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primesieve is a free (BSD-licensed) software program and C/C++ library that generates primes using a highly optimized sieve of Eratosthenes implementation. It counts the primes below 10^10 in just 0.57 seconds on an Intel Core i7-4770 3.4GHz CPU from 2013. primesieve can generate primes and prime k-tuplets up to 2^64.
primesieve generates primes using the segmented sieve of Eratosthenes with wheel factorization, this algorithm has a complexity of operations and uses space.
Segmentation is currently the best known practical improvement to the sieve of Eratosthenes. Instead of sieving the interval [2, n] at once one subdivides the sieve interval into a number of equal sized segments that are then sieved consecutively. Segmentation drops the memory requirement of the sieve of Eratosthenes from to . The segment size is usually chosen to fit into the CPU's fast L1 or L2 cache memory which significantly speeds up sieving. A segmented version of the sieve of Eratosthenes was first published by Singleton in 1969 [1]. Here is a simple implementation of the segmented sieve of Eratosthenes.
Wheel factorization is used to skip multiples of small primes. If a kth wheel is added to the sieve of Eratosthenes then only those multiples are crossed off that are coprime to the first k primes, i.e. multiples that are divisible by any of the first k primes are skipped. The 1st wheel considers only odd numbers, the 2nd wheel (modulo 6) skips multiples of 2 and 3, the 3rd wheel (modulo 30) skips multiples of 2, 3, 5 and so on. Pritchard has shown in [2] that the running time of the sieve of Eratosthenes can be reduced by a factor of if the wheel size is but for cache reasons the sieve of Eratosthenes usually performs best with a modulo 30 or 210 wheel. Sorenson explains wheels in [3].
Additionally primesieve uses Tomás Oliveira e Silva's cache-friendly bucket list algorithm if needed [4]. This algorithm is relatively new it has been devised by Tomás Oliveira e Silva in 2001 in order to speed up the segmented sieve of Eratosthenes for prime numbers past 32 bits. The idea is to store the sieving primes into lists of buckets with each list being associated with a segment. A list of sieving primes related to a specific segment contains only those primes that have multiple occurrence(s) in that segment. Whilst sieving a segment only the primes of the related list are used for sieving and each prime is reassigned to the list responsible for its next multiple when processed. The benefit of this approach is that it is now possible to use segments (i.e. sieve arrays) smaller than without deteriorating efficiency, this is important as only small segments that fit into the CPU's L1 or L2 cache provide fast memory access.
primesieve is written entirely in C++ and does not depend on external libraries. It's speed is mainly due to the segmentation of the sieve of Eratosthenes which prevents cache misses when crossing off multiples in the sieve array and the use of a bit array instead of a boolean sieve array. primesieve reuses and improves ideas from other great sieve of Eratosthenes implementations, namely Achim Flammenkamp's prime_sieve.c, Tomás Oliveira e Silva's A1 implementation and the author's older ecprime all written in the late '90s and '00s. Furthermore primesieve contains new optimizations to increase instruction-level parallelism and more efficiently uses the larger number of registers in today's CPUs.
Optimizations used in primesieve
- Uses a bit array with 8 flags each 30 numbers for sieving
- Pre-sieves multiples of small primes ≤ 19
- Compresses the sieving primes in order to improve cache efficiency [5]
- Starts crossing off multiples at the square
- Uses a modolo 210 wheel that skips multiples of 2, 3, 5 and 7
- Uses specialized algorithms for small, medium and big sieving primes
- Uses a custom memory pool (for big sieving primes)
- Processes two sieving primes per loop iteration to increase instruction-level parallelism
- Parallelized (multi-threaded) using OpenMP
This README file contains more technical implementation details.
C++ library
Below is an example that shows how to generate primes in C++ using libprimesieve. You can browse primesieve's API online. The Build From Source page explains how to build libprimesieve and how to link against it.
#include <primesieve.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
int main()
// store the primes below 1000
std::vector<int> primes;
primesieve::generate_primes(1000, &primes);
primesieve::iterator pi;
uint64_t prime;
// iterate over the primes below 10^9
while ((prime = pi.next_prime()) < 1000000000)
std::cout << prime << std::endl;
return 0;
C bindings
primesieve provides C bindings for all its functions, please refer to http://primesieve.org/api for more information.
primesieve generates the first 50,847,534 primes up to 10^9 in just 0.2 seconds on a single core of an Intel Core i7-4770 3.4GHz CPU, this is about 50 times faster than an ordinary C/C++ sieve of Eratosthenes implementation and about 10,000 times faster than trial-division. primesieve outperforms the author's older ecprime (fastest open source prime number generator from 2002 to 2010) by about 30 percent and also substantially outperforms primegen the fastest sieve of Atkin implementation on the web. Here is a list of other fast sieve of Eratosthenes implementations.
x | Prime Count |
AMD Phenom II X4 945 (4 x 3.0GHz, 64K L1 Data Cache) |
Intel Core i7-4770 (4 x 3.4GHz, 32K L1 Data Cache) |
IBM POWER8 (22 x 3.0GHz, 64K L1 Data Cache) |
107 | 664,579 | 0.00s | 0.00s | 0.00s |
108 | 5,761,455 | 0.01s | 0.01s | 0.01s |
109 | 50,847,534 | 0.06s | 0.05s | 0.07s |
232 | 203,280,221 | 0.54s | 0.26s | 0.15s |
1010 | 455,052,511 | 0.66s | 0.57s | 0.24s |
1011 | 4,118,054,813 | 8.57s | 6.63s | 1.72s |
1012 | 37,607,912,018 | 122.02s | 77.79s | 19.34s |
1013 | 346,065,536,839 | 1664.68s | 926.83 | 225.92s |
The above benchmarks were run on a 64-bit Linux operating
system and primesieve was compiled using
GCC 4.8. For each benchmark
primesieve used all available CPU cores (AMD: 4 threads, Intel: 8 threads,
IBM: 66 threads) and the sieve size was set to the CPU's L1 data cache
size per core.
CPU scaling
The above CPU scaling benchmark was run on a system with 8 physical CPU cores and 23 GB of memory. At each start offset the primes inside an interval of size 10^11 were counted using different numbers of threads. As one can see primesieve scales well if the interval is sufficiently large.
References and notes
- R. C. Singleton, "An efficient prime number generator", Communications of the ACM 12, 563-564, 1969.
