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Everywhere I go, people keep asking me two things: 1) "Have you seen it?" and 2) "Is it as good as they say?" "It;" of course, is The Producers, the musical that devoured Broadway. The answers are 1) Yes and 2) Of course not. That's not to say I didn't laugh for nearly three hours straight at Mel Brook's rudely funny book. That's certainly not to say that Nathan Lane isn't giving one of the great star performances. And that's absolutely not to say that he isn't given stellar support by Matthew Broderick and the rest of the cast. It would be impossible to see The Producers and not have a riotous time.
However, the hype machine, led by The New York Times, has turned The Producers into the biggest thing since the opening night of Medea in 431 BC. Therefore, in the spirit of friendly dissent, I would like to suggest that The Producers is a just a tad deficient in certain departments. First, there's the score: no hit musical has ever had a weaker collection of songs. They all sound like leftovers from some forgotten flop 60s musical. Still, the numbers usually work because Susan Stroman has gagged them up, frequently to hilarious effect, and because Lane, Broderick, and company knock themselves out delivering them. Second, The Producers is, in essence, a three — hour sketch, and its relentless, one — note, out-for-blood sense of humor can wear you out.
It must be said, however, that it's pretty delightful in the design department, with Robin Wagner's scenery (check out the posters in Max Bialystock's office), William Ivey Long's costumes, and Peter Kaczorowski's lighting all adding to the fun (kudos, too, to Steve Kennedy's crisp, clear sound design — look for full coverage in the September 2001 issue of ED).
But personally, I prefer a show like The Full Monty. It's also very funny, but it's touching, too, and you really care what happens to the people in it. Furthermore, the show has a very exciting score, written in a modern pop idiom by David Yazbek, that suggests new directions for contemporary musicals. I wouldn't ever want to have to choose between The Full Monty and The Producers. I just hope people remember there are other shows in town. End of lecture. You may all return to your places in the box-office line.
Of course, by the time you read this, you will know the winners of the Tony Awards, something I won't know for a couple of weeks yet. I do know the Tony nominations, however, and I would like to point out a thing or two:
First of all, it's time for the Tony nominating committee to recognize that non-musicals are worthy of design awards. Every year, one straight play gets one or two design nominations, with the rest going to musicals. The lucky nominee this year is The Invention of Love, nominated for scenery and costumes (both by Bob Crowley). This is plainly ridiculous: Are only musicals worthy of awards? Were the designs of such productions as The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Dinner Party, Design for Living, Proof, Judgment at Nuremberg, and King Hedley II really inferior to the nominated musicals? Each of these productions featured first-rate design in one or more categories. Truth is, most of these shows were closed by the time nominations were announced, and the Tonys (even nominations) rarely go to closed shows, which cannot benefit from the goose at the box office that an award provides. Also, the nominators tend to think that the word "design" is Latin for "lots of sets and costumes," so they nominate all the big musicals in sight.
On the other hand, I cannot believe that a scenery nomination could not be spared for David Rockwell, whose work on The Rocky Horror Show was among the year's best. Rockwell turned the downstairs Circle in the Square Theatre into a hilarious dungeon of doom for that show's particular brand of bisexual rock-and-roll science-fiction excess. I have two theories about this: 1) The members of the Tony nominating committee, average age 115, were appalled by the show's lineup of all-singing, all-dancing drag queens. But since costume designer David C. Woolard got a nomination, this probably isn't true. More alarming is theory 2) Rockwell, a famous designer of restaurants making his Broadway debut, was simply unknown to the Tony committee, most of whom need to get out more. At any rate it is, as Julie Andrews once said, an egregious omission.
As for the most egregious omission of all — their resolute refusal to nominate sound designers — there's very little left to say. Good sound design is crucial to the success of the Broadway theatre, and it's about time that the Tony people understood that. But, since their understanding of the role of design is, at best, limited (see above), there's little chance of this changing in the near future. Let them attend a performance of The Producers without Steve Kennedy's design, and see how much they like it.
There was, much sadder news of the month, with the passing of costume designer Jonathan Bixby at the far-too-early age of 41. I only knew him a little bit — we had done a couple of interviews on the phone — but found him to be enormously amusing and knowledgeable, with a tremendous love for the theatre. It was always a treat to talk with him, because he knew so much about the history of Broadway. He was one of the founders of the Off Broadway company The Drama Dept., and he did some of his best work there, most notably with a pair of comedies from Broadway's golden age: June Moon and The Torch Bearers. Ironically, a few days after he died came the opening of the new musical Urinetown! featuring (excellent) costumes by him and his longtime colleague Gregory Gale; the show was an immediate hit and transfers to Broadway this month. With that title, Urinetown! seems like a rather strange final credit, but because it is a spoof of all kinds of Broadway musicals, executed with satiric virtuosity it is, to my mind, the perfect Jonathan Bixby show.


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The village will make small changes to its paid parking laws, but it won't be getting security cameras anytime soon.
At its Jan. 27 meeting, the Cooperstown Board of Trustees voted unanimously to extend paid parking in the Doubleday Field parking lot through Columbus Day and raise the price by 40 percent to $14 per day. In addition, the price of parking permits for a multiple cars in one household will change. The cost will continue to be $25 for the first permit, but additional permits for cars in the same household will cost $15.
The changes were made after a public hearing in which no one gave comment. The only public comments came on a separate hearing, about establishing outdoor eating regulations for restaurants and both people who spoke were in favor of the proposal.
In that matter, the trustees voted unanimously to grant permits to restaurants that wish to have outdoor seating areas. The permits will cost $20 per seat with a cap of $200 per establishment. However the fees will be waved in 2014 and begin in 2015.
The trustees also voted unanimously to reserve space in the Fowler Way parking lot, formerly known as the Chestnut Street parking lot, for buses and recreational vechicles.
No vote was taken about placing cameras in the village. Mayor Jeff Katz asked each trustee individually for his or her opinion, and all six trustees spoke against the idea.
"I think the tone is against it," Katz said dismissing the need for the vote, "but perhaps we will revisit it."
Cooperstown Police Chief Mike Covert told the trustees that he was in favor of installing cameras.
"It would be nice for us, on my side, to have our own cameras," he said. "I'll continue to strive to get it."
Covert said that the use of a camera at Seventh Inning Stretch during the shooting incident on Dec. 23 was helpful in identifying the suspect as the store's former manager Barry Renert. He also said that he thought Renert might have been caught sooner if the village had its own cameras.

