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|Review: Manticora - Roots Of Eternity
|Roots Of Eternity
Label: Black Lotus Records
Year released: 1999
Duration: 57:02
Tracks: 10
Genre: Power Metal
Rating: 4/5
Review online: May 10, 2003
Reviewed by: Sargon the Terrible
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Rated 3.42/5 (68.33%) (12 Votes)
Manticora are a power metal band from Denmark that have gotten a good bit of press with their three albums. This was their first release as Manticora (Formerly they were Manticore) and is quite good for a debut.
A lot of reviews of this I have read seem to have a hard time putting their finger on Manticora's sound, but I don't see what's difficult about that. Manticora play power metal, speedy and melodic - somewhere between Sonata Arctica and Hammerfall, but with less 'happy' sounding melodies and no keyboards to speak of. But they also inject their sound with a good dose of old-school thrash, a touch that really perks up this CD and adds a level of originality that otherwise they might have lacked.
Manticora have definite prog leanings, and each song offers up mega time changes and a fistful of riffs. Some of the songs are also very long. The drumwork is very good, and doesn't abuse the double-bass as much as most bands of this sort. In fact, overall the level of musicianship here is quite good, with the exception of the vocals. Singer Lars Larsen has a midrange voice without much variety or real power. He tries hard, and the production uses about every trick in the book to cover for his shortcomings, but he simply isn't very good. He doesn't actually detract from the music, but he doesn't add to it either, you just get used to him.
It's hard to describe, but there is just something cool about this album that's more than the sum of its parts. It takes a few listens to tune in to this. There are no "here's the big riff" type songs, no great choruses that stick in your head immediately and make you sing along, but this is a very enjoyable CD, and just writing this has made me want to play it again. You can bet I'll be tracking down the later albums from this band.
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Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Algonquin Park!
One of my all time favourite places to visit in Ontario is Algonquin Park. I grew up driving through the park to visit my Grandma (always stopping for moose), I camped there numerous times with Family and cousins, and now as an adult I enjoy hiking the trails and canoeing the waterways.
The park is about 7,653 square kilometres. For comparison purposes, this is about one and a half times the size of PEI or about a quarter of the size of Belgium, or about the same size as the US state of Delaware. Therefore it is HUGE!!
The ABSOLUTE best time to visit the park is in the early fall when all the leaves are bright reds, oranges and yellows! But really there's never a bad time to visit the park.
If you have never been then you need to add it to your Ontario Bucketlist - because it is one of our best destinations! To follow Ontario's slogan... "It's yours to Discover".
Here are some of my favourite pictures from inside the park.
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What a time to be loyal! Today, we express what might be one of the most defining things about us as gamers: the series or franchise most beloved to our darling hearts. Long or short, a set of games can really go a long way to describe the kind of gaming we like and even come to impact us as individuals. This says a lot about a person. So without further ado about nothing…
"What is your Favorite Video Game Franchise?"
The Timely Mage
While I wasn't too impressed with their latest entries, my favorite franchise would still have to be Final Fantasy. It sets the precedent for grand story-driven RPGs and has made some tremendous contributions to the industry and my life. Back in the day every game was just filler to pass the time until the next Final Fantasy.
The Black Humor Mage
Three words: Metal Gear Solid.
The Rage Mage
I must be into disappointment (actually, it's what feeds the intensity of my rage) because my favorite franchise is Sonic. No other second fiddle has had more broken strings. From his first "kid sidekick" outing racing through levels designed to keep him from doing the one thing he is good at, running real fast, to the unforgivable products more recently released with his name smacked across them like a whiner's teeth being kicked to the curb. When I finally burst a blood vessel in my Red Bull-fueled brain, I want Sonic to carry my coffin so he can let me down one last time. And then after that I want the preacher to shoot him in the gut and bury him next to me, so I can watch his body break down just like his franchise did.
The Green Screen Mage
It might be a little obvious that my favorite franchise is Halo. The games, the books, the comics, the anime, the web series. I've been head over heels for this franchise since I was 9. I'm sure I've gushed enough about it, so I will leave it with this. "This is a prototype Nova bomb, nine fusion warheads encased in lithium triteride armor. When detonated it compresses its fusionable material to neutron-star density, boosting the thermonuclear yield a hundredfold. I am Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb, temporarily in command of the UNSC military base Reach. To the Covenant uglies that might be listening, you have a few seconds to pray to your damned heathen gods. You all have a nice day in hell." – Halo: Ghosts of Onyx pg. 244
The White Out Mage
Actually we were joking around when we started this challenge that I was only going to answer "Kirby" every day, but I've been surprised to discover that I know a bit more about gaming than I thought. Still, my favorite franchise is anything Kirby. I just love that cute pink puffball!
The Well-Red Mage
A few franchises that vie for my top place would be: Super Mario Bros., Breath of Fire, Metal Gear Solid, The Legend of Zelda, Arkham, and of course my boy Mega Man. That last one would have most certainly been my favorite if not for Final Fantasy. I have loved Final Fantasy since as far back as I can remember. I've played nearly all of the games, minus III, XI and XVI. I've been inspired by its themes, its eloquence and elegance, its complexity and characters, its depth and scope, its visuals and magnitude, so much so that I created this blog themed around the original Final Fantasy. It has consistently (for better or worse) pushed the envelope with RPG battle systems and gameplay. It's created some of the most beloved and iconic articles of gaming. Like the Timely Mage expressed before me, Final Fantasy may be a franchise that hasn't impressed me nearly as much as it did in the past, but I still see it as the king of RPGs, one of the longest running, most influential and successful role-playing franchises there are. Its impact upon gaming has been undeniable. Without Final Fantasy, I would never have become a Well-Red Mage… and maybe not even a writer.
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Live Video: BIG DAY IN - Fire When Ready & Summer People0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 8:56 AM
More great footage from our new pal Nathan Ely from BIG DAY IN. This time we've got our headliners FIRE WHEN READY and CNY heros Summer People tearing it up. Check it.
Fire When Ready Oh What a Clever Facade//Hit Just The Low Lights//Room Twenty-Four from Nathan Ely on Vimeo.
Summer People How Can You Know//Cry//Baseball Bat//Blue Scare from Nathan Ely on Vimeo.
Live Video: Behold The Arctopus, Sulaco, Dialysis, Yakbak0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 8:52 AM
Thanks to everyone who came out for the last IU show of 2012! BTA's epicly technical compositional shred dissonance was a mind-melting way to end the year. Footage from those three plus Sulaco, Dialysis, and the new Yakbak below.
Behold... The Arctopus
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Last show of 2012: Behold... The Arctopus0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 11:55 AM
After four years, Ithaca gets its wish! This Sunday, December 21st, 2012 at The Haunt, BEHOLD... THE ARCTOPUS will perform their only show outside of Brooklyn this year and their first upstate NY show since 2008.
For those unfamiliar with the band, take a listen to their latest technical devastation:
The technical instrumental trio from Brooklyn play music inspired by both metal and 20th century classical with emphasis on dissonance, polyrhythms, and jazz-like elements.
Founded by Colin Marston (Krallice, Dysrhythmia, Gorguts) and Mike Lerner in 2001 and quickly became known as one of the most forward thinking and technical bands in the underground extreme metal community, being mentioned in the same breath as Cynic, Gorguts, Meshuggah, Voivod, and touring with the likes of Between The Buried and Me, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and Genghis Tron.
In 2009, the legendary Weasel Walter, composer and multi-instrumentalist most well-known for his work with The Flying Luttenbachers and the ugExplode imprint, joined BTA after original drummer Charles Zeleny left he group.
Behold... The Arctopus are perhaps most well-known for Colin Marston's use of a 12-string Warr guitar - a 12 string instrument played primarily by tapping that covers the range of guitar and bass.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
BIG DAY IN: Pictues0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 1:27 PM
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
BIG DAY IN: Live Video0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 12:56 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out to make this the biggest BIG DAY IN yet! 14 bands, over ten hours of music and a fantastic display of DIY/DIT efforts and community. Here's some proof (more to come too).
Fire When Ready with Aaron Attica "They Call Her Echo"
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Naked Noise: Photos & Video0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 12:56 PM
Thanks to the huge turnout at CSMA on Friday, November 30th. Glad to see such a broad cross section of Ithaca in support of this special event. More to come in 2012.
