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Leader: Jaystar
Deputy: Moonpelt
Medicine Cat: Sweetlily
Medicine Cat Apprentice: Swiftpaw
Clan Allegiances Here:
WindClan camp resides in an open field with a giant boulder marking the center of it. This is where the leader calls their clan to meetings, named the Tallrock. The leader, apprentices and warriors sleep in the center out in the open, but when the weather gets rough, they take shelter in abandoned fox, rabbit or badger dens. A smaller boulder marks the medicine cat's den and a gorse bush against the Tallrock is the nursery. The elder's den is made out of an abandoned badger's den.
Horseplace: Stables where horses are kept on the southern end of the territory.
Lake shore: Like the rest of the clans, WindClan shares a portion of the lake's beach.
Moonpool stream: A stream leading to the moonpool, northern border.


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Wednesday, 5 January 2011
What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday - 5.1.11
Well, here we are at WOYWW #83 and I have to apologise, yet again, to those of you I did not manage to visit and leave a comment with last week. I did try but, as you can see from my previous posts, I've been a tad distracted and it's been a hectic old time for me and mine, although a great start to the year : ) Many thanks to all of you who did find the time to visit my blog and leave a comment - it's lovely to hear from you and have your feedback.
So what's on my desk? Well, as I really admire Barbara Grey's demos I treated myself to a subscription to her Claritystamp Club at the end of last year and here you see me following her instructions for a 'Thank You. card. Again!! At the back you can see my first disastrous attempt : ( But I'm the persistent kind so I'll keep trying until I get it right. The blue folder on the left contains Barbara's wisdom (well, the first couple of chapters received so far) - I just need to practice and absorb it!
You might also spot two small notebooks. The one on the bottom contains ideas for cards - when I'm short on ideas I browse through it to see if anything sparks my creative juices - hah, this is proving to be slow going at the moment! The red & white notebook is full of notes taken when watching YouTube demos or looking at all your wonderful blogs. There are lists of anything that I think I might like to try, stamps, design papers, punches, ink pads, techniques, etc., etc. These two notebooks have proved to be worth their weight in gold at times.
Last, but not least, to the right you can see a couple of photos I printed off to scrap, one of my late mother as a teenager and the other is a favourite shot of my middle granddaughter, Jolene, wearing one of her many baker boy caps - she has a thing for them. In yesterday's post I mentioned that I wanted to create more scrapbook layouts in the coming months now that Christmas is over. These photos were meant to be the start only to discover the black ink in my printer seems to have run out so I'm headed to Tescos this morning, immediately after I've finished this post, to buy some replacement cartridges.
That's my desk as it was this morning and as it still is now, and if you have somehow stumbled on my blog today and don't know what WOYWW is all about please feel free to nip over to our noble leader, Ms Julia Dunnit's blog, Stampin Ground where you will find you can hop from one crafting desk to another and discover a world of creativity!
After my trip to the supermarket I'll be back to do my own hopping and, as usual, hope to visit each and every desk over the next couple of days. See you all.
Bye for now
22 comments:
- Victoria said...
lovely desk
thank you for sharing on WOYWW
Vicky number 43
- 5 January 2011 at 12:45
Hello Elizabeth, very surprised you've been able to sit down at your desk after all the excitement of the last few days. Congrats to all of you on the birth of the new little one, she's truly gorgeous.
Brenda 83
- 5 January 2011 at 13:25
- kayc said...
Happy New Year. Thanks for the nosey! Kathleen x
- 5 January 2011 at 16:48
- jude said...
Thanks for the look ,i do something similar with my note book i sketch all the sketches i like.So i can go through and see which ones i can use.comes in handy when my mojo goes.
Have fab wednesday
hugs judex6
- 5 January 2011 at 17:07
- lisa said...
Hi Elizabeh.
As always I'm catching up with you. Your new Grand daughter looks absolutely beautiful and what a proud Grandma!!!! It was fascinating to see the LO of your Grand daughter as a little girl, what a beautiful LO. It'll be interesting to see if her new daughter looks like her at 3, you'll have to do another LO when she gets there!!!
More Scrapbooking please, as a fellow Scrapbooker there are never enough LO's around in Blogland!!
Your photos of the frozen river are amazing. I've never seen anything like those ice shards.
Can't believe how tidy your desk is and your notebooks too. I do exactly the same thing but mine are full of bits of a paper and stuff and are bursting at the seams. I need to take a leaf out of your book!!
Hugs Lisax
- 5 January 2011 at 17:20
- Linby said...
Lots of ideas here. I love B Gray too, I have one of her DVDs I watched over the break - yet to try any of it though. You look like you've mastered the card on your desk.
Linbyx #109
- 5 January 2011 at 21:14
- Ciara said...
Well firstly, congratulations! How exciting. Secondly, I do like the look of those cards with windows cut out, they look very smart.
- 5 January 2011 at 21:40
- KanataNewf said...
Looks like you are finding the time to get creative!
Thanks for sharing and happy WOYWW!
Sheena #75
- 6 January 2011 at 00:27
- sandra de said...
Congrats on both a new grandchild and also very sweet card.
Sandra #66
- 6 January 2011 at 05:56
- Zue said...
How lovely to remember your mother when she was young..I am going to do the same!
Barbara is very talented...I sometimes see her on TV.
Sue xx 50
- 6 January 2011 at 09:31
- Tertia said...
How lucky you are to have photo's of your mother as a teenager. I would love to do more scrapping this year too, my cardmaking seems to have taken over my life.
- 6 January 2011 at 17:00
- Debbie H said...
Wow, yours is amazingly tidy compared to mine!
Debbie #129
- 6 January 2011 at 20:50
- RosA said...
Your desk looks very tidy and organised. So much more "peaceful" than the clutter I usually work amongst.
- 7 January 2011 at 01:06
- Marjo said...
Such a tidy desk, with some great looking cards. Thanks for the peek and sharing.
Hugs, Marjo #23 Happy WOYWW
- 7 January 2011 at 06:54
- akilli melek said...
good luck with your pages Elizabeth. I def feel in the mood for scrapping now that christmas is over. I have an added incentive to get lots done in the next few months, but I'll post more on that later.
i'm sure your thank you card will turn out just fine.
thanks for dropping by earlier.
caroline #53
- 7 January 2011 at 10:33
- Wiccababe said...
Hi Elizabeth - wow what a tidy desk
- 7 January 2011 at 22:35
- Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...
I don't scrapbook and I don't make cards, but I find a lot of inspiration on your desk. I love the photos you have of different generations and their hat styles. What a way to honor both. Happy WOYWW on Friday from #16.
- 8 January 2011 at 00:00
- Nicky said...
Congratulations of becoming a Grandma - love your desk although I did have to enlarge to see what the pink item was on the right hand side - I see its your heat gun love the colour mines a boring blue one - love Nicky 124
- 8 January 2011 at 11:16
- peggy aplSEEDS said...
you sure have a neat desk! i believe in practicing too. practicing has made a lot of difference for me.
- 8 January 2011 at 12:56
- Barbara Mason said...
Very tidy desk!!! Your cards are lovely. #139
- 8 January 2011 at 18:07
- Spyder said...
Your card looks very interesting and what a very neat and tidy desk! I should be so lucky! (it Suday...no just turned to Monday and I'm still in a pickle! Happy WOYWW!
- 10 January 2011 at 00:16
- Karen said...
Many congratulations on your new Granddaughter, she is beautiful :)
Such a tidy desk, with some great looking cards :)
Thanks for sharing, Karen.
- 10 January 2011 at 09:44

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An exhibition of Thai Burmese Charms photos of oral history interviewees and their charms. This first ever collection of intriguing interviews about how these communities use protective charms which will be made available online.
There will be a launch event on 27th October of talks about this oral history project. Speakers will include: Oat Montien (the magical power of Nang Talong); Dr Chulachart Arunyanak and Pattanapong Arunyanak (the rituals of khon); Phyo Zaw and Htike Yadana (Burmese charms and spiritual practice).
