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Out this week - Feb 25th 2013
Just got this week's list of new releases through and thought I'd share it.
Release picks:
1) Keaton Henson is delightfully dark
2) Atoms for Peace have invented DDM (Dad Dance Music)
3) <JAG>I'm releasing the new Ed Harcourt's album on my new label CCCLX, and you can hear it over here http://thequietus.com/articles/11462-ed-harcourt-back-into-the-woods-album-stream-tour </JAG>
4) Sigur Ros re-issues?
5) Mogwai were added to our recommended section last week http://drownedinsound.com/lists/recommended-records
This week's new album releases
Alice Russell - To Dust
Allen Stone - Allen Stone
Atoms For Peace - AMOK
Bobby Darin - Bobby Darin Sings Ray Charles
Caitlin Rose - The Stand-In
Charlie Landsborough - Silhouette
Clannad - Clannad: Live At Christ Church Cathedral
Climax Blues Band - Plays On (Remastered And Expanded Edition)
Dan Reed - Signal Fire
Darkthrone - The Underground Resistance
Dave Edmunds - Subtle As A Flying Mallet
Devourment - Conceived In Sewage
Diamond Dawn - Overdrive
Dr. Hook - All the Best
Ed Harcourt - Back Into the Woods
Elvis Presley - Bustin' Loose!
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw And The Cooked
Fine Young Cannibals - Fine Young Cannibals
Free Fall - Power and Volume
Gary Clark Jr. - Blak And Blu
Gladys Knight - Letter Full Of Tears
Glee Cast - Glee: The Music, Season 4 Volume 1
Great White - 30 Years: Live From The Sunset Strip
Hillsong - Zion
Human League - All the Best
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time (Picture Disc)
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (Picture Disc)
Jeff Healey - As The Years Go Passing By: Live In Germany
John Foxx And The Maths - Evidence
Johnny Cash - The Rebel
Johnny Marr - The Messenger
Josh Groban - All That Echoes
Justin Hayward - Spirits Of The Western Sky
Kavinsky - OutRun
Keaton Henson - Birthdays
Kirsty MacColl - A Concert For Kirsty MacColl
Kirsty MacColl - A New England: The Very Best Of Kirsty MacColl
Klaus Schulze - Shadowlands
Mark Kozelek - Like Rats
Michael Ball - Both Sides Now
Mogwai - Les Revenants Soundtrack
Otis Taylor - My World is Gone
Palma Violets - 180
Petula Clark - Lost In You
Pissed Jeans - Honeys
Portal - Vexovoid
Rage of Angels - Dreamworld
Reverend Columbus Mann - They Shall Be Mine
Rogues Gallery - Son Of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys
Sheena Easton - A Private Heaven / Do You
Sheena Easton - You Could Have Been With Me / Madness Money And Music (Deluxe Edition)
Shirley Bassey - All the Best
Sigur Rós - ()
Sigur Rós - Agaetis Byrjun
Steve Hackett - Genesis Revisited I
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories)
Stratovarius - Nemesis
Swingin Utters - Poorly Formed
Terri Lyne Carrington - Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue
The Contours - Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance)
The History of Apple Pie - Out of View
The Incredible String Band - Live At The Fillmore 1968
The Sound - All Fall Down
Theme Park - Theme Park
Van Halen - Studio Albums 1978-1984
Various Artists - Call The Midwife: The Album
Various Artists - The Music of Nashville
Various Artists - Soul Jazz Records Presents Elektronische Musik 2
Various Artists - Island Presents: Rock Steady
Various Artists - Island Presents: Ska
Various Artists - The Mix Collection Tale Of Us
Various Artists - Born To Be Together: The Songs Of Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
Various Artists - Balance Presents Jozif
Vicente Amigo - Tierra
Voodoo Circle - More Than One Way Home
Vreid - Welcome Farewell
W.E.T. - Rise Up
Wayne Hancock - Ride
Yes - Close to the Edge
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Think & Change is finally out this week
Today, allegedly.
Iron Maiden picture discs
That's where the money is. They look fantastic, but would you ever play them? Ever? No.
So, Iron Maiden making huge amounts of cash for records that won't even get a spin shocker. Suppose they got pissed off at seeing what they weren't making on second hand sales of picture discs that had gone out of print aeons ago.
and this was DIS reviews editors emails with cut down press releases about stuff out Feb 25th
Johnny Marr – The Messenger - Having initially found fame as guitarist and 'curator' of all things music with The Smiths, the ever pragmatic and effortlessly cool Johnny Marrdid not take long to find his feet post Smithsdom. Having kick-started a (Britpop) generation of guitarists with his rickenbacker-esque fretwork in The Smiths, Johnny went on to find fame in super-group Electronicbefore eventually joining both Modest Mouse and The Cribsrespectively as a semi-permanent member, performing on and touring at least one record with both acts. Somewhere in between all of this, with a fleeting appearance as a member of The The, Marrs first foray into solo territory began – a debut record from Johnny Marr & The Healers.Now, 10 years on – and this time sans The Healers, Marr returns with his most accomplished work to date.
