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Best known for his darkly humorous, stop-motion, animated films that touch on themes of love, death, salvation, and the underworld, filmmaker Brent Green performs live this evening, narrating a series of new and recent films which will be screened alongside a live musical score performed by three extraordinary musicians: Jim Becker (Califone), Brendan Canty (Fugazi), and Fred Lonberg-Holm (Wilco, Freakwater). A self taught artist from Pennsylvania, Green writes, directs, builds, and narrates his short film animations, combining handcrafted figures with drawings and found props to create haunting, atmospheric backdrops for his alluringly twisted stories. For this evening Brent will premiere several new films and screen related recent works, including Old Country Songs, Louisville/Gravity, Walt Whitman?s Brain, Carlin, and Paulina Hollers. [February 13th @ The Kitchen in NYC]Jim Becker and Brent Green are also performing together in Houston, at Sundance, and in Saratoga, CA. All dates below....
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Earl Greyhound @ Mercury Lounge, NYC - New Years Eve, 2007/8 (CRED)
....while Flaming Lips were doing it in Oklahoma, Mr. Brownstone was playing in Williamsburg, members of Spoon and Wilco were jamming with Jon Brion in Chicago, Gogol Bordello was playing Terminal 5, Dirty Projectors were at Knitting Factory, and Patti Smith was over at Bowery Ballroom before leaving to make room for a late show by Les Savy Fav.
Radiohead played too, but that was taped and from the privacy of your own home.
Earl Greyhound's next scheduled show is at the Langerado Festival in March (where REM is also playing).
The Big Sleep played the Mercury Lounge show too. Their latest news is a new album.
Pat Sansone, John Stirratt, Jon Brion, and Britt Daniel perform "I Feel Fine" at the Harris Theater in Chicago on New Year's Eve [ilamya]* Petra Haden is playing The Stone
* The Killing of John Lennon opens at IFC
* Big Brother and The Holding Company is at Knitting Factory
* INVITE THEM UP @ Rififi
8:40 PM doors, 9 PM show, $5What else?
With Bobby Tisdale and Eugene Mirman
Featuring: Chris Jurek, Tig Notaro, Greg Johnson, Rob Cantrell, Nick Kroll, and special guests.
We, the undersigned independent record labels, wish to share our indignation regarding Rolling Stone's November 15th pull out editorial, which featured the names of our artists in conjunction with an ad for Camel cigarettes. This editorial cartoon gives every impression of being part and parcel of the advertisement wrapped around it.That letter was sent to me on December 13th. "The feature appeared in a 40th anniversary edition of Rolling Stone magazine published Nov. 15." On December 20th, Xiu Xiu and Fucked Up filed a class action suit against Camel and Rolling Stone.
The use of an artist's name to promote a brand or product should be done only with the artist's explicit consent, something that was neither solicited nor obtained from the labels or bands.
When questioned, Rolling Stone has referred to the "Indie Rock Universe" pull out section as an "editorial", but it hardly seems accidental that this editorial content is wrapped in a giant ad from R.J. Reynolds announcing their support for independent artists and labels. The idea that this was a coincidence in any way seems dubious at best. There are two other pull out sections in this same issue of Rolling Stone. Both are wrapped in advertising, but neither of these ads could be construed as part of the editorial content within.
Many of the bands named, and the labels that represent them, are very unhappy with the implication that they have any involvement with R.J. Reynolds and Camel cigarettes. We ask that Rolling Stone apologize for blurring the line between editorial and advertisement, and in doing so, implying that the bands named support the product being advertised.
Sincerely, Kill Rock Stars, Touch and Go, Skin Graft, Lovepump United, Lucky Madison, 5RC, Audio Dregs, and Fryk Beat.
On a related note, someone got me the first 40 years of Rolling Stone on DVD for Christmas. I won't complain about that. A picture of it, and the whole list of bands that Rolling Stone and Camel put in the questionable ad, below....
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DOWNLOAD: Sloan Wainwright - Silent Night (MP3)
This was maybe going to be a post about how the-band-recently-signed-to-Secretly-Canadian Bodies of Water posted some free Christmas songs for download on their MySpace page, but then this message they posted on the homepage of their regular website seemed even more interesting...
12.21.07 - I can't understand why anyone likes these musical groups and singers:And to that Steely Dan might say...
Jeff Buckley
Elvis Costello
The Police
Joni Mitchell
Steely Dan
Afghan Whigs
Perhaps you are offended by this. If so, I feel glad. You need to be shaken up. You need to have whatever skewed values you've cultivated over the years CHALLENGED. Listen again to this stuff - you will see that it is junk. (I say all this with the utmost sincerity, but I'm sure that in a year or two 'synchronicity' will be on heavy rotation in my house. This goes for all of these except for Steely Dan. I will never, ever like Steely Dan as long as I live.)
Check out the Bodies of Water take away show @ La Blogoteque (and while you're at it, check out the new Jens Lekman one too).
Drive by Truckers, Patterson Hood, Jason Isbell, Felice Brothers, TOUR DATES, new albums, songs & a Best of 2007
DOWNLOAD: Drive By Truckers - Zip City (MP3)
Not only is this our finest album, but it sounds better on vinyl by an even bigger margin than any of the others. It was written, learned, played, mixed and mastered for vinyl. It's how it was meant to be heard and it shines like Rain Dance Car Wax on a 69 Camarro. It may not be as fast around the curve as your modern hybrid but that long road trip will be as fine a ride as you ever experience. As a bonus, an included MP3 will provide the digital impetus to make you iPod quake with it's fine sounds and it is pretty fine in that format also. Best of both worlds, vinyl sound, big beautiful packaging and portable iPod sounds for a hopefully reasonable price. Gatefold sleeve to separate what needs to be separated. Big Beautiful artwork by Wes Freed seen in the size it was intended to be seen in. Technicolor horizons. Indeed. [Drive By Truckers]Brighter Than Creation's Dark is out January 22nd on New West Records. New songs are streaming at MySpace.
DBT front-man Patterson Hood made a list of his top 10 new releases of 2007......
1. IRON AND WINE - THE SHEPHERDS DOG - An incredible album that rewards multiple listens and my pick for the best album of the year.Patterson also went on to mention "WILCO - Austin City Limits Taping , Austin TX 9/15/07". He said, "As fine as their new album is, they're even better live." I couldn't agree more. I haven't made a list of my favorite shows of 2007 yet, but if and when I do, that one will be on it (I was lucky enough to be in attendance - they taped it at the same time as this year's ACL Festival).
2. RADIOHEAD - IN RAINBOWS - My close pick for second favorite. After all the hype of how it was released (or not), the album stands on its own as their best work since Kid A, maybe better.
3. WILCO - SKY BLUE SKY - Their best studio album. Even better when played live. Possibly the best band in America.
4. VIC CHESNUTT - NORTH STAR DESERTER - I've been saying this is his finest since West of Rome (1992) but upon further listening, this is his best album ever.
5. SPOON -GA GA GA GA GA - My vote for most fun album of year. Great live act also.
6. WHITE STRIPES - ICKY THUMP - Their finest album yet. inventive and a total blast.
7. RICKIE LEE JONES - THE SERMON ON EXPOSITION AVE. - Her finest album since 1981's masterpiece Pirates. Beautiful and inspiring.
8. PORTER WAGONER - WAGONMASTER - Thank God, he got to make this album before his sad departure this year. Kudos to Anti Records and Marti Stuart for making this happen.
9. BO BEDDINGFIELD AND THE WYDELLES - CLEARGREEN - Hard to find, self released EP from Athens GA. Well worth seeking out for great writing, singing and playing.
10. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - MAGIC - Best Springsteen album since Nebraska, his best Rock album since The River. A little over-produced, but still essential.
Drive By Truckers are touring in 2008. They'll play Terminal 5 in NYC on March 26th during the second half of their tour. Tickets go on sale Friday. The Felice Brothers will be touring with the Truckers, but only on the first-half of their tour - aka they will not be at Terminal 5, but New Yorkers wanting to catch the Brothers can do so on February 1st @ Mercury Lounge. Tickets are on sale now.
