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After a perfect road trip, the Philadelphia 76ers are hoping to carry that momentum back home.
The Milwaukee Bucks, meanwhile, are going for their best start on the road in 11 years.
Philadelphia seeks a fourth straight win overall and its eighth in nine home contests against the Bucks on Monday night in the opener of a five-game homestand.
Coming off two straight losses to New York, the 76ers (4-2) rebounded by sweeping three consecutive road games behind a defense that held opponents to 81.7 points and 40.2 percent shooting.
"I'm thrilled, 3-0 road trip," coach Doug Collins said.
Collins was certainly pleased with his reserves after the four-man bench held a 38-12 scoring edge and 17-10 rebounding advantage in Saturday's 93-83 victory at Toronto. Nick Young scored 16 points off the bench one day after the starters accounted for 82 points in a 106-100 win over Boston.
"Our first unit just didn't have any juice at all," Collins said. "Our second unit was fantastic and that was the difference in the game.
"That's what we're going to have to do, because we have 22 back-to-backs this year."
Philadelphia's depth will continue to be tested with centers Andrew Bynum (knee) and Kwame Brown (calf) and swingman Jason Richardson (ankle) sidelined.
The 76ers may need to withstand all those absences again as they open their first homestand after playing four of their first six games as visitors.
They took two of three from the Bucks (3-2) last season, including a 94-82 victory Jan. 16 to extend their home winning streak in the series to three games.
Philadelphia has won seven of the last eight meetings at Wells Fargo Center, holding Milwaukee to 86.0 points and 25.9 percent from 3-point range.
The Bucks, though, are trying to begin a season 3-0 on the road for the first time since winning the first four games in 2001-02. They're averaging 100.0 points and shooting 48.8 percent from the field in the first two road contests.
Their accuracy wasn't nearly that good in Saturday's 96-92 home loss to Boston, shooting 39.8 percent overall and connecting on only 3 of 19 from beyond the arc.
Milwaukee will need much more from Brandon Jennings after the point guard was held to a season-low four points on 1-of-11 shooting against the Celtics.
Jennings scored seven points on 3 off 11 from the field in his last game at Philadelphia, but did total 52 points and 13 assists in the two subsequent matchups at home.
Leading scorer Monta Ellis has had more success playing on the road against the 76ers, averaging 21.4 points in five games. He leads the Bucks with 21.2 points per game after scoring a season-high 32 Saturday.
Samuel Dalembert is also coming off his best performance of the season, scoring 14 points and pulling down eight boards. He totaled eight points over the previous four games.
The center had 13 points and 19 boards in a win with Sacramento in only appearance as a visitor in Philadelphia on March 27, 2011. He spent his first eight seasons with the 76ers before being dealt to the Kings following the 2009-10 season.
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Oroton seeks Chinese distribution partner
PUBLISHED: 13 Apr 2014 10:31:35 | UPDATED: 13 Apr 2014 14:12:25PRINT EDITION: 13 Apr 2014Lisa Murray Shanghai
Australian accessories retailer Oroton is on the lookout for a distribution partner in China to roll out up to 30 stores across the country over the next three to five years.
Chief executive Mark Newman told the Nine Network's Financial Review Sunday program it might take up to 18 months to find the right partner but after that, expansion could happen fast.
Oroton is part of a wave of Australian companies looking to tap into China's rising middle class, which Trade Minister Andrew Robb said this week was expected to number 1 billion people by 2030.
Mr Robb and Prime Minister Tony Abbott hosted a delegation of more than 600 business people in China this week to try to boost trade and investment between the two countries.
Oroton opened its first store in Shanghai last October, which Mr Newman said was "a window to the brand in China".
"We're not looking to roll out a whole lot of our own operated stores in China, we're really looking for a franchise partner or a series of partners," he said.
"Once we do that and depending on how quickly we find those relationships, the rollout could be quite quick after that. It's a vast country so there's an opportunity, depending on the availability of good real estate, to have 20 to 30 stores over the next three to five years."
Mr Newman said Oroton had already built up a good Chinese customer base at its Australian stores. The company's China move is part of a broader Asian expansion, which has entailed the opening of new stores in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong over the past three years.
Private online eyewear retailer SmartBuyGlasses is also betting on rapid growth in China.
The Shanghai-based company run by three Australians expects China will be its biggest market in the next five to 10 years.
Wagas Group is also starting an expansion into greater China after setting up more than 40 cafes and restaurants in Shanghai and Beijing over the past 15 years. The group, which is run by Australian businesswoman Jackie Yun and her Danish business partner, John Christensen, employs 950 people and plans to open 20 new stores this year.
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Know Someone Who's Pregnant? Share This Too.
Do you know who Cora is?
Do you know Cora's story, and the ways in which she has helped to spread the word about newborn heart screening?
Cora has a story, and she is saving lives.
When Cora was five days old, she passed away unexpectedly in her mother's arms. Doctors later determined that she was born with a congenital heart defect (CHD)–one that wasn't picked up on ultrasound, one that her mother's uncomplicated pregnancy showed no signs of, and one that her healthy birth belied.
Despite this all, Cora is saving lives.
Because of her mother Kristine's tireless efforts and advocacy, Cora's story has spread far and wide to educate the public about the importance of newborn heart screening, or pulse oximetry screening. Kristine explains the screening as follows:
Newborn heart defect screening (pulse oximetry screening) is a way to screen for these defects in a newborn. It's important to remember that a passed screening does not mean your baby does not have a heart issue and a failed screening does not mean your baby does have a heart defect. Your doctor will order more testing.
Pulse oximetry is a basic medical tool sometimes called the fifth vital taker. It won't hurt your baby and is fast, cheap and doesn't mean you have to be separated from your baby. Talk to your doctor about doing the screening while you are present, or even when you're holding your baby.
To screen for heart defects, your baby's nurse or doctor will wrap a pulse oximeter probe around your baby's foot and hand, to measure the amount of oxygen in your baby's blood. A low reading can mean a heart defect is present. Sometimes readings will be low due to the equipment used, your baby's position or another issue.
Not all states and hospitals are routinely screening. While the screening is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Heart Association and March of Dimes, you might have to request to have your baby's heart checked.
This is a test that you can easily ask your doctor, midwife, or hospital staff to perform after your baby is born!
And though it does not detect all heart defects, it can be one step toward saving the lives of those whose defects it does detect.
Cora's mom, Kristine, is now hoping to continue to raise awareness about CHD and the importance of pulse ox testing by garnering a few more likes on Facebook: the goal is 30,000 likes by the end of the month, to be exact!
So spread the news. Share this image. Help Cora's Story reach 30,000 likes by the end of the month.
And if you or someone you know is pregnant, ask your maternity care provider about doing a pulse oximetry screening on your baby after s/he is born.
Help Cora keep saving lives!


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Kezelis Bravo!! This is way to good a story to resist Laughing Out Loud!
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As our front page notes, after you remove the General Election funds, Hillary has $11.7 million left.
With debts of 8.7 million, much of which dates back to Super Tuesday, even Iowa, (pissing off small companies that will dread ever doing business with her again) and a personal loan of $5 million, Hillary is in the red. Deeply in the red.
Barack Obama as $30 million in the bank, and his numbers continue to grow.
