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By George Ankers
Celebrations like Bradford City's upon reaching the Capital One Cup final are the reason why so many of us love football so dearly. Yet, for every giant-killer, there must be a giant's corpse. It will be hard for Aston Villa to see the romantic side.
Paul Lambert drew criticism for making a sideways career move when he left behind all his good work at Norwich City to join Villa in the summer. At this stage, it looks instead to have been a downward one.
The former Canaries boss has avoided plenty enough scorn simply for not being Alex McLeish – and, though they are in a worse position statistically than they were at this point last season, Lambert's side are nowhere close to the soul-sapping unwatchability of the 2011-12 vintage. Their ineptitude is of naivety, not cynicism.
It is still, however, ineptitude.
A season of humiliations
|Sep 22
|Southampton 4-1 Villa
|Nov 17
|Man City 5-0 Villa
|Dec 23
|Chelsea 8-0 Villa
|Dec 26
|Villa 0-4 Tottenham
|Dec 29
|Villa 0-3 Wigan
|Jan 12
|Bradford 3-1 Villa
|Jan 22
|Villa 2-1 Bradford
Those few older heads who have not been ostracised by the Scot's regime are not providing the reliability upon which the younger contingent need to be able to bank.
Ron Vlaar, recruited by Lambert to be his captain, sets the tone but his criminally vacant marking at a corner allowed James Hanson to head home the goal that killed the tie. Gabriel Agbonlahor, who was briefly made captain before the Dutchman, once again offered nothing and less yet continues to be given all the chances that should really be extended to Darren Bent.
Charles N'Zogbia and Stephen Ireland each had, in occasional shots, glimpses of their quality against Bradford but neither makes a habit of exerting any regular influence on any game. And these are Lambert's key men, the old faithful?
Were it not for the ebullient power of Christian Benteke, whose signing is by several factors the manager's best contribution, Villa would be well and truly sunk by now. Yet even he, despite his priceless rampages in the opponent's box, exposes his team when defending his own from set-pieces.
The Villans' unfluctuating refusal to put up any kind of fight against corners and free kicks under Lambert is a shock. Young they may be but a basic marking procedure could be taught to a group of small dogs in as many months as it has taken this team to stand so still.
That they should be so poor in this regard is hard to understand. Lambert is not a bad manager; Norwich's rapid ascent through the leagues under him was no accident and their comfortable survival last season no fluke.
Indeed, scoring a significant proportion of their goals from set-pieces was something of a trademark for the Glaswegian's Canaries. There is no question that he recognises their importance, and it makes his failure to instil any basic comprehension of the subject in his squad a mystery. Perhaps he tried too hard to fulfil his reputation of finding hidden gems in the football league, or perhaps he is simply astrologically incompatible with this group of players. It does happen.
|Aston Villa are 6/1 with William Hill to finish bottom
There is no sense that the 43-year-old has a hold over his squad. He does not have a regular 'best XI' because he cannot scrape together even a good one. Villa should have been tearing at Bradford like wild hounds before and after Hanson's goal – instead they were timid as mice before and horribly cowed after.
The chance to contest a final at Wembley was realistically their only opportunity for any kind of success this season. It is now blown and the humiliating nature of their failure is only likely to further break this fragile team's already wounded spirit.
Survival is now the only target; Villa are in real danger of ending their 25-year stay in the top flight. They are only a point above the drop, with Reading and QPR showing signs of revival and Wigan yet to embark on their now-traditional late-season miracle run.
Lambert's side are no better than any of them and one cannot see from where they will find the inspiration to improve. His only saving grace between now and the end of the season may be that he has built a team so poor that nobody else could likely do any better.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Coach Kevin O'Brien, in his second year at the helm of the Lipscomb women's soccer team, expects to put an improved product on the field for the 2013 season. With the improved squad, O'Brien has upped the quality competition the Lady Bisons will face.
"I think it's very important to challenge the girls to the best of our ability in our non-conference scheduling, in order to develop and prepare the team to do something special in conference," O'Brien said. "Only meaningful games can prepare us in the way we need to achieve the success we are striving after."
The Lady Bisons have nine teams scheduled that achieved 10 or more wins in the 2012 season. Five of those teams are in the non-conference slate with the other four coming in Atlantic Sun Conference play.
The season gets underway on Friday, Aug. 23 as the Lady Bisons travel to Western Carolina followed by a game at Alabama A&M on Aug. 26. The three-game road trip to start the season concludes with a short trek to Murfreesboro to face the 2012 Sun Belt Conference champions Middle Tennessee State on Aug. 30.
The home opener, which kicks off a five-game homestand, begins with UT-Martin on Sept. 2. The Skyhawks were the Ohio Valley Conference champions and NCAA National Tournament participants in 2012.
"We are always going to play against the best teams in the country that are willing to play us," O'Brien said. "Our strength of schedule is better in 2013 than last season and we are dialing up an even more challenging 2014 schedule.
"Strengthening our women's soccer schedule is a trend that our recruits and fans should get used to and excited about over the next several years."
