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Por Christopher Wordsworth
i. 18. " The Lord grant that he may find
mercy of the Lord in that day," which some of the orthodox have dignified with the title of loca efficacissima, in settling the doctrine of a godman. (See the Unitarian Tracts, 4to. 1691. vol. i. tract Brief Hist. of Unitarians, p. 15. 21.) And it confirms this reasoning from Exod. iii. 14, to prove the divinity of Moses, that this very kind of language is elsewhere unequivocally applied to Moses : " The Lord commanded my Lord
" to give the land," &c. Numb. xxxvi. 2. Moses may be proved to be God, 11. From his being the Son of God. All advo.
cates for a godman hold, that the son of God is God himself, though they deny that the son is the father, because that would be to " confound the persons" of the godhead. This is a mystery ; but that is so much the better, as long as it is orthodox. Now that Moses was the son of God, appears clearly from Hosea xi. 1. "I called my son out of Egypt," compared with Exod. iii.
Heb. xi. 27. Commentators, I know, understand the words in Hosea as spoken of the whole body of the Israelites ; but then it ought to have been plural, my sons: or, if it means them all, yet Moses was one, and the most distinguished one of them. Or it may refer to Moses primarily, and to the nation second. ariy, and that may be the reason for using the singular number in the particular con
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nection and context in which it stands in
Hosea. But I think it most agreeable to the
analogy of the faith, to understand the word
son, of an individual, and that individual to
be Moses ; because, nobody was ever so em-
phatically called, in such a particular way, as
he was, Exod. iii. 4, nor called so truly out
of Egypt. For he himself was out of Egypt
at the time and place when and where the
call was made. The call itself, twice repeat-
ed, was out of the midst of the bush, which
bush was out of Egypt; and it was made for
the purpose of his finally quitting that coun-
try, and not only of his coming out of it
himself, but of bringing reluctantly out of it
for ever, all his countrymen, who can never
be considered as coming out of it, any other-
wise than they came out through him, be-
cause they never came voluntarily, and were
often clamorous to be led back again. But
Moses was called out of Egypt in every sense
of the word, and so is here styled the son of
God. And that he was the son of man, I sup-
pose all will allow. Exod. ii. 1, 2. And so he
had a divine and a human nature.
Moses may be proved to be God,
12. From the mysterious circumstances attending
his birth, death, and resurrection. No man
ever so completely experienced the new birth
as he did; for, after he was born once, he
was born again, and became the son of a se.
cond mother. Exod. ii. 10. When he died,
he was buried by the Lord, which, perhaps, from what we have before seen, may mean himself. However that be, no man could ever find his sepulchre. Deut. xxxiv. 5, 6. And that he came to life again, appears from Matt. xvii. 3. And it seems from Deut. xxxiv. 7, as if he had this life in himself; and to confirm this, we are no where told that God raised him from the dead, but, on the contrary, that God buried him. He also wrote the account of his own death, for he wrote the book of Deuteronomy, in which we read that account. No man, nor I think any other being, except a godman, could be capable of doing this. To such a being, no. thing can be easier. He relates in his divine nature, what he undergoes in his human nature. It is said, in Jude 9, that " Michael "the archangel contended with the devil " about the body of Moses." This I think every body must see to be a symbolical representation of the two natures in Moses contending with each other : the one, the divine, which was heavenly, spiritual, angelic; the other, the human, which was earthly,
sensual, devilish." Jam. iii. 15. Jannes and Jambres too (2 Tim. iii. 8.), who are such mysterious personages, that the commentators could never find out who they were, or properly identify their existence, seem, some how or other, to typify the opposition made to Moses in his twofold capacity: whether they
are to be considered as types or anti-types, I do not take upon me to decide, having but
little skill in that sort of theology. Moses may be proved to be God, 13. From its being blasphemy and sin of the
highest kind to speak against Moses. Acts vi. 11. Numb. xxi. 5, 7. Observe, that in the text from the Acts, the words Moses and God are joined together in the same case, by the copulative xos, and that the preposition as, which is prefixed to the first noun, is omitted before the second; and, therefore, by Mr. Sharp's rule, which I have shewn to be equally applicable to prepositions as to articles, (see Letter the second, page 32.), Moses and God refer to the same person. Observe too, that Moses stands first, a circumstance which, the fathers as well as some of their sons, consider as going a great way towards proving a person to be equal with God. In the two passages from Numbers, Moses being mentioned jointly' with God, the sin ' most certainly amounts to supreme,'
i. e. to blasphemy. Moses may be proved to be God, 14. From the Israelites believing in him, in the
same manner as they did in the Lord. Exod. xiv. 31.; and from the Lord's coming down from heaven, for the express purpose of making them so believe in Moses for ever. Exod. xix. 9. Our version has believe only, in these passages ; but in the hebrew it is belicve in.
Moses may be proved to be God, 15. From his having a prophet. Exod. vii, 1. Now
there are no prophets mentioned in scripture but those of the Lord, or those of a false God. Moses, therefore, not being a false God, must be the true. Also, from his having angels and ministers at his command. Numb. xx. 14. Deut. ii. 26. Exod. xxiv. 13. Josh. i. 1. In our common version the two first texts read messengers, but in the hebrew the words, in all the four texts, are the very same as those in Psal. civ. 4. So that if we could but get a corrected version,' by some good, sound, believer, we should here have
new proofs' and ' testimonies in favour of? Moses's divine nature, which ought not to be with-held from the mere
english reader.' (Sharp's Rem. p. 44.) Moses may be proved to be God, 16. From the Israclites being baptized into [ss,
the same as in Matt. xxviii. 19.] Moses. 1 Cor. x. 2. To be baptized into any one, is the same as to be baptized into his name, as appears clearly from comparing Rom.vi.
3. Gal. iii. 27, with Acts ii. 38. viii. 16. Now, all sound divines hold,* that he into whom, or into whose name, any one is baptized, be
* And among these, the present bishop of London, Dr. Por. teus, who has unadvisedly asserted, that the baptismal form (Matt. xxviii. 19), is "one principal ground of the doctrine of " the trinity." See his Lectures, vol. ii. p. 335. If this be the principal ground, may we not ask-what can be the weak ground?


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T2.micro EC2 instance type is free for use for one year for new AWS accounts.
Later on in the chapter, we went through the creation of ELBs and ASGs using AWS CLI.
You can register your ELB DNS name with your domain service provider (for example, Route 53, GoDaddy, and BigRock) to resolve your application.


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D. Lewis hit by pitch.
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K. Appenzell singled to center field; B. Tyseling advanced to third.
M. Nakawake singled through the left side.
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T. Nixon singled through the right side.
D. Lewis singled to third base.
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M. Garza singled to left field, advanced to third on the throw, RBI; B. Estrada advanced to third, scored on an error by lf.
