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Vetiver / Beach House
Beach House's pop has always sweltered, so even if the long, narrow, and low-ceilinged Magnet Club seemingly retained and tripled the heat of one of Berlin's warmer late-summer days, it was probably for the best: as the Baltimore duo launched into "Master Of None" midway through their set, it was like they channeled the added temperature into that scruffy sensuality of theirs, all narcotic and drowsy.
Those condensed and old-worldly organ drones built further layers onto the vibrato melodies and, in this live setting (with the help of an additional touring musician), crammed those dusty velvet textures full of warmth. But it wasn't until they moved onto the new material (kind of humbly, actually; Alex Scally almost apologized for being more excited for new rather than old material) when it got really powerful; the first from their upcoming record swirled with ridiculously hard-hitting analogue bliss, organs coming out strong and starry-eyed, their gritty euphoria as lucid as ever. Here's where their style was at its most realized: a transcendent modern humanness drenched in a baroque ornateness, total beauty without contrivance.
Vetiver's cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Save Me A Place" was laced with all the hazy sentimentality of the original, but their set felt more structured and conventional. The crowd seemed to have thinned out slightly, too. It was my own preference for their earlier and lo-fi-er ballads, the abstracted college mysticality of "Arboretum" or "Belle"'s just plain prettiness that made their more solid or straight-up folk come off less rich. The newer Sub Pop stuff has a similarly band-y feel to their four-piece live show (i.e. more drums than hazy vibes), rolling out songs tightly and effortlessly. But even if their relaxed balladry felt endearingly lulling under all that heat, it was a little lighter on the naturalismo than I would have hoped.
Rhys Chatham's A Crimson Grail for 200 Electric Guitars / Liquid Liquid
Two distinct forms of minimalism filled the Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park Bandshell on Saturday night, as did an estimated 10,000 people eager to hear the evening's momentous sounds.
First came the world premier of composer Rhys Chatham's A Crimson Grail for 200 Electric Guitars, a massive piece in three shimmering movements and its orchestration of 200 electric guitars, 16 basses, and one hi-hat. Rather than creating a blaring, dense wall of noise, Chatham's guitar orchestra was a shifting, sparkling ocean of tonality. Chords rose and fell, meshed and crystallized, and ultimately congealed into a vibrating, magical marriage of dissonance and harmony, multiplicity and unity. The 217 players (a few TMTers included) weren't a raging army of axe-wielders, but smaller and subtler parts of a larger collective instrument. From the bandshell stage, Chatham lead the impressive affair with the help of four section leaders perched atop platforms in the crowd. Trying to decipher just how he was guiding the piece was tempting, but closing one's eyes and letting the vibrations take over provided much more satisfaction.
Taking the stage following the unique display was an unenviable task, but influential New York rhythm bandits Liquid Liquid were up to it. While Chatham took minimalism to a wonderful, sprawling max, Liquid Liquid looped the form back into itself to create short dance tunes with incredibly kinetic bang. Hypnotic bass lines, tight rhythms, and well-placed flourishes showed the foursome has lost nothing since its succinct early-'80s heyday. The setting, however, probably wasn't comparable to a sweaty, dance-filled night at the Paradise Garage or other Downtown venues of the band's beginnings. Police quickly dispersed those who gathered to dance at stage front, and most of the crowd remained glued to their seats before finally rising to boogie for a brief moment during the encore. When someone shouted, "They're not letting us dance!" vocalist Salvatore Principato responded, "Sign of the times, man. It's their world, we're just guests."
The rain, which foiled last summer's planned Crimson Grail premiere (TMT Feature), thankfully held off this time around, allowing the night to pour forth in a much different and better way. From the 1264 strings that comprised Chatham's piece to Liquid Liquid's popping polyrhythms, the evening was a plentiful and potent dose of NYC-rooted sonic prowess.
Seripop: "A weekend of printmaking, illustration and live music"
BALTIC Mill Gallery; Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
It's fair to say that such "weird" or potentially esoteric sounds belong in such white-walled/wooden-floored gallery spaces, but the scuffed-up DIY aesthetics of all the bands at these two Seripop performance nights means they'd fit moreso into divey warehouse spaces or basements. Either way, these were two of the most vibrant, fun nights of music and experimentalism I've seen in Newcastle, so much so that really this sensitively converted ex-flour mill scarcely felt like a regular night out; it could've been London or, heck, even Berlin. That's a good thing; the grungier feelings that Seripop (two Canadian visual artists and members of AIDS Wolf and Hamborghinni) brought to this Northern English city went down like a treat.
Still, I was a little slack in making the first bands on both nights (and also got pretty distracted by the amazing silkscreens, cassettes, and zines exploding with color and the merch desk), so after missing juneau brothers and A Middle Sex, it was the texturally and volume-dynamic noise of Blood Oracle that I heard first. Using old walkmans, vocals and a variety of pedals, they built some scratchy fields of distortion that focused on the sporadic, lovely, and unpredictable, funnelling burnt-out soap opera memories into a new context.
If Les Cox (sportifs) formed out of a shared tiredness of Newcastle's often "po-faced music scene" (so true!), then bravo; their jangly pop slides out with an artfully skewed sense of '90s lackadaisics, chucking those jaunty chords and wonky vocal affectations, an oblique and joyfully art-damaged approach to a vaguely twee aesthetic.
Spin Spin The Dogs take the cake as far as the British bung-pop goes (Ã la Country Teasers, xx) because of their positively silly Mark E. Smitheries and awkward leers of their khaki-green/park ranger outfitted lead singer. It's super fun and embraces the amateur element of DIY in the most heartily ironical way.
London's Roseanne Barr's DIY punk got all clamorous and endearing on the slightly better-attended Saturday night before local favs/Blackest Rainbow-released Jazzfinger with their tectonic free-noise rumbles. It was Leeds-based Beards who really stole the show with their way-over-the-top (amazing) matching black-&-white-striped outfits that looked like some acid combination of Roman soldier and high fashion. Their pop is particularly colorful and tight, if chuggy and math'd-out at times.
London's Cleckhuddersfax brought a similar eccentricity. I got kind of obsessed with the contrast of the long-haired synth nerds playing keys (real Freaks and Geeks garage-style aesthetics) to the fluoro leotard of the lead singer, but their slightly jocked-out DIY transcended both. Way more than Devo revisionism, their muted pop worked best at the start, when the beats were more energetic, but the combination of severe musicianship (on said synth players and drummers behalf) with showmanship worked great. Seripop's noise project Hamborghinni was scheduled to play last but couldn't due to illness, so the night ended here, fitting for two nights of enthusiastic DIY performances.
Craig Wedren
I went into Craig Wedren's show with ACME (the American Contemporary Music Ensemble) bearing an open mind, determined not to be disappointed if he didn't launch into a set of rare Shudder To Think songs. As it turned out, not only did I get my secret wish to hear "Pebbles" again, but I also got knocked on my ass by the power of Wedren's voice combined with a classically trained mini-orchestra.
