (Channel 7) - Portuguese station also airing syndicated Spanish and British programming
VSE - educational and children's programming (Channel 8)
TV SHOWS
Soap operas
Docks of Doggerel - a hard-hitting British drama about stylish gangsters who own dogs and a printing company in the 1920s
Dias Soldados - a Spanish soap opera about a family of lonely soldiers
Maria Cervan! - a groundbreaking Portuguese soap opera with horror and comedy elements
Sen Vealde - a period romance about faithless lords and ladies in either the 17th or 18th century
Horas em Segundos - a melodrama about university students who never get around to studying
News
Constant Current - a news show about whatever happened yesterday or today or is planned to tomorrow
Preguint Divyxe - a discussion show with a narrow range of panelists and lots of planted questions from the audience
Sarai Voltano Invykta - "hardhitting" journalist Sarai Voltano goes after the government's enemy of the week
Variety
The McGillyCuddies - a British show about a musical family that also owns a general shop, having newly relocated to a rural village with their singing horse
Jona d Arcus - local comedienne/dancer presents her quirky and safely contrarian celebrity news show
The Comedy Entertainment Hour - formerly ironically the Royal Entertainment hour, it was renamed after its host was arrested for subversive activities and now all its satire is government-approved
Sitcom
Harry Family - a crass parody of American (and to a lesser extent British, Canadian, and Northern European) family life
Sinorya Peqx - a largely silent slapstick about a clumsy but inventive widow
Kaza d Myranda - a heartfelt portrait of a patriotic and multicultral Lystran working-class family with light humor wedged between the sentiment
Enmi/Amni - a Portuguese sitcom about a group of attractive friends who compete to annoy each other
Educational
Aquafon a Noitze - a look at the nocturnal aqualife of coastal Lystra as well as various exhibits of the Visopan Royal Aquarium
Kadzastrov Medikal - a show fictionalizing the intersection of natural and medical disasters
Destination Tomorrow - a show about the government's latest projects and innovations all around the country and the smiling citizens benefited by them
Tree People - a children's show about a miniature family of Lyesk lumberjacks who live in a tree in the mountains and the loosely educational adventures they have with various animals of the forest who need help
Locurazau - a children's show with puppets and train sets, much more violent than you'd think
Western
The Slow and the Living - a weekly serial about a freelance sheriff who roams from town to town helpfully dispensing equal parts justice and revenge
Bandersnatch! - a Western action/comedy with lots of shootouts and showgirls, often in combination
Colm Whitley: Renegade Horseman - an American production about an antihero postman who helps the poor and indigent against the corrupt latifundistas
Plains Rambler - a quiet show about a former cowgirl who settles down on the frontier to start a family and raise turkeys
Tao Marrom Era Minha Finca - a Portuguese-Italian co-production dramatizing the drought of 1898
Spy/detective
Termite Turtle, Salmon Squirrel - a drily confusing adaptation of the famous Pierre Watson novel
Contract: Negociable - a fast-paced French show about secret agents who always dissolve their mission instructions in water or other handy liquids
The Fabulous Adventures of Tyrus Rhys - a show about a stylish international man of mystery with bad accents and extremely cheap sets
Donaghy - an American show about a bitterly sarcastic detective with only one ear who always turns out to be the criminal himself
Police/courtroom
Alert Tallahassee - an American cop show with lots of car chases and shootings and babies in strollers crossing the street
Deve d Iustyze - a civil justice show where real-life plaintiffs and defendants plead their cases before Iuz Kaldov and his talking parrot
Visopo VSP - a police procedural sanitizing and lionizing the secret investigative police as they methodically track, expose, and mercilessly crush enemies of the state
RADIO STATIONS
VCRP, Canal Rejapublik, The People's Royal Channel or the Royal People's Channel
VLMT, official government news
VPAX, national semi-independent talk station, right-wing and royalist
ZGB, British news
ZAMM, American music station
ZKB,
VCK - religious radio
RADIO SHOWS
FILMS
Horror
The Drain: What goes down MUST COME UP
Convent of the Wicked: Old habits die hard
LAGOSTAMULHER: The love that will change you forever!
A young bearded man, frightened, framed by a jagged claw in silhouette.
Romance
What Lisa Told Dot About June: SHH! Don't tell Tommy!
Smothering Depths: How deep - will you go - for love?
Wo Ist Mein Kuss?: Erwartungen werden humorvoll untergraben.
It's a man in an undershirt looking under a sofa after having torn apart the apartment and, in the background, a woman laughing in curlers and holding a frying pan.
Los Amores de Enfermera Vargas: La afección del amor no se puede curar!
Spy
Kolinko 19: Three days. Two guns. One target. No questions.
A blond woman in a form-fitting catsuit runs into the foreground as a man in a trench coat and fedora looms over her, huge in the background, all in some kind of maze of stairs and shrubbery.
The Mulvaney Conundrum: a new original excursion from the creators of The Displacement Perspective
An eye is wide open and in the reflection of the iris you can see someone in a surgical outfit and mask holding electrodes. A tear is falling from the eye.
The Discussion: Care for a chat?
It's just two guys at a dinner table.
Dead on Departure: But how'd he get on the train?
A man in a slim leather jacket is looking over his shoulder and smoking a cigarette as he stands next to his oversized suitcase in a queue on a train station platform.
Experimental
Remembering Henry: Is it really an elevator? Or his mind?
A sinister-looking elevator attendant is smiling and ushering you in, but if you look closely his mustache is made of the hands of a clock and his nose and mouth are switched around and one of his eyes with an ear.
Purchase Regimen: Day 4,881, no socks this time, light rain
The Inner Life of Things: the pain of non-being
Just a chair on a wooden floor with a pillow on the floor next to it.
Song of the Wild Oak: Humanity's Zero Hour
An oak tree superimposed over an oak leaf over which is superimposed planet Earth, all superimposed over a question mark with a factory in the backgroud
Comedy
Finishing School: You won't believe these lovely leggy ladies' loony lessons!
A woman in a form-fitting skirt with a taut beehive is trying to balance a stack of similarly styled women on her head as a frumpy schoolmaster with a switch in his hand looks on disapprovingly along with a sighing and mature but busty governess.
Toni and Melv's Reunion: Back and better than often
Upside-Down and Diagonal: Just keep your eyes on the screen!
It's famed war film actor Cliff Barnett, in a hot-air balloon with a dog and a cat, looking annoyed.
Musical
Ahoy Matey!: Captain overboard!
How I Accidentally Won the War and Then Lost It All Over Again: or, How I Discovered My Wide-Eyed Dreams Weren't All They Were Cracked Up to Be
A hapless Monthy Rathbun, lead singer of the Droans, in the wartime uniform of the Spanish Soviet Army, sitting in a crater with his arms crossed and eyes rolled as planes, submarines, and capital ships fall from the sky around him.
Dishwasher Dreams: From suds to stardom
Drama
Death and Cousins: What will happen when the unimaginable - is imagined?
It's just the two lead actors' faces, looking significantly in different directions.
The Meaning of Christina: a poignant reverie from the director of Pitiful Wretches
Twenty-Six Wednesday Afternoons: She knew she'd touch his mind, but she didn't know he'd touch her soul.
Two people, a man in a rocking chair and a woman, over and embracing him from behind the chair, looking out the window at a sunny valley where an olive tree is.
Adult
Vampiresa Mujer: You won't resist her siren's bite!
A sexy woman's leg coming out of a coffin, and her hand grasping the edge with claw-like nails, and scary bloody dog's teeth bared in the background.
Luscious Love Maidens of Sigma 9: Take them to your breeders!
Women in various colored costumes and polygonal helmets are entangling an average businessman in the tongue-like tendrils emitted from their space guns.
Amar Nocenka: Vrai kontel amar duval u forze e vlenma? (Guilty Love: Will their love survive prison and even death?)
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2024.02.25 23:00 GEMINI52398 Fantasy DM tribute album and it's tracklist?

If one day there was a tribute album what bands/artists would you want on it and what song would they be covering? You do as many as you want, I stop myself at 35 or I'll do their whole dame discography haha.
  1. Deftones - Personal Jesus
  2. Nothing More - Barrel of a Gun
  3. Queens of the Stone Age - Hole to Feed
  4. Adele - Higher Love
  5. The Pretty Reckless - A Pain That I'm Used To
  6. Arctic Monkeys - Love, in Itself
  7. The Neighbourhood - In Your Room
  8. The Black Angels - Going Backwards
  9. Crosses - I Feel You
  10. B.R.M.C - Where's the Revolution
  11. Glass Animals - I Feel Loved
  12. Royal Blood - Never Let Me Down Again
  13. Cigarettes After Sex - Home
  14. Billie Eilish - Lilian
  15. Jane's Addiction - Heaven
  16. The Killers - Policy of Truth
  17. Paris Jackson - Suffer Well
  18. The Black Keys - Ghosts Again
  19. Halsey - Dream On
  20. TOOL - Walking in My Shoes
  21. The 1975 - Strangelove
  22. Interpol - Useless
  23. H.E.R ft Curtis Harding - Just Can't Get Enough
  24. Kings of Leon - Soothe My Soul
  25. Lana Del Rey - Freelove
  26. Placebo - Behind the Wheel
  27. Death from Above - It's No Good
  28. Måneskin - Speak to Me
  29. Foo Fighters - World in My Eyes
  30. Michael Kiwanuka - Condemnation
  31. Patti Smith - Martyr
  32. Chris Stapleton - Precious
  33. Leon Bridges - Only When I Lose Myself
  34. Nine Inch Nails - Wrong
  35. Black Pumas ft D'Angelo - Enjoy the Silence
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2024.02.20 19:38 Thatcooltiger Based on this playlist what songs do you think should be added to it ?

