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LEE UNIVERSITY'S DIXON CENTER — 1053 Church St., Cleveland, Tenn. 423-614-8343, www.leeuniversity.edu/theatre. Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing," 7:30 p.m. April 10-12. $10 adults, $7 seniors/students.
OAK STREET PLAYHOUSE — Flo Summitt Theatre, First-Centenary United Methodist Church, 419 McCallie Ave. 423-756-2428, www.oakstreetplayhouse.com. "'Til Beth Do Us Part," 7:30 p.m. April 16, 19, 24-26; 2:30 p.m. April 27. $10 adults, $8 seniors and groups of 10 or more, $5 students with ID; $8 for tickets April 24, Girls Night Out.
CAMP CHAIR CINEMA — Center Park,, 728 Market St. Outdoor Chattanooga presents "Gorging," a film about the sport of canyoneering, 7:30-9 p.m. April 11. Free; bring a camp chair for seating. Concessions by Muenster Truck. 423-634-6888.
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ATHENS ARTS CENTER — 320 N. White St., Athens, Tenn. 423-745-8781, www.athensartscouncil.org. "High School Art Show," more than 40 pieces in variety of media from pencil to printmaking to papier mache, through April 30.
BESSIE SMITH CULTURAL CENTER — 200 E. M.L. King Blvd. Admission: $7 adults, $3 children 6-12, $5 seniors and students. 423-266-8658. "Bright Ideas: African American Inventors and Inventions," through June 14.
CREATIVE ARTS GUILD — Dalton, Ga. 520 W. Waugh St. 706-278-0168, www.creativeartsguild.org. First Friday reception features painter Sandra Paynter Washburn in Main Gallery, photographer Randy Smith in Gallery 111 and art student Emily Odum in main lobby, 530-7:30 p.m. Friday, April 11 (postponed from spring break week).
EXUM GALLERY & MEMORIAL GARDEN — St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 305 W. Seventh St. 423-266-8195, www.stpaulschatt.org. "Fr:Ac/TurE(d)," works by Jake Kelly, through April 27.
FOODWORKS RESTAURANT — 205-C Manufacturers Road. 423-580-2270. "Spring Colors," show and sale of 40-plus watercolors, oils, acrylics and collages by Civic Arts League members, through June 28.
HUNTER MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — 10 Bluff View. Admission: $9.95 adults, $4.95 children. 423-267-0968, www.huntermuseum.org.
"African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond," exhibition organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum includes 100 works by 43 artsts, through May 25.
"Preface: An Introduction to Artists' Books," drawn from the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library at the University of Alabama, through June 15.
"The Word, the Sound and the Image: Meditations on 'Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights and Beyond,'" featuring musician/DJ/poet Christian Collier and other local performers, 6-9 p.m. today, April 10.
IN-TOWN GALLERY — 26A Frazier Ave. 423-267-9214. www.intowngallery.com. "Serendipitous," floral paintings, landscapes and abstracts by Helen Brooks and clay forms by Sheila Fulghum, through April 25,
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"Vessels in Time: A Journey Into the Biblical World," permanent exhibit of 200 ancient artifacts.
"The Battle Over King David: Excavating the Fortress of Elah," artifacts on loan from the National Treasure of Israel, through April.
MARSH HOUSE MUSEUM — 308 N. Main St., LaFayette, Ga. 423-718-9918, 706-638-5187, www.marshhouseoflafayette.com. Guided history tours, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and other days for groups. $5 adults, $1 children.
MOUNTAIN ARTS COMMUNITY CENTER — 809 Kentucky Ave., Signal Mountain. 423-886-1959. Studio 5 gallery debuts with 52 two- and three-dimensional works by 13 local artists of Regional Art Alliance, through April 30.
MUSEUM CENTER AT FIVE POINTS — 200 E. Inman St., Cleveland, Tenn. Admission: $5 adults, $4 students and seniors. 423-339-5745, www.museumcenter.org. Screening of documentary on dirt track racing by Ron and Debbie Moore, April 17.
NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM — Northgate Mall, 5000 Hixson Pike. 423-877-2525. www.mohm.org. Exhibit examines exploits of America's heroes through photos, narratives, uniforms and artifacts from Revolutionary War through Iraqi Freedom.
NORTH RIVER CIVIC CENTER — 1009 Executive Drive, Suite 102, Hixson. 423-870-8924. "East Asian Inspired Art: 7 Artists," exhibit of sumi-e brush paintings mounted on scrolls, East Asian-themed paintings on canvas and watercolor, and photographs, through May 29.
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"Nature at Its Best," featuring hardwood bowls by Steve Noggle, digital botanical prints by Kim Kauffman and oil paintings by Ceasar Citraro, through April 30.
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A Lincoln police officer was killed Wednesday night while driving to work. The Nebraska State Patrol says Officer Anthony Howe was involved in a single car crash on Interstate 80 about 8:20pm. Howe was traveling to Lincoln from York where he lives.
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As the 2010 Pro Football season gets underway, the New Orleans Saints reign as Champions of the World. Now, in honor of them and other great moments in sports that took place at the Louisiana Superdome, a public square has been dedicated just outside the famed domed stadium.
Champions Square, a 60,000-square-foot plot encompassing a one-block section of LaSalle Street and part of what was once the New Orleans Centre shopping mall, officially opened on August 21 as the Saints hosted their first home exhibition game of the current season against the Houston Texans. Now, after many years of waiting, Saints fans and others who don't have tickets to the games, have a place to hang out and party and cheer the home team on.
Sponsored by Verizon, the wireless telephone giant, in partnership with the Saints and the State of Louisiana, Champions Square comfortably accommodates up to 8,000 revelers. It is free and easily accessible, thanks to an abundance of convenient nearby parking. It is being envisioned as a festive area similar to other developments of this type around the country, particularly the L.A. Live entertainment complex in downtown Los Angeles adjacent to the Staples Center, home of the Los Angeles Lakers NBA basketball team. L.A. Live features apartments, ballrooms, bars, concert theaters, restaurants, movie theaters and a 54-story hotel and condominium tower, and some of these features may eventually be incorporated into the larger plan of the New Orleans developers.
Backers of this project envision having a major sports district open all year round, 24 hours a day, in place by the time the 2013 Super Bowl is played in the Superdome. Until the final phases of the project are completed, Saints fans will at least have a square that features live entertainment, street vendors and some of New Orleans' favorite eateries. Among the food vendors with concessions in the square are Red Fish Grill, Acme Oyster House, Drago's, Bourbon House Seafood, Dickie Brennan's Steakhouse, Wow Café and Wingery, The Praline Connection, Outback Steakhouse and Galatoire's.
