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Hoho, nou geen NME'tje doen hè.quote:Op maandag 10 juli 2017 21:14 schreef bloodymary1 het volgende:
In de Acropolis! Als die maar niet instort dan...
quote:Op maandag 10 juli 2017 21:01 schreef Dagoduck het volgende:
Hier spelen ze op dit moment:
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Ben ik ooit ook geweest voor een optreden. Magisch. Vooral als je tussen alleen maar Grieken zit.quote:Op maandag 10 juli 2017 21:26 schreef Dagoduck het volgende:
Hoho, nou geen NME'tje doen hè.
Ze spelen in het Odeion van Herodes Atticus om precies te zijn.
En daarna afterparty op z'n Grieks?quote:Op maandag 10 juli 2017 22:18 schreef Andromache het volgende:
Ben ik ooit ook geweest voor een optreden. Magisch. Vooral als je tussen alleen maar Grieken zit.
https://oor.nl/news/paul-mccartney-drumt-op-nieuwe-foo-fighters/quote:PAUL MCCARTNEY DRUMT OP NIEUWE FOO FIGHTERS
Sir Paul McCartney drumt mee op het aankomende album van de Foo Fighters. De ex-Beatle had genoeg aan slechts twee takes voor zijn drumpartij. Andere bekende bijdragen komen van The Kills' Alison Mosshart en een niet nader te noemen popster.
Paul McCartney hielp een handje mee en verzorgde de drums voor een van de songs. 'Hij is een vriend', vertelt frontman Dave Grohl aan ET Canada. 'We kennen hem al erg lang, hij is geweldig'. Drummer Taylor Hawkins voegt toe: 'Hij kwam binnen en Dave pakte een akoestische gitaar op en liet hem snel wat horen. Hij zat op een speciale drumset die zijn technicus voor hem opzette. Hij deed het in twee takes'.
Toch is de ex-Beatle niet de grootste megaster die op het nieuwe album te horen is, beweren de Foo Fighters. Grohl zegt dat de 'grootste popster in de wereld' ook op de plaat te horen is en dat hij of zij achtergrondvocalen verzorgt op een van de hardste nummers op de plaat: 'En we vertellen niemand wie het is'. Adele en Taylor Swift zijn het in ieder geval niet. 'Was het Adele maar, Godallemachtig, dat zou fantastisch zijn', aldus Grohl.
Concrete And Gold komt uit op 15 september. Eerder hoorden we The Sky Is A Neighbourhood, La Dee Da, Sunday Rain, Dirty Water en Arrows al tijdens concerten. De clip van eerst single Run werd door Dave Grohl zelf geregisseerd.
Ze hebben natuurlijk met de Sound City Players ook samengewerkt.quote:Op donderdag 3 augustus 2017 12:27 schreef Felixa het volgende:
McCartney hadden ze destijds toch ook gevraagd voor Them Crooked Vultures?
Ben benieuwd wie die "grootste popster in de wereld" zal zijn.
Hmm, mwah, tja.quote:Op woensdag 23 augustus 2017 14:23 schreef Ener-G het volgende:
quote:Op maandag 28 augustus 2017 01:47 schreef 1shot1kill het volgende:
quote:CONCRETE AND GOLD WORLD TOUR
Details of each show will be revealed in the relevant AU time zone's 'Zero Hour' on Thursday 7 September
Hearts, minds and attendance records are set to be blown in January and February 2018 as Foo Fighters return to rock stadiums across Australia and New Zealand in support of their ninth studio album Concrete and Gold (out 15 September on Roswell Records/RCA Records through Sony Music Entertainment Australia and New Zealand).
Foo Fighters will be joined at all shows by very special guests Weezer, plus a local opener from each city on the tour.
Foo Fighters were last in Australia and New Zealand on their 20th Anniversary World Tour supporting their eighth album Sonic Highways, tearing through anthems including "Something From Nothing" and perennial favorites 'Everlong', 'Learn To Fly', 'Best Of You' and 'My Hero', picking up the record as one of 2015's top five grossing tours in the process:
Available for pre-order here, Concrete and Gold is the newest Foo Fighters music since 2015's Saint Cecilia EP and the band's first full-length album in three years. Concrete and Gold sees Foo Fighters add new dimensions to their trademark hard melodic rock n roll.
The public's first taste of the new album came in the form of the most enthusiastically received single in Foo Fighters history, the surprise hard rock anthem of the year "Run", and its time-traveling mind-warp of a video directed by Dave Grohl himself.
The clip for follow-up single, "The Sky Is A Neighborhood" was a Grohl family affair, with Dave sitting in the director's chair once more and his two daughters Violet and Harper playing the lead roles in the 'rock and roll fairytale' (Rolling Stone) video.
With producer Greg Kurstin (Adele, Sia, Pink) at the helm, Concrete and Gold seamlessly combines hard rock extremes and pop sensibilities across those singles and nine more incredible tracks:
"I wanted it to be the biggest sounding Foo Fighters record ever. To make a gigantic rock record but with Greg Kurstin's sense of melody and arrangement… Motorhead's version of Sgt. Pepper… or something like that." – Dave Grohl
These dates will be the first time Australian and New Zealand fans will experience tracks from Concrete and Gold live in all their glory, holding their own alongside Foo Fighters classics like "Walk", "These Days", "The Pretender", "All My Life" "Times Like These" among countless others.
American alt-rockers Weezer will be leaving 'Beverly Hills' behind to join Foo Fighters as their very special guests at all Australian and New Zealand shows on the Concrete And Gold World Tour. These will be Weezer's first shows in our countries since their acclaimed Blue Album Memories shows in 2013, and only their third AU & NZ tour ever in an illustrious 25+ year career defined by tracks like 'Say It Ain't So', 'Buddy Holly', 'Undone – The Sweater Song', and 'Island In The Sun'.
The release of Weezer's eleventh studio album Pacific Daydream is slated for Friday 27 October through Warner Music, with lead singles 'Feels Like Summer' and 'Mexican Fender' already receiving buzz from fans and critics alike.
Each Australian and New Zealand show will feature a local opener –
Dynamic and driving Wellington punk band Ayn Randy will open the Auckland show. With a sound duly spiked with shout-a-long hooks, expect a set filled with plenty of urgent punk on rip-roaring songs.
Make no mistake: Foo Fighters' Concrete and Gold Australian and New Zealand tour with special guests Weezer will be one for the history books. Act quick to secure your tickets to be part of one of the season's most epic tours.
http://www.nu.nl/muziek/4(...)um-foo-fighters.htmlquote:Justin Timberlake is de 'mystery guest' op het aankomende album van de Foo Fighters, Concrete and Gold. Zanger Dave Grohl zegt dat Timberlake zelf vroeg om op het album mee te kunnen zingen.
Grohl vertelt aan Rolling Stone dat de band en Timberlake regelmatig drankjes dronken tussen opnames in een muziekstudio in Los Angeles, Californië waar ze los van elkaar nummers opnamen.
"We dronken whiskey op het parkeerterrein. Hij was echt heel cool. De laatste avond dat hij er was vroeg hij of hij mee mocht zingen op ons album. 'Ik wil mijn vrienden dat kunnen vertellen'", aldus Grohl.
De bijdrage van Timberlake is uiteindelijk niet heel groot: op een nummer zingt hij de "la la la's". De Foo Fighter-zanger was erg onder de indruk: "Die jongen komt nog eens ergens", aldus Grohl lachend.
Nah dat valt wel mee als je de huidige tracks hoort, al zou je het wel verwachten als je dit leest over Timberlake en kijkt wie de producer is. Maar goed, dit klinkt ook vrij spontaan, niet echt alsof er gevraagd is of Justin asjeblieft wil komen zingen, maar gewoon dat ze elkaar tegen kwamen en Justin zei 'Goh, lijkt me gaaf een stukje mee te doen'. Zo drumt overigens Paul McCartney ook op een nummer.quote:Op donderdag 7 september 2017 15:32 schreef indiaantje89 het volgende:
Ik vind Timberlake best tof... maar om dat nu te vragen op een Foo Fighters album...
Benieuwd naar het resultaat wel, hopelijk gaan ze niet een te commerciële (lees:: poppy) kant op.
quote:What a Foo Believes: The Sweet Life and Rock & Roll Faith of America's Biggest Band
Dave Grohl goes deep on bro-ing down with Justin Timberlake, missing Chris Cornell and his band's star-studded new LP
"This is my first day off in weeks," Dave Grohl says, barefoot in his kitchen in jeans and a biker T-shirt, big goofy Dave Grohl grin on his face. The 48-year-old Foo Fighters frontman doesn't get much downtime these days, between making records, touring, directing documentaries and gigging with pretty much anyone who asks. (Grohl: "I just like to jam!") But today, he finds himself uncharacteristically unoccupied. "What should we do?"
Grohl already dropped his two older daughters off at special-effects camp. His youngest, three-year-old Ophelia, is at pre-school, so now he has the day to himself. Next week, the Foos will hit the road in support of their ninth album, Concrete and Gold, flying first to Chicago, then Southeast Asia, Australia and Europe, then back home to throw their own festival, Cal Jam, on October 7th. So Grohl would be forgiven for taking just one day to chill. But "drummers are like sharks," as Foos guitarist Pat Smear says. "They have to move all the time or they die." So instead, we're going to cross a few errands off his to-do list.
