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Hyderabad, Mar 19: The ruling Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh has asked Election Commission (EC) to ban the screening of Chiranjeevi and Junior NTR movies on television channels.
The Congress party urged EC to stop television channels from showing the movies of Prajarajyam chief Chiranjeevi, his actor brothers Pavan Kalyan and Naga Babu as well as TDP founder N T Rama Rao's son N Balakrishna and grandson Junior NTR.
Congress feels that the screening of films and even songs featuring the actor could influence the voters.
All the actors have huge fan followings and are currently campaigning for their respective parties in different parts of the state.
Congress also alleged that some channels were promoting the interests of the political parties by showing their movies.
Senior Congress leader and Finance Minister K Rosaiah called on the state's Chief Electoral Officer I V Subba Rao on Monday, Mar 16 to demand a ban on the films by actors campaigning for various parties.
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The Power of Independent Thinking
Hardcover 160 pages 2 figures Index
Launch Date: Aug. 30, 2016
Publisher: Independent Institute
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What will the economy look like in fifty years? How will our lives as consumers and workers be transformed by the coming innovations in technology, the marketplace, and the workplace? How will changes in demographics and dependency affect our political system? Will economic freedom rise or fall? What, if anything, would greater prosperity do for ones total well-being?
Future: Economic Peril or Prosperity? poses these and related questions to a diverse group of economists whose predictions will inspire thoughtful consideration and debate. As co-editor Robert M. Whaples writes in the introductory chapter, The predicted changes range from innocent innovations that will make life a bit more comfortable...to potentially chilling technologies that might strip our human dignity.
Just as important as the books predictions are its insights into how we should think about an uncertain future. As humorist and social critic P. J. ORourke shows in his erudite chapter on self-fulfilling prophecies, wildly wrong predictions are not limited to the likes of a Nostradamous or a Karl Marx: even a Nobel laureate economist running a billion-dollar hedge fund can lose the farm (and other peoples money) through an overly confident misreading of the economic tea leaves. And yet, perhaps only by delving more deeply into long-term forecasting, and reflecting on past mistakes, can we minimize the hubris that so often clouds the judgments of prognosticators in academia, business, andperhaps especiallygovernment.
Informative, contentious, and at times inspirational, Future: Economic Peril or Prosperity? is an invaluable aid for anyone who understands the need to prepare for the future, even if that future cannot be fully anticipated.
Table of Contents
Future Abundance versus Government Overreach
Prominent thinkers more than a century ago often believed the march of material and moral progress was unstoppable. Today this naive viewpoint strikes us as quaint. And yet many believe that a world of widespread abundance is just over the horizon. In contrast, the contributors to Future: Economic Peril or Prosperity? believe that future prosperity is contingent on variable factors such as whether or not the legal and policy climate is conducive to innovation, private investment, and job creation.
Progress requires economic freedom, but governments routinely encroach on those freedoms. The regulatory state, as Pierre Lemieux notes, now reaches every corner of the economy, from safety standards in heavy industry all the way down to licensing requirements for running a lemonade stand. This regulatory megatrend will bring us to the crossroads: in one direction is a world in which government extends its tendrils more deeply in economy, damaging liberty and opportunityin the other direction is a world in which regulatory retrenchment allows greater freedom and prosperity.
Brian F. Domitrovic casts the alternatives somewhat differently: the future will see either a government that extracts a growing share of private wealth (and piles on more anti-competitive regulations for the benefit of special interests), or a government that chooses to limit its role. Only under the latter scenario can the economy break free of the cycle of boom and bust and ride an exponential growth curve to ever-increasing, near-universal prosperity, he argues.
Government regulation often targets behavior deemed unhealthy. Janet A. Schwartz and Dan Ariely compare two strategies for dealing with the clash between short-term pleasures and long-term interests: soft paternalism, such as nutritional labeling, and hard paternalism, such as restrictions on sugary soft-drinks and other products. The best approach, they argue, may be to take a path between hard and soft paternalism, one that encourages good behavior while allowing individual choice.
Excessive taxation and regulation are not the only public-policy threats to economic progress and personal freedoms: government spending can also take a heavy toll. Benjamin Powell and Taylor Leland Smith argue that without dramatic cuts in public expenditures or significant increases in revenue, the government cannot repay its debt. But this cloud may reveal a silver lining: a fiscal crisis would likely prompt citizens and politicians to reassess the governments role in the economy and to consider policy alternatives grounded in free markets and civil society.
David R. Henderson predicts that the U.S. government will default on its debt within the next few decades. One consequence: Medicare and Social Security will be scaled back. Yet by 2065 federal spending will account for a larger share of GDP than it does todayup to 25 percent. Greater public expenditures and decreases in economic freedom will slow economic growth in the United States and other developed countries, but economic freedom will likely improve in the developing world, leading to higher rates of economic growth.
Some of the greatest challenges to economic freedom and prosperity will come from the dynamics of government power. Charlotte A. Twight notes that the U.S. governments vast authority over education, health care, and trade has created organized constituencies that benefit from and help to preserve government power. This unhealthy dynamic, she argues, can be stopped only if young people, encouraged by a decentralization and privatization of education, begin to think differently about the role of government and decide to push against state encroachment in all areas of life.
Prosperity and the Labor Market
Future: Economic Peril or Prosperity? is an antidote to the foreboding prophecy that the rise of robots and automation will completely displace the need for human labor. While it is true that inventions such as self-driving cars will change how much we work and what kind of work is available, a reduction in work will not mean the end of prosperity.
But it will present new challenges. Brink Lindsey warns that as technology takes over more of our economy, lower-skilled workers with scant job opportunities may drop out of the workforce altogether and become dependent on government assistance. A decline in labor hours could lead to the climax and fall of GDP. But even decline in GDP may not spell a decline in the quality of life, as greater labor productivity will lower everyones cost of living.
Russell D. Roberts also foresees a future of falling prices. Software innovations will make high-quality healthcare more affordable, make a good education within the reach of anyone with online access, cut traffic accidents, and improve transportation and mobility. These changes will drastically change labor markets: some workers will be displaced and others will end up working less. But software-driven progress is not inevitable: innovation-choking regulations and special-interest politicking are serious threats.
Technological Predictions
New technologies have already begun to change relationships between consumers and producers. Fostered by the Internets facilitation of new networks of exchange, these changes will transform the world of commerce.
Uber and Airbnb are just the tip of the iceberg, according to Michael C. Munger. The sharing economy will turn almost every product into an asset with income-earning potential, resulting in a third great economic revolution. (The Neolithic transition from nomadic hunting and gathering to agriculture and the industrial revolution were the first two.) Consumers will own less but rent more. The importance of distributors and middlemen will plummet, as individuals manage more of their own commercial interactions. Prices will fall, energy use will decline, and the environment will benefit.
As people buy less and rent more, the demand for many manufactured goods will fall, resulting in dramatic changes in employment patterns. J. Walker Smith predicts that all consumer goods will be available as a service and all consumer services will be available on demand. The on-demand, sharing economy will also usher in an even more fundamental transformation: the rise of new relationships between producers and consumers, affinity networks, and other new forms of community will change the nature and meaning of work.
What role will bitcoin and other alternative digital currencies play? While some have praised their potential, William J. Luther doubts that much will become of them. Unless they somehow manage to overcome the incumbent advantages of government-sponsored monies and reduce the costs for consumers to switch to new payment systems, bitcoin and its brethren will likely continue only as niche monies or substitutes for very weak currencies.
Technological innovation will, however, have a major impact on how we use electricity, according to L. Lynne Kiesling. More and more household products will be programmed to respond to patterns of human behavior. As machine intelligence becomes adopted in the home, electricity usage will become more efficient and less expensive. Technologically advanced homes will connect to a smart grid and be able to sell electricity.
From P.J. ORourke to Deirdre McCloskey, lemonade stands to bitcoin blockchains, uber economics to omniphagic software, the power grid to the connected home, Future is a diverse and dynamic cornucopia of historians, futurists, humorists, prophets, and economists discoursing disruptively on the prospects for our 21st Century economy.
