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Links on R&P from around the web
The Mormon Church Tries to Create a Little More Space for LGBTQ Families
The Atlantic's Emma Green writes that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is removing a 2015 policy that labeled LGBTQ members apostates and prohibited their children from being baptized. Green writes, "The Church acknowledged the widespread pain caused by the former policy: 'While we cannot change the Lord's doctrine, we want our members and our policies to be considerate of those struggling with the challenges of mortality.'" She adds, "Even with this new policy change, LGBTQ Mormons occupy a fraught space in LDS life."
Read at The Atlantic
Churches and Other Faith-Based Groups Lend a Hand After Historic Nebraska Floods
Religion News Service's Emily McFarlan Miller writes that local and national faith-based disaster relief groups are helping Nebraskans recover from last month's historic floods. On March 27, Within Reach, a network of Nebraskan church leaders, hosted a forum to discuss how they can work together to help the community in the wake of the flood. Wilbur Rayl, whose house was flooded, expressed gratitude to the volunteers who provided him aid as part of the evangelical disaster relief organization Samaritan's Purse. "If you believe in God, if your heart's in the right spot, I think you're OK," Rayl said.
Read at Religion News Service
Evangelicals Helped Get Trump into the White House. Pete Buttigieg Believes the Religious Left Will Get Him Out.
The Washington Post's Sarah Pulliam Bailey profiles 37-year-old Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, a gay Episcopal mayor who is embracing the religious left. "His interest in faith emerged in Catholic high school, when he was drawn to Catholic theology, and grew while he was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University," Pulliam Bailey writes. Buttigieg said, "At least in my interpretation, it helps to root [in religion] a lot of what it is we do believe in, when it comes to protecting the sick and the stranger and the poor, as well as skepticism of the wealthy and the powerful and the established."
Read at The Washington Post
Inside the Story of How One Utah Orthodox Rabbi's Decision to Talk About Sex Abuse is Bringing Change to the World
Deseret News's Gillian Friedman writes that an Orthodox rabbi who was abused as a boy ignited a #MeToo movement in the Jewish world after going public with his story. Utah Rabbi Avrohom ("Avremi") Zippel said, "Any community that said it doesn't happen here, it doesn't happen to us, it's not our problem … I wouldn't call them ignorant, I just think they are just waiting for reality to hit." Weeks after sharing his story, Zippel visited Rabbi Peretz Chein, the co-founder of the Chabad House at Brandeis University. Rabbi Chein, who hosts a podcast, revealed his own story of sexual abuse.
Read at Deseret News
Georgia's Anti-Abortion "Heartbeat Bill" Heads to Governor's Desk
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Maya T. Prabhu reports, "The Georgia House narrowly voted 92-78 to approve legislation that would outlaw most abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy — before many women realize they are pregnant." House Bill 481 would restrict most abortions once a doctor detects a heartbeat, although there is ambiguity around what a heartbeat entails. State Rep. Ed Setzler, the bill's sponsor, said, "This bill recognizes the fundamental life of the child in the womb is worthy of legal protection and balances that basic right to life with the very different situations women find themselves in in pregnancies."
Read at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
New York's Orthodox Jewish Community is Battling Measles Outbreaks. Vaccine Deniers Are to Blame.
Vox's Julia Belluz reports that anti-vaccine advocates have fueled hundreds of cases of measles in New York, prompting health officials in Rockland County to declare a state of emergency on Tuesday. The cases of measles are occurring largely in isolated Orthodox Jewish communities, which have been targeted by anti-vaccine propagandists. Belluz writes, "The fearmongerers include a group called PEACH — or Parents Educating and Advocating for Children's Health — which appears to be targeting the Jewish community with misinformation about vaccine safety, citing rabbis as authorities, through a hotline and magazines. Brooklyn Orthodox Rabbi William Handler has also been proclaiming the well-debunked link between the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism."
Read at Vox
How the Battle Over Israel and Anti-Semitism is Fracturing American Politics
For The New York Times, Nathan Thrall writes that American support for Israel has exacerbated divisions within and between political parties. He writes that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (B.D.S.) "seeks to exert economic, moral and political pressure on Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian territories, grant equal rights to Palestinian citizens of Israel and recognize the right of Palestinian refugees to return." The movement is dividing both college campuses and Capitol Hill, with some supporters of B.D.S. seeing the Israel-Palestinian conflict as a case of apartheid, while the opposition maintains that B.D.S. amounts to anti-Semitism. Representative Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, said, "The concern that politicians have is being labeled anti-Semitic or labeled anti-Israel or labeled opposed to the cultural values of the U.S.-Israel relationship."
Read at The New York Times
How the White House is Courting Evangelicals on its Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan
Religion News Service's Emily McFarlan Miller writes about evangelicals' influence on the White House's Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. A March meeting between prominent evangelical leaders and the president "is just one of a series of meetings, dinners, lunches and coffees the White House has had with evangelical leaders as it prepares to release its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan." Author Joel Rosenerg said, "President Trump is not like your normal politician, and therefore he is very sensitive to criticism or the potential of criticism by evangelicals with regards to a number of issues. Certainly, Israel and the Middle East is one of those topics."
Founder, Board of Vatican Women's Magazine Quit
The Associated Press's Nicole Winfield reports, "The founder and all-female editorial board of the Vatican's women's magazine have quit after what they say was a Vatican campaign to discredit them and put them 'under the direct control of men,' that only increased after they denounced the sexual abuse of nuns by clergy. The editorial committee of 'Women Church World,' a monthly glossy published alongside the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, made the announcement in the planned April 1 editorial and in an open letter to Pope Francis that was provided Tuesday to The Associated Press."
Read at The Associated Press
Which Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Are Talking About Their Faith?
America's Michael J. O'Loughlin reports, "As Democrats continue campaigning for the 2020 presidential primary season, some candidates appear to be highlighting issues of faith as they seek to appeal to a wider swath of voters." Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, said on Morning Joe, "I think the time has come for more of a religious left to emerge in our country that lets people know that they are not alone when they look at faith and think that it teaches us to reach out to others, to humble ourselves, to take care of the immigrant and the prisoner and frankly, the sex worker." In a CNN town hall appearance, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren reflected similar sentiments. She spoke about her involvement in the Methodist church and reflected on a passage from the Gospel of Matthew that emphasizes the importance of caring for those in need.
Read at America Magazine