But wait – "Do you have anything you need to do?" Grohl asks. I do not. OK, then. Let's go!
Casa Grohl is a two-acre spread on a resplendent Encino, California, hilltop, with sweeping views of the San Fernando Valley. "It used to be all orange groves around here," Grohl says. "And 80 or 90 years ago, it's where a lot of Hollywood actors had weekend homes." This very neighborhood used to belong to Clark Gable. "Now it's maybe the most unhip place to live in Los Angeles."
We hop into Grohl's Tesla, a $140,000 spaceship with Sonic Youth on the stereo, and he heads down the hill, drumming on the steering wheel the entire way. Grohl drums constantly – clapping his hands, tapping his feet, smacking the meaty part of his thigh. It's both unconscious and compulsive, like he'll explode if he doesn't get the rhythm out. "He's always high-energy," says his friend Paul McCartney. "I mean, I'm an enthusiastic person, and I think he's possibly doubled."
Grohl merges onto the 101 and steers us toward Amoeba Records, the legendary Hollywood record store. His middle daughter, Harper, 8, just started learning to play the drums, so he wants to buy her some records to play along to. (He already taught her Queen's "We Will Rock You"; there's a YouTube video of her playing it at a Foos show, one of the more adorable instances of nepotism you'll see.) Harper has requested an Imagine Dragons LP – the girls have been into vinyl since Grohl got them a Beatles box set to "make sure they had some sort of musical foundation before they went straight to fucking Iggy Azalea" – but he's also going to "counter that with a little AC/DC," he says. Even for an eight-year-old, "you can't go wrong with 'Highway to Hell.' "
We pull up to the curb, and Grohl puts some money in the meter and lights a cigarette. (He usually makes it through half a cigarette on the walk from the car to wherever he's going.) At the front door, a manager-type woman says hi and asks if he's here for the show. "No," Grohl says, "I just want to buy a record."
The woman frowns apologetically. "We actually have a Lana Del Rey in-store right now," she says. "I don't know if you can get to the records."
Sure enough, the aisles inside are packed with Lana Del Rey fans. The only section we can reach is the A's. Grohl grabs Highway to Hell, then tries to worm his way to the I's for Imagine Dragons. "Excuse me, sorry," he mutters as he squeezes by, "I'm really sorry ..."
It's by now well-established that Grohl is an avuncular Everydude, someone who "can make a whole stadium feel like he had a beer with every single one of them, and it's not bullshit," drummer Taylor Hawkins says. Grohl is to rock what Tom Hanks is to Hollywood: the head cheerleader, the de facto mayor, and the guy everyone wants to hang with. The Grammys need someone to shred while Deadmau5 fiddles with his laptop? Get Grohl on the phone. The Oscars want a rock star to play acoustic guitar during their "In Memoriam" segment? Just tell Grohl where to put his stool. Your cousin Ronnie's Sabbath cover band has a gig tonight and their drummer had to bail? Text Grohl the address, he'll be there in 20.
But to a store full of teenage Lana Del Rey fans, Grohl is just a long-haired middle-age guy who's in their way. As he works through the crowd, one young woman looks particularly vexed. "Is the store still open?" she asks him pointedly. "They told us it was going to be shut for the next hour."
Grohl looks contrite. "I'm just getting my daughter an Imagine Dragons record," he says.
The girl narrows her eyes. "You should buy her a Lana record," she says.
Grohl smiles and holds up his LP. "I got her AC/DC?"
Even the Foo Fighters know there's nothing especially groundbreaking about the Foo Fighters in 2017. They're arguably the biggest American rock band of the past 20 years, selling out stadiums even as the deck is stacked increasingly against them. "There's no rock music – fucking none," Hawkins says. "Alternative-rock radio just sounds like Men at Work or Kajagoogoo." Hawkins says he recently asked his son, Shane, 10, if any of his friends like rock. Shane said no, only Drake and Lil Yachty. "I get it," Hawkins, at 45 the youngest Foo, says. "Would I have liked a band of 45- and 50-year-olds when I was 17? I'm gonna say no."
Grohl gets it too. "I remember being 26 and saying I'm not gonna do this past 33," he says. "Now I'll be 50 in a year and a half." The baby from the Nevermind cover is now four years older than Grohl was when Nevermind came out. "I never thought I'd end up at a rock festival with fuckin' gray hair in my beard, but it happened," he says. "And I'm cool with it."
When it comes to rock, Grohl is a lifer, a standard-bearer and an evangelist. "I still enjoy going to see new bands," he says. "I think there's a whole new generation just waiting to come out." ("We must seem like Gandalf to them," he adds.) He also still cares about making records – and what's more, making them good. "I've always been afraid of becoming a heritage act," he says. "I feel like we have to prove ourselves over and over to be a band worth following."
When it comes to the music, "our formula is pretty simple," Grohl admits. "When you put us in a room, it sounds like the band. So the challenge is to figure out how that evolves."
At the same time, Hawkins says, their reliability is "one of the reasons we're still here and doing it at the level that we're doing it." They're a known quantity – like Coca-Cola or IBM. "Without sounding too business-y," Hawkins says, "I think we deliver something people can count on: big choruses, guitars and a little bit of screaming."
Outside the record store, Grohl stubs out another half-cigarette. "Actually," he says, "the studio where we made the new record is right down the street. We can stop by if you want."
We head over to EastWest, a studio compound originally built for Frank Sinatra. "We mixed Nirvana Unplugged in here, ages ago," Grohl says as we walk inside. He opens the door to the glorified closet that is Studio 3 and drops his voice to a reverent whisper. "The Pet Sounds room," he says. "Isn't that nuts?"
To oversee Concrete and Gold, the band enlisted producer Greg Kurstin, a pop wizard who's worked with Sia and produced and co-wrote Adele's "Hello." Grohl is a big fan of Kurstin's band the Bird and the Bee, and he hoped Kurstin might bring his flair for harmonies and arrangements. "There's a lot of stuff on this record that's been bouncing around in Dave's head for a long time – the superlayered vocals and countermelodies and all that," says guitarist Chris Shiflett. "It was cool to see Dave let go and have somebody actually produce the record," adds bassist Nate Mendel. "Usually it's tough for him to let go of the reins."
As Hawkins says, "I think it's our most psychedelic record, and our weirdest."
The bandmates hadn't recorded a full album in a big commercial studio since 2002's One by One, so they'd forgotten about the fun of random studio encounters. "You'd walk down the hall, and Lady Gaga would be in the kitchen," Grohl marvels. Lately he's become a big barbecue enthusiast, so he parked his smoker out on the patio and appointed himself pitmaster for the building. "I was cooking for, like, 40 people a night," he says proudly. "I'd be in the middle of a vocal take and be like, 'Fuck, I gotta go check the meat.' " But the socializing paid off, as the Foos pulled all sorts of random guests into their sessions – like Boyz II Men singer Shawn Stockman, whom Grohl bumped into in the parking lot one day. (How did he even recognize Stockman? Grohl shrugs. "Nineties, baby!")
Then there was the day Justin Timberlake dropped by. He listened to what the Foos were doing and liked what he heard, and pretty soon he and Grohl were hanging out regularly. "We'd drink whiskey in the parking lot," Grohl says. "He was really, really cool. Then the night before his last day, he says, 'Can I sing on your record? I don't want to push it, but – I just want to be able to tell my friends.' " So the band had him add some "la la la's" to one track. "He nailed it," Grohl says. "I'm telling you – the guy's going somewhere."
But even that wasn't the Foos' most exciting guest. That honor belongs to Sir Paul McCartney. He and Grohl are buddies – they socialize with their families and have jammed together a few times. So when McCartney had to borrow Kurstin in the middle of the Foos' recording, Grohl decided to call in a favor. He texted McCartney: "Do you want to play drums on one of our new songs?" McCartney's response? "You're crazy, man!"
But to the band's delight, he agreed. "Even if it had been banjo, I think I probably would have showed up," McCartney says. The last time he got a call like that from Grohl was to collaborate on the soundtrack to Grohl's 2013 documentary, Sound City. "I was jamming with these two guys I'd never met," McCartney says. "And then I heard them talking in the studio, and it was like, 'Oh, shit! You guys are fucking Nirvana!' "
"It's inspiring," Grohl says, "because he's still playing for the same reasons we all started playing when we were young. He just wants to jam."
Unsurprisingly, Paul McCartney is a pretty good drummer. "You don't generally think of him as a drummer," Hawkins says. "But he laid that track so fucking effortlessly. He never even heard the song – Dave kind of explained it to him with an acoustic guitar. And he was like, 'Yeah, yeah. I think I know what you're doing.' "
McCartney played two takes; they used the first. "He was so fucking good," Grohl says. "We played for an hour, then took a break and had bagels and tea. I thought we were done – I didn't want to rag him out – so I was out having a cig, and someone goes, 'Hey, Paul wants to jam some more.' He rounded everybody up, and we jammed for hours: 'Let's write some songs, man!' "
"Well, you know," says McCartney. "Once you get the meter running ..."
