Every year, nearly all of the globe's nations convene at the Conference of the Parties (COP) to discuss how they're going to tackle climate change. The main goal of the 24th Session held recently in Katowice, Poland, was to agree on how the terms of the Paris Agreement would be operationalized. There's still work to be done, but some important steps were made in the global effort to avoid catastrophic consequences of climate change. Relevant to our work at The Rockies Institute (TRI) is that the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples' Platform became fully functional and the Government Canada announced that it will create a UNFCCC Indigenous Peoples Focal Point to promote global Indigenous knowledge on climate change. These actions create a pathway for TRI to communicate outcomes of work and learn from others who are braiding scientific and Indigenous knowledge related to climate adaptation.
The climate change story is not about "environmentalists" versus "anyone who cares about the economy;" it is economists, physicists, biologists and other Earth scientists, physicians, bankers, insurers… who understand climate change… all telling us that we need to collectively work together to avoid catastrophic consequences – like extinction and a complete system and financial crash. Those are not words to be taken lightly. These people don't have an agenda to harm you. They're agenda is to save you. They're not personally benefiting from your belief or disbelief. Listening to those who are sounding the alarm is probably a good idea at this stage.
Quite simply, too many people have been living glutinously for too long, and now we have consequences to address.
We are smoking, drinking and eating our planet to death. It is now time to take responsibility for our health and the health of all that sustains us. Most of us want a healthy and prosperous life for ourselves and our future kin, but just aren't sure what that looks like in the context of climate change. It isn't easy to know what to do when innovations are just starting to emerge and when there remains so much politicking around climate change.
Just transitions need to be better defined and new energy sources realized. I believe that the majority of humans would gladly live less glutinous and stewards of the water, air, and land – if it didn't mean compromising their well-being. I also believe that the more people understand about climate circumstances, the better decisions they will make – which is why I'm so committed to sharing knowledge and engaging in honest dialogue – without blame and shame. We're in this together.
I am a co-founder of one of few organizations dedicated to climate change education and research. We've been doing some great work since becoming a charitable three years ago, but during that time Co2 emissions have risen, governments have been only marginally effective, and disasters have only gotten worse.
We need to quadruple our delivery of resilience building projects and knowledge sharing capabilities, and, to do that we need serious investment. The kind of investment that matches the seriousness of the challenge we're trying to address.
I did some math when trying to determine what a reasonable goal would be for our year-end campaign. I figured out that if everyone in our network donated $25 – we'd meet our goal of raising $10,000 Canadian. Even though this is only a fraction of what is required for the work we need to do, it would send strong message of support when we appeal to foundations, governments, and others who have greater capacity; the kind of capacity that would enable The Rockies Institute to excel adaptation programming and, in our efforts, to minimize suffering by building our resilience to disasters like wildfires.
Thank you for taking time to read this personal appeal and for considering our "cause" which really, is everyone's cause.
Please also help spread the word; the more people who show their support of our work, the stronger our position is to larger funders.


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Maintainers from the 8th Fighter Wing prepare F-16 Fighting Falcons for training flights Aug. 15, 2013, at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. Being ready at all times ensures Airmen are ready to complete the Kunsan AB mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Armando A. Schwier-Morales)
An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 64th Aggressor Squadron takes off for a training flight Aug. 13, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Aggressor pilots use adversary tactics and act as hostile forces during air combat exercises. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Joshua Kleinholz)
Airman 1st Class Anthony Giampapa and Senior Airman Brandon Lopez operate a mobile ground radio satellite system Aug. 15, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The 99th Communications Squadron Airmen use mobile systems while at home station or deployed. Giampapa and Lopez are radio frequency transmissions systems journeymen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brett Clashman)
A C-130 Hercules performs a training mission near Mount Fuji, Japan, during a large formation surge flight Aug. 19, 2013. Seven C-130s flew in formation practicing airlift tactics and procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)
Airmen from the 48th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department spray a mock-up F-15 with a fire hose during live-fire training Aug. 20, 2013, at the burn pit on Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England. Live-fire training is mandatory for firefighters to complete twice a year. The training ensures firefighters are able to perform required core tasks in the event of an aircraft fire. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Dana J. Butler)
Senior Airman Shaun Larue inspects straps and riggers holding down cargo in a C-17 Globemaster III Aug. 21, 2013, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. He is deployed from Pope Army Airfield, N.C. Larue is a 455th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron joint airdrop inspection journeyman. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephenie Wade)
Pilots practice touch-and-go maneuvers in a T-38 Talon during training Aug. 21, 2013, at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. The Talon is a two-seat, twin-engine supersonic jet trainer used to train pilots in the international Euro-NATO Joint Pilot Training Program. The pilots are assigned to the 80th Flying Training Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Danny Webb)
Airman 1st Class Wynthom Thomas communicates with pilots after landing at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 19, 2013. Seven C-130 Hercules aircraft flew in formation to practice airlift tactics and procedures. Thomas is a 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)
C-130 Hercules aircraft fly during a training mission above Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 19, 2013. Seven C-130s flew in formation to practice airlift tactics and procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)
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Staff Sgt. Matthew Hanlon scans terrain for possible threats over Logar Province, Afghanistan, during a coalition mission July 29, 2013. Hanlon is deployed from the 6th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla. He is from Temecula, Calif. Hanlon is a 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron air adviser and aerial gunner. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ben Bloker)
Tech. Sgt. Bryan Lonowski trains Airman Basic Thomas O'Connor and Airman 1st Class Trenton Wyant on how to transfer liquid oxygen to an oxygen reservoir in a C-130 Hercules during the crew chief course, Aug. 14, 2013, at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. Students learn the required maintenance requirements step by step in the training manual. Lonowski is assigned to the 362nd Training Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Danny Webb)
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Chestertown Jazz Festival Weekend 2016
Mel Rapelyea's Chestertown Jazz Festival has collaborated with The Mainstay's new director Rory Trainor, with the Blues Series at the Garfield Center for the Arts, and with Crow Vineyards to ensure that jazz and blues lovers can fill their souls with great music and get a chance to fill their bellies with quality local food and wine, from Thursday through Sunday, September 8 to 11. Click for tickets.
Rapelyea and his jazz festival board are calling the fall extravaganza a Four-by-Four—four days of music in four Kent County venues, chock-full of headliners.
"I've been dreaming of expanding beyond a one-day jazz festival in Wilmer Park for years," says Rapelyea, "and this year it's finally happened."
