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My dear friend Emma took the long trip down to Mandal to join me at the summerhouse for two days! The evening she arrived the weather allowed us to move our girls night outdoors and we spent the night eating, drinking and talking for hours. So cozy!
Emma lives two hours from Oslo and I live in Stockholm, so we rarely get to spend more than a few hours together when we see each other, so having two whole days with her, all alone, did me good. Friendships like that makes life so much better!
We even went for a night swim, but seeing as we are both terrified to be alone in the dark water, it took some time to get our butts in the water. You know that moment when you are looking for and adult to jump in first, but then you realize you are an adult. So you look for an older adult. Someone successfully adulting. The "adultier adult". Guess non of us (or both of us?!) turned out to be that person.
Lots of love from Henriette Sophia


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Practice Project 3.0 ~ What Is It?
A year and a half ago, after much thought about all the psychology reading I'd been doing, and in reflecting on my own habits, and those of my loved ones around me, I got to thinking an awful lot about the idea of practice. I developed a workshop series called the Practice Project, which is now in its third iteration: Practice Project 3.0.
At its simple core, it's about consistency with a yoga practice, and creating a framework that is supportive of real and research-based change for more productive choices and patterns. If you want the 5 W's, go to the Practice Project page of this site to get an idea of just what that framework is.
But if you want to know the guts of it, and my inner "why am I so passionate about this stuff?" then read on.
Beyond the simple "consistency and support for productive change," bit from above, the rest is an exploration for each individual practitioner. I've learned from having two small businesses that marketing tells me to tell my clients what they will get: improved focus, increased flexibility, a greater sense of well-being… Yet, because I am a yoga-kool-aid-drinking woman, this yoga I teach is meant to be individual. After all, that is the at heart of the philosophy behind all the weird moving and poses. I was chatting with my designer recently, and she quoted a book I'd loaned her about this knowledge-base as being "a blueprint for ourselves and lives." Exactly.
At the heart of this practice is an understanding that we will slowly see ourselves and our lives as a great system: physical (bones, tissues, fluids, movement patterns,) mental (nervous system, thought patterns, behavioral patterns) emotional (highs, lows, checked out, in the passion-zone) and spiritual (the elusive crossover of the previous three, or your own beliefs).
Now, because you can go on Facebook or Instagram or Google any damned day and see for yourself what the physical part of this practice might look like, I'll skip that in this post. Also, by its very definition being a physical practice, you will have to come join me on a mat someday to really understand the physical part of this – no blog post will give you that.
The mental part – Though the psychology portion of why and how we move is endlessly interesting to me, and where I spend much of my time reading and understanding, it takes time to fully comprehend this (8-12 weeks, wink), and that is one of the reasons for the Practice Project.
The emotional part. Well, that's why I continue to keep a business in the creative arts. And your emotions are yours. You're welcome to bring 'em to your mat, but I'm not gonna blog about them.
But what about this word, Spirit???????
It gets thrown around in yoga – and it can elicit strong responses, especially if you're more of a subscriber to the church of modern medicine and research. Now I, ever the one to want to bridge the gap between modern life and the nebulous or esoteric, have a few ways to bring this word into more practical applications, which I'll start with:
- Spirit – First of all, the very word comes from the Latin spiritus which means breath. (Hence my closing remarks in every class of connecting mind, body, and breath.)
- Spirits – In the world of food and beverage, we use the term "spirits" to mean anything distilled (ie not beer or wine). This also has old-world connotations, circa Aristotle, connecting the idea that when one consumed spirits, they enabled a connection with the ethereal world. Ahem, otherwise known as that dumb thing we did when we drank too much.
- Spirited – We use this term in everyday language to mean full of energy, vigor, focus, confidence, etc. THIS is where we dive in…
Even if you have no desire to think about some being or beings we can't see, floating above our heads, influencing or interacting with our lives, you can see that bringing this word SPIRIT to day-to-day practical use and explanation of our moods and energy level provides an understanding that we can apply to our yoga practice.
Aside from our pile of bones and tissue, we are alive, and with that, we all have a spirit. When we take that pile (pardon my casual language – not meaning to be irreverent, but in terms of literal material, we all are just a mass of bones, tissues, and fluids) and challenge it with strange movement and postures, or ask it to sit still in meditation, we are given a glimpse of who we are when we stop interacting with the outside world and are left with… gulp, OURSELVES, and only ourselves.
This, in its most simple, practical application is you exploring your "spirit," AKA, who you are when you're doing nothing but breathing and being with yourself.
So this notion of challenging our physical selves, though an integral part of the "yoga pie," is not the entire pie. It is also through the practice of observing our behaviors, our inner selves when we're not talking, or interacting, or acting for any other purpose than to be with ourselves, that we get to have an understanding of the ins and outs of our spirit. This makes yoga unlike other western-popularized physical exercise routines. In addition to getting a good sweat, or reducing our stress levels, or increasing our flexibility, yoga trains us to come back – mentally, emotionally, spiritually – to our true selves, again and again…
And with that, a beautiful poem, that always turns me into madame waterworks:
I would love to see you in class or Practice Project 3.0! And as always, please email me with any thoughts: firstname.lastname@example.com
~ Calley


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The Soviet-era World War II memorial was removed from the central square in Tallinn overnight despite the Estonian premier's assurances that it would stay in place until Victory Day on May 9. Clashes between police and protesters left one dead and at least 57 injured, including 13 police officers.
"Stop mocking the dead and desecrating a monument to those killed during World War II," Sergei Mironov, speaker of the Russian Federation Council, said, adding that the upper house would prepare the statement on severing diplomatic ties with Estonia and submit it to the Russian president later Friday.
Police arrested over 300 people in the riots and used tear gas and water cannons to disperse opponents of the government's decision to exhume the remains of 13 Soviet soldiers who died liberating Estonia from the Nazis in 1944 and were buried at the site three years later.
Estonian Defense Minister Jaak Aaviksoo told a news conference Friday morning that the exhumation and identification of the bodies had been postponed in the wake of the riots in Tallinn.
Police reinforcements will be brought in, and security beefed up near Estonian embassies in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Members of the Russian Young Guard youth movement and the ruling United Russia party are gathering in front of the Estonian embassy in Moscow as part of sanctioned protests against the monument removal.
Russia's Foreign Ministry has said it would revise relations with the Baltic country, now an EU member, which had decided to remove the monument as "dividing society." Mikhail Kamynin, the ministry spokesman, said the events in Tallinn "need to be looked at by international organizations in all seriousness and necessary measures taken to cool the Estonian authorities' zeal."
Mikhail Margelov, head of the Russian Federation Council's international affairs committee, said Estonian nationalists were reaping the rewards of their policy and expressed concern that their actions were going unpunished.
"Brussels is silent, and Moscow restricts itself to endless warnings," he said, adding that the incident was not an Estonian internal affair. "This [removal] concerns all those who defeated the Nazis because it was a world war."
The international affairs committee of Russia's lower house, the State Duma, has called an emergency session to discuss the situation, while Duma deputies have said they might adopt a resolution later in the day.
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The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine, which like Russia suffered huge losses during WWII, declined to comment on the situation and said it was Estonia's internal affair. The diplomats in Kiev said they would come up with a statement later.
A senior legislator in another former Soviet republic, Kazakhstan, which also fought in the war, dismissed the developments around the monument as insulting the memory of warriors who died in the war.
"Even Germany respects the graves of Soviet soldiers, and I cannot describe the events in Estonia in any other way but barbarianism," Serik Abdrakhmanov said.
WWII veterans in Tajikistan concurred with their counterparts in Kazakhstan by saying the Estonian authorities' action was nothing less than fascism. "Estonian bureaucrats are behaving like fascists, forgetting who liberated them from slavery and the threat of extinction," said Abdurakhim Kurbanov, a presidium member of the Tajik council of war veterans.


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This was just before I got started with the magazine photography, but I still came away from the event with some great photos. Unfortunately, they are all low res, but I do have the actual prints (remember when people actually printed photos?) so I can scan them in if needed. Anyway, this event was essentially a one-time deal locally, but it moved to a few other locations before completely fizzling out a couple years ago.
The show was held in the Chattanooga Convention Center, the same place they have the World of Wheels….but this was at least a million times better than any World of Wheels event. I guess there were probably 100 cars in attendance, but all of them were spectacular. Whether they were barn finds, unrestored original cars or perfectly restored cars…they all had HISTORY and most of them were deeply involved with drag racing. Crazy rare cars…Chevy, Ford and Mopar was well represented. It honestly felt like I was sneaking into some unknown museum. I felt like I didn't deserve to see these cars. And when I found out the show wouldn't be back in Chattanooga ever again, I felt even more privileged to experience it.
We roamed the aisles in amazement. I could've stayed there all day. And now, I'm sad that the show no longer exists. So, as I went through some of my archived pictures, I decided to write a little piece on it and toss it up here. Take a look at one of my favorite events of all time, and join me as I continue to drool over the pictures.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34316885208699053042018-03-02T09:02:13.459-08:00Wayne Manor's Tokyo Mystery NightsThe Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-73499735084186808102013-09-19T04:02:00.001-07:002013-09-19T04:02:50.682-07:00Rock 'n' Roll Tonite! at Heavy Sick! THE LEGS 7" Record Release Party!Yours truly, The Stately DJ Wayne Manor, strikes again! Rock 'n' Roll Tonite is a party held by original punk style band THE LEGS from Tokyo. This event is a double whammy being first, a record release party for the THE LEGS' brand new 7" single, and second, it's their slick frontman Captain's birthday party!