In late January, rumors of financial problems abounded, and Hillary managed to spin her flying one plane instead of two (to avoid media glare) as being "with the real people". She even managed to spin her $5 million loan to herself into a positive. People ignored her spending practices and waste, and her closest supporters saw a need, so they responded. Only after the response did serious questions about her ridiculous spending and her inability to control expenses begin to leak out. Ultimately, her naive, inexpert, and obnoxious top aide, Patti Soliz-Doyle was forced out. But not one other expensive, ineffective, and for the most part extremely annoying, aides was pushed out, not even the heavy of heavies, Mark Penn.
Now, with serious troubles with finance abound. Even worse, the "Fool me once, Fuel my campaign twice" scenario just doesn't have legs, especially after Richardson's endorsement of the enemy.
My favorite way of baking potatoes is to slice them open, stick in a couple of whole bay leaves, lightly pepper the inside, wrap it in foil, and forget about the potato on the grill until mass consumption of alcohol has been accomplished. Or until the steaks are done, the salad tossed and eaten, the beans are gone and you remember about the potatoes, now fully, wonderfully aromatic and cooked through and through.
Hillary's campaign is much more like a potato that was left on hot coals all night, burnt to a crisp on the outside, with perhaps an edible center about the size of a teaspoon.
You can't even stick a fork in it, unless you want to risk bending it.
Kezelis Bravo!! This is way to good a story to resist Laughing Out Loud!
Thanks Rob Kezelis for the great baked potato recipe… : )
I love the essence of bay leaves and it truly sounds delectable while also lending itself well to the "mass consumption of alcohol"; ie., beer in my case, my favorite beverage at a barbecue. Baked potatoes always seem like they take forever to finish properly.
As far as Hillary is concerned she could shove a copious amount of bay leaves where the sun doesn't shine and it still wouldn't improve her public palatability after an overnite charbroiling… :))
This is not an "endorsement" for cannibalizing tough pols…:))
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Gee Rob! You forgot the corn-on-the-cob. No bar-be-cue is complete without those. Ya just wrap them tight in aluminum foil (heavy duty) with butter inside and throw them in the coals (or on the grill if using propane) for a few minutes and you have the best c-o-b there is. Just don't over cook. You want it to still "snap" off the cob and not be mushy.
Robert, the string of unpaid bills Mrs. Clinton has run up goes back even farther than Super Tuesday.
As I've noted in another post on Capitol Hill Blue, there are still a number of businesses here in New Hampshire that have yet to be paid for goods and services they rendered to Mrs. Clinton before, during and after our early January Primary.
What's more, we are STILL waiting for her to release her prior year tax forms, despite repeated promises prior to (and after) Super Tuesday that she would do so.
This person is running for the Office of President of the United States, a job that requires keeping track of mounds of paperwork and hundreds of billions of your and my tax dollars.
If she can't even locate her own personal tax forms or pay her bills, how on Earth can she call herself "experienced" enough to run the country?
Hi Keith and Robert…
What's interesting is that recently it was made public that Clinton's have a net worth of 40 million dollars?! Bill once claimed on a talk show that when they left the Whitehouse they were broke.
I realize Bill makes a bundle from speaking engagements up to and possibly over $150K per speech. What on earth he has to say that's worth that much is beyond me. Of course there's book release revenues for both of them too.
They also allegedly still owe 3-4 million bucks in unpaid legal fees related to litigation associated with scandals while he was president.
They had a fund set up so people could donate towards their legal fee costs, but the donors dried up rather quickly after they left the Whitehouse.
So these two have a track record of not paying their incurred debts over time.
Assuredly they pay taxes like the rest of us, so I'd still like to know how they amassed $40 million bucks in less than 8 years since they left D.C. She has a fairly good income as a U.S. Senator and he has a presidential pension, but again taxes eat in quickly when you have no dependents other than the two they can claim as a married couple. The standard deduction per person is $3400 x 2 or $6800, plus whatever you can show on Shedule A&B or Schedule D for business related expenses; ie., Capital Gains/Losses. For the average citizen their home mortgage interest represents their largest writeoff. So again, to amass $40 million of net worth is still quite amazing unless some entity is providing hamburger helper; ie., a source of funds to bring up the bottom line. That just might be why Hillary is averse to releasing tax return information to the public.
I personally think they have a bunch of NWO/AIPAC sponsors who keep their palms greased in the event Hillary hopefully makes it to the Whitehouse. Then the shadowy oligarchs that own and control everything will have their "tag team" in place…no?! : |
They were selling time in the Lincoln bedroom for campaign bucks, nukes and guidance systems to China for campaign bucks and who knows what else for bucks, euro's, yuan, rupees, at the taxpayers expense, also to the compromise of this nations strategic nuclear security.
What amazes me the most is that in just seven plus years most Americans have seemed to have forgotten the endless "dog and pony show" scandals that the Clinton's dragged this nation through. The Monika/Bill fiasco tied up the processes of our government for at least a year. He already had alot of female related scandals surrounding him during his first term, but evidently the braindead American electorate gave him two terms as they did so with George W. Bush regardless of Bushco's less than sterling performance during his first term…!?
Based on America's track record they'll probably go hook, line and sinker for "Mad John McPain" as their next president. If he's elected, people will find out in short order they've elevated someone to the presidency that will make Bush/Cheney seem like two "Rebeccas at Sunnybrook farm".: |
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Carl wrote:
"Assuredly they pay taxes like the rest of us, so I'd still like to know how they amassed $40 million bucks in less than 8 years since they left D.C."
Could it be that how they came to generate that $40 Million is one of the primary reasons Mrs. Clinton is now loathe to release their joint tax forms from previous years?
What are the Clintons trying to hide?


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Here is one quick article about how to disable editor display in comment with drupal.When you install any module for editor like ckeditor or WYSIWYG editor, which replace textarea fields with the CKEditor.
And It replaces all textarea fields with CKEditor like comment section too.So if you don't want editor for comment section, you need to follow below steps.
1.Login to the drupal Admin panel.
2. Go to the Structure >> Content Types. You will see below screen and in this Go to edit of article.
3. Select Comment Fields from top menu and you will get below screen. In this screen, select edit of Label comment.
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Express the spirit of freedom!
The magical clothes of Waddler were literally born out of adventure!
The new family of three moved from cosmopolitan London to South America when their baby boy was a mere year old. Settling in the Andean region the couple designers were first introduced to the wonders of the wool of Bolivia.
Delighted by the cosy alpaca knitwear they saw wrapping the little bodies of the local babies, they decided to create fun designs with this soft, pure wool. All clothes adhere to fair trade standards in 100% baby Alpaca which is one of natures finest natural fibres.
Also very interesting is their own description of the design process ("clunking nineteenth century British machines wash and spin the raw wool") in an article in the Guardian. In the article Phil describes, amongst other things, their new-found admiration towards a more "natural and free approach to bringing up children, unencumbered by the paranoia and risk-averse culture that plagues western parenting". Great read and great styling outcome!
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I've been getting a lot of asks in tumblr on how I color hair and my brush settings.
