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M. Ostermeier – Still
Tench – TCH-07 CD: About 35 Minutes
Label and Information: http://www.tenchrec.com/TCH07.html
Tracks: Stasis, Division, Hang, Counterpoise, New Lights, Congruence, Inertia, Parity
I read something recently by a musician whose work I admire about disconnecting from modern life, even for a short while, and in the time away a sense of one's true self may return, even briefly. During that time, relationships with others might even improve. The mystic writer of the Victorian era, Richard Jefferies also wrote of this in some of his essays in the latter part of the 19th century. The pace of what I call life's 'carousel' is sometimes so dizzying, and at those moments, no matter what beckons it's often time to get away and seek a refuge. Personally, my quickest solution is to go for a walk in the woods, or even local streets away from the din in the mind or work at the desk.
M. Ostermeier's new CD Still offers a cleansing respite with both passive and active listening. It took a few tries (first while doing other things and then sitting and focusing on the music) to condition myself, but by the time of the third audition, I was tuned-in. Most of the pieces have a piano-dominant center, the primary melody or phrases, and there are sonic backdrops delicately stitched in which complement a given theme. The melodic arrangement is often more akin to Far Eastern rather than Western musical structure, but it isn't always the case. There is no ominous darkness here, only soft and gentle light. In fact, Stasis opens the album as if the Sun is rising and shadows can be observed to course slowly across the camera obscura of the imagination.
From what I recall of M. Ostermeier's splendid last album, The Rules of Another Small World, this work seems more focused on acoustic instrumentation with electronics and sampled sounds taking a more secondary role. The album is largely a preservation of the quietude, but there are moments as in Counterpoise, the only marginally forceful piece on the album, where after attention is grabbed it turns into an almost gentle pattering massage, which is eased with a slightly distant piano and other microtones. The fabric of Congruence is gently percussive, reminiscent of dampened marimbas. The CD closes at its most broadly sonorous and harmonic in Parity, with only a hint of foreboding, yet thankfully, no sudden dose of reality.
As is often the case with meditation or self-hypnosis, one loses a sense of time, after entering into a state of deep relaxation. What the clock tells us is a half an hour feels as if it's only moments, not easily parted from, but wanting to return–like a dream one doesn't want to end. It's often difficult to find time to escape to a quiet forest, lake or one's favorite place for truly as long as is needed, so in lieu of that disappear into some contemplation and take time to think, reflect and be Still.
Chris Jamison – Lovecraft
Future Spin Productions CD – Time: 38:26 – Release Date: March 31, 2015
Available at: http://www.chrisjamisonmusic.com/
Other Links: http://chrisjamison.bandcamp.com & https://soundcloud.com/chrisjamisonmusic
Tracks: 1) Always, 2) Blue Melody, 3) Juniper Blues, 4) What About Tomorrow, 5) Pedernal, 6) The Mockingbird Song, 7) Waves Of The Wind, 8) Roadside Bar, 9) Old 81
When first meeting some folks, it often takes time to get to know them. It might take months or even years until an acquaintance becomes a friend. For reasons that can't often be explained, sometimes with a certain person or people, there's a sense of ease or a bond and it just seems right from the start, and that's how Chris Jamison's forthcoming album Lovecraft feels and sounds to me.
Formerly of Texas, Jamison now lives with his young family in Arizona and he has self-produced four previous albums, and contrary to my normal listening preparations, I didn't listen to any of his previous work, initially. There is a grounded familiarity in Lovecraft, like being at a favorite place or in a well-worn cherished piece of clothing, and even if a song's subject is somewhat melancholy there's a comfort in it that brings some hope for better things ahead. The album is tastefully humble and original in many ways, yet with a lilt of roots, blues and country, and it does kick-up some dirt too. Most of the songs are quickly memorable, but the substance is far more than just catchy hooks.
As much as I try to resist comparisons, it's clear that there's an homage to some musicians reaching back into the 1970s (instrumentation, vocals and studio vibe) like Jackson Browne of the Running on Empty era and earlier as well as the timing and presence of vocals in earlier works of Van Morrison. It's also clear that Jamison not only cares about the songs and instrumentation, but how the recording sounds, and he sought Sam Kassirer for the mixing who has worked with Josh Ritter, as well as mastering by Scott Hull of Master Disk in New York, who has worked with many well-known musicians. Click on the photo below to view other album credits and musicians.
The album opens with Always, which has a steady awakening beat that features organ and electric guitar with Jamison's strong vocals, yet the vocals don't demand attention. There are reflective and slow-swinging moments with languid electric guitar or piano as in Blue Melody and Waves Of The Wind, and whether the vocals are slightly saturated or clean, they are clear, but not over-powering. The meditative slow-dance Juniper Blues channels some of Vince Gill's work from The Reason Why album (These Days tetralogy); the sweet memories that still haunt, to paraphrase the lyrics. Jamison also plays a bit with a sense of time, starting What About Tomorrow with sounds reminiscent of an old radio tuning into a memory and discussions of what could have been. The song's construction evokes the instrumentation of Al Stewart's On The Border with Sebastian Cure's guitar solo paralleling Peter White's solo in Border.
In addition to telling stories, Jamison also remembers places, as in Pedernal, which I believe is the northern New Mexico mesa (Cerro Pedernal) that Georgia O'Keefe used as an occasional subject for her paintings. The piece is at first instrumental, ambient and contemplative, then the vocals blend with the cello, vibes and organ, it's a humble entreaty to listen, "May I sing you a song…" The Mockingbird Song is an observation and appreciation with a soft spacious opening, almost trance-inducing. It's of chasing dreams, with a strong vocal and is reminiscent of Josh Ritter's The Temptation of Adam, but more hopeful. Mockingbird is an elegant song, and the harp along with hushed organ and vocals are just…perfect. Another place, real or imagined is the intimate Roadside Bar with piano, percussion and the feeling of enjoyment and jamming with friends who sing along. The album closes with the reflective, visual and optimistic returning depicted in Old 81.
So much music (or what passes for it) these days seems synthetic and lacking an authenticity that pushing the "SKIP" button on a CD or MP3 player might be a better option than wasting the precious time to be inundated by sound that is over-processed with samples and pitch-correction. As much as I seek music that is more experimental and somewhat edgy, I also enjoy and have a deep respect for songwriters who take great care to compose and record with understated yet effective arrangements and skillful musicianship.
This album is the real deal and it's a great companion for a road trip too. Hit "REPLAY."