Alabama State travels to the Lipscomb Soccer Complex on Sept. 6 followed by a Labor Day affair against Austin Peay on Sept. 9. The Bears of Central Arkansas visit the "Music City" on Sept. 13.
The homestand concludes with the "Battle of the Boulevard" on Sept. 16 against Belmont. This will be the first regular season meeting between the two schools since 2011.
After the 'battle' the Lady Bisons play their next three games on the road starting with Western Kentucky on Sept. 22.
The A-Sun season begins with a trip to the "Peach State" at Kennesaw State on Sept. 27 and Mercer on Sept. 29.
The conference home opener has the Hatters of Stetson visiting on Oct. 4. Florida Gulf Coast, the defending A-Sun champion and 2012 NCAA Tournament participant, steps onto the Lipscomb turf on Oct. 6.
Lipscomb travels to the "Sunshine State" for an Oct. 11 match at Jacksonville followed by an Oct. 13 game against North Florida.
The final road game of the season sends the Lady Bisons to the "Bluegrass State" for a matchup against Northern Kentucky on Oct. 19.
The regular season comes to a close in Nashville as the Lady Bisons host ETSU on Oct. 25 and USC Upstate on Oct. 27.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Coach Kevin O'Brien, in his second year at the helm of the Lipscomb women's soccer team, expects to put an improved product on the field for the 2013 season. With the improved squad, O'Brien has upped the quality competition the Lady Bisons will face.


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The Pure Strike 100 offers speed over stability, and has a very crisp, controlled response, so that even players with shorter strokes will enjoy this one. For me, this racquet offers players a bit more power and a livelier feel over the tighter string patterns of the Pure Strikes. Those who don't need (or don't want) quite as much control or precision from the 18×20 patterns will enjoy this racquet.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –Attorney General Pam Bondi today joined Senator Greg Evers and Representative Clay Ingram to advocate for legislation that will ban dangerous new synthetic drugs in Florida. Senate Bill 1502, sponsored by Senator Evers, and House Bill 1175, sponsored by Representative Ingram, will add new synthetic compounds to the list of Schedule I controlled substances that are illegal under Florida Statute 893.13.
"We will not allow chemists who are altering the components of these dangerous synthetic drugs to circumvent state law," stated Attorney General Pam Bondi. "Prompt action by the Legislature will help protect our communities from the growing threat of synthetic drug abuse."
The proposed legislation will make it a third-degree felony for an individual to "sell, manufacture, or deliver, or possess with intent to sell, manufacture or deliver" new forms of synthetic cathinone "bath salts" and synthetic cannabinoid "K2."
"People who sell and use these deadly drugs threaten their own lives and the lives of those around them," stated Representative Clay Ingram. "We must act now and remove these drugs from the shelves and out of the hands of abusers."
"This legislation is essential in banning these dangerous substances that are wreaking havoc on the lives of Floridians across our state," stated Senator Evers.
Click the following link to view Senate Bill 1502: http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/1502
Click the following link to view House Bill 1175: http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=48415
Florida Department of Law Enforcement Assistant Commissioner Jim Madden and Director of the Florida Poison Information Center Dr. Cynthia Lewis-Younger gave remarks at the event. The following representatives of the Florida Police Chiefs Association also attended: FPCA Executive Director Amy Mercer, Tallahassee Police Department Chief Dennis Jones, and Tallahassee Police Department Major Chris Connell. Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Cameron represented the Florida Sheriffs Association. Bill Cervone, State Attorney with the 8th Judicial Circuit, attended on behalf the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association.
Last January, Attorney General Bondi issued an emergency rule temporarily banning the synthetic drug known as "bath salts." During the 2011 Session, she worked with legislators to permanently ban bath salts. The Legislature also passed a new law that added forms of synthetic marijuana to the list of controlled substances that are illegal.
HB 1175 has passed all committees and is being heard on the House floor this week. SB 1502 has one more committee stop before it reaches the Senate floor.


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An internal government watchdog today accused the U.S. Treasury Department of approving "excessive" pay packages for bailed-out companies, including General Motors and Detroit-based Ally Financial.
The Office of the Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) released a report slamming Treasury officials for signing off on 18 pay raises and other 2012 compensation packages for executives at GM, Ally and AIG.
The report also reveals that GM CEO Dan Akerson asked Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in March 2012 to remove the executive pay restrictions for the automaker.


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Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Congress party of being a "dyed-in-the-wool exponent of votebank politics".
"The difference is fundamentally that of style of politics. The BJP is forever committed towards politics for the development, whereas the Congress is a dyed-in-the-wool exponent of votebank politics," Modi wrote on his blog, countering Congress` attack on ruling BJP`s development initiatives.
"The allegations against us are `you built 350 schools instead of 500`, or `you promised 10 km road, but built only 8 km`. They are centered around development," he stated.
"But can we say the same for Congress? No! Nobody asks them about development. The only thing discussed about them is the number of scams and rising burden on the common man," he said.
"Gujarat has instilled a robust faith among the people in the political system and the institution of democracy, after it was systematically eroded by years of Congress rule after Independence," he said while taking a jibe at the Congress leadership.