K. Robinson doubled to right center, RBI; M. Garza scored.
M. Nakawake singled down the rf line.
J. Hernandez to rf for F. Mutu.
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M. Garza singled through the left side.
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K. Robinson reached first on an error by 3b; K. Cunningha advanced to second.
M. Nakawake doubled down the lf line, RBI; K. Robinson advanced to third; K. Cunningha scored.
J. Hernandez reached first on an error by ss; M. Nakawake scored, unearned; K. Robinson scored, unearned.
B. Araujo singled to pitcher; J. Hernandez advanced to second.
M. Villagran pinch hit for E. Cortez.
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J. Kamery singled to right center, RBI; B. Tyseling advanced to third; B. Simmons scored.
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M. Rubalcaba pinch hit for M. Nakawake.
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Hennah leaves Finastra to lead trade and supply chain finance at iGTB
On the Move	/ 18-12-18 / by Sanne Wass
Finastra builds out London trade and supply chain finance team with new appointments
Mastercard, ADB and partners take on Asian retail supply chain inefficiencies with new digital solution
Conpend founder talks Finastra partnership and adding trade loans and KYC to remit
Finastra appoints new country head for India
Finastra gains trade finance banker
Finastra's head of trade and supply chain finance David Hennah has left the company and will join Intellect on January 16, 2019.
He will take up the role of senior vice-president and head of trade and supply chain finance. Based in London, the role sits within Intellect's transaction banking business, iGTB.
Intellect has recruited Hennah in a bid to expand its trade business. He will be responsible for the product roadmap and strategy.
Speaking to GTR about his move, Hennah says: "The key difference between Finastra and Intellect is that Intellect is a young and more modern company, it has a modern architecture, and therefore has the ability to respond to market needs. At Finastra, the emphasis is more on technical roadmap and modernising the architecture. Intellect is in a position to deliver that, and therefore I'll be looking more at the strategic opportunities to develop the functional side of the roadmap, to address market needs that are rapidly changing as a result of digitalisation."
Hennah has decades of experience in transaction banking and trade finance. He held his most recent role at Finastra since 2013, following almost eight years at Swift as senior product manager. He previously worked at Finastra (then Misys) from 2001 to 2005 and has also held positions at Fujitsu Services and Barclays.
Hennah is most well-known for his work on bringing the ICC Banking Commission bank payment obligation (BPO) to market as an established business practice. He is currently involved in an ICC working group for drafting a new ruleset for digital trade finance. Since 2016, he has co-chaired the World Trade Board, a Finastra-led initiative, a role from which he has now resigned. He will however continue as a member of the board.
"My ambition will be to help Intellect grow its business and footprint globally, and to help it compete head-to-head with the established players in the market, the Finastras of this world," Hennah says.
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Scratch That: The show where audiences have their say
by Nairomi Alice Eriksson/ March 9, 2016/ Arts Features, Features, General Features/ No Comments/
Terror Troy performing at Scratch That Hackney Pic: Nairomi Eriksson
Pens and a simple feedback form are placed on the tables at the top of Hackney Picturehouse as the artists are given a 10-minute opportunity to try out their new material. The audience get a variety of performances and in turn the performers receive feedback to keep in mind when developing their work.
This is the concept behind Scratch That Hackney: a monthly event to help artist's work in progress. Eleanor Barr is one third of the organising trio and she says they welcome artists of all kinds; acts have included cabaret, physical and musical comedy, live music, spoken word and even a comedy act disguised as a game show. Perhaps the only thing they had in common is that they were ready to be put to the test.
The last event saw a lot of comedy but Barr insists there is no typical Scratch That night. "It's interesting because we seem to go through trends, it has meant everything from short films to spoken word," she says.
Rather unexpectedly she says clowning is something they see more and more of at the moment. "Not necessarily clowns with red noses, but very skilled character clowns that has been trained in Gaulier", she says referring to École Philippe Gaulier in Paris, the prestigious clown school.
Barr herself along with Amy Costello and Katie Payne all come from acting backgrounds and after graduating from drama school together they felt that they were lacking somewhere to communicate their work.
She talks about the struggle to stay motivated: "We found that we weren't supported. We were auditioning and auditioning and we were losing the passion for theatre and live performance."
Eleanor Barr and Amy Costello, organisers of Scratch That Hackney Pic: Nairomi Eriksson
They set up Scratch That for fellow actors but soon opened up for other artistic expressions. The Hackney event runs on the first Thursday of every month and it's been going for two and a half years. For the past 12 months they've also been organising one night a month in Brixton.
Barr speaks fondly of Hackney Attic that is usually filled with friends and family as well as people who are curious to see what the night is about. The space is ideal for the purpose, especially as it's set out as a theatre space, she points out.
"Our dream would be to identify ourselves as a service to artists," she says. "The next step would be to apply to Arts Council for funding and make it into a company rather than just a monthly event, because we don't want to let go of the amazing people that we meet."
They're enthusiastic about going further to help develop the artists and she talks about putting on a festival and workshops, and especially reaching out to young artists in the area. "I would like to find a way to connect the Hackney community with the night, that's my aim," Barr adds.
Hackney raised Troy Fletcher, 20, or 'Terror Troy', is an independent artist that produces his own music. He performed at the March event as a way to get back into performing. He says: "It's not just speaking to a certain genre, it's for artists that want to get their work right. It's nice to have a platform where you don't have to think 'oh no, I'm not this, I'm not that'; if you have an art and you want to show it, Scratch That is the best thing out there."
Barr says they never expected to find the talent that they have. "We're overwhelmed with all the magical people that we've met; they've got creativity that will blow your mind.
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Welcome to russellhoban.org, providing definitive information and news about the late novelist Russell Hoban and his work.
Celebrating Russell Hoban's words in 2019
The Slickman A4 Quotation Event (named after the fan who came up with the idea) has taken place every 4th February since 2002, in commemoration of Russell Hoban's birth in 1925. Each year on the day, readers from around the world share their favourite quotations from his books by leaving them in public places, invariably written on yellow A4 paper (the sort he used). Fans also share their selections on social media under the hashtag #sa4qe, while some are posted on this site. Above: bathroom mirror quote from Kleinzeit (1974) by Sam Meech
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Time slip, uphill lean, laminar flow, place-to-place talking and hearing the silence
Text of a talk given at a 1971 Exeter conference gathered in the journal "Children's Literature in Education" Volume 3, Number 3, November 1972. Access to subscribers only.
A Lesson for (and From) a Dystopian World
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams writes an opinion piece for the New York Times considering the current state of the world in light of power and its meaning in Riddley Walker: "Unless we reimagine the power we seek for ourselves in terms of solidarity and compassion, our...
Russell Hoban at the San Diego State University, October 17, 1990, Part 3
Russell Hoban talks to a large audience at San Diego University (SDSU) in October 1990 about his "children's writing" (which he says is all part of his "one writing"). He also reads from various children's books including Ponders, as well as an unpublished draft of The...
