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Loretta Lynn 'Heartbroken' After Ranch Foreman Dies in Tennessee Floods
By Hannah Barnes - August 25, 2021 01:07 am EDT
Loretta Lynn is remembering her longtime friend and ranch foreman, Wayne Spears, after he died in the Tennessee floods over the weekend, sharing a message on Facebook on Sunday, Aug. 22. "There are no words at the ranch today...only tears," she began.
"Our ranch family is our family," Lynn continued. "We lost my amazing ranch foreman, Wayne in this devastating flood. He took such good care of things here on the ranch for us. He's one of us and the whole Lynn family Is heartbroken. Please pray for his precious family and friends." Spears, the longtime foreman of The Loretta Lynn Ranch in Hurricane Mills, is one of at least 22 people who have been confirmed to have died in the flooding, which struck parts of Middle Tennessee. Around 12 more are confirmed missing, according to WSMV.
Lynn's ranch had initially confirmed Spears' death in a statement. "With the heaviest of hearts we are saddened to report that our beloved foreman Wayne Spears did not survive being swept up in the flood waters," the message read. "Wayne has been a family friend to the Lynns and a fixture to the Ranch for decades and we are all devastated by his passing."
"The Ranch will never be the same without him but he will always be remembered for his ready smile, kind heart, and willingness to go the extra mile for everyone around him," the post continued. "Eventually we'll rebuild our community, our ranch, our lives and our homes. but only God could build a man like Wayne Spears. There's just no replacing that. May he rest in peace."
On Saturday, the region was inundated with up to 17 inches of rain in less than 24 hours, according to the National Weather Service. The Humphreys County Sheriff's Office is advising people to avoid travel unless "absolutely necessary," and drivers are being told "not attempt to cross flooded roads or walkways. Turn around, don't drown." Lynn's ranch is located in Humphreys County, and the ranch shared on Facebook on Saturday that the storm was "the worst flooding we have ever experienced." "Please continue to hold those still missing in your thoughts," they wrote.
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The 5 Best Led Zeppelin Songs and Albums
A British rock band that critics loved to hate due to their ambiguity of genre, extensive song length, and dramatic talent so far ahead of their time, Led Zeppelin became the most popular band in the world during the early 70's within a matter of years. Smash hits such as the soul-reaping screeches of "Immigrant Song," poetic rock anthem "Stairway to Heaven," as well as the raw, unadulterated riffs blaring from "Whole Lotta Love" had intentionally come through thousands of stereos and record players.
While the minds of listeners were still absorbing the shock administered by bands like The Doors, Rolling Stones, The Who, and The Beatles, Led Zeppelin's powerful combination of sounds was nothing like anyone had heard before their debut.
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In this article, we're going to list what we believe are the five best Led Zeppelin songs and albums.
5. Physical Graffiti (1975)
"Physical Graffiti" was a favorite to all Zeppelin fans in the world, as well as newbies who have yet to place Led Zeppelin I on their turntables. With a smashing eight-minute jam "Kashmir" that produced a phenomenal, unforgettable riff, as well as many others such as "The Rover," "In The Light" "In My Time Dying," "Houses of the Holy," "Trampled Under Foot," and "Bron-Y-Aur." Shortly after it's release, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Top 200 Albums ranked Physical Graffiti in place 93.
The cover of this album features a large apartment building at 96 & 98 St Mark's Place in New York City, with cutouts on both sides of the vinyl cover where the windows should be to display photos. The vinyl record sleeves are double sided, having the building on each side as well. The windows display scenes of historical, patriarchal, and religious art, a cartoon man grabbing another man's crotch, photos of the band in moments of ecstasy, a zeppelin, animals, children, royalty and so forth.
The album cover itself was extremely pleasing to the eye and caused that random old building to have fans nearby, daily.
An undeniable melody that became a classic was "Bron-Y-Aur," based upon a small little cottage in Wales where Robert loved to go with his family as well. Reminiscent of Celtic music, as well as elegant bouncing to and fro between frets in similar frequency, Page played this beautifully while mastering the sound of both royalty, heart, enlightenment, and soul.
Mimicking the sound of one's chest breathing in and out, this song flows in and out of ears like a river, ending with a final, tough strum, like a neat bow on top of a gorgeous package. Though it sounds flowery, this delightful trip down memory lane slathered in classical influence would become a sound that defined Led Zeppelin III as more folk than rock.
"In My Time Dying" is extraordinarily written, with a distinct southern drawl on the bass and guitar; a few simple chords parallel with Bonzo's heavy drums. The table shakes with exaggerated vibration and rhythm, as the heavy drumsticks slam down with an explosive introduction to Plant's singing a charming anecdote about the time of death coming closer. The tempo of every faction of the song builds faster and faster upon one another.
Pausing intermittently to allow Plant's stream of pleading and restless to flow through the ears, melancholy wishes settle senses down, and the rambunctious highs and lows of the song cause each individual cell to be vulnerable to the ebb and flow of the song's soul. Physical Graffiti was a fantastic variation of Zeppelin III, carrying major country and blues influence over, as well as qualities from the first few albums proving their ability to create immeasurably legendary riffs in a blink of an eye.
4. Led Zeppelin III (1970)
A colorful gem with psychedelic images suffocating this album's cover, "Led Zeppelin III" lit up every community with its extreme versatility, serving those who worshipped their hard rock style, as well as introducing more of their folk-like music with a heavy blues emphasis. Rather than forgetting their rock sound all together while exposing other talents Page and Jones withheld, they chose to incorporate hard rock singles as well to further explicate their mastery over the sound of rock and roll.
Such hits on this album that were harder include "Immigrant Song," "Out On The Tiles," and "Celebration Day." Other than that, a collection of fable-like folk songs doused in Delta blues came to rise, such as "Gallows Pole," "Since I've Been Loving You," "That's The Way," and "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp."
A gorgeous song with not nearly enough recognition would be "Gallows Pole." Phenomenal lyrics caressed by slow drumming and vocals with a quiet indie guitar, slowly getting faster as the song progresses into a beautiful indie rock harmony. This song is about a man who stands trial, awaiting a hanging at the Gallows Pole.
The hangman requires a fee to let him free, and the man awaits the help of his friends and family. Friends trample down empty handed due to being poor, the brother brings silver, the sister has sex with the hangman. As the hangman walks out, returns the man's sister with a grin as he expresses how great she was, he still pulls the rope laughing hard as the man swings every which way, dangling in front of the guilty man's family and friends.
Explicit Depiction of Humanity
Pleasure in orchestrating undeniable misery so explicitly shakes listeners with a statement about humanity when confronted by the hangman's persona. Inspiring a sense of wonder about a variety of personalities colliding in society without consideration or regard for the world outside of themselves, Page and Plant write symbolically about the extent of selfishness, and further, the extent of generosity.
Although evil seems to triumph over good in this story, it is hard to put together what the actual message might be as the man who is being hung was in fact, a guilty man. Were the friends who arrived to be in his company poor, or were they simply there out of fear that he may attack if they did not try? Was the sister willing to have sex although her brother offered her up with no real conversation beforehand?
Maybe the man being hung was a rapist, a murderer, or a man whose resources may be limited due to his seclusion from society. The vague representation of the story is also a part of its overall intent, which is to give an honest depiction of humanity within every aspect and give the public a chance to piece it together.
Led Zeppelin III was most reputable for its sense of imagery within folk-like poetry written especially for those who love a song with great emotional influence on the listener. Although this band was primarily popular for their ability to put on a fantastic show and shake the listener with thrilling guitar riffs and an unforgettable, mesmerizing scream, this song proved the band's versatility within musical genres.
The song is performed with a banjo, acoustic and electric guitar, as well as a 12-string, all played with an articulate, steady rhythm like wind during the summer, along with a slow drumming, stomping like a shaman around a warm fire. This is a timeless piece, that does not have nearly enough recognition for its ability to prove this entire album to be a classic.
3. Houses of the Holy (1973)
A miraculous comeback after their last release two years prior, the band returns with "Houses of the Holy." This is a ground-breaking album with signature Bonzo drums, incessant bass by Jones, and the phenomenal, crisp guitar solos by Page timed beautifully throughout each song, along with a variety of classical violins and piano.
The band later released a film acting out subconscious fantasies and dreams over their live performances, then named it after the first track on this album, "The Song Remains The Same." Songs such as "The Rain Song," "D'yer Maker," and "Dancing Days" only further explicates the amount of talent this band has to offer, as the artists push their boundaries as artists by making an album incorporating a medieval-bluesy essence while maintaining their signature rock and roll style.
"The Rain Song" consists of a sort of medieval, Scottish-Spanish plucking of the acoustic guitar, soft, dramatic drums with the quiet strumming of a bass, replicating that nostalgic feeling of a quaint re-emergence of life through virtue of love and peace. Following this would be a calming, hard, folk-rock song called "Over the Hills and Far Away," with a wavy bass line that echoes back and forth between speakers, as well as an angry electric guitar and consistent acoustic notes floating about with Bonzo's rabbit foot kicking the bass drum.