Powerpop phenomenon RANGSTEEN and mod punk revivalists THE COKES will jam the stage while THEEE BAT smash it up with a garage fever! Come on out for punk rock tunes on the turntables by DJs TOMITA & WAYNE MANOR who will be throwing some original garage & power pop into the sets! It IS the Captain's Birthday, oh YES IT IS!

HATAGAYA
CLUB HEAVY SICK
Rock 'n' Roll Tonite
Sun.9.22

〈LIVE〉
THE LEGS
RANGSTEEN
THE COKES
THEEE BAT

〈DJ〉
WAYNE MANOR (Swamp Fiction)
TOMITA

〈OPEN/START〉19:00
〈DOOR〉2,000yen+1D

The Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-28629409161941032842013-08-23T04:41:00.000-07:002013-09-03T05:27:08.072-07:00DJ WAYNE MANOR, A Summer in Gotham: From Skylark to Rockaway Beach and Beyond!

As I had finalized my summer vacation plans heading back to upstate NY for the 35th anniversary of my father's MC, The Wasted Ones, I wanted to be able to make the most of my first summer back home in 7 years. I had contacted some connections about spinning records with no luck, but then I remembered a having a delightful little chat with a certain NY notable by the name of Grace of Spades when we deejayed together at Don Pedro last March. She set up a Saturday night thing at Skylark in Brooklyn with DJ RATA, who I befriended as Javier, a Venezuelan import with an expert taste in surf, rockabilly, exotica and tequila.

 (DJ WAYNE MANOR; On Rock-Rock-Rockaway Beach)

In between sets, I happened to be calling whoever I knew in Brooklyn who could take me in for the night with no luck. Just around midnight, my sister surprised me with a visit. Wow, I got some kinda show of support! Seriously, thank you, sis! I got to stay out spinning a mix of Japanese GS freakouts, garage pop tunes and northern soul groovies until 3am. And I got a nice sofa to surf on! You could almost say I surfed it to Rockaway Beach.

(DJ RATA, regulating sound at Caracas)

At Skylark, Javier and I flowed through the usual routine of meeting a stranger in this hobby of collecting forgotten vinyl for the pleasure of others. Like asking each other our roots, getting excited over selections, comparing covers, dueling with B-sides; all the while not really caring if the sleepers at the tables really care if whose cover of "Fever" is blasting out... That is until just after 1am when the hoodoo kicks in and the sleepers stop talking at their tables, or at least their girls stop talking and stand up to boogie like itchy primitives. Then you gotta pay attention through that tropical haze of Tecate and tequila to what songs get thrown down. Cause, you been feeling like this has become the most played-out city in the world and you just started something and you don't wanna break that momentum...

(DJ TONY Abrego & Sonya from DATED)

 ...At about this time, Javier leans over to me and says he's going to Rockaway Beach tomorrow and I can DJ with him and some friends all afternoon. All I gotta do is call him around noon the next day. And that's just what I did on Sunday, August 18th at 12pm.

(DJ Senor 2 Platos, rockin' the garage classics)

I met up with Javier in Brooklyn and we hitched a ride with DJ Tony Abrego and his 50's chic wife Sonya from DATED, a vintage clothing buy-and-sell operation. We got to Rockaway Beach in the early afternoon and set up at Caracas Rockaway where Javier has been spinning rare oldies and roots ska weekly as the resident DJ RATA of Shake It Up Sundays! I took a walk around at this near mythical place immortalized in a Ramones song and found a sandwich board with DJ Wayne Manor from Tokio etched in chalk!

(Rockaway Beach, boat on the horizon)

A lot of people where out on the sand, but tell-tale signs of Big Sandy's wrath were shown in the lack of boardwalk and sections off-limits to swimmers. Yet, Caracas seemed to keep the local economy alive and jivin'! DJ Tony kicked things off with some Jamaican roots music, 50's RnB and real rockabilly. Yours Truly, then played a long, opening set of Japanese group sounds, freakbeat, pop garage and girl groups thrown in for good measure. Hearing tunes like "I Want Candy" and The Shangri-Las' "Out In The Streets" on Rockaway Beach was an unforgettable experience. But even more so, because I had amassed a small group of dancers in the form of a cute couple, one girl in a bikini and one or two little kids (one 5 year old girl invented a new dance I dubbed "The Rockaway Hop!"), enjoying some fun in a New York sun! Bite me California!

(Rockaway Beach; Where has all the boardwalk gone?)

Well, this paradise lasted only until about 6pm when I had to take the Shuttle to the A, all the way to Penn Station. 2 hours! Only to get woken up by the hassles of everyday life, waiting for another train to mundane Middletown, NY. I spent nearly 5 hours on trains that day, but the 3 hours I spent at Rockaway Beach were branded in my memory forever. Gracias, Javier. And ultimately, thank you, Grace of Spades.

~The Stately DJ Wayne Manor

 (CARACAS ROCKAWAY - SHAKE IT UP SUNDAYS!)

PS. In my travels upstate NY and beyond, I was able to provide some Swamp Fiction vinyl to Darkside Records in Poughkeepsie, NY and Gallery of Sound at locations in Pennsylvania. Ask for THEEE BAT, THE FADEAWAYS or ATOMIC SUPLEX at their stores!The Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-50758632435603949942013-08-21T19:32:00.002-07:002013-09-01T13:49:21.701-07:00HOUSE of MYSTERY Vol.13½ ED WOODS & LOS CHAMPIONS Pre-record Release Party with DAIKAIJU! "Beach Party on MONSTER ISLAND (Part 2)!"In an unprecedented turn of events, Tokyo & Yokohama get a double shot of HOUSE of MYSTERY this weekend! After monster surf band DAIKAIJU attacks Tokyo, they will be ripping things up at ORANGE COUNTY BROTHERS in Tennocho, Yokohama! As it turns out, Swamp Fiction will be celebrating a pre-record release of the forthcoming ED WOODS meets LOS CHAMPIONS - TERROR IN ROOM 208 split 7" EP! Come to the show and pick up a CD-R copy of the record and be one of the very first to have it delivered to your door!

And if those two bands aren't enough, come out for THEE MIGHTY FEVERS rejoining DAIKAJU for some more co-wreckage and local two-man trashers d/i/s/c/o/s will be on hand to kick off the bash! Beach party on MONSTER ISLAND continues!!!!

Sat. 8/24
ORANGE COUNTY BROTHERS
TENNOCHO, YOKOHAMA
HOUSE of MYSTERY Vol.13½
"Beach Party on MONSTER ISLAND (Part 2)!"

Live:
DAIKAIJU (USA)
ED WOODS
LOS CHAMPIONS
THEE MIGHTY FEVERS (KOBE)
d/i/s/c/o/s

OPEN: 18:00
START: 18:30
DOOR: ¥1500 +1D

Come and get a CD-R copy of ED WOODS meets LOS CHAMPIONS - TERROR IN ROOM 208 and pre-order the 7" record!

 The Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-69584583481842397622013-08-21T19:06:00.002-07:002013-09-01T13:50:29.533-07:00HOUSE OF MYSTERY Vol.13 with DAIKAIJU! "Beach Party on MONSTER ISLAND!"Send of summer with a surf bash Godzilla-style at the HOUSE of MYSTERY! DAIKAIJU, a monster surf rock band from the US, attacks Hatagaya Heavy Sick in Tokyo on Friday, August 23rd! This special 2-part, 13th volume event is gonna be a "Beach Party on MONSTER ISLAND" with the help of Tokyo surf, psyche & garage maniacs NETANAOYOI, THEEE BAT, MY FIRST BIKINI & RAT-HOLIC! Instro-mentals and hot-rod tunes will be blasting from the turntables from the vast collections of Garage Rockin' Crazes' own JIMMY MASHIKO, EDDIE UGATA from The El Caminos and yours truly, The Stately DJ Wayne Manor!

Everyone, come on out and welcome DAIKAIJU to Tokyo! They won't bite your heads off or anything!!

http://www.daikaiju.org/

Now, just to sweeten the summer fun, girls who come dressed in a bikini get 1 free drink! Monster FUN, summer FUN, bikini FUN!

Fri. 8/23
HATAGAYA HEAVY SICK
HOUSE of MYSTERY Vol.13
"Beach Party on MONSTER ISLAND!"

〈LIVE〉
DAIKAIJU (USA)
RAT-HOLIC
MY FIRST BIKINI
NETANOYOI
THEEE BAT

〈DJ〉
JIMMY MASHIKO (Garage Rockin' Craze)
EDDIE UGATA (The El Caminos)
WAYNE MANOR (Swamp Fiction)

〈OPEN/START〉18:30/19:00
〈ADV〉2,000yen+1D
〈DOOR〉2,,300yen+1D

 The Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-74173075040786521482013-07-12T03:32:00.000-07:002013-09-01T03:43:57.348-07:00LIVE REPORT: Return of... MYSTERY MONDAYS! Vol. 13 - THE LEGS & ROCK-A-CHERRY
 (THE LEGS)

The summer of '13 saw the ominous return of MYSTERY MONDAYS for a one-night only reunion of a much lamented mini-live series that was the brainchild of Yours Truly several years ago. At that time, I had an easier work schedule and doing a monthly Monday Mystery party was a fun way to spin some records around carefully planned theme. I've had punk nights, Irish/rustic bashes, Halloween parties and even no wave chic get-togthers, all with the idea that I would invite a couple bands and a couple DJs to present themselves and their scenes in a matinee kinda setting. It also worked out to be a kinda networking session where I got to know labels as well as for also for bands who I thought should know each other to get a chance to meet. I'd like to think that more than a few people became friends during the year long run of the original Mystery Mondays.