A Near Thing for Captain Najork (Children's book, 1975)
Captain Najork has never quite got over the time that Tom beat him and his Hired Sportsmen at womble, muck and sneedball, so when he sees Tom hurtle past his window in a two-seater jam-powered frog, he sets off in hot pursuit. The adventures that follow at a nearby girls' boarding school, involving...
Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban, book of a lifetime: Mind-blowing audacity
Short piece in the UK Independent by Mick Jackson: "Hoban's book is a work of such colossal and devastating invention it makes other novels look weedy by comparison."
Rosie's Magic Horse (Children's book, 2012)
Description (adapted from Amazon): Russell Hoban's last published children's book begins with an ice-lolly stick. Its sweetness gone, it lies discarded and lonely ... until a little girl called Rosie comes along. She places it carefully in her cigar box, full of other sticks. "Without our ice-...
Russell Hoban's portrait of Maurice Richard for Sports Illustrated
Russell Hoban's 1960 portrait of Montreal Canadiens' hockey hero Maurice Richard for Sports Illustrated magazine. This is also referred to in Chris Bell's essay "Russell Hoban the Illustrator" at http://russellhoban.org/essay/russell-hoban-the-illustrator A few years...
SA4QE - The Slickman A4 Quotation Event
Documents a fan event whereby favourite Russell Hoban quotations are left in public places.
A writer's life: Russell Hoban
Short interview to promote Come Dance With Me. Quote: "It has been my aim to be as strange as I can be, and I've never been as strange as I'd like to be."
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"I'm not sure of anything right now," I confessed. "I may be a figment of my own imagination."
"But that's all anyone is; it's the human condition. We're given a name at birth and photographs are taken. We come to be known by name and face and from this we piece together an identity and fix it in memory. This identity is not physically part of us; a knock on the head can make it go away."
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Russell Hoban (1925-2011) was an American writer most famous for his books Riddley Walker, The Mouse and His Child and the Frances books.
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In praise of older books: Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban (1980)
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Worst-Case Scenario: The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) remains visceral and urgent
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Discovered in the Archives: An Interview with Russell Hoban (2010)
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Art and words for Frances - A new exhibit spotlights the work of picture-book icons Russell and Lillian Hoban
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Jennifer Mae Hamilton is an interdisciplinary feminist environmental humanities scholar and ecocritic with formal training in literary studies.
2017: The Seed Box Seed Funding for research travel and visiting fellowship to New York, Stockholm and Linköping.
2016: University of Sydney Social Sciences and Humanities Advanced Research Centre Reading Group Grant Scheme for COMPOSTING Feminisms and Environmental Humanities (with Astrida Neimanis).
2015: City of Sydney Creative Grant, to curate and produce the event "The Christmas Climate Change Variety Hour" (with Craig Johnson and Lisa Mumford).
August 2017: This Contentious Storm: An Ecocritical and Performance History of King Lear (London: Bloomsbury Academic).
2016: '"Labour against Wilderness" and the Trouble with Property beyond The Secret River', Green Letters 20 (2): 140-155.
2015: 'Labour' for 'Living Lexicon for the Environmental Humanities' project, Environmental Humanities 6: 183-186.
2015: 'Bad Flowers: The Implications of a Phytocentric Deconstruction of the Western Philosophical Tradition for the Environmental Humanities', Environmental Humanities 7: 191-202.
Forthcoming: 'Gardening after the Anthropocene: Creating different relations between humans and edible plants in Sydney' for Prue Gibson and Baylee Britts (eds), The Covert Plant (New York: Punctum, 2018).
2015: 'Lear in the Storm: Shakespeare's Emotional Exploration of Sovereign Mortality', Rob White and Katrina O'Loughlin (eds) Shakespeare and Emotions: Inheritances, Enactments, Legacies (Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 2015).
2009: 'Cold Desire: snow, ice and Hans Christian Andersen' in Anthony Uhlmann, Helen Groth, Paul Sheehan and Stephen McClaren (eds) Literature and Sensation (Sydney: Cambridge Scholar's Press, 2009).
2017: 'Social and Gender Analysis' for Pierre Boileau and Elaine Baker (eds) Guidelines for conducting Integrated Environmental Assessments, UNEP and Grid-Arendal.
2017: 'The Trouble with Babies: Review of Donna Haraway's Staying with the Trouble'. Cultural Studies Review (March 2017).
2016: 'Theatre Review: King Lear, dir. Neil Armfield' Shakespeare Bulletin 34.3 (Fall 2016).
2013: 'Three views of the Milky Way' (with Astrid Lorange and Tom Lee), in Denise Thwaites (ed.) Critical Animalia: A Decade Between Disciplines (Newcastle: Critical Animals, 2013).
2011: 'A storm by any other name', in Aden Rolfe (ed.) The Reader: Emerging Writer's Festival Anthology of New Writing (Melbourne: Emerging Writers Festival, 2011).
2010 'Queer and Monstrous Others: Review of Queering the Non/Human', Australian Humanities Review 48.


Situated only 35 miles (56km) south of Baltimore, Annapolis is not only the small capital of Maryland but also considered the sailing capital of the USA. A huge concentration of recreational and racing yachts shelter in its marina.
It's also a college town and has been home to the US Naval Academy since 1845. The waterfront has grown in to an attractive district having retained its 18th century appeal, despite the collection of boutiques, upmarket shops, bars, restaurants, and inns.
These cater to the onshore sailing crowd and tourists drawn to the city's history, nautical outlook, and reputation as a party town. Much of Annapolis's colonial past is preserved in the thousands of historical buildings scattered along the narrow streets and brick-paved sidewalks.
The concentration of original colonial-style houses and grand public buildings is greater here than anywhere else in the country. Among the elite brick manors are numerous pastel-coloured rows of wooden slatted cottages that lead down to the waterfront.
At the centre of Annapolis is the Maryland State House that once served as the capitol of the country, where George Washington resigned as Commander-in-Chief and where Congress authorised the treaty ending the Revolutionary War.
The city is a good base from which to explore the small towns across Chesapeake Bay on the Eastern Shore, by way of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Annapolis is also ideally situated for weekend trips to Washington DC and provides more budget-friendly accommodation for travellers to America's capital.
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Biography of Ludwig van Beethoven, German Composer
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Ludwig van Beethoven (December 16, 1770–March 26, 1827) was a German composer and musician. His work embraced a range of musical styles, from the classical to the romantic; although Beethoven composed music for a variety of settings, he is best known for his nine symphonies. His final symphony—featuring the "Ode to Joy" chorus—is one of the most famous works in Western music.
Fast Facts: Ludwig van Beethoven
Known For: Beethoven is one of the most celebrated composers in the history of classical music; his symphonies are still performed throughout the world.
