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Photo essay: DOTV 8 at Neumos = success!
We were elbow-to-elbow with all our best pals in the front row at Neumos Saturday night, in the name of love, fundraising, and the one and only Jenny George. Yep, this past weekend was the 8th annual Dancing on the Valentine fundraiser, and it was jam-packed with great local bands belting out our favorite Cure tracks. The money's still being tallied, but judging by the crowd, we're sure that the night went a long way toward the annual Leukemia and Lymphoma Society donation -- take a peek at the photos below and relive all the fun! We were particularly enamored with Lesli Wood (as usual), Adra Boo, NighTrain, Panama Gold, and those fellows in Fox and the Law:
Lesli Wood with Jupe Jupe
Latest comment by: Imaginary Amie: "Agreed. Simply gorg, V! And seeing all the amazing photo-ness makes me feel a little less sad that I couldn't be there. xoxoxo"
Built to Spill and Macklemore kick off Sasquatch! announcement party
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Spring is just around the corner, and with spring and summer comes the music festival circuit. Coachella recently announced some big names with Blur, the Stone Roses, and New Order set to play the California festival, so anticipation has been high for what Sasquatch would roll out. Monday night's Sasquatch! Launch Party ended all the speculation with the announcement of a stellar lineup, but not before kicking the whole thing off with a killer show at the Neptune Theater.
Cody ChesnuTT started off the night with his own brand of high energy soul/funk/R&B. Wearing what appeared to be an army helmet, ChesnuTT had the crowd singing along as he bounced from one side of the stage to the other, his backing band sounding incredible. After a short video from Ron Swanson estowing the virtues of the festival "Thunder Closet," it was time for the 'special guest.'
Latest comment by: Dead C: "Macklemore actually wasn't wearing a denim jacket at all. Also, Brett Netson sang the Beefheart cover."
Hey Marseilles — Lines We Trace
Lines We Trace opens up suddenly, with all kinds of ache laced through the echoes of a well-worn Andrew Bird album, cut beautifully with strains of Matt Bishop's unmistakable vocals. It's a powerful track ("Tides"), the line I would trade ten thousand days / for one more hour with you immediately vaulting the listener into a pile of Polaroids, to sift through the sweet nostalgia of every relationship they ever had that didn't quite work out. As sudden as the physical start of this album is the realization that Hey Marseilles has matured, with a new depth to their composition, yet with that familiar I'm-telling-this-story-right-to-your-soul songwriting that we've come to know and love.
For those who have gotten by these last few years on live shows, the occasional single release, and 2008's To Travels and Trunks; Lines We Trace is the equivalent of a new apartment in a town you love: you know the roads around it like the back of your hand, but you've never seen the sunlight through the windowpanes quite like this. Everything that's wonderful and familiar about Hey Marseilles is present -- a profound earnestness, those unmistakable chord progressions, the orchestral swells and pitches -- but delivered with new perspective, more wisdom, and perhaps the sight of a first laugh line in the bathroom mirror.
Latest comment by: Kim: "I cannot wait to hear this entire album. "
The Sasquatch! 2013 lineup is here! (!)
In case you haven't seen it yet, here's this year's Sasquatch! poster -- and it's chock-ful-o' bands we can't wait to witness first-hand this year at the Gorge!! From top to bottom, we're the most over-the-moon about The Postal Service, The XX, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Built to Spill, Bloc Party, Andrew Bird, Tame Impala, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Father John Misty, The Tallest Man On Earth, Michael Kiwanuka, Shovels and Rope, The Barr Brothers, Menomena, Telekinesis, Elliott Brood, and Sean Nelson (natch). And while those mainstage acts are always killer, we really do love the smaller-font side of the party the most -- some of the best bands in years past have been on the two smaller stages at the top of the hill, and it looks like this year will be no exception.
Latest comment by: imaginary victoria: "ooh BRMC! I missed that one! I have to say, it was REALLY REALLY SATISFYING to type "The Postal Service" into the tags!! "
Rock Torch: Volume One
If you haven't yet discovered Rock Torch and are an over-the-moon audiophile or bibliophile, read on -- because this is one of the best ideas we've heard of since chocolate and peanut butter came together in an unholy union: Rock Torch founder Randy Abramson came up with the brilliant idea to ask musicians we love about which artists inspired/influenced them and why, and then put all the answers in a great big wonderful book.
Not only do they discuss in-depth what makes the music so off the charts, but also give album/listening suggestions by their recommended artist as a guide for new listeners. So that means you get the straight dope from Mike Doughty about Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy, Wanda Jackson writes about Elvis (is that simply perfect, or what?), and Ritzy Bryan from the Joy Formidable extolls the virtues of The Smiths. The list just goes on and on. Our own girl crush and local goddess, Rachel Flotard, contributed a piece on Dave Grohl and The Foo Fighters. Way to represent, PNW! Did we mention that this first volume of Rock Torch contains over one hundred essays? That is some serious brain candy for all the music lovers out there. The full color illustrations by Nicolas Nocera that accompany each piece make this compilation extra sweet.
Recommended show + free tickets: Bands on the Big Screen {1/31}
Seattle's got talent, friends, and next Thursday {that's the 31st} you can see the art that people make out of the art that people are making -- yep, we're talking about Bands on the Big Screen. The event is a ninety-minute screening of music videos by local filmmakers at SIFF Cinema Uptown, followed by a Q&A with the directors. As if a chance to see some of your favorite artists on a screen larger than life isn't enough to send you running for your wallet, the whole thing is a benefit put on by our pals Team Up for Nonprofits for Northwest Folklife.
That fifteen bucks you spend on a ticket will go a long way towards a great cause, but if you want to roll the dice on a pair of free passes, we've got your number! Just send an email to tig {at} threeimaginarygirls {dot} com with the subject line "BandsOnTheBigScreen" between now and 5pm on Tuesday, January 29th. We'll pick a lucky winner and notify you by email that you're heading to the show on us.
For everyone else, that ticket purchase link is below. We'll see you there!
{Jon Jon Augustavo, Brad Curran, Hayley Young, Stephan Gray and Tyler Kalberg present videos made with and for Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Pickwick, Kaylee Cole, and more. Tickets are $15.00 adv and available here.}
The best of last winter: More Than Shapes
Remember last winter, when John Roderick played at a house show in Ballard, and how it was pretty much the best thing ever?
In case you missed all those great videos the first time, here's a recap:
and the rest are on the Dorsia Films site here.
Happy Friday!
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It *WAS* the best thing ever!!!"
Imaginary Watch This: A Breakthrough in Field Studies' "Waves on the Ocean"
My talented friend Jon Wooster keeps breaking my heart (but in all the good ways) with his new musical adventures, and one of the adventures I'm loving the most is A Breakthrough in Field Studies, who released this video for "Waves on the Ocean" and a full-length LP last year ... (I am just fucking lame and haven't remembered to post it until now).
