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Hub's 'The Taming' entertains and uplifts
Lauren Elias, Sarah J. Mann and Katie Grindland in "The Taming." Photo" Hub Theatre Company
BOSTON – When did political debates become boxing matches?
Candidates come out punching; the boxing judges are the cable TV pundits who will declare a winner.
The losers? Those trying to make informed decisions about important issues
The Hub Theatre Company's production of Lauren Gunderson's "The Taming" muses about a world where red and blue come together and form a perfectly compromised purple, much like our forefathers did when they compromised in signing the Declaration of Independence or writing the Constitution.
Gunderson is a talented playwright who is currently the most produced playwright in the country. She has had successful productions of several of her works in the area in recent years – "Silent Sky" and "You and I" come to mind immediately — and "the Taming" is political farce on steroids
It is relevant – very relevant – given our current political situation
Gunderson is not above having her characters pretty much lay out what she thinks is going wrong in the country but she does resist taking sides, and because of that she gives up some of the sharper edges on the dialogue. But her sincerity does shine through her characters in the effort to bridge the gap between the warring combatants and eventually lay out suggestions where we could do better and perhaps come together.
Farce is difficult and tricky business; not every one-liner or topical reference will register or connect with the audience
Lauren Elias is Patricia, a political operative for a conservative red state senator of dubious quality who awakes one day to find herself locked in an Atlanta hotel room without pants, a phone or a clue about how she got there.
Making matters worse, her roommate is Bianca (Katie Grindland), a blogger so far to the left she has her own zip code, who is also sans pants and phone and a reason for being there.
They engage in a verbal sword-fight, the ripostes landing with great effect.. They both have good reasons for breaking out of the room, but they aren't going anywhere because they're being held hostage by a Southern belle named Katherine (Sarah J. Mann), who plans to get the two women to come together with a plan to fix America, and afterwards ride her success and her current title of Miss Georgia all the way to the Miss America title. Got that, everyone?
At some point, she applies to the warring parties an over-enthusiastic dose of ether, and suddenly the two combatants are transported in the second scene back in time to 1787, powdered wigs and all, to the Constitutional Convention in in Philadelphia, and the two have morphed into two of the seminal figures in the crafting of our Constitution – James Madison, played by Elias, and Charles Pinckney of South Carolina, played by Grindland.
They are hashing out details of what will become our Constitution, and finding out first hand that writing a Constitution is a lot like making sausage.
Still, both sides end up compromising, agreeing that, sadly, slavery will still be legal. The horse trading provides a document that everyone at the time could live with, and not something that was going to be a blueprint for events 231 years into the future.
Farces are meant to be played at Mr. Sulu's warp speed or what we called in the old days 78 rpm, and director Juliet Bowler ratchets up the pace to keep up with Gunderson's dialogue, and it helps that all three cast members are quick on their feet, The intimate and well laid-out showroom at Club Cafe make it easy to discern the bon mots amongst the chaos of Gunderson's characters..
If things get a little bit too far out there in Scene 3, it does give Gunderson a chance, through her characters, to detail some of the improvements she has in mind: less political spending, term limits, popular vote instead of electoral college, a larger House of Representatives, a smaller Senate, redrawn Congressional maps.
"The Taming" is not Gunderson's best work, but the energy and enthusiasm of the cast and Bowler's skills lift it and it is never less than entertaining and yes, indeed, at times inspiring and uplifting.
There may be, should be, must be a place where we all come together.
The Hub – still the only "pay what you can" troupe for all performances in Boston – is also offering help to those interested in getting registered to vote or filling out absentee ballots.
In an ever-more-cynical world, "The Taming" works to be a counterbalance, part Rodney King "Can't we just all get along?" and part a civics lesson disguised as a 90-minute farce.
"The Taming." Written by Lauren Gunderson. Directed by Juliet Bowler. Presented by Hub Theatre Company. Assistant Director/Dramaturg: Jess Viator. Set Designer: Ben Lieberson. Scenic Artist: Megan Kinneen. Lighting Designer: Mike Wonson. Costume Designer: Erica Desautels. Sound Designer: Kyle Lampe. Props Designer: Cesara Walters. Pageant Consultant: Jamie-Shannon Ferguson. At the Club Cafe, 209 Columbus Ave., Boston through July 28 www.hubtheatreboston.org
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Texas philanthropist, businessman, patriot and Vietnam Veteran, Harry Patterson, purchased a 13′ x 20′ Ross Rossin painting depicting the United States Presidents of the 20th century. The painting has been a hallmark to the Booth Western Art Museum's Presidential Gallery. Rossin, a world-renowned artist and sculptor with works residing in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, has been commissioned by Patterson to create two more canvasses: the 23 Founding Fathers from the 19th century and the three Presidents of the 21st century – Bush, Obama and Trump. Rossin is creating the piece in a special gallery outside the Booth Museum's Presidential Gallery allowing museum visitors the unique opportunity to see the artist at work and the paintings in progress. The exhibit closing date is speculative; as completion draws near the date will be revised. To see if Rossin is at work on the days you plan to visit check the LIVE FEED.


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This is completely unchecked, pure rumour and no doubt made up. But it's too good to keep to myself.
By Rupert Goodwins for Mixed Signals | November 30, 2009 -- 08:11 GMT (00:11 PST) | Topic: Innovation
Contacts within the Civil Service tell me that whenever the name of the Right Honourable Lord Mandelson, First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills, Lord President of the Council, comes up during a meeting, everyone present mimes stroking a white Persian cat.
Whatever can this mean?
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LEADING OFF: Padres depleted by virus, Harvey vs Mets
By The Associated Press - May. 12, 2021 04:10 AM EDT
New York Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton, right, celebrates with third base coach Phil Nevin as he runs the bases after hitting a two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros Tuesday, May 4, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
PADRES DEPLETED
San Diego shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. and outfielder Wil Myers tested positive for COVID-19, and the Padres are shorthanded heading into a doubleheader against Colorado at Coors Field.
First baseman Eric Hosmer is out for contact tracing, along with utility players Jurickson Profar and Jorge Mateo. Padres manager Jayce Tingler said Tuesday night he hoped the fallout from the virus would stop and anticipated his team could play the single-admission twinbill as scheduled to make up Monday night's postponement. Both games are scheduled for seven innings.
Hosmer and Myers were removed Tuesday night in the middle of an 8-1 win over the Rockies, leaving San Diego scrambling for replacements.
"You never really plan out these scenarios, but we know things are going to come up," Tingler said. "Our guys are going to be ready. If they're coming from Triple-A or whatever, we've got a lot of faith in our minor league crew that's preparing these guys."
Yu Darvish (3-1, 2.27 ERA) and Blake Snell (1-0, 4.15) are slated to start for the Padres in the doubleheader.
Tingler said he learned of Tatis' positive test in a phone call late Monday night, but the young star was symptom-free at the moment.
"Naturally, you're punched in the stomach a little bit," Tingler said. "He's feeling well. I mean he is crushed, he's crushed inside, mentally, things like that."
Tatis spent time on the injured list last month with inflammation in his left shoulder. He leads the Padres with nine homers and 23 runs.
Snell looks to bounce back from walking six in 4 2/3 innings against San Francisco. The 2018 AL Cy Young Award winner hasn't lasted more than 5 1/3 innings in any of his seven starts for the Padres since being acquired from Tampa Bay. He's struggled with his control, too, walking 21 in 30 1/3 innings.
Former Mets ace Matt Harvey will face New York for the first time since unceremoniously splitting with the team in a 2018 trade to Cincinnati. Harvey, now with the Orioles, returned to Citi Field with the Reds later that season but did not pitch.
"Harvey Day" was once appointment viewing in Queens, with fans wearing Batman attire to support the right-hander known as the Dark Knight. Injuries and various malfeasance — including a day in 2017 when Harvey failed to show up for a game — brought a rapid end to his prime.
After struggling through stints with Cincinnati, the Los Angeles Angels and Kansas City, the 32-year-old has added a sinker and found success with Baltimore, going 3-2 with a 3.60 ERA in seven starts.
"I think he's appreciative of the opportunity and he's running with it," Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. "I know he's in a good place right now."
