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The city of Barcelona and Ruiz-Geli want 22@Barcelona to transform from an abandoned industrial hub into a center for technology and information. The Media-TIC building was designed to be at the forefront of this movement. Ruiz-Geli wants the new district to be "energy autonomous." The new factories and offices there will make energy as they use them. The Media-TIC building utilizes an inflatable Ethylene Tetra Fluoro Ethylene (ETFE) skin that is regulated by a solar-powered automatic digital light sensor as the sun changes throughout the day. The "skin" is made up of different ETFE air chambers that are expanded or contracted as the light changes.
In the city where Gaudi's architecture still reigns, the Media-TIC building's inflatable "skin" was designed to fit in with his famous fluid designs. The interior is a place for people to think, meet, and create. The main floor is an open public space. This was made possible by a new steel structure design that allows weight to be transferred to the outer beams in the building leaving the inner structure almost completely free of structural elements. The ETFE skin allows light to filter through but shades persons inside from direct sunlight reducing the UV rays by 85%. The skin is also "anti-adherent" which means little need for cleaning the exterior. As one of the first steps for Barcelona in bringing new technology to the old Poblenou district, the Media-TIC building seems to be the perfect start.
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Tickets are on sale for the recently added late Dan Deacon show at Bowery Ballroom.
Tickets are on Am Ex presale (@ noon) for the recently added Grizzly Bear show at Music Hall of Williamsburg.
Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the 2nd Animal Collective show in Prospect Park. Tickets are also still on sale for the first.
Tickets for Metallica's MSG show are now on "Met Club Presale". An "Internet Presale" starts Friday. Then regular sale is Saturday.
Phish added a third (June 2nd) show at Jones Beach. You can currently request tickets at their site. They go on general sale Friday, April 17th.
Tickets are on sale for the Secret Chiefs 3 show at MHOW.
Tickets are on sale for the recently added, and third, Throbbing Gristle show in NYC.
Metallica @ Stubb's for SXSW (more by Fresh Bread)
"European Summer Vacation, part 2,347 will end on August 2, so that can only mean one thing ... more dates in the U.S. and Canada! We just rocked Austin at SXSWand are super psyched that we'll be back in North America visiting our friends in the Fall as the World Magnetic Tour keeps rolling on. We had an amazing time on the last run in '08 and early '09 and we are so ready to do it again!Love turned to hatred for Metallica long ago, but lately that's turned into something in the middle which is a mix of my love/hate, and their classics-filled setlists. I figured I shouldn't miss the opportunity to see them at the small-for-them venue that was Stubb's during SXSW, but then I didn't try very hard to get in, and I ended up just listening to most of it from the street with lots of other people (many of whom were singing along to good ones like Master of Puppets). The only other venue I would probably make an effort to see Metallica at again, is Madison Square Garden in NYC, which is where they're playing on November 14th (thx Joe). All tour dates below...
Tickets go on sale either April 4 or April 11 - please see dates below and keep watching here for more information about on sale times and support acts." -Metallica
photos by Fresh Bread
Invading South By Southwest, Metallica attempted to pose as one of the hundreds of smaller bands there just hoping to get a record deal.More pictures from Friday night's show below...
"We're a young band from Norway and we want to get signed," Metallica frontman James Hetfield told the audience at the heavy metal band's SXSW performance Friday night.
It was a widely expected but not officially announced show at a venue (Stubb's) that for a band like Metallica is downright minuscule, holding about 2,100 people. The band played for slightly more than an hour, performing both classics and, as Hetfield called it, "new stuff" off their 2008 album "Death Magnetic" -- a disc widely considered a return to form for the 28-year-old group.
But despite Hetfield's mock camouflage (and poor Norwegian accent), Metallica stood out on the SXSW landscape Friday. With more than 50 million albums sold, Metallica has probably outsold the other 1,900-plus bands at SXSW combined.
Droves of die-hard fans, catching wind of the rumors, lined up all day outside Stubb's, where Metallica 18-wheelers parked outside. [AP]
Continue reading "Metallica @ Stubb's, Austin, TX (Guitar Hero SXSW) - pics "
photos by James Trevenen
As suspected, the reunited lineup of Jane's Addiction took the stage at the annual Playboy Rock the Rabbit party in Austin last night (3/19).
In a move that was either pure coincidence or pure brilliance, the Playboy bash was held in an empty grocery store attached to a slightly skeevy strip mall in a decidedly unsafe area of Austin. It's difficult to think of a more perfect setting for Jane's tawdry, tarty rock (the bevy of Bunnies parading around the party were a nice touch too). Whether it was due to the joy of feeling at home, or the joy of playing music together again, Jane's came out feisty, fiery and fierce.Metallica plays a more-official SXSW party tonight (3/20) at Stubb's. Kanye West is rumored to appear as the guest at the FADER House where Kanye's label GOOD Music is having a showcase (makes sense). More pictures from the Playboy party below...
On this night, there were no selections from Jane's softer side, just plenty of pummel, from opening number "Three Days" to the incredibly raucous set-closer "Stop!" Showing a swagger that only the best bands possess, Jane's threw haymakers, with guitarist Dave Navarro pulling solo after solo out of his axe, frontman Perry Farrell patrolling and posing, and the reformed rhythm section of Avery and drummer Stephen Perkins remaining in lockstep.
Songs like "Standing in the Shower ... Thinking" (during which Farrell patted his crotch dry with a towel, then tossed it into the crowd), "Ted, Just Admit It ..." and a particularly massive "Ocean Size" sent the crowd into hysterics -- there was even some crowd surfing, which sent the Bunnies scattering -- and showcased a band still very much at the top of its game. Navarro and Farrell shared a smooch, Avery and Perkins exchanged knowing nods, and frankly, it was as if those 17 years never happened. [MTV]
Continue reading "Jane's Addiction last night (pics), Metallica tonight (at SXSW)"
"In Norse mythology, Völsung was murdered by the Geatish king Siggeir and avenged by one of his sons, Sigmund and his daughter Signy who was married to Siggeir. Völsung was the common ancestor of the ill-fortuned clan of the Volsungs, including the greatest of Norse heroes, Sigurd. Their legend is known in Norse myth through Volsungasaga and Dráp Niflunga and in Old German through the Nibelungenlied.The above picture is a screenshot of SXSW's recently updated Stubb's schedule. Friday is now the "Guitar Hero Metallica" showcase and "Volsung" from "Somewhere, Norway" is playing at 10:30 pm.
In the English epic Beowulf, when the Geatish warrior Beowulf has killed Grendel, a Danish bard at Hrothgar's court sings about Sigmund and his father Waels." [Wikipedia]
PREVIOUSLY: Metallica playing SXSW??
P.S. Katy Perry has vanished from the Stubb's schedule, thus removing the (not)awesomeness that was Katy playing back to back with the Meat Puppets.
Metallica. And Jane's Addiction! (maybe)
In possibly related news, "Stay tuned for more info on the Annual Late Night Playboy Party presented by Jack Daniel's in partnership with C3 at SXSW in March."
In definitely related news, Jane's Addiction is playing Sasquatch and will soon announce more tour dates with Nine Inch Nails.
photos by Eric M. Townsend, word by Black Bubblegum
Metallica played three NYC area shows in a row this past weekend, the final stops on their Death Magnetic US tour including Nassau Coliseum on 1/29 and a two night stay at the Prudential Center in beautiful Newark, NJ (on 1/31 and 2/1, the latter coinciding with the Superbowl). Machine Head and The Sword supported on all three nights, with The Sword adding a show at Bowery Ballroom on 1/30. The Metallica pics are from 1/31, I attended the 2/1 show.
I headed into the doors of the Prudential Center right around 6:45, settling into my GA "seats" (the floor) a few moments before The Sword hit the stage. My early arrival gave me a few moments to thoroughly inspect the unique "in the round" set-up. Placed in the center of the arena floor, with six mics positioned at various parts of the stage, members of the band were within ten feet of me at times, and on the opposite side at others. Overhead, seven sheet metal "coffins" the size of a Cadillacs containing lighting rigs and lasers rotated up and down and in a circular motion. On stage, located behind a short wall of amps was a line of pyro.... I guess James didn't learn his lesson? Later on, we would learn that Lars Ulrich's kit was also on a swivel. Low-budget, this show was not.
The Sword took the stage at 7PM, playing a shortened 25+ minute set and drawing from both of their Kemado releases. The Austin crew were simple and effective and it was truly surreal to see the band on THAT stage as opposed to the last time I saw them (Bowery Ballroom in 2007).
Machine Head were next, and even if I wanted to hear them (I didn't), I wouldn't have been able to. The mix was absolutely abhorrent, and if it wasn't for the metal-requisite whammy pedal, I probably wouldnt have been able to hear ANY guitars. My life-long Metallica fan friend commented:
"Those dudes are straight up corny".
