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Three Pines
December 10, 2019
Ponderosa Pine is everywhere in British Columbia, and one of the predominant pine trees across western N. America, including parts of the Prairies and Plains. It was originally named by David Douglas in 1829 because the wood was so heavy, and thus ponderous. Around here, the very long needles which can be found lying shed at the base of these trees are gathered up, washed and used to make pine needle basketry, an art developed by Indigenous peoples all over our region, and wherever this tree flourishes.
'Three Pines'
watercolour on art board 8″ x 16″
by Lance Weisser
(for sale, framed and matted, contact firstname.lastname@example.com)
The Gathering
December 7, 2019
Ravens differ from Crows socially. Whereas Crows are given to form large groupings and congregate together socially–whether roosting for the night or for protection–Ravens are more solitary. Adult Ravens, once successfully mated, remain paired-up and together for life.
It is known that teenage Ravens, prior to mating, do in fact form in groups in order to be more effective in their newly-developed hunting skills. So when one teen Raven buddy discovers food, they all pile on, everyone benefiting from the find.[source: 'Ravens In Winter' by Dr. Bernd Heinrich]
'The Gathering'
watercolour by Lance Weisser, 8″ x 11″ on art board
for The Small Works Show, Kamloops Arts Council, November 24 to December 24
Old Courthouse, Kamloops, British Columbia
Our Kind of Winter
December 3, 2019
Having lived nearly 20 years in Vancouver and Victoria, B. C., Canada, where snow is a novelty and rain is the norm, it is a delight to then have restored the four definite, uniquely-blessed Seasons which we have here in Kamloops, B. C.
I'm a winter and cold month lover. Let me count the reasons: sweaters; hot spiced drinks; hearty stews and bread; cold room/many blankets; blue snow at dusk; birds at the feeders; bare-branched trees; lights under snowy pine boughs; woodpeckers at suet blocks; snowdrift patterns; long purple shadows; pre-dawn owl hoots; snow-muffled dog barks; pink-cheeked kids with sleds; fired-up logs; the music of the Season.
'Our B.C. Winter'
watercolour by Lance Weisser, Arches Hot Press 140# Paper; 5″ x 9″
November 26, 2019
November is my most favourite of months! In the Southern Interior of British Columbia where we live, November is one of those seasonal cusp months–like March–when no one quite knows what they'll be waking up to in the morning; a month of mystery and change, full of windy days, foggy mornings, early evenings, and sometimes the schedule-disturbing onslaught of an unexpected blizzard.
This painting–now hanging in the Kamloops Arts Council 'Small Works Show'–expresses and uses my painterly imagination to bring to the viewer all that I feel about my most favourite Season:
watercolour by Lance Weisser, 7″ x 10″, on art board, for KAC 'Small Works Show', November 24 to December 24, Old Courthouse, Kamloops, B. C.
Small Works
March 15, 2019
In my city of Kamloops, British Columbia, our Kamloops Arts Council hosts a number of different painterly events throughout the year. One of them was called 'The Small Works Show', an annual fundraiser whereby the artist gets half the proceeds and the Arts Council gets the other half.
Unlike most art shows, this one allows patrons to walk out the door with their purchase rather than wait till the event is over. No little red dots on title cards here!
Participating artists are allowed up to fifteen pieces, and if/when one piece is purchased, another is immediately put in its place. So I contributed twelve paintings, and was pleased to have sold seven of them.
This little piece (rather crudely photographed before being matted and framed) was given a new home, and as time goes along, I'll post others which were also purchased.
I am very grateful for the commitment and dedication of those heading up our local Kamloops Arts Council.
Here a 'chuk', there a 'chuk'
March 2, 2019
Sometimes our guests awaken in the morning and come in the kitchen looking confused, 'what is that strange sound coming from the back of the house? It sounds like a bunch of chickens being strangled."
There are a number of birds named after their call–for example, the Whip-poor-will, Bobwhite, Killdeer and Chickadee. Now add to those the Chukar Partridge, which populates our back mountain ridge and does this: "Chu-Chu- Chuk-Chuk-Chuk-Chuk-ChukCHUKCHUKCHUK!!!!"
This is always the male progenitor of a brood (known as a covey) of some dozen or so chicks who often is announcing their collective descent down the ridge to wreak havoc in our vegetable garden. All one needs to do then is saunter down the back steps to suddenly frighten them to death as they go up in a giant, dreadful whir of feathers and squawking, after which the male will scold at me from atop the biggest rock, his ego bruised.
Native to Eurasia and Asia, including, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, along the inner ranges of the Western Himalayas to Nepal, Chukars were also introduced to Europe and N. America. [wikipedia]
They are to me one of the strangest creatures I've ever come across.
They are either brazen as hell, or scared out of their freekin' minds. Their markings are as odd as their call, their mannerisms are as odd as their habits (in our garden their choicest morsels are the tops of our onions–I mean, who eats the tops of onions?)
When you google them as a subject, you usually find sites generated by hunters in the 'Lower 48' who are on the prowl for 'the illusive Chukar Partridge' all decked out in camouflage. I've yet to hear of any hunters in our area on the prowl for them, but believe me, we've got Chukars and they ain't illusive.
Here's one in action, for your listening pleasure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q09GNpev6sk
Winter Corn
February 26, 2019
Yes, it is probably apparent by now that I have an ongoing fascination with Ravens. I'm not alone. There's a woman in the historic house section of our city of Kamloops not-so-affectionately known by her neighbours as 'the crow lady', whom I depicted in an earlier post entitled 'Where The Heart Is':
She is known as 'the crow lady' because starting in late autumn and all through the ensuing winter, 'crow lady' fills a number of her vintage bird baths with cat kibble as corvid bird food. Her historic home then becomes wreathed in a continuous flight of ascending and descending crows, ravens, and starlings, and their distinctive din of calls and caws as they attack her bird baths.
I do believe there's even a by-law 'crow lady' continuously violates, but it doesn't seem to dint her enthusiasm for ensuring her lovely noisey visitors are kept fed and satisfied.
In tribute to my friend Joan (aka 'crow lady'), I offer up today's honouring of local ravens, these few trying their best to find themselves a few kernels of corn.
No doubt when they're through scratching away here, they'll give up and head over to Joan's.
'School's Out'
April 9, 2018
Not far from our Kamloops, B. C., home is the village of Pritchard which used to have an original one room school occupying a corner of a farmer's pasture–a school he himself reputedly attended as a boy–that no amount of seeking to have it lovingly restored bore any fruit with historical groups or municipalities.
Fearing its derelict floors and frame would be responsible for causing trespassing children accidental injury, he reluctantly tore it all down some five years or so ago. But fortunately I managed to capture its classic image with my camera while it was still part of this farmer's horse paddock, and I've painted a series of watercolours using it as a focal point.
Since it no longer exists, I choose to place this old school in settings that depart rather dramatically from where it actually had been (on a rather non-descript flat field right beside Duck Range Rd).
'School's Out', watercolour by Lance Weisser, 14″ x 16″
Arches Hot Press 140 lb. Paper, Sold
The 'how' of ACEOs
April 6, 2018
To gain more know-how about the way ACEOs are collected and acquired, just go to eBay and view the huge number of them being sold/auctioned: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=aceo+original+painting&_sacat=0&_from=R40
You'll see the quality contrasts, the styles, the subject matter variety, the variety of mediums, too–as well as price, with some going for $40/ea to $1/ea.
Below are examples of how I personally approach doing ACEOs:
'A Westsyde Winter', ACEO by Lance Weisser, Arches Hot Press 140 lb Paper, sold.
