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Jan Cyrka is a British guitar player.
In the early 1980s Cyrka formed a band in London called The Broadway Metal Choir. The line-up featured himself on guitar, Kevin Riddles (bass, ex-Angelwitch; Tytan), Kevin Fitzpatrick (keyboards) and Andy Beirne (drums). Unlikely vocalist Max Gelt - a deli owner from Florida - was drafted in on vocals, but after six weeks of touring he broke his leg and returned to Miami. The band released an album in 1985 called 'And God Gave Us Max', but split soon afterwards. After they broke up, most of the band returned to session work, but Cyrka was then to spend three years in Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction (under the name Flash Bastard). After a support slot with Guns N' Roses, Cyrka left the band to focus on solo work. He released his critically acclaimed debut, "Beyond The Common Ground," in 1992. The track "Western Eyes" was used as the theme to the Radio 1 Rock Show.
1993's follow-up album, "Spirit," continued the melodic style but dialled-down some of the guitar pyrotechnics of ...Common Ground.
1997's "Prickly Pear" dialled down the hystrionics further still and included vocals from T'Pau singer Carol Decker.
Jan was also an endorsee of Trace Elliot and Hamer Guitars. He is responsible for the theme tune of the Jeremy Kyle Show on ITV.
He also wrote "The Rising", along with Toby Bricheno. It is subject to considerable TV play due to being WWE wrestler Justin Gabriel's entrance music. Jan has also written a long-running column for Guitarist magazine.
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If you've finally realized that "geek" is synonymous with über-awesomeness, then you'll need our guide on who's who in "Star Trek Into Darkness." It's never too late to jump onto the "Star Trek" bandwagon. New fans are always welcome!
Trekkies were understandably skeptical when word got out that director J.J. Abrams was doing a major film reboot of their revered TOS ("The Original Series"). New actors playing the beloved characters in an alternate reality with a completely different historical setting and an entirely new chain of events taking place? Mind-blowing. It wasn't hard to remain unconvinced that this was really going to work.Bing: More about 'Star Trek Into Darkness' | Related: What we're looking forward to in 'Into Darkness'
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AbstractInformation Technologies (IT) induce many innovations in service industries. Innovations in IT highlight the peculiarities of innovation in service industries compared to manufactured-goods industries. Because innovations often affect competitiveness, service-providers attach a high importance to them and introduce them frequently during intense competition. The purpose of this article is to characterise innovations in these new IT service industries and to determine which innovations will ensure the succes of service-providers. We explain the applications of new Information Technologies and describe how they have affected service industries, either traditional or new service activities.
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Still find it rather confusing why someone would decide to skip over the new Lightning Reflexes in exchange for Endurance and Throwing Specialization. I find that Lightning Reflexes should now be standard for any and all Combat builds as Melee dmg still comprises the largest chunk of our overall dmg and Lightning Reflexes is essentially a 10% buff to that. (Little less than 10% once everything else is taken into account, I know, but that's still a nice chunk)
Totally agree. You can eliminate Endurance and still leave one point Throwing Specialization.
From what I've been reading there isn't that many AoE FoK friendly pulls in Ulduar.
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The build you linked is totally what I'm using except I disagree on Endurance:
Lots of fights in Ulduar involve some type of DoT. And by DoT, I mean anywhere from 2.5k/tick to 5k/tick.
Every little bit of stamina is going to help while you're learning these fights, and your healers will thank you for it later. With the recent nerfs to mana regen, staying alive for 1-2 seconds longer than you might have will be more important than it sounds. Ignis is a good example of this (just one of many in Ulduar). If Cloak Of Shadows isn't up, you'll need all the health you can get to survive the slag pot. The fight has gotten easier since they ninja-nerfed his health overnight on Sunday.


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how beautiful...I hope I have time this time to participate. Great brief.
Wonderful topic. Don't think I have time to finish anything, but I sketched up an idea. It reminded of me of a dream I once had.
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First sketch. Probably won't go with it but first idea in my head onto digital paper. More to come later.
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that is looking very cool tsujni.
I like this topic. I may try this.
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hi all, thought i can do something for this topic, here's what ive got so far..
........ yay for pixelated spray on reduction!
might wanna look reference the tree form of a cherry tree. Thye are rather distinctive.
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I am assuming this comment is geared towards everyone as none of the images so far show anything "exactly" like a cherry blossom tree.
i didn't want to do a "perfect" look alike cherry blossom tree.
What a wonderful topic!
