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Copyright 1961 Roger Corman Productions
Reviewed by
Andrew Borntreger
on 27 December 2008
The Characters:
Renzo Capetto - He has more aliases than could fit in a phone book, and he dresses like a bag of popcorn. Presumed et.
Mary-Belle Monahan - She has almost as many aka names as her beau, and she dresses like an oyster bed (from the shoulders up). Also presumed et.
Sparks Moran - Inept government agent.
Pete Peterson, Jr. - He gave himself brain damage by trying to imitate the call of a Whooping Crane. Now he has trouble communicating by any means other than vocal mimicry of various animals. Another et character.
Jack Monahan - This boy cannot get a romantic break to save his life. So, he dies (et, of course).
General Tostada & Colonel Grande - Cuban military officers (pre-revolution). As you may have guessed, the monster eats a Tostada el Grande.
General Tostada's Soldiers - Some get et by the monster, others are dispatched by a combination of hand rake lacerations and plunger suffocation inflicted by Renzo and his conspirators.
The Creature from the Haunted Sea - Hahahahahaha!
The Plot:
NOTE: This review is based on the 2008 DVD release by Legend Films. It is a beautiful print of the film, but it only includes the original theatrical version of "Creature from the Haunted Sea." The ridiculous song that many viewers remember was added years later when additional footage was shot to create a longer version of the movie.
First things first: If anyone has found this movie's budget, would they please build a time machine and return the money to 1961. The producer is looking for it.
Castro's successful campaign to stamp out the rampant capitalist pig population infesting his beloved Cuba is the setting for this film. The revolution forces the ousted General Tostada and Renzo Capetto to flee from the liberated island. The General is in possession of a chest filled with gold that was improperly squirreled away by the overthrown government, while Capetto owns a boat. Surprisingly, the only hiccup in getting away from Cuba is outrunning a group of revolutionaries who are stuffed into a VW Beetle. Once Castro's troops are left behind, the expatriates quickly board the boat.
You know, this movie is a lot like "Casablanca." The story has a war backdrop, a square-jawed man who owns (well, owned) a club, a woman, um...and one of the characters mentions Humphrey Bogart. See, a dead ringer for "Casablanca."
What this movie does have, that "Casablanca" lacks, is a liberal application of forced comedy. Between Sparks playing secret agent, Pete screaming like a pterodactyl, and the General's military antics, I am hard pressed to accurately describe my feelings without resorting to nonsensical sounds. "Aaaarrrgggghhh! Frrricckkenfracken! Gaaaaahhh!" - That sort of thing.
Okay, before I get too sidetracked complaining about the humor element, let's go over what is really going on. Renzo is not saving the Batista loyalists for political reasons. He only allowed the Cubans aboard his boat so that he could steal the gold. The hardhearted crook comes up with a cunning plan to whittle down the Cubans' numbers without arousing their suspicion. A fictitious monster will kill the soldiers! A can of slimy goop is mixed up and tracked across the deck with a handy plunger, while a sharpened hand rake is used to do the dirty work. Unfortunately, the same night that Renzo and Jack murder one of the sleeping Cubans, something unexpected happens: a real monster attacks and kills another man on the boat.
The crooks are perplexed by the double murder, but shrug it off that they must have killed two by accident. They continue with their plan to deprive the deposed General of his stolen gold. Part two of the plan is intentionally ramming the reef near Puerto Rico. Grabbing the gold before life preservers, everybody abandons ship in a small launch, but Renzo facilitates the little craft capsizing before it reaches the shore of a small island. The gold-filled chest sinks to the sandy bottom. Renzo's plan is to recover the chest at some later date. Sadly, he did not realize that General Tostada and the Cubans were all frogmen.
Oh, and the monster gobbles up another human snack as the castaways swim toward the beach. The Cubans believe in the watery denizen; it's only the American pig-dogs who think that they know better than to believe in sea monsters.
In between dives to look for the sunken chest, Pete and Jack dabble in romance. Pete, brain damaged as he is, hooks up with an older woman who looks like Warwick Davis in a muumuu. Jack pairs with the Warwick Davis creature's daughter, who actually looks pretty good. Unfortunately, the four lovers go swimming and the monster eats Jack's new girlfriend. The suddenly single young man still thinks that the Creature from the Haunted Sea is a fake, so he blames Capetto for the girl's death. A rift begins to form between the conspirators.
Not to get sidetracked, but the obvious difference between the older woman and her daughter made me think of something. Why is it that most Japanese women look like they are teenagers until they reach the age of thirty-five? Then, once they are thirty-five, they turn into Yoda. What the heck is up with that?
Moving on.
Eventually, the monster decides that enough is enough, that this horrible attempt at comedy has to stop, and it massacres almost all of the remaining characters. "Creature from the Haunted Sea" is mercifully short, but I was still ready for it to end about halfway through (which is only thirty minutes). The one reason that people want to see this movie is the astonishingly bad monster. Imagine a bulky latex suit wrapped with green scrub pads. Add a pair of tennis ball eyes, some fake fangs, and black rubber gloves. Finally, because the creature is seen swimming underwater, the aquatic menace wears rubber diving flippers. In the b-movie world, there are very few creations that hold a candle to the Creature from the Haunted Sea.
Things I Learned From This Movie:
Rogaine is made from the distilled sweat of Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
Benito Mussolini was a Republican.
Excessive vocal mimicry causes brain cell loss.
Lollipops are a natural memory enhancer.
The Spanish language uses the same word for "reef" and "jetty."
The SCUBA divers' version of "if a tree falls in the forest" does not make a lot of sense.
Being headbutted by somebody who is pretending to be a rhinoceros is painful.
When any sort of aquatic predator is playing the inverse of bobbing for apples, you do not want to be an apple.
A deadly but relatively unknown danger inherent in shallow water diving is the dreaded SCUBA wedgie.
Stuff To Watch For:
Opening Credits - I might be splitting hairs here, but that looks nothing like the monster.
6 mins - That must be a German VW. Only German VWs were offered with a pintle mount option.
15 mins - Hey buddy, soda can pop tops offer better reception than paperclips.
17 mins - So this is what they mean by "lost in translation."
32 mins - Personally, I'd be worried that whatever is making those sounds will want to mate with you.
33 mins - Egad, I was right!
41 mins - Mmmm, Mango...
53 mins - With three men attempting to perform amplexus on him?
59 mins - The creature cannot possibly be hungry enough to eat everybody.
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Starving actors speak out
Sparks: "The big cheese was Renzo Capetto, alias Capo Rosetto, alias Ratto Pazetti, alias Zeppo Staccato, alias Shirley Lamour. At fifteen he served his first stretch for rolling a drunk in the lobby of the Waldolf Astoria, New Years Eve 1934. In 1940 he was involved in an unsuccessful attempt to nominate Benito Mussolini for the Republican ticket. During the war he was rejected by the Navy, the Marines, and the SS."
