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The Farm Barn is the hub of Shelburne Farms' education programs and nonprofit administration. It's main section is five stories high; its courtyard is nearly 2 acres. It was designed by architect Robert H. Robertson, and constructed between 1886 and 1890 to house offices, workshops, farm machinery, stables, and crop storage rooms. In 1972, the new nonprofit began using the building. Then from 1990-1993, the barn underwent a $3-million renovation to become an education center.
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Cactus Prick Gets Girl Knocked Up, 50 Cent Sues Taco Bell, Kanye West Champions Healthy Self-Image
- The Social Path drew our attention to this perplexing Oasis ad where a girl gets knocked up by a cactus -- not for its own sake, but to justify half-assed Myspace campaigns.
- 50 Cent is upset with Taco Bell. Yeah well, we are too.
- Support your Presidential contender of choice with a handy-dandy kippah. Goes with everything.
- This is kind of neat. By the way, save water.
- Just what you need: a Samsung Instinct miniseries.
- Kanye West helps improve self-esteem. With vodka. But you probably already know that trick, don't you?
- Philippe Starck and BBC Two are doing an Apprentice-style series called School of Design. "Vous etes fired." Heh.
Topic: Brands, Campaigns, Celebrity, Commercials, Online, Packaging, Political, Strange, Video


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Case No. 5:21-cv-1161
The United States District Court for the Central District of California Eastern Division
Filed: July 12, 2021
On July 12, 2021, a class action lawsuit for fraudulent concealment was filed by Marcelo Muto ("Muto"), against Sega of America, Inc., ("Sega") and others, on behalf of users who paid money to play the Key Master Machine, within the relevant statute of limitations. The nature of the action is consumer protection and deceptive practices and includes claims of common law fraud, restitution/unjust enrichment, violations of two California laws, as well as fraudulent concealment.
Note: A class action is a civil lawsuit filed by one entity on behalf of a group suffering common injuries as a result of the same actions by the same defendant(s).
The Key Master Machine is a recognizable claw-like arcade game, in locations all over the United States. The game is marketed as a game of skill, but Muto alleges it is actually a game of chance. The machine has a key-like object which a player controls. After paying, the player has a limited time, maybe 30 seconds, to move the key to get it through one of the slots containing an item. The player can move the key side to side as many times as they like within the time, but only can move it up once. The higher objects in the machine are often more expensive. There are simple "HOW TO PLAY" instructions on the machine which indicate to a user that they can win by following these rules, but Muto alleges this is dishonest because there is a requirement for a number of uses on the machine before it will allow someone to win.
He supports these claims with the owner's manual to the machine, which says the default setting will not reward a prize until the machine has been attempted 700 times. The plaintiff further alleges that since Sega released another game, the Prize Locker, because certain laws in some states would not allow the Key Master Machine, this is a concession that the Key Master Machine is not a game of pure skill. The plaintiff also cites an investigation by the Arizona Attorney General which resulted in the seizure of over 16 machines and a million-dollar settlement, based on the fact that the programming switched the Key Master from a game of skill to a game of chance.
Fraudulent concealment generally has six factors which must be found for a plaintiff to recover, "where the defendant (1) concealed or suppressed a material fact; (2) had knowledge of this material fact; (3) that this material fact was not within reasonably diligent attention, observation, and judgment of the plaintiff; (4) that the defendant suppressed or concealed this fact with the intention that the plaintiff be misled as to the true condition of the property; (5) that the plaintiff was reasonably so misled; and (6) that the plaintiff suffered damage as a result."
Fraud is an extremely broad cause of action because it can come in many shapes and sizes, so courts can consider many factors in determining fraud. The California-based claims will likely only apply to class members in California (or potentially those who played the game in California).
Check back here for important updates in this action, as well as future posts on patents, lawsuits, and trademarks relating to games.


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Monday, May 26, 2008
Celebrating Memorial Day
This photo by Jorge Gomez, shows two soldiers participating in the U.S. Army's Culinary Arts Competition. I don't know if these guys would beat the Iron Chefs, but they could certainly kick their ass. While most chefs act like they are risking their lives to grill your portabella mushroom, these brave cooks actually are.
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mmmm MRE (military-ready-to-eat) meals.
Does the Air Force really serve the best meals? Does anyone know which branch really serves the best and the worst?
Thanks to all that serve. I hope we learn to take better care of you, for your service, and just as importantly, accord more attention on how to avoid putting you in harms way. - May 26, 2008 at 3:58 PM
- jessica.celion said...
air force will have best meal...
jasmine celion
cool-hotstuff.blogspot.com - May 27, 2008 at 4:21 AM
I was told that MRE are not as awful at first but quickly become very tiresome because of their undertone of a SPAM-like preservative curing agent. You open the damned thing and know exactly how every mouthful will taste.
- May 28, 2008 at 7:02 PM
- Unknown said...
MRE = Meals Ready to Eat.
The Airforce does indeed serve the best food, but the Navy is a close second. I've never had Marine chow, and the Army's is ok.
I love some MREs but the do get extremely boring after a while. They try to pep things up every once in a while by adding in M&Ms or Skittles, hot sauce, red pepper flakes, "Italian seasoning" stuff like that. So it's not always bland, but they do get boring when you've had all the types a hundred times each (except the vegetarian omelet, which looks, tastes, and smells like play-doh). - October 23, 2009 at 6:02 PM


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The tulips are too excitable, it is winter here.
Look how white everything is, how quiet, how snowed-in.
I am learning peacefulness, lying by myself quietly
As the light lies on these white walls, this bed, these hands.
I am nobody; I have nothing to do with explosions.
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And my history to the anesthetist and my body to surgeons.
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Like an eye between two white lids that will not shut.
Stupid pupil, it has to take everything in.
The nurses pass and pass, they are no trouble,
They pass the way gulls pass inland in their white caps,
Doing things with their hands, one just the same as another,
So it is impossible to tell how many there are.
My body is a pebble to them, they tend it as water
Tends to the pebbles it must run over, smoothing them gently.
They bring me numbness in their bright needles, they bring me sleep.
Now I have lost myself I am sick of baggage——
My patent leather overnight case like a black pillbox,
My husband and child smiling out of the family photo;
Their smiles catch onto my skin, little smiling hooks.
I have let things slip, a thirty-year-old cargo boat
stubbornly hanging on to my name and address.
They have swabbed me clear of my loving associations.
Scared and bare on the green plastic-pillowed trolley
I watched my teaset, my bureaus of linen, my books
Sink out of sight, and the water went over my head.
I am a nun now, I have never been so pure.
I didn't want any flowers, I only wanted
To lie with my hands turned up and be utterly empty.
How free it is, you have no idea how free——
The peacefulness is so big it dazes you,
And it asks nothing, a name tag, a few trinkets.
It is what the dead close on, finally; I imagine them
Shutting their mouths on it, like a Communion tablet.
The tulips are too red in the first place, they hurt me.