Photo of Chris Jamison by Lillian Reid
This is a solicited review
Zammuto – Anchor
Temporary Residence TRR 227 LP (CD and D/L) Time: About 39 Minutes for 11 LP Tracks
Artist: http://www.zammutosound.com/ Label: http://temporaryresidence.com/
1) Good Graces 2) Great Equator 3) Hegemony 4) Henry Lee (Trad) 5) Need Some Sun 6) Don't Be A Tool 7) Electricant 8) IO 9) Stop Counting 10) Sinker 11) Your Time 12) Codebreaker* Bonus on Deluxe LP download with silkscreened cover
Many scientists have labs and equipment, and there are parallels between science and the creation of music. Discovery and creativity take hard work, inspiration and many tools—some of the work is also drudgery and can take a long time to complete. Some experiments succeed and some don't, but research presses on.
Nick Zammuto's lab is in Vermont and while Zammuto's current work is more accessible and song-oriented than work of his previous collaboration with Paul de Jong (The Books), Nick and his bandmates are still looking for music and inspiration in unexpected places (sometimes in quirky infomercial videos, physical inventions, admonitions from a parent and odd audio samples). Sounds are discovered, altered, created and spun into a fabric of song, and more often than not the results are downright fun.
It took about a year from the very successful IndieGoGo campaign to the release of Anchor, but along the way Nick Zammuto kept backers well informed on progress and entrusted early previews of the final tracks, along with the background for inspiration and in-depth technical information on how many of the sounds were developed. The resulting album varies from calming drones to chest pounding beats along with idiosyncratic melodic turns and spirited lyrics. Many of the tracks are based around odd rhythms, some created with scratches deliberately made on LPs at planned intervals.
Although I'm not always an advocate of loud music, I think this album better with the volume knob UP—it's often an absolute romp. Most of the music is also well suited to their live shows, where Nick Zammuto and his bandmates know how to have a good time, often with accompanying videos. I can attest it's also a great album for driving (at safe lower volumes!). In general, I find this album to be more reserved (almost cautious, at times) compared than their first.
After Good Graces eases-in, the more dynamic tracks like Great Equator, Hegemony, Need Some Sun, Electricant and the aggressively percussive IO give the album its verve. Anchor also has its quieter and more drone oriented moments, and can be quite introspective at times, as in Henry Lee, Stop Counting, Your Time and the acoustic percussion and guitar swells of Sinker. The bonus track Codebreaker is a syncopated keyboard, guitar arpeggio and electronic percussion pattern study.
I think my only criticism of Anchor is that Zammuto might consider exploring some longer form works. Peculiar and energetic always work for me.
The limited edition deluxe LP with silkscreen print cover
Photos are courtesy of Zammuto's website, but I participated in the campaign and got myself a deluxe LP.
Harold Budd – Jane 12-21
CD: Darla DRL289 2014 Time: About 39 minutes
CD available at this link to Darla (To be released on September 9, 2014)
Tracks: Jane 12 through Jane 21 with track Jane 16 subtitled (For Pale Saints)
I took some time off from writing reviews; primarily to just take some time off, but also I have been awaiting preorders for a number of releases as well as getting more serious about making some music instead of just listening. It's a hard road training old fingers to do new things, but it's about the journey for me, not just the destination.
What a treat it is to return to a new album by Harold Budd (and I understand that another collaboration with Robin Guthrie has been recorded and will be released in early 2015, the title will be Another Flower). Jane 12-21 is another fine example of Harold Budd sitting at a piano (or other instrument) and just playing without rehearsal or embellishment, one take without revisiting and then moving on. There are some apparent treatments and minimal overdubs. It's difficult for me to tell if the percussion is actual or keyboard-based sampling, but it does sound like actual percussion most of the time.
This album is simpler and less adventurous compared to Jane 1-11, and that's not a criticism at all, just an observation. The cover design is also rather stark by comparison, with one panel by artist Jane Maru and minimal information about the tracks, recording and times, adding a bit to the somewhat mysterious nature of the album. Jane 1-11 was created in response to videos created by artist Jane Maru (which were later released as a companion CD/DVD: Budd Maru Collaboration ) so without the benefit of input from Harold Budd (so far), I wonder if Jane 12-21 was created as a response to further videos by Maru (see video for Jane 8 below).
The album contrasts between recordings that are intimate and those which are spatially broad, more distant (whether the distance and reverberation were achieved with actual spaces or electronically, I don't know). To briefly describe each of the tracks on the album: Jane 12 is a stark and up-close, yet resonant piano with brief references to Debussy's Clair de Lune. Jane 13 also uses a piano with light melodic percussion. After the first two tracks Budd moves to more experimental territory and Jane 14 consists of melodic percussion (bells, glasses) with reverb and has a very calming effect. Distance, like a dream on the edge of consciousness is how Jane 15 sounds, with hushed piano and a spatial reverb. Whether intentional or not, I do find some of the pieces referring back to other previous Jane 1-11 pieces. Jane 16 does this for me—reminds me of Jane 8. It's placid keyboard chords with gentle piano accompaniment and minimal apparent treatments. The piano is responding to the chord movement of the keyboard.
Air moving through pipes is how Jane 17 starts, it's a strong sound with treated piano and minimal percussion, and a pronounced flow and movement. Jane 18 bends and twists with a somewhat downcast sonorous keyboard. The melodic references to the first Jane series return with Jane 19, again keyboard and resonant chimes. It sounds a bit more reflective to me with shades of Budd's earlier work.
Jane 20 has a breathy keyboard melody, somewhere between wind chimes and woodwinds along with a gamelan (at times sounding like vibraphone) and deep percussive overtones. This track more than any other in the series evokes a scene from a film with a vast landscape of mystery. Budd closes this collection with Jane 21, a modest and delicately resonant cross between piano and celeste and themes appearing in various other Jane tracks, making it part of the larger cohesive whole.
Harold Budd's work takes me to a place where I like to be, and return there as often as I can. I think you'll want to add this album to your collection.
