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THE Water and Sewerage Company (Wasco) says it is saddled by huge debts that have hampered its service delivery and operations.
The debts are in the form of what customers owe for water supply and what the company owes to the government. Wasco owes the government M611 million and is owed a couple of millions by customers.
Wasco's acting chief executive' Mamathe Makhaola made the revelation at a stakeholders' meeting last Friday where she implored the government to help the company repay its debt. Makhaola told Water Affairs Minister Ralechate 'Mokose that the M611 million loan was inherited from the time when it was still WASA, a government department.
The debt, Makhaola said, is now threatening to defeat the motive behind transforming the department into a company.
The reasoning for the transformation was that the company would be autonomous and will not be hamstrung by government bureaucracy.
Hopes were high that the new company would be able to source its own funding for projects and improve service delivery.
Makhaola hinted that although there has been significant improvement since the transformation the new company is now being held back by the debt.
She said the Five Towns Project is being partly sponsored with borrowed funds which government should help to repay.
"Because these loans are big amounts we would love for the government to commit itself to pay a certain percentage and the donor a certain percent," Makhaola said.
"We request that these debts should be government's debts and not the company's."
She also gave the impression that the government is hesitant to support the company financially.
While this appeared not to be the crux of her presentation the minister seized on it and insisted the government is committed to supporting Wasco.
"Recently, a couple of weeks ago, I brought before Parliament the needs of the water authority (Wasco) when the budget was discussed," 'Mokose said.
"The Five Towns' Water Supply Project, which started last year, and the urban and peri-urban water supply which include the Maseru waste water project are being funded by the government".
Some of the people who attended the meeting said they were not convinced that Wasco is living up to its mandate. Others asked if the company was fully utilising its budget to improve its services.
In response Makhaola said the biggest problem remained that of poor revenue collection and money to maintain ageing infrastructure likes pipes.
"As a company we have plans to replace those old pipes with new ones to avoid losing more money on leaking pipes."
Khomoatsana Tau, the Water Affairs Principal Secretary, weighed in with a call on the water company to maintain its pipes.
"If we do not maintain our infrastructure then we will pretty soon run out of water completely," Tau said.
Mokose said some areas in Mohale's Hoek and Butha-Buthe have not had water for a long time but the customers keep receiving huge bills.
The Minister recalled one family showing him a water bill of M35 000 despite not having water.
"This family said it was not clear what the charges were for because when they turned their taps on only air would come out and there is no water most of the time," 'Mokose said.
A committee member from Butha-Buthe told the meeting that there is no proper source of water in the district's main town and therefore WASCO cannot build a reservoir.
The committee member said a source they had had dried up.
"We request that WASCO should help us identify the best places to make borehole taps for the water supply," he said.
"People from the villages of Ha-Kamoho and Lipelaneng have even resorted to fetching water from springs that are not protected and are posing health risks to the people," he said.
A representative from Peka in Leribe said the water charges do not reflect what WASCO says they should be.
"It is said, 1000 litres is M4.51 but that is not true. It is more than that," he said.
He further said they wrote to WASCO in 2013 complaining about dirty water and requested that the person in charge of WASCO in Teya-teyaneng should either be transferred to another office or demoted.
Wasco, he said, has not responded.
The proposed increase in tariffs was also among issues discussed with stakeholders saying it is common that the company keeps on increasing prices while its services are deteriorating.
WASCO has proposed a 13 percent increase on volumetric water and sewerage service tariffs.
Since last September Water and Sewarage Company (Wasco) has been having meetings in the districts as part of its Corporate Stakeholder Engagement Plan. Below are some of the concerns the company received:
- Water bills for schools remain high even when schools are closed.
- Wasco's customer service has improved.
- There are people who still use water from unprotected wells.
- Rose Clinic has been slapped with a M11 000 bill and has since been disconnected.
- Peka Local Court paid M80 000 for water but Wasco's statements do not reflect the amount.
- There is growing need for more sewer lines.
- Water from Metolong Dam should also be supplied to villages of Boinyatso, Maliele and surrounding areas.
- Bills continue to increase even when there is no water.
