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- Good riddance!
- I'm sure the wingnuts will leave this alone now.
- Some additional national security appointments.
- Here come the Bush pardons.
- Can't Karl Rove just go the hell away?
- Was it murder?
- Wolfson working for Bloomberg.
- Good riddance, pt. 2.
- Why Warren?!
- The not-so-gay manifesto at Saddleback.
- NORAD tracks Santa.
Early Morning Swim |
By: Blue Texan Wednesday December 24, 2008 5:01 am |
52 Responses to "Early Morning Swim"
Hope University of Delaware brings in at least a few new jobs with their new fancy buildings. Sounds like it's going to be a rough winter for a lot of people.
Good riddance to the SUVs, but whose fault is it that so many of the ugly behemoths are on the road? The big three?
No, it's the fault of the moronic American consumers who demanded them. The automakers just gave the people what they wanted.
I feel bad for all those people who lost their jobs.
Oh yeah, and what selise said.
Steve Fainaru is on C-Span
Barack, I'm just not all that into you.
Good morning and happy festivus to all firepups!
Love the Rove interview! "I know for fact certain he never asked President Bush, Governor Bush at the time in 2000 for the kind of commitment that Senator Biden apparently asked of Senator Obama."
As usual with the Rover, you have to check the parsing. The quote is true as written. Cheney never asked.
I am so ready for this guy's frogmarch.
Thanks, Mike. This guy's really good, especially for a WaPo reporter!
And, unlike Dexter Filkins when he was here for a book salon, and kept saying all he could do was report because it was just too complicated to do anything else, Fainaru has reflected on what he learned.
Fa la la…
Peace and good health to all this holiday season.
And yes, yesterday I did get the word that Jan 30th would be my last day on the job. I was told in November it would be ending, and I got an additional 6 weeks from the original notice so that's fortunate.
I'm glad I have a date now, so there's the lemonade so to speak.
mmmmm, is that true? Did "the American Public" rise up and say, "We demand that you produce huge, gas guzzling, behemoths for us to drive!" Emptywheel — oh, Emptywheel..where are you? Marcy – how do automakers make design decisions? Do they use focus groups? Ask the dealers for input? Is this another case of "the invention and marketing of the feminine hygiene deodorant spray"?
Thanks for pointing to that article.
Oh, and clicking on LA Weekly, I saw the article about the Sylmar's Fires Lady Looters. How much does that suck? Not on par with O's picking the wrong person to start he inauguration, but still ugly. (I'm still wiping soot that blows in from the blackened hills behind my house.) :(
Oh dear, MM, so sorry to hear that. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you in this bad economy.
My condolences also, but it sounds like you have a good outlook about it.
Is your paying gig in the theater, or is that something else?
Dude, are you serious? Why are so many of them on the road? Are you saying that people bought them because that was all the dealers had? They were very popular and the carmakers were answering the demand.
Well, OK, there was the tax break for "light trucks" that I'm sure influenced some people.
IIRC, the large vehicles were protected by tariffs against imports & also were available for income tax write-offs to the extent that smaller cars weren't. Not sure if that situation still exists, or how long it existed, but at least for awhile, if not still, U.S. govt policy was very favorable toward big vehicles.
I think my governator was one of the first to drive around in a hummer, but I don't remember when the other suv's started becoming so popular. Anything to do with 9/11 and people wanting to feel "more powerful"?
I do have a lead on something else, we'll see how it pans out. Thanks!
Mornin', BT, pups
Thanks, the theater thing was freelance, I'm a senior lever graphic designer/art director for graphic work.
Just don't cross the street without looking! HA! Thank you very much, I'll be here all week….
I hope you land something soon. Six weeks isn't a lot of time but it's better than an unannounced pink slip one Friday morning.
Ah ha. The arts, no surprise. What are your thoughts on how the arts fair during economic downturns?
Aren't I supposed to remind you about not leaving your purse somewhere? It is Xmas Eve. Are you in the city?
Thanks, I have no qualms about the way they handled it. It's the nature of business right now. When they told me last month, I thought the best case scenario would be if it got extended until Jan 30 so it's all good.
We'll see what happens.
Not going to relatives until tomorrow. Tennessee part of family, whom I haven't seen for 4 years, are spending Xmas with their TN part of the family & then coming to visit the other part of the family. They can't make the trip very often, so we're accomodating them by postponing our celebration until they get there.
A long-winded way of saying it's too soon to remind me. *g*
a happy story to make your day
Good luck, Millineryman. I hope you find something soon.
I'm crossing my fingers that Obama's stimulus package will be effective.
Arghhh, he said "incidences"! I hate that. It's "incidents".
Journalists, sheesh.
I think a lot of funding will be cut in smaller cities and towns. It's going to be a difficult challenge over the next few years.
Artists are born to create so the arts will always live on. I do believe art students should be required to take business courses. I know this doesn't sit well with the art for art sake crowd, however art is a business if you want to sustain yourself. The whole notion of the starving artist and sacraficing for your art as a noble and required part of the process serves nobody's interest.
Ponzi scheme at Citigroup. Has this been covered here; did I miss it?
GREAT STORY please see 29 …sending big holiday greetings
Thanks, I should be ok for a while if this lead doesn't turn up. It's just been a bummer this holiday season with this hanging over me. I know there are others who are facing more difficult challenges. I hope for the best for all.
Why doesn't this surprise me?
Good on ya. That is indeed a great story.
Thanks, it's not easy for the people who are still working in the department I'm leaving. There's been major consolidation and the workload has increased on the people who are still there. On top of that, they don't know how secure their jobs are. It's not a pleasant atmosphere there for anyone.
thanks but i think we all just need to SLOW DOWN!stay in the moment
I thought I'd be slick and give my squirrels a treat of chopped Macadamia nuts. They didn't like them, sniffed and walked away. The blue jays didn't have a problem with them though.
Wow! Thanks, bluebutterfly! I hadn't seen that one. It involves Robert Rubin, one of Obams's economic advisers, so we better "let bygones be bygones"!
Here's a column on Obama advisers Robert Rubin and Larry Summers from the guardian.
From Wiki on the history of the SUV – be aware of the snarky comment about high wage union workers about two/thirds down:
"..The increase in SUV sales was assisted by a legislative loophole. Created in the 1970s, the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards were established as minimums for passenger vehicles. Exceptions were granted business and farm vehicles. Car manufacturers utilized this loophole by selling SUVs as work vehicles.[6] In the last 25 years, and even more in the last decade, the popularity of SUVs has increased among urban drivers. Consequently, more modern SUVs often come with luxury features and some crossover SUVs have adopted lower ride heights and use unibody construction to better accommodate on-road driving.
Author Keith Bradsher, has linked the rise of the SUV directly to American Motors' (AMC) lobbying the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a waiver to the Clean Air Act: as a result, the EPA designated AMC's compact Cherokee a "light truck", which enabled the company to market it to everyday drivers.[7] This in turn led to the SUV boom when other automakers marketed their own imitators in response to the Cherokee taking sales from their regular cars.[8]
…US automakers could enjoy profit margins of $10,000 per SUV, while losing a few hundred dollars on a compact car. [9] For instance, the Ford Excursion could net the company $18,000, while they could not break even with the Ford Focus unless the buyer chose options.[10][11] This led to Detroit's big three automakers focusing resources and design on SUVs over small cars (small cars were sold mainly to attract young buyers with inexpensive options and to increase their fleet average fuel economies to meet federal standards). The high wages of unionized workers in the United States and Canada (members of the UAW and CAW, respectively), compared to non-union workers such as that of Toyota, meant that it was unprofitable to have them build small cars.[12] The General Motors Arlington, Texas factory where rear-wheel drive cars were built, such as the Chevrolet Caprice, Buick Roadmaster, and Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham was converted to truck and SUV production, putting an end to full-size family station wagon and overall terminating production of rear-wheel drive full-size cars. As a result of the shift in the Big Three's strategy, many long-running cars like the Ford Taurus, Buick Century, and Pontiac Grand Prix eventually fell behind their Japanese competition in features and image (relying more upon fleet sales instead of retail and/or heavy incentive discounts), some being discontinued. [13] [14] [15] [16]
Vehicle buyers were drawn to their large cabins, higher ride height, and perceived safety.
Thanks, BlueTexan. I opened the DIGG and commented there.
Say, pups, how about re-visiting DIGG and adding a one-liner comment there? It doubles your DIGG.