Just roughing out an idea, probably won't get time to finish
Time for bed I think. Here's what I've go so far. Crit away!
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Tsujni- You've managed to capture a real dream like quality in yours that really suits the brief, very beautiful.
Dorobo- Good start buddy, Loads of potential.
Aolean- I like the colour pallete, might want to tweek the composition a little just so it reads better, maybe add two more layers forground and middleground to help lead the eye around the painting. Of course it's early days yet and if this is what you intended, I'll keep my mouth shut and let you work!
Halvarado- I like the First and third wips, The stlye in the second and the subject matter in the first, just watch your vanishing points.
DavDav- Giant trees with ghostly faces, did you eat lots of cheese before going to bed!
Mine so far, I might have taken the 'Moon in every tree' bit a bit to literally!
EDIT: Aolean- just had a look at the landscapes on your website......you clearly know what your doing, i'll be shutting up now!
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actually what I mean was that they have to be CHERRY trees.... by some stretch of the imagination. unless you can some how justify cherry blossoms NOT on cherry trees.. because actually "Trees" are not specified. only cherry blossoms. there's a box here.... anyone care to think outside it?
maybe theres a night when the patterns on the moon look like cherry blossoms
maybe theres a celebration on the moon of the dream of extinct cherry blossoms .
I see a lot of moons and cherry blossoms here
but where is the celebration?
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i guess it comes in the interpretation of celebration, and who or what is celebrating, . is it a literal meaning and humans are celebrating? or just simply the cherry blossom itself fluttering in the breeze of a wind that looks like some kind of celebration?
but otherwise, on reading the brief again and again, i think i see what your getting at chaos, and i suppose when you get away from the word tree, and just focus on the words cherry blossom and celebration, it becomes a very open brief. but then again it could be far far deeper in meaning, lol this could be interesting
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So, I've been a long time lurker of Concept Art and I'm finally deciding to post something. I'm a traditional artist trying to work on my digital skill sooo that's what I'm using this exercise for. I'm also inexperienced with environments. So anyways, sorry for the speech, here's my W.I.P for this. I'm sure I took the concept too literally.
And man photobucket really butchered the colors in this.
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This is the final one (I think we post them here?). Experimenting with several types of transparent layers, would like to loosen it up a bit more in the next one
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Thanks, Tony! Glad you enjoyed it! If you have a chance, drop a review on amazon if you have a moment, and if you're moving on to another of my books, I'd recommend Apparition (a very messed up horror novel).
Thanks again... keep on readin'!
posted by michaelbrent at 7:07 pm (EST) on Oct 23, 2012
Thanks Tony! Glad you enjoy the books - more comin' up! Cheers, JP
posted by JPBowie at 11:00 am (EST) on Oct 15, 2012
at the moment its called "I Knew Him" but the agent is shopping it around, so it may change, i'll try and remember to post here!
posted by erastes at 9:58 am (EST) on Aug 1, 2012
Thank you so much! It's always wonderful to hear from readers, especially when they like my work.
I've just finished a book set in 1922 which is very loosely based on Hamlet, so I hope you'll enjoy that too, look out for it! :D
Good to hear from you
All the best,
posted by erastes at 8:07 am (EST) on Aug 1, 2012
RIP RAY BRADBURY-one of my all time favorite authors is gone, and the genre is poorer without this gentle soul.
posted by silversurfer at 10:27 am (EST) on Jun 6, 2012
Hey Tony,
Thanks for noticing. I have looked at your library as well as we share a number of books. I rely on you and a couple of others to help me track new books. There is so much being published that it is a challenge to keep up.
Because of the explosion of new works I am going to change my collecting strategy in 2012. Through 2011 I will try to be as comprehensive as possible, but beginning with works in 2012 I am going to limit my purchases to works that are continuation of series and/or are notable for their content and/or writing quality. Frankly there is so much junk being self-published or produced by niche publishers that much of it is not worth reading - or at least it doesn't interest me. I give credit to niche publishers for supporting authors that mainstreet houses have abandoned. But much of it isn't very good in my opinion and it is expensive and time consuming to keep up. Also, I have to figure out how to handle ebooks - it is ironic that I do almost all my reading on Kindle but include only books in my library that are physically published.
Which leads me to your comment about rating and reviewing. You are right I don't review. I am not that comfortable doing so but I am considering getting into it. My philosophy on ratng and reviewing is that if something is bad I won't do either a review or rate. If something is noteworthy I do rate it. I haven't read all books in my library (it is about the collecting, not just reading) so that is part of the reason for the limited ratings. However, there are more worksthat do merit 3 or more stars in my judgement and I should take the effort to record my ratings. Thank you for giving me a nudge.