Credit & thanks to Lanny Huang & Peter Korolov for the footage and CG Photography for the images.
Ithaca Underground: New York State Not-For-Profit0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 12:55 PM
NYS Non-For-Profit confirmation:
Ithaca Underground now officially a New York State not-for-profit organization, Federal application is next.
On Friday, November 23rd, Ithaca Underground received written confirmation from Albany that their application for New York State not-for-profit status was approved. This is the first major step towards the organization's ultimate goal of becoming a 501c3 not-for-profit. The Federal application for recognition of exemption is complete, but will take some time to receive feedback. The board hopes to receive confirmation from the IRS early in the new year.
As an official non-profit organization, Ithaca Underground will have a greater ability to promote and support challenging and diverse music in an all-ages environment for years to come.
Thanks for your continuing support!
~Bubba Crumrine, President of the Board
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
NAKED NOISE: 16 Musician Ritual Drone Improv - Nov. 30th, 20120 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 12:24 PM
Thursday, November 15, 2012
BIG DAY IN: December 8th, 20120 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 12:56 PM
BIG DAY IN is back in a big way with 14 bands from across the Northeast U.S. including a special reunion performance of FIRE WHEN READY.
Full list of bands below with links & more after the jump.
Ithaca Underground presents: BIG DAY IN (#7)
FIRE WHEN READY (Binghamton/Brooklyn/Durham)
*special reunion appearance*
Summer People (Low Light Records : Binghamton, NY)
Shellshag (Don Giovanni Records : Brooklyn, NY)
Porches. (NY)
Cerce (Mayfly / Solidarity : Boston, MA)
Old Wounds (Glory Kid Ltd : NJ)
Girl Souts (Carucage Records : PA)
Vaura (Weird Records : Brooklyn, NY)
Black Throat Wind (Hex Records : Syracuse, NY)
Ohne-ká and the Burning River (Syracuse, NY)
BATISTA (Ithaca/Binghamton/NYC)
GypsyGetsShotgun (Ithaca, NY)
King Sized Pegasus (Angry Mom Records : Ithaca, NY)
Oscar Albis Rodriguez (Brooklyn, NY)
Saturday, December 8th
The Haunt
702 Willow Ave
Ithaca, NY 14850
12:00PM until ~11:00PM
Sponsored by:
McNeil Music of Ithaca
Angry Mom Records
Ithaca Guitar Works
The Enchanted Badger
The Haunt
Model Citizen Tattoo
Durland Alternatives Library
The WordPro
Don Giovanni Records
Finger Lakes ReUse Center
Hex Records
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Live Video: Tombs, 16, and The Process0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 11:43 AM
First IU show at JAM (Just About Music). Solid. Hope you were there.
The Process
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Live Video: Zammuto & Lymbyc Systym0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 11:56 AM
Dan Smalls brought these two well-paired groups to The Haunt last night and we snagged some footage!
Zammuto - 'The Greatest Autoharp Solo of All Time'
Lymbyc Systym
Friday, October 12, 2012
Live Video: HUME, NO BABIES, Temuchin, Problematic, Dr. Burtrum0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 7:12 AM
Thanks for joining us for a Wednesday evening of one of our more unique line-ups. Solid show all around for sure, but NO BABIES ran away with all of our hearts. One of the most high energy bands we've ever hand through - they even had us doing push-ups! Videos below, pics to come.
BONUS FOOTAGE: Live cut from HUME's set this past summer at the Mouth To Mouth To Mouth EP release show back in June. Expect more in Ithaca from these Baltimore/D.C. experimental popsters.
No Babies
No Babies
Dr. Burtrum
Dr. Burtrum
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Live Video: Dan Drake Ensemble, Jealousy Mountain Duo, Toxic Parents, Graupel0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 1:06 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out on Friday and helped us welcome back our German pals Jealousy Mountain Duo and kick off the first tour for Toxic Parents.
The Dan Drake Ensemble
Jealousy Mountain Duo
Toxic Parents
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Live Video: Vacation, Batista, Hunted Down, and We Are Whaleshark0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 3:09 PM
Fantastic show! Vacation are exactly what pop punk should be in this day and age. Catchy, quick, and creative. They nailed out a great set and even hit us with a Shellshag cover. Hunted down were a relentless onslaught of sludgy hardcore. Tasty indeed.
Additionally, we're happy to report we've got two solid new punk bands here in Ithaca, each with their own flair. BATISTA absolutely own with a melodic, feedback soaked, noisy punk with washed out vocals. We Are Whaleshark take apply driving, psych influence to their tunes. Check out footage from all of 'em below. More vids after the jump.
Catch BATISTA and the aforementioned Shellshag at BIG DAY IN this December 8th down at The Haunt...
Vacation - Crashing Rockets (Shellshag Cover)
If you'd like to see this clip from a different angle, click here.
Hunted Down
We Are Whaleshark - Pig Pen
Monday, September 10, 2012
FALL PREVIEW: Why?, doseone, Tombs, -16-, Phobia, Jealously Mountain Duo, No Babies, The Dan Drake Ensemble, and many more!0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 11:54 AM
Ithaca Underground Fall Shows Preview:
Hey kids, it's fall preview time! That time where we let you in on all the secrets we've been working for the last several months - bands from across the country (Brooklyn to L.A. and Oakland), across the world (German, UK, Australia), and covering a broad spectrum of genres from punk to jazz, sludge metal to indie hip-hop, and everything in between. We have a hell of a season of diverse shows queued up, so let's start right in. (Lots more after the jump)
Tuesday, September 19th:
Why?, doesone, Serengeti, DJ Thanksgiving Brown
@ The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca - 6PM Doors $12 ADV (Tickets)
We couldn't really be more stoked to kick the fall season off in such glorious fashion. We're incredibly please to have partnered up with Dan Smalls Presents to bring you an indie hip-hop / Anticon. Records takeover featuring Why?, doseone, and Serengeti plus DJ Thanksgiving Brown spinning to kick things off.
This stacked bill features two of arguably the best lyracists/MC's in indie hip-hop - Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf of WHY? and Adam Drucker a.k.a. doseone. The two have been clollaborating for decades and co-founded the lauded Anticon. imprint.
Where "Yoni" paints pictures with words of the lush backdrops of indie-pop and folk licks and hip-hop beats, doseone has been delivering a high-pitched lyrical assault of rapid-fire and polyrhythmic tongues twisting tales of the future and tearing down the rules of hip-hop across a multitude of projects. His solo material continues to show his prowess as a musician, expanding his pallet ever more in the psych-pop direction.
Why? have built themselves a massive cult and indie following since their breakout "Alopecia" and doseone, in addition to his solo work, has been ever prolific with such projects as Subtle, cLOUDDEAD, Themselves, 13&God and many others.
Enough talk. Heads better be at this one. Check these:
Let's have a listen to one of my personal favorites from doseone's Themselves too..
Ah... still fresh. Moving on!
Sunday, September 16th:
Vacation, Hunted Down, Batista, We Are Whaleshark
@ The Space at GreenStar, 700 W Buffalo St., Ithaca - 8PM $5
Nothing like a good ol' hardcore/punk show... with an IU twist of course.
Headliners VACATION hail from Cincinnati and churn out a blasting wall of noisy, poppy punk. They have two new 7"s and a cassette on this tour in addition to the full length streaming above which hit just a year ago.
HUNTED DOWN rep the Syracuse hardcore scene, with a whirlwind of blown & fuzzed out jams. Completely furious and always on the brink of collapsing in on itself. They have a split with Herpes coming later this fall. In the meantime check out these tracks from their "Life's Womb" EP:
Rounding out the show are two new Ithaca bands with familiar faces. Phil Price (known for his killer DIY show booking a few years back in Binghamton & Ithaca), Derek Manoco (ex-A Satellite Crash), and John Barrington are kicking it in a new punk band called BATISTA and Mike Amadeo (Mike A!, Dweeb, etc) rounded up some local musicians, including his pal Tyler Rodkey, to push out some short & sweet, dissonant & trippy punk under the moniker of WE ARE WHALESHARK. Lucky for us, they just dropped a "shitty demo" for our waiting ears.
