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Corrosion of Conformity Announce Summer Tour with Crowbar, Lo-Pan & Quaker City Night Hawks
Posted in Whathaveyou on April 24th, 2019 by JJ Koczan
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I can think of fewer tour pairings less broken than Corrosion of Conformity and Crowbar, who were out together co-headlining earlier this year on what turned out to be the first leg of a tour that will continue this July. Of particular note is the addition of Lo-Pan this time around, who'll be out supporting their new record, Subtle. That record is a beast and they'll no doubt bring an infusion of energy to the run as they provide support and Quaker City Night Hawks open. Starland Ballroom, you say? That'll be just about the most Jersey shit ever, methinks. See you there.
Though I wouldn't mind catching C.O.C. at the Psycho Swim party in Vegas either. Really I'll take what I can get.
Dates follow from the pr IWRE:
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Announces North American Summer Headlining Tour With Crowbar + Band To Headline Psycho Las Vegas Pre-Party And More!
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will kick off the second leg of their North American headlining tour this July. The A Quest To Believe, A Call To The Void II Tour will commence on July 26th in Poughkeepsie, New York and run through August 25th in Providence, Rhode Island. Support will be provided by their comrades in Crowbar as well as Lo-Pan and Quaker City Night Hawks. Tickets go on sale this Friday at all local ticket outlets.
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will also play a special one-off show with country singer Cody Jinks next month in addition to festival appearances at Rocklahoma, Heavy MTL, KISW's Pain In The Grass, and a headlining performance at Psycho Swim, Psycho Las Vegas' annual pool-bound kick-off party where the band will be joined by Lucifer, Danava, ASG, Primitive Man, and more. In October, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will appear on the inaugural MegaCruise alongside Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament, Overkill, and so many others with more shows to be announced in the months to come. See all confirmed dates below.
No Cross No Crown is available on CD, digital, vinyl, and cassette formats. Various order bundles are available at nuclearblast.com/coc-nocrossnocrown.
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY:
5/09/2019 Coyote Joe's – Charlotte, NC w/ Cody Jinks
5/24/2019 Rocklahoma – Pryor, OK
w/ Crowbar, Lo-Pan, Quaker City Night Hawks:
7/26/2019 The Chance – Poughkeepsie, NY
7/27/2019 Westcott Theater – Syracuse, NY
7/28/2019 Heavy MTL – Montreal, QC *
7/29/2019 Dallas Nightclub – Kitchener, ON
7/31/2019 Mercury Ballroom – Louisville, KY
8/01/2019 Elevation – Grand Rapids, MI
8/02/2019 The Rave II – Milwaukee, WI
8/03/2019 KISW's Pain In The Grass @ White River Amphitheatre – Auburn, WA *
8/05/2019 Deluxe @ Old National Centre – Indianapolis, IN
8/06/2019 Pop's – Sauget, IL
8/07/2019 Slowdown – Omaha, NE
8/10/2019 Fox Theatre – Boulder, CO
8/11/2019 Mesa Theater – Grand Junction, CO
8/13/2019 Knitting Factory Concert House – Boise, ID
8/14/2019 The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
8/15/2019 Psycho Swim @ Daylight Beach Club – Las Vegas, NV *
8/16/2019 Encore – Tucson, AZ
8/17/2019 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
8/19/2019 Come And Take It Live – Austin, TX
8/21/2019 1904 Music Hall – Jacksonville, FL
8/22/2019 The Tarheel – Jacksonville, NC
8/23/2019 Elevation 27 – Virginia Beach, VA
8/24/2019 Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
8/25/2019 Fete Music Hall – Providence, RI
10/13/2019 MegaCruise 2019 – Los Angeles, CA *
* COC only
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Corrosion of Conformity, "Wolf Named Crow" official video
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Quarterly Review: Kungens Män, PFUND, Crystal Spiders, The Misery Men, Hubris, Woorms, Melody Fields, Oreyeon, Mammoth Grove, Crimson Devils
Posted in Reviews on March 19th, 2019 by JJ Koczan
I used to be pretty artsy and write poetry. Let's give it a shot:
There was an old man who wore no-toe shoes.
He said, I'mma go do 60 reviews.
He was out of his head,
Should've gone back to bed,
But he loves him some dirty psych blues.
Years from now, when I link back to this post for a "(review here)"-type scenario, I'm going to see that and I'll still think it's funny. The planet's dying. I'd say a bit of silly is more than called for.
Kungens Män, Chef
Krautrockers, assemble! Or, you know, whatever krautrockers do — I assume it involves homemade spacecraft that, yes, absolutely fly. Perhaps one of these days I'll ask Stockholm's Kungens Män, whose latest outing for Riot Season, simply titled Chef, is an outbound delight of psych-infused progressivism. Beginning with the opening throb of "Fyrkantig Böjelse" and moving into the volume swells, steady drum line and wandering guitar that starts "Öppen För Stängda Dörrar" on side A, its four extended tracks craft otherworldly textures through a meld of organic instrumental flow and waves of synth, the second cut building to a tense wash of distortion all the while keeping that hypnotic march. The two corresponding 10-minute-plus cuts on side B waste no time in offering cosmic boogie in "Män Med Medel" with a more active rhythmic flow, and closer "Eftertankens Blanka Krankhet" — longer than the opener by one second at 11:24 — fades in on meditative guitar and explores a serene minimalism that only underscores the all around joy of the album.
Chef by KUNGENS MÄN
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PFUND, PFUND
The self-titled, self-released debut full-length from Kiel, Germany's PFUND arrives and departs with a guesting horn section, and while that inevitably adds a bit of grandeur to the proceedings, the bulk of the outing is dedicated to straightforward, semi-metallic heavy rock, held to ground even in the seven-minute "Spaceman" by a considered sense of structure and an earthy drum sound that draws the songs together, whether it's the classic riff rock in "Sea of Life" or the moodier sway in the earlier "Lost in Rome." Dual guitars effectively multiply the impact, and the vocals showcase a nascent sense of melody that one imagines will only continue to grow as the band moves forward. At nine songs and 44 minutes, it shows some breadth and nuance in "Exhaustion" and "Paranoia," the former tapping into an edge of progressive metal, but the primary impact comes from PFUND's heft of groove and how it blends with a rawer edge to their production. The Kyuss-referencing centerpiece here might be called "Imbalance," but that's hardly representative of what surrounds, horns and all.
PFUND by PFUND
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Crystal Spiders, Demo
Three songs, 11 minutes and three distinct vibes from the aptly-titled Demo demo of North Carolinian three-piece Crystal Spiders. On "Tigerlily," "Flamethrower" and "Devil's Resolve," the trio of bassist/vocalist Brenna Leath (also Lightning Born), guitarist/vocalist Mike Deloatch and drummer/backing vocalist Tradd Yancey careen from bluesy spaciousness to hard-driving catchiness and end up — because why not? — in repeating cult-sludge chants, "Come to the devil's resolve!" like Black Widow trying to lure people to the sabbat, except shouting. If the purpose of a demo is for a new band to try different methods of working and thereby take a first step in discovering their sound, Crystal Spiders are well on their way, and for what it's worth, there isn't anything within their scope as they present it that doesn't work for them. There are edges to smooth out, of course, but that too is a part of the process starting here.
Demo by CRYSTAL SPIDERS
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The Misery Men, Deathspiration
If you'd asked, depending on which part of Deathspiration was on, I'd probably have called The Misery Men a bass/drum duo, but nope, that's guitar. Tonally one is reminded of At Devil Dirt from Chile, but the Portland, Oregon, two-piece of vocalist/guitarist Corey G. Lewis and drummer Steve Jones are entirely more barebones in their craft, eschewing digital involvement of any sort in the recording or mixing process and sounding duly raw as a result throughout the subtle earworm of "C.W. Sughrue" and the lumbering "Harness the Darkness." The subsequent "Night Creeps In" brings a Northwestern noise payoff to quiet/loud trades and the near-10-minute closer "Stoned to Death," well, it seems to meet an end befitting its title, to say the least. As their stated intent was to capture the most organic version of their sound possible, and made a point of working toward that ideal in their recording, one could hardly fault them for the results of that process. They wanted something human-sounding. They got it.
Deathspiration by The Misery Men
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Hubris, EP #II Live
Some — not all — of what one needs to know about Hubris' EP #II Live is right there in the title. Indeed, it's their second EP. Indeed, it was recorded live. And indeed, like using a '#' sign with a Roman numeral, there's something about the way the three included songs from the Toulouse, France-based outfit sound that's just a little bit off-kilter from what you might expect. "Zugzwang" (7:19), "Tergo" (19:58) and "Biotilus" (27:04) are arranged shortest to longest, and while the opener starts off like Queens of the Stone Age on an Eastern-tinged psychedelic bender, the lengthy jams that follow — the first of them with a fervent drum punctuation, the second a gradual intertwining of synth and guitar with hardly any percussion at all until after its 22nd minute. The instrumental flow that ensues from there is almost like a hidden bonus track, at least until they Hubris get to minute 26 and the whole thing explodes in crash and plod. The underlying message, of course, is that if you think you're safe at any point, you're not.