I don't really do anything special in coloring nor have special brushes. In fact, it's just pretty simple and to prove that, here's the tut with little explanations. /sorryi'mbadatexplaining;
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Thank you for supporting me as an artist! Here's a little something for everyone _(:3)rz I hope it helps


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Code Enforcement
Code Enforcement promotes the health, safety and welfare of all City Of Marshall residents and businesses. Code Enforcment directly impacts the quality of life, crime rate, and property values of our community. City codes have been enacted by the City Of Marshall to ensure attractive neighborhoods, vibrant businesses, and a peaceful enjoyable community for everyone.
What do the City Of Marshall codes regulate?
Many subjects are regulated. Some of the most prevalent subjects are weeds, rubbish, derelict vehicles, oversized vehicles, major car repair, parking on front setbacks, parking on surfaced areas, trailers, garage sales, housing, home occupations and home-based businesses, signs, banners.
Is there a penalty for failure to comply to a code?
Typically, a Code Official will issue a summons and complaint to appear in City of Marshall Municipal Court for noncompliance. If a summons is issued, the City Of Marshall Municipal Court decides the guilt or innocence and sets any penalties. Penalties may be a fine and/or days in jail for a code violation.
What other kinds of codes does the City of Marshall monitor?
The International Fire Code, City Of Marshall Zoning Code, International Building, Mechanical and Plumbing Codes, National Electric Code, Model Traffic Code and City Of Marshall Municipal Codes are usually monitored by Building Inspections. The City Of Marshall Police Department enforces many of the city's traffic and municipal codes.
What about graffiti?
Graffiti includes any unwanted paintings, markings, symbols, figures, etc. placed on any property by an unwanted party. If you see graffiti--vandalism--in progress, call 911 immediately with the location and description of the participant. Prompt removal of graffiti helps to discourage further incidents of graffiti in our neighborhoods.
Can I run a business out of my house?
The City of Marshall does regulate home occupations; however home-based businesses are prohibited. Certain home occupations are allowed but they are restricted to the interior of the principal structure, with no outside evidence that a business exists. There are also restrictions on signage and types of businesses that can work out of your home.
What are the rules regarding outdoor storage?
Items intended for outdoor use on a residential property such as a picnic table, a barbecue grill, or metal and plastic patio furniture are permitted. Children's toys and bicycles are also allowed to be kept outdoors.
Items intended for indoor use such as household appliances and upholstered furniture designed as bedroom, living room, or office furniture or as dining tables and chairs are not permitted to be stored outside an enclosed structure on residential property.
Tools, equipment, and other supplies utilized in automobile repair or construction are not permitted to be stored outside an enclosed structure on residential property. However, homeowners who have a valid and recent building permit are allowed to neatly store small quantities of required supplies during construction or remodeling.
Who should I contact to get information about codes?
Call the City of Marshall Code Enforcement Division Official Varnessa Slade at (903) 934-7833


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People quickly forget when it comes to 'extreme weather events'. This was one of the main conclusions of the 2014 Great Plains Symposium in Lincoln, Nebraska in early April 2014. Forgetting about much more severe droughts of both a nearer and a more distant past, many politicians were quick to label the 2012-13 drought in the farming belt of US Mid-West as one of the worst in history and to blame climate change for it.
But as research presented at the symposium showed, drought is a normal part of the climate in the Great Plains. And in the past these droughts were much more severe than the most recent one; in today's information age it should not be overly difficult to find information on an at-least-as severe drought in the region in the 1950s, and the even longer dry spell of the 1930s, known as the 'Dust Bowl' when more than 5,000 Americans died.
Looking even further back to 'medieval mega-droughts' (at research by Professor Sherilyn Fritz of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln), the Dust Bowl period was only slightly above the average degree of dryness of the last 2,000 years (you have to read the chart from right to left; the zero-point on the horizontal axis is for the year 1950).
800 years ago, during the Medieval warm period, significant parts of the Great Plains were a sand desert with wandering high dunes (100 metres and more) driven by the winds. (Paul Hanson, Associate Director of the School of natural Resources at University of Nebraska-Lincoln).
Plain dunes were also active during mega-droughts 2,500 years and 4,000 years ago.
With facts like these in mind, Martin Hoerling, research meteorologist, and his team of scientists in the US government's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) took an in-depth-look at the last drought in a study published in 2013 "An Interpretation of the Origins of the 2012 Central Great Plains Drought". They concluded that "neither ocean states nor human-induced climate change appeared to play significant roles in causing severe rainfall deficits over the major corn producing regions of central Great Plains" but "resulted mostly from natural variations in weather". Since the study was contradicting earlier comments from very high-level politicians, the result of the NOAA study were quickly criticised as "needlessly confusing".
So, what was special about the 2012 drought in the Great Plains? In a post on my personal blog from August 2012 about the US drought crisis, I formulated the hypothesis that the recent drought had a more severe impact because of the massive overuse of fossil groundwater from the Ogallala aquifer, originally underlying some 35% of the Great Plains. Using its water for irrigation and municipal supply during decades of above-average humidity in the region (e.g., compared to the periods of prolonged drought several hundred years ago) has meanwhile reduced Ogallala freshwater availability by some 50%.
Interestingly enough, land values reflect access to Ogallala water; the premium (one form of measuring natural capital) was at some USD 30 billion in the early seventies; by 2002, after extraction of some 250 km3 of water, the premium had decreased to USD 12 billion. This values one cubic metre of extracted water at some US Cents 5-10.
Main speakers at the Nebraska symposium stressed one learning from history: there can be little doubt that decade-long droughts will happen again in the Great Plains, independently of human influence on climate.
Two conclusions from this, for further discussion here on LinkedIn:
- Once natural cycles bring back truly severe drought similar to the one during the Medieval warm period, water extracted from the underground aquifers during times of relative abundance of surface water will be painfully lacking once times get really tough again. The value of water in the Ogallala – if some is left – will be much higher than the few cents it is apparently worth today. We will have to create awareness for this important fact; it reflects something that goes far beyond financials.
- This might then lead people of the Great Plains to address water management (supply, use of ever scarcer water for what is really needed, efficiency of use) in a much more strategic and comprehensive manner. We must foster the understanding that addressing climate change alone – as important as it is in its own right – will not solve the huge water risk for a region that has become an important bread basket for the world, i.e. affecting also the social and economic pillar of sustainability. Strict and long-term oriented water management in this and many regions is no longer something "nice-to-have".
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Osram opens Chinese packaging plant
Osram has signed a contract with the Wuxi New District Administrative Committee to build a assembly plant in Jiangsu.
LED chips will be packaged at the new backend facility starting in late 2013; with the Regensburg and Penang plants exclusively continuing to make the actual LED chips.
"The new assembly plant will improve our access to the world's largest single market in the lighting industry," said Aldo Kamper, CEO of Osram Opto Semiconductors.
Lixin Huang, Wuxi municipal committee secretary. said: "Osram's new plant in Wuxi will definitely enhance the development of the LED industry in both Wuxi Municipality and Jiangsu."
Osram has opted to set up a plant in Wuxi, to augment the capacity of its Penang back-end plant.
Wuxi will install chips manufactured in the front-end plants at Regensburg and Penang.
"We have attained a leading position in the semiconductor sector over the course of about 40 years," Kamper. "The facility in China marks another step forward in extending this lead."