Once one of mine is matted and framed, it is generally priced at $25 to $30US. Unframed, $20US. But I'm not beyond letting interested people barter for them because what is most pleasing to me is having a person get an original watercolour that is within his/her means. As painters, we really just want people to enjoy what we do, and know our work is being appreciated and displayed.
If interested, please just email me at email@example.com.
I can work from an emailed attached photo, or your personal subject matter ideas. It can be mailed to you wherever you may be — postal costs will be built into the final price 🙂
where the heart is
March 24, 2018
Our city, Kamloops, B. C., is a native word meaning 'the joining of rivers' (where the North and South Thompson meet), and was founded by the Hudson Bay Co. in 1812. As it grew and developed it became a railroad city (one of two cities in Canada where both CN and CP intersect). The most gentrified residences are found on St. Paul Street, where many bear historical plaques for passers-by to read and gain knowledge of.
Turn of the Century–c1904–homes are difficult to maintain and keep in tiptop condition, as many reading this can appreciate. Keeping up any house is expensive and challenging.
I befriended a woman who has outlived her spouse and is just able to keep the basics going while having to block off the upstairs from heat in the Winter. Budgeting simply to stay put and keep living in her beloved heritage house before facing the inevitable and dreaded 'downsizing', her joy is feeding Crows, Ravens and Starlings using cat kibble poured into oversized vintage bird baths. This certainly doesn't make her the darling of her neighbours, but has earned her the moniker 'the crow lady'.
She's never seen this painting because I fear it may upset her, yet it was painted with affection and as a tribute to her intrepid spirit and unwillingness to let go of that which she dearly and completely loves:
'Where the Heart Is'
watercolour on Arches 140 lb Hot Press Paper, 12″ x 16″, collection of J. Weisser
Pinantan Country
March 5, 2018
Pinantan Lake is about twenty minutes from Kamloops, British Columbia, where we live. It is a small community spread around the little lake's perimeter and prides itself on being independent, artistic, and avant garde.
Although this painting is not of an actual barn or photographed scene, it attempts to capture the spirit of what the area looks like under a snowy mantle when viewed from the road leading towards the lake. I've done it from my collective memory, rather than choosing to make use of photographs or while on location.
'Pinantan Country', watercolour on Saunders Waterford Hot Press Paper 90 lb., 9″ x 12″ Sold
Finished Painting: 'Raven Winter'
February 16, 2018
It is snowing again, and is likely to continue through today and tonight and into tomorrow. As my friend Shiela says, snow today is water tomorrow, meaning we live in a characteristically arid part of British Columbia (our backyard mountain ridge has many cacti plants) and so every source of water is cherished. The snowmelt from the mountains is crucial to ensuring our lifeline, the Thompson River, is of normal size.
Around here, many people kind of roll their eyes and sigh when learning we're getting another 'dumping', but I've always delighted in snow and can now sadly envision a day when there won't be any. Our living situation is such that I can handle clearing the driveway without much effort, otherwise I might be joining one of the eye-rolling crowd.
Here is the painting 'Raven Winter' that is now framed and ready to be presented to my friend Patricia Kellogg as a possible choice in our painting exchange deal:
'Raven Winter', watercolour on treated art board, 9″ x 12″
Stage Two: 'Raven Winter'
February 14, 2018
The painting for my friend Patricia Kellogg is taking shape. The treated surface of the mat board I'm using to paint on was/is achieved by applying a product by Daniel Smith called 'watercolor ground'. It comes in a jar and is painted onto any surface one desires, instantly turning it–once allowed to thoroughly dry–into one which can be painted on using transparent watercolour. So, glass, metal, wood, masonite, anything of the kind can basically become a surface with the characteristics of watercolour paper.
Stage One: 'Raven Winter'
February 13, 2018
My watercolourist friend Patricia Kellogg [https://www.facebook.com/Patricia-A-Kellogg-357357001050096/] and I are doing a painting exchange. I acquired one of hers of an artichoke plant in late autumn–that expressive form plants take when frost renders them lifeless, yet beautiful even so. And because she has a couple of mine with ravens in them, she wanted one more and so here's the first stage of it.
The surface for this painting is treated mat board and the medium is transparent watercolour. It is a 9″ x 12″ piece. Once it is finished I will enjoy taking it over to The Red Beard Cafe where we have our monthly coffee and seeing if she likes it. I'll also bring a couple of others with me to provide a choice.
Stage Two: Waxwing Watercolour
February 5, 2018
1) They are named Waxing because they sport red wax-like accents on the tips of their secondary feathers;
2) Although they eat insects during Summer months, they thrive on berries the rest of the year and, in our part of British Columbia, go about in groups to feast on Mountain Ash berries;
3) If there is a cluster of berries hanging from the tip of a long branch that only a single bird can reach, sometimes the rest of the group will line up and pass berries beak-to-beak down the line allowing each bird the opportunity to feed.
Audubon Print
Its fondness for the small cones of the eastern red cedar is why this particular Waxwing is called 'Cedar' Waxwing. (My first post is mistaken in assuming they are not found in Eastern N. America. They are–but I just wasn't privileged to spot any when growing up in upper New York State.)
Cedar Waxwing watercolour-in-progress, Saunders Waterford Hot Press Paper 140 lb.
[above facts gathered from Cornel Ornithological and Wikipedia websites]
Work in progress: 'An ear-full of Waxwings'
February 2, 2018
As a child there was probably no bird I wished more to see than a Waxwing. In on-location photographs they just looked so exotic and intriguing–their colouration and little tufted crowns–the whole package was and is so appealing.
In those days we lived in Eastern N. America where Waxwings aren't found and so it took many decades–after I'd moved to British Columbia–for my chance to encounter these birds. And it happened as I stood at our front picture window looking out at the Red Maple just beyond the glass–a tree which had nestled within it a deserted Robin's nest.
Suddenly there appeared a large group of birds I'd never before seen, Cedar Waxwings, darting about the nest, examining it animatedly and calling to one another. I watched in fascination as they systematically began dismantling this Robin's nest, their little bandit's masks seeming very appropriate to their deciding to make someone else's home theirs for the taking.
'An Ear-full of Waxwings' — work in progress — Saunders Waterford Hot Press Paper, 140 lb.
A grouping of these birds is known as 'an ear-full' almost certainly because they go about in bunches and are constantly chattering in a distinctive, rather conversational voice that is more insistent than melodic or song-like, yet charming even so.
The Least Chipmunk
January 17, 2018
When taking our Jeep in for servicing, the attendant came to me with what had been an air filter and was now a chipmunk house. I instantly knew which one–the one which seemed to be everywhere as late Summer progressed and Autumn loomed.
The Least Chipmunk is so named because it is the smallest in our continent and can easily turn an air filter into a roomy apartment. It, like all its kind, eats just about anything, including insects, nuts, berries, mushrooms, and tree buds.
The Least is so small a full grown adult weighs only two ounces. There are plenty of predators in our area, including many hawks, coyotes, owls and rattlesnakes. There are also a variety of potential homes, including Jeep air filters.
'Least Chipmunk' watercolour on Arches Hot Press 140 lb., 4″ x 4″, sold
'A Play of Jays'
January 13, 2018
We know the fun which comes from discovering how groups of birds are labelled and identified:
- a convocation of eagles
- a wake of buzzards
- a parliament of owls
- an exaltation of larks
- an ostentation of peacocks
Jays have two possibles–a 'scold', or a 'play'–and given their feisty nature, both can be true at once. Here in Western Canada we have the Steller Jay, as well as the Whisky Jack or Grey Jay. Eastern Canada is home to the more familiar Blue Jay.
"A Play of Jays", watercolour by Lance Weisser, 8″ x 30″, 140 lb. Saunders Waterford Hot Press Paper. Sold.