"No Quarter" literally emerges the listener into a pool of warm water, washed over by the sound of drowning emulated by Jones's muffled bass through the use of a synthesizer. Every instrument is cloaked in moisture and pure, transcendental rebirth. The quiet whisper of a synthesized Plant's voice vibrating as he breathes into the quiet, repetitive bassline seems to cause one to sink in their seat, soaking in every sound (stoned, or not).
It's fantastic how this band made music for every person with absolute pleasure and ultimate precision, tying songs up without a long, drawn-out musical break like many songs that came close to this harmony.
2. Untitled, a.k.a. Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
Quite literally a classic, this album track by track could quite possibly be a historical relic, "Untitled" was a novelty built within the bounds of four minds dancing around a fictitious medieval fortress. Considering this piece was written in Plant's favorite cottage to go as a child, Headley Grange, the band had a chance to disconnect from all the static in the world and reconnect with one another, and most important, with the music.
With Led Zeppelin I, II & III causing mass amounts of popularity, as well as non-stop concert dates all over the U.S., it was about time the band settle back in the United Kingdom and begin writing some music that meant something more to them. Critics all over the world, in particular, Rolling Stone, stated that the band used weak lyrics, and the band was just a passing fad, nothing more. Signing the album with individualized signs based upon what was said to be various branches mythology, Led Zeppelin whispered the largest secret into the world's ear in the form of a quiet revolutionary moment in rock music history.
A dramatic, yet subtle protest against critics
The album resulted in being an untitled work, covered in art and signed only by the band's own individual symbols. The front of the album has a photograph of an old man carrying straw glued to withering paper; the inside holds an artist's rendition of the town that Led Zeppelin sings of in their song, "Stairway to Heaven."
Page's symbol was the classically recognized "Zoso" type signature, Bonzo's being the three circles in the form of a triangle, Jones' having three petals enclosed in a circle, and Plant's being a simple feather in the center of a ring. Carefully pulling the vinyl off the shelf, the only way to find out the album's title was to simply pull the record out of the sleeve and examine the title on the disc. Plant, Page and Jones all wrote legendary songs for the band in this little cottage, such as "Black Dog," "Stairway to Heaven," "When the Levee Breaks," and "Going to California."
Balanced with both their classic bluesy rock sound, the band decided to create a variety of changes within their presence in the music scene with this album, making songs that belonged to no certain genre at all, as well as unique folk songs.
Over the entirety of Zeppelin's career, critics found everything wrong with the band, other than the fact that they are highly sought after in every record store, simply labeling the band as hype afterward. Led Zeppelin wanted to prove with this album that they were there to make good music, not to sit around and listen to critics, trying to become popular.
"Untitled" received so much praise, that they were asked to trim some tracks so the public radio can have a taste. It was a bitter pill to swallow that the band protested against cutting any song short, regardless of reason. Jimmy Page refused to do any interviews until 18 weeks after the release of Untitled. Page did this simply to make sure that the public knew they were serious about wanting them to examine the music for what it was, not for who they were. It was a revolution against the major hype in media and selling 37 million copies, it was apparent that social suicide was nearly impossible for this band.
1. Led Zeppelin II (1969)
"Led Zeppelin II" was the groundbreaking album that put caused Led Zeppelin to make history as rock legends, using a violin wand, and heavy bass. As this record sold an exhilarating amount of copies being released only a handful of months after their first album, fans were impressed, and absolutely devoted to the hypnotizing rhythm only Bonham, Plant, Jones, and Page could create.
Within a six-month time frame, the band wrote this entire album on the road, during part of their European tour, as well as parts of the tour in North America. Sure, bands could try to replicate the sound, yet that would even take a few months for the greatest musician to get a grasp on the mindset behind one of the four geniuses when putting these pieces together, let alone emulating the sound altogether with brilliant lyrics within only six months.
Not only that, their first album consisted of many top hits, only being written within a solid three weeks. Led Zeppelin had mass momentum as they blew almost every British Rock band out of the water.
Even the devilish, dragging musical break on "Whole Lotta Love" ties into the song gorgeously as a ghoulish representation of Page's ability to create satanic sounds with different methods of string manipulation. Ending this hazy trip to Hell, Page leads the listener out with a short, strong solo with an uplifting quality.
Bonzo bangs on the drum relentlessly, using each and every surface to tap a harmony alongside Jones' daunting bass. In the 70s, this album shook the public and caused them to crave the nasty bass line and wild fingers, fast, articulate drums. Plant's voice was irreplaceable and courageous; stabilized yet wild, this set of pipes dramatically shouts with orgasmic pleasure into the microphone, echoing throughout bedroom walls as the sound travels like ping-pong balls between both speakers.
This classic album stood the test of time with many other hits as well, like " What Is And What Should Never Be," "Heartbreaker," "Ramble On," and "Moby Dick," leaving only a few tracks on the album behind when this album became the number one album sold, replacing Abbey Road and maintaining it's place for seven weeks straight. In the autumn of 1969, the band took off to Europe for another tour, commencing a collection of performances from not only the first album but a few tracks like "Moby Dick" and "What Is And What Should Never Be" on stage.
The U.K. was going mad, as the British media silenced much of Led Zeppelin's hype for quite some time, and they were just now giving rise to them as their actual band name, rather than "The New Yardbirds."
The album cover was the icing on the cake – a visual representation of German soldiers crowded together for a photo while Bonzo, Plant, Jones, and Page are disguised as their colleagues. Aesthetically charming yet painfully nostalgic, as Vietnam collected gentleman of age all around the United States with a few more years to come.
This was caused a huge civil conflict within the United States, and this cover symbolically states that it may be time for the world to simply come together, even if it may be masked by a simple facade of basic understanding. The fact Zeppelin is clothed in military attire symbolizes the gesture of making peace, asking the public gently to consider burying the hatchet with the devastating relationship between Germany with a brief recollection of their innate human composition.
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Top 5 Songs by Led Zeppelin
5. When the Levee Breaks (Untitled, a.k.a. Led Zeppelin IV)
This song is extraordinarily powerful – Plant's ability to quick skit through his lines as the song increases in emotional distress, dizzy woe falling like rain as he screams with utter, genuine, extraordinary heartbreak.
The band tapped into a bluesy-jazz mindset with a haunting riff played by Page reverberating throughout the entire piece with a whipping to and fro keys, creating a wavy fret transition. This song, amongst others on the album, was an extraordinary hit that pronounced Led Zeppelin IV an absolute necessity in every country around the globe.
"When the Levee Breaks," originally was a blues song written in the 1920's by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie, was all about the normality of these levees in each neighborhood having the potential to fall apart, causing the mountain-loving man to leave for another town. Bluesy harmonica echoing in the wind of Page's industrial guitar accentuates.
Bonzo's dramatic, steady drumming. This haunting melody first holds consistency, but then goes out of control, like a train sliding off its tracks down a steep hill. Page and Plant's reinterpretation of the piece includes the synthesizing of Plant's voice as the ghoulish whistle of the harmonica creeps in through the left speaker, overlaying Bonzo's beating at the drums, all of which beautifully compliments Jimmy Page's phenomenal wavy guitar. Not only is this a great cover, but a unique, powerful recreation of the original blues-rock sound, sending daunting chills down each vertebrae.
4. All My Love (In Through the Out Door)
"In Through the Out Door" was an extraordinary hit due to this song, as well as "Fool in the Rain" and "Hot Dog." However, "All My Love" encompassed the classic sound of Led Zeppelin, while replicating sweet beach-like guitar riffs Page rocked in "Houses of the Holy," barking with intermittent gorgeous melodies to fill in the gap between the sweet sounding keyboard, and a steady, beachy rhythm to the drums until the first major musical break between lyrics at two minutes in.
An explosion of Spanish guitar fused with classic Hendrix-McCoy guitar style, Page and Jones caused a frenzy when the vinyl focuses on his notes, as well as the symphonic, swiveling synthesizer noise bouncing back and forth between speakers.
A bittersweet, abrupt ending
A single feather playfully flying in the sky symbolizes the death and transcendence of his son, Karac, who passed in 1977 due to a stomach infection. Known to every band member, as well as blatantly obvious with his rendition of his life and family during the film, "The Song Remains The Same," Plant's heart was devastated.
The pain in his voice is vibrantly told through the shaky, stark, compassionate belting of the chorus, practically begging to send all of his love to his son. The sweet, positive nature of the song's musical portion serves to expose mixed feelings of relief, acceptance, and grief.
Cloaking lyrics inspired by Penelope's Lament (found in Book XIX of Homer's 'The Odyssey'), this heartbreaking, poetic composition climbed the charts. This, in turn, had caused the band to receive the utmost praise before the passing of their very own Bonzo, less than a year later due to excessive drinking.
Though Bonzo was visibly depressed, weaving in and out of conversations in his right mind, or as the drunkard who took his place when Bonzo's heart was still at home with his wife and kids.
"In Through the Out Door" was a fantastic album, though this song is the most memorable track that the entire band left off on. In other words, it was one of the hardest ways to say goodbye to the old rock band with so much potential being ripped from our society, both in the form of Bonzo and Karac.
3. Stairway to Heaven (Untitled, a.k.a. Led Zeppelin IV)
A song so popular Wayne's World felt it necessary to hang a sign against playing the legendary riffs, "Stairway to Heaven" is one of the most iconic songs Page ever wrote. A song crafted with the slow plucking of a guitar and mellotron flutes, accompanied by Plant's low voice singing gracefully the story of a woman whose essence of greed and entitlement is confused for that of righteousness.