Ep #II -Live- by Hubris
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Woorms, Slake
Lumbering fuckall pervades the debut full-length, Slake, from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, sludgers Woorms — also stylized all-caps — which incorporates past singles "Find a Meal Find a Bed Find a God" and "Mouth is a Wound" amid the sample/noise barrage of "Our Lady of Perpetually Shitfaced" and the willfully brash "Racist Kevin" that follows. There's an edge of Melvinsian chug to the proceedings, but Woorms' take, though presented in finished compositions, comes across as almost nihilistic rather than making a show of its experimentalism. That is, they're trying to say they don't give a fuck, and in listening, they make it kind of easy to believe, but there's still something about the cohesiveness of "Veni Vidi Fucki" and "Rice Crispy" and the saved-the-best-nod-for-last finale "Sore Afraid" that undercuts the notion even while making the listening experience all the more pummeling, and from the intro "Corpse Corps" through "Urine Trouble Now"'s echoing shouts and the closer's unmitigated stomp, there's still plenty of exploration being done.
slake by WOORMS
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Oreyeon, Ode to Oblivion
Rebranded since their 2016 debut, Builders of Cosmos (discussed here), from their more phonetically intuitive original moniker, Orion, Italy's Oreyeon issue a cosmically expansive spacescape follow-up in their six-song/40-minute sophomore outing, Ode to Oblivion, also their first release through Heavy Psych Sounds. Echoing vocals pervade "Big Surprise" after the introductory "T.I.O." and "Trudging to Vacuity" establish the wide-cast mix and anti-grav rhythmic density, and the nine-minute side A finale title-track runs mostly-instrumental circles around most of what I'd usually call "prog" only after it lays down a sleek hook in the first couple minutes. After "Big Surprise," the 8:45 "The Ones" trades volume back and forth but finds its breadth at about the sixth minute as the dramatic lead turns on a dime to desert rock thrust en route to wherever the hell it goes next. Honestly, after that moment, everything's gravy, but Oreyeon lay it on thick with closer "Starship Pusher" and never neglect melody in the face of nod. Worth a deeper dig if you get the chance.
OREYEON – Ode To Oblivion by HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS Records
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Melody Fields, Melody Fields
Sometimes you hear a record and it's like the band is doing you a favor by existing. To that, thanks Melody Fields. The Gothenburg psych troupe lace their lysergic flow with folkish harmonies and an open sensibility on their self-titled debut that comes coupled with enough tonal presence to still consider them heavy not that it matters. They break out the sax on "Morning Sun" to welcome effect, and the sun continues to shine through "Liberty" and the garage-buzzing "Run" before "Rain Man" turns water droplets into keyboard notes and Beatlesian — think "Rain" — voice arrangements atop soothing instrumental drift, every bit the centerpiece and an excellent precursor to the acoustic-based "Fire" and the 10-minute "Trädgränsen," which is the crowning achievement of this self-titled debut, which, if I'd been hip to it in time, would've made both the 2018 best albums and best debuts list. They cap with a reprise of "Morning Sun" and underscore the solid foundation beneath the molten beauty of their work throughout. To ask for another album seems greedy, but I will anyway. More, please.
Melody Fields by Melody Fields
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Mammoth Grove, Slow Burn
Okay, look, enough screwing around. It's time for someone to sign Mammoth Grove. The Calgary natives have been putting out quality heavy psych rock since their 2011 self-titled debut (review here), and their latest long-player, the four-song Slow Burn is a righteous amalgam of peace-thru-rock that lives up to its freewheeling vibes in "Seasons" after the methodical opener "Valleys" and rolls out a bit of melodic '70s biker rock bliss in "Black Meadow" before the side-B-consuming "Gloria" (18:42) asks early if you're ready to go and then goes like gone, gone, gone, and gone further. Given the analog mindset involved and the heart on display throughout, there's something fitting about it being pressed up in an edition of 100 hand-screenprinted LPs and 100 CDs likewise, but the more people who could hear it, the merrier, so yeah, some label or other needs to step up and make that happen, and I dare you to listen to the solo that hits past the 14-minute mark in "Gloria" and tell me otherwise. Dare you.
Slow Burn by Mammoth Grove
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Crimson Devils, A Taste for Blood
Since pared down to a trio from the four-piece incarnation they present here, Austin's Crimson Devils first released their debut, A Taste for Blood, in 2017, but gave it a vinyl revisit last year and it's little mystery why. The record comprises 11 sharply-composed tracks of Small Stone-style heavy rock, taking cues from Sasquatch in modern-via-classic modus, picking and choosing elements of '70s and '90s rock to conjure formidable groove and engaging hooks. There's considerable swagger and weight in "They Get It," and while opener "Dead and Gone" seems to show an influence in its vocal patterning from Elder, as the album unfolds, it's more about the blast of "Captain Walker" or the penultimate "Nothing to Claim" and the straight-ahead vibes of "Bad News Blues" and "No Action" than anything so outwardly prog. There's plenty to dig in the rock-for-rockers mindset, and it's the kind of offering that should probably come with an octane rating. However such things are measured, safe to say it would not be low.
A Taste For Blood by Crimson Devils
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Crystal Spiders Post Debut Demo; First Live Appearance Announced
Posted in Whathaveyou on January 28th, 2019 by JJ Koczan
Taking their moniker from the first track on the debut album from Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, Raleigh, North Carolina's Crystal Spiders have unveiled their aptly-titled Demo ahead of making their first live appearance on Feb. 7 in their hometown. The release is comprised of three cuts giving three distinct looks at the trio as they move from the rolling doom rock and layered harmonies of "Tigerlily" through the rougher-edged thrust of "Flamethrower" with a classic metal riff careening through its sub-two-minute runtime, and into the catchy cultistry of "Devil's Resolve," on which bassist Brenna Leath — also of Ripple-signed heavy rockers Lightning Born — steps back from lead vocals to allow a shift to sludgy shouts ahead of a delve into the riff from Electric Wizard's "Witchcult Today" repurposed as the bed for an impressive solo from Mike Deloatch, backed by the swing of Tradd Yancey, who wins at names, outright.
It's 11 minutes of material and does exactly what something called Demo should do: it lets the band get their feet under them and gives anyone listening fodder for future interest. Certainly with such variety over a relatively short period of time and the fact that the band has been together less than a full year, it's probably safe to say they're trying things out, but in so doing, they nonetheless give an encouraging look at their songwriting modus as well as some killer performances. If I was gonna be at the gig, I'd show up early. That's all I'm saying.
Info and whatnot came down the PR wire, but the real point here is the stream, which you'll find at the bottom of the post. So have at it:
Crystal Spiders – Demo
Formed by a punk rock kid, a crazed rock and roller, and later joined by a doom veteran, Crystal Spiders are rising from Raleigh, unleashing dynamic and powerful sounds speaking to the fundamental power of fuzz rock. Inspired by a slew of acts ranging from the Melvins and Kyuss to Fu Manchu, these scene veterans are tried and true worshipers of the riff. Featuring members of local favorites such as Lightning Born, Mind Dweller and Thirsty Curses, Crystal Spiders' diverse mix of influences makes for music that separates them from the stoner rock rat race.
Brought together by a love of vintage gear, nasty licks, and ratty pedals, Crystal Spiders revel in the waves of volume commanded by their roaring amps. Frontwoman Brenna Leath's dynamic voice soars above it all, guiding listeners from peak to sonic peak and fascinating the palate with her powerful delivery. She is perfectly complemented by her bandmate's heavy vocals, joined by the roaring guitars of Mike Deloatch and the high-powered drums of Tradd Yancey. The legendary Raleigh rock scene has been a band breeding ground for years now, but rarely has something emerged from the crypt with the same passion and drive of this fuzz-possessed crew.
Reeking of smoke and drenched in distortion, their demo has just been self-released in January of 2019 and is guaranteed to reap minds and destroy souls, foreshadowing a debut album that will make waves in heavy circles. Excited for the opportunities to come, Leath says, "You know you're doing something right when you look down at the speedometer and you're doing 20 miles over with no idea of how you got there. 1-part vintage gear, 1-part doom, a dash of punk and a sprinkle of germanium. That's how."
1. Tigerlily
2. Flamethrower
3. Devil's Resolve
All songs written and recorded by Crystal Spiders (Mike Deloatch, Brenna Leath, Tradd Yancey). Mixed and mastered by Jim Griffin, Shadetree Studios, Raleigh, NC. Art by Tyler Pennington. Layout by Alex Traboulsi.
Crystal Spiders live:
Feb 07 Slim's Downtown Raleigh, NC w/ Thunderchief, WitchTit
Crystal Spiders is:
Brenna Leath – Bass & Vox
Mike Deloatch – Guitar & Vox
Tradd Yancey – Drums & Backup Vox
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Crystal Spiders, Demo (2019)
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Review & Full Album Stream: New Light Choir, Torchlight
Posted in audiObelisk, Reviews on November 19th, 2018 by JJ Koczan
[Click play above to stream New Light Choir's Torchlight in full. Album is out this Friday, Nov. 23, on Svart Records.]
Near the end of organ-laced second track "Queen of Winter" there is a lyrical turn. The driving 4:34 piece arrives following opener "Grand Architect" on the New Light Choir's Svart-delivered third album, Torchlight, and is the final chapter in a quick initial salvo before the six-minute "Firebird" takes hold as the longest cut included. It happens in the last stretch of the song. The line, "Before the winter begins," is being repeated following a suitable tempest of riffs and rhythm, as the Raleigh, North Carolina, self-recording, studio-only two-piece of guitarist/vocalist John Niffenegger and drummer Chris Dalton seem to reinvent progressive, blackened and traditional metals in their own image, and at 4:15, the lyric changes for the last go. Instead of, "Before the winter begins," it's, "Before her winter begins," and on paper that's not a huge shift, but its nonetheless emblematic of the level of detail and precision put into Torchlight as a whole.
