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Named one of the United State's most family-friendly hikes by the American Hiking Society, the Florida Trail's 4.7 mile Little Big Econ section is one any visitor to the Orlando area should seek out and enjoy. On this meandering route paralleling the Econlockhatchee River, you'll enjoy views of the river from the bluffs, lush stands of palm trees, and numerous bridge crossings over tributaries that feed the river. The forest also has 10 miles of equestrian trails and about 8 miles of mountain bike trails. See web page for Econlockhatchee River Paddling Trail for information about kayaking or canoeing through the forest on this scenic waterway.


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SBC DIGEST: Bob Terry honored for 50 yrs. in Baptist papers; evangelist Ron Herrod, former SBC 1st VP, dies; former BP intern now at Ga. Index
In today's SBC Digest: Bob Terry, editor of The Alabama Baptist, is honored for 50 years in Baptist papers; evangelist Ron Herrod, former SBC first vice president, dies; former BP intern Myriah Snyder joins Christian Index as content editor.
Terry honored for 50-year career in Baptist state papers
"I'm very humbled to be standing in this place," Terry, who will retire Dec. 31, told the audience. "I've tried to be a good and faithful servant to God and to Baptists. Thank you for the privilege and the opportunity."
A commendation from Gov. Kay Ivey and a resolution passed by the Alabama Senate were among the highlights of the Oct. 5 celebration. Resolutions, honors and scholarships and gifts to endowments came from the Baptist World Alliance, International Mission Board, North American Mission Board, Alabama Baptist Historical Commission, the Association of State Baptist Publications and others.
Sandy Wisdom-Martin, executive director of national Woman's Missionary Union, and David George, president of WMU Foundation, presented a gift in Terry's honor to the endowment for the Dr. Eleanor F. Terry Chair for Christian Women's Leadership at Samford University, established in honor of his late wife in 1999.
Tim Yarbrough, president of the Association of State Baptist Publications, shared that the organization had established the Dr. Bobby S. "Bob" Terry Scholarship for journalism and mass communications students at Samford in his honor.
Arthur Williams, chairman of The Alabama Baptist's board of directors, followed Yarbrough with an announcement that the TAB board had voted to send a gift of $25,000 to the scholarship fund to ensure it was officially endowed in time for Terry's retirement dinner. The scholarship has received nearly $30,000 to date.
Williams also announced that the TAB board had named Terry the first-ever editor emeritus of The Alabama Baptist.
Samford President Andrew Westmoreland bestowed on Terry a doctor of humane letters honoris causa, an award that the university in Birmingham has made 361 times in its 177-year history.
Timothy Smith, president of University of Mobile, announced the creation of the Dr. Bob Terry Endowed Scholarship at the university and presented him with an official presidential proclamation commending Terry's service and leadership.
One of the evening's emotional moments came at the close when Terry's cousin and Southern Baptist evangelist Junior Hill prayed over him following the hymn "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" sung by Dawson Baptist Memorial Church music associate Brent Coleman.
Gary Fenton, senior advancement officer for Samford, recounted that Terry made a statement in 1975 that changed the course of his life.
At the time, Terry had just been tapped as editor of Missouri's Word & Way newspaper, and Fenton and other executive board members were still unsure of the search committee's wisdom in recommending such a young man during a contentious season for Missouri Baptists. Could he handle it?
Terry responded to them with a quote from E. Stanley Jones: "There comes one experience in every man's life in which he must put all of his weight on Jesus or forever live as a coward."
"He was not aware of it at the time, but I was dealing with a call in my own life and had decided not to go," Fenton said.
After the vote -- which was affirmative -- Fenton "walked out of the room, found a pay phone, called the church and said, 'If you still want me, I'll come.' It changed the course of my life and ministry."
Fenton, former longtime pastor of Dawson Memorial Baptist Church, told the audience that Terry has spent his life as a "word man" who uses his gift to impact others.
"Your gift with words has been used to express thoughts, but it was also used to build lasting relationships," Fenton said. "That's why this room is filled tonight."
Terry's first two managing editors at the Missouri Word & Way, where he was editor for 20 years before returning to his native state, also were at the celebration.
Trennis Henderson, national correspondent for WMU and former Baptist editor in Kentucky and Arkansas, shared stories of how Terry mentored him in life as well as in overseeing a state Baptist newspaper, recounting, "He was my boss, my editor, my friend and, most importantly, my Christian brother."
In the role of editor, Henderson said Terry was "an authentic Baptist editor who knew when and how to make a stand," tackling tough issues "week after week, year after year, decade after decade."
Michael Chute, professor of journalism at California Baptist University and former Baptist editor in Florida, said that besides his parents and his wife Kathie, Terry "has probably been the most influential person in my life."
"Bob Terry took a raw young man 40 years ago and poured himself into my life," Chute said. "Your contribution will surely be missed, but I hope this is another great season in a life that has contributed so much to so many."
After he retires, Terry will continue to write on relevant topics at his new blog, nowconsiderthis.com.
Evangelist Ron Herrod, former SBC 1st VP, dies
Herrod, who lived in Knoxville, Tenn., was nominated by evangelist Bailey Smith and elected as the SBC's 2010-2011 first vice president during the convention's annual meeting in Orlando, Fla.
After serving as a senior pastor of several Southern Baptist churches for more than 35 years, Herrod launched R.H.E.M.A. (Ron Herrod Evangelism Ministries Association) in 1995 based in Sevierville, Tenn. His pastorates had included First Baptist Church in Kenner, La.; First Baptist Church in Fort Smith, Ark.; and Central Baptist Church in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Herrod was the 2008-2010 president of the Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists and, earlier, a vice president of the Southern Baptist Pastors' Conference; president of Tennessee Baptist Pastors' Conference; and a trustee of the International Mission Board.
In addition to preaching hundreds of revivals and crusades across the nation, Herrod led mission campaigns in more than 30 countries, conducted an international tape ministry and had written seven books.
Herrod was a graduate of William Carey College (B.A.), New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (Th.M.) and Luther Rice Seminary (Th.D.). He received distinguished alumnus awards from New Orleans Seminary in 2013 and Luther Rice in 2000.
Herrod is survived by his wife of 55 years, Emily; a son, Joseph; two daughters, Dawn and Twila; and 11 grandchildren.
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct, 12, at Sevier Heights Baptist Church in Knoxville, followed by a celebration of life service at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, at First Baptist Church in Kenner, La.
Former BP intern Myriah Snyder now at Christian Index
Snyder was Baptist Press' summer intern in 2014 and has been on BP's coverage team for the SBC annual meeting the past two years. She also is a periodic BP correspondent and columnist.
At the Western Recorder, Snyder worked as a newswriter from 2015 until April 2017 when she was named assistant editor.
Snyder holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Ky., where she was a staff writer and copy editor for The Patriot. She is pursuing a master of arts degree in theological studies through Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville.
In attending the former Mid-Continent University in Mayfield, Ky., she was editor of the Mid-Continent Review and a research assistant. Earlier, she was the publications assistant for Freedom Forever Ministries, an outreach to incarcerated women based in Paducah, Ky.