Born: December 16, 1770 in Bonn, Electorate of Cologne
Parents: Johann van Beethoven and Maria Magdalena Keverich
Died: March 26, 1827 in Vienna, Austria
Beethoven's father Johann van Beethoven sang soprano in the electoral chapel where his father was Kapellmeister (chapel master). Johann eventually became proficient enough to teach violin, piano, and voice to earn a living. He married Maria Magdalena Keverich in 1767. Ludwig van Beethoven was baptized on December 17, 1770. Most scholars believe he was born the day before, as Catholic baptisms traditionally took place the day after birth. Maria later gave birth to five other children, but only two survived, Kaspar Anton Karl and Nikolaus Johann.
At a very early age, Beethoven received violin and piano lessons from his father. At the age of 8, he studied theory and keyboard with Gilles van den Eeden (a former chapel organist). He also studied with several local organists and received piano lessons from Tobias Friedrich Pfeiffer and violin and viola lessons from Franz Rovantini. Although Beethoven's musical genius is often compared to that of Mozart, his education never exceeded the elementary level.
Teenage Years
As a teenager, Beethoven was the assistant and formal student of Christian Gottlob Neefe, the court organist of the city of Bonn. Beethoven performed more than he composed. In 1787, Neefe sent Beethoven to Vienna for reasons unknown, but many historians agree that while he was there he met and briefly studied with Mozart. Two weeks later, he returned home because his mother was ill with tuberculosis. She died in July. His father took to drink, and Beethoven, only 19 years old, petitioned to be recognized as the head of the house; he received half of his father's salary to support his family.
In 1792, Beethoven moved to Vienna. His father died in December that same year. Beethoven studied with Austrian composer Joseph Haydn for less than a year; their personalities were evidently not a match for each other. Beethoven then studied with Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, the most famous teacher of counterpoint in Vienna. He studied counterpoint and contrapuntal exercises in free writing, in imitation, in two to four-part fugues, choral fugues, double counterpoint at different intervals, double fugue, triple counterpoint, and canon.
After establishing himself as a composer, Beethoven began writing more complex works. In 1800, he performed his first symphony and a septet. Publishers soon began to compete for the rights to his newest compositions. While still in his 20s, however, Beethoven began to suffer from hearing loss after a fall. His attitude and social life changed dramatically, as the composer wanted to hide his impairment from the world. Determined to overcome his disability, he wrote his second, third, and fourth symphonies before 1806. Symphony 3, ("Eroica"), was originally titled "Bonaparte" as a tribute to Napoleon.
Middle Period
In 1808, Beethoven completed his fifth symphony, whose opening notes are some of the most famous in all of classical music. This success was followed by several additional symphonies as well as string quartets and piano sonatas, including Fur Elise. During this time, Beethoven also premiered an early version of his opera "Fidelio." The production received poor reviews, and the composer continued to revise the work until 1814.
Beethoven's newfound fame began to pay off, and he soon found himself prosperous. His symphonic works were celebrated as masterpieces; critics cited Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven as the greatest composers of their era. Nevertheless, Beethoven faced personal challenges during this time. He fell in love with a young countess, Julie Guicciardi, but could not marry her because he was from a lower social station. He later dedicated his "Moonlight Sonata" to her.
Beethoven's output suffered during the next decade, the result of several serious illnesses and the death of his brother Kaspar, whom Beethoven had cared for during his sickness. This was followed by a custody battle with his brother's wife over his nephew Karl. The case was eventually resolved in Beethoven's favor, and the composer became the guardian of his nephew. However, the two had a troubled relationship.
Late Period
During the last 15 years of his life, Beethoven's hearing continued to decline. Nevertheless, he did not cease work on his compositions, and in the years before his death, he finished two of his most ambitious pieces—the Missa Solemnis, a mass written for a small orchestra and mixed choir, and the Ninth Symphony, one of the earliest examples of a choral symphony. The latter features what is perhaps Beethoven's most enduring piece of music—a chorus set to words from Friedrich Schiller's poem "Ode to Joy." Beethoven also wrote several additional string quartets, even as his health began to decline.
In 1827, Beethoven died of dropsy. In a will written several days before his death, he left his estate to his nephew Karl, of whom he was the legal guardian after his brother Kaspar's death.
Beethoven remains one of the most popular classical composers of all time, and his major works are frequently performed throughout the world. By introducing new musical ideas, he inspired countless composers after him; indeed, his influence is so great that it is difficult to summarize. The Voyager Golden Record—a recording placed onboard the Voyager spacecraft—contains two pieces of music by Beethoven: the opening of the Fifth Symphony and String Quartet No. 13 in B flat.
Grove, George. "Beethoven and His Nine Symphonies." Franklin Classics, 2018.
Lockwood, Lewis. "Beethoven: the Music and the Life." Norton, 2003.
Swafford, Jan. "Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph." Faber and Faber, 2014.
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Crossover Community Impact to Receive Donation from Tulsa Auto Show
TULSA (April 9, 2019) – A Christian organization built around growing the north Tulsa community will once again be the beneficiary of proceeds from the 18-Hole Mini-Golf Course Experience at the Tulsa Auto Show.
Revenues generated through the popular Mini-Golf course will be donated to Crossover Community Impact, which is located in north Tulsa. The 102nd anniversary of the Tulsa Auto Show is being held April 12-14 at the River Spirit Expo at Expo Square.
"We are humbled and overwhelmed to be selected again to be the recipient of this donation from the Tulsa Auto Show," Philip Abode said. "This partnership allows us to continue working with north Tulsa high school students and enrich them with opportunities to become the leaders of tomorrow."
Crossover Community Impact is a Christian organization located in north Tulsa committed to restoring its community through reconciliation, love, and justice. Crossover comprehensively serves its community through youth sports, education, healthcare, and economic development through award winning programs and services.
Over the last 5 years Crossover's StreetLeader Program has seen 100 percent of its students graduate from high school with several of them going on to pursue a post-secondary degree. The StreetLeaders helped Crossover earn the 2015 Partners in Education Champions Award for the IMPACT Kids After-School Program at Hawthorne Elementary.
"Crossover Community Impact does a great job working with young students in the north Tulsa area and we are proud to be able to help them further their mission," Bill Knight, president of Knight Automotive Group, said. "The StreetLeaders Program is a real benefit to the students in north Tulsa, and we want to be able to help them accomplish more for those kids."
The Mini-Golf Course is $5 per person and has historically been one of the more popular attractions of the Tulsa Auto Show.
The Tulsa Auto Show is one of the largest consumer shows in Oklahoma and will feature a variety of entertaining activities for adults and kids of all ages. In addition to the 18-Hole Mini-Golf Course Experience benefitting Crossover Community Impact, the 102nd anniversary event will include the full-size concept car model; a re-creation of the 1960's Tulsa Auto Shows exhibit with dozens of automobiles from the 60's era; An Historic Automobile Exhibit featuring cars from 1913 to 1939; the opportunity to test drive 11 cars and trucks from Toyota and Chevrolet; the "Caffeine and Gasoline" event; and lots and lots of 2019 new cars and trucks and eight 2020 models from 25 automobile brands.