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Angry Angles-Singles
Singles x 3 (Various labels)
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Although Jay Reatard's recent singles for Matador are about as enticing as a pickle injected with mayonnaise, I really loved much of Blood Visions as well as his work with the Reatards and Lost Sounds. At his best, he has a knack for penning punk anthems ala Killed by Death and the Adverts while adding his own oddball touches to the proceedings. His music is catchy, well-played, aggressive and epitomizes all that is wonderful about a three minute burst of anger and alienation. A lesser known offshoot of Mr. Reatard's creativity is the Angry Angles, but their first three singles are just as addictive as his best work. It doesn't stray far from the sound of Blood Visions, but its artsy-fartsy view of punk owes more to the Urinals and Screamers than the Adverts. There isn't a need to pontificate upon its merits because it is just a simple, but enjoyably spastic listen that sticks in your craw. However, their cover of Wire's "The 15th" is one of the best Wire covers ever recorded as it captures the cold worldview and resignation to cruel fate of the original.
Posted in angry angles | Tagged adverts, angry angles, blood visions, goner, In the Red, jay reatard, Killed by Death, lost sounds, Matador, reatards, screamers, urinals, wire | 3 Comments »
Adventures in Stereo-Blue Album
Blue Album (Creeping Bent 1997)
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Primal Scream was always Bobby Gillespie's outlet for whatever genre's corpse he felt like fucking at that particular moment. I'm not going to act like I didn't believe Screamadelica and XTRMNTR were bold statements at the time of their release, but hindsight is a cruel mistress. Almost their entire catalogue sounds so dated and opportunistic these days, but I guess that is the nature of their game. However, I still love their debut album, Sonic Flower Groove, since it is more fey than a Little Lord Fauntleroy costume. Their early singles for Creation are even better statements of their twee purpose as the band succeeds in crafting perfect pop tunes with the heft of an empty garbage bag, This is no insult because I still hum along to "Velocity Girl" each time I hear it because it is one of the most concise and perfect sides of pop perfection.
Jim Beattie was a founding member of Primal Scream, but left before that pasty-faced Scot believed he was a hallucinogenic prophet, then Mick Jagger's uglier kin, then a cyberpunk, trip-hopping danger to no one. He left to focus his efforts on Spirea X, a band that recorded an amazing single for 4AD before following it with an underwhelming album. The single got me all worked up over his continuation of the Creation era of Primal Scream, but his songwriting grew thin over the course of a full-length. I wrote the fellow off until I encountered the two cds released under the moniker of Adventures in Stereo. One was Blue, the other yellow, but both seemed to be semi-official releases due to the uncleared samples that formed the foundation for Beattie's second stab at twee.
Beattie and vocalist Judith Boyle pay homage to Phil Spector's work with 60s girl groups, but keep things somewhat fresh by incorporating tape loops and samples as the bedrock for their upate of 60s AM radio. To be honest, most of this wouldn't sound out of place on K, Creation, Sarah or Slumberland, but the songwriting places it a step above most of their contemporaries. The Blue Album is just a stellar collection of moody, introspective indie-pop that reminds me of Tracey Thorn's solo album or her work with the Marine Girls. It's a dated formula, but it works wonders here.
It's a shame that the Yellow and Blue albums were released in such limited quantities because the band shit the bed on its subsequent releases. What was once a charming patchwork quilt of AM Gold and twee was abandoned in favor of more beats and a slicker sheen. What was once rough is now sanded smooth and their music suffered because of it. Therefore, they now populate budget bins and no one cares to investigate the origins of what made them special.
Posted in adventures in stereo | Tagged 4ad, adventures in stereo, bobby gillespie, creation records, jim beattie, k records, marine girls, phil spector, primal scream, sarah records, screamadelica, slumberland records, spirea x, tracey thorn | Leave a Comment »
Tall Dwarfs-3 EPs
3 EPs (Flying Nun 1994)
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I cannot put my obsession with the New Zealand's Flying Nun label into words. On the surface, the Clean, Bats, Verlaines, Tall Dwarfs, Chills and Magick Heads adhere to the same formula of many 80s and 90s indie rock veterans, but there is a rainy day at the heart of each band that never gives way to sun. Even at their most uplifting, I always perceive a dark cloud on the horizon of most songs. It doesn't hurt that the aforementioned bands are some of the most eloquent of that era and make you wish Flying Nun hadn't fallen into disrepair.
The Tall Dwarfs were always the most silly, adventurous and unhinged act on Flying Nun. The duo of Chris Knox and Alec Bathgate always displayed a fondness for four-track recordings, a DIY aesthetic and pure pop buried in tape hiss, but 3 EPs opened the door to new horizons. The band invited fans to record backing tracks and fragments of instrumentation on cassette and send them for inclusion on these eps. They used these submissions as building blocks for each song, which is odd since it is their most solid and cohesive album despite the fact that it is a collection of eps.
The opener "For All the Walters in the World" surfs on a wave of la-la-las as Alec Bathgate does his best Donovan/George Harrison impression and embraces every ounce of sunshine that the star ever expelled. Although the song is all about submission to love and its power to transcend every humdrum detail of our ordinary lives. It seems like a call to all the Walters or average joes to give into their emotions and act on love instead of pondering it. It is a wonderful sentiment in my book.
"Starry Eyed and Wooly Brained" is another classic Tall Dwarfs song as it details the misadventures of a man dosed off his nut on some unknown hallucinogen as his mind races headlong into the sun that looms above him. It is a somewhat romantic ode to losing your shit and the childlike belief in the surreal visions that occupy your mind at such moments.
Overall, this is the best starting point for anyone unfamilar with the Tall Dwarfs as it features every facet of their vision. Drugged ballads, tape manipulations, catchy indie-rock and mellow meditations are take their moment on center stage and make you wish that the rest of their catalogue matched such heights.
Posted in tall dwarfs | Tagged alec bathgate, bats, chills, Chris Knox, flying nun, kiwipop, magick heads, new zealand, pavement, tall dwarfs, the clean, verlaines | 2 Comments »
Terry Allen-Juarez
Juarez (Fate 1975)
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It is a wonderful problem to have in this troublesome world, but sometimes it is hard to pick the next album for this lowly blog. Over the years, so many albums have wormed their way into my heart. Some have been my best friend at 4am when the whiskey wears thin and soothing sounds are required to ease me into the next day. Some are forever associated with moments of sheer ecstasy where life was absolutely electric. Others lack an association with a particular moment, but they still remind me of why I spend so much of my time listening to the albums which litter my home. There is a massive mental list of albums that I would like to share, but Terry Allen's Juarez was always near the top of the list. However, a fella can't give it all up on the first date, so you had to wait a few months before I slipped off my granny panties and revealed what is in store for you.
Terry Allen may be one of the most unsung voices in country music and Juarez, his debut album, might be the first I would grab if ordered to take one with into the next life. He never received the same accolades as Lubbock, TX contemporaries like Butch Hancock, Joe Ely and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, but only the Flatlanders debut can match the brilliance of his opening salvo. Juarez is a concept album, but dispel all notions of Yes and ELP's prog manifestos since this concept is noirish at its very core. It documents the dark tale of an alcoholic couple on a bender who get involved in murderous sojourn through a Southern California desert by way of Mexico. It is more than a great album, but a well-crafted story complete with spoken word interludes that introduce the characters in a colorful fashion. The story is the linchpin that draws you into the world of Sailor, Spanish Alice, Jabbo and Chick Blundy as they drink, fuck, get married, escape, the law, honeymoon and meet ther eventual demise. Each song is another step in a narrative about adventure, bad decisions, love and a surrender to impulse. I cannot think of another album that works so well as both a story and ode to the tragic nature of the outlaw in country music.
The best moments are the most sparse. When it is Just Terry Allen and a piano, it reminds me of Neil Young's After the Gold Rush or Tonight's the Night, but with less rock and roll at its core. "Cortez Sail" is the pinnacle of the album as it may be one of the most lonesome songs about leaving a town for a new beginning. A storm accompanies their departure and it serves as a metaphor for all of the shit that is about to go down, but amazingly shifts into a vivid description of the Aztec persepctive as Cortex arrived to conquer and colonize a foreign land. It is an odd juxtaposition, but one that truly spooks me to my core. When he yodels "Pachuco" it sends chills up my spine. Plus, any song that includes the lyrics "see how the lightning makes tracks in your air, tearing the clouds in and closing the tear, but you're not surprised anymore, you're going home" is ok with me. It foreshadows doom, but the protagonists are ok with their fate because their is a certain beauty to the idea of home.
If there is anything you cherrypick from this ramshackle collection of musings, please make Juarez your first destination. It is an album rarely cited as a classic, let alone mentioned outside of country aficionados and deserves much love and respect from all who encounter it.
Posted in terry allen | Tagged butch hancock, elp, flatlanders, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, juarez, noir, red headed stranger, terry allen, Willie Nelson, Yes | 2 Comments »
Magma-Udu Wudu
Udu Wudu (Tomato 1976)
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I've always had a love/hate affair with Magma, a French prog-rock band, due to the inconsistent nature of their albums. On one hand they invented their own language, Kobaian, for use in their songs, but on the other hand they invented their own language for use in their songs. Amazing musicianship and innovation abound in half of their work and amazing musicianship and fucking ridiculous concepts mar the other half. However, I admire Christian Vander, Magma's founder, for his willingness to create an entire musical universe and terminology from scratch and stick to it for over thrity years. Yes, it is downright silly at times, but the passion and intricacy of their work always wins me over in the end.
I picked Udu Wudu because I picked it up as a cut-out cassette in the mid-90s and it rarely left my walkman for many a moon. Most of my affection for Udu Wudu is solely derived from the utter madness and complexity of the title track. I used to get absolutely blazed and walk thirty minutes up the road to my record store gig with Udud Wudu as my absurd guide. There were many occasions where I tried to convert friends to Udu Wudu by describing the title track as the soundtrack to Space Invaders complicated by a factor of a thousand. The weed is gone, but that statement still holds true. I can still imagine myself as the sole gun defending the planet while armies of pixellated aliens march in lockstep towards my location. I guess this is one of the few times where my flights of fancy match my sobriety.
The rest of the album surely is not an afterthought. You get Kobaian verses, jazzy interludes, insane solos and proggy synths aplenty. Plus, the whole album still reminds me of some alien celebration with a lounge act serving as the entertainment.
Posted in magma | Tagged christian vander, french prog, kobaian, magma, prog, Udu Wudu | 1 Comment »
Michael Nesmith-Magnetic South
Magnetic South (Pacific Arts 1970)
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I've already covered the history of Michael Nesmith on a previous post, so we'll skip the biographical information. Magnetic South is his followup to his debut album, The Wichita Train Whistle Sings, and it is the first where he begins to really shine as a mellow, somewhat stoned country rocker. I really cannot explain why I rank a former Monkee as an equal to your Nick Drakes, Jackson c. Franks and Gram Parsons, but his music is so unforced and relaxed. There is a cozy vibe to his albums that make them seem like home. His appropriations of West Coast psych and traditional country balladry don't aim for innovation, but a simple good time. Although "Hollywood" sort of veers into some honkytonk Doors fantasia, the rest is just a bunch of straightforward country tunes bedecked in bellbottoms.
Although he lacks the charisma and tragedy of a Gram Parsons, Nesmith's string of solo albums should have cemented with a much stronger reputation than the former Monkee with a Liquid paper fortune. "Keys to the Car" could pass for a George Jones number, but the awkwardly yodeling vocals and chorus about getting stoned would make ol' George drive his lawnmower off the road. So I don't become too obscure, Jones was once caught driving his lawnmower to the bar when his car keys were out of his reach. Nesmith is also comfortable with twangy cosmic ballads that document the weary life of a traveling musician where cities, roads and people just melt one rorshach inkblot. Magnetic South isn't his best effort, but it does pave the way for the progressions made on Loose Salute and Nevada Fighter.
Posted in michael nesmith | Tagged alt-country, country rock, george jones, gram parsons, jackson c frank, magnetic south, michael nesmith, monkees, nick drake, pacific arts | 2 Comments »
Music For Melancholy Moods: Part Deux
One of the most popular posts on this garbage heap was Music for Melancholy Moods, a mix of songs designed to drag you into the dumps. The original was conceived amidst a heap of beer bottles and sour intentions and its sequel will be no exception. Being the predictable soul I am, the previous collection stopped at the letter M once my sobriety wore thin like cheap toilet paper. Hopefully, this one will strike the same dour chord.
1. Whiskeytown-Sit and Listen to the Rain (From the Fucker demos)
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Never cared much for the band, but like some of Ryan Adams solo debut, but the tape hiss coupled with a hushed ode to ennui and rainy days occupies a dear place in my heart. I love few things more than the greyness and incessant drip of a rainy day in spring. These are moments where you ponder your navel while enjoying the mist and drip.
2. Unrest-Imperial (from Imperial fffr)
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This is the song that makes sense of Unrest's eventual association with the 4ad label. Instead of ethereal balladry ala This Mortal Coil's take on "Song to the Siren" and Lisa Gerrard's "Sanvean" we get a pasty indie-rocker who somehow channels the majestic grandeur of the label at its finest. An epic eight minutes that should last so much longer, "Imperial" breaks my heart in all the right places. Awkward falsettos never sounded quite so sublime.
3. Michael Hurley-Tea Song from Blueberry Wine
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Never has a song about brewing tea and preparing a meal of honeydew achieved such pathos. His tender description of this snack seems to be the only thing holding together as he speaks of a relationship gone wrong. He tries to play it cool, but this daily ritual of drinking tea along is the only thing tethering him to earth while his emotions are run into the dirt. I had never heard this song until five years ago when I had the pleasure of seeing him live. It left me dumbstruck and found it to be the most moving tale of a man who hugs his humble comforts and sense of humor in times of trouble.
4. Terry Allen-"Cortez Sail" from Juarez
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Someday I will pay tribute to this lonesome country concept album. This is not the time for such things. However, "Cortez Sail" is awash in folklore and apocalyptic tales of the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs. There is something chilling about his portrayal of Cortez as he prepared to attack and something hopeless about the depiction of the Aztecs watching the conquistadors sail onto their shores. It then jumps to a narrative concerning the album's protagonist as he attempts to escape his own inescapable fate. The song reminds me that certain outcomes simply cannot be avoided no matter how hard we wish otherwise.
5. Neil Young-"Comes a Time" from Comes a Time LP
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This ong reminds me of chances missed and those that were taken. The intrsumentation is simple, but perfect as fiddle and a string section duke it out while Neil Yound tackles a moment where life could go horribly wrong or end in happiness. Depending on your mood, you can choose your own adventure with this song.
6. Sunny Day Real Estate-"Every Shining Time you Arrive' from How Does it Feel to be Something On
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Don't laugh. I always loved this album because it is so troubled and in search of meaning in the world. Many of the lyrics seem so naive and innocent in the face of a world that is quickly becoming claustrophobic. This one sticks with me the most because it mirrors the moment I bought it. I had just broken up with a live-in girlfriend and bought every depressing album that my grubby mitts would hold. I immediately bonded with this song because it dealt with a relationship that nudged a boulder up a hill only to have it roll backwards at the last moment.
7. Steve Young-"That's How Strong My Love Is" from Rock Salt and Nails
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Sometimes it's just as simple as a perfect country rendering of a soul classic. No explanation is needed.
8. Stephen Stills-Change Partners
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He uses a debutante ball as a metaphor for the restless nature of relationships. Love is temporary because eventually someone taps you on the shoulder and your love is dancing with another in front of your eyes. His reassurances that this is natural provide little comfort.
9. Songs Ohia-"Back on Top" from The Lioness
Suppressed violence and testosterone lurk beneath the surface of this one. It deals with a man tortured by the glimmers of hope he sees in his lover's eyes and the mere sight of her body. He cannot have what he once had, so he keeps reiterating that he will show her when he is back on top again. It is a battle for superiority in a relationship where both parties view love as a competition instead of a collaboration. There is something about that concept that bums me out.
10. Sibylle Baier-"Tonight" from Colour Green
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Not much to this but a woman coming home from work to sit with her lover as they gaze at the moon, but there is something spooky and melancholy about her delivery. It reminds me of lying on a roof and gazing at the heavens because it seems like there is nothing more fruitful than simple observations next to the one you love.
11. Scud Mountain Boys-"Scratch Ticket" from Massachusetts
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Instead of wasting money in juke joints and barrooms galore, this character wastes his money in a far less hedonistic fashion. The Scud Mountain Boys recast the country weeper and replace whiskey with the scratch ticket as the bane of the working man or woman. Bleary eyed drunks are replaced with desperate souls with quarters instead of shot glasses.
12. Richard Thompson-"Beat the Retreat" from Small Town Romance
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Masochism at its finest. It is a song about a man who destroys all he treasures just so he may retreat home to the one he supposedly loves. On one hand, it is a testament to the love of a woman who will harbor her troubled husband no matter what, but it is also about a man who creates a tempest as an excuse to feel needed. From reading about Richard Thompson's life, I'd bet the house on the latter.
13. Richard and Linda Thompson-"Calvary Cross" from I want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
Well, let's see where this give and take began. I see this song as a bit of a parable for Richard and Linda Thompson's troubled relationship. This song touches on some of the same themes as "Beat the Retreat" as Richard Thompson again deals with a similar situation where one wrongs the other, but Christian principles are expected from the offended party. There is one line in the song which sums up this fucked affair. He states that "I'll hurt you til' you need me" and talks of someone who remians at the station, but refuses to board the train. He almost seems proud of the mistreatment and confuses need with love.
14. Phil Ochs-"I've Had Her" from Pleasures in the Harbor
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I almost hope this song is ironic. "I've Had Her" alternates between one man's romantic perspective of a certain lady, but switches to that of another man who coldly proclaims that "i've had her, she's nothing." I cannot figure out if it is a condemnation of misogyny or a narrative of love gone horribly wrong.There is something cruel about this song that sticks in my craw. It is orchestrated as a dreamy melody, but the sentiments are so ugly.
15. Antony and the Johnsons-"hope There's Someone" from I am a Bird Now
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This song unsettles me as it forces you to deal with your last moments and who you would choose as your last visitor. It is a plea for relief and comfort in your dying hours. I first heard it while walking to work and it made me teary-eyed as thoughts of mortality intruded upon my every thought. Not a great way to start the school day, but a necessary evil as the years march onward.
16. The Mountain Goats-"Sahdow Song" from The Coroner's Gambit
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This one reminds me of a time when a relationship cracked, but hope remained that crazy glue and good intentions would reinforce mere shards. It is a song where hope attempts to outdistance the reality of love's slow demise. Part of me admires its optimism, part of me gets depressed by the reality of the situation.
17. George Jones-"She Thinks I Still Care" from The Spirit of Country Compilation
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Where do I begin with George Jones? All of his music has been a destructive buddy in my hours of drink. However, this one is timeless and captures the essence of his masochistic tendencies. There's plenty of sadism in his love as well, but George does more sulking and sipping than focusing on revenge. However, there is a cruel tinge to his mourning.
18. John Martyn-"Go Easy" from Bless the Weather
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I remember the day I bought this album and put it on the stereo. Rarely has an album begun in such a vulnerable position. John Martyn is a fucking wreck. His bouts with addiction and ruined relationships have left him a mere eggshell to cover his heart. The song is a plea for all involved parties to take it easy for a bit because his heart simply cannot take much more. The chorus begs for life to go easy on him, but the optimist in him still hopes love won't pass him by. Another talented masochist whose losses created great music, John Martyn takes 70s folk to some really painful places.
19. Bauhaus-"All We Wanted Was Everything" from The Sky's Gone Out
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During my teenage years, I sent a package to my girlfriend and wrote the chorus of this song on the envelope. It read "all we wanted was everything, all we got was cold." The postal service worker stopped me to remark on how she thought the phrase was a witty one. I claimed ownership of this Peter Murphy chestnut, smiled and walked on my merry way. I felt shame afterwards and it saved me from quoting Nitzer Ebb and KMFDM on future letters.
20. The Ink Spots-"I'll Never Smile Again" from Original Decca Recordings
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Every Ink Spots' song sort of sounds the same, but this one suits this collection best. Lonesome harmonies, pledges of sadness, old-timey innocence and a belief that heartbreak is terminal make this song one where you hang on every sullen word. There is no irony or wit, but a wholehearted belief that this love was the last to be ever experienced. Plus, the baritione breaks down love in such a simple fashion that i cannot believe I was such a conniving clod.
Posted in Magicistragic mixes | Tagged antony and the johnsons, bauhaus, george jones, ink spots, john martyn, Michael Hurley, mountain goats, neil young, phil ochs, richard and linda thompson, richard thompson, scud mountain boys, sibyle baier, songs ohia, stephen stills, steve young, sunny day real estate, terry allen, Unrest, whiskeytown | 3 Comments »
Various Artists-Ocean of Sound
Various Artists(Compiled by David Toop)
Ocean of Sound (Virgin UK 1996)
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Although it sometimes spends too much time sniffing its own arse, The Wire, a British magazine, has helped turn me on to new horizons during the thirteen years I have read its pontifications. Yes, I could do without its testimonials to grime and its ill-fated interludes with post-rock, but no current magazine delves into the nitty gritty of oddball musics like they do. Although he doesn't seem to write for them anymore, David Toop's meanderings on music warped my mind in new directions. To be honest, I read them now and find less to love, but his articles and book Ocean of Sound provided the context for why I found whirrs, buzzes and drones to be such a wonderland. In 1996, Toop wrote a book entitled Ocean of Sound which attempted to trace the history of ambient music as well as the motivations behind those who devoted themselves to its creation. He touched on Satie, Terry Riley, Eno and Aphex Twin and how supposed background music became an artform. I still kind of dig this book, but years have hardened me and I no longer have the same bright-eyed and bushy-tailed look as I read the words. However, this book really gave my musical loves a sense of place. It connected dots and made sense of things that my young mind didn't grasp until then.
A double cd was released in conjunction with book and I'll be damned if there isn't a better compendium of music to correlate with the book's explorations of the ability of music to create an atmosphere. Now the book and compilation do not limit themselves to mellow bubbles and chirps since Peter Brotzmann and Ornette Coleman play a role as well as My Bloody Valentine and Jon Hassell. I love the diversity of this collection because its field recordings of howler monkeys and rain songs just melt into the more austere terrain of Harold Budd. At heart, it is just an excellent mix tape devoted to the power of sound by a man who put all of his love into each selection.
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Bisk-Ticklish Matters
Ticklish Matters (Sub Rosa 1998)
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This one is a puzzle to me. Ten years have passed and it still befuddles me because I cannot make heads nor tails out of it. I cannot compare itto anything because I have yet to hear anything that approximates the dada anti-music compiled on Ticklish Matters. I've heard more difficult, noisy and chaotic albums, but none disorient me in the manner of this one. It's not even a satisfying listen because it jumps from genre to genre, sample to sample and beat to beat every few seconds, but somehow I believe it is one of the more soothing albums I own.Maybe it is due to its frequent usage of drones, classical motifs and quiet, but busy percussion, but its restlessness makes my woes seem like a mellow moment in time.
A few years ago, a Sudanese immigrant came to teach Science at my school. After months of monotonous meetings, he whispered "They are busy being busy." I felt this was a perfect description of how our administrators puttered about the building making copies, handouts and speeches to create the appearance of progress. Somehow I have flashbacks to these words whenever I hear Ticklish Matters because it is definitely "busy being busy." So much happens without any progression as this Japanese musician just poofs out clouds of chatter that say nothing, but creates a sense of calm. I feel like I am listening to an ant farm cannibalising its progeny as samples trample ambient passages while orchestras slowly crush plaintive piano chords. Please don't expect a difficult listen from my description because it really is an amalgamation of beautiful ideas piled onto one another until nothing quite makes sense. It is one of the most chaotic, but gorgeous albums that I've heard. On first listen, a mess is apparent, but repeated journeys reveal more of its genius amidst the playfulness and insanity.
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Bob Seger-Mongrel
Mongrel (Capitol 1970)
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Before the flood of testosterone and confidence gave way to a mere trickle from his mangina, Bob Seger was one of the biggest badasses to ever be associated with rock and roll. Just listen to "Heavy Music" or "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" and you are left dumbfounded that this man later wrote "Night Moves" and "Against the Wind." He was so cocksure and in control of a raucous band able to combine 60s soul, frat rock and gratuitous riffery that wouldn't sound out of place on a southern rock album. This music was so male and funky that it seemed as if he would fuck or fight you in an instant.
1970's Mongrel was his first album with a new version of the Bob Seger System band and the change in direction is apparent. Gone is the funk and an almost metallic boogie rock takes it rightful place. I love the Bob Seger System, but Mongrel snarls in a wholly different manner. I always find it hard to believe he is from the North instead of the South since some of this sounds like a southern-fried Springsteen by way of Wilson Pickett. Mongrel is a fitting title since it has digested soul, rock and blues and spit it out with a snarl usually lacking in all three genres. It is such a tight, vicious album that makes you wish there were more Seger albums in this vein. This is the last time you'll see this Bob Seger in such consistent form. After Mongrel, this erupting phallus quickly shrunk and Seger became Buffalo Bill and performed the lamb dance.
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Hockney's Multiple Market: Deep, Complex and Volatile
Last week, the folks at Artnet published some data on David Hockney's market, including a breakout of the sales of Hockney's prints and multiples. Turns out the Hockney multiples market has more complexity and volatility than market for his paintings.
Colin Gleadell went into greater detail. He points out that Hockney's penchant for trying new media has meant that his multiples market is also segmented by collectors who are interested in the specific experiments made possible by each of the mediums.
He breaks it down thus:Continue Reading
Taschen Previews 680-page David Hockney SUMO
October 23, 2016 by Marion Maneker
The folks at Taschen sent out this press material to entice pre-orders for their new David Hockney SUMO modeled on the Helmut Newton book they did several years ago:
The SUMO is conceived as a visual autobiography, spanning six decades of Hockney's art. It has been personally curated by the artist over the past 15 months, together with Benedikt Taschen and editor Hans Werner Holzwarth.
Hockney's Hangs onto the Old Habits and Embraces the New Technologies
Ellen Gammerman interviews David Hockney for the Wall Street Journal and the subject of new technologies comes up:
Asked if he had any digital works currently sitting on his devices, Mr. Hockney pulled out his iPhone and opened a picture he'd taken from his bedroom window a few days before, an impossible multi-perspective shot of the sunrise for which he used an app, Juxtaposer, to stitch together four separate images. Back when photocopiers and fax machines were new, he made art using those machines.
More recently, he has been creating "cubist movies," digital films employing as many as 18 cameras tilted at different angles to subtly distort a scene as it plays across multiple screens.
His fascination with technology sparked an art brawl in 2001 with the release of his book, "Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters." In it he wrote that some early Renaissance artists such as Jan van Eyck used optical devices like concave mirrors to make pictures that were too perfect to be explained by talent alone. Critics said he was accusing the Old Masters of cheating.
In the de Young exhibit's catalog, Mr. Hockney writes about "a fundamental change in picture making" now taking place as new technologies change the way artists see the world. He sounds happy about it, too: "It will mark the end of the old order," he writes, "which is no bad thing."
David Hockney's Restless Decade (Wall Street Journal)
WSJ: Hockney at Royal Academy
Hockney at the Royal Academy Unnerves Alistair Sooke


