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Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and most of you are probably already checked out for the holiday, but just in case you are like me and completely irresponsible, waiting til Christmas Eve to buy anyone anything than I have a list for you. I can't tell you what anyone wants (probably something involving their cellphone), but I can tell you what they DON'T want. So here's 10 Christmas gifts you shouldn't get for that Brewers fan in your life, don't worry there is still time to return it! Continue reading →
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Sometimes I wonder why I even watch this god awful sport. The World Series champion New York Yankees, the richest team in any sport that have a value almost 5x that of the Milwaukee Brewers, have stolen another one from the poor, stupid teams like us. Mike Rivera has signed with the New York Yankees and I think we all know what this one was about. These stupid baseball players, all they care about is money! You know it's not enough to offer a major league job and a nice city to play in, these greedy a-holes want more. MONEY, MONEY, MONEY! Why do I even bother to follow this team? Why do I even write this stupid blog? I mean, it's not like the players care! Nooooooo, they just go to whoever offers them the most money. Mike Rivera doesn't care if I get diagnosed with a life threatening disease and the only thing that can cure me is him re-signing with the Brewers, all he cares about is padding his wallet! NEW YORK NEW YORK! THE CITY THAT NEVER F'N SLEEPS! WHERE MONEY RAINS FROM THE SKY AND YOU CAN TAKE YOUR DRIVER'S TEST IN 400 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES! Man, screw New York. Seriously, New York you can f right off.
It's just sad, you know, that a small market team like the Brewers can't compete dollar for dollar with a team like the Yankees. Kids grow up rooting for their heroes, but as soon as their heroes become free agents they leave the kids behind. (It's just like my parents divorce really.) Whatever. CONGRATULATIONS MIKE RIVERA I hope you are happy to know that you have ruined my Christmas with your evil, greedy ways. The Mike Rivera jersey I got from Santa is now kindling in my fire! Thanks for nothing, JERK!
EDIT: It appears that Mike Rivera was actually non-tendered by the Brewers who didn't want him back and he signed a minor league deal with the Yankees. So, sorry about that Mike. I take it back.
Dec 09
F Christmas, it's my frickin' birthday!
Monday is my birthday, that's right I am one of the very lucky people to be born during the week of Christmas. I know, it's crazy right!? I didn't even know it was possible for people to be born around Christmas! (I've only had people make that observation about 15,000 times in my life and believe me it never gets old. How unlucky could I be!) I have spent the majority of my life having my birthday overlooked. My friends could never come to my birthday party because of "holiday commitments" or I would always get the dreaded birthday-slash-Christmas present which, honestly, makes you feel like a second class human being. You see these other people are worth two separate gifts, one for their birthday and one for Christmas, but you? You, you little bastard, are only worth one gift combined! Honestly, you have no idea how much we love your brothers more than you! You couldn't even imagine how much we don't love you, but trust us it's A LOT! We're getting divorced and it's all your fault! Y0u think I'm kidding? I can only remember one Christmas in my lifetime that I got separate birthday and Christmas gifts. For my birthday, Super Mario World for Super Nintendo! For Christmas? A Super Nintendo! That's right, I had to wait FOUR DAYS to play with my birthday gift. Thanks a lot, mom and dad.
Lest you think I am bitter, I have figured out how to move past this and start loving my birthday again. No, I didn't convert to Buddhism. (Those people don't celebrate shit.) I just figured out how to make it work and here's how I did it. Call it:
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Nov 09
Hey Ryan Braun, let's make a movie!
Ryan Braun loves him some offseason projects. He doesn't want to be a baseball player. He wants to be Coke, he wants to be Pepsi, he wants to be Chevy, Ford and BMW. Ryan Braun isn't just an All-Star, he's a brand. The name Ryan Braun equals quality and it reaches far beyond the baseball field. Whether it's Ryan Braun's Tavern and Grille, RB8 or Remetee, he sets out to do good things. I like Ryan Braun, he impresses me.
Why should he stop here? He needs to just keep getting bigger and bigger. Obviously the next logical step is movies and boy oh boy, do I have the perfect movie pitch for you Ryan Braun. You want to be a movie star? You want to extend your brand? You want to get laid about 15,000 times more than you do now? Well, I've written you a screenplay that will BLOW YOUR MIND and surely become one of the top box office hits of 2010 (that's right, we're fast tracking this baby!) I have the story that's going to take Ryan Braun from "Major League Baseball Star" to "Bigger than Jesus, Babe Ruth, Leonardo DiCaprio and 80's Michael Jackson combined". I have the idea that is going to make Shaq and his movies like, well, Shaq movies. Are you ready for this? Are you ready for....
When a group of Neo-Nazi's seek to re-animate Hitler and kill all the famous Jewish people in the world, there's only one man who can stop them and his name is Ryan Braun.
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- Professor Bell earned his doctorate degree in the College of Communication at the University of Texas, Austin in 1984.
Professor Bell served on the faculties at Northwestern University and the University of Pittsburgh before coming to UC Davis in 1987. He has a long standing interest in communication and social influence processes, and has applied this interest in the domains of prescription drug advertising, health information seeking, language strategies in health promotion, and physician-patient interaction.
Dr. Bell has a joint appointment with the Department of Public Health Sciences. He is a member of the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research. He has published nearly 100 articles and chapters a wide variety of outlets in communication, medicine, and public health. Bell regularly teaches courses in persuasion theory, health communication, research methods, and media and health.
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Talk about "building" brand loyalty (pun intended). Toy master LEGO has been entertaining boys and girls around the world for decades, but this particular story can't help but warm your heart.
An 11-year-old boy from Massachusetts, diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, had saved his money for two years to buy a particular LEGO set. When James Groccia had finally gathered enough money, LEGO had discontinued the Emerald Night Train set he wanted.
James is an avid LEGO loyalist. He attends a LEGO playgroup to help improve his social skills and builds daily LEGO creations on his own. A devastated James sent a letter to the company explaining his situation in hopes LEGO would have a spare set they could send him.
Just in time for the holiday season, we witness that some companies still remember who their consumers are and how to connect with them. James' parents set up a hidden camera to capture his sheer joy as he opened a mysterious box that arrived at their house. LEGO sent James the train set, along with a letter from a customer service employee that we see James passionately read in the video.
This set probably cost LEGO a few hundred dollars, if that. But the amount of goodwill LEGO is building through the sharing of this story is priceless. It demonstrates the company takes care in pleasing each customer and continues to honor LEGO's original core values and principles.
The letter from LEGO concludes, "Fans like you are why we are so lucky as a company". Right they are, and you can bet this family will be loyal LEGO fans and brand advocates for as long as the company exists. If they keep pleasing loyalists like this, LEGO should be around for a very long time.