VIRUS ISSUES FOR YANKEES STAFF
Gerrit Cole (4-1, 1.61 ERA) pitches for the Yankees at rival Tampa Bay, but it's unclear which New York staff members will be available. Third base coach Phil Nevin and first base coach Reggie Willits are away from the team after positive COVID-19 tests.
Following a 3-1 win in the series opener Tuesday night, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said another staff member tested positive as well, but did not provide further details. All three coaches mentioned are fully vaccinated.
Several coaches missed the game due to contact tracing, but Boone said the tracing did not include any players.
Nevin was under quarantine protocol in Tampa, Florida.
"He's doing OK," Boone said.
Bench coach Carlos Mendoza replaced Nevin at third base Tuesday, and minor league coordinator Mario Garza filled in for Willits at first.
Pitching coach Matt Blake was not visible in the bullpen area when starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery warmed up before Tuesday's game.
"There's a few people that we sent home just as a precaution to make sure," Boone said before the game. "We're doing all we can to stay healthy. A little bit of a skeleton staff but nothing we can't handle."
The Yankees on April 30 were able to relax MLB protocols after reaching an 85% vaccination rate among players and staff such as managers, coaches and athletic trainers.
"We'll have to definitely evaluate and make sure we're doing everything we possibly can to prevent things from happening," Boone said.
ROCKET'S GREEN GLARE
Juan Soto, J.D. Martinez and Freddie Freeman might not be the only ones blasting objects into orbit. NASA plans another attempt to launch its Black Brant XII sounding rocket on Wednesday shortly after 8 p.m. EDT.
The rocket will create green and violet clouds that might be visible for a short period along the East Coast and beyond. Games are scheduled to be in progress at Atlanta, Washington and Boston at the time — so if players and fans suddenly start looking up into the night sky, no, they're not really in outer space.


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Friendly fare at Los Amigos
May 24, 2011 at 12:01 AM Aug 15, 2012 at 4:37 PM
Motorsports Editor Godwin Kelly and his wife, Diane, were able to shake free of the pets and children on a recent evening out and beelined to Los Amigos Cuban-Mexican Restaurant in Palm Coast. Los Amigos has an established restaurant in Ormond Beach, but would "the experience" transfer north to Flagler County? The Kellys went in search of tastebud answers.
What does Los Amigos look like?
In the last year this building has been host to two failed restaurant attempts. The first was a New Orleans-themed bistro. The second was a seafood-raw sports bar. There are flat-panel television screens scattered around the restaurant, leftovers from the previous tenant. The new owners haven't made a complete transition to a completely Latino decor, giving Los Amigos a certain charm.
Cuban-Mexican -- what does that mean?
It means two completely different approaches to preparation of food. Chef Mefi Lemus has two decades of food preparation under his hat. He learned a variety of culinary arts in Miami, one of the most international cities in the United States. He loaded up his recipe book before landing in Central Florida.
Which way did you go?
We didn't have our thinking caps on. We should have ordered Mexican and Cuban, but we both went Mexican. Diane had the quesadilla while I had a chicken fajita. It sounds plain, but Los Amigos' offerings had plenty of pop.
How was the food?
Starting with the complimentary chips and made-from-fresh-stuff salsa, it was fantastic. Diane said her quesadilla was "the best ever." My chicken fajita was served on a sizzling, metal plate with onions and a variety of bell peppers. It was a wonderful rainbow of flavor. The accoutrements included diced tomato, guacamole, lettuce, salsa and sour cream, along with a pile of warm tortillas. The fajita sauce was so good, I used the tortilla rounds to soak up the juice. By the way, tortillas are not made for absorption.
Did you stop at the dinner menu?
Despite busting at the seams, we each ordered dessert. Diane had the fried cheesecake while I had the fried ice cream. Both were outstanding.
Los Amigos has several beers on draft, including one brewed in Pennsylvania that is very popular with young folks. The beer was served in frosted mugs. And, there was a race being televised that night. Immediately upon request, one of the TVs was switched over to the NASCAR event. Very accommodating staff.
The final report?
Great food, wonderful service, a lot of flat-screen TVs and very affordable. We each had dinner, beers and desserts and escaped with a bill less than $40.


Our fist Thanksgiving as husband and wife was quite the success. We spent the morning baking apple pie, hanging out at Cam's parent's house and learning to perfect dressing (*stuffing* to those of you who aren't form the south) with my sweet mother-in-law Kim. We, of course, brought Cooper and Puddles over and they had a blast playing with all the other dogs. Then both of our families came together to eat dinner and celebrate.


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"The Beauty is in the Details"
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"photography will tour the world for us and bring back the universe in a portfolio, without our needing even to stir from our armchair" (9)
If I could travel with just one thing, it would undoubtedly be a camera. I've always loved taking pictures, especially of nature or any sort of landscape. Even though I don't pick up my camera as much as I used to, every time I go on a trip I come back thinking I should do it more often. Something about it has always been so relaxing to me, yet I've never been able to pinpoint why this is. Every time I go to a new place, I come back with thousands of new pictures, probably way more than I should've taken in the first place. Most of these end up being of the architecture around me, many times of the same place from different angles. While some may say spending the entire trip photographing sights won't allow us to see a place for what it is, I don't necessarily agree. Sometimes, photographing the sights different places have to offer us can help us focus on small details, especially when it comes to architecture. I've always been mesmerized by the different styles of architecture places around the world have to offer, which is probably why I these are one of my favorite things to photograph. Just like the article mentions, humans aren't the main focus in these pictures, it is instead different details these places have to offer. From the "Bean" in Chicago to the Moroccan-inspired architecture of the Alhambra, capturing the magnificent details of these places can help us appreciate them even more. Sometimes when visiting these places, our eyes can only focus on so much. With so much to admire, a picture is a great way to look back and analyze the small details we may have not seen when we were there in person. Personally, I could look through pictures of old trips and overanalyze the details in each photograph for hours, feeling mesmerized by the sights I've previously experienced. I probably do this way more than I would like to admit, possibly because I love the feeling of nostalgia and amazement it gives me. While the pictures are definitely not out of the ordinary, they make me feel as if I was back in the moment where I took the picture, experiencing for the first time all over again.
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Anthony Bourdain, and Cairo
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The legendary food-travel writer Anthony Bourdain never fails to entertain me with his ways of writing. The video was constantly descriptive while being a little tongue and cheek at the same time when inconveniences would happen, like when the sailboat ran into the bridge and making them stuck in the river for a couple of hours.
The thing I liked the most out of the video was the rawness of its content. Bourdain makes jokes about not going to the pyramids and that he feels bad later for not going, but then immediately doesn't feel bad about it at all. It reminds me of the theme of being a tourist, and finding a way to find something authentic, rather than something that is made up, hence him not wanting to go to the pyramids in the beginning, and overall avoiding them and leaving Cairo for dinner.
While the show is mainly about food, Bourdain still finds a way to finds the authentic pieces of society in Egypt. Centered around the different foods he visits cafes, farms where they raise and kill their food, and a funny joke is said at the café when the older gentleman Bourdain is talking to says that young people wouldn't like the traditional café and that they want things a little more modern, and internet connectivity. I think it's funny because it reminds me of the "generation complex" where older generations don't think fondly of what younger people like, and if it isn't traditional, then they don't want it, but I digress.
Bourdain shows more than I expected from a 37-minute show. The episode was unexpectedly fast-paced, while not affecting the experience since I was able to retain the information with his impeccable narration. Bourdain's background of being a chef in the past gives a good perspective on being open to foods, and had never said a bad thing about what he tried, all he would say is that "it will be good". Openly saying that different cultures food he had never tried before is delicious if you have the desire to try it. Even when spending a night in the desert with a group of people, he says that he knew they were going to kill the goat for their dinner, and came back after just seeing the alive goat, smelling it covered with seasonings. I was not caught off guard, I guess his reaction just comes with years of culinary experience.
Maybe the reaction in the back of my head is caused by the American society that I have been used to, which is way more capitalist and materialistic centric compared to other cultures.