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Drawing upon the UK electronic music of his youth, Mumdance (along with collaborators Logos and Mao) was inspired by grime, hardcore, and shoegaze but never beholden to it. From its wall-of-sound intro to its maximalist finale, Twists & Turns is a powerhouse set of glass-breaking percussion, sub-bass rumble, backmasked synths and more. With instrumental grime the order of the day, it was a treat to hear Mumdance return to the scene, refreshed and revitalized. [FACT]UK producer/DJ Mumdance returned last year with the free Twists & Turns mixtape which made FACT's year end list, which the above review is from. He's not slowing down at all, with plans to follow it up with two releases in the near future. First, he'll put out the Take Time EP on June 16 via new label home Rinse, and soon after he'll release a B2B mix with Pinch on June 30 via Pinch's Tectonic label. Stream Take Time's grime title track featuring MC Novelist, along with the tracklist from his mix with Pinch, below. A full stream of Twists & Turns is below as well.
Mumdance is also about to kick off a tour in NYC this week. As part of the Red Bull Music Academy, he plays the Lit City Trax party on Friday (5/30) at The Westway with DJ Marfox, DJ Deeon, DJ Manny B2B RP Boo, J-Cush, UNiiQU3 B2B Tiga and Durban. Tickets for that are still available. Flyer below. You can also listen to the mix Mumdance made for Friday's event.
It's the second to last RBMA event after Hudson Mohawke tonight (5/28) and the closing party on Saturday (5/31).
Mumdance returns to NYC in the summer for the first day of Warm Up at MoMA PS1 on June 28 with A/JUS/TED, Dimitri From Paris, Pantha du Prince (live) and DJ Spoko. Tickets for Warm Up are on sale now. Later that night, he plays another NYC show at TriBeCa Studios. All of his dates are listed below.
Mumdance isn't the only one playing the Lit City Trax party on Friday returning for Warm Up. Label boss J-Cush also plays July 5 with DJ EZ, Todd Edwards, Champion and Jam City; UNiiQU3 also plays July 26 with Cashmere Cat, Total Freedom, GoldLink (live), and Suicideyear; and DJ Marfox plays August 30 with Benji B, Dam-Funk (live), Tessela, Dutch E Germ and Avalon Emerson. Tickets for all of those are on sale too.
DJ Marfox
Portugal's DJ Marfox, who makes his US debut at the RBMA show this Friday, put out his first release for Lit City Trax, the Lucky Punch EP, this week. You can check out four trax from that below. Here's what Tiny Mix Tapes had to say about it in their 4/5 star review:
Lucky Punch borrows extensively from beat-driven, high-impact kuduro and slower, tarraxinha-flecked house, conjuring a berserk, crowded image of the physical setting this music draws from while forcing an inevitably kinetic response on playback. These six belting tracks combine the metallic hammering of industry ("Noise") with a flagrant, yet punishing jamboree of chimes, percussion, and hand claps ("Banda 52") -- it's the intoxicating grip of an urban carnival; life, work, and dance, fastened together and presented as a singular, essential rhythm. Each beat underscores the reputation that both Príncipe and Lit City Trax are forging as labels conscious of local dance scenes and the potential they have in broader contexts, without forgoing any of the maneuvers that tie these tunes to the places where their roots were formulated.The list of Mumdance dates, and all streams, below...
"Nelson George & D'angelo having the REALEST convo ever. I've known dude for 20 years and never knew he was THIS funny." - Questlove
D'Angelo & Questlove at RBMA (photo by Drew Gurian/Red Bull Content Pool)
The most awkward moment of the night came when George asked if the oft-used term "neo-soul" was a valid phrase or "PR bullshit," unaware that the man who coined the term, a friend of D'Angelo and Questlove, was in the audience. After originally answering, "I plead the fifth," D'Angelo said, "I respect it for what it is, but anytime you put a name on something, you just put it in a box. You want to be in a position where you can grow as an artist. You never want to be told, 'Hey, well, you're a neo-soul artist.' Right now, I'm not. We're going someplace else." [Rolling Stone]One of the events in this year's Red Bull Music Academy NYC residency was elusive R&B great D'Angelo (joined by Questlove) in conversation with author Nelson George at the Brooklyn Museum Cantor Auditorium where they discussed a lot of things (not his loooong-delayed new album though). Video of the almost-hour-and-a-half long interview has now surfaced via Red Bull. It's pretty entertaining, and can be watched below...
Panda Bear at Warsaw on Sunday (more by PSquared)
Over the weekend, Animal Collective's Panda Bear brought his tour to NYC for a Red Bull Music Academy show at Warsaw (check out pictures), where he played music from his upcoming album, tentatively titled Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper. Like we said, full audio from the show would be appearing online this week and you can now download the audio in full HERE, via Two Sails.
Setlist (with unofficial song titles) and a stream of one of the new songs, below...
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photos by Greg Cristman, words by Ian Chainey
"Regis = the one techno act that can get diehard Napalm Death fans dancing. Or at least nodding their heads agreeably." - Self Titled Mag
"Glenn Branca walking the floors of Hardcore Activity In Progress with a scowl and a plastic bag is the most perfect thing." - David Marek
"I'm right between Napalm Death and Gunplay performing at the same time at this @rbma Hardcore event at Knockdown. IT'S REAL WEIRD AND GREAT" - Laura Sterritt
Wolf Eyes / Gunplay / Tim Hecker @ Knockdown Center - 5/16/14
"Tomorrow i will see Gunplay and Napalm Death in the same show, i don't rly even know what that means," wrote one fan on Twitter. Somewhere, the shadowy curating hand at Red Bull Music Academy smiled. Mission accomplished.
Hardcore Activity in Progress was one of the latest monster showcases put on by RBMA, working under the record store geek conceit of musical extremes. Kicking off last Friday, May 16 at the Knockdown Center, the show playfully yo-yoed the crowds' expectations, covering more miles than the previous Drone Activity in Progress held last year. The fest swung from dynamic end points; quiet to loud, soothing to loud, measured to holy crap this is loud (they luckily were giving out earplugs that they warned everyone to wear). Sure, there were times when the twine was twisted: For one, OCD category adherents might've been flummoxed by the lack of objective hardcore on the bill, beyond the prior incarnation of Bastard Noise. ("This is our hardcore," said the website, using the same argumentative logic as, "Well, it's how I feel. . .") Then, the proximity of the stages created a timbre pile-up that would've excited the spirits of Luigi Russolo and John Cage, but seemed to irritate critics. The NY Times review reads:
the sound at the Knockdown Center was basically garbage: echoey, booming, diffuse, nonsensical. It also wasn't great at last year's Red Bull Music Academy event in the same space, "Drone Activity in Progress," but that concert had a few other things going for it -- the novelty of the just-opened space, and the music itself, drone and noise and power-electronics, either carefully conceived or more energetic. Anyway, on Friday, some good sets -- by the Thing and Ms. Lee, for instance -- were impeded by poor acoustics or competing rackets coming from nearby. And some bad sets were made worse.Add in the inclement weather and the venue's libation ban (the same venue as the recent M.I.A. & A$AP Ferg show), and one could see the bipolar goal as needlessly frustrating.
