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Songs about Werewolves
In my final installment of Halloween treats, I'm going to compile some songs about Werewolves. I actually had a lot more Halloween-related posts I wanted to do, but lately I have not been home.
It began with the Greek mythology about Lycaon who was transformed into a wolf from eating human flesh. The term "werewolf" is based on old English, meaning "man-wolf".
In modern pop culture, the definitive portrayal of the Werewolf was by Lon Chaney Jr in "The Wolf Man" (1941).
Some characteristics of the Werewolves (all based on folklore): Once bitten by a Werewolf, that person also becomes a Werewolf. They turn into a Werewolf on a Full Moon. The only way to kill them is with a Silver bullet.
Michael Shields - Ginger Snaps Theme
My favorite Werewolf movies are "Ginger Snaps". The first movie is about two teenage girls. It was brilliantly executed, paralleling the transformation to a Werewolf and going through puberty. The second movie does the same thing - only Werewolf/drug addiction. The third movie takes place in the past. All the sequels are very different from each other, in story and theme, but they are all about Werewolves.
Update: I was gonna add this yesterday, thought better of it, but Vu's convinced me... The Ginger Snaps theme, composed Michael Shields and available only on his website for free download. It's hauntingly good! Oh maybe I should also mention that the girl who played Bridget in the movie, Emily Perkins (shorter darked haired one), came to my Uni a couple years ago to give a lecture / q&a session on the show (all 3 of which we got to see free, though I'd seen the first before), then ran off with and married one of the Uni lecturers! And that thing about puberty is exactly what I though, but apparently it is just about lesbians. Who knew. - Christopher.
Cocorosie - Werewolf
My favorite Werewolf song is - hands down - "Werewolf" by Cocorosie.
Coco (Bianca Casady) and Rosie (Sierra Casady) are real-life sisters. They have released three albums through Touch and Go Records.
I don't know which of the two is singing (probably Coco as her name goes first in their name), but she has this very interesting vocal style. It's like a weird accent, it reminds me a lot of Joanna Newsom[W♥M]
Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
Warren Zevon has perhaps the best-known song of this group, "Werewolves of London". The song has a comic feel to it and not to be taken too seriously.
According to listeners' polls, on the Jeremy Vine show, the first verse is the #1 "Greatest Opening Song Line."
I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain
He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's
Going to get a big dish of beef chow mein
Running Wild - Prowling Werewolf
Running Wild are a German heavy metal band from the 80s. What you probably didn't guess is that this song (and many of their other songs) are in English.
"Prowling Werewolf", in particular, is a pretty good song. It's more like a power rock song than metal.
An interesting note about Running Wild, is that they became the world's first "Pirate Metal" band. They arrrrr still an active band.
London - Werewolves In London
Speaking of cheesy 80s metal, this song "Werewolf in London" by London, was suggested by This Episode.
The song is fairly typical of this genre: loud guitars and the lead singer can really scream.
Incidentally, in doing research for this American band, I found out that there is a British band also called London. But they are better suited for this name, seeing as they do live in London...
Harry and the Potters - My Teacher is a Werewolf
Harry and the Potters was previously mentioned on W♥M.
I've never read any of the books, but I get the impression that one of Harry's teacher was turned in a Werewolf? This information is what I've derived from the song.
As for Werewolves in Harry Potter, apparently there's only three in the series: Remus Lupin, unnamed character, and Fenrir Greyback. I've deduced that Lupin is the teacher by day and wolf at night.
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - She Said
I didn't know about Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's "She Said" until Life in Ruins mentioned it.
Listening to the lyrics, it's obvious now. The "She" in this song are words spoken by a Gypsy, who warns that the singer is a Werewolf: "you ain't a man no more, you're outta control. These wolf bites gonna find out what its like to lose your soul."
Scary Bitches - Werewolf
Scary Bitches has a song called "Werewolf".
Beyond that, I don't really know much about this British band. They seem to have a huge following in Germany, and are drenched in Goth-Rock.
La Union - Lobo Hombre En Paris
La Union's song "Lobo Hombre in Paris" is a Spanish song, sent in by Cristina.
Since I don't understand Spanish, I just thought of that movie "An American Werewolf in Paris" - the sequel to "An American Werewolf in London". But I am assuming this song pre-date the 1997 film?
the Dillinger Escape Plan - Sunshine the Werewolf
The Dillinger Escape Plan's "Sunshine the Werewolf" is LOUD. It's too loud and hardcore and screamo for me to really enjoy. I figure if I was ever at one of their live show that I would go deaf instantly.
However, before you start to turn down the volume, two minutes into the song and there is a nice break in the song.
I still can't figure what the song has to do with Werewolves?
The Born Losers - Werewolves on Wheels
Cristina also sent in this song "Werewolf on Wheels" by The Born Losers.
I had a hell (haha) of a time looking for the album art for this album. It's a various artist album called Halloween Party. I had even a harder time finding any information about The Born Losers.
This song is just an instrumental. I guess it's best imagined if you saw a hairy Werewolf on a motorcyle!
Metallica - Of Wolf and Man
Metallica's song "Of Wolf and Man" is essentially about a Werewolf.
The song is loud and includes a some crazy guitar noodles half way into the song (this part makes me think of hair bands from the 80s!). My favorite line from the song is: "The company we keep/Roaming the land while you sleep".
The Browns - American Werewolf in Calgary
The (Motherf******) Browns are a punchy powerpunk band - similar to Blink 182.
I thought this song was very poppy/fun band, and as their song title suggests, they really are based in Calgary, Canada. They're currently releasing their music on Meter Records.
Southern Culture On The Skids - Werewolf
I have to say that I have rather enjoyed this song by Southern Culture on the Skids (SCOTS). The song simply is called "Werewolf".
They kind of remind me of surf rock and has a very 70s feel to it (for a band that's in the mid-80s to 90s).
Cat Power - Werewolf
Finally, remember that Cat Power song that was requested by a reader so long ago? Guess what? It's about a Werewolf!
An interesting note about this song is that it's a cover! Originally written by Michael Hurley. Apparently Chan Marshall is a huge Hurley fan as she's also covered two of his other songs, "Sweedeedee" and "Troubled Water".
10/31/2007 23:25:14 vu my♥posts vu@weheartmusic.com wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf
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Not Exactly Halloween Songs
Here's my contribution for Halloween related music. I had an idea to post songs that were created specifically for Halloween, can be interpreted as Halloween songs, or conjure up images of Halloween. Hopefully you agree.
Haunted Castle
Belaire
"Haunted Castle" from Haunted Castle 7"
First up is Belaire's "Haunted Castle" from their out-of-print 7-inch with the same title. It's a perfect Halloween inspired song and the lyrics are quite straight-forward so there's no need for explanation.
Official Website | MySpace | Label | W♥M Post
"Skulls" from BlackBlack EP 2
BlackBlack's "Skulls" is a Misfits cover about wanting and needing skulls. Instead of the high-energy, upbeat, punk sound, they covered it as a down-tempo, slow, dull (not in a bad way, it fits the tempo), rock song.
Official Website | MySpace
Skeleton Song
"Skeleton Song" from Made of Bricks
Kate Nash's "Skeleton Song" is a happy sounding, upbeat, pop song about love, though you don't have to view it that way. Since it's Halloween, you can view it as some weird relationship with a live skeleton.