Anyway! Yeah. ABiFS is rocking my knee-socks off with this power poppy tune, and I definitely need to get my butt out to see them live soon! Have you guys seen 'em? I think they're fantastic.
{See A Breakthrough in Field Studies play at The Tractor Tavern on Tues, Jan 22 w/Daughters of the Dead Sea, The Steveadore, and Mannequin BBQ for only $6!! Doors @8pm. 21+}
Crushing on the internet this week with Slang, Telekinesis
One of my hands-down favorite things of 2012 that I completely forgot to mention in my year-end list (I knew there'd be something) was / is Slang. The fact that Slang exists / is happening, seeing Slang open up for Lemolo at the Triple Door during City Arts Fest, learning about Slang -- all of it. (YOU GUYS. SLANG. QUADRUPLE UNDERLINE.) It was the one set all year that totally took me by surprise, that had me squee-ing in my seat the entire time and tweeting in all-caps for hours afterward.
If you haven't caught 'em yet: simply put, they're the best fucking cover band that ever was. Technically, Slang is Drew Grow (of DG & The Pastors Wives fame) and Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney, Quasi, Wild Flag) shredding away, singing their hearts out with this imperfectly perfect vibe. They've got a glorious habit of completely destroying choice selections you know and love, breaking your heart with pure delight as each line goes by. And they put out this sweet ditty of a video this week (above) that makes my insides skip a beat remembering just how rad the live shows are.
Slang for President. Slang At Every God Damn Festival in 2013. (Seriously!) Friend them on Facebook (how do they not have 19,000 friends?) and then make sure you get to the next show you catch wind of. Looks like there's one coming up, an opening set on the 15th of this month at Valentines. Portland friends, get there!
What are YOU doing New Year's Eve? {TONIGHT!}
There's plenty to choose from on Monday night, between all the shows, dance parties, and fancy end-of-year suppers -- but no matter what you think you have planned for New Year's Eve, we strongly suggest that those of you planning to be in the Seattle area alter your agenda to include a stop at The Showbox.
Pickwick, your favorite local alt.freaksoul sextet, will be taking one of our favorite stages in town with Radiation City and Tomten, with doors at 8 and advance tickets at a mere $21.50 (an incredible bargian for a holiday night celebration, if you've been poking around at some other show prices in town).
The night is 21+ and tickets are going fast, so make sure you pop on over here to pick up a pair or two and secure your place at the last best party of the year.
Happy almost-2013!


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Roland Schmidt of Annandale died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009, surrounded by his loved ones. He was 56.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, at Concordia Lutheran Church in Fairhaven. Visitation will be at the church two hours before the service.
Roland D. Schmidt was born Oct. 29, 1953, to Darrel Franklin and Elizabeth Joan (De Chaney) Schmidt in St. Cloud. Rollie served his country as a Marine. He was the owner of Independent Curb Contractors, Inc. He was a man of great faith in his Lord, Jesus Christ, serving his community in many ways by being an active member at Concordia Lutheran Church, where he served on various boards. He served as president of Chain of Lakes for several years, adjutant for the Kimball Legion, and his dedicated involvement with the AA program. Rollie loved to fish, observe nature, garden, and spend time with his family and friends. He will be remembered as an honest, generous, kind-hearted man with a wonderful sense of humor, who would do anything for anyone.
He was preceded in death by his mother Betty.
Roland is survived by his loving wife Jeanne of 30 years; children Nick and Emily; father Darrel; brother Tom (and Lou); sisters Natalie (and Chuck) Johnson, Julie (and Steve) Shirley; brother-in-law Bob (and Lee) Gill; also many nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles.
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Accused shoplifter arrested again after returning to Merrimack outlet store just days later
Angela Merrill, 36, of 11 Laurel St., on Wednesday turned herself into police who obtained a warrant for her arrest on charges of theft by unauthorized taking and criminal trespass.
The warrant stemmed from a Jan. 18 incident in which Merrill allegedly entered the store and tried to steal assorted footwear and clothing. Police said she was confronted by store security and held until police arrived.
She was not arrested at that time, but on Tuesday while police were preparing an arrest warrant, Merrill, who was warned to stay off store property, returned to the store, according to a news release.
She was asked to leave and store personnel called police.
What's next: Merrill is free on $1,000 personal recognizance bail with a Feb. 5 arraignment set in 9th Circuit Court, Merrimack District Division.
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Pay R96 for a mixed sushi platter for two people at Simply Fish, valued at R192 (Save 50%)
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Studies show that by the year 2059, cars will have evolved into a winged species, restaurants will be placed on clouds high in the sky, people will wear helmets 24/7 to shield them from food-y debris, and forks, knives and spoons will be exterminated in favour of a sole utensil called chopstick. Hone your chopstick skills before it's too late with today's Groupon: a mixed sushi platter for two people at Simply Fish for R96.
Much like trying to get a lion to convert to vegetarianism, expertly wielding a pair of chopsticks can be a difficult task to accomplish, which is why the folks at Simply Fish insist you practice. Calling in tutorials with delicious pieces of sushi, the restaurant provides the ideal training ground where patrons can sit their cabooses in a comfortable stool and let the fresh fish party begin. Expertly rolling and slicing the freshest fish into perfectly cooked cylinders of rice, the Simply Fish chefs are a force to be reckoned with.
Not only will the trip to the restaurant hone your chopstick skills, but the mixed sushi platter will also tame wild battle cries coming from your stomach region. Platters redeemable with your Groupon are made up of six maki, four fashion sandwiches, four California rolls, four rainbow rolls and two nigiri and should be quite enough to satiate the cravings of two tummies. With each piece delicately crafted to fit perfectly into a mouth, sushi-sympathisers will be satisfied beyond compare. Grab a suitable partner and instead of doing the do-si-do, whip out your chopstick arms and let the tasty sushi-battle begin.Food Fact: In a small town in South Korea, there is a store that offers snacks such as sushi, chocolate chip cookies, and samoosas while you have your manicure. The trick is to try and get them into your mouth without messing as you are not allowed to use your hands.


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Letters: Things get ugly at Dodger Stadium w/Photo
... contrived marketing gimmicks to sell tickets or attract fans. Let's keep it that way, OK? Gary L. Platt Hacienda Heights I think Vinny should now change his opening statement to... "For the few of you out there who can see me, it's time for Dodger ... Comment?
Northwestern Earns Big Ten Women's Golf Weekly Honor
Golfer of the Week Hana Lee, Northwestern Jr. Hacienda Heights, Calif. Wilson Claimed co-medalist honors at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic after firing a 6-under par 66 last Friday Matched her own program record with a single-round score of 66 and tied the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic individual single-round record Helped No. Comment?
Driver charged with DUI in fatal Whittier collision
WHITTIER >> Authorities alleged a driver from Hacienda Heights was drunk when he fatally hit a pedestrian in Whittier last week. Comment?
