Look who is 28 years old today! Liam Payne is still but a mere pup, in his prime years! And look at all he has accomplished and the wonderful friendships he has in his life. He also has a tremendously supportive family and that we can see, good health. Everything else is ice cream toppings!
Narnia Dispatches is so tremendously proud of this young man, all that he has accomplished in spite of the obstacles repeatedly thrown in his way. He continues to rise above and shine.
With a new single out called "Sunshine", from the movie soundtrack for "Ron's Gone Wrong", Liam has found ways to engage with his fans while working behind the scenes towards his future.
Happy Birthday, Liam, and Narnia is sure you're enjoying the day with those closest and most meaningful to you.
when this guy enters a room, he enters a room
despite outside forces
Liam shares a birthday with the great Michael Jackson and my mom - what a special day it is indeed. That is one heckuva trio for my book.
Have a terrific day, Liam. You are LOVED by so many across the world and the One who is above all of us! You are a Child of Love and will always be, no matter how many birthdays pass - always remember that. 💓🎈🎉🍰
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Yahoo, here we are on another Shevine Saturday and this train just keeps on chugging - still plenty of track left to run on! 😉 Indeed!
And we have a couple of dandies here, of which our main attraction is one by IronicPheasant, entitled "Adam Levine and Blake Shelton Making Goo Goo Eyes at Each Other for Seven Minutes". What a great title, isn't it? And it literally is a lot of interview clips of Adam and Blake classic interviews and eye locking, all meme'd from a Voice show moment when Adam got a deer in the headlight look on his face at 00:31 when he replies to Blake, "I love you, too," which kind of hung in the air a bit like a big meatball. The video has over 205,000 views and IronicPheasant has a sharp eye, catching some splendid moments to accompany with a repeated sample from "Careless Whisper" by George Michael.
My favorite moments:
• 00:34 - Adam pulls Blake's attention away from someone who had walked up to say something to Blake and Blake's head swivels back and forth before settling on Adam.
• 00:51 - ICONIC. This classic moment should be written on a scroll and read by a town crier to all the townspeople every day, it is that solid.
Let the town crier proclaim it to be so.
• 1:08-1:09 - I mean, come on! This was during a coaches performance and Adam had sung Daft Punk feat. Pharrell's hit, "Get Lucky", with the remainder of the foursome joining in.
• 01:20 - I mean...
• 02:03 - after Blake says "I don't wanna be around him off camera", that's when Adam gives him the stare-off. LOL!
• 02:22 - the lip biting, what was that? 😉
• 02:46 - this wasn't the first time Adam has done the wilted flower gesture, lol. Maybe he just loves giving Blake a hard time. #punintended 😉
• 02:58 - Adam could not take Blake's staring! It's awesome. Adam just fell apart, didn't he? 😍
• 03:20 - Uhhhhh.... 😍🌋
• 03:39 - Interviewer: "What did you eat for breakfast today?" Adam, "Blake Shelton." That's it. That's enough. LOL
• 03:50 - Awwww!
• 04:09 - when Blake really gets tickled, he guffaws and this one came after Adam was asked by the interviewer "Do blondes really have more fun?" Again, times like this it was like the two had their own private ITK *wink winks*.
• 04:37 - Awww! 😍💕 I mean, look at that. And AGAIN at 04:50. #TotalSap!
• 04:58 - Blake, control yourself!
• 05:42 - "I was at Blake Shelton's house last night" - Adam Levine. What a drop.
• 05:44 - Damn
• 06:00 - SCROLL MOMENT!! Put it. On. A. Scroll.
• 06:14 - Blake wanted a reaction so badly from Adam on the "reach around" comment
Another one of my favorites and was one of the first ones I watched. And nicely and smoothly edited, job well done!
Here's an interview video that's a combination of funny and lightly awkward a couple of times. It's got to be challenging to conduct a red carpet interview because they're live and while the interviewers may be given questions to ask (or not to ask), there's no predicting the path that the answers may take. But here's Blake and Adam during The Voice Season 7 "Concert and Citywalk Lighting Ceremony" in 2014. There's several tiny moments that I notice during this 02:13 long interview snippet - a couple glimpses that I think can be revealing about a person. Take a look!
• lol at around 00:42 when Adam zings Blake with "That's a funny joke, has that ever been used by anyone?" 😄
• 00:55 you can see how Blake knew how to push Adam's buttons
• 01:01-01:02 - you can almost see the gears turning in Adam's head as he tried to think of a comeback, but he had nothing on the spot and so he just tells Blake, "You literally are a stupid moron." 😂
• 01:22 - I'm not a big fan of the guy interviewer. For some stupid reason, he tells Blake to "calm out" just because Blake was laughing and having a good time! Who does that? He was totally rude at that moment and Blake doesn't look happy. Who could blame him? So celebrities and athletes have to put up sometimes with this kind of nonsense. I feel for them in that regard when that happens. Shortly thereafter though, it's like it never happened, so that's good.