The superb percussionist Chuck Redd, who always wows audiences on the vibraphone, will be back at The Mainstay, teaming with La Lucha, a Latin-leaning jazz trio to kick off the Four-by-Four on Thursday, September 8th.
On Friday, the Sherman Holmes Project with Brooks Long will rock the Garfield Center to its rafters with the soul, blues and gospel that won the group "Band of the Year" honors from The Blues Foundation.
Then, on Saturday, hundreds of Rapelyea fans from all over the Eastern Shore and from DC, Baltimore and Philadelphia, will descend on Wilmer Park ahead of the Jazz Festival's opening act at noon on Saturday so they can place their lawn chairs in a good spot in the tent. There will be local food vendors in the park, along with Crow Winery and a beer truck, so festival-goers will be able to enjoy the entire day. It will be Dr. Rapelyea's 16th jazz festival, and he never disappoints.
Vocalist Lena Seikaly will open the Jazz Festival, using her rich, powerful voice to give the audience a gift of vintage jazz standards. Still in her twenties, Seikaly has earned an excellent reputation in and around DC. The Washington Post called her "one of the local jazz scene's most promising performers."
Classically trained jazz violinist Gregor Huebner and his Charanga Band will take the Jazz Festival stage next, showing off Huebner's brilliant Cuban- and Brazilian-jazz compositions. This will be a return engagement for the German-born violinist and pianist who now makes his home in New York City. It will be his first time in Chestertown since releasing his CD, "El Violin Latino-vol 2."
Next up will be "the master of vocalese and certainly not your everyday jazz singer," according to Rapelyea, Giacamo Gates, who will be returning to The Chestertown Jazz Festival for the fifth time in 20 years. When he last appeared by the Chester River, Gates had just released "Miles Tones," a CD of Miles Davis songs, and last summer he released "Everything is Cool." Says Rapelyea, "Gates is surely one of the coolest that has sung from our stage."
The Jazz Festival's final act on Saturday, as the sun heads toward the horizon, "will pull everyone from their seats," predicts Rapelyea. "Greg Hatza rocks one of the meanest Hammond B3 organs in the Mid-Atlantic. He's influenced by Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Ray Charles and Johnny Hammond Smith, and he's one of today's premiere Hammond B3 organ players."
On Sunday, Crow Winery will host its second all-day Crowfest, from 11 to 5, at the Crow Vineyard and farm in Kennedyville. Philip Dutton and The Alligators will add a range of music to the fun, offering everything from Cajun to Zydeco to funk.
Rapelyea says Mainstay founder Tom McHugh and Kent County Arts Council Executive Director Leslie Raimond have been urging him to connect the Jazz Festival with other venues to turn the stand-alone event into part of something bigger, and when he approached The Mainstays new director Rory Trainor, thing started to click.
"The Mainstay is very excited to have an official partnership with the Chestertown Jazz Festival," said Trainor. "Both the Mainstay and the Jazz Festival have been bringing incredible jazz to the county for years, and together, this year, we get to bring a very special project in Chuck Redd and La Lucha, a show that The Mainstay would not be able to make happen on its own."
Chuck Redd has been a top-tier performer for many years, and has played with scores of big-name musicians, including Bucky Pizzarelli, Ken Peplowski, Dizzy Gillepsie, Mel Torme, Tomme Flanagan and Monty Alexander. His collaboration with La Lucha, a trio of best friends from Colombia, Mexico and the U.S., is relatively new. Trainor says the Tampa-St. Petersburg-based La Lucha has extensive national and international performance experience, including the Umbria (Italy) Jazz Festival, and he's looking forward to hearing Redd blend his sound with their jazz standards and the Latin-inspired rhythms.
Tickets for Chuck Redd and La Lucha can be purchased from The Mainstay by calling 410-639-9133.
Tickets for the Sherman Holmes Project, the blues concert on Friday as well as for the Jazz Festival in Wilmer Park on Saturday can be obtained online at www.garfieldcenter.org or by calling the Garfield Center at 410-810-2060. The advance individual event ticket price for the jazz Festival is $25; the price at the gate is $30. Students with an ID pay $15 and children under 12 are free. There's more information on the Jazz Festival's Facebook page.
The Crowfest on September 11 will run from 11 am to 5 pm and admission is $12 per person in advance and $15 on Sunday. Admission includes a complimentary wine glass and tastings. Call 302-304-0551 for details and for information about a VIP pass. The Crow website is www.crowvineyardandwinery.com.
Listen for interviews, updates and samples on WPFW in Washington, D.C. and WEAA in Baltimore.
Organizers remind you to bring chairs and umbrellas as it's a rain or shine event. Please leave your pets at home.
Sponsors: Special thanks to the Chestertown Jazz Festival sponsors, including The Hedgelawn Foundation, The Kent County Arts Council, and the numerous individual and corporate underwriters and those who have donated in-kind support to help revive the Chestertown Jazz Festival!
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Symbolic Failure Point: Female Afghan Pilot Wants Asylum In The US
Peter Van Buren
Afghanistan's first female pilot, Captain Niloofar Rahmani. (Photo: We Meant Well)
History loves little markers, tidy packages of symbolism that wrap up a big, complex thing.
You know, the helicopter on the roof of the American Embassy in Saigon standing in for years of failed war, the Berlin Wall being knocked down to visually note the end the Cold War, that sort of thing.
Well, the never-ending-gobsmacker of the Afghan War may have gotten its iconic moment.
Afghanistan's first female pilot, Captain Niloofar Rahmani, above, has applied for asylum in the U.S., citing worsening security conditions, and harassment by male colleagues. Rahmani says her family faces serious death threats from the Taliban and her father has had to go into hiding to avoid being killed. The Afghan government even stopped paying Rahmani's salary, despite earmarks from the U.S. government for funding.
Captain Rahmani noted, as something as an afterthought, the Taliban also continue to make gain across her country even as America's War for Freedom enters its 16th year of freeing Afghanistan.
Being a Propaganda Tool is Hard Work
As icons went, America loved Rahmani.
Rahmani was once widely hailed in Washington, D.C., where she received the Woman of Courage award from the State Department in 2015 and was personally praised by First Lady Michelle Obama. Rahmani was rolled into an Obama policy move to focus greater attention and resources on adolescent girls through the Let Girls Learn initiative which no one ever heard from again.
The Afghan pilot was even celebrated as a "woman who builds peace, prosperity, and stability," which just happened to also be a U.S. propaganda slogan for the Afghan war. And sure, what the hell, the State Department threw in that "she will not be intimidated and she will not be silenced."
