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- Collector's Edition: Enjoy The Sims 3 Showtime Expansion pack and an Ultimate Stage bonus venue plus special Katy Perry themed iconic content including fashions, a guitar, two bespoke guitar picks, a hairstyle, and various stage props plus an exclusive Katy Perry poster
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A Trip to Mt. Hiei, Kyoto Japan
I wrote the following while living in Kyoto Japan in 1993. Noise pollution in Japan remains an issue today.
Kyoto is a city of a million people lying about 35 miles north of Osaka. Although mass transportation and urban sprawl have turned Kyoto into a suburb of Osaka, Kyoto has retained its identity as being the cultural and historical capital of Japan, even managing to retain its distinctive dialect of Japanese. It sits in a broad valley with low mountains to the north, east and west with a thin and shallow concrete banked river running north-south through the eastern half of the city. The city is a mixture of residential, commercial and industrial spaces with the edges predominantly residential and the southern part of the city industrial. Centuries old Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines dot the city. Although Kyoto escaped the bombings which leveled other cities like Osaka during the war, most of the temples and shrines in Kyoto were destroyed in the various civil wars which raged in the area between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries or by accidental fires which periodically spread and laid waste to the city.
Late one summer the Wife and I decided to escape the heat and city life by visiting Mount Hiei in Eastern Kyoto. Hiei is a cone-shaped mountain rising about 3,000 feet above sea-level at the northeastern edge of the city. We chose Hiei because we were craving outdoor activity after months spent living and working in the city. Plus Hiei's history is irresistible to any serious Nipponophile.
In the 12th century monasteries of the Tendai sect of Buddhism were established around the summit of Mt. Hiei. Thousands of warrior monks lived, prayed and trained at the "Enryakuji", the great monastic headquarters of the sect. As the power of the rulers in the Imperial Palace in Kyoto ebbed with the general collapse of centralized government during the period, the warrior monks caused problems. At various occasions during the next three hundred years the monks would descend on Kyoto to rape, pillage and generally wreak havoc in the city and the surrounding areas, returning to the safety of their heavily fortified monasteries before an organized defense could be mounted. Weakened by corruption and the shift of power to the provincial nobility, the central government could do little to combat the raids and the threat the monks posed to feudal society.
Oda Nobunaga was the first of three great leaders who unified Japan in the 16th century. He was a provincial lord from the east of Kyoto who, using diplomacy and force, began the unification of Japan which his successors Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Tokugawa Ieyasu completed in the early 17th century. In 1568 Oda seized Kyoto and for 3 years worked to control the various sects of warrior monks living in the mountains surrounding the city. In 1571 he laid siege to Mt. Hiei in an attempt to subdue the monks of the Enryakuji. With the failure of various diplomatic overtures and military attacks and no sign that the monks were suffering from the siege, Oda installed archers at the siege line circling the mountain and the set fire to the trees. The heavily forested mountain of cypress, fueled by dry summer winds created an inferno which trapped the monks at the mountain's summit, setting fire to their wooden fortifications. In desperation the monks ran through the flames and were picked off one-by-one by the archers. Thousands of monks were killed and at a single stroke he power of the warrior monks was destroyed. Only in 1992 did the monks of the Tendai sect begin to include Oda Nobunaga in their prayers at their annual memorial of the event.
We took a city bus to the foot of the mountain then a cable car which ratcheted up the side of the mountain on geared tracks. Halfway up we switched to a rope-way which lifted us above the cypress-covered valley and carried us to the summit. As we exited the car and stepped on the broad summit of the mountain, all thoughts of a quiet hike in contemplation of nature and history were blasted out of our skulls by a barrage of Japanese pop music blaring from loudspeakers mounted on telephone poles and trees around the summit. Expecting to find quiet Buddhist temples and hiking trails we found a miniature golf course and game center with a grass-ski lodge where one could strap on roller skis and ski down the mountainside while being serenaded by Japanese pop stars. Searching the woods for an escape from the cacophony we stumbled upon a broad asphalt parking lot flanked by small open air kiosks selling souvenirs and fast food such as fried octopus and squid omelets. We crossed the parking lot and ignored a chain across a trail head and set down the path strewn with soft drink cans. cigarette butts and even rusting refrigerators. Although quieter the noise echoed between the ridges and trees to become an even more annoying din.
The trail zig-zagged down the mountain but try as we might we could not escape the noise. Just when we thought we had found a place where the noise was blocked, the wind would shift and we would be assaulted by the noise again. After half an hour of hiking down the mountain, the litter and omnipresent noise were too much and we decided to leave.
As we turned and began the hike back up the trail we heard the sound of a distant temple gong. Behind a thicket of trees we could make out a Buddhist monastery. The gong sounded again and for an instant I imagined the how the valley must have looked hundreds of years ago during Oda's siege. The encampment and bamboo barricades at the foot of the mountain. Oda's banners flapping in the summer breeze. The smoke and advancing wall of flame. But the gong stopped and the din from above muscled out the thoughts. We slowly made our way up the trail and left the mountain.
2014 Update: Beat poet Gary Snyder once said of Japanese Buddhism, "They got the message but didn't open the envelope." While living there I was never able to bridge the dichotomy between what the Japanese present and what they really are. Pollution was everywhere, and noise pollution in particular made it impossible for one to ever be alone with his or her thoughts. There were even speakers at the famous rock garden temple of Ryoanji that never shut up. The idea of tranquility never became reality, and the Japanese couldn't understand it because they had grown up with the noise pollution and so couldn't understand why foreigners complained. They just didn't get it.

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I avoid goodbyes like I avoid llamas at petting zoos. They both produce the same anxiety in me. Just looking at a llama with his smug mug, chewing on his tongue and waiting for my hand to come near his mouth so he can bite it off makes my heart beat very fast. I start to sweat profusely and my breathing becomes labored. Llamas are the worst.
Except, they're not as bad as saying goodbye.