As the song progresses, other instruments such as the classic, strong drumming of Bonham, an electric piano, bass, 12-string electric and slide guitars.
Outside of the powerful message, the lyrics are delivered with ferocity and fearlessness. 'Stairway to Heaven' became Led Zeppelin's anthem for many reasons, but for one in particular: it encompassed absolutely every single talent the band had to offer in just over seven minutes. The song begins soft, with the fingers of a delicate harp player dance along the fretboard of Page's guitar, as Jones follows immediately with a continuous, ominous hum below the graceful ballad of riffs.
Gently, the flute chimes in after the bass introduction, singling the same melody as Page. As if crafted with ink and a feather, the lyrics are spoken with grace and eloquence while the flutes echo like the empty courtyard of the lonely jester. Completing the song's quiet melody, the piano and drums play controlled, folky notes.
Quite frankly, "Stairway to Heaven" is a folk song up until the final couple minutes, where page erupts into a frenzy of hard riffs, and Robert screams with pain at the deliberate ignorance within modern society that begs to be accepted, rather than be good natured.
A story reminding the public of the fact that one cannot simply buy their way into Heaven; a peaceful reminder delivered through rigorous strength in the loudest shriek Plant could manage. Bonham wails on the drums on this track, blowing critics out of their seats as they present this classic with a humble attitude.
2. Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin)
Although the song was stolen by Page when he familiarized himself with The Yardbird's version from the album "Little Games," Plant's vocals and Page wailing in the guitar like nothing happened had created mass success for the band's first album.
This song was articulated with layers of literary devices such as classic English literature from the 1800s, comparing the relationship between man and woman throughout the bible's progression with the relationship of a man and lustrous woman. This woman is a symbolic figure, the soul who leaves men confused with unexplained motives, intentional neglect, without any intention to leave until they've gone mad.
Holmes goes on to say that feminine soul is created below, which is quite obviously stating that it can be downright evil, possessive, sumptuous yet thrilling. Accompanied by Page's heavy, ominous riffs with machine-like intensity, screeching like electric thunder, sending a rush of adrenaline drenched with utter frustration – alert, building up to a powerful solo, the band and its audience are hypnotized by the malicious soul of Eve, confused by the vicious ways of a modern Jezebel.
A bittersweet ending, begging a woman to stop confusing him, Plant pleads that she is completely responsible for everlasting life being ripped from Earth as she bitterly pays the bill in place of both her and Adam.
This song is explicit, cohesive, controversial, dramatic, and in all the right senses – daring. Without the courage to literally steal the song from some man and claim it to be their own, Led Zeppelin went on to tell one of the most colorful poems of their time. If it weren't for the fact that this song was ripped off Holmes, it would definitely be in first place.
1. Kashmir (Physical Graffiti)
Dramatic and profound, this booming anthem is ultimately everything Led Zeppelin has to offer. With over eight minutes and no negotiation to shorten the song for radio time, every copy of Physical Graffiti was brushed off the shelf to bang their heads harder than ever. Bonzo goes harder on the drums than any song to this point, as this was the first time he used electronic drum synthesizers.
Written like long road sliced between the Sahara, the song replicates the simple adventure of a long, tumultuous ride. Ending abruptly while violence breaks out around one's neck, head pressed to the window with both sunlight and space radiating across naked skin, Led Zeppelin vividly describes the actual condition of life in this sector of Africa called "Kashmir." The band presents the title Kashmir as it is a huge wasteland in South Africa doused in poverty, hunger, and fear. Though this song is a phenomenal depiction of life there, the lyrics are also an allegorical tale of life's adventure attitude towards going places unknown.
The musical breaks from Plant's singing where the keyboard chimes in with extraterrestrial presence, sounding like a high pitch synthesizer waving back and forth between speakers, causes one to be tranquilized by a sound so triumphant, loud and definitive.
Page plays unforgettable hard riffs that bounce from a deep strumming up and down the fretboard, before finalizing the composition with the same resonance it began with. During the final three verses of the song, the band is in an absolute frenzy, practically shaking the ground with the satanic growling of the thunderous repetition of the keyboard haunting one's ears as symbols and drums strike like a thousand bolts of lightning.
Plant is screaming, aching to get a message across about the subtle nudge to grab life by the neck and keep going, though it is a long road.
To this day, Robert Plant still plays on tour with his group, The Sensational Space Shifters. In fact, they have an international tour going on this year, in 2018. Jimmy and John Paul don't play live anymore, rather they have fallen off the radar after their performance at London's O2 Arena in 2007, honoring the founder of Atlantic Records (their first label), Ahmet Ertegun.
It's truly phenomenal to see the band pick up the pieces of the scattered project they left off on in 1980. Though Led Zeppelin's performances are completely out of the question, the music will undoubtedly live on for decades to come. With great ferocity and passion that seems to be unmatched by a majority of the musical industry, it's no wonder that Led Zeppelin's courageous, concise, one-of-a-kind masterpiece vinyl sessions remain to be the most sought out records in history.
Led Zeppelin on Vinyl
Though we are extremely familiar with the band, veterans and vinyl junkies obsess over the organic sounds of the studio and old Hedley Grange rather than the audio transmitted over a compact disc or an iPhone. Led Zeppelin's rawest content form lies on vinyl, which, in turn, accentuates the notes of each key in a natural, rustic manner. Every album by Led Zeppelin ever released are constantly being sought out.
Now with the internet, people can get deals internationally, though rare vinyl records by Led Zeppelin preserved from their original release date takes some searching, and always costs somewhere between $100-$200. Brand new remastered vinyl has been pressed for the public for the last ten years or so, creating a crisp, clean studio version, for as low as $30 if one should order vinyl records online through sources like Amazon, eBay, and Barnes and Noble.
One thing to always take into consideration as well as the value of digging through crates and finding a used version of the vinyl – saving time, money, and holding a tangible, nostalgic treasure for the rest of time.
Blues, rock, and a little folk
Jimmy Page arguably became one of the world's most recognizable guitarists, mimicking some of his influences since he was 15 known as Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry, Elvis, and major blues artists like Kansas Joe McCoy. Most famously recognized from his position in The Yardbirds as a lead guitarist at the end of the band's career, Jimmy held onto his success once the band broke up by instantly publicizing his efforts to create a filthy new band.
Through the effort of trying to hire a vocalist, Page was referred to the band "Hobbstweedle" to listen to a man named Robert Plant sing. Plant was overjoyed at the amazing similarity in both sound and taste in music that Page adored. Jones being an aficionado in both bass and keyboard ultimately brought a sense of warmth and personal dedication is one of Page's best friends.
As for John "Bonzo" Bonham, he is now the most influential drummer in the world, inspiring thousands to push their drumming abilities to the next level by using each and every instrument the drum set could hold in almost every performance.
He used tons of instruments for all their albums, such as symbols and drums, a gong, congas, and a heavy bass kicking throughout electronic drum synthesizers. Bonzo was apprehensive about joining, then finally agreed after some time and practice with the rest of the soon-to-be band – playing music that would be questioned by critics, but loved by fans.
A Band of Thieves, or Geniuses?
Considering how the band began their career under The New Yardbirds, Jimmy did take a considerable amount away from the previous band in the form of a fantastic cover that received no credit until years later. "Dazed and Confused" ultimately belonged to Jake Holmes, but received mass amounts of popularity for the band.
Not only that, but the band had also (arguably) borrowed a riff from Spirit for their smash hit "Stairway to Heaven," resulting in a major lawsuit in 2016. Nonetheless, the execution of said plagiarism was identifiably different from anything Spirit or The Yardbirds had produced years before. Even though the replication was out of error, the execution of such articles of music is substantially legendary, creating a collection of songs and albums that are still spun on turntables to this day.
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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) announced today that he has nominated 48 students from across the Gem State to the United States Military Academies for the 2019-2020 school year. The nominees will now be considered by each of the four academies for final selection.
Students interested in applying to a U.S. service academy must submit an extensive application and commit to serve in the military for a minimum of five years upon graduation. Those interested in applying for future nominations can find details on Senator Risch's website or by contacting Frances Hasenoehrl at frances_hasenoehrl@risch.senate.gov.


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Hult Center Offers Safe Sitter Program As Families Seek Childcare Options
WCBU | By Joe Deacon
Published July 19, 2021 at 5:10 PM CDT
Hult Center for Healthy Living
A babysitter training program for adolescent girls wants to help some Peoria families address their childcare needs as schools modify schedules in the wake of COVID-19.
The Safe Sitter course offered through the Hult Center for Healthy Living provides girls in grades 6-8 with skills for watching brothers or sisters while their parents are working.
"We thought that there was a growing need, due to COVID and kids being home alone or needing to watch siblings with remote learning, for this type of program," said Jessica Johnson, a health education specialist at Hult Center.
"It was super important to be able to provide them with additional safety skills, childcare skills, just to make sure they're being as safe as possible."
A $5,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Central Illinois' Women's Fund awarded in October enabled Hult Center to launch the program, covering the costs of training instructors and holding three sessions of the 6½-hour course.