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Lego robot crushes world speed record for solving a Rubik's cube
By Layne Weiss Mar 16, 2014 in Technology
Birmingham - Two engineers from England have set a new world record for solving a Rubik's cube with their ARM-powered robot, the Cubestormer 3.
The robot, which uses ARM processor technology, solved the Rubik's cube in 3.253 seconds at the Big Bang Fair in Birmingham, United Kingdom Saturday, Wall Street JournalJ reports. For 18 months, co-inventors David Gilday and Mike Dobson worked on the Cubestormer 3 in their spare time.
In 2011, the same team built the Cubestormer 2, which set a world record by solving s Rubik's cube in 5.27 seconds.
The Cubestormer 3 is 62 percent faster, and also beats the human record of 5.55 set last year by Dutchman Mats Valk, The Verge reports.
"We knew CUBESTORMER 3 had the potential to beat the existing record but with the robot performing physical operations quicker than the human eye can see there's always an element of risk," said David Gilday according to the Wall Street Journal. "In the end, the hours we spent perfecting the robot and ensuring its motor and intelligence functions were properly synchronized paid off. Our big challenge now is working out if it's possible to make it go even faster."
The Cubestormer 3 uses the intelligence of a Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone powered by an Exynos 5 Octa application processor with an eight-core ARM big.LITTLE(TM) implementation featuring four Cortex-A15 and four Cortex-A7 processors. The phone analyzes the Rubik's cube, calculates the correct sequence of moves and instructs four robotic hands to solve the cube.
And yes. It's just as complicated as it sounds. David Gilday said that it was extremely difficult to perfect communication between the smartphone and motors, The Verge reports. It's one thing for engineers to design software that can solve a Rubik's cube, but it's way more complex to perfectly time the commands for solving it with optimum speed without crushing the cube or breaking the machine.
According to the WSJ, Gilday also noted what an amazing device the Samsung Galaxy S4 really is. Sure, customers may enjoy its features. But not many people have realized until now how fast it can "think."
"The robot demonstrates just how fast a Samsung Galaxy S4 can think. As well as working out the solution, the ARM-powered Exynos processor has to instruct the robot to carry out the moves," David Gilday said. "This is more complex than it seems because CUBESTORMER 3 uses a speed cube which allows twists before the sides are fully-aligned. It means the robot is effectively mirroring the same kind of judgement and dexterity that a human speed cuber has to apply. "
The team will now work to beat the record yet again. According to The Verge, one engineer said, "Our big challenge now is working out if it's possible to make it go even faster."
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Houston Medical Center's specialties include women's center, pain clinic, lithotripsy, respiratory care, and comprehensive neurology facilities.
Houston Medical Center is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).
Houston Medical Center is a member of Houston Healthcare which also includes Perry Hospital and Houston Health Pavilion.
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5TH Dimensional Love & Spirituality
Friday, January 29, 2016 6:00 PM 18:00
Monday, February 29, 2016 9:30 PM 21:30
Studio 89 1065 Canadian Place, Unit 104 Mississauga Canada (map)
Join me at the opening reception of this month long art show at Studio 89 in Mississauga starting at 6:00pm
We all know that there are many different kinds of love. There is romantic love, the love between parent and child, the love between siblings, the love between friends, the love between pet owner and pet, and many other kinds of love. However, when we speak of love in the 5th dimension, we are not limited to these kinds of love. Fifth dimensional love includes all of these kinds of love, and it also extends beyond the confines of 3rd dimension love to include other types of love.
For example, once one reaches fifth dimension consciousness, they automatically begin to feel love towards everyone. They begin to see themselves in everyone, and they feel a close connection to everyone. They cannot harm anyone nor anything, and they do not even think of harming others. They genuinely care about others. They, in other words, are heart centered.
Fifth dimensional love also extends beyond humanity to the animal, insect, and plant kingdoms and beyond. A person who reaches fifth dimension consciousness begins to feel a connection with mother nature and all of its creatures and feels as if they are one with the animal kingdom. The person may even begin to feel as though animals possess a human soul and human characteristics. Fifth dimensional love also extends beyond humanity to the animal, insect, and plant kingdoms and beyond. A person who reaches fifth dimension consciousness begins to feel a connection with mother nature and all of its creatures and feels as if they are one with the animal kingdom. The person may even begin to feel as though animals possess a human soul and human characteristics.
This 5th dimensional love also leads one to respect and to feel compassion for the animal, insect, and plant kingdoms. Genuinely caring about mother Earth and all of her occupants is of great importance and becomes a part of the 5th dimension human's permanent behavior and becomes a permanent personality characteristic. It becomes a part of who the person is at their very core.
Once a person reaches fifth dimension consciousness, they feel so much joy and enthusiasm that they love their life. They love living, and they love life in general.
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Cupertino, Calif. – March 14, 2013 – ScaleMPTM, the leader in virtualization solutions for high-end computing, announced today the expansion of its leadership team. Pat Carey joins ScaleMP as Vice President of World Wide Major Accounts Sales; Erez Velan is the new Director of Technical Services and Support; and Nir Paikowsky is named Vice President of North American Channel Development and Technical Sales. Altogether, these new executives will draw upon their collective experience to support ScaleMP's significant growth into new and expanding markets.
Mr. Carey has more than 25 years of experience in the information technology industry. Prior to joining ScaleMP, Mr. Carey was vice president of Siemens' Smart Grid for North America. He also held a position as director of sales and marketing, Siemens Energy Automation. Mr. Carey joined Siemens from IBM, where he held a number of roles in his 19 years there, including worldwide sales manager for IBM's Blue Gene supercomputer and leader of the America's Higher Education Practice for IBM Global Business Services.
Mr. Velan served as director of technical support and director of professional services at Aladdin, which was later acquired by SafeNet, Inc. In his role at Aladdin and SafeNet, Mr. Velan oversaw the professional services and managed services organizations, which provided services to the company's customers on a global scale. Erez was responsible for quality and customer satisfaction, and managed the company's strategic accounts. Earlier in his career, Mr. Velan co-founded and ran a consulting and integration firm that provided IT security services to various organizations in Israel.
Mr. Paikowsky joined ScaleMP in 2008 as Director of Application and Sales Engineering, and then assumed the role of Vice President of Services. Nir will be leveraging his extensive background working with ScaleMP's customers and products. Before joining ScaleMP, Nir held several positions at enterprise business software provider SAP, including director of product strategy for eBusiness and director of system architecture.
ScaleMP is the leader in virtualization for high-end computing, providing maximum performance and lower total cost of ownership (TCO). The innovative Versatile SMP(TM) (vSMP) architecture aggregates multiple independent systems into a single virtual system, delivering an industry-standard, high-end symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) computer. Using software to replace custom hardware and components, ScaleMP offers a new, revolutionary computing paradigm. For more information, please call +1 (408) 342-0330 or visit http://www.ScaleMP.com.