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Live Video: BIG DAY IN - Colony, Zruda, & Reckoner0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 4:32 PM
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Live Video: BIG DAY IN: Argonauts & Meek Is Murder0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 4:49 PM
Back on May 5th, 2012 Ithaca Underground held BIG DAY IN #6. After some delay, we're very happy to bring you more footage! Check out more live video from past BDI events right here and be sure and keep an eye on our YouTube channel for more new vids on a weekly/monthly basis.
Argonauts and Meek Is Murder below. More to come soon...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Live Video: Normal Love, BRIAN!, Temuchin, and DAADs0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 8:25 PM
WOW! Stunning performances down at The Space last week. Normal Love's clang of avant precision held everyone's attention in their grasp like few we've had before. Two new, and very different, tunes from Ithaca's trio BRIAN! and the now-on-hiatus DAADs plus more fresh instrumental heaviness from Temuchin. Lots more after the break too...
Normal Love
BRIAN! "Ixnay on the Islay"
DAADs (new one)
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Live Video: Maps & Atlases0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 11:52 AM
Big thanks to Lanny Huang for his footage at the Maps & Atlases show from May 17th at The Haunt. They're playing again soon, so watch, listen, and come see them again.
Friday, August 17, 2012
Live Video: The Bulletproof Tiger, Mouth To Mouth To Mouth, Attic Abasement, Red Sled Choir0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 10:21 AM
Thanks to everyone who came out for another wildly successful birthday show for Bubba. Great turnout, great vibes, and of course - amazing bands. Check out footage below including a brand new track from Mouth To Mouth To Mouth!
Mouth To Mouth To Mouth
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
PHOBIA are coming to Ithaca this fall.0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 5:02 PM
That's right folks. Legendary California grind troop PHOBIA (Deep Six / Willowtip / Relapse) will be at The Space on Tuesday, October 19th with tourmates D.I.S. and Strong Intention, plus locals Hiroshima Vacation and one more tba. Presale tickets are up already and are just $8 right here.
Thanks to our pals Odyssey Booking for jumping on to help co-promote this one with Ithaca Underground.
Check out tracks from latest, "Remnants of Filth" issued just this past June via Deep Six and Willowtip.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Live Video: The Great Sabatini and Twin Lords0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 11:41 AM
The Great Sabatini (Montreal) and Twin Lords (Brooklyn, featuring Andrew Hernandez of Tombs) shook the rafters of The Space Friday night for the first VII/IU collab show. Looking forward to more of these! Footage from both are below. Thanks to Hiroshima Vacation and Blunt Guts for starting things off with their blistering grind and powerviolence.
The Great Sabatini
Twin Lords
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Live Video: why+the+wires, The Catalyst, Paper Mice, Our Daily Fix, Grady Stiles, and much more.0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 12:46 PM
Wow! Quite a successful weekend of shows if I do say so myself. Friday, July 27th with Paper Mice, Our Daily Fix, Grady Stiles, King Sized Pegasus and Mouth To Mouth To Mouth was probably one of the most high-energy shows we've ever hosted at The Space. Sunday brought us brand new material off of why+the+wires upcoming third LP "All These Dead Astronauts" and absolutely crushing noise-rock jams from The Catalyst, who performed new material by their pending "Voyager" release (hope you were at the show to grab advance copies of the LP). Dionaea and Temuchin (congrats to Dan and Jackie on their new baby) were missed, but we were stoked on the last minute addition of Plasma 36.
Video from both Ithaca nights are below, plus clips from Living Room and Porches. are up from Mouth To Mouth To Mouth's trip to Suburbia in Brooklyn. The best time and hospitality were had, so kudos to the whole Suburbia crew. As always, check out the IU YouTube channel for tons more video here.
why+the+wires "Hello Nurse (new song!!)
Friday, July 27, 2012
Paper Mice, The Catalyst, Dionaea, Grady Stiles, Mouth To Mouth, why+the+wires, Temuchin, and King Sized Pegasus this weekend!0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 11:03 AM
Paper Mice : Live at Ball Hall from GONZO CHICAGO on Vimeo.
Let's have a look and listen...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Summer People: Give It Up (new demo!)0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 11:48 AM
You heard that correctly! CNY's notorious Summer People are working on LP #3 and are giving all of us a sneak peak. Below is a demo of their new one, "Give It Up" recorded by Hunter Davidsohn of Underground River. Keep tabs on the via their blog Burn The Germs. In the meantime, catch them in Brooklyn this Saturday, July 28th at Suburbia with Porches. (with Cameron Wisch on drums), Living Room, and Ithaca's own Mouth To Mouth To Mouth. More info here.
Live Video: BRIAN! (new) and Problematic0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 11:11 AM
Thanks to everyone who came out to The Space last Wednesday. We've got footage of the brand new BRIAN! piece and a clip from the new improv electronics duo known as Problematic. Check 'em out!
Monday, July 16, 2012
Preview: Diamond Terrifier, Patrick Higgens, Doll Eyes, BRIAN!, Paper Armies - Wed, July 18th0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 12:05 PM
Ithaca Underground is proud to present Diamond Terrifier and Patrick Higgins on July 18th at The Space (700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca, NY).
Diamond Terrifier is Sam Hillmer of ZS - his saxophone and electronics solo project, to be precise. Named after the English translation of the Indo-Tibetan god-name Vajrabairahva, Diamond Terrifier is concerned with the potential positive qualities of destruction as mediated by noise/drone sheets of sound music. Check out some footage of this performance in Philly earlier this spring and last year in NYC:
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Finger Lakes Girl Bands: Battle of the Bands0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 12:55 PM
On Saturday, January 19th, McNeil Music of Ithaca and Angry Mom Records present the first Finger Lakes Girl Bands Battle of the Bands.
What's the scoop? They're looking to catalyze a network for female musicians - all ages, styles, and personalities welcomed. Want to learn more? Check out the about page: http://fingerlakesgirlbands.org/about/
Oh, I should probably mention that the grand prize is recording time and a 7" out on Angry Mom Records. Whoa!!
Where does Ithaca Underground come in? We too wish to foster a diverse music scene and now call on all female musicians of Ithaca to form bands and support this event.
We would love nothing more to see a female majority Ithaca-based noiserock band going ape-shit on the stage at The Haunt, or some riot grrl spit and sneers, or female cult drone duo, or get heavy with black metal, sludge, or grind. I know you're out there, so pick up the sticks, axes, electronics and mic and let's show Ithaca what the women of our city can really do.
Ithaca Underground has always supported bringing touring female musicians and bands who support empowered women (see Marnie Stern, Kylesa, Fuck The Facts, I Object, Tinsel Teeth, Bridge & Tunnel, Shellshag, and tons of others). We would love to put some prime Ithaca-based female DIY acts on to support these lovely bands in the future, so get into it!!!
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Live Video: Cough and ASG (and Weedeater)0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 9:33 AM
Big thanks to Chris Knight for the killer footage from our April, 23rd show at The Haunt with Weedeater, ASG, and Cough. The Weedeater footage has been up for a bit, but in case you missed it, it's here too after the jump. Check 'em out!
Live Video: Andy the Doorbum, Vilipend, Makeshift, Kaboosh!, The Hotel Year, State Lines, Object0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 9:28 AM
Good morning all! More show footage, this time from our June 8th show with Andy the Doorbum, Vilipend, Makeshift, and Kaboosh! - great mix of folk, noisecore, and metal on that bill; plus pop-punk from The Hotel Year and State Lines which too place just this past Monday, July 2nd with Cortland's Object. For some unknown reason, the Flip did not keep the King Sized Pegasus footage...
Andy the Doorbum
Monday, July 2, 2012
State Lines / The Hotel Year tonight 7/20 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 1:52 PM
Long Island's State Lines (Tiny Engine) and Massachusetts' The Hotel Year (Mightier Than Sword) make their Ithaca tour stop down at The Space @ GreenStar tonight at 8PM. The former walk the pop-punk line between melancholy and optimism while the latter craft raw, fast and scrappy melodic punk coupled with tasteful alt-country twang and patient storytelling. State Lines new EP is streaming exclusively through Punknews right now. Both bands also have material streaming via bandcamp below.
Two young, promising punk bands to say the least! Local youth punks King Size Pegasus and Cortland via Brooklyn M/F duo Object get things started down at The Space tonight - 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca, NY 14850 - near Corks & More. Just $5 at the door and as always, this show is all ages. Get down on a Monday!
