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A stroll down memory lane
Almost nine years ago I found myself a fresh-faced college graduate on my way to HOTlanta with plans of igniting my design career. Meeting boys was the last thing on my mind, but when my cousin told me about this really cute, charming guy with a "good job" I had to see what the hype was all about. A couple days into my new residency I got a call from this guy named Mike. We engaged in a bit of small talk in which at some point he inquired if I was bald-headed (That's a whole other story for a later date). Anyhoo, despite the odd inquiry I said yes when he invited me to dinner. I guess he thought "Let me do this favor for my friend" and I thought "What the hell, I have nothing better to do."
The date was set for a Friday night. I constructed an outfit consisting of a colorful flowy tube top (it was 2004) and a pair of white pants that hugged me in all the right places. Ladies, you know what white pants can do for a figure The doorbell rang. My heart raced with anticipation as a made my way to the front door. What will he look like? Will he be as charming as I was
sold told? Or will this date be a complete flop? I looked through the peephole and caught a glimpse of a bulging chocolaty bicep. "Mmm-kay, so far so good", I thought. As I opened the door I could hear my heartbeat in my ears. Needless to say that my nerves were an absolute mess! The door opened and smiling at me on the other side was a 6 foot 4 inch-ish, dark chocolate, clean-cut chunk of fine Oooo-Wee! HELLO! Although I was already completely enamored with his smile I had to keep my composure. I couldn't let him know that he "had me at hello". We went on to have a really fun evening filled with smiles, laughs, and eye-lash batting (on my part). By the time I returned home I knew something special was brewing. Nine years later here we are, married with our first baby on the way. I never in my wildest dreams thought that I would meet the man I would spend the rest of my life with that way. I used to be the kind of person who needed to be "in the know". Not knowing who was on the other side of that door was a bit stressful but exciting. Saying yes to that date turned out to be the best decision I've ever made.
Last year June 23, 2012 Mike and I tied the knot…got hitched…jumped the broom (literally). It was an unforgettable weekend filled with love, family, line dancing, and food galore. The setting for the weekend's festivities was my hometown Lafayette, LA. The nuptials took place at the beautifully restored historic ABACUS located at the heart of the city. The exposed brick walls, wooden plank ceilings, and industrial styled bar provided the perfect backdrop for our country vintage inspired wedding.
Designing for others comes easy to me. It's what I do. Designing for myself, however, is a little tricky because I have so many ideas and I love each and every one of them. It becomes difficult to focus those ideas into one cohesive design. And let's face it, while some facets of interior design and event planning run parallel, many others do not. To help me focus my creative energy and efforts appropriately, I enlisted the help of my dear friend, bridesmaid, and event planner extraordinaire Shari Green of Food Passion Catering and events. I knew that with our two brains, a little patience and some elbow grease, we could pull off the event of the year! Well, maybe that's a little dramatic but we could definitely create one hell of a beautiful bash! Read on to learn about the Who, Where, and What of our country vintage wedding and to see never before posted photos of the nuptials.
Well Us! Duh!
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Olivia Nezey & Michael Westbrooks Jr.
The day started with an early rise. My anxiousness kept me awake all night. I slept at my dad's house, in my old bedroom, while Mike shacked up in a hotel across town with his groomsmen. Although we had been in a relationship for some time, I still wanted us to feel the anticipation of seeing each other for the first, all dressed up on our wedding day. My sister came over with her daughters, the most adorable flower girls you've EVER seen. My cousin Margeaux and my good friend and make-up artist Brandi joined soon after. The festivities were quickly under way.
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(Peep the purple & gold. Geaux TIGERS!)
Meanwhile…at the Bat Cave…the groomsmen and groom prepared for the big day.
Ain't he cute!
The ABACUS located in Lafayette, Louisiana provided the perfect backdrop for our country vintage inspired wedding. We enlisted the talented Shari Green of Food Passion Catering & Events to help us pull our ideas together. From my stylish arrival in a throwback Caddi to the crystals that sparkled in the nuptial arbor, no detail was missed. The day was magical and every detail perfect.
This gorgeous galley is where the I Do's took place. The exposed brick walls and wood paneled ceilings were EVERYTHING!
The gorgeous arbor was the masterpiece of Flowers By Rodney. The structure was made of reclaimed columns which blended beautifully with the historic interiors. The top and sides of the arbor was draped with grape vines, hydrangeas and crystals. Bringing the arbor to life were a series of floating candles that twinkled as the ceremony took place. Be still my heart.
Adjacent to the ceremony room, which would later be broken down for the par-tay, were the rooms where dinner was served. The decor was inspired by the Sunday's I would spend as a child in the sleepy town of Grand Coteau (my mom's hometown) coupled with my love for all things collected and feminine. Natural elements like burlap, twine, and branches were softened by the delicate details of the flowers, crystals and linens. Vintage touches were intermixed with the use of collected mason jars and bottles that I sourced from various antique markets & thrift stores. They were used as vases for the tablescapes.
Reclaimed shutters found while rummaging through Scott's Antique Market were given new life as they served as the display for the place cards that directed guests to their tables.
Instead of the traditional multi-tiered cake, we opted for a two-layer cake laced with buttercream ruffles and adorned with large peony blooms. Don't fret, there was plenty of cake to go around for the guests. There were cupcakes galore for our party-goers to snack on. I found the cupcake cups on Amazon.com. Half were turquoise glitter cups with scalloped edges and the other half ivory laser-cut butterfly cups. The presence of butterflies throughout the decor was to honor my mom who was with us in spirit. I handmade the toppers which was so much more economical than purchasing them from Etsy.. Both the cake and cupcakes were beautifully crafted by my Aunt Pauline of P&D's Cake Cottage located in Grand Coteau, LA.
For those who's sweet tooth need further satisfying, Shari Green designed a retro candy table that brought many of us back to a carefree place and time. The pom-poms hanging from the center piece not only add a playful touch but saved us on some dough! It's a great way to add whimsy without breaking the bank. Needless to say that the candy table was a huge hit!
Gumballs, Pop Rocks and Pixie Stix, oh my!
The celebration of our love!
Ah, yes! The reason for the shindig…to celebrate our love for and commitment to each other with our family and friends. The preparations were done. The scene was set. It was finally time to walk down the isle. One more thing had to happen before I mad my entrance. I had to see my groom. We opted to take photos before the ceremony so that we could enjoy the rest of our day once the ceremony was over. We did a series of "First Look" photos where we got to see each other for the first time since the rehearsal dinner. I couldn't run up the stairs fast enough…literally. My six inch heels wouldn't let me. But once I got up those stairs and opened that door, my heart stopped racing and started melting for the man that stood before me. It went a little something like this…
He's waiting… I open the door…
I sneak up behind him and tap his arm… We get our first glimpse of each other and have the not so expected reaction, we laugh hysterically at each other.
Then we embrace…the expected reaction.
He shows me a little surprise…His socks But I couldn't let him steal the show.
With bling. POW!
Then we have a few tender moments before heading downstairs to the ceremony.
I know this post is getting super long and frankly I'm getting a little winded, metaphorically speaking. I'll try my best to summarize the rest in photos. There are just so many details to share! Ok, here we go.
