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IN LIVE CONCERT AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL
Tech/Extreme Prog Metal
4.64 | 245 ratings | 4 reviews | 71% 5 stars
Essential: a masterpiece of
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2. Bleak
3. Harvest
4. The Drapery Falls
5. Dirge For November 08:49
6. The Funeral Portrait
7. Patterns In The Ivy
8. Blackwater Park
9. Forest Of October
10. Advent
11. April Ethereal
12. The Moor
13. Wreath
14. Hope Leaves
15. Harlequin Forest
16. The Lotus Eater
- Mikael Åkerfeldt / vocals, guitar
- Fredrik Åkesson / guitar
- Martin Mendez / bass
- Martin Axenrot / drums, percussion
- Per Wiberg / keyboards
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OPETH In Live Concert At The Royal Albert Hall reviews
Review by rdtprog
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Heavy / RPI / Symphonic Prog Team
Third DVD from Opeth, this one is special being filmed at the Royal Albert Hall. The band decide to play the entire Blackwaterpark cd on the first DVD and a song from each of their cd's in the second DVD. The first thing important to look at first was the sound. Let's say that it's a full sound that gives a nice 5.1 surround atmosphere. Then, the next thing is about the picture. It's quiet good for a standard DVD. I am just suprised that this one didn't make it on Blu-Ray. The camera work is excellent with many angles coming from the front row and high in the balcony wich gives stunning shots from the stage. The new guitarist, Frederik Akesson does a good performance considering the fact that he is a new guy in the band. A funny moment with a equipement breakdown arrive at the end of the show wich seems to last forever, but the crowd and band took it so well that it cames out Ok. This DVD/CD combo contents a very interesting interview with Mikael Åkerfeldt of 40 minutes where he talks about a lot of things and show is "down to earth" personnality. Nothing wrong to say about the music here that you don't already know; it's Opeth, so it's a band that manages to unify with great talents and intensity heavy passages with delicate ones. I just hope to hear more clean vocals from Mickael and less death ones in the future.
Review by Nightfly
Coming up to their 20th anniversary of forming Opeth understandably wanted to celebrate the occasion. What had initially been going to be an evening in the pub gravitated into something much more spectacular. Quite how they got from an evening in the pub to a gig at the Royal Albert Hall I'm not sure but here it is in all its glory for your viewing pleasure.
I have the 2 DVD/3 Cd version here which is nicely packaged in a mock Deep Purple Concerto For Group And Orchestra style cover. Even the discs have been designed to look like a mock Harvest (Deep Purple's record label) design. The Cd's are just an audio only replica of the DVD's by the way so only you can decide if it's worth the additional expense. I'm sure anyone reading this already knows what Opeth's prog metal sounds like so I won't go into details on that. If you don't I suggest you read some album reviews here on PA. What I will say is that this is a fantastic performance, the best of the 3 DVD's they've released so far which is beautifully filmed with high quality definition with a sound to match. Apart from almost 3 hours of the live concert an interview with Mikael Åkerfeldt is also included as well as a documentary of life on the road. The latter is your typical road documentary that's been done numerous times before by numerous bands and is the kind of thing you watch once and then never again. More interesting is the interview, which while once again is not the stuff of repeated viewings does offer some interesting insight into the band from a set of questions posed by fans.
Onto the important part, the music. It will be no surprise to fans of the band that Opeth opted to play the whole of their acclaimed Blackwater Park album for the occasion, a record considered by many to be their very best. This takes up the first DVD and they turn in fantastic versions of all with the title track being a particular highpoint. After this the band took a break and the second DVD comprises of the rest of the show which gives us a chronological history of Opeth's albums where they play one track from each beginning with Forest Of October from Orchid through to The Lotus Eater from 2008's Watershed. All are pulled off in fine style but having a preference for the later more prog orientated stuff over the early death metal, I enjoyed the Still Life (excellent version of best track The Moor here) onwards material the most.
Overall then an excellent concert that I'm sure will be regarded as a milestone in Opeth's career being at such a prestigious venue. Fortunately they turned in a performance in keeping with the magnificent surroundings and these DVD's are sure to be enjoyed by all lovers of the band. Essential viewing for Opeth fans.
Posted Friday, October 1, 2010 | Review this album | Report (Review #301377)
Review by Starhammer
Concerto for Group and Orchestra Headbangers...
Over the years the Royal Albert Hall has played host to countless classical, pop and rock concerts, opera and ballet performances, and even tennis tournaments. But in late September 2010 it was hit square in the face with nearly three hours of Sweden's very finest death metal. It has not yet recovered.
The Good: This was captured and released in a two DVD, three CD package, celebrating the 20th anniversary Evolution XX: An Opeth Anthology tour. The performance is split into two parts, the first half is a play through of the legendary Blackwater Park album from start to finish, and the second is a chronological journey through the Opeth back catalogue. It pretty much goes without saying that this is the holy grail for any Opeth fan, and the audio/visual production does not disappoint. In addition to this, the spoken interludes from Mikael Akerfeldt are both informative and hilarious, and provide a welcome respite between tracks.
The Bad: Whilst I do appreciate the Deep Purple tribute on the album cover, it sticks out like a sore thumb in the Opeth section of my music collection.
The Verdict: Whilst Opeth's two previous live releases were both very good, neither come even close to this offering.
Posted Tuesday, June 28, 2011 | Review this album | Report (Review #471395)
"Big gig today, people, big gig".
Okay, I finally got around to seeing Opeth live at Royal Albert Hall with a bunch of fans, and as usual with Opeth, as far as I am concerned, it is a real hit and miss affair. Parts of the concert send me into bliss with gorgeous guitars and vocals and amazing dextrous lead guitar with choppy riffs, and parts make me search for the skip button. Okay let's get past the first point of concern for me; the concert is perhaps designed for the younger target audience who prefer death metal growls over actual singing. To be honest there is a heck of a lot of gravel voice vocals on this, more than I expected or wished, as I have 4 albums and there are definitely large chunks without growling on albums; though not so here. Unfortunately, this live performance really focuses on the heavier side of Opeth with only the occasional let up in speed and growling. When Akerfeldt sings clean vocals it is mesmirising so I wish he'd shut the dang death growls up as it is really not that impressive. The band play all of Blackwater Park but I would have preferred Still Life.
Another point about the DVD is that the crowd are rather a subdued lot. Their preferred colour is black and mostly guys are present with a smattering of females. The crowd stand still, not much bouncing and moshing as they are there to listen I guess, not have a full body thrash work out. They are definitely into the music and enjoying it, but it is not a mosh session, which shows how different Opeth are in comparison to death metal bands that incite a virtual riot when playing live. The crowd are head banging and raising the horns as you expect. You can hear then yell out stuff during the pauses between tracks, at times quite amusing too.
Yet another point to make about this live DVD is it really is a no frills concert, a bit of smoke and some cool lighting, occasional strobes and an ominous glowing logo with the large screen showing pictures of forests and water, and album covers, to generate a part of the atmosphere, with nice swirling lights cascading across the transfixed crowd. The band pretty much stand in the one place and thrash one track after another, and head bang during the instrumentals. They don't speak much at all at first. At one point Akerfeldt pretends he is going to say something and then stops and just plays; quite a humorous touch. At the end of 'April Ethereal', Akerfeldt begins to open up, he does mention that the band have gone through changes; "a few people have been (pause) fired (laughter) and we have a new lineup". He then intros the guys that are new to rapturous applause. Then he mentions how he used to write when he was too poor to afford a demo and recording equipment. He just wrote things like the Morbid Angel riff 4 times, freaked out bridge and the Bathory section. Ironically I referenced those two bands on my review for Still Life ("The growling reminded me of the black metal I used to listen to with the likes of Bathory or Morbid Angel.") so I wasn't far off the mark as Opeth definitely are influenced by this extreme metal sound. Akerfeldt mentions that Still Life is their most complicated album and then proceeds to play the awesome 'The Moor' from this.
From the beautiful acoustic guitar, it leads to the familiar distorted riffs that blast in without remorse. Akerfeldt's growls are brutal and soul chilling. There is a clean vocal chorus and it is so refreshing. I longed for more of this. At 6 minutes in the riffing stops and we have an acoustic interlude, a moment of respite. The Damnation style clean vocals chime in and they are so good, like a different band. I was drawn into the music at this point. At the end of 'The Moor' Akerfeldt asks "was it good?" which is funny as obviously the response would be a massive roar. He tells the tale of how Steven Wilson emailed him once. The crowd roars at hearing that name mentioned in their presence. He goes onto say that "we hooked up, had dinner, kissed, and I asked him to produce the next record which was gonna be Blackwater Park." But Steve was also involved in Deliverance "making it more sick and evil and twisted" he continues, and he says they should play something nice as they are in such a nice environment "but we want to be bad." I kind of like these moments as it shows the humour of the band and their personalities come through.
Another point about this section of the concert during 'The Wreath', is that Akerfeldt snaps a string and does a very fast guitar switch. His hand signal to the roadie is interesting as he just stops playing but keeps growling away. The roadie just hands him a new guitar and plugs it in as Akerfeldt screams "cover me with sweat" and he just hooks it over his shoulder and starts playing it as if nothing happened. Well worth checking that out. Axe's drumming should be commended too as it is fantastic, though many might miss the style of Lopez of course. I liked his cymbals with holes in them. 'The Wreath' is a thrashy fast thing that has the cookie monster vocals, (I know, I stole that phrase from a reviewer here but that's what it is) and I prefer Oscar the Grouch vocals myself. 'The Wreath' comes from my least favourite Opeth album but was tolerable due to the amazing chord changes and structure.
