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Rockin' Retro Guide to Dragon Con 2015
Posted on: Sep 3rd, 2015 By: Anya99
By Claudia Dafrico
As the famed pop culture extravaganza that is Dragon Con takes over downtown Atlanta once again this Labor Day weekend, one has to think: where to even begin? In between countless meet and greets, discussion panels, vendors, and amazing cosplays to ogle at, it seems impossible to do everything Dragon Con has to offer in just four days. ATLRetro is here with our top picks to help you get your nerdy Retro fix without short circuiting from overstimulation.
CAROLL SPINNEY. The legendary muppeteer behind everyone's favorite SESAME STREET resident, Big Bird, will be speaking at the Imperial Ballroom in the Marriott Marquis Atlanta on Saturday at 2:30 P.M. This is a must-do for any con-goer, child or adult, that grew up with Big Bird and his neighbors.
PETER MAYHEW. With STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS approaching at near-light speed, the hype for the new film has reached peak levels. Be at the Mariott Imperial Ballroom Sunday at 4:00 P.M. to hear Peter Mayhew, the actor behind beloved Chewbacca, talk about the new installment in the saga and his experience appearing in all three STAR WARS trilogies.
BARRY BOSTWICK. If you're one of many that have spent weekends past midnight with Dr. Frank N Furter and freinds, you'll definitely want to make your way over to the Hyatt Regency Atlanta on Friday at 1:00 P.M. to catch up with Barry Bostwick, aka Brad Majors, from THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975), and see why he was compelled to audition for the film. Also catch him at Lips Down on Dixie's live performance accompanying RHPS at 1:30 A.M. on Sunday in the Hyatt Centennial Ballroom.
TERRY JONES. Terry Gilliam has been a guest at a couple of DragonCons. Now we get the other Monty Python Terry. What's he best known for? Well, here's a hint: "Spam! Spam! Spam! Spam! Spam! Spam!" Here him share his Python memories and more on Sunday at 11:30 A.M.. and he presents "Terry Jones: A Very Naughty Boy Live!" about the making of LIFE OF BRIAN (1979) on Monday at 10 A.M., both in the Sheraton Atlanta's Grand Ballroom.
COMIC & POP ARTIST ALLEY
DEREK YANIGER. If the art of perpetual Kool Kat Derek Yaniger looks familiar, it's probably because you can see it at the top of this article. Derek designed ATLRetro's fabulous logo. Stop by his booth to get your fix of rockabilly, tiki and more in a sea of fantasy and steampunk.
THE HISTORY OF PULP FICTION. Science fiction, fantasy, horror, weird fiction, adventure, noir. They all appeared in the pages of pulp magazines so it makes sense that Pulp Fiction has its own panel. Join fellow pulp lovers in a discussion of Pulp's fascinating past and exciting future. (Sun. 10 AM; Augusta 3, Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel)
PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE: WE KNOW YOU ARE. There is perhaps no movie that is quite as quotable as Tim Burton's classic PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE (1985) With a reboot rumored to be in the works, be sure to celebrate the original on its 30th anniversary. Tell 'em Large Marge sent ya! (Sun 10 PM; M303-M303, Atlanta Marriott Marquis)
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY REUNION. Since its premiere in 1968, Stanley Kubrick's sci-fi epic has bewitched viewers of all generations. Two of the film's stars, Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood, reunite to reminisce on the unbelievably unique experience they had performing in this landmark film. (Fri. 1 PM, Sat. 5:30 PM; Grand Ballroom East, Hilton Atlanta)
CHRISTOPHER LEE & LEONARD NIMOY: CLASSIC SCI FI LEGENDS. 2015 saw the loss of two of the most talented actors the Sci-Fi and Horror genres have ever known. Join other fans to celebrate the lives of Leonard Nimoy and Sir Christopher Lee, whose contributions to pop culture will never be forgotten. (Sat. 5:30 PM; M303-M304, Atlanta Mariott Marquis)
CTHULHU: NEW SPINS ON OLD MYTHOS. Everyone's favorite Elder One has resurged in popularity in the past few years, and it looks like it is here to stay. Stop by to hear the experts explain how and why Cthulhu "works" in today's world of pop culture, and where he's headed in the years to come. (Fri. 7 PM; Peachtree 1-2, Westin Peachtree Plaza)
EXPLOITATION! In what might end up being the most entertaining and liveliest panel at Dragon Con, panelists and fans will gather to celebrate exploitation and cult films and all the revelry they bring. A late night panel for a late night crowd. (Fri. 10 PM; Peachtree 1-2, Westin Peachtree Plaza)
HISTORICAL HORROR. ATLRetro's own Anya Martin will be moderating this panel, which will discuss and analyze the role history plays in horror fiction and how historical settings can bring new life (or death) to a story. Other panelists include Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Leanna Renee Hieber, Kenneth Mark Hoover and L. Andrew Cooper. (Sun. 11:30 AM; Peachtree 1-2, Westin Peachtree Plaza)
PIN UPS BY THE POOL. Who doesn't love mermaids? Come see Dragon Con's finest sea sirens compete for the grand prize, and join in on the fun by channeling your inner pin up for some poolside glam. (Fri. 8:30 PM; Sheraton Atlanta)
SUITS, SINATRA & STAR WARS. In wonderful Dragon Con fashion, two fabulous themes (the STAR WARS saga and the Rat Pack) have been combined to create what promises to be a swingin' night for all. Dancing with a wookie to a Sinatra song is the best kind of night one can have, after all. (Fri. 10 PM; A601-A602, Marriott Marquis Atlanta)
MONSTER MASH FOR CHARITY. Halloween may be over a month away, but that doesn't mean you can't break out your Dracula fangs and Frankenstein bolts early. And the best part of this classic monsters graveyard smash? It's all for a good cause! (Fri. 10 PM; Regency VI-VII, Hyatt Regency Atlanta)
MECHANICAL MASQUERADE. Go really retro Steampunk style at the Artifice Club's annual four-hour bash, orchestrated by Kool Kat Dr. Q and always a Dragon Con highlight. The theme this year is "Dystopia A Dark Future to Remember." ( Sun. 10 PM;Peachtree Ballroom, Westin Peachtree Plaza)
DRAGONCON BURLESQUE: A GLAMOUR GEEK REVENUE-Burlesque is a Dragoncon staple; no Labor Day weekend would be complete without at least one show. Stay up late Saturday night to get a chance to check out Kool Kat Taloolah Love and the rest of the lovely ladies and mayhaps lads, too, of D-Con burlesque; they're sure to put on a show that brings down the house. (Sun. 12:00 AM; Reg. VI-VII, Hyatt)
To check out the complete Dragon Con schedule, download the Pocket Program and/or app at www.dragoncon.org.
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Kool Kat of the Week: Poppin' in with Dante DeStefano on Her Way to DragonCon's Comics and Pop Art Alley!
Posted on: Aug 27th, 2014 By: Anya99
To some, Dragoncon (Aug. 28-Sept. 2) is a five-day visual feast of costumery, to others a cosplay playground. A chance to meet, listen to and get the autograph of a favorite celebrity. Or the ultimate marketplace for all things phantastique. Sooner or later, however, all the Kool Kats find their way to Comics and Pop Art Alley. Two levels beneath the lobby of the Hyatt Regency Atlanta.
Here you'll find not only top nationally known comics artists but some of Atlanta's finest creative talents from Kool Kats Chris Hamer to Derek Yaniger, aka DerekART, who designed ATLRetro's swingin' logo.
One of our favorite local artists who'll be lurking in the Alley this year is Dante DeStefano, the dark art mistress extraordinaire of Rag Bone Studio. Dante began her art career as a freelance illustrator focusing on painting with traditional media and illustrating children's books. She developed a signature style of spooky-cute art, which she displays in galleries and conventions around the southeast United States.
ATLRetro caught up with Dante to find out more about what attracts her to creepy things that go bump in the night, what she'll be doing at DragonCon and her latest excapades honing her skills as an animator and visual development for film, television and new media.
ATLRetro: How did you get into art and comics?
Dante DeStefano: Like many artists, I've been drawing and making things since I can remember. I've never been one to stick to any one medium for very long. I love creating and I want to try everything. I'm an illustrator, painter, animator, sculptor, puppet builder and seamstress. I got into making art because it feels good to create and to enjoy the creations of others. My brother, Nic, is also an artist, cartoonist and game developer. He helped foster my love of drawing. I got into comics by visiting comic book stores with him when we were kids.
Who are a few of the artists who inspired you then and now and why?
My favorite comic when I was a kid was Walt Kelly's POGO. I didn't get a lot of the political jokes then, but I loved copying the characters from the strips, and as a native Georgian, the fact that it was set in the south resonated with me. Around that same time was when I heard my first Tom Waits album, THE BLACK RIDER. The imagery that danced around in my head was so vivid. I still draw inspiration from those daydreams and his music. Synesthesia is a great tool for me.
As far as comics go, I discovered Dianne DiMassa thanks to Charis Books when I was 15. HOTHEAD PAISAN is still my favorite comic book. It was my gateway into underground comix. As a young, queer, Italian myself, Hothead became a sort of demented role model for me. DiMassa and Allison Bechdel were great queer cartoonist trailblazers for the pre-web-comic era.
I also admire Wayne White for his uncontainable body of work and multiple careers. From puppets to animating to sculptures, I love artists who to do everything they can get their hands on.
How would you describe your own work, and what might ATLRetro readers be familiar with?
My own work is definitely on the cartoony side. I'm all about designing original characters. A lot of my characters have a heavy Fleischer animation influence. A lot of my paintings and animations feature monsters, freaks and spooky things. I have displayed paintings in some local galleries, including Homegrown Decatur. Readers might be interested to know that I illustrated album covers and T-shirts for Blair Crimmins and the Hookers.
Many of our readers indeed are big fans of Blair Crimmins. Any story behind how you met him and your work with him?
I heard "Old Man Cabbage" on WRAS a few times. Whenever I heard that song, a brilliant haunted house scene that looked like it came right out of Fleischer Studios would play in my head. I didn't catch who the band was until I heard an interview with Blair on that same station. I bought that album and immediately began drawing and painting the characters that popped into my head while it was playing. I emailed him pictures of the paintings that were inspired by his music. Before I knew it, I was meeting with the music man himself and painting a cover for STATE HOTEL featuring those characters.
There's so much to do at DragonCon. Why should attendees be sure to visit Comics and Pop Artist Alley?
Everyone should visit the Artist Alley because that is the heart of the so-called "comic convention." Before costumes, movie stars and parties, there are the artists who come to show you their original content. This is where the creators are, newbies and old pros. Artists' alley is where you can meet and support artists directly. We come out to table at these cons because we are excited to meet you and to show our work. It's especially a great way to discover your new favorite artist. Plus, you might be able to get a custom commission right at the con!
What are you bringing to Comic and Pop Artist Alley?
I have an exciting new line of limited edition art toys that my partner Colin and I have made by hand. Each one is based off of an original character and hand-painted. I will also have original paintings (large and small), a series of art prints, T-shirts and greeting cards. Most importantly, I'll be offering sketches and commissions on-site!
Do you do commissions outside of conventions?
Absolutely! This is a great time of year for commissions. I do a lot of them around the winter holidays. One of my specialties is spooky skeleton portraits. I like doing portraits and caricatures in general. If you have any requests, you can send them to dante@ragbonestudio.com.
What else are you working on now? I understand you have an exciting new animation project.
Yes! I am making a film called MUSEUM OF MONSTER ART. It's a short 2D traditional animation, based off of MONSTERS, my first art show at Kai Lin Art (Gallery). In this version, a young artist meets a monster who helps draw a crowd of his monster friends to her show. It features a lot of my characters from paintings that I made for the exhibit, both in the characters and the backgrounds. My crew and I are finishing up the rough animation at the moment. I'll be submitting my film to festivals in the winter, but ATLRetro readers can see more at www.monsterartfilm.wordpress.com.