Mostly. That said, the masses in Affliction/Don Ed Hardy tees, mohawks, and mock wallet chains were contented. Thankfully, guitarist/vocalist Rob Flynn is a good showman, spraying water about and leading the crowd in chants of "Ma-sheen-head" and "Machine-fuckin-head". At least he, unlike the music, held my interest.
Metallica took the stage a shade after 9PM, emerging with their usual intro music, "The Ecstasy of Gold" from Ennio Morricone's The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly soundtrack. Kicking off with "That Was Just Your Life" from the new LP, Death Magnetic, the band was accompanied a laser-light show of epic proportions.... Daft Punk is jealous. Although the concentration was on Death Magnetic material (six songs in total), the band did dip into the classics ("Master of Puppets, "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)", "Blackened", Seek & Destroy"), the records that propelled them to the top ("Enter Sandman", "Nothing Else Matters"), and deeper fan favorites (a cover of "Die Die My Darling" by the Misfits, "Breadfan" by Budgie) over the course of the evening.
As a fan of the Cliff Burton & Justice era of Metallica, I would say this show was alot like a Jerry Bruckheimer film: loud, lots of explosions, an obscene amount of special effects, a little something for everyone, a touch on the dumb side, but big time entertainment.
More pictures from 1/31 and setlists for all three shows below...
Continue reading "Metallica @ Prudential Center - pics, a review, three setlists"
A Brewster police officer is on paid administrative leave after allegedly urinating on a fellow music-lover at a Metallica concert in Boston and then refusing to leave TD Banknorth Garden when security guards ejected him for disorderly conduct.
A Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Transit Police report from that night identifies Brewster Police Officer Joseph Houston, 29, as being thrown out of the Jan. 18 rock concert by security guards at around 10 p.m.
Although he has been charged only with trespassing, Houston appeared to be drunk, flashed his badge in an attempt to get back into the concert, called a black MBTA officer "Obama," and had been asked to leave the concert after he allegedly urinated on another patron, according to the report. [CapeCodTimes]
In related news, "Rumor going around Austin is that Metallica will be performing on March 21st @ Stubbs BBQ. Anyone else heard this rumor? That place only holds around 1500 people, so that would be killer is it was true."
Devo is definitely playing SXSW.
Metallica, who was recently inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, is definitely playing Nassau Coliseum in Long Island Thursday, and the Prudential Center in Newark this Saturday and Superbowl Sunday.
January 14, 2009-New York - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation today announced its inductees for 2009. The induction ceremony on April 4, 2009 will take place in Cleveland for the first time since 1997, and will be broadcast live on Fuse TV in a new three-year broadcast deal between the Foundation and Fuse. The ceremony will be supported by a weeklong series of events. In addition, for the first time in its 24- year history, tickets to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be accessible to the public.The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recently opened an annex of the museum in NYC. This year's full inductee list, and Cleveland ticket info, below...
"This year's class of inductees truly represents what the Hall of Fame is all about. From classic artists that began their careers in the 50's and 60's to those that have defined the modern sound of rock and roll," said Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation President & CEO Joel Peresman. "These artists demonstrate the rich diversity of rock and roll itself. We are proud to honor these artists and celebrate their contribution to rock and roll's place in our culture."
Continue reading "Metallica, Run-D.M.C., others inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame"
1. "Into the Crypts of Rays," Celtic FrostRyan also provided explanations for each song. You can read it all at Blender. And for his favorite albums of the year, see what he told Filter. Britney Fox video (kind of boring really), below...
2. "Behind the Crooked Cross," Slayer
3. "Intervention," Corrosion of Conformity
4. "The Thing That Should Not Be," Metallica
5. "Tribal Convictions," Voivod
6. "Long Way To Love," Britny Fox
7. "Wasted Years," Iron Maiden
8. "Soul on Fire," Danzig
10. "Raging Embers," Saviours
11. "After Forever," Black Sabbath
12. "Over the Mountain," Ozzy Osbourne
13. "The Prison of Mirrors," Xasthur
Continue reading "the 13 metal songs Ryan Adams recommended in Blender"
Krallice in Brooklyn (more by Leia Jospe)
Ryan Adams' Top 9 Albums of 2008
Testament, The Formation of Damnation (Nuclear Blast Americ)That list via Filter. Ryan Adams' next NYC show is at MSG with Oasis on December 17th. All dates below...
Krallice, Krallice (Profound Lore)
The Killers, Day and Age (Island Records)
The Smiths, The Very Best of The Smiths (Rhino)
Metallica, Death Magnetic (Warner Bros.)
Mariah Carey, E=MC 2 (Island)
Coldplay, Viva La Vida (Capitol)
Fleet Foxes, Sun Giant EP (Sub Pop)
Ihsahn, Angl (Candlelight)
Continue reading "Ryan Adams - 2009 Tour Dates, top 9 Albums of 2008"
Nada Surf @ Bowery Ballroom (more by Kurt Christensen)
today in NYC
* Les Paul @ Iridium
* Friendly Fires (DJ set) @ Le Royale
* EPMD & Folk And Stress @ Santos Party House
* Deerhunter, Violens & Bell @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Vampire Weekend & Ra Ra Riot @ The Wellmont Theatre
* David Cross, Fred Armisen & Marnie Stern @ Knitting Factory
* Pwrfl Power, Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez & Oars @ Cake Shop
* Cristy & Emily, The Silent League & Essie Jain @ Union Hall
* Don Caballero, Fiasco, Villa Vina & La Otracina @ Europa
* Radar Bros & Teenage Prayers @ Mercury Lounge
* Nada Surf, The Jealous Girlfriends & Mary Kate O'Neil @ Maxwell's
* Spirit Family Reunion, Sharon Van Etten, Donald Beaman (The Double) @ Pianos
The show at Music Hall of Williamsburg is the Gummy Awards. Thanks to everyone who voted! The results are in.
The benefit show tonight at Knitting Factory expanded the lineup since originally announced.
The show tonight at Union Hall is also a benefit - for orphans in Nairobi.
I have one pair of tickets to giveaway to the Don Cab / Fiasco show at Europa tonight to the first person who emails their name to email@example.com (subject: Don Cab)
Tigercity is DJing tonight @ The Foggy Monocle holiday party at The Professor's Loft.
WFMU is broadcasting live from a party at Rubulad tonight (8PM - 2AM).
Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs was born today in 1974. John Lennon was killed six years later.
new Metallica video at YouTube.
Smashing Pumpkins' new video for G.L.O.W. below...
What else?
"I felt like a dagger went right through my heart. It hurt so much," Satriani says. "The second I heard it, I knew it was [my own] If I Could Fly."So now Joe is suing. Watch a video comparison of the songs in question HERE. Watch a video comparing Satriani's guitar solos to Kirk Hammett's below...
As it turned out, Satriani wasn't the only one who noticed the similarity between If I Could Fly and Viva La Vida.
"Almost immediately, from the minute their song came out, my e-mail box flooded with people going, 'Have you heard this song by Coldplay? They ripped you off man.' I mean, I couldn't tell you how many e-mails I received.
"Everybody noticed the similarities between the songs. It's pretty obvious. It's as simple as that - when you listen to a song and you say, 'Wow, that's a real rip-off.'"
What makes the situation especially painful for Satriani is that If I Could Fly isn't just any song. It's a composition he'd been laboring over for well over 10 years before he recorded it.
"I started writing it on the Flying In A Blue Dream tour back in 1990. But because of the way I write, sometimes songs take a while, as this one did. In 2003 I started demoing it in earnest. I played it on the acoustic guitar on a demo so I could sing the melody, then I demoed it on electric to get the sound. And the performance turned out to be so spontaneous, so right and so emotional, that it wound up being a keeper."
..."That was the intent all along," he says. "It was a love letter to my wife, Rubina - a simple, direct expression of feeling.
"That's what really hurts about this whole thing. That I spent so long writing the song, thinking about it, loving it, nursing it, and then finally recording it and standing on stages the world over playing it - and then somebody comes along and plays the exact same song and calls it their own."
"Coldplay didn't want to talk about it. They just wanted this whole thing to go away." Joe Satriani... [the interview continues @ Music Radar]
Continue reading "Joe Satriani on Coldplay: 'felt like a dagger.through my heart'"
Tribute bands playing whole albums, Mr Brownstone New Years Eve, PINKTALLICA, Girls Girls Girls, Fab Faux..
Girls Girls Girls
More tribute band news...