Renzo: "Well, the way I figure it these Cubans aren't very much at diving. Jack, Pete, and I are all pretty good spear fishermen. We'll go down, find the strongbox, and hide it in a hole in the reef. After that we'll tell the Cubans that it's no use, and give up. It'll be safe there for months, even years, until we're ready to come back and get it."
Pete: "Can she do imitations?"
Jack: "Well I don't know, and I don't care 'cause I love her."
Pete: "Gosh. You going to marry her?"
Jack: "Yeah, well why not?"
Pete: "Why not? If you marry Mango, and I marry Porcina, I'll be your father!"
Renzo: "You think I did it?"
Mary: "Well, what else can I think? You made that monster up out of thin air. Now don't try to tell me it's real. I'm not that stupid."
Pete: "Well, I am. I always believed in it."
Renzo: "But it's got to be real. Either that, or the Cubans are trying to kill us off."
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Re: Creature from the Haunted Sea
Reply #1.
Posted on December 27, 2008, 02:35:18 PM by
Rev. Powell
Ugh, what a painful, painful experience. It's remarkable that Charles Griffith could write such a quality, humorous script for LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS and follow it up with this lame attempt at humor. It felt like when he ran out of ideas, he just decided to introduce another "crazy" character. The worst is the guy who speaks only in animal calls. Absolutely the only highlight is that ridiculous sea monster with the ping-pong ball eyes. Some feature movies would have worked better as shorts; this one would have worked better as a still.
Re: Creature from the Haunted Sea
Reply #2.
Posted on December 27, 2008, 06:42:38 PM by
Nukie 2
Wasn't Corman working on something else at the time, and he decided with some of production gear he would make this movie in a few days for the hell of it?
Re: Creature from the Haunted Sea
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Posted on December 28, 2008, 01:39:45 PM by
Well what do you know! I recongize this movie! One of the scenes was shown in the opening of Maclom in the Middle. Why would a good show want to have a connection this movie? On the review itself, not bad
Re: Creature from the Haunted Sea
Reply #4.
Posted on December 28, 2008, 02:26:14 PM by
Rev. Powell
Quote from: Nukie 2 on December 27, 2008, 06:42:38 PM
Wasn't Corman working on something else at the time, and he decided with some of production gear he would make this movie in a few days for the hell of it?
Doesn't that describe about 1/2 of all Corman productions?
Re: Creature from the Haunted Sea
Reply #5.
Posted on December 29, 2008, 11:08:19 AM by Erskine
Is it just me, or does the critter look like Homer Simpson?
Mr. Sparkle's long lost brother, perhaps...?
Re: Creature from the Haunted Sea
Reply #6.
Posted on December 29, 2008, 12:13:02 PM by
Quote from: Erskine on December 29, 2008, 11:08:19 AM
Is it just me, or does the critter look like Homer Simpson?
Mr. Sparkle's long lost brother, perhaps...?
You are so right! Mistera Sparko!!!
Re: Creature from the Haunted Sea
Reply #7.
Posted on December 29, 2008, 01:42:02 PM by
peter johnson
I actually enjoy this film and find the humor, well, funny -- It's sort of like MAD Magazine on film -- surrender to the corn!!
The film being worked on at the same time was "Little Shop of Horrors", hence the same writer.
I'm not going to convince anyone verbally that the film is worth watching, despite the review here, so I'll just say give it a chance. I laughed more at this than I did at "The Devil Wears Prada", which was also an alleged comedy.
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Re: Creature from the Haunted Sea
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Quote from: peter johnson on December 29, 2008, 01:42:02 PM
The film being worked on at the same time was "Little Shop of Horrors", hence the same writer.
Actually, I believe that this was made as an add-on to "The Last Woman on Earth" (also shot in Puerto Rico) when they finished filming that movie and had a few days left over. Checking Bill Warren's "Keep Watching the Skies!" book on science fiction films, the entry on page 503 confirms this.
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LONDON (Reuters) - One of the world's longest running drug development sagas may draw to a close this month as French firm Sanofi hopes for a European green light for its new multiple sclerosis medicine Lemtrada.
The drug's quarter-century journey from a laboratory in Cambridge, England, to a possible $1 billion-a-year seller has involved a string of pass-the-parcel deals that serve as an object lesson in complex "drug dealing" between rival companies.
While Sanofi may end up with a new product to plug a hole in its medicine cabinet, the drug's slow evolution is a mixed blessing in the eyes of some doctors worried about pricing.
But for the original scientists behind the antibody treatment, it has been a frustrating wait.
"It's been painful," said Herman Waldmann, emeritus professor of pathology at the University of Oxford, who co-invented the drug while at the University of Cambridge.
"We had to make the running to keep on convincing the pharmaceutical industry at every step that there was something interesting there."
After studying Lemtrada, also known as alemtuzumab, in multiple sclerosis (MS) since the early 1990s, he believes the drug's infrequent infusions have a lot to offer patients.
Sanofi, too, is optimistic about a medicine that would mark its second victory in MS, following last year's U.S. approval of Aubagio, a pill. It expects an EMA verdict by mid-year, implying a decision at the agency's next expert meeting on June 24-27.
EMA decisions are usually endorsed by the European Commission within a couple of months.
Over the years, enthusiasm for Lemtrada, which works by knocking out immune system cells called lymphocytes, has ebbed and flowed and there is still no guarantee it will be approved.
Wellcome, now GlaxoSmithKline, took an early stab at developing the medicine in the 1990s - after acquiring rights via British Technology Group - but gave up.
The drug went back on the market, passing through the hands of U.S. biotech firms Leukosite and then Ilex Oncology, which struck a partnership deal with Schering, now Bayer, in 1999.
In 2001, it was approved as a treatment for B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (B-CLL) and marketed under the brand name Campath - a reference to the department of pathology in Cambridge where it was created. Sales, however, never took off.
It changed hands again after U.S.-based Genzyme bought Ilex in 2004 - paving the way for a final ownership switch in 2011, when Sanofi bought Genzyme for $20.1 billion.
Lemtrada's prospects were at centre-stage in that drawn-out takeover battle, leading to an eventual deal that included listed contingent value rights linked to Lemtrada's future success.
Handicapped partly by its late arrival, analysts predict the drug will not be the first choice in a market where competition has exploded with the launch of Novartis's Gilenya and Biogen Idec's Tecfidera, both pills.
"In Europe, there's little doubt it will be kept for fairly advanced stages of MS and I would expect it to be positioned similar to (Biogen's) Tysabri," said Eric Le Berrigaud, an analyst at Bryan Garnier & Co in Paris.
A U.S. regulatory decision on its use is still pending.
Like Tysabri, Lemtrada has a potent effect on MS, which is caused by abnormal immune attacks on the protective sheath surrounding nerve cells. But its potency also raises safety issues and the fact it is given through two cycles of infusions, 12 months apart, means any side effects are not easily reversed.
