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Midnight ET is the non-tender deadline, so we'll keep track of all the players who are offered and/or agreed to contracts today in this post. Keep coming back throughout the day for updates.
- Washington tendered contracts to Josh Willingham, Jesus Flores, Wil Nieves, Jason Bergmann, and Sean Burnett.
- Zach Duke was tendered an offer by the Pirates.
- The Marlins reached an agreement with Ronny Paulino. The deal will be for one-year, $1.1MM.
- The Royals avoided arbitration by reaching one year deals with Brian Bannister ($2.3MM) Roman Colon ($660K), and Kyle Davies ($1.8MM).
- Dioner Navarro will remain with the Rays on a one-year deal worth $2.1MM.
- The White Sox will offer contracts to Bobby Jenks, John Danks, Carlos Quentin, and Tony Pena.
- Milwaukee will tender offers to six players: Dave Bush, Carlos Villanueva, Todd Coffey, Jody Gerut, Corey Hart, and Carlos Gomez.
- Toronto will tender an offer to Jeremy Accardo.
- Kevin Correia will remain with the Padres for one-year, $3.6MM.
- The Rangers have signed Esteban German to a 2010 contract. He'll earn $600K in the majors and $200K in the minors. They offered contracts to their other arbitration-eligible players including Scott Feldman, Chris Ray, Frank Francisco, C.J. Wilson, Dustin Nippert, Brandon McCarthy, and Josh Hamilton.
- Tampa Bay avoided arbitration with Lance Cormier by inking him to a one-year deal. The contract will pay Cormier $1.2MM.
- The Twins will tender contracts to all 30 unsigned players on their 40-man roster. That means Jesse Crain, Matt Guerrier, J.J. Hardy, Brendan Harris, Francisco Liriano, Pat Neshek, Delmon Young, and many more figure to be in the Twins' plans in 2010.
- The following eight Cubs will receive offers from the team: Carlos Marmol, Ryan Theriot, Jeff Baker, Angel Guzman, Sean Marshall, Koyie Hill, Tom Gorzelanny, and Mike Fontenot.
- Atlanta tendered offers to relievers Peter Moylan and Boone Logan.
- The Marlins will tender offers to almost all of their arbitration-eligible players - Dan Uggla, Jorge Cantu, Ricky Nolasco, Cody Ross, Josh Johnson, Leo Nunez, and Renyel Pinto.
- The Astros will tender offers to all remaining arbitration-eligible players. This means Michael Bourn, Hunter Pence, Wandy Rodriguez, Matt Lindstrom, Tim Byrdak, Chris Sampson, Jeff Keppinger, and Humberto Quintero are invited back.
- Matt Albers and Cla Meredith have agreed to terms with the Orioles. Albers' deal is worth $.68MM for one-year. Meanwhile, Meredith will recieve $.85MM in 2010.
- Randy Choate agreed to a one year deal. Terms of the deal are one-year, $700K.
Astros Acquire Matt Lindstrom
7:56pm: MLB.com's Brian McTaggart says the Marlins will also obtain the Astros' pick in tomorrow's Rule 5 Draft.
5:44pm: Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald tweets that the Marlins obtain righty Robert Bono and shortstop Luis Bryan for Lindstrom.
4:22pm: The Astros have acquired Lindstrom, reports ESPN's Peter Gammons. The reliever is flying to Houston for a physical.
3:29pm: Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports tweets that the Astros are close on Lindstrom - swapping medicals (acknowledged by Lindstrom himself). Juan C. Rodriguez of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel agrees that the deal is close.
3:14pm: MLB.com's Joe Frisaro tweets of a rumor that the Marlins will make a deal today. He's unsure whether it'll be Lindstrom, Dan Uggla, or Renyel Pinto on the move.
1:55pm: The Astros are close to acquiring reliever Matt Lindstrom from the Marlins, writes Joe Capozzi of the Palm Beach Post. Capozzi notes that the Marlins have been close on other deals that failed to materialize, however. The Astros are also considered a finalist for Rafael Soriano; I imagine they won't get both.
Lindstrom, 30 in February, lost his closer job to Leo Nunez midseason as he dealt with an elbow strain. He's arbitration-eligible for the first time.
Marlins Talking Uggla, Lindstrom, Pinto
5:32pm: Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports says the Marlins are exchanging names as they discuss potential deals involving Uggla, Pinto and Lindstrom.
3:38pm: John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle heard four teams are in on Uggla.
12:17pm: CBS Sports' Danny Knobler has five or six teams in on Lindstrom, and says talks for the reliever are further along than those for Uggla.
8:15am: The Orioles are in the mix for second baseman Dan Uggla, reports MLB.com's Joe Frisaro. Since Marlins officials were late to arrive in Indianapolis, Uggla talks with various clubs did not begin until the evening. Frisaro believes Uggla will wind up in the AL, unless the Giants get him. ESPN's Buster Olney heard last night that the Giants were not close to a deal. Frisaro notes that there aren't many clubs seriously interested in Uggla.
A couple of other arbitration-eligible Marlins are hot topics on the trade market: Renyel Pinto and Matt Lindstrom.
Marlins Meeting Notes: Uggla, Bullpen, Free Agents
Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald looks at what's in store for the Marlins as the Winter Meetings approach:
- No surprise here, but the Marlins won't be players for any reputable free agents. In fact, were you aware that over the past three offseasons, the most the Marlins have spent on any one free agent was the $2MM they gave Luis Gonzalez in 2007? Needless to say, Matt Holliday and Jason Bay aren't headed to South Florida.
- The Giants have been one of the most outspoken suitors for Dan Uggla, but the Marlins have asked for Madison Bumgarner in any deal for Uggla. The Giants top pitching prospect is a hefty price to pay, and could lead the Giants to pursue other avenues to add some thunder.
- As we've heard before, Renyel Pinto and Matt Lindstrom could very well be moved at the Winter Meetings.
- Even if Pinto and Lindstrom stay put, the Marlins will be on the lookout for affordable bullpen help now that Kiko Calero and Brendan Donnelly have departed.
- The Marlins will turn to internal options such as Gaby Sanchez and Logan Morrison to replace departed free agent Nick Johnson and his monstrous OBP.
- Josh Johnson and Ricky Nolasco are the team's two locks for the starting rotation. From there, a combination of Anibal Sanchez, Andrew Miller, Sean West, Rick VandenHurk, Chris Volstad, and Hayden Penn will fill out the final three spots.
Nolasco Not On The Market
Despite listening to offers for Matt Lindstrom and Renyel Pinto, the Marlins are telling teams that starter Ricky Nolasco is not available, reports Juan C. Rodriguez of The Sun Sentinel.