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Michael Bisping is set to square off against long-time rival Tim Kennedy at the finals of The Ultimate Fighter: Nations, this April, although the Brit is yet to be medically cleared from his year-old eye injury. 'The Count' has been sidelined with a detatched retina since his April 2013 match with Alan Belcher, although it turned out that he may have sustained it during his training camp for UFC 159. A cataract on the same eye only added to Bisping's woes.
Bisping was scheduled to see a UFC eye doctor last week, to hopefully get the all-clear for his upcoming bout with Kennedy. Now it appears that the match may be put on hold, as the brash Brit is yet to be cleared. Check out what Ariel Helwani posted on his twitter last night:
Michael Bisping's eye tests last week were inconclusive. Apparently, they didn't have the proper machinery. His future's still up in the air
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) January 30, 2014
This is not good news for 'The Count', if he is unable to get medical clearance to return to fighting it could mean over 12 months, or more, out of competition. UFC doctors were hoping to gauge Bisping's depth perception and peripheral vision, as a slight problem with either of these would render him unable to compete.
This is by no means a small matter, as a failed test here could well mean the end of Bisping's long and storied UFC/MMA career. Although he has proven to be irritating at times, Bisping has started to grow on fans. I wish him the best of luck and hope he can return to action soon.
It looks like Bisping got the results he wanted, and will indeed square off against Tim Kennedy in April. 'The Count' took to twitter to reveal his big news:
Got some good news today!!!!!!...... Can you guess what it is?. Let's just say I'm gonna step my training up


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Everyone knows Chael Sonnen likes to talk. And talk and talk and talk. This was never more evident than his 20 minute interview last week that contained about 17 minutes of trash talk towards Anderson Silva, Wanderlei Silva, and quite a few others. One person who's escaped the wrath of the "Gangster from West Linn" so far is his next opponent Brian Stann. In an interview with Heavy, Chael was pretty respectful in regards to the "All-American":
"It's a lot harder fight than I thought I was going to have. I didn't think I was going to have the #6 guy in the world right out of the gate," Sonnen said candidly.
"That's a really hard match, and that's a really great guy," continued Sonnen. "We have to meet up at some point; we're ranked very close to each other. That fight is going to happen at some point whether I want to do it or not."
He continues with the respectful stance:
"I wasn't ready for a Brian Stann style fight; I was ready to take on a Wanderlei or a Machida or something like that. I'll need to sit down and reevaluate and up the intensity, that's for sure.
"He's doing such a good job. Rewind to his match with Chris Leben. I really would have lost whatever they would let me bet; I would have lost it all. I thought Leben would beat him.
"I think Stann's an awesome guy. I didn't think he could get by Leben. Nobody has dominated Chris Leben like that — ever — in his entire career. That was kind of like an "Oh Wow" moment when I saw that in my living room. That was a special performance.
"Then they gave him a really easy fight after that, and he went out and did some more great things. Even an easy fight, you've still got to go do the fight, and he did. He's really good."
But when asked point-blank if Stann was going to escape his patented trash talk, Chael made it clear that he's not going to skate completely:
"I wouldn't count on that," Sonnen answered with a snicker when asked if he was planning on toning down the trash talk. As for whether he's worried that his verbal barrages may alienate fans who idolize the decorated former Marine?
"Well, any statement's true if you throw the word may in there. We may be doing this interview from Mars right now. We may not wake up. Anything is true if you include the word may."
We'll see how things go in the lead-up to UFC 136 on October 8th. Will Chael keep quiet? I'm leaning towards an emphatic no.


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Hey there! Welcome back to the photo-tour of my trip to Japan. In case you're just joining us, it took place between the 3rd and 15th of September, 2007. You can see all of the previous entries by clicking: http://comics212.net/category/japan/.
…so right after we get back from our sojourn to the Kansai area (Osaka/Kyoto/Nara/Himeji), we decide to head out to Shinjuku. In retrospect this was a huge mistake, because Shinjuku is a massive area of town with the JR Train Station right in the center, and really, it's the hub of everything. To the west of the station is Tokyo City Hall and the financial district, to the east is Kabuki-cho, the naughty area of town. To the south though is an awesome building that combines a Tokyu Hands (see our Ikebukuro entry from much earlier for more on Tokyu Hands), a Takashimaya department store, and a massive 8-floor bookstore, Kinokuniya Books. Kinokuniya is probably best known in the west as the best place to get all of the cool untranslated manga, and they've got outlets all over the country. In Japan though, it's just the largest bookstore there is, with the Shinjuku flagship store weighing in with 8 massive floors, including an entire floor more-or-less dedicated to English-language books.
We got to Shinjuku late as it was, and then spent 2 hours at Kinokuniya (when honestly, we could've spent a whole day). We should never have tried to do this on so little time. What were we thinking? Next trip we're going to explore more of Shinjuku, but we also might just plan for a good 6 hours at this bookstore.
We started out the trip, as usual, in quaint Saitama. This is the view opposite the train station, which I thought was lovely in its way. This is what's known as "the golden hour."
We got to Shinjuku just as the sun was setting, and everything we read and everyone we talked to insisted that we needed to see the Tokyo City Hall, and so off we went. Two massive towers, connected and then extending separately. It's a weird building.
I guess weird isn't descriptive enough… It's more like the scale is off. The whole thing looks like its built for giants. It's beautiful, but it implies that everyone walking into it is kind of small and pathetic in comparison. So much for caring, compassionate gov't.
The view from the top is lovely though. Notice the way everything is built, with mostly 7-9 floor low-rises, and larger buildings built up along major streets where the real estate is more valuable. Intersections of the most valuable real estate get skyscrapers. Sort of a cost/benefit analysis laid bare. "Sure, the higher we build the buildings, the greater the change they'll get destroyed when the next quake hits. But it's worth so much money we can afford to build the buildings quake proof and charge everyone triple!"
Long way up… or down.
Okay, unfortunately I had to cheat a little. The photo above is from Wikimedia commons, taken by the user "Ons". My photo of the exterior of the building turned out absolutely terrible.
So as I mentioned, Kinokuniya is an 8-floor bookstore in Shinjuku, which is both daunting and awesome. You can't exactly get lost in there, but you can certainly lose yourself. Because of our time constraints, we decided to only visit the fifth floor English-language books section. When I visit people's houses I love looking at their bookshelves, and I sort of treated my visit here the same way. I didn't assume I'd buy anything, but I did want to see how English-language books, and possibly comics, were faring in Japan.