Hallock Hill – Kosloff Mansion
Hundred Acre Recordings HA06: 12" LP (copy 18/40 signed, 200 total LPs & digital download)
Label: http://www.hundredacrerecordings.com/ Arrangement and production by Tim Noble
Hallock Hill Website: http://hallockhill.com/
Tracks: Side A: 1) I Light The Lamp And Sit Down, 2) The Good Dead, 3) The People Without Tears, 4) Death Was A Bird, 5) Villages Of The Black Earth, 6) A Secret It Remains, 7) Another Light; Side B: 1) Workbench Atheist, 2) Demons In The Birchwood, 3) Farewell, Pale Corpse Of Many Sins, 4) The Immortalisation Commission, 5) We Looked For You For 52 Years, 6) Massed Bands And Megaphones
Ask a person cold about a particular moment in time and the recall on specifics might not be immediate or complete, but drop a needle on an LP or press play on a CD and the instant the music starts (even if it has been unheard for 30+ years) that same person's recollection of a memory could be lucid, with the place, time and circumstances remembered in vivid detail. Music is often a key that unlocks chambers in a memory palace. While not necessarily as far back as 30 years, there are moments while listening to Kosloff Mansion that visions of the past coalesce and the aura of the album further enhances that experience. Perhaps Tom Lecky had different intentions from my own experience for the inspiration of his fourth album, but that's the power of music when combined with synapses, dendrites, proteins and whatever…
I often associate the works of HH's with layered compositions for acoustic and electric guitar (as in the albums The Union or A Hem of Evening), but this LP is mostly rooted in solo piano with production and treatments by collaborator Tim Noble (of The Lowland Hundred). It's hard to know where Noble's contributions specifically appear, but I think of Lecky's work as being mostly austere, without apparent structure at times, although intricately layered (some juxtapositions being left to chance). I was fortunate to have ordered this LP early enough to obtain a copy signed by Lecky and Noble, along with a hand written short poem by TL.
Kosloff Mansion starts gently, like the rising Sun with beams of light reaching into the morning, or rather, a candle's flame penetrating the darkness. It could be an unhurried day or evening in a cabin in the woods, just sitting contemplating nothing (or everything) and listening without distraction—the types of moments of which we need more. Briefly, a storm interrupts in The Good Dead and this triggers the vision of a very late night deep in the Adirondacks (of New York) with lightning and thunder that a (then) very young son wanted to end, but I wanted (privately) to continue, to hear the storm echoing through the mountains. With assurances that the storm was increasingly distant, there was comfort enough for the younger to sleep and so the elder could continue listening and pondering that particular night before a loon emerged and greeted the dawn.
Instrumentation sometimes changes from solo piano to bells, or perhaps it's a celeste, but they fit while shifting with the breezes, moonlight and stars reflecting in the lake of the vision. A Secret It Remains blends liquid and tones before landing in the austerity of Another Light with only hints of ominous strings rolling in on an imaginary tide of a lurking then emerging spirit…before fading.
Workbench Atheist seems to be more of the morning; soft music with a light rain or is it the creaking of an ancient wood floor? Demons In The Birchwood is a darker, but livelier spirit and the celeste returns with a deeper Leslie-esque treatment, before merging into a wraith-like Farewell, Pale Corpse Of Many Sins, which at times is unsettling yet ironically at peace. A reverie is freed to peregrinate in The Immortalisation Commission and it builds to a crescendo and then gently disperses. There is a firm perseverance in We Looked For You For 52 Years, a feeling of reverence is also present. Massed Bands And Megaphones punctuates Kosloff Mansion with a blend of a celebratory whimsy and sounds reminiscent of fireworks echoing in the distance.
At times Kosloff Mansion is mysterious, yet halcyon moments come forth and while different in sound and instrumentation from his previous works, it's very much rooted in what I have come to appreciate in Lecky's work—a really brilliant and different kind of music experience.
Added bonus! Hallock Hill live on WFMU, along with Tim Noble (HH segment starts at about 30:00, but enjoy the entire show!): http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/55533
Peaceful Wrath – Fields
Label: Whispered CD WR001CD Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies Time: 36:54
Available at: http://whisperedlabel.bandcamp.com/album/fields
Tracks: 1) Cristaline (Flux), 2) Copper Traces, 3) Elements, 4) Archaique, 5) Rubis, 6) Pudgala, 7) Myth, 8) Canvas, 9) Cristaline (Reflux)
Fields is the first album to be released by the Whispered label and opens with a solo piano and the sounds of a distant shore. The music is from the imagination of Stéphane Vandezande in his guise as the Peaceful Wrath, and the work is part minimalist and part chamber orchestra along with delicate electronic and environmental treatments. The spirit is somber at times, as in Cristaline, but can change quickly to be playfully furtive like in the track Elements.
One moment, the music appears to be from a discreet scene from an imaginary film (as in Pudgala) whereas at others it depicts a broad conceptual sonic portrait, much like in the track Rubis. The presentation of the compositions is never brash, but the starkest of tracks can be the most powerful, even more so than those more broadly orchestrated (in a way, the power of silence). In Copper Traces, Vandezande also plays with rhythm and syncopation and has elements similar to Johannes Schmoelling's solo oeuvre. There are also brief moments of humor in the variety of the orchestration in Elements and I was instantly reminded of Eno Moebius Roedelius's 1978 album After The Heat.
Voices also appear like momentary distractions in dreams, but are gentle enough to allow a return to the comfort of the music; this occurs in Myth as it advances cautiously from solo piano to cello and then bass (or treated synth) and then into a section of chamber music, which quickens rhythmically. It's one of my favorite pieces on the album. Canvas shimmers, rumbles a bit and even growls before the "reflux" of Cristaline. Vandezande notes that Fields was recorded under rainy skies in Brussels and in a small village in the French countryside, and he recommends as companions, "…a log on the fire and a nice cup of hot chocolate…"; sounds like an excellent idea, and I can also attest that it works well on warm sunny days too, a very nice listen with beautiful cover artwork.
This is a solicited review.
Nick Magnus – n'monix
EANTCD 1032 – Esoteric Antenna (Cherry Red Records) – Time: 46:54
Tracks: 1) Time, 2) Memory, 3) Kombat Kid, 4) Headcase, 5) Eminent Victorians, 6) Broken, 7) Shadowland, 8) Entropy
Nick Magnus – Website: http://www.magnus-music.com/ Discography: http://www.magnus-music.com/discography.htm Solo Albums: http://www.magnus-music.com/solo_albums.htm
Record Label: http://www.esotericrecordings.com/antenna.html & http://www.cherryred.co.uk/
Other music genres aside, I posit that many fans of Progressive Rock (Progressive Metal and other sub-genres included) have fairly high expectations when anticipating the release of an album by a favorite artist or band. The hope is perhaps for certain sounds and instrumentation—in a way, holding onto the past, the memories. I'm certainly guilty of that (I want Mellotrons, Les Pauls, E-bows and bass pedals), but I also hope for variants and invention in addition to complicated rhythms and key signatures that I associate with Prog Rock.
