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Entries tagged with: Wilco
Wilco played the Fox Theater (setlist), more NYC tix released, Nels Cline & Mike Watt are Floored by Four
Jeff Tweedy @ Beacon High School (more by Eric Townsend)
"Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy gave fans a scare Saturday night at the recently refurbished Fox Theater in Pomona when he declared, 12 songs into the band's set, that the Chicago-based act was "approaching the end of an era," and promised more details later.The 25-song setlist from Saturday night's show is below.
Those aren't words to be taken lightly for Wilco followers. Depending on who's doing the counting, the group has had as many as six different eras since releasing its country-obsessed 1995 debut, "A.M." Yet its audience has remained loyal through a host of lineup changes, Tweedy and bassist John Stirratt being the only constants in Wilco's career.
While the comment raised concerns about a future without, say, the participation of local guitar slinger Nels Cline or rhythmic contortionist Glenn Kotche, the truth turned out to be nothing so worrisome. After 45 minutes, Tweedy revealed only that multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone was turning 40." [LA Times]
"Due to production changes, field tickets have just been released" for Wilco's upcoming show at Keyspan Park in Brooklyn. Yo La Tengo is opening.
Nels Cline has three non-Wilco NYC shows coming up. One of those shows is the previously-mentioned M. Ward Central Park Summerstage gig where Nels will play in a band with Mike Watt, Yuka Honda, Dougie Bowne. That foursome is called Floored by Four, and according to Mr Watt, they "plan to record a album the two days before the gig." Add it to the list. All Nels dates below...
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"We are profoundly saddened to report that our friend died in his sleep [Sataurday] night. Jay was a beautiful human being who will be missed." [Undertow Music Collective]As the LA Times points out, Undertow released Jay Bennett's 2002 solo album, "Palace at 4 am (Part I)."
In the late '80s, Bennett founded the rock band Titanic Love Affair in Urbana, Ill., which lasted into the mid-'90s. He was best known for his seven years in adventurous rock act Wilco. Bennett split from the Chicago-based group in 2001, and since his departure had been pursuing a solo career, as well as operating Pieholden Suite Sound - named after a song on Wilco's 1999 album "Summerteeth" -- in Champaign , Ill.Videos below...
Bennett released the solo effort "Whatever Happened I Apologize" via the Web late last year, and reported at that time that he was pursuing "another" master's degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Yet it was Bennett's time in Wilco that won him the most acclaim.
He had a not-so-amicable split from the band in 2001, which was documented in the 2002 film "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" and Greg Kot's book "Wilco: Learning How to Die." He did, however, play a major role in the band as a writer, producer and musician. The orchestrated pop of "Summerteeth" further stripped Wilco of its country-rock roots, and 2002's "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" saw the band move into more atmospheric territory.
Bennett was asked to leave the group before "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" was released, and his relationship with Wilco leader Jeff Tweedy remained strained. In early May of this year, Bennett filed suit against his former band mate for breach of contract stemming from his participation in "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart." Bennett was seeking damages in excess of $50,000, according to court papers. [LA Times]
Wilco is streaming their new album "Wilco".
Yo La Tengo and Wilco are playing Coney Island. Wilco is also playing many other places. Wilco recently played New Orleans Jazz Fest.
photos by Graeme Flegenheimer
"From the moment you set foot inside the main gate at the Fair Grounds Race Course, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is like a music and food lover's "Choose Your Own Adventure" novel, with nearly every option inciting pure sonic and culinary bliss. A morning beignet in the Gospel Tent with Arthur Clayton & Purposely Anointed? A lazy afternoon perked up by some Crawfish Monica and the Drive-By Truckers joined by Booker T? How about a stroll to the Gentilly Stage for the sounds of Spoon and the Dirty Dozen horns, stopping for a quick bowl of gumbo along the way? Etta James and a Soft Shell Crab Po-Boy, anyone? All signs point to yes...Jazz Fest ran from April 24-26 & April 30-May 3 at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, LA. More pictures from the first weekend of the festival below...
...Now in its 40th year, the 2009 edition of Jazz Fest continues to ramp up post-Hurricane Katrina, expanding to its full complement of 12 stages, up from nine last year, and seven days, up from six in recent years. The event's first of two weekends boasted music from nearly 200 acts, including the likes of Dave Matthews Band, Crescent City native Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Joe Cocker, Erykah Badu, James Taylor, Earth Wind and Fire, Pete Seeger, Hugh Masekela, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Etta James and many more." [All About Jazz]
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photos by Eric Townsend
"Hudson River Sloop Clearwater's sold out "Spring Splash" benefit concert on Saturday night [March 28] at Beacon High School, Beacon, NY, was a big success, raising tens of thousands of dollars for the organization's education and environmental action programs. The concert, which featured Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy in a rare solo acoustic setting, also included a special encore with Clearwater founder Pete Seeger and his grandson Tao Rodriguez-Seeger.Believe it or not, I never posted this beautiful photo set from the Tweedy/Seager show that happened on March 28th, so what better day to finally do it, than on Pete's 90th birthday. Happy birthday Pete. Wish I could be at MSG tonight. More pictures from the Beacon show, and Jeff's setlist, below...
Pete Seeger opened the show with Dan Einbender, Clearwater's Tideline Discovery Program Director, and together they led a chorus of fourth graders from Beacon's J. V. Forrestal Elementary School known as "The Kids From Room 12" in a rousing set of songs about protecting the Hudson River and other cause-related issues.
Tweedy performed for more than an hour and a half, delighting the capacity crowd of a thousand people, many of them ardent fans, with his music and storytelling. Several of Tweedy's songs led to impromptu sing-a-longs, and he finished his show by singing two songs at the lip of the stage without any amplification, a salute to another environmental cause, Earth Hour, which was taking place nationally on Saturday night.
"This great night for Clearwater exemplifies what we do best: raise awareness and inspire people to take action," said Jeff Rumpf, executive director of Clearwater. "We're presently working on our 'Next Generation Legacy Project' to create new green leaders and achieve the sustainable future we need, and the proceeds from this concert will go toward this effort."
This is a banner year for Clearwater, as the organization celebrates the 40th anniversary of the sloop Clearwater, the 90th birthday of Seeger and the Quadricentennial of Henry Hudson's historic voyage up the river that bears his name. Also, on May 3 [today] there will be a star-studded tribute concert honoring Seeger at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and Clearwater will host its annual Great Hudson River Revival music and environmental festival on June 20 and 21 at Croton Point Park, Croton-on-Hudson, NY with headliners Susan Tedeschi, Arlo Guthrie, Richie Havens and "newgrass" sensations Old Crow Medicine Show"
[Clearwater Press Release]
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Yo La Tengo
"You have to give it up for Wilco for making things so simple. The group's seventh album -- due out in late June -- will be titled Wilco (The Album). Even cooler: there's a cut on the disc titled "Wilco The Song," which Glenn Kotche describes to Rock Daily as "a great, upbeat song professing our love for our fans."Yo La Tengo, whose name comes from a baseball anecdote, are opening for Wilco at Keyspan Park on July 13th! Tickets are still on sale.
There's a little something for everyone on the group's new disc, which they recorded in their loft space in Chicago. "One Wing" and "Sunny Feeling" are breezy, pop-friendly tunes; "Deeper Down" is a mellow ballad spiked with atmospherics and chamber strings; the nearly-six-minute jam "Bull Black Nova" starts with rollicking drums, stacatto keys and guitars before exploding into a killer solo from guitarist Nels Cline. Think of the it as a sonic follow-up to the kraut-rockin' "Spiders (Kidsmoke)." "That one's a really intense, powerful song," says Kotche of "Nova." "It's got a static groove that's really insistent. There's a lot of great guitar moments on that song."