Former-Trucker Jason Isbell also has a bunch of shows coming up - some of them as part of a tour with Will Hoge. Together they play Bowery Ballroom in NYC on February 21st. Dawn Landes is also playing that show, and joining them on part of the tour. Tickets are on sale. Jason is also taking part in the New York Guitar Festival on January 12th.
All new interpretations of Dylan classics performed by Laura Cantrell, Stevie Jackson (Belle & Sebastian), Marshall Crenshaw, Oakley Hall, Nicole Atkins & Lenny Kaye, Jason Isbell, Jim Lauderdale, Toshi Reagon, Kelly Joe Phelps, Freeman, Harry Manx & Kevin Breit, The Last Town Chorus/Megan Hickey, Jesse Harris, Richard Julian & Jim Campilongo, Chocolate Genius Inc. and others.It's at the World Fincial Center, and FREE. All dates below.....
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the fifth in a series where we asked comedians to tell us what was good this year....
Because the man does so damned much, Fred Armisen is one of the hardest individuals to sum up in a pre-list blurb. He's 50% of ThunderAnt (the other 50% is Carrie Brownstein of Sleater Kinney). He just released a DVD called Jens Hannemann: Complicated Drumming Technique. He has also been doing some live gigs. And in addition to being a senior member of SNL, Fred's mug can be seen in scads of movies and TV shows (check out his resume on IMDB). Being equal parts artist and entertainer, he's absolutely one of my favorite people in entertainment and I am triple-dog-delighted he took the time out to share with BV the things he enjoyed in 2007 - Klaus
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10 things I bought/got/looked at this year that I love.
Paul McCartney, The McCartney Years DVD - It has live McCartney footage from 1976 that is amazing. He plays these really busy bass lines and sings at the same time effortlessly. I don't know how someone is able to do that so well. And I love that lefty Rickenbacker!
Petra Haden, Don't Stop Believin' - This is on a compilation album called Guilt By Association that came out this year. Her voice is just the greatest ever and the guitar solo part kills me. She's working on an acappella version of movie soundtracks right now that is unbelievable.
The Apple iPhone - It makes me feel like I am finally in the future. When I was a kid, this is what I imagined I'd be using in the 2000's. If you tap a business name into the map application, it finds it for you AND gives you the phone number AND gives you directions INCLUDING how to avoid traffic at that precise moment. I mean, are you kidding me? Thank you inventors who work at Apple!
God Of War 2 for Playstation - It's more complex than the first one but also more difficult. I liked it a lot, but couldn't finish it past the flying horse fights.
Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life - Mr. Martin writes about the part of his life when he was a stand up comedian. His focus on working on every detail of his act is fascinating. At age fifteen he was already giving himself notes in a notebook. "Relax. Don't shake."
dlisted.com - This celebrity gossip site seriously makes me laugh out loud. The guy who writes this is SO funny! I look at this probably ten times a day. I was going to quote some of his stuff but I say just go to it and read it.
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"The Chicago concerts, billed as "five shows exploring the band's complete recorded works," promise a distinct, one-of-a-kind set list each night"....
Grammy nominations announced: Amy Winehouse, Feist, Arcade Fire, Justice, LCD Soundsystem, Lily Allen, Bjork....
....Beck, Wilco, White Stripes, Kanye West, The Shins, Common & Jay-Z too
Amy Winehouse receives the nomination for Best Record (Mark Ronson), Album of the Year (vs Kanye West), Song of the Year, Best New Artist (vs Feist!), Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (vs Feist!), Best Pop Vocal Album (vs Feist!), and Producer of the Year (Mark Ronson)! I guess it's not weird she was on the cover of the Post.
Is this the Grammys or the Plug Awards?
All (50th annual) Grammy nominations HERE.
Jonathanpberger made the "Spooooky Hallowinehouse" you see above. More like it HERE. His inspiration HERE.
Now Feist has something else to talk about.
Glenn Kotche opened for Andrew, Deer Tick opened for John
Andrew Bird @ Beacon Theatre, NYC - Nov 30, 2007 (CRED)
How were the shows?
The Mountain Goats announced a new album. Deer Tick has more shows coming up.
It's Mudhoney time in NYC - the first of three shows kicks off tonight (Nov 30) at Maxwell's in Hoboken, and though Mudhoney didn't appear on the show (Meat Pupppets do), I thought this would be a good place to give away one of those new Nirvana Unplugged DVDs. Details on how to win, a video featuring Kurt Cobain playing with Mudhoney, and Blender's list of the "100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever", below.....
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1) Steve Earle - "Washington Square Serenade"
2) Wilco - "Sky Blue Sky"
3) Mika - "Life in Cartoon Motion"
4) Lyle Lovett and His Large Band - "It's Not Big It's Large"
5) Ozzy Osbourne - "Black Rain"
6) John Fogerty - "Revival"
7) Southern Culture on the Skids - "Countrypolitan Favorites"
DOWNLOAD: Future Clouds & Radar - Drugstore Bust (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Future Clouds & Radar - Quicksilver (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Future Clouds & Radar - My Little Mustang (MP3)
1 OKKERVIL RIVER, The Stage Names(JAGJAGUWAR)
2 BAND OF HORSES, Cease To Begin (SUB POP)
3 IRON & WINE, The Shepherd's Dog (SUB POP)
4 FUTURE CLOUDS & RADAR, Future Clouds & Radar (STAR APPLE KINGDOM)
5 FEIST, The Reminder (CHERRY TREE/INTERSCOPE)
6 SPOON, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (MERGE)
7 RADIOHEAD, In Rainbows (SELF-RELEASED)
8 ARCADE FIRE, Neon Bible (Merge)
9 NEIL YOUNG, Chrome Dreams II (REPRISE)
10 JASON ISBELL, Sirens of the Ditch (NEW WEST)
11 WHITE STRIPES, Icky Thump (THIRD MAN/WARNER BROS.)
12 DEVENDRA BANHART, Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon (XL)
13 AVETT BROTHERS, Emotionalism (RAMSEUR)
Ween made their cover, but not the actual list. Ween are playing two shows at Terminal 5 this weekend. Get Ween Christmas song in my 2007 holiday mix.
Paste also has Avett Brothers high up on their list. Stylus seem to be the only ones MADLY in love with Miranda Lambert so far (Paste has her at 18) (and J likes her a lot). Nic Harcourt's list is still way different than everyone's. The rest of Harp Magazine's list is below....
Continue reading "Harp Magazine's Top 50 CDs of 2007 (Future Clouds & Radar)"
Olof Arnalds
1. The National - BoxerI'll have to try and find that Ólöf Arnalds disk they have at #38.
2. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
3. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
4. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
5. Feist - The Reminder
6. M.I.A. - Kala
7. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
8. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
9. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
10. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
11. Radiohead - In Rainbows
12. Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
13. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Ólöf Arnalds, Múm's collaborator for the past three years, recently released her debut solo album, Við og við, on 12 Tónar. The release was produced by Sigur Ros' Kjartan Sveinsson and is avalaible here. [getecho]The whole list of 100 @ Paste, and check out the Ólöf Arnald video below...
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DOWNLOAD: Jenny Scheinman - Moe Hawk (MP3) (clip)
DOWNLOAD: Jenny Scheinman - June 21 (MP3) (clip)
Jenny Scheinman, band & Nels Cline in Chicago - Feb 2007 (CRED)
Drawing from a deep reservoir of musicians, violinist Jenny Scheinman has experimented with innumerable permutations at her regular Tuesday night Barbès gigs. This past April she found something special when combining upright bassist Todd Sickafoose, guitarist Nels Cline and drummer Jim Black (the first meeting of Cline and Black), so she brought them back together for a mini-tour, stopping at Joe's Pub for two sets (Aug. 6th). Her music's inherent lyricism, with folk and traditional influences, tamped the wilder impulses of Cline and Black, who both creatively served the songs. [NYC review @ All About Jazz]Check out a video from that show on YouTube. As many already know, one of Nels Cline's other jobs (since 2004) is playing guitar with Wilco.
