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With this new all covers album, Isaak heated it up with Ring of Fire and Great Balls of Fire and got his Elvis on with songs like Can't Help Falling in Love.
When Isaak finally got to Memphis to record in those hallowed grounds, this wasn't the first time he'd been there. "I had been there before to Sun Studio to just kind of pay tribute in a way, because we stopped the tour bus in the middle of the night as we went past. I said, 'We've got to stop, I want to see where it was that Elvis walked in and turned the key and started their rock and roll machine.' And so we had gone there and stood out front. "
"When we came back, we were going through and on tour, and I went in that room, and I clapped my hands. I always clap my hands - I remember looking at a house, I was trying to buy a house years ago, and I would walk in the rooms and clap my hands and the woman said, "What are you...?" And I said, "I want to hear what the rooms sound like." To me, it's important, because that's what I'm doing - I'm singing all the time."
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" And I went in Sun, and I went, 'That's the best sounding room I think I ever walked in and heard.' I mean, just an amazing sound room. So once I'd heard it, I really kind of was excited by the idea of going in there and singing."
When Isaak finally got his chance to stand where Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison once stood so many years ago, the moment was even better than expected.
"It surpassed them," says Isaak, when asked how his experiences compared to his great expectations. "It was awesome," he continues. "I think part of it was as awesome as - it could have been - if somebody would have bought that (Sun Studio) that would have been, you know, Rock Co. Corp, and you would have had to go through attorneys to do everything, it would have been terrible."
"But we called up and the people were like, "Oh, yeah, we like your music. You want to come record? Okay, well, we do tours during the day, but we could probably knock the last tour off if you could start at like 4 or 5." I go, 'Perfect. We're musicians, we stay up late." And they said, "Well, if you get hungry, here's the keys to the diner next door. There's milkshakes and moon pies and you guys can have..." and they couldn't have been cooler. I said, "Is it all right if we take pictures in here or take pictures out front?" 'Yeah, go ahead. Whatever you want to do.'"
"And it was so un-corporate that I kind of felt like you really did have a feel of very easy-going... The cool thing, I think, about early rock & roll is there was no Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. There was nobody going, "This is for eternity." They just went, "Let's have fun. We're going to be back there pickin' cotton next week."
Even though Isaak is not usually a guy that over-spiritualizes his experiences, this trip to Sun Studios was different. "I don't want to say I'm not spiritual because I think everybody's spiritual if you've got a brain. But I don't think of - I don't go in places and say, 'I feel the ghosts.' You know what I mean?" he says.
"But I have to say whatever it was, when you walk into that room and you're a musician, everybody in my band, everybody - all of us - I think it was just we had so much respect for the artists that had been in that room. I mean, for God's sake, you're sitting in the chair, or you're standing there singing, and you go, 'Howlin' Wolf stood right here. Elvis Presley was here. BB King played his guitar right there. Bill Black was playing bass there.' And all the sudden you're standing there and you're going, 'I want to do a great job. I'm going to do the best I can.' Because it's kind of out of respect for those guys."
If Isaak felt any particular ghost at all perhaps it was the underrated spirit of Carl Perkins.
"I was singing a Carl Perkins song, and I always thought Carl Perkins kind of got the short end of the fame," Isaak recalls. "He was really, in some ways, one of the most talented guys out of there because he was a songwriter and a great guitar player and a great singer. And he had the first big hit.
"But he never got quite the fame of Elvis or Johnny Cash. He was overshadowed in a way. But I was in there, and we were recording one of Carl Perkins' songs, and I looked up, and as I'm singing, we're recording, there's a picture of Carl Perkins on the wall, and the angle of his eyes and everything, he's looking right at me where I'm standing - and smiling. And it just felt like, 'Yeah, we're doing your song. We're digging you.' You know what I mean?"
It's common these days to see Johnny Cash shirts everywhere, from country festivals to Warped Tour dates. It's just as common to hear Cash's named dropped in mainstream country songs. However, what lifts Chris Isaak above the pack is that he does more than just drop the great ones' names here and there. He paid full-length tribute to some of his musical heroes with "Beyond the Sun."
More than that, though, he respects their art by writing and singing songs that hearken back to the glory days of rock and roll. He doesn't just honor the traditions; he carries them on and builds upon them. If that picture of Perkins in Sun Studios could talk, he'd probably say something like, �I'm proud of you, son.' Isaak's simply cut from the same cloth as these masters. Perkins would be pleased to know that Chris Isaak is taking this wonderful American music to Sun Records and beyond.


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The Only 5 Things Our Beauty Editor Does for Great Skin
Every beauty editor has a thing. Some do a full face of makeup for work every day. Others spend hours at the salon getting fun hair color and highlights. Me? I'm all about skin-care, and it's paying off. Dermatologists, estheticians, and makeup artists have all complimented my face.
Now, before you get upset about this not-so-humblebrag, I realize it's mostly genes and my high supply of melanin that give me a glowing complexion. Plus, I'm lucky enough to have access to some of the best beauty products with innovative ingredients. But my recipe for success is one that is easy to replicate whether you shop in the drugstore or at Barney's. Keep in mind, if you have sensitive or acne-prone skin, you should always check in with your dermatologist before starting any new regimen.
These are the five skin rules I follow religiously—and the exact products in my bathroom vanity.
1. Double cleansing is the only way I've found to get all my makeup off.
If I just use face wash to remove my makeup, I'll ruin all my towels with brown and black smudges from leftover foundation and mascara. "Many makeup brands are smudgeproof or waterproof, so basic cleansers will not remove them thoroughly," explains Rachel Nazarian, M.D., dermatologist at Schweiger Dermatology Group in New York and New Jersey. That's why I'm devoted to the pre-cleanse step. At night before bed, I use a cleansing wipe, a cleansing oil, or eye makeup remover before using my favorite cleanser. The oil in these products helps attract and remove the oil in resistant makeup products.
My routine: I start with Dermalogica Pre-Cleanse Balm ($45) followed by Fresh Soy Face Cleanser ($38). When I'm feeling super lazy, I use Simple Kind to Skin Cleansing Facial Wipes ($6) before washing my face.
2. Serums are kind of mysterious things. And they're usually expensive. But they are worth it.
I think of serum as the customizeable portion of every skin-care routine. A serum is a highly concentrated treatment that you apply before your moisturizer. I use two every morning. The primary one is packed with vitamin C. I've had so many dermatologists recommend this specific ingredient for brighter, healthier skin. "Like all antioxidants, vitamin C can help fight free radicals from all environmental aggressors, like pollution, and sun damage," dermatologist Dennis Gross, M.D., previously told SELF.
