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Demencha Magazine Vol. 2 + Issue 6 (Gear & Scribe Cover) Fall/Winter 2009
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SINCE WE LAST SPOKE T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR 6 I'm going to try to leave out my personal life ranting in this editor's note in favorofwhatwe'vegotcookinginsidethis issue that's in your hands right now. Plus, I'm in a rush. Depending on which dualsidedcoveryoupickedupofthisnewissue ofDemencha,we'vegotcoverstoriesonboth Gear and Scribe (two of KC's OG graffiti pioneers)andonMurderbot(aDJ/producer who`sdoingbigthingssincerelocatingfrom KCtoChicago). This issue marks the first time that we've done a cover story on anyone who doesn'tdomusic(saveJeremyMcConnell), but as you'll read in the Gear and Scribe piecethatPhilTorpeydid,graffitihasalotof parallelswithmusiccultureandspecifically hiphop.I'vetoldmyself,andothersinthe past,thatIdon'twantDemenchatolooklike a"graffitimagazine."However,we'vemade anexceptionforthefeatureonthesetwo. Don't sleep on the Murderbot story either. In this one, he goes in on what the Midwest really is from a viewpoint you won'tgetfromanyoneelse. Whew! Did we really go an entire issue without anyone bringing up the name TechN9ne?Almost.Almost... Inlookingforwardtothenextissue, thewinter/spring2010issue,wewillhavea very special guest writing a cover story on whythegreatesteraformusicishappening rightnow.Sobeonthelookoutforthat. Knowledge Jewels 10 Bonny Tronix 16 Murderbot fromProfessorNightlifeJones MilesBonnydishesabouthisrecenttripto EuropeandhangingoutwithDiploinSweden. MurderbotKnowsWhattheMidwestIs. 20 Dating Tips For the 21st Century WhySocialNetworkingisn'treally workingatall. 24 Gear & Scribe CansCity'sForemostAmbassadors 30 Top Tracks of 2009 CONTACT: WithDJShad&BrentTactic ChrisMills WANT TO ADVERTISE, HELP OUT OR GET FEATURED IN DEMENCHA? 2 DemenchaMagazine Editor-in-Chief firstname.lastname@example.com facebook.com/DemenchaMagazine Twitter.com/DEMENCHAmag Myspace.com/Demencha WWW.DEMENCHA.COM WWW.FULLCHARGEDENTERTAINMENT.COM 4 Knowledge Jewels 6 FROM PROFESSOR NIGHTLIFE JONES Whether it's hip hop, house, drum & bass or dubstep,thereare3basicelementstodance floor culture. The first element is the DJ whocanplayanythingfrom45'stoalaptop. Secondisthemusic,thecommongroundthat connects us all. Third, the people, without whichtherewouldn'tbeaculture.Venues, soundsystemsandcrewscomeandgoalong withthefacesthatfrequentthescene. But those three elements never change regardless of the genre of music played.Thedynamicsofdancefloorculture have change little since ancient times. It might seem like there have been huge advancements(insomewaystrue),however thosethreebasicelementshaveenduredfor themostpartunchangeduntilthe1970's. The birth of disco and hip hop changed the dynamicsby incorporating the turntableasthemusicsourcethusreplacing live bands (there are still exceptions). The birth of this music also gave way to the dancing styles that followed. While this new subculture started in urban settings, it hastransformedintoaglobalculture.Disco evolvedintohouseandothervariationswhile hiphopmorphedintothehiphopoftodayas wellasspawningjungle,drum&bass,etc. The distinct difference between these new styles of music are as varied as the styles worn by its followers. Where electronic dance music conceived the rave culture,aspecificstyleofdressaccompanied it.Irememberinthe90'stheonlywayto recognizearaverinthe"realworld"wasby phat pants, visors and other tell tale traits. This became as easily recognizable as the "hiphopstyle." Once founded, these styles became lessaboutmusicalsubcultureandmoreabout followingwhat'scool.Thehomogenization of subculture style isn't anything new. Look at greasers/rockabilly, hippies, punkrockers, ravers and hip hoppers. Hell, even thepirates'stylehasenduredthetestoftime. Allthesestylesareclearlyrecognizableand categorize you into your genre of choice. Oneobservationisthatoncethestylelaws areset,peopleexpressthemselveswithinthe parametersasdefined.Areoccurringpattern thatemergesisthatinordertoidentifywith agroup,personalidentityisoftencastaside forgroupidentityeventothepointoflarge scalesocialbranding.Youcangointoalmost any city and if you're dressed accordingly, canblendintoanysubcultureyoudesire. While most people only see the differencesofthemusicgenresandviewthe subculturesasseparateentities,Ifocusonthe similaritiesandacknowledgethemintoone common culture which I'll call dance floor culture. The only difference between a hip hopperandaraveristhemusiccomingout ofthespeakers.Webothsaveourbestmoves for the best breaks. Vibe is an individual decision. Two common bonds shared within ourcultureareexpressionandcompetition. This culture revolves around the music and we are a part of that music through 7 personal expression either by production or consumption. You're either producing or playing the music, dancing, or listening and supporting the music. The competitive nature of our culture evolvedoutofthedisco dance competitions combinedwiththefour elements of hip hop. Each art form contains competitive aspects at itscore,usedsociallyto motivateself-expression.MCs,DJsB-Boys & graff writers all battle, be it territorial, forbraggingrightsorfortherespectofthe exchangeofexpression. As younger generations replace the oneswhoretirefromthescene,it'sinteresting toseewhichaspectsofourlifestylecarryon. Forexample,whenoldschoolbreakersdance alongsideB-Boysfromthe"YouGotServed" generation, we can see two completely different styles that still maintain common parallels. Without proper role models to guidethenextgeneration,wemightwakeup tofindourscenewithacompletelydifferent set of value systems than when we started. Imagine a scene where everyone fronts andhatesoneachotherandnoonedances. Sound like KC? Not if I have anything to sayaboutit! That's why it's important that our rolemodelsbepositive.Ifyourexpression hasgainedyouattentionandthrustyouinto thespotlight,chancesareyouarealreadya rolemodel.Remember,rightnowissome younger persons future good ole days. We are in the Show Me State and there is somethingtobesaidfortheshowmestate mentality creating highly productive individuals. Honestly, beefs are always going toexist.Ifallweshow the next generation is beefanddon'tfocuson the positive forms of expression, the rate of positive expression willdecrease,leavinguswithmorefollowers than leaders. Increasing consumption over production can be dangerous for the longevityofourlifestyle.Everyonewillend uplookingandactingthesame.Whatfunis that? Once a scene becomes mainstream, bydefinitionitcannolongerbeasubculture. Look what happened to the rave scene. The media hijacked our culture for their TV commercials & mass produced phat pants and Ecko hoodies to the point where everyonelookedthesame.Inordertostand outwestartedfittingin.Itriedexplainingit by ripping candy off the candy ravers only toenduplookinglikeacrazyasshole.Ifthe shelltoe fits...well, the scene almost died. Nowwearetherolemodelsshowingthenuschool how it's done. I recognize the same pattern emerging out the dubstep/hip hop hipster crowd. I remember hearing the hip hophaterstalkingmadshitontheyounger 8 kidswhoworeskintightjeans,Kanyeglasses withoutprescriptionsandMuslimscarves. AtfirstIwelcomedthenewchange figuringhiphop'sdogmaticperceptioncould useafacelift.Sickofoverbaggypantsand 3XLwhitetees,Ienjoywhenpeopleexpress themselves differently. When I saw this styleexplode,Irememberedtheterm"instaraver" (just add phat pants, Ecko hoodie, binkyandpoofyou'rearaver)andmadeit