Principals involved in the redevelopment see it as a place for families and tourists to come before and after games; a gathering place for visitors as well as New Orleanians.
In the three and a half decades since the Superdome was built many historic moments in sports history have taken place there. Muhammad Ali became the first heavyweight boxing champion to win the title three separate times with his September 1978 win over Leon Spinks. In 1982 future NBA great Michael Jordan sank a basket that gave the University of North Carolina the NCAA Championship during a Final Four tournament held in the Dome. Six NFL Super Bowls have taken place there, along with all but one Sugar Bowl game since the stadium opened in 1975. Three BCS National Championship games have been played there, as well as four Final Four tourneys.
Many of these great moments in Superdome and sports history are among the most prominent features of Champions Square. The Wall of Champions displays 30-foot photos of past championship teams and individual champions from the city, including Saints teams that won their division championships and this year's Super Bowl winners. Among those featured are former Saints linebacker Rickey Jackson, a recent inductee to the Pro Football Hall of Fame; Super Bowl XLIV MVP Drew Brees; Muhammad Ali, and Michael Jordan.
Champions Square is the first step in what is expected to be a major redevelopment in the district immediately adjacent to the Superdome. The New Orleans Centre, an urban shopping mall that existed across LaSalle Street from the Dome from the 1990s until 2005 suffered extensive damage during Hurricane Katrina and never reopened. The development of a sports-related entertainment complex on the site of abandoned shopping center, coupled with extensive renovations at the adjacent Hyatt Hotel, is expected to revitalize an area that had fallen victim to urban blight.
In addition to Champions Square, the project's developers are constructing what they term "a grand entrance" to the Superdome via Gate C where an estimated 65% of the fans enter the stadium. This will take the form of an elaborate staircase. Eventually they hope to have an iconic feature at the top of the staircase that will welcome fans and visitors into the stadium.
Pending City Council approval of a street closure, the one-block section of LaSalle Street between Poydras and Girod streets will be permanently closed to vehicular traffic and transformed into an urban mall. The former street will be bricked and outfitted with trees, concessions, kiosks, Saints memorabilia and other amenities. There are also plans to transform the former 6,500-square-foot Macy's store into Club XLIV (commemorating the Saints' victory in Super Bowl 44), a private lounge. For the present time, the square will be open for Saints games with the opportunity to open for other events such as beach volleyball, concerts, mini-festivals and conventions. Rentals of the square for these types of special events and private parties can be arranged.
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Traffic, traffic, traffic. If you've recently returned, I hope you came to dance. Well the heat has eased off a bit in SW Florida, but not at Fred's. You continue to bring great energy & enthusiasm. We so appreciate all the support for us & for live Latin music. We'll be back at Fred's Food, Fun, & Spirits ( 2700 Immokalee Rd. Naples 431-7928) on Saturday, December 13th. The show starts at 8:00 p.m. Eat, drink, work up a sweat. Bring a friend. Bring 3 friends. Invite strangers. There's always great energy. There will be an $8.00 cover. If you're planning on being at any of the shows at Fred's, we recommend that you make reservations early. We'd like to thank Fred's for all their support. We're looking forward to seeing you. Come join us to energize the live Latin music scene in Naples.
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What were all those dreams we shared
Those many years ago?
What were all those plans we made
Now left beside the road?
Behind us in the road
More than friends I always pledged
'Cause friends they come and go
People change as does everything
I wanted to grow old
Just want to grow old
Slide on next to me
I'm just a human being
I will take the blame
But just the same
This is not me
You see
I'm better than this
Don't leave me so cold
Or buried beneath the stones
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There's such a thing
It's my fault, now I been caught
A sickness in my bones
How it pains to leave you here
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I yell
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My dear
The end
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Definitely my favorite Pearl Jam song. Eddie's vocals are tearing with an incredible amount of emotion. The music sets a background of growing tension before the trailing end. The unexpected tonality makes this one stick in your head for a long time, as do the lyrics.
Beautiful song.
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|Lana Wachowski
Andy (left) and Lana Wachowski in September 2012, at the Fantastic Fest screening of Cloud Atlas.
|Laurence Wachowski
June 21, 1965
Chicago, Illinois, United States
|Other names
|Larry Wachowski (1994–2010)[1]
|Film director, producer, screenwriter, video game director, video game writer, comic book writer
|Years active
|Thea Bloom (m. October 30, 1993 – December 2002; divorced)[2]
Karin Winslow (aka Ilsa Strix) (2009–)[3][4]
|Lana Wachowski
Andy (left) and Lana Wachowski in September 2012, at the Fantastic Fest screening of Cloud Atlas.
|Laurence Wachowski
June 21, 1965
Chicago, Illinois, United States
|Other names
|Larry Wachowski (1994–2010)[1]
|Film director, producer, screenwriter, video game director, video game writer, comic book writer
|Years active
|Thea Bloom (m. October 30, 1993 – December 2002; divorced)[2]
Karin Winslow (aka Ilsa Strix) (2009–)[3][4]
|Andy Wachowski
|Andrew Paul Wachowski
December 29, 1967
Chicago, Illinois, United States
|film director, producer, screenwriter, video game director, video game writer, comic book writer
|Years active
|Alisa Blasingame (1991–)
Lana Wachowski (born Laurence "Larry" Wachowski; June 21, 1965) and Andrew Paul "Andy" Wachowski (born December 29, 1967), known together professionally as the Wachowskis and formerly as the Wachowski Brothers, are American film directors, screenwriters and producers. [5]
They made their directing debut in 1996 with Bound, and reached fame with their second film The Matrix (1999), for which they won the Saturn Award for Best Director. They wrote and directed its two sequels The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions (both in 2003), and were heavily involved in the writing and production of other works in the franchise.
Following the commercial success of the Matrix series, they wrote and produced the 2006 film V for Vendetta (an adaptation of the comic of the same name by Alan Moore), and in 2008 released the film Speed Racer, which was a live action adaptation of the Japanese anime series, Speed Racer. Their most recent film, Cloud Atlas, based on the novel of the same name by David Mitchell and co-written and co-directed by Tom Tykwer, was released on October 26, 2012. Their next film Jupiter Ascending will be released in 2015, while their television series Sense8 is scheduled to begin broadcast in 2014.
