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(NSFW, but comically so.)
Update: "Evil Boy" lyrics here.
The much-anticipated new video from Die Antwoord just went live: EVIL BOY, featuring Wanga, a teenage Xhosa emcee, and Diplo.
I heard the track earlier this year, just after the band finished the final mixdown, and was blown away... but good heavens, the video's something else. Beautiful. District 9 prawn arms, phallic idols, abundant junk-slanging, a penis microphone, a ghost-eyed Yo-Landi in a rat jacket ready to rip out your heart. Oh, and a cameo by Diplo.
I think it's likely some portions may be misunderstood, and a line in there will be misinterpreted as homophobic, but the story behind it (Ninja and Yo-Landi shared all the backstory with me earlier) is deep stuff, and anything but. Both the band and Wanga, the young South African emcee who guest-stars in this one, are open-minded about gender and sexuality, it's cool. Lots of in-jokes for folks who are from South Africa, and of the specific culture the guest emcee's from.
So many layers of meaning jiggling around in this thing. A stew of English, Afrikaans, and Xhosa puns. Slang your junk and enjoy.
Update: I posted some comments to the discussion thread accompanying this post to explain what I understand of the video's backstory. Start here. Discuss
109 Responses to "Die Antwoord: Evil Boy"
jaejae says:
This video is heavy, there's so much happening on so many levels! Before this song I still hadn't made up my mind about whether or not I was into their stuff, but that's all over. This is intense and I seriously like what they are and how they create. I'm an American, and I have to admit I'm woefully uneducated about South Africa. This group makes me want to know more, and that's what art does at it's best!
doggo says:
@#57 *fast forward ten years* …and then I got a Prince Albert.
deanaoxo says:
all i can say is i loved them from the moment Xeni said 'go'!
Thank you. To not realize there's a bit more going on than just riding a cheap wave, is like thinking a Larry Harvey doesn't know what he's doing it's all just happenstance.
I've always said, all overnight sensations were proceeded by ten years of hard work. Here's some more proof of that.
These guys go places and then bring it all back.
Someone said it before me, 'that shit is dope!'
pure aoxomoxoa ~!~
Anonymous says:
Ah, it's about circumcision! And (new band) members.
jamez says:
Are you hinting at something Xeni?
Anonymous says:
Haha I can't stop watching it.
Anonymous says:
It might be interesting for some to know that the government, in an attempt to ensure that hygienic methods are used during initiations, are encouraging the elders who participate in the circumcisions to attend basic surgical training which teaches them how to perform the circumcisions safely and cleanly. It is a very Western thing to go "Ugh how primitive and disgusting these Africans are". I must admit I find no fault with the practice itself, but rather with those members of society who try to enforce circumcision on youths through the use of social pressure and ostracization.
South Africa has a growing educated and liberal youth of all cultures and colours who are struggling to define their identity in the aftermath of the blight that was Apartheid. Die Antwoord speaks to that part of myself which is both proud of my own culture (which happens to be Afrikaans) and proud of the cultures of my countrymen, because we are all South African.
Oh and to clear something up, when Yolandi talks about no glove/no love you can be fairly certain she is referring to condom use, not circumcision. South African have it drummed into their heads at school and through the media that we should always insist on condoms since we have the highest incidence of HIV in the world.
Despite this there are pervasive myths surrounding the use of condoms for example having unprotected sex with a virgin will cure AIDS (This has encouraged the rape of young women and even children. A woman was raped in South Africa every 17 seconds. This does not include the number of child rape victims. Around 30% of South Africans report that their first sexual experience was forced.)
Given these statistics Yolandi's girl-power message holds special significance for a generation of South African women who fight a losing battle for equality and freedom from abuse.
This video is all about being sex positive and about demanding your right to choose what you do with your body – a human right that is still not sufficiently entrenched in South African culture.
I'm a bisexual woman from Johannesburg in South Africa who lost her virginity to condomless statutory rape, and I think this video f$#king rocks!
treepour says:
As a gay man, I did bristle at this at first glance. But knowing the backstory and watching it again, I have absolutely no problem with it. Amazing music and visuals, and knowing the story really adds a powerful emotional hook I probably wouldn't gotten otherwise.
Anonymous says:
I got the impression that he was saying the exact opposite. No glove, no love = Don't have sex without a glove.
Anonymous says:
More power to the Evil Boy. His case isn't as odd as it sounds; I experienced a similar situation, as do some Australian aborigines. Though Jewish, I was circumsized by a doctor, not a rabbi, and later attended an ultra-orthodox synagogue (the only one in town). The rabbi and various elders told me I needed to have a "ritual circumsision" before I could have a Bar Mitzvah. This would involve a rabbi drawing blood with a pin. They never came close to convincing me to do it, and as the local jewish community was so small that it needed every man it could get (you need 10 jewish men to perform lots of rituals), they gave up and let me have the Bar Mitzvah anyway.
Pantograph says:
Very ithyphallic…
aquathug says:
Holy F@%&!
Oh, and "may be misinterpreted" may be the understatement of the year.
Xeni Jardin says:
So, the story behind this video and song (or part of the story — there's so much going on!) is that Wanga felt that he was being coerced into a form of ritual circumcision by his community. It's sort of taken for granted within his ethnic group that you must do this, so much so that if you are a young man and you do not participate, you are ostracized, as the band explained to me.
The thinking, and this is communicated very directly to the young men, is that if you don't participate, you're gay. You're effeminate. You're not a real man. You never mature from being a boy to being a man.
He struggled with all of this in real life: with what it meant for his personal and cultural identity. And he came to a point where he was like, you know what? Fuck you all. The fact that I won't consent to having my penis sliced with an unsterilized knife, out in the bush, and risk infection or worse– that doesn't mean "I'm gay," as you say. I reject this tradition. If that's what being a man is, fuck it, I don't want to be a man. I'll be an "evil boy for life," even if it means I am ostracized from my community.
You might have chosen different lyrics, but dude, it's not our story or our culture or our world experience at all.
It's his.
Chang says:
God Damn. That's fucking ganster!!!
millrick says:
just to clear here Xeni, are you referring to the ritual circumcision of adolescent boys?
Xeni Jardin says:
Yes, I am.
aquathug says:
Thanks for the back story! I would not have chosen different lyrics, just saying that context is key (you know how I roll in that regard).
As a (very)old punk, I can verify that this is in fact punk as fuck. I was screaming about Reagan and getting beat up by the LAPD, this guy is screaming about someone trying to take his foreskin. World's apart I think.
nimrodpower says:
: )
Harrywindy says:
Here is a mini documentary on the Ugandan practice of ritual circumcision. After seeing this, I am all about him rapping about keeping their hands off his penis.
Xeni Jardin says:
Thanks, not sure if I'm up for watching it, but appreciate the link.
Yeah, when the subject involved in this sort of cultural practice is female, we hear the phrase "female genital mutilation" tossed around. This is basically the same sort of cultural practice as clitorectomy, and one young man's reaction to that.
kib says:
If the text of one of these raps appeared as a comment on BB, would it be moderated?
ablebody says:
i got the notion without explanation, AND that vid is dope.
ADavies says:
Hiya Citylater – Pretty cool that a Xhosa guy is on the thread and commenting. Didn't know BB was big in SA.
Would be interesting to do a boing boing survey, and see where people are from (though I guess you could also just check google analytics).
citylater says:
Its Chilled, Im not sure how popular it is in SA. I found it because I was just searching for Die Antwoord. We don't have that many acts make it outside our borders.
citylater says:
Thanks guys for the feedback.