Category: Kool Kat of the Week | Tags: allison bechdel, animation, art, black rider, Blair Crimmins, charis books, Chris Hamer, comics, dante destefano, Derek Yaniger, DerekArt, dianne dimassa, DragonCon, homegrown decatur, hothead paisan, hyatt regency, kai lin, max fleischer, monsters, museum of monster art, Old Man Cabbage, pogo, pop art, rag bone studio, spooky, State Hotel, Tom Waits, walt kelly, wayne white
Fire-Eating Mermaids, Cocktails and Guitars, Oh, My! Getting Revved & Ready for the Second Annual Rockabilly Luau
Atlanta will say aloha to the Second Annual Rockabilly Luau this Sat. Aug. 4 from noon to 10 p.m. by the pool at the Holiday Inn Northlake, which has been undergoing renovations for a tiki cabana look. The first Rockabilly Luau last summer at Masquerade Music Park featured a great line-up of bands, burlesque and Polynesian performers and vendors. But after this long hot summer and before the Mayan calendar ends, this year's event is themed The End of Summer, End of the World Luau! And ATLRetro is excited that cofounder Chris Mattox decided to relocate it to a more watery location, allowing us to pretend we have escaped to the paradise of the Hawaiian Islands and some added entertainment opportunities including aquatic dance by Marina the Fire-Eating Mermaid (also known as MeduSirena) from Fort Lauderdale, FL. Plus the incomparable Calu Cordeiro, mixologist for Mai Tai Tahitian Tuesdays at Dark Horse Tavern, will be supervising the cocktails – a must for any Retro-Polynesian-themed event. Again all proceeds go to two animal rescue charities, Friends to the Forlorn and Shelter Angels
True to its name, Rockabilly Luau combines two Retro styles – tiki and rockabilly, with a healthy dose of surf. Back again are ATLRetro favorites The Rebel Surfers from Nashville (12:30-1:30), Hot Rod Walt and the Psycho Devilles (4:15-5:15) and Daikaiju (1:45-2:45), who unfortunately got rained out last year. El Capitan & Thee Scallywags (5:30-6:30) also are on the bill, as well as a Polynesian Show (3-4 and 7:15-8:15), a tropical bathing suit fashion show by Waterbabies (6:45-7), Marina the Fire-Eating Mermaid (8:30-9), and culminating in a Volcano Sacrifice Burlesque Show starting at 9:15. Co-hosts are Marina and the Right Rev. Andy, DJ of Psychobilly Freakout on Garage 71, Atlanta's top rockabilly music radio source and the main stage sponsor.
More features include a fire knife performance, a vintage car cruise-in, live tiki carving, real kalua pork and other Polynesian fare, hula hoop performances by Hoop Essence, Poi performances by Sinder and Incendia and tons of vendors located on Tiki Row (including ATLRetro! We'll be bringing plenty of T-shirts featuring our exclusive logo by DerekArt, hair flower art, Hula girl tote bags and more Hawaiiana and Retro items).
Marina, the Fire-Eating Mermaid. Photo courtesy of Marina.
ATLRetro caught up with Marina, a self-described "zany Uncanny Exoticat-Aquaticat," to find out a little more about what it's like to be a mermaid, why she was drawn to recreating vintage aquatic dance for today's audiences, her Retro dance influences ranging from Esther Williams to Bruce Lee, and what she has planned for the Rockabilly Luau.
ATLRetro: How did you become a mermaid?
Marina: Well, there was never a time I "became" a "mermaid," to tell you the truth. I can say that I learned how to free dive at a very early age – 3 – in the West Indies and have always maintained a strong connection with aquatic movement art. That, together with training in Polynesian and Eastern dances, it was a natural fit. I was inspired by marine animal movement and performers and showpeople ranging from Esther Williams, Eartha Kitt, Ricou Browning, Annette Kellerman, Iris Chacón and even Freddie Mercury, with a touch of Bruce Lee. My goal is to not only to return aquatic performances to people's consciousness, but to help educate and encourage the art form for future generations. Retro-tainment if you will.
What attracts you to mermaids and do you have a favorite mermaid of screen or fiction?
The mermaid [is a] combination of two enviornments – the aquatic & the terrestrial – [and] everyone sees it in a different and personal manner. I perform often without fins, and love it just as much. It pays homage to those first aquatic performers.
The "mermaid" is what most people connect with, and as seems to have become quite popular recently, it's what most people expect. I make it a point, however, not to appear "realistic," instead opting for the image of a woman in a "fishtail cocktail dress." I feel it best addresses the genre I wish to represent.
Marina recreates the aquatic dance made famous by the incomparable Esther Williams. Photo courtesy of Marina.
As for my favorite "mermaid" in film, it has to be the great Esther Williams. If you are referring to the "tailed" variety, it's got to be SHE CREATURE (2001 remake). She was dangerous, and that really was great – she should make you nervous! The original CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON is also a fave. Love him to chummy bits.No single time we Phentermine suffered any "fake drugs" or delay.
Can you give readers a quick taste of what you have planned for Rockabilly Luau?
As for what I've got planned, all I'll say is that it will be a loving nod to the golden age of tourism entertainment – a bit of swimming, a bit of fire, a lot of humor. I sincerely hope everyone enjoys it. It is a terrific honor to be a part of such a terrific event and for such a noble cause.
Tickets for the Rockabilly Luau are $15 in advance (available here) and $20 at the gate.
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Kool Kat of the Week: Kickin' It Out, Looking Tough with Jet Terror at the Star Bar's NYC Punk Tribute Fri. July 27
Jet Terror. Photo credit: Widdi Turner.
Think you are or ever were a punk rocker? The Star Bar is throwing a NYC Punk Tribute Night Fri. July 27 with some of Atlanta's finest garage and punk bands headlined by none other than Jayne County & The Electrick Queers and also including The Forty-Fives ( doingMC5 songs), The El Caminos, Randy Micheal and the Sharp Dressed Lads and Ghost Bikini . They'll be performing songs by the New York Dolls, Blondie, Ramones, MC5 and more that started a rock revolution in the early-mid 1970s before the Sex Pistols ever spiked their hair. Unfortunately too many performers of that era have left this plane including a majority of Ramones and NY Dolls, but Atlanta is fortunate to be home to the queen of Max's Kansas City, Jayne County. Since we interviewed Jayne last October (catch up with that Kool Kat here), we decided to turn to Jet Terror, an Atlanta punk legend in his own right as one of the founding members of the recently resurrected and still refreshingly raunchy Dead Elvis (Ed. note: fellow band member Derek Yaniger designed the ATLRetro logo; read an interview with him and catch up some more on the history of Dead Elvis here.)
The last time I interviewed Jet was for Maximum Rock n Roll, the best newsprint hardcore punk zine ever (and still thriving on the Web here), along with the rest of Dead Elvis – Derek, Kevin Rej and Chris Mills, in Chris's Grant Park living room. Let's just say there was a lot of…er…colorful language. A few years later, Jet left Atlanta for San Francisco, so it's great to see him back roughing up the Atlanta music scene. If you didn't get to Greenwich Village in the 1970s, this Friday night is sure to be the next best thing…
Why a 1970s NYC Punk Tribute Night in 2012?
Well, we just want to celebrate the music of that era and give people a real taste of what it was like. It was really Jayne's idea, and I put it together with the Star Bar's help. We wanted to create an event, not just a show. It will be fuckin' great.
Jayne County and the Electrick Queers. Photo credit: Jeff Shipman.
Is the show going to mostly be covers?
Yeah it will be a lot of covers of bands like, Ramones, Dead Boys, New York Dolls, MC5, Velvet Underground and so on. Each band may do an original or two.
Other than Jayne County, what are the three must-know performers/bands of that era in your opinion and why?
Iggy and the Stooges, Ramones, New York Dolls. If you have to ask why, go to YouTube.
How did you meet Jayne County?
I met her through my girlfriend's business partner Tim Scott. She was wanting to play some shows and we clicked.
What's the back story about the Electrick Queers? I understand they were first formed because Jayne needed a back-up band for a gig she had at a PAWS Atlanta fundraiser?
Basically we formed to support her on that gig, but always had planned to move forward as her current band. Here we are four years later. It's been a blast and getting better all the time.
Any chance of a Jayne County and the Electrick Queers recording in the future?
We just recorded two brand new songs that we wrote with Jayne, and they came out very strong. She and I are always throwing around ideas and are working on more new songs currently with the band. She's the most dynamic person I've ever played with.
Jet Terror. Photo credit: Jeff Shipman.
What's up with Dead Elvis? Any more gigs planned this summer/fall?
Hey, Dead Elvis has been around for 27 years now. We never expected we would still be playing in 2012. To answer your question, I don't know. We don't plan it; usually some show is presented to us, and we figure we can go onstage and destroy it one more time for fun. It's all about having fun acting like immature beer-swilling punks.
You relocated to San Francisco for a long time. What made you return to Atlanta?
Yep, I lived in San Francisco for most of the Nineties. SF is still just as much home to me as Atlanta is. I came back to Atlanta in 2000, mainly because of some family health issues, and I was also looking to form my dream band. Luckily I did meet the right guitar player (Jim Wright) and the right guys and formed The Evils. We're playing The Star Bar on August 24.
I hear you're doing some work with WWE. Can you tell us about that?
I work full time for the WWE world television tour for the show's MONDAY NIGHT RAW and SMACKDOWN. I'm the Stage Manager. I'm responsible for getting our show built, run and loaded out. I manage about 150 people a day and 14 semi trucks of gear. It's a big crazy job. I'm on a plane twice a week to somewhere in the U.S., Canada or Mexico.
What else are you up to?
I have a wonderful girlfriend (Jen [Belgard of Libertine, and ATLRetro contributing writer]), a German shepherd, a crazy terrier and three cats. They keep me pretty busy when I'm home. Also, I'm working on buying a bar with my business partner.
Any other personal interests of note?
Yes, I love my 1947 Chevy Rat Rod truck and my Triumph Bonneville motorcycle. My favorite bands: Elvis, The Stooges, MC5, Motörhead, Eddie Cochran, Hank Williams Sr., The Kinks, etc. etc…
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In Search of Bigfoot at Rock n Roll Monster Bash 2012 and the DEAR GOD! NO! DVD Release Party!
Posted on: Jun 2nd, 2012 By: Anya99
We can't say where you'll find a Sasquatch in the actual woods, but we're damned sure that you can spot BIGFOOT, one of Atlanta's most badass and hard-edged rock bands, twice in the next few days right here. First they'll be grinding their guitars at Sunday June 3 at the 10th annual Rock n Roll Monster Bash 2012 at the Starlight Drive-In (gates open at 10 a.m.). Then Tuesday June 5, BIGFOOT headlines the DVD release party for DEAR GOD NO!, the home-grown grindhouse film that's been turning heads and stomaches all across the nation and stars BIGFOOT front-man Jett Bryant.
In case you're living under a rock and haven't heard about the Rock n Roll Monster Bash. It's an all-day, all-night horror festival featuring Dames, Bands, Ghouls, Food, Creeps, Hot Rods, Hearses, Flicks, Freaks, Vendors Werewolf Style Parking Lot Partying and Monstrosity Championship Wrestling hosted by the Silver Scream Spookshow's Professor Morte. Other bands playing include X-Impossibles and one of them now rare but always unforgettable performances by Atlanta punk legends Dead Elvis, including ATLRetro logo artist Derek Yaniger. And damn you, dirty ape, but after dusk, lucky attendees get to see 35mm prints of the incomparable, original PLANET OF THE APES (1968) and zombie comedy RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985), on the big Drive-In screen! If you haven't already read Gene Kannenberg's awesome remembrance of growing up with the Apes and making ape masks with paper and crayons, check it out here.
When DEAR GOD NO! launched its world premiere at the Plaza Theatre last fall, the Star Bar must've been empty. Indeed, the number is legion when it comes to talented folks from Atlanta's alt-garage, Redneck underground and horror scenes who worked on the movie. Familiar faces in the cast and crew including Shane Morton (Silver Scream Spookshow, Gargantua, Atlanta Zombie Apocalypse), Nik Morgan (Splatter Cinema), Billy Ratliff (Truckadelic), Madeline Brumby (check out our Kool Kat on Madeline here), Jas. M. Stacy (Starlight Drive-In, Palookaville, Get Delicious!, AM Gold) and many more. Since then, Director Jimmy Bickert's "unapologetic homage to classic grindhouse cinema" (DailyGrindhouse.com) has taken the festival circuit by storm and hauling in reverent reviews from lovers of exploitation films. The Big World Pictures release will finally be available on DVD on Tues. June 5, with a ton of bonus features, and to celebrate, the public is invited to the FREE party and screening that night at The Masquerade (doors at 8 p.m.).
