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'Learning disability has been invisible for too long. Now it's time to see it.'
UK charity Mencap is behind 'HERE I AM', a new campaign to ensure people with a learning disability are heard and understood. And Edge, a longtime supporter of the charity, has taken to Twitter and Instagram to add his support.
'Join me in supporting@mencap_charity #HereIAm campaign - Edge'
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10 May, 2017
Me TooThank you for adding to a wonderful cause. My husband and I are both teachers and I specifically teach struggling readers and writers at the high school level. We would love to see you in London this summer, but prices are too high! We've been fans forever, and my hubby is in the tour video from ASU 20+ years ago! Our boys, now 15 & 17, can plan nearly every song by ear, both are struggling readers & writers and find joy in knowing that music makes their lives better and helps them understand the world around them far better than the history books!
10 November, 2016
Thank youHere in the US, learning disabilities are the least spoken about and understood of the qualifying factors for special education; it seems like most of the news, research funding, and services are being offered to the more commonly discussed disabilty of autism. As a special education teacher of kindergarten through 3rd grade students (5 to 8 year olds), I am very pleased to see a well-know, respected (and loved) artist put his name behind a campaign to bring the issue of discrimination against people with learning disabilities to the general public. Though I love and respect all of those I teach, I must admit that students with a learning disabilty hold a special place in my heart. Each student is a bright, unique individual with his or her own way of learning and, while finding what does and does not work may be challenging/frustrating/difficult for teacher and pupil alike, it is a real pleasure to for both of us to find that something that just clicks!
01 November, 2016
Here I amThank you so very much for supporting this cause. I spent many years in the USA working with adults. It is refreshing to have a celebrity advance this cause. Thank you!
26 October, 2016
Edge your a LegendHi Edge i got Aspergers syndrome mild Austism and i been through a lot of tough times i hope you can help get rid of the bad stigma to do with disabilities like mine and make life worth living its tough being judged your a legend
23 October, 2016
pleasewe all known you are perfectionist, but some people highly demand your new album... so "how long we must sign this song"?
21 October, 2016
Yeah....The Edge. The longtime friend who inspires me!
21 October, 2016
Feeling SeenThis really hits home for me. As the mother of lovely and talented 18-year-old twin daughters (musicians and also U2 fans) who have a learning disability, it has been painful at times to see them feel invisible and misunderstood. Thank you for bringing attention to this and for helping to dissolve the stigma associated with learning disabilities.
21 October, 2016
Thank you!I´m an educator for mentally handicapped people and people with mental illness. It´s not just my profession - it is passion. I love my job! For 16 years i've been working in this profession and i'm not tired of it! I see the people on the same level. I believe this is the reason why i still have fun and pleasure in and for this profession! It´s not always easy, but it´s a fulfilling task! I thank The Edge very much for his commitment! Thank you! :)
21 October, 2016
Go Edge Go!Edge is just a good guy. Nothing more nothing less.
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Lee and Elaine Roy are easily the most successful brother-sister duet in bluegrass today.
It's an easy distinction. There have been plenty of brother acts in bluegrass through the years, but brother-sister acts are rare.
They were born in Massachusetts, raised in Canada and headed to Nashville in 2011 to record their first album for Rural Rhythm Records — "Lonesome Whistle."
It was followed by "New Day Dawning" in 2012.
"Gypsy Runaway Train," the title cut and first single off the new album, is a song about traveling musicians who roll into town and "step out on that stage, open up our hearts and let our fingers fly."
The Roys wrote six songs on the album and if they're a little said, well, Lee's father-in-law died and Elaine's divorce was finalized while they were working on the album
She turns in a stellar performance on Johnny Bond's country classic, "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" as well as her own "Half of Me," a song about a lost love that hurts so bad "that the stillness in the air makes it hard to breathe."
Lee's "Another Minute" was written about their grandfather. But the message, "Lord, what I wouldn't give for just another minute with him," can apply to anyone who's missed.
Originals include "You Can Count On My Love," "Workin' On It" and "Enough For Me."
Other songs include Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon of Kentucky," which begins as a mournful ballad and quickly kicks into overdrive; Merle Haggard's "Ramblin Fever"; Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs' "He Took Your Place"; and Alan O'Bryant's "Those Memories Of You."
Good album by a duo that just keeps getting better.
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We use the word frequently and without discretion. We use it to describe people, places, experiences, and possessions. We use it to express a variety of emotions in response to the moment.
But God is specific when He says love people. Jesus commanded it, and His disciples quoted it repeatedly:
- John 13:34 – A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
- Matthew 5:44 – But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you
- Matthew 22:39 – And the second [great commandment] is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
- Mark 12:33 – And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
- Romans 13:8-10 – 8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not bear false witness," "You shall not covet," and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
- Galatians 5:14 – For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
- 1 John 4:7-8 – 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
- 1 John 4:11-12 – 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.
- 1 John 4:20-21 – 20 If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.
What does this mean? We have to love people at all times, in all places, through all difficulties. We have to love people as God loves them. Which means at all times. In all circumstances. When they are angry and obnoxious. When they are wrong. When they are abusive.
Because everyone is a son or daughter of God, whether they acknowledge Him or not.
Because everyone matters to Him, whether He matters to them or not.
Because God sees the heart He lovingly formed (1 Samuel 16:7, Psalm 139:14), not the hurt they have caused.
To love. To forgive. To reconcile. To be at peace. With all people. Jesus says it is the second most important thing we are called to do.
But it is hard. I struggle with this. DAILY.
Because I want to repay people wrong for wrong, hard word for hard word, sneak for sneak, and bad attitude for bad attitude. I want to lash out and slap back. I want to yell and fight. In my head I have numerous conversations where I do all these things and come up with a lot of put-you-in-your-place retorts.
And my problem is that I don't let is go quickly or easily. I allow it to take over my thoughts and emotions. I allow it to speak a harsh diatribe in my head whenver I see the person. I allow it to invade my peace and steal my ability to forgive.
I know it. I recognize this dysfunction in myself. I hear its footsteps in my thoughts. I taste its bitter feel on my tongue. I feel the stone wall being erected in my heart. I know my ability to love languishes. My capacity to forgive fades away. My ability to be compassionate is chased away.
I am currently going through this now with someone in my life but not close to my heart. Every time I see this person, I feel myself change into someone I don't want to be. I feel myself tense up at the thought of expelling my frustration. I feel myself skirting toward the edge of temptation to lash out in retaliation. I feel myself sticking out my tongue and making obnoxious gestures after the person walks by.
This makes me human. And it points to my need for the Savior to continue His work on my heart. Because I need an attitude adjustment. Without a heart transplant – where Jesus fills up my holes, waters my dry places, and mends my broken spots – I cannot live up to my spiritual obligation to love. To love people as much as, if not more, than I love myself.
So I will continue to pray that I can live above my emotions and beyond the moment to be someone who can love her neighbor. At all times. In all circumstances. No matter how my feelings are trying to guide me in the wrong direction.
Because my goal is to be a Romans 13:10 girl, a person who lives by this guiding force: "Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law".
Because harsh thoughts cause harm.
Because harsh words cause hurt.
Because harsh feelings cause hatred.
And these things don't allow us the opportunity to think beyond the emotion. To consider anything (positive) beyond the moment. To offer grace instead of growling back. To extend forgiveness and forfeit revenge.