But, it's hard to damn ambition. The fact one could walk a few steps from the drone terror of the ex-Khanate pain-incarnate that's Gnaw to solo cellist deconstructionist Okkyung Lee was kind of neat in the same way an eclectic mixtape is neat. Granted, in the 21st century, with all of recorded history at our fingertips, the ping-pong effect is lessened due to everyone's general familiarity with other styles. The genre islands have been subsumed by the sea change. But, still, one appreciated the otherworldly jolt every so often: Hey, there's Lubomyr Melnyk wielding his complex continuous music theory on piano, creating a near-literal river of notes. And there's grindfathers Napalm Death destroying unprotected eardrums with unhinged aggression. In fact, the latter's classic "You Suffer" kind of summed it all up: You suffer/ But why? Those that took the show as some greater statement about contemporary art were missing the point. Modern classic and harsh noise rap! Drone and jazz! Gunplay and Tim Hecker! GUNPLAY AND TIM HECKER!
Those were the moments that made it worthwhile.
Pictures from the event (though unfortunately none of Regis or clipping. who we missed) are in this post and continue below...
photos & videos by Greg Cristman
The screen imagery exploded: into squares, spirals, circles, curves and, with some puffs from smoke machines, three-dimensional shapes unfurling overhead. The lasers were tightly coordinated with the music, with shapes expanding on each wallop; distorted tones got dotted lines, clearer tones got straight ones. For much of the set, the on-screen geometries were hard-edged white or near-white; when the screen suddenly turned blue, the dancing crowd roared. Later, the screen offered flickering numbers, letters and two words: "Love Code." [NY Times]The Red Bull Music Academy NYC residency continued this past Saturday (5/10) at Brooklyn Masonic Temple with German electronic composer/Monolake member Robert Henke presenting the US premiere of his laser and sound show, Lumière, and dark Tri Angle-signed producer The Haxan Cloak. Robert went on first, doing his set from the front row of the balcony with only the light of the lasers for illumination. The sold-out room emptied out a bit for The Haxan Cloak's set, though both were great. Pictures of the show are in this post.
Red Bull Music Academy continues on Wednesday (5/14) with the Night of Improvised Round Robin Duets at Town Hall (tickets). Performers include Jamie Lidell, Jherek Bischoff, Kaki King, Petra Haden, Shigeto, Nels Cline, Daedelus, and more.
More pictures from Brooklyn Masonic Temple below...
by Wyatt Marshall
Clay Rendering at Saint Vitus in January (more by Greg Cristman)
Post-industrial husband and wife duo Clay Rendering are teaming up with dark ambient master Lussuria and minimalist noise/ambient project Dual Action for an east coast tour in early May that, unfortunately, doesn't hit NYC. All three acts have released material on noise purveyors Hospital Productions, and for the Hospital collectors out there the tour will present an opportunity to steer clear of Discogs for a while--there will be a merch table consisting of new and sold out releases at each show. All dates are listed below.
Mike Connelly, one half of Clay Rendering, was once a member of experimental noise originals Wolf Eyes. Wolf Eyes will be appearing at Red Bull Music Academy's stacked Hardcore Activity in Progress show, which also features Tim Hecker, Napalm Death, Gunplay and many more. Just ten bucks gets you in to that show at Knockdown Center in Queens on Friday May 16. Tickets are still on sale, and we're also giving away a pair. For a chance to win, retweet this Invisible Oranges tweet.
In more Hospital Productions news, power electronics project FFH will be performing at this Wednesday's (5/7) edition of the weekly Nothing Changes party at Home Sweet Home. Check out the full upcoming Nothing Changes schedule.
All dates for the Clay Rendering and Lussuria tour are listed below...
Daedelus in Austin in 2012 (more by Tim Griffin)
Instrumental hip hop/electronic production vet Daedelus has a number of dates coming up this year, including multiple US festivals like Moogfest and Hangout Fest. Just before Hangout Fest, he'll be in NYC for two appearances.
The first is part of this year's Red Bull Music Academy Night of Improvised Round Robin Duets which happens on May 14 at Town Hall, and also features fellow electronic producer Shigeto guitar greats Marc Ribot and Nels Cline, David Byrne/Amanda Palmer collaborator Jherek Bischoff, New Orleans R&B veteran Allen Toussaint, ex-P-Funk member Amp Fiddler, free jazz veteran David Murray, that dog. member Petra Haden, and more. Tickets for that show are on sale now. More info on the event, which is curated by RBMA and Undead Music, here.
The day after the Round Robin Duets show, Daedelus and Shigeto will team up once again for another Undead Music-presented show at Littefield (5/15) in Brooklyn. That show is with jazz drummer Mark Guiliana, bassist Eivind Opsvik, and cornetist/trumpeter Graham Haynes. Tickets for that show are on sale now.
Meanwhile, you can also see Daedelus not far from NYC TONIGHT (4/17) at Princeton University in the college's Terrace Club. Joining him is Delaware's No Sir E.
All dates are listed, with a video, below...
by Bill Pearis
J&R's now-closed storefront (photo via @gr1fter)
More and more Manhattan fixtures seem to be disappearing. The future of Pearl Paint on Canal is shaky, and last week (4/9) J&R Music World shut its doors, though they say not for good:
J & R Music and Computer World, a mainstay music and electronics store in Lower Manhattan for 43 years, closed its doors on Wednesday to redesign its space on Park Row.While the brick and mortar storefront is closed, you can still order from J&R's website.The move was foreshadowed in October, when the store scaled back its footprint between Ann and Beekman Streets. Once occupying eight buildings on those blocks totaling 300,000 square feet, the business was resized to five floors each at 1 Park Row and 15 Park Row. Rachelle Friedman, who with her husband, Joseph, opened J & R across from City Hall in 1971, acknowledged at the time that as part of the changes they were laying off some employees. - [NY Times]
J&R's record store was always a good place to go for Record Store Day items and was always my go-to place for tech stuff, though when I went to buy a headphone adapter there last summer the staff looked at me like I was crazy.
In happier news, Wrecords By Monkey, which makes jewelry, accessories and home products out of old vinyl records is opening a storefront, The Crate, at 304 Boerum St. in Bushwick. In addition to wares, they'll sell $1 used records and new vinyl from local musicians. The store has its Grand Opening on Saturday (4/19) which is Record Store Day:
We will be having an opening party for our new storefront The Crate on Saturday, April 19th from 12 to 9pm in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The party will have live silkscreening on reclaimed vinyl and a display of our newest collection. FREE beer, as well as DJ sets from APSPDR+ and Silent Rider and an exclusive after party from 7 to 9pm featuring DJ Codes. Limited tickets for the after party are available for free and can be picked up at the store starting at noon that day.Flyer for the opening party is below.
In other non-RSD record store news, The WFMU Record Fair returns from May 30 - June 1 at the 69th Regiment Armory in Manhattan. No word on special events and DJs yet. Stay tuned.
And before that we'll have the return of the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair on May 10 which this time is part of the Red Bull Music Academy, with DJ sets from Caroline Polachek, Autre Ne Veut, Tanlines and more.
photos by Rebecca Greenfield
the band / Ahmed Gallab with the Lijadu Sisters
One of the most anticipated events at this year's Red Bull Music Academy is "ATOMIC BOMB! The Music of William Onyeabor" which happens May 2 & 3 at BAM's Howard Gilman Opera House. The two nights will feature David Byrne, Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), Kele Okereke (Bloc Party), Luke Jenner (the Rapture) and more paying tribute to the music of the Nigerian funk singer and synthesizer pioneer. Tickets are still available for both nights.
