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- AnonymousThursday, June 25, 2015
Beautiful piece Val, love the use of the paper strips, and a nice souvenir of the Queen's visit! Great photos of the doors, hugs, SarahReplyDelete
wunderschön! die türen sind klasse,ich bin ein türen fan.ReplyDelete
schönen tag dir.
GLG Jeannette
She is a BEAUTY Valerie ..ReplyDelete
eine königliche Erscheinung!
gefällt mir super gut!
Und die Türen sind so schön und interessant!
Dankeschön !
Bussi und einen schönen Tag !!!
Love the head collage Valerie and the doors are beautiful!ReplyDelete
Eine wunderschöne Idee, klasse Seite.ReplyDelete
Oh ja, Türen und Tore schaue ich mir total gerne an, deine fotografierten Exemplare sind toll.
Great journey with the photos my friend. Brilliant page as well , awesome image, colours and whole concept of the design is fabulous.xxReplyDelete
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Absolutely wonderful!! And your quote is just perfect Val!! I love the strips- great collaging!! xoReplyDeleteReplies
Yeah, and lots of very sticky fingers....Delete
I love your quote today and really enjoyed these interesting doors and doorways.ReplyDelete
Love how you used all the strips of paper to fill in your head, brilliant! Love the door shots! If I did that, every photo would be exactly the same, boring!! haha! hugs :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, we do have lots of wonderful doors, archways and gates here.Delete
What a neat way to use up all those strips! I see blue is a very popular color for doors there!ReplyDeleteReplies
True, about half the doors are blue!Delete
Love how you used all those strips to make this head. She looks very regal, love the additions you put on her. And those doors! I really really enjoyed looked at them. So many interesting details. Enjoy the rest of your day!ReplyDelete
Oh I love that quote. And your head is fabulous, filled with those paper strips. What a brilliant way to use them up.ReplyDelete
Fabulous collage creations and wonderful doors, always the mystery of what lies within. xoxReplyDelete
Your head collage is fabulous. It must have taken quite some time to glue those strips so neatly. The quote is very nice and a fine compliment in the right quarters.ReplyDelete
I like the door/gateway photos. I wonder if those window shutters are used. I would love window shutters on my house. I think you may be right about missing steps; what a height to get into the doorway, not sure my knees would manage that, haha {{Hugs}}
Once again - I loved every single picture! And YES - you head collage is indeed fabulous. It does, however, remind me of my brain. I have so much stuffed in I can't seem to spit it out!ReplyDelete
Sandy xx
Wonderful ideas on your art page and it made me think of Queen Victoria for some reason.. I love the doors and shutters you found to share with us. It all looks very neat and tidyReplyDelete
Hope you had a good day
Love Chrissie x
what a wonderfully creative piece Valerie-love it!! And those photos of that gorgeous architecture-wow-how I'd love to see in person!ReplyDelete
Hi Valerie, I love your this and that post. Beautiful design one again and I love seeing all the wonderful doors. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day.cmReplyDelete
Hi Valerie, I love your this and that post. Beautiful design one again and I love seeing all the wonderful doors. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day.cmReplyDelete
Very interesting journal page and I love the quote ♥ Those doors are AWESOME ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!ReplyDelete
Great use of the strips of paper Valerie.ReplyDelete
Loved your photos today, so many designs.
Avril xx
Hi Valerie, my computer did not like Bloglovin today and every time I attempted to log on to your blog, my system would shut down...very frustrating. I wanted to tell you how much I like the use of paper strips on your journal pages. And the quote today means a lot as well. More lovely photos of your small down along with blue doors and blue shutters too. Evidently, you know Latin otherwise the phrase on the ornament would be "greek" to me. The weekend is fast approaching and I hope it is a pleasant one for you.ReplyDelete
Wow, was eine mega coole Collage! Ich kann mich garnicht sattsehen! Da hab ich gleich Lust, selbst loszukleben! So cool mit all den Schriftstreifen! Du hast immer die besten Ideen!! ♥ Conny Mix It MonthlyReplyDelete
Sorry to be awol Valerie, just extremely busy at the moment!ReplyDelete
Glad I popped by for this lovely and creative make though - really love it!
If I don't get the chance tomorrow, have a lovely weekend.
Fliss xx
Love how you filled your head today with paper strips, it looks awesome.ReplyDelete
Yvonne xx
Really cool piece and wonderful quote!! Love all the architecture and those amazing doors...thanks for sharing!!ReplyDelete
Hugs Giggles
Such a cool collage Valerie.ReplyDelete
Your use of the paper strips inspires me too!
Your door photos are WOWEE wonderful.
You could make a beautiful coffee table book of your town with all of your wonderful photos.
Thank you for sharing.
Yes, a world of beautiful doors, beautiful queen, I love the composition!ReplyDelete
Lovely work here! The collage is perfect for inside the head - like showing the complexity of the brain.ReplyDelete
Wow, I love your strip collage head! What a great idea. Nice photos, too - what town is it that you live in? Thank you for your nice comment and visit in my blog.ReplyDelete
Wow, I love your strip collage head! What a great idea. Nice photos, too - what town is it that you live in? Thank you for your nice comment and visit in my blog.ReplyDelete
Wow, I love your strip collage head! What a great idea. Nice photos, too - what town is it that you live in? Thank you for your nice comment and visit in my blog.ReplyDelete
A brilliant and creative profile!ReplyDelete
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Labour Sheffield City Council Election Panic Could Prompt Suspension of Tree Felling's Private SecurityLocal / Sheffield Dec 01, 2017 - 02:50 PM GMT
The escalation this week of the Labour controlled Sheffield City Council's PFI contractor Amey deploying private security in footage and images has been generating outrage amongst Sheffield's electorate where even the mainstream press who usually tend to ridicule the tree protestors as being a fringe group have started to question recent tactics in the wake of footage of protestors being 'geckoed' i.e. squashed between walls and metal barriers.
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A few stills from the 12 minute video:
Campaigners are now being met with an increase in force as following youtube video illustrates, which begs the question where is the police?
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Whilst this week in another Sheffield street an even greater Amey force was out to fell two large trees.
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Where virtually every encounter had a peaceful outcome.
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As for the impact of the felling to date, apart from the impact on the health of Sheffielders by the removable of thousands of trees that had been soaking up vehicle pollution, one unintended consequence is being felt in Sheffield's housing market in the wake of leafy suburban streets being stripped of many of their street trees house prices have also been felled. Sheffield's tree lined leafy suburbs that the estate agents so welcoming advertise are increasingly becoming no more. Trees that have taken more than a 100 years to reach their adult splendour have been felled in there thousands leaving behind either voids or saplings that can fail to survive or are prone to vandalism, all in exchange for large trees with capital values of between £50k and £150k now permanently gone!