- Paul Pritchard, "Fast compact prime number sieves (among others)", Journal of Algorithms 4 (1983), 332-344.
- Jonathan Sorenson, "An analysis of two prime number sieves", Computer Science Technical Report Vol. 1028, 1991.
- Tomás Oliveira e Silva, "Fast implementation of the segmented sieve of Eratosthenes", 2002.
- Actually it is not the sieving primes that are being compressed but their sieve and wheel indexes.


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Wiki Or Won't He? A Tale of Public Sector Wikis |
Marieke Guy revisits a topic receiving considerable attention these days and reflects on wiki use by public organisations. |
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Web Focus: The Role of the Web Editor |
Brian Kelly asks, does 'web editor' mean Unix guru or an HTML coder? |
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Web Focus: Report on "Institutional Web Management Next Steps" Workshop |
Brian Kelly reports on the latest "Institutional Web Management Workshop," this year called: "The Next Steps." |
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Brian Kelly reports on the "Institutional Web Management Workshop: The Joined-Up Web" event, held in Bath. |
The Institutional Web Management Workshop 2004 |
Tracey Stanley reports on the 8th Institutional Web Management Workshop at the University of Birmingham over 27-29 July. The theme of this year's workshop was Transforming the Organisation. |
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Putting the Library Into the Institution: Using JSR 168 and WSRP to Enable Search Within Portal Frameworks |
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Kudos to LoL for great new graphics, but the old sound of battle drums was terrific - much more dynamic than the feeble background in the new LoL. If you can't/won't bring 'em back, is there a download or MP3 of them somewhere? Thanks!
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They were cool, and they did stand out to me. I do like the new BGM, but the drums from before were pretty awesome too.
An option would please all parties... The new song though, gives me goosebumps when about to go into a ranked game.
Personally, I feel like they should have a different champ select song for each mode. For instance, you could use the drum piece for normal games (blind pick) and the current music for ranked games.
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Hey Grawlix, There's a chance the drums could come back for blind pick, but they simply would not work in draft mode. They are too short and would have to loop multiple times. Thanks for the feedback!
OMG I totally feel you here. My brother used to hate me because I always used to bang my desk to the beat of the awesome drums. Jay Watford for President! EDIT: The drums should be playing during screen load!!!
No, dont change it. I really like the new BGM.
New music wins OP lies
New music == super epic. Drums would be great for normal games


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Quinoa and Squash Soup
Serves 4 to 6.
Note: This recipe fits in a 4- to 5 1/2-quart slow cooker. From "The Great American Slow Cooker Book," by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough.
• 5 c. low-sodium chicken broth
• 4 c. (1 1/4 lb.) peeled, seeded and chopped butternut squash
• 1 2/3 c. coconut milk (regular or light)
• 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
• 3/4 c. white quinoa, rinsed
• 2 1/2 tsp. curry powder
• 3/4 tsp. salt
• About 1/2 tsp. cayenne (adjust to taste)
• Plain yogurt and minced chives for garnish
Mix the broth, squash, coconut milk, onion, quinoa, curry powder, salt and cayenne in the slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours or until squash and quinoa are very tender.
Purée the soup, either using an immersion blender in the slow cooker, or ladle the soup in batches into a large blender, cover and process until smooth before pouring it back into the slow cooker.
Cover and cook on low for 15 minutes to heat through. Garnish with yogurt and chives, if desired.


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This week we went in the kitchen with Gaetano Cannata, owner and chef of Ortygia, for the preparation of tonno in agrodolce with braised fennel and garlic peperonata. This dish is an authentic Sicilian sweet and sour tuna.
Ortygia is located in Bradenton's Village of the Arts and named for the Italian hometown of Cannata's father. This inimate establishment offers a variety of menu choices with Sicilian preparations. Ortygia hosts outdoor dinner parties and live music on the patio where a garden of fresh herbs and spices are grown for use in all the home made dishes.
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Tonno in agrodolce with braised fennel and garlic peperonata
Tuna Ingredients:
2 6 ounce pieces of tuna about 1 1/2 inches thick
2 tablespoons of whole fennel seed
1 teaspoon of coarse sea salt
Fresh cracked pepper
4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon of butter
1/2 of one small lemon
1/8 cup of dry Sicilian Marsala (not Californian)
Peperonata Ingredients:
4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
1 yellow onion, sliced in thin rounds
1 sweet red bell pepper, sliced in thin strips
2 tablespoons of red wine
1 generous teaspoon of sugar
2 tablespoons of red wine vinegar
6 black olives, halved and pitted
2 tablespoons of capers
1 tablespoon of dried red currants
1 tablespoon of golden raisins
Braised Fennel Ingredients:
1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil
1 large fennel bulb halved; remove stem, root end and tough outer layer
6 garlic cloves, unpeeled
1/4 cup of dry, white wine
Salt and pepper
Peperonata Preparation:
Add olive oil to a pan turn heat to high. When the oil starts to smoke, add the onions and reduce heat to medium. Cook for five minutes. Add the peppers and cook for five more minutes. Add the remaining ingredients and cook over low heat, covered, for 20 minutes.
Braised Fennel Preparation:
Add fennel to small saute pan, cut side down, with olive oil, garlic cloves, and salt and pepper to taste. Put on medium heat and cook until cut side of fennel turns golden, about ten minutes. Turn fennel over. Cook for five minutes, then add white wine. Cook for five more minutes. Turn fennel back over, cut side down. Turn down heat as low as possible, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Add extra wine a bit at a time if the pan gets dry.
Tuna Preparation:
After the peperonata and braised fennel are on the stove and simmering, melt butter with olive oil in pan over medium heat. Mix the fennel, salt and pepper in a bowl. Dip tuna in fennel mixture on both sides to coat. When butter sizzles add tuna to pan. Cook for two minutes. Turn over the tuna pieces, raise to high heat and add the Marsala. Lower heat to medium and squeeze in lemon juice. Cook for two minutes. Remove from heat and place tuna on a plate with the juices. To server, cover with the peperonata, add braised fennel to plate with cut side facing up with the pan reduction and garlic.
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I've got a Stihl brush cutter. Neither the plastic string blade nor the solid metal grass blade are sufficient for the problems in my yard. I really want to try using a metal cable or wire attached securely in the same way the plastic string is attached to cutting head.