George Gilder, author of The Scandal of Money and Wealth and Poverty; Founding Fellow, Discovery Institute
Future is exactly what I would expect from the Independent Institute. You will not likely have any sure answers when you finish reading this marvelous book, but I all but guarantee you that you will be asking far better informed questions than at the start. And given the confusing landscape called the future, thats the whole point, isnt it?
Tom Peters, Founder and Chairman, Tom Peters Company; Co-Founder, Skunkworks Inc.; bestselling author of In Search of Excellence: Lessons from Americas Best Run Companies (with Robert Waterman, Jr.) and other books
No one knows what the future will bring, but we do know what policies avert economic calamity and foster widespread prosperity. Future provides a roadmap for adopting the essential measures of liberty, entrepreneurship, and innovation. I highly recommend everyone read this pioneering book.
Rand Paul, M.D., U. S. Senator
Future is an immensely readable and important book by an All-Star cast of thinkers about what the future may hold for all of us and what we should do now to avert calamity. Agree or disagree with their conclusions, they will make you think deeply about the important topics of freedom, prosperity, and economics.
Peter F. Schweizer, President, Government Accountability Institute; bestselling author, Clinton Cash, Extortion, Throw Them All Out, and other books
I predict that the hints of pessimism and caution expressed by the generally optimistic contributors to the book Futures probing examination will all pale in importance relative to the achievements of the ultimate resource: The human mind.
Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, Chapman University
Future is a treasure trove. It demonstrates that sound economic thinking is still alive and teeming with insight, and reminds us that whatever the future brings it is markets, not state policy, which will best get us there.
David A. Stockman, former Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget; former U.S. Congressman
Strategic thinking requires understanding of the impact and implications of our present decisions, and predictions for the next fifty years can be a valuable way to critique the state of our world today. The fascinating book Future succeeds admirably in provoking and informing about the directions our choices may take us. Those who fail to think about the future are destined to repeat the mistakes of the past!
Garry K. Kasparov, Chairman, Human Rights Foundation; 13th World Chess Champion; and author, Winter Is Coming
The great philosopher Yogi Berra declared Predictions are tough . . . especially about the future. Anyone who looks back even a decade or two will realize how difficult it was to predict where we are now. But it is still a valuable exercise to contemplate future scenarios, what might lead to good or bad outcomes and try to steer toward the former. Thats why you should read Future: Economic Peril or Prosperity?, sixteen thought-provoking essays by distinguished authors on trends and technologies, government and freedom, out to 2065. They will get you thinking, likely in new ways, about new things, that will affect all you hold dear.
Michael J. Boskin, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution and T. M. Friedman Professor of Economics, Stanford University; former Chair, President's Council of Economic Advisers
The world around us used to move slowly, hobbled by tradition, guilds and government. Capitalism and more limited government brought faster change, but was still slowed by the States taxation and controls. Now Technology is allowing consumers and producers to bypass the dead hand of inertia, barriers to entry, and governments efforts to tax and control. Future shows how we will be living, learning and earning in the futurea future that has already begun to arrive. Want to know how you will learn, earn and live in the coming decades? This foresightful book outlines the transformation brought by the digital revolution and the coming future that has, in part, already arrived.
Grover G. Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform
How can policymakers help the most people build the best lives? Thanks to rapid changes in the structure of our economy and the social fabric that underlies it, that question demands innovative thinking. But too many in the policy community seem content to rely on old arguments and shoehorn new challenges into outmoded paradigms. Future is an impressive book from challenging thinkers who invite readers to question their assumptions and look afresh at how markets, technology, and government interact.
Arthur C. Brooks, President, American Enterprise Institute
What will the economy look like in fifty years? How will our lives as consumers and workers be transformed by the coming innovations in technology, the marketplace, and the workplace? How will changes in demographics and dependency affect our political system? Will economic freedom rise or fall? What, if anything, would greater prosperity do for one's total well-being? Future: Economic Peril or Prosperity? poses these and related questions to a diverse group of economists whose predictions will inspire thoughtful consideration and debate. Just as important as the book's predictions are its insights into how we should think about an uncertain future. Perhaps only by delving more deeply into long-term forecasting, and reflecting on past mistakes, can we minimize the hubris that so often clouds the judgments of prognosticators in academia, business, and (perhaps especially) government. Exceptionally and impressively organized and presented, Future: Economic Peril or Prosperity? is especially well informed and informative, occasionally iconoclastic, and at times down right inspirational. Very highly recommended for community, college, and university library Economics collections and supplemental studies reading lists, Future: Economic Peril or Prosperity? will prove to be an invaluable and insightful aid for anyone who understands the need to prepare for the future, even if that future cannot be fully anticipated. It should be noted for students and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that Future: Economic Peril or Prosperity? is also available in an ebook format ($13.99)."
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Now out of the hospital and in a rehabilitation center, Bryan Stow has written his name, according to his family's website.
The site displays of photo containing the name "Bryan" that is accompanied by the following caption: "This picture speaks volumes and we are so proud of him!"
Stow, a 42-year-0ld Giants fan brutally beaten in the Dodger Stadium parking lot on opening day, continues to show signs of improvement. According to the family site, he has shown a memory "incredible for this type of injury," takes trips outside and is working with physical and speech therapists.
Among the outpouring of support Stow has received since the incident, former Giants slugger Barry Bonds has offered to undertake the college expenses for his two young children. Bonds has taped a public service announcement with Stow's family, which is displayed on the family site, encouraging support of Stow and his children, Tabitha and Tyler.
Louie Sanchez, 29, and Marvin Norwood, 30, have been charged in the attack. They have pleaded not guilty to mayhem, assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury and battery with serious bodily injury.
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- She stood looking at all the different packets of cereal on the supermarket shelves.
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Angela Ahrendts Makes Eight Times as Much as Apple CEO Tim Cook
When Apple's SEC filing was published Thursday, the tech company revealed that Angela Ahrendts is their highest-paid exec. As the new SVP of retail, Ahrendts earned $73.4 million in 2014, $70 of which was in stock awards. By comparison, Apple's CEO Tim Cook received $9 million.
The filing also revealed why Ahrendts, who officially joined the company in May 2014, got what she did. In her former position as CEO of Burberry, she was among the highest-paid executives in the UK. So Apple's Compensation Committee "considered Ms. Ahrendts' compensation arrangement at Burberry and the amounts that she was expected to receive in future years."
Apple probably also considered Ahrendt's track record of success: under her leadership, Burberry tripled their earnings.
Additionally, Time reports that Apple's compensation package is in part because Ahrendts does more than manage the Apple stores. With her background in high fashion, she's helping design an Apple Watch that will be aesthetically appealing to customers.
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Luis Estable
Biography of Luis Estable
I`ve been writing poetry for many years and every single day I get deeper and deeper into it. Of the so many styles of poetry I have managed to write there are sonnets, songs, children`s verses, haikus, blank verse, free verse.
Poetry is the language of the mind of the soul and the most compact form of expression.
Luis Estable's Works:
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Sonnet # 209
Like water fresh that one picks up to drink. Like fan that cools the soul on a hot day That`s what you are to me I gladly think, And truthfully I pray for it to stay.
Sonnet # 215
Yes, women excite my mind, and I don`t care What color: yellow, white, brown; even black. For color or hue yes rarely, be aware, The women makes, or tells if heart does lack.
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Good wine drinks grand! But for a thirst nothing comes better Than plain cold water in a glass
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I am a man, but I have done The kiss my eyes so closed And felt inside my burning head A human who disclosed
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I heard the words in songs and books I read That when a woman`s eyes don`t love a male He can full of kind thoughts possess a head, Her mind his kindness will not try to inhale.
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Tell me if I am right for I am blind Or want to be to jump the reality. Today I`m poor so people leave me behind. Tomorrow rich, I`ve friends as leaves a tree.