ACME began the evening with contemporary classical composer Michael Nyman's String Quartet No. 2, an ear-friendly alternative to John Cage's "String Quartet in Four Parts," which had been programmed originally. Artistic director and cellist Clarice Jensen expertly guided her fellow players through terrifyingly complicated rhythms and delicate chord structures without a hitch; a blessing, as we all know what a wrong note on a violin sounds like.
ACME cleared the stage for a visibly awed Wedren, who would later stand and smile appreciatively, almost like an audience member, as ACME wove impossibly intricate melodies around him. Wedren treated the Shudder To Think fans with "Hit Liquor," "No RM. 9," and more, making it incredibly difficult for me to contain my contented sighs. Ushering ACME back onto the stage, Wedren shared that he couldn't remember how long they'd been collaborating, but that it had happened within the past year.
"I have no sense of time now that I've had a child," he admitted. "I'm 1... I'm 100... I'm not sure. Making music with ACME has been a revelation... now let's just hope we don't suck." "One Man's Heart," written with ACME, is one of the most tuneful and comfortable pieces of music ever to have been associated with Wedren, who is clearly embracing a more blissful muse these days. Yet, he uses his classical leanings to give new teeth to Shudder to Think track "Pebbles," which is all the more unsettling and obtuse with the organic scream of strings and woodwinds.
The piece de resistance was latter-day Shudder To Think keyboardist Jefferson Friedman's three-part composition "On In Love," for which Wedren wrote lyrics. "On In Love" plays like the soundtrack of an imaginary stage show, with Wedren as the soulful narrator, describing the different facets of love reflected by three movements: "Refuse to Die," "Famous Planets," and "Tarrying." Wedren howled and crooned, eyes closed, acting as ambassador of art rock and its chaotic and euphoric collision with the classical world. At the close of the final movement, he turned around and beamed at the musicians, as enamored of them as I was of the work as a whole.
Shellshag / Screaming Females / Kreamy 'Lectric Santa / Saything
Spam Warehouse; Oakland, CA
I showed up late to this show, because I was wasting time at home learning what Slash Fiction is. So I missed Cansafis's solo saxophone set. It's okay though, I'll see it next week. In between bands, I stood around and enjoyed the beer-vending machine: PBR, Olympia, or Budweiser for 75 cents? Amazing.
Saything came on, and I realized that, having now seen them three times in the past month, it has become like watching Sanford & Son; my attention is held but not newly warped. It's good though, like Modest Mouse with better vocals. Bonus -- it was Mr. Brian's (Saything's drummer) birthday, and the celebratory vibe was heartfelt.
After Saything finished, the place got magically packed, including a whole family (raddest parents ever) with two goth adolescents front and center. Kreamy 'Lectric Santa came on and blew my mind. The whole purpose for the show was to celebrate the release of their new album, Operation Spacetime Cynderblock: 4 Riddles of the Spheres, and they absolutely ripped through their set. The drumming was positively gymnastic. Robert and Priya's vocals are so harsh and punk, I can't help making Subhumans comparisons. Actually, Crass is a pretty good point of reference too, but subtract out a bit of the overt political commentary and keep the anti-authoritarian vibe, then add a hefty dose of Sabbath influence and early '90s Miami noise vibe, and you now have KLS in a nutsack.
Screaming Females and Shellshag underwhelmed me, even if the crowd came out for them. Both bands have pretty well mastered power/pop/crust punk, but compared to KLS I found their delivery sloppy, loose, and poorly mixed. Although, both bands do subscribe to the "save the best for last" setlist writing motif, which is a good way to earn a couple points from this jaded reviewer. There was another show going on next door, but I was too faded and hungry to check it out. A trip to Korean BBQ beat that easily.
of Montreal / Jon Brion
Fox Theater; Oakland, CA
Even though I've seen pictures of Kevin Barnes on a white horse and {(NSFW)} Kevin Barnes with no clothes, and even though I thought I was ready to be a witness to the spectacle that is an of Montreal performance, nothing could have prepared me for seeing this band for the first time. And that's probably a good thing, because by the time the show was over, I was happy to feel like I'd been hit by a train.
That train did not, however, include Jon Brion among its passengers. His opening set was subdued and pleasant, two things that make for a nice first act but are not particularly memorable. He hopped nimbly around the stage from instrument to instrument, playing four or five for each song, and capped off his performance with a replete-with-autotune rendition of Daft Punk's "Around the World." He is clearly a gifted musician, but his creations are better-suited to recording. Suffice to say, it's good he played before of Montreal and not after, because though he held his own in front of a 2,300-person audience, he didn't captivate.
Adequate representation of the of Montreal portion of the evening requires visuals, and the method by which founder/singer Kevin Barnes entered the stage got things going nicely:
The earlier parts of the show included many vignettes to accompany songs. We got a gas-masked family on Christmas morning; a philanderer caught in the act and dragged away by mysterious creatures; pigs all over the place; and some others I can't remember because I never quite got the hang of where to look during the show. Should I have focused on the actors who played out these scenes?
Or perhaps guitarist Bryan Poole was more deserving of my attentions with his feathered wings and star-printed guitar?
Either way, I didn't possess the ability to compartmentalize and pay attention to specific songs. It became clear that live performances are another creative outlet for Barnes, where his excellent music provides a space for physical manifestations of his overactive imagination. The band blazed through a setlist composed mostly of tracks from last year's Skeletal Lamping and its predecessor, Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?. They rarely stopped playing, and when they did, it was mostly to thank the audience for a warm welcome back to the States after the European festival circuit. Sure, their performance reflected their fatigue, but this relatively tame of Montreal show was still mind-warping.
After the first encore's exhaustive jamming of Hissing Fauna's 12-minute centerpiece, "The Past Is A Grotesque Animal," I didn't expect the excellent second encore that followed: a cover of David Bowie's "Moonage Daydream." When a band with a fully realized aesthetic pays tribute to an artist who clearly informs the group's output, it's a nice wink to the audience and to the musical world outside the group. And for a band whose sole recording member created much of his last album as his African American transsexual ex-con alter-ego Georgie Fruit, who is there to thank for influence but Ziggy Stardust? I missed seeing the original "Moonage Daydream" by over a decade, but thanks to of Montreal's cover, I got a little taste of spectacular glam rock at its finest. The band did Bowie justice, and if he'd seen the show that preceded the homage, I think he would have approved.
Butt Bank intro
Nonpareil of Favor
Bunny Ain't No Kind Of Rider
Wraith Pinned To The Mist And Other Games
Id Engager
And I've Seen A Bloody Shadow
The Party's Crashing Us
Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse
October Is Eternal
A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger
Beware Our Nubile Miscreants
Daniel (Bat For Lashes cover)
Metal Finds Troll (new song)
For Our Elegant Caste
Touched Something's Hollow
An Eluardian Instance
Rapture Rapes the Muses
She's A Rejecter
The Past Is A Grotesque Animal [encore]
Moonage Daydream (David Bowie cover) [second encore]
[Photos: Elzee]
Magnolia Electric Co.
