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Visual KEIOS recently had the pleasure to interview Starwave Record label owner and BLOOD guitarist, Kiwamu! In this interview, focused on Starwave Records, Kiwamu discusses his work as a label owner, the highs and lows of this career and the future of the Visual Kei scene.
1. Thank you so much for taking the time to answer our questions. To begin would you introduce yourself to our readers?
Kiwamu: I am the leader of the band BLOOD. In the band, I am the guitarist. And I have 2 labels. Darkest Labyrinth is for industrial music. Starwave Records is for Visual kei music.
2. Your first music label, Darkest Labyrinth, was established in the April 2000, what brought on the decision to create your own music label?
Kiwamu: First it had no name for the label. Because I just released my works from myself. It was before BLOOD. I released some titles by myself. I named my label as Darkest Labyrinth 2007. Because from this year, I started to release some titles from another artists. First release was the compilation cd "Darkest Labyrinth". I asked many gothic style bands in Japan and in another countries. So I released that compilation cd. It was the real start of my label.
3. And what about the decision to create your second label, Starwave Records?
Kiwamu: Until 2009, I got many artists in Japanese industrial scene. I released Seileen, Vanished Empire, BLAMHONEY etc. I wanted to release these titles. I was satisfied with these results. And in the same time, I got the offers of some visual kei artists. They wanted to release their titles from visual kei label. If they released their titles from the industrial label, fans will be confused. And I already helped SUICIDE ALI from 2007, so it was good timing for me too.
4. What kind of advantages come into play when a label is owned by an actual musician?
Kiwamu: In some years, the scene will change quickly. If I play the guitar in the scene, I can see the real of the scene. This is the good point. But there is band point too. If I have many live shows as BLOOD, it will be hard schedule. It is not good for my label artists. I need the good balance between the label and my band.
5. Surely a lot of hard work is involved - what have been the biggest challenges that you've faced?
Kiwamu: 2 years ago, I made the event in Tokyo. That event was from 15 artists of my label. Darkest Labyrinth artists and Starwave Records artists were together. It was a biggest event. After this, I started to make the event by myself. It was the big challenges for my career. If I didn't make this, my label may be different style. This event made me notice some points. Some artists will help me very much. And foreign artists are very difficult to book. To book foreign artists, I need to make their airplane fee. But they can't bring their audience. Almost audiences were for Japanese bands.
6. And what have been some of the highlighting moments in your years as a label owner?
Kiwamu: In February, Starwave Records have own anniversary tour in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. This year, we got more fans than last year. In Tokyo, I can made 2 days events. It was very nice situation for me. I worked for my label in these years. It is not quick, but step by step the label is getting bigger.
7. Starwave Records is your Visual Kei label – what can music lovers find in Starwave Records that they won't find from other Visual Kei-based labels?
Kiwamu: In another labels, sometimes they try to get their success in short time as possible as they can. But band activities need more time. So I choice the long activity bands every time. Calmando Qual had 11 anniversary. THE SOUND BEE HD too. If the band disband in one year, they will not learn anything from their activities.
8. How does the interest and perception of Visual Kei in Japan differ from overseas?
Kiwamu: Until some years ago, Visual kei was own music in Japan. But recently some foreigner got inspiration from Visual kei and they started their own band in their style. It is very interesting. Japanese bands always get the inspiration from foreigner and now we give the inspiration to foreign countries.
9. Starwave Records currently has 9 artists - Could you briefly tell us about them?
Kiwamu: BLOOD is my own band. I am working for this from 10 years ago. I work with SUICIDE ALI from 5 years ago. Without them, maybe I didn't make the label. Misaruka joined in my label last year. Last year, they worked hard. So I pushed them on this year. They have classical visual kei band. Tokami joined in my label last year too. They joined in BLOOD event in Tokyo. During we talk with them, they decided to join. They have traditional visual kei music in my label. Calmando Qual used to join in BLOOD event in Tokyo. They always helped events. 3 years ago, I met Tak again. They wanted to release their single but they didn't know how to work. So I decided to work with them. Tak helped THE SOUND BEE HD too. Vocalist DAISUKE is famous person in Visual kei scene. They looked for their label for 5 years. I liked their music and I decided to invite them to my label. lix is ex-SUICIDE ALI guitarist Yuu band. Yuu worked hard in SUICIDE ALI. So I decided to help lix too. Yuu looked like my brother. umbrella joined in my label last year. The venue booking manager introduced me about them. He wanted to put them in my label. He always helps me, so I decided to work with umbrella. Kuu is the new band. After they joined in my label event in Tokyo, I talked with them. And they like my working way. So they decided to join in my label.