The first display I triped over was this, adjacent to the artbooks! It's all of the Fantagraphics editions of Peanuts! Awesome! Resting alongside the fabulous Cartoon Modern book, the Chip Kidd Peanuts biography, and… a Love Is… collection. Heh. Ah well. Congratulations to Fantagraphics for being the best-represented North American comics publisher I encountered in Japan: two stores.
We actually found the French-language section next, and France was nicely represented through BD, children's books, novels, business books, and more. Near-complete collections of Tintin and Asterix were present, and right after I took this photo a little French boy ran up and grabbed a Tintin volume, which was great to see. It's nice to know that were I an ex-pat living in Japan, I could still buy beautiful French albums that I had no hope of reading.
Then I found the English-language graphic novels shelf. Sadly, it was only one bay, but when I really looked at it I realized what an impressive selection of books it was! They had a great collection of art comics on the one hand, and that week's new releases in TPB format from DC on the other (I think it was the second or third 52 collection).
I was so impressed with this selection of books that I actually took a couple of larger photos of the shelf just to show you why I was impressed… and, I'll admit, to give some of the less-represented publishers a little kick in the butt to maybe get their work better represented. You can click on that smaller image to the right and see the full-size bookshelf.
I guess I shouldn't have been too surprised about this, but it genuinely caught me off guard: they had a ton of English language manga. At least 6 bays of it, including the big Viz feature display there (everyone loves Death Note). Tokyopop and Viz were about equally represented, with material from Dark Horse, Del Rey, and at least a few other smaller publishers making appearances as well.
But no OEL.
Seriously, I didn't see one book that could be considered "OEL Manga" or "World Manga" anywhere in the store, and that included the manga AND English-language sections. Kinda strange, eh?
Here's the first two bays of manga, with the beginning of the alphabet and over-sized material. Props to Shonen Jump and Shojo Beat for making appearances, and kudos to whomever decided to give a full-facing to the excellent Sexy Voice and Robo. Oh, and you can clearly see Vertical's edition of Tezuka's Buddha there too, props to them on a striking cover design!
If you check the upper-left shelf, you'll see some relatively unfamiliar manga. These are in fact English language, they're the "learn English through manga" releases from Kodansha, which includes the kick-ass Salaryman manga Division Chief!, classic kids adventure series Doraemon, and gentle domestic comedy Sazae-san, all otherwise untranslated and unavailable to English readers. The translations are a little bit stiff, but the production is beautiful.
This is the point at which I broke down and started making a pile of things to buy (you can see the stack at the bottom of the picture). I got representative samples of every manga series translated into English but otherwise unavailable in North America, and in hindsight I probably should've bought two or three times as much. It's not like Doraemon is going to drop in English any time soon. If and when I make it back, I know what I'm stocking up on to sell at the store…
I also found this kinda/sorta strange book, which is an English language edition of SLAM DUNK by Takehiko Inoue. The complete series was translated, apparently for exclusive distribution in Asia. I couldn't pass it up and so I bought the last volume, just so I could spoil the ending for myself :).
Other areas of note included the fiction section, which included lots of translated novels by Viz (Be With You, Brave Story, Kamikaze Girls, Train Man) and Vertical (Boy, Crimson Labyrinth).
I kinda wanted to drop a bunch of money on books about Japan in English from a store in Japan, but I decided to skip it. I did take a photo of Patrick Macias' then-recently released Japanese School Girl Inferno because I thought the idea of a guide for westerners to the history of Japanese schoolgirl fashion being sold in Japan was ingenious.
On that note, Macias' Cruising The Anime City was an invaluable edition to my trip, and I'd recommend anyone taking a trip to Japan read this thing front to back and then back again. The cultural insight into the Japanese otaku mindset and history will help you navigate your way through Japan better than many of the included maps. Oh, and I also wanted to give a shout-out to my friend Paul Gravett, I'm sure he'd be chuffed to know his lovely book Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics made its way to Japanese bookstores.
And then we disappeared into the night.
So, here's my closing thought: A Japanese bookstore in Japan has a better selection and diversity of product for English-language graphic novels, including manga, bd, superheroes, artcomix, strip collections, etc., than 90% of comic stores in North America; if Kinokuniya can develop a market for that material then North American stores could too, and there's nothing stopping them.
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It is very critical to keep owners engage in activities throughout the year. We also understand the importance of reaching out to people outsite our normal proximity and we hope this site can help us accomplish part of that.
Our goal is to promote, and protect the heritage of the Diagonal Paso Horses; Trote y Galope, Trocha y Galope and Trocha Pura. These wonderful horses are close cousins to the Paso Fino. The breed originated in Colombia South America beginning in the 1940's by the crossing of an imported Portuguese Lusitano bullfighting stallion and a Paso Fino mare. This cross through selective breeding has produced a noble, powerful, yet kind horse with willingness to please. The unusual gait is definitively a thrilling ride. The breed was originally used as a working horse because of their exceptional athleticism and versatility. People of all ages find them very exciting to ride.
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Politicians push for Drogheda development planning probe
The former environment minister Dick Roche and a local politician have called for an inquiry into recent planning decisions in Co Meath, after a Dublin developer threatened to take a multi-million euro High Court case against Meath County Council.
Dick Roche, Minister of State, confirmed he had written to environment minister John Gormley last week calling for a formal investigation.
Serious allegations regarding the way in which the planning authority has operated were made to Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Roche, who has expressed deep concern.
The allegations were made after the recent publication of the South Drogheda Environs Local Area Plan.


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BONITA SPRINGS: A boat repairman says his store will remain open, despite a fire that ripped through part of his business. Around 4 pm on Saturday, firefighters say part of Marina Mike's, just off Bonita Beach Road, caught fire. They say there was minor damage to the building, but a boat was completely destroyed in the blaze.
Mike Murphy owns Marina Mike's and credits the fire department for saving his business.
"The boat has some severe fire damage, which luckily the customer had insurance on the boat," Murphy said. "Other than that, it's really just the one boat and a couple of small motors, but we got very lucky due to the response of the Bonita Springs Fire Department."
Murphy says he thinks it was an electrical fire, but firefighters are still looking into the exact cause.
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Changes to mail services
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has learned the mail cancelling process done at the downtown Toledo
processing center will move to Pontiac,
Michigan this summer.
