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Ben "Dj Scribe" Goldfarb – New York, NY
I put this mix together after the photo shoot, with all the records that somewhat haphazardly wound up getting into the photos. it was fun to try to use them all in a mix, and to incorporate the children's music and skits, which are not, surprisingly, a typical element of my repertoire.
Q: Your full name, where are you from and where do you currently live?
A: Ben Goldfarb aka DJ Scribe. Born and raised in New York City, where I currently reside.
Q: What was your first album? How did you get it? At what age? Can you describe that feeling?
A: My first record was probably "Free To Be You And Me" which came out a year after I was born. My parents got it for me. I'm not sure how old I was. But I loved that record. It's a mixture of songs, skits and stories. Everyone was on that record. From Mel Brooks and Alan Alda to Harry Belafonte and Diana Ross. The subject matter was pretty radical. Cool stuff about gender equality. That record raised me (along with my parents, of course). I still have it. It's one of the best records of music for children I have ever heard.
This is the life-altering "Free To Be You And Me" by Marlo Thomas And Friends that I talk about above. The band is funky, and this record made me a feminist.
This is "Bob Sings!" with Bob from Sesame Street. I was a fan. This came out when I was six. My grandmother took me to see him live at the Felt Forum at MSG. Afterward he signed my record "Hi Benjy. Love, Bob". It would appear that I was less excited about the record at some later date, and blacked out a few of Bob's teeth. I just noticed that he does "Sir Duke" and two other Stevie songs on here. Holy shit. I was a Stevie Wonder fan before I even knew who Stevie Wonder was. Dick Hyman (of Moog fame) arranged and played on a lot of this record. Barry Lazarowitz plays drums on "Sir Duke". I don't know who he is, but his name is awesome.
Q: What prompted you to start collecting? Was there a specific event in your life, an era, which signify your transition from music lover to a collector?
A: Hip-hop made me a dj and a collector. I started playing on the radio in college in the Winter of 1990. WOBC, 91.5fm in Oberlin, Ohio. The show was called (take a deep breath) The One-World Funkatronic Super-Soul Express. I did it together with my friend Nathan. I taught myself to mix on the air, basically. There was pretty good record store in Oberlin, a small college town, called Sarge's Records. I would go see Sarge every week and buy two copies of just about every new hip-hop 12" and LP that came out. X-Clan, Brand Nubian, Black Sheep, Ice Cube, BDP, De La, Tribe… plus some hip-house and dancier stuff like Deee-Lite and Monie Love. Like a lot of college radio djs, I also stole my share of records from the station. You can still find records in my collection with "WOBC" written nice and big on them with a Sharpie. But hip-hop wasn't satisfied with turning me into an avid consumer and a thief, it also got me interested in the Soul, Funk and Jazz being sampled on the records. So I started digging for that stuff too. And that ever-expanding ripple effect continues to this day.
Q: What was your Initial interest in music? Did you have any influence from your family? Or perhaps your best friend?
A: I have loved music as long as I can remember. My mother sang to me and played guitar and piano. She was into folk and classical, mostly. The Weavers; Peter, Paul and Mary; Joan Baez… We had a piano at home and I used to figure out songs by ear. My father didn't sing or really play music, but he taught me to play stuff like Chopsticks and Heart and Soul on the piano. And they played records at home. The Beatles, Otis Redding, Bob Dylan… When I was in nursery school, the class was outside in a plaza where a couple violinists were playing one day. The teacher told my parents that I sat down in front of them and wouldn't get up when it was time to go back inside. I was mesmerized. My parents enrolled me in basic music classes at Third Street Music School, and I started violin lessons shortly after that.
Found this record in a dusty pile outside a junk shop on my way to a concert at Wingate Field in Brooklyn last summer. I think it was Public Enemy. I knew Alive from their version of Skindo Le Le which A Bossa Elétrica covered on Raw Fusion Records when I was US Label Manager. That's how I first heard the song. On this record, they do a great cover of Gil-Scott Heron's "Willing". I had never heard it before, but it's a gem. Lots of percussion breaks and very danceable, for people that dance to jazz.
Q: Tell me more how your passion for vinyl has affected your life.
A: Collecting records has been the cause of many things in my life. Fights with girlfriends about waiting for me in record stores or my records taking up too much space in the apartment, the ability to ignore hunger or a full bladder for hours while I look through thousands of records, unwilling to heed my body's signals and pull away, back pain from lifting crates out of the deep trunks of NYC cabs, the dissemination of large amounts of currency I could ill-afford to part with, freezing cold fingers and stiff knees from winter sidewalk sales, a dread of moving… But mostly, vinyl has given me the limitless joy of the music I discover and play, encylopedic knowledge of the vast amounts of information contained in its liner notes and credits, countless hours of spent in the euphoric meditation of digging, hundreds (if not thousands) of parties, and, ultimately, a career.
This is "Closer To It!" by Brian Auger's Oblivion Express. Incredible psychadelic soul jazz rock record. My joint on here is "Voices Of Other Times".
Q: Almost four years ago you started the "I Love Vinyl" parties which still go strong today. Tell me about the decision to start this party line.