The Cribs – Payola - "You've got to be special to deliver a great love song. The Buzzcocks did it, Aztec Camera did it. Ash did, and can still do it. To those add The Cribs …" so hailed the band's press release for their second single 'You Were Always The One' back in 2004. You have to be pretty special to last a decade but The Cribs have believed, provoked, empowered, excited and more than ever inspired since their arrival in 2003 and to mark the occasion comes the release of the oh, so dryly titled compilation, 'Payola' on 25th February 2013 (Wichita). From their inception in the early noughties, twins Gary and Ryan together with younger brother Ross have built a considerable reputation not only amongst their fans but likewise with critics and their musical peers. 'Payola' - a musical journey tracing the band's musical output from the outset through to their fifth and most recent album 'In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull' - is a concise 22 track album that includes the previously unreleased track 'Leather Jacket Love Song'. This song, recorded in 2010, was the last song the band completed as a four piece, and thus, the final song to feature former Cribs guitarist Johnny Marr.
Theme Park – S/T - theme park release their vibrant and smooth debut album via transgressive records. produced by luke smith (foals, the maccabees), this follows a series of single releases and extensive touring throughout 2012, which gained the london 3 piece a wealth of fans and supporters in the lead up to the full album. each track has sparkle and energy with a heavy 80's, tropical and new-wave influence.
Marika Hackman – That Iron Taste - Following the captivating debut single produced by Johnny Flynn and Adam Beach from the Sussex Wit – MarikaHackman announces the release of a mini album 'That Iron Taste' produced by Charlie Andrew (Alt-J) due for release 25th February on Dirty Hit. Marika has recently been invited to play with Ethan Johns on his February 2013 tour and will headline her own UK tour March 2013. Marika's music channels something very different to the happy-clappy nature of recent folk, hers is a far more potent vision in the lineage of Syd Barrett, but presented by an enigmatic beauty with a striking vocal delivery more akin to that of Nico. Testament to Marika's rare talent can be heard on a recent covers EP that disclosed a raft of influences from Warpaint and The Knife to Nico and Nirvana.
Post War Years – Galapagos - 'Galapagos' is packed full of rampant ideas, inexorable grooves, variation in tempo, nuance and arrangements, signaling a major evolutionary leap for Post War Years. To bolster this confident new direction, the band enlisted the talents of Philadelphia's far out animator and filmmaker, Tobias Stretch (Efterklang and Radiohead). Tobias has duly bestowed his brand of dream-logic surreality upon the band. On top of making all the bands videos, Tobias is working across the entire visual content for 'Galapagos'. Alongside the work Tobias is creating will be 10 DIY videos, one for every track on the album, created by the band and filmed on their phones.
Balthazar – Rats - Balthazar are the brainchild of songwriters Maarten Devoldere and Jinte Deprez. Meeting as teenage buskers, the two embarked on a whirlwind writing partnership that led to the quick formation of the band and initial acclaim in mainland Europe. Resisting the temptation to cash in on that wave of interest, Balthazar took the best part of five years to record their debut album, experimenting with different genres and approaches until they were sure that they had the sound they were looking for. With 'Rats, that sound has been honed to a focus on melody and subtlety, avoiding the current fashion for bombast to create songs that burst forth in horns or sweep by on strings, underpinned with delicate rhythms that draw on both the pair's love of the work of Serge Gainsbourg and Leonard Cohen and the hip hop production of the likes of Dangermouse.
Caitlin Rose – The Stand In - If you fell in love with Nashville's Caitlin Rose and her garlanded 2010 debut album, 'Own Side Now', you were in good company. Led by her golden nectar voice, an irrepressible personality matched with a gift for emotionally direct songwriting, and deliciously melodic country sounds, Caitlin Rose beguiled and flat-out, jaw-droppingly impressed wherever she turned. At 25, Caitlin Rose returns with her follow up album, 'The Stand-In'. The scope of her progression as an artist is palpable from the outset, and Rose herself concurs. "I have a tendency to work small so this album is like my first attempt at a high kick," acknowledging 'Own Side Now' as a more pared down recording. With the warm and rousing, full-band depth of 'No One to Call', she immediately signals not only her personal growth but the maturing of the musical relationships within the band, and crucially, the sense of a collective pull in the same direction. "Self-exploration isn't something to take lightly and I learned a lot about myself this time around, but this was more of a team effort than anything I've ever done."