It is hard. Again, I struggle. DAILY. But thank God I am a work in progress and each day I get a new opportunity to love. To love my neighbor – anyone I come in contact with – as much as, if not more than, I love myself. To love. At all times. In all circumstances. No matter what someone throws at me, right or wrong.
And daily I pray I take advantage of every opportunity He gives me. So my heart softens, my heart opens, and my heart loves. Willingly.
Because every day I will have the chance to love my neighbors. And I want to be ready!
Help me, Father, to see people the way You see them. Help me to see them through Love's eyes, which see the heart and not the behavior. Help me to see the potential, the poetry, and the possibilities You have embedded in each person. I pray You continue to soften my heart against anger, retribution, and harsh words. Help me to replace my negative reactions with Your influence of love and grace. It is hard, since I am human, but thank You Father that You are not – and so You walk with me to help me. Replace my words with Your love, my reactions with Your grace, and my anger with Your forgiveness. For to truly love my neighbors, I need to be an extension of Your love … which means replacing all my human frailties with Your divine sureties. Fill my human holes, my human emotions, and my human limitations with Your divine power, divine insight, and divine grace. In Jesus' almighty name. AMEN!
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Seven things I do well:
1. Knit/crochet.
2. Paint (watercolor).
3. Drive/parallel park.
4. Chocolate chip cookies.
5. Obsess about Gerard Way.
6. Dress Pickle.
7. Cook Thanksgiving dinner
Seven things I don't do well:
1. Go to bed early
2. Get up early.
3. Play sports.
4. Say no to dessert.
5. Drive slowly.
6. Enthusiastically pack lunches for school.
7. Math.
Seven things I have never done:
1. Been to China.
2. Ridden on a motorcycle.
3. Gotten a tattoo (though I'm planning on it).
4. Smoked.
5. Skydiving.
6. SCUBA diving.
7. Learned how to play a musical instrument.
Seven things I want to do:
1. Go to Africa during Spring Break
2. Get a tattoo.
3. Sing really well.
4. Meet Gerard Way
5. Swim with dolphins.
6. Have one more baby!
7. Become a famous artist!
Seven things I say often:
1. Makeshift
2. Haywire
3. Gormless (new favorite word).
4. I smell a smelly smell that smells smelly.
5. It's like an inferno in here.
6. Don't step in any dog dirt...or cat dirt.
7. What's this stupid stupidity?
Seven things my kids think I say often:
1. Clean the rat cage!
2. Turn off the boob tube.
3. You guys are eating like you're going to the chair.
4. If I go on that ride, they'll have to take me out of here on a stretcher.
5. I just bought that can of Pringles yesterday!
6. C'mon kids! Let's go to Starbucks!.
7. Don't step in the urine.
Seven things I will NEVER say:
1. It's too cold in here! Turn off the air conditioning!
2. I think I'll go to bed at 10:00 tonight!
3. I love to exercise!
4. No, I don't want any sushi.
5. Let's watch some football!
6. I love driving behind old people!
7. I'm not afraid of bees!
I'm tagging Everybody!!
19 comments:
- Ronda's Rants said...
Oh wow...I wanted a tattoo and I got one and I wanted to ride a motorcycle and that was what my first blog was about...I also want to scuba dive although I am not sure my 50 year body can do it!!!
- September 16, 2008 at 6:02 AM
- Shannon said...
I agree... you do dress Pickle very well :)
And "You guys are eating like you're going to the chair" made me laugh. out. loud!!! That is hilarious!
- September 16, 2008 at 7:28 AM
- oº˚ Homeschool Mom˚ºo said...
I always wanted a tatto! My sisters have one and they said it hurt like HELL! Loved the post I may print it out and have my kids try and do it. That would be fun! Much Love -- don't forget to come by I left you something!
- September 16, 2008 at 7:47 AM
- Kori said...
Oh these are awesome things about you.
As far as the tattoo don't think about it... Just do it.
- September 16, 2008 at 8:33 AM
- Jennifer said...
The problem w/ getting the tattoo is finding exactly what I want! It has to be *just right*!!
I'd do it today if I knew what image I wanted...Maybe something My Chemical Romance? Maybe something w/ an eyeball?
I'm open to ideas!!
- September 16, 2008 at 8:40 AM
I knew you wanted another baby! OMG you would be so busy, do it, I'm so curious to know if it would be a boy or a girl.
- September 16, 2008 at 11:16 AM
- Lori said...
Jennifer, could you turn down the air conditioner so I can make myself cozy at your blog and watch some football? And bring me another can of Pringles?
- September 16, 2008 at 11:33 AM
- Sue Wilkey said...
WHO is Gerard Way? I am fascinated by other people's crushes. it makes me feel more normal about how I am going to marry Joe Jonas.
- September 16, 2008 at 12:27 PM
- Jennifer said...
Ronda--I want to hear all about your tattoo!
Shannon--I think I say that a lot! I asked Andy to tell me some of the things I say to them and that was one of the first things he came back with!
Anissa--Get a tattoo, too!
Kori--Do you have a tattoo? If so--what is it?
Cathy--I would LOVE too--but Don's not into the idea.
Sue--Gerard Way is the singer from My Chemical Romance. He's also my boyfriend. Maybe we han have a double wedding??
- September 16, 2008 at 12:45 PM
- Jo-Jo said...
I can't say no to sweets either! Thanks for doing the 7x7! I have trouble...well lets be honest...I can't say no to desserts! I have a little something on my page for you. Come on over to see what it is!
- September 16, 2008 at 2:16 PM
- Kori said...
Eating like you're going to the chair? I LOVE that! Mind if I steal it for myself?
- September 16, 2008 at 2:18 PM
- Jennifer said...
Jo-Jo--I used to not have much of a sweet tooth--it's getting worse the older I get!
Kori--LOL--steal away!!
- September 16, 2008 at 2:27 PM
What a great list! Gormless...I Love it!!!! Use it in a sentence please so I can steal it....correctly.
I have 3 tattoos and I swam with dolphins...I highly recommend both! :)
- September 16, 2008 at 3:54 PM
- Jennifer said...
Here you go Karla:
Although he appeared intriguing in the photo, he proved to be quite gormless and uninteresting in person.
It means stupid!
I'm jealous of your tattoos and your dolphin-swimming!
- September 16, 2008 at 4:23 PM
- Putting the FUN in DysFUNctional said...
What? I'm not the only one who has to warn her kids about stepping into pet droppings? LOL
Great list!
- September 16, 2008 at 10:53 PM
Seven things I do well:
1. Eat
2. Listen
3. Exercise
4. Spell
5. Love my family
6. Kiss
7. Enjoy the moment
Seven things I don't do well:
1. Go to bed late! :)
2. Anything that requires patience
3. Throw things in the trashcan (ALWAYS miss)
4. Stay angry
5. Stay calm at the kids' bedtime
6. Draw
7. Back up in my car (have gotten in three accidents that way!)
Seven things I have never done:
1. Gotten a tattoo
2. Had a blog or website
3. Nursed a baby for longer than six weeks
4. Gone for a run outside at night, alone
5. Cheated on my husband
6. Gone riding on a snowmobile
7. Gone dogsledding
Seven things I want to do:
1. Have another baby (well, at this second I feel that way... won't feel that way in another second)
2. Make tons of money
3. Get out of debt
4. Finish the remodel on my house and then repair the outside and plant lots of beautiful plants!
5. Lose ten pounds
6. Go running at night! Maybe not alone :)
7. Travel all over the US with my seven kids
Seven things I say often:
1. It's time to get to bed!
2. Cool!
3. Really?
4. Just a moment
5. Cute
6. I want a baby
Seven things my kids think I say often:
1. Go to bed!
2. Are you done with your homework?
3. Let's clean up!
4. Please get started clearing the table
5. How was your day today?
6. You look really cute today - did anyone say they liked your shirt?
7. Time to get off the computer!
Seven things I will NEVER say:
1. I hate babies
2. Let's stay up all night!
3. I have no appetite
4. I am soooo calm
5. I hope today is a hot and sunny day!
6. I love doing the dishes!
7. I hate having a big family
- September 17, 2008 at 12:12 AM
- Lex the mom said...