This June, Wilco will hit the road for a summer tour of festivals (Bonnaroo, 10,000 Lakes), minor league ball parks (Keyspan Park in Brooklyn, NY) and intimate theaters and the crew will be unleashing most of the 11 tracks from the new record..."
[Rolling Stone]
All Yo La Tengo dates below...
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Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for Wilco's show at Keyspan Park in Brooklyn.
Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for both of Kings of Leon's upcoming NYC-area shows - the Izod Center and Nassau Coliseum.
Tickets are on on sale (@ noon) for the Phoenix show at Music Hall of Williamsburg.
Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the Juan Maclean / Field show at Webster Hall.
Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the Apostle of Hustle / Forro in the Dark show at Bowery Ballroom.
Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the Harlem Shakes show at Bowery Ballroom.
PJ Harvey tickets went on sale earlier.
Tickets are on presale (update: sold out) for the Wilco show at Keyspan Park in Coney Island (thx anon). Tickets go on regular sale Friday at noon.
Tickets for the Cyclones baseball games that happen in the same ballpark go on sale Sunday.
And speaking of Wilco and baseball, Jeff Tweedy threw the first pitch at at Milwaukee's Miller Park for the Brewers the other night.
Wilco Sold Out (photo by Zoran Orlic via wilcoworld.net)
"To celebrate the DVD release and to lend support to independent record stores, the band will make an in-store appearance at Disc Exchange in Knoxville, TN on Saturday, April 18 at 2 pm. Also as an exclusive bonus to anyone purchasing Ashes of American Flags before April 28, one complete concert drawn from a show featured in the film will be available for audio download. This exclusive concert download will only be available via an embedded link on the DVD from April 18 to April 27. This is in addition to the 20 full songs featured in the DVD and downloadable to everyone who purchases it.How was the movie screening at IFC?
Wilco have just completed work on their seventh studio album. The as-yet-untitled disc is scheduled for a late June release. Produced by Wilco and Jim Scott, it is the follow up to 2007's Sky Blue Sky."
Wilco will be playing Keyspan Park in Coney Island (Brooklyn, NY) on July 13th! Stay tuned for ticket info. All dates below...
Continue reading "Wilco - 2009 Tour Dates (Keyspan Park in Coney Island!) "
The April 13th Wilco documentary ("Ashes of American Flags") screening at IFC is now sold out, so they added a late show on the same night which will be introduced by the filmmakers (who will have just finished discussing the movie with Fred Armisen and the people who watched the early screening). Tickets are on sale (note: no Fred Armisen at the late show).
Full U.S. screening schedule HERE.
new Wilco album & documentary, Feist, movie night w/ Fred Armisen, Nels Cline & Jenny Scheinman live & whatnot
The forthcoming and still-untitled next Wilco album is nearing completion. Jim Scott and the band spent the last few weeks mixing in Jim's studio in Valencia, California and [below is] a list of song titles spied on the reels -- note this is not necessarily complete and not in sequence.The film was co-directed by Fugazi's Brendan Canty who will also be at the IFC screening in NYC on April 13th. He, co-director Christoph Green and Fred Armisen will be discussing the movie after the show. Tickets are still on sale.
Rumors and blogs regarding a guest appearance on that last track are, amazingly, quite true. Feist does indeed lend a great vocal to You and I. Other details will emerge in the coming weeks. The release is currently scheduled for late June on Nonesuch.
Wilco's live concert film "Ashes of American Flags" will have its New York premiere on Monday, April 13 at the IFC Center as part of Movie Night with Fred Armisen, go here for more details. The film had its world premiere February 20 at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Montana where it won an award for Best Cinematography. The DVD is now available for pre-order via the Wilco store by clicking here.
More information about the film is available at ashesofamericanmovie.com, including a full screening schedule and we've just added a Google calendar as well which you can access here. The DVD release via Nonesuch Records is set for April 18. You can watch the trailer here, and [BELOW].
Wilco don't have any NYC dates coming up, but Fugazi member Joe Lally does, as does but Feist. She plays the Dark Was The Night fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall on May 3rd.
Wilco member Nels Cline has also been playing guitar as part of the Jenny Scheinman Trio at the Blue Note here in NYC. You can catch them twice a day tonight (4/9), Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
No other Feist dates at the moment, but all Wilco ones, and the movie trailer, are below...
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words by Andrew Frisicano, photos by Tim Griffin
The Music Tapes visited NYC for two nights in March - Maxwell's in Hoboken (3/1, which I wrote about) and two days later at the Bell House (3/1), where Tim Griffin took pics (below) and wrote:
"The big event was when julian came out in to the audience and asked everyone to sit around him. I didn't catch all of what he was saying, as he was un-mic'd, but he handed out paper and pens to everyone (from a plastic camel attached to the end of a broomstick - of course) and asked them to write down a memory on a piece of paper, and that afterward we'd all go outside and burn it. Seemed nice enough. Until everyone was outside. 11 degrees feeling like -3 with the wind. Brrrr....as the fires 'raged' in the pot, Julian lined everyone up and they proceeded to run and jump over the burning paper in a pot. Admittedly it was all very engaging and charming, however ...we were outside for at least 15 minutes, which was more than enough to make my hands completely numb. I was grateful to go back inside, where Julian and Co. finished out the set and the evening."In other Neutral Milk Hotel related news, A Hawk and A Hacksaw - Jeremy Barnes (ex-NMH like Julian from Music Tapes) and Heather Trost, will be touring as a four-piece, accompanied by Mark Weaver on tuba and Samuel Johnson on trumpet. They'll visit SXSW on Thursday, March 19, before opening for Andrew Bird, and then Wilco across North America, and then touring the UK in June.
AHAAH's fourth album, Délivrance, is set for release on The Leaf Label on May 18. Its first single, "Foni Tu Argile," comes out April 27th as a digital download and a "limited edition of 500 hand-numbered 10" singles, cut at 78rpm, with packaging that replicates the shellac records of old." (The song is streaming now at the band's Myspace. )
All Music Tapes pics (and setlist) and AHAAH tour dates below...
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Puss n Boots (with Norah Jones) playing Mercury Lounge (w/ a Wilco member), Rockwood Music Hall & w/ Levon Helm
Puss n Boots @ Rodeo Bar on Halloween (by Jonathan Troll / Headstrong Pictures)
Pronto features Mikael Jorgensen of Wilco. Puss 'N Boots is the name of one of Norah Jones's many side projects. This band also features Sasha Dobson and Catherine Popper (who all backed Wilco for a song at MSG). Both bands are playing Mercury Lounge in NYC on March 19th. Tickets are on sale.
Puss n Boots are also playing Rockwood Music Hall one day earlier, and a show with Levon Helm.
New Ramble DatesLevon Helm also has two shows coming up at the Beacon Theatre.
March 14 and 21, 2009
and for your sweethearts...
A Valentines Day Ramble ~ February 14, 2009
With guests, Puss N Boots featuring Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Norah Jones
[Levon Helm]
Pronto have no other shows scheduled.
ETTA JAMES disses Beyonce & Obamas (MP3), offends & apologizes ++ 2009 TOUR DATES (BB Kings, Jazz Fest)
DOWNLOAD: Etta James talks smack about Beyonce (MP3)
Etta James @ BB King's in 2008 (more by Ryan Muir)
This is not a joke: 71-year-old Etta James actually threatened to beat the crap out of Beyoncé Knowles -- and it's caught all on tape!TMZ later pointed out that the song is not even an Etta James song. She covers it too. The Chicago Sun Times says that "both Beyonce and President and Mrs. Obama were stunned by music legend Etta James' strong verbal whiplashing." Etta James told the Daily News she was just trying to get a laugh and meant no harm. Etta is definitely known for her between song banter at her live shows. Speaking of which...
