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From figuring out your size to contending with all manner of changing room horror (bad lighting, trick mirrors, etc.), buying jeans can be a hellish task. But nothing beats the feeling of finding The One—or ones—that make you feel fresh to death (and your butt look bangin'), so we enlisted the help of our Localist correspondents to create the essential cool girls' guide to the best places to buy jeans in Canada. Now all that's left to do is shop!
Montreal: LOWELL
Where: 5298 St Laurent Blvd., lowellmtl.com
Atmosphere: LOWELL is a boutique of carefully curated pieces with a common thread—super high quality. The people who choose them are eager to share both the story behind each brand and their own passion for beautiful clothing.
Brands: Naked & Famous and KLÉ Denim
Fave piece for fall: Naked & Famous' The Boyfriend Jeans ($165). The mid-rise and relaxed fit will be perfect with slip-on loafers and an oversized knit.
Average price for a pair: Around $150
Services: Friendly staff in a trendy environment
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Virta Health kirjoitti:
Dawn phenomenon
Is the dawn phenomenon something I need to fix?
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Alla korjaussarja...
Virta Health kirjoitti:
Strategies that may help mitigate the Dawn Phenomenon:
Get a good night of sleep—6 to 8 hours each night—and go to bed before midnight to help reduce cortisol and improve one's ability to tolerate glucose.3
Reduce your overall carbohydrate intake* (always with medical supervision) to lower blood glucose.
Eat dinner earlier in the evening and avoid late night snacks to reduce blood glucose in the evening.
Have your last meal of the day contain the least amount of carbohydrates to minimize the rise in blood glucose.
Do something active after dinner, such as a walk, to help lower blood glucose.
Eat a breakfast a lower in carbohydrates since blood glucose is high and you have greater insulin resistance in the morning.
Don't wait too long to eat breakfast when you wake up. Eating food early in the morning can help release insulin which can lower blood glucose

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President's Report
Grimsby Gentlemen 3, Wilmot Warthogs 19
Ref: Tony Kearsley
Attendance: 521
After a hectic week of trying to get enough players registered to play, the first league game of the season took place at the fields at Alway Hall and Wilmot came away with a deserved 19 -3 win. It was a great day with only a little wind and the first 3:00 start in a long time. The Gentlemen were missing a few players and therefore only had one subsitute and an injury to that person soon after being substituted early in the second half, eliminated him.
We began off the boil as it were, and were kept in our half for the first twenty minutes although they did not seem to threaten. At a half an hour in, a quick Wilmot wing scored an unconverted try. Score at half Wilmot 5, Grimsby 0.
One substitute at half (Stuart was injured and Chris came back on, thanks Wilmot. At eighteen minutes in, Dylan had a successful penalty kick from the 22 about 15m in. Then 7 minutes later Wilmot, with the heavier pack, pushed the scrum a few times and combined a few missed tackles led to a try under the posts which was converted. Seven minutes after that with Grimsby tiring a high kick with a bad bounce led to a third Wilmot try under the posts. Final 19 - 3.
Team: Mark Hall, Dylan Kinch, Jon Millington, Kyle Wilson (PL), Dean Gibson, Joel Leonard, Bob Mavro, Vic Blaney, Kevin Erb, Andy Breuls, Chris Sears, Mike Stuart, Alex Stevenson, Alex Millar, Frank Schilte (C) Sub: Stuart English
Scorers: Dylan Kinch (penalty)
As usual, the social part of the day was well done by Bob and thanks to Tori for working behind the bar and Martin Wolf for manning the BBQ. Mark brought his theodolite? and engineered the lines on the field, with the help of Kyle, Eli, Milli and Bill. Except for the score and late players annoying the coach, a good first start. Nice to see the Wilsons with Ben at his first rugby game.
Coaches Report:
We had a slow start due to players arriving late and seem to be on the back foot for most of the game, as we never really threatened to score a try. As a small club, nothing can be sorted out beforehand without all the players there and ready. We must arrive on time for warm up and pre-game organization especially if there are low numbers at practice. We have introduced significant changes in our play and this was the first time using them and obviously need some work. I found a few players hiding in the ruck and not getting out fast enough both and defensively. The flat line needs to be more organized and players need to look up, not ball watch. We were pushed in the scrum a bit but lineouts were generally effective. We will have to see if the ELV's are used in the next game. The centers did well driving foreward but we were slow to the ruck and often had difficulty with holding the ruck (poor body position). The last try was a good kick (we did not put on pressure)for Wilmot and a bad bounce for Grimsby. Overall it was a good first game, and if the players want, a great deal to work with.
Coaches' man of the match: Kyle Wilson
Wilmot's choice of man of the match: Mike Stuart
Our choice was Wilmot's captain and #10
Next Week: The Brooker Cup 3:00 at Alway Hall Field
Sunday, May 24, 2009
May 23 vs Wilmot
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Joan C. Gelalia, 58, of Northvale, passed away on Sunday, January 13, 2019. Beloved wife for 39 years to Anthony C. Gelalia. Devoted mother of Michelle of Northvale, Brian and his wife Jill of Ramsey and Lisa of Northvale. Dear sister of Richard Korner and his wife Blanca of Demarest. Joan will also be missed by her grand dog Calvin and was looking forward to becoming a grandmother in the spring.
Joan had recently retired from Mercedes-Benz in Montvale where she worked for 17 years.
Visiting hours will be Saturday from 2-5 PM at Pizzi Funeral Home, 120 Paris Avenue, Northvale (201-767-3050).
In lieu of flowers donations in Joan's memory may be made to the Valley Program Foundation for Children with Autism, http://valleyprogramfoundation.com/ .


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When I recently blogged about The NYC High School Match, I focused on the many students who received one of their choices. As I mentioned, "The NYCDOE reports that of 86,000 students looking to enter the 9th grade, 44,012 students received their first choice school, and 7,455 could not be assigned to any of their (up to 12) choices."
Those unmatched students will now go through a supplementary match process. Many of them likely ranked many fewer than 12 choices, and will now have to select among schools that still have vacancies. Needless to say, this is a serious setback for some of them. (Here's a story from the Daily News: Parents fume as kids miss cut for top city high schools).
Michael Hickins, a reporter from Information Week (who writes that his daughter just went through the process) was referred to me by the NYCDOE, because of the work I did to help design the process, along with my colleagues Atila Abdulkadiroglu and Parag Pathak. Here is how our conversation (and others he had) is reflected in his report: NYC Board Of Ed's Algorithm Not Academic.
Helping kids get into good schools is one of the most important things we can do for them, and this is why it's important for schools to use modern matching technology, as NYC does, to try to get as many kids well matched as possible. It's agonizing that we can't provide enough great school places for everyone. There's only so much that can be done with matching technology, which can allocate existing places, but doesn't create good new schools. School systems need our support in other ways as well.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
The NYC high school match, continued
Posted by Al Roth at 3:35 AM
Labels: matching, school choice, schools
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- Anonymous said...
So what's the best way to teach the parents that they should, in fact, list 12 schools rather than 5? Of the students who listed 12 schools, how many ended up unmatched?
- April 7, 2009 at 8:08 AM
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Le Lotus is a new beauty salon and nail bar in London. We're conveniently located just a 5 minute walk away from Oxford Street and Oxford Circus tube stations in central London. We provide a complete range of American professional nails & beauty services, including Shellac OPI manicures, pedicures, acrylic nails, natural facial spas, tinting & threading. We also offer all types of body waxing from our private treatment room in London.
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Mark D. Tullio
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Lantronix, Inc.
Mark Tullio serves as the vice president, worldwide marketing, for Lantronix, a global leader in M2M (machine to machine) solutions. In this role, he is tasked with driving the company's global marketing strategy, branding, customer acquisition, public relations and communications efforts. Mark is a technology marketing executive with an MBA and over 20 years' experience in all aspects of B2B and B2C marketing.
Prior to Lantronix, Mark was vice president of marketing for billion dollar education industry leader Kaplan, Inc. He has led the marketing, PR and communications for three successful startups, purchased for over $200 million; and in addition to Kaplan, has held vice president and senior director level marketing positions for global leaders including Sage Software, NBC Universal, Cresenda Wireless and Ardent Software. In 2012, he was named "PR Executive of the Year" by the Golden Bridge Awards, and has been a guest speaker at dozens of technology events and institutions, including Macworld, Embedded World, CES, the University of California at Irvine's MBA program and more.