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Stool should appear light brown and have little odor, and its appearance is an indicator of digestive health. Diseases, chronic conditions and some medicines, however, can cause stool to become light or pale in appearance.
The digestive fluid bile, produced by the liver, gives stool its usual brown color. White or pale stool lacks bile and indicates that something is either halting its production or blocking it from reaching the stool.
Several diseases and conditions, some serious, can cause white or pale stool, according to the Mayo Clinic. These include hepatitis, cirrhosis, gallstones, congenital digestive problems or tumors.
Anti-diarrhea medications, such as Pepto-Bismol, might cause white stool, as can some antacids, antibiotics and anti-fungal medication. A barium enema also usually produces white stool.
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Pale stool might have a strong, foul smell or appear greasy, indicating undigested fat. Mucus from the intestines also might lighten the color of stool, although it usually will come off in water.
Because pale or white stool can indicate serious medical problems, do not try to self-diagnose its cause. If there is no medicinal reason for white stool or it persists for multiple bowel movements, seek medical care immediately.
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Millennials know exactly what they want and expectations are high - very high. They are empowered
Fast-growing Hudl provides coaches and athletes with key feedback based on its customers' video uploaded to the cloud. Like many other startups, the company relies on Amazon Web Services for its backend support.
Hudl, a unit of Agile Sports Technologies, offers a coach the chance to huddle with an individual player, review video, and have a conversation over what they see and how a player can improve.
The service is so useful that it's growing fast as an Amazon cloud-based company.
Hudl takes customer-generated video of practices, scrimmages, and games, and then loads all that data onto the Amazon cloud, where -- for a fee -- it can be analyzed, based on the rules and best practices of the sport in question. The video can be used to pull out highlights and annotate segments with coaching comments.
Notes can be added as audio, text, or lines and arrows on the video itself via telestrator. Statistics on individual players can be pulled out as well.
Coaches may attach comments and send them to a player's smartphone or tablet. Coaches can also upload amateur video of opposing teams or film from scouting reports for analysis. Athletes can use Hudl to send samples of their play to prospective colleges.
Founded in 2006 by CTO Brian Kaiser, now 33, and two other recent University of Nebraska graduates, Hudl has quickly grown to 450 employees. But this member of the startup set has never built a data center.
It does all its video upload, analysis, and storage on Amazon Web Services, in a move that Kaiser said was instrumental in allowing the company to grow as quickly as it has. In 2014, it garnered $30 million in revenues, mainly from high schools and colleges using its services. But every NFL team and 29 NBA teams find Hudl's video analysis a valuable tool as well, Kaiser said.
Football was the three founders' first love, and it was close cooperation with the coaching staff of the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers that gave the trio their start.
"I was computer science major. None of us were coaches. We knew technology and we knew sports -- from the outside," Kaiser recalled in a recent interview with InformationWeek.
"The Cornhusker's staff gave us hours of their time, what insights to look for in the video, what information was needed by coaches. It was the best insight we could have ever gotten" for how to build a digital system that supplemented what they were doing, recalled Kaiser during a break in the Amazon Summit 2016, July 13 in Santa Clara, Calif.
Kaiser visited the summit from Hudl's Lincoln, Neb., headquarters in order to be one of its featured speakers. The company received $72.5 million in funding in 2015, more than all the startups in the state received between 2011 and 2014.
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Ryan and Misty Bivens and their children Avery, 2, and Cyrus, 5, watched Monday as a brand new red 2013 GMC Sierra rolled down the long driveway leading to their farm.
Twenty minutes later, a new Case IH Scout all-terrain vehicle rolled into the drive at Fresh Start Farms.
The couple won the truck through Kentucky Farm Bureau and ATV through the American Farm Bureau after winning the Young Farmers & Ranchers Achievement Award in January.
After a morning of hacking away at Johnson grass, I like to head over to my sister's restaurant, pour myself a glass of tea and plop down at the community table for a leisurely lunch.
Lotsa times, other diners will greet me and inquire after Groundhog Hill, how it's doing, what's new, etc.
Lately though, a new guy has been coming to lunch around the same time I do and stealing my thunder.
LaRue County Beef Producers Peggy Jones, Ann Flanders, Pat Hollingshead and Ruby Garrison took a timeout to pose for a photo during the May 7 cook at the LaRue County Band of Hawks banquet.
4-H Council to meet
The LaRue County 4-H Council will meet 6:30 p.m. June 3 at the LaRue County Extension office. For more information about 4-H or the 4-H Council, call 358-3401.
County Agricultural Development Council Meeting
The LaRue County Agricultural Development Council will meet 7:30 p.m. May 30 at the LaRue County Extension Office. For more information, call 358-3401.
CRP sign-up
A four-week Conservation Reserve Program general sign-up ends June 14. Producers with expiring contracts or producers with environmentally sensitive land are encouraged to evaluate their options under CRP.
Producing and feeding high quality forages is vital to improved animal performance, whether the goal is more pounds of milk, a higher rate of gain, or improved conception.
Forage quality is defined as the extent to which a forage, whether pasture, hay or silage, has the ability to produce the desired animal response.
While many factors affect forage quality, the stage of maturity at harvest or grazing is the single most important consideration. It also is the one where producers can make the most progress.
The LaRue County Conservation District has three no-till drills available for rent.
No till planting leaves most of the soil surface undisturbed as the drill places seeds directly into the soil without plowing or disking.
Michelle Ogden, administrative secretary for the Conservation District, said two 10-foot drills and one 7-foot native grass drill are available.
"Rates are competitive at $8 per acre, with a minimum of $50 per rental," Ogden said.
With all the rainfall in the last week, the garden at Groundhog Hill is pretty darn muddy, so there's not much to do except to stand and to stare at the blank rows and to yell in a public pool lifeguard-type voice, "Is anything germinating under there?"
So like all super amateur gardeners with some time on their hands, I have assumed a dual identity. I like to think of him as Estate Manager, but my father has another name for him: Yard Boy.
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Reno has been in our rescue for sometime. We just haven't found the right family for him.
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With a new Wolverine movie arriving in theaters in a few weeks (July 26), it's time once again to check in with Tony Swatton, master swordsmith and host of the AweMeChannel's "Man At Arms" series on YouTube.
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Everywhere I've lived, I've been lucky enough to have a close group of friends to make my life fun, exciting, and wonderful. When I was very young, I lived in several different states and cities while Dad was transferred around in the Air Force, but my real childhood years that I remember best were during grade school in Sacramento, California (I even remember my street address: 4533 Ladera Way!). It's here that I had my first close friends - we did everything together at school and I spent a lot of time with each of them during afternoons and weekends. We even called ourselves the "Fantastic Four" at times (since all of us were comic book geeks, of course).
First there was Tony Favro, who was probably my best friend since he lived in my neighborhood. Tony was an athletic, blond California kid - we used to spend hours playing Frisbee or riding bikes, and he did lots of swimming in their family pool (he even used to dive in from the second story of their house!). Tony's dad was the City Fire Marshall, so he would be on the news sometimes, and he liked to show me their emergency escape route his dad designed. He had two great dogs - a collie named Sally and a Llasa Apso named Maggie. Tony was my best action figures playmate - he had tons of super hero figures like me, and we had some great adventures together.
Next was Derek Bowman, who lived a short bike ride away. I liked to visit Derek because he had a huge tree in his front yard with a treehouse. Sometimes we rode to his treehouse quickly after school to watch some of the girls we liked walking below. His dad was a veterinarian, and they had a crazy Doberman with a surgically-removed voice box (what a weird bark!). I spent several nights at Derek's, including my going-away party, which included lots of microwave hot dogs (when a microwave oven was a new amazing thing!) and a long session of toilet-papering houses (completely instigated by Derek's dad!).
The last member of the "Fantastic Four" was Russ Nishimoto - he was a wonderful friend, but I remember less about him for some reason. I remember distinctly that he was a great doodle artist and could print in the tiniest, yet legible, letters imaginable. I know I used to visit him at his house - he lived walking distance from a Dairy Queen that we used to visit sometimes. I wish I could remember more about him.
