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Broken Silence Theatre's production of Equanimity was a fascinatingly hectic show. There were some very thought provoking ideas about the reality of dreams and what it is to be alone. At moments Equanimity was very confusing and the ending seemed a bit sudden and abrupt. All in all, I'd say that this is a fun show to see and that it is appropriate for ages 15 and up because of sexual themes.
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Campbell Production's Failure: A Love Story was beautifully tragic and heartbreakingly funny all at the same time. In the span of 55 minutes it made the audience laugh and it made them cry. The story was well written and surprisingly believable. The cast members seemed comfortable with each other and apart from a few line fumbles they seemed to know the play very well. Kim Kivens and Charles Fraser were brilliant in…Continue
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Before I Go…
Before I Go… At the Minnesota Fringe Festival
Before I Go…, performing for the Minnesota Fringe Festival at the Mixed Blood Theater, is a "collection of tragicomedies" which explore death and the moments before. Each mini-play involves a different set of characters who go through very distinct journeys to their last moments of life. The play uses these diverse circumstances to examine the ways in…Continue
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Grace Peterson
The Neverland Players
The Neverland Players
One of the most beautiful aspects about children is their imagination. Children's imaginations run free, not yet wavered by experience and the realization that not everything is possible. Losing that imagination is one of the many tragedies of growing up and becoming aware of the world. Fortunately, The Neverland Players, performing in the Fringe Festival at the U…Continue
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Grace Peterson
Fireflower: An Original Musical Comedy
Since 1983, most children share the experience of having played a Super Mario Bros. game at least once. The aim (to save Princess Peach), the obstacles (the Goomba and Koopa Troopa), and the upgrade items (such as FireFlower, coins, and Starman) are recognizable to most, whether or not they have played the game. The music, written by Koji Kondo, is widely…Continue
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Raw Sugar's Defiance Alliance was a witty, comedic rolic about superheroes, science, and 75 different macaroni recipes. The three person cast worked together like well oiled machinery, seamlessly transitioning their cardboard set into different settings. Jenny Moeller, who played Delilah, was hysterically funny, both with her dialogue and her facial expressions. The actors played off of each other and the audience…Continue
Added by Emma Dalen on August 2, 2014 at 9:34pm — No Comments
Mainly Me Productions' Our American Assassin; Or You Can't Handle The Booth! was comedic genius. There were moments when you had to struggle to hear the fast talking actors over the audiences increasingly loud laughter. The cast worked very well together and they had no qualms about making fun of both themselves and the acting community. Andy Kraft had amazing comedic timing and he and Josh Carson played the parts of…Continue
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It tends to be difficult to review your own production. I found this out through The Rocky Horror Show. After two weeks of shows, the production ended. Or, at least it did for the Minneapolis School Summer Theatre. However, the show lives on, as many productions are occurring across the country, not including the midnight movie cult classic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It's an experience, to be sure. But I, personally, feel that putting the show on is even more fun than…Continue
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Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Due to surrounding controversy, the performance of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson at the New Century Theater in…Continue
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Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Review
The cast of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson rocked audiences in this rock musical at the New Century Theater this month. This show told the story of the life of America's seventh president, Andrew Jackson, in form of a funny, satirical rock musical portraying Jackson as an emo-rocker. Some people think of Jackson being the best…Continue
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It was with no small amount of nerves that I took my seat in the New Century Theatre on Sunday evening to see Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. I'd heard many criticisms of the show, saying it was horribly offensive to Native American history, and I wasn't sure how I'd be able to juggle that and my love of rock musicals.
The show definitely entered some rocky territory in its portrayal of Native Americans, but it was made very clear that they were making fun of the white…Continue
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Ghost is the story of a young couple whose lives are changed forever when an unexpected tragedy strikes. The Young man, Sam, is brought back as a ghost and with the assistance of a psychic, Oda Mae, tries to help keep his girlfriend, Molly safe from his former best friend. The plot is definitely nothing special, however being adapted from a movie this aren't exactly the plays fault. Unfortunately the show isn't able to make the somewhat weak storyline much more…Continue
Added by Karen Kenison on June 24, 2014 at 4:00pm — No Comments
Olivia Skjervold
"Ghost" is a fully entertaining dazzling display of lights, sights, sounds and special effects based off the popular movie with the same title. The story follows the ghost of a murdered man as tries to protect his girlfriend from danger from beyond the grave (playing at the Orpheum Theater June 18-23). Though the story's translation to a musical is mediocre at best, the real appeal of the show is the stunning…Continue
Added by Olivia Skjervold on June 24, 2014 at 4:19am — 1 Comment
Olivia Skjervold
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Popular culture has already made Abraham Lincoln a vampire hunter, but what about Andrew Jackson as a rock star? Well, Minneapolis Musical Theater has arrived to explore that very idea with the production of "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" which is rocking out on the New Century Theatre until June 29. The show takes a satirical look at our seventh president,…Continue
Added by Olivia Skjervold on June 24, 2014 at 3:52am — 1 Comment
I saw Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson at the New Century Theatre (playing through June 29th), well aware of the controversy surrounding the show. Because I have had a defense-of-sorts for Jackson running through my mind from the very moment I stepped out of the theatre, I feel it only appropriate to throw in my two cents.
This is a defense of Jackson as performed in Minneapolis in 2014. I'm not about to give first-hand opinions about New York in 2009, or any…Continue
Added by Alison Grausam on June 23, 2014 at 7:00pm — 2 Comments
The movie Ghost opened in theatres on July 13, 1990 starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn, and Whoopi Goldberg, with an original screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin, and directed by Jerry Zucker. The movie, an outstanding commercial success with a $22 million budget grossed $505,702,588 in box office sales, making it the highest grossing film of 1990, and the 91st highest grossing film of all time. The film was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best…Continue
Added by Matthew Maxam on June 21, 2014 at 7:12pm — 1 Comment
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson is a very unique play. This production is a good version of the play, however the text itself has some problems. The musical is based loosely on the rise of our seventh president Andrew Jackson. The play takes a large chunk of history and condenses it into a 90 minute rock musical. The result is a very strange, often funny, sometimes inappropriate and occasionally offensive musical. The show has lots of great moments, but sometimes the strange mix of elements…Continue
Added by Karen Kenison on June 21, 2014 at 2:12am — 1 Comment
The moment I've been waiting for my entire life. To see my second favorite musical, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, performed right before my very own eyes. I entered the theatre ready to rock, and I left the theatre wanting more. Minneapolis Musical Theatre's production exceeded my expectations, even with having listened to the Broadway version for several years.