As a followup to my last post on Facebook's push into music streaming, I thought I'd take a look at YouTube Music's recent launch and Google's push to make more sense of its disparate media-focused products as it tries to attract paying subscribers.
My takeaway: Google's traditional "self-competition" strategy for launching and developing new products may doom its latest venture.
It is well known that Google has a love of testing and quantitative data in designing its products and services. (Who can forget the ever-popular "We Tested 41 Shades of Blue" story?) One of my favorite related theories is the "Google Makes Two Of Everything" theory. As this article notes, Google has a history of making simultaneous bets on competing products or technologies — Android Wear and Glass, Gmail and Inbox, Maps and Earth. Sometimes both products are a success (like Android and ChromeOS); sometimes the products are each failures (Google+ and Orkut…).
These are valuable lessons for startups and undercapitalized companies struggling to find product-market fit, but Google's core business of search secures the company itself against any short-term failure. Each additional product launched through existing Google channels is an opportunity to gather data about their consumers — meaning they can take a longer view on product design and market success.
But this is not always a winning strategy. If the products being designed are targeted at consumers whose needs have long been underserved, Google can afford to take its time in developing strong products and business models. When it comes to social, however, Facebook simply launches better products and solutions faster for users who want to share, follow, and connect. They've learned from Google's example on data-driven methods — and from Google's ambition. Now Google's failure on social products has led to Facebook finding a foothold, and their success may cost Google its core businesses of advertising and search.
The point is, Google is asking consumers to give up other streaming music subscriptions to come try out an ostensibly new service, for only a two-week trial (versus Apple Music's 3-month offer), on a platform that really only has utility if you're paying for the underlying YouTube Red service. Using YouTube Music without Red means no audio-only mode, no offline mixtapes, no features that actually make it feel like a music product — or at least not one positively differentiated from Google's existing offerings. YouTube Red itself is kind of a mess, due to the lack of a standalone app and an inability to host some important content on its no-ad subscription-based tier.
The service makes a lot more sense than Google having a slew of limited subscription services with restrictions as to what you could access. The company says that watching the YouTube Music Key beta, it learned that users didn't want to be told what was considered "music" and would be ad-free, and what wasn't.
Wonderful. But should it really have taken Google one failed product and a long-term beta to reach this insight? And why didn't they consider the cost of confusing their users in the meantime?
While Google set the standard for the 21st century, they seem to have underestimated the competition. The landscape surrounding Google is not what it was for the first decade or so of this millennium. Companies like Spotify and Netflix (in addition to Facebook) have heavily data-informed processes and strong independent brands in the media world. Consider Spotify's investment in analytics powerhouses and Netflix's commitment to recommendation. What was once Google's advantage is now the industry standard, and its weakness — coherence in product and marketing — is being exploited.
Google moves methodically, as befitting a 60,000 person company, but media is evolving faster than ever before. Mobile is already dominant, AR and VR are pushing into the consumer market, old players are dying and mobile-only ad-supported media platforms are finding huge valuations (see: Snapchat).
Spotify and Netflix are demonstrably nimbler, and they've already solved one of media's biggest challenges: extracting value from the consumer. And with their strong product features and excellent discovery and recommendation engines, they are providing more value back to the consumer for their time spent on the service. While YouTube still wins on community, Facebook is challenging Google directly on social and now video as well.
The competition is mounting for Google, and its old methods of self-competition and disruption won't work in this new, more intelligent tech media landscape. The time would be now for a coherent, standalone streaming music offering — but YouTube Music isn't it.


