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List-less Once Again
Another day, another quizzical top ten list. This time it's curtsey of Justin Jacbos at Paste magazine, with a piece entitled "10 Bands That Prove That Emo Wasn't Always For The Hot Topic Tween Set." The newsworthiness of the piece is due to the two fall reunion tours by emo 2nd wave forefathers Sunny Day Real Estate and 2nd wavers The Get Up Kids.
I do have to give Jacobs a solid round for putting The Promise Ring at the top: considering the type of emo-tive image Jacobs is shooting for, and the band's impact on the future of the genre. Still, Jacobs does go for the condescending route while observing the genre in list form, even praising Andy Greenwald's Nothing Feels Good (Jacobs' perspective was revealed fairly clearly when he called the book a "must-read manifesto.")
Still, a big odd spot of confusion: Fugazi. Or the lack thereof. Great to mention Rites of Spring (though as proto-emo? Come on, the term was first used to describe that very band!), but not even a hint at Fugazi? And instead name check Minor Threat when describing the band? Yes, they are the go-to hardcore band, but Rites were a post-hardcore act, evading many of the redundancies of hardcore and doing things dramatically different than Minor Threat.
But the real kicker with the lack of any Fugazi-inclusion is Cursive. Alright, I get that most people don't like to include Fugazi into the whole emo arrangement because that either A) messes with their ideals of the band itself or B) invades their definition of emo with something more multidimensional. But to mention a band who's entire first record literally sounds like a take on the early part of Fugazi's discography – aka Cursive – without mentioning the inspirational band is just odd.
And no At The Drive-In? That's just surprising.
Tagged 10 Bands That Prove That Emo Wasn't Always For The Hot Topic Tween Set, Andy Greenwald, At The Drive-In, Cursive, emo, Fugazi, Hot Topic, Justin Jacobs, Minor Threat, music, Nothing Feels Good, Paste, Rites of Spring, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Get Up Kids, The Promise Ring, top ten list
Umm… What?
Rolling Stone, you take the cake:
…so we can pretty much pin the entire state of emo at this point on Minor Threat.
Why do I even bother? Do the folks at RS even know what music is anymore? They're probably too busy catching up with The Beatles circa 1966 to even try to recognize what music is being made now, never mind back in '82.
This news byte by Daniel Kreps landed on the site about a half hour ago and references yesterday's Drowned In Sound interview with Jim Suptic of The Get Up Kids. Obviously, this is a little side snipe that is supposed to be funny, but considering the entire article is based off of a snippet from another interview, there's no stopping the nitpicking on this one.
Because it's not just that one sentence that display's RS's inability to perform as the kind of magazine it advertises itself as, it's the entire article. The entire article is based off of another person's hard interviewing skills, and the fact that Rolling Stone merely ripped off a few questions from that person's interview (and it may have taken a lot to get that out of Suptic), made it the basis for a big news article, AND STILL CONSIDERS ITSELF THE TOP OF THE MUSIC JOURNALISM HEAP is absolutely ridiculous. Sure enough, I wrote an entire post based on the same responses, but I don't pretend to be the source of important music information today. And, I beat RS to it to boot.
And as for Kreps, the auteur of this fine piece of RS BS? The one who insinuates that Minor Threat is the reason emo sucks today, simply because Suptic referenced Fugazi as an influence and Ian MacKaye was in both bands? (As an aside, I'm sure Suptic would have something to say about Kreps' idiotic pandering.) Well, who knows much about him, but, if this happens to be his Twitter account, the following isn't unsurprising:
Is the "bio" comedy through Irony? If it is, I can't say that I entirely get it.
Minor Threat – "Filler" (live):
Tagged Daniel Kreps, Drowned In Sound, emo, Fugazi, Ian MacKaye, Jim Suptic, Minor Threat, music, Rolling Stone, scrunk, The Beatles, The Get Up Kids, Twitter
It Had To Happen…
I'm referring to a Get Up Kids interview featured on The Drowned In Sound website. Though it's only been online for a matter of hours, it's attracted a wave of attention for a rather misinterpreted quote that goes to the tune of GET UP KIDS APOLOGIZE FOR EMO on several other news sites reporting on the interview. It's a rather brief moment in the conversation, but Get Up Kids guitarist Jim Suptic had this to say when pressed on the term "emo":
Honestly, I don't often think about the state of 'emo'. The punk scene we came out of and the punk scene now are completely different. It's like glam rock now. We played the Bamboozle fests this year and we felt really out of place. I could name maybe three bands we played with. It was just a sea of neon shirts to us. If this is the world we helped create, then I apologise.
Valid points, sure enough. Surely, I tend to appreciate it when bands generally refuse to bash groups that they've influenced, instead taking the high road and not delving into that subject simply to not unnecessarily stir any bad blood. What's funny about all this is that Suptic really is speaking the truth about not keeping up with the state of emo. After all, what he's describing sounds like scrunk, a sound that's definitely indebted to and a part of the geneology of emo, but a creation that exists unto itself.
How do I know it's scrunk Suptic is referring to? Well, the neon shirts are a dead give away. But so is the part of his following answer:
We at least can play our instruments.
Same ole', same ole'. But, to each his own. I never particularly liked much of the Get Up Kids stuff to begin with… I can understand the role they had in both accelerating emo's ascent to the top of the charts and providing support for the Vagrant business model, but most of their tunes I just can't dig. But, as Suptic reveals in the interview, they certainly do fit into the 2nd wave emo lineage:
Fugazi is the reason I am in a band today. When I was 14 I heard Fugazi and started a band the next day. We grew up on indie rock. Superchunk, Rocket from the Crypt, Sunny Day Real Estate, Cap'n Jazz. That's the kind of stuff we were listening to when we started.
Sounds familiar. And though Superchunk and Rocket aren't emo bands, Superchunk is noted to have a pretty solid influence on 90s indie music, including emo (The Promise Ring anyone? That's all Pitchfork could do when talking about TPR was to compare the two), and Rocket are a Drive Like Jehu offshoot of post-hardcore. Basically your out-of-the-ordinary ordinary roundup of influences for a second wave emo act.
This whole thing could potentially snowball into the Tim Kinsella vs Max Bemis free-for-all, though Tim had a more malicious rant against the emo acts he inspired, and Max had just as much venom when tossing insults right back. Good for Suptic for generally foregoing all the drama of attacking every band in Alternative Press and generally letting them be, even if he can't give them credit for their music. Oh well.
