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Boys Taste Better with Nutella at Fringe Perth
With a title like "Boys Taste Better with Nutella", I wasn't sure what my partner and I had gotten ourselves into with our last Fringe Perth show for the season.
Seated in the front row, we didn't have to wait long before two colourful characters pranced out onto the stage - the lady in her bright red dress and the man in his denim overalls.
Exuberant, playful and funny, Aggy and Frederick are the second best of friends, and support each other through their many relationship breakups (and there are many!).
It was a funny yet painfully excruciating performance in parts (in a "I can't believe they did that?!" and "that didn't just happen?!" sort of way), as the duo shared stories of their many and varied love adventures, both face to face and on the internet. Their k-pop rendition was a blast and the mukbang sequence by Frederick was unforgettable!
At Affinitys End by Actors Hub
Published: Wednesday, 12 February 2020 14:02
As we were walking towards The Actors Hub Studios in East Perth, my partner and I were chatting about this and that, and the conversation led to him saying "women are a mystery..." and "some more complicated and others easier to understand...". I was hoping I fell in the latter category!
A topical conversation – given that we were heading to The Actors Hub to watch At Affinitys End.
At Affinitys End revolves around 3 main characters - Megan and Brendan (the couple), and a communications consultant / relationships counsellor dubbed "Dr" – each month the couple have a session with Dr to work through their relationship issues.
A simple set greeted us on stage - 2 green chairs, with a bouquet of flowers on the side table, "Dr's" desk and some black pouffes. We then got an intimate look into the lives of the couple, through their regular visits to "Dr", demarcated by a sequence of clothes changes.
The Empire at Fringe Perth
Published: Monday, 10 February 2020 09:48
Written by Greg Letts
Set in a not-so-distant future where China has stepped in and taken over a disaster wracked Australia, The Empire being performed by the Actors Hub as part of Fringe Perth is a bleak mixing of The Matrix, Pokemon Go, Call of Duty and The Hunger Games, along with the comments section on YouTube!
Firmly under the thumb of their new Chinese masters, 80% of Australians take refuge in "The Game", an augmented reality program where they can return to the good old days of Australian values and experience the freedoms they are denied in real world.
But despite the best efforts of the triad of power at Hubris (The Game's developers), The Game is not safe. There are rumours that people are vanishing and turning up dead months later, if they are ever seen again at all!
The Wives of Wolfgang at Fringe Perth
Published: Saturday, 08 February 2020 15:41
My partner and I went out a bit later than usual to take in The Wives of Wolfgang at Fringe Perth. Usually we prefer to catch an early evening show, but we are suckers for a good cabaret and The Wives of Wolfgang, with its premise of a wife unburdening herself at her husband's funeral reception, was too tempting to resist.
So there we were at the Girls School at 9.30pm, waiting in line like good little schoolchildren with the rest of the audience for the teacher to come lead us through the school to our venue, Chemistry (I assume the old Chemistry Lab). I think there were a few of us experiencing PTSD flashbacks as we were instructed to stay together and follow the people in front of you closely so you don't get lost!
The Bride at Fringe Perth
When the media release for a performance talks about brides turning into cockroaches, you know you are in for something a bit different. In the case of The Bride, that difference is an hour of insane and zany physical comedy!
Cockroaches give just about everybody the "Ewww!" response, but don't let that put you off heading into The Blue Room Theatre to watch this terrific little gem. It's held in the Kaos Room, which turns out to be aptly named!
Performer Nadia Collins contorts and distorts her body with gleeful abandon, as she portrays the tribulations of a bride who has awoken on her wedding day only to discover she is now a cockroach! But can she make it to the altar on time? She'll need the help of the audience to get there!
Tony Galati The Musical at Fringe Perth
Written by Lee-Ann Khoh
A musical about the Spudshed guy?
I had no idea what to expect when I went to see Tony Galati the Musical, but it was a full house that joined me on a stiflingly hot opening night. And boy, did the musical deliver.
Through entertaining songs and choreography, we are introduced to Galati's Sicilian roots, his family's market garden in Perth, his highly publicised battles with the potato board, and his now-iconic Spudshed supermarkets. The show does take some creative license (which is acknowledged) as it tells us the story of a loveable Aussie battler.