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I'm super excited that we're getting close to the launch of my book! And I'm happy I can finally reveal the cover and title with you. But first, I'd like to share with you how I chose the title.
Coming up with the title of my book has been daunting. How do you convey a life's worth of philosophies, joy, pitfalls, confidence, triumphs, leadership lessons, self exploration, self confidence, and inspiration all in a simple title? I suppose that's what the pages inside the cover are for. Still… I wanted to make sure the title hinted at those things and also let the reader know this book isn't just about gymnastics; even though the book is about taking control of your life from the perspective of a professional ballerina turned gymnastics coach. So how did I come up with the title and what does it mean?
Well.. to be honest I didn't come up with the title, at least not intentionally. My publisher, Hachette, reminded me of my own phrase in the book, "Life is short, don't wait to dance." At first I reluctantly agreed, but the more I thought about it the more it made sense.
Dance is a metaphor for whatever you want to do in life that gives voice to your soul and makes your heart sing. Then came the Aha moment that made me realize this was indeed, the perfect title.
I tell a story in the book about my mentor, legendary coach John Wooden that gave me the revelation.
Coach Wooden lived an impeccable life, and yet in his later years, whenever he was asked if he had any regrets he would always say, "My wife, Nellie, loved to dance, and yet I never danced with her because I was shy and did not think I was a good dancer." Looking back, he realized that he should have made a different choice because it would have made Nellie—and thus, him— happy. No one would have cared if he were a good dancer or not.
Aha! That was it, "Life is Short, Don't Wait to Dance." Up until then, I hadn't correlated his story to the title. It was serendipitous. It was providence. This needed to be the title of the book as an homage to Coach Wooden.
I have learned throughout various stages of my life, as you will read, to embrace the sentiment of the book title. Think about and figure out what you want to do and then choose to do it. Live your life with no regrets… and don't wait to do that which makes your heart sing, because life is short.
P.S. (or post shameless) plug: "Life is Short, Don't Wait to Dance" is available now for pre-order!
Just ordered. I love the title and can't wait to read it.
Congratulations!!!!! I love the title because I never wait to dance (in the most literal sense because I go to dance class whenever possible <3 <3).
Ordered! Thank you for your beautiful life example.