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Evan Sklar
Evan Sklar
Brooklyn, NY, United States
About Evan Sklar
I am a New York based artist. I received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bard College and an M.F.A from Yale University. I have exhibited in numerous exhibitions and have work in the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. I live with my family in Brooklyn, New York. The New York Times: Evan Sklar, a Photographer, Paints Brooklyn Without a Brush By JOHN LELAND OCT. 7, 2016 "Milton Glaser, the graphic artist, once said that drawing was for him a way of distinguishing what was real in the world from his preconceptions of it. "If I look at you now and make a decision that I'm going to draw you, I suddenly see you for the first time," he said. "I haven't seen the gradations of color between the bottom of your nose and the top of your lip, but when I decide to draw you, I have to. And so drawing becomes the means by which I understand what I'm looking at." For the photographer Evan Sklar, drawing was a reaction to the images he saw on Instagram, which had all started to look the same to him. Mr. Sklar, would use his mobile phone to take pictures of the buildings around his home in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and then email them to himself. Then, using an iPad and an app called Procreate, he drew the images. No brushes to clean or pencils to sharpen, no crumpled pages to throw away. It was the world's most primitive art form, reconceived through several levels of digital technology. The process, he said, was much different than photography, which captures an entire scene in a split second. With drawing, by contrast, he might spend long stretches working on one detail. "It's layered," he said. "It takes a long time, and you put it down and come back to it. You have energy to do it in spurts, then pick and scratch at it until it's done." He worked at dusk or after, he said, because "that's when everything starts to glow. The sky is glowing, and the interiors of the spaces start to glow." A selection of his drawings, "Brooklyn at Night," is on exhibit at the bookstore Powerhouse on 8th through Jan. 10."
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After a few weeks of teaching myself Objective C and xCode, I now have my very first iPhone app made available on the iTunes Store, absolutely free of charge. The interface is simple, but was very sufficient in helping me study for my VCP (and teaching me some programming), so I've made it available for iOS users to cram for this intense exam while on the go!
If you have an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, head on over to the iTunes Store and download VCP5 right now! And please, leave feedback below in the comments section of my blog. I seek to improve things, while maintaining a simple, fluid interface that can be used for studying on the go.
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Lodge St. John Fisherrow No 112
Welcome to the website for Lodge St. John Fisherrow No 112.
Next meeting - Will be intimated in due course
when measures to deal with Coronavirus / Covid 19
are relaxed to allow public gatherings and meetings
I hope that this site may be of some interest to all who visit here whether you are a Freemason or not.
A brief history of our lodge is that it was founded on the 15th of March 1768 when it was granted a Charter from the Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland. At that time, it was the third Freemason's lodge to operate in the town of Musselburgh and neighbouring Fisherrow - the other two being Lodge Aitchison's Haven and Lodge Musselburgh Kilwinning (sadly these two lodges no longer exist).
An unusual feature of our lodge is that we open in the Third or Master Mason Degree and our ritual was handed down to us by Brother R Robertson when he became Master of the Lodge in 1889 and follows the rituals practiced in many parts of the United States. The reason why this came to pass will be explained further when we have the opportunity to upload a more detailed account of the history of 112 in particular and of Freemasonry in the town in general shortly.
I hope that you enjoy visiting this website and if you have the opportunity one day to visit the lodge you will be assured of a very warm welcome.
Fraternally yours,
Brian Ritchie
Right Worshipful Master
Bro. Willie Doyle PM and son Steven present a cheque for £912.21 to The British Heart Foundation in memory of their late wife and mother, Linda
Brother Brian Ritchie
Right Worshipful Master
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This announcement appeared on the Des Moines Rehabbers Facebook page. Given the location and condition, it is worth posting this opportunity to a wider audience.
This house at 1120 31st Street in Des Moines will be going on the market soon, probably in January… It's a beautiful craftsman. Beautiful unpainted woodwork on both levels, an open staircase with panelling, colonnades between living/dining rooms, non-working fireplace with built in bookcase, a built-in buffet in the dining room. It has 3 bedrooms 1 bath. It appears to be structurally sound. The downside – not a good location – half a block south of University on 31st street, no garage, some window panes broken, needs thorough cleaning and painting, some plaster damage to the kitchen ceiling and stairwell, but otherwise the plaster is in great shape. There appear to be some wiring issues. However, I'm sure the price will be fairly low as the owners are tired of renting it out and want to sell it quickly – possibly to one of those "cash-for-houses" places.
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The story of 'Eureka: Smoky Monkey' began several years ago.
A customer had purchased our 'Tea of the Month Club,' and when he filled out the survey he listed off his favourite teas.
Golden Monkey. Silver Needle. Practically everything on his list was a top of the line type of tea.
Some of them I hadn't even heard of before. I did some research, and was a bit taken aback by the price point of many of the teas he'd mentioned. I wasn't sure if they were things I should create blends with, in the way that we do. This was partially because I was afraid that most people who would know these teas would be quite purist about it, and might be horrified at having those teas polluted with other ingredients.
Fast forward to more recent times.
One of our Twitter followers introduced us to a hashtag that has brought me fun, ideas, some tea-camaraderie, and caused me to fall into the wonderful rabbit hole that is Science Twitter.
The hashtag is #365teas.
They were in the middle of a tea-off when I first discovered them. Each week, two teas would face off in a poll, and the winner would move on to the next round.
Fascinated, and ever happy with an excuse to learn more tea types, I printed off a copy of the contest match-ups so that I could make a list of the teas I was unfamiliar with and attempt to try them before they came up as one of the weekly teas.
On that list was Golden Monkey.
I was still leery of the concept of using it. I was also a bit wary of trying it, because… well…. If I like a tea, it will become an ingredient, and I was worried about price points. Some of our tea prices make me feel like apologizing as is, and I was pretty sure that adding something like Golden Monkey to the toolbox would just put more into that category.
A brief, but passionate conversation with he-who-ran-the-tea-off and I decided I had to try it.
To my surprise, one of the suppliers that actually offers bulk pricing (even to micro-business like ours) carried the tea.
So I added some to my next supply order.
That first test cup was just as dangerous as I had feared.
It was lovely.
And I wanted to make teas with it.
In fact, within half a cup, I already had ideas about what I wanted to combine with it.
The first one, and the one that would not leave my mind, was that it was glorious – but might be even more so if paired with something smoky.
We'd recently added proper Lapsang to the toolbox, and before the week was out, I'd run a test blend.
And loved it. It has become a tea that I drink near-daily (a bit guiltily, I will admit.)
It being so good, obviously I couldn't just keep it to myself.
Which meant we needed to name it.
Because #365teas had been the trigger for finally trying Golden Monkey, I wanted to attach the tea to the other area that hashtag had opened up for me in the Twitterverse.
I wasn't positive whether I wanted the teas to just homage particular discoveries or scientists or… if I wanted there to be some sort of deeper connection.
I did know that we've developed a habit of taking our tasty blends of just teas and creating series' of teas that use them as the foundational element, adding other flavours in as well.
I was pretty sure that was inevitable with this tea.
One of the suggestions offered up was to make this tea series a celebration of diversity in STEM. This felt perfect.
Mister Tea and I have some fairly strong opinions on human rights and access and diversity and…
… so with the basic intent of the tea series figured out, we needed to come back to naming this particular tea.
Two ideas, one suggested by the chap who started the whole process by convincing me to try Golden Monkey, and one that jumped into my head and just sat there oscillating – came to the forefront of the naming process.
And Smoky Monkey.
We ended up combining them. Eureka will be the series name, and Smoky Monkey was perfect, given the ingredients of this tea.
And, as a special bonus, it made me laugh at first suggestion, and still makes me smile every time I think about it.
We are going to approach the Eureka teas a bit differently than we have our other ChariTeas. This will be the first time we have a series of them. For each purchase of one of the Eureka teas, we will set aside a percentage of the profits into a pool that will collect over the course of the year. At the end of the year, we will split that total between appropriate organizations that are assisted by donations.
For the moment, we have one charity on the list. The hope is that each time we blend a new Eureka tea, we will also add another charity.
We are starting with SACNAS. Their mission description is: SACNAS is an inclusive organization dedicated to fostering the success of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans, from college students to professionals, in attaining advanced degrees, careers, and positions of leadership in STEM.