- Wasco staff has allowed the pipes to continue leaking for years.
- Water has been disconnected at the town's main market for two years.
- There are cases of vandalism to water infrastructure and therefore education campaigns should be held frequently.
- When there is no water, Wasco should put in place measures for temporary supply especially if water shortage takes a week or longer.
- Wasco should start looking for other water sources for Mapoteng.
- Where there is a water cut the people at Wasco's customer service department don't have answers.
- Wasco should buy space in the media to communicate with the community.
- Wasco was applauded for reliable water supply in Mabuthile and Phahameng.
- There are sewage overflows everywhere in town.
- The Lipelaneng River is green as a result of water from the sewage pond.
- Pipes are laid on the surface and are therefore exposed to damage.
- Tšifa-li-mali community is not connected to water pipes despite that water mains are not far.
- Wasco should start looking for other sources of water because the current ones might not produce enough during droughts.
- The elevated tank should be installed to assist the existing reservoir.
- There should be water network in Letlapeng, Thaba-Chitja and parts of Phahameng.
Mohale's Hoek
- People should stop giving metre readers money to pay for them because the money never reaches Wasco.
- There should be pre-paid metres.
- Wasco should educate the community about metre reading and billing.
Qacha's Nek
- Sewage is spilling near Farmer Training Centre
- Motse-mocha does not have water on weekends and people are rarely informed.
- Community leaders should be involved in water supply projects.
- Conservancy tanks leak.
- Sewage ponds should not be close to residential areas.
- Water sources are quickly diminishing.
- Wasco continues to issue bills but there is no water.
- Where there are boreholes like in Kholokoe, Wasco should think of constructing a tank to supply the area.
- There is need for more standpipes as people travel a long distance to draw water at the five existing ones.
- Wasco should educate the community about the billing process.
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Old book review
Here's an interesting book pointed out to me from a reader, thank's Peter! It's called The Theory and Practice of Malting and Brewing. By a Practical Brewer by William Creech You can read it here. The great thing about it is that it was published in 1793, a time that predates the use of Black Patent malt in 1817 (which would eventually replace diastatic brown malt) and it's also a time where thermometers were used to record temperatures in Farenheit. The Farenheit scale was first introduced in 1724 so it is between these two dates that we can find books published about brewing that include temperatures used in the process of making malt and beer in a more pre-industrial era and by that I mean this predates the mechanization and increased scale of malting. So we get some very useful descriptions of malting and brewing practices that serve as a window into the past. What's amazing about this book is all of the unique descriptions about brewing practices, things like adding the hops before the boil pg. 37 for a perceptible improvement in flavour. Hmmm gotta try that. Here's a link to an article on first wort hopping.
There is also mention of using fresh hops for small beer on page 66. But more importantly, this is the first time I've seen mention of different colours of brown malt. They are referred to as Brown, Middling Brown, and High Brown. What?! This suggests that malt colour and therefore beer was not as inconsistent as one (being me) might have assumed. And if you're into brewing historical beers check out the recipes included on page 60-72.
Garden Update Spring 2018
It's been way too long since I've posted anything. I've been super busy with a new job but I still have plenty of malting projects on the go and many more ideas I want to try. I'm currently brewing an ale made from a malt that germinated for 14 days. I also made malt with an accelerated schedule that took only 5 days start to finish as well as brewing a small beer with 100% unmalted barley, but more on these later.
Firstly, I want to thank all the people that have purchased one of my books. I'm quite happy with how the Malting Log book turned out and I've been using it for the last few batches of malt that I've made. I have to say it's pretty darn handy.
I did have some problems formatting the Malting At Home book as a reviewer on Amazon has pointed out (the rest of the review is very positive so thank-you Jeremiah!). For some reason, Amazon direct publishing does not, at this time, recognize Google documents. So I had to turn my google documents into Word documents and when I did this the formatting gets really screwy. I've corrected the spacing issues as best as I can but it's not perfect. I'm sure there are better ways to do this but if you're planning on self-publishing I would highly recommend starting with Word right from the start. I also wanted more pictures but knowing I wouldn't have the time available for at least four months I decided to get it out sooner than later. I am however very happy with all of the recipes I've managed to compile and I was pretty excited when I realized I could use Google translate to read some German and French texts that included some very useful information. I think having all these recipes in one book is handy because surprisingly most of the big expensive modern text books are kind of lacking in actual recipes or kilning schedules.