Gujarat will go to polls on December 13 and 17 in two phases, he said adding, "If the Congress wants Gujarat, they must whole-heartedly embrace politics of development rather than votebank politics."


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In support ticket #12563, Nick Vargo writes:
I am working on putting together a group wiki on the topics page for the Lundstrom ("topics/LundstromGroup") research group. As part of it, I want to put in sub pages that branch out from the group's main page but do not show up on the All Available Pages list, because they are not pertinent to list there. Such as giving each member of the group their own sub section about themselves.
I have found a way to do it by writing in the main link "topics/LundstromGroup/newstudentpage", but I was wondering if it might be a better idea to have a topic-specific list on the main page, instead of listing "All Available Pages". I realize it is in beta, but it might be something to try out in the future, because if it starts listing every page that is created under some other sub page, everything will fill up very quickly.


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Yeah, it's the day of double-dippin' today. And, the contradiction couldn't be bigger. In one corner we have one of the oldest and most respected distributions, and in the other corner we have the sometimes controversial but immensely popular relative newcomer. Slackware 13.37 and Ubuntu 11.04 have been released.
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Two opposite trends in Ubuntu's popularity
by da_Chicken on Thu 28th Apr 2011 22:22 UTC
I've been tracking the stats of DistroWatch visitors since November 2010.
In 01.11.2010 I saw these stats:
49,1 % Windows
43,2 % Linux
15,8 % Ubuntu
Today the same stats are:
47,2 % Windows
44,7 % Linux
11 % Ubuntu
So Ubuntu seems to be on the decline in desktop use.
On the server side there seems to be an opposite trend for Ubuntu.
Ubuntu is clearly the fastest growing GNU/Linux distro for servers.
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EMC introduced the high end DLm8000, the latest in its family of VTL products. This one is aimed for large enterprise mainframe environments and promises to ensure consistency of data at both production and recovery sites and provide the shortest possible RPO and RTO for critical recovery operations.
It is built around EMC VMAX enterprise storage and its SRDF replication and relies on synchronous replication to ensure immediate data consistency between the primary and target storage by writing the data simultaneously at each. Synchronous replication addresses the potential problem latency mismatch that occurs with the usual asynchronous replication, where a lag between writes to the primary and to the backup target storage can result in inconsistent data.
Usually this mismatch exists for a brief period. EMC suggests the issue, especially for large banks and financial firms—its key set of mainframe target customers—is much more serious. Large financial organizations with high transaction volume, EMC notes, have historically faced recovery challenges because their mainframe tape and DASD data at production and secondary sites were never fully in synch. As such, recovery procedures often slowed until the differences between the two data sets were resolved, which slowed the resulting failover. This indeed may be a real issue but for only a small number of companies, specifically those that need an RTO and RPO of just about zero.
EMC used the introduction of the DLm8000 to beat up tape backup in general. Physical tape transportation by third party records management companies, EMC notes, hinders recovery efforts by reducing what it refers to as the granularity of RPOs while dramatically increasing the RTO. In addition, periodic lack of tape drive availability for batch processing and for archive and backup applications can impair SLAs, further increasing the risks and business impact associated with unplanned service interruptions. That has been long recognized, but, remember EMC is a company that sells disk, not tape storage, and ran a Tape Sucks campaign after its purchase of Data Domain. What would you expect them to say?
The DLm8000 delivers throughput of up to 2.7 GB/s, which it claims is 2.5x the performance of its nearest competitor. DancingDinosaur can't validate that claim, but EMC does have a novel approach to generating the throughput. The DLm8000 is packed with eight Bus-Tech engines (acquired in its acquisition of Bus-Tech in Nov. 2010) and it assigns two FICON connections to each engine for a total of 16 FICON ports cranking up the throughput. No surprise they can aggregate that level of throughput.
EMC has not announced pricing for the DLm8000. The device, however, is the top of its VTL lineup and VMAX enterprise storage tops its storage line. With high throughput and synchronous replication, this product isn't going to be cheap. However, if you need near zero RPO and RTO then you have only a few choices.
Foremost among those choices should be the IBM TS7700 family, particularly the 7740 and the 7720. Both of these systems provide VTL connectivity. The TS7700 avoids the latency mismatch issue by using a buffer to get the most optimal write performance and then periodically synch primary and target data. "Synchronous as EMC does it for VTL is overkill," says an IBM tape manager. The EMC approach essentially ignores the way mainframe tape has been optimized.
Among the other choices are the Oracle Virtual Storage Manager and Virtual Library Extension. Oracle uses StorageTek tape systems. The Oracle approach promises to improve tape drive operating efficiencies and lower TCO by optimizing tape drive and library resources through a disk-based virtual tape architecture. HDS also has a mainframe tape backup and VTL product that uses Luminex technology.
EMC is a disk storage company and its DLm8000 demonstrates that. When it comes to backup, however, mainframe shops are not completely averse to tape. Disk-oriented VTL has some advantages but don't expect mainframe shops to completely abandon tape.