• 01:41 - Adam accidentally steps on a girl's foot and he apologizes to her. "Did I just step on your foot? I'm sorry." That's a nice person. It seems like a minor thing perhaps to some people, but to myself, it's insightful. I've been in numerous places and had people step on my foot or bump into me with a shopping cart or something to that effect, and they never say anything. It's like, how could you not tell that you stepped on me? An apology for it is such a small, but kind gesture. And I just think it says a lot about a person.
• 01:49 - I think Adam's now getting bored, lol.
• 02:04 - Blake thanks both interviewers, shakes their hand and calls the girl "sweetie". The way that he says that is kind and again, another very small moment, but I think is actually a big insight into a person's natural upbringing and character.
And a funny! No laser pointer needed on this one, it's just entertaining and funny. Blake does crack me up when he tells Adam, "That's going to squash you guys." LOL! Blake is so good at these types of skits. I love this one.
Absolutely love that one - they are so funny together, aren't they? Let's celebrate these two men:
Blake Shelton
Adam Levine
Adam, one of the few I think can pull off a buzz cut
no words for how cute here!
Pardon me while I take ten to recover for a moment from my Shevine coma. What a glorious way to go, though!
*sigh* Inject every gif, every photo directly into my veins. Thank you for coming to visit and I hope you find yourself a little bit of happy escapism in these throwback Saturdays.
lol. Well, we've had a good amount of Fluff on our Shevine Saturday's thus far, along with a few 👀👀 moments. Time for some levity as well! And this video is just what the doctor ordered.
Today's video is entitled "Shevine: Crack Video" and was splendidly executed by IronicPheasant, with snippets of video moments followed by an excerpt from a song whose lyrics are a fitting reaction to the particular moment. The technique reminds me of a record from way back in the day called "Convention '72" by the Delegates. I'll include it in the playlist although likely no one will have a clue on the subject matter. LOL!
Many of the selected song snippets are perfect, including my personal favorites of "Why You Always Lying", the chirping crickets, "Fix You", "The Sound of Silence", "Can You Feel The Love Tonight", "Shut Up", and "You Can Leave Your Hat On". IronicPheasant coordinated the video and music selections perfectly.
And love the name chosen - Crack Video, which certainly attracts one's attention. This video is one of the first Shevine works I ever watched and has always been a favorite on the playlist. It's just a funny, entertaining six minutes.
Let's look at some pictures and gifs of these two. Their chemistry was undeniable, wasn't it?
The white T is the best, but the black tank ranks right up there
Blake looks great in a cowboy hat!
The only photos I see of Blake in a western hat are old ones when he had his mullet. The photo above seems to be a rare one of him in a cowboy hat with no mullet. Wonder why he doesn't wear one anymore? Kind of interesting. Maybe not that many country artists wear cowboy hats anymore? I'm not an avid follower of country music today, so forgive my lack of awareness.
nice suit!
Boooooooo, my sentiments exactly LOL
no boo'ing here! 😍
Listen to Shakira - she knew
Adam in 2007 - hard to believe, isn't it?
These two men have some of the most outstanding smiles, no doubt about it! Full of personality. And each individual has had some enjoyable talk show interviews. Early videos of Blake guesting on Jimmy Fallon are hilarious.
This is funny and peak Blake and Jimmy. The Voice clip at the end has Blake doing a pretty good Billy Idol imitation. If you just watch (or used to watch) The Voice, it's different to see Blake in a talk show setting where he's actually funnier.
😂😂
Aaaah, vintage though, isn't it?
💖
Mr.
Bojangles – written by Jerry Jeff Walker
I knew a man
Bojangles and he'd dance for you
In worn out shoes
With silver hair, a ragged shirt, and baggy pants
The old soft shoe
He jumped so high, jumped so high
Then he lightly touched down
I met him in
a cell in New Orleans I was
down and out
He looked to me to be the eyes of age
as he spoke right out
He talked of life, talked of life, he laughed
clicked his heels and stepped
He said his name "Bojangles" and he danced a lick
across the cell
He grabbed
his pants and spread his stance,
Oh he jumped so high and then he clicked his heels
He let go a laugh, let go a laugh
and shook back his clothes all around
Mr.
Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles
Mr. Bojangles, dance
He danced
for those at minstrel shows and county fairs
throughout the south
He spoke through tears of 15 years how his dog and him
traveled about
The dog up and died, he up and died
And after 20 years he still grieves
He said I
dance now at every chance in honky tonks
for drinks and tips
But most the time I spend behind these county bars
'cause I drinks a bit
He shook his head, and as he shook his head
I heard someone ask him please
Let's hear it for Friday Eve! I think Friday night beats all, but Friday Eve ranks right up there. Everyone hang in there, the 5 o'clock whistle is not far away.
Narnia has a few things to call out and a few celebrations. The few call-outs, though? Don't be down about them at all because Narnia is way beyond "shocked!" and "outraged!". We're just briefly unfolding the lawn chair, as a matter of fact.
• Our first two topics are a case of a social media team and a recording company's ongoing strategy and treatment of their clients. In this first case, the clients had a choice in the path to be taken, going forward. The second case will be different.
Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki's stage show has become tiresome and repellent, relentless in how abusive it is to Jared's own image and to their fans. But again, both men reached a fork in the road when Supernatural ended as to how they were going to proceed, and this path is the one they chose.
On August 12, one week ago today, an interview with Jared was published with The New York Times. Yes, you read correctly - The New York Times. For any fan who wants to keep banging themselves in the head with a mallet, you can read the interview at the link. It's a rehash of narratives:
- Jared living in Austin, TX. "In a phone interview, from his home in Austin, TX"
- that he's "married" to Genevieve Cortese AND she's the mother of his kids. "The mother of my children is somebody I met on the show (Supernatural)in season 4, and now we have three kids!"
- that Jensen Ackles is his "brother", and not real life SO. "I love Jensen deeply. He's my brother - he has been for many years (edit.)".
- that Jared "mis-stepped as usual" on twitter "And I should be old enough to know better than to put something out there and expect that people will understand." In J2 and Supernatural speak, this translates to Jared is a "ranting, angry, out-of-control pouter".
The interview checked the customary boxes.
And the last check-marked box only provides fodder for the intern accounts on Tumblr to post nonsense such as this.
and,
The two above posts really aren't worth the space of enlarging. Plus, one could take just about any post of an intern account by the name of "msgrumpygills", because they spend post after post after post ragging on Jared, filled with Jared hate and anti-Jared-this, anti-Jared-that. And the two above examples, plus "msgrumpygills" are just the tip of the iceburg on Tumblr which promote and spin the mantra of the "unworthiness" of Jared as a human being.
It is probably one of the worst cases of character assassination and internet bullying of all of our OTP halves without any fighting back or counter action by Jensen or Jared, and includes Misha Collins playing a prominent role now as the new preferred bud ➜ aka Jared's replacement. The slant is all part of the gradual "burial" of Jared in Jensen's public life and is also just one of the reasons why the J2 blog Spn Goss has been removed, I mean "suspended" so that interns on the forum don't have to keep trying to come up with believable sounding explanations for the destruction of J2.
But now, this should be added before we depart to our next bullet point. In this bad photo shop of the Padalecki "family",
Notice Jared's first sentence in his comment on beard Genevieve's post,
I play pretend for a living.
Every time I'm about to write Jared off, he comes through again. 👍✅
LOL!
• Our second study is one which has a couple more positive outlooks, even though it is tiresome as well. There is always hope with the men of One Direction and their endearing personalities and bravery are the salvation of their continuing situation.
Liam Payne has given the heads up of the upcoming release of his anticipated single "Sunshine", which will be a soundtrack from the movie, "Ron's Gone Wrong". Looks like the release is next Friday, August 27.
We look forward to hearing this new release from Liam! And some fans have cleverly noticed the correlation of bearding-out-of-nowhere appearing just prior to new music release. This seems to be a PR go-to that they feel is "necessary", for some undecipherable reason. What's amusing about it is the inadequacy of Sony Music's "photography department" in being behind the probable cause for these horrendous photo shops of Maya Henry "with" Liam. Narnia isn't going to show them all - the red arrows and circles would be too numerous and we don't have all day for pointing out every piece of the wreckage.
There's just so much wrong with the entire photo set on the Daily Fail (but of course the Daily Fail is the source!), starting with Mayo's Stepford Wife facial expression, to the photo shopped cigarette added to Liam's hand, to the untied boots on the feet of Mr. Safety First Payne. And then there's that small matter of Mayo's hand holding onto what in that picture above. Is she holding onto his elbow? Don't think so, that would make his upper arm too long, lol. Is it his forearm? Where's the rest of his arm?
Reminds Narnia of the famous Jake and beard Alyssa Miller missing arm debacle from 2013:
Not quite as horrendously flagrant, but nonetheless, the rest of Liam's arm is missing.