I managed to get to the garden yesterday to plant this years barley. I actually had more Chevalier seed than expected and managed to plant 3 beds with Chevalier. I planted another 3 beds with Maris Otter and there's a narrow bed that I had planted with the small amount of Bere seed I had.
As you can see I'm not taking any chances here and covered everything to prevent the birds and squirrels from digging out the seeds. I'll remove the covers in about two weeks.
As I was prepping the soil and removing some weeds I pulled out some beets that were perfectly preserved from last year. They had been covered up with a pile of weeds and straw. We ate them that night and they were like new. We also had some kale shoots which are very mild and not bitter at all. Here's a shot of the kale "tree" I left in the garden over winter. I also planted a Fuji apple tree on the north side of the garden.
In total I have about 530 square feet of barley planted this year and I'm hoping to get about 40 lbs. of barley from this.
New Malting Book!
It's finally here all the recipes on the blog and more, in one convenient place. Yes you can make malt at home, it's not only possible but it's a lot of fun. Take your home brewing to the next level!
Check out the table of contents:
Table of Contents 2
Introduction 4
Malting Simplified 7
Getting started 10
Equipment and some Terminology 10
Steeping, Germination, Kilning and Curing 16
Moisture Content 21
Growing and Harvesting 24
Threshing and Winnowing 33
Feed Barley 35
Recipes: Pale Malt 39
Pilsner/ Lager Malt 43
Historical Malting 47
Modern Malting 53
Vienna Malt 56
Toasted Malts 58
Victory, Biscuit and Amber 58
The Melanoidin Family 61
Aromatic, Munich, and Melanoidin Malts 61
Brumalt 61
Munich Malt 63
Melanoidin/ Brumalt 72
Caramel Malts 74
Special B Type Malt 76
Making Caramel malt from Pale malt 77
Roasted Malts 78
Chocolate, Roasted Malt, Roasted Barley 78
Debittered Black Patent Malt 80
Brown Malts 82
Belgian Malt for Lambic 89
Acid Malt 90
Wheat 91
Oats 92
Spelt and Emmer 93
Bibliography 94
Lightly Toasted Malts, Victory, Amber and Biscuit
These are easy malts to make because they start out as pale malts and are lightly toasted. There are several ways to make them and there is plenty of information to do this on the internet, but I wanted to try it myself so that I could see and taste what effect the different times and temperatures had. Victory and Amber malts are pretty much the same and are a little darker than Biscuit. However, these malts will vary between malting companies. I found that the most pronounced roasted flavour came from a short roast at a high temperature. This is not surprising given the appearance of the malt. At 350F there is some significant darkening that occurs in a certain percentage of the grains, in other words, some grains look burnt, not charred, just well roasted. I found that soaking did not have much of an effect on the flavour, it just extended the kilning time. Because of this, it was not possible to get a light coloured biscuit malt after soaking. The flavour of the soaked grains was comparable to the grain roasted dry at a low temperature (250F) which was more mellow. Here are the times and temperatures I used to get malts with similar colours.
- 250F for 1 hour or
- 300F for 30 min or
- 350F for 20 min
- 250F for 1 1/2 to 2 hours or
- 300F for 45 minutes or
- 350F for 30 minutes or
- If soaked for 1 hour 350F for 45 minutes (or just until it's dry)
- If soaked for 2 hours 250F for 3 hours (do not recommend)
Amber Malt: From Malt and Malting: An Historical , Scientific and Practical Treatise. H Stopes 1885 p. 159-161
Germinates as a pale malt
- Kilning: First 12 hrs. below 80F 26.6C
- End of hour 18 85F 29.4 C
- End of hour 20 125F 51.6C
Stopes also recommends that the final curing stage (last 5-6 hrs) can be carried out with dry beechwood in the kiln for the best flavour.