Such Gold – Misadventures - US melodic hardcore/punk act Such Gold is set to release their debut studio album, 'Misadventures', in the UK on 25thFebruary, 2013 via Razor & Tie. The album was produced by Steve Evetts (Every Time I Die, Saves The Day, Lifetime, The Dillinger Escape Plan). Even before their debut was recorded, Such Gold featured in Alternative Press' 100 Bands You Need To Know and even made it over to the UK a couple of times with the likes of The Wonder Years. They've also supported artists such as A Day To Remember, Polar Bear Club and MXPX back in the States. The release of 'Misadventures' will follow the band's next batch of UK dates which will see them supporting Funeral For A Friend on an extensive run of shows around the country. Such Gold say "this will be the longest tour we've ever done in the UK and we're stoked to see all the friends we've made there over the years and play in some new places"
Woodpigeon – Thumbtacks and Glue - Woodpigeon continues to refine and expand upon his sound with Thumbtacks + Glue, recorded in Calgary, Alberta with producer Arran Fisher and mastered by Ryan Morey. Known for his stunning and heart-wrenching orchestral pop, Thumbtacks + Glue shows off Hamilton at his most diverse, from "Children Should Be Seen And Not Heard" crunching guitar and "As Read In The Pine Bluff Commercial" pure pop to the delicacy of "Little Wings" and the bitter sting of "Robin Song". This is the sound of a songwriter just hitting his stride.
Popstrangers – Antipodes - Popstrangers are Joel Flyger, Adam Page and David Larson, three native New Zealanders who make "pop" music that's hard-driving, punk-influenced and sonically inimitable. After releasing several singles on fabled New Zealand label Flying Nun, the band arrives with their debut album Antipodes. Recorded in the basement of a 1930's dancehall, Popstrangers' first full-length features dissonant, claustrophobic melodies, anchored by the languid affectations of Flyger's vocals, that bring a vintage feel to their decidedly contemporary garage rock. Channelling early Radiohead and kiwi indie bands of yore, like the Gordons, 3Ds and the Chills, Antipodes further develops the band's nuanced, distorted "pop" created and cultivated from years spent honing their craft live.
Gnod – Chaudelande - Gnod's 'Chaudelande' Vol 1 & 2 vinyl only-albums on Tamed Records have become a thing of infamy. Two of the greatest slabs of beat driven, shamanistic space noise to have been released in recent years, and now Rocket Recordings (who put out the awesome Goat LP last year) are set to release these two mammoth LPs together for the first time as a single release on 25th Feb. The collective that is Gnod has risen out of the DIY ethic of Manchester's Islington Mill. Central to the ethic is an alternative approach to musical creativity and freedom of expression with no regard to established opinions. Gnod is a state of mind. Those who seek Gnod, will find Gnod, the universe is centred on neither the earth nor the sun. It is centred on Gnod. The epic pilgrimage that is 'Chaudelande' will take the listener on a ride through the narrow chinks of the cavernous mind in the frenzied spirit of This Heat, Sunburned Hand of Man and the repetitive beats of Krautrock via Wax Trax. So come join the cult that is Gnod's 'Chaudelande' as once again the band deliver another jolt to the unsound mind.
Thought Forms – Ghost Mountain - It all bodes well for Thought Forms second new album, a record that wastes no time in establishing that this is a group who have moved on substantially from their debut of three years ago. Indeed, if their self-titled debut in 2009 was about finding the dynamic limits of their atmospheric sound, gently prodding and probing varying elements, then the huge great slab of guitar that greets you instantly on their follow-up roars with the confidence of a band who've found their level from which to fully explore their creative expression. Charlie Romijn (guitars / vocals), Deej Dhariwal (guitars / vocals) and Guy Metcalfe (drums) have already made their mark live – cultivating a colossal sound that bands twice their number would struggle to re-create - with appearances at ATP Festival I'll Be Your Mirror and a US tour support slot with Portishead in 2011. Indeed, with a recent support tour with Geoff Barrow's Beak> and, of course, putting Ghost Mountain out on Invada, there's clearly a strong link to their fellow Bristolians – more so when you consider that Portishead live member Jim Barr produced the new record. Barr's input was vital, says the group's Charlie Romijn: "He totally understood what we're about and where we are coming from," she explains. "He really helped us to develop our ideas, enhancing or changing songs we weren't sure about. We completely trusted him and he's really pushed us further than we'd have managed on our own."