That list of 7 you don't do well - I could share it with you!
I think I have to ask my kids what I say often...that could be funny. Even funnier if I asked them what their dad says often.
I have a rose tattoo on my shoulder & I didn't think it really hurt much at all. I think it depends on where you get it. If it's a meaty part, not too much pain; if it's near a bone - more pain.
If you get a tattoo - make sure it's something you'll feel comfortable having sagging on whatever wrinkled body part when your upwards of 90 years old. ;)
- September 17, 2008 at 8:58 AM
- Jennifer said...
Dysfunctional Mom--I should add that when I say that things about pet droppings--I do it in an Irish accent!
Jaime--Great list!! And you don't need to lose 10 pounds!!
Lex--I was thinking of getting the tattoo on my ankle--hopefully that part won't sag too much?
- September 17, 2008 at 9:14 AM
You're too kind, Jennifer. :)
ITA that the ankle is a very nonsagging spot. Good thinking!
- September 17, 2008 at 10:06 AM


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Evil talks about tolerance only when it's weak. When it gains the upper hand, its vanity always requires the destruction of the good and the innocent, because the example of good and innocent lives is an ongoing witness against it. So it always has been. So it always will be. And America has no special immunity to becoming an enemy of its own founding beliefs about human freedom, human dignity, the limited power of the state, and the sovereignty of God. – Archbishop Chaput
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Monday, January 13, 2014
Stocks Drop on Goldman Note - Safe Haven Plays come on
My comments have to do however more with the reaction of some of the other various markets, rather than the equities. Stocks needed a significant correction but no one was sure from what level it would come or at what point. Well, we got a decent correction today. If it turns around and goes right back up tomorrow, who knows? What struck me about the safe haven trades that went right back on, in typical knee-jerk fashion, was the US Dollar was left out of the party.
We had bonds moving higher today with interest rates on the Ten Year dropping down to 2.827. That is no surprise given the steep fall in the equity world. What we usually see happening on a day like this did not occur today. What I mean by that is that while the Japanese Yen moved sharply higher ( I will never understand why the Yen can remotely be considered a safe haven currency), the US Dollar did not rise but fell instead! That is rather remarkable when one is used to seeing the Dollar benefitting from any sort of risk aversion/save haven trade.
I am not sure what that might mean but it is only a one day affair at this point so I do not want to read too much into it.
Gold seemed to experience another one of those "melt up's" as I have dubbed them with some safe haven buying coming into the market, especially as the US Dollar weakened but also somewhat in response to news of Goldcorp's unsolicited takeover attempt of another mining outfit. Some are thinking that the gold shares, which have been beaten with the proverbial ugly stick, might have been mangled severely enough that the long-anticipated consolidation/ acquisition phase is now at hand in the sector. That would tend to benefit some likely takeover candidates which generally lifted the sector higher even while some of the majors were weaker, notably GG, which was down over 1% at one point today.
The news tended to lift some of the pall that has been hanging over the sector. Of course it did not hurt any to see a near 1.4% plunge in the S&P 500 as part of a safe haven bid.
I have mixed emotions about this stock market fall today. If it is coming on expectations that while the US economy might be improving it is not going to be growing fast enough to justify multiples on equities near current levels, then I can see where it would actually tend to bring more selling pressure into gold as deflationary forces reassert themselves. Then again, we might be back into that nightmarish scenario where we are sitting around on pins and needles waiting for every single economic data release and reading the entrails to discern whether the Fed will taper or back off and not taper.
I am still of the view that if the latest round of MBS and Treasury bond buying by the Fed has not generated solid growth, then what will? If the Fed were to be forced to put any tapering on hold, would it not signify that deflationary forces are reasserting themselves? Why would that not put downward pressure on the gold price? Yes, I know that many in the gold market would view any Tapering on Hold action by the Fed as bullish gold but pray tell, for what reason? Two years have done nothing to generate any significant inflation in the mind of the market - why would another 4-6 months or another year or more do anything different?
From a technical perspective, the volume in gold trading today was quite lackluster - another reason I referred to today's move higher as a melt up. It just seemed that the eager sellers were not there today more so than eager buyers were chasing prices higher. The result was a lack of offers over the market and that allowed prices to "melt" higher.
The market did run into some selling near $1,255. That is the bottom of the resistance zone noted on the chart. The top is close to the $1260 number but also extends a tad above that. If gold can push past that level and keeps its footing there, it would turn the chart friendly in my view and portend a test of $1,280. Above that would be psychological round number $1,300 where the "handle" would change.
I personally do not see what the reason might be for gold to reach that point given the apparent resurgence of deflationary views ( the last jobs number got the ball rolling which Goldman kicked down the hill today) but the key in my mind still remains the US Dollar. If it weakens further, gold will stay supported. If the Dollar rebounds and begins moving higher, look for selling to intensify in gold, especially at these levels.
We'll see what the market gives us.
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How many times has this played out?ReplyDelete
Step 1: Sell off the stocks and get the gloom and doom bears growling
Step 2: Boost gold and silver so that GATA rocket launches appear everywhere
Step 3: Make it seem like the beginning of a 1929 crash so guys like Hussman who have been wrong for 5 years can suddenly seem to be right
Step 4: Holler out "This Is It, It Is Now!!!!"
Step 5: Encourage virtually every bearish newsletter writer to start calling for "Mother of All Tops", "Sell Signal Heard Around The World", yada, yada, yada
Step 6: Move key indexes underneath the 50-day moving average
Step 7: U-Turn stocks right when it looks like the elevator shaft just opened up, and close stocks green the next day right back up over the 50-day
Step 8: On the next major high, "Wash, Rinse, Repeat"...
Mark and who is the puppet master that controls the entire DOW?Delete
True, Mark...until it eventually is not.Delete
People get used to a trend.
The longer it gets, the more they think it will stay like that forever.
And one day, they get caught on the wrong way and can't even close their losing positions.
I hope you won't get caught :)
Until then, enjoy the ride :)
The robot checker does a great job screening out ( you guessed it ) robots.
Now how do we, Twitter Style, restrict the reader comments on this to 140 ( or let us be generous 280 ) characters.
Twitter was great learning experience for me ( a very wordy guy that I am) because it has forced me to only consider each word used as precious and to extract and publish the essence / main theme of my message.
so Dan I think your a pretty smart guy and if you can't quite figure the how or the why of what's happening then I don't feel so dumb because I don't have a clue myself. I still gotta just sit and watch. I have a good cash pile but I can't figure how to use it right now.ReplyDeleteReplies
Whatever you do with your money, be careful not to throw it in these holes in the ground somewhere in South America as I have done (it's still lying there as I didn't cut down the losses as the smart traders advise).
Sorry, that's all the advice I could muster.
cash pile : imho, don't try bottom picking with a big cash pile.Delete
Depending on your time horizon of investment, wait for a confirmation that at least the downtrend has stopped and the bulls are back. Then it will be easier to buy on some supports during corrections which will inevitably happen.