Rahami also had her own Twitter, in English of course, but not updated in over a year. "Her" last tweet– "#Salute to the #daughter of nation #Flying #Officer #Marium embraced $shahadat today #Mianwali The few the proud…" And that Rahami was photogenic by coincidence was not unnoticed.
The Captain summed it all up — her femaleness represented American goals of empowering women, her chosen career as a killer was in line with U.S. plans to destroy the Taliban, and her being in the Afghan Air Force seemed to justify the $3.7 billion U.S. tax dollars expended to create an indigenous Afghan fighting force.
Mayday, Mayday!
So it's just a neat kick in the Uncle Sam ass for Rahmani, in the United States for all sorts of expensive training, to bail out and request asylum after 15 months in America training via photo ops and not fighting any Taliban. Why, it's as if the entire war in Afghanistan itself was merely a lengthy exercise in Potemkin foreign policy…
Peter Van Buren spent a year in Iraq as a State Department Foreign Service Officer serving as Team Leader for two Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs). Now in Washington, he writes about Iraq and the Middle East at his blog, We Meant Well. His new book is We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People (The American Empire Project, Metropolitan Books).
© 2015 Peter Van Buren
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The Stephen Keale Memorial Scholarship Fund
Steve was born on November 22, 1968 in Westchester County NY and grew up in Norwalk CT. With his family he relocated to southern California in 1981, where he graduated from Newbury Park High School in Thousand Oaks. On his own Stephen later moved to northern California, residing for a time in Arcata and in Mt. Shasta, where he met Susan, his wife. They moved to Chico in 1996 to attend CSU Chico. Steve received a BS in Therapeutic Recreation in 2000. He was an occasional guest lecturer at CSUC on the topic of living with disabilities.
Steve was a co-founder and first President of Disabled Adventure Outfitters, a non-profit organization which provides wilderness experiences for people with disabilities. He enjoyed whitewater rafting and golf and was an avid movie buff. He could recite the plots of some films scene by scene. His favorite director was Akira Kurosawa of Seven Samurais fame. Stephen was also very involved with hemophilia summer camp, and was the arts and crafts director for many years. He was always patient with the children, and always encouraged them to do their best in art.
Stephen devoted his life to alleviating the suffering of others. His generous spirit, warm, caring smile and marvelous sense of humor will be missed by all who knew him.
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Fantasy Cover Version #12 - if Roy Orbison covered "Some Candy Talking"...
A blog series that you can contribute to...
Here's the gist. I want to hear about your fantasy cover versions. Simply make the case for the cover version that you'd love to hear but, fairly obviously, does not actually exist. And send me that case, here. By case, I mean explain why artist X covering song Y would be good, don't just send me their respective names.
Twelfth guest contributor Davy, from the late lamented blog The Ghost Of Electricity. I should explain that the excellent suggestion is Davy's - the waffly, explanatory wrap around it is mine. Davy's suggestion is this:
What if Roy Orbison covered The Jesus and Mary Chain's "Some Candy Talking". Here's the original..
For starters, how easy is it to imagine The Big O strumming those opening bars on a big old Gretsch? Pretty easy, I reckon. Then throw in the fact that his mid-90s album Covers clearly demonstrates an affinity for reinterpreting others' material, and the evidence is mounting. And if that wasn't enough, consider his rather more famous cover (yes, I know it was originally written for him, but who recorded it first, Roy or Cyndi?) of a more contemporary song, I Drove All Night:
Clock that "uh-huh, yeah" at about 28 seconds in and tell me you can't imagine Roy delivering Jim Reid's words? And while you're at it, tell me those ascending chords wouldn't suit him down to the ground, as would the classic four chord structure. Tailor-made for The Big O.
Works for me, Davy. After all, it's clearly a song that lends itself to a decent cover version, as ably demonstrated by Richard Hawley.
Think you can suggest a fantasy cover version this good? Then please, try your luck and remember - the more you make the case, the better! The list of past submissions may inspire you.
Labels: Fantasy Cover Version, Music
Good guys, bad guys, plausibility, likeability
Television, the drug of a nation. And with on-demand services like iPlayer, which is how I watch the vast majority of my television these days, the next hit is never more than a couple of clicks away.
I want to talk about three programmes that I've watched this year, all loosely bracketed in the crime/thriller genre.
The first is Strike, the Beeb's adaptation of J. K. Rowling's foray into adult fiction (as Robert Galbraith). If you're unfamiliar, these stories concern ex military policeman Cormoran Strike who, after losing a leg on a tour of duty, sets up as a private investigator. He takes on a temp to help with admin and she ends up becoming his sidekick. He's rugged and a bit maverick and, no doubt, flutters the hearts of a few ladies. She's bright and funny and pretty, and all the rest. There's a bit of a will they/won't they subtext, even though she's engaged to be married to someone the polar opposite of Strike. Oh, and did I mention Cormoran's dad was a bona fide rock star?
In other words, it's slightly nonsense. Now don't get me wrong, I watched both parts of this story, as I watched the previous series last year. And its not because I've read the books (I haven't) or that I'm a rabid Rowling fan (I'm not). But here's the thing - although the whole premise stretches plausibility to the limit, it's an enjoyable show. In fact, it feels like the sort of show that used to get made in the 80s, you know, that was a bit far fetched but that didn't matter because ultimately the good guys all come out on top and manage to look good on screen in the process. Despite the attempts at grittiness (and this is a post-watershed programme, if that still means anything), you know what you're going to get when you sit down to watch Strike. It's not plausible, but it wins because it is likeable.
Compare this to recent four-parter Collateral, on BBC2. With its star-studded cast (Carey Mulligan, John Simm, Nicola Walker, Billie Piper) and lauded writer (David Hare), this looked a sure thing before it even hit the screen. It's people-trafficking plot could not have been more timely, nor could its many sub-plots (political parties and the media, asylum seekers and detention centres, church attitudes to homosexuality, and more - they squeezed a lot into four hours). It ought to have been brilliant, it really ought. And yet... and yet. Did I mention that DI Kate Glaspie (Mulligan) used to be an elite athlete? And not just any old discipline, oh no, but a more niche event - she was a pole vaulter whose career, you guessed it, ended in a very public failure and humiliation. At this, my plausibility sense was already tingling. But worse was to come, for this was a(nother) gritty drama, and so, of course, Glaspie said "fuck" a lot. And I didn't buy it. That word, coming forcefully out of Mulligan's mouth, just didn't work. It felt like a stretch for credibility, a grasp at authenticity, yet each time it happened I felt like Mulligan had never sworn in her life before. Remember that time, at school, when kids decided that swearing a lot made themselves seem hard/cool? That's what this felt like, every time. Oh, and did I mention this is Glaspie's first big case? And she's pregnant?