The war is all over Etta's song, "At Last " -- Beyoncé sang the tune at Obama's 1st Inauguration Ball on Jan. 20th ... but last week at a concert in Seattle, James was still pissed.
While on stage, Etta told the crowd, "Your President, the one with the big ears ... he had that woman singing my song. She gone get her ass whipped."
She continued, "The great Beyoncé ... I can't stand Beyoncé," according to audio from Crown City Media.
Ironically Etta didn't kick up this sorta fuss when Beyoncé portrayed her in "Cadillac Records." [TMZ]
Etta James returns to B.B. King Blues Club and Grill in NYC for three shows in May. Tickets are on sale.
Etta is also one of many artists who will be Jazz Fest in New Orleans this year...
American rock superstars Bon Jovi have been added to the already star-studded music lineup of the 40th anniversary New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented by Shell, organizers announced today. Making their first-ever Jazz Fest appearance, Bon Jovi will perform on Saturday, May 2. The 2009 Jazz Fest is scheduled for April 24-26 & April 30-May 3 at the Fair Grounds Race Course.Etta James also has a show scheduled in Atlantic City. All tour dates below...
Bon Jovi joins Wynton Marsalis, Dave Matthews Band, James Taylor, Sugarland, Joe Cocker, Ben Harper, Tony Bennett, Earth, Wind & Fire, Kings of Leon, Neville Brothers, Wilco, Bonnie Raitt, Allen Toussaint, The O'Jays, Erykah Badu, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Dr. John, Etta James plus hundreds of others previously announced to appear at the historic edition of the Festival.
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Bonnaroo announces initial 2009 lineup (Bruce Springsteen, Phish, Beastie Boys, NIN, Wilco, Animal Collective...)
Crystal Castles @ MHOW - New Years Eve (more by Ryan Muir)
Al Green @ the Wellmont Theater - Nov 2008 (more by Eric M Townsend)
Superfly Productions and A.C. Entertainment are excited to announce the initial lineup for the 2009 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The eighth annual four-day camping and music festival will be held on June 11 - 14 on the same beautiful 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville. Every year Bonnaroo seeks to make history by offering unique and exclusive performances by rock's greatest legends as well as its most significant newcomers. A full list of confirmed acts follows, and more will be announced in the coming weeks. The final Bonnaroo 2009 lineup will total over 120 bands and over 20 comedians performing on 13 stages over four days. Tickets go on sale exclusively through www.bonnaroo.com on Saturday, February 7 at 12:00 PM Eastern.As rumored, Bruce Springsteen (who just played the Superbowl Halftime show) and Phish (who just had some trouble selling tickets to other shows) are headlining this year's Bonnaroo. Nine Inch Nails (who played Lollapalooza last year), Beastie Boys, David Byrne (who has two shows coming up at Radio City), Wilco, Al Green, Erykah Badu, TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs (who are also playing Coachella), Andrew Bird (who just played Carnegie Hall), The Decemberists, Bon Iver, Animal Collective (who are very popular right now), Neko Case, Jenny Lewis, Santogold, Grizzly Bear (who have a new album coming out), St. Vincent, Ted Leo, Crystal Castles, and many others are also on the bill according to the now-officially announced initial lineup.
Coachella announced their initial lineup less than a week earlier.
Metallica played Bonnaroo in 2008. Metallica played NY & NJ this past weekend.
Full (initial) 2009 Bonnaroo lineup below...
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Jeff Tweedy solo @ Lollapalooza 2008 (more by Bao Nguyen)
As previously mentioned, Jeff Tweedy is playing a few dates at the end of January, two of which are with Great Lake Swimmers who also have a ton of other shows without Jeff scheduled. Now there are three more Jeff shows at the end of March, and those include one at Beacon High Auditorium in Beacon, NY (not to be confused with the Beacon Theatre in NY, NY).
Singer songwriter Jeff Tweedy from the band Wilco will perform March 28 in Beacon at Clearwater's "Spring Splash" fundraising concert.Tickets for the other two new shows go on presale Wednesday morning. All Wilco dates below...
The performance will take place at Beacon High School and benefit the Poughkeepsie-based environmental organization founded decades ago by Fishkill folk singer Pete Seeger.
Tickets cost $45-75 and go on through a pre-sale at 10 a.m. Feb. 4 through www.wilcoworld.net. The tickets go on sale officially at 10 a.m. Feb. 7. Tickets costing $150 will also be available. These include a pre-concert reception, premium seating in the first five rows and a one-year Clearwater membership. [Poughkeepsie Journal]
Continue reading "Jeff Tweedy - 2009 solo tour dates (Beacon, NY) & presale"
today in NYC
* Terror @ Europa
* NY Times Arts & Leisure
* The Lisps @ Zipper Theater
* Mos Def @ Highline Ballroom
* Forro in the Dark @ Joe's Pub
* World/Inferno Friendship Society @ Webster Hall
* Afterworlds, Gates of Heaven & Apple Deaf @ Cake Shop
* Endless Boogie, Psychic Ills & Mike Fellows @ Glasslands
* Camper Van Beethoven & Victor Krummenacher @ Bowery Ballroom
* Tyvik, Psychedelic Horseshit & Kurt Vile @ Less Artists More Condos
* Bear Hands, Holy Hail, Atarah Valentine & Statehood @ The Studio at Webster Hall
* Great Lake Swimmers, Haley Bonar & Daniel Martin Moore @ The Bell House
* My Teenage Stride, The Jaguar Club & Bridges and Powerlines @ Union Hall
* Carcinogenic Static (members of Talibam! & USAISAMONSTER) @ Market Hotel
* John Brown's Body, Globesonic, Jenny Scheinman, Haale & Sulha Sound System @ (le) poisson rouge
Jimmy Page was born today in 1944.
Laundromatinee has in-studio audio and video from a session with the Vivian Girls.
Tom Cruise emotional over Travolta death
DRM-free iTunes Store to haunt Apple?
The Golden Globes are Sunday.
Obama gets his own Spiderman comic book.
Dolly Parton picked for Gospel Hall of Fame.
Stevie Wonder Helps Promote Technology For Visually Impaired.
Linksys offers full wireless alternative to Sonos.
Beatles music pulled from Norweigian podcasts.
Move over Animal Collective, Sanjaya's long awaited album is here.
Above is an alternate cover for Jaydiohead.
Below is a video from 7 Worlds Collide. In it, Ed O'Brien (guitar), Liam Finn (guitar), Jeff Tweedy (vocals/guitar), John Stirratt (bass), Phil Selway (drums), and Johnny Marr (guitar), are performing Radiohead's Fake Plastic Trees...
What else?
photos by Paul Searing
hugs @ MSG in NYC - Dec 16, 2008
[Wilco] were no match for Mr. Young and crew: Mr. Keith, the bassist Rick Rosas, the keyboardist-guitarist Anthony Crawford and especially the drummer Chad Cromwell, whose time feel suggested the perfect blend of slouch and surge. Mr. Crawford sang background vocals with Pegi Young, Mr. Young's wife, sounding strong on standards like "Cinnamon Girl" and fine on chugging new fare like "When Worlds Collide."Neil Young, Wilco and Everest played their second of two shows in a row at MSG in NYC last night (12/16). Neil's setlist on night two was almost the same, if not exactly the same, as it was the night earlier.
[NY Times @ night one]
Wilco (including Jeff Tweedy), Jeff Tweedy's son and Everest joined Neil at the end of the pre-encore set to help sing the chorus of Rockin in the Free World. The tour ended with hugs all around (see above). Some more pictures (kindly submitted by Paul Searing), and the setlist, below...
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Neil Young @ MSG, NYC - Dec 15, 2008 (penfifteenclub)
Neil Young, Wilco and Everest played their first of two shows together at Madison Square Garden in NYC last night (12/15). They do it again tonight. Neil's set list from last night, below...