The flower girls and ring bearer make their entrance. Notice the butterflies perched on the ends of the banner There was a long line of gorgeous bridesmaids and handsome groomsmen that preceded them, but I'm trying to condense here.
Here Comes The Bride! You can't see it in this photo but the stems of my bouquet were wrapped in satin ribbon and finished with a purple butterfly broach.
My dad gives his baby girl away to his future son-in-law.
The Vows. Mine were on my iPad that I had forgotten upstairs. I had to freestyle it.
The exchanging of the rings. "I got him!", I said with a thumbs up.
The KISS!
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Westbrooks Jr. everybody!
And then we lived Happily Ever After!
But not before we PAR-TAYed first!
They were so serious about their job.
There was dinner then cake, and of course the proverbial cake-in-face moment.
Once dinner and dessert was done it was time to cut a rug! Up first, the newly wedded couple. We took ballroom dance lessons for five weeks!
You didn't think I'd wear the same dress did you??? I needed to be free to do my THANG!
"A dance? Why indeed I shall."
Slow…quick, quick, slow…
And twirl…
And pose… And bow. Not too shabby right?
Click below to see our take on the Rumba in full motion!
Then my dad showed us how it's really done. He kinda stole the show.
And then the whole room broke loose! Cupid Shuffle anyone?
A little Soul Train line action…
After that, any move was fair game…
Then this happened…not sure why…
Alas, it was time for the party to end. It was indeed a magical night filled with new memories and lots of love. If I could go back in time a relive any day in my life it would be this one. We were surrounded by everyone we loved and their presence and support meant the world to us. Now Mike and I are on to stage two of our life together…parenting. I can't wait to share stories of our journey with Mya Michelle with you. I'm sure they'll be plenty of interesting ones. Thanks for reading my incredibly long post. I hope you enjoyed my trip down memory lane as much as I did.
A huge thank you to our wonderful photographers Erin & Geoffrey for capturing our special day so beautifully. Also, a huge thanks to Shari Green of Food Passion Catering & Events, our day of coordinator Janie Varisco of J. Varisco Events, and our vendors. We could not have pulled this off with out you.


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This thread is interesting because I am in the industry and a lot of the sentiments on this thread are a microcosm of what's being said elsewhere. I consider the asylum a group of friends and I'd hate to see anyone lead astray with bogus information. Without giving up my customer's secrets, here's what most need to know: Dog food is like automotive tires: There are far more brands than there are manufacturing facilities. For instance, there is one company;
company, that produces 3500 different SKUs of dog and cat food cans. That's a whole bunch of the same product with different labels. Many of the brands that are part of this thread are made by a copacker and simply marketed by the brand. As some of you have noted, there are private label brands that are regional and only available locally
The pet industry is a $50B industry annually, and as the last recession cycle showed, relatively safe during economic downturns. Big business gets this and some large food companies (Del Monte, Cargill, Nestle) are stepping up their efforts in the premium pet food category. Premium pet food is as much about marketing as it is about science. Technically speaking, the name 'premium' doesn't legally exist. All petfoods, whether it's the cheap Ol' Roy at Walmart or some new fufu brand at the boutique store must have AAFCO approved ingredients. Trust me, it's harder to get a new pet food ingredient introduced than it is for human food ingredients. AAFCO approves everything, right down to the language that's written on the bag or can.
I won't bash or recommend any particular brand because individual animals will respond differently and their caloric and nutritional needs will vary. For years I fed my dogs one of the premium brands already mentioned on this thread (and also a customer) and my dogs gained too much weight for my vet's satisfaction. Now they are on a frozen, raw diet (not my customer and extremely $$ to boot) and they are doing much better.
If anyone else is in the industry and will be a Global Pet in Orlando next month, PM me and we'll grab a beer.
I was in marketing for various manufacturing companies for 16 years so I know the evils of marketing. But unless the labels are lying, premium dog food usually has no grains and less of the cheaper stuff, like it will have more chicken instead of chicken meal or chicken by product. So to me it doesn't really matter which premium food I get, the brand name and label means nothing to me, as long as I get the right set of ingredients.
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But Walmart staff are not the only workers facing pressure from management. Hostess Brands Inc., the company that makes a range of popular confectionary favourites such as Twinkies, is blaming the bakers' union for bringing it to the verge of bankruptcy.
But others argue the firm is in a mess of its own management's making and its financial troubles are a result of the short-term profit seeking practices of private equity firms and huge pay rises for company executives.
Even as the company attempted to force its workers to accept further concessions on pay and conditions, the CEO awarded himself a 300 per cent pay rise.
So, are workers being unfairly blamed for bad business practices?
Inside Story Americas, with presenter Shihab Rattansi, discusses this with guests: William Gould, the former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board under Bill Clinton; Mike Elk, a labour journalist for In These Times; and Eileen Appelbaum, a senior economist from the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
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As we count down to the 2014 Emmy Awards, Zap2it is taking a closer look at each of the lead acting nominees for comedy and drama -- and judging them not by their best work, but by some of the more dubious credits on their IMDB pages. So we ask you: Based on what you're about to see, would you give this person an Emmy?
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is no stranger to the Emmys. In fact, did you know she owns the record for most performance Emmy nominations with 15? She has seven for "Seinfeld," five for "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and three for "Veep," with four wins under her belt.
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The original address 909 N. Milwaukee Avenue has now been renumbered. The White Front Theatre was opened by Carl Laemmle on February 24, 1906.
This early nickelodeon was the stepping stone to success for Carl Laemmle, who went on to form Universal Pictures in 1912. The White Front Theatre was closed in 1911, and converted to retail use as a five & dime store.
The building was last used as a Kiss & Tell lingerie store.
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My guess as to location would be the building next door at 1253, the Foot Locker store. The style of building and size conforms more closely to the era of this theater.
The Moving Picture World of July 15, 1916, had an article about Carl Laemmle's first venture into the movie business (Google Books scan here.) There's a 1906 photo of the White Front Theatre, but it is cropped too close to reveal whether or not it was in the building that now houses the Foot Locker store.
The building did have narrow windows on the upper floor, like the windows in the Foot Locker building, but the article says that the White Front property had a fifty foot frontage, while the Foot Locker building appears to be only half that width. If the theater was at what is now 1257 N. Milwaukee, it's likely that it has been demolished, as the building now on the site has much wider windows on the second floor. At the very least, the entire facade was replaced.
The MPW article says that Laemmle gave up the theater when his original five-year lease ran out, at that in 1916 the building housed a five-and-ten-cent store.
After extensive research on this area, my former Chicagoland area neighborhood, the Foot Locker building is the location Carl Laemmle opened his White Front Theatre. The building once had a matching side to it. The larger building was never there. It was built years after the other side had burned from an interview I conducted with two surviving women of that day. One was Lydia Pucinski, a popular radio personality in her own right. I found this building and informed Carl Laemmle Junior about it soon before we met in 1979, when the structure was not a Foot Locker, but the longtime business known as Byster Brothers Clothing store. After viewing the photo of the nickelodeon, I recall seeing these triangular openings above the doorway. There is no question that this is the location. I lived in Chicago most of my life and interviewed neighbors (and one of the Byster sons and an employee who knew stories his father told him about the theatre), now long gone, who were young people at the time Laemmle was a part of their community.