Friday, June 29, 2012
why+the+wires debut "Sold on Merit"0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 12:32 PM
Rorschach Records have debuted the first track "Sold on Merit" from why+the+wires' upcoming "All These Dead Astronauts". Check it!
Live Video: Ithaca Festival - IU Day 2 - Fight A Scary Dog, The Wallpaper, Kaboosh!, sswampzz, DAADs,0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 12:19 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out and made the first Ithaca Underground stage at McNeil Music as part of this year's Ithaca Festival. Special thanks to everyone at McNeil Music, Bruce from Lofts for running stage & sound, and to our Syracuse pal Matt Jaime for running sound on Day 2 on less than 24hrs notice. Glad to see the community come together and support unique DIY music. Footage below!
Fight A Scary Dog 'Werewolf' (Attic Abasement cover)
The Wallpaper
Doll Eyes
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
Mouth To Mouth To Mouth release "2/LIVE/RMX" EP0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 12:08 PM
Building off their MTMTM EP debut, "2/LIVE/RMX" offers up two new pieces "That Felt Weird Coming Out Of My Mouth" and "Mouth Parade". The former is a mostly instrumental track kicking it into high gear right out of the gate with tight kit work and melodic guitar interplay with plenty of stop one a dime tempo and time signature changes. Midway through, the piece breaks, breaths, then kicks into some of the band's heaviest riffage yet recorded in a pitch-bent breakdown. The track finishes out with a huge, post-rock esq climax with guitarist/vocalist Corey Fox Mahaney adding vocal work for added effect.
"Mouth Parade" starts in a bit more subtly with a mix of melodic guitar tapping, ambient effects and rolling bass. Bassist / vocalist Bubba Crumrine chimes in with the first lyric work. The track continues with the bands trade mark tightness, disregard for conventional structure, and full of melodic guitar tapped riffs until the piece makes a quick left turn into full-on math-punk, uptemo syncopation and Corey's blown-out whale until they slam it home with another big riff.
The two new tracks are complimented by a live cut of "Mickey Mouth", the 1st track of their debut, plus remixes of "Consensus on the Fences" by Slug A (Jon of Time/Being) and David Ezra Brown and "That's a LOT of Aardvark" by Paper Armies.
The EP was recorded and mixed by drummer Gabe Millman early in 2011.
Look for the band playing live again in Ithaca on Friday, July 27th at The Space with Paper Mice (31G), Our Daily Fix, Mylets and more; then on Sunday, August 12th for Bubba's birthday show with The Bulletproof Tiger, Summer People, Attic Abasement, and Graupel.
Photo courtesy of CG Photograph: http://www.facebook.com/grzybowskiphoto
SIRS S/T LP: coming July 2nd0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 9:25 AM
Our upstate NY pals SIRS first full-length drops on July 2nd via the crucial Topshelf Records. Check out the new track "Crossbows and Arrows" below while we hotly anticipating this S/T effort and additional tracks to preview.
Pyramid Sound Studio building declared unsafe by City of Ithaca0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 9:24 AM
UPDATE: Pyramid has posted a press release: http://www.pyramidsoundstudios.com/pressrelease.html
If you somehow haven't been in the loop on this, here you go.
The following has been copied verbatim from City of Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick's Facebook post.
This is one site of the story, but also the final decision. Owner Alex Perialas spoke with Ithaca.com earlier in the month: http://www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/article_00af9f6e-b4e6-11e1-bd5b-0019bb2963f4.html
On June 19, 2012, the City of Ithaca declared unsafe Pyramid Sound's buildings, legally requiring that they be vacated immediately, and that repair or demolition commence by January 1, 2013. Many in the community have questions and concerns about these actions. I've tried to answer as many as I can individually. Below are some answers to frequently asked questions..
Q: Isn't the City declaring Pyramid's buildings unsafe just to make construction of the Clinton St. bridge easier or cheaper?
A: No. Pyramid's buildings are structurally unsafe and in danger of collapse, and would be so even were the Clinton St. bridge project not underway. A structural engineering analysis of Pyramid's building concluded that:
"The cracks and displacement are clearly indicative of prior damage, settlement, and rotation. . . . [T]he settlement and movement at the load-bearing walls is significant [and] a serious concern as further movement or settlement of either of those walls could cause catastrophic failure of the building as they support the steel roof beams."
Q: Weren't all the cracks in Pyramid's building caused by the bridge project?
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
why+the+wires sign to Rorschach Records, plan LP #30 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 2:33 PM
The band is shooting for an August release, so stay tuned! In the meantime, check out their sophmore LP via Angry Mom Records, streaming now.
Catch why+the+wires live at The Space on Sunday, July 29th at The Space @ GreenStar with The Catalyst, Dionaea, and Temuchin. 8PM $5
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Live Video: Weedeater, Young Widows, Pygmy Lush, Temuchin, Time/Being, Oak & Bone, Femme Tops, Underground River, TFFNI0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 1:19 PM
YES! Hello there, we are still alive here at "FREE!". As some of you may have heard, I (Bubba) was in the UK visiting my first nephew for most of May, then returned home in time for Ithaca Festival and Mouth To Mouth To Mouth's EP release show and subsequent weekend on the road. It's been a busy last two months, but we'll get you all caught up right now.
We'll start off with some high quality footage from Weedeater at The Haunt from Chris Knight and Time/Being at Cornell University from the first IU/Risley collaboration via Lanny Haung.
Then it's on to the brand new Ithaca-based band Temuchin featuring ex-Iwo Jima Medkit members and touring members of Tombs.
Lots more from Young Widows, Pygmy Lush, Femme Tops, Underground River and more after the page break...
Young Widows
Live Video: BIG DAY IN (Part 1)0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 1:16 PM
Hope you all enjoyed this latest BIG DAY IN! Here's the first crop of vids from the first half of the show. Lots more higher quality video coming your way soon...
Burn Everything
Don't Go Into The Woods
Among Dead Men
Cheerleader Death Squad
Friday, May 4, 2012
Preview: BIG DAY IN - this Saturday 5/50 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 9:52 AM
That's right! It's time for another day of 12 bands, 10+ hours of DIY, all ages awesomeness down at The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave. We've got another killer line-up with some fan favorites and some first time Ithaca appearances.
09:30 Argonauts (NJ/VA)
08:30 Meek is Murder (MetalSucks : Brooklyn, NY)
07:30 Colony (Glory Kid LTD : Hudson Valley, NY)
06:30 Zruda (Atlanta, GA)
05:30 Reckoner (Virginia Beach, VA)
04:40 Ebony Sorrow (Dullest Records : Syracuse, NY)
04:00 Hiroshima Vacation
03:15 Burn Everything (Dullest Records : Rochester, NY)
02:30 Among Dead Men
01:45 Don't Go Into The Woods
01:10 Graupel
12:30 Cheerleader Death Squad
Doors at noon. All ages. $5.
Headlining are the still very new ARGONAUTS, a quartet comprised of season metal and hardcore veterans Chris Alfano (vocals), guitarist John Adubato (Burnt by the Sun), bassist Brett Bamberger (East of the Wall, ex- The Postman Syndrome), and underground drumming ledgend, Dave Witte (Municipal Waste, Discordance Axis, Melt-Banana, etc). If you like seeing world-class musicians aiming to rewrite the lines of heavy music, unconcerned with limitation or agenda. Demo coming soon. Check out a sneak peak here.
MEEK IS MURDER: A maelstrom of noise through a brutal and spastic blend of grind, metal, and hardcore. "Algorithms" (recorded by Kurt Ballou of Converge), "88 MPH" concept cassette available on the road. Live footage here.
COLONY: Ultra-heavy blend of hardcore/punk/doom metal/sludge.
ZRUDA: Ex-Gaylord + Lazer/Wulf members crafting mechanical, doom-funk, synth metal shred-wraith.
RECKONER: Refreshingly atypical blend of hardcore and metal. Chaotic, ferocious, and featuring members of Fjord and The End of the Universe.
EBONY SORROW: A hybrid of black metal, gurgle blast, and punk rock poised against racism, homophobia and other forms of hatred.
HIROSHIMA VACATION: Local brothers ripping grind apart with lots of new recordings coming very soon... Live footage available here.