The first two sessions were held in June at South Side Mission and Proctor Recreation Center, while a third session targeted for early August remains in the planning stages.
Last month, Peoria Public Schools a three-tiered staggered schedule plan for the upcoming academic year, with tier one having older students to attend school from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.; the second tier goes from 8:20 a.m. to 2:50 p.m., and the third tier from 9:10-3:40.
Johnson said it's clear parents are relying on their kids more often for help with childcare.
"We have asked the students that we've seen so far, 'Have you had to babysit before, watch younger siblings?' and all of them have said yes," said Johnson. "So to some capacity, they've already had to watch younger siblings or maybe family friends or something like that before. A lot of them actually even had experience changing diapers already."
Hult Center is working with Peoria Public Schools and UnityPoint Health to recruit participants, specifically targeting at-risk neighborhoods. The class fee is normally $55, but Johnson said they are still looking at ways to cover the expense for participants who cannot afford it.
"No one has to pay; we actually are looking into zip codes that don't have as much opportunity to be able to afford a Safe Sitter program to be able to offer it at no cost. Later this summer, we should have that set up," said Johnson, noting they hope to be able to offer weekend sessions in the fall.
"What's covered under the grant with Women's Fund is completely covered; we will be offering it at a cost even once the grant is over with," she said.
Safe Sitter is a national nonprofit registered in all 50 states with a goal of building safer communities through childcare training, teaching more than 35,000 students annually at 850 training sites. Course participants receive Safe Sitter certification upon completing the class. Johnson said the interactive instruction covers a wide range of information and skills.
"Safety skills, learning how to prevent unsafe situations and what to do with dangers like power failures or weather emergencies," she said. "Also, first aid and rescue skills: Choking rescue, and we go through CPR and how to do that and we also have them practice.
"Life and business skills, where we teach them how to actually turn this into a business and how to be professional. And then childcare skills as well, like managing behavior with different age groups."
Johnson said anyone interested in registering for a Safe Sitter class or getting more information can contact the Hult Center at 309-692-6650 or visit the center's website www.hulthealthy.org.
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Home General Community March to the Ballot Box with The City of Trenton
March to the Ballot Box with The City of Trenton
Tomorrow, Saturday, October 24, 2020, the City of Trenton is encouraging its residents to join in unity and make their vote count by marching to Trenton City Hall's ballot box together to submit this years presidential election ballots.
At noon, organization representatives, city officials and residents will be meeting at the Trenton War Memorial for a brief program before beginning the march to the ballot box.
"This is a coming together of the community, whether they are of the Democratic party, they're Independent or Republican, to say voting is a core element of our democratic institutions and many more of us need to be doing it," said co-spearhead, Bernard McMullan of the Trenton Council of Civic Associations.
Early this October, McMullan, along with co-spearhead and North Ward District 5 Committeewoman, Crystal Feliciano, met with various organizational leaders through a Zoom video call to plan out the day's event.
Feliciano said, "We had discussed something where we could have people either stroll to the polls, walk to the polls, march to the polls, run to the polls, etc. We don't care how you get there, just get there."
According to McMullan, Saturday's march is paying homage to the ballot box marches of the Civil Rights era. Whether residents of the county have voted already or not, they are encouraged to come and celebrate the importance of the people's right to vote.
"Even if they did vote already, we want them to take part in the walk because it shows solidarity and unity," said Feliciano. "It's a move to help bring everyone together and to let it be known that our voices and our vote does matter."
During the programs briefing, notable community officials such as Mayor Reed Gusciora, County Clerk, Paula Sollami Covello and Commissioner Samuel Frisby will be giving opening remarks. In addition to these official's statements, the importance of voting in this years election and what it means for Trenton and the Nation will be discussed by speakers representing different areas of the city's voting community.
McMullan said, "We'll have a couple seniors, people who have voted for decades, a person who is voting for the first time (TCHS Graduate Class of 2020; Darrin Clark), an immigrant from Guatemala as well as a person who has reactivated their ability to vote after being incarcerated."
Feliciano said, "It's not a political thing, it's a people thing."
With this year's COVID-19 pandemic, voters have had to change their usual voting routine of standing in line at the polls. According to McMullan, this change of atmosphere in regards to voting may continue on into the future.
"It is likely that we will be more and more dependent upon voting by mail or by ballot box in the future because it makes more sense, particularly in a community whose turn out is much lower than the rest of the state very often," said McMullan. "I'm hoping that this becomes a model of 'yes, it is safe, it is doable and it's not that hard.'"
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Physocephala chrysorrhoea – gatunek muchówki z podrzędu krótkoczułkich i rodziny wyślepkowatych.

Gatunek ten opisany został w 1824 roku przez Johanna Wilhelma Meigena jako Conops chrysorrhoea.

Muchówka o wydłużonym ciele długości od 14 do 16 mm. Głowa jej jest pomarańczowożółta z całą twarzą żółtą. Ubarwienie całego ryjka jest czarne na końcach i brązowawe pośrodku. Czułki są czarne z czerwonymi szczytem drugiego i nasadą trzeciego członu. Biczyk czułków cechuje silnie wystający drugi człon. Tułów jest czarny ze złocistymi plamkami na wierzchu i srebrzystymi plamami na sklerytach bocznych. Na skrzydle ciemna przepaska podłużna jest dobrze zaznaczona między żyłkami radialnymi R1 a R2+3 i dochodzi do wierzchołka komórki radialnej R3. Odnóża są żółte z nieco przybrązowionymi wierzchołkami stóp. Odwłok jest czarny z czerwoną podstawą, w części nasadowej silnie przewężony. Tylne brzegi segmentów odwłoka zdobią przepaski srebrzystego opylenia.

Owad znany z Hiszpanii, Francji, Belgii, Holandii, Niemiec, Szwajcarii, Austrii, Włoch, Polski, Litwy, Czech, Słowacji, Węgier, Rumunii i Bułgarii. Larwy są pasożytami taszczyna pszczelego i grzebaczowatych z rodzaju Bembix.

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BREAKING NEWS // Georgia business evacuated on reports of possibly armed person
Vote to decide if historic Clarksville church is demolished
Forrest Sanders
Could it be too much history lost at once? A vote is up soon on whether a historic Clarksville church will come down. Some say this would be too big a loss in the midst of another historic demolition. Others argue the structure is too unsafe to keep.
A plane could be heard flying over a very old building Thursday morning, standing at Fourth and Main before so much technology around it.
"It's the first brick church in Clarksville," said author and historian Carolyn Ferrell. "We're talking 1830. It existed as a church 52 years. From there, it was apartments, a boarding house."
Ferrell owns her share of Clarksville's past, like items from the old snuff factory and a fan from the Murphy Funeral Home.
She said the old church building is important to Clarksville's history, and it's hard to hear it could go.
"It hurts," said Ferrell. "Historic buildings are invaluable to a community. Historic buildings add a flavor people are looking for. It's a dear building."
The owner has applied to demolish the buildings and submitted two reports to the city saying the place has major structural problems. Some neighbors told News4 of concerns of the building's safety.
Ferrell said she knows the owner has tried to save it.
The Common Design Review Board will be doing its own study, while a vote on the demolition will be on July 22 at 3pm.
"I wish we could have a billionaire come in and say, 'I'll save the building,' but that's not going to happen," said Ferrell. "We tie our memories to our buildings, and I'm like a lot of people walking around. I remember so much about them."
What makes the thought of losing the building tougher for some is the demolition happening now of the nearby Hodgson-Dabbs building. It stood downtown for 140 years. The property has the same owner as the former church building.
"The emotion coming from losing the Hodgson building was very tangible," said Ferrell. "You could feel it."
Ferrell said it was hard enough seeing the downtown history lost after Clarksville's 1999 tornado. She said that's why the ties to the past that remain are special.
"We're grabbing on to every little piece we can save," she said.
Carolyn Ferrell
Forrest Sanders is an award-winning reporter, videographer and editor at News4.


It's the most lux non-Vignale Focus. A good match for the UK?
Ah yes, I'd heard there was a new Predator film on the loose.
Apparently, Ford's design department wasn't inspired by a toothy alien assassin when drawing the new Focus. Could've fooled us. In top-spec Titanium X trim (we'll ignore the mega-niche Vignale wannabe-lux version for now), the chrome-grilled Focus MkIV is toothy. And angry-eyed. And not altogether well-proportioned, especially riding on these fiddly-spoked 17-inch rims.
Still, the last Focus was ugly. Ford hasn't made a good looking one since the original twenty years ago. It's not stopped the hatch regularly soaring into the canopy of Britain's car sales charts. What we're here to decipher is if the new one, in a very Britain-appropriate spec, is as likeable on UK roads as it was in the south of France.
Titanium X trim isn't just the brace-face. It's part-leather heated seats with electric adjustment for the driver. It's a 4.2-inch colour screen between the instruments that's crammed with clearly laid-out consumption data and the like, and a 12.3-inch 'SYNC 3' main touchscreen that contains digital radio, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and Ford's own sat-nav – but annoyingly, only when your smartphone isn't connected.