Nolasco, who earned $2.4MM this year, is arbitration eligible for the second time after an odd 2009 season. His periperhal stats were outstanding (9.49 K/9, 2.14 BB/9, 3.35 FIP), yet he still finished with a 5.06 ERA. Considering his cost and relative production, you'd have to think the Fish could get a pretty nice return if they made him available in a trade.
Rodriguez adds that the team is in the "early stages" of trade discussions involving Dan Uggla.
Marlins Rumors: Pinto, Lindstrom, Nunez
MLB.com's Joe Frisaro has a few Marlins rumblings...
- The Marlins are prepared to pay Cody Ross and Jorge Cantu in 2010, although both players will receive raises through arbitration.
- Frisaro feels that two of Renyel Pinto, Matt Lindstrom, and Leo Nunez will be traded. All three relievers are eligible for arbitration for the first time.
- Frisaro feels that Vladimir Guerrero is not a fit for the Marlins, given his inability to play the field.
Odds & Ends: Lilly, Iwamura, Beckett, Marlins, Dunn, Cubs
Here's some links to check out while waiting for what might be the final start in the great careers of Andy Pettitte and Pedro Martinez...
- Ted Lilly had arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder today, and the Cubs expect to have him back in their rotation "within the month of April," according to MLB.com's Carrie Muskat. Might the Cubbies look for a little extra rotation insurance this offseason?
- MLB.com's Jenifer Langosch mentions that the Pirates "began to show heavy interest" in Akinori Iwamura back in September. GM Neal Huntington confirmed that they had several scouts watch Aki after he came back from his knee injury.
- WEEI.com's Rob Bradford mentions that Josh Beckett "isn't likely to take a hometown discount" to stay with the Red Sox. Yesterday we learned that the two sides plan to meet in the coming weeks to discuss a contract extension.
- MLB.com's Joe Frisaro answers some hot stove related questions in his mailbag today. He thinks the Marlins will sign Josh Johnson to an extension this winter, and that they may explore trade possibilites for reliever Renyel Pinto.
- In response to some weekend speculation that Adam Dunn could be a fit in St. Louis if Matt Holliday leaves as a free agent, ESPN's Keith Law says "just doesn't make a lot of sense for the Cardinals to consider it," noting that they'd be looking at a big drop-off by sticking Dunn in left field.
- The Cub Reporter looks at what might happen on Chicago's north side in the coming weeks.
The Price Of Pierre
You already know how I feel about Juan Pierre. What's the deal with the three pitchers the Cubs shipped over to get him?
Renyel Pinto is a 23 year-old southpaw with a plus changeup and 94 mph fastball. While ranked the Cubs' 6th best prospect by Baseball America before the 2005 season, he's now dropped out of the top ten. If you look at Pinto's numbers the last couple of years, he's mastered Double A but can't crack Triple A. However, he's gotten only about 30 innings in Iowa as an opportunity. Pinto prevents home runs well and strikes people out, but is a bit generous with the walks.
Ricky Nolasco is a 23 year-old righthander with a low 90s sinker and a good curveball. Nolasco was ranked just 19th among Cubs prospects before the '05 season, and was upgraded to 7th overall after this performance in Double A this year. The Cubs pushed him up to Iowa for 40 innings in '04 and he didn't fare well. Nolasco has pretty good control and nice strikeout numbers. He was to be sent to the Rangers for Rafael Palmeiro in 2003, but Palmeiro vetoed the deal.
Cubs fans might be a little more familiar with Sergio Mitre, as he's thrown 121 uninspiring innings in the big leagues. Mitre has looked OK at Iowa, but has been never been able to translate success save for a brilliant 16 inning stretch this year. He might be able to crack the back end of Florida's rotation in due time.
To sum it up, the Cubs didn't really give up any can't miss prospects in this trade.
Juan Pierre To Cubs Complete
670 The Score in Chicago and RotoWorld are reporting that the Cubs have finalized their deal for center fielder Juan Pierre. Left-handed starter Renyel Pinto and two other unknown prospects will head to the Marlins in the deal.
The trade was originally reported by Bruce Levine on ESPN Radio 1000 on November 14th. After speaking with Bruce, MLBTradeRumors.com was able to narrow the possible prospects down to a list of five pitchers.
The Cubs hope Pierre can bounce back after posting his lowest OBP since his rookie season. Pierre's game is reliant upon his ability to get on base. He's a subpar defender; Pierre posted the worst range factor in Major League Baseball in 2005 among regular center fielders.
The Marlins continue to stack up promising young pitchers as their fire sale continues. Pinto struggled mightily in six Triple A starts, but did an admirable job in 129 Double A innings this year. The stint in Triple A Iowa was his second failed attempt at that level. Pinto continues to be plagued by his high walk rate, but hasn't yet gotten a fair shake in Iowa.
Baseball America ranked the 23 year-old righthander 6th among Cubs prospects entering the 2005 season. He has a good changeup, lively fastball, and deceptive delivery.


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With a name like Dead Confederate, a band might be expected to embrace Southern rock's history, not carry around the weighty expectations of those looking to them as one of the genre's brightest future stars.
Despite their name's appeal to the South's past, the Atlanta-based Confederates are a stark departure from Lynyrd Skynyrd or the Allman Brothers, boldly blending moody, emotionally charged lyrics and a twinge of garage grunge with an explosive guitar presence.
For all the praise the band has received for its contributions to the new direction of Southern rock, however, lead singer Hardy Morris said the laurels were unexpected and won't be rested upon.
"We just want to be ourselves but do something different, not let ourselves get pigeonholed or stay in one place," he said. "(We need to) keep moving because what's kept us going already is to keep changing things up. The minute we slow down is the minute we're gonna slip up."
Morris, along with Brantley Senn (bass, vocals), Walker Howle (lead guitar), Jason Scarboro (drums) and John Watkins (keys, vocals), got his start in Augusta, Ga., on the club scene while in college. During their days there, the quintet played under the name of The Redbelly Band with a looser, jam-band brand of rock. They later graduated to more-structured music in 2005 with a move to Atlanta, where they adopted the Dead Confederate name.
Now, with work well under way on their first full-length, untitled album following the 2006 release of a self-titled EP -- both bearing a tighter, darker sound that hit Atlanta's airwaves like a runaway fire truck through a fruit stand -- their eyes are firmly fixed on the future.
"Redbelly was just a college band," Morris said, citing the band's experimental approach to playing as a way of defining themselves as musicians. "Now, we're totally tapped into what we're good at, and we've come into our own."
Dead Confederate's brand of rock wouldn't have had as rapid or far-reaching an introduction to the public had the band not taken on 100-plus contenders during last year's Open Mic Madness, a battle of the bands in Atlanta. As a result of their win there (their first public performance since adopting the new name and sound), two days of free recording time at Atlanta's Nickel and Dime Studios yielded the four-track demo that has since found play time on stations as far away as Birmingham, Ala.