The thing is I'm happy that we are discussing this because on the Antwoord's website Ninja tries to explain the process and totally gets it wrong. Everything from staying one week in the bush to using ash from a fire as a healing agent.
The reality of it is that the circumcision part of the process is very important yes, but its not the whole process. Wanga is a streetkid and doesn't have relatives, thats the first issue. Xhosa people as a tribe are divided into Clans and within that clan is your family, an example is Nelson Mandela, everyone thinks Madiba is his nickname its actually his clan name( He is also Xhosa). So in other words if you have a problem with circumcision you can go outside of your family into your extended extended family. There are a lot of Xhosa kids today who get circumsized in hospital and then go and heal in the bush. As long you have a good enough reason your family should approve but it stays in the family. Secondly not just anyone can get circumsized. theres certain procedures you have to go through concerning your health including getting approved by a clinic before you go into the bush.The person that cuts you and nurses you in the bush is called a Nchipi. Kids that die are those whose families are'nt familiar whith iNchipi so they don't know whose negligent or what. lastly you are not left alone to fend for yourself in the bush. Usually a younger brother or cousin would serve as a "Nqhalathi", a boy that brings you food( Your diet changes over stages of the healing process" ) Gets you wood because you are living in a handmade enclosure so to keep warm its his job to keep the fire burning 24/7 for the full time you are there.Like I said earlier in the bush you learn a more ancient undiluted type of xhosa ( in SA we have 11 languages 9 indigeniuos) and thats the only way a person can distinguished if you've been in the bush. but there are rare situations where that language is used and those are easliy avoidable. Before you go to the bush you always worry about the circumcision but when you get there you realise that thats not the major thing. You also shed everything you had as a boy. Your possesions (clothes, cellphone shoes etc) and more especially your mindset. You caome out a brand new person
Utenzil says:
This is good insight. On one hand, you want to preserve the things that makes a culture what it is, but on the other hand to put someone in a position where they die of gangrene doesn't seem to preserve the culture or basic human rights.
So yes, maybe we give a young man his first car as rite of passage, but we don't cut the brake lines so it will be sure to crash.
citylater says:
You are basing your argument on what you think you know and a music video. Its true that before this video you never knew that my culture existed, secondly, like most western cultures theres this tendency that we (Africans) don't know what we are doing. If you cut a cars breaks its gona fail and thats the exact opposite of what happens in my culture. This is an issue in South Africa but it will never be a major issue because what the antwoord doesnt tell you is that There are thousands upon thousands of kids who do this during the month of July and a substantially larger amount who do this during December( More than ten thousand). They all come out just fine. What they do tell you is about those few that do die in the most EXTREME circumstances.
Utenzil says:
I wasn't clear enough, I didn't mean to imply that *all* of these circumcisions end badly. But some of them do in a way that seems avoidable.
Your info definitely provided some insight, that there are alternative ways to preserve the cultural practices in a less risky way. I did have some awareness of the Xhosa before this video, mainly thanks to the popularity of another SA musician, Miriam Makeba– but I would say that the video caused me to look up some more information.
Anonymous says:
Regardless of what arguments you want to make about how many circumcised boys benefit from it, the issue isn't that many people want to do it – it's that some don't, and they face exclusion if they don't want to. It would be a non-issue if it was only done to boys who wanted to and who identified with the tradition. Just because someone is not (for example) held done and forced to submit to something doesn't mean they weren't coerced, or that they, other things equal, "wanted" to have it done.
I think that circumcision practices in the US (where I'm from) might be less fair, because they all occur far before the boy could ever make a decision. Of course, if the threat of social exclusion makes everybody "want" to get circumcised, that's not much of a freedom, is it?
citylater says:
I can safely say those who want to heavily outweigh those who don't want to. You are basing your argument on what you think you know about a culture you know nothing about. theres kids out here that beg their parents to let them do it in their early teens and its their fathers that tell them to wait until they are older. Dude you don't know what you are talking about.
tobiasaurusrex says:
At least you're not denying that people die from this Xhosa tradition.
In the US we have a ceremony for a boy becoming a man, too. It's called 'giving him his first car'. Many youths die in this process, also.
EnzoMan says:
"No glove/no love" great message considering their Southern African exposure. And, Its a grower (the song…).
p.s Yo-Landi has one hell of a chassis!
Anonymous says:
I think "no glove, no love" might refer to foreskin, but I really have no idea.
clenchner says:
Not sure I love the song, but it's nice to hear English, Afrikaans and a Black South African language all together.
(note: site is buggy and slow today. Is it just me?)
EnzoMan says:
"No glove/no love" great message considering their Southern African exposure. And, Its a grower (the song…)
p.s Yo-Landi has one hell of a chassis!
Anonymous says:
hey citylater, that's a cool perspective.
Personally, I don't see a problem with a voluntary rite of passage, brutal as it might seem. If you are down with it, it's your body, rock on with your bad ass self.
It's the compulsory aspect, and social stigma that comes with exercising your right to honor and respect your body in a way of your choosing, when it's different from your social peers, that I think is in need of fixing.
In a way, it's no different than these neo-straightedge douchebags coming down on folks with different lifestyles.
The defining mindset of freedom is do what you like, so long as you don't hurt anybody, or try to force it down MY throat.
Me, personally, I didn't have a choice about whether to keep my foreskin. I'm not jewish, but they cut it off before I had a voice. Is it a bad thing? I don't know, I've never had a foreskin, so I couldn't tell you what I'm missing. A little smegma at the very least, I guess.
I can respect that this cultural practice is, ultimately, voluntary. Sort of like the anabaptist religions that require a person to accept their creed as an adult, rather than sprinkling something on their forehead as an infant and trying to say that counts for something.
But you know what? People are douchebags. We're evil, vile, selfish creatures looking for any way to feel better about ourselves, even at the expense of others. I've had misinformed people accuse me of possessing diminished manhood simply because I don't drink or do drugs any more.
So be it. Judgments like that speak volumes more about the person bringing them than the person they're aimed at. We're different, have different opinions and perspectives, and that's okay. There's room for everybody, even the douchebags.
natty bones says:
Penises… Penises Everywhere…
You might want to slap a "NSFW" tag on there.
Anonymous says:
Just luv these guys, and overjoyed to find new material, but… they're obviously going for max' weird and max' shock value, and it will work marvelously, for a while. The problem with that method though, is that your customers burn out on it and the higher the flame, the sooner the burn.
Same reason they chose to show the amputee's stumps in Zef Side.
Yolandi's t*ts are obviously a big draw too, so they did a reveal there too, didn't they? Looked perfectly round to me, with insertion scars at the bottom, though that could've been a seam from the special effects.
Hey, they've put that bait front and center from day one, I'm hardly sexist or a perv' for noticing. Similar to the "junk slang" (LOL, funny term!) in Zef Side.
I dunno, pouring-on so many of the porn elements kinda diminishs from the art, for me; it's kind of a cheap method, and insultingly obvious. And, it will work, in Puritanical America. Wait for the right-wing to call 'em out as Satan's Spawn!… (for which, they also provided a pentagram, in the B&D scene.)
Can't blame the gang for wanting to cash in though, not in the least. Ride that wave, Waddy and Yolandi, ride it! And you have BoingBoing to thank, in major ways!
bcsizemo says:
And now the RIAA has taken it down…
My country, it's run by asshats.