This first ever collection of intriguing interviews about how these communities use protective charms is available online. With the support of participants and volunteers from SOAS, Centre of Migration and Diaspora Studies, Thai Arts Initiative in London, Thai Smile and Asian Performing Arts Forum. The project is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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Service Learning Trips - Panama 2016
In March of 2016, TEAC partnered with Floating Doctors, an organization dedicated to providing acute and preventative health care services to the indigenous Nhobe population in Bocas Del Toro, Panama. We were fortunate enough to take a mix of 18 Temple Health medical students, residents, and attending physicians on this trip.
For the majority of the week, we set up a mobile healthcare clinic where we assessed and managed care for close to 300 patients, some whom had traveled great distances to see us. A wide variety of medical conditions were seen, from young children with dehydration and parasitic infections, to pregnant women seeking prenatal care, to older adults with chronic illnesses. In addition, we donated oral hygiene supplies while counseling them on health and hygiene.
On the last day of travel, TEAC visited an elderly care center, Asilo, where we took vital signs and evaluated the patients for chronic and acute medical conditions. This holistic clinical experience shed light on the importance of simple human interaction, as many of the Asilo residents have few family or friends visiting them.
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STOCKTON - Before the San Joaquin County Planning Commission voted against a moratorium on adding more weddings and other types of certain events at wineries in rural areas, a freshly formed group from interests on both sides of the moratorium issue came together to ask for some time to come up with its own solutions.
STOCKTON - Before the San Joaquin County Planning Commission voted against a moratorium on adding more weddings and other types of certain events at wineries in rural areas, a freshly formed group from interests on both sides of the moratorium issue came together to ask for some time to come up with its own solutions.
The commission denied the group's request to put off the vote Thursday night, but it did recommend giving the new group what it wanted: A role in developing a new set of rules to govern the growing and lucrative wine industry without harming existing agriculture or stepping on the rights of neighbors expecting the quiet country life.
Whatever happens next depends on the Board of Supervisors, which could accept the commission's recommendation, vote in the moratorium anyway, or pick a different route entirely. But if the path follows the Planning Commission's recommendation, it would mean the new Winery Ordinance Task Force will be playing its part shaping the future of the county's wine industry.
"We assembled, we think, some of the best thinkers, if you will, in our industry," said Pat Patrick, president and CEO of the Lodi Chamber of Commerce. "We live it every day. We know what's wrong. And we know how to fix it."
The task force also is backed by the Lodi District Grape Growers Association, San Joaquin Farm Bureau Federation and Visit Lodi!.
And members of the new group say they know the fix will require compromise from all sides.
"If you don't want to bend one way or the other, you can't be in the room. We want to solve the problem," said Bruce Fry, president of the Farm Bureau, which had been in favor of a moratorium.
What needs fixing is the county's existing wine ordinance, in place for 11 years. Before that, the rules for wineries were covered under the county's rules for food production, Community Development Director Kerry Sullivan said. The winery ordinance included "this new animal" called a marketing event, she said.
Wineries can offer a range of other events that don't meet the definition of marketing events, from participating in industry-wide occasions, such as the First Sip, and regular day-to-day promotion, such as hosting a dinner for a wine release. But a marketing event is interpreted as just about anything where wine is being served, including weddings, anniversaries and other events, officials said. And wineries need approval from the county about how many they plan to hold and how large they are going to be. The rules are clear that events are supposed to be in support of wine production, and not the main focus of the winery.
But concern about events taking center stage at county wineries prompted a push from members of the Board of Supervisors for the proposed moratorium to be put in place while the county did a more thorough revision of its winery rules.
The definition of what constitutes a marketing event in the current rules is vague, Sullivan and others said.
Last year, the Farm Bureau assembled a group that developed its own proposed changes to the winery ordinance, but it was never formally submitted to the county for review.
It includes adding two new categories under the "marketing event" umbrella and other changes.
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"I like the idea of an ad hoc committee working feverishly and bringing something back to the board in six months," Commissioner Stan Morri said at the meeting. After further discussion, commissioners agreed one year would be a more realistic timeline.
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"I'm sure you have some good ideas you can throw at us," commissioner Vice Chairman Miguel Villapudua said.
Thursday's meeting probably drew only a handful of the rural neighbors who might have concerns, Chairman Peter Johnson said.
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Angie Seaway a profesional artist from Exmouth who runs year long workshops from her studio is offering a fun free taster workshop at Ocean . Beginners and advanced both welcome , just bring your sense of humour!
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Angie is kindly supporting the WooHoo Exhibition , art with a laugh.
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Volition Inc.'s classic space-sim franchise was purchased on May 10th.
Posted By Ravi Sinha | On 07th, Jun. 2013 Under News
Polygon recently acquired documents dated June 4th which indicated that the sci-fi space simulation franchise FreeSpace has been sold to Interplay Entertainment for $7,500. The sale happend on May 10th, and as of now, no plans have been announced as to what Interplay is planning for the series.
The FreeSpace series started with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War, which was developed by Volition Inc. (of Saints Row fame) and published by Interplay. FreeSpace 2 made its way to PC a year after, and received rave reviews from critics. In fact, one of the major reasons for THQ acquiring Volition in 2000 was due to the FreeSpace IP.
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"Didn't Planet" hail from Massachusetts and their mission with this album was to create an album that would compel listeners to listen from start to finish. The stories told through the records songs and mini sketches, coupled with liner notes draw the listener into the concept and tie it all together and after a while, you almost feel you are there as a bystander in the audience or next to the band.


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My daughter [Zoe] is 10 years old and I seriously believe one of her first words was "horse." She has dreamed of horses, played like she was riding a horse, and has watched every television program she can get her hands on about horses! It is not financial feasible for our family to own a horse, nor do we have a place to safely keep one. My wife called to see what might be a viable option in order to give our daughter some exposure to what she loves so much. After talking with the Executive Director, we decided to take Zoe there to meet her and the horses and see about possibly becoming a "volunteer" family.
When we arrived, my daughter was quite timid but very excited at the same time. One must understand that she had very little self-confidence and an intense amount of fear as we began this endeavor! She had never been around or that close to animals of such size and capability. The Executive Director was as patient as anyone I had ever seen and took the time to show us around and introduce us to several of the horses. She also took the time to teach my wife and daughter how to groom and keep the horses calm while working with them.
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A climber and artist brings home deeply human stories from the edges of our world.Climber, artist, and filmmaker Renan Ozturk has been held at knifepoint in the deserts of Chad, sustained a traumatic head injury while backcountry skiing in the Tetons, and suffered through hallucinations on Himalayan big walls. Through it all, the cameras have been rolling.
Over the course of the last two years, the 32-year-old's athleticism, creativity, and storytelling have come together in accessible, inspirational tales consumed by hundreds of thousands of people online.
"The creativity and climbing go hand in hand," says Ozturk, who calls Boulder, Colorado, home. "I developed them side by side. When I'm part of a team, I always pay attention to how much energy I'm putting into the creativity versus the brass tacks, the things in the mountains that could kill you."
After graduating from Colorado College, Ozturk jettisoned most of his worldly possessions and decided to make his home in the deserts around Moab, Utah. His art flourished in pencil sketchbooks and then grew into large canvases laid out across the desert. Those visions became Internet videos from burly Himalayan and South American climbs. Ozturk preferred to shoot, edit, and publish the videos live, during the expedition. The stories he tells require only a lightweight, bare-bones team.
With his latest and most ambitious project, Meru, Ozturk has gone one step further—a feature-length documentary following Ozturk, Jimmy Chin, and Conrad Anker's much heralded 2011 return to and first ascent of the Shark's Fin on Meru in the Indian Himalaya. The climb itself required living on the wall for 12 days in temperatures that hovered around minus 20ºF. Ozturk was still recovering from cranial and spinal fractures sustained in a near-lethal skiing accident in Wyoming's Tetons almost six months earlier.
"This climb nearly killed us," says the soft-spoken Ozturk. "Making the film [was] even harder. Meru is the mountain that keeps on giving."
Upon returning home, Ozturk realized he was sitting on the story of a lifetime and went to work. A feature-length film required collaborators, countless hours of editing, and a near-obsessive persistence to root out the deeper ideas behind the climb the three men consider to be their greatest climbing accomplishment. With themes of mentorship, obsession, and passion, the film is poised to reach a larger audience. Ozturk hopes to premiere it at the Sundance Film Festival.