Currently, Dead Confederate is putting the finishing touches on a contract long in the making with an as-yet-unannounced label in Atlanta. As with the EP, the new album will feature the band's new, darkly mature sound and songs by Morris and Brantley bearing lyrics drawn from intense emotion and personal experiences.
The South has given birth to a wide range of musicians, from James Brown to R.E.M., and Dead Confederate's sound simply adds to that variety. In the process, it challenges some people's rigid definitions of what Southern rock can be, Morris said.
"We're kind of in a place right now where we're like, 'Should we just try and lose the label of Southern rock because it does have such a shallow connotation?' or, should it be, 'No, this is the new version of Southern rock?' " he said. "Really, I don't know -- rock 'n' roll is rock 'n' roll, and we'll just stick with that."
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Late last month, a worker at a Walmart construction site on Hartford's Flatbush Avenue fell 23 feet and broke both his legs. The guy's employer turned out to have none of the workers' compensation insurance required by Connecticut law, and labor inspectors issued a stop-work order.
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Last week, Massey Energy sent its own letter to Coal River Mountain Watch.
Massey demanded that the organization "immediately provide ... any information you have to support the claims that you have made regarding the safety of the [Goals Coal] facility."
Taking it to the steps
On June 21, Webb, Judy Bonds and other Coal River activists met with Manchin about the Goals Coal operation. The governor promised to look into their complaints.
Nine days later, the DEP approved permits for the new silo and for continued operation of the slurry impoundment.
"The proposed coal silo is to be constructed on previously bonded area of the permit," DEP permit supervisor Ed Wojtowicz wrote in a memo recommending the approval.
On July 5, Ed Wiley of Rock Creek, whose granddaughter attends Marsh Fork Elementary, took a seat on the state Capitol steps. Wiley said he would not leave until the governor promised to do something about the Massey operation.
Manchin sent his in-house lawyer, Carte Goodwin, out to talk to Wiley, and Wiley agreed to meet with the governor in his office.
Eventually, Manchin and Wiley appeared together in front of assembled television cameras. The governor promised to try to relocate Marsh Fork Elementary.
Manchin insisted that he did not want to second-guess decisions by the DEP, but also pledged to find out if the agency had done its job properly.
As late as last Tuesday, Goodwin said, "The governor trusts DEP and trusts the experts." By Friday, though, Goodwin was saying the DEP clearly had made a mistake.
"There has been an oversight, and the permit was approved when it probably should not have been," Goodwin said.
Goodwin said Friday's actions by the DEP were "good government," and that the governor could rightly take credit for them.
"An agency made its decision," Goodwin said. "Concerns were raised by the residents, and the governor asked the agency to go back and make sure they were right. They found a discrepancy, and they are correcting it."
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During a meeting Friday, DEP officials said their Manchin-ordered re-examination of the Goals permit did not include a look at the original permit maps. Instead, DEP staffers were focused on looking again at residents' concerns that dust and chemicals from the Massey facility were making students sick.
Keith Porterfield, a deputy director at the DEP's mining field office in Oak Hill, said his staff never thought to go back and compare the silo maps to the original permit maps.
"We do our best to minimize these things," Porterfield said. "But people are going to make mistakes.
"DEP is made up of human beings," he said. "And as long as we are on this side of eternity, no matter how honest and how sincere people are, they are just going to make mistakes."
How could it happen?
How could the DEP miss the fact that the Massey permit boundary had crept closer to an elementary school?
First of all, the technology for making permit maps has changed dramatically. This makes it hard to compare earlier drawings — especially 23-year-old ones — to newer, computer-generated diagrams.
Second, the DEP does not require actual surveys of permit boundaries when it issues permits or permit changes.
Third, DEP staffers do not prepare mine permit maps. Instead, they rely on maps that companies submit. Each map must be signed by a licensed engineer. Engineers also stamp maps with their seal, swearing that the permit boundaries and other details are accurate.
Finally, DEP permit reviewers do not go back and compare every proposed boundary change to original drawings in older permit files. Instead, they look to the most recent certified maps.
On Friday, Huffman ended that. He ordered two changes he said should keep such a problem from occurring again:
Every permit revision that includes activity within 300 feet of an existing permit boundary "must be thoroughly investigated to ensure no boundary encroachments will take place," Huffman said in a memo to permit supervisors. This investigation must "include a review of all previous maps of record to ensure no incidental boundary changes have occurred," Huffman said.
Whenever a proposed permit activity falls within 300 feet of a protected area such as a school, "a written statement must be made indicating all activity is contained within the existing permit boundaries" from the original permit.
"Due to the fact that permit boundaries are not always exact in the same manner as property boundaries, it is possible for a proposed activity close to an existing permit boundary to extend beyond the boundary, depending upon where the boundary is interpreted to be located," Huffman wrote. "It is also possible for subsequent permit maps to have unintentional but unapproved boundary changes that could impact future permit revisions, especially in cases where the proposed activity will be close to the boundary."
Huffman said he hopes these changes will begin to satisfy agency critics.
"We determined that we made a mistake on a small area of a permit boundary, but we're headed in the direction of correcting that mistake," Huffman said. "I would hope that would develop some trust that we want to do the right thing."


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Financial Market Linkages in South Asia: Evidence Using a Multivariate GARCH Model
Regional integration of the financial markets is the building-block for globalisation and internationalisation. Many regions around the world have recently been engaged in such regional economic and financial market integration to form the basis of a more complex international financial system. The recent developments in South Asia and the revived activities under the SAARC forum have raised some hopes for a more sustained economic development in the regional economies. It is timely, therefore, to investigate the prospects of regional financial market integration in the South Asian region. In this perspective, this paper analyses the currency market integration within four South Asian countries and with their major trading partners. For empirical estimation, we use data from a sample of four South Asian countries, namely, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. The paper examines the nature of the causal relationship between exchange rates in the sample countries and their major trading partners. Both the short-run and the long-run causal relationships between these markets are examined using high-frequency data of exchange rates. The paper also explores whether the causal linkages between these variables are of similar intensity across the country and across the market. The nature of the mean and volatility transmission between stock and foreign exchange markets is explored through multivariate exponential GARCH model, which is capable of capturing asymmetries in the volatility transmission mechanism in both the short run and the long run within a co-integration framework. The departing feature of this approach is that it captures both linear and non-linear relationships, which are linked through second order moments. We believe that this to be fresh research on this issue for South Asia and it may have important implications for any future policy for the region.Download Info
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BLANTYRE--Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) claims that People's Party-led government is using the Malawi Police to stop opposition parties from campaigning effectiely in the run up to 2014 presidential and parliamentary elections.