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For the last couple of weeks I have taken photos of what I'm doing at 11am to show all the fun and frustrating bits of hanging out with a toddler and a baby, here's how it panned out…
Day 1, A national trust car park, as a parent you hangout a lot in national trust places being judged by the elderly that have come for a lovely quiet turn in the gardens of a mini stately home, mainly when your child starts running through the flower beds. This is us getting ready in the car park, it can take up to 20 mins, checking, double checking everything, Grace is crying, Joe is shouting to get out or scooting around the car shouting "mummy look at my trick" and all he is doing is just standing on his scooter with one leg out which he does every time but I always reply "wow" like I've never seen that "trick" before. So by the time you have got to the entrance you already feel like its been a day trip only to welcomed by a very kind posh woman who clearly is just doing the job to give her something to do and the bridge club is not meeting today, then you are just praying your child doesn't start singing a song where he has replaced most of the words with bum or poo.
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Day 5, Swimming pool changing room, Joe is having a snack after the usual pointless swimming lesson, but we have mastered the jumping in and soaking mummy's fringe, never a good look, I have to pin it back these days but then it reveals the amazing grey patches, as I've said before I hide away from the mirrors in the swimming pool changing rooms.
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Present Designation Asso. Prof. / CSMCH/SSS/JNU
MA in anthropology (1992), PhD in (1999)
Date of Joining JNU- March 2004.
Interest Areas in Disaster Studies- Social Science perspectives in Disasters, Community Resilience and Humanitarian Aid and Disasters.
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International collaborative research experience i.e:
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UNISDR, Indo- Swiss Collaboration, Indo-Srilanka Foundation
National collaborative research experience ie;
DARPG, ICMR, National NGOs, ICSSR, UGC, Min. of Women and Child Development, Delhi Commission for Women, SATAT
Core group member in formulation of various guidelines on disasters at National Disaster Management Authority, New Delhi. She is a founder member of 'Anthropos India Foundation' a trust which promotes visual and action anthropology and has a dynamic website www.anthroposindiafoundation.com . She is also an honorary president of an organization called 'SATAT' which works for empowering women and children. Research Projects on migrant women workers and gender violence and safe cities are in progress supported by Ministry of Women and Child Development and Indian Council for Social Science Research.


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Generally speaking, dialysis and kidney transplant are the major treatments for kidney failure patients. Although dialysis and kidney transplant can benefit patients at some point, they also make patients experience some adverse effects. Patients are eager to know is there any possible way to treat kidney failure aside from dialysis and kidney transplant.
The reason why kidney failure patients suffer from dialysis and kidney transplant may lie in the fact that your own kidney can not work properly, and then, a replacement of kidney is needed to keep your body health and dialysis as well as kidney transplant are the two major treatments. But the fact is that dialysis and kidney transplant are not the perfect treatments: dialysis is just a replacement of kidney to excrete small size of toxins, but it is not a treatment to repair the kidney, kidney transplant is not a cure for kidney disease and there is always a chance that transplanted kidney rejects your body tissues, by then, it is no other treatment option for you.
In China, a number of renal experts develop a series of natural treatments to help patients treat kidney disease without doing dialysis and kidney transplant. Furthermore, they also stress the importance of excreting various toxins and wastes out of body completely before adopting treatments to repair the diseased kidney. As a result, Toxins-Removing Treatment is put forward by them, which not only prevents further damage on kidney function, but also improves the efficiency of other treatments.
And then, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is adopted to recover kidney function. This is a external application and there are numerous herbs containing in this therapy, besides, herbals are refined into powder so as to improve its efficiency. Additionally, the powder is collected into two medicated bags which are put on your low back area for about 40-50 minutes. By connecting osmotic machine and two medicated bags, active substances in herbal medicines will penetrate inside kidney directly. Furthermore, other treatments such as Medicated Bath, Foot Bath, Acupuncture Therapy are used to recover kidney function gradually. With the help of these treatments, kidney function would be recovered gradually and then you can live a normal life without kidney transplant or dialysis along with improvement of kidney function.
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Disability Talent Pathway
During the 2017/18 season cheshire fa will be delivering an england talent day for young people aged 7-16 with an impairment or disability.
This is a wonderful opportunity for football players, with any of the following impairments:
- Partially sighted (visual impairment)
- Deaf/hearing impaired
- Cerebral Palsy (impairment of muscle tone, movement, co-ordination and control)
- Amputee
- Blind
Cheshire FA are currently looking for suitable players to attend the day, with the possibility of being put forward for one of the FA Talent Hubs.
If you know a player who you think may be suitable we would love to hear from you.
It might not be your best player, in fact, you may not realise how good the player is in relation to their own impairment group, so please let us know about them or please inform them or their parents of the opportunity.
The eligible ages to take part in the England Talent Day are 7-16 and the event will take place on Saturday 21st April 2018 Cheshire FA HQ from 1.30 - 4.00pm.
To access the enrolment form for players to register on the England Talent Day please click HERE.


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Hydraulic Cylinder Division,that is Jiangsu Hongli Equipment Technology Co.,Ltd. ,
a high-tech enterprise in Jiangsu province ,has 2 municipal-level technology research and development centers and 1 district-level technology research and development center, 1 graduate workstation in Jiangsu province , nearly 20 technical personnels in various kinds of fields , 5 patents for utility model in recent years, 2 Changzhou high-tech products, in cooperation with Hohai university and other universities undertaking to complete 1 project at national, provincial, municipal, district levels and also formulating 1 country-level industry technical standard.
The company has got the certificate of ISO9001:2000 and acquired a number of national certifications and patents about hydraulic cylinder products; The technical standards drew up by the company provides a technical basis for industry and even the national standard.
Hydraulic Cylinder Division Engages in all kinds of non-standard cylinder design, manufacturing and sales,and has successfully provided the high quality hydraulic cylinder and technical services for the domestic and international well-known enterprises such as China First Heavy Industries (CFHI) , Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group)Co., LTD . ANSTEEL GROUP CORPORATION, Shanghai Meishan Iron And Steel Co., LTD, DANIELI Group, SMS Siemag Group , Siemens Group ( Primetals Technologies) and so on .
As an ancient Chinese saying goes," First-class equipment is to ensure that the premise of first-class quality ".Leaders of the Company attach importance to product quality;
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You Will Be in Luck With These St. Patty's Day Recipes …..
Corn Beef and Cabbage:
3 lb.corned beef brisket
1 lb of baby carrots
1/2 cup chopped onions
2 clovesgarlic, minced
2 bay leaves
1/4 cup of honey
1/2 cup dijon mustard
1 Tbsp. Horseradish
1 head cabbage, cut into wedges
Place meat in large saucepan; top with onions, garlic and bay leaves. Add enough water to cover all ingredients; cover with lid. Bring to boil; simmer on medium-low heat 1 hour. Drain, reserving meat in pan. Remove and discard bay leaves.
Add enough fresh water to saucepan to cover meat; cover with lid. Bring to boil; add carrots and simmer on medium-low heat 2 to 3 hours or until meat is tender.