I had other non-school friends in my neighborhood, too, but none as close as Mark Kempton. Mark was several years younger than me, so he was kind of like a little brother. His parents were divorced (which seemed like a rarity at the time), so he lived with his dad and had tons of fun toys. He was a huge Star Wars fan - I think his dad took us to see the movie at least ten times! I used to have a wonderful time with Mark when it was just the two of us, sharing that brotherly fun, but when my other pals were around, the gang teased him a lot (I know it's terrible, but it's just what a bunch of kids do - tease the little guy). Once we even convinced him to streak past some girls playing with Barbies in their front yard. When I moved away from California, Mark was the saddest to see me go - I missed him, too.
Childhood is amazing, because so many things are overlooked. Believe it or not, Tony was Catholic, Derek was Mormon, Russ was Buddhist, and I was good ol' Protestant - and no one cared. To us, life was playing with action figures, putting rubber bands on our ears to look like Spock, or taking the bus to Sunrise Mall to buy posters. I'll always have wonderful memories of these first friends - I hope they've made happy lives for themselves, and I hope they remember me.
Pic of the moment
Hope you enjoy the new Pic of the moment! There are only a few right now, but expect tons more to be added every now and then. Not much more to say today - it's time to have a beer and relax after a very full weekend.
Making changes
I'm doing some experimenting with WEBmikey - moving some of the navigation to the header, and adding a random pic to the home page (it's not random yet, though!). I should have it finished soon!
The Tigger Movie : 4 of 5
It was fun to watch this DVD so soon after seeing Piglet's Big Movie! I missed The Tigger Movie when it was in theaters, so it was a blast to compare the two. I have to say it's a tough comparison! This movie has lots of great things going for it: the opening live action sequence of Christopher Robin's room that I love so much, the use of the storybook transitions (with John Hurt trying to sound like Sebastian Cabot), excellent songs by the Sherman brothers, and some great effects animation (such as the tiny little leaves blowing through most of the backgrounds). I didn't think the character animation was as good as Piglet's Big Movie, though, and I really liked Piglet's scrapbook of memories, but Tigger's plot was touching, too (you guessed it, leaky eyes). I guess I'll have to call it a happy tie!
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes : 3 of 5
Another ancient Disney feature, this time with a super young Kurt Russell playing a high school student who "merges" (I don't know what else to call it) with a giant computer (this is the 60s, you know) in a freak accident. Suddenly he becomes brilliant, speed-reads encyclopedias, and also knows the secrets of an illegal gambling ring! The whole computer thing is as silly as can be (a doctor looks into his eyes and sees reel-to-reel tapes), but watching his high school friends rescue him when he's kidnapped is hilarious. I definitely wasn't bored - the plot moves along quickly and watching those clean-cut kids in a goofy car chase is pretty funny. It's fun to watch these old movies that I haven't seen before, and even more fun when they're great!
Desperate for Disney
You know you're a total Disney freak when you're watching an old Roseanne rerun just because the family is taking a trip to Walt Disney World!
I've had a couple of 10,000+ step days in a row, according to my SportBrain, thanks to some nice weather and lunchtime walks. Wish me luck keeping up the pace!
Tokyo Disneyland Countdown: 63 days!
I've had a couple of 10,000+ step days in a row, according to my SportBrain, thanks to some nice weather and lunchtime walks. Wish me luck keeping up the pace!
Tokyo Disneyland Countdown: 63 days!
6th annual fun
My 6th Annual Academy Awards Party yesterday was so much fun! Be sure to check out the usual party pics, but also take a second to view the entire party in a minute and a half!
Academy Awards Party
I ran a webcam at my latest Academy Awards party, and just for fun I put it in time-lapse mode to film one second every five minutes. The result was pretty hilarious, so I just had to share it here.
Watch video: Academy Awards Party
Watch video: Academy Awards Party
Academy Awards Party 2003
Mikey's 6th annual excuse to get dressed-up and drunk at the same time! This year we had contestants in Austin, Los Angeles, New York, and even Japan!
View photos: Academy Awards 2003
View photos: Academy Awards 2003
Asleep / Banana Yoshimito : 5 of 5
My pal Barron ordered this book for my birthday from my Amazon Wish List - what a nice surprise! I discovered Banana Yoshimoto a long time ago and read everything I could find by her, long before I was really interested in Japanese culture. Her style of writing is incredible (at least in translation) - full of amazing detail, and yet really obscure at the same time, like a huge watercolor wash with one detailed figure in the foreground (and that's kind of like a metaphor she would use!). Asleep is a collection of three stories, all involving themes of night, dreams, and the line between imagination and reality. Each one is told in first person by a female character, whom you immediately feel close to after the first few paragraphs. The tone of the book is darker than Amrita, but ends on such a fantastic note that you feel completely refreshed - just like after a good night's sleep.
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101 Dalmatian's 2: Patch's London Adventure : 4 of 5
As long as we have to endure direct-to-video sequels of Disney classics, this is how they should be! I was all set for a mediocre plot with cheap animation, and instead I absolutely loved this movie. The story is pretty funny, making an adventure for young Patch (one of the 101, of course) and Thunderbolt, the TV action dog (from the show they were all watching in the original movie). The vocal talent is great - Patch's little English boy voice is so perfect. The animation is far beyond the usual sequel quality, maybe because it was handled by Disney's Japan studio. They managed to keep the incredible style of the original with all the backgrounds - I had a huge smile as soon as I saw the first scene with Roger. What a great tribute to the original - I may have to buy this one!
Siena : 5 of 5
I didn't even know this restaurant existed until I received a generous gift certificate, so I thought I would try it out while my parents were here to visit. The restaurant itself is beautiful, styled as an Italian villa with several rooms, including a large two story central area. The food was really wonderful - Dad and I shared a huge 32 ounce steak with nice potatoes and spinach, and Mom had a great looking salmon dish. I really enjoyed everything, from the field green salad to the bottle of wine we had (I've loved Sterling Chardonnay since visiting the vineyard many years ago). We shared gelato for dessert, which had a great combination of sweet sauce and vinegar. Siena is expensive (if you don't have a gift certificate), but I would say it's well worth it.
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Cheesecake Factory : 4 of 5
Although I mourned the loss of the Arbor Cinema, I think the Cheesecake Factory is pretty nice. I wouldn't call it a spectacular restaurant, but I like the kind of theme park grandure of it, with the weird Egyptian influences, Roman columns, and Renaissance look all at the same time. All of the food I've tried there has been pretty good, but I think my favorite so far is the Cobb salad. The cheesecake is excellent, of course, and huge, just like everything else on the menu. Speaking of the menu, it's pages and pages long, so it's fun to keep trying new things. I haven't been overly impressed with the service, and it's not a gourmet experience, but something about the place pulls me away from reality, and that's fun.
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Cardinal spotting
I took a nice lunchtime walk on Friday on my new Arboretum route, and I saw an amazing red cardinal. I have seen several really bright blue jays in the past, but this was my first cardinal spotting. By the way, I think the geese in the duck pond are amazing - they walk right past you without flinching!
Don't you hate it when you're a little bored and you start web surfing and you don't really know what you want to go surfing for, but you just keep clicking around and following links and reading this and that, and suddenly two or three hours have passed and your butt hurts from sitting too long and you should have been in bed hours ago? Me too!
Don't you hate it when you're a little bored and you start web surfing and you don't really know what you want to go surfing for, but you just keep clicking around and following links and reading this and that, and suddenly two or three hours have passed and your butt hurts from sitting too long and you should have been in bed hours ago? Me too!
Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World : 1 of 5
I have to admit, Disney robbed me with this one. I would normally rent a DVD like this one, since I had the feeling it was going to be fairly lame from watching the trailers, but their masterful marketing pulled me in - this DVD is touted as Volume 3 in the Beauty and the Beast "set" (Volume 2 was The Enchanted Christmas). They are even shipping free storage cases for all three DVDs to make sure you want them all! Anyway, this movie is just a quick throw-together of some episodes of the so-so animated TV series - pretty bad animation with just barely interesting stories. The amazing thing to me is that most of the original vocal cast is here - Paige O'Hara has such a great voice that it's a shame to see it coming out of such a badly drawn face. Oh well, at least I had something to watch during Austin's ice storm.
Piglet's Big Movie : 4 of 5
As usual, I have to see all new Disney features as soon as possible, so I saw Piglet's Big Movie on opening day. I wasn't sure what to expect - I love the charm of the original Winnie the Pooh animation, so I didn't want to see Disney mess anything up. Thankfully, they made no mistakes - this is a great movie (it even passed the "misty eye" test!). The animation is well done (I think the storybook look lends itself to the faster turnaround from the Television Animation department), and the story is excellent - everyone feels like Piglet sometimes, so everyone can relate. I was really impressed with the songs - I'm not a Carly Simon fan, but she did a fantastic job of capturing the emotions of the characters in some folky numbers (lots of acoustic guitar and harmonizing). I love to be surprised by a great movie!
Tokyo Disneyland planning
I'll be going to Tokyo Disneyland later this year (I'll post the countdown every now and then), so of course I need to read everything I can about the park. I'm so used to pouring over professional guide books for trips to Disneyland and Walt Disney World - I can't believe that no one publishes a guide for Tokyo Disneyland! They probably do in Japan, but it sure would be nice to have one for American visitors. I'll just have to read all I can on the web (Joe's Tokyo Disney Resort Site is a great start!).
It's a rainy morning, but I like watching the steam from my dryer vent coming off my balcony while I'm doing my weekly laundry. I suppose I'll have lots of time to watch DVDs and read, so I'll make the best of this dreary day! I'm hoping the weather will improve later so I'll feel like getting to the grocery store.
Tokyo Disneyland Countdown: 68 days!
It's a rainy morning, but I like watching the steam from my dryer vent coming off my balcony while I'm doing my weekly laundry. I suppose I'll have lots of time to watch DVDs and read, so I'll make the best of this dreary day! I'm hoping the weather will improve later so I'll feel like getting to the grocery store.
Tokyo Disneyland Countdown: 68 days!
About a Boy : 4 of 5
I didn't actually see this in the theater, but I recently watched it on iControl, so I guess that deserves a movie review. I may have said before that I'm not a big Hugh Grant fan, since I can only take the same character over and over so many times. But About a Boy is thankfully different (most likely since it's an independent film). Hugh starts out as kind of "same old Hugh", but his character actually grows in the film, which is a fantastic development. Hugh plays a shallow guy with lots of money who just fills his life with anything to kill time, but he is affected by seeing a chance to have a positive effect on a boy's life. I thought the message was wonderful and really thought-provoking - all of us need to constantly take a look at what's important in our lives versus what is simply "cool".
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Novocaine : 2 of 5
I've been a Steve Martin fan from the beginning, listening to his albums over and over while I was in high school. I try to see all of his films, but there are always disappointments (like Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, which could have been so much better). Novocaine is another one of those disappointing films - I think Steve wants to make serious movies, and he seems to be a fan of the mystery genre, but I would much rather see him in The Man with Two Brains! The plot isn't too difficult to follow, but it's kind of painful to see a character with his life "together" fall apart so easily. I can see where the shocking ending sounds interesting on paper, but it's entirely too disgusting in practice!
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Restricted airspace
I found a blurb about the restricted Disney airspace I mentioned earlier:
The new regulations in effect create a no-fly zone around Disney World in Orlando, Florida and Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Unless pilots are granted specific exemptions from air traffic controllers, no flights are allowed within a 3-mile radius around the parks or below 3,000 feet.
The article mentions that this has been in effect on and off several times since 9/11, so it's nothing unusual (but of course, it is pretty bizarre).
The new regulations in effect create a no-fly zone around Disney World in Orlando, Florida and Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Unless pilots are granted specific exemptions from air traffic controllers, no flights are allowed within a 3-mile radius around the parks or below 3,000 feet.
The article mentions that this has been in effect on and off several times since 9/11, so it's nothing unusual (but of course, it is pretty bizarre).
UT Tower Tour
Mikey's parents enjoy the amazing view of Austin from the top of the University of Texas tower.
View photos: UT Tower
View photos: UT Tower
Orange to yellow to orange
I had a great time with my parents this past weekend! We were able to visit the UT Tower, which was recently reopened when the terror alert was lowered to yellow. I guess we were lucky - now that the nation is back to orange alert, the tower is closed again.
I just heard that part of the recent change to orange alert involves several areas of restricted airspace, which includes Disneyland and Walt Disney World! It's sobering to think that these measures are necessary, but it still feels good that the parks are being protected.
I just heard that part of the recent change to orange alert involves several areas of restricted airspace, which includes Disneyland and Walt Disney World! It's sobering to think that these measures are necessary, but it still feels good that the parks are being protected.
Gasaraki Vol 7 & 8 : 4 of 5
I finally finished watching this interesting eight DVD anime series. I'm kind of overwhelmed - even though things got very confusing in the middle, I completely enjoyed the last few episodes. The tension builds so well, both through action sequences (we finally get to see a great mech battle, listening to radio communications on both sides) and philosophical commentary. It's amazing how the plot deals with the threat of war and how that threat can be stopped - how mankind can actually overcome adversity through peace. Of course, this is all in the context of a cartoon, but I found it very thought-provoking. The finale is entirely bizarre, and ultimately unsatisfying (like many anime series, I think), but overall, this is a fantastic series, and I'm glad I made it to the end!
Walt: The Man Behind the Myth : 4 of 5
I watched this fantastic documentary about the life of Walt Disney when it was on TV, and it was even better seeing it now that it's been released on DVD. The film, directed by one of Walt's grandsons, is so well done - it features lots of home movies and location shooting, and it's filled with interview footage of animators, directors, actors, and family. The special features of the DVD include lots more of the interviews that weren't edited into the film, and some nice photo narration by one of Walt's daughters. It's extremely inspiring to watch - not only because I'm such a fan, but because I'm in awe of people who have a positive effect on the world.
WEBmikey vacation
My parents are coming to visit me tomorrow, so WEBmikey will be silent until next week. I love taking a four-day weekend!
The Horse in the Grey Flannel Suit : 2 of 5
Still watching these Disney live-action features, but I should have skipped this one. There's not really much to say about this movie, except it seemed long and it never made me laugh out loud. The story isn't that bad, it's just not very interesting. An ad exec tries to push his product by sponsoring a horse, which conveniently makes his daughter happy, too. There's tension with the riding instructor, which of course blossoms into romance. I guess I was looking for something either funnier or more tender. Oh well, it's still fun renting these movies!
Broadway lights up again
I'm so excited that the Broadway strike is over! I'm especially glad since I have tickets to see two shows with my parents in the near future, but also because Broadway musicals are such a symbol. They are meaningful to the audience, representing a way of life where entertainment is enriching and valuable, as well as meaningful to the performers, who are living their dreams every time the curtain goes up.
The Moon-Spinners : 3 of 5
The live-action Disney DVD series continues with this Hayley Mills adventure. Hayley was much older in this film than in her famous Parent Trap days, but she is still just as cute (how could you not love that nose?). The plot is a kind of robbery mystery set in Crete, so there's some pretty interesting scenery among the ruins. Hayley and her mom are just tourists who get caught up in the adventure, which includes an exciting windmill stunt where the only way up or down is to ride the blades! The story starts to really drag towards the end, which is where it should be picking up, but I guess I'm just getting conditioned to today's shorter movies. At least this DVD is much better than some of the others I've been watching lately!
