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Q: Algorithms for 1D Gaussian mixture with equal variance and noise cluster I would like to fit a Gaussian mixture model to some data. The data is 1D and I want to constrain all the Gaussians to have equal variance. I would also like to have a uniform background noise cluster to pick up points that are not in a real cluster.
I don't know how many clusters there should be, and this can vary over a large range for different data sets (tens to thousands are possible), so ideally this should be selected automatically. It might also be useful to put some lower threshold on the mixing coefficient for each cluster to avoid fitting very tiny ones to the background noise.
Depending on the data set there will be from hundreds to many thousands of data points.
What would be a good way to pursue this problem? I am a bit overwhelmed by the possible options (EM, variational bayes, infinite GMM, dirichlet processes etc.), or if it is even possible.

A: As I understand, there are three questions in one, I will try to suggest some answers for all of them.
1. How to estimate the number of clusters?
In 1D I ones tried to estimate the number of clusters by density estimation. First you try to estimate density (for example, see ksmooth in R) with automatically established parameters. Then you can approximate the number of clusters by just evaluating the number of local maximums of the density. That would be a good number to start with, after that you can do cross-valudation (for the final method) to get the more exact number.
2. How to fit the models with equal variance?
That can be easily incorporated into EM-procedure. During M-step you estimate the mean $\mu_k$ as usual, but the variance $\sigma_k$ like this: $\sigma_k = \sigma = \frac{1}{N}\sum_{i=1}^N (x_i - \mu_{k(x_i)})$, where $k(x_i)$ return an estimated class of the object $x_i$.
3. How to deal with uniform background noise?
If it's really uniformly distributed, it should not greatly affect the EM-procedure. And after all, you can get rid of it, just marking $x_i$ belonging to noisy class if the probability of this object belonging to any class $k$ is less then some threshold. You can think of incorporating this step inside EM-algorithm, but I am not sure how it would work.
Hope some of the suggestions above would help!

A: Dmitry's answer is mostly correct, but there's a major problem with the second point: estimating variance under the assumption they're all equal. Firstly, it should be $\sigma^2$, not $\sigma$. Secondly, we need to find the L2 distance, not L1, so square the difference term: $\sigma^2=\frac{1}{N}\sum_{i=1}^N(x_i-\mu_{k})^2$. Thirdly, this does not even actually work. This unfortunately does not give the optimal variance. I ran a bunch of simulations, and it does not converge to the local minimum. The problem is that if you try to solve for the variance by taking the derivative of the PDF and setting it to 0, you don't get a closed form for $\sigma^2$. Here's the PDF:$$ L(\mu,\omega,\sigma^2|x)=\prod_{i=1}^N\left(\sum_{k=1}^K\omega_k\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi\sigma^2}}e^{\frac{-(x_i-\mu_k)^2}{2\sigma^2}}\right),$$
so the log likelihood becomes:$$ l(\mu,\omega,\sigma^2|x)=\sum_{i=1}^Nlog\left(\sum_{k=1}^K\omega_k\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi\sigma^2}}e^{\frac{-(x_i-\mu_k)^2}{2\sigma^2}}\right). $$
If we take the derivative and set it to 0, we get: $$\sigma^2=\frac{\sum_{i=1}^N\frac{\sum_{k=1}^K2\omega_k(x_i-\mu_k)^2N(\mu_k,\sigma)}{\sum_{k=1}^K\omega_kN(\mu_k,\sigma)}}{N},$$
which as you can see is not a closed form. Very unfortunate. There's not much you can do besides trying to solve numerically. There are many methods to do this, but depending on your problem you may want to do one over another.
My only hope is that I'm wrong, but I don't think I am. I went through the derivation several times, and found no errors. If you have already solved this problem, please let me know!
VERY IMPORTANT EDIT:
After some more research, I found our answer here: http://lasa.epfl.ch/teaching/lectures/ML_Phd/Notes/GP-GMM.pdf
I'll paraphrase what the paper says. While the above formulation is correct, there is another way to describe the model. If we consider each point $x_i$ to be generated by gaussian $k$, we can think of the total likelihood to be the product of the likelihoods of the $K$ gaussians, as they are independent. Of course, when we do the E step of the EM algorithm, we come up with a posterior probability for each point, $P(y=k|x_i)$, where $y=1,2,...,K$ is the gaussian that generated point $x_i$. So the likelihood for any gaussian will be: $$ L(\mu_k,\sigma^2|x,y=k)=\prod_{i=1}^N P(x_i)\cdot P(y=k|x_i), \\ L(\mu_k,\sigma^2|x,y=k)=\prod_{i=1}^N\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi\sigma^2}}e^{\frac{-(x_i-\mu_k)^2}{2\sigma^2}}\cdot P(y=k|x_i),$$
SO: the full likelihood (assuming the three Gaussians are independent) is just the product:$$L(\mu_k,\sigma^2|x)=\prod_{k=1}^K\prod_{i=1}^N\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi\sigma^2}}e^{\frac{-(x_i-\mu_k)^2}{2\sigma^2}}\cdot P(y=k|x_i) ,\\log L(\mu_k,\sigma^2|x) =l(\mu_k,\sigma^2|x) =\sum_{k=1}^K\sum_{i=1}^Nlog\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi\sigma^2}}e^{\frac{-(x_i-\mu_k)^2}{2\sigma^2}}\right)\cdot P(y=k|x_i).
$$
This makes it super easy to optimize:$$\mu_k=\frac{\sum_{i=1}^Nx_ip(k|x_i)}{N},\\ \omega_k=\frac{\sum_{i=1}^Np(k|x_i)}{N},$$ and the variance (total variance across all gaussians): $$\sigma^2=\frac{\sum_{k=1}^K\sum_{i=1}^N (x_i-\mu_k)^2\cdot P(y=k|x_i)}{N}.$$
So that's it! I hope it comes in useful for someone.