40 Watt Club; Athens, GA
"If you want me to stop touring, keep yelling my name," proclaimed a maybe-half-joking Jason Molina upon hearing the cry of an overzealous fan at a rather sparsely populated show Wednesday night. You see, in the ever-shifting stratosphere of the former Songs: Ohia mastermind, the new deal is that the band is the deal, and that's that. It makes sense – this is, after all, the most time Molina has spent with any one group of musicians in his career, and it shows. The band is tighter and more musically limber than ever; the newer songs sound cohesive and lean, the older ones somehow fresh and revitalized.
Speaking of older songs, there weren't many to be found in this setlist – the latter-era Songs: Ohia jam "John Henry Split My Heart," with its imposing Crazy Horse-ish instrumentation, was as far back as it reached. Instead, it culled the majority of songs from the recently released Josephine, as well as 2007's stunning Sojourner box set. A rousing, energized version of What Comes After The Blues standout "The Dark Don't Hide It" proved a highlight of the evening, and as the fervent group of fans crowded around the stage and sang along word-for-word, a taken-aback Molina smiled and shook his head in shy bewilderment.
Molina's very deliberate transition from goth-folk troubadour to rock 'n' roll frontman has not only been tricky for music critics who can't seem to write about Magnolia Electric Co. without dragging up the past (case in point: me), but has also prompted a sort of withdrawal in the guy's music. While the sizzling classic-rock bombast of the band is in and of itself outstanding, what made Songs: Ohia records like Didn't It Rain so goddamn special was the naked immediacy. As Molina journeys farther into the mythos of the band, the man himself retreats into the background – exactly, it would seem, how he wants it.
Micachu and the Shapes / tUnE-yArDs / Tempo No Tempo
Rickshaw Stop; San Francisco, CA
It's been a while since I felt ringing in my ears. Noise was needed, given how much lately I'd been forced to listen to other people's music, and a show was to be had. While the Rickshaw had held the massively hyped Pains Of Being Pure At Heart only the night before, I sought interest in another breakout band this year, Micachu and The Shapes, tonight. Micah "Micachu" Levi's bombastic noise project has subtle elements of elegance in its debut recording, Jewellery, which had me wondering if it translates well in a live setting.
The night opened with local Oaklanders Tempo No Tempo. They seemed to rely on the latter half of their name at times, feeling sloppy. While frontman Tyler McCauley instilled a significant intensity in his vocal disposition and guitar playing, his bandmates could not match that intensity, and it felt like he was burdened with picking up their slack. Preparation (or lack thereof) may have been at the heart of this problem: On more than one occasion drummer Alex Kaiser have to tune his snare drum, often mid-song, and at one point the band screwed up their set list and made the audience aware. They managed to hit stride in the second half of their set, beginning with a new untitled track and moving onward to the enjoyable "Medicines." Still, they could not make up the lost interest. There is decent potential to be found in their music, but they need to spend more time practicing to truly express it.
Within the first minute of supporting act tUnE-yArDs' first piece, it felt like the opening act was just a rehearsal and the show had finally begun. In fact, given the crowd's incredible reaction, one could argue Merill Garbus' solo act had stolen the entire show. And she nearly did; her incredible vocal range and dynamic approach to percussion (at one point just creating a proper rhythm out of layers of banging drum rims and the stage floor) made her music an explosive sledgehammer. What's more, her ukelele thrashing was made all the more impressive by the fact that she was playing with a completely broken nail on one finger. But it was her projection that truly raised the crowd: When she was not deploying vocal layer upon drum layer, she was singing with a passion you rarely see outside church gatherings, to the point where she sometimes started out screaming as though she were speaking in tongues. Best of all, you could follow it, drag yourself along with it, and it felt complete. It's a rare pleasure seeing a performance that holds on to your head and heart for so long, even rarer when a crowd voices displeasure that a supporting set had to end so soon.
From the beginning of their set, Micachu and The Shapes couldn't decide between a more refined or bombastic approach, so they took both. Never before had I seen such technical accuracy with noise-rock. I was listening to My Bloody Valentine or Lightning Bolt being played by Julliard graduates: Loud, but not painfully so; layered, but easy to discern; brutal, but in a precise manner. Even the cowbell and cymbal-heavy opening to "Eat Your Heart" felt classically inclined, and probably could fit in a piece played by the Boston Pops. They stretched their songs with new solos and bridges, which went from the bizarre (the cymbal solo in "Curly Teeth") to the stunning (Micachu's Shields-esque shredding in "Golden Phone"), but all fit. Micachu's boyish charms worked in her favor, so it never seemed out of place when she snarled or emitted a deep articulate growl in accordance with whatever piece they were playing. Most importantly, though, the band was very progressive: During their short 50-minute set they debuted a few new songs, including the slow-but-appealing "Debris." While it would be harsh to define noise by a standard such as this, Micachu and The Shapes have definitely exceeded the usual standards and are likely to last as a unique and tight group.
Five Star Bar; Los Angeles, CA
It's always fun to watch a group's hometown tour-kickoff show. They're much more of an event, with family and friends showing up to create an atmosphere that makes you feel like the entire venue is the backstage area (kind of like the club in A Night at the Roxbury). You're pretty much guaranteed bonus banter and hijinks. On nights like these, record label owners man the merch table instead of mildly bored-looking girlfriends. This show was kind of both and neither. While NoBunny hails from the Bay Area, Burger Records (home of NoBunny's as-of-now cassette-only Raw Romance and all the opening bands) is based in L.A. All the acts are hovering around SoCal for shows before dispersing to sew their wild oats on their various proper tours.
Of course, the first night also entails a potentially major caveat: un-preparedness. As I watched the opening acts work out their kinks with mixed results, I decided that an air of instability would probably benefit NoBunny more than anything else. We're talking about a band, after all, whose frontman normally performs in his underwear and a bunny mask and who produce skuzzy power-pop with lyrical gems like "This little piggy wants to get an erection." Instead of rolling with the relative sloppiness of the night and incorporating it into their persona the way Matt Schmalfeld from Audacity did in the prior set, NoBunny threw me for a bit of a loop when he not only acknowledged it but apologized and promised better results on Saturday. I'm all for consideration towards fans, but the two moments where I saw the cracks in their "don't know, don't care" façade were, in in this case, mildly momentum-sucking downers.
Otherwise, NoBunny comported themselves like the lovable rogue presented in "It's True," who has to convince us that despite all the bad things we've heard about them being true, they'd be good to us. I don't know if it's the mystique of the "secret identity," natural charisma or just the simple sing- along power of the tunes, but NoBunny certainly elicits crowd response. If you go see them live, it's definitely worth jockeying for a position in the first few rows, as most of the action will be going on out of your line of site. When he's not rolling around or gyrating on his knees, he will be getting mobbed by people.
Just make sure you're ready to see a grown man in a thong with a bunny tail.
Ottawa Bluesfest: Days 10-12
July 17-19, 2009;
- {Day 10}
{Silver Creek} had quite a following of local new country fans on the main stage, but the night actually started when {John McCrea} of CAKE walked out on the second stage in a red hat, white-rimmed sunglasses and white gloves. After ripping right into some of their early material to placate the fans, McCrea took off the gloves, both literally and figuratively. The new material isn't earth-shattering, but it is a different direction for CAKE, who sound thrilled to finally be on their own label. Overall, the set was what can be expected of a band who made its living off the radio; they sound exactly the same live as they do on their records.