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South Bay co-stars in black comedy about terrorism
By Nick Green | NGreen@scng.com | Daily Breeze
"Kalifornistan" may be the South Bay's 21st century cinematic equivalent of "Gone in 60 Seconds," the 1974 cult classic that was essentially one long car chase filmed almost exclusively in the area.
The satirical black comedy, which tells the story of a hapless would-be terrorist who can't even get into al-Qaida, was produced by two San Pedro filmmakers who similarly made extensive use of Harbor Area and South Bay locations.
The Vincent Thomas Bridge, San Pedro's Sixth Street, Fort MacArthur and other spots are all there.
"We love the South Bay," said Govindini Murty, the executive producer and star of the low-budget independent film she made with husband and director Jason Apuzzo, a 1988 graduate of Palos Verdes High School.
"It's like a snapshot of all these places in the area," she added. "It's pretty much all shot here."
The film will be released on DVD next month and is available for pre-order on its Web site, www.kalifornistan.com.
The pair were previously co-founders of the Liberty Film Festival, which sought to explore in film conservative themes and values the filmmakers believed were being ignored by a liberal Hollywood establishment.
"Kalifornistan" builds upon a previous little-seen film the pair made called "Terminal Island" that had Murty's character chased around Los Angeles Harbor by a terrorist.
Their latest effort is written and narrated from the perspective of the terrorist – a jihad diary, if you like – who is distracted in general by the temptations of the American culture he seeks to destroy and in particular by a sultry exotic dancer played by Murty.
"There's definite political satire all throughout the film although the film does not have a political agenda per se," she said. "We wanted to highlight the absurdity of that sort of rhetoric."
Other targets include the pervasive narcissism of American culture that has many people running around with video cameras putting up their thoughts and observations on YouTube at the drop of a hat, and documentarian Michael Moore who, offered Murty, believes he is as important to his films as his subject matter.
"There are two things, in my opinion, that really drive terrorism on the street level," said Apuzzo on the film's Web site. "One of them is a certain kind of madness – a form of anger or alienation that expresses itself in the rage to destroy America and suppress freedom.
"The other factor is the contemporary need, fueled by mass media, to become a celebrity and be worshipped."
The film is dark, presenting both the underbelly of urban America and the "grotesque, but funny characters" that populate it, to make its points.
"The film puts across its thesis that the terrorist reciprocally cannot grasp what is plain human normalcy in American culture because he comes from a violently anti-humanistic, anti-feminine corner," observed Stanford University scholar Gerald Gillespie, who was also Apuzzo's doctoral adviser at Stanford University.
"It also cleverly demonstrates … how his craziness blends into the shallow rants … of a large segment of the American public who are afflicted by one or another form of cultural self-hatred/resentment, yet are clearly hooked by America's cliches and trivial pleasures."
It is also out to prove that the threat of nuclear apocalypse can be just as funny in the current political climate as Dr. Strangelove sought to show in the 1960s.
"We'd like to offer a bold and original vision to the public about the contemporary world we live in in regard to the War on Terror," Murty said. "It's avant-garde, it's bold, it's sexy, it's cool, it's stylish."
And it's so South Bay.
The DVD of "Kalifornistan" can be ordered at the film's Web site
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Former India footballer and Asian Games gold medallist Fortunato Franco passes away
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The All India Football Federation (AIFF) condoled the demise of former India national team midfielder Fortunato Franco, who passed away on Monday in Goa.
Franco was an integral part of India's Asian Games Gold Medal winning team in the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta where India beat South Korea 2-1 in the final.
Besides, he was also a member of the Indian team in the 1960 Rome Olympics, and the Indian team which finished second in the 1962 Asian Cup, runners-up in the 1964 Merdeka Cup in Kuala Lumpur, and the national team which finished 3rd in the Merdeka Cup in 1965.
Franco who represented India 26 times made his international debut against Pakistan in the Asian Cup Qualifiers in Ernakulam in December 1959.
Praful Patel, AIFF President, said in his message, "It is devastating to hear that Fortunato Franco is no more. He was a member of the Indian Football's golden generation who played a stellar role in helping India win the Gold Medal in 1962 Asian Games. His contribution to Indian Football can never be forgotten. I share the grief."
AIFF General Secretary, Kushal Das said: "Fortunato Franco will be alive in his achievements. He played a massive role in India winning the Gold Medal in the 1962 Asian Games. He was a legendary footballer who has been an inspiration to so many generations. My condolences to his family. We pray for his soul to rest in peace."
On the domestic front, Franco captained Maharashtra in the Santosh Trophy from 1959 to 1966, and helped the state triumph in the 1963-64 season.
gold medallist Fortunato Franco passes away


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Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service announced proposed rules to provide critical guidance on the implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The proposals would affect tax provisions affecting the construction industry, including temporary 100 percent expensing, the 20 percent deduction on qualified business income for pass-through entities and the implementation of the repatriation transition tax under section 965 as it relates to U.S. shareholders with accumulated foreign earnings. ABC welcomes this guidance and will continue to review these proposed rules to determine their benefit to the construction industry.


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It's time for this week's Featured Spotlight Cards from last Saturday's challenge (SSS189). Thank you all for taking time during the busy Holiday Season to participate in our challenge!
First is Allisa's super cute snowman card. Love the darling image and the pretty snowflake background. The sheer ribbon and snowflake embellishment look lovely.
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This session covers the main divestiture and restructuring options available to a firm as a going concern. The motives and cons of each structure are explained and their balance sheet impact is analyzed in detail. Spreadsheet work and real cases are used throughout the session.
This session addresses four key complexities in M&A models: Non-coterminus year ends, using a flexible deal date, currency translation and the creation of a non-controlling interest. In order to fully benefit from the session, delegates should have knowledge of the fundamentals of M&A accounting and familiarity with financial modeling.
A solid understanding of the topics covered by our course Fully Integrated M&A Modeling is required.