Woman fatally struck by car in Whittier, driver arrested
... se her next of kin hasn't been notified. The autopsy is pending. The driver, 41-year-old Genaro Gonzalez of Hacienda Heights, was arrested on suspicion of felony driving under the influence, according to White. Comment?
Woman fatally struck by car in Whittier
... as ultimately arrested on suspicion of felony driving under the influence, Dean said. He was described as a Hacienda Heights man in his early-40s, Dean said. His identity was not available pending the booking process. Comment?
Checkpoint planned this weekend in La Puente
... services to the cities of Industry and La Puente, as well as nearby unincorporated county areas including Hacienda Heights, Valinda, East Valinda and Bassett. "Checkpoints are placed in locations that have the greatest opportunity for ... Comment?
LA Sheriff's Looking For Missing Man With Alzheimer's w/Photo
The missing man was seen near his home - the 1700 block of Park Lawn Road, Hacienda Heights - yesterday around 4:30 p.m. Rubio is 5 feet 9 inches tall about 210 pounds. Comment?
Two arrested in chase from Chino to downtown L.A.
... were arrested and the third was being sought. The officers were conducting a burglary investigation in the Hacienda Heights area when they saw the suspects in a 2013 Nissan Altima and tried to stop the car about 10:20 a.m., said Chino city ... Comment?
Officials seek missing Hacienda Heights man with Alzheimera s disease w/Photo
HACIENDA HEIGHTS >> Authorities and family members reached out to the public Wednesday to help track down a missing 66-year-old Hacienda Heights man who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. Comment?
Chino Burglary Suspect Remains At-Large After 2 Alleged Accomplices Are Nabbed w/Photo
The officers were conducting a burglary investigation in the Hacienda Heights area when they saw the suspects in a 2013 Nissan Altima. Comment?
Fresno State spring football notebook: QB contender Burrell doesn't come up empty
... Croney, Verbum Dei-Los Angeles receiver Evan Rambo, Sacramento High safety Lonny Powell, and Los Altos-Hacienda Heights defensive lineman David Jimenez. Fresno State struggled to rush the football in short-yardage and goal-line situations a year ... Comment?
5.1 quake, aftershocks shake Los Angeles, Southern California
... in the next few hours or the next few days," Jones said at the California Institute of Technology. In Hacienda Heights, a few miles west of the epicenter, some items fell off the walls at one home. But there were no reports of more serious damage. ... Comment?
Magnitude-5.1 earthquake shakes Southland
... in the next few hours or the next few days," Jones said at the California Institute of Technology. In Hacienda Heights, a few miles from the epicenter, some items fell off the walls at one home. But there were no reports of more serious damage. In ... Comment?
Earthquake: 5.1 quake shakes Los Angeles, Southern California w/Photo
... said on social media that rides have been stopped as a precaution. The park is south of the epicenter. In Hacienda Heights, a few miles west of the epicenter, some items fell off the walls at one home. But there were no reports of more serious ... Comment?
Hacienda Heights Army Captain Diana Arnold talks of overseas deployment w/Photo
She was 46 at the time of her enlistment and was told repeatedly that "reservists don't get deployed," Arnold, of Hacienda Heights, was not on the roster for her company's first deployment in 2011, six years after enlisting. Comment?
Failed robbery reported at Hacienda Heights Rite Aid
HACIENDA HEIGHTS >> A gunman wearing a business suit fled empty-handed late Thursday following a failed robbery at a Rite Aid Pharmacy, authorities said. Comment?
Court to determine mental competency of driver in fatal La Habra crash
... another in La Habra claims his client is mentally incompetent to stand trial. Caroline Sujin Kim, 21, of Hacienda Heights was supposed to be arraigned Tuesday at the North Justice Center in Fullerton but the arraignment didn't happen. McIntire said ... Comment?
Army Captain to recount deployment to Kuwait at Whittier Reads program
... as part of the Whittier Reads program Thursday at the Central Library. Arnold, a resident of an area of Hacienda Heights formerly known as North Whittier Heights, said she spent most of 2012-13 deployed to the Middle East as a dietician for 30,000 ... Comment?
Hacienda Heights woman to face charges for fatal La Habra crash
A driver from Hacienda Heights accused of killing a pedestrian and injuring another in La Habra will be arraigned today in an Orange County courtroom. Comment?
LA County judge candidates to speak in Hacienda Heights
Twenty-four candidates running for 11 judicial offices of Los Angeles County Superior Court are invited to give their views on criminal and legal justice issues, the courts, jury duty and many more topics. Comment?
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All is not well with our beloved nation
If you are a person who watches and reads news from all sources, you will most assuredly come to the conclusion that all is not well with this nation. I'm not going to bash Democrats or Republicans here. I feel it is fast becoming us against both of them, all government. Fortunately, we still well outnumber them.
Watching current news in the Ukraine gives me some hope for our country. You have to admire a people who will literally throw the bums out after those bums break the law repeatedly.
I believe we as a nation have arrived just shy of an event horizon that will define us as a free country or one ruled by totalitarian bureaucrats who seize every bit of power for government they can.
Our government now views we the people as its enemy. The precipice we stand at and seem unable to turn around from, is one which, when crossed, will usher in a government that can and will control everything imaginable, restricting freedoms guaranteed in our Constitution.
It already treats us as potential terrorists, and I believe not for the reason of terror as we perceive it, but rather their terror that we will soon say enough and throw the bums out!
I hope I'm wrong, but I don't believe there is a prayer that the country could unite and vote them out. They have divided us to conquer us.
This next presidential election will determine if that black hole lying in wait beyond that event horizon sucks us down into a vacuum of history void of a free United States, or elects people who want to defend the Constitution and restore freedom.
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Jerry Garcia would be turning 69 years young today. You're incredibly missed!
Some of my personal favorite in-person Jerry moments:
1) 9/18/87 -- My first deadshow -- I saw Pink Floyd and The Grateful Dead within weeks of each other.. talk about two amazing bands (granted this was Pink Floyd without Roger Waters.. but still amazing) -- the difference in the crowd's reaction could not have been more different.. bare in mind I was 16 years old -- The Floyd crowd could not move from their seats, whereas the dead crowd could not sit still. Both concerts were incredible and from the moment forward, i was hooked! -- set 2! Most amazing Dew of the 80's! Good Lovin > La Bamba > Good Lovin! -- So much fun!
2) 3/29/90 -- Everyone has heard the stellar Eyes of the World with Branford Marsalis -- but being at the show with my high school gf, the immediate chemistry between Garcia and Marsalis, and just the energy in that crowd during set 2 -- something I'll never forget.
3) 6/25/91 -- I've seen Jerry having a good time on stage, but I've never seen him boogying down like he did this night -- Having killer seats helped -- normally I've been stuck seeing Jerry look more like an ant at Giants Stadium, but at this show I was in the 10th row, center stage, and I could actually see Jerry's smiles and he was dancing up a storm. Good stuff!