Last summer, Grohl did as he usually does and went off by himself to put lyrics to the songs. "I Airbnb'd this house on this olive-tree farm in Ojai," a small artist enclave in the foothills outside L.A. "I thought, 'OK, I'm gonna go for five days, bring all these instrumentals and a case of wine, and see if I can come up with something.' "
A week before Grohl left, Donald Trump clinched the Republican presidential nomination. "I'm not an outwardly political person," says Grohl. "But it's pretty easy to figure out where I fall on the map."
Soon Grohl found himself in his underwear, wine-drunk, screaming nonsense phonetics into a microphone. Subconsciously, a lot of his political anxieties came out. One song, "La Dee Da," channeled the feelings of a teenage Grohl, a lonely punk-rock kid in suburban Virginia. "It's a portrait of me as a teenager, feeling completely alienated and repressed by the conservative environment of the early to mid-Eighties," he says. The album's opening track, "T-Shirt," came after Trump's inauguration, but it shared some of the same concerns. "I watched the infamous press conference in the East Room – the one that turned into a screaming match. The fucking WWE one. All that gross ambition for power and control freaked me out. I was like, 'Oh, my God. This is what we've become.' "
That said, if you didn't know the backstory, there's nothing explicitly political about the album. "When the Foo Fighters go out and tour, we play to everyone," he says. "I like to think that music is something that can bring two opposite sides of the spectrum into the same arena for three hours of relief. There's a part of me that thinks I'm better at giving people hope. So that's where I'd rather be."
Back outside, Grohl eases the Tesla onto a quiet side street. "I haven't shown you how fast this car is yet, have I?" He presses a few buttons on the touch screen and puts the car into something called ludicrous mode. "It doesn't have a combustion engine – it's just magnets or whatever," he says. "So it goes zero-to-60 in 2.4 seconds. It's fucking insane. It feels like this."
Suddenly he punches the accelerator, and the car launches forward like an F-16 from a catapult. Grohl laughs. He floors it again, and we scream. "It's impractical!" he says. "It really is the stupidest thing."
Anyway: On to the next stop. Grohl's mom has been renovating her kitchen, and he's been meaning to go see it. He takes out his phone and calls her: "Whassup, Mom!" She says there's been a setback – someone measured the sink wrong. "Oh, crap," says Grohl. "Well, we're just running dumb errands. We'll swing by."
However cool you think Grohl is, Virginia Hanlon Grohl is approximately 37 times cooler. A former English teacher, she raised Grohl and his sister mostly on her own after divorcing Grohl's dad (a Republican speechwriter and campaign manager) when Dave was six. She made ends meet with off-hours jobs at a department store and a carpet-cleaning service; now retired, she recently published her first book at the age of 79 – a collection of interviews with the mothers of other famous musicians (Pharrell Williams, Adam Levine, Dr. Dre) called From Cradle to Stage. "My mother is now fully entrenched in the music industry," Grohl says, laughing. "She'll be like, 'I can't talk – I have a conference call with Live Nation!' "
We pull up to her house, a bungalow not far from Grohl's place, and he taps out "Shave and a Haircut" on her front door. "What's up, Mama!" he says when she answers.
She ushers us into the living room. "Would you guys like a Diet Coke?" she asks. She returns with two cans and takes a seat next to Grohl on the sofa.
"Did you have a nice dinner last night?" she asks him. "I feel so bad."
Apparently Grohl called and asked her to babysit, but she already had plans. "Don't feel bad!" he says. "I called you on, like, an hour's notice. It was totally fine."
"But you just sent me to Italy for my birthday," she says. "And I had the best time of my whole life. ..."
Grohl turns to me. "My mom's 80th birthday is next month, so we got a place in Tuscany for a week."
"It was a castle!" Mrs. Grohl says. "All for us." She says it was an incredible trip, although they did get stopped by Foo Fighters fans a lot. "But you were wonderful to everybody," she says. "Because we were drinking wine."
She asks what we've been up to today, and Grohl tells her about the record store and EastWest. "What's that?" she asks.
"The studio we recorded at?" says Grohl. He looks a little hurt. "Supportive mother!"
"Well, heck, it took me three months to get in," she says. "It was a closed session!"
"Mom!" says Grohl. "What are you talking about? Don't tell people that!"
Grohl's mom used to be a singer herself, in a high school vocal group called the Three Belles. When her only son wanted to drop out of high school at 17 – the same high school where Mrs. Grohl taught, no less – to tour Europe with his punk band Scream, she was nothing but supportive. "Musicians are the most fun people," she says. "And they work harder than anyone in the world."
"Hmm," says a skeptical Grohl. "You think?"
"They're all complete workaholics," she insists. "You. Dre. Pharrell." A pause. "Maybe not Adam Levine." Grohl cracks up.
Then Mrs. Grohl tells a story. "When David was born, they took me into the delivery room when it was time, and there were all these guys standing around," she says. "All new ... whatever you call them when they're in the last stage of becoming doctors." Apparently these new residents had yet to see a baby delivered. "So when he was born," she says, "they all burst into applause. I didn't think about that until years later, when I had this epiphany: 'Oh, my God. That's the first sound he ever heard.' "
Grohl smiles. "Let's keep moving."
Grohl grabs an espresso at the coffee shop on the corner, then decides to swing by Studio 606, the band's studio-slash-headquarters since 2005. We walk through the massive warehouse garage, filled with dozens of guitars, as well as the giant shield that Grohl got for his birthday at Medieval Times. ("They knighted me!" he says.) We go inside, where the walls are lined with 25 years of memories, posters and platinum plaques from Foo Fighters and Nirvana.
In hindsight, it's easy to forget how unlikely it is that Foo Fighters became a thing. After Nirvana ended, it seemed like Grohl, the happy-go-lucky drummer, might never get out of their shadow. But to hear the band tell it, Grohl's time in Nirvana made him the successful frontman he is today. "He learned so much that he was able to use to escape a lot of mistakes," says Smear, his bandmate in Nirvana as well as the Foos. "I watched it happen with Foo Fighters – like, 'Oh, I know why you're doing this: Because Nirvana did it and it was good!' or 'I know why you're not doing this: Because Nirvana did it and it was bad!' "
Grohl calls the three years from 1991 to 1994 "a crash course in the danger of a band becoming so popular so quickly." "When the Foo Fighters started," he says, "we made some pretty clear decisions about what to do and what not to do." On the to-do list? "Go out and play some shows. Start from the ground up." And the not-to-do list? Grohl laughs ruefully. "I mean ... heroin?"
Nearly a quarter-century into their career, the Foos are not just a stadium-filling rock band; they're a fixture in the firmament. So what's the secret? According to the Foos, a few things.
For one, they've been consistent. They've never broken up, never dramatically changed their sound – just cranked out good albums every two or three years. "A lot of people don't know this, but we've never had a big, successful record," Mendel says. Their bestselling album, from back when people still bought albums, was 1997's The Colour and the Shape, which sold around 2 million copies. (Comparative data point: Creed's My Own Prison, released the same year, sold 6 million.) "The success the band's had, we've been able to grow with it over time," Mendel says. "It never overwhelmed us."
In their first few years together, there were divorces, lineup changes, near-breakups and Hawkins' 2001 heroin overdose, which put him in a coma for two weeks. "We went through a lot of crazy periods with our band early on," Hawkins admits. But since then, it's been pretty smooth sailing. "I'm not saying that I can't piss Dave off, or Dave can't bum me out – Dave can hurt my feelings more than anyone else in the world," says Hawkins, who's now sober. "But there's not an evil, out-to-get-you vibe. It's more sibling-like."
Grohl has also been good about making sure the Foos never felt like a backing band. To wit: The group shares all publishing revenue equally. (Contrast this with Kurt Cobain, who renegotiated Nirvana's contracts to retroactively give himself a bigger share.) "I think Dave learned that this is the way to keep a band happy and feeling like a band," Smear says. "He's naturally a generous person – but he also gets that there's an upside."
(As Hawkins puts it, "He was a fucking drummer, man! I think because he was in that back seat, he knows how we'd feel if we were treated badly.")
And finally – if perhaps contradictorily – there's no doubting whose band it is. "This band works because it's not a democracy," says Shiflett. "People can read into that what they want – but it's a big reason why the band hasn't broken up."
"It's a benign dictatorship," says Hawkins. "I've learned to keep my mouth shut until Dave's really looking for input."
Grohl prefers to think of the band more as a family. "I mean, I know at the end of the day it's my name at the bottom of the check," he says. "But we all hold different responsibilities that keep the thing fucking going."
Next door, the band is in the middle of building Studio 607, a multimedia complex with editing suites and a screening room where Grohl can do post-production work on his growing body of TV and film projects (which include Sound City and the 2014 HBO series Sonic Highways). He has a lot of plans: He wants to make a documentary about tour vans and Eighties indie-rock culture, and he's been working with a Hollywood producer to develop a feature film, which he would direct. "But I don't have a lot of time to branch off and do those projects that I love when I'm doing Foo Fighters stuff," he says. "So I have to kind of choose my battles."