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Over Christmas 2008 and New Year 2009, [Crowded House's] Neil Finn has invited the core band from his 2001 Seven Worlds Collide project, plus some other special guests, to create a new album at Roundhead studios in Auckland, New Zealand.Wilco kick off their tour-ending two night run with Neil Young at Madison Square Garden tonight (Monday, December 15th).
Guests confirmed so far are Radiohead's Phil Selway and Ed O'Brien, legendary guitarist Johnny Marr, founder member of The Smiths and current member of US alternate rock innovators Modest Mouse, Soul Coughing's Sebastian Steinberg, multi-instrumentalist Lisa Germano, Wilco members Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Glenn Kotche and Pat Sansone, Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall, along with NZ musicians Liam Finn, Don McGlashan and Bic Runga. All proceeds from this very special recording will go to support the continuing great work of Oxfam International.
There will also be a short series of intimate and informal live performances in New Zealand at Auckland's Powerstation on 5, 6 and 7 January 2009.
Everest opens both shows. Everest frontman Russell Pollard's wife's band The Watson Twins (like Everest's album and) play Town Hall in NYC in February.
"UPDATE:I just found out that Wilco did not authorize PlayApp to create that app or send out the above quoted press release on their behalf.
Introducing a new technology the music industry can use to once again reach new heights, songs from Warner Music Group's Wilco have been released as a free music playapp download at www.PlayApp.com.
PlayApps are single file, custom multimedia programs that can contain music, pictures, lyrics, and video. The songs in the "More Like The Moon EP" Wilco music playapp are extractable as 192 kbps MP3 files while the pictures are extractable as high resolution JPG files. PlayApps can be created for any computer system, but are initially being developed for the Windows platform, XP/Vista or greater.
...[supposedly] No adware or spyware is contained in any playapp and all are digitally signed by the publisher PlayApp to show who they are from and haven't been tampered with."[MarketWatch]
Wilco's next two NYC shows are at MSG.
Wilco also recently launched a poster gallery and appeared on the Colbert Report. Video from that below...
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Wilco @ McCarren Pool (more by Ryan Muir)
Assuming Wilco will actually be in the studio with Stephen Colbert, that sorta means Wilco is playing a NYC show today, for those lucky enough to be in the studio audience, which I suppose still could be anyone...
Everyone attending must be at least 18 years old. Tickets are non-transferable. You may sign up for stand-by tickets in front of the studio at 4pm (we can't guarantee admission). We are at 513 W. 54th Street in NYC. [Colbert Report tickets]Wilco's next regularly scheduled NYC shows happen in December.
Such tumultuous times. And in the spirit of giveaways that seem to be sweeping the nation, we've got something free for you. No it's not a pile of cash (sorry) but rather an audio postcard of sorts from a summer's night in Oregon with our friends the Fleet Foxes & a lovely Bob Dylan tune. All we ask is you check the "I pledge to vote in the 2008 Election" button below. If you can spare it, we also encourage you to consider a donation to Feeding America . (and please feel free to pass this link along to friends, family members, etc.). [WILCO]Wilco have two NYC shows coming up at MSG.
Fleet Foxes have two NYC shows coming up too.
bridge by fox creek (?) on the road to dawson city (kat cruickshank)
Neil Young, Wilco & Everest @ Madison Square Garden, NYC
Dec 15, 2008 - sold out?
Dec 16, 2008 - Neil Young presale NOW, Wilco presale NOW, TM presale THU
(thx MB)
Wilco @ Baltimore Virgin Fest (more by Bao Nguyen)
The August 12 appearance of the alternative rock band Wilco at Tanglewood has been the subject of numerous articles in and letters to The Berkshire Eagle. Guido's Fresh Marketplace would like your readership to know about our experience with Wilco.Tickets for Wilco & Neil Young's December 15th MSG show go on sale today @ 10 AM. All tour dates HERE.
Wilco connected with Guido's when our B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Bag) program caught the band's attention. In our stores, using one's own bags enters customers into monthly Guido's gift certificate raffles. Wilco donated 1,000 custom-printed, reusable cloth tote bags to be liberally distributed to shoppers in both store locations. Winners of the July B.Y.O B. raffle were given premium shed tickets to the Wilco performance. A generous number of Wilco at Tanglewood lawn tickets were made available for our customers and were given away at in-store events.
Wilco's popular music brought a large, youthful audience to Tanglewood. This enthusiastic crowd enjoyed a hugely successful concert while also benefiting the local economy through increased tourism.
Wilco has come and gone in Berkshire County, leaving a solid win-win aftermath: satisfied fans, a boosted local economy, and Wilco cloth totes as souvenirs to use for years to come. We appreciate Wilco's willingness to engage local independent businesses in their promotional efforts. We look forward to the appearance of like-minded performers at Tanglewood in the future!
MATTHEW MASIERO (Richmond) & CHRIS MASIERO (Lenox)
The authors are the co-owners of Guido's Fresh Marketplace in Pittsfield and Great Barrington
[Berkshire Eagle Online]


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"While the first quarter was challenging for WellPoint, since our March announcement we have further reduced claims inventories and achieved greater visibility into medical costs," said Angela F. Braly, president and chief executive officer of WellPoint, Inc. "Consequently, we have refined our earnings forecast to reflect higher medical costs and a lower level of favorable prior year reserve development."
"Our overall enrollment growth remains strong and we are now serving 35.4 million medical members, more than ever before. We offer access to the largest provider network in the industry, with competitive pricing, distinctive care management and wellness programs, and innovative medical cost transparency tools. We will continue to enhance this superior value proposition with new product offerings in order to drive future membership gains and long-term earnings growth," added Braly.
"Operating cash flow was strong in the first quarter, at $1.0 billion,
or 1.8 times net income, and our medical claims payable increased by $610
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I'm back! And I'm overhauling again! 'Tis that time, because I can't seem to let anything sit. I've been off of this site long enough that I can barely navigate it, which means it's time to update everything again. I'm going to be taking a lot of things down, largely because of rewriting. (I'm rewriting Black Dog again for anyone who's been following that since it was White Ink.) If you've been following anything and it's gone, PM me and I'll send it to you. I'm amenable to sending copies of old things. But the other reason for stripping this thing down and starting over is that NaNoWriMo is coming. And I'll probably use this site to keep myself on task and organized during NaNo, so I may disappear for the next month or so, but expect a flurry of writing come November.
Thanks for sticking with me!
Edit: No, but for serious guys, I'm doing the July camp and I fully intend to start posting stuff again. Because maybe it'll motivate me to write linearly for a change.
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Later that night, Jess was sitting on the roof of the Stillinski house with Derek. "I still have to go away after school ends." She told him. "I know." Derek said. "There's nothing left for you here." Jess looked up at him and shook her head. "I know you're here, but I have to move on Derek."
"I get it Jess…I do." He kissed her forehead. "And I know you want to forget, but every now and then could you try to remember us?" he asked her. Jess looked at him. "I could never forget you Derek, no matter how hard I tried I will always remember you."
Jess smiled and wrapped her arms around him, happy to feel his arms wrap tightly around her. She pulled away and pressed her lips to his for a few seconds before pulling back. "I have to get used to not being with you." She whispered sadly. "Bye Jessica." He said. The pair got up and Derek jumped from the roof into the grass and looked up at her. She smiled weakly at him and he smiled back before taking off into the woods.
After he was gone Jess let the few tears fall. "I love you Derek Hale." She whispered quiet enough for him not to hear but glad she finally said it out loud.


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Many American families may think that heroin will never touch their families. But too many families find out they were wrong. With prescription drug abuse so widespread and heroin being chemically so similar to prescription painkillers, heroin and its consequent savage addiction may visit families who were sure it could never happen to them. To help parents wall this catastrophe off from breaching the walls of their home, Narconon International provides new educational materials for parents.