seemlikeinsta-hipsterwaswellonitswayto becomingthenewthingtobe.Ifeveryoneis wearingthesamethinghowdifferentcanit reallybe?Themixingofeverythingtogether tocreateastyleforpeoplewhohavenostyle appealstome.Idigtheartstudentfeelofthe look. When I see the cliche jocks going into American Apparel and walking out insta-hipsters, I cringe on what is yet to come.Whenthehipstersplayhiphop,will webecallingit"hipster-hop"?Sorrykids, 80'ssynthandmash-upsonaniPodshuffle doesn'tmakeyouaDJ!Ordoesit?Arethe lines between consumption and production soblurredbytechnologythatanyonewitha computercanmakeanalbumandgetitout to the world with out ever leaving home? Coming from the mixtape generation, I'm proudoftheprogressionbuthopethevinyl lifestyleisn'tadyingartform. Ifanyonecandothis,wherearewe goingtofindthetrueindividualsoutofthe armyofclayrobotsmoldedandprogrammed bysub-culturalsocialconformity? The mark of a true individual is someone who remains themselves regardless of a new fashion trend. When does a style becomeauniform?Areyouwearingone? AmI?Ifyoulikewearingskintightjeans, goforit!Ifyouwanttolooklikeacertain crowd,doit!Don'tbesurprisedwhenthe leaderswon'tfollow.Ittakescouragetonot follow the crowd and do your own thing, but the respect you gain is far greater than ifyouobeyedcurrenttrendasyourpersonal identity.Iwouldimaginethefirsthipstergot alotofshitforbeinganindividual.Iwould also imagine that person being somewhat resentful for having their style bitten and spitten'globally. Regardless of what you look like, weareallthesameculture,regardlessofthe musicbeingpushedoutofthespeakers.The dancefloorbindsus.Weareaglobalnation definedbybeatnotborder.Nomatterwhat city you're in, the dance floor is where we meet.Onceweseehowweareconnected, our differences will melt away. This is no longersomethingwe"do"butalifestylewe live.That'sthedifferencebetweenindustry andfamily.Theoneswhoutilizeourculture asatoolwithoutgivingbackbecomevictims oftheirownambitionandenduplosingthe street-credtheyworkedfor.Family,onthe otherhand,knowsnootherwaytoliveandit shows.Familyplaysforfamily.Ourfamily isaglobaltribe.Onetribe,Onevibe. 9 One of our favorite local hip hop producers andjazzaficionados,MilesBonny,recently took a trip overseas to Europe with the intentionoflinkingupwithsomefolksathis labelhome,MeltingPotMusic,inGermany. As it turns out, he got some unexpected e-mailswhilethereandendedupkickingit in Stockholm with one of our generation`s greatest club music producers. Read how Miles' jaunt across the pond helped shape hisever-evolvingtasteinmusic. Demencha: Did you go to Europe with some kind of purpose or was it more of a casualtrip? Miles Bonny: ThereasonforGermanywas because I work with a label in Germany who releases my stuff on vinyl and digital and things that are different than what INnatesounds releases. It's Melting Pot Music.TheyhaveabunchofartiststhatI likethatIwantedtoconnectwith.Beinga producer,Iappreciategoodbeats.SowhenI startedtodovocals,theideaofbeingableto utilizeotherpeople'sgoodbeatsandmakea songoutofthemwasjustunbelievable.It's likegoingfrommakingcandytojustbeing abletoeatit.Ifinishedaprojectwiththis guywholivesinViennaandIwantedtogo backthereandshootpicturesanddovideo withtheguyforthealbum,eventhoughit's notcompletelydoneyet. Butthenwhathappenedwas,while I was on tour, I was informed while I was inBerlinthatMurderbothere(intheStates) was contacted by Diplo and they were talking and Diplo wanted to get in contact withme,apparently.Ihaven'treallytalked toMurderbotaboutitalotlatelysince.So Iwaslike,"Ohboy."Ie-mailedthemback and I told him that I was in Germany and thatIcouldmaybemeetupwithhimback intheStates.He(Diplo)askedmeifIcould meethiminSweden.Iwaslike,"...sounds likefun!"SoIthoughtthatsoundedlikea goodidea.WefiguredthatoutandIhadto flytoSweden. I arrived and gave him a call and he gave me his information and I went to his hotel and basically stayed there for three days. He was busy most of the time recording for an artist out there. We got into some good conversation and hung out occasionallyandIgotaplacetostayforfree in the middle of Stockholm. It was pretty awesome. I'm the type of person who, I just dothingsandseewhathappens.Heasked meifIwantedtocomeoutthereand"mess with beats." And to a lot of people that meantthatweweregoingtomakeamega hitandtakeovertheworldpotentially,and thatifthatdidn'thappen,allwasafailure. Whatmatteredtoalotofotherpeoplewas whetherornotwerecordedanymusic.And what mattered to me was to just see what happened.Thisisaguywho'smusicIlike andhe'sinterestedinwhatIdosoI'llgoand meethimandtellhimwhatIdoandseeif 11 there'sanywaythatwecanconnect. Imetsomecoolpeople.Intheend formeit'saboutgettingtoknowpeoplewho alsomakemusicthatIenjoy.HeandIgot alongfine.Ihavesomebriefvideoofitthat I'mgoingtoputupsoon.Afterourkindof climacticdiscussionthenightthatIleft. goingtogetDr.Dreademoorsomething. Diplo has a manager, but I wasn't sitting therewithhismanager.Iwassittingthere withhimandIwaslikeokay,cool,let'ssee what happens, right? Towards the end of the conversation he said he thought that it soundedlikeIwasgoingtoexplode.And itwasn'tforanger,itwasbecauseIwasjust Demencha:Whatwasthatabout? passionatelyexpressingtohimmypurpose in life and how that might relate to music MilesBonny:Itwasmoresothathewasso andwhatwedoandstuff. busy.Iwaslike,man,I'mleavingsoon,let's talk. None of this was very well planned Demencha: Whatdidyousaytohim? out.IwastellinghimwhatIwasthinking and we had our good conversation and MilesBonny:Ithinkmythingwas,because talkedabout...Imeanitwaslikethreeinthe heknewmefromthesongwithMurderbot morning.ItoldhimwhereI'matandwhere ("Thighs"),hedoesn'tknowanythingabout I'mcomingfromandhetoldmewherehe's thefactthatIDJormakebeats.Imeanthisis atandideashehasforthefuture.Wetalked thethingthatKansasCity,iftheycare,needs about our families and talked about people torealize.Obviously,I'madabbler.Imean, wehavebothworkedwith. Idabbleinalotofthings.Theaftermathof Hetoldmestoriesaboutpositiveand thatisifpeoplelikemeforcertaindabblings frustratingsituationswithlargerartists.I'm they're not the same dabblings that the not really going to talk about that though, majorityofKansasCityknowsmefor. because it's not as though it was a public So in Kansas City I'm known as a interview at the time. Given the fact that producer and DJ, but you have to realize, obviouslyDiploiswaymoreknownthanI Iwasn'treallyaDJthreeyearsago.They am, it's just interesting to be around those still don't view me to be a singer the way people or environments that you speculate that people in Europe do because I don't about.Thatyoumightthink"Oh,Iwonder reallydothathere.Butit'sallreality,justa what that's like." And it's like a testing matterofperception.SoDiplowantedtoget ground. It's like you're a rapper and you intouchwithmebecauseofwhatIdidfor go to meet Dr. Dre, you're there with Dr. Murderbot, which is basically high-pitched Dre. That's an opportunity that's different rapping and playing trumpet, if he even thansittingathomewonderinghowyou're knew that I played trumpet...over a really 12 fastbeat. So I was basically trying to knowadecentamountofsoulnow.Iknow fill him in on what I do. I told him about a decent amount of jazz and a lot about Soundsgoodandthehiphopthing, hip hop. But yea, I don't know Idojazz,etc.ButIliketheenergy a whole lot about club music ofhumanity.Ilovetheenergyof culture. And that really wasn't life.Sotheenergyoffastmusicis aboutasmuchasDiploasitwas basicallytappingintoanincreased being in the clubs that were hip heart rate, essentially. This isn't hopcrowdsbutweremixedwith