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Georgia Anne Muldrow: Seeds
review[-]by Andy Kellman On Seeds, Georgia Muldrow takes a step back and leaves the beatmaking to Otis Jackson Jr., aka Madlib. As producers, Muldrow and Jackson are not worlds apart, so the switch requires no adjustment on the part of the listener. That said, this is one dense and tight set, barely over half-an-hour in length, and it's definitely in contention for Muldrow's most focused, funkiest, and (somewhat ironically) personal release to date. While she does not stray into new topics, there is an emphasis on her family as salvation and purpose, and all children -- seeds, as in the chilling call-to-action title song -- are a major concern. The most direct track of the lot is "Husfriend," where she honors her relationship with Dudley Perkins (aka Declaime, who shows up elsewhere): "I'm so glad I had your child/Ecstatic that we really followed through"; "You're the only one that made my demons leave the room." Muldrow can't quite divorce the planetary and personal issues, heard vividly on "Best Love," which sounds just like a simple, sweet, straight-ahead love song until she starts asking her other half for money to build water wells on three continents ("We can make a difference if we try now"). Jackson's productions trawl through more piles of the obscure jazz and funk recordings at his disposal, and they foster typically high-viscosity rhythms, capable of pulling some neck muscles.
Publicado por martin Etiquetas: 2012, reggae soul funk...
NME's 20 Best Albums of 2012
1. Tame Impala - Lonerism
2. Grimes - Visions
3. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
4. Crystal Castles - (III)
5. ∆ (Alt-J) - An Awesome Wave
6. The Maccabees - Given to the Wild
7. Pond - Beard, Wives, Denim
8. The Cribs - In the Belly of the Brazen Bull
9. Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
10. Jack White - Blunderbuss
11. Django Django - Django Django
12. David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant
13. DIIV - Oshin
14. The xx - Coexist
15. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
16. Melody's Echo Chamber - Melody's Echo Chamber
17. Grizzly Bear - Shields
18. Tribes - Baby
19. Toy - Toy
20. Howler - America Give Up
Lo mejor del 2012 - MOJO -
Empezamos con las listas:
MOJO's Top 20 Albums of 2012
1. Jack White - Blunderbuss
3. Bill Fay - Life Is People
4. Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
5. Dexys - One Day I'm Going to Soar
6. The Black Keys - El Camino
7. Django Django - Django Django
8. Dr. John - Locked Down
9. Julia Holter - Ekstasis
10. Bob Dylan - Tempest
11. Scott Walker - Bish Bosch
12. Tame Impala - Lonerism
14. Hot Chip - In Our Heads
15. Cat Power - Sun
16. Bobby Womack - The Bravest Man in the Universe
17. Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral
18. Orbital - Wonky
19. Advance Base - A Shut-In's Prayer
The Enemy: Streets in the Sky
Publicado por martin Etiquetas: 2012
Beachwood Sparks performing "Tarnished Gold" on KCRW
"Tarnished Gold" es otro de los elegidos en estar entre los mejores discos del 2012. Un exquisito tema que da título al nuevo álbum de Beachwood Sparks.
Publicado por Jordi Etiquetas: 2012
The Domnicks - super real
Don Mariani vuelve ha hacer de las suyas con su nuevo trabajo:
Graham Parker - Get started, start a fire
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Publicado por martin Etiquetas: 80´s, Canciones porque si
P-Funk Allstars - urban danceflor guerrillas
review[-]by Stephen Cook This truly is an all-star affair. Parliament and Funkadelic alumni like Bootsy Collins, Eddie Hazel, Walter "Junie" Morrison, and Garry Shider, among others, resurface from various stages in the Mothership's time upon earth to contribute to this stylistically sprawling and urbanely funky session; adding to the impressive roll call are high-profile soul and funk guest stars such as Sly "Sylvester Stewart" Stone, Bobby Womack, Fred Wesley, and Maceo Parker. And leading the charge is the master himself, George Clinton. Amazingly, considering all the egos involved, Urban Dancefloor Guerillas comes off sounding of a piece. And while the expansive funk found on Uncle Jams Wants You and One Nation Under A Groove is, for the most part, bypassed here -- this album adheres more to the compact and streamlined sound heard on The Mothership Connection -- Urban Dancefloor Guerillas still impresses with sophisticated charts, top playing, and a wealth of rich harmonies. The funk gets nicely mixed up with relatively straightforward cuts like "Pumpin' It Up" and the prescient "Copy Cat" (P-Funk's output, of course, would become a veritable sampling library for the hip hop community), as well as more experimental numbers like "Catch a Keeper" (co-produced and arranged by Stone) and the Dadaist funk jam "Hydraulic Pump." And expanding the repertoire nicely, Clinton indulges in the updated doo wop of "One of Those Summers" and some breezy jazz and funk on "Acupuncture." The newer touches may not suit fans loyal to the group's groundbreaking '70s albums, but Urban Dancefloor Guerillas is certainly worth checking out for its own brand of inspired funk.
Publicado por martin Etiquetas: 80´s, discos recomendados, reggae soul funk...
Parliament - Mothership Connection
[-] by Jason Birchmeier The definitive Parliament-Funkadelic album, Mothership Connection is where George Clinton's revolving band lineups, differing musical approaches, and increasingly thematic album statements reached an ideal state, one that resulted in enormous commercial success as well as a timeless legacy that would be compounded by hip-hop postmodernists, most memorably Dr. Dre on his landmark album The Chronic (1992). The musical lineup assembled for Mothership Connection is peerless: in addition to keyboard wizard Bernie Worrell; Bootsy Collins, who plays not only bass but also drums and guitar; the guitar trio of Gary Shider, Michael Hampton, and Glen Goins; and the Becker brothers (Michael and Randy) on horns; there are former J.B.'s Fred Wesley and Maceo Parker (also on horns), who were the latest additions to the P-Funk stable. Besides the dazzling array of musicians, Mothership Connection boasts a trio of hands-down classics -- "P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)," "Mothership Connection (Star Child)," "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)" -- that are among the best to ever arise from the funk era, each sampled and interpolated time and time again by rap producers; in particular, Dr. Dre pays homage to the former two on The Chronic (on "The Roach" and "Let Me Ride," respectively). The remaining four songs on Mothership Connection are all great also, if less canonical. Lastly, there's the overlapping outer-space theme, which ties the album together into a loose escapist narrative. There's no better starting point in the enormous P-Funk catalog than Mothership Connection, which, like its trio of classic songs, is undoubtedly among the best of the funk era.
Publicado por martin Etiquetas: discos recomendados, reggae soul funk...