The Get Up Kids – "Action & Action" (video):
The Bamboozle fare… BrokeNCYDE – "40 oz" (video):
Tagged Alternative Press, Bamboozle, Brokencyde, Cap'n Jazz, crunkcore, Drive Like Jehu, Drowned In Sound, emo, Fugazi, Jim Suptic, Max Bemis, music, Pitchfork, Rocket from the Crypt, Say Anything, scrunk, Sunny Day Real Estate, Superchunk, The Get Up Kids, The Promise Ring, Tim Kinsella, Vagrant
Just Short…
So, for folks who've been following along in this blog, I submitted a proposal to Continuum's 33 1/3 series to write a book about The Promise Ring's Nothing Feels Good. Series editor David Barker emailed everyone who submitted a proposal today concerning those he picked to make it to the shortlist, the final compilation short of the 20 or so that Continuum will select to be turned into fully-fleshed out books (you can check out the shortlist). Unfortunately, my proposal wasn't chosen for this list, for simple space reasons on the shortlist (I emailed David to find out specifics of why my proposal was turned down and it turns out it was one of a handful that barely missed the cut). In any case, I really enjoyed writing this proposal and speaking to those involved in creating the album about the process of writing a book on Nothing Feels Good. Rather than let it go to waste, I've decided to post my proposal here, below, for your enjoyment, complete with some multimedia elements that could not have been included in what was submitted to 33 1/3, but are helpful illustrators nonetheless. Enjoy it… and if anyone has any interest in further pursuing this project with me in some other forum, please feel free to contact me:
33 1/3 Book Proposal:
The Promise Ring's Nothing Feels Good
Guilty pleasures tend to rear their heads in an interview with music's next big thing. So when a VBS TV correspondent was chatting it up with No Age, the uber-hip and critically acclaimed experimental punk duo from L.A., singer/drummer Dean Spunt interrupted guitarist Randy Randall's ruminations on MC Hammer with a shocking revelation:
"I used to like The Promise Ring."
"Yeah, so did I," replied the stylish interviewer.
The three guys proceeded to awkwardly chuckle and talk over each other until the interviewer brought up his stunning thought:
"Is it really at the point where MC Hammer is less embarrassing than The Promise Ring?"
Great question. And not unlike one I ask myself just about every time I crank up my stereo while playing 30 Degrees Everywhere or Wood/Water. What's so embarrassing about The Promise Ring? It could be the band's association with emo, the now-repugnant term for a post-hardcore genre that's all but taken over the Billboard charts. It was the release of 1997's Nothing Feels Good that the four "averages Joes" that made up The Promise Ring were presented with the title of poster boys of a genre once thought to be six feet under. The rest of the trials and tribulations of emo remain embedded in our international conscience thanks to numerous pop-punk acts influenced by The Promise Ring. Say what you will about your Fall Out Boys, My Chemical Romances, Dashboard Confessionals, Cute Is What We Aim Fors, Thrices, Taking Back Sundays, Panic! at the Discos, Saves the Days, Coheed & Cambrias, Alexisonfires, New Found Glorys, and Underoaths; when push comes to shove, most of these bands don't come close to the potent passion, intelligence, and vibrancy of The Promise Ring and their sophomore effort, Nothing Feels Good.
Embarrassment aside, Spunt should have nothing to be ashamed of for name-dropping The Promise Ring as a band that's clearly influenced the critically-lauded musician. The Promise Ring's back catalog is filled with nugget and gems of post-hardcore-meets-pop bliss, and much like when No Age's current work combining elements of pop with hardcore, the results are fantastic. Nothing Feels Good is The Promise Ring's best and most succinct work, an anthemic, passionate burst of homegrown pop-punk, filtered through tales of existential crises, cross-country road trips, and references to modern Americana. The hooks are sharp, the lyrics poignant, and the performance still as unbelievably urgent as the day the original tapes were mastered over a decade ago.
Part of what's so phenomenal about The Promise Ring's Nothing Feels Good is the impact the album had when it hit record stores in the fall of 1997. Neatly-packaged emo-pop amalgams are a dime a dozen these days, but there was nothing "neat" about Nothing Feels Good when it was released. Although the album's music has the sugary-sweet taste of bubblegum pop that numerous artists today no doubt want to tap into, the band's sound subverts the pretenses of slick pop on Nothing Feels Good with quick bursts of hardcore-influenced instrumentation that seem intent on spilling out of each track marking and into the life of the listener. To mis-quote The Promise Ring, it displays a sense that the band had of having no defined sense or absolute understanding of the world around them, but simply enjoying the view. Life's peculiarities, ambiguities, and "big questions" aren't shunned, but brought to the surface with keen observation. In frontman Davey von Bohlen's hands and sweetly contorted lisp – a performance factor that only makes the music on Nothing Feels Good sound an umpteenth more sincere – The Promise Ring made an album of daring proportions and a musical document to the banalities, every day norms, and even celebrations of human existence not heard since Nirvana's Nevermind.
Nothing Feels Good cover
Part of the story behind Nothing Feels Good is known, but little of it has a concentrated focus on the actual album or the band behind it. Beyond the musical content, Nothing Feels Good was a smashing success. For Jade Tree – The Promise Ring's label – it meant financial stability, as the album surpassed their modest predictions and allowed the company to flourish, something of a miracle in the years following the alternative music buyout which had left many independent record labels for dead. For the national emo scene – a ragtag, ambiguous assemblage of independent artists around the U.S. – it legitimized their work in the face of the post-grunge milieu that ruled the radio waves and crippled mainstream creativity. For the members of The Promise Ring, it meant video premiers on MTV, critical acclamation, a position as one of the most creative bands operating in America's underground music scene, and, much later, a place in cult-music lore for having inspired countless musicians to take emo (or whatever genre they called their own) in new and distinctly personal directions.
Although we're still feeling the impact of Nothing Feels Good today, the known-narrative of the album's creation is bare. What inspired the dozen songs on the album, and what transpired in their evolution from muddled creative concept into full-blown pop gold? What about the practices that hammered out the hooks, high-hats, and lo-fi hits in The Promise Ring's oeuvre? What about the guys behind the instruments, their day-to-day existences and thoughts that no doubt burrowed their way into the band's sophomore album? What were the moments before, during, and after 1997 that made Nothing Feels Good stand out from a mass of other bands and recordings that make up emo's so-called second wave? What about each member's upbringing, their lives in the Milwaukee area, relationships with friends, family, and significant-others? What made four young men band together to form The Promise Ring and create such a phenomenal release as heard in Nothing Feels Good?