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The Starlight II by EMS is a sub-5 pound, two-person, three-season backpacking tent. It features dual vestibules and a very breathable mesh inner tent. Ample living area complete with "office space" up front, make this tent quite comfortable to live in; there is room for a 6-foot tall person to sit up and change clothes. However, it is not particularly light, is non-freestanding, and proved difficult to achieve a very taut pitch. At just $149 though, the EMS Starlight II is an excellent value and is quite comfortable to live in.
|2004 EMS Starlight II
|Double wall tent with floor
Fabric Description
|Fly: 70d 190t nylon with 1200 mm coating
Tent Fabric: 70d 190t breathable taffeta, 40d no-see-um netting
Tent Floor: 70d 190t nylon with 2000 mm coating
Pole Material
|Two aluminum poles; DAC Featherlite
Weight Full Package
|5 lb 1 oz (2.30 kg) measured weight; manufacturer's specification 4 lb 9 oz (2.07 kg)
Weight Manufacturer Minimum
|4 lb 12.5 oz (2.17 kg) measured weight
Weight Backpacking Light Minimum
|4 lb 7.75 oz (2.03 kg) measured weight
Floor/Vestibule Area
|Floor area: 34.6 ft2 (3.22 m2)
Vestibule area: 4.9 ft2 (0.46 m2)
Floor Area/Backpacking Light Minimum Weight Ratio
|0.48 ft2/oz
|Length: 107 in (272 cm)
Width: 58/24 in (147/61 cm)
Peak height: 40 in (102 cm)
The EMS Starlight II features easy access and plenty of usable vestibule area on each side. The tent body is mostly mesh, which makes for good ventilation and condensation performance.
Ease of setup
The Starlight II sets up in a similar fashion to many non-freestanding tunnel-style double wall tents. First, the two shock-corded aluminum poles (color coded to match tent clips) are slipped through short sleeve sections in the tent ceiling and inserted into grommets/straps at the floor of the tent's shoulder section. Second, the tent's foot end is staked in place. Third, the tent's head end is stretched tight and staked. Finally, the sides are staked down. Care must be taken when staking to ensure a flat and tightly stretched floor.
Rain fly assembly involves attaching four Velcro straps to the aluminum poles, attaching the foot and head ends to the correct side-release buckles and then tightening. Finally, the left and right side vestibules are stretched out and staked in place. Each vestibule zipper has two stakeout loops on either side. The loops provide an option for which way the vestibule doors unzip.
EMS prints step-by-step illustrated directions on the side of the pole bag that were helpful but unnecessary; with no prior practice or forethought, the tent can be set up in 10 minutes. Proficient setup can be in much less than 5 minutes, largely depending upon the ground surface and ease of staking.
This tent needs a minimum of 10 stakes to provide proper tension and floor area. Optional guyline attachments utilize four additional stakes. Even with all 14 attachment points, achieving a "drum-tight" rainfly is very difficult. While the tent can be set up to be quite tight and very weatherproof, it is not a bomb shelter and is not intended for mountaineering.
Usable Features / Options
This majority of the inner tent is mesh and nearly the entirety of both sides unzip for very easy access. The large vestibule openings and large mesh doors make stashing and organizing gear inside the tent very quick and easy. Two tent doors make access for two people from either side, which is very nice. The twin vestibules also are great for separating each person's gear. Ample room in each vestibule area accommodates shoes and a medium-sized pack.
Inside, there is nearly 3 feet of usable space ahead of the sleeping area. This space makes lying in the tent and reading or reviewing maps very convenient and comfortable. There is nearly 40 inches of headroom at the peak, which provides plenty of room for a 6-foot tall person to sit up and move around. However, due to the canopy's slope there is not enough room for two to comfortably sit up at the same time. The shoulder/head width of the sleeping area is moderately spacious at 58 inches. The shin area width is 44 inches and the foot width is just 24 inches. The foot area can be slightly cramped unless one of the occupants is shorter; however, this is not a great inconvenience.
Additional features: Three interior mesh pockets are above floor level at the front. They're useful for storing small pieces of gear such as knives, lights, glasses, etc. The exterior guy loops are reflective, which helps somewhat in locating the tent at night. The rain fly's gray color blends unobtrusively into the landscape.
The tent provides full insect protection and excellent views when not using the vestibule.
Weight / Sizing
At 34.6 square feet (3.22 m2), the Starlight II is moderately spacious for two, providing ample room for sleeping and reading after a day on the trail. However, the space is most usable when lying down. Weighing in at the 5-pound mark, the Starlight II is not among the lightest tents in its class. The usable vestibule area for gear or cooking, and the extra living space beyond the sleeping area makes it quite an enjoyable shelter to use.
Flexibility of Pitching
Due to the non-freestanding design and minimum of 10 stakes, the Starlight II is limited in where it can be sited. Also, the force required to stretch the floor tight (and a tight rainfly depends on a tight floor) is considerable. These factors mean we can't recommend the tent for desert sandy soil or rocky tundra above tree line, where stake purchase and exact stake placement are compromised.
Usable Space
Nearly every square inch of this tent is usable due to the tunnel design's steep sidewalls. The vestibule areas on each side offer excellent gear storage or cooking space for each occupant. Full access panels on each side make entering and exiting the tent and gear stashing very easy. The nearly 3 feet of extra head-end floor space past the sleeping area provides excellent "office space." For example, lying down and laying out maps or reading in front of you is very comfortable.
The nearly 40 inches of headroom at maximum height is ample for a 6-foot tall person to sit up and change clothes. Two can't comfortably sit up at the same time, though. There is less extra room at the tent's foot end due to the sloping roof and tapered floor, but it is still possible to sit up and reach the foot area for any small gear stored there.
The Starlight II has a vestibule area on either side. The actual usable area of each vestibule is just under 5 square feet – ample room for a moderately sized pack and a pair of shoes. The vestibules can also be used for cooking, but not while any gear is present. The vestibule portion of the fly zips completely back out of the way, making access from outside extremely easy.
Vestibules on each side of the tent provide good gear storage and the low angles allow the tent to easily spill wind during storms. However, the vestibule doesn't pitch to ground level, allowing some splash and wind-blown rain to enter the vestibule area.
The Starlight II is stable in moderate winds (below 20 mph). The low approach angles provided by the wide vestibule area allow wind to spill easily over the tent. Overall, the tent's angles and shape are well designed. The main problem is that the tent needs to be drum tight to minimize flapping, but I could not achieve a drum-tight pitch. The varied patchwork of angles and panels make this nearly impossible, even when stake placement is adjusted plus or minus an inch. While this tent is well suited for average inclement weather, I can't recommend it for storm chasing above tree-line, due to difficulties with stake placement and hold, and rainfly tightness.