Finally, the last piece that had my attention the entire time was the authenticity at the end. Spending a night in the desert, he explains that this is someone's open area to reset and that some people that are attracted to water, or the forest, and analyzed and said: "no wonder why the Europeans found this place so fascinating". Implying that when you travel to exotic places they tend to have a unique identity, that can reset or change a person in their experience. Overall I absolutely loved this episode.
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Anthony Bourdain is one of my favorite TV presenters. Bourdain was a chef and travel documentarian who would travel the globe to introduce people to cultures that are not as commonly known as others. My personal liking of him came from Bourdain's will to try anything and everything. He did not care about the country, the food, the activity, he would try it. No Reservations and Parts Unknown are in my opinion two of the most important shows in the last 20 years. Americans are known for not getting out of the country and most of the time we do not even have passports. This is quite odd to the rest of the world and especially Europe where they travel with ease from country to country and voyaging is a part of their culture. Bourdain attempted to show Americans how unique and interesting other countries are through his TV adventures.
Bourdain would go to popular tourist destinations and not so popular destinations. You can look up where he has traveled, and it is just about everywhere. You can see him going throughout the United States to New York City and Los Angeles, then you can see him eat in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. In the Egypt episode that we watched for class, you can hear him say throughout the episode that he wasn't going to see the pyramids. This would strike most people as quite odd, yet Bourdain simply did not care. The goal of the program is to show the common viewer parts of the country that are not as frequently visited or known about. Going to the pyramids would ruin the point of the show as you could find 1000s of videos of others doing the same thing, but you won't find another like Bourdain. Bourdain is in the same category as an Andrew Zimmern, another fantastic food documentarian who would show viewers the most interesting dishes that different cultures have to offer. Overall, Anthony Bourdain is a hero for tourists and was one of the first and maybe the first to truly cover the entire globe in trying to bring other cultures to the common American.
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If you do not know who Anthony Bourdain is. I suggest you get to know him. Personally, that is no longer possible since he tragically committed suicide in 2018. But it is still possible to become closer to him and his message through his books, essays, and travel shows such as No Reservations, Parts Unknown, and The layover. Bourdain will whisk you away to diverse cultures and educate you on the cultural facet of each destination. He is very good at his job and makes anyone interested in adventure itch for travel. I also recommended making something to eat before you watch him stuff his face with mouth watering hot, and spiced meals.
Even though the aim of the shows he hosts are to vicariously travel, Bourdain makes these episodes unique. His experience in the kitchen, and his practice in analyzing cultures for his writing gives him the merit to observe and judge different cultures. Unlike many travelers, he approaches each place, as exotic or not, as a unique place worthy of thoughtful interpretation. This appreciation of the known and unknown, the simple to exotic is in my mind the most wonderful aspect of Bourdain. I am not saying Bourdain walks the streets loving everything and everyone he meets. Often he does the opposite. He is very critical and judgmental but in a way that still respects the culture, and most of the time is quite comical. For instance in the No Reservations episode on Egypt, there is a lot of seeing the alive animal in Bourdain's dishes. This closeness to death is not common in western cultures (which frankly desensitizes westerners to death, which damages the soul), but Bourdain invites this aspect of Egyptian culture with open arms. Of course with humor, by naming all the animals he is about to eat "Ducky" or "Lamb Chop". This ability to be respectful and inviting with a dash of arrogance and humor is such a wonderful combination that is less common in travel writers alike.
In this same episode Bourdain never goes to the Pyramids which touches on another aim of the show. There is an emphasis to stray away, eat and find what is currently Egyptian culture. Not the culture that was popular thousands of years ago. This concept is similar to Gill's remark in his essay A Profile of London, and Welcome to it, "I doubt there's anything I can say that will convince you that the best way to see Tower Bridge is on a postcard". Both Bourdain and Gill are not arguing these monuments are anything less than they are. Their point is simply to find the culture of the now and not the culture of the past, because it is still diverse and enriching. This feeds into Bourdain's appreciation of the minute and unsurprising.
I sincerely miss Anthony Bourdain. I never met him, but it pains me that someone with his style of analysis, humor, skill, and appreciation for culture could be so troubled that he took his own life. It is a common theme with great creatives. Maybe his internal toil helped with his undying appreciation and creative juices. That may be the reason for this theme of mental illness and addiction in artists and writers. Regardless, when I hear people denote or even just solely focus on Bourdain's issues with addiction and mental illness it angers me, because he is so much more. He is a complicated and deep character from what I have heard and seen, and most importantly is an idol for American tourists.
Shipping Out – Encomium
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In my 20 years alive I have been on, at least, 4 different cruise lines and 12 different cruise ships. I have never found something that explains the way a cruise ship feels better than the way David Wallace recounts his time aboard the Nadir. I found the way he compares a cruise, a vacation mode that much fewer people experience than the beach traveling to a different country, to feelings that nearly every person can associate with was a genius way to enable his readers to connect with his own feelings even though they might not have experienced themselves.
"A vacation is a respite from unpleasantness, and since consciousness of death and decay are unpleasant, it may seem weird that the ultimate American fantasy vacation involves being plunked down in an enormous primordial stew of death and decay." (36)
In this quote, Wallace is comparing how he felt aboard to the feeling of vacations in general and the feeling of the ocean in general. Almost everyone knows how much they want their vacation to go perfectly and to have the most relaxing time because it is one's time to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life, but as he states thinking about death and decay would not be the most relaxing time. While not everyone would associate the ocean with death and decay as he does, it is quite common for people to be afraid of ships in open waters (due to the sheer number of boating incidents and the dramatization of the Titanic in 1997 and now when people reference their disdain for boats in open waters they typically reference the Titanic film and not the actual sinking). This skillful comparison makes it much easier for the readers who have been on vacation and who have an opinion on the ocean to make the association he does; it is as if he is giving the foundational framework for his own perceptions so that the readers can rationalize the same way he rationalizes.
Another aspect I find that Wallace effortlessly employs is his, at times crass, humor that provides a very open feeling for readers. This open feeling, to me, drew me in closer and made me more excited to continue reading because his writing style, from metaphors to tone, created a diluted fear of missing out within me that made me want to read and not feel like it was a chore. I say this because many academic writings are filled with jargon and complexities that make reading them difficult and unenjoyable. I believe Wallace understood this as he was an English professor, and even noted something similar early on in this article, so he crafted this in a way that would instill the want to learn (or in this case the want to read). There are numerous jokes and anecdotal stories present throughout this piece, but these are even extended to the footnotes which only emphasize his topics within the main article.
"My sense was that Cheeriness was up there with Celerity and Servility on the clipboard evaluation sheets the Greek bosses were constantly filling out on the crew."
This comical quote can be found within the 8th footnote on page 37 and exemplifies part of his writing style. While this refers to the satirical tone he has about the ways in which Celebrity Cruises posits the feelings the crew has, it pushes it further to make it clear to see the irony between what is in reality and what is constructed by the cruise line for their "fantasy-enablement". I think Wallace uses this satirical connotation because of how insane it seems to him that passengers aboard truly do believe the advertisements and the feelings the cruise sells. His shock and awe are seemingly translated to his readers through this method and, in my opinion, brilliantly executed.
There are too many quotes for me to talk about that I enjoyed. There are too many areas for me to praise him within his writing, though personally I feel like labeling this as a "writing" does not do it justice. The way he unpacked his time onboard the Nadir changes this article into a story because the way he constructed it was through storytelling. His use of rhetoric is a way that I hope to achieve one day and I will be reading more of his work on my own; in all honesty, from this one article I think he may have surpassed Albert Camus as my favorite writer… but only time shall tell.
Tourism and the Semiotics of Nostalgia
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Authenticity. For something or someone to be undisputedly genuine is a trait sought after by the masses. To have the opportunity to eat authentic cuisine means you are getting something as close to the source as possible. To collect authentic gems are to have those that are real and untainted by the hands of others. We seek to surround ourselves with people who are authentic, people that are exactly as they show us. When any of these things mentioned above are revealed as inauthentic there is an automatic backlash and vituperation of the character of that thing. This carries over to travel as well.
