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Christmas Northern Lights adventure from Stockholm to Swedish Lapland, Abisko (22.12.2019-28.12.2019)
- Departure 22.12.2019
- End date 28.12.2019
- Availability Sold out
- Price from 425€
Trip overview
This tour will take you to one of the world's best places to see Aurora Borealis: Abisko and Kiruna! On this arctic adventure trip you will experience the best of Swedish Lapland! Weather permitting, there will also be the possibility to visit Narvik and see stunning Norwegian fjords.
Tour highlights:
- Visit the world's biggest Ice Hotel
- Stay 4 nights in Abisko - 350 km beyond the Arctic Circle
- Make a road trip to Narvik (Norway) surrounded by fjords!
- Enjoy traditional woodfired lakeside sauna and arctic swimming
- Feel the speed of huskies and snowmobiles
- Build your own snow teepee, learn how to make fire without matches and try ice-fishing
- Learn about Sami culture at the reindeer farm
- Orienteer with snowshoes in the wilderness
Guided activities
Abisko and Kiruna are located in the polar zone, where Aurora Borealis is most active in Scandinavia. According to the statistics, it's visible 200 days during the active season, from September to April. This means at least an 80 % possibility for their appearance. The only thing which can prevent you from seeing the Northern lights is cloudy weather. However, during the week a possibility of a cloudless night is pretty good.
included // activity duration 1.5hours + transportation // difficulty: beginner
Get up and close with the king of the scandinavian forrest, the moose! In addition, you will see reindeer and this family owned farm will teach you all about their Saami culture.
- warm outdoor clothes and snow boots are required and not included
- activities included in the base trip price are not subject to refund
Price per person. Online price from 100€ - Price at destination from 150€ // activity duration 2 hours + transportation // difficulty: moderate
This is the king of all Lapland adventures! The tour is about 2 hours and half of it is on a dog sledge and the other half on a snowmobile. The dog sledge is driven by a professional musher (3-4 people in a sledge) and it covers a distance of minimum 5 km. Warm overalls are included and also a warm drink. The maximum amount of participants in one go is about 25-30 people. After that, you will visit Kiruna and have a guided tour of the city.
- the activities are not for sale individually.
Night Snow-shoe hike
Price per person. Online price from 30€ - Price at destination from 40€ // activity duration 2-3hours + transportation // difficulty: moderate/hard
We will gather in the evening to experience snowshoeing - one of the oldest ways to explore the snowy forest of the Arctic region. During the short 2-3 km hike in the forest next to Abisko, you can spot animal tracks and even Northern Lights if you are lucky!
- warm outdoor cloths and snow boots are required and not included
Trip to Norway - Narvik
Price per person. Online price from 30€ - price at destination from 65€ // activity duration 8-9 hours // difficulty level: beginner
A half-day bus trip to enjoy magical views of the Norwegian fjords and what nature has to offer. We make a stop in a small harbour town Narvik, which is located at the Atlantic ocean and is well-known for its sea battles during WWII. Our tour manager takes you for a viewing point to see the city and by the coast. The road from Abisko to Narvik takes us through some stunning scenery with snow covered peaks and fjords - we will make stops on the way.
- warm outdoor clothes are required and not included.
- the activity is subject to weather and road conditions. Should your guide consider the conditions to be extreme, the activity will be rescheduled
Arctic Survival Skills
Price per person. Online price from 40€ - price at destination from 50€ // activity duration 3 hours // difficulty level: beginner
How to survive in extreme weather conditions? Professional wilderness guides will teach you the basics of making snow houses, ice fishing and fire-making
Ice Fishing (1 hour)
Building Snow Houses or building a teepee (1 hour)
Making fire without matches (1 hour)
- warm outdoor clothes and snow boots are required
- activity is subject to weather conditions. Should your guide consider the conditions to be extreme, the activity will be rescheduled.
The Jukkasjärvi ice hotel
Included // activity duration up to 2 hours // difficulty level: beginner
The Jukkasjärvi Icehotel is a hotel rebuilt each year with snow and ice in the village of Jukkasjärvi close to Kiruna. It is the world's first, most famous and largest ice-hotel. The hotel, including the chairs and beds, is constructed from snow and ice blocks were taken from the nearby Torneå river. Artists are invited to create different rooms and decorations made by ice. Besides bedrooms, there is a bar, with glasses made of ice and an ice chapel that is popular with marrying couples. The structure remains below freezing, around −5 °C. Brand new Ice Hotel is opened every year during first weeks of December. Visitors who come before can visit the construction site and ICEHOTEL 365 -a permanent structure of ice that includes luxury suites and art suites, all sculptured by selected artists. As well as a large ice bar and an ice gallery. This ice experience can be visited year-round and is cooled by solar panels during the summer months.
- activities included in the trip price are not subject to refund
*Kindly note that extra activities can only be booked online up to 8 days before the departure. They cannot be cancelled or changed after the booking.
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Preliminary trip program
This is a preliminary trip program. The final trip program will be sent 2-3 days before the trip departure.
DAY 1 - DEPARTURE - journey to Lapland begins!
18:00 Departure from Stockholm/ 19:00 Uppsala/ 20:30 Gävle/ 23:30 Sundsvall/ 03:00 Umeå
11.00 Arrival in Kiruna, a shopping break
13.00 Visit of the Ice-hotel
14:30 Departure to Abisko
16.00 Arrival in Abisko, lodging and free time. We are staying in the middle of National park, offering nature wonders and scenic views.
09.00 Bus departure to Narvik
10.30 Arrival in Narvik - guided tour, followed by free time to explore the city. Things to do in Narvik: Hiking up to Narvik-mountain or taking the cable car, visiting the WWII museum, having lunch in the city.
17.00 Back in Abisko
18:00/20:00/22:00 Experience traditional woodfired sauna (mixed, bring a swimsuit) and try an arctic swim
**Weather permitting! On some days road to Narvik may be closed.
10.00 Arctic Survival course - learn how to build a teepee, make fire without matches and try some ice-fishing
21.00 Northern lights snowshoe trek *
09.00 Departure to Kiruna for Husky and Snowmobile safari (duration of the activity about 2h)
Groups take turns and those who are not doing the activity at the moment have free time in Kiruna and are shown around by the guide. Learn and experience the fascinating story of Kiruna – a city on the move! Also, those, who have not booked this activity, can spend the day in Kiruna.
18.00 Returning back to Abisko
20.00 Get-together at a teepee
10:00 Cleaning the rooms and check out.
11:00 Bus departure back home
15:30 Arctic Moose farm visit and introduction to Sami culture
17:00 Home journey continues
22:00 Estimated arrival in Umeå
02:00 Estimated arrival Sundsvall /05:00 Gävle/ 07:00 Uppsala/ 08:00 Stockholm
If you need to book a transfer flight, train, bus or ferry, from your arrival point, we recommend selecting only departures at least 4 hours after the estimated arrival time.
*extra activity prices are available in the extra activities section on this website page.
Timetravels reserves the right to change the program.
This program has been edited 24.10.2019. If you have questions, please contact our customer service email@example.com
What is included
- Round trip transportation from your booked departure point to Kiruna and Abisko
4 nights in shared accommodation (hostel accommodation; cottage accommodation at +20€ according to availability)
Visit of the Jukkasjärvi Ice hotel
Visit of Kiruna - a city on the move!
Visit of a reindeer farm
Sauna and artic swimming in Torneträsk
Timetravels tour guide service
Not included in the trip price:
- The activities not listed as included
- The meals not listed as included
- The travel insurance
- Bedlinen and towels
- Round trip transportation from your booked departure point to Kiruna and Abisko
4 nights in shared accommodation (hostel accommodation; cottage accommodation at +20€ according to availability)
Visit of the Jukkasjärvi Ice hotel
Visit of Kiruna - a city on the move!
