Hello LJ!  I have a few recs for you.

First, a STUNNING MCU fanvid (spoilers for all MCU films, including Captain America: Civil War and the trailer for Doctor Strange):

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Holy shit, y'all.  99% of professional trailers and music videos wish they had half this vid's editing rhythm and sense of motion.  I'd never heard the song before, but it's ( Read more... )

I've been very much enjoying participating in the new-ish comm tumblr_refuge, which was founded by people trying to have a fandom space of respectful community and substantive communication, which tend to be lacking in tumblr.  Mostly it's been Sherlock-focused, because the Sherlock fandom on tumblr has apparently been pretty toxic lately (not much on my dash, ( Read more... )

I know I'm not the only one whose flist has been super quiet lately.  Here's a friending meme to hopefully add some more active LJ-ers!  Come on over, make new friends, and promote it.


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For anyone else who feels that new friends are a good thing, especially since LJ has been a little quiet lately, I direct you to the Doctor Who friending meme that eve11 is currently hosting.


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Watch out, y'all. It's that time of year again.


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I'd known that LJ was huge in Russia before the recent DDoS problems, but I hadn't realized it was such an important platform for political speech over there (see this Time article, found via wendymr ).  Fandom teaches you things!  I fervently hope Livejournal manages to fend off these scumbags and keep itself open, not only for the sake of our fannish ( Read more... )

So, there's this big multifandom March Madness cage match poll thing going on.  It is extremely frivolous and seems likely to devolve into wank, yet fun!  So, here is a link and a tiny bit of pointless rambling on behalf of my favorites.


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Tonight I went to a concert of old-time music by Evie Ladin and her band, part of a local concert series in an old barn converted into a community center.  The music was excellent, able to set feet stomping or move my heart.  In addition to the usual bluegrass instruments like her banjo, the group also did body percussion, and at one point the ( Read more... )

Happy New Year, everyone!  *raises glass*  May your coming year be full of joy, hope, fellowship, and triumph over challenges. I have a mild cold, so I spent the evening at home coughing.  Now, time to greet 2011 with a 2010 retrospective meme.

( year in fandom meme )