I wish you each and all a joyful season, and may our poor country have a more peaceful and prosperous New Year!
I studied the fine arts, and it was a great education. It was once I got out of the confines of the studios and darkrooms that reality set in.
Perhaps one day things will change. I wouldn't trade my education for anything though. I do encourage those are studying art to take business courses. Hopefully it sinks in.
At my age I don't know how many moments I've got left so I can't be passing any up. My friends know I'll pull the truck over just to watch a mama duck and her ducklings paddling around in a pond or other critters doing whatever. Drives 'em crazy. My response is a pretty standard "What, life not going by fast enough for ya? Settle down and enjoy what yer eyes see."
Bit of fresh snark, if folks want some…
That's a good article, Toby, thanks.
But you do understand that the automakers couldn't have sold all those SUVs unless there was a market for them, right? Yes the automakers used the power of marketing to push people to buy them but ultimately the people have to decide for themselves what cars they buy. Just think, you and I never seriously considered buying an SUV, right?
It is true that SUVs are more profitable, if you can sell them, and that's why the automakers pushed them. But the responsibility is ultimately with the consumers, I believe.
Saw a bit of Morning Joe earlier. Brian Williams & that other guy, Brokaw, sharing their very valuable insights & pieces of wisdom from their years in the wonderful world of boob tube journalism made me have a fit of snorts & giggles. I must be too tired from Christmas preparations to appreciate their awesome sageness.
Happy & safe holidays to all.
Wonderful Wolfson news!
I hope this means that whore won't be anywhere near the Clinton State Department next year!


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I play keyboards in a couple of bands. When setting up my sounds I often
find that on some songs my keyboard is much louder than on others. I'm
pretty sure it's because to the extremely mixed level of the mp3 files I
use for rehearsing and programming the synth sounds.So my question is: how can I match the levels of the mp3 files so that
they will playback in levels "as close as possible to the level a my
band plays them"? I imagine a ballad would be played back at lower level
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Nomads of the Academic Library
Posted by Jen Argenta in Library Planning Research, Social Library Issues, work in progress on June 10, 2014
At colleges across the county, there are many students and teachers who feel as if they are part of a nomadic tribe rather than being an integrated part of the academic community. Reflecting on the current state of higher education, this is especially true for non-traditional students and adjunct faculty members. Like many other nomadic people, non-traditional students and adjuncts do not have a continual space to call their own and, more often than not, they have to adapt to infertile climates and move on in order to subsist.
We believe it is time for the academic library to embrace non-traditional students and adjunct faculty to support collaborative work. For example, adjunct faculty are increasingly responsible for a majority of courses taught at community colleges in the United States. They teach non-traditional students who also need space to build skills for new jobs and careers. Together these groups represent a growing need for higher learning space.
According to a recent report created by the Center for Community College Student Engagement: "Colleges depend on part-time faculty to educate more than half of their students, yet they do not fully embrace these faculty members. Because of this disconnect, contingency can have consequences that negatively affect student engagement and learning." Indeed, the academic library provides a space for non-traditional learners, as well as adjunct faculty and researchers who can use these new types of makerspaces for specialty knowledge building.
As a crucial part of sustaining the economic stability of universities across the county, and community college libraries in particular, the nomadic existence that non-traditional students. adjuncts, and many other types of researchers, experience is problematic. We see the big issues with this current system as being primarily two-fold:
- How is this system affecting student learning and retention?
- How is this system affecting expectations and best practice for higher education?
Without space, time and incentive, oftentimes the relationship between non-traditional students and adjunct faculty is highly transactional. One has to ask: Can libraries offer a solution?
- The academic library provides space for knowledge building activities.
- The academic library provides digital access to electronic resources.
- The academic library provides specialist librarians who offer research assistance.
The library can alleviate some of the strain that affects both adjunct faculty and the students that they teach. Whether it is embedded librarianship, research tutorials, directed learning activities or just being a space where students and faculty can meet face-to-face, the library and librarians are helping to shape the relationship between adjunct faculty and the traditional and non-traditional student population for the better.
Library as an Incubator
Posted by acohen in Library Planning Research, Social Library Issues, work in progress on October 31, 2013
The idea that a library can be an incubator space and a place for innovation is something many librarians and educators share. We believe libraries can be learning hubs. They can be developed with a solid understanding of learning space design and library planning measurements. For example, "U.S. Plans Global Network of Free Online Courses," the US government is going to develop "learning hubs" or incubator libraries.
For Lila Ibrahim, the president of Coursera, "The learning hubs represent a new stage in the evolution of massive open online courses, or MOOCs, and address two issues: the lack of reliable Internet access in some countries, and the growing conviction that students do better if they can discuss course materials, and meet at least occasionally with a teacher or facilitator."
Aaron Cohen Associates, LTD developed five different learning modes that will support the development of the Library as an Incubator or Learning Hubs
1. Develop reflective spaces for focused work
2. Create collaborative spaces that can be facilitated – teacher/tutor/mentor/geek squad/librarian
3. Design social interactions with touch-points
4. Develop program, classroom and presentation spaces to run programs.
In collaboration with Georgia Institute of Technology, we held a workshop on the Library as an Incubator on Oct. 26, 2013. The program explored our unique planning methodology. Our host Charlie Bennett provided examples of how to develop innovation spaces and maker spaces. He will be speaking for the TEDX Telfairstreet and Tinker, Teacher, Maker, Space: Two Co-working Experiments in the Academic Library @ LITA 2013.
Our workshop took us on a Visual Scan tour of the library's collaboration spaces.
Developing a Library Incubator
Posted by acohen in Library Planning Research, Social Library Issues, work in progress on September 30, 2013
Are there better places to learn on campus or in a community? The library can better serve their community by providing new services and re-vamping existing delivery strategies. According to "where do we go from here? Informing Academic Library Staffing through Reference Transaction Analysis," mobility, power and technology are changing the way students use the reference desk. In 2010, over 62% percent of undergraduate students owned Internet capable handheld devices.
According to PewInternet, 91% of American adults own a cell phone and many use the devices for much more than phone calls. With the rapid adoption of mobile technologies and advances in all digital resources, libraries need to provide answers to questions wherever we are.
Resource rich environments can be enhanced with touch points that help you navigate to what you need. The library can offer tools that enhances the users ability to operate in the digital cloud. For example, a plan to define the path of travel through the library can be both physical and virtual. There is technology that can react to our needs wherever we are.
Academic libraries are starting to use location based QR codes to support real-time learning activities. Plans that allow users to walk into an area with books or periodicals and connect to the libraries e-resources are being considered. Librarians are developing real-time opportunities for physical and virtual collaboration, providing a platform to support Laphams Quarterly's art of learning.
Laroi Lawton at Cuny Bronx Community College developed a good starting point for reasons why libraries are important. The list provides some of the reasons that students know and indicate that their library is still relevant, in order of importance:
1. convenient hub
2. socialization
3. motivation
4. collaboration
5. resource rich
6. safe
7. relevant collections
8. distraction free
9. service
10. ambiance
We see the need for libraries continuing into the future. They provide a unique medium based on a long history of programmable space that encourages individuals to succeed. Libraries are places to learn and promote civilized activities. This personal approach towards helping the library user along with their research is the basis of our culture.
There are a wide variety of new mobile technologies and apps that are changing the way people use information. It is time to accept the handheld librarian as the norm and add them to the art of knowing….Join Us at our workshop on Oct 26th at the Georgia Institute of Technology
Culture House – the Sound of Library Planning
Posted by acohen in Library Planning Research, Space Planning, work in progress on May 30, 2013
It turns out that the noise level in the social "library as place" can be a positive factor in the learning environment. The library can be a social and active place to generate creative ideas as long as the sound level is just right. According to a study, "Is Noise Always Bad? Exploring the Effects of Ambient Noise on Creative Cognition" by the University of British Columbia and the University of Virginia ambient background noise turns out to be an important factor affecting creative cognition among learners. Noise levels at around 70 decibels, equivalent to a passenger car traveling on a highway, enhances performance on creative tasks and increases the likelihood of creative innovation.
Ravi Mehta, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, stated in "Too much, too little noise turns off consumers, creativity" that "a moderate level of noise not only enhances creative problem-solving but also leads to a greater adoption of innovative products in certain settings." Mehta and co-authors Rui (Juliet) Zhu, of the University of British Columbia, and Amar Cheema, of the University of Virginia, explored how a moderate-level of ambient noise helps create a positive pattern of behavior.