Music can trigger memories; hear a song and it can take one back to a long distant place and time, instantly. My memory of Nick's work goes back to the early days of the Steve Hackett Band, in the late 1970s through the 1980s, and I certainly remember standing up front at more than a few venues close to the stage, marveling at Nick using his two (four?!) hands, feet and even elbows at times to assist with bringing Steve Hackett's early work to life (he was a large part of the sound and technology of that era…and the transition from the analog to digital era in instrumentation and recording technology). Then, of course, I have enjoyed his solo work beginning with Straight On Til Morning from 1993.
I've heard some recent Prog Rock albums (even albums that I like) where the artist felt it necessary to include frequent derivative historical references and instrumentation or phrasing to other artist's albums, but Magnus resists this temptation and takes n'monix in unexpected directions and makes it his own. The album does include many new friends as well as old; a connection to the past while looking to the future: Steve Hackett, Tony Patterson, Tim Bowness, Pete Hicks, Rob Townsend, James Reeves, Kate Faber and Andy Neve. Once again, long time collaborator, Dick Foster delivers sharp, witty and poignant lyrics that combine so well with the music.
n'monix is social commentary, history, reality and an observation of the results of technological advancements and the effects they have on us all. The more information available, the more to process, the more to remember and as a result we need devices to cope, mnemonics of many types. And curiously, even with the most tragic and unjust, we humans have such short memories; history is bound to repeat itself, it sadly becomes inevitable. We are victims of our own creations. The album is also about loss on many levels.
Time is the allegro of the symphony or the overture to the opera and it's aggressive with firm vocals by Tony Patterson (and it will give your audio equipment a workout). By contrast (but very much in keeping with the symphonic reference) Memory is an adagio (slower tempo) waltz of sorts, which shifts from a somewhat shrouded soprano solo to broad choral treatment. Kombat Kid is an allegory. It is part march, part recitative and a story of consumption, manipulation and obsession…a reminder to step away from the keyboard or game controller now and then. Headcase is the only track on the album that even vaguely includes an homage…in this case (it seems to me!) to Gentle Giant…with quirky rhythms and lyrics—and memory games in the lyrics. Eminent Victorians is the most fantastical of the pieces on the album (with a brilliant animated video to accompany and vocals by the carnival "barker" Pete Hicks), and traces the absurdity of the served and servants, the sacrifices of the young and poor for the glory of an Empire and upper class; a familiar theme even today as income gaps grow ever wider and those less fortunate suffer even more. EV also includes prominent and most welcomed solos by Steve Hackett.
Broken is a heartbreaking lament with remarkable and emotional soprano saxophone solos by Rob Townsend (I have to admit that I had quite an unexpected emotional reaction to the track). Reality hits in the mournful resignation and loss of Shadowland and includes choral treatments and a stark guitar solo again from Steve Hackett. Some of the original themes return in the opening of the final track Entropy, an acceptance of reality and the unknown possibilities. I am certain that I have missed some of the literary, mystical and historical references…for now.
Although the subject matter of this album can be rather daunting, I find it to be somewhat lighter in spirit at times and more musical compared to Nick's brilliant previous album Children of Another God. n'monix is impeccably arranged and orchestrated, and dances on the edge of being symphonic and operatic while including original and accessible songwriting. This is certainly not an album that collapses under the weight of a Prog Rock cliché, in fact, just the opposite–it brings a fresh relevance and viewpoint to the genre.
Orbit Over Luna – Transit
Label: http://polarseasrecordings.com/ Artist: http://orbitoverluna.com/
Available at: http://polarseasrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/transit
Polar Seas Recordings PSR-007: CD-R Limited to 50 (Time: 64:02) with hand stamped numbered envelope, 8 page booklet and unique numbered art card by Shannon Penner. Review copy is 35/50. Album is also available as a digital download, but the first seven tracks only.
Tracks: 1) The Breathing of Roots, 2) Saturnine, 3) Chambers of the Sea, 4) Sungazing, 5) Ylla, 6) Un Jardin Des Cieux, 7) In The Decay of Shadows, Bonus CD tracks: 8) Equinox, 9) In The Decay of Shadows (Piano)
It's all a matter of relative perception…a transit at sea, in the sky or on land and the paradox of experiencing the direct speed of travel from within or observing from afar a celestial body in space, a vehicle on land or a jet in the sky moving very slowly, when in reality in it could be traveling hundreds or even thousand of miles per hour. Time can seem to stand still…
Shannon Penner is Orbit Over Luna and he is an animator, sound designer, composer and multi-instrumentalist from Toronto, Canada. His work draws from many influences and instrumentation in his work varies, but it's primarily guitar-based (often with ample reverb) with select moments of piano.
Penner's album Transit is both about being in the moment and observing from afar while experiencing the sense of movement on land, at sea or in air (or perhaps even floating in space). The album is quite serene and comforting, but it holds one's attention weaving through a variety of sonic territories. I compare the album (as much as I like the competitive side of sailing) to spending a delightful afternoon on a sailboat in the warm sunshine with gentle breezes and my hand occasionally creating a gentle wake in the water.
The Breathing of Roots announces what follows almost like a distant fog horn at dawn, to gently nudge one's attention that it's time for a journey. Saturnine seems a bit of a misnomer, because rather than being gloomy, it's a slow drift on that boat (and not in the doldrums) allowing the distractions of the world to dissolve and to focus instead on the gentle and calming movement…a languid afternoon on the water.
I've read Shannon Penner's oeuvre being compared to a number of different musicians, but the closest for me is the work of Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins) and in particular his trilogy of recent EPs entitled Angel Falls, Songs To Help My Children Sleep and Sunflower Stories. Penner's work, however, is not as rhythmic or melodic when compared to Guthrie's; instead it focuses more on atmospheric imagery. Throughout the album there are occasional broad wave motions that yield gossamers of a tangible melody, but it's the exception rather than the rule. In The Decay of Shadows, which follows the transit of the Sun in the sky, has a minimal and complementary piano melody to the guitar chords that emerges and disappears gently like shadows created from clouds passing across the sky until the Sun sets below the horizon (one of the bonus pieces is the isolated piano track).
Sungazing has moments of distorted guitar as if shielding one's eyes from the Sun's glare and as a more comfortable view emerges the sound clarifies and the panorama of the landscape comes into focus. Ylla is a celestial passage and it makes me wonder if it's a nod to one of Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles of the same name. And the farthest and most ethereal transit of all is in Un Jardin Des Cieux (The Garden of Heaven). In The Decay of Shadows is the postlude to the album, but there are two bonus tracks on the CD, the first is Equinox, the two points in our year on Earth where we travel about the Sun and where day equals night, before summer or winter, as we pass through time…and the older we are the shorter our relative perception of time becomes.