Shot in 16mm with '70s period-authentic effects, DEAR GOD NO! follows outlaw motorcycle gang The Impalers, led by Jett Bryant (yup, that's his character's name, too), on a tri-state rape and murder spree which culminates in a bloody massacre with rival club Satan's Own in a dive bar (actually Tucker Saloon) with the added bonus of topless strippers in Richard Nixon masks with machine guns. Still keen to continue their rampage, the survivors invade a mountain cabin occupied by a scientist and his geeky/sexy daughter. And that's when the depravity really begins as the bikers realize the scientist is mad, his wife is madder, and the monster that lurks in the wilderness outside is maddest of all.
So it just seemed kinda natural (or should we say, supernatural?) to catch up with Jett, who also plays in AM Gold and has played Jesus on stage in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, for a down and dirty little talk about Bigfoot and why hard rockers, drinkers and monster movie lovers alike need to get out of the house both Sunday and Tuesday! Dear God! Yes! That's why we're proud to say that we live in the city with America's finest Retro horror scene!
First off, let's talk BIGFOOT. How did the band get started and what's your sound like for the uninitiated?
BIGFOOT was started by Jimmy Hall and Evil Jim Wright, two of the most badass guitarists you can imagine. Together with Micheal Faulkner (bass), Kevin Watford (drums) and myself, you get the rowdy and raunchy BIGFOOT—a very loud and heavy southern rock with high energy.
Do you have any special plans for your gig at Rock n Roll Monsterbash 2012?
My biggest plan is not to be too drunk when I get onstage.
What's your favorite part of this year's Monster Bash, other than BIGFOOT, of course?
I'm looking forward to seeing PLANET OF THE APES and RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD on the big screen. I love me a zombie movie. I like the goofy punk rock situation in the graveyard, and Linnea Quigley gettg all naked and eaten by zombies is pretty cool, too. It's always been a favorite movie of mine. And apes taking over the world, what's not to love about that?! It's always a pleasure to see a movie at the drive-in. That's the best way to see a movie as far as I am concerned. You can bring your own beer. I love it.
How do you feel about all the positive buzz DEAR GOD! NO! has been getting on the festival circuit?
I'm excited about it. I think it's great. I always wanted to be famous or infamous. However, the f–k you look at it. Jimmy did a really great job with that movie. I wasn't surprised that it was such a big hit just because I've known Jimmy Bickert forever and he put all his attention into it. I haven't seen him do that in years. It's about time.
Is it just coincidental that you're in a band called BIGFOOT and a Bigfoot is the monster in DEAR GOD! NO!?
It's total coincidence that the band is called BIGFOOT and the movie contains a raging sasquatch.The band name came about while we were tossing ideas back and forth and our buddy Ted got impatient waiting for us to figure it out because he needed to make a flyer. So he just dubbed us BIGFOOT
Did you ever feel like the movie was going too far in pushing the limits with the sex, violence, gore and general disgustingness? What do you say to people who are offended?
DEAR GOD NO! is a pretty brutal film, but it's all in good fun. However, I will not let my mama see this picture
Your character in DEAR GOD! NO! bears your name. What's the difference between you and him, and are you ever uncomfortable with that—given the crazy, sick things he does in the movie?
As far as playing the character Jett in DEAR GOD! NO! I really just played myself, took out all the good parts and replaced it with the DNA of a honey badger.
I can just imagine how much fun you had recording the commentary track for the DVD with Madelaine Brumby and Shane Morton. Can you talk a little about how you guys approached that and maybe share one favorite behind-the-scenes story?
We all just sat around with microphones and watched the picture. They got wine-drunk and I got beer-drunk. Shane and I have been friends for a long time so it wasn't even like work. It was just like hanging out with my buddy. As for a story, [shooting the film] was all pretty long days, but John Collins (Collins in DEAR GOD! NO!) was always making it pretty loose and funny. He made a habit of sending us pictures of his turds when taking a shit. It is not on the commentary track, but it is on blooper reel, a little Easter egg they have in there.
You die in DEAR GOD! NO! but everyone knows that never stopped a character from coming back in a sequel. Will we see Jett Bryant again in the sequel, FRANKENSTEIN CREATED BIKERS, or can you tell us?
My character will return in the sequel, probably more pissed off considering he's been woke from the dead.
Anything you want to add about Bigfoot's performance at the DVD release party next Tuesday?
We're excited about it, but it's just going to be another badass BIGFOOT show, you know!
What about what you're up to with AM Gold, any other acting plans and what's next for BIGFOOT?
BIGFOOT's going to keep stomping like they do, we're going to keep make movies, and AM Gold's going to keep playing festivals!
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Let Them Eat Cupcakes! The Sugar Dolls Bake Up a Scrumptious Saturday in L5P!
Posted on: Oct 5th, 2011 By: Anya99
When ATLRetro heard that The Sugar Dolls were throwing their 2nd Annual Day of the Cupcake party on Saturday Oct. 8, we couldn't think of a more delicious way to officially kick off our latest weekly feature, the Wednesday Happy Hour & Supper Club. While a holiday just for this Retro sweet sounds scrumptious enough, this quintet of beautiful bakers (Alexis Gorsuch, Lena Kotler, Crystal Chambers-Goggin, Jessika Cutts and Kelli Graham) has cooked up an entire day of activities, starting from noon to 7 p.m. at Sacred Heart Tattoo in Little Five Points and then continuing late into the night at Java Lords ($5 cover; proceeds to Atlanta Bully Rescue). They've tempted you with everything from boobalicious chocolate confections to flaming strawberries at Blast-Off Burlesque shows, Mon Cherie spectaculars, Rockabilly Luau, but Saturday will be all about celebrating the cupcake through activities, art and music. You'll lick your lips for cupcake-inspired games, a Sugar Skull decorating room so you'll be all set for the Day of the Dead, tasty tattoos, live bands (including Six Shot Revival, The Sneaky Hand and The Claymores), karaoke, burlesque, pin-up hair-styling with Cherry Dame, a pin-up contest and, of course, cupcakes!
In fact, the idea of spending a day celebrating this timeless treat made us so hungry that we asked the Sugar Dolls if they'd be so sweet as to add ATLRetro to the menu as a sponsor. We're thrilled to say that we passed their taste test, especially since we'll be serving up a tasty new look at the end of this week, courtesy of Derek Art, too. That it's Anya99's birthday two days later is just icing on the cake, and she really loves icing, so while you're dropping by for cupcakes, be sure to say hi. We'll also be selling our first batch of ATLRetro T-shirts, so if you dig what we're doing, consider buying one and supporting our humble efforts to keep Retro Atlanta alive.
With an all-day event, it's sometimes hard to know when's the best time to show up, so we asked Alexis to clue us in on all that's cooking on Saturday. Of course, we couldn't resist a few questions about the perennial appeal of the cupcake and the secret recipe behind the Sugar Dolls' secret origin and success.
For a while, cupcakes seemed to have a bad reputation as being cheap alternatives instead of a real cake and mostly just for kids, but lately this quintessentially Retro treat is not just back in style, but as The Sugar Dolls have shown, can come in all sorts of creative flavors, even in adult versions such flaming with a drop of liqueur. What do you think accounts for their comeback?
Trends in fashion loop around so many years and I have been told on numerous occasion, it is due to nostalgia. "Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening." By Coco Chanel. So what is more nostalgia than food, needless to say sweets? You nailed it on the head with the fact that cupcakes are Retro, but aside from that they have given us a sweet and simple way to step back to the past yet enjoy where we are and look forward to the future! I love how some of our sweets take me back to being a little girl, but the same cupcakes are the most elegant wedding display or engaging party favor. So much diversity in these simply amazing treats and people are really starting to recognize the possibilities and fun at reasonable budget. So honestly it is a nice handful of things that has really allowed these sweet cuppies to bloom into their own world.
We can't think of a better name for a cupcake company than The Sugar Dolls. How did you gals get together and what made you start baking?
Thank you, we are pretty fond of the name too! Well, baking is such a sweet family tradition for so many folks, and all of the Dolls have some great memories and continue to make them together and with our families. We all met at different walks in our life but seem to have come together to make something bigger than ourselves. We want to share our love and experiences with you, and baking is the sweetest outlet to share those things and give in the many ways we would like.
Category: Features, Wednesday Happy Hour & Supper Club | Tags: Aileen Loy, alexis gorsuch, Atlanta Bully Rescue, bacon, Blair Crimmins, Blast-Off Burlesque, Brigitte Warren, burlesque, Chameleon Queen, Cherry Dame, Claymores, Coco Chanel, crystal chambers-goggin, cupcakes, day of the cupcake, Day of the Dead, Derek Yaniger, DerekArt, dessert, Elvis, Gesche Anneliesa, Java Lords, jessika cutts, kelli graham, L5P All-Stars, lena kotler, Loki Shane DeFriece, Michael A, Mon Cherie, pin-up, pin-up hair, Rockabilly Luau, Sacred Heart Tattoo, Sam McPherson, Shane Defriece, Six Shot Revival, Sneaky Hand, Sugar Dolls, sugar skull, tattoo, Tom Waits, vintage hairstyles
This Week in Retro Atlanta, June 27-July 3, 2011
Just five months after quietly launching ATLRetro the last weekend of January, we're up to our 100th post, blushing after a rockin' review from Scoutmob, and averaging nearly 4,000 hits a month! Thanks, dear readers, for your support, and we hope you'll stick around for an exciting site revamp in July featuring a mighty swell new logo courtesy of that swingin' kat Derek Yaniger and new regular features on Retro restaurants, cocktails and vintage shopping.
Mike Geier and one of the lovely Dames Aflame.
Grab your horn and head to Twain's in Decatur for a Joe Gransden jazz jam session starting at 9 PM. Fedora Blues is at Fat Matt's Rib Shack. Notorious DJ Romeo Cologne spins the best '70s funk and disco at 10 High in Virginia-Highland. Catch Tuesday Retro in the Metro nights at Midtown's Deadwood Saloon, featuring live video mixes of '80s, '90s, and 2Ks hits.
Get ready to rumba, cha-cha and jitterbug at the weekly Swing Night at Graveyard Tavern. The Hollidays bring a little soul to Fat Matt's Rib Shack and Danny "Mudcat" Dudeck blues it down at Northside Tavern respectively. Dance to '70s, '80s and '90s hits during Retro in the Metro Wednesdays presented by Godiva Vodka, at Pub 71 in Brookhaven.
You don't need a golden ticket to enter in a world of Gene Wilder's imagination courtesy of trippy 1971 kids classic WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, this week's movie at Piedmont Park's Screen on the Green.
Uncle Daddy & the Kissin' Cousins get Twain's a hoppin', hillbilly style. Self-described Atlanta "modern retrobilly" band The Serenaders swing at Kathmandu Restaurant & Grill in Clarkston. All Thursday shows at the Vietnamese restaurant are free and all-ages. Go Polynesian to Tongo Hiti's luxurious live lounge sounds, as well as some trippy takes on iconic pop songs, just about every Thursday night at Trader Vic's. Party '70s style with DJ Romeo Cologne at Aurum Lounge. Breeze Kings and Chickenshack bring on the blues respectively at Northside Tavern and Fat Matt's Rib Shack. Bluegrass Thursday at Red Light Cafe features Kris Youmans & the DC-3's.
Category: This Week in ATLRetro | Tags: 10 High, Athfest, Atlanta History Center, Aurum Lounge, bathrooms, Big Mike Geier, bluegrass, Breeze Kings, Clermont Lounge, Deadwood Saloon, Derek Yaniger, DerekArt, Fatt Matt's Rib Shack, Fedora Blues, Fernbank, Gene Wilder, Gone with the Wind, Graveyard Tavern, Guadalcanal Diary, High Museum of Art, Hollidays, Hot Rod Walt, Husseins, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Marin, Kathmandu Kitchen and Grill, Kingsized, Kris Youmans, Linda Gail Lewis, Los Meesfits, Mai Tai Monday, Margaret Mitchell, Martinis & Imax, Mickey, moda, modern design, modernism, Mudcat, Nick Longo, Northside Tavern, Os Ossos, Piedmont Park, Psycho Devilles, Pub 71, Radcliffe Bailey, Red Light Cafe, Retro in the Metro, rockabilly, romeo cologne, Scoutmob, Screen on the Green, Serenaders, Sister Louisa's Church of the Living Room, Smith's Olde Bar, Star Bar, Stieglitz Circle, swing dancing, The Earl, Tongo Hiti, Trader Vic's, Twain's, Uncle Daddy & the Kissin' Cousins, Van Morrison, Whiskey Belt, Willy Wonka