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Q: Android listview scroll by pixels with no delay I have a listview that I am implementing pinch zooming on. I resize each child view of the listview which changes the row height. When these rows are resized, the top item of the list view remains stationary and the items below it move up to recover the slack space.
I'm trying to implement the pinch zoom in 2 parts. First, make the zoom origin the center of the visible list (right now it's the top, like I said). Second, adjust the origin based on the focal point of the zoom gesture.
My problem is that I can't smoothly adjust the origin of the zoom. The method I have right now does scroll the list, but it does it a few milliseconds after the view is updated (it actually looks pretty bad... It's really choppy).
Is there a better way to do what I'm doing in the code below?
mMsgs is a listview.
// Center align the scroll
int yviewspace = mMsgs.getHeight();
int newyviewspace = (int) (yviewspace * zoomratio);
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John Arrowsmith, Map of Texas, Compiled from Surveys Recorded in the Land Office of Texas..., 1841.
by Jon Dotson
"I must say as to what I have seen of Texas it is the garden spot of the world. The best land and the best prospects for health I ever saw, and I do believe it is a fortune to any man to come here. There is a world of country here to settle."
-- Davy Crockett
The First Anglo-American Settlement in Texas
In 1821, Stephen Fuller Austin located the very first Anglo-American families on the Colorado and Brazos rivers in East Texas. Stephen's father, Moses Austin, who had previously lived in Spanish Louisiana, was the first foreigner to receive permission from the Spanish government to settle 300 families in Texas. However, Moses died shortly after the grant was approved, leaving Stephen to fulfill his father's quest. At the time, only 5,000 Spanish citizens were living in Texas and the government hoped that Americans of "good character" who received land would be faithful to the Spanish government and ward off their former countrymen from taking over the region. Shortly after Austin arrived in Texas, however, Mexico declared independence from Spain, requiring Austin to resubmit his grant in Mexico City. Austin spent a year in the city to build relations with the new Mexican leadership and provided a preliminary map of east Texas based in part upon his own limited surveying. As part of his negotiations with the new Mexican government, Austin committed to providing the government new and improved versions of his map. In the spring of 1823 the Imperial Colonization Law was passed, and Austin was finally approved to settle 300 American families in East Texas. This first colony came to be known as the "Old 300." Unlike some other Mexican land agents, which allowed settlers to take over new lands with little supervision, Austin chose to survey in advance of settlement, so there were no disputes over ownership. In a little over a year, 272 families had relocated to these newly surveyed lands.
Example of an 1830 Stephen F. Austin land grant introducing Abraham Eddings to the Commissioner of Lands for Coahuila y Tejas (Image courtesy of The Portal to Texas History)
While Austin was the first foreign "empresario," or land agent, he was by no means alone in capitalizing on this vast unsettled region that had been largely ignored by the Spanish, and now Mexican, government. Other early Texas empresarios include Martin de Leon, Green C. DeWitt, Haden Edwards, and Robert Leftwich. Favorable land prices in Texas further encouraged immigration from the north, with land selling in Texas for a mere 1.5 cents/acre as opposed to the $1.25/acre charged by the U.S. government for its public lands. The resulting surge in settlement meant more surveying and more complete information for Austin's new map of Texas (see below), but it also alarmed Mexico City that Texas was becoming increasingly anglicized. As a result of these shifting demographics, the government enacted the Law of April 6, 1830, barring all new American settlements.
Stephen Austin, Map of Texas with Parts of the Adjoining States..., 1830. The most detailed map of its time, reflecting the knowledge from the new American settlements of Austin's Colony and DeWitt's Colony. A new Austin grant is located to the northwest (Image courtesy of the Library of Congress)
Formation of the Republic
American colonists were angry with this new law that prevented family and friends from joining them in Texas. When the colonists organized the Convention of 1832, they crafted resolutions asking the Mexican government for lower tariffs on goods coming from the United States, increased immigration from the north, and to detach Texas from the existing province of Coahuila y Tejas. These resolutions were quickly dismissed by Ramón Músquiz, the political head of the province, stating that the convention was illegal. Another convention was organized in 1833 with additional resolutions (again requesting Texas as a separate province) but with no success. The same year, Santa Anna was elected President as a liberal, giving Texians hope for more rights, but he quickly flipped his political philosophy to a centralist regime, believing that the country wasn't ready for democracy.
Edward Everett, Ruins of the Church of the Alamo, San Antonio de Bexar, 1850. The earliest view of the Alamo in ruins, based upon an eyewitness drawing.
By October 1835 rebellious Texian colonists had had enough and launched a small victorious campaign at the Battle of Gonzales, commencing the Texas Revolution. Though Santa Anna did respond with forceful victories at Goliad and the famous Battle of the Alamo in the coming months, Texians reorganized under Sam Houston and defeated Santa Anna's forces at San Jacinto, taking Santa Anna prisoner. As a condition for sparing his life, Santa Anna commanded his troops to retreat to south of the Rio Grande River. On March 1, 1836 Texas declared independence from Mexico, established a provisional government, and drafted a constitution. As part of their declaration, the new Republic of Texas claimed over 350,000 square miles of land from the Sabine River west to the headwaters of the Rio Grande in present-day southern Colorado, much of which was part of Mexico and never Texas.
John Arrowsmith, Map of Texas, Compiled from Surveys Recorded in the Land Office of Texas..., 1841. Arrowsmith's map of the Republic of Texas (illustrated in full at the top of this article) shows the full extent of Texas' claim to the upper Rio Grande valley. This close-up shows a proliferation of land grants extending north to the Red River and west beyond Austin.
With its new status as a republic, Texas had the difficult task ahead of forming a functional government to manage its vast new territory. Among its many challenges were a lack of funding and population to defend itself from the Indians to the west and the Mexicans to the south. In fact, when the government was first established in 1836, there was a little more than $50 in the bank. In many ways, Texas' challenges were no different than the fledgling United States about fifty years earlier. The one resource that Texas had a surplus of was land, so a general land office was created to document all land titles and manage public lands to fund the government, encourage settlement, and compensate its military.
While the outstanding Mexican land grants were canceled by the new Republic of Texas, new systems were introduced to encourage settlement. Three different headright acts were introduced in 1837, 1838 and 1842 giving generous amounts of land to relocate to Texas. Bounty land grants also rewarded soldiers of the Texas Army, which awarded 320 to 1280 acres for service ranging from 3 to 12 months. Additionally, the old empresario system was reestablished in 1841 along the frontier to help defend against Indian attacks. New colonists included W.S. Peters, Charles Mercer, Henri Castro, Henry Fisher, and Burchard Miller. The aggressive use of land sales increased Texas' population during the Republic period and pushed the frontier line further west.
C.S. Williams, Map of Texas from the Most Recent Authorities, 1845. New settlements continue to push west, encroaching upon Comanche territory.
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Constituents in Texas had voted for U.S. statehood as early as 1836, but were turned down by the Van Buren administration due to fear of war with Mexico and concerns about adding another slave state to the Union. The mood changed in 1844 when Britain got involved and tried to keep Texas independent for a variety of reasons, including the slavery issue, preventing U.S. expansion, and trade. Near the end of his term (and vying for four more years in office), President Tyler responded by crafting a joint resolution to Congress seeking the annexation of Texas, and the bill was finally signed by new expansionist President Polk on December 29, 1845. This accelerated method meant that Texas was the only state to skip territorial status and was also the only state (other than the original 13 colonies) to keep its land and debt.
Samuel Augustus Mitchell, No. 13 Map of the State of Texas..., 1846. This school geography map features the "stovepipe" configuration depicting Texas at its largest extent when first admitted to the Union.
To ensure a speedy approval, the Texas boundary question was never addressed in the joint resolution. Instead, Polk sent John Slidell to Mexico City in November 1845 to negotiate a sale price for the disputed lands but was unsuccessful for a variety of reasons. In 1846, Polk became more assertive and sent General Zachary Taylor to build a fort near the mouth of the Rio Grande to defend Texas' claim. Mexico perceived this as an act of war, thus initiating the Mexican-American War.
With a relatively easy victory over the Mexicans in 1848, the United States now claimed lands extending to the Pacific Ocean, including New Mexico and Upper California. Victory also brought the boundary question to the forefront. While Texas still insisted the Rio Grande as its border, citizens of New Mexico wanted their own voice and federal status. Compounding the issue was the slavery question, with southerners wanting all lands open to slaves and the northerners wanting to prevent its spread. The boundary issue was finally solved by the Compromise of 1850 whereby Texas relinquished all claims to New Mexico. Its western boundary was set at the 102nd meridian and its northern boundary at the 34th parallel. In return, the United States assumed $10 million of debt that had accumulated when Texas was a republic.
Samuel Augustus Mitchell, County Map of Texas, 1860. An attractive map showing Texas with its final borders and county development past the 100th meridian.
Texas' dramatic rise is undeniable - this "garden spot of the world" went from a small Mexican possession to a large independent Republic, and finally a U.S. state in a little over two decades. Upon admittance in 1845, Texas was immediately the largest state by area with over 261,000 square miles of land - nearly four times larger than the second largest state of Missouri at the time (69,000 square miles). With all of the land office's efforts to induce settlement in a state with the "best land and best prospects," population grew quickly from a handful of families to over 600,000 people in 1860, and just over 3 million by 1900. Its fascinating history and development make Texas a favorite subject among map collectors.
Barker, E. C. (1952). Stephen Fuller Austin. Handbook of Texas. Retrieved 2021, from https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/austin-stephen-fuller.
History of Texas Public Lands (Revised 2018), Texas General Land Office. Retrieved 2021, from https://www.glo.texas.gov/history/archives/forms/files/history-of-texas-public-lands.pdf
Long, Christopher (1952). Old Three Hundred. Handbook of Texas. Retrieved 2021, from https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/old-three-hundred.
Martin, James C. & Robert Sidney, Maps of Texas and the Southwest, 1513-1900, Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1999.
Nance, Joseph M. (1952). Republic of Texas. Handbook of Texas. Retrieved 2021, from https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/republic-of-texas.
Neu, C. T. (1976). Annexation. Handbook of Texas. Retrieved 2021, from https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/annexation.
Wheat, Carl I., Mapping the Trans-Mississippi West 1540-1861, Martino Publishing, 2004.