My version seen in the video was to start with a pale malt and kiln at 200F for 1 hr. 220F for 1 hour 240F for an hour then 250F for an hour.
The Barley and Scotch Bigg Report of 1806 and the influence of a long un-aerated steep on germination time
I recently came across a significant study about brewing and malting that was written in 1806 and it is fascinating. It's entitled: Report of the Experiments made, by the Direction of the Honourable Board of Excise in Scotland to ascertain the relative Qualities of Malt made from Barley and Scotch Bigg. You can read it here on page 9 (press "preview book") I am not a beer historian but I believe this is one of the first large-scale surveys conducted for the brewing industry using scientific methods in England. In 1806 Thomas Thomson, along with authors Hope and Coventry conducted a series of experiments comparing the qualities of Barley to that of Scottish Bigg in order to reduce the tax on Bigg since it was thought to make a lower quality malt for brewing and distilling. Bigg is another name for Bere or Bear, an old variety of six-row barley believed to have been introduced to Britain by the Vikings in the 8th or 9th century. It grows faster than barley so it can be sown later and harvested earlier and is ideal for climates with a short growing season. Their findings were published in a report presented to the House of Commons. They concluded that Bigg was 8-14% less productive than English Barley (depending on which author you asked) and proposed that the tax on Brigg should be reduced by one-third. Their survey was very comprehensive collecting the data from malting, brewing and distilling about 36,000 lbs. of English barley, 41,000 lbs. of Scottish barley and 55,500 lbs. of Scottish Bigg. This became a publication that would be referred to for years to come. You can find sections of the report quoted directly 40 years later in The Scottish Ale Brewer and Practical Maltster pg.208 by W.H. Roberts in 1846. By the way, it was Thomas Thomson who devised an accurate hydrometer for this study which was specific for brewing and distilling called the Allan's Saccharometer.
Of course what I found the most interesting is the section on malting. This is the earliest accurate written survey (in English) that I'm aware of with steep times, moisture content, germination temperature, kilning times and malt temperatures in actual malthouses. I must say the numbers are pretty surprising, like the 20 day germination times and the rather low kilning temperatures. By having this data we're getting an insight into the brewing and malting methods of the time. For example, the practice described in the report for judging if barley has been steeped enough was to squeeze a grain end to end, if it was soft enough to be crushed then it was deemed to have enough moisture for germination. (This method is also described in the London and Country Brewer of 1736.) But the report also details the weight increase after steeping of each sample (pg 23) and using these numbers we can figure out the moisture contents which, low and behold, were the same ranges of moisture contents used today, 39%-46%. That's a pretty good "rule of thumb". We don't know the initial moisture content of all the barley used in the report but one sample was dried out and according to the weights given had a moisture content of 12.5 %. This is the figure I used in the calculation since any barley that's properly dried and meant to last in storage would have had a moisture content under 14% so it's likely a good average number. I think I'll try this method on my next batch of malt and compare it to my calculated moisture contents.
Even though moisture contents were the same, steep times were very long ranging from 44 hours to 116 hours with the averages being 81 hours for English barley, 76 hours for Scottish barley and 71.5 hours for Bigg. Maltsters were actually required to steep not less than 40 hours by law otherwise they would be fined. The report does mention water changes occurring on pg 20. "Some Maltmen change the water once or twice, while the grain is in the steep, others not at all" I was curious to know what effects such a long steep has on germination and how this does not kill the grain? I found my answer in Malting and Brewing Science pg 48 (Hough, Briggs,Stevens 1971) " The traditional English practice of long steeps without aeration tends to stifle the grain, and is said to hold back "bolters" so producing more even germination on the floor. As already noted prolonged steeping induces in barley a condition similar to water sensitivity." Water sensitivity is a condition where the barley will not germinate while there is a surface film of moisture on the grain. This explains why with this method chitting occurs so late, after 4 days according to the report ! When using air rests in the steep regimen chitting often begins before steeping is finished leading to a rapid uptake of water. In describing highly aerated steeping Hough, Briggs, and Stevens state " Such extreme aeration is probably too costly to use as a routine measure. Particularaly in floor malting, the vigorous growth, with the production of heat, is liable to get out of control, leading to high malting losses…"
Since the germination starts so late with the traditional method it's safe to assume that the grain will be drier while it is growing thus slowing things down even more. I always wondered why I could not replicate these long germination times using commercial steeping schedules. Every time I tried, my barley would be on the verge of bolting on day 7. As to the wide ranges of times in the report, a major factor in the rate of absorption of water is temperature as well as variety and quality of barley. Also the fact that these samples were carried out by different maltsters could explain some of the variance as well, according to Thomson "They seem to be regulated not so much by any determinate plan, as by custom, or perhaps, in some cases, by caprice."