 (ROCK-A-CHERRY)

So earlier this summer, I had some free time to do a bit of thinking and scheming and I decided to get my good friend Shotaro to spin some records with me for a reunion. I decided to take Mystery Mondays back to its roots and make it a punk rock/power pop event which I started out with when I had SEE HER TONITE join THE LEGS at Club Heavy Sick about 3 years ago. This July, THE LEGS agreed to come out again, and I also invited Ramones-style punk girls band ROCK-A-CHERRY, and the deal was done. ROCK-A-CHERRY front-girl Yoko and Reo from NEON GROUP have a monthly new wave dance party called NEO CITY. They joined Shotaro and Yours Truly to spin some wax rounding out the night ensuring plenty of garage tunes, 70's punk obscurities and 80's danceables pumped out of the sound system. They next mystery is if I will ever have a Monday free to do another Mystery Mondays.

~The Stately Wayne Manor

The Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-7207073918844999372013-06-26T03:40:00.001-07:002013-06-26T03:42:18.328-07:00DJ WAYNE MANOR spins at WILLY NILLY Vol.3!Taking time out my busy schedule, yours truly will be spinning girl garage & mod-ish beat music before MELViNS at WILLY NILLY Vol.3 at HATAGAYA HEAVY SICK! More sick tunes on stage will be performed by Lonesome Slim & d/i/s/c/o/s! Wait! There's more you say? Jump 'n' jive to turntable trashers Gorilla Snake, Lemon Whiskers, Daph, Wayne Manor, White Noise Disco & NICO!!! Not to mention weird-o film footage by Tim!

WILLY NILLY Vol.3
HATAGAYA HEAVY SICK
FRI. JUNE 28th

~LIVE~
Lonesome Slim
d/i/s/c/o/s
MELViNS

~DJ~
Gorilla Snake
Lemon Whiskers
Daph
Wayne Manor
White Noise Disco
NICO

~FILM~
Tim

OPEN/START: 19:00
DOOR: 1,800yen(+1D)

The Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-55088169723700034032013-06-25T04:56:00.001-07:002013-06-26T03:42:09.997-07:00Return of... MYSTERY MONDAYS! Vol.15! THE LEGS & ROCK-A-CHERRY!So yours truly is back in town withe the mystery action! Been enjoying a bit too much free time and decided to do something about it, so why not throw a party!? Turns out that I just got busy, busier than I had foreseen but Mystery Mondays is back for a one-night stand with powerpop rockers THE LEGS and girly Ramones-style with ROCK-A-CHERRY! DJ WAYNE MANOR will be spinning some pur punk rock radio hits with trash junkie & Heavy Sick regular DJ SHOTARO! NEO CITY tag team, DJs REO & YOKO will be spinning some new wave danceables so come on out for some retro fun!

Return of...
MYSTERY MONDAYS Vol.15
HATAGAYA CLUB HEAVY SICK
Monday, July 8th

Live~
THE LEGS
ROCK-A-CHERRY

DJs~
WAYNE MANOR (Pacifiction Records)
SHOTARO
REO (NEON GROUP/NEO CITY)
YOKO (ROCK-A-CHERRY/NEO CITY)

Ticket: ¥1500 +1D
OPEN: 20:00

The Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-31208414400733331482013-05-28T05:09:00.000-07:002013-05-28T05:22:48.703-07:00LIVE REPORT! HOUSE of MYSTERY Vol. 12, BORSTAL FORMAL ~Hard Mod Night~

Last Month's HOUSE of MYSTERY was full up with skins, birds and mod chicks galore! I had been planning a kinda Spirit of '69 meets Tokyo mods chic since I saw THE SHOCK TROOPS from Nagoya at a punk show last summer and got it all sorted with the help of some of the best two-tone ska and edgy mods groups in Tokyo.

THE PHANTASMS, stylish sixties girls with a penchant for 70's power pop, started the night out in the right groove. Guitarist and vocalist Aya had to run off later to spin records all night at her Ooh-Pah-Doo-Pah groovy party. Then THE DROPS, a nearly all-girl ska entourage with horns, sax and playfully insane vocals, gave the Hard Mod Night a head-butt and a kick in the pants to boot!

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Vivid, tantalizing and furious, the trio known as SIX pack my favorite pieces of the 60's together, you know, surf, spy themes, pseudo-oriental rock, girl group sounds and then rip it up in a whirlwind of Twiggy-esque hair-styling and Brigitte Bardot-black leather embodied in front-woman Chelio.

By this time, Club Heavy Sick was really looking like borstal dance party with tons of skins milling about watching DOWNBEAT SELECTORS throw down reggae classics while doing their comedy routine before 69YOBSTERS hit the stage. Then the YOBSTERS got down to business and broke out into a set of fun skinhead-themed ska tunes led by burly beer-swigging crooners who got the audience skanking around and chanting to their anthems.

At this point, THE SHOCK TROOPS were ready to blast the hangers-on to pieces. Lead vocalist Bemu blaring harmonica out from under aviators only stopping to shout something profound and commanding to fit in with the chugging rhythm of the rest of the band. Taking their ques from British street punk which traces itself back to the blues of pub rock and the attitude of the original skinhead movement, THE SHOCK TROOPS are continuing this tradition a world away. And I was truly grateful for their presence at my attempt at a mods party at the HOUSE of MYSTERY.

Special thanks to the DJs who came out despite the time crunch. OKUDA from Original John deserves special praise for promoting the party on his blog. Thanks as well to HARRY the HEMPSTEAD HEATH who is always ready to hop on his Mod Star and head to the club with a case of 45s whenever I call.

What's to come is a Mystery!

PS. Thanks to Never Trust blog for reporting in Japanese and posting pics which I have used here. The Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-2949953511389925902013-04-15T03:08:00.003-07:002013-04-15T03:08:51.274-07:00HOUSE of MYSTERY Vol.12, "Borstal Formal! ~Hard Mod Nite~"
Suit up & boot up! HOUSE of MYSTERY returns with a nite of hip-shakin', boot stompin', mod style. Sixties-esque girl groups THE PHANTASMS & SIX join roots ska entourage THE DROPS and rudies 69YOBSTERS; blues bootboys THE SHOCKTROOPS bring the pub/punk rock all the way from Nagoya. DJs will be spinning a mix of punk, mod, soul & reggae between bands to keep you skankin' til last train!

HOUSE of MYSTERY Vol.12
"Borstal Formal ~Hard Mod Night~"
HATAGAYA HEAVY SICK
SAT.4.27
*Live*
THE SHOCKTROOPS (NAGOYA)
69YOBSTERS
SIX
THE DROPS
THE PHANTASMS

*DJ*
OKADA (Original John)
HARRY the HEMPSTEAD HEATH (HHH-PRO)
The Stately WAYNE MANOR
DOWNBEAT SELECTERS

OPEN: 18:00
START: 18:30
TICKET:
ADV: 2000 +1D
DOOR: 2300 +1D

The Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-14491765858916243972013-03-27T21:27:00.000-07:002013-03-27T21:43:14.132-07:00The Stately DJ WAYNE MANOR @ GaragePunk NYC, St. Patty's Eve Bash at Don Pedro, BrooklynSo, yours truly flew into JFK on Saturday March 16th around 3pm amidst a minor snow flurry... than headed out into the concrete jungle. I made my way through the MTA to Metropolitan Ave. in Brooklyn where I was take a pit stop at Pete's new place (Incidentally, Pete is from roots rock band NCM and had previously helped me get THE HARPY's some shows and crash space in New Paltz). I got his girlfriend on the station payphone who had arranged for me to get a key from the guy in the art studio on the first floor. I spent two hours in their flat showering, freshening up and organizing my shit for the night to come. I headed out around 6:30, handed the key to the painting teacher I got it from and started walking... in the wrong direction. I got directions outside an L station and took the train to Bedfrod, met my parents right on time at 7pm and we all went out for dinner. Then we headed for Don Pedro... got frantically lost & had to 411 the place, but we got there well before show time. Met Jake Noodles (I had known him from WLWL with Rico, a Japanese cat that he had been in the band with and had more recently opened the Mystery Train vintage clothing shop which is now located in the basement of Don Pedro). Waited for DJ Shimmy to show up with needles for the tables and then got busy spinning some tunes from the Far East!

My first set was all Japanese garage punk from the modern era, meaning the classics like Guitar Wolf, Supersnazz & Teengenerate along with lesser knowns like The Evil Hoodoo & Goggle-A (doing a GS rendition of France Gall's "Poupee de Cire"). I threw in a couple more punk stuff like The Jet Boys, and since it was St. Patrick's Eve, Oi-Skallmates covering The Pogues' "Dirty Old Town," with a bit of a ska touch. Being my first night back in NY in two and a half years I hadda play "New York Groove" from Ronnie's (5678's) one-off single with The Devil Dogs. My set ended when local NYers The Neighbors creeped on stage and played some raunchy originals.

I blasted my next set out with a wild shamisen/eleki guitar combo by Ventures style surf guitarman Takeshi Terauchi matching wits with a shamisen master. I followed up with The Tigers and then some more mod-ish garage tunes by The Other Five, The Fenways, The You Know Who Group, The Sidekicks and more! I mixed in some Japanese GS stuff by the likes of Takeshi Terauchi (again!) & the Bunnys and The Carnabeats which seems to flow better with danceable freakbeat a bit more than straight forward pounding 60's punk thumpers. I had great fun playing these tunes from across the seven seas and I was very happy to have some people come up to me and ask what exactly spinning!