A postal service
spokesperson says mail will be trucked from Toledo
to Pontiac and then back to Toledo.
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A major new exhibition devoted to the stained glass collector and aesthete, Horace Walpole, has opened at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. It will run until 4 July 2010. It includes a panel made in 1762 by the glass painter, William Peckitt (1731–1795) showing Walpole's family coat of arms. [Fig. 1]
Horace Walpole (1717–1797), 4th Earl of Orford, was the youngest son of Britain's first modern Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. Although he followed his father's footsteps into politics and served as a Member of Parliament from 1741 to 1768, he is best remembered as the creator of the Gothic revival architectural style known as 'Strawberry Hill Gothic', the centrepiece of this exhibition.
Walpole bought the four-acre estate at Strawberry Hill (between Twickenham and Richmond) in 1747. Thereafter he radically enlarged both the existing house and grounds, remodelling the former into a gothic fantasy castle. Part of the interior decoration saw the purchase and installation of hundreds of panels of displaced stained glass, much of it from the Low Countries. For the first phase of work (1750–1754) Walpole used Mr Palmer, of St Martin's Lane, to set the panels in plain deeply-coloured glass, which showed off the pale roundels to great effect. Later (1759–1761) he called upon William Price the Younger (1703 or 1707–1756), the highly accomplished London glass painter, who provided richly-coloured settings of great sophistication. Following Price's retirement in 1761, Walpole used the York glazier William Peckitt (1731–1795) to glaze the remainder of the house.
Apart from his collection of stained glass, Walpole was also famous for his extraordinarily eclectic collection of rare books and manuscripts, antiquities, paintings, prints and drawings, furniture, ceramics, arms and armour, and other assorted curiosities.
The exhibition coincides with the restoration and opening to the public of his house at Strawberry Hill where some of the glass he collected will be displayed, see: 'Strawberry Hill Forever: The Restoration of a 'Rampant Lion', Panel of the Month, in Vidimus, 34, November 2008.
The Exhibition
For details of opening hours, see the Victoria and Albert Museumwebsite. Please note that admission charges apply.
The Catalogue
The exhibition is accompanied by a splendid hardback catalogue edited by Michael Snodin, Senior Research Fellow in the Research Department at the V&A. Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill has 356 pages, 300 illustrations and costs £40.00.
Further Reading about the Stained Glass
A unique exhibition of Marc Chagall's original cartoons for his windows at the 12th-century church of All Saints at Tudeley (Kent) can be seen at the Mascalls Gallery in Paddock Wood (Kent) until 29 May. These designs are among the most important contributions to stained glass in the second half of the 20th century and their appearance in this exhibition is the first time that they have ever been shown in public. We are extremely grateful to Patricia Dunkin Webb, the Arts Coordinator at Tudeley, for contributing this fascinating introduction to how these designs evolved.
All Saints, Tudeley, is the only church in the world to have a complete set of windows designed by Marc Chagall, one of the most influential artists of the last century.
He was born Movsha Shagal to Jewish parents in 1887 at Vitebsk in imperial Russia, now part of present day Belarus. Apart from the period 1941–46 when he fled to the USA to escape persecution by the Nazis, he spent most of his adult life in France where he died in 1985.
In 1961 Sarah d'Avigdor Goldsmid, the daughter of Sir Henry Avigdor-Goldsmid, a landowner in the southern English county of Kent, went to Paris with her mother, Lady Rosemary, to see an exhibition of Chagall's windows depicting the Twelve Tribes of Israel, before they were installed in the Hadassah Synagogue, Jerusalem.
Sarah was overwhelmed by what she saw. When she died two years later aged 21 in a sailing accident off the coast of Rye her parents commissioned Chagall to create a memorial window for her. It was an inspired choice as Sir Henry was Jewish and his wife (and daughters) committed Christians.
When Chagall subsequently attended the dedication service at the church he offered to design glass for the remaining windows. These designs give us a privileged insight into the artist's creative mind as they reveal changes and how ideas are discarded, introduced or modified. Significantly the predominating colour is blue – for Chagall, the colour of love. [Fig.1]
The East Window
This is probably the best-known window in the church. [Fig. 2] However, as the drawings in the exhibition make clear, the design we see today is very different from Chagall's original concept. The artist's first watercolour sketch showed a female form rising from a Chagallian bouquet into a rainbow at the top. To her right is a cross, a ladder, two angels and the outline of a Deposition. For copyright reasons this drawing cannot be reproduced but readers of Vidimus can see it on the Réunion des Musées Nationaux photo agency website.
Select the search option and enter 'Chagall, Tudely' in the 'Simple Search' text box.
Although it is not clear why this design was discarded, Chagall's next effort was more successful.
First he produced an embryonic monochrome design in ink and wash, recognisably the window we see today. This was followed by a second, more refined version, a watercolour which expresses his colour concept: a foretaste of what is to come. [Figs. 3 and 4]
A great swirl of blue depicts Sarah's death: the mother figure on the left guides the eye to where Sarah is now riding a red horse (Chagall's symbol of happiness). She moves towards a ladder, bathed in golden light and leading to the cross; here a benevolent welcoming Christ, enclosed in a rainbow, radiates calm and peace.
A third and final design (not illustrated here) shows Chagall still honing his ideas: the mother now has her two daughters in her arms, and a golden-winged angel runs towards the cross. Interestingly, Chagall has glued small patches of green cloth on this design. All this and more is incorporated into the realisation of the designs by Charles Marq, Chagall's empathetic collaborator. Not obvious in the designs but clearly seen in the window is a small, upside-down head in the extreme right of the golden light.
The North Aisle – The Story of Creation
When Chagall first saw these five windows they were glazed with plain quarries. Chagall was very familiar with Biblical texts and used his 'colour of love' to emphasise the message of God's love through Creation. The first window consists of two lancets showings episodes from the Book of Genesis: in the first, Adam and Eve stand below the Tree of Knowledge holding the forbidden fruit; in the second an angel appears. The watercolours in the exhibition are Chagall's final cartoons for these windows. [Figs. 5 and 6]
Chagall's designs for the other four windows in this aisle were based on Psalm 8 which rejoices in the Creation of the world. For the first he depicts the moon and stars, the beasts of the field, the fowl of the air and the fish of the sea. In the second is another Tree of Knowledge. In one of the finished windows, he has added a surprise for the viewer: on the right, a one-eyed face, and on the left a triangular one. The last design for this aisle features a glorious mix of red, purple, green and gold. The quatrefoil above is pink and blue with the darker blue shape of a fish, symbolising Christ.