A: I have always created my own concepts and events in order to make the opportunities that I wanted to spin. Some particularly memorable ones for me were the Love Revolution parties at Joe's Pub, Tag at the original Halcyon on Smith Street, and Raw Fusion (the NYC edition of 'Mad' Mats Karlsson's party and record label from Stockholm) at APT. There was a period of time where I strayed from the vinyl path altogether and played all of my gigs with CDs and later Serato. During those years, I wasn't totally aware of what I was missing, but I felt that something was different. One time, I was invited to play a short guest set at a friend's party in New York. Because I didn't need to bring much music with me, I decided to pull out some records. Even before I played them, it was a sweet reunion. Just taking my records from the shelf, holding them in my hands, and looking at them brought back so many good memories. And playing them that night at the party reminded me how much better they sounded to me, and how my creativity as a dj was more alive with them. I decided then that I needed to find a way to experience that more often. But I, and all my dj friends, had gotten spoiled by being able to go to the club with one small, relatively light, bag. The days of carrying six milkcrates down and back up four flights of stairs felt like something I couldn't go back to. But I figured that if enough djs played together, we wouldn't have to bring more than a small bag of records each. And the idea for I Love Vinyl was born. It took a couple years of finding the right djs and the right venue before the party actually got off the ground in May of 2009 at Le Poisson Rouge, with an incredible team. Amir (of Kon & Amir), Ge-ology, The Twilite Tone, OP!, Jon Oliver, and myself. It's still the six of us, and we are still at LPR every month.
This is me looking at George Duke's "The Aura Will Prevail", on MPS, which contains the amazing "For Love (I Come Your Friend)" which MF Doom sampled for "I Hear Voices" on "Doomsday", and which was recently covered by Thundercat. Duke and the band were clearly tripping their asses off when they made (and named) this tune.
Q: Why was it important for you to raise the vinyl flag here?
A: For me, it was more about getting back to basics, back to my roots, and the idea that if that was important to me that it would be important to some other people too. Sort of like the idea that we all can't live without the convenience of texting and facebooking each other all day, now, but there's something infinitely more real and rich about having some people over to your house for dinner.
Q: So vinyl is the only format allowed? not even Serato?
A: Uh, yeah. Mainly because the name I Love Vinyl But I Also Fancy A Couple Dabs Of Serato Here And There doesn't roll off the tongue in the same way. Seriously, hell no. It's a vinyl party. We play vinyl. That's it. But we're not haters or luddites. I have a huge CD collection (which probably does make me a luddite, at this point), and I download music too. It depends on the purpose. I prefer vinyl for the sound, and especially for the creative process of putting together an improvised dj set. But I am not a purist. I Love Vinyl is pure, though. 100%
This is one of my most treasured 12"s. It's Imagination and has "Burning Up (Dub)" on the b-side, a proto-house record, if I've ever heard one. It's a record I play often. Always slays the dancefloor.
This is The Detroit Emralds' "I'm In Love With You" on Westbound. It has "You're Getting A Little Too Smart" on it, which opens with the famous drum break, perhaps most famously sampled in "Looking At The Front Door" by Main Source.
Q: When the ILV DJs come to a gig, they can only carry a limited amount of music. Do you think the physical limitations of it promotes creativity?
A: Absolutely, I do. That was one of the main difficulties for me with playing Serato, or even CDs. You can carry too much music. Even if you have it very well organized, it can be overwhelming. Imagine being a painter and mixing ten thousand colors on your palette before you begin to paint. It's an impediment to the painting, to the creative process. I am a firm believer that limitations, by definition, inspire creativity. The less you have to make something with, the more you have to use your imagination to figure out how to make it.
A heart-shaped 7" of the great Bobby Caldwell's "What You Won't Do For Love". "The single that gets to the heart of the matter" as it says on the cover.
Q: Do you think the ILV fans are really into vinyl? or maybe vinyl acts more like a status for quality music that draws quality fans?
A: I think our crowd is there for a wide variety of reasons, but I think the quality and variety of the music, and the passion and ability of the djs, are the most important. Some people who come are vinyl-heads. But for others it is just a signifier that tells them this is not something mainstream. Some people think that because it's all-vinyl we are only going to play Funk and Soul breaks from the 70s, or that it's a retro movement. But we play current music too, and make it all cohesive and relevant.
This has "Heaven Of My Life" on the b-side. Monster bassline. I've never heard anyone else play it, and it's definitely lesser known than their classics like "Searching", "Hold Tight" or "The Glow of Love". But people always come up and ask about this one when I play it. I think I was holding my nose because we were talking about how bad the jacket design is.
Q: Lately, it seems like vinyl has become a strong commercial symbol for the younger generation. It's 'cool factor' is being used, sometimes in a really awful and cynical way, by ad agencies and corporations to sell products that have nothing to do with music. what are your thoughts about that?
A: I have strong feelings about the way corporations co-opt cultural and social movements and symbols, in general. It has become a huge force in our society, and one that I think is ultimately destructive and degrading. The fact that vinyl, specifically, has become a way to 'cool-ify' everything from sodas to men's shoes is no different to me than any other cultural symbol that gets used. It all makes me angry and sad. But I am also immersed in it, so I can be desensitized too. Some people think that it promotes vinyl culture (or hip-hop, or skaters, or multiculturalism, or anti-establishmentism, or whatever the flavor of the month is). But I think it threatens to suck the life out of it, reducing it from something connected with art or culture (which, I think, necessarily involves a questioning, if not an indictment, of establishment values) to something embraced by, or on par with, the establishment. That can rob it of its revolutionary power. And that's exactly what the establishment wants it to do, in order to stay established, of course. I'm not saying that ad agencies are conspiring to destroy art. Most creatives in the ad industry are artists themselves. And they know how to make shit cool and sell their clients' products. But when something threatens the status quo, it provokes fear, and power will be brought to bear to repress it. It was only when corporations realized that they could use Black Power or Hippies or Hip-hop to empower their system, with diametrically opposite values, that they stopped being afraid of it, as much (here I have to recommend the BBC documentary The Century of the Self by Adam Curtis . The only reason they are still afraid of it is that even neutered by years of commercialization, these movements still have the potential to be much more powerful, and influential of masses of people, than the corporations (or governments) ever will. Keeping your enemies close doesn't make them your friends.
Q: Do you have a record collecting philosophy or routine when you enter a store?