"Jenny Scheinman, violinist/composer, was voted the #1 Rising Star Violinist in the 2005, 2004 and 2003 Downbeat Critics' Polls, has performed and recorded extensively with Bill Frisell as well as Norah Jones, Madeleine Peyroux, Nels Cline, Vinicius Cantuaria, Marc Ribot and Myra Melford." [Jenny's biography]
"Her carny blend of jazz, Americana and rock finds its closest kin in the music of Tom Waits, former Bay Area neighbors Tin Hat and fellow roots-jazz hybridizer Bill Frisell, who has collaborated often with her." [Philly.com]
"Busy downtown violinist Jenny Scheinman's records tend to get filed in the jazz bin, and she works out her more pop-oriented inclinations at the Living Room. In her semiregular hang at Barbès, anything goes." [Time Out]
It's that 'everything goes' attitude by a talented musician that makes Jenny's regular Tuesday night shows at the intimate Barbes in Park Slope so special - not to mention the regular cast of super-talented musicians that regularly play with her at the shows while she sings and plays violin.
One of those special collaborators is jazz guitarist Tony Scherr, and that's exactly who will be joining Jenny at her next very special appearance at the free BrooklynVegan party upstairs at Pianos, NYC - on Wednesday October 17, 2007 (4:45 pm - right before Bon Iver). Stay tuned for more details.
Thanks to Araneo for the above picture of Jenny and Norah at The Living Room in 2005.
"It's weird," she says, finding a surreal humor in it. "Probably George Bush has heard me, come to think of it. He's probably heard me on Norah Jones' record. If 20 million records are sold, they've got to get to people's ears you'd never imagine." [All About Jazz]Among countless other things, Jenny also plays violin on the new Lucinda Williams album. The MP3s above are clips from her own 2005 album entitled 12 Songs
From a South Carolina newspaoper article published Sunday....
....Band of Horses allowed Wal-Mart to use "The Funeral," a song off last year's debut, "Everything All the Time," in a Web advertisement. If he had turned down Wal-Mart's offer, Bridwell said: "What are you left with? People will forget you were high and mighty."The photo in this post was taken at the "MySpace Secret Show" that Band of Horses played @ Vera Project in Seattle this weekend (Oct 6, 2007). BOH have two upcoming NYC shows, and other scheduled tour dates.
The licensing of "Is There a Ghost" to a Ford TV commercial also drew sellout calls. Independent of the deal, both Bridwells drive Ford trucks. Ben's is a rusty, battered F-150 with a broken window motor that makes parking under trees when rain threatens a good idea.
Bridwell released a statement through Sub Pop, the band's label, explaining his position. He feels he shouldn't have been asked to do that.
"Every commercial has music," David Bridwell said.
"Any (person) with a computer can write a blog," Ben Bridwell said. "What do you do for a living? Do you not work?
"Do you not get paid by someone?"
Here's an idea many critics failed to present when sounding off: Bands no longer make enough money from album sales and touring, so licensing is essential to sustaining a career. And — surprise! — it's hardly a new trend.
Wilco's music is being used in Volkswagen commercials. Sonic Youth will release a tribute compilation, "Hits Are for Squares," through Starbucks. And who hasn't hummed to Outback Steakhouse's reworking of "Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games" by Of Montreal?
Selling a song to a retailer — like Peter Bjorn and John, who sold their song "Young Folks" to Target — doesn't mean the song isn't catchy, glamorous and, ultimately, good. So should "The Funeral" be buried?
"I've caught enough flak from purists," Bridwell said. "So should I go all out?" ("The Funeral" also might appear in a Wal-Mart TV ad, he said.).... [The State] (via)
Billy Bragg, Steve Earle, Tim Robbins, Brad (with Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam), and more. $75 tickets are now on sale. Details below...
Andrew Bird @ Austin City Limits 2007 (CRED)
Andrew Bird just announced a slew of new tour dates, and some of them are now on presale - that includes the one happening November 30th at the Beacon Theatre in NYC. I unfortunately missed Andrew's set at ACL because I went to the Wilco ACL TV taping (which was amazing), but there's a picture from it above. Andrew is playing six shows with Wilco - some with Bright Eyes too. All tour dates below....
Well, I guess that solves that. The White Stripes and Arcade Fire were scheduled to play at the same time at Austin City Limits this upcoming weekend. Now I know who I'll go see at that time (still haven't decided between MIA & LCD Soundystem or Wilco & My Morning Jacket though).....
Producers were informed today that Grammy-award winning band The White Stripes are canceling their Austin City Limits Music Festival performance, scheduled for Saturday, September 15. As of the time of this release, medical reasons have been given for the cancellation.I guess that also means more people will be looking for another afterparty to go to, since The White Stripes were also supposed to play one of the official (sold out) aftershows at Stubb's. Thanks to everyone who emailed me about this, and let's hope that the medical reason is not serious.
The White Stripes were scheduled to play on the AT&T stage at 8:30 pm to close out the night at the Festival. At this time, a replacement has not been announced.
DOWNLOAD: A Place To Bury Strangers - Never Going Down (MP3)
Sorry for not posting about this earlier - it sort of got lost in the holiday shuffle. BIG FREE GREAT OUTDOOR SHOW PARTY FESTIVAL ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE THIS SUNDAY!
The first annual 'LudFest' block party/fundraiser will take place on Sunday, September 9th. 'LudFest' is a fundraiser for the 7th Precinct Community Council, with proceeds going toward charitable functions, such as giving toys out to needy members of our community, as well as funding for the Explorers Program, which gives teens activities to keep them off the streets. Local stores and restaurants will participate and rent tables to offer their items. All proceeds will go to charity.Many familiar names on that list of entertainment, but let's use this post to point out something pretty cool that happened last week. Out of seemingly nowhere, Pitchfork shot the Brooklyn Band called A Place to Bury Strangers from relative obscurity to relative fame.
The event will include local bands, including Secret Machines, A Place to Bury Strangers, Dub Trio, Other Passengers, The Sugar Report, Emok and Ruthless Thomas. After party will be held at Pianos.
.....Few people understand this better than Oliver Ackermann, frontman for thunderous Brooklyn three-piece A Place to Bury Strangers: Under his catch-all company name Death by Audio (it's also a music venue, recording studio, and collective), he custom-builds and designs his own hand-wired pedals, which are used by everyone from Lightning Bolt and Serena Maneesh to Wilco, Spoon, and TV on the Radio. Not coincidentally, anyone looking for a quick description of his own band can look to the names he gives these things: Interstellar Overdriver, Supersonic Fuzz Gun, Total Sonic Annihilation. ["A Place To Bury Strangers" = 8.4 = Pitchfork Best New Music]See them at Ludfest. Listen at MySpace. More tour dates below...
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This September I'll be returning to Austin for my first-ever visit to the annual three-day Austin City Limits Festival (see previous post for talk of the lineup). While I'm there, I also hope to catch at least one episode-taping for the 33rd season of the associated PBS series with the same name (Austin City Limits). Arcade Fire, Crowded House, Wilco, Bloc Party, Regina Spektor, and Lucinda Williams will all be there to play the festival, and to tape a show.
Then there are the afterparties - official and unofficial. Official afterparties (or aftershows as they call them) feature many of the same bands playing the festival. They happen at night at one of the various venues around Austin - Stubb's, La Zona Rosa, The Parish, Emo's and Antone's to be exact. Anyone can buy tickets to the aftershows. They've got Spoon, The White Stripes (sold out), Common, Blonde Redhead, The National, etc..
I actually know very little about the unofficial afterparties, except that I helped put one together. It was a team effort between myself and the "Hot Freaks" otherwise known as an aquarium drunkard, la blogothèque, chromewaves, gorilla vs bear, my old kentucky blog, and you ain't no picasso. This group of 'Hot Freaks' worked together before - at SXSW. For ACL they asked if I felt like getting freaky, I said 'yes', and the rest is history.
Our parties take place at the Mohawk and at the adjoining Club Deville, on both Friday and Saturday after ACL. The shows are FREE (w/ some RSVP thing that's going to be available after Labor Day), and all of our artists are NOT also playing ACL. We have Art Brut, Grizzly Bear, St. Vincent, The Rosebuds, Yellow Fever, Sparrow House (Jared from Voxtrot), and more. More details below....
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For only $50 (wow), you can hang out on a boat with the Old 97's tonight. For the same price (actually $45 advance), you can do it with Son Volt and Richard Buckner on Thursday August 16th (two shows actually, early = acoustic & late = electric).
