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Wrestling's Anti-Bully Pulpit
Recently, North America's two largest promotions have addressed the real world issues of bullying and hate speech. Through public campaigns and partnerships, as well as on-screen storylines, WWE and TNA are each seeking to spread a new message of tolerance and sensitivity. At first glance, it might seem like an odd fit. Pro wrestling is, after all, a world in which smack-talking frequently leads to protracted violent feuds. But it is, to be sure, a kind of theater. It's a theater in which valuable lessons can be conveyed to a large audience in short order and promoters are wise to use this forum to its full potential.
Almost two decades ago, the original incarnation of ECW proclaimed itself "politically incorrect and damn proud of it!" Indeed, pushing the proverbial envelope is a time-honored practice of wrestling promotions. But times and attitudes change and as we learn more and grow as a society, and we expect our cultural institutions to evolve as well.
In November 2010, TNA launched its multifaceted "Eliminate The Hate" campaign in an effort to stem the nationwide trend of assaults and suicides associated with teen bullying. In addition to online posts and televised public service announcements, TNA brought its anti-bullying message to wrestling fans through compelling storylines involving the likes of Sarita, Velvet Sky, and Brother Ray.
Brother Ray, recently rechristened as "Bully Ray," pulls out all the stops to expose bullying in all its ugliness. It's a violent spectacle, but Bully Ray's exploits convey the ferocity and cowardice that fuel the fire within every schoolyard punk. In the end, whether it's at the hands of Brother Devon, AJ Styles, or any of the other titans of the TNA roster, Brother Ray is certain to get his just desserts and fans will undoubtedly get the message that decent folks can only take so much abuse.
WWE also addressed the topic of bullying through backstage and in-ring action, casting Sheamus as a domineering antagonist through his run-ins with Santino Marella, Evan Bourne, and John Morrison. But as well-intentioned as those particular angles were, WWE was compelled to step up its anti-bullying message after controversy erupted regarding the homophobic musings of John Cena on the February 21 and February 28 episodes of Monday Night Raw. Following a storm of public criticism, WWE issued an apology and, shortly thereafter, the company announced a joint initiative with the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) to combat bullying and hate speech.
Of course, Cena isn't the only WWE performer to use homophobic language and double entendre against fellow denizens of the WWE Universe. Triple-H is notorious for peppering his promos with gay jokes and comments that question the masculinity and sexual orientation of his rivals. While he often gets the cheap pop for an off-color comment here and there, it's clear that "The Game" is going to have to retire a lot of material from his longstanding repertoire if he wants to conform to the new company line.
Old habits die hard, though, and at the moment some folks in the wrestling world still seem a bit confused about a way forward. For example, during a recent opening spot on TNA Impact, Mr. Anderson advanced an unusual angle involving his former math professors who, some years ago, started a rumor that Anderson was gay, ostensibly so that the professor could put the moves on a female classmate of Anderson's. While recounting the story, Anderson noted that he didn't have a problem with gay people, adding that he had plenty of "gay friends" and all that … A sort of throwback to the old Seinfeld "not that there's anything wrong with it" routine. But there was something of a twist at the end, as Anderson's segment punctuated the conversation by cold-cocking the old professor. The assault was apparently payback for the professor's attempt to steal Anderson's gal, but the decision to throw a question of sexual orientation into the mix—especially given the message that TNA is purportedly trying to promote these days—was a confusing one, for sure.
WWE is struggling with issues surrounding about hate speech and bullying as well. Hot on the heels of WWE's new partnership with GLAAD, commentator Michael Cole recently caused a stir via Twitter when he referred to broadcast colleague Josh Mathews with an anti-gay slur. Wrestling fans know all too well of Cole's propensity to take a mouthful of his own foot now and again, but to the greater public, he's just proving the point that there's a longstanding problem in the world of professional wrestling. Given the the controversy regarding Cena's homophobic promos, the public backlash from Cole's comments was swift and certain. Although Cole quickly retracted the comment and issued an apology, the uproar served to further underscore the need for a reassessment of pro wrestling's general attitude towards tolerance and diversity.
GLADD will reportedly offer provide training to Michael Cole following his unfortunate public gaffe. Moreover, in the near future, the organization will team with WWE to shoot some vignettes regarding hate speech and bullying. Hey, let's hope Maryse gets the memo this time, as she's now the most recent WWE talent to broadcast anti-gay sentiment via her personal Twitter feed. Could it be that she totally missed the respective brouhahas involving Cena and Cole? Is any one person that oblivious?
To ensure recent and future anti-bullying campaigns of TNA and WWE amount to more than symbolic gestures, the wrestling industry will need to engage in a sustained, collective effort to change longstanding practices and prejudices. In 2009, PWI writer Michael Moore called for an end to xenophobia in pro wrestling through his poignant article "Anti-Americanism Runs Rampant in Wrestling…AND IT'S YOUR FAULT!" In the piece, Moore effectively argued that it's the responsibility of fans to use their collective power as enthusiasts and consumers to encourage promoters to stop relying on the cheap heat brought about by anti-American and "foreign" bad guys. What's true for the tired, old plot devices of jingoism and race baiting surely applies to the equally distasteful prevalence of bullying and intolerance. In the ring, on the mike, and behind the curtain, pro wrestling can effectively model the kinds of attitudes and behaviors that will promote lasting and positive change in the real world.
Mike Bessler
PWI Contributing Writer
4 comments:
- Nick Ahlhelm said...
If WWE and TNA continue to pander to the speech police they will only hurt their product even more in the long run.
Wrestling is inherently political incorrect. To try to make it otherwise will neuter it.
