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Yeah. I am spoiled. Can't say that it's undeserved though. When your team has that kind of success for that long, you start taking it for granted, and it forces the team to maintain it. The Red Wings know that they have the highest standards they have to maintain, that Red Wings fans won't settle for a mediocre club.
They set the standard, it's our job as fans to ensure that they maintain it.
Why shouldn't Snyder take the pay that is associated with being Governor? Even if he takes every cent that he is legally entitled to as part of being Governor for this term, he took a 25% pay cut. How many of the liberals whining about it would do that? I bet that answer is going to be really close to none.
Obama is independently wealthy too, and like Michigan, the US as a whole has a huge spending problem exacerbated by decreasing revenues. Has Obama taken anything less than his full paycheck for being President?
Agreed. I was about to post something along those lines too. When the Occupy folks were invading Manhattan, the companies that they were supposedly protesting didn't suffer one bit. Who did suffer were those very small businesses who couldn't absorb the loss of business caused by the protesters.
And Rick Haglund's political ideology strikes again!
He blames Governor Snyder. Only problem? Snyder didn't take office until January 2011, and Haglund is using figures from 2010! These numbers belong to GRANHOLM, yet her name isn't mentioned anywhere. Wonder why?
If the employee is no longer capable of performing his job at the level his company expects, then the company has every right to terminate his employment. If he can't do the job he is paid to do, he needs to go.
I normally agree with you, Mr. Gunn, but I think you completely missed the mark here. The Tigers didn't get rid of Inge because they didn't like him, they got rid of him because they felt he couldn't play at a level that could justify his salary anymore. He was under performing.
Since it appears to be newsworthy somehow when Snyder gets paid the amount he is legally entitled to for being Governor, I am hereby announcing that I plan on accepting my paycheck this week, as well as all future paychecks I am entitled to. Thank you all for your time.
That's just it, isn't it? You can claim you aren't actively seeking expansion, but Jim Delany knows full well that if the B1G simply waits long enough, Notre Dame will be forced into a situation where they have to join a conference to remain competitive. Delany doesn't have to actively pursue Notre Dame anymore, if he plays his cards right, Notre Dame will come to him.
Eventually, the B1G will include Notre Dame, whether Notre Dame wants to admit it or not yet. They know that the college football landscape is changing, and they know that their power as an independent has significantly declined. There won't be any "Notre Dame rule" with the new playoffs like there was when they first developed the BCS.
Eventually, Notre Dame is going to come to it's senses and figure out that it's survival as a relevant football school rests with joining the B1G. It has to. With the B1G/Pac-12 agreement, normal fixtures on Notre Dame's schedule will be playing each other, not Notre Dame. Take away Michigan, MSU, USC and Stanford from Notre Dame's schedule, what are they? A team that plays a very pedestrian schedule that would have no chance of getting into the NCAA playoffs regardless of record. Their strength of schedule will be a joke.
In a nutshell, I would argue that Notre Dame CANNOT win a national championship in football anymore without joining a conference. The system is evolving and leaving them behind.
So, if you are a democrat, shared sacrifice means Snyder has to work for a dollar every year? For a total of either $4 or $8, depending on if he gets re-elected, yet at the same time, it means that individuals on public pensions that draw more than 40k a year, (many of whom are drawing over 6 figures) themselves are somehow getting being screwed because their pensions are now taxable, like EVERY private pension has been for years.
Good, sound logic there guys. Snyder has to work almost for free, while retired State employees can't pay taxes on their pensions. Even if Snyder takes every penny for the next 3 years, that means he still voluntarily took a 25% pay cut. Until you are willing to do the same thing, you have absolutely no room to talk about shared sacrifices.
Regardless of how people feel about Roy Schmidt the candidate, can we all agree on one thing? Dude bears an uncanny resemblance to Ralph from Happy Days, Danny Most.
You do know that NHL rinks and international/Olympic style rinks are not the same size, right? International rinks are bigger, which gives skilled players like Z and Franzen more space to skate in. If the NHL used Olympic sized rinks, you would see a noticeable improvement.
Or, thought that losing at home, not winning your division, let alone your conference shouldn't qualify you for the National Championship game over an Oklahoma State team that had the same record as you, but whose only loss came on the road, after their school suffered a tragedy like losing two basketball coaches in a plane crash that morning, causing them to be a little distracted.
"But is that offensive firepower enough to overlook the baggage he brings? Semin has a reputation for not playing hard on a consistent basis and disappearing at times."
The Red Wings should definitely go after him. They can give him the #91, and bring his dad to Detroit from Russia so he can make ridiculous demands when Detroit asks him to play a little defense, and he can then go after a burgeoning 15 year old tennis star. Then, when he refuses to sign an EXTREMELY lucrative contract, he can skip town so he can play a few completely unproductive years with various other teams that lacked Detroit's chemistry before going back to Russia to play in the KHL because nobody wants him anymore.
Oh wait. We already had that guy. Pass.