Official Website | Virb | MySpace | Label
The Dandy Cowboys
"The Dandy Cowboys" from Not Sokute - EP
"The Dandy Cowboys" adds to the wonderful songs that Soko creates. It's a love song about a cowboy couple in which a lady is telling a man how much she loves him... or does she?
Virb | MySpace
Ghosts Have the Best Time
The Panda Band
"Ghosts Have the Best Time" from This Vital Chapter
I'm not exactly sure what this song's about, but I guess if you're dressing up for Halloween, go as a ghost.
MySpace | Label
"Black Magic" from Jarvis
"Black Magic" is about that dark magic that "blows your mind away and takes you somewhere that you wanna stay".
Official Website | MySpace | Label | W♥M Posts
October Leaves (October)
"October Leaves (October)" from Album of the Year
"October Leaves" isn't about or related to Halloween, but I thought it was a good song to segue away from Halloween. It's a beautiful song about someone acting differently around their partner around this time of the year; "everything's changed."
Official Website | MySpace | Label
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Soundtrack Maestros: Goblin
Goblin - Tenebre
My fascination with Italian Prog-Rock band Goblin (and film scores in general) began right after my first viewing of Dario Argento's Tenebre. The giallo was pretty good, but I couldn't get the dramatic, porno-disco theme out of my head. I kept going back and rewinding the first few minutes of the tape. It didn't take too long to realize that I would be Goblin's skeazy bitch for life.
Goblin - Profondo Rosso (Main Title)
Goblin is and will always be associated with Italian horror auteur Dario Argento. In 1975, he offered an unknown Cherry Five the opportunity to replace composer Giorgio Gaslini on the excellent film Profondo Rosso. With a slight line-up change and a new moniker, they went straight to the top of the charts for 56 weeks. In their short three-year existence, they would also score Argento's much beloved Suspiria and Zombi, his cut of Dawn of the Dead.
Goblin - Suspiria
Through the 80s, bassist Fabio Pignatelli continued to work on soundtracks under the Goblin name -- with and without any of the original band members. Keyboardist Claudio Simonetti encountered success in composing and producing dance music. Some credit him as one of the founders of the somewhat hated Italo Disco movement. He also scored a number of horror films, including all of Argento's most recent projects.
Goblin - Zombi
In 2000, Dario Argento managed to reunite Pignatelli and Simonetti with guitarist Massimo Morante and drummer Agostino Marangolo for Non ho Sonno. The soundtrack, while a little heavier than expected, was a really good surprise. The band planned to perform live for the first time in decades at Cult Con 2000 in Tarrytown, NY. Unfortunately, someone got a little pissy and a threat of a lawsuit was thrown around. Hence, only Simonetti and his band Daemonia showed up. The hate was back on!
Goblin - Mark Il Bagarozzo
But, that wasn't quite the end for Goblin. Five years later, Pignatelli, Morante, and Marangolo would hook up with Goblin's other keyboardist, Maurizio Guarini, and release Back to the Goblin 2005. Admittedly, I tend to favor their work with Simonetti, but this is a pretty classic Goblinesque affair. No complaints from me.
annoyed by time constraints, Cristina
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Little Blue Crunchy Things - Halloween
Little Blue Crunchy Things - Licorice
Little Blue Crunchy Things - Florence (Goes To Hell)
Little Blue Crunchy Things - Sindy
Fed up with Haloween tricks? Well oh boy do I have a big treat for you today, a big fat musical onesugar coated with an assortment of what we like to call Little Blue Crunchy Things. Also know as the damn well finest musicians to ever grace the state out of Wisconsin, if not the entire planed.
I first came across LBCT's blend of funk, jazz, hip-hop, blues, rock, rap, ska, country and who knows wtf else on the tabloid Jenny Jones chat show which incidently happened to have one of the finest line up of live band appearances I've ever seen on TV, but enough of that... Over five years I searched far and wide for every single thing the band have ever recorded, which wasn't so easy as they officially broke up around 2000, before I first heard of them.
They formed in the late 80s in Milwaukee, WI, fronted by a man called Noah Tabakin. They recorded three studio and two live albums but due to their range of styles and extended length of the albums it feels like a hell of a lot more. Noah freestyles, raps and beatboxes over a few songs, in addition to playing the sax and DJing. Some of the finest saxaphonests, bassists, funk guitarists and drummers in the area joined up, add in some trombone, trumpet, covers of heavy metal songs, and a range of vocalists from female hip-hop to male country singers and you have one of the widest musical styles to a band I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing. No wonder frontman Noah is now part of a so-called "circus punk marching band".
Anyway, I've included a few songs in this post, but focusing primarily on anything with a bit of a dark side.
Starting up is the obvious "Halloween", their only released instrumental track from a live show in 1996.
"Licorice", which hopefully not to much of you are treated with tonight (it sucks, eh?) is from the same show, and demonstrates Noah's hip-hop vocal style.
Up third is a version of LBCT song "Florence" that was re-jigged by the band for their special Halloween shows throughout the 90s, and rebranded "Florence Goes To Hell" by their fans. It's much more of a treat if you've heard the original first, as this one flips the light hearted acoustic tune on it's much darker sided head.
Finally there's one of my favourite LBCT tunes, the synthed up, sexed up "Sindy" from their last ever official show in 2000.
I say official as the band to this day still get together to play reunion shows every now and then. Unfortunately a wee English kid with no money can not afford the trip over the pond, so has to make do with whatever turns up online. Which ain't much; below are the only videos of the band I've ever found - poor quality, dark, mobile phone clips, but fuck me if the 40 seconds of "Billy The Kid" on there isn't the best sounding country style track I've ever heard.
LBCT - Billy The Kid
LBCT - Hot Tub
LBCT - Wasp
Anyway, if there's one thing you do on a whim from this site, I'd suggest it's grab a hold of every Little Blue Crunchy Things album you can find, most of which are on digital download sites right now. You can start on their MySpace site and if you're not full enough of treats by this evening, just take a listen to Angels, the original Florence, Thunder, Hurricane, Babies, How Ya Gonna Do Me, Slip Away... hell, anything, and you'll get a taste of the greatest musicians ever.
- Christopher
The Devil's Hair
Did you know the Devil has hair ?? In fact, there's a few songs about his hair... this is continuing with the Halloween theme, of course. By the way, there's way too many songs devoted to the Devil and Satan!! We'll have to save them for next Halloween.
Pirate Prude - Devil's Hairslut
PIRATE PRUDE
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Mark Freifeld got the name Pirate Prude from Helium's debut EP (see my article on Mary Timony/Helium).
"Devil's Hairslut" starts off very quiet, and then 25 seconds into the song you hear some guitars. There is this line in the song that goes "To dance with the Devil in the pale moon light" - and of course I just think of The Joker from Tim Burton's Batman (1989).
Pirate Prude's CD will be called "Exile In Circuitville", an obvious nod to Liz Phair's "Exile in Guyville" (which in turns got its name from the Rolling Stones' "Exile on Main Street").
You can download this song, as well as a few others on ilike.
Beck - Devils Haircut
Them - I Can Only Give You Everything
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Beck Hansen really doesn't need an introduction. You can read my review of his last CD on W♥M, and as I suspected, everyone loves him.