They were suggested by the individual who gave us the idea to start with, and seemed a good place to start.
Organic Ingredients: Golden Monkey, Lapsang Souchong
Batch Size: 3 ounces, approximately 30-35 servings of tea
Options: Loose Tea (Sample, Bag, Tin), Teabags (Single, Sample, Bag)
Purchasing: Personal Store, Etsy Shop*
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Sharply observed and agreeably acted, "The Band's Visit" doesn't soar to giddy heights, but it moves along and holds one's attention. Eran Kolirin built this movie on a small conceit -- an Egyptian police octet is stranded in a backwater Israeli town for a couple of days and cross-cultural friendships begin to grow like seedlings in a Dixie cup.
Kolirin opens the movie with a great visual joke that unexpectedly reveals the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra. Their robin's-egg uniforms are the opposite of desert camo; they couldn't be more conspicuous if they were riding camels. Uneasy and unable to speak Hebrew, they have arrived for the opening of an Arab cultural center. But there's no welcoming committee, local authorities are brusque and one Israeli settlement name sounds an awful lot like another, so they wind up in a dusty Nowheresville in need of accommodations. The group's conductor and senior officer, Tewfiq (Sasson Gabai), approaches the idlers at the local bar to explain his awkward situation. They regard him with bemused suspicion and appreciation: This is the most interesting turn of events in a long time. There is no Arab cultural center here, they explain, no Israeli cultural center, in fact no culture at all. And the band is stuck overnight until the next day's bus.
The visitors and the locals communicate in English, which Tewfiq garlands with perfumed phrases and elaborate formalities. His impeccable speech reflects a life of rules to be maintained at all costs. The band's young wolf trumpeter, Haled (Saleh Bakri), uses his English to hit on cute Israeli girls. He recommends baby-making classics with a carnal leer, purring, "Dew yeww likeh Chet Bakkker?"
Ronit Elkabetz plays Dina, an Israeli bar hostess who sees the band's dilemma as an opportunity to put on her good dress and take Tewfiq to the community center; if her inattentive lover sees her with the dignified gentleman, so much the better. The other players are parceled out to various families, where they are welcomed with polite incomprehension that warms a bit as the evening goes on. You will not be shocked to learn that a fussy Israeli baby is lulled to sleep with an Arabic lullaby.
Flirty Dina and reserved Tewfiq talk about music and love and life in the diner; she longs for the romantic Egyptian movies that used to play on Israeli TV and confesses a youthful crush on Omar Sharif. Haled, the swinger of the group, joyrides to the roller disco with some rowdy teenagers, where he helps an Israeli wallflower puts the moves on a girl. It's a striking image of cross-cultural cooperation.
Kolirin's deadpan flair for visual comedy softens his message-mongering about our fundamental humanity and the irrelevance of religious or political divisions and boundaries. Tewfiq gradually discloses the heartbreak that has made him such a perfectionist, but only minutes earlier he was gazing with politely concealed dismay at the cafeteria's attempted falafel. "The Band's Visit" is a low-stakes affair but it succeeds on the strength of its unsentimental tenderness.
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Cheshire's Small Business of the Year 2016
Making a big impact around the world
Congratulations to this year's Small Business of the Year (up to 10 employees) winner – contemporary jewellery designer, Lucy Quartermaine. Based in Chester, Lucy creates stunning pieces of handmade silver jewellery that has gained her a huge fan following, from here all the way to the USA.
Where it all began
Lucy recalls being in awe of her grandmother's skill of creating jewellery from a young age. She excelled in Art and Design during her school years, and was captivated by the processes involved and sculpture element of jewellery design whilst at college. She then gained a degree in Jewellery Design from Sheffield University and started up her own business shortly after.
For the first two years of her business venture, Lucy worked with the Princes Trust who greatly supported her. She never lost sight of her goal of establishing her own business after she became pregnant: "It was important for me to continue to stay dedicated to my dream of becoming a jewellery designer as well as working as a full time mum. I worked part time for the first 6 years of the business and now work full time, as well as having three children."
How a splash made waves in the jewellery world
Talking about her inspiration, Lucy said: "I take my inspiration from everyday life and everyday items. It could be a water splash, or a button, a drip or a jigsaw piece. Ordinary things that I want to make extraordinary and eye-catching. It certainly seems to be working as my designs are now as popular in America as they are over here. "The Drip Collection was really a turning point for the business, which won an award for originality in design, and this really got the brand noticed."
Why Lucy got our vote
Jo Heraghty, Senior Manager, SME Marketing at ScottishPower, said: "We're delighted that business is booming for so many small and medium companies in and around Cheshire. And we are yet again proud to be part of an award that recognises their effort and dedication. The quality of entries was exceptional, which meant choosing a winner wasn't easy. However, the global recognition that local silversmith Lucy Quartermaine has achieved for her unique and quirky jewellery collection really stood out for us.
"Lucy's designs are worn by A-list British and American celebrities. They can be found on the spreads of glossy magazines too, like Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Red and Look. The quality and skill that goes into each piece is exceptional, earning her nominations for Jewellery Designer of the Year several times and helping to grow her reputation far beyond her Chester roots. Her business ambition and work ethic is an example to all small business owners."
Following the win, Lucy said: "Wow. I'm blown away! It means a huge amount to me to be recognised for the effort I've put in, not just as a jewellery maker, but as a businesswoman. Hopefully by recognising and supporting the achievements of small businesses like mine, ScottishPower will encourage other small businesses to aim bigger too."
Providing businesses with more than just energy
ScottishPower is the energy provider to around 200,000 businesses across the UK, so it's important for us to play a part in the business community. That means more than just providing your gas and electricity on competitively priced business tariffs. It means providing the right support – from our dedicated business energy team to online account management. It's one of the reasons why we're involved in initiatives like the Cheshire Business Awards to help highlight the achievements of local businesses. We understand the unique needs of business customers, and that's why we're committed to helping you in any way we can.


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Best-Selling Vehicles By State
While it's always interesting to track which vehicles sell the best in any given part of the world, sometimes we find noteworthy details when we dig in a little bit closer.
For instance, while you may know that the Ford F-Series pickup is the best-selling vehicle in America, did you know that there some other pickup trucks outsell it in over a quarter of the country? Would you have expected two different models from Subaru to be listed as best sellers in certain states?
Click on the image above to find out which vehicles sell the best in which states, according to IHS Automotive as reported by Yahoo. Chances are, you'll find some surprises.
Toyota Tacoma
If you live in Hawaii, we're all jealous of your beautiful scenery. More importantly, for this list at least, you are a resident in the only state in which the Toyota Tacoma can be called the best-selling vehicle.
Seeing the Tacoma on this list is a surprise, but it's not the only Toyota on our list, as you'll soon see.
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Subaru Forester
The Subaru Forester makes this list thanks to its popularity in one single state: Connecticut.
That's not to say the Forester doesn't sell well in other States – it is, in fact, Subaru's best-selling nameplate in the United States – but Connecticut is the only state where the Forester outsells all other cars, regardless of manufacturer.
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Toyota Corolla
The Toyota Corolla is consistently one of the best-selling cars, not just in the United States, but in the entire world. Interesting, then, that the Corolla only manages to outsell all other nameplates in just one lone state: Florida.
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GMC Sierra
It's no surprise to see a pickup truck make any best-selling vehicle list in the United States, but one wearing the GMC badge is a bit of an outlier... unless you live in Vermont, in which case you likely see the GMC Sierra all the time. After all, it's the best-selling vehicle in that state.
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Honda CR-V
The Honda CR-V is the second crossover on our list of the most popular vehicles by state, which speaks to the popularity of the segment in the United States.
If you live in either New York or Rhode Island, chances are you see lots of the Honda CR-V in your neighborhood, because it's the most popular new vehicle in those two states.
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Subaru Outback
The second Subaru on our list is the Outback, which proves especially popular in Washington, Colorado and Maine.
We note with interest that those three locations all contend with unpredictable weather, be it snow, rain or some mixture of the two, along with a population that revels in outdoor activities. Perfect Subaru buyers, then.
Subaru Outback Information
Honda Accord
Now we're getting into the bread and butter of the US buying population. While a smattering of smaller East Coast states choose the Honda Accord more than any other vehicle, the biggest win for this midsize sedan is surely California. That's right; the most populous state in the entire US (nearly 39 million residents call California home) is Honda Accord country.