Here is what I have so far :
• Avenged Sevenfold - Mad Hatter
• Avenged Sevenfold - Malagueña Salerosa
• Avenged Sevenfold - Not Ready to Die (From "Call of the Dead")
• Avenged Sevenfold - Seize the Day
• Avenged Sevenfold - Sidewinder
• Avenged Sevenfold - So Far Away
• Avenged Sevenfold - Streets
• Avenged Sevenfold - Thick And Thin
• Avenged Sevenfold - Tonight the World Dies
• B.B king - When It All Comes Down
• B2k - uh huh
• Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizárraga, Snoop Dogg - Qué Maldición
• Beastie boys - So What'Cha Want
• Beastie boys - Sure Shot
• Ben King- stand by me
• Beverly McClellan - I'm The Only One
• Billy Boyd - The Last Goodbye
• Billy Squier - Lonely Is the Night
• Billy idol - Rebel Yell
• Black Keyes - Lonely boy
• Blondie - X Offender
• Bob Seger - Old Time Rock Roll
• Bobby Darin - Splish Splash
• Bobby day - Rockin' Robin
• Bon Jovi - Wild In the Streets
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - the crossroad
• Bowling for soup - out the window
• Britney spears - Toxic
• Britney spears - lucky
• Bubba Sparxxx - ms.new booty
• Carl Carlton - SHE'S A BAD MAMA JAMA
• Cartel - Runaway
• Cartoon Maggie and the Ferocious Beast Theme Song
• Cartoon Maisy Intro
• Cartoon Mega Man TV Show Intro
• Cartoon Mighty Ducks the animated series opening
• Cartoon Mr Meaty Theme Song
• Cartoon Mucha Songkran Theme Song
• Cartoon Ozzy & Drix intro
• Cartoon Pinky And The Brain Theme Song
• Cartoon Top Cat Opening
• Cartoon Yakkity Yak Intro
• Cassie - Me & U
• Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
• Charlie puth - one call away
• Christina Aguilera, TINI - Suéltame
• Christina aguilera - Te Deseo Lo Mejor
• Christina aguilera - Traguito
• Chubby Checker - Popeye The Hitchhiker
• Chubby checker - The Hucklebuck
• Chubby checker - pony time
• Chuck berry - Maybellene
• Chuck berry - Rock and Roll Music
• Chuck berry - School Days
• Dan Hartman - Delight my fire
• Darius Rucker - Wagon Wheel
• Darius Rucker - straight to hell
• Daryl Hall, Train - Papa Was A Rolin' Stone
• Daughtry Featuring Slash - What I Want
• Death Cab For Cutie - Title and Registration
• Dion DiMucci - Runaround Sue
• Disney - Under the Sea
• Disney Alice in wonderland - Painting the Roses Red / March of the Cards
• Disney Mulan - I'll Make A Man Out Of You
• Disney Pocahontas - Colors of the Wind
• Disney Robin Hood - Not in Nottingham
• Disney Robin Hood - Oo De Lally
• Donna Summers - She Works Hard For The Money
• Dope band -You Spin Me Round (Like a Record
• Dr Seuss - You're a Mean One, Mr Grinch
• Dua Lipa - physical
• Dua Lipa- love again
• E=MC˛ - Mariah Carey - Touch My Body
• Eminem - Mockingbird
• Eminem - When I'm Gone
• Eminem - Won't Back Down
• Eminem feat. Rihanna - Monster
• Evanescence - My Last Breath
• Evanescence - Made Of Stone
• Evanescence - Taking Over Me
• Fabolous (feat. Ne-Yo) - Make Me Better
• Fat joe (feat. Ashanti) - What's Luv
• Fiona Apple - Sally's Song
• Five for fighting - Superman (It's Not Easy)
• Flyleaf - What's This
• Frank Sinatra - My Way
• Frank Sinatra - Strangers In The Night
• Frank Sinatra - Summer Wind
• Gorillaz - tranz
• Green day - paper lantern
• Guns N' Roses - Yesterdays
• Gym class heroes - Stereo Hearts
• Halestorm - Love Bites (So Do I)
• Halestorm - The Steeple
• Hall & Oates and John Oates - Out of Touch
• Hall and Oates - Me and Mrs Jones
• Hawthorne Heights - Pens and Needles
• Huey - Pop Lock And Drop It
• Irena Cara - What A Feeling
• Jasom derulo - Whatcha Say
• Jason Derulo - Ridin' Solo
• Jason Derülo Ft. Snoop Dog- Wiggle
• Jimmy eat world - Something Loud
• Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - You Don't Know What You've Got
• Johm legend - What's Going On
• John mayer - Waiting On The World To Change
• Johnny Cash - One Piece at a Time
• Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus
• Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
• Justin timberlake - Summer Love
• Juvenile - slow motion
• Kid Rock ft. Sheryl Crow - picture
• Lit - My Own Worst Enemy
• Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
• Lloyd - Get It Shawty
• Lloyd Banks ft 50cent - Victory freestyle
• Lloyd ft Lil Wayne - You
• Logic with Marshmello - Everyday
• Lose Yourself (Eminem) Gypsy Jazz Cover by Robyn Adele Anderson
• Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5
• Love Is A Battlefield (The Voice Performance)
• Lovesong - The Cure (1940s Big Band Style Cover) feat. Emma Smith
• Ludacris - Whats Your Fantasy
• Luk3 Combs - When It Rains It Pours
• Luke Christopher - Lot to Learn
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man
• MUSE - GHOSTS
• MUSE - KILL OR BE KILLED
• MY IMMORTAL ( FRENCH VERSION ) EVANESCENCE ( SARA'H COVER )
• Madonna & Sickick - Frozen On Fire
• Madonna - Into The Groove
• Madonna - Like a virgin
• Madonna - Material Girl
• Maino ft. T Pain - All of the Above
• Manchester Orchestra - I've Got Friends
• Mandy Moore - When Will My Life Begin
• Manfred Mann - Doo Wah Diddy Diddy
• Mariah Carey (feat. Snoop Dogg) - say somethin'
• Mariah Carey - I Know What You Want
• Mariah Carey - Shake It Off
• Mario (ft. Enya & P. Diddy) - I Don't Wanna Know
• Mario - How Do I Breathe
• Mario - let me Love you
• Mark Ronson - Nothing Breaks Like a Heart (Acoustic Version)
• Maroon 5 - Animals
• Maroon 5 - Crazy little thing called love
• Maroon 5 - Daylight
• Maroon 5 - If I Ain't Got You
• Maroon 5 - If I Never See Your Face Again
• Maroon 5 - Maps
• Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger
• Maroon 5 - One More Night
• Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved
• Maroon 5 - Sugar
• Maroon 5 - This Love
• Maroon 5 Cover - Sugar (The Voice Performance)
• Maroon 5 ft. Kendrick Lamar - Don't Wanna Know
• Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Weeknd-Dirty 6th payphone
• Marty Robbins - Big Iron
• Marty Robbins - El Paso
• Mary J. Blige - Be Without You
• Mayday Parade - Jamie All Over
• Megas XLR Theme Song
• Melanie Martinez: "Toxic" - The Voice (Studio Version)
• Metalachi - Livin' On a Prayer
• Metalachi - Rock and Roll All Nite
• Metalachi - Sweet Child O' Mine
• Metallica - Enter Sandman
• Metallica - Master Of Puppets
• Metallica - The four horsemen
• Metallica- Disposable heroes
• Metro Boomin, The Week7nd, 21 Savage - Creepin
• Michael Bublé - I'll Never Not Love You
• Michael Bublé (feat. Cécile McLorin Salvant) -La vie en rose
• Michael Bublé - Baby I'll Wait
• Michael Bublé - Don't Get Around Much Anymore
• Michael Bublé - Feeling Good
• Michael Bublé - Frosty The Snowman
• Michael Bublé - Haven't Met You Yet
• Michael Bublé - Higher
• Michael Bublé - It's A Beautiful Day
• Michael Bublé - You're the First, the Last, My Everything
• Michael Jackson - Come together
• Michael Jackson - You Rock My World
• Mighty Mouse Opening Credits and Theme Song
• Mike jones - Next to You
• Miley Cyrus (feat. Dua Lipa) - prisoner
• Miley Cyrus - Gimme What I Want
• Miley Cyrus ft. Billy Idol - Night Crawling
• Modern English - (I Melt With You)
• Modern Talking - Sexy Sexy Lover
• More (RedOne Jimmy Joker Remix)
• Moriah Formica & Shilo Gold American Woman Studio Version The Voice
• Moriah Formica Crazy On You Studio Version The Voice
• Motionless In White - Another Life
• Mr. Krabs - Don't Worry Be Happy (AI Cover)
• Mr. Krabs - Puffy (Peaches AI Cover Parody)
• Mumford & Sons - After The Storm
• Muse - Bliss
• Muse - Butterflies & Hurricanes
• Muse - Citizen Erased
• Muse - Dead Inside
• Muse - IT 5
• Muse - Map Of The Problematique
• Muse - Starlight
• Muse - Uprising
• Muse - Verona
• Muse - You Make Me Feel Like Its Halloween
• My Chemical Romance - Bulletproof Heart
• My Chemical Romance - Party Poison
• My Chemical Romance - Teenagers
• My Dad the Rockstar- Theme Song
• My Girl _ The Temptations _ funk cover ft. Casey Abrams
• My Life As A Teenage Robot Theme Song Intro
• My chemical romance - Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)
• My chemical romance - Summertime
• My chemical romance - The Ghost of You
• N'Sync - Tearin' Up My Heart
• N'Sync ft Nelly - Girlfriend
• NSYNC - POP
• NUMB ( FRENCH VERSION ) LINKIN PARK ( SARA'H COVER )
• Nacho Libre: Ramses Song
• Nas - Abracadabra
• Nas - Black Magic
• Nas - N.Y. State of Mind
• Nas - The World is Yours
• Nas - Thief's Theme
• Nas feat. 50 Cent - Office Hours
• Nathan Evans - Wellerman
• Ne Yo - Because Of You
• Ne Yo - So Sick
• Ne yo - Miss Independent
• Ne-Yo - Friend Like Me
• Ne-Yo - Link Up
• Ne-yo - Mad
• NeYo - Superstition
• Nelly - Country Grammar
• Nelly - Die a Happy Man (Mr Entertainment Man)
• Nelly - ride wit me
• Nelly Ft Kelly Rowland - Dilemma
• Nelly Furtado { ft Timbaland } Promiscuous
• Nelly ft. St. Lunatics - ride with me
• New Edition - Mr. Telephone Man
• New Found Glory - Map Of Your Body
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds- Jubilee Street
• No Doubt - Its My Life
• No Doubt - Spiderwebs
• No Woman, No Cry (The Voice Performance)
• No doubt - snake
• Notorious - Thugs
• Notorious BIG - One More Chance
• Notorious b.i.g- big poppa
• Numb” (Linkin Park) Cover by Robyn Adele Anderson
• O-Town - All Or Nothing
• Olamide feat. Omah Lay - Infinity
• Oliver and Company - Why Should I Worry
• Olivia Newton John - Physical
• Oliviq newton johm - Twist Of Fate
• Onie Trice - We All Die One Day
• Original TMNT theme song
• Otis Redding - Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
• Otis Redding - Stand by Me
• Ottis redding - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
• Ottis redding - my girl
• OutKast - ATliens
• OutKast - The Way You Move
• Outkast - In due time
• Outkast - M.s Jackson
• Outkast - Mainstream
• Outkast - Millennium
• Outkast - Ova Da Wudz
• Outkast - Roses
• Outkast - So Fresh, So Clean
• Outkast - Two Dope Boyz (In a Cadillac)
• P!nk - Funhouse
• P!nk - Get This Party Started
• Panic! At The Disco cover Starboy by the WeekndDaft Punk
• Paramore - Passionfruit
• Paramore - Let The Flames Begin
• Paramore - Misery Business
• Paramore - My Hero
• Paramore - Running Out Of Time
• Paramore - Still Into You (Jazz Cover)
• Paramore - That's What You Get
• Paramore - The News
• Paramore - Turn It Off
• Paramore - crushcrushcrush
• Passenger - Let Her Go
• Pat Benatar-Hit me with your best shot
• Pat Razket - A Pirate's Curse
• Pat Razket - Pirate's Lullaby
• Pat Razket - Sleep Sleep
• Paul Engemann - Scarface (Push It to the Limit)
• Pearl Jam - Black
• Pearl Jam - Oceans
• Pepper Ann- Intro
• Pete Rock & CL Smooth - They reminisce over you
• Peter Gabriel - Here Comes The Flood
• Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
• Peter Pan - Following the Leader
• Petey Pablo - Freek A Leek [Explicit Version]
• Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight
• Phil Collins - True Colors
• Phil Collins - you Can't Hurry Love
• Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
• Plain White T's - poor jack
• Plankton - I Hate Everything About You (ai cover)
• Plankton - I Will Not Bow - Breaking Benjamin (AI Cover)
• Plankton - Life Is A Highway (AI Cover)
• Plankton - Nightmare (AI Cover)
• Plankton sings I'm Not Okay - MCR (AI Cover)
• Plankton sings Miss Murder (AI Cover)
• Plankton sings Mr. Brightside (Ai Concert)
• Plankton sings Toxic by Britney Spears [AI Cover]
• Plies ft. Ne Yo - bust it
• Pokémon: Original Full Theme Song
• Popeye cartoon - Original Theme
• Porky Pig's - Blue Christmas
• Post Malone - Better Now
• Post Malone - Chemical
• Post Malone - Insane
• Post Malone - Wrapped Around Your Finger
• Post Malone - congratulations
• Post Malone Feat. Nicky Jam & Ozuna - rockstar Latin remix
• Post Malone ft. 21 Savage - rockstar
• Post Malone ft. Future, Halsey - Die for me
• Post Malone ft. Ozzy Osbourne, Travis Scott-Post - take what you want
• Post Malone ft. Roddy Ricch - cooped up
• Post Malone's - Psycho but it's Kermit and O$car the Grouch
• Post Malone, Swae Lee - Sunflower
• Post Malone, The Weeknd - One Right Now
• Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard (1960s Early Soul Style Cover) feat. Kyndle Wylde
• Powerpuff Girls theme song
• Prince - purple rain
• Prince And The Revolution - When Doves Cry
• Puddles Pity Party - FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE - (The Cure Cover) - Springsteen Style
• Puddles Pity Party - I Can't Help Falling In Love With You (Elvis Presley Cover)
• Puddles Pity Party - Malibu - (Miley Cyrus Cover)
• Puddles Pity Party - SPACE ODDITY - (David Bowie cover)
• Puddles Pity Party - Suspicious Minds (Elvis Presley Cover)
• Puddles Pity Party - When The Party's Over (Billie Eilish Cover)
• Puddles Pity Party - When You Rock And Roll With Me (David Bowie Cover)
• Puddles Pity Party - Wicked Game (Chris Isaak Cover)
• Puff Daddy - I'll Be Missing You (Every Breath You)
• Puffy AmiYumi - Teen Titans English Theme
• Pyrolysis - Captain Cray
• Pyrolysis - The Pace
• Q-Tip, Demi Lovato - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
• Quack Pack Theme Song
• Quadeca - real thing
• R2-D2 - We Wish You a Merry Christmas
• REDBONE - Come And Get Your Love
• REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You
• REO Speedwagon - Take It On the Run
• Radioactive (The Four Performance)
• Rainbow - The Temple Of The King
• Ratt - Back For More
• Ratt - Dance
• Ratt - Lay It Down
• Ratt - Round And Round
• Ratt - Shame, Shame, Shame
• Ratt - You're In Love
• Ray J Feat: Young Berg - Sexy Can I (Dirty)
• Real Ghostbusters: EXTENDED introduction
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Aquatic Mouth Dance
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Bastards of Light
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Black Summer
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Go Robot
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Here Ever After
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - It's Only Natural
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Let 'Em Cry
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Nobody Weird Like Me
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Not The One
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Way Traffic
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Poster Child
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - She's A Lover
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Sick Love
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (Hey Oh)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Soul To Squeeze
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Storm In A Teacup
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tangelo
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Great Apes
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Heavy Wing
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Shape I'm Takin'
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - These Are The Ways
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Veronica
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Whatchu Thinkin'
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - White Braids & Pillow Chair
• Red Hot Chili Peppers- Wet Sand
• Red Hot Chilli Peppers - otherside
• Redbone (The Voice Performance)
• Reid Umstattd I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For Studio Version The Voice
• Rema - Charm
• Remy Zero - Save Me
• Rev Theory-Hell Yeah
• Richard Cheese 'Like A Virgin' (cover)
• Richard Cheese & Allison Crowe - 'Viva Las Vegas' (cover)
• Richard Cheese 'Baby Got Back' (cover)
• Richard Cheese 'Come Out And Play (Big Band Version)' (cover)
• Richard Cheese 'Everlong' (cover)
• Richard Cheese 'Eye Of The Tiger' (cover)
• Richard Cheese 'Freak On A Leash' (cover)
• Richard Cheese 'Gangnam Style' (cover)
• Richard Cheese 'Hey Ya' (cover)
• Richard Cheese 'Ice Ice Baby' (cover)
• Richard Cheese 'Livin' On A Prayer' (cover)
• Richard Cheese 'Material Girl' (cover)
• Richard Cheese 'Spider-Man Theme'
• Richard Cheese - Pour Some Sugar On Me (cover)
• Richard Cheese - Smells Like Teen Spirit (cover)
• Richard Cheese - Toxic (cover)
• Richard Thompson - Oops! I Did It Again
• Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
• Ricky Martin - Livin La Vida Loca
• Rise Against - Behind Closed Doors
• Rise Against - Give It All
• Rise Against - Under The Knife
• Rise Against - paper wing
• Rise against - Swing life away
• Roadrunner Original Theme
• Rob Thomas - Lonely No More
• Rock Me Tonite (2002 Digital Remaster 24-Bit Mastering)
• Rocket Power Theme
• Rockin' at the House of Mouse
• Rocko's Modern Life Intro
• Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
• Rod Stewart - Maggie May
• Rod Wave - Boyz Dont Cry (Acoustic)
• Rod Wave - Great Gatsby (Acoustic)
• Rolie Polie Olie Intro
• Romeo Santos, Justin Timberlake - Sin Fin
• Rose Royce - Car Wash
• Roxanne - Vintage '50 Rock'n' Roll Style Police Cover ft. Dani Armstrong
• Roxette - Listen To Your Heart
• Royal Blood cover The Police's Roxanne
• Royce da 5'9 ft. Eminem, King Green - Caterpillar
• Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
• Rush Hour- War! What is it good for
• Ruth B. - Lost Boy
• SCRIPTOONS - Shiny Teeth The Fairly OddParents
• SHAKIRA BZRP Music Sessions #53
• SHAKIRA, BZRP MUSIC SESSIONS #53 ( FRENCH VERSION ) SARA'H COVER
• SLASHSTREET BOYS - SLASHING BODIES (OFFICIAL BACKSTREET BOYS PARODY)
• SLASHSTREET BOYS - “I'LL KILL YOU THAT WAY (OFFICIAL BACKSTREET BOYS PARODY)
• SLASHSTREET BOYS - "DIE BY MY KNIFE" (BACKSTREET BOYS PARODY)
• SLASHSTREET BOYS - AS LONG AS YOU'RE BLOODY (BACKSTREET BOYS PARODY)
• STORM SEEKER - How To Be A Pirate
• STORM SEEKER - Pirate Squad
• SUERTE (Shakira) versión en COREANO Lucy Paradise
• Sabrina: The Animated Series
• Saliva - Click Click Boom
• Sam and Dave - Soul Man
• Samantha Mumba - Baby Come On Over
• Sammy Davis Jr. - Frankie and Johnnie
• Sammy Davis Jr. - Love Me or Leave Me
• Sammy Davis Jr. - Smile, Darn Ya, Smile
• Sammy Davis Jr. - Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)
• Sammy Davis Jr. - That Old Black Magic
• Sammy Davis Jr. - The Rivers Too Wide
• Samurai Jack (intro)
• Samurai Pizza Cats Intro
• Savage - swing (dirty)
• Savage Garden - To the moon and back
• Scatman John - Scatman
• Scooby Doo, Where Are You? (Main Theme)
• Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (Theme Song)
• Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island - The ghost is here
• Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
• Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls
• Sean Kingston - Take You There
• Sean Kingston ft. Chris Brown, Wiz - beat it
• Season Of The Witch (From The Motion Picture - Scary Stories)
• Seether - Careless Whisper
• Seether - Gasoline
• Seether - What Would You Do
• Seether - Will It Ever End
• Seether ft. Amy Lee - broken
• Seether- Fake It
• Selena Gomez & Rema - Calm Down
• Selena Gomez & The Scene - Love You Like A Love Song
• Selena Gomez - Same Old Love
• Selena Gomez - The Heart Wants What It Wants
• Selena Gomez, Marshmello - Wolves
• Senses Fail - Bonecrusher
• Shaggy ft. Rayvon - Angel
• Shakira (Spanish Version) ft. El Cata - loca
• Shakira - Acróstico
• Shakira - Don't Wait Up
• Shakira - Nada (Patoka Russian Cover)
• Shakira - Octavo Día
• Shakira - Waka Waka
• Shakira ft. Alejandro Sanz - la Tortura
• Shakira, Fuerza Regida - El Jefe
• Shakira, Rauw Alejandro - Te Felicito
• Shalamar - Dancing In The Sheets
• Silverstein - My Heroine
• Simple Plan - Shut Up
• Simple Plan - Welcome To My Life
• Simple Plan - What's New Scooby Doo
• Simple plan - i'm just a kid
• Simpsons Theme Song
• Skillet - Hero
• Skillet - Monster
• Skillet - Surviving the Game