10. Each of the bands on Starwave Records has their own refreshing individuality in terms of style and sound, how hard was it to find artists like them among the many bands in Japan?
Kiwamu: In Japan, there are many many visual kei bands. But almost bands always give up their band activities after they face the problem. I always choice the long activities band. If their music is very thin, they can't have long activities. So if I choice the bands of long career from the scene, they always have their own good music.
11. Starwave Records is currently holding auditions - what are the most important things that you look for when gauging the potential of a band?
Kiwamu: I open the door for the new artist. If they have good music and good mind, it is good for my label. Sometimes the foreign bands ask me about the release from my label. But Starwave Records will release Japanese bands only. So I didn't translate the audition text to English.
12. You've previously stated that you won't consider signing foreign bands to Starwave – does this statement still hold true in the current auditions?
Kiwamu: I worked with some foreign bands from 2007. And I distributed many titles from foreign industrial music. But the selling is very bad. Sometimes foreign artists misunderstand Japanese scene. "Everyone can be super star in Japan. we are very famous in Japan" But it is not true. Many foreign artists try to release their CD in Japan. It was very difficult. So recently I don't release foreign artist titles from my label because of these situation.
13. You go above and beyond when it comes to promoting your artists, you've made nearly 2000 posts to ameblo alone this year – How important do you think it is for the label owner to be so hands on in the promotion process?
Kiwamu: 10 years ago, there was not blog system. So we used the advertisement on the magazines. But recently fans always get the info from blog. Artists can put the info on the blog directly. That is quick than magazines or flyers. So I always use blog, mixi, twitter and facebook. And their good point is "free". I can write English post on my facebook. I can promote my label artists to foreign scene without any magazines.
14. The bands on your labels seem to be very well-traveled - Could you tell us about the process you undertake when planning an overseas performance?
Kiwamu: On the BLOOD activities, I made many connections with foreign promoters. It was the advantage to artists. So I tried to book shows for my label artists. From foreign scene, they can get many inspirations.
15. The 2nd Starwave Records compilation will be sold at Starwave Fest vol.5, July 21st and 22nd - could you tell us a bit about this release?
Kiwamu: 2 years ago, I released the compilation CD. It was very good for new fans. But some bands disbanded, some bands changed their members, some bands joined in my label. So it was good timing for new release. It will be 9 artists. But I am talking with new artist. They may join in this compilation too.
16. The Darkest Labyrinth & Starwave Records official online store contains many great items – if you could recommend your Top 5 "Must Have" items, what would they be?
Kiwamu: The end of the year, I always check the top selling on my label online shop. I post that top raking on my blog. So I show that to fans. Maybe easy to understand which is best selling.
17. What are some of the biggest changes you've noticed in the music industry in your 12 years as a label owner?
Kiwamu: 10 years ago, CD selling was 10 times than now. And live shows in foreign countries were dream. The live shows in foreign countries become easy but CD selling become bad. They are most biggest difference.
18. Do you have any predictions for what might await in the future of "Visual Kei"?
Kiwamu: Foreign scene for visual kei will be dead soon. And after that, visual kei scene in foreign countries will be small but long. For the big band, it will be difficult to go to there.
19. Where do you envision yourself in another 12 years? Is there a third label in your future?
Kiwamu: Now, I don't have any intention to make 3rd label. I will work for 2 labels for a while. In first 8 years of 12 years, it was for me. But in these years, I am working for many people. I enjoy this situation.
20. Thank you again for you time Kiwamu, do you have any closing statements you would like to add?
Kiwamu: In my labels, there are many good artists. Please check my 2 labels. You will find your favorite artists!!
Many thanks to Kiwamu, and Gloria from Starwave Records worldwide fans who made this interview possible.
To keep up with Kiwamu and the activities on his artists, check out the following links;
Kiwamu on Facebook // Starwave Records OHP // Darkest Labyrinth OHP
Starwave Records on Facebook // Youtube // Online Shop
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West Hollywood has become the first city in the nation to ban the sale of fur within the city limits.
Tom Remington
November 19, 2019
West Hollywood has become the first city in the nation to ban the sale of fur within the city limits.
Tom Remington
Please use this open thread to post your ideas, comments and information on issues not directly related to the articles published on this blog. Thank you!
My good friends at the National Center for Public Policy Research put out a press release today about the state of Illinois' seeming hypocrisy and double standards when applying law mandating the use and/or need of producing government identification.