Honda Accord Information
Toyota Camry
The Toyota Camry is the best-selling sedan in the United States, and it has been for the last several years. No surprise, then, to see that it outsells all other vehicles in Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas. We do find it interesting that sales of the Camry are clumped mostly in the Southeastern United States, though, as we learned earlier, the Camry's smaller sibling, the Corolla, manages to outsell it in Florida.
Toyota Camry Information
Ram pickup
You knew that pickups were going to play a big part in this list, right? The first truck we come across is from Ram, which outsells its rivals mostly in the Western United States, taking the overall victory in Arizona, Montana, Nevada and Oregon, in addition to Alaska, the largest (in size, at least) state in the country.
Ram 1500 Information
Chevrolet Silverado
The Chevy Silverado takes the overall sales title in ten states, many of them clustered around the Great Lakes in the Midwest. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and West Virginia are all represented by Chevy's pickup, as are Delaware and New Hampshire.
Chevy Silverado Information
Ford F-150
The Ford F-Series trucks have been the best-selling vehicles in America for as long as we can remember, and so we were expecting the Blue Oval's pickup to dominate this list of the best-selling vehicles by state. It doesn't disappoint.
If you live in Texas, you see lots of trucks, but the Ford F-150 is the most popular. It also takes those honors in Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Wyoming, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, North and South Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Utah.


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Written by Pat Harrington
So here's my first shot at doing a "Best Of" list, as a result, it comes to you about a month too late and a way too long. I wanted to do something different so I focused on albums that were released on vinyl in 2013. More specifically, I focused on albums that I have on vinyl... therefore, you may find this list to be incomplete, subjective, irrelevant or just a waste of time, this all may be true.
Frankly, this was also my way of whittling down the field. The good news is that this underground doom/stoner/psych/retro/sludge world (whatever ya wanna call it) unleashed a flurry of excellent music in 2013. There is so much good heavy shit coming out nowadays it is nearly impossible to keep track or keep up. For me to try and cover all that is out there and worth listening to would be an exercise in futility. However, I did include a few albums that have not yet been released on vinyl because they were just too amazing to ignore.
In addition to focusing on the music contained on these albums, I also evaluated artwork and design. I've become a bit of a vinyl junkie over the last year or so and I believe a big part of that has to do with the fact that so many of the bands and/or labels out there are doing such great work with packaging. Surprisingly, the cutting edge seems to be coming from the DIY labels and independent bands. Come to think of it, that's not surprising at all. Accordingly, I have included photos from the "Bearded Turntable Of Doom" feature on my Facebook/Instagram pages for these albums to help illustrate why they are just so damn cool!
Through my podcast, the Electric Beard Of Doom, I have become exposed to a plethora of great music, great bands... blogs... labels… and people. I am truly grateful to all of you who help make this such a vibrant and important "scene". As a result, I've become more excited about music than I've been in a very long time. Additionally, it's all been hugely inspiring to me as a musician. Every album on this list has affected me as a musician, they've inspired me in more ways than I can really say.
So to all the bands out there making such great music, I say thank you! This is a labor of love for all of us and together, we are truly making something special!
Thanks to Lucas and the Paranoid Hitsophrenic for agreeing to host this feature. I've been a contributor to the "Super Doom Charts" since it's inception and Lucas is doing excellent and important work in helping bring all this great music to light.
Special thanks to Grip Of Delusion Radio and Core Of Destruction Radio for bringing The Beard to the masses! I have been on hiatus for the last few months, but will be back with a brand new episode on Saturday... The Best Of The Beard 2013!
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Enjoy, dig it and get down people!
Top 12 Vinyl Releases (LP's) – Alphabetical Order
Ancient Warlocks: Ancient Warlocks
This album takes the art of the riff and boils it down to a science. Eight songs deep and clocking in at a mere 33 minutes and change, not a second is wasted and every note, beat and vocal inflection is accounted for. Stoner rock, riff rock, whatever you wanna call it, these guys have fashioned a perfect representation of the best underground heavy music has to offer. At the same time, the precision in the way the songs are crafted and executed sets them apart from many of their "stoner rock" brethren. In addition, Superwizard is one of the best songs of the year.
Album Design:
This is only the second release from Lay Bare Recordings (distributed by Burning World Records) and they are already making their mark for the quality of their releases and artistic vision. Simple black and white, hand numbered, reverseboard jacket and a gatefold with an excellent color depiction of an Ancient Warlock by Adam Burke, this album jacket is simple but bold. The two tone (black and white) side A and Side B reverse smoke thingy vinyl (i'm trying people!) completes what is and excellent all around artistic expression. Without a doubt one of the best albums of the year visually as well as musically.
Borracho: Oculus
Borracho also bring precision to their songcraft, although they do it for much longer periods of time. Believers of slow, menacing, monolithic riffs, the songs of Oculus take their time to sink in. Enough time to let one wallow in the fantastic fuzzy tone of the guitars, the wonderfully stoney grooves along with the thunderous low-end that they are becoming known for. Now a three piece, Borracho bring a laser focus to Oculus and the result is five songs filled with knuckledraggin' riffs and some of the best grooves around! Devoid of spooky stuff, overt drug references and bullshit, Oculus is workingman's rock and it's some of the best music this year has to offer!
Album Design:
Technically (and unbelievably) an independent release, Oculus is distributed through No Balls Records, Strange Magic Records and AM Records. Depending on which release you buy, the color of the vinyl is different for each label. I have the Strange Magic version, which comes with transparent blue/green vinyl. Fitting, as it makes it look like a big eye. The jacket is hand numbered and designed by the bassist Tim (I think) and the artwork is very cool indeed. All in all, Borracho's no frills approach is very effective and old school, much like the band themselves. Labels need to take note of Borracho immediately!
Brutus: Behind The Mountains
Music: Review originally appeared in the September 1st Super Doom Charts at the Paranoid Hitsophrenic
Great guitar tones, great blues riffs, good time rock in roll! This album sounds great too, one of the best sounding albums of all the retro-Scandinavian-type bands out there... Listening to the song "Reflections", the guitar tone is immaculate! Jimmy Page would be proud to put out an album that sounds this good!
This album is retro rock for the regular guy! I dig bands that don't take themselves too seriously and Brutus are self aware enough to know that they are the big silly bastard on the bus. Even though much of the lyrics are (kind of) dark, there is an air of goofiness that weaves it's way through the album. They stay away from a lot of the trappings that many of the recent flock of retro-occulty bands get stuck in. There's even a song about dudes big ass square headed dog! This makes Brutus a breath of fresh air among a genre that is in danger of becoming a cliche of itself.
I want to hang out with these guys. I want to drink multitudes of beer with them. I want to prowl the cobblestone streets of Northern Europe with Brutus late at night, get stoned out of my mind and eat pizza with salami on it while wiping the grease on my already dirty denim vest with the sick Brutus patch on the back.
Yeah I do ...
Album Design: Not sure which pressing I got or how many there are, but it's on Svart Records. A reverseboard jacket displays incredible artwork by Maarten Donders. Donders has a way of creating alternate universes with his cover design that is both beautiful and trippy as hell! The gatefold features a black and white photo of the bands gear and set-up. For us gearheads, it might as well be a centerfold! An Orange rack, Marshall thighs and an ass by Acoustic! An insert is also included, complete with lyrics and a collage of road/studio/silly band photos. Rounding out the classic feel to this classic album is 180 grams of pure black, shiny vinyl. Dig in!
Egypt: Become The Sun
Music: Man, I fuckin love Egypt. From the first notes of the first riff of the first song Matterhorn, I fuckin fell in love with Egypt. This is not only one of the best albums of the year, it may be one of the best heavy rock albums ever! Everything about this album totally rules. The production, guitar work and overall sound that Neal Stein brings to the table, the steady, laid back (yet thunderous) grooves of Chad Heille or the shear power and presence that is Aaron Esterby, Egypt brings riffs upon riffs upon riffs! I always found the name of the band curious, especially considering the fact that they are from Fargo, ND. Then it occurred to me that Egypt, with it's arid, hot climate, endless deserts and ancient culture is about as far away from North Dakota as one can get... maybe that's the whole point. Become The Sun has a way of taking the listener on a journey, a journey I've taken dozens of times over the last year. Each time, I always find something new, something that makes the journey better than it was before. Is there a higher compliment to give an album?