I see you are in NYC. I get there a 3 - 4 times a year. My partner and I will visit in a couple of weeks. I was intending to attend Lamba Literary awards June 4 since I was on the periphery this year but decided against it.
Take care and keep in touch. And, please, let me know if I am missing any works you think should be incuded.
posted by gaymystery at 10:36 pm (EST) on May 20, 2012
Hi Surfer--a belated thanks for your kind words. :) Very glad you found me on here--I'm pretty new, but I need to dive into all that Library Thing has to offer. Seems like a great site.
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Thanks, Surfer! I appreciate it. :>)
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Excellent book collection, Silver Surfer! You and I have a lot of book in common, though I've just discovered this site and am still in the process of listing mine. Nice handle, too. Norrin Radd is one of my favorite comic book characters.
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Thanks for the invite. It does seem like we share quite a few books in the horror genre.
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THE KILLERS are back – and mean business.
Backstage at Budapest's Sziget festival, frontman Brandon Flowers and drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr. are joyful, back playing live and having finalised the track list for new album Battle Born two days earlier.
"I can't wait for people to hear this record," says Ronnie. "I'm quite excited. And when I say quite I mean we are ready."
They've also been so busy they are trying to remember what day it is? "Well, we got in last night, didn't we?" asks Brandon, looking leaner than the last time SFTW were in his company.
"No, wait, we didn't. We got in today and we played Krakow, in Poland, yesterday. Or was that the day before?"
Ronnie chips in: "We don't know where we are or what day it is. But we're here and laughing our f****** asses off, as these shows have been so much fun."
Album … No4 out Monday 17
It's been a while since we heard from the Las Vegas band — four years, to be precise when they put out third album Day And Age.
That album, like the two before it, went to No1.
Solo albums then followed, including Brandon's splendid record Flamingo, and Ronnie's alt-country side project Big Talk.
But now it's back to their day jobs as The Killers return. "It did take a while to get back together and it was a little strange at first," says Brandon.
"It had been a long time since we'd written together but everybody knows what their job is in the band so eventually we were back in the swing of things.
"Being in The Killers is like riding a bike — we know how to do it."
Battle Born is the fourth album from the quartet.
Named after their Las Vegas studio — and a phrase inscribed on the Nevada state flag — it's a record inspired by Tom Petty, Roxy Music and E.L.O.
Ronnie, peering over Ray-Ban shades, says: "It's taken us a while to recognise that we have a sound, that we do things a certain way. I guess we are just comfortable with things this time around."
Brandon adds: "I guess we are more confident, though this was a really hard record to write. It took a while and a lot of stress."
With production duties shared between five big-name producers — Daniel Lanois, Steve Lillywhite, Brendan O'Brien, Stuart Price and Damian Taylor — the recording process was a lengthy one.
Brandon says: "We learn something new every time from these guys. They are super-talented people and, working with them all, you kinda get inside their brains."
If it's to be compared with any of The Killers' previous albums, Battle Born is most like the second one, 2006 release Sam's Town — all layered soundscapes and epic synth-rock.
First single Runaways is as grandiose as The Killers' classic When You Were Young — the song that closes their headline set at Sziget.
Brandon says: "Runaways is definitely a brother to When You Were Young and so that was nice — it's nice to feel those familiarities and it also gave us an idea of where we were headed on this record because that was one of the early songs."
Another song, the bluesy Heart Of A Girl, was made with U2 producer Daniel Lanois, who had the band in the studio until 3am getting the track perfect. "We'd never written with anyone like Daniel," says Brandon. "It was a lot of fun making that track. Five dudes in a room with the microphones on and a tape rolling. That song really captured a moment."
Both Brandon, 30, and Ronnie, 36, agree Battle Born is their favourite album to date.
Ronnie says: "Because we took so long with it, we were able to sit with 20 or so songs and live with them and recreate them and arrange them until we were satisfied.
"Traditionally our records are made faster and, afterwards, we want to change a song or tempo. This time we've really got the message through and were done with it." Brandon nods and says: "We're happier with this one than we've ever been with any album."
Another song, Miss Atomic Bomb, was influenced by the odd anti-nuclear testing parties held in Las Vegas in the Fifties.
"It was a real thing in Vegas for about 20 years," explains Ronnie. "They would make cocktails and have food named after it — and of course there was the beauty pageant."