Visit of a reindeer farm
Sauna and artic swimming in Torneträsk
Timetravels tour guide service
Not included in the trip price:
- The activities not listed as included
- The meals not listed as included
- The travel insurance
- Bedlinen and towels
Good to know
Q: Are there any meals included?
A: Meals are not included because in order to get the trip price as low as possible, we stay in cottages with self-catering. Therefore, dinners, lunches or breakfasts are not included. There are good kitchen facilities in every cabin and groceries are not more expensive than in Southern part of Scandinavia.
Q: We are a group of 4 people, can we stay in the same dorm/cottage?
A: If you and your friend booked the same trip and same accommodation type, there's nothing to worry about! In fact, approximately 10 days before trip departure we will send you the accommodation sign-up file. The first of your group to read the email and click the link, can write all of you to the same dorm/cottage!
Q: What should I bring with me?
A: At least the following:
Warm clothes
Swimming suit (unless you want to do it the Scandinavian way) + towel
Anything else you may need during the trip, money, medicine etc.
Student card
Cash or credit card for program payments
A small pillow or a special neck cushion for the bus trip.
Flip-flops for Arctic swimming and jumping in the snow after sauna – you don't want to get
your feet cold out there!
Bed linen set (if you do not have it with you, it must be rented for approximately €20/trip)
Please pay attention: There are blankets, mattresses and pillows but you should bring your bed linen and towels with you or rent. You can rent in advance from our website! Sleeping bags are not allowed for hygiene reasons.
Q: What if there is no snow?
A: The reason why we use North Lapland as our main destinations is the fact that with high possibility there is plenty of snow starting from the beginning of November. However, we cannot take responsibility for the weather conditions. If the snow depth will not allow performing some activity, we will offer a substitute or possibility to have full refund for it.
Q: Should I go to Lapland in fall or spring semester?
A: Spring semester is, of course, more enjoyable because there is more snow and more sunlight. Due to its popularity, the spring semester is slightly more expensive. If you can choose, we recommend traveling in February, March or early April. During fall semester there is a small risk of having less snow. Besides, the short period of daylight brings some restrictions to the schedule, for instance early waking in the morning.
Other Answers you might be looking for:
1. All mobile phones work normally in Lapland
2. There is all kitchen equipment, forks, knives etc. in the cabins as well as toilet paper, soap, dishing liquids etc.
3. Prepaid activities are considered as tour package so there are no partial refunds if you have changed your mind! You can still sell your place for some of the activities to someone else.
4. If something goes wrong, immediately contact your Timetravels Tour Leader(s). he/she will do his/her best to solve your matter!
Special terms regarding weather conditions in Lapland
Abisko is in one of the most snow-secure Sweden area thanks to its Northern location on high terrain. Quite often the first snow falls already in October. Snow conditions and global climate change are unfortunately beyond our power, and that is why we cannot give 100 % snow guarantee. Complete lack of snow is highly unlikely to happen, (has not happened yet) but in case of poor snow depth, some activities may not be able to be performed. In this case, those activities will be refunded in full or you will have possibility to book a replacing activity. Whatever the snow situation will be, Lapland is always worth travelling!
Timetravels reserve right to changes in the program and prices. Itinerary is a preliminary one and final itinerary is sent to passengers a few days prior to the departure, as some activities are subject to weather conditions.


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Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company offering a full range of technology products, solutions and services. Approximately 170,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.4 trillion yen (US$47 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013. For more information, please see http://www.fujitsu.com.
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Rosie O'Donnell believes Jay Leno should step aside.
The former "View" moderator, who got her start in stand up before becoming a household name hosting her own syndicated talk show, shared her view after being asked at HBO's Television Critics Association panel on Thursday, if she'd be interested in heading into late night.
"That question today is like asking if I'd like to vacation in Haiti. Although I hear it's an enjoyable place, this wouldn't be the time to go. Correct?" she laughed. "I have been a big fan of Conan O'Brien… and ['The Tonight Show' is] a franchise that has been 60 years with NBC, and if you're privileged enough to be asked to drive the bus, you should say thank you and drive it to the best of your ability and when it's time for them to hire a new driver, you should say, 'Thank you for allowing me to drive this for as long as I did,' and pass the keys to the new guy with red hair, and not try to flatten his tires, before he even gets going."
Following the press event, where Rosie was promoting her new HBO documentary, "A Family Is A Family Is A Family: A Rosie O'Donnell Celebration," set to premiere on January 31, the outspoken star said she plans to reach out to Conan.
"I will definitely talk to him," she told a small group of journalists. "I've heard from a lot of his staff."
Rosie went on to say that she thinks Conan, who recently said he would not accept NBC's request to move "The Tonight Show" to 12:05 AM, is a big talent and it is time for Jay Leno, whose show NBC said they would move to 11:35 PM, to step aside.
"I think he's a fantastic talent and 17 years he gave to that network and they really did a disservice to him," Rosie said of Conan. "I think shame on [NBC President] Jeff Zucker and really, shame on Jay Leno. I think he's forgotten his roots and what stand up comedy is about, and graciousness has never been his number one quality… I think it would serve him well to think about what might happen if he were able to let go and grab on to whatever the next rung is."
When asked what she thinks Jay should do, Rosie said: Move on!
"I think he should walk away," she said. "Five years ago he was told that he was no longer going to be the host. Joe Namath at one point was told, 'You're not gonna be the quarterback.'"
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The fifth annual Thistle Ridge Civil War Era Encampment is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, May 15, at the Thistle Ridge Encampment Site located just east of the Fayette Community Park and water treatment plant.
This year the event will focus on the final chapter of the American Civil War—the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House.
The event is designed to offer Civil War scholars, students and their families, and interested citizens an opportunity to learn more about the American Civil War and the people's lives who were impacted by this pivotal historical event.
Reënactors from the 21st Ohio OVI and the 4th Michigan receive support for the annual program from the Fayette Arts Council and the Bean Creek Civil War Round Table.
Educational experiences begin at 8:30 a.m. and continue throughout the day. The culminating event is planned at 9:30 p.m. with the night firing of a replica of Civil War cannon.
While visiting the site, participants may experience everything from the recruitment process through military exercises and demonstrations. To emphasize the authenticity of the event, visitors may even opt to experience the taste of a ration of hard tack.
The atmosphere will be relaxed, with reënactors and living historians staying in first person character to portray an authentic educational experience.
Supporters of the Thistle Ridge Encampment cooperate to present this living history event free of charge to interested citizens of all ages.
Anyone interested in joining the Bean Creek Civil War Round Table, or planning local activities for the 2011-2015 150th Anniversary of the event, should visit the Round Table's information tent.
Re-enactors Offer In-School and Home School Programs
In addition to the activities scheduled at the Saturday Encampment, reënactors from the 21st Ohio and 4th Michigan will visit Fayette schools May 14th from 1 to 2:30 p.m. and will follow that with a 3 p.m. program at the Opera House for home school students, their parents and interested citizens.
The reënactors from these units will discuss with audience members the life and times of the individuals who participated in the "war between the states."
Those interested in the 3 p.m. program should call the Fayette Opera House Box Office at 419/237-3111 and leave a message with the number of people planning to attend.
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Abstract: This thesis reports the findings of one of three co-financed research projects under the heading: "Customer driven innovation in the building articles industry". The issue is value creation in triadic business relationships, and the aim is to explore in what ways the expansion from a dyadic level of analysis to the level of micro-networks can inform our understanding of value creation in intermediated systems. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8165
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This is the propeller tip from an early military aircraft. The tip was reinforced with metal to prevent damage. The propeller was still hit with an object that rendered it not flight worthy.