On the short-time units such as daily, gold is already giving some possibilities to go long. But the weekly time unit is still quite threatening and going down. Conclusion : going long now can be done if you don't forget that you are playing against the trend of the longer time unit, and so you must remain extremely careful, and make sure you make a bit of profit quickly with close targets so that your trade can't make you lose money. That's why I took 1/3 profit at 1238 from a long trade at 1220, and raised my stop loss already back at 1220. There is too high a chance still that we meet those prices again, and I don't want to take any risks.
I learn from you, but my observation is there is inflation in most every phase of living today. Why it is not measurable is better question but it is there.
Have real interest rates gone negative yet?ReplyDelete
This will be the end of the beginning as Darryl Schoon gives his thoughts on financial and monetary crisis. Wondering if there's worst is still to come.ReplyDelete
Schoon is interesting and colorful guy; ask him for an audited 3 year track record; that is all from sparks; swbReplyDelete
The velocity of money as presented by FRED is still declining which as I understand roughly 1/2 of the fed's printing isn't in circulation. It's staying with the banks, for a number of reasons.ReplyDelete
Dennis Gartman goes long in Gold for second time .ReplyDelete
So much for goldReplyDelete
back to the firing squad
1255 resistance = top of the day.ReplyDelete
Nice one, Dan :) :)
Let's see what happens with the ma50 daily that you are following closely.
Positive thing, though, is the ma20 is reversing up.
Thanks for all your work. The change is slow in coming, but they are coming. I posted this link on our blog site because it is one of the best articles I have seen on why things are happening the way they are.ReplyDelete


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Kim Kardashian Style
American celebrity and socialite Kimberley Noel Kardashian has made a name for herself in the world of fashion. Always adapting new trends, her style keeps evolving and reinventing itself, showing herself to be a true fashionista. However, like all fashionistas, she still has her staples, which include the all important LBD (little black dress) that is a necessity in every woman's wardrobe! She loves her figure hugging bodycon dresses, which extenuate her wonderful curves and highlight a more feminine hourglass figure. Among her other favourite pieces are tribal prints and patterns, tailored jackets and a comfortable pair of black heels.
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"So far, designing is the most exciting thing I've done… I have a vision of what I want [the clothes] to look like in my mind and it's fun to see it come alive on paper."
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Farnsworth celebrates the release of its debut EP with an in-store appearance at Budget Tapes and Records Friday evening, followed by a show at The Empty Glass that night.
Reposted from The Charleston Gazette
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- They say you can't judge a book by its cover, but sometimes a CD cover is a different story. The cover of "I'll Tell You When I've Had Enough," the debut EP from local rock duo Farnsworth, encapsulates everything Chris Vance and Jason Reese are about: classic rock records and rocking out.
On the cover, Vance and Reese are pictured at their rehearsal spot, Reese at the drum kit and Vance, the singer-guitarist, on the floor amidst a sea of bottles and records from their favorite rock bands: Free, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and Grand Funk Railroad, among others.
Talking over the phone from Reese's apartment, the pair said the cover is wholly indicative of what they're all about and that their in-store EP release performance at Budget Tapes and Records Friday brings them back to what helped bring them together: the records.
"All of the albums on the cover are big time, huge influences on us," Reese said.
Both musicians collect vinyl, and Vance said they bonded at the record store before they became a band.
"What's funny about having the release show at Budget is that's where we first started getting together," he said. "We'd meet at Budget once every couple of weeks, and go through the record bin and talk about bands that we like like Free, Lee Michaels, Deep Purple and Mountain.
"That was that was a big thing for Jason and I getting together; we would just talk albums. And Jason has the best record collection I have ever seen," Vance said with emphasis and awe.
Fast forward to the present. After starting out with a bassist last year, Farnsworth is now stripped down and back to raw rock and roll roots, Vance said.
"It's a chemistry thing," he said of his and Reese's musical bond. "From the first time I played guitar with other people, it'd be just me and a drummer jamming. And it's funny now that Jason and I are in Farnsworth together, because that's how I got my start -- just jamming with a drummer. There's just something really raw and primal about that connection."
"It's a little different; it's freeing," Reese said of the configuration. "When we had a bassist, I just played in the pocket. I didn't really branch out or do anything flashy. There's more sound to fill out."
Vance said recording the EP with Bud Carroll at Trackside Studios in Barboursville was invaluable.
"Recording with Bud Carroll was an absolute pleasure," he said. "He's been a friend of ours for a while. He's a great musician; not only that: he's a great guy, and he has a really good ear."
The singer-guitarist recalled the inexplicable hilarity of meeting Carroll when Farnsworth was still a trio.
"We were rehearsing on Lee Street, and we were playing Free's "Mister Big," just jamming out in the dining room, and there's a picture window that looks out onto the street. We're playing and I'm going into this solo, I open my eyes, and I'd never met Bud Carroll, Jason had, and there's Bud Carroll and Sierra Ferrell formerly of 600 lbs. of Sin, and they're standing right in the living room three feet away from me.
"We finished playing and he introduced himself and we talked music and kept in touch. For us really it was a no-brainer and seemed so natural to use Trackside Studios. Bud is a great engineer, and a great producer.
"When we went into the studio, it was really an experiment because we'd been together for a year, and seven months out of that year, we were a three-piece and we had just changed to a two-piece. So we were like 'We've got these songs we've been working on, but let's try to record this.'"
While citing more contemporary influences and favorites like Buffalo Killers, The Suede Brothers and Shepherdstown's The Demon Beat, Vance recalled a particularly transformative experience seeing a two-piece rock band as a teen.
"The first band that I ever saw that really got my blood going was a band from Baltimore called Stars of the Dogon. They played the American Legion in Saint Albans. I was like 15 years old, and I couldn't drive. I remember seeing them come in with guitar amp after guitar amp and a drum kit, and it was just two guys on stage.
"We were like 'Where's the bassist?' And they just put on this show that I'll never forget. It changed me from then on. It was the most passionate, raw thing I'd ever seen."
He hopes that Farnsworth will inspire just as much passion in others as Stars of the Dogon did in him.
"We hope to play as much as we can, for whoever, whenever, wherever," Vance said. "We're hoping that when we play shows, people feel the same thing that Jason and I do when we listen to these records or see these great bands. We just hope it takes us where we want to go."
Vance said that as Farnsworth, he and Reese -- two dudes in their mid-20s with an affection for records older than they are -- embody something timeless about rock and roll.
"I'll say this: first off, us being big vinyl fans, one of the first questions I get, and I imagine Jason gets a lot is, when you talk to people about records, some go 'They still make those?'
"One of the best things about playing out of state or going to Budget is, there are new vinyl records being pressed every single day by amazing and wonderful bands like The Demon Beat and The Suede Brothers," Vance continued.
"I don't know. I feel like people want to say that rock is dead, but it's out there, and the passion and the lust for pure rock and roll is out there. It never goes away."
Vance said that he and Reese hope to release a full-length record by this time next year. It's safe to assume it will probably be on vinyl.


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UPDATED: Back from her vacation to Bali, Kim Kardashian took to Instagram to assure the public that she is really serious about studying to become a lawyer by posting a photo showing her prepping for a first-year law student's exam.