"The simple truth is, extreme Democrat party bosses like Mark Brewer are unwilling to listen to ideas or accept my positions on issues that matter to me and Grand Rapids."
So, I take it he sees himself as a very moderate democrat, who was annoyed that he wasn't being listened to? That his party change has nothing to do with a change in political ideology, and everything to do with a personal disagreement with Mark Brewer?
He isn't by any chance related to Arlen Specter, is he?
Already covered that. It's amusing that the same people who would been in a position to allow the voter fraud are the same ones who get to make the excuses. Like that "clerical error" that had a lot of folks in Indiana vote for Obama, despite them coming out and saying "umm, no I didn't". The same "clerical errors" that forged people's signatures during the ridiculous 1st Snyder Recall attempt. It's a lot easier to cover up voter fraud when it's your job to look into it.
I wonder if the election officials claiming that each instance has an excuse are the same election officials that allowed the fraud to occur in the first place? hmm....very convenient.
And yet, the diehard liberals who adamantly oppose requiring a photo ID to vote will somehow inexplicably still try to claim that it's not needed because there have never been instances of voter fraud...
And Obama admits in his book to taking illegal drugs including cocaine in college. Surely that makes Barry an un-prosecuted criminal as well, right?
Mitt had a very good week, thanks in large part to Obama's "it wasn't a political decision" political decision to time his evolution into being pro gay marriage.
What was the biggest complaint about Mitt Romney during the primaries? That he was too moderate, that he couldn't energize the religious right. Well, thanks to Obama's statement, the religious right will rally around Romney far more so than they would have otherwise. Obama just guaranteed that Mitt Romney gets a lot more vocal/financial support from those conservatives that otherwise would have been apathetic towards him. Obama just essentially energized the religious right for Romney.
The Detroit Lions play in Detroit. The Green Bay Packers play in Green Bay. What other explanation as to why this Senator is just wishfully thinking do you need?


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Harvesting raw material for the thatch that keeps Westcountry cottages snug
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The wheat reed harvest for thatching is being gathered during dry spells in East Devon this week.
Reed combing threshers are in action and among them, on land farmed by Les Coles at Harcombe, is an interesting 1944 machine belonging to 81-year-old retired farmer Mr David Hurford.
David Hurford is a well-known and respected figure in agricultural circles who owns the panoramic Farwood Barton Farm in Northleigh, near Colyton, East Devon,which his father Edgar Hurford farmed before him.
The Hurfords once grew large acreages of wheat reed in the past on their farm.
The thresher the family owns was manufactured by Marshall, Sons & Co, a company which was founded in 1848 and based in the Britannia Iron Works, at Gainsborough, in Lincolnshire. The company manufactured steam traction engines, agricultural machinery and even aircraft during the First World War.
David Hurford said: "The thresher was bought by Edgar Hurford in 1951 from agricultural contractor Les Symes of Dawlish. He'd had it new in 1944 as part of a wartime government agricultural scheme to increase UK grain production.
"I have owned it since 1968 and I kept it with a view to purchasing a comber to fit on to it. I was approached by Mr Dray of the Devon Thatchers' Federation when the Council for Small Rural Industries in Rural Areas (CoSIRA) were looking for someone to co-operate with them in making a comber.
"We completed the project in 1978 and held an open day at Farwood Barton to celebrate the occasion.
"There was a lot of thatching going on and CoSira were training youngsters – but the combers that produced the materials were wearing out due to age and neglect. New machines were required to ensure that thatchers could continue to follow their trade.
"The sling trusser was bought in a derelict condition and fitted with wheels after being extensively repaired. The comber is a copy of a design by Murch Bros of Umberleigh who last made one in the 1930s. This particular comber was made by CoSira technical officers Roger Ballard and John Barkham from plans drawn by Roger Ballard as a prototype to prove the drawings were functional."
Since then David Hurford has exhibited the machine – which he calls the "mumbling dustbox" – at many shows and rallies in the county. The comber separates the wheat from the reed – and the straw by-product provides bedding for cattle and horses.
Every year farmer Les Coles grows traditional Devon Reed combed wheat straw for thatching – and a hybrid (rye) variety called Triticale – on 30 acres of his land.
He also has a fondness for old machinery and he owns a 1940s Massey Harris binder with which he cuts the wheat in preparation for the sheaths to be cut into stooks.
The harvest this year is predicted to be average – last year was poor due to the weather – and prices for Devon Reed remain around six hundred pounds sterling a ton. Thatch is said to have become much more popular in this country over the past 30 years. There are reported to be about 60,000 thatched roofs in the United Kingdom and many more are being built every year.
It is estimated approximately 1,000 full-time thatchers are at work in the UK and there are more thatched roofs in this country than in any other European country. Thatch is becoming popular again because of the renewed interest in preserving historic buildings and the use of more sustainable building materials.
It is said a thatched roof will ensure that a building will be cool in summer and warm in winter. Thatch also has very good resistance to wind damage.