On Germination: The times from when the barley was cast onto the floor from the steep tank to the time it was deemed ready ranged from 12 days to 20 for brewing. Shorter times of 8 and 10 days were for distillation. The average for brewing was 14 days for the good quality barley. As mentioned the growth of the acrospire described in the report and in other historical texts was much slower. On page 30 there is a description of acrospires usually reaching only half the length of the grain on days 7-9. It has been my experience that acrospires are at this length after 3-4 days, this makes sense given the extra 4 days required to chit. One way malt is judged to be modified is when the starch turns into a smooth chalky paste, which today happens on day 5-8 (for a pale malt) depending on temperature and barley variety. The same is true for traditional malt and usually occurs when the acrospire is 4/5ths the length of the grain. There is a good description of determining the modification of traditional malt in the 1854 Encyclopaedia Brittanica on Brewing pg 322 which describes the malt undergoing two stages of apparent modification, the "first free" occuring on day 9 – 10 where the grain will feel chalky. At this stage the malt will produce "tolerable" beer. Then the grain hardens once again for another few days until the acrospire has reached 4/5ths the length of the grain usually happening on day 14. It also mentions English germination times averaging 14 days at 62 F and in Scotland 16-20 days at 55 F.
Another highlight of this report are the kiln temperatures, but I'll save that one for another post.
Have fun reading these links and jumping down this rabbit hole!
Hulless barley, locally grown
I recently took a trip out to the Cedar Isle Farm in Agassiz B.C. to drop off some beer I made with the hulless barley they grew last summer. They were nice enough to give me 25 lbs. of CDC McGwire barley to play with – thanks again guys! The owners Diane and Jim farm 100 acres, 20 of which are dedicated to grain. They grow wheat, hulless oats, rye and now barley. The farm is also organic and sell their grain using the Community Supported Agriculture model. You pay a membership fee which entitles you to a share of the season's harvest. They also sell their grain to a local bakery called the Bread Affair which is used in their "100 mile" loaf. I'm looking forward to paying them a visit during the summer!
CDC McGwire is not ideal for malting due to it's high beta glucan content. It's more for general eating purposes. There are better hulless barley's which were specifically bred for malting like CDC Explus or Taylor 6 but they're not used in the industry probably due to the fact that they're harder to work with – hulless barley sticks to everything. Not a big deal when you're malting at home. I also read that this variety is very low in protein so I figured I'd skip the protein rest and add a beta glucan rest. Unfortunately this was a mistake as you can see in the video, the beer turned out pretty cloudy. The first batch of malt was also a pilsner malt which was undermodified so it was a bit of an amateur mistake on my part not to include the protein rest.
The first beer was a Belgian Golden Strong ale which as the name implies comes in at 8% but it's not boozy or hot. You wouldn't know it's as strong as it is based on the flavour. For this beer I also made a dextrin malt. The second beer is an I.P.A. and it's full of galaxy and citra hops. I also made a kind of munich malt from a pale malt which tastes remarkably like brown toast with honey. The flavour of this malt was masked by the hops but I'll post more on this idea later.


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Conroe man wanted for allegedly shooting ex-girlfriend's boyfriend in Splendora
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office deputies are on the lookout for a man they say on Wednesday evening approached and shot his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend after a vehicle wreck between the two in Splendora.
Belton Allen Presswood, 38, of Conroe, is wanted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony. Presswood was reportedly seen by multiple people on the 27000 block of Midlane Street walking out of his white Chevy Tahoe, approaching a silver Nissan SUV driven by a 44-year-old man he proceeded to shoot in the chest area, according to the sheriff's office.
