Scott Rylander

@Ironicglasses @neontaster Ancient discussion but, just for info, 6 was originally intended to be set to the actual Planets but the licence fee was too high. Hence, expecially, the overture.

@neontaster Holst basically created science-fiction musical scores as we know them. The Star Trek movies are even more similar, especially Star Trek VI.

Apparently a big influence for John Williams' Star Wars score was Gustav Holst's 1918 suite called The Planets, and particularly Mars. And holy shit, if you want to have your minds blown, take a listen. This sounds decades ahead of its time. youtube.com/watch?v=Jmk5fr…

"As magical as a white Christmas..." @anticdispo's #AChristmasCarol features in @Londonist's great roundup of the many adaptations of the story on stage this festive season! londonist.com/london/on-stag…

@JohnnyPhenomic @TimSweeneyEpic Because there is a court order *ordering* Apple to change their payment rules!!

Apple lied. Apple spent a year telling the world, the court, and the press they’d "welcome Epic’s return to the App Store if they agree to play by the same rules as everyone else". Epic agreed, and now Apple has reneged in another abuse of its monopoly power over a billion users.

@Antoine_Tst @Elysee @DMdoubleV Essentially the only people in the UK who do not regard the Telegraph as a tabloid are the (diminishing number of) people who read it. It has not been regarded as a serious newspaper for a very, very long time.

@Elysee @DMdoubleV Le daily Telegraph n’est pas un tabloïd… pas digne de l’Élysée de communiquer ainsi…

Contrairement aux affirmations du tabloïd anglais Daily Telegraph relayées ce matin, non, la France n’a pas proposé de laisser son siège au Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies. Il est à la France et le restera.

We're delighted to announce that, this December, Antic Disposition will be returning to the spectacular setting of Middle Temple Hall in London with the most perennially popular of all our productions, #AChristmasCarol. anticdisposition.co.uk/a-christmas-ca…

@ScottRylander Please RT! The ETPEP Award 2021 is open! If you have worked in theatre for 2+ years, live in the UK & have never had your play professionally produced, you could win £6000 & a rehearsed reading of your play at the @finborough finboroughtheatre.co.uk/production/etp…

Some news: Preludes is returning to the Playhouse! 🎹 We're live streaming a concert production for you on 7 and 8 May 2021. Same cast. Same director. Same epic tunes by three-time Tony Award nominee Dave Malloy. Read more and get a ticket right here 👉 bit.ly/2PszBhT

@ScottRylander Please RT! The ETPEP Award 2021 is open! If you’ve worked in theatre for 2+ years, live in the UK & have never had your play professionally produced, you could win £6000 & a developed reading of your play at the @finborough finboroughtheatre.co.uk/production/etp…

@Paddys_worldFTW @oioisavvy @SolihullPolice @WMPolice You are not legally required to give your name to the police if they have no reasonable basis to suspect an offence. They can ask for it. They have no right to get it, and they have no legal power to apprehend you for not giving it.

Solihull Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Ian Parnell has responded to a video being circulated on social media saying, “We are reviewing body worn video of an incident in Solihull yesterday involving two of our officers, after footage was released on social media...

@realDonaldTrump Twat.

I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order – respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you!

During the lockdown our crew will be loading the pirate ship with marigold gloves, hand-sanitisers and rum as they sail to the #PalaceTheatre on 13 December to give you a much needed post-lockdown Christmas treat. The show must go on! nimaxtheatres.com/shows/pirates-… photo: @ScottRylander

@djbleachyuk @Luke82468168 @Slasher And for the survivors, we can celebrate the people we loved, not damn ourselves over the way they died.

@ScottRylander @Luke82468168 @Slasher ill ask you this then, do you think self suicide is a good choice ?.... in the case of mental illness, and if not discussing it in a negative light, should we discuss it as a positive ?

Reckful/Byron memorials are now being held inside World of Warcraft across multiple servers and locations to pay respects to a WoW legend

@djbleachyuk @Luke82468168 @Slasher So if we want to help other people in that position, we need to try to help by letting them know there are people to reach out to. What we cannot do is stand in judgment from the perspective of people who are not in trouble over things we cannot understand.

@djbleachyuk @Luke82468168 @Slasher No. But we need to discuss it in an understanding light. Treating it as a simple choice made by a fully rational person doesn't work. You can't help someone not thinking straight by telling them to think straight. It doesn't help those at risk, it doesn't help those left behind.

@Luke82468168 @djbleachyuk @Slasher There's pain in this debate, so know I'm not trying to "compete" - that's not why we're here. But from what I've seen, where people go can't reduce to "it's selfish". That matters. Being plagued by Qs like "what did I do wrong" hurts; the answer, almost always, is "nothing".

@ScottRylander @djbleachyuk @Slasher I've attempted and failed. It is absolutely selfish. Coming from someone who has been there and done that.

@Luke82468168 @djbleachyuk @Slasher With respect, this kind of reasoning doesn't apply to someone whose head isn't working right. If you ask from the point of view of someone who is thinking clearly why someone kills themself, you'll say it's selfish. Well, yes, but people thinking like that DON'T kill themselves.

@djbleachyuk @Slasher I agree. There is help out there for anyone that wants it. If you chose not to go get it and you don't put in the effort to help yourself and you take your own life it is absolutely selfish. I have buried many friends from my ARMY days.

@djbleachyuk @Slasher 4. Someone who takes their own life is no different. It is not a rational choice; it is an effect of being ill. It is horrific, but it is not the fault of the person doing it. Importantly, it is not the fault of the people around them EITHER. It is an illness.

@ScottRylander @Slasher well it may put a stop to the darkness, but what you leave behind is a black hole of loss among those who care about you the most. Your family will be forced to deal with their own questions and everlasting grief, If you have living parents they will be damaged permanently.

@djbleachyuk @Slasher 3. All they knew was that their world was falling to pieces. People need to understand that mental illness is an illness -- not one with tumours, or organ damage -- but an illness all the same. You can't sensibly get angry at someone who, for example, passes from cancer.

@djbleachyuk @Slasher 2. or you can get better -- the sufferer can no longer see. It's like you've been dropped into a cave but you DON'T KNOW that you've been dropped in it so you don't know to look for the path out. It doesn't help to ask "why didn't they walk out". They didn't know they had to.

@djbleachyuk @Slasher 1. This is a pretty personal thing to write here + i don't know if it helps you, but mental illness means people can't think straight. The brain stops seeing things properly. What's obvious to you and me -- eg talk to someone, or look at all the people around you who care,