Those interested in purchasing tickets are encouraged to go to www.thetulsaautoshow.com for additional information. Buy one get one free coupons are also available at QuikTrip.
Among the 25 automaker brands participating in the show are Acura, Audi, BMW, Buick, Chevrolet, GMC, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Ford, Honda, Infiniti, Jaguar, Jeep, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Porsche, Ram, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo.
The Tulsa Auto Show is sponsored by the Tulsa Automobile Dealers Association. The Tulsa World is the print partner.
The Tulsa Automobile Dealers Association is a non-profit organization that exists to serve and promote the franchised new motor vehicle dealers of metro Tulsa and is the owner of the Tulsa Auto Show.
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Why delay by CBI in filing appeal in Babri case, asks SC
J. Venkatesan
New Delhi, April 02, 2013 15:02 IST
Updated: September 22, 2016 16:14 IST
Let a responsible senior law officer file an affidavit, says Bench
A view of Babri Masjid. Photo: File photo | Photo Credit: SUBIR ROY
A responsible senior law officer should file an affidavit for the delay by the CBI in filing an appeal in the Babri Masjid demolition case, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday.
"Senior counsel P.P. Rao [appearing for the CBI] has given us the list of dates explaining the delay of 167 days in filing appeal. Having gone through the list, we are of the opinion that the delay was caused in drafting the special leave petition and thereafter in getting the approval of the senior law officer," a Bench of Justices H.L. Dattu and J.S. Khehar said in a brief order.
It directed that an application, explaining the reasons for the delay, "be filed within a week, response by the respondents within a week thereafter. List on April 16."
The court was hearing a special leave petition filed by the CBI against an Allahabad High Court judgment upholding the dropping of a conspiracy charge by the special court against BJP leaders L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti and 18 others in the case.
Earlier, Mr. Rao submitted that all approvals were obtained by the CBI before the limitation period, but thereafter the delay was caused by the drafting counsel who was busy with the 2G matter and he was also sick for some time. Further, several documents running into hundreds of pages were in Hindi and they had to be translated into English. Orders in Hindi had also to be translated into English.
Senior counsel K.K. Venugopal, appearing for Mr. Advani and Dr. Joshi, said: "there has been a considerable delay in filing the appeal and the court cannot condone the delay. The entirety of the case shows the recklessness of the institution [CBI]."
Justice Dattu told counsel, "Basically, the delay seems to be on the part of the law officer, who should have filed an affidavit explaining the delay. We will take his explanation to see whether delay can be condoned. Delay on the part of the law officer should not defeat the interest of the client."
Senior counsel Ravishankar Prasad, appearing for some of the respondents, opposed condonation of the delay. He said it showed the conduct of the CBI in prosecuting eminent national leaders. It was a case of political prosecution, which the court must understand.
Justice Dattu asked counsel: "Why are you opposing. Is your case weak on merits? We will ask the law officer to file an affidavit."
Counsel said: "we have a strong case on merits."
On May 20, 2010, the High Court upheld the May 4, 2001 special court order and dismissed the CBI's revision plea for a direction to proceed with the conspiracy charge against Mr. Advani and others.
The CBI filed the appeal nearly nine months after the High Court verdict, with an application for condonation of delay as appeal should have been filed within 90 days of the verdict. Mr. Advani and others said the accused in crime No 198/1992 had appeared before the special court in Rae Bareli and charges were framed against them to which they had pleaded not guilty and claimed trial.
The Bench posted the case to April 16.
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Gunmen kidnap Kano lawmaker's mother
Gunmen have abducted the mother of Isyaku Ali-Danja, a member representing Gezawa Constituency in the Kano House of Assembly.
According to Daily Nigerian, the gunmen stormed the residence of the lawmaker's mother in Gezawa town around 1am, on Wednesday January 12, broke the door and whisked her away to an unknown destination.
Confirming the incident, Ali-Danja, who was once a speaker in the House, said the gunmen first asked his mother to open the door but she refused.
"Even before I went to Gezawa, the Divisional Police Officers had called me and told me that he deployed his officers to the scene. He said they have already launched investigation into the matter," the lawmaker said.
Mr Ali-Danja also said the gunmen are yet to contact him or other members of his family.
"There is no contact from them so far. We are just praying to Almighty to save her life," he added.
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Hey I'm Amazed by Gigantic A Pixies Tribute Band
March 26, 2018 /0 Comments/in Concerts, Music Photography /by Deirdre Ryan
UPDATE! Scroll down to see a video from the night that they performed!
So this past Saturday was not a very good day at all. Actually as you may have noticed, the past few weeks haven't been the best, I haven't been my best.
My mom suggested that my husband and I go see a band perform called Gigantic-Pixies Tribute, at our friend's place, Randy Now's Man Cave, make it sort of like a "date night". Friends of mine were going to a local bar called The H.O.B. afterwards because Saturdays is karaoke night. I had no idea just how much we needed that night until the music started to play. They made me feel so much better!
I love The Pixies, started listening to them in HS and then throughout college to Frank Black's solo works, and even now. I brought my Olympus mirrorless camera and the Olympus 17mm f1.8 lens and asked if it was ok to take some pictures, and I was told yeah. Normally I tend to bring a Canon full frame with a 16-35mm f2.8L , Canon 50mm f1.8 and at least my Canon 100mm Macro f2.8 lens. But I was so not in the mood, so I went minimalist.
I got to chat with Joe Ujj the lead singer a little bit beforehand and the wife of one of the band members who was sitting in the back. If I am able to, I try to introduce myself, talk "shop" about gear and let them know who I am, that while I am a pro photographer, I'm there for the music and usually when I do this, it's my night off LOL
The video embedded below gives you an idea of how awesome they are.
Here is a list of what they played, I can't remember all of it:
Wave of Mutilation
I Bleed
Crackity Jones
Mr. Grieves
No 13 Baby
I've Been Tired
Is She Weird
Weird At My School(I think)
They played an incredible set, I can't remember all of the songs, but anything by the Pixies takes me waaay back to a time of HS with my art, theater, hanging out, studying, boyfriends, besties, and then art college if you didn't know who they were you did now. Their first 4 albums were in constant rotation on my portable Sony CD/Tape player. Yes, I'm old enough to remember when these albums were first released. Wave of Mutilation has 2 versions, the slower one from the UK Surf, was used in the movie with Christian Slater in the 1990 Pump Up The Volume.
The pitch of Joe's vocals was practically perfect, the drums, guitars and bass were spot on. I mean these guys were incredible, and I hope that they continue on this streak because like I said, they were amazing. Check out their Facebook page and keep looking for a venue and date that they're playing next. You will not leave disappointed.