While we're still over a month away from those shows, the backing band -- led by Sinkane's Ahmed Gallab and featuring Money Mark, Pat Mahoney (LCD, etc), the Lijadu Sisters and Sinkane's Jason Trammell, Ish Montgomery and Jonny Lam -- have already started rehearsals. We've got a set of pictures of them working things out in this post.
As mentioned, in addition to these concerts, there is an Onyeabor remix album, titled What?, that was commissioned by Moog and will be released on Record Store Day (April 19) featuring reworkings by Hot Chip, The Vaccines, Justin Strauss & Bryan Mette, Joakim ft. Akwetey (Dragons of Zynth), JD Twitch (Optimo), Daphni, Javelin, David Terranova, Policy and Scientist. You can stream the Alexis Taylor remix (which is practically a cover), and check out the album's tracklist, below.
More pics from "ATOMIC BOMB" rehearsals and the remix stream below...
by Wyatt Marshall
Napalm Death @ Gramercy Theatre, 2012 (more by Greg Cristman)
We ran down all the 2014 Red Bull Music Academyevents yesterday, and one we wanted to shed a little bit more light on is the incredible Hardcore Activity in Progress show that will be going down at the Knockdown Center in Queens on Friday May 16. Tickets are on sale now.
"Hardcore" here doesn't imply the genre -- ambient experimentalist Tim Hecker is billed alongside grindcore legends Napalm Death, while noise originals Wolf Eyes cozy up with Bible On the Dash having Gunplay. ("This is our hardcore" says RBMA.) In fact, hardcore is one of the few genres left off the bill, which looks to be one hell of an eclectic night. Regis will provide techno, and Bastard Noise will provide insanity.
Red Bull Music Academy hosted Drone Activity in Progress at the Knockdown Center last year, and as anyone who went knows, it was a blast, with dozens of experimental electronic artists split across a number of stages throughout the cavernous venue. That night featured Vatican Shadow, Body/Head, Pete Swanson, Alberich, Pharmakon and many more -- for those who attended, it was surely one of the more memorable shows of last year. All the stops were pulled out, and I imagine that will be the case for Hardcore Activity in Progress.
The Knockdown Center is a little ways out there, so hopefully they'll be running a shuttle like they did last time. Full lineup and flyer below...
Panda Bear at MHOW in 2011 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
As discussed, the Red Bull Music Academy is taking over NYC again this May, and since we last spoke, lineups have been announced. Artists appearing include D'Angelo, Panda Bear, Hudson Mohawke, Tim Hecker, Napalm Death, François K, Robert Henke, The Haxan Cloak, Gunplay, Wolf Eyes, Regis, Optimo, Daedelus, Autre Ne Veut, Bastard Noise, The Thing, Yoshiko Ohara, Dam-Funk, and Gunplay. Events go down in various NYC venues from May 1-31.
RBMA will also host the previously-mentioned 'Atomic Bomb! The Music Of William Onyeabor' tribute which will feature David Byrne, Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), Kele Okereke (Bloc Party), Luke Jenner (formerly of The Rapture), Pat Mahoney (ex-LCD Soundsystem), Joshua Redman and The Lijadu Sisters, Money Mark and Sinkane.
Tickets are on sale now for individual shows. Schedule and more details below...
Kim Gordon and James Chance at RBMA 2013 (more by Greg Cristman)
The documentary on the Red Bull Music Academy's "takeover" of NYC, What Difference Does It Make?, just screened in multiple cities last night (2/17), and now, as promised, it's been released for free online. You can watch it in full below, via RBMA15.com.
RBMA also announced that it will return for another "takeover" of NYC this May. Lineup, show schedule, venues, and tickets are still TBA, but stay tuned for more info on that.
Video below...
photos by Ryan Muir
Thundercat at RBSS in Philly
Bass wizard Stephen Bruner, better known as Thundercat, just made a video for his songs "Evangelion" and "We'll Die," both of which appear on his 2013 LP, Apocalypse. The video was directed by B+, who designed the artwork for Apocalypse, and it can be watched (via Myspace) below.
As discussed, Thundercat plays the next Red Bull Sound Select NYC show which happens on February 19 at Le Poisson Rouge, curated by Giant Step. That show is with Tondrae Kemp, and since we last spoke, ASTR was added as well. Like most RBSS shows, admission is $3 with RSVP and $10 without. He also plays this month's RBSS show in San Francisco. Updated dates are listed, along with the flyer for the LPR show below.
Thundercat's no stranger to Red Bull shows. He took part in last year's Red Bull Music Academy in NYC, and is now being featured in What Difference Does It Make?, RBMA's documentary on the series. As mentioned, the film premieres worldwide on February 17, and you can catch a screening in NYC at Sunshine Cinema at 8 PM with Chairman Mao and others.
Thundercat also played the Little Giant Media-curated Red Bull Sound Select show in Philly this past November with Ebony Joi, STS and Son Little. We've got a belated set of pictures from that show in this post. You can check out more of those, along with the new video, LPR flyer, and list of tour dates, below...
Lee "Scratch" Perry @ LPR during RBMA 2013 (more by Greg Cristman)
Remember when the Red Bull Music Academy "took over" New York City for most of May 2013, bringing in such luminaries as Brian Eno, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Giorgio Moroder, Kim Gordon, James Murphy, and many more to play and talk about music? You can relive that month -- or get a taste of what you missed -- in a new documentary, What Difference Does It Make? A Film About Making Music:
What Difference Does It Make? A Film About Making Music explores the challenges that a life in music can bring. Shot with hand-held cameras in a cinema verité style at the 2013 Red Bull Music Academy in New York by award-winning director Ralf Schmerberg, the film seeks to go beyond music, and ask questions about life itself.The film will screen in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Detroit on February 17 and then be released on the internet for free on February 18. Trailer for the documentary is below.
Additionally, there is a coffee table book too titled For the Record: Conversations with People Who Have Shaped the Way We Listen to Music which pairs artists with journalists and music industry types and lets the discourse flow. Nile Rodgers, Sly & Robbie, Erykah Badu, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Modeselektor and more are featured and all the pairings are listed, along with the book art, below.
words and photos by Greg Cristman
The Congos & Sun Araw Band / Lee "Scratch" Perry
Once again, the Red Bull Music Academy put on an amazing one-of-a-kind presentation in New York, this time to a sold out Le Poisson Rouge crowd last Thursday (5/30). The evening was called NYC in Dub and featured performances by the iconic Lee "Scratch" Perry who was teamed up against On-U sound label head and influential producer Adrian Sherwood, the legendary The Congos, who versed experimental indie rockers Sun Araw and M Geddes Gengras (all three of who collaboratred on an album last year), and an opening set by Future Times (aka Maxmillion Dunbar and Protect-U) and Peaking Lights. An elaborate and very crowded stage set up was brought in along with the massive Sub Atomic Soundsystem that shook the building to its core with thick heavy dub bass and rhythms.