Donald Petersen says:
Now that was an eyeful. Possibly the niftiest music video I've seen in ten years. It ain't really my style of music, but hell, it's not harsh on the ears either. Wasn't expecting to be quite so blown away.
These kids today are finally on to something.
tobiasaurusrex says:
So, Die Antwoord has gay friends and co-conspirators, they're not homophobic. Apparently Wanga made the line, "Don't touch my penis, I'm not a gay," as a taunt to the homophobic Xhosa tribesmen, a way to jibe at them to express something along the lines of, "You say that if I don't get circumcised, then I'm gay, but you're the one who wants to take teenage boys into the jungle and grab their penises?" At least that's according to Ninja.
It sounds like the American Evangelical Republicans who try to run peoples' lives and accuse folks of being gay, and it's the worst thing, don't let them teach, blah blah, because at the heart of it, they won't accept their own erotic urges.
J. Dinkhouse says:
I can't believe there's not even a mention of Diplo's production or his appearance in video… that's like a second level of awesomeness (or maybe even an auto-jump to the third tier of ultra-awesome).
Xeni Jardin says:
xpanasonicyouthx says:
Hey Xeni! Just an idea, but I think you should include the story about the point of this video up in the body of the text. As a gay man, when I watched the video before I read your comment below, I was kind of disappointed by the line. Obviously, I was wrong about it's meaning and the story is really fantastic, but I think people might be put off if they have to search for the meaning of that line.
Just a thought!
Xeni Jardin says:
It's sort of a spoiler! But I'll link to my comment more prominently in the body of the post, yes.
Opspin says:
Phew, Casper the Friendly Ghost sure has "grown" hasn't he?
I am also not circumcised, most Danes aren't, gay or straight or whatever, it's just not normal here.
Xeni Jardin says:
Yeah. We're not talking about the same thing as what happens in Western countries, with babies in a sterile hospital environment… we're talking about boys in their late teens going off into the bush with an unsterilized knife and a blanket, no anesthesia, etc. The ritual apparently results in some number of casualties, infections, and permanent (unintended) injury to the teen males who go through the tradition, and some of the kids who are now more urbanized, with access to other ways of thinking, want to opt out. That's what Wanga's lyrics are about.
sgnp says:
When I saw it without the explanation I was a bit confused by the, "I don't want to go into the bush with you," "I don't want to be a man," and "My penis is clean," lyrics. After I read your explanation, it makes sense.
All of the statements are answers to the arguments he's heard for getting circumcision. "You won't be a man until you do," "Your penis will get infections," etc.
When seen in that context, the statements that can be taken as homophobic make a bit more sense, especially as they're statements specifically about what he wants done with *his* penis, not what other people are doing with theirs.
Xeni Jardin says:
Did anyone catch the pro-condom-usage thing going on? "No glove/no love"? If we're gonna dissect the lyrics, worth noting that there's social pressure against condom usage, despite high HIV levels, and this kid is saying "fuck you" to that, too.
sgnp says:
I caught that the first time around, but didn't realize the significance.
It's interesting how different these lyrics became after you set out some SA background for me.
jordan says:
That's supposed to be a Tikoloshe (or tikoloshe), a sort of demon/spirit that's hung like a tractor exhaust. The imagery persists throughout the video.
Anonymous says:
So that's what The Next Level looks like?
Very cool.
polossatik says:
Respect, even before reading the "meaning" stuff in the comments this clip rocks.
Glad to see these people have some decent international response on the crazy things they do (as seen from a other cultural background).
Could not help but smile on the "ninja was here" on Yo-Landi "nicest part of her chassis" *grin*.
Good lyrics, funky groove, good vocal performance and – of course something that always helps – a female with a strong "personality"..
Xeni Jardin says:
Agreed, man. Yo-Landi is no wallflower. Makes me happy to see strong women out there doing fuck-you-in-your face art like this. Feels a lot like early punk in some ways.
As an aside, I can't wait to see what kind of a pantybunched tizzy Jezebel gets into when they see this shit.
Dax says:
Im an Afrikaans dude from Johannesburg and Im sad to say I only discovered Die Antwoord last week. I've listened to Max Normal in the 90′s, then I couldnt find anything from the group until BAM! I'm a really late adopter.
Personally I love DA. Their afrikaans lyrics are dirty as hell, but very funny and cleverly constructed. They have a huge amount of cultural references available from SA so they can keep going for a long time. The cool thing about the rhymes are that they can pull words from multiple languages to construct it.
These personas are very clever. The nice thing is that they also reference a lot of old stuff like vanilla ice, old 8 bit pc games, pink floyd, anime, other old-school afrikaans artists "Koos Kombuis", "Steve Hofmeyer" etc. These referrals creates characters that seem like they at least had childhoods. A bit of depth. Apart from that they make some really catchy songs. Strong talent behind the music.
They also brought in the lead from the SA band fokofpolisiekar (f*ck off police car) to do the chorus on the DoosDronk song. That automatically pulled a bit of SA rock community.
Regarding the Tokoloshe. My domestic worker sleep on a bed thats raised about 4 feet off the ground (on bricks) cause she is scared of it.
Hou die zef hoog ouens. Julle gooi my wereld a duidelike curve ball.
Big Daddy says:
Thanks for providing context, Xeni. It really helps.
Hip hop is all about confronting the status quo and stating reality without pull no punches.
In that sense, these guys are about as hip hop as it gets, and that is inspiring.
Anonymous says:
I like it ! Die A. is like a modern rap south african GWAR !
And btw : 99% of the time traditions are wrong and stupid, end of debate AFAIAC.
Vrobrolf says:
I can't believe noone pointed out how badly Yolandi ripped off Lady Gaga – http://thestylepenguin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Lady-GaGa-Kermit-the-Frog.jpg :)
Really love the music track, the Yolandi and Ninja parts are as good as ever and now I get the background of Wanga's part I really appreciate it a lot more (at first I was like: eh?)
The artistical direction of this clip is amazingly deep. Every time I watch it I discover something new.
Anonymous says:
This video is incredibly radical. Die Antwoord is pointing out that cultural practices are often coercive. No one should be coerced into being circumcised. It should be an individual's choice. Circumcision should not performed without the consent of the individual who owns the genitals. Otherwise, it is an abusive practice that takes away the most sexually sensitive part of the body. Infant circumcision (as performed in the United States) and coercive adolescent circumcision are both violations of an individual's human rights, male or female.
wil9000 says:
Thanks, Xeni.
Anonymous says:
So that big rod in Wanga's shorts is uncut, too! DROOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL
Dr.Gee says:
And I was psyched as hell to see them live before seeing this video.By far one of the best videos I've seen.
are they touring with an opener? Venue site has none but the sole show is slated to start at 7pm.
as far as the homophobe thing……when has the rap genre been anything less than derogatory to gays?I don't recall any pro gay or neutral gay references in the 30 years I've been listening. It's the nature of the beast. White people get dissed all the time in rap.Never got my panties in a bunch.Never had me picketing outside Def Jam. Know plenty of women that enjoy it even with all the bitch/ho vernacular. Xeni's explanation makes the point moot in this case, but does add interest to the video. Lighten up or don't listen to the shit.
itaylor says:
Die Antwoord's website http://www.dieantwoord.com/ currently leads with a video in which they discuss the background on this song and the story of Wanga, the Xhosa emcee. It's pretty much exactly as described in Xeni's comments.
itaylor says:
I have to clarify that last comment. I happened to click on their homepage in just the right spot to get the story about about Evil Boy: the flashing symbol directly at the center top. If you click other flashing symbols on the page, you get different videos describing their songs.
eyeotiger says:
so much <3 for die antwoord, this seals it, I am totally going as yo-landi for halloween, going to fabrix store then pulling out sewing machine and getting to work trying to replicate her strange mutated Max from Where the Wild Things are from the beginning of the video
Anonymous says:
i want a Yolandi wig to put on my gf
Anonymous says:
Why has the video been removed from anywhere
jeligula says:
"You might have chosen different lyrics, but dude, it's not our story or our culture or our world experience at all.