Raisa K – Feeder EP - Raisa K – one third of Micachu & The Shapes and sometime collaborator with The Invisible, DELS and Kwes – serves up her debut solo release, Feeder. This wholesome slice of noisy experimental pop, free to download now, is the title track of Raisa K's forthcoming Feeder EP, which will be released digitally and on 500 limited edition numbered 12"s in January. The EP is the first release for Technicolour Records, a new label from Dean Bryce, better known as DJ/producer PhOtOmachine. Alongside the names mentioned above, Raisa K (Raisa Khan) is part of a new wave of young, restlessly innovative London-based artists reshaping the modern musical landscape.
Soosh – Colour is Breathe - 2012 was a year of transition and development for Soosh's composition and production. Moving to Italy for five blissful months to write and record the album, he built on his "Post BOARDS OF CANADA IDM" beat-led music he made his name with and matured his sound with an ever greater 'pop' awareness.
The Good, the Bad and the Zugly – Anti World Music - Oslo is widely regarded as the ugliest capital in the world. It's no wonder then that the city is breeding some of the most distasteful music that is around. The proudest example of this standard Oslo-filth is Fysisk Format's newest signing: The Good The Bad and The Zugly. The Good The Bad and The Zugly has produced four 7" that have caused shock and awe amongst Norwegian natives and brought comparisons to Dead Boys and GG Allin, as well as label-mates Haraball and Haust. Their debut album is entitled, Anti World Music and is produced by Tommy Manboy of Silver and Turbonegro. With a band name as infantile and cartoonish as it gets (based on the bass player's longtime nickname Zugly), his band is not exactly a branding or promotional minded gang, this is genuinely p-u-n-k all the way. So frothingly angry, that it brings associations to the darkness and hatred of their black metal fellow countrymen. Musically, it's incredibly tight, tough and catchy. This is not your sloppy three chord punk band, this is spent-all-of-adolescence-playing-punkrock-because-of-alienation-from-society-syndrome.
The Bitter Springs – Everyone's Cup of Tea - A new album from The Bitter Springs is such a rare occurrence that they thought they'd better make it a double... Featuring all the recent download singles on disc for the first time plus so much more… The unexpected departure of bassist and original member Daniel Ashkenazy makes this his Springs swansong. Everyone's Cup of Tea is 26 songs across 2 CDs. Many of the songs feature some great trumpet and sax from Terry Edwards (Tindersticks, Robyn Hitchcock, Scapegoats). Holy Joy's, Johny Brown guests as the Birdman of wormwood scrubs on 'Don't Write a Song' and Julian Wilson (Grand Drive) plays his beautiful Hammond on the bands update of Jim Ford's 'Harry Hippie' … And that's just CD 1. CD 2 – 'The Bitter Springs destroyed my life' has a more electronic/acoustic feel and along with the four part album Diary that is 'Powerless'. You'll find the band adopting Ollie Cherer's (Dollboy) instrumentals and giving them words from the house of Springs
Mekon – Piece of Work - Mekon, aka John Gosling, has worked with some of the most influential cultural innovators of the last 25 years including Genesis P.Orridge, Goldie, Marc Almond, Schoolly D, William Orbit, Afrika Bambaataa and Alexander McQueen. He's also been an integral artist for the pioneering Wall Of Sound Records (Royksopp, Grace Jones, Jacques Lu Cont, Aeroplane, The Bees, I Am Kloot, Felix Da Housecat et al) run by lovable eccentric music mogul, Mark Jones. 'Piece Of Work' is Mekon's fourth album for the label. 'Piece Of Work' features a roll call of likeminded collaborators including Schoolly D, Throbbing Gristle/Psychic TV's Peter Christopherson, Marco Pirroni from Adam & The Ants, PIGand more, with the album's 12 tracks ranging from electro rap, industrial techno and balearic to ambient and neo-classical.
Local Natives – Hummingbird - Much has happened between the band's critically-acclaimed debut album, Gorilla Manor, and the imminent release of Hummingbird. Gorilla Manor launched the band onto the global stage, saw them headlining throughout America and Europe, opening for bands like Arcade Fire and The National, and winning them lauded slots at major festivals around the world. Upon their return home from the road, the band built out a rehearsal space and studio in an abandoned bungalow in Silverlake, allowing them to write and experiment extensively with new sounds and arrangements. Keeping their uniquely collaborative process intact, the band utilized new instruments and songwriting approaches, challenging themselves to grow from the comfort space of their established aesthetic. The band say Hummingbird was created from the emotional framework of being stretched between two opposite poles. In the two years following Gorilla Manor's release, the band saw the highest highs and the lowest lows they had ever experienced together. While many of their wildest musical ambitions were coming to fruition, personal relationships faltered or fell apart, and a close family member suddenly passed away. The songs on Hummingbird embody that similar dichotomy – they are fragile and powerful, opulent and spare, tense and poised. When it came time to properly set these songs to tape, the band did their initial tracking in Montreal, and then decamped to Brooklyn, enlisting as co-producer The National's Aaron Dessner, whom they had recently befriended while touring together. It was the first time they had ever recorded outside their native California, and relocating became the physical manifestation of working beyond what was familiar for them.