Here the tourist, understood as a faux voyageur, is contrasted with the heroic figure of the traveler and accused of a lack of interest in the culturally authentic.
The quote shows that those seeking the authentic while traveling are heralded as travelers while tourists are associated with the inauthentic and criticized.
Fuller expands on this surface level criticism, claiming tourism as a quest for, rather than a turn from, that authentic experience of the world available to the pre-industrial traveler
However, there is a paradox that stems from this in the post-industrial world where the more the tourist seeks the authentic, the further they stray from it.
I believe that tourists cannot be dismissed and set aside so easily for this as it is a complex matter. In the end, we are all striving towards the authentic and often fall short of it. On social media, the goal is to portray an authentic portrait of yourself to your friends and family but people often show inauthentic snippets of their lives. Even in our real lives people struggle to be true to themselves in all situations when faced with societal and peer pressures. Authenticity is something to praise to be certain, but is not the end all be all determinant in the character of something/someone.
An Encomium to People
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Personally, I think we can all resonate with Frow's explanation of nostalgia as a "social disease", especially during these difficult times. compares nostalgia with the sense of certain losses including
"the sense of loss of personal wholeness and moral certainty",
"the sense of loss of individual freedom and autonomy", and
"the sense of loss of simplicity, personal authenticity, and emotional spontaneity"
While he was talking more about travel, I couldn't help but relate it back to everyone's abrupt change due to lifestyle due to Coronavirus. Since March, the world as we know it has completely changed, many might argue for the worse. I know we are all tired of talking about Coronavirus and quarantine and everything of the sort, it's definitely taken a toll on a lot of people's mental health. However, we can't help but long for the life we had before everything dramatically changed. Especially during those first weeks of isolation, it felt like we were living based on past memories. Even though I'm more of an introvert, I found myself missing being around people in every way possible.
I felt like I took every small moment for granted, from bumping into random strangers when walking in the street to eating inside a restaurant with my best friends. Like Frow mentioned, it felt like I had lost my sense of individual freedom and authority, since I was now required, along with basically the entire world, to stay inside my house and stay at least six feet apart from one another. I long for the days where we could all go out and the streets were full of people, all from different walks of life. Even the dreadful task of barely making it inside a packed metro cart during rush hour seems like such a good, joyful memory when I think back on it. Certainly, nothing sounds more fulfilling than being able to have a short conversation with a stranger who you will never cross paths with again. Yet, we're advised to not get too close to each other and hide our expressions behind a face mask, or we might catch a deadly virus and end up being another fatality.
I surely took all of these simple times for granted, which is something I heavily regret. Going out to somewhere packed where not a single person is wearing a mask seems like a thing of the past, but I still find myself hoping to go back to those times. For now, I can just reminisce about all those nostalgia-filled moments.
The Birthplace of the American Vacation
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Vacation is a fun time to spend away from the stresses of everyday life and is a period of time where all your stresses can drift away into the wind, revitalizing your soul in the peacefulness of the contrasting environment. Tony Perrottet wrote an article on the life of William H. H. Murray, who was an influential writer by expanding the idea of travel to the rest of America. Murray, a Connecticut native, published a guidebook that made an impact on city folk, romanticizing the landscapes in Upstate NY.
Steven Engelhart, who was inspired by Murray, explains the Adirondacks is an estate of revitalization saying,
"… that's equally, if not more, beautiful as an idea than if it had always been wild. It shows how we've changed as people. We agree that wilderness is not something to be exploited, but something to be valued."
Simply put that the attraction for the beautiful streams and magnificent peaks came from the idea of romanticizing the effect of nature on one's soul. Murray was revered as being an influencer on the future attraction his books gave to the area.
The contrasting nature of the Adirondacks to the bustling cities was what made the place so loved and intriguing. Before Murray died, he wrote,
"God made them and made them stand for what money cannot buy".
Due to his advocacy for the parks in the area, he was emphasizing the importance of what the mountains hold, but what they are meant for in the future, to bring a soulful experience to the traveler.
This experience of revitalization can be replicated in other places of attraction. In the second reading, there's this other side to appreciation in the beauty of the environment, but in a different and contrasting way to what Murray advocated for.
"…our desire for the tranquility and beauty of the ocean shore is now so commonplace that it feels eternal. Justification for the common middle-class family beach trip, when it is given at all, centers on the calming effect, and the "obvious" beauty, of the environment."
This is what the author explains as an eternal feeling, like the one that Murray had described in his infatuation with the wilderness. The similarities point to saying that all you need is a place to have time alone away from the everyday hustle and bustle stresses that come with modern life. A time to disconnect can be a time of salvation and the conservation of the soul.
Encomium about William Murray
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Encomium about William H.H. Murray
William H.H. Murray was a, "handsome young preacher from Boston," (Perrottet) who was successful in increasing the interest in American travel. Murray was born as a poor farm boy in Guilford, Connecticut who ended up attending Yale with nothing more than his handmade clothes and $4.68 in his pocket. Murray was quite different from the common man for the late 1800s. People would often consider the great nature spots of America hurdles to their lifestyles and areas that needed to be conquered. He would start to enjoy nature and specifically the Adirondacks at a young age. A good friend of Murray's growing up got him into traveling to the Adirondacks, where he would write stories about it for a local newspaper. The congregations that Murray would minister were often confused by his love for nature, one time, "he arrived to give a sermon while still wearing his shooting jacket and hunting breeches, and leaned his rifle against the pulpit" (Perrottet).
Murray would write a book titled, Adventures in the Wilderness; or, Camp-Life in the Adirondacks, that would become hugely successful in convincing people to get out into nature. Europeans had already been interested in travel and nature, yet Americans had not yet been turned to these ideas. His book would become a best seller post-civil war. Unfortunately for Murray, the summer after his book would happen to be one of the worst in Adirondack history. This wet season would ruin many travelers' experiences making people question Murray and nature.
Murray was forced to defend himself in the New York Tribune to which he stated it was not his fault for the poor weather. Murray would go on to state the travel to the region would only grow, and he would happen to be correct as the next summer the Adirondack region flooded with travelers. Murray would be described as, "the right person, in the right place, with the right words, at the right time" (Engelhart). This meant that despite previous famous writers like Emerson or Thoreau also encouraging going into nature, they were too niche and did not reach a broad audience like Murray did. Murray did a great job in encouraging the common American to get out into nature allowing us to see just how great a vacation can be for the body and mind. Many travel industries and people have Murray to thank for their current successes.
Where was the Birthplace of the American Vacation?
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A Encomium to William H.H. Murray
Coming from modest beginnings, William H.H. Murray caused the view of the wilderness of the Adirondacks to completely shift. Murray left his hometown Guildford, Connecticut to attend Yale college with only $4.68 in his hand sewn pocket. During the summers he became familiar with the Adirondacks and wrote for a small local newspaper. He shook up New England with his ruggedness, at one point he gave a sermon in his hunting breeches and shooting jacket, while his rifle leaned against the pulpit. He was tough, which allowed him to become closer to nature. That toughness was not reflected in the people we attracted to the Adirondacks, as mosquitoes and dirt attacked them. His book Adventures in the Wilderness; or, Camp-Life in the Adirondacks caused a massive influx of people looking to get out of the overcrowded cities and into the spacious wilderness.
A pull to nature that people have felt since they discovered America its freeing expansiveness. Similar to the shift to beach travel fifty years ago, people started to feel too close, and in a Darwinian sense needed to spread into the dangerous and unknown. This unknown being the beach or nature.
In Murray's case people did not accept nature with open arms, but the increase in people visiting the Adirondacks did not stop. Murray was able to instruct people on how to feel comfortable in nature and people became more comfortable with mosquitoes and deer. What he did with his writing was quite impressive but claustrophobic cities definitely aided in sending people outdoors. He was definitely as the executive director of Adirondack Architectural Heritage in Keeseville, New York says, "Murray was the right person, in the right place, with the right words, at the right time,". Even though Murray's fame was luck does not take away his accomplishments. Murray aided in teaching people the benefits of the outdoors, which for many including myself, an unsurpassable benefit. He definitely is an inspiration for wilderness seekers and nature lovers alike.