It's his."
And thank God for that.
Ronamo says:
Hmm…the Wikipedia description of Tikoloshe reminds me of graveling from Dead Like Me.
stAllio! says:
even knowing the story, those lyrics are still homophobic.
by announcing that "i'm not a gay; this penis is for the ladies," he buys into the frame that there is something wrong or unmanly about being gay.
when someone tries to insult you by calling you gay, the correct response is "so what if i am?", not "nuh-uh, i'm totally straight!"
Anonymous says:
You need to read the explanation and realize that it is not a slam.
Anonymous says:
@stAllio! I think you're working too hard to see fault there. It's not a crime to admit you're straight. His penis IS for the ladies. His choice. He didn't say or imply anything negative about being gay and it's not unethical if he doesn't choose to take up the gay cause and defend it in the way you see fit. I don't know all the lyrics, but what you quoted is really not homophobic, especially in the context of the story Xeni relates.
Anonymous says:
correct response? … "so what if i am?" sounds like "don't ask don't tell" ?
anyways… as if all the gay guys I know choose their words so carefully too
bardfinn says:
When he announces that he is not gay, and that that penis is for the ladies, he is referring /entirely/ to himself and his sexual preferences. He is not referring to any other person nor any other sexual orientation than his own. The only way to construe that as being homophobic is to also construe the statement "I'm English and proud of it!" as being racist against Hispanics (as an example).
I have not yet seen the rest of the video (… underpowered computer) but will gladly do so and point out any reasonably homophobic content.
Joe Funk says:
@17: I don't think that lyric is necessarily anti-gay. Sure, it's pretty awesome to respond with, "So what if I am?" (and I admit that it can be a lot of fun to aggravate/confuse people that way), but sometimes it is perfectly reasonable to say, "No, you are wrong to make that assumption."
He's pointing out that "they" are factually incorrect when they say that opting out makes him gay. A man in a more western situation might say something like, "Actually, I'm not gay. I enjoy sex with women, AND there's no way in hell that I'm going to let you bait me into going into that strip club just to prove my heterosexuality."
Anonymous says:
No. He sais you are not gay just for refusing to circuncition and not a man for accepting it. Moreover,they want to be polemic, that's why they use confusing expressions in order to send you a not so clear message.
Anonymous says:
So basically you're saying if you tell someone you're not gay it means you hate all gay people…that makes alot of sense.
Anonymous says:
Honestly, the brilliance of the scandalous line in question is that it is completely ambiguous and depends on what cultural perspective you read it from. It IS homophobic and anti-homophobic and has nothing to do with teh gays at all but a cultural practice so many North Americans had no awareness of before this morning. It draws on all angles at once. That's art — ten words that can draw a hundred comments all in discord.
Teller says:
Like someone
is a Marcus
Nispel addict
Wingo says:
Yeah, that was an awesome surprise seeing him show up. Man, that Diplo seems to have his hands in *everything* lately.
This video is truly out of control, and rad.
jfrancis says:
Their sets remind me a little of Keith Haring's Pop Shop
BastardNamban says:
Until now, I never thought I would say something like "using your cock for a mic is brilliant"
But now I can. HA!
Xeni, your explanation really helped. I was lost when he's talking bout going into the bush.
This group has some extremely strange, even by Japanese standards, props. What the hell was that- Casper the ghost with a giant hardon?
frankieboy says:
oy! vey ist' mir!
citylater says:
Hey I'm actually a Xhosa guy living in south africa and just like Jews have a bat mitzva we have our own passage to manhood which is circumcision. Its something we all look forward to as kids and one of your fathers proudest moments. A lot if south africans who are not Xhosa( even those who are black ) don't know anything about it so denounce it also doesnt help that we are not allowed to speak about our experience. Just to help you though when you are circumsized you the go to an initiation school/course/journey which is usually four weeks. you live by yourself in the wildeners and your mother or any other women arent allowed to see during that time. you uncles friends and other males that play a part in your life regularly visit you they guide you about life you learn lesson your learn more about your culture, family, heritage and what you should represent. men who have done this course also learn a more deeper and sort of ancient type of the xhosa language.
Xeni Jardin says:
@Citylater, thank you so much for stopping by and sharing your view. I hope that my own comments here do not come across as lacking in awareness for the diversity of opinion that must exist within the Xhosa community about this traditional practice.
citylater says:
Thanks Xeni, by the way you should ask ninja why he has a Jail Tattoo when I'm pretty sure he's never been to jail. The Ritchie Rich Tattoo is one used by a notoriuos jail gang.
Anonymous says:
The same way that Johnny Depp wears a wig to become a pirate?
He's a character. Characters need props. Characters like Ninja can tell stories that otherwise wouldn't be heard. As you've seen.
Also, as I understand it, this video was inspired by one person's response to adult circumcision. That's also valid as an artistic statement.
It's not an Amnesty International video afterall.
Anonymous says:
What, no mention of the Tokoloshe hopping about in the background?
Anonymous says:
NSFW? Watched it fullscreen on my 27″ iMac in the office and fokkkin' loved it!
bardfinn says:
Also, LAZYWEBS: If anyone knows who the artist is that did the Haida/HipHop mural behind Curren$y on one of the lead-ins, PLEEEEEAAASEE let me (us) know. It is /nice/.
Booaghost says:
Got 4 tickets to see them in London next month, suck on that.
The ritual circumcision Xeni talks about is graphically documented over at Vice TV.
Enormo says:
Next level shit.
Mitch says:
They really ought to design office cubicles so that the monitor faces away from nosy people walking by.
fionnmatthew says:
Compulsory genital mutilation is problematic, but it's a bit rich to infer cultural superiority from that case alone.
I would think it would be better to take things on a case by case basis.
oh, and i think you should probably read the south african constitution. it's bleeding edge stuff in terms of constitutional law.
I have watched this a lot of times now, and I like it more and more. it's not just adequate to their previous stuff. it's awesomely better. it reminds me of maxnormal's stuff.
I think Die Antwoord are a lot more than just shock value. There's a credibility and a depth to them that just isn't apparent for a while – the whole thing is an act, but it's an act that expresses them and their playful nature. So it's not an act, because it is one.