Kavinsky – Outrun - After releasing three EP's through the Record Makers label, Kavinsky has emerged as one of the biggest artists of the French electro scene.Kavinsky's signature track – 'Nightcall' – produced by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk, was the lead track from the soundtrack of the hit neo-noir crime film 'Drive'. The track has also been played over 30 million times on YouTube. The highly-anticipated debut album from Kavinsky, Outrun, features 'Nightcall' and is produced by rising French DJ/producer Sebastian, and is set for a February 25th release in the UK on Mercury Records.
Doldrums – Lesser Evil - Doldrums' music deals with the loss of the individual, a bodiless, Soma-fried peeling back of surface emotions to expose an attitude both utterly bleak and mesmerizing In 2011, after hearing Doldrums' interpretation of their song 'Chase the Tear', Portishead released his song as the b-side to their single. At the same time, new tracks fell into the hands of cult London indie label No Pain In Pop, and were quickly confirmed for release as 'Empire Sound', his debut EP. In 2012 he signed to Berlin label Souterrain Transmissions, releasing the 'Egypt' 12" EP, and has since toured extensively with a new three-piece live set up, taking in shows with Grimes, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and stand out performances at SXSW, The Great Escape, CMJ, Pop Montreal & Iceland Airwaves. The trio have developed a captivating live show so fuelled with energy and adrenaline that it often teeters dangerously on the brink of collapse, yet it's on that edge that the world of Doldrums is at it's most intoxicating.
The Rockingbirds – The Return of the Rockingbirds - The Rockingbirds have announced details of the release of a new album. The Return Of The Rockingbirds, their first album in 17 years, will be released through Loose Music on Monday February 25th 2013. The Return Of The Rockingbirds is the band's 3rd album. Self-produced and recorded over the past couple of years at Reservoir, Ernie's and Ilex studios, all songs were written by the band's lead vocalist Alan Tyler. The Rockingbirds released their self-titled debut in 1992 on Heavenly Recordings. A much loved and acclaimed record and one which in equal parts bucked the musical trends of the time and anticipated the alt-country movement which was to follow. Their beautifully written, heart-felt songs resulted in the North London band being talked of in the same breath as the likes of Uncle Tupelo and The Jayhawks.
The Mariner's Children – Sycamore EP - Following on from their critically acclaimed New Moore Island EP, 7-piece band The Mariner's Children return with a new work,Sycamore EP, as devastating and as poignantly beautiful as their last. Hinging on the themes of love and death, songwriter Benedict Rubinstein explores the relationships between these experiences and how both can distort logic. "Sycamore came from a period when I'd gone to a lot of funerals in a very short space of time. I was thinking about death a lot but I was also in quite a good place in my life and very much in love, so felt quite able to write about the most terrifying thing from a pretty contented place. It's not a happy song - it's about everything ending and nature and time conquering all and there being nothing you can do about it but work to accept it - but it didn't come from a place of despair. The track is about death, but it's definitely a love song." The Mariner's Children include members of Peggy Sue, Laura Marling, Sons of Noel and Adrian, Alessi's Ark, and Eyes & No Eyes.
Golden Grrrls – S/T - Golden Grrrls are Eilidh Rodgers, Ruari MacLean and Rachel Aggs. What began as a bedroom guitar experimentation soon bloomed in to a fully-formed language inspired by the 80s New Zealand and Australian indie pop scene and DIY punk. Drummer, Eilidh Rodgers' inventive, loose cannon drumming and lead vocals have framed MacLean's baritone from the beginning with newest member Rachel Aggs (also of Trash Kit) bringing an effortless melodic sensibility on guitar and backing vocals. Their debut album, Golden Grrrls contains 11 perfect songs about life's realities dressed in 3 part harmonies, heart-tugging changes and a playing style derived from punk and c86 enthusiasm. Like contemporaries Twerpsand Sea Lions, they've joined a lineage of pop essentialists such as The Clean and The Feelies - bands who never sacrifice melody to mere primitivism. Each chord, beat and vocal line is perfectly placed, essential and simply has to exist as it is in its moment in time.
Imagine getting them every day. I often don't know if I even like music any more.
Looking forward to Caitlin Rose
Popstrangers sound intriguing (The Chills AND The Gordons as influences? Hmmm....kinda different bands, there)
Kozelek was out on Spotify last week. It's a decent enough covers album, mostly of stuff that you'd expect. And 'I Got You Babe'.