{Paolo Nutini} (pictured) has a following that would make the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync jealous, as the women at his concert were actually old enough to fornicate with. Regardless of age, the collective noise made by thousands of women/girls screaming at the same time sounds entirely different from of a sexually mixed crowd. There is ample reason for the adoration, as this guy looks like he fell out of an Abercrombie ad and actually still uses innuendo. People like to use their imaginations, so today's straightforward approach to sex in pop music gets old quickly. Using a word as innocuous as "wiggle," Nutini was elicited noises of pure joy from the early twenty-something crowd of gorgeous women. Kudos my man.
- {Day 11}
The {Deep Dark Woods} opened day 11 to a very small crowd that looked concerned about the weather. Tellingly, it began to to fall nearly 10 minutes into the Saskatoon boys' set, which was strangely fitting for their sombre style of folk rock. Their 2009 album is among the brightest of the year in this writer's opinion, which made it all the more upsetting to hear a lack of strong harmonies, a prominent reason the album is so enjoyable. The sound engineers might be to blame, as two other band members did have microphones but were almost impossible to hear alongside lead singer Ryan Boldt.
After intermittently catching hand-raising songs throughout the day by the likes of Voices of Praise, NewWorldSon, Reggie Young & Gospel Park, and Israel & New Breed, and popping in and out of other fields to witness some old school blues by Louisiana Red and masterful string playing by David Lindley, we came across one of the most bizarre and innovative sights of the festival so far. Berkeley, CA's Mike Silverman, or {That 1 Guy} (pictured) as he is known, put on an incredible street performance, as he mimicked every known instrument to man on his magic stick. Playing his hand-crafted amalgamation of pipes, strings, drums, and effects, and winning smiles with a Zappa-meets-Primus vibe singing songs about bananas and butts, That 1 Guy had the crowd mesmerized by his playing and in near-hysterics with his words. It was then time to turn the volume up to something way past 10.
There was an interview in Ottawa's entertainment rag with {Black Mountain}'s Stephen McBean this past week to coincide with his band's appearance at Bluesfest. He delved into talk about their "retro" tag being not at all constricting and how they could conceivably make a wyrd folk or metal album without anyone blinking a suspicious eye. This genre-hopping idea makes even more sense if you have seen the band live. For all their Black Sabbath bombast and Deep Purple organ workouts, their songs are conducive to epic-ness, be they pastoral or thrash-tastic (I, for one, would love to see the band pull a Wicker Man soundtrack thing heavily influenced by keyboardist Jeremy Schmidt's Sinoia Caves work). Of course it is the vintage riffs and spacey drones that the people were here to see during their Saturday night set, and Black Mountain did not disappoint. Starting with "Stormy High" and ending, appropriately enough, with "Druganaut" (dedicated to that day's main stage headliners Lynyrd Skynyrd), McBean and co. showed everyone that "retro" shouldn't be confused with predictable and that labelling should be done to cans, not bands.
{Drive-By Truckers'} maiden voyage to the national's capital provided the answer to why the band is so ridiculously revered by its followers. It is equally astounding and embarrassing that I haven't sought out more than a cursory listen to Drive-By Truckers' albums since their inception more than 10 years ago. For crissakes, there is no good reason for me to know more Metric songs than those by Athens-via-Muscle Shoals' favorite sons (and daughter)! Regardless, their show gave newbies a wonderful introduction that was not altogether unexpected but great nonetheless. I was pleased to find the set selections doled out among members rather than simply coming from under Patterson Hood's aegis. In fact, Mike Cooley's and Shonna Tucker's Replacements-esque and sweet, soulful turns, respectively, were my favorite moments of their warm, embraceable show. Not quite a slap in the face for my past listening crimes, but the Drive-By Truckers set was a much-needed eye-opener and an interesting diversion from the same-time, main-stage set by DBTs' southern brethren, Lynyrd Skynyrd.
- {Day 12}
It took 12 days, but the final day of Bluesfest brought what many like-minded, TMT-reading folk thought was the lineup of the festival, starting with alt-country Rhode Island act {Deer Tick}. Having previously seen John McCauley III in solo guise, it was exciting to see the this band in "band" form, especially considering the current hot-to-trot status afforded to them courtesy of their gruff-voiced, attention-grabbing Born on Flag Day album. They backed up boastful talk with a strong set of folky weepers, amped-up rockers, country pop songs, and honky tonk shufflers, including a great version of "Friday the 13th" (McCauley dueting with the song's co-author Liz Isenberg), a half-cover of Tom Petty's "Breakdown" near the end of their set, and a bunch of Born on Flag Day songs ("Song About a Man," "Easy," "Houston, TX," etc.) scattered throughout.
{Handsome Furs} (pictured) tore the Bluesfest a new one by pumping out guitar-and-synth jamz with a healthy disregard for safety and a joie de vivre absent from many of their contemporaries. Looking like vintage Debbie Harry with a coke habit and a clash-heavy dress sense of adventure, Alexei Perry was a star in every sense of the word. Looking like he was just granted release from the halfway house down my street and sounding not unlike a hoarser Kurt Cobain, Dan Boeckner thrashed around the stage like a spooked king rat. Together Perry and Boeckner contorted themselves into inhuman shapes and lunged violently towards each other in a mad musical suicide pact as they played a wild set highlighted by wildly good songs off of their two albums, Plague Park and Face Control. This would have been considered a special show on its own, but as a warmup for the last main stage headliners Yeah Yeah Yeahs, it was damned near perfect.
The White Stripes came to Ottawa two years ago and decimated anyone's opinion about them being a "meh" band. Well, Meg is still an awful drummer, but Jack proved himself a bona fide rock star, so the turnout on the final day of the festival for his new band {The Dead Weather} was ample. Alison Mosshart of The Kills was the first to stride on stage, and after taking the final drag on her smoke, she pinched and flicked the butt as if to say "Let's fuckin' do this." That simple move was a perfect distraction so Mr. White could sit at the kit with little fanfare. As the opening notes of "Treat me Like Your Mother" ripped through the previously serene setting, the crowd response was extremely enthusiastic. The band only released their debut album two weeks ago, so they had a limited song library to pull from, which worked in their favor as they kept the set short, tight, and to-the-point.
The final act to arrive at Bluesfest, {Yeah Yeah Yeahs}, had to have been the strangest this buttoned-down government town has seen in a while on a big stage. Karen O careened into view wearing bright colors, a tutu/skirt, and a mask that had a spiral of LED rope lights that circled her face. Springing right into material off their latest album, the rest of the Yeahs looked unenthusiastic about playing a festival on a Sunday night at 9:30. It was as if the band were told everyone was going back to work tomorrow morning, and Karen made several sarcastic remarks about how much of a party it was. Besides an impressive light show and releasing the biggest inflatable eyeball ever onto the crowd, the band was fairly unremarkable when stacked up to the rest of the great material that graced Lebreton Flats this year. The band relied on quite a bit of their quieter material, which wasn't fitting for their getups or their latest recorded output.