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Bluford vs. Canada, Civil Action No. 128: Amended Complaint for Deprivation of Plaintiff's Civil Rights under Color of State Law
Miscellaneous Documents
Amended complaint for deprivation of plaintiff's civil rights under color of state laws in Civil Case No. 128: Lucile Bluford v. S.W. Canada.
Bluford vs. Canada, Civil Action No. 42: Praecipe for Subpoena for Sherman D. Scruggs and Miss G. A. Wadkins
Praecipe for subpoena in Civil Action No. 42: Lucile Bluford v. S.W. Canada, requesting that a subpoena be issued on behalf of the plaintiff for Lincoln University president Sherman D. Scruggs to produce the minutes of all Board of Curators and executive committee meetings since 1936, and all correspondence between the university and Lincoln University regarding a journalism program. A request is also made for a subpoena to be issued to Miss G. A. Wadkins, business officer of the university, to produce all books showing the university budget and expenditures for the prior two years.
Bluford vs. Canada, Civil Action No. 42: Praecipe for Subpoena for S. W. Canada
Praecipe for subpoena in Civil Action No. 42: Lucile Bluford v. S.W. Canada, requesting that a subpoena be issued on behalf of the plaintiff for University of Missouri registrar S. W. Canada, ordering him to produce all correspondence and documents related to Bluford's applications to the university for graduate work in journalism.
Bluford vs. Canada, Civil Action No. 42: Amendment to Complaint
Amendment to complaint in Civil Action No. 42: Lucile Bluford v. S.W. Canada. The plaintiff's attorneys amend Bluford's original complaint by adding text to provide that Bluford knew that Lincoln University did not offer graduate or undergraduate work in journalism. At the time, Bluford was the managing editor of the Kansas City Call and her effort to gain admittance to the masters degree program at MU's School of Journalism, and repeated denials due to her race, lead to a a series of lawsuits that eventually reached the Missouri Supreme Court.
Bluford vs. Canada, Civil Action No. 42: Amendment to Amended Second Complaint
Amendment to amended second complaint in Civil Action No. 42: Lucile Bluford v. S.W. Canada.
Bluford vs. Canada, Civil Action No. 42: Memorandum in Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss
Memorandum in opposition to defendant's motion to dismiss in Civil Action No. 42: Lucile Bluford v. S.W. Canada. Bluford's attorneys oppose the defendant's motion to dismiss the case, and recap the facts of their case including Bluford's eligibility for admission to the University of Missouri's graduate program in journalism in every factor but her race, Lincoln University's lack of a journalism program, and address the issue of whether S. W. Canada, as an agent of MU, is liable under federal law, among other legal issues.
Bluford vs. Canada, Civil Action No. 128: Complaint for Deprivation of Plaintiff's Civil Rights under Color of State Laws
Complaint for deprivation of plaintiff's civil rights under color of state laws in Civil Case No. 128: Lucile Bluford v. S.W. Canada. The complaint alleges that the the refusal of admission of Bluford to the University of Missouri graduate journalism program by university registrar Canada constited a violation of her civil rights.
Bluford vs. Canada, Civil Action No. 42: Complaint for Deprivation of Plaintiff's Civil Rights under Color of State Laws
Complaint for deprivation of plaintiff's civil rights under color of state laws in Civil Action No. 42: Lucile Bluford v. S.W. Canada, claiming damages of $20,000 for Bluford's rejection from the University of Missouri graduate program in journalism based solely on her race. The complaint recounts the details of her case, including her qualifications for the program and her repeated applications to and denials of admission, as well as the absence of any comparable program open to black students in the state.


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Top 10 Greatest Short Anime Recommendations You'll Ever See! [Updated]
Author Hanumanth Reddy Published on December 29, 2019 6 min read
Having a busy schedule lets you miss many things, and not being able to watch anime might be one of them. If you work a 9-5 job, you probably won't have much time on your hands.
That's when you should go for some good short anime series. These consist of 11-12 episodes and can be binge-watched in a day. So, these are perfect for your weekends!
Best Short Anime 2022!
11. Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
10. Daily Lives of High School Boys
9. Terror in Resonance
8. Death Parade
7. Another
6. One-Punch Man
5. Angel Beats
4. No Game No Life
3. Charlotte
2. Erased
1. Violet Evergarden
Concluding Short Anime List!
On a typical day in Japan, a massive earthquake of 8.0 caused a tremor across the landscape. Can Mirai and her brother reach their family despite all the chaos?
If you're a survival-themed anime fan, Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 would be a perfect short anime for you. You'll probably marathon the whole series in an evening.
Even though many parts of the show are slow-paced, you'll enjoy its story and characters. Make sure to have a box of tissues with you before finishing it because it may make you cry.
Watch it on Amazon Prime!
High School is one of the most prominent days in every person's life. Tadakuni, Hidenori, and Yoshitake are going through the teenager stage, and we'll explore the days of their youth as they undergo various tribulations.
Daily Lives of High School Boys is possibly one of the funniest comedy anime series we've come across. It presents some ridiculous scenarios to generate comedy, and it is pretty short.
You can actually relate to the experiences you've had in high school, and its ending is so good too. If you're looking for some good short comedy anime series, this one is right up your alley.
When Tokyo gets hit by a terrorist attack, the only way to identify the culprits is through a bizarre video uploaded to the internet. Apparently, the culprits are a couple of teenage boys. What could be their motto?
Terror of Resonance gives you a perfect start with a groundbreaking episode, and the story feels like a breath of fresh air with a unique concept. The sound, animation, characters, and every aspect were well-presented.
Don't get thrown by a few weaker episodes in the middle, and you'll have yourself an amazing short anime series.
Get it on Amazon for Best Price!
When people die, they come to a mysterious place known as Quindecim, which decides whether they're qualified to reincarnate or not. Decim acts as the arbiter, who judges the soul's qualifications.
He's always been an on-point judge without any complications, but when he meets a young boy whose fate seems impossible to decide, what will he do?
If you're wondering what happens when people die, we don't have an answer, but this anime does. It feels as if nothing is right with this anime, but in the end, you can't help but love it.
If Psychological anime series are your type, you should consider watching his one.
Sakakibara moves to a new town, and at his new transferred school, he meets a girl named Misaki, who seems to be avoided by the whole class.
After crossing paths with her a few times, his days are never the same again. He finds himself in a whirlwind of terror, and what could be the mystery behind this girl and the town?
Horror is one of the few genres that offers maximum entertainment, even with a standard storyline. Another is a kind of anime that even hooks up people who aren't into the horror genre.
With a thrilling plot and scenarios, mysterious characters, and oblivious situations, it sucks you in until you binge-watch it. It is one of our favorite short anime series.
Saitama has become a hero for fun, and he can kill any enemy with a single punch. He gets bored of this lifestyle and looks for a strong opponent while living his typical days.
One Punch Man is probably the best beginner anime besides Death Note, in our opinion. A lot of people seem to like it, and it is hilarious. Its story is nothing more of decent, but Saitama's character is worth every minute.
If you're looking for a short anime series with good animation and hilarious scenarios, watch it.
Otonashi wakes up in his afterlife without any knowledge of his past. He meets Yuri, who makes him join Afterlife Battlefront to fight against God. Can he recall his memories through this meeting?
Don't tell me you've watched an anime with the most beautiful and tear-jerking ending because you've yet to watch Angel Beats. This anime isn't some masterpiece that you'd wish for another season.
However, all you'll wish for is another episode in the end. It takes time to hook you up, but the last few episodes will leave you speechless. It is a must-watch short anime for every anime lover.
Sora and Shiro, the unbeaten duo in online games, are summoned to a world where everything is decided by games. What must be the god's purpose?
No Game No Life is one of those anime series where the main character(s) is a genius. The duo's ability to guess the opponent's next movie is spectacular.
Even with only 12 episodes, it covers a lot of story and makes every minute worthwhile. If you haven't watched a good short anime in a while, this could make up for it.
In a world where people with abilities are used for experiments after the abduction, Yuu Otosaka, with a unique ability, meets Nao Tomori. Together can they bring a change to this world?
