I listened to Yesterwynde, the new Nightwish album, today and it is magnificent. But the song that really takes the show is perhaps the most beautiful song ever to emerge from this band. "Lanternlight" features a stellar vocal performance by Floor Jansen with just keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen and a light string section behind her. Troy Donockley slips in with some backing vocals. And it is just beautiful. And keep in mind, Floor recorded this at the end of a 12-month period when she had cancer treatment and gave birth. And she still knocked it out of the park. Tuomas told interviewers that they arrived at Floor's home studio to record her vocals for the album prepared for two weeks of recording, but she was done in six days. It is some of her best work to date.

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooood afternoon!

Ape is here. Week is over. Weather is nice if getting a bit too warm.

Been a health week. Doctor yesterday, blood work today (hopefully have results Monday), x-ray of my bum left knee next week. And, for the most part, I'm healthy (save for the aforementioned bum left knee).

White peach sounds good.

In The LIne of Fire

It is Thursday! How are folks doing this fine morning?

Coffee is Deathwish Dark Roast. Teas are Organic Darjeeling and Cream of Earl Grey. Pitchers are washed and there's fresh iced tea and lemonade mixed up.

Have a good one!

Science is for seeking knowledge.

Gorgo

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We have a few updates coming that will fix a few of the random glitches we've been having. Hopefully, they will be smooth and you won't even notice.

Notifications are working better, I have noticed, though it has never been as big a problem here as on the other site I know of that uses this software.😉

Actually, pumpkin festival sounds fun. The husband of a co-worker at the library I worked at in the 90s was one of those guys who grew giant pumpkins trying to break various records.

Smiley, silly jack o'lantern or spooky, scary jack o'lantern? (hey only a month and a half to Hallowe'en, eh).

And from the West Coast of Canada, the second single/video from Powernerd, the forthcoming album from multitalented Devin Townsend.

Last single before the release of The Obsession, third solo album from Dutch metal singer Charlotte Wessels, features her friend and frequent collaborator Alissa White-Gluz, best known as lead singer of melodic death metal band Arch-Enemy. Here, Alissa's lovely singing voice is ascendent, with her death metal growls being used more in the background.

Ugh. That is such a worst case scenario, Gil. Vibes.

Congrats to verbs on the sale! Nice to know someone on here is living the dream (i.e. actually selling their work).

Yeah, I'm around. Just busy with life so not posting much. Have stories on the go and even those aren't making much progress right now. Legal stuff today (revised will) and doctor stuff tomorrow (routine test and grumbling about my bum knee). Somewhere in there, I have to work, too, though today was mostly meetings. Had a 2 hours meeting turn to three, delaying my lunch so that I basically just had enough time to eat before my next meeting and another person who was in both was still eating in the second one.

Five days until Nightwish's new album, but fans of the band's lead singer Floor Jansen are still basking in the glow of her triumphant final solo show of 2024.

"Bridle Passion" originally appeared on Northward, a one-off band and album of songs written by Floor and Norwegian guitarist Jorn Viggo Lofstad. While Northward never did perform live, Floor has been using the songs in her solo shows ever since she started exploring a solo career in 2019.

Oo, apples. I'll take two. If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, what will two apple cookies do?

Was weathering a headache for part of the weekend but better now. Working on a story, got some cleaning done. Weather is nice so I was getting in walks every day.

Nice to come over here and see all the cheery posts about the comp. I just had to go medieval on someone's ass on the site I admin so mood is a bit off.😒

takes a cookie and a tea and scowls in the corner chair

Good morning and Happy Friday! It may be Friday 13 but we lucky people have got ... comp winners!!!! Congrats to our top 3, Kat, ShyThespian, and (not a poet) verbal!!

Announcing The Winners Of The Beyond The Veil Competition! | Stories Space

So while you peruse that illustrious list, enjoy some Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee or some Yorkshire Gold tea. There's also Raspberry Royale for thos wanting something fruity in their tea. And I've washed the pitchers and made fresh iced tea and lemonade for those needing something cool.

