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Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), also known as "Scotty Moorhead", was an American singer-songwriter.
From Interviews[edit]
- New York Newsday said I was stealing from the black man, and I was failing at it whereas Michael Bolton was succeeding. So fuck 'em.
- New Jersey Beat Magazine, 1993 [specific citation needed]
- Everything I ever projected New York to be, it was—even the stinky, ratty, vomity part of it. Everybody has to do the subway. Everybody has to smell the same smells. And people get mad all the time. When people don't like something, like 'Get out of my way you blah, blah, blah.' But [in L.A.] it's like, 'How ya doing? Let's do lunch! I love you!'
- KCRW – Man In The Moon (January 4, 1994)
RR: Whenever I've seen you play here in New York at Sin-é or Fez, people sit there mesmerized.
JB: People weren't into it at first. I had to fight to be heard. Then I had to stop fighting. Whole months would go by where people would just be talking. I even got a headache from a performance one time.
RR: What changed?
JB: I learned how to use everything in the room as the music. A tune has to resonate with whatever is happening around it. So if people are talking, I let them talk. That just means they're part of the music. I even had to learn the noise the dishwasher makes at this little cafe; I had to play in B-flat, or it wouldn't sound right.
RR: I want to talk about another Michael. I read a review that compared your recent EP, Live at Sin-é, with Michael Bolton's new record.
JB: Oh, my God! Oh, shit, that's really disgusting!
RR: It gets worse. They said he has succeeded in taking from the tradition of African American soul and blues singers in a way that you have miserably failed.
JB: Really? But the thing is, I'm not taking from that tradition. I don't want to be black. Michael Bolton desperately wants to be black, black, black. He also sucks.
- Interview Magazine, February 1994
AV: You grew up in Riverside, California, what was that like?
JB: From womb to tomb, it's thug country. I'm amazed that I had any friends at all. People grow up repressed from the spirit, day by day by day. Cable TV, it's fucked. It's misogyny, it's birth, death, work, it's misery, it's power. It's fuckin' hicks. And that's what I grew up with. I was rootless trailer trash. Now I prefer the Lower East Side to any place on the planet. I can be who I am here. I couldn't do it anyplace I lived as a child. I never fit in California, even though my roots are there.
- Why do they always show Christ up there bleeding and dying on the cross? We don't remember John Lennon lying there with a bullet hole in his head. I'm against the arbitrary organization of 'God' as a concept. We should all experience it all individually and purely. I don't agree with the separation of God and the body, I don't believe that we aren't a part of 'it', I don't agree that it's a man. In most religions there's no place for women. There aren't any women in the Holy Trinity and I need that. I love women, I came from a woman.
- B-Side Magazine, October/November 1994
YCDW: What are some of your favorite black and white movies?
JB: Lets see, On the Waterfront, Street Of Crocodiles, Brothers Quay films, American Milan, and Notorious—which I absolutely adore.
YCDW: What kind of music are you listening to now when you get a chance?
JB: Well, today I did James Brown's 'Live In Paris' and then I did 'Trompe le Monde' by the Pixies. It really depends on what I have with me. I carry Patti Smith with me. Anything with soul for the moment to it. We stopped at a truck stop and got Truck Stop Comedy and Judas Priest's 'Unleashed in the East.'
YCDW: Do you have any favorite perfumes or scents?
JB: I like essential oils a lot. Tunisian sandalwood and myrrh are my current favorites.
- You Could Do Worse Zine, #3
- Dylan and Leonard Cohen and Patti Smith, all dark, all romantic. When I say "romantic," I mean a sensibility that sees everything, and has to express everything, and still doesn't know what the fuck it is, it hurts that bad. It just madly tries to speak whatever it feels, and that can mean vast things. That sort of mentality can turn a sun-kissed orange into a flaming meteorite, and make it sound like that in a song.
- Double Take (February 29, 1996)
"This is a song about, it's and angry song. Life is too short and too complicated for people behind desks and people behind masks to be ruining other peoples lives, initiating force against other peoples lives on the basis of their income, their color, their class, their religious beliefs, their whatever. Aaahh"
- Before Life Eternal - Live at Sin-e[specific citation needed]
From Live in Chicago DVD[edit]
- Fuck off! Just fuck off!
- (in response to an audience member yelling "Tim Buckley." Jeff followed "fuck off" by adding, "the 60's are bullshit, the 70's almost big big bullshit, 80's... I don't even need to tell you, except for The Smiths maybe. Get out of it! Just get out of it! Shit's happening now, it's all about now, now now now. Bigger, faster, sweatier, skinnier, whiter, blacker, Gracer". Then Jeff goes into playing his song 'Grace'. )
From Grace EPK (Electronic Press Kit)[edit]
- That's what I wanted to do. You know, 2 hours. It's like long-distance running or playing in a football game when you totally run out of steam and the moves you make after you run out of steam, because you're totally unselfconscious, you're not even thinking about the mechanics anymore. The moves you make then are incredible.
- The only goal is in the process. The process is the thing…with little flashes of light here and there. Those are the gigs, those are the live shows. But it's the life in between—that's all I got.
- And what do I want people to get from the music? Whatever they want. Whatever you like. Somebody asked me what I wanted to do. I just said I wanted to…just to give back to it what it's given me. And to meet all the other people that are doing it…just to be in the world, really.
- Interviewer: "So Jeff, what are your main musical influences?" Jeff (after a long pause): "Love, anger, depression, joy and dreams. ...And Zeppelin. Totally."
About Jeff Buckley[edit]
- Technically he was the best singer that appeared, that had appeared, probably, I'm not being too liberal about this if I say in two decades. I started to play Grace constantly, constantly and the more, the more I listened to the album, the more, the more I heard -- the more I appreciated of Jeff and Jeff's talents and Jeff's total ability to which he was just a wizard and it was close to being my favorite album of the decade. We actually made a point of going to hear him play and seeing and it was absolutely scary. One of the things is a little frightening was that I was convinced that he probably did things in tunings and he didn't. He was doing things in standard tuning. I thought, oh gee he really is clever isn't he ? He quite clearly had his feet on the ground and he said his imagination was flying, flying way, way out there, beyond, beyond. Jeff Buckley was one of the greatest losses of all.
- Jimmy Page – Guitarist from Led Zeppelin/The Yardbirds/solo from the BBC Documentary "Everybody Here Wants You"
- The album that I've been listening to for the last 18 months is Grace by Jeff Buckley. He is a great, great singer. He has such an emotional range, doing songs by Benjamin Britten and Leonard Cohen as well as his own - such technique and command. When the Page/Plant tour hit Australia, we saw them and we were knocked out. It was very moving. Someone heckled him from the audience - 'Stop playing that heavy stuff!' - but he made the perfect reply: 'Music should be like making love - sometimes you want it soft and tender, other times you want it hard and aggressive.' I felt he paid us a great compliment with his music in that style.
- Jimmy Page – Guitarist from Led Zeppelin/The Yardbirds/solo from Mojo Magazine, January 1997
- He quite clearly had his feet on the ground and his head and his imagination was flying way, way out there, beyond, beyond.
- Jimmy Page – Guitarist from Led Zeppelin/The Yardbirds/solo from the BBC Documentary "Everybody Here Wants You"
- We were talking earlier about lyrics and beautiful lyrics. That particular period that we've been dwelling upon this evening, partly and in fact definitely was a time for prolific writing. Recently, not too long ago we lost one of the better, most beautiful caucasian singers, Jeff Buckley, sadly, way, way out to lose such a talent and such a heart.
