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Rusko Talks About Bringing UK Dubstep to Cali and Shares His New EP for Free
|Christopher Mercer aka Rusko
Born Christopher Mercer, the English 27 year-old dubstep king better known as Rusko announced that his new EP titled Kapow will be released on his website via Rusko Recordings this Sunday November 4th for free with an iTunes release on November 6th. Currently on a three-month tour to promote the EP, the outing was slightly derailed due to canceled shows in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Not to be held back however, Mercer will be here in OC November 9th at the Observatory in Santa Ana. We caught up with Chris and got some good laughs. In his charming British accent, he gave us insight on his background, what he loves about living in the states and why he's giving away his EP for free.
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*Major Lazer - The Observatory - October 18, 2012 [with VIDEO]
*Zedd Tells Us Why He Dislikes the Phrase "EDM"
*Rusko and Andy C - Hollywood Palladium - 6/1/12
OC Weekly (Alejandra Loera): A lot of people think EDM and specifically dubstep doesn't require much musical skill or knowledge. Tell us about your background coming from a degree in Music Performance from Leeds College of Music. What influenced you to become a producer and DJ?
Rusko: "I've been making music all of my life playing the piano, saxophone and guitar in various bands. I played in reggae bands too, but loved making electronic dub stuff at home on my computer. After a while and me being a control freak, I realized I couldn't play the instruments as well as I wanted. I was better off being a solo producer. I loved to write out the music first and that became what I did. The first tracks that got played and picked up were dubbed reggae tracks like "SNES Dub9." I then turned to my friend Caspa who at the time was Sub Soldiers from London. He used to play some of my old reggae tracks and it became popular on pirate radio. I moved to London with Caspa and we set up our label. I was never really a DJ and only started to DJ once people started asking me to come out and play my tracks. I had to learn to perform, but it was never the original plan. Now I can't live without it."
How do you think you have changed and things have progressed in the past six years?
"I used to work part time as a sound engineer and it taught me a lot about making tracks for the clubs. I was like oh my god I don't know how to DJ, but I didn't want to spend all my time making music in my room either. It started off really slow as I sold 1,000 vinyls and a bunch of DJs on pirate radio started playing them. Then I started DJing pirate radio myself. Before iTunes we used to make 1,000 vinyls and posted them at a record store on your own. Now if you make a track everyone plays it and it self promotes. Back then it was a more organic and fun way to do things. The music was so unknown and underground at the time that no real major label would pick it up. It was all self promoted and picked up by other artists as well as fans. It's a lot lot easier now. People like Zedd for example who just sent four of his tunes to Skrillex. Then Skrillex played them everywhere and brought him out as a DJ support on his tour. Now a kid from nowhere is on the top charts on Beatport. That would have never happened before."
What do you think this new use of technology has done to the dubstep scene?
"In dubstep right now everything sounds the same. I get a song from a kid in LA that sounds exactly like another song from a kid in Texas which is kind of crazy. Right now u can go online and download all the dubstep synth presets and all the major tracks. My inbox is full with a lot of songs that sound exactly the same. They all use the same drum sounds and bass sounds. It is easy to be an electronic artist right now but you have to do something really different to stand out. I personally have evolved my sound somewhat. In the last couple of years, dubstep has become a lot harder and more aggressive with more distorted sounds. This is not what I'm about. I purposely try to make something more melodic and uptempo than the majority of angry distorted music right now. I want to make something that's happy and melodic. Some people associate dubstep with the craziest hardest shows. But I think if you want something crazy then go to a heavy metal show. Dubstep doesn't have to be like that."
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Homeland Season 2, Episode 11
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- Summary:Carrie's hunt for Nazir continues, but she suspects something's amiss inside the Agency, while interrogation reveals Roya's true colors. Meanwhile, unexpected circumstances put Saul's career in jeopardy.
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I actually like the idea of Carrie and Quinn as a couple. I have since the first episode Quinn was in.7 months ago
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I agree, they show way too much of Dana and basically nothing ever happens with Chris.8 months ago
crazy..2 years ago
seriously some ppl sshh...
Dana gets her own spinoff...
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dontemoe there ain't no such thing as an x-Marine, we are either in or we are out, active or inactive, but we are never ex, it's like saying if your say Irish, it's like saying your an ex Irishman, or if you're Puerto Rican saying your an ex-Puerto Rican, not possible right? Cause it's not a title, it's who you are. You do not come out of service the same person you were before you went in. You can't be, not if you went through the three month boot camp, not 2 months like the Army, Air Force and Navy, no fucking "stress cards" like some kind a pussy, no Christmas break, no anything break, no phone calls except when you get there to tell your parents where you are, well and mother's day for some odd reason, I suspect Chesty had something to do with that, MCT, MOS school, then there's the field training ops you do periodically when your in the fleet, the Corporals course for when you reach Corporal the first of the leadership ranks. In the Marine Corps you change or life is hell, the longer it takes you to adapt, the harder it is for you. And when you come out, you find that as a civilian you walked around asleep all the time. You pay attention now, to everything. Your reflexes are so much faster than they used to be, because you used them so often. The kind of guys that used to scare you at school and in the bad parts of town, you are not scared of anymore, don't get me wrong, your not indestructible now, but you are far better now at evaluating how dangerous a person is. It's in the way they carry themselves. The way their eyes move, how they talk. Too much bravado says they are scared and trying to show power, quiet and observant is who to be wary of. You know what "dead man's" eyes look like. Those are eyes that have so much shit in there head, they've done a lot of things that have blackened their soul and they lie about it, a lot, so much so in fact that they have adopted these permanently blank eyes. Subconsciously they don't want you to see what kind of person they are, and not so subconsciously, but what they don't know is that, that, is what gives them away. Don't get me wrong, there's a difference between blank and innocent. That's a different look. You'd have to have known enough people with those eyes to recognize it when you see it. The Civilian eyes, the real soft ones, I call those "Puppy dog eyes" I remember when I first came home, there was this cute guy who was working the door at a Dave and Busters, I started flirting with him, but when he asked me out, I couldn't do it, his eyes, it would have been like dating a child. We were the same age biologically, but not, ya know? I knew that the worst thing he'd ever been through was a broken date, or a bad hair day or something. Like I said, it would have been like dating a child. You don't just walk away from being a Marine like you walk away from being a bank teller. It just doesn't work that way. Once you go through that machine, you come out someone else, forever. So again, dontemoe, there ain't no such thing as an x-Marine.2 years ago
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that guy who walked in to give Saul the Lie Detector Test, that's no Lie Detector Technician, that's a professional interrogator, and I would wager his specialty is soft interrogations. Those are interrogations where you don't want to spook the object of the intero. you don't want him getting worked up, but at the same time, he knows how to smell bullshit and maneuver through it to get at the truth. He's like interrogator meets therapist meets mind fucker.2 years ago