You thought Bowery Presents couldn't announce any more New Years Eve shows. Then you remember they can stay open super late that night which means they can host shows after other shows. Such is the case with the Mr. Brownstone show happening at Mercury Lounge. Doors are 2 AM - after the A Place to Bury Strangers show. The Guns N' Roses cover band will be playing "Appetite For Destruction" in its entirety (or until they pass out). Tickets are on sale.
Mr. Brownstone played Irving Plaza with Satanicide this past Friday, and recently appeared on Letterman. Last New Years Eve they did Music Hall of Williamsburg.
And speaking of cover bands performing entire albums, Pinktallica, an "All Chick Tribute to Metallica", will be performing "Kill Em All" right before Girls Girls Girls (all girls, Motley Crue), will be playing "Shout At The Devil". This all also happens at Mercury Lounge, but on January 17th. Tickets are on sale for that too. I can't find a website for Pinktallica, so I know nothing about them, but they're my favorite band, just based on their name (and their choice of album to cover), in this post.
Last but not least, the extremely popular Beatles cover band, The Fab Faux, has two shows coming up at Terminal 5. On December 26th they perform "Abbey Road" and "Let it Be" (tickets), and on December 27th, "The White Album" (tickets).
More dates at their site.
Girls Girls Girls videos below...
Continue reading "Tribute bands playing whole albums, Mr Brownstone New Years Eve, PINKTALLICA, Girls Girls Girls, Fab Faux.."
Girl Talk @ Terminal 5 Sunday (more by Mike Lerner)
today in NYC
* Steely Dan @ the Wellmont Theater
* Girl Talk, Prefuse 73 & Bad Brilliance @ Terminal 5
* Secret Machines & Dragons of Zynth @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* SpaceKamp & Joe and the Flying Spoons @ Black Betty
* Peter & The Wolf, Tall Firs & The Isles @ The Studio @ Webster Hall
* Brightblack Morning Light, Fursaxa & Zomes @ Southpaw
* Subtle, Zach Hill & Pattern is Movement @ Knitting Factory
* Centro-Matic & South San Gabriel @ The Bell House
* Grand Buffet & many others (Girl Talk afterparty) @ Santos Party House
Kirk Hammet of Metallica was born today in 1962.
Al Cisneros speaks again.
Secret Machines play Music Hall tonight. An ex-member of the Secret Machines plays Mercury Lounge in December.
Bill points out that SpaceKamp (playing Black Betty tonight) is also Adam Green's backing band.
As promised, Adam Green performed with Lissy Trullie at Santos Party House last night. Videos below...
What else?
by Black Bubblegum
Do you think he got it done after St. Anger?
In between the dates at Nassau Coliseum (1/29) and Prudential Center (1/31, 2/1), The Sword will opt to NOT go shopping around Soho (like Metallica might) in lieu of another date in the NYC area. Tickets go on AMEX presale 11/19 and regular sale on 11/21 at noon for a January 30th show by The Sword at Bowery Ballroom. It's one of a few shows the band added to fill in the holes between Metallica dates. Some of the added dates are also with Lamb Of God who is also on tour with Metallica. Others are with Year Long Disaster.
Lamb of God recently announced details of their new album, due in 2009. The Sword recently released a video for "How Heavy This Axe". That video, and all tour dates, below...
Continue reading "The Sword - 2008/09 tour dates (some Metallica, some not)"
by Black Bubblegum
DOWNLOAD: Crowpath - "The Deed" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Crowpath - "One With Filth" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Crowpath - "Plague Bearer" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Graf Orlock - "Run Over By A Truck" (M4A)
DOWNLOAD: Cripple Bastards - "Sangue Chiama" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Ocean - "The Beacon" (Excerpt) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Ocean - "Of The Lesser" (Excerpt) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Kylesa - "Set Controls for The Heart Of The Sun" (MP3, Pink Floyd cover)
DOWNLOAD: Kylesa - "Between Silence & Sound" (Remix) (MP3)
Let us all give thanks to Crowpath. For it is on November 25th, that the Swedes will brutalize us at the highly chaotic crossroads of brutal grind, death, doom, and hardcore with their new album One with Filth. The eleven-track LP One With Filth is currently up for preorder with a shirt at Willowtip Records, but you can download THREE of those tracks above, including "The Deed" available only here!
How can it get any better? Maryland Deathfest have added Napalm Death, Venomous Concept, and Misery Index to the already STELLAR lineup which includes the mighty Bolt Thrower. Tickets for Maryland Deathfest are on sale.
As we discussed last week, the mighty Graf Orlock have a new record on the way, Destination Time Today. The third installment in their cinemagrind trilogy, da Graf have been (un)kind enough to hook us BV'ers up with the new jam "Run Over By A Truck", downloadable above!
Ocean (of Maine) drops their new record, the two-track Pantheon Of The Lesser on Important Records on 11/11... check out the pair of MP3 excerpts available for download above. Likey? Pick it up right cheah...
Trap Them's massive new album Seizures In Barren Praise and the domestic issue of Carpathian's Isolation is out NOW via Deathwish Records. Broke/cheap & want 'em both? Email firstname.lastname@example.com (subject: Trap Them) and win BOTH CDs or BOTH LPs! Include your first and last name, your preference in format (CD or LP)... winners will be selected at random and contacted. Meanwhile, get your listen on at Hardcore Night's Trap Them Listening Party "and Beer Chugging Contest" (awesome) at The Charleston on 11/13.. flyer is below. Trap Them also was interviewed by Crustcake and sat in at WNYU! Download it here (forward to the 27 min mark).
Italian me(n)tal pantients Cripple Bastards dropped their new grinder Variante Alla Morte on FETO Records (owned by Shane Embury and Mick Kenney). Check out "Sangue Chiama", one of the few tracks over 30 seconds long (hell, over 10 seconds long), available for download above!
Neurosis have announced a few new new bands for the Beyond The Pale event at Roadburn 2009 including Om, Six Organs Of Admitttance, Skullflower, and A Storm Of Light! Hmmm, Wino is at Roadburn with Saint Vitus, Scott Kelly of Neurosis is obviously there, and now Al Cisneros from Om is on board.... thats 3/4 of Shrinebuilder... we'll keep you posted for new additions as come up! As originally discussed in February, Scott "Wino" Weinrich has a new solo album in the works... but now it has a name and a date! Look for the new album, Punctuated Equilibrium on Jan 20th 2009, and check out the album art!
That album art plus details on the Amenra US tour, news on Mastodon, Jesu, Metallica, Giant Squid, Agoraphobic Nosebleed and so much more below...
by Black Bubblegum
DOWNLOAD: Kill The Client - "Divide And Conquer" (MP3)
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DOWNLOAD: sunn o))) - Shoshin/GrimmRobes LIVE in Los Angeles, CA 10/10/08 (MP3, MEGAUPLOAD LINK)
DOWNLOAD: Deathwish Inc. Fall Sampler (ZIP FILE) *
Kill the Client
Let's kick this thing off the RIGHT way, an absolutely BRUTAL grind record out NOW on Willowtip.... no, not the new Phobia (though that is good, and out NOW) or the new Maruta (also out NOW)... it's Cleptocracy by unstoppable force known as Kill The Client! Blazing through eighteen tracks of searing grindcore, Cleptocracy is both destructive and engaging.... Check out "Cleptocracy and "Divide And Conquer" downloadable above!
* The above Deathwish sampler features songs by Trap Them, Blacklisted, Cold World, Narrows, 108, United Nations, The Hope Conspiracy, Victims, Rot In Hell and many others.
Graf Orlock have announced details of their upcoming cinemagrind monstrosity, Destination Time Today, along with a new track streaming at their myspace! Look for the record to land on Level Plane (Date TBD) possibly around the time that Graf Orlock hits the East Coast for a tour that is (not fully) scheduled for Jan 2009! Check out the basic itinerary below, and hold tight for details to come.
Mastodon have anounced details for Crack The Skye, their upcoming album due in 2009! As discussed, Brendan O'Brien will be on the boards for the seven track (listing below), fifty minute opus which was was recorded at Southern Tracks Studios in Atlanta. Meanwhile, the band has announced a handful of European dates with Metallica (find 'em below).
The sickening crusty hardcore of Planks are one my my latest obsessions, and their limited 12" (500 copies) is out NOW on Narshardaa. Pick it up here and check out "Deluge" from that LP, which the band has made available for download above and scoot on over to Aversionline, who has a second track for download! Also out now on Black Box, a split LP that Planks rocked with Tombs... a taste of which is above in the form of "A Sunken City". Speaking of Tombs, the band permenantly added Andrew Hernandez (ex-ASRA badass) on drums, and I must say that he absolutely KILLED it when I saw them lay waste to the Relapse showcase during CMJ.