Album Design: This double LP, released on Doomentia Records, was a limited run of 500 units and is sold out. 100 were made with gold vinyl, which is the one I have. The cover art is a brilliant, blistering design by Brian Koschak and nicely complimented with gatefold artwork by Mistelle Stein. So fitting to the title and the music, the sun burns the travelers alive as these songs sear to our brains. Definitely one of the finest and most completely designed and packaged releases of the year, stunning in every way.
In The Company Of Serpents: Of The Flock
Music: Everyone seemed to be waiting on this one, and it's release on Halloween proved to be quite fitting. Yes, that almost seems trite when it comes to this kind of music, but there is a menacing undercurrent to ITCOS that makes them seem more authentic than most. The album is more bombastic than the last, but it's also blusier. If their first album sounded as if it was recorded in the back of a closet, Of The Flock sounds like it was recorded on the top of a mountain, also a fitting image for the Doom Duo from Denver. Makes sense, as it was mixed and mastered by Billy Anderson. The baritone guitar of Grant Netzorg is much more dynamic this time around, the bombastic blast beats of Joseph Weller Myer also bring a different dynamic to their sound. First time I listened to this album, I listened to it three times in a row. It's definitely sludgier than most of the stuff I dig on these days, but there is something about this album that I just can't leave it alone for long. Like walking into a dark woods on a moonless night, you fear what's in there, but something keeps drawing you in. This album gets me hooked every time.
Album Design: Black and white are the only colors you'll find here. This independent release (standard version) outdoes most of the major label "Die Hard" releases I've seen this year! As described on their Bandcamp page, "Limited edition virgin vinyl pressing on clouded black/white vinyl. Artwork by Mike Lawrence Illustration. The album and sleeve will come in a custom black-on-black envelope hand sealed with signet wax." The album also comes with an insert complete with lyrics and liner notes. The design of this album perfectly represents the music that comes out of the speakers and it's all disturbingly beautiful.
Kadavar; Abra Kadavar
Music: It took me a minute with this album. Frankly it kinda freaked me out at first. The opening track Come Back Life, drew me in right away. I mean how could it not? I'll be humming that guitar line to my grave. What freaked me out was, first of all, there ain't an overdub on this whole song! Then, in the middle of a dramatic guitar solo crescendo, there's a big ole clam left hangin out there for all to hear! Who the fuck does that?!? It's the first song on the album... the single! It's not a wrong note, it was just picked in a way that it came out sideways. As a guitar player, as a songwriter and as a producer, this drove me friggin nuts! Right there is what Kadavar is all about, their albums are how they sound... that's it! I had the chance to see them live and they were one of the best live bands I've seen in a very long time, nicest dudes too! Kadavar is the real deal, don't let their magical clothes, long beards and major label deal fool ya, they are one of the best rock and roll bands out there and they prove it every night they hit the stage!
Album Design: Released on Nuclear Blast Records, There are probably numerous pressings with many variations. A simple cover with a photo of the band, the design of the album is very understated. A sepia feel throughout that includes a gatefold with a photo of a skull with some feathers 'n stuff, the fun part of this album is the vinyl itself! I believe the color was marketed as "beer splatter" and it sure does look fun when it spins around, like the head of a fine German beer rising to the surface.
Monomyth: Monomyth
Music: Review originally appeared in the December 1st Super Doom Charts at the Paranoid Hitsophrenic
Monomyth's self-titled debut is a creeper. While some releases start high on the doom charts and quickly disappear, Monomyth has been steadily crawling it's way up the charts for going on 4 months now. I recently got the LP from Roadburn/Burning World Records (check the incredible artwork from Maarten Donders) and even though I personally have been recommending this album to anyone who would listen since September, I still can't listen to it enough. It's instrumental "groove rock" to the highest order (you see what I did there); the best of the good ole (pre-Dark Side) Pink Floyd mixed with a heavy dose of stoney fuzz to keep 'em honest. It is without a doubt one of the best albums of the year and has changed the way I look at/listen to/think about instrumental rock music... a game changer indeed.
Album Design: Quite possibly the best album design of the year, the artwork by Maarten Donders is absolutely incredible! The world he creates on this album jacket is somehow exactly how I envision this music. An alien world, beautiful yet haunting, industrial yet natural, yet you feel like you can just sit right in the middle of it and have a cup of coffee. Speaking of natural, you can see the goddamn pencil marks where he erased mistakes! The imperfections of the piece only add to the wonderment of the art itself. A double LP in gold vinyl, I will treasure this album for a very long time.
Mothership: Mothership
Music: Mothership is another album that took a minute to grow on me. Maybe I just wasn't listening to it with the right ears, maybe I was into other shit at the time, maybe it was my thrash/hardcore upbringing that at times makes me very suspicious of good time rock n roll. Initially, the sound of the album kept bringing me back. Produced, recorded and mixed by Kent Stump (Wo Fat), you'd be hard pressed to find a better sounding album this year. Then I realized what an incredible guitar player Kelley Juett is! A technician for sure, however his playing is all soul and none of the science that usually turns me off the guitar hero types. He's one of the best out there. Backed up by as solid a rhythm section as you'll ever find with Judge Smith on drums and fronted by brother, Kyle (bass, vocals), Mothership is the classic Texas-sized power trio! Part ZZ Top, part Pantera, these Dallas boys are "here to stay"! I also had the pleasure of seeing them live at St Vitus Bar in Brooklyn and had a good hang as well. They were incredible live! Heavier than expected and true to their road-dog pedigree, they were total pros on and off the stage as well as fine Texas gentlemen. Very excited to see what's next for the Mothership, I'm up for the ride!
Album Design: Released on Ripple Music, I have the second pressing which comes with dark purple semi-transparent vinyl. Artwork and layout by Shelby Hohl, the cover is very reminiscent of them great old 70's rock albums that your cool uncle used to come over and roll joints on. Also included, a band poster insert... 1978 indeed!
Orchid: Mouths Of Madness
So forget about the comparisons and controversies surrounding Orchid. Are they derivative? Yes. Do they sound dangerously close to the "band-that-cannot-be-named"? Yes.
So what?
Here's the thing about Mouths Of Madness...
The songs are great. The songwriting is great. The performances are great. The sound of the album is great. It sounds like it was recorded in 1973! This is the kind of shit that made me fall in love with hard rock/heavy metal! Orchid somehow makes me feel like I did the first time I heard "Master Of Reality".
Based on it's own merits, this album kicks ass on virtually every level, for my money, that's all you need to know.
Album Design: One of the initial pressings, the double LP is dark purple with a black haze in the middle. Side 4 is blank and sports an etching of the classic Orchid skull logo... very cool! The gatefold contains artwork by singer Theo Mindell. The cover is reminiscent of the old Sabbath albums in that it feels like it was made by a graphic designer as opposed to an artist, very simple. The sleeves also include all the lyrics, so this is the kind of album you can dig in and experience it visually and audibly at the same time.
Shooting Guns: Brotherhood Of The Ram
Music: I think the Monomyth album and Shooting Guns' Brotherhood Of The Ram will always be linked in my brain. Mainly because they came out around the same time and are both instrumental "groove rock" bands, but they also have other similarities. Unlike some other instrumental bands like Earthless and It's Not Night: It's Space, who rely heavily on performance based improvisation, Shooting Guns are a more exacting bunch, borrowing as much from the repetitive nature of Krautrock as anything else.
Side A takes you on a ride of fuzzy riffs, heavy grooves and fast paced rock; while Side B, almost schizophrenically, flips into two of the coolest, mellow, stoney jams this dude has ever had the pleasure of zoning out to. Throw in the chaotic finish that is No Fans, and voila! a masterpiece is born!
Easyrider Records seems to pluck these obscure acts out of the ether, in my mind Shooting Guns may be the best one yet! Although, I did just start diggin' on Salem's Pot....
PS: If John Carpenter and Kurt Russell ever get together to make another movie, Brotherhood Of The Ram should be the soundtrack. Actually, they should make a movie based on this album... now THAT would be cool!
Album Design: Released (distributed?) on Easyrider Records, the "Standard Edition" came with a clear vinyl LP. A dark photo of a lone truck outrunning a storm dons the front and back covers and the insert brings more truck related graphics. One must listen to understand how perfectly this fits with the accompanying musical journey. A very cinematic release on all fronts!