The noise study found that there's an inverted-U relationship between noise level and creativity. It turns out that around 70 decibels is the sweet spot. If you go beyond that, it's too loud, and the noise starts to negatively affect creativity. It's the Goldilocks principle – the middle is just right.
Our planning team works with sound experts to enhance the library / learning commons. We analyze how noise can create positive learning environments. We analyze the impact of sound on the learning environment. For example, our partner Charlie Morrow from Morrow3D sound studies how to integrate noise into international museum exhibitions.
We know that our clients need sound expertise and knowledge during library planning. This expertise in library, learning commons and museum environments is very important when there is not enough square footage for the community. The noise creates a negative friction that hurts the overall life the library and/or learning space, requiring a knowledgeable team to support planning efforts. Spaces that are planned with the high levels of noise (85 decibels), require a solid program and sound management plan.
I-Library – What about the Learning Commons?
Posted by acohen in Library Planning Research, Social Library Issues, work in progress on May 22, 2013
The Bexar County library will open a prototype digital public library. According to "Paperless Libraries Switch to Digital" – It will have 100 e-readers on loan, and dozens of screens where the public will be able to browse, study, and learn digital skills. However, it's likely most users will access BiblioTech's initial holding of 10,000 digital titles anywhere.
The Learning Commons is a library space that the community can use for multipurpose / multi-functional activities. Conceptually, it is a public space that functions as a modern learning environment. A bookless library that offers just e-readers and desktop computers will find out that the "library as place" is the key their success; a motivating seating space that allows people to work collaboratively or individually.
According to Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolf in NPR's "A New Chapter? A Launch Of The Bookless Library – The library is a chance to expand the scope of opportunities for people to learn technology. The world is changing."
According to an NPR comment by Michael Hale – "For the past 15 years or so, the public library has become as much of a community center as a place to house a collection. It provides computers for those who cannot afford them, which allows them to construct resumes and do daily activities such as banking or renewing their driver's license."
Below is a picture from our studio. We are working on understanding how spaces relate to each other in the new learning commons. It is a good example of our visualization process and something that is critical to the development of new types of learning spaces.
Education is Changing – Libraries Enhance Learning Support
Posted by acohen in Library Planning Research, work in progress on May 9, 2013
Library buildings can be designed to enhance learning support and research. Librarians can support the workflow of their researchers by directly supporting, managing and aggregating the content. These days there are plenty of librarians preaching community, but what about how we can design libraries to enhance the digital world?
Libraries are places where solutions are possible through access to knowledge and higher education. Planning learning environments requires us to be aware of new opportunities in education technology, open-source software or open-access publishing.
According to "Open Online Courses – an avalanche that might just get stopped"- In the US, the growing chorus for online education through massive open online courses, or moocs, has been deafening." For example, the California legislature created a bill for the "New University of California" – one that offered no instruction but would issue credentials to people merely for passing exams. Does this model assure that our students are learning in the online world?
The New University of California bill did not pass, but California lawmakers detailed a plan on May 8, 2013 to require the state's 145 public colleges and universities to grant credit for low-cost online courses offered by outside groups, including classes offered by for-profit companies.
The bottom line is that there really is no replacement for face-to-face interaction between teachers, professors, librarians and students. Digital and online methods can enrich those interactions, but it is no match for the community of services at our Universities and Colleges provide; the community of professors, tutors, peer mentors, librarians, IT help, libraries, computers labs, disability services and academic support.
It seems unlikely that libraries and learning spaces can be replaced by online learning without considerable investment in electronic resources. No wonder 72% of those who have taught moocs over the past three years believe students who took their classes had not done sufficient work to deserve credit from their institution.
Libraries and Learning Commons can be created with clusters of valuable and distinctive services. Librarians can ensure that the learning environment, enhances the reputation of the community, faculty and the institution. Librarians will continue to ask – What services does the community need? How can their output be preserved, discovered and re-used?
You can think of the Learning Commons as an incubator. It is an "I-Lab" – a multifunctional and fluid space for learning. The photo below is a visualization board that is at the Mathematics Museum in New York. It is an example of a physical environment that will support online learning technologies.
Visualizing the Library of the Future
Posted by acohen in Library Planning Research, Space Planning, work in progress on April 17, 2013
NC State developed a wonderful video for their new library project. The video shows all of the different programmatic components required for a modern academic library including socializing, preservation and late night study.
Librarians can develop a proactive position when facing the future. Review this video to reflect and visualize the types of interactions and technology that can be in a library.
In a world of homogenized choices, the library can be the space where your community can feel truly fulfilled in their quest for knowledge, enlightenment, entertainment and connection to others.
As Search Goes Mobile, Apps Change the Way We Use the Library
Posted by acohen in Library Planning Research, Social Library Issues, work in progress on April 5, 2013
A couple of months ago, it seamed like all of the library information systems – ILS vendors were developing apps. The business of finding information had gone mobile; everyone was trying to develop a way to reach their customer more effectively. The New York Times article "As Search Goes Mobile, Apps Chip at Google's Lead" discussed how searching for information is mobile. It states that Google is under pressure to change, because the behavior of searching for information is changing.
Entering the library to find answers is going to be a lot more mobile for users. The mobile user will search for information in different types of environments. Shar VanBoskirk stated "there is a lot of pressure on search engines to delivery more customize, more relevant results. Users don't need links to web pages. We need answers, solutions, whatever intel we were searching for."
We like to visualize and think about Apps as virtual "touch points" for content; providing new opportunities to find information. The mobile App can be combined with a physical "touch point" in and around a campus or in a community library.
A synergy of positive feedback can be created in the library to enhance learning activities. Libraries act as connectors for social and public spaces. They can be flexible "research commons" – places with an enhanced wireless network, lighting controls, heating and cooling and flexible furniture.
International Library Development – Baghdad Youth and Sport City Development
Posted by acohen in Library Planning Research, work in progress on March 25, 2013
Baghdad Library, Youth City, Baghdad Iraq
Dates: Awarded November 2011, scheduled to tender late 2013
Project size: 45,000 sqm
Client: Ministry of Sports and Youth
Services Provided: Library Planning / Architecture Support
The new Library takes the shape of a drop-like peninsula, which projects out onto a lake. The 45,000 sqm structure will be the cultural center of Baghdad's Youth and Sport City development.
AMBS Architects and ACA have revealed their ambitious design for the new Baghdad Library. The building brings together form, function, and cultural significance. The 45,000 sqm structure will be the central focus of a planned Youth City that has been designed to inspire Iraq's younger generations.
The new Baghdad library scheduled to tender this year, will be a public space and cultural center designed to encourage intellectual, creative and social exchange. With this elegant, multipurpose building, AMBS Architects, who were commissioned by the Ministry of Youth and Sport in Iraq last year, hope to inspire a new model for libraries in Iraq and internationally.
Saad Eskander, Director of the National Library of Iraq said: "It is imperative for the new Iraq to consolidate its young democracy and good governance through knowledge. New libraries have a notable role to play by promoting unconditional access to information, freedom of expression, cultural diversity, and transparency. By responding to the needs of Iraq's next generations, the new library, we hope, will play an important role in the future of our country."
The project represents a crucial step in the rebuilding of Iraq, which has been underway since 2003. Over the past nine years AMBS founder Ali Mousawi has played a significant role in the country's redevelopment. He said: "Before 2003 Iraq had almost collapsed after a thirteen year embargo and eight years of war. This kept the country isolated from the world and from modern technology. I had to leave Iraq myself in 1982 and returned in 2003 to assist with the rebuilding of the country, with the aim of revitalising Iraq and establishing a new vision for the future.
"What I saw when I returned and still see today is that the Iraqi youth are in many ways lost. They have been surrounded by violence, and for years there has been a lack of services and few opportunities for work or personal development. We hope that the library will help shape Iraq's next generation of intellects and politicians, artists and writers, poets and musicians, doctors and lawyers, and change makers."
AMBS Architects are partnering with New York based firm ACA Consultants, one of the world's leading library consultants and planners, with the aim to build a collection of over three million books, including rare manuscripts and periodicals. The library will also house cutting edge technology, performance and event spaces. AMBS Director Amir Mousawi said: "This will be an accessible library for all ages. Our ambition is to create a space where people can run a serious and consolidated programme of public events; art exhibitions, book clubs, theatre events, educational conferences, film screenings and workshops."