Milwaukee 2780-20 Grinder Manual. View the Milwaukee 2780-20 Grinder manual. This is a Milwaukee M18 FUEL 412 5 Grinder manual. This cordless grinder features the same metal housing gearing system as corded Milwaukee grinders. This grinding tool is 100 tool free. The operator can do all the accessory changes and guard adjustments without any tools. It has a paddle switch design for ease of use and increased comfort. You are viewing the manual and parts listings for the Milwaukee 2780-20 Grinder .


Department of Finance: The Department of Finance (DOF) establishes fiscal policies to carry out the State's programs; prepares, explains, and administers the State's annual budget; analyzes legislation that impacts the State fiscally; trains and supports departmental accounting; monitors and audits expenditures by State departments to ensure compliance with the law, standards, and policies; develops economic forecasts and revenue estimates; develops population and enrollment estimates and projections; conducts fiscal analyses of proposed statewide information technology policies and enterprise initiatives; and performs oversight of critical IT projects.
State Controller's Office: The State Controller's Office (SCO) is responsible for the accountability and disbursement of the State's financial resources; safeguarding of various property until claimed by the rightful owners (Unclaimed Property); independently audits government agencies that spend State funds; administers the payroll system for State and California State University employees.
State Treasurer's Office: The State Treasurer, a constitutionally established office, provides banking services for State government with goals to minimize interest and service costs and to maximize yield on investments. The Treasurer is responsible for the custody of all monies and securities belonging to or held in trust by the State; investment of temporarily idle state monies; administration of the sale of state bonds, their redemption and interest payments; and payment of warrants or checks drawn by the State Controller and other state agencies.
Legislative Analyst's Office: The Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) provides fiscal and policy advice to the State's Legislature.
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Prepare a 700 word paper, in which you compare and contrast the accounting reporting criteria (regulatory environment, issues with foreign currency, differences in GAAP, etc.) of a U.S. company with a foreign company.
How much do you need to have in your account today to meet your expense needs over the next 4 years?
Calculate the present value of the corporate bonds if rates increase by 2 percentage points. Calculate the gain or loss on the corporate bond position.
The client requires an average 8 percent return over the entire term. What lump sum does the client need to invest today?
If you believe that mutual fund will achieve 12% per year rate of return, and you want to buy car for your birthday in 9 years, how much must you invest today?
Conduct a sensitivity analysis, based on the following "what if" scenarios: 1) What if funds are blocked? How does this affect the parent company?
Q1. What is the trend of Net Income over the last three years? Q2. What is the trend of Cash Flow from Operating Activities over the last three years?


The images on the stone clearly shows an alien manning what looks like inside of a spaceship. There are other shapes and symbols engraved on the stones with mostly triangles, which is a shape that appears frequently in UFO sightings. Aptly named "stones of the first encounter," explorers believe this corroborates with the countless stories of extraterrestrial intervention in Mayan and Aztec lore, as well as local legend that a UFO was once trapped inside the cave according to the article by alien-ufo-sightings-.com.
While the validity of these stones are yet to be determined, if these are indeed accurate we could be looking at one of the clearest, and best examples ever of ancient alien cave markings.


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Company Formation and Tax Structuring
The question that is often asked is as to what type of structure should a business be set-up as one starts a new business or diversifies or experiences growth. Ones choices have legal and tax implications. Here are some of the company formation choices:
Limited Liability Corporation
C – Corporation or PC
S – Corporation
One incorporates an entity at the state level (department of state) where the state laws govern the legality of the company. Such laws vary from state to state. However, formation of the company alone does not determine its tax status. At times, one has to make tax elections to determine tax status of the company in accordance with Internal Revenue Code. Let us shift through a few pages to understand key features of each of these structures.
Sole Proprietorship: There is no formal charter required for this type of business. One has to report all income and expenses on form 1040 schedule C to report net income from the personal business. It is generally good and easy way of operating a business where size of a business is small. However, this type of business reporting assumes personal liability and debt of the business. There is no differentiation between the personal and business assets and liabilities.
Partnerships: In most states there is no statutory requirement to form a partnership. A partnership is a business endeavor between two or more persons to carry out its profitable objectives. Partnerships can be a General or a Limited Partnership. Having formal terms of the partnership agreement is advisable for smooth understanding among its partners. A partnership files a federal income tax form 1065 but it is not taxed at the partnership level. It is treated as a flow through entity where its partners get an individualized K-1 statement that reports partners' proportionate interest in line items of income and expense. The partners in turn report the income and expenses on their personal tax return (Schedule E).
In a General Partnership, all partners are jointly and severally liable for the business obligations. Profit sharing among the partners can be determined through implicit actions or explicit agreements among the partners.
In a Limited Partnership, there are General Partner(s) or Limited Partner(s). General partners control the day-to-day activity and decisions of the partnership. They are jointly and severally liable for the obligations of the partnership. Limited partners are passive participants and have limited liability to the extent of their interest or commitment to the partnership. Their participation and liability are determined by state statute and the partnership agreement.
Limited Liability Partnership (LLP): An LLP requires state registration. It is like a General Partnership in its characteristics and behavior. LLP as an entity along with its partners are jointly and severally liable for the contractual and debt obligations of the partnership. However, it separates individual partner(s) from the bad behavior of other partners. An LLP for tax purposes is treated like a pass-through General Partnership where it files a federal form 1065 and its partners get their proportionate interest reported on an individualized K-1.
Limited Liability Company (LLC): As the name suggests an LLC has the corporate veil of limiting the liability of its owners/members. It is an entity incorporated at the state level. However, it is also taxed as a pass-through entity for tax purposes. For an LLC to maintain its legal and tax status certain formalities are required to be met. An LLC is treated as a partnership for tax purposes where its income and expense line item characteristics are passed-through to its owners. An LLC files a federal form 1065 and provides a proportionate interest K-1 statement to its owners. An LLC can also be a single member LLC or be elected as a C-Corp. The advantage of a C-Corp is that it can have foreign nationals as shareholder(s).
Single Member LLC (SMLLC): SMLLC can also be elected as a disregarded entity by filing federal form 8832i which means that the SMLLC does not file its own federal tax return but instead its income and expense line items are reported directly on its owner's tax return on form 1040 schedule C.
C-Corporation (C-Corp): A C-Corp is a corporation in the traditional sense. Its business is owned by its shareholders who have voting rights. However, its operations are executed by the board of directors and its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). A C-Corp has limited liability and its shareholders are not responsible for the company's obligations and actions. A C-Corp is taxed as a stand-alone entity and files its federal tax return on form 1120. Currently, in 2022 it pays a flat tax rate of 21% on its net income. A C-Corp can retain its after-tax income and reinvest to continue to pay its flat income tax rate. However, if it distributes qualified dividend to its shareholders, its shareholders are taxed at the capital gains tax rate. This is often called Double Taxation.
Professional Corporation (PC): A PC is formed as a corporation for certain licensed professionals like CPAs, Doctors, Lawyers, Architects, etc. A PC's operations must stick to its chartered line of profession. Thus, an active medical PC cannot have passive real estate activity. Employees and shareholders who are not licensed in the chartered profession of a PC cannot be its shareholder. Related and unrelated investors and family members are no exception to the rule. A PC may elect to file its taxes as a C-Corp or an S-Corp.
S-Corporation (S-Corp): An S-Corp is not an incorporated or registered entity by itself. It is a small business election that a C-Corp, LLC or a PC can use by filing federal form 2553. An S-Corp, has limited liability for its shareholders similar to a C-Corp. Once elected as an S-Corp a company can be treated as a flow-through entity like a partnership for income tax purposes. It files its income taxes using a federal form 1120S. S-Corps operate like a partnership except for the fact that it can pay a reasonable amount of W-2 salary to its owner(s) and the remainder can be treated as a pass-through income which retains S-Corp's line-item characteristics. While the W-2 compensation is processed as a routine employer and employee compensation and payroll taxes, the flow through income is not subject to self-employment taxes (social security and medicare). An S-Corp can only have one class of shareholders (all domestic) not to exceed 100 and must follow statutory compliance requirements like a C-Corp.
It is a commonly asked question as to what entity structure is right for my business. As you can see from the discussion above there are several decision pivot points. One must understand their current and future business needs to determine their optimal structure. If you have any further question, feel free to contact Kislay Shah CPA at kislay@shahcpaus.com or call 646-328-1326.
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alt press online - Iraqi Soldiers Refuse To Fight!!
In US military circles, the First Marine Division is one of the most famous outfits ever put together. It has served with distinction, valor, and honor through some of the bloodiest campaigns in Marine Corps history. It is dug in right now outside Fallujah, Iraq, waiting for the orders to take the city. The Marine Corps motto, "First to Fight" has been part of their history as well. Unfortunately for the 1st Marines, their allies dug in beside them may prove to be less than willing. Some of them may prove to be downright treacherous. And as usual, when you find a treacherous ally, it has more often than not been trained, equipped, armed and paid for with US dollars from US taxpayers. As you recall, Saddam Hussein did indeed have weapons of mass destructions in the 1980's and early nineties, just check the closest US Corporation and you'll find the receipts.