It is understandable that most parents have a difficult time talking to their children about drug use and abuse. Unless a parent has tried these drugs himself in his younger years, it is hard to know exactly how to explain the dangers. This booklet overcomes these barriers.
These materials familiarize parents with the path many young people may take to arrive at the use of heroin. And just to make it perfectly clear "use" of heroin is "abuse' of heroin -- there is no social "use" that precedes "abuse." Heroin is heroin. In this booklet, parents are taught what the signs of heroin use are and how the drug affects a person, physically, mentally, emotionally, and in his (or her) relationships with family, work and community.
The most dangerous effects of heroin use or addiction are then discussed, and treatment methods are described. Finally, the steps a parent can take to prevent his children "experimenting" with heroin, using it, jumping into the well of its addictive power are laid out in detail.
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Cee Lo Green said he'll stick with "The Voice" singing competition show "as long as it's fresh." The rapper turned singer joined the show last year as coach and judge alongside Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine.
"I would like to think that we were irreplaceable, you know what I'm saying?" he said in an interview with the Associated Press. "But the truth of the matter is, we're still working-class artists and artists can be very fickle. … I would like to be here as long as it's fresh and new and exciting and fun for me."
Mr. Green, 37, said he considers the gig a "day job" and expects that NBC has plans in place should any of the judges decide to leave. But for now he's happy to continue "building the brand of Cee Lo Green" on the popular TV series, which ends its second season this week.
Ms. Aguilera's appearance on Maroon 5's hit from last year "Moves Like Jagger" has led to further musical collaboration among the show's stars. Mr. Green said he recently recorded a tune with Ms. Aguilera and has been in discussions with Mr. Levine.
"And I have a song for Blake Shelton that I gave to him. And I'd like to do it alongside him. I'd like for it to be a duet," he said.
And what about a supergroup featuring all four of the singers?
"Why not, man? Why not? Everybody's talented. Everybody's available and highly enthusiastic," he said. "I think everybody would be up for it, man, because it's a great idea."
Kardashian wants divorce to move forward
Kim Kardashian's attorney told a judge Friday that the reality star wants her divorce from Kris Humphries to move forward, but that the case has been slowed by the NBA player's hurt feelings and his desire for an annulment.
Mr. Humphries' attorneys said they needed more time to gather information to decide whether to pursue allegations that the couple's 72-day marriage was a fraud. Proving the allegations likely would require a trial, which Ms. Kardashian's attorney Laura Wasser said could prove costly to her estranged husband.
The couple was married last summer in a lavish, star-studded and televised ceremony, but Ms. Kardashian filed for divorce on Oct. 31. Mr. Humphries responded a month later by asking for an annulment, claiming the couple's nuptials were based on a fraud, but not laying out specific evidence.
"I feel that [Mr. Humphries'] personal feelings and maybe some media drive is keeping this case alive," Ms. Wasser said. She said the couple is eligible for a divorce since it has been more than six months since Ms. Kardashian filed her petition.
"Certainly, they've been separated longer than they've been married," Ms. Wasser said.
She said if the case goes to trial and Ms. Kardashian wins, she will ask that Mr. Humphries pay her hefty legal fees. Currently, Ms. Kardashian, the star of the E! Entertainment Television series "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," wants each side to pay their own fees.
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It's happened at last. Liam Fox, one of the most gung-ho militarists ever to occupy the post of Defence Secretary, has returned to the backbenches. All the excuses and half-truths his supporters could come up with have not saved him. But his departure will be largely pointless if we don't learn a great deal from the Werrity scandal.
A few weeks ago, I was sorting through some old papers and came across my first ever published article. It was a piece on Christian attitudes towards mental health, published in the (now defunct) New Christian Herald in October 1998. I was 21.
Welcome to the parallel universe of David Cameron. It is a world in which the Tories stand up for the poor, lead the fight against dictatorship and stop people from being given benefits on demand. It is a world that exists in a conference hall in Manchester this week, in a few daily papers the rest of the time, and in the less well-informed parts of the right-wing blogosphere. It has nothing in common with the world that most of us live in.
I don't claim to be an expert at making political predictions. Some of my predictions have been woefully off-course. But yesterday (26 September) I made what must surely be the most precise political prediction of my life.
When I first heard that the news that the government is planning to legislate for same-sex marriage, I was very pleased. Then I looked at the details. Now I'm very disappointed.
Much has been written today about Kweku Adoboli, the "rogue trader" who lost £1.3 billion of other people's money. One fact that has received little attention is that he went to a Quaker school.
Wherever you are, whatever you're doing, however much time you've got, you can help to tackle the arms fair today. The most important thing you can do is simply to speak out by telling someone about the fair and why you oppose it.
On Tuesday (13 September), one of the world's largest arms fairs will open in London. The London arms fair – known euphemistically as Defence & Security International (DSEi) – will see some of the world's most vicious regimes and active warmongers send delegations to London to view arms and make deals.
I'll soon be off to Greenbelt, a Christian festival that I really love attending every year. Thousands of people gather at Cheltenham for music, performances, worship, talks, debates and much more. I love it.
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, appeared on Radio 4 this morning (10 August) and was asked about the underlying causes of the recent riots. He attributed them to a "sense of entitlement" among young people who were showing the effects of a lack of discipline in school.
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Moral education is missingJanuary 08,2013
I wish to thank T. Elijah Hawkes for his commentary on school safety (Jan. 3). He is trying to address a very difficult issue. However, I have to disagree with his basic premise that public schools ... make us safer. I think a reasonable argument could be made that today the opposite is true. Our schools are not allowed to teach that absolute truth and accompanying moral obligations exist. When they did teach those ideas in the past, they provided us with a common understanding and helped to make our society safer and more civil. However, the trend in the last 60 years has been to enforce a secular humanist education in public schools. This philosophy holds that there is no higher power to which we are responsible and which will hold us accountable. When followed to its logical conclusion, eventually all that remains are our individual subjective values. No value is right or wrong, and we cannot judge anyone. Our society appears to be at that point.
Having reached that point, the question is who has the power to enforce their values. Power becomes the only decision-making tool. That has happened throughout our society. We no longer respect the other person as a person; their value is based on their utility to us. When they oppose us, everything is focused on defeating them and imposing our values. This has made for a dangerous and combative society, not a safe one. The public schools have been the major tool to bring our society to accept the secular humanist worldview. This worldview has brought pain and turmoil to our society. We are less civil and less safe, and public schools are a significant factor.
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"Areas including infrastructure development, investment on people especially education and health, good investment climate to attract foreign direct investment, microeconomic stability, inclusiveness in society, vision, governance, political stability and security should be the focus sectors of the government for economic development. In all these sectors, there are encouraging signs, but Nepal still needs local efforts to better address the investment climate," added he.
Nakao emphasized to promote investment and public private partnership (PPP), he also assured to support in regulatory framework for PPP to attract private sector in hydropower. He lauded the signing of power trade agreement with India that assures of power trading and reduction of poverty to 25 per cent of population of the country.
Nepal is a founding developing member country of ADB, established in 1966. Since ADB began its development assistance in 1969, by funding the improvement of Tribhuvan International Airport and four domestic airports, ADB has provided 167 sovereign loans and grants to Nepal totalling $4.3 billion.
During the meeting with leaders, Nakao said that ADB is planning to extend concessional loans of about $1 billion and around $13 million in technical assistance grant to Nepal over the next three years.


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One of Hardin County's most cherished Christmas traditions is on. Christmas in the Park at Freeman Lake Park in Elizabethtown, open from 6 to 11 p.m. through Jan. 1, is a great opportunity for family time spent sharing holiday cheer.