Enjoy the ride!
Pjusk / Sleep Orchestra – Drowning In The Sky
CD DR-21 Time: 56:34 – http://dronarivm.com/
http://pjusk.no/ & http://www.sleeporchestra.com/
Tracks: 1) Donitsk, 2) Daithn, 3) Skdiv, 4) Aoleeignal, 5) Rionzemef, 6) Vansunbarth, 7) Pleq Remix of Rionzemef
I've been a bit out of the loop with Dronarivm label releases for the last six months or so, but one of their new albums caught my ears—the collaboration with Pjusk and Sleep Orchestra.
Drowning In The Sky initially strikes close to home in its sound aura since we are just emerging from a VERY long winter here in the northeast USA. Pjusk's (Rune Andre Sagevik and Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik) music is often rooted in their Norwegian locale being inspired by weather, landscape and nature and Sleep Orchestra's work (as noted by Christopher Pegg) is often influenced by science fiction or imaginary soundtracks to "…movies in your head…"
From what I have heard of their prior respective works, I wouldn't have necessarily thought that their musical styles would merge comfortably, but after listening to Drowning In The Sky the combination works quite well. The album does indeed seem very much like a soundtrack to a short film of an imagined journey that starts in a stark and harsh landscape of wind, snow and ice—not exactly a comforting place to be, but the solitude brings a focused awareness of the surroundings (Donitsk). Eventually the scenes change and there is a transformation from an outdoor landscape into more industrial and metallic-sounding scenes (Daithn) with sporadic rhythms. Taut and glitchy beats emerge and then there are layers of cavernous spaces, like giant shipyards or factories with remote gantry cranes (Skdiv), sharpened with a solo trumpet.
In time the scenes are darker (Aoleeignal), although still quite spatial with sounds dancing within the mix, and there is a strong visceral undercurrent and an increased sense of motion. There is a return to an outdoor environment: water and wind in Rionzemef and an auditory sense of being in a vehicle of some sort (a large truck, train or ship perhaps) while experiencing a storm and pulsing undercurrent from outside the vehicle. The environment, despite being a long way from the desolation of an Arctic plain continues to intrude into the soundscape and at a windshield or porthole…or in the mind. Vansunbarth appears to be the arrival at the imaginary destination, where furtive sounds move quickly, muffled announcements, signals ring and footfall moves in a foggy haze, disorienting as if being awakened suddenly from a traveling slumber.
The album is a journey of contrasts, from the far reaches of harsh yet pristine tundra to the gritty environs of an industrial zone, from desolation and isolation to population. Pleq's remix of Rionzemef gently sways and is more hypnotic and comforting than the original track.
A historical comparison: Drowning starts off being quite similar to Envangelos Papathanassiou's chilling soundtrack to the film Antarctica and ends up more in a post-apocalyptic and highly cinematic realm of Bladerunner. Also of note, (and I always prefer a physical release to digital) Dronarivm has changed their CD sleeve to a quite effective recyclable folded heavy cardstock slide-out package; my only comment would be to ask that the inner portion slides out another centimeter farther for easier access to the CD.
twincities – variations for the celesta
Eilean: [02] – Eilean Records: CD-R (an edition of 80) Time 48:16
Tracks: 1) Prelude in E Major, 2) Evenings Wait; The Morning's Break, 3) Early Ferns, 4) The Sun Looks Quite Ghostly When There's A Mist On The River And Everything's Quiet, 5) Faint Whirs Of The Smallest Motor, 6) They Carried Teapots And Tiny Gas Canisters, 7) A Ship's Bell (Sings), 8) The Weight Of The Frost On A Branch, 9) And The Guitar Plays War Hymns, 10) (Sings)
Long ago I found myself curiously attracted to an old celesta (celeste) in the back corner of my high school band room. I'd plug it in when I was sure that no one was around and adjust the controls and the small piano-like instrument made pleasantly sonorous yet mysterious sounds: belltones with alluring sustains and tremolos…
Eilean Records is a new French-based label run by Mathias Van Eecloo and twincities – variations for the celesta is the label's first release (although ironically labeled [02]). Long Islander (New York) Fletcher McDermott creates music in his basement studio in the guise of twincities (funny, when I think of "Twin Cities" I think of Minneapolis/St Paul, Minnesota).
Eilean is Scottish Gaelic for Island and the label's works will each relate to a point on an imaginary map with up to one hundred predetermined locations. Coincidentally, McDermott lives on an island (albeit a rather large island). Eilean releases will vary in quantities from 75 to 200 physical copies and there will be up to 100 releases with hand made covers and related artwork in this map series. Connections to the place where the music is created will be memorialized with an image of a small bottle containing the soil from the musician's locale. On the reverse of the image with be the map quadrant assigned to the musician. Each release will be a part of the puzzle of the overall map…the music connected to the artist, a point on the map and a small vial of soil. In effect, an imaginary hybrid island with a small yet tangible existence. Islands of the imagination, islands of the mind, perhaps even islands of isolation. Have any of you ever read the short story The Man Who Loved Islands by D. H. Lawrence?
I've noted before that I've listened to shortwave and ham radio operators for decades and in some respects this album is like roaming the radio dial late into the night on an old analog shortwave set using the fine-tuning knob. The music is like traveling and it takes the listener to different places. The feeling of being taken on a tour through a shortwave realm isn't literal like in Kraftwerk's song Radioland (from their 1975 album Radioactivity), rather it's more subtle in the background and doesn't distract from the aura created by the music and other sounds. The album at times also evokes Godley and Creme's song Get Well Soon from the 1979 album Freeze Frame (waxing rhapsodically about Radio Luxembourg and Radio Caroline late into the night), although that song is more melodic. The celesta isn't the dominant sound generator in this album, but each piece has a strong thread weaving throughout along with other well-disguised instrumentation, found or ambient sounds and faint voices. Rather than repeat the track names, I'll just reference the track number in my overview:
1) variations opens with rapid-fire automated Morse code, soothed with slow comforting celesta responses. 2) The celesta is transformed into restful wind chimes with long passages of deep resonant tones and distant faint melodies. There are some comparisons to the recent works of Kane Ikin's otherworldly explorations (seek out his recent 12k label releases). 3) Is like hanging on the edge of a dream while awakening in the misty early morning light—the calm and the quietude. The celesta treatment is like it could be from portions of the soundtrack to Forbidden Planet—rather mysterious, almost ominous.