- Robert Plant Singer from Led Zeppelin/The Honeydrippers/Page & Plant/Strange Sensation, Band of Joy/solo from VH1 Storytellers, June 2002
- You mentioned two spectacular vocalists there (Jeff Buckley and Freddie Mercury) I mean, both of whom had much better chops than me. I mean real great, great singers. Jeff Buckley's voice. I was playing with Jimmy in the mid 90s when we were working with an Egyptian ensemble and we played a festival in Switzerland and Jeff Buckley was playing and we went to see him and it was mind altering, his voice. Spectacular singing and so much conviction.
- Robert Plant Singer from Led Zeppelin/The Honeydrippers/Page & Plant/Strange Sensation, Band of Joy/solo from Q TV, October 2010
- On the subject of dedication to a craft in addition talent, I was and especially the singing, were so original, so powerful, and so accomplished, that the tragedy of his loss, after making only the one record (though a flood of demos and live recordings was released in his wake), seemed ever more poignant. It was clear to me that Jeff Buckley had been one of the few Great Ones, a one-in-a-billion talent, a true voice of his generation, and at thirty, he had hardly begun. Whatever is left behind in the passing of a rare talent, so much is always lost.
- Neil Peart drummer from Rush from the book, Traveling Music: Play Back the Soundtrack to My Life and Times.
- I was just doing whatever I could, you know. And then I had a delivery job at a place, and then the guy that I was doing that with, he was a wicked bass player, and he was teaching at MI (Musicians Institute), and one of his students was Jeff Buckley or something (Interviewer: "Really?!")...so then me and him, and Jeff Buckley, we had a country band together (Interviewer: "You did?!"). Jeff was rad, man. He was a great brother, man. I hung out with him a lot, and then...dude, I'll never forget, like, when we were in that band, though, man, he came in with this demo, it's like, that he did in his apartment. It was four songs, and three of them were on that Grace record (Interview: "On Grace, yeah."), and he programmed all the drums on a SR 16 Alesis, but he didn't program, he did it with his fingers (Interview: "Like, he played it in real time.")...yeah, dude, I could put that on for you, it will blow, no one has (Interview: "Yeah, let's listen to it, later.")...no one has this. And, dude, I just went, kid, you're going to be a star (both laugh). He would, and also, I would like to say, that guy had like a photographical music memory (Interviewer: "He did?"). After those guys would leave, after rehearsal, man, we would play, like, Zeppelin shit ― In My Time Of Dying, and stuff ― he played every lead, note for note, absolutely perfectly, man (Interviewer: "Wow!"). He was the real deal, man. I've never played with another guitar player that (did that?). (Interviewer: "Yeah, people talk about his vocal powers, but his guitar stylings were amazing!"). Dude, right! When he came out with that Grace record, I remember he came, 'man, this is my record' and I was just like...at first I was just like, what's all this singing shit, dude (Interviewer laughs); where's the guitar playing? I was like bummed...that's how bad of an A&R guy I would have been (both laugh). Pretty fucking funny. (Interview: "You should make a fusion record, bro.") Yeah, right, yeah, come on, dude. God, I was (unintelligible), because I didn't recognize the genius of his voice, but the songwriting I did recognize ― I just went, wow, man ― he was an exceptional talent. I feel very lucky to be able to say, dude, I played with him for a couple of years (Interview: "That's incredible!" [Danny laughs]).
- Danny Carey drummer for Tool, Pigmy Love Circus, Volto!, Zaum, Green Jello, Primus, Legend of the Seagullmen from The Trap Set podcast with Joe Wong, Ep. 221
- Jeff was somebody who would have been one of those people that influenced other singers. He was an amazing singer. I had an idea of what his music meant to people, because he did this amazing thing in such a short period of time. He's going to be the most important artist to so many people throughout their lives. We were really good friends, and as an individual he was different from any other friend I've had. I was looking forward to a long friendship with him. As an artist he was one of the few people, that really inspired me. I was counting on him, to be one of the persons, who would pressure me to move my limits, in many years to come. It's very important to have this kind of challenge, someone, who inspires you to grow with the challenge. That push, to get you to do new things, is very healthy, and Jeff was one of those people, who inspired you to expand your way of thinking, about yourself and music.
- Chris Cornell – Singer/Guitarist from Soundgarden/Audioslave/Temple of the Dog/solo from Jeff Buckley Newsletter, November 5, 1999 (http://www.jeffbuckley.com/newsletter/v1_n7/english/07.html)
- He could have literally been doing anything, musically, that he wanted to do. And I would think of it like I would think of it like Jimi Hendrix, where there's no real way to predict it, because he could have done anything. He had a way of playing the most beautiful songs you've ever heard and singing them, and still with the way that he sang, create a bit of an uncomfortable edge to it if he felt like it. And he did that mostly with his voice.
- Chris Cornell – Singer/Guitarist from Soundgarden/Audioslave/Temple of the Dog/solo from NBC Edgewise Tribute on MSNBC from 1997.
- Kurt was fairly quiet and introverted most of the time. Jeff was the opposite. He was very much full of life and had a lot to say. He was somebody in love with experiencing everything. Within a very short time, he had all these famous old rock stars coming to his shows, which put a lot of pressure on him. People talked about his concerts the way they used to talk about Hendrix. They'd sit there, wide-eyed, telling you stories about him. He definitely had an aura. It's impossible to say what it is exactly a guy like that has, that is so attractive to other people. But he had more of it than anyone I had ever met.
- Chris Cornell – Singer/Guitarist from Soundgarden/Audioslave/Temple of the Dog/solo
- Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, who was a friend of Buckley's, says he possessed a star quality.
"What made him that person? I have no idea. But he was that person," he recalls.
"He was this amazing, unique kind of spirit that everyone was kind of drawn to. He had that quality that superstars have. But he unfortunately didn't live long enough for that to be exposed to everyone."
- Chris Cornell – Singer/Guitarist from Soundgarden/Audioslave/Temple of the Dog/solo
- Both songs are beautiful (Lilac Wine, James Shelton, and Corpus Christi Carol by Benjamin Britten). It's my tribute to Jeff. The record he has left is very emotional, very beautiful. An intriguing work, challenging. Using only his voice, he reaches regions (of) unimaginable feeling. But, while recording the songs he chose for himself, I am not stealing it because they are two very different visions. I think he would approve. I have the impression that Jeff Buckley, although he had a very brief passage through life, has become something like Jimi Hendrix, whose presence remains forever.
- Jeff Beck Guitarist from The Yardbirds/The Jeff Beck Group/The Honeydrippers/Beck. Bogert & Appice/Stevie Ray Vaughan/Big Town Playboys/Upp/Eric Clapton[specific citation needed]
- I think the Jeff Buckley record, Grace, is...it's on my MP3 player (laughs). And it holds up incredibly well.
- David Byrne Singer/Guitarist from Talking Heads from Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Channel 4 (2005)
- People my age all flocked to see Jeff, you know. Because we were so, just to hear that voice again. He would have been so pissed off with it by now. All these old toothless hags hanging around the stage door you know. He was just shit hot, I gotta say.