The photo shows her at a table with her two attorney mentors, Mill Valley councilwoman Jessica Jackson and Erin Haney, from an Oakland-based prison reform nonprofit where she has a unique arrangement to work as an apprentice for four years in order to be eligible to take the California bar exam. At the table with a dressed-down Kardashian is a book on torts, a white binder and a couple of documents that appear to be practice tests.
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"I've seen some comments from people who are saying it's my privilege or my money that got me here, but that's not the case," Kardashian said in a caption with the photo, adding that she puts in a minimum of 18 hours a week and takes monthly written and multiple choice tests.
"For anyone assuming this is the easy way out, it's not. My weekends are spent away from my kids while I read and study. I work all day, put my kids to bed and spend my nights studying. There are times I feel overwhelmed and when I feel like I can't do it but I get the pep talks I need from the people around me supporting me."
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Last year I registered with the California State Bar to study law. For the next 4 years, a minimum of 18 hours a week is required, I will take written and multiple choice tests monthly. As my first year is almost coming to an end I am preparing for the baby bar, a mini version of the bar, which is required when studying law this way. I've seen some comments from people who are saying it's my privilege or my money that got me here, but that's not the case. One person actually said I should "stay in my lane." I want people to understand that there is nothing that should limit your pursuit of your dreams, and the accomplishment of new goals. You can create your own lanes, just as I am. The state bar doesn't care who you are. This option is available to anyone who's state allows it. It's true I did not finish college. You need 60 college credits (I had 75) to take part in "reading the law", which is an in office law school being apprenticed by lawyers. For anyone assuming this is the easy way out, it's not. My weekends are spent away from my kids while I read and study. I work all day, put my kids to bed and spend my nights studying. There are times I feel overwhelmed and when I feel like I can't do it but I get the pep talks I need from the people around me supporting me. I changed my number last year and disconnected from everyone because I have made this strict commitment to follow a dream of mine – It's never too late to follow your dreams. I want to thank Van Jones for believing in me and introducing me to Jessica Jackson. Jessica along with Erin Haney have taken on the role of my mentors and I am forever grateful to them both putting in so much time with me, believing in me and supporting me through this journey. This week I have a big torts essay due on negligence. Wish me luck ✨⚖
Maybe Kardashian took a break last week from work and her legal studies: Her photo with her mentors comes two days after she posted photos showing her on a luxury tropical vacation in Bali with husband Kanye West.
The reality TV star, cosmetics mogul and aspiring lawyer documented her Bali vacation on Twitter and on her Instagram Story on Friday and Saturday, People reported. Kardashian, 38, shared a collection of photos and videos of her lush surroundings on the island that is famed for its forested volcanic mountains, rice paddies and white-sand beaches. The images showed Kardashian feeding an elephant as well as the resort where she and West stayed, including their private pool and lounge chairs.
"Never gets old," Kardashian said in a video.
Had to come back to Bali before our episode of KUWTK in Bali pic.twitter.com/b6yvg4qBwK
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) April 13, 2019
Vicariously living through these pictures. 🌱 https://t.co/MZZ1D2o4h1
— POPSUGAR (@POPSUGAR) April 14, 2019
News about Kardashian's vacation came several days after a Vogue profile disclosed that she had begun working this past summer on a four-year apprenticeship, with the aim of taking the state bar exam in 2022. Kardashian's apprenticeship is with #cut50, an Oakland-based prison reform organization that was cofounded by CNN commentator Van Jones and Jessica Jackson, a human rights attorney and former mayor of Mill Valley.
California is one of four states in the country that allow people to take the bar exam without having attended college or law school; Kardashian did not go to college. Instead of receiving a J.D. degree or LL.B degree from a law school, a person can also qualify for the California bar exam by completing four years of law study at a law office or judge's chambers.
"The state bar doesn't care who you are," Kim Kardashian wrote in her caption. "This option is available to anyone (whose) state allows it. It's true I did not finish college. You need 60 college credits (I had 75) to take part in 'reading the law,' which is an in office law school being apprenticed by lawyers."
In a statement last week, officials from #cut50 expressed "excitement" about working with Kardashian under the supervision of Jackson, the organization's co-founder and national director, according to a statement, CBS San Francisco reported. The nonprofit is "a national bipartisan effort to reduce the prison population, keep families together and make communities safer," the statement said.
Kardashian and Jackson have worked out an apprenticeship program that will allow the social media star to come to the Bay Area and work for #cut50, while engaging in independent study at home in the Los Angeles area, CBS San Francisco reported.
The independent study option presumably allows Kardashian to divide her time between her legal work and her many other enterprises. They include filming "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," posting selfies to promote her cosmetics brands, raising young children and accompanying West to his various gigs, including to Coachella this week. West is scheduled to offer a Sunday Service performance at the music festival on Easter Sunday.
In October, Kardashian took another presumed break from her legal studies to travel to Bali. On that trip, she went with sisters Kourtney and Khloé and their children. The getaway is to be featured in an upcoming episode of the 16th season "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," People reported.
On Sunday, Kardashian also attended the lavish first birthday of her niece True, the daughter of Khloe Kardashian and ex-boyfriend Tristan Thompson.
#news – Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson Reunite at True's 1st Birthday Party – https://t.co/MtfM7rEYiv – Khloe Kardashian threw True Thompson a very sweet birthday party. On Sunday, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star gathered her loved ones to celebrate her and Tri… pic.twitter.com/sdBJApjmsj
— TheDailyUSNews.com (@TheDailyUsNews) April 15, 2019
The Vogue profile said that Kim Kardashian's surprising and challenging pursuit of legal expertise was inspired by securing clemency for Alice Marie Johnson this past summer. Johnson is a 63-year-old woman who was serving a life sentence after being sentenced in 1997 for a nonviolent drug charge. Kardashian met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office in May to successfully advocate for Johnson.
The #cut50 spokesperson told CBS San Francisco that Kardashian, "like everyone on our team … cares deeply about people who are negatively impacted by the criminal justice system.
"Since her advocacy on behalf of Johnson, Kardashian has spent time with us meeting with people living inside prisons, meeting with formerly incarcerated people, crafting policy, and working on individual cases while also learning more about the law," the statement continued.
In the Vogue profile, Kardashian said the first year of her legal studies covers three subjects: criminal law, torts and contracts.
"To me, torts is the most confusing, contracts the most boring, and (criminal) law I can do in my sleep," Kardashian said. "Took my first test, I got a 100. Super easy for me. The reading is what really gets me. It's so time-consuming. The concepts I grasp in two seconds."
Maybe Kardashian took some of her reading with her on vacation to Bali.
The Vogue profile said that sometime this summer, Kardashian will take what is known as the "baby bar," which is administered by the state; if she passes, she will be given the OK to continue for three more years of study.
One of Kardashian's mentors at #cut50, death-row attorney Erin Haney, praised Kardashian's grasp of legal concepts so far.
Haney told Vogue, "When I came on board, Jessica was like, 'OK, the other part of our job is we're going to mentor Kim Kardashian,' and I was like, 'Wait, what?!' But she's incredible: just the kindest, smartest — I have been so impressed by everything she's doing and how committed she is."


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I'm in the middle of thinking about cleaning out my pantry.
I tend to have great epiphanies in the grocery store and I end up purchasing canned vegetables that I just KNOW I will use within the next week because I have all these amazing recipe ideas that I want to try out.
Now let's fast forward to about 10 months later, when that same can of garbanzo beans is still staring me in the face. Hmmmm...why did I buy this again?