Storm Protection
The Starlight II is a reasonably comfortable place to sleep, read, or lounge in during a rainstorm, but is not comfortable for two people to sit up and play cards. The tent's above ground-level floor seams aren't sealed or taped, but no noticeable leakage occurred during rainstorms. The vestibules don't pitch to ground-level, allowing some splash and wind-blown rain to enter the vestibule areas. This didn't prove to be much of a problem during our tests, and the tradeoff of greater airflow was worth it in most three-season conditions.
Ventilation/Condensation Resistance
With all the mesh in the tent canopy and the large sweeping vestibule area, ventilation is better than average. Airflow over the sweeping angles of the fly allows for good airflow inside during breezes. When the air is still and humid, condensation passes though the mesh of the inner tent quite well but collects on the fly. The canopy roof of the inner tent is uncoated nylon, which collects some condensation, but it is a small area that can easily be wiped dry. It's also tall enough that the occupants and contents can easily avoid touching it.
All the stitching and bar-tacking are single-stitched. Given the tension required for achieving a taut setup, the stitching may represent a weak point over time. The tent's floor has a higher density coating than the fly (2000 mm versus 1200 mm), but is not bulletproof like some mountain tent floors. We took care not to pitch the tent on sharp objects, and recommend a supplemental ground cloth if headed to areas of highly abrasive or soggy ground.
At $149 MSRP, the Starlight II is a good value for a two-person, three-season backpacking tent that is also fairly lightweight. Because it's not an ultralight shelter and must be pitched in relatively spacious locations that accommodate at least 10 stakes, it is not a minimalist tent. Still, it's a very comfortable shelter that provides good ventilation, excellent usable space, reasonably good storm protection and excellent overall living comfort. We think this makes the Starlight II a great shelter for backpackers looking to make minimal monetary investment and lighten their shelter weight for touring backpacking trips, while not compromising comfort or storm protection.
Tips and Tricks
Do not try to set up the Starlight II for the first time at night, after a long day on the trail. Getting the tent body taut takes a little practice and time, and daylight helps too.
Because a tight rainfly pitch is difficult to achieve and is necessary for storm performance, we found it helpful to presoak the stakeout loops before staking the tent down. This allows them to stretch, as they will when they wet out from rain. Without this extra step we found the tightest setup we could achieve sagged enough to be aggravating after the rain started and the stakeout loops soaked and stretched. Restaking an occupied tent during a storm is not a fun proposition.
Recommendations for Improvement
Greater adjustability and longer straps with side release buckles to tension the fly would greatly aid in achieving a "drum-tight" fly.
A second hanging loop at for each door and vestibule would help keep the doors up and open for ease of getting gear in and out.


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Getting Started with Redux
Redux is a predictable state container for JavaScript apps.
It helps you write applications that behave consistently, run in different environments (client, server, and native), and are easy to test. On top of that, it provides a great developer experience, such as live code editing combined with a time traveling debugger.
You can use Redux together with React, or with any other view library. It is tiny (2kB, including dependencies), but has a large ecosystem of addons available.
Redux is available as a package on NPM for use with a module bundler or in a Node application:
It is also available as a precompiled UMD package that defines a
window.Redux global variable. The UMD package can be used as a
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For more details, see the Installation page.
Redux Toolkit
Redux itself is small and unopinionated. We also have a separate addon package called Redux Toolkit, which includes some opinionated defaults that help you use Redux more effectively. It's our official recommended approach for writing Redux logic.
RTK includes utilities that help simplify many common use cases, including store setup, creating reducers and writing immutable update logic, and even creating entire "slices" of state at once.
Whether you're a brand new Redux user setting up your first project, or an experienced user who wants to simplify an existing application, Redux Toolkit can help you make your Redux code better.
Create a React Redux App
The recommended way to start new apps with React and Redux is by using the official Redux+JS template for Create React App, which takes advantage of Redux Toolkit and React Redux's integration with React components.
Basic Example
The whole state of your app is stored in an object tree inside a single store. The only way to change the state tree is to emit an action, an object describing what happened. To specify how the actions transform the state tree, you write pure reducers.
That's it!
Instead of mutating the state directly, you specify the mutations you want to happen with plain objects called actions. Then you write a special function called a reducer to decide how every action transforms the entire application's state.
In a typical Redux app, there is just a single store with a single root reducing function. As your app grows, you split the root reducer into smaller reducers independently operating on the different parts of the state tree. This is exactly like how there is just one root component in a React app, but it is composed out of many small components.
This architecture might seem like an overkill for a counter app, but the beauty of this pattern is how well it scales to large and complex apps. It also enables very powerful developer tools, because it is possible to trace every mutation to the action that caused it. You can record user sessions and reproduce them just by replaying every action.
Example Projects
The Redux repository contains several example projects demonstrating various aspects of how to use Redux. Almost all examples have a corresponding CodeSandbox sandbox. This is an interactive version of the code that you can play with online.
See the complete list of examples in the Examples page.
Learn Redux
We have a variety of resources available to help you learn Redux, no matter what your background or learning style is.
Just the Basics
If you're brand new to Redux and want to understand the basic concepts, see:
- The Motivation behind building Redux, the Core Concepts, and the Three Principles.
- The basic tutorial in the Redux docs
- Redux creator Dan Abramov's free "Getting Started with Redux" video series on Egghead.io
- Redux co-maintainer Mark Erikson's "Redux Fundamentals" slideshow and list of suggested resources for learning Redux
- If you learn best by looking at code and playing with it, check out our list of Redux example applications, available as separate projects in the Redux repo, and also as interactive online examples on CodeSandbox.
- The Redux Tutorials section of the React/Redux links list. Here's a top list of our recommended tutorials:
- Dave Ceddia's posts What Does Redux Do? (and when should you use it?) and How Redux Works: A Counter-Example are a great intro to the basics of Redux and how to use it with React, as is this post on React and Redux: An Introduction.
- Valentino Gagliardi's post React Redux Tutorial for Beginners: Learning Redux in 2018 is an excellent extended introduction to many aspects of using Redux.
- The CSS Tricks article Leveling Up with React: Redux covers the Redux basics well.
- This DevGuides: Introduction to Redux tutorial covers several aspects of Redux, including actions, reducers, usage with React, and middleware.
Intermediate Concepts
Once you've picked up the basics of working with actions, reducers, and the store, you may have questions about topics like working with asynchronous logic and AJAX requests, connecting a UI framework like React to your Redux store, and setting up an application to use Redux:
- The "Advanced" docs section covers working with async logic, middleware, routing.
- The Redux docs "Learning Resources" page points to recommended articles on a variety of Redux-related topics.
- Sophie DeBenedetto's 8-part Building a Simple CRUD App with React + Redux series shows how to put together a basic CRUD app from scratch.
Real-World Usage
Going from a TodoMVC app to a real production application can be a big jump, but we've got plenty of resources to help:
- Redux creator Dan Abramov's free "Building React Applications with Idiomatic Redux" video series builds on his first video series and covers topics like middleware, routing, and persistence.
- The Redux FAQ answers many common questions about how to use Redux, and the "Recipes" docs section has information on handling derived data, testing, structuring reducer logic, and reducing boilerplate.