Cheers, to DJ Shimmy from GaragePunkNYC.com who ran that show, DJ Grace O'Spades who spun a chic mix of glam & powerpop after me and all the bands that played Don Pedro the eve of St. Patrick's Day 2013! See more photos at the GPNYC blog here: http://blog.garagepunknyc.com/2013/03/st-pattys-photos-othermen-born-loose-neighbors-don-pedro.htmlThe Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-21454334225544564052013-03-18T06:03:00.000-07:002013-05-28T07:06:16.982-07:00LIVE REPORT! HOUSE of MYSTERY Vol.11 No Way Jose Sayonara Party!

With gut-wrenching sorrow I had to say farewell to one of the best friends I have ever known in my Tokyo existence. With his research into the underbelly of the Japanese music world complete, loco muchacho Jose has moved on to Arizona to finish the scholarly work he started 2 years ago. And what better way to say sayonara than with an all out bash at Club Heavy Sick with his favorite trash thrashers on hand! Not to mention a sultry reunion with the sexy CocoFlame who played foil to his Senor Santa at the HOUSE of MYSTERY XXXmas party of 2011!

The unmentionable attractions of the tear-jerking evening included Yokosuka knuckle-draggers d/i/s/c/o/s, back from the grave robbers THE FADEAWAYS, frat-hoppin' rockers STOMPIN' RIFF RAFFS, beat-sloppin' horror THEEE BAT & B-movie dudes ED WOODS!

The DJ station was kept rockin' by the jamming wax thrown down by DeeJays LEMON WHISKERS and Back from the Grave Svengali DADDY-O-NOV... But the highlight for most was DJ SENOR! That is Jose in his loco Mexicano persona dishing out some of his own hot tamales on the turntables!

With a special cake & cookies made by Stompin's own Miku-chan, not to mention all the friendly faces that came out, the HOUSE of MYSTERY achieved the home-party vibe that I strive for! And Senor Jose was blown away by all the well-wishing and wild-hearted revelry everyone brought with them. I have a feeling he took a lot of it back to arid Arizona with him!

As a shaky Mika Bat slurmised on stage "NEVER SAY GOOD BYE!" Until we meet again... and I'll leave it at that!

 The Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-41477964230092668322013-03-14T20:21:00.000-07:002013-03-15T05:21:19.412-07:00GARAGE PUNK NYC presents... St. Paddy's Eve Bash at Don Pedro!As yours truly was planning an escape from Tokyo heading back to NY for a clean spring break, I got to thinking about what I could do in the city that never sleeps for three weeks. Well, I got in touch with Christophe from Bananas Magazine (who have featured both THE FADEAWAYS & THEEE BAT) and asked him if anything was on. Through him, I was put in touch with DJ SHIMMY who operates the GraragepunkNYC.com blog and also does shows at Don Pedro in Brooklyn. In the past he's billed THEEE BAT & STOMPIN' RIFFRAFFS, both good friends of mine. Well, Shimmy offered me an opening slot... on the day that I arrive in NY. I fly into JFK at 3pm... probably won't get released from that void until 5pm. Show starts at 9:30... so I have a good 4 hours to make my way over to Williamsburg and find someplace to hang before showtime. It will be managed.

For anyone in the area looking for something to do to celebrate, St. Paddy's Eve and do the whole hair of the dog thing on St. Paddy's Day proper, come on out for some garage insanity with THE OTHERMEN, TIGHT SPOTS, BORN LOOSE & THE NEIGHBORS. DJs Sea-mmy & Grace O'Spades will spinning later on in the evening and yours truly, the Stately Wayne Manor will start the party roaring with raw Japanese punk clunkers from the 90's as well as a set of 60's GS and garage thumpers... maybe even a little Irish might get thrown in the bag!

Look out for my merch table with SWAMP FICTION records and some new stuff from Japan available on PACIFICTION RECORDS like BOBBY'S BAR, DEAD BAMBIES & HOWLING GUITAR!The Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-12168738485967634072013-03-14T20:02:00.003-07:002013-05-28T07:02:17.614-07:00HOUSE of MYSTERY Vol. 12: No Way Jose Sayonara Party!For about over two years I've been hanging out with Jose (he's really Canadian of Columbian descent, but we play up his Mehicano looks!) at garage shows around Tokyo, occasionally Back from the Grave at UFO or some Cherry Times party at JAM, but most often (ahem, nearly every weekend) at my home away from home, CLUB HEAVY SICK. Jose was my Senor Santa at the 2011 Xmas party with THE SPITFIRES from Australia, we've had many cool times introducing RnR tourists to Poor cowthe greatest RnR bar in Tokyo and I've been lending him tons of Japanese garage/punk on CD for his academic research into the Japanese music scene. That research has come to a finish and Jose is heading to arid Arizona to put it all together, not to mention hang out with his girl. Dismayed, forlorn, despairing, you may think?! Yes, so I decided to throw a bash big enough to bring about the Day of the Dead a bit early! NO WAY JOSE SAYONARA PARTY featuring 5 bands selected by Senor Jose himself, hellishly hip garage DJs LEMON WHISKERS & DADDY-O-NOV and a special reunion whith burlesque wildcat COCO FLAME who incidentally gave SENOR SANTA a luscious lap dance on Xmas day two years ago. Not to mention DJ SENOR JOSE himself making an appearance playing some of his favorite Japanese wild tunes! Don't say sayonara, just buy him some tequila!

HOUSE of MYSTERY Vol. 11
"No Way Jose Sayonara Party"
Sun., March 10
Club Heavy Sick

*live*
ED WOODS
THEEE BAT
STOMPIN' RIFFRAFFS
THE FADEAWAYS
d/i/s/c/o/s

*DeeJays*
SENOR JOSE
DADDY-O-NOV (Back from the Grave)
LEMON WHISKERS
WAYNE MANOR

OPEN: 18:00
START:18:30
TICKET:
ADV: 2000 +1D
DOOR: 2300 +1DThe Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-66571554176825720292013-02-06T17:37:00.000-08:002013-02-06T17:39:10.382-08:00THE DOGS - Japan Tour Finale 2013 & Detroit Jack's Sayonara PartyA big salute to Detroit Jack for the past 15 years or so he's been living in Japan! Back in 2007, he launched Future Now Records as a vehicle to bridge music scenes between two of the world's greatest Rock Cities with a tribute to THE DOGS! He released a double album with a slew of Japanese bands paying homage to the original punk rock band that first screamed out "Slash Your Face!" He followed up with a double DVD collection of new and old rare live footage of THE DOGS gigging in LA and Tokyo. Since then, Jack has decided to move... rather ride on into the sunset seeking serenity in the world's ancient site with his newly founded Bike Classical cycling group. Ride on, brother!

That's not to say Detroit Jack won't be leaving without any fanfare! Future Now Recordds is bringing THE DOGS back to Japan for four incredible nites of ROCK fantasy! Hit Fifi's bar Poor Cow in Shimo-kitazwa on Friday, April 8th for a special acoustic show and record signing. Get electric, or eleki maybe, on Sat. April 9th at SHINJUKU RED CLOTH with THUNDER ROADS, THE RAYDIOS, JACKIE & THE CEDRICS & ELECTROPHONIC! Wild 60's rockin' dance tunes by SWANK DJ WILD OX!

Yours truly, The Stately DJ Wayne Manor, was asked with great honor to spin loud 'n' fast vinyl punk trash at UFO CLUB in HIGASHI-KOENJI on Sunday, April, 10th and also HATAGAYA CLUB HEAVY SICK on Monday, April 11th! Head to UFO for post-punks NANOX, legendary girls garage group SUPERSNAZZ, trash rockers FRANTIC STUFF & Motor City-style madmen THE GIMMIES! Special going away present for Detroit Jack will be a strip tease by the jaw-dropping, tittee-twisting burlesque beauty MIWA-ROCK!

And if you still have blood flowing through your veins after all that, come on out to my home turf CLUB HEAVY SICK for a trash-sick monster-bash with frantic trio THEEE BAT, muddy fuzz from nUEyIN, Max retro RnR band SONIC GANG, leather-clad screeching machine THE FACEFUL & non-stop garage RnB action by the MINNESOTA VOODOO MEN! Oh did I forget to mention THE DOGS will be there too? Do it for THE DOGS baby! Turn on & turn it up all you Motor City Muthfu&#%*$!!!!!!WOOOOOOOOOFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 The Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-29129104242581461232013-01-31T02:57:00.001-08:002013-01-31T03:26:00.588-08:00Date with THE CRAMPS - LUX Tribute LiveEvery year since the demise Lux Interior, of one of Rock 'n' Roll's sickest legends, Club Heavy Sick pays tribute with a live shows celebrating his legacy with The Cramps, one of Rock 'n' Roll's sickest bands! This year, Yours Truly, The Stately DJ Wayne Manor was asked to throw down slabs of pure trash alongside two of the biggest name garage DJs in Japan, namely DJ JIMMY MASHIKO of Garage Rockin' Craze & Tokyo Back from the Grave's own DJ DADDY-O-NOV! A down and dirty honor indeed!

Not to mention the amount of wild and weird live music going down next Sunday at Heavy Sick which includes rockabilly trashers The Gasser & My Solidkick from Gunma, Yokosuka's two man garage punk gashers d/i/s/c/o/s, psycho-instro-mentalists BOBBY'S BAR, grave stompin' dynamic trio THEEE BAT, dolled-up glam-fiends YOUNG PARISIAN and, of course, Japan's own homegrown tribute band the TOKYO CRAMPS fronted by wildman Elovis channeling the ghost of Lux himself! Prepare yourself for bikini girls surfin' in the swampy graveyard basement of Heavy Sick!

The Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-59770072429290112592013-01-20T01:46:00.001-08:002013-01-25T01:29:44.385-08:00ED WOODS presents... World of the Dude Vol.1! ~Kurt Russel Night~Trash rockers & B-movie enthusiasts ED WOODS are starting up a raw night of pop culture dude-ism! Aaaand... the Dude of the Month is KURT RUSSEL! Join us for a wicked night of live punk, funk and rock & roll and plenty of slabs of boppers, twisters and garage throbbers thrown down on the turntables by DJ AKKO CHAMPION and Yours Truly, The Stately DJ WAYNE MANOR! Don't for get your Snake Plissken eye-patches!

ED WOODS presents...
World of the Dude Vol. 1
~Kurt Russel Night~
Saturday, Jan. 26th
HATAGAYA HEAVY SICK

*Live*
ED WOODS
d/i/s/c/o/s
HOWLING GUITAR
Both Cheese
Sunsett

*DJ*
WAYNE MANOR
AKKO CHAMPION

OPEN: 18:30
START: 17:00

ADV: 2000 Yen +1D
DOOR: 2300 Yen +1D The Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-85084063663856743512013-01-18T01:11:00.000-08:002013-01-25T01:13:27.962-08:00TEENAGE SHUTDOWN: THE FADEAWAYS & THEE MIGHTY FEVERS Record Release PartyTEENAGE SHUTDOWN!
Double LP Release Party!
Jan.14, 2013
HATAGAYA HEAVY SICK

THE FADEAWAYS
THEE MIGHT FEVERS
THE RAYDIOS
SUPERSNAZZ
THE LEGS

The Stately DJ WAYNE MANOR

Recently THE FADEAWAYS returned to the stage after a brief hiatus and they brought back their garage punk bash Teenage Shutdown! This was a special night celebrating their new Dead Beat Records release Raw, Wild & Wretched, along with new labelmates Kobe's own Frantic garage-fused Ramones style band THEE MIGHTY FEVERS, with their own newly released LP Fuck'in Great R'n'R.

It just so happened that the fates decided to drop a bucket of snow on Tokyo while both bands were driving up from Kobe to finish off a short tour. I had enough trouble lugging my case of 45s to the gig slipping and sliding at Shibuya station hoping trains were not delayed and got there just on time.... only to get word that The Fadeaways were still slushing along the highways up to Tokyo!

Teenage Shutdown is usually a more garage based event, but with The Legs & The Raydios on the bill, it was slightly more on the punk side. So I mostly spun from my classic punk and power pop collection. I was happy to throw down some tunes like "There's Never Been A Night" by the Quads along with stuff from The Lurkers, The Ruts, The Stilettos and one of my favorites "Kids Just Wanna Dance" by The Fast. To warm up the crowd for Supersnazz, I gave the crowd a bit of a mod sound and played some raunchy soul and girl groups. I had planned to go completely garage before Thee Mighty Fevers, but since The Fadeaways still hadn't shown up yet! I just kept spinning raw stuff from the 70's. The Fadeaways finally got to Tokyo and rushed through the subways with gear in tow to get to Heavy Sick and plop a box of fresh records on the merch table and jump on stage at the last minute, blasting through their set nearly non-stop RnR!

A big arigatou to Toyozo and the boys for having me DJ! Winter-blasted and weather-tested, The Fadeaways came thru on their big LP debut night!The Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-21321259501067710882012-10-13T03:19:00.000-07:002013-01-25T03:20:42.466-08:00HOUSE of MYSTERY Vol.10 & WolfWolf 2012 Japan Tour - THE WOLVES ARE COMINGI finally met the Wolves themselves at Harajuku station and took them on a RnR tour of the town, the usual spots like Rockin' Jelly Bean's shop Erostika, Attractions rockers shop & Jack's for vintage rockabilly addicts where we met Jim Jams' Milky who modeled with their new 7" "The Wolves are Coming!" for us! This is the usual tour you'll get from me if I ever get the chance to take you around Tokyo.

We met up at Poor Cow for the first show on Friday October 10th at Poor Cow, the RnR meeting place in Shimo-kitazawa for the first gig. It's a small bar run by Fifi, best known for his part in Teengenerate but now plays with Firestarter. Taka-Rock, one half of The Runaway Brothers, and waited for Fifi to open the doors. The show started around 9pm while a small audience dripped in which included Mikico of The Yumberries and Detroit Jack. WolfWolf started to play grabbed, shook and strangulized the small crowd there was. They won over Fifi taking pics of their show and I felt vindicated I had brought them over. As an encore they did their slow and ghostly version of the Ramones' "Pet Sematary!"

HOUSE of MYSTERY returned for its 10th volume, a milestone of it's own! With Wolf Wolf growling and ready to go! I made it a Halloween party to kick off the season and had werewolf B-movies playing on a drop-down screen throughout the show. Straight from Yokosuka, the d/i/s/c/o/s dropped their garage punk bomb. Then Beaver Patrol dug thru the grave to expose some 60's punk unknowns! Female-fronted psychobilly startlers VILLAINZ bewitched us with eerie tunes fueled by rapping double bass and haunting organ. Somewhere in there Miss Rita Goldie gave a stunning burlesque performance to make the dead feel like they were 21! She got the wolf boys howling! With silhouetted back-drops of woods, WolfWolf appeared on stage... flashlight attached to Reto's plastic guitar like a searchlight in the Black Forest and Marcel's growling vocals! They let everyone in a 4-kilometre radius know The Wolves Are Coming! With every twang of his guitar, Reto's flashlight hit on every little Heidi girl that was there... then Rita came back on stage to do a little shimmy shimmy to one of their songs! Howling indeed! To wrap it all up, the inimitable gorefest ED WOODS really brought on Halloween with there trash rock 'n' roll, slippin' 'n' slidin' wildness and a monster beach party encore that included a ghoulish "Surfin' Bird!" Halloween had come not a moment too soon! Fiendish and sleazy, DJ duo Yukkum Yukkum provided twisted hits throughout the night along with Yours Truly, The Stately Wayne Manor.

The final night of WolfWolf was for the brave souls who went out to Sex & Fury & RnR Vol. 18 at Orange County Brothers, a hop, skip & a jump away in Yokohama where raucous Aussies BUNT were also on the bill. Another great night that included the Stompin' Riffraffs doing a wild set of frat hop and psycho-instru-mental-ists Bobby's Bar already getting ready for Halloween with a cover The Dickies "Killer Clowns!" WolfWolf, once again set up their home terrain spooky woods back-drops and growled the audience into submission with humorous anecdotes about Swiss girls named Heidi, bedtime stories of werewolves and their favorite food... MEAT! Everybody MEAT! But I have to say the alpha-males of the night were BUNT, who were so hot they blistered the crowd with an electrifying leather jacket moment of pure confrontation that brought back the memory of real garage punk!

WolfWolf's first trip to Japan was a trashy, trapping endeavor which left me thrashing about like a man bitten and turning into some rabid beast every time I look at their color vinyl 7" record! The wolves are coming.... back?!?

The Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-75795305743950976452012-09-30T01:54:00.000-07:002013-01-25T03:20:51.490-08:00WolfWolf 2012 Japan Tour - The Wolves are Coming!When two werewolves from the deep in the woods of Switzerland asked Yours Truly about coming to Japan, I had to make sure they were all they said they were... So they sent me a crumpled package with a tape cassette wrapped in a stenciled cardboard wolf mask! I got them three shows around Tokyo with some of the trashiest Japanese bands I could find! The brought a brand new 7" record seething with a trash beat & blood-curdling screams. The howling madness was a perfectly demented way to kick of the Halloween season!

The Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-61470441670393852282012-06-15T18:12:00.000-07:002013-01-24T18:04:16.552-08:00ROCK DAY (6/9, 2012) Showdown! Punks 'n' Skins! Nagoya meets Tokyo @ HEAVY SICKWay back in December when I making my rounds with THE SPITFIRES from Perth, we met a bunch of punk bands down in Nagoya and Hammamatsu. One of them being a Cali-style street punk band (think bitter Rancid-esque ska with a punch of punkabilly by way of Social D) called RADiXTAR. At the after-party we were talking about playing shows in Tokyo and I said it might be possible to do a punk show in at Heavy Sick in Tokyo. The next day RADiXTAR met up with us in Hammamatsu where another Nagoya band was supporting Aussie indie band THE SPITFIRES. They stormed the stage with blaring harmonica and chugging blues punk which sounded heavily rooted pub rock and also had the raw anger of British Oi! They were called THE SHOCKTROOPS and the latest thing in the Japanese skinhead scene. I was sold. When RADiXTAR frontman U-Key contacted me about a show for their new demo EP, I had to have THE SHOCKTROOPS on board as well.

I decided to throw together a Tokyo/Nagoya punk/skin showcase and was able to book Rock Day, June 9th (it's an unofficial party day for rockers of all kinds in Japan), at Heavy Sick and billed it as a punk rock showdown! Representing Tokyo, I got pogo jumpers THE ERECTiONS and bootboys ROUGH STUFF, as well as melodic street punk band TIMELESS TIMBER to even out the event. TIMELESS TIMBER warmed up the crowd with their poppy hooks and Chisato's bright vocals. With spikes, studded leather and patches flailing, THE ERECTIONS built up the momentum with their rabid chant, "Noise for the Boys!" RADiXTAR hit the stage with a ska pulse havocked by punk intent. Appearing for the first time in Tokyo, THE SHOCKTROOPS whipped up a pub rock concoction for skins and punks alike, and, on one of their last shows ever, ROUGH STUFF brought so much violence from the steets right into the basement venue that I had to keep the DJ station from toppling over!

