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@paulshapera.bsky.social

Musician. Makes sci-fi fantasy musicals. Fae friendly. Child of librarian. History buff, esp bronze and iron age. https://mochalab.bandcamp.com/

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Latest posts by paulshapera.bsky.social on Bluesky

Severence is hands down in the small, hallowed realm of the very, very top tier shows i will witness in my lifetime. And the Season 2 finale was absolutely glorious to witness. Anything i say after this will involve many words of joyous profanity.

21.03.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Power Fantasy is one of the best comics i've picked up. Top of the craft. Cannot recommend it enough.

18.03.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Look, you cant have a genocide without breaking a few eggs
but you don't have to be racist about it" - Lloyd Allen

03.03.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yay! I had my first root canal today! The best way i can sum it up is i feel like i was sodomized by satan in my mouth.

21.02.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are some fine folks out there offering their takes too. Im just saying, dont be lazy. When the going gets weird, get weird with it. Or i guess, to quote Hunter Thompson: "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."

21.02.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Waving it all away "from this point on, it's all just a dream" drives me nuts. I wouldnt even bother mentioning it, but it happens SO much, and i want to be hearing discussions that have the imagination to grapple with Lynch on the levels he operates. Which do exist, dont get me wrong.

21.02.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Lynch can be very dreamlike, no doubt. But his stuff is never "all just a dream." The stuff in his work IS happening. But he considers there to be layers of reality beyond the one we normally see and interact on, and his stuff brings those things into direct play.

21.02.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Lynch loves to play with supernatural beings, other dimensions, pocket dimensions, symbolic surrealism, and mostly, above all: multiple layers of reality. Crazy, heady stuff. But unable to wrestle with and wrap their head around this stuff, they brush it away "from here on, its all a dream."

21.02.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

this being the 21st century, one turns to YouTube. But the majority of people on YT grappling with his work simply don't know what to to do with Lynch the moment he leaves conventional reality. And Lynch LOVES to leave conventional reality as soon as he gets the chance.

21.02.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Since David Lynch died, i've been slowly going through his entire body of work. It's been incredibly enjoyable. My gripe, having nothing to do with Lynch himself is thus: When you finish one of his works, there is a desire to discuss with someone wtf was actually happening. Thus...

21.02.2025 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have decided the time has come to get myself cancelled and i am going to do it like this: The 2018 remake of Suspiria blows the original 1977 cult classic film out of the water. There. I have blown up my life and reputation before anyone else could.

14.02.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am here for the relentless mocking of Elon Musk. Pick a hobby that brings you joy, i always say.

23.01.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Now i know a horde of trump/musk c*** slurping cult sycophants are all over the net telling us that i didnt see what i saw, but in all my time on earth, i have never seen anyone, much less a far right bootlicker, "innocently" make such a blatant "mistake" of that nature.

22.01.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Is it an awkward gesture? Yeeeeesss... but you know, i've been excited in public and never once made a "roman salute" (wink wink) by accident. If it looks and smells like a dog whistle...

22.01.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Re: Elon Musk's "Roman Salute" (wink wink) - First thing i thought when i saw a photo was, you have to be a moron to accept a still photo of someone with their arm out. Any jacka** can find a frame of someone with their arm out and claim it's a nazi salute out of context. So i found the clip.

22.01.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

World problems i've seen eradicated in my lifetime: 17. Ring around the collar. We pretty much kicked the **** out of that one. Havent had to worry about that in a long time.

05.12.2024 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

5 reasons why The Shining is a Christmas movie

1. Snow
2. Red rum
3. Hyperactive kids
4. Big snuggly jumpers
5. Huge family row ending with someone putting an axe through the door.

03.12.2024 07:43 β€” πŸ‘ 13002    πŸ” 1260    πŸ’¬ 289    πŸ“Œ 85

Excellent list. 10/10 no notes.

26.11.2024 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nicomedes Gomez

26.11.2024 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Aaron Harry Gorson

26.11.2024 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

3 songs i sang to my babies and never made it through without crying:
The Rose
Puff The Magic Dragon
The Rainbow Connection

26.11.2024 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œI don’t like musicals because people randomly bursting into song isn’t realistic”... Au contraire mon professeur, you should come spend a day with me.

26.11.2024 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Look, im not saying i cant be brought down by a scandal, i'm just saying it's more likely to involve a mind flayer and several randy gelatinous cubes... not that.. i know what you're talking about.. which i dont... i just, uh, heard a friend talking... not really a friend, uh... omg look! Bathrooms!

25.11.2024 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Someone just reminded me of a phenomenal sci-fi/fantasy book you simply MUST read:
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone.
It's short and the prose is eloquent. Two women, Red and Blue, on opposite sides of a time war. I'm getting all mushy just thinking about it.

22.11.2024 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the joys of making music is when you're doing a big finale type track, and so your day is spent in this high intensity, big, epic emotional state. It's really quite ecstatic.

22.11.2024 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Painting by Anette BjΓΆrk Swensson KonstnΓ€r

21.11.2024 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dickon Drur

21.11.2024 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ITS A BADGE OF HONOR

19.11.2024 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Vamp Tramp.

19.11.2024 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I am walking around my living room pretending im on a big float, waving to the sea of acreaming masses who are cheering me.

18.11.2024 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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