In breaking storage news, IBM today announced acquiring Texas Memory Systems (TMS), a long established (1978) Texas company that provides solid state memory to deliver significantly faster storage throughput and data access while consuming less power. TMS offers its memory as solid state disk (SSD) through its RamSan family of shared rackmount systems and Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) cards. SSD may be expensive on a cost per gigabyte basis but it blows away spinning hard disk on a cost per IOPS. Expect to see IBM to use TMS's SSD across its storage products as one of its key future storage initiatives, as described by Jai Menon, CTO and VP, Technical Strategy for IBM Systems and Technology Group (STG), at last June's Storage Edge 2012 conference. BottomlineIT, DancingDinosaur's sister blog, covered it here back in June. BTW, Edge 2013 already is scheduled for June 10-14 in Las Vegas.


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One of the leaders of the Syrian opposition forces on Friday expressed his appreciation for the compassion and care offered to victims of Syria's ongoing civil war by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli people.
Speaking from Istanbul, Mohammed Badie told Israel Radio that he and other Syrian rebel leaders were deeply thankful for the goodwill fellow Syrians had experienced at the hands of Israel as they continue to struggle against the regime of Bashar Assad.
Badie said that Netanyahu's public visit to the Israeli army field hospital that processes wounded Syrians crossing the border had sent an "important message" both to average Syrians and the Assad regime.
Netanyahu visited the Golan Heights field hospital last Tuesday. After visiting with doctors and patients, the prime minister said in this very place the world could see the stark difference between Israel and the Islamist forces behind the daily brutality in Syria.
Israel has been highly critical of the Assad regime for its use of often exaggerated and indiscriminate force that results in massive casualties among civilians.
At the same time, many of the rebel groups (and there are many, some of which are warring with one another) have links to Al Qaeda and other Islamist extremists and have acted with even greater savagery against average Syrians, especially non-Muslims.
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Bank of America's second-quarter profit jumped 63%, boosted by strong income from its global markets arm and improved credit quality. David Benoit reports. Photo: AP.
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Great albums that aren't featuring in Best-of-2012 lists
So, the reverse of http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4421148 - what albums have you loved this year that have been completely overlooked in the end-of-year listfest? I'll start with:
Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself
Meursault - Something for the Weakened
Napalm Death - Utilitarian
Flats - Better living (yeah, they're empty and hipsterish and blah blah blah, but I like this a lot).
good shout with utilitarian however
the Pig Destroyer album (for me) just blew away everything in its path, and they have THE greatest music video ever for The Diplomat.
not a single vote for zammuto in the dis poll so far
makes me sad.bruised_blood and incandenza_ this'd this
Such a great album
Criminally overlooked everywhere.
All of my favourite albums of the year.
- gonad and shakerwors this'd this
I keep writing about this album & band
I promise I'm not related to them in any way (though that would be great..)
"Nude" - The IrrepressiblesMarwoodW this'd this
I will repeat myself...
Lanegan. Blues Funeral is an amazing album. And My Jerusalem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra4rCsINd4wReno this'd this
So Nick Cave it's boring
Blues Funeral is a murky, croaky masterpiece.
great record
Trail of Dead isn't featuring in many
A lot better than their last couple, former indie darlings and Pitchfork 10.0er types.freddiehubbard this'd this
its really great
they switched up their style in a cool way, far less electronic but the songwriting is better than ever and its really well produced. the version of 'teenage millionaire' (from the first album) is killer.Mr_Grieves and cameron12 this'd this
eh, I'm really iffy on it
I was at the album launch in Edinburgh and while Neil's still got plenty of energy and presence (maybe even more than before, he seems to have unleashed his inner guitar-god) the songs just aren't there - they've lost of a lot of what made them unique. Also that version of Teenage Millionaire is probably my least favourite thing on the album, takes all the drama and urgency out of it and leaves a pretty-but-bland shell in it's place
Probably going to make the top 5 of my albums of 2012...
love everything about it.
Andrew Bird and Trail o Dead, both in here
Yeah I would have replied I Like Trains
but for you featuring it, damn!
To be fair, a top 100
wouldn't miss much out I suppose!
Cold Specks.
Please will people listen to that damn album. It's amazing and deserves much more recognition than it's getting.
Also I Like Trains and Wave Pictures (new one was much better than Beer in the Breakers, I thought) don't seem to be getting many mentions.
RE: Meursault, while I really like the album I don't feel it was one of the best out this year.abandondrugs, thesewoodenideas, seedler, and hotsoftlight this'd this
damn, I still never got around to getting my mitts on that Meursault lp. Shame, I really liked the previous one!
Yes to Cold Specks
Havne't heard the whole album but what I have it great.
Oh yeah, The Men
great album.JaguarPirate and freddiehubbard this'd this
Most of my favourites aren't showing up and likewise I'm not familier with most of those that are
that doesn't make me indie, it makes me out of touch.
But my shouts:
The Crimea
Darren Hayman
I am the Avalanche
Is that Crimea album actually available anywhere?