Anyone who ever goes outside should consider using a vitamin C serum. (Yeah, that's everyone.) You can use it along with another serum that's specific to your skin concerns: a mattifying gel for oily skin, licorice root for redness, or peptides for wrinkle prevention. My skin tends to be dry in certain spots so I layer a hydrating serum with hyaluronic acid over my vitamin C.
My routine: Skinceuticals C E Ferulic Serum ($165) mixed with Skinceuticals HA Intensifier ($98).
3. Sunscreen isn't just for the beach. You gotta use that ish every day.
If you stop reading after this, you're already winning. Sunscreen is the secret sauce. I admit: It's only been a year that I've been using a moisturizer with SPF 30 every day. But already I can see how it keeps my dark spots from getting worse and protects me from getting new ones.
The hard part about sunscreen is finding one that's not greasy or ashy. Personally, I prefer to use a chemical sunscreen with ingredients like avobenzone and octinoxate. These actives don't leave my brown skin looking pasty. One other thing: I also make sure to rub sunscreen on my ears and hands—two places that are exposed to the sun but are often forgotten.
My routine: I use RoC 5-in-1 MultiCorrexion Chest, Neck, & Face Cream SPF 30 ($27) in the morning. Then, I spritz with Supergoop Defense Refresh Setting Mist SPF 50 ($28) throughout the day from my desk.
4. Retinol is the best preventative product out there—and I'm not just talking about wrinkles.
Retinol—a form of vitamin A—isn't easy for everyone to tolerate. It can cause redness and irritation if you have sensitive skin. But if you can find a retinol that works for you (with the help of a dermatologist), it can really help clear up acne, brighten dark spots, and smooth fine lines. "Retinoids cause skin cells to turn over at a faster rate, decrease oil production, and help skin exfoliate," explains dermatologist Rita Linkner, M.D.
Vitamin A is a skin-care superhero. I layer mine on at night under a thick moisturizer. The moisturizer helps to minimize the chance of irritation. Any derm will tell you to use a nightly retinol—and not to expect results in less than a month. But personally, I can see a difference the next morning, I swear. It helps to minimize pimples and brighten up my entire face.
My routine: I layer The Ordinary Granactive Retinoid 2% Emulsion ($10) under the Lumene Overnight Bright Sleeping Cream ($20).
5. Exfoliate twice a week to get a fresh glow fast.
There are many different ways to get rid of dead skin cells, which can make skin look dull and clog pores. I prefer a chemical exfoliant that contains an alpha hydroxy acid. "Chemical exfoliants remove the top layers of the skin by weakening the lipids that bond them together, thus removing dull and dead skin cells and revealing healthy skin cells," says Dendy Engelman, M.D. Peels with AHAs like glycolic and lactic acid immediately make my skin look brighter (what dark spots?). So, it's my go-to before a special occasion, and I use them at least once a week as regular maintenance.
My routine: Once or twice a week I use the Philosophy Microdelivery Triple-Acid Brightening Peel ($70).

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See on Scoop.it – Management, Supervision, Leadership, and more!
How business owners can put together a detailed marketing guide for business growth.
While your business plan generally outlines your entire business, a standalone marketing plan focuses specifically, and in more detail, on just that one function. When business owners want to dive deeper into their marketing strategy they will likely put together a detailed plan that outlines their marketing goals — as well as the steps needed to accomplish them.
The standard components of an effective marketing plan can vary depending on who you ask. Here is my recommended five-step process for developing a marketing plan that will help you achieve your goals for business growth.
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While craft beer is relatively new in Prince George, the locals are already lining up to get their growlers filled at Trench Brewing and Distilling, the city's newest craft brewery—and its first craft distillery.
With its location in the gritty, industrial east end of downtown, Trench's tasting room— with its big communal tables, lots of local timber and stylish antler-based décor—feels straight out of East Van. There's live music, local wines and charcuterie, and West Coast-inspired beers inspired by a love of the great outdoors in the Rocky Mountain Trench.


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Things I miss about Richmond (I figure all the people are obviously a given):
Ukrops paninis and mini chocolate chip cookies
The little beeping noise in the office
2-hour staff lunches discussing the pros/cons of dog ownership
The big stone cross in my office window
The back parking lot behind Richmond Hall
The breezeway
Montana Gold chicken salad sandwiches
Stir Crazy pumpkin chai lattes (and cream cheese bagels and Newport sandwiches...)
Having to use googlemaps nearly every day
Watching "The Bachelorette" with Ann
Watching "Make it or Break it" on ABCF
Pony Pastures
Eleanor's kitchen (with peach tea and cookies)
Samsonox (and maybe his red bird, a tad)
For the Love of Chocolate homemade dark chocolate peppermint patties
Shaking hands at the end of services
Elijah's phone calls
Talking about Harry Potter with Deborah
5-minute artisan bread
The botanical gardens
Singing on my way to work (You Belong With Me, Here in Your Arms, and Forever are current favorites)
Random people coming into the office
Responsive songs during worship
Westminster Canterbury trips
Bottoms Up
Boaz and Ruth's chicken Caesar salad... holy smokes so good.
There are many more, I'm sure. And yes, I realize that a lot of these have to do with food.


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Winter Whale Watching, The Tubes, Natural History of the Anza-Borrego Region
Events December 19-December 25, 2019
Various Authors noon, Dec. 14
A lone U.S Border Patrol agent posted south of Camino de la Plaza near the shopping malls east of the San Ysidro port of entry Sunday found himself fending off a crowd of people running north from Mexico into the U.S.
The crowd, estimated at about 100 people, ignored the federal agent's order to turn back to Mexico, and he used his pepperball launcher to try and stop the group. Instead, the group began throwing rocks and trash at the agent and the situation escalated to a near riot.
Dozens of agents in vehicles and on ATVs responded to the agent's call for back-up and used batons and pepperballs to repel the crowd, comprised mainly of men.
A photo released by the Border Patrol Monday shows some of the rioters advancing on the federal agents. The statement released by the Border Patrol indicates that they were pelted with rocks and water bottles by the rioters. Several agents were hit in the arms, legs and head, but none were seriously injured.