4-7) This collection of tracks seems like a suite, at first sonorous, gentle and deep tones and mysterious atmospheres (in time, a slower Morse code reappears), transitioning into an edgier realm (6) and finishing in a gritty drift across the radio dial, sharper sounds with kalimba-like percussives. 8) Sways gently and is the most peaceful track on the album. It evokes some of the feeling of Robert Rich's recent album Nest. 9) This piece is a broad soundscape (in some respects like those created by the band Lambchop as links between songs…William Tyler's moody electric guitar drones). The celesta is treated like chimes sounding like church bells, in memoriam. 10) A gritty close, like the beginning, and the distant music returns one last time from a far away island.
Eilean Records is off to a fine start with twincities variation for the celesta. Visit their website soon for the next planned destination which will be released on 5/5/14 and monthly thereafter.
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Happeeeeeeee New Year!!!
And now that I've gotten that out of my system, on to the topic of the day: New Year's Resolutions. Do you make them? Do you loathe them? John and I have embraced the tradition for a while now (here's our New Year's post from last year, and thankfully we each accomplished our goal in the last 365 days). We'll spare you all of the new personal "improvements" that we're planning to tackle in twenty-ten, but we do have a couple of home/blog related resolutions on our list this year.
I, for one, want to simplify day to day life. From replacing three store bought products with one homemade cleaner that does it all to adjusting to life with a little one by streamlining the way our house functions, I'm all about easy upgrades and smart switcheroos for the next twelve months. John on the other hand has resolved to seriously supe up the site. Nothing too techie and weird, just improved function and usability so you guys can find things more easily and click around to your heart's content. He's such a guy isn't he? But I guess in our own way we want to add function and ease.
Anyway, enough about us. We wanna know what you're setting your mind to this year- especially if it's home related. And who knows, maybe commenting here for all to see will help you stick to your guns and accomplish your goals in record time. Here's hoping it works for us…
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Our house turns 100 this year, so the plan is to completely gut the kitchen, dining and living room and put it all back together again in time for a big centennial b-day bash this summer!
I'm resolved to figure out where and how we spend our money so we can create a budget. We also need to decorate a nursery for our baby (due in May) so I will be looking to you for advice on that front!
Vacuuming I resolve to vacuum more often. My husband should be thrilled!
This new year, I am going to encourage my husband to become a regular reader of your blog. I'm hoping it will inspire him to tackle some DIY projects around the house :) It may help if you throw in a few sports-related titles to lure him into reading!
Happy New Year!!
We hope to move in mid- to late- 2010 so I hope to clean out, clear out and organize in early 2010. I also hope/plan to try one new recipe a week from my large collection of cookbooks.
As to site changes, I have to compliment you guys on the site as it is. You are the only home renovation/decoration blog on my reader primarily b/c your colors are soothing and your layout is easy to navigate. I look forword to seeing what's next.
Happy New Year.
I want to buckle down and really live on a tighter budget this year both personally and as a family. Cooking home more and not going shopping until I actually need something is a good start. I've been buying food locally as much as possible and when my husband and I do eat out it is almost always at a locally owned business. We both want to retire in the next year or so and want to start living on a budget close to what we will have when we retire. Oh, and keep the house cleaner and eliminate as much 'stuff' from our lives as possible. The goal for this weekend is to get the closets cleaned out and a box of donations ready to go to the local charity.
I've never been much for 'em but the bf and I have resolved to take swing dance lessons! And also get our website up and fully running BEFORE we finish the 2 family we're rehabbing :-)
I plan to jump-start my professional organizing business (Restoration Organization) and help people declutter and develop systems and routines to create a streamlined home.
Also will continue to upgrade my home, room by room. I'm inspired daily by YHL!
Best to all this new year!
I'm doing the 101 in 1001 challenge.
Happy New Year to you both. I've been a regular reader of your blog since discovering it about 6 months ago. Love it. Really. One blog update that I personally would ADORE is a section where readers can review all projects you've tackled room-by-room chronologically. Like, If I wanted to know what was the first blog topic related to your master bath (from way back when) and wanted to peek at all of the little (or huge) changes you've made to that room step by step in order, taking us all the way to your impending big reveal… You know- all in one place. For each room. Is that too much to ask? :) Jeez- I'm sounding greedy now.
Hi Sherry and John, Happy New Year!
My New Year's resolytion is to live handmade. For me this means knowing more about the products and food that I am buying and connecting with the people that are producing them. It also means learning some of the skills that my mom and grandma mastered long ago like learning to sew and maybe making my own bread!
Happy New Year!
I always have organizing on my list and I do pretty well every year, getting more organized as the years go on.
As for the house… 1) I WILL finish painting the stairway/hall going to the 2nd floor. I started, oh about a half a year ago, then realized the ceiling had a pink tint to it (it didn't look pink before I started painting), and I quit. I wasn't up for painting a sloped ceiling or a ceiling for that matter. 2) I need to do Something, with a capital S, with the upstairs bath, it is beyond hideous. 3) I need to replace ALL ugly light fixtures in the house, which is about 10!
Leave credit alone. Pay with cash and if I don't have it, I won't buy it. Who knows what the future will hold but at least I won't be held hostage by the credit card companies and their manipulative tactics!
Happy New Year, guys!!!
You know I am blessed to have lots of time with my kiddos. We read together a ton and we're home together all day. Pretty much every afternoon when we've finished lessons (around 2:30 or 3) and the boy is down for his nap, my girls bust out their projects – sewing, knitting, stamping, you name it. I've been rather that way in the past, too, sewing dresses for the girls, embroidering, etc. They also love to draw and paint in watercolors. But, this has been a busy, busy year for us (as you know) and although **they've** continued crafting and making art – I've too often been way too pooped to join in. I know sometimes a nap is necessary, but I want to be me purposeful about making the most of that late afternoon time. So, my new year's resolution is to enjoy some of that artsy crafty time with them. Not every day, but often. Just sit with them and crochet or paint with watercolors. I don't want to look back on these years and wish I had enjoyed their interests more.
Today I taught SweetP how to applique a letter onto a babydoll onesie :) Now, off for a 2o minute nap!
My resolutions are to make healthy eating choices, give up diet coke and alcohol, purge/organize the house, redo the guest bath, update the kitchen, build storage in the bedrooms, and decorate the nursery b/c I found out that I'm pregnant yesterday!!!!
Happy New Year YHL! I'm guessing the bean's a boy…don't really know why, but I've got a 50% chance of being right. :)
2010 goals for our house? I'm going to take on all of the chemical related home improvements I don't get to do while pregnant. Since 2011 will hopefully bring babe #2 for us I've got to get those projects done while I can. I'll leave sewing and shopping to do while I'm preggers.
