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Alice in Chains: Alice in chains
08/04/09 || The Duff
Released: 1995
The number one Alice in Chains record is up for debate, but most would consider "Dirt" or the debut to be prime candidates. I would replace the former with the self-titled, sometimes referred to as "Tripod" in reference to the unfortunate three-legged animal on the cover, and my own personal favourite record from the Seattle-based band.
This was to be the last Alice in Chains record, as Layne's health gradually and miserably succumbed to the hazards of drug abuse, and he passed away in 2002 with but two new AIC tracks to his name (these were, as expected, totally awesome and shit).
What you have here is the follow-up to an all-acoustic, rather upbeat E.P., yet something that would go completely the other way, not only reverting to the heavier style of the amazing "Dirt" L.P., but overstepping it into far darker waters, geared more towards heavy, sludge-filled metal and not indicative of the grunge scene these guys aided in the advent of.
9. The grunge influence would be heavily reduced on this effort, with many songs comprising a mix of the metal of "Dirt" and the bright, slightly eerie acoustics of the band's two E.P.s – when both sounds are combined with Layne's feeble yet still very potent vocals, the listener is left with some real dark shit.
At times I can't help but feel that the album is a touch short of material, what with some of the closing tracks being spread out beyond their due, and the occasional riff being astoundingly simple even by Jerry Cantrell's standards, but luckily, Layne's vocals really make the album appear far more complete than it actually is, making "Tripod" undoubtedly the classic that it is and not just a final attempt to keep the band intact – these guys still had the talent, even though the band was disintegrating due to the frontman's inability to control his habit.
The opening track is darker than anything Slayer has ever written, bitches! How's that shit for songwriting?
8. Not a terrible production at all, very fitting, and quite dry considering Alice in Chains' "Dirt" and "Facelift" albums made the band so popular within the mainstream; both discs have very rich, sparkly productions, so how AIC managed to convince the label to go with something less flattering either speaks of how much control they had over their own music or just how lucky they were to have found a producer who knew what the band's latest material would benefit most from.
The country, metal and hard-rock doesn't ring as with past efforts (AIC had truly distanced themselves from their earlier grunge leanings, thankfully – only Nirvana and Pearl Jam ever nailed such a genre properly, anyways), and this complements the less "to-the-gut" yet more malevolent nature of the album.
10. Jerry Cantrell isn't exactly underrated, but you get the impression that he isn't talked about enough considering his contributions to the music scene – overlooked, possibly, when considering contemporaries Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder, from Nirvana and Pearl Jam respectively. Although I don't have much to say for or against Kurt Cobain, considering he acknowledged himself as the "guitar antihero" anyways, the respective guitarists from the remaining three of the big four Seattle grunge bands are all amazing in their own way, both in the meat and bones of their core music and the soul they integrate in their lead playing.
Jerry Cantrell I consider the best of the bunch, though – never one to overplay, he keeps things subtle with sporadic moments of flashiness, and always seems to know exactly what notes to hit – many of Jerry's solos display a feel that can only be invoked from the most practiced of blues followers, and when combined with his modest knowledge of shred, gives rise to one of the greats.
10. No surprises here; if you haven't heard Layne Staley yet then you're in for a treat. One of the most unique voices ever to be found within the music scene, heroin addiction had savagely degraded his abilities by this point in Alice in Chains' career. That said, due to an increased weakness in tone, the vocals are delivered with an added eeriness – when all the man seems to be saying is nothing short of "I'm losing this fucking battle", you can be guaranteed that the tone of the album is very much set on the dark side.
Jerry Cantrell provides backing vocals, and the combined effect is some very twisted harmonies and some stuff to chill out to; he's a talented vocalist, for sure, bu Layne steals the show as always. It's not like I'm going to talk about Layne's rhythm guitar-playing on the album in the guitars section, even though I'm sure he deserves at least some of the writing credits for the music here, so I'm not gonna go nuts on Jerry's vocal parts either.
8. Mike Inez (bass) and Sean Kinney (drums) would to some be over-shadowed by Layne's vocals and Jerry's guitar-work, but I consider Alice in Chains to be one of two supergroups of the Seattle grunge scene along with Soundgarden. The guy isn't nearly as heavy as half the rhythm section on Jerry Cantrell's later studio solo output "Degradation Trip", but tracks such as "Sludge Factory", "God AM" and "Head Creeps" demand some hypnotic, evil bass playing, and Inez covers the role comfortably. On the more languishing clean sections, the man adds to the doom and despair very potently.
8. Again, very tasty, and actually quite flashy for a grunge/heavy metal band. A collective of great musicians, I don't think Alice In Chains wrote a bad song (one or two that were amiss), in no small part due to the versatility of all the players involved – Sean Kinney plays very solidly, doesn't over-do anything, maybe doesn't offer too many surprises, but is a damn fine player who mixes it up more than most drummers found in the popular music scene.
10. Layne had been through hell and back by this point; due to drug abuse, the guy had lost a great deal of body mass, and I wouldn't be surprised quite a part of his mind. Whereas before, he would openly support the use of hard drugs, by this point he clearly could see nothing but a dead-end tunnel – you get the picture of a frail, sensitive man with a big heart who's been witteled down to a shell of what he once was; there's still some piss and vinegar in the guy, though, specifically against those who ripped his life apart for the sake of a story, or just those who took liberties with his stash without prior consent. It all paints a very vivid image of one of the most gifted individuals in the music industry, both as a lyricist and a musician, someone who knew more about himself than many – it's of no surprise that he's to this day so terribly missed.
Cover art
5. An unfortunate animal; there's some story about some bandmember on holiday coming across it on some street someplace, why it has yellow eyes though is beyond me.
3. Eeeerrrrr… I guess the Cannibal Corpse logo of grunge?
6. Very bizarre, nothing that ties in with the album as far as I can tell (one can never read or understand the mind of the drug-addled) except maybe how dark all the pictures are – some including animals with heads that don't fit their respective bodies, a message in a bottle with an evil face, some out-of-it fella being pumped full of gas via an unusual contraption; on the back inlay is a three-legged chappie playing a banjo. Yes, all fun-fun-fun and raspberry cakes.