BURN EVERYTHING: Chaotic blend of grind, hardcore, mathcore, and metal who have been on everyone's unsigned hotlist for some time. Check out tracks from their 7" Dullest Records debut.
AMONG DEAD MEN: Local dual vocal metalcore/deathcore attack! Info here.
DON'T GO INTO THE WOODS: Local blacked punk metal trio.
GRAUPEL: NEW local jazzy, punky, mathy quartet. Live footage here.
CHEERLEADER DEATH SQUAD: local noise-punk trio. Live footage here.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Meet The Band: Argonauts (BIG DAY IN)0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 12:24 PM
Argonauts was formed when Dave and John, who both used to play in Burnt By The Sun, decided to get back together and start writing music again. Brett got involved shortly afterwards and Chris joined the band in late 2011, after original vocalist Dimitri Minikakis left to the group. We're all about great beer, great food, great music, great friends, and great times. We haven't released any music yet, but a demo should be online very soon, and we're hoping to record a full-length record in the near future.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Meet The Band: Ebony Sorrow (BIG DAY IN)0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 9:18 PM
Band Name: Ebony Sorrow
Location: Syracuse, NY
Formed: 2000, then in 2004 we were forced to go on hiatus when some asshole broke into our practice spaceand stole almost all of our equipment. In 2009 we got back together and have been pushing the envelope forward ever since.
Members: John Bukowski, Ron Seoane, Jay Bailey, Matt Calabrese
Releases: 2001 Demo (long out of print), "The Arrival" EP (long out of print), "Narcotic Funeral" demo, "A Grimoire Of Depravity" EP (Dullest Records)
Tell us about yourselves!
We play a hybrid of black metal, gurgle blast, and punk rock. Lyrically, we take a stand not against a deity, but the assholes who claim to represent them. Taking a stand against racism, homophobia and other forms of hatred (most of which root back to religious beliefs).
Matt Calabrese, drums, also plays in a progressive sludge band called AIIA.
Jay Bailey has a million projects. He plays guitar for Architect, How To Disappear Completely, and his solo project Nothing. He also runs WAAV studios here in Syracuse.
John stresses himself out on a daily basis promoting shows and paying a mortgage on a minimum wage job.
Ron is the messiah and knows the answer to everything in life.
Catch Ebony Sorrow live at BIG DAY IN on Saturday, May 5 with Argonauts, Meek is Murder, Colony, Zruda, Reckoner, Burn Everything, and many more. 12 bands from noon til 10PM. $5 ALL AGES at The Haunt.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Upcoming show: Weedeater / ASG / Cough - Monday, 4/230 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 11:30 AM
Get ready for probably the best heavy tour we've brought through Ithaca thus far! We really could not be more stoked on this show and highly recommend you all join us for a Monday night hang. Vids from the bands below.
The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca, NY 14850. All ages. Doors at 7PM. $10 through Sunday night here or $14 at the door day of.
Live Video: Mylets, Bangladeafy!, Math The Band0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 11:16 AM
We're a bit backed up with all the amazing live footage our pal Lanny has been taking, but here's the first three hot out of the oven! Mylets doing a sick Battles cover, Bangladeafy! ripping it, and Math The Band going wild as always. Check it.
Math The Band
Lots more to come...
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Live Video: Many Arms, The Invisible Hand0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 4:44 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out on Sunday. You all looked great and made us very proud. Most everyone was well behaved, though Johnny could have left the beard at home. Enough inside jokes though. Check out this mind-melter off the new Many Arms release "Beyond Territories" off their self-titled debut on Tzadik.
Apologies for needing to split the final minute into another track. Batteries were nearly dead and if it dies mid-record, the 14 mins prior disappear. Better safe. Click read more for part 2 and some acoustic bits from The Invisible Hand.
Many Arms - Beyond Territories pt1
Meet The Band: Contradictator0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 4:43 PM
Location: Cornell, Ithaca
Formed: March, 2011
Lanny Huang-Lead Vox, guitar
William Blessing-Backing Vox, Bass, Keys
Kyle Walsh - Drums
Releases: Not much to speak of
Tell us about yourselves!
Contradictator formed after Lanny completed the February album writing month challenge in 2011. Inundated with new material, he got together William and Kyle to start playing shows.
Fun fact, none of us like the same music. Kyle's a Phish-head, William has an affinity for some classic rock and Frank Zappa, and Lanny likes all iterations of indie-pop, and Jack White
We do however all like internet sensations Pomplamoose as well as Radiohead.
The band is exactly half asian and half white. Kyle always forgets to bring some piece of his drum set to gigs. Lanny once played a show 2 days after having an appendectomy high on pain killers. William has competed in state-level chorus competitions and sings a wicked falsetto, he cannot, however, do punk rock yelling which Lanny does almost exclusively, hearing them sing together is pretty odd.
We're all incredibly excited to be playing our first IU show with Math the Band! They're really awesome. After that we'll be taking a break for a little while as summer tends to disrupt college bands, and Lanny won't be returning to Cornell next semester. But we do look forward to releasing an EP of sorts for the record.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Upcoming: Many Arms - April 8th0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 9:45 PM
That's right! After two and a half years in the making, Phily/Queens trio MANY ARMS return to Ithaca, NY this Sunday for an all ages romp with locals Phorke and The Invisible Hand (who will be performing a special semi-acoustic set).
What have the MA three been up to since we last left them? Well, they've been some busy beavers to say the least, releasing "Ocean Of Snakes" and "Missing Time" in 2010.
Towards the end of 2011 the fruits of their touring and recording labors paid off with a thumbs up from John Zorn's Tzadik imprint and subsequent release of their latest, a self-titled effort, which just saw the first light of day in March of this fine year of 2012. The reviews? It's a scorcher! Check out the 13 minute preview track here.
So, get ready for a solid set of loud, aggressive blend of punk and free jazz, tied together with compositions that twist and turn through angular unison melodies and complex rhythmic vamps. Yeah!
Ithaca Underground presents:
Many Arms (Tzadik : Philadelphia/NYC)
+ Phorke and The Invisible Hand (acoustic)
Sunday, April 8th
Silent City Distro / Tompkins County Workers' Center
115 E. Martin Luther King Jr. St. / The Commons
Ithaca, NY 14850
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Meet The Band: Arvid Noe0 comments Posted by Bubba Crumrine at 12:42 PM
Band Name: Arvid Noe
Location: Straight out of Allston, MA
Formed: 2010
Members: Alek & Luke on guitar, Zach on drums...we all sing.
Releases: We have fairly outdated recordings on our bandcamp at: http://arvidnoe.bandcamp.com/
BUT -Hopefully, by the time you read this, we will have two new rough mixes of the recordings we've been working on to have for this tour. They are exciting.
What else? Anything we can say Jimmy Page and William Burroughs did better: http://www.arthurmag.com/2007/12/05/willima-burroughs-onled-zeppelin/
Don't miss Arvid Noe live at The Space @ GreenStar on Thursday, March 26th with The Yeomen and StageFright. 8PM $5 ALL AGES. 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca, NY 14850.


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This great Mickey Mouse-like band member is from a set that has always had a special place in my thinking. The design with the JOL-creature playing a horn was the first German diecut I ever purchased, subsequently upgraded several times. I was in Seattle, shopping at a long-defunct shop called Antiques Bela V. I asked the owner if she had any Halloween and she looked at me as if I was crazy. (This was early September of 1989. Back then, dealers didn't put out their Halloween wares until mid-October.) The set is a great one to have and this example looks to be in tip-top condition. If you love diecuts, snap this one up!
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I am not epic./
At the risk of sounding like a snark (which I am, so I guess that's fair), this rampant use of the word epic is starting to grate.
Probably I've just spent too much time on the Internet. If you keep clicking all the links of here is how to become amazing at writing ... well, you hear a lot of advice about being epic.
Make it epic. Write at an epic level. It needs to be epic.
And I kept nodding while reading this, yes, yes, yes, I want to write something EPIC. But today I snapped or maybe just got tired.
I know we need an all-purpose word to capture amazing/rad/fantastic/awesome, and since it's all purpose, we go through it really fast. Use it a bunch, wear it out, toss it, and find a new one. The word life cycle: I am familiar with you.
But all this hype about becoming epic, becoming legendary... it's a little wearing?