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Conway Joins Benny The Butcher & Jim Jones In The Best Rappers Debate
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Full article: https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.62488/title.conway-speaks-after-benny-the-butcher-jim-jones-react-to-best-rappers-list Brian "B.Dot" Miller's "Top 10 Rappers of 2021 (So Far)" list has been a hot topic since the RapRadar podcast host dropped it on June 1. Benny The Butcher said he received backlash as if he made the list, and Jim Jones issued a challenge after seeing how low he was on the list. Now, Conway The Machine, who's number four on the list, has something to say. Subscribe to HipHopDX on Youtube for daily Hip Hop News:
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SIST Gao Shenghua's research group makes progress in image anomaly detection
ON2021-09-24TAG: ShanghaiTech UniversityCATEGORY: School of Information Science and Technology
Recently, Associate Professor Gao Shenghua's research group, together with their collaborators, made important progress in image anomaly detection, and published a paper entitled "Memorizing Structure-Texture Correspondence for Image Anomaly Detection" in IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (TNNLS), a representative academic journal in the field of machine learning.
Image anomaly detection refers to the identification of image abnormality in the test phase by leveraging only normal images in the training phase. In real-world scenarios, abnormal samples (e.g., the uncommon defects in industrial inspection images and the uncommon diseases in medical images) are rare and have various possibilities, so it is difficultto collect lots of samples with all possible anomalies. Consequently, traditional image classification methods cannot be directly applied in these scenarios. In contrast, normal training samples can be collected relatively easily, and therefore can be leveraged to train a model for anomaly detection. Because of the potential applications in industrial image and medical image analysis, anomaly detection has attracted wide attention.
Most methods tackle anomaly detection by reconstructing the input images with an Auto-Encoder based model, where an underlying assumption is that the reconstruction errors for the normal images are small and those for the abnormal images are large. However, in the training phase, these Auto-Encoder based methods can also reconstruct the anomalies well, just like a normal image, so that the model recognized the anomalies as the normal images, and thus becomes less sensitive to these anomalies.
To conquer this issue, Gao Shenghua's research group proposed a structure-texture correspondence memory module to reconstruct the image, where a memory mechanism is used to characterize the mapping from the normal structure to its corresponding normal texture. Specifically, they observe that usually for normal images, the texture can be inferred from its corresponding structure, while it is hard to infer the texture from a destroyed structure for the abnormal images. As the correspondence between destroyed structure and texture cannot be characterized by the memory, the abnormal images would have a larger reconstruction error, facilitating anomaly detection. Extensive experiments verify that the method proposed in this paper is effective for industrial inspection images and medical images.
This work was undertaken at ShanghaiTech University, and the collaborators are Southern University of Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and A-STAR. Ph.D. student Zhou Kang and Li Jing from ShanghaiTech are the co-first authors. Professor Gao Shenghua is the corresponding author.
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Fig. 1 Overall framework of the proposed method.
Fig. 2 Qualitative results.


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Plaintiff Government Employees Insurance Company ("Geico") is the owner of the federal trademarks "Geico" and "Geico Direct" which it uses to market its insurance products. Plaintiff alleged that defendant Google operates an Internet search engine on which it sells advertising linked to search terms. When a consumer performs a search for such a term, she sees a search result page that not only contains information about web sites responsive to her request based on neutral criteria, but which also contains information about the web sites of the paid advertisers as well. These latter listings are denoted "sponsored links," and appear to the right of the main search results. Some of these "sponsored links" contain the consumer's 'searched for' term; others do not. Displaying another's trademarked search terms in such "sponsored links" violated Goggle's trademark policy. However, given the presence of Geico's trademarks in a number of such "sponsored links," there was a question as to how vigorously that policy was enforced.
Plaintiff alleged that Google agreed, for a fee, to display such "sponsored links" when plaintiff's trademarks were entered as a search term. By so doing, the Complaint alleged, Google was guilty of trademark infringement and dilution in violation of the Lanham Act, as a contributory and/or vicarious infringer. The Complaint also asserted claims on unfair competition, tortuous interference with prospective economic advantage and statutory civil business conspiracy under Virginia common law.