Added by Christopher Cartwright on June 20, 2014 at 12:00am — No Comments
When I told my dad the plot of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, he said, "And is that a musical?"
"Yes," I said, "it's a rock musical."
My dad laughed and said, "That was a joke."
That was kind of how I was feeling about the show before I went and saw it as well. I was fortunate enough to get to see the first ten minutes or so of Bloody Bloody in the rehearsal stage, so I had a bit of an idea what I was getting, but I wasn't sure how a show about a U.S. president…
Added by Allie Brown on June 16, 2014 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment
When I went to see Sister Act, I hadn't seen the movie. All I knew was that it was about singing nuns. I had no idea if it would be any good, but I was excited to find out. In the end, I left the theatre pretty happy with what I had seen.
I thought that the singing was absolutely fantastic. I had two favorite actors. The first was Ta'rea Campbell who played Deloris. She was funny and she had a great singing voice. But my ultimate favorite was Ashley Montz who played Sister Mary Robert.…
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Charlotte Bobcats center Al Jefferson says it's natural for a team to relax with a 30-point lead.
Relax is one thing. Collapse would have been quite another. Over this game's final 17 minutes the Bobcats lost all but a point of a 30-point lead Monday. It took six free throws during the final 15 seconds by Gerald Henderson and new starter Ramon Sessions to hold off the Toronto Raptors 100-95.
The Bobcats have owned the Raptors of late, winning 10 of the past 13. But they nearly signed away that deed by throwing away the ball and giving up constant offensive rebounds.
The Bobcats committed 11 second-half turnovers, leading to 17 Raptors points. Also Toronto converted 17 offensive rebounds into 28 second-chance points.
Those are the little things the 18-25 Bobcats usually aren't equipped to survive.
"When you get up a 30-point lead, no matter what you tell yourselves, you're going to relax a little," said Jefferson, who finished with 22 points, 19 rebounds and seven assists. "But we stopped getting back on defense."
Bobcats coach Steve Clifford attributed that partially to how Charlotte turnovers led to Toronto fast breaks. The Raptors (20-20) finished with 19 fast-break points to nine for the Bobcats.
This was the first game the Bobcats played without point guard Kemba Walker, who is out about two weeks with a sprained left ankle. Sessions got his first start as a Bobcat and performed well with 23 points. Sessions and Henderson (16 points) combined for 21 free-throw attempts.
Walker's absence appears to be allowing opponents to double-team Jefferson more aggressively. Jefferson got off to a great start Monday, totaling 10 points and 10 rebounds during the first quarter.
It got tougher later, particularly when the Raptors used burly Chuck Hayes to guard Jefferson in the post. Jefferson got just six shots after halftime.
"Me and Chuck are great friends, but I hate (playing) him as a defender," Jefferson said. "He's smart and he moves his feet. I hated when he was traded to the East."
Jefferson's seven assists were a season-high. He said improving his passing will be essential to getting through the two weeks without Walker as an alternative scoring threat.
"Kemba, he will be missed," Jefferson said. "I've got to do a better job of catching the ball and reading the defenses."
And someone has to make shots when Jefferson passes out of the double-team. The Bobcats had a strong game from the 3-point line, making nine of 16 attempts. Jannero Pargo, the third option at point guard, had played almost no meaningful minutes this season, but he came up big with 11 points and 3-for-4 from the arc.
"Other guys have to score," Clifford said of teams doubling Jefferson. "It's the issue with that (center) position – it's dependent. It's not like getting LeBron (James) the ball at the top of the key."
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Journey's End is a unique, family owned get-away situated on beautiful Mobile Bay. This (4) bedroom (4 &1/2) bath private home is part of the Bay to Breakers beach community. With a 400 ft. fishing pier, beach access and swimming pool there is something for everyone. The comfortably appointed home has a chef's kitchen, free wi-fi, 42 inch television with satellite, surround sound and entertainment center in the great room. The third floor cupola, with its 360 degree view is a great place to spend a rainy day. Upstairs entertainment center for kids with Xbox and DVD gives mom and dad time to enjoy watching sunsets over Mobile Bay on the 25 ft. screened-in porch. Bed linens and bath towels are provided, we suggest you bring your own beach towels and paper products.
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At Camp Nejeda children and teens with type 1 diabetes are given the oppportunity to live, if only for one or two weeks, in a world where having diabetes is the norm and where there is no need to explain blood sugar testing, finger pricks, insulin injections or 'carb' counting because everyone at camp already understands. At Camp Nejeda children with diabetes are free to just be children and to enjoy a fun and educational camping experience in a safe learning environment. (learn more about Camp Nejeda)
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Reunite with Camp Nejeda campers, counselors, staff, alumni and friends to watch the New Jersey Devils take on the Pittsburgh Penquins at the Prudential Stadium in Newark, NJ. This is a fundraising event for Camp Nejeda and it's sure to be lots of fun. A portion of ticket sales will benefit Camp Nejeda.
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Here is an interesting video around the engine of the F10, describing the main differences and improvements over the X5/X6M engine.
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Your very first drive of the 2012 BMW M5 (F10) can now be virtual. The console game Forza Motorsport 4 has launched and will feature the all new F10 M5 on its cover! The very first screenshots from the game are posted inside.
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Featured below is the first commercial promo video for the F10 M5. The only previous other video of the production M5 was the launch video from BMW. The spot focuses on the versatility of the F10 M5 – from urban duties to mountain carver. Check it out.
We've covered the M3 CRT reveal at the M Night event, and now for the F10 M5, which was the second vehicle to make its appearance at M Night. Appearing in the beautiful monte carlo blue color that we've seen in the M5′s marketing materials, BMW's new super sedan was certainly more beautiful in person than in online print (as usual). Its color was actually more vibrant and even more impressive in person. It even shows in the photos we took.
Here is a little preview of what they will show at tonight's M Night from the M Festival at the Nurburgring, where there the 2012 BMW F10 M5 will make its public debut, along with the M3 lightweight sedan. This is the first fully uncovered production level 2012 M5 spotted on the roads. Follow our site along today and throughout the weekend for our entire coverage of the M Festival!
It's always a fun exercise to compare a just announced BMW model against its predecessor. It puts into perspective how much technology, engineering, and design has progressed in the 6-7 years since the last model. Here, we compare the F10 M5 (full official info) against the E60 M5 in the styling and performance departments.