Later on, we walked to The H.O.B., had a drink, ate something yummy, and met up with our friends. I normally sing at karaoke but I wasn't feeling it. However my husband sang Don't You Forget about Me by Simple Minds(he was great and I'm not just saying this) and my other friend belted out Ballroom Blitz among others, and practically took the house down!
Thanks again for letting me photograph that night everyone, you're awesome! Check out more photos of musicians by clicking here. If you want to get a hold of me, just click on the red Chat Now button. Be sure to follow everyone, especially Randy Now's Man Cave on Facebook for upcoming concerts and events!
UPDATED: The band JUST released this video from the night of this performance and tagged a bunch of us on Facebook. Thanks guys so much!
Pixies / Weird At My School (by Gigantic – A Pixies Tribute)
Shot by Allegra at Randy Now's Man Cave on March 24th, 2018 in Bordentown, NJ. Thanks to Randy, Amy, Deidre, Christina, Anawim, JP
Posted by Gigantic – A Pixies Tribute on Friday, April 6, 2018
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An Intimate Evening With Local Band The Successful Failures-NJ Music Photographer
May 19, 2017 /0 Comments/in Concerts, Music Photography /by Deirdre Ryan
The Successful Failures are lead singer and rhythm guitarist, Mick Chorba, Rob Martin on drums, lead guitarist Pete Smith and Ron Bechamps on bass. They're a local Indie-Rock, Americana singer-songwriter, rock-n-roll band based in Chesterfield, NJ with quite a large following. We met about a year or so ago when they opened for Men Without Hats. I was a guest in the audience taking photos of the bands and they liked the photos that I took of them.
Since then, we've been in touch, then we came together this past January and I photographed them for their upcoming new album. I'm not going to share those images yet until the artwork is finalized. However I'm very excited, because not only are they an incredible band, they are super nice. We have the same interests, and sense of humor. I love seeing these guys live and wish that I can do so more often.
They played at Randy's Man Cave recently amongst musical greats encased forever both in vinyl and CD. With this as their background, the audience was a mixture of fans, family and friends, I have to say that this was one of the best live performances I have ever seen. And not because they played some songs of my favorite band, The Beatles, either 😉
I love musicians, and to photograph them live, is a rush, because deep down inside I think part of me wants to be onstage too.
Below is the video from that night featuring my photos, and yes, I do get credit on YouTube 🙂 Thanks guys, it looks great!
Pete just wails on his guitar, I love watching him perform!
Here's Mike Devito, of the School of Rock All Star Band. He's going to be touring with The School Of Rock All Star Band at Lollapalooza this summer. Mike came up and did an original jam with a birthday related improvisational. It was pretty awesome!
I like to call this image, "Changing of the Guards".
As Ron was playing it looked like he was also "browsing" the records to see what he wanted to buy later LOL
They ended the evening with their version of John Denver's Country Road, and invited everyone to sing along as loud as they could. And yes…I did just that because I love that song.
Below are videos from Commish TV, I highly recommend that you subscribe to their channel. You can see me sitting on the floor taking pictures and sitting on the chair to the left, my foot "tapping" to the beat. I do my very best not to get in the way of other people who are there to enjoy performances. There was another video crew there, and the space was small. However everyone was very nice and seemed to understand our purpose.
I'd like thank The Successful Failures and Randy for allowing me to be there as always. The band has a YouTube Channel and are on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. You can purchase their albums on iTunes and Amazon. Like I mentioned earlier, they are going to release a new album soon, so subscribe to their newsletter on their website and follow them on social media.
And, be sure to follow me here on my blog, subscribe to my newsletter, and follow me on Instagram and Facebook. If you're a record label, band promoter, musician or in a band looking for a photographer, contact me.
Hey everyone, I need to put this on my blog posts. I've been burned horribly, but understand it's a legal thing I have to do to protect myself. Thanks for your support, here it is: All photographs appearing on this site are the property of Deirdre Ryan Photography. They are protected by U.S. Copyright Laws, and are not to be downloaded or reproduced in any way without the written permission of Deirdre Ryan Photography. Copyright ©2017 Deirdre Ryan All Rights Reserved.
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Local DJ to Mtv to Author, Matt Pinfield Visits The ManCave- NJ Music and Events Photography
March 15, 2017 /0 Comments/in event photography, Music Photography, Photojournalism /by Deirdre Ryan
If you grew up in parts of north Jersey and listened to the radio during the 80's there was a very good chance that you've heard of Matt Pinfield, who was at the WRSU FM 106.3 at Rutgers. If you watched Mtv, you probably heard of Matt Pinfield who hosted "MTV's 120 Minutes. Within a year, he hosted a variety of MTV shows including "MattRock," "Pinfield Suite," "Pinfield Presents," "Rocks Off," Say What?, MTV Live, and over 100 MTV specials."(quoted from Wikipedia)
But while he was a DJ at WRSU he found out about the famous club in Trenton called City Gardens. And it was there that he met Randy Now and Jon Stewart. Since then, he and Randy have been friends. Matt has now been in San Francisco for the morning show KFROG, and a nightly show called Two Hours with Matt Pinfield and recently wrote a book called All These Things That I've Done: My Insane, Improbable Rock Life. He's been touring around the country promoting his book and came back to NJ and made a stop at Randy's ManCave for a Meet and Greet, and to sign copies of his books.
That's Randy in the middle.
Photos of myself with my husband and Matt by: Jen Suwak http://www.roamingdingoproductions.com We got him to crack up and double over with laughter 🙂
A lot of fans came out to see him, the line was out the door, friends from his old neighborhood in NJ were there, co-workers from WRSU, and an "old" flame. He took extra time to speak to each and every one that was there. It didn't matter the time frame. Everyone was special, he was kind, generous funny and truly loved being there.
I wished that I could've stayed longer to chat with everyone, but our daughter had a birthday party to get to.
Thank you Matt! It was an honor to meet you, thank you for writing the book, and signing it for us!
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Cowboy Trails, Hard Rocking Sounds to Surfing the Fender Strat
August 29, 2016 /0 Comments/in Concerts, Music Photography /by Deirdre Ryan
This was a Killer Triple Bill Concert at the Performing Arts Center in Bordentown, NJ hosted by Randy Now on August 13th, 2016. Originally this was supposed to be an HUGE outdoor event in Bordentown Township as a fundraiser. I don't know what happened but suddenly it had to be indoors and with less than 5 days notice.
For everyone reading, I want you all to know something: Randy puts his heart and soul into everything he does, especially these concerts and events that he does. He loves music, pop culture, and everything that comes along with it. Because of Randy, my daughter and her friends are able to see live bands perform, some of them she loved already like Peter Tork of the The Monkees and expanding her horizons of punk and rock bands.