Happy holidays from all of us at Interbrand.
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Last Friday evening, President Obama signed an Executive Order giving him the power to implement martial law in the US. The National Defense Resources Preparedness Executive Order will give Obama the power to seize the countries resources in a time of crisis or peace. This includes resources ranging from livestock to sources of energy and water. Many critics of the Obama Administration believe this is another effort at power grab, but others argue that EO update is irrelevant. Alex Jones, host of The Alex Jones Show, joins us with his take on the EO.
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The incredible Obama HOAX- the most secrative of any president and the only president in history to hide his past history (at the cost of millions) he even surrendered his LAW license to avoid investigation- an honest man would NOT do this- GOOGLE -LARRY SINCLAIR- to hear Obama-s old friend (he has pictures to prove it) talk about their criminal past- Obama has tried to smear Larry as a liar but I believe Larry because Obama has intentionally hidden his past- Obama is a SWINDLER and FRAUD- Obama is also the only president in history to have an alias name- BARRY SOETORO you are a FRAUD who has deceived America-
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This week, New Jersey got it's fill of flooded areas when the state was pummeled by consistent rain that lasted almost two days. New Jersey is accustomed to average flooding, but the first real rain of the season tends to take its toll. With the weather front dropping almost six inches of rain, places like Middlesex County were plagued with flooded roadways and people trapped in their cars due to the water cresting outside.
Although rising waters and blocked roadways seem enough of a problem for most, Middlesex Borough Fire Chief David Bird also talked about the increased risk for fires breaking out due to the flood waters entering a person's home.
"[It can happen] because if you don't watch the power and gas when the water gets in the basement," Bird said.
In places like South Bound Brook, Mayor Tamas Ormosi is also concerned about rising flood waters and the problems it's already caused his community. The mayor cited one particular roadway that has been closed due to the recent flooding in the area.
"There's no place to go, there's already two cars stuck in the water down there," Ormosi said.
The South Bound Brook mayor also said that when approached with a situation pitting man against a flood; the flood always wins.
The heavy rains also caused many issues for NJ Transit commuters. Delays were constant on lines running through Secaucus Junction, and the Montclair/Boonton line had to be temporary closed due to rail lines being washed away.
Regardless of the given situation, this week's rain is a testament for New Jersey residents to be prepared in the coming weeks for any other potential flooding situations the state may face.
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(WMC-TV) - MATA identifies the bus driver killed in a collision with a cement truck Tuesday morning as Chantel Sanders.
According to MATA's safety department's preliminary report, witnesses, and police reports, the cement truck was driving onto the loop from South Parkway entering I-240 when it lost control on the ramp, flipped over, and hit the bus. The bus then hit a concrete embankment.
Sanders died on the scene after being ejected from the bus and pinned underneath.
Shuntail Taylor was one of several drivers who stopped their vehicles and ran toward the mangled bus and cement truck.
"I was crying. I was in tears," she said.
Minister Theauddrey Hall also witnessed the accident.
"Immediately, I jumped out of my truck. I ran over to the scene and I did what I can only know to do, which is pray for her. I laid my hands on her and prayed for her and I went over to the dump truck driver and did the same thing for him as well."
Minister Hall says upon impact the bus driver was thrown from her vehicle and somehow landed under her bus.
"Well it was a tragic thing to see with my own eyes and experience it," Hall added.
Witnesses say the crash is something they will never forget.
"She couldn't stop," said Taylor. "She wasn't able to stop by the time she wanted to stop. It was too late for her to stop."
MATA released the following statement about the accident, asking the community to pray for Sanders and her family:
It is with deep sadness that we report the death of MATAplus Bus Operator Chantel Sanders. We express our deepest condolences to her family and close friends, and ask all Memphians to please keep them in their thoughts and prayers. - William Hudson, MATA president and general manager
Sanders started working for MATA in 2005. She leaves behind two sons, a grandchild, and her mother.
MATA is creating an account at a local bank and will make a contribution to the account to help the family during this difficult time.
The condition of the cement truck driver is not available. There were no passengers on the MATA bus at the time of the crash.
The southbound lanes of I-240 at South Parkway have since been reopened.
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by Alice O'Connor, shacknews.com, Nov 6, 2012 8:15AM PST
Lawks, will you look at that! This week brings that most rare and precious of new releases: a new PlayStation 2 game, in the form of PES 2013. Oh, and something named Halo 4 is coming out. It's probably popular if there are at least four, unless this is comedy The Naked Gun-style naming. Read more
New game releases: October 29-November 4
by Alice O'Connor, shacknews.com, Oct 29, 2012 6:00AM PDT
This week's groaning with new releases, including Assassin's Creed III, the side-game AC3: Liberation, Natural Selection 2, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Okami HD, portable versions of LEGO The Lord of the Rings, Painkiller Hell & Damnation, and so many more. Read more
Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare domains registered
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Hey, remember when PopCap announced it was working on a sequel to Plants vs. Zombies? Well, it looks like it may be called Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare. Read more
New game releases: October 15-21
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Next week's another busy one for new releases as we barrel through the holiday season, which apparently began in September this year. We'll see 007 Legends, DOOM 3 BFG Edition, Mark of the Ninja's PC version, the long-awaited XBLA edition of Serious Sam 3, Dance Central 3, and heaps more. Read more
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Just in time for the launch of Pokemon Black & White 2, animal activist group PETA has released a parody game called Pokemon Black & Blue. Read more
New game releases: October 8-14
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Oh, what a treat next week will be! Dishonored and XCOM: Enemy Unknown finally arrive, delivering a delightful taste of classic genres in shiny modern clothes. They look pretty flipping good, all right. We'll also receive Retro City Rampage, the PS3 editions of Machinarium and Joe Danger 2, Fable: The Journey, Just Dance 4, Code of Princess, Of Orcs and Men, and loads more. Read more
Kingdom Hearts 2 HD teased by series creator
by Steve Watts, shacknews.com, Oct 3, 2012 9:30AM PDT
Kingdom Hearts director Tetsuya Nomura has given a sly hint at an HD remix of Kingdom Hearts 2. Read more
Donkey Kong: Original Edition bonus included with select eShop purchases
by Steve Watts, shacknews.com, Oct 1, 2012 2:00PM PDT
Club Nintendo is offering a download of Donkey Kong: Original Edition, a rare version of the title, as a free bonus for purchasing one of five digital games through the eShop before January 6. Read more
New game releases: September 24-30
by Alice O'Connor, shacknews.com, Sep 23, 2012 7:00AM PDT
Ooh, doesn't Christmas start earlier each year? The holiday season flood seems to kick off next week, with heaps of new games coming. These include the astonishing Tokyo Jungle, a little-known expansion pack by the name of World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, jiggle 'em up Dead or Alive 5, create-a-jump 'em up LittleBigPlanet Vita, kick 'em ups FIFA Soccer 13 and PES 2013, and the long-awaited PC edition of Castle Crashers. Start decking the halls, gang. Read more
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The Siasconset Union Chapel was built in 1883 as an ecumenical "House of Worship" and has hosted Protestant and Roman Catholic services for many years since. The Chapel is at the heart of the "Sconset community. It is the meeting place for prayer, song, message, marriage, contemplation and a place for annual renewal and resumption of friendships.