These are the pivotal questions I'm seeking to answer with my book on The Promise Ring's Nothing Feels Good for Continuum's 33 1/3 book series. Here is an album and a band who's impact on music today in innumerable. Part of the unknown quality of The Promise Ring's importance is due to the fact that these deep-seated questions have never been asked – or rather, published – on such a large-scale forum. Considering the fans that the band amassed since forming in 1995, a list that no doubt has been growing with every article, band, or cultural critic name-checking the quartet as one of indie rock's great cult bands, The Promise Ring are more than due for their proper place in the rock narrative limelight. And the 33 1/3 series is the place I would like to bring the tale of The Promise Ring's best album.
For this project, I plan on writing the kind of book that exemplifies the credence imbued in Nothing Feels Good. My model for this manuscript isn't confined to the band-nostalgically-reminiscing-on-a-piece-of-the-past-type writing you may see in a lot of oral histories or straightforward music books out there. Certainly my work will represent the mold that previous 33 1/3 books have upheld, but I'm also inspired by the writing styles of the great new journalists and literary non-fiction pieces. In essence, I'm looking to produce a book that lives, breathes, eats, speaks, and plays music the way that the members of The Promise Ring did when they made Nothing Feels Good. I want to make someone who's never heard the album feel as though they've been following the band since Day One, that they're back in 1997 and sprinting to the record store in order to merely touch an album by a band that has touched them. Essentially, I want to write a book about The Promise Ring in the same way the band created their music.
My main informants for this project will be the members of The Promise Ring; as I want to get into their heads and extract information about their environment, attitudes, and memories, they will be my go-to source for the book. I've been in touch with Promise Ring singer/guitarist Davey von Bohlen for well over a year, having recruited his current band (Maritime) for a concert and Davey himself for a previous writing project. I have been corresponding with von Bohlen about this proposal for well over a month, and he has given this project his supportive and enthusiastic seal of approval, and has gotten me in touch with the other members of The Promise Ring. At the moment that I've submitted this proposal, I've been in touch with two other Promise Ring members, Jason Gnewikow (guitar) and Dan Didier (drums), and both are quite enthusiastic about the project. I plan on having extensive interviews with these three members, as well as the two bass players who played in The Promise Ring during their Nothing Feels Good era, Scott Schoenbeck and Scott Beschta.
Although interviews with the members of The Promise Ring will constitute a large portion of my research, I plan on culling information from as many sources as possible in order to make the narrative more vibrant and colorful. I plan on soliciting interviews with not only those closely associated to the band, but also their detractors and adoring fans. Alongside a list that includes friends and family, I plan on speaking to Tim Owen and Darren Walters (Jade Tree owners), J. Robbins (Nothing Feels Good producer), Stuart Sikes (Nothing Feels Good engineer), Jessica Hopper (former publicist), Tim Edwards (former booking agent), Josh Modell (creator of Milk Magazine and close friend), along with musicians who've worked with, influenced, or been influenced by The Promise Ring, including Tim and Mike Kinsella (Cap'n Jazz), Jim Adkins (Jimmy Eat World), Bob Nanna (Braid), Jeremy Enigk (Sunny Day Real Estate), Matthew Pryor (The Get Up Kids), Eric Richter (Christie Front Drive), Eric Axelson (The Dismemberment Plan/Maritime), Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessional), Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy), Chris Simpson (Mineral), Chris Conley (Saves the Day), Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon), Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat/Fugazi), and countless others for their involvement in this project. Although not everyone listed is guaranteed to be involved, with my personal connections to some of the people previously listed and with the help from the former Promise Ring members, I will have an enormous number of people contributing to the book's dialog.
Interviews aside, I plan on digging through swaths of information to aide in the creation of the book. Included will be the usual sources of information; articles on the band, reviews of their albums, zines, blogs, and any other published work that would enhance the narrative. But, I plan to go beyond those musings as well. I will approach the band members to see if I could use personal paraphernalia to help me spin a more personal yarn. This would include anything from old photographs, letters, journal entries, lyric sheets, music sheets, and even doodles scratched into scraps of paper they've kept through the years. I will also approach the narrative from the direction of an informed anthropologist by researching the socio-economic background of The Promise Ring's hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Through census information, background information on area high school and college education systems, and the resources for youth in Wisconsin that was available at the same time Nothing Feels Good was in the making, I hope to gain a better sense of The Promise Ring's background. I'll also dig up information on American society's views of Wisconsin and the Mid West and how that was reflected in the actions of those who lived there. It may seem onerous, but the brief scene in Wayne's World that takes place in Milwaukee speaks volumes about the international perception of the place where The Promise Ring was formed. Throughout all of this, I hope to get a sense of why The Promise Ring did what they did, but from an entirely different perspective than the usual interview could warrant.
What I hope to accomplish after 15 months of research and writing is a work that can live up to how I felt after first popping Nothing Feels Good on the stereo, and something that will be as powerful as each subsequent listen to that album. My work may lack the aural quality of the album, but I hope it will be able to bring an entirely new sense of being to Nothing Feels Good, and one that will only boost the listening experience of longtime Promise Ring enthusiasts and bring some new fans to the album as well.
Tagged 30 Degrees Everywhere, 33 1/3 book series, Alexisonfire, Bob Nanna, Braid, Cap'n Jazz, Chris Carrabba, Chris Conley, Chris Simpson, Christie Front Drive, Coheed & Cambria, Continuum, Cute Is What We Aim For, Dan Didier, Darren Walters, Dashboard Confessional, Davey Von Bohlen, Dean Spunt, emo, Eric Axelson, Eric Richter, Fall Out Boy, Fugazi, Ian MacKaye, J Robbins, Jade Tree Records, Jason Gnewikow, Jeremy Enigk, Jessica Hopper, Jim Adkins, Jimmy Eat World, Josh Modell, Maritime, Mark Kozelek, Matthew Pryor, MC Hammer, Mike Kinsella, Milk Magazine, Milwaukee, Mineral, Minor Threat, music, My Chemical Romance, Nevermind, New Found Glory, Nirvana, No Age, Nothing Feels Good, Panic! At The Disco, Pete Wentz, Randy Randall, Red House Painters, Saves The Day, Scott Beschta, Scott Schoenbeck, Stuart Sikes, Sun Kil Moon, Sunny Day Real Estate, Taking Back Sunday, The Dismemberment Plan, The Get Up Kids, The Promise Ring, Thrice, Tim Edwards, Tim Kinsella, Tim Owen, Underoath, VBS TV, Wayne's World, Wisconsin, Wood/Water
90s Emo Is Back and More
In quick news bites…
*The Get Up Kids have a reunion show in Kansas City this Sunday.