At that point, it was cut down and turned into a hanger (coat or hat). A hanging loop was added at the top and a hook was added as well.
I researched this a while ago and don't recall if I was able to nail down a specific aircraft for this propeller.
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New clue towards understanding why prion strain virulence varies depending on which cells are infected
Prion strains are more or less virulent depending on the population of cells they infect. The reason for these different virulence levels remains largely unknown. Researchers at INRA recently took a decisive step closer to explaining these variations. They observed that certain strains were favoured over others depending on the level of PrP protein, which forms the substrate of brain cells in mice.


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Indian Solar Power Plants Get Steam Turbines
As part of India's ambitious plans for its solar power future, four different solar plants across the state of Rajasthan will soon utilize Siemens steam turbines.
When complete, the four solar thermal power plants are expected to produce an estimated 300MW of solar power combined. Each one will utilize a Siemens SST-700 steam turbine, which has a rated output of up to 175 MW.
"As a leading provider of steam turbines for solar thermal power plants with an excellent track record in Spain and the USA," Markus Tacke, CEO Siemens' industrial power unit, said, "we are now in the front running on the rapidly developing market in India, too."
The plants are being built as part of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, which aims to increase India's solar power output to 20 gigawatts by 2022. The four Rajasthan-based plants are expected to go online starting in 2013.


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Samsung EX-1 Review
I've been using the Samsung EX-1 since June and here's a quick review, starting with the "bad" things and ending up with what I really like. Much of the review compares this camera with the Canon G-10, my previous advanced point-and-shoot.
No Stitch Assist
I do a lot of stitching in my photos, meaning that I take several shots and then combine them on my laptop. The Canon cameras have a function that lets me line up a series of two or more shots very easily, plus it automatically locks the exposure and focus. The Samsung doesn't have this, and I really miss it for the grand vistas of Yellowstone National Park.
I can mostly replicate this by shooting in manual mode, but it's a hassle. The Samsung has manual focus, but I don't see how anyone could actually use it.
White Balance
It's not as consistent as the G-10, and sometimes flips around trying to decide what to do. But there is more to this, so continue reading.
This camera seems to take more time writing photos to the memory card than the G10. A bit of a pain, but I can deal with it.
It seems minor, but the Canon let me program how many self-timer shots to take, but the Samsung does not. It was a nice feature to have on the Canon.
So those were the faults of this little camera. Mainly, the programming side doesn't seem as refined as the Canon. But don't let that distract you.
The Intangible Part That Makes Up For The Above
I met someone once who said all art is self-expression. Samsung's combination of lens and computer chip definitely connects with me, letting me come closer to what I want to express. I'm talking about capturing the mood of a place, or perhaps expressing my mood when I see the place.
It's a 24 mm lens, compared to 28 mm with the Canons. The 24mm is significantly more usable for outdoor shots. I'm in Yellowstone with the mountain ranges and canyons and rivers, and that's what you want.
More importantly, there is a mysterious, ethereal quality to the lens. I can't put it into words, and I'm not sure if anyone else can notice it, but it captures detail and lighting in wonderful way.
White Balance (again)
The Samsung emphasizes subtle greens and purples. Combined with the lens, it lets you create beautiful early morning shots emphasizing forests and flowers. So while it's not 100% "accurate", the result is an expressive photograph.
Would I recommend it? Depends on what you want. The Canon G12 is the safe recommendation, and it's more technically refined than Samsung. For family shots and capturing things like little kids running around, it's probably superior. But if you tend toward the artistic side of photography, then yes, this is a gem of a camera.
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It's the time of year where you have probably set mountain biking goals and are working towards them, this will help you exceed those goals. Wow, as a coach I never thought I would tell you to stop setting goals! Turns out if you want to improve your mountain biking there may be a better way than goal setting. Whether you want finally clean that root filled climb, ride with more confidence or win a big race this article will help you lay the ground work to do just that.
I recently read an article that talked about not setting goals but creating and doing processes that allow you to grow in the direction you want to. Years ago in the book Body Mind Mastery Dan Millman taught me something similar, to set my goals, write them down and focus on being the best I can be everyday. Focusing on being the best you can be helps keep you in the moment (instead of focusing on the goal which could be months or even years away) and if you honestly do this you are likely to exceed your goals. Also, by being the best you can be each day you will enjoy each day more, not feeling like you are sacrificing today for tomorrow. This really helps if your goals change because your life changes or you get injured. As your goal changes or can't be met do to injury you won't be thinking, "Darn! I wasted all that time" because you will have enjoyed every moment. This is similar to the processes idea but you still set a goal.
Here is a quick personal example of focusing on a goal, in 1999 (before reading Body Mind Mastery) my goal was to win the UCI World Masters Championship (WMC for short) and that was my complete focus for a year, from the fall of 1998 to the competition on September 4, 1999. By total focus I mean I quit my dream job coaching the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club Snowboard Team, moved to Boulder, Colorado (so I could train more on bike in the winter), lived off my saving and eventually my credit card (hard to work all day and train hard enough to win a World Championship), went to bed early every night so I could recover from my training (so I had no social life) and every time time I did intervals I thought, "this sucks, I hate intervals, but I have to do these if I want to win the WMC!". Lucky for me, I managed to earn a bronze medal and honestly, it was the best day of my life until that point! However, I woke the next day and realized I was approximately $8,800 in debt to my credit card, I had no job, no apartment and no girlfriend to return to and was in Quebec with two smelly friends in my VW van with a nasty exhaust leak that none of us were confident would get us home! Victory is rather fleeting!
In 2001 I decided to try and win the WMC again, but this time I had read Body Mind Mastery and after setting the goal I set the goal aside and worked on being the best I could everyday. If it was interval day I did the best intervals I could, not to win the world masters but to simply enjoy pushing my body as hard as I could. I led a balanced life, I had a great job, sweet girlfriend and cool house to return to after the race. My qualifying run went great, 2nd place and I didn't push it at all, I could easily drop 8-10 seconds off my time on race day! I charge out of the gate in my race run and my chain some how comes out of my chain guide in the first turn! Nooo! I hop off my bike, throw the chain on over the chain guide (as it won't go back in) but it pops off 30-40 feet later. I angrily pump my way to the finish and hang my head in despair. Probably the worst day of my life. However, the next day it was easy to smile as I was in the best shape of my life, was riding better than ever and had a great life to return to back in Colorado. My life was still pretty darn good! Can you imagine if my chain had come off in 1999? That would of crushed me, all that work and sacrifice for nothing!
Long story short, setting your goals and then focusing on simply being the best you can be everyday is a great way to reach or exceed your goals. However, the article that talked about not setting goals but creating and doing processes that allow to grow in the direction you want to is quite similar to Dan Millman's idea except they eliminate the goal all together (which I am still not sold on). I am sold on the idea of creating processes, which is what I do every year, I have physical processes (bike training programs, workout routines, yoga, foam rolling and stretching) mental processes (imagery, questioning self-talk and mental toughness exercises) and mountain bike skills processes (drills to keep my skills at their best and on trail application and feedback from our coaches) that I do to reach my goals. You can find the article here: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/230333# I feel it is a great read. Please let me know what you think about it.
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Hello all! This month's Carnival has turned out to be rather long again, but that's okay. Just goes to show how much important work we're all doing. There's lots of great stuff here, so I hope you will all get busy reading. All the best to everyone.