….cedar waxwing
April 23, 2016
As a kid, having to enter the annual Science Fairs in Jr. High–the ones where invited experts walked around with clipboards trying to find possible prize winners–I had exhibits which were often concerned with birds–songbirds, usually–their migration patterns and predators, and fun facts.
I never won a prize. That usually went to kids who electrocuted themselves voluntarily in order to prove water and wires don't mix–or the kids who cross fertilized seeds and created vegetative freaks.
The shortlist I had then in the 50s (living in upper New York State) was to see any kind of Bunting (they looked outrageously colourful), our State Bird the American Bluebird (which I never did see, and still haven't), any kind of Tanager, and of course, any kind of Waxwing.
"Berry Picking"
Cedar Waxwing, 4″ x 6″, watercolour, Saunders Waterford Hot Press 140# Paper
Having lived now in seven different Canadian locations, from coast to coast, I've been able to photograph a Western Tanager in our front garden, a pair of Mountain Bluebirds (astonishingly blue), and a group of Cedar Waxwings which descended on our Red Maple branches and began dismantling a Robin's nest, rather than having to bother scavenging their own material.
The Waxwings were much smaller than expected, and every bit as fascinating as I'd hoped. Their 'bandit's mask' gives them an allure other birds lack, and their interesting 'song' and penchant for travelling about in flocks makes them worth having to wait 60 years to see them.
…..Keeping Watch
April 7, 2016
Our little Gallery in the small city of Kamloops, B. C.'s historic Courthouse (1911) has a Featured Artist offering every month and May will be my month to put on a display of recent miniatures. So now it is a matter of working towards having a good showing.
"Keeping Watch"
watercolour on Saunders Hot Press #140 lb paper, 4″ x 6″
I can't quite explain why it is that depictions of Ravens sell so well, but they do. So it is a pleasure to be able to comply and feed the need, so to speak. They are indeed a very symbolic and ancient bird whose fame is heralded in many countries and cultural legends concerning them abound.
Out taking photographs of them this week, I came across a pair whose size was truly astonishing and whose throaty calls echoed off the nearby boulders and across the wide Thompson River. Once that is accomplished, it is a matter of trying to place them in a scene which has definite mood and emotional impact.
…. Tranquille Creek Gorge
January 21, 2016
The watercolour video demonstrations of David Dunlop are challenging and yet simple. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgtg-Adql1Y&index=6&list=PLtEJwQmsB7SvVg8C4J2c4LDijerH7SSKF (I tried to embed the video itself in this post, but WordPress thought otherwise). But here is the blurb describing it…."Emmy Award winning David Dunlop takes you to his Connecticut studio to demonstrate a two minute watercolor, used as preparation for an oil sketch or to explore ideas".
Mr. Dunlop is an artist/teacher from Connecticut, whose manner when teaching is inspiring and animated. He is a great follower of descriptive, energetic Masters like J.M.W. Turner and Winslow Homer, and seeks to employ their methods, while demonstrating their techniques.
The video cited above challenges painters to do two to three minute painting sketches, which convey the movement and mood and spirit of the subject, without stopping to think and rework. In an effort to 'do' and not think, the subject chosen here is a favourite–a place about 20 minutes from our house–called Tranquille Creek Gorge.
Mr. Dunlop's videos are quite dynamic and aimed more at oil painters a bit more than watercolourists, but full of very encouraging lessons because of the force of his optimistic personality and sense of fun. They are well worth watching, for those who enjoy painting as a means of expression.
….composition exercise 2
January 17, 2016
Continuing on with an attempt to test out the compositional dictum known as 'the rule of thirds', which was conceived and named by John Thomas Smith in 1797 :
". . . Analogous to this "Rule of thirds", (if I may be allowed so to call it) I have presumed to think that, in connecting or in breaking the various lines of a picture, it would likewise be a good rule to do it, in general, by a similar scheme of proportion; for example, in a design of landscape, to determine the sky at about two-thirds ; or else at about one-third, so that the material objects might occupy the other two : Again, two thirds of one element, (as of water) to one third of another element (as of land); and then both together to make but one third of the picture, of which the two other thirds should go for the sky and aerial perspectives. . . "
To illustrate its basics…..
Once again, this is the drawing I did initially, to put this into practice….
And this is the first go at painting the scene….
And now today, here is the progress so far, attempting to locate some visual interest at each of the four intersections within the piece, the barn being the first and the pine being the second and the creekbed being the third…..
The darkest darks and greatest contrast will remain with the barn, for that is the intended focus for the picture, when completed.
The 'rule of thirds', as stated above, holds that generally two-thirds of a landscape be devoted to the sky, with one-third given to the land below (the sky being such a vast and dominant feature). In this case two-thirds is dedicated to the land and a very high horizon means that the one third is devoted to the sky area.
November 25, 2015
We received about 12cm overnight and now everything's white, with temperatures starting to drop to around -10C (16F) under strong winds.
The birds are in the branches of the large Red Maple just beyond our big front window–at the four hanging feeders and suet cakes. We get mostly goldfinches and house finches, chickadees, juncos, nuthatches, flickers, clark's nutcrackers, pine siskins, ring-necked doves, occasional pileated and downy woodpeckers, grosbeaks, stellar's jays, magpies, ravens, white-crowned sparrows, and when it gets really cold the sweetly-blushing redpolls come down from the Arctic (but not likely until January or so).
Occasionally we see a Northern Pygmy Owl which swoops in on the dining lot, lighting on a branch like a handful of fluff with alarming eyes and causes the rest to take off like an explosion. They are one of a few daylight-hunting owls, and for two or three days following, the feeders remain untouched, the memory of that fist-sized, feathered-danger keeping everyone away.
In honour of the occasion — the advent of real Winter — a wintry watercolour, not unlike what the countryside looks like presently. The subject no doubt wishes the wind were less than it is….
….but imagine the pleasures of fireplace and toddies once he gets back.
It's an old painting–6 years–and approximately 8″ x 10″ on my favoured Arches Aquarelle Hot Press 140# paper. It took approximately 30 years to finally discover the right paper, having gone through all the choices of surface, weight, paper-maker (brand), and so on. Were it to be done again, the figure would be altered some, as there's something anatomically odd about it.
….the silt bluffs
November 22, 2015
An area east of Kamloops, B. C., follows the South Thompson River which flows between dramatic limestone cliffs originally formed (it is estimated) 270 million years ago.
Among those cliffs is a gully–a waterworn ravine known as 'the silt bluffs', featuring very distinctive rock formations which have the look and feel of something out of a Western movie.
Massive geological formations such as these require some form of treatment by a painter in order to adequately convey their uniqueness and grandeur. This watercolour attempts to do that by purposely choosing to paint directly into the sun.
This part of our landscape gets quite literally baked by heat at midday, so when painting outdoors it is important to get it done quickly.
on display
June 22, 2015
THE OLD COURTHOUSE GALLERY CO-OP and Gift Shop got its start in 2007. The Courthouse itself is a Kamloops, B. C., landmark, built in 1909.
photo: Okanagan Art Review.com
A superb and intact example of the Edwardian Baroque style, its interior demonstrates an Arts and Crafts sensibility.
Mainly symmetrical, the building features an elaborate central entry, prominent parapet gables and a corner square-domed tower. It was constructed primarily of local brick, British Columbia stone such as granite, limestone and slate, and wood from local lumber mills. The choice of materials symbolized a commitment to the use of quality British Columbia products, a source of pride in this provincial building. An exceptional level of design and craftsmanship is evident throughout the building. It is one of the most accomplished designs of prominent architects Dalton & Eveleigh, and the stained glass came from the studio of Charles Bloomfield. (source: http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=12791)
Our Artists' Co-op now consists of sixteen local artists, whose work is on display within one of the rooms of the original Courthouse. We are a group made up of several potters, glassmakers, jewelry makers, painters, two photographers, one dollmaker, and one weaver. I am currently the President.