As a whole, I support the policies and efforts of the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) but today I have to take issue with some of the argument used by the Center's Project 21 representative, Stacey Swimp.
At issue is the fact that the state of Illinois now requires government endorsed identification when purchasing certain products, among them drain cleaner. Swimp's beef comes from the fact that Illinois has rejected previous bills attempting to require some kind of photo identification in order to vote.
"If people must provide a government-issued ID to unclog their drains, they certainly should do the same for the very important task of selecting their elected leaders."
The point is well taken and I might have left it at that and made some small remark wondering why it is even necessary to require anybody to produce a government-approved ID card to buy Drano?
To bolster the argument, Swimp later says the following:
"Having been certified as a pesticide applicator in the past and knowing the harm they can inflict if used maliciously, I understand why some might want to have a means of identifying who obtains them and for what reasons. The same would apply to guns, fertilizers, over-the-counter medications that can make illicit drugs and — in this case — acids and other dangerous chemicals. So it's only logical that people who have these concerns would also want similar identification rules to prevent vote fraud."
I might understand that "some" people might want to regulate breathing of humans but that is not a valid reason to require them to obtain a government permit to do so. It's easy to spout off about those "reasonable" regulations because we "understand why some", but how is any of this constitutional and what kind of trouble has this country gotten itself into because we cede away our rights in the name of public safety because "some people might want"?
I'm not suggesting that I think Swimp is advocating for tougher regulations on buying Drano, guns, fertilizers, etc. I have no idea of his position on these issues. It's simply the fact that he is using defective logic to make a point.
Isn't it about time that people in this country begin demanding back their rights? Please show me in the constitution where it is "reasonable" that I cede rights. And while your there show me where it is required that I obtain a government approved ID card to buy and sell.
What's next? The mark of the beast in order that anyone can buy or sell? You keep giving away your freedom by swallowing the Kool-Aid about public safety and national security and we won't even be having this conversation.
Tom Remington
*Editor's Note* This photo image of a letter was sent to Steve Alder of Idaho for Wildlife. The letter was addressed to him from a young girl living in Kamiah, Idaho. She asks Mr. Alder for help.
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I suppose I could call it some form of job security, but why people at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife continue to provide fodder that prompts repeated demands for accountability on my part, puzzles me. Evidently the Sportsman's Congress, sponsored by the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine, was the breeding ground for yet another jewel of spoken words.
In Deirdre Fleming's article in Saturday's Press Herald, she begins her piece this way:
A century from now, Mainers will look back and say the state's fish and game department did what it promised, vowed Chandler Woodcock on Friday.
This remark, as written in Fleming's piece, came as Mr. Woodcock addressed the Sportsman's Congress. Part of that debate included discussions on Maine's efforts, or lack thereof, in rebuilding a whitetail deer herd that is far from adequate.
While some attempts at regulating Maine's game began in the early to mid 1800s, it was around a century or so ago that Maine and most states in the Union were devising fish and game laws that became the backbone for the North American wildlife management model.
One would have to wonder if the head of Maine's fish and game around the turn of the century had said, "A century from now, Maine will be at a crossroads not willing to do what is right to protect and perpetuate the game species for the people of this state", people would have thought him crazy.
But here we are and the current commissioner is talking about the hope that between now and a hundred years from now the deer problem will be saved. I'm sure I will be told that Mr. Woodcock didn't mean that it would take 100 years to replenish the deer herd. I'm also sure that the same supporters of his comments will claim that Mr. Woodcock feels so strongly about his "Plan for Maine's Deer" that it will be the greatest thing since the Ginsu Kitchen Knife…….or something.
Perhaps so, and I would suppose a quick pat on the back would be in store for attempting to raise sportsman's hopes for the future but why would he choose to pick 100 years? I mean, how many fish and game commissioners that have come before Mr. Woodcock have left behind some kind of lasting legacy? How many can you name that we should all remember from 100 years ago? Or twenty years ago? That's what I thought.
I honestly don't think Mr. Woodcock is thinking about his legacy, so I have to think that little thought went into his choice of making reference to a century from now.
The current Maine sportsmen are looking for action NOW. They want actions NOW that will create results NOW. And then they want assurances that what we do NOW will pay off NOW and TOMORROW and the NEXT DAY, and that other plans taking place NOW will work at building and maintaining a deer herd 5 years from now and 10 years from now. And the commissioner speaks of what Maine people will be commenting on in 100 years? Are we supposed to lock up our hunting rifles now and make sure our wills are up-to-date so we pass on our hunting rifles to the proper inheritor?