[T]he evidence before this Court does establish that those sponsored sites that contain "GEICO" either in the title or in the text are likely to confuse for purposes of the Lanham Act requirements . . .
is that this particular group of sponsored sites does violate the Lanham Act.
are No. 1 whether or not Google is liable for any Lanham Act violation based upon those sponsored sites and 2 if Google were liable then what damages would be appropriate.
is that, frankly, Dr. Ford either wasn't asked or chose not to actually query that particular issue because the survey focused on ether ads that had "GEICO" in the title - I mean, the page that people were looking at had five sponsored ads, the first four of which had "GEICO" either in the title and/or in the text. The fifth one did not, but it was on a page that had the four previous sponsored links.
As can be seen from the Court's decision, this ruling was premised largely on the Court's criticism of the survey evidence presented by plaintiff. While that evidence showed that consumers were confused as to the source of "sponsored links" that appeared in response to a query for "Geico" that did not contain the word "GEICO" the Court rejected that evidence because the survey showed such a "sponsored link" on a search result page that also showed the consumer four other "sponsored links," each of which did contain the Geico trademark.


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United States Armed Forces Dig Social Media
The brave men and women who wear our nation's uniform are big fans of social media – especially, as it turns out, the new kid on the block, Pinterest. According to published reports this week, the United States military is quite fond of social media. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Army, where … Read More
The brave men and women who wear our nation's uniform are big fans of social media – especially, as it turns out, the new kid on the block, Pinterest.
According to published reports this week, the United States military is quite fond of social media. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Army, where Pinterest is getting the salute from soldiers everywhere.
In addition to being ideal for soldiers who connect with family and friends while stationed away from them, social media is also a great tool for recruiting and showing prospective soldiers how exciting and rewarding a career in the military can be.
"All of our social media content is public domain and we encourage the public to share it openly," Juanita Chang, director of the U.S. Army's online and social media division, tells Mashable. "Pinterest helps to do that, as does our Flickr account and other sites."
In addition to Pinterest, the U.S. Army is also into Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and Google+.
Roughly two million people "like" the Army on Facebook and another 120,000 "follow" the Army on Twitter.
"We recognize that each social media platform has a different audience," Chang admits. "With the growing popularity of Pinterest, we determined that there was a unique audience that we may not have been reaching through other social media platforms."
How do you feel social media platforms can best be used by the branches of the U.S. armed forces today?
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The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried
By Shaun David Hutchinson
Read by Candace Thaxton and Timothy Andrés Pabon
"A fearless and brutal look at friendships...you will laugh, rage, and mourn its loss when it's over." —Justina Ireland, New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation
"Simultaneously hilarious and moving, weird and wonderful." —Jeff Zentner, Morris Award–winning author of The Serpent King
Six Feet Under meets Pushing Daisies in this quirky, heartfelt story about two teens who are granted extra time to resolve what was left unfinished after one of them suddenly dies.
A good friend will bury your body, a best friend will dig you back up.
Dino doesn't mind spending time with the dead. His parents own a funeral home, and death is literally the family business. He's just not used to them talking back. Until Dino's ex-best friend July dies suddenly—and then comes back to life. Except not exactly. Somehow July is not quite alive, and not quite dead.
As Dino and July attempt to figure out what's happening, they must also confront why and how their friendship ended so badly, and what they have left to understand about themselves, each other, and all those grand mysteries of life.
Critically acclaimed author Shaun Hutchinson delivers another wholly unique novel blending the real and surreal while reminding all of us what it is to love someone through and around our faults.
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Seventeen-year-olds Dino DeLuca and July Cooper have been ex–best friends for a year. Prior to that, they barely have any memories that the other isn't a part of. So when July suddenly dies of an aneurysm, Dino is left with a multitude of mixed feelings. Fortunately—or unfortunately—Dino and July have another chance to work out their complicated relationship when July sits up on the metal table in the DeLuca and Son's mortuary.
1. List the reasons Dino both hates and misses July. Why do you think it's possible to have conflicting feelings toward someone who knows you best? Have you experienced complicated friendships or relationships like Dino and July? What advice would you give Dino?