The claim follows police warning against imitating a convoy of President Joyce Banda, saying doing so is an offence under Section 109 (7) of the Road Traffic Act. The Section stipulates that other than traffic officers performing their duties, those driving motorcycles on a public road shall drive in a single file except in the course of overtaking another motorcycle.
University of Malawi law professor Edge Kanyongolo says there's no problem with the Act as it is aimed at ensuring safety on the country's roads. National Police Deputy Spokesperson Kelvin Maigwa says they are just ensuring that motorcyclists follow the law which has been there for years.
"This Section does not say traveling on a convoy is not, but rather wrong when that convoy comprises motorcycles, then they have to conform to the Road Traffic Act.
"So anyone using motorcycles as part of their convoy should see to it that they move in a single file and should not in any way block traffic from the other direction," said Maigwa.
But DPP doesn't think so. The party's acting president Peter Arthur Mutharika uses an elaborate convoy when traveling to political rallies.
"Ruling PP is using the police to suppress opposition parties. How can you stop somebody from using the said convoy as the police are saying," queried Nicolas Dausi, DPP Publicity Secretary.
But Kanyongolo said: "This is a question of road safety. But...issues could be arising if it taken in the context of whether opposition political parties will be allowed to have a convoy.
"They can still have a convoy comprising motorcycles provided the riders conform to the Act," said Kanyongolo.
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2006 Honda civics eating up tires? Go get new rear upper control arms! I just did and a brand new set of Cooper CS4 tires. The car feels way different! I feel like I am driving a much quiter and more expensive almost lexus like car now!
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Joseph answered 4 years ago
what's your camber angle?positive camber has longer tire life but bad handling...the negative camber setting gives you more traction but shorter tire life...the best thing to do is keep the camber angle in 0 degrees...damping force of the shock should be set at -10 for a more stable ride...too much damper makes your car shake up and down even on flat surfaces...
Joseph answered 4 years ago
i have Bridgestone Potenza ties with offsets at 30...15-inch stock rims and suspension drop by also an inch...lowering springs and rear braces...pretty stable on the road...
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My car is stable for sure but it needed new rear upper control arms, there was a TSB issued on this a while back. Stock ride height. The tires were at a very negative camber with high tire wear. Anyone who is running everything stock but wonders why thier tires are wearing so much and the car wobbles when coming up to stop should have it looked at by a dealer.
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is it the front end or the rear? subframe braces should come in handy...regular tie rotation, wheel alignment and regular brake and suspensions check is a must...wht year did you purchase your old tires before you got new ones?
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i have regular check ups at the nearest Goodyear Servitek shops...we have them here in Asia, specifically in the Philippines...in your case,have it checked at the nearest Honda dealer...usually they have made-to-order parts ready for purchase and installation service...it should'nt take too long and it should'nt be hard to install...
Joseph answered 4 years ago
here's a tip on better cornering...only if you want to...try buying those wider-angle tires, the one that sticks out the fenders both front and rear...then drop your ride height by an inch but have lowering springs installed...these are great for front wheel drive cars coz it offers full tire traction during high speed sharp turns...like the ones on touring cars, do you notice they always have extended fenders made just to have the illusion that the wide angle tires dont stick out...and its neccessary coz the tires will not hit the fender during sharp turns...
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Next week at Monday's Gillette City Council Meeting, the council is expected to consider a bid award for a Gillette softball/baseball complex project to Van Ewing Construction. The long discussed project at the Field of Dreams site will be contingent upon the approval of a fiscal year 2012/13 budget amendment. Engineering and Development Services Director Dustin Hamilton said there are a variety of construction options for council members to consider.
"There were 15 different schedules that we got prices for, some of which were alternate some were not."--Hamilton
The council is expected to consider whether or not to build the west fields which would be fields 1 through 4. The council would then have to consider other aspects of the project including paving, drainage, water, and sanitary sewer. Whatever the combination of construction options, City Administrator Carter Napier said he was not comfortable with the council considering any number for the four fields (and additional infrastructure) above 9.9 million dollars.
Council members remained split in the discussion of the topic last night. Council President Kevin McGrath as well as Councilmen Everett Boss and Robin Kuntz remain opposed to the project entirely. McGrath said he'd like to see the focus of the council to be paying off any debt, while Boss voiced concern that the whole project continues to move too fast for his liking. Gillette Mayor Tom Murphy and Councilwoman Louis Carter-King continue to be advocates for the softball/baseball field complex, saying the growth of Gillette makes it a priority. Council member Ted Jerred has shown growing opposition to the project and last night council member John Opseth said only that he wanted until Wednesday to look at the numbers more closely.
Public Information Officer Joe Lunne said its important to note that what will happen with the softball/baseball complex or other projects at the Field of Dreams has not yet been decided.
"We are working on putting in the infrastructure in the softball and baseball fields at this point. People talk about the Field of Dreams, that was the planning process, that's done, so lets move on from that. Now we are dealing with Dustin and his group. The Public Works folks are working on getting bidding to put in some fields which was the crux of why we started this project in the first place."
Lunne added that he felt there are still some misconceptions about the Field of Dreams and the softball/baseball complex project.
"I think the biggest misconception is that we are going to do the whole thing at once. We are looking at phasing and even on this phase obviously, with the bids and the way they broke it down, that could be phased in too."---Lunne
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Carly Rae Jepsen has officially pulled out of a HUGE concert for the Boy Scouts of America ... claiming she wants no part of an organization that doesn't support gay rights.
The "Call Me Maybe" singer had been booked to perform at the National Scout Jamboree in Mount Hope, West Virginia in July, along with the band Train.
But moments ago, Jepsen tweeted that she's yanked herself from the festival ... squarely because of the group's ban on openly gay scouts and scout leaders.
"As an artist who believes in equality for all people, I will not be participating in the Boy Scouts of America Jamboree this summer," Jepsen said.
She continued, "I always have and will continue to support the LGBT community on a global level ... and stay informed on the ever changing landscape in the ongoing battle for gay rights in this country and across the globe."
FYI -- Train has also backed out of the show ... but says they will be happy to re-join the show IF the Boy Scouts reverse their anti-gay policy.
They're still waiting ...
Good for you! We need to love everyone and promote acceptance of all regardless of race, creed, sexual preference, etc...
It's all a ridiculous publicity stunt. Are we to believe that these celebrities are the only people in the world who didn't know about the scout's ban? They agreed to do it with the intention of backing out for the sake of their own public image. Whichever side you agree with, using gay rights and young children to sell more records is disgusting. Oh, and side note to Ms. Jepsen, I'm pretty sure you won't find many BOY scouts who are weeping that they won't see you in concert. Maybe a few celebrating, but none weeping.
Put Carly in charge of the logistics problem of having gay boys/scout masters along with straight boys/scoutmasters on the same camp out...... I'm going to get into law school right away so I can get in on some of the lawsuit money!!!