The Commissioner has a plan to rebuild the deer herd. I think he thinks it is a good plan and that it will work. I have serious reservations about it and even if I thought it was a good plan, how can it be implemented with little support for it statewide that is being shown now?
Mr. Woodcock does need to continue to sell his plan. I'm afraid telling the sportsmen that things will be just ducky in 100 years really isn't going to fire up the troops too much.
I can hear the faint echos now: "Five score and 7 years ago, our founding fathers brought forth in this state, Maine's Game Plan for Deer , conceived in good thinking and dedicated to the proposition that in one hundred years men would look back and say, 'What the hell were they thinking'?"
Tom Remington
A guest blog by Barry Coe –
Having been born and raised in Idaho and as a lifelong sportsman of this state, I have had many issues with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) over the years. I have witnessed their actions on several issues that have directly lead to diminished fish and wildlife, and diminished sporting opportunities. In attempting to be involved and to protect our culture and interests, I have had one very consistent attitude and response from the agency that has become very proficient at taking whatever position they seem to think will best further their own agenda. That attitude is pure and raw contempt. And no other issue has exposed and proven this contempt more than the Canadian wolf introduction has.
IDFG has attempted to take the 'we hold no blame' position concerning wolves in this state. I feel it has been well proven that they, in fact, hold a large percentage of blame. A prior director actually wrote support letters to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and drafted an illegal permit that allowed the Canadian wolves to be dumped into this state in a blaring contempt for Idaho state code. It was so contemptuous that the Idaho state legislature actually reacted to the action, although they failed to implement accountability. Yet those were the days before the Internet and the ability to transfer information quickly and thoroughly throughout the population. Those were the days of running under the radar and outright collusion between state and federal agencies. There is little doubt in my mind, and I suspect anyone with more than a cursory knowledge of this issue would agree, that outright collusion between IDFG and the USFWS did, and continue, to take place. Wolves, grizzly bears, soon to be wolverines and all other claimed endangered species are a vast source of federal dollars and we all know, IDFG loves nothing like they love the federal dollar.
In a recent article, Jim (salt shaker) Hayden (IDFG Panhandle Regional Wildlife Manager) made yet another revealing comment. In this interview "Salt Shaker" Hayden seemed surprised that about 50% of the wolves harvested in this current wolf season have come from areas that IDFG didn't even know contained wolves. Now, on the surface this comment may seem unimportant, yet when one considers the past 16 years, it's importance is almost undefinable.
I have to ask this question of Mr. Hayden. Just exactly how can you manage a declining elk population when you obviously have no concept of the level of predation impacting those elk?
For years IDFG took the politically correct avenue of clinging onto the obviously and intentionally low official numbers of wolves. As hunters and outdoorsmen screamed from the rafters that those numbers were so far off it was incredible, IDFG turned a blind eye and a deaf ear. After all, the federal bucks were rolling in and the hunters were still buying licenses and tags. All was well and good at IDFG. Biologists were being hired (most directly out of the wolf introduction program) and the rumblings were contained to a small population of people who never knew how to get the truth out, especially in the face of IDFG and green eco-groups. The old tactic of ignoring and marginalizing was rolling along just fine.
It was only in the last year or two that IDFG was forced to admit that, 'well, golly, okay, so our wolf population is around 1000 wolves'. Again the sportsmen and sportswomen of Idaho claimed that number was also an intentional down playing of the actual number of wolves in Idaho. As we witnessed the great elk herds disappear from first hand observation, IDFG still clung to the deceit that all was fine. They twisted a few numbers here, changed a few "objectives" there, rewrote a few algorithms, adjusted some seasons and continued to play both sides of the fence. After all, this has always been the status quo for this department. The level of contempt IDFG obviously has for anyone outside of the department or the federal system is amazingly apparent.
Wolf math just is not that hard. They breed like rabbits, yet have no predators. The lie just became too hard to cover up anymore and so, the science changed – I use science here with my tongue stuffed soundly into my cheek. For a decade we had manipulated science stuffed down our throats that exonerated their revenue generating wolves from any cause of any problem we were experiencing anywhere in the state they inhabited. When it became obvious that the truth was coming out, and that delisting was imminent, in spite of the department's best efforts to keep them listed, and even drafting and submitting an illegal wolf management plan, they decided to flip over. In typical IDFG fashion, the wolves were now the cause of it all! Boy, aren't we happy that they finally have seen the light! After all we have been telling them this for 10 years.