A: Not exactly, but I have some habits. I usually look at the cheap stuff first. If the records are organized into categories, I usually look at 12"s first. For me, 12"s are like candy. They're quick to look through, quick to listen to, and they sound loud and great (usually). A special pleasure is finding unexpected goodies on the b-side of otherwise uninteresting and overlooked 12"s. If the store has a listening station, or if I have my portable with me, I listen to a lot of things and usually wind up buying only a few. I am so picky with this that I actually have a reputation for it in some stores. Rikard Masip, of Record Mania in Stockholm, loves to tease me about this. The one philosophy I have these days is, no matter how cheap or how expensive, I don't buy anything unless I have to have it.
Q: Now, that most record stores have closed down, where do you go looking for records?
A: It's true that many of the stores I used to go to have closed. Downtown, St. Marks Sounds, Dancetracks, Vinylmania, Barry's Stereo on 23rd Street, The Sound Library, and countless others. But there are still a lot around, and new ones keep opening up. I did some research on this not long ago and there were still a couple hundred places to buy vinyl in NYC. I don't have a go-to place, really. For newer stuff, I am partial to Turntable Lab. But a lot of my record buying is somewhat accidental. Someone selling records on the street that I happen to stumble upon. Or thrift stores. Of course there is online, and Discogs is an amazing resource when you know what you are looking for.
Back cover of an Italian pressing of a 12" of "Miss You" by The Rolling Stones, and the only version of this 12" I have ever seen that isn't in a plain white jacket with text and the Stones' logo on it. Also my best attempt at making Mick Jagger lips (mustachioed, as they may be).
Q: What's your comfort album? the one you can always return to?
A: Too many to list. But the first one to mind was Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder. It's the Mona Lisa of albums for me. I don't want to listen to it all the time. But when I do I am always moved and amazed.
Q: You have quite an eclectic music taste here. Anything goes?
A: Of course not. Anything goes is having no taste at all. I have very discriminating tastes. Meaning, I don't like most things. But what I like does not fall into one easy category. I like all kinds of music. There are plenty of styles or genres I have not even dipped my toes in. Most, probably. In the big picture, I know next to nothing about the music of most of the world. Outside anglophone soul, rock, pop, hip-hop, house, jazz, etc. i dabble in latin and brazilian stuff, reggae, Afrobeat, and a little bits of other things here and there. but i'll play or listen to anything I like.
This is a 12" of "Mama" by Genesis. I was a big fan in the 80s. One of my first live concerts. I play this now because I love the b-side, "It's Gonna Get Better". It's an end of the night tune for me. Fat synth bassline (in 6/8 time, of course) and heavy drums at a nice 82 beats per minute, plus more synths. To me, there's something very contemporary about it. The music. But the cover is pretty rad too, with it's die-cut triangular typography. Surprised Onra, or someone like that, hasn't jacked it yet.
This is the 20th Century Steel Band's "Warm Heart Cold Steel" on Island Records. It contains the Ultimate Breaks & Beats classic, "Heaven & Hell", as sampled in countless hip-hop records. $1 sticker from St. Mark's Sounds!
One of my favorite artists, Syreeta, aka Syreeta Wright. This is her slightly harder to find self-titled debut 1972 album on MoWest. Produced by Stevie Wonder, who was married to her at the time. She had the voice of an angel. So sad she's not with us anymore.
Sheba "Plays Jungle Fever And Other Latin Soul Hits" and the original 7" by the Chakachas. Judging by the cover photo, Sheba appears to be a "Gypsy" prostitute in Istanbul in the 20s.
I'm a big fan of Steve Reich. This has one of his earliest tape loop pieces on it, "Come Out", from 1966. It's a deep piece of music to me. The whole thing is made from layered loops of speech. The speech is from a recording of a kid who was falsely convicted of murder in the 1964 Harlem riots. He's talking about how he had to open the bruises he received at the hands of the police, and make them bleed, so he could get medical attention. In the beginning of the piece, you can hear the words clearly, but by the middle, it has transformed into a abstract sonic tempest of echoing sounds and syllables, only to re-form itself back into the original by the end. My first electronic music teacher at Oberlin, Conrad Cummings, played this for our class. It moved me then, and still does.
This is a 12" of "If I Ruled The World" by Kurtis Blow. Great cover. Great mustache. Great Jheri Curl mullet.
Q: What about some favorite cheesy album covers?
A: Well, that Dilly O'Dilly record, that you shot is one of my favorites. The front and back covers are both super cheesy. The illustration on the cover is terrible, and if you look closely, you can see the squares where the 'artist' (a term I use hesitantly) divided up the photo to copy it as a drawing. And he looks like a Nigerian Philip Michael Thomas a la Tubbs from Miami Vice. On the back he is shirtless and combing his hair. You add the album's title, Soft in the Middle, and it's a wrap.
This is my beloved Dilly O'Dilly record. See my answer about it, above. I have a periwinkle Members Only-style jacket like the one he is wearing on the cover, too.
Q: Is there a specific musical instrument that attracts you when listening to music?
A: I couldn't pick one, but bass, drums, voice, and synths, I would say. Of course, there are good and bad versions of all of those.
Q: Tell me about the most unlikely place/occasion where/when you found records?
A: Well, it wasn't an unlikely place, because it was a record store. But the circumstances were beyond unlikely. Years ago, I was in Philadelphia for the day and went to a couple record stores that someone recommended. For some reason, in the back of my mind I was really hoping to find a copy of Toto's first album with Georgy Porgy on it, but I didn't. I left the store and walked to another neighborhood to get the subway to the train station to catch my train back to NYC. The subway had a sign saying that the train wasn't coming for 10 minutes, so I followed an irrational urge and ran back out of the station in the hopes that there was another records store nearby that I could check before my subway came. As luck would have it, there was one, and I ran across the street and into the store. The store sold mostly cds, but there were records in little bunches covering one wall of the store. As I turned to scan the records on the wall, dead in front of me was not only a Toto record, but an octagonal picture disc double a-side single of Georgy Porgy in perfect condition (a record I didn't even know existed, and have never seen since). FOR. A. DOLLAR. I bought it of course, caught my subway, and my train, and spent the trip home happy and wondering (possibly more seriously than at any other moment in my life) about higher powers.