Ozturk topped off 2012 with the first successful completion of the Tooth Traverse, a five-mile-long enchainment of peaks in Alaska's Ruth Gorge, and traveling to Nepal's Khumbu region to work on a time-lapse photography and art project with Sherpa Cinema. In late October, Ozturk went to Oman on a story with The North Face for National Geographic magazine.
"It was a big year with some very personal goals," says Ozturk of the Tooth Traverse and Meru, which both required several attempts over the last few years. "I now feel a lot more free to explore other things."


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Wednesday, December 30
Bears and the Pope
Thank you Sam for this
Saturday, December 26
Vic Chesnutt, 1964-2009
Thursday, December 24
Vic Chesnutt @ 40 Watt Christmas Party 12/16/05
Tuesday, December 22
Happy Holidays!
· Cafe de la Danse, Paris, 25th October 2000
- J'aime Paris au mois de mai (Charles Aznavour cover)
- Barcelona
· The Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA, 15th February 2002
- Haseemla Classica
- Winter is over for me
· Sala Azkena, Vitoria, Spain, 8th March 2003
- Camina y ven pa' la loma (Trío Matamoros cover)
· Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain, 27th October 2006 (Radio3 recording)
- Stupenda e misera cittá
· El Loco Club, Valencia, Spain, 3rd November 2006
- Partners in crime
· Dingwalls, Camden Lock, London, 30th March 2009
- My Affected Accent
- Older Girl
· Big Mama, Rome, 25th October 2009
- Keith Richards
You can download them at:
http://icecoldnugrape.com/newsongs/ (Thanks nugrape)
(File name: Ten_songs.zip Size: 77.19 MB, mp3 files)
Sunday, December 20
Jonathan Richman Live 81'-82'
There have been many twists and turns throughout Jonathan Richman's career, and some of those twists and turns can only be found through some real digging.
My favorite period of Jonathan Richman's career is the early 80's. Of course if you asked me that question a few months ago I would have said the late 70's, or a few months before that the early 90's.
But anyway, the early 80's are possibly his most "mysterious" time period, because of the lack of recorded output. "Jonathan Sings"(my introduction to jojo) was recorded and released around this time period, but Jonathan has not been shy to discredit the release as "not the way we really sounded." I remember hearing about that, and then years ago when I met him at the Cats Cradle in North Carolina, he verified that he wasn't very satisfied with the album, but he LOVES the songs.
I put together a compilation and a corresponding website in dedication to the awesome shows that him and his killer band at the time were playing. Most of the songs are not available on any released album, and I also threw in some classics as well.
Jonathan Richman Live 81'-82'
ps to any long-time JR fans out there, do you have any stories, experiences, etc about this time period relating to JR? I wasn't even on this earth yet, and I think there must be more knowledge out there that deserves to be documented somewhere.
Trading Card
Tuesday, December 15
Songs for the new album?
And, what about the Jojoblog readers? Which one will be your song for the new record?
Probably Jonathan will make a completely different song selection on the record. But it could be done a "live record" with 10-12 songs of your selection, and we'll upload it (on dimeadozen, or megaupload, etc) as a Christmas present for all the Jojoblog readers.
Request a song!
Wednesday, December 2
New album in 2010!
Friday, November 27
12 Straight Hours of Jonathan Richman
"Twice a year we have special programming called "Orgy Season" in which we play solid blocks of themed music (an artist, a record label, some more obscure theme - you can find info about them on our website: http://whrb.org/orgies.html.) This year, on Dec. 2nd, from 5am to 5pm, we're going to be doing a Jonathan Richman Orgy and playing as much of his music as we can fit straight through".
It can be heard at 95.3fm in the greater Boston area, or online at whrb.org.
Wednesday, November 25
More Ukulele
As Dorothee pointed out in her comment, here is another video of the Modern Ukulele lovers rehearsing "Egyptian reggae".
And there is Thierry Los another Jonathan afficionado (see interview) trying his brand new blue Ukulele...
Alberto shot this picture of Jonathan dealing himself with the Ukulele.
Tuesday, November 24
The Feelies Live in NYC
Wednesday, November 18
The Modern Ukulele Lovers
Here is a French band of fans of Jonathan's consisting in five ukulele players (one is left handed as you may notice), and a tub-bass player. Here they are playing their cover of Egyptian reggae. Definitely Jonathanish..
2009-2010 U.S. winter tour
We'll post them asap. Thanks Jay!
Wednesday, November 11
The Laura Palmer Tape
Laura Palmer Tape
Monday, November 9
The Historic Debt
"I'm just beginning to live" by JR and the Moderns Lovers from "The Historic Debt" video (released in 1991) on youtube.
Friday, November 6
Jonathan Richman and Tommy Larkins produce Vic Chesnutt's newest release on Vapor: Skitter on Take Off
Hat tip to T. Ballard Lesemann and Brooklyn Brewery, without whom I would not have known these exciting things about the amazingly prolific poet Vic Chesnutt because I have been under a rock sleeping for the past year:
JONATHAN: "My drummer Tommy Larkins and I were driving in the van across the United States as we do two or three times a year on our tours of clubs and I said, 'Y' know, we should produce Vic's next record!' And he said he thought so too. We both were thinking that the way to get the feeling for Vic as a listener was to hear just Vic – no arrangements, no guest guitar solo guys, no 'ironic' touches or anything else to cloud his voice or his poetry. His guitar playing is also the guitar playing on this recording because we think no help is needed."
"Tommy and I have toured with Vic several times and he's long been one of our favorites. So we're both proud of this record and glad for the chance to make it our way. A lot of it was brand new stuff - a few hours old or becoming a song right there as he sang."
VIC: "I'm honored to work with Jonathan Richman. Over the years he's taken me under his wing and mentored me in a very meaningful way, truly shaping me into the songwriter and performer I am today. And it is an ongoing process."
Read more at All About Jazz: (link)
Here Vic teams up with Jonathan Richman (guitar, harmonium) and Tommy Larkin (drums). Richman dons his producers hat capturing everything live and off the cuff.
Read more at Aquarium Drunkard: (link)
Vic Chesnutt's current extensive tour schedule and bio on Vapor Records: (link) (must click through frames)
Skitter on Take Off (released on Vapor Records, 6 October 2009) (link) (info on Amazon, buy locally if you can)
Also new from Vic Chesnutt: At the Cut (released on Constellation, 22 September 2009) (link)
Vic Chesnutt Band at 40 Watt, Athens, 2 November 2009 live show mp3s at Southern Shelter (link)
This song is from At the Cut, performance from June 2009 tour with Jonathan and Tommy:
Thursday, November 5
November 6: Happy Birthday Walter Johnson
Lineup for YesterdayJ is for JohnsonThe Big Train in his primeWas so fast he could throwThree strikes at a time.--Ogden Nash
Walter "Big Train" Johnson was a right-handed pitcher for the Washington Senators of Major League Baseball between 1907 and 1927. Johnson established several pitching records during his twenty-year career, many of which remained unbroken for nearly a century.
Johnson's legendary gentle nature is still held up today as an example of good sportsmanship and friendly competition. Only fellow Hall of Famer Ty Cobb – coincidentally a prime example of the antithesis of good sportsmanship -- seemed to take advantage of Johnson's disposition. While most batters were concerned about being hit by Johnson's blazing fastball, and were reluctant to stand close to the plate while batting, Cobb realized that the good-hearted Johnson was privately nervous about the possibility of seriously injuring a batsman. Almost alone among his peers, Cobb would actually stand closer to the plate than usual when facing Johnson—unless it was an overcast day.
Well now when pitchers throw their pitch to scareThey actually try to almost hit that opposing playerWalter Johnson wouldn't do that not even just a little
He made sure he through the baseball right down the middle
And all through baseball he was loved and respected
Was there bitterness in Walter Johnson? Well it was never detected--Jonathan Richman
Tuesday, November 3
Vic Chesnutt on Daytrotter
Vic Chesnutt often appears with Jonathan. Here's a set of live stuff from Vic and Elf Power -- a June, 2009 Daytrotter session.