- Chrissie Hynde from the BBC Documentary "Everybody Here Wants You"
- I hope that people who liked him resist the temptation to turn his life and death into some dumb romantic fantasy--he was so much better than that. Not everyone can get up and sing something they take a liking to and make it their own, sing true to their heart and be curious about all different strains of music. Corpus Christi Carol was a completely conceived interpretation. I'd never heard the piece before and when I heard the original I realised what Jeff had done was even more amazing. He'd taken it into his own world. That's something my favorite classical musicians can do, be themselves but use all that expertise to make the music more beautiful. Jeff did that naturally. Only a handful of people are capable of that. I was amazed when he did meltdown. I asked him what he wanted to sing and he said he'd like to do one of Mahler's Kindertotenlieder in the original German! Absolutely fucking fearless. He was convinced he could sing it without rehearsal, just because he liked it. In the end he did a Purcell song, Dido's Lament, which is in danger of sounding incredibly poignant in retrospect: 'Remember me but forget my fate'. But he also sang Boy With the Thorn In His Side because he liked it, and Grace to show something of himself. When he started singing Dido's Lament at the rehearsal, there were all these classical musicians who could not believe it. Here's a guy shuffling up on-stage and singing a piece of music normally thought to be the property of certain types of specifically developed voice, and he's just singing, not doing it like a party piece, but doing something with it. My last memory of him was at the little party in the green room afterwards. There were all these people sitting round Jeff who'd never met before - Fretwork, the viol group, a classical pianist and some jazz player --all talking and laughing about music. He'd charmed everybody. I'd much rather remember that than anything.
- Elvis Costello from Mojo Magazine, August 1997.
- It's a beautiful record (Grace). The thing that strikes you, I think, most of all, is his voice. I mean, it's a singers record, in my opinion.
- Elvis Costello from VH1 Top 100 Rock Albums | #73 Jeff Buckley - Grace (1994).
- Coming up next is Jeff Buckley. A guy who is not only a great singer and a great player, but at one time was a very nice hotel manager. A lot of people don't realize this, but in about 1985-86, he used to work at the front desk at the Magic Hotel in Los Angeles. And I know because it was a real CD kind of a flophouse for musicians and Jeff worked at the front desk and took a lot of messages from me. So, Jeff, here's to ya.
- Chris Isaak from an intro to a French tv program called, Nulle Part Ailleurs on Canal+, January 1995.
- [On recording Jeff Buckley's, Grace] I really wanted to share this because I felt Anthony Snape did such a great job of this seemingly impossible song to cover; Jeff Buckley's Grace. Jeff was like a comet passing through, and he left his mark forever. He is 'gone too soon,' but through his songs, he lives on.
- Tommy Emmanuel
- GAP: Who is your favorite musical artist?
Brandon Boyd: Jeff Buckley
When he came out everyone was a little afraid to commit. Well not everybody, but a lot of popular artists were afraid to commit completely to what they were doing. They kind of used irony as a sheet around them, kind of protecting them from having to own up to what they said. Not only did he have one of the best voices I have ever heard, he was one hundred percent committed to what he was doing. He was unabashedly romantic in his lyrics and the way he sang. He got some flak for it while he was alive, and it sucks because when someone dies people start to say maybe he was awesome and they begin to analyze it differently. For those reasons, and I can go on forever about the guy. His voice has been influential to a lot of current artists, to people who might not even admit it really. Just his range and where he would even try to go with his voice. The guts to go from one octave to two above. Not a lot of people are doing that...so also his falsetto influence has influenced me as well.
- Brandon Boyd of Incubus from GAP Fall 2005 Backstage Pass "Their Favorite Things" (http://www.gap.com/allaccess/backstage_pass.html)
- The record I would like to talk about today is Grace by Jeff Buckley. There are only a handful of albums that I've ever listened to that have captured me in the way that this album was able to capture me, and actually still holds up so many years after having first heard it. You know, most albums were able to date and over-contextualize and they kind of lose their importance to us over the years, as we grow up and stuff, and there are certain records that aren't able to do that at all and Jeff Buckley's, Grace, is one of them. His voice is...he's the best male singer I have ever heard in my life and he even rivals some female singers; so, check it out.
- Brandon Boyd of Incubus and Sons of the Sea from On The Record with Rhapsody
- Dr. Drew: What will you remember most about the '90s?
Sebastian Bach: The album Grace by Jeff Buckley. Unless you've heard it, you wouldn't know why.
Dr. Drew: What's your favorite album for a night of steamy monkey love?
Sebastian Bach: Jeff Buckley's Grace is the most romantic, sensual album I've heard in my life.
- Sebastian Bach – Skid Row from Dr. Drew Online Interview (http://drdrew.com/DrewLive/article.asp?id=1022)
- Q:What are you listening to on your Walkman?
A: I listen to Jeff Buckley. He's my favorite singer. We actually cover a Jeff Buckley tune called "Eternal Life" in our set. When he died it really hit me, because he was an incredible singer who only did one album, Grace, and his voice was so beautiful that I couldn't believe it when he died. Since he's not around to sing songs anymore, we decided we'd give it a shot.
- Sebastian Bach – Skid Row from http://www.wweek.com/html/sbach0527998.html
- You ever heard of a guy named Jeff Buckley? He's one of the best singers I've ever heard.
- Sebastian Bach – Skid Row from Skid Row's Forever Wild DVD, before covering Eternal Life
- My singing used to be awful," admits Folds. "I don't have Jeff Buckley's voice. I don't write songs as an excuse to hear myself sing. It's the other way around: I sing so I can hear my songs. It can be kind of scary. You're on the radio next to -- well, on the shelf next to Jeff Buckley. We're in the B's. People can flip through and pick up his record instead and hear a lot better singer. He has that knack. I've had to really work at it. Of course, he probably doesn't play piano as well as me. I'm not going to get all competitive with the guy because obviously he's not doing so well these days.
- Ben Folds of Ben Folds Five, from CMJ, February 1998.
- "I had this really interesting whispering vibrato. It sounded so intimate and spiritual and ethereal, and it reminded me of Jeff a bit. I think I can sing with just about anybody, but he's one of the few singers who truly intimidates me. He's one of the best I've ever heard."
- John Legend from Rolling Stone Magazine Interview (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/11135026/hear_our_talk_with_john_legend_kanye_in_the_studio_loving_stevie_wonder_and_more)
- "Jeff Buckley is one of the greatest vocalists that I've ever heard. Listening to him is inspiring, moving, spiritual. What a gift. He's inspired many admirers and imitators but no one can duplicate him."
- John Legend from the liner notes of So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley
- Certain people compared us, I've been mourning the fact that it would have been great to sing a duet.
- Rufus Wainwright from Rolling Stone Magazine, June 2001
- The last few records that I bought that I really enjoyed... Jeff Buckley. It wailed me. I was, like, walking around in tears, just so grateful that I discovered this record.
- Steve Vai – Guitarist from Virtual Guitar Magazine (http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/JeffBuckley/17.html)
- I think he had one of the best voices I've ever heard. Grace, I think, is the best album of the 90s.
- Fred Schneider – B-52's, from segment #73 of VH1's 100 Greatest Albums of Rock & Roll
- The reason why I think that record is a great album is just the uniqueness of hearing a man sing so beautifully, and the record, to me, spills with emotion, the whole time.