Sunday afternoon,
Soy sauce and laundry drying
Drifts from the hotel
Soy sauce and laundry drying
Drifts from the hotel
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La Boheme : 4 of 5
I always say the La Boheme is the best "first opera" for anyone to see - it has an easy-to-follow story, lots of comedy, amazing sweeping melodies, and a dash of tragedy to get someone used to what opera is all about. I think this was my fourth production of La Boheme, and Austin Lyric Opera did a fine job (maybe not my favorite of the four, but at least second place!). While I enjoyed the lead characters, I think the baritone philosopher stole the show for me - his aria to his old coat was amazing. The sets were great - lots of creative storefronts (there was even a dentist with a giant tooth hanging there), and the whole stage came to life during the procession in the street. A wonderful finale to this year's opera season!
Jonathan's Birthday
All of us celebrate Jonathan's birthday with the traditional croquet match and barbeque - isn't that what everyone does?
View photos: Jonathan's Birthday 2003
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New walking route
Today I took an amazing walk on a new route I invented this week. I discovered some new paths around the Arboretum that are really fun - a steep rock-paved path down to a duck pond, and a nice winding path around the hotel. I walked these in some back and forth loops, so I got in some tough (but fun) uphill sections. Then I soaked my feet in my freezing condo pool!
I just made my first purchase (groceries) on my new Disney Visa Card! I definitely did not need another card, but I had to get this one, of course. Now all of my everyday purchases will add up to "Disney Dream Reward Dollars", which will definitely come in handy! (It's fun to see those big mouse ears in my wallet, too.)
I just made my first purchase (groceries) on my new Disney Visa Card! I definitely did not need another card, but I had to get this one, of course. Now all of my everyday purchases will add up to "Disney Dream Reward Dollars", which will definitely come in handy! (It's fun to see those big mouse ears in my wallet, too.)
New PEZ
I kind of went crazy with my latest PEZ ordering! Recently I received no less than 24 new dispensers in the mail - here's the haul:
Fuzzy Friends Dogs & Cats: The Fuzzy Friends series is the most bizzare thing ever. It just seems weird seeing a PEZ pop out of a bunch of fur.
The Jungle Book 2: For some reason, they're only releasing this series in Canada! They look really cool, too.
The Tweenies: I've never even seen this TV show, but the dispensers are awesome!
Christmas series: I missed buying the complete new series last year, so it was easy to order a set.
USA Heart: Only available on the web, this is just a Valentine heart with a blue stem and USA printed on it. Kind of patriotic, I guess.
Completely clean for free!
Yesterday I had my glasses cleaned, re-padded, and adjusted. It's amazing to me that this is a free service! The guy spent over 20 minutes taking my glasses apart, cleaning all the gunk off of the frames (he even cleaned the little screws individually), putting them back together, replacing the pads, and working with them to get a perfect fit (they feel great now) - all for free! Pretty cool, if you ask me.
The Greatest American Heroes played a great gig on Friday, and we shared the show with Jerm Pollet, one of the comedians of Mr. Sinus fame, who also plays some great songs in a loose, lighthearted, and hilarious way. He asked me to play some drums with him, and I ended up playing most of his set - I had never played with any of his songs before, but it was really fun to follow the dynamics and feelings to come up with some appropriate noise. Everyone loved it, so I was a hit! (I don't think I did anything that spectacular, but I guess I have to learn to accept compliments.)
The Greatest American Heroes played a great gig on Friday, and we shared the show with Jerm Pollet, one of the comedians of Mr. Sinus fame, who also plays some great songs in a loose, lighthearted, and hilarious way. He asked me to play some drums with him, and I ended up playing most of his set - I had never played with any of his songs before, but it was really fun to follow the dynamics and feelings to come up with some appropriate noise. Everyone loved it, so I was a hit! (I don't think I did anything that spectacular, but I guess I have to learn to accept compliments.)
Disneyland: The First Thirty Years : 4 of 5
This is a nice hardcover book I snagged from eBay, published for sale at the park around 1985. It's full of the usual park photography and brief history, but then goes on to highlight the various new attractions and events, which is really interesting. There are several amazing photos of construction I had never seen before - not just the original work, but things like the rebuilding of Fantasyland! I love to see things like all of the famous big bands that played there, too. The book ends with some beautiful panoramas and Walt quotes - what a great find!
Chicago / Original Soundtrack : 4 of 5
My pal Eliza bought me this soundtrack CD for my birthday, since she saw the movie with me and knew how much I enjoyed it. The soundtrack is wonderful! It's great being able to listen to the songs in detail, to hear the little nuances in singing, as well as the terrific instrumentation (the drums are fantastic - I love the way they punch everything!). They lyrics are great, too, and now I pretty much know them all. Of course, they had to put a couple of modern songs on the end, but those are easily skipped.
Labels: cds
The Happiest Millionaire : 4 of 5
Another old Disney film that I had never seen or heard of, though I knew many of the songs from listening to Disney compilation CDs. I completely enjoyed this musical, in all of its fun and sappy glory! Even though it's nearly three hours long, there are enough characters and hilarity (as well as romance, of course) to keep my heart and mind occupied. There are several subplots and themes going on, but mostly the plot revolves around young lovers and their families (with the beautiful girl played by gorgeous, teenage Leslie Ann Warren). I really loved the numbers by the Irish butler, full of goofy spirit and life! I'm glad to have finally seen this mysterious masterpiece.
All things end
I went to an Ash Wednesday service tonight, the beginning of the season of Lent. I think the main theme behind Ash Wednesday is to realize our mortality, so we can enjoy the amazing gift of life that much more - I always enjoy this service. It made me think a little about Mister Rogers, and about the incredible life he lived. Although his death is certainly sad, all I can think about is how many lives he touched and enriched with his own everyday. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was always my favorite show, better than Captain Kangaroo or Sesame Street. I loved to join in when he would make some kind of craft project - I was obsessive about saving empty toilet paper rolls so I would always have the materials on-hand for the next project!
Nice shadows
At last some sunshine! I get so excited whenever I see shadows with nice defined edges - I had to take a quick walk at work today, then rush home and do a quick mile while I could still feel the sun on my face. After so many days of overcast, this afternoon was such a relief!
Music from the Park : 3 of 5
Another eBay purchase - I had to search for this CD as soon as I read about it. It's basically "modern" interpretations of the various attraction songs, but these are the most bizarre versions you have ever heard. Tim Curry does The Ballad of Davy Crockett, which is like a slow funk with tons of silly comments in his proper English accent. The best track is Grim Grinning Ghosts (from the Haunted Mansion, of course) by Barenaked Ladies - it kind of sounds like a rollicking cowboy romp, but it's really cool. Not much else stands out, but overall it's pretty fun to hear these songs in such a different way!
Blackbeard's Ghost : 2 of 5
As I mentioned before, Disney has been releasing lots of their old live-action movies, and I've been enjoying (for the most part) seeing all of these quaint classics. However, Blackbeard's Ghost was an exception - I had to watch this in several sessions, because I couldn't take it all at one time. The basic story isn't so bad, and I don't even mind the over-the-top acting style of Dean Jones, but something about it just couldn't keep my attention. It just seemed like the same gag over and over again (kind of like Harvey with a pirate instead of a rabbit!). There's a big scene where Blackbeard (invisible, of course) helps a track team win at a meet - it's so much like the great basketball game from The Absent-Minded Professor, but without half the charm.
Hangin' with Starbuck
What a nasty day - it's foggy, drizzling, and humid. This is a good day to drink coffee and watch Battlestar Galactica reruns.
I discovered that my camcorder can be used as a webcam! My pal Dae is planning to attend my annual Academy Awards party via Yahoo Messenger - how hi-tech is that?
The other day I got a Walt Disney World vacation planning DVD in the mail - it was free, so I figured it would be fun to watch and dream. One thing I thought was cool is that the DVD they sent is geared toward people without kids (they asked on the order form), so it had lots of footage of Pleasure Island and not so much coverage of Fantasyland rides. Maybe I should order another one and say I have kiddos this time!
I discovered that my camcorder can be used as a webcam! My pal Dae is planning to attend my annual Academy Awards party via Yahoo Messenger - how hi-tech is that?