Heat oven to 350ºF. Remove meat from pan, reserving liquid in pan; place meat in shallow baking pan. Mix honey, mustard and horseradish; spoon half over meat. Reserve remaining honey mixture for brushing onto cooked meat.
Bake 20 min., brushing frequently with remaining honey mixture. Meanwhile, add cabbage to reserved liquid in saucepan; cook 8 to 10 min. or until tender.
meat on platter; drizzle with pan drippings.
Serve with cabbage.
St Patrick's Day Grasshopper Bars:
Mint Layer:
1 Hass Avocado
1/4 cup honey
6 Tablespoon of coconut oil (melted)
1 1/2 c unsweetened shredded coconut
3/8 teas. mint extract
Chocolate Layer
1/4 cup coconut oil (melted)
2 tablespoon honey
1/4 c cocoa powder unsweetened
1/4 teas vanilla extract
Line a 9×9 inch baking dish with foil.
In a medium mixing bowl combine all ingredients and use a mixer to blend all ingredients until smooth.
Smooth mixture into prepared dish and place in the freezer.
Directions for Chocolate Layer:
In small saucepan, melt coconut oil and honey over low heat.
Remove from heat and stir in cocoa powder and vanilla.
Pour over chilled bottom layer and return to the freezer for about 15 minutes, or until the chocolate layer is hardened.
Remove from foil and cut into bars.
Store covered in the freezer.
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The L.A. artist opens up about his haunted city, working with Kanye, and not wanting to be the Kato Kaelin of grunge.
Cali Thornhill Dewitt is a cultural oracle. Tall, tan and fit, with a well-sculpted coiffure of dark hair and a few conspicuous gold teeth, the 45-year old Los Angeles native shows no signs of attrition from the twenty-some-odd years he's spent as a cultural energy source (swimming in the ocean five days a week and biking 30 miles every day surely helps). For some, he's known best as the roadie Kurt and Courtney trusted to babysit Frances Bean, or as the designer Kanye called on to help him start a music merch insurgency for his Life of Pablo tour. But neither of those talking points come close to summing up a man of relentless, zeitgeisty, catholic creative drive.
I met him recently at his studio on Skid Row in Downtown Los Angeles. We sat down with a few bottles of Topo Chico to talk about his life and work. Our interview began as I later learned all conversations here with Cali begin: "Do you smoke?"
He twisted up a hearty pinch of Bali Shag into a rolling paper, lit it up, and we began.
GQ Style: How did you end up here in this studio in Skid Row?
Cali Thornhill Dewitt: My friend James had a studio here. He was here like 10 years ago. We shared a room for a while then this room opened up. I like being here.
Are there a lot of artists in the building?
There used to be none. It was just storage for the vendors downstairs. Stocked with crap. But now more and more you see, like, art-types.
Is that what comes with the Downtown Los Angeles revival?
Yeah, I guess so. Whatever. The revitalized western world. It's everywhere and it's… Well, there's a lot of negative things to say about it. But I'm not gonna bother. It's just another stance to take. You know, if I talk to someone old who's lived down here forever, they love it. If I talked to someone in the Lower East Side, they're hyped. It's like, 'It's great! There're restaurants and I'm not stepping over human shit all day.'
The story of gentrification is often more complicated than people make it out to be, right? It's not so tidy.
I don't think it's tidy. I might not like it personally. I grew up with cities a certain way and I like them that way. Change is inevitable and this is just one change. It's funny, in the Lower East Side it's like a frat party on a Friday night. I first went there a long time ago, and I liked it then. And I like it less now. But I still love New York. I still love L.A. It's still great. I've been in L.A. most of my life and I love it.
What do you love about L.A.?
I've been here since I was a little kid, so it's like, the way the sand feels and the way the cement looks at night. It's all that shit that if you really love something for a long time… Maybe my only concern with L.A. gentrification is losing Hispanic communities. I think that's a major piece of the puzzle here. I'd like to keep L.A. as hispanic as possible.
You just had a show open at Karma International here. How'd that go?
They extended it twice, so it was super cool. It was there for, like, two months. I always think that people don't go to galleries or museums. I know that they do, but every time I go I'm always surprised that there's people there.
Why's that? Do you think people don't value art?
Yeah! I know they do, but it's buried in me. Kind of a negative image in my core of what people are interested in. Then I go to a museum on a Wednesday, like LACMA, and there's all these people.
Did the election of Donald Trump activate you artistically in a new way?
I don't know that Trump changed anything for me, except confirming what I already knew, which is that we live in a deeply racist and conservative country still. It's a total fucking shit system. Anyone who tries to tell you otherwise is delusional.
A lot of the imagery you create as art ends up in the fashion world and becomes super visible, especially because some of your more high profile fans will wear it. Does that influence what you end up doing here in the studio?
It all influences each other. Whatever it is, I just want to like it and I want to have fun doing it. I'm not really that good at taking something that's popular and hyping the fuck out of it and standing up and being like: 'Hey, look!' But to be able to do stuff like that and to make a living is such a luxury. I don't know how else to put it, but I try to honor that luxury. I feel so lucky I get to do this stuff.
You have a show coming up in Brussels at Stems Gallery. What's that all about?
The show is called Going to California. It's really about how L.A. is the most haunted city. Because like eight out of ten people move here to become famous or rich or both, and none of them get that. You know? None of them—one out of every 2000 might get some character acting or whatever. And that's cool. I'm glad everyone follows their dreams, but they come and the dreams don't come true. So I feel like L.A. is haunted by more unfulfilled desire than anywhere. Cause it's really an ego place. If most of 'em get a taste of fame, they would crumble under the weight of the attention anyway. You know? They wouldn't be able to handle it. I think about that when it's windy here and you feel the weirdness in the air. I think that's, like, 100 years of failed dreams here.
That's not a recent phenomenon.
It's a deep part of the city. And I love that. But I'm glad that that's not me.
Where do you find the imagery and text for those new paintings?
Headlines of sort of fame-related tragedies in L.A. You know? I'd screen it and then paint over it and just leave some of it.
Is part of your process going deep into newspaper archives and stuff?
Yeah, but I'm not at the library going through microfiche. Though I always wish I would, I don't think I'm patient enough. But it's all there. I think the internet's a great tool, because I can find all kinds of that on freaked out fame-based tragedy Tumblrs or whatever.
But you yourself have had a lot of experience in close proximity to real fame, major fame. I mean, you toured, you spent time with Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love. And how does that play into your view of this?
I think it's fucked. I mean, I just think it eats people. I don't think many people are cut out for it. The reward of being famous like that is crazy people being obsessed with you. You have money and you can do whatever, but watching other people deal with that… that's a negative thing for me to think of dealing with. The freedom of anonymity is rad.
It's hard to appreciate anonymity, though, when you have it. 'Cause so many people want something else.
Yeah, they want something else, but, most famous people I've known or know don't necessarily like being famous. And whatever, they chose it. Some people are really good at it, but not very many.
Did these ideas begin for you in the '90s when you were close with Kurt and Courtney specifically?