Black Elk's Always A Six Never A Nine is available NOW over at Crucial Blast. Check out THREE songs from the record available for download above!
Cattle Decapitation have posted a new song from and announced a date for (Jan 20th, 2009- INAUGURATION DAY!) their new album, The Harvest Floor! Produced by Billy Anderson, The Harvest Floor will include contributions by Ross Sewage (Impaled/Ludicra), Dino Sommese (Dystopia/Asunder), Jarboe (Swans), Jackie Perez Gratz (Grayceon/Amber Asylum), and John Wiese. Check out the album cover below....
Iggy Pop & the Stooges @ Virgin Fest (more by Bao Nguyen)
The nominations for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum were announced today. The nine nominees are: Jeff Beck, Chic, Wanda Jackson, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Metallica, Run-D.M.C., the Stooges, War, and Bobby Womack. Ballots will be sent to more than 500 voters, who will select artists to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the 24th Annual Induction Ceremony on April 4 at historic Public Hall in Cleveland. For the first time, tickets to the ceremony will be made available to the public.
To be eligible for nomination into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an act must have released its first single or album at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination. This year's nominees had to release their first single no later than 1983.
by Black Bubblegum
DOWNLOAD: Bloodbath - "Slaughter The Will To Live" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Samothrace - "Slaughter The Will To Live" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: North - "Eidolon" (MP3)
Attila Csihar of Mayhem, The Winterdemon (metalnorge)
Highly influential black metallers Mayhem have announced that they will tour the US in spring of 2009! The 21 date tour will be announced soon, but in the meantime, look for the band to announce a new guitarist to replace departing axe-slinger Blasphemer. Mayhem's Attila Csihar lent his unholy vokills to the new Jarboe record Mahakali due Oct 14th on The End. Skip on down for video of Thurston Moore discussing Mayhem.
Doomriders are currently grinding away at their new album due on Deathwish in 2009! In the meantime, look for the band to hit the Autobahn on a European tour with Disfear & SSS. SSS is currently streaming two new tracks from their upcoming record The Dividing Line. Doomriders recently played Europa.
Metallica is streaming six tracks from Death Magnetic. Check out my review for their new record below.
Guitarist Kris Norris has left Darkest Hour and is "actively pursing some producing routes and any band that might want a guitarist".
Corrupted LIVE (tawaraya)
The extremely elusive Japanese doomers (in fact, the above is one of the only pictures I have ever found of them), Corrupted announced a brief West Coast tour with Asunder, check out the flyer here. Asunder's Works Will Come Undone recently dropped on vinyl via Kreation Records, pick it up here. Corrupted's (current? these guys are elusive I tell ya!) bassist Lowell Isles's old band, YOB recently reformed.
Vikings Amon Amarth are streaming a new track, "Guardians of Asgaard", from their upcoming Twilight Of The Thunder God.
Bloodbath, the death metal supergroup featuring Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth), Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström (Katatonia), Jonas Renkse (Katatonia), Martin "Axe" Axenrot(ex-Witchery, Opeth), and Per "Sodomizer" Eriksson, will drop their new studio album The Fathomless Mystery on Oct 28th via Peaceville Records. Filled with ""nothing but hateful brutality", check out "Slaughtering The Will To Live" available for download above and stream another track, "Mock The Cross", at their myspace.
Bloodbath's cover art, plus news on Danzig, Celtic Frost, Landmine Marathon, sunn 0))), Necrophagist, Immortal and so much more....
by Black Bubblegum
DOWNLOAD: Morne - "Machine" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Hey Colossus - "Tight Collar" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Hammers Of Misfortune - "Rats Assembly" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Hammers Of Misfortune - "Church of Broken Glass" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Grails - "Reincarnation Blues" (MP3)
MORNE (members of Grief)
Influential doomers Grief are back from the dead! This time, the band have lined up a show in Baltimore (@ The Nowarehouse on 10/24) and Philly (@ The Khyber Pass on 10/25 with Black Cobra) in preparation for a European tour with the mighty Trap Them (European tour dates forthcoming). Meanwhile, guitarist/vocalist Jeff Hayward (formerly of the equally menacing Disrupt) is touring with his new band, the oh-so-crusty Morne, who are poised to attack the east coast and as far as Minneapolis during a ten-city tour (dates below) including one date at Cake Shop on Sept 28th with Attake, Cop On Fire, and Lost Cause. Morne will be promoting their recently released demo (out now) and the band was kind enough to drop a taste here! Check out "Machine" downloadable above, and check them out on tour.
Earth have added a few shows including a date at Columbia University (10/17), another at Wesleyan University (10/18), and a date at Union Pool (10/14), in addition to the previously announced date at the Knitting Factory with Arbouretum (10/19, tickets here).
Pelican announced a show at the Bowery Ballroom on 11/2 and some other tour dates.
From The Nursery Records, current home of locals Orphan, will drop 12" of Melvins tracks recorded during the Nude With Boots sessions. Look for it hopefully by the end of this year.
Jarboe, Dillinger Escape Plan, Hammers of Misfortune, Nachtmystium, Hellshock, Landmine Marathon and more below...
Tickets for the upcoming Metallica shows are on presale.
(Radio Preferred Seating password = magnetic)
Tickets are on sale for the Vision of Disorder show at Irving Plaza.
T.I. is playing Highline Ballroom on September 30th. $50 tickets are on sale.
Dawn Landes opens for Federico Aubele at Bowery Ballroom tonight (Sept 03). Tickets are still on sale.
The Little Ones play Mercury Lounge on October 17th. Tickets are on sale.
White Denim play Mercury Lounge on October 19th. Tickets are on sale.
Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, Black Bubblegum shows me this picture. He also pointed out that Metallica is streaming their new single "The Day That Never Comes" at their myspace. Tour dates and a whole bunch of comments HERE.
by Black Bubblegum
Lars Ulrich with his best friend & helper...ProTools
Metallica have announced North American dates in support of their September 12th release of Death Magnetic. The Sword will open all dates with Lamb Of God, Machine Head, and Down opening select dates. The NYC area gets a pair of shows with Machine Head, January 29 @ Nassau Coliseum and Jan 31 @ Prudential Center in Newark. Ticket info is forthcoming.
In related Metallica news, the band "leaked" video of a new song, "Cyanide", as well as footage of the band blazing through a medley of Mercyful Fate classics with King Diamond from their performance at Ozzfest. Check it out, as well as the sphincter-like artwork below.
Down guitar player Kirk Windstein is going on tour in Kingdom of Sorrow with Gwar and Toxic Holocaust.
Metallica dates and videos below...
Continue reading "Metallica - 2008 Tour Dates with The Sword (and stuff)"
by Black Bubblegum
You've come a long way baby...
They say you shouldn't kick people when they're down, but what if they're already kicking themselves? Guns 'N Roses announced that the new GNR track "Shackler's Revenge" from the right-around-the-corner Chinese Democracy will premiere in the Harmonix Music Systems video game Rock Band II due this September.
The band's decision to officially introduce material from their sixth album via a computer game is an unusual one, but it's a move likely to become more popular as the industry begins to recognise just how important music-related video games are. Since its launch in 2007, Rock Band has won several industry awards and netted its developer Harmonix Music Systems $208 million. Music by the Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi and the Who is currently available on the first version of the game, which allows players to form a virtual band and play along to famous songs. Like its rival Guitar Hero, the music video game has found success by tapping into the long-established history of air-guitar playing among music fans into a competition with an all-star soundtrack. [Guardian]The news came days before Metallica announced that their entire upcoming album, Death Magnetic (as in a magnet to your coinage) would be available for download/play on Activision's Guitar Hero III. GnR and Metallica still feuding after all these years..... and what's more metal than feuding via corporate synergy?
Metallica's Death Magnetic was produced by Rick Rubin, an encouraging sign considering hewhoshallnotbenamed has produced every album since ...And Justice For All. (Sorry guys, I do have an eensy teensy glimmer of still ridiculously skeptical faith.)
In other news that would make Cliff spin is his grave, Death Magnetic will be released in a collectors edition Coffin box set (where have I seen that before?) with a CD of demos, a DVD detailing making-the-album, a limited edition (natch) tee, a flag, guitar picks, and a fold out poster. The "Coffin" is in addition three other releases on their Mission: Metallica website. I think I'll go for that fan-friendly 5LP set, what about you guys?
Metallica recently played all the classics at Bonaroo.

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Nutritional care of children and adults with Ebola virus disease in treatment centres
3 November 2014 -- This interim guideline lays out some basic principles of optimal nutritional care for adults and paediatric patients during treatment and convalescence in Ebola treatment units, community care centres or to other centres where Ebola patients are receiving care and support.