Which raises an important point. All the Foos have side projects to scratch whatever creative itch the band doesn't fulfill. But of all the side gigs, Grohl's are invariably the coolest. When he's playing at the Oscars or jamming with former members of Led Zeppelin, doesn't the rest of the band get bummed?
"Every once in a while, you do get a little hissy," Hawkins says. "Like, 'Why wasn't I involved in this?' But [former Police drummer] Stewart Copeland, who's one of my heroes, said something really great to me once. I was upset about something – I won't tell you what exactly – so I called Stewart. And he goes, 'Taylor, Taylor, Taylor. You live in a nice house, don't you? You get to do shit that you like? Make your solo records? Right. You haven't texted anyone yet, have you? You haven't called anyone? Good. Don't. Dave's a good guy. You've got a good thing going. Just go for a mountain bike ride, and it'll all seem like nothing.' "
Hawkins smiles. "Wise, sage advice."
It's getting late, so we start making our way back to Grohl's house. When we get there, Ophelia is napping, so we tiptoe upstairs, through the girls' playroom (wagons, bunk beds, toy guitars) and into Grohl's office, where three high shelves crammed with Grammys and VMAs are the only trace of rock star in the house. We sit out on the balcony (where Grohl says he once saw a UFO), and he lights another cigarette, then notices something on the ground. "Whoa," he says. "There's a fucking dead bird, man!"
He crouches down and, with a dad's nonchalance, tosses it into the bushes. "Ugh," he says. "Dead birrrrd. I'm glad my kids didn't find that."
In October, the band is plotting Cal Jam, an homage to an identically named 1974 festival that featured Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Earth, Wind and Fire. The original, held at an auto track east of L.A., drew more than a quarter-million fans. "That speedway aesthetic just seemed so cool," Grohl says. "This skeleton stage in the midday heat, and a bunch of shirtless dudes with Michelob bottles and sunburns and jean shorts." The closest they could come was an amphitheater in San Bernardino, where they'll headline a lineup including Queens of the Stone Age, Liam Gallagher and Cage the Elephant. "A lot of them are drinking buddies. And some I've never met," Grohl says. "I can't wait. It's gonna be fucking fun."
I ask if there was anyone they tried to book and couldn't. Grohl falls uncommonly silent. "You know," he says after several seconds. "We wanted to have Soundgarden. They had agreed to do it. And, um ..." His voice catches. "It didn't happen."
Chris Cornell had been a friend of Grohl's since their Seattle grunge days. "I loved him," Grohl says, voice breaking. "He was a really sweet guy. Full of life. And he had so much to offer. That one hurt," he says through tears. "Over the years you sort of count your blessings that you survived, and when you see another one go down ..."
The nature of Cornell's death dredged up particularly painful memories for Grohl, who knows what it means to lose a bandmate to suicide. "I felt for his family," he says. "And I felt for his ..." He chokes up again. "And I felt for his band, you know? Because that's a long road, man."
Grohl is quiet a long time. "Every time it happens, the same feeling comes up," he says. "It's shocking and confusing and I just don't get it. You get into this with a love of music, and sharing it with people, and you hope everybody feels the same way. I know it's more complicated than that ... but, fuck. It just sucks."
Just then, a car pulls up in the driveway below us. It's Grohl's wife, Jordyn, and Harper, home from camp. He stands up, sniffling. "But, yeah," he says. "I've always felt like the most important thing is just to get home safe. You just gotta keep on keeping on." He starts down the stairs, wiping away tears as he goes.
Downstairs, Ophelia is awake from her nap and watching The Boss Baby on the couch. Harper is in the kitchen, waiting for Grohl. (His oldest daughter, Violet, 11, went to a friend's house.) He steps off the stairs and gives her a high-five. "I said what's up!" he says.
"I said what's up!" Harper answers.
Grohl hugs and kisses Jordyn, then turns back to Harper. "How was camp?" he asks. "Was it the old-people makeup today?"
"No, that was yesterday," she says. "Today I did the Mad Hatter and a dog."
"Really?" he says, excited. "Was it cool?"
"Yeah!" she says.
Today their Labradoodle, Penny, has a birthday, so they got her a doggie cupcake with a "2" on it and some birthday hats. Ophelia runs around trying to put a hat on Penny, giggling, while Harper puts one on her forehead and pretends to be a unicorn. Finally the dog is wrangled, and everyone gathers around her to sing "Happy Birthday." Afterward, Ophelia blows out the candle in her face, and Penny runs off with the cupcake. Grohl smiles, happy to have a full house.
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Ik heb hem één keer geluisterd, Run en La Dee Da beste nummers, verder niet echt heel geweldig. Een paar nummers die me doen denken aan IYH en ESP&G albums.quote:Op dinsdag 12 september 2017 12:17 schreef Kyran het volgende:
Ik weet niet wat ik hier van vind nog. Niet onder de indruk tot nu toe, maar nog een paar luisterbeurten geven sowieso.
Pffff...quote:Op donderdag 14 september 2017 21:21 schreef Felixa het volgende:
Ik ga er dinsdag heen en daarna door naar het concert.
Ik had geen verwachtingen.quote:Op vrijdag 15 september 2017 16:30 schreef Lamabal het volgende:
Ik vind het een heerlijk album. Weet niet wat jullie allemaal verwachtte maar ik vind het goed
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Seventy five years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the internment and resettlement of over 100,000 Japanese -Americans to internment camps in remote locations in the western states. It was war time, and these people were suspected, based primarily on ethnicity, of collaborating with the enemy. The debate, process of resettlement, reaction, and apology by President Ronald Reagan are well documented. My aim here is to comment on photography.
Dorothea Lange and other photographers were commissioned by the War Relocation Authority (WRA) to document the resettlement process. (You can find more details of the resettlement and her photography here and here. Anchor Editions still has some of these prints available (as of this date; many are sold out).
The photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information were employed by the US government to make photographs that could be used to explain to the American public (and to Congress) what its programs were trying to do. While not all well known, these were accomplished photographers who made some outstanding works. Some of them, such as Lange's 'Migrant Mother', were iconic views of the Great Depression.
The photograph above is the one I chose to purchase, not just for its overall quality but for its emotional content. I can almost feel her tiredness, and the background of family luggage tells its own story of relocation. I find this photograph at least as emotive as 'Migrant Mother'. Here, Lange found a decisive moment, with this eyes-closed expression. In 'Migrant Mother', the lined face has its story of toil; young Kimiko projects through her expression, posture, clothing and surroundings, in a much more complex composition. For those photographic rule breakers viewing this, I note that this work is almost square, slightly taller than wide, with the subject centered. Still a great photograph.
While this blog is primarily intended as a commentary on photography, I cannot help noting a few facts, of the ordinary kind. Seventy five years ago a US President signed an executive order leading to the forced resettlement of over 100,000 people selected for their ethnicity, many of them US citizens and many of them eventual war heroes. Forty six years later President Ronald Reagan signed an Act of Congress authorizing payment of redress to those interned. In the following administration, President George H. W. Bush presided over the formal apology and distribution of funds to over 80,000 survivors. Year before last one of those survivors starred in a Broadway play whose subject was the order and internment. And all this happened because politicians listened to fear without reason.
If there had been more photographs published as this event unfolded, it might have had a different outcome.


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Harrison VFW Newsletter July 2015
Thanks to everyone that has helped keep our post running. A big thanks to Jim Sizemore, our past Quartermaster and Joe Ecklar, past Chaplain. They did a great job these past five years.
Jeremy Anderson, Quartermaster
Matthew Brown, Adjutant
Regina Graichen, 3 yr. Trustee
Walt Miller, Chaplain
We wish a speedy recovery for Walt; you are in our prayers.
We need members to get involved and come to the meetings. 2nd Wednesday of the month 7:30pm. The next meeting is 7/8/2015, be there please. This Post will not be here to help Vets and their families unless you get involved!
SATURDAY, JULY 11: Picnic at Ft. Thomas VA Hospital, volunteers to meet at Post at 9:15 and leave by 9:30am. Our Post has a cook out and feed them and then they play Bingo. These men/women are heroes, most all of these Vets stay there till the end! This is a great thing to do. See Bougar or Hippo for questions. Need not be a member to go.
God Bless our Country, its Veterans and all in our Post 7570 Family,
Robert L. Ostertag, Commander
Cabana is open daily at 4pm, weather permitting
Canteen is open daily at 3pm; Saturday at 8am
Cruise In with DJ John Summer every Wednesday beginning 5pm
Max & Joe Line Dance every Wednesday in the Canteen (no cover) (Not on 7/8)
Line Dance Lessons every Monday (Not on 7/6)
Picnic at Ft. Thomas Hospital on Saturday, July 11, meet at Post at 9:15am
LOV-S Monthly Breakfast on Saturday, July 11, 8am-11:30am, $7.00
Flea Market on Saturday, July 11: 7:30am-1pm
Chicken Dinner: Saturday, July 18, 4pm-7pm, $12.00
Mud Volleyball: Saturday, July 18, 8am – ? Contact Ed Eggleston 812-637-2161 or 513-213-6666. Signup sheets at post.