This will surely bring in a few extra minutes to her fame. The "Call me, Maybe" can only last so long.
IF their was a contract for this concert, I wonder if she had the right to pulled just because???
so everyone pulled out of a show because of policy ... policy that has been there for a long time....the bigger question should be why say you are gong to do the show.....to say you are going to do the show then pull out because of policy is nothing but a cheap publicity stunt.....i don't care for how the scouts feel...but it has not been a secret....i don't associate with them.....
What happened to this being America, and every American being allowed to believe in what they want to believe in? Because now, if you support Gay Rights your expressing your freedom to be an American but if you don't then you're homophobic? Really??! The main people infringing on people's civil rights now are the gays. I can't believe in what I want and I can't support what I want UNLESS it agrees with Gay Rights?? GTFO! I don't tell you what to believe in and you don't tell me what to believe in. No one wanted you're one hit wonder ass anyway...
So sick of being force fed everyone's sexual orientation! Enough already, you wanna be Peter puffer then by all means go ahead and puff that Peter, just stop telling me you're a proud Peter puffer! I love my wife but I'm not gonna demand that the whole world needs to know because I don't care what the world thinks only what myself and my family thinks.
I remember Sinead O'Connor. What a singer she was. Until her comments against the Church. And then it came out that there were GAY priests! My LORD. Isn't homosexuality frowned upon by those professing to follow the teachings of the bible? And now the BOYSCOUTS don't want to embrace the LGBT? And now a singer can express her views without repercussions? What a MESSED up politically correct world we now live in!
Why would she schedule a concert with them in the first place? It's not like this is a new thing with the boy scouts. They have been in the spotlight with this homophobe crap for a while now...
So she accuses, and rightfully so, the BSOA of gay hating, yet it is all right to have the LBGT bash any one who doesn't agree with their lifestyle? I don't get it. You can make a stand for what you believe, religiously or morally or even for corrupt purposes, but you will in turn be labled gay haters, homophobes, or even worse if you don't agree with that certain lifestyle. Personally, I don't care what anyone wants to do with theire life. That is what is so great about this country, you can be whatever you want to be. Just be prepaired for the backlash. No matter what your opinion is, somebody will not like it.


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A whole host of prospective jurors stepped up to answer questions Monday as the trial got underway for one of five defendants in a Pauls Valley area home invasion case dating back to 2010.
Facing that long line of potential jurors was Steven Thompson,, 33, also known as "Petey G," and his defense attorney Arlan Bullard of Pauls Valley.
Thompson is among the group of five accused of being the masked men who forced their way into homes in Pauls Valley and Elmore City for apparent burglaries on Nov. 14-15, 2010.
The others include Justin Robbins, 24, Tygue Stephens, 28, Jonathon Smith, 23, and Derrick Lane, 23.
Each of the suspects faces multiple felony counts that include conspiracy, burglary, robbery, assault and kidnapping.
Thompon's case is the first to reach the trial stage as jury selection continued throughout most of Monday in a Garvin County District courtroom.
Testimony in the case is expected to go through at least Wednesday.
During the case's preliminary hearing back in the summer of 2011 testimony was given from one Pauls Valley woman and an Elmore City couple describing the terror they felt from the incidents as the men wearing hoodies and masks or bandanas forced their way into the homes.
After the individuals inside were terrorized the group of suspects ultimately left with a variety of stolen money and items.
Pauls Valley authorities have testified most of the suspects did confess to taking part in the crime.
One of the suspects reportedly told police all five of the defendants had gathered at a PV trailer to discuss the idea of robbing the local home.
Overseeing this week's trial in a Pauls Valley courtroom is District Judge Greg Dixon.
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As promised, the official Game of Thrones hip-hop mixtape, Catch the Throne, was released this morning. Featuring such rappers as Big Boi, Bodega Bamz, Common, and Wale, the tracks were made from samples from the insanely popular HBO fantasy series. You can stream it below.
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If there was any doubt that Game of Thrones is insanely popular, that early screening of the Season 4 premiere at Barclays Center sold out (7000 tickets) almost instantly. Did you get tickets? (Or try?) Meanwhile, you can still get tickets to Arcade Fire at Barclays, and for the event pictured above.
The rest of us will have to wait till April 9 when it airs on HBO. That Catch the Throne hip hop mixtape drops on Friday (3/7) but you can stream Big Boi's contribution, "Mother of Dragons," and watch a couple S4 teasers, below...
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We were just talking about Game of Thrones' season premiere which will air April 9 on HBO. If you'd like to see it two weeks early, Rolling Stone reports it's going to be screened at Barclays Center on March 20. In addition to getting to watch on a giant screen, there will be show costumes and props on display from the current traveling exhibit and a replica of the Iron Throne you can get your picture taken on. Tickets for this "Epic Fan Experience" are currently on AmEx presale and go on sale to the general public Thursday (3/6) at 10 AM. Proceeds go to charity.
You might have seen a replica of the Iron Throne on last week's Parks & Recreation, which Amy Poehler's character bought for Adam Scott's character for their anniversary. It was a brief scene at the end of the episode, but a much longer (and funny) cut of the scene can be viewed below.
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HBO's fantasy megahit Game of Thrones will return for Season 4 on Sunday, April 6 and hype is ramping up...and expanding into new areas. On Friday (3/7) they're releasing an ice-and-fire-themed mixtape titled Catch the Throne, featuring Big Boi, Common, Wale, Bodega Bamz, and more. The mixtape features beats made out of music from the show, plus dialogue samples. Says Common in a promo video, "Game of Thrones centers around battles for power, and rap is definitely a battle for power." You can get a preview of the mixtape via that promo video below.
While the nature of the series doesn't allow for as much modern pop to be used in it as, say, True Detective, Game of Thrones does still work it in where applicable. Songs exist within the world of George RR Martin's novels that the show is based on, and The National and The Hold Steady have recorded versions of Westeros' two biggest hits, "The Rains of Castamere" and "The Bear and the Maiden Fair," respectively. And there have been cameos: Will Champion of Coldplay was in the "Red Wedding" band, and Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody was in S3 as well. Sigur Ros' Jónsi, Georg Hólm, and Orri Páll Dýrason will all cameo in S4.
Meanwhile, the new trailer for Season 4 (which is based on the second half of Martin's action-packed A Storm of Swords) uses The Everlove's cover of Siouxsie & the Banshees' "Cities and Dust" and you can watch that below as well...
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Wacky witches, scary skeletons and masked madmen took over the streets on Thursday as tens of thousands of people marched in the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade.We already posted one set of pictures from this year's Halloween parade. Here's another. They continue below...A light drizzle didn't stop curious onlookers and wildly dressed marchers from strutting their stuff along Manhattan's Sixth Avenue in the annual parade, which was canceled last year due to Superstorm Sandy and was put on this year only after an emergency online fundraising campaign netted more than $50,000 in donations.