The main thing about this catchy song is that it's comprised mostly of samples. According to wikipedia, The drums are from Pretty Purdie's "Soul Drums" and the verses from Them's cover of James Brown's "Out of Sight". The guitar riff was taken from Them's "I Can Only Give You Everything".
I am including "I Can Only Give You Everything" for you to reference.
Momus - The Hairstyle of the Devil
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I really love this Momus song, the "Hairstyle of the Devil". It sounds very Pet Shop Boy-ish, which is what I absolutely love about it.
Check out this great video on youtube. You should also read my Momus article.
The song ends with some lyrics lifted from the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" (see how all this comes around?)
If you know other Satan songs about his hair, let me know.
10/30/2007 02:10:43 vu my♥posts vu@weheartmusic.com ilike.com/artist/Pirate+Prude
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ASA, Arised from Nigeria
ASA [asha] - Fire On The Mountain
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Asa, to be pronounced Asha, is a spring of peace.
Her voice brings messages as easily as wise men might do it in her own country. I can imagine her surrounded by brothers and sisters, listening to the words of freedom. Her lyrics aren't light-headed. She knows what she talks about. And we can see her world through her songs. There is no need of artifice. The acoustic guitar brings us on a velvet coach from one song to the other.
A soul-funky-reggae attitude can't prevent me from thinking of Tracy Chapman or Ayo. But " little hawk" ( meaning of Asa ) has decided to fly on her own and she does it right. She flies from involved tunes ( " Fire on the mountain" ) to ballads in Yoruba. Her vibrations are both cool and meaningful. We can feel the roots, the real ones. Her just-released album ( " Asa " ) is really worth being checked if you feel ready to enter rhythms full of HiStory...
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Saint Bernadette, 11th Street Bar (10/23)
Saint Bernadette - Pieces
Saint Bernadette @ the 11th Street Bar, NYC - Vox
Though the space at 11th Street Bar seemed somewhat claustrophobic, with tables placed almost directly in front of the band, it was suited perfectly for Saint Bernadette to interact with the audience, and, in turn, for the audience to watch them interact with each other and see that they were enjoying themselves. Frontwoman Meredith's voice was smooth, raw, and haunting -- absolutely flawless (despite being 'plagued with a terrible illness'; it's doubtful that anyone would have realized had she not mentioned it). Especially on "Pieces," a mellow, subdued, and wistful song. Even the gritty, more rockish songs ("Lay Me Down"; listen on myspace) seemed to work, especially with the atmosphere of the space (apparently, they had to turn down the volume, due to the prior week's performance being too loud); every note resonated and drew the listeners into a world of vastly different, yet harmonious blend of pop, sonic rock, and jazz. They closed with "Beat Dialogue," their more jazz-influenced song from their debut, In the Ballroom. The experience is completely worth it; while In the Ballroom is enchanting and eclectic, the band's live performance, along with Meredith's confident presence, completes the package. In fact, from what I've heard that evening, I look forward to their upcoming release (at least according to a few places on the web, it's called I Wanna Tell You Something; keep an eye -- or ear -- out for that). Check the tour dates for when they hit your town.
Nov 17 2007 9:00P
SUB ROSA/Cousin Larry's Danbury, Connecticut
TBA Knoxville, Tennessee
TBA Athens, Georgia
Dec 1 2007 8:00P
Westville Pub Asheville, North Carolina
TBA Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 11 2007 8:00P
CROSS-POLLINATION at Piano's (Upstairs) NYC, New York
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Continuing with my semi-regular Halloween entries, my theme today is that infamous Jack the Ripper.
Screaming Lord Sutch - Jack The Ripper - Horror Side
Casey Jones and the Governors - Jack the Ripper
The Horrors - Jack the Ripper
The White Stripes - Jack the Ripper
Morrissey - Jack the Ripper
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So, it's time the tale was told on "Jack the Ripper"! The song originally appeared as a B-Side o...
I'm not morbid, or anything, but I was a bit fascinated with Jack the Ripper when I bought my first issue of "From Hell", the comic book by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell. It's not so much the story of Jack the Ripper that interested me - but the appendixes at the end of each issue!
I would often read a few pages and then instantly flip to the appendix to see why the writer decide to portray certain things. Moore is simply a brilliant storyteller, drawing his own conclusions based on actual details.
Here's an example of the appendix:
CHAPTER FIVE, Pages 28&29
written by Alan Moore
From Hell - New Cover Edition
The details of Polly's murder are a fiction, although pieced together from certain facts. It is my belief that Polly Nicholls was killed by strangulation somewhere quite close to Buck's Row and then carried there physically before the body was mutilated. The fact that Polly was dead before the mutilations started would seem to be borne out of the lack of blood around the body, most of it having seeped into Polly's clothing. Arterial blood from a living body does not seep. It spurts, anything up to six or seven feet. Therefore, given the bruising upon Polly's neck and the sides of her face (see Jack the Ripper, A to Z by Begg, Skinner and Fido), I suggest that she was first killed by strangulation or by the more efficient method employed by [William] Gull here, that of squeezing shut the carotid artery. She was then taken to Buck's Row before the mutilations started, since there was no trail of blood leading into the street and I suggested the encounter with her killer and subsequent strangling could not have happened in Buck's Row without causing more noise....
Anyone interested in reading a fictional story based on factual reports on Jack the Ripper, I highly recommend "From Hell" (First Printing, November 1999). The paperback should set you back $35, but I'm sure you can find it used or new at a discounted price. I own all the original First Printing prestige formatted books as well as a collected version from Top Shelf Productions.
So here are some songs called "Jack the Ripper". I've previously mentioned about the Morrissey version, and in my research, I did find these new songs... one by this band called Casey Jones & The Governors. The the Jones song is actually very fun and I love it.
I found out that the song (as most "Jack the Ripper" songs) is actually originally by horror rocker Screaming Lord Sutch. He's very famous in England, but outside of the UK, he's virtually unknown. The weird thing is that in his live performances, he usually dress up as Jack the Ripper. The creepiest thing was that he committed suicide by hanging in 1999, apparently Lord Sutch suffered from clinical depression.
I got The White Stripes's "Jack the Ripper" Peel Session from devin306, I believe all the Peel Sessions were compiled in a bootleg.
The Horrors also covered "Jack the Ripper" as the intro song on their album Strange House (2007).
Other notable mentions:
LL Cool J has a song called "Got You (Return of Jack The Ripper)", but unfortunately has nothing to do with the killer, so I've decided to not include the song here.
Link Wray's 1963 "Jack the Ripper" is a surf-instrumental song. You can find out more information about the artist and song on www.linkwraylegend.com. Also, The Raybeats covered Link Wray's "Jack the Ripper", so essentially it sounds like the same song.
There are loads of Jack the Ripper band names, the most popular one is a from Paris, France.
PS, "From Hell" was eventually adapted for a major motion picture in 2001. The movie failed to capture what was interesting about Jack the Ripper (William Gull's character), but instead concentrated on Inspector Frederick George Abberline (played by Johnny Depp).
I wish the movie would've followed the book more closely, however I can understand that it is a movie and is very different from the book it's based on.