- April 20, 2011 at 7:31 PM
How far can you take this though? Wrestlers make a living on insulting each other in promos, why is calling one one thing wrong, but another is OK? If you call someone an "idiot", isn't that insulting to the folks who really are idiots? Same goes for "dumb" & "Fat" or some variant synonyms of such. You could go on and on. Political correctness can run amuck. Imagine the promos without insults! Some insults OK, some not????
- April 22, 2011 at 2:44 PM
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated said...
Mike, while stomping out bullying is a noble cause, I'm in no hurry to see wrestling become a vehicle for social change, justice, etc. On the other hand, I do think WWE and TNA, because they attract so many impressionable youngsters, do need to behave responsibly.
For lots of people (myself included), pro wrestling has always been a mindless escape from the daily drudgery. I would prefer to see it remain unencumbered by political correctness or social conscience, considering the way both have infected every aspect of society. Also, I don't feel a few errant tweets or remarks necessarily reflect company-wide insensitivity on WWE's part.
So while I agree that wrestling can be a force for good, I think I just want it to be same form of low-brow entertainment it's always been.
Frank Krewda
- April 22, 2011 at 3:33 PM
Unencumbered by social conscience?
So are you saying that you prefer wrestling to oppose values that you conisder important in the rest of your life? That seems very sad to me.
The problem is not that wrestling lacks social conscience, the problem is that it has historically actively supported social intolerance.
I would have no problem if a heel called a face a fag, if say, there had been a homosexual wrestler portrayed postively (as a champion or something).
Or as another example, Vicki Guerero is called fat 15 different ways AND is booked as the heel. This is even worse when one considers that in reality she is average for american women - she is just bigger than the divas who for the most part have to look like models to get jobs.
Wrestling can have just as compeling and interesting stories if at least some of them focused on empowerment of weak groups as opposed to relying on tired old prejudices that only holds back the US in 2011.
- April 22, 2011 at 7:00 PM


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I met my Intersection magazine co-founder, Yorgo Tloupas, a decade ago when he was the art director of Crash magazine in Paris. At the time he owned two Hondas: a beat-up Civic and an S2000 convertible - or S2K, to use its millennial name. His S2K would climb to appalling speeds - even if you pretended they were in miles per hour rather than kilometres per hour - but was terrifyingly fun. Yorgo applied his graphisme skills to faking parking tickets in order to avoid feeding the meters with money, and soon I was in on the act too, writing accompanying screeds to encourage the UK's errant youth to post them on windscreens.
Intersection evolved from an idea in to a book, in to a magazine during a year of road trips. We went to a castle to visit a collection of art cars, to a house party in Marseille via an afternoon of skiing some leftover snow in the low-lying Alps, en route from a car show in Geneva. We travelled to St Petersburg in a shadowy rally, hurried along by bribed post-Soviet officials and helicopter cops. These were our focus groups, our test runs.
When our dummy magazine was ready, the S2K picked me up from my day job at Dazed & Confused and we blurred through southern England and western France, drowning out techno with the high-revving engine (cars have the ability to make you feel athletic while you sit still and eat crisps). That night, I DJed at a club until 5am and then we drove to Milan for our first advertising meeting. I woke up hoisted six feet above ground in a mechanic's workshop and then sleepily handed over a brown envelope of cash in exchange for new tyres. We eventually met the dapper sales rep over coffee at the Hotel Principe di Savoia, and then set off on the long drive back to London.
Driving should be fun, an invitation to explore a meditative personal space that facilitates possibilities - but it generally isn't. Cars hurt people, choke the air, clog the streets, waste our time. They're expensive and fiddly, they break, dent and peel. Many of the most visceral images I see when I close my eyes or open my browser are of cars burning in riots, crashing on racetracks, snaking for miles in immobile traffic, or helplessly floating in floods. They're emblems of our age, for better or worse.
Our new book, Cars Now, is an attempt, with Taschen, to survey the entire car species and highlight the few that have soul and purpose. Here are 10 cars that we think make the mark.
Intersection: Cars Now - A Guide to the Most Notable Cars Today
(Taschen, £24.99)


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Nov. 1, 2012 – The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is advising the public that the western water control structure on the Montegut marsh management unit within Pointe-aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Area presents a navigation hazard for boaters due to Hurricane Isaac damage.
The water control structure, just south of the town of Montegut on the north side of Wonder Lake in Terrebonne Parish, is the first of two water control structures boaters will observe when traveling east from the Humble Canal. The structure was washed out by storm surge from the hurricane. The public is advised that crossing the breach created by the washout is prohibited and fishing near it is hazardous.
During high tide events, the current through the levee breach is extremely dangerous. There is also submerged debris present that could damage and capsize boats, and injure passengers. LDWF is working with the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and the Terrebonne Levee District to expedite repairs.
Additionally, the Montegut marsh management unit is a "Limited Access Area" (LAA) and the use of watercraft with internal combustion engines from Sept. 1 through Jan. 31 is prohibited within that unit.
For more information, contact Shane Granier at 504-284-5264 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Russian police have not stopped their efforts to silence outspoken punk band Pussy Riot, even after three members of the group were sentenced to two years in jail for "hooliganism." Reuters reports that officials want to find other members of the all-female band who also took part in the February protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Though the women have been wearing masks in public, authorities reportedly know the names of the other two who participated in the protest and just need to find them. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Maria Alekhina were given two-year sentences for forcing their way into a Moscow church to sing an anti-Putin "punk prayer."
As Pussy Riot consist of perhaps more than 10 members, it's unclear how many additional women police are seeking. Mark Feigin, an attorney for the group, said officials had surveillance video of the women walking into the church. Tolokonnikova's husband, Pyotr Verzilov, believes the president wants to use Pussy Riot as an example to others who may be considering staging protests. "Putin likes the taste of repression," he said.