I would like any comments or warnings from experienced users. It seems like such a good idea I don't see why it's not offered commercially or authorized by Stihl. I Emailed Stihl and the only reply was that Stihl does not authorize the use of a metal wire on the cutting head. No explanation as to why. The problem with the plastic string is that the vegetation in the yard is so thick and heavy that it rips the plastic string right out at the base within a few minutes. The metal disc blade is just too small and doesn't shred the vegetation as I go along, and much of the vegetation is just pushed out of the way by it instead of being cut. I really need a string blade that will not break or wear down but will rip through anything. |
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I feel your pain. On the cooler days I'm starting to clear an old driveway at the ridge w/ heavy grass & blackberries aplenty. I have both a blackberry blade and 1 that, rather being round- has a clover shape. They have their shortcomings. The best I have used for just grass/ weeds etc. was the fixed head where you put in a length or two of .130? line. My guess is that a metal woven cable would fray and get dangerous, but I have not tried it. These things need a flail mower attachment... |
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The main thing I'm concerned about are any well known serious dangers in using a metal/wire with the brush cutter. |
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metal wire will wear out quickly. the flexing back and forth will break it. i use the x or t shaped line and both work MUCH better than regular string. |
I can't imagine why a metal saw type blade would not cut through almost anything. I have an old ECHO string trimmer with a saw blade attachment as an option. It simply saws through most anything. It even "rings" like a power saw blade while it is slowing down after a cut. I just have to be careful not to push it too hard or fast where it will "Kick" off what it is cutting. They usually recommend "Handle Bars" for better control over it kicking out of control. Charles Ranheim |
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PLEASE DON'T use metal wire. About 25 years ago we moved into a house that had been empty for several years and the yard was badly overgrown.I had a Homelight Super 2 chainsaw with a weedeater attachment on it. It was frustrating to keep replacing the line. Soooo, I got the brilliant idea to use "Heavy Duty" clothes line wire. |
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Wire is way dangerous! Even with a pair of chain saw chaps! You could try using .105 line and letting just the tip of the line do the cutting. Line breakage at the head eyelet is usually caused by pushing the trimmer too quickly into the weeds, this causes the line to flex at it's base and break off. You could also try using a fine tooth brush blade, not one of those 4 edged cutting disks. Use a "stomp down" approach on the weeds starting up high and going down on the brush instead of just cutting at the base. Wear safety glasses. |
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Hi Eric, I too had an "aha" moment and installed electric fence wire in a weed eater when I was a teenager. It worked well for about 40 feet and then it stopped cutting. I looked over the head and both wires had snapped off. I then noticed that one of the wires was sticking out the side if the sole of my tennis shoe. Had it gone in one inch higher, it woulda been through my foot. I went back to running plastic wire... |
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i watched a guy yesterday put electric fence wire in a weedeater. i told him it would nto work, but he swore it would. i even told him to give me 1 minute to go across the yard and get my line and i would give it to him to finish his work. he cranked that unit up, revved it one time and i heard the line snap and go flying. we found the wire laying 50 ft away! imagine how that could hurt you at the normal 2-3 ft at most your legs are fromteh head. |
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I experimented with wire in my weed wacker after the head would no longer hold the mono filament like it was suppose to. I installed 2 screws to hold the wire ends and tried 2 different types of wire I had on hand. One was a thin stainless steel wire, and the other was a stiffer steel wire, the type used in electric fences, and although they both really cut the weeds and grass with a fury both broke and didn't last more than a few minutes, my guess is that the metal is just too brittle, because it usually sheared off at the edge of the head and did not get pulled off the mounting screws. The biggest issue with wire is safety; I read this at another web site, later, after my experiments, when mono filament breaks it does not fly very far because of air resistance and it does not have any penetrating power, but a wire is a different story, it is a dangerous projectile at the speeds it would go flying off your trimmer head. |
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO-June 26, 2013-Dinner and a movie, music in the mountains and downhill thrills take on an entirely new meaning in Steamboat during summer evenings with the debut of the Coca Cola Movies on the Mountain and Steamboat Mountain Music Series.
"Who doesn't like being outside in Steamboat, especially during the summer when nights are refreshing, friends gather with abundance and the opportunities are endless" said Rob Perlman, senior vice president of sales & marketing for the Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation. "As we head into the second summer of enjoying the improvements across the base area, the mountain village has truly bloomed with life and these new programs will only add to the excitement and benefit the entire community vacation experience."
Starting at sunset on July 13th and running every Saturday evening through August 31st, families and friends can settle in under the stars in Gondola Square to watch a feature film during the Coca Cola Movies on the Mountain. The following schedule, weather permitting, is planned during the initial year's program:
July 13 * 9:15pm * Despicable Me (immediately after Balloon Glow)
July 20 * 8:34pm * The Karate Kid (2010 edition)
July 27 * 8:28pm * Snow White and the Huntsman
August 3 * 8:21pm * Oz the Great and Powerful
August 10 * No Movie * See You On The 17th
August 17 * 8:03pm * Back to the Future
August 24 * 7:53pm * The Hunger Games
August 31 * 7:42pm * SkyFall
The evening fun continues with the FREE Steamboat Mountain Music Series on four Friday evenings this summer. Based on the popular summer concert series, these free outdoor music concerts will focus on the more intimate setting of the Steamboat Stage in the heart of Gondola Square starting at 7pm. Enjoy live performances by Missed the Boat on July 19th; Naia Kete on August 2nd; Giving Tree Band on August 23rd; and, Zach Heckendorf on August 30th.
"The new Steamboat Mountain Music Series complements the larger community free summer music series and adds an attractive musical element for the entire Steamboat Springs community," continued Perlman.
Building upon the success of last year's program, the resort will double the nights it offers Twilight Biking to include both Thursday and Friday. The program provides evening access via the gondola from 4-7pm for bikers to enjoy the Steamboat Bike Park. In addition to its signature Thursday nights, Sunset Happy Hour, a lively cocktail event with live music, also grows with additional Saturday sessions sprinkled throughout the summer months.
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Emma Watson Defies Turkish PM and Laughs in Public
In case you didn't know… Bulent Arinc, deputy prime minister of Turkey, gave a speech on July 28th expressing his views on chastity and most particularly, women's chastity. He says:
"Chastity is so important. It is not only a name. It is an ornament for both women and men. [She] will have chasteness. Man will have it, too. He will not be a womanizer. He will be bound to his wife. He will love his children. [The woman] will know what is haram and not haram. She will not laugh in public. She will not be inviting in her attitudes and will protect her chasteness."