howIthinkaboutitbutthisishow sounds that weren't common in it'scomingoutnow.Sowetalked America,nationally. aboutstuff.Ididn'treallygothere Hip hop and Hotwings was withsomekindofbigquestion. cool...butitwastoo80's.Itwas Like I said, it was more generic songs that hip hop guys sojusttoseewhatwouldhappen. mightclaimtohaveremembered Hewastalkingaboutwritinggood or something. There's nowhere songs and how hard that may to relax and there's also really be for people. It's kind of hard nowheretodance...soIdidFeel to summarize, we talked about Sexy. This was pre-Serato. A everything. We talked about lotofpeopleweren'tplayingthe music,wetalkedaboutlife.AndI best of the 90's hip hop. Then triedtoeducatehimonwhatIdo, thateracameoutanditwaslike sinceIwasalreadyfairlyawareof everyone's playing Pharcyde whathedoes. songs. I've had enough of the Pharcyde, Tribe, Wu-Tang Demencha: How did your trip moments,okay? to Europe influence what you're Assomeonewhocaresabout playingatyourDJgigsnow?I've experiencingnewthings.It'slike never known you to play all this okay, that's been done. It's not different Chicago dance music thatexcitingforanyoneanymore. stuff before you got back from OriginallywhenIstartedmaking Europe. beatsIhadanelectronickeyboard. I was making all types of stuff. Miles Bonny: The genres that I ThenwhenImetacoupleofMCs thinkIknowthemostaboutarethethings includingJoeGood,didIkindoffocuson thatpeoplethinkIknowthemostabout.I makinghiphopbeats.IguessI'mjustmore 13 interestedinhavingfunthanIaminbeing bored. rmand Van Helden produced a A song by Dizzy Rascal called "Bonkers," I think.It'snotreleasedhereyet,butIplayit allthetimenow.Tomeitwasjustfullofso muchenergy.IloveArmandVanHelden's production.Butit'sjustsodope,andthat's how I want my parties to feel. That is definitelysomethingthatIwanttogetcloser to.Asidefromwhatevergenericstereotypes people believe to exist in Europe, it's just like here. Because of the history of the countries, there's a greater perspective on lifeandinmymind,whatlifeshouldbelike fromdaytoday.IthinkAmericaispretty directionless.They'reverymuchlike,spur ofthemoment.Thinkaboutwhatwasgoing oninthiscountryahundredyearsago.That was before the Great Depression and that seemslikealongtimeago. While we're aimless and still kind oftryingtofigureouthowtorunacountry that isn't just constantly changing, and kind of trying to put out fires externally andinternally,it'sveryscatteredoverhere. What'stheheartofthecountry?Thatcan't even be agreed upon. Because we don't really have a history. Most of our history is filled with turmoil and randomness. So it'shardtohaveavision.Over(inEurope), nottosaytheyhaveavision,butthere'sa pacetolife,indicativeofcumulativepaces existingoveragreateramountoftime.They havehadmanymoredaystoliveinthatcity, calledthatname,wherethatcornerexisted. When we talk about the history of our country here, you basically go back to the Industrial Revolution and automobiles and maybe slavery. Then you go to the taking overofthelandbyindigenouspeople.And that's it. And everyone else came from somewhereelse.It'snotjustaboutmusical genre, it's about the way in which people perceiveculture.It'seasiertogetlockedin aboxoverhere. Demencha: Tell us about how the collaboration came along with Murderbot, thesong"Thighs"? Miles Bonny:I'mhopingtogainalotof knowledge from him. We've known each other for a long time because we were in Lawrence together. (We both worked at) KJHK.HehadashowandIhadashow.I likedhisshowandIcheckedouthisshow's website,whichwasrare.IwatchedhimDJ acoupletimes,andIthinkbothheandIare reallyopen-minded. Irecordedto(oneofthesongsthathe sentme),andhedidminorediting.Itworked out.Giventhatthere'snotahugecircuitfor mature,20-something,soul,loungestuffin KansasCity,oraroundtheworldreally,it's funtohavefastersongs.Ilikeslowstuffand fasterstuff.Butfortherecord,Ihaveplayed "Percolator"beforeIwenttoEurope.Feel Sexyhadsomebootysessions. 14 A breakdancer catches his breath at a Lost Wax show at The Crosstown Station, KCMO. www.lucashutmacher.com 15 by Chris Mills 16 Many in the American heartland, people in placessuchasKansasCityforinstance,have hadaninferioritycomplexwhenitcomesto everythingfromnightlifetobusinesschances. Andlet'sfaceit.TheMidwestis notthemostglamorousregionof theU.S.tolive. While most of us in KC are still daydreaming of cooling outonabeachsomewhere,touring Times Square or burning out to Atlanta in search of a recording contract, Chris Shively aka producer/DJwonder,Murderbot, bolted up to Chicago without a hitchabouttwoyearsago.Since then, both of his record labels, DeadHomiesandSleazetone,his ruthlessworkethicandthewild clubmusicheproducesandplays out have become much more visible in the worldwide club musiccommunity. AsaDJ,Murderbotwas alwayshighly-respectedbythosewhoknew himinKansasCitywhetherornottheywere open about it. On one of Murderbot's last nightsinKansasCity,hehadakindofgoingaway party at the Record Bar in Westport. But the turnout for that event was less than lukewarm.InChris,we'retalkingaboutaguy whocouldbegracingmagazinecoversmuch biggerthanoursinamatterofacoupleyears. ItwasonlyafterhismovetotheWindy Citydidmanyofusrealizethatheprobably wasoneofthebesttoeverdoitaroundhere. "There's always people who like you and peoplewhodon't,"hebegins."Peoplewho bookyouandpeoplewhodon't...therewere certainpromoterswhoIfeltlike didn'treallyknowwhatwasup. Butthecommunity,andmostof thepromoterswerealwayssuper supportive. I love the parties thereandIstillhavealotofgood friends.IneverfeltlikeKansas Cityscrewedmeoranything." After moving to Chicago, his cutthroat, rapid-fire mixing styleandbold,in-your-facetrack selection earned him opening spotgigsinfrontofbothdubstep icon, Skream, and Chicago's own original ghetto king of the dance floor, DJ Slugo (who is also a former Demencha cover guy)amongothereventsthathe DJ'sat. His newest self-titled album, Chrissy Murderbot, which saw release in September,isamercilessforayofdancemusic freeform featuring rangy tempo tendencies, first-class drum programming and perfect vocalsfromallofthosefeaturedontheproject (MCZulu,MilesBonny,HawathaHurd,The BasixandScreamClub). These 12 tracks take a very broad, sweeping take on current trends in dance music, and leave the out-of-control electrohouse garbage stick to the trendier music 17 blogsinfavorofgrimier,moreearthysounds. Most of this record, nor hardly any of his previous production, could be described as "infectious,"or"easyontheears." Also in September, he contributed an exclusive DJ mix to the Mad Decent blog, all while holding down his own blog, yearofmixtapes.blogspot.com, wherein he's postinganewmixonceaweekforafullyear. His move to Chicago has surely provoked stark changes in his music tastes, and therefore his production, as opposed to his time spent in Kansas City where he wasfocusingmostlyonragga-jungle.Now, everythingfromjuketodubsteparefairgame. After flying all over the country and to Europe (he lived in Amsterdam for two years)overthecourseofhismusiccareer,it may come as a shock that Murderbot does notsubscribe to the myth thattheAmerican heartlandisthelaughingstockofthegreater clubmusicscene. "Ithinkpeoplegetitheremorethan inotherplaces,"hesaidaboutMidwesterners fromhispadinLincolnPark,Chicagoinearly November. "It's just native to them. Because houseandtechnoareoriginallyMidwestern, itgrowsoutofthisregionanditmakessense topeopleinthisregioninawaythatitdoesn't inmainlandEuropeortherestoftheworld. Someone from Germany is always going to be looking at this culture as a foreigner,nomatterhowknowledgeablethey areaboutitorhowintoittheyget.They're