Incidentally, it was Carl's brother Joseph Laemmle, who opened his brother's nickelodeon for in February 1906. Joseph's daughter Carla Laemmle (born Rebecca Isabelle Laemmle). Carla's Uncle Carl moved Joseph and his family to California in 1921. Carla has lived there since. In fact, the family was one of three families to live at Universal City. Carla and I have been good friends for 15 years. She is an amazing individual at the age of 102 (born 1909: just as her Uncle Carl was breaking away from theatre owner and began producing motion pictures forming the IMP company).
Carla Laemmle's biography was published in February 2009, soon before her 100th birthday. I am her biographer. "Among the Rugged Peaks: An Intimate Biography of Carla Laemmle" is available through Amazon.com and/or Midnight Marquee Press.
There continues to be a lot of confusion over the location of the White Front. All the hard evidence I've seen points to the storefront that was most recently Kiss & Tell Lingerie as the location, while anecdotes point to the Foot Locker.
Known facts: -The White Front was at 909 Milwaukee under the pre-1909 numbering system, according to numerous sources -The address 909 Milwaukee translated to 1257 Milwaukee when re-numbered, according to the 1909 renumbering guide (http://www.chsmedia.org/househistory/1909snc/start.pdf) and the 1914 Sanborn Map covering this area. -This is a photo of the White Front, reprinted in a 1916 Moving Picture World
-A February 6, 1906 article in the Chicago Tribune describes a fire in a three story building at 909 Milwaukee. The White Front opened later that month at 909 Milwaukee. If the fire was in the building now occupied by Foot Locker, it would have been described as a "two story building" -The 1914 Sanborn Map illustrates the Kiss & Tell building as it currently stands, so that building dates at least to 1914 if not earlier. -The 1916 article describes a 5&10 store in the former White Front. 1916 Chicago Tribune advertisements show a O'Connor & Goldberg shoe store in the 1253, Foot Locker building.
I have used photoshop to paste the image of the White Front onto the facades of the existing buildings. The proportions of the photo fit very well into the Kiss & Tell, especially the surrounding architectural details. The photo does not align well with the Foot Locker's proportions. This comparison is posted here in the photos section.
Finally, Byster's was not in the Foot Locker, it was one door south. The awning still says Byster's.
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Office of the President's website defaced by Anonymous Philippines
UPDATED 10:30 a.m. The Office of the President's website was defaced early Thursday morning by Anonymous Philippines over the government's apparent "mishandling of the Sabah issue."
Anonymous PHL hits PNoy website. Anonymous Philippines bypassed high-level cybersecurity defenses and defaced the official website of President Benigno Aquino III early Thursday, March 14. The group criticized the president for his apparent inaction over the Sabah territorial dispute, in which dozens of Filipinos have reportedly been killed by Malaysian security forces.
"We did not engage the Malaysian hackers who invaded our cyberspace since we expected you to appropriately and judiciously act on the same, but you failed us," read Anonymous' message.
The hacker group was able to directly break into and deface the site's Latest News section despite earlier hacking countermeasures adopted by the Philippine government, including the use of CloudFlare anti-DDoS software.
Confirmation from Malacañang
Malacañang confirmed the attack at around 9:40 am, Thursday.
"At around 1:30 a.m. today, we detected a breach when an errant sentence critical of the government on the Sabah issue was found to have been inserted in one of the news items within the website," Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma said in a statement.
But Coloma did assure the public that the site will be up and running "in a few hours."
"We expect to resume public display of the President's website in a few hours after needed protection measures have been put in place," Coloma said, adding that the site was not compromised in any other way.
"No further intrusions were made as the internal security protocols were activated," he said.
However, the website of the Office of the President is still down as of 10:30 a.m.
Widespread cyberattacks
However, the website of the Office of the President is still down as of 10:30 a.m.
Widespread cyberattacks
But the hit on the President's website was just the tip of the iceberg, as Anonymous Philippines launched successive simultaneous attacks on at least half a dozen other government sites in the hours that followed.
The last time that Anonymous Philippines conducted such a widespread attack was in October last year, in response to the Anti-Cybercrime Act.
This time, Anonymous Philippines accused Aquino of standing idly by as Filipinos were being "butchered" by Malaysian security forces, while Filipino women's and children's civil rights were violated.
The entry also had links to the Facebook accounts of phlhkrs, PhilippineCyberArmy, SymbianizeHacker and PribadoX. — with Patricia Denise Chu, DVM/TJD, GMA News
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Photographers, Don't Listen to Harvard Professors — or Anyone Else — Who Asks You to Give Up Your Rights
Posted By John Harrington On February 22, 2011 @ 12:10 am In Legal Matters | 32 Comments
People who want you to forfeit your intellectual property rights like to point out the enormous creativity of those who would use your work without compensating you.
They're not stealing your work. They're "remixing" it. "Transforming" it. "Mashing" it up.
Look, I can appreciate the talent that goes into a remix or mashup. The Slap-Chop remix [2] was awesome, for example. But it was also an infringement.
You place your bets, you take your chances. DJ Steve Porter took a risk and it paid off for him.
But that doesn't mean Porter's remixes should have the legal status of a new creation or original work. That's ridiculous.
View from the Ivory Tower
Unfortunately, that's the point of view of some influential people, like Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig.
From high atop his ivory tower, Lessig declares that the mashup artist should be able to remix scenes from a Disney movie, for example, and claim ownership of the finished product.
But how can you separate this derivative work from the original work and the tens of billions of dollars of marketing that has made Disney a household name for most of a century? You can't.
If he's allowed to succeed, Lessig's mashup of intellectual property law will create a legal mess for all of us.
The Behemoths Weigh In
Fortunately, Disney, Sony Music, the news wire services and others aren't buying Lessig's argument — and as photographers, we're lucky to have these corporate behemoths on our side.
Don't get me wrong. I greatly dislike what the record labels have done to independent musicians. And in our profession, the contracts the wire services dictate to freelance photographers today are shameless. In particular, they have been reprehensible in their demands to own the intellectual property that we as photographers create.
But there's an old saying that applies in this case: The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
The large corporations, with their deep pockets and strong desire to control intellectual property rights, will be the defenders of IP for all creators of original work in the legal battles ahead. And that means they're on the same side as us — the independent photographers.
Lessons of Napster
We need only look a few years back, when the hooligans who ran Napster were, quite literally, running amok with the creative talents of musicians everywhere.
More than one professional photographer I know had streams of Napster-sourced music running in their studios and seemed to see nothing wrong with it — until I pointed out the hypocrisy.
Call me a killjoy, but stealing music is stealing from artists. Period.
Fortunately, iTunes created a system that encouraged music downloads while compensating artists, and Napster was lobotomized into a lifeless parody of itself.
Fast forward to 2011, when we have people being encouraged to steal photographs and video, and visual artists being encouraged to throw away their IP or to allow unauthorized and objectionable uses of their creations.
We're told that anyone should be able to go to our website, take photographs, use them, "remix" them, and do so without our knowledge or permission.