The Four Chancel Windows: Bouquets
These drawings repay close study. Chagall has inscribed the word 'bouquets' on these designs, again presented on one sheet, and here the finished windows closely follow them.
The colour blue continues to dominate in the four slender lancets and Chagall has scattered red, green and gold amongst angelic figures, birds, goats and sheep. In one of the quatrefoils he has painted another simple head, again in gold but this time upright, mirroring the upside down face in the east window.
In the next window the name VAVA (Chagall's wife Valentina Brodsky) appears under an angel's wing – a word not apparent in the design; there are some who see the young Chagall's self-portrait in the angel's face. [Fig. 7]
A spinning red figure appears in the design of the window to the north.
The South Aisle – A Promise of New Life
Chagall painted the designs for these two windows in radiant gold with occasional splashes of colour. The four tiny lancets above each window resemble candles (lighting the way to Heaven?), while the design for the window nearest the chancel again demonstrates the evolution of Chagall's ideas. What appears in the watercolour as a floral bouquet emerges in the window as a purple butterfly, a symbol of rebirth.
Marc Chagall left it to us to interpret his work:
'A painter should never come between the work of art and the spectator. An intermediary may explain the artist's work with no harm to it. But the artist's explanation can only limit it. Better the understanding that grows from familiarity and the perspective that will come after the artist's death. After all it is better to judge a painter by his pictures. His words do nothing but veil the vision.' (James Johnson Sweeney: interview with Chagall in USA, 1946; quoted in Chagall – A Retrospective, Jacob Baal-Teshuva (ed.), Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1995.
In addition to the Tudeley cartoons, the exhibition also shows a recently discovered gouache by Chagall, Apocalypse in Lilac, depicting the brutality of war.
The exhibition at the Mascalls Gallery is entitled 'Cross Purposes' and looks at how different 20th-century artists have depicted Christ's crucifixion: the works of Stanley Spencer, Duncan Grant, Eric Gill, Maggi Hambling and Emmanuel Levy, among others, can be seen alongside Chagall's work. The exhibition is curated by Nathanial Hepburn.
Mascalls Gallery, Paddock Wood, Kent. Free admission. 01892 839039.
The British Archaeological Association is delighted to sponsor this edition of Vidimus. Our concerns are complementary, and we would like to take the opportunity to say something about who we are, and how the BAA shares a number of specific interests with the CVMA.
The BAA was founded in 1843 to promote the study and conservation of Britain's archaeological past, since when its interests have broadened to encompass the study of European material culture. The art, architecture and archaeology of the middle ages, including stained glass, form the core of its interests, though the BAA has always maintained a broad perspective, and has hosted important lectures and papers on the Roman and early modern periods.
Between October and May we hold monthly lectures in London and convene an annual five-day conference focused on the medieval art, architecture and archaeology of a particular city or region. These have often included papers on stained glass. The last conference was devoted to medieval Canterbury (including papers on the south oculus ferramenta and late 15th-century 'royal window' at the cathedral), and the future programme envisages annual conferences in Newcastle, Krakow and Norwich. We also publish an annual journal and the transactions of our conferences. Both publications have an international academic audience. As a registered charity, the Association offers a number of free places to students to attend its conferences, and administers the Ochs Scholarships, awards that the Association makes available to research students.
More recent developments include the establishment of a biennial series of international conferences on Romanesque Europe, and the institution of twice yearly study days. These study days concentrate on a single medium or art-historical method, and are primarily intended to offer hands-on experience of medieval architecture or artefacts to postgraduates in the company of specialists. The next study day will concentrate on the medieval wall paintings at Shorthampton (Oxfordshire), and a study day on medieval stained glass in conjunction with York Glaziers Trust is planned for Spring 2011.
In conclusion, the Association supports the development of new work in its field of interest. It publishes, promotes scholarly gatherings and lectures, and offers scholarships for students to its conferences and study days. It also invites entries for a biennial essay prize (the Reginald Taylor and Lord Fletcher Essay Prize), and through the Ochs Scholarship gives substantial grants to enable scholars to bring important work to completion.
Our next annual conference will be at Newcastle on 17–21 July 2010, and details of this, the Shorthampton study day, and the lecture series can be found on the BAAwebsite.
John McNeil, Honorary Secretary
Editor's Note
The BAA has often published articles of great interest to stained glass historians, either in its annual journal or as part of its ongoing Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology conference transactions series. Recent articles in the former include:
While the latter are:
The 2010 conference of the Stained Glass Group of the Institute of Conservation (ICON) will be held at the Cripps Auditorium, Magdalene College, Cambridge, on Wednesday 15 September 2010. Non-members are welcome. Sponsored by Chapel Studio, the event will examine, 'Colleges, Parishes & Villas, Stained Glass Conservation in the South of England' .
Confirmed speakers include art historian Martin Harrison (Victorian stained glass) and international conservators, Prof. Joost Caen (Belgium), Prof. Sebastian Strobl (Germany) and Elise Learner (France).
It promises to be an excellent day for knowledge gathering, debate and professional development.
Lunch is included in the delegate fee of £78 for ICON members and students, £88 non-members. For further details and information about booking please contact Peter Campling at peter [at] mcleadglaziers [dot] co [dot] uk or phone 01603 891505.
Don't miss out on our special offers on three important books.
Vidimus readers can receive a 20% discount on the list price of Katerina's Windows (reviewed in Vidimus 36 ) by downloading an order form from the website that accompanies the publication. Similar exclusive discounts are available on two eagerly awaited volumes from the German CVMA (Freiburg), Written by Dr Rüdiger Becksmann, the books focus on the stained glass in the historic city of Freiburg, especially the Münster, the church of the Dominicans and the Charterhouse. Together the two German-text volumes comprise 800 pages with about 1200 illustrations, 320 of them in colour. The books will be published in June.
Readers of Vidimus will receive a discount of more than 25% of the book price, that is €98 instead of €138 (plus postage of €10 within Germany and €15 abroad) if orders are placed before 31 March 2010.
For further information contact: info [at] cvma-freiburg [dot] de.
This month's puzzle measures approx 24cm x 19cm. The paint has faded and a section to the right has been repaired with a much later insertion. It has been dated to 1550. The border is modern.