Driving through the park with the radio tuned to Christmas music, of course, the child in all of us is dazzled by more than million lights illuminating more than 100 displays.
And it's free, though donations are collected to pay the power bill. Electricity usage, by the way, is down significantly because many displays now feature LED lighting, which also is more striking visually and prevents system overloads.
The event, now in its 22nd year, is supported by many volunteers and businesses that offer displays.
Across the state, many families make long trips to see such a showcase. We're quite privileged to have the event — named a top 10 winter event/holiday destination this year by the Kentucky Travel Industry Association, in fact — in our community. It's so close and so well done that locals young and old ought to enjoy the magic twice.
RIDERS GIVE TOYS. Turnout for the 16th Hardin County Toys for Tots run was enough to make organizers' jaws drop. Come Christmas morning, the jaws of children will be dropping, too.
A volunteer charged with standing on the side of the road and counting the passing motorcycles tallied 2,269 bikes riding from Elizabethtown to West Point, and plenty were carrying two people.
Wheeler said some bring one toy, which is the fee for admission to the run, while some bring a bike full.
The run, sponsored by Harley-Davidson Louisville in conjunction with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves, served approximately 1,600 children in Hardin County in 2011. Event coordinator Vickie Wheeler expects more families will need help providing children a merry Christmas this year.
High participation at the ride will help. But, still, the need is always met, Wheeler said. People always step up. Thanks go the event organizers, those who brought thousands of toys to the ride and the last-minute contributors. Their efforts will brighten Christmas morning across Hardin County.
A CHAMPION FOR ANIMALS. After more than 29 years of service, Jerry Foley has retired as Hardin County Animal Control supervisor. Although he has left the job, many of the programs and initiatives started during his tenure continue to make an impact for animals and animal owners.
The department could take some credit for the community's concern for animals and its willingness to speak out against animal abuse. Through educational programs launched by Foley's department, he said they reached a generation of children in classrooms who are now grown men and women.
Foley helped create the county's spay and neuter program in coordination with Hardin County Pet Protection and secure grants for numerous facility expansions so the department could house more animals. He also implemented a program to handle neglected livestock, a shelter volunteer effort and public awareness campaigns. And all along, Foley led the way in increasing pet adoptions.
His noteworthy work has led to countless saved animals and countless families finding a pet to love.
AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW. John Hardin High School Principal Alvin Garrison is one of three educators chosen to participate in the Minority Superintendent Internship Program.
He'll train with Hardin County Schools Superintendent Nannette Johnston for one year and then complete a one-year internship in another district.
The program is meant to give a boost to ethnic minorities who could be candidates for superintendent jobs. With just one ethnic minority superintendent in a state with 174 school districts, it's a striking imbalance.
Garrison said he wants to test himself in the environments the internship program will provide and gain leadership experience. These are great opportunities that will serve Garrison, his school and his district.
Congratulations to Garrison.
TENNIS TIME IS HERE. New tennis courts are open for play at Freeman Lake Park, although evening play won't start until Christmas in the Park ends.
Bo O'Brien, chairman of the Elizabethtown Tennis Commission, turned on the lights opening night. He largely is credited with the growing interest in tennis in the area and working with the city to build new courts.
The courts, bringing the total number of city-maintained outdoor courts to 22, are a worthy addition to Elizabethtown's recreational offerings.
O'Brien, other tennis enthusiasts and city officials should be applauded for creating an atmosphere that will not only encourage physical activity but attract tournaments and their economic benefits to Elizabethtown.
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Collins Hill senior Chris Clark has received a Scholar's Appointment to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, where he plans to play baseball. He is the son of Bill and Vivienne Clark.
As a prep school appointee, Clark will play his first season at Marion Military Institute (Ala.) before entering the Coast Guard Academy in 2014. The middle infielder, who plays this spring for the East Cobb Baseball Academy, has a .350 batting average with three doubles and 10 stolen bases in East Cobb's first 19 games. He also plays for the East Cobb Patriots summer and fall travel program.
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Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) August 30, 2013
For the first time ever, the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors and Bioscape Digital presented an interactive, digital poster at the National Conference on Health Communications, Marketing and Media in Atlanta, last week.
Both organizations were invited to present their joint work in the area of health literacy and instead of presenting a typical paper poster, they teamed up to replicate their iPad technology, on an oversized touchscreen television.
"We felt that it was simply a great opportunity to underscore the reason we had chosen technology to increase health literacy in the first place," said John Robitscher, CEO of the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, adding, "this is the future of research poster presentations."
With funding from Ortho Clinical Diagnotics, both organizations developed a tablet-based, technology platform to increase communication and understanding of standard blood tests by doctors and their patients.
"We believe that the public will respond better to an interactive interface such as a mobile tablet, then just the typical informational flyer in the doctor's office," said Bioscape's CEO, Stuart Bracken.
That basic premise was the underpinnings of a hypothesis that patients would be better equipped to speak to their doctor about their blood test results if they received them prior to their annual physical. Typically, most clinics and doctor's offices order a standard panel of blood tests following a patient's annual physical and then mail them the results. "That order of procedure along with little information about the results, seemed counterintuitive to fostering improved health literacy," said Bracken.
Therefore Bioscape Digital developed highly realistic, graphical images and videos for the iPad, detailing the effects of high ch
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Full-scale, traditional GSM networks use an enormous amount of power. Each Base Station requires 3-4000 Watts of power — before air conditioning is factored in.
In remote areas like rural India, there is either no electricity grid or it's only available for a few hours each day. Diesel generators are used to fill the gap times, resulting in over 1.8 billion litres of diesel fuel being burned every single year in India alone.
And it takes even more fuel to bring the diesel fuel to each generator. The generators themselves are typically low quality and poorly maintained, resulting in replacement every two or three years — more waste, more greenhouse gas emissions.
Using sustainable energy sources is a prerequisite to reach underserved rural and remote communities. Microtelecom equipment must be energy efficient enough to allow for solar or wind power sources.
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Some photographs from our November workshop, presented by Jeff Thompson, photo archivist at Twentieth Century Fox Studios. The half-day workshop covered the identification and proper archival care of twentieth century still film formats. Instruction included discussion of nitrate film, acetate film, and color transparency film as well as recommendations of archival supplies. A tour of the vault was also included.
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In this bilingual poetry book, Francisco X. Alarcón invites young readers to experience fall in Los Angeles — the City of the Angels — where dreams can come true. In the poet's whimsical imagination, mariachis play like angels, angels ride bikes, and the earth dances the cha-cha-cha. Alarcón celebrates the simple joys and trials of everyday life: a visit to the outdoor market, the arrival of the ice cream vendor, the first day of school. He honors his family and pays tribute to his mother, who taught him that with hard work and education he could realize his dreams.
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Port Winston, Texas--home to sun, sand, and shopping. What's not to like? Everything, to 14 year-old Elizabeth Barker. It's the middle of her 9th grade year and Dad's uprooted the family, returning to his Gulf coast hometown. A once-bustling fishing community, Port Winston is pushing every boundary, vying to be the state's premier tourist destination. A far cry from quiet, Coulter City, Missouri where Elizabeth used to be somebody and family meant something a whole lot different. Between Mom's story assignment in Mexico, Dad's 14-hour workdays and weekends minding Grandpa at the docks, their once close-knit life is in shreds. Taunted as the newbie camera geek at school, Elizabeth's given up trying to fit in.
When Grandpa, who's got more judgments than the Old Testament, pronounces her 10¢ shy of worthless and headed for trouble, Elizabeth bolts for Wayward Landing beach--the county's last wild haven. Her impulsive defense of an endangered, nesting sea turtle against a trio of bullies ignites new purpose, a challenging friendship, and troubles even Grandpa couldn't predict. Her fight to save the Landing unearths complex family ties to the powerful developer and a long-buried tragedy that catapults Elizabeth against those she loves. When the Deepwater Horizon oil slick threatens the Louisiana coast and the turtles' feeding grounds, Elizabeth's journalist mom hits the front lines. And Elizabeth's fears and plans hit overdrive.