Thursday, October 29
Big Mama, Rome, 25th October 2009
It was a great show, with a lot of new songs (six that I didn't have heard before). And new lyrics in some others (like In che mondo viviamo, Cosi veloce, and Es como el pan). The rapport was great, specially in the Italian songs. The only problem was that Big Mama didn't have a good visibility of the stage for some parts of the venue, but Jonathan fixed it up by approaching to the extremes of the stage. And in the middle of "Dancing in the moonlight", he even walked through the crowd while he was singing. The show was a little longer than usual, distributed in two sets.
1st set:
1) Egyptian Reggae
2) In Che Mondo Viviamo
3) Pablo Picasso
4) Dancing In The Moonlight (King Harvest cover)
5) The Dark Crypt Like Arcade (?)
6) The Sadness Of The Youth (?) New song in Hebrew
7) Keith Richards (with 2 reprises)
8) I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar
9) Le Printemps Des Amoureux Est Venu
2nd set:
10) Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild
11) Sunday Afternoon
12) (?) New song in French
13) A Hard Time Saying Goodbye (?)
14) Take Me To The Plaza
15) Cosi Veloce
16) South American Folk Song
17) Vampiresa Mujer
18) Es Como El Pan
19) Springtime In NY
20) No One Was Like Vermeer
21) This Romance Will Be Different For Me
22) When We Refuse To Suffer
A girl yelled at the end: Torna pronto! And I'm sure that all the audience was thinking the same. Jonathan, come back soon!
Monday, October 26
Thursday, October 22
Suspect Parts
The Suspects Parts (with ex members of Xlorox Girls & the Briefs) cover "She Cracked"
on their first single
Monday, October 19
Tribute to Jonathan
Friday, October 16
Schauburg, Bremen, 1985
1. Egyptian Regge (2:54)
2. Ice Cream Man (3:14)
3. Vincent Van Gogh (3:12)
4. Louie Louie (2:20)
5. When I Dance (5:00)
6. The Beach (3:11)
7. The Ufo Man (3:22)
8. Chewing Gum Wrapper (3:40)
9. Affection (4:30)
10. Corner Store (4:31)
11. Lover, Please (2:26)
12. Malaguena De Jojo (1:39)
13. Stop This Car (1:45)
14. Rocking Leprechauns (1:32)
15. Now Is Better Than Before (2:38)
16. Not Yet Three (2:38)
17. I'm Just Beginning To Live (2:30)
18. That Summer Feeling (5:00)
19. This Kinda Music (4:52)
20. Hey There Little Insect (2:59)
21. Shirind & Farah (5:25)
22. Chewing Gum Wrapper (3:23)
23. Give Paris One More Chance (4:00)
24. Walter Johnson (2:58)
Tuesday, October 13
Brudenell Leeds
I got the distinct impression, assisted by an overheard remark, that the guy (I suspect a committee member ), was particularly made up at having Jonathan "at his place".
I had brought with me my Jonathan Songbook (highly recommended - only £9.85 from UK Amazon), with the intention of asking the great man to autograph it, but didn't have the bottle, it didn't seem seemly to chase him up the car park!
Sign inside the door gave details of doors open and on stage times for Jonathan, and a bit of a cryptic request for punters to remain quiet during the performance (!)
About 40 mins before performance time I espied Jojo walking across the club floor, past the stage and through the stage door, followed 5 mins later by Tommy holding a food carton (the sort which normally would contain a kebab or burger), sampling no doubt the local cuisine! They seemed to make it across the floor largely unnoticed!
When Jojo came on and had done 4 or 5 songs or so it became apparent that many had took the sign completely seriously and although the crowd (sold out) applauded greatly at the end of each song they were noticeably restrained during the performances, so much so that Jonathan saw fit to mention how quiet they were,(with good natured humour of course). Some chap in the audience called out about the sign and its request , which drew confused looks from Jonathan, and him saying words to effect that he "didn't like the idea of that much", which resulted in much laughter. After that there was no problem with audience participation!!!
I was particularly struck by the size of Tommy's drum kit. Normally when i've seen him before he has had a smaller "jazz" type kit, but this seemed much bigger with larger crash and ride cymbals too. This was reflected by the sound, which seemed larger and "rockier" than at other times.
The litmus test was my daughter, brought up on Busted, McFly and now a devoted follower of unsigned indie bands and emo bands like My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy. How would she find Jonathan? Would she be bored, or find Jonathan ridiculous, or his songs silly? Result? A thumbs up ! She enjoyed the songs, thought his dancing spot on, and generally enjoyed the whole thing clapping along and joining in with the "I was dancing in the Lesbian Bar" choruses. Although Jonathan wouldn't necessarily be going to the top of her "must see list", she wouldn't rule out seeing him again!
Don't ask me about setlists – I can never remember these things, but it very much the same as the Glasgow gig. Particularly enjoyed "Keith Richards", which if I recall had a tiny lyrical snippet of "Roadrunner" in it. Plus we got "Vermeer" at the end in the encore, which is my favourite at the moment.
Anyway, it all finished all too early,and we both went off to the Kebab shop up the road, and back off to our hotel.
Caught the train back down towards Kings Cross the following morning, fully aware that Tommy and Jonathan would probably be heading down to St Pancras for the Eurostar to Paris. Alas no Jonathan spotted on the train - so my songbook remains unsigned!
Deaf Institute, Manchester, 11th October 2009
What a great little venue the Manchester Deaf Institute is! Much smaller and far more intimate than the usual place Jonathan plays in Manchester (Manchester Academy just a couple of minutes away down the road).
The show had been sold out for weeks, so me and Jan got there early and positioned ourselves pretty near the front, at about 10 feet away from the stage. By the time Jonathan and Tommy came on, pretty soon after 8.45, the place was packed with maybe 300 people seeming to fill every space possible. I was glad we'd sorted out our places early on as there didn't seem much ability to change position within the tightly packed crowd.
Jonathan did quite a few new songs, one of them 'Keith Richards' went down really well and seemed to be a highlight of the night, as was the 'Cellphone Song' which Jonathan did soon after someone had called out for it as a request. I'll post the set list below.
At one point, towards the end of the show, Jonathan broke off mid song to sing something like...
"Folks in the audience, this is Jonathan asking a question to you...
I use no watch or program on the stage, so I've no idea how long we've been playing... but if we're getting boring for being too long, just let us know, Please do..."
The response was an emphatic "NO - keep on going!" and Jonathan and Tommy carried on for something like another 20 minutes. The audience would have happily had them stay for long - much longer!
Among the encores was a excellent 'off the cuff' classical guitar piece that Jonathan performed solo, Tommy had left the stage thinking the show was completely over, but there was one more song that Jonathan had thought of as an afterthought that he really wanted to play to close the show, so a couple of minutes later after Tommy had been found, the show ended with another new one 'Mr Sorrow'.
I really enjoyed the whole night and, judging by the overheard comments around us on the way out, many other people were also heading home extremely happy too! A great show and one of my favourites!
Set list: -
1) Celestial
2) I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar
3) Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild
4) No One Was Like Vermeer
5) When We Refuse To Suffer
6) Let Her Go Into The Darkness
7) This Romance Will Be Different For Me
8) The Dark Crypt Like Arcade
9) Take Me To The Plaza
10) Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love
11) Keith Richards
12) Egyptian Reggae
13) A Que Venimos Sino A Caer
14) A Hard Time Saying Goodbye
15) You Can Have A Cellphone, But Not Me
16) Fender Stratocaster
17) Nishi
18) Classical Guitar Piece (?)
19) Mr Sorrow
Train trip with Jojo
Oran Mor, Glasgow
A review of the Glasgow show from Wojit. Also the complete setlist with some new songs (Keith Richards? I will love to hear that song!).
The performance was great. Purely joyful. Never have I seen a performer smile so damn much while on stage. Never have I heard so much handclapping and singing from an audience. The band consisted of him on guitar, plus one Tommy Larkins on drums. Occasionally he would put down the guitar to pick up a cowbell, or just dance awkwardly.