Johnny Marr - The Messenger
The Rolling Stones - Doom And Gloom
biography[-]by John Dougan Formed in 1974, N.Y.C.'s Dictators were one of the finest and most influential proto-punk bands to walk the earth. Alternately reveling in and satirizing the wanton excesses of a rock & roll lifestyle and lowbrow culture (e.g., wrestling, TV, fast food), the Dictators, whose worldview was defined by bassist/keyboardist and former fanzine publisher (Teenage Wasteland Gazette) Andy (occasionally Adny) Shernoff and renegade rock critic/theorist Richard Meltzer, played loud, fast rock & roll fueled by a love of '60s American garage rock, British Invasion pop, and the sonic onslaught of the Who. Driven by the guitar barrage of Scott "Top Ten" Kempner and Ross "the Boss" Funichello and fronted by indefatigable ex-roadie and wrestler Handsome Dick Manitoba (aka Richard Blum), it seemed that nothing stood in the way of the Dictators and mega-popularity. But that's not what happened. There were complications with record companies, personnel changes (one-time bassist Mark Mendoza left for Twisted Sister; original drummer Stu Boy King was replaced by Richie Teeter), radio hated them, critical response was lukewarm, and lots of audiences didn't get the jokes; supporters remained loyal and vociferous (especially Meltzer), but it didn't turn into anything tangible. Ironically, what didn't help at all was the rise of the New York punk scene, which only diverted attention away from them and onto bands they influenced (e.g., the Ramones). They did manage to release three fine albums, but after 1978's Bloodbrothers was greeted with public apathy, the group's members began moving in different directions. Kempner put together the Del-Lords and the Little Kings and recorded as a solo act. Ross the Boss spent a few years in the goofy, macho heavy metal band Manowar and later joined Shernoff and Manitoba in the punk/metal combo Manitoba's Wild Kingdom. And Shernoff worked as a producer. However, as Shernoff put it, "the Dictators never broke up. Sure there were occasional gaps of a few years between some shows (we had lives to lead) but deep in our hearts and souls we always knew we were Dictators. We couldn't escape it even when we tried." With this in mind, the band got together to play a handful of shows in 1980, one of which was recorded for the cassette-only album Fuck 'Em If They Can't Take A Joke, which was later reissued as New York, New York. The band hit the road again in 1991, and began heading out on a semi-regular basis after that. In 2001, the Dictators made their abandoned retirement official and recorded a new album, D.F.F.D., which ranked with the band's finest work in the studio. More touring followed, and a live album recorded at two shows in support of D.F.F.D., Viva Dictators!, came out in 2005.
Publicado por martin Etiquetas: 70´s, D
Neneh Cherry & The Thing: The Cherry Thing
review[-]by Thom Jurek The Cherry Thing features vocalist and songwriter Neneh Cherry fronting the brilliant, provocative Scandinavian the Thing, whose members are saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love. The latter are a diverse vanguard jazz group whose name comes from a tune by Don Cherry; their founding mission was to play his music. They've since expanded to cover rock tunes and play their own compositions. For those who remember only Cherry's pop hits, this may seem a radical departure, but it's actually a return of sorts. She began her career in the 1980s as a teen vocalist in post-punk outfits Rip Rig & Panic and Float Up CP; both melded free jazz and angular funk. She is a natural collaborator -- she's worked with Pulp, Tricky, the The, and Gorillaz. There are two originals here. Cherry's confrontational love song "Cashback" opens a set that melds syncopated, acoustic jazz funk and post-millennial soul. Gustafsson's jazz tune "Sudden Moment" features wonderful twinned phrasing by the saxophonist and Cherry before opening into an improvisational sprawl. Of the covers, the nearly nine-minute version of Suicide's "Dream Baby Dream" puts Bruce Springsteen's contrived version to shame. In the Cherry Thing's embrace, it is no less ethereal than the original, but far more sinister; Cherry's honeyed croon keeps the beautiful melodic core intact, even as she becomes ever more insistent, showing her dominant authority. Her accompanists build a gorgeous wall of atmospheric tension behind her. Martina Topley-Bird's "Too Tough to Die" begins sparsely and slowly before Cherry and Gustafsson enter and begin pushing, charging at the lyric edges. Cherry's vocal is emboldened with risk, turning the melody in on itself and ululating against the baritone horn. The rhythm sections answers with syncopated breaks and funk. MF Doom's "Accordion" and the Stooges' "Dirt" may seem like choices from opposite ends of the spectrum, but are complementary here. Both are sparse, threatening, and poignant, the former tinged with implied violence, and the latter -- the finest groove-laden cover of the tune ever recorded -- smolders with raw, dark sensuality. Between them is papa Cherry's "Golden Heart," an otherworldly meld of Middle Eastern modes and textures and a skeletal lyric frame that displays this group's command of diverse musical languages. Closer "What Reason Could I Give" is a less refined, more mournful blues-oriented take on Ornette Coleman's "What a Reason" (one of his few tunes that features lyrics). Its nearly mournful presentation, with gorgeous jazz singing by Cherry and restrained yet adventurous soloing by Gustafsson and Håker Flaten, make the tune drip with longing. The Cherry Thing is a collaboration whose immediacy, dynamic, and motion are organic; its creative originality singular. It unabashedly and nakedly displays its seams and inspirations. It is a serious contender for any representative year-end list.
Billy Bragg - Sexuality video
Y seguro que también recordais el single más destacado del "Don't Try this at Home" de Billy Bragg . "Sexuality" que maravilla de canción y de vídeo ! Que guapa la ya desaparecida Kristy MacColl.
Publicado por Jordi Etiquetas: 90´s
Billy Bragg - Tank Park Salute (1991)
Me acuerdo cuando salió el disco , este era otro de mis temas favoritos del "Don't Try This at Home" Ahora lo estoy escuchando de nuevo,es de esas joyas que en algún momento recuperas otra vez. Una canción triste y deliciosa al mismo tiempo. Ahora si que me despido por hoy y con este comentario que está en you tube sobre el tema. "My Dad died 30 years ago. I saw Billy play about 2 years ago, and before the show, I asked him to sign these lyrics matted along with photos of me and my Dad. He said he was "honored" to do so. That hangs in our home and I'll treasure it always."
Billy Bragg - Accident Waiting to Happen (1991)
Bueno y para acabar ( hace tiempo que no participaba en el blog!). Esta maravilla que aparece en el album "Don't Try This at Home" (1991)(UNO DE SUS MEJORES DISCOS!!!!!!!) del gran Billy Bragg. Genial Billy!
The Lumineers - The Dead Sea
Este es otro de mis discos favoritos de este año , The Lumineers. Este tema me engancha con ese toque entre Ryan Adams y The Felice Brothers (disco Yonder is the Clock). "The Dead Sea" , un tema impresionante en este disco de presentación de The Lumineers. Espero que os guste!!
Band of Horses A Little Biblical Later with Jools Holland BBC Two
Apabullador tema del nuevo disco de los Band of Horses. A mi entender entre los 5 mejores discos del 2012. Otro excelente año de los grupos y artistas de pop/folk/rock/country en los USA.
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Birdy: Birdy
review[-]by Jon O'Brien On the face of it, the self-titled debut from 15-year-old Birdy, aka Jasmine van den Bogaerde, doesn't seem any different from the hastily assembled cash-in covers albums released every year by the various X Factor alumni. But although its 11 renditions of mostly contemporary songs, many of which could be passed off as originals due to their previous lack of exposure, stick to the tried-and-tested talent show formula, that's where the comparisons end. Indeed, you won't find any karaoke standards or renditions of Miley Cyrus songs here, as this stripped-back collection of lesser-known hits and album tracks reads like a who's who of lo-fi hipster indie rock. The likes of the National's "Terrible Love" and Francis & the Lights' "I'll Never Forget You" offer little deviation from the source material, but for the most part, producers Rich Costey (Muse), James Ford (Arctic Monkeys), and Jim Abiss (Adele) strip the songs down to their bare bones, turning Cherry Ghost's everyman anthem "People Hold the People" into a tender torch song with its stately piano chords and mournful cello, toning down the aggression of the Naked & Famous' synth pop hit "Young Blood" with some muted beats and ethereal twinkling electronica, while somehow turning the already sparse "Shelter" from the xx's Mercury Music Prize winner into an even more skeletal and ghostly affair. As clever and subtle as these reworkings are, it's Birdy's youthful and fragile voice that steals the show, whether it's replicating the multi-layered harmonies of Fleet Foxes' "White Winter Hymnal," providing a poignancy to Bon Iver's "Skinny Love," or showcasing her scale-gliding abilities on the Postal Service's "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight." The gospel-tinged cover of James Taylor's "Fire and Rain," the only track to sound more expansive than the original, feels slightly out of place, while the unremarkable balladry of the only original composition, "Without a Word," suggests she might have to work a little harder on her songwriting skills if she's to avoid becoming a one-trick pony. The whole idea of Birdy sounds like a transparent attempt to court a more credible audience, but thanks to her haunting tones and a tasteful yet compelling production, it impressively avoids being the try-hard affair you'd expect.