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Elson supports a balanced transportation system in Los Angeles — a system that allows people to have multiple choices in terms of getting around. And he practices what he preaches: Elson has been a transit rider since 1984, a motorist since 1992, a frequent bicycle commuter and a supporter of walkable neighborhoods.
Parking is a huge issue in nearly all of the 13th District's communities. Elson will seek creative solutions for parking deficient neighborhoods, such as utilizing existing under-used parking facilities as a better alternative to removing precious commercial, residential and recreational space for parking structures. He also supports the expansion of the "smart parking" program, which uses mobile technology to locate available street parking spaces. He will also give incentives for providers and users of car rental and car share services, which frees people from the dependence on car ownership, yet provides easy access to an automobile when it is necessary.
Elson has been a transit rider in Los Angeles since 1984 and has been a frequent rider of the Metro Red Line subway since it opened. He will not only advocate for more transit lines, but the improvement of existing ones. There are 9 Metro Rail subway stations ether in or serving the 13th District, and some of them are already showing their age. With more people taking to the rails today, many stations lack adequate seating for waiting passengers, forcing them to sit on stairwells or on the floor. He will support these upgrades and amenities to ensure our transit riders have a quality ride.
Elson also believes all of the 13th District's communities deserve access to our rapid transit system, and he will advocate for a DASH or shuttle bus line connecting the Metro Red Line's Vermont/Beverly Station with the Glendale Metrolink station (serving Koreatown, Silver Lake and Atwater Village), as well as a similar service connecting the Glendale Metrolink station with the Metro Gold Line Lincoln/Cypress station (serving Elysian Valley, Silver Lake and Atwater Village). He also envisions a pedestrian bridge allowing Atwater Village residents direct access to the Glendale Metrolink station.
More and more Angelenos are taking to two wheels to save money, gas, time, or to better their health. Elson will support not only more bike lanes and bike-friendly streets, but interconnectivity between them. He also supports bicycle signage/wayfinding to promote cycling. And as someone who actually knows what it's like to ride our City's streets, safety and education programs for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians alike will be a top transportation priority, in order to save lives.
Elson is also an early supporter of CicLAvia, and will champion more frequent CicLAvia events that will go into more communities, whether in the 13th District or beyond.
The phrase, "Nobody Walks In L.A." is already antiquated; more and more communities see pedestrian-friendly streets as a priority. In the 13th District, we are fortunate to have a large number of already-walkable communities and commercial districts, but even they still need improvement.
Elson supports the elimination of pedestrian-unfriendly "dead-zones" on our streets, which will in turn improve safety, as well as security, as well as commerce. Eliminating blight will also make our streets pedestrian-friendly.


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Q: When would a value type contain a reference type? I understand that the decision to use a value type over a reference type should be based on the semantics, not performance. I do not understand why value types can legally contain reference type members? This is for a couple reasons:
For one, we should not build a struct to require a constructor.
public struct MyStruct
{
    public Person p;
    // public Person p = new Person(); // error: cannot have instance field initializers in structs

    MyStruct(Person p)
    {
        p = new Person();
    }
}

Second, because of value type semantics:
MyStruct someVariable;
someVariable.p.Age = 2; // NullReferenceException

The compiler does not allow me to initialize Person at the declaration.  I have to move this off to the constructor, rely on the caller, or expect a NullReferenceException. None of these situations are ideal.
Does the .NET Framework have any examples of reference types within value types? When should we do this (if ever)?

A: There are two primary useful scenarios for a struct holding a class-type field:

*

*The struct holds a possibly-mutable reference to an immutable object (`String` being by far the most common).  An reference to an immutable object will behave as a cross between a nullable value type and a normal value type; it doesn't have the "Value" and "HasValue" properties of the former, but it will have null as a possible (and default) value.  Note that if the field is accessed through a property, that property may return a non-null default when the field is null, but should not modify the field itself.

*The struct holds an "immutable" reference to a possibly-mutable object and serves to wrap the object or its contents.  `List.Enumerator` is probably the most common struct using this pattern.  Having struct fields pretend to be immutable is something of a dodgy construct(*), but in some contexts it can work out pretty well.  In most instances where this pattern is applied, the behavior of a struct will be essentially like that of a class, except that performance will be better(**).

(*) The statement structVar = new structType(whatever); will create a new instance of structType, pass it to the constructor, and then mutate structVar by copying all public and private fields from that new instance into structVar; once that is done, the new instance will be discarded.  Consequently, all struct fields are mutable, even if they "pretend" to be otherwise; pretending they are immutable can be dodgy unless one knows that the way structVar = new structType(whatever); is actually implemented will never pose a problem.
(**) Structs will perform better in some circumstances; classes will perform better in others.  Generally, so-called "immutable" structs are chosen over classes in situations where they are expected to perform better, and where the corner cases where their semantics would differ from those of classes are not expected to pose problems.
Some people like to pretend that structs are like classes, but more efficient, and dislike using structs in ways that take advantage of the fact that they're not classes.  Such people would probably only be inclined toward using scenario (2) above.  Scenario #1 can be very useful with mutable structs, especially with types like String which behave essentially as values.