The octagonal picture disc of Toto's "Georgy Porgy" I was talking about, above. It's a beaut, ain't it?
Q: Tell me a particularly sad record story!
A: The only time a record made me cry from something other than the beauty of the music was when I was nine and dropped my beloved copy of the The Jazz Singer soundtrack by Neil Diamond! It fell out of the jacket and cracked and I was crushed. That was one of the first "pop" records I had, and maybe the first one I picked out myself or asked for. I had seen the movie and really liked it. Neil Diamond is actually a pretty good actor. A few years ago I came across a copy of it and had to comfort my inner child. Can't say I've been listening to it much, though.
One of the few really rare/valuable records I own. This is "Magumba" by the Blue Rhythm Combo, a funk group from Barbados. Nasty drum breaks on here.
Q: Tell me about a record that has healed heartbreaks!
A: Hm. Here I would have to go with Roberta Flack's incredible version of Do What You Gotta Do, a song about letting people go. That record itself breaks my heart. I could add Joy Inside My Tears by Stevie Wonder and You're The Only One I Want by Kate Bush. And of course the entire album Here My Dear by Marvin Gaye. All bittersweet, and heartbreaking, but transformative.
Marvin Gaye's brilliant and groundbreaking "Here, My Dear". I never get tired of this record, and it never fails to move me. If you haven't read the story about how this record came into being, and what it's about, in the liner notes, you need to do that. The backstory makes the record that much better.
Q: Who has the toughest record collection that you have ever seen?
A: DJ Spinna has an incredible collection. Someone who's collection I have only heard about, but not seen, is Tomcat, one of the djs on WBAI's monthly Rare Record show. He's an original Paradise Garage head. I think he said he has 100,000 records, and that although they are not alphabetized or sorted in any particular way, he knows where each one is.
Q: Who would you like to see featured next on Dust & Grooves?
A: Well, Tomcat, for one. Bambaataa or Herc would be amazing, if they still have their records. Danny Krivit is another one. Every-time I see Danny he is buying 200 records. He must have a million.
"I'm not a universal truth kind of guy. To each their own. But if you are interested in the ever-rarer experience of analog sound and music that you can hold in your hand, cool. Enjoy. I know I do. If not, give me your records."
My I Love Vinyl parties are second Saturdays at 70 N. 6th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and fourth Saturdays at the Gallery at LPR in Manhattan, both monthly, in NYC. There is also a European arm of the party in Amsterdam at Canvas.
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Wht a great interview. Thanks to you, I discovered many new tunes and artists, and like you, I have an obsession and an addiction for vinyl. I can relate fully to your opening statement "Collecting records….." I bought my first pop record back in '81 when i was only 13 yrs old. It was love at first sight! I admire my vinyl on my tt's. It is such a beautiful thing to see and it's something I grew up with and has stayed with me ever since. It sounds better and has stood the test of time in terms of quality and druability! It always look good, regardless!
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Last week, Danielle, Rochelle and I all took an epic trip to Vail, our second annual snowboard trip to Colorado. But this year, instead of spending the entire time riding Vail, we decided to try something new and shred at several different resorts. Enter, Breckenridge.
Ever since last year's Winter Dew Tour, I've been dying to ride at Breckenridge, CO. Several of the biggest names in snowboarding call Breck their part-time home - Shaun White, Chanelle Sladics, JJ Thomas and Bobby Brown, just to name a few. And the park and super pipe consistently top Transworld's best list. The combination of the high elevation, expansive free terrain and variety of terrain parks makes Breckenridge a top-notch resort in my book. Oh, and parking was free for parties over four the day we went - love that they promote carpooling! (Normally, it's $5 weekdays and $10 weekends, which is still pretty inexpensive in comparison to Vail).
When we arrived to Breckenridge, we thought we might as well start out the day right with a run through the park. Looking at the trail map, we noticed there were three different types of parks - small, medium, and large. We decided to settle for the in between and hit the medium park (also because it was the most convenient from where we started out, Peak 7). Well, apparently the folks at Breckenridge do not quite go by the standard definition of "medium" we had envisioned … Compared to what we're used to riding at Hood and High/Bear, this "medium" park was HUGE! After staring awe struck for a moment at the top, glancing down at the tables below, we decided to bypass the park (this time around) and sit on the side, watching some of the local riders pass through. Well, nearly thirty minutes later, our jaws were open just as wide as they were when we first sat down. We had never seen so many amazing free skiiers and snowboarders all in the same place! We sat and watched 720 after 720 whiz by, and then quickly came to the conclusion that everyone who rides at Breck is pro … or all pros ride at Breck. Either way, it was really cool just watching all the talent built up at the mountain throughout the day.
After watching the pros in the park, we rode through the pipe for a while (not the smoothest pipe I've ever been in, but I definitely blame it on the conditions - it hadn't snowed in days - and not the resort itself). The 22 foot walls were super fun, and the pipe was nicely cut. One of the things I really liked about Breck was their "progressive" park system. Their parks are set up in steps, or difficulty levels, so riders can start from the small parks when they're first learning to jump and work their way up. There are three small terrain parks and one small pipe, one medium park, and one large park and super pipe. So riders who start riding at Breck can go through the park system and take it up a step when they're ready. And since I am a person who grew up learning to ride a baby park, then immediately transitioning to a large, comp-style park, I can definitely appreciate this style of "at-your-own-pace" learning. Also, Breckenridge has a really neat Web site called Breck 1080, where you can actually preview the features, meet the team riders, and watch videos before you head up to the slopes. But park riding definitely isn't all there is to Breck, unlike some jib-heavy resorts. There's tons of free terrain to ride as well, and several bowls and fun tree runs, really making Breckenridge a well-rounded resort.