Mink DeVille
biography[-]by Jason Ankeny Although a product of the New York punk scene, at heart Mink DeVille were a soul band with roots in R&B, the blues, and even Cajun music. The group was a showcase for frontman Willy DeVille (born William Boray in 1953), a native New Yorker who in 1971 traveled to London to form a band; unable to find compatible musicians, he worked as a solo performer before returning to the U.S. and settling in San Francisco, where he founded the first incarnation of Mink DeVille in 1974 with bassist Ruben Siguenza and drummer Tom "Manfred" Allen. After playing in Bay Area leather bars and lounges under a variety of names including Billy DeSade & the Marquis and the Lazy Eights, the trio read a music magazine feature spotlighting the Ramones; duly inspired, Mink DeVille relocated to New York, where they recruited guitarist Louie X. Erlanger. After debuting with three tracks on the Live at CBGB's compilation, the band entered the studio with legendary producer Jack Nitzsche and surfaced in 1977 with Cabretta, an energetic, soulful outing highlighted by "Spanish Stroll," a Top 20 hit in the U.K. After recording 1978's Return to Magenta, Willy DeVille dismissed his bandmates (save for Erlanger) and moved to Paris to record Le Chat Bleu, a record steeped in traditional French-Cajun romantic ballads -- complete with accordion backing -- and recorded with session luminaries including bassist Jerry Scheff, saxophonist Teenage Steve Douglas, and drummer Ron Tutt. Dismayed with the results, the group's label, Capitol, delayed its American release for over a year, prompting Mink DeVille to jump to Atlantic for 1981's Coup de Grace. By 1983's Where Angels Fear to Tread, Willy DeVille was the sole remaining founding member; after the release of 1985's Sportin' Life, he finally jettisoned the Mink DeVille name to continue working as a solo performer. Among his later recordings, the most successful was 1986's Mark Knopfler-produced Miracle; the single "Storybook Love" was later nominated for an Academy Award after it appeared in the film The Princess Bride.
biography[-]by James Christopher Monger Raised on a steady diet of The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and the brothers Gallagher, English singer/songwriter Jake Bugg blends the melodious, working-class swagger of the La's and the primal, bluesy simplicity of the White Stripes with the wry, weathered romanticism of Jens Lekman. Born in Nottingham, Bugg picked up the guitar at the age of 12, and within a year he was composing his own songs. Disinterested in the hip-hop and grime that dominated the listening habits of his peers, he turned to the classics for inspiration. Bugg's first brush with recognition came at the age of 17, when a local DJ began spinning one of the cuts he uploaded to BBC Introducing, a program that supports "unsigned, undiscovered, and under-the-radar musicians." An invitation to play Glastonbury arrived shortly thereafter, and before he knew it, he was supporting acts like Lana Del Ray, Example, and Michael Kiwanuka, and had inked a deal with Mercury. His first single, "Lightning Bolt," arrived in early 2012, while his eponymous debut album appeared in October of the same year and featured production work from former Snow Patrol collaborator, Iain Archer. review[-]by James Wilkinson As far as debut albums go, this eponymous release is a surprisingly accomplished effort from the Nottingham-born teenager Jake Bugg. Although he stares out from the album cover like a younger, long-lost cousin of the View or the Enemy, while those U.K. indie acts found their nourishment on a diet of the Jam, Oasis, and the Strokes, Bugg found time to explore pre-Beatles music from the likes of Buddy Holly and Richie Valens. These influences -- combined with a folk sensibility and moments of delicate acoustic fingerpicking that betray a love for Bob Dylan and Donovan -- make for an accessible, pop-focused record that doesn't attempt to chase innovation. Much of the material here was co-written, produced, and mixed by Snow Patrol and Reindeer Section collaborator Iain Archer. When Bugg and Archer combine on "Taste It" and "Trouble Town" -- two of the album's stronger, more raucous tracks -- it's as if you're hearing what the La's would have sounded like if John Power had been their dominant force, as opposed to Lee Mavers. It's the intro to "Taste It" in particular that apes "Feelin'" -- the Liverpudlians' final single -- while "Trouble Town" comes across as a rewrite of their cautionary "Doledrum" with its skiffle-fueled tales of unemployment benefits and missed payments. The comparatively positive and sprightly opener "Lightning Bolt" didn't do Bugg any harm when it was featured just prior to the BBC's live coverage of Usain Bolt's Olympic 100m victory and was heard by a U.K. audience of 20 million people. Built around a three-chord shuffle and a bridge that Noel Gallagher would be proud of, it's another example of a Bugg/Archer gem. While it's the analog-sounding upbeat tracks such as these that impress, it's the mid-paced, digitally polished ballads and resultant formulaic pacing that underwhelm. It's safe to say that those searching for experimental music should most definitely look elsewhere. "Broken" -- co-written with former Longpigs frontman Crispin Hunt -- takes Bugg into broad, "X-Factor does indie" territory, while "Country Song" tiptoes between James Blunt's vocal quirks and John Denver's suffocating pleasantry. Inoffensive and clean-cut as they are, both tracks signify a mid-album lull and sit awkwardly on a record that is littered with overt drug references and imagery from the street. To his credit, Bugg's too young by far to be a drug bore, and when he takes "a pill or maybe two" in "Seen It All" or is "high on a hash pipe of good intent" in "Simple as This," it feels like social documentation rather than a misguided attempt at glamorizing their use. Elsewhere, Clifton -- the south Nottingham village that Bugg calls home -- gets what is possibly its first mention in song on the irresistible, Hollies-inspired "Two Fingers." All in all, though Bugg's debut may not share the wordy precociousness of Conor Oberst's formative steps or the political astuteness of Willy Mason on Where the Humans Eat, it's his sheer earnestness and rare gift for writing simple, hook-filled tunes that ultimately charms the listener.
Publicado por martin Etiquetas: 2012, B
Curtis Mayfield - There's no place like America today
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reviewby Bruce Eder The title is intended in an ironic way, as illustrated not only by the cover -- a grim parody of late-'40s/early-'50s advertising imagery depicting white versus black social reality -- but the grim yet utterly catchy and haunting opening number, "Billy Jack." A song about gun violence that was years ahead of its time, it's scored to an incisive horn arrangement by Richard Tufo. "When Seasons Change" is a beautifully wrought account of the miseries of urban life that contains elements of both gospel and contemporary soul. The album's one big song, "So in Love," which made number 67 on the pop charts but was a Top Ten soul hit, is only the prettiest of a string of exquisite tracks on the album, including "Blue Monday People" and "Jesus" and the soaring finale, "Love to the People," broken up by the harder-edged "Hard Times." The album doesn't really have as clearly delineated a body of songs as Mayfield's earlier topical releases, but it's in the same league with his other work of the period and represents him near his prime as a composer.