Even through the gift paper I could hear them breathe
Lightly, through their white swaddlings, like an awful baby.
Their redness talks to my wound, it corresponds.
They are subtle : they seem to float, though they weigh me down,
Upsetting me with their sudden tongues and their color,
A dozen red lead sinkers round my neck.
Nobody watched me before, now I am watched.
The tulips turn to me, and the window behind me
Where once a day the light slowly widens and slowly thins,
And I see myself, flat, ridiculous, a cut-paper shadow
Between the eye of the sun and the eyes of the tulips,
And I have no face, I have wanted to efface myself.
The vivid tulips eat my oxygen.
Before they came the air was calm enough,
Coming and going, breath by breath, without any fuss.
Then the tulips filled it up like a loud noise.
Now the air snags and eddies round them the way a river
Snags and eddies round a sunken rust-red engine.
They concentrate my attention, that was happy
Playing and resting without committing itself.
The walls, also, seem to be warming themselves.
The tulips should be behind bars like dangerous animals;
They are opening like the mouth of some great African cat,
And I am aware of my heart: it opens and closes
Its bowl of red blooms out of sheer love of me.
The water I taste is warm and salt, like the sea,
And comes from a country far away as health.
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In our double-sized fiftieth Fun Size episode, in the middle of a global pandemic and nationwide uprisings against systemic and racist police violence, we sit down with Sam Mulvey of KTQA radio in Tacoma, to….talk about something something…
Did we mention that Zack Snyder broke the third seal by announcing the release his own — inevitably underwhelming — cut of a superhero movie you don't remember? What are the limits of escapism in a real world on fire? Is it even possible to watch a cop show with ungritted teeth anymore? We try to keep it together, and dig through the wreckage for some kind of meaning.
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11th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems
Como, Italy, 27th-31st August 2017
The ACM Recommender Systems conference (RecSys) is the premier international forum for the presentation of new research results, systems and techniques in the broad field of recommender systems. Recommendation is a particular form of information filtering, that exploits past behaviors and user similarities to generate a list of information items that is personally tailored to an end-user's preferences. As RecSys brings together the main international research groups working on recommender systems, along with many of the world's leading e-commerce companies, it has become the most important annual conference for the presentation and discussion of recommender systems research. RecSys 2017, the eleventh conference in this series, was held in Como, Italy. Participants—more than 600—came from academia and industry presenting their latest results and identify new trends and challenges in providing recommendation components in a range of innovative application contexts. In addition to the main technical track, RecSys 2017 program featured keynotes and invited talks, tutorials covering state-of-the-art in this domain, a workshop program, an industrial track and a doctoral symposium.
Published papers went through a rigorous full peer review process, having an acceptance rate of 20.8% for long and 16.4% for short papers. The conference proceedings available via the ACM Digital Library, are expected to be widely read and cited.
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NIH Study Shows People with Serious Mental Illnesses Can Lose Weight
• Press Release
People with serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression can lose weight and keep it off through a modified lifestyle intervention program, a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded study reported online today in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Over 80 percent of people with serious mental illnesses are overweight or obese, which contributes to them dying at three times the rate of the overall population. They succumb mostly to the same things the rest of the population experiences—cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer. Although antipsychotic medications increase appetite and cause weight gain in these patients, it is not the only culprit. Like the general population, sedentary lifestyle and poor diet also play a part. Lifestyle modifications such as diet and exercise should work for these patients, yet they are often left out of weight loss studies.
"People with serious mental illnesses are commonly excluded from studies to help them help themselves about their weight, said Gail L. Daumit, M.D., of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and the study's lead author. "We're showing that serious mentally ill patients can make successful, sustained changes with proper interventions."
This study could usher in new forms of weight loss treatment for people with serious mental illness.
"Until now, obesity among those with serious mental illnesses has not received adequate attention," said NIMH Director Thomas R. Insel, M.D. "People with serious mental illnesses need more attention to their physical health. This study provides convincing evidence these individuals can make substantial lifestyle changes and therefore should suffer fewer medical complications as they age."
Other factors that preclude people with serious mental illnesses from losing weight include memory impairments or residual psychiatric symptoms that impede learning and adopting new behaviors such as counting calories. Socioeconomics are also a factor as many can't afford or can't get to physical activity programs like fitness gyms. Some patients additionally suffer from social phobia or have poor social interactions, and are simply afraid to work out in a public area.
Daumit's group attempted to solve these issues by bringing the gyms and nutritionists to places most of these patients frequent—psychiatric rehabilitation outpatient programs. Under the trial name ACHIEVE, the researchers randomized 291 participants in 10 rehab centers around Maryland to receive the usual care, consisting of nutrition and physical activity information, or six months of intensive intervention consisting of exercise classes three times a week along with individual or group weight loss classes once a week. Both groups were followed for an additional year, during which the weight loss classes of the intervention arm tapered down but the exercise classes remained constant. The intervention arm included goals such as reducing caloric intake by avoiding sugar-sweetened beverages and junk food; eating five servings of fruits and vegetables daily; choosing smaller portions and healthy snacks; and moderate intensity aerobic exercise.
Participants in the specially tailored weight loss program lost seven pounds more than the controls—and continued to lose weight and did not regain, despite the reduced frequency of classes and counseling sessions. In contrast, the general population tends to experience peak weight loss in the first six months and then rebound and gain part or all of their weight back.
On average, each participant was on three psychotropic medications, with half on lithium or mood stabilizers, all known to cause weight gain. But no matter what they were on, they lost the weight.
"We're showing behavioral interventions work regardless of what they're taking," Daumit said. Her group is now looking for ways to spread the program.
NIMH grantee Dr. Gail Daumit talks about the Project Achieve weight loss trial.
Project Achieve is the first weight loss clinical trial to include people with serious mental illnesses.
Effects of a behavioral weight loss intervention in persons with serious mental illness. Daumit GL, Dickerson FB, Wang N-Y, Dalcin A, Jerome GJ, Anderson CAM, Young DR, Frick KD, Yu A, Gennusa III JV, Oefinger M, Crum RM, Charleston J, Casagrande SS, Guallar E, Goldberg RW, Campbell LM, Appel LJ. NEJM, March 21, 2013.
Grant number: MH080964
About the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): The mission of the NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery and cure. For more information, visit the NIMH website.
About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit the NIH website .
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"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself."- John Dewey.
From the job market to tertiary education, from UPSR to A-Levels, Education in Malaysia focuses on bringing you the latest news and analysis on our nation's best bet on the future.
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Raja Nazrin on national unity
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KM, to me this is just another publicity advertisement by the government. Something free of charge from NGOs. Of course we can say whatever we want, but it is not our decision, not even a slight influence to change the course of the boat.
I am just trying to be realistic, especially when you live in Malaysia for some time. After 50 years, what do we have? How many cries have been directed at the ruling government for decades? Any of them ever being carried out? NONE. Whether it is about abolishing NEP or upholding the Constitution, none has been implemented according to the voice of the public. Is this really a government by the people and for the people?