In the pause between the songs, a girl yells out that she loves Akerfeldt, and he replies "how you doin'?" as he seems quite shy and nervous which is better than being obnoxious of course. The girl has leaped over the barricade and as she is escorted off by guards everyone applauds. Akerfeldt says it's a long show for a metal singer but luckily he still has a bit of voice. At this stage I was hoping that meant he would sing some quieter stuff. He does the beautiful 'Hope Leaves' from Damnation and of course it is a highlight for my ears. I love that album and every song on it is compelling; in fact that is how I came to know Opeth so it is personally one of my favourite moments of the show. The purple and blue lights with sparkling logo give the stage an ethereal appearance.
Then next is a moment of brilliance from Ghost Reveries, 'Harlequin Forest'. I must admit the concert was improving for me as the band moved onto the more progressive sound. The concert ends with Watershed's 'The Lotus Eater', which is of course is excellent as always. Akerfeldt mentions the leaving of Peter and Martin and intros the new members again. Axe has dyed his hair just for this concert, he says. This track is a masterful progressive thing with amazing time changes and innovation throughout. This time Fred breaks a string, or has a technical goof, and stuffs up his solo and it is quite humorous how he plays silently while the roadie tries to rig up a new guitar. Akerfeldt and the others watch with amusement as Fred is hooked up. The crowd quietly clap observing with interest. When Fred begins to play again there is a roar and the whole thing is an unforgettable moment. The band could easily have edited this out but kudos for keeping it in as it provides some entertaining and interesting footage. I believe in the interview mention is made of how a camera man stepped on a pedal and screwed up the sound, and these moments are what make this concert so compelling, as it is a raw concert DVD with all the mistakes unedited but left for us to talk about. There were some conversations about this section with the guys I watched with. It actually provided more intelligent conversations than the rest of the DVD which were basically phrases like, "awesome, unbelievable, shredder, what's he on about, Axe is better, I miss Lopez, and, shut those bloody growls up." At the end the band have a photo opportunity with lots of Opeth addicts and after a bow it is over with a standing ovation.
The special features are generally similar to Pain of Salvation, and Dream Theatre DVDs, in that they show a lot of behind the scenes stuff, tour footage, some interviews, fans spouting off "I am dead serious when I say Mikael Akerfeldt is the reincarnation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart", and a few outtakes from songs. They sign CDs and apparel, take photos of fans and talk at the fans meet and greet, one says "best day ever" and another is shivering with excitement. The sound check was intriguing, done in front of some chosen fans. I like the comment when they are heading down the stairwell to the stage and we hear someone say "It's Spinal Tap." We see a bit of the clean up afterwards, meeting fans back stage who are terminally polite and grateful and Fredrik turns to the camera and says, "you are nothing without your fans never forget that", and there are roadies loading the trucks while the band have a quiet drink with friends. In the truck Fred talks about the mistakes but said they were part of it all after months of build up and the tension they felt. We see Opeth hanging round bars and visiting a Deli with an eccentric owner, and we see them in the trucks getting drunker and funnier.These moments were highlights for me and held more interest than the actual concert.
Overall, this is a great concert for Opeth addicts of course, there are quieter moments but you have to search for them, but it delivers the heavier side of the band with brutal aggression. That is the target audience and it definitely is an extreme sound, and the Opeth fans sitting with me are obviously under the impression that it is a flawless DVD. Seeing past the fan boyism it really is not a masterpiece at all but certainly an excellent live record of the very special event. Personally I look forward to them touring Heritage as that would be worth seeing.
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There are many reasons why we should strive to end Black History Month. Why? Because only then will there finally be equality in our society. Until equal representation and integration of Black history is part of America's history, the end goal of this movement will not be achieved.
Black History Month first came about in 1926 when Dr. Carter G. Woodson established it as only one week in February. It was celebrated in the second week of February because it was the closest week to Abraham Lincoln's and Frederick Douglass's birthday. However, in 1976 the movement became held for the entire month of February.
This month is dedicated to learning more about the struggles of African Americans and the many influential individuals. We learn about not only political activists such as Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, W.E.B Du Bois and Booker T. Washington, but also many Black artists such as Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, Nella Larson, B.B. King and Bessie Smith. Of course, these are only few of the many talented artists we remember. This month not only identifies the struggles many African Americans have faced in the United States, but what we, as a nation, have done or not done to recognize that struggle.
The reason Black History Month began was to highlight the part of history often neglected from the curriculum taught in schools then and now. Often times, African American history, culture or literature is studied as an elective instead of part of the overall curriculum. In a world where we still do not fully represent the diversity and adversity many Americans have faced in this nation, Black History Month is needed to remind us of what we still need to work on.
Now some may say Black History Month is just another form of separating the country rather than uniting it. It is not! It highlights the many times this nation has decided to not recognize the other side of history. Don't get me wrong though. The goal is to end Black History Month, however, when that time comes there will be full recognition of everyone that has been a part of America's development.
One way you can participate in Black History Month is attending the Celebration of Gospel this Thursday. It will be held in the Herrick Auditorium at 7 p.m and can also count for one chapel credit.
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Pete Wells Is the New 'Times' Restaurant Critic [Updated]
By Alyssa Shelasky
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According to several tweets, and reliable Grub Street sources the New York Times has announced internally (Update: and now externally as well) that Pete Wells will be the Gray Lady's new restaurant critic. Susan Edgerley is replacing him as the paper's dining editor.
Update: Media Decoder has the full announcement and memo, which mentions that Wells will officially take the new job in January. It reads, in part:
Pete Wells will be our new restaurant critic. No one could be better prepared or respected for his superb writing, intimate knowledge of food and restaurants and deep commitment to our dining franchise. Pete has been Dining Editor since 2006. He has stepped in as acting critic himself — writing a half-dozen well-received columns in the interim between the Bruni and Sifton eras.
Of the many top-notch candidates to take Pete's place, Susan Edgerley stood out for her eagerness, enthusiasm and managerial skills. She says she sees the job as 100-proof joy. She is a passionate cook and avid reader of cookbooks, as well as blogs, magazines and memoirs about food. She is an intrepid restaurant diner, and a viewer of an assortment of food shows. She has been known to sip her share of wine and spirits. And she is not embarrassed to admit that she choked up when Julia Child died.
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France's Yellow Vest protesters keep assaulting journalists. "In late November, as the Gilets Jaunes—or Yellow Vests—protest movement took hold in France, Martin Goillandeau and Makana Eyre wrote for CJR that participants were harassing, and even assaulting, journalists. Since then, the protests have become a weekly occurrence. So, too, have threats against reporters." (Columbia Journalism Review)
French President Emmanuel Macron launches a 3 month "national debate" to address Yellow Vest concerns. "French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday launched a national debate to address mounting discontent with his government…French citizens will be able to reply to the consultation online and in French municipalities until March 15. All contributions will be published and sent to the government. Macron said he would act upon the results of the consultation by the end of April, reported French daily Le Figaro." (POLITICO)
Nigeria's government may be moving to gag the judiciary ahead of elections next month. "The Nigerian government is pursuing criminal charges of financial negligence and fraudulence against Walter Onnoghen, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN)…The charges against the CJN are based on a petition sponsored by the Anti-corruption and Research-based Data Initiative. According to Signal media, the group has links with current President Muhammadu Buhari. The petition's author, Dennis Aghanya, was the president's former media aide between 2009-2011 and currently serves as executive secretary of the research and data group that initiated the petition." (Global Voices)
Europe is set to define "high value data" without adequate public input. "January 22 will mark a crucial moment for the future of open data in Europe. That day, the final trilogue between European Commission, Parliament, and Council is planned to decide over the ratification of the updated PSI Directive. Among others, the European institutions will decide over what counts as 'high value' data. What essential information should be made available to the public and how those data infrastructures should be funded and managed are critical questions for the future of the EU. As we will discuss below, there are many ways one might envision the collective 'value' of those data. This is a democratic question and we should not be satisfied by an ill and broadly defined proposal. We therefore propose to organise a public debate to collectively define what counts as high value data in Europe." (Open Knowledge)
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"We Are Bellingcat" - excellent book for those who care about how to search for truth
I won't take a position on whether or not they (bellingcat) have hidden agendas. The only one that I can perceive is one that encourages transparency and citizen participation in investigative journalism.
https://www.bellingcat.com/book/
Based on a search on the tubes, bellingcat has struck a nerve with its investigations. The russian/ussr outlets (sputniknews.cccp, rt.cccp) as well as proxies (mintpressnews) are flooding the media with negative press which never answers the accusations, just tries to deflect, divert, deny.