Dana is so damn irritating! tone down the annoying teenage drama. for crying out loud!2 years ago
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I hate dana!!! im glad they killed Nazir and I like Quinn he got some heart for going after a ex marine2 years ago
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wow really great acting on royas part... she went insane... loved it! pluss she is really pretty.. :)2 years ago
Wow, a lot of avenues have just opened up, should be an exciting finale and I'll be anxiously awaiting the third season. Carrie is going to continue to be pushed into conflict between her two loves, Brody and her job; how far will she go to protect each relationship, and which side will win? Besides that obvious hardship, how will the actual relationship go; is it just lust that will fizzle now that everything is copacetic? And the deal with Saul and Estes is crazy too. So much can be done with what has been set up, and you'd have to thing that somehow they are going to intertwine another terrorist, someone to carry out Nazir's work, or the jihad. Should be interesting, let's see how this rollercoaster plays out.2 years ago
@Paladin, @ 66witches, @Bluesunlight....your comments and discourse have almost been as entertaining as this episode.2 years ago
Although I wish you'd keep your musings to a more palatable length as I enjoy a good bit of banter after watching an episode.
66witches I agree that Mr Lewis has struggled to spread his acting wings, however I also feel that his interpretation of the character has lead him to portray Brody in this wooden, one dimensional manner.
Not sure where the plot will go from here, but thats the beauty of the show (so far). The plot seems to reach a dead end and then bam! out of nowhere a new highway appears.
@paladin chumbawumba is the GOD of tv links! He should actually change his name to Google because he knows EVERYTHING! He is so much better than the masses of morons! He knows how to use a thesaurus! He is steering humanity in the right direction! Back to the time when reading wasn't just for losers and neither was writing. A time when people wrote books and tv shows and movies, movies that had stories so you cared whose bum it was and why it was farting, and I believe that time can come again! Thank you Paladin!2 years ago
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ABU NAZIR DEAD !! NOW WHAT !2 years ago
I'm sorry but his family especially kids are becoming annoying......Dana lucky he's your dad.2 years ago
@Ryane - Actually, I am COMPLETELY aware as to the location of my posts. And neither have the need to relentlessly prove ANYTHING nor shoot anyone down. While brevity is indeed the soul of wit and there is absolutely nothing wrong with the thousands of "love this show" and "I can't wait for the next episode" posted here daily, there are those who prefer to flesh out their comments a bit more.2 years ago
We live in a society plagued by a LACK of intelligent discourse or debate, which sadly, has now been replaced with the quick sound bite and talking points. People now expect to be able to make any and all sorts of wild claims, inaccurate assertions, or simply spew unintelligent drivel, unchecked. And anyone attempting to counter said blather can expect to be met, not with a cogent rejoinder, but instead with name calling and cackles of derision from parties basically unequipped to do do more. That is the sad state in which we find ourselves today.
To the offended my mea culpa would simply be "none meant". On the street someone might say "step your game up homey". I for one will never apologize for trying to make meaningful, informed comments, nor would I attack those who do. I love the discourse, and I hope there are still at least a few out there who also do.
@66witches........on your long.................comment earlier - Damian Lewis won the Emmy for that part so I think that speaks for itself.2 years ago
@paladin lol. you read like an intelligent guy.. something youve proved or attempted to prove on this site numerous times.. but theres something you didnt really account for in your misguided premature and rather patriotic attack on my honest appraisal of a piece of entertainments possible intentions...2 years ago
Also, I refuse to get in a battle of wits with an unarmed person! But you take care now, ya hear?2 years ago
@66witches - Like I said "hateration"! You need to do like the song says and "put a little LOVE in your heart!"2 years ago
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Paladin - for someone that feels the need to relentlessly demonstrate their intelligence, you sure don't seem to realize where your "essays" are being posted. You DO realize this is just the comments section for Homeland on the tv-links website, no? Did your blog fail? Don't have any subscribers? Perhaps that should be your indication that your insight is not so superior. Go out and get paid for your opinions if they are so great. Put them to good use in a forum worthy of your time, being that you DO know it all, and everything. Someone with such high intellect would not spend all day monitoring the comments section of an entertainment site in order to shoot people down...2 years ago
To Paladin: no offense but you post too much. Give it a rest and let the discourse take a direction un-dictated by you, yeah? The definition of an online "troll", by the way, is someone who posts abusive and maliciously defamatory material. Why you would feel puzzled as to whether or not myself or bluelight.. were "trolls" when neither of us has written anything that could remotely qualify as abusive or malicious would be a mystery except I think I figured it out: it would appear that any observation different to your own is so vile, so offensive, and so outrageous to you for the simple reason that YOU are obviously always right, that any person daring to think such a thought must of course be trying to annoy you! Oh you tiresome person, I have only read 1/2 of one of your 40000 posts on here and it was not worth finishing to the end. Sorry darling, but you really are a bit of a bore. I enjoy intelligent critique and am not interested in anyone on here personally, for the unsurprising reason that I don't know who any of you are. It is an open and international discussion about a fictional TV show, just to clarify. I will not engage with Paladin after this, no matter what provocations he may conjure. Child's play to the thinking person. Other thinking persons who wish to discuss the point I raised, i.e. Damian Lewis' bad acting, please do, tell me your thoughts! I am really interested in other viewpoints. Yes, even those different from my own! If someone thinks he's doing a great job I'd love to hear from you and why you think that. I am up for any dialogue as long as the exchange is conducted intelligently and not by Paladin or people like that who resort to calling strangers names when they don't like their opinions. Smart people who enjoy intelligent banter only please!2 years ago
@bluesunlight and @66witches - I actually had to re-read your posts a couple of times to figure out if you were just trolls making silly comments to spark up controversy or were actually serious. I mean, I'm all for not going along with the crowd and am as anti-groupthink a person as you can find. But you two either live in opposite land or you're watching a different version of Homeland than the rest of us.2 years ago
First, one has to realize that a movie or television series is the product of the writers story combined with the directors vision of how to best tell that story and actors interpretations of its characters. It is not a matter then of the characters not acting in a way that YOU feel they should or that the actors portraying said characters failing to portray them in the way that YOU feel is proper. "Homeland, though "based on" the Israeli TV drama "Hatufim", (The Abducted Ones) " it is it's own version, and thus not required to follow any strict protocol as to how it plays out or how the characters are portrayed. This is in actuality a very good thing, as often, when a story with an established canon such as Sherlock Holmes, Shakespeare, or even Battlestar Gallactica is "re-imagined", our own preconceptions of how characters should be portrayed or even LOOK can end up hindering our enjoyment and "suspension of disbelief" by making us focus on what we feel is NOT right rather than the production as a whole. It is an easy trap to fall into.