Anyone that went against them will be labeled "trying to create uneasiness among the people." Whether it is the 9 cabinet ministers or Lim Kit Siang, all has been labeled accordingly.
UMNO has been saying for ages that they need to protect the interest of Melayu. I would say those are just excuses because they clearly see the benefit from such policies - money. Such policy only benefited those in power, thus creating a so called ultra-Melayu, while a large propotion of Melayu still live in poverty.
Are Melayu really that useless and stupid that can be manipulated by the ultras? Do they really need baby-sitter to milk them? I don't think so. But thanks to the propaganda by the government, whether through education or during their Friday prayers, Melayu think they need NEP. And they need it forever.
Following the proposition, UMNO will be able to maintain their power, as long as NEP is a hot topic. By maintaining NEP, UMNO is actually maintaining Melayuness. This i would say, a very strategic policy. Kudos to UMNO.
MCA also mentioned that they always care about the people, not just during election. Have we forgotten TheStar is MCA's? Is it true that they always have the people's benefit in mind? I will let you think about it.
In a nutshell, everything that is going on in Malaysia is something created by the government and for a reason. It is not easy to identify them because it has became part of our life and we do not care. Similar to Singapore, where their citizens are apolitical. BN is a very strategic alliance to steal from the people. - 4/06/2007 12:29:00 am
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- 4/06/2007 11:40:00 am
Eventhough the speech makes sense, however I think it is just a nice-to-hear statement that no one will translate it into actions.
- 4/06/2007 12:06:00 pm
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- 4/06/2007 12:16:00 pm
A simple questiong for Raja Nazrin: Are you ready to give up your position as part of the royal family and fight for a full republic instead of the current type? Prove what you say, then the people will believe. Else, please don't anyhow bark.
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- 4/06/2007 12:47:00 pm
There are a lot of chinese who lives below poverty line in Malaysia. While our friend here can lambast the malays and fled to Australia, but I think his comments is kind of irresponsible towards his peers. I just want to make a point here that not all chinese think like our friend here.
- 4/06/2007 01:14:00 pm
I suspect Tony/Kian Ming will remove YOY's post soon enough. Too much crap in them
- 4/06/2007 02:12:00 pm
I can only speak for myself. What I really hope is that all the people in Malaysia, i.e. Malay, Chinese, Indian and other races share equal opportunity and be sucessful together. Privilege and subsidy should be given to people who need them regardless of skin color.
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Saleem Yehudi, Saleem the Jew. That was what everybody that I knew called him in those days. That is the way my father and uncles called him when I was a kid. Saleem is a common name in the Middle East, and they were distinguishing him from some other Saleem(s) they knew. There are/were Arab Saleem, Iranian Saleem, Jewish Saleem, African Saleem, etc.
My father often took me along when he had some business near the port in our small capital city on the northern mainland tip of the Persian Gulf. In those days the dhows and fishermen boats were moored to piers right downtown, just behind the Seif Palace. Often my father stopped at the small front office used by Saleem Yehudi. I recall the man behind his desk, he seemed old to me as a child, but he was probably middle aged. He always gave me a piece of candy or a cookie or two, no doubt to keep me from fidgeting and getting into trouble while he talked with my father.
Then a day came when there was no Saleem Yehudi. A day when I realized that I had not seen him in a long time, maybe a few weeks. I don't recall his name coming up at our afternoon meal Sofra (roughly the equivalent of a Western dinner table). Normally in my family we discussed all developments, everything and everybody. Adults and kids, men and women eagerly participating, interrupting…..
One day I was tagging along behind my father on the way to the port, when I suddenly asked him "Where is Saleem Yehudi, father?"
There was a long pause before he said "Gone….. They're all gone".
"Gone? Gone where, father?" I'm not sure if I was concerned about Saleem the Jew or the piece of sweet he gave me.
Another long pause before my father said "Probably gone to Shiraz, or Tehran…." Then another pause, he usually thought out what he said to me, "Or maybe some port in Iran. They can't go to Iraq anymore……. Maybe Israel".
Saleem the Jew, another fellow traveler who disappeared, almost certainly involuntarily……
But that has been the story of the Middle East, from the days of Babylonia and Cyrus until now. Just like Saleem Yehudi, others of other faiths, Arab Muslims and Christians, were also displaced, sometimes forcibly, by the same conflict. They still are in parts of the Old Mandate of Palestine (now Israel and the ever-shrinking Palestinian Territories). It goes on among Arabs as well: in Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Yemen, the Persian Gulf and other places. The ethnic cleansing goes beyond interfaith, to inter-sectarian. A mad search for an ever narrower false homogeneity that never seems to stop these days. It goes on and it dooms the region, especially the countries undergoing this ethnic and religious cleansing.
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Flash memory chips for instrumentation transmitters, other electronic devices
Microchip Technology expands serial flash portfolio for new generations of low-power devices.
Microchip Technology Inc., a provider of microcontroller, analog, and Flash-IP solutions, has announced the newest member of its 25 series Serial Flash (SPI) memory family based on its proprietary SuperFlash technology. Microchip says the low-voltage (1.8 V), 8 Mbit device features extremely low standby power consumption of just 5 µA, active read current of 2 mA at 33 MHz, and is the highest-density product in the 25 series family. Featuring a 75 MHz clock frequency and operating temperature range of -40 to 85 °C, the device supports the latest generations of low-power electronic devices, such as tablet computers, Bluetooth headsets, Wi-Fi devices, and wireless instrumentation transmitters.
"Microchip now offers a full 1.8 V serial Flash memory product portfolio, with densities ranging from 512 Kbit to 8 Mbit," said Randy Drwinga, vice president of Microchip's Memory Products Group. "With its low power consumption and high-speed clock, the device enables longer battery life and extremely responsive systems."
Microchip says the new SST25WF080 device is available in an 8-pin SOIC and also in an 8-bump die Z-Scale package. Samples and volume-production quantity orders can be ordered, today.
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Hello Iowa!
I was invited to be the keynote speaker at the Iowa Corrections Association Convention in Storm lake Iowa earlier this month. The people in Iowa were great, and the conference was an overwhelming success due to the hard work of everyone there. Iowa is a unique state as they spend a lot of time on Re-entry, and seem to have this down pat. I want to thank every-one that came to see my workshops, and encourage all Iowa members to attend the next spring conference!


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The new RGBW LED Controller is here! The video above shows some of the things it can do, but here is a list of improvements:
IRLB8721PBF MOSFET's – More power!
Double sided and thicker board traces
More output headers
Cleaner board layout – All power and LED connections on one side – rounded corners
Improved serial capture method with feedback
Support for solid color commands (magenta, cyan, gold, RGB white, orange, light blue, light green, violet, pink, and RGB warm white)
More control from button inputs – long and short press commands
EEPROM memory of LED levels when powered off/on
IR control mode! – Full control of all channels and a memory recall function Get the remote here: http://www.adafruit.com/products/389
Wireless control via XBee! Get an Adafruit XBee adaptor here: http://www.adafruit.com/products/126
Backward compatible! The new software set will work on version 3.0, 2.2, and 1.9!