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6yMike Reiss
Bold Burrow, Bengals move on from 'a great win'
15hBen Baby
Browns DT arrested, allegedly assaulted officer
Baker out of hospital, 'doing good' after collision
Jaguars' McCray arrested after high-speed pursuit
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Rams roll as Stafford nabs elusive 1st playoff win
From Tom Brady to The Rock: The best ManningCast moments of the season
1dTory Barron
Bills' No. 1 defense faces stiffer test vs. much-improved Patrick Mahomes in divisional round
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Catch or no catch? Why the eventual ruling on A.J. Green's bobble was correct
NFL playoff bracket: AFC, NFC and Super Bowl schedule, seeding, TV times, dates and locations
In 'Super Bowl or nothing' season, Cowboys left once again with nothing
Calvin Ridley, Cordarrelle Patterson and many tough decisions await Atlanta Falcons
Notable bets: Packers, Chiefs, Titans open as favorites in divisional round
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Ben Roethlisberger's likely finale was one to forget, but Steelers QB enjoyed HOF career
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman, who is expected to return from a broken bone in his left foot for Saturday's divisional round playoff game against the Kansas City Chiefs, isn't holding back.
"I'm going to go full throttle regardless. If it goes, it goes," Edelman said Monday after practice.
Edelman injured the foot Nov. 15 against the New York Giants and hasn't played since. He was the Patriots' leading receiver at the time, with 61 catches.
Julian Edelman, who has 61 receptions for the Patriots this season, hasn't played since Nov. 15. Jared Wickerham/Getty Images
His absence has hurt the offense, specifically on third down. When Edelman has been on the field this season, the offense has converted 50 percent of its third downs; when he isn't, it drops to 33 percent.
Earlier Monday, Edelman was seen cutting and accelerating at practice. Declining to put a percentage on his health, he said he continues to get better and at times has had to be told not to push things too hard.
"I'm kind of my worst enemy when it comes to that, trying to over-push things," he acknowledged. "We've had our staff work with me to keep me from hurting myself. So I think we've handled it pretty decent."
At the same time, Edelman said, "There's no dipping the toe in here; it's just diving in."
Edelman and Tom Brady spent extra time working together over the team's playoff bye week, and it helps that this is their seventh year together as teammates.
"We do work a lot together, and I know him and he knows me, but we still have to work very hard this week to make up on the ground lost. That's what we're going to try to do," Edelman said, also acknowledging that getting back to game condition is "going to be tough" because there's no duplicate for playing football.
With Edelman's anticipated return, and the expectation that fellow receiver Danny Amendola (left knee) will possibly be used more than he has in recent weeks, it would give the Patriots two trusted receivers to pair with tight end Rob Gronkowski.
That could be just the spark the offense, which has struggled in recent weeks, needs.
Meanwhile, Edelman described himself as "more focused than anxious." Sitting out with injury was hard for him.
"People don't realize, you put a lot into this, not just during the season but before the season. It's a 12-month job and I put my heart and soul into everything I do to get ready for the season," he said. "To not be able to go out there and compete with the guys that you work hard with every day in the spring and summer, it sucks."