The first pricing for the F10 M5 is in – for the UK. The 2012 M5 will be priced at £73,040 for UK buyers. At current conversion rates, this is approximately $118,306 US Dollars. Keep in mind however that the new M5 will be priced lower in the US. To give you a basis of comparison – the 2008 E60 M5 cost £65,890 in the UK, while costing $82,900 for the US.
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no man skele is still around, this guy just got caught up in his torrent of alts and spam. lol!
Digging: Autechre - LP5
lol o skele, persistent 2 tha bone
Album Rating: 3.5Demigod knows im not skele ...right??
no shame in being skele bro i have nothing against you
I don't know if i can believe you or not
skele ;D
Album Rating: 4.0so
this album's pretty good eh
Digging: Insides - Euphoria
Album Rating: 3.5Ok im Skele but im the fake one ..
Album Rating: 3.5Ya album is great \m/
lol theres no such thing as fake skele you are either a skele or a non-skele and you happen to be a member of the former group
dude skele alts are completely different entities
they don't even realize they're alts
lol valid point, very valid point actually
Album Rating: 3.5so what can i do to prove im not that skele dude??
make a video explaining how you aren't skele with your face in it then post a list with the link to it
Album Rating: 3.5Ok bro give me some time and the video will be ready
sweet. pumped.
Album Rating: 4.0hahaha this discussion is making my day :D
Album Rating: 3.5Rules Hard (2)
Album Rating: 4.0I'm waiting for the followup, this is gonna be one of my favorite bands. No other band gets me so pleasanty lethargic while listening to it.
Album Rating: 4.0This is a great album. So many good songs here.
Digging: Anathema - Distant Satellites
Album Rating: 3.5Rules
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Ouch - signing up is painful!
- AnneInMpls Jun 26, 2006 06:40 AM
Registering is a very painful process. I kept getting a "password is invalid" message, but there was no information about what would be valid.
The Help section is not at all helpful in this regard. I was unable to find anything about registering at all, not to mention choosing a password.
Turns out that (some? all?) punctuation characters aren't allowed in a password (a MAJOR security faux pas, by the way, as well as a user-interface no-no). If the password requirements are so strict, PLEASE add some hints on the register page on what a valid password would be.
And there's nothing on the first registration page that explains that you aren't registered until you respond to email. Check out a few major sites for their registration pages - places like Amazon, Yahoo, and others - for ideas on how to include enough helpful information to make registration a quick and pleasant process.
P.S. I have no idea if anyone else has already posted information about registration - the 20-posts-a-screen is so restrictive, and my dial-up connection slow enough - that I simply can't look for previous posts. If this limit isn't increased, you're going to see chowhound boards fill up with repetitive, redundant posts every two pages or so, with resulting frustration or lack of interest from the "regulars". PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE bump up the priority for the fix for increasing the number of posts that are displayed per page!
Don't know that I would characterize it as painful, but I did have the same confusion ... not realizing that I had to go to my email account in order to activate my account prior to logging in.
re: Chris VR
Same for me.
Registration took me all of 60 seconds (including the email).
An "invalid password" message should have an explanation of what made it invalid. However, the rest of the process is about as simple as can be:
- click Sign Up
- enter username, password, email
- click Register
Next page reads:
Thanks for signing up!
We just sent you an email that will allow you to activate your account so you can start posting. Check your inbox (be sure to check your junk mail filter just in case, too)!
Now, having gone thru the same pain that Anne did, I can assure those defending the home team that she is not hallucinating and that her comments should not be treated dismissively. Nowhere is it mentioned on the site that punctuation characters are not only verboten in passwords, but also in usernames. And, in fact, the system will gladly accept your punctuated username and even generate a confirmation email -- which will do you absolutely no good at all because you cannot log in. That's what happened to me, and I posted about it once one of the staff responded to my desperate email asking wassup. So registration may or may not be painful -- your mileage may vary.
>> When I registered, the next page that I saw told me to look for the email. Did you not get that page when you submitted your registration info? <<
Yes, I did, but it was too late.
I would like a notice on the first page, and here's why. I usually give a fake email address when I register at a web site, to cut down the volume of unsolicited and sales email that I get. (I get a LOT!)
So I almost lost my "AnneInMpls" name by giving my usual fake email. But, at the last minute, I decided to check by signing up with another temporary name. Sure enough, I would have lost my "real" name if I hadn't checked first.
Yeah, I realize that most people aren't as "email-averse" as I am, but lots are. Hence the need for some sort of notice on the initial page.
Better yet, how about some real Help info that clearly explains the registration process?
I had the same problem registering that you did due to having used punctuation in my username. Having previously gone under the handle "BK" I was forced to choose a username of at least 3 characters (which was not explicitly explained during the registration process, I had to find that out on the boards themselves). So, I registered with the username "B.K." got my confirmation email, and clicked on it to complete my registration. I can't tell you how many circles I then went in trying to log in, reregister, revalidate, etc., with no explanation offered anywhere. Thankfully I have multiple email accounts, because I then tried to register my current username with the same email address, and at least this time it explicitly told me that that email address had already been used (which, frankly, seems to me to be a bizarre restriction ... sure, usernames need to be unique, but email addresses? why not allow multiple usernames for a single email address?).
Anyway, long story short, I too have felt your pain.


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Happy 4th of July.
Maybe this year, we don't really deserve a party.