In sorta related news, Wilco just announced a whole bunch more tour dates. All dates for everyone below....
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I read a lot about this band (Grizzly Bear) but resisted based on the snide expression on a couple of their faces in a magazine. I can't get past those first impressions easily. There's so much music to listen to, so you narrow it down any way you can. I've missed out on a lot of stuff (probably based on arbitrary facial displeasure). They make really beautiful, evocative music that has a gauzy fuzziness to it; you can't accurately pinpoint their place in time.....[Wilco's Jeff Tweedy for the NY Times]Photos of Tweedy-favorite Dr. Dog playing this past weekend's Siren Festival in Brooklyn, below...
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DOWNLOAD: Adam Franklin - Seize the Day (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Adam Franklin - Syd's Eyes (MP3)
Didn't see Byrne, Bowie or Reed in attendance at the Wilco concert at Warsaw last week, but Pavement's Stephen Malkmus was spotted, as was the slighly lesser known Adam Franklin. Admittedly I wouldn't have even recognized the ex-Swervedriver shoe-gazing frontman by myself, so I'm glad my friend not only pointed him out, but reminded me that Adam has a new solo album called Bolts of Melody - out 6/26/2007. Further research revealed that you can stream the entire album, and that Adam is playing at Mercury Lounge in NYC TONIGHT (July 2, 2007).
It's also worth noting that Adam has been collaborating with Interpol drummer Sam Fogarino on a project called The Setting Suns.
The Setting Suns will start recording their debut EP (Title TBA) in NYC this June. Among the tracks to be included is a cover of the Kinks' "The Way Love Used To Be", and an "epic" version of "Cold War Kids". Sam intends to play Adam's guitar whenever Adam leaves the room. Release is scheduled for the fall. Further details will be posted as they develop....................The duo met over dinner in NYC last winter, while being introduced by long time, mutual friend, Jack Rabid (The Big Takeover).All AF tour dates below...
Continue reading "Adam Franklin (Swervedriver) MP3s, album stream & 2007 Tour Dates"
I missed them when they opened for Wilco the other day....
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To test the hypothesis, the researchers carried out a surgical procedure known as ileal interposition in a line of rats that were predisposed to obesity and type 2 diabetes. The rat model, developed in Havel's laboratory, was known as the UC Davis Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (UCD-T2DM) Rat. The pathology of type 2 diabetes in these animals is more similar to type 2 diabetes in humans than other existing rodent models of the disease.
The ileal interposition procedure involves relocating a short portion of the small intestine known as the ileum further forward in the intestinal tract. Then the researchers compared how long it took for the animals to develop diabetes, compared with a control group of rats that had surgery but without rearrangement of the intestines.
They found that the rats receiving the ileal interposition surgery developed type 2 diabetes 120 days later than did the rats in the control group. Furthermore, by the time the rats were one year old, 78 percent of the control group rats were diabetic while only 38 percent of the rats that had received the ileal interposition procedure had developed diabetes.
Havel said the delay in onset of diabetes in the rats would be similar to delaying the age of onset of diabetes by approximately 10 years in a person, which would be expected to significantly decrease the amount of time for diabetic complications to develop, and to reduce the health care costs associated with treating this costly and prevalent disease.
The researchers also found that, when compared with the control group, the rats receiving the ileal interposition surgery had:
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The Native Star (original 2010; edition 2010)
by M. K. Hobson
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The Native Star by M. K. Hobson (2010)
This was fun. I liked the first half better than the second. There's definitely some (yucky) romance involved that I'm not used to in the fantasy books I usually read.
Some of the dialogue was pretty witty and had us both laughing. Pretty cool world/faction setup but even with pretty dark bad guy it still seemed a little lite.
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Este livro tem muito pouco ou quase nada de steampunk e MUITO de magia. Confesso que não sou grande apreciadora e quando comecei a perceber, logo no primeiro capítulo, que era um livro sobre/com magia, torci o nariz, parei a leitura e só a retomei quando comprei o Kindle. Com o avançar da história fui percebendo que a magia neste universo era abordada de uma forma muito científica e racional e foi isso que me manteve cativada. As explicações de Dreadnought a Emily sobre os vários tipos de práticas de magia fazem compreender melhor este universo e nunca foram aborrecidas.
Emily e Dreadnought partem numa viagem cheia de aventuras, o enredo é interessante e original, muito diferente de tudo aquilo que li até agora. A sensação de faroeste está constantemente presente, com cavalos, pistolas, vestidos com corpetes, índios, comboios... muito bom! O Steampunk surge na segunda metade do livro para a frente mas de forma tão subtil que quem não conhece a estética nem se apercebe da sua presença.
Muito aquém da expectativa (ou até mesmo desnecessário) é o romance entre Emily e Dreadnought. Das duas uma: se a escritora planeava em escrever apenas um livro, podia ter construído o romance desde início ou, se planeava uma série (que é o caso), então não teria terminado como o fez. Achei tudo muito forçado, rápido e seco demais. Passam o tempo a tratarem-se como amigos, sem um vislumbre de desejo em frase nenhuma e, de repente, a Emily está a numa choradeira porque tem o coração partido. É tão insípido que desejei que nunca tivesse acontecido. Se vão escrever um romance mau então não o escrevam! Ficavam amigos durante uns livrinhos e o desejo surgia, depois o romance... seria bem mais empolgante de ler.
This book had a wonderful beginning. It started with intriguing characters -- a good ol' country witch (the sticks and herbs and perfumes and potions kind) in the Dr. McCoy vein, a hearthrobby lumberjack, and the stuck-up city boy with horrible secrets. It was an intriguing universe too -- the old west with magic. It's a hero's journey story. The first half is great, but the second half feels paddy, where magic can "suddenly" do things just because it can. Just to provide obstacles for the heroes.
At a certain point the story feels more concerned with showing off what this universe can do and the "neat stuff" in it than it does on resolving the plot. It even needs a prologue to tie its beginning and ending together. And nothing in the prologue has any bearing on the plot in-between. I'm surprised this got past the editors -- it's one of the worst reasons for a prologue. It unmade the story for me from the best thing I read this span.
Imagine a world where magic, instead of science, ruled and that it kick-started and fueled the industrial revolution. A world where rampaging mutated animals threaten the landscape and the people who lived there and where witches and warlocks are the masters behind spells that cause mayhem as well as a place of sanctuary. This is the world where The Native Star takes place. Within the first few pages of this book, I got well and truly sucked in, and I could not put it down because it was such a fantastic and imaginative joyride of a read!
Emily Edwards is a herbal witch whose magic is based on natural elements and herbs. Due to increasing competition from a mail order Hex company, she is forced to take drastic action so that she can support her ailing father. However, this plan goes horribly wrong when a travelling Warlock called Dreadnought Stanton finds out she miscasts a love spell to the richest man in her town so she can secure her family's well-being. Emily and Stanton have had several run ins previously, and both find each other's attitudes to magic as polar opposites – as well as their personalities. But Emily and Stanton soon find themselves in deeper trouble. After investigating zombie miners who have gotten loose, Emily, while battling them, somehow gets her hand infused with a mysterious magical stone that was unearthed in the mines.
Stanton — who realises the stone is a Native star and is a source of untempered magic — offers Emily the help to get out of her predicament as she cannot cast spells. But they both find themselves on the run as dark magical groups are after the stone for their own agenda.
I loved the fact that there was a character called Dreadnought Stanton! That name alone for a hero would have perked my interest in a book, and like what the name implies, Dreadnought is a stickler for propriety and is very straight laced which annoys Emily to no end as she is the polar opposite to Stanton.
Emily is more intuitive and casual, and I loved how she would ruffle Stanton's feathers. When they clash its very fun to see – especially since I am such a romance fan of bickering couples, and when first impressions go wrong. I also think their relationship is a highlight of the book from their very first encounter. They have locked horns because of their views about magic as well as their personalities. Their exchanges were very entertaining, funny and witty which underlined the growing romantic tension between them. I have to quote this scene when they both checked into a hotel, because it really sums up their snarky and humorous relationship:
"Riding on a little farther up the street, they came to a hotel proudly dubbed the Nonpareil. At the polished oak reception desk, Stanton pulled out the small black silk purse Emily had seen before, again withdrawing coins to pay the clerk. He signed the ledger in a jagged angular script: "Mr.Dreadnought Stanton and sister."