Now, Breckenridge boasts a lift with the highest elevation in North America. It's called the Imperial Express Super Chair (at the top of Peak and it sits at a record elevation of 12,998 feet. To put that in perspective, the highest point reached by a chair lift at Mt. Hood Meadows is 7,300 feet, and the top of Palmer at Timberline, one of the few resorts open for skiing year-round, is 8550 feet. That's kind of a big difference. Even though the dismal Colorado snowfall (or lack thereof) during our stay made for some pretty icy runs near the peak, we finally decided that we couldn't not take at least one run down. So after lunch, we headed up the 6 Chair to make it over to Imperial before it closed for the day. We had to rush because the lift stops operating at 3:15. We made it over to Imperial by 3:02, but of course with our luck the lift had just closed at 3pm, early due to conditions. Bummer. But then again, we now have an excuse to go back to Breck next year! Insider Tip: If you get a chance to make it to Breckenridge, especially on a powder day, I'd recommend starting out your day on the Imperial Lift before the bowls get chopped out. And before the lift closes.
After our journey to find the top (which we didn't) we made our way over to Peaks 9 and 10, the final side of the hill we had yet to experience. And we finally found the small terrain parks! The small parks were a lot of fun to ride. We particularly liked Eldorado, because the jumps had a lot of pop and a nice, solid landing. The perfect way to end our day.
The lifts at Breckenridge are open 8:30am to 4:30pm, with the gondola operating 8am to 5pm, but one of the cool things about Breck is that if you think that 8 hours on the hill isn't enough (???) then you can head straight to Keystone, which is one of the only resorts in the area open for night skiing (your ticket is good for both resorts).
Overall, I really enjoyed riding at Breck, and I think it is one of my favorite places I've ridden at so far due to the vast versatility of park and free-ski options. I was really surprised at how big Breckenridge is. Though it's only half the size of Vail, it really didn't seem like it, and we definitely didn't cover as much ground as we would have liked to in just one day. We had also heard that Breck was a lot less steep than Vail (our skiier friend, Kevin, said Breck isn't his favorite for this reason), which is true to some extent, but there are definitely a fair share of steep runs as well, especially if you hit the back bowls above peaks 8 and 7. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of super steep runs because I like straight-lining it the whole way down, so I thought Breck was perfect, especially since there wasn't much powder or fresh snow when we rode. Insider Tip: If you head out to the Vail area during icy conditions and are able to add some flexibility to your resort riding plan, I'd recommend riding Breck over Vail or any of the other resorts, namely because there are more options to ride less iced-out runs than the other nearby resorts.
Also, if you can swing it, I'd recommend staying in Breck for a night or two, at the very least. Unfortunately, we didn't get the opportunity this year, as we had prior arrangements in Eagle-Vail, but the town of Breckenridge is so adorable, I wish we could have stayed and checked out the nightlife! Unlike Vail, which is a bit more family-oriented, IMHO, Breck tends to attract a younger crowd, likely due to its stellar reputation within the snowboard community and younger audiences.
Now, I had always thought that Breckenridge (or any Colorado resort, for that matter) was purely a winter resort with not much to do in the summer other than dream of the first snowfall of the following year. However, in talking with a few Breckenridge locals, I learned that this is not the case. Not at all. Breckenridge boasts more than 100 miles of bike trails (yes, I say "more than" because they stopped counting after they reached 100), the Peak 8 Fun Park, which features everything from Alpine slides to Colorado's largest human maze. Also, we hear the vibe is a lot more chill and laid-back in the summer, so this might be a good option for a relaxing, laid-back summer vaca. Like the saying goes, "Perfect Mountain, Perfect Mountain Town." I'll add "year round" to that one.
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Employees and customers at the driver's license station at Metrocenter Mall were overcome by paint fumes on Thursday, state officials said.
Renovations at a nearby space in the mall created the situation, the Mississippi Highway Patrol said.
The driver's license station closed early, before 11:30 a.m., but will reopen Friday, MHP said.
Alternate locations were open Thursday at the Department of Public Safety Headquarters at 1900 E. Woodrow Wilson Ave. in Jackson and at MHP's Troop C Headquarters at 3851 Highway 468 in Pearl.
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|Does anyone grow Viburnum dentatum? I was wondering if any of yall ever see birds or butterflies utilizing this plant.
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- Posted by Viburnumvalley z5/6 KY (My Page) on Thu, Jul 14, 05 at 6:57
|Yes, over 20 species/varieties/named clones.
Birds nest in these shrubs and immediately consume the wonderful copious blue fruit upon ripening in late summer.
Butterflies and many other insects visit the bounty of flowers as these plants bloom through May here in KY.
Peruse the many threads on this forum about V. dentatum, arrowwood, for much more detailed information.
|I have arrowwood, and I've never seen a ripe berry :) Butterflies don't seem to be a major pollinator, but the smaller fry love the flowers.
|I have arrowood too I have seen berries they were on the tree for a while I saew some green berries today but that was on the blackhaw viburnum prunifolium I will check tomorrow. Sarah
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|I have one large shrub in the middle of a row of grey dogwood. They're in an eastern exposure up against a brick garage wall that's covered in Virginia creeper. In natural areas around here the two species grow together, but my placing them that way was pure serendipity--I didn't know they were companions when I planted them, probably didn't know there was such a thing as companions. The arrowwood holds its own against the rather assertive dogwood.