July 04, 2014 in The Shank Weekly Calendar | Permalink
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7/1 - Atomic Music Club @ Atomic Books7/1 - Neko Case @ Rams Head Live7/2 - Planning For Burial, Blacksage, more @ Golden West Cafe7/3 - First Thursdays In Canton: Lydia Loveless, Grizfolk, Strands of Oak
ATOMIC MUSIC CLUB PICK 7/4 - Overboard Yacht Rock @ Metro
7/6 - Pink Mountaintops @ Black Cat, Washington, DC7/10 - Local Quarterly Release Party @ Atomic Books7/11 - Michael Kimball & Galaga @ Atomic Books7/11 - BROS: The Lost Boys outdoor movie @ Union Craft7/14 - Goblin performs Dawn of the Dead live7/16 - Logical Magic - Sejong Cho opening @ Windup Space7/18 - Dot Wiggin, Jad Fair, Tinklers @ Ottobar7/17 - Logical Magic opening at Windup7/17 - Roomrunner, Fight Amp @ Metro7/17 - Queens Of The Stone Age, St. VIncent @ Merriweather Post7/18 - BROS: Wayne's World outdoor movie @ Union Craft7/19 - Mac Demarco @ 930 Club, Washington DC7/21 - Veruca Salt @ Black Cat7/23 - Old 97's @ Bottle & Cork (Dewey Beach, DE)7/24 - Beck @ Merriweather Post7/25 - Neutral Milk Hotel @ Merriweather Post7/26 - Wye Oak, Matmos @ Metro8/1 - AK Slaughter @ Metro8/4 - First Thursdays In Canton: The Hold Steady, Among Wolves, Hamilton Leithauser8/4 - Supersuckers @ Soundstage8/7 - First Thursdays In Canton: The Whigs, Moon Taxi, JD McPherson8/9 - Union Craft anniversary celebration8/23 - The Clean @ Metro8/26 - Boston, Crack The Sky @ Pier 68/29 - Crocodiles, Sisu, Wildhoney @ Metro8/30 - Radical Discharge, Blackwolf Beach, Black Wine @ Metro9/13 - Hampdenfest9/14 - Man...Or Astro-Man? @ Black Cat, Washington, DC9/17 - Steely Dan @ Pier 69/18 - Hall & Oates @ Pier 69/24 - Celebrated Summer presents Shonen Knife @ Ottobar9/27 - Shindig Festival
June 30, 2014 in The Shank Weekly Calendar | Permalink
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Last issue's question was an online survey whose results will be used in an upcoming Shank piece.
June 30, 2014 in Question O The Week | Permalink
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by Madam 8-Ball
AQUARIUS: Most likely.PISCES: Most likely. ARIES: Outlook good.TAURUS: Outlook good. GEMINI: As I see it, yes. CANCER: As I see it, yes.LEO: As I see it, yes. VIRGO: As I see it, yes. LIBRA: Outlook good.SCORPIO: Outlook good. SAGITTARIUS: Outlook good.CAPRICORN: Outlook good.
AQUARIUS: Most likely.PISCES: Most likely. ARIES: Outlook good.TAURUS: Outlook good. GEMINI: As I see it, yes. CANCER: As I see it, yes.LEO: As I see it, yes. VIRGO: As I see it, yes. LIBRA: Outlook good.SCORPIO: Outlook good. SAGITTARIUS: Outlook good.CAPRICORN: Outlook good.
Specialty Bonus SignOPHIUCHUS: Outlook good.
June 30, 2014 in Madam 8-Ball | Permalink
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by Benn Ray
This is a follow-up to "Hampden Slated For Parking Problems", a piece I posted a few weeks ago as preface to a community meeting where some residents were suggesting Residential Permit Parking restrictions for a significant portion of Hampden that would allow those without permits to park there only for 1 hour a day, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
In mid-June, nearly 200 concerned residents who are slowly starting to realize what an exclusionary, expensive parking scheme, as launched by a handful of other residents who mistakenly believe this will reserve parking spots in front of their homes for them (spots they mistakenly look at as "theirs) will mean for them all met in Keswick Adult Care to find out just what the hell is going on and why.
At this meeting, Councilperson Mary Pat Clarke, the driver behind this initiative, presented the restricted parking plan (roughly a 2 block radius around the Rotunda and Hopkins that resticts access to public city streets to 1 hour only, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week unless you are a resident who is eligible (and can afford) to purchase a city parking permit) as a "done deal" (like so many controversial initiatives are introduced - and, as usual, it's not. Proponents are simply trying to dampen opposition).
Residents who were just hearing about this for the first time were outraged that they were just hearing about this for the first time. Residents who had been quietly working on this scheme for months were outraged that their neighbors had finally found out about it and weren't happy.
"We've been working on this for months! Who are all these people and why are they here now all of a sudden," one organizer conspiratorially bemoaned.It was a tense community meeting - with a not insignificant number of residents asking, "Well, what if we don't want this at all" or "Why do we have to do this" only to have their questions ignored by Clarke or shouted down by their neighbors.
The term "generator" was used to describe the supposed causes of the neighborhood's parking density. It was used to refer to the Rotunda (an incomplete project that won't come online until late 2015 at the earliest), it was used to refer to Johns Hopkins University (whose purchase of the empty Zurich building and garage has brought life back to that abandoned block), and it was used to refer to the 36th St. business district, The Avenue.
The one area, and the most siginifcant one, where the term "generator" was not used, was to refer to the residents themselves. Where low density homeownership over the years has become more dense as more people have found Hampden a more attractive place to live, this means that houses that traditionally had 1-2 cars now have 4-6 vehicles (it should be noted that these vehicles will be protected under the RPP plan).
When hysterical residents imagining a doom-like scenario as a result of Hekemian's Rotunda redevolopment demanded that we act now and install the RPP immediately, more rational residents who asked, "Well, why don't we just wait to see what happens years from now when that place actually opens" were not countered with a rational argument. They were shouted down with a "NO WAY!", as if their suggestion was somehow ridiculously naive.
The residents behind the RPP are also intent on overstepping their bounds and seeking to install RPP on blocks that, by law, are supposed to be free parking. Residential Parking Restrictions are only applicable along blocks that are residential. This is why you'll sometimes see RPP signs on one side of a block, and nothing on the other where that block rings a private non-residential, commercial or institutional building. Unfortunately here, residents aren't just happy with restricting access to their own blocks, they are seeking to expand RPP along other commercial blocks which they have no discernable claim to whatsoever. Clarke said that Hekemeian has already conceded them the commercial property along the Rotunda, and now the residents are taking aim at the several blocks of what would be free parking along Johns Hopkins' buildings too.
One point I've made about this sort of Residential Permit Parking is that it doesn't actually solve parking problems - it just creates more parking problems (for other members of your community) by pushing more cars onto fewer blocks and the result is often those blocks then seeking RPP. RPP spreads like syphilis in a community. And in fact, as if to underline this point, early in the meeting, a resident from the south side of 36th St., below where this RPP is being proposed, raised his hand and asked, "How do we get these parking restrictions on our block?"
During the meeting, the tradional petition process of getting RPP was discussed - as in why is Mary Pat Clarke drafting special legislation for RPP when there already is a process by which neighbors can get the restrictions (assuming they meet certain minimum thresholds)?
Clarke had no clear explanation to this - but they are now, retroactively, I guess, going through the petition process. In the context of the meeting, it should be noted, that this process was intentionally obfuscated. Clarke announced that neighbors will be coming around to get you to sign on whether you want 1 hour restrictions or 2 hour restrictions. It wasn't clearly pointed out that neighbors don't have to sign the petition at all and that, legally speaking, if blocks can't meet a 60% threshhold, they don't fulfill the city's minimum requirements for RPP (which, I suppose is where Clarke comes in with her legislation). The whole thing seems very sketchy and may be open to future legal action. It's even more troubling that while Clarke is spearheading this initiative, she could not tell us how many parking spaces this is effecting.