The other day I got a Walt Disney World vacation planning DVD in the mail - it was free, so I figured it would be fun to watch and dream. One thing I thought was cool is that the DVD they sent is geared toward people without kids (they asked on the order form), so it had lots of footage of Pleasure Island and not so much coverage of Fantasyland rides. Maybe I should order another one and say I have kiddos this time!
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by JC Gonzo
Editor's Note: This is one of a thematic, two-part piece, the other being an article with Atari Teenage Riot's current video manipulation genius, Zan Lyons. You can read that article by clicking here.
Hanin Elias is best known as the former front woman for the original Atari Teenage Riot lineup. However, she is often overlooked as the true cornerstone she was in Berlin's digital hardcore scene throughout the 90's and in "feminist" music in general.
She has collaborated with Kathleen Hanna and Thurston Moore. She has been name-dropped alongside The Slits and Joan Jett in Le Tigre's feminist anthem "Hot Topic". She has been featured in Chicks on Speed's Girl Monster box set. If that's not enough, she was the founder of a radically pro-girl record label, Fatal Recordings.
Yet, since the 2010 reformation of Atari Teenage Riot, discussion on Hanin's absence is virtually non-existent. The original lineup for Atari Teenage Riot included MC Carl Crack, Hanin Elias, Nic Endo, and Digital Hardcore Recordings founder Alec Empire. MC Carl Crack passed away in 2001, and a new member CX KiDTRONiK was added to the lineup alongside a new videographer, Zan Lyons, in 2010. Nic Endo took over the main female vocals, singing tracks previously associated with Hanin.
During the early workings of the current Atari Teenage Riot incarnation, much confusion circulated around Hanin's potential involvement. Alec Empire announced via twitter that she had contacted him after nine years of silence. It was no secret that she left the band in 2001 due to personal conflict and tension.
Many wondered if this would mean reconciliation, and therefore, reunion. When the first live show for the new Atari Teenage Riot was announced online, the primary band photograph featured four members clad in black:
If not this image, then other older photographs that still included all four band members would show up. Did this mean Hanin Elias would be performing with them? I thought so, so did media outlets like NME, and so did many of her fans. This of course was not the case. Much confusion and speculation has circled the web since. Whatever happened to Hanin Elias? She disappeared from the music world, claiming she had "given up" on the business. Fortunately, she only left the music industry, but not the music.
She is back recording a new album, currently titled "Everywhere Nowhere" and has an entirely new outlook. Steven Severin (Siouxsie and the Banshees) and Paul Kendall (Depeche Mode) are on the list of producers and remixers, added to an already impressive list of reputable collaborations. Even the much-loved Italian film star Asia Argento wants to sing with Hanin.
Hanin's new demos delve beyond her digital riot grrrl typecasting by exploring a pop style, which can even sound sweet and soothing to the ear, if not melancholic. This comes as a shock for some fans, having long associated her with the visceral rage of Atari Teenage Riot. However, most have embraced her new direction. While some may miss the constant delivery of single-layered anger, consider its monotony. One would hope that such a prolific, collaborative musician would grow to embrace a broad spectrum of styles.
Hanin is capable of expanding into much more, a more personal and internal expression with music. Let me reassure you, she can still scream, only she chooses how and when with greater grace, precision, and maturity.
Hanin and I discussed these matters via video chat:
You moved to French Polynesia in 2006 and essentially disappeared off map of the music world. Why did you leave music and move away to an island paradise?
I am following life. I'm not a musician only, I'm more than that. I'm a human being. I came here for holidays, before that I had a gallery and sold antiques. I always continued to do my solo stuff with other musicians, collaborations, and I never really stopped doing music.
For me music is not a business. I didn't want it to become a job. I wanted to stay creative and alive. I only make songs when I feel like it, not when the record company tells me to.
I went to French Polynesia, fell totally in love with the island and with someone. I stayed in the relationship for 5 years but now I'm ready to go back. We've split up and I'm ready to go back… back to what I don't know. But I'm letting myself float to wherever life takes me. I'm an adventurer. I just want to live intuitively.
I have 2 kids and before I was married for 11 years, and we actually bought an old castle with two other people. We wanted to restore it but ended up having problems. I dropped the castle to live an island life, the "simple life." That castle wasn't for me, I couldn't dedicate my life to dead stones. Life goes on, you know?
I've really learned a lot here on the island, I think it's good for people with psychological problems. Here there's really no use for that! It did me very good…
I went out fishing, went out digging my hands into the earth… I hang out with very authentic, pure people, and sometimes they can be very rude. You can't keep up with your life standards the whole time with people like that, they'll just laugh at you.
The core of your work is very feminist, a lot of it is about gender equality, women's rights, and so on. How does that work out over there?
That was in the 90s when I had my child. i was in a situation in my band where all the guys had a problem with me being pregnant and with women in general, with emotions, with difference, not following the business plan…
That is when I had the idea for Fatal Recordings because in this music structure I could see the whole structure, it was a man's world.
Nowadays I don't focus on that specifically anymore.
[Fatal Recordings was a girls-only record label in the beginning. Hanin updated her mission statement as time went on: "Fatal is a platform for women and also for men. The label gives them the possibility to make electronic music without technocratic expectations."]
A lot of guys started asking me, "Why can't I be on your label? I'm a feminist too, I understand women and I'm trying to become a better man…" So I asked myself why should I close myself to these guys? Fatal became a totally open label for everyone who had a humanist attitude.
I do think that the world should be more influenced by feminine ideas.
Yes, isn't what all this radical work is about? Getting men to open up like that and be pro-woman? It's a boy/girl revolution as you say…
Yes, exactly. It depends on the attitude, how the individual grows up, and so on. You can't just see it in black in white. But at that point back then I needed and the anger to see things in black and white because that's where pure anger comes from. But, you start to question yourself more and more and things become much more open.
If people say "Hanin is such a feminist, she's so radical," it's not true anymore. It was true for that time, and it inspired many people to go in the same direction because of that pure, aggressive energy I gave out. It's still important for people to be intense about things. But now, I feel more open about it.
With Atari Teenage Riot, we put all our energy on our anger to do something politically. But this anger doesn't exist anymore, not with me at least and I don't feel it with the others. It was an important thing to do at that time, though.
It's Atari Teenage Riot afterall. That momentary, transitional time in your life where you do feel so extreme and intense about everything. Those are vital emotions to experience, but you have to learn and grow from them and eventually move on. And speaking of that, tell me about your upcoming album "Everywhere Nowhere."
I feel ready to put this album out. It's mostly about love, sociological, personal, close things. I don't blame the system anymore, it's getting more and more personal. It's something that everyone goes through. The main problems you have need to be solved with yourself in the end. It's like a substitute for dealing with yourself when you blame everyone else, the government, the police… but we are part of it.
[A piece by Philip Virus and Hanin Elias on imprisoned activist filmmaker Holger Meins, who died on hunger strike.]
So who are you working with these days?
I started to work with Marcel Degaz in Hamburg, we recorded demos in his home. I felt the need to go away and stop music because of the label stuggle. I got sick of having my own label and being totally responsible. All my money and energy went into Fatal, and I'm really a bad business person. That's my mistake.
Now I'm looking for a label to take care of me, I cannot stand doing the whole business side of it myself.
It's no fun.
I tried but you know at the end I had nothing and the artists had a little bit, but it wasn't stable. They were hard times, then the whole market broke down.
Then when I came here to French Polynesia many people got in contact with me wanting to do shows. I told them "No, I don't do any more shows, I'm here fishing, planting my potatoes, I don't want to do anything."
But then Diego Sagredo from the Chilean band ICI told me they were such big fans, they had listened to me since they were 12 and wanted to organize concerts in Chile of all my solo stuff.
I needed a little break from the island, so I went to Chile and got back into it! These guys knew all my songs. I recorded with them in the studio. So now I have 18 new songs all together.