Understandably, there has been a fair bit of backlash on this backwards mentality, and social media has been flooded with pictures of women laughing in public. Scandalous right Mr. Arinc?
Miss Emma Watson has hopped on the bandwagon, and tweeted the picture seen above earlier today, with the hashtag:
"#laugh #direnkahkaha @UN_Women"
The 'direnkahkaha' – translating from Turkish to mean, 'resist laughter.' So Arinc sounds like a real good time, and Watson looks completely unoffensive to me in the picture… but what do I know? I'm just another unchaste woman who likes to laugh in public.


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SPRINGFIELD Parents and drivers need to do their part to make sure the 2012-2013 school year is a safe one for schoolchildren everywhere. "Each back-to-school season, it's important for both parents and children to do their homework and remember to review safety," Mandi Summers said, co-coordinator of Safe Kids of Western Massachusetts, headquartered at Baystate Children's Hospital. For kids who walk to school or to a bus stop, Safe Kids USA recommends that parents walk the route to school with students before the start of the new school year. They should assess any hazards and select a route with the least number of traffic crossings. Safe Kids safety experts suggest reminding kids to:
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- Vocal Talent: Billy West (Philip J. Fry, Prof. Hubert J. Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg), Katey Sagal (Turanga Leela), John DiMaggio (Bender), Tress MacNeille (Vyolet, Linda), Maurice LaMarche (Inglis Raoul, Calculon), Phil LaMarr (Hermes Conrad), David Herman (as Dave Herman) (Dwayne, Vet Jeffrey Grant), Lauren Tom (Amy Wong), Frank Welker (Nibbler, El Chupanibre, Jaguar).
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Major Advance Towards a Proof of the Twin Prime Conjecture
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To be pedantic, we still cant conclude the product + 1 is prime, only that it is a contradiction that it is divisible by no prime (which is all we need anyway). The GP is correct in that a proof more similar to Euclid's original is given by considering an arbitrary finite set P of primes, letting N be the product of the P plus 1, and then concluding that a prime divisor of N must not be in P.


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Governor Surjit Singh Barnala on Monday asked engineering institutions to set up more incubation centres on their campuses to encourage more and more students to come up with ideas.
Distributing the All India Manufacturers Organisation (AIMO) innovation awards to eight student teams of 'TECHKNOW 2010' of different engineering colleges, he said engineering institutions and universities should work with a mission to build the spirit of research and enquiry, creativity and innovation and entrepreneurial and leadership qualities in the students. The youth should be job creators and not job seekers.
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Chicago road trip to see the Vivian Maier Exhibition
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Two new laws have come into effect in Hungary on 1 January, which was also the day the country assumed the Presidency of the European Union for six months.
The restrictions contained in the new legislation on media, which are based on vague concepts such as "public interest", leave journalists and editors unclear as to how to apply the law. The new legislation, which is regulated by a new media body with strong powers, places unnecessary and disproportionate restrictions on freedom of expression in Hungary going beyond the restrictions permitted under international [human rights] law on freedom of expression. Media found to be in breach of the legislation could face heavy fines and even closure.
Hungary is under an obligation to respect, protect and fulfil the right to freedom of expression which, under international human rights standards, notably Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, includes the freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds. A free, uncensored and unhindered press and other media are essential for effective exercise of this right by everyone.
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Poet Richard Blanco's family emigrated to Spain, where he was born, then to Miami, FL. He received his degree in engineering from Florida International University and worked as an engineer in Miami, then returned to FIU where he received his master's degree in fine arts and creative writing. His work has appeared in literary journals such as Ploughshares, TriQuarterly, Michigan Quarterly, and in anthologies such as Best American Poetry 2000, Best American Prose Poems and on National Public Radio. He is recipient of a Bread Loaf Fellowship and a Florida Artist Fellowship. He has taught at Georgetown, American University and Connecticut State University.
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- The Beach of the Dead (2005)
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Thanks captbringdown,
1- have no problom dropping 100k in to something that I would enjoy for the rest of my life.
2- I have 2 years to perpar and all the time in the world..
Plz keep your nagative thoughts or rude comments to your self..
What I'm asking what is the best route to take and what would be the things you may need..
No offense, but if I were going to spend $100K to attend a soccer match in Brazil, and make it truly memorable, I'd charter a Lear Jet and pack it with half dozen of the finest Las Vegas hookers money could buy...
For starters, you should have a look at Herb McCormick's account of the passage between the Caribbean and Brazil... Even for a crew as vastly experienced as that aboard OCEAN WATCH, and a boat as well found as theirs, that passage is certainly no cakewalk...
Google "South Equatorial Current", if you have any doubts...
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What Swept Away calls love, I would call the usual terror and degradation that keeps battered women in dangerous relationships.
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29 November 2011
One of the things I've learned as I've grown older is that time really does pass more quickly. Case in point: It's been 10 years since George Harrison died at the age of 58. I'm not going to claim it seems like yesterday, but the moment is still fresh in my mind. It feels like a couple years ago.
1. "Beware of Darkness," (All Things Must Pass, 1970)
It was one of those surprises that shouldn't have been a surprise, especially for anyone who kept up with Beatles news. Everyone was aware of Harrison's struggles with cancer, but still it was a shock. There'd been a rumor he was nearing the end earlier that year, and of course he promptly denied it, but it had also been widely reported that his health never quite returned after he was attacked in his home by a crazed intruder in 1999. Still, hearing the news for the first time, it was a shock.
Harrison's contributions to The Beatles are well-documented, so I'm not going to bore you by re-stating all the reasons he was such a great guitarist or why he was an under-appreciated songwriter in the world's greatest band. What was always coolest about George to me was that after The Beatles disbanded, he put out not just his first solo album, but a 23-track triple album that would ultimately be viewed both as his masterpiece and arguably the finest solo work released by any of The Beatles.
When I first sat down to put together my top 10 favorite George Harrison solo songs, I thought it would be easy to just run through my 10 favorite tracks from that album, but happily, George left a wealth of great music behind...