Of course, Collateral was still a fine drama, and I watched all four episodes in their entirety. But it wasn't great and, as far as I could tell, generated no water-cooler discussions in the workplace. And part of the reason, I think, is that it was hard to root for anyone, even the heroes. Pretty much everyone in the programme was flawed and most, with the possible exception of Nicola Walker's vicar, strayed the wrong side of likeable too often. So well made, yes, well acted (for the most part, though reluctantly I must add that the normally excellent Mulligan seemed on autopilot to this reviewer), and with a multi-layered plot, this was decent television. But it didn't feel plausible and was hard to like. A shame, I think.
All of which brings us to the third programme in this little tryptich. McMafia told the story of Alex Godman, Russian born but raised in Britain, devoted family man, loving partner to English rose Rebecca, and successful city banker. A conventional good guy. Yet when his uncle was murdered by Russian gangsters, Alex risked everything in his quest for vengeance: his business, his family, his fiancée... Over the course of eight tense episodes (and it was a tension that rarely let up), Alex left his legitimate life behind, crossed line after line (sometimes accidentally, sometimes intentionally) and became the thing he reviled ... and this was deftly handled by creators Hossein Amini and James Watkins. Alex's metamorphosis from good guy to bad guy was gradual and understandable such that, even at the end, when that change was complete, you still rooted for him - you still wanted him to succeed. An anti-hero is still a hero, after all.
The plot, and numerous sub-plots, again felt timely and relevant. Russians who exploited the fall of the Soviet Union to get rich quickly by any means now bestriding the globe, to all intents and purposes as legitimate businessman, all the while running multi-million dollar criminal enterprises? That seemed plausible to me. Ordering hits on ex-pat Russians living new lives in the West? That seemed pretty plausible too. Corruption between Russian police, politicians and gangsters? Plausible. In fact, it all felt nailed on - a drama for our times. And all with a hero who treads the line between good and bad, yet remains likeable.
These programmes have all been good. All from the BBC too - aren't we lucky to have it? And if it sounds like I didn't enjoy Collateral, and re-reading this I can see how it might, well, let me clarify and say that is was good. But scriptwriters, take note for that crime/thriller project you're drafting: make it plausible, or likeable, or (preferably) both. Because, to summarise: implausible but likeable Strike, that's one to watch again, next time it's on, either repeats or a new series; implausible and unlikeable Collateral, whilst good, was consigned to BBC2 for a reason, despite all those star names (and scheduled against another John Simm drama on ITV); and plausible, likeable McMafia? That's one for the boxset collection.
The recent news that Soft Cell are to reunite for one night only at the O2 (or that they require a pension top-up, some might say), has given me cause to dig out their out career retrospective, Memorabilia. And it's terrific, of course - you forget how great they were.
Slight problem - I can't get Bedsitter out of my head now, except that some part of my subconscious that has been saturated by too much political coverage for the last two years insists on substituting the word Brexitland into the chorus. All together now:
Dancing, laughing, drinking, loving. And now I'm all alone in Brexitland, my only home...
Which might be funny if I wasn't such a Remainer...
Great video too - love the underground shots at the start, the London streets, the coin-op phone box, the bottle of Quink ink (Royal Blue, of course). How we used to live, etc.
Labels: Music, Politics
Great moments in music video history #2 - Smack My Bitch Up (NSFW)
The second in a very occasional series, and my first post in 13+ years of blogging to require a NSFW warning (hence posting it at the weekend when, presumably, most of you aren't at work).
Today's great moment in music video history is the obvious one, coming, as it does, from the promo to accompany The Prodigy's 1997 single Smack My Bitch Up. It got to number eight in the UK chart and, aside from Firestarter, was their only single to crack the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. So it must have been doing something right. For me, it's not their finest hour but the video... well, even 21 years down the line, it's a powerful four and a half minutes of anyone's time. Sex, drugs, violence and a terribly messed-up protagonist, this has all of that. And it's still sufficiently shocking, a generation later, to be hard to find on YouTube. No doubt it violates their terms of service, or some such. Thank goodness for Vimeo, then.
In the very unlikely event that there is someone out there reading this who doesn't know the big reveal, I won't spoil it by saying what happens at 4m20s, other than that the video rewards a second watch, to spot all the clues. But I repeat, NSFW. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Labels: Moments in music video, Music
Fine and dandy, indeed. Not what I was hoping to find, when I went Googling, but how could I not post it?
Anyway, this is all the excuse I need for...
Labels: Art, Music
"Ladies and gentlemen, the clown show has been put on hiatus for retooling."
Labels: Humour, Television
"Quiet people have the loudest minds."
Just going to leave these here. R.I.P. Stephen - you'll never know how excited your book made our sixth form Physics set. I still failed the S-level though.
And if you only read one thing about Hawking today, make it this.
Labels: Humour, Sci Tech, Television
Moz lives
Firstly, to all those who have had their fill of Morrissey ... well, you'll want to give the following a swerve. Why not read this recent Fantasy Cover Version suggestion instead?
Still here? Then let's talk about Moz and, specifically, his gig at the Royal Albert Hall last night. It was my seventh time seeing the Mozfather live and, having needed a telescope to see him last time I went (at the O2), this time I had splashed out on a good seat. I treated myself, in other words, and I'm glad I did, because being up close really made the evening. And not just for the photos (click 'em to embiggen) and videos I took, but for the details ... the looks on his face, the hand gestures. All of that. You don't get it from the back of an enormodome, even with Jumbotrons to help. But anyway. After a quick perusal of the merchandise stall (offering scarves, fans, badges and pillowcases as well as the obligatory t-shirts, none of which featured contemporary photographs of Moz), I took my seat early and, if I'm honest, with a little trepidation. Reviews of earlier shows on the tour had been mixed, with The Guardian very much determined not to enjoy themselves. Also, I'm often a little unsure how gigs in all-seater venues will play out - the atmosphere is different, I think. Less of a spark. And I was concerned that, although my ticket clearly said "Morrissey plus special guests", I had read that the support act was a film show, not a band... At precisely 8.15pm the pre-show back-drop picture of the late Peter Wyngarde as Jason King disappeared, and the film show started.