• Skycycle - It's Terror Time Again
• Slaughterhouse - My Life
• Slayer - Angel of Death
• Slayer - Raining Blood
• Sleeping Beauty - Once Upon A Dream
• Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
• Snakehips, MØ - RedboneOlivia Newton John Physical
• Snoop Dogg (ft Nate Dogg & Xzibit) - Bitch Please
• Snoop Dogg - Gz 5'9 Hustlas
• Snoop Dogg "Boom" f. T-Pain (prod. Scott Storch)
• Snoop Dogg (Ft. 2Pac) - "Wanted Dead Or Alive"
• Snoop Dogg (Ft. Mystikal & Fiend) - woof! Dirty
• Snoop Dogg (feat. Nate Dogg) - Boss' Life
• Snoop Dogg - Beautiful
• Snoop Dogg - Doggy Dogg World
• Snoop Dogg - Just Get Carried Away
• Snoop Dogg - Lodi Dodi
• Snoop Dogg - Sets Up
• Snoop Dogg - Still A G Thang
• Snoop Dogg - Tha Shiznit
• Snoop Dogg - Think About It
• Snoop Dogg - Who Am I (What's my name)
• Snoop Dogg Ft. Pharrell ,Dr. Dre Jr - let's get blown
• Snoop Dogg ft B Real - Vato (Dirty version)
• Snoop Dogg, Charlie Wilson, Justin Timberlake - signs
• Snoop Dogg, D.O.C., RBX, Tha Dogg Pound - Serial Killa
• Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, E-40 & Too Short - Free Game
• Snoop Dogg, Kokane - Y'All Gone Miss Me
• Snoop Dogg, Too Short, Mistah F.A.B. - Life Of Da Party
• Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs - I'm WishingOne Song
• Sofia Karlberg - rockstar
• Soft Cell - Tainted Love
• Soft Cell - Where Did Our Love Go
• Sonic 2 Music Casino Night Zone
• Sonic 2 Music Chemical Plant Zone
• Sonic 3 Music Final Boss
• Sonic 3 Music Ice Cap Zone Act 1
• Sonic Spinball Music Lava Powerhouse
• Sonic Underground Theme
• Sonic adventure 2 battle music Pumpkin Hill
• Sonic the Hedgehog: The Animated Series Theme Song
• Soul 4 Real - Candy Rain
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast Opening Theme
• Spectacular Spiderman Intro
• Spice Girls - WANNABE (Sad Cowboy Cover)
• Spider Man Song Original
• Spider-Man Theme (Junkie XL Remix)
• Spin Doctors - Jimmy Olsen's Blues
• Spin Doctors-Two Princes
• SpongeBob SquarePants Intro
• Spongebob - Sweater Song
• Spongebob Music - Electric Zoo
• Spongebob world's smallest violin
• Spooky Scary Skeletons
• Squidward - Hooked on a Feeling (AI Cover)
• Squidward Tentacles - My Way (AI Cover)
• Staind - It's been Awhile
• Staind - Outside
• Stand Out (A Goofy Movie)
• Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
• Starship - We Built This City
• Steely Dan - Black Cow
• Stephen - Crossfire
• Stereophonics - You Sexy Thing
• Steve Wariner - Some Fools Never Learn
• Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You
• Stevie wonder - Superstition
• Stitched Up Heart - Catch Me When I Fall
• Stitched Up Heart - Straitjacket
• Stitched Up heart - Event Horizon
• Stitched Up heart - Monster
• Stormfrun - Down Below
• Stormfrun - Gallows Dance
• Stormfrun - On The Sea of Thieves
• Stormfrun - Once A Sailor
• Stormfrun - Pay What is Due
• Stormfrun - Prepare Yourself to Fight
• Story Of The Year - Until The Day I Die
• Street Sharks Opening Credits Theme
• Styx - Mr. Roboto
• Styx - Come Sail Away
• Styx - Nothing Ever Goes As Planned
• Styx - Renegade
• Sugar Ray - Every Morning
• Sugar Ray - Someday
• Suicide - Ghost Rider
• Sum 41 - Fat Lip
• Sum 41 - In Too Deep
• Sum 41 - Landmines
• Sum 41 - Over My Head
• Sum 41 - Rise Up
• Sum 41 - Still Waiting
• Sum 41 - The Hell Song
• Sum 41 - Underclass Hero
• Sum 41 - Walking Disaster
• Sum 41 - What I Believe
• Sum41 - The Jester
• Sum41 - war
• Sunflower - Post Malone Jukebox (Bossa Nova Cover) ft. Leah Zeger
• Sunflower Japanese COVER Post Malone, Swae Lee
• Super Mario Brothers Super Show Credits - Do the Mario!
• Super Mario Brothers Super Show Intro
• Super Mario Maker theme
• Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
• Sydney Rhame - Photograph
• Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries
• System of a down - Toxicity
• T.U.F.F Puppy Main Theme
• TFS Parody Make A Man Out Of You
• THE FUGEES - READY OR NOT
• TMNT (2003) opening
• TOOL - Stinkfist
• TOOL - The Grudge
• TOXIC (Britney Spears) in KOREAN - Lucy Paradise
• Tainted love by soft cell but plankton sings it (ai cover)
• Taking Back Sunday – You're So Last Summer
• Talespin - Full Theme Song
• Tarzan - Strangers Like Me
• Taylor Dayne - Tell It to My Heart
• Tearin' Up My Heart - NSYNC (Beatles 1960s Style Cover) ft. Casey Abrams
• Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels
• Teddy Swims (Feat. Maren Morris) - Some Things I'll Never Know
• Teddy Swims - A Thousand Miles (Vanessa Carlton Cover)
• Teddy Swims - Blinding Lights (The Weeknd Cover)
• Teddy Swims - Let Me Love You (Mario Cover)
• Teddy Swims - Lose Control
• Teddy Swims - The Door
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme Song
• Tenacious D - Wicked Game
• Tenacious D - 39
• Tenacious D - COLORS
• Tenacious D - Car Chase
• Tenacious D - City Hall
• Tenacious D - Classico
• Tenacious D - Dio
• Tenacious D - Double Team
• Tenacious D - Explosivo
• Tenacious D - FUCK YO-YO MA
• Tenacious D - Fuck Her Gently
• Tenacious D - HOPE
• Tenacious D - Karate
• Tenacious D - Kickapoo
• Tenacious D - Lee
• Tenacious D - Low Hangin Fruit
• Tenacious D - Master Exploder
• Tenacious D - Never Give Me Your Money / The
• Tenacious D - Roadie
• Tenacious D - Rock Is Dead
• Tenacious D - Rock Your Socks
• Tenacious D - Senorita
• Tenacious D - TAKE US INTO SPACE
• Tenacious D - The Ballad Of Hollywood Jack And The Rage Kage
• Tenacious D - The Government Totally Sucks
• Tenacious D - Throw Down
• Tenacious D - Tribute
• Tenacious D - Tribute
• Tenacious D - Video Games
• Tenacious D - WOMAN TIME
• Tenacious D - Wonderboy
• Tenacious D - the road
• Tenacious D vs. Sum 41 - Things I Want
• The Addams Family intro cartoon theme song
• The Addams Family Theme song
• The Adventures Of Moon Man & Slim Shady
• The All American rejects - Move along
• The All-American Rejects - Dirty Little Secret
• The All-American Rejects - It Ends Tonight
• The All-American Rejects - The Last Song
• The All-American Rejects - The Wind Blows
• The All-American Rejects - Top Of The World
• The Angry Beavers Theme Song Episode Opening
• The Ataris - The Boys of Summer
• The Ataris - The Saddest Song
• The B-52's - Rock Lobster
• The Banana Splits Adventure Hour original intro
• The Bare Necessities (from The Jungle Book)
• The Baseballs - Candy Shop
• The Beatles - Here comes the Sun
• The Beatles - Now And Then
• The Beatles - Please Mister Postman
• The Beatles - let it be
• The Black Eyed Peas Where Is The Love
• The Black Eyed Peas - My Humps
• The Black Eyed Peas - pump it
• The Black eyed peas - Meet Me Halfway
• The Blues Brothers - Gimme Some Lovin
• The Brave Little Toaster - Worthless
• The Calling - Wherever You Will Go
• The Chainsmokers, Coldplay - Something Just Like This
• The Chipmunks Theme Song - We're The Chipmunks 1983
• The Coasters - Yakety Yak
• The Cranberries - Zombie
• The Cranberries - Promises
• The Dark Element - Not Your Monster
• The Dark Element - The Pallbearer Walks Alone
• The Doobie Brothers - China Grove
• The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running
• The Doors - Riders On The Storm
• The Enchanters - Mambo Santa Mambo
• The Fairly OddParents - Real and Scary
• The Flintstones - Main Theme
• The Flintstones - Yabba Dabba Doo
• The Fox and the Hound - Best of Friends
• The Fray - Hurricane
• The Heart Wants What It Wants - Motown Style Selena Gomez ft. Lara Johnston
• The Hex Girls - Earth, Wind, Fire, And Air
• The Hex Girls - Hex Girl
• The Huckleberry Hound Show theme songs
• The Human League - Don't You Want Me
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame - The Bells of Notre Dame
• The Interrupters - "A Friend Like Me"
• The Interrupters - "By My Side"
• The Interrupters - "Let 'Em Go"
• The Interrupters - "Raised By Wolves"
• The Interrupters - On A Turntable
• The Interrupters - She Got Arrested
• The Isley Brothers - Shout
• The Jackson 5 - ABC
• The Jackson 5 - Body Language
• The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
• The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There
• The Jacksons - Blame It On The Boogie
• The Jacksons - Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
• The Jetsons Intro
• The Killers - Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine
• The Killers - Read My Mind
• The Killers - When You Were Young
• The Killers - mr.brightside
• The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past - the dark world
• The Little Mermaid - Kiss the Girl
• The Magilla Gorilla Show Intro
• The Maine - Bad Behavior
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh - The Wonderful Thing about Tiggers
• The Mask: The Animated Series - opening
• The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Theme
• The Offspring - All I Want
• The Offspring - Army of One
• The Offspring - Breaking These Bones
• The Offspring - Burn It Up
• The Offspring - Gone Away
• The Offspring - Hassan Chop
• The Offspring - Have You Ever
• The Offspring - Hit That
• The Offspring - Huck It
• The Offspring - Kick Him When He's Down
• The Offspring - Let The Bad Times Roll
• The Offspring - Million Miles Away
• The Offspring - Offspring-You're Gonna Go Far, Kid
• The Offspring - Self Esteem
• The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright
• The Offspring - This Is Not Utopia
• The Offspring - Walla Walla
• The Offspring - Want You Bad
• The Offspring - Why Don't You Get a Job
• The Offspring - coming for you
• The Offspring - magic
• The Offspring- Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
• The Outfield - Your Love
• The Outlaws - Green Grass and High Tides
• The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
• The Police - Every Breath You Take
• The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
• The Police - Message In A Bottle
• The Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang
• The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket
• The Pretty Reckless - Going To Hell
• The Pretty Reckless - Heaven Knows
• The Pretty Reckless - Make Me Wanna Die
• The Pretty Reckless - Zombie
• The Pretty Reckless - “25 (Acoustic)”
• The Pretty Reckless - “Death By Rock And Roll (Acoustic)”
• The Pretty Reckless - “Halfway There”
• The Pretty Reckless - “Only Love Can Save Me Now (Acoustic)”
• The Pretty Reckless - “Quicksand”
• The Pretty Reckless - “The Keeper”
• The Pussycat Dolls (feat. Snoop Dogg)- Buttons
• The Pussycat Dolls - stickwitu
• The Ramones - Spider-Man
• The Ranjahz feat. Cee-Lo - Inspiration
• The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Face Down
• The Rolling Stones - Undercover of the Night
• The Rolling Stones- Angry
• The Romantics - What i Like About You
• The Runaways - You Drive Me Wild
• The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
• The Script - Hurricanes
• The Script ft. Will.I.Am - Hall of Fame
• The Showdown - Carry On Wayward Son (Kansas cover)
• The Siamese Cat Song (From Lady and the Tramp)
• The Simpsons sings Memories by Maroon 5
• The Smurfs intro song
• The Sugar Hill Gang - Rapper's Delight
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie - Peaches
• The Temptation - my girl
• The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps tonight
• The Troggs - Wild Thing
• The Used - The Bird And The Worm
• The Used- Under Pressure
• The Used-Buried Myself Alive
• The Weeknd - Less Than Zero
• The Weeknd - Out Of Time (Without Jim Carrey Outro)
• The Weeknd - Starboy
• The Weeknd - Until I Bleed Out
• The Weeknd ft. Future - Double Fantasy
• The Weeknd, Madonna, Playboi Carti - Popular
• The Weeknd-Dirty Diana
• The Yogi Bear Show - Main Theme
• The all american rejects - Damn Girl
• The interrupters - Take Back The Power
• The spinners - The Rubberband Man
• The sword in the stone - Rubity, scrubity sweebity
• The used - The Taste Of Ink
• Theme Song (Second Version) - Garfield & Friends
• Theme Song Atom Ant
• Theme Song DuckTales Disney
• Theme Song Kim Possible
• Theme Song Phineas and Ferb
• Theme Song Super Mario 64
• Theory Of A Deadman - Hurricane
• Theron Statler - Blackbead
• Third Eye Blind - Crystal Baller
• Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
• Third Eye Blind - Tattoo of the Sun
• This Is How We Do It - Montell Jordan (Jazz Style Cover) Postmodern Jukebox ft. David Simmons
• This Love - Vintage 1940s Jazz Style Maroon 5 Cover ft. Devi-Ananda
• Thomas Mac - Santa Claus Ain't Comin' This Year
• Thomas Rhett-Die A Happy Man
• Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become
• Three Days Grace - Break
• Three Days Grace - Chalk Outline
• Three Days Grace - Drown
• Three Days Grace - Home
• Three Days Grace - I Am An Outsider
• Three Days Grace - I Am The Weapon
• Three Days Grace - I Hate Everything About You
• Three Days Grace - Just Like You
• Three Days Grace - Never Too Late
• Three Days Grace - Over and Over
• Three Days Grace - Overrated
• Three Days Grace - Take Me Under
• Three Days Grace - Wake Up
• Three day grace - Bitter Taste
• Three days grace - Somebody That I Used to Know.
• Thundercats Remake - Intro Opening Theme
• Thundercats opening
• Thursday - Understanding in a Car Crash
• Tiger Army Devil That You Don't Know
• Tiger Army - As The Cold Rain Falls
• Tiger Army - Beyond The Veil
• Tiger Army - Dark Paradise
• Tiger Army - Dark and Lonely Night
• Tiger Army - Happier Times
• Tiger Army - In The Orchard
• Tiger Army - Never Die
• Tiger Army - Oogie Boogie's Song
• Tiger Army - Outlaw heart
• Tiger Army - Prisoner of the Night
• Tiger Army - When Night Comes Down
• Tiger Army- Through the Darkness
• Timbaland - The Way I Are
• Timbaland ft. OneRepublic - Apologize
• Timon and Pumbaa Theme song
• Tiny Toon Adventures - Opening Theme Song
• Toby Keith - Should've Been A Cowboy
• Toby Keith - whiskey girl
• Tom Harder - Rolling on the River
• Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual
• Tom Jones - What's New Pussycat
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Runnin' Down A Dream
• Tom Petty - You Don't Know How It Feels (Home Recording)
• Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - I Won't Back Down
• Tom and Jerry Kids Intro
• Toni Basil - Mickey
• Too $hort ft. Lil' Jon, The EastSide Boyz - Shake That Monkey
• Toto - Hold the line
• Toxic - Vintage 1930s Torch Song Britney Spears Cover ft. Melinda Doolittle
• Train - 50 Ways To Say Goodbye
• Train - Angel In Blue Jeans
• Train - Drive By
• Train - Drops of Jupiter
• Train - Hey Soul Sister
• Train - Mermaid
• Train - Play That Song
• Transformers opening theme
• Trapt - Headstrong
• Trashin' The Camp (From _Tarzan)
• Trouble (The Voice Performance)
• Try A Little Tenderness (The Voice Performance)
• Tupac - Changes
• Tupac-Keep Ya Head Up
• Twista - Overnight Celebrity
• Twistes sisters - We're Not Gonna Take It
• Tyrese ft Snoop Dogg-Just a Baby Boy
• U2 - Every Breaking Wave
• Uncle kracker -You Make Me Smile
• Underdog Cartoon theme song
• Unleash The Archers - Tonight We Ride
• Usher - Yeah
• Usher - Burn
• Usher - Caught Up
• Usher - Hey Daddy
• Usher - His Mistakes
• Usher - Twisted (featuring Pharell)
• Usher - U remind me
• Usher - love in this
• Usher OMG (Oh My Gosh)
• Van Halen - Jump
• Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles
• Varend Volk - The Pull of the Tides
• Victim - Avenged Sevenfold
• Viktor Király - If I Ain't Got You
• Vixen - Rev It Up
• Volbeat Heaven Nor Hell
• Volbeat - Becoming
• Volbeat - 16 Dollars
• Volbeat - A Warriors Call
• Volbeat - Back to Prom
• Volbeat - Cape Of Our Hero
• Volbeat - Caroline Leaving
• Volbeat - Dagen Før
• Volbeat - Die To Live (feat. Neil Fallon)
• Volbeat - Fallen
• Volbeat - Goodbye Forever
• Volbeat - Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood
• Volbeat - I Only Wanna Be With You
• Volbeat - Last Day Under The Sun
• Volbeat - Let It Burn
• Volbeat - Leviathan
• Volbeat - Lola Montez
• Volbeat - Lonesome Rider ft. Sarah Blackwood
• Volbeat - Mary Jane KellyVolbeat - Making Believe
• Volbeat - Maybe I Believe
• Volbeat - Sad Man's Tongue
• Volbeat - Seal The Deal
• Volbeat - Shotgun Blues
• Volbeat - Soulweeper #2
• Volbeat - Step Into Light
• Volbeat - Still Counting
• Volbeat - The Bliss
• Volbeat - The Devil Rages On
• Volbeat - The Devil's Bleeding Crown
• Volbeat - The Mirror And The Ripper
• Volbeat - The Sacred Stones
• Volbeat - Wait A Minute My Girl
• WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE ( FRENCH VERSION ) Charlie Puth ft. Selena Gomez ( Sara'h Cover )
• WHITESNAKE Is This Love
• Wake Me Up - Avicii feat. Aloe Blacc (Boyce Avenue feat. Jennel Garcia cover)
• Wakko's States and Capitols
• Warrant - Cherry Pie
• Warren G - Regulate
• Warren Zevon Werewolves of London
• We Can't Stop - 1950's Doo Wop Miley Cyrus Cover ft. Robyn Adele Anderson, The Tee
• Weezer (feat. Hayley Williams) - Rainbow Connection
• Weird Al Yankovic - The Night Santa Went Crazy
• Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
• Wham! featuring George Michael - Careless Whisper
• Whistle stop 1973 - Robin hood disney
• Wild Cherry Play that funky
• Will I am and Brittany spears . MIND YOUR BUSINESS
• Will Smith - Men in Black
• Will Smith - Wild Wild West
• Willie Nelson - On The Road Again
• Winnie the Pooh - Theme Song
• Within Temptation - Crazy (Gnarls Barkley Cover)
• Within Temptation - Faster
• Within Temptation - Frozen
• Within Temptation - Let Her Go (Passanger Cover)
• Within Temptation - Lost
• Within Temptation - Mad World
• Within Temptation - Radioactive (Imagine Dragons Cover)
• Within Temptation - Shed My Skin
• Within Temptation - Shot In The Dark
• Within Temptation - Sombody That I Used To Know (Gotye Cover)
• Within Temptation - Somewhere
• Within Temptation - Stand My Ground
• Within Temptation - Summertime Sadness (Lana Del Rey Cover)
• Within Temptation - Supernova
• Without Me” (Eminem) Jazz Cover by Robyn Adele Anderson feat. Ten Second
• Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! Theme Song - Season1
• Wreckx N Effect - Rump Shaker
• Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck (UNCENSORED)
• X-Men - The Animated Series Theme
• Yakko's Nations of The World
• Yandel, Feid, Daddy Yankee - Yankee 150
• Ying Yang Twins Salt Shaker { Dirty }
• Ying Yang Twins (Feat. Pitbull) - Shake
• Ylvis The Fox (What Does The Fox Say)
• Ylvis - Stonehenge
• Yo Ho, Yo Ho! A pirates life for me
• You Can Fly (from Peter Pan)
• You Give Love A Bad Name - Vintage Blues - Style Bon Jovi Cover ft. Jennie Lena
• ZZ Top - Tush
• Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried
• Zach Seabaugh - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
• Zhavia - cover Location (Khalid)
• beastie boys - no sleep 'till brooklyn
• billy idol - Yellin' At the Xmas Tree
• charlie puth(feat. Selena Gomez) - We Don't Talk
• ludacris ft. pharrell - money maker
• snoop dogg - pump pump
• the offspring - original prankster
• “Closer” (Nine Inch Nails) String Cover by Robyn Adele Anderson
• “Come As You Are” (Nirvana) Havana Cover by Robyn Adele Anderson
• “Crawling” (Linkin Park) Musical Theater String Cover by Robyn Adele Anderson
• “Down With the Sickness” (Disturbed) String Cover by Robyn Adele Anderson
• “Fat Lip” (Sum 41) 1960s Cover by Robyn Adele Anderson
• “Highway to Hell” (AC_DC) 1950s Doo Wop Cover by Robyn Adele Anderson
• “I Hate Everything About You” (Three Days Grace) Swing Cover by Robyn Adele Ander
• “Iron Man” (Black Sabbath) Latin Cover by Robyn Adele Anderson
• “Livin’ On A Prayer” (Bon Jovi) Motown Cover by Robyn Adele Andersonville
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2024.02.20 18:26 Thatcooltiger Challange mode : based on my playlist what songs do you think I should add?