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You set the TRIS bits for 0's for the port pins you want to write to; i.e. setting TrisB to '11110000'B would leave RB7..RB4 as inputs but make RB3..RB0 outputs. The TRIS bits are 'usually' write-only; you usually know how you last left them set.
Microchip does not intend to support the TRIS instruction in future products.
In place of a TRIS command, use a MOVWF TRIS(A,B,etc) assuming that W is loaded with the desired mask. You also need to switch to bank 1 before doing the movwf command, where the tris addresses then match the port addresses. That's why people still like to use the tris command - no bank switch is required. If the tris command exists for a chip, it will always exist for that chip - Microchip cautions against using it in the case of using the same software on a future product that will not have the tris command. In the my16F87x data sheet, they emphatically say DONOT USE the tris instruction. In fact, on the '877, the TRIS command works only on ports a, b, c not d, e
I am a begginer in Software field but i can well understand and do coding i believe.i am writing soft ware for 10x8 key matrix for 16F883 controller.I tried to initialise all the port as per how i want to use for my application. but the GPIO values are not updating when i am using the HI-TECH compilor.is there any special sequence of register initialisation which we need to follow strictly to get it done correctly..And is there any site or book from which i can get a sample code in C for my applicationJames Newton of Massmind replies: Certainly HI-TECH must provide some code samples that setup GPIO?+
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Simone Biles claimed her seventh U.S. gymnastics championship title Sunday night.
That's the most titles won by any American woman.
The 24-year-old's trophy case is expected to get even heavier within the next few months.
Biles is a favorite to win the women's gymnastics Olympic gold medal in Tokyo, just like she did at the last Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
That would make her the first woman to win back-to-back Olympic championships in more than 50 years.
The Olympic gymnastics trials start in St. Louis in late June and the Summer Games begin in late July.
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The Zaks 1967 photo-session at Frogner-Park, Oslo (Photo by Annie van Baelen / Copyright: Yngve Antonesen) L-R: Svein "Løva" Andresen, Ronald Pedersen, Finn Pedersen, and Bjørnar Jørgensen. |
Wolf Island
Finn Pedersen rhythm guitar, vocals, band leader
Ronald Pedersen lead guitar, vocals
Ronald Pedersen lead guitar, vocals
Svein "Løva" Andresen bass, vocals
Bjørnar Jørgensen drums, vocals
The Zaks Equipment
The Zaks Equipment
Finn Pedersen used a (British) Burns VibraSlim guitar, plugged into a very rare (Danish made) MAX Forty amplifier that was fed into it's proper MAX Forty speaker cabinet. Finn Pedersen: "I have tried many times to find me another MAX Forty amp, but unfortunately without any luck. It was an amazing combination together with my Burns VibraSlim: The best sound ever!"
Ronald Pedersen was using an (American) Fender Stratocaster that was plugged into a (British) Selmer amplifier / Selmer speaker cabinet.
Svein "Løva" Andresen used a Höfner bass connected to a Selmer bass amp, along with Selmer speakers.
Ronald Pedersen was using an (American) Fender Stratocaster that was plugged into a (British) Selmer amplifier / Selmer speaker cabinet.
Svein "Løva" Andresen used a Höfner bass connected to a Selmer bass amp, along with Selmer speakers.
Bjørnar Jørgensen deftly banged the skins on Sonor drums.
The Zaks were using a PA made by Dynacord for the vocals, that was connected with two UK-made Selmer speaker columns. Finn would usually sing into a Dynacord microphone, while the other three band-members for the most part used their three Shure SM57 microphones.
Wolf Island
Vardø (or "Wolf Island" in old Norse-speak), is a small arctic town arguably most notorious for its gruesome witch trials during the 1700's at Vardøhus Fortess, and was also recognized as one of the places that the judicious and holier-than-thou sages stated was the location of one of the 7 gateways to Hell on Earth. This Nordic equivalent of Salem, MA is the Easternmost town in Europe (its farther East than Istanbul and St. Petersburg) and is along with Hammerfest the oldest city in Northern Norway (they both received city-status in 1789).
The city, which is the oldest known fishing-harbor in Finnmark county (the largest, Northern-most and least populated county of Norway), and which today consists of approximately 2000 inhabitants over a relatively small, seemingly sleepy, desolated area, is hardly a place any outsider would consider being a cultural breeding ground with a rich cultural heritage dating back for at least a dozen of centuries. Nevertheless, it was (and still is); and as listeners are about to discover; - 60's rock'n'roll was a part of that hotbed. But before the mop-top-sound invaded that particularly cold corner of the Earth, the only music you had to go by was the standard accordion-based pre-war dance-songs, which seemed to be omnipresent in just about every settlement along the Northern coast at the many diverse gatherings.
Shape Of Things To Come
With cultural mainstays and media primarily
concentrated and thriving in the big cities in the Southern part of Norway, a
cultural divide up to the still war-ravaged, remote and hard-to-reach Northern areas
was a reality. Northerners were also branded as rough-hewn, foul-mouthed
counterparts as opposed to their more "refined" Southern cousins. Nonetheless, as was usual for a sea-faring
nation, locals having been abroad returned home with the strangest-sounding
records from all over the globe, presenting the ever-curious youth living in small
and isolated areas to the shape of things to come. Suddenly something started
to stir in the midst of the post-war generation. And Vardø-teens were certainly
not an exception to that rule.
The Lovers a friendly '60s beat band from Vardø, that used to share some concerts with The Zaks. |
This brings us to one of Scandinavia's most hidden 60's Rock-assets…The Zaks. The 60's also saw the formation of other Vardø-bands like The Sunlights, The Powder Lovers, The Lovers, The Nuts and The Minors;- but The Zaks was the best, the biggest, and the loudest of the bunch, and the only ones who actually managed to record in a professional studio.
The Zaks were part of a small but important horde from
the Northern scene which consisted of bands like The Pussycats (Tromsø), The
Wizards (Narvik), The 1-2-6 (Bodø), The Few (Bodø), The Modsmen Sect (Tromsø) and The Scavers
(Kirkenes), just to name a few. Today, they're revered by 60's collectors world-wide
as the band behind the extremely rare and sought after 45 "Take Special Care"
BW "Too Young" from 1967, released at a point when the group's career just
seemed to be about to take off after having attained a renowned standing after years
of incessant work and rigid touring; but which ended abruptly due to the "usual"
unlucky circumstances that seemed to plague almost every up-and-coming-act from
that era.
The Zaks had its origins in the remains of a Mexican-influenced
instrumental band named Los Comancheros and a Shadows / beat-style combo named
The Sunlights.