The group was driven back to Mexico and no arrests were made, according to Border Patrol spokesman Jerry Conlin. San Diego sector chief Paul Beeson said he was relieved that none of his agents were badly injured.
"While attacks on Border Patrol agents are not uncommon, the agents showed great restraint when faced with the dangers of this unusually large group, and fortunately no one was seriously injured," Beeson said.


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The office of SHIFTS gets a visit from a very special guest, HOMEPOLISH. HOMEPOLISH has become widely known for their innovated service for "personal interior design by the hour". The brand helps interior designers meet future clients through their website which makes having the perfect home almost as easy as a click of a button.
HOMEPOLISH gives a makeover to the office. They wanted the PR office that also serves as the SHIFTS home base to translate Cooper and Andréasson mindset while appealing to their A-list clientele. The designer assigned to the project, Stephani Stein, describes it as "a ladies version of Mad Men." Stein incorporated pink and blush tones with a mix of structured and comfortable furniture to reflect the duos office lifestyle. These powerful women now have the office space that is the perfect setting for brainstorming and creativity as they continue to take over the Los Angeles PR industry.


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Simon & Schuster has paid a substantial six-figure sum to land world rights in political thriller author Michael Dobbs' next three novels.
Managing director Ian Chapman said it was his intention to restore Dobbs "to the top end of the bestseller lists, where he resided so memorably with House of Cards". Dobbs, author of novels including First Lady and Churchill's Hour, was published by Headline for his last three books, and previously by HarperCollins. The deal was brokered by Eddie Bell at Bell Lomax, Dobbs' former publisher when he was with HC.
Bell said Dobbs was attracted by Chapman's plans to develop him into an international thriller writer. "I think the deal was more driven by chemistry between them than anything else," he said. "They really hit it off. Ian Chapman has a vision for developing Michael both here and in America. He sees him as a world-class, British thriller writer who can make a big impact across the world."
The first S&S novel, The Edge of Madness, is due in October. The book details "a new type of conflict: cyber-warfare, where computers take over from missiles, and global damnation comes at the click of a button". Dobbs will deliver a book a year to his new editor Suzanne Baboneau, S&S publishing director.
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By Najat Kaanache
Educator, Lecturer and the Founder of Six Ingredients, a platform in which she is sharing her thoughts, journeys and experiences as a Chef, Humanitarian, Educator and Entrepreneur.
Let me tell you the story of this Magical Creole Banana Cake.
I was born on a little farm in the Pyrenees Mountains of San Sebastian where we had to be very creative and improvise every day to make fun, funky recipes using only our home grown ingredients. I call this rustic style of comforting cuisine "Healthy Country Food".
As a little girl I remember one recipe that always brought so much joy to my heart. On Sundays I would smell bananas baking in mama's potbelly oven and my imagination would fly all the way to grandma's house high up in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. She used to bake banana cake before sunrise so the magical aromas would fill the house and we would all wake up feeling warm, loved and hungry!
To this day the aroma of this dish keeps those happy childhood memories fresh in my mind and warms my soul. Have fun and don't be afraid to get creative with this healthy country recipe to make unforgettable aromatic memories at home.
Yields 8 Servings
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Rest Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
4 large eggs (room temperature, yolks and whites divided)
2 Tablespoons plain yogurt
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup raw "turbinado" sugar (brown is beautiful)
½ cup maple syrup
1 cup whole milk
½ cup extra virgin olive oil
2 cups multi-grain brown flour (brown is beautiful)
1 Tablespoon corn starch
1 Tablespoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
6 bananas (overly ripened bananas are deliciously sweet and remember that brown skin is beautiful).
First we'll make the caramel-banana layer for the Creole Banana Cake:
- In a round (9" X 2") cake mold evenly spread your granulated sugar.
- Heat over a medium flame until sugar melts and takes on an amber/copper color.
- Immediately remove the pan from the heat and mix in two Tablespoons olive oil, making sure the caramel is spread evenly along the bottom of the pan.
- Cut bananas lengthwise and place half of them in a funky pattern covering the caramel.
Now for the Banana cake:
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and corn starch, add salt and set aside.
- Separate the egg yolks from the egg whites and beat the egg yolks with remaining oil and sugar until creamy. Mix in the yogurt and maple syrup.
- Add dry ingredients in increments, alternating with the milk.
- In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until soft peaks form and gently fold them into the batter.
- Pour half of the batter over the banana layer then gently add another layer of your bananas (sliced lengthwise) and top with the rest of the batter. Bake for about 40 minutes until a toothpick can be inserted and removed without sticking (we do this test because every oven has a mind of its own).
- Remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes. Place large platter or plate on top so you can quickly invert the cake pan and lift it off, exposing the gorgeous caramelized banana top.
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For Immediate Release: June 19, 2017
Twenty-Man List Continues Busy Off-Season for Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH- The Cincinnati Cyclones, in conjunction with the ECHL, have announced their Season Ending Roster for 2017. The full list of players protected by the Cyclones can be found below.
2017 Protected List
Forwards: Seth Ambroz, Rob De Fulviis, Nick Huard, Justin MacDonald, Joe Manno, Brandon McNally, Tommy Mele, Dylan Nowakowski, Shawn O'Donnell, Jordan Sims, Shane Walsh, Dominic Zombo
Defensemen: Arvin Atwal, Craig Dalrymple, Tyler Elbrecht, Martin Lefebvre, Dan Johnston, Eric Knodel, Saverio Posa
Goaltender: Joel Rumpel
Per ECHL rules, Season-Ending Rosters may include up to 20 players, and cannot include any players who did not sign an ECHL contract in 2016-17. Each team is entitled to reserve rights to a maximum of eight players from the list of 20 by extending a qualifying offer no later than July 1. Of those eight qualified players, no more than four can be veterans (260 regular season professional hockey games played as of the start of the 2017-18 Season). Players on open qualifying offers cannot be traded, and teams are not required to extend a qualifying offer to players who sign a contract prior to July 1.
The qualifying offer must remain open for acceptance until August 1, at which time the qualifying offer becomes null and void and the team may sign the qualified player to any salary, or may elect to take no further action. Teams that extend a valid qualifying offer to a non-veteran player shall retain the rights to that qualified player for one playing season.