Can remember reading about a vinyl release at some point last year but they seem to have just vanished. I was convinced that they were going to be massive back in 2005.
hmmm, I've just been googling and it seems you can't even buy it from the band! It was only released in vinyl but I thought you'd be able to get mp3's at least.
best bet I'd email them directly: email@example.com they had some for sale at a gig back in May.
It's a shame they've been forgotten, it took them years to get this album out (which is why it's a double) but it really is wonderful.
Don' tell me that album is not going
to get a proper release?
I can't believe it's true.
Do know... I thought I had been but then couldn't actually find anywhere selling it :(
They really need to get in on itunes and other d/l sites at least cos it is wonderful and not like anything else around atm. They should be a much loved British treasure.
- thesewoodenideas this'd this
i'd totally forgotten there was a new mewithoutyou album out
is it good? Wasn't much fussed about the previous one but I love Brother/Sister and Catch For Us The Foxes.
Yes, it's brill
much more like Brother/Sister than It's all crazy... Still a mix of heavy and slow but not as folk as the last one.
I got a beautiful vinyl box set from them which comes with cd version with 2 extra tracks, 7'' (of the extra tracks), fancy lyric book, nice box with lovely art etc. <3 All for around £30.
I mentioned it in the top 5 albums list thread
but High On Fire have released an absolute beast of an album this year.
As have Martyrdod.
Paranoia is a belter.
Didn't we already have one of these threads?
Pretty sure we did and pretty sure I mentioned Josephine Foster and Barry Andrewsin Disko
Lindstrøm - Smalhans
Either it came out too late to get the exposure needed to make the end of year lists or Six Cups of Rebel's sheer awkwardness has overshadowed Lindstrøm's significantly more on-track 2nd album this year. 33 minutes of space disco trance funk bliss.JonBeat, oldfamenewfame, and bj72 this'd this
Human Don't Be Angry
Miaoux Miaoux
Has the Boy album cropped up much? I really enjoyed that one and I've not seen it about as yet.
Still haven't spotted their excellent 'Both Lights' album which has dominated my year.
I hope that's only because i've not been looking hard enough...lyserge this'd this
absolutely cracking album
would be amazed if it doesn't feature anywhere
I really love both
Au and Miaoux Miaoux.
Yeah it was ace
I think 'Get Alive' is my most played track this year possibly
Gaza - No Absolute in Human Suffering
Bit of an banana skin as Band name and title go, but a bloody good album.codpieceface, ClamingToBeOnTele, niallKP, and robellovich this'd this
I only heard their ep from years ago, but that was fantastic.
Is this as good as that?
every record they've made is superb
the transitions from absolute filth to big joyous chordy stomps <3Ichor this'd this
These were criminally overlooked:
Lone Wolf - The Lovers
Beachwood Sparks - Tarnished Gold
Isidore - Life Somewhere Else
- funkycow, Mike_Diver, hotsoftlight, and Tiresias42 this'd this
Puffy Areolas- 1982 Dishonourable Discharge
Sounds like the bastard child of the Birthday Party and the Stooges.
LA Vampires & Maria Minerva - Integration
Jessica Baliff - At the Down-Turned Jagged Rim of the Sky
Josephine Foster - Blood Rushing
so good but it seems hardly anyone even reviewed it let alone had it in their best albums of 2012 lists.sunstroke_house and karl this'd this
Oh yeah, and JK Flesh
greatnessLililololaure this'd this
Chris Cohen - Overgrown Path
It ain't going to change the face of music but it's a lovely thing indeed. Plus Jens Lekman, Woods, Beachwood Sparks.
Also Mac DeMarco, but I'm expecting to see that in the DiS top 50 at least.HoldenCaulfield this'd this
Mystery Jets - Radlands
Not in my top 5, or even top 10 but I thought it would get more love for sure
HEALTH's Max Payne 3 OST
It's so bloody good.
Boy Friend
Foreign Fields
Golden Fable
The Darcys
- Murder this'd this
Was habits and contradictions by schoolboy q this year?
Cos that's pretty strong, but noone's mentioned it that I can see...
Black Twig- Paper Trees
Easily a top 5 pick for me...hardly a mention of this album on the board :(
so fucking good. like spiritualized with the life support switched off.RobinPlaysChords and cronenberg this'd this
I read your article, and I was a little bit dubious
but I gave them a listen and yeah, really nice actually.
Wow - didn't know they were still going
Must have been ten years since I saw them play. Super nice chaps too. Must check this new doobry out after work.
Claro Intelecto
Moritz Von Oswald Trio
Griz - Mad Liberation
I sure haven't seen this on anyone's list. At least one track (my favorite, Better Than I've Ever Been) was available as a free download in late 2011, but he dropped the whole thing properly this year (also for free) and it's just brilliant: all glitch-hop, electro-soul-funk, with some of my favorite sampling this year, and a tendency towards the gnarliest of possible breakdowns. Czech it:
Standouts: Better Than I've Ever Been, Live On Arrival, See You Again, Smash the Funk
First Aid Kit - The Lions Roar
Chairlift's album is also excellent but seems to be missing from most top 50 album lists.
Paws - Cokefloat!