You don't need 50 episodes to create a beautiful romance, an emotional interaction, and a beautiful ending. Charlotte anime did everything in thirteen episodes with such an outstanding execution.
If someone didn't watch this anime and had been looking for a good short anime, we highly recommend that they stop searching and watch it.
Watch/Buy on Amazon!
If you face yourself with a weird phenomenon where you go back to the past, what would you do? Well, Satoru Fujinima decided to save someone when he was a child. Will he succeed?
Seriously, what do you do if you ever face such a situation? Erased took on a solid premise with the time travel concept, and what followed after that was a flawless execution.
The anime was driven at a fantastic pace from the beginning to the end. The ending might seem a little controversial, but it was beautiful.
Having been grown up in a war-driven land, Violet was used as a weapon. However, when she met Gilbert, everything changed, and in the end, he passed away with three beautiful words: "I Love You."
Violet Evergarden is one of the few anime series where it'll all end up in tears. It is a visual masterpiece with the most beautiful animation. People often mention that even holding up their tears won't be enough.
If you haven't watched this anime yet, make a spot on your favorite anime list because it will make its way there in no time.
There are plenty of short anime series, but if you ask us why we chose these, we don't have an answer. We just went with the flow and expressed what we truly felt while watching these 11 short anime shows.
If you can think of any anime that deserves a spot on the list, feel free to drop them in the comment section below.
Top 10 Best Anime Recommendations! [Updated]
10 Best Romance Anime to Watch With Your Girlfriend!
10 Best Thriller Anime That'll Blow Your Mind!
11 Insane Action Anime You Need to Watch!
Category Anime, Best Picks
10 Dark Anime like Akame ga Kill You Must Watch!
8 Beautiful Anime Like Spice and Wolf to Watch!
Published on 27 days ago 6 min read
Violent Eveegarden Is Underrated….
It's not underrated but it's still one of the best anime out there. I've written this article before watching it, so I couldn't include it!


It's the moment you've all been waiting for, probably. After years of rumours, Steam's library is finally getting a fancy new look, and I'm into it.
While this visual overhaul won't extend to the store and other parts of the interface (at least for now), the most important part of Steam (where your precious games live) will be getting a much-needed makeover.
Valve showed off the new library view during GDC, highlighting a pretty drastic redesign with larger game thumbnails and more categories. Take a look below.
Other swanky new features include vertical thumbnails that can be scaled to show larger icons or more games, and a module at the top that displays some of the games you've been playing recently.
The biggest new addition is probably the inclusion of the tags that Steam has been using in the store for years now. These will now carry over to your library of games, so if you're one of those people that ends up buying dozens of games in a Steam sale, you can now search through your library to more easily find the kind of game you might fancy playing.
You'll also be getting an activity feed so you can see what your friends have been up to, and below your friends list you'll find a section dedicated to DLC, and achievements.
There's no solid release date for when this redesign will be rolled out, but PC Gamer has reported we can expect a beta release this summer. Maybe for its next trick Valve can introduce some kind of actual quality control and properly keep an eye on the kind of games it allows on its store.


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Magic News	 October 2, 2010
Pete Firman Strips the Naffness in Cardiff
So we're reading this morning's South Wales Echo to get the latest on the Ryder Cup and stumbled news of magician Pete Firman's Jokes and Tricks tour's arrival in Cardiff.
The young magician brings his show to the wonderfully appointed St David's Hall in beautiful Cardiff this evening.
The Echo covers the appearance with a full profile of the rapid-fire comedian/magician noting magic has changed "since the heady days of the 70's when pioneering acts such Ali Bongo, David Nixon and a young tyke by the name of Paul Daniels bestrode the landscape like three horsemen of the magical apocalypse."
What a great turn of a phrase. We love good writing and that sentence is precisely the type of introduction that makes us read more of an article regardless of the topic.
Pete Firman sees continuity between his famous predecessors and the conjurors of the avant garde "It might sound weird, but I used to see Daniels on the telly when I was younger and thought, 'Hey, this guy's pretty cool.'"
Telly means "television" or "TV" in English.
We translate here because the writer not only turns a good phrase, he also tosses in shibboleths of Wales.
For instance, the reporter says Pete Firman "has long traded on the disparity between his down to earth matey nature and the occasionally shocking nature of his tricks."
What does "down to earth matey" mean? Chances are if you have to ask, you're not from around the Wales Echo home delivery route.
We guessed that because the word matey sounds like something a pirate might say, the phrase means someone is a regular but partially blind, wood prosthetic wearing type. Again, this is just a guess.
In a later section, the writer describes Pete Firman's appearance on the television series Monkey Magic :
It was a frenetic, gonzo televisual affair that stripped away a lot of the mystical naffness that had infected magic via the portentous conduit of David Blaine and endeared the likeable northerner to the post-pub audience.
No clue here on what naffness constitutes much less "mystical naffness" which we presume is far more impressive and likely more expensive than pedestrian or generic naffness. Nonetheless it was stripped away and that is the important thing. If you try to perform today, and an audience even gets a whiff of naffness, you're essentially dead on stage. We've seen it happen to close friends and animal acts – not pretty nor very down to earth matey-esque.
Asked whether it is difficult to be successful as a magician and comedian, Pete Firman's response is very analytical:
"You have to pay attention to the rhythm of the show, incorporating the two elements so that you're not just going 'here's joke, now here's the trick' and actually get a bit of a flow going.
"In a purely stand-up based show, you're getting a laugh, or a punchline at least, every 15 to 20 seconds. It's hard to match that with magic, which is inherently a bit slower to unfold.
"But I do think it's quite a natural fit in a way, since both comedy and magic rely on you being able to build up a rapport with the crowd, to get them on your side, to manage that relationship.
"Sometimes it goes smoothly and sometimes it's a struggle. But that's the way it goes. But audiences seem to respond to it pretty positively, so it's not that foreign to them I suppose."
And the ties to the great magicians of the past?
"When you get right down to it, there's only five different types of tricks really, production, the vanish, transformation, teleportation and restoration, so it's all about finding new ways to work with the basic techniques to make something special."
With his tremendous success as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (and talk of his return to the wonderful summer experience again) Pete Firman has continuity with the great magicians.
Image of Pete Firman from Joke and Tricks Tour Promotional Package on Inside Magic October 2, 2010
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Steve Carell to Star in Vegas Magician Flick
According to Variety, Steve Carell of The Office, Bruce Almighty, and The 40 Year-Old Virgin fame, is bidding for the 'Burt Wonderstone' role in a new magic-themed film. The plot seems interesting: Burt Wonderstone is the typical Las Vegas magician working through some issues on his way back to the top. Chief among those nagging concerns is his accidental killing of his partner. Mr. Carell has cache and clout in Hollywood. The script sat on shelves in New Line Cinema's offices for four or five years looking for that special something to attract investors. The film does not yet have a director, producer, key grip, best man, clapper-loader, caterer, or unit accountant but it has Steve Carrell. Apparently the rest will follow in his footsteps. Everyone likes a winner and Mr. Carrell's film and television track record looks solid, bankable.
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Stocking your release
2009 + 2010 Charts
2010: Top 20 Albums
2010: Top 10 Singles / EPs
Avalanche Recommends
Edinburgh School for the Deaf
The Filthy Tongues
There Will Be Fireworks
Star Wheel Press
Quickbeam
Withered Hand
Meursault / Supermoon
The Savings and Loan
Laurie Cameron
Hamish James Hawk
The Scottish Enlightenment
Trapped Mice
eagleowl
Rob St. John
Cancel The Astronauts
The Second Hand Marching Band
Kid Canaveral
Kevin MacNeil/Willie Campbell
The Gothenburg Address
The Wrong Boyfriends
TV21 – A Thin Red Line + more on double vinyl
A year on from The Only Fun In Town @ Fruitmarket Gallery
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'An important message about the arts' – an animated video by artist David Shrigley from 2010
Sir Humphrey and Jim Hacker discuss art subsidies
Scottish Pop Music Exhibition Centre + Scottish music's infrastructure
First of all can I say the cost of reaching this point has been too high. Had I known it would take this long and cost so much I wouldn't have done it. Having said that all the people I spoke to who had had a similar idea to archive and preserve in some way the fantastic history of Scottish popular music had never even started due to lack of funding so I'm proud that I've got to where we are. In the arts world a good idea always plays second fiddle to funding !