Every month we schedule one or two of us to be the Featured Artists who occupy a special area just inside the entrance.
We are open five days a week, all year round, and our biggest event is called Christmas At The Courthouse where we invite and jury in arts and fine crafts vendors to sell their wares throughout the entire building . . .


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To celebrate and raise awareness of Equus' release, some of the anthology contributors participated in a group interview. I sent them all several interview questions and they sent their responses. Instead of sharing one person's interview each day, however, I'm going to share one question and everyone's responses 🙂
Today's question is…
Do you have any real-life experience with equines? Tell us about that.
"I've only ever ridden a horse once, up in some trails around Masanutten. And I was honestly struck by how often they defecate (and how often my horse would put his face in whatever the horse in front of us left behind). I bring that up all the time whenever I talk about horses in real life, both because I am immature, but also because that trip has some kind of magical significance for me: I read Annie Proulx's "Close Range" on that trip, while listening to the Rob Zombie album "Educated Horses". I think Rob Zombie is so cool, and that book was so gut-punchingly sad, and the horses were both so startlingly beautiful, while simultaneously hilariously indifferent to whatever emotions I might have been feeling — they basically called me on my crap. And somewhere in those swirling ingredients, I get a very specific nostalgic feeling unique to that trip. And I guess I associate it with horses. That is both the silliest and most honest answer I've got."
"Leslie – In my youth I rode a lot of horses and got bucked off a lot… I always rode the horses that other people didn't want to ride, and there was a reason they didn't want to ride them. I don't get along well with equines. But I did perfect my landing!
Megan – Absolutely none. Considering my Albertan status, I think that's kind of an accomplishment."
"Actually, I'm very very allergic to horses. I went to the Musical Ride once and was absolutely heartbroken when my eyes swelled shut. We always used to think it was the hay making me sneeze on hay rides, but nope."
"My parents wouldn't let me have a horse, but I took riding lessons (and went to horse camp) in junior high and early high school—got my first scar (and tetanus shot) when I was stabbed with a pitchfork while cleaning a stall. Since then I've only been trailing riding on and off, mostly on friends' and relatives' horses."
"My grandparents had some horses, but I've only ridden on a horse a couple times in my life. I did get it in my head that one pony would've looked better blue (my favourite colour at the time) but was thankfully stopped before I got the paint (or ended up bitten or stomped)."
"Does asking my dad for a pony for every birthday and Christmas over the past forty years count? 😀
I came by my horse-craziness honestly. My mom had a pony named Foxy who was the basis for Demy's beloved horse Foxy. As a kid, I traded cleaning tack and mucking stalls for riding lessons at our local stable. In high school I worked with someone who had horses, and I went riding with her a couple of times. After I graduated from college, I dated a guy whose parents had horses; I spent a lot of time with his parents and their horses, which I suppose he probably resented. I learned how to lunge a horse and clean hooves, did a lot more stall mucking and grooming, put up hay for the winter, and helped them build an addition to their stable. "My" horse was Glory, a beautiful gray half-Arabian mare. To be honest, I don't miss the guy, but I still miss Glory."
And, if you've been following this interview all week you know what I'm going to say next, but I'm going to say it anyway, because it's my job LOL
If you haven't done so already, be sure and pick up your copy of Equus today!

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Welcome to Concord Gaming Convention.
Our next convention will be held in Bristol, on the weekend of February the 24th/25th 2018.
We bring together all forms of Table Top Gaming, Board Games, RPG's, Card Games, Miniatures, as well as hosting a trader market, demo games and competitions.
Tickets are on sale now! BUY NOW
This is going to be our biggest and best year yet.


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2017 Chevrolet Camaro Coupe Specification
Type: Sports car
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Model: 2017 Chevrolet Camaro
MSRP: From $26,305
Other body styles: Convertible
Horsepower: 275 to 455 hp
MPG: Up to 22 city / 31 highway
Dimensions: 188″ L x 75″ W x 53″ H
Available trims: 1LT, 2LT, 1SS, 2SS
2017 Chevrolet Camaro Coupe Configurations & Price
2017 Camaro 1LT 2.0L Manual $26,305
2017 Camaro 1LT 3.6L V6 Automatic $27,800
2017 Camaro 1LT 2.0L Automatic $27,800
2017 Camaro 1LT 3.6L V6 Manual $27,800
2017 Camaro 2LT 2.0L Manual $30,405
2017 Camaro 2LT 3.6L V6 Manual $31,900
2017 Camaro 2LT 2.0L Automatic $31,900
2017 Camaro 2LT 3.6L V6 Automatic $31,900
2017 Camaro 1SS Manual $36,905
2017 Camaro 1SS Automatic $38,400
2017 Camaro 2SS Manual $41,905
2017 Camaro 2SS Automatic $43,400


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Doing a spring over? These are the trick. They allow to move the axle 1" forward or back. Help reduce axle wrap. Super heavy duty.
NOTE - to be used on SOA setup, three of these will work as is, the fourth will require modification on the pumpkin or differential side.
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Incase you hadn't heard us shouting about it already, it's Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Which means we're talking about boobs every single week.
Why? Because too many women (and men) die of breast cancer every year due to late detection. Currently over 2000 cases are diagnosed at stage 4 each year – there is no stage 5. This is why we are on a mission to get EVERYONE checking their boobs, regardless of age or gender.
Early detection is key in beating breast cancer, which is why it's important to examine your breasts on a regular basis. This helps you to understand what feels normal for you and to alert you to any changes – however, your period can make your boobs feel different to any other time of the month.
Thanks to our favourite hormone duo – oestrogen and progesterone – breast ducts can become enlarged mid-cycle, while just after your period, the milk glands in your boobs can grow. Not only do these hormones make your breasts feel tender, but they can only change the way they feel. They may feel denser to the touch and also lumpy. This is why it's good idea to only do a self-examination of your breasts a week after your period.
Now you know when (you've added it to your calendar, right?), what is the best way to examine your breasts? Well there is no right or wrong way, you just need to have a good old feel.
Here are the symptoms and signs to look out for: nipple discharge, lumps and thickening, changes in skin texture (e.g. puckering, dimpling), nipple inversion and changes in direction, swelling in armpit or around the collar bone, constant pain in breast or armpit, a change in size or shape, a rash or crusting of or around the nipple. If you notice any of these, book in a visit to your GP pronto!
Don't forget, it's not just about how your boobs feel, but how they look too, so keep an eye out for changes in skin texture, such as puckering and dimpling, or strange rashes. The boob checking fun doesn't stop there though! Encourage all your friends and relatives to get checking on a regular basis.
If you haven't signed up to Pink Parcel yet, it's time to start enjoying your period! Subscribe here and you'll have everything you need (and want) sent directly to your door.


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The picture-perfect town of Oxford is one of the nation's closest links to Eighteenth century England. Founded in 1683, it was the Shore's first and only port-of-entry, a bustling village where at any given time up to seven ocean-going ships could be found unloading merchandise from abroad and loading locally-harvest tobacco, lumber and wheat. A few of the town's most famous early citizens include Robert Morris, Jr., known as the financier of the American Revolution, and Colonel Tench Tilghman, aide-de-camp to George Washington and the man who carried the message of Cornwallis's surrender to the Continental Congress. Today, Oxford is primarily a residential town and yachting haven, with grand historic homes hemmed by picket fences and tree-lined streets. Our advice: park your car and forget about it. The best way to see Oxford is by foot or bike. However, you choose to travel, be sure to take passage aboard the Oxford-Bellevue Ferry, take a moment to catch your breath at the waterfront Oxford Park and its new living shoreline, and explore the 300-year old Robert Morris Inn where James Michener outlined his epic, Chesapeake. The Oxford Museum and Custom House archive the town's rich past and the Oxford Community Center's stage is home to the seasonal performances of the Tred Avon Players. Whatever your preference – waterfront dining or rooms filled with rich history, Oxford's chefs offer menus that will please every palate.