- Gwen Stefani singer from No Doubt, the Neptunes, Eve, Sublime from VH1 Top 100 Rock Albums | #73 Jeff Buckley - Grace (1994)
- I just wanted to pay tribute to him and talk about the situation." When asked if it was a conscious thing to give an eastern flavor to the song, Sheik says "Definitely... I know that he was, like, a big fan of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and he was listening to a lot of that kind of music. There's also just a really mournful quality to that kind of string playing." Sheik says, "I wanted to send him off and say a few things about how much his music moved me and other people.
- Duncan Sheik on from Jeff Buckley Newsletter, November 19, 1999 (http://www.jeffbuckley.com/newsletter/v1_n8/english/08.html)
- His voice is an incredible instrument, angelic and powerful and mean at the same time. Tortured. He has been a huge inspiration and influence to me over the last two years. This tune is just unreal.
- Jonny Lang – Blues artist, from Rolling Stone Magazine, issues #820, September 2, 1999
- This beautiful-looking guy with a fur coat and mad, curly hair walked in. He went to the bar and got a pint of Guinness, then plugged in his Fender and began to sing. Everybody was completely blown away. Who was it? It was Jeff Buckley.
- Douglas Payne of Travis from Dream Brother (the book) written by David Browne.
- Even if he didn't sell a huge amount of records in the U.S., he had a lot of impact...
On writing "Grace":
I just had faith that whatever he did would be good...I was stunned -- it was so beautiful and perfect...It surpassed anything that I thought he was going to do...I remember thinking, man, this music will shake the world. I was just scared by it.
- Gary Lucas – Guitarist – from Press-Enterprise, June 29, 1997
- It was the kind of collaboration I dream about actually. His voice sounded, you know, like an angel. Like a gift from God.
- Gary Lucas – Guitarist from NBC Edgewise Tribute on MSNBC from 1997.
- I don't hear that many current records that really change my life... I've found it in Jeff Buckley, and I find it in Björk on occasion.
- Daniel Lanois – Music Producer, from ("Listen to This!: Leading Musicians Recommend Their Favorite Recordings" by In Alan Reder and John Baxterís)
- He was just really spontaneous and it was just exciting. I was having a hard time in the band I was in and so to meet Jeffrey was just like being given a set of paints. Do you know what I mean? It was just like I had all this color in my life again. I mean he idolized me before he met me. It's kind of creepy and I, I was like that with him. This is embarrassing but it's the truth. I just couldn't help falling in love with him. He was adorable. I read his diaries, he read mine, you know we'd just swap, we'd literally just hand over this very personal stuff and I've never done that with anybody else. I don't know if he has. So in some ways it was very, there was a great deal of intimacy but then there'd be times when I'd just think "oh no, I'm just not penetrating this Jeff Buckley boy at all. I just felt like a groupie or something sometimes. It wasn't like being his partner at all. He just had something you wanted, it didn't matter who you were.
- Liz Fraser – Cocteau Twins/This Mortal Coil from the BBC Documentary "Everybody Here Wants You"
- I'm here because I adore his spirit, and I adore him and the place from which he creates.
- w:Alanis Morissette - from SPIN Magazine, September 2000
- I just love his spirit and his whole energy, and I also love when men use their voice so unselfconsciously, and just really...feminine, masculine, all over the place. And he just, um...he was and is my favorite.
- w:Alanis Morissette - from MTV 120 Minutes, 1999.
- Never heard, such a range, and such a purity. When he would place one note next to the other, you could actually see its, kind of, roundness.
- Kenny Kaye – Music Producer – from NBC Edgewise Tribute on MSNBC from 1997.
- I saw my favorite bands, Rage Against the Machine ten years ago also Jeff Buckley in '94 so as well i learned a lot about music through coming to this festival so it means lot to me to taking chance to headlining here.
- Matthew Bellamy - Muse Frontman - from the interview in Reading Festival 2006[specific citation needed]
- I wanted to fuse together my favorite elements of rock and soul singers into something I could call my own. The inflections of Stevie Wonder with the soaring qualities of someone like Buckley. It was his emotional intensity that inspired me more than anything. Also, Jeff came along at a time most singers weren't using their upper register. His approach helped me embrace the fact that I was a tenor. I owe that guy a lot.
- Myles Kennedy - Alter Bridge Frontman from an online Jamie Vendera interview (http://www.jaimevendera.com/myleskennedyi.html)


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Hi again this is my new thread.
I am Eric and have had MS for along while(I'm 37 years old.
I've brought out my walker recently to make it so I could get around safely...
Well, for some reason I have been so embarrassed and strange feeling using it in public. From rolling out of the car, to shopping and leaving.
I find myself waiting until the store sort of clears out of people then I make a run for it, because it feels less likely to be seen.
It never works out and people just pile in after me. I just feel weird being the only one walking around with a walker and bracing on my legs at a slow pace. Now, I am 37.
I dunno...I just feel self conscious about it all the time now.
The other day I come out to the handi parking where my car is and start my rollout to the car. Low and behold I spot a white Ford Wagon righ next to my car with a bunch of young people in there looking directly at me. Everything got mysteriously quiet as I approached and I got nervous. I wanted to go back in the store, but I had to get to my car.
So Apparently they had a friend in the store and they were waiting for him. Of course I had to do my car entering routine in front of them and while they weren't looking I could sense they were glimpsing at me. God it sucked...I wanted to get out of there so fast. I hate people watching me do this...
Is anyone here timid and self concieous about using these devices and going into places? How can I treat myself to just be happy with it and not get so embarrassed?
thank you, folks.

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HOWTO: Getting Started with CW
by Tommy - October 18th 2011, 05:50PM
It's been a year since my post about
Morse Code: Brief History
, and I figure I might as well shed some light on how to get started operating with Morse Code. Since the Morse code requirement for ham radio was lifted in 2007, the
number of amateurs getting their HF privileges has grown substantially
, but with the "repeal" of code, entry level Technicians are granted privileges in
certain portions of the bands
. Most commonly, Technicians can operate SSB in the 10m band, but can also operate CW, or Morse Code, in 80m, 40m, 15m, and 10m. So, if you're a ham, you
have privileges to operate CW - you just need to learn where to start.
Learning the Code
For starters, you will need to learn Morse Code, one way or another. (duh.) While it may not be the universally agreed upon
way, I learned Morse Code through the
Code Quick
program. It really is an easy way to learn and quickly remember the code. There are countless
and "5 Minute Ab"-type programs that try to rush you through the learning process as fast as humanly possible, but few are ever successful. You just can't hurry the learning process. The downside of the CodeQuick method is not immediately known until you're trying to copy signals that are faster and faster. Once you hit about 10wpm, the CodeQuick lessons that you've used as a crutch finally become a hindrance and make copying code faster more difficult. The big plus is how quickly you'll learn the code in relatively enjoyable lessons compared to other methods.
Another alternative to learning the code is one of dozens of Koch method trainers. The Koch method, and most others, ram the code into your head seemingly through brute force. You learn the code, but for most people it simply is not entertaining or enjoyable as CodeQuick. However, the hard work you put in up front pays off in the end as you are able to increase you speed with relative ease compared to the CodeQuick program. So it's all about where you want to put in the work, now or later. Because most people because frustrated or quickly lose interest with other methods, I recommend CodeQuick in spite of the "plateau" effect you encounter when trying to speed up your copying skills. Unless you enjoy learning it, the learning curve is almost insurmountable.