*Blake Schwarzenbach has a new band called the Thorns of Life, who will hopefully be touring soon.
*The Phoenix rags on Joe Biden for his association with a certain Fall Out Boy. That's so low it's just sad.
Joe the Emo
Tagged Blake Schwarzenbach, emo, Fall Out Boy, Joe Biden, music Kansas City, The Get Up Kids, The Phoneix, the Thorns of Life
Dear Science, I've Made a Mixtape for You
After a bit of a delay, I finally present to you my review for TV on the Radio's Dear Science,. But I've decided to offer up something entirely different in the way of reviews by focusing on the one pitfall of music critique I cannot stand yet find myself using at times: comparison. It's quite often too easy to draw comparisons to well-known music in the past to describe something unheard of in the present. When used sparingly, it can work well, but used to often and it just comes across as cheap. But I've decided to tackle this situation head on by combining it with the underlining theme of this blog; I will compare each track of Dear Science, with an emo song that shares some similar quality of its structure (lyrics, instrumentals, etc). It should have quite an odd result, but hopefully it will allow someone out there to either reconsider some song or band they passed over due to a label (emo) or consider a new song they might stubbornly dismiss just because. So, without further ado, here goes:
*"Halfway Home" = The Promise Ring – "Why Did We Ever Meet"
Both of these songs exercise a certain sense of juxtaposition by combining uplifting instrumentation with relatively dark lyrics about the death of/confusing state of a relationship. And with both singers (Tunde Adebimpe of TVOTR and Davey von Bohlen of TPR) taking on the between-lyrics vocal melodies of "ba-ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba-ba" ("Halfway Home") and "do-do-do-do do-do-do" ("Why Did We Ever Meet"), it stretches those juxtapositions to pop power's upper reaches.
*"Crying" = Egg Hunt – "We All Fall Down"
"Crying" details the trials and tribulations that people go through in life (drug abuse, disaster, biblical disasters, the works) and how they face those problems, often taken in the guise of releasing one's emotions with crying. Egg Hunt, Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson's post-Minor Threat studio project, crafted their sound in a similar light to what TV on the Radio do with "Crying"; that is, combine the gamut of pop influences into a powerful musical force. "We All Fall Down" does that, discussing the potential pain one endures in attempting to accomplish things and get somewhere in life, and all with a bit of funk that's heavily imbued in "Crying."
Unfortunately, no video/music presentation for this one – check the Dischord site.
*"Dancing Choose" = Atmosphere – "National Disgrace"
And they said emo-rap was weird. Here, TVOTR run into new territory as Tunde's lyrics are delivered with the kind of spit-fire fury and speed of most hip-hop. With lyrics that portray an odd underbelly of society, it hearkens to Atmosphere, who's place in the emo spectrum was one of many kinks in the genre's definition but one that added some fluidity and originality to its constraints, and "National Disgrace." Fueled with an overwhelming sense of anger towards America's vapid consumer culture, "National Disgrace" recalls the same fiery passion of "Dancing Choose" by distancing the creator from the negative aspects of a culture they've become a part of.
*"Stork and Owl" = Cap'n Jazz – "Oh Messy Life"
TVOTR's "Stork and Owl" is a dazzling and affecting start and stop song a la' "I Was a Lover," with an electronically-plastered back-beat and muddled lyrics about life through the eyes of a couple of animals. "Oh Messy Life" is a brash interpretation of life that's no less affecting, with lyrical outbursts that turn into-run on rants similar to the section of "Stork and Owl" when Tunde delivers "it goes it goes it goes it goes." It's all in the stories of other individuals, and the quick snapshots seem to say a lot about life without ever pointing anything out in a cliched manner.
*"Golden Age" = Dashboard Confessional – "Hands Down"
For those who's only math involves the equation of "punk + crying = Dashboard", "Hands Down" is perhaps the happiest song in Chris Carrabba's canon. It's simple, catchy, carefree, and yes, happy. It's also easily one of Dashboard's best-known songs. And here comes "Golden Age," a simple, catchy, carefree, and happy song by TV on the Radio, a band that's certainly known for addressing the negative undercurrents of society. And "Golden Age" looks poised to be one of TVOTR's best-known songs, hands down.
*"Family Tree" = The Get Up Kids – "I'll Catch You"
Here are a couple of songs that are almost a departure from these bands' passionate, bombastic rock sound, but also happen to be just as affective as any ear-bursting blast (if not more) and more haunting than most other tracks. "I'll Catch You" trades in The Get Up Kids' usual pop-punk persuasion for a near-ballad, a piano-based ditty that flat-out addresses romantic love, while staying true to the band's punk parallels with fits of guitar squeal. "Family Tree" is just as moving, letting TVOTR's sea of feedback settle to reveal an affecting vocal performance similar to Desperate Youth Bloodthirsty Babes' "Ambulance." And it's all about love, but not without TVOTR's nom 'de artiste, with the symbols of death and rapture close behind.
*"Red Dress" = Fugazi – "Nice New Outfit"
Here are two songs that discuss the nadir of society's underbelly – war – with the symbol of clothing. TVOTR note society's ability to ignore war, slavery, and pain with the line "go ahead put your red dress on," while Fugazi comment how that "nice new outfit" with its "straight clean lines" was woven with fabric made of blood and war in foreign countries. And all over a jittery, repeated guitar squeal.
*"Love Dog" = The Appleseed Cast – "Hanging Marionette"
These are two slowly paced songs that seem to send shock waves with each painstakingly sung chorus (or lyrical break) and attain something of a similar melody. Their lyrical qualities can be seen as different sections of a long narrative. In "Hanging Marrionette," the narrator is stricken by the loss and complete absence of someone near and dear, while light years later that person has transformed into a lonely little "Love Dog," completely lost to the world.