They uncovered the facts behind the downing of MH17 over the Ukraine, the attempted assassins of the Skripals in England, the chemical warfare in Syria - all of these terrorist actions with the backing of the KGB officer in charge of the Russian plutocracy.
Of course these techniques should be used against any government (national or local) that tries to hide its actions from scrutiny. I expect more will be exposed around the world including those supposed bastions of democracy such as the US, UK, FR, etc.
Posted by erronis | Wed May 26, 2021, 03:51 PM (0 replies)
Feel like fixing the climate crisis is your responsibility? ExxonMobil has been telling you that
https://www.businessinsider.com/exxonmobil-pins-responsibility-for-climate-crisis-on-consumers-study-2021-5
Feel like fixing the climate crisis is your personal responsibility? ExxonMobil has been telling you that for 20 years, a study found.
When Naomi Oreskes lectures about climate change, she gets the same question over and over again.
"A member of the audience will say: 'Well, what can I personally do? What can I do as an individual to fix this problem?'" Oreskes, a science historian at Harvard University, told Insider. "Much less frequently do they say: 'What can we do about the way the fossil fuel industry is blocking policy action?'"
It's a common idea: That the best way to fight climate change is by making changes in your own life — using less energy, eating less meat, driving less, flying less. But according to Oreskes and her colleague, Geoffrey Supran, a key source of this sentiment is a set of communications campaigns from ExxonMobil.
The researchers' latest analysis indicates that the oil giant started blaming the climate crisis on consumers two decades ago. In a study published last week, Supran and Oreskes analyzed 180 ExxonMobil documents discussing climate change from 1977 to 2014. The set includes internal communications, peer-reviewed publications, and "advertorials" — advertisements fashioned to look like editorials and published in The New York Times op-ed section.
Around the year 2000, the researchers found, a new trend emerged in the company's public-facing communications. The advertisements began to focus on how consumers use energy.
"Be smart about electricity use," one 2007 advertorial suggested, continuing: "Heat and cool your home efficiently." "Improve your gas mileage." "Check your home's greenhouse gas emissions."
Focusing on how consumers power their homes and cars, Oreskes and Supran argue, helps ExxonMobil "downplay" its role in extracting and burning the fossil fuels that are filling the atmosphere with carbon dioxide and raising global temperatures. It places both the blame and the responsibility for solving the problem onto individuals.
It's all about messaging. Deflecting. Propaganda.
Posted by erronis | Tue May 18, 2021, 08:00 PM (2 replies)
No One Wants to Work [For You] Anymore: The End of Oligopsony
https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/05/16/no-one-wants-to-work-for-you-anymore-the-end-of-oligopsony/
This post highlights a very important discussion that may change the way that workers are treated in this capitalist economy. At least I hope it does.
There are few ways faster to piss me off than to say, "Slackers don't want to work" in response to the lack of candidates for low-wage jobs.
Inside a one-mile stretch of the main thoroughfare where I live in Midwestern Suburbia, I can find 8-12 signs advertising job openings right now. I've lived here since the late 1970s and I've never seen this many postings for jobs.
Every single one of these jobs pays between $3.67 (Michigan's minimum tipped hourly wage) and $15.00 an hour. None of them are full time, most have variable schedules, and only one place assures workers one weekend day off every week. None of them offer health care or childcare assistance of any kind. None of them offer enough hours regularly with enough compensation to pay for a one-bedroom apartment within walking distance, and likely not within a 10-mile radius.
Until the pandemic, these employers were able to tell workers what they'd pay, take it or leave it. They could act in concert without having to coordinate to set market pricing because it was simply understood by workers that hourly workers' pay fell in this range and it was an employers' market.
Employers have acted like a cartel, with collusion on price fixing for labor enabled by other monopolistic entities like Facebook and Google.
Posted by erronis | Sun May 16, 2021, 03:33 PM (67 replies)
Excellent post and comments from Heather Cox Richardson today
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-13-2021
But the real blockbuster political story of the day came in the form of a video obtained by Mother Jones and written about in a detailed article there by Ari Berman and Nick Surgey. The leaked video shows Jessica Anderson, the executive director of Heritage Action for America—the political arm of the right-wing Heritage Foundation think tank—explaining to big-money donors that Heritage Action has worked closely with Republican state legislators to enact voter suppression laws. "In some cases, we actually draft them for them," she said, "or we have a sentinel on our behalf give them the model legislation so it has that grassroots, from-the-bottom-up type of vibe."
The story is not entirely new. Heritage (as it is known) published a report last February outlining "best practices" for voting, many of which are in the new bills coming out of Republican-dominated state legislatures. And in a March article for the New York Times, Nick Corasaniti and Reid J. Epstein outlined the role of Heritage Action in Georgia's and Arizona's voting restrictions, noting that at least 23 of the proposed state bills that dealt with voting had language that looked like that of Heritage. They also wrote that Heritage plans to spend $24 million to change voting laws in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, Texas, and Wisconsin before the 2022 election, and that the person behind the Heritage voting policies is Hans von Spakovsky, who mainstreamed the idea of voter fraud in the Republican Party, although experts agree it is vanishingly rare.
What is new and dramatic about the video is seeing Anderson make her pitch to donors for a coordinated right-wing effort to take the vote away from their opponents. She talks of working with similar groups: "We literally give marching orders for the week ahead," Anderson said. "All so we're singing from the same song sheet of the goals for that week and where the state bills are across the country."
Heritage Action is fighting hard against the Democrats' For the People Act, which would protect the right to vote, end partisan gerrymandering, and limit money in politics. Heritage summarized the bill, which it called the "Corrupt Politicians Act," in a short sheet for lawmakers. Anderson explained: "We've made sure that every single member of Congress knows just how bad the bill is…. Then we've made sure there's an echo chamber of support around these senators driven by your Heritage Action activists and sentinels across the country where we've driven hundreds of thousands of calls, emails, place[d] letters to the editor, hosted events, and run television and digital ads."
And this exceptional comment(s):
Ellie Kona4 hr ago
In Heather's video chat today (5/13/2021), she talked about Stephen Douglas. Stephen Douglas, of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, drafted the Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 to allow the new territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not to allow slavery, rather than to be decided by Congress, and the Northerners in opposition to slavery and oligarchy formed the Republican Party. The Democratic Party split between north and south. As the Southern Democrats escalated to the point of seceding from the Union, Douglas took a stand that secession was in opposition to democracy and sided with Lincoln and the Union for a mainstream position. With the split in the Democrats, the Republicans prevailed. As it echoes to today, the party split looks like a good thing.
Heather's point was that the spin-off element can become very dangerous.
As Heather describes the campaign of the Heritage Action for America, we see ever more clearly how the danger comes in the form of not "just" the Jan. 6 insurrection, but the sophisticated monied manipulation of state legislators, and even of public opinion, as through letters to the editor, to create the appearance of legitimacy and "the will of the people."
How is Heritage connected to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)? Both are funded by the Koch Foundation. Note that ALEC wrote the 360 voter suppression bills pending/passed across the country.
What is the counterpart progressive PAC that is spoon-feeding legislation to elected officials and their staff?
Fellow HCR Reader Jeff Carpenter looked for a progressive PAC. The best he could find is the State Innovation Exchange (SiX):
New Republic article of 1/03/2020, "Have Democrats Found Their ALEC?"
https://newrepublic.com/article/156110/democrats-found-alec
The State Innovation Exchange (SiX) provides an online database of liberal and progressive model state-level legislation that has been passed in a state for politicians and activists to replicate and enact in state legislatures.
https://stateinnovation.org/
Jeff learned that progressive state groups are more like libraries than lobbies, and big donors prefer national legislation over state legislation. Jeff contacted a SiX spokesperson who said:
"We do not operate like ALEC (For example, we're not a "bill mill" that churns out copycat legislation. We know that policy alone won't fix our democracy and economy, so we take a policy plus approach--we share policy research from issue experts, as well as communications, strategy, connections with movement partners, and other types of support that legislators need.) We do provide tailored support for state legislators, and democracy is one of our primary issue areas."
However daunting, our despair can only be a feeling that we redirect into action. Barriers to voting, voter suppression bills, are already being passed as a set up for the minority to overpower the majority in the 2022 elections and beyond. The time is now to make our voices heard as individuals by writing/texting/calling elected officials, corporations, local newspapers, and social media.
How to get started, if you haven't already? Here are 5 of more than 40 grassroots organizations:
Vote Forward: https://votefwd.org/
Fair Fight: Home | Fair Fight
League of Women Voters (members do include men!): https://www.lwv.org/
Common Cause: commoncause.org
5 Calls: https://5calls.org/
What's your favorite organization in support of democracy?
Gigi3 hr ago
My favorite organization in support of democracy is Joe Biden's administration.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
Question—why am I still surprised that Heritage was doing everything that Democrats were accused of? Bussing people in to act like locals was something we often heard idjt45 raging about during the New Hampshire primary. There is no bottom to their madness and it explains why many politicians never even knew what they were proposing. Hello Marjorie and her America First caucus looking like a fool talking about an outside organization and no one blasted her on it.
Great list and background info Ellie. Thank you.
Posted by erronis | Fri May 14, 2021, 08:47 AM (9 replies)