Opera singer Melanie Gall, wearing an all-black witch costume, complete with a pointy hat, said the parade was a chance for New Yorkers "to really show off." [TribTown]
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Sigur Ros @ MSG, March 2013 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)
Wildly popular HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones is currently filming Season 4 at various locations around Europe. After Season 3 featured bit parts from members of Coldplay and Snow Patrol, the show is continuing to put anthemic bands in cameos, namely Sigur Ros. Though the show films in the band's native Iceland (subbing for The Haunted Forest and other points North of The Wall), Jónsi, Georg Hólm, and Orri Páll Dýrason are in Croatia filming right now -- Dubrovnik is where Kings Landing scenes are filmed. No word on whether they'll contribute a song too, like The National and The Hold Steady did previously.
This is a big year for Sigur Ros television guest appearances, as they were already on an episode of The Simpsons. They are a Breaking Bad and Walking Dead away from a TV cameo EGOT. The band were last in NYC in March and have more North American tour dates this fall, though none in the five boroughs or surrounding area
Game of Thrones' fourth season will air Spring 2014 on HBO.
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Governor's Ball Afterparty at Brooklyn Bowl
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Erykah Badu and Yaslin Bey at BAM
Erykah Badu, who played the first day of Governors Ball and BAM with Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) on Saturday, is playing her second BAM show with Yasiin Bey tonight. Wondering what to expect tonight? Check out a video of last night's performance below.
Big Eyes and more at Death by Audio
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The Luyas & Julian Lynch at Mercury Lounge
Julian Lynch and The Luyas play Mercury Lounge tonight. The show is one of two NYC stops on their collaborative tour where Julian plays in The Luyas who will be his backing band for his set. Sounds pretty cool, and tickets are still available. They'll also play Northside Fest on June 13 at 285 Kent, a show that also features Twin Sister, Ava Luna and Lushlife (tickets).
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Willie Nelson at The Surf Lodge
If you happen to be out Montauk way today, you can catch country legend Willie Nelson at Surf Lodge which has to be one of the smaller venues he's played recently. It's also free.
The weather has been a wicked downer, so why not wrap-up your weekend with some dope ass comedy? BV favorite Rob Delaney finishes up his run of shows at Carolines with an 8:00pm show. And don't forget, there are two chances to catch ASSSSCAT 3000 at the UCB Chelsea at 7:30pm and 9:30pm. On the other side of town, UCB East has If You Build It: A Stand-Up Comedy Show with a fantastic line-up featuring Janeane Garofalo, Christian Finnegan, and much much more.
If you don't feel like dealing with Manhattan to get your laugh on, don't forget that Hannibal Buress has a comedy showcase every Sunday night at 9:00pm at the Knitting Factory. Also in Brooklyn, Creaghead and Company take over Union Hall at 8:00pm for a comedy showcase featuring Myq Kaplan, Jena Friedman, Michael Che, and Future People Press Conference featuring Fred Armisen and Mike O'Brien. Good times! - [Klaus Kinski]
Weird Al Karaoke at Muchmore's
If you're looking for something different to do, Williamsburg DIY spot Muchmore's is hosting an all-Weird Al Karoake party. Will you be the one that wants to sing one of his originals? 8 PM, free and all-ages.
Tonight is also the season finale of Game of Thrones. After last week's balls-out insanity, it seems likely to be a little less bloody tonight. Right?
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Sharon Van Etten @ Bowery Ballroom, 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
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* Spank @ UCB
* Schoolboy Q @ S.O.B.'s
* Andy Kozar @ The Stone
* Regional De NY @ Barbes
* Dave Nelson @ The Stone
* Questlove @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Mavrothi Kontanis @ Barbes
* Slavic Soul Party @ Joe's Pub
* Ra Ra Riot @ Apple Store Soho
* 24 Hour Party People @ Videology
* Com Truise, Alex English @ WIP
* Gobby, Tezeo, DJ Tony Lowe @ Glasslands
* Mason Jennings, Charlie Mars @ City Winery
* Jonathan Toubin (DJ Set) @ Bowery Ballroom
* Hey Maseilles, Young Buffalo @ Mercury Lounge
* Abigail Washburn: Post-American Girl @ Joe's Pub
* Archipelago, Belle Mare, Ora Cogan @ Silent Barn
* Kate Nash, Supercute! @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Nadastrom, Sabo, DJ Syres, Cosmo Baker @ Output
* The Dear Hunter, Naive Thieves @ Gramercy Theatre
* Plow United, Iron Chic, The Unlovables @ Knitting Factory
* Jonas Reinhardt, Holy Balm, Alice Cohen @ Shea Stadium
* Dichroics, Circle of Buzzards, Dead Stars @ Saint Vitus Bar
* Prince Rupert's Drops, Sky Picnic, Zoned Out @ Union Pool
* Janeane Garofalo, Andrew Schulz @ Eastville Comedy Club
* Jean Grae, Maggie Serota, Aaron Wolfe @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Howling Hex, Young Boys, Lushes Stranges @ Bowery Electric
* Lost Boy?, Young Buffalo, Big Ups, Life Size Maps @ Big Snow
* Saadi, Mamarazzi, Mokaad, DJ Cheif Boima @ Mercury Lounge
* Goonam, Lowdown 30, No Brain, Brown Rice Family @ 285 Kent
* Warm Soda, White Mystery, Hector's Pets, Open Sex @ Cake Shop
* CALLmeKAT, Kendra Morris, Julia Haltigan @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Yellow Dogs, Nightmare Air, Fan-Tan, Dead Stars @ Death By Audio
* Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Sharon Van Etten @ Beacon Theater
* Ben Vida, Tyondai Braxton, Sara Magenheimer @ Issue Project Room
* Bird Courage, Bill Bartholomew, Vudu Sister, Kennedy @ The Rock Shop
* Chuck Ragan, Rocky Votolato, Dave Hause, Jenny Owen Jones @ Irving Plaza
* Stretch Armstrong, DJ Clark Kent, D-Nice, Tony Touch, Rich Medina @ Santos Party House
* Dietrich Strauss, Chris Eldridge, Julian Lage, Loop Grass, Margo Valiante @ Pete's Candy Store
* Premrock, Dan Dillinger, Mad Dukez & Fresh Kils, Willie Green, Relic, B. Durazzo @ Spike Hill
* Prince Rama, Edan, Brian Degraw (of Gang Gang Dance), Eric Copeland (of Black Dice) @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Vampire Weekend, Alan Alda, Cyndi Lauper, David Cross @ Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College
* Viva Mayday, The Harmonica Lewinskies, The Great American Novel, Morningsiders, The Time is an Ocean @ Pianos
* Ray Mazza and The Gutter Bandits, Fulcrum of the Stars, Dida Pelled, Don DiLego, Roses & Revolutions, Nina Scaria @ The Living Room
* Brother Tiger (DJ Set), Chrome Canyon (DJ Set), Dickpic (Pictureplane and DJ Dog Dick), Psychic Twin, Vensaire, Silent Drape Runners, St. Lenox @ Cameo Gallery
Darkstar would have been touring the US this month and would have hit NYC for a show at Glasslands tonight, but they had to cancel their US shows due to "Visa complication." They're currently working on re-scheduling the dates.