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Mikey Wright is a normal 13-year-old. With normal problems. Until the day he finds out his dad has cancer. Getaway Day chronicles Mikey's journey to save his father's life and learn the meaning of his own. His journey to help his father takes him from the safety and security of his home town to Anaheim, Chicago, and back down Route 66. Along the way, he's helped by some ordinary and extraordinary folks. Each one has something to teach Mikey about fathers and sons, growing up, family, and home.
His efforts are thwarted at every turn, until Mother Nature steps up to the plate. When a freak storm deluges the Bay Area and forces postponement of the 1962 World Series and makes it impossible to practice in nearby San Francisco, the New York Yankees and San Francisco Giants make arrangements to work out in nearby Modesto. Mikey is inches from making his father's dream come true when an encounter with his high school arch-nemesis threatens to ruin all of his work. Join Mikey as he learns selflessness and the power of believing. He discovers that expectations aren't real, loneliness is absolute, change is inevitable, and laughter is essential. Ultimately, he learns that growing up means letting go.
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My 14yr old son put this together for me in less then 30 mins. I have very bad knees so I opted for a treadmill without a motor so I could control the speed. This machine is PERFECT! So easy to use. The incline was a bit much for me as I am begining so I place a brick under the back legs and decreased the incline. So nice to not have to fight off elements and just walk in the house.
I am 64 and wanted something that would strengthen my legs and give a little cardio, and this is perfect for that. I have had a regular treadmill, and they are too big and too loud. This one is small and quiet. Plus, I think the manual treadmill gives a more natural simulation of walking. It was very easy to put together, and I have found the belt to be fairly smooth. Yes, it isn't like an electric one, but it's not supposed to be. I am only 5' 1", but my husband is 6 ft, and it is a little small built for him. He is hunched over when holding the handlebars, so it kind of hurts his back. But it's perfect for me! The first one I got, the fitness meter didn't work. I called customer support and they were very nice, but told me the parts I needed were on backorder for at least two weeks. They suggested I just order a new one and return the defective one, which I did. Walmart is the best for returning stuff! So, if you are looking for something to just get you moving and replace walking outside, this one is great!
Excellent product - It arrived one week sooner than I expected, it was easy for me to assemble all by myself, (I am 67 years young). I got it to help me reduce my blood glucose readings, I can report that
I have seen a 25% reduction in the numbers already. I have only been using it about 10 days, but I do use it everyday. My doctor will be very happy to see the new numbers! This manual treadmill looks like it will work better than a motorized unit (at least for me), I am very happy with it, and would recommend it to everyone.
The T900 is better than I expected. It was easy to assemble. If the directions are read first then followed thing go well. Operation is straight forward. A person should wear shoes and hang on to the machine. Being a manual machine the faster you walk the faster the belt goes, so if you start out fast and don't hang on well..........oops. I quit smoking and gained some weight and am not in great shape but find that if I take it slowly I can go for about 10 mins. Good cardio and leg workout. I have it in a room where I can walk and watch the tube at the same time. A great way to get my mind off doing exercise. I would recommend this to anyone that wants to work out indoors for not a lot of $$$.
I bought this in May and love it. I put it together easily in less than half and hour. I love the price and it is very easy to use. I use it almost everyday with no problems so far. I do have to tighten it occassionally to keep it from squeaking, which i s not a problem for me. It comes with all the tools you will need and I keep my wrench close by when it needs to be re-tightened. Shipped quickly, even though I was informed that it was on back order. I got it in less than a week. Highly recommended, not bad on the needs, I put it together going uphill, but you have the option to keep it flat. Enjoy!
I LOVE this treadmill! I've spent years looking for just the right match for my needs and I found it in this beauty! It's simple, easy to put together. We had it put together in about 10 minutes. The first week of using it, I noticed that it's a bit too inclined for my beginner needs, therefore, my hubby placed a couple of boards under the back base to even it out and make the workout much easier for me to start out with. I have a vascular condition where I swell up with water in my ankles and feet and this treadmill has been PERFECT for me and easy on my condition. I love fast walking this treadmill while watching Netflix or movies. Time flies by and the workout is GREAT!
I ordered this treadmill because I hate to exercise and I need to do something in the cold of winter that will keep me motivated. This treadmill is easy to use,easy to set up and doesn't take alot of space. Directions are easy to follow, it was set up in 15 minutes and ready to hop on. Other reviewers have said it was jerky,it is not. You need to find your own pace and it is as smooth as can be,yes if you stop short ,but it feels safe,not like it will throw you off .For the money it is strong and sturdy and a great product especially for someone who is just getting started.
I was looking for a way I could exercise with my busy schedule and without leaving my home. I came across this product and read some of the reviews and I have to say this is the best $100.00 I've ever invested in. Putting it together was easy and its a space saver too (bonus) in my 2 bedroom apartment. Had the product for 1 week and 4 days I've lost 5 lbs so far. I recommend this product to anyone at any age. The only down side that I found was that it isn't made for tall people .I'm 5'6 and its a perfect height but for someone 5'7 or taller may find it a little difficult. Great product if I must say.I got the whole family using this treadmill.
It is so easy to use. It was easy to put together. I did it by myself. The instructions were very clear. I have lost 8 lbs in a week just by getting up and moving.
Initially I had purchased a fancy motorized treadmill from another store, but after struggling to put it together I found that it was cracked in several places, it was difficult to use, and I couldn't adjust the handrail. I ended up returning it after a week. After reading many reviews I decided that a basic manual treadmill would be sufficient for my needs. I ordered this for "site-to-store" delivery and I'm not disappointed. First the packing was better than the more expensive motorized, it was very easy for me to put together by myself, and it feels solid enough for my use. I am a small person (at 5 ft. tall) and while the handrail on this model can't be adjusted, it is at the perfect height for me. I also put 2x4's down to reduce the incline and it works perfect for me. All I wanted was to get a treadmill so that I could walk for a half hour - hour everyday after work and the InMotion T900 helps me do just that.
I purchased this type treadmill because it was one of the few I could get into my home with no help. I am a slight 50+ woman and put this together in about a half hour. I would like to be able to walk without the incline at times but you can't have everything, especially for the price.
Great price however the incline is insane!!!! It's like climbing Mount Everest!! Had to get 2x4 and raise the back of it!!!!
I am 38 years old and have to say very easy to put together on my own. Under an hour.
You get what you pay for. Save your money and buy an electrical version. The belt tends to stick and makes it very difficult and stressful to work out.
Was a little worried at first but if you want a workout this will give you one harder than a treadmills with a motor.
very convenient the way it folds up so you can tuck it away, but not a smooth walk, very jerky until you get used to it. i originally wanted a flat treadmill and this isn't it so under the back i put some boards to raise it to make it more flat to walk. I find that to make it work half way decent, I have to walk on my tip toes instead of the normal flat foot walking which means the work out isn't very long.
It's like walking the plank. It made too much noise and it made walking a job not an exercise.
I looked at some other reviews for manual treadmills and they complained about it being too short so that is why I got this one. I am 5'9" and if this was any shorter it would definitely not work. This works great! I have a gym membership but use this when I just don't feel like driving to town (I live out in the boonies). Hang on because it definitely works you harder than a motorized one (you can't stay on if you don't hang on). I guess because you have to make it work. For the money you just can't beat it. It was easy to put together and shipping was only a couple days (free shipping).
Same review as others. Took 1/2 hour to set up. Works great, I've had it for about 1 week. It will move faster or slower depending on how you stand. Lean forward for faster movement.