Brandon adds: "When the nuclear tests were actually being carried out, the parties would go up to the roofs of the casinos and everybody would be given sunglasses.
'The break has done us good' … The Killers
"You get these great pictures of the washed-out faces, in Fifties style, and everybody just smiling, taking in their radiation!
"And that song is tied in to Mr Brightside lyrically. It is so Las Vegas and so us. We love it, though it came late.
"For a while, it got dismissed by one particular producer — I'll leave him unnamed but the demo was shut away for three months. Yes, we took that personally, and one day I was at home on the computer going through some demos, came across it again and thought: 'WHAT are we doing? It could even be a single and be brought to life on film.' So we resurrected it."
Judging by the crowd's reaction to The Killers' brilliant performance at Sziget, they have been sorely missed — and the band admit they were itching to get back on the road.
Dad-of-three Brandon says: "It gets hard being away from my family and my boys. They're only five, three and one and I miss them but these last shows have been exciting. It's fun to be back." Ronnie adds: "I have a dog so it's hard being away for me, too, but the break has done us good as we've been playing some awesome shows."
It's been a decade since The Killers — Brandon, Ronnie, guitarist Dave Keuning and bassist Mark Stoermer — formed after Dave placed an ad in a Las Vegas weekly newspaper which read: "Seeking musicians for all-original band. Influences: Oasis, Smashing Pumpkins, Bowie, Radiohead."
In that time, The Killers have become one of the biggest bands in the world, selling more than 16million records.
Ronnie says: "It's ten years for us but not for you guys yet — that will be in 2014, ten years after we put out our debut album Hot Fuss. And back then I was working at a wedding chapel, taking photos and going to school."
Brandon adds: "I was working at the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino then — dreaming of all this."
Although one of today's most famous frontmen, Brandon says it has taken him a decade to feel comfortable as one. Much quieter off stage than on, it's a more relaxed Brandon than SFTW has met before. "I am very shy in real life," he says. "I've got more comfortable with all this. I'm still learning, though.
"It's just the feeling of belonging there which was hard for me. I look up to all these people, from Elvis to Mick Jagger, Morrissey to Noel and Liam Gallagher, then all of a sudden I had the same job as them.
"It's not easy to slide into that slot and I thought some people were better at it than me at first.
"It took a while for me to feel relaxed about it as I never thought it was ever going to happen. But I feel good on stage now."
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Seven months ago, Julie Will took on a mission to help others cut the cost of their clothing bill by hosting a free clothing exchange in her basement -- an idea inspired by her daughter with Down Syndrome.
"She definitely has some of the best stuff in here," Danielle King said. "It has changed everything for me. I've been able to safe money for Christmas presents or birthday presents."
The idea is simple: For every article of clothing you bring in, you get one to take home -- and all of it is made possible by a mother's love and a simple Facebook page.
"I think that if I maybe continue doing the right thing and helping others, that will inspire [my daughter] to push herself through life and have a good life," Will explained.
What began as a simple page on a social media site started with just a few invitations, but it quickly caught attention.
"It kind of just really snowballed after that," Will recalled.
Now, more than 800 people have signed on and Will sometimes takes in more than 20 garbage bags full of clothing in a day.
"It has completely taken over the house," Will admitted. "It has taken over my life."
At times, it has even taken over the neighborhood. In fact, a handful of complaints to the city of Elk River prompted officials to send her a letter saying she may need a business permit.
For now, the city is working with Will to decide what option is best. One possibility is letting the status quo stay, and another involves getting a $15 business permit that requires set hours and limits on how many people can be there at once. The final option would involve finding a traditional place of business, but Will told Fox 9 News that would shut her down.
"I don't make a dime doing this," she said. "It's my blood, sweat, and tears -- and I'm not able to afford a space."
Will does admit that until recently, four or five cars would come to her home at a time. Reluctantly, she set limits to allow just a couple of people at a time by appointment only as a compromise.
"I understand their concern," Will said. "I'm trying to be as accommodating as possible."
Will hopes to resolve the issue as quickly as possible, and said she has called the city planning commissioner. Now, she is waiting for city staff to set up a meeting to determine what the next step could be. In the interim, she is hoping someone might be willing to donate space in the city.
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Kathy Reynoldson serves as the grounds manager and Alice Abel Arboretum curator here at Nebraska Wesleyan. She tells me that among the annual flowers she raises from seed and places around our lovely campus are geraniums, impatiens, and zinnias. Oh, they make such a beautiful sight!