Wild and weird punk & new wave party tunes were provided by DJ MILKY (from the sadistic all-girl punk rock band JIM JAMS), DJ Setsuko & Yours Turly, The Stately DJ Wayne Manor. It all happened at Heavy Sick. It all happened on Rock Day, 2012, the night House of Mystery went street punk!The Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-2203802826918268992012-06-07T02:54:00.001-07:002012-10-13T06:27:03.327-07:00HOUSE of MYSTERY Vol.9, "Rock Day, Showdown 69! Tokyo vs. Nagoya!"Up the punx at the House of Mystery this month! June 9 is a special day in Japan. 6 is "roku" is Japanese and 9 "ku" ... smash them together and you get ROCK! So every 6/9 is "rock day" and there are tons of kickin' events especially if it falls on a Saturday like this year! Welcome to the House's big punk rock party featuring a bunch of Tokyo street punks facing off with RADiXTAR and SHOCK TROOPS from Nagoya who I met while on tour with THE SPITFIRES last winter. RADiXTAR is a bit of a California style ska/punkablilly/street mash-up and SHOCK TROOPS are a boot stompin' skinhead band with a touch of blues garage! They square off with manic pogo punx THE ERECTiONS, the hardcore edge of Chisato's (ex Thug Murder/Vickers) TIMELESS TIMBER and Tokyo's own boot-stompers ROUGH STUFF! Street music, that is a mix of old school punk, ska, hardcore and even more primitive sounds, will be provided by Milky (JIM JAMS), Toyota City native Setsuko and, yours truly, The Stately Wayne Manor! Drink up, spit it out, get your Rock Day on at Heavy Sick!

June 9, 2012
HOUSE of MYSTERY Vol. 9
"Rock Day Showdown 69! Tokyo vs. Nagoya!"
HATAGAYA HEAVY SICK

*live*
ROUGH STUFF
SHOCK TROOPS (NAGOYA)
RADiXTAR (NAGOYA)
THE ERECTiONS
TIMELESS TIMBER

*DJ*
MILKY (JIM JAMS)
WAYNE MANOR (Pacifiction Records)
SETSUKO

OPEN: 18:00
START: 18:30

TICKET:
ADV: 1700 +1D
DOOR: 2000 +1D The Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-52252209622906791462012-05-26T02:45:00.000-07:002013-01-17T03:52:35.402-08:00SHLONK Across Japan 2012 - Canada Scum Punk meets The Wild DudeOnce again, the slithering slimy mess from Canada known as SHLONK seeped up onto Japan's shores for three shirking shows in the Tokyo area. If you don't know the history of this band from my previous posts and the press they've received in Japan, then you're just hopeless! (OK that was mean, but just check Google, cause they just plain kickass!) Straightaway they made a beeline to Poor Cow to meet me for some drinks and chatting with Fifi. Of course he would have a book of the history of Canadian punk with their first album EEE-YOH in it along with some jackets (like SNFU's controversial debut album) that vocalist Al had illustrated!

SHLONK's first show was a HOUSE of MYSTERY mash-up at Heavy Sick which featured a lot of old compadres of SHLONK as well as Yours Truly. The first band was an experimental rock/dub unit called Stupid7Beat featuring some of my old friends from Six o' Minus. Mika from emulsion, an old friend of SHLONK's angie, asked Yours Truly to join in their set and sing a DAMNED song! It was kinda hyper karaoke and I had to mask the fact that I wasn't fully confident with getting it right (despite practicing for two weeks!)... Wayne Manor with emulsion was a two minute blitz of electro-punk, mumbled vocals and a shaving cream attack on the audience to give that Damned Damned Damned effect!

Dressed in bosozuku samurai gear, TOKYO RYOZANPAKU brought an arsenal of 'street' weapons for the audience to parade around with while the lead singer cut himself profusely spouting off right-wing propaganda... yeah, these guys played with SHLONK in Japan before, in 2009. SEPPUKU PISTOLS brought an onslaught of punk rock, tribal electronic noise and Japanese taiku drums, yes, the very big kind reserved for natsumatsuri, or summer festivals in Japan.

Yeah, these guys played the same show as TOKYO RYOZANPAKU in 2009! When SHLONK took the stage at last, the Tokyo crowd was eager, loud and desperate! Al appeared onstage in a tux and took it from there belting out their repertoire with a certain enthusiasm that got kids raging. The kicker for me came with their encore, a very classic hardcore rendition of the NEW YORK DOLLS' "Trash!" which got me hyped for the tour dates to come! And this was just the first night!

(SHLONK with Mika emulsion, empty glasses of course)

The next day, was a bit of a hazard... Yours Truly, went off to shoot a music video for THEEE BAT as an extra. I left pretty concise direction for SHLONK to get to Orange County Brothers in Yokohama... but they took a wrong turn and ended up walking in the middle of bumblefuck Yokohama, yeah the weird suburban area not near much of anything... Well the story goes, they just asked some guys on the street that looked like rockers... and they took them right to the bar! SHLONK ended up bring five people to the show from the street... and they were just like best friends before the end of the night! This show was part of the Sex & Fury & RnR series and featured garage supergroup KUSOKARE, '77-style punk bands THE STAIRS & THE C&C with the headliner being the freaky lolita-gore-feminist grindcore band ZOMBIE LOLITA! Needless to say SHLONK fit in quite well, and moreover brought the party! I showed up while Al was rolling around in his monk's tunic and just in time for their encore... you guessed it "Trash!"

The following Thursday nite, SHLOK headed to the upscale Asakusa part of Tokyo for a gig at the live bar Crawfish, set up by fellow Canadian & expat Chris, frontman of the sci-fi surf group ANDROID BEACH PARTY! This place was more suitable for folk, blues and mainstream rock, but SHLONK brought some rowdy friends... and after a half a week working I was ready to cut loose. Al appeared on stage with a tuxedo again, but brought out a maestro wand an proceeded to conduct SHLONK from the audience, which, of course invited hijinx like tackling, stealing his wand and taking over his position dutiful! Yes, I am guilty! Loads of fun, especially on bellies full of beer and chicken & liver yakitori!

SHLONK meets THE WILD DUDE! Three years ago, SHLONK guitarist Angie contacted the trash rock 'n' roll gorefest that is ED WOODS about setting up some shows which resulted in their first Japan jaunt. This year, I asked ED WOODS to reignite the bonfire and do another show with them. It just so happened that ED WOODS was releasing their latest full-length effort WILD DUDE! and they invited SHLONK to join the record release party at Sangenjaya Heaven's Door. The Harpy's returned to support SHLONK just like they did when they first started out in 2009. That's where the chick party stopped and the Wild Dude took over! Bizzare Cramps-style punk band THE PAPAPA took to the stage, the frontman screeching and howling and eventually crawling in a loin cloth along the filthy, beer-soaked floor of the club.

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The audience then braced themselves for killer hardcore group CxPxS, a volatile cocktail of new wave make-up, over-sized Roman helmets and mesh one-pieces and plastic bag tunics and a surprisingly normal-looking frontman, that is until the music starts and the shirt comes off! I was warned guard the DJ station and make sure nothing got damaged. Batten down the hatches! A couple recycling containers got emptied but the turntables made it thru OK. SHLONK, being part of the same stringy thrash punk DNA that created CxPxS, followed with another raw slash of stone-washed punk riffs. This time, Al donned his Jesus robes and halfway thru the set his huge undies some how slipped down around his ankles and, soon enough, they were being tossed around. Maki from The Harpy's got a nice whiff and tossed them right back at Al on stage!

Despite all the half-naked punk rockers, the Wild Dude had yet to unleash his full fury! ED WOODS took to the stage like a redneck revenge outta hell! Inspiring a bunch of trash-baggers like Taka-Rock, Chris Android and Yours Truly to get the full 'Wild Dude' experience. Shirts came flying off and about 15 sweaty Dude-wannabes started jumping around to the monster twang and double bass thump exploding like a gasoline can on a bonfire! The Wild Dude lives! He's alive! Alive!

And so the SHLONK across Japan tour of 2012 passed. A lot of good times eating, drinking, talking & catching up with old friends. Great shows & wild memories! I'm waiting for the next time these sleazy slurkers decide to shlep their guitars back to Japan!The Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-63768361849008327452012-05-11T05:23:00.002-07:002012-05-11T16:06:40.433-07:00HOUSE of MYSTERY Vol. 8 "Scum Attack from Canada!" & SHLONK Across Japan 2012
Legendary Canadian scum punk band SHLONK, originally from Montreal, are a somewhat a mix hamper of grungy hardcore, precocious art punk and crusty metal. Originally, an all-girl band with the exception of stage-transvestite Al on vocals, they tranny-splanted themselves in NYC playing alongside similar groups on the fringe of hardcore like GWAR and LUNA CHICKS and also befriending GG ALLIN along the way. They were responsible (more like culpable) for the only time GG ALLIN left the US. In fact, a couple SHLONK girls including guitarist Angie backed him as the SWANFUCKS at the Shock Art Festival in Montreal in 1988. By the mid 90's, SHLONK had a couple records out and were squatting around Europe and playing to all kinds of sick audiences, but were nearly disbanded by 2000 and Angie came to live in Japan for a while. Fast forward to 2009, Angie and Al have regrouped in Vancouver and played their first few shows in Tokyo, Yokohama and Chiba. Now in May 2012, they have returned with their scum onslaught and will reunite with numerous old friends as well as play with some new insane bands at select live spots in Yokohama & Tokyo.

Sat. 5/12 @ HATAGAYA CLUB HEAVY SICK

HOUSE of MYSTERY Vol.8 presents...

"Scum Attack from Canada!"