Lana Wachowski was born Laurence Wachowski (known as "Larry") in Chicago in 1965. Andy Wachowski was born two years later in 1967. Their mother, Lynne (née Luckinbill), was a nurse and painter whose brother is actor Laurence Luckinbill. Their father, Ron Wachowski, was a businessman of Polish descent.[6][7] They have two sisters, Julie and Laura;[3][8] Julie was credited as assistant coordinator in the Wachowskis' film Bound,[9] and is a novelist and screenwriter.[10]
Lana and Andy attended Kellogg Elementary School in Chicago's Beverly area, and graduated from Whitney Young High School, known for its performing arts and science curriculum, in 1983 and 1986, respectively. Former students recall them playing Dungeons & Dragons and working in the school's theater and TV program. Andy then attended Emerson College in Boston, while Lana went to Bard College in New York. Both dropped out before graduating and ran a carpentry business in Chicago while creating comic books.[11]
Influences on the pair included Akira Kurosawa, Mamoru Oshii, and Stanley Kubrick,[12] among others.
Prior to working in the film industry, the Wachowskis wrote comic books for Marvel Comics' Razorline imprint, namely Ectokid (created by horror novelist Clive Barker) in 1993 as well as writing for Epic Comics' Clive Barker's Hellraiser and Clive Barker's Nightbreed comic series.
In the mid-1990s they branched out into film writing, creating the script for Assassins in 1994. Warner Brothers bought the script and included two more pictures in contract.[13] Assassins was "totally rewritten" by Brian Helgeland;[14] the Wachowskis tried to remove their names from the film but failed.[3] They then moved on to their next project, the neo-noir thriller Bound, their debut as directors. The film was well received for its style and craft,[15] and was noted as one of the first mainstream films to prominently feature a homosexual relationship without it being central to the plot.[16] Taking advantage of the positive buzz, the Wachowskis asked to direct their next picture, The Matrix.[13]
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Their next film, The Matrix was completed in 1999. It proved to be a success, and spawned two sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, both released in 2003.
During The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Animatrix and Enter the Matrix production, the Wachowskis created EON Entertainment (not to be confused with Eon Productions), their production company to coordinate and direct all involved partners.[17] It is also where the films were edited together, after the various FX vendors sent their finished work.[18] EON's internal VFX team, ESC, did a number of visual effect shots for the two Matrix sequels and coordinated the other vendors. ESC was shut down in summer 2004.[19] Anarchos Productions (credited in Cloud Atlas as Anarchos Pictures[20]) is their production company that has been billed for all their films starting with V for Vendetta,[21] but EON is still being mentioned at the production credits of their latest film, Cloud Atlas.[22]
Kinowerks is their postproduction and effects studio, based in Ravenswood, Chicago.[23] It has been acclaimed for its green-friendly design.[24] Roger Ebert was invited to watch a restored print of The Godfather in the Kinowerks facilities and met the Wachowskis,[25] but he was oblivious to the fact the studio belonged to them. The Chicago Tribune's Christopher Pirelli has interviewed the Wachowskis in the facility but was instructed to keep its exact location a secret, as the filmmakers want to avoid having fans showing up at the front door.[26]
Prior to working in the film industry, the Wachowskis wrote comic books for Marvel Comics' Razorline imprint, namely Ectokid (created by horror novelist Clive Barker) in 1993 as well as writing for Epic Comics' Clive Barker's Hellraiser and Clive Barker's Nightbreed comic series.
In 2003, they created Burlyman Entertainment and have released comic books based on The Matrix as well as two original bi-monthly series:
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In 2006 the Wachowskis wrote and produced V for Vendetta, an adaptation of Alan Moore's comic book of the same name. The film, directed by Wachowski collaborator James McTeigue, was well received.[27] They returned to directing with 2008's Speed Racer, a critical and commercial disappointment.[28][29] Their next directorial outing was Cloud Atlas, adapted from David Mitchell's 2004 novel, which drew widely mixed reviews.[30]
In 2008[31] the Wachowskis were producing for Madhouse an animated film based on their comic book company's Shaolin Cowboy,[32][33] titled Shaolin Cowboy in The Tomb of Doom.[34] The feature is co-directed by the comic book's creator Geof Darrow and Seiji Mizushima, a Japanese director.[31] When the American financiers backed out, the film was left half-finished and in need of $3 million. Darrow does not believe that the required amount of money to finish it will be found.[35]
Warner Bros. has expressed interest in Hood, a modern adaptation of the Robin Hood legend, which the Wachowskis wrote and plan to direct. They also wrote an Iraq war-set gay romance conspiracy thriller titled CN-9 (or Cobalt Neural 9); however, the project failed to find financing.[1] However the siblings are still keen to make it, even if it has to be made in a different form than film.[36]
Jupiter Ascending, an original science fiction screenplay by the Wachowskis, is set to be made into a film by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film will be directed and produced by the Wachowskis.[37] It will star Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis, and will feature the Wachowskis regular collaborators John Gaeta on the visual effects and Kym Barrett on costumes. It is scheduled to start shooting in early 2013, with an anticipated release date sometime in 2014.[38] It is scheduled to be released in 3-D and IMAX 3D.[39]
The siblings are also shopping around a concept for a TV series dubbed Sense8 that they have developed with Ninja Assassin collaborator J. Michael Straczynski. In their pursuit of the concept the Wachowskis have penned three spec scripts which are said to resemble their unique storytelling style seen in The Matrix films, and they plan to direct at least a few episodes of the series, should it be made. Producer Marc Rosen of Georgeville Television (GTTV), describes the project as "an idea so big in size and scale that it doesn't make sense to try it as a pilot. The only way to let the filmmakers realize their vision on something like this is to do multiple episodes."[40] On March 27, 2013 it was announced ten episodes will be made to be streamed on Netflix late 2014.[41] The series which belongs to the genre of science fiction is described as "a gripping global tale of minds linked and souls hunted" which was conceived by the showrunners "after a late night conversation about the ways technology simultaneously unites and divides us".