*"Shout Me Out" = Brand New – "The Archers Bows Have Broken"
TVOTR's "Shout Me Out" has the aesthetic ideal of casting off the ails of old, facing your problems, and defiantly shouting in their face, all to the tune of an electronically-inclined dance beat. "The Archers Bows Have Broken" is a song that builds and rises, with the characters/band overcoming the death of the old world and facing whatever adversity they had built in their minds with a defiant shout. And man are they a couple of victoriously-charged songs.
*"DLZ" = Jawbreaker – "Boxcar"
"DLZ" is an ambiguous indictment of hipsters/trend-chasers/whatever you want to call them, and the general "mess" they make of things. But when it comes down to it, there's a certain amount of disconnect between their actions and the ideal they like to say they play out. So when Tunde shouts at the end, "this is beginning to feel like the dawn of the loser forever," is he eulogizing the 90s punk ideal of loser that Jawbreaker was defending against posers over a decade ago in "Boxcar"? That just may be – both groups seem to notice how the out-crowd has been stifling with too many in-crowd seeking individuals, and are taking their frustration of their culture to the front-line, backed by some pop-friendly panache.
*"Lover's Day" = Pedro the Lion – "Rapture"
Now, here are two songs about one of the three tenants of rock 'n' roll – sex. And while they have divergent views on the issue – TVOTR discuss it in positive terms, while Pedro's take has a certain element of guilt as the song's characters are having an affair – the ravenous description of "love making" ties the two together. TVOTR's celebration of the act ("Yes of course there are miracles/a lover that love's is one") eventually meets the orgiastic height of Pedro's heaven's gates-as-sex narrative ("Oh my sweet rapture/I hear Jesus calling me home").
And what do I think of Dear Science,? Well, I think it's clear that I've always been a fan of the band. And this has just been another wonderful treat from a group that I feel like I've grown with. Simply put, one of the best of the year.
Tagged Ambulance, Atmosphere, Boxcar, Cap'n Jazz, Chris Carrabba, Crying, Dancing Choose, Dashboard Confessional, Davey Von Bohlen, Dear Science, Desperate Youth Bloodthirsty Babes, DLZ, Egg Hunt, emo, Family Tree, Fugazi, Golden Age, Halfway Home, Hands Down, Hanging Marionette, hipsters, I Was a Lover, I'll Catch You, Ian MacKaye, Jawbreaker, Jeff Nelson, Love Dog, Lover's Day, Minor Threat, music, National Disgrace, Nice New Outfit, Oh Messy Life, Pedro the Lion, punk, Rapture, Red Dress, Shout Me Out, Stork and Owl, The Appleseed Cast, The Get Up Kids, The Promise Ring, Tunde Adebimpe, TV On The Radio, We All Fall Down, Why Did We Ever Meet
Peepin' For The Full Effect
It was when I found myself staring at a nearby TV at Super 88 in Allston that I remembered a pretty reasonable realization: American television is at a creative low. Every moment I think it's hit a nadir and then Wipeout gets an hour of airtime on ABC. It makes me pine a little for the programmes of the UK, specifically Channel 4's Peep Show.
Mitchell and Webb of Peep Show
No, Peep Show does not have anything to do with porn. Or peeps for that matter. Instead, it concerns the daily mundane lives of Mark and Jeremy, two college buddies sharing a flat and London. The show's name comes from the ingenious use of camera angles; the program only makes use of first-person perspective shots (and you thought Cloverfield was testing out new ground in film-making) so that it's as if you are "peeping" in on someone's personal life. The show – which recently aired its fifth season – makes excellent use of inner-monologues, dry wit, and unscrupulous/in-your-face social commentary in order to give a kick to modern sitcom styles. Its "humour" is as much about the truth according to the individuals as it is about the situations the characters find themselves to be in.
James Dewees aka Reggie And The Full Effect
In the world of emo, no act is as provocative in truth telling and makes use of humor in order to convey a sense of sincerity as Kansas City, Missouri's Reggie And The Full Effect. Reggie boils down to one dude – James Dewees. Dewees' best-known musical project outside of Reggie was his role as the guy behind the keyboards in one of the names that pushed emo into the limelight – The Get Up Kids. It was during his time as a Get Up Kid that Dewees began to craft some songs that would become the first by Reggie And The Full Effect (later packaged in Greatest Hits '84 – '87). Packed with pop-paunch, abrasive blasts of dissonant guitar, 2nd wave emo's caustic dynamic change-ups, and an introspective, wry sense of humor, Reggie And The Full Effect became the band for emo fans who could stand to laugh at themselves and those awful stereotypes.
Songs Not To Get Married To
2005's Songs Not To Get Married To is perhaps Reggie's best album. Whereas the earlier Reggie material was unabashedly filled to the brim with sincere and humorous takes on the stereotypical subjects in the emo cannon (namely, love), Songs Not To Get Married To took that combination of humor and truth to a self-deprecating peak. Inspired by the breakdown of Dewees marriage, the album puts all of Dewees' frustrations and complaints with life and love up front, and just by the title, it's clear that Reggie has some laughter left in the languished affairs of divorce. And with songs such as "Get Well Soon" and "Take Me Home, Please," Dewees found his ultimate pop performance, filled with the kind of synth-based production the major labels could kill for.
Last Stop, Crappy Town
Flash forward to today, and the music is about to stop for Reggie And The Full Effect. Noticeably darker from just a slight listen, Last Stop, Crappy Town was released near the end of June. And Reggie is about to embark on their last tour. Be sure to catch this if you can, although knowing Dewees' up-front sense of humor, who knows if this really is the end for Reggie.
Peep Show – Series 1, Episode 1, Part 1:
…And The Two Best Reggie Videos…
"Congratulations Smack and Katie":
"Love Reality":
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De Palacio close to deal with MEPs on code
THE European Parliament and the Commission are putting the finishing touches to a new rulebook which aims to prevent the sort of misunderstandings that have soured relations between the two bodies in recent years.
By Gareth Harding
The new framework agreement is also meant to update a code of conduct which was adopted a decade ago and last modified in 1995. "As the Parliament's powers are more significant, it is important that relations with the Commission work as smoothly as possible," said one official.
A number of promises designed to achieve this were made towards the end of the Santer Commission, but new President Romano Prodi has moved much further to regain MEPs' trust. In the run-up to the Parliament's vote on his team last autumn, Prodi offered a number of concessions which are fleshed out in the draft accord.