Member Birthday Party: Saturday, July 18
Friday entertainment at the Cabana on the Whitewater River:
7/3: Jay Schulte
7/10: James Patterson Band
7/17: Biggin
7/24: Bob Weingartner
7/31: Captain Mike
God Bless America and Protect Our Troops,
Paul F. Hilmer (Hippo), Jr. Vice Commander
Friday $5.00 Drawing: Cindy Kuhlman (n/p); Tom Barnes (100%); Allie Davis (100%); Leah Hand (100%); Hoppy Hopkins (50%)
Happy Birthday Jan St. John, Wayne Miller, Cappy (90 yrs. young); Foxy, Hoppy, Ed Crawford, Dallas Grubbs. Birthday Party is Sat, July 18th, starting at 6pm with happy hour prices for Birthday Person til 9pm, birthday cake, juke box. Bring snack to share and invite some of your friends.
We have a long list of friends that are ill and in need of our prayers; they are: Walt Miller, Joe Ecklar, Patty Zirkle, Darlene Johnson, Tilly, Mary Reed, Bougar's Daughter-in-Law and Glen Thompson's Mom.
As always, please keep our service men and women, POW's & MIA's in your prayers.
Walt Miller, Chaplain
Gearing up for the Mud Volleyball on July 18th and August 22nd, need volunteers, contact me. Our next meeting is August 6th, 7:30pm
As always, remember to thank a Veteran, God Bless America.
Keith E. Havlin, President Men's Auxiliary
Happy Summer!! It has been voted that monthly LOV-S will be donating $125.00 to a Veterans organization. We have a list of organizations that we will be donating to. However, if there is a Veterans organization that you would like us to donate to, please contact me or Bev Hilmer.
July 11th All You Can Eat Breakfast $7.00, 8:30a-11:30a. LOV-S will be hosting a Chicken Dinner on July 18th, $12.00, 4pm-7pm. Includes ½ chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, coleslaw, dinner roll and dessert, eat in or carry out. We are asking members to volunteer to help work the dinner and or donate a dessert. Desserts are much needed. We want this to be a success and without volunteers we cannot do it. Please call me at 513 407-7090 if you can donate a dessert or work.
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Heard so much about the All You Can Eat Breakfast the last few years I decided it was time to take a chance. I arrived at 10am and was greeted by a bodacious blonde, she took my dough and gave me a wink and a ticket. I ambled to the rear and there was a trio of gorgeous ladies serving fabulous meats, cooked to perfection by (gasp) a chef in shorts. Determined to keep my eyes averted from those legs, I had to tear myself away and let the lovely Mary Ann cook my eggs to order. Biscuits & gravy, pancakes, potato casserole, fruits, coffee, juices, and milk rounded out the meal. YOU ALL SHOULD GIVE THE BREAKFAST A TRY!
We are always looking at ways to help our Veterans, if you have any suggestions, contact me or come to our next meeting on July 30 at 7:30pm (change of date)
God Bless Our Veterans
MaryAnn Callan, President LOV-S
In the month of June, our Post:
- Assisted 32 Veterans and families with VA — including driving to Veterans facilities and assisting with paper work and finances
- Held 9 Charitable Events at the Canteen, Event Center and Cabana and Field
- AA holds meetings at our Post every Thursday at noon
- Gave over $2,675.00 for our veteran members, local area needy, etc.
I am on the job and, like always, the books are open for your inspection!
God Protect Our Troops and Country.
Jeremy Anderson, Quartermaster
SATURDAY, JULY 11: Picnic at Ft. Thomas VA Hospital, volunteers to meet at Post at 9:15am and leave by 9:30am. Our Post feeds them and then they play Bingo. Great thing to do. See Bougar or Hippo for questions.
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The Seafarer's Kiss, by Julia Ember
Publisher: Duet (Interlude Press)
Release Date: May 4, 2017
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Having long-wondered what lives beyond the ice shelf, nineteen-year-old mermaid Ersel learns of the life she wants when she rescues and befriends Ragna, a shield-maiden stranded on the mermen's glacier. But when Ersel's childhood friend and suitor catches them together, he gives Ersel a choice: say goodbye to Ragna or face justice at the hands of the glacier's brutal king.
Determined to forge a different fate, Ersel seeks help from Loki. But such deals are never as one expects, and the outcome sees her exiled from the only home and protection she's known. To save herself from perishing in the barren, underwater wasteland and be reunited with the human she's come to love, Ersel must try to outsmart the God of Lies.
F/F Pairing
Bisexual Character
Genderfluid Character
Young Adult
Mythology/Faerie Tales
Fat Character
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Extreme Misogyny
Dubious Consent
Faerie tale retellings have long been a favourite of mine, the more subversive the better, and Julia Ember's masterful reimagining of The Little Mermaid is one of the most clever and unique interpretations I've ever read.
Inspired both by the original Hans Christian Anderson literary tale and Disney's now famous animated version, The Seafarer's Kiss is narrated by Ersel, our 'Ursula', a chubby, adventurous mermaid frustrated by the claustrophobic and oppressive misogynist regime that is her home. Like the little mermaid we are familiar with, she longs to explore the ocean, and has a scientific curiosity about human technology, if not so much with humans themselves. She is ostracised by society and her former best friend now sees her only as a potential mate. Her entire world is changed when meets Ragna, a human stranded on an iceberg, and discovers she speaks the 'god-tongue' so they can communicate. The development of their relationship is fantastically engaging, and nicely averts several standard faerie tale romance tropes. Also, there are narwals. And you will love them.
I adore the merpeople worshipping Norse gods – of course it makes sense, if you're God of the Sea surely all who dwell in your domain would believe in you too, not just those on the land – and the way Ersel speaks of, and to them is just excellent worldbuilding. Which brings me to one of my favourite things in the book – LOKI. I was immediately impressed that Loki is presented as genderfluid and referred to as 'they' throughout, in both internal narration and spoken dialogue. (I did count three instances where they are accidentally misgendered, but since I read an ARC I hope this was corrected in the finished copy.) Every aspect they appear as is viewed as no more or less than another, they always remain, simply, Loki. This particular iteration of the trickster god may seem slightly more malevolent than most people are used to, but their devious, capricious amoral nature is still very much evident here.
One thing that did catch me off guard was the mermaid society, which is basically an underwater Handmaid's Tale nightmare of female oppression, with women used as tools to repopulate their declining species. Nothing in the promotional material prepared me for the level of potentially upsetting material, so please be careful when reading if this subject may be triggering for you. The way it was handled was well done however, and have no reservations recommending it.
Another aspect I appreciated was how the story was both a standard faerie tale in terms of plot and structure, the fact it was told from the 'villain's' perspective allowed for a much more morally ambiguous tone, and while there is a redemption narrative both Ersel and Ragna are allowed to be often unpleasant, occasionally even downright 'bad' people. Ragna is brutalistic, Ersel thoughtless and indifferent; they are flawed, and that's okay. We can still want for them a happy ending. Ersel is a magnificently atypical protagonist – not exactly an anti-hero, but not a compassionate saint either – and she gives me hope that everyone, no matter what mistakes they may have made, can carry on, learn from their painful past, and thrive.
Julia Ember is a polyamorous, bisexual writer and native of Chicago who now resides in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Seafarer's Kiss is her second novel and was influenced by her postgraduate work in medieval literature at The University of St. Andrews. Her first novel, Unicorn Tracks was published by Harmony Ink Press.
Find her online at: http://julia-ember.com/
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I received an advanced copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review.


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The fantastic nature of the Marvel Universe tends to mean high-level crimes like world domination and global blackmail are often commonplace, but other traditional criminal enterprises like drug trafficking are very much a real problem as well. In 1982's "Spectacular Spider-Man" #64, writer Bill Mantlo and artist Ed Hannigan illustrated what happens when realistic crimes smash up against the wondrous nature of the Marvel U with the introduction of the super powered anti-drug crusaders known as Cloak and Dagger.
Cloak (Tyrone Johnson) and Dagger (Tandy Bowen) developed super powers as a side effect of the Maggia injecting them with an experimental new drug the criminal organization was hoping to turn a profit on. Tyrone's body was transformed into a portal to the Darkforce Dimension, endowing him with the ability to envelop others into that stygian realm, as well as the ability to teleport and turn intangible. Tandy was given the ability to generate light daggers that disrupt a person's life force and the power to purge a person's body of toxins. For years, the duo used their abilities to combat crime on the mean streets of New York City. In 2009, they relocated to San Francisco where they reluctantly joined Norman Osborn's team of "Dark X-Men" before switching sides and joining the ranks of the true X-Men.
Since then, Cloak and Dagger have parted ways with the X-Men, returning home to New York City. This summer, writer Nick Spencer and artist Emma Rios will reestablish the duo as major players in the street-level corner of the Marvel Universe with the three issue "Spider-Island: Cloak & Dagger" miniseries that will tie into the upcoming Spider-Man event story "Spider-Island." We spoke with Spencer about the project, which he hopes to use as a platform to launch an ongoing "Cloak & Dagger" series.