Overall and ending rant
10. For me, a perfect album – AIC are in my top five bands of all time, I think, because of how impervious to criticism I consider their entire discography to be. That said, some albums did have one or two tracks open to scrutiny; not this bad baby, that's for sure.
I may state that some tracks have too much filler (such as the intro to "Over Now" or the outro jams to "Nothin' Song" and "Sludge Factory"), but the songs themselves propel the album further into a dank hole of despair (and I'm speaking objectively where I can) – slightly uplifting tracks do belong, but there's a permeating sense of rotting on everything here save "Shame In You".
You don't find albums this dark anywhere but in the truly insane, and I would recommend it to anyone into purely excellent music.
- Information
- Released: 1995
- Label: Columbia
- Website: www.aliceinchains.com
- Band
- Layne Staley: vocals, guitars
- Jerry Cantrell: guitars, vocals
- Mike Inez: bass
- Sean Kinney: drums
- Tracklist
- 01. Grind
- 02. Brush away
- 03. Sludge factory
- 04. Heaven beside you
- 05. Head creeps
- 06. Again
- 07. Shame in you
- 08. God am
- 09. So close
- 10. Nothin' song
- 11. Frogs
- 12. Over now


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Oceanna 8/16/2001 16:36 |
Dear Gracious One, I pray you will ease the burdens on our sister Kecia. Please grant her the strength to move forward in her life. Bring peace to her heart and clarity to her thoughts. Please send her an Angel to guide her from this place of hardships, into the soothing waters of your love. Bless her 3 children with health and strength. Light her way Gracious One. |
Dear Oceanna , Thank you so much for your pray's. I know that God is working it out for her. I pray for her strength |
blueeyedangel38 9/30/2001 19:37 |
I know know what it's like to deal with social services but in Georgia it's called DFACS but in my case I'm married your daughter and grandchildren will be in my prayers with us my husband had previously been verbally and emotionally abusive he has even pointed a gun at me before they told me DFACS would make me a good ally my husband is a good person whom I LOVE VERY MUCH and since I knew he'd been abused as a child I wanted to get him help. So rather than turn to God I asked DFACS for help they removed our kids and told me I failed to protect them. that was in May I have been seeing them 1 hr a week now I'm allowed to see them when Iwant . We also have extreme finicial difficulties we are beehind on all our bills but at least praise god I have a home that mine and hopefully one day your daughter will have that too my kids beg to come home they miss us and we miss them .I'm sorry I don't mean to ramble on With Gods help your daughter and grandchildren will be fine after all all things are possible with God I have to remind myself of that at times. But I know it to be true I'll pray for your daughter and grandchildren .May god bless you and your family.Abusive and Domestic violence is a terrible thing it can take away your self esteem, self confidence and self worth I know I've been there so tell your daughter to draw strength from god he'll bring her thru I'm not really one to talk my faith has been weak lately we are behind on almost all our bills i've been praying for god to help us I want to help my husband take the pressure and stress off him I'm trying to get on disability for a problem with my neck and hand tremors plus there are a couple of other things we are trying god knows all about it to get us out of this mess sometimes it feels like I can't make another step or go any further but yet god although I don't deserve his grace,love or mercy helps me and picks me up and walks with me holding my hand and he'll do the same for your daughter or any of his children Email me please at firstname.lastname@example.com and let me know how your daughter is GOD BLESS AND KEEP, YOU ,YOUR DAUGHTER AND GRANDCHILDREN |
Ipray 10/12/2001 16:47 |
Dear Lord I pray for this family. Please protect them & fill their needs. May they have a good home to keep them warm & food on their table. Please put a smooth path before them & bless this family. Amen |
MoltoBella 11/7/2001 10:33 |
Dear heavenly father, please help me find a way out of this financial burden that I have unconciously created over the years. Amen |
anilaranha 11/30/2001 09:53 |
A prayer for my mother, |
dlwtodd 12/8/2001 13:12 |
Dear Lord, I do not know what to do. I have been praying for some kind of financial help. No one will loan me any money. I know that the reason we are in this situation is caused from my mistakes but I want a chance in making things right. I know I am asking for alot of money but I would get us through the month. Dear Lord, I need this money so I can stay home with my daughter and husband. You now my situation with me on house arrest, you now the situation of losing my car, you know the situation of losing my family after I am off house arrest. Dear Heavenly Father, I pray to you, PLEASE I AM BEGGING YOU, PLEASE HELP ME. |
cullins 1/1/2002 00:40 |
Dear sister MASHELL, I have been offline for a great while. While browsing this sight tonight, I came upon some responses to a prayer I submitted in June 2001. GOD does answer prayers and miracles do still happen. Kecia is back home with us and God is working great wonders in me and my family. Thank you so much for the prayers and I will be praying for God to bless you and your family. |
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angelvoices_78 3/7/2002 21:00 |
Father in heaven the most high please help us out of debt...we have so many worries...and money problems is one of them...my husband does dialysis 3 times a week he still tries to work but the dialysis take a lot out of him...if we can just get some relief from some bills so he don't have to worry so much Iam on disability be cause a drunk ran a stop sign...got hurt ...it was my neck so now I can't work ...so do the best we can ...we just need a little help ......thank you lord ...amen |
rachel31 8/4/2002 16:23 |
Father, |
Dear father, First I thank you and praise you for the many blessings you have given me. Forgive me for my sins, dear Father and I know that you will continue to bless me and keep me in your care. I love you dear Lord and I continue to pray that you will please provide me a way out of this financial burden that I have created and have been created for me over the years. I pray that you bless me with abundance, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, Amen. |
aartisans 9/25/2002 09:55 |
Gracious Heavenly Creator, I come before you today with humility. Help me clarify my financial situation. Help me to hear your voice clearly. Show me all that needs to happen for me to channel your Divine abundance and generousity in my life. Please remove all negative conditioning of lack, poverty, terror and denial. I ask in the name of The Master Jesus Christ my guide. Amen! |
khayla11 11/7/2002 02:57 |
Dear father, First I thank you and praise you for the many blessings you have given my family and I. Forgive us of our sins, dear Father and we know that you will continue to bless us and keep us in your care. Father we ask for your guidance to remove the negativety that has been on and around us for many many years,and the guidance out out of our finacial problems that this has caused I am in fear of loosing my home, and everything else. father the stress we have upon us is so great my health has paid dearly. at times I am ready to give up but my children need me,I pray that you bless our family in our time of need, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, Amen. |
