My #dog has found a new hobby...

She realized people will usually stop to say hi and pet her if she is sitting on a bench while looking at them with her big sad eyes!

There are a bunch of benches up here...

Needless to say; Walking the dog now takes longer than ever!

Also, it started raining in the sunshine. Was the most intense #rainbow I've seen since forever! 🤗🌈

#NorskTut #Allheimen #bulldog #EnglishBulldog #bench #Norway #Oslo #Romsås #DogsOfMastodon

the episode where it hallucinates jewelry for me

#Jewelry #Pendant #Beads #Ornate #Colorful #Rainbow #Vibrant #Gemstone #Intricate #Multicolor
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion

in real life: https://aieris.art/featured/the-episode-where-it-hallucinates-jewelry-for-me-eris-and-ai.html

You've seen the Cyberpunk Ghostbear yesterday, so here's the rest of the crew in the Hoodie Style from Kabash at Furaffinity with their respective orientation in Alt Text:
Cobalt/Daniel: Marksman, Logistics, Second-in-Command. Daniel is also Sascha's best friend and sadly for him, has a seemingly one-sided crush on his teamleader. The actual reason for this is quite sad.

Cayman/Kaylee: Netrunner & Tech Specialist. She's a bundle of chaotic energy, slightly hyperactive but a very skilled and deadly Netrunner. Also the team's "big sister" despite being just 18.

Drifter/Ryan: Rigger, Drone Specialist. The runt of the litter. Sweet, adorable, with a dark past. Can't hit the broadside of a barn with a handgun and is restricted to lightweight electroshock ammo for the team's safety. A natural with his drones, tho
#pride #pridemonth #rainbow

Lavender Rainbow.

#rainbow #pride #handmade #jewellery #chainmail

Leverage – Gravity Review

By Steel Druhm

Finland’s Leverage are one of those bands that always seemed to operate at the outer fringes of heavy metal. Their 2006 Tides debut showcased a strong 80s rock base with just enough of an over-the-top edge to make it plausible to call them a metal act. Most of the songs reminded me more of Survivor and Night Ranger than any specific metal act, but the writing was catchy enough that it didn’t matter. Follow-ups Blind Fire and Circus Colossus kept the template in place with only modest tweaks, and when very distinctive frontman Pekka Heino decamped, they replaced him well with Kimmo Blom. Blom passed away in 2022, and now Leverage return with a new frontman as they try to soldier on. For 6th album, Gravity, they also added a full-time violinist to expand their sound beyond their familiar rock/metal blueprint. Since I’ve enjoyed all the Leverage albums to some degree, I was curious if they could bounce back from tragedy and keep on delivering the earwormy goods.

I’m happy to report that Gravity is very much a typical Leverage outing in most regards. New singer Paolo Ribaldini (ex-Skiltron) sounds a lot like both Pekka and Kimmo, so there’s no real acclimation period for the longtime Leverage fan. Opening cut “Shooting Star” is everything you’d want and expect from them, with big, bombastic radio rock energy pinging off a tougher metal aesthetic and a vague country-western drawl, and the writing is designed to stick immediately. The chorus is catchy enough to ensure you wear it home like gum in your back hair. Paolo wins you over immediately with bold, forceful vocals that bring enough power to the 80s retro party. From there, Gravity blasts through a series of tracks that balance cheese with iron, radio rock with metal, and the emphasis is always on hooks. “Tales of the Night” belongs on the soundtracks for Rocky III AND IV, and you will want to create your own training montage to this thing. “Moon of Madness” is so Survivor it almost leaves no survivors, but the hooks are there, and the fiddle bits are odd, but interesting.

The band takes some chances and stretch their writing at times, as on “All Seeing Eye” which sounds like a Dio-era Rainbow song that’s been lost in a dusty vault until now. It has that 70s coolness factor and the same grandeur heard on cuts like “Stargazer” and “The Gates of Babylon,” and Paolo really comes into his own with a gritty, badass performance full of gravitas. “King Ghidorah” sounds like a mash-up of Nightbreaker era Riot and the more hard-charging Deep Purple classics, and that means a rabble-rousing good time. Hell, even the nearly 10-minute title track works for the most part, stealing some of Avantasia’s trade secrets on how to write ginormous power ballads crammed full of bombast and cheddar. It’s ultimately about 3 minutes too long, but it’s an entertaining tune at its core. The big set-piece tracks suffer some unsightly bloat, but the shorter, more immediate tracks power the album along at a brisk, breezy pace and keep you bopping along.