Interestingly enough, I was browsing my old Food Network magazines the other day (no power in the aftermath of Sandy means you look through a lot of magazines) when I stumbled upon a writeup for three variations of hummus. Jackpot! Though I do love hummus, there are just so many other snacks out there that I want to try. I also want to blog and share those recipes with you. Truth. I honestly could only get away with blogging about plain old regular hummus once. Once and that's it. Let that bad boy go. So you can see why I was so excited to find other hummus options.
I had a really hard time picking between the three recipes, but I ended up choosing the pizza-flavored dip since everyone loves pizza. By everyone, I mean me. I won't tell you about the other hummus flavors just yet, because I want to make and blog about them later. It's a surprise!
Pizza Hummus
from Food Network magazine
makes 4 cups
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup tomato paste
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 2-3 cloves garlic
- 3 cups canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed, 1/2 cup liquid reserved
- 1/4 cup tahini
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 - 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
1) Heat the olive oil in a small pan over medium-high heat. Add the tomato paste, oregano and basil to the pan and saute until slightly toasted, about 2 minutes.
2) Place the tomato paste mixture into a food processor. Put the garlic, chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice, salt, and cayenne pepper into the processor as well.
3) Puree until smooth and creamy, adding more liquid and/or salt if necessary.
I admit that I wasn't a huge fan of this the day I made it. The tomato paste flavor was a bit too strong for me. However....the next day, this hummus had transformed itself into the bomb diggy! The tomato paste had mellowed out and one whiff of the basil and oregano spices immediately transported me into a New York pizzeria. I'm into that.
I pretty much inhaled half of it all by myself. Yup, it was all mine! Oh wait, I'm supposed to share this as an appetizer? Whoops. I think I'd better make some more.


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I couldn't help but grin as I stood with the rest of the crowd to applaud; the last lines of The Comedy of Errors had pretty much encapsulated the whole work, tying it up neatly in a bow, one might say. While it wasn't my favorite Bard yarn–not to be confused with barnyard–it was certainly more than entertaining enough to spend a few hours on an uncomfortable chair in a small theater, and unless I'd happened to run into some loose chippy earlier in the day–or one from my past–I had nothing else to do right now. . .
No, no point in thinking this way, I admonished myself. It didn't get any better than Shakespeare, and that's that. . . even if maybe Marlowe actually wrote it. . .
The thought of some people I know hearing those musings and going ballistic put me in an even better mood, though I wasn't about to bring that up here; the last thing I wanted to do was have a fight in my favorite town of Vancouver. It'd been years since I'd last been to Bard on the Beach, and one of the reasons I'd taken this assignment was remembering it and checking the calendar, finding the festival coincided, plus it wasn't one of the plays I couldn't stand, like A Winter's Tale or Richard III.
Talking some pleasantries with fellow Shakespeare-goers and grabbing a 7-up to go with the complimentary cheese and crackers could only keep me going so long; after a while that got boring and I headed outside into the cool Canadian air, looking off to the side and smiling wistfully as I remembered when the shows were held in a tent over the actual sand. . .
Ah well, progress and success, I sighed, heading toward the water. . . only to find the small jetty where I'd debarked closed. It hadn't occurred to me to ask when the miniature boats, barely big enough for five people who didn't mind getting to know each other better, would stop their runs from the north end of downtown to Vanier Park, nor did it enter my consciousness that it would be dark when the play was over. Wasn't it supposed to stay light longer in summer? That's how I remembered it, anyway. And I didn't remember hearing the nine o'clock cannon blast, though Stanley Park was pretty far away. . . nah, shoulda still heard it.
Turning just in time to see the lights going out in the building, I moved to the side with the parking lot, which by now was empty, so no chance of hitching a ride or catching a cab. I could wait for the janitorial staff to finish, but who knew how long that would take, and if they claimed liability hassles I'd be stuck here anyway.
Now what. . .?
Toe power, that's what. Checking my water supply with a sigh, I got going, hoping I'd run into a restroom if needed, rather than a tree or bush. Those tiny lights in the distance might be Grandville Island, I thought while sincerely hoping something better happened before that.
Then I told himself it was way too early to call for a cab, since I'd been berating myself about my sense of adventure, or lack of it, lately.
I'd been in Kitsilano before, but of course everything looks different at night. Since I didn't expect much in the way of surprises coming from the water, I concentrated on the path in front of me, as always chuckling as I remembered George Carlin's admonition: "The good thing about living at the water's edge is you only have assholes on three sides of you. . . and if they come this way, you can hear them splash." That got me through the next five minutes, though if I didn't want to attract attention it was best to stop giggling as soon as possible.
A tunnel made me wonder what I was crossing under, but I couldn't tell it was a bridge till I was pretty far away from it. Figuring it was Burrard Street, I looked around for stairs but didn't spot any. I didn't see a walkway to the west, nor any end to the bridge, so who knew how long it would take to climb on it that way. Sighing, I turned back, spotting Grandville Island or its doppelganger closer but not very much. To my left were small marinas with their occupants seemingly glowing in the water; in front of me was the thin thoroughfare which I took to be a bike path, a brightly-lit road under the five-story condos that turned the area into a higher-end Yuppieville, or whatever the Canadian version was.
And then I saw her. . .
She hadn't seen me, which was obvious in the way she startled when I walked forward; for a moment she looked frightened, but quickly turned it into a nervous giggle as she saw I was grinning. With my hands by my sides and walking a route that would take me past her, she didn't think I would attack her, but her "Hi!" was no doubt a little more squealy than she would have liked.
"Hi there. . . are you okay? The view not to your liking?"
"The view is fine," she giggled again, this time not so nervously. "What I can see of it, anyway. Speaking of seeing, haven't done that with you before."
She blushed a bit, visible even in the dark. "I was trying to say I've never seen you before, but it came out convoluted."
"I've never seen you before either. . . see how easy it is?'
"I do now, yes." She grinned a little sheepishly, but seemed to be enjoying the inane chatter. "So why haven't I seen you around before?"
"That's better. Because I'm visiting, and I got stranded by those little boats, and. . ."
I made the story more dramatic than it had to be, but she didn't seem to mind, only twice berating me mildly for not having checked the schedule. With a very easy comeback of "Then I wouldn't have met you," I swooped right into her good graces, or whatever she called them. Giving her a chance to figure out what she wanted from this new relationship, I took in the glittering view of downtown Vancouver, wondering what I would need to get a good photo of the skyline, other than a tripod, of course. . . well, a camera would help too.
For some reason she asked me what I thought of bacon, to which I quickly replied, "Bacon is like music to my nose and tongue!"
Thinking she could hold my geeky freakout for later teasing, if there was later between us, she told me the reason for asking by saying, "Did you know bacon has the same effect on the brain as cocaine and heroin. . .?
"So I've been getting high all these mornings without knowing it," I mused.
"That's what makes you great," she agreed.
Marshaling my energy reserves for a few more minutes while talking to her, not expecting her to invite me to stay overnight, whether on the couch or her bed, I listened to her prattle on for a while, wondering at which point she'd remember that she hadn't told me her name yet. She ended this particular verbal diarrhea by pronouncing I could meet her for lunch tomorrow at the observation tower downtown, flouncing away and into one of the condos before I could mention it wasn't an actual tower, just a disk stuck onto the roof of a building.
"I'm screwed," I muttered as I walked on, annoyed that she hadn't thought to let me call a cab, instead going for her little drama. Would serve her right if I didn't show up tomorrow. But at least the walk would let me burn off some frustration. . . mostly caused by not getting any bacon, now that I was salivating for it.