As to your specific complaints. Yes, Carrie's judgment has been VERY questionable at times mainly because she is severely bi-polar and would be borderline 5150 if not for her meds. However, certain aspects of her madness also make her a brilliant analyst, and, even though David Estes, the CIA and Brody threw her under the bus, her analysis of Brody was proven correct, despite everyone's protestations to the contrary. She is therefore going to be given at least SOME leeway, lest her superiors be shown up as incompetent once again. Quinn realized this, and, as the old saw goes, "gave her enough rope". Fortunately, she not only didn't hang herself but she located Abul Nazir and brought about his demise. As too her "surprise, it was NOT at the fact that Nazir wold stick around, but at HOW he could disappear when she was right behind him and the counter terrorist forces had the area cordoned off. Her first intuition was that he must have had help. When that was proven incorrect, she then deduced that he must be "hiding in plain sight, i.e. he never left the building. Thus, she located the false meter panel and his "spiderhole" behind it. Also, no one has suggested that they have "caught all the terrorists", otherwise, there would be no need for a 3rd season. But they HAVE brought down this CELL and its De facto leader Nazir. I'm sure there will be further threats, as I can't imagine them spending the ENTIRE next season on the cleanup and aftermath of these events.
Dana is reviled because she is manipulative, whiny and a shit disturber, who has played one parent against another and now added Mike the cuckolder to her list of victims. That would be bad enough if she were a grown woman but the fact that she is a teenage brat just makes it that much worse. With each "slip" of information she lets go whenever her mood suits her, she damages or destroys relationships, while trying to assuage her guilt over her own questionable actions. Like Mom used to say, be careful where you point your finger because there's three pointing right back at you. That she is tolerated and not "taken to the woodshed" just makes her that much more hated. As far as her being an "incredibly nuanced" performer, if you mean chewing up the scenery between acting like a spoiled brat, a screaming brat and a whiny brat, well, too each their own I guess.
Brody took the call from Carrie because he's just realized his wife no longer loves him and doesn't want to be with him and he doesn't want to be with her. He assisted in the murder of the VP rather than have her killed, so forgive him if he wanted to find out if she was OK. And YES the VP is DEAD, don't over think it or you'll give yourself apoplexy. Look up Stockholm Syndrome if you can't understand Brody crying when he hears of Nazir's death. The combination of grief for the man who's son he loved as if his own and the realization that his family is no longer in immediate danger simply overwhelmed him until he realized how strange it probably looked to everyone there, so he had to reel in his emotions, thus the fake, strained smile. A brilliant piece of acting when you understand the mental gymnastics Damien Lewis was portraying Brody going through. What the future holds for him we will have to wait and see, and I for one will enjoy the ride.
As far as all the hateration spewing from @66witches, well, most of it can be attributed to "opinions are like armpits, everyone has them and they all stink". Personally attacking Damien Lewis and Clare Danes is silly and pedantic. "I heard she's an egomaniac", and "she must of had a hand in the casting of Brody" I'd rather see someone like (Elementary's) Jonny Lee Miller in the role, then it would be believable. REALLY? Yeah I guess all the critics, the SAG, AFI, Emmy's and the viewing public have ALL gotten it wrong and should have come to you for advice on their votes. "Hateration" - Those who can, do..., those who can no longer do, teach..., those who can neither do or teach, criticize..., those who can do none of the above "Haterate".