sdh_momof1boy1girl 11/7/2002 14:28 |
I am a single mom witth 2 children. Currently I have been very stressed financially & emotionally. I have a full time job 40 hrs a week & a weekend part time job. It seems that no matter how much I work I can still never get caught up even with the child support that I recieve every month. That however barely pays for my children to be in day care. I am now also trying to find a 3rd job working 3rd shift. I pray every day that god will help me get through this and I know that he will in time, but I find myself becomeing more & more impatient. I attend church as regularly as I can & have many from my church who pary for me & my children. I dont want to give up because I just started going back to church, & I dont want to give up on God. I just pray that my financial situation will soon get better. In the name of the Father, the Son & the Holy Ghost,I Pray Amen & Amen. |
Kenlor 5/24/2003 19:04 |
My prayers are with your daughter and her family, I believe God will provide help for her and the children. Even though it's hard at times tokeep the faith, God does answer prayers. God Bless you and your family |
Eve27thRIB 6/25/2003 08:44 |
My name is Brenda,I am A mother of 3 teens, and A 10 yr.old.I am A stay at home mom. My Husband is A self proclaimed, non-active Christian.He has taken over the finances and isn't faithful in paying nessisary bills,And he refuses to let me correct, then manage our finances again.Resently I have been bound, and determind to generate income to help our family,and to maintain some sort of a savings and checking.PLEASE, Pray that our living God will direct me to the business He wills for me,and for my husband whom I don't understand,and for my children.Thankyou,God Bless |
Monique42 6/25/2003 09:48 |
To my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, I pray to you now and always. I sometimes forget to pray and hope you do forgive me. I love my house but I cannot take care of it as I have tried to do, I want to fix it up and rent it out to a large family with children. I want to move to a nice home with just 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms with basement and backyard. I want to own my own business but I am struggling. I'm single and my parents have gone to live with you. I'm afraid sometimes and know you are comforting me and I need to move, I no longer want to live there but wish I could financially fix it up, move and get a car. You know my lifestyle and I've met a new friend. I want to help her in her struggle as a recovering addict. I pray to you to help me financially. My wish of all wishes is to come into a large sum of money, contact the gas company and let them know I will be paying everyone's gas bill up to $500. Pay it forward gesture to assist those less fortunate. I want to help my neighborhood. I pray that my neighbor removes the tree before it hurts my house. Please God Almighty help me. I know there is someone worst off than me but please when it is my turn, please help me. |
denpie 8/12/2003 12:50 |
Father, |
chad2605 10/25/2003 10:15 |
"I'm ready. I give intent to know more than I know. I give intent to sit quietly and let Spirit tell me what I need to know-without pretense-without ego-without agenda." Kryon |
msaras 3/30/2004 05:53 |
Dear God, |
wandagomez 9/26/2004 18:24 |
Yes I like to pray for you and your daughter and for others here and myself that is in needof financial help in all areas of our life I myself need a home back in Pealahatchie Ms. 39145 and around the southwest side in the county about two bedrooms and a den and two bathrooms but will take anything warm safe and nice and cool in summer and I really need a home here quickly now and I need peace and a truck are car my Van totally died and I am disable and need all the prayers and help I can get I am desperate and I wish you could pray that my daugthers and son get a home very quickly now to and around where they will be the happest and safest and me and pray that my friend Francis gets her a home quickly now to where she will be happy I am in desperate help on money nowhere to go and my 21 year old needed a place of her own to and I am needing away around now to be able to go and see my doctor and to be able to get on with my life and with no more trouble from anybody that been mean to me for them to let me live in peace and happiness and for my roommate to get heat in here before winter and a ride and a new stove and somebody that will love and care about him and him not to be saying anything else bad about me and me to go on with my life where I will be happy and have plenty and give plenty and somehow getting me extra money in every month to make it lord be with us all and give us our heart desires speedliy now with nomore delays you know the way bring it to us now In Jesus holy name we pray and ask Amen.w.Gomez |
dustijane 10/5/2004 19:59 |
Dear God, I want to thank you for blessing me with my two happy healthy kids, and their wonderful father who is on the road 5 days a week so I can stay home with the kids. I love him so much and now we have run into a finacial pit that we can't seem to get out of the bills keep stacking up the mortgage is over 2 months late no one will help us with out charging an arm and leg. God please allow some finacial freedom to come our way. If it is an abundance I will share to those that need the help like we do. I thank you for the many blessings you have givin us and I am sorry for asking for this burden that I have caused unintentionally if it could be done over I would do things differently I don't know if it is some kind of sin to be asking for wealth or freedom from debt. If it is I am sorry I don't know what else to do. I try to fix the problem but the hole keeps getting deeper I can bearly see the top. The bills just keep coming everyday.Please Help me so I can help others not make the same mistakes I have made. Lord help me and please bless those that are in the same boat and keep them safe and let them return home safely to their families and help them have a home to return to. Someone has to win the lotteries way can't it be one of us? I don't know if that is a sin also, I am sorry please for give me. Let us pray for all those that need the extra boost. Thank you for taking the time to hear me out. love me... |
dustijane 10/5/2004 20:02 |
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quote:has to be something I can relate to for me to love it
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Coming Up: Books Due in June 2006
- Posted by Johanna on April 15, 2006 at 5:35 pm
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Midnight Sun #1 (Slave Labor, $2.95, APR06 2883) is pretty enough that I'd give it a try if I still bought miniseries. Ben Towle was Eisner-nominated for his previous book, Farewell, Georgia. Like his art style, the subject here is unusual, too: an Italian flight to the North Pole has vanished, and a reporter tries to find the story. Interesting that the solicit text says six issues and the order information says five.
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One of my favorites, Little White Mouse (Café Digital Comics, $24.95, APR06 3036), is collected into an omnibus edition containing almost 450 pages. The overall plot is about a spunky heroine rescuing herself from an abandoned space station, but within that framework, creator Paul Sizer tells a variety of types of stories, including family-oriented slice-of-life, science-fiction adventure, and action-oriented cartoon-like chase.