So I was more than a little sweaty when I finally got to Granville an hour later. Thankfully there were plenty of eateries still open, as well as taxis. By the time I got back to my hotel at the western foot of Stanley Park, I'd almost forgotten about her. . .


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Mac DeMarco on Salad Days, Jizz Jazz and Tyler the Creator
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I am sitting at the designated meeting spot, and Mac DeMarco shows up characteristically askew. Commenting that the subbass of Skrillex's Osheaga set "is going to give me diarrhea", he suggests we walk and talk. I'm all too happy to oblige.
It's been a big year for Mac, but the success of Salad Days almost seems like an afterthought to him. He's earned a horde of new fans, been shortlisted for the Polaris Prize – an award given to an Canadian album based on artistic merit – with the likes of Arcade Fire, Drake and Owen Pallett, and learned a lot from the cycle of his debut LP, 2. More than anything though, he finally seems to be settling into a groove.
While his live shows have gained notoriety for grotesquerie, Mac himself is a perfectly normal, affable, somewhat foul-mouthed 24 year old. He's already found footing on his ideal career path, and he's further ahead than most his age in that regard, but you wouldn't know it unless you asked. He's almost disarmingly easygoing, a characteristic he shares with his music, which is consistently charming without ever seeming like it's trying all that hard.
PMA: Well I guess first things first, very nice album. And congrats on being the Polaris nom for Salad Days. That's some pretty elite company.
Mac: Thanks a lot, man. And yeah, the Polaris thing is kind of cute I guess. [puts on a baby voice] Here's some money for you.
PMA: So you've said numerous times that your headspace while recording Salad Days was "I'm tired, I've been on the road for 18 months, let's smash this one out". Why did you feel the need to make another album so quickly? Why not take a bit of a break?
Mac: Well as much as complain about touring, I love touring. This is my life, and this is what I've always wanted to do. I think when I was writing Salad Days I got in this slump of being like "Fuck man, this shit sucks". But the process of making Salad Days and thinking about exactly was going on in my life and reflecting on all of that fucked up shit made me relearn the reason that I wanted to do it in the first place. So now I'm like "Fuck yeah, let's tour! We gotta get out here and play shows!"
PMA: For all that turmoil, you're looking pretty zen on the cover. Where was that photo taken?
Mac: My friend Coley took it in my backyard.
At this point, we find a seat far enough away that we don't have to raise our voices. Mac says he'll be right back, and petitions the group nearest us for a lighter. Successful, he lights a cigarette takes a deep drag, hacks, sits back down, and we resume.
PMA: So you currently reside in Brooklyn. Before you were in Montreal for a bit, and then you're originally from Western Canada. What would you consider a hometown show?
Mac: I don't know, there are a lot of them nowadays. I guess Edmonton. It's always interesting there because my whole family comes out and you don't get that anywhere else.
PMA: Are you cool with them seeing you live given your reputation?
Mac: Yeah definitely. I mean it's a little weird, obviously, but they're all very pleased with what I do.
PMA: So you played every instrument on Salad Days, is there one instrument in particular that you like to start out with when you're writing?
Mac: I'm a guitar player, pretty much. Lately I've been trying things out on the keyboards more, but I'm not very good. I've been playing guitar for the better part of my life, so when I sit down with that I usually have an idea of where or where not to go. With keyboard it's like "Umm, well maybe right here will sound good?" Usually it doesn't work, but sometimes it does.
PMA: Are you writing on the road then?
Mac: A little bit. I never used to have the time, but now we have a tour manager and a guy who drives, so I get more of an opportunity to play around. The way I write songs in my room, I'm fully alone. But then in the van I don't want to be the jackass in the back seat singing softly and strumming. My band would just be like "Shut the fuck up!" It'd just be annoying. But you can plug headphones into the keyboard so it's much less obnoxious.
PMA: What's one piece of advice you'd give to your 19-year-old self?
Mac: I'd say lay off the cheeseburgers, buddy. I used to be nice and fit back then, it catches up with you quickly.
He strokes his fledgling beer gut affectionately.
PMA: I'm a fan of the term jizz jazz, just because it seems to make light of all these tags people are trying to put on this sound or that now. Was that sort of your mentality behind coining that?
Mac: Yeah, at first it was just a funny thing to call my home studio. But once people starting calling me slacker wave or blue-fuck-vapour-shit, I was just like "Yeah, it's jizz jazz!" and journalists ask me what the fuck it is and I'm like "well what the fuck are you talking about?" It's just my journalism trick, I guess.
PMA: Is the title of "Blue Boy" related to that at all?
Mac: No, not really. I don't even know why I called it that.
PMA: Is jizz jazz the type of music you want to keep on making? Are you happy with where you are artistically?
Mac: Yeah. I mean I'd like to try out some new things, but I think I'll be writing pop songs for the rest of my life, hopefully.
PMA: I know you're a bit of a lone wolf in the studio, but would you ever want to collaborate with anyone?
Mac: Maybe someday if I find the right person. I'd have to be really comfortable with them. I don't even really jam with people. I mean I guess I practice with my band once a year or so. It's actually funny, tonight we have a new guitarist in the lineup and we've never practiced with him yet, so that should be interesting.
PMA: How'd your friendship with Tyler, the Creator start?
Mac: He started hitting me up on Twitter and I thought it was weird that a rapper was into my stuff. Then you research him a little bit and Tyler is actually really into indie rock. It's flattering, I guess. Interesting guy, because he's kind of got the same reputation I do where everyone thinks we're crazy. And he is crazy. But when you think about it it's like, he has a record label, he has a successful music career, he has a clothing line, he has a TV show, and he's 23.
PMA: You have to be smart to be that crazy and that successful.
Mac: Yeah, he's like a fucking genius or something. It's fucked up.
PMA: You guys have definitely both earned your reputations. You were a bit of class clown in high school, I take it?
Mac: Through most of school, yeah, but not by the end. I just got so fed up because I went to high school with a lot of jock, hockey player types. They really thought I was a … well the term they really seemed to love was "faggot". I got a little tired of even trying to deal with that.
PMA: Did any of that help you find your niche with music?
Mac: Well one thing's for sure, it made me realize what and who I didn't want to be. But being exiled is part of that.
PMA: It's good to cross things off the list.
Mac: Exactly.
PMA: Drink of choice?
Mac: I pretty much only drink water and really shitty beer. And whisky. Don't mix it though, drink it straight. It puts hair on your chest.
PMA: Favourite album you've heard this year?
Mac: Probably Caramel by Conan Moccasin. He's from New Zealand, he's amazing.
[Editor: Chrome Sparks also told us that Conan Moccasin's music ranks among his favorite of the year. You should check it out.]


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The episode of the podcast Other People's Flowers featuring my short story "Twenty Good Years" is live now. Spoiler alert: it's not my voice – I only wish I could speak as eloquently.
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My piece of flash, "Drunk," is live now at Pretty Owl Poetry.
"Twenty Good Years" – another in my The Sadie Stories collection – is live now at Thoughtful Dog, including a brief Q&A with yours truly (and a picture of where I do most of my writing in the summer – at least until it gets too humid or the mosquitoes run me off). If listening is more your thing, this story will also be featured on an upcoming episode of the podcast Other People's Flowers – I'll post a link to that when it's available.