A: Instances of a value type never contain instances of a reference type. The reference-typed object is somewhere on the managed heap, and the value-typed object may contain a reference to the object. Such a reference has a fixed size. It is perfectly common to do this — for example every time you use a string inside a struct.
But yes, you cannot guarantee initialization of a reference-typed field in a struct because you cannot define a parameter-less constructor (nor can you guarantee it ever gets called, if you define it in a language other than C#).
You say you should "not build a struct to require a constructor". I say otherwise. Since value-types should almost always be immutable, you must use a constructor (quite possibly via a factory to a private constructor). Otherwise it will never have any interesting contents.
Use the constructor. The constructor is fine.
If you don't want to pass in an instance of Person to initialize p, you could use lazy initialization via a property. (Because obviously the public field p was just for demonstration, right? Right?)
public struct MyStruct
{
    public MyStruct(Person p)
    {
        this.p = p;
    }

    private Person p;

    public Person Person
    {
        get
        {
            if (p == null)
            {
                p = new Person(…); // see comment below about struct immutability
            }
            return p;
        }
    }

    // ^ in most other cases, this would be a typical use case for Lazy<T>;
    //   but due to structs' default constructor, we *always* need the null check.
}

A: I wanted to add to Marc's answer, but I had too much to say for a comment.
If you look at the C# specifications, it says of struct constructors:

Struct constructors are invoked with the new operator, but that does
  not imply that memory is being allocated. Instead of dynamically
  allocating an object and returning a reference to it, a struct
  constructor simply returns the struct value itself (typically in a
  temporary location on the stack), and this value is then copied as
  necessary.

(You can find a copy of the spec under
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC#\Specifications\1033)
So, a struct constructor is inherently different than a class constructor.
In addition to this, structs are expected to be copied by value, and thus:

With structs, the variables each have their own copy of the data, and
  it is not possible for operations on one to affect the other.

Any time I've seen a reference type in a struct, it has been a string. This works because strings are immutable.  I am guessing your Person object is not immutable and can introduce very odd and severe bugs because of the divergence from the expected behavior of a struct.
That being said, the errors you're seeing with the constructor of your struct may be that you have a public field p with the same name as your parameter p and not referring to the struct's p as this.p, or that you're missing the keyword struct.