The siblings admit to a love for telling multipart stories. "Because we grew up on comic books and the Tolkien trilogy, one of the things we're interested in is bringing serial fiction to cinema," Lana has said. Andy puts his desire to shake up viewers a bit more bluntly: "We think movies are fairly boring and predictable. We want to screw with audiences' expectations."[42] In terms of themes that run through their body of work, Lana has cited "the inexplicable nature of the universe [being] in constant dialogue with our own consciousness and our consciousness actually affect[ing] the inexplicable nature of the universe,"[4] "interconnectivity and about truth beneath the surface"[43] and "the paradox of choice and choicelessness".[44] The Wachowskis cited the art of comic book artist Geof Darrow as an influence on the look of The Matrix. Also, they stated that Ghost in the Shell, Ninja Scroll, and Akira as anime that inspired them. "in anime, one thing that they do that we tried to bring to our film was a juxtaposition of time and space in action beats."[45]
The Wachowskis cited Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey as one of their main inspirations for Cloud Atlas.[46] They first saw the film when they were seven and ten respectively.[12]
Lana and Andy are self-proclaimed gamers. As teens they spent their weekends in the attic playing Dungeons & Dragons.[3] They liken the process of the playing parties imagining the same virtual space to the process of filmmaking. Along with some of their friends they wrote a 350-page role-playing game of their own, called High Adventure. The rights to it are available for publishing.[47]
On the video game front, they had been exchanging letters with Hideo Kojima and finally met him during a Famitsu interview in late 1999.[48] Metal Gear Solid was the first video game they played after finishing work on The Matrix. Candidates for an adaptation of the first Matrix movie to video game form included Kojima, Bungie and Shiny Entertainment whose Messiah PC game impressed them.[49][50] Shiny's David Perry who ultimately had his company develop and collaborate with them on the Enter the Matrix and The Matrix: Path of Neo video games was impressed with their familiarity with the medium which was a big plus during development.[51] The Wachowskis owned both a PlayStation 2 and Xbox video game console and played several games such as Splinter Cell and Halo 2 and in the case of the latter they finished it even before Perry did.[52] Reportedly during a Halo deathmatch they destroyed their Xbox.[49]
Asked about their feelings turning the tightly controlled Matrix saga to the unpredictable form of an MMORPG with The Matrix Online the duo appeared enthusiastic about the nature and possibilities of video games:
The "vagaries of an MMO where unpredictable player behavior is the rule," is the reason for doing it. Our films were never intended for a passive audience. There are enough of those kinds of films being made. We wanted our audience to have to work, to have to think, to have to actually participate in order to enjoy them. This may be because while we enjoy movies, we also spend a lot of time (as in crack-den amounts of time) gaming.
Gaming engages your mind actively whereas most genre films (the films we tend to watch) are designed to provoke as little thinking as possible. Consider why the films in which everyone knows exactly what is going to happen are the films that make the most money.
Yet the fact that the Matrix films are three of the most successful adult films in history (despite of what much of the media would have us believe), suggests that there are other people like us. Those are the people, the people who thought about it, who worked at it, who we ultimately made the trilogy for and it now makes perfect sense to us that they should inherit the storyline. For us, the idea of watching our baby evolve inside the virtual bubble-world of this new radically developing medium, which has in our opinion the potential of combining the best attributes of films and games, of synthesizing reality TV with soap opera, RPGs and Mortal Combat [sic], is fantastically exciting.
Andy has been married to Alisa Blasingame since 1991.[53] Lana, while still identifying as Larry, married Thea Bloom in 1993; they divorced in 2002. She subsequently began dating Karin Winslow, a dominatrix known as Ilsa Strix; they married in 2009.[3][4]
Raised by a "hardcore atheist" father and an "ex-Catholic turned Shamanist" mother,[4] the duo once described their religious beliefs as non-denominational.[45] Lana is a vegetarian.[54]
Rumors that Lana Wachowski, then still identifying as Larry, was transitioning from male to female spread in the early 2000s, though neither sibling spoke directly on the subject at the time.[55] In 2003 Gothamist.com mentioned the possible gender reassignment and suggested that "the Matrix films could be read with a sadomasochistic subtext with the news of Larry's companionship with a dominatrix" (her future wife Karin Winslow).[56] Though the Wachowskis remained silent, sources close to them denied the rumors. In a 2007 interview Joel Silver, the producer of numerous Wachowski films, stated that the rumors concerning the gender reassignment surgery were "all untrue", further explaining, "they just don't do interviews, so people make things up." Similar statements were made to Fox News by crew members working on the Speed Racer film, with one employee pointing out, "on the call sheets, it still says Larry."[57]
According to Rovi, Lana completed her transition after Speed Racer's release in 2008.[58] The Hollywood Reporter and the New York Times have referred to the Wachowskis as "Andy and Lana (formerly Larry) Wachowski",[1][59] and Deadline.com has referred to the duo as "Andy and Lana Wachowski."[60] On some documents she appears as Laurenca Wachowski.[55][61][62] In July 2012, Lana made her first public appearance after transitioning, in a video discussing the creative process behind Cloud Atlas.[63] Lana is the first major Hollywood director to come out as transgender.[64]
In October 2012 Lana received the Human Rights Campaign's Visibility Award.[65] In her acceptance speech she revealed that she had considered committing suicide once in her youth. Lana's acceptance speech was one of the longest public appearances that either of the notoriously reclusive siblings has ever given. She began by explaining that while she and her brother had not publicly commented on her transitioning during the past decade of rumors about it, this was not because she was ashamed of it, nor had she kept it a secret from her family and friends. Rather, Lana had not commented about her transitioning due to a general shyness about the news media that both she and her brother Andy possess. Comparing it to losing one's virginity as an event which only happens once and is irreversible, the Wachowskis had tried to stay out of the public eye and avoided giving interviews due to fear of losing their personal privacy, fearing that they would never be able to go to a public restaurant again without being noticed and harassed as celebrities. Explaining her decision to appear at the event, she said, "there are some things we do for ourselves, but there are some things we do for others. I am here because when I was young, I wanted very badly to be a writer, I wanted to be a filmmaker, but I couldn't find anyone like me in the world and it felt like my dreams were foreclosed simply because my gender was less typical than others. If I can be that person for someone else, then the sacrifice of my private civic life may have value."[66]
|Functioned as
|Executive producers
|Their script was "totally rewritten"[14] by screenwriter Brian Helgeland. They tried to remove their names from the film but failed.[3]
|The Matrix
|The Animatrix
Writing credits for "Final Flight of the Osiris"; story credits for "The Second Renaissance Part I", "The Second Renaissance Part II" and "Kid's Story".