The 'Sconset Chapel property consists of the Chapel building, a parsonage, the community green and the memorial gardens with our Columbarium. In 2007, the Massachusetts Historical Commission granted an historic preservation restriction to the Chapel ensuring that it will remain as is for years to come.
Letter from the Board Chair
Spring 2014
From Catherine Saynor
Dear friends of the Chapel:
As I write this from sunny Florida, Nantucket is recovering from a harsh and snowy winter, hearts and minds are turning towards spring, daffodil weekend, and longer warmer days. It is hard to believe that in just a couple of months many of us will be heading back to 'Sconset and the joyful reopening of houses, the dusting off of the outdoor furniture and the penciling in of dates for the events of the season. Just thinking about all of that makes me smile. And it will be a wonderful season.
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Spring 2014
Dear Friends in Christ,
As winter has faded into spring, my first summer as your minister is near. I look forward to the newness of learning our life together at the Chapel. The winter has been punctuated with thinking about the weekly worship in addition to planning weddings, memorial services and baptisms. I think of our prayer and worship as a margin we create, a space we can enter and let go of what usually occupies us, a space where we see ourselves a little more clearly. Here, too, is a space where we pause with one another, notice one another, wonder what God notices within us. The Biblical image for this is Sabbath.
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Album review: Youth Lagoon comes up for air and ambience with 'Wondrous Bughouse'
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Youth Lagoon's second album, "Wondrous Bughouse," captures the mercurial cerebrum of a 20-something thinker with aural examples of torturous moments in young adulthood. In lieu of conversation, Trevor Powers will exorcise his chronic anxiety by making records with vistas of psychedelic musical plains. These pathways to Powers' mind funnel in the ambience of the Cocteau Twins and mysticism of Tangerine Dream.
Powers' debut, 2011′s "Year in Hibernation," is a cave of nocturnal emotions easy to absorb on a rainy day. Its minimalistic course steers from foggy pianos echoes ("Montana") to crystalline synth jabs accompanied by supple guitar tones ("Daydream").
In contrast, "Wondrous Bughouse" is a colorful listen appropriate for any shadow on the sundial. Anxiety and mortality are Powers' muses on this merry go 'round spun by fear's illusory demons. Such subjects creep up at any hour. Powers chooses to place them throughout the album in a helter-skelter, yet concise fashion.
"Wondrous Bughouse"'s opening track, "Through Mind and Back," rests supine in the dark night of pessimism. Its murk relaxes itself onto "Mute" the way a swimmer would churn through the Black Lagoon, weary of the creature that waits beneath. "Mute" acknowledges "Through Mind and Back" with lyrics that describe a world unseen by a worried consciousness' filter. Powers tampers with a style that mimes a short attention span. His conscious thought deviates from subjects while it maintains the same overarching emotional tone. Powers indicates these shifts with ellipses. Found in the belly of sentences, or clamped on the tail end of his accounts, they illustrate the constant swing of an overactive mind's pendulum.
The album's macabre themes drown in resilient affirmations of longevity. Powers insists, "You will never die, you will never die" on "Dropla." While the death of a loved one is a perpetual shock, the after-effects felt for miles, "Wondrous Bughouse" squelches the pain. It calls for those left to remember how simple things — a song is Powers' example — can play and cause the mourner to recall the one he or she misses. Through the power of memory, people can achieve immortality.
The track that follows "Dropla" is an abstract sonic dimension built around a beguiling circus march. It dictates a whirlwind lack of lucidity and control when anxiety pilots a body. A terrifying hybrid of John Phillip Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever" and the sluggish drone of the Beatles' "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite," "Sleep Paralysis" teeters on the edge of insanity.
Yet, "Wondrous Bughouse" has the ability to quell a soul's turbulent waves. After the tumult of "Sleep Paralysis" — during which Powers loses his grip on his synth and plays in keys that sound like a string quartet with eyes that have become black and white swirls of what-was — comes "Raspberry Cane" and "Daisyphobia." Both carry emotions less severe than what he explores in "Sleep Paralysis." Powers appears to come-to-terms with what plagues him.
If "Wondrous Bughouse" is Youth Lagoon's in-depth exploration of spiritual planes and the endurance of human life with the comprehension of mortality, then by the end of album its leader resurfaces. When Powers comes up for air, something as brief as life is worth the pursuit — no matter the turmoil it takes to achieve this realization.
Album review: Thao & the Get Down Stay Down reconvene over unconventional ground on 'We the Common'
"We the Common"
Thao & the Get Down Stay Down
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Thao Nguyen formed the basis of Thao & the Get Down Stay Down around 2004 with drummer Willis Thompson in Falls Church, Va., later picking up (and, since then, dropping) musicians Adam Thompson and Frank Stewart and relocating the duo's efforts to San Francisco.
Nguyen has cited Lilith Fair as an influence on her early career, and that folksy, singer-songwriter character — simple chords, baby-soft voices cooing Oberlin-ish poetical lyrics such as "baffle a skeleton dry" — is most detectable on songs like "We the Common (for Valerie Bolden)" and "Kindness Be Conceived," featuring Joanna Newsom.
Since releasing her first album, 2008′s "We Brave Bee Stings and All," Nguyen has given herself over to the thrill of experimentation. She's still an admirer of uncomplicated chords and moody tones, but presents them in an unorthodox way that's less of a precise arrangement than it is a messy assemblage. This is neo-tribal indie folk, I guess the Internet is calling it, and it's only been expanded from 2011′s partnership with Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn ("Thao and Mirah").
"We the Common" is an unpredictable, dangerously catchy album that's caused me to wake up with one song or another in my head for more than a week now. It swings, it dives, it scratches all of these funny little itches that come out of nowhere. I truly cannot get these songs out of my mind, which is understandable on one hand because I'm the one reviewing it, but also they're really good songs.