2. What do Dino's parents expect of him? Why do you think Dino has continued to work in the morgue even though he's not passionate about it? Why do his parents refuse to believe him when he tells them he doesn't want to follow in their footsteps? What do your parents expect of you? How are parental expectations harmful? How are they beneficial?
3. In Dee's bedroom, her clothes are sorted by type and color. Rafi's room has dirty clothes, comic books, computer parts, and other objects littering the floor. What does someone's room say about them? What does your room say about you? Do you think your room reflects who you are? Where do you feel most like yourself? Are there both people and places that make you feel that way?
4. Dino considers his older sibling Dee to be perfect. July has a younger sister who "barely registers" because her older sister feels larger than life. Think about the people in your life: classmates, siblings, friends, relatives, members of your community. How do you view them? Do you think there are things they haven't shared with you? Do you think you ever categorize or stereotype them, or make assumptions? How could you get to know them better? Do you think people ever misunderstand you? How can you be better about making your views, preferences, and personality known?
5. What physical differences does July experience because her body is a corpse? How does her physical decline affect the plot? Do you think it affects Dino and July's relationship?
6. Do you agree or disagree with July's decision not to go see her family? Explain your answer. What would you choose to do if you were in her shoes? What would you want if you were her family? Do you think there's an opportunity for closure?
7. Compare and contrast Dino and July. After reviewing your list, why do you think they were best friends? Do you think they had more of a positive or a negative influence on each other? What qualities do you value in a friend? What signs might point to a toxic friendship? Do you consider the length of a friendship to be a big factor in choosing whether or not to remain close? Have your friendships changed growing up? Are there any friendships you wish you had a second chance to fix? Explain your answer.
8. In what ways has Dino changed since he met Rafi? How does Rafi encourage Dino in ways that July may have neglected? Why is Dino so conflicted about having the two meet? What realization does he come to when he considers this?
9. How might the plot of this story change if it had been written in the 1990s before smart phones?
10. Describe the situation that ends with Kandis saying, "Then those jokes don't belong to you." Why do you think Rafi's friends are so bothered by July's attempt at humor? Why do you think July thought it was okay to make those jokes? Do you think someone laughing along with you automatically means they appreciate your joke? Why might it be difficult for someone to speak up about what they find offensive, especially in the context of a larger group? Do you think it's your responsibility to be sensitive to other identities and cultures?
11. What does Rafi try to show Dino about family and belonging while they're cleaning the beach with other kids from the community center? Think about interactions you see between Rafi and his friends throughout the novel; how do you know they respect and understand each other? Compare and contrast relationships between Rafi and his friends with Dino and July's relationship. What might Dino and July be able to learn from Rafi's group? What does Rafi try to make Dino see about himself?
12. What does July learn when she's pretending to be Roxy? Why can putting on a persona help people deal with issues or situations? What are some of the problems that can arise from pretending to be someone else? Do you think July knows who she is with Dino and without Dino? Do you think she's as comfortable with herself and her decisions as she first appears to be?
13. Why are Dino and July no longer friends when the book begins? By the end of the book, whose fault do you think that is? Do you think Dino and July know each other as well as they think they do? Why can it become problematic to make assumptions for someone you know well, or to only let one person get close to you? What kind of sacrifices would you make for your friends? Do you feel you can be honest with them? Do you think best friends should always be truthful?
14. Explain how Dino and July reach a new understanding of one another. Why do you think they struggled so much to communicate when July was alive? Do you think knowing July might not have much time left contributed to their desire for reconciliation? Do you think both Dino and July are at peace with how they left things?
15. What is your definition of romantic love? How does Rafi know he is in love with Dino? Why does Dee believe that she is in love with Theo? Why can it be difficult to express how we feel about one another? What are the similarities and differences between romantic love and the love of a close friend? Do you believe you need friendship to build a strong relationship? Why can it be difficult when a close friend begins a relationship? Think about the dynamic between July and Dino, and Dino's hesitation with Rafi.
16. Why do you think no one else dies after July comes back from the dead? What does the novel say about death and dying? Why do you think the author chose to inject humor into the topic?
17. Do you agree with the title? Should the past stay buried? Explain your answer. How might Dino's life have progressed if he hadn't had the chance to repair things with July?