Another kind of annual I like is an annual report. There's one of them in this issue of Archways. Of course, I look to see where my name is printed among the contributors. But more than that, this annual report, like so many others, gives a snapshot of how the institution is doing. In the case of Nebraska Wesleyan University, for the year 2008-2009, our annual report shows that we're applying our resources well, fulfilling our mission with vigor, and providing our students with exceptionally valuable learning opportunities.
If you've been reading these letters from me for the past two years, you'll know about another kind of annual that I cherish: Nebraska Wesleyan's Annual Fund. Before I offer a few remarks about our Annual Fund, I'd like you to look at this chart of how many alumni make annual contributions at a dozen colleges—including Nebraska Wesleyan.
Shocking, isn't it?
However, the bad news that shows up so starkly in this chart can easily be turned into good news, because what it shows is a shortfall that all of us, acting individually but with a powerful collective effect, can fix tomorrow.
Let's do that—for the love of learning, for the vigor of this fine institution, in order to demonstrate that our pride and ownership in Nebraska Wesleyan are right up there with the excellence that Nebraska Wesleyan's students and professors have demonstrated once more in 2008-2009 and will demonstrate yet again in 2009-2010 and in the years to come.
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In development: Schneider 30mm f1.4 and 60mm f2.4 macro lenses (M43rds)
Photoscala.de attended the Schneider Kreuznach presentation in Germany and there, in addition to the previously mentioned 14mm f2 Micro Four Thirds prime, Schneider is also developing two more Micro Four Thirds primes to be announced at/by Photokina 2012, the 30mm f1.4 and 60mm f2.4 macro. This information was added in the second update at Photoscala.de (computer-translated).
This is turning out to be one of the themes of this year, the Year of the Lens with more companies offering more lenses for more systems. This is a competing "title" with the Year of the Full Frame cameras. As you can see visually below, after a long dry spell, the number of new 35mm full frame cameras is increasing, and that's before we factor in the rumors of reasonably-priced 35mm full frame sensors that could trigger new 35mmFF DSLRs from Canon, Nikon, Sony and Pentax at/by Photokina 2012.


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Thursday, July 18
Woolwich Murder: Michael Adebolajo Gets 'Attacked In Jail'
Michael Adebolajo, one of the men accused of murdering Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich, has reportedly been attacked at Belmarsh prison in London.
Reports say the 28-year-old terror suspect was set upon at HMP Belmarsh in south east London yesterday and had two of his teeth knocked out in the attack.
The police are investigating the incident and says it would be inappropriate to comment while the investigation was ongoing.
Michael Adebolajo and his partner Adebowale are expected to stand trial on November 18.
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Ed Keely collected $2.2 million when he quit his job as an institutional money-manager at Janus Capital Group Inc. in May 2007. On Monday, he was in Denver District court asking Janus for at least $5 million more.
Keely is one of 17 money managers who've fled what was once one of the world's best-known mutual fund companies since former Goldman Sachster Gary Black, 48, became CEO in January 2006.
Keely's lawsuit may explain the exodus, which also included the departure of renowned Janus Twenty Fund manager Scott Schoelzel. Keely claims Black unilaterally violated the terms of his employment contract, reducing his pay by 65 percent.
Black broke the news in an October 2006 meeting with Janus' portfolio managers, Keely testified on Monday.
"Gary is an imposing figure," said Keely, " but he seemed withdrawn and quiet. He seemed to be begging for our assistance."
Black's pay-cut proposal, however, ignited an uproar with Janus' portfolio managers, who had already made some concessions.
"The first person that spoke was David Corkins," Keely said. "David asked Gary: 'Are you telling us that you are violating our contracts?' And Gary said, 'Yes.'"
Black and Janus chairman Steven Scheid, 55, deny violating contracts and will take the stand later this week.
The complexity of the claims and counterclaims over Keely's employment contract will be a mind-numbing task for the two-man, four-woman jury. And the trial has already taken a couple of bizarre turns.
Corkins, who formerly managed the flagship Janus Fund, has informed Janus' attorneys that he doesn't believe he was properly served a subpoena. And he won't be in to testify because he's left the country, Janus' attorneys told the court.
In another odd twist, a judge sanctioned Janus in a pretrial hearing after finding that it manipulated evidence. Janus' pin-striped but pony-tailed attorney, Edwin Aro of Hogan & Hartson, took the blame, calling suspicious changes to a document a production error.