There really is no substitute for the "sweat equity" you're going to need to put in to learning the code. It will take time to learn, there's no magic pill. I listened to the CodeQuick training lessons when I was in the car by myself. I wasn't bothering anyone else and I could pass the time by learning something. So consider your personal schedule and think about when you might have time to idly study code.
Copy, copy, copy
Knowing the characters and having the recall ability are helpful, but you still need to try some "live" copy. That is, it's easier to send letters when
know what they are; it's another thing altogether to try to understand what another person is trying to tell you.
There are several practice resources available on the web that will send you
random letters or news headlines
in Morse code. Copying code is harder than sending code, practice copying others' code more than you practice sending your own.
One of the best sources to copy live code on the air is to use the ARRL station
, which transmits at set speeds and specific times. W1AW transmits a very strong signal, so you should have little trouble hearing the practice sets in North America.
As with all things, there's some terminology with Morse code. WPM is a commonly used acronym for "Words Per Minute". That is, the speed at which the numbers and letters are coming at you. For the sake of standard measurement, WPM has been defined as 5-character groupings. If we're talking about 20wpm, that's going to be about 100 characters in a minute.
Farnsworth spacing is the act of sending letters at one speed and pausing in between each letter at a different speed. For example, if we're talking about 20wpm, that's 1.6 characters a second - pretty fast! Now, for beginners, the goal is usually 5wpm. 5wpm has become the baseline for proficiency in Morse Code. at 5wpm, that's one character every 2.4 seconds - much slower. As you learn the code, you'll hear 5wpm characters and find yourself impatient. The individual dits and dahs are so spread out, it's hard to hear them as one whole character. Suddenly you hear just E's and T's. (E = dit, T = dah) The solution to this "slow character" rate is to use Farnsworth spacing. You might receive characters at 15-20wpm, but pause a second or two in between each character so you have time to think and write down the letter you heard. That would be 15wpm letters at 5wpm spacing, or "5wpm Farnsworth spacing". The beauty of Farnsworth spacing is as you become faster and faster, the only thing that needs to change is the spacing between characters. The idea is that you'll go from 5wpm to 15wpm without even noticing (over the span of days/weeks of practice).
Getting on the Air
Ok, ok, ok... You've done your homework, you know the code. You're tired of waiting. How do you actually get on the air?
This was exactly where I was for years. For years I
the code, but I never used it. I was still sitting at 5wpm, but never had any airtime. That all changed when I stumbled across a segment of the CW portion of the dial. For some reason, nobody ever explained to me that if I wanted to meet other 5wpm hams, I'd have to start in the "Novice portion" of the bands. I had listened to and failed to copy hams down in the lower part of the CW bands. This one evening I stumbled across a radio contact (QSO) somewhere between 7.100 and 7.125. I wasn't able to copy 100% but they were going
my speed
! Wow, I was able to copy their callsigns and even pick up on the gist of their conversation! Finally, there
other beginners out there like me - I just had to know where to look. If I can offer one bit of advice to other would-be CW operators, it's this:
Listen around 7.114MHz on the 40m band.
If you only remember one thing of this entire write up, it's to remember this portion of the CW bands. I was a frustrated CW wannabe until I "discovered" the Novice bands. You'll almost always hear someone around there and they shouldn't be going too much faster than you can copy. It's the absolute best place to start with learning code. 10m may not propagate all the time, 15m can be finicky too, 80m is good, but not as popular for slow speed as 40m.
The Exchange
Chances are you've already read how basic QSOs go, they're usually chalk full of acronyms, lingo and abbreviations, but they generally go like this:
CQ CQ CQ de N5DUX N5DUX CQ K
N5DUX de W1AW W1AW W1AW K
W1AW de N5DUX = RST 599 = QTH TX = NAME TOMMY = QSL? K
N5DUX de W1AW = FB TOMMY = RST 579 = QTH CT = NAME HIRAM = BTU K
W1AW de N5DUX = THX FER CALL HIRAM = JUST LRNING CODE = 73 de N5DUX K
N5DUX de W1AW = OK TOMMY = KEEP IT UP = 73 de W1AW SK
Copious amounts of abbreviations are used with Morse Code. Misspelled words while a
travesty on the internet
are understood for the sake of time in Morse Code. Saving a dit or dah here or there can add up over the course of a conversation. QSL, K, QTH, CQ, RST, 73 - all of these are abbreviations commonly used in CW. (QSL = "do you copy?", QTH = "my location", CQ = "seek you", RST = "signal readability, strength, tone", K = "over/back to you", 73 = "best wishes, goodbye")
So, now that you know the most common abbreviations (known as
Q codes
), you can probably gather the gist of the exchange. Basically N5DUX is calling out to see if anyone can hear him. It's the radio equivalent of a fisherman putting his hook in the water. W1AW comes back with his callsign, saying it 3 times to ensure N5DUX copies it correctly. Once he does, N5DUX acknowledges W1AW by calling him specifically and tell him how strong his signal sounds to his location. He informs W1AW of his location and then gives his name. W1AW, upon receiving this, replies with his information. Right there is generally what is regarded as a "contact", everything else that may be exchanges are niceties and can be as brief or as long as possible.
In order to make your CW experience as comfortable for you as possible, it pays to have a good setup. Of primary importance, is the radio and antenna. You will need a radio that can operate in your intended band. If you're just getting started, you may simply want a radio that can
CW until you feel more at ease with copying code. Some general receivers have CW mode, but you will need to ensure you can hear the "dits and dahs" before anything else. Most modern HF ham radios support CW (in part because it's such a simple mode to have on a radio - arguably the easiest!).
Once you have a receiver you will need an antenna. The easiest antenna for constructing is the dipole. If you're only receiving, you don't need anything fancy. In general, the more wire the better, but a tuned antenna for 40m is the most efficient and will provide the best signal.
If you are planning on transmitting, I suggest getting a
straight key. I started with some MFJ paddles and enjoyed them, but nothing really beats a straight key for truly getting that organic feel of sending code. I picked up an old
US Navy "flameproof" straight key
from eBay for a good price. It's rugged, solid feel is far superior to the under $10 straight key you'll find in junk bins at every hamfest. Those will work if you've got nothing else - but then again so do paperclips and thumbtacks.
Beyond the radio equipment itself, I recommend a set of headphones. Headphones help to block out any distracting noises and help your brain really focus on just the sounds you need to hear.
You'll also need a couple of pencils, a pad of paper, to write down the conversation as it unfolds. Just for kicks an internet connected computer is helpful. Having a computer so you can lookup the callsigns you hear on
is a big help. By looking up the other guy's name, you can see at a glance where he's from and his name. These will help you out when he's sending his information to you. It helps confirm where he's from and it also gives your brain a little rest as you already know the information. Just be sure to follow along as he sends it to you, he may not be at home or he may go by another name. (Many hams shorten their names when they're in CW because it saves a few dits and dahs. Thomas may be shortened to Tom, Robert may be Bob or Rob, etc. (On a personal note, I go by Tommy in CW because that's my day-to-day name. I don't go by Tom on a daily basis and I wouldn't introduce myself to you in real life, so I keep it Tommy in CW. Besides T-O-M in Morse isn't as "fun" as T-O-M-M-Y. The -.-- on the end is a bit more
and recognizable. )
First contact
If you're station is all setup and ready to make a contact, you'll probably get a bit nervous. Calling CQ is one thing, copying someone's response is another. I'll admit there were times I called CQ repeatedly and when someone came back to me, I effectively "hung up" on the guy. When I heard my callsign coming back to me I got excited and scared. I completely lost my ability to copy and just turned off the radio! It really happened - silly I know. (Sorry whoever you were!) Radio contacts don't have to be long, but your brain will hurt after just a few minutes of your first few contacts. It's taxing when you are starting out, but I'm at the point now that when the radio contact is flowing, it can be a bit relaxing to hear the letters coming out of the air. That part is hard to describe, but other experienced operators will know what I mean. After all, if it wasn't enjoyable, why would thousands and thousands of hams around the world stick with it? I digress.