Publicado por martin Etiquetas: 70´s, discos recomendados
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Crocodiles: Endless Flowers
Crocodiles: Endless Flowers By Matthew Fiander San Diego's Crocodiles don't really care to hide who they or where they come from. Their name is also the title of an Echo and the Bunnymen album, and their retro, faded album covers hint at a time that came long ago, long before the band even existed. With that idea of past and nostalgia in mind, primary players Brandon Welchez and Charles Rowell coat themselves in thick, gauzy layers that feel faded and worn. They've tapped into this grinding throwback pop for two albums, and on their new one—Endless Flowers—things haven't changed much. Not that this sameness is always a bad thing. The album opens with the heady, powerful one-two punch of the title track and "Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9)". The former mixes a wall of fuzzed-out guitars with airy keyboards to make a soaring sound that (barely) clears out so you can hear the wailing verses before they ramp up again for cascading choruses. The latter, however, buzzes just a little harder and the guitar's deliver sharper hooks instead of wide-open groans. It's an overcast, busy twist on surf rock—with a bending note twanging in the background—and makes it the most notable track on the record. The band is in its wheelhouse with this kind of full-to-the-rung power-pop. "Electric Death Song" cleans up the mix a bit, but it's still metronomic but hard struck drums under this swirling storm of guitars and keys. Later in the record, "Welcome Trouble" turns all this fuzzy dreaming into something chunked up and industrial to solid effect. In these moments, you see the band under all the influences. Though none of these textures may be new, they manage to make them unique because they don't let them trudge. They keep the pace up, and keep their performance tight, so even if the sound seems too huge to take in, you can hear the best parts that comprise it, the striking melody of "Endless Flowers" or the razor's-edge riffs of "Welcome Trouble". Unfortunately, much of the record lacks that vitality. Some songs follow the same formula: "My Surfing Lucifer" is a wobbly but still thick bed of gauze, while "Dark Alleys" churns along on Krautrock-like persistence and those buzzing guitars. Unfortunately, neither ever deliver a hook that you can latch onto and they also—"Dark Alleys" in particular—deliver wrote, often schmaltzy lyrics, so when you hear about "the dark alleys of my heart" and how "I never fall apart" there's a sing-songy emptiness to the lines that kicks in and throws you out of the song. When the band isn't toeing the psych-rock line too closely, it's branching out in strange ways that don't really fit. If the band's strength it its energy, songs like "Hung Up on a Flower" take a detour away from that strength. It's a hazy attempt at balladry, something slow and narcotic to break up the propulsion of the rest of the record. But while its space is a welcome change, the slow swirl of guitars and vocals never really goes anyway, just slumps along for five minutes until it devolves into a mess of screeches and found sounds. It's the kind of experiment that feels self-conscious, like it's trying to change things up when really all it does is make us wish things would get back to normal. "No Black Clouds for Dee Dee" tries to pare the sound down to angular new-wave riffs that feel thin, especially after the noise of "Sunday". "Bubblegum Trash" is the most noble of these failures, slowing the pace down only a little, trying to tap into the cool space of early-90s Brit-pop, and while the choral backing vocals are a nice shift, the band doesn't capitalize on the moment, repeating the title over and over in the chorus too many times, making the phrase more and more grating as the song goes on. Endless Flowers is an album that shows both the merits and pitfalls to following your influences too closely. Even if Crocodiles sound like so many bands that came before them—and so many bands now standing on the same giants' shoulders—their flaws here aren't ones of mimicry. The best parts of the record make space for their own personality and energy within all this thick, expanding fuzz. Unfortunately, too much of this record slows down or stops short completely, selling loud walls of sound in place of recognizable hooks and undercooked, sentimental lyrics in place of real emotion. The good stuff makes its mark and moves on, but there's just not enough of it, and the rest of Endless Flowers feels, well, endless.
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Warren Zevon - Play It All Night Long
Skydiggers Northern Shore
By Zachary Houle Canadian folk-rock group Skydiggers have, throughout their 20-plus years in existence, almost become more well known for their troubles with record labels than any music they've recorded, acting as little more than a primer and a cautionary tale for Canuck acts looking to break big. They were signed with a couple of mid-level labels in the early '90s and were a fairly popular draw on the pub circuit, but failed to make the big breakthrough to the next level. Those labels the group had been signed with went bankrupt by the mid-'90s, putting the group's first three albums out of print. When the band wanted to re-release what is considered to be their high-water mark, 1992's Restless, by the end of the decade, the band was unsuccessful at winning back the rights to the master tapes, forcing them to put out an album of demos cobbled from that record's sessions called Still Restless independently. They, too, made the leap to a major label in Canada for 1995's Road Radio, but, once again, the sales weren't exactly what the record company was looking for, and the band soon saw itself back in indie land once again rather than get pressured by their label into delivering a hit record simply for the sake of it. It's little surprise that the band has had such bad luck getting their material distributed, that the group, along with entrepreneur Grant Dexter, would wind up forming their own label to help Canadian musicians get exposure. That label, MapleMusic Recordings, now backs or has backed such successful musicians as Kathleen Edwards, Sam Roberts, Joel Plaskett and many, many others. With these difficulties—not to mention the fact that founding member Peter Cash, who built part of the vocal foundation of the band's sound, left in the mid-'90s—now well behind them, the band has broken a three-year silence to release their eighth studio album, a sprawling nearly-hour long collection of 15 songs called Northern Shore. For this album, the band reached into the past, taking songs that predated the existence of the group—such as "Liar, Liar", a collaboration between vocalist Andy Maize and guitarist Josh Finlayson—as well as covering Mickey Newbury's "Why You Been Gone So Long". The group also briefly welcomes back Peter Cash here as a guitarist and vocalist on "Barely Made It Through", co-written by Peter and his brother Andrew, a singer-songwriter who made a mark in Canadian music in the late-'80s and early-'90s as a solo performer and has since gone onto a political career as an elected Member of Parliament at the federal level for the socialist New Democratic Party. Two of Andrew's other songs make appearances here as well. In addition to all of this, the band lets Jessy Bell Smith, a guest performer, take over the lead vocals for the song "Deep Water (31 Mile Lake)". Does that sound like a record with a lot going on? Yes. Yes, it does. The fact that there's so much variety and difference to be found on Northern Shore makes the record feel more like a collection of songs—a lot of songs—and the band was throwing a bunch of ideas at the wall to make them stick. This sometimes works to the band's advantage—"Barely Made It Through" and "Why You Been Gone So Long" are rollicking numbers that feel particularly off-the-cuff—and sometimes it doesn't—the sort of solemn, yet rocking "Deep Water (31 Mile Lake)" drunkenly stumbles into "Why You Been Gone So Long", making a case for the fact that the album wasn't particularly sequenced very well. There's also a lingering sense that the group is kind of going through the motions on the record, that they'd set out to make a Skydiggers record by throwing everything they had in the pot and stirring it as opposed to really thinking about what would be the very best material to include, leading one to argue that perhaps a few of the songs could have been pruned to make the record a much more manageable length and something a bit more consistent. Still, for such criticism, there's a fair amount of stuff here that does work here and works well. A song like "Barely Made It Through" is almost a Canadian take on the Jayhawks' classic sound. "Fire Engine (Red Explosion)" has a very groovy, funky feel to it with its jittery organs and horns, and "You Been Gone So Long" (not to be confused with the aforementioned "Why You Been Gone So Long") is a great acoustic guitar ditty. "Wake Up Little Darling" is a sterling piano ballad, pulled from Andrew Cash's songbook. Uniformly, the 15 songs that make up this album range from good to great, without a real stumble in sight. However, Northern Shore is the sound of a band that wants to be a crowd pleaser and give a lot of different styles to their fans in the hopes of pleasing someone, but might ultimately have the effect of turning off listeners, pleasing no one. Thus, Northern Shore is a behemoth of a record, and nearly collapses under its own weight. That all said, undiscerning fans will probably like it, and seeing that the group's lauded early material is, well, a little hard to come by, thanks to all of those legal and rights issues, Northern Shore is a good starting point for anyone interested in the rootsier alternative sounds that came out of the Northland during a good part of the 1990s. Nothing here is going to put the Skydiggers on the level of a vaulted Canadian band like Blue Rodeo or the Tragically Hip (which is kinda ironic considering the Skydiggers recorded portions of this disc at both of those bands' home studios), but here the group more or less holds its own, and gives listeners a pretty good indication as to why pub-goers like this brand of music. The legacy of the Skydiggers might be one of a band getting railroaded by their handlers, but Northern Shore reminds us that, for all of the group's troubles at simply getting product into the hands of listeners, it has more than enough good tunes that satisfy—when they can get them heard.