|The Matrix Reloaded
|The Matrix Revolutions
|V for Vendetta
|Also uncredited second unit directing work[3][67][68]
|The Invasion
|Wrote additional action scenes, uncredited[69]
|Speed Racer
|Ninja Assassin
|Cloud Atlas
|Co-directed with Tom Tykwer
|Jupiter Ascending
|Functioned as
|Executive producers
|Netflix series. Shooting.[71]
|Antony and the Johnsons
|Epilepsy Is Dancing
|The music video was choreographed by Sean Dorsey and was censored in North America.[72] The production team behind the video collectively call themselves AFAS.[73]
Additionally classifying themselves as "lifelong rabid Bulls fans" they created a revamped introductory animation for Chicago Bulls to open the 2006–2007 regular season.[74]
|Functioned as
|Enter the Matrix
|Based on a 244-page script by the Wachowskis, the game features one hour of live action sequences directed by them, and their collaboration with the game's staff for the creation of another hour of in-engine cinematics and more.[75][76] Also directed the game's trailer.[77][78]
|The Matrix Online
|The Wachowskis picked Paul Chadwick as the game's writer and provided him with the first year's theme: "Peace and the ways people wreck it" and a starting point: "the death of Morpheus and the hunt for his killer".[79][80] Furthermore they reviewed and dictated changes to Paul Chadwick's early drafts, such as prohibiting the death of one character.[81]
|The Matrix: Path of Neo
|In collaboration with Zach Staenberg,[82] the Wachowskis edited footage from the previously released films, anime and game to retell the story from the point of view of Neo.[83] Additionally they scripted new locations and encounters, some of them being scrapped content from the films,[84] along with their appearance to the player to humorously explain the reasons behind the creation of a new ending for this adaptation of the Matrix trilogy.
|Functioned as
|Clive Barker's Hellraiser
|Larry Wachowski is credited as a writer on stories included in issues 8, 9, 12, 13 and the Hellraiser: Spring Slaughter – Razing Hell special.
|Clive Barker's Nightbreed
|Larry Wachowski is credited as a writer on issue 17.
|Clive Barker's Book of the Damned
|Larry Wachowski is credited as a writer on volumes 1, 2 and 4.
|Larry Wachowski is credited as a writer on issues 3–9. Andy Wachowski reportedly worked on it as well.
|The Matrix Comics
|Written "Bits and Pieces of Information", the first part of a conceived four part story. Parts of it were later incorporated in "The Second Renaissance" short in The Animatrix.
Most of the comics originally published on whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com along with a few new ones were collected on two printed volumes, published by The Wachowskis' comic book company, Burlyman Entertainment.
|Doc Frankenstein
|Based on an original idea of Geof Darrow, later reworked by Steve Skroce, the duo ended up writing it.[87]
|Shaolin Cowboy
|Issues 2–7 begin with a humorous recap of the story written by The Wachowskis, and narrated by a talking mule named Lord Evelyn Dunkirk Winniferd Esq. the Third.[88]
The Wachowskis also wrote an introduction to the 2005 published Vol. 2: Tag[89] trade paperback of Ex Machina comic book, being big fans of it.[90] Additionally Lana Wachowski wrote the introduction to the 2012 published No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics collection of LGBTQ comic book stories.[91]
|Amanda Awards
|Best Foreign Feature Film
|The Matrix
|Deauville American Film Festival
|Grand Special Prize
|Best Film
|German Film Awards[92][93]
|Outstanding Feature Film (shared with Grant Hill, Stefan Arndt and Tom Tykwer)
|Cloud Atlas
|Best Direction (shared with Tom Tykwer)
|Golden Raspberry Awards
|Worst Director
|Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions
|Hugo Awards
|Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
|The Matrix
|V for Vendetta
|Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
|Best Screenplay
|The Matrix
|Mainichi Film Concours
|Readers' Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film
|Nebula Awards
|Best Script
|V for Vendetta
|Online Film Critics Society Awards
|Best Adapted Screenplay (shared with Tom Tykwer)
|Cloud Atlas
|Grand Jury Award – Honorable Mention:
Outstanding American Narrative Feature
|Saturn Awards
|Best Writing
|Best Director
|The Matrix
|Best Writing
|V for Vendetta
|Stockholm Film Festival
|Honorable Mention
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Wachowskis.


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The Browns have as good as or more talent than we do at just about every position except QB.
Nice analysis. I disagree about coaching, mainly the Oline schemes. But also (non) adjustments. Why did it take three sacks and I don't know how many hurries before the assignments were adjusted. It was clear Reitz was overmatched and being picked on.
As far as the talent, don't you think our line is as talented as the Packers? Not the stats, the personnel. I mention them because of the similar QB style. They run the ball effectively, getting the most from personnel no more talented than ours.
Just MHO.
Nice write up! Love the gifs. Personally, I hate those kinds of game where you think it's going to be a blow out. I was relaxed and waiting to see my man Boom get some 4th Q carries. Then the next thing you know, it's stomach wrenching time!
Obviously you didn't watch any of the NFL Channel or ESPN after game coverage or you would have had point 13: JJ Watt singlehandedly won the game. He may be late for their next game because he has to stop in Canton to pick up his yellow jacket.
Nice write up Nate.
I'd love for you to tell me "told you so!" in four weeks. BTW, "firm ceiling", perfect phrase.
Nice article (as always). Other than everything you wrote, the only thing that concerns me is thinking the Texans and Titans will be easy games. I know you didn't say that, but others are chalking up those as wins.
Nate, you can spin #3 any way you want. But the D gave up 7 points in the second half. Period. No asterisk next to it. I get your point being that we shouldn't take comfort in thinking the D is that good. My point all along is that they don't have to be great, or even very good. Obviously they need to be better than that first half showing, but if they're as good as they were in the second half the rest of the year, we're in great shape.
@mattshedd Not meaning to answer for Nate, but I think you're correct. TBH I can't really remember exactly when Peyton turned the corner from very good to great, but it could be around year 5. They both have that almost Aspergers approach to playing QB, but I have a feeling Andrew will be great sooner.
I was thinking the same thing, but I didn't want to write it. It took me a second to realize how wonderfully satirical this was. Great job Kyle. But, seriously, do you really think we'll win?
Mathews was featured a bit on Hard Knocks. Ryan said the kid has a great arm, but they kind of implied he was having problems with the verbiage. Ivy League guy should do fine with time. I still expect to see another OT on the 53 and Tipton going to the PS. Like rust, Grigs never sleeps.
I wouldn't be too upset if they released Reitz for someone who can stay healthy more than a quarter. Our backup OTs need their own MASH unit.
I'd say Tipton and Austin aren't on the 53 come Monday.
Buckeyes know Dane Sanzenbacher! Also anyone who watched Hard Knocks. He's their Griff Whalen. I thought the Bengals kept a pro player, Margus Hunt, in the game against guys who won't be pros soon in order to build his confidence. It was kind of cheap IMHO. Not that the line could block anyone at that point. God was that ugly.
Great work, as usual. You make a really good point when you talked about Fleener missing the block on the play that got TRich stuffed. Put that one on the coaches. Which makes me wonder, how many bad plays are on the coaches, not the Oline. Simply put, they should know the guys well enough to know if they can handle the assignment, right? Why run a play that's destined to fail. Anyway, thanks for the hard work.