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Curanderismo is alive and well in America
By Lorena Anderson • May 15, 2013
When Charles Garcia looks at a garden, he doesn't see plants. He sees medicine, heritage, art and magic.
A curandero, Garcia practices traditional folk healing – curanderismo – the way his mother, grandmother and grandfather did.
"It's a combination of what the Spanish padres, the ranchers and the natives practiced," Garcia said. "That was the beginning of California curanderismo."
Curanderismo is still widely used in Mexico, Central and South America, and is making a comeback here in California and across the Southwest, especially as immigrant populations grow.
"In rural areas, people had no choice but to rely on home remedies," said Professor Eliseo Torres, of the University of New Mexico. "When the Spanish came in the 1500s, they brought their remedies, including what they had learned from the Moors, and they learned from the natives here. It's a nice blend of many cultures, and complements mainstream medicine."
Immigrants often come with few English language skills and no health insurance, so they look to the healers they are familiar with from home, Torres said. If a condition is serious, a curandero will refer the patient to a mainstream doctor or hospital. But if the healer can, he or she will make the patient feel better.
"Curanderos and shaman (Asian healers) have no illusions about what they can and cannot cure," said Dr. Jim McDiarmid, a clinical psychologist who helps train medical residents at Mercy Medical Center in Merced. "They understand their limits."
Torres teaches a curanderismo workshop each summer that draws people from around the country who want to reconnect with their heritage and learn more about how to cure minor ailments and even mental and spiritual problems by using herbs and other traditional methods.
Garcia, who teaches some courses in Modesto and ran a school in the Bay Area for several years, said a curandero or curandera is like a village's general practitioner, using healing herbs and foods and gentle psychology.
He offered an example: One patient, an older woman, wouldn't eat and was losing her vitality. He spent time talking to her and realized her problem was two-fold.
She had empacho, a digestive problem that can get so bad people waste away. He blended a sweet-milk-and-basil drink and recommended she take that often to help her gain weight, stimulate her appetite and calm her stomach.
But she was also feeling useless, her children having grown into independent adults. He suggested her children take part in her healing by asking for her advice, her recipes, her stories and memories.
They made her feel needed again. Garcia said she hasn't had a relapse in the decade since he treated her.
While curanderismo might seem foreign or "new-agey," everyone is familiar with it in some form, from grandma's chicken soup to herbal supplements such as cinnamon to help lower blood sugar, fish oils to help prevent heart disease.
"We get aspirin from the willow tree, but the Native Americans were using it for headaches long before we were," McDiarmid said. "Same with digitalis, which comes from foxgloves. We still use that to treat heart conditions."
Herbal supplements are a $5 billion a year industry in America, spawning such chains as GNC.
That's curanderismo at its most basic.
In some cases, curanderos are just trying to get a patient to feel better so their own immune systems can work more efficiently, McDiarmid said.
"Western medicine would call it a placebo effect, but some of Western medicine is a placebo effect, too, although doctors don't like to admit that," he said.
There are also rituals that often go with healing. Torres said some people seek healers to help them with susto, or "magical fright," often associated with a traumatic experience.
"But who's to say that's not something similar to post-traumatic stress disorder?" Torres said. "There are treatments for that in mainstream psychology, so why not through traditional methods?"
Native Americans often used sweat lodges for healing, he said, and they are still prevalent in Mexico and are coming back in the Southwest, as well, helping people deal with addictions and helping veterans returning from war.
"They are warm, dark, nurturing places where people can cry, scream, sing – do what makes them feel better," Torres said.
Garcia agrees that illness can be caused by hidden emotional distress, which sometimes can be relieved by spiritual cleansing, ritual – magic, for want of a better word.
"You let people talk," he said. "You might also give them lemon balm as a skullcap to ease the mind, and something to help soothe the stomach." He also might use religious icons or rituals his patients relate to, which helps them.
Some people feel they are cursed or haunted, and no one but a curandero can help them.
"There is some psychology to it," Torres said. "Some people are afraid of curanderismo – they think it is witchcraft. But we're trying to improve people's lives. There are many wonderful plants that can help our bodies, and curanderismo is simply a holistic approach – body, mind and spirit."
McDiarmid agrees, and said part of what helps people feel better through the often lengthy rituals is that there are people around them, laying hands on them, offering good thoughts and well wishes, so there is some social support that has a positive effect.
That's not to say curanderismo is all a placebo. Becoming a curandero takes many years, Garcia said, and requires study and apprenticeship. You don't just become a curandero after one or two classes.
Torres pointed to schools in Mexico that are developing certificate programs in folk healing, and said some of the attendees at his annual two-week workshop have gone to such institutions.
"It really is an evolving practice," Torres said. "They are incorporating Chinese medicine, reflexology, massage, acupuncture and acupressure, cupping, juicing, they learn to prepare tinctures, salves and ointments and how to prepare plants."
Despite the years of study and practice, like many community healers, Garcia doesn't charge for his services. He has regular clients, but he also takes his healing to the streets to help the homeless, as he did in the Bay Area.
He has also lectured at medical schools, and said he worked with an oncologist to teach traditional diagnostic methods.
"A hundred years ago, doctors diagnosed without all the tests and instruments we have now – you have to learn to really look at a person, track the illness like a scout, understand what the body is telling you," he said. "I'd hate to live without things like blood tests, but I could."
by Lorena Anderson, California Health Report