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Sport and Youth said: "Our vision is to bring hope back to the young people, to build them a new cultural centre where they can express their talent and ideas. The whole library will be modern; it won't simply be a place to find books, but a freely accessible place of knowledge."
The library is designed to engage and empower visitors, and to encourage open exchange. The building's lightweight, single-span roof, creates a vast open plan space, allowing people to read and navigate the building logically. The practical and cultural importance of light is demonstrated through an encrypted message in the the design of the roof, which forms the word 'read' written in Arabic Kufic script. This is documented as the first word spoken by God to the Prophet (PBUH).
Functionality, intuitive organisation, and rational user-friendly design were all key concepts which shaped the building from the inside out. AMBS Co-Director Marcos De Andres said: "The Baghdad Library is more than simply a sleek and strikingly beautiful structure – what makes this building truly remarkable is the user interface. Our focus was the building's behaviour, and our systematic approach started with a creative dialogue; thinking rationally, reasoning and discussing how the building should work. We have challenged the conventional library model, conceiving it as a modern, multi-functional public space. We identified core activities and paid special attention to the exchanges we wanted to engender through use. Thoughts and ideas gave shape to a set of unique spaces, and little by little an ideal model was formed."
The Library of Unborrowed Books and the Future of Learning Spaces
Posted by acohen in Library Planning Research, work in progress on March 10, 2013
In the Art of Browsing by Claire Barliant we started to reflect about the book as a trend in our quest for knowledge. We learned about the "Library of Unborrowed Books" – an art installation developed by Meriç Algün Ringborg that manifests itself in the languages and titles of each book in the collection.
Meriç Algün Ringborg's art installation looks at the library as a contemporary moment. The project presents hundreds of books that have never been borrowed from the Center for Fiction's library. The framework hints at what has been disregarded, knowledge essentially unconsumed. It puts on display what eludes us.
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Can I use a regular bath canner for 1/2 gallon jars or is a special sized one required? |
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- Posted by twocats_wy (My Page) on Mon, Oct 10, 05 at 17:28
There's also a Harvest Forum (for canning, etc.) -- you might try there if you haven't already.... |
Here is a link that might be useful: GardenWeb Harvest Forum
DON'T DO IT!!! DON'T DO IT!!! DON'T DO IT!!! I apologise for the shouting caps, but I really don't think you should EVER use a container larger than a one-quart jar. The USDA currently only recommends using a 1/2 gallon jar only for juices, and only very acidic ones at that. (I don't know what their definition of 'very acidic' is, though.) You wouldn't want to use a 1/2 gallon jar for any solid foods: no vegetables, and certainly NEVER any low acid foods which would require a pressure canner. The rationale for this policy is simple: a boiling water bath only kills botulism spores in an acidic environment. You need both heat AND acid. Given the mass of the jar, it's quite possible that the heat won't penetrate the inside of the jar sufficiently well enough to kill the botulism spores. Lest you think I'm a nervous nellie about food, I'm not, really; I love good raw oysters (if I know the source), and I eat ethnic foods on vacation in restaurants whose sanitation might be a bit questionable. But you don't mess around with botulism. I'm a pretty experienced canner--I make and can all my own chicken broth, for instance, and it's a heck of a lot better than any commercial product. You can follow USDA guidelines for processing that and be fairly well assured that the product won't kill you. But if they recommend against something (as they do concerning the 1/2 gallon jars) I'm certainly not going to pretend I know more than they do. Let's see: using a 1/2 gallon jar, that means I only have half as many jars to fill, process, store and clean prior to re-use. The downside is a more-than-negligible chance I could get botulism. And botulism isn't like ordinary food poisoning where you have wicked gastroenteritis with vomiting and diarrhea, but usually pull through with enough fluids. The botulism toxin causes paralysis, and you stop breathing and DIE. Please do this: do a Google search using these terms: "1/2 gallon canning jars food safety", and also check out the link below on botulism poisoning. If you STILL decide to use the larger jars, all I can say is: make sure your will is in order! :) Bon Appetit! Arley |
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Apple and grape juices are the ONLY thing the conservative US Govt. considers suitable for using. |
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Let me tell you I was raised on a farm and that was about all the size my mother and neighbors used as a quart wasn't large enough for a meal, and I never heard of anyone getting sick form using 1/2 gallons. They all always washed and sterlized them before using. I am now passed 70 years old and never heard of such a thing. John Mayse |
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Big Ears Festival will return to various Knoxville, TN venues in 2015 from March 27-29, and the initial lineup was just announced. Kronos Quartet will be the artists in residence for the weekend and perform at several concerts. Others performing include Laurie Anderson, tUnE-yArDs, Swans, Perfume Genius, Grouper, Sam Amidon, Max Richter, Ben Frost, Bryce Dessner, Bill Frisell, Jamie xx, Clark, Demdike Stare, SQURL, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Nosaj Thing, Steve Gunn, Nels Cline, Amen Dunes, Jozef Van Wissem, Holly Herndon, Terry Riley & Ryan Riley, Harold Budd & Keith Lowe, The Bad Plus, Rhiannon Giddens, Tanya Tagaq and Hildur Guonadottir. Stay tuned for more lineup additions.
The shows will take place at the Tennessee and Bijou Theatres, the intimate Square Room, the Knoxville Museum of Art and more. Weekend passes go on sale Friday (11/14) at noon EST. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Knoxville music and arts education programs Joy of Music School and Community School of the Arts.
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Cy Dune, the project of Akron/Family's Seth Olinsky, released his debut EP No Recognize last year, and now his first full length, Shake, is out today (9/9) via Lightning Records. As you may expect from an Akron/Family member, the record deals in a few kinds of psychedelic rock, and Seth does it well. You can order it on iTunes, but if you want to hear it first, give a listen to the full album stream which premieres in this post. We're also offering a free download of its single "Confusion," below.
Cy Dune is opening two dates on the upcoming Sam Amidon tour, including the Brooklyn show happening October 18 at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Sam will be performing with Bill Frisell and Shahzad Ismaily at those shows. Tickets for MHOW are still available.
All Cy Dune dates are listed, with the LP stream and song download, below...
Continue reading "Cy Dune's new LP is out now (stream) + dates w/ Sam Amidon"
As mentioned, in October Sam Amidon is releasing Lily-O, an album of reimagined folk songs featuring jazz legend and Bill Frisell on guitar, as well as frequent collaborators Shahzad Ismaily (he and Sam are both in Doveman's band) and drummer Chris Vatalaro. That's the cover art above.
Frisell and Ismaily will be joining Amidon for a few shows around the country, including Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg on October 18 with Cy Dune (featuring Seth from Akron/Family). Tickets for that show go on AmEx presale today (9/3) at noon with the general on-sale beginning Friday (9/5) at noon.
You may recall this is not the first time Amidon and Frisell have played togetther. That will be Sam's second big Brooklyn show in a month, as he plays BAM on September 20 with Kronos Quartet and more (tickets) as part of the "Nonesuch Records at BAM" celebration.
All tour dates are listed below...
Sam Amidon at SXSW 2011 (more by Tim Griffin)
Sam Amidon is releasing a new album of re-imagined folk songs, Lily-O, on September 30 via Nonesuch. The album features jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, as well as past Sam Amidon collaborators Shahzad Ismaily (bass) and Chris Vatalaro (drums). You can check out "Walkin' Boss" from the new LP, below.
Sam also has some dates coming up, including a previously discussed appearance at "Nonesuch Records at BAM" on September 20, along with Kronos Quartet, Natalie Merchant, Rhiannon Giddens and Olivia Chaney. Tickets for that show are still available.
All dates are listed, with the new song, below...
Continue reading "Sam Amidon releasing a new LP, touring (dates, stream)"
More details have finally been announced for the Arthur Russell tribute album thatt he Red Hot organization is putting out. The album's being released on YepRoc on October 21, and is now titled Master Mix: Red Hot + Arthur Russell (it was initially announced that it'd be called This Is How We Walk on the Moon). The acts involved -- Hot Chip, Robyn, Blood Orange, Jose Gonzalez, Sufjan Stevens, VEGA INTL (aka Neon Indian's Alan Palomo) and many more -- are as diverse as Russell's work, which included heartbreaking acoustic/cello ballads and ahead-of-it's-time dance music.
The compilation is the latest in the benefit album series for Red Hot, which has been raising AIDS and HIV awareness for nearly 25 years, and has put out Dark Was the Night, Red Hot + Rio and many others.