All of us have to do errands, and they're certainly no fun.
Even worse, they tend to repeat every week — sometimes twice a week.
Pick up milk. Get bananas. Refill prescriptions. Drop off the dry cleaning.
Are there any ways to get errands done more efficiently?
1. Keep a running list. Keep track of what has to get done with an actual list. From "buy stapler" to "return library books," the tasks should be written down.
2. When you can, use the phone, not the car. If you're looking for a particular item, call ahead and ask if a store has it. Then ask the clerk to hold it for you for a particular amount of time.
3. Go online. From pharmacy items and specialty teas to holiday gifts, you can order a great deal through the Internet. If you establish an account with a company, an order can be placed with only a couple of clicks.
4. Use stores with drive-through convenience windows, such as banks and pharmacies. You needn't spend time or money on parking — you don't even have to get out of your car.
5. Make a list of all your intended stops for the day and then plan your route at breakfast time. By planning well geographically, you can save time.


54 pieces puzzle on the topic of the Princess and her coach, in a nice round suitcase easy to carry with its fabric handle. Puzzle : 50 x 40 cm (19.7 x 15.7 in). Suitcase 23 x 7 x 22 cm (9.05 x 2.8 x 8.7 in). Poster included.


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Home » Soccer » Jonny Evans 'close' to signing new Leicester contract, says manager Brendan Rodgers
Jonny Evans 'close' to signing new Leicester contract, says manager Brendan Rodgers
Jonny Evans could sign a new deal with Leicester before the end of the year, according to manager Brendan Rodgers.
The defender's current contract expires in the summer but talks over a fresh two-year offer are at an advanced stage.
Despite Evans being happy at the King Power Stadium, the Northern Irishman has been linked with a return to his former club Manchester United on a free transfer next summer.
"I'm hearing from the club it's pretty close," Rodgers said. "We're very hopeful very soon we'll be able to finalise that agreement.
"It could be sooner than that (January), we'll just wait and see. I know the representatives of Jonny and the club are very close.
"If it's this year, great, if it's the new year hopefully it'll be very early."
Rodgers had always been confident that the three-time Premier League winner would sign a new deal.
Evans, 32, joined from West Brom for £3.5m in 2018 and has played 87 times for the Foxes, scoring twice.
He returned from suspension to help Leicester beat Tottenham 2-0 on Sunday and lift them to second in the Premier League.
Evans' imminent new deal is further good news with the club due to move to their new £100m training ground this week.
The first team will train at the facility, which has a private nine-hole golf course, for the first time on Christmas Eve.
Rodgers added: "The players have an amazing recreational area, they can sit outside and have their tea and coffee.
"There are rooms for them so when they train in the morning they can have their lunch and then have a sleep and train in the afternoon.
"There are analysis hubs where they can analyse their game and an indoor area – and if the weather is nice and they're allowed they can have a bit of golf."
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LOUGHBOROUGH 4th XV proved too strong for Coventry Copsewood.
Steve Haywood had his kicking boots on and any ball won by Loughborough's forwards was smashed way back into the Coventry territory.
The first score for Loughborough came courtesy of well won ball that was dished out to the backs and Ben Powell smashed his way past four would-be tacklers before passing to Ed Bowness to cruise over for his sixth try of the season. The conversion was missed.
Within 10 minutes centre Simon Warren added to the score with a fine individual try, weaving in and out before outsprinting Copsewood to score under the posts for 12-0.
In the second half Copsewood won a lineout 10 metres from the Lough's line and set up a powerful drive for a well deserved try in the corner.
The best Loughborough try saw the backs move the ball swiftly to Mick Hurdley. The young Colt was left with too much space and he dashed through untouched to round off a deserved 17-5 victory.


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The storylines of the soap opera The Young and the Restless have changed over the years since the show debuted in 1973. Originally examining the lives of the wealthy Brooks and the poor Fosters, a series of recasts and departures in the early 1980s turned the focus of The Young and the Restless to the Abbotts and the Newmans, including the corporate rivalry between their two respective companies. However, one basic plot that has run throughout almost all of the program's history is the rivalry between Jill Foster Abbott and Katherine Chancellor, similar to the show's sister show, The Bold and the Beautiful, regarding Brooke Logan and Stephanie Forrester.

The Brooks and the Fosters
The Young and the Restless co-creator William J. Bell conceived the show to center around the class conflict between two core families: the wealthy Brooks and the poor Fosters. Newspaper publisher Stuart Brooks (played by Robert Colbert) and his socialite wife Jennifer (Dorothy Green) had four daughters: Leslie (Janice Lynde), a pianist; Lauralee "Lorie" (Jaime Lyn Bauer), an author; Christabel "Chris" (Trish Stewart), a journalist; and Peggy (Pamela Peters Solow), a college student. Meanwhile, Elizabeth "Liz" Foster (Julianna McCarthy) was a factory worker and single parent who, after being abandoned by her husband William "Bill" Sr. (Charles H. Gray), was struggling to make ends meet while trying to raise three children: William "Snapper" Jr. (played at first by William Grey Espy, then by David Hasselhoff), a medical student; Greg (James Houghton), a law student; and Jill (Brenda Dickson; later Bond Gideon, Deborah Adair, and currently Jess Walton), a beautician and aspiring model.