Curanderismo is alive and well in America

by Lorena Anderson, California Health Report
May 15, 2013

When Charles Garcia looks at a garden, he doesn't see plants. He sees medicine, heritage, art and magic.

A curandero, Garcia practices traditional folk healing – curanderismo – the way his mother, grandmother and grandfather did.

"It's a combination of what the Spanish padres, the ranchers and the natives practiced," Garcia said. "That was the beginning of California curanderismo."

Curanderismo is still widely used in Mexico, Central and South America, and is making a comeback here in California and across the Southwest, especially as immigrant populations grow.

"In rural areas, people had no choice but to rely on home remedies," said Professor Eliseo Torres, of the University of New Mexico. "When the Spanish came in the 1500s, they brought their remedies, including what they had learned from the Moors, and they learned from the natives here. It's a nice blend of many cultures, and complements mainstream medicine."

Immigrants often come with few English language skills and no health insurance, so they look to the healers they are familiar with from home, Torres said. If a condition is serious, a curandero will refer the patient to a mainstream doctor or hospital. But if the healer can, he or she will make the patient feel better.

"Curanderos and shaman (Asian healers) have no illusions about what they can and cannot cure," said Dr. Jim McDiarmid, a clinical psychologist who helps train medical residents at Mercy Medical Center in Merced. "They understand their limits."

Torres teaches a curanderismo workshop each summer that draws people from around the country who want to reconnect with their heritage and learn more about how to cure minor ailments and even mental and spiritual problems by using herbs and other traditional methods.

Garcia, who teaches some courses in Modesto and ran a school in the Bay Area for several years, said a curandero or curandera is like a village's general practitioner, using healing herbs and foods and gentle psychology.

He offered an example: One patient, an older woman, wouldn't eat and was losing her vitality. He spent time talking to her and realized her problem was two-fold.

She had empacho, a digestive problem that can get so bad people waste away. He blended a sweet-milk-and-basil drink and recommended she take that often to help her gain weight, stimulate her appetite and calm her stomach.

But she was also feeling useless, her children having grown into independent adults. He suggested her children take part in her healing by asking for her advice, her recipes, her stories and memories.

They made her feel needed again. Garcia said she hasn't had a relapse in the decade since he treated her.

While curanderismo might seem foreign or "new-agey," everyone is familiar with it in some form, from grandma's chicken soup to herbal supplements such as cinnamon to help lower blood sugar, fish oils to help prevent heart disease.

"We get aspirin from the willow tree, but the Native Americans were using it for headaches long before we were," McDiarmid said. "Same with digitalis, which comes from foxgloves. We still use that to treat heart conditions."

Herbal supplements are a $5 billion a year industry in America, spawning such chains as GNC.

That's curanderismo at its most basic.

In some cases, curanderos are just trying to get a patient to feel better so their own immune systems can work more efficiently, McDiarmid said.

"Western medicine would call it a placebo effect, but some of Western medicine is a placebo effect, too, although doctors don't like to admit that," he said.

There are also rituals that often go with healing. Torres said some people seek healers to help them with susto, or "magical fright," often associated with a traumatic experience.

"But who's to say that's not something similar to post-traumatic stress disorder?" Torres said. "There are treatments for that in mainstream psychology, so why not through traditional methods?"

Native Americans often used sweat lodges for healing, he said, and they are still prevalent in Mexico and are coming back in the Southwest, as well, helping people deal with addictions and helping veterans returning from war.

"They are warm, dark, nurturing places where people can cry, scream, sing – do what makes them feel better," Torres said.

Garcia agrees that illness can be caused by hidden emotional distress, which sometimes can be relieved by spiritual cleansing, ritual – magic, for want of a better word.

"You let people talk," he said. "You might also give them lemon balm as a skullcap to ease the mind, and something to help soothe the stomach." He also might use religious icons or rituals his patients relate to, which helps them.

Some people feel they are cursed or haunted, and no one but a curandero can help them.

"There is some psychology to it," Torres said. "Some people are afraid of curanderismo – they think it is witchcraft. But we're trying to improve people's lives. There are many wonderful plants that can help our bodies, and curanderismo is simply a holistic approach – body, mind and spirit."

McDiarmid agrees, and said part of what helps people feel better through the often lengthy rituals is that there are people around them, laying hands on them, offering good thoughts and well wishes, so there is some social support that has a positive effect.

That's not to say curanderismo is all a placebo. Becoming a curandero takes many years, Garcia said, and requires study and apprenticeship. You don't just become a curandero after one or two classes.

Torres pointed to schools in Mexico that are developing certificate programs in folk healing, and said some of the attendees at his annual two-week workshop have gone to such institutions.

"It really is an evolving practice," Torres said. "They are incorporating Chinese medicine, reflexology, massage, acupuncture and acupressure, cupping, juicing, they learn to prepare tinctures, salves and ointments and how to prepare plants."

Despite the years of study and practice, like many community healers, Garcia doesn't charge for his services. He has regular clients, but he also takes his healing to the streets to help the homeless, as he did in the Bay Area.

He has also lectured at medical schools, and said he worked with an oncologist to teach traditional diagnostic methods.

"A hundred years ago, doctors diagnosed without all the tests and instruments we have now – you have to learn to really look at a person, track the illness like a scout, understand what the body is telling you," he said. "I'd hate to live without things like blood tests, but I could."

This article first appeared on California Health Report and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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The Isles of Scilly lie some 28 miles off Lands End, Cornwall, the southwestern tip of England. A world apart, but easily accessible by Skybus 'Islander' or 'Twin Otter' aircraft or aboard Scillonian III, the islands' passenger ferry.
'Skybus', the islands' own airline provides air links to St. Mary's six days a week throughout the year with regular flights from Land's End and Newquay airports. Flights from Exeter airport are operated daily from April until September inclusive.
The journey takes just 15 minutes from Land's End.
Your flight can take in spectacular panoramic views of the Cornish coastline over Land's End and provides a dramatic glimpse of the islands on approaching St. Mary's airport.
Upon arrival you can be transported along with your luggage to 'Agapanthus' Apartment via Skybus' own mini bus or alternatively a taxi can be hired for the short journey to Porthloo.
Advanced booking on Skybus flights is essential and it would be wise to consider holiday insurance for any contingencies such as delayed departure due to inclement weather etc.
Further details including scheduled flying times and fares can be found on the Isles of Scilly Travel website link (right).
There are regular sea links to the islands throughout the season with sailings departing Penzance quay aboard the Scillonian III.
The vessel has comfortable lounge areas, a buffet, a licensed bar and souvenir shop together with a small but interesting exhibition illustrating life on the islands. The journey takes approximately 2hrs 40min and provides panoramic views of the Cornish coastline on departing Penzance and of the archipeligo on nearing the Isles of Scilly. Your approach to Scilly on a high tide bring St. Martins and Tresco into sight and if you arrive at low water, Gugh and St. Agnes come into view on the ship's port side. Either way, your arrival by sea is an enchanting start to your holiday.
Upon dis-embarking at St. Mary's quay your luggage (clearly labelled with your name and holiday address) can be transported to 'Agapanthus' Apartment by island carriers who charge a small fee for this service or a taxi can be hired for the short journey to Porthloo.
Advanced booking on Scillonian III is essential and it would be wise to consider holiday insurance for any contingencies such as delayed departure due to inclement weather etc. Further details including scheduled sailing times and fares can be found on the Isles of Scilly Travel website link (top right).
Boats to the 'off-islands' of Bryher, Tresco, St. Martins and St. Agnes depart twice daily from St. Mary's quay and are provided by St. Mary's Boatmens Association. Additionally, a number of scenic and wildlife trips are run by indepenent local boatmen whose extensive knowledge of the many uninhabited islands and associated wildlife makes for a pleasureable and informative day long excursion.


The mission of the Lewis County Veterans Service Agency (LCVSA) is to provide entitlement information and advocacy assistance to military personnel, military Veterans and their family members in matters relating to Veterans' law.
County Veterans' Service Officers within the LCVSA may be recognized, under Federal law, by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide legal representation for individuals in matters relating to VA law. That Asserted Representation establishes a "client-attorney relationship "with the same implied obligations as any attorney. By virtue of accreditation, the County Veterans' Service Officer has access to a nationwide network of Accredited Representatives who are able to provide expanded assistance, including before the Board of Veterans' Appeals in Washington, D.C.
The LCVSA is committed to providing the highest level of service within the limits of available resources. To maintain that commitment, expertise must be enhanced through continuous training and retraining. Skilled counseling and claims development is fully realized only by that commitment to the continuing education of Service Officers. Personal integrity and perseverance are hallmarks of successful Service Officers.
The LCVSA provides an unsurpassed personalized service to Veterans and their family members. There is no comparable advocacy service for that special group of New York citizens. All services are provided without charge and strictly controlled confidentiality is maintained under penalty of law. Service Officers are required to be knowledgeable in federal, state and local laws pertaining to Veterans.