The scene shows two half-naked men tied to trees (?). They have white beards. To their left two other men are poised to throw rocks or stones at them. One wears a helmet and is using both arms to hold a large rock above his head; his bare-headed cohort holds rocks in both hands. Elsewhere another man picks up a stone. To the rear of these figures a basket of stones can be seen. Towering above the figures is a mounted man.
What is the subject?
Roundels of this period depict a range of subjects, including stories from the Old and New Testaments, the lives of saints, and tales from ancient history and classical literature, such as Homer's Odyssey.
The solution to this month's puzzle can be found at the foot of the Books section.
If any reader has any comments or queries about this, and other panels in the series, please write to: news [at] vidimus [dot] org.
Friday 12 March: Joe Nuttgens – 'A Working Argument: How I survived my father and became a Stained Glass Artist!', BSMGP Spring lecture, 6.15 for 6.45pm at the Art Workers Guild, Queen Square, London WC1 (admission by ticket only). For more details contact the BSMGP.
Wednesday 7 April: A lecture on 'The King Company Archive' at the Hungate Medieval Centre, Norwich, 2.30pm, Admission £1. For more information see the Hungate Medieval Centre website.
Friday 18 June: BSMGP Summer Lecture and Annual General Meeting, AGM 5pm, Lecture 6.15 for 6.45pm, Glyn Davies (Research Fellow and Curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum) – 'Leading and Light Boxes:Conserving the Stained Glass in the V&A's Medieval and Renaissance Galleries'. For more information see the BSMGP website.
Friday 15 October: BSMGP Autumn Lecture 6.15 for 6.45pm, Tom Denny – 'Recent windows in extraordinary buildings'. For more information see the BSMGP website.
Conferences/Study Events
Wednesday 17 March: University of York Stained Glass Research School Seminar on 'Artists and Glass-painting in the 16th Century' at the King's Manor Lecture Hall, University of York. Beginning at 2.15 pm, the speakers will be Dr Hartmut Scholz (CVMA Germany), Secretary of the International Corpus Vitrearum on 'Stained Glass in Nuremberg in the Time of Durer' and between 3.30 – 4.15 pm, Dr Zsuzsanna van Ruyven-Zeman (CVMA Netherlands) on 'Painters and Glass-painters: Stained Glass in the Netherlands during the 16th century'. Admission is free. The event will be followed by a reception.
Tuesday 23 March: 'Glass for Vessels, Glass for Windows: Medieval Glass 1066–1550'. The Association for the Society for the History of Glass study day on medieval glass at the Wallace Collection, Hertford House, Manchester Square, London, W1U 3BN. CVMA Committee members will be among the speakers. Non-members are welcome to attend. For details, see Vidimus 37.
Thursday 8 April: Minstrels Gallery, a group specialising in medieval music, will present 'Music in the Glass' at the Hungate Medieval Centre in Norwich. The event will explore the medieval musical instruments depicted in Norfolk's stained glass. 1pm–2pm, £6 admission. For more information see the Hungate Medieval Centre website.
Tuesday 20 April: BSMGP Discussion Day, 10.30–5.30. The day will focus particularly on the safe use of acid and on painting techniques. Speakers will include Chris Chesney – 'Heavy metal, an acid trip and other useful drugs' and Roy Coomber – Glass Painting Masterclass, at the Art Workers Guild, Queen Square, London WC1 (admission by ticket only). For more information contact the BSMGP.
Thursday 13–Sunday 16 May, Stained Glass Museum study weekend in Merseyside. The tour will focus on Liverpool and its surrounding areas. The guides will be CVMA author Dr Penny Hebgin-Barnes, author of CVMA volume The Medieval Stained Glass of Lancashire, and the distinguished stained glass artist Alfred Fisher, a native of Liverpool who trained in the studio of James Powell & Sons. The weekend will begin on Thursday afternoon with a visit to Port Sunlight to view the windows by 20th-century artist Ervin Bossanyi, as well as the Lady Lever Art Gallery which houses, among other exhibits, paintings by Sir John Millais and Sir Joshua Reynolds. Friday will take participants to both of Liverpool's magnificent cathedrals to revel in 20th-century glass and to the Walker Art Gallery which will include a private visit to its wonderful collection of medieval glass (see Vidimus 2 ). On Saturday the party will visit the National Trust property of Speke Hall (1490–1612), richly endowed with armorial glass, and St Helen's Church, Sefton, to see its medieval glass. Same-day visits to All Hallows Church, Allerton and Ullet Road Unitarian Church will also provide a feast for lovers of Burne Jones and William Morris windows. On Sunday participants will be free to explore the fascinating Museums and Galleries within walking distance of the hotel, including the Merseyside Maritime Museum, Tate Liverpool and the International Slavery Museum.
Residential: £355 (£330 for Friends of The Stained Glass Museum) includes: Accommodation: Thursday – dinner; Friday – breakfast, lunch, dinner; Saturday – breakfast,dinner; Sunday – breakfast.
Non-residential: £225 (£200 for Friends of The Stained Glass Museum) includes: Thursday – dinner; Friday – lunch, dinner; Saturday – dinner.
Both Packages Include: Travel to all sites, guide-receiving headset and a conference pack with notes on sites to be visited For more information, including booking forms, see the Stained Glass Museum website or email: studyweekend [at] stainedglassmuseum [dot] com.
Friday 11 June: 'The Herkenrode Glass: the revival of Lichfield Cathedral's Renaissance treasure'; Study day seminar at the Society of Antiquaries (London) (10am to 4pm): admission by ticket only. For details see the Society of Antiquaries website.
Saturday 17–20 July: British Archaeological Association conference, 'Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology in Newcastle and the county of Northumberland (together with the former county of Tyne and Wear)'. For more information see the British Archaeological Association website.
Until 13 March: Faire is the Heaven, an exhibition of Paul Hurst's photographs of Norfolk medieval church screens at Hungate Medieval Art, St Peter Hungate Church, Norwich. Paul Hurst is an associate of the Royal Photographic Society (RPS). Featured screens come from: Barton Turf St Michael, Burnham Norton St Margaret, Ranworth St Helen, Ludham St Catherine, Wellington St Andrew, Filby All Saints, Cawston St Agnes, Hempsted St Andrew, Horsham St Faith, Horsham St Mary and St Andrew, Castle Acre St James, Worstead St Mary. For further information see the Hungate Medieval Art website.