What is frustrating is that the idea was really perfect in its timing two years ago and yet those who could have helped didn't. What I didn't realise was when I spoke to Creative Scotland about sending some of Avalanche's best selling Scottish albums worldwide to shops I knew would be supportive as well as having special sections in UK shops that was exactly what was being recommended in the independent report. Setting up distribution to back this up was something that was accepted at the time as being extremely useful but little did I know it again featured in the report along with manufacture. Sadly they had felt they couldn't help.
Now with dowloads and streaming coming to the fore it has been felt more recently that manufacture might not be an issue in the future but there is a concern that Creative Scotland will feel the same way about retail and that would be huge mistake. There have been many reports that have shown that if you put good music in front of people they will buy it. The issue with record shops was people stopped visiting and I had always maintained that other avenues such as cafes and cultural venues should be considered. Here of course Creative Scotland should have some influence and yet have done nothing to make sure that the music of the artists they support has a beter chance to reach people than the black hole that is available online.
Now of course record shops have had a resurgence along with vinyl but new music is actually struggling more than ever as sales go to the latest reissued albums. However marketed properly in the right places it would still be possible to break new music in conjunction with social media and promotion. What Creative Scotland needs and is not mentioned in reports is in-house promotion for artists. When it does give artists funding they waste large sums of money paying English PR companies to do a job that at best is average and at worst is no better than the artist could have done themselves. Amazingly social media is something that is poorly handled from all sides. Again so much more could be done.
Going back to the centre which of course could incorporate many of the things identified as being needed there has been without doubt a large amount of snobbishness as to the place of pop music in Scotland's history. I have to thank the Fruitmarket Gallery both for the opportunity they gave to show what could be done and for adding credibility to the idea. Having said that it would be disingenuous of me given what I know to let these music elitists dig themselves into a hole I know they won't be able to get out of. Suffice to say they wil be proved wrong !
Without a doubt there are decisions to be made and they will be made in the coming week.
A brief update on the Scottish music exhibition centre
I've finally recovered from the Fruitmarket Gallery exhibition and contemplating how everything can be moved forward. I had fairly relentless advice to not give up on Creative Scotland as the centre and exhibition should be exactly what they should be funding. Consequently I did have a close look at how their funding works with I have to say help from Creative Scotland themselves but it has raised far more questions than given answers. Having said that I'm now very clear on what the approach has to be and also what indeed needs to be done if music venues are to be supported in the same way theatres are now.
Finally getting the pop-up exhibition after waiting so long dealing with the City Art Centre it didn't feel like winning but then it was never about winning. It wasn't about beating the system and it certainly wasn't about blaming people though a few people have delayed the idea by years. It was about showing it works and hopefully with a lot of help we did that.
While the council supports in theory I've yet to get any positive help officially and now a new administration is in place I'm waiting to hear what if anything they feel they can do. While I've been given lots of valuable advice, and as I say the exhibition was the result of many people's help, I've yet to receive any firm offers of financial support or sponsorship and whatever happens with Creative Scotland that needs to be forthcoming. I must ask people to seriously consider what they can do to help with this. There will I know be even more positive news in the autumn for the centre but not only is it important to keep the momentum going but there has been so much interest in whether there wil be something for the Festival it would be a shame to let people down.
There were many more people I could have spoken to before the exhibition and thanks to the fantastic feedback even more afterwards. Ironically a bigger plan fits better within the Creative Scotland funding structure and there is clearly huge potential in the centre but that is all too far away and they will want to see other support anyway. This is not something that would be resolved by crowdfunding. This is something that is a fantastic oportunity to create goodwill to a business or for somebody with the wherewithal to see something very positive from their involvement. It could not have reached this point without a huge input of my own cash and time so I'm not asking for anything I haven't done myself.
I'm happy to discuss the opportunities that lie ahead privately and look forward to hearing from individuals and businesses alike. My email is kevinavalanche@hotmail.com
Once again can I thank everybody who helped make the exhibition happen and the 1,500+ people who came.
Creative Scotland funding for music
In the last figures given by Creative Scotland in their press release they said that £12.8M had been allocated to music and this represented 18.3% of their total allocation. I asked them how this broke down by genre and they said they couldn't say but they did very quickly provide me with all the grants involved so the "rock & pop" figure could be extrapolated.
The first thing that is obvious is that a huge amount of money is tied up in Youth Music Initiative funding. Of the 230 grants made 101 were covered by the YMI including most of the largest amounts. This funding was never available to musicians so should really be removed from the figures in my opinion. My understanding is this money is allocated under direction rather than at the discretion of Creative Scotland.
When it was suggested I should look at these figures by an arts funding veteran I said I didn't really have time. A week later another old hand to all this said it wouldn't take ten minutes to see the inequalities that were present and he was certainly right. Much more of all that another time as I want to look into things further and give Creative Scotland a chance to respond. Suffice to say "rock and pop" artists receive considerably less than 1% of the funds allocated to music and in fact even if money given to Wide Days and funding the Great Escape is included it doesn't reach 1%.
Here then for those asking are the "rock and pop" awards that were given.
Firstly Wide Days received £40,000 and Great Escape funding stretched to £9,150 plus Wide Days received £8,018 for the networking reception they orgaqnised. There was also £2,500 to Nothing Fver Happens Here at Sumerhall.
Be Charlotte £15,000 (South East Asia Territory launch)
Martha Ffion £10,560 (Debut album)
Modern Studies + Lomond Campbell £10,000 (showcase performances)
Best Girl Athlete £9,080 (Second album recording, production and promotion)
Mt. Doubt £7,400 (2 EPs in 2017)
Bdy_Prts £7,000 (Fly, Invisible Hero)
Youth of America (Simon Shaw) £6,412 (Album recording, promo video and launch event)
Garden of Elks £5,500 (Production of second record)
Pinact (Corrie Gillies) £4,500 (Second album recording)
Honeyblood (Christina Tweedale) £4,500 (US autumn tour 2016)
Roddy Woomble £3,000 (Working title – miserable miracles)
Inkfields (Samuel James-Griffiths) £1,700 (Third EP)
To put this in context the total here is easily less than half say of the £225K regular funding awarded to Enterprise Music Scotland who "provide financial support to promoters and other constituted bodies promoting chamber music in their local area" among other chamber music related things.
The largest funding figure outwith YMI is for the Scottish Ensemble who received £333,333 as part of regular funding. their wikipedia page states
Scottish Ensemble is the UK's only professional string orchestra. Founded in 1969 and based in Glasgow, Scottish Ensemble is built around a core of 12 string players who perform together under Artistic Director and violinist Jonathan Morton, standing up and without a conductor.
Now several of those rock and pop awards seem inadvisable to me and given Creative Scotland's criteria I'm not even sure how they could be awarded but that really is nothing in the big picture of how funding is allocated. All of this is before we even get onto the milions being poured into theatres and the millions going to art galleries whose total visitor numbers for the year are less than one decent Scottish premier league football match.
And there probably lies the nub of the problem. Yes football is not art but folk enjoy it and it very much has a value to the wellbeing of people. Rock and pop music as it has to be called has a huge value to people and at its best deserves to be compared to all the other art forms but a small and very influential minority dismiss it as not even worthy of consideration.
In a world where high rise blocks of flats are clad with inflammable material this may not be the biggest of scandals but given the enormous changes that have taken place in both people's attitudes and access to information and entertainment via the internet since the lottery funding that lies at the heart of all this first started the current situation in which funding is made based on what a very small minority consider fitting can not carry on.
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NEW YORK (WFAN) — Three days after Super Bowl LI, WFAN's Mike Francesa was still ripping Falcons coach Dan Quinn for mismanaging the game.
Francesa first took aim at Quinn for firing defensive coordinator Richard Smith and defensive line coach Bryan Cox.