10/29/2007 08:05:34 vu my♥posts vu@weheartmusic.com wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper
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Jazz Note #1 - Make it Catchy
JAZZ NOTE # 1 – MAKE IT CATCHY
written by Dave
Miles Davis - Milestones
As post-war Bebop began to wane into the cold war era, a group of jazz musicians sought to reconnect with their audience. Hard Bop, West Coast Cool, wherever the name, the songs usually stated a quick, catchy theme, letting the players take it from there. A few classics from this time are Lee Morgan's "Sidewinder", Horace Silver's "Song for My Father" and this gem from Miles Davis, "Milestone" from the same-name 1958 Columbia record.
What I like most about this piece is how the hierarchy of the jazz combo is turned around. Usually, it's the headliner that takes the lead and sets the tone. You would think in a song with "Miles" in the name that Davis would step up to the mic with his muted horn. Instead it's his sideman on tenor sax, John Coltrane, grabbing the first solo like a quarter-horse out of the gate, sounding like he wants to completely break from the pack, ripping up and down the scales with a buoyant, joyous ease.
"Too many notes," Davis would constantly chide his young band mate. Coltrane is definitely an interesting contrast to Davis' subtle, understated tone. Just listen to the first two solos: one playing the edge, almost willingly losing control; the other with no need to impress, a consummate professional taking the smoothest of rides. Also, make note of the slightly awkward transition between the two solos. It almost sounds like Davis tapped Coltrane on the shoulder with a "That's enough."
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11/17/07 Turning Stone Casino Verona, NY
11/18/07 State Theatre Easton, PA
11/20/07 Count Basie Theatre Red Bank, NJ
11/21/07 Beacon Theatre New York, NY
11/23/07 Orpheum Theatre Boston, MA
11/24/07 North Fork Theatre Westbury, NY
11/29/07 Keswick Theatre Glenside, PA
11/30/07 Foxwoods Casino Mashantucket, CT
12/03/07 Oneida Casino Oneida, WI
12/04/07 Potawatomi Casino Milwaukee, WI
12/07/07 Fillmore Detroit Detroit, MI
12/08/07 Odawa Casino Resort Petoskey, MI
12/09/07 Paramount Theatre Aurora, IL
12/11/07 Fillmore Auditorium Denver, CO
12/12/07 Isleta Casino Showr Alburquerque, NM
12/14/07 Mesa Arts Center Mesa, AZ
12/16/07 Spotlight Casino Coachella, CA
12/18/07 Wells Fargo Center Santa Rosa, CA
12/21/07 Gibson Amph Universal City, CA
12/23/07 Joint at the Hard Rock Las Vegas, NV
12/27/07 Chumash Casino Santa Ynez, CA
12/28/07 Table Mountain Casino Fresno, CA
12/29/07 Paramount Theatre Oakland, CA
Brian Setzer Orchestra - Take a Break Guys (An Adaptation of the Traditional 'God Rest Ye Merry
I was shopping around for some of my writers to review this CD for Brian Setzer Orchestra's Wolfgang's Big Night Out, but after listening to a few songs, I love it so much that I've decided to be greedy and write the review myself.
So, as you know, Brian Setzer made rockabilly cool with The Stray Cats (well some would argue that rockabilly has always been cool!). Then Setzer made Swing music cool with "Jump Jive 'n' Wail", with his new orchestra band.
This time, he's decided to transform classical music with a "big band" sound and make it accessible and hip.
Trust me when I tell you that you know ALL the songs. You might not happen to know all the song titles and who wrote what, but you've all heard these songs.
Despite knowing the music already, Setzer really modernize it and add his own twist and take in his adaptions of the songs.
All the titles are cleverly retitled. For instance, "Symphony No. 5" is renamed "Take the 5th", while my favorite "God Rest Ye Merry Men" is retitled "Take a Break Guys".
"Take a Break Guys" is easily the best reimagined song, with its clash of brass instruments, double bass, and an electric guitar. This traditional song is made fun again!
The other really good song is "For Lisa" (based on Beethoven's "Fur Elise"), with it's perky violins, flutes, and acoustic guitar. I've also decided to dedicate that song to Lisa :)
I think we will have to touch base with The Stray Cats in another entry for the future, since they have such a rich history and songs to choose from - it wouldn't be fair to devote half the article to them on a review of Wolfgang's Big Night Out.
But, as a special bonus, I am including some old Stray Cats favorites and that infamous swing song.
Brian Setzer Orchestra - For Lisa (An Adaptation of Ludwig Van Beethoven's 'Fur Elise')
Stray Cats - Rock This Town
Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut
Brian Setzer Orchestra - Jump, Jive & Wail
Wolfgang's Big Night Out is released last month (September 25th) by Surfdog Records, and can be purchased at most music retail stores.
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I'm back with a project update for the last ten days.
Here is my #100daysoflettering update + few tips on getting started with your own daily lettering challenge.
The most interesting experiment over the last ten days was the painting "Collect Moments Not Things." I found this phrase few months ago and kept it in mind to illustrate one day. Then my lettering project came out, so I decided it was a perfect chance to create this piece. After trying different layouts I ended up with the one below. At first I planned to make this work 100% digital, but I didn't get enough vivid look by applying different colors and textures. At some point I decided to play with acrylic paints. After all, why not? Although the whole experiment was fun, I've made a biggest mistake by using a small piece of paper (about 9 in x 12 in). Painting tiny letters was much harder than I expected, so all my lines were a little bit shaky. Nevertheless I am quite happy with the textured background and all those colorful layers appearing through one another. Well, I've learned my lesson, so the next time I decide to paint a lettering piece, I will definitely use a much bigger canvas.
Here is my quick project update for the last ten days. Beside the calligraphy and brush lettering practice, I tried a full page of lettering without initial sketch for the first time. It was done with pens, so I was not able to make any corrections. Dealing with space issues on the go was really hard and the whole experiment was quite uncomfortable for me. Nevertheless in the middle of the page I found some kind of flow and enjoyed the process without judging the result. Trying new things is always scary, but it expands the comfort zone and, therefore, is good.


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In this module we consider what it is that history studies—individual actions, social structures, states, empires, religious movements, social classes, periods and regions, civilizations, large causal or law-governed processes. We explore whether history as a whole has meaning, structure, or direction, beyond the individual events and actions that make it up and the nature of causal influence among historical events or structures that underwrites historical explanations.
We continue by examining what is involved in our knowing, representing, and explaining history by asking what role is played by the interpretation of the "lived experience" of past actors in our historical understanding, and how the historian arrives at justified statements about this lived experience. Can we arrive at justified and objective interpretations of long-dead actors, their mentalities and their actions, or does all historical knowledge remain permanently questionable?
Finally, we consider the extent to which human history is constitutive of the human present. Can historical understanding of events in the past inform our policies and actions in current situations judged in important respects to be sufficiently similar?
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Carr, E. (1990). What is History? New edition, London: Penguin.
Collingwood, R. (1994). The Idea of History (Revised edition), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Cox, L. 2014. 'The Convergence of Ricoeur's and Von Wright's Complex Models of History', Ricœur Studies, 5(1), pp. 95-114.
Day, M. (2008). The Philosophy of History: An Introduction, London: Continuum Press.
Førland, T. (2017). Values, Objectivity, and Explanation in Historiography, New York: Routledge.
Gilbert, B. (2019). A Personalist Philosophy of History, New York: Routledge.
Little, D. (2010). New Contributions to the Philosophy of History, New York: Springer.