1. "Beware of Darkness," (All Things Must Pass, 1970)
2. "What Is Life," (All Things Must Pass, 1970)
3. "Stuck Inside a Cloud," (Brainwashed, 2002)
4. "All Things Must Pass," (All Things Must Pass, 1970)
5. "Blow Away," (George Harrison, 1979)
6. "All Those Years Ago," (Somewhere In England, 1981)
7. "Cheer Down," (single a-side, 1989)
8. "Try Some Buy Some," (Living In the Material World, 1973)
9. "I Live for You," (All Things Must Pass, 1970)
10. "Crackerbox Palace," (33 1/3, 1977)
And finally, Martin Scorcese has put together a documentary about George called Living In the Material World. Here's the trailer, along with a couple videos:
george harrison,
the '00s,
the '70s,
the '80s,
the beatles,
top 10 lists,
26 November 2011
There's one of those huge hardcover books out collecting the first chunk of John Byrne's magnificent run on Fantastic Four, and it's nice to see such an incredible getting its due in that manner. I'm kind of over the whole oversized omnibus thing myself – they make great shelf furniture, but they're impractical for actually sitting in bed and reading – but I have such enduring affection for Byrne's FF work that I went back and forth over purchasing it as I paged through it at the store recently. Ultimately, I chose to pass and just went home and pulled out a stack of the original comics.
Fantastic Four hit issue #600 recently, and I flipped through that at the store, too. I'm a big fan of Jonathan Hickman's work, but as much as I love the FF, the first thing that struck me about that particular issue was how uninteresting the cover was. Or rather, covers. Images of the FF running... where? Doing... what? Looking purposefully staged, mainly.
And that took me back to John Byrne.
Byrne did some fantastic covers way back in the 20th century when I was first discovering comics. Prior to his run on Fantastic Four, there were a lot of comics he drew that he didn't do the covers for – Avengers #181 stands out as something I always remember as having a Byrne cover, when in fact it was drawn by George Perez, echoing one of Byrne's pages from the interior - but the covers he did draw, particularly on books like Avengers and Uncanny X-Men, were almost always phenomenal.
I could spend a week posting about my favorite Byrne Fantastic Four covers, but instead, here's a small mix of favorites covering his work that affected me the most back then. More and more often, I encounter comics fans or professionals who tells they're not familiar with some of these comics. Considering the earliest of them were published over 30 years, I suppose that's only natural, but all the same, I enthusiastically recommend seeking them out if you're not familiar with them...
fantastic four,
john byrne,
marvel comics,
the '70s,
the '80s,
24 November 2011
There aren't terribly many songs about Thanksgiving, but thankfully, there are loads of songs with the word "thank" in the title, so lucky you, here's a top 10 list of those...
1. Small Faces - "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am," (The Autumn Stone, 1969)
2. The Lodger - "Many Thanks for Your Honest Opinion," (Grown-Ups, 2007)
3. The Pale Fountains - "Thank You," (Pacific Street, 1984)
4. Sam & Dave - "I Thank You," (I Thank You, 1968)
5. Dexys Midnight Runners - "Thankfully Not Living In Yorkshire It Doesn't Apply," (Searching for the Young Soul Rebels, 1980)
6. Talking Heads - "Thank You for Sending Me an Angel," (More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978)
7. Charlotte Hatherley - "Be Thankful," (The Deep Blue, 2007)
8. Led Zeppelin - "Thank You," (Led Zeppelin II, 1969)
9. Big Star - "Thank You Friends," (3rd, 1978)
10. Sly & The Family Stone - "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)," (single a-side, 1970)
23 November 2011
I'm not sure how I feel about this. It's the Manic Street Preachers' most recent single, taken from their recent greatest hits album, and it's a cover of The The's brilliant "This Is the Day."
So here's the Manics' version...
...and here is The The...
If you don't have The The's Soul Mining (1983) or Infected (1986), you should correct that problem immediately.
22 November 2011
21 November 2011
My first issue of Fantastic Four was not #1. That comic came out in 1961, a little over seven years before I was born. I didn't even start reading comics until 1975.
When I did, I started with Incredible Hulk #192, not Incredible Hulk #1.
Incredible Hulk #192 wasn't particularly noteworthy in any respect, but it was interesting enough that it made me want to read more comics. And the next comics I got were not first issues, either. They were Captain America #193 and Marvel Team-Up #43.
I'm pretty sure the significance of first issues didn't even occur to me until I was exposed to reprints. Comics like Marvel Tales, Marvel's Greatest Comics and Marvel Triple Action used to feature a small note on the first page that said "Originally presented in..." and then listed an issue number for Amazing Spider-Man or Fantastic Four or The Avengers. And then, of course, there were actual books that reprinted the first issues of all my favorites, things like Origins of Marvel Comics and Son of Origins of Marvel Comics. I seem to recall talking about finding the actual comics and it was then my Dad told me the older issues of the comics I loved so much, and especially the first issues, cost more than new comics. They were collectible – valuable.
I don't think I bought the first issue of anything new until 1979. I remember buying ROM #1,Amazing Adventures #1, Fantasy Masterpieces #1 and Tales to Astonish #1 all at the same time. A month or so later, I bought She-Hulk #1. Three of those books – Amazing Adventures,Fantasy Masterpieces and Tales to Astonish – were reprint titles, re-presenting the first issues of X-Men, Silver Surfer and Sub-Mariner. I think I eventually bought two issues of ROM and two issues of Tales to Astonish. I followed Amazing Adventures for a little while, because I was really into the X-Men in general, but I didn't buy a second issue of She-Hulk orFantasy Masterpieces.
See, by that time – a mere four years after I'd first fallen in love with comics – I'd developed what I suppose you might call a more sophisticated palate. I knew I preferred the work of certain writers and artists over others, and I knew a little about the history of my favorite characters and titles. I'd read a lot of truly great Fantastic Four stories by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in Marvel's Greatest Comics, so the current issues suffered by comparison. I'd discovered, both through reprints and current issues, Daredevil just wasn't very interesting, period. And the X-Men? Well, no offense to Stan & Jack, but the X-Men were clearly at their best, thanks to John Byrne. I had no desire to own X-Men #1, or even the first appearance of the new X-Men in Giant-Size X-Men #1; I was only interested in the X-Men as drawn by John Byrne.The first issue of Daredevil I really paid attention to was #183. I'd bought scattered issues over the years, but after not paying attention to comics at all for almost two years, that was one of the first comics to catch my eye. The cover depicted Daredevil being shot point blank in the gut by The Punisher, after all.