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Former Misfits Singer Michale Graves is Bringing Political Discussions and Music Together With Patriotic Podcast — and It's a Must Listen
By Cassandra Fairbanks
His show, Radio Deadly with Michale Graves, is described as "an unconventional talk show that fuses patriotic politics with punk rock set in a format that calls back to the classic days of talk/music radio."
Speaking to the Gateway Pundit, Graves said that he is trying to create a variety show, bringing together culture and intellectual discussions about the things that matter.
"I'm trying to make it like a variety show, where we mix intellectual thought and conversation with interesting guests, and my music and the things that I'm doing," Graves said. "I'm trying to take the art, music and culture and add an intellectual side to it."
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Graves explained that he is also trying to add in comedy and humor with a hilarious woke-puppet named "Grimple Graves" that lectures the musician for his problematic wrongthink.
"I'm trying to bring a sense of comedy to the show. I really think that it's important, as we go through what we're going through, that we remember to laugh and create things that make us laugh and smile," Graves explained. The left, he noted, don't appear to be able to have any fun anymore. "I don't think they're able to smile. Their faces don't even do it anymore," he said.
Though the show was originally launched about a decade ago, it has a new home on Censored.TV, the home of many deplatformed personalities from the right including Gavin McInnes, Milo Yiannopoulos, and Jim Goad. He is often joined by the show's producer, film director, journalist, and frequent guest on "Friday Night's All Right;" Pawl Bazile, as well as Graves's manager, army vet, and co-host of "the Michale Graves Show" on YouTube; Arturo Santaella.
Topics range from current events, politics, and music — to his Christian faith and serious spiritual matters.
For the music fans, Graves also frequently performs original music and favorites from his extensive catalogue. He is often joined by other artists for wide-ranging and fascinating discussions.
While discussing how the punk scene has been pretty bad on free speech and the things that once made it so great, the iconic singer said that he believes it is because there is a lack of faith in the community.
"One of the reasons, I think, that there's not a lot of people with the courage to stand up is because there's a lack of spirituality, there's a lack of faith, and there's a lack of people that know Christ and know God," he explained. "Most of the industry is in love with the world. They don't want to say or do anything that would cause anybody to say anything bad about them. God forbid they lose money or take any sort of hit that will mess up what they have going, even if it means they would be doing the right thing. It's sad."
"Not me," he added. "I'll lose it all if I have to."
Graves, despite being a punk legend, is facing severe backlash for agreeing to be a witness for the defense for Proud Boys who are being charged over the January 6 Capitol protest.
The influential musician maintains that there was no plan for an insurrection, and that members of the Proud Boys who were at a Latinos for Trump event that he went to had asked him to perform at a party later that day. Hardly sounding like people who were gearing up to go try and topple the government.
According to his bio, "Graves kicked in the door of the music scene in 1995, wearing his trademark skull face paint, with a new take on the music he helped transform a punk band with a mythical reputation into a modern standout, performing nightly in front of packed areas and festivals. The videos for his songs 'Dig Up Her Bones' and 'Scream" directed by master of horror George A. Romero have been viewed over 30 million times. Michale appeared in Romero's film Bruiser performing "Fiend Without a Face" which was also written by Graves specifically for the film."
"After recording two albums with the Misfits, 'American Psycho' with Geffen Records and "Famous Monsters" with Roadrunner Records, as well as touring the world to meet millions of fans, Graves quit the band to blaze his own path. Michale steadily built a reputation as the working-man's punk rocker. He reintroduced himself to the scene with non-stop touring around the country before taking his new act worldwide."
This isn't Graves' first time wading into politics, though it may be the first time people have tried to cancel him for it. In the mid-2000s he launched ConservativePunk.com where he attempted to introduce people to the importance of individual liberty. He was also outspoken about defending the police and military, having severed in the US Marines himself.
You can find Graves on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
His podcast can be found on Censored.TV every Thursday — and you can get a subscription discount with the promo code GRAVES.
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Lockdown 2020 Review: Blow the Man Down
April 28, 2020 Jeremie Sabourin
There's something unique about small town crime dramas that just set them apart from others. There's something about them that's more personal and tight knit and everyone's seemingly in on the crime. If you're looking for a small town crime drama in 2020, most people look to Netflix's popular television series, Ozark. However, Amazon dropped a somewhat unheralded gem on their Prime Video streaming service back in March. Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy's Blow the Man Down is a story of two sisters covering up a crime in their small town with a darkly comic flair.
In Amazon's valiant attempt to corner every conceivable market, they've done quite well with their original films. To date, they've released over 50 titles under the Amazon name to varying degrees of success. However, most of their earlier films were co-distributed with other studios. Following the success of their breakout, Oscar nominated hit, Manchester by the Sea, Amazon has been setting out to prove that they don't need help from other studios. Within two years, Amazon has gone from co-distributing nearly every film to handling distribution duties by themselves either under their Amazon Studios or Amazon Prime banners. Given the overwhelmingly positive reactions to Blow the Man Down, they again prove that they don't need any help from outsiders to make a solid product.
The film opens in Easter Cove, Maine, where the Connolly sisters, Mary Beth (Morgan Saylor) and Priscilla (Sophie Lowe), mourn the death of their mother. After a verbal confrontation about potentially losing their house, Mary Beth storms off and gets drunk at a local bar. There, she meets a man named Gorski (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) who she eventually leaves with. She ends up crashing Gorski's car but the two flee the scene back to his place where Mary Beth discovers something sinister about the man. Their encounter results in bloodshed and Mary Beth returns home to seek aid from Priscilla. From here, the two try to cover up the crime while exposing the seedy underbelly of their small town.
The plot basically starts out with a germ of an idea that continues to expand over the course of the film's quick 91 minute runtime. Initially, Mary Beth's actions towards Gorski are out of self-defense. Yet, the plot continues to thicken as new wrinkles to the story are exposed. As it turns out, the event basically throws an entire town into disarray. Dark secrets come to light as the local police force discover a body in the water. Though his young protege, Officer Justin Brennan (Will Brittain), is committed to the case, Officer Coletti (Skipp Sudduth) mostly turns a blind eye to any wrongdoing in Easter Cove. This is especially true when it comes to local brothel owner, Enid Nora Devlin (Margo Martindale), who's looked down upon by the other women in the town. The encounter between Mary Beth and Gorski has an unintentional ripple effect that threatens the integrity of Easter Cove.
When it comes to influences, Blow the Man Down seems to have many. One of the most obvious ones that comes to mind is the Coen brothers' 1996 film, Fargo. Both films employ black comedy to go along with their grim tales of death and deceit. That being said, Fargo is certainly more funny than Blow the Man Down but there are some genuinely humorous moments in the latter film. It can also be compared to Debra Granik films like Down to the Bone, Winter's Bone, and Leave No Trace. While Granik takes a much more serious approach, her work all has that small town feel to it. The relatively small casts coupled with dark subject matter give each of the films a real, human feel. Cole and Krudy's Blow the Man Down has the same idea. What the Connolly sisters go through feels like something that could and has happened somewhere. There's also a splash of Taylor Sheridan's 2017 film, Wind River, in there with the plot and sense of dead end community.
Though the intriguing plot and picturesque seaside town may attract viewers, it's the film's characters that will suck them in. Morgan Saylor and Sophie Lowe as the Connolly sisters are excellent lead characters in the film. Saylor's Mary Beth is college bound but, due to the death of her mother, remains stuck in Easter Cove for the time being. Lowe's Priscilla is the new pseudo-matriarch of the family as she's always cooking, running the family fish market, and looking out for Mary Beth. The two are very different characters but work great as a sisterly tandem. Margo Martindale as Enid is also a standout. Early on, her story is separate from the girls but they slowly start to intersect as the film continues and she becomes a true villain. Annette O'Toole, June Squibb, and Marceline Hugot are the three headed foil to Enid in "town elder" type of roles. They monitor everything going on in Easter Cove and make their voices hear to everyone. You also can't forget Gayle Rankin as one of Enid's girls, Alexis. She's mostly in the background but has many moments to shine over the course of the film.
While there's nothing majorly wrong with Blow the Man Down, there's one recurring issue and it's in the film's tone. Described before as having that black comedy aspect reminiscent of Fargo, the film doesn't quite have enough of it either. It also seems to lack in the usual crime drama suspense too. So, what is this film if it's not funny enough to be a comedy and not suspenseful enough to be a thriller? It's hard to say because everything is done so well. It just feels like Cole and Krudy didn't want to jump fully into comedy and take away from the more serious aspects of the film. Yet, they didn't want to be overly serious and provide a generic crime drama either. Again, this mixing of tones isn't a deal breaker by any means. The film is perfectly enjoyable as it is and it's hard to say that the writer/directors were wrong in the approach they took. It's just something that some viewers will probably notice.
Either way, Blow the Man Down is a wonderful small town, crime drama, comedy flick. When it's funny, it's funny. Then, when it needs to be serious, the film does that too. It establishes the seaside locale of Easter Cove as a nice little place to live until you know the dark secrets behind the town and its residents. Morgan Saylor and Sophie Lowe as the two leads represent youth in a town built on loyalty to the community. It's a tough spot to be in and their predicament tests everyone even remotely involved. If you're a fan of the aforementioned films in this review or are just looking for a good time, Blow the Man Down should do the trick. Even better, it's currently available to stream for free for Amazon Prime members.
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One interesting statistic to point out is the average sold price difference from February of 2016 to the same period as last year. It went from $276,000 to $351,000. That is a 27% increase! Perhaps that is why inventories have increased. Sellers might be thinking this is a great time to cash out or downsize.
It is wise to look at sales across a longer time period than just one month. I added sales and pended sales for January and February in both 2015 and 2016. The number of properties sold in Sarasota county decreased 5% and pended properties also decreased 7% this year when compared to the same two months last year.
Just like Sarasota, Manatee county inventories increased and sales decreased. However, pended properties increased 16.6% while pended properties in Sarasota were down slightly. That is a good sign for future closings. Notice that the average and median sold prices didn't change much. Perhaps the large increase in pending sales was due to the small increase in home prices. The drop in pending sales in Sarasota county might be from the large increase in average sold price.
Combining the number of sold & pended properties for January and February shows that Manatee county had 5.6% fewer sales and a slight increase of 2% for pended properties.
The number of homes and condos in the 34236 zip code, which includes downtown Sarasota, Bird Key and Lido Key, increased by almost 21%. The number of properties sold increased by 25% but the number of pending sales decreased by almost 23%. The 60% increase in the average sold price was skewed by several closings in the new condos at One88 and Park Residences on Lido Key.
The number of Longboat Key homes and condos remained about the same when comparing February 2015 to 2016. The number of properties sold on the island decreased by about 6%, however the pending sales increased by 21.6%! Again, that bodes well for future closings.
The number of Siesta Key homes and condos for sale dropped over 13% when compared to the same time period last year. Sales increased nicely on the island while pending properties dropped over 11%.
The number of properties for sale in Lakewood Ranch increased by a whopping 35.4%. Sold properties declined 8.6% and pended properties increased 5.4% from February 2015 to February 2016. Take a look at the Months of Inventory figures. It went from 5.6 months to 8.4% or a 20% increase. Sellers in Lakewood Ranch should take note of this.
Pending properties are a sign of future closings. They are down in most areas of Sarasota.
People should not panic when homes sales slow down. It is ok for the market to take a breather.
Rampant appreciation of home prices can cause big problems. Remember 2003 to 2005?