Right down to one word in one of 10 songs for one line on a 45-minute album, every moment of Torchlight feels like it's doing exactly what New Light Choir has intended it to do. The narrative around the album is one of stylistic reach, and indeed, there's plenty of it, but across the tumult of "Omens" and the what-if-Rush-had-invented-black-metal "Psalm 6," all frenetic drumming and poised vocal melody and blindingly progressive figures and structures, but it's not just about taking two or three or four different styles and smashing them together. There are bands who do that and make it work to varying degrees of success, but rather than highlight the divisions between the various elements at play — and it is very much play — across Torchlight, New Light Choir work to erase the boundaries of genre in the first place. It's as if their goal was to sit down and construct a record where every individual moment was geared toward rendering "File Under" moot.
New Light Choir made their debut with a self-titled LP in 2010, and songs from it carried almost a Wovenhand-style sense of space (thinking of "Choral" near the middle of the tracklist), but as they followed that with Volume II in 2014 — High Roller Records released it in 2015 — and found themselves working more in a classic production-style with an overarching theme, the creative development was palpable. The same is true in sitting that second outing next to Torchlight, as "Adamantine" seems to have found the blend of fullness and rawness in the recording itself that the first two full-lengths seemed to be driving toward, and their lyrics about an unbreakable metal there could hardly be more appropriate. While I don't know what the circumstances of the recording were, the band worked on Torchlight across three years from later-2015 through February of this year, and while that could've just been a matter of their not having time to get into Studio 775 for anything other than laying down snippets at a time, as Niffenegger intones the line "Heavy metal in my veins" shortly before the acoustic guitar and choral keys lead the way out and into the thrashier start of the aforementioned "Psalm 6," the material indeed sounds like it's been lived with.
It's thought through, but not staid. From "Grand Architect" onward, Dalton's drums are a catalyst for the melded aesthetics, whether it's in that leadoff as they bring classic doom and thrash into heady coexistence, or on "Golden Ring," as the graceful lyric "And so it goes" is met with a corresponding instrumental turn on the way to its last verse. Atmosphere is no less central throughout, but on a sheer performance level, Torchlight is a triumph in its uncompromised look at what metal can do and can be. If it took an actual three years of work from top to bottom to make it, I could hardly be surprised listening to the balance of lead and rhythm guitar layers in "Omens" earlier on or the running toms that start and crash into the beginning of the penultimate "Last March," which nearly blasts through its earlier moments before reimagining Primordial-style post-black metal with that ever-present touch of prog in the vocals but a locked in half-time megagroove after its midpoint that seems to make the journey on that march all the more worthwhile.
Before that, they delve into a rousing cascade on the three-minute "Moondawn Mirage III," which eschews lyrics until turning to acoustics in its final movement and is the shortest track on the album but still well more substantial than an interlude, and after, they bring forth the finale, "Stardust and Torchlight," which feels less like a summary than a culmination. With a steady gallop in its initial verse and chorus, it's black metal but for the vocals, and even after a momentary slowdown just past the halfway mark, the turn into a mid-paced progression and a winding, plotted lead feels smooth and as natural as any of the many other headspinning changes that have preceded it. As they do with "Moondawn Mirage III" and "Adamantine," they finish "Stardust and Torchlight" with a move into acoustic guitar, residual feedback holding out beneath a few quick plucks and a final strum that once again serves a reminder of just how purposeful Torchlight is in its directed nuance.
Different listeners will hear various references in the songs, but ultimately New Light Choir's style belongs to no one so much as to the duo itself, and the manner in which they're able to make it own is as much a reshaping of metal as it is an homage to it. I'm not sure if it's fair to call them experimental, if only for the connotation of well-let's-try-this-and-see-what-happens that seems to bring, where Dalton and Niffenegger execute their work in a not-makeshift way, but very much befitting their status as a studio project. That's not to say the tracks on Torchlight wouldn't work live if a full lineup came together around the two founders, just that that's what it would take for the material as it is to be brought to life on a stage. Whether that happens or not — it's been eight years since their debut and it hasn't yet, so I'll hazard a guess that it's not top priority — the clarity of their vision is one of their greatest assets throughout Torchlight, and if that's the thread that carries them through the next several years of work on their next round of material, it can only be a win.
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Corrosion of Conformity Announce Tour Dates with Crowbar, Weedeater, The Obsessed & Mothership; Tickets on Sale Today
Posted in Whathaveyou on November 9th, 2018 by JJ Koczan
Hey look, I don't usually post ticket links with tour announcements. Looks shitty — you know I'm all about vanity — makes it harder to read the dates, and if you're on any form of the internet reading about music you already know how to use said internet to buy tickets. But this isn't just any tour. Corrosion of Conformity, Crowbar and Mothership teaming up with Weedeater and The Obsessed rotating in and out for stretches. It's fucking significant. And tickets are on sale today, so yeah, I'm posting the links. Can't help but notice there are three days off after the New York show. Have to wonder what's up there… Hmm…
Anyway, I don't know how else to put it but this tour is pretty astounding, so yeah, just get tickets. Whatever. You know these bands. You know why you need to be there. So mark your calendar and go. Easy as that.
Here's the info (and links) from the PR wire:
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Announces 2019 North American Headlining Tour With Support From Crowbar, Weedeater, The Obsessed, And Mothership; Tickets On Sale This Friday
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will kick off 2019 with a long-anticipated North American headlining tour! Set to commence January 19th in San Antonio, Texas, and run through February 27th in Nashville, Tennessee, the month-long trek will include support from Crowbar and Mothership as well as Weedeater and The Obsessed on select shows. Tickets go on sale this Friday! See all confirmed dates below.
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY released the critically-acclaimed No Cross No Crown full-length earlier this year via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Captured in North Carolina with longtime producer John Custer, the record marks the first studio recording with vocalist/guitarist Pepper Keenan in over a decade and, earning the #67 spot on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, #12 on the Billboard Top Current Albums Chart, and #3 on the Top Hard Music Albums Chart upon its first week of release, is the highest charting album of the band's career.
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY w/ Crowbar, Weedeater (1/19 – 2/13), The Obsessed (2/16 – 2/27), Mothership:
1/19/2019 Alamo City Music Hall – San Antonio, TX [tickets]
1/20/2019 Diamond Ballroom – Oklahoma City, OK [tickets]
1/21/2019 The Riot Room – Kansas City, MO [tickets]
1/22/2019 Gothic Theatre – Denver, CO [tickets]
1/24/2019 Crescent Ballroom – Phoenix, AZ [tickets]
1/25/2019 Fremont Country Club – Las Vegas, NV
1/26/2019 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA [tickets]
1/27/2019 Teragram Ballroom – Los Angeles, CA [tickets]
1/29/2019 Slim's – San Francisco, CA [tickets]
1/31/2019 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR [tickets]
2/01/2019 Neumos – Seattle, WA [tickets]
2/02/2019 Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC [tickets]
2/04/2019 Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB [tickets]
2/05/2019 Marquee – Calgary, AB [tickets]
2/07/2019 Park Theatre – Winnipeg, MB
2/08/2019 Fine Line – Minneapolis, MN [tickets]
2/09/2019 Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL [tickets]
2/10/2019 Machine Shop – Flint, MI [tickets]
2/12/2019 Beachland Ballroom – Cleveland, OH [tickets]
2/13/2019 The Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY
2/16/2019 Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA [tickets]
2/17/2019 Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA [tickets]
2/18/2019 Ottobar – Baltimore, MD [tickets]
2/20/2019 Opera House – Toronto, ON [tickets]
2/21/2019 Mr. Smalls Theatre – Pittsburgh, PA [tickets]
2/22/2019 Lincoln Theatre – Raleigh, NC [tickets]
2/23/2019 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA [tickets]
2/24/2019 Orpheum – Tampa, FL [tickets]
2/26/2019 Vinyl Music Hall – Pensacola, FL
2/27/2019 The Cowan – Nashville, TN
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY is:
Pepper Keenan – vocals, guitar
Woodroe Weatherman – guitar
Mike Dean – bass, vocals
Reed Mullin – drums, vocals
Tags: C.O.C., Corrosion of Conformity, Corrosion of Conformity No Cross No Crown, Crowbar, Mothership, No Cross No Crown, North Carolina, Nuclear Blast Records, Raleigh, The Obsessed, Weedeater
Corrosion of Conformity Announce UK Tour with Orange Goblin, Fireball Ministry and Black Moth
Posted in Whathaveyou on June 11th, 2018 by JJ Koczan
Can you frickin' imagine C.O.C. and Orange Goblin on the same bill? I'm sorry, but that's just awesome. Both will be supporting new records — for Corrosion of Conformity, it's earlier-this-year's No Cross No Crown (review here), and for Orange Goblin, the impending The Wolf Bites Back (review later this week) — and with support from Fireball Ministry, lest we forget their own new album, Remember the Story (review here), which came out toward the end of 2017 — and Black Moth, the proceedings are all the more righteous for those who'll be fortunate enough to witness them.
As fate and clever timing would have it, C.O.C. were in the UK this weekend playing Download and they've got another date in Colchester tonight ahead of hitting mainland Europe tomorrow to begin a tour that includes a couple dates meeting up with Converge and a stop at Hellfest. This of course will lead to the next tour, which is another run with Black Label Society in the States following up on the one at the start of the year. That's in July/August, then in Oct./Nov. it's back to the UK for the aforementioned excellence alongside Orange Goblin et al. It's been a busy year for these dudes, especially as they've been largely without drummer Reed Mullin, who's been unable to tour with the band following knee surgery and is, as of the last social media post on the subject, understandably anxious to return.