I think I might put out two albums, one harder one and the other pop.
That would be great, they'd compliment each other well.
We're fishing for labels at the moment. Paul Kendall of Depeche Mode, Steven Severin of Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Asia Argento will all contribute.
Exciting! Have you faced any criticism for your new style since you've grown and matured as an artist?
It's really strange, a lot of Atari fans tell me they love the music I do now even though it's really different. I haven't heard anything negative, but maybe I just haven't been looking for it. I don't google myself so maybe I'm just not seeing it. I wouldn't get affected by it anyway, I don't want to put up this riot grrrl act. I just can't fake it anymore.
It's good to show a spectrum of styles you can do. It gets so boring when musicians just put out the same thing for 20 years…
Yeah I think it's good to come out of the monocultural way of thinking. You got to be more flexible and see the signs in life. Don't try to hold onto things, even if it's your own image.
With the new ATR and the new tour, it's strange to me that no one is talking about how you're not there anymore. It doesn't seem fair, to me, that you're being left of the discussion because you were such a huge part of the bands' identity. Carl Crack too, but he passed away 9 years ago.
The story is that after 9 years of total silence between Alec and I, I wanted to make peace. We had personal problems in the 90s, that's why I left. It had to do with contracts, I felt ripped off. So my motivation dropped, I was pregnant on tour, I became wiped out. I could feel I wasn't the functioning "riot doll" that I should have been.
But the personal friendship and contact people share is really important. So I decided to get in contact with Alec about doing some shows just for the fun of it. But he already had this big strategy for Atari, he already had this tour planned.
So I said, "Yeah, but first maybe we should talk on the phone, and work out our issues." But and didn't want to give me any information. He told me to wait and trust him but I've been told that in the past. I'd already heard that and been burnt by it before.
I was a member of Atari Teenage Riot, I'm not just someone who works for him. I should be able to make decisions too. I wrote songs, I gave energy. Like "Sick to Death" was 90% written by me.
Yeah, that was the song that really inspired Kathleen Hanna.
She was a total fan of mine and my friend, so she came and did a song with us.
She even remixed one of your songs, 'Girl Serial Killer' …
[Here is video footage of Kathleen Hanna and Hanin together in the studio recording the Atari Teenage Riot song, "No Success."]http://theendofbeing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/kathleen.mov
All of this was ignored. He wanted to make a new single, so he sent me the instrumentals. At that time we had a cyclone in Tahiti, and I was sick too. He said I had only one day to record this. So I had to set everything up, it was total hell and chaos but I set it up, and I recorded. I said my throat was fucked up and you gave me little time… and then I didn't hear back from him.
I asked if he wanted me to re-do it and all he said was that he needed to go to a meeting. Two days later the single was out, and my voice wasn't on it. It was Nic Endo singing. I had made three whole phrases!
None of it was there.
Maybe my throat was sore or something but I know exactly what he can do with effects if your throat is a bit sore. I had this feeling that he just didn't want me because I cause him trouble. I'm not quiet and don't take shit. But he ignored me. I had to contact him on Facebook and he said he would send me the tickets.
I read this on Facebook, yes. The tickets to go with them on the new tour.
So I waited for the tickets while they were announcing ATR going on tour here and there and were doing interviews. That is where I read about CX KiDTRONiK and that I wasn't a part of this reunion. But through the emails it seemed like he wanted me to believe that was going to be a part of it.
I followed all this online pretty closely and it seemed clear to me that you were not getting any answers.
It was important to plan, I have kids, I have work, I have to know if I'm going on tour and if these tickets would come or not. CX KiDTRONiK said he got his and I should get mine, but I never did.
Then I read this stuff Alec's saying in interviews about how I can't sing anymore.
[Here is the artcle Hanin is referring to, and the quote:
"Immerhin war es Hanin, die letzten Herbst einen Versöhnungsversuch wagte.
Sie schrieb mich auf Facebook an und fragte, ob wir nicht wieder zusammen spielen sollten. Erst sprachen wir bloß über ein oder zwei Shows, inzwischen geht die Tour schon bis November, mindestens. Tragisch ist nur, dass Hanin am Ende doch noch einen Rückzieher gemacht hat. Ihre Stimme hat nicht genug Kraft zum Dauerschreien."
From the looks of it, Hanin tried repeatedly to talk to him and he avoided any direct contact because ultimately, he didn't want her involved in the new ATR.]
It's just not what he wants, and I have to accept that. But what I don't accept is him telling the press that I've lost my voice and making things look like I'm the one who didn't want to go on tour. That is not true.
Thank you. You've cleared up a huge amount of ambiguity and questions about this.
I'd rather forget about it and not get into it, but the more I read his interviews the more I have the urge to make a statement about it.
[I felt the same way. Hanin closed off with what sounds like a good outlook to live by, one that marks her shift in interests.]
It's a complicated story and people are complex beings. It's not black and white. Don't believe in any ideology because everything is constant change!
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Listen to "Everywhere Nowhere."
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Also check out "DO YOU KNOW!!!" which is a nod to her digital hardcore roots, & shows she definitely still has her screaming voice.
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Hanin just took a trip to LA to shoot the music video for "DO YOU KNOW!!!" in with D-I-Y filmmaker Donovan Vim Crony, the creator and host of THE GAZE and DEBUNK PUNK.
((For more on a similar topic, please read ZAN LYONS INTERVIEW – Video Art in the Music Hall)


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I like VBS's content. Really I do. So much so I wanted to contribute. Here is the 21st century Rolling Stone, I told myself. Wild eyed and clear headed, brave and bold and never boring – they assume that their audience can be intelligent without being a bunch of foreign policy nerds who talk like an academic paper. Everything a rampaging young journo like myself could hope for. I wanted in.
I didn't bother getting in touch with the Australian edition, the Australian edition of any English or American magazine is shit. No Exceptions. We get a bit of their best content, and a lot of half funded pap to fill the other pages. So, without contacts, my only option was to scour the site, a technique that does work some times.
However, when I clicked the oddly named "How to pitch us ideas" link I found instead the following puddle of wank:
We're sure you've got a bunch of stellar ideas for new shows and interesting subjects that VBS could cover, but due to a bunch of legal reasons we aren't entirely keen on, we cannot accept any unsolicited pitches or videos. Sorry. We agree it's lame, but them's the breaks.
If you want to get in touch with us about jobs or strike up some sort of internet-friendship, email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
After about three seconds of wondering if the US congress had really passed a law that applied only to Vice Magazine and not to any other publication in the free world, I got the shits with their B.S. and sent the following email, admittedly in the half -hearted hope that it would be comically offensive enough to get forwarded around the Vice office and make them all see how cool I am be sorry for hurting my feelings:
A few weeks back a good friend of mine put me onto your site, in particular Balls Deep, Sewers of Bogota. Brilliant stuff. You guys do stuff that is intelligent and accessible and hard hitting and you're awesome etc. I've been on the site pretty much every day since then.
I'm down in Australia. There are crazy things going on down here – stories which apparently can't be submitted unless they are solicited. I was thinking maybe if we became internet-friends (as u suggested on the "sorry we don't take submissions" bit of ur page), then u might eventually let me buy u a coffee, then maybe dinner and a movie then we'll hold hands then you look at me and the light bounces of my bald patch just so, and then you do it, you surrender your morals like the dirty scarlet woman your mother always said you were, and solicit, solicit, solicit, screaming louder and louder as your long nails scratch down my back, "PITCH BABY PITCH *gasps* oh god *pants* PITCH TO ME LIKE I STOLE YOUR BIKE DADDY!".
And just to convince you what a great Internet friend I can be, here is some of my work:
My Extended Feature on the 2009 Iranian Elections
Dirty Tricks in Australian Election
Protest at Villawood Detention Centre
Also, attached to this email is my CV and in the finest traditions of internet-friendship, a photo of a cat with misspelled wordz.
Austin G. Mackell
Freelance Journalist
BLOG: austingmackell.wordpress.com