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I think due to Waldens death, Brody will climb high in the political ladder..vice-prezzy??? Who knows~2 years ago
Bluesunlight's critique is pretty accurate - there were some howlers of implausibility in this episode. This is my first time posting here and I'd be curious if anyone else out there agrees with me that Damian Lewis is the weak link in the cast? I really do not think he is up to playing such a complex and conflicted character as Brody. A great actor will be able to convey the surface demeanour that is convincing enough to believably fool the other characters, whilst also letting the audience see different emotions beneath the surface, what actors call the subtext. Lewis just can not pull this off, ever, and chooses instead to do the lame substitute of wandering around in a fog which he snaps out of occasionally, only to exhibit wildly polarized behaviour: one minute he is refusing on principle to be involved in murder and the next enjoying it sadistically. If a great and nuanced actor had played this role, also one with more natural sex appeal and better looks (sorry guys, TV beauty fascism works both ways) like maybe Johnny Lee Miller, then Brody could have been the role of a lifetime. As it is, the way Lewis plays him, Brody is never anything more than an enigma and more than a bit of a dud. He consistently fails to evoke much pathos for his situation and I find Carrie's romantic attraction to him to be completely unbelievable. He just doesn't have that dangerous bad-for-you-but-it-hurts-so-good magnetism that would make their inappropriate attraction convincing. Again, it's because Lewis can't do subtext. That scene where Brody can't help crying when he hears Nazir is dead was an incredible gift to a good actor, a great opportunity to show the complex emotions going on, could have shown Brody's external effort to portray the tears as of "relief" in order to fool the watching family while also showing that they were real tears of loss on another level. This is exactly the kind of rich, multi-layered psychological landscape that Miller, or any other great actor, would have turned into an award-winning performance. As it is, the scene was just irritating and made no sense, with Lewis sobbing like a baby one second then grinning like an automaton the next with everyone else just staring at him as he gives the other actors zero to work with. I really have formed a very low opinion of this actor but it could have just been bad casting. Actually, I have heard that Danes is an egomaniac and it would not surprise me if she had a hand in the decision-making of casting Brody. A better actor would have made Homeland a show with two co-leads of equal stature, as it is, it's Danes' tour de forcer and Lewis is little more than furniture. LOVE Rupert Friend though. Commanding presence and totally convincing. On another note, I am disturbed by the viewers who dislike the Dana character and actress. Unlike Lewis, this young lady (Morgan Saylor) is an incredibly nuanced performer and has subtext to spare. I have been impressed by her in every episode. Also, the writing of her character is the most consistent on the show. To me, she is the voice of conscience, the one who will be a civil rights lawyer or something like that when she grows up. She is totally correct in all her perceptions, even when expressed petulantly and has the integrity and outspokenness that all the other characters lack. Some viewers seem to regard this show like a regular soap opera like Days of our Lives or something and write in saying dumb things like "Oh I hope Brody and Jess get back together, I hate Mike!" To those people I say, I think you have the wrong expectations about this type of drama! It's not a rom-com kids, strictly for grown-ups. I wish it could have been the show it could have been though, if that makes sense. It could have been great but ended up just being very good. There is a big difference. Maybe will check out the Israeli one.2 years ago
Lovers fleeing the enemy on both sides........I love it......."Let's Get It On" Ooh Baby, Let's get it on" (Marvin Gaye)!2 years ago
Homeland never ceased to amaze me. Another great episode. I would like to ask you guys where I can watch Israeli series. I read some comments in here people mentioning Israeli tv show which is quite similar to homeland. Could somebody tell me where I can find it. thanks2 years ago
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Omg next weeks promo looks unreal.. soo epic.. This episode awesome2 years ago
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yosyos, do you know where I couldwatch Hatufim online?2 years ago
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Really excited to see the outcome in next weeks episode now.2 years ago
I don't think you would find any spoilers if you watched the Israeli show.I watch it every week and also Homeland and it is like watching two different shows with some similarities. Hatufim is also very good.2 years ago
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Decent episode but would have appreciated more writing creativity re: Quinn letting Carrie, again, run free when he knows she can't be trusted, her judgment. And also re: when Carrie acted so surprised that Nazir could have possibly escaped that maze of a warehouse property with all those underground tunnels. Whether he was still there or not. And I do find it implausible that a terrorist with his resources would have waited around for the authorities. Him not running from the CIA, etc, as Roya mentioned, did not have to mean Nazir would still have to be there at that point. But I guess they had to wrap up the series, give it an ending, so creativity got sacrificed. Meaning instead of other people from his terrorist cell helping Nazir do whatever, they wrote it as though he was all alone in the world. But no way the CIA caught all of them..I digress.....Anyway, I thought the Dana character was, finally, justified in her behavior. She read her dad the riot act & at that juncture, rightly so. Brody no longer made his family a priority. Not really since before he went to fight the war. & All besides that fact that he was crazy. For many reasons, including for at least the 2nd time he took a non-urgent call from Carrie when his wife was trying to talk with him. Also that he was crying over Abu Nazir in front of his family?? Seriously?? But I guess that just was trying to show how badly he is still so messed up in the head. I don't like Brody & Carries as a couple - but considering the nature of their characters, who else would understand either of them in a relationship, besides each other...One last thing: I'm not convinced that Walden is really dead. I think it is possible he was revived or maybe was acting out the pacemaker problem. Because as mentioned re: other episodes by a few viewers: why would Brody's CIA phone - the one that replaced the 1st one, why would it not be monitored?? And why would Carrie not remind him it was being monitored? Because the case was not yet over...."The Choice" is the name of the last episode. I've avoided watching the original Israeli tv series because I don't want spoilers. So this last episode has me wondering: will Carrie will use her CIA skills to help herself & Brody escape & start new lives somewhere, under new ID's, in order to avoid Quinn executing Brody? That would mean she could never see her family again & that he could never see his kids again - but wasn't that Carrie's wish spoken out loud during the interrogation of Brody? Yes, so I would not be surprised if that is what happens. And maybe, considering Quinn's reaction at the end. maybe in the end he will help them somehow so they can get away.2 years ago
@weiko - Actually he already put it in motion, dispatching Quinn to do the deed, however, that was BEFORE the interrogator dropped the line about Saul spouting "some crazy conspiracy theory" about killing a Congressman, so he may try to recall him like he did the first time. A more interesting outcome would be that Brody and Carrie end up KILLING Quinn, and then turn their attention to Estes, who now with Saul have to expose him while keeping their own secrets hidden.2 years ago
@madjamaican - Thank you for "getting it" that Dana is indeed guilty for enticing Finn to do something "adventurous", which ended with them killing the woman. She could have told him to slow down, but she was having a good ol' time until he ran over that lady. She could have said "let me out of the car" an gone to help but she didn't. Those who want to chalk her behavior up to "she's just being a teenager" have fallen victim to the societal, media driven depiction of what "acceptable" teenage behavior now is. Smartass, backtalking, manipulative wiseassed stupidity with no consequences other than the "angst" and "anguish" suffered by the teens themselves. That she is viewed as "sassy" and the son who is basically just a good kid is viewed as "milquetoast" and weak is a sad commentary on modern child rearing. I mean she was previously all for her Dad, but as soon as things didn't go her way she is now all for Mike and tells her Dad why don't you just go away so Mike can be my Daddy? BEOTCH!