"Now they said it had nothing to do with the Super Bowl, which is hard to believe," Francesa said at the start of his show Wednesday. "But it looks like they are going to be scapegoated here as the guys (responsible for blowing the Falcons' 25-point lead), even though the fact that the Atlanta defense (was) left hung out to dry by the ineptitude of the head coach," Francesa said.
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CITY OF RIVERSIDE: THE BID PROCESS IN THE SEWER! THE STINK KEEPS BREWING, THE GROUND KEEPS A SHAKING..
There is gold in those streets I'm told, if you are a contractor that wins a city contract through the bid process in the City of Riverside, and the best part is you don't have to be on top of the scoring due to the implementation of the Fuzzy Math Process. But according Tom Boyd, Deputy Public Works Director, paving a street twice has become a bit "fuzzy" as well. Can anyone tell me where the accountability and responsibility lies? I for one can say Tom Boyd definitely does not care about the expense to the taxpayer of a measly $17,000.00. Please Tom, embrace and engage in the communication process, to do otherwise is costly to the community. With your long work record with the city and your high level of experience, how does something as this really happen? There is nothing like a story which brews under the ground, and it begins in the sewers, then stinks to high heaven. Tom Boyd states, "This appears to be an isolated mix-up, we haven't changed anything. If it only happens once, there's no sense in getting to exactly what happened." According to city sources it may occur quite often, Main Street Mall was another example. But Tom, even if it only happens once, isn't that one time to much? And an occurence to investigate? I've known people in the Private Sector fired for lesser offenses than that. I also understand the communication process should not be a problem; but Mr. Deputy Public Works Director, isn't your department right next to City Engineering? Someone is breaching their fiduciary duty to the people once again. A measly $17,000.00 may not be a lot for wonderfully vested paid position as Public Works Director, but during a time when many in the community are losing their homes, trying to pay their bills, and trying to pay for basic necessities such as placing food on the table, $17,000.00 is a lot of money. That's an insult to the taxpaying community. Maybe Tom Boyd should give the $17,000.00 out of his own pocket, to replace what he should have caught. The real question is two fold, are we just seeing imcompetance, or bid fixing by adjusting the scoring? That's where the "fuzzy math comes in I'm told. Could paving a street twice quite possibly be on purpose? The second time around it now cost the taxpayer $32,000.00 to do the street paving. Tom Boyd says it's the "high price of oil." I've had this conversation before, but it was about "high price of beef." Well in any case this what would be much more diabolical to assume, that is , to assume that there is something much diabolical occurring than meets the eye. This would began to go into that territory of "favoritism" again, and just maybe, "money laundering"? Comments Welcomed, and one final note, our streets are full of the proverbial "pot holes", someone please introduce Siobhan Foster to one.
So the street gets paved, and 17 months later gets torn up for a new sewer. Do you think the residents would have been willing to delay the repaving for 17 months? Maybe some would, but I've been to these community association meetings, and the people that go to them are the whiniest bunch of people I've ever seen. And they vote.
The real question is who will catch the blame for Hudson's criminality this time. Ever notice how some anonymous mid-level manager always seems to make all the mistakes? Maybe this time he'll have to blame someone higher up like the public works director or even someone in his office who forgot to take Brads fingerprints off the order to hire one of his friends & favs. Belenda Grahm gets my vote for blowing this one.


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 An item on One News At 4.30, broadcast on TV One at 4.30pm on Wednesday 11 March 2009, reported that "dramatic pictures have emerged showing the moments just before a deadly suicide bombing attack on Muslims in Sri Lanka". The presenter warned viewers that "you may find the pictures disturbing". Footage of men walking down a street was shown, accompanied by a statement by the presenter that "this video shows men parading down a street as they celebrate a religious holiday, and then, the bomb explodes". An explosion among the group was shown, and the camera turned sharply as the person operating it ran from the scene. It was reported that at least 14 people had been killed and 45 injured, while footage showed emergency vehicles arriving at the scene. An injured man lying on a stretcher was shown briefly from the chest up.
 Andrew Jones made a formal complaint to Television New Zealand Ltd, the broadcaster, alleging that the item breached the children's interests and violence standards. He maintained the item had shown an explosion followed by shots of bodies in body bags. He said that his children were disturbed and alarmed by the footage, and argued it should not have been broadcast at a time when children were likely to be watching television. Mr Jones also contended that the broadcaster had failed to exercise discretion when deciding the degree of graphic detail to be included in a news programme broadcast when children were likely to be watching.
 TVNZ maintained that the item did not contain any footage of bodies in bags or graphic images of "blood and gore". A brief shot of the explosion was shown, it said, followed by footage of the crowd dispersing and one brief image of a man lying on a stretcher. Further, the presenter issued a verbal warning to viewers that the upcoming pictures may disturb, giving parents ample opportunity to decide whether to allow children to watch.
 TVNZ noted that the Authority had previously acknowledged that children are unlikely to watch the news unattended, and considered that the item would not have unnecessarily alarmed or disturbed children in the company of an adult. It concluded that children's interests were sufficiently considered, and declined to uphold the Standard 9 complaint.
News, current affairs and factual programmes will, by their nature, often contain violent, disturbing or alarming material. Broadcasters should not falsify, by omission, a world in which much violence and brutality occurs.
 The broadcaster reiterated that, while the item did contain a brief shot of the explosion, and one brief image of a man lying on a stretcher, no graphically bloody or gory scenes were included. Nor were any shots of bodies in bags shown. Further, a verbal warning was issued before the footage. TVNZ therefore concluded that it had exercised sufficient care and discretion when dealing with the issue of violence and declined to uphold the Standard 10 complaint.
 Dissatisfied with TVNZ's response, Mr Jones referred his complaint to the Authority under section 8(1B)(b)(i) of the Broadcasting Act 1989. He considered that TVNZ's assumption that unsupervised children were unlikely to watch the news was questionable, and that the broadcaster should have given greater weight to the possibility that children could have been watching unattended.
 Standard 9 requires broadcasters to consider the interests of child viewers during their normally accepted viewing times – usually up to 8.30pm – and avoid screening material which would disturb or alarm children. The Authority has previously stated that unaccompanied children are unlikely to watch news programmes (see, for example, Decision No. 2009-009), even if they are screened during children's viewing times, as they are more inclined towards programming which is targeted at them.
 The complainant was concerned that the item included images of "bodies in body bags". Having viewed the item, the Authority notes that Mr Jones was mistaken in this respect; the item included only one image of a man lying on a stretcher, who was shown from the chest up wrapped in a blanket, and was not visibly injured.
 The Authority notes that the footage showed a group of people walking down a street, a sudden flash of light behind them as the bomb exploded, and the ensuing confusion and chaos as people tried to run away. The item excluded any graphic images of injured people, and showed only discreet footage of the aftermath of the explosion. The Authority considers that the material included was acceptable in the context of factual coverage of an event, and was not sensationalised or gratuitous. In these circumstances, it finds that the item would not likely have distressed or alarmed child viewers when accompanied by a parent or guardian.
 Further, the introduction to the item said that, "dramatic pictures have emerged showing the moments just before a deadly suicide bombing attack on Muslims in Sri Lanka". The presenter warned viewers that, "you may find the pictures disturbing". In the Authority's view, together with the item's introduction, this warning was appropriate and clearly signposted the likely content of the item. The Authority finds that the broadcaster provided sufficient opportunity for parents and caregivers to decide whether they wanted their children to watch the item.
In news breaks screened during programming specifically directed towards children, broadcasters should not normally use images or descriptions likely to alarm or disturb children, except in cases of public interest.
 This guideline is directed towards news updates or special bulletins during children's programming. Because the item complained about was part of a scheduled half-hour news programme, guideline 9h is not relevant on this occasion.
 Accordingly, the Authority is satisfied that TVNZ adequately considered the interests of child viewers, and it declines to uphold the Standard 9 complaint.
 For the same reasons outlined in paragraphs  to  above, the Authority also declines to uphold the complaint that the item breached Standard 10. As discussed, the item did not include any graphic images, was sufficiently signposted, and would not likely have disturbed or alarmed child viewers. Accordingly, the Authority concludes that TVNZ exercised sufficient care and discretion when dealing with the issue of violence.


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