Last week, other members of the group interviewed by Reuters said the trial had made them even more determined to keep speaking out. They released a new song called 'Putin Lights Up the Fires' on Friday.
Since the trial began, reaction from the rock community has been strong. The Black Keys vowed to never perform in Russia "as long as they imprison innocent musicians for speaking their minds peacefully." Peaches released a 'Free Pussy Riot' video with the Hives, Miike Snow and others. The Beastie Boys and Bjork have also spoken out in support of the band.


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Over the last month or so we took a look at several of the more popular stereo Bluetooth headset options so we could get ready for the iPhone 3.0 goodness set arrive sometime today. In case you're itching to get your ears on some as well, here's a quick roundup of what we looked at:
Motorola HT820 Stereo Bluetooth Headset ($49.95 - WMExperts Store link): Chad thought this headset was great, and I will "suffer" through the minor ear fatigue just to use them. They provide a great value in functionality and sound great. Minus side, they're a tad heavy and aren't the best for use when lying down.
Plantronics Voyager 855 A2DP Stereo Bluetooth Headset (69.95 - WMExperts Store link): Jeremy said this headset is a fantastic deal. Not only will you be able to take full advantage of the upcoming 3.0's A2DP feature you get a very good overall bluetooth stereo headset. Cons include the lack of noise cancellation.
Motorola S9 A2DP Stereo Bluetooth Headset ($49.95 - WMExperts Store link): Rene's take is if you want something solid, affordable, portable, and functional for your iPhone 3.0 device on the go, you'd do well to consider the Motorola S9s. On the negative side, fitting may be an issue and they don't work well for lying down.
Motorola S9-HD Bluetooth Stereo Headphones ($84.95 - WMExperts Store link): Rene's conclusion is if you want this form factor and sound quality matters to you more than price, these are top of the charts — easily. Cons were same as the non-HD version.


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Elsie Marley shows you how to make this wonderful skull pumpkin. I love the vintage folk art feeling to it. So eerie!
October 29, 2010
Cross Stitched Pumpkin
Hi, I'm Pam - I've been a moderator for the Needlework boards on Craftster since 2004 and you can also see me in the Craftster Quickies video series.
I am a lover of all things vintage but I particularly have a fondness for vintage embroidery patterns, which I collect every chance I can get!
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Snoop Dogg is next in line for Live on Letterman, with an exclusive set ready to drop on March 29th.
After a year of hot guest appearances, he'll be dropping new album Doggumentary on the same day; Last.fm Trends takes a look at what's in store and what he'll be likely to drop.
Despite no new album, Snoop Dogg was far from quiet in 2010; Between spots for Robyn, Dr. Dre and past Live on Letterman guests Katy Perry and Gorillaz he was far never far from your stereo.
For his 1,355,339 listeners that was a good thing; his tracks have stayed steady over the last twelve months, bumping over the summer when you're in the mood for "Gin and Juice".
A few weeks ago we ran down his top five tracks, and it's likely they'll make an appearance throughout the set; "Drop It Like It's Hot" is on top, the only one of his tracks to have gotten more than a million plays on Last.fm.
"Wet," the lead single from Doggumentary hasn't set charts on fire, but it's sown a steady uptick in listeners since its release last year. As the album nudges closer to release that's going to climb and climb.
Tune in to Live on Letterman to find out what else the Dogg will drop, live online on Tuesday March 29th. This program is brought to you by AT&T – Re-Think Possible.


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The lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) test measures the amount of LDH in the blood.
Alternative Names
LDH test; Lactic acid dehydrogenase test
How the Test is Performed
A blood sample is needed.
How to Prepare for the Test
Your health care provider may ask you to stop taking certain medicines that may affect the test. Medicines that can increase LDH measurements include anesthetics, aspirin, clofibrate, fluorides, mithramycin, narcotics, and procainamide. If you take any of these, tell your provider before the test is ordered.
How the Test will Feel
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain. Others feel only a prick or stinging. Afterward, there may be some throbbing or a slight bruise. This soon goes away.
Why the Test is Performed
LDH is most often measured to check for tissue damage. The protein LDH is in many body tissues, especially the heart, liver, kidney, muscles, brain, blood cells, and lungs.
Other conditions for which the test may be done include:
- Low red blood cell count (
- Cancer, including blood cancer (
leukemia) or lymph cancer (lymphoma)
Normal Results
Normal value range is 105 – 333 IU/L (international units per liter).
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Some labs use different measurements or test different samples. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific results.
What Abnormal Results Mean
A higher-than-normal level may indicate:
- Blood flow deficiency (ischemia)
Heart attack Hemolytic anemia Infectious mononucleosis Liver disease(for example, hepatitis)
- Low blood pressure
- Muscle injury
- Muscle weakness and loss of muscle tissue (
muscular dystrophy)
- New abnormal tissue formation (usually cancer)
- Pancreatitis
- Tissue death
If the LDH level is raised, your doctor may order an
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight, but may include:
- Excessive bleeding
- Fainting or feeling light-headed
- Hematoma (blood accumulating under the skin)
- Infection (a slight risk any time the skin is broken)


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Boston Cream Poke Cake
Seeing how much I love the Oreo Pudding Poke Cake, I decided that the yellow cake needed some poking of it's own. And well…one thing led to another. I think y'all are really gonna love this one.