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Riana van der Merwe: Young Winemaker in a Young Region
Overberg is one of the regions in South Africa to show the most promise for pinot noir cultivation. And even though the finicky, yet highly-sought-after variety generates the most excitement throughout the area, other cool climate grapes such as chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, and syrah have displayed world class abilities. Riana van der Merwe intends to share these grapes' qualities with the rest of the world.

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
* Permanent Marker and Rubbing Alcohol Technique for Tie-Dying Art and Craft Aprons With Project Popperz
As part of our Elmer's Kids Craft Camp week,
the girls asked if we could make tie-dyed art aprons
with the Project Popperz markers Elmer's sent us.
We used the same technique that we used when we used
permanent markers to "tie-dye" hankies at my daughter's
2010 Rainbow Birthday Party.
My little cutie-patooties at work in the art studio
(I did have a fan going and an open window!)
The girls made patterns of dots with the Project Popperz markers
(we protected the table with layers of newspapers underneath)
Then, we carefully applied rubbing alcohol (with a pipette)
to the center of each design
and the desired tie-dyed effect is achieved!
This is a project best done in a well-ventilated area
or outdoors, the markers and alcohol are stinky!
One of our finished aprons!
(names blurred out to protect my kiddos)
The girls love having personalized aprons
now in the art studio for all of our (messy) crafty fun!
Comments are now closed for this giveaway.
pink and green mama, MaryLea
All opinions expressed in this post are my own.
Elmer's glue provided me and my family with a crate full of art supplies
to review and keep. I did not receive any additional compensation for this post.
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Tarim Wasim
Joined: 28 Jan 2005
Last Visit: 17 Apr 2011
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Location: San Francisco
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 12:13 pm
Post subject: AHD Bio-Sand Water Filters
SF has been evaluating a project from AHD, an NGO working in rural Sindh, for the past few months. They have asked for $900 in funding to install low cost bio-sand filters to help 100 familes get clean drinking water in the villages. The need has become particularly acute after the heavy monsoons, which have contaminated the local water supply.
Here's my current hypothesis on the project's attractiveness:
Critical Need:
High. AHD suggests there is a high incidence of water-borne diseases in the area, and these filters have reduced diseases where installed.
Cost-effective impact:
High. Spending $10 to provide clean drinking water to a family for 2 years appears to be a high social return.
Medium. The life of these filters is 2 years, so I'd rank this in line with our tube well project in Multan jail.
We have not asked AHD to put monitoring in place, but I am quite sure they will be able to do follow-up surveys for us given their willingness to answer questions to date and be responsive.
The team appears quite smart and responsive and has been working in the area for a while, though we have not done any site visits or reference checks.
The key next steps would be to:
- Verify that these bio-sand filters are effective through conversations with development experts
- Do a site visit to the proposed villages to verify need and see prior AHD work
- Work out metrics
- Reference checks on AHD
I am attaching some answers to our questions that we received from AHD, as well as more details on the nature of these filters. Please post any thoughts or questions here.
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Tarim Wasim
Joined: 28 Jan 2005
Last Visit: 17 Apr 2011
Posts: 160
Location: San Francisco
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:37 pm
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From Jessica:
Much of the text, as well as two figures, in the AHD Nadi filter document
can be found elsewhere, for example at
. This site also includes links to more detailed information about how the Lower Sindh Regional Development Association has trained people to build and maintain the filters themselves.
Additional technical information about biosand filters is available at
I agree that we should go ahead with the next steps in the project.
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Danish Saleem
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
Last Visit: 27 Apr 2007
Posts: 78
Location: San Jose
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:49 pm
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I heard more rain is on its way in Sindh.
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Danish Saleem
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Last Visit: 27 Apr 2007
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Location: San Jose
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:48 pm
Post subject:
We were able to arrange a site visit to Jati and also to a village where there is a Nadi filter already installed.
The visitor (Meer Mohammad Palijo) was really impressed by how much Nadi Filters can clean dirty water.
It takes about 15 mins for one 'balti' (about 3-4 gallons) to come through the filter. Filtered water is being used for drinking only and about 6-7 familes rely on it. The dirty water that is filtered comes from 'nali'( drainage system?).
They are certainly in need of it and the rain has only made the situation worse.
There are a couple of issues that we need further clarification son so Tarim will get in touch with Khursheed Bhati to get furhter information them.
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Jessica Hirschfelder
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Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 2:57 am
Post subject: sustainability of the AHD Nadi filter project
Although the life of a filter is only 2 years, the project's sustainability
could actually be much higher.