So I want to bellow back at these articles, something like, I sing of the rage of Achilles!! And then I'll blabber about gods and monsters and heroes, about metamorphoses and ill-fated love stories, and then I'll make up a joke about a satyr.
Pfft. Satyrs.
All this to say, at the moment I am profoundly ordinary.
The draft (at 39,600 words) isn't quite at the slog stage, but ... slog threatens. The mad dash through the opening chapters has turned into more of a trudge. It's just plain old hard work, that's all, unraveling that skein of story every day, hoping I don't find a knot, a snarl, a fray, a break.
Okay. Here's the honest truth. I have no idea what happens next.
I've hassled my poor cast of characters through a fair series of early obstacles, and it's time for them to catch their breath--just long enough to hear how the stakes are higher than they knew, their enemy stronger, and their time to act shorter.
And then I'll catapult them into . . .
Into . . .
The unepic writer scratches her head, wanders around her house, thinks about the laundry, and eats an apple. Thinks about those villains, and tries to chew more menacingly.
I know there will be a mystery person in the next chapter or two. And I know there will be something of a prison break at the midpoint of the story.
Prison break? I'm going to write about a prison break. Never mind that I wouldn't be able to break my own self out of a locked closet if I needed to.
Oh, and the climax of the whole story? Yeah. Complete mystery to me. Ditto the ending.
I am trying to remember that I knew this was coming. The wide blank howling fields of I have no idea what I'm doing. I'm remembering that my job is to just show up. To lighten my grip.
So I'm not hyperventilating. I'm just a little edgy. And anyone who screeches GO BE EPIC is asking for a cool reply involving centaurs.
The one good thing? Even though I've no clue what happens next in my story, my imagination is still firing on all cylinders. I keep seeing things that aren't actually there.
The lynx slinking across the street. A picture of buildings turned into a boy alone at a train station, a wall of raincoats behind him. I keep seeing shadowy shapes walking past my window. Little things flitting past at the edges of sight. I hear phantom footsteps all through the house.
If I wasn't actively drafting, this kind of thing would make me dial an emergency number or two. But for now, it means that my writerly brain is still churning up images, tossing out ideas, sparking new scenarios. Twisting what it sees into something intriguing.
So I'll show up. And I'll keep going.
And write my way forward, one ordinary word at a time.


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By Aria Jochnau
On Friday, January 19, twenty-three students from sixth through eighth grade participated in the annual Geography Bee. Participants were asked both multiple choice and non-multiple choice questions from the following geography related topics: State Savvy, History Happens, Ocean Wonders, Weird but True, World of Science, Odd One Out, and Culture Connection. Questions started off easy but increased in difficulty as the competition went on. Each student was able to miss a question and continue on in the competition, but after their second error, they were eliminated. After about an hour and half of answering questions, Emily Wang from 7A, won the title of the 2017 Geography Bee champion. The runners-up were Tommy Lai and Michael Lewinbuck. The tie-breaker round resulted in Tommy Lai being chosen as an alternate if Emily Wang is not able to compete in the next round.
Mini Quiz: These were a few questions that were asked in the Geography Bee. See if you are able to answer them!
- The Azores are a group of volcanic islands that lie west of Portugal in which ocean?
- The world's longest golf course is 848 miles long and spans two time zones. This golf course is located in the Nullarbor Plain near the Great Victoria Desert on which continent?
- Which country is not a major producer of natural rubber – Malaysia, Thailand, or Yemen?
|Answers: 1. Atlantic Ocean 2. Australia
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Quad-core smartphones don't sound too exciting now because they have already been showcased around by the tech companies during this year. However, Nvidia intends to ramp up the quad-core excitement and has plans of having launched up to 30 quad-core phones before the year 2012 expires.
These ambitious plans were unveiled by Nvidia's General Manager Mike Rayfield during the annual investor meeting of Nvidia. While quad-core phones are already available, the fact remains that smartphone vendors are facing a tough time trying to keep slim while using quad-core processors. Compared to a dual-core processor, the contemporary standard in most widely-used smartphones, a quad-core processor will require more power as well as more space.
Moreover, dual-core phones aren't 'out-of-date' yet. Smartphone users, far and wide through the world, are using dual-core phones and are quiet happy with their speed and efficiency. They may occasionally yearn for a faster device but still, they are not unhappy with the dual-core era.
However, Nvidia's Tegra 3 processors have been touted as highly efficiency and super fast. And therein lies the incentive for smartphone vendors as well as the users. While the currently existing quad-core phones are quite expensive, Nvidia is promising that it will be able to make the upcoming quad-core phones available under $300. That can be a huge step forward for the quad-core revolution.
Nvidia is also trying, at the same time, to procure competitive pieces to go with quad-core phones. For instance, the company has now revealed that its LTE mode, Icera 410, has been certified by AT & T while at the same time unveiling yet another LTE modem, Icera 500.
When quad-core devices will be coupled with these LTE modems, Nvidia promises that they will be able to deliver a speed and performance which won't be matched by any other device. The question is, is the Android user base ready and willing for the quad-core phones?
Source: The Verge
Courtesy: CNET
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Script (File)
A script is a chunk of code grouped together in a seperate textfile. This code does a specific task handled by the game engine. The common extensions for scripts are .sqs and .sqf, depending on the used syntax (see below). You can use any text editor like Notepad to edit scripts.
A special kind of a script is a function.
Scripts are mainly used for any game processes where timing is important. They are unlike functions where the result or calculation is important.
Thus scripts can be used for cutscenes, dialogs, radio scripting and much more.
In Operation Flashpoint, scripts are limited to SQS syntax.
In Armed Assault, the already existing SQF syntax was introduced for scripts. SQS syntax is still usable, but is considered deprecated in Armed Assault.
Scripts can be executed from several points in the game:
- Other scripts
- Other functions
- Scripting lines in the Mission Editor
- Event Handlers in addon config files
The commands to execute scripts are:
- exec
- exec starts a thread for a script in SQS syntax.
- execVM (Armed Assault only)
- execVM compiles a script in SQF syntax and starts a thread for it.
- spawn (Armed Assault only)
- spawn starts a thread for compiled Code and returns a script handle.
Note: The following statements do not apply for functions.
Scripts run alongside (parallels) the executing instance in their own threads. That means that the executing instance (i.e. script or function) doesn't wait for the script to end. This means scripts should not be used for code that should return a value used in the calling script. This is done by functions.
Since Armed Assault, scripts return a script handle which you can use to verify whether a script is still running.
Special Variables
_time in both syntax ?
Special Commands
Due to the fact, that calling instances aren't waiting for the scripts to end, scripts can be halted for a custom period of time. There are different methods to do this in SQF syntax (Armed Assault only) and SQS syntax (deprecated since Armed Assault).
SQF syntax
- Delay
- You can set the script to sleep for a number of seconds using the command sleep.
STATEMENT 1; // wait 10 seconds sleep 10; STATEMENT 2;
- Waiting for a condition
- You can set the script to sleep until a specific condition is met using the command waitUntil.
BOOL = false; // wait until BOOL gets true waitUntil BOOL; STATEMENT;
SQS syntax
- Delay
- You can set the script to sleep for a number of seconds by introducing a line with ~, followed by the number of seconds.
STATEMENT 1 ; wait 10 seconds ~10 STATEMENT 2
- Waiting for a condition
- You can set the script to sleep until a condition is met by introducing a line with @, followed by the condition.
BOOL = false ; wait until BOOL gets true @BOOL STATEMENT
- Waiting for a time
- You can set the script to sleep until a time (number of seconds since the beginning of the script) is met by introducing a line with &, followed by the time.
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This morning when I woke up, hubs and I sang "Happy Birthday" to him, and he got so excited. He started frollicing on our down comforter as if he was jumping for joy in the clouds. It was soooo cute.
Here are some pics of my sweet little guy. I have a lot of pictures of him, but it would take me forever to put them on here. Enjoy :)
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In the jungle that is sports fandom, it is a signal of great regard. Call it a cross-tribal salute.
Sometimes, David Wright told The Post recently, he'll be walking on the streets of Manhattan, get approached by a person and hear something like this: "Hey, I hate the Mets. I root against you. But I respect the way that you play. I enjoy watching you play."
Yes, the begrudging respect from a Yankees fan. Out in public, even.