Our biggest regret of this year's festival was not having the Turkey Drumstick. The food overall at the festival was excellent, with nothing over $9 and a wide variety of countries represented, including Thailand, India, Greece, and Lebanon. The Turkey Drumstick was something else entirely, with guys walking around with this hunk of meat on a bone that was bigger than their head. They may as well have been Pterodactyl Drumsticks, and at $6.50 including beans and coleslaw, we were fools to pass it up. And a quick note to the organizers: hearing the brain dead radio jockeys say the word "cupsuckers" like it's an increasingly hilarious joke is not only juvenile, it's also irritating. Overall though, this is a festival worth making the trip to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada for. Even if you're not a fan of the "blues."
[Photos: munroe]


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6:47 PM, Apr 5, 2007 • By KIMBERLY KAGAN
Military doctrine distinguishes between decisive operations and shaping operations. Decisive operations directly accomplish the objectives set by a headquarters.1 Shaping operations "create and preserve conditions for the success of the decisive operation. . . . They support the decisive operation by affecting enemy capabilities and forces, or by influencing enemy decisions. . . . They may occur before, concurrently with, or after the start of the decisive operation."2 Securing Baghdad is the decisive operation planned in 2007, though that operation is still in its early phases. At the same time, extensive shaping operations occurred in Anbar and Diyala provinces in the first quarter of 2007.
Anbar province, to the west of Baghdad, once was the location of U.S. decisive operations. Anbar contains the cities of Falluja and Ramadi. In 2004, U.S. forces conducted decisive operations in Falluja, where the Sunni Arab insurgency had emerged in the summer of 2003. U.S. Marines besieged the city for six weeks from March to May 2004. At that time, U.S. forces turned control of Falluja over to its local leaders, who used the opportunity to develop a broader-based insurgency in the city. They colluded with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, then the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, who established his headquarters in Falluja and used the city as a base for exporting violence to other areas of Iraq. In November and December 2004, U.S. Marines again attacked the city, clearing it of insurgents.3
Zarqawi and the core al Qaeda leadership escaped from Falluja before the November 2004 attack, organized the Samarra Mosque bombing in February 2006, and provoked the sectarian violence that escalated afterwards. Ultimately, some of that leadership, including Zarqawi, based itself in Baqubah, in Diyala province, to the north of Baghdad and northeast of Falluja. Other al Qaeda leaders and operatives relocated themselves in Anbar province, across the Euphrates River in the city of Ramadi, to the west of Falluja. Many local leaders supported al Qaeda elements, and the insurgency in Anbar province resumed forcefully in the spring of 2006.
As the violence in Baghdad increased in 2006, U.S. forces shifted decisive operations from the provinces to the capital. By summer 2006, Anbar was no longer the main effort. Rather, U.S. units in Anbar conducted shaping operations to support the main effort in Baghdad.4
Despite Anbar's ancillary status for U.S. and Iraqi forces in 2006, Ramadi turned increasingly hostile to al Qaeda and its post-Zarqawi offshoot, the Islamic State of Iraq. In February and March 2007, operations in Anbar province shaped events in Baghdad by disrupting the enemy. The events in Anbar since August 2006 had a profound impact on al Qaeda in Iraq, the Islamic State of Iraq, and recent events in Baghdad and the provinces.
Terrain and Communications in Anbar Province
Anbar province stretches west of Baghdad to Iraq's borders with Syria and Jordan. Foreign fighters flow from those borders toward Baghdad. The Euphrates River Valley constitutes the main line of communications in Anbar province. Numerous cities and settlements line the lush Euphrates River, which flows across the province through the cities of Al Qaim, Rawah, Haditha, Hit, Ramadi, Habbaniyah, and Falluja.
Some of these cities are hubs for the road network in Anbar. Roads from Syria, running along the south bank of the Euphrates, converge in the town of Al Qaim, about twenty-five miles east of the border. Alternatively, fighters can follow a road along the north bank to Rumiyah, and then sixty miles to Rawah, at which point they must cross the river. Haditha is the next major town along the route for foreign fighters, whether they travel through Al Qaim or Rawah. Fighters then follow roads through Hit and Ramadi, which is the next choke-point along the road network. They may continue to Falluja, from which roads lead east to Baghdad. Or they may leave Ramadi on roads to the southeast to Amiriyah, Yusifiyah, and Mahmudiyah on the outskirts of the capital.
Foreign fighters can bypass the Euphrates routes by crossing the sparsely inhabited Syrian Desert south of the river along a few main roads that ultimately lead to the vicinity of Baghdad. Major roads from the Jordanian and Syrian borders converge at the desert town of Rutbah (about 250 miles west of the capital). From Rutbah, a major highway runs through Ramadi (about 60 miles west of the capital), and thence to Abu Ghraib, just west of Baghdad. Highway 10, a roughly parallel main road, runs from Rutbah to Falluja (36 miles west of the capital), and to Abu Ghraib. Rutbah also sits astride other, smaller roads through the western desert.

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Rule 34 (Internet meme)
Rule 34—"If it exists, there is porn of it. No exceptions"—is a prevalent meme that Internet pornography exists for every conceivable topic. The most popular targets are popular cartoons.
This memetic Internet "rule" originated from a 2003 webcomic,[1] captioned "Rule #34 There is porn of it. No exceptions.", which was drawn by Peter Morley-Souter to depict his shock at seeing Calvin and Hobbes parody porn.[2][3] Morley-Souter posted his comic on the United Kingdom website Zoom-Out in 2004, and it has been widely reproduced. The exact origin of Rule 34 is unknown, though it may be related to the "Rules of the Internet", a list of protocols and conventions which first appeared on 4chan.[4][5]
Web users have made Rule 34 into a prevalent meme, owing to the ubiquity of Internet pornography, especially among genres such as fan fiction, slash fiction, and hentai.
In 2006, the online Urban Dictionary first defined "Rule 34: Generally accepted internet rule that states that pornography or sexually related material exists for any conceivable subject."; noting common usage on message boards "for various reasons, from humor to cruelty."[6]
In 2008, users of the imageboard 4chan posted numerous sexually explicit parodies and cartoons illustrating Rule 34. In the special argot of 4chan request forums, "porn" is called rule 34, Pr0nz.[7] One dictionary of neologisms claims that Rule 34 "began appearing on Internet postings in 2008."[8]
As Rule 34 continued spreading on the Internet, traditional media began reporting on it. A 2009 Daily Telegraph article listed Rule 34 as third of the "Top 10" Internet rules and laws.[9] A 2013 CNN story said Rule 34 was "likely the most famous" Internet rule that has become part of mainstream culture.[10]
According to Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam, "Today, Rule 34 thrives as sacred lore on blogs, YouTube videos, Twitter feeds, and social networking sites. It's frequently used as a verb, as in 'I Rule 34'ed Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell on the judging table'." They propose the reason why the maxim resonated with so many people is because it "certainly seems true" for "anybody who has spent time surfing the Web."[11]
Cory Doctorow concludes, "Rule 34 can be thought of as a kind of indictment of the Web as a cesspit of freaks, geeks, and weirdos, but seen through the lens of cosmopolitanism," which "bespeaks a certain sophistication—a gourmet approach to life."[12]
Variations and corollaries[edit]
The original rule was rephrased and reiterated as it went viral on the Web. Some common permutations omit the original "No exceptions."