"That's it? Sister?" Emily limped up the carpeted stairs on legs that had somehow turned to jelly during the course of the day's ride. "Would it have killed you to come up with a name?"
"I have three sisters, Miss Edwards. I didn't think you'd appreciate being burdened with any of their names"
"Try me," Emily said.
"Euphemia, Ophidia, and Hortense."
Emily wrinkled her nose. "What fool did the naming in your family?"
"My father is the fool in question. He is a man who feels the need to publicly memorialize his esoteric and obsessive passions—passions which have included the later history of Rome, reptiles, eighteenth century Flemish aristocracy, and clipper ships." Pointing to a door, he handed Emily a key. "Early start in the morning. Downstairs by seven."
Downstairs by seven, Emily mouthed in a snotty voice as she let herself into her room.
The world-building was so well thought out with each different type of magic having their own rules and precepts which I really liked. It made the premise really well structured but also full of imagination, and I loved how different types of magic would interact with people and the environment.
M.K Hobson also has a great eye for historical detail, from the rich language to the setting. It really felt like I were ensconce in post civil war America, but with magic! There different types of magic, such as the mass produced Hex's by Bough's Patent Magicks, which is mail ordered spells and hexes. Then you have the more natural magic that Emily practices which added to the tapestry of different types of magic in the world-building. There were also elements of steampunk, such as a biochemical flying machines which Emily and Stanton use to escape from their enemies that was a very fun and awesome scene.
The Native Star also had a cast of memorable characters who were very well drawn out, from Emily and Stanton's quirky and eccentric family and friends, to the creepy villains who just added to the rich tone and atmosphere of the book. There were also a few surprises and twists that I did not expect but they helped drive the plot to a great pace and ending in the book.
I can't say enough good things about this book. For me it's definitely one of the best debuts I have read this year, and I absolutely adore the characters and the setting. If you are fan of Gail Carriger and Leanna Renee Hieber, then you will enjoy The Native Star as it shares similar elements with these authors books. Emily and Stanton's romance was a joy to read, and although it had a slow buildup and it may not be as steamy as other romances, their snarky dialogue sparkles off each other and adds to their great chemistry. But for me it was a unique take on Fantasy Romance with engaging, memorable characters, humour and spades of imagination! I cannot wait for the sequel, The Hidden Goddess, which will be released next year. But go and pick up this book! You wont regret it!
I need to find more books like this, because 95% rocked. I'm a history buff and am particularly interested in the whole 1850's to 1900's America era (my latest project takes place in 1852, so naturally I've been reading quite a bit about it in the non-fiction arena. Note to folks: if you want to be able to use all the cool Old West trappings, set your story after 1860, because a lot of that stuff wasn't around in the 1850's) and while I think this still qualifies as Steampunk, it's distinctly American and I rather like that.
I loved Stanton from the moment walked on stage and was really glad to see that the things I enjoyed about him remained intact despite his character transformation over the course of the book. Emily took a little while for me to warm up to. She came off as a little whiny initially, but eventually I grew to like her a lot. Caul is appropriately sinister and mad, and I particularly enjoyed his savage stuttering. The underlying love story was satisfying as well.
Things I didn't particularly care for: I was really meh about the whole Aztec sangrimancers angle, with them wanting to destroy the world. I feel slightly less annoyed with it now that I've read the opening of The Hidden Goddess and see that it's more complicated than that, but on the whole I would like to see a more diversified portrayal of Aztec religion in fiction. They seem to be an easy boogy man to slap on things as mindless, border-line psychotic villians and paints Aztec religion with too broad a brush. The mass human sacrifices the Spanish saw when they arrived was the byproduct of the political philosophies of one particular Cihuacoatl that reigned in his position through 4 different Emperors, and these practices weren't widely popular with the people, even in the valley of Mexico itself. Otherwise Cortez and his band of conquistadors wouldn't have encountered so many tribes eager to aid him in overthrowing Tenochtitlan. I'm not entirely sure that the next book is going to go far enough to correct this stereotype, but I'm willing to see where Hobson takes it. I hope it's in a good, diversified and thoughtful direction.
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It's not every day that the Macclenny City Commission gives official recognition to a hero, much less two in one night.
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Dalton Alexander, 15, was credited with saving his grandmother's life and possibly the lives of his parents and his 13-year-old sister in a house fire at 230 W. Michigan Ave. on the morning of March 23.
Fire Chief Buddy Dugger said the boy displayed "heroic actions" after he heard a noise coming from his grandmother's room a few minutes after 7 am and went to see if she was alright. Read More »
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What do you get if you combine American football with another beloved southern past time, corn hole?
Gridiron Toss, that's what.
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If your aim is to make prints from transparencies and this is why you are trying to control contrast then the attempt to precisely do this in camera appears to be almost impossible to attain. Certainly, one can use graduated neutral density filters and they are effective in certain situations, but to precisely mask is another matter.
I masked my transparencies, when working with that material, using a low contrast and low density black and white film mask. This became the negative of my positive transparency image. As such it added density were it was of lower value in the transparency and did not add appreciable density in higher density regions on the transparency. Using this method proved to be quite effective, in my experience.
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She is past President of the American Academy of Religion, Western Region and presents at conferences around the world, speaking on topics such as women's spirituality, diversity and multiculturalism, social activism, and various topics related to the Jewish and African diasporas.
She is a contributor to the Encyclopedia of Women's Folklore and Folklife (2009) and Goddesses in World Culture (2010). She is also faculty advisor for the peer reviewed journal "Ochre." Her poetry has been published by VISIONS and ILIAD PRESS. She has just completed her first collection of poetry, entitled Dancing With The Wind: a sacred love story (2011). In the summer of 2009, she was selected as one of 6 writers to be read at the annual Los Angeles Emerging Writers Short Fiction Series. Other writings have appeared in Bridges: A Journal for Jewish Feminists (2001, 2011), and She is Everywhere: an anthology of women's spirituality (2005).
As an actress, Miri has toured nationally with her one woman shows "Grandmothers of the Universe" and "The Queen of Sheba? Yes I Am!" She has also been featured in national commercials and independent films.
Her musical CD, based on the Book of Psalms, is entitled The Ways of Love. "My Soul Will Be Restored" from that CD, was voted International Folk Song of the Year 2007 by Toronto Exclusive Music Magazine. Miri currently lives in Hollywood where she writes, performs and teaches workshops on the wisdom of the Queen of Sheba and the Tree of Life. She also facilitates workshops and meditation groups on kundalini energy.
- In Search of Her Own Desire, short story collection, Lulu Press, 2013
- Moving Beyond the Hyphen: African American Jewish Women
- Bridges: A Journal of Jewish Feminist Writings, Spring 2011
- Dancing With the Wind, poetry collection, Lulu Press, 2011
- Goddesses in World Culture, ed,. Patricia Monaghan, Praeger Press, 2010
- Women's Encyclopedia of Folklore and Folklife, edited by Locke et al, Greenwood Press, 2008
- The Queen of Sheba Wisdom Oracle: Divination System, Project Sheba, 2004
- "The Sigh of the Earth," She is Everywhere, anthology, ed. by Lucia Birnbaum, Iuniverse, 2005
- "I Am Here" / "The Dance of Your Eyes" poetry anthology Relationships ed. Illiad Press, 2004
- "Intoxication", in the poetry anthology Visions , JMW Publishing 2004
- "The Dance of Your Eyes" and "I Am Moved", ed. The International Library of Poetry, 2004
- "Yemenite Dance," Bridges: A Journal of Jewish Feminist Writings, Summer 2001
- The Pregnancy Diaries 2006, Los Angeles CA
- The Queen of Sheba? Yes I am! 2002, San Francisco CA
- A Place to Rest My Tired Feet 2001, San Francisco CA
- Theme and Variations 1993, San Francisco CA
- Fair Is Foul and Foul is Fair 1992, San Francisco CA
- Grandmothers of the Universe 1995, San Francisco CA
- Pass Interference 1990, Albuquerque NM
- Sins of the Father 1989, Boston MA
Miri Hunter Haruach founded PROJECT SHEBA in 2002. The Mission of PROJECT SHEBA is to provide access to personal wisdom one story at a time .