Spelljammer: Vol. II
Music: Proper fuckin Swedish Doom man! Slow, spacey and slightly evil, these guys actually seem too stoned to be scary. The riffs are outta sight! The fuzz is all encompassing! This is the kinda stuff that makes you wanna lay in the floor and sink in the ground like Obi Wan Kenobi in Trainspotting. Seriously, I don't know how else to describe it. It's nameless.. it's faceless... it's always been there... it will always be there... the sound of a collapsing star... the hum of a black hole... your mind is bending and your soul weeps. Fuckin Spelljammer man!
Album Design: Released on STB Records, "This is a limited edition to the already limited pressing of Spelljammer's Vol II. The Die Hard Edition will boast the standard edition vinyl record and gritty reverse board jacket as well as an extra special hand screened, hand numbered silver mirror card cover all packed inside another hand screened tinted mylar bag for the ultimate "end of time space" package!!" My first Die Hard Edition from STB, I absolutely love what they're doing with their releases. This album set a precedent that continues today as STB has a way of raising the bar with every new release.
Yes my band Geezer will be releasing an album on STB in 2014... Yes I'm biased... No I don't care if you think that's unfair... It's my Beard Of Doom, I can do what I want!
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats: Mind Control
Music: The riffs of Black Sabbath, the vocal arrangements of The Beatles, the lyrics of Charles Manson and cinematography by Russ Meyer. These comparisons are oversimplifications and may even be off the mark, however, you get my point. There is almost something romantic about Uncle Acid's evil; it's the kind of evil that will lure you up a mountaintop, make you spend 40 days in the desert and ultimately entice you to kill at the very utterance of the word. Evil Love, as the song proclaims. This album has been on many a "Best Of" list this year and rightly deserved. It may be the best album of the year!
Album Design: As amazing as this this album is, the design is also fantastic and gives Monomyth a run for their money as the very best. Released on Rise Above Records, the double LP came with many vinyl color options. I opted for the opaque silver 180 gram vinyl that feels thicker than most. Inside the gatefold, the lyrics are meticulously handwritten to visually capture the essence of each song. Every photo, every drawing, every ounce of this album contains a clue into the overall concept. I don't go for concept albums much, but this one can be made into a film that would be much friggin better than that Sgt. Peppers movie with The BeeGees! Unless of course, they try and do Uncle Acid, starring One Direction! Ok, that's it... time for me to go, I've done enough damage here.
PS: I think getting killed by Uncle Acid could be pretty cool, I guess that's the point.
Best Vinyl Ep's
Black Pussy / biblical proof of UFO's: Galaxies Split
I just can't say enough about the epic transcendence that is the song Galaxies. Actually, I don't think I know the words to describe how it has affected me. This is the kind of musical experience that I'm looking for, this is why I dig this "genre" of music, this is why I do what I do!
To break the song down into it's parts does a disservice to the song, the band and the listener. Take the riff by itself, very basic. The melody, not much there. The lyrics, nothing mindblowing... but put them all together... put them together man and you have one of the most brilliant pieces of music to come out this year! I had the pleasure of discussing writing and recording techniques with the brain behind Black Pussy, Dustin Hill. He told me that when the band writes, they write at full volume; the tones of the instruments, the sound of the amplifiers, the dynamics of the drums... these are the things that dictate the direction of the songs. Nowhere is this more apparent than with Galaxies because it could never happen any other way. Additionally, it's got my vote for best song of the year.
Orbitals (I, II, III) by biblical proof of UFO's holds up pretty damn well in it's own right. An almost spaghetti western riff starts us off, which also reminds me of Echoes, by Pink Floyd. A slow build until we change into the double time crush of chaos and we're off! The fun keeps up for 18+ minutes and these guys definitely hold up their end of the deal. I will seek out more from these guys.
Album Design: A pressing of 500 released on Made In China Records and only available in shiny black 180 gram vinyl (and still available!). No fancy stuff here. Basic. Old School. Cool.
It's full of stars.
DoctoR DooM: DoomO
Music: Tons of retro shit came out this year, a lot of the occult-y type stuff too. The offspring of bands like Witchcraft, Graveyard and the more distant relatives of bands like Coven. A lot of it is cool, but I can only take so much of the Dungeons & Dragons shit before I wanna start stabbing people in the throat with a pencil.
Doctor Doom is different.
Once I heard the upstroke-blues-John-Lee-Hooker-riff in The Sun I knew I was gonna like these French doom mavens. Even though they are beholden to some of these dark motifs, they aren't afraid to have fun. This is what sets their music apart from the rest. Not to mention some seriously excellent guitar work. Only three songs deep, this EP definitely leaves me wanting more and I look forward to see what these dudes do next!
Album Design: One cannot discuss this album without talking about the vinyl release from STB Records. Limited to 100 copies, 40 of which were Die Hard Editions, from a design perspective, there was not a better album released this year. No labels, no cover, all clear vinyl, the sleeve is hand stamped with the STB Records logo and hand numbered. According to the website, "Clear Vinyl, 'A' side only, no labels. Glow in the dark ink, hand screened 'B' side. Inserted into a high quality glow in the dark ink, hand screened, hand numbered, picture disk clear sleeve.... Custom "Coven Tribute" art work by the great Barla Horn". The Standard Edition was the same, sans the glow in the dark ink, which was replaced with basic black. I couldn't believe my eyes when it showed up at my door. I may not be the most avid vinyl collector and I certainly won't pretend to know everything about the scope of the product out there, but to me, it is the coolest fuckin record I've ever seen.
Salem's Pot: Sweeden
Music: Yeah man, Salem's Pot... get into it! Fuckin late night horror movie shit. Get high, get slow, fuzz out, flip out! Bring your fuzziest pedal, your gnarliest delay and your loudest amps... set up in an abandoned insane asylum and freak the fuck out! This is the kind of music that reminds me of what it was like when I just wanted to go out into the night, get fucked up and wreak havoc! Wake up face down in the street with a cops boot on your back and a gun to your head... work your way outta that shit... or don't!
Those days are long gone for me now, but it's nice to know that when I get the itch and the family is all tucked away in their midnight slumber, I can still break out the Salem's Pot and get fuckin twisted... nihilistically evil!
Album Design: Released on Easyrider Records, Sweeden is one song, 2 parts over 35 minutes on deep orange or purple vinyl (I got the orange), the Standard Edition is still available but the Die Hard Edition is long gone. The Die Hard Edition came complete with 3D glasses and was a bona fide 3D release! How fucking cool is that?!?
I boast a lot about STB Records, but Easyrider is right there as well, raising the bar and redefining what is possible when it comes to releasing independent records. As far as creativity and artistic value, STB and Easyrider are the cutting edge!
Steak: Corned Beef Colossus
Music: Coned Beef Colossus hits ya with a sledgehammer (Glanshammar?) right off the bat with the one two punch that is Black Milk and Liquid Gold. The impact of the opening riff is instant and immediate and it continues for the extent of the EP. We know this sound, it's a familiar taste... but this time it's different... stronger, more powerful, even more addictive than it was before. Recorded in Sweden with and at Truckfighters studio in Örebro, the production quality has been taken up multiple notches and the end result is a better Steak, thicker and juicier! I just can't seem to get through a sentence without trying to make some corny (corned beef?) reference to the obvious puns flying all around this EP...
Anyway, all kidding aside, this EP bleeds riffs, sweats fuzz and is an all around good time. This is a concept album, a follow up to their first EP Disastronaught, where Steak are fighting intergalactic battles to save us from the evil slave baron, Lazarus. The drummer even dies (gets replaced)! It's right there in the gatefold comic. This band could deliver its music in a brown paper bag, it would still fuckin rule!
Somewhere along the way, the sounds of the desert brought the sand to far away places like Sweden, where the fuzz seems to rise out of the ground like a dewy moss in springtime. This time, from the sweaty backroom of the Crobar, Steak are building their own desert rock oasis right in the heart of London.
Album Design: Both EP's were released this year on vinyl through their new label, Napalm Records. Corned Beef Colossus comes in a transparent red and is limited to 100 copies. The gatefold opens to reveal the latest installment of the comic epic that is the story of Steak. They even introduce the new drummer in the last frame. The artwork on both EP's, done by Eduardo Ferigato, is absolutely stunning and make this album set one of the must haves of the year!