Both sides agree that when a Commissioner loses the Parliament's confidence, the president will "examine seriously" whether to ask him or her to resign. MEPs are also calling for Commissioners to be suspended if they are charged with "serious offences," but the Commission says this would be contrary to the EU treaty.
The two bodies also disagree over how much responsibility Commissioners should accept for what happens in the institution. Vice-President Loyola de Palacio, who is negotiating on behalf of the Commission, argues this should be limited to their own services' activities, but MEPs insist that Commissioners "should not be allowed to wash their hands of responsibility for what is happening elsewhere".
However, one senior parliamentary official said MEPs had "reason to be satisfied" with the way the talks were going. He said that under the latest draft, they would gain hugely-increased powers of oversight over the Commission and information flows between the two bodies would be dramatically upgraded.
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Xbox invites you to be a part of the first-ever live, interactive TV presidential debate
by Major Nelson • Oct 2, 2012 @ 8:06am
This Wednesday (October 3rd) , Xbox is providing U.S.-based Xbox 360 owners with an opportunity to interact live, for the first time ever, with a presidential debate through its new Election 2012 Hub on Xbox LIVE – a new television experience where viewers become participants.
Throughout the debate, the Xbox LIVE community (Xbox LIVE gold membership required) will be able to weigh in with their opinions by responding to real-time poll questions about the candidate's performances, their responses to questions and views on issues. Participants will be able to view poll results of the Xbox LIVE audience throughout the evening. All Xbox LIVE participants are also encouraged to submit poll questions via Twitter – #XboxPoll. Submitted questions will be reviewed and some of the best will be asked to the Xbox LIVE community during each debate.
The debate will begin at 9:00 p.m. EDT on Oct 3. Xbox users can access and participate in this interactive television experience directly through the Xbox LIVE dashboard. This will be the first of four debates – three presidential and one vice presidential – that will stream live through the Election 2012 Hub on Xbox LIVE.
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Q: Transmitting String Array over a telephone line I have a java String array which contains around 2 billion+ entries. Now is there away i can transmit this array over a telephone connection like GPRS or any other means (without using the internet).
This might be a dumb question, but i need help

A: Use a modem and a file transfer protocol like Kermit or Xmodem.  The biggest danger is that the size of the data will overflow something in the protocol (like packet number).
With that much data and no internet available, you might also consider FedEx or mail.  It might actually be faster.

A: Sounds like an interview question. ;)
You need to look at ways to compress the data. I suggest using a BitSet for ranges of phone numbers.  This will reduce the size of data to about 1-4 bits per phone number. With compression it should be smaller. It would really depend on the data as to the compression ratio you need.
However I agree with @helloandre that its likely to be much faster/simpler/more reliable to copy it to a HD/SSD/Pen drive and courier it.

A: As a rough estimate, say each array entry is 1240 bits (8 bits per character, 155 characters as a wild guess at average length).
That's 2.48e12 bits. Not including any overhead of how you want to actually represent the data as you push it over the wire.
At 8kb/s (8192 bits/s) that's 9.6 years of data transfer. (For 10 characters in each string, it's still 226 days.)
Put it on an external hard drive and mail it.

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Category Archives: Seriously?
Public Officials, Republicans are Racist, Seriously?
Republican County Commissioner Says He Isn't a Racist Because He Has a Black Friend
County Commisioner Jim Gile – Saline County Kansas
Here we go again. Another old, white Republican elected official forgets that he's not among his cronies and utters another racist comment on the record. Republican Saline County Commissioner Jim Gile used the term "nigger-rigging" during a commission discussion about hiring an architect to work on a county building.
County residents immediately started calling for his resignation which forced Mr. Gile to apologize.
The Salina Journal, a local newspaper, reported the incident like this:
In a recording made by County Clerk Don Merriman of the study session, Gile, who is white, can be heard to say the county needed to hire an architect to design the improvements rather than "nigger-rigging it."
His comment brought laughter from others in the room. Salinan Ray Hruska, who attends most commission meetings and study sessions, asked Gile what he said.
"Afro-Americanized," Gile replied.
"He's like that congressman from Alaska," Commission Chairman Randy Duncan can be heard to say of Gile's comment.
Gile told the newspaper that he knew the term he used from when he was growing up and that he meant to say "jury-rigged." He also insisted that he is not racist, noting that he "has a black friend" that he considers close enough to be a sister.
"I am not a prejudiced person," Gile went on to say. "I have built Habitat homes for colored people."
Come on, Jim. You slipped up and spoke in language you ordinarily reserve for talk among your old, white friends. Just admit it and quit. Staying in the public eye is just going to remind us all that Republicans are racists.
Tagged county commisioner, GOP, Kansas, Racism, Republicans, salina journal, saline county kansas
Republican Congressman Used to Hire 50 to 60 "Wetbacks" to Pick Tomatoes
Racist U.S. Rep. Don Young addresses a Choose Respect (ha!) rally in front of the Alaska State Capitol on Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Juneau, Alaska. (Becky Bohrer/AP Photo)
With it's recent "autopsy" and declarations of the necessity to re-brand itself to a more diverse set of voters, the Republican Party is just days into their campaign to put lipstick on their pig. They have no desire to change their positions on any of the policies that lost them the 2012 election, but they do want to stop saying what they think when other people can hear what they are saying. Reince Priebus, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, has declared that Republicans need to stop saying "stupid" and "idiotic" things in public. Well, already an elected Republican Congressman has shown that a lot of GOP members just can't help themselves.
In an interview with public radio station KRBD, Representative Don Young of Alaska launched his appeal to bring more Latinos into the "Big Tent" of the Republican Party. "I used to own — my father had a ranch. We used to hire 50 to 60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes," he said. "You know, it takes two people to pick the same tomatoes now."
In a released statement, Representative Young did not apologize but instead explained that the phrase was simply ingrained into his being because he used it when he was growing up. That's right Don. You used the term "Wetback" (a derogatory term for Mexican migrant workers) because you have always used it… Because you're a racist.
"I used a term that was commonly used during my days growing up on a farm in central California," he said. "I know that this term is not used in the same way nowadays and I meant no disrespect."
It was a racial slur back then and still is today, you ignorant fool. But Don Young doesn't see it that way. I argue that most Republicans will take his reason for using the slur as perfectly acceptable… And that is why I continue to believe that Republicans are racists.