Here is what I have so far :
• Avenged Sevenfold - Mad Hatter
• Avenged Sevenfold - Malagueña Salerosa
• Avenged Sevenfold - Not Ready to Die (From "Call of the Dead")
• Avenged Sevenfold - Seize the Day
• Avenged Sevenfold - Sidewinder
• Avenged Sevenfold - So Far Away
• Avenged Sevenfold - Streets
• Avenged Sevenfold - Thick And Thin
• Avenged Sevenfold - Tonight the World Dies
• B.B king - When It All Comes Down
• B2k - uh huh
• Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizárraga, Snoop Dogg - Qué Maldición
• Beastie boys - So What'Cha Want
• Beastie boys - Sure Shot
• Ben King- stand by me
• Beverly McClellan - I'm The Only One
• Billy Boyd - The Last Goodbye
• Billy Squier - Lonely Is the Night
• Billy idol - Rebel Yell
• Black Keyes - Lonely boy
• Blondie - X Offender
• Bob Seger - Old Time Rock Roll
• Bobby Darin - Splish Splash
• Bobby day - Rockin' Robin
• Bon Jovi - Wild In the Streets
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - the crossroad
• Bowling for soup - out the window
• Britney spears - Toxic
• Britney spears - lucky
• Bubba Sparxxx - ms.new booty
• Carl Carlton - SHE'S A BAD MAMA JAMA
• Cartel - Runaway
• Cartoon Maggie and the Ferocious Beast Theme Song
• Cartoon Maisy Intro
• Cartoon Mega Man TV Show Intro
• Cartoon Mighty Ducks the animated series opening
• Cartoon Mr Meaty Theme Song
• Cartoon Mucha Songkran Theme Song
• Cartoon Ozzy & Drix intro
• Cartoon Pinky And The Brain Theme Song
• Cartoon Top Cat Opening
• Cartoon Yakkity Yak Intro
• Cassie - Me & U
• Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
• Charlie puth - one call away
• Christina Aguilera, TINI - Suéltame
• Christina aguilera - Te Deseo Lo Mejor
• Christina aguilera - Traguito
• Chubby Checker - Popeye The Hitchhiker
• Chubby checker - The Hucklebuck
• Chubby checker - pony time
• Chuck berry - Maybellene
• Chuck berry - Rock and Roll Music
• Chuck berry - School Days
• Dan Hartman - Delight my fire
• Darius Rucker - Wagon Wheel
• Darius Rucker - straight to hell
• Daryl Hall, Train - Papa Was A Rolin' Stone
• Daughtry Featuring Slash - What I Want
• Death Cab For Cutie - Title and Registration
• Dion DiMucci - Runaround Sue
• Disney - Under the Sea
• Disney Alice in wonderland - Painting the Roses Red / March of the Cards
• Disney Mulan - I'll Make A Man Out Of You
• Disney Pocahontas - Colors of the Wind
• Disney Robin Hood - Not in Nottingham
• Disney Robin Hood - Oo De Lally
• Donna Summers - She Works Hard For The Money
• Dope band -You Spin Me Round (Like a Record
• Dr Seuss - You're a Mean One, Mr Grinch
• Dua Lipa - physical
• Dua Lipa- love again
• E=MC˛ - Mariah Carey - Touch My Body
• Eminem - Mockingbird
• Eminem - When I'm Gone
• Eminem - Won't Back Down
• Eminem feat. Rihanna - Monster
• Evanescence - My Last Breath
• Evanescence - Made Of Stone
• Evanescence - Taking Over Me
• Fabolous (feat. Ne-Yo) - Make Me Better
• Fat joe (feat. Ashanti) - What's Luv
• Fiona Apple - Sally's Song
• Five for fighting - Superman (It's Not Easy)
• Flyleaf - What's This
• Frank Sinatra - My Way
• Frank Sinatra - Strangers In The Night
• Frank Sinatra - Summer Wind
• Gorillaz - tranz
• Green day - paper lantern
• Guns N' Roses - Yesterdays
• Gym class heroes - Stereo Hearts
• Halestorm - Love Bites (So Do I)
• Halestorm - The Steeple
• Hall & Oates and John Oates - Out of Touch
• Hall and Oates - Me and Mrs Jones
• Hawthorne Heights - Pens and Needles
• Huey - Pop Lock And Drop It
• Irena Cara - What A Feeling
• Jasom derulo - Whatcha Say
• Jason Derulo - Ridin' Solo
• Jason Derülo Ft. Snoop Dog- Wiggle
• Jimmy eat world - Something Loud
• Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - You Don't Know What You've Got
• Johm legend - What's Going On
• John mayer - Waiting On The World To Change
• Johnny Cash - One Piece at a Time
• Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus
• Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
• Justin timberlake - Summer Love
• Juvenile - slow motion
• Kid Rock ft. Sheryl Crow - picture
• Lit - My Own Worst Enemy
• Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
• Lloyd - Get It Shawty
• Lloyd Banks ft 50cent - Victory freestyle
• Lloyd ft Lil Wayne - You
• Logic with Marshmello - Everyday
• Lose Yourself (Eminem) Gypsy Jazz Cover by Robyn Adele Anderson
• Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5
• Love Is A Battlefield (The Voice Performance)
• Lovesong - The Cure (1940s Big Band Style Cover) feat. Emma Smith
• Ludacris - Whats Your Fantasy
• Luk3 Combs - When It Rains It Pours
• Luke Christopher - Lot to Learn
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man
• MUSE - GHOSTS
• MUSE - KILL OR BE KILLED
• MY IMMORTAL ( FRENCH VERSION ) EVANESCENCE ( SARA'H COVER )
• Madonna & Sickick - Frozen On Fire
• Madonna - Into The Groove
• Madonna - Like a virgin
• Madonna - Material Girl
• Maino ft. T Pain - All of the Above
• Manchester Orchestra - I've Got Friends
• Mandy Moore - When Will My Life Begin
• Manfred Mann - Doo Wah Diddy Diddy
• Mariah Carey (feat. Snoop Dogg) - say somethin'
• Mariah Carey - I Know What You Want
• Mariah Carey - Shake It Off
• Mario (ft. Enya & P. Diddy) - I Don't Wanna Know
• Mario - How Do I Breathe
• Mario - let me Love you
• Mark Ronson - Nothing Breaks Like a Heart (Acoustic Version)
• Maroon 5 - Animals
• Maroon 5 - Crazy little thing called love
• Maroon 5 - Daylight
• Maroon 5 - If I Ain't Got You
• Maroon 5 - If I Never See Your Face Again
• Maroon 5 - Maps
• Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger
• Maroon 5 - One More Night
• Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved
• Maroon 5 - Sugar
• Maroon 5 - This Love
• Maroon 5 Cover - Sugar (The Voice Performance)
• Maroon 5 ft. Kendrick Lamar - Don't Wanna Know
• Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Weeknd-Dirty 6th payphone
• Marty Robbins - Big Iron
• Marty Robbins - El Paso
• Mary J. Blige - Be Without You
• Mayday Parade - Jamie All Over
• Megas XLR Theme Song
• Melanie Martinez: "Toxic" - The Voice (Studio Version)
• Metalachi - Livin' On a Prayer
• Metalachi - Rock and Roll All Nite
• Metalachi - Sweet Child O' Mine
• Metallica - Enter Sandman
• Metallica - Master Of Puppets
• Metallica - The four horsemen
• Metallica- Disposable heroes
• Metro Boomin, The Week7nd, 21 Savage - Creepin
• Michael Bublé - I'll Never Not Love You
• Michael Bublé (feat. Cécile McLorin Salvant) -La vie en rose
• Michael Bublé - Baby I'll Wait
• Michael Bublé - Don't Get Around Much Anymore
• Michael Bublé - Feeling Good
• Michael Bublé - Frosty The Snowman
• Michael Bublé - Haven't Met You Yet
• Michael Bublé - Higher
• Michael Bublé - It's A Beautiful Day
• Michael Bublé - You're the First, the Last, My Everything
• Michael Jackson - Come together
• Michael Jackson - You Rock My World
• Mighty Mouse Opening Credits and Theme Song
• Mike jones - Next to You
• Miley Cyrus (feat. Dua Lipa) - prisoner
• Miley Cyrus - Gimme What I Want
• Miley Cyrus ft. Billy Idol - Night Crawling
• Modern English - (I Melt With You)
• Modern Talking - Sexy Sexy Lover
• More (RedOne Jimmy Joker Remix)
• Moriah Formica & Shilo Gold American Woman Studio Version The Voice
• Moriah Formica Crazy On You Studio Version The Voice
• Motionless In White - Another Life
• Mr. Krabs - Don't Worry Be Happy (AI Cover)
• Mr. Krabs - Puffy (Peaches AI Cover Parody)
• Mumford & Sons - After The Storm
• Muse - Bliss
• Muse - Butterflies & Hurricanes
• Muse - Citizen Erased
• Muse - Dead Inside
• Muse - IT 5
• Muse - Map Of The Problematique
• Muse - Starlight
• Muse - Uprising
• Muse - Verona
• Muse - You Make Me Feel Like Its Halloween
• My Chemical Romance - Bulletproof Heart
• My Chemical Romance - Party Poison
• My Chemical Romance - Teenagers
• My Dad the Rockstar- Theme Song
• My Girl _ The Temptations _ funk cover ft. Casey Abrams
• My Life As A Teenage Robot Theme Song Intro
• My chemical romance - Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)
• My chemical romance - Summertime
• My chemical romance - The Ghost of You
• N'Sync - Tearin' Up My Heart
• N'Sync ft Nelly - Girlfriend
• NSYNC - POP
• NUMB ( FRENCH VERSION ) LINKIN PARK ( SARA'H COVER )
• Nacho Libre: Ramses Song
• Nas - Abracadabra
• Nas - Black Magic
• Nas - N.Y. State of Mind
• Nas - The World is Yours
• Nas - Thief's Theme
• Nas feat. 50 Cent - Office Hours
• Nathan Evans - Wellerman
• Ne Yo - Because Of You
• Ne Yo - So Sick
• Ne yo - Miss Independent
• Ne-Yo - Friend Like Me
• Ne-Yo - Link Up
• Ne-yo - Mad
• NeYo - Superstition
• Nelly - Country Grammar
• Nelly - Die a Happy Man (Mr Entertainment Man)
• Nelly - ride wit me
• Nelly Ft Kelly Rowland - Dilemma
• Nelly Furtado { ft Timbaland } Promiscuous
• Nelly ft. St. Lunatics - ride with me
• New Edition - Mr. Telephone Man
• New Found Glory - Map Of Your Body
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds- Jubilee Street
• No Doubt - Its My Life
• No Doubt - Spiderwebs
• No Woman, No Cry (The Voice Performance)
• No doubt - snake
• Notorious - Thugs
• Notorious BIG - One More Chance
• Notorious b.i.g- big poppa
• Numb” (Linkin Park) Cover by Robyn Adele Anderson
• O-Town - All Or Nothing
• Olamide feat. Omah Lay - Infinity
• Oliver and Company - Why Should I Worry
• Olivia Newton John - Physical
• Oliviq newton johm - Twist Of Fate
• Onie Trice - We All Die One Day
• Original TMNT theme song
• Otis Redding - Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
• Otis Redding - Stand by Me
• Ottis redding - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
• Ottis redding - my girl
• OutKast - ATliens
• OutKast - The Way You Move
• Outkast - In due time
• Outkast - M.s Jackson
• Outkast - Mainstream
• Outkast - Millennium
• Outkast - Ova Da Wudz
• Outkast - Roses
• Outkast - So Fresh, So Clean
• Outkast - Two Dope Boyz (In a Cadillac)
• P!nk - Funhouse
• P!nk - Get This Party Started
• Panic! At The Disco cover Starboy by the WeekndDaft Punk
• Paramore - Passionfruit
• Paramore - Let The Flames Begin
• Paramore - Misery Business
• Paramore - My Hero
• Paramore - Running Out Of Time
• Paramore - Still Into You (Jazz Cover)
• Paramore - That's What You Get
• Paramore - The News
• Paramore - Turn It Off
• Paramore - crushcrushcrush
• Passenger - Let Her Go
• Pat Benatar-Hit me with your best shot
• Pat Razket - A Pirate's Curse
• Pat Razket - Pirate's Lullaby
• Pat Razket - Sleep Sleep
• Paul Engemann - Scarface (Push It to the Limit)
• Pearl Jam - Black
• Pearl Jam - Oceans
• Pepper Ann- Intro
• Pete Rock & CL Smooth - They reminisce over you
• Peter Gabriel - Here Comes The Flood
• Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
• Peter Pan - Following the Leader
• Petey Pablo - Freek A Leek [Explicit Version]
• Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight
• Phil Collins - True Colors
• Phil Collins - you Can't Hurry Love
• Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
• Plain White T's - poor jack
• Plankton - I Hate Everything About You (ai cover)
• Plankton - I Will Not Bow - Breaking Benjamin (AI Cover)
• Plankton - Life Is A Highway (AI Cover)
• Plankton - Nightmare (AI Cover)
• Plankton sings I'm Not Okay - MCR (AI Cover)
• Plankton sings Miss Murder (AI Cover)
• Plankton sings Mr. Brightside (Ai Concert)
• Plankton sings Toxic by Britney Spears [AI Cover]
• Plies ft. Ne Yo - bust it
• Pokémon: Original Full Theme Song
• Popeye cartoon - Original Theme
• Porky Pig's - Blue Christmas
• Post Malone - Better Now
• Post Malone - Chemical
• Post Malone - Insane
• Post Malone - Wrapped Around Your Finger
• Post Malone - congratulations
• Post Malone Feat. Nicky Jam & Ozuna - rockstar Latin remix
• Post Malone ft. 21 Savage - rockstar
• Post Malone ft. Future, Halsey - Die for me
• Post Malone ft. Ozzy Osbourne, Travis Scott-Post - take what you want
• Post Malone ft. Roddy Ricch - cooped up
• Post Malone's - Psycho but it's Kermit and O$car the Grouch
• Post Malone, Swae Lee - Sunflower
• Post Malone, The Weeknd - One Right Now
• Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard (1960s Early Soul Style Cover) feat. Kyndle Wylde
• Powerpuff Girls theme song
• Prince - purple rain
• Prince And The Revolution - When Doves Cry
• Puddles Pity Party - FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE - (The Cure Cover) - Springsteen Style
• Puddles Pity Party - I Can't Help Falling In Love With You (Elvis Presley Cover)
• Puddles Pity Party - Malibu - (Miley Cyrus Cover)
• Puddles Pity Party - SPACE ODDITY - (David Bowie cover)
• Puddles Pity Party - Suspicious Minds (Elvis Presley Cover)
• Puddles Pity Party - When The Party's Over (Billie Eilish Cover)
• Puddles Pity Party - When You Rock And Roll With Me (David Bowie Cover)
• Puddles Pity Party - Wicked Game (Chris Isaak Cover)
• Puff Daddy - I'll Be Missing You (Every Breath You)
• Puffy AmiYumi - Teen Titans English Theme
• Pyrolysis - Captain Cray
• Pyrolysis - The Pace
• Q-Tip, Demi Lovato - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
• Quack Pack Theme Song
• Quadeca - real thing
• R2-D2 - We Wish You a Merry Christmas
• REDBONE - Come And Get Your Love
• REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You
• REO Speedwagon - Take It On the Run
• Radioactive (The Four Performance)
• Rainbow - The Temple Of The King
• Ratt - Back For More
• Ratt - Dance
• Ratt - Lay It Down
• Ratt - Round And Round
• Ratt - Shame, Shame, Shame
• Ratt - You're In Love
• Ray J Feat: Young Berg - Sexy Can I (Dirty)
• Real Ghostbusters: EXTENDED introduction
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Aquatic Mouth Dance
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Bastards of Light
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Black Summer
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Go Robot
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Here Ever After
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - It's Only Natural
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Let 'Em Cry
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Nobody Weird Like Me
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Not The One
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Way Traffic
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Poster Child
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - She's A Lover
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Sick Love
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (Hey Oh)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Soul To Squeeze
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Storm In A Teacup
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tangelo
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Great Apes
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Heavy Wing
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Shape I'm Takin'
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - These Are The Ways
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Veronica
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Whatchu Thinkin'
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - White Braids & Pillow Chair
• Red Hot Chili Peppers- Wet Sand
• Red Hot Chilli Peppers - otherside
• Redbone (The Voice Performance)
• Reid Umstattd I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For Studio Version The Voice
• Rema - Charm
• Remy Zero - Save Me
• Rev Theory-Hell Yeah
• Richard Cheese 'Like A Virgin' (cover)
• Richard Cheese & Allison Crowe - 'Viva Las Vegas' (cover)
• Richard Cheese 'Baby Got Back' (cover)
• Richard Cheese 'Come Out And Play (Big Band Version)' (cover)
• Richard Cheese 'Everlong' (cover)
• Richard Cheese 'Eye Of The Tiger' (cover)
• Richard Cheese 'Freak On A Leash' (cover)
• Richard Cheese 'Gangnam Style' (cover)
• Richard Cheese 'Hey Ya' (cover)
• Richard Cheese 'Ice Ice Baby' (cover)
• Richard Cheese 'Livin' On A Prayer' (cover)
• Richard Cheese 'Material Girl' (cover)
• Richard Cheese 'Spider-Man Theme'
• Richard Cheese - Pour Some Sugar On Me (cover)
• Richard Cheese - Smells Like Teen Spirit (cover)
• Richard Cheese - Toxic (cover)
• Richard Thompson - Oops! I Did It Again
• Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
• Ricky Martin - Livin La Vida Loca
• Rise Against - Behind Closed Doors
• Rise Against - Give It All
• Rise Against - Under The Knife
• Rise Against - paper wing
• Rise against - Swing life away
• Roadrunner Original Theme
• Rob Thomas - Lonely No More
• Rock Me Tonite (2002 Digital Remaster 24-Bit Mastering)
• Rocket Power Theme
• Rockin' at the House of Mouse
• Rocko's Modern Life Intro
• Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
• Rod Stewart - Maggie May
• Rod Wave - Boyz Dont Cry (Acoustic)
• Rod Wave - Great Gatsby (Acoustic)
• Rolie Polie Olie Intro
• Romeo Santos, Justin Timberlake - Sin Fin
• Rose Royce - Car Wash
• Roxanne - Vintage '50 Rock'n' Roll Style Police Cover ft. Dani Armstrong
• Roxette - Listen To Your Heart
• Royal Blood cover The Police's Roxanne
• Royce da 5'9 ft. Eminem, King Green - Caterpillar
• Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
• Rush Hour- War! What is it good for
• Ruth B. - Lost Boy
• SCRIPTOONS - Shiny Teeth The Fairly OddParents
• SHAKIRA BZRP Music Sessions #53
• SHAKIRA, BZRP MUSIC SESSIONS #53 ( FRENCH VERSION ) SARA'H COVER
• SLASHSTREET BOYS - SLASHING BODIES (OFFICIAL BACKSTREET BOYS PARODY)
• SLASHSTREET BOYS - “I'LL KILL YOU THAT WAY (OFFICIAL BACKSTREET BOYS PARODY)
• SLASHSTREET BOYS - "DIE BY MY KNIFE" (BACKSTREET BOYS PARODY)
• SLASHSTREET BOYS - AS LONG AS YOU'RE BLOODY (BACKSTREET BOYS PARODY)
• STORM SEEKER - How To Be A Pirate
• STORM SEEKER - Pirate Squad
• SUERTE (Shakira) versión en COREANO Lucy Paradise
• Sabrina: The Animated Series
• Saliva - Click Click Boom
• Sam and Dave - Soul Man
• Samantha Mumba - Baby Come On Over
• Sammy Davis Jr. - Frankie and Johnnie
• Sammy Davis Jr. - Love Me or Leave Me
• Sammy Davis Jr. - Smile, Darn Ya, Smile
• Sammy Davis Jr. - Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)
• Sammy Davis Jr. - That Old Black Magic
• Sammy Davis Jr. - The Rivers Too Wide
• Samurai Jack (intro)
• Samurai Pizza Cats Intro
• Savage - swing (dirty)
• Savage Garden - To the moon and back
• Scatman John - Scatman
• Scooby Doo, Where Are You? (Main Theme)
• Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (Theme Song)
• Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island - The ghost is here
• Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
• Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls
• Sean Kingston - Take You There
• Sean Kingston ft. Chris Brown, Wiz - beat it
• Season Of The Witch (From The Motion Picture - Scary Stories)
• Seether - Careless Whisper
• Seether - Gasoline
• Seether - What Would You Do
• Seether - Will It Ever End
• Seether ft. Amy Lee - broken
• Seether- Fake It
• Selena Gomez & Rema - Calm Down
• Selena Gomez & The Scene - Love You Like A Love Song
• Selena Gomez - Same Old Love
• Selena Gomez - The Heart Wants What It Wants
• Selena Gomez, Marshmello - Wolves
• Senses Fail - Bonecrusher
• Shaggy ft. Rayvon - Angel
• Shakira (Spanish Version) ft. El Cata - loca
• Shakira - Acróstico
• Shakira - Don't Wait Up
• Shakira - Nada (Patoka Russian Cover)
• Shakira - Octavo Día
• Shakira - Waka Waka
• Shakira ft. Alejandro Sanz - la Tortura
• Shakira, Fuerza Regida - El Jefe
• Shakira, Rauw Alejandro - Te Felicito
• Shalamar - Dancing In The Sheets
• Silverstein - My Heroine
• Simple Plan - Shut Up
• Simple Plan - Welcome To My Life
• Simple Plan - What's New Scooby Doo
• Simple plan - i'm just a kid
• Simpsons Theme Song
• Skillet - Hero
• Skillet - Monster
• Skillet - Surviving the Game
• Skycycle - It's Terror Time Again
• Slaughterhouse - My Life
• Slayer - Angel of Death
• Slayer - Raining Blood
• Sleeping Beauty - Once Upon A Dream
• Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
• Snakehips, MØ - RedboneOlivia Newton John Physical
• Snoop Dogg (ft Nate Dogg & Xzibit) - Bitch Please
• Snoop Dogg - Gz 5'9 Hustlas
• Snoop Dogg "Boom" f. T-Pain (prod. Scott Storch)
• Snoop Dogg (Ft. 2Pac) - "Wanted Dead Or Alive"
• Snoop Dogg (Ft. Mystikal & Fiend) - woof! Dirty
• Snoop Dogg (feat. Nate Dogg) - Boss' Life
• Snoop Dogg - Beautiful
• Snoop Dogg - Doggy Dogg World
• Snoop Dogg - Just Get Carried Away
• Snoop Dogg - Lodi Dodi
• Snoop Dogg - Sets Up
• Snoop Dogg - Still A G Thang
• Snoop Dogg - Tha Shiznit
• Snoop Dogg - Think About It
• Snoop Dogg - Who Am I (What's my name)
• Snoop Dogg Ft. Pharrell ,Dr. Dre Jr - let's get blown
• Snoop Dogg ft B Real - Vato (Dirty version)
• Snoop Dogg, Charlie Wilson, Justin Timberlake - signs
• Snoop Dogg, D.O.C., RBX, Tha Dogg Pound - Serial Killa
• Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, E-40 & Too Short - Free Game
• Snoop Dogg, Kokane - Y'All Gone Miss Me
• Snoop Dogg, Too Short, Mistah F.A.B. - Life Of Da Party
• Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs - I'm WishingOne Song
• Sofia Karlberg - rockstar
• Soft Cell - Tainted Love
• Soft Cell - Where Did Our Love Go
• Sonic 2 Music Casino Night Zone
• Sonic 2 Music Chemical Plant Zone
• Sonic 3 Music Final Boss
• Sonic 3 Music Ice Cap Zone Act 1
• Sonic Spinball Music Lava Powerhouse
• Sonic Underground Theme
• Sonic adventure 2 battle music Pumpkin Hill
• Sonic the Hedgehog: The Animated Series Theme Song
• Soul 4 Real - Candy Rain
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast Opening Theme
• Spectacular Spiderman Intro
• Spice Girls - WANNABE (Sad Cowboy Cover)
• Spider Man Song Original
• Spider-Man Theme (Junkie XL Remix)
• Spin Doctors - Jimmy Olsen's Blues
• Spin Doctors-Two Princes
• SpongeBob SquarePants Intro
• Spongebob - Sweater Song
• Spongebob Music - Electric Zoo
• Spongebob world's smallest violin
• Spooky Scary Skeletons
• Squidward - Hooked on a Feeling (AI Cover)
• Squidward Tentacles - My Way (AI Cover)
• Staind - It's been Awhile
• Staind - Outside
• Stand Out (A Goofy Movie)
• Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
• Starship - We Built This City
• Steely Dan - Black Cow
• Stephen - Crossfire
• Stereophonics - You Sexy Thing
• Steve Wariner - Some Fools Never Learn
• Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You
• Stevie wonder - Superstition
• Stitched Up Heart - Catch Me When I Fall
• Stitched Up Heart - Straitjacket
• Stitched Up heart - Event Horizon
• Stitched Up heart - Monster
• Stormfrun - Down Below
• Stormfrun - Gallows Dance
• Stormfrun - On The Sea of Thieves
• Stormfrun - Once A Sailor
• Stormfrun - Pay What is Due
• Stormfrun - Prepare Yourself to Fight
• Story Of The Year - Until The Day I Die
• Street Sharks Opening Credits Theme
• Styx - Mr. Roboto
• Styx - Come Sail Away
• Styx - Nothing Ever Goes As Planned
• Styx - Renegade
• Sugar Ray - Every Morning
• Sugar Ray - Someday
• Suicide - Ghost Rider
• Sum 41 - Fat Lip
• Sum 41 - In Too Deep
• Sum 41 - Landmines
• Sum 41 - Over My Head
• Sum 41 - Rise Up
• Sum 41 - Still Waiting
• Sum 41 - The Hell Song
• Sum 41 - Underclass Hero
• Sum 41 - Walking Disaster
• Sum 41 - What I Believe
• Sum41 - The Jester
• Sum41 - war
• Sunflower - Post Malone Jukebox (Bossa Nova Cover) ft. Leah Zeger
• Sunflower Japanese COVER Post Malone, Swae Lee
• Super Mario Brothers Super Show Credits - Do the Mario!
• Super Mario Brothers Super Show Intro
• Super Mario Maker theme
• Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
• Sydney Rhame - Photograph
• Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries
• System of a down - Toxicity
• T.U.F.F Puppy Main Theme
• TFS Parody Make A Man Out Of You
• THE FUGEES - READY OR NOT
• TMNT (2003) opening
• TOOL - Stinkfist
• TOOL - The Grudge
• TOXIC (Britney Spears) in KOREAN - Lucy Paradise
• Tainted love by soft cell but plankton sings it (ai cover)
• Taking Back Sunday – You're So Last Summer
• Talespin - Full Theme Song
• Tarzan - Strangers Like Me
• Taylor Dayne - Tell It to My Heart
• Tearin' Up My Heart - NSYNC (Beatles 1960s Style Cover) ft. Casey Abrams
• Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels
• Teddy Swims (Feat. Maren Morris) - Some Things I'll Never Know
• Teddy Swims - A Thousand Miles (Vanessa Carlton Cover)
• Teddy Swims - Blinding Lights (The Weeknd Cover)
• Teddy Swims - Let Me Love You (Mario Cover)
• Teddy Swims - Lose Control
• Teddy Swims - The Door
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme Song
• Tenacious D - Wicked Game
• Tenacious D - 39
• Tenacious D - COLORS
• Tenacious D - Car Chase
• Tenacious D - City Hall
• Tenacious D - Classico
• Tenacious D - Dio
• Tenacious D - Double Team
• Tenacious D - Explosivo
• Tenacious D - FUCK YO-YO MA
• Tenacious D - Fuck Her Gently
• Tenacious D - HOPE
• Tenacious D - Karate
• Tenacious D - Kickapoo
• Tenacious D - Lee
• Tenacious D - Low Hangin Fruit
• Tenacious D - Master Exploder
• Tenacious D - Never Give Me Your Money / The
• Tenacious D - Roadie
• Tenacious D - Rock Is Dead
• Tenacious D - Rock Your Socks
• Tenacious D - Senorita
• Tenacious D - TAKE US INTO SPACE
• Tenacious D - The Ballad Of Hollywood Jack And The Rage Kage
• Tenacious D - The Government Totally Sucks
• Tenacious D - Throw Down
• Tenacious D - Tribute
• Tenacious D - Tribute
• Tenacious D - Video Games
• Tenacious D - WOMAN TIME
• Tenacious D - Wonderboy
• Tenacious D - the road
• Tenacious D vs. Sum 41 - Things I Want
• The Addams Family intro cartoon theme song
• The Addams Family Theme song
• The Adventures Of Moon Man & Slim Shady
• The All American rejects - Move along
• The All-American Rejects - Dirty Little Secret
• The All-American Rejects - It Ends Tonight
• The All-American Rejects - The Last Song
• The All-American Rejects - The Wind Blows
• The All-American Rejects - Top Of The World
• The Angry Beavers Theme Song Episode Opening
• The Ataris - The Boys of Summer
• The Ataris - The Saddest Song
• The B-52's - Rock Lobster
• The Banana Splits Adventure Hour original intro
• The Bare Necessities (from The Jungle Book)
• The Baseballs - Candy Shop
• The Beatles - Here comes the Sun
• The Beatles - Now And Then
• The Beatles - Please Mister Postman
• The Beatles - let it be
• The Black Eyed Peas Where Is The Love
• The Black Eyed Peas - My Humps
• The Black Eyed Peas - pump it
• The Black eyed peas - Meet Me Halfway
• The Blues Brothers - Gimme Some Lovin
• The Brave Little Toaster - Worthless
• The Calling - Wherever You Will Go
• The Chainsmokers, Coldplay - Something Just Like This
• The Chipmunks Theme Song - We're The Chipmunks 1983
• The Coasters - Yakety Yak
• The Cranberries - Zombie
• The Cranberries - Promises
• The Dark Element - Not Your Monster
• The Dark Element - The Pallbearer Walks Alone
• The Doobie Brothers - China Grove
• The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running
• The Doors - Riders On The Storm
• The Enchanters - Mambo Santa Mambo
• The Fairly OddParents - Real and Scary
• The Flintstones - Main Theme
• The Flintstones - Yabba Dabba Doo
• The Fox and the Hound - Best of Friends
• The Fray - Hurricane
• The Heart Wants What It Wants - Motown Style Selena Gomez ft. Lara Johnston
• The Hex Girls - Earth, Wind, Fire, And Air
• The Hex Girls - Hex Girl
• The Huckleberry Hound Show theme songs
• The Human League - Don't You Want Me
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame - The Bells of Notre Dame
• The Interrupters - "A Friend Like Me"
• The Interrupters - "By My Side"
• The Interrupters - "Let 'Em Go"
• The Interrupters - "Raised By Wolves"
• The Interrupters - On A Turntable
• The Interrupters - She Got Arrested
• The Isley Brothers - Shout
• The Jackson 5 - ABC
• The Jackson 5 - Body Language
• The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
• The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There
• The Jacksons - Blame It On The Boogie
• The Jacksons - Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
• The Jetsons Intro
• The Killers - Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine
• The Killers - Read My Mind
• The Killers - When You Were Young
• The Killers - mr.brightside
• The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past - the dark world
• The Little Mermaid - Kiss the Girl
• The Magilla Gorilla Show Intro
• The Maine - Bad Behavior
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh - The Wonderful Thing about Tiggers
• The Mask: The Animated Series - opening
• The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Theme
• The Offspring - All I Want
• The Offspring - Army of One
• The Offspring - Breaking These Bones
• The Offspring - Burn It Up
• The Offspring - Gone Away
• The Offspring - Hassan Chop
• The Offspring - Have You Ever
• The Offspring - Hit That
• The Offspring - Huck It
• The Offspring - Kick Him When He's Down
• The Offspring - Let The Bad Times Roll
• The Offspring - Million Miles Away
• The Offspring - Offspring-You're Gonna Go Far, Kid
• The Offspring - Self Esteem
• The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright
• The Offspring - This Is Not Utopia
• The Offspring - Walla Walla
• The Offspring - Want You Bad
• The Offspring - Why Don't You Get a Job
• The Offspring - coming for you
• The Offspring - magic
• The Offspring- Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
• The Outfield - Your Love
• The Outlaws - Green Grass and High Tides
• The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
• The Police - Every Breath You Take
• The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
• The Police - Message In A Bottle
• The Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang
• The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket
• The Pretty Reckless - Going To Hell
• The Pretty Reckless - Heaven Knows
• The Pretty Reckless - Make Me Wanna Die
• The Pretty Reckless - Zombie
• The Pretty Reckless - “25 (Acoustic)”
• The Pretty Reckless - “Death By Rock And Roll (Acoustic)”
• The Pretty Reckless - “Halfway There”
• The Pretty Reckless - “Only Love Can Save Me Now (Acoustic)”
• The Pretty Reckless - “Quicksand”
• The Pretty Reckless - “The Keeper”
• The Pussycat Dolls (feat. Snoop Dogg)- Buttons
• The Pussycat Dolls - stickwitu
• The Ramones - Spider-Man
• The Ranjahz feat. Cee-Lo - Inspiration
• The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Face Down
• The Rolling Stones - Undercover of the Night
• The Rolling Stones- Angry
• The Romantics - What i Like About You
• The Runaways - You Drive Me Wild
• The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
• The Script - Hurricanes
• The Script ft. Will.I.Am - Hall of Fame
• The Showdown - Carry On Wayward Son (Kansas cover)
• The Siamese Cat Song (From Lady and the Tramp)
• The Simpsons sings Memories by Maroon 5
• The Smurfs intro song
• The Sugar Hill Gang - Rapper's Delight
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie - Peaches
• The Temptation - my girl
• The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps tonight
• The Troggs - Wild Thing
• The Used - The Bird And The Worm
• The Used- Under Pressure
• The Used-Buried Myself Alive
• The Weeknd - Less Than Zero
• The Weeknd - Out Of Time (Without Jim Carrey Outro)
• The Weeknd - Starboy
• The Weeknd - Until I Bleed Out
• The Weeknd ft. Future - Double Fantasy
• The Weeknd, Madonna, Playboi Carti - Popular
• The Weeknd-Dirty Diana
• The Yogi Bear Show - Main Theme
• The all american rejects - Damn Girl
• The interrupters - Take Back The Power
• The spinners - The Rubberband Man
• The sword in the stone - Rubity, scrubity sweebity
• The used - The Taste Of Ink
• Theme Song (Second Version) - Garfield & Friends
• Theme Song Atom Ant
• Theme Song DuckTales Disney
• Theme Song Kim Possible
• Theme Song Phineas and Ferb
• Theme Song Super Mario 64
• Theory Of A Deadman - Hurricane
• Theron Statler - Blackbead
• Third Eye Blind - Crystal Baller
• Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
• Third Eye Blind - Tattoo of the Sun
• This Is How We Do It - Montell Jordan (Jazz Style Cover) Postmodern Jukebox ft. David Simmons
• This Love - Vintage 1940s Jazz Style Maroon 5 Cover ft. Devi-Ananda
• Thomas Mac - Santa Claus Ain't Comin' This Year
• Thomas Rhett-Die A Happy Man
• Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become
• Three Days Grace - Break
• Three Days Grace - Chalk Outline
• Three Days Grace - Drown
• Three Days Grace - Home
• Three Days Grace - I Am An Outsider
• Three Days Grace - I Am The Weapon
• Three Days Grace - I Hate Everything About You
• Three Days Grace - Just Like You
• Three Days Grace - Never Too Late
• Three Days Grace - Over and Over
• Three Days Grace - Overrated
• Three Days Grace - Take Me Under
• Three Days Grace - Wake Up
• Three day grace - Bitter Taste
• Three days grace - Somebody That I Used to Know.
• Thundercats Remake - Intro Opening Theme
• Thundercats opening
• Thursday - Understanding in a Car Crash
• Tiger Army Devil That You Don't Know
• Tiger Army - As The Cold Rain Falls
• Tiger Army - Beyond The Veil
• Tiger Army - Dark Paradise
• Tiger Army - Dark and Lonely Night
• Tiger Army - Happier Times
• Tiger Army - In The Orchard
• Tiger Army - Never Die
• Tiger Army - Oogie Boogie's Song
• Tiger Army - Outlaw heart
• Tiger Army - Prisoner of the Night
• Tiger Army - When Night Comes Down
• Tiger Army- Through the Darkness
• Timbaland - The Way I Are
• Timbaland ft. OneRepublic - Apologize
• Timon and Pumbaa Theme song
• Tiny Toon Adventures - Opening Theme Song
• Toby Keith - Should've Been A Cowboy
• Toby Keith - whiskey girl
• Tom Harder - Rolling on the River
• Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual
• Tom Jones - What's New Pussycat
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Runnin' Down A Dream
• Tom Petty - You Don't Know How It Feels (Home Recording)
• Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - I Won't Back Down
• Tom and Jerry Kids Intro
• Toni Basil - Mickey
• Too $hort ft. Lil' Jon, The EastSide Boyz - Shake That Monkey
• Toto - Hold the line
• Toxic - Vintage 1930s Torch Song Britney Spears Cover ft. Melinda Doolittle
• Train - 50 Ways To Say Goodbye
• Train - Angel In Blue Jeans
• Train - Drive By
• Train - Drops of Jupiter
• Train - Hey Soul Sister
• Train - Mermaid
• Train - Play That Song
• Transformers opening theme
• Trapt - Headstrong
• Trashin' The Camp (From _Tarzan)
• Trouble (The Voice Performance)
• Try A Little Tenderness (The Voice Performance)
• Tupac - Changes
• Tupac-Keep Ya Head Up
• Twista - Overnight Celebrity
• Twistes sisters - We're Not Gonna Take It
• Tyrese ft Snoop Dogg-Just a Baby Boy
• U2 - Every Breaking Wave
• Uncle kracker -You Make Me Smile
• Underdog Cartoon theme song
• Unleash The Archers - Tonight We Ride
• Usher - Yeah
• Usher - Burn
• Usher - Caught Up
• Usher - Hey Daddy
• Usher - His Mistakes
• Usher - Twisted (featuring Pharell)
• Usher - U remind me
• Usher - love in this
• Usher OMG (Oh My Gosh)
• Van Halen - Jump
• Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles
• Varend Volk - The Pull of the Tides
• Victim - Avenged Sevenfold
• Viktor Király - If I Ain't Got You
• Vixen - Rev It Up
• Volbeat Heaven Nor Hell
• Volbeat - Becoming
• Volbeat - 16 Dollars
• Volbeat - A Warriors Call
• Volbeat - Back to Prom
• Volbeat - Cape Of Our Hero
• Volbeat - Caroline Leaving
• Volbeat - Dagen Før
• Volbeat - Die To Live (feat. Neil Fallon)
• Volbeat - Fallen
• Volbeat - Goodbye Forever
• Volbeat - Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood
• Volbeat - I Only Wanna Be With You
• Volbeat - Last Day Under The Sun
• Volbeat - Let It Burn
• Volbeat - Leviathan
• Volbeat - Lola Montez
• Volbeat - Lonesome Rider ft. Sarah Blackwood
• Volbeat - Mary Jane KellyVolbeat - Making Believe
• Volbeat - Maybe I Believe
• Volbeat - Sad Man's Tongue
• Volbeat - Seal The Deal
• Volbeat - Shotgun Blues
• Volbeat - Soulweeper #2
• Volbeat - Step Into Light
• Volbeat - Still Counting
• Volbeat - The Bliss
• Volbeat - The Devil Rages On
• Volbeat - The Devil's Bleeding Crown
• Volbeat - The Mirror And The Ripper
• Volbeat - The Sacred Stones
• Volbeat - Wait A Minute My Girl
• WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE ( FRENCH VERSION ) Charlie Puth ft. Selena Gomez ( Sara'h Cover )
• WHITESNAKE Is This Love
• Wake Me Up - Avicii feat. Aloe Blacc (Boyce Avenue feat. Jennel Garcia cover)
• Wakko's States and Capitols
• Warrant - Cherry Pie
• Warren G - Regulate
• Warren Zevon Werewolves of London
• We Can't Stop - 1950's Doo Wop Miley Cyrus Cover ft. Robyn Adele Anderson, The Tee
• Weezer (feat. Hayley Williams) - Rainbow Connection
• Weird Al Yankovic - The Night Santa Went Crazy
• Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
• Wham! featuring George Michael - Careless Whisper
• Whistle stop 1973 - Robin hood disney
• Wild Cherry Play that funky
• Will I am and Brittany spears . MIND YOUR BUSINESS
• Will Smith - Men in Black
• Will Smith - Wild Wild West
• Willie Nelson - On The Road Again
• Winnie the Pooh - Theme Song
• Within Temptation - Crazy (Gnarls Barkley Cover)
• Within Temptation - Faster
• Within Temptation - Frozen
• Within Temptation - Let Her Go (Passanger Cover)
• Within Temptation - Lost
• Within Temptation - Mad World
• Within Temptation - Radioactive (Imagine Dragons Cover)
• Within Temptation - Shed My Skin
• Within Temptation - Shot In The Dark
• Within Temptation - Sombody That I Used To Know (Gotye Cover)
• Within Temptation - Somewhere
• Within Temptation - Stand My Ground
• Within Temptation - Summertime Sadness (Lana Del Rey Cover)
• Within Temptation - Supernova
• Without Me” (Eminem) Jazz Cover by Robyn Adele Anderson feat. Ten Second
• Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! Theme Song - Season1
• Wreckx N Effect - Rump Shaker
• Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck (UNCENSORED)
• X-Men - The Animated Series Theme
• Yakko's Nations of The World
• Yandel, Feid, Daddy Yankee - Yankee 150
• Ying Yang Twins Salt Shaker { Dirty }
• Ying Yang Twins (Feat. Pitbull) - Shake
• Ylvis The Fox (What Does The Fox Say)
• Ylvis - Stonehenge
• Yo Ho, Yo Ho! A pirates life for me
• You Can Fly (from Peter Pan)
• You Give Love A Bad Name - Vintage Blues - Style Bon Jovi Cover ft. Jennie Lena
• ZZ Top - Tush
• Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried
• Zach Seabaugh - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
• Zhavia - cover Location (Khalid)
• beastie boys - no sleep 'till brooklyn
• billy idol - Yellin' At the Xmas Tree
• charlie puth(feat. Selena Gomez) - We Don't Talk
• ludacris ft. pharrell - money maker
• snoop dogg - pump pump
• the offspring - original prankster
• “Closer” (Nine Inch Nails) String Cover by Robyn Adele Anderson
• “Come As You Are” (Nirvana) Havana Cover by Robyn Adele Anderson
• “Crawling” (Linkin Park) Musical Theater String Cover by Robyn Adele Anderson
• “Down With the Sickness” (Disturbed) String Cover by Robyn Adele Anderson
• “Fat Lip” (Sum 41) 1960s Cover by Robyn Adele Anderson
• “Highway to Hell” (AC_DC) 1950s Doo Wop Cover by Robyn Adele Anderson
• “I Hate Everything About You” (Three Days Grace) Swing Cover by Robyn Adele Ander
• “Iron Man” (Black Sabbath) Latin Cover by Robyn Adele Anderson
• “Livin’ On A Prayer” (Bon Jovi) Motown Cover by Robyn Adele Anderson
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2024.02.06 20:02 spritefriend June Superior North Shore Roadtrip