I Stand Against IP Thieves
Lessig would have you believe that enforcing copyright law has become like the War on Drugs — unwinnable, and overshadowed by the collateral damage it has caused. In this case, the collateral damage is in the form of underground DJs and other criminalized remixers.
I have little pity for these mashup artists, at a time when the artists of original work have such a difficult time protecting it, receiving fair compensation and feeding their families.
And so I will gladly stand alongside the wire services, music and movie industries as they leverage their might to defeat those who would steal our work.
32 Comments To "Photographers, Don't Listen to Harvard Professors — or Anyone Else — Who Asks You to Give Up Your Rights"
#1 Comment By Owen Luck On February 22, 2011 @ 1:26 am
I copyright all my work with the copyright office in DC. Anything I post on the internet has my copyright embedded in the image. If anyone decides to use my work in any way at all with out my written permission they should prepare for law suit hell, followed by a PR campaign to discredit them.
There is nothing honorable about theft.
#2 Comment By Thomas On February 22, 2011 @ 4:34 am
John, just want to tell you:
Count me in!
#3 Comment By bycostello On February 22, 2011 @ 5:35 am
Without the original creativity these 'mash up' guys would have nothing to work with... by taking for free/ stealing they are cutting their own throats...
#4 Comment By Paul Adams On February 22, 2011 @ 7:03 am
I remember when I was at college 20 years ago I fellow student had photographed a series of images from a music video and displayed them on a board. Many of the students thought it was great until I pointed out that all he was doing was copying the video, the lecturer then questioned his motives, he could not back his argument up and just got annoyed with everyone. Mashups have been going on for years it is just easier now.By all means create Mashups etc but the original artist should be credited and compensated should that piece of work become successful.
#5 Comment By Thomas On February 22, 2011 @ 8:34 am
Photographer LaChapelle sues Rihanna for using his images for her music video ($1 million!) without his permission. Is that a remix as well?
#6 Comment By Kyle On February 22, 2011 @ 3:22 pm
Where is the line drawn, then? Is collage art IP theft? It's the same principle, using pieces of other people's finished work to create a new whole with a new meaning. And remixing/mashing-up isn't even close to illegal downloading of music. No one listens to a Girl Talk song when they want to hear the full song of anyone he uses in his mash-ups, it'd be pointless.
#7 Comment By oollmmaann On February 22, 2011 @ 6:50 pm
How about the right of the photographed? I find very hipocritical to talk only about the art on the eye of the beholder, and assume that the individuals being photographed should just give up their rights, as it is custumary. I am a photographer as well, only I haven't found a convincing compensation to publish any of my work, nor I've taken the time to postproduce most of my projects. I am a digital-born photographer, and still think there's a way where we can reach a fair deal among users and creators, but I doubt it will come by criminalizing a new way of relating with each other in the web. Photography has changed for everyone. What if you'd had a camera when you were 8 years old. Would you be more experienced? Who knows, but more photographers will reach top quality levels. Rather than judging how evil the new ways and technologies are, how they are a threat to what we've experience until now, I believe there's an alternative. It's and open alternative directed to change the way we perceive the creations on the web, not only by forcing people to act in a certain way, but rather, generating an incentive directed to fulfill the creators, and to serve as well the users, who become part of the filter of the things that mean something to them on the web. It's called unocent. [4] fair deal, you rule. What do you thing?
#8 Comment By n900mixalot On February 22, 2011 @ 7:42 pm
Lady Gaga (I'm not even a fan but she is a massive force) sells out stadiums around the world. Millions of people want to see her performance art, and they pay for it because they value it.
We are experiencing cultural climate change. I don't interpret Lessig telling people to steal music and make it their own; instead he's suggesting that there is a happy medium that has to be found if you are ever going to find happiness in valuing profitability over artistic expression, education and proliferation in 2011--a time when we have tech companies shoving the newest, hottest, and most powerful gadgets into our hands that make remixing easier, for those savvy enough, to share with their friends and the public.
People are going to continue to be able to remix culture as long as they have the tools to do so. What I would suggest is that you find ways to make your work more valuable--that goes for Hollywood and the music industry too. Look at 3D ... theaters have successfully introduced a new way to watch films that has got people going back to theaters. Instead of waiting for home 3D to catch on they should be and probably are, thinking about what is "next."
I would suggest looking at his lectures on YouTube to get a better sense of his ideas because I interpret his commentary in a completely different manner.
#9 Comment By Keith On February 22, 2011 @ 9:24 pm
If you take a photograph of a painting and then sell it as postcards or in a book, how is that not "stealing it" by your definition? What if the picture is of a building or a sculpture? Personally, I see the act as a transformation (or a remix), but I don't see room for the activity in your text.
How about Richard Hamilton's "Just What Is It that Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?", or in fact much of the Pop Art movement, how is that not stealing too? What about someone that creates a sketch of a copyrighted work? What if the "sketch" is so good it is hard to distinguish from the original?
Are you sure that people who remix are really stealing? Remember, theft denies the rightful owner use of the stolen good or service, and that does not seem to apply here.
Does the technology, medium or method used to create the new work deny its right to exist? What if the "remix" took many times longer to create than the original?
This whole area is full of shades of grey - and the only thing that everyone seems to agree on is that the current way copyright is defined and enforced isn't working. I happen to be in favour of copyright, I personally benefit from its protections, but I can also see the remixers point.
An earning model has been suggested in the past which may offer a route to a solution, it is a model that looks at the question of profit. If the remix is not earning any money then leave it alone, but if it starts to (or wants to) earn money then the earning party should pay some kind of license for the use. Similar to what happens with sampling. This has the potential to be fair as it would then get the content aggregators that earn advertising revenue from other peoples work (who may not receive anything), but then the issue of orphaned works comes up.
If you have some ideas I'd love to hear them, but this really is a complex area and I don't think black and white statements are always helpful.
#10 Comment By Jesus Climent On February 23, 2011 @ 6:28 am
Nobody is giving up their rights. They (we) are using the law (the same copyright law that some people protect overzealously) to exercise our rights in a different way. If the concern of comercial use without economical benefits for the original author worries you, one can always use a different version of it.
All my pictures are licensed CC and I will have them that way forever.
#11 Comment By Emory On February 23, 2011 @ 11:03 am
Interesting post. I wonder if you are making a distinction between piracy (copying an entire work) as was the case with Napster and remix which is at times using a small fraction of a work in creating something new (see Kyle's point about Girl Talk)
And while I can't speak for Lessig, he has stated many times he is not advocating theft or ignoring copyright, but for examining and reevaluating the copyright laws as they are currently written and how it's currently working for us in a digital age. I don't know how that puts him in an "ivory tower".
#12 Comment By Lenn Long On February 23, 2011 @ 9:05 pm
Thanks John, and we're with you!
If any of your readers are in the southeast they should register to attend a FREE full day copyright seminar hosted by APA Charlotte on March 19th.
Check out the Upcoming Events section of the APACharlotte.com website.
Panelists include
James Silverberg - Atty @ The IP Group
Michael Grecco - Photographer
Cindy Hicks- Art Director / The Martin Agency
And John, let us know when you want to come down again. We really enjoyed having you a couple years ago and we really appreciate your knowledge and insights.