Josephine by Miri Hunter Haruach
A short story about love gone wrong.
"It Would be Enough"
A love song based the text from the Song of Songs
- CD -- And I Will Dwell CD of originial music for the spirit, in production
- CD - The Ways of Love CD of original spiritual music, 2005
- CD - Harvest of the Heart CD of original spiritual music, 1999
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Volume 105, Issue 4, 22 July 1996
Determination of the conduction band energy minimum in fluid argon by means of field ionization105(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.471995View Description Hide Description
The evolution of the ionization potential of H2S doped in argon for argon densities between the dilute gas and the triple point liquid was obtained by means of field ionization. The field ionization spectra of H2S in argon were simulated by convoluting the spectrum obtained in pure H2S with the calculated polarization energy distribution between the H2S ion and the medium. The density dependence of the conduction band energy minimum V 0(ρ) (relative to vacuum) was obtained from the energy difference between the experimental spectra and the simulations. Excellent agreement was found between these values and those obtained using a larger molecule, CH3I. The values of V 0(ρ) are compared to recent theoretical calculations.
A general and efficient filter‐diagonalization method without time propagation105(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.471997View Description Hide Description
A general and efficient filter‐diagonalization method is proposed to solve the quantum mechanical eigenvalue/eigenstate problem in a pre‐specified energy range. This method is in similar spirit to the original filter‐diagonalization approach, but it eliminates the time propagation by expanding the filter operator directly in the energy space in terms of Chebychev polynomials. Our approach is more efficient than the existing methods because neither time propagation nor time‐to‐energy transformation is needed. It also allows the choice of the most efficient filter operator for the system of interest. This method is tested for a one‐dimensional Morse oscillator and for the two‐dimensional Henon–Heiles system. The results show excellent convergence and accuracy.
Spectroscopy of F2 in Ne matrices105(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.471998View Description Hide Description
The excited states of free and matrix‐isolated F2 were investigated in the windowless VUV region by absorption and excitation spectroscopy. In emission the f 3Π g →a 3Π u laser band of F2 at 7.72 eV with a radiative lifetime of 2 ns and a weaker and broader band at 7.47 eV attributed to emission of F2 aggregates are observed in an Ne matrix independent on excitation energy. The Franck–Condon envelope of the charge transfer state C 1Σ+ u extends further to the blue by more than 1 eV in Ne (12 to 14 eV) compared to the gas phase due to a blueshift of the avoided crossing with the Rydberg 3pπ u (1Σ+ u ) state. The H 1Π u Rydberg state remains unperturbed in the Ne matrix but is blueshifted by 1.24 eV and significantly broadened due to electron–phonon coupling. A previously unreported broad absorption is observed both in the gas phase and in the matrix around 15 eV and is assigned to a strongly perturbed charge transfer state with Σ symmetry corresponding to F +*(1 S) and F −(1 S) ions in the dissociation limit. This charge transfer state is strongly perturbed in the gas phase by the high density of npπ u (1Σ+ u ) Rydberg states (n≥4) while in Ne matrix it is mixed mainly with the low‐lying 4pπ u (1Σ+ u ) state. The analogy of the resulting two separated groups of bands with irregular vibrational progressions to the Cl2 case is shown. Further npπ u and npσ u Rydberg progressions and the repulsive 3Σ+ u valence state are treated. The utility of matrix‐isolated F2 for a solid state laser is discussed.
The B(1/2 2 P 3/2)→X(1/2 2Σ+) transition in XeI105(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.471999View Description Hide Description
The B(1/2 2 P 3/2)→X(1/2 2Σ+) transition in XeI (2385–2490 Å) is recorded at high resolution for the single isotopomer 136Xe127I, using a Tesla discharge source and a CCD array detector. The high signal‐to‐noise capabilities of the detector make it possible to measure the discrete vibrational structure in this system for the first time. The assignments consist of 86 v′–v″ bands spanning 15 upper‐state levels (assigned as v′=3–17) and 17 lower‐state levels (tentatively assigned as v″=0–16). A vibrational analysis yields the following spectroscopic constants (cm−1): ΔT e =40 047.8, ω e ′=110.6, ω ex e ′=0.217, ω e ″=24.0, ω ex e ″=0.66. From a near‐dissociation analysis, the X state has a dissociation energy (D e ) of 267±5 cm−1 and supports 28 bound vibrational levels. However, it is likely that our lowest observed v″ level is not v″=0, so these values should be considered lower limits. The potential energy curves are modeled by a Morse–RKR function for the X state and a Rittner function for the B state. Trial‐and‐error Franck–Condon calculations are used to locate the B‐ and X‐state potential curves relative to each other, fixing the X‐state internuclear distance R e at a value ∼0.7 Å larger than that for the B state. Bound–free simulations of the low‐resolution spectrum indicate that the X potential must be significantly steeper in the Franck–Condon region than found from previous scattering studies.
High‐resolution laser spectroscopy of the X 1Σ+ and (1)3Σ+ states of 23Na85Rb molecule105(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.472000View Description Hide Description
High‐resolution spectra of the B 1Π→X 1Σ+ transition of 23Na85Rb molecule are measured by the technique of the Doppler‐free optical–optical double resonance polarizationspectroscopy (OODRPS). The molecular constants of the X 1Σ+(v ″=5−30) levels are determined, and the potential energy curve is constructed up to v ″=30 by the RKR method. The time‐resolved fluorescence intensity following the excitation to the B 1Π(v ′=5,J ′= around 20) level is measured, and the lifetime of the B 1Π(v ′=5) level in collisionless limit is determined to be 17.8 ns. The absolute value of the electric dipole moment of the B 1Π−X 1Σ+ transition is determined to be 7.0 D in the region of 3.73 Å<R<4.98 Å. Transition lines to the (1)3Σ+ state from the B 1Π(v′=8,J′=15) level, which is perturbed by the (1)3Π1(v 0,N=J=15) level, are measured by the Doppler‐free OODRPS. The energy spacing between the F 1 and F 3 components of the (1)3Σ+(v=4,N=15) level is observed to be smaller than 0.001 cm−1. The hyperfine splittings, which are described by Hund's case (b βS ), are observed, and the hyperfine constants A Na and A Rb of the (1)3Σ+(v=4) level are determined to be 0.0293 and 0.0336 cm−1, respectively. The hyperfine splittings are identified as originating from the Fermi contact interaction. From the analysis, it is concluded that the electron spins in the (1)3Σ+ state are almost equally populated to the 5s Rb and 3s Na orbitals.
Theory of odd torsional transitions in the V−N resonance Raman spectrum of ethylene105(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.472001View Description Hide Description
The V−N resonance Raman spectrum of ethylene shows a long progression in even quanta of the ground‐state torsional mode ν4 ″(a u ). Bands approximately midway between the even quanta have been assigned to transitions to odd quanta of ν4 ″, although such transitions are forbidden according to the usual g↔/u selection rule of Raman spectroscopy. We consider the theory of the intensity of such transitions allowing for the fact that the excited state is twisted by 90° at equilibrium, using Hougen's double group theory for the separation of the torsional and a‐rotational motions. From approximate one‐dimensional torsional potentials of the V and N electronic states, it is shown that qualitative agreement between observed and calculated intensities is obtained. The electronic transition moment is assumed to be proportional to cos2γ, where 2γ is the torsional angle, but the calculated relative intensities are not sensitive to the precise torsional dependence. More detailed theory will require inclusion of the CC‐stretching and CH2‐scissoring degrees of freedom and consideration of an avoided crossing affecting the V state.