Full tracklist, plus a behind-the-scenes video with Hot Chip (who cover "Go Bang" by Russell's group Dinosaur L) and a YouTube mix of classic Russell tracks, below...
Contemporary composers Steve Reich and Philip Glass have announced that they'll perform together for the first time in over 30 years, as the kickoff event for "Nonesuch Records at BAM", the label's 50th anniversary going down this September.
"Nonesuch Records at BAM" also includes an event with Devendra Banhart, Stephin Merritt (who's involved in another BAM event happening sooner), and Iron & Wine; one with Natalie Merchant and Sam Amidon; another with Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet; two nights of Robert Plant and more. Full schedule below.
Members can get early access to tickets starting May 21, and they'll become available to the general public BAM's site on May 28.
The Steve Reich/Philip Glass event is also part of the 2014 Next Wave Festival. Still not many details on that, but we do know Bryce Dessner and Brooklyn Youth Chorus are performing. Members can get tickets to Next Wave starting June 16, and the general public starting June 23.
Full "Nonesuch Records at BAM" schedule below...
Aesop Rock in Austin in 2012 (more by Tim Griffin)
Bang On A Can's David Lang is the 2013-2014 season's holder of the Richard and Barbara Debs Composer's Chair at Carnegie Hall, and for the season, he'll be presenting his collected stories series. On the series, David says:
My series--collected stories--divides up the narrative world into topics so we can see how the music changes from subject to subject. Music from different cultures, times, environments, and sound worlds, plus some really exciting commissions, are placed next to each other, highlighting their narrative similarities and telling a larger kind of story about how we listen, experience sound and time, and use music to make sense of the world around us.The series includes a number of shows throughout the year, notably 'collected stories: love/loss' on April 24 with The Uncluded (aka Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson), Sam Amidon, Nico Muhly, Nadia Sirota and others (tickets); 'collected stories: (post)folk' on April 27 with guitar great Kaki King, the Alarm Will Sound ensemble, and others (tickets); and 'collected stories: spirit' on April 23 with Tuvan throat singers Huun-Huur-Tu and others (tickets). Full collected stories schedule below.
Speaking of Kaki King, she also plays the New York Guitar Festival this month.
And speaking of Bang On A Can, BOAC's marching band Asphalt Orchestra is performing the Pixies' Surfer Rosa in NYC at Le Poisson Rouge on Sunday (1/12). Tickets for that show are on sale now.
collected stories schedule below...
As discussed, The Blind Boys of Alabama have been working on a new album with Justin Vernon titled I'll Find a Way, which will be out via Sony Masterworks on October 1. It features guest appearances from Sam Amidon, Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond, Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs, Casey Dienel of White Hinterland, and Patty Griffin. You can watch a short-form documentary about the making of the album below.
The Blind Boys of Alabama will also be touring this fall. That includes a stop in NYC opening for The Black Crowes at the second their four Terminal 5 shows (October 26). Tickets for that show are on sale now.
Speaking of, The Black Crowes have lined up interesting openers for all four shows:
October 24: Ray Wylie HubbardTickets are still availble for all four shows. The band are also playing four all-acoustic nights at Port Chester's Capitol Theatre. October 18 & 19 feature opener John Fulbright and October 21 & 22 features Justin Townes Earle. Tickets for those shows are also still available.
October 26: Blind Boys of Alabama
October 27: Dr. John & The Nite Trippers
October 29: Maceo Parker
All Blind Boys of Alabama tour dates are listed, along with that making-of video, below.
Justin Vernon w/ Bon Iver in Austin in 2011 (more by Tim Griffin)
Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, who recently collaborated with Kanye West, and is also about release a new Volcano Choir album (aka his collaborative project with experimental rockers Collections of Colonies of Bees), is also working on a project with gospel group The Blind Boys of Alabama, who have been around since the 1930s. Earlier this year, he announced he'd be producing their new album, I'll Find A Way (due out 10/1 via Sony Masterworks), and it's since been revealed that he's contributing his vocals to a cover of Bob Dylan's "Every Grain of Sand" for the album. You can listen to that track now over at Pitchfork, and check out the full tracklist (which also includes collaborations with My Brightest Diamond, Sam Amidon, tUnE-yArDs, and more) below.
Speaking of Bob Dylan, his tour comes to the NYC-area for its first of five shows this week. The first show was initially supposed to happen in Bridgeport, CT on Friday (7/19) at The Ballpark at Harbor Yard with My Morning Jacket and Wilco, but that show has been moved to Bridgeport's Webster Bank Arena, and MMJ and Wilco are no longer on the bill. UPDATE: MMJ and Wilco are still playing. Tickets for the Webster Bank Arena show are available, and all tickets purchased for the Ballpark at Harbor Yard show will be honored.
Jim James at Firefly Fest 2013 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)
The other NYC-area shows will go on as planned on 7/21 at Saratoga Performing Arts Center with My Morning Jacket and Wilco (tickets), 7/26 at Hoboken's Pier A Park with MMJ and Wilco (tickets), 7/27 at Jones Beach with Beck and Wilco (tickets), and 7/28 at Susquehanna Bank Center with MMJ and Wilco, which is also part of the 3-day XPoNential Music Festival in Camden (Bob Dylan tix, XPoNential Fest passes).
Dylan, Wilco and MMJ kicked off the tour towards the end of last month, and at their recent Toronto show (7/15), Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and MMJ's Jim James joined Dylan on stage for a cover of traditional song "Twelve Gates to the City" and for Dylan's own "Blowin' in the Wind." You can watch a video of the former (via Consequence of Sound), along with the setlist from that show, below.
Bob Dylan also just announced that he'll release Bootleg Series. Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969-1971), a box set that collects rarities and outtakes from the Self Portrait and New Morning era, on August 27. The trailer video and tracklist for the box set are below.
Updated dates are listed, along with all videos and stuff, below...
Back in 2010 we asked tUnE-YarDs, Fucked Up, Sam Amidon, Doveman, and Deer Tick to cover songs by Katrina & the Waves for a tribute CD in celebration of their hit song "Walking on Sunshine" (which Sam and FU both covered). We released those five tracks online, but the EP never got an official digital release until now! Find all five songs, along with a bonus one recorded by Dawn Landes, at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify AND RDIO.
Meanwhile, Sam Amidon just released an album on Nonesuch and is touring. Fucked Up play Governors Ball this weekend and House of Vans this summer. Doveman aka Thomas Bartlett just played with the National at Barclays Center and is producing a new record for Dawn Landes who is currently touring Europe but will be back to play Rockwood Music Hall on July 9. Tune-Yards recently played the Tibet House Benefit and played with Roomful of Teeth at Lincoln Center where Thomas Bartlett (Dovemen)'s band (one of the many) The Gloaming is playing outside in July. Deer Tick recently played two nights in Chicago and is on the lineup of a new Boston fest happening this fall.
Continue reading "Our Katrina and the Waves tribute EP is now on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify & RDIO"
Sam Amidon (and Olof Arnalds) @ BV-SXSW 2011 (more by Tim Griffin)
Last we spoke the soft spoken Sam Amidon had only a couple of dates announced including his big NYC record release show happening at Le Poisson Rouge on Thursday (5/16). Get your tickets now and read the previous post for more info on that and the LP (which you can listen to on RDIO).
Meanwhile Sam has expanded his list of announced tour dates to include May dates in Europe, June dates around the United States, July dates in Japan, and August dates back in Europe where his name is on a few festival lineups this year. Check out the full list below...
Continue reading "Sam Amidon releases LP, announces tour (dates)"
I just got excited when I read today's announcement that:
Nonesuch Records releases Sam Amidon's label debut Bright Sunny South on May 14.Tickets are still available for the May 16th show which you could also say is yet another Doveman-related gig that we missed in our Doveman roundup yesterday.Produced by Amidon with his childhood friend and longtime collaborator Thomas Bartlett (a.k.a. Doveman) and legendary English engineer Jerry Boys (Buena Vista Social Club, Vashti Bunyan, R.E.M.) and recorded in London, the record features a band made up of Bartlett and multi-instrumentalists Shahzad Ismaily and Chris Vatalaro. Jazz trumpeter Kenny Wheeler also makes a cameo. Amidon himself not only sings but also plays banjo, fiddle, acoustic guitar, and piano on the album.