This is a parking meeting, so there were a lot of irrational attitudes on display. For example, one resident, shaking mad, unironically yelled, "I did not pay several hundred thousand dollars for my house on 37th just to not be able to park in front of it because of the businesses on 36th St." This reminded me of the residents who move to Fells Point and then complain about the bars. That he paid several hundred thousand dollars for his house was the tip-off in the flaw of his complaint - he moved here after the 36th St. business district took off - if not, he would have paid the $60-$80,000 rate houses were going for in the late '90s.
I shouted back, "And why is your house worth hundreds of thousands of dollars? You're welcome!"
There was a lot of Old Hampden Xenophobia Syndrome (OHXS) on display. In fact, a woman I used to live next to, and thought of as friendly, said something to the effect of, "I've been in Hampden all my life. But now all these new poeple are moving in, invading my neighborhood, and changing everything and taking away all the green space. This isn't what I want," (I'm not sure what she meant about taking away the green space). I wanted to ask her, so those two years I was living next to you and we were neighborly, did you really just think I was some kind of asshole the whole time?
Hampden has worked very hard for years to overcome its troubling and embarrassing history and reputation as an exclusionary community where old school residents are hostile to and unwelcome to new people coming in. Unfortunately, these newly proposed parking restrictions move the neighborhood dramatically backwards in that regard. And that attitude was on display at the meeting.
There were typical gentrification complaints, "There ain't nuthin' for me on that Avenue anymore." It's just sad that people still feel that way. At this point, it speaks more about them than it does levy any sort of legitimate criticism of gentrification. But this attitude was squashed (hopefully once and for all), when Hampden resident and business owner Debbie Falkenhan got up to speak.
Deb said, "I think y'all know me, I'm Debbie Falkenhan, I live on Roland, I own Falkenhan's hardware, and I've lived here all my life, and I don't want these parking restrictions. Now I understand some of you feel like there isn't much on the Avenue for you..."
At that point, there was a smattering of applause from Old Hampden, thinking they knew where Deb was going with this.
"I just want to say to you all, get over it. There is more to do on 36th St. than I can recall. I remember what the Avenue looked like in the '80s, and it was a real shithole. None of us want to see that come back, so you need to get over it."
The place erupted in applause save for a few scowls from the scolded.
Then Clarke took a very biased straw poll about who wanted what kind of restrictions and here are the results: Most want 2 hour restricted parking. Then 2 hour restricted parking.Then, after someone called out how about NO restricted parking, that got the third most amount of votes.And then last was the currently proposed 1 hour restricted parking.I can only wonder what the results would be if Mary Pat had started with No Parking Restrictions and worked her way down. I suspect free parking would have ranked much higher - regardless - it ranked higher than what residents are currently proposing.
The meeting ended with Clarke selecting block captains responsible for gathering petitions even though she was drafting custom legislation for this? I'm still hazy on that. But step #1 is very simple, if you don't want the RPP - don't sign the petition.
But there are a few small points of irony that should be pointed out as we move forward.
Johns Hopkins University, when they first took over the Zurich building and its adjacent parking garage, offered residents the ability to rent spaces in that garage and from what I understand, not a single resident took advantage of it.
Some of the people most vocal and active in trying to get this residential permit parking scheme adopted have parking pads and/or garages that they aren't using for parking.
And finally, when I was a part of Parking Task Force 1.0 - we tried to bring reverse angle parking all the way up Roland Ave. This is something the new Parking Task Force has just revisited and were told the residents won't allow it. This would have meant a dramatic increase in the number of parking spots in an area where they are now looking to expand Residential Permit Parking because of perceived parking density. In other words, they could have had nearly 100 spaces (by Parking Authority's count) nearly 10 years ago but didn't want them. But now, they want to restrict the public's access to these streets to 1 hour a day, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Clearly, when we talk parking, we are not having a rational conversation.
So what can you do?
Email Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke and tell her how you feel if she is your representative.
Email Councilman Nick Mosby and tell him how you feel if he is your representative because these restrictions will be felt by homeowners and businessowners in that district as well.
Keep aware of any parking-related community meetings. Join the Hampden Community Council if you are a resident, or the Hampden Village Merchants Association if you are a business, and make your feelings known to them.
Talk to your neighbors about what's going on too.
And finally, don't sign any petitions you don't agree with.
For further reading, check out Hampden Community Council President Adam Feuerstein's letter in this month's Hampden Happenings [.pdf]
June 30, 2014 in INDEPENDENT HAMPDEN | Permalink
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art by Mike RileyWinner: Devo.Comments:Nolen Strals: Devo. Kiss is utter bullshit. Kiss vs Devo is basically "dumb vs smart"John Houser III: Devo is what people think others want to hear but deep down we all know its Kiss.Tex Ramone: KISS would win, only because their legal team would issue a cease and desist letter to Devo before the battle even started. KISS would then find a way to somehow merchandise Devo as a KISS product and sell it back to their fans.Tex Ramone: Bad news: KISS just took this whole comment thread and printed it on a ringer t-shirt. It's now available on their online shop for $24.95Edward Fox: Devo is the academic answer. Kiss is the emotional answer.J.t. Dockery: Pointing out that KISS is commercial is kind of like pointing out a porn star's tits are fake: obvious. I think Gene once said "I sell out every night I walk on stage." Gene is gene, indeed. But for everybody that wants to make whiny snob noises when KISS gets brought up, I firmly believe if KISS called it quits after the third album and never made ALIVE, music snobs would speak of them as a seminal influence on the early NYC punk scene. But again, I can't address this question with an either/or reality principle. I say to you, truly, that KISS seems like something DEVO would dream up if KISS didn't exist already.Boson KaChun AuPerkins: Devo of course. They did the soundtrack to the neuromancer videogameStacey Wachter: Devi. .. Devo. Stupid auto correct.Rahne Alexander: I think it was BAM magazine in California that had a years-long letters column war over who was more influential, KISS or Bob Dylan. In that battle, as in this, I will go with Devo.Joel McLemore: I was too young to really remember KISS at their peak, I mainly knew of them through LICK IT UP and afterward. By then they seemed pretty tired compared to the other bands, and I was really into metal back then. Anyway, so yeah, Devo.John Frizzera: Devo never sang Cold Gin, so I gotta go with Kiss, after all I did serve in the KISS ArmyJohn Venable: Really, has there ever been a band more cynical than KISS? It's a big part of what I admire about them.Chris Holland: Hmmm no talent gimmick band that are masters of marketing, or a one hit wonder weirdo band? Guess the KISS marketing machine wins this oneDan Taylor: Tough call but my Mom never banned DEVO so I have to go with KISS. Especially on The Demon's birthday.Josh Seip: Devi ... DevOJohnny Riggs: Kiss lyrics are the single worst lyrics on the planet. Devo were a million times smarter. And despite the fact that the first Devo LP is genius, I've probably listened to the first three KISS albums more.Brian Mitchell: Who can name the members of DEVO. Mark Mothersbaugh and who else? I think most people of that generation can name the original members of Kiss. I vote KissScott Huffines: Unlike most of the Facebook one-worders, I've actually thought about this all day. I've crossed paths with Gerry Casale three times in my life. Imagine if Kiss had failed. Gerry would be that version of Gene Simmons. His cynicism has lots to do with never "making it" other than a few coked-out years in the '80s.Michael Marshall: DEVO made much better albums. KISS made much better album covers.Edit Barry: Had KISS ever asked, "Are we not men?," they would've won this oneMarla Kanefsky: No comparison. "I wanna rock all night" to DEVO!!!!S Dwayne Bruner: DEVO only because DEVO doing KISS covers would rule more than KISS doing DEVO covers.