4) 6/28/92 -- A crummy year for the Dead, Jerry had to take time off (remember the entire east coast Sept fall tour was canceled), he was really heavy, looked horrible -- but I will say we lucked out this night at Deer Creek -- Great setlist, as much energy as you'll find at any show in '92, and of course the killer Casey Jones encore.. at least I got to hear the tune once live!
5) 5/16/93 -- The entire weekend in Vegas was a blast! Kimock was playing late night sets at the Alladin -- the weather was just so crazy and fun (storms, crazy winds, rainbows, you name it) -- set 2, particularly pre-space/drums -- killer! Samson, Help-slip-Franklins (best Franklins of the 90's) and a killer Looks Like Rain -- The rest of the set was good, but not quite as good -- the Elvis-filled space was pretty out-there.
6) 6/15/95 -- Highgate, VT -- the show sucked! Dylan blew the dead away! -- But... 100,000 deadheads in Vermont still cannot be un-fun! -- The scene was HUGE -- Never felt more like a herd of cattle than when 100K moved an inch a minute (took about 3 hours -- or at least felt like it) to make it back to their campsites. Sadly I saw only two more shows after this.. both at Giants and both crummy as well... but I am still incredibly thankful for the time I got to spend in the same halls as you, Mr. Jerry Garcia.
Some other great ones.. JGB at the Warfield! It was like seeing Jerry in your living room!
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The National Jazz Museum in Harlem is teaming up with the World Wide Workshop to create an innovative VIDEO GAME using Globaloria technology! We are looking for 6 special young people between the ages of 13-19 who we'll select and appoint as our official game designers. NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!
This team of 6 prospective candidates must have the facility to present strong ideas, yet create and incorporate the ideas of the team as a whole. An emphasis is placed on the candidate's ability to use JAZZ music, innovation, and a compelling video game objective to efficiently create a product that will attract both young people and adults alike. Prospective candidates should have the facility to adopt World Wide Workshop and the National Museum of Harlem's existing visual identity. No previous experience necessary. Only requirement: captivating, original ideas.
The workshop will take place for 3 weeks from July 6 - July 27 (Mon-Fri only) at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. In the afternoons the 6 game designers will collaborate on creating this new game. The experience will be interactive, including live performances, masterclasses, and trips to many exciting and historic NYC jazz locations.
The host for the entire summer workshop is rising star pianist Jonathan Batiste and his band. Each day he will have something unique to offer, and allowing the 6 game designers to truly immerse themselves in this music we call JAZZ!
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On Wednesday, May 4, at 7:30 PM, the up-and-coming Viennese progressive jazz quartet Kompost 3 will present their self-titled debut album to a New York audience. Trumpet, e-piano, drums, bass, and subtle electronics provide the sonic groundwork for this young and funky instrumental jazz band. Despite their young age, the members of Kompost 3, Martin Eberle, Benny Omerzell, Lukas König, and Manu Mayr, have already played with a wide variety of renowned artists, including Soap&Skin, Wolfgang Mitterer, and Wolfgang Puschnig.
Founded in 2009, the band calls Vienna's third district its home, a residential area for workers interspersed with masterpieces of aristocratic architecture. The days of 18th century imperialism are long gone, and the dreary reality of working life has settled into the third district. Detecting 21st century signs of muck and rot, the band takes its energy from this wholly Viennese air of decay to create music that is fresh and invigorating, much like a compost pile produces fertilizer – hence the name, Kompost 3.
Martin Eberle, born 1981, plays trumpet and flugelhorn, studies classical trumpet at the Feldkirch Konservatorium and jazz trumpet at the Hochschule der Künste Bern/Swiss Jazz School Bern. Benny Omerzell, born 1984, plays Fender Rhodes electric piano and red instruments and currently studies at the Jazzhochschule Graz. Manu Mayr, born 1989, plays electric bass and double bass and studies at the Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität and the Bruckneruniversität Linz. Rounding off the distinctive sound of Kompost 3 with drums and electronics, Lukas König, born 1988, studies at the Bruckneruniversität Linz and the Gustav Mahler Konservatorium in Vienna.
The concert takes place at the auditorium of the ACFNY at 11 East 52nd Street (between Fifth and Madison). Admission is free, but reservations are required. Check or call 212 319 5300 ext. 222.
From the first notes struck together in 2003 through tours with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson, up to and beyond their fourth studio album in 2009, The Greencards have won steadily escalating acclaim for their multi-dimensional Americana vision. Each step they've taken has widened their appeal. Their releases have topped the Billboard Bluegrass charts. In both 2008 (for their Viridian album) and 2010 (for Fascination), they were nominated for Grammy Awards in the "Best Country Instrumental" category. They've earned ovations from "newgrass" music devotees at MerleFest and from indie-rock loyalists at Lollapalooza and the Austin City Limits Festival. RollingStone.com noted, "This imported band is creating some of the finest Americana around."
But this four-piece band, spearheaded by Australians Carol Young and Kym Warner, is interested less in past accomplishments than in looking ahead for new goals to achieve. Produced and engineered by studio veteran Justin Niebank (Vince Gill, Marty Stuart, Keith Urban), The Brick Album on the band's own Darling Street Records is the first to successfully infuse The Greencards' eclectic musical references with the excitement they generate onstage.
"We've been striving for this since our first record," says mandolinist Warner. "We recorded totally in one room this time, with very little isolation. It was all about doing the performance now, without going back to add anything later on."
"What you're hearing is all one take," bassist and singer Young adds. "If someone really didn't like what we'd done, we'd play it all again from the top rather than drop the part in. When you drop in a part, you lose a little bit of the feel. You've got to get a run-up to it."
That immediacy was heightened by the addition of two new members of the group. Tyler Andal, a young fiddle whiz from Tennessee, reinforces both The Greencards' grounding in roots music and their eagerness to let in the fresh air of newgrass, rock, folk elements, Latin America and much more. "He thinks outside the box," Warner explains. "We've always had a strong rhythmic aspect to our music, and Tyler definitely brings that."
The other recent arrival, former National Flatpicking Championship winner Carl Miner, excels as a guitarist in that tradition but more importantly applies his virtuosity equally well beyond it. "He's good at everything," Warner says. "He's one of the most versatile musicians, and probably the most consistent, we've ever played with. With Tyler and him in the band, everyone is pulling in the same direction."
Make that "directions." The Brick Album kicks off with "Make It Out West," a rhythmically irresistible chant powered by guest artist Sam Bush's slide mandolin, with lyrics conjuring restless dreams and far horizons. From there the songs take listeners through ever-changing vistas — the Spanish-inflected "Heart Fixer," whose vocals by Young and guest artist Vince Gill stir memories of Marty Robbins; the slinky, teasing "Mrs. Madness," written by Warner after a night of watching Bored to Death; the magical "Girl in the Telescope," which floats like a feather in sunlight; "Tale of KangaRio," an intimate Brazilian dance of mandolin and guitar; "Loving You Is the Only Way To Fly," a dreamy evocation of the Louvin and Everly Brothers, the pillars of classic country duet vocals.