Tinted glass, parking sensors, automatic lights and wipers and twin-zone climate control is also thrown in, along with the increasingly familiar anti-crash and pedestrian-sensing safety guardians.
With a 123bhp 1.0-litre petrol engine and manual gearbox, it's £22,820. Or about £270 a month on a sensible lease deal, more relevantly. Oh, and this here test car with its LED headlights, heated steering wheel, wireless smartphone charger pad and head-up display was optioned to beyond £26,000.
Give me a quick kit breakdown.
The HUD (£400) is a cheapo pop-up window job (a la Mini and Mazda) rather than actually projecting onto the windscreen (as per BMW and Mercedes). It's clear and comprehensive, but when the instruments are this clear, a bit of an indulgence. You're better off spending £400 on the blind-spot monitor system, because the Focus, like the latest Fiesta, has curiously small door mirrors.
The £350 B&O Play hi-fi is terrific – powerful and detailed. Pity it had caused the drivers' door trim in this test car to buzz itself loose.
Some of the trim in this high-spec car just isn't good enough. The dashboard is blighted by a naff textured panel that looks like carbon fibre rendered on Microsoft Paint. On Windows 95. It's grim. And Ford's made the same error as on the Fiesta, covering the top of the dash (which you never touch) in plush leatherette, but fashioned the door handles and window switches out of cast-off Lego. Lovely supple leather on the steering wheel, mind, and the gear lever is festooned with cool metal.
This 123bhp engine then. Is that enough, in a family hatchback?
On paper, sure: Ford claims 0-62mph in ten seconds dead and 124mph flat out. Fine. This is actually the pokiest 1.0-litre triple in the new Focus, which can also be forced to make do with only 84bhp and 99bhp. You need the 1.5-litre three-cylinder to go quicker.
And yes, you do need it. Ford's EcoBoosts are eager and this one idles uncannily smoothly (I tried to start it a few times while it was already running, which is the ultimate silent-running compliment), but the intergalactic gearing dulls the motor's response to the point of feeling sluggish. Ford claims peak torque is released at 1,400rpm. Feels like it needs twice those revs to get moving, on the road.
Drive it four-up, as I did for a good hour, and it feels downright underpowered. As diesel capitulates, hoardes of torque-spoiled buyers will be swapping into versions like this, and they'll get a nasty shock when their local motorway sliproad isn't a simple surge and merge affair.
Slick as the six-speed gearbox is – and it's miles more satisfying and less notchy than a VW Golf or Vauxhall Astra's – an ST-line Focus with a 148bhp 1.5-litre engine is £22k, and will need less lever-rowing.
Very – despite needing to work those three cylinders hard. On the motorway, we saw over 50 miles to the gallon, and a best average of mid-forties is pretty strong, given how downsized engines can wilt under the pressure of real-world driving. The 1.0-litre engine also does without the cylinder deactivation trick of the larger 1.5 motor that's borrowed from the Fiesta ST hot hatch, but manages to be just as frugal. Clever stuff.
Does it drive like a Focus should?
It's the best drive in the class, even on the cheap suspension, for sure. Focuses with this 1.0-litre engine have torsion bar rear suspension, rather than a properly independent rear set-up, but Ford's engineers have borrowed the suspension design – if not its stiffness – from the Fiesta ST, which is designed to keep the relatively unsophisticated back axle's wheels pointing straight as they accept cornering loads. As a result, the Focus feels agile, pointy, dexterous and actually quite playful. There's a lot of Fiesta in its DNA, and that can only be a very good thing. Great basis for a Focus ST hot hatch, too. And you get a big boot on top of the torsion bar.
The steering is direct but quite glassy in response, and the ride's actually quite soft at low speeds, so the first impression isn't of a car that'll relish some stick in the bends, but the Focus raises its game, maintaining its body control and riding with quiet suppleness. It's easily the best driving boggo version since the original.
A good car wrapped up in an ugly body, then?
A really strong hatch in divisive clothes, definitely. Spec-permitting, this is a match for the best cars in the class – vastly improved inside ergonomically, sweeter to drive and uncannily refined. Less chintz and more poke would really play to the new Focus's strengths.
The starter button, if you have keyless entry, is so stupidly placed it's as though Ford did it for a dare. It's hidden behind the steering wheel and angled to face the side window. VW doesn't make mistakes like that. Neither does Kia. Or Dacia.


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Exclusive: Nancy Mace declares war on Marjorie Taylor Greene: 'I'm not gonna put up with any of her bulls**t'
Nancy Mace
November 30, 2021, 10:29 PM ·5 min read
American politician and businesswoman from the state of Georgia
American politician
Rep Nancy Mace excoriated fellow Republican Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene as they have continued to criticise each other and said she did not fear a primary challenge backed by the right-wing of her party.
Ahead of votes, Ms Mace told reporters "All I can say about Marjorie Taylor Greene is bless her f**king heart."
Ms Mace, who flipped a district in South Carolina, spoke with The Independent after House votes Monday evening as the two freshmen traded barbs on Twitter all Tuesday.
When asked about what she thought about the fact House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had not disciplined Ms Greene about her words about her, she told The Independent, she could only speak for herself.
"But I have no tolerance for racism, bigotry, religious bigotry, bullshit or lies by anybody, including Marjorie Taylor Greene," she said. "She's a liar and a grifter of the first order. And I don't tolerate from Democrats or Republicans and I've been clear, I've been consistent on that since the day I got elected and I'm not going to put up with any of her bullsh*t, never have and never will."
The criticism began in earnest after Ms Greene's political ally, Rep Lauren Boebert of Colorado, was caught on video making Islamophobic remarks about Rep Ilhan Omar, who wears a hijab, calling her part of "the jihad squad" and implying Ms Omar would blow up the Capitol if she had a backpack on.
In response, Ms Mace criticised Ms Boebert but also commended her for apologising. In response, Ms Greene tweeted that Ms Mace was "the trash in the GOP Conference" and said she was "pro-abort" to imply she supported abortion rights. Ms Mace tweeted back that Ms Greene is a "religious bigot" and used emojis to call her "batsh**t" crazy.
.@NancyMace is the trash in the GOP Conference.
Never attacked by Democrats or RINO's (same thing) because she is not conservative, she's pro-abort.
Mace you can back up off of @laurenboebert or just go hang with your real gal pals, the Jihad Squad.
Your out of your league.
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) November 30, 2021
Ms Mace criticised Ms Greene for saying she supported abortion rights as a state legislator, she supported rape and incest exemptions for laws that restrict abortion as soon as a heartbeat is detected for the fetus.
"To have Congresswoman Greene continue with the lies about my record, I'm not going to put up with it," she said. "She has nothing going on in her life, she will never accomplish anything for the people she represents and the people of this country. I have already and I will continue to do so because I work hard and will continue to do that."
Ms Mace has spoken about the need for these because she herself was raped when she was in high school, which led her to drop out of high school.
"I've been pro-life my entire life and to attack me as a woman who's been raped, I was a victim of rape when I was 16, I have voted to defund Planned Parenthood every chance I could, I've voted for South Carolina's fetal heartbeat bill, we have exceptions for women who've been raped and for kids and women who are victims of incest because I've advocated for those victims and because of that," she said. "And that's where most of America is, and to attack a victim of rape because of those positions is disgusting and it's wrong."
Ms Mace said positions like Ms Greene's will make it harder to welcome women into the fold.
"As a party, we can't bring other women into the fold or independents, or women who've been victims like myself, who are survivors like myself, we're doing nothing to advocate for them if we let that voice be the majority voice and it's not and it never will be," she said.
Just had a great conversation with President Trump about @NancyMace.
I absolutely love President Trump. He's our leader!
Similarly, Ms Greene tweeted that she spoke to former president Donald Trump about running a primary challenger to her. Mr Trump has hinted that he wants a primary challenger to Ms Mace and other Republicans he considers apostates.
"It's like going and running and tattle-tale-ing to the principal because you have no ideas of your own and you can't stand on your own two feet," she told reporters. "She has no ideas or any type of policy that will ever move forward because she can't do it. She's got to run to someone who's bigger than her and better than her for backup."
When asked whether she was afraid of a primary challenge, Ms Mace noted the swing nature of her district. Last year, she beat Democratic Rep Joe Cunningham, who himself flipped the seat after a Trump-backed Republican beat incumbent Republican Rep Mark Sanford in the primary.
"I won by one point. My district will get slightly better, it looks like, maybe, but I'll always be in a swing district," she said. "I feel very confident not only about my primary but about the general election and where my district is headed."
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Top Ten Tunes- 2016
Posted on August 31, 2018 by Hayley Beasley Dye
Every Friday, I'm publishing my top ten songs from a single year and this week it's the turn of 2016.
For previous top ten tunes, please click on the year:1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018 2019
Full of so much joy that they won
Oh 2016. Ok, let's do this.