However, it is labour intensive and more expensive than slating or tiling. There has been a big increase in straw quality as specialist growers have returned to growing older, tall-stemmed, 'heritage' varieties of wheat. North Devon has several large units dedicated to wheat reed for ridge thatching.
Water reed is usually preferred for roofing in the 21st century as it is said to last longer – but it takes four to five acres of well-managed reed bed to produce sufficient reed to thatch an average house. Furthermore, regulations stipulate that listed buildings should be re-thatched using original wheat reed thatch.
Good thatching should not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last eight to 14 years, and re-ridging will be required several times during the lifespan of a thatch roof. Insurance premiums are high because of the perception that thatched roofs are a fire hazard and a thatched roof is more expensive to replace than a standard tiled/slate roof.


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Stanley Ikenberry can't seem to get away from scandals involving university boards. Two scandals within three years.
Ikenberry served as interim president of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign following an admissions scandal in 2009 in which well-connected students received extra consideration for acceptance.
Then in November, after Ikenberry moved to a research role with Penn State, where he formerly served as senior vice president for a stint in the '70s, the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal rocked the university.
In Illinois, the solution was ultimately a clean wash. Gov. Pat Quinn removed all trustees from the board.
"Penn State's case is quite different," Ikenberry, professor and senior scientist at the Penn State Center for the Study of Higher Education, told the Mirror.
But the scandals at the Big Ten schools have some similarities. In both cases, the governor is a member of the board but only takes a voting measure in times of crisis. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has maintained he and the board were justified in removing Joe Paterno, The Associated Press reported last week.
But the board's failure was in the oversight leading up to dismissing Paterno and Spanier, Penn State community members including alumni said.


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Southtown group blends talent, food and friendship
By Edmund Tijerina : June 6, 2013 : Updated: June 10, 2013 11:44am
Photo By Photos by Edward A. Ornelas / San Antonio Express-NewsThe Elote is presented with uniform precision by inventive chefs cooking for the Southtown Supper Club. The group enjoys great food prepared by young chefs.
Photo By San Antonio Express-NewsHugh Donagher (left) and Brian Rountree hug while talking with guest attending the Southtown Supper Club Sunday June 2, 2013 at their home.
Photo By San Antonio Express-NewsHugh Donagher (right) toast with guest attending the Southtown Supper Club Sunday June 2, 2013 at his home.
Photo By San Antonio Express-NewsHugh Donagher photographs guest attending the Southtown Supper Club Sunday June 2, 2013 at his home.
Photo By San Antonio Express-NewsLogan Jung (left) and Mara Serna prepare food for the Southtown Supper Club Sunday June 2, 2013 at the home of Hugh Donagher and Brian Rountree.
Guests enjoy a glass of wine and animated conversation at the Southtown Supper Club held June 2 at the home of Brian Rountree and Hugh Donagher.
Photo By San Antonio Express-NewsSteven O'Sullivan grills corn for the Southtown Supper Club Sunday June 2, 2013 at the home of Hugh Donagher and Brian Rountree.
Photo By San Antonio Express-NewsThe Martini for the Southtown Supper Club Sunday June 2, 2013 at the home of Hugh Donagher and Brian Rountree.
Photo By San Antonio Express-NewsThe Pinwheels for the Southtown Supper Club Sunday June 2, 2013 at the home of Hugh Donagher and Brian Rountree.
Photo By San Antonio Express-NewsMara Serna (from left) Steven O'Sullivan and Logan Jung prepare food for the Southtown Supper Club Sunday June 2, 2013 at the home of Hugh Donagher and Brian Rountree.
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This is the sixth in an occasional series about dinner groups, supper clubs or gourmet groups.
As guests begin to mingle while holding a glass of cava or a cocktail featuring gin and St. Germain, the scene in the living room of a home in the Lavaca neighborhood seems at first like any other dinner party.
That is, until the dozen guests take their seats at a large, heavy wooden table and a chef working at the stove explains the first course: Fried, pinwheel-shaped, puffed-wheat duros served with a freshly made mayonnaise enlivened with Valentina hot sauce.
Clearly, this is no ordinary dinner party.
In a way, it's not a dinner party at all. It's not really a supper club or even a pop-up.
It's a hybrid of many trends in the world of dining, all wrapped into the entity that is the Southtown Supper Club. At its heart, it's about a dozen friends of Brian Rountree and Hugh Donagher who come together periodically on Sunday evenings to enjoy great food, swap wines and give young chefs a chance to show their stuff.
"There are supertalented men and women working the line at restaurants that are primarily serving tourists. There are people who are working food trucks," Rountree said. "What would they do if they had an audience of people willing to go on a ride with them? Get a group of people together, gather around a table, give some local talent free rein and then see what happens."
The makings of the gathering began with the large wooden table, a piece from local artist Peter Zubiate.
Rountree, director of engineering for Rackspace Cloud, and Donagher, an online presence coach, wanted to inaugurate their table with a gathering. They moved to San Antonio in 2011 from the Bay Area, quickly made friends and embraced their new city.