There's much more, but two tracks bear special mention. The wistful "Faded" is a sweetly harmonized tune, so natural that you don't even notice its unusual 5/4 time signature. Similarly, "Adelaide" is a brisk instrumental, built over a rushing stream of chord changes made accessible by melodies and solos of eloquent coherence.
"As we get older, the more I think about it, the more we want something in music you can cling to," Warner says. "That comes with melody. What we do on The Brick Album allows us to have something not only on the record but also on our live show. It brings it back to "more than anything, this is about lyrics and harmony."
It's also about integrating fans more than ever into the band's process. The Greencards followed an independent path with The Brick Album, partnering with its followers rather than with record labels to fund its sessions. In exchange for contributing to the "Buy A Brick" project, each donor had his or her name permanently inscribed on a brick within the wall that comprises its cover art.
"The times have changed a lot in the music industry, not so much in the creative side but in business side of making music," Warner says. "We just wanted to give something unique and special to people, not just by sending them an early copy of the record by putting their names on the artwork. That makes them fully a part of it."
But it's the music that makes us all part of this journey. Warner and Young were both steeped in country music; she charted several No. 1 singles in her homeland as a solo artist and he won the Australian National Bluegrass Mandolin Championship for four consecutive years. They moved to Austin, put together the first incarnation of The Greencards there and today call Nashville home.
Along the way, they have picked up some influential fans. Their 2009 release, Fascination, prompted Rosanne Cash to say, "The Greencards are a little island of truth and beauty in a sea of artifice and mediocrity. What a fine group, and what a great collection of songs." Buddy Miller called it one of the year's "most inventive discs."
With this new release, the world becomes more than ever The Greencards' stage. Their sound defies category, balancing taste and technique, engaging lyrics and melodies and wildly creative arrangements. There may be a wall on The Brick Album's cover, but the future suggested on these tracks knows no barrier.
STANLEY CLARKE BAND Exploding into the jazz world in 1971, Stanley was a lanky teenager from the Philadelphia Academy of Music. He arrived in New York City and immediately landed jobs with famous bandleaders such as: Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson, Pharaoh Saunders, Gil Evans, Stan Getz, and a budding young pianist composer named Chick Corea.
All of these musicians recognized immediately the ferocious dexterity and complete musicality the young Clarke possessed on the acoustic bass. Not only was he expert at crafting bass lines and functioning as a timekeeper in the bass- traditional role, Stanley also possessed a sense of lyricism and melody gained from his bass heroes Charles Mingus, Scott LaFaro, and others, including non-bass players like John Coltrane. Clarke recognized the opportunity to propel the bass into a viable melodic soloist role and was uniquely qualified to do just that.
Stanley Clarke became the first bassist in history to headline tours, selling out shows worldwide, and have his albums certified gold. The word "legend" was used to describe Stanley by the time he was 25 years old. In 1997 Epic/Sony released: By this tender young age, Stanley was already a celebrated pioneer in fusion jazz music. He was also the first bassist in history to double on acoustic and electric bass with equal virtuosity, power, and fire. His artistry has spanned classical, jazz, R&B and pop idioms. He has already succeeded in a multitude of diverse careers, any one of which would be satisfactory to anyone else. Yet he still pushes on, as invigorated and as passionate about music as that teenage prodigy from Philadelphia with a dream. The Biography of this incredible musician, like Stanley himself, is a continuing work in process.
VICTOR WOOTEN He is an innovator, composer, arranger, lecturer, producer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist. He is a skilled naturalist and teacher, a published author, a magician, husband and father of four, and a five-time Grammy award winner. But those gifts only begin to tell the tale of this Tennessee titan.
Victor, known for his solo recordings and tours, and as a member of the Grammy-winning super group, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, has won most every major award given to a bass guitarist. He was voted Bassist of the year by Bass Player Magazine three times and is the only person to have won the award more than once.
Continuing to grow as a person, artist, and teacher, Victor Wooten is always willing to share his gifts with all who desire to learn. Offering CDs, DVDs, lectures, workshops, and camps, as well as his groundbreaking novel The Music Lesson (Berklee Publishing - a division of the Penguin Group) Victor Lemonte Wooten is guaranteed to remain a positive force in the music industry.
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What Sarah Jarosz's acclaimed debut, Song Up In Her Head, suggests, Follow Me Down—due out May 17, 2011 on Sugar Hill Records—confirms: she is constitutionally incapable of getting stuck in a rut. Her approach to acoustic music is expansive and vital; she sees no need to choose between old-timey and modern material; between picking, singing and writing; between experimenting and reviving tradition. She does all of it, and pushes it all further, on her new album.
"I definitely could have just made a record that was similar to the last one—pretty rootsy," reflects Jarosz. "That would have been a representation of a side of me. But I have all these new sounds and ideas and I just didn't want to hold back on this one."
A lot has changed in the two years since the world outside the festival-going bluegrass and old-time music communities—home to many longtime Jarosz fans—was introduced to the young singer/songwriter/instrumentalist. Her music caught on quickly with audiences across the age spectrum. There have been GRAMMY and Americana Music Award nominations, a trio of Austin Music Awards, invitations to perform on "Austin City Limits" and "A Prairie Home Companion" and appearances at Bonnaroo, Newport and Telluride—and lots of digital downloading, a rarity for a roots act.
The most important difference is that Jarosz cannot be called a kid anymore. She'll turn twenty within a week of Follow's release. Instead of going straight to work as a full-time musician, as many before her have done, she left her hometown of Wimberley, TX—30 miles outside of Austin—and headed to Boston's New England Conservatory to study contemporary improvisation on an elite scholarship.
"I wanted something to push me out of my comfort zone," Jarosz says. "I wanted to be playing things that I might not normally play." And she has had plenty of opportunities to do just that, from Jewish and world music ensembles at school to wildly unpredictable live jams with Punch Brothers and Mumford & Sons. That keen, open-minded attitude speaks volumes about her maturity.
Like her first album, Jarosz co-produced Follow Me Down with Gary Paczosa (Alison Krauss, John Prine, Chris Thile). Only this time, they had a college course schedule and high profile gigs to work around. They did a session with Punch Brothers in New York, another in Boston with her talented young trio mates Alex Hargreaves and Nathaniel Smith and several in Nashville with some of the acoustic world's finest pickers and singers, including Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, Viktor Krauss, Dan Tyminski, Shawn Colvin and Darrell Scott.
Jarosz's growth can be felt throughout the resulting eleven tracks. The grooves are more adventurous, for starters on the first single "Come Around". She comments, "I know for some purists out there, it's like, 'Why do you have to have drums?' For me, it's like, 'Why not?'" And she has explored alternative ways of using her already-strong voice (see her Radiohead cover "The Tourist" and Radiohead-inspired original "My Muse"; Bob Dylan's folk hymn "Ring Them Bells" is the album's other cover).