A team that extends a valid qualifying offer to a veteran player, or to a goaltender who has played more than 180 regular-season games, will retain the rights to that player until August 1. After that date, if the veteran player or goaltender is not signed to a contract by the team, the veteran or goaltender shall be deemed a restricted free agent and shall be entitled to seek and secure offers of employment from other ECHL teams.
Restricted free agents may not be traded, and when they receive a contract offer from a team other than the team with their rights and they wishes to accept the contract offer, the player and the offering member must, within 24 hours, notify the ECHL, the team with the player's rights, and the Professional Hockey Players' Association. The member with the player's rights shall have seven days after the date it is notified to exercise its right to match the contract offer.
If a restricted free agent is not signed to either an offer sheet or a contract by an ECHL team by August 31, the player shall be deemed an unrestricted free agent.
The 2016-17 season has come to a close, and the march towards 2017 First Face-off is ON! The Cincinnati Cyclones want to thank you for all of your support this past season, and invite you to stay tuned in the coming weeks and months for information on tickets and promotions for the 2017-18 season, great offseason events like Concrete Clones, and MORE! Call (513) 421-PUCK for information regarding your Cyclones, and you can also get the latest team updates on Facebook, Twitter (@CincyCyclones), and Instagram, along with our website, www.cycloneshockey.com!


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Gov. Mark Dayton recently made it official that he is backing off from his proposals to expand sales taxes to services like auto work and haircuts. He also is cutting his plan to create a business-to-business sales tax.
It had become quite clear the governor lacked support from citizens, businesses, local governments and both sides of the aisle in the Legislature. The business-to-business tax would have cost our shops an estimated $1.5 billion in 2015 alone. Taxes seem to always bring unintended consequences. In this case, businesses would have been forced to either raise prices for consumers, trim workers' hours, cut back on staff, or even close their doors. This is not what we need as we continue working to recover from a severe recession.
Dayton's revised budget still includes a spending increase of $2.7 billion over 2012-13. He proposes raising taxes by $1.8 billion. Tax increases the governor retained in his new plan include: $1.1 billion on the top 2 percent of earners, $30 million on snowbirds, $317 million on cigarettes, and a metro transit sales tax plan (which may increase from .25 to .5).
The governor still would not pay back delayed school funding and withdraws his initial budget's proposal of repaying it in 2016-17. This is disappointing because repaying school debt should be a top priority and has bipartisan support in the Legislature.
The House recently gave final passage to a bill to establish a state-run health insurance exchange. Our choices were to set up a state exchange or to accept a national exchange operated by the federal government through the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. House language including a 3.5-percent tax on premiums was adopted in the bill's final form. An amendment the House added preventing abortions from being funded through this program was stripped from the bill by a conference committee. The bill passed by a vote of 72-61 with no Republican members of the House voting in support of the bill.
I voted against this because serious issues regarding consumer privacy, choice and costs remained even as we debated final passage of the bill. Patient data could be accessed by the federal government, there is no guarantee patients will be able to see their preferred doctor at their convenience, and the system will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to simply operate.
The governor himself called this plan "a big gamble" during a recent interview.
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Thalia & William Levy in a telenovela together would make my head explode!
Oh my GOD!!!! I'm freaking out here chicas. Why? Well, because I just read a (admittedly very sketchy) report about how Thalia wants to tap uber hottie William Levy to star in her return to telenovela glory.
How AMAZING would that be? I'm not a die-hard fan of all telenovelas, but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate an exceptionally good one when i see it. I mean, even I watched episodes of La Reina del Sur and loved every second of them! Kate del Castillo was such a bad ass.
Plus, the nostalgia that a new Thalia telenovela would bring is just priceless. I mean, who hasn't watched (and loved) Maria la del Barrio?
Read more ¿Qué más?: Is William Levy too sexy for 'Dancing with the Stars?'
But the combination of Thalia and a super hot stud like Levy is almost too amazing to picture. It's like my ideal cast, especially if they play a star-crossed couple. Just think of how steamy some of those scenes would be!
Not to mention that now that Levy has crossed over to more mainstream audiences with his turn on Dancing with the Stars, I bet his presence would give a telenovela--or movie or pretty much any other visual project!!-- a serious ratings boost.
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Either way, a new show with Thalia as the main character is sure to be worth watching. But throwing in a little eye candy won't hurt anybody right?
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Governor of Poker 2 starts where the first game ended, but nothing is what it seems to be. A new Dallas government has entered and decided to put a ban on all poker games and consider the game to be illegal. What's even worse… you lost your title of Governor of Poker because of all this! It's up to you to convince the minister of the Texas gambling committee and show him poker is all about skills!
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Matthias Vriens Is Bringing Sex Back With a New Magazine
With his subversive, sex-stoked imagery for DUTCH in the 1990s, creative director Matthias Vriens (now Vriens-McGrath) knew no bounds. Each issue of the fashion and art magazine came packed with homo- and hetero-erotic imagery alike, merging the latest designer wares with suggestive, titillating story concepts. After becoming editor-in-chief, he published the notorious naked issue, in which not a stitch of clothing could be found among the 83 pages of fashion editorial — shot by Mikael Jansson — aside from designer credits.
Following DUTCH, Vriens-McGrath packed up his provocations and headed to Giorgio Armani (to be global creative director), then Gucci Group (senior art director), while continuing to shoot skin-flashing stories for the likes of i-D, The Face, Numéro, and the New York Times' T magazine.
Now, a marriage and a move to Hollywood later, he's back in the game with another eye-popping publication, TVTOR. The first issue of the self-financed, visually-led biannual bursts with nearly 400 pages, nearly all of it peek-a-boo photos taken by Vriens-McGrath himself or one of a randy roster of up-and-comers.
Here, following a launch party in Milan, Matthias Vriens-McGrath talks fashion versus art, his Tumblr addiction, and the pursuit of "tits, dick, pussy, and ass"…
Lee Carter: What does the Latin title refer to? To me it conjures up sexy Caesars in togas.
Matthias Vriens-McGrath: You're not far off. Personally TVTOR symbolizes a desire for photography and all things visual and delicious. That could be contemporary art, fashion, sex. Or possibly all of them combined.
The two covers of the first issue, the romanticism issue, show a man and a woman lying prostrate on the floor with their head in an oven, apparently dead and wearing designer shoes. At first I thought: footwear story! Rather, it appears to be a more complex reflection of your current mood.