The opportunity to give the table a proper welcome came just more than a year ago, when they hosted a dinner to commemorate the departure of Quealy Watson, who was leaving his post heading the kitchen at The Monterey. He and P.J. Edwards, then sous chef at Bin 555, created a 10-course menu that included a scrambled-egg mousse, Frito custard and a croquette made from braised pork trotter.
That dinner originally was intended as a one-time event, but the hosts later spoke with another chef from The Monterey, John Philpot, and decided to do another dinner. One of the guests at the second dinner came up with the name, and the moniker stuck.
"Another part of this is (seeing) what a chef (could) do in a regular home kitchen," Donagher said. "Some bring their own immersion circulators, but most of it is (what's in) a home kitchen."
Usually, dinner brings from 10 to 12 people, usually a mix of newcomers and veterans of other dinners, who are taking a culinary exploration of 10-12 dishes. That is, except for the 20-plus courses from Tapa Tapa truck owner Rudolfo Martinez and Bella on the River sous chef Luis Colon in November. Most guests bring a bottle of wine to share, pouring small tasting portions for themselves and passing around the bottle.
At the events, each guest contributes about $100, depending on the menu. The money collected goes to the chefs to cover ingredients and at least part of their time. The appeal for chefs is simple: a chance to create and execute their own dishes.
"I want to do my own thing instead of making everybody else's dishes," said Mara Serna, a Houston native who worked in San Antonio at the CIA Bakery Café and whose résumé includes time working at Frontera Grill and Topolobampo in Chicago. She created the modern menu for this, the eighth installment of the Southtown dinner. Her assistants: Logan Jung, a chef with C.H. Guenther whose experience includes stages at Chicago culinary temples Alinea, Next and Moto; and fellow Houston chef Steven O'Sullivan.
And for guests, it's more than a chance to experience a young chef's food, perhaps somebody who has stardom in the future; it's about connecting with a larger community.
"If you didn't have this opportunity, you won't meet people of these backgrounds," said guest Stephanie Hoppas. "People that wouldn't normally meet, they get a chance to talk about their lives."
This happening gained enough buzz among food cognoscenti that it captured the attention of filmmakers with "One Square Mile" on PBS as it focuses on Texas. For that episode, Watson cooked again, this time with the help of Chris Cheatwood, then of Sustenio. For a dessert course, Watson made an ice cream from a 20-year-old fruitcake that his grandmother had lovingly wrapped and added rum to for years before she died.
Rountree and Donagher said that dessert was so good, people literally licked their plates, which was caught on camera.
Another benefit is that it's a way for both hosts to cheat a bit on their diet. By cooking for themselves and emphasizing lean meats and fresh vegetables, Rountree has lost 50 pounds and Donagher has dropped about 100 pounds, most of it over the past 12 months.
But the main attraction is a chance to play a role in supporting the city's culinary development, something that's only possible in a city as closely knit as San Antonio.
"If we can be just a little part of that, it's really cool," Rountree said. "Plus, come on — we really love food, and we have had some amazing food at these things."
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According to a press release from the Elbert County Sheriff's Office, there is a scam where residents are being called about changing social security numbers.
Elbert County Sheriff Melvin Andrews says it's someone claiming to work for the Federal Government, who is asking for your social security number.
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A piece of beautiful, dramatic and wild land on the remote Knoydart peninsula
Knoydart is a beautiful and dramatic landscape in one of the most remote parts of Scotland. However, much of the land has been devastated through centuries of overgrazing by sheep and deer. The John Muir Trust is working to improve natural habitats and biodiversity on its land.
Native woodland covered less than three per cent of Li and Coire Dhorrcail when we purchased it in 1987. Due to the lack of seed source, we originally had to plant native tree species. Now were starting to see natural regeneration of birch, hazel and Scots pine, among others, which is hugely rewarding. This is helped by controlling deer numbers. Deer are an essential part of the ecosystem but high populations of deer have a negative impact on habitats through overgrazing and trampling.
With the return of trees comes all life associated with woodland. Were already seeing the return of native insects, birds and mammals - including bats, roe deer and pine marten - that have been missing for centuries. Outwith the woodland, Knoydart is notable for a wide range of species in its wet heaths, grasslands and snow beds. The rich diversity of bryophytes (mosses and liverworts) found here represents nearly a third of total species found in Britain.
Nearly all the native tree planting and follow up work (weeding, fence maintenance, and so on) has been carried out with the help of John Muir Trust volunteers. Volunteer work parties also help to maintain the footpath into Li and Coire Dhorcaill from Barrisdale. Without volunteers the Trust couldnt carry out its valuable work on the land.
You need to walk or sail to get to any point in Knoydart. The most direct way to to Li and Coire Dhorrcail is across Loch Hourn from Arnisdale in Glenelg but currently there is no regular ferry service being offered. There are regular mailboat services from Mallaig to Inverie.