Wily and brazen, they careen all over the map (if one was written in the first place), and Thao & the Get Down Stay Down employ barrages of horns, chimes, and backing tracks that sometimes do little but breathe into vintage microphones. "City" starts off like an early Red Hot Chili Peppers B-side, and the psychedelic guitar screech in "Move" leads the ear in one direction while it's follow-up, "Clouds For Brains," is an unsettling dirge as seductive as the witch beckoning you into her candy house.
I'm particularly hooked on "The Feeling Kind," a getting-ready-for-a-night-out kind of track that, with its thumping beat and jazzy horns, sounds like a New Orleans funeral march up Sesame Street. "Human Heart" is another sax-heavy track with retro influences that tip just so into "Age of Ice," a closer with a blues guitar riff lazing behind the verse.
The vocals do sometimes over rely on the flattened distortion that's steadily becoming the Auto-Tune of the indie-music world. This effect paired with atonal yelps and untuned strings brings to mind (accurately or not) the cringe-worthy trope of a video populated by bokeh-obscured white girls wearing feathered headdresses. However, more of "We the Common" resists this unwelcome image than not, and the album is best when it gets out of its head and back to a libertine disregard for convention.
Anyone can tell you that being cool is all about not caring whether or not you are, and when Thao & The Get Down Stay Down keeps their approach to their material cavalier, the result is a devastating left hook wrapped in a velvet glove; injuries forgiven, the memory lingering, and something to tell your friends about.
Album review: Heidi Talbot glides through 'Angels Without Wings'
Heidi Talbot
"Angels Without Wings"
Compass Records
Here's how every review of Heidi Talbot opens: Talbot is from County Kildare, Ireland, and famously was a member of the Irish-American all-female supergroup Cherish the Ladies.
"Super group" seems to be an important term, and is so often used that it seems like part of the band name. And County Kildare seems a very big deal, for whatever reason. The reviews for her new album, "Angels Without Wings," likewise will all tell you in the first paragraph that Jerry Douglas and Mark Knopfler play on this disc, so there now I've done it too.
More importantly, though, is that it's a really nice collection of new songs from a seasoned performer and writer. While Douglas and Knopfler are the big names that guest here, their presence is so mild as to be non-existent. Better is the inclusion Dirk Powell's fiddle and banjo on "Dearest Johnny," and Tim O'Brien who lends his voice in a very noticeable and lovely way on "Wine and Roses" and "When the Roses Come Again."
And, indeed, the wealth of the material here is lovely. Talbot's voice is a draw, one that is both strong and delicate, often impossibly at the same time. Her phrasing comes from traditional Irish music, the genre within which she has made a career, though here she branches out. The guest musicians too hearken to the transatlantic sessions O'Brien and Douglas have taken part in at the request of the BBC, and Talbot's goal seems to be the same as well: to shift the focus a bit from the highly traditional sounds of Ireland and to tease out the commonalities between that music and traditional North American music.
This is her fifth album as a solo artist, though just the second that includes only original material. It also presents a broader range of sounds than her previous albums have, from Parisian accordion on "Angels without Wings" to a feel that echoes '50s pop on "I'm Not Sorry." There are many arching melodies that we associate with Irish singing, though "Will I Ever Get to Sleep?" has a bounce that is more US than UK, though with a beautiful pipes part played by Michael McGoldrick that reminds us what we are listening to. That song stands out, as does "The Loneliest," a sparse vocal piece that will rightly get a lot of attention.
But, really everything here is a strength, and if you haven't been familiar with Heidi Talbot, this album makes the perfect introduction to an impressive talent. (And did I mention she's from County Kildare? Apparently, she really is…).
Album review: Tegan and Sara make a sweet, smooth but still dark sound on 'Heartthrob'
Tegan and Sara
Warner Bros.
Writing charming and infectious pop is nothing new for Canadian sisters Tegan and Sara Quin, but seven albums later they're still finding ways to change their sound.
"Heartthrob," Tegan and Sara's most recent album, gives us 10 upbeat, sugary tracks. This really isn't anything new for the sisters — they've been writing songs filled with catchy refrains since they started, but while their earlier songs relied more heavily on guitars and still had some roughness around the edges, "Heartthrob" is punctuated by synths with smooth pop production.
The album opens up with the first single, "Closer." A simple synth line and harmonized "All I want to get is a little bit closer / All I want to know is can you come a little closer" kicks things off before the song erupts; it almost feels like you should be bopping around a moon bounce. But, as with much of the album, the glossiness of the tracks belies some of the darkness in the lyrics. When the song ends with the same refrain with which it opened, there's a bit of wistfulness to it.
The sisters have always been good at expressing realistic relationships and honest emotion, and that's still the case here. These aren't songs about the perfect romance, and even if they may sound saccharine at first, the lyrics aren't sugarcoating anything, admitting on "I Was a Fool" "If you're worried that I might have changed / Left behind all of my foolish ways / You best be looking for somebody else / Without a foolish heart."
In recent years, Tegan and Sara have been enjoying broader success, and as a consequence, alienating some of the smaller communities that have supported them for years. On the song "Someday" from their 2009 album, "Sainthood," there's the refrain of "I don't wanna know that you don't want me" alternating with "I might be something someday." Now, nobody can deny that they've become something, and with "I'm Not Your Hero," they've captured the other side of that feeling: "It's so hard to know I'm not what they want."
Tegan and Sara's latest album could be the soundtrack to a late-night dance party, but the songs still contain the same quality of lyrics and hooks that made their previous albums accessible. The only danger of the slicker sound is that it may get lost and blend in with the pop airwaves. Ultimately, Tegan and Sara have added another album to a catalogue that moves them further into the mainstream without compromising the things that got them to this point.
Album review: Kris Kristofferson may be 'Feeling Mortal' but he still has superb songs to sing
Kris Kristofferson
"Feeling Mortal"
KK Records
Many songwriters lead storied lives, no doubt, but few are as successful and iconic as Kris Kristofferson.
It's a cliché to say, "Seen it all, done it all," but one gets the impression that the Country Music Hall of Famer has, in fact, done just that. A boxer, Rhodes scholar and military officer, not to mention an actor and singer-songwriter, Kristofferson has found success in a variety of vocations.
His notoriety as a songwriter allowed him to launch a career as a performer, and he began recording his own songs, releasing his first album in 1970. However, success as an actor came more readily than as a singer and he appeared in many films throughout the 1970s and beyond.
Nevertheless, despite the fact that Kristofferson is perhaps better known to the public as an actor, as a songwriter he has been an influential force in country songwriting. His songs are both personal and reflective, yet strike a chord with a variety of people in all walks of life. His latest album is no exception; it is the work of a man at peace with both his demons and his legacy.