THE SUNLIGHTS including Bjørnar Jørgensen (guitar) at the far right. |
Ronald Pedersen |
Finn Pedersen (Xmas party, '67) |
Following firm rehearsals, the still nameless band started doing gigs at various local gatherings around the Northern Norwegian coast. The christening of the unnamed band to "Zaks" (plural from Zak Starkey, after the then newborn son of Ringo Starr; and today a drummer of the current The Who-lineup), came up during a rehearsal in early 1965 after a suggestion from Svein Andresen. In addition, the band found out to their surprise that the word "zak" could also mean "robustness", a "troll" or even "balls"; which they immediately felt fitted their brash and forceful musical approach perfectly. After having acquired a fitting moniker, The Zaks quickly started establishing themselves and their new-fangled brand-name.
Bjørnar Jørgensen (1965) |
The Zaks, 1965. L-R: Bjørnar & Finn. |
Svein Andresen |
(Above two full color photos of Bjornar and Finn at the left were taken during a Zaks rehearsal in 1965, at The Zaks rehearsal room on 3rd floor at Velferdshuset in Vardø.)
The Zaks live at Håntverkeren, Vardø in 1965. L-R: Finn Pedersen, Ronald Pedersen, and Svein Andresen. (Copyright: Svenn Edmund Olufsen) |
The Zaks
The Zaks (late 1965, or early '66) L-R: Finn Pedersen, Bjørnar Jørgensen, Svein Andresen, and Ronald Pedersen (Copyright: Svenn Edmund Olufsen) |
The Zaks was essentially an anomaly on a scene where
most bands tended to go for replicas of top 10-hits and the like up-front. This was primarily because of their insistence of
going straight for the throat of the audience with their own first-rate
originals (The rule of thumb being that the composer of each song would also do
the main vocals: "Not My Girl" and "Love Is Gone" for example, are both Finn's
laments over losing his girlfriend to his band-mate Ronald.), but also because
all four members were talented singers as well as gifted and also (especially
in Bjørnar's and Ronald's case); experienced musicians, and good at doing
harmony; which by the time they recorded their sole 45 in September 1967, had reached
the peak of perfection.
The Zaks did of course have covers of UK-acts and even
their arctic colleagues 1-2-6 (namely "Graveyard Paradise") up their sleeves
like others, but that's a trivial point in this context. The band was giving
every non-original tune the "Zaks-treatment", re-molding and forging them
according to their own tastes and approach.
The "Zaks - mobile" (Photo by Finn Pedersen's dad) |
The Zaks was arguably one of the most well-travelled bands in Norway during the 60's. Always using their old Volkswagen-bus, the "Zaks-mobile" (with the logo of the band painted on both sides, along with Tove Kristine Eriksen's) as a means to hike all over the coast and mainland. At the most, this car incredibly contained all four Zaks-members, plus Tove Kristine Eriksen, Bjørn Saastad and their loyal roadie, Svenn Edmund Olufsen, along with all their equipment.
Svenn Edmund Olufsen (1947 – 2012) was an extremely resourceful friend of The Zaks who served as an all-around technician and "fixer" for the band from the very beginning to the bitter end. Affectionately nicknamed "the manager" by the group (a nickname he also shared with Saastad when he was around); Olufsen had an uncanny knack for supplying just about anything the band was in need of. Svenn was the man responsible for general maintenance and repair of gear; and also supplying the group with sellable merchandise, such as t-shirts and sweat-shirts in different colors and sizes complete with Zaks-logos designed by Olufsen himself.
Most of those shirts were torn away by attendants at a particularly chaotic gig in Honningsvåg in 1966, where a frenzied, rock'n'roll-famished audience went totally "Zaksmania" on the group after a few numbers, climbing the stage and clawing up their clothes. The police, who were present at the gig, had to rush to the front of the stage and secure it, hence allowing the slightly stunned Zaks to finish up their concert for an out-of-control crowd. After the gig, the band found out to their surprise that all their Zaks-shirts had either been sold out or stolen during the turmoil.
The Zaks sporting their T-shirts at Vardøhus Fortress, Vardø, Norway in 1966. L-R: Svein "Løva" Andresen, Finn Pedersen, Bjørnar Jørgensen, and Ronald Pedersen. |
Most of those shirts were torn away by attendants at a particularly chaotic gig in Honningsvåg in 1966, where a frenzied, rock'n'roll-famished audience went totally "Zaksmania" on the group after a few numbers, climbing the stage and clawing up their clothes. The police, who were present at the gig, had to rush to the front of the stage and secure it, hence allowing the slightly stunned Zaks to finish up their concert for an out-of-control crowd. After the gig, the band found out to their surprise that all their Zaks-shirts had either been sold out or stolen during the turmoil.
Apart from their innumerable concerts played around the surrounding coast and small towns; Finn, Ronald, Bjørnar, Svein, and Svenn also did a major nation-wide trip in the summer of 1967, deciding to do gigs along the way to pay for their expenses and provisions on a long haul down south to Oslo. The main goal of this particular tour of course, was to finally get to record their own 45 in a professional studio. Having played their last show of the downwards trip in Mosjøen, they travelled further on to Grong in Middle Norway, where Svein "Løva" Andresen debarked from the bus and travelled ahead by train to Oslo to meet up with his girlfriend (and later his wife) Tove Kristine Eriksen, while the rest of the entourage followed behind in the van. Tove Kristine had already proceeded down to Oslo in advance, due to concert-obligations.
At Forsvarets Stasjon Honningsvåg (Feb., or March 1967)
The Zaks in Honningsvåg, in February, or March 1967. (Copyright: Bjørn Saastad) |
The Zaks (1967) during the sound check. (Copyright: Bjørn Saastad) |
L-R: Ronald, Bjørnar, and Finn (Copyright: Bjørn Saastad) |
Ronald and Bjørnar |
Finn Pedersen |
Finn Pedersen |
Tove Kristine Eriksen in September 1967. (Copyright: Bjørn Saastad) |
Tove Kristine Eriksen (1951 - 2000) was a chanteuse from Vardø who was considered as The Zaks' fifth member. Already a fairly successful recording-artist by the age of 17 (she recorded three 45's in the span from 1967 to 1969 under the moniker Tove Kristine on Polydor). Her first 45 "One Little Voice", received fairly good attention, and even earned her a stint on National Television. The band toured with; and shared the bill with her on numerous occasions on the arctic soil, before this longer spell in Drammen and the capitol of Oslo.
Tove Kristine had struck up a deal with well-known producer and label-mogul Arne Bendiksen about recording her 2nd 45 that year for Polydor, and negotiated an agreement with Bendiksen about having The Zaks backing her up on her 45, and also managed to stipulate a condition in the contract that The Zaks would be able to record and release their own 45 as a good-will-gesture.