Trust land is a stiff walk away from Inverie, over the Mam Barisdale (450m). There is a path all the way, but it is strenuous walking. An alternative route, partly trackless, is over the Mam Li (460m). Many people walk in from the road end at Kinloch Hourn by a famous 9-mile right of way along Loch Hourn to Barisdale. Also strenuous, it crosses some burns that are dangerous in spate. There are many other ways in from the hinterland for those who can look after themselves on rough ground.
There is nowhere to stay on Trust land. Camping, a bothy and a self-catering cottage are nearby at Barisdale near the foot of Ladhar Bheinn. Don't rely on finding room in the bothy, and take all your supplies in. At Inverie, you can eat, drink and shop. The Knoydart Foundation lists accommodation ranging from hostels to a restaurant with rooms. Doune, a few miles from Inverie, offers holidays, dining and boat charter.
Mallaig Tourist Information 01687 462170. Easter to October
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Mallaig, 01687 462320.
The Knoydart Foundation took over the old Knoydart estate, which had been threatened by the Ministry of defence, in April 1999. It aims for a sustainable future for Knoydart. The Trust contributed £250,000, including £100,000 from the estate of the late Mrs Elizabeth Gladstone, to the £750,000 purchase price. We earmarked £90,000 for the management of the estate's natural heritage, and put £10,000 into the Knoydart Forestry Project, which aims to create more native woodlands and to restructure existing plantations.Today, we work with the Knoydart Foundation on shared conservation and community objectives.
'As its geography is remote so its history is obscure' are the opening words of Denis Rixson's book. We don't know much about the Knoydart peninsula before the 18th century.
In the 13th century, it was part of the territories of Somerled. After being held by Clanranald and Lochiel chiefs, it passed in 1611 to MacDonnell of Glengarry. Li and Muineil became part of the estate of Barisdale in 1734. The estate was forfeited from the '45 rising until 1784, and as a result well documented for those years.
The population of the whole peninsula was put at 1000 in 1795. The minister of Glenelg who compiled the figure noted that it had lost 800 by emigration in the years 1770-93. It fell steadily from then until 1990, and today stands at about 70. The notorious clearance of 1853 only steepened the decline.
The remains recorded by the RCAHMS at Li and Coire Dhorrcail include:
Houses, built of rubble, probably with cruck roofs and some with windows.
Kilns and a water mill.
Cultivation ridges; all were worked by spade. Inverie had the only plough in Knoydart. Look for them from the loch.
Shielings: the best-preserved site is by the Allt Li, and there are many remains in Coire Dhorrcail, among the left-bank tributaries of the burn.
Nausts: unroofed boat-shelters, facing the sea; two good ones are at Inbhir Dhorrcail.
There are also: a grave by the shoreline, a causeway, and Second World War slit-trenches on two of the islands.


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Fixed expenses are those things in our financial lives that we absolutely need to purchase, but you can still save on them!
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WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Joe Mathieu looks at a Supreme Court case involving police searching cell phones.
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Duke lacrosse posts rivalry win over UNC
No. 17 Duke took control early and managed to leave Fetzer Field with an 11-8 victory over No. 8 North Carolina Wednesday.
Though both schools were on spring break, the crowd of 2,322 provided a boisterous and energy-filled environment to witness the two rival teams' matchup.
Both squads were riding high off of winning important games against ranked opponents the previous weekend.
For the Blue Devils (4-4, 1-1 ACC), losing four games to ranked opponents had removed them from the national rankings for the first time since April 2000, but a win last Friday over No. 4 Loyola, the defending NCAA champions, put them back on the radar.
"I thought our guys played hard," Duke coach John Danowski said. "It was a really good Division I ACC game – physical and with some great play."
For the Tar Heels (3-3, 0-1), a fantastic final-seconds 16-15 win against No. 5 Princeton on Saturday had them riding an emotional high coming into the game that was deflated by the time the final seconds counted down against the Blue Devils.
The Duke offense was powered by attackmen Jordan Wolf (3 goals, 1 assist), Josh Dionne (2 goals) and Josh Offit (2 goals) and midfielder David Lawson (2 goals).
"We've been getting better each day, we've been competing harder and that's been translating onto the field," Wolf said.
"We definitely built it off of Loyola," Offit added. "We tried to stay patient and stayed to the game plan and worked together as an offensive unit."
Both teams traded goals during the first quarter of play, which ended with Duke leading 4-3.
Duke dominated the second quarter as faceoff specialist Brendan Fowler, also a football player, won all six faceoffs to generate the Blue Devils transition game, which allowed them to take a commanding 8-4 lead at halftime.
"I thought we were well prepared," North Carolina coach Joe Breschi said. "We got dominated at the faceoff X."
Knowing the capabilities of the Tar Heels potent attack, the Duke defense had to stand its ground as goalkeeper Kyle Turri finished with eight saves even as the Tar Heels outshot the Blue Devils 33-29.
The Blue Devils fell into a scoring drought that allowed North Carolina to get within a goal after outscoring Duke 3-0 in the third quarter.
It was during the final period, after 21 minutes of not scoring, that Duke finally got back on the board and put the game out of reach. Wolf and Offit scored the game's final goals to secure the 11-8 win.