"Feeling Mortal" is Kristofferson's first album of new material in four years and also his first independent release on his own KK Records label. It is the third record in a trilogy, produced by veteran producer Don Was, that began with "This Old Road" (2006) and "Closer to the Bone" (2009).
"Wide awake and feeling mortal/At this moment of the dream," he sings on the opening line of the title track, a song which finds the singer facing his own mortality; reluctantly perhaps, but with gratitude and without regret. At the forefront of this record is Kristofferson's weathered voice, no longer the voice of a young man of course, but still strong, with a gentle grace and a hard-won wisdom.
The musicianship is excellent throughout; a fine band backs the veteran performer and also features Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek, lending vocals and violin. The record consists of 10 songs, all penned by Kristofferson, with the exception of the old 1970 song "My Heart Was the Last One to Know" co-written with Shel Silverstein. Originally recorded by Connie Smith, the tune is a simple and beautiful country classic.
"Stairway to the Bottom" is another vintage piece, a rerecording of a song that originally appeared on "Spooky Lady's Sideshow" in 1974. But "Bread for the Body" and "You Don't Tell Me What to Do" are among the most enjoyable on the record, the former a song of realization about what's important in life and the latter an ode to freedom and an independence of spirit.
And I will go on making music
and whiskey
and love for as long
as the spirit inside me
says you don't tell me what to do.
If the songs on "Feeling Mortal" are any indication, it looks like Kristofferson will be doing just that for a few more years.
Album review: Old Man Luedecke proves himself on 'Tender Is the Night'
"Tender Is the Night"
Old Man Luedecke
True North
"Tender Is the Night" is the fifth solo collection from Old Man (Chris) Luedecke, and it feels like some of the musical ideas he's been working with are really beginning to gel. His writing has always been very strong, remaining true to the roots of American folk and country music, though dealing with modern themes and ideas.
The production on some of the earlier releases, however, often sounded as if he was trying to find his footing. In some instances the settings for his songs were overly sparse; in others, it was overly rich, as with the fuller band numbers that were included on 2008′s "Proof of Love." He was ranging across the spectrum of arrangements in order to find a home, not entirely successfully.
But with "Tender Is the Night" he's clearly found what he was looking for thanks in large part to the involvement of Tim O'Brien who produced and plays on this album. O'Brien's mandolin, fiddle, octave mandolin, guitars and harmony vocals are the perfect accompaniment to Luedecke's quirky, unique and delightful lyrics and hooks. The production has granted a confidence and clarity to Luedecke's writing, especially on songs like "I'm Fine (I Am, I Am)" which are tougher to pull off solo, just him and his banjo, which is the typical approach of his live gigs.
All of the great things that Luedecke has been doing so well are also utterly intact here, in particular the way he brings traditional sounds and structures to modern ideas. On "A&W Song," he laments the awkward feelings of holding up a line while the debit card reader rejects your pin. It's an idea that could come dangerously close to novelty, but he's a skilled enough writer to give the idea real poignancy.
The material has a nice range: Luedecke can be old-time mournful, as on "Little Stream of Whiskey," and cunningly funny on "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms." Throughout is the charm that comes through so well in his live shows. If you haven't given much thought to Old Man Luedecke in the past, this is the album that you might want to give a good listen to. It has the feeling of a true arrival, and I suspect that that's exactly what "Tender Is the Night" will prove to be.
Album Review: The Zolas' subtle, addictive 'Ancient Mars'
The Zolas
"Ancient Mars"
Light Organ Records
Oh, Canada.
I've always thought that Canada and St. Louis have a lot in common. Both experience frigid winters, both are relegated in popular conscience as being backwaters of significant size and both carry an inferiority complex about their place in that conscience, because both know that they're capable of so much more than anyone gives them credit for producing.
In addition to screwball comedy and jokes about moose, Canada excels at producing prog rock, the latest example being the Zolas' "Ancient Mars," released in October on Light Organ Records. I don't normally recommend this approach – I like my gratification like I like my oatmeal, instant – but "Ancient Mars" demands a gradual approach. Listen twice, more if you can.
On first listen, "Ancient Mars" is pleasant, a solid release bolstered by a few singles that I'd probably put on a mixtape a couple of times. On second listen, the album opens up with track after track hiding subtle-yet-addictive hooks, the non-singles just as elaborate and intriguing as the rest. It's a conspiratorial rather than provocative tactic, as if the Zolas are sitting nearby to gently nudge your elbow and mutter "Did you catch that?"
Vocalist/guitarist Zachary Gray and pianist Tom Dobrzanski broke from Lotus Child in 2008 to take a break and record 2009′s "Tic Toc Tic" as the Zolas. This debut was a departure from the heavy pop orientation of Lotus Child, but still retained the verve and infectiousness of a rotatable release. "Ancient Mars" is a touch more subdued, showcasing melodies layered over shuffling rhythms, which, dare I say, sounds a little bit Britpop to me.
The Zolas and "Ancient Mars" seem just as influenced by The Shins as by Sloan. It's a rock release assembled by musical geeks, surprising the listener with complex choices of vocabulary ("let in the cold / we defenestrate the past" from "In Heaven") and echoey lamentation ("I've painted you a hundred times but I still can't sign my name" from "Local Swan") packed into a thoughtfully short length that tricks the ear into thinking it's minimalist even when it isn't.
This album is not completely sharp-edged; there is some restrained fuzz on the single "Knot In My Heart," a track that's perhaps the most tolerably mathematical song I've ever heard. "Strange Girl" is its fraternal twin, coolly upbeat with a crunching riff pairing off against chiming strings and an organ so quietly insistent that you could easily miss it on first listen. The tone and lyrical content of another track, "Cold Moon," sounds like a previously unreleased Jeff Buckley song recorded in the time of Internet stalking, and "Observatory" includes a delightful meter manipulation to fit the title into the chorus.
While I listen to all of the albums I review several times, I'm on what is perhaps my seventh session with "Ancient Mars" and still finding treasures buried in its bedrock. It's a rare album that grants the listener with an assumed ear and appetite, giving them so much more credit than most artists are willing to acknowledge. "Ancient Mars" whispers even when it blusters, and I'd like to nudge the Zolas right back to say "I heard everything."
Album review: Nothing better than Tim O'Brien and Darrell Scott on 'We're Usually a Lot Better Than This'
Tim O'Brien and Darrell Scott
"We're Usually a Lot Better than This"
Full Lights
In 2000 Tim O'Brien and Darrell Scott released "Real Time," a gorgeous album of duets by two complete masters of instrumentation, arrangement and performance. Beautiful.