The openers for tonight's Glasslands show were Gobby (who just made a FADER Mix which you can stream below) and Tezeo, who will still play the venue, along with a DJ set from Tony Lowe (tickets).
Game of Thrones fans surely already know that the HBO series is back for its third season on Sunday (3/31). But you may not know that there is a traveling exhibition of GoT props, costumes and other stuff from the show in NYC, happening at 3 W. 57th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenue). The exhibit is free and open to the public and runs from today through Sunday. Times are listed here.
Videology in Williamsburg is showing Factory Records biopic 24 Hour Party People tonight. It's free and BV's own Bill Pearis hosts and is DJing too. More info here.
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Wavves were on The Late Show with David Letterman last night and performed "Demon to Lean On" from their new album, Afraid of Heights. Maybe it's just us but bassist Stephen Pope seems to be channeling Van Halen's Michael Anthony. Check out the video below.
Meanwhile, Django Django appeared on The Tonight Show on Tuesday, performing "Life's a Beach" from their 2012 debut. You can watch that below too.
Marissa Nadler @ MHOW, Feb. 2013 (more by Caroline Harrison)
Some of us at BV are excited for Sunday's third season premiere (3/31) of HBO's Game of Thrones. So is Marissa Nadler who has recorded an all-vocal version of its theme song and you can stream that below. Later this season we'll get to hear The Hold Steady's take on Westeros chart-topper, "The Bear & the Maiden Fair," which will play over the closing credits of one of the episodes (probably the penultimate episode).
The show is, of course, based on George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice & Fire" series of novels, of which there are still two more due. Some fans of the books are irked by the show's mainstream success, and The Axis of Awesome has put that into rock song form and you can watch the video for "Rage of Thrones" below.
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MS MR @ BV SXSW 3/16/2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
MS MR wrapped their SXSW run at the BV day party at The Main on Saturday (3/16) and are about to head out with Jessie Ware for a string of dates, including sold-out shows at Music Hall of Williamsburg (4/3) and Webster Hall (4/5). After those dates end, MS MR will launch a headlining tour of their own that includes a stop at Bowery Ballroom on May 15. Tickets to that show go on sale Friday (3/22) at noon. They'll play Governors Ball too in June and all upcoming tour dates are listed below.
Some folks have heard MS MR and don't know it, as their stirring, anthemic track "Bones" was used in a trailer for the new season of Game of Thrones which premieres next Sunday (3/31). You can watch that below.
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The Hold Steady @ Beekman Beer Garden, Sept. 2011 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Last year, after The National recorded "The Rains of Castamere" for Season 2 of HBO's Game of Thrones, we wondered if Bon Iver might, Season 3, do "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" which is another popular song sung often in George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice & Fire novels. Turns out GoT producers have tapped The Hold Steady to record a version of that tavern favorite, that features music written by the show's composer, Ramin Djawadi.
Audio hasn't been released yet and they haven't announced when it will be used but, if I had to guess, it will be used in Season 3's penultimate episode which is being scripted by George R.R. Martin himself. The track, will, however, be released as a 7" single for Record Store Day. The third season of Game of Thrones (based on the first half of Martin's novel, A Storm of Swords, maybe the most action-packed of the books) premieres March 31 and the trailer can be watched below.
The uniquely talented Corn Mo (who drunkenly threatened to beat me up one New Year's Eve because I touched something on stage during a very drunken Mr. Brownstone show that he was playing Axl Rose at), has released "Arya", a free song on his Bandcamp that you can stream below. Those worried about spoilers take note: the track was inspired by A Clash of Kings.
Speaking of A Clash of Kings, Mashable just exclusively announced that "The George R. R. Martin's series is about to get an official companion app to help you stay on top of what's what."
The "A World of Ice and Fire" app ($1.99) for iOS users will launch Tuesday, providing profiles of 540 characters and 380 places from castles to towns and major houses, along with interactive world maps. A free version of the app is also available, which gives details on only the eight major characters from the first book. Companion guides for books two, three, four and five cost $0.99 each or you can purchase complete access for $4.99.Listen to "Arya" below, and catch Corn Mo live as part of a Sandy benefit at LPR in Manhattan on 11/30, and with El Vez at Littlefield in Brooklyn on 12/5.The apps also feature anti-spoiler functionality, so it provides information only up to where you are in the book.
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We always thought the Lannisters would be Romney supporters...
Neil Young , who is now on Twitter and recently played Central Park, thinks MP3s sound like shit and is creating a new 24-bit digital audio service called Pono that he says sounds better.
Neil might not approve but you can stream every single A389 release ever in its entirety at their Bandcamp which is pretty cool. He probably isn't a fan of Eyehategod anyway.
More streaming: give an online listen to Tame Impala's new album Lonerism.
Watch Ty Segall perform on WGN's morning news show... at 8AM. Wonder if he had even been to bed yet?
The Mountain Goats release Transcendental Youth via Merge today. Learn about the recording process in an interview at The Atlantic.
Merge also released the self-titled debut by Mount Moriah today. Mount Moriah is one of the many artists playing the Merge CMJ showcase this year.
Axl Rose is giving an extremely rare interview to Jimmy Kimmel on 10/24, though that is unfortunately before Jimmy starts filming in Brooklyn.
We've got a new interview with Mister Lies over at bvChicago. Mister Lies makes his NYC live debut this week at Cameo.
Conservative blowhard Glenn Beck loves bombastic UK rockers Muse and wrote an open letter to the band to show them just how much. Needless to say, it is nuts.
Radio biographer and historian Alex Cosper discusses the "expanding definition of indie" at the Sacramento Press.
Music Publishing firm ASCAP has just launched a new program called ASCAP OnStage that will pay musicians royalties when their songs are played live.
In other getting paid news, the Spotify-esque web music provider Rdio will pay artists $10 per new subscriber.
Jay-Z played his fourth of eight shows at the Barclays Center last night.
LA via Sri Lanka rapper DeLon traces the reason for him having to drop off a tour with America's Got Talent artist Lindsey Stirling, back to his 2008 criticisms of M.I.A.