The Five Gables Inn and Spa is located close Oxford in historic downtown St. Michaels. Travelers who wish to visit Oxford can take a short car ride of 10 minutes to the well-known Oxford-Bellevue Ferry as it travels across the Tred Avon River to the small village of Oxford.


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Missing Meilich
A personal document of the director's ancestral pilgrimage. She went to Poland in search of her missing uncle, Meilich Last. The film attempts to retrace the remnants of the spiritual and ghostly presence of the vanished world of her cultural origins.
- Year
- 2005
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running Time
- 22 mins
- Format
- Betacam Sp
- Director
- Dalia Neis
- Producer
- Dalia Neis
- Editor
- Laurie Yule
- Director of Photography
- Sven O Hill
- Sound
- Dalia Neis, Laurie Yule
- Music
- Barry Sisters
Production status
Please let us know if we need to make any amendments to this Film entry mailing us directly at
Last updated 7th September 2006


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I eat chicken and yommmmy cake..
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In our 'Your Turn' section, we're asking you to write about different subjects, so that we can read what you have to say!
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My favourite food at Christmas time is rice with tomatoe .It s delicious I like it very much.


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In 2012, Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) struck a deal with Russian oil giant Rosneft to explore for oil off the north coast of Russian and in certain onshore locations. The two firms formed joint ventures with licenses running out through 2040 and projected investments of some $300 billion to $500 billion over the course of the contract periods. Some or all of those are now off the table.
In its Form 10-K annual report filed Wednesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Exxon said it decided late last year to withdraw from the joint ventures and that it will "formally initiate the withdrawal in 2018." The company said the decision has resulted in an after-tax loss of $200 million.
The first sign of trouble for the deal came in 2014 when the Obama administration imposed a series of sanctions on Russia for its violation of "the sovereign and territorial integrity of Ukraine, or for stealing assets from the Ukrainian people." U.S. energy companies were prohibited from "provision, exportation, or reexportation of goods, services (not including financial services), or technology in support of exploration or production for deepwater, Arctic offshore, or shale projects that have the potential to produce oil in the Russian Federation, or in maritime area claimed by the Russian Federation and extending from its territory, and that involve five major Russian energy companies."
That prohibition stopped all work on the Rosneft-Exxon joint venture that was drilling an exploration well in the Kara Sea off Russia's Arctic coast. According to a Rosneft report, the resource base estimate of just this first reservoir was 338 billion cubic meters of natural gas (about 12 trillion cubic feet) and 100 million metric tons of oil (about 733 million barrels).
Further sanctions on U.S. investment in Russia were imposed just before President Obama left office as a result of Russia's then-alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Last year President Trump rejected a request from Exxon to allow the company to resume work on the Rosneft joint ventures. That rejection ultimately sealed the fate of the Exxon's hopes for the Russian ventures.
Exxon stock traded up fractionally on Thursday at $76.22, in a 52-week range of $73.90 to $89.30.


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Video Of Bourbon Street When New Orleans Saints Win NFC Championship!
Last night was a night to watch football....our home town boys are going to the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history!!! I came across this video of fans reaction to the Saints BIG win !!
I almost when downtown with my brother to watch the game and join in the festivities, after watching this video, maybe I am too old to go down there LOL, I think I would rather have a stroke on my sofa during a stressful game than on the street with strangers LOL.


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2 Days Mutianyu Great Wall and The Schoolhouse
- Tour Code:
- Duration:
- 1 Day ( Hiking: 2 hours )
- Departure Date:
- You Choose ( Best time: Summer & Autumn )
- Service:
- Private tour guide & driver + Private car/van
- Features:
- Mutianyu Great Wall is considered the most beautiful section in Beijing. Here the mountains are densely covered by verdant plants and tall ancient trees. In golden autumn, the maple leaves with their bright shades are truly amazing.
Every year, a garden party (1, Oct-7, Oct for 2010) is usually held here, aiming to bring more abundant travel joys to visitors. Therefore, you'll not only enjoy the excitement of hiking, but also enjoy the sights of festive bonfires, performances in ancient costumes and other entertaining programs.
Sample Itinerary Overview
Day 1 Beijing ( L, D )
After breakfast, our tour guide will pick you up at your hotel then drive to Mutianyu Great Wall one and a half hours away. Mutianyu section is famous for its beautiful surroundings. As one of the best-preserved parts of the Great Wall, it used to serve as the northern barrier defending the capital and the imperial tombs.This section of the Great Wall is comparatively smoother than most of other sections. You will hike the Mutianyu Great Wall for 2-3 hours. If you want to reach the highest point, cable car is a good choice ( optional ).
After get down from Mutianyu Great Wall, then head to the Schoolhouse by the Great Wall. Enjoy a romantic lunch here.
The Schoolhouse was Mutianyu's primary school until it was consolidated years ago. Owner Jim Spare took up a challenge from the mayor to give something back to the village. Now it has been rebuilt into a unique resort.They hire and train people from local area, support other village businesses, souce ingredients locally. The location and surroundings are very unique being almost at the foot of The Great Wall. The menu is a balance of western and local chinese influenced dishes all using fantastic fresh local produce. The food are fantastic sanitary.If you want to experience the local flavor, you've come to the right place.
After lunch, you may learn the art of glass making and watch the glassblowers in action in the courtyard. You will be amazed by the rich varity of the glass exhibits in their art room.
After wataching the glass art, then check in at the country side house. It is the luxury of simplicity and it has been as one of the top 5 hotels in China in 2009 by Wild China.
Day 2 Beijing ( B, L )
After breakfast, you are free in the morning. You may roam leisurely in the countryside and experience the local rural life.
Check-out at noon and transferred back to your midtown hotel in Beijing.
Price Inclusions:
- Entrance fees to all scenic spots listed in the itinerary;
- Accommodations: twin-based room with breakfasts as indicated;
- Meals indicated in the itinerary;
- Personal Beijing local English-speaking tour guide;
- Private transfers with experienced driver between airports, hotels, scenic spots, etc;
- Arrangements: charges of planning, handling, operational and communication.
Price Exclusions:
- International Airfare or Train Tickets to enter or leave Beijing;
- Beijing Entry Visa Fees;
- Optional day tours or activities youve chosen;
- Tips & gratitude to drivers and guides;
- Personal expenses;
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We have regular social road rides at a steady pace, and brisker regular training rides for those looking to get the miles in! Those who prefer to get dirty on their rides are also well catered for with our off-road Cyclo-cross sections.
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My Mac life isn't as extensive as some of the Mac360 writer crowd, but we all have one thing in common. We collect browsers. New browsers. Old browsers. Beta browsers.
Here's the story of a once popular Mac web browser that hardly anyone uses, and one that is popular among some if you don't compare it with Google's Chrome or Safari. Yes, that doesn't sound right, but it is. All I can say is, "It's a good thing browsers are free."
Browsers Of History
Way back in the early days of macOS, long before it was called macOS Sierra, or even OS X, there was an app developer known as OmniGroup. One of Mac OS X's first browsers was OmniWeb and back then it came with a price tag. These days OmniWeb is free, still works, but is used only by die hards and the curious. Yet, back in the day, OmniWeb was packed with useful and mostly different features, the originator of the side-tabbed browser.