No, I think it germinated over time. I mean, I can see what I don't like in real time. But the idea of it becoming sort of a thing, that happens later. Or it happens over time. From analyzing. I ride my bicycle almost everywhere, so I'm at night riding my bike analyzing a lot and listening to music.
"I don't want to be the Kato Kaelin of grunge."
So then how do you make those decisions? When Kanye calls and says, 'Do you want to do merch for my tour?' Is there a gut reaction that you're just, like 'No, thanks'?
It depends who it is. I like [Kanye's] work, you know. The size of that project didn't start that size. It started as one thing. I'd done a couple of projects with Virgil [Abloh] and it was a good experience, and we get along. That's the important thing. I was aware when Pablo was banging—the merch was really banging, that I could do the thing more.
But you didn't initially take any credit for those designs. Some people knew you did it, but you never claimed it. Not for a while.
It's conscious to sort of lay back in that situation. It's the same thing with '90s shit. Like, I can talk about it all the time, but then that becomes my identity. And people want those things to be your identity. You know?
Or people like me come around and start asking about it.
I used to not even talk about most of it. I would dead it. But it's part of the story of my life. So I'm comfortable with it all. But I don't want to be just that. I don't want to be the Kato Kaelin of grunge.
Famous for being a witness to it.
And so a lot of the people who come to L.A., desperate, hungry for fame of any kind, they would love that. It would be enough. You know? It's like Danny Sugerman writing the book No One Here Gets Out Alive about Jim Morrison. And talking about it for 40 years on talk shows. That sounds bad to me. And I'm not saying it's bad, but it sounds bad to me. I try to remove myself from most of it instead of grabbing onto the really famous person.
You've said in the past that for years you were hesitant about showing your work publicly. Did you have a breakthrough moment where you decide it was time, or that you were ready, to present it to the world?
I don't know if it was a moment. I think it was over time. I think that if I had done anything and had any kind of success in my 20s, I would have been a disaster. I wouldn't have known how to deal with it. I would have fallen victim to a lot of the things that I laugh at now. I had a day job until I was 40. I feel lucky that I'm comfortable now. I was more hesitant to share things, right? But I was never hesitant to help other people and prop other people. I did a record label and I had a gallery. It's all part, again, of the same thing.
Maybe it's been a maturation in a way?
And I'm lucky. There's a people who I knew who aren't around. 1991 doesn't feel that long ago to me, but it was. And there's a lot of people who are my peers in age, who I know still, who are really locked into the early-90s, the mid-90s, the late-90s, the early-2000s. That's where their reference point stops, because that's where they stopped interacting with culture. And you know, people are like, 'It was better then.' I mean, you've heard that with every generation.
You keep hearing it.
And for me, it's really a language thing. If you haven't learned the language for the last 10 years, how the fuck are you going to understand Kodak Black? You know? You're gonna make fun of it and say, like, 'Eric B and Rakim was better.'
'This is bullshit.'
But it's not bullshit. It's wonderful. The ongoing relationship and interaction with culture is what is exciting. And now culture moves so fast that the language changes, like, monthly. To me it's really fun to continue with it.
The change essentially is the culture. Right? That almost defines it as much as anything. That it's ever-changing.
Yeah. When I grew up, the first thing that really got me was punk and hardcore. So I know plenty of people my age who had the same experience, but that's still their thing. And it's so boring. It formed me. It's a huge part of me, and I love it. But there's so much more. Whatever you learned from that has been applied to so many more things. Do you know what I'm saying?
Yes, but you seem to have an uncanny ability to keep up and to see what's next. What are your cultural entry points?
It depends on the thing. It's not that I'm right, but I'm right for me. If I see something that appeals to me, there's a path to follow. So if you follow certain people or artists or musicians all along, they'll often give you the next hint.
It will reveal itself through that channel.
But you have to pay attention and you have to interact. So I like the internet. I don't go out at night hardly at all anymore, because I turned into a daytime bike-riding guy. But I went out til I was like 39. I think I had a good run.
Does that coincide specifically with getting sober?
For me being free of mind altering substances has been going on for 17 years. It has nothing to do with me not interacting with night life so much anymore, I just sort of became more daytime over the years. Sobriety works well for me, it offers an entirely different perspective and keeps me from becoming an old story that's already been told too many times.
What are some things that keep you connected to culture currently?
There's usually a stack of people and things that I'm interested in that are fairly current. I really like this record label Trilogy Tapes from London. I really like this record label White Material. Both of those. I'll just buy anything they put out. If that's all there was, for me, that could be a starting point.
It's funny that you said not that you're not always right, but you're right for you. But your track record is pretty good in terms of who you associate with and what it becomes. From Nirvana to the latest wave in music merch.
It's just one of those things. None of that was predicted. Now if you listen to Nevermind, it's pop music. I mean, it's accessible pop music. But at the time, nothing like that had been Top 40. So it was weird then. By the time you're done processing that that was weird, it's 10 years later. When I went on the first Hole tour as a roadie in the summer of 1991, I was a teenager and we got $12 a day. And that was good enough, cause I got to see New York for the first time, I got to see the country for the first time. That was this super formative month for me. But there's no thought that this is gonna unseat Poison and Michael Jackson. You know? That was something else. I don't feel like I try to find stuff that is gonna be culturally relevant, but usually, hopefully, it's stuff with legs. Even if people don't like it now—often people don't like it now.
You said that when you started working on the Pablo merch it was just a small thing and you didn't necessarily know how huge it would become. Turns out it kicked off this massive new wave in music merch that's propped up the entire music industry in a huge way and is still growing.
I just think of punk merch. Cause that was part of going to shows. There would be the table and I'd be like, fuck yeah, I'm gonna get that Youth of Today shirt. If I wanted a shirt from whatever the band, there wasn't a store. You had to wait and see them. That was also communication, language, again. Back then, if you saw someone in a Crossed Out tee shirt or something, you knew that they knew something that you knew. So to me it was a long time coming. I made all those Pablo sweatshirts on that heat press.
"I think just about anyone I've ever liked is a polarizing figure."
You don't have any hard feelings about bootlegs?
Bootlegs are the best. Some of them I like, most of them I don't, it doesn't even matter. It's cool. You see a grandmother who has no reference point and doesn't care. It's just a cheap shirt. You know? It's just a cheap shirt she got. And she's wearing it because it was clean. That's super cool.
So you actually worked with Virgil on those tees first, before the Pablo merch.
Yeah. He reached out to me directly. DM'd me. I didn't know who he was. And we started talking and I got along with him and we did it. It was fun.
And now he's the creative director of Louis Vuitton.
Super cool. You know, when that came out, I felt warm and happy. You know? He's a polarizing figure. I think just about anyone I've ever liked is a polarizing figure. I think it's wonderful. I do. And he's a really hard worker.
Do you have feelings about the worlds of rarified European high fashion colliding with your world of swap meet bootlegs?