The berries ripen at the same time as the grey dogwood, and every single one disappears immediately, just like the dogwood berries.
|Talk about raising the dead........I have lost all and I mean all my dentatums due to viburnum leaf beatle. It took two years and many different opinions to id the problem by then it was too late.
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The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans climbed a startling 28 percent in a decade, a period that included the recession and the mortgage crisis, the government reported Thursday.
The trend was most pronounced among white men and women in that age group. Their suicide rate jumped 40 percent between 1999 and 2010.
But the rates in younger and older people held steady. And there was little change among middle-aged blacks, Hispanics and most other racial and ethnic groups, the report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found.
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I miss Jellied Fruit Slices!
Found a recipe on "About.com", but don't know how to low-carb it! (Okay, have a few ideas, but not sure if they will work!) :dunno: I for sure would use Crystal light in place of the fruit juice! Would any of you awesome cooks on here have a tip for me? Thanks so much for checking this out:
"These simple jelly candies can be made using almost any juice, as long as it has been strained (if necessary). Try making a few different varities to serve together. Also experiment with different shapes, and with rolling the jellies in sugar and leaving them plain.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
4 tbsp unflavored gelatin
2/3 cup strained fruit juice of your choice
6 tbsp sugar
4 tbsp corn syrup
food coloring, if desired
superfine sugar, if desired
1. Prepare a 6-inch inch pan by wetting it lightly with water.
2. Place the gelatin in 4 tbsp of water to soften for about 5 minutes.
3. Place the juice, sugar and corn syrup in a medium saucepan over medium heat and stir until sugar dissolves.
4. Stir in the gelatin and continue stirring until gelatin dissolves.
5. At this point add food coloring if desired.
6. Pour into prepared pan and leave until completely set.
7. When set, turn out of pan and cut with a sharp knife or cookie cutter into desired shapes.
8. Jellies can be rolled in superfine sugar, if desired, or served plain.
this sort of recipe is very tricky to low carb. the corn syrup and sugar give it the texture you expect, and duplicating that will take a LOT of experimenting, I think.
you can make gummy candies just with gelatin, water, sweetener, flavoring, and a souring agent though. not hard at all. there was a thread here ages ago, you can probably find it by searching.
Yes, Ravenrose, I have that recipe for gummies, but really miss that jelly-slice candy! Oh, well, I figured it was probably impossible to duplicate Lowcarb! Thanks for the info, though! :shake:
Linda Sue has some on her website that look to be a jelly-like texture. Scroll down for the jellies.
Linda's Low Carb Menus & Recipes
I tried making something similar several years ago but wasn't all that impressed with them. I'd based mine on a high carb recipe that I used to make. I prefer the fruit leather/gummy recipe that Soobee mentioned. Here's the one that I tried and didn't care for:
3 packets unflavored gelatin, Knox brand
1 cup cold water
2 tablespoons orange rind, from 2 small oranges
1 tablespoon lemon rind, from 2 small lemons
1/4 cup orange juice, from 1 small orange
2 tablespoon lemon juice, from 2 small lemons
2 cups granular Splenda or equivalent liquid Splenda *
6 drops yellow food coloring
In a large pot, sprinkle the gelatin over the cold water and let soften 5 minutes. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until the gelatin is dissolved. Remove from the heat; add the remaining ingredients. Stir 3 minutes, then strain into a well-oiled (or use cooking spray) 9x5" loaf pan (I lined mine with foil). Chill 4 hours until firm. Turn out of the pan and cut into cubes by pressing down with a sharp knife. Do not drag the knife through. Store in the refrigerator.
Makes 40 candies
* This will only be low in carbs if made with liquid Splenda. It's not worth all the extra carbs from granular Splenda since it would take 2 cups or 48 additional carbs. If that's all you have, granular Splenda will still work.
With liquid Splenda:
Per Candy: 3 Calories; trace Fat; trace Protein; trace Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; .5g Net Carbs
Per 2 Candies: 6 Calories; trace Fat; 1g Protein; 1g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 1g Net Carbs
Per 4 Candies: 12 Calories; trace Fat; 2g Protein; 1.5g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 1.5g Net Carbs
Per 8 Candies: 24 Calories; trace Fat; 4g Protein; 3g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 3g Net Carbs
With granular Splenda:
Per Candy: 8 Calories; trace Fat; trace Protein; 2g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 2g Net Carbs
Per 2 Candies: 16 Calories; trace Fat; 1g Protein; 3g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 3g Net Carbs
Oh, my!! I think this will work for me! Thanks so much, Linda Sue!
Jellied fruit slices
I don't see why they can't work
I used unflavored gelatin, substituted lemon juice with Splenda and water for the fruit juice, Splenda for the sugar, calorie free pancake syrup for the corn syrup because I was out of the kind i make myself,
(4 cups sweetener
1 TBS Maple extract
1 TBS butter extract
¼ tsp lemon juice
2 TBS glycerin (boy did I have to look for this one. Glycerin is in a small clear bottle by the bandaid section in Walmart)
1/8 tsp salt
½ tsp xanthan gum
3 cups water
Blend with mixer)
and I skipped the food coloring. I put it in silicon molds, three of them from dollar store in the shape of half moons.
Iput it in the refrigerator and will see if they are good tomorrow morning.
Wow these all sound great. My sister is allergic to fruit. So i've been trying to find things for her. Thanks everybody.
Thanks I've never seen it at walmart. I've gotten it at hobby stores.
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Silver Apples / Burning Star Core / Love Like Deloreans
Coco's 66; Brooklyn, NY
Silver Apples played two shows in New York last week, and while the second — at the modest but well-equipped Coco's 66 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn — may not have been able to boast the indie-scene cred of Oneida, the visual power of the Joshua Light Show, or the art scene cachet of the Abrons Art Center that the first had going for it, it did have good DJs playing in between sets, an impressive bill, and even some visual fireworks.