1 box yellow cake mix
ingredients needed to make cake; eggs, oil and water
2 (3.4 oz) boxes instant vanilla or French vanilla pudding
4 cups milk
1 tub chocolate frosting
Allow to cool on the counter for a few minutes, then put into the fridge to fully cool and set up. This cake needs to be kept refrigerated.This is one of those cakes that I think tastes better after it has sat in the fridge overnight. It really helps the pudding to settle in and blend all the flavors.
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- ingredients needed to make cake; eggs oil and water
- 2 3.4 oz boxes instant vanilla or French vanilla pudding
- 4 cups milk
- 1 tub chocolate frosting
- Make cake mix according to directions and bake in a well-greased 9 x13 pan.
- When cake is finished, while still warm, poke holes all over cake (about 1-inch) intervals using a wooden spoon handle or other similar size object.
- You want the holes to be fairly big so that the pudding has plenty of room to get down in there.
- Be sure to poke right down to the bottom of the cake.
- In a bowl, prepare pudding.
- Whisk together instant pudding mix with 4 cups milk.
- Whisk until all the lumps are gone.
Pour pudding over cake. Taking care to pour it right into the holes as much as possible.
- Spread it all out and using the back of the spoon, gently push pudding down into the holes.
- Put the cake into the fridge to set and cool (about 2 hours).
- Remove the lid and foil covering from the tub of chocolate frosting.
- Pop it in the microwave for about 10-15 seconds.
- Stir with a spoon.
- It should still be a little thick but pourable - not bubbly hot.
- Pour chocolate frosting on top of pudding.
- Spread frosting evenly over cake starting in the center then spreading it towards the sides.
- Allow to cool on the counter for a few minutes, then put into the fridge to fully cool and set up.
This cake needs to be kept refrigerated. This cake tastes better after it has sat in the fridge overnight.


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LONDON (Reuters) - Spanish photographer Jordi Ruiz Cirera has won the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize in London for his picture of a young woman in Bolivia whose religious conservatism made her uncomfortable before the camera.
Ruiz Cirera, 28, is based in the British capital and was one of four photographers shortlisted for the annual award coordinated by the National Portrait Gallery.
The prize, handed out on Monday at the gallery, is worth 12,000 pounds ($19,200) to the winner.
More than 2,350 photographers submitted works for the prize, and a panel of judges whittled them down to 60 images which will go on display at an exhibition running from November 8-February 17, 2013.
Ruiz Cirera's winning picture captures a 26-year-old woman called Margarita Teichroeb, seated at a kitchen table and partially covering her face as she gazes at the camera.
It was part of a series called "Menonos", the photographer's long-term project to document the daily life of the pacifist and reclusive Christian-based Mennonite community living in Bolivia.
Ruiz Cirera travelled to South America several times, gradually winning the Mennonites' trust.
"I wanted Margarita to look at the camera, but that was a problem for her, and I guess that's why she is partially covering her face," he said.
"Her awkward expression says a lot about the tradition, isolation and lifestyle of this community ... They were willing to host me in their homes, but they weren't initially willing to be pictured. In some cases, it is forbidden.
"I stayed there for a month, living with different families, then returned a year later. That's when most of my pictures were taken."
The portrait was taken with a digital camera using only available light.
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When i came home from work yesterday my dad told me a story that really scared me.
At the moment we are having our bathroom renovated and there was a guy in to plaster the walls. My dad was in the living room watching tv when the guy left after a days work. about 10 minutes later my dad went into the kitchen for a drink and called Lady expecting her to be in her bed or upstairs on the big beds (she goes up there alot). When she didn't appear he went upstairs and searched every room for her still not finding her anywhere. At this point he said he could feel his heart rising into his mouth at the realisation that she wasnt in the house. She has never been outside on her own in her life.
So panic set in and he ran out the front door like a headless chicken shouting for her at the top of his voice. He ran up the road searching for her but she was nowhere to be seen.
He said it was like the panic you feel when you lose a child in a supermarket and dread sets in. So he decided to check around the back of our house and sure enough, there is was. Altogether she was outside for about 20 minutes and anything could have happened to her. She was near a busy road and anyone could have picked her up.
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Not sure if any of these have been reported, but couldn't find any by searching in this post. (I'm new here - is this the right way to report bugs? Is there any public bug list?)
In the puzzle "Starter Pack->Positioning", it gives a popup early on saying "Glyph conversions earn you a permanent bonus to attack. This gives you just enough damage to kill a goat with one strike instead of two!" However, you can currently start the puzzle being able to 1-hit goats, even before you convert the glyph.
Also, I went through the first ~4 puzzles in the starter pack, and got halfway though the positioning one. I then exited out to the menu by choosing surrender. This brings me back to the puzzle list which did NOT have the blue flags next to the ones I've solved. I could then exit out this menu and reenter the starter puzzle pack menu again, and all the blue (Completed) flags show up.


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Monday, February 13, 2012
Fool Fighter
I'll make this quick and try to use language that's as unambiguous as possible, in deference to people like Dennis Romero of LA Weekly who are apparently easily confused and who misinterpret the meanings of really obvious sentiments if they happen to be expressed in too many sentences.
LA Weekly: Dave Grohl's Grammy Speech About Electronic Music Was Bullshit/2.13.12
No, Dave Grohl wasn't slamming electronic music during the Foo Fighters' acceptance speech last night at the Grammys. He wasn't even talking about electronic music when he said this:
"To me this award means a lot because it shows that the human element of music is what's important. Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for people to do. It's not about being perfect, it's not about sounding absolutely correct, it's not about what goes on in a computer. It's about what goes on in here [your heart] and what goes on in here [your head]."