1. One of the repeating images in this novel is boxes. As a class, discuss the following quotes and situations from the story:
"People, like cats, are obsessed with boxes."
"But once we stuff someone into a box, what's on the inside no longer matters."
"We box reality up and hide it in some distant corner of our minds like a bomb on a timer we'll be forced to confront one way or another."
Rafi brings Dino a box celebrating their relationship.
Coffins are boxes.
Then write an essay about boxes you see in your life or community, and how they make you feel. Do you ever unintentionally or intentionally box others in? How can you prevent or avoid doing this in the future? Reflect on the class discussion: Did anything anyone said make you view yourself or others differently? Did the conversation change the way you feel about any of the events in the novel?
2. July chooses to write e-mails for Dino to send to her family. Write a note to someone in your life whom you've wronged or whom you haven't been completely honest with, and explain how you feel or what you're sorry for. What can you do to open a conversation? Make sure you include questions for them, and ideas you can both reflect on. How long did it take you to write the letter? How did it make you feel? Why can it be easier to write to someone instead of speak face-to-face? Why do you think July chose to leave her family notes instead of talking to them one last time?
3. Make a list of ten activities that make the world a better place, like cleaning up a beach or starting a community center. Then make a list of ten purely fun activities, like going to Disneyland. Out of the twenty items on your lists, circle the top five activities that you would choose to do. What do your choices say about you? Do you think July's and Dino's lists would look different at the beginning of the book versus the end? What kind of perspective did July's death give them on life? Does thinking about this change any of your choices?
4. There are many funny, intense, and strange conversations in the novel. Choose one of your favorite scenes and find a friend or two to perform a readers' theatre version in front of your classmates. Then, as a class, choose one scene for multiple groups to perform. How do different inflections change your interpretation of the book, or your appreciation for the characters?
Guide inspired by Shari Conradson, an English, drama, and history teacher in California.
This guide has been provided by Simon & Schuster for classroom, library, and reading group use. It may be reproduced in its entirety or excerpted for these purposes.
Photograph by Chris Piedra
Shaun David Hutchinson
Shaun David Hutchinson is the author of numerous books for young adults, including The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried, The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza, At the Edge of the Universe, and We Are the Ants. He also edited the anthologies Violent Ends and Feral Youth and wrote the memoir Brave Face, which chronicles his struggles with depression and coming out during his teenage years. He lives in Seattle, where he enjoys drinking coffee, yelling at the TV, and eating cake. Visit him at ShaunDavidHutchinson.com or on Twitter @ShaunieDarko.
About The Readers
Candace Thaxton
Timothy Andrés Pabon
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio (February 19, 2019)
Runtime: 6 hours and 33 minutes
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Morning! I've a Christmas card to share today and also a peek at how I change up the Wild Orchid Crafts lilies to look like poinsettias. Okay, so originally this started out as a card for a man, but then the flowers crept in, then I added pearls and well, now it's not!
I love this Mr Frosty stamp, soooo cute!
A close up of the transformed lilies.
I'm oh so slowly working through stamps that have never been inked, this is one of them.
I wasn't too sure of the colours of the paper when I first started, I'm afraid of dark colours lol. But I ♥ how this one turned out, I think the dark brown really sets the aqua off.
Ugh I thought I had a close up of the colouring but don't seem to have saved it – sorry.
The little bow on the die cut tree was made using Martha Stewart clay and mould.
Whimsy Stamps Christmas Tree Die – isn't this one just sublime with all the swirls?
I'm on a Christmas card roll, I just love all the bling I can add to them.
I had a sheet of Vintage images sat on my desk as well as a new frame die and they just begged to be matched up. I love it when inspiration is just sat there waiting, and a super quick vintagey card is the result.
Not to forget the new Xmas trees dies! LOVE these.
I really had such fun making this card – as well as making a dent in the Christmas cards I need to make.
The fence die arrived in the mail so I had to use it. Love this one so much, and even though I cut off a third from the width it didn't lose it's impact.
Love how the large rose works on this card. Sometimes the larger flowers can be too obtrusive and look clunky, but this one fits perfectly.
I'm back to the purple again. I absolutely love purple and green together, I don't now why I don't use it more.