Rick Nelson: The Complete Epic Recordings
His real first name was Eric. Rick Nelson was there at the beginning of the modern rock era. He starred and sang on a television show during the early '50s and '60s. He was straight enough for mom and dad to like, but cute and rebellious enough to be adored by the kids. He oozed charm without trying. He sang really good material (like "Travelin' Man", "Hello Mary Lou", "Poor Little Fool") backed by some of the best side musicians (e.g., James Burton, Joe Maphis, Scotty Moore) of the time period. Nelson had a rockabilly streak that gave him an edge, even when performing love ballads. Nelson was left in the dust when the British Invasion came and knocked American music off from the charts. He want back to his country rock roots and recorded material that suited his own tastes. As he famously sang later, "You can't please everyone so you got to please yourself." That song ("Garden Party") was among the more famous ones that led to his revival in the '70s. But that fame too was short lived. By the end of that decade, his record company (Epic) had such little faith in him that they did not release many of these songs in the United States. Thankfully, the 41 tracks he recorded for Epic have just been issued, and they are amazingly good. The 2-CD set includes 1977's Intakes, the only disc to be released during his life time. The Al Kooper produced 1978 Back to Vienna Sessions that was posthumously remixed and released and in 1986 is issued here for the first time as Kooper intended. These each are both 10 cuts long. The new anthology also includes 21 cuts known as the Memphis Sessions from 1978-9 that have been largely unavailable in America until now. He covers songs made famous by Elvis Presley ("That's Alright Mama"), Bobby Darin ("Dream Lover"), and Buddy Holly ("Rave On"), and many others. In fact, there are three versions of "Rave On" and two of "Dream Lover", but the tracks are different enough and good enough to bear repeated listenings. For example, Nelson takes on "Rave On" first as a straightforward pop song with an almost martial beat. The second time around the groove is much looser. He lets the musicians jam more and allows his voice to slither as well as hiccup during the appropriate moments. The third is live and features the audiences' reactions to his performance. Nelson turns both versions of "Dream Lover" into acoustic, heartfelt pleas for a mate. He annunciates every word with a slight ache. Nelson offers an intimate prayer for love that makes the listener feel like someone eavesdropping on a private moment. It's beautiful. But the Memphis sessions aren't always so serious. He has fun with Bobby Womack's "It's All Over Now", John Forgerty's "Almost Saturday Night" and other more uptempo material. The 1978 Back to Vienna Sessions was originally issued in a remixed version that stripped off Al Kooper's production. This is the first time one can hear his original Kooper lets each song have a separate personality. Nelson takes on some excellent creative material such as Arthur Alexander's "Everyday I Have to Cry Some", Allen Toussaint's "What is Success", Randall Bramblett's "Carl of the Jungle", and Terry Allen's "New Delhi Freight Train". Nelson's phrasing adds to the depth of the material just as Kooper's production gives the songs a frame. Nelson always covered Bob Dylan well. He had a hit in 1970 with "She Belongs to Me". Here he performs "Mama, You've Been on My Mind" with a wistful touch that serves the song well. Intakes captures that sunny California sound of 1976-7 with sweet guitar melodies/or piano lines mixed harmony vocals that evoke good times. Self-penned tracks like "It's Another Day" and "Something You Can't Buy" just beg to be heard while driving to the beach or the mountains. And other tunes, like the appropriately entitled "I Wanna Move With You", make you want to move. While there is something slight about the 10 tracks, that's also their charm. Life in this post-Watergate era was heavy enough. This is meant to take one's mind off of such things and just party. Times are different now, or not, you figure it out. But Nelson's main concern was always the music. During this period of his life Nelson was making fine music that most people never heard—until now.
Trapper Schoepp & the Shades
In the late '60s, the Deviants were something like the British equivalent to the Fugs, with touches of the Mothers of Invention and the British R&B-based rock of the Yardbirds and the Pretty Things. Their roots were not so much in the British Invasion as the psychedelic underground that began to take shape in London in 1966-1967. Not much more than amateurs when they began playing, they squeezed every last ounce of skill and imagination out of their limited instrumental and compositional resources on their debut, Ptooff!, which combined savage social commentary, overheated sexual lust, psychedelic jamming, blues riffs, and pretty acoustic ballads -- all in the space of seven songs. Their subsequent '60s albums had plenty of outrage, but not nearly as strong material as the debut. Lead singer Mick Farren recorded a solo album near the end of the decade, and went on to become a respected rock critic. He intermittently performed and recorded as a solo artist and with re-formed versions of the Deviants.
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In which The Author ponders a geographical question
Rabbi Pete Tobias of the Liberal Synagogue in Elstree was the guest speaker on Richard Allinson's Radio 2 breakfast show one day last week. Like me, Rabbi Pete is a bit of a joker, and indeed the subject of his Thought For The Day was the need to take everything (including oneself) a bit less seriously. He told a story of when he was at rabbinical college, and the lecturer was explaining the difference between ontology and existentialism. He wrote the question Why am I here? on the board.
'If I emphasise the "why", it's an ontological question,' he continued. 'And if I emphasise the "I", it's an existential question.'
At which point Pete piped up, 'And if you emphasise the "here", it's a geographical question.'
Cue stony looks from lecturer and fellow students alike.
(Yes, folks, in keeping with my new broadcast documentary style, I'm going to embark on yet another bitter and patronising diatribe about the state of education in this country. If you like, you can skip over this and go on to the next funny bit.)
Back in the day we used to learn where countries were on the map. When I was in primary school my parents bought me the New Junior Encyclopedia. This was published in eighteen weekly volumes, priced at 59 new pence each. I've still got them all, and in fact I'm holding Volume 1 in my hand now. It was produced in 1973 by News Publishers Ltd, who on closer examination turn out to have been part of the now-defunct Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd of London. Looking at the title page, the Consultant Advisory Board were respected names: Professor Asa Briggs, Maurice Burton, Sir Bernard Lovell, and Yehudi Menuhin, among others
Even though I'm not quite old enough to remember when half the world was coloured red, the final volume contained a detailed atlas and a potted history of the British Commonwealth. I got hooked on the atlas, even at eight years old, and I've loved maps ever since. My brother also took up this interest, and pursued it into his career as a cartographer.
I've always been fairly good on the People and Places category on various quiz machines in pubs over the years – probably as a result of this early fascination with maps. Now, of course, what we used to call 'geography' has adopted a politically correct environmentalist agenda, in which the names and locations of places are far less important than the effects of climate change and species extinction.
In 'An Exciting New Documentary' I referred in passing to the way in which news stories are always accompanied by a graphic of a spinning globe, heading from the UK to wherever the earthquake or hurricane or forest fire has wreaked its havoc. I used to find this an annoying example of dumbing down in the media. Now I know why they do it.
[A digression: Several years ago, Dillons bookshop in Cardiff participated regularly in an exchange scheme with the twin city of Stuttgart. Someone doing their apprenticeship (which means something very different in Germany) in the publishing industry could come and spend two weeks working in our shop. Of course, none of us ever got to go to Stuttgart for a fortnight. I imagine someone at County Hall got that little junket sewn up fairly early on, in that fine Welsh Labour tradition of Jobs For The Boys.
Anyway, one particularly wet summer, Jasmin came to work with us. She was lovely, and Louise and I – who had at best a rudimentary knowledge of German – took her under our wing. In common with most people I've met from outside the UK, Jasmin thought that the United Kingdom was synonymous with England.