- Redux co-maintainer Mark Erikson's "Practical Redux" tutorial series demonstrates real-world intermediate and advanced techniques for working with React and Redux (also available as an interactive course on Educative.io).
- The React/Redux links list has categorized articles on working with reducers and selectors, managing side effects, Redux architecture and best practices, and more.
- Our community has created thousands of Redux-related libraries, addons, and tools. The "Ecosystem" docs page lists our recommendations, and there's a complete listing available in the Redux addons catalog.
- If you're looking to learn from actual application codebases, the addons catalog also has a list of purpose-built examples and real-world applications.
Help and Discussion
The #redux channel of the Reactiflux Discord community is our official resource for all questions related to learning and using Redux. Reactiflux is a great place to hang out, ask questions, and learn - come join us!
You can also ask questions on Stack Overflow using the #redux tag.
If you have a bug report or need to leave other feedback, please file an issue on the Github repo
Should You Use Redux?
Redux is a valuable tool for organizing your state, but you should also consider whether it's appropriate for your situation. Don't use Redux just because someone said you should - take some time to understand the potential benefits and tradeoffs of using it.
Here are some suggestions on when it makes sense to use Redux:
- You have reasonable amounts of data changing over time
- You need a single source of truth for your state
- You find that keeping all your state in a top-level component is no longer sufficient
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This week:
1. Precursors to Life Found In Distant Galaxy
The indication of the presence of an amino acid "precursor" in a distant galaxy is the latest "evidence" that life can spring up wherever, according to research conducted using the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
2. So-Called Evidence Found for Accelerated Evolution
A spate of recent genomic changes is responsible for today's variance in human skin color, stature, and other traits, reports ScienceNOW on new research published in Nature Genetics.
3. Research Supports Biblical Description of Language Development
New research on the "evolution" of language supports the Bible's description of all languages having appeared recently.
4. Saturn Moon May Contain Water
Piggybacking on our first story of the week is news of a German team that has more evidence that there is water on Saturn's moon Enceladus.
5. ScienceDaily: "Some 'Junk' DNA Is Important Guide For Nerve-cell Channel Production"
Another important role has been discovered for so-called "junk" DNA, mysterious sections of the human genome once considered useless.
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have determined that introns associated with RNA play an important part in making electrical channels for nerve cells, helping neuronal communication. Abnormalities in these channels can result in epilepsy, neurodegenerative diseases, cognitive disorders, and other problems.
Introns were previously thought of as useless DNA (hence the "junk" appellation), but we're realizing more and more that these sequences are meaningful and perform necessary tasks. The introns examined by the Penn researchers, led by pharmacology professor James Eberwine, have found "that an RNA encoding for a nerve-cell electrical channel, called the BK channel, contains an intron that is present outside the nucleus." Without the intron, the BK channels would not be created in the appropriate location within the cell.
Tests that removed the introns resulted in cells with abnormal electrical properties. "This is the first evidence that an intron-containing RNA outside of the nucleus serves a critical cellular function," said Eberwine. "The intron acts like a guide or gatekeeper. . . . Just because the intron is not in the final channel protein doesn't mean that it doesn't have an important purpose."
Since such junk DNA was originally construed as the "leftovers" of evolution—genetic fossils that served no valid purpose—each discovery of a function for junk DNA both counts as a strike against the evolutionary story of origins (which predicts such non-coding regions) and another sign of the wisdom and detailed design blueprint of our Creator.
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St. Johns County Republican political provocateur ROBERT THORNTON SMITH does not deny plotting to close four (4) universal primaries with five (5) write-in candidates.
ROBERT SMITH has volunteered and been paid to work on Republican campaigns, including a Volusia County judicial candidate Joseph Horrox, whom Smith once alleged in eviction defense court papers had promised to pay him $2500 for political conslting.
Our local prosecutor, 7th Judicial Circuit State's Attorney Ralph Joseph Larizza recused himself in 2012 from one of SMITH's criminal cases because SMITH worked on his campaign, requiring Governor RICHARD LYNN SCOTT to appoint 18th Judicial Circuit State's Attorney Norman R. Wolfinger as special prosecutor.
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Rebarbative Republican apparatchik BOB SMITH has bragged of organizing political sign-stealing and challenging minority voters at polls in Florida.
SMITH has not denied his role in organizing the five (5) candidates to file to run as write-in candidates, closing four universal primaries for St. Johns County Sheriff, Clerk of Court and two of three County Commission races.
SMITH has not denied his role in organizing the five (5) candidates to file to run as write-in candidates, closing four universal primaries for St. Johns County Sheriff, Clerk of Court and two of three County Commission races.
-----Original Message-----
From: Hathaway, Spencer
To: easlavin
Sent: Tue, Jun 28, 2016 10:17 am
Subject: RE: Request No. 2016-267: ROBERT THORNTON SMITH
Good morning Mr. Slavin,
Please find attached a copy of CF1203021A03 (Worthless Check > $150). This case was assigned to the 18th Circuit SAO, but I have attached the casefile that we have.
The following case files were disposed of pursuant to our public records retention policy:
MM0218868A03 (Worthless Check < $150)
MM0508546A03 (Issuing a Worthless Check)
MM0508547A03 (Issuing a Worthless Check)
CT080122503 (Driving with License Suspended)
MM09-00442 (Issuing a Worthless Check)
All my best,
Spencer S. Hathaway
Assistant State Attorney / Public Information Officer
Bogus write-in candidates -- closing what would have been our St. Johns County universal primary for Sheriff, Commissioner and Court Clerk -- were apparently recruited by ROBERT T. SMITH, a/k/a "GOP BOB," a St. Johns County Republican Executive Committee who may be reached at email@example.com, or at 904-803-2170. No response to my e-mail four (4) days ago.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Slavin
To: GOPBOB
Cc: vanita.gupta
Sent: Fri, Jun 24, 2016 3:47 pm
Subject: Fwd: URGENT: Northeast Florida Voting Rights Violations -- Suppression of Minority Vote by Closing Universal Primaries on August 30, 2016
Dear Mr. Smith:
Please call me to discuss your efforts to recruit write-in candidates to close what would have been [four] universal primaries, violating civil and constitutional rights, and at an added cost to taxpayers of some $250,000.
Thank you.
With kindest regards, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Ed Slavin


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Eivind Aarset
Posted 13 June 2009 - 02:12 PM
Eivind Aarset.
Light Extracts (CD) Jazzland 014 741-2, 6.11.2001
1. Empathic Guitar, 2. Wolf Extract, 3. Dust Kittens, 4. The String Thing, 5. Between Signal and Noise,
6. ffwd / slow motion, 7. Self Defence, 8.Tunnel Church
Eivind Aarset: guitar, fretless guitar, electr., bass (4), programming&edits - Wetle Holte: drums, drum machine, electr.,&edits -
Marius Reksjo: electric+acoustic basses, Reidar Skår: mix & electr. -
guests: Hans Ulrik: bass clarinet, Arve Furset: rhodes, prophet, NPM: trumpet, Nick Sillitoe: vital arrangement
I really like his music, he has 4 cd's:
Electronique Noire
Light Extracts
Sonix Codex
What is it with Norway and it's amazing nu-jazz?