I didn't know much about The Punisher. I'd seen him in a couple issues of Amazing Spider-Manand he had a cool costume. Reading Daredevil #183, though, I realized he wasn't just another villain, and I realize Daredevil wasn't just another superhero comic. It was really good, and the guy writing and drawing it – Frank Miller – was amazing. So I looked around and foundDaredevil #182, and that was the one that really did it. Matt Murdock was mourning the death of his lost love, Elektra. Who was Elektra? She'd apparently died in a recent issue. I needed to know more, so I started buying other issues. I found #180 here, #178 there. I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit that I acquired #174 when a kid left it behind after class one day.
Back then, there were double-page ads in the middle of many Marvel Comics that advertised back issues, sold by Mile High Comics. Daredevil #158 was listed as the first Miller issue. #168 was the first Elektra. Suddenly, I knew exactly which issues I was looking for, and none of them were Daredevil #1.
Now, as I said, I'd lost touch with comics for a couple years. Sometime in late '79, my interest just dried up. Some of that was down to the fact I was moving – from elementary school to junior high, from Washington to North Carolina – but also, I just didn't like what was going on in a many of my favorite comics.
But then I found Fantastic Four #242 on a family trip.
Written and drawn by John Byrne, that comic single-handedly pulled me back into comics. I loved the art, I loved the story – it had the same flavor as the old FF stories by Stan & Jack, but with a contemporary edge. I wasted no time tracking down earlier issues until I reached Byrne's starting point – Fantastic Four #232. It seemed that with very little fanfare, Byrne had simply come onto the book, assessed its the problems and then just started telling better stories. With that one issue, the comic I loved was immediately transformed from this thing I'd drifted away from to a book I couldn't wait to read. And it wasn't a first issue, it was #232.With almost great comic, the really good stuff came after the first issue. Finding that good stuff is part of what made reading and collecting comics fun. Learning more about the characters and the worlds they lived in was part of what set comics apart from virtually everything else.
Now everything starts over with a new number one.
New writer? New number one.
New direction? New number one.
Nothing new whatsoever, but in need of a sales boost? New number one.
Presently, it's conventional wisdom that current readers like number ones because they like having a beginning, a clear starting point. It has even been argued that even if a later issue is marketed as a clear starting point, that's still not good enough. X-Men #94, Thor #337, The Saga of the Swamp Thing #21, Fantastic Four #232, Daredevil #158 – none of those comics would stand a chance today, because today's readership is considered so stupid they can't tell what a clear starting point is unless there's a #1 on the front cover.
Making sure a long-running comic is both entertaining and accessible takes work, but we are living with the results of the alternative. It's easy to say times have changed or tastes have changed, but the reality of the situation is that, sadly, standards have changed.
A wise man once said that every issue is someone's first issue. Comics, written as episodic fiction, once managed to move a story forward on a monthly basis whilst simultaneously providing all the information necessary for potential new readers. Even if the issue in question was part of a larger storyline, a new reader could pick up a comic book and understand what was happening and who everyone was by the end of that issue.
One can argue that today's comics are more complex, that the level of writing is more sophisticated, but in the past, even the worst comics were capable of doing this on a monthly basis. The best did it so well, many of them are still viewed as high water marks for the medium today.
As it turns out, my first of Fantastic Four was #172. It was the second part of what a five-part story involving Galactus, the High Evolutionary and a golden gorilla named Gorr. I read it so many times the cover came off and I drew my own version of the cover to replace it. It wasn't the most remarkable issue of the series, but it was as powerful a revelation as my first kiss.
I've read better issues of Fantastic Four since then, and better comics in general, but for me, Fantastic Four #172 is still number one.
20 November 2011
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds played in San Francisco last night. I love the album, but it actually took a bit of prodding to get me out to this, mainly because I associate the venue with musicals like Wicked and not full-on rock shows. I'm glad I went, though, because even as a longtime fan of Gallagher and his former band, Oasis, I was kind of blown away.
The set was dominated by songs from the new album – in fact they played all but one track ("Stop the Clocks") from it. And apart from salting in the odd new song (the excellent "Freaky Teeth," from next year's collaboration with Amorphous Androgynous), b-side ("The Good Rebel") and a smattering of Oasis tracks (opener "It's Good to Be Free," "Mucky Fingers," "Half a World Away," "Wonderwall," "Supersonic," "Talk Tonight," "Little by Little," "The Importance of Being Idle" and triumphant closer "Don't Look Back In Anger"), they played it in order.
I saw Oasis a couple times, the last at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, when they were touring Dig Out Your Soul, and it occurred to me then that Liam Gallagher's voice was thoroughly shot. 17 years on from Definitely Maybe, however, Noel sounds better than ever. His songwriting was always Oasis' strength, but he is really coming into his own as a singer – and a frontman. He joked with the audience throughout the show (lots of "Occupy" jokes – "They're fucking occupying that balcony tonight, aren't they?") and seemed incredibly relaxed playing a more intimate space. And while he certainly didn't need to play "Wonderwall" and "Supersonic," the fact that he did so by stripping them down to new bare bones arrangements was a welcome surprise.
All in all, a very impressive outing for the clear winner in the Oasis split. If you have the opportunity to see them, do it.
I've written before that the protest song was in much better help during the 1980s, but this morning I woke up with some of the lyrics from this song by Paul Weller's Style Council in my head. I was first reminded of it Friday night after a friend who'd participated in the Occupy Oakland protests recently recounted how the news helicopters disappeared just before the police unleashed their full force on the protesters. I was reminded again when I read various reports yesterday, of passive protestors at UC Davis being subjected to pepper spray by campus security.
The song, from 1985's Our Favourite Shop, is called "A Stone's Throw Away," and though it was written against the backdrop of the 1984 miner's strike in Thatcherite England, I don't think it's too hard to see the connection...
For liberty there is a cost
It's broken skulls and leather cosh
From the boys in uniform
Now you know whose side they're on
With backing, with blessing
From earthly gods, not heaven
A stone's throw away from it all.
Whatever pleasures those who get
From stripping skin with rhino whip
Are the kind that must be stopped
Before their kind take all we've got
With loving, with caring
They take great pride in working
The stone's throw away from it all.
Wherever honesty persists
You'll hear the snap of broken ribs
Of anyone who'll take no more
Of the lying basards' roar
In Chile, in Poland, Johannesburg, South Yorkshire
A stone's throw away, now we're there.