The PR wire brings the latest, but really, the point here is go see C.O.C. You have the means, motive and opportunity, so make it happen:
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY To Kick Off European Tour This Weekend; Band Confirms Fall UK Dates + Second Leg Of North American Tour With Black Label Society And Eyehategod Nears
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will return to Europe this weekend for a stretch of live dates set to commence June 9th and run through June 24th. The journey includes special performances with Converge as well as appearances at Download, Hellfest, Copenhell, and Graspop. In July, the band will return to North American stages to kick off the second leg of their tour supporting Black Label Society. Slated to begin July 15th, the tour will make its way through nearly two dozen cities upon its conclusion on August 11th. Additional support will again be provided by Eyehategod. CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will close their summer live takeover with a performance at Loud And Heavy Fest in Fort Worth Texas sharing the stages with the likes of Cody Jinks and Whiskey Myers! In October, the band will take on an eight-date UK headlining tour with Orange Goblin, Fireball Ministry, and Black Moth. See all confirmed dates below.
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY continues to tour in support of their critically lauded No Cross No Crown full-length, released earlier this year via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Captured in North Carolina with longtime producer John Custer, the record marks the first studio recording with vocalist/guitarist Pepper Keenan in over a decade and, earning the #67 spot on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, #12 on the Billboard Top Current Albums Chart, and #3 on the Top Hard Music Albums Chart upon its first week of release, is the highest charting album of the band's career.
6/09/2018 Download – Donnington Park, UK
6/11/2018 Colchester Arts Centre – Colchester, UK
6/12/2018 FortaRock – Nijmegen, NL
6/13/2018 Den Atelier – Luxembourg, LU
6/14/2018 Universum – Stuttgart, DE
6/16/2018 Konzertfabrik Z7 – Pratteln, CH
6/17/2018 Santeria Social Club – Milan, IT
6/18/2018 Orion – Rome, IT w/ Converge
6/19/2018 VAZ Hafen – Innsbruck, AU w/ Converge
6/20/2018 La Belle Electrique – Grenoble, FR w/ Converge
6/22/2018 Hellfest – Clisson, FR
6/23/2018 Copenhell – København, DK
6/24/2018 Graspop – Dessel, BE
w/ Black Label Society, Eyehategod:
7/15/2018 Inkcarceration Music Festival @ Ohio State Reformatory – Mansfield, OH *
7/16/2018 Monarch Music Hall – Peoria, IA *
7/17/2018 The Forge – Joliet, IL *
7/18/2018 20 Monroe Live – Grand Rapids, MI
7/20/2018 Bourbon Theatre – Lincoln, NE
7/21/2018 Diamond Ballroom – Oklahoma City, OK
7/22/2018 Cotillion Ballroom – Wichita, KS
7/23/2018 The District – Sioux Falls, SD
7/25/2018 The Clyde Theatre – Wayne, IN
7/27/2018 Si Hall At The Fairgrounds – Syracuse, NY
7/28/2018 Impact Music Festival – Bangor, ME
7/29/2018 The Webster – Hartford, CT*
7/30/2018 The Queen – Wilmington, DE
8/01/2018 The Mill & Mine – Knoxville, TN
8/02/2018 The Fillmore Charlotte – Charlotte, NC
8/03/2018 Phase 2 – Lynchburg, VA
8/05/2018 The Norva – Norfolk, VA
8/07/2018 Rebel – Toronto, ON
8/08/2018 Metlus – Montreal, QC
8/09/2018 Sherman Theater – Stroudsburg, PA
8/10/2018 Paramount – Huntington, NY
8/18/2018 Loud And Heavy Fest @ Panther Island Pavilion – Fort Worth, TX w/ Cody Jinks, Whiskey Myers
w/ Orange Goblin, Fireball Ministry, Black Moth:
10/26/2018 Engine Rooms – Southampton, UK
10/27/2018 02 Institute – Birmingham, UK
10/28/2018 Rock City – Nottingham, UK
10/30/2018 Ritz – Manchester, UK
11/01/2018 02 ABC- Glasgow, UK
11/02/2018 Plug – Sheffield, UK
11/03/2018 The Great Hall – Lardiff, UK
11/04/2018 02 Forum Kentish Town – London, UK
* No Eyehategod
Corrosion of Conformity, "The Luddite" official video
Tags: C.O.C., Corrosion of Conformity, Corrosion of Conformity No Cross No Crown, London, No Cross No Crown, North Carolina, Nuclear Blast Records, Orange Goblin, Orange Goblin The Wolf Bites Back, Raleigh, Spinefarm Records, The Wolf Bites Back, UK
Corrosion of Conformity Post "The Luddite" Video; US Tour on Now
Posted in Bootleg Theater on January 17th, 2018 by JJ Koczan
So not that I'm awash in extra minutes-per-day or anything like that, but among the various ideas for writing projects kicking around my head lately has been a side-blog that theoretically would be called 'Doomestic Living,' which would basically serve as a chronicle for my adventures in my still-new position as a stay-at-home dad, a dude who likes music, and someone with assorted mental health issues. Sounds pretty indulgent, right? Don't worry, I'm sure self-critique would be a huge factor. To wit, C.O.C. have a new video for "The Luddite" from their new record, No Cross No Crown (review here), and here's how I might feature it as a post in said context:
The Patient Mrs. was out at physical therapy the other night, still recovering more than two months after her emergency C-section, learning which of her muscles medical professionals fucked up and how best to make them work again, etc. Pretty much every time she leaves the house these days and I'm home alone with The Pecan, I take it as a preview of what life will be like when she goes back to work. This was no exception.
He was fussy; had missed a nap. There was a bottle on the counter, but he's still not taking a bottle from me, so basically when he gets hungry it's a fight. Every time. He doesn't want it. Apparently The Patient Mrs. has magic boobs (something I've always suspected) that require no effort on The Pecan's part to extract milk from, so when he actually has to engage a sucking action on the nipple of a bottle, he gets pissed about it. I get it. The "There's an easier way to do this and I prefer that" instinct. Very human.
I was waiting for PBS Newshour to come on and dicking around through YouTube on the tv in the living room. He was in his chair, sort of proto-kvetching. Grunting. He grunts a lot; some in distress, some in conversation. Grunty Pecan. I'd gotten the press release about the new Corrosion of Conformity video for "The Luddite" from Nuclear Blast earlier in the day, but as it came up in my recommendations, I decided to check it out. Good track as I knew from hearing the album, so what the hell.
The video's pretty standard fare: mostly classic heavy rock fire and fury updated with digital presentation. Mike Dean looks badass as ever holding down the business of groove on bass while Pepper Keenan handles frontman duties, Woody Weatherman and Reed Mullin presences unto themselves in their righteousness. The kind of thing that, if there were a Headbanger's Ball and they let me host it, you'd most definitely see on Headbanger's Ball. Nowadays, the internet. Fair enough. Good showcase for the track, at very least.
The Pecan was fucking mesmerized. In his two-plus months of life, I don't think I've seen his attention so utterly and singularly wrapt by anything. Not even eating or pooping, and to-date, those have been his primary activities. And it wasn't his first exposure either to television or to music videos either. C.O.C. held that baby's gaze like nothing has yet.
I wound up watching him watching the video as much as I watched the video itself — overcome by a strange mixture of worry about screen-time exposure (the latest science says it's okay, but science is malleable) and pride at the thought that this baby might have such killer taste innate to his being as to really dig a track like "The Luddite," which is among the closest points C.O.C. hit on their new record to their classic mid-'90s sound.
Afterwards, I put on Sabbath doing "Children of the Grave" at Cali Jam 1974 and he dug that too. For a couple minutes there, things were looking up in terms of parenting potential. Fortunately, The Patient Mrs. got back before he got too hungry.
Yeah, something like that. C.O.C.'s No Cross No Crown is out now on Nuclear Blast. Please find the video for "The Luddite" below, followed by the band's current/ongoing tour dates, courtesy of the PR wire, and enjoy:
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY is currently in the midst of a massive North American live takeover supporting Black Label Society. The tour kicked off in Denver, Colorado December 27th and will wind its way through nearly four dozen cities upon its conclusion on February 27th. Additional support is being provided by Eyehategod and Red Fang on select shows. See all confirmed dates below.
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY w/ Black Label Society, Eyehategod (12/29 – 1/20; 2/11 – 2/27), Red Fang (1/26 – 2/09):
1/17/2018 House Of Blues – New Orleans, LA ^
1/18/2018 Marathon Music Works – Nashville, TN ^
1/19/2018 Bogart's – Cincinnati, OH ^
1/20/2018 Center Stage – Atlanta, GA ^
1/26/2018 Jannus Live – St. Petersburg, FL *
1/27/2018 House Of Blues – Myrtle Beach, SC *
1/28/2018 The Ritz – Raleigh, NC *
1/29/2018 The Fillmore Silver Spring – Silver Spring, MD *
1/31/2018 PlayStation Theater – New York, NY *
2/01/2018 The Palladium – Worcester, MA *
2/02/2018 Aura – Portland, ME *
2/03/2018 Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA *
2/05/2018 Town Ballroom – Buffalo, NY *
2/06/2018 The Goodyear Theater at East End – Akron, OH *
2/07/2018 Stage AE – Pittsburgh, PA *
2/08/2018 Eagles Ballroom Club Stage – Milwaukee, WI *
2/09/2018 Myth Live – St. Paul, MN *
2/11/2018 O'Brians Event Centre – Saskatoon, SK ^
2/12/2018 The Ranch Roadhouse – Edmonton, AB ^
2/14/2018 Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC ^
2/16/2018 Bowes Event Center at Revolution Place – Grande Prairie, AB ^
2/17/2018 MacEwan Hall – Calgary, AB ^
2/19/2018 Showbox SoDo – Seattle, W ^
2/20/2018 Roseland Theater – Portland, OR ^
2/21/2018 Ace Of Spades – Sacramento, CA ^
2/23/2018 House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV ^
2/24/2018 The Marquee – Tempe, AZ ^
2/25/2018 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM ^
2/27/2018 The Fonda Theatre – Los Angeles, CA ^
^ w/ Eyehategod
* w/ Red Fang
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Corrosion of Conformity, No Cross No Crown: Casting Stones
Posted in Reviews on January 3rd, 2018 by JJ Koczan
More than 35 years on from their beginning, Raleigh, North Carolina's Corrosion of Conformity are a band like none other. Affectionately abbreviated as C.O.C., in their long career, they've moved from East Coast hardcore punk and thrash to becoming widely influential innovators of Southern metal and heavy rock, releasing generation-defining albums like 1994's Deliverance (discussed here) and 1996's Wiseblood (discussed here) after having already made a mark early on with rawer offerings like 1984's Eye for an Eye debut and the next year's Animosity.