I'd pet 100 lama glamas, feed them with ungloved hands and let them chase me around in the hot humid stench of a petting zoo all day long if it excused me from a goodbye.
There are words for people like me.
On the adverse side, there's "cowardly," or "wimpy," or "pathetic," or even "asshole." On the more forgiving side, one might call me, "emotionally thwarted," "easily overcome," or "not quite a grownup yet."
When my parents announced they were selling our family home, I started crying like a wee child denied access to a ride at Disneyland for being a centimeter too short.
"No you caaaaaaan't!" I wailed.
I was 21, but the idea of saying goodbye to the house that raised me felt like tiny needles being rapidly poked into my heart in unison. It hurt.
Suffice to say, I hate goodbyes, as so many of us do. I realize that, in my case, at least, it's a total copout to blame hating goodbyes for my inability to process or deal with sad feelings. I am, or I should say I used to be, very easily controlled and overcome by my emotions. And the sad that comes up with a goodbye, goddamn, I'm getting verklempt just writing about it.
Leaving people you love -- and even people you pretend to like at work and internally roll your eyes at -- is sad. It's a shitty thing. So I have avoided goodbyes wherever I can, whenever I can for as long as I can remember.
Since I love a good dichotomy, my goodbye aversion pairs quite contradictorily with the fact that I'm a bit of a drifter and love making new friends. I've lived in five cities and three countries over the past three years, and have come to rely heavily on the Irish goodbye.
Have you heard of the Irish goodbye? It's also called ghosting, the French leave, the Dutch leave, filer l'anglaise and probably some other cool terms based on ethnic stereotyping. I prefer the Irish goodbye because I love the Irish, forever.
Basically, it's leaving a party without saying goodbye to anyone as to avoid awkward small talk. It's the mini version of my goodbye problem.
Seth Stevenson talks about it in this Slate article. I totally do this at parties, all the time. I usually sneak out because I sometimes get shy around groups of people, especially ones who don't know me well. And if I do know the party people well, I still don't like being choked by those goodbye feelings.
Instead of facing a goodbye like a grownup, I tend to avoid them at all costs. I follow up my non-goodbyes with sappy emails or letters, to try to make up for the fact that I chickened out. As Eric, my psychotherapist shaman, uncovered a few months ago, my goodbye avoidance probably stems from a deep fear of abandonment. Because I fear it, I sometimes do it to others before they can do it to me. Not cool, I know. I'm working on it.
Not all goodbye scenarios are created equal, and the airport goodbye is the worst. Getting picked up at an airport is awesome. They're excited, you're excited, it's all new and fresh and full of promise. Getting dropped off, though, is horrifying. It's the kind of experience I can't handle with a friend or family member but don't mind sharing with a stranger. I like to feel my sad feelings in front of strangers I'll never see again, and cab drivers are usually pretty sweet to the girl weeping in the backseat.
"Did someone pass away?" "Are you OK?" they ask.
"I'm just…leaving," I answer as he gives a knowing nod into the rearview mirror and tears drip down my cheeks.
I tried the Irish goodbye when I left Italy, only the Italians weren't having it. I got called out left and right. I was saying goodbye to them, no question. One thing you can learn from Italians is how to unabashedly feel your feelings. "The Italian sendoff" will never be an incarnation of the term "ghosting" because Italians tend to live in that place between ecstasy and agony -- prepared, all the time, to fully dip into both worlds. Their goodbyes are long and sad and best avoided.
Especially if you have an Italian mother like mine.
She's like a throbbing heart full of love, sentiment and delicious pasta. Every time she's taken me to the airport, one look at her blue eyes as they start involuntarily welling up with tears and I'm totally fucked. I hug her tight and book it to the security line because, Jesus Christ, saying goodbye to your mom is a pain akin to her birthing you. (Just kidding, mom, I'd never compare the emotional pain of saying goodbye to the very real and traumatic physical experience of childbirth. Love you.)
But as with ghosting at parties, doing the Irish goodbye in life leaves behind an open door. Where you left it is where the memory stays. The party goes on. The trip extends. The relationship isn't quite over.
I lived in San Francisco for about four months and while there, I dated a lovely man named Lewis whom I'm still very close with. I was leaving and we knew the end was approaching, and both of us were confused and unsure of how to deal. Actually, he was great. An emotionally mature man, he just wanted to spend as much time together as possible.
I was the mess.
On my last night, we went out for dinner and drank wine and went back to his place. He wanted me to stay over, but I couldn't. For no good reason, I made him walk me home. Through the chilly San Francisco streets, he held my hand as we walked up hills and through waist high fog. He was wearing a black hoodie. I didn't want him to leave. I didn't want to leave. I thought I might be falling in love with him, and I was afraid. I didn't know how to say goodbye.
Luckily, he wasn't as emotionally underdeveloped as I am. He said he would miss me, he said how much he enjoyed our time together, he kissed me and kissed me and said goodbye.
I… didn't say much.
Choked by the ugly cry ball forming in my throat, I blinked back tears and watched him walk away.
It was a chance for a proper, decent goodbye with a good man who had treated me very well, and I blew it, preferring to sneak off in the middle of the night to go home alone and worry about what I was leaving behind.
Since then, I had a total mental breakdown, which sucked, but on the bright side, it forced me to go to therapy, get on anti-ds and start learning how to process my feelings instead of swallowing them.
I'm trying to be better with goodbye because the regret of not saying it is worse than the awkward sadness that comes with it.
Goodbyes are endings. They are the welcome mat to the unknown. They are sad. They make you ponder life in a final sort of way that's neither comfortable nor altogether happy. But they are necessary.
People need to know that we love them and will miss them.
I'd rather my loved ones see me snot faced and blithering than sneak away to avoid goodbye and not tell them that I love them. I might be turning into my mother.
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Expect the unexpected.
For better or worse, that has become the tagline in recent times for the Grade I, $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes. Not only has a favorite not prevailed since Peace Rules in 2003 but five of the last seven winners have gone off at odds of 8-to-1 or greater, including three that cashed at double-digits.