In the case of Brooklyn retro-techno trio Love Like Deloreans, who opened the show with a set of masterful Yellow Magic Orchestra-style synth jams, the band bounced around gamely behind their keyboards and provided a more interesting stage show themselves than many groups of their ilk do. But it was the projections, created by artist Jon Williams, played over the band that were most visually stimulating. While the forward progress of the songs was never in doubt, the projections played with the momentum of the set by variously interlocking and disengaging with the band's rhythms.
Burning Star Core followed, turning in an astoundingly varied performance by way of six "parts" (for lack of a better word). The first part featured building violin loops, followed by a sparser movement of discordant riffs over a minimal drone, a quadrant featuring sampled vocalizations, a frighteningly intense noise section along the lines of Wolf Eyes's "Dead Hills II," and a finale during which lone member C. Spencer Yeh layed long violin double-stops over what could've been an ESG sample. Between the impressive volume, the often-harsh visual element — which ran from almost complete darkness to strange, diffuse, and disorienting floodlighting, to wild strobe flashes — and the stylistic shifts in the music, it was the sort of set that inspires strong opinions in all but the most indifferent. I, for one, thought it was amazing.
And with that, Silver Apples' Simeon Coxe III took his place behind his oscillators and other assorted electronics and the main event was on. While some members of the crowd may have been surprised to see only Coxe up there, under a floppy hat, if he had internalized any particular expectations about what a Silver Applies performance was supposed to be, he wasn't letting on. He quipped early on that he would be "playing old stuff, playing new stuff, and having some fun," and while this was a simple plan, he followed it to the letter. Coxe's voice, only mildly aged from the one you hear on Contact, carried each song to a new place. And, if somewhat lacking in the propulsive, paranoid character found in their original recordings, the current live incarnations of Silver Apples' older songs have gained a weathered quality that allows them to reveal their history while also relieving them of the burden of imitating the 1960s versions of themselves.
This could explain why, while "A Pox On You" and "Oscillations" received a warmer welcome from the audience than some, Coxe was able to give every song its due and equal place in the set. Newer, spacier, more minimal numbers suited his sparse, acoustic-instruments-less setup and fit in perfectly with their environment. Oddly enough, for a show featuring a band reduced to one member, reformed to great acclaim 15 years prior following 25 years of silence, playing a small, recently established club in a generally neglected corner of an outer borough on a Sunday night, the whole thing seemed natural. The highest pleasure the show provided was that of witnessing a relaxed, seemingly happy performer with nothing to prove playing for the love of the game.
Jozef van Wissem
Morden Tower; Newcastle, UK
Last time things got cosmic at Newcastle's Morden Tower, it was with Californians James Ferraro and Spencer Clark, whose strip-mall explorations were of a different mind than tonight's more string-based (or, to be precise, "minimalist") show. Mythos comes pretty easy for this place; it's a small circular room in a stone tower set into a roman brick wall (that actually now backs onto Chinatown, whose restaurants spray a pretty steady steam of grease onto the cobbled stones). Not sure if the rats (outside) aided an "authentic baroque/medieval" experience, which Van Wissem's lute seems to emulate in a modern setting (or throws back to in order to find new poignancy).
Sometimes found wearing medieval robes, this Brooklyn by way of Netherlands soloist was tonight in jeans and a flannel shirt, which served even more the dichotomy of new and old means: distant car alarms slipping in between the lengthy rests that marked the beginnings of a certainly stripped-back set, a slow couple of notes then a pause (repeated over 4-5 minutes) that would've perhaps seemed particularly drawn out to fans of local support Richard Dawson, whose more song-based finger picks (and vocals) came off actually tearjerkingly humble, like some Northeast English Basho or Rose.
Van Wissem's set, though, eased the semi-circular room into a distinct and subtle lull, zoning out with swiped classical tidbits, deconstructing an obscure set of musical histories into songs of varied rhythm, usually preferring the more plodding sorts that sometimes confounded but summoned weirdly lunar and timeless slips of consciousness. Whatever varied songform he decided, the results were quietly subversive.
Broken Social Scene / Julie Doiron
The Fillmore; San Francisco, CA
The Fillmore has a bit of a resemblance to another venue, the defunct Avalon Ballroom in Boston, right across the street from Fenway Park. The comparison here is relevant to tonight's Broken Social Scene show: The first time this writer saw them, it was on a whim 5 years ago at the latter venue, in support of the self-titled album. Back then, Feist opened for them, long before The Reminder, and a man with a perpetual black turtleneck sent her down a separate transcendent path. The show was the stuff of legends. Admittedly, such a show is unlikely to happen again outside of the Greater Toronto area, so expectations have to be blunted, even for a new album and a tour.
Canadian Julie Doiron opened, and though she has an uncanny vocal and physical resemblance to the opener of a half-decade prior, that's where the comparisons end. On stage, it feels more like The White Stripes in their early years in Detroit, only with the roles switched (though that might be a bit harsh for drummer William, who is actually good at both drums and guitar). Julie herself acted incredibly hokey and chummy at times. Worse though were the couple of songs where dissonance was employed, as well as one song where her singing rhythm sounded incredibly awkward. For a folk artist who has collaborated with the likes of Mt. Eerie and Okkervil River, she was exceptionally mediocre.
There is a lot of virtual-water-cooler (where the water is cleanest) talk about Broken Social Scene's Forgiveness Rock Record around here, to the effect that this album lacks something pivotal. This writer suspects a single culprit, but will not elaborate for the sake of wanting to live in said culprit's home city again one day. That said, whatever qualms fans may have for Forgiveness Rock Record can be put to rest: Live, these new songs really do sound like Broken Social Scene songs. Opener (and opening track) "World Sick" sounded much more natural and wet than the recording, as did fiery number "Texaco Bitches" and lead single "Forced to Love." Lisa Lobsinger, recruited during the self-titled's recording partly as a means to replace the eventually departed Millan-Feist-Haines trifecta, finally came into her own, captivating the crowd with "Sentimental X's."