notgoingtobefromtheplacewhereitcame from.It'sthesamewayaslikinghiphopand being American, versus liking hip hop and beingfromAustria,orsomething. It intuitively makes more sense to someone who's from the same place as the people who are making the music. The musicoriginatedintheMidwestandsomuch developmenthascomeinEnglandontopof it. I just feel that the people in those areas (theMidwestandEngland)justkindofgetit moreorganicallyandgenuinelythanpeoplein therestoftheworld.Whichisn'ttosaythat peopleintherestoftheworldaren'tintoit,or can'tunderstandit,oraren'tfuntoplayfor. It'sjustadifferentfeeling." Say what, now? Doesn't this fly in thefaceofthenotionthattheU.S.coastsare "whereit'sat"(forlackofabetterphrase)? "Yea, the coasts are wack, man," he continues. "There's business opportunities outthere,definitely.It'seasiertomakeitbig outthere,buttheydon'tgetit.Theydon'tget itinthesamewaythatMidwesternersdo.All my experiences playing in New York have alwaysjustfeltlike...peoplearen'taswilling togooutonalimbaspeopleintheMidwest. Theyaren'talwaysaswillingtoparty hard or get into things that are outside their comfortzone.Peoplearepickier.Andalot of it is just that they don't come from that samehousemusicbackground.Youcan'ttalk about "The Percolator" with someone from NewYorkbecausethey'renotgoingtoknow whatitis. 18 It's just that whole difference in background and culture and everything leadstothemnotgettingitinthesameway as a Midwesterner or British person would, generally. But I don'twanttomakesomecrazy generalizations." Here's where he really takesustochurch. "There'sthiswholekind ofPentecostal,Christianculture in the Midwest. I don't think thatit'sacoincidencethatmost ofthepeopleinstrumentalinthe founding of house music come from a church background. And likewise, all these other musicians whether it's anyone from Elvis to Al Green to R. Kelly, all come from these church backgrounds, and fairly conservative, restrictive church backgrounds. I don't think it's a coincidence. And there's this wholeculture,especiallyinearly housemusic,whereallthesongswereallkind ofaboutbreakingout.Alotofthemarevery spiritualandverygospel-influenced.Andat the same time, a lot of these guys were gay andwerefeelingsignificanttensionbetween thatlifestyleandwhattheywerehearingfrom theirchurchleaders.Orjustwantingtostay upandpartyallnightandfeelthattensionand people telling them that they're making the devil'smusicandstufflikethat. So there's this kind of redefining of that faith and that religiosity into a kind of house music template that I think is very typical of the Midwest,whereespeciallyin the90's,youhadthisideaof peoplewhowouldthinkabout raves almost as a religious experience. And I think that connectionreallybeginswith discoandhousemusic.These people were really trying to preserve some sort of the spirituality or religion that theygrewupwith,despitethe kind of cognitive dissonance of the lifestyle they were livingandhowthatcompared with what kind of messages werebeingputonthemfrom churchleadersandwhatkind of value judgments were being applied to them by the leadership of these churches thattheycamefromoriginally." So the Midwest really does have something to stand up for, apparently. Hallelujah! But in all seriousness, Chris' honestygoestoshowthatthereisculturein everyseepinggapofsociety.Evenifit'sright underournoses. 19 20 "The Third Date Curse" Podcast on iTunes Now DATING in the 1900's was immensely easier for ladies.Firstoff,youhadtobecourted.You couldn't even ask men out. You depended oncuesofwhereyoudroppedyourgloveor handkerchief to let a potential suitor know youwereinterested.It'sreallyhardtodate these days. I long for the days in which I couldhavesomebodyaskmeformyphone number instead of finding me on Facebook andaddingmeasafriend.Themysteryof findingoutsomeone'sfavoritemovieorbook isreadilyavailable.Theirfriend'sopinions ofthemandembarrassingphotosareonlya clickaway.Whatdoyouevenbothertalking aboutatthispoint? I long for the booty calls that were actuallyaphonecallandnotatextmessage. Iknowitseemslikeamatterofconvenience, but when we have every possible thing readilyavailableatourfingertips,weshould useold-schooltacticsfordating.Thanksto theinternet,Ihavemetawholehostoflosers that apparently subscribe to the belief that youshouldalwayshavesexonthefirstdate. Nottomention,thereareguyswhoaremore concerned with their twitter feed, Myspace bulletins, and Facebook status updates than they are with you. You shouldn't be wakinguptoaguygluedtoyourcomputer chairrefreshingtwitterevery5seconds.If anything, a morning with company over shouldinvolvesex,spooning,andsomeform ofbreakfastinnoparticularorder. I dated a guy that I met via the interwebs and found him to be more of a drag in person than he seemed like on the internet.Also,Ispentcountlesseveningsout with him and his phone. If you have such anincessantneedtobeonyourphoneatall times, you should not be allowed to fuck anyone. Seriously. Ladies and gentlemen, stepupyourdatinggame.Howabouty'all just pretend the internet doesn't exist for five motherfucking minutes and talk to one 21 another?OneofthebestconversationsIever had about photography occurred at Record Bar while playing trivia. This dude and I wouldn't have ever started talking about one of our shared passions via the internet. I have found that getting over any sort of shyness issues you may have now, make it mucheasiertoconversewithpeopleyouare interestedin. youareseeingthemost. 6. ProtectyourPCfromviruses... alwaysuseprotection.Nothingis toosacred. 7. Ifyouaregoingtouseinternet datingservices,pleasehavegood and current photos of yourself. Makeyourfriendstakeyourprofile pics, anything to make yourself marketable. MY TIPS FOR DATING IN THE TECH ADVANCED WORLD WE LIVE IN: fortheirphonenumber. 1. Ifyoumeetsomeonenew,ask 8. If pursuing someone for just sex, use their voicemail. A little dirty talk never killed anyone, or 2.Havethedecencytoputyour themoodforthatmatter. phone away. It shows you care. Unlessyou'readoctororHOVA, 9. Practicegoodhygiene.Brush youarenotthatimportant. your teeth, powder your genitals, treateverydatelikethefirst,I'm 3. Ifyouspotaguyorgirlwhile justsayin.' out,gotalktothem.Don'tbeshy. 10. If you meet some girl/guy 4.Whenmeetingsomebodyyou on the internet, ask every single metonline,tell3peoplewhereyou personyouknowiftheyknowof aregoing,thenyouhave3people them. Chances are, your friends tocheckuponyou. opinionscansaveyoufromeight weeksofbullshit. 5. Becarefulwhatyouputonthe internet when you are dating, i.e. Dating problems or questions? notwitpicsofyoumakingoutwith email@example.com anothergirl/guyotherthantheone 22 A woman holds a door open in front of a cafe on 31st and Campbell. Thirty-first street is a strange place in my neighborhood. On one side of Gillham is Martini Corner and some shops, on the other side there are hobos, empty buildings and just general disrepair of the city. Still, it's my hood and I love it. www.lucashutmacher.com 23 24 Chances are that if you live in the greater Kansas Citymetropolitanarea,youhaveacar.We'rean autocitythankstosuburbansprawl,agenerous sprinkling of green space prohibiting clusters of overdevelopment, and domestic once-kings GMandFord'splantsinFairfaxandClaycomo, respectively.Whetheryoubravetrafficyourself, catchthebusorevenoptfortheol'bipedsthough, your neck has certainly snapped and whipped around to catch unimaginably bright landscapes whererhinosarmedwithplungers,killerbees,and mischievousbunniescavortamongstletterforms crypticyetpleasing,deepenoughtoapproach4-D. Thisisthehandiwork,callingcardandlifepursuit ofAbstractingTheTypography'sownGEARand SCRIBE. DemenchaMagazinerecentlysatdown withtheprolificpairtodiscussthehistoryofATT andKansasCity'sacceptanceofgraffiti,amongst otherthings.Withoutfurtherado,KC'sKingsof Krylonspeak. triptoChicago.Heputme,Anti,andSeainthe crew originally. Then it was Krie and Scribe. Eventually,AntiandSealeft,dropped,orretired thecrewanditwasjustusfour(East,Gear,Krie, andScribe)thatreallystartedtopushATT. D:WhatwastheimportanceofEASTmoving toKCfromChicagoasfarasATTisconcerned andasfarasthegraffitisceneinKCtothisdayis concerned? S: Gear,correctmeifIamwrong,butthescenewas startedbeforehegothere.GearandKriewerethe originalsputtingitdownoncavewalls!