Tagged Alaska, Don Young, GOP, Racism, racists, republican national committee, Republicans
Republicans are Racist, Seriously?, Twitter
Former GOP Executive Director Todd Kincannon's Superbowl Toilet Humor
Well, the election is over and the GOP has been in utter chaos ever since. I was thinking that maybe the vitriol towards the President would lessen but, sadly, I was wrong. I took a couple months off just to re-prioritize and get all the hate out of my head for a short time. I was hoping for a much longer break but, alas, the media demands that I get back to recording the underbelly of today's Grand Ole Party. Well, let's get to it.
Todd Kincannon, former Executive Director of the South Carolina Republican Party, kicks off 2013 with some of his world-class Twitter humor.
Todd Kincannon – Trayvon Martin Tweet
First, we'll go ahead and assume that Ravens fans now hate him. Let's see… Who else might? Maybe Trayvon's parents (who are mourning his loss on what would have been his 18th birthday today) and just about any parent who has ever lost a child. To bag on a dead kid is about as low as it gets… Especially when the insult is dripping with racism.
However, it turns out he's NOT a racist after all!
Todd Kincannon is NOT a racist after all.
See? It's all better everyone. It was just a tasteless joke but certainly not racist! Case closed. Wait… You're still talking?
Todd Kincannon hates Natalie Holloway too.
Oooooh damn. How deep are you going to dig this hole, Todd? Any other dead people's graves that you want to defecate on while you try to prove you're not a bigot?
Todd Kincannon hates yankees too.
Oh I see. That clears it all up. Problem solved! Todd is NOT racist. Why? Because he hates Americans from north of the Mason-Dixon line more than he hates dead black kids.
What the hell is this all about? Why would a prominent member of the South Carolina GOP go on a crazed Twitter rant like this? Is he an idiot? Is he stupid?
Todd Kincannon is smarter than all of you.
Nope. He's no idiot. He's the smartest (and most humble) guy we'll never have the privilege of meeting or hearing from again. Even self-proclaimed genius Republicans can't help but being racist, insensitive fools sometimes. When are all of the "good, honest Republicans" that I keep hearing about going to stand up to idiots like this and stop being victims of the guilt-by-association that harboring fools like Kincannon in their party creates?
Todd Kincannon is currently the Chairman of the Simpsonville Election Commission of Simpsonville, South Carolina.
Tagged GOP, Lawyer, Racism, Republicans, South Carolina, Todd Kincannon
Photos, President Obama, Republicans are Racist, Seriously?
Romney Rally Fail: Put the White Back in the White House!
"Put the White Back in the White House" T-Shirt at Romney / Ryan Rally.
This Getty Images photo from a Romney / Ryan rally in Lancaster, Ohio on Friday has gotten a lot of attention. I wonder why? This Romney supporter not only felt comfortable enough in this crowd to wear a t-shirt saying "Put the White back in the White House" but he wanted to spike the ball by adding a Romney / Ryan sticker to the top of the message.
A Romney spokesperson commented that the shirt was "reprehensible and has no place in this election." That being said, the Right-wing Media leaped to Romnney's rescue claiming that this guy was a Democratic plant and that the photo was taken outside. There is absolutely no evidence of a plant (but what else can you say just weeks before the election) and it was later proven that the photo was indeed taken inside of the event.
This is certainly no surprise, and I'm sure the man got mad props on his wardrobe choice from his fellow Republicans, but what terrible timing. Didn't anyone tell him that the GOP really wants to downplay the race issue until after election day? Guess it doesn't matter to this guy. The important thing to him is getting his message out by preaching to his racist choir.
Tagged GOP, Mitt Romney, politics, Racism, Rally
Texas Republican Lynches An Empty Chair
Strung Up! Texas Republican Lynches an Empty Chair.
Yesterday in Texas, the Burnt Orange Report received a photo of an empty chair, representing President Obama in a bizarre Clint Eastwood homage, being lynched in the front yard of a Texas Republican.
The poor chair was lynched in the front yard of an Austin, Texas homeowner and has many on the right asking, "How is that racist? Chairs have no race!"
The problem, as pointed out by Katherine Haenschen, is that Texas has a long history of very real lynching. From 1885 to 1942, only Mississippi and Georgia had more lynchings and the overwhelming majority of those lynchings were of African-Americans. He didn't have to include a winking emoticon to make sure we all get his point. It's pretty easy to translate.
When contacted and asked about the chair by Haenschen, the Austin homeowner had this to say: "I don't really give a damn whether it disturbs you or not. You can take [your concerns] and go straight to hell and take Obama with you. I don't give a shit. If you don't like it, don't come down my street." Ahhhhhh, the freedom to choose! I wonder if all of his neighbors have the same option to avoid his bigoted message. I believe his comment says all we need to know about the intent and the very audible dog-whistle sent by this… He wants President Obama hanged and has already done so on his front lawn in effigy.
The man is not alone in presenting this message either. This report from Blue Virginia shows another empty chair lynching in that state.
Check out the entire story here from the Daily KOS and add two more to the ever growing list of Republicans that are racist.
Tagged politics, President Obama, Racism, Republicans, Texas
Michelle Obama, Republicans are Racist, Seriously?
Rodeo Clown Makes Racist Joke And Proves That Rodeo Clowns Aren't Funny
Ann Romney left and US First Lady Michelle Obama (Credit: Getty Images )
On Saturday, Rodeo Clown Mike Hayhurst of Barstow CA made an offensive joke over the PA system at the Creston Classic Rodeo. Most people in America were already very aware that rodeo clowns simply aren't funny unless they are getting a bull horn in the seat of their Wrangler jeans. We really didn't need another reason not to laugh at them but here comes yet another.
Rodeo Clown Mike Hayhurst of Barstow, CA
During some ad-lib with the rodeo announcer, Hayhurst told a joke that goes like this: Playboy is offering Ann Romney $250,000 to pose in the magazine, and the White House is upset about it because National Geographic only offered Michelle Obama $50 to pose for their magazine.
Later that day, Hayhurst apparently suffered a head injury that landed him in the hospital. On Sunday, the press called him at the hospital to ask him if he wanted to apologize for making the sexist and overtly racist joke. Hayhurst only responded by saying "I cannot believe how insensitive you are. I am in the hospital." He then uttered a vulgarity and hung up. Now THAT is funny.
Hayhurst is a self-professed Republican (as if the joke itself wasn't evidence enough) and, as one of my readers pointed out, is a Superintendent for Excelsior Charter Schools in California. According to his rodeo clown website, Hayhurst offers "good clean family comedy always!" Before you book him for your next rodeo, however, make sure that the families that are attending are white… And racist.