Greetings!
My husband and I are planning to do this ~approximate~ route in the end of June for our anniversary. We’re thinking 7-10 days~
Camping + hiking is our plan.
Any must sees along this route?
Which parks are best for camping?
We’re quiet and generally prefer low-key campgrounds but don’t mind staying somewhere busy if it’s a place that can’t be missed.
We also enjoy long, all day hiking routes, and short ones, too.
Thanks for any and all suggestions!
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2024.01.25 18:19 Flying_Plates The Straw Hats are QUITE organised as a Trio + Theory about the NEXT STRAW HAT

With some research on my own and other existing posts on this sub, I found around 14+ EXISTING Trios and 16+ POSSIBLE trios. And THOSE POSSIBLE TRIOS actually can tell us A LOT about WHO WILL BE the NEXT STRAW HAT (see Chapter E)
(I am including Vivi ONLY at the END.) # # #
A – CLASSIC TRIOs x6
N°1 - The OG/ROMANCE DAWN Trio = Luffy Zoro NamiCharacteristics (Ch.). The First Ones.
N°2 - The MONSTER Trio = Luffy Zoro SanjiCh. = young, impertinent, always agressive toward any enemy, always get beaten up or punished hard by Nami when they think or do something wrong. THIS WILL NEVER CHANGE.
N°3 - The COMMANDING OFFICER Trio = Zoro Sanji JimbeiCh. = self explanatory, sort of every yonko’s three Commanding Officers, Kaido has them, Big mom too, Shanks too, BB too etc. But as I had read in a post, every Yonko has a right and left arm, and this will never change also, these are Sanji and Zoro.
N°4 - The WEAKLING Trio = Usopp Nami ChopperCh. = Even Usopp said it at chapter 598. We know them well, the three most shy in terms of agression in the group. They’re the opposite of the monster trio, they don’t go head first, they’re not as strong, and act more like supports. They like to hide behind others, and we love them very much ! Just remember the raid on onigashima post-guard as they stayed on the Sunny, they were so cute ! (chapter 977)
N°5 - The CHILDISH Trio = Luffy Ussop ChopperCh. = Stupid jokes, yelling super, BIG FANS of robots (Franky and Bege), lasers, amazed at anything especially cool, believe anything they are told, it’s them ! Just remember how Luffy and Chopper believed in Sogeking or when Robin was able to buy Ussop vote on the Merry by helping Luffy play Chopper, « hey ! Ussop-euh ! Chooper ! » (one of my favorite scene BTW). I even had a big laugh writing this already ! Only Zoro didn’t fall for it. + Remember Luffy with it’s candle boxing gloves in Impel down ? Or Luffy and Chopper in WCI believing it was Gangster Gastino and not Ceasar ?
Well, it’s these guys ! There are plethora of examples, just look it up on Youtube.And they’re the only one in the crew to yell super with Franky ! Not even Brook does that.
N°6 - The DARK Trio = Robin Zoro BrookCh. = Hands down, those guys always talk about something dark. They have almost NO PITY, they’re capable of murder (two of them did), always dark thoughts or comments, they speak of Death like he’s their best friend and can sleep with it. They’re NOT at ALL affraid of death. Even their attacks and super-moves are DARK THEMED, and they do inspire and instill FEAR into their enemies.There are plenty of examples, but I’m lazy to write them… King of Hell or Demonio Flower or « Chill of the Underworld » when Brook transfer his soul energy to his sword and freeze things.There is Brook appearance, or him being called Satan-Sama by the long arm people, there Zoro VS Monet, and there is Robin VS Dark Maria. Dayum ! GRAND JACUZZI MOTHER-FUCKING CLUTCH !
There are so much more… like Zoro willing cut his legs off or even the remark of Zoro to Sanji and G5 when they were passing by while Zoro was fighting Monet… « I hope they all slip on the snow, hit their heads and die.» # # #
B – CERTIFIABLE TRIOs x7
N°7 - The SCIENTIST Trio = Robin Chooper NamiCh. Archeology, Medical science, Weather science. They ARE scientists.Franky is NOT a scientist, but a shipwright and more of a handyman. He does invent things and craft things, but he doesn’t make experiments or researches like Vegapunk does. He actually used Vegapunk knowledge to rebuild himself and modify the Sunny.
N°8 - The RESSOURCEFUL Trio = Brook Usopp SanjiCh. = It’s in the LITTLE THINGS they do UNEXPECTEDLY and at very CRUCIAL moments. These three have ALWAYS been helping the crew when the least expected and their actions have always had SIGNIFICANT consequences on the success of the Mugiwaras. Their actions are DECISIVE.Remember what Sanji told Ussop in Enies Lobby ? « Everyone had things they can and can’t do. I’ll do what you can’t, you go do what I can’t ! »>Ussop = #ENIES LOBBY = Snipping Spandam from the MF tower of justice + Motivated Luffy vs Lucci while he was out of strenght and defeated « ATARIMAEDA !!!! » (brings chills to my spine!) #Dressrosa MVP = saving Luffy and Law from Sugar, rallying the tontattas, defeating Sugar and saving LOTS of people thus rallying them to the Mugiwaras : he’s the one responsible for the great Straw hat fleet #WANO = distributing the kibidango, fucking up their communication capturing Bao Huang and thus helping O-Tama talk to all the Gifters, turning more than a 500 of kaido’s crew against himself. I repeat 500 fucking GIFTERS. Small actions, Great consequences ; also helped Kiku and Kin’emon. It’s the LITTLE THINGS.
>Sanji = he’s a fighter, yes, but he always also does LITTLE THINGS that help the crew UNEXPECTEDLY : #Skypia : sacrificing himsef and fucking up the arc Maxim #Enies lobby : he closed the gates of justice causing the whirpool currents to return, fucking up the navy ships formations (wikia) #PUNK HAZARD he got the whole G5 on his side by saving them from Vergo, so much so, they caled him Aniki etc. #WANO : saved momo about to be executed under the dome. #WCI he is the one who recreated Big Mom’s Cake and made it even better.
>Brook : MVP in WCI (look for it, lots of posts on this topic in this sub) + helping robin fight Black Maria and escape CP0 in Wano,Thanks to https://www.reddit.com/OnePiece/comments/116v6r8/comment/j98pp3l/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 do you guys have more on him ?
N° 9 - The CHIVALRIC aka The FLASHY FIGHTERS Trio = Brook Sanji FrankyCh. They ALWAYS talk a lot and act in CHILVALRIC and FLASHY ways when they attack to defend or help any LADY in danger. => be careful, they’re different from Usopp who can do so while being affraid, these three arc not affraid at all ! They’re the ONLY ONES in the crew who act like this.
N°10 - The FORMER ADULT Trio : Robin Franky BrookCh. Even brook said it in chapter 815 + With the arrival of Jimbei, this has changed.
N° 11 - The KINGLY DREAMER Trio : Zoro Usopp ChopperCh. Within the StrawHat crew, they are the ONLY one whose dream means to be THE BEST of or be A GREAT of something.Be careful, Lufffy’s dream has never been to be King of the Pirates. The former is just necessary to achieve his dream, which is still a mystery (1060).>Zoro = The WORLD’S GREATEST Swordman ; Usopp = A BRAVE Warrior of the Sea ; Chopper = A GREAT Doctor that can cure any desease.I know that for Ussop it’s a « Brave Warrior », but he ALWAYS has had whishes of GRANDEUR through all his lies that become truths, sooner or later.And let it be known ! Those who have KINGLY AMBITIONS are those who WILL have CoC. Just remember what a Lunarian said to Zoro when he decided to let Enma take all his haki and possibly die from it, in chapter 1033 « I see, so you intend to be a King, then ? ».KINGLY AMBITIONS leads to CoC
N°12 - The "I WAS FORCED TO LEAVE THE CREW" Trio= Nami Robin SanjiCh. They were FORCED to leave the crew because of OUTSIDE FORCES, that’s why they were rescued by the rest of the crew, And their rescue was responsible for the emergence of a WHOLE ARC.>Nami, because of Arlong and had to buy out her village ARLONG PARC>Robin, because of CP0 => ENIES LOBBY>Sanji, because of his family arranged wedding => WCI+Usopp did so because of a disagreement, not by being forced by exteriooutside forces, and it didn’t lead to an Arc+Vivi left the crew because she had a country/Kingdom to rule
N°13 - The THERE IS A PONEGLYPH IN MY HOMETOWN Trio = Robin Jimbei ZoroCh. Ohara, Fishman Island and WanoTwo things, apparently, the ponelyphe at Ohara in the tree of knowledge has always been there.Of course, Vivi doesn’t count for the moment… # # #
C – FUNNY TRIOs x2
N°14 - The OBSESSIVE Trio = Luffy (Meat/Food), Zoro (sake or any forms of alcohol) Nami (Money and Treasures, or Anything Valuable)Ch. They are able to ignore anything (morals, putting the crew in danger, fighting) just to get it. There are no one in the crew like them. Chopper likes cotton candy but does not make a fixation on it or is able to beat the shit out of someone to have it, but those three SURELY YES.Zoro has showed many times he was able to fight just to get his alcohol, that’s called an addict, Luffy too, especially if they’re bad guys, and Nami, ahh... Nami. Do I really need to prove it here ?
N°15 - The ANONYME ADDICTS Trio : (thanks u/vana-freya) Zoro (alcohol), Sanji (cigarettes), Chopper (steroids)Ch. It’s all about CHEMICALLY ADDICTIVE substances, people.Zoro can even SMELL IT FROM FAR AWAY : that’s an addictionhttps://www.reddit.com/OnePiece/comments/v7ow7u/comment/ibpipji/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
###D – O.K. I AM a little bit REACHING TRIOs x3
N°16 - The MOTHERS OF THE MONSTER TRIO Trio : Zoro Sanji Luffy(Thanks to u/BigPotatoe97)Zoro’s mom is Tera meaning Earth in JapaneseSanji’s mom is Sora meaning Sky in Japanese=>Theory : Luffy’s mom should be Umi meaning Sea in Japanese, so Imu.https://www.reddit.com/OnePiece/comments/11y39e9/theory_on_the_whole_monster_trios_mothers_names/
N°17 - The CAPTAINS Trios = Luffy Jimbei UsoppCh. They ALL are or have been captains once upon a time.Thanks to https://www.reddit.com/OnePiece/comments/v7ow7u/comment/ibotz19/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
N°18 - The NIII-SAN/ANIKI/ROLE MODEL/PARENT FIGURE Trio = Franky, Robin, Zoro(before the arrival of Jimbei)Ch. These three people have ALWAYS been summond by The Weakling Trio. They have been relying on them if emotionnaly affected and to get emotionnaly motivated, or in danger**.** You’ve always seen them hiding or asking for help from these three people, but as a **big brother or big sister.**Commonly it’s more : Chopper with Zoro and Robin, (almost everybody on this sub know that and just remember long ring long land) ; Usopp it’s Franky and Robin, even Zoro, and Nami it’s Franky and Zoro (remember Nami with Franky in Wano or Zoro protecting Nami in Punk Hazard)
The key here is about behaving like a BIG BROTHER or BIG SISTER. Sanji or Luffy aren’t consiered as such.=>yep, since Jimbei arrival, this might change….

Finally !
E – INCOMPLETE TRIOs ENIGMA … now let’s fo with a THEORY !
N°19 - The IDIOT aka HOT HEADED aka COMPULSIVE Trio = Luffy Zoro + ????Ch. They have RANDOM and STUPID ideas at ANY given time. They’re VERY IMPULSIVE and RECKLESS. They’re capable of sprouting NON-SENSICAL THINGS or STUPID DECISIONS in the second, capable, sometime, of ENDANGERING THE WHOLE CREW.>Luffy = no need for examples… Yes ? The lastest = lets take Big Mom heavenly bonbon in the face dring a serious fight against a TWO Yonkos + let us get down from Wano by the cascade.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3sbD8BruVs>Zoro = fighting a Celestial Dragon on the go at sabaody + I want to go fishing at the return to Sabaody + Cutting through Enies Lobby building to get on top + proof that it was said by Usopp himself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRjibdamcjk&t=68s>Remember, on their route to Fishman Island, when they tried to take a fish in deep ocean ? Luffy told Zoro to slash from the boat having a coating, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2bleOfvRTk + When Zoro and Luffy who started fighting the Beast Pirates during the infiltration, Luffy beating up some guys just for wasting food and Zoro cutting an entire Tower (979 and 980).
=> Sanji is not, he’s more careful, unless it’s a woman in danger.
N° 20 - The CRAFTMEN Trio = Usopp Franky + ????Ch. >Usopp has a factory branch office and a main factory on the Sunny (Level F3 and B1).>Franky has weapon development room on level B1, next to Usopp’s.There is a link https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Thousand_Sunny?file=Thousand_Sunny_pg.126.png
N°21 - The GIRL Trio = Nami Robin + ????
N°22 - The MODIFIED/ENHANCED HUMAN Trio = Sanji Franky + ????
N°23 - The VOID CENTURY SECRET HOLDERS Trio : Robin Franky + ????Ch Franky => Pluton plans & Robin the poneglyphs
Now, Who do you know is a girl, can craft cool things like weapons, is VERY hot headed, is kind of a modified/enhanced human and holds lots of void century secrets ??????
=>>>>>>That’s right ! Lilith !!!!!!!!! The EVIL counterpart of Vegapunk.
She would soooo perfectly fit with the idiocy of Zoro and Luffy on the "attack first, think later" side. # # #
F – INCOMPLETE TRIOs x7
N°24 - The NAMI BOOBS FACE Trio = Brook Usopp + ????Ch. YESSIR, Nami has gien hugs to everyone (safe Zoro), but she has ONLY hugged those two with her boobs in their FACE. Ussop in the return at Saboady, Brook in WCI.Even Sanji never received such a hug in WCI.
N°25 - The FORMER ROYAL GUARD Trio = Jimbei Brook + ????(source fandom wikia)
N°26 - The PERVERT Trio = Sanji Brook + ????Ch. FRANKY IS NOT A PERVERT ! Kinemon is a pervert but Franky isn’t.
N°27 - The PARAMECIA Trio : Robin Brook + ????
N°28 - The ZOAN Trio = Luffy, Chopper + ????
N°29 - The NON-HUMAN Trio = Chopper Jimbei + ????
Thanks to https://www.reddit.com/OnePiece/comments/v7ow7u/comment/ibnyff0/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Finally, I feel like Vivi would be an honorary member. BUT ! Now that she’s away from her Kingdom, she might actually rejoin the crewfor their final adventures !

G – IF VIVI WAS STILL TRAVELLING WITH THE CREW TRIOs + YES, I’M still REACHING TRIOs
N°30 - The GIRL Trio : Nami Vivi Robin
N°31 - The ROYALTY Trio = Vivi Sanji + Luffy ?Ch. It has been theorised that Luffy could be a former Celestial Dragon, so royalty affiliated ?
N°32 - The D’S CLAN MEMBER Trio = Luffy Vivi + Usopp ?Ch. It has been speculated many times that Usopp was a descendant of Mont Blanc, the latter being hypohetically a D clan member.
N°33 - The COMPANION Trio = Karoo Zeus + ????
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2024.01.23 19:49 pinkygonzales Complete List of Portland Bands & Artists

When I started PDX Presents, I had a very hard time finding a comprehensive list of Portland-based artists that resembled anything current. After a year and a half of personal research, and with the help of a few local club bookers and the tremendous support of the portlandmusic community, I have assembled the list below in order to help others better navigate the local music scene.
A fully searchable, sortable, and filterable version, including Instagram and Spotify links, is now live at https://www.pdxpresents.com/portland-artists/
To suggest changes and additions, please feel free to DM me, post a comment below, or use the contact form on PDXpresents.com and I will continue to keep the list current to the very best of my ability. I cannot thank everyone here enough for your help and support in putting it together.
This list and directory linked above were last updated 5/17/24

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2024.01.07 22:44 Allinallisallweare02 Line 2 [UR]

CW: Suicide
Kipling.
Many years ago, in university, I came to the city for reading week. I stood outside the station with Nathan after a night of drinking, waiting for the bus to take us even deeper into suburbia, where we were staying with his family. By that time, he was already a heavy smoker. He lit up a cigarette and then handed it to me before going inside the station to get something from the store. I watched as the cigarette's white tail wagged like a dog's, ascending into the cold, humid fall night. I was happy to be there.