Can't see this featuring in as many end of year lists as it should. One of the best debuts of the year imokilgore-trout and ithica this'd this
it's very good
but it's not that great, they've still got a lot of potential to filljustanothersheeldz this'd this
Disappears Pre-Language
and maybe two wounded birds
- HoldenCaulfield this'd this
- badgertastic, gonad, and ithica this'd this
listening to this now, sounds good
whats the back story with these guys? Heard they had 7"s going for thousands on ebay!
they started off as a fairly conventional pop-punk/hardcore band
but with a lot of potential: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV3R2C73Q9I
then started to go in a more indie/emo and built on that promise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKqKM-gvK_w
and then on this record really pushed themselves without completely alienating their sound or audience. It's the work of a band who've built and built and realised their potential and influences and just made a really really great record: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu9KgGqXDyw
huh, these guys sound really good, loving 27
just checked and saw they'll be playing King Tut's on the 3rd of May, kinda tempted to goSevered799 this'd this
27's a beautiful song
it's weird because they're really not an original band but they take so much care in what they do. Can't wait for that King tuts show!
Matthew Dear - Beams
Stealing sheep and The Men....but i guess you knew that alreadyLililololaure, funkycow, and JonBeat this'd this
Beams is a wonderful record.
Don't know if Spectrasoul are getting mentioned anywhere because I can't be arsed to read many of these listy things. However that is my favourite of the year I think.
Really agree
Loads of repeat plays for me since about August
I think fans of WIXIW might like it (once they get past the almost the almost deftly dated opening bars of the first track).
- gonad and JaguarPirate this'd this
I think one guy metioned Holy Other in the voting thread, then got rid of it
People really need to give it a listen if they haven't.
Ultrasound - Play For Today
It's awesome.packageholiday this'd this
oh really?
Id forgot this was out...thanks for the heads up
Bo Ningen - Line The Wall
really surprised about this. Whilst the album does not reflect their AMAZING live show it's still really bloody good. Plus everyone seems to be quite excited about them this year, I thought they'd crop up more often in end of year lists.mfmcd57 and freddiehubbard this'd this
Cold Specks
is the correct answer for sure (as has been said by sweetverbs)sweetverbs this'd this
- heliolithic this'd this
g'wan Snapes!
yes, this is a wonderful record. and seemingly most people don't even know.
just listened to her for the first time
would be a lot better if not for the Aguilera-like vocal quivering.
but...that's her thing
that's what distinguishes her from the others.
The Invisible - Rispah
Might have made a few lists, but generally conspicuous by its absence. Much better album than their more-heralded debut.
Would ^ This the Zelienople post if possible. An amazing band that deserve so much more recognition.seedler this'd this
Rispah is very good
but it is more an encouraging sign for the future than a best of 2012 contender
I liked rispah
but I agree it felt like a nice album by a band who could do good things, but it did rather sound like Reckoner by Radiohead a lot (no bad thing but hard to stick on a list)
- randomgirl_3 and avl06 this'd this
oh god i hated it...........
So glad someone else suggested it
My album of the yearcronenberg this'd this
I think I'm the only one who liked it.
I also quite liked Umberto - Night Has a Thousand Screams.
VGMC definitively up there, enjoyed it alot
Cold Pumas - Persistent Malaise
Can't really think how to describe it - like Women but a bit krautrockier I guess. Super good, anyway.GoatmeatMF this'd this
and this again
amazing album
Blues Funeral
The Haunted Man (my number one)
Human Don't Be Angry
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Aufheben
1. BJ the Chicago Kid - Pineapple Now-Laters
it's so good. i don't get why he's not hugepichaelmarker this'd this
Amanda Palmer - Theatre Is Evil
I know it's not particularly DiS-ish, and the lyrics are a bit cringy, but I love it, and was expecting it to feature in at least some lists.MarwoodW this'd this
helio sequence and
The megaphonic Thrift records.
I really liked the new Spain album
apart from one track. I'm not sure anybody else liked it though.
I really liked Land Observations too but that rarely makes any best of year lists. Shame, cos it's good.
Mirroring - Foreign Body [Kranky]
Grouper / Tiny Vipers collab.
Not the best thing this year but still GREAT
that'll be in the Boomkat and Pitchfork lists
great record.
haha didn't even look at those
Emeralds - Just to feel anything
I know the reaction was mixed, however I think it's fantastic. Short and too the point, really good stuff and a worth follow-up to Does It Look Like I'm Here?oldfamenewfame and Pale-eyedBadger this'd this
I heard that that iamamiwhoami album 'kin' was good...
... is this not the case? I was considering putting it on my Christmas list.
My faves of the year. Not appearing in any threads
Goat - World Music (probably will feature in a couple in the low 40's tho')
The Lost Rivers - Sins & Lostness made the DIS list, but unlikely to make any others. (Dom Gourlay has great taste!)
School Of Seven Bells - Ghostory has made one or two as well.