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'Mirai' Director Mamoru Hosoda on Bringing Fantasy into Fatherhood [Interview]
Posted on Tuesday, November 27th, 2018 by Hoai-Tran Bui
Mamoru Hosoda has laid his life out bare on the silver screen — though at first glance it doesn't seem obvious. The 51-year-old Japanese filmmaker exclusively directs in anime films, garnering critical acclaim for his deeply affecting, achingly human fables such as The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, The Wolf Children, and The Boy and the Beast. Through his films as well as the upcoming Mirai, Hosoda has managed to turn his life into sweeping, whimsical fantasies that both enchant and educate.
"I tend to be inspired by what's happening around me," Hosoda told /Film in an interview ahead of the release of Mirai (out in select theaters November 29). "I hope that the audiences would watch my movies and think, 'I know this is fiction, but I wonder if that happened to him in real life.'"
But Mirai stands out from the pack because it doesn't deal with Hosoda's specific experience, but that of his son. The sci-fi film follows a 4-year-old boy named Kun, who is overcome with jealousy when his parents bring home his new baby sister. Unable to consolidate his complicated feelings of love and disdain, Kun finds himself confronted by a future version of his sister, now a time-traveling teenager. They embark on a whirlwind adventure through time in a breathtaking film that dances between dreams and reality.
I had the pleasure of speaking with Hosoda, who directed one of my favorite films,The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, about Mirai and how it became his most personal film yet.
Your films have always had themes of family and fatherhood, but Mirai feels like your most personal yet. Would you say that is the case?
The previous film was an action film involving themes about how to be a father, but for Mirai, I wanted to take the stuff in life happening around me without exaggerating. To be accurate about how siblings are.
You don't have siblings yourself right?
I don't have any siblings. But when my son got a sibling, he was really jealous. And I was thinking, "Oh my gosh, my son is going to have to live with a sibling for the rest of his life, how's that going to be?" So that's why I made this film.
How old is your son?
Currently my son is 6 and my daughter is 3, but when I thought of the idea for the movie, my son was 3 and the daughter was just born.
Your protagonists have frequently been flawed, but Kun is particularly hard to sympathize with in some parts because he's such a realistic little boy. Did you draw specifically on your son or did you have other influences in creating Kun?
I wanted to show a realistic child because in other movies, children are depicted as simple or easy to understand, and I wanted to accurately depict how children are in real life: They can be selfish, they can throw tantrums.
But it's not just the children who are selfish. Adults, we tend to act unselfishly but we want what's best for ourselves or we want to be self-centered, like "I want to do what I want." I feel like [Mirai] depicts people in general.
Mirai especially is much less epic and fantastical than your previous films like The Boy and the Beast or The Wolf Children. Why did you decide to go in that much more intimate direction?
Currently in Japan, there's a problem of having less children. A lot of adults in Japan are not getting married or not having children, so the number of children is getting really low, it's become a social danger. I feel like everyone is forgetting how children are like, so I want to remind everyone that this is how children are like, this is how children are, don't forget the children. Because in Japan, the society seems to be made for adults. So I wanted to remind Japan in general that there are kids and also, that we were kids once before. So don't forget that.
I remember that you've said before that you're fascinated by the "struggle" of childhood. How does Mirai tap into that?
The adult perception of children is that we need to educate them, or they're inferior to adults because they're not adapted to how to live in society. But when I spend time with children, I feel I learn more from them instead of the other way around, as society thinks, because they're so pure. They live differently and freely because they're not confined to society's rules or norms. Through Mirai I wanted to remind adults that adults should enjoy being more with children, or being like children in how they live freely. I'm hoping that Mirai will change the perception of the adults.
With Mirai, Kun is your youngest protagonist yet. Was that intentional?
I did this on purpose. Having a 4-year-old protagonist, I think it's the first time in cinematic history. Except for Boss Baby, but that's unrealistic. To realistically depict a 4-year-old, seeing the world in the way that he sees it, I wanted to purposefully depict that in the movie.
This is what I think about a lot when I depict children and adults in my movies: when we get mad at children and we scold them, adults tend to act like we were adults from the beginning. We don't act like we were kids once and we made those same mistakes once too. We tend to be unfair in that way towards children. I think we need to teach the children that we were kids once too, and that's why they're getting scolded for the mistakes that they're making. I feel if we do that, if we make the whole issue relatable, there would be less family problems. That's the sort of thing I want to depict in Mirai.
I wanted to ask about your use of animation in Mirai. You've experimented with 3D animation before, but I noticed in Mirai that you have a surreal sequence that is stop-motion animated. What went into the decision to do that?
When children get lost, they're so scared that when they see other adults, the adults look very scary. That's what I experienced when I was a child. It's not really stop-motion, but it's cut-outs animated by CG. I thought that gave it an eerie look of what a child experiences when he or she is lost.
The last three movies you've made were made when you had become a father. Have you found that when you became a father, the type of movies you make change?
I tend to be inspired by what's happening around me. With Summer Wars, I got the idea when I was about to get married. With Wolf Children, [my wife and I] had a hard time getting pregnant, so I wondered what it would be like to have children. With Boy and the Beast, I became a father finally but I didn't know how to be a father, so that's how I explored it. I hope that the audiences would watch my movies and think, "I know this is fiction, but I wonder if that happened to him in real life."
Are there any other influences that you bring to your films?
When I was younger I used to gain inspiration by foreign creators or movie creators who lived in faraway countries, or painters who lived 500 years ago. But now that I make movies that are inspired by what's happening around me, I seem to understand that those painters and those foreign filmmakers were probably inspired by what was happening around them too. It made me think the history of how people create things. I'm beginning to understand the history of art and how they are inspired as well. I do get inspired by that history.
This interview was conducted through a translator and has been edited and condensed.
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We all know the USA used to be populated by native Indians. As the white man stole their land so the government set aside reservations for them. South Western Nevada was no different. One prominent local tribe is The Las Vegas Paiute and they have just hit the news again. They already run a smoke shop Downtown and a golf course in the northwest valley. Now a third business venture — in medical marijuana — is on the horizon for them.
If construction goes as planned, the federally-recognized tribe are on course to open two medical marijuana dispensaries and a cultivation and production facility by the end of the year. The tribe has apparently partnered with Ultra Health, an Arizona medical marijuana company, to develop and manage the businesses. The roughly $5 million construction project is expected to take six to nine months. A 4,000-square-foot dispensary is planned for the 30-acre downtown colony, near Main Street and Washington Avenue. A second dispensary, as well as greenhouses and a production center, will be built at the tribe's Snow Mountain Reservation in the northwest valley.
The U.S. Department of Justice issued a memo in late 2014 paving the way for American Indian tribes to enter the legal weed industry by allowing marijuana to be grown and sold on sovereign land. The memo sparked considerable interest among tribes, although many have explored the possibility quietly, especially in states where medical marijuana remains illegal. After the Las Vegas Paiutes' tribal council and members approved a medical marijuana venture, the council drafted a "robust and compliant formal ordinance" that mirrors Nevada law regarding medical marijuana. The 56-member tribe then issued a license to Ultra Health to operate medical marijuana businesses on the tribe's sovereign land.
Ultra Health and the tribe will share revenue generated by the businesses. The Las Vegas Paiute Tribe was thought to be a natural fit for the medical marijuana business, given its urban location. Medical marijuana patients can drive downtown to buy the tribe's product rather than trek to a remote reservation. Likewise, the tribe's planned dispensary at Snow Mountain isn't far from Las Vegas' suburban sprawl. Another potential client base is medical marijuana patients visiting Las Vegas. Nevada was the first state to grant nonresident reciprocity, meaning medical marijuana cardholders from other states can buy pot here legally.
The Paiutes' entry into the marijuana market isn't a first among Native American tribes and likely won't be the last. Several tribes in Washington, where recreational marijuana is legal, have entered into a agreement with the state to grow and sell pot. Based on surveys showing how many people use marijuana it is believed that demand may be large enough to make tribes' new business opportunity more profitable than gaming.