Lemon, M. (2003). Philosophy of History: A Guide for Students, New York: Routledge.
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They continued on the trail in silence for the better part of a mile. Finally Jax spoke. "I've been trying to figure out what to ask you, without it sounding like some pick-up line." He had been impressed that she had kept up a pretty good pace as they hiked the trail through the woods.
"Normal? What would normal look like?" He was genuinely curious.
"I'm confused. What do they know?" He put up a hand to stop her and they faced each other on the path. Her face was pink from exercise and a slight sheen of sweat as plastering her bangs to her forehead. She was cute.
"You can call me Candy." She gave him a small smile as they set off again on the path.
A loud blast rang through the woods.
"Drop!" Jax hissed as he grabbed Candy and dropped with her to the ground, shielding her with his body. Through the sweat and dirt the scent of apples taunted him and made his mouth water. Focus, Jax!
"Was that a gun I heard?" Candy whispered. She trembled beneath him and he rolled to his side to be able to look at her.
"Are you okay?" He ran a free hand through his hair, having lost his cap when he dropped to the ground.
"Good." He pulled out his phone and called in. "Yeah, Jax here out at Peterson's preserve. Just heard gunfire." He paused. "No. I'm with the only other person I've observed in the area. There were no cars in the lot when we arrived. We're both safe for now." He hung up and sat.
He dropped his head and closed his eyes. Lord, what do I do? I can't endanger Candy, but I came here to do a job . . .
Candace stood up and put her hands on her hips. "Well, maybe I'm tired of playing it safe." She turned and headed down the path.
He leapt to his feet, ran up beside her and grabbed her. He halted her progress and stared down at her. He swallowed hard. What was it about this woman? She intrigued him, but they'd only just met. She licked her lips as she gazed up at him, waiting.
He bent his head and placed his lips to hers as she gasped in surprise. His arm wrapped around her holding her close and hers snaked up around his neck. Another gunshot rang out in the woods followed by a scream. They broke apart.
"What?" she gasped. But she had a silly smile on her face.
He grinned back. "Let's go. Run!" He held her hand as they took off in the direction of the gunfire.
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Carolyn Rimpson, 61, had been missing for about a week before her remains were found in the bushes near an abandoned property in the 400-block of Broadway less than two blocks from her home.
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Calvin Dimetrius Poston was charged with murder, murder in perpetration of a robbery, robbery resulting in serious bodily injury, rape and criminal confinement in Rimpson's death, the Lake County prosecutor announced Friday. He will be tried as an adult.
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Black employees condemn S.F. Dept. of HR for silencing discrimination complaints
by Juan Carlos Lara October 2, 2020 June 1, 2022
Cedric Jackson (left) and Dante King address the crowd in front of City Hall during an Oct. 2 rally held by Black city workers. Photo by Juan Carlos Lara
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Dozens of Black San Francisco employees, undeterred by hot weather and harmful air quality, rallied at San Francisco City Hall Friday afternoon to call for justice after recent revelations that a Department of Human Resources manager purportedly forged a fraudulent settlement agreement for a Black MTA employee.
"I worked directly in DHR for four years," said Dante King, the main speaker at the event, who is now with the MTA. "I will say this: During my time there I got to see people do things that undermined fairness, that undermined equality."
The Black Employee Alliance and Coalition Against Anti-Blackness hosted roughly 50 participants at the rally at City Hall calling for accountability for city officials. The latter, they allege, are complicit in the suppression of discrimination complaints by Black city workers.
Organizers specifically named Micki Callahan, the director of the Department of Human Resources, and Linda Simon, the director of Equal Employment Opportunity, an office within the department. .
Mission Local recently spoke with San Francisco departmental HR officials who said that discrimination complaints by employees were purposefully edited by the department to downplay the gravity of the accusations, then often disregarded entirely.
King said that Callahan and Simon were either involved in the EEO manager Rachel Sherman's alleged forgery scheme , or were incompetent in not knowing it was happening.
Two days ago, a lawyer for Simon issued cease and desist letters to members of the Black Employee Alliance and the Coalition Against Anti-Blackness. The groups defiantly disseminated the letters to their members and city officials.
"Ms. Simon had no knowledge of Sherman's actions. She did not condone Sherman's actions or attempt to cover them up. For you to claim otherwise, and to assert, for example, that Ms. Simon was involved in 'criminal activity,' is defamatory," the letter from Simon's lawyer said.
Organizers replied to Simon saying, "The Black Employee Alliance and Coalition Against Anti-Blackness will not relent from our quest for change, accountability, and transparency. We will also not be intimidated by San Francisco City Officials or leaders who decide we are too vocal and/or 'problematic.' As Black people, we have been (and continue to be) forced to be silent about our oppression and our oppressors. This is a blatant example and act of that oppression."
King, who frequently joked at the event that he might be fired for speaking out, has a history of calling attention to racism within the city government.
Last April, King sent an email to San Francisco Police Department Chief Bill Scott and his then-supervisor, Department of Human Resources Director Micki Callahan, accusing SFPD's ranks of containing widespread, drastic anti-Black sentiment.
King, who was then on the tail end of two years as an implicit bias trainer for the department, recalled an incident in which a group of SFPD captains and lieutenants took him to lunch, where they told him officers would respond better to the training if King were white.
"We would be able to hear you better. Most of the people in the room would be able to hear you better," King recollected one officer telling him.
Organizers invited multiple city officials to speak at today's event, including Mayor London Breed and more than half of city supervisors, whom they see as having "demonstrated consistent support for the challenges faced by Black employees and residents of San Francisco," according to an email announcing the rally.
Supervisors Shamann Walton and Matt Haney were the only city officials to accept the invitation to speak at the rally. Photo by Juan Carlos Lara.
Supervisors Shamann Walton and Matt Haney were the only ones to take up the invitation.
"It is not okay that Black employees have complaints that are not taken seriously. It is not okay to go to work and be mistreated," said Walton, the lone Black supervisor. Addressing organizers, Walton said, "Thank you for doing this today and calling attention to an issue that has been going on too long."
Haney acknowledged the "brutal" conditions of the day, citing the participants' attendance despite the heat advisory, air quality advisory and ongoing pandemic, as evidence of their commitment.
"It shouldn't take revelations of a scandal for us to say, 'you are absolutely right, we believe you and we need to do better,'" Haney said.
Several Black city employees in attendance also spoke regarding their own experiences of racism in the workplace.
Adrienne Heim, who works for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and is a member of the Black and African American Affinity Group, pointed out that Black MTA workers were disproportionately charged with disciplinary offenses.
Dennis Mars, who has worked for the Department of Public Health since 2014, says he applied for two promotions and was passed over both times, despite having never been late, never missing a day, receiving the top score on a test among supervisor applicants, and receiving sixth place on a managers test.
Dennis Mars (right) speaks to the crowd about the discrimination he has faced while working at the Department of Public Health. Photo by Juan Carlos Lara.
Mars said one of the people who got the promotion instead of him has only been at the Department of Public Health for about two years, and the other scored much lower on the applicant test. Mars believes he did not receive the promotion as retaliation for filing an EEO complaint against a manager for failing to take action when a coworker threatened Mars with violence in 2018.
The City Attorney's office is investigating the forged settlement agreement. The District Attorney's office has also expressed interest in doing so.