In the show's first story there was a love triangle formed between Chris, Snapper, and waitress Sally McGuire (Lee Crawford). Chris and Snapper were a couple, but Chris wanted to not have sex until marriage.  Snapper had a sexual relationship with Sally.  Desperate to gain an upper hand, Sally threw away her birth control pills and got pregnant by Snapper. Not knowing that he was the father, Snapper proposed to Chris. When they found out he was the father of Sally's child, Chris suffered a miscarriage. Eventually, Sally moved out of town, and Chris and Snapper reconciled.

Sisters, Leslie and Lorie fought over first Brad Eliot (Tom Hallick) and then in another love triangle with Lance Prentiss (John McCook). This love triangle stretched into four after Lance's sea captain brother Lucas (Tom Ligon) arrived in town. Although Lorie was little more than the bad girl who tormented pure sister Leslie, she became a lead in her own right as she battled her sister over custody of Leslie's son Brooks (Andre Gower), and then battled her psychotic mother-in-law Vanessa (K.T. Stevens) (who even killed herself just to frame Lorie for the crime).

Other stories included Bill, dying of cancer, returning to town and remarrying Liz; Jennifer planning to divorce Stuart and marry her former lover and Liz Foster's brother Dr. Bruce Henderson (Paul Stevens), who was revealed to be Lorie's biological father; and Stuart and Liz marrying after Jennifer died of cancer.

Jill vs. Kay
The show's longest-running storyline was the rivalry between a young manicurist Jill Foster Abbott (Brenda Dickson, Jess Walton) and wealthy socialite, Katherine Chancellor (Jeanne Cooper). Cooper was introduced by Bell when the ratings were low; the storyline between Jill and Kay became popular, so Bell decided to exploit this popularity by crafting a storyline putting the two at odds.

Jill went to work as Kay's manicurist and assistant to help her struggling family pay the bills. Kay was a boozy matron trapped in a loveless marriage to Phillip Chancellor II (John Considine later Donnelly Rhodes). Jill and Phillip fell in love, but in 1976, after he returned from obtaining a divorce in the Dominican Republic, Katherine picked him up at the airport and, in an attempt to kill both Phillip and herself, drove the car off a cliff. On his deathbed, Phillip married Jill and bequeathed her and their love child his fortune. At first, Kay offered Jill $1 million for the baby, but ended up getting a judge to declare that Jill and Phillip's marriage was illegal since Kay was drunk when signing her divorce papers. Since neither Jill nor her son had any rights to an inheritance, the baby was legally given the name "Phillip Foster" instead of "Phillip Chancellor III". As a result of the ruling, an embittered Jill became a vixen and the two ladies began an intense rivalry, blaming each other for the death of Phillip II.

First, they fought over beautician Derek Thurston (Joe LaDue) in the late 1970s. In 1982, Jill married tycoon John Abbott (Jerry Douglas), but within a few years, Kay seized the opportunity to break them up after obtaining photos of Jill's one-night-affair with John's son Jack (Terry Lester; currently Peter Bergman); John suffered a stroke after seeing those images and divorced Jill. The two ladies also fought for custody of Phillip Foster (Thom Bierdz) in the late 1980s, with Kay being awarded temporary custody without the right to adopt. Eventually, Kay arranged for his name to be legally changed to Phillip Chancellor III.

In the 1990s, after Phillip III died from a car crash, and after Jill's second marriage to John ended, the two ladies went back to court when some of Phillip II's documents were found in the Chancellor mansion attic; the judge declared that Jill owned half of the Chancellor estate. Jill and Kay fought over this new arrangement as well as Jill's son Billy (David Tom/Ryan Brown/Scott Seymour/Billy Miller) dating Kay's granddaughter Mackenzie "Mac" Browning (Ashley Bashioum/Kelly Kruger/Rachel Kimsey/Clementine Ford).

In 2003, the Jill-Kay rivalry changed forever. Liz Foster, afflicted with a near-terminal illness, informs Jill she was adopted. After much investigation, it is revealed that Kay is Jill's biological mother. Learning the truth on their wedding night, Billy and Mackenzie have their marriage annulled (since they are biological first cousins). Since then, Kay and Jill have made peace and formed a genuine (though sometimes contentious) mother-daughter bond. Their relationship even managed to survive and grow stronger after the 2007 revelation that Jill's son with Phillip II was switched at birth by Kay. A series of DNA tests revealed that new Genoa City resident Ethan "Cane" Ashby (Daniel Goddard) was Jill's son and the mild mannered Aussie helped Jill and Kay come to grips with their feud and the events of the baby switch. Family and friends grew concerned when Katherine began suffering from "senior moments" and, later in 2008, they began to suspect she was drinking again. In fact, it was Marge Cotrooke  (Kay's doppelganger) who was drinking and Katherine's cagey behavior was due in part to protecting Marge's secret while supporting her recovery. Everyone believed Kay died in a serious car accident but Marge was actually killed. Jill was devastated by the loss of her mother, admitting openly that she loved her former rival. The real Kay lost her memory, assumed Marge's life as a waitress and was later kidnapped until being reunited with her family.

Jill remained suspect of Katherine, even after she returned, thinking it was really Marge trying to con the family. DNA results proved the woman claiming to be Katherine was not related to Jill, starting a series of events that dramatically reshaped the Chancellor family. In 2009, the true paternity came to light that Jill was not Kay's biological daughter after all. This reignited the feud and helped Billy and Mac rekindle their love for each other. Kay's senior moments were revealed to be caused by lime disease which also caused her to imagine the whole baby switch. The true Phillip Chancellor III returned, revealing he had sent Cane to Genoa City to heal Jill and Kay's pain. Phillip III revealed he had faked his death to hide the fact that he is gay, a plot that did not make sense, and that was very negatively received by long-term fans. Phillip stayed in Genoa City very briefly, to try and rebuild his relationship with his son (Chance Chancellor), mother, and Nina, and then before soon being written out.

Later, Jill helped Katherine track down her real long-lost child. Mogul Tucker McCall was revealed to be Katherine's biological son even though Kay thought she had given birth to a daughter. Tucker had hatched a plan to take over Chancellor Industries while Katherine and Jill were preoccupied with their search for Katherine's daughter. As a result, Katherine lost her company and partially blamed this on Jill who was sleeping with Tucker. Tucker and Katherine have since started to develop a relationship while Jill and Katherine remain at odds.

The Abbotts and the Newmans
By the early 1980s, most members of the Brooks and Foster families had been recast, and when The Young and the Restless expanded to an hour in 1980, many lead actors said they could not sustain themselves on an hour show and quit. Show creator William J. Bell told himself he would wait for one more major departure before making big changes. When Jaime Lyn Bauer, who played Lorie, quit in 1982 due to exhaustion, Bell took the opportunity to write out all of the Brooks and Fosters, save Jill. Gradually, the focus shifted from the Brooks and Foster families to the Williams, Abbott, and Newman families.

The Williams family was introduced in 1978. Police Detective Carl Williams (Brett Hadley) and his wife Mary (Carolyn Conwell) had their hands full with their promiscuous teenage son Paul (Doug Davidson). Paul had a fling with Nikki Reed (Melody Thomas Scott) and gave her a sexually transmitted disease. He then went on to romance prostitute Cindy Lake, as well as April Stevens (Cynthia Eilbacher), who mothered his daughter, Heather, before marrying Lauren Fenmore (Tracey E. Bregman) and opening a private investigations agency with Andy Richards (Steven Ford). Paul's older brother Steven (David Winn) was a reporter who dated Peggy Brooks and eventually moved to Washington D.C. Meanwhile, Carl and Mary's daughter Patty (Lilibet Stern/Andrea Evans) married Jack but, due to his frequent infidelities, she eventually lost control and shot Jack in the back three times. After being cleared of any charges, Patty divorced Jack and left town to join her brother Steven in Washington. The Williams' oldest son Todd, a priest, was an unseen character until finally appearancing in 2004 with Corbin Bernsen in the role.