The consensus for annual Lemtrada sales is some $700 million by 2017, according to forecasts compiled by Thomson Reuters Pharma - a number that could rise "by a few hundred million" if the drug gets a European green light, according to Le Berrigaud.
After all the delays, the drug has patent protection until only 2017 in the United States and 2014 in Europe, although Sanofi says it is "actively pursuing" additional patent cover.
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(DALLAS – November 29, 2011) More than $3.1 million in Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) funds have been granted to four organizations in EPA Region 6 to aid in diesel emissions reductions. The organizations are the Houston-Galveston Area Council, Railroad Research Foundation, Leonardo Academy and Port of Houston Authority. The funds are part of $50 million allocated nationwide through the National Clean Diesel Program's DERA grant program.
"Reducing diesel emissions is an effective way to improve air quality and protect public health," said EPA Regional Administrator Al Armendariz. "These projects will help improve our economy, our health and our environment."
Diesel engines emit 7.3 million tons of smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx) and 333,000 tons of soot annually. Diesel pollution is linked to thousands of premature deaths, hundreds of thousands of asthma attacks and millions of lost work days.
Through DERA, EPA provides support for retrofits, engine upgrades, vehicle replacements, idle reduction, cleaner fuels and financing for clean technologies for trucks, buses, marine vessels, railroad switch engines and non-road equipment. Overall, the improvements funded by these grants consist of EPA-verified and certified technologies to assist in the reduction of diesel emissions.
The Houston-Galveston Area Council has been selected to receive $991,041 in DERA funds. This project will repower three marine vessels operating throughout the Houston-Galveston and Corpus Christi areas. Seven engines on three old tug boat and harbor craft will be repowered with new, cleaner engine technology.
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The Leonardo Academy has been selected to receive $971,090 in DERA funds for clean diesel projects involving Class 8 delivery trucks fleets in Louisiana, Texas and Missouri. Conventional Class 8 tractors will be replaced with new trucks equipped with hybrid-electric or Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Systems. It is anticipated this project will save 50,000 gallons of diesel fuel per year and reduce emissions by more than 20 percent. This project will be focused on 40 diesel engines within EPA Regions 6 and 7, with an anticipated improvement in regional and national air quality and increased public health benefits. (EPA Region 7 includes Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska and nine tribal nations. EPA Region 6 includes Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and 66 tribal nations).
The Port of Houston Authority will receive $943,413 in DERA funds. This is a public/private partnership for "fuel-switching," which substitutes one type of fuel for a more environmentally friendly fuel, with CMA CGM and the Port of Houston Authority. CMA CGM is a global carrier operating on all the world's oceans and headquartered in Marseille, France. Marine engines typically operate on bunker fuel with a sulfur content of 2.7 percent. The project will utilize distillate marine diesel fuel with a sulfur content less than or equal to 0.2 percent. It will be used at and within 24 nautical miles of the Texas coast. The project will accelerate the adoption of fuel switching for ocean going vessels in the Gulf of Mexico and will be a significant incentive for reducing emissions in the Houston-Galveston area.
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The Irish government has been warned not to go to war with elderly after plans to cut the old age pension were revealed in weekend media reports.
The Irish Independent reports that coalition partners Fine Gael and Labor are already at loggerheads over the proposed cut.
And several groups representing the elderly have advised the government not to take on the blue rinse brigade in October's budget.
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny was forced to deny the proposed $15 a week cut.
His spokesman said: "The Programme for Government gives a clear commitment there will be no reduction in the old-age pension. The matter isn't even on the table.
"It is not being contemplated by the Government and isn't going to be and won't be," a spokesman for the Labour Party in Government said.
But Labor Party minister Joan Burton is actively considering the reduction while the Department of Social Protection failed to rule it out.
A spokesman for the Department said: "No decisions have been made. The Government is considering all options. The announcements will be made on Budget day."
Age Action group head of advocacy Eamon Timmins told the Irish Independent that the speculation is already causing huge anxiety for old people already suffering in the recession.
Timmins also warned of the consequences for the government if it cuts pensions.
He stated: "Older people are really struggling on the back of the cumulative effects of austerity
Budgets since 2008 and the range of cuts, taxes and charges. In political terms, there would be huge opposition."
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O'Dea said: "If Joan Burton is ready to acquiesce with another attack on the most vulnerable, she'd better be prepared for war.
"This is scare-mongering because Joan Burton wants to maintain her status as the leader of the Labour left, which is as mythical as the Loch Ness monster."


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This very sweet young boy has Down syndrome. He is well loved by his foster mother and father. He was a dancer in the orphanage performance. Whenever he hears music he starts dancing. He was cooperative and happy. He can wash his face if his foster mom gets the towel ready and can do other self help skills. He can feed himself and. He can pull his pants up and down. He has good speech and can say many words. He pulls his chair to the table when it is time to eat and he will clean his mouth after he eats. He is kind when he plays with other children and does not take their toys. He likes to run around and play with balls. He is very curious and likes to watch large machinery outside. He loves cars and will play with them and watch them out the window for long periods of time. He was described as a "happy, curious and lovely child." He is healthy and energetic. He is friendly to others and sensible! He does not have any heart issues.
Single moms permitted, only one parent has to travel.
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Would Bradley Manning Face The Same Charges If He Leaked Same Info To NYTimes Instead Of Wikileaks?
from the questions,-questions dept
And that brings up an interesting point. Is this really a trial of Manning... or a trial-by-proxy of Wikileaks itself?
That said, I'm not convinced it would have made a huge difference, but the overall attention level might have been different. If we went back a decade, perhaps it would have been an issue. However, starting under the Bush (the younger) administration and certainly ramping up under the Obama administration, the federal government has been pretty aggressive in going after whistleblowers -- even when they are going to the press (including some specific cases involving the NY Times).
Where I think it might have made a bigger difference is in how the case finally works out. There seems to be this presumption that Wikileaks is obviously "evil" and therefore anyone working with them must be trouble by association. The concern if the leaks had merely been to the NY Times perhaps wouldn't have been nearly as strong.


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The NFL coaching carousal is greased up and ready to go.
No less than seven head coaches have been fired in-season since 2010, and those totals are almost certain to grow this year. Where teams go from there is another story.
Albert Breer's latest piece for NFL.com notes that shifting power to an interim coach is a "final-straw" for a franchise. Hiring those coaches can lead to an even bigger mess.
Eight of 22 interim coaches since 2000 have been handed the keys to the kingdom. Jason Garrett, Leslie Frazier and Romeo Crennel are still toiling away, but the other five are gone. The entire group has produced just one playoff appearance and zero playoff wins -- and five have been fired.
"They can go from being inclusive and getting the most out of people (as interim coach) to not wanting to fail," one owner told Breer. "How's he gonna do when it's his job and the s--- hits the fan? Is he gonna fight and compete? Everyone's gonna hit that patch somewhere. That's a reason why you don't see a lot of the interim coaches get hired. They were part of the problem to begin with, and having the job full-time is different."