Then there is the straightforward agreeableness of that act. How aesthetically exciting it is, how edgy and zany it is, how exhilarating it is to hear the accents, and rapping in multiple african languages, how the music somehow makes something quite robust from the fusion of an early 90s european rave aesthetic with the height of post eminem hip hop, and perhaps a little of the yobbishness of ska-era clash. it's so silly and earnest that it's cool.
then there's the subcultural rightness of it all: how politically incorrect it is, yet how underneath it all how bloody right they are – it exposes a sort of bigotry in political correctness. being south african, it's culturally very rich, and they are able to play with this, be funny about race, when that's even a bit taboo. there is a lot of ironic homophobia in their work which, in the context of the omnisexual porn fantasy in Beat Boy, is shown to be laughable. ninja (and maxnormal) employ the misogynistic vocabulary of hip hop, but because we know they're in character, it's commentary. yo-landi embraces the sexist female pop star stereotypes with such knowing extravagance that she obliterates them. she's just beautiful for that.
and the amount of dick in their videos is just hilarious. it's hilarious because they're waving it in our faces, and we've been taught that this is unsightly. that it's only boobs that are allowed. but it's so free, it combats those prudish sensitivities. it's so rebellious, and yet it also gets to be toilet humour! it's more than just dicks. they relish in inverting aesthetic prejudices. they're constantly throwing "ugliness" at us. yo-landi has turned around what 2 years ago possibly would have been considered the ugliest haircut a girl could get. they gave us Leon Botha. the amputees are featured in their beat boy vid with a sense of humour – it's initially absurd, laughable (for instance Cenk Uygur's reaction on TYT) and then… why not? and then you start to see the beauty they see. and then the moral hits you like a slap in the face.
Then there is also the lingering suspicion that behind all the fireworks and double feints they're actually really nice people – that there's a great open mindedness and decency about the way they deal with the people that know them.
they are so culturally articulate and savvy, and yet they are also so punk, so unconstrained and free, so creative. this combination of elements, this timeliness, is sufficiently unique that i think "zef" really will come to denote a movement.
they make me very happy. it's great to see them get some love. thank you south africa.
Anonymous says:
Thank you for your insightful commentary. A very fun and refreshing read!!!
Anonymous says:
Awesome words. Well put.
fnc says:
Nothing containing that many penises could really be homophobic.
I couldn't properly interpret it without the cultural practices that spawned it explained, but knowing the genesis turns it into a powerful piece of rebellion art. Musically or visually it's not my style but I appreciate what they're doing, throwing up a big fat middle finger in the face of something that deserves it.
5ynic says:
XJ – thanks for the detailed exposition. Adds heaps to the value of the song.
humanresource says:
Brilliant, dangerous stuff. Someone could have lost an eye making that clip.
Major Variola (ret) says:
I have to admit I'm moral-trolling. I agree with you on the individualistic grounds —the black SA is certainly smart to rebel against his culture, IMHO.
But I like to challenge (BB) folks to see
if they're willing to actually say, yes, I judge this good
or this evil, and I'm aware that I'm a hip white male while doing so.
I think teen cutting is evil, but I also recognize my
cultural centrism. But, I'll defend it. I admire
the singer if he has repelled his culture, because I also dislike it. (And have, like many readers, much sympathy for 'outsiders'
who question their culture and endure the consequences). I *will* say its wrong to force this or any such mutilation on any unwilling, whitemalish of me to say so, so blatantly.
To me (and a zillion other libs), morality is all about coercion.
BTW thanks for the fuller explanation XJ.
Musicwise, we differ, but that's ok.
BTW, what happened to Yo-Landi & Ninja's kid, mentioned in a
video previous mentioned here?
SamSam says:
I didn't say "this is wrong." It's a complicated thing, passing judgement on other people's cultural practices.
Oh, come on. Would you have been so hesitant to say "this is wrong" if we were talking about genital mutilation of little girls?
Antinous / Moderator says:
Um, it's not a critique of cultural practices. It's a critique of forcibly mutilating people. If you want to fillet your cock, it's no weirder than my nose job. But it should be your choice.
Also, this video needs more dick.
Xeni Jardin says:
More dick is never a bad idea.
Major Variola (ret) says:
More dick… I think its a secret Shinto plot. Look, first the laddie calls himself Ninja, then there's Shinto phallic icons. You think they're SA but really they're Japanese plants.
Yo-Landi is from the same planet in the future as XJ, look at them, that's why the latter is pushing the group ;-)
Anonymous says:
"it's not a critique of cultural practices. It's a critique of forcibly mutilating people"
Cicumcision is a cultural practice. To call it "forced mutilation" goes beyond pure observation.
Also, I'd like to add that Africa is a big continent, and Vice Magazine's anthropological exploits in Uganda are not necessarily relevant to the Xhosa way of doing things.
Furthermore, within Xhosa culture, there are serious initiation schools, and there are not so serious ones. Unfortunately, the latter are often conducted by charlatans, with sometimes dire consequences for the participants.
There is, however, nothing inherently wrong with circumcision or other initiation/coming of age rituals. These kinds of sweeping condemnations are not doing anybody a favour, except maybe people who enjoy feeling righteous indignation over something of which they are far removed, and certainly not particularly well-informed about.
Benjamin Nortier says:
"Your culture isn't superior. Nor is your taste in music."
Quote of the day
Major Variola (ret) says:
But we don't do that to teen males. I thought you objected to that traditional practice of their culture? I mean, I thought you claimed a valid objective 'this is wrong' claim on their cultural practices. Am I mistaken?
Musicwise, you really think this carries as well as their earlier
stuff? Aesthetically?
Xeni Jardin says:
Your culture isn't superior. Nor is your taste in music.
Xeni Jardin says:
I didn't say "this is wrong." It's a complicated thing, passing judgement on other people's cultural practices. Is dominant American culture superior to Xhosa tribal culture? I ain't goin there.
I'm just attempting to explain the story behind the song (and video), as told to me by the folks who made it. I'm not the cultural correctness police.
This dude definitely has the right to say "it's wrong" in very direct terms because it's his culture and his people and, if you'll pardon me for being so blunt, his genitals.
Musicwise, yeah, I think this is their strongest track yet. Diplo makes mad beats.


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Alley: We're doing pretty well right now. We're undefeated in the county. We have regions on Wednesday and hopefully states if we win regions. Team-wise, I think we can go pretty far in the state and the goal is to win states. And for me, I want to win a state championship as a team as well individually.
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You've been on the road pretty steadily for forty years.
I like the originality of being on the road. It's real life, in real time.
What is it that is so enjoyable?
The groupies and the drinking and the parties backstage . . . [Laughs] Why would anybody? Performers are performers. Why do you still edit your magazine?
It's something I do well, and one gets pleasure out of something one does well.
Exactly. It's the one thing in life you find you can do well.
You said that going out on the road makes you write more.
Yeah. That would be true, to a certain degree. But if you don't have to write songs, why write them? Especially if you've got so many you could never play – there wouldn't be enough time to play them all, anyway. I've got enough where I don't really feel the urge to write anything additional.
You just released this amazing new record. The title, Modern Times, seems to be a very deliberate statement.
Well, I don't know. Can you think of a better title?
Highway 61 Revisited. How did you decide on that title?
Titles are something that come after you've done whatever it is you've done. I don't set out with a title. It was something that probably just passed through my mind. Why, does it have some impact?
It seems that you set out to assess America right now. Is there a general theme to the record?
You would have to ask every individual person who hears it what it would mean. It would probably mean many things on many levels to many different kinds of people.
To me, it seems that it's about war and corruption.
Well, all my records are, to a certain degree. That's the nature of them.
Your records are about power, knowledge, salvation.
That would be not so easy for me to relate to, what a record is about. It is a statement, it's its own statement, its own entity, rather than being about something else. If I was a painter . . . I don't paint the chair, I would paint feelings about the chair.
You're a student of history. If you were to take the current moment and put it in a historical context, where do you think we are?