But, they now face a wiser and more connected sportspeople. We're not buying it and they know it. We are now very informed and politically connected; we have communication outlets and media connections. But again, in true IDFG fashion, they have decided to try another avenue to generate their revenue. They want nothing worse than to have the hunters of this state out of the equation. We no longer forget past actions or play in the manner they want us to, paying more for less. They now turn to the tactic of pandering and collusion.
In what seems on the surface to be a politically correct action of seeking information concerning wildlife management in the state of Idaho, they have committed a few obvious mistakes that exposed their true intention. Their highly publicized 'Summit' was rolled out as that meeting. Conducted DURING hunting season, and with invitations extended to several anti-hunting, eco-green groups, and a group of actual past and present IDFG employees, IDFG now wants input on wildlife management. And, they want that input from everyone that doesn't pay for it or expect the department to do anything other than perpetuate predators and sustain their job at all costs.
Rumor has it that this little summit has caused a rift in the ranks. It seems to have been generated right from the new director Virgil Moore; or at least that is where all the fingers are pointing. It seems that this long-time employee of IDFG, and new director, is attempting to return to the status quo of ignore and move forward. Instead of moving in the direction of attempting to get out from under the wolf issue, he now seems to want to change gears and get back in bed with the green, wildlands agenda, and he wants their money. Public input on management? How quaint! If only it didn't reek of corruption, contempt and collusion. If, in fact, this is the brain child of Mr. Moore, he just flatly needs to go; it is far past time to get a director that is not a long time member of the IDFG's good old boys club. We have flatly had enough! I suspect if our legislature is not willing to overhaul this department, the time has come to turn to the citizen and the ballot box. We have one very powerful tool at our disposal; initiatives, which are binding if passed and can be used to circumvent a lack of appropriate action by those in government. They do have the ability to change this department in ways that will both form the department in a manner the citizens of Idaho want and to also bring accountability to this long-time rogue department. The good old boys club must be dismantled.
Actual wolf numbers? Let's return to Jim "Salt Shaker" Hayden for a few moments. I have heard sportsmen and women, who spend an immense amount of time in the outdoors, claim the wolf numbers in Idaho are at least double what IDFG claims. It now seems "Salt Shaker" Hayden has validated those claims. And in that claim, his statement speaks volumes. It is very sad that a department that is charged with the management of Idaho's wildlife have failed so miserably, and stayed the course of ignoring sportspeople to the extent they have. There are but a few explanations for this miserable failure: Corruption, Collusion or outright incompetence. I will leave it to you to decide which it is or how much longer you are going to stand for it.
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*Update* Since the posting of this article, I have since posted a short movie trailer video called "Windfall" about the facts behind wind energy.
What I don't understand are the contradictions and hypocrisy surrounding wind energy. Most people who support wind energy also support ideals like clean water, clear air, the environment in general, land preservation, keeping landscapes "natural", reduction of noise pollution, non destruction of our ecosystems. And yet, they support wind turbine energy. Why?
Often environmental preservationists consider hunters and trappers as the enemy, although these two groups have done more to conserve our environment than perhaps all environmental groups who have come after them. Often environmentalists paint hunters and trappers as consumers of natural resources and yet many, many, many of those fighting against the environmental destruction, including physically, visually and audibly, of wind energy are the hunters, trappers and outdoor sportspeople. So which groups are the radicals?
Here is another example of what is being foisted onto Maine people. A few days ago, I reported on wind turbines that were constructed on the Record Hill area of Roxbury, Maine. This is a follow-up post to that report.
I received more photos with short commentary from Albert Ladd who lives a short distance from the Roxbury wind towers. He provided readers with pictures for the previous post. Mr. Ladd is a hunter and trapper in the region. Below is a short report he filed with me and provided 4 photographs to go along with his commentary.
"Today I went in on the Bunker Pond road to set up a beaver colony [trapping]. Now I'm roughly a half mile from the towers. Cold quiet and no wind down where I was. The sound [from the turbines] is more of a rumble and somewhat sounds like a truck coming and coming, but never gets any closer. I stopped at Bunker like one commenter told of doing [previous article]. There are no camps on Bunker, and it's a good thing as the noise is quite loud and I bet constant most of the time.
The pictures show the towers and one shows the top of the beaver house [photo 1] with a tower or two seen through the trees [photo 2 & 3]. The rocks are on one of 3 roads that go close to the towers on the way into Bunker [photo 4]. All 3 have been blocked off like this, and I do believe one had a bridge pulled.
I've listened to several people through the years that said they've drove right up to these towers and heard no sound at all. –RIGHHHHT!
For ever on now the forest around here will have this near constant drone! What a criminal thing to do. Never thought I'd dislike them this much."