It's all in the eyes of the beholder. If it ends for you as a shoe story, then I am content with that. However, the theme of romanticism for me is more Hansel and Gretel, Romeo and Juliet, in a manner not shy of Pina Bausch. I grew up in the theater and like to provoke thought by means of suggestive visuals. Neo-romanticism has occurred in history at times disastrous and too turbulent to grasp intellectually and emotionally. I think we can all agree on it being a rather horrific moment in time currently. Personally the return to nature, aka romanticism, is something dear to my heart. Whereas most people believe I am surrounded by bulging cocks non-stop, the truth is I'd rather be in the garden.
What makes it a horrific moment in time?
I am referring to total global insecurity. Most economical structures have collapsed, while others are holding on by a silk thread, watching a minority spend it all. Other fun things that come to mind are assholes like Putin fucking up his country and telling people what to do, including gays, and denying them a future altogether. I can elaborate a hell of a lot more, but I think you catch my drift.
Your work at DUTCH revolutionized alt-publishing, bringing to the fore a brazen, artistic approach to sexuality. What will you carry over from those risqué days? Does sex sell now the same way as it did then?
It does for me. However, this is a complicated stretch. Hypocrisy runs through most commercial and subsequently editorial structures. Fear of flesh and fantasy are of course a prominent source. Double standards rule the fashion world, but it's entirely different in the art world. Appropriation between the two does not seem valid. We can look at pornography within the confines of, let's say, a Larry Gagosian structure, and art foundations sponsored by fashion structures will include this work in their permanent collections, while a little tits and ass in a magazine might kill off the ad pages from those very same fashion houses. It has not stopped me from showing plenty of tits, dick, pussy, and ass in the first issue of TVTOR.
Which fashion houses have been hypocritical about T&A?
Now that would be juicy indeed! But you have to understand if I were to be specific about this, my chances of making any money at all would be shot, wouldn't it? So one could arguably say I am just as hypocritical as the ones I point my finger at. Rather, I think that after 25 years in this industry and having worked on all different fronts of it, I understand how it functions. I might not agree personally, but mentioning people or companies would not be smart or respectful. In the end we are all just trying to make a buck, one way or another.
One of the things that made DUTCH so exciting and provocative was the idea that your own sex life was just as exotic and copious. In fact you didn't shy away from that notion. I remember a series you drew on hotel stationery of post-coital male nudes in your room. Besides being happily married now, has anything changed?
Ha! My sex life before marriage seems somewhat of a myth. The sex scenes you refer to were more in my head than in the flesh. The reality of it all was a lot more like a pot of tea in bed and making art by myself. Marriage has definitely spiced up my sex life.
With your return to print, do you foresee a renewed, post-Internet interest in the tactile page?
I have always been a fan of print, at the risk of telling my age. Perhaps this is a desire for collecting. I have indeed taken a long break from it all, but right now I'm more excited than ever to self-publish TVTOR. Magazines will always be around, otherwise they would have vanished already. Niche magazines are needed to inspire and set the tone, where others cannot due to some of the abovementioned. It remains to be seen where this leads.
What has been the most challenging moment for you in the making of TVTOR?
To see my bank account shrink.
And the most triumphant?
When I held the first issue in my hands, I felt a sheer sense of pride and triumph indeed. Before that, to a degree, I lost touch with reality, I love to work and I can sit behind a computer literally for 24 hours. I am addicted to Tumblr, I love Tumblr. I think it's the best thing ever. A world of millions of brilliant editors gathered in one collective space — orgasmic! Our website will reflect this. Blog entries by a group of TVTOR illuminati will delight, I promise you.
That's funny. I think a lot of people are addicted to Tumblr, Twitter, and whatnot. Grindr, too. But I think in your case it's more for inspiration.
Absolutely. I am mesmerized by the amount of research that pops up on the screen in a flash. Twitter doesn't do it for me, but I have yet to start this engine for TVTOR. Who knows, when it catches on, it might be delicious.
Ideally, what's the future you see for TVTOR?
If I can continue making this magazine twice a year, keep the quality of paper, and work with people I admire and like, without bankrupting myself, then I will be a happy boy.
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Richard Powers, in the early 1980s, was working as a computer programmer. Upon seeing August Sander's photo Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance, he quit his job, lived off savings and wrote his first novel, Three farmers on Their Way to a Dance. Thinking this would be pretty much his only opportunity to write freely, after which he would have to return to the workforce, he crammed pretty EVERYTHING he knew into it.
It contains three intertwining narratives:
- Our narrator encountering the photo for the first time, spurred on to discover what is happening inside it, the relations between the subjects along with their relationships with the photographer and the outside world, their relationships with the viewer, the reader. In this thread, we are taken on and implicated in essayistic tours of history and photography, philosophy for and reconstruction of the twentieth century: "Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance, 1914. The date sufficed to show they were not going to their expected dance. I was not going to my expected dance. We would all be taken blindfolded into a field somewhere in the tortured century and made to dance until we'd had enough. Dance until we dropped."
- A reconstruction of the possible lives of our three farmers. From the photo, Powers (and one of his characters, although…) develops a potential narrative of three young men at the beginning of (and going through) the First World War.
- The tale of Peter Mays, a technical editor for an Electronics Magazine who becomes infatuated with a woman, following a pseudo detective tale leading him to, among other things, the photo in question.
The way the three tales listed above elide is fascinating and intricate, as those lives of the three farmers. And what we also have is a history of certain parts of the Continent during WWI; we hear of the Peace Ship: Henry Ford, unhappy with the world's efforts toward peace, decided to take a ship filled with celebrities and common folk alike, from the US of A to Continental Europe, in order to stand between the armies in question and force peace between the warring nations. We also hear the great story of all Parisian taxis being called to take French soldiers to the Battle of the Marne.
However, this is not a tale of the past, it is one of our relationship with it. The three farmers are not just looking at the camera or the photographer, but their gaze is also directed toward us, the viewer, the reader. We are implicated in their tale for more than one reason, none of which i will state here for fear of destroying some of the enjoyment of reading this book.
The photo itself is one of a series entitled Face of the Twentieth Century. Wikipedia tells us
In this series, [Sander] aims to show a cross-section of society during the Weimar Republic. The series is divided into seven sections: The Farmer, The Skilled Tradesman, The Woman, Classes and Professions, The Artists, The City, and The Last People (homeless persons, veterans, etc.). By 1945, Sander's archive included over 40,000 images.