Maternal, infant and young child nutrition in East and Southern African countries: moving to national implementation
26 September 2014 -- Report of a World Health Organization workshop
This workshop was organized by the Intercountry Support Team (IST)/East and Southern Africa (ESA)/Nutrition Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) in collaboration with IST/West Africa, AFRO and the Department of Nutrition for Health and Development (NHD) at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, with financial support from Micronutrient Initiative (MI).
Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition
20 May 2014 -- This action plan illustrates a series of priority actions that should be jointly implemented by Member States and international partners to achieve, by the year 2025, six global nutrition targets.
Click on any of the following links to see the corresponding list of nutrition publications:
- WHO guidelines on nutrition
- List of publications on nutrition by year
- Full list of publications on nutrition
SCN News 40: Changing food systems for better nutrition
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Joint child malnutrition estimates - Levels and trends
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Wednesday, July 16 ... is Deacon Day!
The ministry of deacons, especially
permanent deacons, has grown throughout
the past three decades. We invite all deacons
to join us especially on Wednesday at the
St. Louis Convention to explore your role
in the liturgy and how to connect the ministries
of Eucharist and service to those in
need. The day includes the plenum talk, two workshops designed for
you and led by Deacon William Ditewig, prayer, evening events, and
attendance in the exhibit hall. Invite the deacons who serve your parish
to join us on Wednesday—and all week!
Wednesday, July 16 ... is Youth Day!
While we hope high school and college age youth will choose to attend the entire St. Louis Convention,
Wednesday is designed especially for those who can only join us on one day. With "youth only" workshops
and evening events that include a performance by a choir made up of students from St. Louis Catholic high
schools and a contemporary concert led by Ed Bolduc, this day is an opportunity to join other young people
involved in liturgical music ministry. Come and bring a friend!
Wednesday, July 16 ... is T-Shirt Day!
"Proclaim Good News" is the invitation from this year's Convention not
only to NPM members but from us to the whole world. T-Shirt Day at
the convention gives us a chance to proclaim that message in a unified
way to each other and to those who might see us at the hotels and on
our way to the evening events. Be sure to order your T-shirt in advance
by checking the proper box on the registration form.
Daily Eucharist 7:00 am
Eucharist is offered on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.
Morning Prayer
"O Lord, open my lips and my mouth shall proclaim your praise." (Psalm 51:17)
Plenum 9:00 - 10:00 AM
Embracing Good News: The Call to Conversion
Ann Garrido
For forty years, the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults has taught us what
conversion means, and it has shown us that if we are to foster conversion in others,
we must experience and live it ourselves. Authentic conversion requires that we
become disciples first and then ministers; discipleship requires conversion of heart.
Out of our own experience, how do we invite others to discover the Mystery at the
center of life?
Hear what Dr. Ann Garrido—catechist, theologian, and associate professor of
homiletics at Aquinas Institute—has to say.
Breakout Sessions 10:45 - noon
Scripture, Keyboard, Composer & Text Writers Institutes and Catholic Liturgical Ministry Boot Camp continue from Monday
morning pre-convention sessions and DMMD Institute continues from Monday afternoon.
C-01 The Triduum through Fresh Eyes: Pray and Reflect on the Rites, Part 3
Ed Hislop and Paul Turner
A continuation of A-01 and B-01. For DMMD members only.
C-02 Fostering Conversion of Heart in Ourselves and Our Assemblies
James Telthorst
Plan the liturgy in ways that invite the conversion to which we are called as liturgical ministers and that will invite the members of our assemblies to live the Gospel more deeply, too.
C-03 Principles of Singing Chant
Columba Kelly, OSB
Come and learn the foundations that we need to sing the chant of the Church.
C-04 The Deacon: Connecting the Table of the Eucharist with the Table of the Poor
William Ditewig
From the earliest days of the Church, the deacon has been the minister who gives direction to the assembly gathered for Eucharist and connects our celebration of Eucharist with the needs of the poor. Explore this history and its practical applications for our day.
C-05 Through All Generations
David Haas and Lori True
For the past decade music ministers have tried all we can think of to get youth involved in the liturgy of the Church. What has worked? What has not? Are "teen liturgies" sustaining young people past high school? Explore ways to move forward toward liturgies that bring generations together for prayer.
C-06 Merging, Clustering, Closing Parishes, Part 2: Rituals
Michael Weldon, OFM
As Catholics with a sacramental consciousness, we need to ritualize the changes in parish life that call us to die and rise with Jesus Christ.
C-07 Techniques to Produce Choral Sound and Prayer
Paul French
A many-faceted and practical approach to helping your choirs sound better, sing in tune, and connect their singing to prayer. Geared to the adult choir, but with applications for both the youngest and most elderly voices in your ensembles.
C-08 Building a Timeless Music Library
John Romeri
Music to serve your choir and your assemblies that surpasses all time.
C-09 Mix, Match, and Make
Kevin Keil and Gael Berberick
Learn how to mix 'n' match the instruments and voices in your parish ensemble to create lovely sonorities that will encourage the assembly to sing.
C-10 Organ Improvisation
Horst Buchholz
A gifted improvisationist and clinician shares tools that will assist your ability to improvise at the organ in service of the liturgy.
C-11 From Piano to Organ in One Session
Alan Hommerding
Everything you need to know to transition from the piano keyboard to the organ bench.
C-12 The FDLC Document: "Liturgy in a Culturally Diverse Community: A Guide Toward Understanding," Part 1
Mark Francis, csv
Principles to assist the parish musician, liturgist, clergy, or other pastoral minister plan liturgies that promote the full, conscious, and active participation of everyone in a culturally diverse assembly.
C-13 Cantor 101: What Every Cantor Needs to Know about Chanting the Psalms
Kathleen Harmon, SND DE N
The basics that will foster your ability to proclaim the Word of God in song and lead the assembly gathered for worship.
C-14 The Psalms in the Liturgy, Part 2
Michel Guimont
A continuation of B-14.
C-15 Music for Holy Week
Jerry Galipeau
Resources to help your community pray these liturgies at the heart of our liturgical year.
C-16 Led by the Gospel: Preaching in Times of Crisis
Ronald Raab, csc
At all times we are to preach the Good News of Jesus Christ: easier to do in good times and more difficult to do in times of crisis and pain. Explore insights about how to preach the Gospel effectively in all times and seasons of life.
C-17 The Liturgical Tool Box
Bryan Schamus and Rachelle Kramer
For youth only. Do you plan liturgies at your school, parish or campus ministry, or want to learn how? Learn important church documents and resources every liturgical musician should know when planning worship. Practical applications and current experiences will be applied.
C-18 How To Empower the Song of the Assembly
Paul Westermeyer
An experienced minister of music shares wisdom about how to empower your assembly's song and worship.
Lunchtime Organ Recital
Christ Church Cathedral.
Organist: Nick Botkins
Cantor Certificate On-Site Singing Adjudications
Cantors may complete requirements for all the NPM Cantor Certificates during the 2014 Annual Convention.
Registrations are limited. Pre-registration required; no on site registration. Application Deadline; postmarked by June 20, 2014. More information and applications for certification at the convention.
GIA Showcase
Sing Good News
Join your voices with GIA composers and friends as we sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs along with
a collection of anthems for choirs and ensembles. Experience GIA's newest liturgical music with the best
choir in the country—YOU!
Breakout Sessions 3:15 - 4:30 pm
Scripture, Keyboard, Composer & Text Writers Institutes and Catholic Liturgical Ministry Boot Camp continue from previous
sessions; however, this breakout ends at 5:15 PM for those Institutes.
D-01 Lectionary Anthem Project Year B, Part 1
Tim Dyksinski
A reading session with anthems for Lent, Holy Week, Triduum, Easter Season, and Pentecost that will serve and challenge your choirs!
D-02 Many Spokes, One Center
Grayson Warren Brown
This session is designed to help all of the ministries of the Church point in a single direction. It examines reasons why all ministries must have a clear understanding of just how each ministry is related to the other, since collectively all are related to Christ. It also examines some of the "turf wars" that often undermine the work of the parish and looks at ways to avoid these conflicts. What role can music play to unite parish ministries?
D-03 Simple English Propers for the Congregation
Columba Kelly, OSB
Resources that will assist your assembly in full, conscious, and active participation by means of chant.
D-04 The Role of the Deacon in the Liturgy
William Ditewig
Explore the ways in which the deacon serves the People of God in the liturgy, from celebrating the Eucharist to other sacramental and liturgical celebrations.
D-05 The Needs of Our Members in Their 20s and 30s
Angela Stramaglia
Every generation is unique. What do 20- and 30-year-olds seek and need, and what gifts do they bring to the table? Come and find out!