#13 Comment By Michael On February 23, 2011 @ 9:34 pm
I would like to echo a lot of what Keith is saying, and also clear up a couple things. First, to say boldly that remixing is not art is to have a very narrow view of what art is. For starters, are we even allowed disqualify something from being art? What would that look like? Certainly, by you definition, Warhol is out. What about a composer who uses a previous melody as inspiration? Can he be art as long as he changes it by 1 note? 2 notes? Where does parody, satire come in? My point is not to be argumentative but rather to give a couple examples of the fluid, hard-to-define nature of art.
I would also like to pull out something else Keith said. What do you intend to do if someone uses one of your photos? Imagine a painter finds your in a book or shop and does a painting from your photo? Or what if I compile an installation piece with a lot of found objects, including one of your photos? Would you sue me? If so, to what end? I haven't prevented anyone from buying your book of photos, or a print, I've simply used it in a different way.
In other words, I feel like (implicitly) there may be some straw dogs about. For instance, to remix is not at all the same thing as to illegally download. To re-appropriate someone's photograph is not the same thing as to pass the photo, wholesale, off as your own work.
Interesting discussion, thanks for letting me contribute.
#14 Comment By Wodetzki On February 24, 2011 @ 2:44 am
Learn the facts. Lessig encourages CC as the artists choice... To choose to say remix ok but commercial theft not ok. What if photographers needed permission for every work they recycled? Pay the architect for every building photo? Every sculpture caught in frame? The industrial designer for every car or household object? On your logic it's hard to imagine any photo without a little theft...
#15 Comment By Max Sang On February 24, 2011 @ 10:17 am
I disagree with nearly all of this. The music industry keeps 99% of the money you spend for itself, gives the crumbs to those 'lucky' enough to get signed, and then uses its legal muscle to keep everyone else off radio and TV. The lucky artists get bound into multiple-album deals when they're too young to know better; if they get popular they regret the terms, and if they don't the label can sit on their work for ever without releasing it, thereby stifling them. iTunes further reduces the artists' take by slapping a hefty margin on top, then they DRM it so that you can't listen to your music on a non-Apple-approved device and will eventually lose it all through an accident (crash/virus) anyway.
The 'collateral damage' is nothing to do with DJs being forced underground (people have been remixing for thirty years and they care even less about legality now than they did then). The collateral damage is million-dollar punitive lawsuits against *alleged* copyright violators who are often nothing of the sort, and billion-dollar lobbying of governments worldwide to remove net neutrality, gain extraordinary powers to snoop on people and cut off their internet access without due process.
Lessig is not advocating copyright violations, he's just saying that the world has changed and giving old industries the power to crush people just to maintain their temporary monopoly is disproportionate; it's unfair to misrepresent him in this way.
Your enemy's enemy is only temporarily your friend, and if you think the record labels or Disney are on the same side as photographers, musicians, or the public, you're naive.
#16 Comment By Craig M. On February 24, 2011 @ 8:02 pm
#17 Comment By bryan On February 25, 2011 @ 2:09 pm
check out this video about the "amen break" and copy right. if you are interested in copy rights youll find this clip extremely interesting
#18 Comment By Emory On February 25, 2011 @ 4:32 pm
#19 Comment By wisser On February 25, 2011 @ 6:32 pm
Your reasoning is sound as long as we talk commercial use. Why should anybody profit off your work without giving you a fair share? They shouldn't! But private website owners, school teachers?
Copyright should protect the rights off the original inventor. Why is copyright so much longer then patents? Is making a photograph or even a Disney movie worth so much more protection then an Alzheimer vaccine?
Copyright has been wrenched by the big corps so much, that it has lost it's credibility. It is not just and what is a law that is not just worth. That is why people ignore copyright law.
Creative Commons is really your friend. Because you have the ability to clearly show what people are allowed or not allowed todo with your work.
#20 Comment By Bec Thomas On February 27, 2011 @ 9:48 pm
I've read through the comments and it would seem that many of you feel that it is ok to use other peoples work if you feel the reasons are justified... So is it ok to shoplift from a store? I find most people see that as a crime, but what if the person shoplifting is poor and just needed something to eat? Does that make the theft alright? What if someone down the street just needed to mow their lawn and decided to just take your lawn mower for their needs? Is that ok with you? Theft is theft no matter what pretty package you dress it up in.
#21 Comment By Andrew On March 2, 2011 @ 1:18 pm
Firstly, blanket statements and black and white arguments are not helpful. Not only are they logically fallacious but they get people emotional.
I'm troubled by the use of "ivory tower" mostly because it isn't an argument at all but rather a poisoning of the well and again, not helpful or pertinent to the argument.
This is and always has been a heated discussion within the art world. I saw someone in the comments discuss pop art movement so I will not revisit that point. Bottom line here is that there is no line, just sort of a fuzzy muddy spectrum. No one is arguing that there shouldn't be copyright protection.
By saying the creatives that make these remixes are stealing what is really being said is they shouldn't have any rights and their art form is less valid than yours. And by doing so you are now speaking from a perspective where you are the authority of who is a creative and what art is.
There should always be attribution of media remixed or not. Depending on context, how much of the work has been transformed and, (of course) profit is really what should determine compensation. Sharing of ideas and looking at our world in interesting new ways is what art is all about and arguments like these are only stifling.
#22 Comment By Born nordquist On March 6, 2011 @ 12:37 am
Here is my answer:
#23 Comment By Jacques Jangoux On March 7, 2011 @ 5:25 pm
My relationship with university professors or researchers is different. I photograph mostly for educational publications, which requires correct identification. I occasionally contact specialists in botany, geology etc to help identify or confirm the identification of a picture. I first send an e-mail request, then upon acceptance I send a 300ppi, 20x13.5cm file, which will print nicely. I used to say that they were welcome to use them for classes, for Powerpoint presentations etc, but that I would like to be contacted in case of commercial use. Now I stopped saying it as it seems I often get no reply. Once the request came from a botanist who wanted to use some of my pictures of wild begonias for a general public book; I said (to his surprise) that I would charge for them, he then only used one picture. I let a researcher use two of my pictures for an academic presentation without charge. I think a distinction must be made between academic and commercial use; and who takes time to identify a picture should get a courtesy copy of it.
#24 Comment By David Campbell On March 10, 2011 @ 9:41 am
Seems to me you have stolen and mashed up Lessig's argument without proper attribution. You are on the web you know. You can link to someone's arguments and quote appropriately to show evidence for your assertions. But there are zero links to Lessig in this poor post. And guess what? It doesn't cost a penny to do so.
#25 Comment By Andrew On March 11, 2011 @ 1:37 pm
@David Campbell - I'm not sure but after doing a little investigating on who Lessig is and finding myself in agreement with him on a lot of things I'm only guessing you were speaking to my points. If you are going to make accusations you could take some of your own advice and highlight specific places you believe were "stolen" and link to them.
If you were addressing me...my arguments are actually my own lessons learned from my four years as an Art student and taking an exhaustive amount of Art History classes (sorry no links). If you look at Fine Art in the 20th century you can see a lot of remixing and transforming of objects in many ways to create Art. The Pop Art movement, for instance, is one of the most clear examples of it and that tradition has continued in the modern Art world.