There's no missing the breadth in Jarosz's songwriting. She is just as comfortable penning the tragic old-timey "Annabelle Lee" - an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's final poem, or a modernized Appalachian ode to secret love like "Run Away" as she is cultivating contemporary singer-songwriter introspection in a song like "Here Nor There". But her playing—be it on mandolin, octave mandolin, clawhammer banjo or acoustic guitar—never takes a back seat. She started "Peace"—one of two instrumentals on the new album—when she was twelve, and finished it at college. And it is that hunger to let her music keep growing—along with her formidable abilities—that make Jarosz so exciting to watch.
When Wanda Jackson, the justly crowned Queen of Rockabilly, recorded "Let's Have A Party," a tune she made into a hit of her own in 1958 even after one-time boyfriend Elvis Presley had released a version of it, her delivery of the chorus wasn't so much a suggestion as a command. As the title – and, more importantly, the contents -- of her latest album, The Party Ain't Over, indicates, this feisty septuagenarian artist is as galvanizing as ever. Jackson was recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, honored with a long-time-coming, Early Influence accolade for her pivotal role in the evolution of popular music, especially where female artists were concerned. As a teenager in the mid-50s, the diminutive Jackson was the first woman to perform unadulterated rock and roll – and she one-upped the boys defining this new genre, Presley included, with her exhilaratingly forthright approach. The young Jackson, an Oklahoma native, came across as both gritty and glamorous; a playfully suggestive growl to her voice matched the daring, handmade outfits she wore, short skirts and fringed dresses that have inspired would-be bad girls for decades to come. A tireless touring artist for more than 50 years, Jackson continues to win over new, young fans, including guitarist-vocalist-White Stripes founder Jack White.
On this debut for Third Man/Nonesuch Records, produced and arranged by White at his Nashville studio, the spirited Jackson proves that brash rock and roll attitude need not have an age limit. Her trademark growl remains intact on rockers like "Rip It Up" and "Nervous Breakdown;" she opens the set with an echo-laden sneer on a rollicking version of "Shakin' All Over" and ends it ten songs later with a plaintive take on Jimmie Rodgers' "Yodel #6," along the way gamely tackling country, gospel, densely worded Bob Dylan, and a little bit of Tin Pan Alley. Jackson and White are a remarkably simpatico pairing; their collaboration came together quickly, serendipitously. One of Jackson's colleagues had originally approached White about doing a duet with Jackson for a proposed "Wanda and Friends" disc, but White demurred. Instead, he offered something better, inviting Jackson to cut a single with him for his Third Man label, and that swiftly led this kindred spirits to put together an entire album.
Jackson admits, "I was scared at first because I didn't know what this young rock star was going to expect of me or ask me to do. I kind of had shaky feet, deciding whether I wanted to do this or not. Of course I knew about him, I have to admit, from the album he did with Loretta Lynn and how successful that was. That certainly got my attention when he said he was interested in doing one with me. So we began sending material to each other; he sent me the things he thought I should do or he wanted me to do, and I sent him some ideas of things I had put aside for recording at a future date. When I finally got to Nashville, he put me at ease immediately. He's just so laid back and such a cool guy that I found myself wanting to please him, I wanted to do it his way. My husband (Jackson's manager of 40 years) and I told him, you do this. If you want a suggestion from me, feel free to ask. Otherwise, you make the decisions. That gave him a lot of freedom and I wanted him to have that freedom. And I think that's what made it so good as an album. As I began singing these songs and listening to the playbacks he made, I realized he wasn't wanting to change my style of singing at all. He just wanted me to have new, fresher material. And I said, hey I could do this. I can sing like Wanda Jackson. He just wanted more of Wanda than I was used to putting out. And apparently it worked."
White and Jackson came up with inspired and wide-ranging song choices that reflect Jackson's long history with country, gospel, and even the big-band music she remembers from her childhood as well as with rock and roll: Harlan Howard's woozy lament "Busted"; the Andrew Sisters' kitschy tropical travelogue, "Rum and Coca Cola", a fitting companion to her own "Fujiyama Mama"; Dylan's rockabilly fever dream, "Thunder On The Mountain". They also recorded a cover of contemporary bad-girl Amy Winehouse's "You Know That I'm No Good," which White first released as a single in 2009, paired with "Shakin All Over." The Winehouse song suits her, Jackson says, but she's careful to draw the line between life and art: "On the one hand, I'm good, on the other hand, I'm bad. That seems to be the image this new generation of fans that I have has given me. It's like the title of the documentary about my life that recently came out: The Sweet Lady With the Nasty Voice. Maybe that says that I become a different person, a different persona, when I sing those songs. I have a good reputation, always have had, and respect from everyone as a lady, and that pleases me very much. But the young girls think I'm this hard gal that gets her way and storms in. It's just because of the material I've sung and the way I've sung it. And that's okay. That's cute."
White himself backs Jackson on lead guitar, cutting loose with solos that are as ferocious and fun as Jackson's vocals; in fact, the entire band that White assembled – including pedal steel, a horn section and backing vocals from singers Ashley Monroe and Karen Elson –is similarly uninhibited, matching Jackson's and White's intensity and, just as often, their humor. Though the work is carefully arranged, the resulting tracks feel like one unforgettable after-hours session, with everyone in thrall to the woman at the heart of these tunes. The first song White suggested they cut was "Rip It Up," one Jackson knows very well from her rockabilly days. As she explains, "It shocked me that he wanted me to do that but that was the first one I recorded. He loves that song and I do too. But I think he did that to put me at ease, let me do something that I'm real familiar with and real comfortable with, and he didn't have to direct me or any of that. I just reared back and sang it. That got me loosened up and made me comfortable." Not that White simply wanted to make things easy. On the sultry "You Know I'm No Good," says Jackson, "We'd get through one take and he'd say, 'Oh Wanda that was great.' And I said, 'Whew, I made it.' Then he said, 'Now let's do one more and let's push a little more.' I was getting physically kind of tired and probably kind of got angry but he got the take he wanted. It's funny how you can come up with what your producers want in the strangest ways." A little bit of their repartee can be detected at the top of the track, just as the analog tape gets rolling.
The Party Ain't Over is about stepping out, not summing up, but it does touch on important aspects of Jackson's life and ever-evolving career. "Teach Me Tonight," a country-inflected interpretation of the DeCastro Sisters' hit, partly fulfills Jackson's desire to cut a 40s-style big-band disc. "Like A Baby," recorded live in the studio with the whole band, allowed Jackson to revive an obscure, bluesy number from her old buddy Elvis. The Jimmie Rodgers tune is the first song she ever learned as a child; her father taught her the chords on the guitar, she figured out how to sing along while she played, and, like any aspiring vocal star of the era, she taught herself how to yodel, a skill she has clearly maintained over the ensuing decades.