That would be hard to do, unless you put yourself ten years into the future. It's not the nature of a song to imply what's going on under any current philosophy any more than . . . how can I explain it? Like all the music that came out of the First and Second World Wars. Did you ever notice how lighthearted it was? If you listen to the songs from that period, you would think that there's nothing gloomy on the horizon.
Do you think it's gloomy on the horizon?
In what sense do you mean?
Bob, come on.
No, you come on. In what sense do you mean that? If you're talking about in a political sense …
In a general political, spiritual, historical sense. You're talking about the end of times on this record, you've got a very gloomy vision of the world, you're saying, "I'm facing the end of my life and looking at all this. . . . "
Aren't we all always doing that?
No, some people are trying to avoid it. But I'm trying to interview you, and you're not being very helpful with this.
Jann, have I ever been helpful?
You have been in the past. You gave some really great interviews in the last several years.
Yeah, but I wasn't on tour when I was doing them; I could be fully present. But now, I'm thinking about amps going out and . . .
You don't have people taking care of those for you?
You would hope.
You can't find a good road manager, is that the problem here?
Yeah [laughs].
What can I do to get you to take this seriously?
I'm taking it seriously.
You're not.
Of course I am. You're the one who's here to be celebrated. Forty years . . . forty years with a magazine that obviously now has intellectual recognition. Did you ever think that would happen when you started?
I was taking it seriously.
Look how far you've come. You're the one to be interviewed. I want to know just as much from you as you want to know from me. I would love to have you on our radio show and interview you for an hour.
I'm going to do that as soon as we're done with this. We'll just turn it around and flip it and do that.
You've seen more music changes than me.
Oh, please.
No, no please. You please. You've seen it all from the top. I've seen it maybe from . . . also near the top.
From the bottom up, what's the view today? Modern Times is not lighthearted. And it seems like you are worried about the times we're in and what we may or may not have learned as a country. It seems not distant from Highway 61 or earlier records where you describe a pretty difficult situation in the country, but nothing in this record indicates anything has gotten better – indeed, it's gotten worse.
Well, America's a different place than it was when those other records were made. It was more like Europe used to be, where every territory was different – every county was different, every state was different. A different culture, different architecture, different food. You could go a hundred miles in the States, and it would be like going from Stalingrad to Paris or something. It's just not that way anymore. It's all homogenized. People wear the same clothes, eat the same food, think the same things.
This style of music, which punctuates my music, comes from an older period of time, a period of time that I lived through. So it's very accessible to me. Someone who was not around at that period of time, it wouldn't be accessible to them. For them, it would be more of a revivalist thing or a historical thing. You're from that time too. I'm sure you know all these same things. The first time I ever went to London, which was in the early Sixties, '61, they still had the rubble and the damaged buildings from Hitler's bombs. That was how close the complete destruction of Europe was to the period of time when I was coming up.
Robert Johnson had just died, three years before I was born. All the great original artists were still there to be heard, felt and seen. Once that gets into your blood, you can't get rid of it that easily.
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Poor thing. Regardless of competitions, just hoping that she gets well and fully recovers.
Poor thing. Regardless of competitions, just hoping that she gets well and fully recovers.
When you are up to your arse in alligators it is difficult to remember you were only meant to be draining the swamp.
Ow ow ow ow ow ow! Sounds painful!
Hope she makes a full recovery! Poor thing!
Sorry to see this injury confirmed. Best wishes to Kaitlyn for a full recovery and back safely on the ice soon!
Heal well, and good luck to both Kaitlyn and Andrew.
How difficult is it for a fibula to heal? And especially for a skater?
I love W&P and while I wasn't totally in love with their new FD, I was happy to find out that they were making some changes to it. Was looking forward to seeing what they had come up with. I'm sorry that Kaitlyn has broken her ankle and while I would love to see her and Andrew make it to Worlds (especially since it's in Canada) I think she should take her time to heal properly.
I agree with euterpe. Even if Kaitlyn's ankle is technically healed by Worlds, I wonder would there be time to really be in 100% shape for it. After seeing what has happened to skaters in the past who have rushed their returns from injury, part of me hopes that W&P think of Kaitlyn making a complete recovery first and foremost. I say try for Worlds only if it won't place undue strain on her. As disappointed as I am to not see W&P and the improved version of their FD at the remaining competitions, it might be more wise to write off the rest of the season. Recover, rest and begin planning for the Olympic season.
Anyway, I'm sure team W&P will do what is best for Kaitlyn/them though they must be disppointed as well.
training in the US but health care in Canada
"Randy [Starkman (1960-April 16, 2012)] lived by the same motto as the rest of us. The Olympics isnt every four years, its every single day. He just got it." --Canadian Olympic kayaker Adam van Koeverden
Oh no.... I like this couple. Wishing Kaitlyn speedy recovery and seeing her back on ice soon.
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oh hiw totally awful. I have broken my fibula twice (once was a tib-fracture..no fun) but the solo fib was nbd. they didn't even cast it...but then, I was not trying to do anything exotic like get in shape for Worlds. Good luck to both her and Katie
DH - and that's just my opinion
I'm glad that G&P have a good chance of getting to Worlds this year since they won a spot to Worlds at Nationals last year but couldn't go because Piper's release from the USFSA wasn't through yet.
I wouldn't assume it is a foregone conclusion that G/P will earn the 2nd spot. There is very little difference, if any, between G/P and P/I. In my opinion, last year's results were ridiculous. The rightful 3rd place winners in my view were R/H, and they did go to worlds and placed very respectably. G/P dazzled people with their tricky programs and peppy personalities, but were a mess from the waist down. And I have to think politics came into play, based on P's previous results. P/I were coming off a nasty injury-plagued season. It showed in their performances, and they managed to hang on to top 5 position. R/H had beautiful programs, especially their FD, and were under-rated in my opinion.
This year, the landscape is different. The international judging panel has brought some reason to the Canadian political game in the scores G/P have received internationally. P/I have moved to Detroit to train and are looking much stronger, and more importantly, healthy and happy. R/H unfortunately have not shown any improvement, and their programs are dreadful. So it is not beyond reason that P/I could land in that 2nd spot. They have it in them. I have to think it would be either P/I or G/P in that 2nd and 3rd spot. At Worlds, either team could pull out strong enough performances to keep the 3rd spot for Canada, but it will be a tough go for both of them. Looking at the international rankings this season, I would expect 11 and 12 or 12 and 13. To be safe, one of them needs to finish in 11th spot. If V/M don't win Worlds and finish 2nd, then the 2nd Canadian team must finish 11th.
I would love to see Paul & Islam win silver in Mississauga. I was really looking forward to seeing Weaver & Poje live but the exposure for Paul & Islam who are also a talented team would be amazing going into an Olympic year. I honestly think though that the results with W&P out will be 1. V&M (obviously lol!), 2. G&P and 3. P&I. Really depends though if anyone makes a significant mistake. 2 and 3 could definitely change if G&P or P&I make any errors.
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^^Totally agree and hope that happens
DH - and that's just my opinion
Assuming that W/P are out, I'm hoping that P/I get to London and that they place at least 12th, regardless of where G/P place, so that they are guaranteed two GP assignments next year.
"The team doesn't get automatic capacity because management is mad" -- Greg Smith, agile guy
Im sorry for the injury !!!
I m sure they will do EVERYTHING that the doctors say, so I don't worry about a too rushed recovery !
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Wow, Kaitlyn sure looks tiffed for someone with a broken bone recovering from surgery. And her crutches are pretty tiffed, too.
Those are crutches? I thought they were ski poles (maybe as a Xmas gift?)!