(laughs). Seriously,IthinkwhenEastmovedhereitfilled inthegapsofquestionspeopleherehadthatwere heredoingitsincetheywereguessingbasedoff photosandmaybevideos.Eastwassomeonewho knewmoreoftheinsandouts(ofgraffiti)andalso hadtremendousstyle.Thatencouragedpeopleto workharderandlearnnewtools.Forme,itwas seeinghisworkinpersonthatjustmademewant Demencha: Firstoff,stateyournames,thecrews toworkharderatmycrafteventhoughwedid thatyouareaffiliatedwithandhowlongyou've verydifferentthings. beenpainting. G:KrieandIweredoingitearlyon.Istartedin GEAR:GearATT,TAC,TPA,KMS.I'vebeen 1982andIthinkKriecameonin`83or`84.Like paintingfor27years. Scribesaid,whenEastgotherein1989hefilledin alotoftheblanksweweren'tgettingoutoftheonly SCRIBE:Scribe�ATT,DF,PFOM. twobooksthatexistedonthesubjectofgraffiti, SubwayArtandSpraycanArt.What'sreallycool D:GiveusabriefhistoryofATT-itsmembers, isthatKrieandIstartedbeforeyoucouldgetthose howitwasstarted,etcetera. bookshere.Ithinkthemostimportantthingthat Eastdidbymovingherewastostartthesceneand S: ATT is Chicago-based, but in my opinion teachushowtobewriters. (formedas)whatyouknowtodaythroughKansas City.Thecrewhasspreadouttootherstatesand D:Howdidyourinvolvementwithgraffitistart? nowSwitzerland. Whywereyouattractedtoitinthefirstplace?What's G:Eaststartedthecrewafterhereturnedfroma thefirsttimeyoucanrememberseeinggraffiti? 25 G:Iwasab-boybeforeIbecame a writer. I tried to get my hands onanyvideothathadb-boysinit, andusuallythatwasMTVvideos with just split seconds of b-boys. Then it happened that PBS did a documentary on the Rock Steady Crew. They were on a rooftop in NewYork and in the background were these bright, colorful names paintedeverywhere.Ialreadyloved drawing and painting, so I was instantly hooked because I knew thatsomehowithadtodowithhiphop. S: I lived in different parts of the worldandhadseenit,butitwasn't untilIstartedtakingthesubwayto highschoolinBostonthatIgotsuckedintoit. D:Howdidyourrespectiveupbringingscontribute toyougettinginvolvedwithgraffiti,ifatall? G:Itwasn'tsomuchmyupbringingthatgotme involved,moremyloveofhip-hopanditsculture. Therewasalotofracismbackthen.Ifyouwere whiteyouneverwouldgotoanall-blackclub. Whenhip-hopcamearounditchangedallofthat.I rememberwalkingintothefirstclublikethat.My friendsfromtheneighborhoodconvincedmeit wouldbecool.ThetensionswerehighwhenIfirst walkedinandIneverheardsomanybadnames forbeingwhite.Mycrewhitthedancefloorand rippeditup,andsuddenlyallthetensionwasgone andIwasacceptedintomyownprivateclub. (as a kid). Growing up in those environments was a part of it. During the next stage of my life whenIcametoKCtogotocollege justput allofthepiecestogether. GearandImetupthoughamutual studentatKCAIandeventhough he didn't know me, we were off andpainting.1993and1994were goodyearsformeasfarasmaking newfriends. D: What are your feelings about the graffiti scene in KC at this moment,encompassingbothlegal and illegal work? Who, in your opinion,isdoingitbiginKCright now? S: Idon'tthinktoomuchaboutitanymore.Ijust can'thelpitwith(raisinga)familyandstuffgoing on.Itisprettymuchlikeeveryotherscenewith serious talent to kids just getting started and a bunchofdifferentperspectivesonwhattodoand howtodoit.Iamproudthatalotofpeoplehave helpedmakeKCmoreknownintheworld.As faraswhoisdoingitinKC,pastinterviewshave taughtmetostayawayfromthatquestionwhenit comestogivingnames.Iknowtherearepeople thatwouldn'tthinkImightbeintotheirstuffbutI am.Thereissomegoodtalenthere. G:Iloveeverythingthat'shappening.Iremember whenEast,Krie,andmyselfhadtowriteseveral differentnamesjusttomakeitlooklikeascene. Peopleeventuallycaughtonandnowwehavea thrivingscene.Ithinkoneofthebestthingsabout S:IlivedinLondon,SanFranciscoandBoston our scene is the respect level amongst writers, 26 there'sreallynotalotofbeefhere.Thecoolthingis mostwritersherejustwanttopaintandeventually youcrosspathsandrocksomethingdopetogether. Asfaraslegalorillegal,itdoesn'tmattertome. Ipaidmyduesbeforemostofthesenewwriters wereborn;soiftheywanttocallmealegaleagle, coolbyme.Justalittleadvicetowriterscalling peoplelegaleagles,though.Onedayeitheryou giveupbecausegraffitiisnolongerwhatyou're about,oryougetarrestedonetoomanytimes,or maybeyougotolegalwallsbecauseyou'reolder, thefinesareharder,theconsequencesalittlemore dire,andmaybeyouhaveafamily.(Ihave)one questiontoaskanyonewhoseparateslegalfrom illegalorhatesongalleries:Isn'titallgettingup, whichisthewholepurposeofgraffiti?Ilivebythe rule"byanymeansnecessary." On the last question, I agree with Scribe. The minute you forget to mention someone's name theythinkyouhatethem.Irespecteverywriter doinghisorherthingandbeingacoolhead,and whenImeetthemIwillgivethempropsifso deservedorI'llpaintwiththembecausethey're good. throwing food at us, yelling at us. Kansas City hascomealongwayfromthen.Nowingeneral peopleenjoygraffiti.Thisisoneofthefewcities thatdidn'ttrytoshutdowngraffiticompletely. D: When you made the transition from doing mostlyillegalworktodoingmorecommissioned muralsandlegalart,wasitdifficultoreasyfor you? G:Thetransitionwasnecessaryandeasy.Ihad beenarrestedonetoomanytimesandwasgetting toooldforthecopstojustbrushitofflikeIwas an angry teen. The fines got steeper and I just couldn't afford to keep getting arrested. I love legalwallsnow,becauseIreallygettofocusand do something dope. It's hard to do that when you're always being chased or worrying about beingbusted. S:Itwasn'tsomethingIsetouttodo.Afterbeing arrested a couple of times, my life took some seriousturns.AcoupleoftimesIhadnorealplace to live and remember sleeping on the couch in CollectiveFunkonMainStreetforawhile.The D:HowdoesKCrateasfarasitsacceptanceof transitionwasn'tthathardbecauseIjustwantedto graffitiandofartingeneral? paint,butlifeingeneralaftermyarrestsmadealot ofthingshard. S:WhenGearandIstartedthefirstbigpublicpiece with cans on Big Dudes Music, people would D:Whataresomecommonthemesorimagesthat drivebyandyellatusandflipusoff.Therewas runthroughyourwork?Whatisthebackground evensomeonethatthrewfoodatusandwealso onsaidimagesandthemes? hadthepolicecalledonusseveraltimes.Thatwas yearsago,andIthinkKansasCityhaschanged S: Gear and I are into very different stuff now. alotandgrowntohaveabetterunderstandingof Oneofmymainthemeshasalwaysbeentokeep bothillegalandlegalstuff. itlightandmakepeoplelaughaboutthefactthatit G:Itwasroughinthebeginning.LikeScribesaid, isOKtoadmitweareallidiotsonparade. whenwefirststartedtodolegalworkpeoplewere 27 G: I think the only common theme for me andworkwithseveraldifferentartists.Ittaught would be my name.Backgrounds,colors, and metohumblemyself. characterschangeconstantlydependingonwho you'repaintingwith. D:Youtwohadafallingoutsomeyearsback but are cool once again. Care to comment on D:Howhasgraffitichangedyourlives,bothas whythatallhappenedorwhattherootofitwas? artistswhodogallerywork,murals&children's booksandashumanswhoarestrugglingtodeal S:InanearlierquestionItalkedabouthowhard