The vibrational energy pattern in 12C2H2(II): Vibrational clustering and rotational structure105(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.472989View Description Hide Description
We achieve a systematic modeling of all rovibrational levels in the 12C2H2 (X̃ 1Σ+ g ) molecule, which is tested up to the near infrared range. It is based on the cluster picture, which was demonstrated to block diagonalize the full vibrational energy matrix, and to allow unraveling the vibrational energy pattern in 12C2H2, up to 12 000 cm−1 [see M. Abbouti Temsamani and M. Herman, J. Chem. Phys. 102, 6371 (1995)]. Each of those clusters, which are called here V‐clusters, is made of pure vibrational type diagonal and off‐diagonal matrix elements. That model is extended to take care of the rotational structure, defining the V/l/C‐cluster model. In a first step J‐dependent terms are included in the diagonal elements of the V‐clusters, and rotational l resonance off‐diagonal matrix elements are included, leading to couple specific V‐cluster matrices, resulting into so‐called V/l‐clusters. This extension is quantitatively demonstrated to reproduce the reported effective principal rotational constant and effective higher order distortion constants, for four selected clusters of levels: those containing V 1+V 3, V 1+V 2+V 3, 3V 3 and V 2+3V 3. In the case of the 3ν3 range, new FTIR spectra recorded around 9700 cm−1 are used. The related experimental conditions and new observed spectral features are briefly presented. A further extension of the model is then accomplished to include Coriolis‐type interaction, by coupling V/l‐clusters using a systematic mechanism. That step, defining the model of V/l/C‐clusters, allows to suggest assignment for extra rovibrational lines observed around 3ν3. Those various steps are supported by a consistent picture involving constants of the motion, starting with three pseudoquantum numbers in the case of V‐ cluster, {n s ,n r ,k}, from which two, {n s ,n r } and then one {n r } remain when defining respectively the V/l‐cluster and V/l/C‐cluster matrices.
The dynamics of predissociating high Rydberg states of NO105(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.472033View Description Hide Description
In this paper we present a theoretical study of the predissociation dynamics of the nf(N +=2) (with the principal quantum numbers n=40–95) and the np(N +=0) (n=70–125) Rydberg series of NO, which exhibit a marked lifetime dilution (lengthening) at n≳65 for the f series and at n≳116 for the p series [M.J.J. Vrakking and Y. T. Lee, J. Chem. Phys. 102, 8818 (1995)]. The multichannel effective Hamiltonian with several doorway (for excitation) and escape (for decay) states was constructed using experimental information on the quantum defects and on the decay width constants incorporating both intramolecular coupling and exterior electric field coupling between high Rydbergs. The analysis of the intramolecular Rydberg electron–core dipole long range coupling (H R‐D) in conjunction with the energy gaps between proximal pairs of energy levels, which are subjected to appropriate selection rules, reveals that (i) for low l(≤3) core‐penetrating Rydbergs only a small number of accidental near‐resonances are exhibited, and (ii) for high l(≳3) nonpenetrating Rydbergs the electron‐core dipole coupling decreases fast with increasing l, i.e., (H R‐D)∝l −7. The general characteristics of the high l(≳3) manifold establish a bottleneck effect, which precludes intramolecular l mixing, implying that high Rydberg lifetime dilution effects can be induced only by exterior electric field coupling (H STARK). Parameter‐free multichannel effective Hamiltonian calculations were conducted under narrow‐band excitation conditions, which interrogate the electric field induced mixing in the energetic vicinity of the doorway state. The electric field induced l mixing model accounts semiquantitatively for the electric field dependence of the energy‐resolved line shapes of the nf(N +=2) series and for the n and electric field dependence of the lifetimes of the nf(N +=2) and the np(N +=0) series. Accidental near‐resonant simultaneous intramolecular and electric field coupling np(N +=0)↔ H R‐D n′d(N +=1)↔ H STARK n′ l(≥3)(N +=1) for two sets of proximal states n=92, n′=80 and n=95, n′=82, result in mediated‐sequential mixing, which is manifested by slow decay times below the onset of effective electric field mixing by weak (F 0≂0.04–0.08 V/cm) stray electric fields.
Collisional deactivation of highly vibrationally excited pyrazine105(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.471996View Description Hide Description
The collisional deactivation of vibrationally excited pyrazine (C4N2H4) in the electronic ground state by 19 collider gases was studied using the time‐resolved infrared fluorescence (IRF) technique. The pyrazine was photoexcited with a 308 nm laser and its vibrational deactivation was monitored following rapid radiationless transitions to produce vibrationally excited molecules in the electronic ground state. The IRF data were analyzed by a simple approximate inversion method, as well as with full collisional master equation simulations. The average energies transferred in deactivating collisions (〈ΔE〉 d ) exhibit a near‐linear dependence on vibrational energy at lower energies and less dependence at higher energies. The deactivation of ground state pyrazine was found to be similar to that of ground state benzene [J. R. Barker and B. M. Toselli, Int. Rev. Phys. Chem. 12, 305 (1990)], but it is strikingly different from the deactivation of triplet state pyrazine [T. J. Bevilacqua and R. B. Weisman, J. Chem. Phys. 98, 6316 (1993)].
A quasiclassical trajectory calculation for the Penning ionization H2O+He*(23 S)→H2O++He+e −: Rotational cooling effects105(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.472002View Description Hide Description
A quasiclassical trajectory calculation is performed for the Penning ionization system H2O+He*(23 S)→H2O+(2 B 2,2 A 1,2 B 2)+He+e − at H2O rotational temperatures of 300, 200, 100, and 25 K. The resonance potential and the widths for the three ionized states are fitted to analytical functions on the previous ab initio points [J. Chem. Phys. 102, 4169 (1995)]. The calculational results are compared with experimental measurements. The total and partial ionization cross sections are calculated in the energy range 0.05–1.0 eV. As the rotational temperature is lowered, the following results are predicted: the total cross section decreases with collision energy, and the dominant ionization into the 2 A 1 state is more enhanced. These results are due to the increasing drawing of trajectories into the attractive H2O lone pair region with decreasing rotation frequency. Opacity functions and total and partial ionization probabilities for each trajectory are analyzed to interpret the results obtained for the cross sections.
Particle simulation of chemical chaos105(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.472032View Description Hide Description
A microscopic computer experiment is set up to investigate the statistical properties of a homogeneous chemical system undergoing chaos at the macroscopic level. A specific model, the Willamowski–Rössler having a well‐defined microscopic counterpart is used. Quantitative comparison with both the prediction of the deterministic description based on the rate equations and the results of the stochastic analysis is carried out. Dynamical and static properties obtained from these three procedures are in very good agreement and confirm the robustness of the underlying deterministic attractor even when microscopic aspects are taken into account.
Investigation on the reflection and transmission properties of complex absorbing potentials105(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.472003View Description Hide Description
The reflection and transmission properties of different complex absorbing potentials (CAPs) are studied using WKB and scaling procedures which make the results transferable to any mass and kinetic energy. Explicit formulas are obtained which describe the reflection and transmission properties of monomial CAPs −iηx n with high accuracy. These properties are now well understood. The approximate results are compared to exact analytical results available for quadratic CAPs, and to numerical results obtained by wave packet propagation followed by an energy resolved analysis. The approximate, but accurate, description of the action of the CAP is finally used to determine optimal CAP parameters. CAP length, strength, and order can now be chosen in such a way that the sum of reflection and transmission is minimized. Optimal parameters are compiled for different energies and energy intervals.
Collisional deactivation of N2O(0001) studied by time‐resolved infrared fluorescence105(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.472004View Description Hide Description
The time‐resolved infrared fluorescence (IRF) technique has been used to study the vibrational deactivation of excited N2O by large polyatomic colliders at ambient temperature (295±2 K). N2O(0001) molecules were prepared by direct pumping with the P(18) line of a pulsed CO2 laser at 9.536 μm. The bimolecular rate constant for self‐deactivation was determined to be (0.763±0.006)×103 Torr−1 s−1, in very good agreement with previous work. The rate constants for deactivation by Ar and H2 were found to be (0.103±0.003) and (4.89±0.52)×103 Torr−1 s−1, respectively. The deactivation rate constants for the large polyatomic molecules, c‐C6H10, c‐C6H12, C6H6, C6D6, C7H8, C7D8, C6H5F, p‐C6H4F2, C6HF5 and C6F6, were found to be (176±10), (153±22), (115±4), (201±2), (127±11), (407±52), (144±14), (173±13), (129±8), and (48±9)×103 Torr−1 s−1, respectively. Experimental deactivation probabilities and average energies removed per collision are calculated and compared. There is little difference in deactivation probabilities between the acyclic ring compounds and their aromatic analogues and the partially‐fluorinated benzenes but the perfluorinated compound, C6F6 is much less efficient than the other species. The perdeuterated species, C6D6 and C7D8, especially the latter, show enhanced deactivation relative to the other species, probably as a result of near‐resonant intermolecular V–Venergy transfer. The results are compared with our recent work on the deactivation of CO2(0001) by the same group of large polyatomic colliders [K. L. Poel, Z. T. Alwahabi, and K. D. King, Chem. Phys. 201, 263 (1995)].