I don't know if you are talking about the Hunter I-20, I-25, or the Rainbird Falcon. Rainbird makes the Falcon rotor, not Hunter. Unless you have 80 PSI or have 15-20 GPM, I would not go with the Falcon or the I-25. Could you give us a little more info?
My Sprinker system is from a brand "Harris". Does anyone know anything about it? Many of rotor type do not extract any more. I have to push them down. Do I need to replace them? Could I use any brand to replace them or do I have to be careful to match the pressure etc.?
It looks like it says Harris, but it is Hardie. Hardie is no longer in the business. They merged with richdel to form Irritrol, and i think they changed the products. I would switch them over to the Hunter PGP or the Tbird. The Tbirds are much harder to adjust but have a much nicer spray pattern than the Huinter PGP. I would use the PGP.


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The Late-Career Recovery
The art of getting rediscovered late in life—including how legendary acoustic guitarist John Fahey bounced back thanks to a 1994 Spin magazine feature.
career recovery, fame, Georges Méliès, hugo, john fahey, Martin Scorsese, spin magazine
Recently, I re-watched the movie Hugo, a truly dazzling 2011 Martin Scorsese film about a young boy who, in the process of running the clocks inside a 1930s-era train station, helps an old shop owner realize that he's not a failure, but a living legend.
It's a story, based on a book, that's rooted in pure fantasy—I mean, obviously it's unlikely that a young child could get away with the scheme suggested in the film—but Georges Méliès is a real guy, best known for his inventive early films, most notably A Trip to the Moon. He was rediscovered late in life, if not by a boy living in a clock.
In some ways Tedium is all about retelling stories like Méliès'. But what's great is that there are stories like his in real life, and sometimes they're uncovered in awesome ways.
Perhaps the best such story is that of John Fahey, the avant-garde acoustic guitarist who helped push the instrument into new directions in the 1960s and 1970s by melding diverse musical styles into the language of folk and the blues. He even had a Hugo moment of his own, helping to rediscover bluesman Bukka White in the early 1960s.
But later in his life, he had drifted away from his musical career due to marital and health issues, and was basically living off his wide, eclectic knowledge of music—specifically, by selling his vintage guitars and flipping old records that he knew were far more valuable than the list price. He was certainly not living well, and he faded in and out of homelessness.
Meanwhile, his innovative thinking around the guitar was starting to earn major notice from '90s rockers and avant-gardists like Jim O'Rourke and Sonic Youth.
That notice earned Fahey a rediscovery of his own—a 1994 profile in Spin written by Byron Coley, that highlighted the contrast between Fahey's underground fame and his day-to-day struggles. The contrast was strong.
"Fahey's weirder tunings, were a real secret influence on early Sonic Youth," that band's Thurston Moore told Coley.
"I could feel when it entered me, and I could feel it when it left," Fahey told Coley of his long-running battle with the Epstein-Barr virus. "That's when I was at my apex of drinking. I had to drink a lot of beer for the energy. I didn't play nearly as much. I talked most of the time. It was horrible."
The article, mostly for the better, helped revive Fahey's career among the kind of freaks and experimenters that could appreciate it. He made more music and ended his career properly admired and respected at the time of his 2001 death.
Like Scorsese's imagined last years of Georges Méliès, John Fahey got his second chance.
If you'd love to learn more, there's a documentary—of course, there has to be.
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Special Issues & Guides » Beyond Bend
Taking the Long View on the Hub City
Planning pays off in Redmond
by Miles Hutchins
Miles Hutchins, age 80.
Frank and Josephine Redmond settled here in 1905, and the rest, as they say, is history. In 1906 the town named for them was platted by the predecessor company to Central Oregon Irrigation, and was incorporated in 1910. The next year the Oregon Trunk Railway reached Redmond and things took off from there, for the Redmonds and for the town.
Frank and Josephine rest in peace in the pioneer section of the Redmond Cemetery. Another famous family also reposes there—the McCall family. The late Gov. Tom McCall went to school at Redmond Union High School before attending the University of Oregon, from which he graduated with a degree in journalism.
A few years ago we had a "Talking Tombstones" presentation. One of the presenters represented Mrs. McCall, in her rocking chair with a rifle in her lap. She told the story of running off the bankers who had come to repossess some cattle pledged for what was then a past-due loan. I highly recommend Mrs. McCall's book, "Under the Rimrock."
Notable events in the life of Redmond the town included an annual potato festival. Back in the day potato was king of the crops from Bend to Madras. The Hodecker family had a large shipping facility in Metolius, the small community between Madras and Culver. Some of the storage buildings are still visible today.
Redmond is called the Hub City of Central Oregon, and for good reason. It is nearly equal distance from Prineville, Bend, and Sisters, with Madras just a bit further off to the north. It has become the hub of transportation due to the airport which has developed from a military base to a busy civilian airport. In addition, the Deschutes County Fair is held in Redmond each summer. Is there a rodeo? You better believe it.
As a very young fella' I lived in Redmond and recall walking to the fair when it was located at what is now Fred Meyer and Lowe's. I can still recall my cousin rushing out on her horse when she was introduced as the Deschutes County Fair queen. Another fond memory is that of seeing a Tennessee Walking horse for the very first time. What a magnificent long-bodied, long-legged animal. It just seemed to float as it walked its famous walk.
Redmond's industrial area amazes me. The long range planning has really paid off. There is plenty of room for development, adjacent to the airport, and the Central Oregon Community College campus in the middle of it. The road running from the northwest edge of the airport, south toward the fairgrounds, and then hooking up with Highway 97, is a real bonus to those coming from Prineville to Bend and vice versa. It saves a lot of stops, and cuts down on the traffic from the old way through Redmond. Somebody had a good crystal ball and plenty of foresight to plan as they did. The only knock on the industrial area for me is that it is some of the very best view property in Redmond!
With the addition of Ridgeview High School a few years ago, the town gained not only another badly needed high school, but a very good auditorium for entertainment. One such event is the Redmond Community Concert series. The popularity of the series requires both afternoon and evening presentations at Ridgeview.
Growth in Redmond is steady, and improvements seem to be ongoing. We have just one round-about, which is plenty for me. However, the downtown beautification improvements, Centennial Park, and the Highway 97 bypass are so appreciated. What is next? Plans are underway for even more improvement at or near the airport. The industrial area continues to add business. It is hoped that the Redmond Hotel will be purchased and reopened for the use for which it was intended. The old Redmond High School (near where I spent some four years of my earliest life) is now under renovation to become City Hall. Frank and Josephine Redmond would be pleased at what they started.
Miles Hutchins, age 80, moved to Redmond as a child in the 1930s and graduated from Bend High in 1954. He was high school editor of the Pine Murmurs, attended U of O and Lewis & Clark Law School. The retired father of four met his wife Bobbi three years ago volunteering at St. Vincent de Paul.
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Future of big data: These business analytics degrees are bridging the gaping skills gap
3.9.2016 Article, Business Analytics, General, School News
Wake Forest University School of Business and its new Master of Science in Business Analytics degree have been featured in a story about business students leveraging analytics in BusinessBecause.
Jeffrey Camm, chair in business analytics at Wake Forest University School of Business, which runs a specialist masters, says data has become a form of capital.
"Managers need to understand analytics, how it converts data to valuable insights, and also understand issues such as data privacy, and the ethical use of data and analytical models," he says.
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Parish Guardians are people who care about, and want to make a difference to, the quality of life in the local community. See below to find out how you can get involved.
Parish Guardians are residents in our community who care, who get involved, who act to make our environment better. How do they do this? By reporting issues they spot whilst out and about in the Parish. Things like anti-social behaviour, areas of excessive dog mess or litter, people who don't pick up their dog's foul, faulty street lights or play equipment, untaxed vehicles, landscaping problems – to name but a few!
Come along and get involved in community events, help us to find solutions to the problems you encounter, let us know what we all can do to make things better in our community.
If you spot a problem whilst out and about, you can contact us to help resolve the issue. If you would like to become a Parish Guardian, please complete the form to the right.