To be honest, "film show" is over stating it a bit. YouTube clips spliced together is more accurate. But it was an eclectic selection - with links to the clips used where possible, the montage included: early Ramones; Something Here In My Heart by 60s girl group The Paper Dolls; Tatu covering How Soon Is Now? on a German retread of TOTP; The Sound Of The Crowd by The Human League; Say It Loud, I'm Black And I'm Proud by James Brown; a spoken word Candy Darling clip (I think); Dionne Warwick singing Don't Make Me Over; a drag artist joking about nationality; The Sex Pistols singing God Save The Queen; a 60s-looking civil rights speech for racial equality that I couldn't ID; Sally's Song by Amy Lee; a Germaine Greer talking head spot; a clip from L'Insoumis of Alain Delon reclining into his Queen Is Dead sleeve art pose (which got a big cheer); It's The Same Old Song by The Four Tops; Jet Boy by The New York Dolls ... and probably more besides. Throughout this, the bloke sitting next to me kept looking up the songs on Shazam - when he couldn't get a match for the James Brown track, I had to lean over and help him out. He even Shazam'ed the Sex Pistols clip, surely one of the least ambiguous tracks of the last fifty years. But I digress.
At precisely 8.50pm the screen that all this had been projected on was whipped down, and out strode Morrissey and his band. He cuts a substantial figure these days, does Moz - not fat but no longer the skinny, callow figure of yesteryear. Middle-aged spread comes to us all if you we eat too many pies, even vegetarian pies. And the fabled quiff is largely a thing of the past, a victim of a receding hairline. But he is still magnetic on stage, owning the space. Dressed top to toe in dark clothes, a string of beads and a dangling key fob completed Morrissey's look. The band, by contrast, were all in white shirts. The stage was lit with neon prefect badge shapes, a nod to the Low In High School theme.
After opening strongly with The Last Of The Famous International Playboys and I Wish You Lonely, the audience was treated to the first of many asides from a pleasantly chatty Moz: "So amazingly, I'm still alive. The question is, are you?" This was followed by Jacky's Only Happy When She's Up On The Stage, which slowed things down a bit, before a stomping Suedehead, which sped them back up again. The crowd, predictably, went wild for this, even though many of them weren't alive when it was released.
After this, there was a bit of a pause whilst Moz dispensed with the line of security at the front of the stage who were spoiling the devoted's view, and complained to unseen crew member Max about a spotlight giving him a headache. When it was turned off, he remarked, "Now you can't see me, which is pretty perfect." This was followed by recent album track When You Open Your Legs, before another aside between songs: a propos of nothing, Moz appeared to say something like, "Please believe me, I'm not. People are extremely ignorant. They can't be controlled, so don't control them." Was this a reference to Der Spiegel's recent portrayal of him? We may never know.
Slightly unexpectedly, for me at least, Munich Air Disaster 1958 was next, complete with archive footage of Busby's Babes projected on the back screen. "We miss them," Moz concluded. This was swiftly followed by Home Is A Question Mark, for which Jesse Tobias unleashed an electric 12-string and I got a sudden bout of guitarist's envy. After My Love, I'd Do Anything For You, the stage lighting switched to red and yellow as a clue for what was coming next. "This song is delightful," said Moz. "About slavery and servitude in Espana." After which the band launched into The Bullfighter Dies, accompanied by fairly explicit video footage of bulls being stabbed by matadors (during the verses) and matadors being gored (during the "hooray, hooray" chorus). The point was well, if graphically, made.
The only real lull in the show followed, with a slightly flat run-through of If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look At Me. Quite a lot of people went for drinks. Not me though. So I was there to see the cover of Pretenders' track Back On The Chain Gang that followed (backdropped with Chrissie Hynde's yearbook photo), and Moz introducing World Peace Is None Of Your Business by saying, "We invented democracy. We invented free speech. I think it's time we got it back."
The next track was a personal favourite, Hold On To Your Friends, at the end of which (slightly bizarrely) Moz signed some vinyl for people in the front row, whilst the crowd chanted his name. Then pianist Gustavo Manzur teased an elongated version of the piano intro to In Your Lap before the band launched into Everyday Is Like Sunday and the crowd combusted. This was the first in a run of five blistering songs: Jack The Ripper was next, with the stage bathed in red light and smoke; then came recent single Spent The Day In Bed, quite a singalong for the crowd; this was followed by live favourite Speedway, which has lost none of its power; and then, the only Smiths track of the night, How Soon Is Now?, ending with drummer Matthew Ira Walker letting loose on the gong and timpani.
This might have been the obvious point at which to end the main set, but no. Who Will Protect Us From The Police? and I'm Not Sorry followed, before the band lined up to take a bow. Then they slipped off-stage, only to return minutes later, for Morrissey to say goodnight with "As always, be good to yourself, be kind to animals and look after each other. And that's it really." Moz had changed his shirt, donning a plain white number that, predictably enough, was thrown into the crowd at the end of the sole encore track, a thumping Irish Blood, English Heart. As the band scooted off-stage, Jesse launched a plectrum into the crowd too, but not many noticed - they were too busy forming a polite but determined scrum around the shirt.
And then the house lights came up and it was all over. I have to tell you, I felt ecstatic. As I've already said, sitting so close to the action made a real difference and changed, for me, what might have just been Morrissey singing into Morrissey performing. And although I'd taken my proper camera, rather than rely on my phone, I came away feeling I wanted an actual souvenir, a keepsake more substantial than digital photographs ... so I bought a set of Moz lapel badges from the merch stall on the way out. As I trudged through a dark Hyde Park to Lancaster Gate tube, I reflected that this was, if not the best I had seen Moz, certainly in the top three. All that was missing, for me at least, was the company of oldest friend and perennial gig-buddy The Man Of Cheese, with whom I had seen five of the previous six Moz gigs. I was still buzzing when I finally got home and crawled into bed, at ten to two this morning. And I'm very happy to report that, despite all the slings and arrows he's faced (and invited) in recent times, Moz lives ...
I'm no cameraman, and my camera is nothing special, but I shot a few videos. You may like them.
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Old Musical Express
So, the inevitable has happened: the NME has called time on its print edition. Whilst sad in many ways, this news, presumably, comes as a surprise to precisely no-one. Making it free didn't halt the decline. Attempts to broaden its raison-d'être, and hence its readership, by being less about music and more about, well, just about everything else, that didn't halt the decline either. In my view, it may even have accelerated it, because if you just want a music publication you don't really want to have to wade through all the other toss too, do you? Time Inc, the NME's owner, might do well to remember that as they seek to further develop its online offering.