1) I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar (An insanely good choice of opening, as it immediately encourages both singing and dancing)
2) Pablo Picasso (With a great spanish guitar kind of sound, which made it extremely dissimilar to the punky original)
3) Springtime In New York
4) Keith Richards (New. Excellent.)
5) Egyptian Reggae
6) When I Dance
7) Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild
8) Girlfriend
9) Time Has Gone By So Fast
10) Let Her Go Into The Darkness (My least favourite of the night, for whatever reason)
11) Mr. Sorrow (?) (New? Pretty good!)
12) Old World (This is pretty interesting, because it's on both his first, and his latest albums. Back then he says he "stills loves the Old World," these days he wants to "say goodbye to the Old World." Time seems to have made him less nostalgic.)
13) Stultified (?) (New. Rather good!)
14) No One Was Like Vemeer (Best song of the night, for my money)
15) Le Printemps Des Amoureux Est Venu (So French.)
16) Es Como El Pan (An excellent song, even if it's twelve times too Spanish for me to understand.)
17) My Affected Accent (New? Look, no online video is going to capture how great this concert or this song was, but I'm going to embed one below anyway)
18) This Romance Will Be Different For Me
19) My Baby Love Love Loves Me
You can read the complete review here:
And a video of the opening song:
Sunday, October 4
Makeout Room/ Random Stuff Roundup
Our boy Jonathan played at The Makeout Room September 20th-23rd, and I'm now just getting around to doing the review roundup, due to my thesis-based lameassedness. (Expect me to be lame through December due to same/trying to graduate. I apologize.) Now, away from sorry apologies, and onto the reviews and such!
So here's some words of advice if you're having trouble with which day you'll go. If you are an older fan who enjoys the slower songs and likes to sit
down during shows, go today. If you're a die hard fan like me and like the mix of newly hashed-out songs, the slow, and the upbeat, go on Monday. If you've seen him 5 or more times, go on Tuesday. If you've never seen him, or maybe once or twice, or your favorite song is "I Was Dancing In a Lesbian Bar
", go on Wednesday.
Or you could be like me and see him and Tommy every night.
Going every night? A girl after my own heart. Read the rest here.
The next item of interest is not so much a review as Jonathan being a nice guy. He played in August for Creativity Explored, a group brings art to the developmentally disabled. I stole the picture from their website. you can see their storylet here.
And finally, Jonathan at the Make-out room, in video form. Pretty decent, if you can ignore the fact that the camera is on it's side. The first song is a newbie, which I am tentatively called "Stultified". And then stay tuned for Jonathan's patented dance moves! Every time I see a video from Make-Out room shows, I wish I lived in San Francisco.
Sunday, September 27
Coming European Tour Dates - October 2009
Monday, September 21
Last Night: Jonathan Richman at The Make Out Room
By Wade Grubbs
What must it be like to be Jonathan Richman? Guessing from his Sunday night show, it's equal parts joy and sorrow in abundance. The singer-songwriter's emotions are delivered in many languages; I counted English, Hebrew, Spanish, and French tonight. And he even got heckled in Hebrew.
Richman and longtime drummer Tommy Larkins played the first of a four-night run at the Make-Out Room in the Mission, something that has become a tradition. Richman mesmerized the attentive crowd with songs new, old, and improvised. He held us all rapt, never knowing where the twists in his thoughts and strumming might lead, but willing to take the journey with him as our guide.
The music led to many places. Richman's Spanish-style guitar flourishes and meanderings were a rich accompaniment to his verbal asides. His quirkiness wasn't wasted on the crowd, which was largely composed of middle-aged farts like myself who were slightly past their sell-by date but still capable of wonderment at a good show...
Read the whole review here:-
This Kind Of Music
Well, well, well, I got nothing new to say about our man Jojo, but I was listening to singles tonight, including the Touch-Me-Nots. On their third and latest (last?)7", the canadian couple deliver an awsome version of "This Kind Of Music". As this 7" was limited to 200 or 300 copies I guessed that some of you don't have it.
So here it is :
I hope you'll enjoy
Thursday, September 17
The Jonathan Richman songbook
Hey, you crazy kids! I ordered the songbook when it first came out, but now have looked it over and have some pictures for you!
I highly recommend this. It's for guitar, which couldn't find online before I bought it. Unsurprisingly, the two albums that are best represented are Not So Much To Be Loved As to Love and Because Her Beauty is Raw and Wild, but it still holds a nice sampling of Jonathan's songs from the past and present, including the semi-grudgingly added "Roadrunner". Of it, he says: "Plus, I no longer want to drive around the cold, sterile, industrialized highways of America's suburbs, and I won't pretend I do for love or money". And that's really what makes this songbook so great. Jonathan has a bunch of commentaries, some printed, and some notes are in his handwriting. And he's his hilarious, off the cuff self. It's probably the most that we'll ever get to hear him say about some of these songs directly, I don't even play the guitar, and I found this entertaining. There's a shot of the intro over here.
You can buy it from several different places, one of them is Hal Leonard.
Songs in the book:
Because her Beauty is Raw and Wild
Behold the Lilies of the Field
El Joven Se Estremece
Es Como El Pan
Give Paris One More Chance
He Gave Us the Wine to Taste it
Her Mystery Not of High Heels and Eyeshadow
I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar
In Che Mondo Viviamo
Le Printemps des Amoureux est Venu
Let Her Go Into the Darkness
No One Was Like Vermeer
Not So Much to Be Loved as to Love
Pablo Picasso
Springtime in New York
There's Something About Mary
This Romance Will Be Different for Me
Vampiresa Mujer
Vampire Girl
Vincent Van Gogh
When We Refuse to Suffer
Tuesday, September 15
Make-Out Room in September
Mon 21 Sept San Francisco, CA (Make-Out Room)
Tues 22 Sept San Francisco, CA (Make-Out Room)
Wed 23 Sept San Francisco, CA (Make-Out Room)
Make-Out Room (link)
Thanks DMD!
Thursday, September 3
Essential Recordings: Vampire Girl
In the Perfect 10 series of Rounder Records, a new Jonathan's CD will be released on Sept 22. It's called Essential Recordings: Vampire Girl (CDROUN9092 / 011661909229). A compilation of 10 songs, apparently selected for this release by Jonathan himself:
- Vampire Girl
- I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar
- Harpo En Su Harpa
- Let Her Go Into The Darkness
- California Desert Party - Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
- Dancin' Late At Night - Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
- Since She Started to Ride
- You're Crazy For Taking The Bus
- I Eat With Gusto, Damn! You Bet
- Twilight In Boston
Wednesday, August 26
Party in the desert ..
My wife Hillary and I are hosting a Jonathan Richman sing-along party @ burningman on Mon/Wed/Fri/Sun at 11 am - from Aug 31st onwards. The event will be at the Lost Penguin Café at Esplanade and 3:30 in Black Rock City.
I would imagine that JR fans at burningman would want to know about this, so I thought I'd let you know.
Thanks !
Thursday, August 20
Jonathan Plays Oldies Covers
You've probably heard of "Jonathan Goes Country". You've also may have heard of "Jonathan Goes Funky". (if you don't have it then look through old posts on this blog, at one time a link was posted to download it.)
Well, I would like to submit a new entry into the "Jonathan Goes ... " - "Jonathan Goes Oldies Covers"!
I am a huge fan of JR shows (new and old), and one thing that I have always enjoyed is all the old classics that he does. He must have done "Louie Louie" a trillion times in his life.
So, I put together a compilation of some of my favorite Jonathan Richman old Rhythm and Blues covers for everyone to enjoy.
Check out such classic renditions of "You Are", "Pearl", and "Peppermint Twist."
Possibly my favorite song is "My Guy" which is superbly sung by Ellie Marshall.
So, just go to this webpage(don't worry, no ads or any of that crap) and click on the songs to listen, or right click and select "save target as" to download.
Enjoy!: Jonathan Plays Oldies Covers
Wednesday, August 19
I have a treat for you fine people!