This was one of the most amazing reggae shows I've seen in quite some time and may have been the best Lee Perry performance I've ever seen. At 77 he's still going strong and is as eclectic and crazy as ever, continually igniting his disposable lighter and running his fingers, hands and even boots through the flame, whipping towels around his head and dousing himself with water. He performed many of his classics, including "War Inna Babylon," that had most of the audience singing along. The Congos vs. Sun Araw set was equally enjoyable with Sun Araw delivering an incredible dub backdrop for the three Congos singers. They delivered a set culled mainly from their first album, the 1977 reggae masterpiece Heart Of The Congos (produced by Lee Perry), including the classic tracks "Fisherman," "Congoman" and "La-La Bam Bam." Future Times and Peaking Lights combined for an approach to dub that was more rooted in electronic and techno and they often reminded me a little bit of Lee Perry collaborator The Orb.
Pictures of the show, including shots of the setlists for the Lee Perry/Adrian Sherwood and The Congos/Sun Araw sets, are in this post. They continue below...
The Do-Over @ Beekman Beer Garden Sunday (via _chrisclassic)
Due to limited paying-attention-to-the-internet over this holiday weekend, we didn't realize until it was too late that Red Bull Music Academy's Do-Over party was moved from The Well in Brooklyn to Beekman Beer Garden in Manhattan on Sunday. Doors were at 2pm that day and they announced the venue change via email at 9:15am (and tweeted it even later).
As you can see in the picture above, the change didn't affect attendance at the outdoor South Street Seaport bar though. DJs, most of them surprises, included DJ Dezandres from Detroit, DJ Seano, Rhettmatic, Shlohmo, DJ Rob Swift, Onra, DJ Dynamix, and RBMA Particpants Emufucka & Trancemicsoul. If you were there, how was it?
Though we haven't looked into it, our guess would be that the Well was really trying to get it together, but just wasn't ready to re-open yet. UPDATE: The Well tells us they were in fact ready to open and that it was Red Bull who changed the venue that morning.
The Bushwick venue's "2013 Season Opener" is currently scheduled for Sunday, June 9 with Lee Burridge. We're rooting for them.
Beekman Beer Garden meanwhile, though open every day, also doesn't have much on their schedule aside from a concert by jam band moe. in June.
by Bill Pearis
YACHT @ DFA 12th Anniversary (via @brooklynvegan instagram)
YACHT were just in town, having played both tiny Shea Stadium on Friday (5/24) and then the massive DFA 12th Anniversary Party at Grand Prospect Hall on Saturday night (5/25). I was at both shows and must say the band really brought the party and can work rooms large and small. If you missed them this past weekend, Jona, Claire and the rest of them will be back at the end of summer for two NYC-area shows: Music Hall of Williamsburg on August 30 and then the Surf Lodge in Montauk on August 31. Tickets to MHOW go on sale Friday (5/31) at noon. The Surf Lodge show, like all their summer concerts, are free.
Stay tuned for pictures from the DFA party. Meanwhile, updated YACHT dates are listed, along with a video of YACHT doing "Psychic City" at the DFA Anniversary, below.
James Murphy aboard SS Coachella 2012 (more by Greg Cristman)
Staying in NYC this weekend? There's actually no shortage of things to do here, even though the weather forecast is less than ideal. Head below for our top 10 list of events going on this Memorial Day Weekend.
the new issues of Rolling Stone...
Red Bull Music Academy, who hosts DFA's 12th Anniversary party this weekend, hosted Giorgio Moroder's 1st-ever live DJ set at Output in Brooklyn the other night. If you missed it (the live event or the stream we posted yesterday), you can listen to the whole thing.
When you're done with that, listen to his collaboration with Daft Punk "Giorgio by Moroder", and then check out the song that didn't make the new Daft Punk album in the USA, but is out in Japan and of course on the internet.
And speaking of Daft Punk collaborators, an encore presentation of "Andrew the Pizza Guy" below...
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"Tonight was a blast. @OutputClubBK has such a dope soundsystem. @GIORGIOMORODER_ truly "pushed it to the limit". Everybody "felt love"" - @alcalala_
"Tonight was special. Few times in my life will i get to feel that way. Thank you @GIORGIOMORODER_ @RBMA @OutputClubBK" - Sean Glass
"No words for how unbelievable @GIORGIOMORODER_ was tonight. Thank you @RBMA & @OutputClubBK!" - Kathryn McGinnis
"The legendary Giorgio Moroder just rocked quite possible the most supremely epic and booty-shaking set" - Andy Gensler
Giorgio Moroder @ Output (via @sparber)
Dance music legend and Donna Summer producer Giorgio Moroder, who recently released a new song and contributed to the new Daft Punk album, came to Williamsburg club Output last night (5/20) for his first-ever NYC DJ appearance, as part of the Red Bull Music Academy NYC residency. He took the stage just after midnight (so technically 5/21, just as the Daft Punk album was officially released) and, with DJ Chris Cox, played until about 1:45 AM.
Singer/songwriter Diane Birch was in attendance and she said it was "her and a bunch of dudes" (or MoBROders), and also that it "may have been the sickest thing [she's] ever seen." Were you there? If so, what did you think?
Some more instagrams, a short video, and a vine from the show below...
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by Andrew Sacher
Could there have been a more perfect moment for an epic documentary on Giorgio Moroder? The man who, according to the show's very starry (and very generous) presenter Niles Rodgers, invented dance music? On the night that Daft Punk's fourth studio album finally launched, with fitting audacity at the top of the Shard, Radio 2 put out Electric Dreams: The Giorgio Moroder Story, the most enjoyable music documentary I've heard this year. Snippets of recent Daft Punk collaborator Moroder, 73, talking about his life were tacked over some of the best music made in the last century: I Feel Love, Together In Electric Dreams, Now I Need You. In between came New Order's Bernard Sumner, Debbie Harry, Sparks and more, colouring in the detail of what Moroder's music has meant. [The Guardian]The above quote is from The Guardian's review of of the new audio documentary on dance music legend Giorgio Moroder that BBC Radio 2 recently put out, Electric Dreams: The Giorgio Moroder Story. The documentary premiered on May 13, and as of this post, and you can listen to Part 1 below.
Today's a good day to check it out if you haven't yet, because as mentioned, Giorgio will be in NYC TONIGHT (5/20) at Output in Williamsburg to DJ a Deep Space party with T. Williams, Benjamin Damage, and Francois K. The show is part of the Red Bull Music Academy NYC residency and it's Giorgio's first-ever NYC DJ appearance. Tickets still appear sold out, but as discussed, "a very limited number of tickets will be available at the door."
As you probably know, Giorgio is one of the many famous collaborators on Daft Punk's colossal new album, Random Access Memories (which is out this week, 5/21). You can hear him talking about his life of music on that song "Giorgio by Moroder" before it turns into a ridiculous dance jam. If you haven't heard the 9+ minute track yet, you can stream it below.
Giorgio also just released his own new song, "Racer," which is the soundtrack to a new Google Chrome video game of the same name. It's similarly dancey to "Giorgio by Moroder" and fans of RAM (or video game music) should dig it. You can check that out below too.
In related news, fellow Daft Punk collaborator Todd Edwards just made an Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1 which you can listen to HERE.
Song streams below...