If Janus loses this case, other former portfolio managers are in line to ask for millions more in severance, too, including Tom Malley, former manager of the Janus Global Life Sciences Fund, who has filed a lawsuit with similar claims.
It's more black eyes for Black and Scheid because it airs their failure to curb compensation for portfolio managers as their company continued shrinking. Even their attorney, Aro, called the compensation plan they launched in 2005 "broken."
Black and Scheid just can't break from history.
Janus skyrocketed in prominence during the tech boom of the 1990s. In the ensuing bust, it imploded with ridiculously large positions in companies such as Enron.
As it struggled to recover, then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer came after the company for scandalous market-timing trades and booted its management.
Black and Scheid took Janus' helm in January 2004, and have since paid themselves tens of millions of dollars to lord over further declines. Black, who was chief investment officer, took on the CEO title in 2006.
Stock of Janus was trading for about $17 a share when they took over in 2004; it now trades for $11.28, marking a 33 percent decline vs. a 19 percent decline for the Standard and Poor's 500 index during their watch.
Making this stock slide more horrific, Black and Scheid loaded Janus' balance sheet with debt to fund stock repurchase plans. When they took the helm, Janus had a net cash position worth hundreds of millions. Now Janus has got about $1.5 billion in junk-rated debt.
With the exodus of virtually all of Janus' well-known money managers, fund performance has been slipping, too. Most of Janus' funds fall in the bottom 50 percent of peers for one-year performance, although on a year-to-date basis, performance is improving.
Assets under management, which once topped $320 billion at the peak of the tech boom, have continued dwindling to $111 billion. And profitability is declining, too, with first-quarter 2009 profit down 93 percent.
Employees are bearing the brunt. In October, Janus announced plans to cut 115 employees, or 9 percent of its work force.
Aro said Janus' board put immense pressure on Black to cut compensation. The plan put in place in 2005 attempted to shift incentives toward performance and away from a percentage of assets under management.
Managers started performing well under this plan and began benefiting richly. Keely was making as much as $6 million a year. But customers kept pulling their money out of Janus despite this performance because "the brand was tainted," Aro said.
"Revenue was going this way," Aro said, pointing down. "Compensation was going the other way."
Black had to do something.
He apparently found himself between a board of directors and agitating shareholders who wanted compensation reduced, and cadre of star money managers threatening to leave en masse.
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Does Minneapolis still feel like home to you and do shows here feel like a homecoming at all?
I moved to Chicago three or four years ago. And then San Diego and now Los Angeles, so I'm way past this when I come here. It's good to see everyone! But I don't know most of the new people, and it's weird because when we used to play here before no one ever came to see us. Now when we come back there's all these new kids. It's awesome, I like it. So it's a good mix of kind of a new town, plus still a lot of my friends.
So it's kind of like a high school reunion where you can come back and say, "Screw you!" to the people who never came out because now you're filling the Triple Rock?
Yeah…could, but there's no attitude about it [laughs]. 'Cause we used to do house shows here forever and I met all my friends in touring bands by helping them out here and through that I still have a ton of friends. It was funny, I went and got pizza today at Mesa Pizza in Dinkytown and the guy that served me was like, "Hey man…I used to go to shows at your house seven years ago!" I'm like, "Whoa, that's crazy."
Did you live at the Alamo [House]?
Yeah that was my house. Me and the guys from Rivethead and Dear Landlord.
You've been on tour for pretty much the last three years. You and [bassist] Robbie [Swartwood] have been the two constants since then. Do you feel like you two are more made for touring as opposed to a lot of other people who might not really be cut out for it?
Yeah, it's definitely not for everyone. I think me and Robbie are just so far into it that we don't know what else to do. We're so used to it now and it gets better and better every time you go around, and it's just awesome now. It killed off a lot of people and it's really hard to get along with people in such a small space all the time. But I don't know, I still like it, and we're busy the rest of this year too, which is weird. It all just kind of filled up in the last couple days. We were supposed to have like three months off and now that's filled up.
How have things changed for Off With Their Heads since signing with Epitaph and releasing In Desolation?
You know…the only thing that really changed was it just opened it up to a broader audience. We sold less records on Epitaph than we did with No Idea. But, more people have the record. Mr. Brett told me that the music industry is a tenth the size of what it was ten years ago. In terms of labels, people putting out records, people buying records…it's just dwindling down into where you have to have a t-shirt company with your label to get by now. It's like the only way to make any money now [laughs]. I dunno…it's good, it's cool. We're gonna do our next record with Brett Gurewitz, which is rad because, you know, he did Rancid's …And Out Come the Wolves, that's a good sounding record. He's done a lot of cool shit. We've never had a producer before so I think it'll be kind of fun to have him do that.