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totalitarian last edited by totalitarian
Left is 0.4, right is 0.8 width. I had a brainwave and converted it from a flying extruder to a full bowden. Unfornately it didn't make a blind bit of notice
What is the vertical spacing between the diagonal bands?
Bit tricky to tell but they look around 4mm
I was wondering whether it was related to the tooth pitch on the belts, which I presume is 2mm.
@dc42 If that was the case, would that indicate an issue with the belts or the toothed pulley?
@totalitarian said in Strange salmon skin - Moire effect on my Delta:
@dc42 If that was the case, would that indicate an issue with the belts or the toothed pulley?
Yes, or perhaps with the toothed side of the belts running over non-toothed idlers. But I would expect the vertical pitch of the banding to be 2mm, not 4mm
Such a shame as otherwise it is a very well put together machine.
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@totalitarian said in Strange salmon skin - Moire effect on my Delta:
I would guess standard 1.5A
measure the resistance of a phase. that will give some indication as to what kind of motors they are.
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It looks like typical delta waves on your printed parts. Bent diagonal patterns on flat surfaces. That's a sign that something is not perfect with the linear motion. It could be the pulleys, idler, linear bearings, ...
The bend in your patterns is not very sharp, the predator is a very large machine. A smaller machine will get sharper bends. If you move the model to the edge of the platform the angles should change, and the patterns will get tighter or more spread out depending on what/which towers is the cause.
When it is motor/driver related you usually get a tight, highly repetitive patterns. If you turn off microstepping it will show up very clearly. That's not a suggestion to solve your problem, but a fun experiment to see what it looks like
@bondus Thanks, i'll certainly give that a try. Do you not suspect the rods at all?
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@totalitarian, I don't know how play in the arms looks like in prints. But I suspect it would not leave nice patterns. Who knows, deltas are complex machines.
It's easy to check for play of the ball joints, just wiggle the arms, any click-clock sounds are bad. Rumour says that if you have play in those small joints you can gently squeeze them on the edge in a vice or with some pliers to increase the preload.


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BALTIMORE – UMBC women's soccer hits the road for America East action at UMass Lowell on Thursday, Oct. 1. Game time is set for 7 p.m. at Cushing Field. All the live action will be available on the America East digital network.
Scouting the Retrievers (2-7-2, 0-0-1 AE)
-UMBC opened up America East action with a 1-1 double-overtime draw against Albany on Sunday. Both of the games goals came within a 2:21 span of each other in the second half. The Great Danes struck first, but UMBC junior forward Destinee Morris (La Plata, Md./La Plata) recorded her second goal of the year in the 78th minute to help the Retrievers earn the tie.
-Senior goalkeeper Jen Nance (Millersville, Md./Severna Park) registered eight saves in the deadlock versus Albany to bring her season total to 46 stops. Nance has started in eight of her nine appearances on the year. The senior ranks 10th on the Retrievers' all-time saves list (138) and stands 10 stops away from moving into ninth (147).
-Morris marks just the second Retriever on the season to register more than one goal on the season, joining sophomore midfielder Gabby Boehmer (Lebanon, Md./Cedar Crest). Boehmer has a career-best four scores on the season, tied for fifth in the America East, while red-shirt junior forward Alexa Quaranta (Baltimore, Md./Perry Hall) has added a goal and a team-best three helpers, tied for second in the league.
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-UMass Lowell snapped a two-game skid with a 3-1 victory against Quinnipiac on Monday night in the River Hawks' non-conference finale. Sophomore forward Katelyn Vieira scored all three of UML's goals to help the River Hawks pick up their first home victory of the season.
-UML ranks fourth in the America East in goals scored per game (1.22), but the River Hawks' defense has struggled, allowing a league-most 2.78 goals per contest. Vieira leads the squad with five goals on the season. Sophomores Rachel Morrier and Shannon Groffie are the only other River Hawks to record multiple goals on the season, but Morrier has missed each of the last five games.
-Rookie goalkeeper Julia Schneider has earned all 10 starts in net for UMass Lowell. She has tallied 40 stops and a pair of shutouts on the campaign.
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-UMBC and UMass Lowell have split their two all-time meetings. The River Hawks defeated the Retrievers, 3-2 in double overtime in 2013, but the Dawgs picked up a 3-1 victory at Retriever Soccer Park last season.


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Superb Launch of ArtsHouse
The launch of Caterham ArtsHouse took place on Friday 3 May with the first live theatre production from a visiting company called Austentatious.