NFL.com's Adam Schein wrote Tuesday about another avenue heating up as teams look for new coaching talent.
Candidates are materializing not inside the old-boys network of the NFL, but from the college ranks -- shunned in recent years. Teams see the success Greg Schiano's enjoyed in Tampa Bay and want it duplicated. Oregon's Chip Kelly is generating buzz -- along with Penn State's Bill O'Brien, Iowa's Kirk Ferentz and Alabama's Nick Saban -- but some league executives haven't warmed up to giving a college coach the reins.
"I'd be scared of Kelly," one general manager told Schein. "Does he understand the pro game? (Former Washington Redskins coach Steve) Spurrier had no idea. He (Kelly) would not be my first choice, but I'd interview him."
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Another established GM disagreed: "Schiano has changed the perception," he said. "Kelly is innovative enough to do it. He's a bright guy. I think he would understand the hierarchy in the NFL."
Kelly hasn't said a word. He doesn't need to. The interest is there and he's about to face an interest choice as December flips to January.
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It's been a long and sock-filled journey, but the exciting and unique AmigaOne X1000 is nearing completion. AmiKit, one of the main distributors of Amiga computers and related materials, is already taking pre-orders, with the computers expecting to ship around Christmas. Thanks to its use of the rare P.A. Semi PowerPC processor, the X1000 is the only computer to ship with an Apple processor that isn't a Mac or iOS device.
The full list of specifications:
- Dual-core 1.8GHz PowerISA v2.04+ CPU.
- "Xena" 500MHz XMOS XS1-L1 128 SDS.
- ATI Radeon R700 graphics card.
- 500GB Hard drive.
- 22x DVD combo drive.
- Customised case, keyboard and mouse.
- 7.1 channel HD audio.
- Ports and connectors:
- 4x DDR2 RAM slots.
- 10x USB 2.0.
- 1x Gigabit Ethernet.
- 2x PCIe x16 slots (1x16 or 2x8).
- 2x PCIe x1 slots.
- 1x Xorro slot.
- 2x PCI legacy slots.
- 2x RS232.
- 4x SATA 2 connectors.
- 1x IDE connector.
- JTAG connector.
- 1x Compact Flash.
Before we get to the price, bear in mind that this computer was not designed to be competitive on price or even features. Basically, the X1000 was designed to be the best and fastest Amiga computer possible, with little regarded for keeping costs down. This machine is not for average, every-day users - this is for the Amiga connoisseur. And being a connoisseur comes at a price. A hefty price.
"The 'First Contact' system includes the official AmigaOne X1000 'Boing Ball' case in either black or white and includes the Nemo rev 2.1 motherboard complete with 1GB of DDR2 RAM, a Radeon HD4650 graphics card, 500GB HDD, DVR R/W optical drive, Audio & Ethernet cards. Prices start from £1699 (excluding AmigaOS4 license, shipping, handling and sales tax)," the AmigaKit press release states, "Optional extras include the 'Boing Ball' keyboard & mouse, Ram, HDD & Optical drive upgrade options plus Debian Squeeze pre-installed in a dual booting configuration with AmigaOS4."
That's quite the price right there, especially since this listed price doesn't include the AmigaOS4 license just yet. Then again, as said, you can't expect a system with such exotic hardware to be cheap, and I doubt those that have expressed interest in this machine will care too much about the price tag - much in the same way that Bethesda could ask €150 for Skyrim and I'd still buy it without a shred of doubt.
Amiga netbook
Good news, then, that something else lies on the horizon, something Amiga fans have been asking and hoping for for a long time now. Yes, At AmiWest, Hyperion, the company that develops AmigaOS, has announced a PowerPC netbook which is already running AmigaOS4. Sticker shock won't be an issue here - the netbook will cost between $300 and $500 (which includes AmigaOS4), which would make this the perfect entry-level Amiga machine. If they manage to hit the $300 price point, I'm pretty sure they'd be able to push quite a few of these (relative to the more expensive X1000 and various sam440-based Amigas).
So, what can we expect from this machine? Well, it's 'sourced in a special configuration from an OEM'. Current prototypes have an integrated graphics chip, 512 MB of RAM, a few gigabytes of storage, the usual array of USB/audio/ethernet ports, and a wireless chip. AmigaOS4 is already running on it, but in an early state. It is expected to be released somewhere in mid-2012.
This is very exciting news. If you has asked me only a few years ago if any alternative operating system with special hardware requirements could survive, you'd get a clear and duh-like 'no' - and yet, here we are, with the X1000 right around the corner, the AmigaOne 500 by Acube, and now an Amiga netbook on the horizon.
Exciting times indeed. I'm happy there are real Amigans working on real Amigas, instead of people just slapping a logo on an Atom box and charging €1200 for the privilege to run Ubuntu on an outdated machine. Can you imagine people doing the latter? My, that would be just silly!


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Oscar Fish Tank Mates
Astronotus ocellatus is a great aquarium fish to keep. They can be very personable and full of character. Some even interact with their owners. The first myth I'd like to dis-spell is the myth that oscars get lonely. They do not get lonely. They are not a schooling fish, and do not desire to be surrounded by other fish. Even so, some of you will want to add to your tank and are eventually going to ponder that one question; what fish make the best Oscar fish tank mates? The answer is largely dependent upon a few things.
Oscars are a large growing fish and mixing others with them can be complicated. In this small article I'll go over a few aspects of mixing aggressive cichlids and what is and isn't advisable.
Ding, Ding… Round 1, Texas Cichlid and Albino Oscar
Tank Size
The most important aspect of mixing any aggressive cichlid in an aquarium is the tank size. It has been said that if you have an aquarium large enough, you can mix any fish. The question is how large does your aquarium have to be to combine them. The minimum size tank that is universally recommended for one full grown oscar is 55 gallons (4ft). In that size tank, no other tankmates can be recommended. There is not enough territory for two fish to establish separate claims, and therefore the aggression would be excessive. In a 75 gallon tank (4ft) a few tankmates are acceptable. One to two small cichlids (between 3-5 inches) or one medium cichlid (between 6-8 inches) is acceptable. The determining factor, of course, is will the oscar accept them. Highly aggressive males are not good candidates for tankmates, even in a 75g. When you mix cichlids there will always be some level of aggression. Deciding when the aggression is out of hand is up to you. In a 125 gallon tank (6ft) your options grow drastically. The recommended stock list from site to site and person to person will also vary much more. I am of the opinion that a 6 foot tank can house 3 large cichlids (~12 inches), 5-6 medium cichlids, and between 10-15 small cichlids; all of this barring any excessive aggression or breeding.
Albino Oscar and Jack Dempsey Coexisting
I've put together a tankmate key to make matching other fish with your oscar easier. The key works like this. On the left are a list of potential Oscar tank mates by species. Each species has a star-rating. The rating is based upon the premise that the two fish are to be kept in the smallest recommendable size tank together at, or until they reach adulthood. Directly behind the rating is the minimum recommended size tank the two can be kept in.