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Mardi Gras History
•January 17, 2014
Mardi Gras is a celebration with ancient roots. Some say that it's associated with the Roman Saturnalia celebration, and was adopted by the early church fathers to entice the new converts. From there, the practices spread to Europe, where some other pieces of the Mardi Gras puzzle entered the picture, such as King Cakes. These are thought to be descendants of cakes that we handed out to the peasantry by the landed gentry upon horseback. Along with the cakes were coins and other trinkets- reminiscent of today's parade throws.
The actual words "Mardi Gras" translate to "Fat Tuesday" and represent that last day for excess before Lent begins. Mardi Gras or Carnival season itself starts every year on January 6th, also known as Twelfth Night or Epiphany- the 12th day of Christmas and the beginning of the days of frivolity that conclude on the eve of Ash Wednesday.
How Mardi Gras came to the new world remains a mystery, with several iterations of the story- one tale has the celebration brought to America in 1699 by Sieur d'Iberville, a French explorer who landed in what is modern Mobile, and named the area "Pointe du Mardi Gras", as it was the eve of the holiday. Some hold that students home from studying in France dressed in costumes and paraded the streets of New Orleans in the early 1700s, which was embraced by the people of the city and became an annual ritual. Others say it simply came with the French settlers in what is now known as Louisiana.
However it got here, it has never left! The celebration has evolved over the years, becoming a riotous frolic that lasts for two months or more, depending on the date of Easter each year. It's even an official state holiday in Louisiana! Parades started really taking off in the early 1800's. Krewes came along, with the introduction of floats (also know as "tableaux cars"- I think we should bring that back!), Krewes starting throwing trinkets from the floats, and the modern Mardi Gras parade was born. The floats have become more elaborate, as have the "throws"- and ladies, you do not have to flash your "assets" to get beads- just catch them! There are now over 70 krewes bringing the fun to the city with parades almost every day from February 15th until the Big Day.
The colors of Mardi Gras are everywhere! They are Purple (justice), Green (faith), and Gold (power). They were adopted after the visiting Russian Grand Duke Alexis Romanoff suggested them, based upon his family's heraldic colors. The story goes that when LSU was picking colors for the university, the shops were full of Mardi Gras colors. LSU decided to use purple and gold, which left Tulane only the green!
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I studied printmaking and photo media at Central St Martins. I am a member of the Oxford Art Society and the Oxford Print Co-Op.
My current interest is Portraiture. I get a thrill out of trying a new process or media. The idea is usually led by the subject-for example one model had a craggy baggy face-so I used an old jiffy bag! I have also had some success with a baked potato!
In this last year my great excitement has been with cardboard relief. From a piece of corrugated cardboard I remove layers to make shadows-which define the image.
This particular style has generated good feedback from a broad range of public. I have exhibited in cafes and galleries (10 Oxford venues in 2011).
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Home Uncategorized What is the situation of Afghan Migrants in Iran?
What is the situation of Afghan Migrants in Iran?
About 50 years ago, with the start of conflicts between former Soviet Union and Afghan Mujahideen, a lot of people seek asylum in neighboring countries, mainly Pakistan and Iran, to run away from poverty and war.
With U.S.'s assault and the rise of civil wars in the country, seeking asylum to Iran increased. But Iranian authorities cooperated with Afghan refugees and opened the borders for them.
It is estimated that about 3 million people entered Iran throughout these years and about 1.3 million are now living legally here.
Afghans were able to work in Iran with a suitable salary and financial services provided by Iran's governments throughout these years.
Recently, with Ayatollah Khamenei's direct order, and government's persistence, Afghan kids who entered the country illegally gained the right to study in Iran.
In 2017, about 360,000 Afghan students studied in 25490 schools in Iran and about 10% of them were able to study in vocational-technical schools.
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Araatan "Coffee" out on Cosmonostro
This week seems to be a one filled with love and music. Big homey G from Cosmonostro introduced us to two brothers, who are originally from Mongolia. They…
K15 "Mist" on No Room For Air
K15 is a familiar name. One that has been written about in the past on numerous occasions. This talented producer from London is about to release yet another…
Nxworries (Anderson Paak & Knxwledge) "Suede"
Many moons ago we were buggin' out to Breezy Lovejoy's refreshing music. Now a few years later Breezy goes by the name of Anderson Paak, a talented songwriter, drummer,…
Moglebaum "Ozean" EP on Cosmonostro
Moglebaum started as a one-man-project some years ago by twenty-two-year-old producer and Jazz pianist Simon Ebener-Holschera. At this moment in time the band consists of five musicians all hailing from…
Lord Julien (Lord Echo & Julien Dyne) "Shades"
Get ready for a lethal collaboration called Lord Julien. The duo Lord Echo aka Mike Fabulous and Julien Dyne from New Zealand are two of the funkiest Kiwi's in…
Winter In Jakarta (Jakarta Records)
Our friends from Jakarta Records haven't been sitting still lately. The Winter In Jakarta compilation comes out officially today and it's a worthy follow-up to the previously released…
The Blvnt Compilation
Blvnt Records is an independent Hiphop label / collective out of Ann Arbor and Chicago. We've been following them for a minute and are glad they have just released…
Jahkoy "Forward Thinking"
What is it about Canada? For some strange reason a lot of the new talents have been coming out of Toronto, Montreal or Vancouver lately. Perhaps it's simply…
Candid Music Group "Fam Volume One"
Candid Music Group (founded by Brooklyn natives JNTHNSTEIN & Ivan Jackson) released their very first compilation ever a week and a half ago. The duo operates out of a…
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Premiere: Monomite "Innocence"
Monomite is a twenty-two-year-old producer / bass player originating from Paris. As a kid he used to listen to his parents records, while his brother was listening to a wide variety of different genres like Punk, Metal or Drum and Bass.
While his family nurtured his love for music, his extended family Beat x Changers nurtured the love for House music and Dance in particular. He soon discovered he wanted to produce and record his own music. It was this desire that drove him to making beats. Monomite is also a part of the Tech House group called Pulkone and you might have heard him feature on DOC Mastermind's 1985 album last year.
Monomite is getting ready to release his brand new "Space Time Body and Soul" EP. We are very glad to premiere the uptempo track "Innocence", which is perhaps best described as a funky space ride with elements of Broken Beat, dripping with Jazzy nastyness! The EP will be available digitally and on 12″ vinyl February 16th. It can be pre-ordered on Bandcamp and will also be available through Juno and Deck.
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This week seems to be a one filled with love and music. Big homey G from Cosmonostro introduced us to two brothers, who are originally from Mongolia. They live in Russia now and go by the name of Araatan.