'Austentaious' is an entirely improvised comedy play in the style of Jane Austen. Join the all-star cast as they create a riotously funny new literary masterpiece, based on nothing more than a title suggested by the audience.'
On the strength of the above description, a large number of eagerly expectant parents, pupils and friends packed the foyer of the Humphreys Theatre. A crackle of excitement, but also a hint of trepidation filled the atmosphere. Beside me one visitor asked her friend if she thought that we, as the audience, would be participating in the improvisation alongside the actors. Whilst replying 'surely not…' her friend did not look entirely convinced. Indeed many of us were not completely sure what to expect. Our fears however, could not have been more unfounded. From the first moment, we were treated to a roller coaster ride through the familiar world of Austen's lovable characters, piercingly portrayed with razor wit and split second comic timing. The resultant heady mix had us all helpless with laughter at every turn. More than one unfortunate audience member found themselves doubled up, unable quite to control their fits of giggles. In the words of Jane Austen, the Queen of wit herself, "For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?"
I left the theatre determined to see this company in action again in the not too distant future. It would be hard to imagine a more fitting and fun way to have launched Caterham ArtsHouse, the new Caterham live theatre venture, and I look forward to forthcoming evenings of outstanding performance.
More information about productions can be found on www.caterhamartshouse.co.uk or on the ArtsHouseFacebook page: Caterham ArtsHouse.
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A hypnotist counts us collectively back to 2000 – where it all began. "We were mesmerized, hypnotized and bamboozled." It was all a deceptive show, performed through the tricks of Smoke & Mirrors. Mr Paine, hypnotist, social philosopher and activist, uses cutting edge investigations – and a sharp pin – to pop the fantasy bubble/babble that fooled a nation into believing that the candidate who came in second, won the race. Look past the barrage of Bushspeak, sound bites, slanted news and spin-meisters and see HOW it was done. "Wake up from the trance: we were, as a people and a nation, hood-winked into surrendering the highest office in the land." The crime, treason, points to what we need to do now – what we should have done years ago. The solution is clear: We need to overcome our timidity, uncertainty and fear, and stand up for the right thing; namely, fixing the damage. There is a new administration, but the crimes under Bush go... More > unpunished. Isn't it about time?< Less
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Open Letter To Feminism In India
Dear Feminism In India,
We love you people; you know that, right? BUT, we must tell you that one of your recent posts have left us disturbed. And, disappointed. Which post? The recommendation that we watch the movie Aitraaz, for its 'feminist' portrayal of abortion.
We disagree.
There are two main aspects of our disagreement.
Firstly, your reason for the recommendation of Aitraaz – the movie's 'feminist depiction' of abortion.
Secondly, you recommended the movie under #FIIRecommends – there is no subjectivity about your intention there – you want your feminist viewers to watch this movie.
Hey, as feminists, we must actively seek, ask for, demand and recommend movies with feminist concepts. Even pro-social issues themes. Our consistently deprecating struggle to make the masses see what piece of trash this movie Kabir Singh is case in point.
We have a movie that deals with consent (Pink), we have movies in which women explore their sexuality (think Margarita with a straw), we have movies with beautiful portrayals of sisterhood, where women give up on men (think Parched), we have movie scenes which show a woman masturbating.
But, we do not have any decent movie that properly deals with the typical abortion arguments. Considering the current state of Indian cinema, we would be happy even to have feminist concepts woven into the storyline as a side dish. At least something, right!
But by looking for a movie/character which is feminist in its pro-choice take, you have given us shuddering reminders of a thoroughly patriarchal movie – Aitraz. This movie is grotesque MRA porn. Yes, a movie that is remembered more for the fake rape case filed by a woman against a man, it's abortion portrayal is not a side-dish. It is one of the main ingredients through which the movie gets its MRA themed flavour.
I know we can have different views as feminists, but we hope you have watched this movie. No, seriously. This is how we remember the movie:
Priyanka is an ambitious woman, Akshay is a good boi. Their romance is hot and spicy.
Priyanka gets preggers but takes a unilateral decision to abort because she doesn't want a child and wants to focus on her career. Akshay is hurt because 'uska' baccha abort ho gaya. They break up.
Akshay meets another sanskaari girl, Kareena. Their romance is shaadi.com approved.
Meanwhile, Akshay must work in the same office that Priyanka madam is boss woman, who does nothing except sit in a fancy office in fancy dress around fancy handbags and paint her nails during working hours.