Stand straighter for slower movement.
I live in hot & humid Florida. This is great to have at home out of the weather, rain or shine.
Thanks Walmart for a less expensive way of doing things for the general public.
Unit is quite and doesn't take much space .For the price it is a steal. I am glad I didn't go with some loud electric energy sucking unit instead.
Shipping was fast and free to the store .
I am a 66 yr old women. I put this together easily myself. The frame is sturdy, but one of the wiring connections for the calorie counter was broken when I opened the box. The tread itself slides too easily and it can't be used in a level position, so I was constantly fighting to stay up strait. I will be returning this.


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Synology RackStation RS3614xs+ Review
The Synology RackStation RS3614xs+ is a performance-driven network attached storage solution with 12 front-mounted hot-swappable 3.5-inch bays that is designed for businesses that require reliability and high uptime as well as a comprehensive set of business applications. Synology indicates that their RS3614xs+ simplifies data management, optimizes virtualization environments, and can rapidly expand storage capacity without having to worry about a time-consuming setup and maintenance.Read more
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Toshiba HG6 SSD Review
The Toshiba HG6 is a dual entry-enterprise and enterprise client SSD that is designed for high-performance, high reliability, and power efficiency for OEM systems. Available in capacities up to 512GB, the Toshiba HG6 SSD is offered in the five standard form factors (2.5" 7.0mm, 2.5" 9.5mm, mSATA, M.2 2280-D2 Double-Sided, and M.2 2280-S2 Single-Sided), allowing the diverse line of SSDs to satisfy a plethora of use cases.Read more
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Dell PowerEdge 13G R530 Review
The Dell PowerEdge 13G R530 is a 2U rack server engineered for midrange and virtualized workloads with two sockets for Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 processors. The R530 is built with Intel's Grantly architecture and a Wellsburg C610 chipset that supports 12 DDR4 DIMM slots, 2 PCIe 2.0 slots, and 3 PCIe 3.0 slots. With a single chassis layout option that features 3.5-inch drive bays, the R530 is oriented towards use cases that require storage density over storage performance.Read more
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Dell PowerEdge 13G R430 Review
The PowerEdge R430 packs Dell's 13th generation PowerEdge compute platform into a 2-socket short-depth 1U rack server. The 13G R430 is built on Intel's Grantly platform with a Wellsburg C610 chipset that utilizes Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 processors with 12 DDR4 DIMM slots. The R430 has four chassis options with up to 10 2.5-inch hard drives and two PCIe Gen3 slots, making it attractive for deploying additional compute power to a rack that is tight on space or for use as the foundation for a PowerEdge deployment that is expected to scale over time.Read more
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The ThinkServer SA120 by Lenovo is a 12-bay 2U JBOD that features an expansion capability to support four 2.5" drives (in addition to the 12 3.5" drives) with an optional SSD expansion pack for up to 51.2TB of storage. This positions the ThinkServer SA120 in a unique spot in the market, giving buyers the best of both worlds with flash cache plus high-capacity storage in a single compact storage shelf.Read more
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The WD Sentinel DX4200 Storage Server is the company's latest effort to bring SMBs storage that's both easy to use and simple to manage. The DX4200 builds on the DX4000 that was released about three years ago. Key updates include a modern OS, Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Workgroup, and a more powerful Intel Atom processor. Inside the 4-bay enclosure are WD Se enterprise SSDs that are designed for high-end NAS work and can offer capacities up to 16TB raw. WD has also pulled over a unique feature from their micro-server line, offering a dedicated boot drive for the system which makes going from box to production faster, allows for safer system updates down the road (by reducing data disruptions), and storage capacity isn't lost to the OS. WD also offers a variety of warranty and support options to make sure SMBs worry less about their storage and more about business operations.Read more
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December 5th, 2014 by Tucker Mindrum
Synology DiskStation DS1515+ Review
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Review: 'Girls' - 'One Man's Trash': Dancin' with Mr. Brownstone
A review of tonight's "Girls" coming up just as soon as I play the body drums...
"Please don't tell anyone this, but I want to be happy." -Hannah
"Girls" is a divisive show to begin with — it's the only show I regularly review where the existence of the coverage itself seems to anger some people — and even among those who enjoy it with little or no reservation, "One Man's Trash" is going to be polarizing. Already, I've seen Twitter arguments among critics who saw it in advance, and I expect the comments here to be pretty lively on both sides of things.
Other than a brief (and amusing) cameo by Ray, "One Man's Trash" puts all the other "Girls" characters to the side for an interlude between Hannah and Patrick Wilson's handsome but lonely Joshua. Season 1 offered a similarly Hannah-centric outing with "The Return," but it felt like more a part of the show's world (despite taking place in Michigan) because her parents and her relationship with them was pre-established, and because her behavior in the episode was a direct reaction to what was going on with Adam, where "One Man's Trash" felt like an interlude unconnected to any "Girls" continuity other than Hannah's job at the coffee shop. A good chunk of the episode plays as real estate porn, as we get to admire how well Joshua (never Josh) has renovated and tricked out his brownstone, and much of the rest is Hannah having sex with a hot older guy. The entire episode builds to a big epiphany for Hannah about how she wants a normal life more than she would care to admit to anyone, but it takes a long time getting there.
For all those reasons, I can understand why anyone might find the episode self-indulgent, slow or otherwise difficult to sit through.
Me? I liked it, though it's one that's grown on me more as I've thought about it than when I watched it.
"One Man's Trash" reminded me of when an author of a series of novels I likes writes a short story about their hero or heroine. They're liberated from big plot arcs, action or the other prerequisites for the big books, and can simply tell a simpler tale touching on some aspect of the character it's not as easy to deal with in a novel. (To use a pop culture example that's 180 degrees from "Girls," Lee Child occasionally writes Jack Reacher short stories set in his childhood as a military brat or his early career in the Army.)
"Girls" isn't super-plotty to begin with, but there's still a bigger story being told each season about Hannah (and to a lesser extent Marnie, Jessa and Shoshanna); "One Man's Trash" was putting that on pause for a half-hour to take Hannah out of her comfort zone, in a circumstance that would force her to recognize something about herself that wouldn't likely come up in her usual mortifying, low-budget adventures. Give her this interlude with a man she might never have otherwise met, in an environment that feels as far from her existence as a space station on the moon might be (even thought it's only a few blocks), and give her the time to do nothing but have sex — with a seemingly uncomplicated, polite man who doesn't make Hannah devote most of her brainpower to analyzing his motives — and think, and admire a lifestyle she can't at the moment even dream of having, and this epiphany is possible. She needed all the handsome decor and frequent sex to get to that moment, which meant we needed to watch it so we'd understand how she got there.
And I like that it played as a Hannah Horvath epiphany, in that it was three parts reflection to one part the usual obliviousness. Like the "I'm the most scared person alive!" declaration from the season 1 finale, Hannah's pain still has to be more interesting and special than everyone else's, even as she's examining the idea that trying to live this unique life full of memorable but painful experiences is probably a bad idea. She unloads on Josh(ua) for not opening himself up to her, but every time he tried, she dismissed the information as less distinct and tragic as her own. Hannah discovers something she didn't know about herself, but she's still Hannah.
A fully reasonable, self-aware Hannah Horvath is the end of this show. But those moments when she comes very very close to answering Adam's question from that finale — "What the fuck is wrong with you?" — can be really interesting, particularly when you have Lena Dunham at the top of her game, Patrick Wilson being game, and great direction from Richard Shepard (particularly on that final shot of Hannah walking away, which felt very '70s New York cinema).
What did everybody else think? Was "One Man's Trash" a fascinating diversion, or did you lose your patience once you realized Ray wasn't coming back (and the others weren't appearing at all)?