His plan was to map out the century via the faces of people. From the novel,
[Sanders'] plan makes Peter think of maps. Photographing society reminds him of making maps of unknown terrain. It provides a key, a way of looking over a place without having to go there. This man's plan—to build up a document of categories and subcategories, even more precise and encompassing with each new photo—is like increasing the scale of the map. One mile to the inch is clearly better than two to the inch: more detail, and truer to the real estate. Perhaps this fellow on the bicycle, as incurable as he is about posing, might, by taking enough photos, improve the map of the Man of the Twentieth Century to the scale of a few hundred yards to the inch, a few hundred faces to the photo.
But Peter does not take this hope of increasing exactness to its logical conclusion. A map of one inch to the inch, which cannot be spread without covering the countryside, shows nothing that the place itself shows just as well. In order for this encyclopedia to become completely authentic, it would have to include a print of every living face…


text: Monday (July 30, 2018) is a historic day for the people of Zimbabwe. For the first time, since the fall of former President Robert Mugabe late last year, Zimbabwe held the Presidential, National and Regional Parliaments elections. In the Presidential election, 23 people registered as candidates. But only two have claimed to have the support of the people's votes; namely incumbent president Emmerson Mnangagwa of ZANU PF party and leader of the opposition Movement of Democratic Change (MDC), Nelson Chamisa. If no candidate gets a vote of more than 50%, then a second round of voting will be held on 8 September. President Mnangagwa claimed to win this election, so did Chamisa. The MDC leader even accused the allegations of fraud, though was denied by the ruling camp. The chaos in this election has taken at least 3 lives. The government blamed the opposition as the cause of the riots. The provisional announcement of Zimbabwe's legislative elections Wednesday (1 August 2018) says the current ruling party, ZANU-PF, has won 110 of the 210-seats in the lower house. The opposition MDC won 41 seats, other parties 2 seats, while the remaining 57 seats are still being counted. With the achievement of more than half of the parliamentary seats, the ZANU-PF party may win this election. Like the presidential election, the opposition also refuses to accept this election result because it is considered full of fraud. Meanwhile, the father of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe (94 years) also participated in this election. However, apparently he was still hurt for being forcibly taken down last year, making him speak out against his own party, ZANU-PF a few days before the election. He even encouraged people to vote for parties outside ZANU-PF. On election day, Mugabe chose not to issue any statement. Seeing this development and looking at the results of the General Elections, it is certainly not expected to increase the tension in Zimbabwe. Opposition parties should keep sympathizers not to be anarchists, while the ruling party also provides an opportunity to recount if there is a demand. Anyone who becomes the President and any party that controls the parliament are expected to be a protector for all Zimbabweans.


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The years can bring bone and joint problems for both men and women. Simple wear and tear can lead to osteoarthritis, and the weight gain that often comes with age puts even more stress on joints.
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But if it's been a while since you've been active, Weber advises talking to your doctor before you begin any exercise program to ensure you don't have any health problems that might make exercising risky.
In addition to regular moderate-intensity physical activity, a bone-healthy diet is essential.
"After about age 25, a woman's bone mass starts depleting instead of building, and menopause increases this loss," Weber says.
Calcium is the most important nutrient for bones, and vitamin D helps the body absorb it. In addition to finding both in dairy products and fish, some foods and beverages, such as orange juice, are fortified with calcium, and it's in some green vegetables.
The amount of calcium and vitamin D you need varies with age, so make sure you're getting enough — but not too much — at each stage of your life.
With the extra risks women face, exercise might seem like a dangerous step. But the fact is, being fit is a good defense.
A study of women in their 50s and 60s, published in the journal Menopause, suggests that moderate alcohol consumption — one drink per day — may also help to prevent bone loss in older women.
The study revealed that moderate amounts of alcohol seem to slow down the bone turnover rate (the biological process by which bits of bone are dissolved, or reabsorbed, and new bone is formed). This slowdown may help protect women against fractures over time.
While further research is needed, these findings seem to fit with a prior discovery that people who are moderate drinkers have higher bone mineral density than heavy drinkers and those who don't imbibe at all.
However, both the study authors and Weber caution that these potential bone-protective benefits don't apply to men, or to girls and women in their teens and early 20s who are still building bone mass.
"If you're under the age of 25, you should focus on physical activity, eating right and getting enough calcium and vitamin D to ensure that your bones are healthy and strong," Weber says.
Weber advises having a baseline bone density test, or DEXA scan, for all women at age 65, or earlier if you are at high risk for developing osteoporosis. This allows you to start treatment as soon as necessary.
These things can put a woman in the high risk group:
To help women of all ages with joint problems, Rush offers both traditional and advanced care, including the following:
More women than ever are healthy, active and strong at midlife and beyond, notes Weber. It's not too late to be one of them.
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Under the Cover
The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel
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How does a book come into being?
In Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel (Princeton University Press, 2017), Clayton Childress, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at The University of Toronto, accounts for the social processes behind the contemporary novel. The book uses a case study of Jarrettsville, a work of historical fiction, to explore the processes of creation, production, and reception for the book. Drawing on, but also extending and developing, field theory, the book challenges the usual perception of a lone authorial genius with a detailed sociological picture of how a novel is made. The book offers rich empirical material, from quantitative analysis of inequalities in publishing, through readers' responses to the novel and insider knowledge from agents and editors, to ethnographic reflections on the social setting for authorial work. The book is a fascinating and accessible read for anyone interested in contemporary culture. The first chapter is available for as a preview here.
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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: he believed in me. ~Jim Valvano
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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: he believed in me. ~Jim Valvano
11 comments:
- Melissa B. said...
Stopping by from SITS to Share Some Sunday Comment Love...AND the chance at a $50 Target Gift Card!
- June 21, 2009 at 9:38 AM
- AB HOME INTERIORS said...
Love the valvano quote. True words of wisdom. Stopping by from SITS!
- June 21, 2009 at 11:44 AM
- Momma Miller said...
So true...belief in us gives us wings. Love the pictures!
- June 21, 2009 at 12:24 PM
- Randi said...
Happy Father's Day to Shaun and Papa Darrell! We miss you guys and I just want to see that little girl! She looks so much older! Love you guys!
- June 21, 2009 at 1:55 PM
- septembermom said...
Wonderful Valvano quote! The photos of your Dad and Husband could just melt my heart! Lovely blog:)
- June 21, 2009 at 2:16 PM
- ♥ bfs~"Mimi" ♥ said...