"As most of you probably already know, Daft Punk's album was officially released for streaming purposes on iTunes. However, the official album in its physical (or more than likely downloadable) form won't be here until May 21 and there's hype to be built. That's why Daft Punk is gracing the cover of Dazed and Confused and posing with Giorgio Moroder in these stunning black and white photos.Giorgio Moroder is an electronic music pioneer whom the duo worked with on their documentary/homage/epic track "Giorgio by Moroder" on Random Access Memories.
He is influential in the genre of disco as we know it today, which explains why Daft Punk would want to pay homage to him on this, their disco-iest album to date.The covers and images were taken by Hedi Simane and will be featured in the June issue of Dazed and Confused which hits stands May 15." [MSTARS]
Possibly one of the hardest Red Bull Music Academy NYC events to get a ticket to is/was Giorgio Moroder at Cielo (a Deep Space night with resident DJ François K and Academy participants T.Williams and Benjamin Damage also on the bill). Luckily Red Bull felt bad about about that and moved the 5/20 show to the bigger Output in Williamsburg. Tickets are still listed as sold out at the moment, but we heard they'll be releasing some more soon, and "A very limited number of tickets will be available at the door.". Good luck.
Check out a video about Daft Punk's collaboration with Giorgio, if you haven't seen it already, below...
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photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin
Brian Eno @ Cooper Union, 5/6/2013
The irony of seeing Brian Eno's An Illustrated Talk during the Red Bull Music Academy: his microphone didn't work properly. Can you imagine being the tech guy for this event and experiencing horrific sound feedback from the sound amplification device for one of the most innovative producers in music history?In addition to his self-generative art installation 77 Million Paintings, as part of the Red Bull Music Academy, Brian Eno gave "An Illustrated Talk" on Monday (5/6) at Cooper Union. Pictures from that are in this post."Feel free to experiment with the sound," Eno told the packed crowd at Cooper's Union in NYC.
The term "Renaissance Man" would be a cliche to describe the entity which is Eno, whose career spans from playing with the perennial band Roxy Music to creating visual ambient art. For an artist who has proclaimed to the press that he never talks about his past work, it was a treat to hear Eno....talk about his past work. Especially in the heart of NYC, being that Eno states one of his most fruitful artistic period was between 1978 and 1984, when he lived and worked in the Big Apple. ("I happened to be in New York during one of the most exciting months of the decade in terms of music.") - [The Huffington Post]
He also sat down for a Q&A session as well, where he talked about 77 Million Paintings, "sympathetic and parasympathetic music," and a lot more. He's one of the smartest, most fascinating people in the world and any chance to hear him talk should not be passed up. Luckily RBMA filmed the whole thing and the entire 90 minute conversation can be viewed (or listened to) on Vimeo.
More "Illustrated Talk" pics below...
You can't throw a stick in this town without hitting something related to the Red Bull Music Academy's monthlong takeover of NYC. One of the most anticipated events is the sold-out DFA 12th Anniversary Party which happens May 25 at the rococco wonderland that is Grand Prospect Hall. In celebration of this -- and the label's dozen years in existence -- they've made a short documentary about how the label came to be. Narrated by Marc Maron, you can watch it below.
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Pharmakon at Saint Vitus earlier this year(more by Fred Pessaro)
Set times for the Red Bull Music Academy's noise/drone extravaganza tonight (May 2) at the Knockdown Center in Queens have been announced. Drone Activity in Progress, which will feature sets from KTL, Vatican Shadow, Body/Head (Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth, who also performed last night), Prurient, Grassmas, Mick Barr, Pharmakon, Alberich and many others, will bring the noise to this show (which appears sold out). UPDATE: Tickets BACK on sale. You can snag a shuttle bus from the Jefferson L if you don't feel like making the walk, though it promises to be a lovely evening.
Flyer and set times are below.


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Successfully stopped sand mining and logging of the unique rainforest on Fraser Island, the world's largest sand island, off the coast of Queensland. For over 30 years, John Sinclair led a fierce battle to protect Fraser Island, the world's largest sand island, located off the coast of Queensland, Australia. Against strong local opposition, he succeeded in stopping sand mining on the island and convinced the government to halt logging of the island's unique rainforest. In 1992, 25 years after the campaign began, Fraser Island was added to the World Heritage List of outstanding natural wonders of the world. Concerned about the increase of sand mining on the island by multinational corporations, Sinclair formed the Fraser Island Defenders Organization (FIDO) in 1971 to alert Australians to the island's unusual qualities and to generate public opposition to sand mining. As a result, Sinclair suffered terror and abuse from the local community who feared the loss of jobs. Undaunted, he successfully battled the Queensland government in a number of court cases, which helped define public interest law in Australia, but led Sinclair to bankruptcy. He lost his job and was forced to leave his hometown. Even though he no longer lived in the area, Sinclair organized a successful campaign to stop logging on Fraser Island. Sinclair continued his work to ensure that tourism development was controlled and that the island's resources were properly managed. He produced FIDO's newsletter, MOONBI, and was involved in other publishing projects to improve the island's management. He has also served as a member of a government committee overseeing the management of the Fraser Island. Sinclair worked on other conservation efforts as well. He assisted the voluntary conservation movement of South Africa in preventing sand mining in the dune systems of Zululand's Greater St. Lucia region. He focused on ways to enhance the role and effectiveness of volunteers in environmental protection and worked to improve the protection given to all World Heritage Sites. Organizing eco-tours from Sydney, Sinclair continued to work to enhance the Australian network of conservation volunteers. In 1998, he organized a canoe trip down Australia's greatest remaining wild river, the Fitzroy, which was instrumental in a decision not to dam the waterway. For more information visit the John Sinclair Trust for Conservation. |
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Adding Audio to Your CourseIn order to record audio you will need two things: a recording device and a recording program. In addition, you may need to load your audio file on UM-Flint's streaming server, depending on the size of the file. Most computers have a built-in recording program but most do not allow for complex audio editing. If you are working in Windows, look in All Programs > Accessories > Sound Recorder. Depending on your version of Windows, the file will be saved as a .Wav or .WMA file, though there are limitations to consider with both formats. WAV files, though high in quality, are uncompressed, and can create very large files for short sound clips. WMA are compressed files, but may not be easily accessible to students using alternative operating systems, such as Mac OS X and Linux. The Windows Sound Recorder interface is relatively straightforward. Notice the buttons along the bottom of the window. When you begin a new recording the only button available is the record button (red circle). Once you have recorded, the rewind, fast forward, play and stop become active. Notice the play head just above the buttons. As you record, the play head will move along the horizontal line. You will also notice the waveforms in the dark box above the play head as you record or playback the audio. Sound Recorder allows for some basic editing. Using the Effects menu allows for Increasing or Decreasing volume or speed, adding echo and reversing the audio. Sound Recorder only allows you to save files as (.wav) files. You can put these files directly into Blackboard. However, review the compatibility issues below. AudacityAudacity is a free, cross-platform software for recording and editing sound. You can download the software at: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ . Audacity allows for more detailed editing and manipulation of sound. There is a separate help guide for downloading Audacity and saving a file as an MP3 file. Sound formats and considerations
Any sound you add directly to Blackboard (rather than linking to from a streaming server) will require a full download into the user's computer memory before the file will play. Use this Download calculator to find out how long it will take a student using a dial-up connection to access the file. Adding audio content to Blackboard
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