After reaching their destination and hooking up with Andresen and Eriksen again, they first set up base in Bogstad Camping outside Oslo. When someone in Drammen (a town just outside Oslo) were made aware about a rock'n'roll-combo dwelling at the camp-site, The Zaks were promptly invited to be the house-band at a club in Drammen named Casino Bar; doing shows there 3 nights a week.
The Zaks taking a rest at Abilsdsø football field (just outside of Oslo) in September 1967. L-R; Unknown friend of the band, Tove Kristine Eriksen, Ronald Pedersen, Finn Pedersen, Tor Ebeltoft (another roadie), and Svein "Løva" Andresen. (Copyright: Bjørn Saastad) |
L-R: Tor Ebeltoft (a roadie) and Svein "Løva" Andresen at Abilsdsø football field in September 1967. (Copyright: Bjørn Saastad) |
At Casino Bar, they were free to use the stage as a rehearsal-place, and used the establishment to try out new material as well; much to the thrill of the clientele. The Zaks' popularity grew, and soon patrons were lining up outside the club just to see the combo (the opportunity to experience other contemporary colleagues playing in the locale, like The Firebeats Inc. was also an additional perk for The Zaks.).
During this period, The Zaks' reputation soared to
such an extent that they were booked to do a concert at the internationally
known, legendary counter-culture–arena Club
7 in Oslo. Club 7 also saw it fit to complement this particular show with scantily-clad
go-go dancers gyrating in bathtubs behind them on stage, something the members refers
to as a somewhat distracting but also very entertaining spectacle.
Want The Zaks!
The Zaks did of course run across other contemporaries
during their travels (like the afore-mentioned The Firebeats Inc.), forming
companionships, sharing experiences and tricks of the trade along the way. They
also crossed paths with possibly the most well-known and biggest 60's band in
Norway, The Vanguards from Bærum. When supporting The Vanguards on an outdoor
concert in Sylling outside Drammen; The Zaks, having left behind their somewhat
meager PA at the Casino Bar in Drammen, asked if they could borrow the hugely
successful and more expertly equipped colleagues PA, something their friendly
rivals said yes to. During the concert, finding themselves plugged into a high-end
mixing-board and finally getting the sound suitable and deserving of their
choral and instrumental talents; The Zaks proceeded to blow their famous competition
totally away. After The Zaks had finished their set, The Vanguards were intimidated
off the stage after a few numbers because of the public's incessant demands of
getting The Zaks back on again. The Vanguards, chagrined by this humiliation;
bluntly refused The Zaks to borrow the board any further; and grabbed it with
them when they left. This was quickly alleviated when a couple of Zaks-fans
drove over to the Casino Bar and fetched The Zaks' own board so they could
continue playing after a small hiatus, much to the attendants' satisfaction. A similar incident
had also occurred earlier in Vardø in 1966, when The Pussycats were jeered at
and bombarded with yellings of "We Want The Zaks!" much to the hugely popular
band's bewilderment, who had absolutely no idea who or what the locals was
yelling about.
The Zaks live at Velferdshuset in Vardø, 1967. L-R: Finn, Bjørnar, Ronald, Svein. (Copyright: Bjørn Saastad) |
The Zaks live at Velferdshuset in Vardø, 1967. L-R: Bjørnar, and Finn. (Copyright: Bjørn Saastad) |
The Zaks live at Velferdshuset in Vardø, 1967. L-R: Ronald, and Svein. (Copyright: Bjørn Saastad) |
Bjørnar Jørgensen (drums, and vocals) |
Tove Kristine listening to the recordings (July 1967) |
Original Nor-Disc mastertape recordings of The Zaks "Take Special Care" / "Too Young" from Sept. 12. 1967 |
Annie van Baelen; a renowned freelance-photographer who was often hired in by Bendiksen to do promotion-shots for his labels (she also did a great deal of work for various youth-oriented magazines), hauled Tove and the boys to the Frogner-park in Oslo for a photo-session. While shooting on location in the 45 hectares big area, they stumbled upon a part of the park where some landscaping was being done. Van Baelen quickly saw a photo-opportunity by posing the members in front of an old bulldozer. Among the multitude of shots that were taken that day, - this particular image; with its unusual, almost threatening air; would be the one chosen to adorn the front of the now iconic picture sleeve to their 45.
The Zaks 1967 photo-session at Frogner-Park, Oslo. (Photo by Annie van Baelen / Copyright: Yngve Antonesen) L-R: Svein "Løva" Andresen , Ronald Pedersen, Finn Pedersen, and Bjørnar Jørgensen. |
The Zaks 1967 photo-session at Frogner-Park, Oslo. (Photo by Annie van Baelen / Copyright: Yngve Antonesen) L-R: Svein "Løva" Andresen , Ronald Pedersen, Bjørnar Jørgensen, and Finn Pedersen. |
The Zaks 1967 photo-session at Frogner-Park, Oslo. (Photo by Annie van Baelen / Copyright: Yngve Antonesen) L-R: Finn Pedersen, Svein "Løva" Andresen, Finn Pedersen, and Ronald Pedersen. |
The Zaks 1967 photo-session at Frogner-Park, Oslo. L-R: Svein, Ronald, Bjørnar, and Finn. (Photo by Annie van Baelen / Copyright: Yngve Antonesen) |
Bjørnar Jørgensen (1967) |
The "Zaks - mobile" (1967) |
The Zaks at Kino Honningsvåg, in Honningsvåg, Norway, 1967. (Copyright: Bjørn Saastad) |
The Zaks at Kino Honningsvåg, in Honningsvåg, Norway, 1967. (Copyright: Bjørn Saastad) |
Ronald Pedersen playing the zither at the Havly sailor's home in Vardø, 1967. |
L-R: Bjørnar, Finn, Ronald, with Svenn Edmund Olufsen at the Havly sailor's home in Vardø, July 1967. (Copyright: Bjørn Saastad) |
Lost Tapes
The Zaks between recordings at Gulskolen school gym, Vardø, Dec. 1966. L-R: Bjørnar, Svein, Finn, and Ronald. (Copyright: Bjørn Saastad) |
Svenn Edmund Olufsen had recorded at least 4 tapes of The Zaks since the launch of the band in 1964 and on later occasions, all of which are now considered irrefutably lost. But in December 1966, a young man named Bjørn Saastad (b. 1946); which was stationed at the air force-base in the area; and who was their unofficial "manager", annalist and a close friend of the band, recorded a demo-tape consisting of 18 tracks with a single mono-microphone lying on the floor into a Tandberg tape-recorder at their main rehearsal-place, the chapel at Havly Hostel, and further on in Vardø school gymnasium when the foreman of the parish wasn't too happy about the rather unrefined teenage-sounds booming out of the congregation's chapel at the hostel. The tape had a spoken introduction from Jørgensen (fondly referred to by Finn Pedersen as the first voice-mail ever), and the tracks were presented by naming the title before each tune (these generic intros has been edited out for a better listening-experience here, of course). This was meant to be a representation and a proposal for the producer of The Vanguards, The Pussycats, The Mojo Blues, The Public Enemies, and many other Norwegian bands based in the South (even though The Pussycats originally hailed from Tromsø, the biggest town in The North), the legendary music-entrepreneur Svein Erik Børja, to try to get a record-deal. This tape, which only consisted of their own originals, were shipped to Børja, and quickly forgotten about by everyone involved for over 3 decades when no response or signals of interest was received.