Islington.
Ten minutes earlier, we were sitting together in the near-empty subway car as it rolled into the station. Nathan's lumbering frame had long since closed in around my shoulders. The effects of alcohol combined with the relative privacy of the subway at that hour of the night made me feel comfortable talking. After all, talking was what I had come there to do. The situation at home had become so uncomfortable since our family split up that I would've gone anywhere just to get away for a few days. What had once been a remarkably cohesive family unit had broken down over the course of a few years, culminating in a divorce that was never mentioned, but always present. Dad moved out, and my brother went with him. We were on teams, and I didn't particularly like my team. Mom seemed more and more distant all the time, fading away into old lady-hood as the last of her duties as a wife and mother began to evaporate. I had a girlfriend, Maggie, who I was vainly using in an attempt to get the virginal monkey off my back. She was good at taking my mind off of things. The paragraph she sent me about "needing space" was less than a week away from making its appearance in my phone's notification centre. I talked about these things and others, talked about anything and everything until I felt that I would be lying if I said any more.

Royal York.
Fatima went to high school about ten-minute bus ride from the station. It was an art school, and the more she told me about it, the more I became obsessed and wished I'd gone there as well. One day, in summer, before we were even dating, I went there just to sit in the grass in front of the building and stare at it.

Old Mill.
A good place for Sunday mornings at coffee shops with grandparents.

Jane.
Our second date was at an Italian restaurant near there. It was the kind of place that specialized in overpriced, unorthodox "creations" involving miniscule portions of ciabatta bread, prosciutto, and swirls of some sauce whose name I repeated to myself at least five times throughout the night, but which I still can't remember. The crowd was a mix of aging millenial hipsters and corporate business-school types, and I didn't feel anywhere near cool or successful enough to be eating in a place like that. We downed several glasses of prosecco and left. I remember wandering aimlessly down Bloor street at midnight. I remember Fatima leaning into me and grabbing my hand for the first time. A half-mocking "awwww", yelled from a passing car. I remember giggling as we sprinted, hand in hand, across the crosswalks, desperate to make it before the time ran out and the light changed. They never give you enough time. I remember the stupid, drunken smile I couldn't get off my face if I wanted to, and the inescapable feeling that I would remember this moment for the rest of my life.

Runnymede.
There's a building there that reminds me of something you'd see in a small town near where I grew up. An old brick bank building, lounging purposelessly on the street corner, long after the others like it had been replaced with newer, more attractive successors.

High Park.
Looking out across Grenadier pond. I imagine a misguided teen who lives nearby, seeking a moment of solitude on the far bank.

Keele.
A wooded residential lane runs directly south of Bloor. Expensive mansions that look like they could be in a Disney kids sitcom. Or somewhere far, far away from here, by a lake.

Dundas West.
Construction and concrete. Hints of the cold, iron industrial-ness that lies just beneath our lives in the city.

Lansdowne.
There is a discount weed store there called "Value Buds". Walking around the city these days, you can smell it everywhere. When I first moved here, I figured I would do as the locals did and really lean into being a stoner. I never ended up having the time.

Dufferin.
A few blocks away, a detached house built in the 50s stands next to a drugstore with a giant mural on the side, which features some kind of purple monster holding the earth in the palm of it's hand. It's one of the things I love about this place. How such a profoundly strange work of art can be enmeshed, can make itself a part of everyday life in this, the quietest of residential communities.

Ossington.
When Nathan and I were roommates, we once got in touch with the local chapter of the Young Communist League. Nathan was a staunch Pan-Africanist and a Marxist-Leninist. I wasn't quite sure what I was, but I didn't like capitalism; I knew that much. The chapter president was Marlon, a heavy-set, 30-something man who was just about old enough to be completely out of place at the helm of a youth organization. Despite this, he seemed to know what he was doing. One day, he dropped off a roll of about 50 stickers at the apartment. Each one contained a picture of Karl Marx and a QR code where people could sign up to be become official members of the organization. We were low-budget advertisers. It was grunt work, but we were happy to do it: theoretically, we were doing something important. I wouldn't have gone as far as to say that we were revolutionaries, but it sure felt that way at the time. When night fell, we took the subway a few stops, got off, and started slapping those things wherever we could find space. Every street lamp, every mailbox, every flat metal surface within a block of the station had one. We were soon running out of stickers, and of places to put them. That's when Nathan had the brilliant idea to put a sticker on one of the parked cars down a side street. When the old man burst out of the car in a fit of rage, my heart nearly stopped. He yelled something about "fuckin' pinkos", and threatened to call the police. My life flashed before my eyes. What would my family think if they found out I'd been arrested? Might I be out of a job? In that moment I could have won a track meet. We shot down the street towards the main road, and the man followed us, but his aging legs could only carry him so far. We arrived at a small park bench, gasping for air, still high on adrenaline. I told Nathan I never wanted to feel that way again. With a laboured smile, he replied, "You don't?"

Christie.
Somebody has taken a piece of chalk and written "free love" on one of the asphalt paths leading down into Christie Pits park. There's something about graffiti that makes it more effective the more alone it is.

Bathurst.
Slightly run down buildings. The more time I spend here, the more I appreciate them. There is a certain authenticity to a building with stains, with old signage, with the paint chipping. It's something we don't have back home.

Spadina.
The CN tower is the city's north star. That's what my mom always used to tell me. Wherever you are, you can always see it and figure out where you are based on that. I can see it from there, but in most places, I don't find her advice useful. Too many office towers have cropped up to block my view.

St. George.
One word to describe it: ritzy. The station is next to a yacht club. What they are doing in this part of town, so far away from the lake, is anyone's guess.

Bay.
4,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, an anonymous inventor mixed sand with lime and some other materials and birthed glass unto the world. Today, the result of their experiment rears its shiny, corporate head on Bay street.

Bloor-Yonge.
Change here for line 1 northbound towards Finch, towards where my family lived during the first few years after I was born. I don't remember anything from that place, but I often think about what life would have been like if we had never moved away. Deep down, that may be part of the reason I came back here as an adult. I always wanted this city to be a part of my identity, even if I could never do that without lying to myself. I couldn't have been more than two when my father moved us back to his native Saskatoon. Growing up in the prairies didn't suit me very well. The isolation, the conservatism, the agonizing simplicity of the place - it all made me very uncomfortable, especially as I got older. I was a strange child growing up, I could never understand it. I yearned for the big city, for somewhere I might fit. When I met Nathan, who was from here, at university, it just felt natural. We moved into a shoebox apartment here a year or so after we had both graduated. I got my first job in the city. Not in my field, of course (18th-century French literature seemed not to be a growth industry at the time). I worked at a flower shop.

Sherbourne.
I was at the Tim Hortons near there when I first found out. Alone in the corner, I was sipping my coffee anxiously when I got the call. If I had wanted to sit down for coffee, I would typically choose a local independent shop, but I was there on business. I was in my late thirties by then, working as a reporter for Streets, a local magazine with a relatively low circulation which focused on community-level events that weren't picked up on by the larger papers. The person I was supposed to be meeting was someone who was partly responsible for the proliferation of community gardens that had taken place in the city over the last few years, and who was also 20 minutes late for their interview. I picked up the phone expecting to see notice of a cancellation, but what I got instead was a name. Just a name, no AI avatar or caller vital signs. What's more, it was a name I didn't recognize: Liz. Nonetheless, I still picked up - if community-gardener showed up while I was on the phone, at least I would be able to convince them that I was an important man who had important things to be doing. Phone calls always seem to help with that kind of thing. An airy, sombre voice crackled through my headpiece and into my brain. Instantly, I knew who it was: Elizabeth, Nathan's sister. Apparently she had been trying to reach me for some time, and had only gotten the data for my KaalID through records obtained from Nathan's cloud. She told me I was invited to the funeral. "What do you mean? What funeral?" I asked it in disbelief, but by then I already knew. Nathan had apparently been kidnapped by a rebel group in Ghana, and when his family couldn't afford the ransom, they killed him. He had moved to Burkina Faso about ten years prior, after being laid off from the lab. I was worried for him at first, but he seemed earnest enough in his conviction that it was where he was meant to be. We promised we would stay in touch, but eventually we fell victim to the timeless fate that awaits all long-distance relationships. The funeral was on Thursday at a public park in Montreal. The news completely overwhelmed me: these memories, these thoughts, this entire person that had been gone for so long came rushing back in an instant. I stormed out of the building. I burst into the street.

Castle Frank.
We had just finished watching a bad horror movie in bed when I had the idea to take Fatima down into the Don valley, to a place by the river I told her was haunted. I had meant it as a joke, but it was 11pm, and she seemed to be genuinely afraid, squeezing my hand tighter and tighter the further away we got from the road. In retrospect, being a woman at night in a place like this secluded ravine likely scared her more than any of my ghost stories, but I wasn't at a place in life where I was aware of that kind of thing. When we got to the riverbank, I did my best to make creepy noises and throw her off, but she wasn't having any of it. She ignored me, picked a stone off the ground and shot it downstream. The stone must have skipped six or seven times before it finally lost momentum and disappeared beneath the surface. Skipping stones was something I had done often in childhood on rocky lakeshores all over northern Saskatchewan, and I considered myself something of an expert. Determined to show off my skills, I grabbed a rock and made an effort of my own. She reciprocated, and the idleness of those first throws soon gave way to full-scale competition. We cried out loudly after each throw, announcing our skip totals triumphantly each time. This continued for 30 minutes or so, and she was really quite a good rock-skipper. Even when trying my absolute hardest, I struggled to keep up. We should have been making out, having sex, doing all the things that young couples do at a time and a place like that one. But somehow, this felt more natural. We yelled louder and louder until we were almost screaming - battle cries from an unlikely duel by moonlight. Our shouting was cut off by a stirring that came from the bushes. When we turned towards the noise, a scruffy-faced homeless man looked back at us as we fell into an awkward silence.

Broadview.
Nathan and I hung out at our friends' apartment near Broadview and Danforth a lot. They had a metal band, and we were frequent attendees at rehearsal. They called themselves "The Rotting Insides", and their greatest asset was that Jeb, the drummer, had a landlord that didn't seem to mind the loud rehearsal sessions. The Insides never got many gigs, but their bashful, angry music seemed to bring a strange joy to both the members themselves, and to people like Nathan and I: the cohort of misfits who hung around them for one reason or another. Besides Jeb on drums, there was Noor, who sang and played lead guitar, Mike on Bass, and Ethan on rhythm guitar. The incident took place while they were rehearsing for one of their few concerts, a half-hour set at a dive bar on Queen Street. Metal itself is not my cup of tea, so I tended to let my mind drift while I watched the band at work. On that particular day, my thoughts were cut off by an unmistakable cracking noise coming from the alley: gunshots. It only took a few seconds before everyone in the room hit the floor and the music was replaced by the high-pitched moaning of the amp. We waited in silence for what couldn't have been more than 5 minutes, but what felt like an hour. I had been sitting closest to the window, and eventually I decided to peek my head up to look out into the alley so I could see if the coast was clear. Where I had fully expected to see nothing at all, a threatening hooded figure brandished a handgun. The feeling of unmitigated horror, the morbid resignation that comes in a moment like that one can change one's life forever on it's own. Before I could duck back down, the figure turned it's head towards me and looked me straight in the eyes. I could neither move nor breathe. I do not know why that man was in the alley that day, or what (who?) he was shooting at, but I will never forget the look he gave me. He was a pale white man with a scruffy red goatee, his face spotted here and there with what I assumed were freckles. He looked at me with anger, but it was an anger with a certain questioning mixed into it. It was almost like I was a tough math problem he was trying his best to solve but just couldn't. Like he was making an effort to read me, to know why I did the things I did, even just in that brief moment. I was certain he would raise his gun and shoot me, but instead he turned his head and retreated down the alley. "Okay, they're gone now", I said, eliciting a pronounced sigh of relief from the room. "Holy Fuck!" exclaimed Jeb, lighting up a cigarette and returning cautiously to his stool, keeping one to the window. The room burst into nervous chatter, which Noor drowned it out by aggressively strumming a few E chords. The Rotting Insides roared back to life.

Chester.
We lived in a basement suite around a ten-minute walk from the station. The walls were packed with books and the place was dimly lit with yellow light. One long weekend, when Nathan had gone back to Etobicoke to stay with his family, my Aunt and Uncle were visiting the city from Alberta, and we arranged to have them over. Jeff and Jill, their children and my cousins, came along as well. Fatima did not technically live there, but she was there so much that she was a resident for most practical purposes, and she was with me to welcome the guests as they arrived. I still recollect the awkward encounters I had as a child with distant relatives I hadn't seen in years, the pain of holding a smile through all the "you've grown so much" comments. That being said, I realized in that moment how difficult it really is to refrain from making those comments. The shocking size of the two wildly-different-but-still-recognizable bodies of the 14 and 12 year olds I hadn't seen in at least 4 years put me at a loss for how to address them. Fatima, who hadn't seen them before, was a much more lively greeter than I was. But then again, I suppose she needed to be. I always had a lingering worry about introducing her to my family. Not that there was anything wrong with her, but the truth is that we grew up in a place where seeing a black person in real life was a remarkable thing indeed. That I ended up with both a black best friend and a black girlfriend is nothing short of a miracle. My family weren't racist people, but they did lack certain sensitivities, and I knew Fatima could be a sensitive person despite the tough persona she assumed. This made me nervous for the encounter, but it seemed to go off without a hitch. We spent an hour catching up with the adults, an uncomfortable time during which I felt compelled to defend my life choices. Once I had had enough, I went to play on the Xbox with Jeff. The last time we had done this, 6 years ago back in Medicine Hat, I had gone easy on him. We had debated the outcome on a hypothetical deathmatch between Donkey Kong and King Boo, and laughed as we tried our best impressions of Spongebob characters. This time, we sat in silence as he routed me in game after game. Generation Alpha does not mess around when it comes to this kind of thing. Eventually he turns to me and asks, "Did you put a mortgage down on this place?" I sighed, threw on a movie for him, and went to check on Fatima.

Pape.
Fatima was instrumental in helping establish the Nigerian cultural centre at Pape and Cosburn. Back when they were first setting it up, she was there almost every day. The daughter of a central bank executive in Abuja, she had left behind her gated community and come to Canada at 15. She was a worldy girl who had an obsession with K-Pop, but I also knew that maintaining some kind of link with her country's culture was important to her. The centre was the first of its kind in the borough, and apart from a much smaller one in Etobicoke, it was the only one in the entire city. When it finally opened, she wasn't going to allow me to miss the grand opening. I wasn't willing to risk being perceived as a cultural appropriator by showing up in a kaftan like the other men, but my bland business-casual attire made me stick out like a sore thumb at the event. I remember feeling like she was particularly unattached to me on that night. Of course, we strolled around, holding hands, as she introduced me to friends, family, community members, and others, who she spoke to in Pidgin. I know that there are innumerable practical advantages to being able to live every day immersed in your mother tongue, but there is also something beautiful about having it confined to a space like this, to a community. Languages aren't just languages, they are cultural worlds. Knowing a language fully means living in it, thinking not in it but through it, not speaking it but experiencing it. Language is more than words and characters and grammar, more than what one can learn on Duolingo. I watched Fatima's face light up that night in a way I had never seen it before. I didn't know what she was saying, but I knew it was more expressive, more meaningful, more emotional than it would have been in English. I really hate those kind of events.

Donlands.
When I used to work at the record store by there, Nathan would come by and visit me on his days off. Sometimes he would bring me a coffee, or let me have a hit off of his vape, but he served primarily as a welcome reprieve from the tedious customer service duties that dominated my workdays. In high school, I had wanted to be a music journalist, to spend life listening to and writing about music that was "pushing the boundaries", as I would have said back then. You might say I got my wish when I landed the job there. What I considered a vast musical knowledge was distilled into a handful of well-rehearsed blurbs about the most frequently bought artists and albums. Where I would have hoped for jazz-rap or post-industrial hardcore, I instead found myself discussing the latest releases from Olivia Rodrigo and Billie Eilish, or considering the merits of old Drake albums with opinionated customers. Nathan's presence injected a radical, edgy element that was desperately lacking from the environment. So, when he burst in on a Friday (not one of his off days), it was a pleasant surprise. I smiled at first, but I could tell by the unusually serious look in his eyes that something wasn't right. When I asked what was wrong, he revealed to me that he had been fired. He then started going over the specifics of the circumstance, gradually raising his voice with each terrible injustice he had suffered, until I had to remind him to be quiet so as not to cause a scene for the customers. He apologized, and stayed there behind the counter until my shift was over. I was closing up, and Dean, the manager, wouldn't be in until noon the next day. So, at 6:30, we broke out a few of our favourite records from the back room, and Nathan ran down to the LCBO to grab some beer. Sacha, who worked weekends, arrived to find us lying passed out on the floor, the sounds of MF Doom churning away in the background.

Greenwood.
A strip mall on the corner that looks vaguely like a run-down motel. A large new-looking house across the street from the station whose price I don't want to begin to think about.

Coxwell.
I could get lost walking down the streets around there. I see the well-groomed (but not too well-groomed) houses and I think about the children that must be growing up inside them. Those children who were born into this place, who were molded by it. I can't feel anything but envy for them. I needed to earn my way here, to seek this place out and pay money to be here. In a way, I suppose that's a good thing - I'll appreciate it more than they ever could. All the insignificant details.

Woodbine.
By now we are far removed from downtown. Down the street, I can still see the massive condo towers rising ominously in the distance. They just seem so impossibly far away.

Main Street.
We were at the Canadian Tire picking out plant pots for some hibiscus seeds we had purchased when Fatima turned to me and said she wanted to end things. There was a reason, but I tuned out after the first couple of clichés left her mouth. I have a habit of depersonalizing during situations like these, so I nodded along through the explanation and turned my attention elsewhere. To the lights on the ceiling, to the dots on the granite floor, to any minute detail I could immerse myself in. When we left the store, it was unceremonious. We went our separate ways, her towards the station, and me aimlessly in the other direction, the sinking feeling still in my chest. I managed a muffled "goodbye", and turned my head before she could see the first tear appear on my cheek. I came to a bench, one of those rare remaining street benches that wasn't associated with a bus stop. I put down the pots, those pots which until 15 minutes earlier had been our pots but which were now just mine. I stared at the sky as the sun peeked out over top of the nearby apartment tower and wondered what I was doing there. On that bench, in this city, in this life which all of a sudden felt so unnatural. I wished that I could float with the clouds, float away somewhere, anywhere besides here. At some point I had made the wrong choice, I had burnt through my money and the prime years of my life, all for nothing. If only I could start over, be born again and have a new life. Surely there was no way I could end up as fucked up as I did in this one. Perhaps death was the only option, perhaps the great mystery of the beyond would be better than the pain of existing in this world. After all, I figured maybe I had been mentally and emotionally gone for some time anyway. I decided to leave the pots underneath the bench.

Victoria Park.
It's the only station with direct access to a golf course. I always hated golf, but I took Fatima there when she said she wanted to try. It's obviously not something they have in Nigeria. I thought it would be funny, but the novelty of watching her helplessly hack at the ball wore off quickly (not that my swing was much better). The anxiety brought on by the glares of experienced golfers who were stuck behind us on the course was crushing, and the atmosphere soon became tense. It became even more so when Fatima disappeared into the bush to search for her ball after a particularly ugly shot. She was gone for such a long time that I was contemplating going over to the group behind us and apologizing, but I thought it would probably be better to check up on her first. I called her name as I brushed aside branch after branch, scraping my legs badly as I made my way deeper into the bush. I came to a small clearing and found her hunched over, sobbing. Puzzled as to what could be the problem, I moved closer and placed my hand on her shoulder. When she looked up at me, she was grinning ear-to-ear. She wasn't crying at all; she was on her phone, laughing at TikTok. Apparently her father had made his first attempt at going viral: a grainy video of him dancing awkwardly and making loud chicken noises. We watched it several times with the volume set quite high, and I often wonder whether the golfers who had been behind us had heard it on their way past us, and what they must have thought.

Warden.
When you emerge from this station, you'll notice a distinct change from the previous few. Trees outnumber buildings around here, and parking lots combine with a background of power lines and industrial warehouses to produce a melancholy effect that can only be found out here in the suburbs.

Kennedy.
Kennedy is the end of the line. Nathan once told me he thought it was haunted. A parking lot rises above the elevated track, and a sea of concrete continues beyond it. It's a short walk to the GO train, if you want to keep going east. This is a place between places, a place that only exists so that others can exist as well. It's a place that wants you to pass by without paying any mind to it, to leave it alone as you pass along to bigger and better things. I often wonder what kind of ghosts must haunt this place. Who will remember it when it is gone? Once the line is extended or the parking lot is replaced, once the city finds a way to fill this gaping grey hole in itself. It's not mine, but there must be something here. There must be something for someone.
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2024.01.03 01:13 YREVN0C [Article] Is Tony Morgan the strongest fighter in the game?