It is possible that if an expired filter is completely dismantled and the
components individually and thoroughly washed, the filter could be rebuilt
using almost all of the original materials. However, even if this is not
the case, because the filter design uses materials that are for the most part cheap and easily obtained, the factor limiting the project's sustainability may not be the raw materials but rather the knowledge needed to build the filters.
The Lower Sindh Rural Development Association (sorry I previously wrote Regional) has addressed this issue with their Filter Teacher Training School, which trains people to teach others how to make the filters. The goal seems to be to build up a knowledge base in the village so that in the future people will be able to make and fix the filters themselves, without needing outside experts to come in and do it for them. If AHD can successfully implement such
a program, the project could potentially be sustainable indefinitely.
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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:13 pm
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AHD sent us the preliminary report below on Jan 9th, at which point they had installed 25 of the Nadi filters and were planning to install the other 75 by the end of the month. I've been in touch with Khurshid since, and they are planning to send us another report soon with the latest details.
I'll keep everyone posted!
1. 100 Nadi units material procurement
The survey was conducted in the nearby cities for the purchase of the 100 Nadi filter units and we find that the Nadis are in shortage and not available in market due to heavy rain occurred in the month of December 19th 2006, than we visit the Nadi maker in other cities and finally placed ordered for the 100 Nadi filter units.
The other material is purchased and transported to Jati area with 25 Nadi filter units in the by 20th Dec 2006.
The material purchase details:
1. 100 Pipe plastic one inch in diameter and 2.5 ft long
2. 100 Taps for small Nadi storage
3. 100 sets of nets (each set contains three types of nets)
4. 100 Mattakas & 100 Nadi units are in process
Note: 75 Nadi units will be reached at Jati area office by 16th Jan 2007 and hopefully we finish its distribution and installation by 30th Jan 2007.
2. Transportation to Jati area
The material was purchased from the Matli and Mirpurkhas. 25 Nadi units from Mirpurkhas and 75 from Matli through 2 Mazda trucks to Jati area.
3. Action plan for the month of Jan 2007
We are busy to install 75 more Nadi filter units in Jati area within this month to meet our target. As we received the approval in winter season and some time winter season Nadi manufacturing is late because un-availability of wood etc. reports from Nadi makers.
We will send narrative and financial report to ADP by 30th Jan 2007. The Nadi filter installation complete report and its success in the Jati area is very high and communities really enjoying with this filter.
Happy New Year from the AHD Board members and staff and hope this new year will increase linkages between AHD & ADP.
For more information please feel to contact us:
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Association for Humanitarian Development (AHD)
House # 60/A, Block-C, Unit No. 6, Latifabad
Hyderabad Sindh Pakistan
Ph: +92-22-2933236, 8330582
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:44 pm
Post subject: AHD Project Report
We've received our first project report from AHD. All 100 water filters have been successfully installed. They are separately sending receipts.
Thanks to everyone for their work on this, and let me know if you have any questions.
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Since Senate Bill 5 was first introduced in February, the Columbus Education Association (CEA) has aggressively fought the legislation to curtail collective bargaining rights for Ohio school employees and other public employee union workers through member activism. Organization, communication and member outreach to colleagues, neighbors, district alumni and friends have been key to the local's successful work on the referendum to repeal the dangerous law.
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Courtney Johnson, a teacher at Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center, found success collecting member signatures at the OEA, signatures of colleagues after school and even those of Columbus City School alumni. She covered her polling place on Election Day evening, canvassed her neighborhood and joined firefighters for signing events as well.
Courtney's greatest success came from her efforts in her home county, Lawrence, where she collected more than half of her signatures.
"My mother and I staged two impromptu signings at local graduation ceremonies where we also registered 25 new voters," Courtney says. "I also helped the Shawnee Labor Council at its drive-thru Signing on Memorial Day."
As she continues working with the goal of reaching 500 signatures this weekend at the Pride Festival, Courtney is thankful to everyone who volunteered as a circulator and to everyone who signed. "We can win this fight only by standing together against these attacks," she says.
Tracey Johnson, a 20-year elementary and middle school teaching veteran currently working on behalf of CEA members as a staff consultant for her local, says that as an advocate for public education and the rights of all public employees, becoming a petition circulator "was simply the right thing to do."
She reached out to fellow parishioners, and her pastor agreed to let her use the church as an avenue for getting signatures. "My pastor signed the petition in the pulpit one Sunday, and in between services I had a large table with several petitions laid out for people to sign. I collected approximately 270 signatures that Sunday," Tracey says. She encourages others belonging to a church, sorority/fraternity or civic organization to utilize these avenues to collect signatures.
Tracey also volunteered to go to schools throughout Columbus after work hours to collect member signatures. At large events like CEA's Legislative Assemblies and its recent middle school conference she made sure petitions were available. She carried petitions to meetings and used Facebook as a means to communicate about SB 5.