The Zaks during the recording of the "Lost Tapes" at Gulskolen school gym, Vardø, Dec. 1966. L-R: Bjørnar, Finn, Svein, and Ronald. (Copyright: Bjørn Saastad) |
The Zaks during the recording of the "Lost Tapes" at Gulskolen school gym, Vardø, Dec. 1966. L-R: Finn, Svein, and Ronald. (Copyright: Bjørn Saastad) |
The Zaks during the recording of the "Lost Tapes" at Gulskolen school gym, in Vardø, Dec. 1966. L-R: Bjørnar, Finn, Svein, and Ronald. (Copyright: Bjørn Saastad) |
Bjørnar Jørgensen (drums) singing lead vocals during the recording of one of his own compositions. From the "Lost Tapes" recording session at Gulskolen school gym in Vardø, Dec. 1966. (Copyright: Bjørn Saastad) |
Finn Pedersen with his Burns, and Ronald's Fender Stratocaster between recordings at Gulskolen school gym in Vardø, Dec. 1966. |
The Zaks recording the "Lost Tapes" at Havly sailor's home in December 1966. L-R: Bjørnar Jørgensen, Svenn Edmund Olufsen, Finn Pedersen, and Svein "Løva" Andresen. (Copyright: Bjørn Saastad) |
The Zaks during the recording the "Lost Tapes" at Havly sailor's home in December 1966. L-R: Finn, Svein, and Ronald. (Copyright: Bjørn Saastad) |
The Zaks during the recording the "Lost Tapes" at Havly sailor's home in December 1966. L-R:Svein Andresen, and Ronald Pedersen. (Copyright: Bjørn Saastad) |
L-R: Ronald Pedersen, and Svein Andresen during a 1967 Zaks recording session |
L-R: Ronald Pedersen during a 1967 Zaks recording session |
Lost And Found
Cue the year 2003, when journalist Per Kristian Olsen stumbled
upon a 7th or 8th –generation cassette-tape while doing research for
a TV-series about the history of Norwegian Rock. The tape consisted of 17
incredibly raw'n'rough-sounding demos; sounding like an unholy crossbreed
between The Kinks, The Searchers et al, but possessing a more brutal, US-sounding
tinge to it than the usual Mersey-like squeaks adopted by their regional and
national ilk; and with so deteriorated sound-quality that it could easily have
been mistaken for being recorded in the same desolate café in Texas where Randy Alvey And The
Green Fuz recorded their seminal 45.
The material on the tape hailed from the then late and
venerated music-journalist Arve Strømsæther, which at an earlier point had
acquired the immense archives of the now also late Svein Erik Børja. Olsen then
in turn delivered the tape over to No. 1 Zaks-devotee and close friend of the
band, Yngve Antonesen. This tape was then returned back up North, much to the band-members
astonishment. The tape was then digitally transferred and released in a limited
quantity of only 300 signed CD's and unleashed on the unsuspecting locals and
the country's collector-milieu in 2009.
Even with its apparent inferior sound-quality, the excellence and the talent of everybody involved was stunningly obvious; and showed that The Zaks were just as adept at growling, menacing garage-numbers as they were at more melodic tunes which would have given bands like The Beau Brummels or The Squires a run for their money.
Above: No. 1 Zaks-devotee, and Norse 60s Beat expert Yngve Antonesen (at the right) meets The Zaks' Ronald Pedersen (left) at Ronald's place in 2009. |
Even with its apparent inferior sound-quality, the excellence and the talent of everybody involved was stunningly obvious; and showed that The Zaks were just as adept at growling, menacing garage-numbers as they were at more melodic tunes which would have given bands like The Beau Brummels or The Squires a run for their money.
The "lost" tape in form of one professionally cut safety copy from 1979 was finally found in 2012 |
Above: The long thought to be "lost" tape is now being stored at Nasionalbiblioteket Oslo, Norway. |
The rest as they say is history; and after a long and cumbersome trek, the music those ruffians from the North laid down in various locations in Vardø and Oslo during the 60's is finally available the way it was meant to be appreciated, by a nowadays wider and more appreciative fan base.
For a country with such a small and widespread
population as Norway, almost every town or hamlet of the decade seemed to have one
or more bands lurking about in the shadows. To cite Ronald Pedersen's own
words; they crossed paths with and witnessed a lot of really great local bands
across the country that never made it, because of the then rampant monopoly
that was enforced by the bigger labels and their owners, who was only interested
in making money and keeping the sounds "nice and clean" and at a status quo. As
a result, it was very hard to get a record-deal when straying from this
template. Finn Pedersen also said that in hindsight, the missed opportunity to
take a trip through the Mid-Norwegian Trøndelag-counties during their journeys
was a huge mistake, as the sounds there were hard and tough (The Firestones,
The Missing Links, The Zealotical Exceptions, etc.), and could have been an easier
way for The Zaks to get a permanent foot "inside the door".
As an apropos, rumors also has it that there's more
Zaks-material out there somewhere, with more professional- sounding and louder
production of original tunes recorded by Saastad shortly before his departure
in early 1967.
Only time and
chance will show about that, though. So for the time being, let this be the
irrefutable testimony regarding one of the finest 60's bands the majority of Europe
nor The World didn't know existed…The Zaks. (Tage Weie)
The Zaks 1967 photo-session at Frogner-Park, Oslo. L-R: Bjørnar, Finn, Svein, and Ronald. (Photo by Annie van Baelen / Copyright: Yngve Antonesen) |
The Zaks saw a couple of reincarnations during the 70's with some of the original members along with Tove Kristine Eriksen still present. Some of these line-ups went under monikers like "The New Zaks" and "Aquarius".
Finn Pedersen worked in the IT–industry for many years after The Zaks. He is now retired and lives in Finnsnes, but is still active composing music. He is also the author of a book about The Zaks, "Everybody's making it big but us" (2011) which has been an exceptionally valuable source for these liner-notes.
Ronald Pedersen took up labor as a building worker, and was part of a crew that demolished The Zaks' previous haunt Havly Hostel which was then rebuilt into drunk-tanks for the local police. He is now retired, but is still active as a musician in Vardø.
Svenn Edmund Olufsen passed away in 2012 after dedicating his life to local politics in Vardø following his tenure with The Zaks.
Bjørn Saastad said adieu to The Zaks when he was transferred in early 1967. After his discharge from the air force, he travelled around the US in the early 70's, documenting the journeys of various Midwest bands (The Tongue, etc) as he had previously done with The Zaks. He lives in Oslo, and is today a highly regarded graphic artist.