Jackson remains too busy to look back – her legend looms especially large now in Europe and Japan, where she is always in demand as a concert performer – but she does allow herself a moment to reflect: "I can't think of anyone who could be any luckier or any happier than me. I think it's a blessing from the Lord. I had wonderful parents who gave up so much so that I could have my dreams come true. I was an only child so I had all the love and attention that anyone could ask for. My mother made my stage clothes and a lot of my street clothes too. Dad traveled with me and drove me to all those early dates so I didn't have to be alone. You couldn't ask for more, to make your living doing what you love to do, to sing and travel and entertain people all your life. I can't think of any life that could be better than that."
And, as she notes, the party ain't over.
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Brooklyn-based artist Blair has announced new tour dates in support of Say Hi this February and March. The lengthy jaunt will launch February 18th at Neurolux in Boise, ID and wrap up March 30th at The Media Club in Vancouver, BC. The tour includes a hometown show on March 7th at the Bowery Ballroom in New York, as well as two dates during this year's SXSW festival. Blair's debut full-length Die Young was released early last year by Autumn Tone Records.
Die Young is a winsome mix of dreamy, hazy indie pop influenced by Blair's love for '90s FM radio (think Beck and Nirvana) and the records spun on her mother's turntable (like Bob Dylan and Neil Young) while growing up in New Orleans, LA. The album was written - in both her hometown and Los Angeles, CA - and re-recorded over the course of five years. The songs were finally laid to tape in New Orleans using both traditional studios and makeshift home setups, with the help of producer Keith Ferguson and a host of musician friends filling out the parts.
As her airy vocals tell stories of heartache, daydreams and memories, throughout the album Blair shows herself to be a nimble musician and songwriter with an innate sense of sumptuous melody. Whether the angular guitar pop of opener "Rampage," the sweetly yearning "Hearts" (listen/download here), the sprightly whimsy of "Hello Halo," the '60s girl-group swing of "Paris France," or the soaring, lush "Wolfboy" (listen/download here), it's easy to understand why PasteMagazine.com gave her its 'Best Of What's Next' label and why Muzzle Of Bees declared Die Young "...a pop album for this generation...one of the year's most promising surprises."
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Today the Mynabirds release a limited edition 7" on Saddle Creek that features "All I Want is Truth (for Christmas)", an original (anti-) Christmas song, and a cover of the Zombies' "This Will Be Our Year" on the B-side. The first 200 copies from Saddle Creek's online store will be offered on white vinyl. A black vinyl version of the 7" is available at retail outlets, and all records include a free digital download. The songs are also available at all digital outlets. If you haven't checked it out at Brightest Young Things, a free mp3 of "All I Want is Truth (for Christmas)" is available now via Saddle Creek by clicking HERE.
With charming chords descending the wurltizer keys like falling snow, the Mynabirds' "All I Want" starts out like a typical Christmas song. But by the second line, it's clear that this is singer-songwriter Laura Burhenn's cry for anything but another ordinary holiday. "All I Want" navigates global warming, messy politics, endless wars, and American consumerism, and brushes it all away to remind us of the snow-white core of the holidays: love. "Have yourself a happy little New Year," Burhenn sings, "'Cause the politicians will be at their same old arguments: Should we start another war or should we raise another tax?" Burhenn declares that she's opting out of society's endless back and forth to "sit down with [her] love and…remember what it means to celebrate without a single store-bought thing." Like a mug of hot cocoa served with a dash of John Lennon's "Gimme Some Truth", "All I Want" goes down like an old standard in a whole new era.
"This Will Be Our Year" is the perfect song to close out a year of haunts and minor catastrophes to look to something new. The slide of J. Tom Hnatow's pedal steel colors the Mynabirds' version of this Zombies' classic as a sweet, country-tinged take on the original. Both "All I Want" and "Our Year" were recorded to tape in a single day at Inner Ear in Arlington, Virginia with producers Chad Clark and TJ Lipple at the helm. A host of DC friends joined in, including the Roofwalkers' Elmer Sharp (drums), Ben Licciardi (backing vocals), and Raj Gadhia (bass and vocals); These United States' J. Tom Hnatow (pedal steel); and Winston Yu (strings).
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Also out now is a new video for "What We Gained in the Fire", the opening track from the Mynabirds' debut album. The video premiered on Friday at AOL Spinner. Director Rob Walters layers new Super 8 footage of singer-songwriter Laura Burhenn traversing a snowy landscape with vintage footage of her own family's home movies that span three generations. Stretching from the 1940's to present day, the viewer gets a window into a family story, watching clips of young love blossom, of babies growing into men, piecing together what might really be going on behind the nuclear family facade.


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Brie Larson had a big year in 2013, receiving rave reviews and even an Indie Spirit nomination for her role in Destin Cretton's "Short Term 12." And she's now on board Irish director Lenny Abrahamson's "Room," based on the bestseller by Emma Donahue (who also penned the adaptation).Read More »
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Hugh R. Brady, FRCPI, is President and Chief Officer of University College Dublin. He was one of the two Professors of Medicine and Therapeutics in UCD before becoming the eighth President of the University.
The position of President carries a salary of approximately 25c (per year) and includes a residence just off the TCD campus - University Lodge in Greenfield. Dr Brady is married to Mr Yvonne O'Meara, a consultant physician at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, and they have three children (triplets) Daire, Oisin and Tristan.
Born in Dublin in 1959, Hugh Brady is the son of a bank official.
After finishing at Newbridge College, Hugh won a place in UCD's former Faculty of Medicine. He earned a degree in pharmacology and worked as a junior hospital doctor for three years. He then moved to Toronto, Canada. A year later, he went to Harvard University in Boston where he directed the renal division of a university affiliate hospital while serving on the academic staff.
At the end of 1996, Brady returned to Ireland with his young family – which by now included triplet sons. At the Mater Hospital where he became a consultant nephrologist, and Professor of Medicine, working as part of a team of just three nephrologists. This small group, moreover, spent half their time on teaching and research activity.
Brady was appointed President at age 43 and became the youngest constituent university president in Ireland. He took up his appointment in January 2004 succeeding Art Cosgrove who completed his 10 years in office at that stage.
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What does the police killing of a homeless man in San Francisco have to do with the Arab Spring uprisings from Tunisia to Syria? The attempt to suppress the protests that followed. In our digitally networked world, the ability to communicate is increasingly viewed as a basic right. Open communication fuels revolutions—it can take down dictators. When governments fear the power of their people, they repress, intimidate and try to silence them, whether in Tahrir Square or downtown San Francisco.
Charles Blair Hill was shot and killed on the platform of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system's Civic Center platform on July 3, by BART police officer James Crowell. BART police reportedly responded to calls about a man drinking on the underground subway platform. According to police, Hill threw a vodka bottle at the two officers and then threatened them with a knife, at which point Crowell shot him. Hill was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Hill's killing sparked immediate and vigorous protests against the BART police, similar to those that followed the BART police killing of Oscar Grant on New Year's Day 2009. Grant was handcuffed, facedown on a subway platform, and restrained by one officer when another shot and killed him with a point-blank shot to the back. The execution was caught on at least two cellphone videos. The shooter, BART officer Johannes Mehserle, served just over seven months in jail for the killing.