Posted 13 June 2009 - 09:11 PM
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Posted 14 June 2009 - 06:28 AM
Yeah, great player, does great things with FX, too. I've seen him twice, as a sideman with Nils Petter Molvaer and Bugge Wesseltoft.
Lucky you! He has nothing in his agenda in Holland!
Petter Molvaer is also amazing!
Posted 08 July 2009 - 08:49 PM
itatlian diamond geezer Marcello interviewed Eivind exclusively for molvaer.de on occasion of the Fandagojazz concert in Rome 2005-06-08
as Arve Henriksen / Eivind Aarset Duo. Wyrddhahii gave his transscription the last polish in english phrasing.
Hi Eivind, nice to meet you !
As a begin I have prepared a few questions....
... lets talk first about equipment. What have you changed since then?
[Eivind has in front of him an equipment scheme from a previous interview in 2001]
The Roger Mayer Voodoo Vibe is out. It broke down [smiles]. It might reappear,
but Id have to fix it. Things started to get wrecked because I travelled by plane
all the time. So this is out now.
Would you make a diagram of your current equipment set-up?
[Eivind takes paper, and draws a funny figure resembling a guitar and we laugh,
then he follows on the whole page for almost 5 minutes]
I actually split the sound from the Microsynth.
Is this totally new?
Yes, Ive never done this before. Its a new concept which I think works well.
Is the Repeater the main looper?
Is everything in serial or in parallel link?
Serial link.
Why do you use compressor after Delay?
When I use this Boss DD3 Delay, sometimes it docks, and I need the compressor to keep steady level for the Microsynth.
Any noise gate?
No noise gate. Oh, I forgot one thing in the scheme ...
[we both laugh very loud so were not the only ones to be messed in his equipment!]
POD is really new. It doesnt appear in the photos from Karlsruhe 2005.
Yes, its different. There I used the mixer. Directly to mixer and then to guitar amplifier, to Vox AC30.
But I think this is better because the (????) really works with guitar amplifiers and I can do these split sounds.
Are you still trying to develop new solutions for your gear, with new equipment available on sale?
Yes, I constantly do it.
Where does the computer fit in?
The computer is not included in the guitar set-up. I didnt use it. It was ...
...for answering e-mails?
[laughs] No, actually I had the plan to use it cause I just did the solo tour, only myself playing. There I used the computer to control some loops.
So I brought it during my solo. I thought I might bring in some of these electronic loops.
Only for electronic loops?
Yes, only for electronic loops - but I didnt use it.
Have you ever considered using the computer for direct control of the Eclipse live on-stage?
No, I actually tried this cause I wanted to change my equipment and wanted to include the computer around the guitar signal.
Instead of the Eventide Eclipse and Electrix Repeater I wanted to use the computer. But it didnt sound as good as those.
It was too complicated to use a foot controller to make this work in a live context. I miss the sound of Eclipse a lot, even though
it was really nice to use some of the plug-ins for guitar. These comes from Ableton Live, some of these programs were very nice to use on guitar.
Have you changed your pedals during this time?
Prescription Fuzz, Boss OD3 and Boss DD5 have been with me all the time.
Your trademark sound comes from the Boss DD5. On Arild Andersens Electra we hear it, especially on "7th Background"
where there was a nice interplay between you and Arve Henriksen. Tonights concert with Arve was totally improvised.
Do you feel that it was a kind of free jazz?
Yes, a sort of free rock!
A sort of Eivind Aarset with Supersilent.
Have you ever thought about joining or forming that kind of minimalistic free-jazz experience
I actually did a short while ago a project in Germany with a crazy guy called ??? [NB: Peter Hollinger].
It was like a commissioned work for "WestDeutscherRundfunk" which is a radio station in Koln [NB:http://www.wdr.de/unternehmen/_media/pdf/infomaterial/wdr_hoerspiel2.05.pdf] .
And he makes music for but its like really out, and he invited me to improvise with him. Hes a free jazz drummer and he had some actors
speaking on the top of the music afterwards. It turned out very good I think, and it was so nice that I wanted to do some rock stuff together
with this free-jazz drummer and it was like a very good experience. So I think Id like to work more on this concept, this free jazz thing.
It was inspiring to collaborate in this way because as a concept it felt very positive.
cont'd here
Which musicians would you like to join you for a project like that?
I want to do some rehearsals with Audun and the drummer in my band, Wetle, and well see what comes next.
Just to figure out and check out things and maybe use it as it develops a tune. So well record and see what happens.
Are you planning about touring with Wetle and Audun Erlien or Marius Reksjo or are you thinking about something new?
Im thinking about something new but its mostly in terms of music, of making new tunes, new concepts, changing the music a little bit.
In Norway were still touring with the 'Connected' material, but Wetle and me started to do this practicing with rehearsing, checking out new ways
to do some things. Not leaving electronics out, but maybe using them mostly for beats, maybe having more acoustic drumming and then bringing
electronics in between playing. So that beats dont have to be too low, too hard.
Using a lot of electronics can lose dynamics; instead you work on the mood of the song when you play.
Theres a large dynamic range in the band, a lot of interplay. How would you feel about playing with someone else?
I think that sometimes it could cause problems, especially when its too much inside the box, coming totally from the computer. In my trio we always strip down,
strip down [he explains with gesture like peeling a banana] . Now, with the 'Connected' material, its only some programming that fits in well with Wetles style
of playing. So it all sounds like one big drum kit.
In your playing, you merge electronic and acoustic moods. Does it matter more to play something you like,
or is it more important to balance electronics with the acoustic dynamics of the guitar?
I think that the most important thing for me is what I feel with the music, how it works emotionally. If I can recognize something I like in it,
theres nothing else. Thats why I use all this equipment - because I want to hear this kind of sound.
Most of guitarists like to play with a few pedals, a wah-wah, a distortion pedal, while you use lots of effects.
You change the sound of the guitar in a fundamental way. How does it affect your playing?
I wanted to get away from the way I played, from the repertoire of blues licks and everything that most guitarists do. Using lots of effects was a means t
o escape this. But I think that Im also influenced by keyboard players, this way of thinking and working on different sounds.
What keyboard player has been most influential on you?
There isnt any one in particular. Its more a way of thinking, I guess, in arrangements.
If I said ... Brian Eno?
Ah, Yes, Brian Eno! Hes brilliant, I really like him! There are a lot of great keyboard players, but I can say I really like all the pianists that played with Miles
in the Seventies. They influenced me because I still can hear them in my ears, but no particular keyboardist had a great influence on my playing.
What are your jazz highlights?
Well, I think that the first jazz album that gave me right really that was 'Agartha' by Miles Davis from 1975 just before Miless departure.
That was really good, good music!
In an interview last year, John Scofield was asked who he thought were the emerging talents in jazz guitar. He named two;
the first one was Kurt Rosenwinkel and the second was you. How do you feel about being categorized as a jazz guitarist?
Do you think of yourself as a jazz guitarist?