"That's a pretty tremendous compliment," the Mets' captain said. "I think there's an attachment where, obviously with Mets fans, I've been through the ups and downs of putting on this uniform every day. I can relate to them on that level.
"And then, on a New York sports perspective, I've been here long enough. New York is like a second home to me."
On July 21, Wright will mark the 10th anniversary of his major-league debut. So the timing seems right for the mantle he's set to inherit at the end of this season, once his Yankees counterpart Derek Jeter retires.
Is there any doubt that, upon Jeter's departure from the stage, Wright will become the face of New York baseball?
"I would have to say he and Derek are the face of baseball in New York City," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "I think that's a fair explanation of it. David Wright, when you're around him, you'll have the same feeling. This guy plays the game right. He prepares himself as well as anybody you've been around. And all he does is put up All-Star numbers. He certainly deserves that title."
"He's ready to slide on in," said Cliff Floyd, Wright's Mets teammate from 2004 through 2006.
"That's undeserved, for everything that Derek has accomplished, both individually and as a team," Wright said. "It's not even a fair comparison to him for the amazing career that he's had. Just to be even mentioned in the same sentence as him is an honor."
Eh. Consider that, 9¹/₂ years into his career, Wright has 1,558 hits, 222 home runs and, per Baseball-Reference.com's measure, 46.6 wins above replacement. Nine-plus years into his career, Jeter had 1,734 hits, 150 home runs and 44.6 WAR. The biggest difference comes in World Series rings at their respective junctures — four for Jeter, none for Wright — and no one will blame Wright for that disparity.
Indeed, most people find themselves quite comfortable making the connection between Jeter and Wright. Braves center fielder B.J. Upton grew up alongside Wright in Virginia and was the first high-profile young player to wear No. 2 in Jeter's honor, while playing in the minor leagues in 2003.
Asked what similarities he sees between Jeter and Wright, Upton said, "Just the way they carry themselves. I think playing in New York, it's a lot easier to get caught in the media. To get caught into doing so many things. For both of them to play for so long and not get involved with any of that says a lot about their character. That's what it takes. Hats off to them for being able to do that."
Wright and Upton were playing each other in Norfolk, Va. on July 20, 2004 — Upton was on the Rays' Triple-A affiliate Durham, and Wright played for the Mets' Norfolk outpost — when Mets minor-league manager John Stearns informed Wright of his immediate promotion. Wright can remember virtually every detail of the hectic next 24 hours that culminated with an 0-for-4 showing against the Montreal Expos at Shea Stadium (the Mets still won, 5-4): The 10 a.m. flight from Norfolk to LaGuardia; a quick stop at the airport hotel to drop off his stuff; his first visit to the Shea Stadium home clubhouse.
Floyd, who hit fourth for the Mets that day (Wright hit seventh), said that even then, "I knew he had the makeup of a guy [who could be a franchise player]. He had the right mindset. Plus, he hit the ball to the opposite field a lot. That was a good sign."
Moreover, Floyd said, "Let's be honest: He's a really good-looking guy."
Now committed to the Mets through 2020, Wright declined to reflect on what he has accomplished to get to this point.
"The game finds a way to humble you," he said. "Hopefully, there are some good things, when I'm done playing, that I'll be able to look back on and be like, 'You know what?' Pat myself on the back then.
"It's just impossible, in my opinion, to sit back and try to enjoy what's been in the past. Every day, it's kind of like you have to be mentally prepared for that day. It doesn't work if you sit there and you're still pumped up about getting hits the night before because you won't be prepared for that day."
Miami Heat superstar LeBron James celebrated his 10th professional anniversary on Oct. 29, 2013, and he noted to GQ that he'd probably play another 10 years. I asked Wright if he held a similar timeline.
"Not really," the 31-year-old said. "I'd like to play for as long as I feel like I'm playing at a high level. I think everybody kind of says that. But the last thing I want to do is feel like I can still do something and my body's just not allowing me to do it. I still feel like that's a long ways down the road."
The immediate change will come next year, when Jeter is gone and Wright hopes that the Mets are ready to take a competitive leap. For sure, Wright will represent something bigger and deeper. He will be king of baseball's toughest jungle.


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Cumbrian church site identified as first African settlement in Britain
A north Cumbrian church has been identified as being on the site of the first ever recorded settlement of African people in Britain.
This week a film crew working on a new BBC historical series, A Black History of Britain, visited St Michael's, Burgh-by-Sands to shoot the unveiling of a special commemorative plaque.
It follows the discovery in 1934 of a stone in Beaumont which recorded North African troops as part of the garrison of the Roman fort of Aballava in the third century. St Michael's was later built on the site.
An inscription on the plaque reads: "The first recorded African community in Britain guarded a Roman fort on this site. 3rd century AD. A BBC History Project."
On Tuesday, film crew members spent nearly 12 hours at the site and joined members of the congregation, representatives of the North East of England African Community Association and local residents and school children for the unveiling.
The Rev'd Tudor Boddam-Whetham, Priest-in-Charge, said: "We were blessed to be able to film on such a lovely day which showcased our village and church beautifully. In fact it was probably a bit too hot for some!
"This celebration of the first black community known of in Britain is witness to our inclusive, multi-cultural past, present and future.
"Here at St Michael's Church, all can worship Jesus, our creator and eternal King, who was born as a Jew to save people from all nations.
"So it is very fitting that here, where soldiers from many nations were stationed, we continue to warmly welcome thousands of visitors each year from all around the world, and this plaque and the publicity around it will, we hope, bring even more to enjoy that history, and the church's welcome."
The filming will feature in the new four-part series, presented by BAFTA-winning historian and broadcaster David Olusoga, and which will be broadcast on BBC Two later this year. It explores how Africa and its people helped shape Britain.
As well as filming the plaque being attached to the church railings, the crew also used a drone for aerial shots of fields around the site. A second identical plaque was also installed in the church tower.
Carolyne Baines, churchwarden at St Michael's, said: "It was wonderful to see so many different groups gathered together to mark this event.
"In particular it was lovely to see Year five and six pupils from Burgh-by-Sands Primary able to show to all those there, artwork of what they thought their village may have looked like in the third century.
"There was a wonderful buzz of excitement on the day. We now look forward to seeing our village and church feature when A Black History of Britain is broadcast in November."
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Mom guilt.Each of us has it to varying degrees, but we all have it.... likely oscillating between a soft whisper and a loud, CANNOT-BE-IGNORED yell from time to time. Hopefully those loud moments are few and far between and we can ignore the whispers most.
Since FrenchFry was born two and a half years ago, my particular brand of mom guilt has centered around sending him to daycare (read: abandoning my poor child) and killing myself over pumping issues to make sure I never had to supplement breast milk. (Not that there is anything wrong with using formula but, again, we are talking about my particular brand of mom guilt and I think breastfeeding became a non-negotiable for me because of guilt around going back to work). There is also the guilt I feel when I don't want to play a game or read a book for the 15th time and really just want to pawn off bedtime on my husband and binge watch Netflix or bad reality TV. I mean... I feel the guilt... but will still do it, of course.
But those more recent sources of mom guilt have overshadowed my previous incarnations and I had almost forgotten how early mom guilt really starts. Now that I'm pregnant again I'm reminded how soon mom guilt starts to creep in. It can happen even before you are pregnant.
Pre-Conception Guilt: It's real.How many of us wish we had lost more weight before getting pregnant? And not just because of the weight we will gain, but to make sure we are as healthy as possible for the pregnancy. This time around I started pregnancy 20 pounds heavier than when I got pregnant with FrenchFry. I just couldn't lose most of the baby weight with him. I nursed him until I was in my second trimester with this pregnancy and I'm still holding out hope that nursing was what kept me from losing the weight. So... I guess we'll find out the answer to that in about 3 years if nursing Tater Tot ends up being much the same? No matter what the reason was, I definitely felt guilty coming into this pregnancy not as healthy as I wish that I were. The guilt: it's there and it's real.
Pregnancy Guilt: 9 months of second guessing everything you do.Much of pregnancy is filled with rules and restrictions on what you should eat and drink. There are also activity restrictions, lots of conflicting advice, old wives tales, and sometimes straight-up shaming.