Who's next, I wonder? I had two emails in one day yesterday from Uncut magazine, trying to get me to take out a subscription deal that equated to £2.50 per issue... that's for a magazine which, last time I bought one in a shop, cost me £5.25. Feels a little desperate to me.
Anyway, to mark the disappearance on an icon of the music press, here's a classic cover of theirs from 1988, a poster copy of which adorned my bedroom wall for years. Which, given that I'm off to see the cover star this very evening seems entirely appropriate.
Bye, NME.
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A blog series that you can contribute to...(please)...
In the continued absence of any new suggestions from readers, the eleventh contributor to this series is me, again. Sorry.
I've been looking for the right way to feature Alma Cogan on this blog for a long time, partly because without her I wouldn't exist (not as long a story as it sounds) but mostly because her music was often on in our house when I was small. And when I say "on", I don't necessary mean spinning on the record player - often her songs were just being sung, by my parents. And those songs stick in the mind, and heart. My favourite from the girl with a giggle in her voice (yes, that really is how she was known) was itself a cover of Patsy Cline's She's Got You, released in 1962. I loved the harmonica intro, the despairing lyrics, the literal highs and lows of the chorus... I don't know about a giggle, I heard heartbreak in Alma's vocal performance. Here it is, and it's bloody great.
Whose voice from now has the right tonal quality to do this justice, can reach the highs and lows, can emote in the same way? Possibly no-one, but I'd like to make the case for Lana Del Rey. Take a listen to breakout hit Videogames, and see if you agree:
Or Born To Die?
I think Lana could carry it off, more than passably. And she has a recent track record for doing good cover versions too - here she is, covering Radiohead:
I have to add, as a post-script, that however good it might be, this fantasy cover by Lana could not measure up to Alma's version. Just as Cline fans would argue that Alma's cover doesn't measure to Patsy. But I'm right and they're wrong, of course. Also, I know that technically what I'm suggesting above is Lana covering Patsy but I've said it before and I'll doubtless say it again: my gaff, my rules...
Clandestine Classic LVI - One Night Stand
The fifty-sixth post in an occasional series that is intended to highlight songs that you might not have heard that I think are excellent - clandestine classics, if you will. Maybe they'll be by bands you've never heard of. Maybe they'll be by more familiar artists, but tracks that were squirelled away on b-sides, unpopular albums, radio sessions or music magazine cover-mounted CDs. Time will, undoubtedly, tell.
I've been thinking a bit about Pete Tong and his Heritage Orchestra, who've been all over my radio lately. You know - Pete has taken another load of old house and Ibiza tunes and got a proper orchestra to play them, the idea being (presumably) to take some "classic" club tunes and give them an actual classical music style makeover. Seems this kind of cultural pretence has been very popular indeed with middle-aged ex-clubbers, with sell-out shows at large venues and not one but two albums of this kind of stuff. That new version of Killer by Seal that you've been hearing? This is where it comes from. You knew all that already, right?
But it's hardly a new idea. Today's classic comes from 90s band The Aloof, which Wikipedia tells me were "a British electronica group, mixing electronic and dance elements with dub influences." So there you go. I know nothing else about them, and today's track, One Night Stand, is the only thing by them in my collection, courtesy of a compilation album. And although it's not my usual cup of tea, I think this is excellent.
Firstly, there are the world-weary vocals, sounding not dissimilar in some respects to David McAlmont but actually belonging to one Ricky Barrow. Then there are the lyrics which, if I can borrow from a series over at The (New) Vinyl Villain, would make an excellent short story:
What am I doing here? Your face is a mess.
You walk back in the room and you put on your dress.
I say, I'll see you soon and I, I'll give you a call.
I hear the door slam and feel nothing at all.
What am I doing here? I've been here for weeks.
Gotta get outta of this room and go, go clean these sheets.
Why am I lying here and with what was her name?
I feel nothing at all; I feel no shame.
It's another one night stand
'cause it makes me feel like a real man.
Lyrically melancholic, and with those minor keys throughout, this is a real come-down track, filled with unhappiness and a touch of self-loathing. And then there's that orchestral arrangement, that's probably been smouldering in the back of Pete Tong's mind for twenty years.
One Night Stand was The Aloof's commercial highpoint, peaking at #30 in 1996. There were other singles, but none like this. And interestingly, fact fans, Radio 1 playing an extended instrumental version of this every thirty minutes for several hours on the day Princess Diana died. I didn't remember that, by the way, it's another Wikipedia fact, so caveat emptor when you throw that little nugget into pub conversation.
You can scoop up One Night Stand on The Aloof's second album, Sinking, or (like me) on none-more-90s compilation The Dogs...! Anyway, here's the track - great video too, isn't it?
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Rock Lee Ummmm...mommy where do Rock Lee's come from?
suzyisbrute posted on Aug 08, 2013 at 12:24PM
Okay question...WHERE ARE LEE'S PARENTS!? I have a theory that they had to leave him at the ninja academy when he was younger promising they would be back someday and never came. Another part of this theory is that Lee and his father had a very bad relationship and he had always wanted a father figure more than almost anything leading me to believe that Guy is this supposed figure he "latched on to." Thats my theory I hope you like it and I'd love to hear a theory from you! thanks!
~S.I.B 2013
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over a year ago suzyisbrute said…
plz reply :)
ImAnEasel commented…
Hmm... when I try to watch it, it says 'This video does not exist.'. :/ over a year ago
What was it? over a year ago
suzyisbrute commented…
honestly XD I don't remember lol over a year ago
over a year ago ImAnEasel said…
Yeah, I wonder the same thing frequently. A lot of people think it will one day be revealed that Guy is his father, but I don't think so. If that was the case, why wouldn't he tell him? Also, they may have the same hair, but only because Lee cut his to look like Guys. The only other way in which their appearances resemble one another is their eyebrows, which I think is just a coincidence. They don't look alike in any other way that I can see, even when we see Guy at about Lee's age in that flashback.
Exactly! Not to mention if Guy was Lee's father Guyt would need to get a girl (which if thats really the case where did she go?) AND! They have different last names. ANOTHER part of my theory is that his mother was not a shinobi which means no ninjustu or genjutsu which would explain his lack of it. Weird...very weird indeed...WHERE DID HE COME FROM??? XD over a year ago
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France has stepped up its efforts to support Iraq by strengthening ties with its leadership and providing assistance and training to the Iraqi military.