The Blood Choir - No Windows To The Old World
Daniel Land & The Modern Painters - The Space Between Us
Dark Horses - Black Music
Eat Lights Become Lights - Heavy Electrics
Guile - Alone On The West
Kyte - Love To Be Lost
Mugstar - Axis
Chris Olley - The Death Of Six By Seven
A Place To Bury Strangers - Worship
Plank! - Animalism
Radar Men From The Moon - Echo Forever
She Makes War - Little Battles
93MillionMilesFromTheSun - Towards The Light
Carina Round - Tigermending
Goat is in most of them isn't it?
Some good shouts other than that though
Pond - Beard Wives Denim
think i saw it in one pole
its really rather great isnt it
Its well worth a listen
i very much enjoyed
the sleigh bells record
I really enjoyed
The new Best Coast album but not seen anything about it on any list! Its not top ten material but still...
Demdike Stare - Elemental
Another great release from these guys, it hasn't had much coverage.I think they are doing some of the most interesting things in electronic music at the moment.
Windy & Carl - We Will Always Be
Another stellar year for Kranky who just release wave after wave of good stuff and this was no exception. Fantastic ambient album.
Inner Tube - S/T
Mark Mcguire's collaboration with Spencer Clark from Skaters. Definitely my favourite Emeralds release from the last year.
Think the problem with Elemental is that is doesn't really 'move' their sound on from Triptych
and it's a good deal less expansive and varied. That and the fact that some of the tracks are way too long. I still like it, but it has nothing on Triptych.
The La Sera album is really good.
Not mind blowing or life changing but catchy and fun, listened to it a lot. It's probably in my top 5.
Haven't seen much mention of these
The Cast of Cheers - Family
Standard Fare - Out of Sight, Out of Town
Delicate Steve - Positive Force
Being There - Breaking Away
I know it cropped up here . . .
. . . but I haven't seen Anais Mitchell's Young Man in America crop up anywhere else.
Also on a folk note Traces by Karine Polwart seems to have been completely overlooked by all and sundry.
Somewhat surprised by the Quakers album not cropping up as it was generally well recieved (though perhaps by its nature a bit patchy to appear on year end lists).
DJ Format's Statement of Intent wasn't as good as his previous albums (a lack of Abdominal) but still was the only record this year that scratched that old school hip hop itch for me.
Ravenous - Splendid
I honestly thought this was the sort of thing that pitchfork would be all over, gleefully discordant, buoyant and full of hooks.
Teen Suicide - I Will Be My Own Hell Because There I A Devil Inside My Body
Easily one of the best lo-fi records I've heard this year, falls somewhere between jangly indie-rock and snotty punk rock.
Sutekh Hexen - Behind the Throne
Pitch-black drone experimentation heavy, dark and incredibly deep. It's the sort of record I'd imagine having a lot of crossover appeal.
It's only just come out
But Ego Phizmiz - Eleven Songs
is a really good imaginative and weird indie rock pop type affair
pant loads
light asylum - light asylum
gatekeeper - exo
led er est - the diver
prince rama - top 10 hits of the end of the world
cut hands - black mamba
gary war - jared's lot
rosenkopf - rosenkopf
dylan ettinger - lifetime of romance
white car - everyday grace
die antwoord - ten$ion
haven't seen any of these on any lists...
Michael Mayer - Mantasy
Lindstrom - Smalhans
Paul Kalkbrenner - Guten Tag
Emeralds - Just To Feel Anything
Lambchop-Mr. M
Saint Etienne
wild nothing
Can anyone believe Magnetic Fields put out an album this year? I'm amazed at how one of the most celebrated bands in indie history has released 4 albums in a row that have been utterly forgotten a week after release. All my friends love Magnetic Fields but they are still singing songs from 69 love songs. Has Stephen Merrit just been unable to pull out of the shadow of that amazing triple album?
Oh and Bloc Party
that thing kind of ducked it's head and ran away before anyone knew if they liked it or not.
Rolo Tomassi - Astraea
Damn fine.Oissin_ and oh_gerardus_MERCATOR this'd this
CFCF - Exercises
Exit Music - Passage
Glacial - On Jones Beach
Huoratron - Cryptocracy
White Lung - Sorry
It's not a great album
But I've listened to it a few times recently and it is pleasant. I look forward to their next LP whenever it may be.
Cemeteries - The Wilderness
Black Moth Super Rainbow -Cobra Juicy
The Durutti Column - Short Stories for Pauline
All Top 5 for me.
Birthmark - Antibodies
by a long way my favourite album of the year. no mentions anywhere whatsoever
Tallest Man On Earth
There's No Leaving Now. Probably my favourite album, single and concert this year but not seen it mentioned anywhere.seedler this'd this
some words on Title Fight's Floral Green:
hey i've been listening to Joyce Manor loads later. I know about Title Fight and Tiger's Jaw but what are the other bands that are like this please?
I named a few in that post!
everything everywhere, balance and compsure, seahaven, basement, polar bear club...