Parity seems ripe to showcase itself once again on Saturday as an overflow field of 14 was entered for Saturday's 90th running of Keeneland's headline Kentucky Derby prep race. While Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Bobby's Kitten was made the tepid 3-to-1 morning-line favorite, a valid winner's circle case could be made for a majority of the hopefuls slated to start in the 11⁄8-mile test.
In what will be the final edition of the Blue Grass contested over the synthetic Polytrack surface before Keeneland goes back to dirt, the race has again lived up to its reputation of attracting a diverse bunch in absence of luring some of the sexier names on the Kentucky Derby trail.
Bobby's Kitten has shown himself to be a classy individual on the turf, winning the Grade III Pilgrim Stakes at Belmont last October and taking an allowance test at Tampa Bay Downs in his season debut on March 8.
Though turf horses generally translate their form on synthetic surfaces, Bobby's Kitten will be trying the Polytrack for the first time and — more importantly — will have his ability to settle on the front end likely tested by Grade III Spiral Stakes runner-up Harry's Holiday who breaks to his inside.
"He's never really come from behind or got a lot of dirt kicked in his face," owner Ken Ramsey said of Bobby's Kitten. "But Chad (trainer Brown) thinks he can rate. We've got a really good post position, with the speed on the inside of us, so we'll set out to develop our strategy.
"I think (the strategy) is to let the other horses go on and tuck in behind them and that way we won't run those 1:09 fractions and we'll have something left for the stretch run. He's by Kitten's Joy, so we know he can get a distance of ground."
Were it not for Ramsey's We Miss Artie getting his nose down first in the Spiral, Harry's Holiday would likely be in mid-Kentucky Derby preparation instead of trying to solidify a spot in the first leg of the Triple Crown.
The Mike Maker-trainee has hit the board in three tries over a synthetic track — all at Turfway Park — but will be making his third start in six weeks this weekend.
Mark Casse-trainee Coastline is another coming out the Spiral Stakes, having run third in that race. The son of Speightstown is also packing in a lot of experience in a relative short time as the Blue Grass will mark his fourth start this year.
"My feeling was that Coastline didn't get a whole lot out of his first two races in Arkansas, so I think maybe this last race will help him move forward," Casse said. "But Coastline's had enough experience and he's had some traffic around him. He still has to prove that he can go that far. I'm not positive of that, but that's why we have racing, and I'll have more answers Saturday evening."
Horses coming into the Blue Grass after prepping at Tampa Bay Downs have had a solid history, as last year's winner Java's War can attest.
Vinceremos, owned by WinStar Farm and Twin Creeks Racing, will aim to continue that trend as the son of Pioneerof the Nile won the Grade III Sam F. Davis at Tampa on Feb. 1 and was second in the Grade II Tampa Bay Derby on March 8.
"He's a horse that always wants to put himself into the race," said Randy Gullatt, manager of Twin Creeks Racing. "He actually wants to be more forwardly placed than we would like for him to be, so I don't think post position is a big deal with this horse. Obviously, you'd hate to be four- or five-wide in the first turn but that's most likely the case. It is what is. I think he'll be fine."


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When the monastery was built and opened in 1859 it was the great desire of Bishop Brown of Newport that, along with its other functions, Belmont should serve as the Seminary of his diocese. The best that could be done to meet the Bishop's wishes in this respect was to accept a small number of young boys who had the nominal intention or hope of ultimately becoming secular priests. To this Bishop Brown agreed and so the desired seminary became in fact a very small preparatory school.
This opened in 1860 and it lasted for fourteen years. The boys lived, under the charge of Dom (later Bishop) Cuthbert Hedley. Two or three rooms were assigned as sleeping quarters for the boys, and divided into cubicles. A larger room nearby served as playroom and study. These quarters were situated near St. Raphael's Chapel, on the top floor of the monastery, the present-day Novitiate.
A junior monk presided over the boys in the refectory, and it was also his duty to tell stories when they gathered round the fire on winter nights. In number, these boys rarely exceeded twelve, and only a small proportion actually persevered in theological studies. Their lessons were of a very elementary nature: the 'three Rs' (Reading, writing and arithmetic) and the beginnings of Latin and French. Organised team games were, of course, impossible.
In 1874 Bishop Brown withdrew his support from this venture and it came to an untimely end. Forty-three years were to elapse before boys were to be seen again at Belmont.
"For real education there must be that continuous skilful guiding and piloting, without pushing or forcing, which makes a boy turn his acquirements into mental growth, and discipline his own mind, heart and soul. To achieve such a result in a school, first, the boys must be left judiciously to themselves; secondly, the masters must forbear from taking too much notice of them; thirdly, the brilliant boys must not be made too much of, and the average ones must never be neglected; and lastly, cramming and feverish work for examinations should be carefully kept down, for work of that kind runs off mind and character like a shower of rain from the roof". Bishop Hedley on education, 1911


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Features Sports Bar and Grill (FeaturesSportsBar.com), West Salem, Wisconsin, is proud to announce that some of country music's hottest young stars will be performing at the seventh annual Features Fest on Friday, September 13, 2013. Chart topping RCA Nashville recording duo, Love and Theft, will be headlining the event. With hits like "Angel Eyes", "Runaway", and their newest smash "If You Ever Get Lonely", Love and Theft's Stephen Barker Liles and Eric Gunderson are sure to help close summer out in style...country style! In addition, country music's hippest neo-traditionalist, Craig Campbell will be bringing his unique sound, Southern gentlemen like qualities, and ever-growing fan base with him to make Features Fest VII the most successful one to-date. To open the event, Country Weekly magazine's "Ones to Watch in 2012" and co-writer of Love and Theft's "Runaway", Canaan Smith will be taking the stage.
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NEWARK — NJ Transit restored limited bus service in Camden today, but other bus service and all rail, light rail and Access Link service remains suspended until further notice.