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Betteridge's law is a tongue in cheek rule of journalism that asserts "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no”. If you were capable of proving the statement true you would title the article with the more powerful affirmative claim.
As we approached both the end of the year and the imminent release of The Feast of Hemlock Vale Investigator Expansion I saw and took part in many discussions about the state of the game and each investigator’s current standing. Many tierlists were shared, with varying criteria and justifications for their rankings. And a trend I saw repeated across many tierlists was the idea that Tony Morgan is the strongest fighter. This surprised me, because frankly I wasn’t certain if I’d even consider Tony in the top 3 fighters. So I sat myself down to put my arguments into writing but when I did I found they didn’t lead me in the direction I expected. My intention with this article was to present my case for why Mark Harrigan is the strongest fighter. That is no longer my opinion. I’m leaving this statement hanging as a hook to keep you reading until I reveal who I now believe to be number one.
So why do I think Tony so often considered the strongest fighter? Because for a long time he was. From Tony’s release in September 2019 until the Edge of the Earth Investigator expansion release in September 2021 the only real competition Tony faced was from Mark. Think back to the pre-EotE fighter ‘meta’, the best weapons in the game were Flamethrower, Survival Knife (2) and Machete, your only option for combining a two-handed weapon with a secondary weapon was Bandolier which is incompatible with the Flamethrower. The best allies you could play as a Guardian were Beat Cop (2), Guard Dog and Tetsuo Mori.
What’s changed? Edge of the Earth and Scarlet Keys were extremely kind to Guardians. The following is a list of cards Guardians have received in just those two expansions that I think have changed the game for fighters; Runic Axe, Cyclopian Hammer, Brand of Cthugha, Girish Kadakia, Sweeping Kick and Motivational Speech.
Before Edge of the Earth and those printings I would have ranked Tony as the number one fighter. But that’s enough preamble, if Tony isn’t the strongest who is? Time to get to the top five list.
Honourable mentions: Nathaniel Cho, Daniela Reyes.
5 William Yorick
There’s two primary criteria I’m using to rank fighters; damage output and survivability. How good are you at dealing damage and how good are you at tanking it and anything else the game throws at you. There are secondary criteria taken into consideration; Their economy (defined as do they have methods to generate extra cards or resources?). How quickly/consistently can they get set up at the start of a scenario? How much xp does their deck require? And to a lesser extent can you contribute anything to the game when there isn’t an enemy in play? If you are lacking in one of these areas, there’s almost always solutions you can employ, but like spinning plates when you start shoring up one area another begins to wobble. If you’re taking too long with opening turn setup you can buy a Stick to the Plan and Ever Vigilant, but then you’re scoring worse for xp requirements. So how does Yorick score with these criteria?
For survivability no one is better. When we approach the heat death of the universe Yorick will still be standing strong digging up another Cherished Keepsake and Leather Coat. The man is just unkillable. Other Survivors can achieve similar states of immortality with combinations of Peter Sylvestre, Jessica Hyde and Charisma, but this requires spending five xp on two Jessica and a Charisma, then drawing both Pete and Jess and spending six resources and two actions playing them. Yorick’s Keepsake and Coat cost zero xp, cost zero resources, don’t need to be drawn and don’t cost actions to play, they just had to be within your Short Supply pile.
The two political parties in your country are currently scrambling to hire Yorick as their new economic advisor.
Short Supply has been described as a ‘draw ten’ for Yorick and that’s not far off. Obviously the assets in your discard pile are readily accessible, but between Resourceful and the occasional Elder Sign the events and skills are within reach as well. Almost every investigator in my top five list has some form of built in economy, it’s what puts them in the top five over my honourable mentions. Even within the elite fighters Yorick’s economy stands tall. Every kill you get functionally draws you another card and grants another play action, Act of Desperation is simultaneously a resource generation card, a weapon reload card and a powerful fight event. Yorick can break the game with an Ancient Covenant/Favor of the Sun build, constantly replaying the Favor from his discard pile; there's not much the game can do to you when you have a guaranteed auto pass of one test per turn.
So why am I only ranking Yorick fifth? He is elite, however so are the other four. Plainly his statline is the weakest of the top five, 3/2/4/3 is ugly. You have to put work in to pass any tests that aren’t combat but the bigger factor is Survivor weapons aren’t as good as other classes. Yorick’s best options are Baseball Bat (0) and (2), 18. Derringer (2), Survival Knife (2), Fire Extinguisher (3) and Chainsaw. Many brilliant options for consistent two damage attacks, all cheap resource wise, but he’s got very few choices for three damage attacks. If he hasn’t got a Chainsaw Yorick’s plan versus a boss is to dig in and tank its attacks while whittling it down two health at a time. Vicious Blow and Beat Cop (2) can get him over the hump of a couple of three health enemies, but that’s not a plan for an enemy with health in the double digits.
4 Tony Morgan Tony’s on the opposite end of the spectrum from Yorick within this top five. Tony’s bust damage peak is unrivalled. When a boss shows up you can Sleight of Hand a Lupara, commit a Quick Thinking, suddenly you’re taking five fight actions and mowing through their health pool. His top end is the highest of the investigators in my top five, however his low end is also the lowest.
I should give Tony his dues first. His base abilities are incredible. Fighting is an expensive vocation. You’ve got to buy weapons and hire allies to work with you, both of those are recurring costs, you constantly need new equipment and staff. Luckily Tony gets paid well for his work, starting with a bank of bounty contracts that you can trickle out for additional funds across a scenario goes a long way. Sometimes you just put three bounties on the first enemy that shows up so you can complete your opening setup, sometimes you’re independently wealthy and the bounties are only spent on the enemies that require the additional actions to handle. There’s a lot of flexibility there in how you use his bounties and they can adapt to plug whatever shortcoming your draw had.
If being able to take four fight actions in a turn weren’t enough Tony’s got the Rogue suite of bonus action options. Quick Thinking is a staple when you’ve got a base five in your main stat, Leo De Luca I feel is overlooked in current day Arkham but if you’re rich (which Tony easily can be) he’s a fantastic ally, Honed Instinct can double down on Tony’s big burst turns, and Ace in the Hole is expensive xp wise but they’re are few better cards in a boss fight. As the only Rogue in the top five his resource generation is unparalleled, on top of his Bounty Contracts he’s got Faustian Bargain, “Watch This!”, Easy Mark and Pay Day, in addition to the option to dip into his sub-classes for Act of Desperation, Crack the Case, Stand Together or Motivational Speech. Tony sits on a mountain of resources and won’t struggle to find good ways to spend them. Lola Santiago and Delilah O’Rourke are two of the best allies in the game and they’ll make sure your resources are never squandered, Lola even gets Tony to a respectable four intellect. I said I wasn’t going to weigh non-fighting contributions too highly but I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that great clue options are available to Tony without having to sacrifice anything in terms of fighting and that’s certainly a point in his favour.
Rogue’s have a lot more going for them beyond just resource and action generation, Lucky Cigarette Case (0) and (3), The Red Clock (2) and (5), Eon Chart (1) and (4) and Garrote Wire are all fantastic. Okay, Cigarette case is the only card listed there that isn’t more action generation. Rogue’s never run out of great ways to spend xp, when you’re going into scenario eight with fifty-five xp already in your deck Tony will still be able to make meaningful upgrades to his deck. I’ll note Precious Memento: From a Former Life as an important recent card release for Tony and put a pin in it for discussion later.
Getting a choice of three different sub-classes is huge and there’s very real arguments for all three. Reliable, Vicious Blow and Prepared for the Worst are some standouts from Guardian, Shortcut, Deep Knowledge and Logical Reasoning (0) for Seeker, Lucky, Alter Fate (1) and Brute Force for Survivor. There’s many more fantastic options beyond these, I just limited the list to three from each class and could easily have listed ten for Guardian and Survivor especially.
Where Tony falters slightly in his weapon pool. His best options are Switchblade (2), Mauser C96 (0) and (2), Lupara and the Chicago Typewriter. This list doesn’t look very impressive but Tony really makes them work. If you compare Yorick with a Fire Extinguisher (3) to Tony with a Switchblade (2); Yorick is testing at five combat for two damage. Tony is testing at seven combat for one damage or effectively testing at the same five combat for two damage but Tony’s test has two major advantages. When Tony falls short on the two damage hit he still often gets one damage on the enemy (rather than potentially hitting an ally) and he’ll avoid a lot more retaliate hits. Where Yorick's Fire Extinguisher is capped at six damage a turn, Tony’s Switchblade can often deal eight with just his Bounty Contract action allowing Tony’s bigger weapons to be saved for the boss fight.
So where does Tony fall short? Again he’s the inverse Yorick, he’s the frailest investigator in my top five and it’s by a large margin. Two willpower and five sanity is a scary starting position. Unlike Silas Marsh (a fellow member of the two willpower, five sanity club) Tony doesn’t have Peter Sylvestre and Cherished Keepsake to protect him. Rogue allies don’t help much in this regard, the good ones either cost you a lot of resources or a lot of xp, in both cases you’re not going to be keen on binning them. Priest of Two Faiths is the best rate you can get for horror soak and that’s not saying much. I previously called out Logical Reasoning (0), Alter Fate (1) and Precious Memento: From a Former Life as notable cards for Tony and this is why. You have to have a plan to stay alive and sometimes it isn’t enough. Precious Memento: Former is great, but then you forfeit all the other incredible accessory options. I’ve specifically called out Former because it’s so much easier to consistently succeed by two than trigger the fail by two on Future Memento and unfortunately you can only play one Future Memento in a deck. Liquid Courage (1) is a fine option to consider but it’s a reactive solution not preventative, you have to get yourself to safety before you can use it, not helpful when you’ve taken a chunk of horror from missing an attack on a retaliate enemy.
Low sanity and low willpower are related problems with some overlap in solutions, but they also provide distinct challenges. Horror soak and healing alone won’t get you out from under a Frozen in Fear. Building your deck with direct answers for Frozen in Fear is the norm for Rogues and if any investigator can operate with a minus one action tax per turn it’s Tony. But as the only Rogue on this list it needs to be pointed out.
3 Parallel Zoey Samaras Due to how recent her release has been this is the pick I’m least confident in. Also if you want to take the position that the Parallel investigators shouldn’t really count, that they’re not real investigators that’s understandable. Feel free to delete this entry and bump Tony and Yorick up one ranking each.
For this ranking I’m defining parallel Zoey as parallel front with parallel back and the default signatures. You can open up a few more options like Holy Spear by using the Dunwich back that I won’t spend too much time considering.
Just as clue getters strive for as many pseudo Deductions as they can per game, fighters strive for Vicious Blows. We have an investigator who gets a Vicious Blow on the first event he plays each phase. Nathaniel made my honourable mentions because of it, but fell short of the top five list because that’s the only thing he can do. Parallel Zoey is what you get when you ask “can I have Nathaniel Cho? But have them be a full investigator? Be just as capable at murdering, but have a cardpool beyond just the cards that came in his starter deck?”. It’s a big ask, but Parallel Zoey delivers.
My concern with Parallel Zoey when she was revealed was that she would be rabbit holed like Nathaniel into playing one small subset of cards to function. After playing her a couple of times I can say this is absolutely not the case. It turns out the cards that are best for procing her bless generation across multiple phases per turn to maximise her bless output are just the Guardian staples. Investigator phase is trivial, enemy phase can be done with Survival Knife, Guard Dog or her signature Cross if an hunter enemy engages you. upkeep can again be done with her Cross if an exhausted enemy readies, so can the mythos phase if an enemy spawns on you and Beat Cop (2) or Nephthys can be used in any phase if no other condition was met. I said I was only mentioning Guardian staples but I had to sneak Nephthys in there whilst discussing Beat Cop because of how similar they are, Nephthys will definitely be coming up again.
The Bless archetype as it stands from Innsmouth is in a weird place, the payoff cards are incredible, just completely ridiculous rates. Rite of Sanctification can generate up to 10 resources for a team. A Watchful Peace skips a whole encounter card phase. Radiant Smite is a four damage attack event that gives you a choice of which stat you want to use as well as a plus three stat boost all for one xp and one resource. Ancient Covenant can pass you any test. Their massive drawback had been previously that there just weren’t any actually good ways to put bless tokens in the bag. The strongest options previously were Keep Faith, Holy Rosary (2), Tempt Fate and the Sister Mary investigator card. Holy Rosary (2) was the only card there that you’d even consider if you weren’t interested in bless tokens. It’s also the weakest card listed for the purposes of generating bless tokens, costing you xp and being unlikely to even generate more than four blessings a scenario. Now though the cards we have to play to generate bless tokens are the Survival Knives, Guard Dogs and Beat Cops I mentioned previously. That changes the game for the bless payoffs, you can just put the ridiculous bless payoffs in a normal Guardian deck and they will now function. If you’re not playing the bless payoffs you can instead just be caching in every 3 bless tokens for a Vicious Blow. Both options are great, you can’t go wrong with either, or you can do both if you choose to play some of the supplemental bless generation like Keep Faith, Tempt Fate and Holy Rosary (2).
Outside of the Blessed cardpool Charms 0-4 access offers her powerhouses like Lucky Cigarette Case (0) and (3), Dream Diary (3), Cherished Keepsake (0) and (1). Both Precious Mementos and Grisly Totems, Nightmare Bauble, The Key of Solomon any masks from Hemlock Vale. I haven’t considered Hemlock Vale cards in my rankings here but I think it’s safe to say Parallel Zoey stands to gain the most from that expansion.
She’s the only non-Lola investigator currently who can play both Enchant Weapon and Lucky Cigarette Case (3) and her willpower plus combat sum to an eight at minimum without factoring the combat boost of the weapon itself. If that’s not enough reason to get excited about Parallel Zoey I don’t know what is.
I’ve listed each investigator's key weapon pool each time and I’ll do the same here. Parallel Zoey’s best options are Survival Knife (0) and (2), Machete, Runic Axe (I recommend either Scriptweaver and Hunt, or Saga, Hunt and Glory) and Enchanted Blade (3). From this list it looks like she’d have the Yorick problem with damage output, but all these options should be viewed through the lens of her ability producing a Vicious Blow once per round. In addition her Cross adds damage when you engage, small synergies with the Survival Knives and Machete and the reason why the Hunt inscription on Axe is non-negotiable.
The last piece of the puzzle that makes up her damage output is Nephthys. Zoeys ability looks to me like it was custom engineered to combo with Nephthys. You spend your blesses on a Vicious Blow then you get to either put them back in the bag next turn when you initiate your next fight action or can burn them for an additional two restless damage now. You’re keeping all the bless tokens revealed from any investigator test in the system or you can be scoring kills whilst also hitting Zoeys bless generation in any phase you might have missed otherwise. I don’t think Nephthys is mandatory for a Parallel Zoey deck, you could definitely spend your xp on other cards or use different allies like the Beat Cops and Guard Dogs mentioned earlier and those will be great. But Nephthys is on another level.
That leads me onto Parallel Zoey’s final major strength, she starts with four willpower, many of the cards you naturally want to include for her also boost that number higher. Nephthys gives plus one, Holy Rosary (2) gives plus one, Bandolier (2) gives a plus one, Holy Rosary (0) is a great option for one of her five Mystic splash cards. Parallel Zoey will often have five willpower. If you have a high willpower and can kill enemies there’s really nothing to be scared of from the encounter deck. If you want ultimate resilience like Yorick she can abuse Favor of the Sun and Ancient Covenant, she can’t reccour Favor like he can but she doesn’t have to worry about where the bless tokens are going to come from. And her high willpower isn’t just limited to defence, a Sixth Sense as part of her Mystic splash is all she needs to investigate or she could use the Favor of the Sun/Ancient Covenant to do it.
If Parallel Zoey has downsides to address it’s her economy. She’s the only investigator on this top five list who doesn’t draw cards or generate resources with her ability. That isn’t the same as saying her economy is bad, she has amazing card draw options in Lucky Cigarette Case (3) and Runic Axe Glory. Or resource generation with Rite of Sanctification, Taboo buffed Voice of Ra, Motivational Speech and Stand Together. As the first Guardian I’ve talked about on this list she is also the first investigator capable of playing Stick to the Plan, the ultimate setup card and solution to all economy problems. A lot of the cards I mentioned there cost xp, she will spend more xp on economy than the other investigators on the list.
2 Mark Harrigan So Mark’s had an interesting journey over the life of this game. He was pretty clearly the strongest fighter when Carcosa released, then Tony came along and stole his lunch. But we’re living now in the great Guardian resurgence. Edge of the Earth and Scarlet Keys spoiled Guardians with some of the strongest cards they’ve ever received. I listed them before but Runic Axe, Cyclopian Hammer, Brand of Cthugha, Girish Kadakia, Sweeping Kick and Motivational Speech changed the game for Guardians.
Flamethrower was the best big weapon, it looks positively quaint beside the Axe and Hammer. If you wanted a big weapon and a sidearm setup you needed to find and spend resources on a Bandolier, now you can just play a Brand of Cthugha. Motivational Speech gives Guardians some much needed economy both of resources and actions, allows you to cycle through the Guardian expendable allies like Guard Dog, Tetsuo Mori and Beat Cop (2) whilst engaged with an enemy, that’s the situation they’re naturally going to die and the exact moment that they most need replaced. Whilst of course providing really valuable team support.
I can’t mention team support without paying respect to the king himself. Girish Kadakia is a beast of a card. Infinite soak, damage tanking for teammates, a free Unexpected Courage every turn. If you get Girish into play early in a scenario and the game defeats you through damage or horror something extreme had to happen like autofailing two Rotting Remains in quick succession.
Few investigators benefited more from the Guardian resurgence than Mark. For my money Runic Axe is the strongest weapon in the game, and no one plays it better than Mark. The first time you Ancient Power and imbue Glory three times to heal three damage/horror from Mark you feel like you’ve peeled back reality and are seeing the true secrets of the universe.
Mark’s card draw ability has always been cracked, balanced by the need to occasionally take a breather turn playing some crappy healing card like Emergency Aid, Second Wind and Hallowed Mirror. Now your weapon heals you whilst you’re killing enemies. Outside of the Runic Axe for healing Guardians also received Hallowed Mirror (3). Three points of healing is a lot more than two and if you’re drawing as many cards as Mark the reshuffle effect on Soothing Melody really matters.
Sophie damage is dealt direct to Mark so Girish’s soak doesn’t help there, but Girish can tank most external damage sources for you giving you more freedom to Sophie more often. With such powerful card draw you want more ways to convert your cards in hand without having to spend lots of actions, so cards like Trusted, Inspiring Presence and Motivational Speech feed back into the card draw and tank damage system.
I haven’t spent anytime really discussing Cyclopian Hammer, a plainly broken card because I think it is overshadowed by Runic Axe. Certainly for Mark where the healing mode is so rife for abuse. I think even outside of Mark that the card draw and healing options of Glory and the capacity to discover clues (up to three Glories or clues per kill if you have Ancient Power) makes Runic Axe the stronger card than Hammer. But I won’t argue with anyone who says they think the Hammer is stronger, it doesn’t matter much because Mark can play both.
Doing the full weapon dive for Mark his best options are of course Runic Axe and Cyclopean Hammer, Survival Knife (2), Machete, Brand of Cthugha (1) and (4).
For the first time in this list I don’t think there’s any need for qualifiers on the weapon choices. This is just a list of some of the best weapons in the game, there’s a mix of zero xp, low xp and high xp weapons and Mark has the stats to use them with no additional assistance.
Mark’s weaknesses as an investigator are his reliance on healing, this is a far smaller burden today compared to pre-EotE as I’ve explained by highlighting recent healing and soak options.
His deckbuilding is the weakest of the investigators on this list, basically being mono-Guardian plus Shortcut (0), Act of Desperation, Practice Makes Perfect and Kicking the Hornet’s Nest. There really are precious few level zero Tactics beyond those worth considering. And that’s about it for weaknesses.
I said in the intro that I started writing this article expecting Mark to be number one. But as I layed out my ranking criteria and considered each investigator's strengths and drawbacks, especially comparing card pools, what weapons they each could play and what tools they had to mitigate their drawbacks, one investigator kept standing above the rest. Not one I’d ever considered for the number one fighter title, but maybe I can convince you with the same evidence that convinced me.
1 Zoey Samaras No clickbait, no trolling. This is my genuine belief. I don’t know if I saw her above mid A-tier on any other tierlist. And I personally had her ranked third on my tierlist before I started writing this. So what changed? She just kept checking all the boxes for my ranking criteria and then she brought some of her own unique selling points. I’ll list them;
I’ve talked about these weapons before, it’s the same list as Mark’s. Though whereas Mark’s favourite inscription of the axe was Glory, Zoey’s is Hunt. There's a good reason why Inscription of the Hunt was the mode that got chained, the action efficiency it offers is incredible. I mentioned the synergy between Hunt and Zoey’s cross when discussing Parallel Zoey but it bears repeating again here. Zoey’s Cross has always been tempered by the inefficiency of engage actions, Inscription of the Hunt lets it free. If you want to Cyclopian Hammer Zoey starts at an eight, I’m muddling the order of the list a bit to mention that one of the splash packages I recommend for Zoey is two Lucky Cigarette Case, two Empirical Hypothesis and Cyclopean Hammer. Runic Axe doesn’t have to be the only weapon drawing multiple cards per kill.
Like Mark, Tony and Yorick before her Zoey has an economy source as her ability. Great for feeding the conveyor belt of Guard Dogs, Tetsuo Mori, and Beat Cops to enemies. Or for just simply paying for her Cross. Four willpower and her increased health sanity pool. The four willpower was a big point in my argument for Parallel Zoey and the same points apply here again, it’s interesting that they actually removed Parallel Zoey’s extra health stat. Parallel Zoey is the normal 8/6 while regular Zoey is the privileged 9/6. Six sanity is a lot more than five and four willpower is a lot more than twos and threes. Having an extra starting health/sanity does make her better at taking In the Thick of It, it’s a minor point but still worth noting. I mentioned Bandolier (2) and Holy Rosary as ways for Parallel Zoey to reach five willpower. Regular Zoey has those as well as the option of playing Girish, six willpower will crush anything the encounter deck has, or let a splash Sixth Sense do real investigating.
Down the Rabbit Hole. I might have buried the lead on this one. Down the Rabbit Hole is frankly a broken card and it alone is the reason I have Zoey as the number one fighter. Without this card I think Zoey probably drops to fourth on this list. Below Tony and above Yorick. The list of top Guardian cards that are compatible with DtRH is ridiculous; Runic Axe, Survival Knife, Beat Cop, Vicious Blow, Stand Together, Overpower, Enchanted Blade, Hallowed Mirror, Guard Dog and Safeguard. As well as cards that are mediocre to start but have amazing upgrades like Backpack, Bandolier, Physical Training, On the Hunt, Dynamite Blast and Leadership.
Physical Training is one I want to specifically shout out, you can stepping stone from Physical Training (0) to (2) to (4). It boosts the exact two stat’s Zoey uses and it’s a resource sink for the endgame when your ability is giving you resources that you have no use for otherwise. If Sixth Sense is one of your splashes no shroud value will stop you.
If you want to push Down the Rabbit Hole to its extreme you can also take Underworld Support. You’ll be rolling into the final scenario of campaigns with no level zero cards remaining in your deck.
I’ve mentioned a few splash packages in passing; Two Lucky Cigarette Case and two Empirical Hypothesis combined with Cyclopean Hammer or Enchant Weapon is one power pairing.
You can use the royal sampler of permanents to set up Synergy cards for free. A Shrewd Analysis, a Short Supply and an Arcane Research or Down the Rabbit Hole as well as Zoey herself are four classes for Gang Up and Call for Backup. Underworld Support can be the fifth but then you sadly only get one copy of each Synergy payoff and the difference between a five damage attack and a six damage attack isn’t very much beyond style points.
Sixth Sense came up again and again because of how easy willpower boosts are for Guardians, it’s just such a self contained splash card that offers Zoey a lot of clue potential.
And if you’re not doing any specific packages you just get the best level zero cards from other classes. Faustian Bargain and Deep Knowledge are two of the cards I’m most likely to take if I am not being pulled in any specific direction. But Lucky!, Deny Existence, Shortcut, Quick Thinking, Practice Makes Perfect, Promise of Power, Mr Rook, Spectral Razor and Stunning Blow are all options to plug any hole your deck might have.
Zoey’s biggest weakness in comparison to the other investigators on this list is that her combat stat only starts at a four. Mark and Tony have fives, five is a lot more than four. I think her access to the best weapons, access to combat boosts from cards like Girish, Physical Training (4) and Beat Cops and her ability to jump up the xp ladder to those Runic Axe upgrades, Physical Trainings and Beat Cops with Down the Rabbit Hole let her breeze past that drawback and you’ve got the most consistent performers, one of the highest damage outputs and one of the most defensively resilient investigators in the game.
Her peaks are high; when you’ve blown through your Down the Rabbit Hole upgrade path rocking your ten xp Runic Axe alongside Physical Training (4), Stand Together (3) and Vicious Blow (2) by the midpoint of the campaign. And at her lowest point she's a four willpower, four combat, six sanity fighter with access to Guardian weapons. Zoey just gets fourteen more xp than the other fighters that's the simple reason why I think she's the strongest fighter.
Thanks for reading. If I’ve changed your opinion in any way please let me know, and if you disagree with anything I’ve said I welcome that feedback too.
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2024.01.01 22:34 miarrial L’histoire vraie de Roland le Péteur, et comment internet a tué la pratique professionnelle de la flatulence

L’histoire vraie de Roland le Péteur, et comment internet a tué la pratique professionnelle de la flatulence
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Même si la majeure partie de l’humour de pet repose sur son caractère inattendu et l’embarras joyeux que cela engendre, il a existé (et existe toujours) des artistes-péteurs.