In 2016, junior doctors strike over contract conditions, former Eastenders actor Sian Blake is murdered along with her two sons by her partner, all four members of British indie band- Viola Beach are killed along with their manager in a car crash in Sweden, a major incident is declared as one person is killed and three remain missing after an explosion at Didcot Power Station in Oxfordshire, 6 people from Rotherham are jailed for a combined sentence of 103 years for the grooming, sexual assault and the rape of 15 teenage girls, three bombings take place in Brussels and are declared a terrorist attack- 35 people are killed and over 300 are injured, thousands of people protest austerity cuts in central London, the Queen celebrates her 90th birthday, for the first time in history Leicester City win the Premiership defying all odds, Labour MP Sadiq Khan is sworn in as the new Mayor of London, a shooting takes place in an Orlando, Florida nightclub and 49 people are killed, Andy Murray wins the Wimbledon Mens Singles for the second time, a terrorist attack takes place in Nice, France when a lorry plows into a crowd at a Bastille Day fireworks display and kills 86 people many of whom were children, the Olympics take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Team GB finish 2nd in the medals table, the BBC loses the rights to broadcast Great British Bake Off, 7 people are killed and 50 are injured when a Tramline tram derails in Croydon, a terrorist attack takes place at a Christmas market in Berlin leaving 12 people dead and 56 injured, people of Syria are mercilessly bombed for several months by their government in an attempt to bomb and starve them into submission- tens of thousands of lives were lost.
Labour MP Jo Cox is shot and stabbed to death in public by far-right supporter Thomas Mair. She was 41 and had two young children.
51.9% of people that voted in the United Kingdom's EU referendum vote to leave the European Union. It becomes the first country in the 59 years of the organisation to vote to leave it. David Cameron resigns as Prime Minister and Theresa May replaces him.
In the USA, reality TV star Donald Trump is elected as President of the United States.
And Pete Burns, David Gest, Kenny Baker, Frank Kelly, Paul Daniels, George Martin, Liz Smith, Leonard Cohen, Ronnie Corbett, Terry Wogan, Caroline Aherne, Gene Wilder, Alan Rickman, Victoria Wood, Muhammed Ali, Prince, Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fisher, George Michael and David Bowie all pass away.
FFS.
The films Zootopia, Arrival, Deadpool, La La Land, Moana, Moonlight, Ghostbusters, Manchester By the Sea, Sully, the BFG, I, Daniel Blake and Hackshaw Ridge are released and I celebrate my 40th birthday.
I mean, fuck 2016, right? But, we did have the Olympics and Paralympics and I had my 40th and there is all the below music. I'm a big fan of this week's playlist, but it is quite the emotional one. There's Bowie, there's Beyonce, there's Gaga and then there's Nick Cave laying his emotions bare. Spotify playlist at the end as per. List in no particular order as per. I don't like to change things round here much.
An embarrassing display of photos of me throughout my life for all to laugh at, at my 40th birthday party.
1. Tilted by Christine and the Queens
2. Where Are You Now? by Lady Leshurr
3. Don't Touch My Hair by Solange
4. Formation by Beyonce
5. Secret Love Song by Little Mix featuring Jason Derulo
6. Best to You by Blood Orange
7. The Orange Monkey by PJ Harvey
8. Lazarus by David Bowie
9. Million Reasons by Lady Gaga
10. Distant Sky by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds– where do I start with this song (and performance). I can barely listen to a few seconds of it without the tears starting. For those of you that don't know, Nick's 15 year old son, Arthur, died in a cliff fall whilst Nick was recording the Skeleton Tree album that this song is taken from. If you ever get a chance to watch the accompanying film One More Time With Feeling, I strongly recommend you do. It is both beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time.
While Formation and Secret Love Song are close runner-ups, my favourite is undoubtedly the stunning Distant Sky. Come on, don't be shy- let me know which is your favourite.
See you next week for 2017! And then we'll be all caught up, gang!
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In 2015, 12 people are killed and 11 are injured in a terrorist attack at French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo's offices in Paris, an arson attack takes place in Crowmarsh, Oxfordshire where a large council office building is destroyed (FYI, my parents live next door to this building and they were terrified when they were woken in the early hours of the morning by a noise that sounded just like a bomb. For some inexplicable reason, this meant that my brother was then featured on Sky news, various radio stations and national newspapers as an eye witness), Gary Glitter is found guilty of sexually abusing three young girls and weatherman Fred Talbot is found guilty of abusing 2 young boys, TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson is suspended from Top Gear and the rest of the series is cancelled after he punches his producer in the face and racially abuses him because his dinner wasn't hot enough (BTW- he recently claimed the "youth of today" are too sensitive), an estimated £200,000,000 worth of jewels are stolen from Hatton Garden Safe Deposit in meticulously planned heist, an earthquake in Nepal kills 6,000 people, Princess Charlotte is born– daughter of Prince William and Catherine, the Conservative party wins the general election, which secures David Cameron a second term in office, former leader of the Liberal Democrats Charles Kennedy dies at the age of 55, a serious collision happens on the Smiler ride at Alton Towers which results in 5 people being seriously injured, a terrorist attack takes place on a beach in Sousse in Tunisia– 30 of the 38 people that are killed are British, singer and television star Cilla Black dies aged 72, Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest reigning British monarch– surpassing Queen Victoria, Jeremy Corbyn becomes the new leader of the Labour party, on Friday 13th November a series of terrorist attacks take place across Paris killing 137 and injuring 413, astronaut Tim Peake becomes the first Brit to step afoot on the International Space Station, a former disgruntled news anchor shoots dead two of his colleagues live on air in Virginia, USA, the films Inside Out, Star Wars: A Force Awakens, The Martian, The Revenant, Room, Spotlight, Brooklyn, The Big Short, Spectre and Amy are all released and I turn 39 years old.
Another shitty year for news, but a pretty good year for music. On a personal level, 2015 was the year I had a total of 3 hen dos and oh yeah- got married. So, here are all those songs that remind me of one of the happiest days of my life and the year it took place (in no particular order).
1. Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
2. Black Magic by Little Mix
3. WTF (Where They From) by Missy Elliot featuring Pharrell Williams
4. Ghosttown by Madonna
5. 4 Degrees by ANONHI
6. Shut Up and Dance by WALK THE MOON
7. Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go to the Party by Courtney Barnett
8. Ong Ong by Blur
9. Stay Gold by First Aid Kit
10. God Knows (You've Got to Give to Get) by El Perro Del Mar
Well, it's an easy pick again this week. As Uptown Funk was the absolute THEME of both my hen dos and wedding, I have to pick that. Which one is your favourite, gang?
See you next week for 2016!
One of the first gay marriages to take place in England. This happy couple married at the stroke of midnight- as soon as it was legal.
In 2014, severe floods hit the UK, the first gay weddings in England and Wales take place, teacher Ann Maguire is stabbed to death by a pupil in front of her class in Leeds, publicist Max Clifford is convicted of eight indecent assaults on women and girls and is jailed for 8 years, the World Cup takes places in Brazil and is won by Germany, Rolf Harris is found guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault and is jailed for almost 6 years, the Tour de France starts in Leeds, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes over Ukraine- 298 people are killed (10 are Britons), the Commonwealth Games open in Glasgow, British actor and director Richard Attenborough dies aged 90 years old, an independent inquiry into child abuse in Rotherham concludes that over 1,400 children were abused between 1997-2013, the Scottish independence referendum takes place and the "No" vote wins with 55% of the votes, Nicola Sturgeon becomes the leader of the Scottish National Party, 6 people are killed after a refuse lorries crashes in the centre of Glasgow, Robin Williams takes his own life aged 63, Philip Seymour Hoffman dies aged 46, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappears somewhere over the South China Sea, Ebola strikes West Africa, 276 Nigerian schoolgirls are kidnapped, protests takes place in Ferguson, USA after the police shoot dead Michael Brown, a siege took place in a cafe in Sydney with a gunman claiming alliance with ISIS- 3 people are killed including the gunman, the films Gone Girl, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Boyhood, Birdman, Whiplash, The Imitation Game and Selma are released and I turn 38 years old.
Another year that I absolutely love musically. As you can tell, whilst I still love the odd commercial chart song, I was (and still am) listening to less commercial stuff. 2014 saw my other half finally getting round to getting down on one knee and asking me to be his wife after 15 years together. I said yes. Obvs. Here's my favourites from 2014. Spotify playlist at the end for y'all.
1. Living for Love by Madonna
2. The Beigeness by Kate Tempest
3. Digital Witness by St. Vincent
4. Mr Tembo by Damon Albarn
5. My Silver Lining by First Aid Kit
6. Say You Love Me by Jessie Ware
7. ***Flawless by Beyonce
8. Chandelier by Sia (I've also included the piano version of this too on the playlist as it is also fantastic).
9. Glory by Common & John Legend
10. Just One of the Guys by Jenny Lewis
Whilst Glory, First Aid Kit and Bey are all close runner-ups, Sia is my clear winner this week. So, tell me- which one is yours?
Madonna's 60th Birthday
If I was a proper writer, I would start this post my telling you about how much Madonna means to me. However, in all honesty I just find it hard to articulate. I did attempt to explain it in this post HERE. But you see, to put it succinctly, I wouldn't be the person I am today without her. Throughout her life and career she has defied the norm, enabled sexual expression for women and exuded unapologetic confidence. In a piece that Sali Hughes recently wrote, she quite rightly points out that Madonna is continuing to do this by redefining what it means to be a woman growing old and entering her 60s. The words icon, idol and legend and far too easily banded about these days, yet when it comes to our Madge, they quite rightly fit her perfectly.