The shooting victim was taken to Conroe Regional Medical Center where he underwent emergency surgery. He is expected to survive. Presswood was seen fleeing in the Tahoe. He has a $750,000 bond pending his apprehension.
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Wilson v. Cook County (Semi-Auto Gun Ban)
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Posted 13 January 2020 - 01:22 AM
Best bet here is that Scotus sets a new standard via the NYSRPA case, then this one gets sent back to the 7th. At this point, the Friedman case is essentially nullified and we'll be on a blank slate.
There is no such thing as "essentially nullified." If a law is not repealed and if there is no court judgment prohibiting enforcement of a law then the government is free to enforce that law. Legislators, judges and prosecutors have absolute immunity. The barrier of "qualified immunity" for police has been raised so high, it might as well be absolute immunity.
Concealed carry is of no use to me because I don't carry a purse or wear a dress, and I'm not into secret advantage and unmanly assassination.
Posted 13 January 2020 - 04:18 PM
The only advantage and disadvantage of a AR is penetration.
AR as home defense is my last choice.
Shotgun can cover a very large area.
Pistol can shoot just as accurately as a rifle in a home.
Rifles do this to plate steel (non AR500) the TV, Wall, refrigerator, isn't going to stop this.
AR is my first choice for HD.
Penetration is based on bullet construction and velocity. There are a lot of variables.
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Ron here! As you're reading this, I am probably soaking in some sun rays on a beach island off the coast of Spain. In an attempt to bring you some interesting summer content to chew on while I'm away, I've decided to spill a little bit of a recent personal project of mine a day before I leave.
Yup, video game music. I've been digging through a lot of my favorite gaming soundtracks recently and trying to make an ultimate mix playlist of all of my favorites. Who knows, maybe I'll share them with the kids one day! What infant doesn't love the theme of Sephiroth stabbing through Aeris as they try to sleep in their crib at night.
I'll drop it down to ten, but this is not an exact science by any means. This ten could entirely change within a week, and this is what I am feeling at this moment in time. And speaking of time… our first selection!
Chrono Trigger – To Far Away Times
I gave Chrono Trigger a run-through earlier this summer, and I couldn't fight back the tears when its closing theme fired up. Crono and his friends had saved the world, departed for their respective time time periods, and left us with a endearing feeling that no matter how impossible, their journey will never truly end. It might be blasphemy, but I like leaving Chrono Trigger right where it left off, and allowing my imagination to fill in the rest. No need for sequels or… pseudo-sequels.
There is nothing in the world like sinking time into a childhood favorite and then having it wrap up with the exact level of satisfaction you felt as a bright-eyed kid. "To Far And Away Times" touches on all the moments that the game has covered, flashing back to the happy times of your adventure, and its relaxing renditions pierce right to the heart. After hearing this song roll with the credits, it will stick with you until the next time you set off with Crono and friends once again.
What an immortal masterpiece of a game, and what a perfect song to close it on.
Soul Blade – The Edge of the Soul
It's videos like this that make me miss the 90s so much. Speaking like an old man, nothing seems groundbreaking or legendary anymore. Games have become pure consumption. You see everything there is to see before it even comes out, you play the game, you beat the game, you move onto the next. Maybe the occasional future classic might slip by, but by and large, nothing leaves a deep enough footprint to just impress the hell out of you.
No Man's Sky is looking like it could fit that bill, but I'll have to peel myself off this beach to play it, and yeah… that's not happening. Enjoy your digital universe. I'm getting a tan!
Soul Blade's introduction is the stuff of legends, largely due to its insanely cheesy theme song "The Edge of the Soul." There isn't a person alive who turned this game on in 1996 and was prepared for what Namco had in store for them, and I don't think there is a person alive who enjoys the actual game more than this video. Back before the days of YouTube, I used to turn this game on just to hear the song if I needed to get myself pumped up!