Then the duo toured it and pretty much immediately demonstrated that there was a dimension to their playing that the recording lacked; it was a studio piece, and didn't entirely capture the energy, spontaneity, camaraderie and humor that both O'Brien and Scott share. In a live setting, the pairing of these two performers — who can be absolutely commanding of an audience on their own — was pure unadorned fireworks.
Since that tour, I've often had discussions that began "Weren't Tim O'Brien and Darrell Scott fantastic at that show…" and then devolved into the kind of conversation you'd hear between grade-schoolers when discussing Pokemon cards — your basic immature enthusiasm.
This album, "We're Usually a Lot Better than this" comes from just after the period in which they toured "Real Time." The tracks are taken from two shows they did in 2005 and 2006, and if anything they are even more infectious than the music they created together when touring "Real Time. What really shines here is the sheer, unbridled confidence that they have in what they are doing. Neither one wants for confidence on his own, to be sure, but together it's as if they are each pushing each other further. They take what, for others, might be real chances, but they just pony up and let fly. Their voices dance around each other, and their instruments do too.
The performances here sound spontaneous — something of a pure lark — and that's because, to a lesser or greater extent, they really are. In the liner notes Scott writes, "Some songs we'd played [together] hundreds of times over the years, some we just did on the stage on this recording for the first time." Gutsy, to be sure, but it's a reminder of just how good they are at what they do.
One of the things they do so well is bring new energy to old songs and old ideas. There are some standards here, including "House of Gold," though on this album they do it a cappella and with a kind of force and authority that raises the song from dirge to field holler. O'Brien's delivery of "Mick Ryan's Lament" is a stand out, as is a song that he wrote early in his solo career and which was later a hit of sorts for Garth Brooks: "When There's No One Around" (a song that many people have covered, including Darrell Scott on his 1999 release, "Family Tree").
The album is also a reminder that, for some people, it's more about the performance of the songs than it is the recording of them. Yes, O'Brien has some great recordings, including "Away out on the Mountain," and the more recent "Chameleon." But he's a performer, and to go to see him live is more than worth the effort. Darrell Scott is cut from entirely the same cloth. I hope that this album prompts them to head out on the road together again. Fingers crossed.


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It's a hedgehog in a jumper. A hedgehog! In a jumper! It's not to be cute, he needs it! From the Telegraph:
Staff at St Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital in Buckinghamshire have made a little jumper to keep a spineless hedgehog warm. The animal was found by a member of the public in a garden in Bedford and has been named Spudlina by staff as her skin resembles that of a potato. The two year old is undergoing various tests to determine the cause of the loss of her spines and she is currently enjoying regular skin massages with a Vitamin E moisturiser.
St. Tiggywinkles hospital is the same place that gave the deer the little head scarf. I'm like, hey guys, not EVERYONE looks good in yellow. We should mail them a technicolor dream-coat of yarn. OMG no really we should! Or someone who knows how to knit, you should make him a little jumper covered in little hearts. I myself know how to knit but I just hate it. It makes me feel like my fingers are going to fall off.
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By CHARLES ODUMAP Sports Writer
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) - The Falcons' offense may have hit a new low point in the latest loss of a disappointing season.
Atlanta hoped running back Steven Jackson's return from a hamstring injury would provide a boost. Jackson had so little running room in Sunday's 27-13 loss at Arizona that coach Mike Smith says he couldn't evaluate the running back.
The Falcons have lost four of their last five, beating only winless Tampa Bay in that span.
Smith says interceptions, sacks, poor blocking and penalties made for the season's "most inconsistent" effort.
The coach says there has been "absolutely no consideration" of making a deal before Tuesday's trade deadline. There has been speculation tight end Tony Gonzalez might be traded back to Kansas City, where he began his career.
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The Health-Conscious Gourmet
Ranging free on the pasturelands of historic Chapel Hill Farm and drinking limestone springwater, the Randall Linebacks, America's rarest breed of cattle, are multiplying. While the girls are increasing the herd, a "job" has been found for the surplus boys by providing the discriminating and health-conscious gourmet with the finest Rose-Veal in the world. This veal is served by some of the best chefs in America.
Only two American landrace breeds survive today from colonial times. Both are critically endangered. The Randall Linebacks are the cool-weather cow of early America.
Naturally Raising the Rarest Rose-Veal at Chapel Hill Farm
The Randall Lineback cows are raised naturally, ranging free on the open fields of Virginia. The calves stay in the fields with their dams until market day. First, the diet of the calves consists only of mother's milk, and then the calvves gradually consume more pasture. The meat of the calves is a rose-red color because of their open pasture diet and exericse. The name "Rose-Veal" describes the flavorful meat of these slow-maturing and naturally healthy calves. There are no growth hormones or antibiotics used on the Rose-Veal calves. Because of their colonial American genetics, their diet and exercise, Randall Lineback calves have finely grained meat with little intermuscular fat.
Free-range, pasture-fed Rose-Veal from Chapel Hill is better for your health than commercial veal or beef. It is lower in fat and calories and higher in Omega-3s, Vitamin E, and CLA. This meat has an intense, clean taste, unavailable commerically for over a century.
Naturally, Not Factory
Hundreds of years ago, colonial American farmers created Lineback landrace cattle which would naturally withstand the special rigors of the New World and which would provide dairy products, oxen, and meat. As an all-purpose breed, the Randalls are as far away from today's specialized breeds, fattened on factory feedlots, as any cattle can be. And this is why they are so scarce and so good at the same time. This Rose-Veal offers you one of the rarest and finest dining experiences. It is good for you and does good for the world by saving the bred.
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You are saving the Randall Lineback breed when you consume Randall Lineback veal. As an informed, health-conscious gourmet you are creating demand for Randall Lineback products. This demand translates into value for the farmer. Thus, you reward farmers for raising these rare cattle. You are giving the Randall Linebacks a job to do. Conservationist and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and the Randall Linebacks thank you.
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The Chapel Hill Farm, with its rambling stone house, is a National and Virginia Historic Landmark. It is outside Berryville, Virginia, in the Shenandoah Vally and is named for The Old Chapel (rebuilt 1789) where many founders of Virginia once worhipped. The Chapel Hill Randall Linebacks range across hundreds of acres of pastureland, living very much as the would have centuries ago.
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(WBTV) Thinking about heading into a public restroom and washing your hands? Scientists at a company that produces and markets hygiene solutions says you'll probably walk away with more germs than before.
Gojo Industries Inc., the maker of Purell hand sanitizer, says a quarter of the soap in public restrooms is so contaminated that it leaves your hands dirtier than before you washed them.
One out of four refillable bulk soap dispensers in the community is contaminated with unsafe levels of bacteria, the company says in an online campaign.