The Style Council played the song live on their 1985 Internationalists tour, and this is from a show toward the end of the tour, at Wembley Arena that December:
I was living in (then, West) Germany at the time, and was fortunate to catch the Council live is Ludwigshafen that October. It was the first time I'd seen The Style Council and overall, an incredible night out, but the performance of "A Stone's Throw Away" was particularly striking: Weller solo, forsaking the elegance of the string quartet that accompanied him on record to simply blast through the song on electric guitar. Somehow it created a heightened sense of urgency and drove the point even further home.
So here's a clip of Weller playing the song on his own during the Australian leg of the tour, earlier that year:
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the '80s,
the style council,
18 November 2011
Here's something cool from 28 years ago: The Style Council performing "My Ever Changing Moods," "Headstart for Happiness" and "Hanging on to a Memory" on The Tube. What's particularly interesting about this performance is that it took place well before "My Ever Changing Moods" was released (or even announced) as a single, and while their fourth single, "A Solid Bond in Your Heart" was in the charts...
paul weller,
the '80s,
the style council,
16 November 2011
One of the best parts of my job is seeing cool new comics before they go on sale.
Case in point: Haunt #19.
This is the first issue by the new creative team of Joe Casey and Nathan Fox. They're taking over the book after an 18-issue run by Robert Kirkman, Greg Capullo, Ryan Ottley and Todd McFarlane, and the character itself is the result of a creative collaboration between Robert and Todd. In other words, not an easy act to follow.
But damn. They do it.
And they do it really, really, really well.
Obviously, not everyone was introduced to comics when I was, but reading Haunt #19, for me, even as the guy publishing the book, is like picking up my first Frank Miller Daredevil, or the first issue of Walt Simonson's Thor. It's a complete about-face, in the absolute best way possible.
Even if you don't think you're looking forward to this, well, you are.
It's out November 30. Make sure your shop has a copy reserved for you.
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joe casey,
nathan fox,
robert kirkman,
todd mcfarlane
13 November 2011
12 November 2011
A friend texted me this morning and said, "So... Frank Miller."
My body grew cold with fear: Was Frank Miller dead?
I did a quick search online. Nothing. Then I went to a couple comics book news sites.
And thankfully, Frank Miller is not dead. But I found this.
Needless to say, I do not agree with Frank. Nor do I think knows what the hell he's talking about. Are some of these protestors, as he describes them, "an unruly mob?" Definitely. But a great many of them are actually ordinary working Americans tired of getting the shit end of the stick thanks to the overwhelming influence of corporations on our government. I've seen these people. I know some of these people. They have jobs. They don't live in the parents' basements. Some of them are seniors. Some of them are veterans.
Are they all upstanding citizens? Well, obviously not – there have been some ridiculous acts carried out in the name of these protests, and they're not excusable. But most of the people involved? They're just sick of being told the middle and working classes should shoulder the burden of pain whilst the wealthy get tax breaks and bailouts. And the truth of the matter is, everybody should be sick of that.
Some of the comments on Frank's blog post are a little over the top. People saying he's "dead" to them, or that they're ashamed of him, that he's tarnished their assessment of his work or whatever. That's bullshit, frankly.
For a little while longer, anyway, we live in a country where everyone is free to express his/her opinion, and while I think Frank's views are a little bonkers, that doesn't change the fact that I think he's one of the greatest American comic book creators to ever walk this earth.
I will always have a tremendous amount of respect for Frank Miller's work.
His politics?
Not so much.
11 November 2011
Someone sent me this article about comics writer Bill Mantlo today, and I don't know that there's any better way to describe it than sad.
Bill was the victim of a senseless hit and run accident almost 20 years ago, and since then, he's been the victim of the insurance industry. Some of the comics Mantlo wrote – Marvel Team-Up, Micronauts, Cloak & Dagger – are part of my most cherished comic book memories from my youth (indeed, Marvel Team-Up is one of my very first comics), but even if he wasn't, this is no way to treat anyone.
The full article is here. I highly recommend reading it, whether you have fond memories of Bill Mantlo's comics or not.
And you can find out more about The Hero Initiative here.
The full article is here. I highly recommend reading it, whether you have fond memories of Bill Mantlo's comics or not.
And you can find out more about The Hero Initiative here.
This is kind of apropos of nothing, but I was just listening to this and marveling at what a fantastic piece of songwriting it is. So, here's The Divine Comedy doing "Our Mutual Friend," the studio version of which can be found on their 2004 album, Absent Friends. Your life wold be richer for owning it.
10 November 2011
This seems like a stupid thing to post, but I'm not on Google+.
I am also not on Facebook, and I am not on LinkedIn.
Or Twitter.
I am also most definitely not on Myspace.
I bring this up because I get a ridiculous amount of email from people wanting to add me on these things, and that's nice and all, but no thanks. I understand that a great many people love social networking. I do not. I was on Facebook at one point, and Myspace before that. I was even on Friendster, way back when. I even had a Last.fm account at one point.
But I don't now, and nothing against you, but I'm not going to any point in the future, neither near nor distant. You can think that's silly or stupid or whatever, and you're certainly entitled to your own views, but I'm just not interested in that stuff.
09 November 2011
08 November 2011
Joe Frazier passed away last night at the age of 67.
It's weird the things you learn about yourself as you grow older. I somehow care much more about sports now than I did when I was a kid, and for me, legendary figures like Smokin' Joe Frazier are iconic in a way current sports simply aren't. I couldn't tell you a damn thing about modern boxing – couldn't name a single boxer – but guys like Frazier, Muhammad Ali and George Foreman were heroes of the ring when I was a very young boy in the 1970s.
I wasn't old enough to watch Frazier beat Ali in '71, but I remember the Thrilla in Manila in '75. Frazier lost that fight, but he bested Ali in '71 and at a non-title match at Madison Square Garden in 1974. Ali was a great boxer and an amazing showman, but Frazier was an Olympic class athlete and just incredibly cool.
Like all heroes, he'll be missed.
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muhammad ali,
the '70s,
07 November 2011
You're not going to be able to see these images as they were intended in the December issue of Diamond's Previews, because images that include swastikas can't be shown in Germany. With the Glory image, it's just a case of removing the offending iconography, but with the Pigs cover, it's virtually impossible to do that, so the entire image had to be blurred...