This is the ultimate screw-up. There is another female in the photos and here she is allegedly walking behind Liam. Her arm is completely sliced in half like a pickle spear and disappears into Mayo's sleeve. I mean, the credibility of the entire photo op is debunked with this photo alone. There seems to be a line where Mayo's image is conjoined against the female behind Liam. It may be easier to layer images as opposed to lining them up closely? Why are the newly "reunited lovers" always walking apart in these photos, one might also ask.
These photos are a mess.
End. Of. Story.
This has happened too many times. And one could ignore it and act like it's just the usual ugly nonsense, or maybe at least have a good laugh at the effort which was phoned in.
Altho I think "phoning in" is being kind of generous, don't you? 😂
I know I will always opt for the good laugh. 😉 So what this is, is a case of Liam's image being used. As a number of fans have figured out, Sony still has a hold on all of these guys and they are able to manipulate photos and other "set extras" to help with the lame carrying out of stunt after stunt. Or, it's like Louis Tomlinson repeatedly not being able to promote his own activities/music like a normal artist. Instead, all he's allowed to do on his twitter account of nearly 36 million strong is say how he's excited,
As you can see, Louis' tweet is just a generic reference to "the show". He, personally, cannot name the show or hash tag it, or indicate when the event is taking place like an actual detailed, useful promotion would do. But, someone else, like musician Michael Blackwell, can look forward to some stage action, and promote Louis' show in the process.
Notice how Blackwell mentioned the name of the event, "The Away From Home Festival", along with the date and venue. That's proper promotion. But Louis? He's just going to say "the show"? Nah. That's not how social media works. It's not how promotion for your brand works. But nothing new, right? It's as though someone is behind the scenes, pulling (or not pulling as the case may be), the strings at the most predictable times.
Over and over again. It's like someone who has a hacky sack who keeps it in their pocket, takes it out to play with once in awhile, to show the 1D guys, other peers in the closet, and fans too stubborn and supportive of the guys to leave, the power they still wield.
Just toying with Liam or Louis or Harry or Zayn. Toying with the fans. Whenever they see fit or feel like it. Playing for their own amusement. Like a child.
Dragging it out - a "strategy" that has been imposed by Sony since 1D's hiatus began in 2016.
Liam, Louis, Harry, and Zayn are to be commended for hanging in there. No doubt each of them, their families and close friends are their best support system to get through this. 1D fans are incredibly and endlessly supportive by their social media presence and promotion. The guys are very blessed and they have all shown their appreciation.
Narnia is hanging in there, too. Some days are hard to watch, but no one has it worst than those five band members. They are going up against probably the biggest juggernaut in the music business, one of the most brutal. And the guys are giving it all they've got and doing incredibly well within their imposed limitations.
So, hang onto someone if you need to, lol. Take a break if needed. But for everyone's tremendous efforts so far, you know what?
And there is new Liam music next Friday, his birthday next Sunday and Louis' show on the 30th, all around the corner. We anticipate with a cautious heart! 😉
• Austin P. McKenzie has a new song release and it is a lovely piece. The lyrics are outstanding and the video is filled with imagery and storytelling. In the music video (which his boyfriend Kevin McHale directed), a viewer offered her idea of maybe what the message was and both Kevin and Austin replied to her! Kevin told her "100%" and then Austin humorously tells her, "GET OUT OF OUR HEADS!!!". LOL!! The song is called "I'm Not Ready to Go" and here is their video. Great job done by both men, although particularly Austin.
👏👏👏👏👏
• And look at who's on Cameo! Austy! Austin Nichols. He posted (or rather, someone else probably did) on his Instagram a video with Otis to tell everyone he was now on Cameo. That link is right here (Instagram is horrible to try and embed and I'm not doing it). But here we have his first Cameo!! Here's Austin!!!!! Look at this scamp!!
So @AustinNichols is now on cameo & obviously @michellebeth05 & I had to get one! Austin is literally one of the kindest people you could ever meet, & this video brightened up my day!! Thank you so much!!! I hope you’ve been staying healthy & safe during these very crazy times ❤️ pic.twitter.com/gOmHmahWg3
shhh! We won't tell him we noticed his squinting! Look at those curls!! We are living right to be able to have Austin content today. He is looking GREAT, isn't he? Narnia waves to one of our most elusive faves. 😉👋👋👋
Alas, looks like no Summer of Jake (and Hubs & Offspring!) in 2021 for the Gyllynichols Fam, at least that we are privy to via accidental souvenir-stand clues, that is. 😁
Well, we are going to wrap this one up. Those first two bullet points were tough on the Rolaids supply, were they not? 😣 But there were two positives and it's Friday Eve!
Have a great Friday, everyone!
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our playlist: I'm Not Ready to Go - Austin P. McKenzie