During a January 14th visit to Iraq, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi the two countries had entered "a new stage" in their ties, AFP reported.
During the two-day visit, Le Drian met with his Iraqi counterpart, Foreign Minister Mohamed al-Hakim, to discuss bilateral relations and to pave the way for a visit from French President Emmanuel Macron.
Al-Hakim praised the vital role France continues to play in supporting Iraq in confronting the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) as part of the international coalition, and in the humanitarian, cultural and educational arenas.
Le Drian in turn stressed the importance of bilateral relations between the two countries, and his hopes for further development and co-operation in the economic, security, military and cultural fields.
He also stressed France's full commitment to supporting Iraq's unity, security and sovereignty.
French Defence Minister Florence Parly is expected to visit Iraq to observe the progress of French trainers who have been working to improve the combat readiness of Iraqi soldiers.
The visit will demonstrate "the level of French commitment to support Iraq", said Iraqi MP for Diyala Abdul Khaliq al-Azzawi, who serves on the parliamentary security and defence committee.
Iraq welcomes visits by French officials, "as the French have had a positive impact on the security and prosperity of our country", he told Diyaruna.
"We have always considered France to be a friendly country that has strongly supported us in our fight and victory over ISIS," he said. "It has and continues to play a significant role in helping us hunt down and defeat terrorist elements."
France has helped Iraq with military training, he said, noting that "the French continue to strongly contribute towards building the Iraqi army and its combat capability so that it is able to protect the country and maintain its stability".
French artillery meanwhile plays "an important and vital role" in Anbar, provincial council security committee chairman Naeem al-Koud told Diyaruna.
French artillery strikes launched towards ISIS targets in Syria as part of Task Force Wagram's responsibilities, have weakened the group and are "now considered the most important border defence lines", he said.
This presence makes it clear the French "are still fulfilling their commitment to fighting terrorism, and also to supporting Iraq militarily", he said.
Iraq has historical ties with France and "Iraqis appreciate its positive positions regarding their country's affairs", said Issam al-Fayli, who teaches political sciences at al-Mustansiriyah University.
"They still remember how France moved without hesitation to support them when ISIS attacked their cities," he told Diyaruna.
Since 2014, France has helped to degrade ISIS's capabilities by targeting its headquarters and fortifications with airstrikes and ground artillery fire, and has provided intelligence to Iraqi forces on the movement of ISIS elements.
The French military has deployed 1,200 soldiers as part of the anti-ISIS efforts, via air operations, artillery forces and training for the Iraqi army.
The visits of French officials to Baghdad "carry clear indications that France will continue its policy to support Iraq so the country can regain its strength and sovereignty", al-Fayli said.
"France's main goal is to build a sufficiently trained Iraqi combat force that has the skill and knowledge to use modern combat technology in smart wars and the ability to penetrate and dismantle enemy networks," he added.
Al-Fayli expressed his hope that these visits and meetings would result in military agreements and memoranda of co-operation and that "a joint operations room to exchange information and security expertise would be formed".
Both countries also will work towards "solidifying a strong economic partnership" that is aligned with Iraq's goals to develop cities liberated from ISIS, he added.
In 2017, France extended Iraq a loan of 430 million euros ($512 million) to help it implement reforms and improve public services.
During his recent visit, Le Drian announced that France would issue a new one billion euro ($1.1 billion) loan over the next four years to help Iraq rebuild in the post-ISIS era, AFP reported.
"French businesses are absolutely available to contribute to Iraq's reconstruction," Le Drian said.


Any insight into communications of what the crew would say on a daily freight run, working Yard A or sidings at Degnon Terminal?
For example: "We have 2 cars to drop off at Sunshine Biscuits. Or would they just say the siding or business number?" Or was it all handled via paperwork handled between the conductor, engineer, brakeman, etc.
I guess by 1977 they were using radios to/from Harold Tower for communication between crews and the tower?
In the early 1960's everything was done using hand signs. At night you would use a RR lamp to pass the signs. In the winter it was very cold loading the float bridges at Bay Ridge and Long Island City when standing on top of the freight cars passing a sign but the views of the Manhattan skyline at night was something to see. The road freight jobs would call the tower and tell the operator where they were going and ask permission to enter the main track. It was up to the crews to clear the main tracks for all regular time table trains. The road freight crews would spot all the cars on the sidings using hand signs, if the engineer lost sight of the hand signs they would stop the train immediately. After the radios came along, the crew was on the engine with the engineer. When you arrived at the siding the train would pull up to clear the switch. After opening the switch you would tell the engineer, "shove west, 4 cars to the hitch, 1 car to the hitch, 10 feet to the hitch, stop your train." After you made the hitch, coupled the air, removed the hand brakes, you would tell the engineer, "take the train east, we will set the empties on the main then spot the loads." Then off to the next siding.
Well into the radio equipped era, there were some Conductors who refused to switch with radios. They resented the reduction in crew sizes that the radios allowed for. They had all these crazy hand signs that you had to learn to follow along with them. It was an interesting operation back then and sadly, gone forever.
Thanks for the inputs thus far guys! Along the same lines post 1977, as in an MP-15AC, for example.
1. How did they determine deliveries and empty's at a specific industry, like Sunshine Biscuits – What did they say as to the above? Drop off 2 and pick up 1?
2. Also, any chatter such as: Did the Mets win last night?
The answer for No.1 All of the road freight crews worked with a freight clerk. The clerk would have a sheet with the information of what sidings were getting loads and or what sidings had empty's to be picked up. Before leaving the terminal the crew would switch out their train. The order of the cars to be placed on the siding would depend on if they were going to be serviced eastbound or westbound. Before coupling up to remove the empty's you had to make sure that no one was working in any of the cars. On the main line there was a clerk at Pinelawn with the crew. The crew at Pineaire received their work faxed over from the clerk at Pinelawn.
Thanks LIRR Retired Perhaps you might discuss specific switching locations, problems, or stories about spotting freight?


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Imagining A World Without Elephants
By Ben Guarino
Ben Guarino
A poacher's bullet kills more than elephants - an elephant's death ricochets through the ecosystem, affecting everything from other animals to the vegetation where the pachyderms roam.
When elephants are poached, "the entire ecosystem is at risk," said Trevor Caughlin, a University of Florida ecologist, in a press release. Caughlin and his colleagues recently discovered that a lack of elephants in Thailand puts certain tree species at risk of extinction. "My hope for this study is that it will provide a boost for those trying to curb overhunting and provide incentives to stop the wildlife trade."