You are correct in that my basic point is actually very similar to one of Lessig's and that is re-mixers are creatives just like any other. My perspective, however, is coming from an Modern Art and theory perspective and not the perspective of legality and decriminalizing it.
here is a link: [8]
Thank you for introducing me to Lessig's arguments, I now also have a legal perspective from which to argue from.
#26 Comment By David Campbell On March 11, 2011 @ 9:25 pm
@Andrew - if I had been addressing you, I would have indicated that. The comment was directed to the author of the original post. Not at all sure why you took it as directed at your views. Open comments refer to the original post, people use names if they want to direct to subsequent contributors.
The original post is a linkless and unsupported argument that opens with a massive generalisation, setting Lessig up as someone arguing against all copyright, which is far from the case as some other commenters note above. My parodic use of 'stolen', 'mash up' and 'payment' turns the original author's framework on his own position. Links for that? Any and all of Lessig's books and videos, as you found out. If someone (the original author) wants to write a pejorative critique of Lessig and his 'ivory tower' view (and what a cliche that is, as you also note) then they have an obligation to support it with direct attribution.
#27 Comment By Mike On March 23, 2011 @ 5:42 pm
Napster is dead, but piracy is still out there. In fact, there is ZERO evidence that the quantity of legal, paid downloads comes remotely close to that of illegally obtained content.
#28 Comment By Paul T On April 4, 2011 @ 6:23 pm
Part of the problem people aren't including in these arguments is the portions of copyright where the artist is granted the control of an art and how and when it is displayed, not just making money. If I deem that my painting 'Absolute Zero' only be shown at midnight on the third Tuesday of March and in Dublin, Eireland, what right should a remixer have to take that away from me? What if there is something in my art that only shows at that location at that time and at other times it is not representative of my intent?
What about a remixer who has used my work to say things I abhor? Some generally non-accepted group (say a hate-mongering group) decides to use my 'remixed' art to forward their agenda and I'm supposed to lie down and take it? What if my future ability to make a living is tarnished because someone else used my work and now I can't get a job since the use was vile to my possible clients but used without my permission? Yes satire, commentary and educational uses should be protected, but but work is my heart: taking my work and mashing it is insulting.
An example, A family member was given a gift of a piece of work and it was a unique and signed piece (clearly marked as mine and on the back wrote all rights reserved.) A year or so later I find out from other family members that this person had taken my gift, blotted out my name, wrote their name on it and showed it to others as their own, to the point of trying to put it in a contest as their original work. Knowing this I went to the person's house demanded the piece and after they shamefully brought it to me, I proceeded to place it in a grill and burn it in front of everyone.
That's how important my work is to me; rather than let someone abuse my work, better to destroy it. Even if someone thinks "well a remix totally changes it's looks" it doesn't matter; my intent would not be preserved and I have lost control of my work. If I am told that I have no right to my own works, then I will quit creating for public viewing and have everything destroyed on my death.
What about a remixer of remixes? Someone decides to take the remix and extract most of my work as a 'new' work? I have no rights then under the idea of remixes being original works because "hey it's a remix (of a remix)"
#29 Comment By Andrew On April 4, 2011 @ 10:42 pm
@David - I apologize, at first read I didn't get that.
@Paul T - What if, what if, what if... what if a bus were to run you over tomorrow and your work gets stolen and aliens invade earth and pigs grow wings and fly around pooping on us and your work.
Dude, everything is borrowed, inspired, remixed and added on to. It is called the progress of human civilization.
It is your right as an artist and an individual to pursue any and all things you feel are a violation of your rights; the problem is others do too. You are essentially saying it is only your conception of what creativity is that is valid. Sorry dude, not buying it.
What is art if it is not shared. To me it is a waste.
I sincerely hope your post is hyperbolic or sarcastic because REALLY???
#30 Comment By Paul T On April 5, 2011 @ 12:01 am
My What Ifs are about clarifying the law and boundaries. Those are fairly possible what if's, your aliens are not. In fact, there have been some (rare) cases where people's artwork has been used by those they would never have given permission. A recent story of a young lady who's art was stolen and used on a cover of a porno dvd has been talked about. She had no right to reject that?
If you would, please tell me a time when you feel your art would be abused and you should have some legal redress? What point would be your personal breaking point? What kind of photography do you do that you don't mind others using it?
I agree that all things are revisions of past things, but there are clear degrees of changes. If I take one of DaVinci's paintings, say the Mona Lisa, or if you prefer 'La Gioconda', and slap some red transparent paint on it and call it mine is that right? If someone pulls my painting into their remix verbatim, I believe they are doing the same thing. What is so hard about creating an 'original' work to be used as the basis for your remix? What's so hard about asking the author "hey love your ____ can I make a remix?"
And art not shared being a waste is certainly a valid opinion, one that we don't share. I make my art for myself, I share with family and clients what I feel I can afford to share. Art is something you've drawn from inside yourself and did not exist in that form until then. A drawn portrait of my aunt done in oatmeal and my blood on green Berber carpeting would be original: her image is nowhere else and to my knowledge no one else has used that media.
When using others images/media/etc as a basis for your art, you walk a very gray line to me ... once again the degree of 'newness' comes into play. "I can't define obscene but I can tell you when I see it." I'm not much of a fan of collages of other peoples works being used even in novel ways because I believe this is flirting with trampling the original artist's rights.
Hyperbolic? No. Sarcasm? No. Yes, really.
If I take your point of view, nobody has any rights to anything they create, and that case means no progress .. why share or produce when every one can profit from my work? There are limits to both my rights and your rights - we all have to find a useful medium between the good of the one and the good of the many.
I'm not saying it can't be creative to remix, but I am saying that as a primary creator, my rights supersede those of other artists working derived works from my paintings or sculptures or drawings or photographs or... Notice I said derived works; clearly derived. In school we were taught a 10% rule: there must be at least 10% difference or it's duplicating directly. I disagree with that view, depending on the pattern of duplication, 10% is too little.
If my artwork is clearly derived from someone else that I had contact with, then I am wrong to claim it as solely my work. Direct derivation means my rights, as artist, are prime.
And yes, this discussion is about beliefs: I believe that there is a limit to reuse of previous works, you appear to not believe that. I can't agree that my personal works should be freely available fodder for other people with no degree of 'newness'.
#31 Comment By PeterD On April 28, 2011 @ 2:53 pm
Lessig is unfortunately typical of many (although to be fair not all) idealistic academics. He would do well to live in the real world for a while and engage in some of the work that we and others have to do in order to be paid and make ends meet.
I suspect the problem here generally is that he (I'm guessing) is employed by his university. Most creatives by contrast are self employed. He has no real clear idea where his money comes from at the end of every month - just appears in his account.
Creatives (or any other self employed person for that matter) have a very real idea of where it comes from, or where it won't come from if they arn't paid for useage. They also have a much more real world concept of what happens when it doesn't come in (more likely from time to time if you are self employed), and what has to be paid in addittion to regular living expenses in order to produce the work (ie they are a business and need a concept of overheads).