- "Rule 34: There is porn of it."[13]
- "Rule 34: If it exists, there is porn of it."[14]
- "Rule 34: If it exists, there is Internet porn of it."[14]
- "Rule 34: If you can imagine it, it exists as Internet porn."[11]
- "Rule 34: If it exists, there is porn of it. If not, start uploading."
The conundrum of finding an Internet pornographic exception to Rule 34's "No exceptions" led to the Rule 35 corollary. On 12 October 2006, an early "Rules of the Internet" list, posted to the cyberculture wiki Encyclopedia Dramatica, included
- "Rule 34: There is porn of it, no exceptions.
- "Rule 35: If no porn is found at the moment, it will be made."[15]
Rule 35 is also often referred to as Rule 34b.
Another expression of these rules is:
- "Rule 34: If it exists there is porn of it. No exceptions.
- "Rule 35: The exception to Rule 34 is the citation of Rule 34."[5]
Thus, "The rules suggest that if you can think of a pornographic scenario, theme, or style—no matter how esoteric or unlikely it may seem—then such porn will already have been made, and it will be available online. If this is not the case, then it is only a matter of time before such porn is made."[16]
A 2007 xkcd webcomic humorously illustrated Rules 34 and 35; registering a new website to remedy the Internet's omission of "women playing electric guitar in the shower".[17]
Two additionally related Rules of the Internet cover sexual fetishism and gender-bending:
- "Rule 36: If you've thought of it, then there's somebody out there with a fetish for it."[18]
- "Rule 63: For each male and female character there is a variation of the opposite gender of that character."
See also[edit]
- ^ "Rule 34 appears valid. Is its corollary true?".
- ^ Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam, A Billion Wicked Thoughts: What the Internet Tells Us About Sexual Relationships, Penguin Books, 2011.
- ^ Ask me about inventing Rule 34, Something Awful, 15 May 2009.
- ^ "Rules of the Internet". KnowYourMeme. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ a b The rules of the internet, 4chan archive, 15 February 2007.
- ^ Rule 34, Urban Dictionary, 30 March 2006.
- ^ Parmy Olson, We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency, Hachette, 2012, p. 33.
- ^ Charles Clay Doyle, Wolfgang Mieder, and Fred R. Shapiro, eds. The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs, Yale University Press, 2012, p. 204.
- ^ Tom Chivers, Internet rules and laws: the top 10, from Godwin to Poe, The Daily Telegraph, 23 October 2009.
- ^ Todd Leopold, Meet the Rules of the Internet, CNN, 15 February 2013.
- ^ a b Ogi and Gaddam, 2011.
- ^ Cory Doctorow, Context, Tachyon Publications, 2011.
- ^ Doyle et al., 2012.
- ^ a b Leopold, 2013.
- ^ Urban Dictionary, 30 March 2006.
- ^ Paasonen, Susanna (2011). Carnal resonance affect and online pornography. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press. p. 1. ISBN 9780262016315.
- ^ Rule 34, Xkcd, 20 August 2007.
- ^ Rule 34, TV Tropes, 6 August 2010.
External links[edit]
|Look up Rule 34 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- Rules of the Internet, Urban Dictionary
- 25 SFW Rule #34 Images, Holy Taco.
- The rules of the internet, 4chan archive, 15 February 2007.


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No one is gaming the system, and no one is hanging from any rope - it's how the program works. You set up an itinerary that meets the requirements, seek approval for it, and then promote and sell it to those interested.
The way this is set up, just 'meeting' people is a part of the cultural exchange portion - and, if you think of it, it makes sense. Meeting fishermen out at anchorage, trading for lobster or fish with them, talking back and forth about what our lives are about - that's a cultural exchange. When 'Joe', in Cayo Levisa, spent an afternoon repairing my outboard, and I got to see the challenges they labour under to accomplish what was not a particularly complex job due to the difficulties Cuba faces from the embargo - that's a cultural exchange. And, fyi, it's neither realistic nor possible to 'schedule' a kid's baseball game or a local's wedding into a tour - for that, you have to meet the people and then wing it. Opportunities like that happen everywhere, including on docks.
You clearly have NO idea what life in Cuba is about, or how very different it is from life in the US, or from your notion of what life in Cuba actually is based on your earlier remarks.
One of the goals of the person to person program is to facilitate understanding of the culture - and culture, ipso facto, comprises every facet of life. For example, I learned a great deal about the difficulties Cuba and Cubans face just watching Joe repair my outboard. That includes the difficulties of repairing an American made item due to the embargo, to the fact that Cuban stores don't sell dog food - because that's how Joe wanted to be paid, in kibble from my pup's stores, for his wife's dog. He also asked if I could bring him a stroller (can't buy them in Cuba) for his soon to be first born child on my next trip (I arranged for a boat I knew going that way some months later to bring him one). I also learned that the things we cast away - half empty tubes of glue, old worn out alternators, elderly and worn tools - all have value in Cuba, and I learned why. All of it was fascinating, and yet it would have been impossible to put any of it on an itinerary, which is why the casual meetings with Cubans can sometimes be the most rewarding, in terms of understanding their culture and society.
I'm making a very strong effort to present this to you so you can see why and how this program is important, and how it can be beneficial to all, Cubans and Americans. Hopefully, I'm making it clear to you.
The sailing part of this charter is meant to attract a particular market, just as the motorcycle trip charter mentioned in another post attracts that crowd, or the museum sponsored charters attract that particular interest group. It's fascinating to indulge in your passion as a way and a means to discover another culture and it leads to discoveries and understandings that are relevant to what is important in your own life.
Because it's Cuba, it cannot possibly be 'just a simple charter', at least, not yet. And even if it were, sailors charter in new places in part to discover what those places are all about. At least I and others I know do - perhaps you're different?
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Publisher and developer Crytek has just revealed they have opened a brand new studio in Austin, Texas. At the helm is David Adams, as well as 35 former members of the dev. studio Vigil Games, the creators of the Darksiders franchise. If you can recall, Vigil and Darksiders were among the rare brands that weren't picked up after THQ went tits up.
"Crytek has always enjoyed a special relationship with gamers and business partners in North America, so establishing a permanent presence in the US was a natural step," said Crytek CEO, Cevat Yerli. "We are extremely excited about the work that we will be undertaking from our strategic new location in Austin, with David Adams and his team of 35 experienced developers. We believe our CryENGINE technology will enable the team we assemble to create unparalleled new gaming experiences."