June 30, 2014 in There Can Be Only One Battles | Permalink
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by Ellen SweeneyI like big, complicated games. I've started to get more into tablet gaming as it's started to suck less, but even there I tend to be drawn to games that are really pretty complicated in their own right – complex puzzles, thoughtful stories, stunning artwork. However, sometimes a simple idea is executed so perfectly that I just need to marvel at its brilliance for weeks on end and tell everyone I know about it. So here are the so-simple-they're-genius games you need to know about:
Nidhogg: Named after some Norse god or monster or something that I can't be bothered to look up on Wikipedia and which has essentially no bearing on the game, it's a basic side-scrolling PvP fencing game that takes about ten seconds to learn; I would describe both the controls and the graphics as somewhere between Galaga and ExciteBike in terms of complexity. I won't ruin the game by trying to describe it, because it will sound lame, and it is AWESOME. Just get it from Steam, or come play it with me, because I will never ever ever get tired of this game. It is also surprisingly good as a spectator sport at parties – if you ever wanted a crowd of people cheering as you throw your pixelated foil at your opponent and cover the ground in cartoon blood, this is your chance.
Spaceteam: Would you like to pilot a spaceship? Do you enjoy yelling at your friends? If so, download Spaceteam to your smartphone immediately. You and a few pals form a team connected via the magic of the interwebs to co-pilot a spaceship, and all you have to do is follow the instructions and not crash. Sounds easy? Guess what – it turns out that neither you nor your friends are very good at following instructions. Each of you has a console crowded with random nonsense dials and buttons, some of which periodically break off, as commands scroll across your screen – some of which are for your console, some of which are not, and some of which need to be executed simultaneously. You frantically shout out commands to your teammates while trying to listen for your commands and also repair your constantly breaking panel. In addition to being a lot of fun and full of goofy little tidbits, it's a great way to get seated at restaurants more quickly! The developer is running a Kickstarter campaign to support his next couple of projects (he's posted a thoughtful video on everything he thinks is broken about mobile game development funding, if you're into game dev politics), so if you don't mind trying to figure out the conversion between Canadian and US dollars, check it out before it closes on July 6.
Thomas Was Alone: This is, hands-down, the most thoughtful and moving game ever created about the deep inner life of squares. And I mean literally quadrilaterals – like, colorful shapes with four 90 degree angles – not some euphemism for nerds. It's a puzzle game in which you control rectangles of various sizes, each of which have different ways of moving and interacting with the world which must be used collaboratively to complete each level. There is a rich and surprisingly touching story overlaid on the puzzle game via voiceover. The premise is that each shape represents an artificial intelligence accidentally generated in a computer system; the storyline follows their growing awareness and sense of self as they explore the world and develop feelings about their own purpose and each other. I find a lot of games which are either a puzzle game with a half-assed story, or a great story with lame puzzles, but this one does both brilliantly. It's available on several platforms, but I thought it was well suited to the tablet experience, so I recommend iOS if you have an iPad.
June 30, 2014 in Columns | Permalink
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by Steve Messick
So, I passed a few election signs this week. One said, "Vote ____, less government."
That's kind of like going to a job interview and saying, "Pick me! I'll do less work."
If he wins, no doubt in four years, his opponents' slogan will be, "Give me the job, I won't even show up!"The big real-to-life issues however, seldom go addressed. Our very lives and the well-being of our families are at stake, yet no one talks about it! I'm of course, referring to the spike in demon possession. Demonologists are saying that the number of possessions have gone from 1 to 300, "a rise of 300%!"
Actually, that would be an increase of 30,000%, but these guys attack other-worldy beings, not numbers. I've been informed that this is probably a result of the weakening of the boundaries between the physical and spiritual realm and has absolutely nothing to do with any soon-to-be-released movies and/or TV series.Demons and/or otherworldly spirits are found in almost every culture. Possessions can occur from beings from every corner of the globe. This presents a lot of problems. Initially, the demonologist has trouble identifying the type of supernatural force they are dealing with. There's also the issue of foreign entities taking away perfectly good possessions from more-than-willing and capable American demons. On the positive side, there's a good chance that we'll get at least a couple of reality shows. Can't wait for the tie-in with the demonologist and Sasquatch hunters, or perhaps the UFO detectives. I fully expect to see a possessed Bigfoot, escape alien abduction and need an intervention to stop hoarding berries and salmon. Oh well, sorry to cut this short, the Devil made me do it!
Obvious Child is a a new "romantic comedy" written and directed by Gillian Robespierre. It's about a twentysomething comic played by Jenny Slate who gets pregnant after a one-night-stand and chooses to have an abortion. Of course, the movie is also about more than that, but you can imagine that such a "radical" plot development will freak the fuck out of a certain extremist segment of the American public.
So, being a fan of the awfulness of many ONE STAR reviews, I have collected a number of them here from IMDB for your reading enjoyment.
"If Satan were a movie critic he'd likely give the abortion-themed romantic comedy an enthusiastic 'two horns up.'"