Wo Fat / Egypt: Cyclopean Riffs
Music: The first time I put this album on the turntable, there was a hailstorm... no shit! Ain't like I live in the Great Plains either, I live in the fuckin Catskill Mountains! The name Cyclopean Riffs is a fitting title for this split because both bands crank out monster riffage, brutal fuzz and crank up the EPIC knob to 11.
Anyone who listens to The Beard knows how much I dig on Wo Fat and I professed my admiration for Egypt just a few paragraphs ago. When I heard that these two were getting together for a split, I thanked the Cyclopean Gods for bringing such good graces upon my clan. This album is almost like a victory lap for both bands. With Wo Fat coming off their amazing album The Black Code (2012) and Egypt still drowning in ink from all the great reviews for their release Become The Sun, both bands seem to be brimming with a confidence that allows them to go for broke with these tunes. The results speak for themselves; it brings a fucking hailstorm upon your house!
What else can I say, shut your windows, lock your doors and put the car in the garage, it's time to wrestle with the Cyclops... and that motherfucker is pissed off! The vinyl is long gone, but you can find the tunes on both bands Bandcamp pages.
Album Design: Released on double grey transparent/opaque vinyl through Totem Cat Records, Cyclopean Riffs is as stunning to the eyes as it is to the ears. Boasting incredibly insidious artwork by Flog Diver, it's got the kind of cover you can get lost in for the full 40 minutes. Where some splits naturally tend to be schizophrenic in either sound or design, this is one of the most cohesive presentations I've seen.
Honorable Mention (Non-Vinyl Releases)
Fuckin stoned-out-heavy-desert-psych-blues man, dig it!
All Them Witches beckon us to a gathering... a moment suspended in time... a shared experience. A Funeral... a Wedding... life... death... God Bless our Mother the Mountain! Some of the sickest straight blues intertwined with molten desert fuzz and drenched in window pane acid that stares into the very depths of our souls.
I know next to nothing about All Them Witches, but I do know I need to see them live. I want to hear this music firsthand, to experience the vibes, to feel the heavy bass-laden air rumble against my chest and feel the razor sharp slide guitar pierce my eardrums. This album ain't about putting a few songs together, it's about creating an experience through music and these guys do it... they do it their way and they do it better than anyone else right now.
The musicianship on this album is astounding, the depth of the songwriting awe inspiring. It's proper drug music... it's American music... it's fuckin heavy as hell and as sweet as sugar.
I can't seem to form a complete thought when trying to describe this album... it's all random non sequitur. The album itself at first seemed as such, incomplete musical ideas strung together on a whim. However, once it grabbed hold the intentions became clear. This was a storytelling, a beginning to an end... it's linear, not cyclical.. and it doesn't always move in chronological order. But when you get to the end, the understanding is there. Much like that window pane acid, you've now opened a new door of perception and there's Lightning At The Door.
Review originally appeared in the October 1st Super Doom Charts at the Paranoid Hitsophrenic
First it was the album cover that creeped me out, then the tone of the guitars freaked me out. By the time the first verse was over I was already sold.
After living with the menacing stoner/doom that is Curse The Son's Psychache for a few months now, I still go back to it often. It still kinda creeps me out when I listen to it while walking my dog late at night. I've even looked over my shoulder a few times to make sure that little bastard from the cover isn't sneaking up on me to bludgeon my skull.
Some albums grab people's attention based on aesthetic alone. Psychache definitely turned heads through the high production value and overall package... rightfully so!
However, the only reason we're still talking about it all this time later is because the songs fuckin rule! They stand out on their own, they hold up over time and those riffs are still ringing endlessly in our brains.
Recently it was announced that Psychache is going to be released on vinyl though STB Records... considering the power of this album and the stellar reputation STB is gaining for the quality of their vinyl packages and Die Hard Editions; I, for one, can't wait to see and hear this album reach it's full potential. The best is yet to come for Curse The Son, enjoy the ride folks!
Review originally appeared in the Best Albums of 2013: Super Doom Charts at the Paranoid Hitsophrenic
When it comes to Gozu, expect the unexpected...
I got The Fury Of A Patient Man the day Small Stone Records released it on Bandcamp. A huge fan of their SS debut, Locust Season, I was expecting more of them heavy, booty shaking grooves and sweet soulful serenades by the incomparable Marc Gaffney.
Then I heard Bald Bull...
Heavy as fuck, more in line with High On Fire than QOTSA, Gozu proved right away that they are more than a one trick pony. We quickly get back to those great grooves with Signed, Epstein's Mom, but the speed comes back with a vengeance with Charles Bronson Pinchot. On and on it goes...
This album has it all, this band has it all. I've seen them live, they are heavier than you could ever imagine. Now with the addition of a third guitar, I can't wait to see what they have in store for us. This album came out in April; I still go back to it on the regular and eagerly await the release on vinyl, which will include 3 bonus tracks!
Whether it's the irreverent song titles, the incredibly diverse musical elements that formulate their sound, the surprisingly insightful lyrics of Marc Gaffney or the fretboard mastery of Doug Sherman, when it comes to Gozu, expect the unexpected. In fact, only one thing is certain, Gozu kicks ass... every time!
When I stumbled upon the Small Stone Records Bandcamp page, one of the first bands to jump out at me was Sasquatch. The first album I checked out was II, bought it right away... then III...
To say that I was looking forward to IV would be an understatement, Sasquatch is one of the underground "stoner" bands that baffles my mind... how the hell are these guys not on every rock radio station in the country!?!? The songs are infectious, the tones are pure grit and Keith Gibbs voice is as good as anybody out there! Think of your favorite rock n roll singer... Gibbs is just as good... maybe better. The songs on this album are heavy, but still sexy enough for the broads to enjoy. However, there's an attitude running through this album that maybe we haven't seen so consistently before. This album seems to get better as it goes, every song bringing that Sasquatch sound to another level of brilliance. From start to finish, one of the finest releases of the year. Not a bad tune in the bunch. As the emotional climax and finale that is Drawing Flies comes and goes, we can't believe it's over... what the fuck happened?!? Put that back! Play that again, man... shit!
And oh yah, Money is not only one of the best songs of the year, it's got one of the best riffs/grooves ever... period.
(the) Melvins: Tres Cabrones
Ok maybe this isn't technically the right order alphabetically, but what better place to end than with the latest offering from the mighty, MIGHTY MELVINS! Now while it is true that I am a loyal subject of King Buzzo and Company and I would never speak ill of the Gods Of All That Is Heavy, I was really surprised with how great (yes great) this album is.
With some of the best songs the Melvins have released in years, this album almost harkens back to a bygone era. A stripped down sound, and perhaps a more straight forward approach due to the fact that original drummer Mike Dillard is behind the drums, it's almost reminiscent of the early 2000's line-up that brought us albums like Maggot and Hostile Ambient Takeover. The other big difference is Buzz is back to being the only singer, more or less, and although I LOVE the Big Business line-up complete with 4 man vocal parts, it's refreshing to hear Buzz's lone voice again, his lyrics and inflections as vicious ever.
I was also pessimistic when I saw the tracklist include songs like Tie My Pecker To A Tree and 99 Bottles Of Beer, but despite the silliness this album still flows incredibly well. These tunes are often short and well crafted so the comic relief actually becomes a welcome change of pace as opposed to a tedious exercise in tolerance. There are many excellent songs on this album and it boasts one of the finest 3 song intros of the year, but the shining, brilliant nugget of light has got to be Dogs And Cattle Prods. Clocking in at just under 9 minutes and broken up in 3 sections, each section is pretty much a different version of the same song. From the initial bass-line groove to the half time breakdown riff to the emotional acoustic interlude (acoustic?!?), this song takes us to many places, each one cooler than the last. The vocals are quintessential Buzz, where the rhythm and cadence of the words outweigh the words themselves.... one of the best songs of the year people! Fuck it man, I could go on and on, just go listen to the thing... it's amazing!


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Via Brad DeLong, an interesting illustration of improved standards of living across the 20th century:
It strikes me as noteworthy that the trend toward bigger-and-bigger houses has continued apace over the past 20 years even though by 1990 the problem of overcrowded housing had become the exclusive province of the very poor. Part of the story is that we have a number of policies — ranging from odd tax incentives to land use regulations and beyond — in place that encourage people to live in big houses. This is not a very efficient use of valuable energy and land resources, and it arguably intensifies the problem of providing an adequate standard of housing to the relatively small remaining minority that can't afford decent shelter.