(although the look on Mom's face WAS hysterical as she tried to pump the brakes on the whole conversation before TOO much information came out)
And finally, yes, BOTH sides indeed do bad things for different reasons on Homeland, but there are degrees of bad and sometimes the bad guys take advantage of our innate goodness to do us harm. So they send women and kids to into market places with bombs strapped to them knowing we will try to respect their womens privacy. Or they will place missile launching sites in a school yard, and then feign outrage when the school is destroyed in a counterstrike. We're supposed to follow all the rules, but they don't have too. Like I said, there are degrees of bad.
@Lyndissa.........I agree with you 100%. Also, if you watch the first season, Estees had an affair w/Carrie - that's why his marriage broke up & in some way he's tryin' to get back @ Carrie. Deep down he still has ill feelings for her. And he's definitly trying to get back @ Saul because she mentored under him. He taught her everything she knows and Estees is jealous of that bond.2 years ago
As for Quinn, yes, he also is jealous of Carrie for being involved with Brody especially after they all listened to them in that motel room......OMG! He wanted it to be him real bad (lol)!
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Damn Dat Dana, she is Rude2 years ago
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I get the feeling that Quinn wont execute Estes plan to kill Brody because he's in love with Carrie. He sees how happy Carrie is with Brody and won't kill him just so he doesn't hurt Carrie.2 years ago
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preview for next week "you're the dumbest and the smartest motherfucker i've even known" lol...thats EXACTLY how i feel about cary lol2 years ago
anxiously waiting on the coming last episode of this season....this was THE most interesting episode ever it did keep m on my toes especially when Carrie was with Nazia in that tunnel...wow and Brody.... i hope Estes will be the one who will get sucked out of his job because they cant touch Brody now.2 years ago
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nice episode :)2 years ago
I'm wondering if Estees will dare to execute his plan. But since Saul knows, and the interrogator guy knows, it would be however a great risk. If it goes public it could be great scandal comparable to watergate or even worse.
They however have no choice. Soon, they will learn what Brody did and plus they don't need him anymore. Once again, Carrie will have full time job to keep Brody save. This is what she does quite well.
There will be a third season, so I expect Brody will be kept alive for some reason. Either Carrie saves him at the last minute, or something of the sort will most likely be happening.2 years ago
I don't think Dana was as much to blame for the hit and run in the sense that she wasn't driving, but she's criminally responsible too because she was an accessory and she didn't own up to the crime.
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Loved this episode! The preview for next week looks very interesting!2 years ago
Brody & Carrie forever!2 years ago
Whatever the outcome it's Brody & Carrie forever even if their lives are sacrificed............I love their love! I get tingley inside every time they are together - even if it's just for a moment. Each moment is powerful. Listen to Donna Sommers' "Love To Love You Baby." That song should have been playing when they were in that motel room & he was banging the crap out of her on the dresser or whatever they were leaning on - OMG! Can't get enough of them. If anything happens to either one of them I won't be able to watch anymore. I'm that hung up.2 years ago
Dana was the one who told the VC's son to do something adventurous but if anything she is to blame for the hit and run....what people don't realize with homeland is that there is no good side both sides do bad things for a variety of reasons....2 years ago
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@Paladin I liked your "going over a cliff" explaination. After I watched but before I read the coments, my on thoughts were very close to that. I saw Carrie and Brody as 2 people washing down the rapids, trying to cling to each other for safety. This might be comforting but can also cause both people to drown.2 years ago
Nasir commited suicide by cop, which was the easier way out and it caused less damage to his enemies then staying alive and turning Brody in would have.
The VP used to be the director of the CIA. I think he and Estes did something very bad during his tenure (like, knowingly drop a bomb on the kids). I think Estes will turn out to be a terrorist in his own right.
I still can't blame Dana for her situation. She just a teen and has crap hit her life from just about every direction. It's not confusing she hasn't handled it well.
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Paladin, as always it's a pleasure to read your thoughts.2 years ago
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This was perfection.2 years ago
It just leaves you with so much thoughts on your mind.
I love a good numb comedy show such as Park & Rec or whatever but this is fantastic intelligent tv !
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very good episode, well done in every regard, especially character work. Although with the events that occurred its hard to say how they will shape the plot and characters for the third season and still keep up this level of quality, but the writers on this show are clever and like bold and surprising situations so we will see. Abu Nazir is a cowardly asshole who is a victim of his own distorted, archaic philosophy and barbaric actions and Carrie continues to be a hot, complicated, messed up but capable, intelligent, intriguing badass. Also just want to say zejaunsolo your opinion is misguided and misinformed, your wrong in your analysis and conclusions and need to rethink your perspective, Paladin your knowledge and opinion are always interesting and well informed, I often agree or atleast understand your positions and always enjoy your contributions and analysis/ synopsis, thanks for the verbose writing, cant wait till the finale.2 years ago
Some celebrity once said that finding the perfect mate was a matter of finding someone who could put up with all your crap, and you with theirs. I think that is the case between Carrie and Brodie. They were two VERY BROKEN people, going over a cliff who separately would be swept over, but together, are able to hang on, at least for awhile. Carrie is off the rails and would obviously throw her career and life away to be with Brody. Brody, on the other hand has shown he is willing to throw her under the bus when it is to his advantage. What that bodes for their future together I don't know, but it doesn't look promising.2 years ago
What IS clear is the longer she holds back the information on his involvement with the VP's death the more likely it is she will have a bad result, whether that at the hands of Brody, the CIA or by her own hand.
Dana finally got her wish, but as always, be careful what you wish for because it might just come true. I think Karma has a lot more surprises left for little Miss shit disturber other than vehicular manslaughter and a new Step Daddy.
David Estes is a young gun ladder climber who thinks he has a lock on "the game", but Saul is old school, and wile he may SEEM soft, I think that's by choice as he probably did some things back in the day that caused him to make that choice. But back a old grizzly into a corner and you might just lose your head. Estes better watch his back, and his front, and his sides.
I think the interrogator may have just saved Brody's life, for the moment, by mentioning the "conspiracy theory" to Estes, because if he gets killed now it would open a can of worms that he couldn't close. But I must admit I was holding my breath when his wife got out of the SUV and he leaned his head back and closed his eyes. If this were on the BBC it would have been the perfect "that's a wrap" moment. Thankfully, it's on Showtime and we have at least ONE more season.