Throughout her time working with us, she would say things like 'Books are very expensive in England.'
I'd catch her eye, wink, and say, 'Yes – and in Wales.'
After a couple of days she caught on, and it became a bit of a running joke between us. When she went home, she sent me a postcard from Stuttgart, in which she said how much she'd enjoyed her time in England (and Wales).]
I'm studying the History and Development of the English Language at the moment, and about a month ago we were talking about the impact of English in South Africa. It was about the time that we were deciding which variety of World English to do our project on. I'd already decided to look at English in the Indian subcontinent – mainly because it's a variety which I've been interested in for a good while. Also, Shanara can point me to a lot of useful practical material, like the effects of English-language cinema (negligible in the face of Bollywood domination, apparently).
Afterwards, a couple of the girls had to ask Gill A. for advice. They thought that the Republic of South Africa was synonymous with the whole of the continent south of the equator. I was familiar with this misunderstanding after a couple of years looking after the travel guides in work. I regularly had to move guides on Southern Africa out of the section on RSA, and vice versa. It took Gill quite a while to explain the difference; I left for the train at about the time where she was describing how all the little coloured pieces on the map of the continent represent individual nation-states. That would be fair enough in primary school, perhaps, or maybe in the lower tiers of secondary school, but with first-year university students it's almost beyond belief.
Then again, if I was teaching a course like Gill's, I'd pepper the slideshow with maps and illustrations. It would liven it up a bit for one thing, but it would also benefit people who can tell you everything about the plight of the Yanomani people in the face of encroaching deforestation, but haven't got the first idea of where they actually live.
By an odd coincidence I watched the Wales vs Scotland game in the Students' Union the following afternoon. A young black guy sat next to me and we said hello before settling down to watch the game. During the first injury stoppage we started chatting. I picked up his accent, and asked him if he was from South Africa. In fact, he was from Botswana – close, but no cigar. He told me that when he came to the UK to study, he didn't realise that we had three national rugby teams and four national soccer teams. Like Jasmin, he'd fallen for the old UK = England myth peddled by the global media.
I amused him by telling him about the discussion after Gill's lecture, when she had to explain that RSA wasn't the whole of Southern Africa. It seemed that his perspective on our country was similar to their perspective on his.
Yesterday, in the seminar we sat down with maps and charts illustrating the relation of World Englishes to British Standard English. Two of the girls have decided to study Caribbean English for their project. They were quite upset when they couldn't find it labelled on the map of World Englishes. I ended up pointed out the area in question – the map-maker had labelled it 'West Indies'. I told them, half-jokingly, to start watching the cricket coverage.
Still, it's not nearly as good as the customer in Waterstone's who asked Keith (entirely seriously) whether the whole world was on a particular globe. At that point, I think we both wondered why we were here.
As the old joke has it – probably because we're not all there!
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The study found that 40 percent of students who are eligible to vote cast ballots last year, up from 19 percent in 2014.
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College students across the United States more than doubled their rate of voting between the 2014 and 2018 midterm elections, according to a study published Thursday by Tufts University – a dramatic spike in political engagement that could draw unprecedented attention to these voters in next year's presidential election.
Census Bureau data has shown that turnout rose in nearly all demographic groups between the two midterm cycles, but it rose most sharply among young adults. The Tufts study shows the turnout spike was particularly stark among college students – an extraordinary level of engagement for voters who typically stay home in nonpresidential elections.
Among all eligible voters, for instance, turnout reached 50 percent in 2018 – less than a 14-point jump since 2014, according to the United States Elections Project.
"It's really a stunning comparison between college students and the rest of the United States population," said Nancy Thomas, director of Tufts' Institute for Democracy & Higher Education, which published the study. "We need to start listening to a constituency that has not been heard very much in the past and that is now making their voices heard."
While past surveys have documented a spike in voting among young people in 2018, this study focuses on college students. The Tufts researchers amassed records of more than 10 million college students from more than 1,000 institutions, producing a comprehensive portrait of voting patterns by numerous demographic groups.
According to the study, college women voted at higher rates in 2018 than those of men, with black women voting more reliably than any other racial or gender group at 43 percent and Hispanic women logging the greatest gains between 2014 and 2018.
Overall, 36.5 percent of Hispanic college students voted, according to the study – up from just 14 percent in 2014. The rate among Asian students nearly tripled from 9 percent to 26 percent, but more among women than men. Higher engagement, combined with demographic shifts in university enrollment, led to an increase in the vote share of these two groups and a decline in the vote share of white and black students, the study found.
"The overall demographic of who goes to college is changing," said David Brinker, a senior researcher at Tufts and one of the study's authors.
The study's findings mirror a census survey published earlier in the year showing that overall turnout spiked to a 100-year high in the first congressional election since Donald Trump became president. A Washington Post analysis of that data found that turnout increased by 21 percentage points from 2014 to 2018 among citizens ages 18 to 24 who are attending college – similar to the Tufts survey – but that turnout rose by a smaller 12 points among young adults who are not attending college.
The Tufts survey included all college students at the participating institutions, regardless of age.
Increased turnout among college students and young Americans is already drawing the attention of the field of candidates vying for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president.
Surveys show that young voters who turned out last year tended to overwhelmingly oppose Trump and supported such liberal causes as climate change, gun violence, immigration and student debt. In addition, exit polls showed 18- to 24-year-olds favored Democratic House candidates by a more than 2-to-1 margin in 2018.
If they repeat their 2018 performance, these voters could help power a Democratic campaign in battleground states.
Skylar Knight, 22, a graduate of Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, said Trump's election pushed his peers to pay attention to politics.
"In the era of normalcy with Barack Obama as president, people liked and disliked him, but it wasn't so strong and so divided, and people weren't really engaged in these kinds of conversations that early in life," said Knight, now attending graduate school at George Washington University. "If there's any good that's come from the 2016 election, it's that it's really motivated young people to become educated and involved."
Thomas said the Tufts study indicates that young voters provide an opportunity for both parties. "The Republicans could just as well make policy platforms that appeal to this constituency," she said.
While one factor driving youth turnout is the heated national political environment, a year-round focus on engagement on campuses is also contributing, Thomas said.
"I know one engineering school, for example, where the voting rates are shockingly high," she said, "because the president is out front and running this as a civic duty. They talk and talk and talk politics."
At Rollins, for example, there is a heavy emphasis on civic engagement in a wide array of courses. A student in environmental studies would be required to work on a remediation project in the surrounding community. Someone studying literacy issues would teach young students to read. A counseling class discussing the threat to women in abusive relationships could also spend time in a shelter.
"One of the things we discovered that gets students really into learning is when they can see it play out in their world, and they can see it empowering themselves to make a difference in their world," said Grant Cornwell, president of Rollins College.
Rollins's history of high participation by students in elections is "not the consequence of particular get-out-the-vote efforts," Cornwell said. "That's a consequence of the way we approach the entire mission of Rollins."
Overall, the study shows 2018 turnout rates to be slightly higher among students studying education, social sciences, health professions and humanities – and lower among business, science, engineering and math students.
The study revealed a gender voting gap in which women vote at higher rates than men, notably between black men and black women and Asian men and Asian women. Those gaps "present opportunities" for campaigns, Thomas said.
The study also revealed a significant gap between students older than 30 and those under 22, with older students voting at higher rates, but the gap narrowed by five points between 2014 and 2018.
And it found "relative consistency" in voting rates between students attending two-year, four-year, public and private institutions, with women's colleges voting at the highest rates but all types seeing their rates increase since 2014.
The National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement is a project of the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education at Tufts University's Tisch College of Civic Life.
The study analyzed 2018 voter turnout among more than 10 million students at 1,031 colleges and universities that volunteered to participate across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Schools provided student data, which was matched to a national database of voter registration and turnout records. The researchers did not receive any information identifying individual students or how they voted.