Oscar Tank mate Key
5 stars = optimal, 4 stars = good, 3 stars = neutral, 2 less than ideal, 1=poor.
Amatitlania nigrofasciatum (Black Convict) ***** 75 Gallons
The convict really is the perfect Oscar Tank Mate. They are small as compared to the large bulky oscar and will not contribute significantly to the bioload of the aquarium. The majority of convicts are also very bold, and resilient. Not only are they aggressive enough to live with a much larger tankmate, but they are tough enough to brush off the occasional chase.
Thorichthys meeki (Firemouth) **** 75
Firemouths are similar in size to convicts so they compliment the giants size. They are not quite as bold or as aggressive as convicts. For that reason some will shy away from confrontation and hide. Still the two are compatible.
Rocio octofasciatum (Jack Dempsey) *** 100 Gallons
Dempseys can be good tankmates for oscars. They are a medium sized cichlid. Some can be extremely aggressive, and some can be very timid. Some males have also been known to reach 12 inches in length (though 8-10 is more common). This one is hit or miss.
Aequidens 'goldsaum'/'silversaum' (Green Terror) *** 75 Gallons
Description as per Rocio octofasciatum. One aspect of the Green terror that is often overlooked is their slow growth rate. Green terrors often will grow to 5-6 inches at 1/2 - 3/4 inch per month, but after that their growth really curbs. In general, Green Terrors may be too aggressive for the usually more passive Oscar. In a 6ft tank, the two species have a decent shot at getting along peacefully.
Parachromis managuensis (Jaguar cichlid) *** 125 Gallons
Jaguar cichlids have a bad reputation for being overly aggressive. Many of them are very aggressive, but some are fairly laid back. In a 6ft tank, the two species have a decent shot at getting along peacefully.
Cichlasoma salvini (Salvini's cichlid) *** 75 Gallons
Salvinis have been described as a 'reclusive' fish when they are not breeding or defending their territory. They can be excessively aggressive, but their cautious nature keeps them hidden most of the time.
Heros efasciatus (Severum) ***** 75
Severums are relatively docile fish. They will mostly keep to themselves, but won't be pushed around. Although they can reach 10-12 inches, they have a very thin profile and shouldn't overwhelm the bioload. Severums are an excellent choice as an Oscar tank mate but, with any cichlid, there are no givens.
Hypselecara temporalis (Chocolate cichlid) **** 90
Description as per Heros efasciatus. I recommend a 90g aquarium for Chocolate cichlids because they are a bit more bulky and messy. Their bioload is more significant therefore a 90g is more suitable.
Herichthys carpintis/cyanoguttatus (Green texas/Texas cichlid) **** 125
Texas cichlids are a bit more aggressive than your typical cichlid, and most likely will not submit to an oscar. Their size and aggression make them unsuitable tankmates for most cichlids in anything smaller than a 6ft tank. Therefore I recommend a 125g tank for the two to live peacefully.
Amphilophus labiatus/citrinellum (Red Devil/Midas) ** 125
Red devil/Midas are big, bulky, aggressive fish. Even in a 6ft tank, its hard to predict success with an oscar. Though it can work, mixing these two fish is a risk.
Multiple oscars *** 125 Gallons (6ft tank)
The bare minimum tank size I would recommend for two oscars is 125 gallons. Mixing oscars is really just like rolling dice, it's a gamble. Sometimes you'll have two that get along great and sometimes you'll have two that cannot live together peacefully even in a 6ft tank. The pairing process can be misleading as well. Most juvenile oscars are quite social and will often swim side by side with tankmates as if they were inseparable. However, when oscars mature they often become more fond of solitude and can become aggressive toward a former mate.
Keeping more than two oscars can be tricky. The number three is seemingly an unlucky number when it comes to these particular fish. The situation almost always plays out as two oscars teaming up and bullying the third oscar relentlessly. Naturally, one would think that the two fish that pair up are male and female, but this is not always the case. Sometimes two females team up and bully a male; sometimes two males team up and bully a female. If you have three healthy oscars living peacefully together, consider yourself lucky.
Tiger Oscar and Albino Oscar being friendly
Non-Cichlid Tankmates
If you don't want to deal with the possible territory/aggression problems encountered between two cichlids, then you can always turn to non-cichlid Oscar tank mates. Schooling fish do well with oscars. They add movement to an otherwise lethargic oscar tank, and provide a feeling of security for some of the more finnicky fish.
Tin Foil Barbs at a managable size
Silver Dollar (Metynnis argenteus) ***** 75 Gallons
Silver Dollars are good candidates for dither fish. Their unique body shape prevents them from being eaten even at a small size, and their thin body profiles keep their addition to the bioload of the aquarium minimal. Silver dollars find comfort in numbers so keeping them in shoals of less than 3 is not recommended. They are active swimmers and compliment the slow moving/lurching of the oscar.
Giant danios (Devario aequipinnatus) ** 75 Gallons
Giant Danios are another decent choice for dither fish. They are small, but very fast. They are also schooling fish and due to their small size should be kept in a larger shoal. I recommend no less than 6. Danios are definitely on the menu for oscars but their speed is what keeps them alive… some of the time. Don't be surprised when a few disappear here and there.
Tinfoil barbs (Barbonymus schwanenfeldii) * 180 Gallons
Tin Foil Barbs are a hazardous choice. If you decide to go with these guys, you'll need a large tank. I recommend a 6ft tank bare minimum. Tinfoil barbs can and do exceed 12 inches in length. They are also very active fast swimmers that, like the others, prefer to be kept in groups no less than 3. These fish grow fast, but when they are young, could easily be eaten by an adult oscar. Be wary of this choice in dither fish.
Other Possible Options
Tetras, and other large Barbs can also be used as active tankmates. However, you must choose these fish as Oscar tank mates with caution. Some oscars will eat anything they can fit in their mouths, and some would rather not have to chase their food. If you have the latter, then large barbs, and tetras may be considered as tankmates. Buenos aires tetras, Black skirt tetras, Congo tetras, Diamond tetras, Rosy barbs, and Gold barbs are all good choices. Again, don't be surprised if they do start disappearing.
Catfishes and plecostomus are also popular oscar tankmates. Some make excellent tankmates as they are scavengers that eat any left-over food a messy oscar may have left behind. Others are not great choices because of their large adult size. Due to the differences in body shape, catfishes are rarely looked upon as threats by most cichlids. And their unique look adds that extra bit of extraordinary to an otherwise normal aquarium.
Spotted/Four-line Pictus catfish (Pimelodus pictus/blochii) * 75 Gallons
Pictus Cats are a dangerous choice. Spotted pictus cats are probably the most readily available catfish in big chain stores. They are active swimmers and good scavengers but prefer to be kept in groups. Their relatively small size (5 inches) is what makes them a gamble with your oscar. Eating a pictus cat might be your oscars last mistake. Both Spotted and Four-line pictus cats have bony pectoral protrusions that they use for defense. Not only are they sharp at the tip of the bone, but they are also jagged on the anterior surface making it extremely difficult to remove should this weapon punture any tissue. I would say that the Four-line pictus is a safer choice as they grow to 8-9 inches in length, but still their long thin bodies make them a target for determined oscars.
