Impressions From General Election Night. Berlin, Germany, Alexanderplatz.

Impressions from General Election night. Berlin, Germany, Alexanderplatz.

Hundreds of protesters gathering spontaneously outside the right-wing party election night headquarters.

Dear AFD, celebrate your 12,9 % at a trashy nightclub, but don’t forget: 87 % did NOT vote for you.

#merkelmussnichtweg

A resort in Argentina that just caters to dogs on vacation.

The Evil Overlord’s Classical Mixtape

Originally posted by fiftyyearstoolate

bc sometimes you just want a little mood music for re-reading the handbook and plotting galactic domination (or for writing a darkfic or battle-scene).

Dvořák: Symphony №9, “From The New World” - IV - Allegro Con Fuoco

Holst: The Planets, Mars

JS Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (mandatory listening for all vampires)

Grieg: Peer Gynt, Hall of the Mountain King

Saint-Saëns: La danse macabre

Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain

Verdi: Requiem, Dies Irae

Schnittke: Seid nuchtern und wachet (Faust Cantata); VII. Es geschah (It came to pass) IT’S AN EVIL TANGO. ABOUT FAUST. BEING DRAGGED. INTO THE UNDERWORLD. Come on. 

Orff: Carmina Burana, O Fortuna

Tchaikovsky: Symphony 5, 1st movement

Humperdinck:  Hansel and Gretel, Witch’s Ride (Hexenritt)

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Dance of the Knights (Montagues and Capulets)

Grieg: Piano Concerto

Mahler: Symphony No. 1 “The Titan” 

Mozart: Requiem, Dies Irae

Mozart: Requiem, Confutatis

Mozart: Don Giovanni, Finale

Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Dance Of The Pagan Monster 

Bruckner: Symphony no. 9, Movt. 2. Scherzo. 

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, 4th Movement (let’s be real here, you’re a villain, Shosta is probably your favourite composer.)

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade 

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, March To The Scaffold 

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Dreams of a Witches’ Sabbath

Liszt: Totentanz

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor (II) 

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Gnomus

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Summer (Presto)

Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, third movement

Stravinksy: The Rite Of Spring, The Adoration of the Earth

Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op.3 No.2 in C-sharp minor 

Mahler: Symphony 5, 2nd Movement

Mahler: Symphony 9, 3rd Movement

Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (for all you Jokers and clown-themed villains out there)

Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave 

Beethoven: “Moonlight” Sonata, Movement 3 

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no.2 op.18 

Chopin: Funeral March

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Tybalt’s Death

Prokofiev: Sarcasms

Prokofiev: “Suggestion Diabolique”

Mozart: The Magic Flute, Der Hölle Rache

Wagner: Die Walkure, Ride of the Valkyries (for releasing the flying monkeys…)

Wagner: Siegfried, Fafner’s Death (BECAUSE DRAGONS)

Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Siegfried’s Funeral Music 

Wagner: Flying Dutchman Overture

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Swan Theme) (to be played underneath your tragic backstory… right before you stab whoever’s telling it)

Marschner: Der Vampyr, Overture

Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit (sad, creepy Gollumesque villains, this one’s for you)

Rachmaninoff: Isle of the Dead

Ligeti: Requiem

Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky 

Elgar: Dream of Gerontius, Demons’ Chorus

Liefs: Organ Concerto, Introduction

Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra (to be used during the dramatic reveal of your planet-sized superweapon…)

Mahler: Um Mitternacht

Schubert: Erlkönig

Bernstein: Kaddish, Din Torah

Edgard Varèse: Amériques, final movement

Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin

I have also made a Youtube playlist of all these pieces! Please enjoy as you work on your villainous laugh :)

DISCOVER: Japan on two wheels

Exploring Japan on two wheels is the perfect way to venture off the beaten track and see a side of the country undiscovered by most visitors.

From hill-climbing in the maple-covered mountains to island-hopping in tropical waters, Japan has a huge variety of cycling routes to suit all preferences and abilities.

Here are ANA’s top five destinations:

1) The Shimanami Kaido: Island-hop on the Inland Sea

2) Nasu, Tochigi: Hill-climb in the Nasu mountains

3) The Maple Yaba Cycling Road: Make tracks in the mountains

4) Miyako-jima to Irabu-jima: Beach-comb in Okinawa

5) Lake Biwa, Shiga Prefecture: Lap the shores of Japan’s largest lake

How I pratice drawing things, now in a tutorial form. The shrimp photo I used is here Show me your shrimps if you do this uvu  PS: lots of engrish because foreign 

Some Legend of Zelda concepts.