Current Events
I am going to open this month's carnival with an extract from a book soon to be released in Australia called Trafficked by Kathleen Maltzahn, founding director of Project Respect. This is the first book length account of the trafficking of women and girls for prostitution in Australia, and an incredibly important resource in documenting and understanding the realities of trafficked women, and how they have often been unfairly and callously treated by the Australian legal system. The extract is called Trafficking: The First Breakthrough and is posted at Australian Policy Online: Reports. Particularly disturbing is the Australian government's determination to treat trafficked women as "illegal immigrants", placing them in detention centres and then deporting them, refusing to recognise them as the victims of crime:
At that time, despite the many crimes committed against the women, if they were found by the Department of Immigration to be in breach of their visa conditions they were put in detention and deported. No charges were laid: even leaving aside the federal sexual slavery legislation, crimes under state law – rape, battery and imprisonment – were going undetected by the authorities.
In another article on the trafficking of women and girls in Australia, Kathleen Maltahn calls trafficking The Modern Face of Slavery, posted at ABC News. She says:
It doesn't matter if women have mobile phones, it doesn't matter if they are taken on outings, it doesn't matter if they have food and drink. If a person's agency is taken away, if their identity is stolen, if they cannot remove themselves from violence, and if they can be bought and sold at whim, they are slaves. This is the reality of many women on "contract" in Australia.
Whether or not we can see this present day form of slavery, and not just look for its past manifestation, is a test of our capacity to recognise a crime against humanity.
Posted at Heart's Women's Space, Suki Falconberg writes of the prostitution of Iraqi women and girls in Ms Iraq Comments on the Prostitution of Iraqi Women and Girls:
In my view, the story of the 10-year-old Iraqi girl, forced to have sex for money, this is war. All the rhetoric of politicians and journalists cannot excuse what has happened to her. All the fancy phrases about a war being "A Right War" or "A Just War" have no meaning for her. Is the woman who must walk the streets of Baghdad and sell her body to feed her children in any way aware of the politicians, sitting in their neat offices, making the decisions that have destroyed her life?
Lara, at her recently begun blog Rychousmama reproduces a disturbing article about the callous behaviour of Italian beach-goers who ignored the bodies of two drowned Roma girls in Italians Don't Give a Crap About the Roma:
Italian newspapers, an archbishop and civil liberties campaigners expressed shock and revulsion on Monday after photographs were published of sunbathers apparently enjoying a day at the beach just meters from where the bodies of two drowned Roma girls were laid out on the sand.
GrrlScientist of Living the Scientific Life brings us The Handmaid's Tale: Fact or Fiction? about a deeply concerning Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) draft document that seeks to drastically reduce women's access to birth control in America:
This document proposes to redefine nearly all forms of birth control, especially birth control pills, as a form of abortion and allows any federal grant recipient to obstruct a woman's access to contraception.
Sparkle*Matrix brings attention to the plight of Prossy Kakooza, a Ugandan lesbian woman currently seeking asylum in the UK after being imprisoned, raped and nearly murdered in her own country, in her post Prossy Kakooza Must Not be Returned to Uganda, which reproduces an article telling Prossy's story:
Prossy had been forced into an engagement when her family discovered her relationship with the girlfriend she met at university, Leah. Both women were marched two miles naked to the police station, where they were locked up.
Prossy's inmates subjected her to gross acts of humiliation. She was violently raped by police officers who taunted her with derogatory comments like "we'll show you what you're missing" and "you're only this way because you haven't met a real man." She was also scalded on her thighs with hot meat skewers.
If you have not already done so, you can help by signing this petition in support of Prossy's asylum application. Updates about Prossy's situation can be found here.
Women who have expressed concern about Gardasil's new cervical cancer vaccine have been roundly ridiculed and silenced by the malestream media, however, as increasing numbers of stories emerge about severe side-effects and even deaths resulting from the vaccine, it is pretty obvious there is something to be concerned about, whatever the men might like us to believe. One such story can be found at Gardasil: Women Hurt by Medicine, where Susan Edelman tells how her 17 year old daughter died after receiving the vaccine in My Girl Died as a 'Guinea Pig' For Gardasil:
She loved SpaghettiO's, pepperoni, lilies, listening to her iPod and making her pals laugh.
In her senior yearbook, she wrote, "The best things in life aren't things, they're friends."
Now that's the quote chiseled into her gravestone.
This next post took me back for a (disturbing) minute to my own school days. When I was 11 (in grade 6) we too had a "special class" on make-up, which was of course only attended by the girls, and was given by some woman who turned up from goodness knows where to tell us all about how to make ourselves look "beautiful." That was in 1993. And since then, it appears, things have only gotten worse, as Hell On Hairy Legs describes make-up courses currently being run for girls in Australian schools by Hillsong, an extreme right-wing Christian group, in her post Hillsong and the Shine Program:
Hillsong has been going to schools, teaching Australia's daughters. In fact they've been to my school and taught my friends. I always got a bad vibe from the Shine program, which was pushed relentlessly at assemblies and year meetings until enough people joined up. It's not nice to know that I was right.
They've taken a leaf from fun feminism, preaching about gaining self-esteem through the application of makeup. There must be something besides carcinogens in that crap, because I would have to get high to sit through two hours of etiquette and deportment lessons.
Against Exploitation
Maggie Hays has written an excellent post about the proliferation of pornography and its harms in I Blame The Porno-iarchy posted at her blog Against Pornography. This is a long post, though is has to be because she covers a lot of ground, and it is therefore difficult to pick out a single representative quote. However, I really like what she says about the way in which women's oppression has been pushed into the private sphere and then co-opted as being sexy:
Women's oppression is now been kept away from public eye and pushed into the private sphere, where women are most at risk of male violence. No wonder why few rapes end up in convictions. Sexual coercion has become "sexy" in this culture, and women & girls are being trained to submit to men, in just the same way I had been trained to submit to men. During all those years, I'd been consciously ignorant of pornography's harms while however subconsciously I knew about those harms because I'd experienced them.
Demonista has also written an essay about the harms of pornography called "I'd Slice Her:" Feminism, Pornography, and Sex posted at Demonista. Neatly tying in with what Maggie says, Demonista writes about her personal experiences of pornography, and the damage it did:
The average age of first viewing pornography is eleven […] I was eight. I don't remember the first image I saw, or my very first reaction, but I soon incorporated it into my sexuality […] One sticks in my memory in particular: a blonde, pornified, large breasted woman is on her hands and knees, head back, mouth open to admit a disjointed descending penis. When I was nine, I began self-harming, in junior high I struggled with disordered eating. Even when the conscious mind forgets, the subconscious and the body can't.
Rebecca Mott powerfully demands that men be held accountable for the damage they do when they buy women as sex in The Men That Used Me posted at RMott:
I was raped in my flat. I was raped behind pubs. I was raped in clubs. I was raped on the street.
Only, it cannot be rape. It was just an exchange of goods.
It hard to write this.
I want that all men who think it is ok to buy women and girls to be judged.
I don't care about their background. I don't care if they are rich or poor. I don't care if are locals or tourists.
Each man that pays money is paying into the sex trade that makes it ok to rape, tortures and even murder their product.
In the follow up to the above post, Rebecca writes of the emotional toll it takes to remember all the things that were done to her as a prostituted woman, and asks all of us to feel the sickness and anger we should at the abuse that so many prostituted women and girls are forced to endure in After Last Post:
Be sick as prostituted women and girls are being raped now.
Raped and told it is they [who] choose to be there.
Raped and not allow to feel grief.
Be sick as prostituted women and girls are tortured as you read this.
Tortured so often that they can no longer feel the pain.
Tortured so their mind refuses to know what is happening, so go into blank mode.
I feel that being sickened at the conditions that the majority of prostituted women and girls are living in is one way to grieve.
But use the sickness to build up an anger.
In On Hiding, Rebecca writes movingly about the difficulty of recognising her own reality as an abused and prostituted woman; a difficulty compounded by those in the world who do not want to recognise the harm that prostitution does:
I was tough-can't-remember-won't-remember. I refused to know what was done to me. I refused to remember how I got injuries. I refused to say how I got pregnant. I refused to be what I was.