Spotted/Striped Raphael catfish (Agamyxis pectinifrons/Platydoras costatus ) *** 75 Gallons
Raphaels are another option as a tankmate. Striped raphael cats can grow to 8 inches, and Spotted raphael cats grow to 5 inches roughly. Both of these cats have hard armored bodies that deter most predators from eating them, and I would say this is true for oscars as well. The downside of both Raphael cats is that they tend to be very nocturnal. They hide for the duration of the day, and really are only active when the lights are out.
Synodontis eupterus (Featherfin Syno) **** 75 Gallons
This is one the most overlooked catfish available in pet stores. They are a peaceful species that reach 8-9 inches in length. This is one of the most compatible tankmates for large cichlids as far as the common catfish is concerned.
Plecos ** 100 Gallons
The Common plecostomus has got to be one the most purchased fish in the hobby today. These fish are purchased with the mindset that they will "clean your tank". Don't be fooled folks. Most plecostomus are more messy than your average fish. They do eat algae that grows on the sides of your aquarium, but they also create a lot of waste and add a large portion to the bioload of the tank. There are two species of plecostomus sold as "Common Plecos": Hypostomus plecostomus, and Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps. The H. plecostomus normally max out around 12 inches, while the P. gibbiceps grow to 18-20 inches. Either way you look at it, these are large messy fish. Even though they may live peacefully with an oscar, I would avoid these fish, especially if you only want one to clean the tank. Those who choose the common pleco should be prepared to do heavy, frequent water maintanence.
The provided key's and this article as a whole is a guideline. It's meant to give you an idea of what types of fish may or may not work with your oscar. It certainly doesn't mean that other ideas cannot work. As long as you give both fish ample space and you are proactive about reducing aggression, your options are limitless.
* All photos were taken by ~Rush~
* Photo captions by Kmuda, don't blame the author
For addition discussions about Oscar Tank Mates, please review this forum thread


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2010 Journalism Student Honors, Awards, and Prizesby Karen Handley • May 4, 2010 Share:
Director of Public Affairs Jim Amidon has announced the Robert S. Harvey Outstanding Editor Award, Robert S. Harvey Journalism Awards, and the Patterson-Goldberger Outstanding Freshman in Journalism Award at a recent Student Honors, Awards, and Prizes Chapel held at the College.
• The Robert S. Harvey Outstanding Editor Award: Charles P. Summers
• The Robert S. Harvey Journalism Award: Alexander Avtgis, Adam Becerra, Joel Bustamanate, Riley Floyd, Patrick Griffith, John Henry, Gary James, Patrick McAlister, Robert Moseman, Peter Robbins, David Schrader, Charles Summers, and Paul Wilson
Robert S. Harvey Journalism Award, presented annually, on the vote of the Board of Publications, to the chair of the Board of Publications and the editors of the member publications. This award recognizes the fact that the editors, above all others, had to make a sacrifice to make the publications successful. Mr. Harvey '28 taught English 1941-79, Librarian 1941-42, Acting Dean 1942-44, and Registrar 1946-72. He supervised the college News Bureau, ran the Board of Publications, wrote citations for alumni awards of merit, and became the college archivist.
• Jim Leas Outstanding Student in Journalism: Gary James
Jim Leas Outstanding Student-in-Journalism Award, endowed by the Crawfordsville Journal-Review, is a cash award given to that student who, in the judgment of the Wabash College Board of Publications, best exemplifies those standards of journalistic excellence which Jim Leas demonstrated in his 20 years of sports writing.
• The Patterson-Goldberger Outstanding Freshman in Journalism Award: Riley H. Floyd
The Freshman Journalism Award is presented to the member of the freshman class who contributed most significantly to journalism in his first year at Wabash.


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• A daily summary of global reports on security issues.
Within days of US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron vowing to ramp up pressure on Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, the British government approved the use of its Apache helicopters in Libya. While the helicopters could help NATO break the current stalemate, they have also heightened concerns about the expansion of a mission that more now see as a thinly veiled attempt at regime change.
NATO has succeeded in stopping a bloodbath as Mr. Qaddafi's forces closed in on the rebels in March, which were killing hundreds of civilians as they advanced, prompting a United Nations resolution. But the conflict has since reached a stalemate. The attack helicopters would allow NATO forces to get closer to the ground and shoot more precisely, a boon in urban areas where Qaddafi's troops have ensconced themselves among civilians, making it impossible for NATO to attack them from fighter jets without risking civilian casualties.
However, the helicopters also come with more risk for the pilots because they are closer to the ground and moving more slowly, making them easier targets for Qaddafi's forces on the ground. Reuters reports that NATO announced today that it will put the helicopters into action as soon as they are ready.
The decision by France and Britain to use the helicopters signals a frustration with the current strategy – fighter jets, no ground troops – which has been unable to bring any sort of conclusion to the conflict, the Guardian reports. The helicopters are a compromise between that and the use of ground troops, which would be opposed by virtually all parties involved.
The decision to deploy the helicopters is a clear recognition that high-level bombing from 15,000 feet cannot protect civilians who continue to be attacked by rocket and mortar shells. It brings the Nato offensive much closer to the ground at a time when Britain and other Nato countries are insisting they have no intention of sending in troops.
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé was quick to defend against accusations that it was overstepping the outlines of the foreign intervention. He said "the helicopters would not be used to deploy ground forces in Libya and that the decision to send them was fully in line with the UN security council resolution mandating attacks in Libya."
The decision to approve the use of the helicopters was a controversial one in Britain. France announced that the two countries would be providing attack helicopters before Britain had announced it to the public or received government approval for the move, the Associated Press reports.
The Guardian reported on May 24 that the debate about using the helicopters was the first issue to drive a wedge in Britain's bipartisan support for intervention in Libya and prompted members of parliament to voice other concerns they had kept dormant: that the goal had become regime change, that the choice was between a stalemate and regime change, and that the intervention had already suffered from "mission creep."
British defense officials vowed that the use of helicopters would change little about the mission in Libya.
The armed forces minister [Nick Harvey] said deploying the helicopters would not mark an escalation in the conflict, adding: "I do not accept that, if we were to take a decision at some point to use attack helicopters, that that would be an escalation of what we are doing in Libya."
"The targets would remain the same. It would simply be a tactical shift in what assets we use to try and hit those targets."
Meanwhile, British intelligence officers say that Qaddafi is increasingly paranoid, hiding in hospitals and constantly moving, and that senior officers in his forces are no longer able to communicate with each other.