But, I bring you good tidings. My amazing friend Caitlin (you will recognize her as the girl that does all of my concert photography, like the one in this post.) found this song online and shared it with me. I had to share it with the world. It is something between a musical concert review and a story of lost love. It's by a guy named Scotter, who I have been unable to find anything about online. But he has this song. and it's great. Easily one of my favorite songs about Jonathan. The Jonathan impression in the middle of the song is worth the price of admission.
At The Jonathan Richman Show
I don't know how long this link will stay, so if it's gone and you have to have this, email me.
Wednesday, July 29
Remember when I told you to go to the San Francisco International Poetry Festival?
Friday, July 24
If you're in San Francisco and looking for something to do tonight
The San Francisco International Poetry Festival is continuing on tonight at the Palace of Fine Arts. Jonathan showed up to the Alley kick off last night to play a few songs. (And looking quite snappy, I must say!)
The reading goes from 7 to 9:30 tonight, it's all free, and it's a great chance to hear poetry in the native tongue. You can find out more about the reading tonight, and the weekend's festival activities, here.You can also hear Jonathan performing on the KFOG morning show, playing "No One Was Like Vermeer." I don't know if they did any sort of interview or not, because this is all I can find to listen to. Had I know he was going to be on before, I would have listened it, but alas. Jonathan's song is about halfway down the page, under Wednesday.
There are many more pictures of this event at Steve Rhode's photostream. Check them out!
Thursday, July 23
Stuff that makes me happy for 500, Alex.
This whole set holds a treasure trove of work like this, with a lot of these portraits. The artist's name is Owen Schumacher, and you should most definitely go check out his work here, and also on his blog, along with many other cool things.
You know, if anyone else has artwork of any stripe, either by or of Jonathan, I'd love to see it. Email me. Maybe I can get a big 'ol post of it in.
NEXT. I am so thrilled to have found this song online. If you have not gotten to hear "My Affected Accent", the song that's making the tour rounds lately, now's your chance! Youtube is truly the bringer of light.
Wednesday, July 15
Randi goes to SLC
Randi: John, do you want to go to a concert in Salt Lake? Ticket's free.
John: Who?
Randi: Jonathan Richman
John:Who...Oh, is that the guy on your wall?
Randi: Yes, John, yes it is. You coming?
He answered in the absolute affirmative, even though we would have to do a (minorly disastrous) pickup in Pocatello. Knowing nothing about Jonathan except that I liked him, he adventured along with us. I wasn't entirely sure we were going to make it in time. The Pocatello pickup from hell had taken longer than figured, and we were barreling down the highway, trying to get there in time for when the doors opened. We made it. I had told Cathy that it was a ramshackle little place at the end of an alleyway, but I'm sure she believed me until we were gazing upon its tin-sided glory. While John used the window to primp, we sat down and played with the cat of Kilby Court.
We finally got in the doors, and I saw a familiar face standing next to the stage. The guy we met last time! Who, I discovered, has an actual name. It is Mike. He and I talked Jonathan until the show started, while my friends either rolled their eyes or ignored me. I defended Jonathan's only playing his new stuff, we talked about the essays I'd managed to work Jonathan into, and our favorite albums. Good way to kill time.
The show started, with no opener, just pure Jonathan. They were about 15 minutes late, but once they started, nobody cared. He was even better than the last time I had seen him at Kilby, and though he didn't dance much, he was incredibly talky. While singing my affected accent, he told us that he was such a brat, and "40 years later, I apologize". He did his own backup singing on this tune, telling us that it was the chorus of angels. At the end of the song, he said, eyes upraised, "I'm sorry, the angels are sorry. Everybody's sorry". He also gave us a little speech about self-confidence during Pablo Picasso. "If he didn't care, the girls didn't care. It's not a problem". He sang this wonderful new song in Hebrew about this very sexy yet modest dress, "It looks like one of those dresses from the 40s"and how it just looks so great on her when she walks down the street. He told us that they have no problem keeping the electricity up when they sit at home together, doing nothing too exciting, just reading, although "It's not always poetry, right now it's Alexandre Dumas. The Three Musketeers. Oooh, some people say 'I won't pick up that big 600 page book', but it's wonderful". During a new song, he made a great comment about how sometimes he just wants to play his role with her, and grow old with her, and, he laughed "I've already got a head start." He also told us a joke during He Gave Us The Wine To Taste It, his encore:
So this rich guy gives his butler a bottle of wine for the holidays, and when the butler gets back, he asks him how he liked it. The butler goes, "It was just right". And the rich guy asks, "Well, what do you mean by that?", and the butler goes, "If it was any better, you wouldn't have given it to me, and if it was any worse, I couldn't have drank it!"
At one point during the show, the aforementioned Kilby Court cat wandered onstage. Jonathan stopped playing for a moment and watched it, everyone laughed as it circled the stage and decided this was boring, and it had better things to do. Jonathan assured us that this was not a humans-only show, and everyone was welcome here, quadruped or sextuped alike. The show ended, and Jonathan stood on the stage by the door, shaking people's hands as they left. No matter how long he plays, it's always over too quickly.
And I still didn't get to hear My Baby Love Love Loves Me. But I'll forgive you, Jonathan. Just this once.
You can see more pictures, there's like 80-90 from this show, on my flickr. The ones from this show are at the bottom of the set. All the other shows I've been to are in there as well.
Tuesday, July 7
Roaring hot at the Lion's Lair
It's obvious he's made the 100-person capacity venue a regular stop. And it's clear why: he knows exactly how to make the Lair look so much like its own legend — comfortable, intimate and unassuming — a home for the regular, and just as comfortable for a fan.
As I walked into the venue, filled to what had to be capacity with an already sweaty throng, Richman was playing "My Affected Accent." He regaled the happy crowd with his characteristically naive banter with, of course, an exaggerated Boston accent. In his eyes, you could see he was still living out his adolescent spirit, belied by the salt-and-pepper in his hair and a few visible lines in his face. The crowd ate up every word, with a few of them hollering out requests (Richman ignored them), and added laughter to the already tight knit atmosphere....
The pair played a hilarious rendition of "The Lovers Are Here and They're Full of Sweat," that had the entire audience laughing through the almost uncomfortably appropriate, sweaty heat of the Lair. When they performed the hit "I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar," he set down his guitar and took up a set of reindeer bells as Larkins played a drum solo, and then had the entire crowd singing the "Ohm-hmm" part of the chorus over and over, never losing that light behind his eyes.
After a short break, Richman was barraged with resounding approval when he asked if we wanted a couple more, and added "…We're not tired! We just didn't want to bore you," and then played easily the best set of the night with "Our Party Will Be On the Beach Tonight," "He Gave Us the Wine to Taste It," and a brilliant rendition of "You Must Ask the Heart."...The last song, in which he sporadically interrupted himself with narration and wry romantic comedy, inspired a watershed moment for me. I realized that Jonathan isn't just a brilliant singer-songwriter, nor is he merely the "godfather of punk," as he's been dubbed. Jonathan is a quintessential street performer, the archetypal busker. His easy naiveté grasps audiences, and his banter is designed to keep them transfixed until he's finished, and begins to pass the hat. Only, rather than spare change, Jonathan asks for participation, and to share in his infectious happiness.
You can read everything I skipped here.
The second is from another music blog, Backbeat Online.
Indeed, it's difficult to imagine such communal encouragement and sustained interest taking place at a larger theater. More importantly, perhaps, a larger stage would surely have subtracted from Richman's inimitable stage presence. The founder of the Modern Lovers took full advantage of the small Lion's Lair stage, constantly moving away from his two microphones to sing directly and unamplified to the nearby crowd. Richman found several occasions to temporarily lay aside his guitar in order to take a cowbell solo, a stint on the shaker or just an impassioned dance break.With his eyebrows arched high and his piercing gaze aimed directly at the audience members, Richman seemed on the brink of some kind of emotional breakdown during the entire performance.
The effect of Richman's theatrics and his intensity were as contagious as they were affecting. The sound was simple and the instrumentation understated, but the two performers filled the room with their instrumentation. The audience also kept up a respectful amount of silence during the slower songs and clapped along during the more energetic numbers. The crowd likewise stayed fully engaged during songs that alternated in tone and topic between the ridiculous and the forthright. Richman's pleading, insistent tenor voice and his earnest, searching facial expression elicited encouraging responses during songs like "You Must Ask the Heart," which deals with fairly straightforward matters of love and heartache, and tunes like "I Was Dancing in a Lesbian Bar" and "In High School I was Such a Brat," which incorporate a degree of Dadaistic ridiculousness. Lyrics that casually referenced William F. Buckley got as considerable a response from the crowd as songs about "the springtime of love," rendered in both French in English.