Since his arrival in the band alongside founders Mike Dean (bass/vocals), Woody Weatherman (guitar/backing vocals) and Reed Mullin (drums/backing vocals) for 1991's transitional outlier Blind, Pepper Keenan has become a key presence in C.O.C.. He played guitar on Blind and handled vocal duties for the first time on the track "Vote with a Bullet," but would take the reins as frontman by the time Deliverance came out and see the band through their defining commercial statement and ascent to a point of influence for a generation of heavy rock. Keenan's tenure as guitarist/vocalist continued through Wiseblood, the underrated 2000 outing America's Volume Dealer — often maligned as a cash-grab for its smooth production, but actually some of the tightest songwriting the band has ever done — and 2005's In the Arms of God before his duties as a member of the Southern heavy supergroup Down took priority.
Dean, Weatherman and Mullin — the last of whom did not play on In the Arms of God — eventually grew restless and pressed on, issuing a self-titled (review here) in 2012 and an also-underrated follow-up, IX (review here), as a three-piece that both found them freer to touch on their punk roots and resulted in a fascinating summation of the band's tenure as a whole. As Down dwindled, Keenan returned to the fold circa 2014, and the once-again-foursome signed to Nuclear Blast for the release of No Cross No Crown, their first album in this incarnation in some 18 years and a work that many likely doubted would ever come to fruition.
Frankly, that it exists is enough to make it one of 2018's most pivotal full-lengths. No Cross No Crown is the album for which many C.O.C. fans have clamored for years, written in the studio by the band with longtime producer John Custer at the helm and very, very much aware of what its listenership wants in terms of speaking directly in sound and style to the Deliverance/Wiseblood era of post-Sabbath groovemaking and harsher, Southern-stylized edge. C.O.C. pioneered this aesthetic, and after stepping away from it for more than a decade, songs like "Cast the First Stone," "Forgive Me," "Wolf Named Crow" and the six-minute chug-nodder "A Quest to Believe (A Call to the Void)" find it still fits them easily and smoothly.
With a few runthroughs, "The Luddite," "Cast the First Stone," the more patiently bluesy "Nothing Left to Say" and the signature boogie "Little Man" feel less like they're playing to form than rediscovering it, and though No Cross No Crown unquestionably hearkens to the CD era with a bordering-on-unmanageable 15-track/57-minute runtime, a series of interludes in the intro "Novus Deus," "No Cross," "Maitre's Diem," "Sacred Isolation" and, arguably, the atmospherically-minded four-minute title-track that separates "E.L.M." and "A Quest to Believe (A Call to the Void)" ensure that the band's persistent hooks and unflinching craftsmanship boasts due attention-holding variety as well.
Again, it's very much a record that knows the stakes and knows the audience to which it is communicating. That comes through in the balance of the production as much as the songwriting, and while in part as a result of the style in which it's working it doesn't have the same sense of urgency driving it as did the IX or Corrosion of Conformity LPs issued by the Keenan-less trio version of the band, there's no question that in performance and chemistry, this group stands apart in their level of execution in a way that makes it extraordinarily difficult to hold knowing what they want to do and who they want to be as a band against them.
No doubt that any outfit with the sheer reach of audience C.O.C. can claim — global, generation-spanning, etc. — will have their backers and their detractors, and certainly much more than when America's Volume Dealer surfaced, the scope of how the conversation between them has changed. As someone who's been a fan of the band since Blind, I'll say the truth of No Cross No Crown ultimately seems to lie somewhere in between.
It is a reunion album. It's their, "okay, now we're back together and we need a record" record. By the time they get down to the final movement of "No Cross No Crown," "A Quest to Believe (A Call to the Void)" and "Son and Daughter," the pervasive feeling is that statement has been made and they've reestablished their footing on the ground that was there waiting for them all these years, but their return to it is still unquestionably one of the most welcome underground heavy events of the decade, and their delivery is simply undeniable.
From "Novus Deus" and "The Luddite" onward, No Cross No Crown is pro-shop through and through, and one can see that even in the structure of the tracklisting, which presents the material in batches of an interlude, two tracks, an interlude, two tracks, interlude, two tracks, etc. throughout. Each section proves that Corrosion of Conformity, even if they're in the process of shaking the rust off working together creatively, have more to say than one could have reasonably asked or expected, and the album succeeds in its goal of manifesting the spirit and drive of Deliverance and Wiseblood without simply aping a sound more than 20 years gone, as the energy and thrust of "Cast the First Stone" and the swaggering catchiness of "Old Disaster" alike prove.
The prospect of a new C.O.C. record with the Keenan, Dean, Weatherman and Mullin lineup has been hanging over the head of their many followers since they first got back together to play live several years ago — and truthfully, much longer than that — and if No Cross No Crown did have anything to prove at all, it was that this band could still do this thing. The simple answer is they can, and where 35-plus years from getting started, most artists still active have long since slid into a mediocrity of form in playing to what's expected of them, C.O.C. here sound reinvigorated and offer a reminder to all willing to hear it of a big part of what made them who they are in the first place. It might need repeat listens to sink in for some, but earns them readily and grows into a richer experience each time through in such a way that to call it anything less than triumphant would be unfair.
Now, will there be another?
Corrosion of Conformity, "Cast the First Stone"


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The Top 25 Master of Divinity Programs in 2020
by: Staff Writers
What is a Master of Divinity Degree?
A master of divinity degree is designed for those who want to pursue active pastoral positions, including ministerial leadership roles in churches, hospitals, military, and social services. A master of divinity degree typically takes three years of full-time study and includes the study of topics like religious studies, interpretation of scripture, and ministry experience. According to the Association of Theological Schools, all accredited master of divinity programs should include religious heritage, cultural context, personal and spiritual formation, and capacity for ministerial and public leadership.
Here are the top 25 Master of Divinity Programs in 2020:
Master of Divinity Career Options
The most common career path for graduates with a master of divinity degree is in a ministerial role. A master of divinity is the standard requirement to be ordained to the clergy as a pastor or priest. The average salary for those with a master of divinity is $54,148.
What Are the Requirements for a Master of Divinity Degree?
To gain admission to a master of divinity degree program, applicants will typically need an accredited four-year bachelors degree or the equivalent and a personal essay. Some programs may require a minimum undergraduate GPA or the completion of prerequisite undergraduate courses.
1 Regent University Virginia Beach, Virginia
2 Mercer University Macon, Georgia
3 University of Northwestern Saint Paul, Minnesota
4 Union University of California Westminster, California
5 Bethel University Mishawaka, Indiana
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Regent University
The purpose of Regent University is to develop Christian leaders who will change the world. The master of divinity program is offered online or on-campus in Virginia Beach. Incorporating elements of the master of theological studies and master of arts in practical theology, the program equips students to lead a church, ministry, or nonprofit and can lead to ordination or ministry licensure. Students will become well-versed in Christian history, biblical writings, and scriptural interpretations.
Tuition: $500 per credit hour
The master of divinity degree at Mercer University prepares students for ordained ministry and for pastoral and religious leadership in congregations and other settings. The degree is offered as either a 3-year residential program or a 4-year fully online program. The master of divinity emphasizes academic rigor and practical ministry experience. A unique feature of the degree at Mercer University is a series of ministerial formation courses across the program designed to cultivate capacities for leading.
University of Northwestern
The master of divinity program at the University of Northwestern — St. Paul combines biblically-based evangelical theology with Christian ministry. The degree program meets ordination requirements for pastor or chaplain positions and it will prepare students for further doctoral studies and for church or parachurch ministry. Students will be involved in ministry through internships with the option to apply to an outside clinical pastoral education program for their field experience.
Union University of California
Westminster, California
The Master of divinity program at Union University of California is designed to empower and equip students to serve as transformational Christian leaders within today's multicultural contexts. The program offers courses in global interconnection of the contemporary world, the importance of understanding urbanization, principles of effective leadership, organizational development skills, and social transformation alongside more traditional ministerial skills.
Mishawaka, Indiana
Bethel University's master of divinity prepares students for solo, senior, teaching, or staff pastor or chaplain positions. It also attracts those wishing to enhance their Christian discipleship or prepare for seminary doctoral study. Master of divinity students learn how to interpret the Bible, relate it to everyday life, and apply it to their own character and spiritual formation.
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Master of divinity students at Loyola University Chicago can pursue a degree on campus or as a distance program via online education. The master of divinity is a comprehensive degree designed to meet the educational needs of those called to professional ministerial leadership. While focused primarily to prepare non-ordained people for ministerial leadership, the program also welcomes members of religious communities, clergy, and participants from other communions.