Those 6 should be locks, but I thought Nevis was a lock last year. At this point, there are a bunch of guys that we know will be cut who I want on our PS. Swoope, Tipton, John, and of course FN!
The D scheme was vanilla, not that it's an excuse for poor tackling. It was nowhere near as inventive as in the first two games. Could be on purpose, but let's face it, we're not going to hide anything that Denver doesn't already know about. I thought the O line played well at times, and then just plain bad. Can't wait to read Ben's analysis. Andrew was off, there's no denying that. Hopefully it's another learning experience. And yes, the Saints are very good. Thanks for the writeup.
Great job Ben, love this series. Lutz HAS to make this team! We haven't nearly exhausted all the ways we can use his first name.
You blow a 26 point lead in the fourth quarter when the guys they have, that will be gym teachers in September, are better than the guys we have, who will be bagging groceries in August.
Luck: "Hey Eli, didn't you used to be a starting QB?"
Eli: "Two rings kid."
Got it, that did make sense. Of course you're right about college meaning nothing at the next level. I thought he was clearly the best RB for a good OSU team. In my mind, that puts him in the same company as a starting RB for Bama. The comeback to that logic is one word - Beanie.
Boom is a 'small back, so his vision is limited'? Okay, I may be a bit defensive for my fellow Buckeye, but Boom is as tall as any RB on the roster. He was a pretty good blocker at THE OSU, he'll be okay.
At first I thought the guy had a great game. When I re-watched, I wasn't too sure. It seemed like he should have made a few plays a lot sooner than he did. Probably just still learning the position. After reading your piece, I'm thinking he's going to be good depth.
BTW, I happened to be in Quebec on business a few weeks ago. Between the poutine and the BeaverTails, they really do need that health care.
Okay, I'm a nerd because I love these articles! Hope you continue them throughout the season.
It's so hard to tell without the All 22 type of video, but from what I could see on the replay Price looked pretty good. Colt had a couple nice plays. Over all, they all did pretty well. Again, they're not playing against 1s either.
I'd love it if Ben or one of the guys here could give us grades. I know it's a lot to ask considering it's a preseason game.
It's pretty obvious that we have to come up with a backup center. I know they've been preaching that half the line is interchangeable, and it sounds good on paper. I'm going to assume Harrison gets all the first team snaps this week and then has an audition in the next game. Even if he's decent I expect Grigs to pick up a vet that gets cut as a backup.
Overall, we look like we have at least 53 good players. Maybe a few extra at LB?
This was a really nice piece, it humanizes the players beyond the numbers. Also good to know that Rogers takes his misses seriously.
The glass half full attitude concerning the interior line is that it's very young and inexpensive for a few more years. They can meld as a unit and maybe we have something good for years to come. The half empty side is that there's no veteran leadership and hardly any experience protecting the franchise. It's a good thing we have a mobile QB. Peyton had some bad lines at the end but none this green.
Great write up, it makes me feel better about our CB depth. I just watched the KC game again, well, the second half, and It still surprised me how much the coaches trusted him. Especially on the last pass. Everyone had to know the were going to Bowe.
Will we carry 5 or 6 CBs? It's going to be fun to see who makes it.
I was thinking the same thing. Hopefully Moncrief will motivate Roger's competitiveness and make him work harder.
BTW, great job Ben (as usual). I still don't like the title, but love your in depth analysis.
IMO, with Wayne getting up there and Nicks on a try out contract, I think they'll carry 6. Whalen for PR and Rogers for his potential.
Not bored at all. Training camp and preseason is like it's own game. Team scores or wins don't count. The competition is by the position with winners, losers, elation and heartbreak. If people can get excited about a game where there's no score for 90 plus minutes every four years, how could they not love this? Way more exciting.
I think I got the point (except "BEARD OF CTHULHU"?). I was just commenting on your opening statement. Your analyses are usually spot on. Supposedly, AL is going to have more control over the O this year, right? His development and decisions should be easy to chart this season.
To be blunt, you guys spent more time whining about the Colts being a run first offense in your podcasts than the Colts dedicated to actually doing it. For all the reasons you stated. As others have pointed out, with a decent OLine and the threat of a running game, this offense could be special. So, last season we 'threatened' but didn't have the tools to pull it off. Hopefully we will this year.
Excellent analysis, as always. I'm not crazy about the FB sets, but it does make the opposing teams have to prepare for it. Which reduces their prep work for our downfield game.
Not sure if Havili is a "good" FB either, or is he adequate? Can he really be replaced by a LB which then saves us a roster spot? Are his ST skills that good to help secure his job? Are his receiving skills what separate him from that LB? I'm rambling, but just trying to point out that there a lot more to consider than these stats, right?
The Oline HAS to be better, right? The IRed starters ARE BACK, right? But, just like you, I'm also cautiously optimistic. The D still concerns me with so many question marks, and not just with the DBs. I'd love to have a season where the opposing D is reacting to our O, as in concerned they have to get a stop to win the game. Rather than our O reacting to their D, as in worried that if we don't have the ball last we'll lose because our D hasn't stopped them all day.
How about a "Score More than They Do" offense?
I don't know why people think Ballard is a lock to make the team. I wouldn't be surprised if he starts the season on PuP. If Bradshaw does the same thing as last year and they both don't play in the preseason, it's going to mean a lot of snaps for Boom and Rainey. Either one could beat him out.
I'm not counting on Thomas at the start of the season, and we really didn't have him last season so it's not like we'll miss him. So, we're counting on unknowns to improve the line play. I think we'll have three decent backs, but unless those unknowns come through we'll be in the same boat as last year. I want to believe that Holmes and whoever is playing the G positions can't be worse than Satele and McGlynn (and Thornton wasn't exactly stellar either), but I'm not there just yet.
Well, that was depressing... Very good analysis as usual Ben. If we knew what we know now going into the 13 draft, who would have been a better option at that position. Or maybe a different position of need. (I know that's not fair, and that Bjoern may work out. I'm just curious)
@BrianKlass I assume you mean - if Swoope can block. That's what I was wondering too. Apparently he's a very strong kid, but that doesn't mean he knows how to block. Tackling on ST plays? Yeah, that too. I know they were worried about Adongo being blindsided last year since he didn't understand that part of the game.
Olly, I like how you're breaking the analysis down into different components. Everyone has strenghts and weaknesses. There are a bunch of other traits that could be added, like quality of competition, etc. but this is a good list. Nice job.
When a guy 'should' have been taken, or what round grade they deserved is meaningless after the draft. I'm pretty sure the first pick in the 2013 draft would have a different rating this year. I watched him at OSU and agree that he's no NFL LT. We won't know if he's an NFL G until we see him play. I always liked his attitude, I hope he carries that feistiness into the pros.