"We knew Carolina was going to make a run," Danowski said. "They're a terrific program. I thought our guys handled it well."


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Elsie M. Driscoll, age 79, of Salineville died Saturday, April 23, 2011, in Mercy Medical Center.
Born July 20, 1931, in Salineville, she was a daughter to Lawson and Nellie (McVicker) Slack.
She was a housewife and graduate of Minerva High School.
She is survived by two daughters, Janet (Larry) Weaver of Salineville and Karla (Douglas) Houyouse of Augusta; four grandchildren, Melinda and Wilbur Weaver and Kayla and Jordon Houyouse; a brother, Orin (Debbie) Slack of Minerva; niece, Kathy Slack and extended family, Harold (Elizabeth) Barber, Maria (Bob) Hall, Abby Hall and Melanie Barber.
She is preceded in death by her husband, David A. Driscoll, who died in 1980.
Funeral services will be Tuesday, April 26 at 2 p.m. in Gotschall-Hutchison Funeral Home in Minerva with Mr. Harold Barber officiating. Burial will be in Mechanicstown Cemetery. Calling hours will be Monday 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. in the funeral home. Those unable to attend may sign the register at www.gotschallfuneralhome.com.
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Union Pool's free Summer Thunder series -- June 2014 lineup (Pissed Jeans, 'IIII' w/ Brian Chase & more)
Pissed Jeans @ MHOW, 2013 (more by Dana [distortion] Yavin)
Union Pool's "Summer Thunder" series is returning for another season of Saturday outdoor shows during the warmer months at the Brooklyn venue (484 Union Ave). This year is a co-production with Other Music and things kick off on May 31 with dub DJ crew Blazer Sound System and a live performance from Permanent Love. The initial June lineup has been announced, featuring Pissed Jeans (6/7), Latin soul singer Joe Bataan (6/14), and Liquor Store, Call of the Wild and a TBA "Special Guest Headliner" (6/21).
The June 28 show is with drum-centric combo IIII (Four) featuring Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Hisham Akira Bharoocha (Soft Circle / Boredoms), Ryan Sawyer (Lonewolf) and Ben Vida. It's a high-concept piece they'll be performing:
The original piece, which has been performed in New York and at various music venues such as the Sydney Opera House in Sydney Australia with a range of 4 to up to 40 drummers, was written for 4 lead drummers who each expressed one of the four seasons we experience on the planet through a rhythm; spring, summer, fall and winter. Through each rhythm a multi-dimensional dialogue is created between the other musicians performing. This concept piece morphed into a musical composition which embraces the change seen on our planet as it goes through transitions and seasonal / environmental progression.All "Summer Thunder" shows are free, start at 2 PM and are 21+. Flyer and initial schedule (we're told some more pretty big name will be announced soon, so stay tuned), below...
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Obama hugs Bruce Springsteen (pre-election night)
A selection of tweets reacting to Obama's big win last night....
":)" - Grizzly Bear
"YES" - Amanda Palmer
"yeah!!!!" - Laurel Halo
"fuck yeah." - Colin Meloy
"FUCK YEAH AMERICA!!! #OBAMA" - King Tuff
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The L Magazine's Summerscreen series, which presents free movies and music in McCarren Park, already announced this season's slate of films. Today Summerscreen announced the bands that will play before the screenings as curated by Todd P on behalf of Showpaper. This Wednesday (7/11) is the first one of the year, with 1999's Cruel Intentions paired with the sounds of Colin L. Orchestra and Indian Jewelry.
Summerscreen happens at N 12th @ Bedford Ave. Doors to the park open at 6:00pm, bands go on at 6:30pm, and films start at 8:15pm. Food and drink will be available.
The rest of the schedule is below...
Continue reading "Summerscreen 2012 bands announced (starts this week)"
Black Pus at Summerstage in July (more by David Andrako)
As mentioned in What's Going on Thursday?, High Places play Glasslands tonight (8/18) with Soft Circle (featuring Hisham Bharoocha formerly of Lightning Bolt and Black Dice), Zambri, and Driphouse. Tickets are still on sale.
Zambri, who are also on the Glasslands bill tonight, recently signed to Kanine Records. They were set to play Summerscreen in McCarren Park on 8/3 along with a screening of Clueless but the show was rained out. It's since been rescheduled for August 24 at McCarren Park. The band are set to release their debut EP Glossolalia on November 8 via the label. They'll play a record release show at Glasslands on November 3. Tickets for that show are on sale now. Check out the EP's artwork, tracklist, and a teaser video below.
Speaking of Lightning Bolt, Black Pus aka Brian Chippendale of Lightning Bolt, plays Death by Audio on Friday (8/19) with Cosmonauts, Zulus, and Happy New Year.
Happy New Year aka Eleanor Logan of Adult Themes, who is on the DbA bill with Black Pus, also plays Out in the Streets Festival which takes place on August 27 and 28 at Brooklyn Fireproof. Other artists on the festival include NewVillager, Lemonade, Janka Nabay, The Forms, Computer Magic, Magic Mountain, Physical Therapy, Milagres, Mi Ami, and more. A flier for the festival is below.