It's an interesting time. I don't know how to totally digest it yet. But I don't know if anyone totally does. We'll see. It's fun to watch. In my layman's opinion, luxury buyers of the past are getting older and their kids are growing up buying Off-White and Supreme. And so there's gonna be a shift. There is a shift. I don't know what it means. But as much as I like clothes and I like those old school fashion house brands, I don't get excited about buying it.
What are your clothing inclinations lately? [Ed. note: Cali is wearing a vintage Jean-Paul Gaultier T-shirt tucked into Stone Island pants and a pair of Nike Air Max.]
The thing I like the most currently is Cav Empt. To me that's the best. That's the most interesting thing in streetwear.
What's happening with Some Ware, the brand you do with Brendan Fowler?
We are actively working on it. We actually have a lot of stuff going on. But we don't know the rules so it sort of happens at our own pace. You know, a store hits us up and they're like, 'OK, send us the line sheet for this.' And we're like, 'Don't have that.' We'll do something in June in Paris, sort of a showroom with a video element.
No long term plans for growing the brand?
Brendan and I flow together very naturally and easily. I don't know about specific long term goals other than I'd like to see it grow, and I can't predict what that growth will look like. I think Brendan would agree with me when I say the main rule is to make things you would personally like to wear or look at and not pander to outside expectation.
There aren't too many artists who have figured out how to get involved in fashion in a genuine way like you and Brendan have.
In a lot of ways I don't think you're supposed to do that. Somehow that's an old rule: An artist should only be worried about making art for the incredibly wealthy. You know? Fuck that. I look at it all as one thing. I like to make this, I want to make this. I'm not gonna not because someone I don't know says that you shouldn't.
Last question: Who's your jeweler?
Broadway Gold Center! You should go there. It's great.
Have you always worn lots of gold?
No, I couldn't buy gold. Now I'll reward myself if something good happens.


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It has been a rewarding couple of days in LotRO. I managed to finish Volume 1 of the Book storyline, with the help of my brother. The buff system they implemented creates an instance easy to solo, so two-manning it was no trouble. With this hurdle taken down I can return LotRO to a more "casual" play status. Here's a screenie of Mordirith blasting Amarthiel/Narmeleth with Nazgul power.
Two days until the Rift beta and I really hope I manage to get on board. I never did find a VIP key, but I'll be watching their twitter in case any other opportunities arise before the 3rd. Overall the game looks interesting. It has that "familiar" style found in older MMO's, but I really hope that these similarities won't cause players to lose sight of some of the game's finer points.


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Limit Break Radio returns to expand their discussion of personal housing, the Final Fantasy XIV economy, Nexus weapons and more. We take some of your calls on the subject, we also check in with the recently absent host Kallo Landis and hear about his new project. Limit Break Radio also announces their After Party, Saturday October 18th at Insert Coin(s) in downtown Las Vegas. So after you hear all the exciting news at the 2014 Fan Fest come party with your favorite podcast hosts and a video game themed bar and club. Details for the event can be found at this link.
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An Excerpt from Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse's Guru Drinks Bourbon
How to Generate Devotion
Most of us think that because we have studied the Dharma for a while we have understood a few things. We may have understood a little, and we may have even had some fleeting experience. If we are aware that this knowledge and experience can always be improved upon and transcended, if we are not satisfied with the little that we have, if we have the courage to let go of what we have and still hunger for more, this is the dawning of devotion. This is a sign of humility. Humility is the moisture or fertilizer from which devotion will grow.
To help that devotion grow, remember the following
- Your friends, family, identity, or projects, big or small, will not provide you with the fundamental basis necessary for bliss and happiness.
- Absolutely everything around you is impermanent, even your body, and while you can be sure you will die, you can have no certainty about when, where, or how.
- The people with whom you associate, who accompany you through this life, will all eventually lead you to pain.
- All your relationships are temporary. When you check into a hotel you don't immediately start thinking that you'll spend eternity with the managers, maids, and waiters. Your home, your friends, your ideals and values are just part of a hotel experience. Sooner or later, you will have to check out and leave them all behind.
- The triple gems are glorious. Think often on their enlightened qualities,
and whenever possible, try to associate with a virtuous friend, a guru who will point out your mistakes honestly.
- Nothing happens randomly; everything happens according to the mathematical logic of cause, condition, and effect. To this logic we owe our complete trust. Modern people already trust the function of karma on some level: for example, we know that a marigold is not created by a god but that it grows from a seed when all the necessary conditions
come together. What we don't all have is the more profound, undeniable trust in karma. This is what leads to so much disappointment and the feeling that life is "unfair," especially when we do our best to do the right thing yet suffer unexpected consequences. We trust only the immediate and obvious causes and conditions and never suspect that there are layers and more layers lining up behind them.
If you arouse these thoughts in your mind, devotion will also be aroused.
Four Types of Devotion
- According to Jigme Lingpa, there are four different types of devotion:
Inspiring devotion: You read and hear the words of the Buddha and they
make sense, and therefore you feel attracted to the Dharma. Ideally, this is the
kind of devotion you begin with.
- Desiring devotion: Like a bee desiring pollen, you have a desire to create certain qualities in yourself—the desire to apply the teachings and attain their result.
- Trusting devotion: You begin to see the unsurpassable and nondeceiving quality of the triple gems, and therefore you have confidence in the master and the teaching from the bottom of your heart.
- Nonreturning devotion: Once you're convinced that the thing above you is the sky, nothing will shatter that conviction. Once you have developed a trust in view, meditation, and action through hearing, meditation, and contemplation, you will never see the guru as anything other than the Buddha. You enter onto the path of the Dharma with strong determination and a conviction that you will never turn back. This is what we call "nonreturning devotion."


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Syria crisis: Homs bomb kills at least 14 in Alawite area
A car bomb has exploded outside a mosque in the central Syrian city of Homs, killing at least 14 people.
The explosion occurred as worshippers left the Bilal al-Habshi mosque in the neighbourhood of Akrama after attending Friday prayers, state TV reports.
The area is largely populated by President Bashar al-Assad's minority Alawite sect.
Homs has been a key battleground between government forces and rebels, with large parts of the city in ruins.
Earlier this week, the army launched another major offensive to recapture opposition-held areas in Homs' Old Quarter.
'Theatre of death'
Syrian state TV blamed Friday's bombing on what it called "terrorists", and said the casualties included woman and children.
Activist groups on the rebel side said as many as 30 had died, describing the bomb blast as a "massacre" carried out by the regime.
The attack came as fighting was raging a short distance away in the Old Quarter, where more than a thousand rebel fighters are believed to be holding out against the renewed government offensive, the BBC's Jim Muir reports.
An official military statement said that army forces were moving slowly forward and tightening the noose on the rebel-held areas, which have been under siege for over a year and a half, our correspondent says.
The clashes in Homs have claimed thousands of lives, and large areas of the city have been reduced to rubble.
Under an agreement brokered by the United Nations, a brief truce was established in February and around 1,400 trapped civilians were evacuated from the Old Quarter.