Lessig has nothing to loose through his comments, so in his eyes, he thinks it is ok to preach on how to destroy other peoples livelyhoods without a care in the world. I whish this was the first time I have seen this sort of thing from academics, but sadly it isn't, ill informed otherworldly comments with no grounding in reality seem to be their domain (although not for all to be fair).
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My dd is 5 weeks. She constantly needs to be walked around facing out so she can"see" and look around. She is very alert and is not happy laying down or simply being held. Must be in motion! My friends act like this isn't normal and I am worried it is something I am doing wrong! Do you think perhaps she can be bored already this young and need more stimulation?
hmm seems pretty normal...
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Seems pretty normal to me too. Some infants like to be swaddled, others don't want to be confined in anyway. Some like to be rocked or moving almost constantly. The world is still pretty darn new and they are still very near-sighted at that point. I wouldn't stress over her being bored.
Married mom of two, DD 17 and DS 14.
For what it's worth, my two boys' behavior and needs do reflect their in utero behavior and environment. Maybe you can think back and see if there's a pattern.
Yes, I'd check out reflux too...does she arch her back as well? Whatever the reason, buy yourself a Beco and have her look out sideways - will make both of you happy!
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All my children had strong necks and could raise their heads off the bed/bassinet/table when they were on their stomachs. Two of them really preferred looking out at the world. I didn't know about slings with the first 2, and they were too tiny to face out with a Snugli, so I tried to face them in and they hated it; my son loved kangaroo carry in a sling and looking out from 6 or 7 weeks, really as soon as his head could do it. Then I just regularly used that carry or the shoulder sling carry so they were on my shoulder. My kids didn't like the reclined sling carry at all.
OP, since you posted this in the "gifted" forum, I assume you are wondering if this behavior could be an early sign of advanced thinking or brain development. As far as I know, there is no evidence of that being true. However, my LO (now 1 year) has been like that since birth and I like to think it means he's extra smart : ) My husband and I were/are both gifted so you never know!
Both of my children liked to be moving and had strong head and trunk control early on, but I know many children who are like that. It's pretty common. DS liked to be carried up and down the stairs to settle him. He loved something about the up and down motion of stepping. They both liked to swing. I think you'll find a lot of infants demonstrate similar preferences.
If she has preferences, and you are figuring out those preferences, and accommodating her, then you are doing nothing wrong. It sounds like you are doing just that, so don't worry too much (it's impossible not to worry a little) and enjoy!
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In cash-strapped Baltimore, for example, officials estimate added cleanup measures will cost more than $250 million over the next six years. They say they'll seek City Council approval next month to levy a fee on all property owners to help pay for controlling polluted runoff from streets, alleys and parking lots.
Other counties, meanwhile, failed to deliver draft cleanup plans to the state by the November deadline, and still others questioned the state's targets and data.
Faced with such price tags and the need to significantly increase their pollution-control efforts, local officials have joined farm groups in appealing to the state to give them more time, relaxing the cleanup timetable to match that being used by all other bay states.
In response, Maryland Environment Secretary Robert M. Summers said in an interview that top O'Malley administration officials have agreed to stretch the state's bay cleanup action deadline by five more years, from 2020 to 2025.
Gov. Martin O'Malley had pledged that Maryland would show its leadership in the regional restoration effort by completing its plan five years earlier than other states. Under a "pollution diet" adopted last year by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, all six bay states must act by 2025 to achieve a 15 percent to 25 percent reduction in the nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment fouling the bay's waters.
Summers said O'Malley's "Bay Cabinet" of agency heads recently decided to back off the early deadline the state had set, though he insisted it's no relaxation of the overall cleanup effort.
"We're just recognizing the reality that this is a huge hill we're climbing here," he said. "And looking at the plans and the types of funding and so forth, it just seems clear it's just physically going to take that time frame to complete."
Summers said counties and municipalities were asked to outline what they plan to do at least over the next two years to help reduce bay pollution. Maryland is using the local plans to prepare its own bay cleanup road map for the EPA, which is due Thursday.
Calvert, Talbot and Worcester counties did not submit plans by the deadline. Talbot Planning Officer Sandy Coyman emailed that the county's strategy had to be redone because the state changed the county's pollution targets less than three weeks before the due date. The County Council approved the plan last week, he said.
Calvert's commissioners are scheduled to review their plan Tuesday, according to a county planner. And Worcester's commissioners, after expressing some discomfort with getting too specific in their plan, ordered changes to it and informed the state they'd submit it after their next meeting Dec. 20.
Carroll County submitted a report to the state of the steps it was already taking to help restore the bay but didn't propose any additional measures because of doubts about the state's pollution targets for the county. Brenda J.M. Dinne, special projects planner with the county, said officials believed the state's figures were "wildly off base" and so were wary of proposing anything based on them.
Summers said state officials would fill in the blanks for the counties that didn't propose any new cleanup efforts or didn't submit a plan at all. But the cleanup plan won't be final until July, the MDE secretary noted, so there's still time for local officials to join in and "help control their own destiny."
"The numbers are evolving," Summers said of the pollution reductions assigned to each locality. Adjustments have been and will be made as better information comes in, he said.
But the ambiguity shouldn't be an excuse for inaction, he said. "There's no danger that anybody is going to overshoot their targets using this model."
The size of the pollution reductions required to meet the EPA's baywide "pollution diet" is requiring states — and localities — to vastly increase the scope and pace of cleanup efforts.
Jenn Aiosa, senior scientist with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, said that some local officials seem reluctant to commit to anything because of the cost estimates and questions about the computer model the state was using to assign cleanup targets. She predicted that costs would abate as experts figure out more efficient ways to reduce pollution.
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|Melbourne, Australia
|Pop punk
Punk rock
|Years active
|1993–2009, 2012-present
|Shagpile/Shock (1994-1999)
EMI/Capitol (2000-2004)
Shock (2005-2009)
UNFD (2013-present)
|Cameron Baines
Grant Relf
Tom Read
Shane Wakker
|Past members
|Ben Petterson
Ross Hetherington
Charles Zerafa
Bodyjar are an Australian punk rock/pop punk band based in Melbourne. They began performing under the name Bodyjar in 1994; their previous names included Damnation and Helium.[1] After a three-year hiatus, their latest album, entitled Role Model, was released on 18 October 2013, together with corresponding tour dates.
Take a Look Inside[edit]
As of October 2013, the lineup of Bodyjar consists of vocalist and guitarist Cameron Baines, bassist Grant Relf, guitarist Tom Read and drummer Shane Wakker. Read replaced founding member Ben Petterson, who left before the release of How It Works, and in early 2004, Wakker replaced long-time drummer Ross Hetherington, who had been with the band since original drummer Charles Zerafa left after the recording of Take A Look Inside.
Rimshot and No Touch Red[edit]
Bodyjar gained public recognition around 1995, while touring with Pennywise and Blink-182. The band subsequently toured Canada, Japan and the U.S. in the following year, promoting the Rimshot album. Their third album, No Touch Red, was recorded the following year in Montreal over 12 days.