Roughly one-fifth of students were not matched to voter registration records and were assumed to be non-voters. While some students are not U.S. citizens and thus ineligible to vote, the analysis accounted for the percentage of each institution's students who are not U.S. citizens.
The Washington Post's Scott Clement contributed to this report.
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Build a stronger bod inch by inch.
Boot camp classes are filled with gonna make you sweat, crazy-effective exercises that make your muscles shake their way through every rep. But there's one in particular that instructors love to throw into the mix: Meet the inchworm exercise.
"The inchworm works the entire body," explains Michelle Lovitt, M.A., exercise physiologist, which makes it effective and efficient. The move is kind of like a walk-out plank, and there are two places you'll most likely see it pop up during class. The first is during a dynamic warm-up—the inchworm is a low-impact exercise that hits all of your major muscle groups and helps prep the body for more intense exercises later in the workout. You're working on your flexibility (you're reaching to touch the floor), mobility (you're bending over at the hips and walking out on your hands), and strength (you're supporting your bodyweight during a moving plank).
It's also programmed into strength and cardio circuits. While the move uses just your bodyweight, if you pick up the pace it's a great, (non-jumping) way to get your heart rate up. This move has you transitioning from a standing position to a plank position, explains Lovitt, and your body has to deliver oxygenated blood to the working muscles. "Since this move requires multiple muscles working at the same time, increasing the speed of movement elevates your heart rate making it more of a cardio move," she adds.
Another reason to love (or despise) this move is that you can make it extra challenging—if that's what you're into. Add on a few squats and push-ups when you're in the standing and plank positions respectively. But first, let's break down the basic variation.
Walk your hands back toward feet and stand up. That's 1 rep.
Lovitt recommends doing 2 sets of 10-12 reps.


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Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) -There may be some heated discussion at Monday's meeting of the Rochester City Council. Then again, maybe not.
City Council President Randy Staver has confirmed he plans to bring up the report from the city's Ethical Practices Board dealing with 2nd ward representative Michael Wojcik.
The board found Wojcik violated the code of ethics when he tried to force the CEO of the Greater Rochester Arts and Cultural Trust to give him a copy of a report before it was released publicly.
Wojcik argued he had a right to see the report because city funds helped pay for it. But City Attorney Terry Adkins said that wasn't the case because there was no contract between the trust and city. The council could decide to censure or publicly reprimand Wojcik or do nothing.
The council may also vote on the employment contract for the new city administrator. Last week the council picked Steve Rymer over two other finalists for the job left open when longtime administrator Steve Kvenvold retired in May. Rymer is a Minnesota native who is the current City Manager for Morgan Hill, California. It's expected he will begin his Rochester job in October.
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m.


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Trump Administration Seeks to Open Most Coastal Waters to Offshore Oil Drilling
Morgan Baskin
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke told reporters Thursday that the Trump administration will lift an Obama-era ban on offshore oil drilling, opening nearly all coastal waters in the United States—including 90 percent of the country's reserves in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico—to oil and gas companies, the New York Times reports.
The decision would remove protections for about 100 million acres of water, some of which have been closed to drilling for three decades. Opening them will take roughly 18 months, according to the Times, and will likely face blowback from leaders of coastal states intent on protecting their shorelines. Conversely, oil and gas lobbyists, including the president of the Koch-funded American Energy Alliance, lauded the administration's decision.
Per a summary of the announcement published by ABC News, there are 47 proposed land leases already under review in the Department of the Interior, 19 of which are around Alaska, 12 in the Gulf of Mexico, nine along the Atlantic and seven in the Pacific. Six of the Pacific sites would be off the coast of California.
Barring a successful challenge to the decision, drilling is expected to begin between 2019 and 2024.
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Heroin and HIV/AIDS epidemic in Burma
By The Irrawaddy DECEMBER, 1998 - VOLUME 6 NO.6
A new report, titled "Out Of Control 2", issued by the Southeast Asian Information Network [SAIN] shows the involvement of Burmese regime officials in narcotics trafficking and the correlation of increased drug trade and rising HIV/AIDS rates in Burma and beyond its borders.
The report states that the last several years have produced a mounting body of evidence indicating high-level involvement of some junta members in the illicit narcotics industry. Routes and methods of transportation and export of Burmese narcotics are described in this report.
"Under this regime Burma is not only becoming a narco-state but its people and those of its neighbors are facing two devastating epidemics: injecting drug use and HIV/AIDS," said Dr. Chris Beyrer.
New evidence from China and India suggests that Burmese heroin exports to those countries now pose similar health risks to their peoples, and the evidence suggests high- level Burmese government involvement with the export of these narcotics.
New information details how heroin #4 from Burma is crossing through China's western borders into Kazakhstan and onto Hungary and Poland. The report explains how the explosive use of heroin #4 and HIV infection are linked to the dual epidemic in Burma and its neighboring countries.
The Indian and Chinese drug and HIV/AIDS epidemics support evidence that Burma, in addition to being a heroin exporter, is also an exporter of the HIV infection.
There has been a considerable rise in the amount of heroin crossing the border since the signing of the Indo-Burma trade treaty in 1995.
In November, the Unicef director for East Asia and the Pacific told Reuters news agency in Bangkok that Burma and Cambodia could face an "Africa-like" Aids epidemic unless they took firm action against the deadly virus. Curiously, shortly after the Unicef's warning, the Tatmadaw [Armed Forces] issued private instruction concerning HIV/AIDS to battalions and troops throughout Burma.
According to reliable source, between January to October this year approximately 1,000 soldiers were infected with Aids virus, while over 5,000 were found to be HIV positive.
"Many soldiers who have been stationed on the border with Thailand are infected with HIV virus," added a source.
Many soldiers who deserted their battalions and now work in Thai border towns also told this reporter that "our friends [soldiers] died without even knowing the disease."
A soldier who is in his 20s said there is little information and education provided by officers about the disease "that killed one of my friends in our regiment."
It is a well-known fact that Burmese soldiers including army officers visit brothels along the Thai-Burma border. Without a doubt, the sex workers are not Thais, but Burmese women who desperately need income so that they can send money back to their starving families in Burma.
Not only on the border, but also in central and inland Burma, soldiers bring prostitutes to their quarters where they "share" them.
Former soldier Soe Myint [not his real name] now in Thailand said 10 to 15 soldiers would spend a night with a girl [sex worker]. When asked, "Condom?" He replied, "Never heard of it."
In remote villages, stories are appalling. Soldiers rape village girls and women. The question is what if these soldiers are infected with HIV or venereal disease.
"Now a stern order has come from the Rangoon war office that soldiers who cross the border, visit brothels, and bring prostitutes to their camps will be punished," according to a reliable source.
It added that more serious HIV/AIDS education will be offered to soldiers.
According to the SAIN report, one study of HIV infection risks among men in the Burmese military has been performed. It discovered that risk behaviors were common and that these behaviors included sex with other men (7.4 per cent), extramarital sex (13 per cent), sex with commercial sex workers (37.3 per cent), and inconsistent or absent condom use (96.6). While AIDS education is offered to soldiers, condom promotion and distribution is not a significant part of this program.
There has yet to be any research conducted on homosexual and bisexual intercourse.
As early as the 1980s, young recruits in the army admitted to having sex with their officers or friends. Officers find young and charming soldier to accompany them. At night, young soldiers are often asked to do an extra job.
A World Health Organization report in 1996 showed that 475,000 people were infected with HIV in Burma. The majority were infected through intravenous drug use. Burma's first HIV case was found in 1988.
Beginning of the End of Peace?