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu: Pamyu Pamyu Revolution
every writer seems to be talking about how big an influence j-pop is on Grimes and then how Grimes is great but no one is talking about the biggest and best j-pop album of the year? i can't stop listening to it.
here's the "hit" www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzC4hFK5P3g
Darren Hayman & The Long Parliament: The Violence
Shrag: Canines
Allo Darlin': Europe
Martha EP, The Just Joans, Tigercats etc etc
Feels like old hat me banging on about how British people on the internet don't appreciate all the fantastic indie pop bands in their own country so I'll leave it there.
Nite Jewel: One Second Of Love
Seems like the kind of thing everyone likes and it got decent reviews when it came out and there was a fair amount of hype but now everyone has forgotten about it? weird.
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No love for Titus Andronicus in this thread? Not seen it popping up much in any lists. I don't think it's quite as good as the first 2 albums but still thought it was a pretty strong release. Nice change of direction. Don't think it's necessarily AOTY material but I was surprised not to see it in m/any Top 50s.
because it wasn't that great
certainly not by their standards
Tall Ships - Everything Touching
Can't believe this hasn't been mentioned anywhere. Such a good album and possibly my favorite of the year, strange omission.seedler, Lililololaure, automatik, and kilgore-trout this'd this
Mystical Sun - 26000
My favourite album of the last 17 years and not even one review of it. Says it all really. Thank fuck for Bandcamp.
Jon Mueller - Death Blues
I checked this out on a bit of a whim and it totally kicked my ass.
For me it's the Earth record, which few people seem to rate as much as I do
Other than that Aluk Todolo's Occult Rock which is the album Liturgy wish they could make. Definite crossover appeal.
Most of the other stuff I've loved has probably been a bit obscure... Plekzationz, Techno Primitvism, KTL V...
On a lesser note, I know it's been in most lists, but I also think Flying Lotus didn't get the recognition it deserved, it's been really low down most of the time. Easily a top three for me, but you need to live with it for a while
Soulsavers - The Light The Dead See
Karine Polwart - Traces
The Unwinding Hours - Afterlives
Kevin Macneil and Will Campbell - Are Visible From Space
120 Days - II
All worthy of further listeners....
Troyka - Moxxy
Gallops - Yours Sincerely Dr Hardcore
Micachu - Never
Trio VD - Maze
Trish Clowes - In the night time she is there
The Cast of Cheers - Family
Cheval Sombre - Mad Love
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
Spook Houses - Trying
Chris Cohen - Overgrown Path
King Tuff - King Tuff
Mac DeMarco - 2
Moon Duo - Circles
Naomi Punk - The Feeling
Tamaryn - Tender New Signs
Teeth - The Strain
Easily my favourite of the year.
pye corner audio - sleep games
great soundtrack to a british horror film which never existed
my album of the year
was by a dude called kissed her little sister. it's bloody perfect pop music and i've not seen it mentioned anywhere else.
sounds pretty good
so far
The new Bailterspace album didn't make a splash at all
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The real question: in what proportion?
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Heaphy's and Losada's conclusion: "We need to have organizations with teams where the abundance of positivity, grounded in constructive negative feedback, can generate the state of realistic enthusiasm that can propel organizations to reach and uphold the heights of excellence."
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This summer the Museum of London is to host a photography exhibition in collaboration with Lomography in the shape of a LomoWall exhibition of thousands of photographs submitted by the public and the Lomography Community. Here is your first chance to be a part of this historic Olympic art project.
Opening in July 2012 to celebrate the start of the Olympic and Paralympic games, the LomoWall exhibition from Lomography will explore the themes of Inspiring and Achieving. In the run up to the exhibition we will be hosting a series of workshops at the Museum of London, these can be booked online here. We will also be doing special workshops each month at Lomography Gallery Store Soho, and Lomography Gallery Store East London – photos from all of these workshops will feed into the final exhibition. However, wherever you live in the world, you too can also be a part of this huge Olympic project!
Over the next five months we will run monthly rumbles, tying in to the big picture of Inspiring and Achieving in London 2012. This month's theme is team spirit, so show us the photos that best represent your idea of team spirit. The photos do not have to be directly sports related, or shot in London, they just have to be shot on film!
Not all photos submitted will be selected for the final exhibition, and we won't be able to confirm which shots were used until the LomoWall is built by our expert LomoWall designers.
So come on in and be a part of this, the largest UK LomoWall since The London Congress in 2007!!
written by littlemisslove on 2012-02-01 #news #lomowall #competition #rumble #london #uk #gallery-store #submissions #museum-of-london #olypmics #paralympics


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Oct. 13, 2004
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - The MIT women's volleyball team won its sixth NEWMAC match in a row by defeating WPI, 30-16, 30-16, 30-23, on Tuesday night. The Engineers now stand at 17-5 overall and 6-0 in Conference play.
Joy Hart's team-high eight digs made her the third member of this year's team to eclipse the 1000 dig mark. Alexandra Huston-Carico led Tech's offense with seven kills and added three assisted blocks. Frances Rogoz had six kills, one solo block and two assisted blocks. Arlis Reynolds and Carrie Buchanan each totaled seven digs while Reynolds had five aces and Buchanan posted four. In her debut as a setter, Amanda Morris dished out 28 assists.
This weekend MIT will compete in Wellesley College's quad-match.


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