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Often times I knowingly lump Taiwanese productions in with HK productions, especially dealing with the 'golden era' of HK cinema. The reasons being that Taiwan and HK often shared their respective top talents as well as genre cinema stereotypes and often co-produced films together. At times it was difficult to tell what was a Taiwanese production or a HK one, in respect to it's lower budget genre films, as both cinemas were fired up with similar energy and irreverence as well. So, it is only fair of me to count Taiwanese productions in my 'Coolest Movies' series as, for my $, Taiwanese films pack more of a fervent and kinetic off the wall-ness than most HK films. And the proof is where my cheesy little videos come in.
HEROES IN GAIL aka GANGS POWER (1992)
WOLF OF CHINA SEA aka THE KILLER FROM CHINA (1991)
And finally, WOLF OF CHINA SEA aka THE KILLER FROM CHINA. Again, as with HEROES IN GAIL, this film isn't so hot, but it is definitely cool in parts. Three of HK's finest, circa 1991, star in this gangster blow 'em up. Michael Miu Kiu-wai, Alex Man Chi-leung, and Alex Fong Chung-sun co-mingle with Taiwanese actor Wong Goon-hung, the actual star of this enjoyable action yarn.
As I mentioned earlier, action was the flavor of the day with Taiwanese films from this era. Liberally 'borrowing' plots and pacing from it's better known bigger brother from across the South China Sea, Taiwanese cinema deserves just as much props for their brand of genre excess. Though never really even coming close to scrapping the heels of HK in terms of success, it wasn't for lack of trying. I will most definitely be showing you guys more Taiwanese madness, not only from this beautiful 'golden age' but from some wacky-ass years prior. Some truly cool films that most of you probably have never seen....or heard of, for that matter. Seek these bad boys out! Stay tuned and enjoy.


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It's a food bonanza when the Produce Mobile pulls into New Mt. Pilgrim Church's parking lot the 3rd Thursday of each month from 9:00-11:00 AM. Volunteers unload the truck and help people gather the fresh fruits & vegetables to take home. (Photo by Stephen Dunn)
The Produce Mobile brings a bonanza of fresh fruits and vegetables to New Mount Pilgrim M.B. Church, 4301 West Washington Boulevard, the 3rd Thursday of each month, from 9:00 to 11:00 AM, for distribution free of charge to whoever wants it. The truck pulls into the church parking lot and volunteers unload crates of fresh produce and put them on tables or stack them for people to carry off. The next scheduled date for the Produce Mobile is Thursday, January 20.
Norman Stewart, Thad Hall, Alfred Bradley, and Kirsey Sherill stock up on fresh fruits & vegetables given out free when the Produce Mobile visits New Mt. Pilgrim Church the 3rd Thursday of each month. (Photo by Stephen Dunn)


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Here though are a couple of enjoyable graphic novels which stood out for me this year.
The Marquis of Anon - Isle of Brac & The Black Virgin
Although a long time BD fan I'd not come across this series until the always reliable Zainab Akhtar mentioned it on her blog a couple of years ago ahead of its English language release through those fine folks at Cinebooks. Well I picked up the first couple at last year's Thought Bubble Festival and completed the 5 issue set (so far) at this year's event. I've only read the first two so far but they don't disappoint with their mystery, charm and real sense of peril to make for a thrilling read!
Delilah Dirk and The Turkish Lieutenant
I'd actually been looking for this for years without realising it had finally come out! There had been a really enjoyable Delilah Dirk one shot comic years ago by the talented Tony Cliff and his blog had teased the forthcoming release of a longer form graphic novel but last time i checked it had only come out in France. So I had a pleasant surprise when browsing the English language shelf at Fantask during our Copenhagen trip earlier this year to find not one but two graphic novel collections - yay!
The other is called Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling which I've not yet read but the first one - The Turkish Lieutenant is an enjoyable historical fiction romp with a little steampunk, humour and good ol' honest adventure making for a great read. Annoyingly on catching up with Tony Cliff's blog I discovered that he had made a very rare UK appearance the year before at Thought Bubble in a hall next to Accent UK but I totalled missed him! Ah well maybe next time!
Lady Mechanika
I'd been aware of the Lady Mechanika comic series from writer & artist Joe Benitez for a little while but it was only this year that I picked up the first couple of collected volumes, recently finishing the first. This really follows our own recent 'discovery' of steampunk which is having quite an influence on our approach to not only comic events but comic making - more to come!
I was more than happy to immerse myself in the world of Lady Mechanika and enjoyable it was with good portions of mystery, action and suspense. The story in this first volume was perhaps more of a 'set-up' of her world and the players in it and for my tastes was a little unsubtle in places, lacking a little of the charm that we have experienced ourselves in the steampunk community and the art, while accomplished was a little too 'cheesecake' and stylish for me, but then I am British and blush easily!
There were a couple of others I enjoyed but the above are the ones that probably made the most impression this year and may influence or inspire my own comics storytelling!


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The Lisbon Falls woman called 911 to report that the 22-month-old child wasn't breathing.
Author: JOSIE HUANG Staff Writer
Dateline: LISBON FALLS
A woman whose adopted baby boy died of brain injuries this month was charged with manslaughter Wednesday. Police arrested Sarah Allen, 29, in connection with the death of Nathaniel Jacob Allen, whom she and her husband had adopted from Guatemala last April.
Police said the baby died from violent shaking. "We believe she is responsible for the child's injuries, without getting into details with why we think that," said Stephen McCausland, spokesman for Maine State Police.
Allen's arraignment in Lewiston District Court is scheduled for today.
On Feb. 14, Allen called 911, indicating that the 22-month-old Nathaniel, the couple's only child, was not breathing. Lisbon police and ambulances arrived at the Allen's single-family home to find Allen alone with Nathaniel, McCausland said.
The boy was brought to Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. He was then transferred to Maine Medical Center in Portland, where he died the next day.
State police began an investigation. They interviewed Allen, whom authorities say does not have a criminal record or child protective history with the state, as well as her husband, Jeremy, and other individuals.
McCausland did not know what adoption agency the Allens used. But a spokesman for the state Department of Human Services, which is responsible for licensing adoption agencies in Maine, said Nathaniel was placed by an out-of-state private agency.
In the meantime, the Allens scheduled a memorial service for Nathaniel last Friday at the East Auburn Baptist Church. An obituary provided by the family said the child died after "sustaining life-threatening head injuries from an accidental fall." Supporters of the family were asked to give to the Nathaniel Adoption Fund at the church in lieu of flowers.
Police arrested Allen at her home Wednesday morning and brought her to Androscoggin County Jail. Bail was set at $100,000 property or $25,000 cash.
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McCausland said state police usually see about one case of shaken baby syndrome in Maine each year. Victims are usually younger than Nathaniel - under a year old - and most survive. "Most times it does not result in death but does result in long-term injuries to the child, including blindness and learning disabilities," he said.
Shaken baby syndrome has grown in profile in Maine over recent years. The Don't Shake Jake program, started in 1998 after 4 1/2-month-old Jake David Belisle was shaken to death by his baby-sitter, has helped to raise awareness and led to the passage of a law requiring judges to consider the age of a victim as an aggravating factor.
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Major's Corner column for Feb. 5, 2012
The club represents all that is warm and chummy in this far too short life. It is a place where like-minded fellows (and now women) have always gathered to read, chat and generally let down the defences, as it were.
It has always been my plan to shed light on our doings, as I sometimes fear that not a few mems would prefer a more secretive home of homes, which leads to odd handshakes and loathsome winks.


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Novel Production Process for Nano Cathode Material for Lithium Batteries
|(Nanowerk News) Superlattice Power, Inc. (OTCBB:SLAT), emerging leader in the development and marketing of next generation of lithium-powered batteries worldwide, announces its North Carolina production facility has successfully produced 200 kg of high purity, new nano cathode material.
|Superlattice Power, Inc.s latest accomplishment with an innovative high purity cathode material is ready to be used in a battery manufacturing facility for the use in electric vehicles. The battery which was produced using new cathode material will have wide voltage range from 4.2Volts to 2 Volts per unit cell.
|Superlattice Power, Inc. is now devoted for the development and large scale production of Cobalt free cathode material with superlattice structure for a high voltage application using a new electrolyte capable to withstand voltage beyond 5 volts.
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