Elephants are capable of eating fruits and seeds that other animals can't digest. Migratory elephants, moreover, deposit digested tree seeds much farther away than they could otherwise travel, increasing the chances that a seed can take root.
Elephants do more than pass seeds throughout the environment - they uproot trees, too. And though this may, on the surface, seem counterproductive for a healthy ecosystem, fallen trees aren't always a drag - they provide shelter. Lizards, for example, find tumbles of logs and branches inviting, and they were more diverse in places where African elephants had damaged trees compared with unscathed spots, a 2009 study found.
To curb desertification - the transformation of grassland or forest into desert - ecologist Allan Savory killed 40,000 elephants, believing they were eating the grassland into desert (it wasn't illegal at the time). But Savory realized the error of his ways when the rate of desert growth didn't slow. "I will carry that blunder to my grave," he said in a 2013 TED talk. Now, Savory believes, grazing actually promotes the spread of grassland, exchanging nutrients through a cycle of consumption, defecation and regrowth.
"We knew hunting was bad, but we were not sure why it was bad, and therefore could not predict the long-term impacts," botanist Richard Corlett said in a statement accompanying Caughlin's study. "Now we know it is really, really bad and will get worse. The message that 'guns kill trees too' should help put overhunting at the top of the conservation agenda, where it deserves to be."


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MARINARA THE WAY NONNA MADE IT
Wilmington, NC, resident Anthony Costella shares his passion for his Italian Nonna's 3rd generation marinara (Mari-Naada) sauce recipe. What started out in his home kitchen is now a fully-fledged brand called Antonio Carlo Gourmet Sauces.
From a small village in Genoa, Italy, in 1877 to today, Anthony Costella's Nonna perfected her idea of a homemade, all-purpose marinara sauce. Originally from New Jersey, Costella and his family relocated to Wilmington, NC fifteen years ago. "I love to cook, and I've been making my Nona's marinara sauce all my life. So my wife Kate, who is clearly the brains and the entrepreneur in the family, said to me, we should bottle and sell your sauce," says Costella. That was four years ago, and today the brand, Antonio Carlo Gourmet Sauces, has expanded to include four flavors, Nona's Original Recipe, Spicy Arrabbiata, Roasted Garlic, and Fresh Tomato Basil Leaf, with distribution across several major grocery stores, including Harris Teeter, Loews Foods, and Publix.
"Guided by my Nonna's recipes, the marinara sauces are still handcrafted, and we use the finest ingredients from Italy. Which obviously starts with the tomatoes." Costella only uses San Marzano a type of plum tomato and a region in Italy. Considered the Ferrari of tomatoes, San Marzano are grown in a specific region of Italy: the Agro Sarnese Nocerino of the Sarno River valley near Mount Vesuvius, where volcanic soils are said to produce sweeter, less acidic tomatoes.
"We've never compromised on my Nonna's old classic recipe, and we only use the freshest ingredients. Vine-ripened San Marzano plum tomatoes and Italian cold-pressed olive oil are slowly simmered with herbs and spices, with no added preservatives, sugars, or anything artificial; we achieve an authentic Italian marinara," says Costella. Traditionally the sauces are great over pasta but just as delicious with seafood, chicken, veal, pork, grilled vegetables, homemade pizza, and even as a dipping sauce.
Antonio Carlo Gourmet Sauces will be celebrating The Feast of the Seven Fishes this holiday season. This time-honored Christmas Eve tradition is steeped in history and culture. For many Italian Americans, the feast is a way to celebrate their heritage and connect with family and friends to gather and enjoy a delicious meal together.
The feast typically includes seven different seafood dishes, although the specific fish vary, depending on region and family traditions.
Along with his gourmet sauces, Costella has put together recipes you can draw inspiration from for a feast to remember.
www.antoniocarlo.com
SHRIMP FRA DIAVOLO
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
• 1 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1 jar Antonio Carlo Homemade Marinara
• 12 ounces bucatini or linguine
• 1/2 cup fresh parsley or basil leaves, roughly chopped
• salt and red pepper flakes for topping
Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp and cook, turning once, until almost cooked, about 1 minute per side. Transfer to a plate.
Add one jar of Antonio Carlo's Homemade Marinara Sauce to the skillet. Bring to a slow simmer, occasionally stirring, until completely warm, about 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook as the label directs. Reserve 1/2 cup of the cooking water, then drain the pasta.
Add the parsley, basil, pasta, and shrimp to the Antonio Carlo Homemade Marinara Sauce and any collected juices from the plate and toss to combine. Stir in some of the remaining cooking water to loosen the sauce. Season with salt.; drizzle with olive oil; top with red pepper flakes.
LINGUINE WITH RED CLAM SAUCE
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 cups Antonio Carlo Homemade Marinara
• 2 pounds of fresh hard-shell clams, cleaned
• 1/4 cup loosely packed Italian parsley, chopped,
• 12 ounces linguine, uncooked
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Heat 1 tablespoon of extra-virgin olive oil in a pan on medium-high heat. Add minced garlic. Saute, occasionally stirring, for two minutes or until fragrant.
Stir in marinara sauce, clams, and half of the chopped parsley. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cover and cook for 8 minutes or until clam shells open. Discard any unopened clams.
Meanwhile, cook pasta as directed on the package. Drain, then place in a large bowl.
Plate pasta and spoon red clam sauce on top. Top with remaining chopped parsley and serve.
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Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness -1 -318 -41.3%
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Latter-day Saints -2 -267 -64.8%
The population of Posey County, Indiana was 26,414 in 1980. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (14,176) included 53.7% of the total population in 1980.
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By Donut_Wizard | 23
#7647195 - Tuesday 12 June 2018 19:14
Simple solution. Clean the glass with a hammer. Then no one can smear there hands on it. And there will be a nice breeze. It's a win-win.
By tranced_ | 44
Looks like a window of opportunity knocking at your door! Opportunity to clean it once again 😂👍🏻🙃
JustThatPerson | 21
Or just clean the kid with a hammer.
By ChromoTec | 24
Why was the kid's hand sweaty and sticky? I wonder...
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How hot is "scorching" in the UK? Southeast US can get to 110F (38C).
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How big of a deal can this be? Take a rag and follow him and his hand. Done.
By RichardPencil | 29
Kids' filthy hands = job security!
By Jeremy Phillips | 18
#7658179 - Sunday 8 July 2018 0:46
Try working with Kids and having them grab at your hand with sticky sweaty hands