ZeJuanSolo - Sadly, your post shows just how effective the pop psychobabble that passes for enlightenment these days has infected both academia and the common man at large. And while the comments section of TV Links is not a political forum, and thus not the place for such a discussion, I will attempt to address a couple of the statements you made.2 years ago
Moral relativists would have us believe that right and wrong are dependent on cultural differences and that rather than being absolutes, that they are more "shades of gray" than black or white. Thus when examined under the proper cultural bias, the actions of a particular group, while under surface examination being seemingly horrifying and barbaric, when looked at under the lens of that cultures beliefs, may be excused or even admired. Thus, relativists, rather than outrightly condemning said barbarity, can "look beyond" the savagery and see grit, "honor, unwavering loyalty, resolve, determination, resourcefulness" and other "admirable" qualities, such as your admiration for the character Nasir as a "deady motherfucker" and "the real deal". But when viewed under the light of reality and truth, one can see it is basically a cowardly position and a cop out which has been used over the centuries to excuse all manner of horrors, and has allowed the perpetrators and those who support them to look the other way and avoid the consequences of what they have done.
As a further excuse to engage in all sorts of despicable behavior one group will paint the other with a broad and usually negative brush, in your case, citing the actions of a few admittedly dysfunctional and broken characters on a TV program as an overall condemnation of the entire American family, culture and way of life. One can almost hear the glee in your voice as you describe the failings of each character, while at the same time you yourself do not "have the stones" to openly state the culture you feel is so vastly superior to ours.
Carrie actually touched briefly on this conundrum when she questioned Roya was to how she, an educated and seemingly enlightened woman could actually advocate a society where women are essentially property and 3rd class citizens. When confronted with this reality she asserted her moral "superiority" by stating that she was unafraid and Carrie was a whore. All the while completely missing the point that she had been on the brink of murdering 100's of men, women and children.
It is the same in warfare when one side characterizes the other by identifying them with derogatory names and terms and cartoon like distortions in their depictions so as to dehumanize them in order to make it easy to slaughter them. So be it Cowbows vs Indians, Nazis vs Jews, Palestine vs Israel, Serbs vs. Croatians, Hutus vs Tutsis, BOTH sides always claim the moral high road but in reality that is not the case. True, the victor often is the arbiter of history, but many time the actions of the combatants will out the truth of good and evil, right and wrong. I for one think that mass murder is NEVER an admirable quality, and it should be avoided if at all possible. However, I'm also a believer in the saying, "Don't start none, won't be none", that is one doesn't go looking for trouble, but if trouble finds you be prepared to handle it with overwhelming force if necessary. Therefore the primary goal of war is to "kill enough of the enemies people and break enough of his things that he capitulates to your position" Does that make me conflicted? No, just a pragmatist. But like I said, "don't start none, won't be none".
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I asked my 14 year old son if he'd be interested in helping to build a challenge course on our property. He has recently gotten interested in his fitness, working out every day on our elliptical machine. I have yet to get on the thing for any extended workout. I prefer to have actually accomplished something after expending so much energy, like getting from point A to point B, lifting something, moving something, climbing something, GOING somewhere. Otherwise I just feel like a bit of an idiot. But when it's 30 below or raining buckets into a sea of mud, I'll use it.
But given my preference for practical uses of one's energy, I'd like to build a boot camp style challenge course on our property. We have about 150 acres of fields, woods and assorted scrub-brush. I'd like to get some jogging trails cut into the hardwoods and set up some challenge stations there. Start small, with simple things like jumping stumps, a climbing/swinging rope, low ropes to traverse, half-buried tires for "hopscotch", over-under hurdles, etc. Maybe eventually we can add a high ropes course, a climbing tower with auto-belay ropes, cargo nets and all that fancy stuff.
My husband – who is good at thinking of things that I do not – was a little concerned about our liability, having such things on our property. Even is someone is trespassing, if they get hurt goofing around on this equipment, we might be held liable. I think it's ridiculous, but apparently what I think of it has little bearing on what actually IS. If anyone has any opinions about this, I'd love to hear it. 3 years ago


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Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas on Tuesday revealed that he and some of his prosecutors are the targets of a wide-ranging series of ethics probes by the State Bar of Arizona.
In doing so, he asked the state's highest court to end the investigations, which he believes are politically motivated and meant to silence his criticisms of Valley judges.
At an afternoon news conference, Thomas lashed out at the State Bar, the organization that oversees Arizona's lawyers and has the power to investigate ethical lapses.
He said the group was using 13 such investigations to retaliate against him for a number of fights last year between him and Maricopa County Superior Court judges. One of those fights was over a new law dealing with illegal immigration.
"They're besmirching my reputation and violating my rights as an American, and I'm not going to stand for that," Thomas said.
All of the investigations, he said, are without merit and should be dismissed.
Thomas filed a motion Tuesday with the Arizona Supreme Court, asking the justices to intervene by either stopping the probes altogether or appointing an independent investigator to settle them.
The motion itself was about 50 pages but arrived at the Supreme Court with thousands of pages of supporting evidence to back Thomas' request.
The first investigations began last October, shortly after Thomas' office asked one of the highest-ranking judges in Maricopa County to remove himself from all cases involving its prosecutors.
The office had accused Judge Timothy Ryan of bias and filed a motion saying Ryan intentionally ignored a law approved by voters that required all serious felony suspects to be asked about their immigration status.
A few weeks later, Thomas and two of his closest allies, Special Assistant County Attorney Barnett Lotstein and private attorney Dennis Wilenchik, received letters from the Bar's top investigator, Robert Van Wyck, asking them to respond to allegations they had violated ethics rules.
In the following months, ethics complaints began trickling into the county attorney's office covering a wide range of cases.
One referenced comments Thomas made to a newspaper about Baseline Killer suspect Mark Goudeau. Several involved the criminal investigation into the Phoenix New Times newspaper, which was eventually dropped.
Another looked at the case of a Phoenix teen accused of looking at child pornography.