This is nothing new. Swastika-laden images have been prohibited from appearing in publications sold in Germany for decades at this point. I'm not sure I understand what the point is, though. World War II did happen, and Nazis did exist. I understand not wanting to encourage modern day Neo-Nazi groups, but censorship isn't a particularly effective weapon against hate groups of any kind. Plus outlawing specific Nazi iconography seems strangely revisionist, as though it's best to just not acknowledge the impact that symbol had, or the evil associated with it.
Once upon a time, a well-known comic book writer told me that he was sick of Nazis being used at default bad guys in movies and comics all the time. Personally, I don't think they can be depicted as villains often enough, and I found it a little offensive that virtually all references to Hitler and the Third Reich were removed from Marvel's Captain America film earlier this year. When Jack Kirby and Joe Simon created Captain America, it was in direct response to current events, to World War II and the villainy of Hitler and the Nazis. The Red Skull was a nazi, not some member of some obscure science cult. The whole point was that the Nazis were the bad guys.
Ignoring the unspeakable acts in our past that make us uncomfortable doesn't accomplish anything but obscuring the hateful truth behind those acts.
06 November 2011
1. David Crosby - "Laughing," (If I Could Only Remember My Name, 1971)
2. Neil Young - "I've Been Waiting for You," (Neil Young, 1969)
3. Noel Gallagher - "Dream On," (Noel Gallgher's High Flying Birds, 2011)
4. Simon Townshend - "I'm the Answer," (Sweet Sound, 1983)
5. Stevie Jackson - "Man of God," ((I Can't Get No) Stevie Jackson, 2011)
6. Pulp - "This Is Hardcore," (This Is Hardcore, 1998)
7. Lindsey Buckingham - "Trouble," (Law and Order, 1981)
8. The Beach Boys - "Good Vibrations," (The Smile Sessions, 2011)
9. Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here," (Wish You Were Here, 1974)
10. Fleetwood Mac - "She's Changing Me," (Heres Are Hard to Find, 1974)
2. Neil Young - "I've Been Waiting for You," (Neil Young, 1969)
3. Noel Gallagher - "Dream On," (Noel Gallgher's High Flying Birds, 2011)
4. Simon Townshend - "I'm the Answer," (Sweet Sound, 1983)
5. Stevie Jackson - "Man of God," ((I Can't Get No) Stevie Jackson, 2011)
6. Pulp - "This Is Hardcore," (This Is Hardcore, 1998)
7. Lindsey Buckingham - "Trouble," (Law and Order, 1981)
8. The Beach Boys - "Good Vibrations," (The Smile Sessions, 2011)
9. Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here," (Wish You Were Here, 1974)
10. Fleetwood Mac - "She's Changing Me," (Heres Are Hard to Find, 1974)
04 November 2011
MTV.com's MTV Geek interviewed Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane and myself about Image Comics a few weeks back when we were at New York Comic-Con. If you feel like watching it, you're in luck, because I'm pretty sure that's all six segments right down there.
(And it's silly, I know, but I'm kind of amused that we sat down in alphabetical order by last name completely by chance...)
eric stephenson,
erik larsen,
image comics,
robert kirkman,
todd mcfarlane
03 November 2011
When Brandon Graham first pitched me on having Simon Roy draw Prophet, I have to confess, I wasn't all that familiar with his work. Brandon brought me up to speed right away, though, and I was more or less blown away. You can see more of his wonderful work here, but that up above is his cover for the second issue of Prophet, due out February 2012...
02 November 2011
Rudy Van Gelder is one of the, if not the, most important recording engineers in history. He recorded everyone from Miles Davis to Thelonious Monk to John Coltrane, and though he did work for numerous labels, his name is practically synonymous with jazz label Blue Note Records. Record collectors crate-diving for vintage pressings of Blue Note classics always look for his stamp – either "RVG" or simply "VAN GELDER" – and it's almost impossible to over-emphasize the importance of his contributions to the sound quality on the sessions he recorded.
The characteristics of music may have changed over time, but Van Gelder remains admired for his work. There's a quote I read a while back that goes something like, "Rudy Van Gelder's DNA is in every jazz record made today," and that's probably the best way to put it. He's easily the most emulated sound engineer in jazz, if not ever. Obviously, he worked with the very best talent, but one has to wonder how much different an album like A Love Supreme would have sounded if recorded by someone less skilled. Van Gelder was Coltrane's engineer of choice, after all, and I think that alone speaks volumes about this amazing craftsman.
Today is his birthday, and I think it's awesome that, at the age of 87, he remains active, remastering Blue Note albums he originally recorded decades earlier, both for CD and vinyl.
If you're not familiar with Van Gelder's recordings, here are a few of my favorites to look out for, if not on vinyl, then on the 24-bit RVG Edition CDs:
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john coltrane,
rudy van gelder,
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Order a banana split at the drive thru, and you're looking at 800 calories. This version has 110, and it's easy enough for kids to make! Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 21.8g | Fat: 2.9g | Fiber: 2.3g | Protein: 1.7g | Calories: 110
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My dip has all the flavor of the original, but it's much easier on the waistline. I prefer to eat this "dip" with a fork or raw vegetables. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 27g | Fat: 5.6g | Fiber: 7.5g | Protein: 11.2g | Calories: 197.3
This is a great meal for a busy night--for some added fun, bring out the chopsticks! Change up the veggies, and you'll have a new meal each time you make this dish. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 12.7g | Fat: 3.3g | Fiber: 2.6g | Protein: 18.6g | Calories: 156.8
Craving pizza, but want something a bit more portion-controlled? This flatbread is the ticket! Feel free to pile on extra veggies of your choice. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 21.4g | Fat: 5.1g | Fiber: 2.9g | Protein: 25.8g | Calories: 233.4
We ditched the mayo from this sandwich staple and boosted the nutrition with crunchy vegetables. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 7.8g | Fat: 3.2g | Fiber: 2.7g | Protein: 29g | Calories: 179.4
This is New Orleans-style chicken made with shredded dark meat in a lightly sweet sauce. Delicious served over brown rice. Kids love it, too. Submitted by SUNSHYNE71 Carbs: 15.5g | Fat: 4g | Fiber: 0.1g | Protein: 19.5g | Calories: 168.4
Perfectly seasoned ground turkey, loads of crunchy vegetables, and a velvety tomato sauce spice up an Italian classic. Queso fresco takes it over the top. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 45.6g | Fat: 5.7g | Fiber: 9.5g | Protein: 30.3g | Calories: 352