I'm thrilled to see that Drawn & Quarterly is releasing two Dupuy and Berberian books — I've been waiting for more by them to be translated into English since I read the wonderful stories included in the Drawn & Quarterly anthology volumes (which are conveniently reoffered). Get a Life ($19.95, APR06 3127) is a collection of Mr. Jean stories, while Maybe Later ($16.95, APR06 3128) is a "making of" about the team's creative process. Their artistry is such that their stories flow without pause; it's such a high level of skill that it makes itself invisible.
Oni Press continues as my favorite publisher by offering two anticipated books this month: a sequel to Wet Moon and a new romance series. Ross Campbell's Wet Moon: Unseen Feet ($14.95, APR06 3295) continues the story of Cleo and her college friends in his unique style, while Love the Way You Love ($5.95, APR06 3293), by Jamie S. Rich and Marc Ellerby in the format used for Love as a Foreign Language and Northwest Passage, looks at romance among the rock'n'roll set.
I read part of Tim Fish's Strugglers (Poison Press, $10, APR06 3310) when it was a minicomic called "Meet Me in Saint Louie". It's a coming-of-age story about several young adults looking for love and accomplishment, done in Fish's appealing, Archie-meets-Hanna-Barbera style. I'm glad I get to see how it ends in a graphic novel version.
I know some have given up on Tokyopop's OEL line, but I've been looking forward to Fool's Gold ($9.99, APR06 3362) by Amy Hadley ever since I said favorable things about the first preview chapter last year.
Wow, I never expected to see such a handsome edition of Grease Monkey (Tor Books, $27.95, APR06 3418). I have the two comic issues Kitchen Sink put out ten years ago, but it seems that Tim Eldred kept working on more regardless of publisher plans. Now there's 350 pages of comics coming out in hardcover (not softcover, as the solicit says, which explains the higher price). It's a about a boy working for a monkey mechanic in the future, and it combines science fiction, comedy, and young love with art done in a classic, easy-to-read style.
The Viz section is an oasis for me after getting through the rest of the comic catalog, as I get to see which entertaining series have new versions. This month, it's Hikaru no Go volume 7 ($7.95, APR06 3440); Baby & Me volume 2 ($8.99, APR06 3464); and Tokyo Boys & Girls volume 5 ($8.99, APR06 3467).
Peter David's had something of a comics career renaissance over the past couple of years, and now he's going to share his secrets in Writing for Comics with Peter David (Books, $19.99, APR06 3606). I'm glad to see a writing book from someone who's also a best-selling novelist.
If you've ever wanted your own spinner rack, check the very end of the Collectibles & Novelties section — no price available, though.
Showcase Presents the Elongated Man ($16.99, APR06 0236) reprints a whole passel of stories featuring DC's version of Nick and Nora Charles, only with added stretching power. Ralph and Sue Dibney solve crimes around the world while bumping into other superheroes. This is the kind of series Showcase is made for — a collection of oddball short stories featuring a fan favorite.
Why is Elric: The Making of a Sorcerer #3 ($5.99, APR06 0246) solicited in the Johnny DC kids' section? That's not right! But since I'm talking about it, KC and I had the pleasure of stopping by the Simonsons' recently, and Walt gave us a sneak preview of pages from the upcoming issues. Gorgeous! Since I'm not a Michael Moorcock fan or familiar with the mythos, he also took the time to bring me up-to-date on the story behind the story, including an Easter egg in the art. I'm now looking forward to this issue with new eyes.
How not to write a blurb part one, from Marvel's Uncanny X-Men Annual #1: "How does [Storm] react to T'Challa's proposal of marriage? How will it affect her role with the X-Men? […] This leads into next month's Black Panther/Storm Wedding!" Well, that answers the question for us, doesn't it?
How not to write a blurb part two, from Zoom Suit #3: "Fans of comics like The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe will enjoy this issue as we get a firsthand look at the power source of alien technology…" No, fans of comics that read like accounting textbooks won't enjoy any story featuring characters they haven't been familiar with for more than the last decade.
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- James Schee Says:
April 15, 2006 at 7:20 PMYeah I agree with you on Flight, I found myself really flipping through the second book especially. It was very pretty, but I just wasn't interested in the stories. Perhaps my library will get a copy of the new one though.
I ordered the Get a Life book, because I too fell in love with the Mr. Jean stories. Maybe Later I'll wait for reviews on first. Plus Amazon was cheaper than DCBS anyway.:)
Strugglers sounds interesting, will it be at Amazon as well? I love the art description you use, though I hd a different image pop to mind.
Grease Monkey sounds interesting, and it is neat to see something I'd never heard of before. When did Tor Books start publishing comics though?
I am so excited about the EM Showcase book, as I really fell in love with those characters a few years back. I've always wanted to read their original stories, but money and availability kept my from doing so.
- ~chris Says:
April 17, 2006 at 1:00 PMThe excellent Wet Moon tells the story of Cleo, not Chloe. :-)
- Johanna Says:
April 17, 2006 at 1:26 PMYikes! Thanks, I've made the correction above.
- Lyle Says:
April 17, 2006 at 2:09 PMFish's appealing, Archie-meets-Hanna-Barbera style
I've been trying to find the words that describe Fish's style for a while, none of them sounding as good as I meant it to sound. This sums Fish's visual appeal so nicely.
- Johanna Says:
April 17, 2006 at 4:29 PMJames, I dunno whether Strugglers will be listed there or not.
Lyle, thank you for the compliment.
- Joshua Macy Says:
July 10, 2006 at 11:00 AMBtw, thanks for pointing out the Showcase: Elongated Man–I might have missed it otherwise…


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So after a week off, we're back with our next edition of Women of Internet Marketing! Are you ready to learn about our next two featured women? I certainly am, they are definitely a couple of fun people to meet and hang out with, but also, have a rich history in our industry.
One of our women this week is a linking guru, the other cracks a whip from time to time to help keep the infamous Danny Sullivan in line on the Daily Search Cast. One of our women learned her craft by driving traffic to online psychic networks and a Russian Bride website, the other still has her first reply back from one our industry's leading experts. Have I intrigued you enough? Great! Now its time to learn more about Alex Bennert and Debra Mastaler.