The US today again rejected Libyans' offer of a cease-fire, saying it was time to "finish the job" – a job that could not be considered complete until the Libyan leader leaves. "We have made progress in Libya but meeting the mandate of civilian protection cannot be completed if Qaddafi remains in Libya," Mr. Obama said on the sidelines of the G-8 summit in France.


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You could say that I am slightly obsessed (read: totally obsessed) with all things Jane Austen, so when I first read that this darling Atlanta wedding was inspired by a scene from Emma, I knew I was going to love every.last.second of wedding bliss. And, oh my goodness, do I ever. From the oh-so-romantic purple hues to the sweet stylings of Juli Vaughn Designs to the beyond glorious images captured by CWF Photography, this, my lovelies, is a vintage-inspired masterpiece. And totally Jane approved. See so much more right here.
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From the Bride... For our wedding, Ryan and I wanted to embrace the idea of relaxed romance, so we decided to go with a vintage-inspired picnic theme. My initial inspiration came from a picnic scene in the movie Emma with Gwyneth Paltrow, where they bring along tables, china and beautiful linens. This seemed like such a wonderful idea for a wedding: an elegant, upscale picnic. Once I had this vision, everything else started falling into place.
Our venue, the Retreat at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, was one of my first choices, and the minute I stepped into the beautiful room, with its exposed beams and mason fireplace, I knew it was the perfect place. The gardens were a gem hidden in the big city of Atlanta and gave us the picture perfect, romantic vision we were seeking for the ceremony. Because the garden was so beautiful and naturally decorated, we didn't need to add much. As far as the reception site, we rented beautiful farm tables from Four Inch Fold and placed burlap runners and vintage lace (from a trunk in my mom's attic) on top, then used heirloom silver pieces and vintage books to bring it all together. For our sweetheart table, we used a pub table that my parents bought 20 some years ago when traveling. Initially, our invitations were going to be simple white invitations bought from a website. However, as with everything else, I wanted something unique and special, so with the help of my mom, we designed our own custom invitations. They turned out amazing, printed on canvas with a button attaching all the pieces together. In addition to the invitations, my mom and I made the place cards, napkin rings and our favors, which were Farkle games (a dice game similar to Yahtzee). For the favors, we found plastic containers, made custom stickers for the top and wrapped the outside with burlap, purple ribbon and a vintage safety pin holding it all together. Our families are big gamers, so instead of dancing at the wedding, we decided to play a round of Apples to Apples and ended with Farkle.
One of the most important (and personal favorite) aspects of the wedding was the fashion. My dress was actually the second dress I bought because the first one did not have the vintage feel I was looking for. So I went back to Bride Beautiful and found a great dress that fit me perfectly. The only problem was it was about 18 inches too long and had the wrong neckline! I customized the dress to be the perfect tea length, changed the neckline to a deep sweetheart and added a Swarovski studded belt. For my matron of honor, I found an adorable, cream-c0lored, Nanette Lepore dress that she will surely wear again. The men were dressed in tan suits, and Ryan wore an amazing purple and gray Burberry tie. The most adorable aspect of the day were my five nieces and nephews. The girls wore frilly cream dresses with stylish gladiator sandals, and the boys were decked out in tan and white seersucker pants, vests and newsboy caps. In addition, the boys wore purple ties that my wonderful sister-in-law made just for this occasion. I'm afraid that the kids stole the show!
In the end, our wedding was a beautiful day that really captured our love for life, for our family and most importantly, our love for each other.
Wedding Photography: CWF Photography / Wedding Venue: Callanwolde Fine Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia / Styling: Juli Vaughn Designs / Catering: Talk of the Town / Vintage Rentals: Four Inch Fold / Matron of Honor's Dress: Nanette Lepore


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Neonfly are a young machine-tooled British metal collective. They bring an awesome array of tunes to the table and have been stunning concert audiences everywhere. They are a breath of fresh air to a jaded metal scene. Neonfly are the UK's answer to the European melodic metal scene and more, a band tailored for a new generation of head-bangers all across the world and beyond. "Outshine The Sun" is their first studio effort, it promises a bright future ahead.
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Photo by Tseng Kwong Chi
Left to right, top to bottom: Katy K., Keith Haring, Carmel Johnson, John Sex, Bruno Schmidt, Samatha McEwen, Juan Dubose, Dan Friedman, Kenny Scharf, Tereza Goncalves, Min Thomez and Tseng Kwong Chi in a photograph taken at a ball at the Puck Building in 1983, now on view at Grey Art Gallery.
Searching for the heart of Downtown
By Nicole Davis
Life before cell phones, answering machines, iPods, or DVDs. No video rentals or Walkmans. No MTV. In other words, less interference. So begins multi-talent Ann Magnusons essay in The Downtown Book, the literary companion to the current Downtown Show at NYUs Grey Art Gallery that chronicles downtown New Yorks booming art scene between 1974 and 1984. At the opening last month, there was no question those static-free times were long gone when a baseball-capped kid walked through the packed gallery, scanning the art on the walls and talking into his BlackBerry phone simultaneously.
Its a zoo and its dumb, he reported back to some anonymous caller. For someone who probably wasnt alive during the decade the exhibit covers, the art must have seemed outdated. Along with photos, paintings, videos, and remnants of that era, like Basquiats jacket, the show also features ephemera like ID cards for the now-defunct Mudd Club and handmade flyers evidence of a period defined not so much by what could be sold in galleries, but rather what could happen when you put a few hundred people in 20 by 20 block radius of one another like some fantastic Petri dish experiment in creativity. The book is almost better representative of the period, if only because the artists who were a part of it had space to explain what it was like then.
It was the beginning of post-modernism, says Martha Wilson, who started the bookstore and performance space Franklin Furnace out of her Tribeca loft in 1976. Except we didnt have the term for it then. [It was more like] Why does high art and low art have to be separate? Why cant we play together?
Clearly, the legacy of those Downtown artists was to make sure, as Wilson says, that anything goes, blurring the boundaries between mediums, even creating mediums, like performance art, that hadnt existed before. But what has changed about the Downtown art scene since that periodif can you even locate it Downtown, when so many artists have moved to the outer boroughs, or even outside of New York?
Downtown isnt so much connected with a specific location anymore, says Dean Daderko, a thirtysomething independent curator who is part of a panel called No Alternative scheduled to talk about the impact of the Downtown art scene at the Grey Gallery March 2. Downtown now includes everywhere from Williamsburg to the Bronx; theres not one epicenter. At least not any more. One thing the Downtown Book points out is that between 1974 and 1984, there were more art school graduates in the country than any other period in American history. New York was still the heart of the art world, and Downtown was still dirt cheap: a 2,000 square foot loft in Soho cost $200 a month in 1974. The low rent attracted artists to the still-industrial section of the city like settlers to the Wild West. In a place with few resources they created their own, like a pay-what-you-wish restaurant called Food founded by Gordon Matta-Clark and Tina Girouard and other artists, or a bar called Magoos that allowed you to pay for food and drinks with art.