Is there any kind of interesting story behind how the deal with Epitaph came about?
[Brett] just called me. It was weird because I didn't believe it was him. I was like, "yeah…whatever." And then he emailed me and was like, "Yeah man, I really like the band, if you wanna talk here's my office number." And I looked it up and was actually that office and I was like, "Whoa." We just talked for like six months and eventually went and banged out a record and he said he liked it.
Have you had anything cool happen since signing with Epitaph, like have you gotten to play with Rancid or meet Tim Armstrong or anything? You're a pretty big Rancid fan, aren't you?
Yeah [shrugs disinterestedly]. Yeah, totally [laughs]. I actually met Rancid through the Riverboat Gamblers because they were on tour with those guys and Rise Against and I told them about our Epitaph thing. Tim actually talks like that. He said, "Whet's the name o' yo' band? Off Wit' They Heads?" I couldn't even talk after that. But yeah, we've gotten to do a lot of cool shit like that. Bad Religion, Dropkick Murphys, lots of bands I loved when I started listening to this music. So that's pretty awesome.
I know a lot of people were looking forward to the hilariously titled 69 Sound collection, whatever happened with that?
That was never real, I just kind of tricked No Idea's publicist in doing that because I thought it was funny. And then someone compiled a bunch of the songs that weren't released and it was just like, "Eh….let's just skip it." The Gaslight Anthem did hear about that though. I ran into the drummer in Europe and he was like, "What the fuck, man?" I just said, "You gotta admit, it's kind of funny." He was like, "Yeah, I know, it's totally funny." I don't think the singer of that band has much of a sense of humor, which is understandable because he probably catches a lot of shit [laughs].
You guys always put out a ton of stuff every year, but unless I missed something, there hasn't been much-if anything-this year.
No, not at all. When you sign something with a label like Epitaph you're technically only supposed to put records out on that label and they don't really do seven-inches and stuff like that. Even though Brett told me, "You can do seven-inches and stuff like that, go ahead." But we've just been busy, you know what I mean? I haven't had time to write anything. But we're starting to form that now, hopefully we'll have some stuff coming out.
And that'll probably be a full-length on Epitaph?
Yeah, yeah, we definitely have to do that. That's the next big priority.
You already touched on it a little bit with Bad Religion and Dropkick Murphys, but what are some other bands that have been your favorites or notable in some way, maybe that your fifteen-year-old self wouldn't believe you'd be playing with?
Against Me! They're the first band to ever take us on tour. And then they took us to Australia this year and they were on that Dropkick Murphys tour. Tom [Gabel] was like, "Goddammit, you guys are fucking everywhere!" I fuck with him a lot. He doesn't dislike me…I don't think. But I do kind of get under his skin a little bit. Someone's got to! I mean, on a personal level, not just the Internet. But I highly respect that guy and that band and all they've done for us. I do really like them. I say their guitarist looks like a giant baby.
Which is true!
But he gets really pissed about it. He's like, "You're being such a dick to me!" I'm like, "You look like a giant baby!" [laughs]. Beside that, other notables…Bouncing Souls are great, Youth Brigade became like, super good pals of mine, so that's really cool growing up loving that band. Kinda live in the same town as them. We don't hang out too much but every time I get to see them it's rad. They do their Punk Rock Bowling thing and always hook us up with that and it's awesome.
You guys were able to take In Defence out on tour last year. What was the main reason you wanted to bring them out and how did your fans react to a hardcore/thrash band opening for you guys?
I've been friends with all those dudes for a long time and I love their band. I like [vocalist] Ben [Crew], he's crazy, and [guitarist] Tom [Burt]. And we don't like being super predictable with the shows. That's we toured with Municipal Waste, we were just like, "Yeah, we'll do it." I wanna tour with Cancer Bats, just like weird stuff like that. I don't really listen to a lot of pop-punk stuff outside of Dillinger Four, Dear Landlord and stuff like that. So it's pretty rad to throw a curveball like In Defence. And I thought the same thing, like, "I wonder if anyone's even gonna like this." And people loved it. They're such an entertaining band. Even if you don't like the music, there's the in-between shit. Ben-in Portland, on stage-drank a whole bottle of ranch dressing and then said for a dollar anyone could come up on stage while they did this song and slap him in the stomach and if he threw up, whoever made him throw up got the pot.