Debra Mastaler
I first met Deb online in the High-Rankings forum, and even before meeting her in person, I knew she was a great person to get to know. Perhaps I'm a bit biased, but, I think she's likely the top expert on the subject of linking and how it affects your search marketing efforts. I know that's a bit of a big statement, but she not only speaks and trains at SES conferences, but she volunteers at High Rankings as a moderator. There's never been a time where Deb's information and advice has steered me wrong.
Deb's the president of her own company, Alliance Link, and also has her own blog called the Link Spiel. Along with training and speaking at SES, Deb also speaks at Jill Whalen's High Rankings conferences and fills in once a month on the Linking column with Eric Ward at Search Engine Land. So now, lets get to the questions!
Q: How did you get into the Search Marketing Industry?
A: By way of a
directory link. Between late 1997 to early
1999 I had a directory of organic co-ops, farms, and food stores after
searching online for a central resource and not finding one. Email aside, I had no experience online much
less with search engines or SEO so I used the standard marketing and public
relations techniques I knew and was comfortable with. I
bartered links for email lists, ad space, created cross promotions and would issue
a press release each time I had a new customer or created a new section of the
site. I started to rank really well for
just about any 'organic' phrase so I was happy but still clueless as to what
was making that happen. It wasn't until
the business owners in my directory started asking me to help them rank that I realized I was doing something right. That's when I started researching online
marketing and found a newsletter called Rank Write which was written by Jill
Whalen and Heather Lloyd Martin.
I still
have the original email I sent to Jill and her answer to me. Every once in a while I pull them out and
remember fondly the simple days when it was all about keyword density, meta tags and any inbound
link. Jill patiently explained what I
was doing and the effects it had on my site and from those conversations
Alliance-Link was born. I eventually let
the directory go and ventured into SEOLand and link building. It's been a fun ride so far and I have no
regrets save one – I wish I had never let the directory go for all the 'link'
reasons you can imagine!
Q: Most successful
industry accomplishment?
A: I've been
very fortunate to have a number of wonderful opportunities come my way and I
appreciate each one beyond words. I'm
especially grateful to Danny Sullivan and Chris Sherman for making me part of the SES conference
series and part of their Search Engine Land blog team. It was an honor to have been asked to be the initial Link Building
Moderator at the HighRankings Forum and to be part of the Incisive Media SES Training Program. I will always be
grateful to Peter DaVanzo for being the first person to ask me for an interview
and to Jennifer Laycock for being the
first to reprint one of my blog posts.
Q: Why do you
like/love this industry?
A: For several
reasons. I like being part of an
industry that has front row seats to the changes taking place in our society
via the Internet. I've watched as MySpace burst onto the scene
and became part of our daily vernacular, how Google morphed from a search
engine to a verb and how local search has just about made the yellow pages
obsolete. And it goes without saying that I love a
great number of the people I've met along the way and consider myself lucky to
call them friend.
Q: What aggravates you most about this industry?
A: LOL – guess
I should have seen that question coming…. Well, two things aggravate me - people
who plagiarize content and people who preach SEO/link building but don't
practice it. Just because someone has a website and "optimizes"
it doesn't make him an authority on the subject of SEO and/or linking. And yet we tolerate a number of people in our
industry as *experts* who have this type of background. I
work on a variety of sites and never experience
the same outcome for any of them, so why do we embrace people who
make blanket statements about cause and effect when all they have is
one site to base their observations on?
Q: What's the next big thing you see happening in this industry?
A: More and
more integration of Web 2.0 type concepts and technology into corporate America's
online sales and communication activities. We're starting to see it but once the blue-chip companies integrate the technology
and show consumers it's fast, easy and fun to use, it willl morph forward./p>
The other
thing I see happening is the refinement of mobile search. You can search from your phone now but it's
not pretty and it's not efficient. Wouldn't it be cool to speak a search command into your phone and
produce a listing of businesses? I'd
have a field day with shoe stores wherever I traveled! Or how about rating a restaurant right after
leaving it instead of waiting to get home and power up the laptop? Point and click will be replaced by speak and
click and we'll all own more shoes.
Do you feel
Search Marketing and Search Marketers get have a bad rep, from outsiders of the
I'm sure
we do but then there are people who don't like the Pope, Gandhi and Elvis as
well so it's best to keep all that in perspective when we talk about what people
Q: Why do you
A: I blog to
practice my writing skills which suck. And not because I use eloquent words like *suck* but because I don't
have the ability to put down on paper what I hear in my head. I try to blog on a regular basis but life and
work get in the way. And yes, I am
planning to take The Link Spiel off Blogger and give it a big girl blog right after I redesign my pitiful
website which at the rate I'm going will be in 2010.
Q: What's a
typical day like for you at your company?
A: Depends on
if I'm at home working or on the road. I
have a number of clients in Richmond/Wash DC area that keep me on retainer so
I'll visit with them several times a month and I do a lot of off-site training. I'm a chatty Cathy by nature so the visiting
and the feedback is a lot of fun for me. On the other hand, I love my jammies too so I'm glad I can have both
types of work days.
Q: Who's your
favorite blogger to read?
A: Hands down
Rohit Bhargava. Closely followed by SEO By The Sea, BoingBoing, Micropersuasion, Constantin
Basturea,.Eric and Justilien. Oh and Gawker, Gray Hat News and
Mike Grehan for fun and good photos.
Q: Right now,
how many women bloggers do you read?
A: Let's see, eight on a regular basis. Yours, Christine's, Dazzlin' Donna's, Amanda, Kim, and Jennifer. I also like to read Lisa Barone at BC's and Esther Dyson.
And now of course for the juicy stuff!
Q: Favorite
Memory for an SES Conference?
A: Google
Dance 2004. I got to spend time with Paul
Q: You have been in the industry for quite a while, surely you can tell the audience if you've ever seen Bruce Clay in tights and a cape? A: Nope, but I have seen him in purple silk _____ !!
Q: Sexy SEO's,
which would top your list? Oilman, Web Guerilla or Dave "Fookin'"
Ooooo be still my beating heart!