So, in honour and in celebration of Madonna, I'm going to firstly take you through the different eras of Madonna. Then I'm going to give you my top 10 Madonna albums, on to a short note on her music videos and then end with my top 20 Madonna songs of all time. Spotify playlist at the end, as always.
Madonna Through the Ages:
Madonna as a child
Madonna as a teenager
Just before fame
"I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay"
Madonna during the First Album era (1982/83)
Like a Virgin era (1984)
Like a Virgin tour (1985)
"Better to live one year as a tiger than a hundred years as a sheep"
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Madonna & Sean Penn's wedding day (1985)
Shanghai Surprise (1986)
True Blue era (1986)
Who's That Girl (1987)
"I hope that I inspire women to believe in themselves, no matter where they come from; no matter what education they have; what particular background they come from"
Like a Prayer era (1989)
Dick Tracy (1990)
Vogue (1990)
Iconic. Blonde Ambition tour (1990)
"If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed."
In Bed With Madonna (1991)
A League of Their Own (1992)
Erotica era (1992)
"Sick and perverted always appeals to me."
Sex book (1992)
Bedtime Stories era (1994)
Evita (1996)
Ray of Light era (1998)
"Everyone probably thinks that I'm a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite, when the truth is I'd rather read a book."
Madonna & Guy Ritchie's wedding day (2000)
Music era (2000)
Die Another Day (2002)
American Life era (2003)
"We learn our lessons; we get hurt; we want revenge. Then we realize that actually, happiness and forgiving people is the best revenge."
Confession on a Dance Floor era (2005)
Hard Candy era (2008)
MDNA era (2012)
Rebel Heart era (2015)
Celebrating her 59th Birthday with all 6 of her children (2017)
TOP ALBUMS:
10. Bedtime Stories (1994)
9. Music (2000)
8. I'm Breathless (1990) Shut up, I LOVE this album.
7. Rebel Heart (2015)
6. Like a Virgin (1984)
5. Madonna (1983)
4. True Blue (1986)
3. Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)
2. Ray of Light (1998)
1. Like a Prayer (1989)
Madonna's Worst Album: Hard Candy. What a crock of shit.
BEST VIDEO: Being the all round amazing artist that she is, it is of no surprise that Madonna's music videos are also of good value. I'm a fan of her early videos especially the ones that told a story (Borderline, Papa Don't Preach, Material Girl), I even love the simplicity of the low budget Lucky Star, then there's her iconic videos (Like a Virgin, Frozen, La Isla Bonita and Express Yourself) and then there is the amazing Like a Prayer (both iconic and tells a story). However, my all time favourite Madonna video is the stylish, sexy and sensational Vogue.
"Don't just stand there, Let's get to it,
Strike a pose, There's nothing to it,
Vogue."
TOP 20 SONGS:
20. Material Girl (1985, no.3, Like a Virgin)
19. Falling Free (not released as a single, MDNA)
18. HeartBreakCity (not released as a single, Rebel Heart)
17. The Power of Goodbye (1998, no.6, Ray of Light)
16. Bad Girl (1993, no.10, Erotica)
15. Like A Virgin (1984, no.3, Like a Virgin)
14. La Isla Bonita (1987, no.1, True Blue)
13. Papa Don't Preach (1986, no.1, True Blue)
12. Crazy For You (1985, no.2, Vision Quest)
11. Frozen (1998, no.1, Ray of Light)
10. Holiday (1983, no.2, Madonna)
9. Human Nature (1995, no.8, Bedtime Stories)
8. Borderline (1984, no.2, Madonna)
7. Promise to Try (1989, not released as a single, Like a Prayer)
6. Express Yourself (1989, no.5, Like a Prayer)
5. Hung Up (2005, no.1, Confessions on a Dance Floor)
4. Live to Tell (1986, no.2, True Blue)
3. Vogue (1990, no.1, I'm Breathless)
2. Ray of Light (1998, no.2, Ray of Light)
1. Like a Prayer (1989, no.1, Like a Prayer)
The one that almost made it: Living for Love (2014, no.26, Rebel Heart)
"Does somebody ask Steven Spielberg why he's still making movies? Hasn't he had enough success? Hasn't he made enough money? Hasn't he made a name for himself? Did somebody go to Pablo Picasso and say, "Okay, you're 80 years old. Haven't you painted enough paintings?" No, I'm so tired of that question. I just don't understand it. I'll stop doing everything that I do when I don't want to do it anymore. I'll stop when I run out of ideas. I'll stop when you fucking kill me. How about that?"
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADONNA!
Which Madonna song and album are your favourites?
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In 2013, Margaret Thatcher dies at the age of 87, Fusilier Lee Rigby is murdered in a terrorist attack outside army barracks, Sarah McClay a 24 yr-old zookeeper is killed by a tiger at a zoo in Cumbria, Andy Murray wins Wimbledon– the first British man to do so since 1936, same-sex marriage becomes legal in England and Wales, Prince George is born and becomes third in line to the throne, 8 people are killed and 19 are seriously injured when a police helicopter crashes in to a pub in Glasgow, World War II computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing, who had been chemically castrated in 1952 following his conviction for homosexuality, is given a posthumous royal pardon, Lance Armstrong admits to doping in all of his Tour de France wins, two bombs explode at the Boston Marathon finish line killing 3 and injuring 264, Sopranos star James Gandoifini dies at 51 and Nelson Mandela dies at 95, the films Gravity, Captain Phillips, The Wolf of Wall Street, Frozen, American Hustle and 12 Years a Slave are released and I turn 37 years old.
Music is back on track this year. I love this year. Lots of great new tunes and first time appearances from several acts. Plus Beyonce is here again and after several years missing from these lists, Bowie is back. Here's my favourites from 2013, in no particular order.
1. Gun by Chvrches
2. Talk Dirty by Jason Derulo featuring 2 Chainz
3. Q.U.E.E.N. by Janelle Monae & Erykah Badu
4. That's Alright by Laura Mvula
5. The Wire by Haim
6. Sacrilege by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
7. Royals by Lorde
8. XO by Beyonce
9. Strong by London Grammar
10. Where We Are Now? by David Bowie
This week, my favourite is the wonderful Janelle Monae with Queen Erykah. Which one is yours?
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In 2012, Gary Dobson and David Norris are jailed for life for the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence back in 1993, the Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee marking 60 years on the throne and there is a 4 day bank holiday int he UK to celebrate, David Rathband the policeman blinded by Raoul Moat in 2010 is found dead at home, the tallest building in Europe, the Shard is opened in London standing 1,016 ft tall, London hosts the 2012 Olympics and it was amazing, Great Britain comes third in the Olympics medals table, London then hosts the 2012 Paralympics, which was also amazing, a documentary reveals that deceased TV presenter Jimmy Saville sexually abused underage girls, Scotland Yard launches a formal criminal investigation into Jimmy Saville after over 200 sexual abuse victims come forward, Hurricane Sandy hits the US East coast and the Caribbean killing over 200 people, US President Barak Obama is re-elected, a 20 yr-old gunman kills 26 people– most of whom were children- at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, the first man on the moon Neil Armstrong dies, Whitney Houston dies in a bathtub at the age of 48yrs, the films Skyfall, The Impossible, The Avengers, Brave, Argo, Lincoln and Les Miserables are released and I turn 36 years old.
2012 will always be synonymous with the Olympics and the feel good factor it created across the UK (and hopefully across the world too). I obsessively watched both the Olympics and the Paralympics and forced my two year old daughter to do the same. Even though she had no idea what was going on, she still joyfully waved her Team GB flag at the TV screen. In other 2012 news, I also somehow got Glandular Fever which in turn gave me hepatitis. So, you win some, you lose some. I struggled again in finding 10 songs I loved from this year (maybe because I was either obsessed with sport or very, very ill in 2012), but there are some real gems in this lot. Here they are, in no particular order.
1. Wildest Moments by Jessie Ware
2. Wild Ones by Flo Rida featuring Sia
3. Skyfall by Adele
4. Wisely & Slow by the Staves
5. Under the Westway by Blur
6. Age by Lianne La Havas
7. Laura by Bat for Lashes
8. Titanium by David Guetta featuring Sia
9. Read All About It Part III by Emeli Sande (yes I know we all got a little sick of her in 2012, BUT this is still a stunning song with an important message)
10. I Am What I Am by Beverley Knight (watch Bev OWN the stage at the Paralympic Opening Ceremony)
In 2012, my favourite may have been Emeli Sande, BUT now it most definitely is Titanium. So, which one is your favourite gang?
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One of the most annoying things known to drivers everywhere. You approach your car or motorbike and you see that ticket. If you are human your heart sinks and you probably swear, at least under your breath. Then, it is quite possible that you get angry. Either because it's your own fault and you are berating yourself or you don't think the ticket is fair. In this second instance, appeal.
Example of appealing a parking ticket here.
You can only appeal if you think that the fine has been placed unfairly, not if you have just been unlucky and caught out. So, for example, reasons for appeal may be that the sign giving times was obscured, bay markings not clear, or you may dispute where the car was parked. As soon as you see that you have the ticket, take photographic evidence. Pictures of your car, the signage, the markings, the meter time or anything else that you dispute all help your appeal. As do witness statements and other evidence, such as crime numbers proving that your car was stolen, DVLA documents showing change of ownership etc.