I can't even believe I have to say this, but see, the Foo Fighters had just won an award for Best Rock Album and Grohl had just mentioned how Wasting Light was special to him because they'd recorded it on linear audiotape and without a reliance on high-tech crutches like Pro Tools and Auto-Tune. He doesn't have a fucking problem with electronic musicians, DJs or artists; he was talking about how many of today's pop and rock musicians -- dozens of which you watched perform and win last night at the Grammys -- don't even need to learn to play or sing or do anything that was once required to be known as a musician anymore because there are now computer programs that can make them sound great whether they've got a shred of actual skill or not.
The fucking Foo Fighters not only played with Deadmau5 later in the Grammys broadcast, they had him remix one of their songs and then put the damn thing on the album that won them a fucking Grammy. They don't hate electronic music -- they hate crappy musicians who use technology to cover for their lack of talent and the technology that's rendered so much rock and pop completely sterile and dull.
So, yeah, to Dennis Romero of LA Weekly -- you're a fucking idiot.
I hope for your sake somebody eventually comes up with an Auto-Tune program for writers -- because that's the only thing I can think of that might help your hack ass.
On the plus side, thanks for proving that people who worship at the altar of electronic music and, apparently, only electronic music aren't the sharpest Pro Tools in the shed.
26 comments:
- Matt Osborne said...
I live near Fame Recording Studios and have met Rick Hall. He'll be the first to tell you that talent matters, and that not letting talent matter is not good for music.
Go have a look at the comment section of the article. I've rarely seen such a backlash.
- Eric said...
I've only gotten three paragraphs in, and the guy doesn't grok the meaning of the word "irony": if, for the sake of an argument, the Foo Fighters really do represent a dying aesthetic of long-haired white guys with guitars, then their frontman criticizing electronic music would be exactly what one would expect.
It may seem trivial, but misusing that word is basically prima facie evidence of hackiness in my book.
I just have to add: the Foos gave one of the best stadium shows I've ever seen when they came by my hometown last November.
- Eric said...
Okay, now I've read the whole thing, and based on the willful misconstruing of what Grohl said and the randomly-tossed-out accusation of homophobia and racism in his final paragraph, it's painfully obvious Romero was trolling. What a twerp.
- Bob Lobaw said...
While Dave may not have a problem with electronic "music", I personally have a big problem with calling it music.
I saw Pretty Lights, their sonic effects on the body are undeniable, and combined with designer MDMA drugs the mind can expand. Not a problem.
My problem is these DJs just do not know how to mix their sound, period. Volume is not a bad thing, volume in a terrible mix is agony, and damaging to the point of permanent hearing loss.
The sound effects were collapsing my sinus cavity, shaking my body, (not so bad) but the shriek that assaulted my eardrums had me glad I remembered my earplugs, and it was painful with them deployed.
Now I appreciate some of the more esoteric artists, more trance less dance like Puscifer, Up Bustle and Out, but hacks who just turn it up to eleven with no regard to taste, comfort, or the hearing of their fans need to take a lesson on sound technology before the masses of adoring kids go deaf before they reach their thirties.
- Dennis Romero said...
You contribute to Village Voice and you're calling me an idiot? You know who I work for, right?
Anyway, I think it's an idiotic argument to note that Foo Fighters performed with and were remixed by Deadmau5, neither of which was likely their choice. Labels chose remixers, smart guy. The Academy chooses performers smart guy.
If anything, Grohl's comments were also commentary on the Academy's choice of his stage-mates. Ya dig? Read between the lines, oh un-idiotic one.
That he chose this time, when EDM had its brightest prime time showing ever, to make his point again was no coincidence to me or other observers in the media (Google it).
Finally, I'm an idiot who's been writing about music for 20 years.
- Chez said...
Well, hello, Dennis.
Actually, yes, I know exactly who you work for and since I don't contribute to the Voice anymore I think it hardly matters. Your column was comically ridiculous since it was obvious to anybody with two brain cells to rub together what Grohl was getting at. You're simply trying to justify the unjustifiable right now because the very legitimate public backlash against your fucking dumb diatribe -- the one you spent however long banging out based entirely on a faulty premise -- has you all in a tizzy.
And I don't give a damn how long you've been writing about music (or how many high-and-mighty "professional" music critics inexplicably saw it your way). You were wrong on this and you're either too stupid or too arrogant to admit it.
Thanks for commenting and have a nice day. : )
- pea said...
Dennis. I'm someone who's been READING people who write about music for 40 years. I've even been in relationships with some of them. You, sir, are no Lester Bangs. You're not even Robert Christgau.
I've worked in several areas of the music industry, and the fact that you think a label holds sway over everything a band does indicates that you know little about the actual workings of the music business, and seem to only be writing from the perspective of a fan.
You appear to know just as much as you need to know, and little more. Your grasp of what came before you seems tenuous at best: "rock was dance music in the 1950s and remained so until white guys took over." Uhwhat? I seem to recall a lot of white groups in the 50s that people danced to. And...just because the people in the audience moving their bodies to the music doesn't fit your idea of what dancing is, I don't know what else you'd call it.
As for "living off the ghost of rock 'n' roll" - I'd say Rick Rubin resuscitating Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond fits that bill. The fact that you don't think Grohl is innovative says to me the only music you might understand is electronic dance music, and I personally wouldn't bank on that, either.
PS way to throw in racism and homophobia for no discernible reason.
PPS and what's with the throwdown to Chez? New Times --- sorry --- Village Voice Media is going to what? Fire him because he called you an idiot? Finally, someone with an ego bigger than Mike Ovitz.
- Geek Girl Diva said...