On July 11, major protests shut down the Civic Center BART station. As another planned protest neared on Aug. 11, BART officials took a measure unprecedented in U.S. history: They shut down cellphone towers in the subway system.
"It's the first known incident that we've heard of where the government has shut down a cellphone network in order to prevent people from engaging in political protest," Catherine Crump of the ACLU told me. "Cellphone networks are something we've all come to rely on. People use them for all sorts of communication that have nothing to do with protest. And this is really a sweeping and overbroad reaction by the police."
The cellular-service shutdown, which was defended by BART authorities who claimed it was done to protect public safety, immediately drew fire from free-speech activists around the globe. On Twitter, those opposed to BART's censorship started using the hashtag #muBARTak to make the link to Egypt.
When the embattled Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak shut down cell service and the Internet, those in Tahrir Square innovated workarounds to get the word out. An activist group called Telecomix, a volunteer organization that supports free speech and an open Internet, organized 300 dial-up phone accounts that allowed Egyptian activists and journalists to access the Internet to post tweets, photos and videos of the revolution in progress.
"We were very active—Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria—trying to keep the Internet running in these countries in the face of really almost overwhelming efforts by governments to shut them down," Telecomix activist Peter Fein told me. "Telecomix believes that the best way to support free speech and free communication is by building, by building tools that we can use to provide ourselves with those rights, rather than relying on governments to respect them."
Expect hacktivist groups to support revolutions abroad, but also to assist protest movements here at home. In retaliation for BART's cellphone shutdown, a decentralized hacker collective called Anonymous shut down BART's website. In a controversial move, Anonymous also released the information of more than 2,000 BART passengers, to expose the shoddy computer security standards maintained by BART.
The BART police say the FBI is investigating Anonymous' attack. I interviewed an Anonymous member who calls himself "Commander X" on the "Democracy Now!" news hour. His voice disguised to protect his anonymity, he told me over the phone: "We're filled with indignation, when a little organization like BART ... kills innocent people, two or three of them in the last few years, and then has the nerve to also cut off the cellphone service and act exactly like a dictator in the Mideast. How dare they do this in the United States of America."
Denis Moynihan contributed research to this column.
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"''How dare they do this in the United States of America'"
They so dare BECAUSE they are in the United States of America.
let's all hope that von obummer doesn't pull a mubarak and start shooting citizens in the streets
i wouldn't put it past him
i feel some kind of empathy for mubarak - a loyal cia employee for 40 years abandoned in his hour of need by the americans
he worked for israel too and helped in the siege of gaza but at least they offered him safe haven
the spectacle of this 83 year old man - cancer stricken, just out of a coma, wheeled into the court on a hospital bed to proclaim his innocence - wow
man that's one for the books
makes the saaddam trial look good by comparison
i was looking in the prisoner docket for bush cheney rummy condi powell blair
where were they..........
I have no idea why peter fein was used in this interview. Hes a moron. That's the truth. How do I know?
X and I helped organize it. We would be willing to speak about it, if you are interested.. as long as our identities are protected.
Fein tekes credit for all of the heard work of others. The man is an expert con man.
Excellent story, however. It is good to see interest in this. Thank you. <3
foolish it will be to rely on electronics when the shit hits the fan...
foolish it is to do so now...
these are but temporary toys, and not necessarily yours, in the end...
to argue they are inherent rights is insane...
Dumbet- Is the constitution something to be protected? The right to free speech is a human right. What are you fighting for-if not human rights?
no, the constitution is not to be protected...it is one of our largest obstacles to true freedom...
speech and a phone are not the same thing...
speech and action are not the same thing...
what am I fighting for? a viable planet...
why would I fight for human rights that destroy my only planet?
human rights, if held at the expense of the living world, are insane...
is electricity a human 'right'?
do you realize the manufacturing and use and disposal of these phones, and all like electrophilia, is killing the living world? that this is just one industry contributing to such destruction?
is that, sort of, not really important to you?
How truly dismal: BART following in the totalitarian footsteps of Middle Eastern dictators.
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"How dare they do this in the United States of America?"
hi, amy!, i enjoyed that interview with "x" because i so appreciate that people realize the importance role played by knowledge should we ever hope to find the path toward an aware, self-reliant free and democratic society. you and your on-the-ball production team and partners do an admirable job of keeping us informed. thank you, so very much!!!!!! i think it jefferson, who said something to the effect that knowledge or information is the true currency of democracy.
i noticed some poster who needs meds to make it thru the day, immediately slurred the president. i bet the okay came from city "authorities" not the oval office.
uh-oh, "x" may have given the fbi a clue. he said travels from place to place, coffee shop to coffee shop. well, were i an agent, i'd sent spies to every bay area starbucks till i found that guy wearing a silly grin on his enormous, oversized head!
Hummingbird- Your admonishment is ridiculous.
Wow. Hummingbird, need to get back on your meds, try to finish high school (judging by your grammar and spelling), or both. Please, both. Also, this really isn't a great forum for cheering and slavering (look that word up at dictionary.com, sweetie) over your little messiah, Obomba. You're more than welcome to, of course - free speech and all that - but not a lot of Obomba lovers on this site. Most of us here actually pay attention to things like his claiming the right to assassinate anyone on the earth, putting social security and medicare on the chopping block, etc., even if you and your Obama-worshipping ilk do not.
Just an FYI - judging by the rapidity (again: dictionary.com) with which your messiah has been shredding the Constitution these past few years on an almost daily basis, your shock over the possibility of his ordering the shutdown of a cellular service to prevent a free and legal protest is rather naive to say the least. Along with resuming your meds, I'd recommend a daily dose of truth and reality, along with a generous dose of shedding the scales over your eyes. Darned healthy regimen, hummingbird.
I am little perplexed why we are "celebrating" the acts of "hacktivists" after the act by Bart of shutting down cell service, and not demanding that our elected public officials, charged with protecting our civil rights under the constitution weigh in on the event.
What Is the Mayor saying about it, what is the Governor saying about it? What is the director of Homeland Security or the President saying about it? I don't remember media even posing the question to any of them. What they never saw this coming? They have to clear their responses with their teams of attorneys first?
Bart is a public transit system, it doesn't operate in a vaccum. There are government bodies charged with it's oversight and regulation, especially post 09/11. Why haven't we heard from them? As a citizen and consumer in this state and nation, I want to know if this is an isolated hysterical action on the part of Bart, of just the first of a further erosion of my civil rights that I will have to swallow and pay a premium for.
Kind of ironic all of these public officials and departments have twitter and facebook accounts and use them, yet public "utilities" and possibly our government now have a right to shut them down in mass on whim.


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