D-06 Navigating Revised Ritual Books
Richard Hilgartner
Revisions are on their way. Discover what they are and how to use the revised books to serve the liturgy and the People of God.
D-07 Basic Conducting Techniques
David Anderson
New to this craft and ministry? Discover resources that will help you lead your choir in prayer and song.
D-08 Working with the Mature Voice
Kathleen DeJardin
Practical tools that you can use to help the mature singer produce a fine choral or cantor sound.
D-09 Selecting Repertoire for the Liturgical Year
Gael Berberick
Decisions! Fresh approaches to choosing ensemble repertoire that engages the assembly to sing to the Lord with joy-filled hearts and minds.
D-10 (See Organist Master Class) MC-01
D-11 An Inclusive Parish Music Program: People, Styles, and More
Kate Cuddy
The Body of Christ is very diverse in age, culture, style, theology, and more. Discover ways to reflect this diversity in your parish music program.
D-12 The FDLC Document: "Liturgy in a Culturally Diverse Community: A Guide Toward Understanding," Part 2
Mark Francis, csv
A continuation of C-12.
D-13 Animating the Assembly
Olfary Gutierrez
Motivate and empower your assembly to sing the Liturgy as fully, consciously, and actively as possible.
D-14 The Psalms in the Unfolding of the Word, Part 1
J. Michael Joncas, Tony Alonso, and Marty Haugen
Psalms allow us to cry out before God in every season of life. Join us as we uncover the richness of psalm singing by exploring a variety of forms and styles.
D-15 Music for Weddings
Alan Hommerding
Repertoire that will help couples and assemblies celebrate the Rite of Marriage
D-16 Clergy and Musicians Working Together
Mary Jo Quinn, scl, and Ed Hislop
A pastor and musician offer insights into the what, the why, and the how of collaboration in a pastoral setting.
D-17 Say Not That I Am Too Young—The Christian Leader
Rachelle Kramer and Bryan Schamus
Do you think of yourself as a leader? When we pray, sing, speak, read and serve at Mass from our pew or from the rafters we are leaders called to evangelize. Come spend some time reflecting on on your God-given gifts and strengths to build your leadership skills that can better serve your community or campus in prayer.
Youth Only
D-18 How Technology Helps the Music Director, Part 1: From Social Networking to Software
Joseph Balistreri
Open to all organists who wish to perform for the group
or to attend the session to observe; non-organists also
welcome. Play liturgical music and organ repertoire
suitable for church and recital at any level. If you wish to
play for the class, please submit the title of your choice
of music by mail to Fr. Paul Colloton, OSFS, NPM, 962
Wayne Avenue #210, Silver Spring, MD 20910-4461 by
June 1, 2014. Space is limited. Pre-registration required, Fee
$30. Limited on-site registration (if available): Fee $50.
How to Form a Chapter
4:45–5:45 pm
Jackie Schnittgrund and Robert Wolf, Chairs of the NPM
National Committee for Chapters, offer some important
information on how to start an NPM chapter in your area,
and then how to keep it going.
7:00 –8:00 pm
Catholic High School Choristers in Concert 05-01
Dr. James Henry
Under the direction of Dr. Jim Henry, associate professor of music and director of choral studies at the
University of Missouri-St. Louis, the Festival Choir was formed specifically for our 2014 Convention.
Members were personally selected by their schools' directors, and they represent the finest vocal
students from all 27 Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
Music She Wrote: A Celebration of Women Composers 05-02
Experience the richness of Catholic musical repertoire written by women. Under the direction of
Jennifer Kerr Breedlove-Budziak, this multicultural hymnfest presentation explores music by such gifted
composers as Kathleen Demny, Marcy Weckler Barr, Denise Pyles, Noelle Garcia, Lisa Stafford, Danielle
Rose, Donna Peña, Damaris Thillet, Dolores Hruby, Jennifer Kerr Breedlove-Budziak, Karen Schneider-Kirner, Jalonda Robertson, and more. Sponsored by World Library Publications.
9:00 –10:00 pm
All the Ends of the Earth: A Contemporary Fest 06-01
Lend your voice to some of the best contemporary Catholic liturgical music! This sixty-minute
interactive song fest, led by Ed Bolduc and other fine musicians, will enlighten your soul through
song and help you discover assembly-friendly music that you can replicate in your own parish. Sponsored by World Library Publications.
A Festival for Organ and Brass 06-02
This unique concert opportunity, featuring Lynn Trapp, Susan Slaughter, and
members of the St. Louis Symphony, presents sacred music for organ and brass
and includes several settings that involve congregational singing. Sponsored by
MorningStar Music Publishers.
Late Night Expo II
10:00 PM–12:00 Midnight
Gather at the Exhibit Hall at the end of this exciting day. Join in the excitement of
the last-minute bidding at the NPM Silent Auction. Enjoy some snacks provided by
our exhibitors while you enjoy shopping and checking out the outstanding variety of
products and services available for you and your ministry. Cash bar available.
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MIT scientists make solar panels from grass clippings
A few years back we saw how researchers at MIT were working on ways to generate electricity from grass clippings. Well they must cut the grass a lot up there at MIT, because now another group has figured out a way to make electricity generating solar panels using more of your yard trash.
The problem with most commercial solar panels is that they cost too much and are too fragile to use in developing countries where they are most needed. So the goal was to develop a panel that could be built in the field at low cost.
Dr Andreas Mershin from MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms says that if you mix the grass with an inexpensive stabilizing peptide powder, you can then spread the mixture onto a glass or metal surface where it will continue to generate electricity through photosynthesis.
Normally I'm pretty skeptical of people who claim that they can make stuff that sounds a bit too good to be true, but hey, Dr Mershin probably wouldn't have a job at MIT if he wasn't legit.
Scientific Reports, via Inhabitat


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The Nest Tobago Apartment Old Grange
Official Contact Details - The Nest TobagoPhone: +390331786485
The Nest Tobago apartment is part of a beautiful villa, on a gentle hill facing the wonderful turquoise Buccoo Reef.Apartment very spacious bright and breezy,15 min walk from beaches, restaurants.
- Price from 55 USD / Day
- Capacity up to 3 people
- 1 bedroom & 1 bathroom
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Last updated: 06/24/2009
This is your property ?
The Nest Tobago apartment is part of a beautiful villa located on the top of a gentle hill facing the turquoise Buccoo Reef. From each room you can enjoy the stunning view of the the most famous coral reefin Tobago.
At 15 min walk from beaches,restaurants and supermarket.
Buccoo village is only about 1 km away. Here on the beach every Sunday night, there is the famous 'Sunday School' typical Caribbean party entertainment. You can listen to the famous 'steel pan bands' playing Calypso music and later in the night you can dance to some good Reggae and Soca music.
In your apartment brochures and magazines will inform you about all different type of tours available and give you some general information about Tobago.
Don't forget also that the Carnival time in Trinidad and Tobago is the best time you can get ever!
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Car rental: recommended. Good prices. In high season is advisable to book it in advance.
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Beyonce will sing national anthem at Barack Obama inauguration
BY THOMAS CONNER Pop Music firstname.lastname@example.com January 9, 2013 9:48PM
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Updated: February 11, 2013 7:34AM
Beyonce has some big weeks ahead.
Before her halftime performance Feb. 3 at Super Bowl XLVII, she'll be singing the national anthem at President Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony Jan. 21 on the Capitol steps in Washington, D.C.
Also at the inauguration, per an announcement Wednesday: Kelly Clarkson will sing "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" and James Taylor will sing "America the Beautiful".
Beyonce also performed during Obama's first inauguration, first at the swearing-in and then singing Etta James' "At Last" for the first dance at the Inaugural Ball.
In fact, she's practically a White House staffer. Beyonce has visited the White House on several occasions, and she has performed at a state dinner.
Beyonce and her husband, rapper Jay-Z, hosted a $40,000-a-plate fund-raiser for Obama's re-election campaign Sept. 19 at Jay-Z's New York City nightclub, where the president remarked, "Beyonce could not be a better role model for my girls."
First lady Michelle Obama also has cited Beyonce as a role model, and the two worked together on campaigns and a video for the first lady's health and fitness projects.


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The first train crossed the newly relocated Palm Dr freight bridge just hours after the work was completed earlier this week.
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Work on the Azusa Ave. at-grade crossing was substantially completed earlier this week, and the street reopened to pedestrian and vehicle traffic. This is the third of the 13 at-grade crossings to be completed for the project. Currently, work is nearing completion of two more crossings – Buena Vista Ave in Duarte and Pasadena Ave in Azusa.
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The Construction Authority has upgraded our website to provide more detailed information about on-going construction activities and how they might impact you. As part of the upgrade, we have introduced new interactive construction activity maps that can be viewed corridor-wide or by individual corridor city. Take a look and let us know what you think!