Hey Dennis,
I'm not sure what's worse. That you:
a) totally misinterpreted Grohl's comment
b) that you didn't realize it was POSSIBLE that you misinterpreted his comment after the numerous people who comments to your post on the Weekly website
c) Came to comment here and, in an efforts to call someone out for calling you an idiot, looked even more petty and clueless.
You've been writing about music for 20 years. Okay. But your inability to see anything other than your opinion of a statement made by a rock musician and your obvious bias towards EDM pretty much insures that you likely haven't been open minded in some time.
Of course, the fact that your blog is called DJ Culture pretty much guarantee's a bias and so I'd say your post was more "opinion" than "reporting" -- and as such, Chez can opine back all he likes.
Oh and, for the record, the fact that you think the Foo Fighters lack innovation or dismiss their ability to create intricate and interesting music pretty much makes me think you have no clue about music.
That's my opinion above. Deal.
- JohnF said...
I like that Dennis basically pulled the "don't you know who I AM?" line.
As if ANYBODY gives a rat's ass about him.
- Chez said...
Also: Big fan of the "Google it" line. As if the fact that somebody actually agrees with you and therefore reinforces your dumb-ass opinion makes you anything more than desperate for acceptance and validation -- like the Orphans, that nobody gang in The Warriors that carried around their press clippings to prove anybody gave a shit about them.
- pea said...
Perhaps Dennis moonlights as Dr. Hfuhruhurr.
Google it. ;-P
- Zöph said...
just for the fun of it, i googled it (though i wasn't quite sure what exactly dennis' "it" referred to) and he wasn't even right about "other observers in the media" supporting the opinion that grohl supposedly hogged edm's spotlight. but that's probably because most people didn't read grohl's comments the way dennis did, so they couldn't possibly come to the same conclusion.
and as a rule of thumb for dennis: just because any number of people agree with you doesn't mean you're right.
- Chez said...
Actually, wait a minute. You've been writing for 20 years. And you're a staffer at LA Weekly. Jesus, where the hell did you go wrong? I'm almost sorry I picked on you; your life's shitty enough.
- Steven D Skelton said...
1. The Baseball Furies would kicked the Orphans ass any day and done it on roller skates.
2. I wish Grohl would have said exactly what this guy is accusing him of saying. I love rock music. I love the way my balls feel when I hit an open E through a double humbucker and out a warmed up tube amp with the gain at 3 o'clock, and the Foo Fighters is about all I have left.
It's not that there isn't value to electronica, or hip-hop, or emo, or punk pop etc.
But there is a fucking magic to rock music for which nobody should have to apologize.
btw: Commenter Eric is always the smartest guy in the room. I second what he said.
- Eric said...
I'm reluctant to feed you, Dennis, but figured I'd point out, (1) appeals to authority are an argumentative fallacy, but (2) if you're going to insist upon it, you really should just go ahead and include the link in your comment, since "Google it" basically makes it look like you're bullshitting and hoping that nobody will actually bother (a pretty good bet to make, I'll concede, though you're still waiving your chance to be taken seriously by the adults in the room).
A really savvy and serious commenter learns how to use the "a href" tag.
Oh, and would you please look up the proper use of the word "irony"? Hell, um, just Google it, even.
- Chez said...
The irony, of course, is that I really love electronic dance. Love the hell out of it. I spent a good portion of the 90s going to raves; I'm heavily into Deadmau5, Skrillex, Kaskade, Guetta, Armin Van Buuren, BT, Massive Attack, Underworld, everything on Jay Denes's Naked Music lable, etc. etc. and I didn't feel the least bit insulted by what Grohl said because I understood what the fuck Grohl was talking about.
- Chez said...
And I'm with you, Skelton. Eric's the smartest guy in this room -- although that doesn't really take much. I always blow the bell curve downward.
Honestly, I empathize with you, Dennis. I write about music too. Anyone who's paid to have an opinion, about music or anything else, is going to have some stupid and even objectively wrong ones sometimes. It's part of the job.
But I'd think someone who'd been doing it for 20 years -- and I've logged just a quarter of that -- would know that when it happens, the only solution is to own it. Defend yourself, sure, but acknowledge when your position is indefensible. (If the hundreds of indignant commenters didn't tell you that that's where you are now, a second look at your lame defense here should.) That's how a critic gains credibility (and regains it when it's lost).
And for Christ's sake, Dennis, if you dish it out, the least you can do is be prepared to take it.
- pea said...
I'll bet he had to Google "Robert Christgau"
How ironic.
the funniest thing to me is the fact that Dennis simply vanished! no more comments, nothing... you would expect something more from someone so outraged.
- Chez said...
He's got a lot on his plate right now what with everyone kicking the crap out of him for being the worthless hack he is.
Dave Grohl in Rolling Stone - I know clarification was not needed here but in case Dennis is still reading:
When Rolling Stone spent some time with Grohl at various Grammy events over the weekend, he echoed those sentiments as he talked about the bare bones recording of Wasting Light, which was recorded in analog in a garage. "To me the biggest advantage of going analog is the restrictions that it implies, which gets you to perform in a way that you're actually being a human being," Grohl said. "We thought about heart and performance. And I would rather people not tune their vocals, I would rather people not grid their drums."
Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dave-grohl-on-the-foo-fighters-grammy-success-and-going-analog-20120215#ixzz1mUPEFBjw
- Chez said...
Thanks. You didn't need an indepth knowledge of Dave Grohl to know what he was talking about -- just a reasonably functional brain. But Dennis wouldn't have been able to see reality regardless because, judging by that column at least, he's an electronica snob -- which should be a huge contradiction in terms. And once again, this is coming from somebody who really does like electronic music and has for years.