Newberg, Oregon
The master of divinity at George Fox University offers thorough preparation for professional ministry and doctoral programs. Graduates serve as church planters, pastors, chaplains, and leaders in non-profit organizations. In addition to solid, foundational courses in biblical studies, theology, and pastoral ministry, master of divinity students complete spiritual formation coursework that enriches personal development and personal capacity for healthy leadership.
Corban University
Corban University's master of divinity is designed to give students the tools they need to accurately interpret scripture within its historical, geographical, and cultural background, and to apply it to their current ministry's context, location, and cultural demands. The program is available entirely online or as a hybrid of online and on-campus classes. master of divinity has both a church ministry track and a biblical languages track.
The master of divinity at Vanderbilt University is designed to prepare students for the practice of ministry. The aim of the program is to begin a process of education focusing on understanding the Christian faith and its implications for human life. The curriculum is structured to combine a flexible foundation with immersion experiences that integrate learning and praxis through theological field education and a capstone course and senior project organized around a question, theme, issue, or aspect of ministry designed by the student.
Tuition: $1004 per credit hour
Searcy, Arkansas
Harding University's master of divinity degree lays a solid foundation for a lifetime of ministry through a focus on spiritual growth, research tools, and methodology. The degree provides opportunities and encouragement for personal spiritual growth, an understanding of scripture and theology, an introduction to the historical and cultural contexts of churches, and both an understanding of and supervised experience in major aspects of ministry.
Yale University's Yale Divinity School offers a master of divinity degree that prepares students for ordination and parish ministry in the various Christian denominations. Courses of study include biblical interpretation, theology, ethics, the history of Christianity, and the practical aspects of ministry such as preaching, pastoral counseling, and Christian education. Part of ministerial formational also includes a Supervised Ministries placement, which is commonly an internship in a church, hospital, or social service agency.
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
The master of divinity program at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary offers students a choice of 19 ministry-specific concentrations. Every master of divinity student takes foundational courses in subjects including Bible, theology, counseling, history, and ministry practice. Students can also choose from over 300 elective courses.
The master of divinity at Wake Forest University prepares students from diverse ministry experiences and theological perspectives for religious leadership. The program encourages students to explore the rich histories and traditions of Christianity, to understand the changing social and religious landscape of our times, and to gain awareness and practical experience of the issues facing churches in their local and global contexts.
Grace School of Theology
Woodlands, Texas
At Grace School of Theology, the master of divinity degree is uniquely structured to balance biblical and theological studies with ministry skills courses that will result in increased knowledge of God's word and preparation for the common demands of everyday ministry. Students' ministry goals will be furthered by obtaining a firm grasp of the scriptures, including the original languages.
Saint Joseph's College of Maine
Standish, Maine
The master of divinity program at Saint Joseph's College of Maine prepares Catholic laity and permanent deacons for ministerial work in the Catholic church and provides prerequisite programming for students planning to pursue a doctor of ministry degree. An accelerated track is available to students who hold a masters degree in theology or ministry.
The Duke Divinity School at Duke University provides students with the time and structure for academic immersion. The program prepares students to lead and transform their faith. Duke University is unique in its ability to provide funding for up to three field education internships, including two placements required for graduation.
Elizabethton, Tennessee
Milligan College provides a breadth of education in all the areas of theological learning with a special focus on the practice of pastoral ministry. Students can choose from 10 special options alongside the standard master of divinity program.
Oral Roberts University's master of divinity degree is a residential or modular program that equips students to become effective and skilled pastors, evangelists, chaplains, Bible teachers, and ministers. The program offers an optional Pastoral Care and Chaplaincy concentration for students who wish to receive board certification for military, hospital, institutional, or organizational chaplaincy.
Credit hours: 80.5
The master of divinity program at Drew University is rooted in the long tradition of Wesleyan and Methodist commitment to higher education. The degree is designed to connect learning in a ministry context, at Seminary Hall, in online video conference classrooms, and in off-campus immersions. It can be completed in a combination of in-person and online learning, organized in a mix of semester-long and intensive schedules.
Henderson, Tennessee
Freed-Hardeman University's master of divinity is designed for students who desire advanced study in the Bible and religion, including pulpit preachers, assistant preachers, educational directors, Bible school teachers, counselors, and students who wish to teach in Christian education. The program can be completed 100% online or on-campus.
Reformed Theological Seminary
The master of divinity at the Reformed Theological Seminary is designed around concentrated study in three basic areas: Bible, systematic theology, and pastoral theology. In addition to preparing for pastoral ministry, the curriculum is designed to aid in the student's sanctification. The degree requires 400 hours of field education experience.
Master of divinity students at the University of Chicago complete a minimum of 29 courses, including theology in the public square, scripture and/or history of the student's chosen tradition, weekly reflection seminar, and the arts of ministry sequence. Students participate in field education all three years of the program and learn basic skills in a relevant textual language, such as Koine Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Qur'anic Arabic, Sanskrit, or Tibetan.
The master of divinity at Boston College is a comprehensive professional degree program that combines a broad study of theology with supervised ministry and spiritual formation. Program features include spiritual formation, cohort and community life, and supervised ministry.
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While on a recent business trip to the Scottsdale AZ-area, we visited classic car auction giant Barrett-Jackson's collector car showroom. Located at 3020 N. Scottsdale Road, it couldn't be in a higher-profile location. I must admit, before arriving, I was expecting a warehouse full of cars that didn't sell in Barrett-Jackson's recent big 5-day sale at Auction Week in January. But, instead I found a neat, fairly small showroom with a very eclectic inventory of hand-selected, very special cars. Each was well-presented and impeccably detailed in their sparkling showroom.
Again, my first thought upon hearing about this place was that it was where the overflow from their auctions got stored, awaiting the next auction, that could be bought in the meantime. But Manager Bo Bell explained that Barrett-Jackson actually buys a very select few cars. The original classics are treated to whatever resto or freshening they need, at the hands of B-J's able in-house crew, or in the case of a custom, they work their magic while adding their 'brand'. The Hot Rod Truck below is an example of that.
ABOVE: Right out front-and-center on Scottsdale Road was this dropped '56 Chevy 2-door wagon.
BELOW: 1993 SVT Cobra Mustang, the last year for the Fox Body.
ABOVE: 2018 Shelby GT350R. Check out those super-light carbon fiber wheels.
BELOW: Gorgeous 1970 Plymouth Cuda has a 440 Magnum and factory air.
ABOVE: 1965 Shelby Continuation Cobra.
BELOW: 1967 Ford Mustang GT with 390 S-code 4-speed.
ABOVE: They called it the Hot Rod Truck, and it exemplifies what Bo was talking about. Barrett-Jackson has clearly imprinted its brand on this truck.
BELOW: Check out the detailing of not just the LS engine, but the front suspension and everything else. Note that much of it is engraved with Barrett-Jackson's logo, further personalizing and branding this very unique vehicle. Well done, and not overdone.
ABOVE: The Barrett-Jackson Collection Showroom can custom build a Hot Rod Truck just for you, and just to your specifications.
BELOW: This Dart all-aluminum 427ci Windsor with Hilborn fuel injection sits under the hood of a drop-dead gorgeous custom '34 Ford Roadster, another recipient of Barrett-Jackson's magic touch.
The Barrett-Jackson Collection Showroom also sells branded merchandise, like T-shirts, hats, hoodies, jackets and more. It's all nicely displayed and fun to peruse. You can't leave without buying a T-shirt or two.
When in Scottsdale, or the Phoenix-area, plan a trip to the Barrett-Jackson Collection Showroom at 3020 N. Scottsdale Rd, in Scottsdale. Or call Bo Bell yourself for their latest inventory and prices at (480) 306-8271.


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Q: Load more than one URL in UIWebView one by one Hi! I am developing an application. In that I am creating one webview. By using that webview I want to load the next url after completion of first one. I written the - (void)webViewDidFinishLoad:(UIWebView *)webView like this
- (void)webViewDidFinishLoad:(UIWebView *)webView
   {
      [UIApplication sharedApplication].networkActivityIndicatorVisible = NO;
        alert_View=[[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:@"\n\nData sent successfully!" message:nil delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:nil otherButtonTitles:nil, nil];
        [alert_View show];
        [alert_View release];
      [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:3.0 target:self selector:@selector(removeAlert:) userInfo:nil repeats:NO];
   }

And the removeAlert method looks like
  -(void)removeAlert:(id)sender
  {
     [alert_View dismissWithClickedButtonIndex:-1 animated:YES];
    [web loadRequest:[arr objectAtIndex:1];
  }

arr array contain all prepared requests. When ever this removeAlert method executed directly -(void)webView:didFailLoadWithError: method is fired. So please tell me how can I load another request after end of first one?

A: If you're using ARC, you should get rid of the [alert_View release]. The alert view may not be retained, and that could be contributing to the problem.
Also, try [self performSelector: @selector(removeAlert:) withObject:nil afterDelay:3.0]; and see if that works, instead of your NSTimer call.

A: One way you can do it is by delegating. So once your first request is processed and you get a response, you can send the next one.
If you arent familiar with delegates, here's a link to get you started.

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Nagios Announces End of Trademark Dispute
Nagios, a maker of open source IT insfrastructure monitoring tools, announced the resolution of an ongoing trademark dispute with German company NETWAYS, based on unauthorized trademark and domain name registration and use. "Ethan Galstad – founder of Nagios – believes that community pressure proved key to Mr. Hein and NETWAYS finally transferring ownership of the trademark domains to Nagios." Perhaps the German trademark suit described last week in this blog had something to do with it, too.