Until 23 May : The Mourners: Medieval Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, features 40 alabaster mourning figures from the tomb of John the Fearless (1371–1419), on loan from the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dijon while the museum undergoes renovation. The exhibition is accompanied by a 128 page catalogue by Sophie Jugie. After closing in New York the exhibition will travel to six other museums in the USA before opening in Paris in 2012. For information about the New York exhibition see the Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Until 24 May : Paris, Ville rayonnante, Le XIIIe siècle, âge d'or de l'architecture et de la sculpture exhibition at the National Museum of the Middle Ages (The Cluny) in Paris. Although not about stained glass, the exhibition will explore the architecture of buildings well known to Vidimus readers such as the Saint-Chapelle and the Chapel of the Virgin at Saint-Germain-des-Pres. For more information see the exhibition website.
Until 13 June: The Art of Illumination: The Limbourg Brothers and the Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is a once-in-a-lifetime display of the 172 sumptuous illuminations from the medieval prayer book, one of the Museum's great treasures, while it is temporarily unbound for conservation (and the preparation of a facsimile edition). For further information see the Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Until 3 July : Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker, an exhibition of 45 prints from the collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Until 4 July : Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. For more information see the Victoria & Albert Museum website.
From 1 June – 8 August: Old Testament Imagery in Medieval Christian Manuscripts at the Getty Centre, California, USA. For more information see the Getty Centrewebsite.
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Last night, a number of Ottawa Senators players skated with other NHLers in a charity game played in Cornwall, Ontario.
And while there is finally reason for optimism on the CBA front, I know readers are desperate for hockey related discussion so I thought I'd pass along an interesting email. A SensChirp reader by the name of Tony covered last night's game and has passed along some observations.
Take it away, Tony!
Had the opportunity to cover First Assist Charity Classic game last night for local media outlet in Cornwall.
- Daniel Alfredsson – Looked like Alfie, slick plays and surprising effort for a charity game. The game wore on him very quickly however and he was eventually kind of floating around out there. His skills and skating are there but the heart? I dunno. Signed autographs every minute he was on the bench.
- Marc Methot – Looked very strong, better than expected skating and even a few spurts of playmaking. Wasn't afraid to wrestle with Neil along the boards. I think he'll fit in nicely with Ottawa D. Said he's had several options open to him about going overseas but was "hesitant to jump ship." but stressed, "Not that there's anything wrong with the guys who went over when the lockout started."
- Guillaume Latendresse – Far and away the best player out there. Skated very well, made some very nice plays and was the game's first star. Showed great hands by tipping in an awesome little mid-air saucer pass from Columbus' Derick Brassard. Can't believe he's billed as more of a finisher because he definitely made some impressive, creative plays.
- Chris Neil – Like an Ox. Was jumped by local peewee team during the first seven-minute intermission which several Sens players joined.
- Peter Regin – Looked strong, skated well and looked like he missed the game. Even though checking is a rarity in charity, he seemed overly cautious about anyone going near his shoulder.
- Zack Smith – Very aggressive around the net, again, charity game notwithstanding. Also skated very well and displayed his solid wrister on a few occasions. Back skated his butt off and looked bigger in pre-game media scrum.
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HIV and Arthritis/Other HIV-Associated Rheumatic Diseases
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), the virus which causes AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) can also cause:
HIV-associated rheumatic diseases can include:
- Reactive arthritis - a type of arthritis that occurs as a reaction to an infection elsewhere in the body
- Psoriatic arthritis - one of a group of diseases known as spondyloarthropathies
- Osteomyelitis - a bone infection usually caused by bacteria
- Polymyositis - a connective tissue disease characterized by inflammation and degeneration of the muscles
- Vasculitis - inflammation of the blood vessels
- Infected joints - originates from an infection elsewhere in your body and is carried to the affected joint
- Fibromyalgia - a condition characterized by body aches, pain, sleep problems, extreme fatigue, depression, anxiety, tender points
Diagnosing HIV-Associated Rheumatic Diseases
According to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), "HIV-associated rheumatic diseases may precede the diagnosis of HIV." If a person is at high risk for the HIV virus and presents symptoms of painful joints, painful muscles, or other rheumatic symptoms, testing for the HIV virus could confirm or rule out the diagnosis of HIV. HIV-associated rheumatic diseases can affect any age group, race, or gender, but most commonly affects people between 20-40 years old.
Treating HIV-Associated Rheumatic Diseases
Immunosuppressive medications, such as methotrexate and Imuran, are commonly prescribed for the treatment of certain types of arthritis. However, immunosuppressive therapy may be contraindicated for patients with an HIV infection.
HAART (Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy), has been effective in treating rheumatic problems associated with HIV. Patients with HIV-associated rheumatic diseases also benefit from treatment with pain medications and anti-inflammatory drugs.
Key Points About HIV and Rheumatic Diseases
- Any rheumatic disease can occur without HIV infection.
- 30-70% of HIV infected persons may develop an associated rheumatic disease.
- The presence of an associated rheumatic disease worsens the prognosis of an HIV infection.
More Information:
- Rheumatologic and Musculoskeletal Manifestations of HIV, from HIV InSite
American College of Rheumatology - HIV-Associated Rheumatic Diseases
Merck Manual - Infections of Bones and Joints
American Academy of Family Physicians - Reactive Arthritis


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---- — Two very unlikely guys joined forces in art class as Blake Wood and Nate Hoeing took on the task of drawing pumpkins. And how did this drawing duo take place? Well, a few mornings a week you'll find Nate Hoeing making his way to Rushville Elementary School East to join the kindergarten class of Mrs. Carla Angle (kindergarten teacher) and Mrs. Clara Dwenger (kindergarten aid). As a senior at RCHS, the Cadet Teaching Program affords him the opportunity to be a part of a classroom and experience all aspects of teaching at the kindergarten Level.
The Cadet Teaching Program, under the direction of Ms. Megan Hearne (RCHS Spanish Teacher), is truly a great program designed to give seniors a deep dive into the world of teaching. Students who participate in this program get to select the teacher they'd like to work with. They complete a daily report, keep a weekly journal, and do a self-evaluation at the end of the semester. Further they receive feedback as well as their grade from the teacher(s) they have worked with.
"This is such a great way to start the day. It is a real pleasure to work with Mrs. Angle and Mrs. Dwenger. Mrs. Larrabee (Principal at RESE) has also been so supportive of my efforts with the kindergarten class. My time with their class is spent filling in wherever they need me as well as attending their special classes such as art and PE. I love working with these kids and know I will miss each and every one of them at the end of the year," Hoeing said.