"This movie is a film about a skank who gets knocked up and has an abortion. Her child's corpse, which is stabbed and sucked out of her vagina, is sold as medical waste and ends up as fuel for power plants in the Northwest US.""I felt dirty just from watching this skank on screen. In real life... we have names for people who cannot control their sexual behavior."
"I see only one woman has reviewed this, so that partially redeems women, who seem largely responsible for this mess.""Self-pity is not a redeeming quality. There is no indication whatsoever as to why the guy falls for her, other than the fact that she seems to be available and drunk.""So…after spending almost two hours of my life, what's my takeaway here? Abortion good, hard work bad? Some guys will date almost anyone?""If this was indeed about abortion, as some seem to think, it doesn't get much air time…Jenny says 'I thought about it' and leaves it at that. We have no indication as to what thoughts entered her mind. The guy has no say. Really?""And I'm sorry, but why the title? 'Obvious Child'? Who's the child? Jenny? If it's the aborted baby, why on earth is he/she obvious? And if it's Jenny, are we supposed to celebrate that fact that she's 28 or so and totally clueless? Is that a good thing?""The opening monologue by a comedian about the nature of her womenly parts should have been the first clue. The movie couldn't go downhill since it started at the bottom already.""The constant crude language wasn't all necessary and did not endear us to the character.""A fun look at infanticide...""This is a piece of baneful propaganda designed to seduce viewers into believing that the termination of a pregnancy -- to employ the widespread Orwellian euphemism for this tragic act -- is really no big deal. In fact, according to writer-director Gillian Robespierre's deplorable film, an expansion of her 2009 short of the same title, killing a baby in the womb can serve as the gateway to a bright and fulfilling future.""Robespierre treats the taking of innocent human life as something between an unpleasant necessity -- on the order of having your wisdom teeth removed -- and a rite of passage.""With Donna on the operating table, drugged and largely oblivious, smiling dopily as the machinery of death quietly gears up, the soothing sight is meant to convey how painless an abortion can be, at least for the mother. A better interpretation of the image, however, might be to see Donna, at that moment, as the embodiment of a society lulled to narcotic indifference by one of the oldest, most convenient and most destructive falsehoods in human history -- namely, the idea that some class or category of human beings are not in fact human, and that they are not therefore endowed by their creator with rights of which no individual and no government can ever legitimately deprive them."
"If Satan were a movie critic he'd likely give the abortion-themed romantic comedy an enthusiastic 'two horns up.'"
"This movie is a film about a skank who gets knocked up and has an abortion. Her child's corpse, which is stabbed and sucked out of her vagina, is sold as medical waste and ends up as fuel for power plants in the Northwest US.""I felt dirty just from watching this skank on screen. In real life... we have names for people who cannot control their sexual behavior."
"I see only one woman has reviewed this, so that partially redeems women, who seem largely responsible for this mess.""Self-pity is not a redeeming quality. There is no indication whatsoever as to why the guy falls for her, other than the fact that she seems to be available and drunk.""So…after spending almost two hours of my life, what's my takeaway here? Abortion good, hard work bad? Some guys will date almost anyone?""If this was indeed about abortion, as some seem to think, it doesn't get much air time…Jenny says 'I thought about it' and leaves it at that. We have no indication as to what thoughts entered her mind. The guy has no say. Really?""And I'm sorry, but why the title? 'Obvious Child'? Who's the child? Jenny? If it's the aborted baby, why on earth is he/she obvious? And if it's Jenny, are we supposed to celebrate that fact that she's 28 or so and totally clueless? Is that a good thing?""The opening monologue by a comedian about the nature of her womenly parts should have been the first clue. The movie couldn't go downhill since it started at the bottom already.""The constant crude language wasn't all necessary and did not endear us to the character.""A fun look at infanticide...""This is a piece of baneful propaganda designed to seduce viewers into believing that the termination of a pregnancy -- to employ the widespread Orwellian euphemism for this tragic act -- is really no big deal. In fact, according to writer-director Gillian Robespierre's deplorable film, an expansion of her 2009 short of the same title, killing a baby in the womb can serve as the gateway to a bright and fulfilling future.""Robespierre treats the taking of innocent human life as something between an unpleasant necessity -- on the order of having your wisdom teeth removed -- and a rite of passage.""With Donna on the operating table, drugged and largely oblivious, smiling dopily as the machinery of death quietly gears up, the soothing sight is meant to convey how painless an abortion can be, at least for the mother. A better interpretation of the image, however, might be to see Donna, at that moment, as the embodiment of a society lulled to narcotic indifference by one of the oldest, most convenient and most destructive falsehoods in human history -- namely, the idea that some class or category of human beings are not in fact human, and that they are not therefore endowed by their creator with rights of which no individual and no government can ever legitimately deprive them."
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I like Heather Mizeur.
Yesterday, I voted for Heather Mizeur.
I urged friends to vote for Heather Mizeur.
Given the opportunity, I would vote for Heather Mizeur again. And I hope I get that opportunity.
The Annapolis "wisdom" (is that the local equivalent of "Beltway Wisdom"?) was that as a Maryland Democratic gubernatorial primary candidate, she didn't really have a chance -that she was just "too out there for the mainstream," which I suspect is homophobic code.
She was just too liberal, the establishment would have it, but I'm not sure why. She wasn't calling for forced unions in all workplaces or mandatory abortions or taking eveyone's guns away or whatever it is mythical, extremist liberals are supposed to think that scares the so-called "mainstream".
But I wasn't completely sold she couldn't do it.
For a brief moment, after the Cantor/Brat fiasco in Virginia, for just a sweet, tiny, wee, little moment, I thought maybe anything was possible.
Out of all the Democratic gubernatorial candidates, the only one who bothered to take the time to speak to me was Mizeur. She came my place of business (largely because she wanted access to the Hampden Village Merchants Association - an organization I'm proud to be the President of, but sadly, the HVMA doesn't exist to offer access to people running for office), and despite me not being able to help her in the way she wanted, she still talked to me for a few minutes, listened to my concerns, and I liked her. I knew I was voting for her right away, I just didn't know HOW I was for her. Would I work for her the way I have other candidates? Would I try to persuade others? Would I endeavor to rally the vote? Or would I just show up and vote for her? I mean, I have a lot on my plate (don't we all these days).
But when Mizeur selected Prince George's County Pastor Delman Coates as her running mate, I had my answer. In a projected, low-voter turnout election, her winning would would depend on getting out the vote - and after her selection of a running mate, I was only so comfortable spending my time to work to get her elected. And if, as a progressive, she dampened my enthusiasm, it seemed reasonable to assume she did the same to others.