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Fort Hays State University > About FHSU > Academic Divisions > College of Arts and Sciences > Department of Music and Theatre > Music Camp > Departure Day
July 19, 2014
Parents are welcome and encouraged to attend the HPMC Ensemble and Large Group Concerts.
Junior High campers must be checked our of their dorms by NOON (check out begins at 9 am). High School Campers must be checked out by 4 pm. Any student NOT checked out (key turned in) by 4:00 pm will be charged the $75.00 key fee. The dormitories are locked by 5:00 on Saturday.
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Whether you have several thousands of dollars worth of professional camera gear or just a point and shoot camera, you can take great travel photos. In fact, photography is one of the best ways to capture memories from your travel experiences.
Here are some tips for taking amazing travel photos:
1. Think outside the box
If you are traveling somewhere touristy, sometimes it can be difficult to get photos of recognizable landmarks that don't feel cliché. But make an effort to think outside the box. Often travelers try to capture everything in the shot at once, stepping back and getting the landmark, the sky — and other tourists. While that method can create wonderful perspective shots, try looking at the details. Rather than taking dozens of photos of buildings, focus on some of the unique architecture.
2. Book travel around national holidays and events
While you're planning your trip, try to book it around national holidays, spiritual or religious events, or even carnival-like celebrations. In addition to providing unique cultural insights, these events offer a variety of opportunities for great photos.
3. Take unposed photos
Often, posed shots lack authenticity. When taking travel photos of people, try to take photos of the subjects doing something from their daily life. Whether they are at work, or doing chores, photos of people in their natural environments are often more interesting than posed pictures.
4. Your photos should tell a story
After getting back from a few trips, I have felt like my photos were missing something. While I got a few great shots, I felt like the photos didn't tell the story of my travels. Be sure to get plenty of photos of the people you are traveling with and where you stayed. Remember to take pictures of people you met and even what you ate. Often, these are the photos that people will be most interested in seeing as you share your photos with friends back home.
5. Gain understanding of culture and traditions
Make sure you spend time understanding traditions and cultures of the places you are visiting. Every traveler should strive to be respectful, but photographers have an extra burden because photography can feel a bit invasive. In some cultures, photography isn't common so it's essential that you make sure that you're not being rude or offensive. Go above and beyond; people will be more responsive when you ask to take their photos if you are making an effort to understand their culture and have learned a few phrases of their language.
6. Get permission to photograph people
Often travelers lack confidence when taking travel photographs. Everyone wants to take beautiful portraits, but people are often nervous to ask someone if they can photograph them. Instead, they stand far away with a zoom lens. Unfortunately, this is not the best way to take culturally sensitive photos. Instead, start asking people if you can take their photos. The worst thing that can happen is that they will so say no. If they do say yes, be sure to show them the photos on the LCD screen.
Generally speaking, if someone is the main subject of a photo, I try to ask permission before taking the photo. The same goes for children, if they are the main subject, I try to ask permission from their parents.
7. Keep a journal
If you have done any sort of long-term travel, you know that by the time you get home you may have forgetten many of the details. Keep a journal close to your camera and make notes of the names of places and people you photograph. Often, my favorite photos are the ones that have great stories that go with them.
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Should passengers have to pay for a cruise wrecked by norovirus?
Longtime travel industry watcher Chris Elliott raises the issue today at his online travel site, elliott.org, offering up the heart-breaking tale of an extended family that saw its $10,000-plus vacation ruined by a severe outbreak of the illness on a Disney Cruise Line voyage.
Elliott says the entire family -- four generations of whom were on the trip -- fell ill within hours of eachother and spent day after miserable day trapped in their cabins.
"Both our rooms smelled of vomit and diarrhea," the matriarch of the family, Patricia Branham, tells Elliott. "Our bedding had to be changed constantly as . . . we had no control of bodily functions."
Elliott says Disney offered the Branhams 15% off a future cruise after they complained about the experience. But the family thought they deserved more, and they successfully disputed nearly $7,000 in charges from Disney on their Visa card.
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Should Disney have offered the family more compensation? Should Visa have reversed the charges? As Elliott notes, the fine print in cruise contracts is quite clear that lines will not be held liable for passenger illnesses.
Cruise Loggers, read the full elliott.org story HERE, and then come back to share your thoughts on the topic below. How do you think this should have been resolved?
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Recently by Fernando Chiocca: The Ethics of the Police
In an era where legal positivism dominates, when intense state propaganda has tried to eradicate the concepts of justice and natural law – and impose the belief that "law" is just about anything the state says it is – people still retain some notions about what is right or wrong, just or unjust, criminal or legitimate. People readily acknowledge that some government action is unjust, although they occur under the cloak of state authority with officers merely "enforcing the law." These actions, in practice, occur by the hands of the armed forces of the state and act directly with its vassals: the police. However, people face an aggravating factor that creates even more confusion: the state has a monopoly on judicial services and security, and no one else besides this institution – one that violates countless individual rights – can combat crimes committed by other criminals. Security, vital to any society, ends up being provided almost exclusively by the state police. Therefore, how can they possibly be ethically evaluated?
First of all, I want to clarify that this article is not intended to address a criticism of corrupt cops specifically, but the police generally. Moreover, based on natural law ethics, I intend to demonstrate that in many cases, the corrupt cop is the most just and the strictly compliant officer the most criminal. Let's imagine the following case: A shop owner hires John as a security guard in his establishment. In exchange for a salary, John starts to carry out his functions of protecting the merchant's and his customers' property from possible thefts and robberies by discouraging the actions of thieves through physical engagement if they attempt to commit a robbery. So far, so good – John performs one of the bravest and most noble professions, all within a strictly voluntary trading agreement and with respect for property. Now imagine that the store owner orders his security to destroy the competing stores, rendering his employer's store the only shopping option around. Or that John prevents – through the use or threat of physical violence – customers from buying products in places other than that of his employer. Or that John starts extorting a monthly amount of money from the entire neighborhood. Well, from this point on, anyone can say that if John chooses to comply with the orders from the owner of the store, he will become a criminal even though he continues to fulfill his original function of protecting the store and its customers from other criminals. But if John is an honest person who values moral consistency, he will surely refuse to commit such crimes and will look for another job. However, all functions described above are performed by state police: not only the function of protection of individuals' life and property against private criminal attacks, but also the criminal functions, such as preventing free competition in the market by implementing regulations, prohibitions and collection of taxes, amongst many others.
What is often claimed is that, unlike the security guard of the case above, the policeman does not follow orders from a private individual, but from a state. But this changes absolutely nothing of the nature of such actions. Human action is always individual. Only individuals act. Their actions are legitimate or criminal; and the fact that it has been ordered by a store owner, a president, a king, a dictator, or a majority of people in a particular territorial geography, does not turn vice into virtue. No one would say that the guards carrying out jus primae noctis were not criminals because they were acting on behalf of the king. Or, to use an example from a democratic state, the secret police officers of the German Nazi party executing Jews in concentration camps were not committing crimes because they were acting at the behest of a democratically elected government. These, for sake of example, are two cases in which a corrupt policeman who, in exchange for a bribe, wouldn't fulfill the "law" would be more desirable than the incorruptible one. And since every state has committed many crimes against its subjects, must we understand that all policemen are criminals? The answer is no, because the police are generally organized into subdivisions.
Police subdivisions
There are policemen that perform only virtuous and legitimate activities, there are ones that perform only criminal activities, and there are those that perform both types. The officers of the Anti-Kidnapping Division, for example, are police officers that do not involve themselves in criminal activities of the state for which they work. Their job is solely to combat the criminals who kidnap people – one of the most heinous crimes. And every time they get a job well done, they are rightly considered heroes, not only by the saved victims, but also by society as a whole. Not even the fact that they abstain themselves from fighting the largest kidnapping group of innocent people in society, which captures and keeps innocent victims captive for years at an impressive scale – the state – makes this division a criminal organism, for the non-action of refraining from helping someone can be considered immoral, but it can never be considered a criminal act. On the other hand, an example of policemen who are nothing but criminals are the policemen of the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration). Their job is to seek and obstruct the commerce and usage of certain substances the state arbitrarily decides to ban, such as marijuana, inhalants, steroids, heroin, morphine, amphetamines and even creatine supplements for athletes. They use their weapons to pursue and kidnap people who are engaging in trade; to threaten life and property of sellers who are satisfying the free demand of buyers; and, to steal the goods and the freedom of innocent people. That is to say, doing nothing more than what criminals do. However, some other organs of the police are tasked to perform these and many other crimes, but also get assigned, for instance, to pursue and arrest a murderer. The FBI is an example of such a branch. It is assigned to commit the same crimes as the DEA and many other crimes like: the persecution and capturing of people who are merely trying not to be stolen from (whom they call "tax evaders"), people who are sending their own money outside the state (which they call "capital flight"), people who are entering the country with goods purchased abroad without the consent of the king (the nomenclature for which is "smuggling"), and they even have slaughtered men, women and children for just exercising their freedom of religion and their right to keep and bear arms, as in the case of Waco, TX (what they had the impudence enough to profess that these people were slaves and they represented a danger to themselves and to the surrounding community!). Finally, the lists of crimes that are committed by FBI are endless. But what if they are also entrusted with the task to pursue and arrest real criminals like murderers and rapists? How should we judge them and other police agencies that do both criminal and legitimate activities? Are they necessary and even heroic?