A: Todd can
talk over Greg which makes him my hero and I hear he drives a big truck so big
sex appeal points to Todd. However, I'd
need to know if he has chest hair before he takes home the prize. So…
thought I don't know Mr. Naylor the fact he's earned a middle name like
"'Fookin" is promising. I already know he doesn't have chest hair since I've
seen his streaking video so I need to find out he drives a big truck or SUV. That leaves….
My panel-mate MonkeyBoy. Anyone who says it would be an honor to be bitch slapped by me and openly compliments his wife is definitely OK in my book. However…..
Truth be told I'd run them all over for Paul Gardi.
LOL - Deb has a wonderful way with words! Thanks Deb for letting us get to know you! And now onto Alex!
Alex Bennert
I finally got to meet Alex in London this past SES conference, after hearing about her, and actually hearing co-host the Daily Search Cast with Danny Sullivan on WebmasterRadio.fm. I'd hope to get to meet her so I could ask in person if she'd like to be featured here. With a feather boa to accent her style (yes she was a victim of the bead and boa fun), she happily agreed.
Alex works at Beyond Ink, with the ever fabulous Anne Kennedy. Her road to working with Anne and being a co-host to Danny is definitely an interesting tale that started back in 1999 and involves photography, psychics and Russian Brides. Of course I had to hook you in, so now you are ever so curious as to how I came up with that trio of facts and you must read on to our questions and answers with Alex!
Q: How did you land in the Search Marketing Industry?
A: I started out trying to carve a career in professional photography. Digital scanning and imaging was logical next step followed by putting these images on the web which led to learning web design. After freelancing for a couple years, I had to find employment that provided insurance. I answered a job posting at a local dot com for a web designer. Except it was really an SEO position. I worked with a team of 4 people to drive search traffic to a network of sites that included Russian brides and psychic consultations. The job was very unusual and quite instructive. When the company went bust (along with all the other dot com deaths around 2001), I hung out my own shingle and began freelancing search optimization services.
Beyond Ink was a search marketing agency in my area. Their in-house guru was none other than Elisabeth Osmeloski. While technically my competition, the owner Anne Kennedy was always incredibly helpful and generous to me. They brought me to my first SES conference. In 2004, Beyond Ink made me an offer I couldn't refuse and 3 years later, here I am!
Q: Most successful industry accomplishment?
A: I'm very proud of working with Zillow before they even started building their site to design a completely bot-friendly architecture.
Q: Why do you like/love this industry?
A: Oh boy! Where do I begin?
• It's both an art and a science.
• Degrees and background experience do not define the potential for success.
• Sometimes I get to be a hero.
• The genuine camaraderie of our community is uncommon (in my experience).
Q: What aggravates you most about this industry?
• Web developers that retain clients by holding using hostage tactics such as proprietary CMS systems or domain name ownership.
• Territorial, short-sighted IT staffers. Jeez, can I just get 5 minutes to state my case? I swear I'm not stoopid.
• Corporate clients where marketing, IT, and accounting or completely silo-ized so that your great ideas just get swallowed into a black hole of oblivion.
Q: What's the next big thing you see happening in this industry?
A: Marketing budget allocations continuing to increase for web while decreasing for other types of media.
Q: What's it like co-hosting the Daily Search Cast with Danny?
A: Easy! For the most part, I just have to stay out of his way. I throw in the occasionally yep, mmmm, uh-huh, or an attempt at a sophisticated hahaha to make myself sound wise and clever. The real trick is to watch out for Danny Rants that have show-extension potential. Specifically orange-level rants destined to draw our segment well beyond 45 minutes. Now, let me be clear! I'm sure there is a statistically significant percentage of our audience who ardently appreciates the finer nuances of Danny's spontaneous compositions; but I see myself as an advocate of our Power Users. I'm referring to our listeners that still have another 7 podcasts to hear, 54 blogs to scan, 16 Google alerts to review and 4 forum threads to monitor before they even open their email! That's when I have to crack my virtual whip and step up to take control. NOTE that this is not the official WebmasterRadio description of the hosting job, merely my own interpretation of it. ;-)
Q: Do you feel that doing SEO as easy as baking a cake?
A: You'll have to be more specific about your definition of "SEO" as well as the type of cake!
Q: Who's your favorite blogger to read?
A: Why do you ask for only one? I'll have to throw my top 10 into a hat and make a random pick…… and the winner is…. Stuntdubl.
Q: Right now, how many women bloggers do you read?
A: Rebecca Kelley, Lisa Barone, Vanessa Fox, Dazzlin' Donna
And now for a little fun with Alex....
Q: Andy Hagans or Aaron Wall?
A: This one is easy since I haven't yet met Andy. During the last couple years, Aaron has certainly earned my respect and admiration. He is the ideal example of how far determination, persistence, and inquiry can take you.
Q: Which do you prefer, the Danny Rants, or the Danny Songs on the Daily Search Cast?
A: It really depends on the day. Danny's rants are always amusing and occasionally thought-provoking. The songs provide a surreal diversion.
Q: Craziest thing you've ever had happen to you while you have been in this industry?
A: Hmmm….several incidents spring to mind but they all involve a certain Ms. Osmeloski who already dodged that question!
Oooooh these gals and dodging the fun questions ... maybe I can do a live on the spot interview in NYC? What do you all think? :) Thanks Alex for being such a great sport and letting us learn more about you.
As always, visit our Women of Internet Marketing category to read all about the prior features we've had here at SMG! Next week, we'll have week 12 and two more great women.


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Manuel Pellegrini has claimed that his Malaga side 'still believe' they can make next season's Champions League.
The Andalusian side are currently banned from taking part in the tournament next term after a series of financial irregularities. But the Chilean Coach has insisted that his team still hope that the Court for Arbitration in Sport [CAS] can overturn the ruling.
They must, however, start to improve performances on the pitch first, starting this weekend against Getafe.
"We still believe we can get into the Champions League," he told a Press conference. "Whilst it is still mathematically possible, we believe.
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Those computer science and information technology professors at Colorado State are doing an outstanding job in the classroom.
Student tickets to the Rocky Mountain Showdown at Invesco Field didn't go on sale until Monday morning through the school's csurams.com web site. A few resourceful students broke into the system while it was undergoing testing over the weekend.
Early bird and patient buyers alike grabbed up 3,600 student tickets on the first day of sale, with the first level sold out within two hours.