witheverydaylife? lifeingeneralgotafterIwasarrested.GearandI havebeenthroughatremendousamountofstuff S: Graffitihasgivenmeaneducationandoutlook together,fromtakingnewstepsintogrowingup onartworkthatIdidn'texpecttocometome more,helpingcreateascenethathastakenona overtime.Ithasgivenmesomeverypassionate lifeofitsownnow,anddealingwithmediathat friends that love what they do and continued to screw us over for their encouragemeevenwhentheydon't storiesandleftustodealwiththefallout know it, without getting a paycheck andpeopleinthissubculture.Wewere forit.Iadmirethat.Ithelpedmeto like brothers, and brothers fight. We take responsibility for the choices hadalotofgoodthingshappentous I've made, where before I used to along the way but the trade out was blameothers.Graffitihasalsoaltered stress.Muchlikeamusicgroupgoing mylifeinnegativewaystoo.Public tothenextlevel,wejusthadalotof perception has made things take new stress to deal with. I think we longerinmylife,andchoicesImade made the right choice to venture out onthesubculture'sbehalfatthetime into things more individual, but my thecourseofmylifeandmadesome mistakewaslettingmyangerkeepme dreams take longer. But the creative from continuing the friendship. We influenceshelpedmoldastylesome bothmadegooduseofourtimeapart peopleseeasScribeorD.Ross.There andhavegrownindifferentways.We isn'tmuchouttherethatdoesn'thave satdownawhileagoandtalkedand good and bad points - religion as a realized our career goals were very structure (not to be confused with differentbuthavingagoodtimeand faith), politics, the work place, and just painting a wall for us, not the soonallhavebothsidesofthecoin.I publicorthescene,waswhenwewere guessitjustdependsonifyourdreams atourbest.Thatiswherewearetrying andfaitharebiggerthanthebattle. topickup. G:It'stakingmeplacesIneverthoughtIwould G: Brotherswillbebrothers,`nuffsaid! go.Ithasalsogivenmetheopportunitytomeet 28 D: Do you keep in touch regularly withATT willalwaysworkin? members?Whataretheyupto? S:Thechallenge,morethananything,isfinding G: Yes. Some more than others, but I know the time. I'm not sure about putting down the what's happening through the grapevine or can...I'veneverreallythoughtaboutit. checkingupon12OzProphet.Wereallydon't needthatmuchcontact.Wehaveourreunions G: Tryingtomakethepublicunderstandthatitis andwecatchuponpeoples'livesthen. alegitimateformofart.Tryingtosellletteringas S:Notasmuchasweshould,butwehaveall anartform.TheonlywayIwilleverputdown beentryingtogettogetheronceayear.Weall thecanisIcannolongerdoitphysically. havealotgoingonandsomeofusarecloser thanothers.That'sjusthowitgoes.Imisssome D:Whatdoesthefutureholdforyou,bothasan ofthemembers. artistandasaperson? D:Whatisthestrangestplacegraffitihastaken G: Iwilljustkeeponkeepingon. you to? What is one of the most memorable experiencesofyourartcareer? S:Justmoreofthesameandtryingtobeagood husbandandfathertomykids. G: IwenttoseveralsmalltownsinMexicoand paintedmuralsinthemiddleofnowhere.Ialso D: Anyfinalshoutsorwordsforthemasses? didagroupshowintheCanaryIslands.Mymost memorableexperienceiswhenIfirstknewIhad S: ShoutstoGear,East,Krie,Rapes,Aero,Dase, inventedmyownstyle.Thepeoplethatsaythat Last,Dalek,Emit,Sub,Fem9,Audio57,Dani allstylehasbeendone?That'sjustacop-outfor Girl,JocMaxandtheFlavorPakCrew.Restin "I'mgoingtobiteyoubecauseIdon'twantto peaceMD.I'msorryifIleftanyoneout.Istarted workthathard." thisinterviewat4:30inthemorning! S: Most recently someone flew me to Hawaii topaint.Thatwasfun,butmyupcomingtripto Croatiatopaintwillbeintensetosaytheleast. Themostmemorablemomentinmyartcareer was when a bunch of boxes of my children's booksshowedupatmyhouse.I'llneverforget it. G: ShoutstoEast,(ifitwasn'tforyoubrother, I wouldn't have gotten this far), Scribe, Krie, Aero, Emit, Kuaze, Rapes, Fem9, Audio57, all my crews (ATT,TAC,TPA,KMS). To the pioneers of Kansas City hip-hop: Joc Max, DaniGirl,JeremyandFlavorPak,Tech9,Icy Roc, Dreds, Master Locks, Phantom Poppers, Imperial Preps, and last but not least, my 17 D: What challenges does your art continue to poundcatMilo. produceforyou?Wouldyoueverputdownthe spraycansforgoodorisitamediumthatyou 29 THE TOP TRAC thiswinter. 8. Luey V f/ Shorty the Prince & Laudie Do Ya Own Dance - This is a hbanger from STL. I saw the response when I was in STL andimmediatelyaddedtherecord. 9. Damm D - Luv Me - ThisisanotherTexas heater.Thecrowdgoesnutswhenthisdropped attherighttime. HIP HOP / RAP CHARTS BY DJ SHAD 1. Big Tuck F/Murphy Lee - Not a Stain On Me (Remix) - This was a huge record during this year. BigTuck is aTexas Icon and when Murphy Lee hopped on it, it made it a club classic. 2. Big Hud - What's Wrong Wit Dem - This recordisapersonalfavoriteandittalksabout allthhB.S.trendsthataregoingonrightnow. 3. Trey Song f/ Legion the Legend - Keys KansasCity'sownLegionandTreylinkedup tocreateasmoothtrackfortheladies. 10. KD - Jockin My Dip - Full Effect EntertainmentfromKCiscomingwithaheater thatisstartingtobuzzintheclubsrightnow. EDM / CLUB CHARTS BY BRENT TACTIC 1. Joy Orbison � Hyph Mngo (Hotflush) All I can really say about this cut is that it's perfection.Callitdubstep,2-step,orwhatever youwant.Besttrackof2009byalandslide. 2. La Roux � In For The Kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Mix)(Polydor)TakinganewBrit star with electro pop tendencies and making a moody dubstep anthem is the recipe here. Skream took a fairly straightforward and boring song and made it probably the single most played tune in my sets (regardless of genre)forthewholeyear. 4. Nesto - Can u Tic - AnotherhitfromKansas City.Nestocamewithaladiesanthemwiththis track. 5. Jae Casino & Yung Flash - Dat Thang Thisoneisanunreleasedclubbanger. 6. Murphy Lee f/ Day 26 - Mad at Me - The bestthingforMurphyLeewasgettingreleased from the label.This track is one of the many heaters coming up on his new release in December. 7. Cash - Walk Wit a Dip - Thisisaclubbanger andit'sabouttomakenoiseonamajorlevel 30 CKS OF 2009 3. Major Lazer ft. Vybz Kartel & Afrojack � Pon De Floor (Downtown) & Diplo & Laidback Luke � Hey (Dim Mak) Diplo continues his world wide assault with the help of some super talented friends. Raved outcrazinesswithbigdrumsneverfailswhen donethiswell. 4. Kid Sister � Right Hand Hi (Kingdom Remix) (Fool's Gold) & L-Vis 1990 � Run (Dress 2 Sweat) So there's the burgeoning genrecalledUKfunky.Ihonestlyfeellikeit's thedarksideofbrokenbeatbroughtbackthat wassadlyignoredearlierthisdecade.Either way, Kingdom and L-Vis 1990 are two of thebrighteststars.Headyrhythmsherewith bassandsynthprogrammingthat'lllightupa willingdancefloor. 5. Metronomy � Radio Ladio (Radioclit Swedish Remix) (Because Music) Nothing SwedishreallyaboutthisremixIdon'tthink, butnomatter.DifferenttakeontheUKfunky thatImentionedabove.Thisismorefocuson theAfroBeatinfluencedrhythmswithahuge synthlineandtribalvocalsamplesthatmakes thistunereallyreallyspecial. on Tape. Runs this tune through the ringer withpsychedelicdancehallvibeswithHUGE drums that just build and build as it goes along.Suchafanofthiskid'swork. 8. DJ Class � I'm The Ish (Unruly)& Chelley � Took The Night (FUMG/Ultra Records) Thesetracksgotogetherinthesensethatthey both started as underground records with the aspirations of blowing up. "I'm The Ish" is arguably the biggest bmore club song of all time now with folks like Kanye & Lil Jon jumping on remixes. Great to see such a Bmorelegendhavearecordtakeofflikethis. "TookTheNight"tomeisproofthatDJscan still break records. This shit was begging to blow up and I really feel DJs pushed it over thetop.Iplayedbothofthesetunessomuch in so many different rooms. I love it when recordscangraballtypesofcrowds. 