Now, Priyanka realises that Akshay is vulnerable and needs this job. She decides to use this power difference and throws herself on him and starts licking him up all over like how my dog gobbles up ice cream. Akshay doesn't approve of such un-sanskaari behaviour from her. However, because of the way and position in which she was sexually harassing Akshay, she ended up giving him royal scratch marks on his back. Like wtf, human nails or iron nails?
Anyway, Priyanka's boss ego is hurt because how could Akshay reject a sexy woman like her? Ergo, rape charge. Now, those scratch marks can easily look like an abhla naari's attempt to fend off a rape attempt.
Long court battle ensues. Order! Order! Sordid details come out for both parties.
Oh, we must mention here, Priyanka married an old dude sugar daddy to climb up the ladder. This fellow was, obviously, very supportive of her in the court. But it didn't last long.
A technical glitch in her company's product, which weirdly enough was Akshay's responsibility to solve, became an evidence-beyond-doubt that she was actually the rapist and Akshay Kumar was the real victim. Tears and validation.
Now sugar daddy ji is disgusted and calls her a kalank on womanhood and whatnot in front of the entire court. Conveniently, the judge sahib must have misplaced his hammer for this time.
Anyway, a few days later, an ashamed Priyanka, trying to drink away her guilt, jumps over the roof.
Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor now move on to live in their happy matrimony. Their 'good news' is on its way.
Credits roll over as the speakers start screaming that forsaken 'talatum talatum' song.
So now, talking about why we disagree with your post;
You want feminists to endure all of this movie for a supposed feminist depiction of abortion. In summary, the movie is a good vs evil war where a sanskaari duo wins against an unsanskaari lady. At no point are we made to like Priyanka's character. The filmmakers here did not give us a grey character. They gave Indians a female character they can loathe, and to consequently use as a pivot to empathise with a sanskaari duo, especially the male victim. She is a character that sanskaari bigots will gladly hate, and feminists must be wary of.
It is disturbing indeed that you want feminists to watch a character who is a classist bully of a boss, one who sexually assaults a man while cheating on her husband and does the most MRA fueling job ever – false rape charge. All because this depiction includes a side dish of 'abortion'. That's like asking people to read Mein Kampf to know about the struggles of a budding artist who unfortunately gave up on his passion for colours
Our second problem is why you see this as a feminist depiction of abortion. Let's go back to the feminist depictions we mentioned earlier. Those were movies with a clear agenda of busting a taboo or furthering a feminist cause. Whether they do the job well or not, their intention is clear – they were catering to an audience with feminist leanings. Aitraaz was doing the opposite, through and through. If you forget the rest of the trash that the movie was and just focus on the abortion, it is a desperate attempt, if nothing worse, to see feminism here. What may seem like a liberated woman exercising her choice is actually a trait that is supposed to invite loathing in sync with the rest of the things she does in the movie.
Heck, this abortion angle was the starting point of her character arc being revealed as 'evil' or 'negative' if you may. The filmmakers evidently didn't put the abortion aspect to make her character layered. What you see as a feminist portrayal was just an early setup for a villainous character. Think of this as many typical 80s or 90s movie. Five minutes into the movie, and it is established who the bad guy is — the one who killed baby hero's parents. Traumatized child hero runs into the horizon only to emerge as a fully grown adult angry young man. Cut to 21st Century and we still endure the same old pattern of 'How to establish a villain'. Kill something that is close to the hero — for example, an unborn child, whose overly-ambitious mother didn't love and care about.
Every Indian viewer who got potentially scandalised seeing a heroine figure perform an anti-patriarchal exercise of abortion, and get away with it, had their reconciliation when she is declared guilty of all the adultery, gold-digging, false rape charge and sexual assault. She then kills herself, concluding her as a terrible self-destructing force that she is. Not destructive as Kali, but more like Surpanakha, who rightly had her nose cut off for being loose enough to proposition Ram and his dudebro Laxman.
Priyanka's character arc was thoroughly a Cersei from the very beginning, never a Daenerys. Negative throughout.
It is justified to want to dissect an individual act and appreciate it. But as we hope you can see, it is problematic to have a discourse on such dissected act in isolation. We must look at it through the lens of its purpose in the movie, and the intended and actual misogynous impact of the movie on a deeply patriarchal Indian audience, none of whom would have left the theatre with the slightest impression of the unintended pro-choice angle.
So, in our open letter to you, all we ask is;
Could you please not see feminism where there overload of misogyny?
Could you please not recommend MRA porn movies as feminists depictions?
Pretty please?
In disagreement, and towards the spirit of love, sisterhood and solidarity,
Yours perpetually,
The Spoilt Modern Indian Woman.