This is a writ of error for the review of an order of the circuit court remanding a case which had been removed from the supreme court of the state of New York under the act of March 3, 1875, c. 137, (18 St. 470.) The suit was brought by Ide, the defendant in error, a citizen of New York, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, a Kentucky corporation; the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company, and the Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad Company, Ohio corporations; the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company, a New York corporation; and the Boston & Albany Railroad Company, the Boston & Maine Railroad Company, and the Nashua & Worcester Railroad Company, Massachusetts corporations. The complaint alleged, in substance, that the defendants, being all common carriers, associated themselves together, under the name of the 'White Line Central Transit Company,' for the transportation jointly of goods from places on or near the Mississippi river to places on or near the Atlantic coast, and among others from Columbus, Mississippi, to Dover and Manchester, New Hampshire; that while so associated together the defendants received at Columbus, Mississippi, from certain persons doing business there, several lots of cotton which, in consideration of certain freight to be paid, they agreed to transport and deliver to the Cocheco Manufacturing Company at Dover, and the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company at Manchester, New Hampshire; that bills of lading were issued by the defendants whereby they acknowledged the receipt of the cotton to be transported over their line and delivered to the respective consignees thereof; that the defendants have failed to deliver the cotton, and that the plaintiff is the assignee of all claims against them on that account.
The Louisville & Nashville and the New York Central & Hudson River Companies were served with process and appeared in the state court. The Louisville & Nashville Company answered the complaint. In the answer it admitted the corporate existence of the several defendants, and that they were each and all common carriers. It denied that the defendants had associated themselves together for the transportation of goods jointly, or that they held themselves out as common carriers engaged jointly in the business of such transportation; but it alleged that a number of corporations, among which were the defendants, entered into an agreement to carry on a fast freight line between cities in the eastern and western parts of the country, and fixing uniform rates of transportation and regulating the necessary incidents to such business, which business was to be done under the name of 'The Central Transit Company,' afterwards familiarly known as the 'White Line,' and called in the complaint the 'White Line Central Transit Company.' It then set out the provisions of the agreement between the several corporations for carrying on the line, showing the way in which the business was to be done, and the earnings and expenses divided, 'and that each company should pay for any damage or loss occurring on its road, and if such damage could not be located, it should be prorated between the companies forming the route over which the property would have passed to its destination in the same rations as the freight moneys.' It then averred 'that when goods were delivered to any one of the said companies to be transported by said fast freight line, bills of lading therefor were to be issued in the name of the Central Transit Company, 'White Line,' by an agent of such transit company, who, in his representative capacity, acted separately for each, and was not authorized to act for such companies jointly, and that in all such bills of lading so issued it was expressly stip lated and agreed that in case of any loss, detriment, or damage done to or sustained by the property therein receipted for, that company should alone be held answerable therefor in whose actual custody the same might be at time of the happening thereof.' It then denied that the cotton sued for ever delivered to the line, or to either of the companies composing the same, for transportation, and averred that if any bills of lading were ever issued it was done by a person who had no authority for that purpose either from the Louisville & Nashville Company or any of the other defendants. It also averred that no loss had happened to the property while in its actual custody, and that Ide, who brought the suit, was not the real party in interest therein, but that the alleged assignment to him was without consideration, and made simply to vest the right of action in the plaintiff, who was a citizen of New York, and that the real parties in interest were the Cocheco Company and the Amoskeag Company.
It also appears from the statements in the petition for removal, that the New York Central & Hudson River Company filed a separate answer in the state court, but that answer has not been copied into the transcript. The Louisville & Nashville Company, on filing its answer, presented to the state court a petition for the removal of the suit to the circuit court of the United States for the Southern district of New York, which was the proper district, on the ground 'that there is in said suit a controversy which is wholly between citizens of different states,-namely, a controversy between the plaintiff, a citizen of the state of New York, and the defendant, the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, your petitioner, a citizen of the state of Kentucky,-which can be fully determined as between them without the presence of any of the other persons or bodies corporate made parties to said suit.' The supreme court of the state accepted the petition and ordered the removal of the suit, but the circuit court, when the case got there, remanded it. This writ of error was brought for a reversal of the last order.
J. L. Cadwalader, for plaintiff in error.
A. G. Fox, for defendant in error.


Homemade medicine crafted with loving intention is the best sort of healing you can get.
The week before last, I headed down to Georgia for the American Herbalists Guild's annual symposium. Our farm had a booth in the marketplace, and as usual, I came home with quite a few new goodies, some great ideas for things I wanted to make and a lot of things to write about.
Our booth wound up next to the owner of Herbal Revolution. I had seen her products earlier this summer at the New England Womens Herbal Conference but hadn't had a chance to taste her wares. This time, I had all the time in the world and found myself so inspired! Katheryn Langelier has taken some of the most popular herbal formulations going and turned them into a signature line of delicious products. On her beautiful, rough-cut shelves I found elderberry syrups, mushroom elixirs and teas. They sound simple, but from someone who handcrafts her medicine with loving intention, it's a whole new ball game.
One of the products that Langelier makes is a medicine that is about as old as medicine itself: fire cider. Renowned herbalist Rosemary Gladstar coined the term all herbalists use when she formalized this folk medicine recipe, which combines plants from the allium family (onions and garlic), honey, horseradish, hot peppers and apple cider vinegar. Langelier calls her version "Fire Tonic No. 9," and it's sweet, spicy and complex—just like its maker.
If you go to any store and purchase a bottle of name-brand pain reliever, it will be the same regardless of where in the country you are. The intention of the maker of those pills doesn't matter. However, handcrafted health supplements are a very different story. When Langelier makes Gladstar's recipe, she starts with wildcrafted or garden-grown ingredients she harvests by hand. She wanted to highlight the apples from Maine's oldest-operating organic apple orchard, located near where she lives, so she uses them for the recipe's apple cider vinegar. There's a loving intention and a spirit of community behind each bottle she sells.
I encourage my readers to use the same intention when making their own home healthcare products. You will almost always make a superior medicine for your family, whether it is a tincture or simple chicken soup, because it is your personal loving intention that goes into each remedy.
If you can't always grow and make your own medicine, it's important to buy from someone makes it with love and healing intention. We need to preserve the old medicine ways for everyone and fight those who wish to keep them only to themselves. These old recipes belong to everyone. You should know your medicine-makers, just as you know your farmer at the farmers' market. If you buy healthcare products from someone who is not well-intentioned, the medicine available to you will not be up to the potential you'd expect by reading the ingredient list.
If you would like the recipe to make your own "free" fire cider, check out the recipe on the Mountain Rose blog. It's easy and everyone should!


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Dan Eggen
Title: Dan Eggen
Subject: Norway at the UEFA European Football Championship, 1998 FIFA World Cup Group A, Roar Strand, Norway national football team, Frank Kratovil
Collection: 1970 Births, 1994 Fifa World Cup Players, 1998 Fifa World Cup Players, Association Football Defenders, Boldklubben Frem Players, Brøndby If Players, Celta De Vigo Players, Danish Superliga Players, Deportivo Alavés Players, Expatriate Footballers in Denmark, Expatriate Footballers in France, Expatriate Footballers in Scotland, Expatriate Footballers in Spain, La Liga Players, Le Mans Fc Players, Living People, Lyn Fotball Players, Norway International Footballers, Norwegian Expatriate Footballers, Norwegian Expatriate Sportspeople in France, Norwegian Football Managers, Norwegian Footballers, Rangers F.C. Players, Sportspeople from Oslo, Uefa Euro 2000 Players
(1970-01-13) 13 January 1970
1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Youth career
Årvoll IL
Team Apps† (Gls)†
Ready 40 (6)
BK Frem 72 (15)
Brøndby IF 108 (6)
Celta Vigo 37 (2)
Alavés 40 (2)
Rangers 0 (0)
Le Mans 22 (1)
Norway 25 (2)
Teams managed
KFUM-Kameratene Oslo
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (goals)
Dan Eggen (born 13 January 1970 in Oslo) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. He is currently coaching KFUM-Kameratene Oslo of the Norwegian Second Division. He has previously coached Kolbotn in the Norwegian Premier League for women. He was capped 25 times for Norway, scoring two goals.
Dan Eggen played as central defender. He started his career in the Norwegian amateur sides Årvoll and Ready. Later he went on to play for several teams outside of Norway: Danish teams BK Frem and Brøndby IF, Spanish teams Celta Vigo and Alavés (where he played in the 2001 UEFA Cup Final), French team Le Mans and Scottish club Rangers.[1]
Eggen represented Norway in 25 caps, scoring two goals. He was a part of the 1994 and 1998 World Cup squads, and the 2000 European Football Championship squad. He was not used in any matches in the 1994 World Cup, but was a key player in 1998 and 2000. Eggen scored the equaliser against Morocco to secure a 2-2 draw for the Norwegians at the Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier in 1998.
In 2005 he started a bachelor's degree in economics at the University of Oslo, Norway. He is currently the manager of the rock band El Caco. He has studied football coaching at Wang Idrettsgymnas and has been headcoach Kolbotn in the Norwegian Premier League for women, and for KFUM
Appears in Satyricon's DVD Roadkill Extravaganza, where he is visiting the band backstage, revealing himself as a fan of Norwegian black metal.
During a Pantera concert in Spain, Eggen joined the band on stage for 30 seconds and showing off headbanging and air guitar playing.
^ "Gers seal Eggen signing" BBC Sport website (31 January 2003)
(Danish) Brøndby IF partial statistics
(Danish) Boldklubben Frem profile
National team profile
Eggen on stage with Pantera.
Dan Eggen career statistics at Soccerbase
Norway squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup
1 Thorstvedt
2 Halle
3 Johnsen
4 Bratseth (c)
5 Bjørnebye
6 J. Flo
7 Mykland
8 Leonhardsen
9 Fjørtoft
10 Rekdal
11 Jakobsen
12 Grodås
13 By Rise
14 Nilsen
15 Løken
16 Sørloth
17 Eggen
18 Håland
21 Rushfeldt
22 Bohinen
Coach: Olsen
1 Grodås (c)
6 Solbakken
9 T. Flo
12 Myhre
13 Baardsen
14 Heggem
16 J. Flo
17 H. Flo
18 Østenstad
19 Hoftun
20 Solskjær
21 Riseth
Norway squad – UEFA Euro 2000
1 Myhre
2 Bergdølmo
3 Bragstad
4 Berg (c)
5 Andersen
11 Skammelsrud
12 Olsen
13 M. Bakke
15 Riise
17 Carew
18 Iversen
19 E. Bakke
22 Bjørnebye
Coach: Semb
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