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That is where a lot of the programming work for Star Citizen is going on, and it's the most prolific game in the works right now that uses the new Crytek3 Engine. (AFAIK, I could be wrong, but 'prolific' is up to each individual to decide)
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That's why Cloud Imperium Games is in Austin and that's why Vigil was in Austin and why Crytek took the opportunity to get a foot in the Austin door by taking over Vigil. Definitely no special link to Star Citizen. Crytek, like everyone else, just want to be where all the game development talent is. Simple as that. Nothing special, nothing to see here, move along dammit...
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The Dirty Little Secrets about Donating Your Timeshare Yup, there are a few little pitfalls in anything, including donating timeshares. There are some very friendly companies around that will give you a nice offer like, you pay them almost $4,000 up front and they'll take the timeshare off you hands. Think of all the money you'll save in the next 20 years by being free of those annual owners fees! Just write it off as an investment loss (better NOT!). Now you've heard about donating your timeshare and getting some tax write off. That sounds better than paying someone to get rid of your timeshare. Wait, you've tried that, too, and they've told you they won't accept your timeshare donation? What's going on here? I'm going to tell you a few things the IRS wants you to know BEFORE you donate your timeshare. Understand that all this is there in the IRS publications if you know what to look for and how to find the hidden cross references they don't tell you. Contact me for specific references. First, why won't the charity take your timeshare donation? Because they don't want to be in your position. If they take your timeshare donation, they'll be hit with all those ownership fees and lose money. They make sure your timeshare is one they KNOW will sell from the experience of their trusted broker. Then they make sure you continue to hold title and be responsible for all the fees until they actually sell it. THEN they take title from you, hold it a few moments (usually less than 6 moments in all) and then sign it over to the actual buyer that wants it. That's called a double closing and is perfectly legal. Finally, they give you the proper IRS form that states they received the timeshare donation from you and you can now have an IRS income deduction. But what can you deduct? Here's the beginning of these dirty little IRS secrets. 1. If the property is transferred within 36 months of the original acceptance date of the donation, the value used for the timeshare donation credit is defined as the actual money received by the charity. That means your $20,000 timeshare, which they sold to $500 gets you $500 in credit. If you're in a 20% tax bracket, that's worth about $100 in cash back to you at tax time. Yah, that's right, anytime in 36 months. On top of that, they have to notify the IRS of the true value they received. You can claim anything you want but when the IRS cross checks they'll want that over refund back with interest. 2. If you claim the deduction as more than $500 you have to use a special Form 8283 Noncash Charitable Contributions. If you claim more than $5,000 you must have a licensed appraiser do a licensed and sworn to appraisal AND sign the Form 8283, too. Now, if the NPO got $6,000 cash for it and can show you the cash receipt, you don't need the appraisal, but that's what you get to claim. 3. If the timeshare is NOT sold within the 36 month window, a sale price can not be used, the IRS says there are three ways to determine value. A.) What are similar properties selling for on the open market; B.) what is the income generation value if it is a commercial property that is rented MORE than 7 days a year; or C.) what would it cost to replace the timeshare? Only A.) and C.) apply. Guess who sells the majority of timeshares on the open market? The resort. In addition, they generally list the sale price on the title documents, especially if it's being financed. Whereas, people like you and me usually don't want to admit receiving any money for it. Here's the problem. If the appraiser sets out to claim that you can't sell it the same way or for the same price the resort can, he's doing you a disservice and not doing his job right. In fact, the IRS specifically says that a depressed sale price should NOT be used for valuation. So, what do you do now that you know a few of the dirty little secrets? If you have decided you do want to donate your timeshare, make sure you understand the above. Next, don't try to cheat the IRS. When you do contact someone to donate your timeshare to, find out what their plans are for dealing with your timeshare donation, how long they are going to hold it, how they will dispose of it, what documentation they will give you concerning the value of your timeshare donation and keep in mind the points above. Keep in mind that a charity must cover their expenses and will probably charge you a fee if they are not going to sell and get the cash out of your timeshare. Consider what you would have to deposit to cover at least 3 years of ownership fees to delay any sale until after the 36 months if they are going to hold it that long. After all, they get nothing out of it until they do sell and you don't want that done while you're trying to maximize your deduction credit. ------------------- Dr. Ken Rich is a on the board of Community Health Training, Inc., a non-profit organization (NPO) that accepts timeshare title as a direct donation instead of reselling it. Details on the process can be found at http://www.communityhealthtraining.org/Timeshares/ . He can be contacted at email@example.com .
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, is becoming increasingly concerned with the large number of dangerous auto accidents. The NHTSA is looking for new and smarter ways to determine what caused auto accidents with the goal of preventing similar crashes. They've proposed that all car makers start including "black boxes" or event data recorders (EDR's), similar to those used by aircraft, in their cars.
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The agency is hoping that black boxes will serve a more practical purpose by providing an objective and clear source of information, showing exactly what happened after an auto accident. The cause of auto accidents is not always clear. Black boxes would help by providing the details that are not available from traditional means of accident reconstruction. Details and evidence would be preserved that sometimes get lost in the cracks.
Many car manufacturers have already placed black boxes in some vehicles as early as 1999. The NHTSA's proposal would make black boxes mandatory in all vehicles starting with the 2014 models. According to NHTSA, 96% of all cars and light-duty trucks produced in 2013 have the ability to house EDR's and at least 91% already have them installed.
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Auto accidents in Kentucky have been on the rise in early 2013 only making the NHTSA's concern more valid. Even small auto accidents can cause brain injuries which can make details get blurry and lost. These EDR's will help drivers be responsible and gather information to help put everything into perspective, especially if injuries have occurred. I would love to see black boxes in all vehicles. This would show the last events prior to a collision such as braking or evasive maneuvers. This information would be critical in determining the true cause of a serious auto accident. If you've been in an auto accident, a Kentucky personal injury attorney can help assist you with the next steps. Also, be sure to seek medical treatment to treat all injuries.
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In this course, participants will embark on a journey into the practice of yoga and start their practice in the ideal setting of an ashram. This course follows the Five Points of Yoga created by Swami Vishnudevananda for health and inner peace: proper exercise, proper breathing, proper relaxation, proper diet, and positive thinking and meditation. Through immersion into the basics of yoga and extensive guided practice and theory studies, students will build your yoga practice on a solid foundation for a stable and joyous practice to last a lifetime.
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The best gift that you can recieve is one that manages to completely floor you and wasn't even on your list. I got such a gift this xmas in the form of the PS Vita Trigger Grips. In spite of, when you really get down to it, this product simply being a piece of plastic that you can snap onto your Vita, it changes the handheld experience in ways I could never have expected.
There are many pieces of plastic stored in various closets and cabinets across my apartment. Many of them claimed to enhance my gaming experience and, after a short term of use, have been completely abandoned. After spending some time with the PS Vita Trigger Grips, I have a very different opinion of what this accessory does for my experience with my Sony handheld.
I never had a huge problem with how the PS Vita felt in my hands until I snapped it into this accessory. When holding onto the system normally, there's not much extra room around the edges to grip onto. This is in-part due to the multitudinous features built into the console, so it's hard to place much blame. When you're holding it by the sides, the buttons are also pretty close to the edge and it feels just a bit cramped. I've also accidentally used the rear touch-screen by accident on multiple occasions. The shoulder buttons, while they work fine, are also a bit small making them a little awkward to press.