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It points to a 2011 study published in the Applied and Environmental Microbiology paper for the American Society for Microbiology.
In an elementary school-based field study, researchers discovered that bacteria on the hands of students and staff increased by nearly 26-fold after washing with soap from contaminated bulk-soap-refillable dispensers.
The bacteria found in contaminated dispensers were there in concentrations of about 1,000 times what the industry recommends.
The germs remaining on the hands are easily transferred to other surfaces, the company reminds people.
"Even worse, once a dispenser becomes contaminated it is impossible to eliminate the bacteria in the dispenser, even with aggressive cleaning agents, such as bleach," Gojo Industries stated.
It says the contamination is the result of a fundamental design flaw in the dispenser. The same container and nozzle are used indefinitely, usually without cleaning in between refilling - which is as recommended.
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What do you think of merit-based pay for teachers?
I don't know if the question is still relevant, I haven't followed it until recently but I heard it was quiet a debate at the Presidential election and wanted to know what he TED community thought of this.
Is merit-based pay for teachers a good idea... There are a lot of pros and cons about the topic: Will it help the education of the students (the main goal of the would-be arrangement)? Will the amount of teachers have a positive boost? Will it make the teachers too competitive, lessening the cooperation between them?
Please write your ideas.
(English is not my first language so excuse the grammatical errors and easy language)
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Nov 30 2012: NO WAY!!! Watch this TED TALK and you'll get your answer with evidence that merit based compensation DOESNT WORK!! http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html
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Oh, the joys of dating. The extreme anxiety, the self-doubt, the need to check your inbox in the middle of the night just to see if anyone in particular has responded ... it can be a passive-aggressive romp through personal hell.
Then again, I hear it can also be a wonderful adventure that will lead you to your soul mate. Lovely prospect, I suppose.
So if you're looking to meet your match, maybe there are a few things you should know before going on your next first date. After all, if you do it right, it could be your last. Here are 8 things never to do on a first date if, that is, you want a second.
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Never ever wear a tube top! Just screams "BOOTY CALL and NOthiNG more"
Since when is having cold sores an STD? It is passed on by sharing drinking cups as well as kissing! You can get it as a child!!!
there are no rules for a first date... you should trust your instincts and be yourself. the only rule is " I have something contagious so I am not pass it to you"
The author mentions not to discuss your ex or you mom. But I have to say that complaining about work is no better. This always makes me think that the date is looking for a way to live off of others. That may not be the case, but it definitely makes you think twice about that person. Kisses5050 made one statement that I have to agree with. Being yourself is the best way to be on a date.


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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Gov. John Kitzhaber is traveling to Europe next month to promote Oregon as a tourism destination and meet with business leaders and government officials.
Kitzhaber's office announced Friday that he'll travel to Amsterdam and Berlin, leaving March 3 and returning March 9.
In the Netherlands, the governor will attend a reception celebrating the five-year anniversary of a direct flight between Portland and Amsterdam. He'll also tour a Nike logistics center and discuss clean technology with industry executives.
In Germany, Kitzhaber will meet with tourism officials, a Daimler executive and an official from the Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. He'll also participate in a discussion of energy policy with German think tanks.


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Players test out the Riverbank Arena, venue for the London 2012 hockey tournament.
Capacity: 16,000
Completion date: March 2012
Sports: Hockey
Events: 2
Latitude / Longitude: 51.54887 / -0.019655
Transport links: Tube - Stratford; Rail or Docklands Light Railway - Stratford International Station, West Ham Station
The Riverbank Arena will have a unique feel about it for London 2012 as for the first time in Olympic history, the hockey pitches used will be blue instead of green, while the sidelines will be pink so that the whole venue matches the colours of the 2012 Games logo. The venue, which will host the men's and women's hockey tournaments, has two pitches, one with 16,000 seats for the competition games and one as a warm-up area. The venue will be moved after the Games to the north of the Olympic Park and form part of a group of facilities called Eton Manor, with 3,000 of the seats remaining in place.


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Lifesaving heart transplant gives Northwestern Memorial Hospital patient second chance
Some of the nearly 4,000 participants dashed up the 94 flights of stairs for fun. Some to satisfy their competitive spirit. Melissa Simon did the climb to honor Chloe. When Melissa reached the top of the John Hancock Building last Sunday, Chloe's parents were on hand to congratulate the 29-year-old, and to listen to her heart. For it was their decision to donate their daughter's organs that gave Melissa a new lease on life, because Chloe's heart now beats in her chest.
"She truly saved my life and that's why I'm doing this for her," said Melissa, who underwent heart transplant surgery June 6, 2007, at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. The February weekend marked the first time she was able to express her gratitude to the family in person. Chloe was just 14 when she died, the same age Melissa was when she was first diagnosed with heart disease.
Following her diagnosis Melissa spent months undergoing intense cardiac rehabilitation, which proved successful, and she was able to continue on with her life. She danced the lead role in her high school's ballet. She went to college. She started her professional career in Chicago and married her college sweetheart.
But at age 26 Melissa's heart problems, which had faded into the background since her rehabilitation 13 years prior, once again became front and center. She was plagued with fatigue so severe she couldn't carry groceries or even muster the strength to brush her own teeth.
Doctors at Northwestern Memorial's Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute diagnosed her with a leaky heart valve. "It quickly got to the point where all I could do was lie there in the hospital bed," said Melissa. "Every day was a struggle to survive until the next day."
Doctors performed surgery to fix the valve, but explained there was a chance her body might be too weak to handle it and may need a heart transplant. In the weeks following, it became increasingly apparent this was the case. Melissa joined the more than 1,000 people on the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) list waiting for a heart transplant.
The grave nature of Melissa's condition meant she had high priority status on the waiting list, and a few weeks later doctors delivered the good news that they had found her a new heart.
"We were so thankful that it was our turn to start life, because that's really what happened after my transplant," said Melissa.
Edwin C. McGee Jr., MD, cardiac surgeon and the surgical director of heart transplantation and mechanical assistance at the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, performed Melissa's surgery.
"It's wonderful to see a transplant patient go so far and enjoy such a full and active life following surgery," he said. "Patients like Melissa make all the years of training and all the sleepless nights worth it. She is a very special person."
In total Chloe's organs saved the lives of five people. Melissa remains committed to educating people about the importance of organ donation.
"I'm trying to show people through my story how grateful the people on the receiving end are to those who have donated," said Melissa. "This new heart has given me a life I never imagined possible."
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Joined: 13 Jan 2009
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Location: New Cross, UK
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:08 am
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I just googled it, it's definitely in there!
It's a chapter header, but I don't remember which chapter it was for.