Eric Braeden joined the cast in 1980 as sinister tycoon Victor Newman, in what was a short-term role that soon became a permanent fixture. Victor was so menacing to his wife Julia (Meg Bennett) that he locked her boyfriend Michael Scott (Nicholas Benedict) in a bomb shelter constructed in the basement and forced him to watch Victor and Julia's bedroom via closed-circuit camera. Bell saw something in Braeden's performance and since the show had few strong male characters, elevated him to star status. Soon after, Victor went to a strip club and met Nikki, who at the time was working as a stripper. She married Victor in a lavish 1984 wedding and their love-hate relationship has gone through the birth of two children, Victoria (Heather Tom/Sarah Aldrich/Amelia Heinle) and Nicholas (Joshua Morrow), as well as many divorces, affairs, and remarriages.

Bell also expanded the role of the Abbott family. In addition to John and his son Jack, daughters Ashley (Eileen Davidson) and Traci (Beth Maitland) were introduced. Stories were phased in regarding the corporate rivalry between the Abbott's Jabot Cosmetics and the Newman's Newman Enterprises. The personal lives of both the Abbotts and the Newmans also became a major focus. A four-way quadrangle became a major storyline in the 1980s-90s with Victor marrying Ashley and Jack marrying Nikki. Meanwhile, the insecure Traci became involved in a love triangle with her rival Lauren and rock star Danny Romalotti (Michael Damian), before marrying gardener-turned-business executive Brad Carlton (Don Diamont). The Abbott and Newman family rivalry is further put to the test in 2010 after Billy Abbott and Victoria Newman marry.

By the late 1980s, most members of the Williams family had been phased out.

Lauralee Bell
A relatively controversial fixture on the show for several decades was Bell's daughter, Lauralee. Lauralee debuted in 1983 in a bit part as Christine "Cricket" Blair. As Lauralee grew up, her character became more and more prominent, to the point where, in 1988, storylines had four different men in love with her. Longtime fan favorite Terry Lester, who played Jack Abbott, left the show in 1989 and blamed her partly, claiming that the excessive airtime given to Cricket drowned out the other performers.

Chris became the love interest of the character of Danny Romalotti and was involved in a love quadrangle between him, Phillip Chancellor III and Nina Webster throughout most of 1987 and the first half of 1988. Chris, who was saving herself for marriage, then had an unconsummated romance with Scott Grainger (which ended abruptly when he was revealed to be her half-brother) and was later a victim of a "date-rape" where Derek raped Christine. It seemed as if Chase and Chris would become romantically involved during the time she was healing from being raped, but the story never came to fruition, even though Cricket's mother gave her blessing for the two (Cricket and Chase) of them to marry if that's what the future held for them before she died of AIDS. Christine would later marry Danny and then Paul before becoming an attorney and asking people to refer to her as "Chris" and remained a somewhat central heroine. At one point in 1996, the show hinted at a romance between Christine and the much older Victor Newman, but negative viewer reaction killed the story. Later, Christine began to work with Michael Baldwin (Christian LeBlanc) who had stalked her years earlier. After a brief engagement to Michael, Christine and Paul reunited but eventually split again. By 2004 or so, Lauralee Bell's marriage and children, as well as a successful clothing store, diminished her airtime and paved the way for other characters. In early 2005, she announced her move from contract to recurring status. In May 2007, it was announced that Bell would appear as her character on The Young and the Restless'''s sister soap, The Bold and the Beautiful.

The Barbers and the WintersThe Young and the Restless was one of the first soaps to successfully integrate a number of African American actors into its cast. In the mid-1980s, The Young and the Restless created a storyline which revolved around Tyrone Jackson (Phil Morris), a young black man, being made up in whiteface to bring down a mafia kingpin, but most of the characters were written out within a few years. In 1989, the program Generations earned critical acclaim for casting an entire African American family from the show's inception. Established hits like The Young and the Restless were criticized as the show had a low number of minorities.

As a response, Tonya Lee Williams and Victoria Rowell joined The Young and the Restless in the early 1990s as the Barber sisters, Olivia and Drucilla, nieces of the Abbott's maid Mamie Johnson (Veronica Redd). They proved to be very successful and they interacted fairly well with the established characters. Nathan Hastings (Nathan Purdee/Randy Brooks/Adam Lazarre-White), the only other remaining black character on the show before 1990, was married off to Olivia, before dying in a hit and run car accident in 1996. Two more black characters, Neil Winters, played by former Generations alum  Kristoff St. John and his brother Malcolm played by Shemar Moore, would be introduced in 1991 and 1994, respectively.

However, the core black characters largely interacted amongst only themselves; they would most often act as bit parts in scenes with the other characters. In the case of the Winters brothers, and the Barber sisters, they were shown to usually swap each other's partners when a "shake-up" was needed in the romantic scheme of the story. This led to a seemingly never-ending love quadrangle between the four characters. Later actions have proven that this choice was due to the supposition that it was ostensibly "too controversial" to have an interracial pairing. Indeed, a pairing in the late 1990s between Neil Winters and Victoria Newman was axed by CBS executives, who were rumored to have received many angry phone calls and letters by viewers in the South. In 2004, a love affair between Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford) and chemist Damon Porter (Keith Hamilton Cobb) was prominently featured, despite concerns that the interracial pairing would be scrapped just like the one that was written before. While the romance between Phyllis and Damon did eventually come to an end, the writers followed up by having Phyllis' son Daniel (Michael Graziadei) become involved with Drucilla and Malcolm's daughter Lily (Christel Khalil). Daniel and Lily married in 2006.

Lily and Daniel's marriage was short-lived.  After they divorced, Lily moved on with Cane (the man pretending to be Jill's son).  Lily and Cane tried to have a family but complications, including suffering through an ectopic pregnancy and thinking that Cane had fathered a child with another woman, Chloe. Despite these events, the two married in 2009. Lily was diagnosed with cancer. She and Cane asked Mackenzie to act as a surrogate to help them start a family despite Lily's medical condition.

Other minority characters
From 1999 to 2004, David Lago played Raul Guittierez, a member of a Cuban family who became part of a circle of friends that included Billy, Mackenzie, J.T. Hellstrom (Thad Luckinbill), Rianna Miner (Rianna Loving/Alexis Thorpe), and Brittany Hodges (Vanessa Lee Evigan/Lauren Woodland). Raul's brother Diego (Diego Serrano/Greg Vaughan) arrived in town in 2001 after running away from the family several years prior. After helping his younger brother during a difficult time, Diego had flings with Nicholas' wife Sharon (Sharon Case) and Victoria.

The show has been less successful with incorporating Asian American characters. In 1994, the Vietnamese Volien family was introduced to the show, consisting of Luan (Elizabeth Sung) and her two children, Keemo (Philip Moon) and Mai (Marianne Rees). Jack Abbott had fought in Vietnam, and had a love affair with a woman named Luan who, unbeknownst to him, was pregnant with his son when he was forced to leave during the fall of Saigon,  By coincidence, twenty plus years later, Luan ends up owning a Vietnamese restaurant that just happens to be in Genoa City, Wisconsin.  Luan does not keep up with the news of local prominent citizens and does not know that Jack is also in Genoa City.  The character is shown with white hair, appearing to be around 60 years old, however, when Jack and Luan finally reconnect, Luan now has black hair and appears to be around 45.  Luan and Jack quickly rekindle their old flame and get married in a ceremony that incorporated Vietnamese and Western traditions, and then she is suddenly diagnosed with a terminal unnamed disease. After her death in 1996, her two children were written out and rarely mentioned since. Keemo was angry with his father for keeping his mother's illness from him and never spoke to him again. Mai, who was born in Vietnam but raised in the US suddenly went back to Vietnam for no apparent reason even though she did not speak the language and was extremely upset at the thought of leaving Genoa City.  In short, they disposed of the Asian family.

In 2022, a new attempt to incorporate an Asian actor is being made. Jack receives mysterious messages leading him to find that his son, Keemo, has died. It's believed that Keemo had a daughter who is now anxious to meet her grandfather. Hopefully the production does a better job with this storyline.