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The National at Beacon Theater in 2011 (more by Toby Tenenbaum)
The soundtrack to Game of Thones: Season 2 comes out June 16, a week after the S2 finale airs on HBO. It's mostly Ramin Djawadi's thunderous score, but does contain The National doing "The Rains of Castamere."
This probably doesn't mean so much to people who have only watched the series, but those who have read the books know it as one of the biggest hits in Westeros (#1 in Casterly Rock two years straight), sung by any minstrel worth his lute. (Minstrel songs, and lengthy descriptions of food are probably the two biggest omisions the series has made from the books thus far.) The lyrics are by Song of Ice & Fire (of which Game of Thrones is based) author George RR Martin, but the National penned the appropriately sorrowful music. You can stream it via YouTube below.
Maybe for the Season 3 soundtrack they can get Bon Iver to sing "The Bear and the Maiden Fair." This Sunday is the penultimate episode of Season 2 of Game of Thrones, which was scripted by Martin himself.


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There are not many animation schools that teach puppet animation. But one school does stand out above the rest. DeAnza College located in Northern California. I recently spoke to Marin McNimara about his classes and discovered that his students learn many of the different forms of animation done by hand. These include cel animation, clay animation, and puppet animation. Some of his past students have created animation that you can watch on the Internet. The most popular one is the short created by Jules Jammal and Mike Bates called Skullwell Predicts.
Director of De Anza's animation program, Martin McNamara has produced and/or directed dozens of animated television commercials, title sequences and educational films…
Ken Priebe is well known for his popular books 'The Art of Stop-Motion Animation' and 'The ADVANCED Art of Stop-Motion Animation'. He has experience working within the industry and is one of the few people teaching stop motion as a serious art form through the Academy of Art University. The University has a Cybercampus online version of their degree program, where communication and courses are done strictly over the internet.
I asked Ken to describe the course and to explain the requirements. Here is what he had to say:
I have built two courses for AAU Cybercampus: ANM 380 Stop Motion Animation I and ANM 382 Stop Motion Animation II.
ANM 380 starts off with the basics and moves into simple puppet building, walks, pantomime and character performance, and basic story/editing techniques, culminating in a short film exercise.
ANM 382 is a more advanced, specialized course focused exclusively on animating to dialogue, with 1 or 2 characters in a scene, and…
The Three Month Animation Course is specifically designed to enhance and develop the professional potential of professional or graduate animators'. Based on an understanding of production, design and direction the course focuses on core craft skills and techniques associated with character animation. Students work intensively in either 2D (drawn) or 3D (model/puppet) animation techniques according to their past experience. Students study performance, timing, staging, character development, sound, life drawing and movement as a means of perfecting their skills as animators. The course runs for eleven weeks and is intensively taught throughout with students attending a timetabled series of workshops, seminars and professional master classes as part…
If Claymation is what you want to learn, the Stop-Motion Animation/Claymation #122 is a class that teaches the art of Claymation directly by Will Vinton himself. Located in Portland Oregon the class has no requirements other than a willingness to learn. Artistic experience helps, especially sculpting.
According to the official web page, "the course will explore such concepts and techniques as squash/stretch, ease in and ease out, metamorphosis, staging and composition, armatures and fabrication, clay sculpting, gesture, walks, and lip sync." The entire course costs just under $2000.00 as there are a few lab processing fees and supplies to buy on top of tuition.
Due to the popularity of stop motion course questions we get here on our site, we sent a set of questions to Will Vinton…
Cal arts is a school that has an experimental animation department. Here is what I currently know from an actual student from this school.:
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"A stop-motion workspace (The Butler Building) that includes 3 shooting studios for stop-motion, each stocked with a nice grip cart, and a rehearsal cage with a lunchbox for doing tests.
A motion control rig! donated by image G along with a 35mm camera, but has also been used with 16mm, digital still cameras, and even Imax for Mark Osborne's film "More".
An excellent stop-motion faculty of super nice and talented folk that includes:
Mike Johnson, directed 'Devil went down to Georgia" as well as animator on nightmare, James and Giant Peach, Monkeybone. Mike is a new edition and has…
ANIM 218 Stop Motion I
In this course, students explore a wide range of stop motion styles, materials and techniques including clay, object and puppet animation, utilizing both tabletop and multi-plane setups. Students are encouraged to develop a personal approach while exploring possibilities in character design, armature and set building, lighting, special effects and camera/motion capture techniques. Prerequisite: ANIM 130 or FILM 101 or FILM102.
We also got an e-mail from James that pretty much sums up this college. So here it is:
On your site you listed some clay animation courses. I would like to add that here in Georgia there is a college called SCAD or Savannah College of Art and Design.
And although CGI animation has taken…
At Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester New York we have a sequence of 3 Stop Motion related classes.
The first is a Miniature Construction class. It's for stop motion sets as well as live action effects. We build a set that can be used in a stop motion project later on in the year.
The second class is called Single Frame Motion. This one is a lot of fooling around with the video lunch box to get students experience moving cut-outs, puppets, objects, the camera & pixilation.
The third class called Stop Motion. In this class we produce a stop motion film as a group project. We are considering adding a puppet building class, may be next year.
We have a small dedicated Stop Motion Studio. It's about the size of the MTV studios. It is all…
Are you a teacher in a public school who wants to teach students the art of stop motion animation? The biggest road block is trying to find all the necessary instructions, equipment, software and puppets to animate.
We are now offering a stop motion kit that consists of everything you need for your students. Our kitss are geared towards middle school students and for after school programs in that same age range.
Students will be able to use their hands, learn story telling, expand their imaginations and collaborate internationally with other students. The whole experience will be extremely rewarding for everyone when they complete their films.
Here is what is included in our package:
- Professionally designed puppets with joints that…
What makes this college so appealing is the fact that Dan Ackerman teaches there. Dan has worked at Will Vinton Studios and know what makes stop motion work. This is a highly recommended place to go. Here is Dan's bio, and below that is more information about the college itself.
Dan Ackerman,
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dma381 at fac.aii.edu
BFA, Film Graphics, California Institute of the Arts
Dan Ackerman is a director of photography for commercials and films whose clients include top names such as Sony, Intel, Adidas, Skyler Animation and Will Vinton Studios. He's known for his experimental style and for his exploration of time-lapse photography and stop-motion animation. His latest work can be seen each…
Course Outline
This course is designed for those with a basic understanding of animation, who wish to develop and enhance skills in animation design and techniques to a professional level, whilst aiming to provide an educational experience in preparation for employment within the industry or as a freelance animator/film maker.
Dealing with both design and craft issues, the course offers the student the forum to experience all the relevant skills required by the animation industries, while encouraging creativity and original responses to problem solving activities.
The course is structured in a 2 + 1 arrangement, with year 1 & 2 culminating in a HND in Art & Design (Animation). Year 3 is a one-year post HND top-up degree,…