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David P. Pascucci, 58, of Niagara Falls, NY, passed away on Thursday, June 20, 2013. Born on August 25, 1954 in Niagara Falls, NY, he was the son of Russell Pascucci and the late Phyllis (Arkos) Pascucci and attended local schools.
David was employed by the City of Niagara Falls as a laborer, an avid sports fan especially a Dodgers fan, loved to walk and watch movies. David will be sadly missed by all who knew him because he had a giant heart and was very caring and kind to everyone. He will also be remembered for being very knowledgeable (trivia buff).
Besides his father he is survived by his son, David M. Pascucci; and daughter, Stephanie Pascucci, both of Niagara Falls, NY; his brothers, Salvatore (Sandy) Pascucci of Niagara Falls, NY, Russell (Vickie) Pascucci of Lewiston, NY; his sister, Marta (Mark) Schug of North Carolina; and his deeply special friends, Steve Morinello and Tammi Neff, both of Niagara Falls, NY. Also several nieces and nephews.
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NEW YORK, NY – The Milwaukee Bucks' Brandon Jennings and the Houston Rockets' James Harden were today named Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Tuesday, Oct. 30, through Sunday, Nov. 4.
Harden led Houston to a 2-1 mark to open the season while pacing the league in scoring (35.3 ppg). In his debut as a Rocket, Harden scored 37 points, dished out 12 assists, grabbed six rebounds and collected four steals at Detroit on Oct. 31.
Harden joined Larry Bird, Michael Jordan and Dwyane Wade as the only NBA players in the last 25 years to post at least 37 points, 12 assists, six rebounds, four steals and one block in a single game.
His 37 points was the third-highest point total for any Rocket player in his debut, while the 82 points he scored in the Rockets' first two outings was the most by any NBA player in his first two games with a team in NBA history.


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Blueberry Dutch Pancakes
To make four individual pancakes, you will need four little cast-iron skillets, 6 1/4 inches to 6 1/2 inches in diameter. You can use one 12-inch cast-iron skillet instead; it will take about 20 minutes to bake.
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- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon finely grated fresh lemon zest
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 cup blueberries, plus more for topping
- Confectioners' sugar, for sprinkling
Step 1
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Blend together eggs, milk, flour, granulated sugar, lemon zest, and salt in a blender.
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Heat four 6 1/4- to 6 1/2-inch cast-iron skillets over high heat. Divide butter among them, and melt. Divide batter among them, then scatter with berries. Bake until puffed and cooked through and tops are set, 15 to 18 minutes. Top with berries, and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Serve immediately.
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Rebstarr21 Jun, 2012
Ten minutes is not enough to properly season a new pan. Here's a link that will tell you how to season a new pan or re-season a pan. After use, wipe it out. If that doesn't clean it, GENTLY use a nonabrasive nylon scubber. Do not use soap or a scouring pad, and NEVER put it in the dishwasher. If you need to use soap, re-season it. BTW, I never buy new pans. I buy old ones at antique stores that have been seasoned by many years of use. http://whatscookingamerica.net/Information/CastIronPans.htm
MKParker3 Jun, 2012
Your dutch baby stuck to the pan most likely because you didn't season the pan. To season the pan, coat the pan with canola or some other vegetable oil and put in the oven at 350 for 10 minutes. When you wash the pan just use a paper towel. If you have to clean it with soap and water, re-season the pan as noted above. The pan will over time have a natural non-stick coating that has been better than commercial non-stick in my experience.
kkaren12 Jun, 2012
This was great. The only problem I had was that I purchased the 12 inch pan and the pancake stuck to the bottom. Does anyone know why. Maybe I didn't use enough butter.


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Which is why Staab's on-site artworks in nature surprise and delight me, again and again. While they can possess a cathedral like grandeur, they are also a whisper and a product of remarkable patience. Like the materials he uses, such as young sapling branches and natural twine, Staab is pliable, always yielding to his host: the natural world.
I just opened my April issue of Sculpture magazine to see a wonderful review of one of Staab's recent works, "Boreal Cradle," made in the wetlands a few hours north of Toronto. In the artwork, Staab uses natural materials to create overlapping, sweeping, rope-like lines that gently cup together amid a forest of tall trees. It is an elegant, light and ephemeral touch of humanity in a space flush with natural wonder.
For more information about Staab, read about him at greenmuseum.org and also at ecoartspace.org, which features a New York Times article on Staab from 2004.
Roy tells me he may do a piece in Milwaukee in May.
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At the tail end of the regular legislative session, Gov. Rick Perry demanded that Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg resign because of her DWI arrest and conviction or have the state's Public Integrity Unit, which is run by her office, face a loss of about $7.5 million.
Texas Matters: Since everyone can't seem to wait to get back into election mode, speculation over whether or not Wendy Davis enters the gubernatorial race continues to swirl. There are already two candidates in the Republican pool, and perceived front-runner Greg Abbott is already on the road. Also on this show: StateImpact's three-part series on eminent domain laws, and a look at how outsiders are helping an indigenous group in Chihuahua, Mexico.
The bats that fly out from under the Congress Avenue bridge in Austin are a popular visitor attraction, but San Antonio now has its own bat population large enough to show off along the San Antonio Riverwalk.
The Paseo del Rio Association, the San Antonio River Authority, Texas Parks and Wildlife and Bat Conservation International are hosting Bat Loco, an informative series of bat walks, now through mid-August to raise awareness of the importance of bats in our ecosystem.
[Editor's note: This report was produced by a student at Camp KPAC 2013, a week-long workshop to teach radio skills to area high school students.]
Nineteen-year-old Darian Thomas studies at the University of the Incarnate Word, and has ambitious plans for his life. Born into a musical family, surrounded by the arts, Thomas noted that "music just came naturally," and discovered this at a very young age.
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The creative muse struck Darian Thomas at a very young age. He says he's "always had a knack for creating things." These pursuits included writing, reading, ballet dancing, rapping, and painting. Now he has concentrated his creative skills on composing music. He is currently enrolled in the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas as a music student.
Not every 15-year-old has the dedication to spend eight hours doing any one activity other than video games, but Rhiannon Bishop dedicates herself to practicing piano for that long each day, all while completing high school two years early. A home schooled student, Rhiannon studies with Ken Thompson, founder of the Musical Arts Center of San Antonio (MACSA). In the future, Rhiannon has aspirations to pursue a degree from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York.
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Idan Raichel released his first international CD, "The Idan Raichel Project," in 2006. It was a tremendous success and garnered him the title of 'A One Man Peace Process' for bringing together artists with disparate backgrounds and religions. Idan was born in Israel and was involved in music from the age of nine when he learned to play the accordion. After a compulsory stint in the Israel Defense Force, he worked at a boarding school which was attended by many young Ethiopian Jews. They introduced him to Ethiopian folk and pop music.
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Hiram H. Davis of Belleville, Illinois died October 5 2012 with his family by his side, in Belleville. He was born January 29 1932 in Muskogee, Oklahoma to John W. and Crimcy Davis.
He married his high school sweetheart who was the love of his life, Peggy L. Dodson, on March 19 1953 in Muskogee. Hiram served in the United States Air Force for 25 years. He then worked Civil Service at K.I. Sawyer AFB in Michigan, eventually retiring in North Augusta, South Carolina.
He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Crimcy Davis; his brothers, Carl, Earl, Bearl, Grover, and John Davis and his sisters, Gertrude Prescott, Lola Cartwright, Ella Ragsdale and Oleta Wilson.