A timeline of the violations, created by Nagios, appears here. According to Nagios, dispute centered on the use of the name "Netways Nagios Konferenz" for a conference promoted by NETWAYS, regisration of the domain names nagiosforge and nagioswiki, and a registration of the Nagios trademark in Germany by NETWAYS.
Although the intersection of open source licensing and trademark use can be complex, this is not a particularly complex case nor is it particular to open source. The kind of domain name and trademark squatting described in Nagios' timeline is not uncommon — particularly for international resellers and value-added resellers. It is also particularly troublesome in countries with first-to-file trademark systems, where it can be difficult to challenge trademark registrations if the distributor files before the developer. The use of Nagios in a conference name is a more complex matter for a trademark infringement claim than would be, for instance, the use of the name on a product. Classic trademark infringement turns on passing off one's products as those of another, which requires the mark to be used in commerce to indicate the source or origin of a product. But the use of the trademark in a conference name can imply sponsorship by the owner of the mark, which is also an basis for trademark claims in the US.
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Good Samaritan Ministries is helping people avoid crisis during COVID
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By: John Riley
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues various support systems have been implemented to help people make it through this crisis. Even with the numerous grants and other programs, no system is perfect and some in need have been left without support.
Good Samaritan Ministries in Helena has been there to catch people who fell through the cracks in the system and help them avoid crisis, including those they employ.
Marvin Colman manages Our Place, a drop-in center overseen by Good Samaritan that provides a place for people dealing with mental health challenges, homelessness or other struggles find support.
The pandemic caused Colman and his family to need the same type of support.
"When the shutdown first happened, there was just so much need in the community we couldn't close. So we laid off our employees, I stayed working 25 to 30 hours a week," said Colman.
Colman spent the beginning of the pandemic mainly delivering food and groceries to people who couldn't pick it up themselves.
By working that much, although reduced, Colman didn't qualify for unemployment benefits. He's also a student right now, which means he didn't qualify for the federal stimulus money.
"Then the avalanche started where I just couldn't pay everything each month, and eventually got to the point where I was so far behind I had to make the decision of do I keep the power on or do I pay the rent," explained Colman.
Colman helps hundreds of people each week with finding housing, job services, peer support rides and food delivery. Yet he himself still struggled with admitting he needed help.
"It's unfortunately part of our culture and so that's where I found myself, even though I am a hard worker," Colman said. "It was a little humbling at first, but then I thought 'this happened, it was beyond your control, go ask!' which was the hardest thing to do."
Good Samaritan's assistance ministries were able to help Colman with his rent, and began getting out of the ever deepening hole he had found himself in.
"Once I got my rent paid I could focus on all of the other bills coming in," Colman said. "It gave me a month to get back on my feet. Then we opened, my hours went back to normal and I'm slowly digging out."
Colman's story is similar to the hundreds of families Good Samaritan helps every week. Most found themselves in mounting debt due to unforeseen circumstances.
Executive Director Theresa Ortega says the COVID-19 pandemic has been a difficult time for the organization, but one they're adapting to.
"Even though our Thrift Store had closed, our Assistance Ministry never stopped," said Ortega. "We provided services online to get people connected with different agencies to arrange for a place to stay or what their needs were."
Good Samaritan can assist people with childcare, vehicle repair, dental, household items, toiletries and more.
The nonprofit was able to meet those needs during the pandemic thanks to the Paycheck Protection Program from SBA, and a $10,000 COVID Relief grant from the State of Montana.
The parable of the Good Samaritan tells the story of a man giving aid to someone in need, and expecting nothing in return.
Ortega says they will continue to live up to their namesake and help all in need they can, even long after the pandemic has passed.
"We like to follow our services to serve the most in need throughout our community, the whole aspect of that. Those usually are the people that are ill, or downtrodden or homeless and we'll keep going no matter what," said Ortega.
The Good Samaritan Thrift Store is back up to their regular hours,and accepting donation on Tuesdays, Tuesdays and Saturdays.
More information about the services Good Samaritan Ministries provides, and how to support their mission can be found here.
Emergency housing assistance is also avalible through the State COVID Relief Fund. More information and how to apply can be found here.
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Avoid suspicious email. This is an email from someone (or company) you were not expecting. Especially when it has an attachment you were not expecting. Do not click the links in this email. Look at the actual email of the person sending it. I may look like it is coming from mom, brother or your best friend, but if it is not their actual email address, then do not click anything.
Your bank, credit card company or the IRS will not send a threatening email, tell you your account is being closed or that there are general problems with your account. If you are curious to see if it is true, call your bank directly or login to your account. If there are problems, they will tell you or it will notify you when you login.
Hackers and thieves love to create malware, spyware or viruses that can be attached to one of these phishing emails. Again, if you do not know the sender, were not expecting the email, or if the email is not one you know, then DO NOT OPEN the attachment. The second you click the link, they can get access to your computer, spy on your keystrokes, or even cause your hard drive to crash or erase.
Download and install software software only from websites you know and trust. Put another way, unless you know the site is safe, don't install anything from that site. Again, this is a way for thieves to spy on you or gain other access to your computer. This means be aware of how you input a site name. For example, apple.com is the Apple Computer company. But if you accidentally type apple.net or apple.org, you could get to a site that looks like the real company, but is a scam trying to get your information.
Use a security software to block pop-up ads, which can contain viruses. It can also block hackers and if it has a anti-spyware component, it can block them from spying on you.
Spread the word. Be sure that you discuss being safe online with your family and friends. Not to mention, share it with your grandparents or other senior people that you know. They are easy targets and do not understand the rules of phishing or other email scams. Also, teach your children so they are aware of the scams to get their personal information.
Do not give out your personal information (this includes your social security number, date of birth, credit card or bank account number, credit card PIN or expiration) in an email, phone call or website unless you know it is a safe site. The IRS, your bank, or credit card company will not ask you for this information. Most of these companies will send you a letter to let you know there is a problem or issue. If you have any concerns, call the company at a phone number you know. For example you can call the local branch of your bank or call the IRS at 800-829-1040.
It is very important that you remain vigilant to protect your identity. There are many lazy people looking for a quick buck by stealing your hard earned money. Should you have any questions on this, please feel free to call our office.


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FALL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE: Volleyball Play-In Tournament
By Andy Morales
FALL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE
2A SOCCER FIRST ROUND
No. 3 Blue Ridge 6, No. 6 Willcox 0
THURSDAY, OCT. 25
5A VOLLEYBALL PLAY-IN
No. 24 Buena at No. 9 Ironwood Ridge, 6:30 p.m.
No. 23 Goldwater at No. 10 Cienega, 6:30 p.m.
No. 20 Higley at No. 13 Empire, 6:30 p.m.
No. 18 Rincon/UHS at No. 15 Mountain View, 6:30 p.m.
No. 17 Ironwood at No. 16 Marana, 6:30 p.m.
No. 21 Prescott at No. 12 Catalina Foothills, 6:30 p.m.
No. 18 St. Mary's at No. 15 Amphitheater, 6:30 p.m.
SOUTHERN ARIZONA SWIM QUALIFIER
Oro Valley Pool, 8 a.m.
DIVISION I GOLF DAY ONE
Omni Tucson National
DIVISION I GOLF DAY TWO
5A VOLLEYBALL FIRST ROUND
No. 24 Buena/No. 9 Ironwood Ridge winner at TBD
No. 18 Rincon/UHS/No. 15 Mountain View winner at TBD
TBD at Salpointe
TBD at Canyon del Oro
WEDNESDAY, OCT 31
CROSS COUNTRY SECTIONALS
Rio Rico High School, 2:30 p.m.
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Andy Morales was recognized by the AIA as the top high school reporter in 2014 and he was awarded the Ray McNally Award in 2017 and he has been a youth, high school and college coach for over 30 years. His own children have won multiple state high school championships and were named to all-state teams. Competing in hockey, basketball, baseball and track & field in high school, his unique perspective can only be found here and on AZPreps365.com. Andy is the Southern Arizona voting member of the Ed Doherty Award, recognizing the top football player in Arizona, and he was named a Local Hero by the Tucson Weekly for 2016. Contact Andy Morales at AMoralesMyTucson@yahoo.com
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And if some of them are places where I've been.
Along the river where it grew four hundred years ago?
Can you see the Sangamon and is Lincoln there?
Through a verdant valley in the Berkshires of your soul?
And Shiloh! Can you see Shiloh?
Are these places that you know?
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Salman Khan On Tubelight Failure: I've Other Connect With My Audience; It's Not The Action Connect
Salman Khan's previous release, Tubelight, proved to be a debacle at the box office to everyone's surprise and here's what he has to say about the same..
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By Swikriti Srivastava
| Published: Tuesday, December 19, 2017, 16:57 [IST]
Salman Khan's upcoming film, Tiger Zinda Hai is in tremendous buzz and is expected to break all the exisiting records at the box-offic.e However, his previous release, Tubelight, helmed by Kabir Khan, proved to be a debacle at the box office to everyone's surprise.
In his recent interview to Pinkvilla, Salman talked about Tubelight failure and said, "I have some other connect with my audience. It is not the action connect, it is something different."
Salman Gives An Instance Of Tere Naam
He further added, "I did Tere Naam. It was a big hit. However, it was a big hit for its first half, not for the second half. People didn't want to see me like that in the second half."
Tubelight Wasn't An Apt Release For Eid
"For example, people are watching Tubelight on television, but they didn't watch it on screen especially at the time like Eid, Diwali or Christmas when you want to go out and enjoy yourselves and you go to the theatres all dressed up, to enjoy, to whistle, to throw chillar (change) and then in the first five minutes you start crying."