Cartoons That Speak a Thousand Words
On a (Cyber) War Footing
Escaping the Traps of the Past
Silencing the Sangha
'The Lady' Lies in Wait
Coloring Between the Lines
War or Peace?
Home Stretch


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They can ease the pain—and boost your immune system, too.
You may not feel like eating much of anything when your throat is on fire—but certain foods can actually ease your pain, while also lowering inflammation and bolstering your body's immune system, too.
Below you'll find the eight best foods to eat with a sore throat: They're all soothing, easy to swallow, and rich in nutrients. If you don't feel well enough to trek to the store, place a grocery delivery order online, or ask a friend to pick up what you need. Prioritizing good nutrition when you're under the weather is one of the best ways to help yourself heal.
Icy pops can offer immediate relief. But many pre-made options are sweetened with high fructose corn syrup or other added sugars, as well as unwanted additives, like artificial colors and flavors. Look for brands made with pureed fruit or fruit juice (and nothing else). Or you can make your own pops in BPA-free molds, with antioxidant-rich fruits like blueberries, pomegranate juice, and cherries. You could even include veggies, by blending leafy greens or spinach with a green fruit, like kiwi. Tart cherry juice is another smart ingredient: In addition to quelling inflammation, it may help you get some rest. Cherries are one of the few foods that naturally contain melatonin.
Warm broth is comforting, and the steam can help loosen congestion if you're also stuffed up. Plus, veggie broth can provide nutrients and antioxidants, and become a vehicle for delivering other beneficial ingredients, such as garlic. Its sulfur compounds fight inflammation. And garlic contains antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal compounds, which can boost immunity.
Make sure you add some turmeric to your broth, too. The spice has long been used in Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine for its anti-inflammatory properties. Research has shown that the root's active component, curcumin, helps lower levels of enzymes in the body that fuel inflammation. However, curcumin is not well utilized without the addition of piperine, a substance found in black pepper, so be sure to add pepper too!
In addition to providing anti-inflammatory compounds, chamomile has been shown to help people fall asleep faster; and sleep is especially vital when you're sick. If you also have a cough, the antispasmodic benefit of chamomile may help. Add fresh lemon for a vitamin C boost and bonus antioxidants.
Fresh ginger root is a potent anti-inflammatory. It also fights nausea, supports immunity, and has anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties. Peel, finely grate, and add to your homemade fruit pops, tea with honey, oatmeal, mashed sweet potato, or smoothies.
If your sore throat is accompanied by a cough, honey can help with that too. The sweet stuff not only has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties, it's been shown to be as effective as cough suppressant medication. Look for organic, raw honey or Manuka honey, a type that hails from New Zealand with especially potent antibiotic qualities. (One lab study found that Manuka honey inhibited replication of the flu virus.) Add honey to your tea or oatmeal, drizzle over mashed sweet potato, whip into smoothies—or just lick it right off the spoon.
The antioxidants and magnesium in oats help curb inflammation, while zinc supports immunity and healing. What's more, the grain is filing, and easy to digest. Like broth, oats also offer a base that can be blended with other healthful ingredients. In this case, mashed banana is a terrific add-in, due to its mushy texture, vitamin C, and antioxidants. You can also stir in a bit of honey, ginger, and cinnamon. Enjoy oats warm, mixed with hot water, or soak overnight in almond milk with pureed fruit and spices and eat chilled.
A smoothie can easily become a complete meal, and provide healthy protein, good fat, and nutrient-rich carbs, in addition to vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. If your appetite is poor, a smoothie or two per day can help you meet overall nutrient needs, and simultaneously soothe a sore throat: Blend a handful of greens with plant protein powder, nut butter or avocado, nut milk or water, frozen fruit, fresh ginger root, turmeric, and black pepper.


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Colonial Pearl of the Caribbean Coast
Cartagena de Indias used to be an important stop for the silver fleet in the sixteenth century. The colonial heart of the city, with its impressive city wall, has been perfectly preserved over the years. Stroll through the beautiful city centre and dine at a good restaurant on one of the many beautiful squares.
Discover the life of Gabriel Garecía Márquez
At the University of Cartagena de Indias, the career of the world-famous Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez began. Want to know more about this writer? Then let us arrange a special culinary tour for you. During this tour, you will visit important locations from the life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and get to know stories of people who know Gabo and his work.
In the afternoon, when the temperature drops, the city comes alive. Start with a delicious cocktail in café del mar on the old city wall while the sun disappears into the sea. Afterwards, stroll through the centre while looking for a good restaurant on one of the many beautiful squares.
Getsemani
Until a few years ago, this historic district outside the city walls was very impoverished. Drug use and crime were rampant here. However, the neighbourhood has made a huge resurrection and is currently considered one of the nicest places of the city. When the evening falls and the humid tropical heat of the day gives way to a warm sea breeze, it becomes crowded around the Trinidad church and the square with the same name.
Spend the night in Casa Lola
Casa Lola is located in the district of Getsemani in a historic plastered building. As soon as you walk into the hotel you will find yourself in a trendy environment. Many old elements of the building have been used for the interior, but because of the combination with a lot of art and greenery the hotel has a modern look. On the roof terrace you have access to two small swimming pools and a fantastic view over the city.
Staying overnight in a former monastery
Originally, in 1621, the Santa Clara Hotel was a monastery, which is located in the heart of the historic city of Cartagena de Indias. From your balcony you can enjoy the view of the patio, the beautiful architecture of the old town and the Caribbean Sea.
The Cartagena of Gabriel García Márquez
Cartagena de Indias was founded by Pedro de Heredia in 1533. The city was an important stop for the silver fleet in the sixteenth century. The colonial heart of the city, with its impressive city walls, has been perfectly preserved over the years. It is therefore understandable that this part of the city was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1984. The city has a vibrant Caribbean atmosphere. Every year, a number of festivals dedicated to film and classical music take place here. We recommend staying in one of the many beautiful small boutique hotels within the historic centre.
The career of the world-famous Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez began at the University of Cartagena de Indias. He studied law when he started writing for the local newspaper El Universal. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. Cartagena de Indias was, in terms of atmosphere and special history, very inspiring for him. Many of Márquez's books have a direct or indirect link to Cartagena de Indias and/or other cities in Colombia. Think of 'Love in times of cholera', for example. The writer died in Mexico at the age of 87. However, a part of his ashes has been brought back to the place that was so important to him; Cartagena de Indias. In La Merced, the colonial monastery of the city and part of the mentioned university, his ashes are preserved. A beautiful bronze statue of the writer can also be found here.
Would you like to make a tour through Colombia yourself, including a visit to Cartagena de Indias, and are you curious about the possibilities? Then take a look at the tours that we have put together for inspiration. You can book these trips directly, but we also like to create a personal program based on your wishes and ideas.


Organotransition Metal Chemistry: A Mechanistic Approach describes a mechanistic approach to the study of the chemistry of organotransition metals. Organotransition metals are discussed in relation to their reactions with specific functional groups or types of compounds rather than by metals. Topics covered include the formation of hydrogen and carbon bonds to transition metals; reactions of transition metal δ- and π-bonded derivatives; and addition and elimination reactions of olefinic compounds. This book is comprised of 10 chapters and begins with a historical overview of organotransition metal chemistry, together with the unique chemistry of transition metals and mechanisms of ligand replacements. The following chapters discuss the methods of preparation of hydrido complexes and carbon-transition metal bonds; homogeneous hydrogenation reactions; isomerization, dimerization, oligomerization, and polymerization of olefins; and reactions of dienes, trienes, and tetraenes with transition metal compounds. Transition metal reactions with acetylenes and carbon monoxide as well as organic carbonyl compounds are also examined. This monograph should be of value to organic chemists as well as students and researchers of organic chemistry.


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