NJ Transit is still in the process of assessing infrastructure in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. While this destructive and deadly storm is now gone, it has left behind long-term mechanical and operational challenges that NJ Transit must overcome before service can be restored. Officials warn that the blow delivered by Hurricane Sandy will continue to impact customers for days to come.
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- There are numerous downed trees across the rail system, which have caused damage to overhead wires and signal wires.
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- Morgan Drawbridge on the North Jersey Coast Line in South Amboy sustained damage from boats and a trailer that collided into the bridge.
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Critic Dan Kois offers his selections for August's best literary beginnings, including picks from Tom Scocca's China-focused tome Beijing Welcomes You ("The first important fact to know about China is that it has a lot of Chinese people in it"), and Suzanne Morrison's one-woman-show-based Yoga Bitch ("Today I found myself strangely moved by a yoga teacher who spoke like a cross between a phone-sex operator and a poetry slam contestant"). If those don't scare you off, you're sure to love the other three!


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I've had this book since 1990; it's a bit warped and battered but still legible. McCrumb has been a favorite author since I was in college a million years ago. D: This was the beginning of her second series, the Ballad books, which she's still writing. In fact, I'll have a review of the newest book, "Nora Bonesteel's Christmas Past" on Thursday. "Peggy" is solidly mystery while later books in the series have a mystery in them but are more Southern literary fiction.
I didn't properly appreciate this quote when the book came out but 30 years later, I understand it all too well. In fact, I think I could appreciate some of the themes in the book much better now, might be time for a re-read.
"Tyndall and Sally came over to my house last night. They were big shots in high school."He took another sip of Pepsi. "And what about now?""I don't know. One of them is a professor, and the other one is married. I guess they both have me beat. Always did, always will.""Only if you believe it," said LeDonne. "You're okay, Martha. Believe me, compared to what there is in this world, you're okay.""It's funny how people from high school can make you feel so small and useless all of a sudden. Just like your parents can. One minute, you're a happy, functioning human being, and the next minute you're a gawky, socially ignorant adolescent again! It's like voodoo."


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I promised myself that I would stay away from this topic… that there were already enough regurgitated posts about guest blogging. But it proves to provide a perfect segue to a mini-rant. And those that know me are well aware of my weakness for such opportunities.
Matt Cutts seems to have stirred up a hornet's nest the other day, when he blogged about The decay and fall of guest blogging. As someone that has stirred his share of hornet's nests over the years, I can imagine him muttering as he did a classic facepalm and shook his head in dismay. Been there, done that, Matt!
One couldn't help but get the impression that Matt may have been a little fed up when he penned that post. I've been following pretty much every word out his avatar's mouth for several years, and he's rarely been quite so explicit in his statements. The 'tude was showing, man.
But then, if I was tasked with running Google's spam team, I'm betting I'd totally redefine the term jaded. And I've got a 'tude on, even when I'm in good mood!
His blog, mattcutts.com, hasn't been starved for either views or comments for quite a while, but the velocity at which comments piled up in the wake of his statement was still notable. Some applauded his announcement that guest blogging would be getting some "special" attention (I'm in that camp). Some just jumped in to spew hate and others were wont to defend guest blogging.
As the comments kept rolling, Matt eventually made a small change to the title, clarifying the fact that he was talking about guest blogging for links. That's when I did a facepalm! Should that clarification have even been necessary? How deep in the Congo must someone live, to have been unable to figure out that guest blogging solely for links isn't a recipe for long-term success?
It seems that there are a lot of people out there that just don't think… they wait until something bad happens, then scream blue murder. It seems to me that a lot of those bad things could be avoided with a little bit of thought, beforehand.
Some common sense
So I thought I'd share a few tidbits of common sense (Okay, granted… common sense used to be common… not so much, these days). Do with these as you wish:
- Guest blogging has to do with value, like so many things that Google evaluates. If you're posting 350 word packets of senseless word-vomit on blogs that have no topical focus, with tonnes of keyword rich anchor text, you needn't act shocked if they bring you grief, rather than PageRank.
- If a significant portion of your link profile is comprised of links from any single type of link, you may be an accident waiting to happen. That means blog comments, forum posts, forum signature links or author bio links. Diversify the types of links you gather, folks.
- If you want to build your personal brand, decide what you want your brand to be identified as, and focus on that. If what you're doing isn't going to take you closer to your goal, then it's taking you further away from it! Stay focused!
- Treat your online business like a business! That means, among other things, that you have to treat your online customers like you'd treat a customer in your brick & mortar shop. Courteous, helpful and attentive are just three attributes that come to mind.
- Spend less time talking and more time listening. A success strategy involves knowing your customers… what they want and need, what bothers them, what they like and dislike about your company or its product. If you spend all your time broadcasting, you're not going to hear what they have to say. Instead, pay attention to what they're saying. Then do something about it.
- Stop building links! In case you haven't been paying attention, the Spam Team at Google, arguably a very efficient group, spends a lot of their considerable talent chasing down and punishing sites that try to manipulate rankings. The primary way to manipulate them, naturally, is via links. So try attracting links, instead… they'll stand up to scrutiny a lot better that anything that XRumer or SENuke will give you.
Thinking can set you free
The idea, of course, is to think. Google changes every day. So the things that worked last year, or even last month, may not be as effective today. In fact, they may get your site penalised. So we have to think about what we're doing, what the possible ramifications are and evaluate the risk.
In short, we have to do what we should have been doing all along. Let's try to restore the common to common sense .


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Police operatives attached to the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) have arrested three more suspects over the kidnap of three female students of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary (BMJS) in Ikorodu, Lagos state.
The female students, Timilehin Olosa, Tofunmi Popoolaniyan and Deborah Akinayo, were kidnapped by a 12-man armed gang from their school in the night on February 29, 2016 but were rescued on March 2.
The arrest has brought the total number of suspects to six, given that the state police command in conjunction with the Special Intelligence Response Team (SIRT) had earlier arrested three other suspects, including the kingpin Emmanuel Arigidi and two others James Henry and Akanju Oluwasegun.