Eric Steinberg played Hong Kong business executive Ji Min Kim with business ties to Jack and as a love interest for Jill. The character was killed off in a contrived murder-mystery plot in 2007.

Recasting
While heavy recasting is considered to have doomed some series such as Ryan's Hope and Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, The Young and the Restless' has been successful at replacing some of its lead characters with other actors. Most often, major characters are played by the same actor for decades; if they left the show, the characters left with them. But in the case of The Young and the Restless, their replacements were often popular and remade the character in their own image. When William Grey Espy left the show in 1975, the role of Snapper Foster was given to then-unknown actor David Hasselhoff. Peter Bergman has won three Emmy Awards after replacing Lester as Jack Abbott. And Jess Walton, who took over the role of Jill Foster Abbott after original cast member Brenda Dickson was fired in 1987 amid a fallout with producers, has earned two Emmys.

In 2004, Joan Van Ark joined the cast as Gloria Fisher, Michael Baldwin's mother, remaining until early 2005. She was replaced by Judith Chapman.

The role of Lily Winters was made popular by actress Christel Khalil. The Young and the Restless recast Lily with Davetta Sherwood in 2005 but the role was eventually given back to Khalil in 2006.  The 2005 the role of Mackenzie Browning was recast from Ashley Bashioum to Rachel Kimsey. Kimsey was released from her contract in May 2006 and the character returned in 2009 played by Clementine Ford. The recasting of Mac took place shortly after the character of Billy Abbott returned, played by Billy Miller. There have been many recasts of the role of Billy Abbott, Phyllis Newman, and Victoria Newman.

The role of Colleen Carlton, Brad and Traci's daughter, who had been played by Lyndsy Fonseca for several years was recast in January 2006 with Adrianne Leon. Leon was let go in June 2007 and replaced with former Home and Away actress Tammin Sursok, who left in October 2009 after her character died.

In late 2006, The Young and the Restless recast the role of popular daytime villainess, Sheila Carter.  Having been played by Kimberlin Brown on both The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, the character was later handed over to Michelle Stafford, who also plays Phyllis. Although this recast was mainly storyline-directed, since Sheila had plastic surgery to look like Phyllis, fans of Sheila have expressed mixed opinions regarding Brown's absence in the role.

Social issues
Unlike other soaps in the 1980s or 1990s, The Young and the Restless avoided preachy social issues. When they did touch on such issues as abortion, the homeless crisis or AIDS, it was only as a plot device with a few facts and statistics thrown in for effect. For example, when Ashley aborted Victor's child in the 1980s, any viewers or scholars who may have looked for a serious story on the pros and cons of abortion would have been disappointed. Ashley only aborted her baby because Victor's wife Nikki was then presumed to be terminally ill, and Ashley did not want to cause her pain. After learning of her abortion, Victor ripped her to shreds, causing a devastated Ashley to lose her mind and wind up in an insane asylum.

One social issue which was too hot for The Young and the Restless audience of the mid-'70s was homosexuality. In the mid-1970s, Kay befriended an overweight, unhappy housewife named Joann Curtis. Kay moved Joann into her home and helped her get a better self-image. Soon, Kay's son Brock wondered about all the time the ladies were spending together, as Kay planned a special vacation to Hawaii for herself and Joann. The ratings dropped and outraged fan letters poured in. Bell quickly dropped the relationship, wrote Joann out, and the show stabilized.

Glow by Jabot
The year 2000 brought forth a new teen scene on The Young and the Restless, including Jill Abbott's now teenage son Billy Abbott, his rich girlfriend Brittany Hodges, his friend Raul Guittierez, Raul's girlfriend Rianna Miner, and the "plain Jane" oddball Mackenzie Browning, later revealed to be Katherine Chancellor's granddaughter.  Mackenzie blossomed from quiet girl into the Prom Queen and, on prom night, shared a kiss with the Prom King, Billy. That summer, as Mac and Billy's relationship grew, the whole group moved into the Glow by Jabot house along with J.T. Hellstrom, who began dating Brittany. In 2004, Billy and Mac were married but were interrupted on their wedding night by Jill, who revealed they were first cousins. The marriage was annulled and they each left town. Damaged by their relationship, Billy and Mac returned to Genoa City separately on different occasions. Mac returned and began dating J.T.; she miscarried his baby and left to work with refugees in Darfur.  Billy returned with a gambling problem and left again to work for Jabot in New York and Hong Kong.

Brittany Hodges and J.T. broke up after he cheated on her with Brittany's mother. She started dating Raul and, after they were robbed, wound up working for mobster Bobby Marsino at his strip club. She and Raul broke up once he found out about her new job; later Brittany was electrocuted on stage during a performance.  Everyone suspected Kevin Fisher was behind the incident but was revealed to be part of Bobby's mob dealings. This made Raul realize he really loved Brittany, however it was too late. She lived through the ordeal, but soon came to realize she loved Bobby, despite Raul's attempts to get her back. The two married and Brittany had a baby boy and left town to be with Bobby who was hiding in witness protection. Raul left town and Bobby was later killed.

Kevin Fisher and the Baldwin Family
Drucilla returned in 2002 with her daughter, Lily Winters. Neil recovered from his dependency on alcohol thanks to Lily and Dru at the same time Lily began an online "relationship" with a guy who claimed to be a 17-year-old. Lily met the man from the internet, Kevin Fisher, at his apartment. The two had sex and Lily got chlamydia. Lily's best friend, Colleen Carlton, tried to convince Lily to stay away from Kevin but Lily was in love. Kevin's dark side emerged, however, when he grew tired of Colleen's treatment of him. Kevin locked Colleen in the refrigerator and set the building on fire.  J.T. rescued Colleen and Lily broke it off with Kevin.

The depth of Kevin's darkness was explored after it was revealed he was Michael Baldwin's younger half-brother. Kevin had been abused as a child by his father and locked in closets. He felt that Michael abandoned him and even confronted Michael with a gun. Michael was able to reach out to his misguided brother and heal their relationship. Their mother, trashy Gloria Fisher, moved to Genoa City after Kevin's breakdown. Gloria felt remorse and guilt over letting Kevin's evil father, Tom Fisher, abuse her son.

Gloria was a gold digger but soon fell for John Abbott. She lied to John about her family, even going so far as to hire actors to play her sons. Eventually, Michael and Kevin were revealed to be her sons and John was furious, especially after what Kevin had done to John's granddaughter Colleen.  He forgave Gloria and they married, despite strong warnings from his children Jack and Ashley. Ashley and Gloria sparked up a horrid rivalry with each other. In a misguided attempt to discredit Ashley, Gloria poisoned a sample of a Jabot face cream. The plan backfired when a customer, died. The resulting scandal nearly took down Jabot and the entire Abbott family.  Gloria kept her role in this a secret despite a judicial order that no Abbott be allowed to run Jabot again.

Shortly afterwards, "Terrible Tom" Fisher came to Genoa City looking for Gloria's new money. Tom's return forced Kevin to confront his demons. Gloria tried to keep Tom at bay but he teamed up with psychopath Sheila Carter, whom he had no idea of how "bad" she was, to bring down Lauren Fenmore. They kidnapped Lauren but Tom ran away when Sheila went through with her plot to blow up Lauren on the yacht. Michael watched the yacht explode and believed his fiancé was dead. However, Lauren showed up at the chapel the night before their wedding. Tom's role in this plot was revealed and he was eventually found dead.  Although there was no shortage of suspect (or motives), John Abbott was revealed to be the killer and was sent to prison.

Ashley and Jack blamed Gloria for all that had happened to their family, including John's arrest. They refused to listen to John when he insisted he loved Gloria and his wishes she be taken care of be honored.  John died in prison, but not before Jack was able to convince an ailing John to re-write his will. When a new will surfaced, Gloria was kicked out of the Abbott mansion. She moved in with Michael and Lauren, who had just given birth to their son, Fenmore. Kevin, meanwhile, sought redemption and eventually gained forgiveness from Lily and Colleen.