If you like a browser packed with features then you'll like OmniWeb. It's fun to use. When it works. Even the latest version is a bit buggy and didn't take much to crash it.
At the other end of the scale is the venerable Opera browser which boasts hundreds of millions of users (out of billions of browser users worldwide, so while the number is high, it's a small percentage of total browser usage; on Mac360 Opera just tops 1-percent of our visitors).
Opera is a different story. It's been around awhile so there's a healthy installed base. If my memory is correct, the latest Opera for the masses is based upon the Chromium project, which forms the basis of Google's popular Chrome browser.
Opera looks and feels like a mashup of Chrome and Firefox.
For Mac users, Opera is fast; perhaps a bit more so than either Chrome or Safari, definitely faster than Firefox, unless you load it up with extensions. There are over 1,000 extensions to enhance and extend Opera functionality, but the single most important for me is the sync-between-Opera feature. Setup an Opera account, and browser bookmarks, open tabs, passwords, and other items are synced between different Opera browsers on different devices.
Opera is uncluttered but has plenty of built-in functionality, including an option to stop fraudulent sites and malware, and another option to use a VPN while on public Wi-Fi. Newsreaders are not so much the rage these days but Opera builds one in so you can select updated sites much like an RSS reader.
Way back in the day popular browsers (remember Netscape Communicator?) also did email. SeaMonkey still does. So does Opera but only in a standalone but matching email app called Opera Mail. Opera does one thing you won't find on Microsoft's Internet Explorer or Apple's Safari. There's a version for Linux.
If you live life on the bleeding edge, then you'll appreciate the Opera Developer Browser which features minimal functionality, blazing speed, options to test Opera TV and HTML5-based apps, and block ads. All built in and free.
Opera remains the least used of the world's five major browsers; Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox. Yes, thanks to iPhone and iPad, even Safari has eclipsed Internet Explorer (depending upon whose survey you believe, of course).


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LPL Financial's acquisition this month of the National Planning Holdings Inc. network of four broker-dealers with 3,200 reps and advisers certainly has the independent broker-dealer industry abuzz, but transactions involving smaller broker-dealers are also of keen interest, as well as far more common.
At the start of the year, brokerage executives pointed to the potential for large firms buying small firms, which are struggling with compliance and technology costs, and absorbing them as branches called offices of supervisory jurisdiction, or OSJs.
Two recent deals or mergers stand out.
Royal Securities Co. of Grandville, Mich., a 17-person broker-dealer managing $1.1 billion in assets, in July said it was affiliating with VantagePointe Financial Group, a member of the John Hancock Financial Network. The firm will remain in its current location and operate as Royal Advisors. VantagePointe, of Grand Rapids, Mich., will act as its Super OSJ.
And Girard Securities, which has 200 advisers and is owned by Cetera Financial Group, this month said it was shutting down brokerage operations and being absorbed by a sister firm, Cetera Advisor Networks, but keeping its brand and becoming its own independent branch.
Cetera Advisor Networks focuses on supporting teams of advisers in more than 70 branches, or OSJs.
Formerly called Financial Network Investment Corp., Cetera Advisor Networks has a history of working with firms like Girard, noted Robert Moore, CEO of Cetera Financial Group.
"These firms can wind down those parts of the enterprise and essentially get out from under the cost of running a broker-dealer and all that it comes with, but preserve the brand and culture," Mr. Moore said. "They get our scale, access to talent and technology that would be difficult if not impossible for them to replicate."
"And these regional directors are direct participants in our business," he said. "They are actually engaged in setting priorities. They're not just treated like a big customer."
Mr. Moore declined to say how many potential small firm acquisitions Cetera currently has in the works.
"Larger firms are viewing that model as a great way to grow their businesses and a great solution for small BDs," said Larry Roth, the former CEO of AIG Advisor Group and Cetera Financial Group. "I expect to see a lot more of that. Girard becoming a large branch at Cetera Advisor Networks makes sense."
"It's a good thing for the industry," Mr. Roth said. "It gives advisers and clients access to larger firms, which have access to capital and technology, and have a future. It takes pressure off advisers who need to be somewhere stable."
Jim Nagenagast, CEO of Securities America Inc., the largest broker-dealer in the Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. network, said his firm has done these types of deals in the past and is looking forward to doing more in the future.
"We're optimistic to do these deals," he said. "We have proven experience in doing these deals and knowing how to construct them and proven ability to close such deals. We know how to navigate Finra approval, the 1017 process, and we've retained more than 90% of the advisers. We've moved data of hundreds of advisers and thousands of accounts."
The target broker-dealer to turn into a branch has over 10 advisers with average production of $200,000 annually in revenue, or at least $2 million for the branch, Mr. Nagengast said.
Securities America has completed six deals in five years, he said, adding that five were asset purchases and one a recruiting referral and all became super OSJs.
Mr. Nagengast said that, due to the recent request to delay the Department of Labor's rule, there may be some slowdown in consolidation but the long-term trend will continue.
Eric Schwartz, executive chairman of the board at Cambridge Investment Research Inc., said that Cambridge had about a dozen calls from small firms around the start of 2016, before the fiduciary rule was finalized. Such interest has slowed down, but now that parts of the rule are in place, small firms may start looking for a partner again.
"We did one small deal and it became an OSJ," he said. "It was complicated but it worked out. The others, some didn't sell at all because of an unrealistic view of the firm's worth and others were sold. In general, I don't think we will be a major player to buy small firms and turn them into OSJs. We prefer to recruit reps who want to come to us."
Regardless, the tide has most likely turned for smaller firms, said Jonathan Henschen, an industry recruiter,
"Advisers are afraid to join smaller broker-dealers because regulation is going against them," said Mr. Henschen. "And those firms that have less than $20 million in annual revenue are particularly having a hard time and vulnerable. The owners are realizing that profitability has peaked. They could sell now and have a larger firm do the back office work and simply become a producer group."
Management could get a 95% payout, give advisers 90% and then invest the difference of 5% to pay for administrative work such as trouble shooting, marketing and dealing with individual broker problems with the larger firm's back office.
"There are even one man broker-dealers that are trying to hold out," Mr. Henschen said. "There are tons of those out there."


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Estimates say 40 people have been killed another 140 injured after a suicide bomb attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul.
The bomber is understood to have driven a specially rigged ambulance packed with explosives into a heavily built up and crowded area near Kabul's old interior ministry building around lunchtime.
A Heart breaking scene of a kid, wounded in today's attack by Taliban Terrorist in #Kabul. pic.twitter.com/PYFiOGQCnV— Bahar Mehr (@baharmhr) January 27, 2018
It's not clear where the final target of the bomber was, but he managed to pass through one checkpoint undetected after explaining he was taking patients to a hospital. At the second checkpoint, however, he was spotted and opted to blow up the vehicle. Possible targets could be the High Peace Council, Kabul's police headquarters or even the European Union office close by.
The Taliban have claimed the attack as their own, and Kabul is in a state of shock as surrounding buildings have collapsed and the local hospital is overwhelmed with casualties. People are said to be lying in the corridors due to a lack of waiting space and people outside the hospital are carrying the injured to find treatment on their backs as ambulances are struggling.
#Kabul bleeds again 🙏— Yasir Khan Yousafzai (@yakhanyousafzai) January 27, 2018
Strongly condemns terrorist killing us #Afghans
On different names and motives
Wake up stop this bloodshed on plz pic.twitter.com/MFRDueKRka
It comes just days after 22 people were killed during a 17-hour siege of Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel and the offices of Save The Children in the eastern city of Jalalabad were attacked.