To celebrate the release, Amidon will performon May 16 at New York City's Le Poisson Rouge with Bartlett, Ismaily, Vatalaro and special guests (to be announced). This is Amidon's first full-scale band performance in New York City since the release of his previous album I See The Sign in 2010, although he has recently performed in New York as part of Doveman's Burgundy Stain sessions, in duo with Bill Frisell, and in collaboration with Nico Muhly, Beth Orton, and others.
Amidon describes Bright Sunny South as a "a lonesome record" and a return to the more spare sound of his 2007 self-recorded debut, But This Chicken Proved Falsehearted: "There was an atmospheric quality to my last two records; those albums are like a garden of sounds," says Amidon, "but this one is more of a journey, a winding path. The band comes rushing in and then they disappear. It comes from more of a darker, internal space."
A longtime admirer of Boys' work, Amidon was particularly enamored of his recordings with Martin Carthy in the 1970s, as well as the Ali Farka Touré/Toumani Diabaté duet albums on World Circuit/Nonesuch: "Those are so beautiful. I listened to all of that. I loved the sense of documentation, the unadorned quality. Everything sounded so clear."
Sam's only other announced gig is part of Wilco's Solid Sound Festival this summer.
Liten to a track from Sam's new album, along with the full tracklist below...
Continue reading "Sam Amidon releasing LP on Nonesuch, schedules shows"
We already told you that the 2013 edition of Wilco's Solid Sound Music & Arts Festival will go down June 21 - 23 at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA. The line-up has now been revealed and includes sets from Yo La Tengo, Os Mutantes, Low, The Dream Syndicate, Reggie Watts, onetime Miracle Legion frontman Mark Mulcahy, Neko Case and more. And Wilco, of course. "Early Worm" tickets are sold out but you can still get "Early Bird" and regular three-day passes here.
Full line-up for 2013 Solid Sound fest is below...
Rufus Wainwright, The National, They Might Be Giants, Doveman, Beth Orton, Sam Amidon, and more were scheduled to play this show at Beacon Theater on Tuesday (10/30):
The "Freedom To Love Now!" concert has been postponed due to pending weather conditions. Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets to support this concert, Freedom To Marry, and the fight for the equality for all Americans. With all the goodwill, momentum, and awareness this concert has generated, we are rebuilding the show on a future date, likely in the Spring.Meanwhile, everything today/Monday is cancelled too. Listen to Rufus Wainwright and Sharon Van Etten sing "Baby It's Cold Outside".You may hold on to your tickets as they will be valid for the rescheduled show. We will notify you with updated details of the new show very soon. Alternatively you may request a refund through TicketMaster at this time.
The battle for marriage equality in the US will be far from over even after this election. And, we hope you'll join us in the future as we continue the fight for social justice with the beauty of music. Our beneficiary organization Freedom to Marry is doing everything possible to support the ballot campaigns in the four states in the last week before the election. You can help by making calls for Mainers United for Marriage and Washington United for Marriage without ever even leaving your couch. Just sign up, and an organizer in Maine or Washington will help get you started. Sign up at these links:
Additionally we will keep you posted on "Freedom To Love Now!" developments and other projects at www.freedomtolovenow.com and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FreedomToLoveNowThank you. And be safe.
Best wishes,
Simon Rentner, Brice Rosenbloom, Thomas Bartlett, and the entire "Freedom To Love Now!" Team.
In related news, They Might Be Giants are playing a few New Year's Eve shows in Brooklyn (if we make it through this hurricane).
photos by Toby Tenenbaum
Beth Orton @ Town Hall, 10/4/2012
Beth Orton played Town Hall last night supporting her just-released Sugaring Season , her first LP in six years. She started her set solo, switching between acoustic guitar and piano, but was joined after a few songs by opener Sam Amidon, as well as Thomas "Doveman" Bartlett and violinist Rob Moose who accompanyed her for the rest of the set. Orton's also quite the storyteller, entertaining the crowd between numbers -- with a thicker South London accent than you might expect given the delicate nature of her songs.
As mentioned, Sam Amidon opened the show and Doveman and Moose accompanied him as well on his set of Irish and traditional folk songs. Doveman, Sam and Beth will join forces again at Beacon Theater on October 30. Meanwhile you can catch Doveman next Friday (10/12) at LPR with, as previously mentioned, guests Owen Pallett and Dawn Landes, as well as the just-added Steve Salett.
More photos from last night's Town Hall show are below.
Continue reading "Beth Orton played Town Hall with Sam Amidon and help from Doveman (pics)"
Beth Orton
Beth Orton and Sam Amidon have been added to the Freedom To Love Now! A Concert for Marriage Equality benefit that happens on October 30 at Beacon Theater. The Doveman-presented show also features Rufus Wainright, The National, They Might Be Giants, John Cameron Mitchell with Stephen Trask, Justin Vivan Bond, Toshi Reagon, fun., and more. Tickets are still available with proceeds going to benefit Freedom to Marry.
Meanwhile, Beth's tour hits NYC tonight at Town Hall tonight (10/4) with Sam opening, and tickets are still available. Beth Orton's Sugaring Season is out this week (stream via Spotify) and you can watch her performing "Magpie" from it on Letterman below.
Sandro Perri
Toronto art pop musician Sandro Perri has a few dates scheduled to take place surrounding his appearance at this year's FYF Fest. They're a bit scattered at the moment so it looks like more might be revealed, but we know that one of them is a NYC show which happens on September 20 at Mercury Lounge. Tickets for that show are on sale now. All currently known dates are listed below.
Sandro Perri is also one of the many musicians being featured on the new Arthur Russell tribute album, This Is How We Walk on the Moon, that AIDS organization Red Hot (who are also responsible for Dark Was the Night, Red Hot + Rio and many other compilations) and Pitchfork are putting out. Sandro will join Robyn, Cut Copy, Hot Chip, Dan Boeckner, Twin Shadow, Washed Out, Laurel Halo, Sam Amidon, Devendra Banhart, Olof Arnalds, Jose Gonzalez, Thao with the Get Down Stay Down, Chad VanGaalen, Glen Hansard, and many others for the album. The project is being funded on kickstarter. The Kickstarter video and a list of all participating artists is below.
Earlier this year, DFA put out a remix 12" of material from Sandro's 2011 LP, Impossible Spaces. The stream of Eluvium's remix of "Changes," a list of all currently known Sandro Perri dates, and the Arthur Russell tribute info are below.
John Wesley Harding at Cabinet of Wonders in 2011 (more by Chris Graham)
John Wesley Harding (aka Wesley Stace) has been up to a lot this year, as usual. He finally gave his 1996 album, John Wesley Harding's New Deal, its first-ever vinyl release last month via Yep Roc. He's also set to continue his guest-filled Cabinet of Wonders variety shows at City Winery. The next happens at the NYC venue on September 8 with Sam Amidon, Todd Barry, Iris Dement, Ben Marcus and STEW, followed by shows on October 19 and November 16. The guests for the second two shows have not been revealed yet. Tickets for all three Cabinet of Wonders shows are on sale now.
The September 8 show falls right in the middle of John Wesley Harding's upcoming tour with progressive folk vets Strawbs, who will be playing acoustic.. That tour hits the NYC area on September 7 at Outpost in the Burbs in Montclair, NJ and September 11 at BB King's. Tickets for both NYC area shows are on sale now. Strawbs also play Strand Theater (9/8) in Lakewood, NJ the day that John Wesley Harding does his Cabinet of Wonders show at City Winery. All dates on the tour are listed below.
John Wesley Harding will also be hosting one of the shows in BAM and Greenlight Bookstore's Unbound literary series. He'll host the Gary Shteyngart Roast that happens on November 20 at BAM Harvey Theater with Kurt Andersen, Jay McInerney, Sloane Crosley, and others TBA. The full Unbound schedule is below.
All lists of dates and that schedule are below.
Beth Orton will release Sugaring Season, her first album in six years, on October 2 via Anti Records. She made the record in Portland, OR with producer Tucker Martine (My Morning Jacket, The Decemberists) and guests include Marc Ribot and Sam Amidon. You can check out the first single, "Something More Beautiful," below and if you haven't checked in with Orton in a while, she's dropped the electronics that characterized her early work (like 1996's Trailer Park) in favor of a more organic, soulful approach.
This fall, Orton will also be going on her first tour in six years, including a NYC stop at Town Hall on October 4 with Sam Amidon opening. Tickets to that show go on sale Friday, July 13 at 11AM with an AmEx presale beginning Wednesday (7/11) at noon.