The leafy cutout I coloured with bundled sage then went cah-razy with the pearls again.
The lace is also from WOC, unfortunately I can't see it in the shop so can't add the code.
How cute is this little sailing boat die?
Oh dearie me, I've made my second Christmas card for the year. It's all downhill from here now lol. This is for the Noor! Design August challenge, which is Christmas.
Loving the shabby pink and pale blue colour scheme of these papers.


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Ben Morrison Reawakens After Brothers Comatose
San Francisco bluegrass favorite plays solo at Moe's Alley on Friday, Sept. 13
By Aaron Carnes
In 2016, Ben Morrison's five-piece San Francisco bluegrass band Brothers Comatose sold out the Fillmore. Last year, it nearly happened again. It was a culmination of the 120-day-a-year touring schedule the members had maintained for over a decade in their push to carve out sustained indie success.
Then, early last year, two of the members—the mandolin player and the bassist—told Morrison they were quitting the band. He didn't know what was going to happen next.
"I put all of my energy into that band. It's like, 'My dreams are coming true.' It was shocking to have two guys leave the band, and all of the sudden not know the future. It was heartbreaking," Morrison says. "I'm not mad at those guys. You've got to choose your own path in life."
The remaining members of the group decided to take time off to reassess everything, and to see if they even wanted to continue as a touring band. But Morrison didn't slow down. He had been toying with the idea of recording a solo album for a while, and it suddenly seemed like the opportune moment.
"As much as I love that band, there's a few songs I wrote that didn't work for Brothers Comatose. It needs drums. It needs electric guitar," Morrison says. "That's the good thing about music. It doesn't have to be a monogamous relationship. You can do something on the side, and then you can come back and probably be a stronger musician because of it."
The new record, Old Technology, shows a whole different side of Morrison. There are no finger-picking string jamborees. These are bittersweet, singer-songwriter-style Americana tunes in the vein of Kris Kristofferson and the Band.
"It was pretty trying for me. I put my head down and focused on this project," Morrison says. "I'm going to funnel it into this thing."
He first recorded "25 Miles" late in 2018. It's an older song he'd written for Brothers a few years back. He tried, but could never make it work. As a solo artist, he was able to give it the country-rock feel it needed, with hand-picked musician friends to bring it to life. It's a fitting anthem for this time in his life; he sings about the joy and sadness of being on the road with friends, about to run out of gas.
The song has racked up more than 350,000 Spotify plays so far, which shocked him. He's watched other friends in successful bands put out overlooked side projects.
"Whatever you're trying to do, there are no shortcuts. If you're super famous, that can help. But I'm not super famous," Morrison says. "It was awesome. Something can exist outside of the band scenario."
The success of the song gave him confidence to pursue a full-length in the same Americana style. The tone of the record expressed the upheaval in his life.
None of the songs directly deal with band dynamics, but they do express Morrison's complex emotional state. Some of the specific back stories of the songs are odd, like the country weeper "I Hope You're Not Sorry." In it, he sings about a woman who stalked him for a while. It got so bad he filed a restraining order. Then, one day, she disappeared, and he kind of missed her.
"Things got really strange for a while. Then she stopped coming to shows. I was bummed," Morrison says. "It's kind of a love song—love you never wanted, but as soon as it's not there, you're depressed about it."
Morrison has already done some touring as the Ben Morrison Band, which has gone well. Brothers Comatose found new members, and they've been up and running as of March this year.
"I want to have these projects coexist, and be able to record an album with Brothers, and tour behind that. Go record an album with my band, too, and then tour on that," Morrison says. "I want to get out there and play music for people. It's the best job I could ever have. I'm trying to do it before I get old and bust my hip. Might as well go for it."
The Ben Morrison Band performs at 9 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 13, at Moe's Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $15 adv/$20 door. 479-1854.
Aaron Carnes
Aaron is a hard-working freelance writer with a focus on music, art, food, culture and travel. In addition to Good Times, he's a regular contributor to Sacramento News & Review, VIA Magazine and Playboy. When he's not working, he's either backpacking, arguing about music or working on his book about ska. One thing's for sure—he knows more about ska than you.
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