Dreyfus once wrote from Devil's Island that he would see the most glorious birds. Many years later in Brittany, he realized they had only been seagulls.
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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:13 pm
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I think it was after reading an article on Nick in "Strange Things Are Happening" magazine in the late 80s - I know I went straight out and bought all 3 albums on CD.
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Location: Aartselaar, Belgium
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:03 am
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I remember having read Nick's name a number of years ago in the Belgian magazine Humo. I saw a photograph of Nick and I was intriged.
But at that time I didn't have a computer yet, so I didn't know where to start looking for his music.
Then 2 months ago I read another article on Nick in the same magazine and I realised I had forgotten about him (shame on me
I googled and found so many things about him and his music.
Now I'm the proud owner of the albums Five Leaves Left, Bryter Layter and Pink Moon and I'm totally hooked ... Pink Moon is by far my favourite album, so beautiful, fragile and perfect ...
Whenever I see the photo of him, sitting on a bench in the park (the photo is taken from his right side), not able to look into the camera lense, but just staring in front of him ... it breaks my heart ...
But I'm glad I can finally enjoy his music!
and if one day you should see me in the crowd
just lend a hand and lift me to your place in the clouds ...
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:13 pm
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My friend, and musician extraordinaire, Joey Mutis III of The Electric Farm turned me on to Nick 5 years ago.
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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:05 am
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This is also my first post,
I heard the last 20 seconds of Riverman on radio 2 last week. I think it was Guy Chambers on 'tracks of my years' I tracked down FLL and downloaded it.
Just a pity I have never heard Nicks music until now. Got all 3 albums and listen to them non stop. Im sure there will come a time when I wont listen everyday, but feel that my world is a little bit of a better place knowing that Nicks music is there.
Of course i have read all the history and events surrounding his life, and can appreciate the music a bit better because of this, but it does not take away what an inspired singer and songwriter he was.
I have told my brother and dad about his music and told them to check him out, and although I also want to tell everybody i meet, I think its probably better, just to drop occasional hints and suggestions and let people discover his music on thier own.
ps. I heard black eyed dog for the first time a couple of days ago and it literally sent shivers down my spine.
pps. plectrum34 on youtube has nicks songs down to a tee. He should tour!
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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:37 am
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As I have said in another thread,so I wont elaborate too much,it was about 5 yrs ago when I first heard a song by Nick,which was River Man,on Radio 2.It totally knocked me out.Had to find out more about him,which I did.Five Leaves Left quickly followed and then Bryter Later.
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Location: London
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 7:10 pm
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I discovered Nick Drake through my son playing his music. I was blown away by River Man and now I've listened to everything he ever did over and over again. There's something special about Nick Drake...can't quite put my finger on it but the closest I can get to describing it is that it's like listening to somebody playing in your living room. His music seems REAL and personal. So sad he didn't live to see how much his songs are now appreciated.
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Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 7:53 am
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I read an interview with Anathema, a band I really like. They talked about Nick several times, so I decided to check him out. I came across the Time Has Told Me bootleg with a lot of early home recordings, thought he was a black guy at first
After a while I bought all his official albums and collected several bootlegs. I still want more.
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Location: Louisiana (US Deep South)
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:50 am
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flebbie wrote:
thought he was a black guy at first
I sent my blues-loving brother a link to a video of Nick's cover of Black Mountain Blues. He texted me immediately "are you sure this is a white boy?!"
Hoping to find new ways of doing better than my worst
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:51 pm
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First time I heard Nick´s musik was when I met a good friend of mine in my hometown. We sat in his small room and talked about this crazy wolrd (in partikular our private live with its ups and downs) but much more about the invisible rules. A law that send its message into all of us. Like lines where the music notes are noticed. You didn´t spend a focus on them, but they are borders for the notes and for us. Cut a long story short...nice music touching directly to the ground. And like Nietzsche said: "the ground is looks into you". He knew´d, not sentimental on the surface...much more deeper, not cold...even to deep for warm or cold, not bad or dark, not holy...only....deep. I thank him posthume for this widening art.
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Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:29 am
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I bought FLL and Solid Air from a 2nd hand record store - it must have been the late 70s or early 80s - I can't remember for certain. I loved Solid Air, but whilst I played River man several times, the album - which I thought was pleasant enough - was then consigned to my LP shelf and I didn't play it much. Of course, I had no idea of the connection between these two records. I often wondered what 'Solid Air' (title track) was about - I always assumed it was about an ex-lover or something. It was about 10 years later before Nick's music started to register with me, but once it did that was it! I guess that is the thing with Nick's music - it doesn't come to you - you have to go to it.
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but never a thing of value
I roll up the bamboo blind
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:14 pm
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"it doesn't come to you - you have to go to it"
never on this forum or before in the press have i heard truer deconstruction of the music of Nick Drake, pinner i applaud you
this completly sums up the way i came to and feel about Nick, i had to go out there and get it, it took a few listens it dawned on me and will now never leave me.
"But the man is me, yes , and the girl is you"
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Location: Norway
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 10:55 am
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My sister gave me his two first albums for my 12th birthday (in 2001). I liked the relatively accessible "Hazey Jane II," but remember, I was still a child and possibly not quite prepared yet. One year later, however, I gave Five Leaves Left a real try and was blown away.
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 10:26 am
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BerwickDrake wrote:
"it doesn't come to you - you have to go to it"
never on this forum or before in the press have i heard truer deconstruction of the music of Nick Drake, pinner i applaud you
this completly sums up the way i came to and feel about Nick, i had to go out there and get it, it took a few listens it dawned on me and will now never leave me.
I agree completely! What a great comment.
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 10:56 am
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althought im hardly an old time fan or anything and wouldnt claim to be but when i first listened to nick drake 7/8 years ago even then he wasnt as lauded as he is now.
the best music out there has to be discovered, dusty old record stores, your grandmothers attic, your old hippy dealer who lives down the roads back bedroom thats were true beauty of music lives, not in this months glossy mojo or uncut (althought i do love these magazines) or in the 2 for £10 section at HMV (again buy a lot of these)
I always value stuff more if i stumbled accross it or was advised to listen to it by the old drunk in the pub , music with soul that actually means somthing to someone, hate the plastic glimmering bollocks that they come up with nowadays and the shit people spout " oh adele changed my life" oh and "radiohead are the best band ever"
give me allan hull, dr john, davey graham, bert jansch or miles davis and stick your ed sheeran up your arse!
"But the man is me, yes , and the girl is you"
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Emerging Legal Issues for Domest… @ Webinar
Nov 8 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
This webinar will address the current legal issues impacting victims of domestic violence, including lack of housing and employment protections, barriers in criminal justice [...]