All Beth Orton tour dates are listed below, along with the video for "Something More Beautiful."
New York folk troubadour Sam Amidon has some upcoming shows, mostly this week and in NYC. Tonight (May 7), Sam plays that super expensive St. Ann's Warehouse gala that you may have noticed in "What's Going on Monday". Tuesday, 5/8, Sam plays for the common people back at Manhattan club Rockwood Music Hall where he'll be joined by fellow Doveman band member Shahzad Ismaily "and guests". Tickets are on sale for that show, and we have two pair you can win. Details below.
Doveman's Thomas Bartlett also happens to be the musical director of the St Ann's show where Sam will be part of the pit band in addition to performing solo and with Bill Frisell and Emmylou Harris. You may remember Sam played some shows with Bill back in March. Check out a couple videos from those shows, along with all (three) dates and contest details below...
Continue reading "Sam Amidon playing some shows (win tix to Rockwood)"
photos by Tim Griffin
Glen Hansard @ Hotel Vegan (BV-SXSW 2012)
Anti- reveals:
Over 20 years in the making, singer songwriter Glen Hansard will release his first ever solo album, Rhythm and Repose, on Anti- Records June 19. Best known for his work with The Frames, The Swell Season and in the feature film Once, for which he won an Academy Award, Rhythm and Repose is Hansard's debut solo album and first album of new material since his 2009 release Strict Joy with The Swell Season. The album will be available for presale at http://www.anti.com/storeGlen Hansard previewed some of those new songs at SXSW where one of the shows he played was the BrooklynVegan day party at 'Hotel Vegan' on Thursday, March 15th. Some pictures and videos from his 12:45pm set are in this post.In recent months Hansard has been seen in the documentary The Swell Season which has toured the film festival circuit this year, contributed two songs to the blockbuster soundtrack, The Hunger Games, and been active in the promotion of Once, The Musical which successfully opened on Broadway on March 18 to rave reviews, including the New York Times who explains, "what was always wonderful about 'Once,' its songs and its staging, has been magnified." Hansard will support the new record on a U.S. tour.
Rhythm and Repose is a result of Hansard's last year and a half of living in New York City. The album was recorded by Patrick Dillett (David Byrne, Arto Lindsay, Laurie Anderson) and produced by Thomas Bartlett (Doveman, The National, Antony and the Johnsons). The record features the musical talents of Brad Albetta (Martha Wainwright) on bass, Ray Rizzo on drums, Nico Muhly and Rob Moose on strings (Bon Iver, Y Music), David Mansfield on slide guitar (Dylan's Rolling Thunder Tour), Javier Mas (Leonard Cohen touring band) and half of Bruce Springsteen's current horn section. Assisting on vocals are Cristin Milioti (Once, The Musical), Sam Amidon, Marketa Irglova and Aida Shahghasemi (Marketa Irglova touring band).
As the above blurb points out, the Once musical is running NOW in NYC, though Glen does not personally act or sing in it.
Glen, who meanwhile is hitting the road with Eddie Vedder, will headline four select shows in June including one on June 29 at Beacon Theater. Tickets for the NYC show went on presale today, and will become available to all as of 9am on Thursday (4/5).
All tour dates, the new solo album tracklist, and a Once musical video, below...
DOWNLOAD: Sam Amidon & Bill Frisell's Beautiful Dreamers - "Saro" (live) (MP3)
Bill Frisell & Sam Amidon
To quote their own email, "singer, and multi-instrumentalist (banjo, fiddle, guitar) Sam Amidon and guitar pioneer Bill Frisell will be unveiling a new duo collaboration with a string of Northeast US Tour Dates in March." That short tour kicked off two nights ago, hit CT & VT so far, and arrives back in NYC for two unmissable shows at Le Poisson Rouge TONIGHT (3/21). Tickets are still on sale for EARLY and LATE. All dates are listed below.
These shows may be a new collaboration, but they aren't the first time these two artists have shared a stage. On May 25, 2011 they played at Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele in Ludwigsburg, Germany as "Sam Amidon & Bill Frisell's Beautiful Dreamers." The beautiful song "Saro" in this post was recorded at that gig. Download it above, or stream it below...
Sam Amidon at LPR in October (more by Toby Tenebaum)
Sam Amidon will head out on an international tour in 2012, but before he does, he'll wrap up 2011 with "Sam Amidon's End Of Year Contemplation through Banjosong" in NYC at Rockwood Music Hall on December 28. Regarding the show, Sam says:
While I cannot even dare hope to match the fine calibration of Kirsten Dunst's recent acting performances (most notably Marie Antoinette, Wimbledon, and Melancholia), I do wish that as 2011 draws to a close we can sing a few murder ballads and old love songs together and maybe it will snow.Tickets are on sale now. The show is 21+ and there is a one drink minimum.
Sam also recently released a book, Notes On The Twitterographer: Collected Tweets 2009-2011, which will be available at his shows and at his website.
All dates are listed below...
Continue reading "Sam Amidon playing end-of-year show, touring in 2012"
photos by Toby Tenenbaum, words by Rachel Kowal
Glen Hansard, Sharon Van Etten, a Dessner
Other Voices, an annual musical festival held in Dingle, Ireland, may not be nearly as old as the town's pubs, but it has already become a rich, meaningful tradition since its inception in 2002. Though typically held in a tiny church, Other Voices jumped across the Atlantic and landed in Le Poisson Rouge for a couple of nights this week with the help of Thomas Bartlett (aka Doveman), Glen Hansard, and others--and it's all for a good cause! (All proceeds of the shows go to benefit Fighting Words, a writing center for children and youth in Dingle.)
"We don't know where we're going, we don't know where we'll be when we get there, and when we get back we probably won't know where we've been, so join us on this journey this evening," said Irish actor/writer Gabriel Byrne effectively introducing the event's pleasantly discursive nature. What unfolded over the course of the next three-and-a-half hours was a hearty round of poetry, prose, and music, much in the spirit of Doveman's monthly series, the Burgundy Stain Sessions.
Artist after artist shuffled onto the stage. Highlights included Glen Hansard's beautiful stories and songs, a newer piece by Thomas Bartlett (appropriately about the rain), a song or two from the talented folk singer Sam Amidon, a beautiful brand new piece written just yesterday by Bryce and Aaron Dessner that was inspired by the streets of Dingle, a couple of traditional songs by renowned Irish fiddler Martin Hayes, Joseph O'Connor's reading of an ode that creatively highlighted many of New York's music legends, and a surprise performance by Sharon Van Etten (and her sister Heather). The guests just kept coming. Bell X1 (who played a Smiths cover), Martha Wainwright, Jape, The Lost Brothers, Justin Vivian Bond, Nico Muhly; and from the Irish literary scene: Philip King, Roddy Doyle, Colum McCann, and Paul Muldoon. An unrecognizably shaggy Damien Rice even made a surprise appearance to play a couple of beautiful, completely unplugged and unaccompanied songs on his acoustic guitar.
The camaraderie in the air was thick. Though each artist had a chance to be in the spotlight, its loose structure allowed for one-of-a-kind impromptu collaborations. After a week of running around to catch ridiculously brief sets, often with compromised sound, it was a nice change to remain still and embrace a long, calming set as talent after talent humbly took to the stage. If you go tonight, just make sure to wear comfy shoes or arrive early to snag one of the few seats.
More pictures from the night below...
Glen Hansard & Doveman @ Le Poisson Rouge (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Doveman's next edition of 'Burgundy Stain Sessions' at Le Poisson Rouge is this Friday night (9/23), and the listed special guests are: Chris Thile, Martha Wainwright, Trixie Whitley and Little Annie. Tickets for the collaborative evening of music are still on sale.
In October, on the 27th & 28th to be exact, 'Burgundy Stain Sessions' kick it up a notch with Other Voices NYC: A Celebration of Music & Literature. Scheduled to appear over the course of two nights at Le Poisson Rouge are: Glen Hansard (The Swell Season), Bryce & Aaron Dessner (The National), Doveman, Laurie Anderson, Sam Amidon, Bell X1, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Martin Hayes, Joseph O'Connor, and Colum McCann. Prestented in conjunction with Imagine Ireland with all proceeds going to FIGHTING WORDS Creative Writing Centre, tickets are on sale.
Speaking of the Swell Season, its other half Marketa Irglova has a tour coming up in November with a NYC show of her own. Bowery Ballroom tickets are still on sale.