9. White Girl Lust � Back & Forth (Solid Bump)This might be the most exciting inclusionformeonthislistbecausethesetwo dudes are homies and I've had the chance to really watch their progression over the past fewyears.Thistrackisjustbananas.Driving housebangerwithagrindingbasslinethatjust 6. Holy Ghost � I Will Come Back (Green ripsopenadancefloor. Label Sound) So many good tracks coming outofthedisco/classichousevibethesedays 10. Renaissance Man � Spraycan (Dubsided) it'ssilly.Theseguysaretheheadoftheclass SomethingisinthewaterinFinlandandother inmyopinion.Vocaldrivenhousetunewith partsofScandinavia.Someofthebesthouse an amazing bassline that ties it all together. musicinthewholeworldistricklingoutfrom This would be my soundtrack walking the theseparts.Thisisprobablythebiggesttrack fromthisscenein'09.Bigroombusinesshere streetsonaFridaynightinNYC. withwhatsoundslikeaflippedairhornsample 7. Lemonade � Sunchips (Ghosts on Tape thatcarriesthewholetrack.Massivetunethat Remix) (Sunday Best) Quirky dance rock/ I'vehadthepleasureofplayingoutaton. indie band gets the remix BIZNESS from glitch-hop/digi dancehall mastermind Ghosts 31 32


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Three Life-Changing Support Groups Designed to Educate + Empower You.
Group I: 5 Plans of Action to Heal Shame: In this interactive and empowering group, we identify shame in its subtle and debilitating forms. Using a 5-fold path, group members are empowered to identify, understand, and heal from the… Read More ›

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Democrat Staff
Seven members of the Smith-Cotton girls soccer team received all-conference recognition following an 8-2 West Central Conference season.
Freshman striker Jessica Coble, sophomore striker Jill Vansell, freshman striker Brianna Pollitt, freshman midfielder Maddie Davidson, senior midfielder Alexia Goodson and sophomore back Peyton Sharp were named to the all-conference team. Coble led the team with 25 goals.
Freshman back Olivia Greer was named honorable mention.
Six players made the all-district team. First-team honors went to Vansell and Sharp. Coble and Goodson were named to the second-team, and freshman midfielder Annie Guier and freshman right-back Kiara Williams were named honorable mention.
Vansell was also named to the all-region team by Mid-Missouri coaches. She scored 18 goals and contributed 12 assists this season.


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Common Explains New Deal With Warner Bros
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50 Cent To Pay $4 Million To Bail Max B Out Of Prison
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Kendrick Lamar: Tammy's Song (Her Evils)
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DMX: Sucka 4 Love
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Kanye West x Jay-Z: "Watch The Throne" Tentative Tracklist + Artwork: Updated, Will NOT release on July 4th
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Lupe Fiasco Reviews "I'm Gay," Praises Lil B
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3D Ft. Menace & Mysonne: Warrior (Prod. By Don Cannon)
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9th Wonder Announces Release Date For "The Wonder Years" LP, Reveals Features
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Microsoft Word for Healthcare Documentation A Guide for Transcriptionists, Editors, and Health Information Professionals (Paperback)
|Author: Laura Bryan
Learn more about Microsoft Word for Healthcare Documentation:
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Sku: 211294228
Publish Date: 4/1/2010
Pages: 501
Edition Number: 4
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|Microsoft Word for Healthcare Documentation: A Guide for Transcriptionists, Editors, and Health Information Professionals, Fourth Edition has been updated to include Word 2003 and 2007 and the fundamental features of Windows XP and Windows Vista, along with more time-saving shortcuts to help transcriptionists, editors, and health information specialists maximize their use of Microsoft Word and increase productivity and profit. This is among the only books written specifically for medical transcriptionists and other health information professionals by a medical transcriptionist. Geared to both students and professionals, the text includes a full suite of ancillaries including a quiz bank, document formatting exercises, sample templates, videos, and macros. The popular workbook that was formerly sold separately is now integrated into the text.


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A Kali icon was found in a burial ground here in Mullainagar in Karaikal on Tuesday. The 1.5-ft high Kali icon, weighing about 1.8 kg was found buried in a graveyard.
It was found when the ground was being excavated for a burial here on Tuesday night. Speaking to The Hindu on condition of anonymity, a revenue official, who is also an iconography enthusiast, said he suspected that it could have been made recently, presumably for a special purpose.
According to him, this form of Kali is usually not worshipped at home or even in temples. It could have been used for some dark form of worship and buried in a graveyard.
However, the icon was handed over to the police and was later given to the custody of the revenue authorities here.
Keywords: Kali idol, Mullainagar, graveyard Kali idol


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Johnny Nobody
Johnny Nobody is a 1961 UK drama film brought to the screen by Viceroy Films Limited under the production of John R. Sloan with executive production from Irving Allen and Albert R. Broccoli. The original story was by Albert Z. Carr with the screenplay by Patrick Kirwan. It was directed by the British film and stage actor Nigel Patrick who also took a lead role. The film also featured the BAFTA winning actress Yvonne Mitchell (with whom Patrick had starred in the 1959 production of Sapphire) and the American actors William Bendix and Aldo Ray. Cinematography was by Ted Moore.[1]
When James Ronald Mulcahy (William Bendix) an Irish American author is murdered moments after he dares God to strike him dead, his murderer (Aldo Ray), looks for help from the man who must decide his fate, the local priest Father Carey (Nigel Patrick). The killer is tagged "Johnny Nobody" by the press due to his total amnesia about the whole event, but further investigation by Carey leads him to question whether or not "Johnny" was acting for God, or as seems more likely his girlfriend Miss Floyd (Yvonne Mitchell).[2]
- Nigel Patrick as Father Carey
- Yvonne Mitchell as Miss Floyd
- William Bendix as James Ronald Mulcahy
- Aldo Ray as Johnny Nobody
- Cyril Cusack as Prosecuting Counsel O'Brien
- Bernie Winters as Photographer
- Niall MacGinnis as Defending Counsel Sullivan
- Noel Purcell as Brother Timothy
- Eddie Byrne as Landlord O'Connor
- John Welsh as Judge
- Joe Lynch as Tinker
- Jimmy O'Dea as Postman Tim
- Frank O'Donovan as Garda
- ^ Johnny Nobody (1961) - Full cast and crew
- ^ Johnny Nobody - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - The New York Times
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Inquirer's man in Hollywood, Ruben V. Nepales, won the third prize for personality profile, international journalism, in the Los Angeles Press Club's 55th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards, for a feature that appeared in his entertainment column "Only in Hollywood."