I think you nailed it. The hope is that the first two get spot situational play, then more time as the season goes on. If John makes the roster it may be because he looked decent in the preseason and we don't think he can hide on the PS. I'll be surprised if he's ever active on gameday.
I guess they're serious about taking versatile linemen. Any idea how many linemen we'll keep?
AC, GC, Thomas (assuming healthy), Thornton, Holmes, all should be locks. Reitz and Louis. Mewhort.
I liked Nixon. John makes 10. Is that one too many?
Love the pick. Interesting song with the first highlight film. You may want to turn the volume down if there are kids around.
@paulcareyjr Good to know. A 'decent backup' isn't such a bad thing for a thrid round pick.
Interesting Colts picks. I could live with that. Although I'd rather have a FS, I'd take Vereen. I think our 2nd and 3rd rounders may be the only guys from the draft to make the team. Grigs has to hit on those guys.
I think Abbrederis is going to be available way late in the draft. His injury concerns are going to hurt him. In a way he reminds me of Michael Sam, in that he's an over achiever who did great in college but just doesn't seem like a pro prospect. For both of their sakes, I hope I'm wrong. Reid and Aikens are both interesting. My question, for anyone we draft on the third day or UDFAs, is can they really be better than someone we have on the roster now? Barring injury, I don't see how more than three or four rookies make the team.
Great analysis! I'm really pulling for this guy to be more than a feel good story.
I've said it before, love the articles, hate the title. I'd prefer "Backbones of the Roster" because the guys will all contribute.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Organizers of an irreverent Florida auto race that used Che Guevara's image in its logo have dropped the Cuban revolutionary from promotional materials after public outcry.
They're also changing the title from the previous "24 Hours of Cuba of the North."
The December event at Palm Beach International Raceway is part of a national, tongue-in-cheek racing circuit whose entries cost less than $500. Most have zany names and emblems - like the "Southern Discomfort 2010" in South Carolina, whose logo features a cartoon hillbilly.
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If you had to put your hand up and guess which fashion brand put a not naked, but partially clothed model with a healthy undergrowth visible through her sheer knickers on its adverts who would you say? How many milliseconds before you came up with American Apparel? And you'd be right too.
But, what is the effect of this type of picture? Do you
a) wince with disgust that someone clearly hasn't been keeping up with their pruning?
b) cheer because – at last – there's an acknowledgement in the fashion world that ladies do actually grow stuff down there? or
c) sigh wearily at another cheap publicity stunt from the brand with the sleazy rep to uphold.
Have we all become emotional and squeamish about this kind of pic – which, let's be honest isn't even particularly how nature intended, it's still very manicured, primped and preened . . .OR are women secretly relieved when they see pictures with a touch of fuzz on, terrified that under their jeans and pants they are ABNORMAL for not bothering to keep up a meticulous routine of depilation, apart from one or twice a year before swimming or holidays (if that)????
BAck in 2003, a certain Mr Tom Ford released Gucci ads featuring a big letter G shaved into the aforementioned area and it caused an UPROAR, of the most dramatic proportions. However, whenever an ad for, like, shower gel goes up which basically depicts a hairless mannequin-like lady, no-one bats an eye. So do we now view a few strands of hair as more offensive than none, in places where normally, you'd have some, unless you'd taken steps to remove it, OR is it annoying purely because brands are cynically trying to grab our attention with a flash of lady garden, when the product for sale doesn't really have anything to do with lady gardens, hairless, in full bloom or otherwise.
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White cilia, hoods, nice shot of the thallus with soredia (?)
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About 8 of these on the grand oak tree
Previously spotted by Robberfly
This is already starting to bloom in the city after some fall rain
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This little one has been hanging out in my backyard for the last week.
On an irrigated lawn adjacent to the Crissy Field Marsh. Emerging as a patch in an area where the grass is sparse.
Just above the wrack zone at the Crissy Field tidal marsh.
Multiple coyotes, such as on this recording, are frequently heard in the Lobos Creek Valley area. This clip was recorded through a window at the designated map point, however, the coyote vocalizations originated to the south of that point, closer to Lobos Creek.
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On dead bush
the blue soridia clumps were not very blue.
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Prior comment from Tom Carlberg..."There's three common species of Ramalina in California that have apothecia: R. leptocarpha, R. puberulenta, R. menziesii. The second is minutely hairy, the last forms nets, and the first is in your photo. There's also R. dilacerata, but it's not known (yet) from the Bay Area. It has main branches that are partially hollow." So R. puberulenta because of the minute hairs, right?
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PSA group's product line-up seems to lack any sort of strategic direction."
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Once again the BSC have put together and engaging, informative and fun whistle-stop tour through the ages as a reminder that December 25 was not always so, er, enjoyable."
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An animal inhabits its space, whether in a zoo or in the wild, in the same way chess pieces move about a chessboard. Life of Pi
I was planning to read this book later in the year. At the end of February, I found out Victoria's class would be reading it for their classroom book clubs. I changed my plan even though I was mid-book on one of my other choices. I am grateful I decided to change my plans. Life of Pi is an easy read compared to the non-fiction I am currently digging into. It was just the change I needed.
I first heard of Yann Martel when he was writer in residence at our city library in 2003, two years after he wrote Life of Pi. I had no intention of writing more than mundane entries in my journal at the time. I paid little attention to the writer in residence. With two pre-schoolers, my reading was limited to Go Dog, Go and or similar books. Later, Mr. Martel, started mailing Mr. Harper books. I thought it was an interesting publicity idea and again paid little attention. Mr. Martel has since made our fine city his home. He has published another book, Beatrice and Virgil that seems to have receives mixed reviews. I intend to read it and decide for myself.
English is the language in which I best express the subtlety of Life. But I must say that French is the language closest to my heart. And for this same reason, English gives me sufficient distance to write. -- Yann Martel
Life of Pi is the journey of Pi Patel from India to Canada via Mexico. It is a journey the narrator claims will make you believe in God. It is a story about life and death because the two are inseparable. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs what it can. It is a story o questions, of growth and of change. It is unbelievable and yet enticingly real.
With vivid language, Yann Martel creates characters and scenes. He places us in the zoo. We feel the heat of the day and hear the animals. We enter the mind of Piscine (Pi) Molter Patel as he journeys through life. It was a journey I wanted to end well. I kept turning the pages to see what would happen to Pi and his companion Richard Parker. Two days after I started, my journey ended as I turned the last page.