"Lobbie" also performed exceptionally well with "All is All" and the legendary "Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old." For all the 2-hour set could cover though, the band only glanced briefly at the "BSS Presents" series, playing only "F-cked Up Kid" and "Been at It a Long Time," the latter of which went into a jammy headspace. The band obviously enjoyed themselves and went at the set with the ferocity they always have. Even co-frontman Brendan Canning, sick with flu, pushed like he could run the Boston Marathon. That the band played 2 hours straight, with only a brief 3-minute break, is a testament to that. While it may be another couple years before we witness epic glory again outside Toronto, Broken Social Scene remain the incredible living force they were years ago on stage.
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High Places / Mi Ami
Rickshaw Stop; San Francisco, CA
This show was so easy to space out at, in a good way. Two bands that play noisy music doing it pretty well makes for a satisfying night.
I saw Mi Ami open for HEALTH a while ago, and they've definitely honed their live act. By "honed" I don't mean "polished" as much as "there is a much more noticeable dissonance between their instrumentation and their vocals." Their music by itself is hypnotic, complicated and nicely jam-heavy. With Daniel Martin-McCormick's vocals, though, it got sort of crazy. He just doesn't look like he can make the kind of noises he squeals into a microphone jammed halfway into his mouth. But it's not insincere, and it works. Mi Ami are not for the faint of heart.
High Places are, though, definitely. They're warm and fuzzy and full of droning noise sure to envelop anyone in spacey bliss. Unfortunately many of their strongest moments – intricate instrumentation and sampling or complex vocals – get lost in the dense, overpowering guitar washout present in their live set. A rare moment of clarity came on "On a Hill in a Bed on a Road in a House," from their latest record High Places vs. Mankind, as both their vocalists joined to sing a repeating string of words that guided the whole song beautifully. I think they sound better in the studio, where they can take the time to layer components of their music to the best effect.
The Clean
The Bell House; Brooklyn, NY
Thirty-two years since they formed in Dunedin, New Zealand, The Clean still seem like just another band — and that's meant in the most complimentary of ways. Following sets from Brooklyn's Coasting and fellow Kiwi group Dimmer, the band nonchalantly took the stage at the Bell House, picked up their instruments and leaned into a set of tunes spanning their three decades of existence.
That the group can do this is a testament to their timelessness. When the Pixies reunited in 2004, they dusted off a repertoire of late eighties/early nineties material. When Pavement reconvened this year, they summoned up a discography that, as amazing as it is, will always bear a "Made in the Nineties" stamp. The Clean … well, they're not beholden to any of the decades in which they've dipped their feet, and 2010 is no exception. The band's set moved seamlessly from tunes like 1982's "Beatnik" to "In The Dream Life U Need A Rubber Soul," from last year's Mister Pop.
All three members of Yo La Tengo were in the Bell House audience, a fact that inspires a comparison between the two stalwart trios. If there's any American band that most resembles The Clean in sonic approach and career arc, it's Yo La Tengo. But while the latter has built that arc with an LP every few years and fairly regular touring, The Clean's equation is a little sparser, calling for a couple of albums per decade and a smattering of live dates whenever they find the time.
The band didn't play their most well-known "hit," their debut single "Tally Ho," but it didn't matter. In an era that runs artists through the hype cycle at a breakneck pace and systematically cashes in on our fond memories of tunes from another time, it's refreshing to see The Clean still jangling along, impervious to it all.
Ariel Pink
Mercury Lounge; New York, NY
Ariel Pink's show at Mercury Lounge this past Tuesday was many things. It was largely a press preview — a one-off date for the music media to catch Pink's Haunted Graffiti before the band embarks on European and US tours this summer. It was an unveiling of tunes from Pink's forthcoming album, Before Today, his most polished release to date and his first for British label 4AD. It paired Pink with his musical mentor, the prolific, long-time home recording artist R. Stevie Moore. It also turned into a gathering of numerous musicians who have drawn from the reverb-hazed, tape-hissing sonic well that Pink has been tapping since the early 2000s (members of Real Estate, Vivian Girls, Telepathe and Neon Indian were all in attendance).
Under these conditions, the gig felt like a test for Pink. Would he and his latest Haunted Graffiti lineup — which features LA scene vets Aaron Sperske (Lilys, Beachwood Sparks) and Chris Cohen (Cryptacize, Deerhoof) — take their live show into the dressed-up, slicked-down realm of Before Today? Would they win the approval of the bloggers and critics? What might R. Stevie say of Pink's new approach, which abandons his lo-fi past for time in a proper LA studio? What would his peers think?
All of these questions hung in the thick, muggy air of Mercury Lounge, but when Pink finally took the stage, all he had to stay was, "It's hot in here." That dismissive, visceral focus carried through the entire night, with Pink pouring out sweat as profusely as his band poured out solid renditions of songs both old and new. The set began with two tunes from 2004's The Doldrums, "Strange Fires" and "Don't Think Twice (Love)," then "Flying Circles," from 2006's House Arrest, before turning to new material. "Bright Lit Blues Skies" and "Butt-House Blondes," both Before Today tracks, and "For Kate I Wait," another Doldrums tune, stood out as highlights, but the whole show was infused with a vitality and propulsion that has been absent from Pink's work… er, before today.
When introducing "Round and Round," Before Today's much-touted lead single, Pink remarked that the band didn't have the San Jose Choir on hand to accompany them and subsequently cut short the tune's final triumphant chorus, in which he sings, "We'll dazzle them all." It seemed to be an acknowledgement that, though he's no longer hunched over a 4-track mumbling out his songs, Pink still has room for growth before he can truly dazzle everyone.