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Sarita Britt says:
My name is Sarita Britt , It took me 30 years to be promoted. People who were white and under qualified were promoted over me. I applied for a position for my Boss job I was denied an Interview. The lady they promoted is a planner and did not have the Operation experience. This was done by MTA Human Resource and the CFO of MTA. I had to prove myself and had to go to the CFO office for doing my job. I was harassed constantly as a Manager. I had retired as Deputy General Manager over Operations and wasn't given an interview.
I'd like to add Hallie Albert, Angela Platzer, Maribel Mora, Rhonda Simmons, Angelica Boilard Jude Diebold. Rosaly Viera, DPH is involved at San FranciscoGeneralHospital, and has work with Mikki Callahan, Linda Simmons, Rebecca Sherman who are now fired for corruptions. There is ADA trsnsfer fruad, disability Workers Comp, forgery, intimidation, threats, fake Medical Seperation and hearings fraud, withholdings of evidence, falsifying pictures complaints lost and unfiled, lots of disability fruad. I can go on. Just please
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The worst kind of hurt is when it comes from your own people
Just as you see Black people killing other Black people some people doing whatever it takes for them to succeed regardless of who they step on to get there often Discrimination Retaliation and harrassment comes from many different faucets.
There are many Black Managers Directors HR Representative, does not meen that they are all honest and don't participate in favoritism
In your report you concluded that Mrs. Phillips had no involvement in the "post referral" selection process of the 9102 classification. In your report you seemed to emphasize her non involvement in "post referral", being the interview panel and the selection process. We were aware that Mrs. Phillips could not directly put herself on the interview panel because that's would be a direct violation of fraud. In your report you failed to investigate and Mrs. Phillips involvement in the pre referral portion of the selection process. Mrs. Phillips was the qualified SME(Subject Matter Expert) for recruitment #CBT-9102-M00186. Mrs. Phillips was appointed by Louis Guzzo to participate in all aspects of qualifications, preparation, testing questions and answers outline (Q&A). Also job posting announcement criteria for the 9102 and 9104 Transit Car Cleaner hiring process with Larry Dominguez and Susan Wong. Guzzo, Dominguez, and Wong can all confirm that Mrs. Phillips was the only 9104 representing classification that had direct knowledge of any and all information pertaining to the test and interview questions/answeres. Larry Dominguez, Susan Wong and Mrs. Phillips were required to sign the "POSITION BASED TESTING JOB ANALYSIS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT BACKGROUND QUALIFICATIONS AND STATEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY" (see attached) in this waiver it clearly states that the SME must disclose if they have a "family member, relative, or close friend filing for this examination…If at a later date, I learn that one of the above has filed, I realize I MUST notify the analyst". Go through your records and recover Mrs. Phillips from that she signed and on that form she failed to state any of her relatives and friends. Mrs. Phillips took this oath and failed to inform the analyst that she is related to the following people: Andrew Phillips III, Ronald Brown, Janay Sappho, Marjorie Morgan, Robert Fitts, Nyiesha Golden,and Latanya Benson. These are just the names that are recently accounted for. There are countless other associates in the 40+ people who were recently hired. Since she took the oath to maintain absolute confidentiality can you explain how 7+ family members were hired? In your findings you state that Andrew Phillips III and Ronald Brown ranked 1 on the test, while Janay Sappho and Marjorie Morgan ranked 2. This seems to be a rather convenient coincidence that they all scored so well. You can not be that naive to see that there is suspicious activity going on. Why don't you retrieve the scores from the interview portion, I am positive they have perfect scores because Myra coached them on everything they would be asked. In your findings you stated "all the panelist signed statements indicating that they were not aware that any of the class 9102 candidates were family members of Myra Phillips". These three panelist and the deputy director committed perjury themselves, it is difficult to believe that none of the panelist recognize the name Andrew Phillips III. The 9104 on the panel has been a colleague of Myra and Andrew for over 30 years. The 7382on the panel works at Flynn Division and has been a colleague of Myra for at least 6 years. In your report you stated that they do not know Myra Phillips family members but you failed to mention whether they knew
Andrew Phillips family members. You then stated that "the hiring manager Louis Guzzo was not familiar with the name Andrew Phillips III. How was Myra even allowed to be an SME if her son was a candidate? Also in your report you do confirm the fact that Ronald Brown is indeed her biological son. I guess Mrs. Phillips failed to inform you that Janay was her biological daughter and Marjorie was her daughter in law. How did you come to the conclusion that Janay was not her daughter? Did you ever request a birth certificate for Janay Sappho or did you take the word of Myra Phillips? Since Mrs. Phillips violated the statement of confidentiality, she is subject to disciplinary action arising out of her assignment as a Subject Matter Expert. Mrs. Phillips committed perjury then signing the following oath: "I acknowledgement and agree under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California, that:
1. I have reviewed and understand the provisions of San Francisco Charter section 8.325, which provies: 8.325 Aid, Hindrance, Fraud, and Collusion in Examinations "
" No person or officer shall, by himself or in cooperation with other persons, defeat, deceive or obstruct any person in respect to his or her right of examination; or falsely mark, grade, estimate or report upon the examination or proper standing of any person examined hereunder, or aid in so doing; or make any false representations concerning the same, or concerning the person examined; or furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of either improving or injuring the prospects or changes of any person of being appointed, employed or promoted. Any eligible securing standing on a list by fraud, concealment of fact or violation of commission rules shall be removed from such list and if certifies or assigned to a position shall be removed there from";
SFMTA needs to terminate Mrs. Phillips family immediately. She clearly committed fraud and collusion in the examination process. According to San Francisco Charter section 8.325 " Any eligible securing standing on a list by fraud, concealment of fact or violation of commission rules shall be removed from such list and if certified or assigned to a position shall be removed there from". In regards to Mrs. Phillips she needs to be terminated for her actions. By signing her name in that waiver she agreed to the following statement "I understand and agree that I will be subject to disciplinary action for any breach of confidentiality arising out of my assignment as a Subject Matter Expert for the development of Civil Service examination(s)" Mrs. Phillips should be terminated based upon her actions. She blatantly committed these crimes, she has consistently lied, deceived, and manipulated. She has a strangle hold on the entire. Ar cleaning department and we are fed up with the nepotism and corruption. She let greed get the best of her and now she must pat for her actions. Jeffrey Tumlin, Julie Kirschbaum, and Kimberly Akerman have consistently defended her and believed her lies. Now the look completely foolish for having any faith in her. There is no place for Myra and her corruption in our agency. I am sure that this will be further investigated after the events that transpired at SF DHR last week
Rose kelsey says:
Will Micki be allowed to retire and begin taking a monthly pension benefit that is most likely several thousand dollars a month, tax payers funded, along with a health care pension? Or will her retirement be put on hold, until the investigation is complete?
Laura Cohen says:
Anti-Blackness can come from anyone. Even another Black person. Stop being intentionally ignorant.
Lhh says:
Did Dennis Mars botherr to tell everyone that this manager is also black and other porters like him. There is always more to the story and it's not about race just because Dennis says it is.