I've also been a fan of electronic/dance music for 20+ years and am quite sick of all the haters out there. I can't believe it has taken this long for the music industry to finally notice. People complain about it not being real music, its lacks intelligence and poetry. They obviously have not heard Underworld's "Pearl's Girl" which has to be one of the best stream of consciousness songs ever written. Pure poetry.
- Chez said...
Couldn't agree more. Pearl's Girl is one of my favorite songs just about ever. Loved it so much in fact that it was the first piece of music that got a specific mention in the storyline of the book I wrote.


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i was the normal testtaker. i had a bottle of water, two pencils and a granola bar in my fleece.
Oh, the guy I mentioned was also the last minute crammer type. You know, the people who brought their LSAT prep books to the exam, as if reading the book over one last time would suddenly make everything click.
I love Brooks Brothers guy (who I only saw toned down versions of), but support group girl might top him. When I was coming into the building, some girl had a group there reassuring her and wishing her luck. This is 8.15 on a dang Saturday morning; I wouldn't get up to wish my mom luck on the LSAT on a Saturday morning and this girl had a gaggle of people. What the hell?


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November 15, 2013 by throughwriting
By TMR, Development Club, 2012
From the beginning of life, God has created various creatures, most of which are wild animals. Human beings have categorized them according to their way of living and species. Wild animals, as we can see from the word "wild," which means "living or growing in natural conditions; not kept in a house or on a farm" (Oxford Dictionary), are beasts that have to be in nature and away from people in order to live wildly. Among the carnivores, we can find a large group of mammals: bears.
Bozo, a small, charming two-and-a-half-month-old Syrian Brown Bear was found by filmmaker, San Saravan, a month ago on the streets of Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan. The origins of Bozo aren't clear. Bozo was driven to Sulaimani by car from Duhok, although the whereabouts of his parents are unknown. San stumbled upon the young bear tied to a residence in the Sarchinar district of Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan. Disgusted by the small cage and worried about Bozo's health, San bought the bear in an attempt to prevent additional harm from befalling Bozo. People surmise his family was killed during the attacks to Kurdistan, whereas others argue that his family has brought to Syria as he is a Syrian bear.
Although I'm sure that San meant the best for Bozo, was buying an endangered animal the right choice? If I want to stop animal trafficking, should I purchased trafficked animals? I contend that purchasing trafficked animals will encourage the traffickers to continue business as usual. If we really want to minimize the number of Bozos in Iraq, we should advocate for strict anti-trafficking laws and we should report those that sell and buy endangered animals.
Although finding Bozo's family is one of the best solutions that we, people having cared about animals and having had sympathy, should do to save Bozo, we have to keep him alive until finding his family. The question is, how can we keep him alive?
Because Bozo is a bear like the other bears around the world, keeping him in a small confined cage might cause him to die. Bears are wild animals, which require hills, forests, mountains and the abundance of nature to thrive. Consequently, the more Bozo is kept in a cramped urban environment, the more we would be responsible for what happens to him.
Many people have been voluntarily working to find solutions and help Bozo; however, nothing, unfortunately, has been found so far. Kurdistan, where there are habitats for diverse animals, has many mountain ranges, but these natural sources have to be protected by both the government and the people. Thus, precious animals like bears cannot randomly be taken to one of the mountains since wild animals might be harmful if people try to hunt them.
"A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite and to act so is immoral" (Leo Tolstoy)
Kurdistan is in the process of development, which means everything is developing including the substandard zoos, which don't provide adequate housing, food or care for the animals. Yet, the more Kurdistan government abolish "animal hunting," the more animals, like Bozo would survive.
To conclude, Bozo is a bear and an example of an animal that needs help. Bozo's plight is not unique but he is simply one data point on an issue of growing concern both nationally and around the world.


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Chef Julie Carrion
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Julie, could you begin by introducing yourself, and introducing The Kitchen for someone who hasn't been there before?
Sure, I am the Chef Director of The Kitchen at Hartford Public Library and The Kitchen at Billings Forge. [The Hartford Public Library] location recently opened as a satellite for our location on Broad Street, a beautiful venue for catering, and a café that is open for breakfast and lunch onsite at the library.
So how do you manage the food here? And what about the local farms?
We have relationships with local farms that come to our weekly farmers' markets at the Billings Forge location. Our larger, commercial kitchen is located at the other location, so items are prepped and shipped over. That's where our training location is too. But the baked goods for the breakfast are actually baked onsite here (at The Library) at an upstairs smaller location which will also be used for classes.
You are also the Director of Education. Philosophically, what does that mean for The Kitchen?
We are part of a non-profit called Billings Forge Community Works. Our job training program was started in 2009, and employs people from Hartford who have had significant barriers to employment. It's a twelve week program that gets people job-ready. I also run educational programs for youth and our after-school programs at Billings Forge, as well as public cooking classes and private team building events.
Could you tell me more about this really lovely location that you have at The Library?
The partnership between The Library and The Kitchen really just made sense, as the library was looking for an institution that was dedicated to Hartford, and dedicated to employing Hartford, really looking at the people of this community and what their needs were. We were a more natural fit than a larger corporation. We source locally and we take a lot of consideration on the local economy.
Tell me more about your menu and the local flavors – who is the mastermind behind it?
(*laughs*) I'm lucky to have a very talented sous chef and baker in the kitchen with me, so really, all the time, the menus are designed around what's available. We use a provider that grows hydroponic lettuce in the winter, for example. It's all around what's growing at that time.
Do you have any personal favorites from the menu?
It's funny to say you're very excited about root vegetables, but we really are!
Tell me about your weddings. What sort of bride chooses The Kitchen?