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The Soundtrack of My Life – The 00s
My local colleague Arlee Bird from Tossing It Out broached a meme a few years back that certainly intrigued:
As Arlee put it, "A few weeks ago a piece was posted by Jessica, the Modern Day Drifter, on her Country Girl blog about The Soundtrack To Your Life. She proposed the following":
What would be the soundtrack to your life? What songs would be included that can sum up past events as well as things in the present?
Made an impression. So, I decided to follow suit with one of my own. Copying the idea, I know. But then again, I have no shame. 😉 So I will accept the Modern Day Drifter's challenge from awhile back, care of Arlee and with thanks, and see where it takes me. The high points for sure, but many will be skipped. With one caveat. I'll break it into decades. Time now to end with "the Aughts." The newly mean, and hardly lean, 2000s.
Label: Peak Records – PKD-8500-2
Format: CD, Album
Released: 2000
Genre: Smooth Jazz
Charted: album cut
Proved geostrategist Thomas P.M. Barnett's prophesy right in the year 2000:
"…you stayed cool enough across your 20s, and maybe you faked it deep into your 30s, but then you woke up in your 40s and realized you absolutely hate your kids' music!"
Happens to everyone. Stayed as far away as I could from what was "Pop" at the start of the new millennium. Falling back to my jazz fusion ways, The Rippingtons' Caribbean Breeze called to me, and I came running.
Label: CTI Records – CTI 6063
Format: Vinyl, Album
Released: 1976
Genre: Jazz Fusion
Charted: Top 100 across genres
The world as we knew it didn't fall apart because of Y2K. Life, child rearing carried on, just quicker a pace now with two kids. Less time than ever for the popular arts of movies, music, and books for both my wife and I. What else is new. Fell back on my old tunes and favorites. Bob James for one, having blazed jazz fusion's popularity in '76 on Pop, R&B, and of course, Jazz charts as a result of his finger-popping Westchester Lady.
Label: Jingo Records – no record catalog #
Format: Download, Album
Released: 2000
Genre: International
Charted: album cut
Speaking of fresh starts, must include the contemplative music by Xiao-Peng Jiang And The Chinese Orchestra Of Shanghai Conservatory and their collection of Chinese festival music that claimed me. Their Song of Joy beguiled this listener. Like to think my Eight Grade Music Appreciation teacher would have approved as it kept classic music (in whatever form) always close by.
Label: Decca – 289 467 094-2
Format: CD, Album
Released: 2000
Genre: Movie Soundtrack
Charted: album cut
Driving the point home at this stage of my listening habits, film soundtracks became more the force in mine. Radio airwaves had dropped in importance in the forty years since I began to take heed as a six-year-old, I'm sad to say. Also says something they'd lasted this long. Influential still. Hans Zimmer, with Lisa Gerrard's mesmerizing vocals, by way of Gladiator (my friend Ruth agrees) brought that home with Now We Are Free.
Label: Decca – 9 48112-2
Format: CD, Album
Released: 2001
Genre: Soundtrack, Classical
Charted: album cut
Hans Zimmer popped up again less than a year later with his score for Ridley Scott's underappreciated Hannibal. In fact, this particularly mournful piece, incorporating contending female and male voices, was used in a pair of films1 by the same director (with different film scorers) in equally quiet, moving scenes from two very different motion pictures four years apart. Patrick Cassidy's extraordinary Vide Cor Meum.
Label: Warner Bros. Records – 9 48112-2
Format: CD, Album
Released: 2001
Genre: Soundtrack, Classical
Charted: album cut
Everything old is new again. Returning to a work that grabbed me in junior high during the 60s by Claude Debussy. From one of his most famous piano suites, in fact. Clair de lune the third piece of the Suite bergamasque for that instrument. This reflective movement used in a pair of very different films by two equally dissimilar filmmakers at different stages of their careers this decade. Ocean's Eleven being one2.
Label: Capitol Records – no record catalog code
Format: CD, Single
Released: 2001
Genre: Pop, Electronic
Charted: #78 (US)
Hadn't totally turned my back on Pop. It's just that it rarely impacted as it once did with me, nor with those that were wildly successful with younger audiences. The French dance music group Télépopmusik and their modest hit here in the U.S., Breathe, a case in point. Even my young kids looked upon their dad fairly oddly whenever I brought this up on whatever speaker available. My wife had just learned to tolerate my quirks. 😉
Label: Hi Records – 45-2202
Format: Vinyl, Single, 45 RPM
Released: 1971
Genre: Pop, Soul
Charted: #1 (US), #1 Soul
Collected father-figures all of my life, many times without realizing. My father-in-law, a Korean War vet, the last one. Emphasized I'd better be committed in marrying his daughter, the closest held of his children, the day we announced our engagement. Or else. Out in Burbank playing golf the morning when I got the news of his sudden passing. Day before my wife's birthday. Can't hear Al Green's Let's Stay Together without thinking of him fondly.
Label: Geffen – INTR-10867-2
Format: CD, Single
Released: 2002
Genre: Pop
Charted: #42 (US)
Death reverberates in families in all sorts of way. Grieving, then adjusting to the void left. Her dad the primary caregiver to his spouse, would normally fall next to the oldest female child, by praxis. Here, not the eldest but the middle child — my spouse. Blurred with rapid reshape as we'd adjust. She taking care of moms, me at home with the kids. Remembered Counting Crows' cover of Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi then. Little else.
Label: Island Records – B0000267-32
Format: CD, Single
Released: 2003
Genre: Pop
Charted: #15 (US)
Young Daniel Bedingfield made me eat my words with If You're Not The One. Damn him! I was set to stop this pop music thing as I approached 50. My daughter, oh so much more verbal that her older brother ever was at the same age — typical I'd learn now raising a female child — just had to laugh at her old man over this. "You're so silly, daddy!" She the more fierce, too. With a temper to match. Wonder where she got that?
Label: A&M – 069497676-2
Format: CD, Single
Released: 2001 (caught 2003)
Genre: Pop
Charted: #15 (US)
That same daughter of ours already poring over music way more, and earlier, than her graying father ever did. Recognizing the more cranky of her parents had started listening to Vanessa Carlton's '01 hit, A Thousand Miles, a couple of years later. She even asked her mother about this, if I recall. Said something to the effect she should give her dad a little slack. "Being he's five years older than your mom and all." Oh boy.
Label: Arista Records – 07822-15203-2
Format: CD, Single
Released: 2002 (caught 2003)
Genre: Rock
Charted: #5 (US)
By the next year, we'd settled into the new routine. My mother-in-law very much apart of day-to-day family life. Such stresses either pull that apart or make it stronger. The latter for us, primarily because of my wife. Our rock in whatever storm that blew our way. As usual, I was late to the party for new music. Santana's The Game Of Love, featuring Michelle Branch, expressed my feelings to the most important woman in my life.
Label: Windup Records – WUJC 20082-2
Format: CD, Single
Released: 2003
Genre: Rock
Charted: #7 (US)
In the 60s and 70s, when moving about became too painful (and later not possible) for her, my brother and I were charged in my mother's stead. Sent to family gatherings, her's and dad's, on her behalf. Some happy, but most funerals. Hated those. Saw far too much mourning at an early age, but it was important to her we did. She prepared her sons for what lay ahead. Evanescenece's My Immortal3 expressed that in song like no other.
Label: Hip-O Records – B0003259-02
Format: CD, Album
Released: 2004
Genre: Soundtrack
Charted: album cut
My long-time friend and work colleague suggested we getaway after a round of golf to see a movie together, one our wives had no interest whatsoever in watching. This implementation of a "…guys gone golf & movie-going" included cinema fare our spouses, in unison, customarily respond to when invited, "No, you go." Collateral released this year, and Audioslave's Shadow on the Sun got plenty of play once I returned.