Looking forward to Monday's news.
Hi Guys
Happy New Year
My resolution this year is to become an organised supermum with a super organised clean house (if you happen to know me stop laughing!!).
By the way Sherry I remember dreaming when I was pregnant with my first born that they took her out really early to check something and then I was wondering how they were going to get her back in, but then she turned into a cat!!!! Weird weird time being pregnant…lol.
Heres to a great 2010 everyone. xx
Happy New Year to both of you! THis year I am going to try to make my entire life leaner. From my closet to my cubicle to my hips, I am going to try to streamline everything at least a little bit. I hope for a simpler, more organized year.
Happy New Year to your family! Last year was the first year that I wrote down my resolutions and I was very successful in accomplishing them, so I'm doing it again this year. My home improvement related goals are to continue to de-clutter and organize so the house runs more efficiently. I'm also going to continue trying to make our house feel uniquely ours by painting, decorating, and refinishing the hardwood floors.
happy new year to everyone!
My resolution is to bring less stuff into my house- really think about each and every purchase that I make.
My new year's resolutions are being split by months. They involve walking regularly as I move a long in my pregnancy, and actually worrying less about my house (not much I can do until after April anyway) and learning to let go…
Happy New Year's to you!
Two years ago, my New Year's Resolution was to start recycling. It's probably the only one I've ever kept.
Happy New Year Sherry, John, Burger & Bean! :) This year will bring changes for our lil' family ~ my hubby is deploying in June, so our resolution for the first half of the year is to make the most of our time together, and make every minute/memory count!
Among other personal goals, I am sitting down at this very minute (after checking YHL of course!) and planning out grocery lists & exercise routines from my new Biggest Loser books ~ baby #2, here we come! :)
Finally, I'm resolving to do Project 365, where you photograph one thing from your daily life each day for 365 days. With a adventurous but adorable 3 year old to keep up with, sometimes the time just slips away, and I think it'll be a fabulous way to keep the hubs updated while he's away in the big "sandbox" as they call it ;)
Happy New Year! I look forward to hearing more about how you streamline the way your house functions.
Instead of specific resolutions this year, I came up with people I want to learn from in 2010. And one of them is you Sherry! You can check them out at http://apaigeinhistory.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-early-new-years.html.
Wishing you all the best in 2010!
My two home-related resolutions are to follow a systematic organizing plan and to stop reading and start decorating. I've been reading decorating books/sites like mad lately and just need to make the leap to putting paint on walls!
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This has got to be the most time consuming part of my hobby, is keeping the leaves dust free. I have seen leaf shine in the stores but know to stay away from it due to the fact that it can clog leaf pores. So is there anything I can use to keep my leaves shinier and dust free for longer that a few days. How do people grow these beautiful plants with deep glossy leaves? A friend of mine told me to wipe the leaves with dish soap, but I am a bit hesitant about trying this as I have never heard of this before. TIPS???
I just used neem oil on my plants for pest control. As a benefit, the leaves were ridiculously shiny after they dried. Just get some need oil, mix as per instructed, and add some mild dish soap. Spray away until you completely soak the plant and let dry. Viola. You should see some good results and maybe get a big or two.
This should help with the dust on the leaves. I don't think it has any effect on further accumulation of dust. You could try getting an air filter to get the majority of particulates or check the filter for your furnace to reduce the dust in the air.
*There are obviously some plants you should avoid spraying water on like the african violets and others w/ fuzzy leaves.
I do use neem, but haven't noticed anything other than a waxy residue left by it, and of course the gut wrenching smell. I have thought about getting an ionizer, as my house is really dusty, and it drives me crazy. I actually do spray my AV's several times a day, with warm water.....I believe you just can't let them sit in the sun being wet. I shower them quite often as well. I have used Neem on them as well, to no ill effect.
Nova~ I am right there with you on the dust! I spend ALOT of time wiping down my plants (the scheffleras are especially "FUN"). I just use plain water on paper towels. I have read to use milk on leaves but that seems like a pest attractant.
Al~thanks for the tip on the baby shampoo.
I am a beginner. I am only 8years old and would like to help my mom take care of her plants in the home. I want to be able to grow things. I read in a book that my grandmother made for me about taking care of plants. She mention and old way. She mixed 1tsp olive oil, 1/2 tsp vingear and and used an old milk carton the gallon size one. This sat for two days. But on every Saturday she was found in the garden cleaning and talking to her plants asking them to shine. IS asking your plant to shine seem crazy? Grandma says we should always want to communicate to earth some how.


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Pop & Rock: Year in Review 2010
2. Deerhunter
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Anything you think is great, half the people think is bullshit." As the lead singer and co-songwriter of Arcade Fire, arguably the biggest indie band in the world, Win Butler knows a thing or two about maintaining perspective. "There's been backlash since we put out the first EP," he says. "It's been a normal part of my life for the better part of a decade. I think we learned pretty early on that the way people perceive you is outta your hands."
The few months have done nothing to quell the outraged masses. It's been a phenomenal year for the sprawling, Montreal-based outfit. Their third album, The Suburbs, debuted at number one on all the major charts following its August release, and earned critical raves for its compelling narrative structure and the surprisingly fun sonic left turn towards '80s influences like Depeche Mode. Now Arcade Fire find themselves poised to take the top spot on many year-end lists, as they do here, while on the receiving end of thinly-veiled potshots from bands like Kings of Leon, quoted disparaging large bands with members "doing everything but contributing musically" and being "dicks."
You know, go back and read articles on the Clash and people were slagging them," Butler says. "Almost every record I've ever loved, the band was already broken up or it was ten years removed from reading any press about them. Really, the music has to stand for itself. I love that idea that in ten or 15 years, you hear how it holds up and that the album speaks for itself."
The Suburbs could be one of those that stands the test of time. It speaks to generations of people who identify with the album's varying themes of isolation in commonality and loneliness in superficial communities. It's a perfect actualization of the suburbs as metaphor for the classic North American dream: a smoothly perfect veneer covering up the lush complexity of motivation. It's not just metaphor, but goes a step further to exemplify the quintessential Arcade Fire sound ― a controlled frenzy, pushing and reaching for something more.
The album's visceral qualities are no accident. Until the age of five, Butler lived in a small hippie town outside of Lake Tahoe, but the rest of his childhood was spent in a Texas suburb following his family's relocation to Houston. "I really remember being a little kid and getting off the plane in Houston and feeling this incredible heat," Butler recalls. "It was the summertime, and there it's always like 95 percent humidity and 100 degrees and I really remember ― just the landscape and the feeling of the town and the weather, it was so extremely foreign."