Precious!! ♥
- June 21, 2009 at 4:39 PM
- Muthering Heights and Other Senseless Sensibility said...
That is such a sweet Father's Day quote!
- June 21, 2009 at 9:42 PM
- Fresh Mommy said...
Oh this is so sweet! Happy Father's Day to the special Fathers in your life! Great photos and wonderful quote!!
- June 21, 2009 at 10:46 PM
- Penelope said...
From SITS, thanks for visiting my blog...I love the layout of your blog, and the pics of Jules (she's so cute!!).
- June 22, 2009 at 8:16 AM
- Aleta said...
Awwww, sweet pictures and good quote!
- June 22, 2009 at 12:13 PM
- Momma@Live. Laugh. Pull your hair out said...
LOVE the quote and the pics! Beautiful!
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Halloween is edging closer and closer, and so is the countdown sadly. Here's the season that picks up the remnants of Fight the Future.
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The only full episode of the show that my Mum remembers – and is consequently her favourite episode – 'Arcadia' sees Mulder and Scully depict every shippers dream…going undercover as a married couple.
The episode takes place in my kind of hell – a planned community. Whenever I've been on holiday to Florida, we've always spent one week in one of these communities (a mixture of residential and holiday homes) and there's just something eerily terrifying about it. Everything looks the same and they're usually gated off making it feel so isolating to even stay a week in.
So when we stayed in around Champions Gate in Davenport in 2014, I couldn't help but imagine myself in the middle of 'Arcadia'. And again, 'Arcadia' brings forth the funnier side of the show, especially between Mulder and Scully…or should I say Rob and Laura Petrie (another nod to The Dick Van Dyke Show).
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Okay. As much as I love this episode, it is shit. I can barely remember the plot of 'Agua Mala', only the visuals, a few lines between Mulder and Scully and the sheer amount of water used. Which is pretty similar to a majority of the reviews of the episode when it was aired, one Todd VanDerWerff of A.V. Club has noted that "the worst thing about 'Agua Mala' is that it comes so very, very close to working that it's frustrating to see just how little it actually does."
It seems as though more thought was put into the production of the episode rather than the story itself. Rob Bowman (who directed Fight the Future) is known for going all out when directing, and here is no different. 'Agua Mala' is notable for the sheer amount of water used and its lack of natural lighting. In fact, none of the episode was shot in daylight, rather relying on the low lighting of flashlights and emergency lighting used in the episode.
But as forgettable as the story line is, it does what every good monster-of-the-week episode does; it gives you an irrational fear of going to the bathroom during a rainstorm or hurricane.
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Reading into these episodes rather than just going into them by memory is extremely insightful, especially in regards to 'The Rain King'. The episode was written by a then-new X-Files writer Jeffrey Bell, who had sent three scripts to the production crew as he was a fan of the show. The producers eventually went with Bell's 'The Rain King', which obviously went through multiple changes by writers Frank Spotnitz, John Shiban and Vince Gilligan to flesh out the story.
This ultimately led to Bell coming up with an emotional parallel between Mulder and Scully with Hardt, something I hadn't realized before. He states, "Here you have a guy who's affecting the weather because he's repressing his emotions […] and who better to help him than two people whose emotions are repressed and never express their feelings for each other?"
The episode itself borders on cheesy at certain points to me from being so used to the show's usually dark undertones, but thinking about the parallels between Hardt with Mulder and Scully brings a new layer to the episode that I didn't have before. The way in which Mulder and Scully react to Hardt's situations was one of my favourite aspects of 'The Rain King', which has been further accentuated for me by that quote.
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Directed and written by David Duchovny, 'The Unnatural' is a strange episode within The X-Files canon. It's mostly a flashback episode, it rarely sees Mulder and Scully together, its unconnected to the shows overarching mythology and tells the exuberant story of a black baseball player who played for the Roswell Grays in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947; the year of the famed UFO crash. He goes under the pseudonym of Josh Exley, as he is actually an alien who falls in love with baseball.
Duchovny was inspired by the story of baseball player Joe Bauman. In a newspaper story he read that even though Bauman had hit 72 home-runs during the 1954 season but had never made it to the Major Leagues. Bauman played for the Roswell Rockets, in which Duchovny connected to the 1947 Roswell Incident, later saying that "[he] just made the association … What if this guy was an alien? And [he] just started working on that idea."
The episode's title 'The Unnatural' is a reference to the 1952 novel The Natural by Bernard Malamud, a novel following the story of a baseball prodigy injured in a bizarre shooting incident. The episode itself contains many other references to literature; unsurprisingly since Duchovny has a B.A. in English Literature.
The different tone Duchovny takes with the episode is what makes it so successful and ultimately beautiful. He has an intimate understanding of the show and its characters straight off the mark, so he is able to leave his mark on the episode as he sees fit whilst working around Mulder and Scully. It was a highly praised episode at the time of its broadcast, and even Anderson commended Duchovny saying, "I was proud of David for writing the script. I thought it was wonderful. He was kind and gentle and respectful and humble, and always tried to do his best."
And that ending though. It's so beautiful and heart-warming and can only lead to one conclusion: Mulder and Scully are totally bangin'.
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One of the only times The X-Files has incorporated a haunted house, 'How the Ghosts Stole Christmas' was written and directed by Carter and featured Mulder and Scully on a stake out on Christmas eve at a reputed haunted house. Of course, this stake out is Mulder's idea, explaining that during Christmas of 1917 a young couple agreed to a lovers' pact, one killing the other and the remaining person committing suicide; with the moral of the story being that this lovelorn couple want to show people how lonely the holidays can be.
The cast of the episode is the smallest cast ever for an episode of the show, only featuring Duchovny, Anderson, Lily Tomlin as Lyda and Ed Asner as Maurice. 'How the Ghosts Stole Christmas' was also only filmed on one set, meaning that the episode was fairly cheap; but meant more strain on Duchovny and Anderson to carry the episode.
'How the Ghosts Stole Christmas' carries a mixture of tones, but is ultimately one of the best holiday episodes of a television show. I watch this episode every Christmas Eve without fail. It's full of classic lines ("Wait – is that a hound I hear baying out on the moors?" "No. Actually that was a left cheek sneak"), comedy, romance and horror. Everything you need for the Christmas season in true X-Files fashion.