With the usual Leverage vets all in place and doing their thing, Paolo is given a solid foundation to work with and build from, and he impresses with his macho vocal efforts. He’s enough like past Leverage singers, but he has a few extra gears to reach for when needed. He does the whole Jorn/Coverdale hard rock growl well and brings enough of his own style to the table to sell the material like cupcakes outside a CBD superstore. Tuomas Heikkinen continues to marry hard rock and 80s rock idioms with harder-edged riffwork and makes it all work together. He can be flashy, but he’s the kind of guitarist that puts song before wank. New violinist Lotta Pitkänen is only noticeable at a few key moments, and the rest of the time she’s deep in the background behind the keyboards. I’m not sure she’s needed, but she does provide a nice gloss when audible.

I’ve never been disappointed by a Leverage album, though I have my favorites. Gravity is good enough to drop right in the middle of their discography with a few playlist-worthy cuts that demand poaching. If you like bands in the Brother Firetribe / The Night Flight Orchestra vein, Gravity should be right in your wheelhouse. It’s not quite a must-hear, but it packs enough entertainment value to be worth a flyer. I’m glad they’re still with us. R.I.P. Kimmo.

Rating: 3.0/5.0
DR: NA | Format Reviewed: Fucking STREAM
Label: Frontiers Music
Website: facebook.com/leverageofficial
Releases Worldwide: June 20th, 2025

#30 #BrotherFiretribe #FinnishMetal #FrontiersMusic #Gravity #HardRock #HeavyMetal #Journey #Leverage #Rainbow #Review #Reviews #Survivor

Happy Pride Month everyone! 🏳️‍🌈 🥳

#streetphotography #pride #pridemonth #photo #photography #PrideParade #pride2025 #man #male #muscle #muscular #lgbtqia #lgbt #rainbow #speedos

🎶 School choir badges, fun keepsakes for students we have lots of fun music & singing themed badges 🎤 https://www.koolbadges.co.uk/school-choir-rainbow-music-badge-p-10936.html #musicteacher #musical #drama #theatre #schoolchoir #choir #badges #performingarts #rainbow #colourfulbadges #colorfulbadges #koolbadges #shopsmall

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
-- William James

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WilliamJames #Wisdom

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Rainbow #MississippiRiver #Iowa

https://www.tkhunt.com/1948216/ 【衝撃】獄中の虹、絶望の果てに見えた希望#shorts #shortvideo #anime #アニメ #rainbow #anime #アニメ #ドラマアニメ

Somewhere Over the #Rainbow

#MascotASongOrPoem
#HashTagGames

透き通る瞳　Кришталево чисті очі
透き通る美しき瞳
Кришталево чисті і красиві очі

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/nb7ff4bae189a

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#beautiful #clear #eyes #bathed #sun #envelop #classroom #gentle #rainbow #fleet #shining #dazzlingly #shattering #instant

Well, #Pridemonth is just a little over half done and I think I've got some more to come.
This once is from Kabash at Furaffinity and I really dig the comfy hoodie look!
(and yes, that's the cyberpunk-ish version of my sona, not the diaperfur)
#rainbow #pansexual #LGBTQIAPlus #pride #hoodie

Well, #Pridemonth is just a little over half done and I think I've got some more to come.
This once is from Kabash at Furaffinity and I really dig the comfy hoodie look!
(and yes, that's the cyberpunk-ish version of my sona, not the diaperfur)
#rainbow #pansexual #LGBTQIAPlus #pride #hoodie

Persian Rainbow Bracelet

#handmade #jewellery #chainmail #pride #rainbow

A rare (to me, at least) morning rainbow! You can almost make it out in the photo on the left side. It was much more impressive with my own eyes...

#mnwx #rainbow

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Cindy Cinnamon Photographie
www.CindyCinnamon.com
Pentax ME Super
DubbleFilm Jelly 400
Limoilou Canada

#IndependentPhoto #FilmCommunity #Montée #Stairs #Statue #Artistic #FilmFeed #Pentax #PhotoWalk #PentaxMESuper #HeyLomography #35mm #Rainbow #ColorFilm #VisualArt #Dubblefilm #DubbleFilmJelly #Limoilou #Canada