It was a feeling that came rushing back to him just a few years ago. "It would always rain a lot in Houston, but it was this warm rain that doesn't happen much in Montreal. We were down last summer in Louisiana and it started raining and all of a sudden these crazy memories came back that I hadn't thought about in a long time, just because of a similarity in weather. It's interesting, the things you hold on to."
Butler's reluctant to overanalyze his songwriting process, declining to say whether he and his wife and bandmate, Regine Chassagne, dug deep into their own suburban childhoods while writing the record. But he does admit that they found it "interesting" comparing their experiences of growing up.
"Regine grew up on the south shore of Montreal, and I've been to her childhood home over there, and it's dramatically different from Houston, but there are a lot more similarities than you would think. The emotional landscape is very similar at least," he laughs. "There's something similar about growing up in the suburbs. You can have your first kiss in a T.G.I. Friday's, but it's still your first kiss. There's a universality to it you can appreciate."
It's Arcade Fire's ability to capture and translate those moments meaningfully that recently sent fans into an early-grieving process when Butler was quoted saying he couldn't see himself doing "this" in ten years. Butler sighs.
"People take stuff like that pretty out of context," he says. "I can't see us doing exactly what we do indefinitely. Once you lose that connection to the songs, I don't think there's really any point to doing it exactly the same way. The reason people connect to this band is that when we play live, every night we really try to connect to the songs. If the audience connects to the songs, too, we kind of meet in the middle."
Butler alludes back to the Kings of Leon comment, a sentiment he's heard plenty of times before. "Sometimes we get flack for the kind of theatricality to the way we perform, but it comes from a very real place," he insists. "It comes from the music. Our band, we're like sprinters. We put this insane amount of energy into our shows. We can't really tour and behave exactly the same way as other rock bands often do, because it takes so much out of us to do the show."
Butler says he's excited to find new ways to relate to the material and the other musicians, evolving as they go. But, the longevity of Arcade Fire remains a question that's never fully answered. "It's not like there's an expiration date on doing it, but it's like being an athlete. People stop playing hockey at a certain age. You can't be getting punched in the face forever," he jokes. "That being said, it's been really inspiring seeing Springsteen playing and he's probably in the best shape of his life... But our band is busting our ass a lot harder than the E Street Band, you know what I mean?" he asks, laughing.
With no plans to call it a day in the immediate future, Butler hopes to spend the winter writing, giving Arcade Fire a chance to break up the touring cycle. "The greatest thrill in the world is the first time you play a new song, bringing a new song into the world," Butler says. "I'm really excited to get into that head space again." Excited but guarded, of course. Asked if he can offer a sneak preview of the fourth album's direction, Butler's reply is succinct but perfectly pleasant.
"Hell, no."
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Introducing AOLserver
While AOLserver is undoubtedly an excellent HTTP server for static documents, you're unlikely to use it for that. It's far more common to create dynamic pages using Tcl.
The easiest and simplest way is to create a Tcl program that returns HTML. To do this, create a file in the pageroot that ends in the .tcl extension. It can create any Tcl that you want; the most important thing, however, is that it end with ns_return—a Tcl procedure defined by AOLserver that takes three arguments: 1) a numeric HTTP response code (such as 200 or 404) that indicates the success or failure of the program's execution, 2) a "Content-type" header that describes the type of content that is being returned and 3) the actual content to return to the user.
For example, here is a simple "Hello, world" program:
ns_return 200 text/html "  <title>Testing</title>
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If you stick the above program in the pageroot directory as hello.tcl and load it into your browser, you will get the literal contents of the file returned to you. That's because we need to reconfigure AOLserver to allow .tcl pages within the pageroot. We do this by setting the enabletclpages parameter to true within the ns/server/${servername} section:
ns_section "ns/server/${servername}" ns_param enabletclpages trueOnce you have made this change, you can restart AOLserver and retrieve hello.tcl once again. This time, you should see HTML output rather than the verbatim, text/plain output.
A .tcl page can do a host of different things: connecting to a database, retrieving information from XML files to retrieving information from across networks or receiving information from an HTML form. Because Tcl comes with a variety of string-manipulation commands, you can parse the input and interpolate variables into the output in a wide variety of ways.
Note that the Tcl is interpreted within AOLserver, rather than as an external process. This means that such .tcl files execute much faster than a CGI program would; in many ways, they run similarly to Perl programs in mod_perl.
It's true that .tcl files are great when a programmer is creating the outgoing HTML. But as I (and others) have learned from bitter experience, graphic designers generally are unprepared to modify HTML that appears within source code files. For this reason, many web developers have switched over to templates—be they ASP, JSP, HTML::Mason, DTML or a variety of other similar technologies. AOLserver comes with its own built-in templating system, known as ADP (AOLserver Dynamic Pages), whose syntax is suspiciously similar to Microsoft's ASP. Code that you want to execute goes within <% and %>, while the code that outputs a value into the surrounding HTML goes within <%= and %>. For example:
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Sites larger than a few pages probably will want to share some Tcl code. The easiest way to do this is to create one or more .tcl files that define procedures that AOLserver will load at startup time. These procedures then will be available to all of your .tcl and .adp pages. To enable this functionality, we must add the following to our sample-config.tcl file:
ns_section ns/server/${servername}/tcl ns_param library \ ${homedir}/servers/${servername}/tcl ns_param autoclose on ns_param debug trueSince our server name is server1, any .tcl file that we place in /usr/local/aolserver/servers/server1/tcl will be loaded when AOLserver starts up. For example, I added the file foo.tcl to that directory, whose contents consisted of:
proc return_hello {} { return "hello" }I restarted AOLserver (which is necessary in order for it to read Tcl library files) and modified hello.adp to read:
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Hello, <%= $foobar %>

Hello, <%= $hello %>
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Because you must restart AOLserver in order for it to load library Tcl procedures, I've often found it easiest to define new procedures within <% %> sections in my ADP pages. Once I see that the procedure works correctly, I move its definition to the library directory and restart AOLserver only once.
ADP and .tcl pages are fine for documents that contain some dynamic content. But sometimes you want to associate programs with a URL without necessarily creating a document on disk. We easily can take care of this by defining a Tcl procedure in our library file and then registering that procedure with a particular URL using the AOLserver ns_register_proc command:
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If you put this Tcl code in a file that sits within the library directory we defined earlier, restart your server and point your browser to /hello, you will see the output from our http_hello procedure.
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