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NEW CANAAN, Conn. – Gridiron Capital, LLC ("Gridiron") is pleased to announce the promotions of Kevin M. Jackson to Managing Director and William Hausberg to Vice President.
Mr. Jackson's responsibilities since joining Gridiron have grown to include sourcing and evaluating potential investment opportunities, performing due diligence, and participating in the structuring, negotiation, financing and closing of portfolio investments. He also is a Director on the Boards of several Gridiron portfolio companies and in particular assists the management of Performance Health, H.M. Dunn Company, and Electronic Systems Protection, Inc. Prior to joining the Gridiron team, Mr. Jackson was with CCMP Capital, a global private equity firm specializing in buyouts and growth equity investments. At CCMP, Mr. Jackson was responsible for all aspects of transaction execution and portfolio company management, primarily in the healthcare, industrial and consumer sectors. Mr. Jackson began his career as an Analyst at Credit Suisse in the Global Industrial & Services group in the New York office. Mr. Jackson graduated as a member of Phi Beta Kappa from Oberlin College with a B.A. in Economics & Latin American Studies and holds an M.B.A from Columbia Business School, where he earned membership in Beta Gamma Sigma.
Mr. Hausberg's responsibilities at Gridiron are focused on the firm's acquisitions, development, and portfolio company growth efforts. He also works closely with Gridiron's portfolio companies on various strategic and operating initiatives. Prior to joining Gridiron, Mr. Hausberg was with Nautic Partners, a middle-market private equity firm. At Nautic Partners, Mr. Hausberg was responsible for transaction execution and portfolio company management. Previously, Mr. Hausberg worked as an Analyst at Credit Suisse in the Mergers & Acquisitions group in the New York office. Mr. Hausberg graduated Magna Cum Laude from Cornell University with a B.A. in Economics & Government and holds an MBA with honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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"their requisite boring reggae song", "dull", and "spacey soft new age music". Did they actually listen to the whole song? Not only did they mix in traditional Chinese themes (new for them), but the last half of the track is the heaviest Ozric EVER got on tape. Ed Wynne tears it up - it's almost metal, something that Ozric stays (fortunately) away from, but in this context is breathtaking. I didn't see one review that even noted it. Wow.
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LP: 1993 Dovetail
CD: 1993 Dovetail
By 1993, Ozric had already made quite a splash worldwide. Enough so that they were signed to a relatively large US label called IRS, and this was the debut for the label. I decided to stick with the original UK import. The big deal, at least made at the time, was that the cover of the CD and LP were made from a blend of straw and hemp. The latter sort of being wink wink I suppose. I still have the original insert that discusses the full process and that it didn't involve any trees. It was considered an ecological breakthrough! And then neither Ozric, nor anyone else, ever used the process again. You think it wasn't cost effective? You know it.
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Ange - Caricatures. 1972 France
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CD: 2013 Mercury/Universal (Japan)
Originals come in a single sleeve and is a relatively common album in France. The CD I own is part of a 7 CD mini-LP box set that is gorgeous (the box is Au-Dela du Delire). That was probably my last big purchase for mini-LPs, as I paid retail when it first came out. And it was worth every single penny. I had been limping along with that Disques Marianne CD prior. Believe me, the Japanese CD kicked its ass. When I went to sell it, I thought I might get 10 cents for it. On the contrary, it's quite collectible. OK then.
On this listen I heard the Japanese mini and the original LP one after the other. No matter what format and version you listen to, it will not clear up the production. So don't try too hard to find the perfect copy. It is what it is, as they say.
Jane - III. 1974 Germany
Personal collection
LP: 1974 Brain
CD: 2004 Brain/SPV
Jane III basically stayed in print throughout the original Brain Records life cycle (Green Metronome, Green, Orange/Multi-color, Black). However on the CD front it was bootleg city until Repertoire came in with their first set of fine reissues of the Brain label. The LP is generally easy to find, especially the US version, but it did take me awhile to secure the original Green Brain Metronome gatefold version in nice condition. The 2004 CD is a digi-pak with full liners, the same as used for the Repertoire CD.
Morse Code - Je Suis le Temps. 1977 Canada
Personal collection
CD: 2007 ProgQuebec
Like most major label albums from Quebec, original LPs are easy to find. The CD on ProgQuebec is excellent, containing liner notes unique to this particular album, with photos and a nice sound. No bonus tracks could be found.
Armaggedon - s/t. 1970 Germany
Personal collection
CD: 1991 Kuckuk
Here & Now - Give and Take. 1978 England
Personal collection
CD: 2009 Victor (Japan)
The above CD is a mini-LP.
Stud - s/t. 1975 USA
Personal collection
CD: 2015 Out-Sider/Guerssen (Spain)
Originals were pressed in a run of 200, and are extinct. The CD from Spanish label Out-Sider (Guerssen) is their usual great job with full historical liner notes. Instead of adding the LP cover, I put the CD scan up this time to show the more vibrant colors.
Horse - s/t. 1970 England
Personal collection
CD: 2016 Rise Above (as For Twisted Minds Only)
The only official reissue is entitled For Twisted Minds Only (the band refers to themselves in the liner notes as (in effect) off-center, and they played often with Comus, which is telling in of itself). There's copious bonus tracks which demonstrate a complete different sound for Horse. Here they possess a psychedelic sound, and one can hear a definitive Doors influence - very unusual sound for a British band at that time.
Not a mindblowing album per se, but overall an essential purchase if interested in pursuing the roots of hard rock and heavy metal.
Dragonwyck - s/t. 1970 USA
Personal collection
LP: 1990 Rockadelic
The Rockadelic reissue (2nd scan) is taken straight from one of the few demo LPs in existence, and it has crackle because of it. The first CD reissue was horrible sounding, so I sold it, And it's my understanding that the World in Sound ones are no better (3rd scan), but I haven't heard them to be fair.