*live*

SHLONK (CAN)

SEPPUKU PISTOLS

emulsion

TOKYO RYOZANPAKU

stupid7beat

 *DJs*

KIMURA MICHIRU (CATEGOLIZED)

WAYNE MANOR (PACIFICTION RECORDS)

SETSUKO

Sun. 5/13 @ YOKOHAMA ORANGE COUNTY BROTHERS

SEX&FURY&R'N'R Vol.16

*live*

SHLONK (CAN)

ZOMBIE LOLITA

KUSOKURAE

C&C

STAIRS

Thurs. 5/17 @ AKASAKA CRAWFISH

*live*

SHLONK (CAN)

ANDROID BEACH PARTY

LIQUID COURAGE

Sat. 5/19 @ SANGENJAYA HEAVEN'S DOOR

ED WOODS presents... "Wild Dude" CD release party!

*live*

SHLONK (CAN)

ED WOODS

CxPxS

THE PAPAPA

THE HARPY's

*DJs*

CHUCK (DEAD BAMBIES)
WAYNE MANOR (PACIFICTION RECORDS) The Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431688520869905304.post-14446736009362478892012-04-14T22:02:00.000-07:002013-01-18T01:43:37.607-08:00ATOMIC SUPLEX - Japan Tour 2012 / Bathroom Party LP (Crypt Records) Release Parties in Tokyo!

Celebrating their debut LP release Bathroom Party from the seething clump of action THwup! that is Crypt Records, Atomic Suplex ventured over to Japan for another string of shows in the Tokyo area. It has been nearly customary to set up some shows for them, and this year I felt like the band had been "made," yes, in the Goodfellas sense, that they were now a Crypt band and our Japan circle could enjoy benefits (or just plain fits) by association. After all Kub from THEEE BAT appears as support on Bathroom Party and I released the first split 7" with ATOMIC SUPLEX and THEEE BAT on my Swamp Fiction Label. Whatever, it was just a great excuse to party in Japan in the toilet or wherever!

The first show, Sex & Fury & RnR Vol.14, took place at Orange County Brothers on Friday, April 6 in Yokohama. The 2010 Atomic Suplex tour was well documented in a special DVD in the Sex & Fury & RnR video series and features other Japanese garage bands too many to name here. This nite was notable for being BRAZIL UFO's last show before lead wild man Bancho headed for sunny Okinawa. ATOMIC SUPLEX got warmed up to the feedback, then witnessed ED WOODS' splatterfest, 少女 サバト's lolita grind-core and punk rush of the JET BOYS.

MYSTERY MONDAYS Vol.7 blasted off on Saturday nite with a bent towards a British vibe. One-time London resident and DAncer DAnger front-woman Tommi Tokyo, being friends of friends of ATOMIC SUPLEX, expressed delight at sharing the stage with them at Hatagaya Heavy Sick.

THE VOLUME OUT joined their second ATOMIC SUPLEX Japan jaunt. The MINNESOTA VOODOO MEN, recent returnees from a stint in the UK and EU, brought a slick mod beat to the bash while Tokyo Back from the Grave frat-crunchers THE GREAT MONGOOSE helped turn the show towards a more Crypt-crunched direction. Sandwiched in between all this noise 'n' madness was a burlesque show by the beautiful cutie MIWA-ROCK! By the end of her electrifying performance, she stripped down to pasties on her nips (which put some naughty ideas into the head of Atomic Suplex's Emma... to be continued).

ATOMIC SUPLEX took to the stage blaring and blazing. Churning out their brand of high-power RnR while Stuart growled from the guts straight into the mic attached to his commander helmet... all of a sudden, Emma's shirt comes off to reveal Miwa's very own pink nipple pasties! Suplexendous! Until one pasty took a nose-dive leaving Emma to cup her boob... while still shredding along to "Diamond Skull!" or whatever song they were playing, I can't remember! Before the end of the set, Mika & Kub from THEEE BAT made a special guest appearance for a frantic session! Throughout the night garage party music was provided by Yours Truly & DJ Akko Champion as well as DJ Daddy-o-nov... what would a Crypt Record release party in Japan be without the mastermind behind Tokyo's own long-running Back from the Grave garage punk rave!

Detroit Jack (of Future Now Records) was present in full effect, getting roped into some mischief and tide up in all the right ways! Thanks to him for the pics I ripped from his pseudo-blog, which can be viewed here:
http://futurenowrecords.blogspot.jp/2012/04/latent-atomic-residue-beyond-wonka.html

Too bad I can't speak for Beaver Shot! at UFO CLUB on Sunday, April 8th. Yours Truly had to commit to a Monday morning work obligation, so I wasn't there. But this was the 'old friends' nite with VIVIAN BOYS, THEEE BAT and organized by BEAVER PATROL, with members of THE FADEAWAYS! THE CHOCOLATES also gave their first performance with ATOMIC SUPLEX. I heard reports of destroyed drumkits and more venue banning, so I guess it all went alright!

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(ALLY BAND at the last MYSTERY MONDAYS; ALLY GO BRAGH!)

(Shamisen blues unit ISHIBUTAI!!!)

The Stately DJ Wayne Manorhttp://email@example.com


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Have clothes laid out the night before.
We all know that when you don't lay your clothes out the night before, chaos arises and your mornings become hectic and rushed. Advise your child to put out his or her clothes the night before. That way, you won't be running to the bus stop in panic mode while trying to get your child dressed.
Confirm the lunch plan.
Before sending your student off to school, make sure they know the lunch plan. Are they bringing their own lunch from home, or eating a meal prepared in the cafeteria? Do they know their lunch number to order food? Have these established prior to the first day.
Memorize the class schedule.
Attending the school's open house/orientation is an excellent way to make sure your child has his or her schedule down pat. Walk to the classes so they can see where they're located within the building. Make sure they keep a copy of the schedule in their book bag, but also suggest to write it down in their agenda.
Book bags are filled with school supplies.
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It's important your student knows how they will be transported each day to-and-from school. Confirm with the school your child's bus stop, bus number, bus route, and who has permissions to pick up and drop off your child. If you need to update the permissions, do so by calling the school or go online.


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Switch from tissues and paper napkins to cloth napkins.
This is a long process to transition from paper to cloth. The goal of zero waste is to minimize the amount of waste you are producing. Do not just go out and buy brand new cloth napkins and throw out all of your paper products.
Sell them or give them away to your friends while simultaneously educate them about zero waste and why you are giving them your remaining paper products. Also, instead of buying brand new cloth napkins, try making them from old sheets and clothes. REUSING items is a huge point in going zero waste.
Switch paper towels to woven cotton cloths.
Paper towels are great for cleaning up spills and messes, but it causes too much waste. Here is where you can buy cotton cloths. I highly recommend the cotton cloths that are really absorbent. However, it may also be a good idea to keep a couple of rolls of paper towels just in case and I recommend recycled natural, unbleached paper towels. The same goes for toilet paper as well.
Avoid microfiber towels because every time they go through the washing machine, they release thousands of micro-plastic particles into the environment. I suggest checking Amazon for cotton cloths.
Switch out plastic food containers for glass and stainless.
Plastic food containers are a huge waste and they are pretty cruddy food containers. I had a small Ziploc container that held my breakfast stuffed bell pepper that I made four months ago and I can still smell it. I have washed it three times and soaked it twice. If I leave the lid on for a week or so and open it up again, the smell of bell pepper comes seeping out. It is quite disgusting.
This odor retaining quality is not present in glass and stainless steel containers. Where plastic has a limited amount of times it can be recycled, glass and metal can be recycled an infinite number of times. I have a two-tiered stainless steel lunch container that I bought from Island Naturals for $24.99 and I am sure you can find them cheaper from somewhere else, just be mindful of packaging. The container I bought had zero packaging and had a compostable tag.
Quit plastic water bottles and use reusable water bottles.
Water is THE most important thing we need in our lives, but plastic is NOT. You will not believe how much plastic you could cut out of your life just by REFUSING plastic water bottles. Never leave the house without a reusable water bottle. Take a hydroflask or 50/50 with you at all times. I take a 16oz. mason jar with me everywhere I go. It doesn't keep my water cold for very long, but I am saving up for a new or used hydroflask.
Stop using plastic shopping bags and use reusable totes and bags.
This is a no-brainer here in Hawaii. As of 2016, the law has banned stores from using plastic shopping bags. Not to say that everywhere has gotten rid of it, I know of some places that still have plastic, but almost every store now carries reusable bags. I am definitely considering buying large utility totes from Thirty-One when I can save up the money. They will be perfect for bulk shopping without having to lug around a million small reusable bags.
Number one tip for reusable bags, do not forget to leave the house or car without one. If you do, walk yourself back inside to get one. Better to have a bag than to forget it in the car and you have to load them in the rain or something.
Avoid plastic produce bags and use reusable cloth bags.
For larger produce, like bananas and lettuce, you can leave out of a bag. Use a cloth bag for small, numerous items like tomatoes and granola. You can either make them yourself or buy them. I recommend LifeWithoutPlastic for their organic cotton mesh produce bags. If you decide to buy bulk items with your reusable bags, remember to write down the product number for the cashier.
Replace sponges with brushes and rags.
Sponges are bacteria generators. Buying dish brushes with compostable heads or are compostable themselves are much cleaner than sponges. You can also use rags to dry your dishes. LifeWithoutPlastic is a great place to buy dish-washing brushes with removable heads that can be composted.
Swap your plastic toothbrush for a bamboo toothbrush.
Fun Fact: Every single toothbrush ever made is still out there. It takes a long time for a plastic toothbrush to degrade in a landfill. Bamboo toothbrushes are made from all-natural materials and they can be composted after you are done with them. They last just as long as plastic ones (four months).
Replace aluminum foil and cling wrap with moldable waxed fabric.
To avoid plastic waste headed to the landfill, moldable wax fabric can be reused as many times as needed. Again, LifeWithoutPlastic is the place to go.
Compost. Compost. Compost.
This is really self-explanatory. You can have a backyard compost or a vermicompost with worms in your kitchen. Green waste and compostable toothbrushes and other products can be composted. I am currently looking into a vermicompost here in Hilo and I will post about it at a later time.