Somehow it all adds up when you think about it for a second. I mean I love coffee and beats. So why am I not surprised that when we asked to premiere Araatan's track called Coffee, I said yes right away. The siblings gained millions of plays on Youtube thanks to their fair share of successful collaborations with Russian rappers of the first magnitude. On their "Aurora" EP they put more emphasis on the electronic side of things.
This Saturday, on Valentine's Day, the EP sees it's official release. Pre-orders are available on the Araatan Bandcamp page.
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K15 is a familiar name. One that has been written about in the past on numerous occasions. This talented producer from London is about to release yet another record and it's our pleasure to inform you about it.
After having released an amazing record on Kyle Hall's Wild Oats label, K15 now gets ready to release his 3-track "Mist" EP on No Room For Air. The title track is simply amazing and deeply soulful. It almost sounds like Robert Glasper made gentle love to Amerie and recorded to tape!
Fun little fact is that this will be the debut release on Wild Oats' sister label. Mist will be available from February 16th as a limited 7″ and you might want to pick this up sooner than later. It says these are sold out on the NRFA website, although Juno still has them in stock.
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Many moons ago we were buggin' out to Breezy Lovejoy's refreshing music. Now a few years later Breezy goes by the name of Anderson Paak, a talented songwriter, drummer, producer and live performer.
He recently released his solo album "Venice" and together with Knxwledge, who's currently working on an album for Stones Throw Records, he now answers to the name Nxworries. Their brand new track "Suede" is now available for stream on the Stones Throw Soundcloud page, so get ta steppin'. Oh and perhaps you remember hearing DTB some years ago produced by Anderson Paak and Keith Phelps. Nxworries if you haven't, just make sure you check that out now!
Moglebaum started as a one-man-project some years ago by twenty-two-year-old producer and Jazz pianist Simon Ebener-Holschera. At this moment in time the band consists of five musicians all hailing from Germany.
The name Moglebaum has its origin in the Japanese anime Pokémon, which depicts their fascination for fantasy realms. Their music can best be described as beat-based electronic music mixed with acoustic orchestration. Think playful computer-beats, vocal-samples, synthesizer-sounds, soulful vocals, vibrant violin and sexy saxophone. And get this! Most of the samples are self-made with the help of field recordings of coffee machines, shopping bags or cactuses.
Moglebaum's "Ozean" project is the first of several EP's to be released February 16th on French imprint Cosmonostro and I appreciate G always sending me a heads up. It's a real pleasure for us to premiere the title track of their forthcoming EP, which can be pre-order right here.
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Get ready for a lethal collaboration called Lord Julien. The duo Lord Echo aka Mike Fabulous and Julien Dyne from New Zealand are two of the funkiest Kiwi's in the world and I can't wait for them to get jammin' together.
Julien Dyne recently curated the amazing "Conglomerates" compilation on Wonderful Noise and Mike filled our lives with marvelous "Curiosities". The two have joined forces and as Lord Julien and are about to provide some premium blends of jazzy fusion Funk and disco-primed Deep House. Take a long listen to the A-side entitled "Shades" and write down this release in your agenda.
Somewhere mid March it will be available at selected retailers and trust me this is one of those 12-inches you don't want to miss out on!
Our friends from Jakarta Records haven't been sitting still lately. The Winter In Jakarta compilation comes out officially today and it's a worthy follow-up to the previously released Summer In Jakarta.
My resources tell me Jakarta has been under water for the past three days, so officially I wouldn't say it's wintertime. Of course in Germany it's full on winter, but don't expect no icey cuts though. Most tracks on this compilation are smoldering and will surely melt your face…guaranteed!
Last week Okayplayer premiered three tracks and today we gladly premiere two more! First one is by one of our favorite Dutch producers Singularis. His laid back funk cut called "Island" is super groovy and will make plenty of heads nod. Suff Daddy's "Pumpin Like Reeboks" comes so damn hard it knocks your teeth right back into your throat. Wish I had a 4 minute version of this, but I guess I will just have to abuse the replay button.
Take a listen to both track below and download Winter In Jakarta for free. Also keep your eyes open for the free cassette tape edition available from selected retailers.
Blvnt Records is an independent Hiphop label / collective out of Ann Arbor and Chicago. We've been following them for a minute and are glad they have just released their "The Blvnt Compilation".
The collective consists out of a gang of producers. To give you an idea, here's a few of our favorites. Harris Cole, C Y G N, IanEwing and Fitzroy are without a doubt talented producers that you should check out. Of course don't let us guide you too much and make sure you grab a super affordable download (by visiting the Blvnt Records Bandcamp page) of the compilation so you can hear for yourself.
What is it about Canada? For some strange reason a lot of the new talents have been coming out of Toronto, Montreal or Vancouver lately. Perhaps it's simply Canada's time to shine?!
One of these up-and-coming young artists is a JAHKOY. This artist slash songwriter, hailing from Toronto, has been making quite some noise lately…the good kind. Quite recently he visited Jazzy Jeff's studio and already he has producers like M-Phazes, Kaytranada, Galimatias, Moods, Pomo, Chloe Martini and DrewsThatDude producing tracks for him. JAHKOY is on some proper next level 'Future' R&B type of vibe and my personal favorite is the track "Trading Places" produced by Galimatias.
You can also find "Heart Smile" produced by Pomo on the "Sound of The Tribe" compilation released by The Good Vibe. Oh in case you were wondering, "Forward Thinking" (which contains all these tracks) is available for free download right here!
Candid Music Group (founded by Brooklyn natives JNTHNSTEIN & Ivan Jackson) released their very first compilation ever a week and a half ago.
The duo operates out of a studio in Willamsburg, Brooklyn where they gathered quite some interesting artists like Penthouse Penthouse, BrassTracks, Mr. Carmack, S'natra, Alexander Lewis and of course Candid Music Group founders JNTHNSTEIN and Ivan Jackson themselves. The eleven track "Fam Volume One" release is a compilation of tracks from their extremely talented extended musical family. And hopefully the first of many more to come.
It is available for free download and we suggest you show it the love and appreciation it deserves!


Wonder Wheel, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen, premieres this weekend in New York, followed by a limited release in December. Today, we got a second clip of the film, courtesy of security experts Yahoo. The new scene features Juno Temple and Kate Winslet.
The real star of the clip seems to be the cinematography, the sets, the costumes and the effects. That shot of Carolina (Temple) walking through the recreated 50s Coney Island boardwalk is stunning, and has been used in the New York Film Festival trailer and other photos. She is looking for Ginny (Winslet).
It follows on from the first clip from earlier in the week.
We've seen a lot of publicity for Wonder Wheel, next step would be to see interviews with the cast. We know at the very least that Winslet will attend the festival.
Wonder Wheel premieres on 14th October 2017.