Audience Don't Want To See Me Crying
"They don't want to see me crying onscreen. You are just thrown off because that is not what you expect from the movie. Throughout the promotions, I kept on saying that if you are expecting some maar daadh (action), then DO NOT go and watch the movie."
Salman Further Adds..
"I am the only one who says DON'T go if you are expecting this. Even in Tere Naam, throughout I said that it is a loser character, go see the film it is superb but the hero's character doesn't follow at all."
What do you think about Salman's take on the Tubelight debacle? Let us know in the comments section below.
On a related note, don't forget to catch Salman Khan on December 22, 2017 as Tiger Zinda hai is all set to hit the theatres on the same date!
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Questions related to the history of a societal set of practices, beliefs, art forms or and/or objects that are popular in a society for only a given period of time, often viewed as trivial in nature.
Was "the modern cocktail" intended to mask the foul taste of Prohibition-era liquor?
What is Adios Bruce Lee?
Was there actually a project by the Nazis to create supernatural monsters/weapons?


Medics prepare to transport a 38-year-old man who was shot and critically wounded in the Harrowgate section of Philadelphia overnight. Photographs for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project by Tom Kelly IV.
Police investigated as the victim was rushed to Temple University Hospital shortly after he walked Popo's bar at East Russel and I Streets, looking for help shortly before 1 a.m. Police said that the victim also appeared to have been beaten.
A 25-year-old woman turned up at Episcopal Hospital with arm and chest wounds about an hour earlier, reporting that she had been shot in the area of Kensington Avenue and East Thayer Streets, just a few blocks from the Russell Street incident. She was reported in stable condition.


We can take care of your customers, suppliers or employees when they arrive or leave stations (Montélimar, Valence TGV, Avignon, etc) but also airports (Nîmes, Marseille, Lyon ....).
activities during your stay and take care of all transport.
To go see a show or a sports tournament with friends or family (up to 16 people) on Marseille, Lyon or Aix en Provence without having to worry about the miles of a late return, we can also accompany.


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DENR launches mobile game, mascot on waste management
By Connie Calipay
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Bicol on Friday, June 24, cited the importance of new technology as it launched its new mascot and mobile game application in promoting awareness on solid waste management.
In an interview, Joan Mariscotes, DENR-5 communication development officer, said 70 barangays officials and representatives of 25 participating schools in Legazpi City were invited to the event held at the Pepperland Hotel
She said with the launching of the "Pinas: Basura Buster (PBB) Mascot" and "Basura Buster" mobile game app, they are hoping to increase awareness and encourage the participation of stakeholders.
"In this campaign, we, in DENR, with the help of local government units (LGUs), want to improve the solid waste management at the grassroots by providing awareness, education drives, and additional information on the importance of the support of the public to have a clean environment," Francisco Milla Jr., DENR-5 regional executive director, said in his message during the event.
Milla said "Pinas, the Basura Buster" mascot holds a plastic bottle gun with suction power to symbolize picking up of trash.
"You will appreciate how a mascot can win the hearts of the community and at the same time help us with our advocacy for a cleaner and greener Bicol region," he noted.
Meanwhile, Milla said the Basura Buster App is a drag-and-drop game where players will segregate the garbage.
"Green trash for biodegradable waste, black for residual, blue for recyclable, yellow for household health care waste and red for hazardous waste. This is an exciting and novel way to instill awareness and create a better understanding of solid waste management," he added. (PNA)


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The Chronicles of Lawmaker August Flynn Box Set Vol 1
Author: Bill C. Cannon
Lawmaker August Flynn receives a tip-off that a Savannah gold mine is being sabotaged and many young men's lives are being needlessly lost. But the town is so wrapped up in lies, deceit and greed that it's difficult for Flynn to know who's telling the truth.
The Double Robbery
Lawmaker August Flynn becomes personally involved in a bank robbery. But everything is not what it appears. When the vault is opened it seems that someone else has beaten them to it despite the vault being locked and with no signs of entry.
When August Flynn decides to take a vacation in Dallas he's quickly drawn in to help solve the murder of a man shot playing cards in the back room of a saloon. It's likely that one of the other three men in the room is responsible, but which one?
Deadman Walking
Rumors that August Flynn has died circulate round Baton Rouge and Outlaw Henry Ike, an old adversary from Flynn's past undertakes a violent robbery of a stagecoach. It's up to Flynn to track down the outlaw and settle the score once and for all.
A whole quadrant of Baton Rouge has been bought up by a rich man with a penchant for gambling and women, creating a haven for seedy saloons, gambling houses, and brothels. Early one morning, in a popular brothel, one of the women who works there turns up dead. She seems too young and beautiful to be a part of this life.


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A TRIBURE TO DR. CHARSHEE MCINTYRE
AND THE MILLIONS FOR REPARATIONS RALLY
By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill (August 2, 2002)
As we build towards the final days of the Millions For Reparations Mass Rally on August 17, 2002 in Washington, D. C., the 115th anniversary of the birth of the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey, we must remember our ancestors who helped pave the way for the growing Reparations Movement in America. One such ancestor that we should remember at this time is Dr. Charshee McIntyre.
I often think of Sister Charshee McIntyre who had great impact of all of us in the Black Liberation Movement. I miss her dearly. I miss the late night talks, advice, and consultation. I am sure that many other activists, scholars, and leaders in our movement also miss her. Sister Charshee, like Queen Mother Moore, was one of the Queen Mothers of our movement.
On Saturday, May 15, 1999, the African Liberation Movement worldwide learned of the passing into eternity, in New York, of our great Queen / Sister / Mother, Dr. Charshee Charlotte Lawrence McIntyre.
Although Sister Charshee was not a household name in the African Community, in this country, she was one of our leading behind the scenes scholars, leaders, organizers, and activists, who worked tirelessly for the liberation of African and Native American people. Sister Charshee had indigenous, Native American, lineage in her family.
Sister Charshee had battled with the effects of Lupus, and other illnesses for over twenty years. Even though she was often in severe pain, she continued to travel to important movement meetings, keep a busy lecture schedule, researched vigorously, worked as a professor of Humanities and Chair of the English Language Studies Program at the SUNY Old Westbury.
Dr. Sister McIntyre was the first woman President of the African Heritage Studies Association, founded by our recent ancestor, Dr. John Henrik Clarke. She served on the Executive Board for many years and used this position to help mentor numerous young researchers and scholars in their development.
I attended her Celebration of Life on Friday, May 21, 1999 at the St. James Presbyterian Church in Harlem, New York. More than a thousand people from all walks of life attended and participated in the celebration, including her husband of 41 years, renown instrumentalist, Dr. Makanda McIntyre and her two "perfect sons," as she called them, Kheil and Kaijee.
My esteemed colleague and friend, Dr. Jacob Carruthers, who worked closely with Sister Charshee over the years, was not able to attend the celebration but wrote a beautiful and succinct statement that I was able to present to the family.
Brother Jake, as we call him, wrote, "In behalf of the Temple of the African Community of Chicago and the Kemetic Institute, I wish to make our tribute on the occasion of the transition of our beloved Sister and fellow worker. Dr. Charshee Charlotte Lawrence–McIntyre, Maa Kheru (The Voice is True). Sister Charshee was our Chief, a selfless leader in our movement who contributed mightily, spiritually, and materially to our projects."
Continuing, Brother Jake expressed that "Dr. Charshee McIntyre's specialty was promoting good will, friendship, love, and unity among the various organizations and personalities in our movement. In this regard, she was without peer. She promoted us all, often remaining in the background, although her spirit was always at the forefront."
In concluding, Brother Jake made this profound point. "Charshee always exuded the qualities of African Womanhood: an obedient daughter; a caring sister; a devoted wife; and a loving mother. Whatever the measure, she set the standard."
One of Sister Charshee's great scholarly contributions was her book, Criminalizing A Race: Free Blacks During Slavery. Given the white supremacy assault of the Criminal Justice System on African people in this country, I think it would be a fitting tribute to Charshee to read or re–read this most important book.
In our everyday conversations in the African Community in America, the issue of African males and the disproportionate number of them imprisoned in America's jails is frequently discussed.
Most of these discussions center around the current problems of drugs, youth violence, poor education, lack of economic opportunities, poor family life, and lack of proper racial identity and cultural direction.
Often, the missing aspect of these discussions is the historical context of the foundation of the white supremacy Criminal Justice System and its multi-million dollar Prison Industrial Complex.
Dr. McIntyre's book is a rare and profound African centered analysis of the structural design of this nation that has produced the disproportionate number of imprisoned Africans in America, particularly African in America, males.
Without a clear historical understanding of the continuous and growing trend of the incarceration of African in America males, we will not be able to counteract this long standing white supremacy public policy of this country. Charshee's book helps us understand this issue.
A key revelation in Dr. McIntyre's book is her explanation of the development of America's prison system and its immediate impact on Africans in America. She points our, "To distinguish the prisons from earlier jails and to suggest the essence of what the institution should be doing these do–gooders coined a new name, penitentiaries, implying that prisoners would be taught to be penitent regarding their crimes."
In this connection, Dr. McIntyre asserted, "These do–gooders created penitentiaries for the reformation of deviants. They considered free Africans in America a natural population for these new institutions that began imprisoning African in America males as far back as 1790.
Those of us in the National Black United Front / NBUF, and other Black Movement organizations, have truly missed Sister Charshee. Her spirit is guiding our work and she would be particularly proud of our work in the Reparations Movement. Sister Charshee was a strong advocate of Reparations for African people. On August 17th at the Millions For Reparations Mass Rally, we will lift up the spirit of Sister Charshee and many of our other ancestors who contributed so much. THEY OWE US!!!
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