The awards were handed out Sunday night, June 23, at the Crystal Ballroom of the historic Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
Nepales was cited for "Charlie Sheen After the Meltdown," in PDI's Only In Hollywood (July 6, 2012). He was a double nominee in the same category; his other finalist piece was "Tim Burton Reveals the Origin of His Famously Dark Fantasies" (May 4, 2012).
Meanwhile, he is also on the cover of the maiden issue of Salamin Magazine as "The Pinoy Among the Stars." In an extensive feature, writer Lorenzo Paran III refers to Nepales as "the pride of the Filipino-American community."
The story of the "reporter to the stars… may not be as dramatic as the trans-Pacific rags-to-riches fairy tales that we know," Paran points out, "but just as compelling." Nepales, he says, chased and fulfilled a dream much simpler than economic success—"to earn a living doing what one loves."
Invariably, Paran lauds Nepales' "top-class work as an entertainment reporter," but also the latter's election in 2012 as chair of the board of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which gives out the annual Golden Globe awards.
Also highlighted in the cover story is Nepales' trademark pursuit of stories about Filipinos on the world stage, many of which were compiled in his book, "My Filipino Connection: The Philippines in Hollywood," released by Anvil Publishing Inc. in 2011.
Paran recounts asking Nepales to define success. The response: "When you're with your family, when you have peace of mind… and as long as you do good—that, for me, is success."
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Singles Scorecard: Reviews of new tracks from Justin Timberlake, Nick Cave and more
Last Thursday we launched a new feature, the Singles Scorecard, where we'll review new singles being sold on iTunes each week week. You'll be able to find it in the Journal Sentinel every Thursday, and on the Tuned In blog on Wednesdays. And, through the magic of the Internet, you can listen to the songs while reading about them.
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Milwaukee band Die Kreuzen gets 2nd chance
Die Kreuzen should have been one of the handful of Milwaukee-area bands like the Violent Femmes and the BoDeans that made it in a big way.
Butch Vig produced some of its albums before finding fame with Nirvana's "Nevermind." Die Kreuzen found fans in seminal rock figures including Steve Albini and Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore. The band was offered a contract with Atlantic Records. »Read Full Article
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The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra will conclude this season's classical concerts with two proverbial last hurrahs.
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BEIRUT (AFP) - At least 30 civilians were killed and dozens more wounded on Thursday in an explosion at a petrol station in north-eastern Syria, a human rights group said, with activists saying it was an air strike.
"At least 30 people were killed and 83 were injured, although unconfirmed sources say the number of dead was actually more than 50," the director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahman, told AFP.
"Lawyers and activists in the area say the blast was caused by aerial bombardment," the Britain-based watchdog added.
Activists said that the petrol station in the village of Ain Issa, in Raqa province, was hit by a fighter jet. "The petrol station is the only one that is still open to customers in the area, and it was packed," a media activist in the province told AFP via Skype.
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Jim Bunning, Kentucky's contrary U.S. senator, singlehandedly has shut down road construction projects across the nation, including many in national parks, because he doesn't want to help middle-class families weather the economic storm, U.S. Department of Transportation officials said Monday.
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A major winter storm has created hazardous driving conditions in the three major Appalachian parks. All of Skyline Drive and some sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway have been closed. Great Smoky's Newfound Gap Road is subject to closures at night due to ice.
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Lovable serial killer Serge Storms is back and coming to the rescue of a Midwestern couple who aren't finding Florida quite as charming as he does in The Riptide Ultra-Guide (William Morrow, $25.99), the sixteenth installment in Tim Dorsey's bestselling series. When newly unemployed Patrick and Barbara McDougal decide a vacation in Florida is just what they need to put life back on the right track, awful accommodations, a robbery, and a not-so-helpful police department make them rethink their decision to drown their troubles in paradise. Luckily, charismatic (and crazy) tour guide Serge Storms and his sidekick, Coleman, are up for another action-packed adventure in this outrageous crime thriller that Tim Dorsey fans won't soon forget.
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TRENDS More people seem to be hopping off the social networking bandwagon, trading it for a 'normal' life
It wasn't too long ago when all that people ever discussed was related to the social media. A dozen Tweets a day, uploading pictures and writing on walls on Facebook, adding friends to one's circle in a trice on Google Plus was what they were hooked on to.
Given that your colleagues are permanently signed into their Facebook accounts or that even your parents have mastered the art of commenting on wall posts, you would believe we're still caught in this worldwide web. But if reports are to be believed, youngsters in urban India have started experiencing social-media fatigue as they tend to log onto social networks less frequently than when they had signed up, according to a recently-concluded survey carried out by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).
The survey suggests about 55 per cent of all the respondents (2,000 participants — equal number of males and females) said they have consciously reduced the time spent on social media.
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A majority of all the respondents said that compulsive social networking had led to insomnia, depression, poor inter-personal relationships, lack of concentration, and high level of anxiety, ignorance and rudeness in their behaviour as they tried to replace real-life social interactions with online social media.
Nearly 30 per cent of the respondents said they had deactivated or deleted their accounts and profiles from these websites, and it was no longer a craze among them. Many others said they had started maintaining a low profile on social networks as their privacy was being breached and that they visited their profiles once in a blue moon.
Tara Ninan, a collegian says: "It's boring to see constant senseless status updates over and over again, so I've reduced spending time on Facebook." Change in networks such as Facebook seems to be one of the reasons people are logging into their accounts less. Rani Mathew, a mother of two teenagers, says: "Facebook has this new 'Timeline' feature, and it is thoroughly confusing. I hate the layout; I don't like the site anymore."
With people linking their accounts on social network sites such as Facebook and Twitter, seeing the same tweet / status on both sites gets quite bugging. Improved chat applications too seem to have a role in the decrease in the time one spends social networking. "Thanks to Blackberry Messenger, Whatsapp, Google Talk and Yahoo Messenger on our phones and computers, I'd rather chat than sit idle on social network sites," opines Rohit Das, a musician.
There are those who have made a conscious decision to spend less time on these sites than normal. "My productivity at work has been so low that for three consecutive months I wasn't able to achieve my targets. That was the signal for me to deactivate my account, and I'm glad I did. I have more time to work, interact personally with people, and don't end up going to bed late. I've observed an overall progress in my general wellbeing," explains Ashok Raman, a marketing executive.
Not bored yet...
While a large number of people is experiencing social fatigue, there are many who haven't yet caught the chill! "I love going through pictures of my friends and commenting on them as well as playing games," says 16-year-old Shreya N. Her classmate Varun Kumar feels he needs to be logged on to Facebook all the time because his parents haven't given him a mobile yet!
Going by the state of social media affairs, one does come to realise a fad isn't called a fad for nothing. Just like people hopped from Hi5 to Orkut to Facebook, trends change, and what's here today is gone tomorrow. Maybe the death knell hasn't been sounded yet for social networking, but it is definitely losing its sheen, probably paving way for another fad. Next is what, we wonder!
In a recent survey, a majority of the respondents said that compulsive social networking had led to insomnia, depression, poor inter-personal relationships, lack of concentration, and high level of anxiety, ignorance and rudeness in their behaviour as they tried to replace real-life social interactions with online social media