Now I say it loud.
I was prostituted. I was beaten up. I was raped. I was forced to play porn games. I was brought close to death.
That reality is mine.
A lot of defenders of pornography like to pretend that the industry is harmless, or even beneficial, for women. However, when even women who have supposedly "succeeded" in the industry represent it as being harmful and full of predatory men and women, this idea is seriously challenged. Using Jenna Jameson's own words from her autobiography, Antipornography Activist makes a powerful case against pornography in Jenna Jameson's 25 Good Reasons Why No One Would Ever Want to Be a Porn Star posted at the Anti-Pornography Activist Blog:
"It's not something that any parent would choose for their child." – Jenna Jameson, speaking of the porn industry.
Thinking and Theorising
Tami of What Tami Said has written an important piece discussing the differences between recognising white privilege and arrogantly assuming an understanding of the experiences of people of colour in May I Be Offended On Your Behalf:
All of us who suffer inequalities related to race hope that one day the mainstream will "get it." We want them to get institutional bias. We want them to get the nuances between funny and offensive. We want them to get their own privilege. We want them to get our cultural differences, while also getting that we are individuals apart from cultural markers. We want them to understand these things, but there is a fine line between developing an awareness of bias and arrogantly believing that you are so enlightened that you "get" all there is to know about being a person of color.
Marcella Chester of abyss2hope: A rape survivor's zigzag journey into the open brings us two posts examining the unethical ways in which the statements of rape victims are received, with the assumption that many women who say they are raped are suffering from faulty perceptions of events, Defining False Rape Reports by Whether Rape is Legal and He Just Thinks He's Been Wrongfully Accused Of Rape. In her second post, she turns the table on patriarchal logic and points out,
In my post Defining False Rape Reports by Whether Rape is Legal I responded to the premise that many of those who report rape only think they were raped and are filing false reports.
The corollary which must be attached to that premise, if it has any validity, is that many of those who are accused of rape are making false statements when they say, "I'm no rapist," and only think they are falsely accused of rape.
Jo22 has a Mary Daly-esque rumination on the origin of patriarchy in her post Genesis: Does the Bible Depict the Origin of Patriarchy? published on her blog I Can't Fly:
In the garden of Eden was 'The Tree of Knowledge' and Eve goes against God's wishes and eats from it. The snake tells her to. Eve then shares the apple with Adam. This could allude to the discovery of how babies are made. Women probably did know before men and shared that knowledge with them.
Men, I believe, were a bit put out by it all, what with their previous reverence for women's amazing gift. They were producing life too and wanted some sort of credit for it. This could be what is meant by the 'Fall of Man', and the Original Sin was rape. Wars and all sorts would follow, with men trying to prove their fertility to other men and stealing their women.
Part of an ongoing series of posts exploring transgenderism, Miss Andrea has written The Hunt for Essentials: Unpacking Transgenderism posted at miss Andrea's. She draws attention to the often loose and vague definitions of transgender that are used by different organisations and says:
Here we have some number of men who do not feel comfortable with traditional gender expectations. No problem there, many women also do not feel comfortable with traditonal gender expectations – except we do not call these women transgendered, we call them feminists or possibly humanists. And for some obscure reason, these men who are not transexual would rather huddle under the umbrella term which seems to mean "guy in a dress" rather then some other term which means "people who refuse to conform to patriarchy."
These men who are not transexual seem to equate dismantling patriarchy with wearing a dress or a vagina, which is why I used the phrase "guy in a dress." But a man doesn't need to do either of those things; a man can tell patriarchy to sod off just by dumping that whole domination thing they seem to like so much. Therefore, dismantling patriarchy is not a valid reason for wearing either a dress or a vagina, though it may or may not be a byproduct.
Polly Styrene writes a post asking how many genders exist in I'm Loving Angels Instead posted at Cow Blog:
Peeps who are really, really wedded, for their own reasons to the concept of gender, but realise that the gender binary is a bit – um – patriarchal like to try to get round the problem. And the way they try to do it is to say, ok gender is real, but there aren't just two genders. There are LOTS of genders. So I get to keep gender (because I really, really like it, it lets me justify wearing a dress to myself) but pretend at the same time to be anti patriarchal gender systems.
Maggie Hays discusses the importance of radical feminism's belief in socially constructed behaviour in Thoughts on Men, Oppression, and Sisters posted at Against Pornography:
The anti-gender ideology which underlies radical feminist politics is very simple once you grasp it: In order to create a just world where rape, battery, child sexual abuse and any form of discriminations would not exist, not only pornography, prostitution and patriarchal religions & institutions must be abolished, but gender itself, i.e. the patriarchal polar role definitions of 'men' and 'women', what it means to be "masculine" or "feminine", must be destroyed.
Fantasia wonders about the narrow attitudes that young Egyptian men and women expressed on a TV show she saw, and argues that far from being kept in the home, it would be beneficial to Egypt if women were allowed to work in The Egyptian Working Woman posted at her blog Fantasia's World:
I cannot even begin to express my utter dismay at this picture, or my disappointment at the young women and men of Egypt…At a time when our country is falling deeper and deeper in debt, our educational system is corrupt, various groups are fighting over control of our government […] These women are only thinking about sitting at home…and the men are thinking about how to keep them at home!!
The way I look at things is that our country needs every ounce of work and energy available to help us rise out of this economic and social depression. The concept of a woman working should be a no brainer…
In the final post for this section, Holly Ord examines the hypocrisy of the "pro-life" movement in Pro-Life Extremists Contradicting the Term 'Pro-Life'–Again posted at Menstrual Poetry:
The pro-life agenda is made up of scare tactics, bullying and yes, killing people who they believe are doing work that is wrong and that they don't approve of. In most cases, conservatives make up the majority of the pro-life population and oddly, as we all know, conservatives are also the big backers of the Iraq war–Where millions of innocent people are dying. Given these facts, as well as also simply being delirious and believing that they are doing "god's work" by spreading their movement, one quality rings loud and clear–Hypocrisy.
The World of Malestream Media
Fantasia at Fantasia's World in her post Retards Make It to The Atlantic has powerfully deconstructed the misogynist message of an Egyptian advertisement which implies that women who refuse to wear a hijab are automatically 'asking' for male violence to be inflicted upon them:
Seeing this ad from a boy's eyes, the message is totally reversed from a presumably "religious", "pious", or "moral" cause, to an implication that sexual harassment is the norm, and that whoever dislikes it should make this clear by dropping down a veil over her head…so as to say, become marked. You guys are thus being encouraged to direct your sexual advancements towards those who do not hold this mark…the X.
L of Editorializing the Editors unpacks yet another racist and misogynist advertising gem, this time about Barack Obama and female celebrities, in On Misogyny and McCain:
On the surface, it would seem that McCain is implying that Obama is as vapid and meritless as the rest of his "fellow celebrities." But by lumping Obama in with other celebrities, and especially by featuring such controversial celebrity figures as Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, McCain & Co. are essentially calling him a pussy. He's the stuff of women and gay dudes, not fit for the leadership of Real 'Merican Men!
Lara of Rychousmama, in her second post of the carnival, angrily calls out the racist cartoon of Michelle and Barack Obama that appeared on the cover of the New Yorker, which was, in the minds of some twisted white men, 'satire', in Never Trust Liberal White Men:
Something else important: anyone notice too the light brown highlights in Michelle Obama's afro?Allusion to Angela Davis, much? For those of you not as familiar with African American/women's herstory, Davis has been an outspoken activist and writer against sexism, racism, classism, and the prison establishment for years now … Looks like white Americans are scared of what might happen to the White House should Black and/or mixed race folk run it. If Blackness or Browness is the downfall of American government and society, one must wonder what many (white) Americans think America stands for….