Victor's downfall
Victor found himself at odds with his children - Nicholas and Victoria - as well as Nikki and his longtime rival Jack over his unethical business dealings in his life.  Victor went to war against Jabot Cosmetics and nearly put Jabot out of business.  Nick discovered Victor's corrupt methods and turned Victor over to federal authorities.  Victor was nearly sentenced to prison but was given community service and fined twenty million dollars (which was awarded to Jabot).  Victoria was disgusted with Victor's action and left for Italy while Nick's relationship with his father remained severely strained.

Victor's downfall forced him to explore some of his inner demons, including coming face-to-face with his now elderly father, played by veteran character actor George Kennedy.  Nick accompanied Victor on his trip to visit his father, essentially restarting their fragile relationship.  With the help of Nikki, Victor managed to regain his children's trust and made them co-CEOs of Newman.  Victor then joined forces with Nikki and Phyllis to form NVP. His involvement with the upstart company was short-lived, however.  Victor was diagnosed with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, a condition of which Jack took advantage.  Victor returned from a spiritual journey he suffered more seizures.  He was eventually cured but was touched by how supportive Jack had been during the ordeal.  Victor quickly learned of Jack's deception but continued to go along with it, making Jack think that the two rivals had actually grown close and were friends.  Victor found out that Jack had secretly obtained control of Jabot, against judicial orders, and set an elaborate plot in motion to bring Jack down - after Victor financed Jack's botched run for State Senate.

Later, two new important figures would enter Victor's life.  Victoria's close friend Sabrina came to Genoa City and began a relationship with Victor.  Also, Victor brought his son, Victor Jr., to Genoa City after the young man's mother died.  Victor Jr. preferred to be called Adam and took a strong dislike to his siblings Nick and Victoria, who he thought were over privileged country-club snobs.  Despite his inexperience, Victor was impressed by Adam's educational background and work ethic and brought him into the Newman Enterprises Senior Management team.  Victoria and Nick repeatedly disagreed with Adam's ideas, creating a lot of tension.  Victor was happy with Sabrina but, in a series of horrific events, she was taken from him in a brutal car accident with Nikki's lover, David Chow.  Tortured by the death of his lover and their unborn child, Victor fled to Mexico in search of the mobster responsible for the car accident.  Adam used Victor's absence to his advantage and ousted Nick and Victoria from Newman Enterprises, appointing  himself CEO while the rest of Victor's family searched for their missing father.

Victor returned to Genoa City thanks to Nikki's help, even though he blamed her for Sabrina's death.  Victor was severely upset with Adam's behavior and blackballed him from Newman Enterprises and all other corporations.  Adam was angry and teamed up with Jack to frame Victor for murder.  The plan nearly worked, forcing Victor to flee into exile where he was later rescued by Ashley Abbott.  Adam was the only one punished for involvement in the crime and sent to prison, where his eyesight began to vanish.

1994 O.J. Simpson trial impact on ratings
Along with every other daytime soap, The Young and the Restless has suffered audience erosion, with very noticeable losses during the O.J. Simpson trial.  For many months, The Young and the Restless was not shown at its regularly scheduled time during the televised Simpson trial.  A trailer sometimes ran at the bottom of the TV screen informing viewers to use their VCRs to tape Y&R at random hours like 2:27 a.m., 4:26 a.m.  There was not a set re-broadcast time after midnight, and this was years before the internet was in homes, which would have allowed viewers to watch online as you can in 2014.  Many long-time viewers simply gave up trying to figure out when to set their VCRs, and gave up permanently on the show. Y&R permanently lost millions of viewers as a result.  Every year after the Simpson trial, Y&R has mostly lost viewers.

In the 2000s they took some power away from longtime producer Edward J. Scott and head writer Kay Alden, and started to instead rely on head writer John F. Smith and later (in 2006) head writer/executive producer Lynn Marie Latham.

Malcolm Winters controversy
Another highly publicized move was the 2004 rehiring of Shemar Moore to reprise his role as Malcolm for a limited run. Moore was extremely popular with all viewers, particularly African-American viewers, and the show lost a healthy chunk of that demographic upon his 2002 departure.  Although fans were happy to see him return, Malcolm's new storyline, exposed him as having sex with his brother's wife while under the influence of prescription drugs.  Viewers learned that Malcolm, not his brother Neil, was the biological father of Lily.  Viewers were outraged by this, commenting that Malcolm basically raped Dru as she was barely cognizant due to medicine.

Malcolm returned again in the Fall of 2014, for only two days, trying to help his now blind brother Neil. He returned again in 2019 after receiving news of Neil's death.

Cassie/Mariah
In another high-profile storyline, Nicholas and Sharon's teenage daughter Cassie was killed off. In spite of rave reviews from the soap press, the ratings remained consistent.  In August 2006, the show killed off patriarch John Abbott. These episodes nudged The Young and the Restless to some of its highest ratings (6.4 million viewers in August 2006) in some time. In 2014, it was revealed that Cassie actually had an identical twin sister named Mariah (played by the same actress as Cassie), who was raised by an unloving woman. It was revealed in the Fall of 2014, that Sharon gave birth to twins, and did not realize it, as both babies were immediately taken away and adopted to two different mothers.

The writers also created a number of retcon storylines during the 2000s. In 2003, it was revealed that Jill was adopted, and Kay was actually her birth mother; Billy and Mac were told about this moments before they consummated their relationship. In 2004, Jill's birth father Arthur Hendricks (David Hedison) briefly visited, and mother and daughter fought over him while Kay again battled her drinking problem. Then it was revealed that Arthur was not Jill's father, but Lauren Fenmore's father was actually Jill's biological dad, making Jill and Lauren half-sisters.

Brad Carlton/Nazi plot
Another controversial storyline involving Brad Carlton was his largely unexplained alter ego named George Kaplan in 2006. Fans had a very negative reaction to the introduction of a plot surrounding Nazis and artwork involving Brad's mother during WWII.  Brad's mother supposedly was in her early 20s during World War II, which would make Brad's mother in her mid to late 80s in 2006.  However, the actress who played Brad's mother appeared to be around 60, far too young for this role.  Fans complained that the Nazi artwork plot made no sense at all, along with Brad's age and the age his mother was supposed to be.  The plot was completely dropped without mention, Brad then had an affair with Sharon Newman, and then was killed off trying to save Sharon's son Noah when he fell through ice on a frozen lake.  The actor Don Diamont then transferred to Y&R's "sister show" The Bold and the Beautiful as a new character named Bill.

In 2007, the show began to reintroduce infamous story plots to draw back some devoted fans. The infamous Jack vs. Victor war began to surface again in November 2006, with Jack secretly manipulating Victor's new company, NVP Retreats (Nikki, Victor, Phyllis), and Victor wanting revenge. Also, with the death of John, the basic "estate inheritance" storyline, made famous with many characters including Kay and Jill, played out between the Abbott children and Gloria, who was John's wife before he died.

Years 2006 and 2007 also saw two murder-mystery plots, as Carmen Mesta (Marisa Ramirez) and Ji Min Kim (Eric Steinberg) were killed off.

Out of the Ashes

One highly publicised story was the culmination of a months-long storyline involving the construction of a casino and resort at the fictional city of Clear Springs; this story ended in the so-called "Clear Springs Explosion."  This event was marketed as The Young and the Restless: Out of the Ashes, which aired from October 19 to October 26, 2007, in which a building collapsed due to the aforementioned explosion and many central characters were injured somehow. The Out of the Ashes storyline is notable for being the first time The Young and the Restless has used a special title sequence for a particular storyline.  However, the extra budget dollars expended on Out of the Ashes'' - approximately US$2,000,000 - produced little or no bump upward in the ratings.

Victims trapped inside the rubble were: Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman), Sharon Abbott (Sharon Case), Nicholas Newman (Joshua Morrow), a pregnant Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle), Adrian Korbel (Eyal Podell), Noah Newman (Hunter Allan), Amber Moore (Adrienne Frantz), Paul Williams (Doug Davidson), Lauren Fenmore Baldwin (Tracey E. Bregman), Detective Maggie Sullivan (Tammy Lauren), Katherine Chancellor (Jeanne Cooper), Cane Ashby (Daniel Goddard) and J.T. Hellstrom (Thad Luckinbill).

References

External links

The Young and the Restless: Yearly Summaries

Storylines

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