When Cloak and Dagger first met as teenage runaways, they became fast friends. After receiving their powers, they stayed together, both due to their friendship and a side effect of their powers that makes them physically dependent on each other. Cloak's link to the Darkforce Dimension gives him a craving for light and warmth, which Dagger can feed with her light knives. Doing so also has the benefit of preventing her from becoming overcharged with life energy. The characters' friendship and symbiotic relationship has made them very close and on several occasions, they've considered becoming more than just friends. Spencer's series finds the duo finally ready to give romance a try.
"I think they're in a very interesting place right now because they've just come back to New York. They're literally just moving into new digs and restarting their lives, and in terms of their relationship, they're in a very strange place. For the first time in a long time, there is no reason why they could not and should not be together," Spencer told CBR News. "There have always been things that have gotten in the way. The timing usually isn't right, and when it has been, one of them just hasn't been feeling it at the time. So they're at this moment where, if they're going to be 'together,' now's the time. That's a big part of our initial set up. There really isn't going to be an excuse any more.
"You'd think both of them would be very happy and excited about that, but with so much tension and so much build up and so many will they or won't they moments, it's going to be scary," the writer continued. "It's going to be intimidating and it's going to be nerve wracking. That personal dynamic is so much of what I love about these characters. We have so few books about relationships. They're a huge part of our lives, but they're usually handled as sub-plots, in a very surface-level way. They're one of the trickiest things to make work in mainstream super hero comics. One of our big goals is to make a great book about a super hero relationship."
Spencer's other big goal is to reestablish Cloak and Dagger as members of New York City's street-level crime fighting community, which means the duo will become embroiled in the world of their initial contact in that community, the Amazing Spider-Man. "We're interested in reestablishing them in Spidey's life because that's where these characters got their start and they're really best known for their connection to Spider-Man. I think their broadest exposure was the 'Maximum Carnage' crossover, both the comics and the video game. We really felt that Ty and Tandy should become part of Spidey's world again. We wanted to make sure these characters are interacting a lot," Spencer said. "I'm very aware of that, and as a big fan of what Dan Slott is doing on 'Amazing Spider-Man,' I want to be part of that world. 'Iron Man 2.0' is meant to feel like it lives on the same street as Matt Fraction's Iron Man and I hope 'Cloak and Dagger' can be that to Dan's Spidey."
"Spider-Island: Cloak & Dagger" embroils the titular duo in the coming Spider-Man event story, which finds Manhattan infected by an epidemic of spider powered people. "Big things are going to be happening to New York City in 'Spider-Island' and that will all be reflected in and important to the book. At the same time, you really can read this book and not read anything else. If you're just a Cloak and Dagger fan and you just want to pick this book up, it will certainly stand on its own," Spencer said. "Everything you need to know we will explain in the book. You will be able to enjoy the story fully based on the pages of this comic. It's written in a way where it can be taken on its own or in the larger tapestry of "Spider-Island.' It's a fun challenge to have as a writer; to make it work on both levels like that."
During "Spider-Island," life in New York will be turned upside down by the several thousand people infected with spider powers. Several members of Spider-Man's rogues gallery will look to exploit the chaos by making moves to further their own nefarious agendas. In "Spider-Island: Cloak & Dagger," the titular duo will run afoul of a Spidey villain that they have a personal connection to -- the Chinatown crime lord, Mister Negative.
"Mister Negative will play a role in this story. Direct ties exist between these characters in terms of their origins, and beyond just that, the symmetry is just too perfect to be ignored," Spencer stated. "My hope is that Mister Negative will be Cloak and Dagger's Kingpin. Kingpin is a Spidey villain, but he's also Daredevil's greatest enemy. I'm hoping we can set up that dynamic with Negative. You can just feel how great that conflict could be and how perfect a foil he is for them. So, yeah, he's going to be a key part of this story and a key part of their lives."
Another key element of Spencer's story is the New York City setting. "We want to make the city a part of the book. We want to reestablish them as street-level characters, because when you go back to that classic Mantlo stuff, that's really what made it great. The book was quintessential New York in its early days. As a writer, I like writing about places, and I haven't been able to really do that for a while," Spencer stated. "The book where I really did that was 'Forgetless.' I think in some ways you're going to see a somewhat similar vibe to what that book offered, which is to say that New York City geography and culture is going to be a big part of the story. I'm lucky I lived there and know the city and love it. Hopefully, I can really make it breathe on the page. Cloak and Dagger going to be spending a lot of time in some of the more gritty locales, like the Alphabet City area and Chinatown.
"It's going to be a romantic book. It's going to be a funny book. It's going to be terrifying book. It's going to be a frenetically paced book. It's going to be a character driven book," Spencer continued. "It's going to be a very complete package, hopefully running the gamut between smiles, tears and a few screams. It's really about as complete a book as you can ask for. I really feel people are going to be taken on a pretty serious roller coaster ride."
Spencer is happy to have artist Emma Rios bringing to life his script. When the writer first began talking with Marvel, he expressed his desire to work on a Cloak and Dagger book. When he found out one was in the works and Rios was attached to draw it, he actively campaigned to be a part of the project.
"Cloak and Dagger always felt like a perfect fit for me. They're characters I grew up with, and as a fan, I've been sort of frustrated by the lack of Cloak and Dagger stories over the years. I was very vocal about wanting to work with the characters and sent a pitch to Tom Brevoort. A couple months later, Steve Wacker called me and said, 'I'm going to do a Cloak and Dagger book, but there's no way you can do it,'" Spencer told CBR. "They looked at my schedule and my workload and thought it would be very tough. Steve genuinely thought there was no way I could do the book. I think he was calling me to make sure that my feelings weren't hurt when somebody else wrote it. I sat there for a second and asked, 'Who's drawing it?' He said, 'Emma Rios.' I then said, 'No -- I'm writing it.' And Steve was like, 'I don't see how we can do this.' I told him, 'I'm writing it. We're done. I'll get you an outline.'
"In the ensuing week or so, I had some very passionate conversations with everybody at Marvel just to make clear that nobody else was going to write this book. I was being very territorial about the characters. It was fun because they understood that I was very adamant that this was my story to tell. Maybe I was being a little too stubborn for my own good, but it all worked out great," Spencer continued. "And to get an artist that you just feel is the perfect fit for the book is amazing. I've been a fan of Emma's since 'Hexed' #1, her first comic, and I've seen her initial drawings of the characters. They are so beautiful they will make you cry. She is absolutely born to draw these characters. At the Ka-Pow con in London, me, Emma and Steve got to sit down together and talk story. She is absolutely one of the most delightful, enthusiastic and friendly people you could ever meet. I just walked away with a buzz."
Working with Rios on "Spider-Island: Cloak & Dagger" is a dream come true for Spencer, one he doesn't want to wake up from for a good long while. "No one in the office is thinking of this as just a three issue tie-in mini. Everybody wants to be doing a new #1 of 'Cloak & Dagger' immediately after. We're swinging for the fences and hoping enough people like our take and like this story that we get to keep going. We're really trying to start a big 'Cloak & Dagger story," the writer said. "I want to be working with Emma on 'Cloak and Dagger' for a lot more than three issues. We are setting the foundation in these three issues for what we hope are a lot of great 'Cloak & Dagger' stories to come.
"I have some big, big, high concept ideas for this book that I have to keep for myself for the time being, but one of the great things for me about the early 'Cloak & Dagger" run was the brilliant use of religious iconography," Spencer continued. "I certainly want to make that a part of their story again. It's something that's going to play a key role down the road. So if people show enthusiasm for the book, like our take and tell us they want more, this will be just the beginning. This is how you get in on the ground floor of something special."


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Attitude Is What Makes the Difference at London's Milestone Hotel
As Sir Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." This statement was aptly included in the small book of quotes by the great man that was left on my bed by the turn down service during my stay at London's Milestone Hotel. At this luxury boutique hotel located near London's fabled Kensington Palace, home to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, an attitude of service and gentility make the difference between merely staying in a beautiful building and feeling at home in your own stately London mansion.
The Milestone Hotel is housed in an historic red brick mansion, a property that dates all the way back to 1689 with renovations and re-building throughout the centuries culminating in an ornate early Victorian style façade and an interior décor that borrows heavily from the cozy and comfortable yet opulent furnishings of that era. The feel of a fine, aristocratic town home is reinforced by the staff who greet each guest by name, the dark paneled common rooms appointed with lush draperies and upholstered furniture, the elegant and spacious guest rooms and suites, each of which has its own individual theme and the first class dining and amenities on offer throughout the Milestone.
This hotel maintains a quiet and intimate atmosphere with only 44 guest rooms, a dozen suites and a half dozen larger apartment style accommodations which are reserved for long-term guests. Nowhere is this intimate and cozy feel more apparent than in the Stables Bar, a cocktail bar housed in the building's original carriage house and decorated in the style of a gentleman's club with dark paneling, wall murals celebrating horse racing in the 19th Century, a full jockey uniform on display and comfortable seats and sofas upholstered in dark shades of green with tartan accents. This is the perfect spot to end your day.