He is survived by his wife of almost 60 years, Peggy Davis (Dodson); his son, Ben (Susan) Davis, of South Carolina; his daughter, Kim (Chet) Shelton, of Illinois and five grandchildren, Benjamin (Crissy) Shelton, Shannon Davis, Breanna (Jason) Sasak, Amanda Davis and Katy Davis. He is also survived by two great- grandchildren, Ryder Shelton and Vivian Sasak.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, October 8, 2012 at Fosters' Ivory Chapel. Interment will follow in Greenhill Cemetery.
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Fairfax County community members remembered those who lost their lives during the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001 in a ceremony Tuesday morning.
During the hour-long memorial event, attendees – including county employees, public safety personnel and elected officials – heard moving reflections from Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova, Fire Chief Ronald Mastin and Police Chief David Rohrer.
"For many of us, Sept. 11 was the day the world changed. It was hard to grasp that America could be the victim of such an attack," Bulova said as morning sunlight flooded into the forum at Fairfax County Government Center. "Not only did we lose thousands of neighbors, friends and family members that day, America lost a sense of security and safety."
But Bulova also focused on the unifying bond the tragedy forged in Fairfax County and communities across the nation.
Recalling her morning run on Sept. 12, 2001, she said: "As I ran through the neighborhood, I began to see, house-by-house, people displaying American flags. Flags were also fixed to cars and bridges. By the end of my run, it looked like the Fourth of July, only more so."
Mastin paid tribute to public safety employees who sacrificed their lives at Ground Zero, and to the families of the first responders who were changed forever by the things they saw.
He too noted the tragedy's unifying effect. "I think if you asked today if we feel like a safer nation, we would say 'yes,'" he said.
"I hope this anniversary brings back to us not the horror of what happened on that day, but renews the best of what followed," Bulova said.
The ceremony concluded with Bulova, Mastin and Rohrer laying a wreath in the county's 9/11 Memorial Garden.


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No one was near me at the time; it was late in the afternoon. What was there to lose in a little spritz?
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It went on me. It went on my desk. It went on the papers I should have been reading instead of testing perfume ...
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Portland eateries appeal to all types – from artists and hipsters to those simply interested in exploring new taste sensations. Places such as Five Fifty-Five and Fore Street have developed highly acclaimed niches in infusing modern gourmet twists to traditional New England fare. Here you can find such delicious entrees as Fore Street's wood oven-roasted mussels and Five Fifty-Five's truffled lobster mac and cheese. Other restaurants specialize even further in exotic offerings such as Natasha's with its Latin and Asian flavored dishes that are sure to excite just about any palate. If it's variety and ingenuity that you are seeking in your dining choices, chances are that you'll find it somewhere in Portland.Arts and Crafts
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An AV Receiver, Rich In Top-Tier Audiophile Quality Designed to Deliver a Stunning Movie Experience!AudioControl Launches the New Concert AVR-4 HD Home Theater Receiver, Delivering the High End Audiophile AV Entertainment Experience That Movie Lovers Crave!
Seattle, WA. January 8th, 2012 – AudioControl, the U.S. leading designer and manufacturer of award winning products that transform the audio and video performance of Home Theater and Media systems, today announced the launch of the Concert AVR-4 HD Home Theater Receiver. The Concert AVR-4 HD fills a gap in the market for an audiophile quality receiver, at a great price, that does not compromise on the quality of its components, delivering a stunning movie experience rich in top tier audiophile sound quality and video performance.
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Sir Richard Branson will speak and answer questions during a three-hour, $5,000-seat luncheon at noon on Thursday, to benefit the expansion of Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute in Miami. The event, hosted by Mike and Constance Fernandez at their home, will be presented by the Baptist Health South Florida Foundation.
Dr. Barry T. Katzen, founder and medical director of Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute, who has distinguished himself internationally as a leader in the development of interventional radiology, performed a life-saving cardiovascular treatment for Branson's wife, Lady Joan Branson.
In appreciation, Branson has made available to the Baptist Health South Florida Foundation one seat on a Virgin Galactic flight to outer space. The $250,000 ticket will be sold at auction during the luncheon, Baptist said.
Among new programs planned by Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute is a National Center for Aneurysm Therapy, a Center for Advanced Endovascular Therapy and a Center for Structural Heart Therapy. Most areas of the existing facility are under renovation, and four advanced endovascular procedure suites will be added. Plans designed by HKS Architects call for a 60,000-square-foot addition and a 40,000-square-foot renovation.
Branson is the second high-profile individual to donate support to the Institute during the last few years, following performing artist and Grammy Award-winner Celine Dion. Ms. Dion gave a concert two years ago to a sellout audience at the Jackie Gleason Theater in gratitude for the life-saving procedure Dr. Katzen performed on her husband, René Angélil.


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EUROPARC Federation currently represents 365 members. These include protected areas, governmental departments, NGO's and businesses in 36 countries, who themselves manage the green jewels of Europe's land, sea, mountains, forests, rivers and cultural heritage. Nature knows no boundaries and we therefore facilitate international co-operation in all aspects of protected area management to further and improve and conserve our shared natural inheritance. We endeavour to exchange expertise, experience and best practise as well as to collaborate with others to ensure the value and meaning of protected areas is at the heart of Europe.
If you want to find out more about who we are or what we do please follow these links or use the menu at the top of the page to navigate through the EUROPARC network and its work. Within the site you will also find interesting information about whats on and new within the Federation and Brussels and downloadable copies of some of our publications in our library.
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At the beginning of this year, EUROPARC launched a comprehensive and participatory consultation (Our future dialogues) for its members to consider the future direction, priorities and governance of the EUROPARC Federation. After numerous steps of this process, the information was gathered and collated into a draft strategy document, now available for all our members to read and comment on.
We would like to thank once again all of our members who took their time to participate in our consultation process and invite to comment on the draft document of the new 6-year strategy. Please take this limited time available to consider if we are indeed heading in the right direction, together!
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In the process of renewing our strategy through the members consultation campaign "Our future dialogues"; EUROPARC members had the opportunity to express their views either through an online survey that was available in 5 languages or attending local meetings. A number of small regional meetings as focus groups were led by EUROPARC council members, staff and sections all over Europe. These provided an opportunity to our members to get together locally and discuss on how EUROPARC can work better for you. In addition to that, a special workshop with the EUROPARC council and sections was organised in France, where priorities and possible options to deliver those were considered. After that, a small strategy-drafting group, drawn from members and council has been convened and worked intensively to elaborate the outcomes of this entire process and to create the first draft of the strategy for the EUROPARC Federation for the next 6 years.
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Mount Carmel teacher Eugene Borja with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and is undergoing treatment.
Eugene Borja is receiving treatment at for the cancer, which affects the white blood cells that fight infections. It is mainly found in children, but can afflict adults too.
Principal Teresa Anthony sent out this note to encourage the community to test if they could be potential bone marrow donors.
During the holiday season, a was made between a New York safety officer and Redwood City Executive Assistant Deanna LaCroix's son, saving the young boy's life.
From the Principal's Desk:
Dear Families:
As Mr. Borja continues to fight his leukemia, please remember to keep him in your prayers. Also, if you are of Pacific Islander or Asian heritage, we urge you to consider being tested as a possible bone marrow donor. Please read this article for more information about Mr. Borja and upcoming Asian American Donor Program marrow testing drives.
Teresa Anthony
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