My LP copy is #308, and was a gift handed to me directly from Rockadelic label owner Rich Haupt back in 1990. Kindness like that is not forgotten, and as such the album will stay with me to the end of days.
Last listen: November 26, 2016
Pan & Regaliz- s/t. 1971 Spain
Personal collection
LP: 2000 Wah Wah
Gatefold originals are very rare and sought after. The 1979 reissue comes in a single sleeve. The Wah Wah reissue restores the FOC to glory.
Last listen: 2010
Totem - III: Corrupcion. 1973 Uruguay
Personal collection
CD: 1998 Posdata
An obscure album on both LP and CD, my copy is the Posdata CD from 1998, which I bought not too long after initial release. This was part of their 30 year Uruguay Music anniversary series. Also features two bonus tracks, one 'Mi Pueblo' taken from a 1972, and the other 'Orejas', performed by Mario "Chicito" Cabral, originally released on the album La Tocata.
Last listen: November 5, 2016
People - Ceremony: Buddha Meet Rock. 1971 Japan
As an introduction to the style, Ceremony: Buddha Meet Rock is a good one. If looking to deep dive further, and in some cases better, I would suggest Primitive Community, the Rock Joint albums from Hiromasa Suzuki, Akira Ishikawa and the Count Buffaloes' African Rock, Naniwaya Tatsumaru & Warner Beatniks, and Azabu Ongaku Shudan (among others). Have fun!
Personal collection
CD: 2000 P-Vine
The original LP is impossibly rare as are all the original albums in this particular space (none could be found in Popsike for example). But it's had good reissue coverage, starting with the P-Vine CD release in 2000. This CD is rare in that the liner notes are in English and give a full explanation of the album and the tracks. Though as one RYM user states, there is no mention of the David Axelrod samples, which is very strange (perhaps they didn't know it either?).
Watch out for bootlegs of this title - as there are many. If it's not pressed in Japan, it is likely not authorized, including one LP from an otherwise legitimate enterprise, who shall remain nameless.
Last listen: November 4, 2016
Think - Variety. 1973 Germany
Personal collection
CD: 2002 Garden of Delights
Originals on Menga are very rare. I personally own the Garden of Delights CD which replaced the LP reissue on Little Wing (which had a different cover (second scan), per their ill-advised protocol). It's from the CD that we learn that the Little Wing LP was actually unauthorized. Not the label's fault (completely legitimate enterprise), but rather the unscrupulous dealings from the person who possessed (not owned) the master tapes. Apparently the same person then entered into a legal agreement with the members of the band and properly licensed the rights to Garden of Delights, and further with Amber Soundroom on their LP reissue.
The original features that all-important BBB styled cover: Bare Breasted Babes.
Last listen: November 4, 2016
Nu - A Golpe de Latigo. 1979 Spain
Personal collection
CD: 1991 Zafiro
Last listen: November 2, 2016
I Califfi - Fiore di Metallo. 1973 Italy
Personal collection
CD: 2004 Strange Days (Japan)
Original LPs are very rare, more so than even the usual case. It's generally attributed to the lack of initial sales. The above CD comes in a fine mini-LP sleeve.
Last listen: November 1, 2016
Shingetsu - s/t. 1979 Japan
Personal collection
CD: 1989 Victor
I've had this on CD since it first came out in 1989. The original vinyl was something of a legend back then, only because it was such an unknown and the mail order channels hadn't opened up yet.
Last listen: October 30, 2016
Out of Focus - Four Letter Monday Afternoon. 1972 Germany
Personal collection
CD: 1992 Kuckuk
The above is a 2 CD set.
Last listen: October 22, 2016
La Torre dell'Alchimista - Neo. 2007 Italy
Personal collection
CD: 2007 Ma.Ra.Cash
Last listen: October 15, 2016
Kenso - Kenso II. 1982 Japan
Personal collection
LP: 1982 Pam
CD: 2002 Pathograph
The 3 bonus tracks on the first CD (1993) are all from the debut album. The 2002 CD, which is housed in a mini-LP sleeve, features as a bonus two cover tracks performed live: 'Power of the Glory', a unique instrumental based on Gentle Giant's works, and PFM's 'Four Holes in the Ground'.
Last listen: October 14, 2016
Country Lane - Substratum. 1973 Switzerland
Personal collection
CD: 2000 Musea (France)
Last listen: October 14, 2016
Cai - Noche Abierta. 1980 Spain
Personal collection
LP: 1980 Epic
CD: 1995 Sony w/Cancion De La Primavera
Originals come in a fine gatefold.
Last listen: July 7, 2016
Clearlight - Forever Blowing Bubbles. 1975 France
Personal collection
LP: 1975 Virgin (UK)
CD: 2003 Arcangelo (Japan)
As an original LP, Clearlight's second is about as easy and inexpensive to find as any European import will ever be. If you're just getting into vinyl, this is a great entry point, considering the quality of the music. I've had my copy since the mid 80s. Even though there is a domestic French press on Virgin, the UK release is generally regarded as a true original. There are multiple Japanese presses as well. The Arcangelo Japanese mini-LP is the same mastering as the Spalax CD from 2001. I didn't do a sound comparison against the Clearlight reissue before selling it years ago. Oh well.
Last listen: June 2, 2016
Abiogenesi - Le Notti di Salem. 2000 Italy
I should probably revisit their earlier albums. I haven't heard them since they came out real time in the mid 90s. They also have a couple of other albums since this one I wouldn't mind hearing.
Personal collection
CD: 2000 Black Widow
Last listen: October 13, 2016
Agora - Live in Montreux. 1976 Italy
Personal collection
CD: 2003 Vinyl Magic
Originals come with a pop up tree cover. It's difficult to find those in good shape. Otherwise, not too expensive of an album. I ended up with the Japanese LP years ago (and sold March 2018), and it does not feature the gimmix cover. Nor does the Italian mini-LP which I recently sourced on the cheap. I presume the Japanese mini-LP version does.