Even Richman's forays into foreign languages and interpretive dances failed to loosen the rapt attention of the crowd, who cheered for the words they did not understand and hooted during the dance breaks. The effect would surely have been lost in a more spacious and more anonymous venue. Songs like "Let Her Go Into the Darkness," "Time Has Been Going By" and "Celestial Es Como El Pan" and "Because Her Beauty is Raw and Wild" benefited from Richman's direct input with the crowd. In between verses, Richman would address the audience directly, riffing on a theme and offering observations or anecdotes. What's more, the pair's instrumental approach also seemed ideally suited for a smaller space. Richman's flamenco strumming style and elaborate solos rooted in bar chords played on a nylon string guitar fit the scope of the space, as did Larkins' small jazz drum kit.
Sounds like it was an awesome show, all around. You can read the rest of the last one over here.
I always laugh when people talk about how hot it is at a Jonathan show. Seriously, folks, wear as a few clothes as possible and pray for a cool night. That's your best bet. :)
First two pictures are also from Reverb, the bottom one is from stakerpix.
Tuesday, June 30
I love Alexandra Molotkow
Jonathan Richman doesn't believe in air conditioning. He doesn't think that our comfort is worth expanding the ozone hole for, and he feels that "when we refuse to suffer," we "cheat feeling." Fair enough, but the motionless ceiling fans above the Great Hall in Toronto, whose floors are slick with sweat, are a bit of a kick in the ass. Sandwiched between my boyfriend and a pair of loudmouthed forty-somethings who are yelling out song requests and botching the titles ("play Summertime Feeling!"), watching Jonathan make eye contact with the audience and wiggle through his dance routine, I'm torn between primal rage and tears of joy. Don't get me wrong—I take Jonathan's words as gospel. Living them is a different story.JR was one of the great discoveries of my life. One of the hardest parts of growing up is realizing that life is actually pretty good, that what seemed like serious pain was really boredom and sexual anxiety. At sixteen, having obtained a fake ID, and, with much effort, convinced someone to sleep with me, I was content. It wasn't easy. For one thing, I could finally see my musical heroes for what they were: petulant children with undiagnosed personality disorders. Nevertheless, my record collection remained a monument to unwarranted self-pity. When I found Jonathan, I found the idol I should have started with. Whereas most rockstars' songbooks read like manuals for fucking up your life, JR's is the ongoing autobiography of a satisfied person.
Jonathan called me the following evening. My mother asked me who it was and what he wanted; I told her that the middle-aged singer from There's Something About Mary had invited me out for supper. She panicked. Of course, she didn't need to: Jonathan is the only fifty-something I can think of who could go for dinner with a couple of teenaged girls in absolute innocence. I sat to the left of Jonathan and ate hunan tofu on rice. He talked when he had something to say and smiled otherwise. When the meal was over, my fortune cookie read, "Stop looking forever—happiness is sitting right next to you."
I spent the following year in a state of apple-cheeked optimism. It was the simple fact that people like him existed, that it was actually easier to be happy than to be hung up on petty disappointments. I prided myself on my positivity, and took heart in the fact that Jonathan Richman would have disapproved of all the jerks who gave me attitude.
Go read the rest over here. Not if you want to, just go read it.
Pictures are stolen in the dead of night from the talented Mr. Forester of flickr.
If you have any reviews or tips for me, email me using my address from the button in the sidebar. However, I will be GONE Thursday through Saturday to go see Jonathan in Salt Lake (!!!), so don't be offended if I don't get back to you right away :)


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While it appears that the brick-and-mortar grocery store has a secure place in the retail environment for the foreseeable future thanks to the importance of fresh produce to shoppers, among other priorities, this does not mean that physical stores have nothing to learn or gain from the world of digital retail.As with the growing popularity of the click-and-collect order fulfillment model, successfully merging the physical and digital shopping experiences through the application of technology can provide an edge on the competition in today's marketplace.
The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) relays information from a report by Telsey Advisory Group showing that consumers who make use of digital and physical shopping spend more on average. According to Walmart, the omni-channel consumer spends $2,400 per year as compared to $1,400 for in-store-only shoppers and $200 for online-only shoppers.1
While Walmart does not equate directly to grocery retail, this demonstrates that merging the digital and physical worlds provides real value to customers, who spend more as a result. This is not restricted to allowing customers to buy products online or in-store. Integrating technology into the in-store shopping experience can provide value for both the customer and the retailer at once.
This digital integration can include loyalty/rewards program mobile apps, smart shelves, computer kiosks for inventory lookup, in-store WiFi access with promotions, QR codes on products, online shopping lists, and self-checkout stations. Not only do all of these systems provide tangible benefit and convenience to the customer, most of them also enable sophisticated data collection and analysis to provide valuable market research data.
Willingness to use all of these options is high in North America, according to 2015 research from Nielsen, while adoption rates are comparatively low:
In addition, the willingness percentages were taken again in a 2016 survey, and had increased even further.2
These technologies represent the future of in-store retail. Many, like online shopping lists, in-store computers, and QR codes, provide your increasingly interconnected customers with access to more information than could previously have been available, all while allowing you to collect valuable usage and interest data based on the numbers of items researched and items purchased. Other methods like handheld scanners and self-checkout stations increase convenience for shoppers, giving them more options and more control over their experience.
Your ability to adapt to the changing marketplace and innovate with digital integration, starting in the planning phases of your construction project, will prove highly effective in maintaining loyal customers and competing in the modern retail environment. The grocery store as a format is likely here to stay, but the necessary advance of technology will determine what that format looks like 10 years from now.
- Article: "Trends for 2017." International Council of Shopping Centers. Jan. 2017. Web. 12 Nov. 2017.
- Report: "What's In-Store for Online Grocery Shopping: Omnichannel Strategies to Reach Crossover Shoppers." The Nielsen Company. Jan. 2017. Web. 11 Nov. 2017.
- Report: "The Future of Grocery: E-Commerce, Digital Technology and Changing Shopping Preferences Around the World." The Nielsen Company. Apr. 2015. Web. 10 Nov. 2017.


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This post is part of a virtual book organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. Rachel will be awarding a $25 Amazon gift certificate to a randomly drawn commenter during the tour. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour.
Welcome back to It's Raining Books, Rachel. Why do you write in your genre? What draws you to it?
As well as Victorian romance, I also write contemporary romance and romantic suspense. I love alternating the sub-genres because it keeps (I hope) my writing fresh and interesting. My books run to around 85-90,000 words and when I finish a project set in today's world, there's nothing more exciting to me than re-entering England in the late 19th century. I have so much fun telling stories from two very different environments and social practices…yet the emotions of the characters always remain the same. Love, loss, jealousy, revenge and joy are universal and timeless.
What research is required?
I am lucky enough to live just a short, thirty-minute drive from the famous city of Bath, England so chose to set my historical romances there because I can come and go so easily. Bath is rich in history from the Roman times, through to Regency and Victorian eras. The buildings have hardly changed over the years and the museums are fantastic. It's a pleasure to visit Bath under the banner of research – I often use real buildings, churches and settings but the plots and themes need very little research because they are so emotion based.
Name one thing you learned from your hero/heroine.
Laura (my heroine) – tenacity makes anything possible.
Adam (my heroine) – true happiness is more often than not found in the place you were least expecting or where you were seeking to find it.
Do you have any odd or interesting writing quirks, habits or superstitions?
No – does that make me boring? Lol! I write the entire time my kids are at school and once they are home, I write as often as physically possible. I use a Mac laptop and tend to write sitting on the sofa with my snoring black Lab beside me. I need absolute silence to create but often edit and complete promo work while household chaos erupts around me. Are you a plotter or pantser?