Les pets ont toujours été marrants –tels un fil conducteur odorant et invisible dans la riche tapisserie de la tradition comique mondiale
Roland, ménestrel à la cour du roi Henri II au XIIe siècle, avait sans doute de nombreux talents. Mais l’histoire n’en a retenu qu’un. On en parle comme de Rowland le Farcere, Roland le Fartere, Roland le Petour et Roland le Péteur. Roland n’avait en fait qu’une seule fonction auprès de la cour: chaque Noël, au cours d’un spectacle empreint de débauche, il exécutait une danse qui se terminait par «un saut, un sifflet et un pet», effectués simultanément.
Gravure tirée de The Image of Irelande, par John Derrick, publié en 1581. Notez les flatulistes à droite de l’image
Roland reçut pour cela un manoir à Hemingstone, dans le Suffolk, ainsi qu’un terrain de plus de 40 hectares. Parce qu’il pétait sur demande.
Les pets ont toujours été marrants –tels un fil conducteur odorant et invisible dans la riche tapisserie de la tradition comique mondiale. Ils sont drôles dans pratiquement toutes les cultures, toutes les langues et à toutes les époques. La blague la plus vieille du monde, selon l’Université de Wolverhampton, est une blague de pet: «Quelque chose qui n’est plus arrivé depuis la nuit des temps; une jeune femme s’est retenue de péter sur les genoux de son mari» aurait beaucoup fait rire les Sumériens en 1900 avant J.-C. Aristophane, le maître dramaturge athénien, saupoudrait ses pièces comiques de blagues de pets, tout comme le faisait Shakespeare. Geoffrey Chaucer se servait de pets bien placés pour piquer la prétention dans ses Contes de Canterbury, et au moins deux des histoires des Mille et une nuits reposent sur des pets. Une ode à un pet émis au parlement en 1607 resta populaire pendant des années après que le pet lui-même se fut dissipé; les histoires de Gargantua et de Pantagruel par François Rabelais exhalent le pet; la blague de pet de Mark Twain, une fausse inscription dans un journal intime élisabéthain intitulée «1601» ou «Conversation telle qu’elle était près de la cheminée au temps des Tudors», a longtemps été considérée comme impossible à imprimer puisque la reine Elisabeth y bredouillait: «Jamais, en vérité, n’ai-je entendu de pareil pet au cours de mes soixante-huit années.»
En 1942, le film En route pour le Maroc, avec Bing Crosby et Bob Hope, provoqua de nombreux éclats de rire grâce à une blague nécessitant un coussin péteur. Dans une interview pour le New York Times en 2007, Sarah Silverman parlait des blagues de pets comme de «la langue des signes de la comédie» et son livre, paru en 2009, est intitulé Mange, Prie, Pète. Le Championnat du monde du pet est à la mode en Finlande –ou du moins l’était en 2013. Les pets sont drôles et ils sont partout.
Représentation d’un bouffon de la cour, probablement réalisée par Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen, datant du XVIe siècle
Néanmoins, la majeure partie de l’humour de pet repose sur son caractère inattendu et sur le choc, la honte et l’embarras joyeux que cela engendre. Alors que penser de Roland et des rares autres comme lui, les artistes-péteurs?

«Marque de la mort»

Pour ce qui est de Roland, les données historiques sont plutôt ténues mais le fond de l’histoire est sans doute véridique. Valerie Allen, professeure de littérature à l’École de justice criminelle John-Jay, a enquêté sur l’histoire de Roland dans son livre paru en 2007, On Farting: Language and Laughter in the Middle Ages [que l’on pourrait traduire par À propos du pet: langage et rire au Moyen Âge; NDT]. Elle dit que, pour Roland, la chronologie fut difficile à établir: il est possible qu’il ait d’abord été au service du roi Henri Ier, puis d’Henri II; des registres comptables de l’époque indiquent quel paiement il a reçu et pour quoi, mais ne donnent pas de dates. Plus tard un autre roi, peut-être Henri III, estima que le talent de Roland n’était pas si drôle que cela et, au motif qu’il fournissait un service «indécent», la Cour reprit sa terre et son manoir.
C’est toutefois une chronologie qui implique que le pauvre homme aurait pété à la cour pendant une période couvrant plus de 120 années. Allen relève que sa véritable histoire est un mystère et qu’on ignore quels Henri ont réellement pu profiter de ses talents. Mais l’histoire de Roland est malgré tout captivante; Allen insiste sur son attrait («c’est une personnage très apprécié») et historiens et chroniqueurs des 900 dernières années se sont régalés en racontant l’histoire de Roland le Péteur.
Péter était plus compliqué au Moyen Âge qu’au siècle présent. Une grande partie de l’aspect humoristique des pets tenait alors –comme c’est encore le cas aujourd’hui– à l’anxiété générée par un corps incontrôlable et au désopilant rappel que personne, pas même les plus nobles de la société féodale, ne pouvait échapper à son corps, dit Allen. Mais il y avait un aspect plus sérieux et philosophique aux pets médiévaux, qui est moins évident aujourd’hui. «Les gaz sont le produit de la décomposition; par conséquent du point de vue de la morale et de la théologie, de nombreux auteurs du Moyen Âge considéraient cela comme la marque de la mort, dit-elle. Il y avait beaucoup de moralisation autour des pets et de la merde, qui sont le rappel quotidien et vivant que nous allons mourir et que c’est tout ce que nous sommes, nous sommes mortels et nous sommes des pêcheurs.»

Péter était plus compliqué au Moyen Âge qu’au siècle présent

Voilà qui relève plus du sermon du dimanche que des réjouissances du milieu de l’hiver. Mais les agissements de Roland étaient aussi ancrés dans une tradition de divertissement très variée à la cour. Les jongleurs, les mangeurs de feu, les conteurs, les acrobates –parmi lesquels certains, hommes et femmes, se produisaient nus–, comédiens, musiciens et péteurs appartenaient tous au milieu des arts médiévaux de la scène. Des archives irlandaises du VIIIe siècle listent le «péteur» (bruigedoire) comme l’un des types de serviteurs que l’on trouvait à la cour et note que leur salaire devrait être le «gras de l’épaule» des proies de la chasse. À peu près à la même époque que celle où Roland recevait son manoir, on rapporte l’existence d’un groupe de péteurs irlandais (braigetori) qui occupaient une table dans la salle de réception du roi d’Irlande.
«Tous les péteurs qui se produisaient n’étaient pas propriétaires terriens», tempère Allen, mais il y avait, sinon une profession, du moins une spécialité établie. «Je pense que, pour les occasions festives, ce type de divertissement était central et nécessaire et qu’il devait demander un important degré de maîtrise, tout un apanage de trucs de scène, dit-elle. Ils sont pareils à des artistes de cirque.»

Anus musical

La tradition semble même remonter plus loin: Augustin d’Hippone, alors qu’il rédigeait La cité de Dieu au Ve siècle, nota que des gens pouvaient «produire sur demande de tels effets musicaux avec leur derrière (et sans aucune puanteur) qu’ils semblaient chanter depuis cette région». Et, tout comme l’humour de pet traditionnel, cela ne se limite pas à la culture occidentale. Dans son livre, Allen mentionne un manuscrit illustré basé sur «Le roi des pets», un conte japonais de l’ère de Kamakura (1185 à 1333), dans lequel figure un certain Fukutomi no Oribe, qui «exécutait des pets dansants pour l’aristocratie» et «a bien eu son voisin Toda, qui essayait d’imiter le maître péteur mais qui s’est souillé à la place».
Ça, c’est de la fiction. Mais il a réellement existé des flatulistes qui ont travaillé au Japon dans les années 1700. Durant la période Edo, les rues de Tokyo étaient remplies de misemono, des attractions dans lesquelles se produisaient parfois le genre de gens qui peupleraient plus tard les «freak shows»; l’une des stars de misemono les plus connues était un homme nommé Kirifuri-hanasaki-otoko, ce qui signifie «l’homme en fleur sur laquelle descend la rosée», qui en 1774 démontra sa capacité à ingérer des quantités d’air et à relâcher celui-ci dans des «arias de flatulences modulées», selon feu le professeur Andrew Markus de l’Université de Washington. (Les pets étaient en quelque sorte en vogue durant la période Edo: une série de manuscrits illustrés de l’époque, réalisés par des artistes inconnus, est intitulée «He-Gassen», ou «Guerre des pets», et c’est, de façon cocasse, exactement ce à quoi le nom fait penser.)
À la suite de quoi, la plus grande célébrité de l’art du pet fut un Marseillais de la fin du XIXe siècle qui se faisait appeler «Le Pétomane» – littéralement «le péteur maniaque». Le jeune Joseph Pujol, fils de boulanger, découvrit son talent alors qu’il nageait près de chez lui sur la Côte d’Azur. Selon la revue Retro, il avait simplement pris une grande respiration afin de plonger sous les flots quand il a senti le froid remonter le long de son fessier –c’était de l’eau de mer, qu’il avait «inhalée» avec son sphincter. Pujol s’est d’abord servi de son talent pour faire jaillir de l’eau à des distances incroyables (aussi loin que cinq mètres, une fois adulte), mais il s’est vite rendu compte qu’il pouvait prendre de l’air et le relâcher comme il lui plaisait. Après une carrière militaire, où ses talents se sont naturellement épanouis, il s’est mis à se produire dans les music-hall locaux, sifflant «La Marseillaise» et «Au Clair de la Lune» et faisant de l’«imitation». Quand il partit pour Paris en 1892, il était déjà suffisamment connu pour qu’on lui commande un spectacle d’une heure et demie au légendaire Moulin Rouge.
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Je ne pense pas qu’un péteur puisse maintenir une base de fans réguliers. Une fois que vous avez vu le spectacle, la principale motivation pour y retourner est d’emmener vos amis pour observer leurs réactions

Jim Dawson, journaliste musical et fartologiste autoproclamé

«Il portait un smoking et annonçait chaque son comme s’il présentait un solo musical. Évidemment, le côté incongru d’un gentleman distingué émettant des pets ne faisait qu’ajouter à l’humour», dit Jim Dawson, journaliste musical et fartologiste autoproclamé qui est l’auteur de Who cut the cheese (1999) et de Blame it on the dog (2006), dans un email. Pujol ne faisait pas que siffler des chansons et imiter la «foudre» –il pouvait aussi fumer une cigarette avec son postérieur et éteindre des bougies et même l’éclairage au gaz de la scène. Certaines femmes s’évanouissaient (la légende dit que le Moulin Rouge avait mis en place des infirmiers dans les couloirs) mais les membres du public des deux sexes riaient aux éclats.
Quand il ne se produisait pas au Moulin Rouge, Le Pétomane faisait son show, nu, chez de riches particuliers curieux qui voulaient savoir ce qui se passait sous la queue de pie de son costume. Pujol devint l’un des artistes les mieux payés de Paris, sinon du monde, et ses capacités exceptionnelles furent examinées par différents médecins; l’un d’eux publia en 1904 un rapport sur Pujol, intitulé «Un cas extraordinaire d’aspiration rectale et d’anus musical». Trois ans après sa première apparition au Moulin Rouge, Pujol fut toutefois poursuivi en justice pour «rupture de contrat» par le propriétaire du cabaret, pour s’être produit de façon impromptue dans une échoppe de pain d’épices du coin. Pujol accepta de payer un montant pour régler l’affaire et ouvrit son propre cabaret, mais la Première Guerre mondiale coupa court à son illustre carrière. Il mourut en 1945, à l’âge de 88 ans. L’histoire de sa vie a été racontée dans un court-métrage datant de 1979, avec le comédien britannique Leonard Rossiter.
Même si tout le monde ou presque adorait Le Pétomane, son humour n’était pas exactement sophistiqué. «Clairement, dans la hiérarchie de la comédie, les pets sont relégués presque tout derrière (hem), avec les jongleurs de chats et les clowns, dit Dawson. Je ne pense pas qu’un péteur puisse maintenir une base de fans réguliers. Une fois que vous avez vu le spectacle, la principale motivation pour y retourner est d’emmener vos amis pour observer leurs réactions.»
La tradition du flatuliste n’a pas péri avec Le Pétomane mais elle a du mal à survivre.

Péteur professionnel

Paul Oldfield, qui se fait appeler Mr Methane dans sa profession, se produit comme flatuliste depuis 1991. Sur sa page Facebook –qui compte près de 6.000 likes–, on trouve des vidéos de sa performance de 2009 dans l’émission «Britain’s Got Talent» [équivalent anglais de l’émission «La France a un incroyable talent»; NDT] (Oldfield n’a pas gagné, sinon il aurait dû se produire devant la reine lors du Royal Variety Show; on peut se demander comment la famille royale d’aujourd’hui aurait réagi à ses talents); sa photo de couverture montre un Oldfield qui culmine du haut de ses 2 mètres dans son costume de superhéros violet et vert, les bras autour des épaules de plusieurs jeunes femmes attrayantes.
Photo de Mr Méthane
Contacté par téléphone chez lui dans le nord de l’Angleterre, Oldfield ne peut pas s’empêcher de faire des jeux de mots péteux (pardon). Il a tendance à parler beaucoup, mais son histoire est intéressante et il a un joli accent du Nord.
Oldfield, tout comme Le Pétomane avant lui, est capable d’«inhaler» de l’air à l’intérieur de son sphincter et de l’évacuer en «trois tonalités», dit-il (et sans l’odeur, puisque l’air ne vient pas de nourriture qui est en train d’être digérée dans son estomac). Il a du mal à expliquer comment il «inhale» –c’est un mélange de relaxation et de contraction du sphincter et du diaphragme qu’il sait simplement faire. «On va à l’envers pour ainsi dire, on inhale de l’air dans le côlon et on l’emprisonne, puis on serre le muscle du sphincter. Ensuite on le fait sortir et on peut modifier le son, dit-il. Un peu comme d’éjecter des framboises avec la bouche.» C’est un travail assez physique, ce qui veut dire qu’il fait beaucoup d’exercice, en général du yoga et des étirements. «On doit péter la forme, n’est-ce pas?» lance-t-il tout sérieusement. Mais on ne peut pas rigoler, met-il en garde: «Vous utilisez votre diaphragme, une fois que le haut se met à rire de façon incontrôlable, il n’y a plus de contrôle en bas. C’est déjà suffisamment difficile quand on est sérieux.»
Oldfield dit avoir découvert son talent quand il était ado et qu’il était en train de faire du yoga –«dans la position du lotus», précise-t-il– et il s’est mis à faire des blagues à l’école pendant la pause de midi «pour gagner de l’argent de poche». Après une brève carrière en tant que conducteur de train, il a eu une révélation: «Pourquoi pas après tout, ce serait vraiment bien, je vais voir si je peux gagner ma vie en tant que péteur professionnel.»
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Oldfield a adopté un personnage de superhéros, Mr Methane, avec tout l’accoutrement ad hoc: cape et masque verts. Il a truffé son jargon de jeux de mots et s’est mis à se produire dans des fêtes d’amis, de fin de semestre universitaires et à des événements corporate. L’un de ses premiers grands shows était au Screaming Beaver, à Macclesfield, dans le Cheshire, un club qui avait vu passer des gens comme Steve Coogan. «Bizarrement ils n’arrêtaient pas d’avoir ces différentes performances avant-gardistes, et ils pensaient que je serais l’une de ces performances avant-gardistes, mais il s’est avéré je n’étais qu’une performance à vent-gardiste», dit-il.

On inhale de l’air dans le côlon et on l’emprisonne, puis on serre le muscle du sphincter. Ensuite on le fait sortir et on peut modifier le son

Mr Methane

Ses spectacles ont mené à d’autres spectacles, et Mr Methane s’est retrouvé à la télé, à faire le circuit des talk-shows de fin de soirée partout en Europe. Tout comme d’autres péteurs professionnels, il était très apprécié des animateurs radio adeptes de provoc comme Howard Stern à la fin des années 1990 et au début des années 2000. Il a fait des émissions télé partout dans le monde, a tourné des pubs pour le chocolat Cadbury et a fait des apparitions dans des sitcoms, s’est produit au Festival de Reading et au Fringe d’Édimbourg; il a même sorti un album de Noël. Sinead O’Connor était apparemment fan et a commandé vingt copies de son album mrmethane.com et autant de copies de ses DVD Merry Methane et Let’s Rip.
Mais, à différents égards, c’est un artiste d’une ère depuis longtemps révolue, celle où prospéraient les émissions de variété et le cabaret, où le jazz se faisait en trio et où bars et clubs osaient parier sur des artistes aux talents outranciers. «J’aurais probablement eu bien plus de travail sur scène dans les années 1960 et 1970, et peut-être dans les années 1980, peut-être que je suis arrivé trop tard», admet-il. Et désormais, même si on l’invite encore de temps en temps à faire une télé, la majorité de son gagne-pain s’est évaporé –notamment, selon lui, à cause de YouTube.
Le show d’Oldfield est presque du sur-mesure pour le partage en ligne, et pourtant la nouvelle ère d’internet ne lui a pas profité. Le flux constant de vidéos invraisemblables, disponibles en streaming, a éliminé le besoin pour les clubs de le faire venir. «Pendant que nous discutons, il y a tous ces gens qui sont en train de regarder des vidéos de moi et c’est ce qui est fou avec internet –on est vu beaucoup plus qu’on n’aurait pu l’être par le passé, observe-t-il. Maintenant on est vu mais on ne gagne pas d’argent. Ce n’est même pas être exploité, c’est être consommé et on ne gagne pas d’argent pour ça. C’est étrange.»
Ce qu’il va faire après, il ne le sait pas. À court terme, on lui a au moins demandé de péter sur la «Macarena» pour une vidéo, une demande qui cumule les couches de mauvais goût. À long terme, il se pourrait qu’il raccroche son masque vert et son short violet. «J’ai 49 ans, j’aurai 50 ans l’année prochaine, peut-être qu’il est temps pour un nouveau Mini-Methane, qui pourrait s’adapter à cette nouvelle ère, réfléchit-il à haute voix. En gros je raconte toujours la même blague et d’une manière ou d’une autre j’ai réussi à le faire sur scène pendant quasiment vingt-cinq ans. Je pense que je ne m’en suis pas trop mal sorti.»

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2023.12.31 04:53 TheMooJuice Why don’t many Doctors accept the evidence around the harms of vaping?

As the title suggests, amongst my medical colleagues, many of them have expressed the view that vaping is just as, if not more, harmful than smoking tobacco - despite significant scientific and common sense evidence for the contrary. Scientifically, the best evidence available is probably this study -E-cigarettes: an evidence update - GOV.UK which was again updated in 2022 with an additional 7 years of data to analyse. Since the first study is 113pages and the update is 1,468 pages, the important takeaways can be viewed here - or you can just read the Royal College of Physician's 2016 report Nicotine Without Smoke: Tobacco harm reduction which summarises things nicely:
From first principles, we would expect repeated and sustained inhalation of the generally low concentrations of particulates, oxidants, carcinogens and other constituents to pose some risks to health, particularly inrelation to COPD and lung cancer. However, the absolute magnitude of any riskattributable to e-cigarette use is likely to be very small in absolute terms, andhence substantially smaller than that arising from tobacco smoking.
A recent evidence review concluded that e-cigarette vapour can contain some of the toxinspresent in tobacco smoke, but at much lower levels, and that the long-term health effects of e-cigarette use, although unknown, are likely to be much less, if at all, harmful to users or bystanders than cigarette smoke.
An analysis basedon expert opinion quantified the likely harm to health and society of e-cigarettes at about 5% of the burden caused by tobacco smoking,112 and arecent report by Public Health England supported this conclusion. With appropriate product standards to minimise toxin and contaminant exposure in e-cigarette vapour, it should be possible to reduce risks of physical health still further. It is also possible, although unlikely, that other, unexpected harm from inhaling e-cigarette vapour over the longer term might yet emerge.
Although it is not possible to quantify the long-term health risks associated with e-cigarettes precisely, the available data suggest that they are unlikely to exceed5% of those associated with smoked tobacco products, and may well be substantially lower than this figure.
Yet as many of the above linked papers also discuss, public perceptions - especially in australia, where i practice - lay far afield from the reality of the situation, and all too often i find that others in health also share this misconception. On a population level, the harm and suffering unnecesarily caused by these misconceptions are, at a population level, heartbreaking. I have spoken to numerous patients who had considered switching from tobacco to vaping, but had been told by a health professional that it was likely just as bad, and so stuck with what was comfortable. These sometimes throwaway comments can have real world consequences and i think its important that as doctors we practice evidence based medicine, and the evidence says that any current smoker should be encouraged to at least switch to vaping, which from there increases their chance of quitting drastically.
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