But further negotiations broke down and heavy fighting erupted again.
The UN special envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, earlier appealed for talks to be resumed on lifting the siege, saying Old Homs had again become a "theatre of death and destruction".
More than 150,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict, with millions forced to flee their homes.


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Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter Alone in the Wilderness
Peter Fromm graduated from Shorewood High near Milwaukee Wisconsin and took off for the west. As a young man he fell in love with the mystique of Jim Bridger and Jeremiah Johnson and decided to spend the winter alone guarding salmon eggs in an Idaho snowed-in wilderness. A guaranteed fun and thoughtful read.
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I woke up early to make the drive to Mt. Bachelor today, and I was rewarded with light, dry snow and partially overcast skies. An absolutely beautiful day to be on the mountain, although the cover is a little thin. Only Pine Marten and the bunny hill were running today, but there was enough to keep me busy all morning. I'm taking a break for lunch and a board tune, and then I will probably be on my way. Three hours straight of turns is a pretty good workout, and the rocks are doing a number on my new board, so I think calling it a day is prudent. I'll post some video from today when I have a chance. I might have to visit Bachelor again before the season is through...
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Uh, sorry, back to the review! The lyrics in this album are something to point out. With the song, "The Ballad Of Will Munny" we get some very impressive lyrics covering the trials and tribulations of Will Munny. (the guy from the film, "The Unforgiven") Or the song, "The Shakes" with it's booze related theme. The McGillicuddys have a nice thing going on in the lyric department. Musically, they are on top of the game as well. On the original, "The Lady Owen" they break into the traditional dandy, "Rattlin' Bog". As far as traditional tracks on this album goes, my favorite has to be "Father Jack's Favorite" (maybe they should change it to "Father Jack & Brian G's Favorite"? Uh, never mind. The thought of me sharing anything other than a confession with a Priest is pretty fuckin' scary!!)
If I had to complain about anything, it'd be the overall production. I can tell they sound better than the album allows them too sound. It's not that the production is bad, it's just that it could be better. I guess that means I'll have to cruise up to Victoria, to see a live show, and harass all the "tea-timers" sippin' away. Or maybe I'll just piss on the side of those "Union Jack(off)" double-decker buses after a McGillicuddy's gig!
Review by Brian Gillespie
|The Nips: The Tits of Soho (CD)
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"The Tit's of Soho" is the first time anything by the Nips has ever been released on CD (and a somewhat dubious release it is I believe) and it contains their complete discography including their 4 singles, studio demo and a twelve track live show recorded back in 1980 (released in 1980 on vinyl as "Only the End of the Beginning"). The Teddy Boy inspired "King of the Bop", the poppy "Gabrielle" and the recently covered by the DKM, "Vengeance" all stand the test of time. The live tracks are of a bootleg quality (then again that's what this CD is) and sometimes of an atrocious quality but it's the only way your ever going to hear'em.
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Once Mike McColgan left and the band expanded into a larger group, adding mandolin, whistles, bagpipes, etc, the two eras essentially became two different bands – one, an American streetrock/Oi! outfit and the other, a more Pogues-style romp – and I remain a fan of both, although I prefer the early material by quite a bit, and one reason is because of McColgan's unique vocals.
Mike is back (with original DKM drummer Jeff Erna as well) with his new band, the Street Dogs and this 7 song demo. Does this material reach the heights McColgan achieved with DKM? Eh…. No. But in places, in parts, it's close. Those of you familiar with the early songs know Mike is a damn fine songwriter, and "Road of the Righteous" "Do or Die" and "Caught in a Jar" remain some of my all-time favorite DKM work. This demo is the vein of old school McColgan tunes like the aforementioned songs (no Irish stuff like "Caught in a Jar." Best to leave that to the already over saturated Irish punk scene anyway) and "Front Seat" and "Take It or Leave It." Fans will recognize the same stylings in these tunes –SLF-style sing-a-longs - but it seems to be missing the 'hardman' edge that Mike had when he was a member of the Dropkicks. It's still punk rock, but just not as heavy and chest-poundingly proud sounding. Not nearly the Oi! influence of old. But still - It's good. Mike's familiar vocals are very much the focus. Not quite as powerful as the old-style, but still unique and sure footed nonetheless. The band, Rob Guidotti on guitar and for this release, Bill Close on bass, provides capable back up and catchy three-chord punk rock to keep things rolling throughout.
Lyrically, the demo deals with life in general – relationships, fights, dreams lost and day-to-day life are all here and are presented honestly, no punk rock anarchy fantasies here. Real life subjects handled intelligently. Highlights are "Justifiable Fisticuffs" which will inevitably be compared to "Barroom Hero" although it is completely different and tells the tale of being a diplomat until that no longer works – "you've got to know when enough's enough" Mike wails. My favorite cut is probably "When it Ends" an anthemic tale of a relationship's end and kind of propels along like "Tenant Enemy Number One" did. "Cut Down on the 12th" is another favorite and is a cool sing-along.
All in all, a good demo and well-worth checking out. Not up to the old DKM standards yet, but with some solid improvements and a bit of fire, these guys could be very good.
By Sean Holland
|The Spunk Lads: G.M.T. (CD)
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So dangerous was their music at the time the establishment (the government, MI5, MI6 and some boring old rock star farts like Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page and Rod Stewart) conspired to destroy the band at ANY COST. Only one gig was ever played (Joe Strummer was rumored to have been bar tending that night) and only one single ever released (Johnny Rotten supposedly has bought up and destroyed every existing copy right down to the master it was pressed from. And even all copies of the issue of Sounds that ran the review - NME couldn't be bothered to review it 'cos they had dedicated that weeks edition entirely to the Yes album about to be released) before the boys were sinisterly kidnaped by rouge elements of the government intent on keeping the realm safe for the Queens upcoming jubilee celebration and protect the rights of the boring old farts to produce twaddle.
Frozen Austin Power style and shipped to Brooklyn, NY and hidden in a secret CIA warehouse, this is where the boys remained frozen till '01 when an accidental meltdown resulted in their thaw, revival and escape into the streets of Brooklyn. The boys are back, bitter and pissed off and have put this to vinyl and recorded the album that should have been the great British punk record.
PS I made up most the above (honest!) but if you are looking for a great punk rock record in the vein of "Never Mind the Bollox" or the debut Clash album with a ton of black humor and tongue in cheek then you'll love this. Best songs - "Iron Lady", about Maggie Thatchers seaside holiday and "Spunk Lads don't Swim", about Rolling Stones who don't swim either.
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So W.B. Yeats proclaims in the linear notes of Henry Marten's Ghost's CD of Irish ballads. Yeats is a good figurehead for the disc itself, as both share common traits –dramatic, airy, heroic, poetic and fully of Ireland.
A talented bunch, HMG were formed by Belfast's Padraig Lalor, who is the singer and guitarist, and Nick Gray, who was/is(?) the fiddler. They added Polish born fiddler Piotr Jordan and mandolinist Chris Knipe to the mix and off they went. Presently, Gray doesn't seem to be performing with the band, but it seems they have added Maire McSorely as a bodhran player to the bunch. And a talented bunch they are.