Did he puke?
He did not, but he shit his pants on the way back to where we were staying.
Off With Their Heads doesn't have a ton of overtly political stuff. By default does that mean the bulk of songs are more personal in nature?
Has there been any songs that you've had to retire because of either painful memories or just kind of being done with that part of your life?
Yeah, there's a lot of 'em but if people really wanna hear 'em I'll do it. But if it ain't there, it ain't there. There's definitely a handful of those, or ones that we've never even played because of that reason. They're just on the record.
So it's more like a release to be writing those and then you're done with it?
Yeah, totally. We usually make those really difficult to play so it's an excuse to not play them. But yeah, that's totally true, nice observation.
One song that is a little bit political is "Terrorist Attack?" which is about media coverage of the 35W Bridge collapse. That's always been one of my favorite songs, but I could never put my finger on why until I realized the whole song is only one chord. Was that something where you had the idea to do a song like that before, or how did that song come into fruition?
Yeah, we decided that it's so simple what were going for…it's so simple not to blow things out of proportion like the news did that day. That song's about Fox News saying on the caption, "Terrorist Attack?" And I just can't believe they did that, it's so fucking crazy. So in the simplest form we wanted to have that song and it was like, here, check this out. And we did it and it was pretty funny. That whole record had a lot of that kinda shit, just real simple stuff, but those are always the ones people like.
Have you ever considered doing any side projects or solo stuff? Or will Off With Their Heads the primary vehicle for your creative output?
Well that's the thing, it is my thing. It's been me and Robbie for a long time and Justin doesn't tour with us anymore but he and I write songs. But I don't know…if I did solo shit I'd just label it Off With Their Heads because my name doesn't have that ring to it. But I do want to play in someone else's band just to keep busy so I might do that at some point.
How's it been playing and touring with Dead to Me and Riverboat Gamblers?
Awesome. This whole thing was kinda my idea where we were like, "Let's get three bands that are of roughly equal draw, we'll switch who plays last each night and we'll split all the money. And then we'll hook up a band like the Humanoids and they can do a leg of the tour so there's like four or five different bands doing that, and then we try and have a local every day so that the local bands can play the show too." Everyone was a little scared how the money was gonna work out but it's just been awesome. Everyone's doing really well, everyone's having fun, everyone's getting along. With the help of everyone kind of organizing stuff on their own, it was a good idea. We're talking about doing a similar thing next summer to kind of keep things going.
I think I read an interview in AMP Magazine where Chicken from Dead to Me referred to the Riverboat Gamblers as "sweethearts." Is that accurate?
I think "giant man-children" might be the best way of describing. But yeah, they totally are, they're very cool. You get a little whiskey in those guys […laughs]
You mentioned the full-length coming up and tour at the end of this year, what else is going on for Off With Their Heads?
We are going to Europe with Samiam immediately following this. That's cool. Samiam's guitarist just called up Robbie and was like, "Our European booking agent wants us to bring some Promise Ring band and we think that's stupid. Do you wanna go?" So we were like, "Fuck yeah!" I've always loved that band. We don't really like going to Europe because we've been there five times and it's really isolated and if something goes wrong or you're not getting along, you're stuck there. But with this it's like, "Man, this'll be great." The last couple tours have really put a shot in us where we're like, "Yeah, this is good." And then we're gonna do the Fest again, and then something else which I would have been able to talk about tomorrow maybe because I don't know if it's for sure. And then Street Dogs tour in December--that just got finished off today.
Wrapping this up, answer this question with a story, if you can. Who parties harder on stage, [Dillinger Four's] Paddy Costello or [the Slow Death's] Jesse Thorson?
Whoa [laughs]. Um…I've seen both do horrible, awful things. Since Paddy's older, he has more experience in such things in front of a crowd…I'm gonna do a two-part answer. I'm gonna say Paddy. He played here when this place just opened with the Epoxies and hit his bass and then passed out on his feet. And that was it, that was the whole Dillinger Four show. Now Jesse Thorson, on the other hand, is just a maniac. Not so much anymore, but I'm trying to think of something that he's done. Apparently on the Fourth of July show, Jesse cleared the room because he was yelling at everyone.
I've witnessed that!
Yeah, he just belittles everybody. It's kind of funny. You have to know him to know he's just a grumpy weirdo. I think it's awesome but if you take it personally, you're not gonna like Jesse Thorson. I didn't like Jesse Thorson for like the first three years I knew him! Then we became really good friends.


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