I recommend this book with a caution. It is vivid and descriptive. Pi's journey is not an easy one. It might be too much for some. Kathryn has often read to the middle of a book then asked me to read the last chapter to tell her if it ends well enough for her to continue. For the characters in this book, the last page is merely the start of the next stage of the journey. There are clues throughout that point to the end and yet there are surprises along the way. I am not recommending this book to Kathryn until she can distance herself from the characters a little more.
The art challenged me this month. Animals are not a strength. Could I draw a tiger? Could I draw a sloth? Could I depict the island? My postcard characters were mysteriously silent. I chose to draw a chess game in progress or rather some pieces as they could be during game play because of the comparison between animals and chess pieces. I studied the memento mori art style and am considering an attempt at it. It will be a stretch for me. March has not been a month for stretching. There has been too much scheduled and unscheduled to try something so far from my normal styles. For a second piece I choose to depict the island using soft pastels and oil pencils. Once I started the art, I was able to coax my characters to talk to me.
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Sep. 2007 bottle, opened Jan 2008 and tasted for review March 2008; louched at 3:1 slow drip with 1/2 sugar cube.
The color was a natural and attractive light lime-amber, but I would have scored it higher if more actual green was detectable; perhaps the age of the bottling was responsible?
The louche was excellent- slow forming and fascinating with numerous spindly oil trails that layered, bouncing in a suspended dance, swirling, and reforming with each drip. There appeared to be more oil trails, but they were not as thick-looking individually as, say, 1901 or Edouard. At full louche, the color was a light lime/ amber yellow with opalescent highlights, although it was a bit thinner than other Jades.
The aroma was pleasing, with herbal, verdant, and spicy notes. However, for me, it did not quite portray the complexity of the actual taste.
A wonderfully complex flavor, with a sweet spicy upfront that, to me, conveyed a powerful suggestion of cinnamon (I dub thee Big Red!). A toasty, yet verdant, herbal, grassy green comes right along side, followed by a big, savory bitter on the back of the tongue. The finish is clean and refreshing, with all of the flavor components, even the frontal spice, lingering.
The mouthfeel, however while light and enjoyable, was not as creamy and luxurious as I was hoping for, and I subtracted a point in the finish category. I feel that the lighter oil trails and light-looking final louche might have been an indicator of this. Not a major issue, but I find it interesting to wonder if it's just the nature of this particular absinthe (e.g. Latin American vs. Indonesian coffees), or if it could be improved. The only week point in an otherwise amazing flavor profile.
All and all, a great absinthe and one of my very favorites. It took some getting used to but it's grown on me quite a bit. If Ted finds a way to thicken up the mouthfeel while keeping all the other qualities intact, I will go crazy trying to decide if this, or Edouard, is my top absinthe.
Update August 2008: Well, I'm on a different bottle (same Sept. 2007 batch) that's been opened for some time longer. The cinnamon note is not nearly as prevalent as it was, and has mellowed into a tamer sweet and spicy in the front. Without the big biting (in a good way) iteration of the spice on my palate, I can detect a decent creamy body here. It's not as creamy as PF1901 for example, but it's there, and it's quite nice. The finish is not as snappy, but it's still crisp. So not as bold as before, but smoother. Wonderful to experience the changing flavors in the life of a bottle of good absinthe.


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Seeking public input on the proposed projects that will receive federal funding for major transportation and roadway improvements, the Stanislaus Council of Governments – the regional transportation planning agency – will hold a public hearing on Wednesday at a meeting in Ceres.
California's multi-billion dollar deficit will be completely eliminated by 2018, according to the May Revise of Gov. Jerry Brown's state budget released on Tuesday.
Although not considered a "full-time" job, the weekly duties fulfilled by Turlock's elected officials often require many hours not only for public meetings and events, but also representing the City on other various local commissions and governmental agencies.
An improving economy is projected within the City of Turlock's proposed 2014-15 General Fund budget, which – despite reflecting $1 million in deficit spending – is a step towards a balanced budget in the near future.
Following years of neglect, the poor conditions marking Turlock's roadways – such as cracked pavement, dangerous potholes and deteriorated sidewalks – could soon be a problem of the past should the City Council decide to place a long-awaited citywide transportation tax on the November ballot.
Reflecting the bipartisan compromises agreed upon by state legislators last week, the revised 2014-15 budget proposal includes plans to save money for the future while paying off state debt.
Poetry may kick-off Tuesday's City Council meeting, but numbers will have the last word.
Opening government meetings with prayer was upheld by the Supreme Court on Monday, even if those prayers are overwhelmingly Christian - a practice previously argued by many to be in violation of the Establishment Clause.
After releasing three possible plans mapping Turlock's potential voting districts as the City prepares to vote on switching to a district-based system to elect future City Councilmembers, the City of Turlock is seeking input from its residents on how the districts should be formed.
A culmination of several months of hard work from the Mayor's Economic Development Taskforce, the Draft 2014 Economic Development Strategic Plan recently released by the City of Turlock was at the center of the 25-member group's meeting on Tuesday as they continue to build upon previous goals and develop new strategies that will keep Turlock's economy strong for years to come.
Even the smallest incorporated city in Stanislaus County is beginning to see some big changes, including holding its first-ever State of the City Address since being incorporated in 1972.
"A new day is dawning in Turlock. Our city has awakened with the hope that surrounds a new morning and the opportunities it brings. There is a new attitude at City Hall. Bold new ideas are emerging. Old divisions are being bridged. The city's growth and development are being reinvigorated. Turlock is a city on the move."
When the Turlock City Council opted to install the words "In God We Trust" within the Council Chambers at City Hall, the attention of the nation's largest freethinkers association, the Freedom from Religion Foundation, was quickly gained.
Avoiding an immediate revocation process, the Larsa Event Center, located on E. Monte Vista Ave., has been given an extended trial period by the Stanislaus County Planning Commission to resolve its impacts on nearby neighborhoods, after multiple noise complaints from area residents and unpermitted structures at the site put the center's Conditional Use Permit in jeopardy .
The golden arches could soon be seen in Downtown Turlock, as the City reviews a proposal to build a new McDonald's near Golden State Boulevard and Center and Marshall Streets.
The Turlock City Council approved the nearly quarter million dollar Turlock Convention and Visitors Bureau budget on Tuesday amidst questions about why the organization, tasked with bringing tourists to town, needs so much money.
As towns expand and evolve so do the rules that guide development.
The Turlock Parks, Arts, and Recreation Commission approved a reaffirmation of a smoking ban dating back from 2003 Tuesday night in a 6-2 vote, with one new caveat: electronic and vapor related products will now be prohibited as well, pending the approval of the City Council.
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