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For a place that specializes in kids, Children's Museum of Phoenix is reeling in the grown-ups.
The three-story museum, housed in the historic Monroe School Building at the corner of Seventh and Van Buren streets in downtown Phoenix, hosts another Play Date on Friday, Jan. 25. As usual, tickets to the adults-only soiree are expected to sell out fast. They're available now for $15 per person at ChildrensMuseumofPhoenix.org.
Aside from the museum's popular Schuff-Perini Climber and Noodle Forest, a host of activities will hearken back to the 1980s – including Atari video game walls and Slinky races. Munchies will be available from food trucks, and there's a cash bar.
The event is for adults 21 and older. Children will not be admitted.
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Well I'm getting better. That's great.
I spent all night doing the design of the mag that John wants to do for the university.
I did it in a very unprofessional way. LOL. I mean I didn't use the any professional program or something, I just used my common graph tools.
I've never designed a mag. It was ok for the first time.
Worked hard till midnight.
Yuriko helped me in the afternoon and she did a splendid massage on my back.
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Reichert's record as sheriff still front and center
Congressman Dave Reichert relies on experience and notoriety as the former King County sheriff in his campaign for a third term as the 8th Congressional District's representative. Meanwhile, his opponent, Darcy Burner, has questioned his effectiveness in a recent ad.
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Dave ReichertREPUBLICAN
Age: 58
Family: Wife Julie, three grown children
Residence: Auburn
Education: A.A., Concordia Lutheran College, Portland, 1970
Political/job experience: U.S. Air Force Reserve, 1971-76; King County Sheriff's Office, 1972-2004; King County sheriff, 1997-2004; U.S. Congress, 2005 to present.
Web site: www.davereichertforcongress
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U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert was a cop for three decades before he became a congressman. He doesn't want voters to forget it.
He made his 30-year career in law-enforcement the cornerstone of his first campaign in 2004, and in explaining Reichert's pragmatic approach to legislating, his staff still says, "Dave's a cop."
Over the past four years, his most notable work has been on legislation to help first responders and secure money for local law-enforcement agencies.
In his first term, his experience as King County sheriff helped him land the chairmanship of a subcommittee charged with revamping federal emergency preparedness after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans — a prestigious position for a freshman lawmaker.
Now seeking a third term, and with a broader congressional record, Reichert, 58, is getting support from some groups outside the law-enforcement community. The state and national teachers unions, for example, have endorsed his re-election.
But his record as sheriff is still front-and-center in his campaign. And once again, he finds himself talking about the lessons he learned in his pursuit of the Green River Killer.
Power ranking
The nonpartisan Web site Congress.org ranks Reichert as one of the least influential members of Congress.
In its power rankings based on committee assignments, legislative activity and other factors, the group listed him 401st of 435 members for 2007. Only one bill he has sponsored since taking office in 2005 has passed Congress and is now awaiting the president's signature.
Reichert's opponent, Democrat Darcy Burner, says those statistics show Reichert is ineffective, and she's currently airing a TV ad blasting him for his low ranking.
But Reichert says he's gotten a surprising amount done despite being new, politically vulnerable and in the Republican minority for the past two years. He says he's done it by working with Democrats, and that means he hasn't always gotten credit. Instead, other lawmakers have made his proposals part of their legislation, he says.
"It's not all about getting my name on a bill," he said. "If she [Burner] is going to Congress because she wants to get her name on a bill, you know, that's the wrong reason to go. I'm going because I want to change things. I want to make things better for this country."
Reichert's staff points to eight bills they say he has gotten passed through the House — although his name appeared at the top of only one.
In his first term, he led an effort to restructure the Federal Emergency Management Agency, ensuring it stayed under the Department of Homeland Security. That was a tough political fight, he says, and in the end his version of the bill wasn't the one that passed. But much of the language in his bill ended up the final version that did pass.
He says the same thing happened in a more recent bill setting up a commission to study why U.S. citizens sometimes join terrorist groups. His version of the bill didn't make it out of committee, but he worked with the committee chairwoman, Democrat Jane Harman of California, to combine their bills into one that passed.
He did, however, sponsor the PRICE of Homeland Security Act that passed the House and, on Monday, the Senate. The bill, which gives state and local agencies more flexibility in how they use homeland-security grant money, is waiting to be signed into law.
And last winter, his amendment to a homeland-security bill added $10 million for border security to help halt terrorist travel and human smuggling.
Burner's campaign spokesman, Sandeep Kaushik, called $10 million "budget dust" and said Reichert has offered no solutions to the issues foremost in voters' minds, such as the economy.
"If he can only point to a couple of small changes, some of which haven't even happened, and he hasn't passed a single bill since he's been in Congress, it tells you something significant about his lack of effectiveness," Kaushik said in an interview before Reichert's homeland-security bill passed this week.
WEA endorsement
Reichert's background also comes into play in his work outside law-enforcement issues.
In his endorsement interview with the Washington Education Association (WEA), he told teachers his experience as King County sheriff allowed him to empathize about unfunded mandates. He told them he had seen firsthand what was happening in some kids' homes, and said he believes students' home lives affected their academic performance.
That won over some WEA members who might not have agreed with all of Reichert's politics, said Lisa Brackin Johnson, president of the Kent Education Association, who was in the interview.
Reichert ended up getting the WEA's endorsement, as well as that of the National Education Association.
His life and career were shaped by his abusive father and the protective role he had to take as the oldest of seven brothers and sisters.
He and his wife, Julie, have been married for more than 35 years and have three grown children. Generations of Reicherts live in the area. Reichert himself moved to Renton in 1951. He now lives in Auburn.
His deep roots were obvious on a recent campaign stop in Black Diamond, when he excused himself from a conversation about his campaign to talk with a shopkeeper who used to play baseball with his cousins. Reichert isn't adept at fundraising and doesn't like political events, but he is at ease campaigning face-to-face.
At the Black Diamond Bakery, he ordered lunch, then worked his way from table to table around the entire restaurant, discussing issues, telling stories and posing for pictures before returning reluctantly to his table to eat his sandwich.
Green River fame
In his district, Reichert is recognized wherever he goes as the former sheriff who helped solve one of the region's biggest murder mysteries.
He was assigned to investigate the Green River serial murders as a young detective. Nearly 20 years later, he was sheriff when Gary L. Ridgway pleaded guilty to killing 48 women.
In 2004, he published a book, "Chasing the Devil: My Twenty Year Quest to Capture the Green River Killer," and donated his $150,000 in royalties to a Kent clinic that cares for drug-addicted babies. The clinic has a room named after Reichert and staff there said the congressman is a frequent visitor, stopping in to hold babies and see how the center is doing.
This spring, the Lifetime Movie Network made Reichert's book into a TV movie, for which he received $50,000, before paying taxes and his ghost writer.
He takes exception to those who criticize him for using his Green River fame to advance his political career.
"I know some people are sick and tired of hearing me talk about it, but you know what? When you spend 19 years trying to find [the killer], how can it not affect you?" he said.
His motivation for the book and the movie was to help people understand the challenges vulnerable young women face on the street, he says. And he wanted the public to understand the emotional toll the case took on detectives.
"I never planned my life to be here [in Congress]," he said. "I never took advantage of this case or any other case or any other circumstance ... . Life moved me in this direction and I saw this as an opportunity to help people and serve my country."
Among law enforcement, Reichert is respected because of the time he spent on the street before becoming sheriff, said Jamie Daniels, executive director of the Washington Council of Police and Sheriffs, which endorsed him.
"For our organization, it doesn't matter how long he's out of office as sheriff," she said. "For us, that doesn't wear out."
Kaushik, however, says Reichert should be judged on his accomplishments in Washington, D.C., not on what he did as sheriff.
"That may have been fine to rest on those laurels at the beginning, but he's been in Congress four years now," Kaushik said. "He's not Sheriff Reichert anymore. ... He's Congressman Reichert and he will be judged on that basis by the voters this November."
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