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Ohhhh, if only I'd known an episode of The X-Files was filmed on the Queen Mary when I went on that ship in 2011. I started watching the show properly in 2013; up until that point I'd only seen snippets of episodes as a kid when it was airing, and vaguely knew who Duchovny and Anderson were. When I watched 'Triangle' for the first time, I sat there trying to pinpoint where I'd seen the interior shots before. I proceeded to look it up, and lo and behold the majority of the episode was filmed on the Queen Mary.
Written and directed by Carter, the episode itself is a rare occurrence within the show; it's a time-travel episode. Mulder finds out that a luxury passenger liner from the 1930s had suddenly appeared on the edge of the Bermuda Triangle and races to it. Once there, he realizes that he has traveled back in time to September 3, 1939 during the outbreak of World War II. German soldiers have taken over the ship in search for 'Thor's Hammer'; something that may ensure their victory during the war.
'Triangle' is meant to play out like The Wizard of Oz, with Mulder being a Dorothy-like character stumbling across characters who are identical to their contemporary counterparts, portrayed by Anderson, William B. Davis (CSM), Chris Owens (Jeffrey Spender), James Pickens Jr. (Kersch), and Mitch Pileggi (Skinner). It is filmed, however, in the vein of Alfred Hitchcock's 1948 film Rope, with many shots filmed and edited to appear as one single take.
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If you're a fan of Breaking Bad like I am, than you have a lots of thanks to owe to The X-Files and this episode. Partly a homage to the 1994 film Speed, 'Drive' follows Mulder as he is trapped in a car by a seemingly deranged individual played by Bryan Cranston, who has to continue driving at a certain speed to prevent his head from exploding, due to a secret experiment performed on him.
The episode itself came from an idea that Vince Gilligan had featuring a man holding someone hostage on a Tilt-A-Whirl. Originally lacking any mystery as to why someone would do this, Gilligan added that after the ride was shut off, the man's head wold explode. This then led onto Gilligan researching into the outcomes of low-frequency waves in the military. The secret experiment performed on Patrick Crump (Cranston) is inspired by two military experiments; Project HAARP and Project ELF.
Cranston's involvement in the episode was down to Gilligan needing an actor that could humanize an antagonist (sound familiar?) When it came to being cast for Breaking Bad, AMC executives were unsure due to only knowing Cranston from his role in Malcolm in the Middle. After viewing his performance in this episode, they were convinced that he was the right fit for Walter White.
'Drive' itself is definitely one of my favourite episodes of the series. It's cinematography of the Nevada desert is beautiful, it's tense as hell, Mulder's deadpan humor is on point and Cranston delivers his best performance before White.
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Named after one of the names used for the Area 51 facility, 'Dreamland' and 'Dreamland II' was the first non-mythology narrative to be spread across two episodes. Written by Vince Gilligan, John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz and directed by Kim Manners ('Dreamland') and Michael Watkins ('Dreamland II'), the episodes follow Mulder and a member of the Men in Black after they switch bodies after meeting at Area 51, whilst unbeknownst to others.
Michael McKean portrays Morris Fletcher, who was originally meant for comedian Garry Shandling. Shandling and Duchovny were good friends, but Shandling was unavailable due to filming Town and Country. McKean however was at the top of Gilligan's list of potential actors – an actor who would eventually star in Gilligan's Breaking Bad spin-off, Better Call Saul.
The episodes themselves incorporate many in-jokes surrounding Area 51 and the conspiracy theories that connotes, but it's the humor of seeing Duchovny and McKean playing their respective characters that carries 'Dreamland' and 'Dreamland II'; much to some reviewers behest. One stand out moment being a scene in which Duchovny and McKean reenact a scene from the 1933 Marx Brothers film Duck Soup. Duchovny and McKean each watched the film and practiced for a week and half to perfect their synchronised choreography. In order to portray the idea that Mulder is seeing himself as Fletcher in the mirror, the set was two bedrooms, both mirror images of each other with Duchovny and Fletcher performing their rendition on either side.
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Writing this, it's funny to see how many of my favourite episodes are written by Gilligan. 'Monday' is often regarded as being inspired by the 1993 film Groundhog Day; however Gilligan and John Shiban were inspired by the 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone entitled 'Shadow Play'.
'Monday' sees the world trapped in a time loop, with only one woman, named Pam (Carrie Hamilton) aware of the situation. The episode follows Mulder mainly as he goes through the same Monday over and over again, with each Monday playing out slightly differently each time, but ending with the same outcome; Mulder and Scully being trapped inside a bank robbery until the eventual bombing of the building by the suicidal robber, who is also Pam's boyfriend.
As each Monday repeats, each time Pam speaks to Mulder he becomes closer to being able to remember who she is. She eventually is able to convince him that that specific Monday is repeating over and over again, to which Mulder begins to repeat the phrase 'he's got a bomb' to himself so he can recall it the following iteration of the Monday.
One of my favourite aspects of the episode is the slight differences each time Mulder wakes up after each explosion. Kim Manners, one of the show's best directors, achieved this by diagramming every camera angle and move to make the scenes both different and visually appealing to the viewer each time around.
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Exploring the themes of alternate reality and abductive reasoning, 'Field Trip' explores what happens to Mulder and Scully when they are exposed to a giant fungal growth that causes the duo to have two separate hallucinogenic episodes; eventually merging into one shared hallucination. Similar to 'Bad Blood', the episode allowed the audience to see Mulder and Scully's separate viewpoints of each other in their individual hallucinations. This time to the point where if they knew the other was saying something out of character, they knew that they must be in an alternate reality; i.e. trapped underground by a giant mushroom.
Written by Frank Spotnitz, 'Field Trip' was thoroughly researched to the point of a researcher for the series travelling to a body farm operated by the University of Tennessee's Department of Anthropology to witness how different conditions effect human bodies when decomposing.
Alternative reality and abductive reasoning are two areas that I'm not quite familiar with so I won't explain them here. But if you research them, you can see how both Mulder and Scully get to the conclusions that they do in the episode through these means, which is a highly sophisticated way to both get to the conclusion of a television episode and an exciting layer to let play out in the narrative.
I also feel really bad for Duchovny and Anderson in this episode, since they had to be covered in a vegetable-derived food thickener with yellow food colouring for the fungal secretion, whilst also being buried underground – literally. Duchovny and Anderson were placed in large pits with scaffolding that the two wore wetsuits and were then covered in the vegetable fluid and soil.


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