Wow! If this is what gaming on CDs can do, then sign me up until the end of time! Watching it nowadays for the first time on YouTube just isn't the same. It's one of those moments where you had to be there…
Mega Man 2 – Dr. Wily's Castle
And if we're talking the stuff of legends here, Capcom's NES line-up has got us covered on countless fronts. None could match the talents of Capcom's chip-tune composers back in the day, and two theme songs remain at the forefront of most NES fans' playlists. We'll get to the other one in a second, but let's start with the pure leader of the bunch. Nothing can touch Mega Man 2's "Dr. Wily's Castle," and this is coming from a game where absolutely every track is a certified masterpiece.
This song sets up the perfect message of a desperate assault. One young boy, armed with the experience of battle and weapons of his foes, launches an assault against an impenetrable fortress… with a huge skull on the front. A horrifying giant skull! Can you imagine?! After throttling the minions that stand in his way, he finds a single ladder up the side that grants him access, but he must traverse thin platforms to avoid the dangerous pits below. One misplaced step, and it's all over.
And what's at the top? Blocks that fall out from under his feet and a giant, robot, fire-breathing dragon ten-times his size!
No problem! I'm Mega Man, and you're all dead! Excellent, heart-racing theme. Such a classic game couldn't ask for more.
DuckTales – The Moon Theme
Capcom's other classic 8-bit masterpiece. I'm going to post both the original and the remix from the HD remaster here as both stand tall as some of gaming's greatest compositions. This one is a lot harder to pin down the reasons for, but I'll just come out and say it is infectious to zombie-outbreak standards.
You know how YouTube has those extended "1 hour of…" or "10 hours of…" videos? Yup, I've run the challenge on this song, from beginning to end. In fact, I think it even makes me write better! I get pumped listening to this, and dare I say, it's even more addictive than the cartoon's theme.
Talk about impossible!
Persona Q: Shadows of the Labyrinth – Light up the Fire in the Night
The Persona series is defined by its slick style and great music, and the Nintendo 3DS hit Persona Q: Shadow of he Labyrinth is primarily defined by its unapologetic ability to take those elements, boil them down to their most basic levels, and send the results into overdrive. Your favorite characters are mere one-liner jokes for the entire 40 hours dungeon crawl, and the music… yeah… just insane.
…I'll never get tired of this theme. Much like Soul Edge's intro, I sometimes would get into fights playing Persona Q on the train and just let it boil by blood. I love the voice work, the fast pace, and of course, the lyrics. "Going gorillas, bananas."
This unapologetic, over-the-top spoof on Persona's style actually trumps the real-deal. I love Persona 4's music, but there isn't a track on there I like more than this.
What makes "Light up the Fire in the Night" even better is that there are two versions! I prefer the Persona 4 version, but what's a more exciting way to celebrate both than to mix them together? The results here is clearly larger than the sum of its parts, almost like Atlus was asking fans to make this little miracle happen.
Suikoden II – Orrizonte
No point in fighting off the fanboy urges here. Suikoden II is my absolute favorite video game of all time, and the series' main theme is one of the most underrated in video game music. Never before has there been a tune that's been able to stir such a range of emotions, from getting pumped for an upcoming battle to relaxing in the comfort one's own home to kneeling besides a dying friend for his last breaths.
Konami's composers found countless ways to remix this simple tune throughout the series, but never did they find more success than when they decided to add lyrics. This version titled "Orrizonte" didn't make it into the North American version due to a bug, but blessings be praised upon the Internet for letting desperate fanboys like myself finally experience it so many years later.
Beautiful remix to a wonderful tune that sits near and dear to my heart.
Final Fantasy – Main Theme
I've gone back a lot through the Final Fantasy soundtracks, and I've started to believe that maybe legendary composer Nobuo Uematsu's greatest contributions to the series can actually be found in its first game. The classic Prelude Arpeggio, the Battle, Town, and Overworld themes, all classic.
However, it's in the main theme itself that we find his most emotionally arousing bit of music. "You're going on an adventure, and you know what, it is going to be absolutely epic!" That's all an RPG opener needs to say, and this theme does it a lot better than most… dare I say even better than The Legend of Zelda?
Uh oh. Them's fightin' words!