Its really nice! [smiles] Although Im not really a jazz guitarist because I think many other jazz guitarists can do all the things theyre supposed to be able to
do, like soloing over bebop, things I cant do. Still I improvise all the time, thats the basis of what I do: Improvising! Thats my version of being a jazz guitarist!
Where do you think jazz is going now?
Its so hard to tell. I think that it is very open now what is going to happen. I see that theres a very strong jazz scene with a kind of 'nostalgia'.
I hear it very much as being 'acoustic nostalgia'. In Norway - also in Germany - its like this; its more and more like this kind of 'nostalgia' trip.
But at the same time, the free jazz scene is much stronger than it was some years ago. I really can only talk about the places I know best in Norway,
but ten years ago free jazz was something that only a few people were interested in; now its almost the biggest thing! Lot of things going on in free jazz!
So it seems like its going in very different directions I actually feel equally a part of both of them and of something else.
It could be said that Norway is producing the most interesting music at the moment.
Why do you think is it Norway at this time?
Its many different things that are sort of connected. I think, we were lucky to have people like Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal, and Arild Andersen
who opened up some doors. People were already thinking about different sounds. And then Nils Petter Molvaer, and Bugge Wesseltoft helped
open more doors for a lot of others, people coming from the same environment. And the media has been very positive, focusing on and telling stories
about Norwegian musicians. But I also think that its something to do with the Norwegian character. We are very individualistic, I think.
So to move forward is something more natural or easier for us than other players.
Tell us more about your collaboration with Bugge Wesseltoft.
Hes the boss in my record company. I owe him a lot because I dont think I would have ever released even one record if he hadnt said:
"Hey you! Come to my record company and make a record!" [laughs]. So I dont have to trust myself to do all this work alone. Hes been very helpful in that.
I also worked for a very short time in his band, 'New Conception of Jazz', but then 'Khmer' was breaking at the same. And so for me it was very hard
to be a player in both bands. I quit. He said something that actually helped me a lot to develop myself. He said "I dont want any guitar solos"
and he dont get a rid of himself! [laughs]. It helped me to find other ways to work with the things through this thinking, but we never really worked very well.
But unexpectedly, when I asked to play with him, it was so easy to play, so it was much easier to go in that direction.
There was a lot of space for me and things I can do with that.
Theres a story regarding 'Labyrinter', you did played in Voss 1996.
Nils Petter Molvaer joined you after you were also a band by yourself. How did it work?
They didnt do anything for a while then we played one gig. We played just a couple of gigs. And next year I had the commission in Stavanger at Maijazz
[the project "7" for Maijazz 1997 that ended-up to 'Electronique Noire']. Then I asked Nils Petter Molvaer to join him, and that was the only gig we did with that.
The birth of 'Khmer' was Voss. Because its the Maijazz project I wanted to do with the 'Khmer'. I think already someone started with the 'Khmer'-band
before I did Maijazz.
What about the project that ended-up to 'Electronique Noire'. How do they commission the project,
how did you plan about doing this project, a 'bestillingsverket', specifically for this festival?
No, I was also doing it. It was very good for me because I was doing this and doing the record at the same time. So then I could think about both.
I recorded the concert on a multi-track and I used some of it for the record. Thats the track 'Entrance/U-Bahn'. And the funny thing is that it was also the beginning of the concert and in the middle of the guitar solo the power at the house broke down. So weve just started 'Entrance/U-Bahn' and we have
to leave the stage. The power came back on and we started in the guitar solo, and of course I keep connected to what I did before! [laughs].
When 'Electronique Noire' was released your sound was impressive, really "new".
Who are the guitarists that influenced you most for this record?
David Torn. I heard him for the first time around 1981 or 82. Thats the only time I heard him live. He was playing with Jan Garbarek. But I also bought
his ECM record 'Everyman Band'. That was a really, really great album! Then I followed his solo albums all the way. I still think hes a really great guitar player.
And who were your other guitar influences at that time?
Jeff Beck. And, of course, Terje Rypdal.
On Arild Andersen's 'Electra' on track 12 you play a true Rypdal-style solo!
Yeah. For this solo Arild wanted some really heavy playing. I couldn't find anything else to play [smiles].
He probably remembered the past times along with Jan Garbarek and Terje Rypdal! How was working with Arild?
This project was not originally intended to be recorded. It was only for theatres. So it was like merging, mixing down the record. It was lot of small pieces.
For some of it he just sent me some bass loops and asked, "Can you work something around these?" and I put them together at my place, and then sent
the finished article back, and some of it was done with him live in studio.
What about Jon Hassell?
It was a great honour to collaborate with someone like him. Hes a fantastic player.
What is the difference in working with Jon Hassell and with Nils Petter Molvaer?
It's very different. The music in Nils Petter's band is more free, in a way. And, of course, its much louder and has lots of energy - although Nils Petter still listens closely to your playing. He's a very different player from Hassell. For me it is much easier to play with Nils Petter, to fit him. But at the same time, I learned a lot
from playing with Hassell, learning a lot resources of the music I'm working in, because he's like a father to a lot of us, also me, the way I'm playing the things.
So it's really nice to take a look inside what's happening.
What about the Aarset/Fresu/Youssef Trio?
We recorded an album, but it needs some overdub work to be finished. We recorded new tracks, and some free stuff. It could be like [???]... but it needs some work, maybe another session in the studio, maybe it's just everything that is able, because we have a lot of live material. Some of this recording is studio,
some is live material.
You played here a year ago with your trio ...
Yes! I tried to do a live recording of that myself but it distorted. That concert was very good, but the Boss distorted so much it made that
concert recording unusable.
Can you give us some new hints about your next album?
I'm working hard because I have a lot to decide. I have some tunes, which are semi-arranged tunes, that I might go for. Or more free stuff.
It depends on what happens during rehearsals.
Have you recorded anything yet?
No... not really. I tend to record things and then something ends on being on the album that wasnt really recorded for that.
Are you planning a solo tour?
Yeah, I actually did a little solo tour, only myself and the computer, back in May. I did four concerts. It was very interesting experience.
How do you feel when youre totally alone on the stage?
It's not comfortable! [laughs] But it is also a good experience to really be responsible for everything, for being...
...the front-man?
.. yeah - Front-man!! [laughs] I learned a lot from it. New ideas for things to do. What I think is really important is that I don't compete with my own group.
The most important thing for me is to play with the band. So Ill probably do more concerts with the band than solo concerts.
Have you ever considered doing a project, like Nils Petter Molvaer did in Maijazz 2002, using an orchestral ensemble?
We had the opportunity to do that once. But the orchestra disbanded so it didnt happen. But it could be very interesting to work with material in that way.
Have you got new bestillingsverket for upcoming years?
I already received a bestillingsverket! [laughs] So, if I'll have to do it I'll certainly do. I have a lot of more commissions... let's see.
We talked about an upcoming gig in Rome by Dave Fiuczynski. Do you know him ?
Oh, Dave Fiuczynski! I like him! Don't have any record of him, but I have heard him.