Renee of Womanist Musings, again focusing on race, does a succinct analysis of the racism of a recent photo shoot of Britain's Top Model in her post Britain's Top Model Goes Tribal:
Does it really need to be said that dressing blacks in tribal clothing at a pseudo coronation is wrong? All that is missing is the hyper masculinized white male to save her from the invading hordes, but she is ready and willing isn't she…lips parted, suggestively posed, waiting for the conqueror to arrive. I guess we can all be reassured that this former colonial ruler still has a place for its former subjects.
allecto of Gorgon Poisons, in another of her denouncements of Joss Whedon, brings us Joss Whedon and Jean-Paul Sartre: The Wanker Phallosophers, discussing the narcissistic shallowness of male, patriarchal thought:
Joss Whedon really loves Wank. That is basically the moral of this episode Objects in Space. I will be referring to Joss Whedon as a Phallosopher throughout this entry. I envisage Phallosophers to encompass all the Great Male Phallosophers throughout the ages. From Aristotle to Camus to Sartre to Whedon. Phallosophy is characterised by self-obsession, misogyny, and a disturbing, yet relentless tendency to produce Wank.
Creative Women
Mojgan Khadem, an Iranian born Australian filmmaker, discusses film passionately in An Interview with Mojgan Khadem:
We should be asking ourselves how to tell stories that take our audience's breath away intellectually, rather than just entertain them on a superficial level. Filmmakers that have done that in the past in a very unassuming and humble way inspire me the most. These basic ingredients seem to have been forgotten by many, many filmmakers and producers and funding bodies. This is a great tragedy.
The interview is about her first film Serenades (2001), which tells the story of Jila, a girl born in the 1890s in Australia to an Aboriginal mother and Afghan father, and her struggle to find her own place in a racist and sexist world.
Henry Handel Richardson (1870-1946) was an Australian woman writer who grew up in Melbourne but spent most of her adult life in Europe and England. Her short story Two Hanged Women is about two women, possibly lovers, unwillingly contemplating the possibility that they will have to get married to men in order to gain social acceptance and independence:
"I will, too! I'll marry him, and have a proper wedding like other girls, with a veil and bridesmaids and bushels of flowers. And I'll live in a house of my own, where I can do as I like, and be left in peace, and there'll be no one to badger and bully me—Fred wouldn't…ever! Besides, he'll be away all day. And when he came back at night, he'd…I'd…I mean I'd——" But here the flying words gave out; there came a stormy breath and a cry of: "Oh, Betty, Betty!…I couldn't, no, I couldn't! It's when I think of THAT…Yes, it's quite true! I like him all right, I do indeed, but only as long as he doesn't come too near."
Two Hanged Women comes from Richardson's collection Growing Pains (1934), which includes many stories of women and girls attempting to negotiate difficult and unfair circumstances that have been established by men and then forced onto women.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Khánh Ly + Trịnh Công Sơn (Vietnam, 1968)
"Ru Ta Ngậm Ngùi"
"Khanh Ly, born Nguyen Le Mai(Mai Nguyen) on March 6, 1945 to a traditional family, grew up in the northern regions of Vietnam. As a child, she would fall asleep to her father's soothing voice. His serenades planted inside her a love for music, which grew stronger every day against her family's wishes....
Mai's musical career did not officially begin until she debuted at Club Anh Vu on Bui Vien Street in Saigon when she was only 17 (1962). At this point, she adopted the stage name Khanh Ly, a combination of KhanhKy and Yeu Ly, both are characters from Three Countries, her favorite novel. By the end of 1962, she relocated to Da Lat and stayed there for four years performing at various clubs and resorts. Night after night, she serenaded lovers, tourists, and the youths of Vietnam.
On a rainy night in 1964, she met Trinh Cong Son (TCS), at that time a young composer, at a club in Da Lat. They became fast friends. Fascinated by her seductive voice, Trinh had asked her on several occasions to accompany him in his performances in Saigon. Still in love with the romantic hills of Da Lat, she declined.
During a trip to Saigon in 1967, she ran into Trinh on the busy streets of Le Thanh Ton. After several serenades and coffee at a small shop called Quan Van, the legacy of Khanh Ly and Trinh Cong Son has begun.
Within the next several decades, Khanh Ly and Trinh Cong Son sang together at small coffee shops, clubs, and even on the steps of Van Khoa University in Saigon (a liberal arts school). During the escalation of an unwanted and bloody war, his anti-war lyrics in the Yellow-Skin Songs and her luring voice appealed to those who grew weary of the battles and bloodshed..."(khanhly.com)
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Sunday, August 21, 2011
Elisabeth Waldo and Her Concert Orchestra – Rites Of The Pagan: Mystic Realm of the Ancient Americas (1960, GNP 601)
"Rites of the Pagan quietly exploded in LP form around 1960, the vision of Elisabeth Waldo, an acclaimed concert violinist who was drawn to music of the ancient Americas with all the energy of an obsessed archaeologist. She formed a musical ensemble incorporating authentic pre-Columbian instruments, and composed tunes based on impressions of primitive cultures and mystical rituals. These pieces were, I believe, not so much intended to reproduce authentic tribal music as to paint a sort of naive picture (ala Rousseau) of these peoples through her own composer's lens. The effect is, even after so many years, extraodinary, transporting the listener to an alien world populated by early humans...Ms. Waldo performs these works like a gypsy virtuoso, both possessed and playfully, without ever overpowering her ensemble, and the result is a surreal sense of being let in on an unhinged pagan ceremony far from familiar civilization. To me, this stuff foreshadowed much of the work of The Residents." (Solo Godspeed -- Amazon customer review)
Much like Flashstrap, Yma Sumac was a natural & immediate reference point for my first encounter with Waldo's cinematic "Pre-Colombian" constructions. Rites of The Pagan is a beautiful and deeply fascinating slice of classic exotica, though I must say that these claims to authenticity; i.e. Waldo as a "musical archeologist", come off like high-minded silliness. Don't get me wrong--This is astonishing music, made in large part from painstakingly reconstructed Native American instruments, but as for the ritual pretensions and Waldo's compositional approach; Well.....By the way, Rites of the Pagan was featured in Re/Search Publications' 1994 book, Incredibly Strange Music, Vol. II.
320 vinyl rip by yours truly. Enjoy.
Download: Elisabeth Waldo and her Concert Orchestra – Rites Of The Pagan: Mystic Realm of the Ancient Americas (1960, GNP 601)
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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Mahmoud Ahmed – Jeguol Naw Betwa (1978: Mississippi Records, MR-093 *2011)
"Reissue of a 1978 self released LP by one of the greatest Ethiopian vocalists of all time. This material has not been reissued in any form since its original release digitally or analog! Recorded at the end of the 'golden age' of Ethiopian urban music, Mahmoud is in top form belting out transcendent intense vocals over the Ibex Bands' hypnotic soulful horns, organs, guitars, bass & percussion. As good as it gets & as close to universally perfect music as ever has been made." (Little Axe/ Mississippi)
That write-up says it all. This LP is presently the boss of me. 320 vinyl rip by yours truly. Do enjoy.