As you should be able to tell by the title, this isn't a collection of Irish punk cum rock-n-roll rave-ups, it traditional balladry at it's finest. Along the lines of The Wolfe Tones meets Solas or something to that effect – while not as rowdy as the Dubliners, it still produces the same amount of emotion and response.
As explanation for the group's name - Henry Marten was, as is told in the notes, an Englishmen who supported the Irish cause during Cromwell's invasions. He was subsequently tried for treason and imprisoned. And something of the disc seems to represent him, too – seems to conjure his spirit. At times, these ballads seem ghostly, almost otherworldly, as if Mr. Marten himself placed a long gone cold hand on the music, and made it more – something that transcends a simple tune. The music of HMG raises these ghosts and images of the land itself – a land where, as the song says "legends remain" and the impossible seems possible - if you only believe…..
This disc contains 11 ballads, all done very professionally; ranking this band among the most talented of the genre, complete with that resounding sadness that cascades through these songs like a Donegal fog – a sadness that is present in all the best of the form. Favorites like "Spancil Hill" "Carrickfergus" and "Back Home in Derry" all make their mark with resplendent style that is HMG. My favorite cut is probably "The Galway Shawl." Melancholy and haunting – this simple tale of unrealized love represents the band at it's best – nothing is overstated. It simply is done powerfully and with much emotion. Back to the basics. I'd like to hear what HMG can do with a jig – so I'll be investigating their other albums as soon as possible.
HMG have established themselves over the years as among Ireland's finest balladeers and this disc cements this rep. So pick this up when you are in the mood to be transported back to the Ireland of old – of tales told round the fire while banshees dance 'round the windows, of crashing waves against rocky coasts - and find solace in the arms of the past with HMG.
By Sean Holland
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|V/A: Fat Wreck Chords "Fat Tour 2003 Sampler" (CD)
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I got this sampler at the Real McKenzies show, the sampler is a good idea, but 2 out of the 4 bands on the
sampler just don't really work for me. Tracks 1 and 2 are from the no-good, power-popping Mad Caddies.
The only half-decent thing is the horns, and I'll leave it at that. Tracks 3 and 4 are from Chicago's Rise Against,
which is pretty good for what it is - A melodic punk band who are always on tour. I've been told these guys
are straight edge, so touring with the ever-so-drunk Real McKenzies must be a total blast for those guys!! Ha!
Which brings me to the best band on the sampler by a fucking mile. The Real McKenzies have a new album coming out
May 20th, it's going to be called "Ooot & Aboot".
A great title that contains two choice words that every single American uses to make fun of that Canadian accent.
One song from the new album is "Get Lost" and sounds like Fat Mike from NOFX may have been involved. In fact
I know he was.(He is always saying The Real Mac's are the best live band he has ever seen!) It's fast, & catchy,
and I like it, but where's the bagpipes guys? Track 6 is "Lassie/Roamin' in The Gloamin" from 2001's "Loch'd & Loaded".
The last two tracks are from The Flipsides and pretty much sounds like Green Day. Not much more to comment on after a Green Day comparison. I've got a great idea for the next Fat Wreck Chords Sampler/Tour. Keep The Real McKenzies on the bill, give the Mad Caddies, & Flipsides, the boot. Add some Swingin' Utters, maybe even some old Propagandi, or Sick Of It All.
Review by Brian "anti-emo" Gillespie
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|The Mahones: Live At The Horseshoe (CD)
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I'll admit, I have not seen them live. Trust me, I can't wait until they head this way again, beacause I will be the first one there! Since I haven't seen them live, the next best thing for me to do is hear a recording of them live. That's what I have in front of me right now. The Mahones "Live At The Horseshoe". It was recorded on September 15th, & 16th, 2000, in the mighty town of Toronto, Canada. It's a good mix of early stuff from 1994's "Draggin' The Days", 1996's "Rise Again", and from 2001's underrated album, "Here Comes Lucky". I think only one song from the "Hellfire Club Sessions" is on it, but I could be wrong. The music is tight, the lyrics are right on, and the recording itself is clear as a bell. Nice one!
Track listing:
1. Paint The Town Red
2. Rise Again
3. Drunken Night In Dublin
4. Rose & Crown
5. Shake Hands With The Devil
6. Across The USA
7. Going Back To Dublin
8. Whiskey Devils
9. 100 Bucks
10. Drunken Lazy Bastards
11. Is This Bar Open
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That previous statement, is basically all I have to tell you. Seriously. All you have to know is The Tossers have released the best album all year. "Purgatory" blew me off my barstool the first time I heard it. (and I only had drank a single pint!) Purgatory will make you laugh out loud, and then shed a tear into your beer. It will make you jump up and dance, then toast a pint with your lads. It's an album for all occasions, social, or solo, and in this reviewers opinion, it's the strongest Tossers album to date, and should get the recognition it deserves.
Lyrically, it's bold, political, and brutally honest. Songs like "The Squall" asks bold questions about the U.S. involvement in the Middle East, (oil, anyone?) and offers honest complaints. The track "Chicago" is more or less autobiographical, and speaks about numerous social issues in South Chicago. With lyrics like "Wear your wallet like a sieve, and that's where all the gangsters live, Chicago, Chicago, it's where we can afford to live." or "I like to get my beer and sit on me front step out by the store. Hangin' out where white folks fear to tread, yeah, this is my home for sure!" In case you're wondering, South Chicago is home to one of the largest Irish populations outside of Ireland itself. (Which means, typically, & historically, it's in a rough fucking part of town.)
Musically, the album is just as impressive, with tracks like my personal favorite, "Minutes On A Screen", with it's orchestrated buildup of strings, drums, and vocals, or "Time To Go" (a speed-jig,) they leave you pounding the bar with your fist, in complete agreement. On the last couple of tracks things begin to chill out, with a solo fiddle jam, and on the song "Going Away" which was a welcome surprise. It's an old-timely folk number, relying heavy on the pluck of the banjo, and the soothing soft fiddle. It leaves you with a feeling like you're sittin' on a country porch, in the middle of a session, drinkin' moonshine, and bourbon, in yer dirty overalls.
Don't forget about the hidden track! A traditional ditty, "The Parting Glass" is played with respect, using only a fiddle, and vocals.
I finished my pint, once the album was over. As I grabbed the album from the barkeep, he said, "Once again, You walk in with a band I've never heard of, and once you walk out, it's a band I don't want to forget!" (as he scribbles the band's name on a beer coaster.)
It's The Tossers, ladies and gentlemen. The Tossers.
Review By Brian "Tosspot" Gillespie
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Dances in any form take the dancers as well as viewers into another world. Dancers perform their dance forms wholeheartedly. This is a real dedication to their art. India is a country of mixed culture, people, tradition and even dances. Folk dance is an ancient form which is performed from the soul of the dancers. The dances are likely performed in the temple festivals, events etc., till, now in many villages, cities the folk dance is performed for any occasion. This article narrows down the variety of folk dances of South India.