Another guitarist I'm very curious about... Nguyèn Lè. What do you think about him?
I think he's great! I played a duo concert with him in Berchidda (Italy). And that was fun! Two electric guitars, totally improvised. All the equipment came
from the audience, no soundcheck either. That was very interesting. I was not very happy with my own playing, but people seemed to very like it and
Nguyen was a very nice person.
You have a very different approach.
Very different. I think we had much of the same starting points. I mean Miles Davis... when I started to play I started because I listened to Jimi Hendrix.
I think I actually spoke with him about it but I don't think he is from the same point in the same place. But he's a real jazz player!
Which Jimi Hendrix track did you like most?
For me it was a special record, which I got at home when I was a kid, 'Hendrix In The West'. Especially the version of 'Red House' on that album.
What do you think when you're playing music?
When I'm really into it I don't think. I'm just inside the music. I don't think about which tone, which chord, which note: Im just inside them.
When I decide afterwards for a record that I like, then it has to be something that touches me emotionally in some way. It doesn't have to be sad,
it could whatever. Being perfect or corrected isnt very interesting. It has to be something that touches me emotionally.
Textural guitar is often a way to escape from traditional structures in playing music, even rock or jazz structures - a kind of unconscious musicianship. Do you feel you are constrained by these structures or do you consider yourself to be totally free,
whatever the context?
I think that somehow I always see structures; even though I feel free I'm still thinking in structures. Like what I played today [duo with Arve Henriksen]
had no limits. Then you think, "Okay, this is the way to go" or "It's not this way". Then maybe I want to bring in something lighter on top of this,
or maybe I want to break it off, or maybe something else. There's always structure in some form, but for me it has to be like this. It's not planned structures,
but structures that naturally emerge. It's music. It's like a physical need - it could be unconscious, instinctive. But if you think about music, music it something
that is starting at one point and then moving. You can feel everything you want, but it's working in and through a time-frame. I want to hear development
within this time-frame and I try to make that development happen. This can be conscious or unconscious, but no matter how you look at it, it's structuring.
Do you still study and practice your playing or do you dedicate yourself purely to improvisation?
It's important to work on technique. I need to do what I want to do. When I was younger a lot of people went to school studying music to develop some techniques... but sometimes technique gets in the way because you don't have any idea outside the technique. And that's not very interesting.
But I think it's wonderful when the people with good technique are also players with ideas that can touch you emotionally. I mean artists like Keith Jarrett...
What impresses you most about Jarrett? Solo concerts? His way of improvising?
For me it's an album he did with Jan Garbarek, Belonging, which is maybe one of my all-time favourite albums. I think he is in tune with the flow of his life,
the melody flows so naturally.
Are you attracted by the idea of playing totally solo improvisation? A sort of Köln concert style...
If I was able to do it, it could be attractive. But I don't know if I can do that. Maybe someday... it's not something I would force myself to do.
It's not really that important for me. The most important thing to me is to make music that sounds good. The rules of the context for making that music
are not as important to me as the quality of the music that is made.
Let's have another look at your collaborations with Nils Petter Molvaer.
This collaboration is probably the most important thing that has happened in my musical life. He has both opened lot of doors in music, internationally,
and has also given me the opportunity to develop my own way of playing in his band. And he has helped me a lot. It's always so easy to play with him.
It's like when he is on stage and he plays, he hears everything that's happening around him. Even though its really loud and there's the drummer and the dj
playing beats, I can play a chord and he just pricks up his ears and his eyes open wide ... he's an incredible musician! It's always a huge pleasure to play
with him live.
And in the studio?
I get some stuff from Nils Petter, from his computer, and I work on it with guitar, then I send it back to him; so it's not like being in the studio together.
recorded three tunes for the new album ... I think it's a good album!
What do you like to do in your spare time?
You know, I have kids... so I take whatever opportunities I can to play with them. But ... I make food!
Some recipes from Italy?
Mhh. "Osobucu"! [laughs]
Ah! Gli Ossobuchi !
Grazie e Ciao, Eivind.
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Posted 09 July 2009 - 05:34 AM
Great interview and what about Neil Schon too
Neal Schon does NOT play fretless guitar and in my opinion he is not "experimental or new" just another guitarist. BORING........And after he left Santana he became extremely commercial and predictable.... ....absolutely NOT my cup of tea and in another league, not to be compared with a master like Eivind Aarset, but PLEASE , this in ONLY my opinion............
Posted 09 July 2009 - 05:42 AM
Very nice! Thanks, Willem!
Well, I din't interview him... ...only Appel C, appel V...
I'm totally into his music! I LOVE it when I discover a new artist that blows my brains away, last one was Nguyén Lé!! And now Eivind Aarset........
This one is also a good one:
Eivind Aarset - "Painting Pictures"
Eivind Aarset, a prominent protagonist of the new generation of Scandinavian guitarists is involved in projects like "Marilyn Mazur´s Future Song" and Nils Petter Molvaer´s band. Aarset also worked with Bugge Wesselthoft and virtually all other prominent Norwegian musicians. In February this year, he played with his own trio "Éléctronique Noire" at the A-Trane in Berlin. The clubby atmosphere made this event something very special ...
Carina Prange talked to Eivind Aarset before the concert.
Carina: To find a definition for your music is difficult, perhaps impossible - would you agree that it is a kind of electric jazz with ambient, underground and D&B-grooves? How would you put it in own words?
Eivind: I think that definition is at least as difficult! As far as I know, the record-company in Germany - I saw the advertisement in a music-magazine - calls it "Ambient Trip-Rock". I thought that was sort of ... - yeah, I could relate to that. It has a lot to do both with club-music as it has a lot to do with rock. But we also are constantly improvising all the time - so it is at the same moment a sort of jazz ...
Carina: The A-Trane is a small club - is that o.k. for you? What kind of people would you expect to see at your concerts? Do you make concessions to them?
Eivind: Yes it is a small club, we´ll see how it works. It´s of course music that could suit a bigger club with a bigger PA, but it can be also nice to play in a more intimate situation. As for the audience - I´m not thinking so much of it when I create the music. I do it in the way that is comfortable for me. - The record company - Bugge Wesseltoft - wants to keep something like a "straight profile" in that everybody should have the same ingredients. My music suits that - it is not that I make it to fit, but it does. So it´s o.k.
Carina: There's the statement, that your music would not know any limits, any rules and was free of traditional backgrounds. Is it really possible to invent something new without your own social background being involved - your own "evolution"?
Eivind: I think that it is not possible really to "decide" to create something new. And therefore I don´t think my music is, like "really" new. But maybe then I combine elements in a slightly different way, in another than there has been done before. But to me it would be very pretentious to speak of "new", because I owe a lot to a lot of people: both people that I played with and also people whose records I listened to - musically good people.
Eivind Aarset
Carina: Nils Petter Molvaer and you - who is more influenced by the other? Do you think Nils Petter also makes the way free for the kind of music you do? How does the creative process evolve when you work together?