It was more than me being a staunch believer in the separation of church and state and not being comfortable helping to elect religious leaders to public office, regardless of how progressive those leaders might be (but to be perfectly honest, that was a not insignifcant part of it). I'm not saying I would vote against all religious leaders for office, but when their bona fides for being #2 in line behind the governor is bascially just being the Pastor of some megachurch in the county - I can't help but think a better running mate was out there somewhere.
But more importantly, her choice also struck me as calculated, cynical, and just plain wrong, See, Mizeur is gay. And there are a whole lot of "religous" people in Maryland who still may not be comfortable voting for a gay person. So if she has a religous leader running with her, the flawed strategy goes, those bigots might feel more comfortable voting for her. This never works.
The problem is that the people who are going to hate Mizeur for being gay are not going to temper that hate because she's running with Coates. People don't usually vote FOR the running mate, regardless of who it is - at least not enough to win elections.
People are, however, sometimes turned off by a running mate. (Just ask John McCain.)
If voters feel the running mate was a bad choice, it makes them wonder about the capacity of the candidate to make wise decisions on important things. And in my case, while it didn't stop me voting for the ticket, it also didn't inspire me to jump aboard the Mizeur train whole-heartedly (although I did more rallying than I thought I would) and actively campaign for her.
I'm confused as to why Maryland candidates for governor select running mates in advance of the primaries anyway. Wouldn't it make sense to go through the primaries and then select running mates after the votes are tallied, perhaps to build bridges, form coalitions, etc?
But I didn't nag people to vote for Heather like I could have. I didn't do all I could to urge, plead, or beg people to vote for Mizeur. The most I did was let people know via social media how I was voting and encouraged them to do the same (and most let me know they were voting the same way). And I forwarded a few links. And one on one, I told people who I was voting for and why, and tried to convince them to do the same. I simply wasn't comfortable doing all I could to get the candidate I liked elected. I don't mean that my efforts could have gotten Mizeur elected, what I mean is that if I felt uncomfortable going all in with Heather because of her choice of running mate, there were probably others like me who felt that way too.
Regardless, for brief period of time yesterday, deep in my heart, I hoped Mizeur was able to inspire others in a way she didn't quite manage to inspire me.
By nature of the "Baltimore Bubble," it seemed possible. Everyone I spoke to who voted, to a person , all said they voted "Mizeur." And I let myself think for a moment, in a smaller version of the same way I feel that first minute I buy a Powerball ticket, that anything is possible. That there are really only two ways things go, the way you want or another way - and given my poor math skills that means there's always a 50-50 shot.
Heather could have won, but she didn't.
Yes, I like her policies.
Yes, she sounded like the most reasonable Democrat running (as I said when I urged people to listen to this interview). In the context of the primary, Brown came off as an empty-suit, a non-entity. And Gansler - a spoiled county frat dude. And one of Gansler's field people (who looked too young to vote) tried to convince me that this was Bush/Gore/Nader all over again - I didn't want to know who he thought was Bush and who he thought was Gore. It was just too ludicrous to be lectured about Nader voting by someone too young to have been through it.
Heather has been the only politician I have heard who does more than just pay lip-service to small business - she acutally had a plan to help small businesses (similar to one I've been trying to get politicians to listen to for years). She wants to legalize pot (which, at this point, most of us see as an eventuality). She wants affordable education. She believes in a living wage and equal pay - all things reasonable, compassionate Marylanders should believe in.
That her pragmatism sounds "extreme" to some old Democrats is disheartening and indicative as to why many people (until recently, me included), prefer to remain "Independent" even though not being able to vote in Maryland Democratic primaries severely limits your participation in the electoral process.
But in the end, from my perspective, Heather lost because she made some bad decisions. Not decisions that chased me away, but not ones that inspired me either. Could she have won? Who knows. Could she have won the general? Who knows.
She had an opportunity to energize Maryland progressives in a way Virginia's Brat energized Tea Partiers. But instead, she comprompised, like so many liberals do, with a key decision, and she ended up paying for it.
I hope that Heather continues in local politics. I'd like the chance to vote for her again. But if a progressive is going to pull an upset, they need to try harder than that to motivate a cynical and exploited-feeling base.
I'm sorry, Heather Mizeur. I would have very much liked you to be our next governor.
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In one of the greatest movies ever made, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, King Arthur confronts the enchanted Black Knight, an indestructible character who challenges Arthur to a sword fight. Arthur begins lopping off the knight's limbs one at a time, but he refuses to quit. Finally reduced to nothing but a torso and head, the Black Knight sits on his bloody stumps and angrily shouts, "Oh, oh, I see, running away, eh?...You yellow bastards! Come back here and take what's coming to you...I'll bite your legs off!"
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rail at the narcotic clinics and "dope doctors" long after they had been suppressed; they were the floodgates that must remain closed lest the country become awash with narcotics. For three decades he managed to convince the government and the public of the correctness of his utilitarian calculation, thereby maintaining "a policy of narcotics control unlike that of almost every nation in the world."110 It was, nevertheless, a case built on bluff and intimidation. There is no objective evidence to support the idea that disallowal of maintenance saved the country from a series of mid-century narcotic epidemics.111 If the narcotic clinics had not been closed back in 1919-1920, if medical discretion and supervision had been permitted within the context of detoxification-or-maintenance programs, and if this approach had been widely emulated, then incalculable suffering, crime, and death could have been averted. Those who contemplate a purely preventative strategy for the future, who trust only in education and legal pressure, would do well to contemplate the implications of this. The combined medical-police approach, with all its contradictions and weaknesses, is by default the best policy available. The tragedy is that the country did not recognize this 40 years sooner.
Many of the interviews noted in this paper appear in edited form in David Courtwright, Herman Joseph, and Don Des Jarlais, Addicts Who Survived: An Oral History of Narcotic Use in America, 1923-1965 (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1989). Most of the material in this essay also appears in the introduction and epilogue of Addicts Who Survived.
For a review of the statistical evidence on late nineteenth-and early twentieth-century addiction, see Chap. 1 of David T. Courtwright, Dark Paradise: Opiate Addiction in America Before 1940 (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1982).
Address delivered at Syracuse, New York; copy forwarded to Katharine Bement Davis, November 22, 1924, Papers of the Bureau of Social Hygiene, Series 3, Box 3, Folder 126, Rockefeller Archive Center, North Tarrytown, N.Y.
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