BIlal says:
Just because he tested better on these civil service based exams does not mean he's actually qualified for the promotion. Sounds like he's being a litigious bureaucrat, trying to game the system…
Just as you see Black people killing other Black people some people doing whatever it takes for them to succeed regardless of who they step on to get there Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation comes in many faucets and often it's our own people doing it to our own kind. Just because you are born Black doesn't mean that you want hate on another that looks like you. To GOD be all the GLORY
The majority of Black people who state there is no such thing as Anti-Blackness are normally the ones who are living in the dark and benefiting from it.
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The reasons leading to the end of the First Age of Magic make a very confusing tale. Magic is a powerful force, the most powerful in the universe, but its exercise has its price. It seems that every time an enchanter performs a spell, some part of the power in that spell is lost in shadow. The more powerful the enchanter, the more powerful this shadow becomes. A great mage ultimately creates a shadow-self that is dimly aware.
In 966 the leader of the Circle of Enchanters, who vanquished Krill and Jeearr, was the most powerful wizard of all, and his shadow had taken a real form, becoming very nearly as powerful as him. The Shadow had a dream: to hold sway over all of the world; to remold the universe in his own image and rule it, where in such a universe his merest whim would smash a star or slay a butterfly. But he was not powerful enough, as his existence was still but a shadow. To accomplish this goal he needed the elemental Cubes of Foundation, which he could only obtain with the assistance of his human counterpart. After searching old tomes and questioning the wise concerning their whereabouts, he gathered five Cubes, including the earth cube. But he could not gather the remainder. To achieve his desire, all seventeen had to be brought together. He found no better servant than the Enchanter which had given birth to him. The Shadow found it simple to perturb the Cubes in order to make the Enchanters' rudimentary magics flicker or fail, knowing that this would set his counterpart on a quest to recover the remaining Cubes. In this way, the Head of the Circle would unwittingly be drawn into the Shadow's game.
In a world founded on magic, where sorcerers ruled the land, creating the spells needed to do everything from making bread to taming wild animals, this tampering immediately produced great changes in the workings of magic. There was a steep increase on the rate of spells going strangely awry or ceasing to work altogether. Beer tasted like grue bathwater, pastries were thick and greasy, there was difficulty with writing poetry without magical help on the rhymes, huntsmen were unable to control vicious beasts which now haunted the streets and roamed the wastelands in numbers never before seen.
The populace was confused and restive, and rumblings were heard concerning the Enchanters, who themselves were baffled. Those who were most experienced in the arts in all Zork found magic to be unreliable and frighteningly unfamiliar. The very foundations of the kingdom were threatened, and some even thought that the world was menaced by the looming destruction of magic itself. The unreliability of magic caused by the Shadow would lead to an emergency Conclave of Enchanters in Augur of 966 to discuss the situation.
About this time, the Shadow dared even to visit Belboz at the Enchanters' Retreat, hoping to obtain information. But the great necromancer was not fooled. This being betrayed its true nature as it did not know facts which would be trifles to even the rawest apprentice. It fled before Belboz could capture it.
To discuss the failure of magic, the leader of the Circle of Enchanters, the most powerful magician in the land, who had earned tremendous respect from all others in the kingdom, ordained that the great conclave of the Guildmasters from various guilds all over Zork be gathered together at the Council Chamber of the ancient Guild Hall at Borphee on Augur 14, 966. Every major enchanter attended, including Orkan of Thriff, Gustar Woomax, and Y'Gael (although she was not present at the opening). Several laypeople, such as Sneffle, Hoobly, Gzornenplatz, and Ardis, were also present to discuss the failure of magic. One by one, they stepped forward, describing the devastating effects of the diminished magic. The course of this discussion was interrupted when the Shadow of the Head of the Circle entered the Hall and turned everyone except his human counterpart into various amphibious creatures and slipped quietly out the door.
The Head of the Circle pursued the shadowy figure as it fled across Belwit Square. The sinister figure, its face hidden in the shadows of a dark cowl, turned to face him. It nonchalantly jumped into the air, where it was engulfed in a huge explosion. A thick and acrid cloud of orange smoke, which smelled vaguely of orange peels, filled the square. This was a fairly standard cloud which was a side effect of a certain class of teleportation spells, which were favored by those of a less than honest nature, as the cloud served to conceal their usually hasty departures.
The Enchanter attempted to remove the smoke with LESOCH ("cause gust of wind"), but the cloud was unimpressed. The wind built, slowly, but inexorably, to hurricane force. The cloud started to unravel at the edges, and then gave up and dissipated. Left behind on the ground was a small featureless white cube—the Earth Cube of Foundation. Marking the cube as such with his burin, the Enchanter BLORPLEd ("explore object's mystic connections") the mystical object and was pulled within it. Thus the Shadow was successful at forcing his human counterpart to venture out into the world to seek some answers, even as his own powers were fading.
The Shadow was successful in tricking the Head of the Circle of Enchanters to unknowingly gather the remaining twelve Cubes of Foundation from all corners of the known world, and beyond. This eventually led him to the stronghold of the Shadow where he finally encountered his evil double. This shadow-being then attempted to meld all of the cubes into one, in order to give him power over the forces of the universe:
The audience chamber of the castle was high and spacious, and every proportion and decoration was intended to highlight the throne that loomed before me. The throne itself was bathed in light, but only featureless gray could be seen through the windows and skylights.
Mocking laughter echoed around me. About the throne a dark mist began to coalesce. It thickened into the outline of a human figure sitting nonchalantly on the throne. I could see the ghost of a cloak and hood as well. The figure spoke, "It's been such a pleasure to follow your progress. Thank you for collecting the cubes. I was surprised to find you in Borphee when I knew we had an appointment here."
The figure waved its arms in the air. Before you, rolling and tumbling in a bath of light, were four cubes. "When I gathered these and the earth cube, after searching old tomes and questioning the wise about their whereabouts, I conceived my plan. I could not gather the remainder of the cubes, but to achieve my desire, they had to be brought together. Who better than you to act in my stead?
"It was a simple matter to perturb the cubes I had to make your simple magics flicker or fail. I knew this would set you on a quest. For I know you well!" The four cubes disappear. The figure sat straight on its throne and removed its hood. I found myself looking at a shadowy, dark and transparent version of me!
"Magic is a powerful force, the most powerful in the universe, but its exercise has its price. Each time a great mage performs a spell, some part of the power in that spell is lost in shadow. A great mage ultimately creates a shadow-self that is dimly aware." The figure grinned. "You have become the most powerful wizard of all, for I, your shadow, have become very nearly as powerful as you!
"But why, you ask, am I collecting the elemental cubes? It's easy to answer. I am not powerful enough. My existence is still but a shadow of your own. My desires are unfulfilled. I wish power over all creation! I wish to remold the universe in my own image, and rule it. In such a universe, my merest whim would smash a star or slay a butterfly. You have brought me the tools of the remaking!
"Now for a small precaution." The shadow gestured, and I was frozen in place unable to move even my littlest finger.
The shadowy figure deftly took the Earth cube from the sack and set it in the air between me, where it hung motionless. It then deftly took the Air cube from the sack and placed it next to the earth cube. They disappeared into a glowing line which appeared between them. The shadowy figure placed the Fire cube and the Water cube in the air, creating a square of glowing light. My little finger was full of pins and needles. I could again move it.
Four more cubes were placed above the square: the Soft cube, the Bone cube, the Light cube and the Dark cube. A cube of light shimmered before me. The shadow grew more excited, hopping around the structure to place the cubes. At the same time my feet and hands felt as if they have been asleep, but I could move them.