The National have six huge NYC shows coming up.
Martha has one big holiday show coming up with her brother Rufus, and one with Rufus even sooner as part of the The Fourth Annual Plant & Sing Festival in Shelter Island, NY.
Rufus's opera 'Prima Donna' happens at BAM in Feb. 2012. Tickets are on sale now.


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Rubik's Cube Now Solvable in 20 Moves
Re:Enough! (309 comments)
I can't speak for every
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Re:Enough! (309 comments)
I can't speak for every
Re:No need to buy them... (825 comments)
This happens at my home at least once a month, let me explain.
They offer to put a sign in your yard and give you a free system in hopes your neighbors see it and sign up. What they don't say is the free system is always free (and is of matching quality) and you will end up paying exactly the same as your neighbors soon enough.
The comment below mine illustrates why I never speak to these people. When I see them coming I sit my dog at the door and answer with 'I am not interested can't you read the sign'. I then snap my fingers slightly behind my back just as they start to talk signaling Shep to leap forward and growl, they NEVER stay.
Re:That's a shame. (329 comments)
One of my favorite copyright tutorials...
Re:Get ready to Bend over America (410 comments)
Or at worst 84.9%
Re:Get ready to Bend over America (410 comments)
Wait we have 10 major ISP's? Hold the phone. If we did we might actually have competitive broadband and make this whole 'net neutrality' issue moot.
Excuse me... (461 comments)
but why exactly is the FCC telling companies what to do, or for that matter what we want? Perhaps this is why we have a 12 trillion deficit. Its not the FCC's job to make sure we all have internet. It's their job to make sure the internet we do have is fair. This is just another piece of job security masquerading as good intentions.
Re:I'm pretty sure (554 comments)
Come now that's the problem with affermative action and equal opportunity both. They are great ideas and as a white male in his late 20's I feel sort of bad when I look around and see 80% of the jails filled with minorities. But then I realize something. I did not put them there. I feel kind of bad when I see the black men panhandeling at the grocery store. Then I realize, I woke up early for the last 5 years took a shower put on some respectable cloths and went either to work or to find work. I did not create that 40 year old wino that keeps asking me for 'jus a lil change bro'. If you feel sorry for them you help them I am to busy keeping my house and food on my table to give a rats ass about anyone who wont help themselves.
Say what you want about slavery, it was horrible but don't ever blame me or my people. Every man in this great country is free and equal. Every man in this great country is also responsible for his own well being.
It is high time we as Americans realize we can't make reparations for every bad thing that happens to everyone. Kids will die, people will hate you whether your black brown or poke-a-dot, and the sun will rise again.
Re:One more point for Microsoft? (277 comments)
Wow seriously Microsoft fails again. As always lots of flashy advertisement and the product doesn't work.
Here is the rendering of worldwidetelescope.org I was just presented with http://bayimg.com/gakccaAcH
Re:At Law School... (569 comments)
Well there sparky, two reasons off the top of my head. I would find it quite rude for you to take out your cell phone and interrupt with a 'shook-a-snap' every time I drew a graph or tried to explain plancs constant to 50 other snot nosed punks who want the easy way out. Also do you really think taking a 3mp picture of my whiteboard time-line of civil war battles is efficient? Maybe you should just _KEEP_UP_
Re:Finally! Youtube in China! (235 comments)
As shutdown said below you don't start with the tanks. I wouldn't even start with armed forces. Go after politcal figures then when they board up behind the military you give them a choice, fire on their own unarmed countrymen or step aside.
Of course you will have mixed results but once the PRC issues orders to fire on unarmed civilians then it quickly becomes a human rights atrocity and other country will then have a reason to help.
I guess part of my point is if the majority of the citizens are unwilling to make a sacrifice now to change their own future why should anyone else roll that ball for them?
When we told the crown to F off most of us realized it wasn't going to happen without huge losses but we knew that we no longer wanted to be oppressed and we knew even if we didn't live to see it our children would.
Re:Finally! Youtube in China! (235 comments)
It's like being only allowed to watch State-sponsored TV and government approved books in libraries, and then suddenly being allowed to experience the wealth of the world.
China by no means has access the 'The wealth of the world' just because google stops filtering on their side.
Re:Finally! Youtube in China! (235 comments)
I hate being the one to play devils advocate, and I am by no means a fan of China or censorship but I want to pose a question to the class.
Why? I live in America. I hate seeing people held down because we have thus far been afforded great freedoms albeit at great personal costs. Can the 1.3billion Chinese not have there own revolution? Yes, yes I know they can't even legally read about ours but if the majority of them is still content why do we feel the need to exacerbate the situation.
Bonus question, definitely biased though: And if it is okay for us to do this is Hilary Clinton really the one we want rattling the chains?
Re:Enter the Matrix was OK... (397 comments)
MY rule of thumb, if it is based on a movie or toy keep walkin'.
and WTF is up with the spell checker in Firefox it doesn't know the word movie??? Damn it needs to be the afternoon already I need a drink.
Re:Permanent damage at 100 meters too... (314 comments)
Hah you had to bring it there.
Re:Permanent damage at 100 meters too... (314 comments)
I'd like to know if damage is more likely from a a weapon fired from someone standing next to you
Depends does he like you or not?
Re:TFA SAID, "RELATIVELY HARMLESS"!!! (314 comments)
In military parlance, "relatively harmless" means something different than what it does in the civilian world.
Reminds me of my favourite quotes, from Colonel David Perkins after the US's 'thunder run' into Baghdad: "We have destroyed all of his prepared organic defences, along with his equipment...we destroyed probably in excess of 1000 dismounted infantry"
So yeah 'relatively harmless' in military terms means pretty much it's not _for_sure_ going to kill you.
World Class? (222 comments)
Napolitano said she doubts it will be necessary to fill all 1,000 of the authorized positions, but she is focused on making DHS a "world-class cyberorganization.""
Umm I thought the TSA was supposed to secure the American transit systems from terrorist and non terrorist threats alike. How does being a world class cyberorganization help achive that goal? Or more blatantly why does the TSA need to be 'world class' in anything?
I don't mean to rant but come on shouldn't Napolitano be saying that they are hiring these people so they can provide a better service to the American people. It is nice to have world class organizations at our national level but with world class comes world class cost and world class complication. Two things America could do without right now if you know what i mean.
Correction (291 comments)
since Windows PCs threaten the entire Windows ecosystem.
The fixed it for yah
Re:Horrible idea... (99 comments)
first off the the obvious. if you go with this plan they will literally lynch your dick
secondly and more seriously who the hell (with a brain) thinks following the power companies pricing structure is a sound business practice unless you have the guys dick in a noose.
Re:Three? (79 comments)
Honestly here everyone. It's a human error and its bound to happen. Hell why even waste time bitching just read on, use your brain to figure out that the 3 was an oversight and spend all the time you do bitching on a more productive task.
And I know we are all anal retentive nitpicks but by FAR
I find typos, not just grammar errors, in almost ever major new story I read. Give the volunteers a break and go chew on someone that's actually getting paid to turn out this trash.


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Blackface: A Primer
Since blackface seems to be all the rage this Halloween season (post-racial society indeed!), here's Blair L.M. Kelley with a primer on its history and why it is so awful. Not that you all didn't already know this, but it's a good piece.
[SL]: A handy guide for anyone considering doing blackface for a Halloween costume:
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WoW Moviewatch: Dead Memories - Ulduar
Dead Memories - Ulduar was created by Endac to display Ulduar to those who have not seen it, or maybe to show off his guild's skills in dominating the raid instance. He created his video with a twist, however. Dead Memories - Ulduar is shot through the perspective of a single visitor, who's plagued by nightmares and dreams about the place.
Endac says he doesn't think his video is "super fancy," but I actually think that's fine. His movie is straddling a line between machinima techniques and raid video techniques. I like the sense of wonder and (sometimes) horror his main character emotes to the audience, even while navigating through the terrific battles inside Ulduar.
The music choices make sense to me, even if they aren't necessarily my favorite bands ever. Your mileage will vary, of course, but I think Ulduar deserves a metal soundtrack. If you're particularly opposed to metal, you might find the soundtrack distracting.
Ultimately, I think Endac's video is pretty neat. I'd encourage him to take his storytelling to the next level, though, as he and his guild explore new content.
Edit: The initial link was broken -- it has now been fixed.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, WoW Moviewatch