Equally delightful in contrasting, brightly lit surroundings is The Conservatory. Attached to the Stables Bar and carved out of an old conservatory with abundant glass and a complementary black and white décor, The Conservatory offers a fine breakfast, snacks throughout the day and is the perfect spot the hotel's famous Afternoon Tea. For fine dining, Cheneston's Restaurant, the Milestone's five-star restaurant offers a luxurious but relaxing setting where the dark walnut paneling is balanced with white paint and heavy draperies rendered in natural tones. The menu at Cheneston's Restaurant features British cuisine at its finest, prepared with pride by a staff that upholds the high standards found throughout the property.
Attitude is everything at the Milestone Hotel and you will appreciate the significant difference it makes to your experience at this fine property.


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Get to know Lindsay Wilson, RN, BSN, OCN
Nursing Professional Development Specialist
What do you do?
I provide education and evaluate new graduate nurses through didactic and simulation to ensure nurse residents have the knowledge and confidence to care for their patients.
What inspired you to work with the Nurse Residency Program?
I LOVE new nurses. I remember how difficult it was as a new graduate to put my book knowledge into action. I want to ensure new nurses have the support, knowledge and training to provide the best care to every patient, every time.
Nursing is a team sport and I'm dedicated to developing a new generation of nurses and nurse leaders.
What is your favorite part of your job?
My favorite part is helping nurse residents increase their confidence as a nurse. Being a new nurse is quite stressful at times. I get the opportunity to see their smiles and faces light up when they learn something new in class or at the simulation lab when they develop confidence to perform clinical skills on their patients.
What do you like to do outside of work?
When I'm not at work (or at Disney World), my husband and I are playing with our little girl, Madeline Grace and our dog, Jonah. You can usually find us chasing Madeline as she drives her pink "Cadillac" (Little Tikes Princess Coupe) down the street, drawing pictures on the sidewalk with chalk or playing in the creek at Edwin Warner Park.


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Five questions for the Rangers this offseasonby Tal Pinchevsky
GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- The New York Rangers were still dealing with a whirlwind of emotions as they cleaned out their lockers Monday following their defeat in five games against the Los Angeles Kings in the Stanley Cup Final. With the Rangers' front office facing a series of difficult decisions this summer, the emotional start to the offseason may be a sign of things to come.
The Rangers lost three games in extra time during the best-of-7 Cup Final, including a devastating double-overtime loss in Game 5 on Friday in which Alec Martinez's game-winner lifted the Kings to the Stanley Cup for the second time in three seasons.
"It was a tough loss that's going to haunt me and my group for some time," New York coach Alain Vigneault said. "I'm hoping we're going to learn from this and we as management are going to work on putting a good team on the ice. But every year is different. Next year's team is going to be different, and we've got to go through the same process."
Here are five questions the Rangers must answer in that process:
1. Will center Brad Richards be back?
Richards enjoyed a bounce-back season, but he is a prohibitively expensive player with six seasons remaining on the nine-year, $60 million contract he signed in 2011. Considering Richards has proven to be inconsistent and finished the Final playing on New York's fourth line, he is an ideal candidate for the Rangers' final compliance buyout, which would remove Richards' considerable annual salary-cap charge of $6.67 million.
Richards was not available at New York's breakdown day, and Vigneault said the Rangers are still mulling their options when asked about the possibility of Richards being bought out.
"Brad's an experienced guy that knows that we've got some decisions to make that aren't easy. He's going to be a pro," Vigneault said. "I'm a big fan of Brad Richards. I've said it from Day 1. He's a classy individual there. We'll see what happens."
It's a tough spot for the player who was hailed for his leadership after former captain Ryan Callahan was dealt to the Tampa Bay Lightning at the NHL Trade Deadline. But the move appears likely if the Rangers hope to deal with a long list of impending free agents.
2. Can New York re-sign Anton Stralman?
A number of players flourished under Vigneault after he was named New York's coach last summer. Few benefitted quite like Stralman, who cemented his place among the Rangers' top-four defensemen and emerged as a reliable stay-at-home force in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Stralman, 27, has seven goals in three seasons with the Rangers, but has made a number of big defensive plays since arriving in New York, none bigger than a game-saving play in Game 4 of the Cup Final in which he swiped a loose puck out of the crease after a shot squeaked past goaltender Henrik Lundqvist.
Eligible to become an unrestricted free agent July 1, Stralman could be an important piece moving forward for the Rangers, who don't have a wealth of young defensive prospects waiting in the wings. The combination of Stralman and Marc Staal was a consistent, smart pairing the Rangers would hate to see broken up.
"The only thing in my mind really is security for me and my family. We've been moving a lot. We've been with four teams in seven years now," Stralman said. "All we're really looking for is stability; we want to stay in one place. This is obviously where we'd like to stay. I hope it's going to happen. We'll see."
3. How will the Rangers handle their other free agents?
New York's list starts with Stralman, but several other players can become unrestricted free agents, including forwards Brian Boyle, Benoit Pouliot and Dominic Moore.
There are also several important players slated to become restricted free agents this summer, including forwards Chris Kreider, Derick Brassard and Mats Zuccarello, all of whom had breakout seasons and are crucial pieces of the Rangers' core moving forward. The focus on New York's list of restricted free agents, which includes defenseman John Moore, is even more magnified since forwards Carl Hagelin and Derek Stepan can become RFAs next summer.
Two of the Rangers' top veterans, Staal and Martin St. Louis, can also become unrestricted free agents in 2015, so re-signing each before he can test the market could also be part of New York's immediate plans.
"I think any hockey player would prefer to be locked up before you start playing," Staal said. "It's not going to be the end of the world if nothing happens, but obviously you'd rather it be done than not."
4. Who will be the Rangers' next captain?
After Callahan was traded, the Rangers decided to play the remainder of the season without a captain. The unusual tactic allowed other players to emerge as leaders, most notably Richards and St. Louis, who was acquired in exchange for Callahan.
Vigneault has already started thinking about who he will name captain.
"I've got an idea where I'm leaning, but I'm not going to share that," Vigneault said. "I'm going to let training camp unfold or maybe I'll make the decision prior to it."
One of the most obvious candidates is defenseman Ryan McDonagh, who has emerged as both a leader off the ice and an elite player on it. McDonagh, 25, is signed through 2018-19 and is entering his prime after being named New York's most valuable player in 2013-14. Also the recipient of the Players' Player Award, which goes to the Ranger who "best exemplifies what it means to be a team player," McDonagh is ready to assume the captain's role.
"This year, the way my play was escalating, I felt more confident as the year was going on," McDonagh said. "I think when given a lot more responsibility, I was able to step up and help our team win a lot of games."
5. Will the Rangers build off their experience?
The answer here will be predicated by the moves New York makes this offseason. How the Rangers handle the pressure of being the defending Eastern Conference champions will dictate how deep they make it in the postseason in the coming years.
"It's a great core group," forward Rick Nash said. "I've played a few years in my career and I haven't seen a group as tight as this one. I think it's pretty special when you find that."
If that core group can stay together, the Rangers could be poised to make another playoff run. But they'll have to harness the lessons they learned this season and apply them moving forward.
As they cleaned out their lockers Monday, each player admitted the bitter taste of losing to the Kings would keep them motivated when next season starts.
"Obviously we're not happy we're not the Cup champions," defenseman Dan Girardi said. "It gives us even more incentive next year to be a little more hungry."


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Day one…Keep 'em busy.
Do you like my house? Elder Boy and I spent a lovely couple of hours glueing and snipping away. His house is an architectural feat with drains and a shelter to protect you from the rain. Oh and 4 chimneys. We also blitzed the playroom so all the clutter is in cubbyholes rather than the floor. Little One joined in wherever possible tho we did our making during his nap. I'd forgotten how much Elder and I enjoy our crafty time. Must make temporal space for them. Don't let me forget.


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A Personal Letter from the Inventor of Kleenkast…
Dear Friend,
How could a man of my age break his arm! Well, the fact is that I did. I won't bore you with the details here, but let me tell you, after it was set in a cast, it was the devils' own to try to take a bath or shower. If you've ever had a broken arm or wrist in your life, you know exactly what I mean.
My orthopedist gave me strict orders not to let my cast get wet. The cast could soften, rendering it useless. But how was I going to do that? I spent hours fiddling with plastic bags that leaked. I taped bags together to get them to fit over my cast. I put forth an unreasonable amount of time and energy trying to formulate something to keep my cast dry!
What was I supposed to do, keep my arm outside the shower door?
Painful if not impossible.
So I checked on the internet for any type of wound-care items that were already on the market. None were suitable for my cast. I asked my doctors for the names of some easy-to-use cast covers. They could not direct me to anything they would recommend. I even went to the local pharmacies that had a host of reputable home-care products to do some consumer research about reliable ways to cover casts or arm wounds when bathing. And do you know that after all that research, I found nothing at all suitable for my needs.
I hope you found my Kleen Kast before you had to do all this research, too.
It was a huge problem for me, and a source of real frustration. I want to save you from that frustration and time-consuming and time-wasting exercise. Living with a broken arm (or for that matter, a bandaged wound or surgical site!) is hard enough. Bathing should not be rendered impossible.
So I developed a product that's waterproof, lightweight, disposable, affordable and even recyclable.
Let me tell you about my new invention, Kleen Kast.