Square Enix has luckily remembered that it exists too. The theme recently turned up in both Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XV as the company appeals to those fans who loved the series during its early days. Talk about emotional. The first time I saw that Final Fantasy XV trailer was a little too much.
You can pull those heartstrings all day long, Square Enix. I don't mind.
Wild ARMs – Into the Wilderness
Just another example of how to get an adventure started off right. Wild ARMs isn't the most original or memorable game on the face of the Earth, but it will live in the hearts of JRPG gamers around the world because of its excellent intro. Again, you had to be there in 1996, like with Soul Edge. This kind of thing wasn't an everyday occurrence like they are now. These intro videos were a revolution in storytelling, setting a perfect mood to get you ready for your experience.
These two were the best, but with much different tones. Wild ARMs is a game about loneliness, and never has there been an RPG song that better captures that feeling. Three misfits wander the Earth, unable to fit into the ruined society they belong to. They find comfort and companionship in one another and set of on a quest to save the world.
But of course, what else do heroes do in JRPGs?
"Into the Wilderness" is great in that it acts as both the opening and the closing of the game. Media.Vision retooled this tune to make a nice ending theme as well, a reminder of all that you and your friends accomplished over the last 30 hours of adventure.
Wild ARMs doesn't do everything right, but when it comes to music, it's second to none from the early days of the PlayStation.
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood – Bloodlines
Konami was never quite able to carry the Castlevania series through the 16-bit generation with the same gusto it did on the NES. At least, that was the narrative we were spoonfed for a good many years. Then, the Internet taught us of a legendary TurboGraphx CD entry released only in Japan, and fans around the world immediately set out to find it.
When they did, they not only got the rockin' 16-bit Castlevania the world had forgotten about, they also found its amazing soundtrack. Remixes from the original games, like "Vampire Killer" and "Bloody Tears" never sounded better, but it is this game's original theme "Bloodlines" that sets it apart as something new, improved, and indisputably "90's Japan."
Konami worked its magic with the improved powers of CD quality audio, creating music much more inspired by pop-Japanese soundtracks and anime music during its heyday of the 90s.
The results? Oh, it's so good. The cutscenes work perfectly with the music, making Rondo of Blood indisputably one of the greatest soundtracks ever. As if the classic Castlevania compositions weren't enough, the main theme alone gets that across better than any other. If only us North Americans had this game back in the 90s and not the butchered Super Nintendo version…
Live A Live – Go Go Buriki Daioh!
This one needs a little context. Live A Live is one of several excellent Super Famicom Square JRPGs that never made it to the United States, so a good many gamers out there might have never even heard of it. The game stars many different heroes and many different stories, and one of the more popular ones focuses on a troubled orphan boy from the near future named Akira. Radiation pollution granted him the power to read other people's minds from a young age, and he uses these abilities to win fights with bullies and defend the local orphanage on an everyday basis.
When biker punks kill his idol, burn his orphanage to the ground, and threaten his town with an all-powerful destructive bird god, he dives through his father's old belongings and stumbles upon an ancient giant robot named Buriki Daioh. His mind-bending powers are the key to spring the mechanical beast to life, and he takes control the robot, bursting it from the ground in a marvelous explosion.
From there, the ultrapowers of Buriki Daioh lay waste to everything and everyone that has made Akira's life a living hell. When the smoke settles and the corrupted army, police, and bike thugs scatter the ruins, he turns his focus on the giant bird in an epic battle over the city.
Sound amazing? It really is! Live A Live features one of gaming's greatest "HELL YEAH!" moments, and yet so few outside of Japan have actually experienced it. This is the song that plays in the background, obviously spoofing the mecha anime genre, and it even has its own lyrics written on the bottom.
This of course means it's been performed somewhere in a Japanese concert, and it's just as marvelous as you would expect!
Yeah, I'm not sure I can top that. Have a good summer.
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A prison sentence could be a possibility for any car owner who allows a learner driver to drive the car without being supervised by a full-licenced driver.
Under current law, the learner is the only driver prosecuted if they are found to be driving without the supervision of a driver with a licence of at least two years.
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