Download: Mahmoud Ahmed – Jeguol Naw Betwa (1978: Mississippi Records, MR-093 *2011)
A1 Jeguol Naw Betwa
A2 Bemin Sebeb Litlash
A3 Fetsum Dink Lij Nesh
A4 Hoy Na-Na Jegnaw Na
B1 Neshtie
B2 Endet Lilakek
B3 Marie Gela
B4 Anwedim Tekatin
B5 Gebtewat Yihon Fikrien
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Friday, August 19, 2011
Lao Damnoen Sai ลาวดำเนินทราย (Anonymous Thai Ensemble, Year Unknown)
An exquisite Thai classical offering performed by a characteristically anonymous ensemble. I have managed to determine- via google translate- that Lao Damnoen Sai means something akin to "Lao Song of the Sand". I thus am led to the assume that a number, if not all, of these compositions have origins in the Lao musical traditions of Eastern Thailand and/or Laos. Enormous thanks go to David H for lending me this gem, and to Peter from the always-delightful Monrakplengthai for his expert transcription and translation of the cover's text. 320 vinyl rip by yours truly.
Download Link: Lao Damnoen Sai ลาวดำเนินทราย (Anonymous Thai Ensemble, Year Unknown)
01. ลาวดำเนินทราย (lao damnoen sai)
02. ยวนเคล้า (yuan khlao)
03. ลาวเสี่ยงเทียน (lao siang thian)
04. ดวงเดือน (duang duean)
05. ลาวครวญ (lao khruan)
06. พม่าแปลง (phama plaeng)
07. ลาวลำปาง (lao lampang)
08. ลาวราชบุรี (lao ratchaburi)
09. สร้อยลำปาง (soi lampang)
10. ดาวทอง (dao thong)
11. พญาโศก (phayasok)
12. หกบท ๒ ชั้น (hok bot 2 chan)
1-10: เครื่องสายวงใหญ่ (khrueang sai wong yai) - large string ensemble
11: เดี่ยวขลุ่ย (dieow khlui) - khlui (bamboo flute) solo
12: เดี่ยวซอสามสาย (dieow so sam sai) - three-stringed so (fiddle) solo
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Up-Tight- The Night Is Yours (Sloow Tapes, 2011)
"Wow. Heavy, reverb-drenched, fuzz-stained, pot-smoke-infested acid-trip slice of "Tokyo psychedelica"...Up-Tight have been responsible for a buncha the most memorable releases to come out of the post-PSF underground but this has to be their recorded pinnacle, the perfect balance of two chord Velvet downers and strung-out post-Rallizes string violence. One of our records of the year so far!...highly recommended!" (Michale Lavorgna, Twittering Machines)
Released this past June, The Night Is Yours was pressed in a run of just 300 and has already sold out. After reading some hype, I scrounged up a solid DL from another spot called Wine Women & Song. Totally feeling Up-Tight's strain of heavy-dirge psych reverb. This is of those rare new albums that I'm actually inclined to let play from beginning to end. Turns out that the balance in that rip was a bit off, though: One channel was barely coming through. So, I went ahead and busted out a mono version that won't hurt your feelings if you're listening with headphones. Now we just need to Sloow Tapes to rock a crucial repress. I'd buy it.
Up-Tight : The Night Is yours (Sloow Tapes, 2011)
Side A: Blow Away --She's So Heavy--After My Dream
Side B: So Alone--The Night Is Yours
Released this past June, The Night Is Yours was pressed in a run of just 300 and has already sold out. After reading some hype, I scrounged up a solid DL from another spot called Wine Women & Song. Totally feeling Up-Tight's strain of heavy-dirge psych reverb. This is of those rare new albums that I'm actually inclined to let play from beginning to end. Turns out that the balance in that rip was a bit off, though: One channel was barely coming through. So, I went ahead and busted out a mono version that won't hurt your feelings if you're listening with headphones. Now we just need to Sloow Tapes to rock a crucial repress. I'd buy it.
Up-Tight : The Night Is yours (Sloow Tapes, 2011)
Side A: Blow Away --She's So Heavy--After My Dream
Side B: So Alone--The Night Is Yours
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Sunday, August 14, 2011
The Parvarim- Sing Simon and Garfunkel {In Hebrew} (Israel *1972, CBS 64829)
Yossi Hurie and Nisim Menachem-- original line-up of the celebrated Israeli folk-pop duo, The Parvarim -- cut this harmonious selection of Hebrew-translated Simon & Garfunkel hits back in 1971. These renditions are, in general, nicely realized; with tasteful arrangements and subtle production values. I'd reckon that The Sound of Silence, America, El Condor Pasa, The Side of the Hill, The Boxer and April Come She Will are the highlight tracks for me. I must admit that The Parvarim's take on Bridge Over Troubled Water, while delivered with care and sensitivity, does little to alter my own supreme ambivalence toward that song. So it goes. 320 vinyl rip by yours truly. Enjoy.
Download; The Parvarim- Sing Simon and Garfunkel {In Hebrew} (CBS 64829, 1972)
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
KOUIDER BENSAID : Ya Litima 1984 /قويدر بن سعيد : يا ليتيمه
Have listened to this at least 50 times. I am straight up dying for a copy of Gaa Nass Brat (1984) --or anything like it-- by Koudier Ben Said.
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Baltimore- Nina Simone
"Baltimore through my lens around 1969. The photos of the police on E. Chase Street were taken the day after MLK's assassination. They were sent to protect us from us. Of course this was long before the riverfront revitilization. That is why you see a few pictures of drunks and beggars. don't think that exists downtown anymore." -Ty Waller
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Labels: baltimore, nina simone, photography, ty waller
Monday, August 8, 2011
Count Vertigo- I'm a Mutant / X Patriots (1979 -- Mississippi Records, 2011 *MR-086)
Reissued for the first time, a crazed Portland punk record from 1979. A side project of Ice Nine, Count Vertigo only existed for this one record as a band. Side A features "I Am A Mutant" - an uneasy little song with a relentless menacing organ riff. On the flip is "Patriot X" ...an angry political song that still rings a little too true. Two heroic punk anthems not to miss, if you like that sort of thing (Little Axe)
So, all of a sudden I've got these cold feet about steady upping the new Mississippi joints at GC. Eric and Warren had both given me a passing "that's cool" like a year or so ago, but... I reckon I'd like to reestablish that before I go wild on them again. Cause shit----they have got SO MANY great new LPs. Its kind of hurts my feelings (in the best of ways!) just trying to keep up anymore. I already know I won't up that super-great Khansahib Abdul Karim Khan joint here (Owl's got a good one, though), because I'm aware that Canary Records is not as down with the sharity on their in-print co-releases. Same with the Arhoolie & the Lomax records. No GC ups for them. I've recently gotten the encouraging green light from Sahel Sounds. What I'm wondering is, has the game changed for Mississippi, now that they've (reluctantly) upped a web-distro site and they're pressing bigger runs? I'm always up for a little mischief, but I'm not trying to bust anyone's chops. I just like ripping vinyl, and playing the selector. I reckon I'm hoping that I can one day can pivot this spot into a decent dj or music supervision gig. Film soundtracks- That's what I'd love to be doing. Ghostcapital has thusfar been a fun and productive way to spend my free time when my young one's tucked into bed. The golden oldies is what I'm all about & I just hope to keep at it, and hope you readers keep enjoying the effort. Anyways...here's the new Portland punk 7" reissue from them dudes. Junk is tight. I'd like to invite someone from Mississippi to write me at firstname.lastname@example.com, and let me know whether they're frowning or smiling when I up their jams. Dig it.