Thomas' motion to the court said he believes the probes are part of an organized effort against him, in part because of information provided to his office by the state's elections director, Joe Kanefield, who is also the State Bar's secretary/treasurer.
According to the motion, Kanefield said several people including retired judges approached the State Bar shortly after the Ryan brouhaha and said the organization needed to "do something" about Thomas.
Kanefield did not return a request for comment late Tuesday.
Dan McAuliffe, the president of the State Bar, said the allegations that the organization was part of an organized effort to target Thomas was "an out-and-out falsehood."
McAuliffe also disputed the motion's claims that he knew about the investigations and had been involved in getting them started. "I've stayed just a hundred miles away from that thing," he said.
One of the primary reasons Thomas wanted to get the investigations thrown out is because he believes the State Bar's head investigator, Van Wyck, is biased against the office and therefore has a conflict of interest.
Van Wyck said he could not comment on the matter because the investigations were still ongoing.
"I can confirm that there are a number — that there are pending investigations and I can't confirm the number and I can confirm that some of them have been resolved and some of them have not," he told the Tribune late Thursday.
Cari Gerchick, a spokeswoman for the Arizona Supreme Court, said she had not known of any other lawyer in Arizona doing what Thomas did on Tuesday.
The State Bar is only an investigatory arm in the ethics process. Normally, if there is enough to indicate a possible violation, the allegation ultimately goes to a public hearing in front of a committee that decides whether it is legitimate.
Thomas, however, said he did not have faith the process would work.
"Members of the county judiciary and the State Bar are not going to run this office," he said at the news conference. "If they want to be county attorney, they should run for county attorney and win the votes that I won."


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Mark Winick, a 5th Grader from Lake Forest, takes a run on the 10 meter hill during practice at Norge in Fox River Grove Tuesday, January 15, 2013. The Ski Club is getting ready for their 108th Norge Ski Jump on Jan. 26 - 27. | John Konstantaras~For Sun-Times Media
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FOX RIVER GROVE — A clear cold night, and a halogen headlight-bright quarter moon hangs high above a bellowing machine perched at the crest of hill as it works hard to blanket the surface below with snow.
The scene means it's just about time for one of the Fox Valley's longest-running winter traditions — the 108th annual Norge Ski Jump Tournament, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at the Norge Ski Club here.
The club was founded in 1905 by Norwegian immigrants. It is one of the oldest continuously operated ski groups in the country, and today offers a living history of the breathtaking sport.
Coach Scott Smith, 50, of Cary, learned to jump at the age of 7 with the Norge Ski Club, was a member of the U.S. Ski Team in the 1980s, coached for this nation's team at the 1992 games in Albertville, France, and was inducted into the American Ski Jumping Hall of Fame last summer.
Smith said about 40 youths from tots to teens are taking part in four levels of competition with the Norge Ski Club. Perhaps inspired that women's ski jumping is an Olympic event for the first time in 2014 in Sochi, Russia, a dozen girls are in the Norge program.
Among them is Jessica Gessner, 13, of Algonquin, whose dad, John, said she had taken to the sport six years ago.
"A neighbor told us about the party atmosphere at the Norge tournament and said it would be right up my alley," Gessner said. "My wife and I brought the kids, who wanted to try it, and Jessica wound up sticking with it."
Gessner's story is similar to the one told by Gene Brown, whose son A.J., now 17, was barely 4 when he hit the hills at Norge. At the Fox River Grove event, the family met Vladimir Hlyvka, a Ukrainian who had competed in ski jumping at the Olympics in 1998 in Nagano, Japan, and in 2002 in Salt Lake City.
Hlyvka wound up moving to the U.S., settling in the Springfield area where he works for a lawn care company, and joining and competing to this day with the Norge Ski Club. Hlyvka gave the toddler A.J. his first pair of Nordic skis back at that tournament more than a dozen years ago, Gene Brown recalled.
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Of course, beginners don't head straight off the Norge Ski Club's biggest jump, a 70-meter hill which stands 160 feet tall. About eight years ago, Norge purchased that tower from the town of Ely, Minn., to replace its aging 60-meter jump. In 2011, the club also rebuilt its 10- and 20-meter jumps. It has five total jumps, and can even be used for jumping in summer.
All of this has been accomplished with the volunteer efforts of Norge's 100-plus members. Adult members also carry skis for younger jumpers-in-the-making up steps to the tops of the smaller hills — at least until they are big enough to do it for themselves.
And from its own inventory, members also help newbies acquire equipment, which at the top levels can run $2,000 or so for the skis, suit, boots, bindings and helmet, said Guy Larson of Barrington, a vocational coordinator at the Larkin Home in Elgin. His kids Casey, 14, and Cara, 12, take part in the winter sport. Larson also coaches Nordic combine, which involves jumping and cross-country skiing.
The team literally travels across country to competitions in winter-sports-happy places such as Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, Upstate New York, Utah and Wisconsin.
This year, snow has been hard to find in Wisconsin and even in Colorado earlier in the season, Smith said.
Brown, who serves as the group's corresponding secretary, said the club always has one eye on the weather, and lack of snow and cold temperatures has had a huge impact on its operation and the training of the ski jumping team.
Brown explained that optimal conditions for making man-made snow are when temperatures are no warmer than the low 20s. At the same time, man-made snow holds up better than natural snow when the temperatures do rise, so a big challenge is making enough when it is cold to get through the milder weather, Brown said.
Volunteer help
While having to make snow affects operational costs, Brown said it has other impacts on the group, too.
"We depend solely on volunteers for everything but our coaching," Brown said. "So we have to have volunteers who can go out at odd hours to spend the time needed to make snow."
With last year's mild winter, the team was only able to use its largest hill two times, and those were during its 2012 tournament. So far, the advanced team has found enough snow to train and compete in other parts of the country. But because of event schedules, it appears the same lack of hometown practice has been true this season, at least up until this week when frigid temperatures hit the area.
Still, the club has found success. Current member Kevin Bickner, 16, of Wauconda, is the 2012 Junior National Champion in his class who has Olympic dreams. Norge alum and Cary native Mike Glasder, 23, is a current member of the U.S. B team, traveling the world over, gliding off mountains.