It was abandoned, it was empty, there was nothing going on, says Wilson, who now operates Franklin Furnace from downtown Brooklyn as an online archive and broker, pairing artists with money and venues. There wasnt even a place to do laundry; I would have to take it on the subway to West 4th Street.
There were [also] fewer places to gather, so you pretty much saw everyone you knew at Franklin Furnace, or the Mudd Club or the Clocktower alternative spaces and watering holes that demarcated this physically smaller universe, and cultivated an instant audience for every impromptu performance and event. The same 300 people were all looking at each others work and reacting to it and playing off of it.
That tiny community, which sprang up in Soho in the 70s and spread to the East Village in the 80s, ultimately dispersed as the AIDS crisis hit, art became more commercialized, and rents reached staggering heights.
Whats different between then and now? The rent for sure. Its like a purging of creativity, says Clayton Patterson, who has run a storefront gallery on Essex Street since 1985. To come here and pay $3000 a month in rent means youre running around, working 60 hours a week just to pay the bills.
And because its so expensive, what you get is the grind and not just in the working life. Even the nightlife has changed.
If you go to Mos to see a show, you might go from 9:30 to 10:45 [before another act comes on]. In the past at a club, you used to be able to hang out all night.
The significance of all that hanging out, he says, was the bonds it developed. A scene gets created. A scene makes a movement, and thus something happens.
Lifestyle was as much a creative practice [then] as putting time in the studio, says pop culture critic and curator Carlo McCormick, the guest curator of the Downtown Show. Opening a café, playing in a band, scouring dumpsters for a flamboyant outfit to wear at Danceteria, all these creative acts werent tangibly fine art practices, but they could bring together in one room a bunch of cool, creative people, and a certain amount of hybridity would come of that. So writers hanging out with musicians started bands, or artists starred in movies or did performance art. Now, when you go to see performance art, its sort of ghettoized again, says McCormick, which could be a function of time as much as economics. With such low rent, people simply didnt have to work as long or as hard to maintain their lifestyle, leaving them an open schedule to experiment.
The low rent = more creativity equation seems to work when you apply it to cheap places to live right now like Portland, Oregon, where its possible to support yourself on a few bartending shifts a week. We have a really good lifetheres no way I could pull it off anywhere else, says Tamar Monhait, a printmaker, photographer and musician who lives in a 2,000-square-foot loft she rents with her boyfriend for $850 a month. A lot of people I know have left and moved to places like New York, but they come back because of the affordability and because they have the time and space to do what they want. The trade off is that theres less diversity, say Monhait. I also dont feel like theres a cohesive scene, she says.
That desire for a physical community a la 70s and 80s Downtown New York could just be symptomatic of the rampant globalization and virtual connectivity that define the 21st century. Theres a huge difference in technology, says Alanna Heiss, founder and director of PS1 Contemporary Art Center. We now have the ability to produce using digital technology. In the 1970s, artists would meet at a bar to discuss ideas and then go to a print shop to create the work. Now you can just sit at your desk and send a message out to thousands of people. The physical socialized structure is not as evident today, she says.
Art fairs like Art Basel Miami Beach and biennials elsewhere have also made the art community more global in nature. Unlike the 70s and early 80s, when you had to be in New York to have a career during that period, its no longer necessary to live here, says Suzanne Anker, chair of the Bachelor of Fine Arts program at the School of Visual Arts. Its not uncommon now to see a group show with names from all over the world.
Or even from all over New York. In fact, if theres any barometer for how spread out the New York art world has become, its PS1s Greater New York Show, which culls emerging artists from all five boroughs and even towns in (gasp) New Jersey. But can too much diffusion be a bad thing?
I think the art and music scene in New York at this time is struggling primarily because it seems spread extremely thin between many different subcultures and miniature communities, says JD Samson, a visual artist, choreographer, and member of the punk band Le Tigre who will also be part of the Grey Gallery panel in March.
New York artists today also contend with a highly competitive, commercial art scene. The scene here is so market driven, says Daderko, who explains that New Yorks myriad galleries havent so much fostered a community as stunted it. You walk in, look at the art, and walk out. Its not so much a social scene, even though what is going on is very social, he says. New York sadly lacks a dialogue about work [right now] which is party why Daderko goes out of his way to create one. For five years, he ran a gallery in the living room of his loft in Williamsburg, a space that actually encouraged conversation about the work on view until the rent increased and he had to move out. Still, he finds ways to curate shows that fall outside of gallery walls, like a series of free performances that ran last fall at the Chelsea Hotel, or the Talent Show he recently put together at the Tribeca bar M1-5 with friend K8 [Kate] Hardy. We basically put out a flyera crappily made flyer, he points out with these provocations, like, will Hanna Liden come as JT Leroy? (Liden, a Swedish-born photographer, did.) In all, about 300 people turned out for the inaugural, monthly event Daderko says he created because there hadnt been a performance party in New York for some time. A good dance party with performance art its been a while since the citys done something like that.
Its events like these non-commercial, ephemeral, hybridinal that suggest that artists coming of age today arent so concerned with making art just so they can sell it in a gallery. As Jen DeNike, a video artist featured in PS1s Greater New York 2005 puts it, A lot of people are more interested in creating a dialogue amongst ourselves in our art practice that involves more than just engaging in the gallery system, through curating events, programs, and collaborating on projects where we often find or create our own venues. The types of time-based, collaborative projects she describescreating a Mandala out of breakfast cereal, taking over a hotel where artists show work in the rooms theyre staying inare reminiscent of the art represented in the Downtown Show in that they sometimes take place in alternative spaces and arent necessarily about commerce. But the glaring difference today is that a number of these artist-curated events occur thousand of miles from Downtown Manhattan, from Art Basel Miami Beach to Slow Burn, a group show in Geneva.
It is almost as though...the art has prevailed rather than the specific bar or club or art space, says Samson of the nomadic art scene today. We move together, and we will go anywhere. And that is what is so incredible about now.
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SACRAMENTO — A combative Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday declared that "the prison crisis is over in California" and demanded an end to years of intervention by federal judges and expensive edicts designed to reduce crowding and improve inmate healthcare.
"At some point, the job's done," Brown said at a Capitol news conference before catching a plane for Los Angeles, where he repeated the message. "We spent billions of dollars" complying with the court orders, the governor said. "It is now time to return control of our prison system to California."
Brown's push came as the state was faced with a deadline to produce a plan to further shrink the number of inmates in its 33 prisons. Late Monday night, the administration unveiled its proposal — "under protest" — but also filed motions calling for an end to caps on the inmate population and judicial oversight of mental health care.
The state also planned to seek to end federal control over all forms of inmate healthcare, the governor said.
"We can't pour more and more dollars down the rat hole of incarceration," Brown said Tuesday.
While acknowledging court intervention had forced vast improvements to a system that was in crisis, Brown said overly intrusive judges had unleashed a feeding frenzy of highly paid attorneys "running around the prisons looking for problems."