Download Link: Count Vertigo- I'm a Mutant / X Patriots (1979 -- Mississippi Records, 2011 *MR-086)
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Sunday, August 7, 2011
Ramblin' Jack Elliott With Derroll Adams – Early Sessions (Tradition, TCD 1083)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott is a legend who learned his craft from Woody Guthrie and has profoundly influenced everyone from Bob Dylan and Mick Jagger to Beck. Early Sessions was recorded in England in the mid-1950s. Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Derroll Adams toured Europe from 1955 to 1961 during which time they recorded the songs on this album. Ramblin' Jack's style has had a lasting impact on many artists such as Mick Jagger and, even more profoundly, on Bob Dylan. (Amazon)
Jack Elliot & Derroll Adams' play it loose & carefree in these early folk sessions. I'm certain I recollect from the long-lost liner notes that these tracks were generally put down in single takes, with a shared bottle of whiskey on the table between them. Nothing but solid, good-time renditions of folk standards. "Cigarettes & Whiskey" is perennial favorite amongst friends, as this disc made for perfect poker music back in my night-owl years. A fine sounding 192kbps; as its an oldie from the hardrive archive. Enjoy.
Download Link: Ramblin' Jack Elliott With Derroll Adams – Early Sessions (Tradition, TCD 1083)
Banjo, Vocals – Derroll Adams
Guitar, Vocals – Jack Elliott
1 More Pretty Girls Than One 2:00
2 Roll On Buddy 2:30
3 Death Of John Henry 2:29
4 Salty Dog Blues 2:47
5 Talking Blues 2:32
6 I'm Gonna Walk The Street In Glory 1:46
7 Cigarettes & Whiskey 2:00
8 Danville Girl 2:44 *Anyone know what the "Danville Curl" is all about?
9 Worried Man Blues 3:31
10 San Francisco Bay Blues 1:56
11 Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms 2:31
12 I'm Going Down The Road 2:03
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Labels: cigarettes and whiskey, derroll adams, early sessions, folk, ramblin jack elliott, tradition records
Saturday, August 6, 2011
The Toraia Orchestra of Algiers- Music of the Arab People Vol. 2 (Esoteric, 1952 *ES-2003)
Volume Two in Esoteric's Music of the Arab People series once again highlights the talents of Toraia Orchestra of Algiers. These songs were recorded in 1952 by Jerry Newman, and were released by Esoteric Records of NYC the next year. I'm having little luck pinning down even a partial Esoteric discography. Thus, I really have no idea how many volumes they managed to release in this (or any other) series. Would surely love to find out. 320 vinyl rip by yours truly. Enjoy.
Download Link: The Toraia Orchestra of Algiers- Music of the Arab People Vol. 2 (Esoteric, 1952 *ES-2003)
1. Ahdetli Warda (vocals Anissa Zouina)
2. Outaaref Men Elihabek (vocals Anissa Toraia)
3. Bir Ish Tamal Haavash (sung in Turkish, vocals and kamoun solo by Paul Turqin)
4. Dalamouni Habibi (vocals Anissa Toraia)
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V.A - God Give Me Light 1927-1931: Sanctified Vol. 2 (Herwin 203 *1972)
Outstanding 78rpm gospel collection from Herwin Records, featuring knockout performances from a handful of both black and white sanctified singers of the day. As the liner notes say: "Unfortunately, very little is known about the artists in this album." I do know that I recommend it, highly. 320 vinyl rip by yours truly. Enjoy.
(V.A) God Give Me Light 1927-1931: Sanctified Vol. 2 (Herwin 203 *1972)
A1 Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers – Thou Carest Lord For Me
A2 Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers – When I Get Inside The Gate
A3 Elder Richard Bryant's Sanctified Singers – Lord, Lord He Sure Is Good To Me
A4 Elder Richard Bryant's Sanctified Singers – Come Over Here
A5 Ernest Phipps And His Holiness Quartet – If The Light Has Gone Out In Your Soul
A6 Ernest Phipps And His Holiness Quartet – Bright Tomorrow
A7 Louisville Sanctified Singers – God Give Me Light
A8 Louisville Sanctified Singers – So Glad I'm Here
B1 Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers – Sinner, I'd Make A Change
B2 Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers – Jesus Throwed Up A Highway For Me
B3 Elder Richard Bryant's Sanctified Singers – How Much I Owe For Love Divine
B4 Elder Richard Bryant's Sanctified Singers – Watch Ye, Therefore, You Know Not The Day
B5 Elder Curry – Memphis Flu
B6 Leader Cleveland – Babylon Is Falling Down
B7 Leader Cleveland – Way Beyond The Blue
B8 Ernest Phipps And His Holiness Quartet* – Jesus Is Getting Us Ready For That Great Day
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Labels: 78rpm, god give me light, gospel, herwin
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Jermain Tamraz- Memory Lane (Assyrian, 198x)
Holy wow! I've been holding out years now for even a passable rip of Memory Lane; Assyrian singer Jermain Tamraz's astonishing early hits collection. Well, last night, an anonymous reader laid a primo 320 vinyl rip in the comments section of an older Tamraz post. What a gift! Eternal thanks to anonymous. Highest recommendation, folks. Enjoy.
My next order of related business is to secure even a brief synopisis of Tamraz's biography, career & discography. Any assistance with this would be deeply appreciated. Also, anyone know where might I find a copy of Tamraz's name in Syriac script?
*Turns out "Moumita" is the name of the track with the "Unknown Title" from Sublime Frequencies' I Remember Syria cd:
Download Link: Jermain Tamraz- Memory Lane (198x) *Re-upped 7/20/12
1 Ley Ley
2 Moumita
3 Rakava
4 Doranie Savanie
5 Yema Attor
6 Prashita
7 Shimokh Khelia
8 Ta Patkhan Tarea Dvira
9 Kharabit Ninveh
10 Khaima Gerhcha, Khaima Bikhya
11 Doogle Shapireh
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Labels: assyrian, Jermain Tamraz, Memory Lane, ninevah
Monday, August 1, 2011
Luzmila Carpio - Winay Llaqta (People of Eternity)
Luzmila Carpio: "I use the language and music of my people, that of the Indian land, of our mountains, of our lakes, of the air we breathe. I sing my love for the land which witnessed my birth, the land of my ancestors. I speak of Pachamama, Mother Earth, of harmony and love, of the role of women in our civilization, of coexistence between man and nature within a cosmic order, of our traditions, which must not be lost."
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Mariah Carey says being 'American Idol' judge was a mistake
Mariah Carey said she shouldn't have been an "American Idol" judge.
Carey, as you may know, served on the panel for just one year, which was full of drama and feuding between her and fellow judge Nicki Minaj (who has also left the show). Carey told New York radio station Z100 it was a bad move. "I should've been a mentor on the show and that's it. I should've been the Jimmy Iovine."
That's a strange thought. She would never fit into his clothes.
Music mogul Iovine, who heads up Interscope Records, was a mentor to the show's aspiring stars from 2011 until 2013. Speaking of Iovine, Carey said "There needed to be that person that was brutally honest, but the brutality didn't have to be so visceral. We didn't need to be brutal to people just to make ourselves feel bigger."
Carey said, "I felt that going into the direction of making it a 'reality show' isn't what I signed up for. The real Mariah was so not there."
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Title/s: Advanced Lecturer
Specialty Area: Rhetoric and composition; American literature before 1900; American realism and naturalism
Office #: Loyola Hall 207
Phone: 82693
Ph.D., University of California, Riverside (2010)
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Rhetoric and Composition, American Literature, Nineteenth-Century American Fiction, Realism and Naturalism
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Moore, Kathleen Muller, Susan Lan Cassel, and Elissa Weeks. Instructor's Manual for Techniques for College Writing: The Thesis Statement and Beyond. Book Companion Website. Wadsworth Cengage, 2009.
Contributions to Instructor's Resource Manual for The St. Martin's Guide to Writing, 9th edition. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2010.
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"Bodies, Formed and Deformed: Rebecca Harding Davis's Rewriting of American Identity Narratives." American Literature Association Annual Conference. Boston, MA. 2011.
"Reading the Rhetoric of American Realism." Directions of Realism Graduate Conference. Johns Hopkins University Humanities Center. Baltimore, MD. 2011.


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