Molecular dynamics with multiple time scales: The selection of efficient reference system propagators105(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.472005View Description Hide Description
Several heuristic rules are developed to assist in the implementation of the reversible reference system propagator algorithm (rRESPA). This is done through the use of examples, illustrating the use of properly chosen rRESPA splits of various types, as well as the dangers associated with improperly chosen ones. It is concluded that a particle‐based rRESPA split should be used only when there is a great disparity in particle masses, and that a force‐based split should be used only when there is no persisting opposition between forces in the system which are integrated with different time steps.
Ab initio computation of semiempirical π‐electron methods. V. Geometry dependence of H ν π‐electron effective integrals105(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.472006View Description Hide Description
The ab initio effective valence shell Hamiltonian (Hν) provides ab initio analogs of the correlated π‐electron integrals which should appear in the traditional Pariser–Parr–Pople (PPP) semiempirical π‐electron theory. In our continuing studies of the ab initio basis of an improved PPP theory, we examine the geometry dependence of the correlated Hν π‐electron effective integrals (also called parameters) for the linear polyenes, ethylene, the allyl radical, trans‐butadiene, and hexatriene, and the cyclic polyenes, cyclobutadiene and benzene. We find particularly interesting features for each of the true π‐electron parameters corresponding to the PPP α i , β i,j , and γ i,j integrals. First, the one‐electron, two‐center resonance integrals β i,j differ from the so‐called ''theoretical'' values by roughly a constant shift of 0.3–0.4 eV for nearest neighbors i and j and not at all for more distant neighbors. Second, the correlated α i parameters conform to the standard point charge model fairly well, except the slopes and intercepts lack the transferability typically ascribed to them. A more accurate PPP model therefore must model the one‐center, one‐electron interactions more carefully. Finally, the effective Coloumb interactions γ i,j follow the standard Mataga–Nishimoto distance dependence quite well for the linear polyenes, although there is a small breakdown of transferability due to long range correlation effects. For instance, the hexatriene γ1,2 is 0.5 eV smaller than the ethylene γ1,2 even when the C1=C2 bond lengths are identical. Additionally, the set of γ i,j for the cyclic polyenes is not even a single function of R i,j , a feature reflecting the subtle contributions of electron correlation to the ab initio γ i,j . However, plots of γ−1 i,j vs R i,j display some unforeseen regularity which may prove useful in improving current semiempirical models for cyclic polyenes.
Perturbative triple excitation corrections to coupled cluster singles and doubles excitation energies105(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.472007View Description Hide Description
The contributions from various excitation levels to excitation energies calculated within a coupled cluster framework are analyzed in terms of order in the fluctuation potential. In particular, the role of triple excitations is considered, focusing on their importance for describing excitations of single and double replacement dominated character. Several noniterative triples corrections to the coupled cluster singles and doubles (CCSD) excitation energies are proposed. In the CCSDR(3) approach, which is a noniterative analog to the recently proposed iterative CC3 model, single replacement dominated excitations are correct through third order in the fluctuation potential, and double replacement dominated excitations are correct through second order. The performance of CCSDR(3) is compared to other noniterative and iterative triples models in benchmark calculations on CH+, Ne, BH, and CH2.
Coupled Hartree–Fock calculations of molecular magnetic properties annihilating the transverse paramagnetic current density105(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.472008View Description Hide Description
The reliability of the continuous transformations of origin of the current density method, which makes the transverse paramagnetic current vanish (CTOCD‐PZ), for the prediction of nearly gauge‐origin independent molecular magnetic susceptibility and gauge‐origin independent nuclear magnetic shielding, is proved on the basis of a fairly large number of calculations. It is shown that, within the computational scheme provided by the coupled Hartree–Fock perturbation theory (CHF), convergence towards the presumed Hartree–Fock limit, for magnetic susceptibility and protonmagnetic shielding, is systematically reached using basis sets which are smaller than those required by conventional common origin and CTOCD‐DZ techniques. For second‐row nuclear magnetic shieldings a variant of the CTOCD‐PZ method, which shifts the origin of the current towards the nearest nucleus for points close to nuclei, as suggested originally by Keith and Bader with the CSDGT method [T. A. Keith and R. F. W. Bader, Chem. Phys. Lett. 210, 223 (1993)], gives likewise good results with affordable basis sets.
New operators for electronic density calculation. I. Derivations and formal analysis105(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.472009View Description Hide Description
The electronic charge and spin density at any point in space are reexpressed in terms of the expectation values of any member of a general class of global operators. For practical use with approximate wave functions, two particular choices of operator are made that should provide advantages for the difficult case of density evaluation at a nucleus. Formal properties of these operators are derived and discussed in detail. Certain serious difficulties known for the behavior of the global operator previously introduced by Hiller, Sucher, and Feinberg are ameliorated in the new formulations.
New operators for electronic density calculation. II. Application to hydrogen, first‐row atoms, and first‐row diatomic hydrides105(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.472010View Description Hide Description
The first practical calculations using two new operators specifically designed for determination of electronic spin and charge density at nuclei are reported. Applications are given for hydrogen, first‐row atoms, and first‐row diatomic hydrides. Numerical grid methods that simulate complete basis set results confirm a number of relations previously derived formally for the new operators. They also serve as benchmarks for testing the practical utility of the new operators in calculations with small to large Gaussian basis sets. In this connection, the new operators are generally found to have performance superior to the usual delta function formulation and to an alternative one based on the Hiller–Sucher–Feinberg identity.
A pseudopotential hole‐particle treatment of neutral rare gas excimer systems. I. Formalism105(1996); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.472011View Description Hide Description
A pseudopotential hole‐particle formalism is developed for the treatment of rare‐gas excimers and excited rare‐gas clusters. The formalism relies on the definition of a model Hamiltonian on the basis of single hole‐particle excitations (from the neutral closed shell ground state) involving localized np hole orbitals and any orthogonal molecular orbital (MO) basis set for the excited particle. Hole contributions in the Hamiltonian matrix elements are taken into account via distance‐ and orientation‐dependent transfer integrals (hole delocalization) and repulsion integrals like in diatomic in molecules treatments of rare gas ions, while the contribution of the excited particle is included through an explicit quantal treatment via one‐electron e‐Rg and averaged e‐Rg+ pseudopotentials. Core‐polarization pseudopotentials are also added to account for core‐polarization and core‐Rydberg correlation effects. Some approximated core‐Rydberg two‐electron integrals needed for adequate space and spin multiplicity of the excited states are also included. The possible applications and extensions of this formalism are discussed.


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Web speculators bet on Rubio's prospects
Like many Republicans, Amber Butler sees Marco Rubio as a rising star with a big future in the party. Unlike most, Butler also has some money riding on Rubio's prospects.
Eleven months ago, the part-time Web developer from Advance, N.C., paid $12 for the site www.rubio2012.com on the hunch that the former Florida speaker would run for president two years from now.
"He was a major underdog,'' Butler said of Rubio, who was just pulling ahead in the polls in his primary fight with Charlie Crist when Butler reserved the site on Jan. 20. "He just seemed the type that would become really popular really quickly.'' Butler wasn't the only one making tiny, early bets on Rubio's climb from obscure state lawmaker to leader of the conservative moment. Online real estate scouts staked out their Rubio territory early. Among the sites reserved at least 10 months ago: marcorubioforpresident.com, palinrubio2012.com, rubio2016.com and even marcorubio2020.com.
They're small investments with the potential for big pay-offs if Rubio's star keeps rising.
"It's kind of like a lottery ticket,'' said Rick Schwartz, a website broker who sold candy.com for $3 million after snagging the site in 2005.
For instance, he said, suppose former presidential candidate Mitt Romney gets the nomination in 2012 and picks Rubio for his running mate. The campaign might pay as much as $100,000 for a website with both men's name.
To read the complete story, visit http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/11/04/1907769/web-speculators-bet-on-rubios.html.
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