All the remaining cubes save one, the Magic cube, built another square, then the shadow added its own four cubes to make a second cube of light, which hung next to the first. My arms and legs became free, but I still could not speak or move my head.
The shadow grabbed the first cube of light, and twisting, chanting, squeezing, the cube was compressed and thrust inside the second cube. The points of the inner and outer cube connected, and it began to tumble, seeming to twist and distort as one face, then another, presented itself to me. The figure capered madly in front of its construction, laughing and giggling. It ignored me. I felt almost thawed, but my mouth felt full of cotton.
The shadowy figure deftly took the Magic cube from me and raising it high, thrusted it into the center of the tesseract! Cascades of light poured forth, blindingly bright, but I could still see the Magic cube at the center. The shadow was growing more solid, no longer transparent and dark! Chortling gleefully, it prepared to jump into the hypercube!
The freeze had worn entirely off! My contact with the Magic cube must have weakened it. I knew what I had to do—GIRGOL. As the words rolled off my tongue, the shadow froze in mid-leap! I could tell that the spell would not hold for long in this magically charged atmosphere. I tugged and pulled at the magic cube, trying desperately to remove it from its place in the center of the tesseract. With the last reserve of my strength, I freed it! Instead, I placed another object from my inventory into the hypercube, where it hung unsupported.
Time resumed its forward flight and the shadow, now as solid as a real person, performed a back flip into the tesseract. "No!" It screamed. "Stop! Fool, you've destroyed me! You've destroyed magic itself! All my lovely plains!" Now glowing as brightly as the construction it made, the figure approached the center. It grew smaller and smaller, and just before it disappeared, the hypercube vanished with a pop, and the Magic cube melted in my hand like an ice cube.
The Head of the Circle mysteriously returned to Belwit Square, whom all the Guildmasters and even Belboz crowded around. "A new age begins today," said Belboz after hearing the wizard's story. "The age of magic is ended, as it must, for as magic can confer absolute power, so it can also produce absolute evil. We may defeat this evil when it appears, but if wizardry builds it anew, we can never ultimately win. The new world will be strange, but in time it will serve us better."
Although the Head of the Circle was able to prevent his "dark shadow" self from having power over the forces of the universe, he was unable to prevent the alteration of the Cubes in a such a way to halt the destruction of the very fabric of magic and hold back the Age of Science. Some arcane scholars have theorized that should magic have not been destroyed at that moment, the inevitable result of magicians wielding such unchecked power as existed before the end of the First Age of Magic would be the creation of another shadow. It too might be defeated, but eventually one would arise who would be victorious over its original. The outcome of such a victory is too terrible to contemplate. It is however hoped that no future generations will choose to gain control over the Cubes of Foundation. The first such attempt, described already, brought an end to the entire First Age of Magic. The next attempt might lead to the destruction of the entire universe as we know it.


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Q: This tag [belongs-on] another site The tag belongs-on (currently 6 questions, all of them asked in 2011 or earlier) seems to be a very old way to refer to what are now known as migration close reasons.
belongs-on should be a synonym of migration.

A: I'd argue for retagging and removing it - since the tag on its own is a meta tag. There's no real value for it on its own.

I've retagged the questions, though looking through them, migration wasn't always the right tag. I've gone with migration-path-request in some cases, and completely different tags on another.
Some of the questions were confusing, referring to a primodial meta.stackexchange that predated the Meta.Stackoverflow that became Meta.Stackexchange (and not the Meta.Stackoverflow we have now), and didn't really have any historical value on their own so were deleted.

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Phil Hellmuth Is The New Paris Hilton
It used to be that if you had something to promote, you'd hold an event, roll out the red carpet, invite Paris Hilton and call the media. Then the Supreme Sultana of Skank would expose all the goods her momma gave her while getting out of a limo or walking into a club, and even though the entire world has already been publicly privy to her private parts many times before (as well as her mom's), somehow they still appeal to the prurient interests of middle America as well as all the women out there who are eager to join her ever growing harem of Hilton hussies. And somehow, her showing her "stuff" causes people to go out and buy the watch she was wearing or go to the club she was visiting or don the perfume with her name on it or watch the reality show she starred in.
Well, now it looks like Ms. Hilton has some competition in the shameless hustler department, and he goes by the name Phil Hellmuth.
And while thankfully the 9-time world champ and national heads-up winner hasn't been showing his "stuff," he has been seen everywhere lately as he ponders numerous ventures including a poker fantasy camp called Camp Hellmuth, a London-based reality show and a U.S.-based reality show, the "Phil Hellmuth" clothing line to be sold in Wal-Mart, a kid's clothing line not surprisingly called "Poker Brat", a stake in CardPlayer magazine, "Phil Hellmuth" sunglasses and cell phone games, his new poker blog, and finally, a movie about his life called "The Madison Kid" that may or may not star Kid Vader himself, Hayden Christiansen (who may or may not be dating Sienna Miller, who was once seen chumming with Doyle's poker playing bud Leo DiCaprio as well as snogging the poker playing new Bond but she still has nothing to do with poker but we keep mentioning her anyway because she's hot, apparently doesn't hate poker and seems pretty easy).
And when Phil's not busy licensing the Hellmuth name (a name which still annoys us because he pronounces it HELL-MOOTH rather than, uh, HELL-MUTH), he is attending one celeb-infested event after another and jetsetting from coast to coast like Paris Hilton on a 7-day, transcon bender of Greek shipping heir cock-tails and when we say cock-tails, well, you know what we mean.
Most recently, Hellmuth was hobnobbing in sunny Miami where he emceed A-Rod's Charity/Excuse for Hanging with Famous Friends in South Beach When It's Cold Everywhere Else Poker Tournament. Hellmuth did a little write up on the event, which is worth the read as he gives a play-by-play on the horrible play of playahs and players from the world of hip hop, football, hoops and baseball. Joining Hellmuth in the sun and fun of Havana North was rapper mogul and Beyonce's boy Jay-Z, quarterback Tom Brady, boxer Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield, steroid lovin' Sammy Sosa, New York Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey, former NFL tosser Bernie Kosar and former hoopster Glen Rice.
Before Miami, Hellmuth was putting in some face time along the starstruck slopes of Sundance, while playing a poker tourney there hosted by the soon-to-come "W Las Vegas." Of course the expected cast of cardplaying celebs where there including Carmen Elektra and Dave Navarro-Elektra, Shannon Elizabeth and her ex-hubby and now Annie Duke's man-bitch Joe Reitman, the Masterson twins and 70's Show cohort Laura Prepon, N'Syncer Lance Bass and himself, DJ AM sans his ex-fiance whose name is disappearing from the spotlight faster than she's turning into a skeleton, and others. Pros in attendance besides Hellmuth included Annie Duke, Antonio Esfandiari, and a couple of the other Phils including Laak and Gordon.
And while people like Dave Navarro were happy enough to outlast pros like Phil Gordon in the tourney (and because he has a stripper's pole in his living room and a wife named Carmen Elektra who's willing to use it), the always competitive Hellmuth came with purpose and outlasted the field.
His prize: a condo in the new W Las Vegas when it opens in 2009.
And who will be among his penthouse neighbors then? You guess it. Paris Hilton.
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