I'm getting a lot of brides who hear about us through Firebox restaurant – our fine dining partner. Sometimes they come to us through a farm – like Rosedale Farms. And then we will represent Rosedale Farms food on the menu at Rosedale, so the food doesn't have to travel far at all.
For you, it sounds like you wear a lot of hats on a daily basis. Do you have a favorite part of the job?
I'm really lucky that I really love the people that I work with. We choose the people on our staff, mentor them carefully, and give them a lot of love. So I would say that I really love working with the staff that we've been so careful to build. I love to interact with the trainees. And I really love to make that big day happen for that special someone, be it a wedding, or a big catered event, such as our Farm-to-Table seated dinner for 380 people in the Billings Forge Garden. I mean, things like that give me a lot of pleasure and satisfaction.
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The Kitchen's public cooking classes
The restaurant's busy schedule
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From the break of dawn to the twilight hours, trains click and clack along the track from New Jersey to the Big Apple. This rail fleet is cleaned, maintained, and repaired at Meadows Maintenance Complex, located about five miles outside New York City in Kearny, N.J.
To meet the increased demand for service into New York and extend service into outlying areas, the transit department is expanding the capacity of the maintenance facility to handle 300 additional passenger cars. The existing 500,000-square-foot facility services more than 800 locomotives and passenger cars each year.
The New Jersey Transit Authority launched the $68 million expansion project in September 2003. It hired E.E. Cruz and Co., a Homedale, N.J.-based general contracting firm, to add on to the three 20-year-old masonry block and steel buildings and construct a bi-directional train wash facility, a mechanical support building, and two facilities for cleaning and servicing the locomotives.
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Because the facility is in operation 24 hours a day, the crew faces the danger of working in an active rail yard. Kevco requires its electricians to attend a special safety training course as well as weekly safety meetings. When the electricians are working in an area close to the track, Kevco requires flagmen to be stationed nearby to add an extra level of protection. Electricians are also advised to look both ways before crossing the tracks and be on their guard in the active areas with blind spots.
"Trains are constantly moving in and out of here," Optof says. "Believe it or not, they can be quiet and can sneak up on you if you're not careful. Because part of the work involves construction in the yards, we're constantly crossing tracks with either personnel or with vehicles."
Robert Stepien, project manager for E.E. Cruz and Co., says in addition to dealing with the challenge of working near the tracks, the construction team must also carefully coordinate power and utility shutdowns with the operating facility. If the workers need to dig underneath the railroad tracks, they have no more than eight hours to put the track back in service.
The construction team expects to complete the job by May 2006. Because of the dire need for more space at the facility, the crew is faced with a compressed construction schedule, Optof says.
"When they first identified a need for expanding the facility, they were able to handle the increased volume, but by the time the actual drawings were done and the job was bid, they reached the point where they were already beyond capacity," he says. "Our challenge is to try not to impact their ability to maintain their present operation."
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- 27 different types of lighting fixtures, including high bay, high mast, and catenary site lighting
- 61 catenary structures
- 8,000 feet of lead sheath triplex 750 kcmil cable
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It certainly has been a busy few days for "official" apps. You know, the ones from big names stores, media companies, services, etc that have come to define modern commerce. Yesterday we saw Best Buy and Amazon.com Fresh (a WP7 exclusive) and in addition there were more that we missed:
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- Eventful - "Do you love music and seeing it performed live? Eventful helps you easily find shows happening around you in a clean, intuitive interface native to Windows Phone. At your fingertips you'll have access to millions of events, schedules for all of the venues near you, and tour dates for over 130,000 performers." Get it here in the Marketplace.
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Personally, we're excited about Eventful--that app is pretty awesome (though a bit overwhelming in Manhattan!). Combined with Angry Birds, Kik Messenger, AllRecipes.com and the Colber Report's The Word and we sure have a packed house. And it's only Wednesday. (Thanks, @MajorCrash, Shane S., & Larry B., for the heads up!)


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Yes, I'm such a charity shop-enthusiast that I'm devoting an entire post on the matter! Thrifting in my humble opinion is a godsend, especially if you're a penniless student or are a Vintagonista in search of something not so available in a high-street store, it's an adventure which almost always concludes in something rewarding. Rummaging through pieces in the hope of finding something singular can be very exhilarating, or maybe I just have no hobbies. Anyhow, despite you probably having heard these a million times before, I thought, why not share some of my personal strategies that I've accumulated over the countless thrifting experiences I've attained over the years.
1. Store scoping
Even thrifting involves organizational skills at times; it's always worth mapping out the stores within close proximity of your abode and their corresponding 'turnover days'. In addition, if you're hardcore on thrifting vintage you may want to consider researching and reading reviews on certain thrift shops and their general contents in order to specify which thrift shop caters to your needs.
2. Consistency
The key to attaining many things in life is consistency, and thrifting is definitely one of them. Obviously items in thrift shops are one of a kind and are constantly being sold or replaced, unlike in a standard shop the gold isn't there for long or may simply not coincide with the your visit, whenever I'm in Manchester and feel like a casual walk around, I make it my priority to just nip in and skim the contents of the thrift shops close to me.
3. Size doesn't always matter
A point to be made about thrift shops is that a lot of the brands that eventually find themselves there are generally obscure, and so are their sizes! There's no harm in just comparing yourself with the sizes above yours, you never know the 'size 10' may actually overlap with a standard size 8.
Admittedly I'm a sloth when it comes to repairing anything, and frequently opt for makeshift solutions, so I'm likely not to venture out on a project with a thrift find. However if it's for the sake of a missing button or a blemish which can be removed with a thorough wash, is it worth leaving behind an absolute gem?
Outfit details: All items are from persistent thrifting over the years :)