So your first call should be relaxing. Perhaps you know a CW operator near you that can help you along during your first QSO. Having regular practice under more "controlled" conditions can be a big help before you step up to the plate for real. (There's even an
ARRL First Contact Award
you can receive for that first, memorable contact.)
Another key rule of operating is to never send faster than you can copy. It's your way of telling the other operator how fast (or slow) you need him to send. If the other operator is sending slower or saying "QRS", slow it down a bit for him. If the other operator is going too fast for you, slow down your sending speed to a comfortable rate and even send "QRS PSE" ("slow down please").
Any operator worth his salt will slow down for a slow spped op.
(and you don't ever want to be "that guy"!)
Gaining speed
You can read all you want, but eventually you will need to just go for it. After you have a few contacts under your belt, you'll notice you can pick up your speed just a bit. Maybe it'll be going from 5wpm to 6wpm, but eventually you'll find yourself operating faster than you realize. You'll hear another new comer call CQ at 5wpm and it will sound mind numbingly slow. That's when you realize how much you've grown.
Another great way to gain speed is to participate in short, CW "contests" known as
. If you have a straight key, the
Straight Key Century Club
offers free membership. Upon joining, you'll be given an SKCC member number. Write this down prominently, you'll be referring back to it from time to time. Sprints are short, sometimes 2 hour contests that hold no value and are just for fun. As an up-and-coming CW operator, what you'll gain is a lot of experience in a short amount of time. By participating, you'll be able to make a lot of contacts very quickly and each exchange is as brief as possible; so it's "just the facts ma'am". You'll hear the so called "fist" that operators have (the style each operator has of sending dits/dahs, spacing, etc.). You'll also be eligible for the myriad of awards SKCC offers its members.
Further Reading
For further reading, download the
free PDF "The Art & Skill of Radiotelegraphy"
, it's full of helpful information and while dry at points, really does explain the entire concept or CW and the use of Morse Code.
I hope some of this helps. I'll expound on this as I can... 73!
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Expedition Overviews
These one-page sheets provide introductory information about individual expeditions for students.
Promotional Posters
Post these 8½ x 11-inch or 11 x 17-inch downloadable flyers in your classroom or around the campus to get students interested in joining your expedition.
Parent Email Template
We've provided email language to make it easy to reach out to parents and students. Adapt content from the template to meet your needs before emailing parents.
Parent Presentations
These PowerPoint presentations include extensive, specific information and photos about individual expeditions that will answer students' and parents' questions about where you're going, what you'll be doing, where you'll be staying, and how Earthwatch ensures participants' safety and welfare.
Student Citizen Scientist Completion Award Certificate
Upon completion of an Earthwatch Expeditions, teachers may adapt and print a Citizen Scientist Completion Award that students can reference on their resume and college applications.
Parent Email Template


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Direct approach to hip replacement
New surgical method wins over some, but leaves others questioning effectiveness
Jill Porter is a lifelong athlete who pounds the pavement on courts and fields across a variety of sports.
So when her left hip started hurting, she hoped it was something that rehabilitation and anti-inflammatories would take care of.
"But it progressed so quickly, I couldn't even walk down my sidewalk and over to the neighbor's house," said Porter, 59. "It was so painful."
Porter needed a hip replacement. The very idea terrified her.
"Both my parents, at one time or another, had hip replacements, and I saw what they went through," Porter said. "In the back of my head, I wondered if something was wrong with the methods surgeons were using."
Porter searched the Internet and found a Houston surgeon performing hip replacements a new way that boasted faster recovery, fewer complications and a smaller incision.
Porter is a world champion powerlifter, so downtime is not something she's fond of. She had the surgery Sept. 12 last year, left the hospital Sept. 14 and planned to compete again this weekend.
In fact, she's already planning to have her right hip replaced in February, and Porter anticipates she'll be ready for a World Association of Benchers and Deadlifters competition in Reno, Nev., later this year.
The procedure Porter underwent was a "direct anterior" hip replacement. Her physician, Dr. Stefan Kreuzer, has performed more than 2,500 of these surgeries over the past eight years.
"When we first started out, there was a lot of skepticism and not a lot of literature to back our claims," said Kreuzer, who operates out of Memorial Hermann Memorial City. "But people began to see that our patients are off the walker and not on any pain pills one to two weeks after surgery."
About 10 years ago, 70 percent of hip replacement surgery was done via a "posterior" method, Kreuzer said, and the remaining 30 percent via an "anterior lateral" approach.
The posterior approach involves cutting buttock muscles to get to the hip joint. Since buttock muscles are the main power source when people go from sitting to standing, Kreuzer said that having to go through those muscles surgically poses a significant risk of frequent, post-operative hip dislocations.
The anterior lateral approach lessens that risk because it cuts through the hip abductor muscles instead. Since those are the muscles that stabilize the pelvis, it comes with another risk: Kreuzer said up to 30 percent of such patients will end up with a permanent limp.
The newer direct anterior approach typically doesn't involve cutting through muscles, Kreuzer said, and the much-smaller incision is in the pelvic area. Kreuzer said the dislocation rate is minor and patients don't have to worry about a limp.
Anybody that has arthritis is a candidate for the direct anterior approach, Kreuzer said, although the risk of complications such as infection may be slightly higher in patients who are morbidly obese.
"In my opinion, this is the superior way of doing hip surgery," Kreuzer said. "It's been done in Paris for 30 years, and now patients in the U.S. are learning about it and demanding it. There is no doubt in my mind that in 10 years this will be the predominant way."
However, not all surgeons are embracing it. One downside, said Kreuzer, is that it requires a substantial investment in new surgical equipment as well as learning the technically difficult procedure.
Dr. Brian Parsley, who specializes in hip and knee replacements at the Houston Orthopedic and Spine Hospital in Bellaire, said he's tried this surgical approach more than a dozen times and is simply not sold on it.
Parsley called the direct anterior approach marketing hype and compared it to what happened when resurfacing hips instead of replacing hips made the news several years ago.
"The popularity of hip resurfacing has risen and fallen three times in my 24-year career," Parsley said. "Marketing had people thinking it was the greatest thing since sliced bread, when it was really a bunch of baloney. That's a little like what's happening with the anterior approach to hip replacement surgery now."
Parsley said the direct anterior approach actually has a 3 percent to 4 percent higher complication rate than more traditional methods and that cutting through muscles is still part of the surgery.
He added that 98 percent of hip replacement surgery results in a marked improvement in the patient's pain and function.
"The most important aspect of a successful hip replacement is having an experienced physician and a very motivated patient," Parsley said. "Establish trust with your surgeon. Let him do the operation in the way he feels most comfortable … and it should last you a good 25 years."
Tim Cox, a 60-year-old Houston resident, had a right posterior hip replacement in August 2003. He had a left anterior hip replacement in July 2004. Today, both hips feel great, Cox said.