How it Works and Plastic Skies[edit]
Peterson left the band following the 1999 Big Day Out festival. Facing an impending breakup, the band added Read, formerly of 180 Discord, to the lineup. That year Bodyjar signed with EMI/Capitol, having completed a 33 song demo for their upcoming release. Though independent for the majority of their career, Bodyjar released two studio albums for EMI/Capitol in the early 2000s. The first album for the major label, How It Works, reached the top 20 on the Australian ARIAnet albums chart in 2000 and achieved gold sales (35,000 copies). The album's first single, "Not the Same", was also featured in a Pepsi ad campaign and the video games Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and MX Superfly.
After their second major label album, Plastic Skies, and the retrospective, Jarchives, featuring new and rare material, failed to build on the success of How It Works, Bodyjar returned to their former label, Shock Records.
They released a self-titled album in 2005 after Hetherington left the band in May 2004 while on tour with The Offspring. Hetherington was temporarily replaced for the remainder of the tour by Gordy Forman of Australian punk band Frenzal Rhomb. The role was then filled by Wakker, formerly of the band Channel 3, and he was named the group's permanent drummer later that year.
Despite having their commercial peak seemingly behind them, Bodyjar remained a major attraction on the all-ages circuit in Australia, and continued to tour and play festivals. Selections from their discography have also been repackaged and released for the American and Japanese markets, where they have consolidated live followings.
Despite an announcement on the official Bodyjar website, as of 10 January 2008, a new album "looks to be shaping up for late in the year". However, the band announced on 4 September 2009, they would be calling it quits after a farewell tour.[2] The band reformed for a one-off gig in April 2011 to celebrate the Royal Artillery Hotel (The Arthouse) venue's last drinks calendar.
Bodyjar reunited in March 2012 to perform No Touch Red in its entirety at Melbourne's Corner Hotel, together with former tour mates One Dollar Short, Antiskeptic & Game Over. Regarding the show, bassist Relf remarked, "When a good friend of Bodyjar's says they want to start a label and release one of your old albums on vinyl, you don't have to think too long or too hard about the response. No Touch Red kicked some arse back in the day and still holds its head up high all these years later, so I say let there be vinyl and a show to boot."[3]
Role Model[edit]
As of February 2013, Bodyjar has performed as a support act for various touring bands in Australia, such as The Descendents. Read explained in an October 2013 interview that, following the Descendants tour, the band had "a little bit of money in the bank" and decided to write and record for a new album: "we just thought let's write some songs and if they are good enough we can record them and if they're not then we can spend the money on beer I guess. But they turned out really well."[4]
Satisfied with their new songs, the band announced the release of a new record, Role Model, which is the first collection of new material in eight years. The first single, "Fairytales", premiered on 12 September 2013.[5] Prior to the release of Role Model, Read explained the motivation that underpinned the album:
... we had just finished the No Touch Red tour and I had a conversation with Grant about writing a fast kind of album like that, doing what we are good at and stop fucking around with slower songs and big rock riffs. Just do what comes natural and write for ourselves again. There is a lot of emphasis on having fun this time around, I think that has come through on the record. "Stop enjoying yourself and have some fun".[6]
Read also explained that Tom Larkin of New Zealand band Shihad produced the album at his own studios in Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia, and that the band referenced the sound production of the bands Refused, Foo Fighters and Starmarket for the recording process. Joey Cape, of Lagwagon, and Ahren Stringer, of The Amity Affliction, contributed vocals to the album, while a guitar solo was recorded by Stephen Egerton of Descendents.[6]
Bodyjar enlisted Australian independent music label UNFD to release Role Model on 18 October 2013, and bundle packages that included a skateboard deck, a t-shirt and a stubby holder were released. Baines hired Dutch design company ATTAK to create the artwork for the album.[6]
Side projects[edit]
At the beginning of 2007, Baines and Wakker launched a side project called Cola Wars, a moniker that Baines has used for various projects since 1999—Mark Brunott (Automan, The Volume10, and Steelbirds) and Mikey Juler (ex-For Amusement Only) completed the lineup. The band have played under other pseudonyms, such as "Daughters of the Rich" and "William Shatner's Dacks".[citation needed]
Read's and Relf's side project is called Burn The City, which also involves a former member of Australian band One Dollar Short on drums.[4]
Personal lives[edit]
Wakker is from the Victorian town of Moe, and Baines's wedding to partner Regan occurred in late April 2012.[7]
Studio albums[edit]
- You Can't Hold Me Down, 1993 (as Helium)
- Take a Look Inside, 1994
- Rimshot!, 1996
- No Touch Red, 1998
- How It Works, 2000
- Plastic Skies, 2002
- Bodyjar, 2005
- Role Model, 2013
Live albums[edit]
- Is It Alive, 2007
- The End Is Now, 2009 (part of The Hi-Fi Official Bootleg series)
Compilation albums[edit]
- Singles and Stuff, 1999
- Short Music For Short People, 1999
- Punkzilla, 2001
- Jarchives: 10 Years of Bodyjar, 2003 DVD release and album
- Time To Grow Up, 2004 (Brazil-only compilation with similar tracklisting to Singles and Stuff)
- Time to Grow Up, 1994
- Strange Harvest (limited edition), 1997
- You Got Me a Girls Bike You Idiot!, 2001
- You'll Never Kill All The Ants, 2006
- ^ "From the Jarchives". www.theage.com.au. Retrieved 2013-10-12.
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- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ a b Cassie Walker (23 October 2013). "Tom Read - Bodyjar (23/10/2013)". The 59th Sound. The 59th Sound. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ "BODYJAR - Fairytales [Official Music Video]". YouTube. 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2013-10-12.
- ^ a b c Bomber (13 October 2013). "On The Record – Bodyjar". Bombshellzine.com. Bombshellzine.com. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ^ "It's a Cola Wars wedding! Congrats Cam + Regan!! — with Cameron Baines, Mikey Juler, Mark Brunott and Shane Wakker.". Cola Wars on Facebook. Facebook. 28 April 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
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today. But I want to work on it some more.
In the meantime, here is a picture of noctilucent clouds, from
APOD site. We are all relieved that the space
shuttle Discovery has landed safely. It turns out that the
space shuttle may be one reason that these unusual cloud formations
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Noctilucent Clouds Over Sweden
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Sometimes it's night on the ground but day in the air. As the Earth
rotates to eclipse the Sun, href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060712.html">sunset
rises up from the ground. Therefore, at sunset on the ground, sunlight
still shines on href="http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/guides/mtr/cld/home.rxml">clouds
above. Under usual circumstances, a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980526.html">pretty
sunset might be visible, but unusual href="http://lasp.colorado.edu/noctilucent_clouds/">noctilucent
clouds float so high up they can be seen well after dark. href="http://www.clearskies.se/NLC%2016.htm">Pictured above
last month, a network of href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/19feb_nlc.htm">noctilucent
clouds cast a colorful but eerie glow after dusk near href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vallentuna">Vallentuna,
Although noctilucent
clouds are thought to be composed of small ice-coated
particles, much
remains unknown about them. href="http://www.nrl.navy.mil/pressRelease.php?Y=2003&R=35-03r">Recent
evidence indicates that at least some href="http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2003/0522shuttleshine.html">noctilucent
clouds result from freezing water exhaust from href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021023.html">Space