Eivind: Nils-Petter and I, when we play together and record together, it is a very easy process. He has a very open mind with his compositions - he writes some themes, maybe some chord-changes. Besides that it is pretty open - because it is also his approach that he "creates" the songs by picking different musicians that contribute to them. So that also becomes a part of composing and the music. One thing is right: it has been a door-opener commercially for me, because Nils-Petter has been a huge success, but also musically it has been very helpful for me, because playing with him has changed the way I play - maybe made it more special.
Carina: Your guitar-style is unique - how would you describe it yourself? How dependent is what you play on the effects and the special sound you use? What is the piece of equipment you wouldn't want to work without?
Einvind: My guitar-style - it is like a mixture of rock and improvised music ... - Also I am listening to other instruments, not only guitarplayers - that can be very helpful, too. I am very into sounds - so maybe I am also quite influenced by keyboardplayers. Then, to be compared to Miles Davis, maybe "Bitches Brew" is rather strange - also very flattering. Although Miles has been a big influence on me I wouldn´t dare to compare myself to him. Guitarists that influenced me are Terje Rypdal - like most of the other northern guitarists of my generation - David Thorn and of course Jimi Hendrix.
The effects and the special sounds are part of my instrument, because I am working with some other things I use all the time. When you look at me play, it can seem pretty strange, because sometimes I am not really playing the guitar - just turning knobs. But I don´t think about it so much, I just do it - because I have worked so long with these effects that it is sort of intuitive, what I am doing.
Which piece of equipment I wouldn´t want to be without? - That´s the WahWah-Pedal, my Volume-Pedal and the Digital Delay, the DD5.
Eivind Aarset
Carina: Oslo's underground jazz scene - please tell me a little bit more about it! How does it organize itself, how often and in what constellations do the musicians play together? The possibilities for rehearsal and being on stage - are there enough clubs?
Eivind: Norway's Jazz Scene basically is a very small scene - that makes it more open so you can cross the borders between different musical environments. Now in Oslo, there is one very important club that is called "Blå". It is a scene there, which encompasses free-jazz, modern contemporary classical music and DJ-playing. They have a kind of "modern jazz-profile", which is very broad and they do a lot of experimenting with different things. They have live-music there every night. So it is a very important club, I would say.
In Oslo there are pretty good rehearsal-possibilities as well. A nice scene. - And there are also some record-labels I´d like to mention, which are doing good work: "Jazzland" has been very important, and there is "Rune Grammofon" - which is now distributed through the contacts of ECM - which has published a lot of really exciting music.
Eivind Aarset
Carina: Your music transports a kind of sometimes "dark" feeling. What importance does feeling in music have for you? Electronic and live instruments - how does that go together, how do you find a balance?
Eivind: I think it is a measure of focus. When I make the music it should transport sort of a "picture" - that is what I´m looking for. It means trying to avoid getting "technical" - technical in the sense of guitar-playing, technical in the sense of working with the sounds and technical in sense of working with the chords. I try to avoid all that. I certainly can do all these things and they are a part of it, but I try to focus on something that you shall see in your imagination - so the feeling is absolutely important. And to me the electronics help to "paint" the kind of picture I want to have.
Carina Prange
CD: Eivind Aarset´s Éléctronique Noire - "Light Extracts"
And some of his gear is:
Line 6 Echo Pro
Line 6 DL4
Volume pedal
Dunlop wha
Logic Audio, Live und Reaktor.
Dunlop Wah
T-Rex Overdrive
Roland DD5 (Digital Delay)
Roger Mayer Voodo Vibe (chorus)
TC Electronics Compressor
Electro Harmonix Micro Synth (Kein Synth, mehr ein Fuzz mit Tiefpass & Resonanzfilter)
Boss Volume-Pedal
Mackie Mixer
Im Mackie-Mixer ist wird das Signal auf folgende Geräte geroutet:
Eventide Eclipse
Line 6 Delay
Electrix Repeater.
Vox AC 30. Zuhause hat er außerdem Fender Princton und Bad Cat.
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Posted 09 July 2009 - 12:43 PM
Posted 09 July 2009 - 01:30 PM
Yeah but sometimes we have to get back to basics, for example; Schon's AFRO
I personally think Americans never made decent progressive rock like European bands like Yes, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Genesis (with Gabriel), Focus, etc.......it is taste though. I never liked Journey or Boston.Santana is Mexican and he was awesome back in the 60's
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Sign of the times!!!
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Excellent point
this is definitively the BEST afro!!! He will get a hernia in his neck though!!!!
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A little drawing lesson on dimension from Joanne Sharpe's class is featured on this journal page. She covered shading, perspective and depth all in one class. It was a good refresher.
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Sunday, January 26, 2014
Thinking of You
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Saturday, January 25, 2014
Drawing from Photos
I haven't seen too many cows in the neighbourhood lately, but there are a few in my box of photos!
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Friday, January 24, 2014
Westcoast Calligraphy Society
Sloane is my grand niece and she's the inspiration for this fun piece I did at the Westcoast Calligraphy Society the other evening. These are "fun letters" as shown in "Marker Lettering Volume I" by Lynn Slevinsky.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
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Sunday was the Vancouver Artist Trading Card swap, and I eagerly packed a bag to go attend the pre-swap "Make Art" session. I included bags full of magazine photos which I wanted to sort through, intending to keep those that inspire me to draw, and chuck the rest. I packed a journal and watercolor pencils, or so I thought.
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Yesterday I mounted my little drawings into a journal using washi tape. I'm not sure why, but these simple sketches make me happy.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Layout is Everything
I haven't had much time for creating lately, and even less for blogging. My life feels full of medical appointments, broken cars, and accounting work. But enough of the whining, it is just life.
Joanne Sharpe continues to inspire me with "Draw Your Awesome Year", and she did an excellent video on composition, a subject dear to my heart. This page is a combination of notes on composition process and a practice box using one of my mantras for this year. The colour is Tombow markers.
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
My Life My Masterpiece
This journal page is another assignment for Joanne Sharpe's "Draw Your Awesome Year" class. It is filled with things that give my life meaning.
Monday, January 13, 2014
Word of the Year
My word for 2014 is "faithful". I'm taking an online course taught by Joanne Sharpe, called "Draw Your Awesome Year", and one of our current assignments is to document our word in our journal.
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Thank You!
I was just reading all the lovely comments left on my blog recently and I want to thank you all so much for your kind words. Your encouragement means so much to me!
Still Painting Cacti
We're enjoying the last few days of our time in Palm Springs, but preparing mentally for the return to our home in Vancouver. This means lovely swims and sitting in the sunshine reading books. We've also been looking at real estate. Are we ready?
So, I've been doing less art, but as this grid background of watercolour was already done (in Maui last year LOL), I thought "Why not add a cactus?" With gouache I am able to paint successfully over a background, like one would with acrylic. I'm enjoying this new medium immensely.
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
More Cacti and Happy New Year!
This is the last of the sketches I did on my recent "en plein aire" adventure. I'm not sure landscapes are my forte LOL.
Happy New Year, everyone! I wish you health, happiness, and peace in 2014.
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