A mix of the two – I start each book with an idea or premise and then write a two-three page synopsis and character sketches for my hero and heroine (and villain, if I have one). After that, I start writing. I complete the first draft from start to finish without looking back. It's in the following drafts that the real work begins…
Look to your right – what's sitting there?
Right now, my husband. I am completing this interview while he's watching Gandhi on TV. It's the weekend so the whole family is home…and avoiding the downpour outside! Such is the UK…
Anything new coming up from you? What?
My next book is actually due out next week – "What Belongs To Her" is my third book with Harlequin Superromance and the third book in my Templeton Cove series. It is a contemporary romance featuring a brand new hero and heroine…with lots of cameo appearances from existing characters from the first two books.
Here's the blurb and buy links:
She's ready to take back what's hers.
Since the moment a local crime boss claimed ownership of her family's fairground, Sasha Todd has dreamed of righting the wrong. Now it's time to act, and backing down from the man's estranged son is definitely not an option. After all, giving up her legacy to hot-blooded John Jordon means losing the chance to finally heal the wounds in her past. Stopping John in his tracks—and resisting the sizzle between them—is Sasha's best defense. But there's more to him than she thought, which changes everything. With what matters most at stake, she'll have to risk a brand-new future with John, or walk away from the man whose heart belongs to her.
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Do you like series books set in the same town or with returning characters? If yes, which series is your favorite?
About the Author:
Rachel is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association and Romance Writers of America. When she isn't writing, you'll find Rachel with her head in a book or walking the beautiful English countryside with her family and beloved black Lab, Max. Her dream place to live is Bourton-on-the-Water in South West England.
She likes nothing more than connecting and chatting with her readers and fellow romance writers. Rachel would love to hear from you!
Website: http://rachelbrimble.com
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Adam Lacey has been driven to distraction since the moment he saw Laura. She is his ideal leading lady come to irresistible life—and so much more. Certain they can make the perfect team on and off stage, he is determined to win her heart—and discover her story. But that is precisely what Laura fears. And she has no idea that Adam harbors shameful secrets of his own. Will the truth free them to love—or destroy all their dreams…?


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The footwear industry is no stranger to 3D printing. Many shoe designers use the technology to experiment with prototypes and help visualize new – and often cutting-edge – designs. But how can 3D printing – also called additive manufacturing – be used in other parts of the industry, such as manufacturing and production?
This is the focus of a recent article in Compass, The Right Fit.
Could 3D printing allow for the easy manufacturing of personalized footwear? This is a goal for many. It's no secret that people's feet are not all the same. We all have had that pair of shoes that we like that doesn't fit quite right, but we bear it because – well, what choice do we have? According to recent research conducted by New-York based SOLS, 63% of those who buy its products had been wearing an incorrect shoe size.
3D printing could alleviate that compromise between comfort and fashion. And it's not just the fit that can be easily adjusted, but consumers can change features at little to no cost.
Another benefit? Virtually eliminating industrial waste, since 3D printing involves adding layers of materials rather than cutting them out. It can also address other issues in the footwear industry, such as creating too much inventory and manufacturing imperfections.
But no one claims this will easy or a quick migration. Check out the full article to read more about the pros and cons of 3D printing in footwear, and then come tell us: are you looking forward to the day when you can design your own shoes, or would you rather stick with the ease of the traditional footwear shopping process?
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Images of little boys charged with murder have shocked the nation.
Freckle-faced Eric Smith was just 13 when he strangled and beat a four-year-old neighbor to death in 1993.
Now, a 10-year-old boy is the newest to join this terrible list. Tristen Kurilla is charged with beating to death a 90-year-old woman with her own cane.
Prosecutor Janine Edwards said, "It's not everyday there's a 10-year-old charged with murder."
Even Edwards can't believe the age of the accused killer.
She said, "As a mother I felt something from the beginning, which is, this is extremely unique. We have a 10-year-old child who has just committed a murder."
The shocking attack took place in a ramshackled house in Damascus Township, Pennsylvania, about 140 miles north of Philadelphia, when the boy was visiting his grandfather.
According to authorities, 10-year-old Tristen got into an argument with a 90-year-old woman staying in the home. What happened next is chilling. The boy lost his temper, then allegedly used a cane to choke the woman, before he pummeled her with his fists.
"I killed that lady," the fifth grader allegedly told cops.
"Were you trying to kill her?" he was asked.
He replied, "No, I was only trying to hurt her."
The boy's mother turned him in after he told her what he'd done.
HLN's Nancy Grace told INSIDE EDITION, "Right now, the parents of this 10-year-old boy are claiming, according to reports, they don't want him back home. We don't know why. Has he been a behavioral problem? Has he committed crimes before?"
Tristen is now being held without bail at the Wayne County correctional facility and is being isolated from adult prisoners.
Everyone is struggling to understand: how could a baby-faced child turn into a killer?
Pennsylvania officials say they had no choice but to charge the boy as an adult as all charges of criminal homicide by law must originate in adult court.


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Usability & Prototyping – WebApps2010
May 17, 2010 1 Comment
So… Here are my slides from my talk on Usability & Prototyping at WebApps2010 organized by SiliconIndia in Bangalore on 15th May.
The talk went well and the audience were pretty responsive and involving. I managed to finish my talk within the time limit. Nice experience on the whole


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While I have been quiet on the blog over the winter and much of the spring I have been busy.
We live in Massachusetts. Springtime is exciting and bursting with color. The summers are glorious, the beaches are beautiful. Autumn in New England has to be seen to be truly appreciated; rolling hills decked in reds and golds are world renowned. And then... there is winter. "Wait", you say, "why are we talking about winter?!" Stay with me.
I suppose if you ski, ice skate, ect. the winter isn't that bad... but I am not one of those people. I like the first snowfall, maybe a light snow while I'm Christmas shopping and possibly Christmas morning and THAT'S IT! From December 26th until some late day in March I question why I live here, what it would take to sell our home and move, or how to afford a three month long vacation south every year.
One of the my least favorite chores in the winter is clearing off the snow from the cars. For 14 winters we have lived in this home with enough parking for 6 cars but no garage. There was a shed at the end of the driveway. The house originally had a barn where the shed stood but that was long gone before we bought it.
We decided that we were getting too old and our cars were taking too much abuse. Two old maples, over 100 years old, flanked the left side of the driveway. I had to go to Google Earth for photos of them because for some reason I did not take pictures of them!
Both were diseased and we knew it was only a matter of time before they would need to be taken down.
Those factors combined moved us to build a garage! What do we know about building a garage? Nothing.
We contracted with a local builder because we know our limits. We are limited to where it can be positioned and how big it can be. To the rear is our septic system. It has to sit so many feet off the front property line and so many feet from our neighbor's property line. That being said we had to be very precise and smaller than we would have liked. We would still need a shed to house yard equipment. Trying to figure out where that was going to go I think was the hardest part.
The shed was needed to store all the stuff that our old shed housed but in a different spot. The old shed was rotting and wouldn't survive a move. The problem was trying to envision where it should sit in relation to the garage once it was built. We opted to sit in on an angle off to the side.
We contracted to build a two story, two car garage and it will sit where the old shed was. The upstairs will be a work space for me; not a living space but a place I can paint or sew or craft and have all the mess out of the house. If you sew you know how difficult it is to have to pick up everything to make dinner and use the dining table for something other than what you're in the middle of at the moment. Downstairs there is enough room for a work bench at the back of the garage.
As I said, we know our limits so it is better to have the shell done by those who know what they are doing but I had plans brewing for the inside! I will be sharing the process here in the coming weeks.
Thanks for spending time with me today.
Monday, May 21, 2018
You Have To Know Your Limits
4 comments:
Exciting, Jolena! Can't wait to follow along with your garage adventure.ReplyDelete
We're exploring the possibility ourselves and look forward to learning more about the plan and construction.Replies
It is exciting but difficult for me to not be involved. Sitting back and waiting is not one of my strong suits and contractors work on their schedules, not mine. It wasn't all that bad but definitely a different thing for us. Thanks for visiting with me.Delete
Exciting times, always a joy to have your very own craft space.ReplyDeleteReplies
I can't wait to get busy in there!Delete
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