"I had my son complete his voter registration and sign the petition on his 18th birthday and posted pics on Facebook so people could see how important this was to me," she says.
Tracey notes that being personable is key. "I asked with a smile and I graciously thanked them for their support…these are potential voters," she says. Her best tip: "Be out there—signers will not come to you. Go to them."


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Irene McKinney
Hometown: Stratford, Conn.
Major: Secondary Education - English
WCSU Degree: B.S. in Secondary Education - English
Internships: Student teaching at Bunnell High School in Stratford, Conn.
Activities: Work full time at Chili's Restaurant in Waterbury since 2004, work at Sterling House Community Center in Stratford as a CIT program director and junior-counselor supervisor for past two summers
Honors and Awards: Dean's List, 3.2+ GPA
Irene McKinney wanted to attend Fordham University, but they wait-listed her application. "I decided I would attend a school relatively close to home where I could satisfy the basic requirements of my degree," she says. "I have managed to avoid large sums of student loans because of WestConn's affordability."
Originally a pre-med major, McKinney soon found "the content of some of the classes told me I should be in another field. I have always enjoyed a wide range of classes," she says. "I love history, philosophy, language arts, anthropology and social sciences. The English classroom seems to be the only place where all of these subjects collide. I also truly feel that teaching English shows people how to understand and appreciate each other."
While immersing herself in her English studies, McKinney found a number of allies among the department's faculty. "I have had many mentors at WestConn," McKinney says. "Dr. Maureen Maguire, Dr. Ingrid Pruss and Dr. Margaret Sullivan have been amazing mentors in the English department. They provided me with a great deal of knowledge, improved my writing and reading skills, gave me straightforward, helpful advice any time I asked, and provided me with a stronger sense of self."
Asked what she will remember most about her WestConn experience, McKinney says, "I really enjoyed living at WestConn my first year. I made great friends who continue to be some of the most genuine people I know. I have had countless revelations and amazing learning experiences with so many professors. The English department as a whole has left a deep impact on who I am and what kind of teacher I aspire to be."
After graduation, McKinney plans to apply for teaching positions. She's also considering Fordham University for graduate school if she cannot obtain a teaching position right away.
McKinney's advice to new students entering WCSU is: "Make your experience worth your while. Concentrate on school, but also realize that interaction with your peers, professors and classmates is just as significant to your growth as an individual."


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Rave On!—Honorary Albuquerque citizen Richard Griffin (director of zombified social satire Feeding the Masses and director of photography on legendary local gore-fest The Stink of Flesh) is currently in town to shoot Billy Garberina's multi-monstered horror comedy Necroville. Griffin is taking the opportunity to show off his latest directing effort, Raving Maniacs. The film--co-written by The Toxic Avenger IV: Citizen Toxie's Trent Haaga--concerns a group of hip, young people who find themselves confronted by a group of drug-addled, blood-crazed ghouls at an all-night rave. The film will screen one night only, April 29, at 10:30 p.m. at the Guild Cinema in Nob Hill. Griffin will be on hand to introduce the film and do a Q&A afterward. Log on to www.scorpiofilmreleasing.com/rave/rave.html for more info and show up early as seating will be limited!
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There are those Biblical scholars, conspiracy theorists and religious "fringe" figures who comb through the Bible Code, the Da Vinci Code or whatever for subtle clues to our planet's impending future. I say they're wasting their time. There's no need to strain your eyes and your imagination looking for signs of the apocalypse in ancient history. All you need to do is keep your eyes peeled to popular culture. Take, for example, this chilling tidbit ripped right from the pages of People magazine: Last week, "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest was given his very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ... People, if there's a clearer sign of the our culture's doom, I don't know what it could be.
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Michael J. Fox, god bless him, should win a medal one day for all the good he's done to advance the cause of Parkinson's research. As I wrote in The Fiscal Times, the community could not have asked for a better spokesman.
His "Q Score," a measure of celebrity awareness and likeability, stands at 28 percent, nearly double the 16 percent average. A whopping 88 percent of adults aged 18 and older know who Fox is, more than double 31 percent average for other celebrities.
My one quibble with Fox is that "The Michael J. Fox Show" is a mediocre effort. As a Parkie — Parkinson's sufferer — I wasn't expecting every episode to be an infomercial about my disease. What I was hoping for was some laughs, which have been lacking. The first two episodes were disappointing. I thought the third one was a little better.
Maybe the show will get better over time. Maybe it won't.
But the fact that millions of people are now aware of Parkinson's that weren't before is a good thing.
And if Michael J. Fox or any of his people happen to be reading this blog, I think I have got some ideas that can save your show.
Call me. 🙂