I remember when I was pregnant the first time and a (sort of ridiculous) friend of mine was saying that you only need an extra 300 calories per day when pregnant in a judgy of the "eating for two" theory on eating during pregnancy. It wasn't the judginess about over-eating so much as when she said "a cup of blueberries is 100 calories." (Cue the sound of my head getting ready to explode.)
Yes... let's judge pregnant women for eating too many blueberries. Grr...
At the time I was in the fun queasy all the time and nothing except carbs or cheesy carbs could be eaten stage. And I was particularly proud of myself because after I would settle my stomach with crackers or mashed potatoes just to get something down and keep myself from not feeling like I was going to puke for 45 minutes or so, I would shove a bunch of blueberries in my mouth and feel good about myself for actually eating something with some nutrients in it.
Yes, of course you should try to eat healthy, nutritious foods while pregnant (and always) but the shaming and the guilt is a bit too much sometimes. As I write this, my Facebook news feed is filled with versions of (this) article saying "nearly half of pregnant women gain too much weight." Cue more guilt.
Childbirth Guilt: This is the guilt that you get to feel guilty about having at all.Personally I dealt with a lot of guilt around FrenchFry's birth. It's enough to explore in a separate blog post, and I probably do need to revisit my feelings about his birth before I give birth to TaterTot.
Don't get me wrong, things turned out fine: FrenchFry was healthy, and I was able to have a vaginal birth. But there were a few very scary moments when both FrenchFry and I went into distress and whether or not it was true, I blamed myself. Going into his birth I wanted to avoid interventions and medication if possible. Not because I'm some warrior woman, but because I worried that interventions would lead to more interventions. And once I did get the epidural with FrenchFry, that is when those scary, tense moments happened.
But childbirth guilt is one that can cause you even more guilt for having those feelings. I walked away from a healthy pregnancy and birth with a healthy baby. Not everyone is as lucky as I was, so how can I even feel regret or express anything resembling a complaint about my experience? Interventions may or may not lead to more interventions, but in this case guilt does lead to more guilt.
Now That They Are Here Guilt: The guilt that keeps on giving.As I mentioned, daycare and breastfeeding have been my biggest two sources of mom guilt since FrenchFry was born. Of course they are not the only sources... once our kids are here the sources for guilty are endless. And each new phase and milestone your child goes through brings new and different potential sources of mom guilt. I usually have an amazing amount of patience for FrenchFry given my total lack of patience in every other aspect of my life... but sometimes it's just too much. One morning this week, after having woken up in the middle of the night realizing I had forgotten to prepare for an important work presentation, I hit levels of stress and impatience with FrenchFry and our dog (sorry, Nola dog) that I feel pretty awful about.
But it happens.
We lose our patience. We put our kids in daycare. We work too late too often. We look at our phones too often when we are with our kids. We let the dishes and laundry pile up. We forget to tell our partners thank you.
Mom guilt is real... but you aren't the only one. We all feel it. The hope is that it stays at that whisper as much as possible and when it's the loud, can't-be-ignored yell, then hopefully it doesn't last too long and we don't beat ourselves up too much about it. We need to move on.
Recently I saw this quote and it's my new mantra:
|"The very fact that you worry about being a good mom meant that you already are one." - Jodi Picoult


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Hack my water: Tap water & Tap + PUR Mineral filter make me feel unwell. Why? What substances might be causing this? (Would Berkey/PurPro/better filter fix this?)
Created August 14, 2013 at 11:16 PM
I've always found tap water generally unpleasant. I want to hydrate/ find a solution to tasty/healthy/clean-feeling water.
(TL;DR: Tap water tastes bad. Mineral "(filtered over minerals for a clean, crisp taste") PUR filter + tap water tastes bad.
Feel ill when drinking either. Drink bottled water because hydration is so crucial.
Chlorine sensitivity to water vapors when bathing.
Would $200 PurPro [essentially Berkey filter made completely of stainless steel] be worth it/fix problem? Any ideas re: why the water makes me feel ill?)
Faucet in home may have a dirty spout (from various debris/moldy/dirty things being washed in it before). Its water tastes very bad -- like dirt or unclean things are mixed into it. Not quite bitter, and somewhat reminiscent of the smell of gasoline in a gas station, but in taste.
I purchased a $25 PUR faucet filter, "filtered over minerals for a clean, crisp taste" recently to mitigate necessity to buy bottle water/drink water elsewhere.
The water tastes... slightly better but very... bitter or raw. In hindsight, the taste somewhat reminds me of trace mineral supplements but strengthened ten- or a hundred-fold.
It also makes me feel ill if I attempt to drink approx. 8 oz./15-60 mins.
I have been considering purchasing a PurPro water filter (appears high-quality, filters fluoride, heavy metals, toxins; metallic countertop cylinder filter made of stainless steel) for a long time. It appears to essentially be like a Berkey water filter but all stainless/metallic, for those familiar with Berkeys.
But, I don't know why the tap/PUR filtered tap make me feel ill and bottled water generally doesn't.
I have experienced similar effects (feeling ill) with Fiji bottled water. I am also generally sensitive to chemical presences and find bathing water (especially hot) unpleasant/head-dizzying, presumably from chlorine or other byproducts of chlorine. (The water comes out whitish, though the symptoms could be from something else.)
Why do you think I am feeling ill from the tap/tap & PUR mineral filter's water? Is it the additional minerals?
Should I try a plain PUR filter? Would a PurPro filter fix the "ill" feeling and taste?
Any input, speculation, or other would be very much welcomed & appreciated.
Thank you!
[Edit: I will attempt to post links to the PUR filter & PurPro filter's analyses/specifications for easier analysis, but I'm posting from a limited interface and may be unable to. Feel free to edit in links if you can. Thank you!]
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on August 16, 2013
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on September 12, 2013
at 09:29 PM
Well for the shower issue, what I would suggest getting is a shower filter, as in a hot shower with the steam, the chlorine changes to a gas, and turns to chloroform, a highly toxic chemical, which can cause dizziness. As for the drinking water, the water filter you are using is most likely using synthetic minerals (man-made) which cannot be absorbed by the body, so it actually fights it, and if the water is acidic, the body has to fight this as well to neutralize it to bring it to an alkaline level. If you want some good, clean, and safe water, I would suggest a reverse osmosis water purification system instead of spending the $200 on another water filter. You can easily get a reverse osmosis system for under $200. I got one from Aquasafe Systems for under $200 and these systems remove everything from the water.
on November 14, 2014
at 09:54 PM
I know your comment is old, but it's so stupid that I have to respond. So I am responding to the misinformation you posted.
The chlorine from a hot shower will not turn into chloroform on it's own! It's idiotic that your think it does. Chloroform is made by a chemical reaction from Chlorine and another chemical such as alcohol (ethyl, isopropyl), acetone, etc... Without both there is no chemical reaction and no chloroform.
To add to that there is such a small amount of chlorine in tap water that mixing tap water with one of those alcohols will not produce a noticable effect. You're just a standard crazy and paranoid new-age nut bag.
on August 31, 2013
at 03:18 AM
For the bath water, add 1 gram of Vitamin C powder (or dissolve a tablet), this apparently neutralises both the chlorine and chloramine.
Sodium Ascorbate or Ascorbic Acid will work, not sure about other forms of Vit C, you may need to research a bit, you can start here, http://chriskresser.com/is-your-daily-shower-making-you-sick
on August 16, 2013
at 06:38 PM
(Edit: It appears this question may have gotten buried in a recent onslaught of spam. Any insight at all would be greatly appreciated, as the hydration issue with my wonky tap is (literally) kind of killing me. :-)


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Young 'living fossil' fish filmed
Japanese researchers have filmed a young coelacanth — a rare fish known as a "living fossil" — deep in the ocean off Indonesia.
The newborn fish was found at a depth of 161 metres off Sulawesi Island in Manado Bay on Oct. 6.
Indonesian fishermen first caught a coelacanth in the bay in 1997.
The video released by marine researchers at Aquamarine Fukushima, an aquarium near Tokyo, shows a blue fish with white spots, 31.5 centimetres long, swimming among the rocks.
The coelacanth was known only from fossils before 1938, when the first living member of the species was found in the Indian Ocean off southeastern Africa.
DNA analysis of African and Indonesian coelacanths revealed that they are separate species.
The fish hasn't changed much in 400 million years. Before living coelacanths were found, they were thought to have gone extinct about 80 million years ago.


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