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Last week I wrote about how stressed out I was about receiving only 55% of my income while on maternity leave. I did a little research, I am a curious person, I wanted to know what other countries received, if anything for maternity leave. Here's what I found. I was blown away.
United States of America: 12 weeks unpaid leave. Papua New Guinea also does not have paid leave.
Iceland: 3 months of paid leave at 80% of their income
Germany: 14 weeks of paid leave at 100% of their income
Japan: 14 weeks of paid leave at 67% of their income
New Zealand: 14 weeks paid leave, 38 weeks unpaid. The paid leave is 100% of their income
Switzerland: 14 weeks paid leave at 80% of their income
Belgium: 15 weeks of paid leave. They split it up a little differently. 82% for the first 30 days and then 75% for the rest of the maternity leave
Finland: 105 days at 70% of their income. Paid maternity leave starts at 50 days before your due date and the continues for 4 months after giving birth. Finland also has a system call Paternal Allowance, this allows the ment to take time off work as well.
France: 16 weeks at 100% of their income. Postpartum leave is taken very seriously in France. This 16 weeks is broken up 6 weeks BEFORE birth and 10 weeks AFTER. If the family has more than 2 kids, the Mum can take an additional 2.5 years for job protected family leave. If you have two or more kids, the family is entitled to cash payments from the government.
Spain: 16 weeks at 100% of their income
Greece: 119 days at 50% of their income
Australia: 18 weeks are paid but can take up to a year off. The % at which they received was very unclear. It is not called maternity leave, it's call parental leave, meaning either Mum or Dad can take the time off.
Portugal: 120 – 150 days. 100% for 120 days and 80% of the income for 150 days
Poland: 20 weeks at 100% of their income
Russia: 140 days at 100% of their income
Italy: 5 months at 80% of their income
Ireland: 26 weeks at 80% of their income
Croatia: 52 weeks at 100% of their income
Denmark: 52 weeks at 100% of their income
United Kingdom: 52 weeks at 90% of their income
Sweden: 420 days at 80% of their income
Interesting. I know i have learnt a few things.
While Canada isn't the best, it's most certainly not the worst. Still not happy with the 55% but it's better than nothing.


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Starting over. I think it's a universal desire, something everyone can relate to; can you?
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Inward Hips, Inward Heart
I've been doing a lot of stretching and flexibility practice these past few weeks, thanks to Alivia D'Andrea and her inspirational tutorials. Anyway, me being the nerdy theology geek I am, I began to notice a similarity between stretching one's body and stretching one's heart. Like this. A big part of flexibility is pushing past… Continue reading Inward Hips, Inward Heart
God's Plan (for real, though)
A few days ago, I came home from a trip. My dad told me, "Charles Krauthammer died today. Maybe you've heard of this too. Now, do I know him personally? No. Do I agree with all his politics? Do you? Perhaps not. But that's not what I'm talking about here. To me, having heard his… Continue reading God's Plan (for real, though)
1 Corinthians 2–Notes
1 Corinthians chapter 2 does something big: It explains and encourages. Here is the encouragement: "And I was with you in weakness and fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the spirit and of power that your faith might not rest… Continue reading 1 Corinthians 2–Notes
1 Corinthians 1: Notes
Hello, everyone! So sorry I haven't delivered on the "Bible study" element of my blogging in a while, but here I have now an overview of 1 Corinthians 1!


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Focusing on aspects of economics, financial reporting, finance, securities, and derivatives relevant to modern investment analysis, it brings together theories, practices, strategies, and methodologies designed to reflect the current state of the field of investment management and analysis.
The body of knowledge to be mastered includes: Ethical and professional standards, economic theory and applications, financial statement analysis, corporate finance, analysis of equity, debt, and alternative investments, analysis of derivatives, and portfolio management.
Here at St. John's University, Financial Information Lab provides an excellent resource for students to do their online research and do their project reports that they need to do and they get the current information. The master's in investment management prepares student to take the CFA exam. It provides students with a rigorous academic background. Also, it covers most of the full body of knowledge that is required to be successful in CFA exam.
CFA program is mainly a finance and investment program, but it has supporting fields from accounting. And so here, at MS in investment management, we have three departments cooperating. Finance department is one, but then we have accounting department contributing, and one course comes from quantitative analysis. CFA program is highly regarded for anybody who wants to have a career on Wall Street.


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AUSTIN, Texas (8/15/14)--Credit union leaders from Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas gathered in Austin, Texas, this week to take part in the Cornerstone Credit Union League's 2014 Legislative Summit.
The league hosts the two-day event as an opportunity for credit union minds to come together and discuss strategies for broadening the movement's political influence and to determine state and federal priorities (Leaguer Aug. 14).
On the first day, Jim Phelps, Cornerstone's vice president of advocacy, led the proceedings with an overview of the recent Cornerstone advocacy survey, which aimed to help identify the issues that are most important to credit unions.
One of the overriding results of the survey was that, for a number of reasons, most credit unions believe the industry must be politically engaged. "There's too much at risk to not be involved," said one respondent.
Phelps was followed by Sam Whitfield, Credit Union National Association vice president of legislative affairs, who offered an update on recent legislative activities within Congress.
Whitfield also brought with him the message that credit unions must stay as engaged as they were during the successful "Don't Tax My Credit Union" campaign, explaining that similar efforts could be critical in tackling future regulatory issues.
On the second day, Buddy Gill, National Credit Union Administration senior adviser to the chairman, presented an update on the NCUA.
Gill also touched on the proposed risk-based capital rule, discussing why the NCUA developed the original proposal and the capital standards the administration is considering.
Upon finishing his remarks, Gill opened up the floor to questions, which were largely dominated by those about risk-based capital.
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- Wed, 13:27: The weak account needs to calm down https://t.co/mmsUgS55WZ
- Thu, 08:58: I see ppl with the go-tcha more than plus at work these days
- Thu, 08:59: Reviewing this game with AoC acronym and I keep thinking "Act of Circumstance??? D8"
- Thu, 09:31: shrugs at all the global rays people starting on jpn AFTER the 100 free pulls event SHRUG
- Thu, 09:31: RT @Arbys: They're still the Champions https://t.co/CUVBHktj5g
- Thu, 11:09: :SFASDFKDJKF YES SHIGURE GOT DEMOTED *it's weird we celebrate for this word*
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Studying is short for student dying. T_T
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Hello Friends!
Friday, August 12, 2016
Uptown Funk
11 comments:
Dear Donna very cool music friend. Thanks for both videos. Hugs!ReplyDeleteReplies
Got them both up now. They are both good.Delete
Dear Donna very cool music friend. Thanks for both videos. Hugs!ReplyDelete
Max sings this !I remember Uptown Funk..LOLReplyDeleteReplies
I know you'll like the second one Monique. I guess we're not oldersters, but the original hipsters.Delete
What fun to see this classic Mars Ronson video of a very hot day in the city. Who can sit still?ReplyDelete
My littles love it. You're going to like the next one. The original hipsters. I downloaded some Lady Gaga ones, but they were not for the littles, so the littles can't see those.Delete
I suspect my age is at play. I got stuck at those incredibly high heels. Not fun at all.ReplyDeleteReplies
Now look at the next version Child.Delete
This was so much fun. Plus I like Bruno Mars.ReplyDelete
Thank You so much.
cheers, parsnip and thehamish.Replies
I love this video too. It is fun.Delete
Someone said comments are the heartbeat of blogs. I love to read your comments and learn so much from every one of you. Thanks for taking the time to talk to me.


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The Double Whammy
The day her beloved friends moved away, Amy emailed me. She wanted something to give her friends as a parting gift, a way of expressing her affection and thankfulness for the years of memories. She told me they lived in two townhouses and had two pet turtles but wasn't sure if it would be possible to get it all in one painting.
We emailed for a while and looked at pictures and this is what we came up with. Let's call it The Double Whammy. Two house portraits on one sheet of paper- the perfect gift for the movers and shakers in your life. (How cute are those little turtles??)
Here's Amy's response (this seriously made my day):
Oh my gosh, Michelle, you are too much! I am so touched that you got this done so quickly, knowing how important the timeline was for me, and it is absolutely GORGEOUS! I'm so, so happy and grateful. I love all of the little details -- the way you got the bricks going in the right way on each house, the turtles, the cardinals, the slight variation of brick color, the greenery. It is lovely. And you have been a complete joy to work with every step of the way. I cannot thank you enough for creating this special gift. THANK YOU!
- Amy O.


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solutionThe solution was to
- install mplayer. Although it appeared I already had mplayer installed on my system, I did not. I had mplayer2 installed on my system and, of course mplayer2 has no repeat function, so that "loop -0" simply caused errors.
Unfortunately, this took me an hour and a half to uncover. This was because, currently, mplayer2 is completely (and suspiciously - RIAA/MPAA influence?) disguised as mplayer. I was sure I had mplayer, not mplayer2, on my system. That is, the "/usr/bin" folder contained "/usr/bin/mplayer", NOT "/usr/bin/mplayer2". And typing "$ /usr/bin/mplayer" appeared to launch mplayer even though mplayer2 was being executed.
Eventually I was able to discover what was going on via "mplayer --version". Not surprisingly, this returned information about "mplayer2" instead of mplayer -- the ruse was finally revealed.
- Once the real mplayer was installed, I simply opened gnome-mplayer, went into its "preferences" and, under the "mplayer" tab, added the command switch "loop -0". Thereafter, media repeated when played.