All dates, video and other stuff below...
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Nick Zinner co-leading '41 Strings' (RSVP), played guitar on the new Santigold/Karen O song, has his photos in a gallery
Nick Zinner at MoMA last year (more by Chris La Putt)
Not to be confused with events co-organized by the Boredoms, last year 40 drummers got together at the Hudson Hotel's Good Units, and this year the same group is organizing a string party...
We're doing it again and we're doing it big! Last year, 40 Drummers was more epic than we had ever imagined. With original music composed by Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and Hisham Akira Bharoocha & Ben Vida (Soft Circle) from 40 Drummers, performed by 41+ uber-talented musicians, this year's is no doubt going to be just as awesome as the last. We're talking 41 STRINGS - that's violins, violas, cellos, electric & acoustic guitars, upright bass, electric bass, on top of synth and drums.No word on the personnel at 41 Strings, but we do know that David Pajo will be one of the axe-slingers. The show goes down at 8PM on Wednesday, May 11th (again) at Good Units. RSVP at email@example.com (yes, this happens in the Hudson Hotel and is somehow related to the Loomstate clothing company). Flyer below.
Super rad lighting works by Yoshi Sodeoka, mixed by E*Rock and produced by Dawn of Man, and also by Ernesto Klar will be candy for your eyes. Kanon Organic Vodka and wine from The Naked Grape will take care of the rest.
In related news, Nick Zinner laid down fretwork for the new Santigold track "Go" which features guest vocals from Karen O and which was produced by Q-Tip AND Switch and which debuted on Jay-Z's blog recently. Listen to the song below.
Speaking of Q-Tip, don't forget that he is scheduled to headline Brooklyn Hip Hop Fest on July 18th. Tickets are on sale.
And in other Nick Zinner news, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist is currently showcasing his photographic work at Anastasia Photo through June 4th.
That song stream and the flyer is below.
Continue reading "Nick Zinner co-leading '41 Strings' (RSVP), played guitar on the new Santigold/Karen O song, has his photos in a gallery"
Daniel Higgs playing solo shows & in the Skull Defekts, Thank You touring w/ a new LP, Soft Circle+Lichens = Zanzo
DOWNLOAD: The Skull Defekts - "Fragrant Nimbus" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Thank You "1-2-3 Bad" (MP3)
Daniel Higgs
Glasslands will host a headlining set from Zanzo (aka Hisham Baroocha of Soft Circle with Rob Lowe of Lichens) and additional performances from Thank You and Daniel A.I.U. Higgs TONIGHT (1/25). Entry will cost you a paltry $7, and the show starts at 8:30.
The show will double as a record release party for Thank You, as their new LP Golden Worry is out today via Thrill Jockey. Download "1-2-3 Bad" above and check out a video for "Birth Reunion" below. In early Feb, Thank You will hit the road in support of the LP, tagging Death By Audio on February 12th as part of that jaunt. Double Dagger is also part of the show, and will play NYU with Fucked Up the day before. Full Thank You tour sked is below.
Tonight at Glasslands is one of two NYC shows scheduled for Lungfish member Daniel A.I.U. Higgs in the near future He'll also play Issue Project Room on 2/26 with Heresy of the Free Spirit ("Jozef Van Wissem and Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalists Che Chen (violin, bowed rewap, bass recorder, percussion and tape machine) and Robbie Lee"). Tickets are on sale.
In addition to both of the previously mentioned shows, Daniel Higgs has announced that he has joined on as a member of Skull Defekts. Higgs will appear on the band's forthcoming LP Peer Amid due via Thrill Jockey on 2/15. Check out the first track "Fragrant Nimbus" available for download above/streaming below. The band will follow up the release of the LP with US dates in late March and April with Zomes, including April 3rd at Littlefield in Brooklyn.
That Skull Defekts song stream, the Thank You video, and all tour dates are below.
Continue reading "Daniel Higgs playing solo shows & in the Skull Defekts, Thank You touring w/ a new LP, Soft Circle+Lichens = Zanzo"
Joan of Arc releasing stuff, scheduling dates (including Fun Fun Fun Fest weekend in Austin w/ Cap'n Jazz)
Cap'n Jazz at Brooklyn Bowl over the summer (more by Leia Jospe)
Joan of Arc play Columbia, Missouri tomorrow (11/2) as part of a string of US dates leading up to a November 6th appearance at the Mohawk in Austin for a Fun Fun Fun Fest after-party event (Tim Kinsella's other project Cap'n Jazz will play FFF proper the same weekend). A couple weeks later, Joan of Arc will blast off to the EU for a string of dates with Joan of Arc/Make Believe member Bobby Burg's other project Love of Everything.