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 08:00Reflecting on the change that is happening in and around programs makes it possible for organisations to adapt and remain relevant to the constituencies they serve. Too often organisations are caught up in delivery and as a result do not take time to reflect on their practice and on the changing...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 10:30Developing program or project baselines is a fundamental part of programming yet very few organisations actually do this. Why is this so? How can we develop simple, easy to use baselines that are relevant to our organisation's information needs? How do we use baselines to better reflect the...
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Friday Morning Briefing
Welcome to our morning briefing. Here we are reviewing short term setups ahead of the NYSE opening bell. If you are a scalper or swing trader then these setups may be of interest to you. As usual keep in mind that these are short term setups although they could be used as early entries for more longer term positions.
For some reason we've hit the motherlode on the setup front this morning – everything is coiled up and ready to rip. But careful – it's quadruple witching Friday and that means you need to set your stops particularly generous today – add at least 25% to your common distance. But before we get to the goodies let's talk about price action on the equities side. We've popped quite a bit higher and then pushed sideways all day with minimal participation (see the Zero indicator flat lining) in a common ramp & camp fashion. What does that mean and where do we go from here?
Well right away that is the wrong question. There is no 'right' or 'wrong' when it comes to inherently flawed mindsets related to trading. You simply trade according to what *at the current time* is the most probable outcome – and sometimes that includes both directions (I can literally see heads explode here right now).
Let me give you an example. I have a chart on which price has reached an important inflection point based on your 'lens' (it's all mental models anyway). How about a 100-day SMA plus we throw in a 25-week SMA nearby for good measure. PLUS the daily Bollingers have compressed and I suspect a big move is coming. Now based on prior history price usually has either bounced back or breached and then pushed higher very rapidly. Both trades could be profitable so I would get positioned short first with a stop above that inflection point. I expect to be stopped out of course (you always do) and once that happens I flip positions to be long with a stop below what now is tentative support. May I get whipsawed once or twice? Sure – can happen but in this particular case it doesn't matter to me as I expect increased volatility to make up for some of the early losses if they appear.
Does this example always work? Of course not – but it's an adaptive approach that over the long term has a positive edge. Now note that I spent a maximum of 5 minutes looking at my charts as the TA should only occupy 20% of my trading day. The other 80% are 20% campaign management and finally the most important and largest aspect of trading: self management, which is 60% of trading.
Too many of you guys confuse swapping directional opinions with trading – to me it's merely mental masturbation. If that offends your fragile egos then GOOD – you are way too comfortable with your entrenched approaches. Trading is all about persona development and if you get settled/comfortable in a path that answers easy answers then the market will hand out instant punishment. Which btw, is why I love the trading racket – unlike in politics, the law, or religion it is not up to interpretation or opinion. Your acceptance of reality has no bearing on its validity – if you're positioned incorrectly you will lose. In essence your job as a trader is to manage loss as best as possible.
Now let's talk about the chart above – let's just look at the price action. After touching and successfully retesting the 100-hour SMA the SPX is now back at the upper 100-hour Bollinger which has nicely contained price action over the past weeks and months. We may get scenario A or we may get scenario B – each direction is completely plausible as price has not yet told us that it's ready to turn. Going short here right now is tempting as we 'have not breached the new highs', right? Well, yes and wrong – the assumption is that breaching the new highs has any meaning whatsoever – I mean we could breach it and then fall back like a rock! Maybe – so let's look at how price usually moves:
This is our daily volume profile chart on the E-Mini futures – all based on trading volume concentrations. When we touched that 100-hour on the SPX we were near a volume hole and as you can see the big move up (and the prior move down) was exploiting an 'easy move range with plenty of participation. Where are we now? Near a veritable volume chasm and that means we should be prepared for a pull back – but we can't just go short without evidence. If there isn't any on the daily (i.e. as in right now) then we look at the hourly panels instead for patterns. So let's do that!
And there we have two Net-Lines opening the door to both directions. We are also seeing a bit of BB compression and if you curious as to what that means then look no further than to what happened on the 18th around 15:00 EDT. So we could get a big move here shortly – if you manage to get positioned early on the hourly then you can build your position up as the tape continued to push your way. And that means you may get an early entry into what turns out to be a daily or even weekly campaign.
And that is how professional traders approach it – it's imperative that you remain nimble and continue to assess what the tape is telling you. How does that compare with simply drawing a line and saying – I'll go short here, no matter what because the tape 'is supposed to fall from here?'
On to the setups – crude looking at a lot of resistance here and I'm short with a stop above the 100-hour SMA.
AUD/NZD – coiled up like a clock and I'm long with a stop below 1.077.
Here's a new service I dug up the other day – dukascopy has a lot of negligible content but if you're an Forex trader (and most of us are) then the daily spread monitor is very good medicine. So if you see spreads you can drive your car through it may just be your broker ripping you off.
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1960s Breitling Navitimer Issued To the Iraqi Air Force on eBay: This Is Why You Come Here
We're squeaking this one in as the hump day post of our sub $1500 week because where it stands right now, it it is indeed under $1500, although it will likely sell for more.
Ok, remember that NOS Breitling Cosmonaute we found a few weeks back, the rare one with the Valjoux 7736 movement? A lot of our gang had interest in that watch, but the 24-hour dial of the Cosmonaute put off more than a few prospective buyers.
So we've tracked down another late 60's Breitling, this time a Navitimer, which means its on a 12 hour scale like normal, and it even features the rare Valjoux 7736 movement instead of the Venus you typically find in these watches. What also makes this special is that the sub-dials of this Navitimer are black, just like the very first iteration of the model years before. It is commonly held that no black on black Navitimers were produced this late, but just like with vintage Rolex, anything's possible.
So this is already a great watch, but we haven't even gotten to the really good part yet, the part that makes us WANT this thing. This Navitimer was issued to the Iraqi Air Force, and features their insignia on the case back. Saddam Hussein called him pilots "The Flying Eagles" and that is exactly what you'll find on this Breitling. Talk about interesting provenance!
We also know that Saddam was a man who loved his timepieces. He owned a solid gold Rolex Day-Date covered in diamonds and he even had Eterna build him a watch with his own mug right on the dial. This Breitling is easily the coolest of all the Saddam pieces we've found, and if it stays anywhere near the current bid of $1150, it'll be a bargain.