But Cox swears that recovery from the direct anterior approach was significantly better.
"I'm not kidding you, I got up and walked that afternoon," he said. "I got out of the hospital the next afternoon. I went back to work with a cane the day after that and went horseback riding a week later. I can't even describe it. It's nothing short of a miracle."


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The final Con†Stellation is over 🙁
😀↪ But, join us for Not-A-Con 2019!! ↩😀
😀↪ Which will be 18–19 October ↩😀
We will be transforming the Con†Stellation pages into a history site
Please bear with us as that transition will take some time
Con†Stellation XXXV: Horologium (The Clock)
13–15 October 2017——Huntsville, Alabama
|GoH: Mary Robinette Kowal
|Artist GoH: David O. Miller
|MC: Toni Weisskopf
Welcome to the website for Con†Stellation, an annual general interest Science Fiction & Fantasy convention(←What's That?) in Huntsville Alabama. Con†Stellation (or Con*Stellation) is an annual, fan-run, general-interest science fiction & fantasy convention sponsored by NASFA—the North Alabama Science Fiction Association. The next con—Con†Stellation XXXIV: Mensa—will be 14–16 October 2016.
This site will always be a work in progress and will be updated as details of the 2016 convention are firmed up (so please come back often!). If you can't readily find the info you need, please see our Contact Info below to get in touch. You can also follow us on Twitter <@Con_Stellation>.
At the moment, this section is largely a placeholder for the 2016 Con†Stellation. We do have dates, a hotel, guests, and more—and will be posting that as soon as time permits.
Con†Stellation XXXIV: Mensa (The Table) will held at 14–16 October 2016 the Four Points by Sheraton Huntsville Airport located onsite at the Huntsville International Airport (HSV) :
Please remember to park in Hotel Parking (not regular airport parking). There are signs to follow when arriving at the airport. Bring the ticket you get when entering this lot to the hotel desk and show your convention badge to get validated for free parking.
See the convention contact info below for a postal address to mail your registration. You can also email firstname.lastname@example.com if you need more info.
Adult Membership(←What's That?) rate:
Child and Young Adult Rates:
Rates for children (though age 12) are fixed regardless of when they are purchased.
Children not accompanied by an Adult Member will be charged the Young Adult Membership rate.
Young Adult Memberships (students age 13-21, as of October 14, 2016) are $5 off the corresponding Adult Membership in effect at the time of purchase. We trust you (we really, really do) but we reserve the right to request a Student ID or some other proof of student status.
Each year, Con†Stellation chooses an astronomical constellation as a subtitle to be used for just that year. This year, we've chosen Mensa. Technically, the constellation is named in honor of Table Mountain (in fact, an early name for the constellation was Mons Mensae). It is, however, sometimes referred to as just "the table" and that's the sense we're intending. If you've ever been to a Con†Stellation and seen the number of people playing Killer Cutthroat Spades, you probably won't wonder just what kind of table we had in mind.
We're currently in the process of inviting guests for Con†Stellation XXXIV and will post each as info is available. We only post confirmed guests, so check back often for updates—there are almost always several invitations outstanding.
We are returning in 2016 to the Four Points by Sheraton Huntsville Airport—a Starwood hotel. The hotel is located in the Huntsville International Airport, with hotel reception and most of the function space on the first and second floors and the sleeping rooms stacked above the airport arrival/departure areas. It is conveniently located immediately off of I-565 in the western part of the Huntsville Metro Area—click here for a Google Map.
Hotel info (rates, room types, how to reserve) will be added soon. Please check back often.
Parking in the hotel parking lot is free for all convention members—just bring your parking ticket and convention badge to the hotel desk to get the ticket validated. Please be careful not to park in airport parking (short term or long term). The entrances for the various parking lots are close together so watch the signs carefully.
Con†Stellation's annual Art Show, Print Shop, and Auction brings together science fiction, fantasy, or fandom-related art from both professional and amateur artists. We want you to enjoy just looking at the art, but we're happy to say that all the artwork in the Print Shop and the large majority of that on display in the Art Show will be for sale.
Please contact Art Show head Randy Cleary at firstname.lastname@example.com for info (fees, shipping address, etc.) on selling your art at Con†Stellation. A mailing address will be provided here once it is confirmed, so check back later.
The Dealers Room at Con†Stellation XXXIV is currently full. We may be able to put you on a standby list in case of cancellations.
The first table ($80) includes one convention membership. A second table ($50) does not include additional memberships. All dealers and helpers must be members of the convention. If you need more than two table, please contact the convention.
All tables are 6′x30″. We do not hold tables without payment, though we do reserve the right to curate the room in order to make a wide variety of merchandise available for sale to all convention members. Send payment (check) to the convention address below. Please mark the envelope ATTN: Dealers Room. Please include any special requests, including if you need access to an electrical outlet.
If you have questions (or want to let us know the check is in the mail ;-) you can email us at email@example.com or contact us via any of the other methods below.
Many of the authors attending Con†Stellation XXXIV will have their works for sale at an Author Table in the Dealers Room. The table will be staffed by both Con†Stellation volunteers and the authors themselves.
Info from this section is being moved to a history page for the 2015 Con†Stellation, as time permits.
Con†Stellation XXXIII: Coma Berenices was held 16–18 October 2015 at the Four Points by Sheraton Huntsville Airport located onsite at the Huntsville International Airport (HSV) :
A draft (though pretty well finished) programming schedule for 2015 is now available online at this link (PDF file). Check out the subheadings below for descriptions of some programming items.
Perhaps you've been to a KaffeeKlatsch at a convention before? If not, the short definition is a gathering with a convention guest and a small group of fans, drinking coffee (or tea, or...) and chatting. Starting in 2012 we put out our own spin on that; providing candy instead of coffee. Success! (Yes, there is strategy involved—you might be ill advised to put a piece of toffee in your mouth just before you want to ask a question.) So we're bringing back KandyKlatsches at Con†Stellation XXXIII.
You will have to sign up at the convention for these events. There may be a limit on how many KandyKlatsches each convention member can sign up for, and there will be a limit on the number of people in each KandyKlatsch. Details of signup (including times available) will be available at the convention.
Though details are still being sussed out, we're working on bringing a traditional-style Saturday evening Masquerade back to ContStellation this year. Don't forget to pack your costumes for the trip!
We've been a little slow getting off the mark on Gaming this year, but rest assured we will have a Game Room at Con†Stellation—actually two rooms.
If you want to run a game/tournament in the main Game Room at Con†Stellation please email the Game Master, Kevin "Fritz" Fotovitch. to start the discussion. You can also write the convention address below, marking your missive Attention: Game Master.
There will also be room for pickup in the main Game Room—bring your own game(s) or check out one of the many games that will be available for your use.
We're trying something new this year that we're calling Large-Format Gaming (aka Big Games). This will include all sorts of silly, fun, games with hands-on user participation. Think of board games or video games scaled up, made 3-D, and brought to life.