Zaks - Take Special Care (F. Pedersen) / Too Young (F. Pedersen) (Nor-Disc NOR 155) vinyl 7", 1967 Zaks - Lost Tapes 1966 (Zaks no release number) CD, 2009 Track listing: Oh Yeah (B. Jørgensen) / Waiting There (S. Andresen) / I've Been In Love Before (F. Pedersen) / Most Lonely Heart (F. Pedersen) / Not My Girl (B. Jørgensen) / Words Of A Broken Heart (F. Pedersen) / All The Time (B. Jørgensen) / You (F. Pedersen) / Mombasa (R. Pedersen) / I Really Hope (F. Pedersen) / It's A Dog's Life (F. Pedersen) / Come On I'm Gonna Tell You The Story Of My Life (F. Pedersen) / I Love Her (F. Pedersen) / Love Is Gone (F. Pedersen) / I'm Back (B. Jørgensen) / Myself (B. Jørgensen) / Too Young (F. Pedersen) / Take Special Care (F. Pedersen) (This privately released CD got mastered from a poor sounding 8th generation cassette copy of the "Lost Tape." It was released at Svein's 60th birthday, back on December 11. 2009, in a limited collectors edition of 300 signed, and numbered copies.
Zaks - Take Special Care (Wolf Island Records CALL 661401) Vinyl LP, 2014
Track listing Side A: Take Special Care (F. Pedersen) / Too Young (F. Pedersen) / Not My Girl (B. Jørgensen) / All The Time (B. Jørgensen) / You (F. Pedersen) / Mombasa (R. Pedersen) / Waiting There (S. Andresen) / Words Of A Broken Heart (F. Pedersen) Track listing Side B: Come On I'm Gonna Tell You The Story Of My Life (F. Pedersen) / I Really Hope (F. Pedersen) / Oh Yeah (B. Jørgensen) / I Love Her (F. Pedersen) / Love Is Gone (F. Pedersen) / I'm Back (B. Jørgensen) / If I Knew (B. Jørgensen) (First pressing of 500 copies. LP got directly mastered from the original 1967 Nor-Disc, and 1966 demo master tape reels. Distribution: Clear Spot International)
EVERYBODY'S MAKING IT BIG BUT US (by Finn Pedersen) 2011 (Self published 118 page paperback bound book (in Norwegian) about The Zaks from the year 2011.) |
The Lowdown (By Bjørn Saastad)
Bjørn Saastad after invading Vardø in May 1966. |
After 6 months I moved from Vardø to Honningsvåg, the island where the Nortcape is - a 24 hour one way trip with the old "Hurtigruten - coastal ferry."
I used my summer and christmas holidays to make the recordings, traveling 2 times up and down the coast. I bought the newest, and most expensive Tandberg 4 track reel to reel tape recorder with sound on sound system. I also bought some Goodman hi-fi speakers for the voices in particular. On the speakers you could tune directly to get more or less crispy sounds. I had done a lot of research on how to place microphones - acoustic angles and so forth.
Each song on the tape was treated differently. The fantasy by Tage Weie that a microphone was lying on the floor as if on accident is just bullshit, and it was not in mono. (Editors note: The professionally cut safety copy from 1979 of the "lost tape" from 1966 that was used for the mastering of The Zaks LP came with a full "mono" sound. Bjørn Saastad's above photos from the "lost tapes" recording session proof that there were indeed several microphones used for the recording of the tape.)
Bjørn Saastad as a preacher, talking about the huge future success of The Zaks to some local weirdos from Vardø in ca. 1967. |
We've recorded 3 tunes per day. The tape was sent on January 22. 1967 to Svein Erik Børja. I tried to call him on February 15. 1967, but no reponse. I wrote a letter to The Zaks on March 20. 1967 where I told them that I was fed up, mostly because of lending them some money that never came back. Inside the envelope with the tape I've put return stamps, and emphasized that it was of the utmost importance that the tape was sent back if there was no interest.
Just to be mentioned as one little helper on the way, is not true to the history. Without my money, my equipment, and enthousiasm an involvement I'd say nothing would been happening.
And at last: The tape was mine - I've paid for it - I owned it - it was my property - there were never a question about this. I am of course happy of the destiny of the recordings, but some truth of what actually happened might now come to the surface.
With regards, Bjørn Saastad
Above: A couple of Bjørn Saastad's paintings. Go to his following website to view some more of his fantastic paintings, lithos, and photos:
Finn and Bjørn in another mirror selfie, ca. 1967 (Copyright: Bjørn Saastad) |
Finn Pedersen's Comments About Tage Weie's Linernotes
"Not My Girl" was written by Bjørnar Jørgensen, and I have never lost any
girlfriend to Ronald. All the four of us were singing. Lead singer on most of the songs was Bjørnar, and me - since we wrote almost all of the songs.
I dont think that Bjørn Saastad was travelling with us, but Tor Ebeltoft was.
I dont think that Bjørn Saastad was travelling with us, but Tor Ebeltoft was.
Special Thanks
Bjørn Saastad
Finn Pedersen
Bjørnar Jørgensen
Svein "Løva" Andresen
Tage Weie
Ronald Pedersen
Yngve Antonesen
Bruce Brand (Arthole)
Annie van Baelen
Per Kristian Olsen
Ingeborg Hasund Strømsæther
Knut Tore Breivik (Nasjonalbiblioteket)
Françoise Strebel
Claudia Stehle (Universal Music)
Finn Pedersen
Bjørnar Jørgensen
Svein "Løva" Andresen
Tage Weie
Ronald Pedersen
Yngve Antonesen
Bruce Brand (Arthole)
Annie van Baelen
Per Kristian Olsen
Ingeborg Hasund Strømsæther
Knut Tore Breivik (Nasjonalbiblioteket)
Françoise Strebel
Claudia Stehle (Universal Music)
Dedicated to the memory of Tove Kristine Eriksen, & Svenn Edmund Olufsen


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The city has some of the best paddling waters for canoes and kayaks in Miami and they are all located within a 1 ½-hour drive of Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Here are five of the region's most interesting waters:Oleta River State Park 3400 NE 163rd StreetNorth Miami, FL


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John Gould was an English ornithologist and bird artist, who published many illustrations of a wide variety of birds. His representation of the Galapagos finches assisted Charles Darwin in formulating evolutionary theory. Gould, however, is best known for his massive monograph on hummingbirds, which eventually reached to almost 400 plates. All of these show beautifully rendered and hand-colored hummingbirds; a number also included Gesneriads as the plants in proximity to the birds. Some of these inclusions are apt (there are many red-flowered tubular flowers, probably frequented by hummingbirds in real life), and others less so, with flowers more characteristic of those favored by bees or other insects.
Gould did not draw the plants from life – for the most part, he copied and re-created existing plates from the vast 19th Century archive of botanical art. Often the copies were resized or modified to better position the birds, so are not generally identical to the original botanical plate. But they are beautiful nonetheless.
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