[spacerockvision]

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Spacerockvision Song Contest 2018! My name is Raiven, and I am hosting today’s song reveal show. Unfortunately, I don’t know exactly where we are. We were supposed to be broadcasting live from 7 Iris, the winner of last year’s contest, but we don’t even know what it looks like, much less how to find it, so it seems we’ll be bringing this show to you from the middle of nowhere in space. Oh well, no need to worry! 38 incredible acts from 38 spacerocks around the asteroid belt will be competing in today’s show, and I don’t know about you, but I’m thrilled to see them!

The motto of this year’s competition is [citation needed]. This phrase is most commonly seen on Wikipedia, where a piece of information is provided but the source of the data is unknown. It’s clear to see how this can apply to Spacerockvision. It doesn’t matter what country on Earth your artist comes from, what langauge they speak, or even when they were alive. This contest is about the celebration of music for its own sake, to bring fun and happiness to everyone who chooses to partake.

Now then, I’d say we’ve waited long enough. Every four minutes, we’ll present a new entry until we reach the halfway mark, where we’ll see an interval act and take a 10 minute break. After that, we’ll present the second half of songs the same way until all 38 have been revealed! The show will culminate in one final post, where links to vote (for both HODs and televoters) will be posted, as well as some other resources to help you make the tough decisions. We’ll explain all the voting rules once we get there, but for now, it’s time to enjoy the songs! Three, Two, One… Let the Spacerockvision Song Contest 2018 BEGIN!

[cassisandor]

an ancestor of mine maintained

[jheselbraum]

This is actually a good strategy for a guy like Coyote Peterson (makes YouTube videos about animals, target audience is mostly children) to prevent imitators.

Kids like animals, but are bad at handling them.

Many animals are dangerous, by way of sharp bits or poison.

This man has been bitten by turtles, pinched by crabs, stung by lionfish, stung by bullet ants, tarantula hawk wasps, giant desert/Texas redhead centipedes, he’s also been bitten by a gila monster, all in the name of teaching kids exactly what it’s like to get on the wrong side of these animals. (He’s never hurt an animal that stung or bit him, this guy’s got some remarkable pain tolerance and most of the time can get them back into a container before he goes down, on the rare occasions that whatevers biting him gets away he just let’s it go do its thing)

Which, tbh, while I think it’s absolutely crazy to willingly get stung or bitten like that, it’s also fucking brilliant.

Kids are danger magnets.

Kids have no sense of self preservation.

Kids don’t listen to rules unless you spell it out for them.

I work with kids, I’m always explaining the rules (more importantly) why those rules exist. (“Don’t climb on the rocks” vs “Don’t climb on the rocks, they’re not actually rocks they’re plaster and break easier than rocks, you could fall and hurt yourself” guess which one is more effective).

You can tell a kid over and over again not to get too close to a gila monster, not to touch anthills, not to swim where there might be lionfish and stingrays.

You can tell a kid over and over again that those animals are poisonous.

But until they see a grown man screaming in pain, they’re not gonna be able to understand why they shouldn’t touch poisonous and aggressive animals.

And yeah, he’s not gonna be able to get every kid ever to avoid the animal kingdoms deadliest, but he also posts aftermath videos where he goes over the first aid process (also has good hiking gear tips too) where he tells kids how to:

• Use a satellite phone to call for help
• Use a venom extractor
• Tie a tourniquet (properly!)
• Use hot water and Epsom salt to alleviate the effects from the venom of most marine creatures
• Medicine to take with you if you’re going to an area with bullet ants, tarantula hawk wasps, giant desert centipedes, etc
• What to do if you encounter a bear in the wild

Kids learn by example.

Also, it’s really hilarious to watch this guy get got by nature

[butwin]

Start of my ‘Character’ exploration designs for Star Trek Discovery - first up Lieutenant Stamets.

[somerandomchoice]

This is gorgeous!!

[atomictiki]

Just a sec. Gotta log into GMail

[the-x-button]

what the fuck

[autumngracy]

WHAT

[thesylverlining]

Garfield Lore goes DEEP

but did she get to name the moon????

WHAT IS ITS NAME???

[evitron]

best moments in gaming journalism

• journalist gets real yakuza members to play yakuza 3 and asks for their opinions on its authenticity
• that’s it
  

[evitron]

highlights:

• “What’s with all the fucking gaijin in this area?” “Dude, don’t say that, use gaikokujin, it’s nicer.” “Oh, shit, right. What’s with all the fucking gaikokujin in this area?”
• “The breaded pork cutlet bento box is like mega power. More than ramen. That’s accurate.”
• all of them start dragging kiryu for his shitty cheap shirt for five minutes
• “Shooting people sends a message.” “So does shooting anything.”
• (after being told that massage parlors, mahjong, and hostess clubs were cut from the US version) “I feel sorry for the people who bought the American version. SEGA USA sucks.”
  

[tramampoline]

S: I don’t know any ex-yakuza running orphanages.
K: There was one a few years ago. A good guy.
M: You sure it wasn’t just a tax shelter?
K: Sure it was a tax shelter but he ran it like a legitimate thing. You know.

[markv5]

Кормилица…

[kintatsujo]

people making all these nitpicks about Harry Potter canon and my only question is why didn’t we see people Cumberbatching Voldemort instead of calling him You Know Who like

“Oh no, it’s Moldywarts!”

“But we have to be careful because Toadybloat’s followers might hear”

“Ah yes the great and powerful Haggisplate”

“Refusal to say a name gives that name power, Harry.  But mutilating the hell out of it to the point that people can’t take it seriously anymore strips that power away.”

[appendingfic]

I personally liked the idea of everyone calling him Tim

[noctumsolis]

*giggle*

Riddle: It’s TOM! No, wait, I meant Voldemort! I am Lord Voldemort!

Deatheater with a death wish: Calm down Tim.