Label: A Band Apart – 9362-48676-1
Format: CD, Album
Released: 2004
Genre: Soundtrack
Charted: album cut
Much the same occurred for the song Goodnight Moon, which came to my scrutiny byway of a pair Quentin Tarantino films my golf partner and I could not miss. The 2000 track by Shivaree played during the end credits of 2004's Kill Bill: Vol. 2 and in the director's original vision of the film as one grand epic (which I happily caught when it played here in Los Angeles years later in 2011) – Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair.
Label: Capitol Records – B-5614
Format: Vinyl, Single, 45 RPM
Released: 1986
Genre: Rock
Charted: #2 (US)
Amazing how much parenthood consumes one. Few things expand in importance as this, I'd learn, by the mid-point of the new millennium's initial decade. When those small beings become their own individuals, with similar and quite different opinions and tastes, best be prepared. Especially when "their music" breech their parent's awareness. Never expected Crowded House's Don't Dream It's Over would be my son's. Wow.
Label: Interscope Records – 988 435-6
Format: CD, Single
Released: 2005
Genre: Pop
Charted: Lucky #13 (US),
Every so often, I could surprise my children and my wife with the music choices made. A rare trifecta in this household. This year was Gwen Stefani's Cool. Ended up as a ringtone, as well. I could still touch my toes without bending a knee, too. Just pass me the Advil when done. Later, I'd find her "Love.Angel.Music.Baby." CD in our stacks. Suspect my wife bought it, whether before or after this has never been ascertained, though.
Label: Def Jam Recordings – DEFR 16446-1
Format: CD, Single
Released: 2005 (discovered in 2006)
Genre: Hip-Hop
Charted: #36 (US)
My brief Hip-Hop period was just that. Brief. The same year someone purchased "the one billionth song" from Apple iTunes, Google bought YouTube (which powers this music series), and the International Astronomical Union downgraded Pluto from "Planet" to a "dwarf planet". Around the same time my bride started to give me jealous looks whenever I turned up Rihanna's If It's Lovin' That You Want. Go figure.
Label: Interscope Records –
Format: CD, Single
Released: 2006
Genre: Synth Pop
Charted: #3 (US)
If you ever drove behind my car, especially with my eleven-year-old and his seven-year-old sister in the rear seat, you'd likely remember. Usually the music turned up, some old guy obviously trying to act hip with his grandchildren. Embarrassing. Especially if Gwen Stefani's Sweet Escape blasted through speakers (sorry, no subwoofer). The kids gyrating their heads in unison to the pop rhythms emanating, making a scene.
Label: Def Jam Recordings – DEFR 16474-1
Format: CD, Single
Released: 2006
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop
Charted: #1 (US)
She-who-must-be-obeyed saved her most suspicious looks here. Principally after I fastened on to Rihanna's megahit, S.O.S., sometime after it crested the charts. Better later than never, I thought… me the only one. Tried to explain it had nothing to do with the sexy beauty of the artist. "Reminds me of you, dear." That went nowhere. Natch. Suffered through it, though. It's my ringtone for said love of my life. Yes, my wife…sheesh.
Label: Arista – 88697 17038 2
Format: CD, Single
Released: 2007
Genre: Rock
Charted: #26 (US)
Back to my roots I fled as our oldest turned twelve and youngest came up on a precocious eight…going on twenty. Could see we, no…me, would be in for trouble with her in a few years. Recalled my daughter, in pre-school, demanded full conversations while I drove home. Not to be ignored. "Dad, I'm talking to you." And Santana's music video, voiced by Chad Kroeger, Into the Night ignited a father's full on worry. Ay Dios Mio.
Label: Universal Records – 0881721587
Format: CD, Single
Released: 2000
Genre: Pop, Country
Charted: #14 (US), #1 (Country)
"Life in all her wonder." Six years after her husband passed, with enough heartache and ill-health, my mother-in-law joined him in '08. Witnessed her daughter give full measure in caring for her over the entire period. In awe of my wife, hurting once more over another mother lost, couldn't say it in any meaningful way to my bride. Hoped I was there for her in effort. Lee Ann Womack's I Hope You Dance finally entered my consciousness.
Label: Capitol – 509992 65784 2 2
Format: CD, Single
Released: 2008
Genre: Rock
Charted: #1 (US)
Having gone through enough of these, loss taints a year in memory. Hard to look beyond the mark it leaves. Tried to explain it to our children, now old enough to understand the sting. Never an easy thing. Our son particularly close to grandma had a hard time. Our daughter fell back to music to cope. She'd play Coldplay's Viva La Vida enough to also fetch solace for her old man as the year ended. Strange how this all works.
Label: Interscope Records – INTR-12386-2
Format: CD, Single
Released: 2008
Genre: Pop, Electronic
Charted: #1 (US)
Looked to get my bride out of the house whenever we could. Took her anywhere possible. New York City good as any in returning to another new normal. Joined by our sister-in-law and her expanding family (beautiful new daughter) in The Big Apple. Virgin America's Disco-lit ambiance and seat-side entertainment video and music system introduced Lady Gaga and Just Dance to me. Not the kids, or my spouse, though.
Label: Unknown – unknown
Format: Download, Single Track
Released: 2008 (found 2009)
Genre: Easy Listening, World
Charted: album cut
Found myself looking back once more as the end of the decade approached. Thinking back to the one song that began the whole journey, as well as this soundtrack. Theme to A Summer Place. Started to collect and download various versions on a musical lark. Amazed at the scope this movie theme song had attained throughout the world over the decades. Locked on to Italian guitarist Riccardo Zara's A Summer Place.
Label: UCJ Music – 476 697-1
Format: CD, Album
Released: 2008
Genre: Classical
Charted: album cut
When I began this series, I knew what would start my soundtrack, but not the song that'd finish it along with the decade (on a Friday the 13th, at that). The mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins cleared that up. Emblematic, really, for the task as her career crossed over her operatic talent to Pop. Found her 2008 Sacred Arias CD the final year of 00s. Brought my love of classical music back to the forefront in marrying the commercial that still captivates my listening. Her cover for Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah the clincher. Made popular by Jeff Buckley and many others, her singular voice paired with this enthralled me no end.
Many thanks to you all for joining me with this music memoir4.
Soundtrack of My Life series
- Kingdom of Heaven (2005) the other that utilized "Vide Cor Meum" to equally deep effect. ↩
- A great many films have used this piece over the years. Steven Soderbergh for Ocean's Eleven and 2002's Dog Soldiers by Neil Marshall cited here. ↩
- Wouldn't be late with this as I latched on to the tune watching Daredevil (2003). ↩
- If I'm still around when the 2010s finish, and still blogging, I'll be more than happy to add the decade to this series. ↩
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Oh man, you've inspired me to do my own Soundtrack of my life post now, as we share quite a few favorite songs, especially Gladiator! I also LOVE My Immortals, Viva La Vida, Just Dance. In fact, I'm listening to them now 😀
Wow great post! My fav is Goodnight Moon because I love Kill Bill by Tarantino! https://cinemaliquido.wordpress.com/
Another fine eclectic mix. I kept up with a lot of pop in the aught's, but I returned to much of my 60's and 70's roots as well, buying a lot of greatest hits collections. Most of my listening now is classical, but I'm not a musical recluse my any means.
Some good stuff here.
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by the way Katherine Jenkins will be one of the competitors in my next Battle of the Bands post on Sunday March 15th.
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In love with this post! So many of my favorites here. My Immortal and The Game of Love are definitely standouts.
Incredible post! So deep. A very insightful and meaningful read. Some of those tunes just rule. They take me back. Great job! 🙂
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