Tagged Chauvenism, Michelle Obama, Mike Hayhurst, politics, Racism, Rodeo


St Joseph Tongoona High is the new talk of Zaka district after the school emerged among the top performers in both the November 2018 'O' and 'A' level examinations.
The school registered a 96.8 percent pass rate at 'A' level and a relatively impressive 40 percent pass rate at 'O' level, making the council-run institution one of the best in the district.
The most outstanding teachers included Costain Chinounye ('O' level Biology) whose class recorded a clear 100 percent pass rate, and Mirriam Mapetere whose own class managed a cool 86.21 percent in 'O' level Commerce.
Other teachers namely David Chipezaya, Never Mukuhudzi, Elizabeth Chambara, Sibanda Sihlupekhile and Mercy Mavenga recorded over 60 percent pass rate in their respective subjects.
At 'A' level, deputy head David Chipezaya's pupils achieved a 100 percent pass rate in Crop Science, and the same feat was repeated by Austin Chitambira's Literature in English class.
Other teachers; Mbedzi Mashudu and Jairos Mapungwana also guided their pupils to a solid 100 percent in Shona and Divinity respectively.
St Joseph's High School head, Daniel Muchingamidzwa said he was impressed by the results.
He attributed the good results to a spirit of hard work, commitment and dedication that exists among teachers, pupils and parents.
"We are happy with this achievement which is a culmination of tireless work and effort. We are glad that people are beginning to show more and more interest in our good name. I am doing my part, but that alone is not enough without the input of other stakeholders including my predecessor Mr. Chitambira who left for me a solid base on which to carry forward the work," said Muchingamidzwa.
Former school head Chitambira left the school earlier this term to join Eddrovale College.
The school also has a flourishing fish farming project and a promising piggery which is set to become a critical income earner for the school once all things are in place.


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I'm working on replacing the cab floor in my 72 C20. I've got the cab off and on its back and the floor removed. The bottom of the back wall of the cab (where the original floor was spot welded on) was rotten. The cab corners were also pretty rough, as were the bottoms of the back pillars. I could keep going on what all was rotten, but probably shouldn't (lol).
Should I replace the cab corners/pillars before or after replacing the floor? I need to weld new steel in for the bottom of the rear cab wall anyway, and figured it made sense to simply put this piece in between the new cab corners to line it up. Whatever I do, I need to weld in some steel for the back of the cab floor to be welded too.
My old floor was not "attached", so to speak, to the rear wall of the cab (yep, it was pretty bad back there). How should I go about vertically positioning the floor on the back wall prior to welding it into position? I don't really have any original measurement to use.
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Re: Floor pan or cab corner first?
By the way, you can see pics of what I'm dealing with in my build thread (see my signature).
Not 100% real sure, but when I did a similar repair, I did the floor section first and the cab corner last. I just wanted to say, I used the Tabco cab corners and by far the best fitting cab corner that I've tried. How's your rear outer cab support look? You might want cut some rust off it and repair it since your going to have the floor section cut out, I mention that because the floor section is spot welded to the cab support and just easier to replace it while your there.
Last edited by sduckworth13; 11-07-2012 at 02:21 AM.
Hey, thanks for the reply. I've sort of started going down the path of replacing the cab corners first, though. The bottom of the back wall of the cab was pretty rotten (where the new floor will need to connect), so I figured getting the cab corners on would allow me to properly position the patch I'm making to go between the cab corners along the back wall of the cab.
I'm replacing the entire floor with the floor assembly from LMC. This includes the rear outer cab supports. My originals were very bad. The front outer cab supports were almost non-existant. Thanks for the suggestion, though.
So at this point I'm just going very slowly and carefully to make sure it all goes together the way it should. I'm a little concerned that, with the amount of stuff I'm replacing back there, that if I do the cab corners, etc. first, the span between the sides of the rear pillars might not match up correctly with the floor. But I'm going to set the floor in place a few times (lots of fun with one fella doing the lifting) to make sure it all looks right before getting too crazy with Mr. Welder.
Alot of guys from the post I read of guys doing a similar repair, brace everything up by spot welding bars to brace everything up on the inside of the cab so nothing moves. There are several threads on the subject here on the forum. Good luck with your project.
I would fit everything together, before welding anything solid. Either attach the parts with screws, vice grips, or tack weld them. That includes bolting the doors back on. Then if something doesn't fit, (and the chance of something not fitting quite right, is FAR greater than everything fitting perfect) you can make some adjustments by either moving something a little, or cutting and slicing if need be. It is much easier to remove a screw or vice grip, than it is to cut something back out.
Sorry didn't mean spot weld, tack weld the braces. Thanks Terp for the correction.
I was just referring to the parts, not correcting you in any way. Sorry if it sounded like it.
Well, I was hoping to make some serious headway over the weekend. I had one of the cab corners tacked (albeit "heavily" tacked) in before, but I didn't like how the floor fit with it in there, so I ended up cutting the cab corner back out. I was going to try and get the bottoms of the front door pillars replaced, too, but ended up not proceeding with that, either because I wasn't sure how to get it lined up with the floor, which wasn't in. I did some more research on this site and found a good build thread with some decent pics showing the floor going in before anything else, although his front pillars were re-useable. Haven't been able to find a rebuild thread with pics for a cab as bad as mine, yet. I'm sure somebody has done one, I just can't find it.
So, I'm going to do the floor first. It seems obvious at this point to get the floor in place and build from there, so I'm back to making progress again rather than standing there staring at the dang cab.
how did you end up locating the floor height? I am in the same situation , rear cab corners gone and front "a "pillar are gone, any help you can provide ?


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With SDK manager, I downloaded all Android SDK into the folder "/home/benoit/Android/SDK/android-sdk-linux"
I unpacked android studio into "/home/benoit/android-studio"
Into Configure > Project Defaults > Project Structure > Android SDK I set "Android SDK Location" with the path "/home/benoit/Android/SDK/android-sdk-linux"
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CN) – A jury delivered a $23 million verdict for a South Florida man who suffered disabling spinal injuries when a policeman gunned him down, mistaking his cellphone for a weapon.
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Stephens, 20 years old at the time, was riding a bicycle in West Palm Beach when Lin chased him in a patrol car, burst out of the vehicle and opened fire.
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