As for the jumping at the Norge Ski Jump Tournament, the meet will include competitors from across the United States, Canada, Finland and Norway.
The jumping runs noon until 4 p.m. both days, with the advanced competition Sunday. Tickets are $15 at the gate.


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|Xander has the unique yet unusual ability to gain power through possession. it can be an x-gene or it could whatever but the bottom line is that is an ability unique to him.
The hyena possesses him and gets taken out like cannon but he keeps the power and abilities. he gets possessed by his Halloween costume he keeps the skills, powers, and abilities. Dracula makes him his bitch, he comes away with some kinda ability(ies) from him. anything that possesses or control him continues to add to his power. if anything were to posses him his secondary ability would be to naturally and very effectively fight it off and exorcise whom or whatever does it into the after life peacefully
I.E. the shadow king from x-men would possess him only for Xander's body to take all of his power,ability and skills and exorcise his spirit into the after-world where he cant be fucking with the world of the living anymore. same thing would happen with Proteus and any other being that can possess people.
Because of his ability(which is always on by the way, kinda like how wolverines healing factor is always on) he cant be taken over for more than perhaps a few minutes before he automatically throws the invading spirit out of his body and to the other world. powerful souls may be able to fight and stay for a bit longer but it wouldn't do them any good.
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Xander wouldn't belong in the standard earth 616 reality as obviously those kinda vamps don't exist. but he would be apart of a fictional reality thats an offshoot of the marvel 616 earth like earth 115 or whatever number you make. at some point he can end up in earth 616(which i would like to see) and you can go on from there.
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970 WMAY News has obtained a police report that alleges a Southern View police officer of official misconduct and sexual offenses filed by two unnamed women. The heavily redacted and sexually explicit report does not include names but it does say the offending subject is a Southern View Police Officer and what he's accused of is very sexually charged.
This comes as WMAY learns Zeid Langan, a former Springfield Police officer, was fired last week by the Southern View Police Department for not following police procedure. Langan quit being a Springfield cop in early 2008 after being investigated for giving a woman money to purchase alcohol after having sex with her at a Springfield park.
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In the recently obtained report from the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office dated March 27th, there are allegations that a Southern View officer proposed sex to two women he had pulled over. The unnamed officer is also accused of forcing both women to touch his crotch in separate occasions, exposing one woman's chest, and grabbing her breast while she was in the front passenger seat of his police car.
This all happened within the same morning and stems from a single traffic stop where the unnamed officer flashed his lights at two women in a van, a driver and her roommate. He pulled them over just north of Southern View early that Tuesday morning and told them he was investigating phone harassment case.
There the officer is allege to have used the squad car's public address system to direct the passenger to his car, where he read her cell phone text messages and made sexual advances while she was sitting in the front seat. The driver of the pulled-over vehicle remained in the van and was later told to leave after checking several times to see if her passenger was okay with the officer. The officer offered to take the other woman home and that the driver of the van was free to leave.
After that, the women with the Southern View police officer says the officer made sexual advances and forced her hand on his crotch. She also alleges he lifted up her shirt and grabbed her breast. After refusing the advances and requesting the officer's badge number, which he allegedly refused to provide, the police officer dropped her off at a house.
In the same report, but from the van driver's perspective, the officer dropped the passenger off and shined a light on her from his squad car.
The driver then approached the officer through the opened passenger door and said "what do you think your [sic] hard shinning a light at me" the report continues "I have neighbor's. [redacted] stated the officer grabbed her right hand placed it on his pants by his penis and said this is hard."
The report then says the driver of the van replied to the officer "that's cool I hope your cameras are on". It indicates he said "don't worry about that."
The Sangamon County States Attorney's office says they are reviewing a police report involving a Southern View police officer but did not disclose the individual's name. No charges have yet been filed. The the report obtained by 970 WMAY indicates a what could be a Class 3 felony punishable up to five years in prison.
Langan's time with Southern View
Tuesday, Southern View Law Enforcement Trustee James Foster confirms that Southern View police officer Zeid Langan was fired by the village board for "not following police procedure." Foster refused to provide any further detail. Langan was only on the force for a month and was a part-time employee recommended by Southern View Police Chief Kurt Taraba.
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14m. The left arete of the cliff has a tricky start and steep finishing moves on huge jugs to clip the lower-off. Not in current guidebook.
the start is quite tricky but safe for a 4+ the rest of the climbing is pretty easy. This is a great crag.
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Hannah Spivey: Talking Books And The Literary Business
Hannah stated that she wrote her book to bring out every emotion possible. Based on the reviews that I read she did just had! This book makes you angry, overwhelmed, and wants to hurt the people that abuse the character Ebony in this dramatic tale. Hannah says, " People have told me that when they finished reading the book it has made them cry. It's close to home and is very raw." The main character Ebony was bullied in school and she was told that she wasn't able to separate holidays. I can just imagine how I would feel if I was told that I wasn't able to celebrate holidays, especially Christmas. This book sounds like a page-turner.
Hannah is writing a second book called " The Bold And The Ugly Truth" which is about a man who has a church of over 40,000 members and is a loving father. But his members are suffering while he's living a lavish lifestyle. As he questions his life choices, things start to take a turn for the worst. Hannah states, " I like to write books that people can relate to. " Hannah began writing short stories when she was in elementary school. She was told to keep a journal diary. She didn't get fully into writing until she was in her mid 20's and she started to journal her thoughts and a year later she decided to write her first novel. Going through life's struggles as most of us writer's do, Hannah wanted to put all of her energy into her novel. Hannah says, " Some of my life experiences are in my book "Ebony The Beloved" but not all. For instance I was never sexually abused."
Being a writer can be hard work. Hannah and I talked about the difficulties in the literary industry. " It's hard to get a traditional publishing deal just like it is for an artist to get a good record deal. Traditional publishers look down on self published authors because some of the work is poorly edited", Hannah says. There is a lot of beef in both industries but there room for everyone to grow. I look forward to reading Hannah's work for years to come.
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