Later.

Woo hoo! Congratulations all. Good top three there. Even verbal who claimed he wasn't good at poetry. 😉😊

(Dang, did I time my morning visit well, or what?)

And then a man whose career predates the births of all the members of Nightwish, even 60-year-old Troy. David Gilmour is best known for his tenure as guitarist and singer in Pink Floyd, which he joined in 1967, but began his musical career in 1962 and continues to this day with a new solo album out a week ago. This is the title track, which reunites David with Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright. And the song is probably the most Floyd-ish sounding track I've heard so far from the new album.

Nightwish dropped a bit of a surprise when they announced the release of Ocean of Strange Islands as the third single from upcoming album Yesterwynde. That makes originally announced third single Lanternlight (a personal choice of lead singer Floor Jansen) to be the fourth when it comes out on the album's release date. Ocean... is much more in the vein of classic Nightwish in style than it's two predecessors, even if the soft ending featuring the uillean pipes of Troy Donockley is a bit unexpected.

(Just mowed the lawn and it's a bit toasty today)

Good morning! Nice September weather continues around my area, though it's getting warmer. Got a day off work with a few things to do.

Putting on some Nicaraguan Dark Roast coffee from Las Chicas. Teas are Scottish Breakfast and Vinyl Cafe (unique blend named for a Canadian radio show). Looking good on the cold beverages.

How's the world where you are?

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The dot denotes the post you linked to, so for example https://www.storiesspace.com/forum/site-announcements-and-members-feedback/dot-on-latest-post?page=1&post=210674 would link to Mendalla's post.

Thanks, Dan. That makes sense. So since the time of last post in the New Posts list is a link to the last post, it gets the dot if I follow that link?

(The) Evil That Men Do

The recent return of nu/alt-metal greats Linkin Park came as a bit of a surprise, given vocalist and founding member Chester Bennington committed suicide in 2017. However, co-vocalist/rapper/multi-instrumentalist Mike Shinoda and other surviving members recruited a couple new faces, including vocalist Emily Armstrong of the band Dead Sara, and are now back in action. New album From Zero is due in November. It's a controversial move given Chester was much-beloved among their fans but Emily is a solid vocalist and has the right voice for it so there's hope this might work out. Here's one classic and one new song from the livestreamed concert where they introduced her.

Air mixes many different elements.

Carnival of Souls (one of the best, spookiest horror movies of its time)

Autumn, though both have their appeal and are superior, IMHO, to Winter and Summer around here.

Apple pie or pumpkin pie?

Just noticed that on the latest post in threads, the poster's avatar has a "dot" in the top left. Like the snip of James' avatar below. Is that new? Does it mean anything beyond it being the latest post in the thread?

EDIT: I did not intend that picture to be that big. Not sure it blew up like that.

Thanks for the setup (and cookies) Cora.

The new COVID shots aren't approved up here yet so I'll probably get mine with my flu shot. Those usually start in October here. Haven't done RSV but should probably ask my doctor. Not sure if it is covered at my age yet, though.

Royal Wedding tea sounds interesting (even if I am very much not a monarchist).

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Thank you for all the well wishes. They were very kind.

Nice to see you starting to get active again. It has been way too quiet around here. Hopefully will liven up as the announcement date for the comp approaches at the end of the week.

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Big debate tonight! The whole world is watching!

Might as well just put them in the ring and give them boxing gloves given how "debates" in politics tend to go these days. 🙄

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I now have an implant in my jaw - it’s like a little nut into which they will screw in a new tooth in six months. I am a little woozy but okay.

I should have had that done a while ago but pandemic concerns and then general reluctance to have more surgery. Since the pandemic I've had cataracts and hernia. The missing tooth hasn't been a problem so far. Cataracts and hernia were.