This Iraqi Air Force Issued Breitling Navitimer with rare black registers is on eBay in the United Kingdom, click here for details.
*Editors Note: We have to admit there is something slightly off about the looks of this Navitimer. It may be the black registers, which we thought shouldn't exist this late into production, but we strongly advise any potential bidders to do their homework and ask plenty of questions on this one.


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COLORADO SPRINGS - Years before she joined the Harlem Globetrotters, shot hoops with President Obama or was a standout player at Temple University, Fatima "TNT" Maddox was as student at Monterey Elementary in Harrison School District 2.
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The last time Short Order saw it happen was at Ken Lyon's Cape Cod Room at the Bath Club on Miami Beach where lobster were being cooked to death with impunity. We asked Executive Jorge Cardenas if he ever felt bad about it. Here's what he had to say:
"I was working at Le Cirque in NYC at the time for Chef Sottha Kuhn. I told chef, hey I feel bad for killing all these lobster. He said, 'Take all their rubber bands off their claws (lobster claws are generally rubber banded shut so they can't fight back). There was a whole bunch of them there all together and I had to pick each one up. They were all there snapping at me, trying to get me, trying to hurt me. After that day I don't feel bad. If they had the chance they would do the same to me."
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The Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV; or human herpesvirus-8)-encoded protein called K-bZIP (also named K8) was found to be multifunctional. In this study, we discovered that K-bZIP interacts with histone deacetylase (HDAC) 1/2 in 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-stimulated BCBL-1 lymphocyte cells. K-bZIP appears to repress HDAC activity through this interaction, which we determined to be independent of K-bZIP SUMOylation. We dissected the domains of K-bZIP and found that the leucine zipper (LZ) domain is essential for the interaction of K-bZIP and HDAC. In addition, we constructed a KSHV bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) with LZ domain-deleted K-bZIP (KSHVdLZ) and transfected this mutated KSHV BAC DNA into HEK 293T cells. As a result, it was consistently found that K-bZIP without its LZ domain failed to interact with HDAC2. We also showed that the interaction between K-bZIP and HDAC is necessary for the inhibition of the lytic gene promoters (ORF50 and OriLyt) of KSHV by K-bZIP. Furthermore, we found that the LZ domain is also important for the interaction of K-bZIP with the promoters of ORF50 and OriLyt. Most interestingly, although it was found to have suppressive effects on the promoters of ORF50 and OriLyt, KSHVdLZ replicates at a significantly lower level than its BAC-derived revertant (KSHVdLZRev) or KSHVWT (BAC36) in HEK 293T cells. The defectiveness of KSHVdLZ replication can be partially rescued by siRNA against HDAC2. Our results suggest that the function of K-bZIP interaction with HDAC is two-layered. 1) K-bZIP inhibits HDAC activity generally so that KSHVdLZ replicates at a lower level than does KSHVWT. 2) K-bZIP can recruit HDAC to the promoters of OriLyt and ORF50 through interaction with HDAC for K-bZIP to have a temporary repressive effect on the two promoters.
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Leaf-peeping season is poised to start in most of the United States in the coming weeks. Even though leaf-peeping sounds rather naughty, it actually involves looking at trees. Alternate names include leafing, fall foliage viewing, and probably others as well. For the Japanese, it's called momijigari ("leaf hunting") and is considered a noble activity. You may not think leaf-peeping (or whatever you choose to call it) is noble, but the following tips can help make it an enjoyable way to spend fall days, whether you're driving or walking.
How to Leaf
Generally, the simplest way to go leafing is to pick an area where the leaves are changing colors, and drive or walk around. Residents of areas where the leaves change colors may already know of good spots for leafing. Even if you don't know where to find the best colors, you can probably drive out to the country and find an area with lots of trees and not much traffic. Environmentally-minded people may prefer to hike instead of driving, especially since this gives everyone a chance to focus on the leaves instead of the road. National or regional parks are particularly good places for leaf-peeping, since they don't restrict you to the area directly around your home but do allow you to walk and enjoy the fresh air.
Those who take children along on a fall foliage tour may want to consider bringing a book in which to store especially interesting leaves encountered on the way. Remembering a special leafing experience is easier if you can preserve a physical reminder, because pictures only tell part of the story. Efficient leaf-peeping also depends on the right supplies, so make sure you bring items like food, drinks, a cell phone, and proper clothing. Especially in cold or rainy areas, extra gear like jackets and umbrellas can be important if the weather doesn't cooperate. Sometimes a short walk turns into a daylong hike, and it's always better to have supplies and not need them than to need supplies and not have them.
Motorcycle and Bike Leafing Tours
A motorcycle ride through the countryside can be an ideal way to enjoy the changing colors, but despite the extra visuals offered by not wearing a helmet, please follow all state laws and regulations regarding helmets, and put safety first no matter what.
Likewise, bicycling is also a wonderful and healthy alternative to driving, and with the right safety equipment (always wear a helmet!) and preparation, leaf-peeping and biking can be a great mix.
Plan Ahead
If you're leaf peeping around your hometown, newspapers and the local news often have updates on the best spots to view fall foliage. If you're planning a special leafing tour, many websites have reports on the state of the foliage. The USDA Forest Service provides extensive planning information for leaf-peepers, including links to national and regional forest spots perfect for leafing. The Weather Channel provides a map of the U.S. that shows foliage conditions for different regions, and The Foliage Network has regional foliage reports, as well as resources for planning your leafing trip. When planning your trip, remember to check the local sunset time-"you might be surprised by the sun going down, so plan accordingly. Make sure you have plenty of time to enjoy the scenery in the daylight.
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If you don't live in an area where the leaves change colors, or simply don't have time to get out for a trip, you can still experience the grand vistas of nature-right from your own home. It's not quite the same as being there, but several organizations maintain web cameras to monitor air quality that double as foliage cameras. Two of these organizations are the USDA Forest Service and CAMNET. In addition, many cities and states maintain traffic and weather web cameras that can be used to view fall foliage as it changes color. These cameras are also a great way to see if the area you want to visit is currently in season or not.
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