It's so simple and so easy to use, I am surprised that it hasn't been developed before. Kleen Kast is a Watertight, Protective Sleeve for Casts & Bandages. Kleen Kast is very down to earth and straightforward. It's not fancy, but it certainly is effective.
There are no straps to confuse or frustrate you. No adhesive strips to tangle or pull on skin or body hair. And there are no tricky instructions – no need to 'submerge in water to create a seal' or anything like that. At last I can carefully slip on this specially-designed plastic cover over my cast and hop into the shower or bath! Voila. There is an easy and effective means of keeping my arm cast dry in the shower. Phew, what a relief.
Now, I want you to experience this freedom as well,
so I've priced it at the super-low price of $19.95 for a box of six.
By the way, upon hearing of my invention, my orthopedist and all five of the other doctors in his practice urged me to let them order Kleen Kast right away. They can't wait to recommend this product to all their patients and colleagues! They are very excited about this new item and I know you will be, too.
So instead of trying to tape five plastic bags over your arm, order Kleen Kast today to discover for yourself the ease and comfort of this wonderful new product.
Order today! At only $19.95 for a box of six, it's worth every penny!
And don't get soaked using anything else.


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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Last Texture Tuesday in May!
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Beautiful pansies and so subtle -- I do like texture when it is subtle. : ) You have such lovely textures displayed on your sidebar...off to check those out!ReplyDelete
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Beautiful texture work!!ReplyDelete
Love those, I especially love the angle in the first shot.ReplyDelete
love your photos- thanks for the downloadReplyDelete
Johnina :^A
The first two sheets beautiful flowers with great color. The third very beautiful with exquisite texture.ReplyDelete
Hey cool, texture Tuesday! I'll have to remember that. I like your entries above, especially the last. I think the depth of field and bokeh on the original shot contributed a lot to the final outcome. I don't think it would have worked as well if the background hadn't been so effectively blurred in the camera work. I'll have to spend some time soon looking over all your textures!ReplyDelete
I just found you...and I'm so happy! It's so interesting to read how someone who knows what they're doing (not I) can use a texture to punch up color instead of de-saturate it. The pansies are Wow...and those dahlias, amazing! Thank you for the free textures!ReplyDelete
I really like the punch on the pansies (I love the color burn blending mode). The dreamy dahlias really provide a great contrast, too. Will be back to your site - lovely textures.ReplyDelete
They are all so pretty, but I have to say that I really love the last one :)ReplyDelete
All comments are eagerly read and greatly appreciated.
While I do appreciate the honor, I do not accept awards or participate in assigned memes. Thanks for understanding. :)


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Flood Editions ISBN 978-0-9838893-0-4 $15.95
Edited by Don Share, this slim anthology collects Basil Bunting's translations from Persian poetry by Rudaki, Ferdowsi, Manuchehri, Sa'di, Hafiz, and Obaid-e Zakani, including some that are previously unpublished. Bunting, who is widely regarded as one of the most important British poets of the twentieth century, proved unusual in his deep and abiding interest in Middle Eastern culture. Here, he renders poetry of remarkable tonal and emotional range in characteristically clear and resolute language.
"Reading Bunting's translations, I am struck again by how fresh and strong they are, how vivid in their feeling, and how he digs into the spirit of the originals—a kind of passionate excavation work."—Dick Davis, translator of The Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings


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WELCOME TO POGACHA CATERING of Bellevue! If your order is being placed within the 24 hour window…you must call it in…thank you!
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Bengaluru: On Tuesday, A sedition case was filed against the India chapter of Amnesty International for allegedly allowing their employees to raise anti-India slogans at an event on Kashmir in Bangaluru, Karnataka.
This was confirmed by Home Minister of karnataka G Parameshwara. He said that a sedition case has been filed against the India brand of Amnesty International for raising pro-Kashmir freedom slogans at an event in Bengaluru.
Parameshwara said that we have take this more seriously, they have taken the case, registered an FIR, investigating what exactly has happened and also looking to those videos and CCTV tapings. According to the police investigations, action will be taken.
A case was registered against Amnesty International India under the sections 124A, 142, 143, 147, 153 of Indian Penal Code(IPC) in connection with raising of "independence" slogans by "pro-freedom" Kashmiris who entered into arguments with a Kashmiri Pandit leader for hailing the Indian Army.
Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah, breaking his silence over the issue, said that the state police is investigating the case.
Siddaramaiah also said that the FIR has been registered. The police officials are investigating the case. After the investigation, law will take its own action against the traitors.
Pralhad Joshi who is the BJP MP, also demanded the immediate arrest of those who had raised slogans against Indian soldiers during the Amnesty event in Bengaluru.
The ABVP group filed an FIR against the Amnesty International. The Amnesty International said that the allegations mentioned in the complaint are without substance and that it is an attempt to prevent the families of victims of human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir from having their stories heard.
Amnesty International said in a statement that the vision Amnesty International India is for every person in India to enjoy the rights induct in the Constitution of India, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and other international human rights standards. We are independent of any ideological, political, economic interests.
On Saturday, A panel discussion had turned chaotic as some "pro-freedom" Kashmiris, entered into heated arguments with a Kashmiri Pandit leader for greeting the Indian Army.
The activists of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad staged a protest against the event and called it anti-national. ABVP filed a complaint in connection with the case. On 17th August 2016, The ABVP has also called for a state-wide protest in Karnataka over Amnesty International sedition issue.
The event was organised at United Theological College by Amnesty International India.


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After eight years of confounding litigation and coordinated intransigence, the Justice Department this week grudgingly informed Rahinah Ibrahim, a Malaysian architecture professor, that she was no longer on the federal government's vastly overbroad no-fly list.
The official admission, made under court order, is one of the few shards of information about Dr. Ibrahim's erroneous inclusion on the list that she has been allowed to see. Much of the rest — including the specific grounds for repeatedly denying her a visa to return to the United States — has been kept hidden under a claim of protecting state secrets.
Dr. Ibrahim's saga began in January 2005, when she was a doctoral student at Stanford University on her way to an academic conference in Hawaii. She was arrested at the airline ticket counter, handcuffed and detained for hours. It turned out that an F.B.I. agent had erroneously added her to the no-fly list. The mistake was corrected, and she was taken off the list. She flew to Hawaii, and later to Malaysia, but when she tried to return she learned her student visa had been revoked.
She sued the government, and in 2009 she reapplied for a visa to attend the trial. She was denied, this time with the notation "terrorist" written on the form. The trial went ahead, and in January, Federal District Judge William Alsup ruled for Dr. Ibrahim, ordering the government, among other things, to explain why it continues to deny her a visa.
This week, government lawyers informed her that one reason for the denial is engagement in "terrorist activity," even though they have conceded that she has never posed a threat to the United States.
How can Dr. Ibrahim be a terrorist and not be a threat at the same time? Welcome to the shadowy, self-contradictory world of American terror watch lists, which operate under a veil of secrecy so thick that it is virtually impossible to pierce it when mistakes are made. A 2007 audit found that more than half of the 71,000 names then on the no-fly list were wrongly included.
In a recently unredacted portion of his January ruling, Judge Alsup noted that in 2009 the government added Dr. Ibrahim back to its central terrorist-screening database under a "secret exception" to its own standard of proof. This would be laughable if it weren't such a violation of basic rights. A democratic society premised on due process and open courts cannot tolerate such behavior.


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Nowadays web has turn out to be so common that people who are unaware about web are referred as clumsy. Here the desire of businesses should be on the convenience of administration panel utilization together with the price benefit, which is offered by only few top of the line buying carts. Although on-line procuring is 24/7 available, you can not really feel or touch objects fairly can just see what is present on a webpage whereas in brick and mortar stores you may see many things at a look and purchase after you feel or contact the product.
Online procuring is nothing but electronics commerce (e-commerce) used for enterprise-to-enterprise (B2B) or Business-to-Consumer transactions or it pertains to number of enterprise dealing conducted online. Shopping at dwelling also signifies that prospects can really get a feel of the corporate they are shopping for from, as most retailers now have 'about us' data on their websites. You can store for something on the web; books, attire, CDs and electronics, tickets. Firstly, folks can use the web to research a specific product they wish to buy.
WebWise was first launched in 1998 and since then has helped individuals of all ages to find out about and love the internet. In addition, not like native stores, you possibly can avail discount coupons and get a thing at a lower charge when buying online. Therefore procuring sites scale back their income by offering heavy reductions to extend the quantity.
Well, online shopping is the perfect answer for both those who contemplate it a chore that they try to avoid and for those who do it every day. This allows engaging discounts on the offers and makes web purchasing economical for the patrons and profitable for the sellers. These ecommerce templates have pre installed shopping cart programs and can assist you arrange a store in minutes. Take professional help and communicate to smart and empathetic non-shopoholic buddies who can provide unbiased ethical support and constructive encouragement that will help you overcome your dependancy. The internet endow with the environment the place shopper's calls for are fulfilled.
For creating international locations and low-earnings households in developed international locations, adoption of e-commerce in place of or in addition to typical strategies is restricted by an absence of reasonably priced Internet access. A lot of us are involved about the identification theft when hear about online shopping. There are also devoted evaluation sites that host user reviews for various merchandise.