Some of the planned games (in both the main Game Room and Big Games) are listed below. Games., times, or GMs may change, so be sure to check at the convention to get the latest information.
|Big Jenga
|D&D 5.0 (two sessions)
|Christopher Kerl
|TBD (4-hour sessions)
|D&D in Elesfar
|Taylor Hoch
|Saturday 10am–6pm
|Large Ass Dice Games, Cthulhu
Dice, and Zombie Dice
|Fritz Fotovich
|Friday 4–5pm; Saturday
3-5pm; Sunday 11am-12n
|Large-Format Connect Four
|Live Action Battleship (1 player)
|Live Action Battleship (2 player)
|Live Action "Furious Fowl" (LAFF)
|Mike Kennedy
|Playtest Friday 9-10pm;
Main Session Saturday
|Sliders (GURPS)
|Jason Stephens
|Vampire (GURPS)
|Jason Stephens
Do you play spades and play to win? If so, have we got a deal for you! Killer Cutthroat Spades is a variant on no-partner spades with severe penalties for sandbagging, thus putting extra emphasis on both accurate bidding and sharp gameplay. What do you get if you win? Mostly bragging rights—no small thing in this neck of the woods! Never played Killer Cutthroat Spades before? No problem, we'll help. (Seriously, we actually will help. We love introducing the game to new folks. Some experience playing spades, bridge, or some other bid-and-trick based game is helpful, but not necessary. We can pretty much always round up enough players to teach you at a non-tournament game before you go swimming with the sharks.)
You can sign up at the door or contact "Uncle Timmy" by email to get on the list.
Each year Con†Stellation chooses a charity and engages in several fundraising activities at the convention, including selling donated art and other items in the Art Show & Auction. We are pleased to say that we have selected Matter Of Trust, Inc. a 501(c)3 public charity that concentrates on Manmade Surplus, Natural Abundance, & Eco-Education. We're particularly interested in their Clean Wave Program, which uses hair, fur, fleece clippings, and feathers to create mats and booms to clean oil from contaminated waterways and storm drains.
If you wish to make a donation of items for the Charity Auction (to be held in conjunction with the Art Auction), please bring it to the Art Show at the convention, or see the Art Show & Auction section of this page for mailing information.
As part of Charity Auction, volunteers from among the concom (and possibly others) will auction off the rights to decide whether or not they should have hair cut to donate to the Matter Of Trust Clean Wave Program.
Our Convention Hospitality Suite (Con Suite(←What's That?) in the usual parlance) is one of the highlights of Con†Stellation. You'll certainly find the usual Con Suite munchies and soft drinks, but you'll also find more hearty fare at numerous times all through the con. Just ask anyone who's been to one of our conventions and you'll likely hear high praise for our mistress of victuals.
As a fan-run convention, Con†Stellation is run entirely by volunteers and we would like you to join us. We need people with various levels of convention experience, including none. We have to keep a lot of balls in the air to make a convention work; could you lend a hand (or two)? See our email or snailmail addresses below to let us know that you are interested in helping out! If you email, please include Volunteer in your e-mail subject line so that we can direct your request to the right person.
Use these methods to contact the convention for registration or to ask a question.
Main Email Address
Other Email Addresses
The immediate precursor to Con†Stellation was ZerCon, a two-day convention in November 1981. While planning and executing ZerCon, we came up with the name "Con†Stellation" (or "Con*Stellation") for a planned ongoing series of three-day-weekend conventions.
The first Con†Stellation was held July 16–18, 1982, under the full name Con†Stellation I: The Pleiades. The time of year varied over the first few conventions, though at least one has been held each year since. After the first few years, the convention made the shift from a spring/summer convention to a fall convention. Each Con†Stellation has been subtitled with an astronomical constellation—usually one of the 88 official modern constellations, though the first one was named after an asterism in Taurus. The convention often uses the constellation as a theme in its advertising and for events at the convention.
Con†Stellation has been held at a number of Huntsville-area hotels over its history. Other than Con†Stellation II.V (2.5), each has been a 3-day (Friday to Sunday) event.
Details of Con†Stellation XXXI: Perseus—held 12-14 October 2012 at the Holiday Inn Express in Huntsville AL—can be found at the link above.
Details of Con†Stellation XXXII: Columba—held 11-13 October 2013 at the Holiday Inn Express in Huntsville AL—can be found at the link above.
Due to hotel issues (including the closing of the late, lamented Holiday Inn Express), there was no Con†Stellation in 2014.
Details of Con†Stellation XXXIII: Coma Berenices—held 16-18 October 2015 at the Four Points, Huntsville Airport in Huntsville AL—can be found at the link above.
Going forward, the plan is to have each year's Con†Stellation in October. Stay tuned to this website for more info on 2016 and forward.
Other Fannish Stuff in Huntsville
The sponsor of Con†Stellation is the North Alabama Science Fiction Association, aka NASFA—a general-interest science fiction & fantasy club headquartered in Huntsville Alabama. Besides planning and running Con†Stellation, NASFA has monthly meetings that bring together sf/f/h/etc. fans from Huntsville, Madison, and other surrounding areas. Each meeting features both a noisy lively business meeting (which often digresses forays into a variety of sf/f/h/etc. topics) and a program. That latter may feature a regional author, cover a science topic of interest, display some off-the-beaten-track videos, or address almost any aspect of science fiction, fantasy, and related genres. There's also a social aspect to the club, with an "After-The-Meeting Meeting" each month and occasional other events. To find out how to join this year-round club, or to get in touch with NASFA about any other matter, please visit the NASFA website.
Links to Other Conventions, etc.
Fannish Oddities
It's a short drive from the Four Points Hotel/Airport to the nearest concentration of shopping, restaurants, etc. An Area Guide (PDF file) is available for your pre-con perusal. Printed copies will be available at the convention.
We think Huntsville is a great place to visit and hope you do too. This section is somewhat hastily thrown together, but lists at least some of the many attractions you can visit and events you can go to in and around Huntsville while you're in town.


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With motors such as this http://www.yasamotor...oducts/yasa-750 becoming available I think we'll see EV's enter into some competitions in the next year or so. How will they equate their performance with IC engines or will they simply be a seperate class?
EV in competition
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Boeing has named new managers in charge of the 747 and 777 production programs.
Elizabeth Lund takes over as general manager of the 777 program while Eric Lindblad has been assigned as general manager of the 747 program.
Pat Shanahan, senior vice president of airplane programs, announced the changes Thursday. The move comes less than a week after Boeing named leaders to new development programs like the 777X.
Here's the message describing the changes that Shanahan sent to employees:
Hello team –
I am pleased to announce two leadership changes that strengthen our team.
Effective immediately, Elizabeth Lund is named vice president and general manager of the 777 Program, and she also will retain her role as Everett site leader.
Elizabeth's experience leading large, complex programs makes her an excellent choice to lead the 777 team. In her 21 years with Boeing, Elizabeth has worked on nearly every commercial airplane program including roles as the vice president and general manager of both the 767 and the 747. In addition, she previously led the transformation of the 777 production system to a moving assembly line. It's exciting to see her return to the 777, and I have every confidence she will take this program to the next level.
Eric Lindblad takes over where Elizabeth left off as vice president and general manager of the 747 Program. Eric's been with Boeing for 27 years, all spent in engineering and manufacturing positions. Many of you know Eric from his previous experiences as director of 747 Wing Engineering and later, of 747 Manufacturing. Eric comes to us from his role as vice president of 737 Manufacturing Operations, where he's used his talent and passion for Lean to further improve efficiencies and seamlessly increase production rates to historic levels. At the same time, he's led a team that has reached best-ever performance on the program in productivity, safety and quality. He'll put that wealth of knowledge to use to further improve the 747 Program.
Please congratulate Elizabeth and Eric on their new roles and give them your full support.
Pat Shanahan