Bringing famous talent like Peter Tork, Robyn Hitchcock, Men Without Hats, Marshal Crenshaw, he also had a special SOLD OUT dinner and a concert with Iain Matthews with James Fogarty, The Toasters, and more. I mean Randy has a book that has him all over the inside of it titled: No Slam Dancing, No Stage Diving, No Spikes: An Oral History of the Legendary City Gardens, and a movie about him and City Gardens Riot on the Dance Floor: The story of Randy Now and City Gardens Buy the book and dvd at his shop. His place in our town is awesome, and he is a wealth of trivia and stories.
Like I said, I have no idea what happened with the fundraiser or why this concert was suddenly changed, but Randy is a dear friend, and I love the guy a lot and many do as well.
So do this favor for me: patronize his shop, go to his events and concerts, spread the word about all that he is doing. Spread the love and kindness, because he deserves this and so much more. He loves what he does and that to me just awesome <3 -Thanks everyone!
Jet Weston and His Atomic Ranch Hands played songs of cowboy days by the fire as well as Johnny Cash and the blues from the 1930's. The Doughboys are an incredible NJ rock and roll band that just kills it every time with their amazing drum and guitar solos, vocals, and now they have a new album coming up. The Sharkskins are a surf rock band that came out strong with Dick Dale's 1962 Misirlou, complete with trumpet. I was super amped that they played Goo Goo Muck by The Cramps 😀
Then Jet asked if there were any women who could sing to come up on stage. My friends pointed to me, I asked what key, and so I went on the stage and this did happen. I sang back up to Don't Let Go. My husband grabbed my Canon Mark 5D III with the 70-200mm 2.8L lens and took these next few photos.
I screwed up a couple of times, but it was a lot of fun, I do sing in my church choir in the Alto section. I was hoping that someone had video of this.
Video by Kris Lewis
Then came The Doughboys!
Just Like A Yoyo, only better.
Then the main act->>>>>>>The Sharkskins! These guys came blasting out with Dick Dale's "Misirlou".
Check out this video of the their final performance that my friend Stephanie shot while I was on the floor in front of the stage photographing the band. BTW she's a fabulous artist!
The Sharkskins at Open Arts PAC, Bordentown, NJ #thesharkskins #surf #surfrock #60s #livemusic #openartsstage #surf #rock #openartspac #fez #suits #sharp #finale
A video posted by Stephanie Neuhaus (@steffapeppa) on Aug 14, 2016 at 1:05pm PDT
I go to these concerts to have fun and photograph them for my own enjoyment. It's something I love to do, it's right in my area, and I was able to bring my daughter and her friends to this show. My husband and other friends were there that night too. Yes, I would love the opportunity to photograph band and musicians for big magazines and record labels. If that opportunity comes my way, that would be awesome. Thank you to everyone that night for be great! I can't wait to see you perform again!
Take a look at their websites and purchase their albums, thanks!
Also a HUGE thank you to Randy Now and everyone who came that night! Come to Bordentown and stop by Randy's shop and say hello, get some LPs, cds or other great stuff!
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Who You Gonna Call? Ghostbuster's!
July 10, 2016 /0 Comments/in Editorial, Photojournalism /by Deirdre Ryan
Today at Randy Now's Man Cave the new Ghostbuster's ECTO – 1 Car pulled up in front of the shop. Instead of an ambulance, it's an early 80's Cadillac Hearse. About 6 of these were made for the movie during filming of the new Ghostbuster's movie that's coming out, and this was one of them.
My husband and I came by around 4:30PM with our daughter and her best friend fresh from seeing The Secret Life of Pets(go see it, it's really good, we have been waiting a year for it!), I had my Canon 5D III, Canon 16-35mm f2.8L lens, and a Canon 600EX-RT flash on me to take some photos of it and the girls.
Randy was helping people with the kids, taking pictures of everyone with their cellphone cameras, and being awesome as usual 🙂
Also today was the last chance – for a copy of the 2-dvd set RIOT ON THE DANCE FLOOR and the second edition copies of the since out of print for two years, NO SLAM DANCING, NO STAGE DIVING, NO SPIKES with both book authors and film directors on hand to sign copies. These are about the legendary club, City Gardens that was on Calhoun Street in Trenton, NJ and Randy was a HUGE part of it.
I'm kicking myself because I completely forgot about this! I'm finally reading my first edition copy and here I was RIGHT THERE taking pictures of the car and I could've also had my book signed too! DANG IT! But I got some nice images of my friend Randy and that in itself makes me super happy. You can see the process of how I shot these quick portraits of him to get the one that I think is the best.
I had to work quickly because A.) there were cars driving by while I was in the middle of the street and B.) Randy was pretty busy, but somehow I knew that he didn't get any photos of just himself with the vehicle yet by the time I got there. Randy loves to do funny poses and I love that about him, however I got him to do some pretty cool ones with the hearse.
I like the shot below because it's in between him posing and he's laughing and relaxed, having a good time with me 🙂
Then I got the idea to have Randy sit in the back with "Slimer", and after a couple of frames, this is my favorite shot by far.
Here's me and "Slimer" taking a "selfie" with my camera…Photo by David W. Ryan. (BTW, that camera with the lens and flash is not lightweight to hold it out like that for too long.)
I don't know how he manages to get things to his shop or people to do concerts, but the man has a TON of connections. Thank you Randy for bringing this piece of Hollywood to our small town today. Tell him thanks by commenting on this blog post and also go to this link:
Let's get him voted for Best Record Store and bring Bordentown even more in front of everyone than before! Thanks!
THE TRENTONIAN READERS CHOICE AWARDS / VOTE FOR RANDY NOW'S MAN CAVE / BEST CD STORE / BEST MUSIC STORE / AND FILL IN THE "MISCELLANEOUS" WITH "RECORD STORE" NEAR THE BOTTOM FOR RANDY NOW'S MAN CAVE
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The Insomniacs, Spanking Charlene and The Doughboys Instead of a School Event
January 6, 2016 /0 Comments/in Concerts, Music Photography /by Deirdre Ryan
Once again, Randy Now did it again! This time it was for his GARAGE A GOGO WEEKEND held on September 18th and 19th, 2015. at The Open Arts Stage Theater in Bordentown was rocking to three incredible bands. The first night was The Insomniacs, Spanking Charlene and The Doughboys. The second night was The Droogettes, Sorala, Palmyra Delran and The Grip Weeds. I wasn't able to make it the second night though 🙁
I was a torn about letting my daughter attend Bingo Night at her school or come with me to the concert. At her elementary school, Bingo Night was my committee that I would help out with and run. But this night was something that I wanted to go to, and I thought, you know what? She's really into The Doughboys, and she'll love the other two bands. I decided to bring her with me, and her other two friends were helping their dad in the back too. And guess what? THEY.LOVED.EVERYONE.
First up was The Insomniacs, are from NJ and WOW!!!! Check out their new vinyl single here. And look for their album on iTunes -Just Enjoy It!
Then came Spanking Charlene from NYC. The girls were super impressed with the lead singer, a powerful woman. They LOVED her! Check out their album Where are The Freaks.