Unfortunately one can now get tickets through the post, so getting photographic evidence might be more difficult. However, under new rules from 6th April 2015, English councils may only use cameras to enforce parking outside school entrances, and on bus stop clearways. This follows concerns that the use of the 'spy' camera-cars were being abused, for what critics said, bordered on 'entrapment' on high streets.
For tickets from 6th April 2015 local authorities in England must give 10 minutes grace for motorists overstaying in parking bays in council run car-parks and on the street. The rules do not apply to parking on single or double yellow lines, in front of dropped kerbs or in permit bays. Nor does the 10 minute 'grace' period apply if a driver has yet to buy a ticket and fix a ticket on the windscreen but has instead left the car and gone off to a shop to find change.
You have 28 days in which to pay but this is halved if paid within 14 days (21 for tickets issued using CCTV). So if you are going to pay, pay within this time. However, if you appeal within this time and your appeal is not upheld you should be able to pay the lower rate. Make sure that you ask for the fine to be put on hold when you appeal.
Follow the tips for making an effective complaint but remember this isn't strictly a complaint!
Check the council's website for more information and you may be able to appeal online. If not, do it by letter.
The contravention did not occur – where signage was blocked, faded or tampered with. You were on way to get a ticket (although this is normally only a few minutes leeway) or it was an eager beaver warden giving you a ticket before the time ran out.
The penalty exceeded the amount applicable in the circumstances of the case – This is unlikely through a council issued ticket as prices are standard and you can check these against the council website.
The traffic order is invalid – You believe the parking restriction in question is invalid or illegal. For example, if the council has not followed the correct procedure for passing the traffic order.
The civil enforcement officer (CEO) was prevented from issuing the Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) – You disagree that the CEO was prevented from issuing the PCN.
You were not the owner/keeper of the vehicle at the time of the contravention – You did not own the vehicle when the PCN was issued.
The vehicle was taken without your consent – The vehicle had been stolen when the PCN was issued.
The notice to owner (NtO) was served out of time – You feel that there has been an unreasonable delay (or at least 6 months) in issuing the NtO.
There has been a procedural impropriety by the council – the council must provide the following detail in the NtO; the date it is served; name of the enforcement authority; registration of the vehicle; date and the time the alleged contravention occurred; why the ticket has been issued; amount of the penalty charge; that the penalty charge must be paid within 28 days; that if the penalty charge is paid within 14 days the fine will be reduced and how to pay the charge; if the charge is not paid within 28 days, a 'Notice to Owner' form will be sent to the vehicle owner; that you can appeal within the first 28 days and how you need to make the appeal, including the address (and email and fax if appropriate) that appeals should be sent to; the grounds under which you can make an appeal, and that if your formal appeal is made on time but is rejected that you can appeal to an adjudicator. For posted tickets the rules are broadly similar but must include why the PCN has been posted and the date of the notice which must be the date it is posted.
You can also appeal using mitigating circumstances. You are admitting to parking illegally but providing reasons for doing so. For example, you were on holiday when a bay you were permitted to park in was suspended. So send evidence of flights, or death certificates if a bereavement, or doctor's letter if you were sick. Some councils may allow your appeal if you are in financial hardship but you will need to provide evidence for this and you will be relying on someone's good nature.
If your letter at the informal stage has failed you do have the option of carrying onto the formal second stage. Whilst 50% of appeals are upheld at this stage, strongly consider if you want to proceed as you risk higher costs.
So, if the appeal was not upheld or you didn't appeal within the 28 days you will be sent a request for payment and an appeal form. You have another 28 days to pay or appeal bearing in mind that the fine could go up another 50%. When you receive the Notice to Owner letter, it must be accurate and include: the date of the notice, which must be the date on which the notice is posted; the name of the enforcement authority; the amount of the penalty charge; the date on which the Penalty Charge Notice was served; why the ticket has been issued; that the charge must be paid within 28 days; that if the charge is not paid in that time it can be increased and the amount of the increased charge. The NtO must be sent within six months of the ticket to be valid.
Councils must respond within 56 days of receiving your formal appeal otherwise the penalty is unenforceable.
If your appeal is not upheld then you can go to tribunal. It is independent and you don't even have to attend. You can request a telephone or personal hearing but usually a letter with all the evidence is fine. It isn't like the Small Claims Court, it is free to attend. The adjudicator will not have seen anything of the case so ensure that you fully fill out the form that you will be sent and re send all the evidence you can fully fill out the form that you will be sent and re send all the evidence you can.
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Dear Sir, I need you help and guidance. My penalty charge appeal was received by the Newham council on 30th May 2017. They rejected the representation and sent me a letter dated 7th August 2017, after 65 days. My understanding is that if the authorities did not reply within 56 days, they cannot enforce to collect the penalty charge. What do I do now?
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Q: Is there an elemental formula for the supremum? Given any two real numbers $x,y$ we can compute
$$\max(x,y)=\frac{|\,a-b\,|+a+b}{2}$$
using "nice" functions and operations (adding/substracting, absolute value, halving). Inductively we can calculate $\max(x_1,\dots,x_n)$ for any finite collection $x_1,\dots,x_n$ of real numbers.
Now, given a (non-empty) set $A\subseteq\mathbb{R}$ is there a formula to compute $\sup(A)$ in general?
The first problem that I see is that the existence of suprema is an axiom and thus is maybe "out of reach" for operations defined using every other axiom but this one. This already makes me suspicious of a "nice/elementary" formula/algorithm taking a set and gibing its supremum back. In a possible answer please state why your formula is "elemental".
My first attempt is to use something like $\sup(A)=\Vert \mathbf{1}_A\Vert_\infty$ where $\mathbf{1}_A(x)=x$ is the identity restricted to $A$. I see many problems with this: first, while
$$\Vert\mathbf{1}_A\Vert_p = \left(\,\int_A |\,\mathbf{1}_A\,|^p\,\right)^{1/p} $$
is "nice", $\sup(A)=\Vert\mathbf{1}_A\Vert_\infty=\lim_p\Vert\mathbf{1}_A\Vert_p$ is taking the limit and I would be willing to admit limits as "elemental" I feel like there is a "computability gap" (computable meaning "an explicit calculation exists"). Also, the value of the integral does depend on the "endpoints" of $A$ i.e if $A$ is an interval
$$\sup A=\lim_p\left(\,\int_A\Vert\mathbf{1}_A\Vert^p\, \right)^{1/p}=\left(\,\frac{\sup(A)^{p+1}-\inf(A)^{p+1}}{p+1}\,\right)^{1/p}$$
You also have to asume that $A$ is lebesgue measurable and while it may not depend precisely on $\sup$ and $\inf$ it certainly needs a lot of info of $A$. The formula for the $\max$ didn't need anything about the numbers: you have the numbers, you have the maximum, no previous checking.
Also, an integral is kind of like a limit and maybe we will be suspicious.
Sorry for the lengthy question.
Thanks!

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Going shopping in the centre of Bristol can be a depressing experience with the usual high street shops in Cabot Circus and a load of empty units in Broadmead. But now shoppers have a very special place to visit – a space where they can find amazing items made by Bristol artists. This place is called Co-LAB and it can be found on Merchant Street, just off The Horsefair (opposite BHS).
Co-LAB (which is short for Co-operative Laboratory) was founded in 2012 by Simone Kidner and started life as a pop-up shop – subsequently settling in premises on Nelson Street. This year they moved to their more central location and have wasted no time in developing the Co-LAB project to fit the bigger space available.
Although Co-LAB was originally created as a street art outlet selling books, clothes and other items that reflect the street art culture of Bristol and beyond, they have expanded the range of items they sell to showcase a diverse mix of urban arts, illustration, gifts and accessories , and even baby clothes.
Music is important to Co-LAB and as well as stocking a great range of vinyl, they are involved in music projects such as Scribble 'N' Scratch (a monthly battle illustration and turntablism event in Bristol).
So, as you walk around Co-LAB you see some great products by local artists and designers and hear great music, but that is not all!
Move towards the changing rooms' area at the back of the shop and you find Artists Corner – a great space that is decorated by a different local artist every month. Walk around past the till and you reach an area that is rented out to pop-up shops (on my most recent visit there was a great little vintage pop-up shop in the space). Walk a little further and you reach the PAPER Gallery. This light and airy space is rented out to artists for exhibitions.
Not content with just providing artists with a space to show and sell their work, Simone and her colleagues also run a Community Interest Company called PAPER. PAPER stands for Professional Advice, Practical Education and Recognition. This organisation has space above the Co-LAB shop which has been developed into artists' studios and a workshop/training room. PAPER also provides artists with low cost printing services from their PAPER Art Printing facility.
Co-LAB and PAPER make an important contribution to the creative landscape of Bristol by offering training sessions to promote entrepreneurialism within the arts and a space to make, exhibit and sell work. To find out more about these projects visit their websites: http://www.bristolcolab.com and http://www.paperarts.org.uk and make a trip to town! If you are interested in selling your work at Co-LAB, contact assistant manager Sophie Bass for more information at bristolcolab@yahoo.co.uk.