Once you've snapped the Vita into the Trigger Grips, all of these small nit-picky issues instantly go out the window. It gives you handles to hold onto the system, making it very similar to the experience of holding onto a PS3 controller. These handles then give your thumb a little extra space to make hitting the face buttons feel more natural. It gives you a very clear hole in the back where the rear touch-screen is exposed, making it much more clear when you have your hand resting on that area. Finally, the triggers are made much larger with this attachment and extends them a bit along the back as well.
I rarely say this about any handheld accessory, but there is absolutely no reason why, if you are a PS Vita owner, you should not own this product. It not only makes the handheld console significantly more comfortable to hold, but much easier to play. The only thing against it would be that it adds a bit of bulk to the system, but it's perfectly easy to pop out and reinsert when you're ready to play. If you have a PS Vita, you need the Trigger Grips, end of story.
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Newsweek said on Thursday it had found the enigmatic creator of the online currency bitcoin, a reclusive Japanese American physicist and model train fan whose name is actually Satoshi Nakamoto.
After years of speculation that the name was a pseudonym for another person or a collective, a Newsweek reporter said 64-year-old Dorian S. Nakamoto, who lives in a modest home in suburban Los Angeles, is the creator of the crypto-currency that has rocked the banking world.
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Walletpig - Budgeting app
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Walletpig is designed to keep all your financial information upfront, so you can clearly see your financial status.
Quickly understand your financial status by gliding through Walletpig's dashboard, or see where your money is going by looking at the reports. Also you can keep up-to-date with your account balances, quickly check your remaining budget, and set financial goals to work towards.
Walletpig works powerfully as a personal budgeting app by allowing you the flexibility of setting your budget to what ever period (weekly, fortnightly, or monthly) you feel the most comfortable with. But say you set your weekly budget and you're interested in seeing both the fortnightly and monthly budget. With Walletpig as your budgeting app this is no problem. Simply set your budget any way you wish and then flip through the other budget periods with just a touch of a button.
Walletpig wants to help with:
1. Keeping you up-to-date with your accounts. Taking control of your money.
2. Helping you to enforce a budget in order to save money.
3. Saving towards your life's financial goals.
4. Reporting where you have spent and received money.
Quick setup procedure:
- Download Walletpig - Budgeting app
- Create accounts and categories
- Set your budget
- Done!
※ Features
1. Use the dashboard to quickly learn about your financial status.
2. Keep in control of your spending with the different financial reports.
3. Change your default budget period at any time (Weekly, Fortnightly, Monthly).
- if you ever change your budget period in the future have Walletpig automatically update it for you. No need for multiplying or dividing.
- Quickly set each categories budget all in one place.
4. Quickly jump between different budget periods on the dashboard to see how you are doing from a different perspective.
5. Create custom accounts and categories.
6. Export your data to SD Card
7. Send your data by email or upload to Google Drive (this depends on installed apps)
8. Set goals and watch them come closer as you save towards them. Including 3 goal types:
- Contribute: money is set aside within accounts when you contribute to a goal.
- Link to an account: Great if you have an existing account setup for a goal that you transfer money into.
- Link to an expense category: This one is perfect for settings goals such as paying off a student loan.
9. Keep track of your finances in the currency of your choice:
- Dollar $
- Japanese yen ¥
- Korean won ₩
- Chinese yuan ¥
- Pound £
- Euro €
If you have any queries, requests or bug reports please contact Archertech using the provided email.
Explanation of permissions:
Internet access: Walletpig is currently an ad supported app, so it will ask for internet permission in order to request ads.
Storage permissions: This is requested so Walletpig can export your data to an SD card.
Tags: 2013 best personal budget.
- UI update.
- No more limits for accounts or goals.
- More currencies to choose from.
- Can change the currency format at any time.
- Fixed bug that sometimes crashed app when setting budget
- Fixed other bugs related to pie chart, csv export, and account information
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There's only few options for Currency. Had to uninstall the application.
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Just what I was after, takes a while to figure out but does the job, thank you. Nice look to it, clear and simple. Would be great to have it password protected and a screen widget would also be useful. Thanks again.
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This app is confusing. I can't figure out how to add transactions. it looked like it would be useful but I can't work it. Deleting
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Enjoying the app so far now that I've started to get the hang of it. Was wondering if it would be possible to make a 'reoccurring' option for monthly expenses that we could set to automatically show each month instead of needing to manually put them in every time. Would make it easier when planning the budget while on the go.
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Like the previous comments have said, it is complicated to get learn to use (but not hard to figure out with a little playing around). But as soon as you get to know the app it is brilliant. Only options I could think of adding would be a reset option that clears all accounts (could be used whole setting up or at the start of each month if your salary changes monthly) and in expense input widget (
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THURSDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) -- People who are smokers at the time of their first stroke have a greater risk of another stroke, heart attack or death than those who never smoked, according to a study by Australian researchers.
And those who quit smoking before their stroke had a lower risk than those who were still smoking when they had a stroke, the researchers noted.
"Smokers are more likely to do badly after a stroke," said lead researcher Amanda Thrift, a professor of epidemiology at Monash University.
Ex-smokers, however, fared much better, she said.
"Stop smoking, because one of the things we showed is that people who gave up smoking had a much greater benefit than those who were still smoking," Thrift said. "There are real benefits to be gained from giving up smoking."
The report was published in the Oct. 25 online edition of the journal Stroke.
For the study, Thrift's team collected data on more than 1,500 stroke survivors who had a stroke between 1996 and 1999.
After 10 years of follow-up, the investigators found that those who were smokers when they had their stroke were 30 percent more likely to have another stroke, heart attack or die, compared to those who never smoked. These risks were particularly significant among younger stroke patients.
Smokers who survived the first 28 days after their stroke had a 42 percent increased risk of these outcomes, the researchers found. For those who had quit smoking before their stroke, difference in risk dropped to 18 percent.
Comparing only current smokers and former smokers, of those who survived the first four weeks after a stroke, those who were still smoking at the time of their stroke had a 23 percent higher risk of a recurring stroke, heart attack or death within the next 10 years.
These findings were further skewed by poverty, with a 52 percent increased risk
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Mountain Hardwear Women's Countess Capote Jacket
The Women's Countess Capote Jacket by Mountain Hardwear. Lush, beautiful, and totally windproof, in a longer length to beat the winter chill. Flattering double-breasted cut, with princess seams for a curve-conscious fit.
FEATURES of the Women's Countess Capote Jacket by Mountain Hardwear
- Soft, warm and plush Conduit laminated fleece is totally windproof
- Full-length front zipper with snaps to seal in the warmth
- Soft, "butter jersey" cuffs
- Micro-Chamois-lined chin guard
- Zip hand warmer pockets
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- Avg Weight: 2 lb. 8 oz. / 1.13 kg. (size medium)
- Center Back Length: 32" / 81 cm.
- Materials: Body: Venusian Velboa (100% polyester)
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