Folk dance forms of Tamilnadu
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Poikkal Kudirai Attam
The name itself represents this is a dummy horse dance. Tamilnadu is the origin of the Poikkal Kudirai attam. Besides, Tamilnadu, the dance is performed in many parts of the country. In this dance show, the horse figure is carried on the hips of the dancers. The horse figure is made of lightweight material. The upper body carries horse figure and the lower body till legs are draped. The dancer carries a sword as if he rides the horse. Drumming sound pats the dance form to perform fast. The highlight of the dance show is the dancer may suddenly attack the audience in order to scare them. This is a suspense moment which is also a part of thrill and enjoyment.
Kummi is an ancient village dance form performed by young girls and women. They sing Kummi songs in the circle form with clapping hands. They move in and out of the circle by singing the songs and clapping. Mostly Kummi is performed during Pongal, Navaratri, temple festivals and family functions. The dancers need not be a professional dancer. Anyone can join in the Kummi dance to enthuse the viewers.
Folk dance forms of Andhra Pradesh
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Gobbi Dance
Gobbi dance is popular in the coastal regions of Andhra Pradesh. During the Sankranti, the dance is performed. At the time, the courtyards of all houses are cleaned. The places are decorated with flowers on different kinds of rangavallis. "Gobbilu" is none other than the cow dung balls. These balls are placed in the middle of Rangavalli designs. Young girls dance and sing around the Gobbilu in the evening time.
This semi-nomadic dance is found throughout Andhra Pradesh. Every marriage and prime social occasions will never end with the Lambadi dance. Women wear colorful costumes and glittering ornaments, dance during the Holi festival with simple steps. While worshipping tutelary deities both men and women sing and dance around the large fire at night time.
Folk dance forms of Kerala
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Kummatti Dance:
This mask dance is renowned in South Malabar region, Kerala. The dancers adorn themselves with vibrantly painted wooden masks on their faces, dance. During the Onam festival, these dancers wear the masks, decorate body with the leaves, grass dress, and dance. Trembling the onavillu string, they make tunes for the songs.
Arjuna Nritham:
This has been a popular dance in Kottayam and Alleppey districts of Kerala. During the night time, one or two persons perform the dance form. The tradition lamp "Nilavilakku" helps to give lighting. Among Pancha Pandavas, Arjuna was eminent in dancing. It has been said that Arjuna danced and sung for praising the Bhadrakali. As the dress lower part is made of peacock feathers, the dance is otherwise called as "Mayilpeeli Thookkam".
Folk dance forms of Karnataka
Dollu Kunitha
Dollu Kunitha originated from the Karnataka State. This folk dance is performed for the deity Beereshwara who is devotedly worshipped by Karnataka Gowdas. As the name says, it is a drum dance with a song accompanied by the melody drum sound. This dance is performed by the well-built men with high stamina. The folk dance is performed during the worship of Beereshwara. In the Beereshwara temples, usually, the instrument Dollu is being hung from the ceiling. During offering the pooja to the deity the ritual is complemented with dollu beats.
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Paul Hollywood weight loss: Bake Off judge lost two stone through cutting out THIS
PAUL HOLLYWOOD, a television chef best known for being a judge on The Great British Bake Off, dropped two stone by cutting out alcohol from his diet. The British chef, best known for his bread, achieved an impressive slimming down.
Paul Hollywood, 52, known for judging The Great British Bake Off, is looking a lot slimmer nowadays compared to his earlier TV appearances.
In recent pictures and Instagram posts, the television chef looks much more streamlined around the waist than before.
So what is Paul's weight loss secret? Back in 2016, Paul announced his plans to "lose two stone".
It looks like the popular chef, who announced his divorce from wife Alex Hollywood late last year, managed to achieve his weight loss aims.
Paul Hollywood, a Great British Bake Off Judge, underwent an astonishing weight loss
So how did he manage it? He revealed his weight loss had a lot to do with cutting out alcohol from his diet.
"'I don't have to go out now, I just drink water all day. I promise. It's helped shift a few pounds too," he told The Sun in December 2017.
"Paul, you see, has set out to lose two stones of excess padding – and he's halfway there," reported the Daily Mail's Weekend magazine in 2016.
He revealed the secrets behind his slimming down included boxing, weightlifting and cutting down on his daily calorie intake.
Paul Hollywood weight loss: He has slimmed down in recent years
Paul Hollywood weight loss: He looks noticeably more svelte
Paul Hollywood weight loss: He was previously much larger
"I'm on a healthy eating spurt right now. I'm not thin but I'm on my way there." However, he insisted: "It's not a diet."
"I'm just reducing my calorie intake and I'm seeing a personal trainer and boxing and weightlifting about three times a week."
Gordon Ramsay's weight loss is another great example of a television chef slimming down to a healthier size.
Gordon Ramsay, 51, achieved a weight loss of more than four stone after tipping the scales at 18st in 2000.
Paul Hollywood weight loss: The chef looking larger this time last year
Paul Hollywood weight loss: He looks a lot leaner in recent photos
The 6ft 2 British celebrity chef and author of Fit Food now weighs just 13st 10lb.
But how did Gordon lose the weight? He is said to have limited a common food group in order to do it.
Asked how he dropped the stones, he said: "No milk. Just because it's sluggish. Dropping milk and cheese has made a massive difference," he said, speaking to the Daily Mail.
He continued by talking about his regular healthy breakfast: "Almond milk with Weetabix for breakfast. Smoothie with frozen berries, yogurts."


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Demand the Right to Dream with Glow's 2018 much anticipated Summer Festival Season at The Warehouse Theatre!
From Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of HAMILTON, comes the smash Broadway hit IN THE HEIGHTS- a fiesta of a show that will have you dancing down the aisles. Then, be empowered by the heroic actions of Leonora as she fights to save her husband in Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera, FIDELIO.
Finally, you'll shed tears of laughter as you follow the hilarious forbidden love between the refined Josephine and the rough and tumble sailor Ralph in Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS PINAFORE.
Season Tickets Go on Sale December 1st!
This winter, become a hero and save lives at Glow's exclusive and original one night only concerts. In February, feel warm and fuzzy while raising funds for Saved by the Heart Rescue Group with Glow's
All Creatures Great & Small, a musical tribute to our furry friends featuring animal themed songs and personal pet stories. Next, Glow partners with Arm in Arm SC in March for Armed, a moving piece responding to the recent gun violence in our state and country through opera, musical theatre, spoken word and dance.
Tickets On sale December 1st!
Want to support Glow and enjoy a Friday night out with the Swamp Rabbit Hockey team? Then grab tickets for the Swamp Rabbits November 17th game where five dollars of your ticket will be donated to Glow Lyric Theatre! You'll even get to hear the Glow Carolers perform the National Anthem!