Then came The Doughboys! Plus Myke Scavone was about to go on tour with The Yardbirds in October and November 2015, so that was pretty exciting. Now he had something in common with Eric Clapton and Jimmy Paige. The Doughboys have been covering songs by The Yardbirds for a long time. I wish that I could've seen one of those shows.
Mike Caruso on bass…
Lead singer, harmonica, and percussions, Myke Scavone….
This photo was shot during the song as seen from the below video.
Gar Francis on lead guitar just wails….
The amazing Richie X. Heyman on drums.
Performing Bo Diddly and Mona.
My daughter and her friends had a very good time, might I even say epic? They were so impressed with seeing a strong woman singing and wanted to meet her, and got to get their pictures taken. This to me and my friends, who were the other parents there, agreed, gave our girls an education into music and culture that was different than the norm.
As always, I want to thank these bands, The Open arts Stage and to Randy Now at Randy Now's Man Cave located right here in Bordentown, NJ. If it were for Randy, then none of these act would in such a great venue like this in our little town. Love you Randy!!!!!
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The Successful Failures Perform With Men Without Hats
November 30, 2015 /0 Comments/in Concerts, Music Photography /by Deirdre Ryan Commercial Photography
The Successful Failures and Men Without Hats came to Bordentown back in June of this year. Randy Now is a great guy and a very good friend who brings awesome bands and talents to our little town at The Open Arts Theater.
They have a blue-sy, rock, sound that is loud and incredible. The guy on the lead guitar just wails and you can tell that he just loves his instrument and what he does with it.
Randy and Ivan(the lead singer of Men Without Hats) go way back. So it was really a treat to see Pop Goes The World and The Safety Dance, among others live and up close.
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Uncle Floyd and Les The Mentalist Perform In Bordentown, NJ
August 21, 2015 /0 Comments/in Concerts /by Deirdre Ryan Commercial Photography
Acts like these are getting fewer and fewer, so when you see a show that reads Uncle Floyd with Special Guest Les The Mentalist, then you should buy a ticket, bring friends and see the show.
Randy Now hosted the performance at the Open Arts Stage in Bordentown, NJ on May 16, 2015.
The first act was Les the Mentalist, and what he does is help bend the way your brain perceives things, he makes you think and is really damn funny too. Truly Les's act is one to catch!
After Les The Mentalist's act was Uncle Floyd! If you're from New Jersey growing up, you'll remember him from his tv, The Uncle Floyd Show I remember watching this on UHF channel 48 I "think"….closer to NYC in Northern NJ it was on another UHF channel. But Uncle Floyd is a vaudeville comedienne, who is also a fantastic piano player. (A little known fact about myself, I'm a classically train pianist, so when I hear someone who's good, I mention it, because it's literally a joy to my ears.)
Myself and the audience were laughing so hard we were crying, we had such a great time! People, you really need to see Uncle Floyd live in person.
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Peter Tork and The Shoe Suede Blues Concert Shot By Bordentown Photographer
February 8, 2015 /0 Comments/in Concerts, Music Photography /by Deirdre Ryan Commercial Photography
On Saturday, November 29, 2014, my buddy Randy Now, introduced Peter Tork and his band The Shoe Suede Blues on stage at the Open Arts Theater in Bordentown Township. This is my second time seeing Peter and his band perform here and I was super excited again. I'm a huge fan of The Monkees and I really like that Peter is doing the blues. You can check out his music by clicking on this link.
He played music from his new album Step by Step and of course quite a few by The Monkees. The photo above is where he's playing Daydream Believer and parts of the song he lets the audience sing. It was AWESOME!
After taking this shot I was in the back with my friends singing quite loudly, I sing in a church choir 😉
This woman, was filling in for one of his band mate and she was fantastic! Not only could she sing, but she was great on slide guitar and bass. Lauren Ellis was her name I believe.
The above image was taken during the song A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You.
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The Longest Ride review: Saddle up for this sprawling weepie
Love letter: Scott Eastwood and Britt Robertson in the Longest Ride
The Longest Ride is not a film for cynics, the hard-hearted or anyone looking for explosions, car chases or CGI aliens. But for its target demographic - the kind of people who find cowboys impossibly hot and don't mind animal cruelty or shameless materialism being used to sell a love story - the latest Nicholas Sparks adaptation should push most of the right buttons.
The sprawling weepie is essentially two pictures in one, which goes some way to justifying its buttock-testing running time. The narrative is split between two couples separated by half a century, whose lives become intertwined following a car crash late at night on a country road in the rain. (Is there any other setting for car crashes in these movies?)
Heading home after their first date in some picturesque corner of North Carolina, the wildly mismatched pair of ranch-dwelling bull rider Luke Collins (Scott Eastwood) and art-loving university girl Sophia Danko (Britt Robertson) come across the injured form of Ira Levinson (Alan Alda). Recovering in hospital, crotchety, old Ira's tale comes alive courtesy of a series of letters Sophia has retrieved from his blazing vehicle.
We're taken back to 1940s North Carolina, where Ira's mild-mannered younger self (Jack Huston) is falling in love with Ruth (Oona Chaplin), an intellectual Austrian refugee from the Nazis. Their story, which takes in a life-changing war wound, the acquisition of Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol paintings, and the attempted adoption of a dirty-faced, sullen, redneck boy (is there any other kind of boy in these movies?), overlaps with that of Luke and Sophia, whose principal challenge is that she wants him to give up the 'sport' he loves, as a lingering head injury could kill him the next time he climbs onto the back of a bull.
Meanwhile, Luke regards the expensive modern art Sophia wants to spend her life hawking as - and this is the script's best joke, so jump to the next paragraph if you don't want it spoiled - "bulls***".
The core message that unites these disparate stories is a simple, and, to be fair, true one - love requires sacrifice.
Director George Tillman, Jr, whose filmography includes the Barbershop franchise and a Notorious BIG biopic, might not be the most obvious man to helm this unashamedly conservative yarn, but he keeps a steady hand on proceedings, ushering us to the typically outlandish closing twist that has become a trademark of Sparks's work.
The cast do their best to sell it. At 79, Alda remains eminently watchable, while Robertson, following up her leading role in Tomorrowland: A World Beyond, again proves a sparky, likeable performer.
As for Roberton's on-screen beau, well, you've heard of tribute bands; Scott Eastwood is a tribute actor. His face and mannerisms continually evoke his more famous father, and if he doesn't quite have Clint's charm or presence, he manages not to make us hate his narcissistic, rather ignorant character - no mean feat.
It's manipulative and often silly, and the glorification of bull riding and material wealth certainly leave a bad taste in the mouth. But despite all of that, it gets you in the end.
If The Notebook or Dear John had you bawling into your popcorn, then The Longest Ride should at least induce a few sniffles into your Coke.
TV Review: Michaella McCollum's redemption song strikes a sour note