Last listen: September 29, 2016
Nova - Wings of Love. 1977 Italy-England
Personal collection
CD: 2006 Arista/BMG (Japan)
On this latter note, there were close to a dozen pressings initially given the band's relative commercial success. Until the Northworld release, finding Wings of Love on CD was a challenge with only the expensive Japanese mini as an option. I recently picked that one up myself on a good deal. I'm sure I had the US LP at some point, but I think I can live without it....
Last listen: September 15, 2016
Free System Projekt - Atmospheric Conditions. 2002 Netherlands
Personal collection
CD: 2002 Quantum
Fortunately I bought the 2 CD set when it came out. Today it's become prohibitively expensive.
From Discogs: Instruments used: Access Virus A, Arrick Synthesizers.com modular system, Yamaha A 3000 sampler/w Mellotron set, Yamaha A 4000 sampler/w Mellotron set, Doepfer MAQ 16/3 sequencers (2x), Clavia Nord Modular, Clavia Nordlead II, Eminent Solina Strings, Elka Rhapsody 610, EMS Synthi A, Arp Pro Soloist, Roland JP 8080, Korg MS-20, Korg MS 2000R, Yamaha S-30, Yamaha TG 500, Boss CE-1, Boss SE-50, Boss SE-70, Ensoniq DP/2, Lexicon MPX 100, MXR Phase 100
Track 1-1 played live at the Gathering, Ocober 13th, 2001.
Track 1-2 played live at Jodrell Bank, March 30th, 2002.
Track 1-3 played live at WDIY EMUSIC, October 12th, 2001.
Track 1-4 played live at Hampshire Jam, October 27th, 2001.
Track 2-1 played live at Ruud Heij's studio during the sessions of summer 2001.
Track 2-2 played live at Star's End radioshow, October 14th, 2001.
Track 2-3 played live at Ruud Heij's studio during the sessions of summer 2001.
Track 2-4 played live at Jodrell Bank, March 30th, 2002.
Track 2-5 Echoes feature: Free System Projekt's Spontaneous Creations. Produced for Echoes, the radio program of ambient and world fusion music heard on stations across the United States.
Last listen: September 14, 2016
Holocausto - Aleluya. 1974 Puerto Rico
This is another late era submission from The AC. His notes to me were: "This Christian-themed underground Latin American rarity is an interesting blend of progressive, psychedelic, hard rock/proto metal and latin rock styles. Heavy riffing, organ/keys, flute/sax and impassioned vocals battle it out over a set of relatively concise but atmospheric and thoughtfully constructed tracks, where the undeniably cool "aura" of the whole thing helps to make up for the somewhat primitive execution. Great cover art as well (both front and back). However, the sound here could really use a good cleaning up, as it's hard to even hear some of the more interesting instrumental details at times. It seems the band themselves were working on doing just that a few years back, but I'm not sure if this is still an ongoing effort. Lets hope so, because this one is definitely worth it."
Last listen: September 12, 2016
Melisma - Like Trolls. 1978 USA
Last listen: September 12, 2016
The Great Imperial Yo-Yo - Chicken Island. 1996 England
Personal collection
CD: 1996 Bongheads (Belgium)
Chicken Island came along very late in the game for the primary round of the UK Festival Psych scene, and few noticed its existence initially. Bongheads is the cultural magazine Crohinga Well's (Belgium) own label. It took me some years to finally secure my own copy for a decent price, so don't miss out if you happen to run across it.
Hopefully someone will also reissue the Blink! cassette as well (from 1993). I have it on CD-R and it's just as good as Chicken Island.
Last listen: September 9, 2016
Golden Dragon - s/t. 1981 USA
In 1981, you still had a few artists hanging onto the original Jimi Hendrix experience as it were. Most notably Frank Marino, but even Robin Trower with his Victims of the Fury, paid homage. Of course, by 1981, this type of music was just as informed by 70s hard rock as it was late 60s heavy psych. And this is where Golden Dragon finds their sound as well. Perhaps fellow San Francisco artist Leland provides another guidepost. There was much more of this type of music to be found in the clubs of the day, but very little recorded material. A nice little LP, that could certainly use a reissue. The album is only 26 minutes, so hopefully there's more in the can, as they say.
From an original LP standpoint, this is one confusing release. There are multiple covers, some are just 45 singles taken from the LP. The second cover is the most common, and it's a one sided LP "single" (33 RPM). An ebay auction informs us: "GD 1027. Rare San Francisco private press hard rock record from guitarist/bassist Freddy Mabuhay. This is a one song record. Side 2 is blank.... ...Front and back covers were originally the same but a paste-on picture and information sheet was added to the back cover. Record label has two cutouts (looks like someone did this by hand with a razor blade), one of which has 12" SINGLE TOO LATE stamped on it." When he says "one song", is it just 'Too Late', or does it have the full EP on it anyway? I dunno.
The first cover I think is the original. It's a regular two sided LP and is definitely the most expensive. This is a perfect candidate for a CD reissue with bonus tracks and liner notes to explain what the heck is going on!
Last listen: September 5, 2016
Kjol - Take It On. 1979 Switzerland
Musically, Kjol are playing a mid 70s styled jazz rock, as one might hear on the German MPS label during this era. Other than the somewhat trite funky opener, the remainder is long form, sax driven, heavy fusion with some fine guitar and keyboard leads. A good one for the genre, and a new addition for my Kraut Fusion list!
Last listen: September 5, 2016
Ides of March - Common Bond. 1971 USA
Personal collection
CD: 2003 Rhino Handmade/Warner Bros (as Friendly Strangers: The Warner Bros. Recordings w/ Vehicle)
The Friendly Strangers CD is an excellent compilation that includes all of Ides Of March's first two LPs Vehicle and Common Bond, as well as a handful of singles and B Sides. Package is filled out with full liner notes, photos, and great sound. Encompasses one full CD plus a 3" mini CD. The CD could only be purchased from Warner Bros direct marketing, which I dutifully accomplished not long after its release in 2003. Today it's quite rare. Original LPs, on the other hand, are easy to find.