As someone that has only recently began pursuing an interest in business, I am constantly surprised and impressed with the resources CVC has to offer. On top of the experience analyzing interesting markets and interacting with professionals in the field, the kind, patient, and knowledgable members of CVC are always eager to share their advice regarding internships, networking, and life in general. CVC has exceeded my initial expectations for a venture capital club, and I am so excited to see where we go.
Olivia is a sophomore from Doylestown, PA studying Biological Sciences in the College of Arts & Sciences. She joined CVC fall semester of 2018 and looks forward to exploring her interest in VC and business. She is also part of Cornell iGEM's wikiteam and enjoys art and design. When she isn't studying, she is running, playing tennis, sketching, or spending time with friends.
I have had a wide variety of experiences during high school teaching art at Guanghua Chinese School and taking art commissions. At Guanghua, I created and taught the first art curriculum designed to introduce children to digital art by guiding them through the traditional principles of art. On the side, I have been taking art commissions through online platforms since 2013. I was in charge of planning courses and teaching a classroom of 14 children ages 5-11. This past summer, I was able to intern at Bionex Pharmaceuticals, where I helped conduct experiments, help design protocols by doing background research, manage small-scale studies, and organize and process data from small-scale studies. In addition to interning, I also volunteered with a nursing unit at Doylestown Hospital where I aided in care procedures and was one of the primary people on the floor ensuring patient comfort. In a similar vein, I cared for a child on the autism spectrum and incorporated basic art skills and color theory into her daily routine.
In my free time, you can find me on a run, sketching, or cozied up to the latest episode of Black Mirror.
My favorite memory in terms of the work I've done with CVC would definitely be hearing one of our clients actually say they were going to look deeper into and invest in some of the companies we had researched and presented to them. Being able to work on a project with tangible outcomes was amazing. Generally though, my favorite part of CVC has just been how easy it is to get along with everyone even though everyone has such diverse interests and backgrounds. I genuinely would consider members of this club some of my closest friends now despite only joining last semester.
Grace is a junior from California majoring in Information Science in Arts and Sciences. She joined CVC in spring of her sophomore year and has worked on projects around consumer marketplaces and quantum computing with BVP and GGV. Outside of CVC, Grace is involved with CAPSU, heading its mentorship program for freshman and CII, a new impact investment consulting group on campus. In her free time, she binges Netflix, falls down Wikipedia rabbit holes, and annoys her mentor, Fred Kauber.
This past summer I interned at Barclays in the Sales and Trading division, the summer prior I was back in California working for a tech retailer in the accounting department, and during the school year I've worked with REV: Ithaca, a local startup incubator. I really enjoy formulating critical investment ideas based on the understanding of the unique aspects of companies and their relation to the world around them, especially for distressed and early stage companies because of their massive potential and volatility.
My favorite memory was when a couple other members and I stayed up late into the night preparing a send-off party for the graduating seniors. We had finals to deal with, and it was hard to stay motivated, but we stuck at it because it was a tradition and the seniors meant a lot to us. It was a long night but we had a lot of fun; that's CVC in a nutshell.
Michael is a Junior from Nairobi, Kenya majoring in Economics and pursuing minors in both Business and Information Science. He joined CVC in the spring of 2018 and has since worked on a project with New Enterprise Associates. Outside CVC, Michael spends his time mentoring high school students under the Yale African Scholars Program.
The summer after my sophomore year I worked at a European private equity firm called Bamboo Capital as an analyst. I intend to pursue VC and Entrepreneurship after graduation.
When I'm not busy with school work, I'm either at Cornell Cinema or Cinemapolis in the Downtown area.


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Q: MySql table Create and Drop slowness in MySql We have a slow query log saying:

creation and dropping of the table taking more than 1 hour which was
  expected to be completed in 5 to 7 minutes.

LOGFILE:
# Time: 171120 11:40:55
# User@Host: root[root] @ localhost []  Id: 35649
# Query_time: 6603.897055  Lock_time: 0.006114 Rows_sent: 0  Rows_examined: 5313105728
SET timestamp=1511178055;
CREATE table `table_1` as  SELECT id FROM  table_2;

# Time: 171120 11:40:56
# User@Host: root[root] @ localhost []  Id: 34286
# Query_time: 6312.637681  Lock_time: 0.000000 Rows_sent: 0  Rows_examined: 0
SET timestamp=1511178056;
drop table if exists `table_1`;

Details
MySQL Version: 5.6
Mysql engine: InnoDB
Total Tables : 760 + temp tables(create/drop)
Total Size : 70GB
RAM : 64 GB
InnoDB buffer pool size: 40G

Question:
any suggestions to debug the issue?

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Films reflect the worst impulses of an environment in which hate crimes, harassment, and violence face the API community daily:
A Look at the Recent Study by the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative
AAPI, Entertainment, Entertainment, Equity
The work of USC's Annenberg Inclusion Initiative underscores the importance of having data to drive the much-needed conversations that lead to transformational change.
As discrimination, hate, and violent attacks against Asians and Asian Americans continue in this country, the University of Southern California has released a study on how the film industry has contributed to the erasure, silencing, and stereotyping of the Asian Pacific Islander (API) community — fueling discrimination and prejudice against an already marginalized group.
Our origin story is connected to the entertainment industry, but at TIME'S UP, we call for an end to discrimination in all industries by changing companies, culture, and laws to center inclusion and meaningful visibility. The work of USC's Annenberg Inclusion Initiative underscores the importance of having data to drive the much-needed conversations that lead to transformational change.
The study included an assessment of API leads and characters in more than 1,300 top-grossing films from 2007 to 2019. Worth noting is the extreme rarity of API actors playing the lead or co-lead in American films across the board — a representation issue in and of itself.
Many representational stereotypes were pinpointed in the analysis done as a part of this study such as: sexualization, tokenism, social behaviors, wardrobe, violence, immigration and language. The findings were troublesome to say the least, as outlined in the following illustration:
As TIME'S UP has driven home since its inception: representation matters. These key findings support our continued efforts to increase awareness about the importance of accurate representation in order to shift culture, promote equity, and level-set power dynamics for BIPOC communities.
According to one article cited in the study, in a survey of more than 2,000 Americans, 42% responded "don't know" when asked to name a well-known Asian American.
White males with popular names were more likely to be hired as a top actor in any film as opposed to any API woman with any name auditioning in Hollywood.
API film characters tend to be stripped of romantic relationships and friendships — subjected to emasculation, hypersexualization, and even death — reflecting on the "worst impulses of an environment in which hate crimes, harassment, and violence face the API community daily."
Representation by way of gender, age, LGBTQ+, disability, parental status, and orientation was low. Out of API speaking and named characters, 63% were males and far outnumbered 37% of females across the 1,300 popular films. API with disabilities were only 26 characters in 500 films from 2015 — with a modified ADA definition.
Behind the scenes, 1,447 directors were credited across the 1,300 top-grossing movies from 2007 to 2019. Of these, 3.5% were API. Out of these, 47 were men and 3 were women. We know that Hollywood is a white, male-dominated industry; however, it is sobering to learn that, even among executives belonging to senior leadership in the major streaming companies, only 6.4% were API and none were in positions of power to create change.
The lack of API decision-makers in positions of power in Hollywood contributes to problematic depictions of on-screen characters promoting stereotypes like the "perpetual foreigner," racist and/or sexist slurs, and emasculation. These dangerous trends are rooted in historical stereotypes — and the findings provide empirical evidence to prove the biases and practices that are damaging to the API community in Hollywood and beyond.
These numbers are proof that institutional changes are vital for this industry to make progress toward true diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility; not just for accurate portrayals and representation of API individuals, but also for fairness and inclusion for all workers throughout the entertainment industry.
When filmmakers and the companies that support them harness this power, they can create real impact that opens up possibilities not only for the API community but for audiences at large.
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