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Hello and welcome to Day Ten of our first ever "Binky International Film Festival". We have reached the end of 2011 and also the end of this series, yeay! 🙂 I hope you've enjoyed this blog series as much as I have, it has been great, looking back and reviewing the movies I saw this year, and I'm really excited to begin 2012 because it seems like it's only going to get better, what with the highly anticipated Hunger Games and The Amazing Spider-man premiering in March and May respectively.
And now let's end this series right with the last genre: "Cool Guy Flicks". It's not action hero, but it's pretty darn close. Cool Guy Flicks are the movies in which the protagonist charms, dazzles, saves the day and gets the girl. There aren't that many that I saw in 2011 but the ones I did were pretty memorable, so let's take a look, shall we?
"Cool Guy Flicks"
Opening Weekend: March 18, 2011
Approx. Running Time: 105 min
Director & Screenwriter(s): Neil Burger & Leslie Dixon
Stars: Bradley Cooper, Abby Cornish, Robert DeNiro, Anna Friel
Haven't you ever wished there was a drug that could make you not only smarter, faster, stronger but also be as cool as Bradley Cooper? In Limitless, that's exactly what happens to loser Bradley Cooper when he gets his hands on a drug that turns him into super awesome Bradley Cooper – like all the cool Bradley Cooper characters you love combined. Of course great power comes a great price, but you can't deny that while he's on top of the world, it is an awesome wild ride. Bradley Cooper does charming manic really well, and even though I still think he's NOT the sexiest man alive, I can see the appeal. One thing I especially love about the movie the unusual ending, something refreshing (I won't spoil it for those who haven't seen it) that doesn't usually happen in movies like this. If you want your cool guy flick comes with a dash of intelligence, you definitely should give this one a watch.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Source Code
Opening Weekend: April 1, 2011
Approx. Running Time: 93 min
Director & Screenwriter(s): Duncan Jones & Ben Ripley
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga
Unlike Limitless' Bradley Cooper, Source Code's cool guy protagonist isn't exactly all charming and handsome and powerful. However he does have to save a train full of people from a terrorist attack over and over again, so he's definitely a real hero. I really like the premise of Source Code, especially when the possibility of alternate realities (universes) existing within the source code is introduced, and Jake Gyllenhaal knows how to carry this movie and plays the hero without being a little too much, but the ending kind of pisses me off a bit because it opts for a romantic happy ending that leaves more questions than answers, at least when it comes to the logic of these alternate universes that exist within the source code. It's good right up until the end and then it gets kind of lame, which makes it a little frustrating and anti-climactic. Ah well, better luck next time, Gyllenhaal.
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Fright Night
Opening Weekend: August 19, 2011
Approx. Running Time: 106 min
Director & Screenwriter(s): Craig Gillespie & Marti Noxon. Story by Tom Holland
Stars: Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Toni Collette, Imogen Poots
Remakes haven't really had a successful run this year, with Footloose being the worst of it all, but sometimes there are some remakes that can be a fun watch. Fright Night is one of them. I'm not saying this vampire flick is good, I'm just saying it's actually fun to watch. It's campy, it's ridiculous and it's a little stupid but it's never lacking in fun. Colin Farrell once again shows his comedic chops as the bloodthirsty vampire neighbor, and he's just awesome in this. After the "emo vampire" trend that has swept the world these last few years with Twilight, Vampire Diaries and to a certain degree True Blood, it's quite refreshing to see good ol' fashioned non-brooding, conscience-free, freakishly violent vampires for once. I wonder why vampires became emo in this side of the millennium. Is it because the majority of the population are on some kind of anti-depression lately that vampires, who live on human blood, become so Zoloft-y mellow? I doubt the diabolical, evil yet sexy and delicious vampires of years past will make a comeback anytime soon, but at least it's nice to relive the good ol' days with these bloodsuckers for once.
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
And that concludes Day Ten of Binky International Film Festival. I'm all done, you guys, woohoo! It's a little bittersweet for me to close this year without having seen so many of the highly anticipated 2011 movies such as The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and especially Alexander Payne's The Descendants, but I'm hoping I'll get a hold of them soon. Until then, I wish you a fabulous new year, may 2012 proves to be an amazing one for us all.
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Apparently what was good for Nazi war criminals after World War II is not good enough for Zionist war criminals today.
Killing with impunity in Gaza has just been legalized by the United States.
A Federal Appellate Court for the Second Circuit just dismissed a lawsuit against former head of israel's security agency by survivors of relatives killed and injured in the deliberate obliteration of a residential apartment building in Gaza by israeli forces using a one-ton bomb at midnight. (see Matar v. Dichter, 2d Cir. decision - PDF)
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The Best of Show at the McLaren Vale Wine Competition was the Wirra Wirra Vineyards Chook Block Shiraz. Total production = 273 cases.
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Chook? Wirra Wirra? McLaren Vale? Let's go back to the grape's arrival in Australia.
1788—Eleven small ships arrive at what will become Sydney. They carry about a thousand settlers, AND "claret" cuttings taken aboard in South Africa. Three years later the first bunches of Australian-grown grapes are cut.
1836—The settlers reach Adelaide, some 500 miles west of Sydney. McLaren Vale is just south of the modern city, about 5 miles inland from the sea. It is gently undulating, fog free, grape-friendly.
1838—A mere two years later, one John Reynell plants the first vineyard in the area, which in now called "McLaren Vale-Reynella."
c.1885—The Australian wine industry is booming. Mr. Robert Strangways Wigley sets up a new winery, Wirra Wirra! (an aboriginal expression meaning "among the gum trees.") But the 100-acre estate collapses after Robert died in 1924.
1968—Cousins Gregg and Roger Trott revive Wirra Wirra! Gregg is a chicken farmer and his chicken shed adjoins the vineyard. (pictured) An Australian expression for chicken is "chook." Hence, the vineyard name, "chook block." (Note photo of Greg and the gum tree fence leading to the winery.)
The Bottle Too Far
So, we now understand the name, Wirra Wirra Vineyards Chook Block Shiraz...but there are only 273 cases, and they are some 8,000 miles away. RATS! I'll never get to taste it.
Then my phone rang: "Fred, I brought a wine from Australia I'd like you to try. I went to the annual McLaren Vale Wine Competition. and I talked an Adelaide wine merchant into shipping me a case of the long-shot winner. It's called , Wirra Wirra Chook Block Shiraz!" It was my neighbor, Thomas Layton, whose computer expertise takes him Down Under frequently on business. So I put the $35 bottle into my last blind tasting and it whipped 19 rivals ( 7 other imports and 12 from the Golden State). Thomas had said it had an imposing deep color, ripe fruit nose, and much power on the palate (for years to come). I agree. It was a 1998, so had not spent a lot of time in American and French oak. Yet, the depth and complexity were startling. Now, why did I write about Wirra Wirra when it's not available in the U.S.A. ? Answer: Because some Wirra Wirra is available!
Thank You, Tamara
Tamara Landre, Imports Brand Manager for Wilson Daniels Ltd., tells me they have brought in the $20 Church Block Wirra Wirra. It's a 1999 blend of Shiraz, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. We'll taste it soon and report back. If you want to try it, contact Ms. Landre at (707) 967-1846, FAX (707) 963-8566.
Never dreaming I'd taste the "Chook Block" Best of Show, some time ago I read about Wirra Wirra winemaker Ben Riggs and the skill he showed in oaking his whites. I guess the accolades now extend to reds, after the Shook award, which he and wife Annie are receiving in the photo.
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