Last listen: September 3, 2016
VIII Strada - Babylon. 2015 Italy
Personal collection
CD: 2015 Fading
Last listen: September 9, 2016
Mountain Ash - Moments. 1980 Germany
Last listen: August 29, 2016
Manfred Wieczorke - Transfer. 1987 Germany
Personal collection
CD: 1987 In-Akustik
Last listen: August 25, 2016
Fragile - Phantom. 2006 Japan
Personal collection
CD: 2006 VEGA Music
This is a very obscure CD that I added to Discogs myself a few months back.
Last listen: August 25, 2016
Opa - Goldenwings. 1976 Uruguay
Personal collection
CD: 1996 BMG (Argentina)
In addition to a native press, originals can be found in the US and Japan. I added the BMG disc to Discogs a few months back and I remain the sole owner and contributor. However, 3 have since added it to their want list.
Last listen: December 28, 2017
Trampled Underfoot - s/t. 1998 USA
Personal collection
CD: 2003 Steelheart (Italy)
One reason the album is so obscure, is the only release it obtained initially was via Pony Canyon in Japan (first scan), which would have guaranteed it to be an expensive import for most fans at the time (and still not in Discogs as I write this). And 1998 was not a good year commercially for this kind of metal anyway. 5 years later, the Italian label Steelheart picked it up for wider distribution. But with the band in mothballs and metal not quite in "nostalgia mode" yet, the audience was predictably light, and into the mists of obscurity Trampled Underfoot went to be discovered at a later date. And it will be, mark my words. I have to say the Japanese cover is more alluring.
* - An interesting footnote here. Based on internet comments from singer Shawn Perlata, he states that he only sang on three of the songs. He goes on to note that the singer on the other vocal tracks was a gentleman named Rod Hendrix. Hendrix himself is not listed anywhere in the credits of the Steelheart CD, and Perlata is the only person photoed and credited with vocals. Bizarre.
Last listen: August 24, 2016
Naniwaya Tatsumaru & Warner Beatniks - Keiantaiheiki (Yoshitatsu Kyounobori) Rock Roukyoku Rock. 1971 Japan
In any case, Tatsumaru is performing what is known as Roukyoku, which is a narrative type of singing accompanied by a 3 stringed lute known as the shamisen, providing an aural incense-burn like setting. For those cultural neanderthals like myself, the only way I can describe his performance here is to imagine an anguished JA Seazer (well, that's self-defining isn't it?)... on his 6th bourbon.
But of course, there's more than traditional Japanese music here. It's the early 70s, so the "Warner Beatniks" is yet another name for guitarist Kimio Mizutani (who must have played on one album a day back then) and his motley crew of studio performers. The psychedelic rock bits are exciting, but all too short, and leaves the listener wanting more. Way more.
An interesting artifact for certain, and definitely one to find if doing the deep dig in Japanese archeological rock studies. Might require a few extra shovels to actually find however... If looking for an original, there's currently one coipy available on Discogs for the low low price of $2,200. I think I'll await a reissue... This would have scored a Priority 0/None,though once again, it's a very interesting listen.
This was another late era CDRWL submission from the AC. His notes below:
"Another of the many "New Rock" era attempts at a cross-cultural fusion between rock and traditional Japanese music, in this case roukyoku, a type of narrative singing usually accompanied by the shamisen. Tatsumaru barks, growls and whines out the running monologue, alternating between sly humor and extreme agitation as the text calls for, accompanied by his tsugaru-shamisen strumming/thrashing and occasional heavy prog/psych outbursts, or more cinematic sounding backdrops of strings, flute, etc. The rock sections come courtesy of the Warner Beatniks, which was just another name for the "usual suspects" studio crew of Yusuke Hoguchi, Kimio Mizutani, etc. It's a fairly interesting experiment, but does have some serious drawbacks. The main problem being that the rock bits tend to kind of jump in and out rather quickly, making for a somewhat disjointed sound, and leaving the listener to sit through lengthy sections of traditional unaccompanied roukyoku narration and shamisen plucking. Which is fine if you're a dedicated fan of the style, but will probably try the patience of the more general prog/psych listener. It's an expensive item these days (more so once it gets into the hands of hyperbolic western record dealers than in its native Japan), so I feel a "buyer beware" is in order here, despite my own general amusement with it. Great sinister cover art, duplicated in even more evil looking red on the back. As a side note, the sleeve states this is the second release in the "Bikkuri Series" ("surprising series"). If memory serves correctly, the first was the thoroughly ridiculous (but entertaining) "Rock Christmas Rock", which as you might have guessed is an album of rocked-out Christmas songs performed by the Warner Beatniks and featuring one of the most hideously eye-scarring record covers in human history."
Last listen: August 22, 2016
Tatsuya Takahashi & Tokyo Union Orchestra - The Rock Seasons. 1972 Japan
Like many Japanese rock albums from the early 70s, The Rock Seasons is about as common as finding government employees working on official holidays.
This was one of the last CDRWL submissions from the AC (early 2015), who has gone missing since. We definitely miss his contributions - not just to that blog, but to my overall knowledge. Come back man!
His comments are: "Late saxophonist and band leader Takahashi appeared on about a million different recordings in his heyday, but seems to be most known outside of Japan for some of his mid 70s work on the Three Blind Mice label. From my perspective however, his most interesting work might be this obscure set recorded with his Tokyo Union big band during the height of Japan's "New Rock" era of major label experimentation. There's some kind of seasonal/elemental theme going on here, but it's not too relevant honestly, as what we're presented with is a fun sequence of instrumental electric big band/jazz rock pieces that are propelled along by melodic sax/flute, tight horn charts, groovy bass lines and even the occasional fuzz/wah guitar lick. Lacks the depth and atmosphere of a contemporaneous work like Toshiyuki Miyama's "Tsuchi no Ne", but is quite an entertaining listen nonetheless."
Last listen: August 22, 2016
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