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How to Protect Your Business Secrets
Originally published: 01.01.07 by Mike Coyne
Even small companies have valuable information.
In the large, high-tech business world, news about corporate espionage and theft of trade secrets sounds like the stuff of spy novels and movies. But even those of us with small businesses have business secrets worth protecting. The more successful your business, the more likely it is that your competitors will seek information about your business that can help them.
What is a trade secret? Many states have adopted a statute known as the "Uniform Trade Secrets Act." This model statute sets forth a widely accepted definition of a trade secret: "information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process, that: (1) derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not been readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use, and (2) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy."
What does that definition mean in plain English? It means simply that a trade secret is any private information regarding your business that would be valuable to outsiders, that gives you an economic advantage over your competitors, and that you
It is generally pretty easy in trade secrets litigation for a company's lawyer to establish the value of and economic advantage associated with a company's private information. It is oftentimes more difficult to convince a court that the private information is secret. In determining whether information is "secret," a court will attempt to learn the extent to which the information is known outside the company and, most importantly, the extent to which the company has taken measures to guard the secrecy of the information. If a company has not taken steps to protect its private information, the court will not do it for the company.
There are a number of simple, inexpensive steps that you can take to protect your trade secrets:
• Have a written policy telling your employees that information about your company is private and shouldn't be disclosed to outsiders. Consider having key employees sign a non-disclosure agreement.
• If you store confidential information on your computer, secure that information with a password or some form of encryption.
• Use a stamp to mark private paper documents as "Confidential" and lock them up.
• Use a document shredder to dispose of confidential documents.
• If you have to share confidential information with outsiders, have them sign a confidentiality agreement.
• Have employees sign non-competition agreements. This will prevent a key employee from going to a competitor where confidential information could be used.
• If an employee, who has had access to confidential information, joins a competitor, have your lawyer send a letter to the competitor reminding them of your former employee's confidentiality obligations.
Remember, even your company's most valuable information may not and will not be given trade secret protection unless you have taken steps to protect that information.
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According to "Hewn from Courage: The History of Springfield", Jebediah Springfield was born in Axhandle, Virginia in 1774, the twelfth of seventeen children. His father, Ned Springfield, was a farmer who introduced yellow Eurasian late-summer squash to Eastern Virginia. While yellow Eurasian late-summer squash no longer grows in the part of the country, the yellow Eurasian late-summer squash beetle, one of nature's hungriest pests, is still around to remind us of Mr. Springfield's foresight. Little is known of Jebediah's mother, Olive Springfield, except that she was very pretty and very busy. Young Jebediah, like most children who grow up to be great heroes, was a hard-working student who always treated his elders with much respect. He did his homework by candlelight and never "imitated bodily noises in class or taped naughty pictures to the classroom screen". Young Jebediah had one dream: to go west and explore the great American frontier. At thirteen, Jebediah had to leave school, which made him very sad. Searching for calling in life, he tried to help his father on the farm with his twelve brothers, but found that he was allergic to soil. Jebediah then went to work in a shop the printed fishing almanacs. He later wrote his own pamphelets, such as "The Curative Powers of Cigar Smoke" and How to Write Pamphlets for Fun and Profit," but in the end, he could not ignore his passion for the frontier.[2]


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Somewhere between the rhythmic exercises of Meshuggah, the atmospheric melodies of Devin Townsend, the Cynic worship of bands like Coprofago and Alarum, and the breakdown-filled metalcore of… well… some above average metalcore band, lies Textures. That might sound awkward on paper, but the six guys who make up this band have managed to come up with a final product that's technically accomplished, melodious, listenable, and surprisingly professional-sounding. It's like an agreeable conglomerate of progressive rock and metal/hardcore.
Musically, there's quite a bit going on here. Guitarists Jochem Jacobs and Bart Hennephof offer equal parts start-stop Meshuggah-esque staccato riffing and dense major key chord progressions. The guitars play with, off, and against each other as dynamics shift back and forth, with a particularly nice effect frequently coming in to play as one guitar provides a driving rhythmic backbone while the other soars overhead with celestial arpeggios that give a striking sense of atmosphere to an otherwise fierce aural assault. Speaking of atmosphere, the music owes a lot of that to keyboardist Richard Rietdijk, who augments the guitars with ambient, unobtrusive passages that give a welcome sense of depth to the music (notable mention is the track "Upwards", which gives off a peculiar sensation that's mostly true to the track title). Typical guitar leads are few, but there are some liquidy Holdsworth-esque legato lines present throughout the last two tracks, "Touching the Absolute" and "Surreal State of Enlightenment".
The vocals are a vast improvement over the highly annoying squealing rat that was present on their debut album. The new guy, Eric Kalsbeek, is quite talented. Much of the singing is delivered in a mostly standard low-pitched hardcore yell, but he occasionally treads into faux growling territory that's actually not bad at all, and also performs a good amount of clean, melodic vocals. He's very listenable, whatever he's doing. On "Illumination" he actually sounds sort of like a crooning Mike Patton.
The rhythm section is reasonably intense. Bassist Dennis Aarts does his job without much in the form of showboating, but drummer Stef Broks is a limber beast behind the kit. He plays with immense power and precision, but at the same time manages to avoid falling into the mechanized, regimented trappings of many drummers within the technical metal domain. Instead, his style has a free-flowing and organic feel, with explosive cymbal work, sublime rolls, deadly accurate foot work, and an accomplished sense of dynamics that makes him a driving force throughout this recording.
Credit also has to be given to the songwriting effort. The album flows from start to finish, and it flows well. Tempos shift, dynamics swell, moods swing, but the songs and the album as a whole maintain a very natural progression that simply makes sense. Listening from start to finish provides a far more fulfilling experience than skipping through songs. Unfortunately, certain people with certain prejudices against certain styles of music might feel the urge to do just that. Avoid the urge.
Drawing Circles certainly isn't the most original recording in recent history, but it's a well written, listenable, and enjoyable piece of melodic yet technical metal that deserves at least one spin.


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(KTVI) – Pope Francis is seen by many as a friend of the common man and he's getting recognition from many sources. First Rolling Stone announced he will be the first pontiff to appear on the cover of the pop culture magazine.
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We share with you a graffiti found in a Roman street near the #Vatican /
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