Then after some time off, Joan of Arc will return east for for a NYC appearance at Mercury Lounge on February 1st, 2011 with Soft Circle. Tickets go on presale Wednesday, 11/3 at noon, and general sale Friday 11/5 at noon. The show looks to be part of a TBA tour with Philly and DC dates also scheduled so far (they're listed below).
Joan of Arc recently dropped a cassette box set of their recorded output to date on Joyful Noise Recordings (listing is below). The full set is sold out, but tapes (with lossless MP3s) of all the LPs are still available. Order them now while you still can.
Joan of Arc also recently released the new Meaningful Work 7" (with download codes) via Polyvinyl (cop it). And Joan of Arc's 11th LP is on the way too... that's if the band can muster up the cash for it via Kickstarter. Steve Albini will produce and although it looks like the band is well on the way towards that goal, contribute to the cause if you can and get some merch and rarities in return.
Though Devo, Crocodiles, Dum Dum Girls, and Cold Cave have all cancelled their appearances at Fun Fun Fun Fest, (they were all replaced and) you can see Cap'n Jazz, Joan of Arc, Descendents, Weird Al Yankovic, Mastodon, Scream, Floor, Cults, The Antlers, and even BrooklynVegan at Fun Fun Fun Fest and its associated after-parties this coming weekend. Tickets are still available.
All Joan of Arc tour dates and some video below...
Continue reading "Joan of Arc releasing stuff, scheduling dates (including Fun Fun Fun Fest weekend in Austin w/ Cap'n Jazz)"
today in NYC
* PopRally @ MoMA
* Jim Staley @ The Stone
* Marah, The 65's @ Maxwell's
* Bill Frisell @ Village Vanguard
* Cosmetics @ Home Sweet Home
* Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo @ Nokia Theatre
* Soft Circle, Lichens, Guardian Alien @ Coco 66
* Ducktails, Family Portrait, Tennis @ Cake Shop
* Xavier Rudd, Izintaba, Good Old War @ Irving Plaza
* Scissor Sisters, Sammy Jo, Casey Spooner @ Terminal 5
* Nobunny, Jacuzzi Boys (RSVP required) @ Knitting Factory
* Memory Tapes, Tanlines (RSVP required) @ The Bell House
* Von Haze, Mikroknytes, Mostly Dimes, Sweatpants @ Bruar Falls
* Stereo Total, Les Sans Culottes, Mixel Pixel @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Herman Dune, The Fishermen Three, Phoebe Kreutz @ Union Pool
* The Sweet Divines' Heckuva Summer Soul Party! @ Rockwood Music Hall
* TV Torso, Juston Stens & The Get Real Gang, Slow Animal @ Death By Audio
* Ava Luna, Deidre, She Keeps Bees, French Horn Rebellion (DJ set) @ Zebulon
* Our Hit Parade starring Bridget Everett, Kenny Mellman and Neal Medlyn @ Joe's Pub
* Asa Ransom, ArpLine, Sea Monsters (The Rumble New York) @ The Studio at Webster Hall
* Your 33 Black Angels, Darlings, Caution Candy, Hymns, Junior League Band @ Mercury Lounge
* Bear Hands, Class Actress, Ha Ha Tonka (Playboy Rock The Rabbit, hosted by Playmates Shannon James & Lauren Anderson) @ Highline Ballroom
"THIS SUCKS But....Tonights performance at Maxwell's in Hoboken NJ is CANCELED due to our van breaking down today. MARAH are re-scheduled for SATURDAY OCTOBER 9th - early show. Maxwells is one of our favorite gigs anywhere and we are terribly sorry for any inconvenience. All other performances this week are ON....see you in Philly, see you in DC, see you at Livestock! Your friends, MARAH"
Lichens, who just played Death By Audio, is playing Coco 66 tonight with Soft Circle, but is billed under his real name, Robert Lowe. He's also playing with Matteah Baim and Golden Slumbers at JF & Son Thursday night.
Olof Arnalds has a new video for "Crazy Car". Check it out below...
What else?
DOWNLOAD: High Places - Can't Feel Nothing (Remix) (MP3)
"High Places vs. Mankind is the second full-length album from Mary Pearson and Rob Barber. Formed as a Brooklyn duo in 2006, High Places have since relocated to Los Angeles, whose warmer temps and mountain vistas better fit the warmth of High Places' music and personalities. But relocation was but a small part of what's been a dynamic few years for the two." [Thrill Jockey]High Places visited their old borough on Thursday (4/8) for a show with Soft Circle and Bow Ribbons. The show was part of a tour in support of the above-mentioned new record that was officially released on April 6th. More pictures from the show, below...
Continue reading "High Places released an album, played Shea Stadium w/ Bow Ribbons & Soft Circle (pics) "
Todd P reports that, "Thursday's HIGH PLACES show is moving to SHEA STADIUM --- 20 Meadow St @ Waterbury St, just 2 blocks from the corner of Bushwick Ave & Grand St, aka the Grand St L stop, Williamsburg, Brooklyn". The show was supposed to happen at Market Hotel. More info on the show and all High Places tour dates below...
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by Andrew Frisicano
DOWNLOAD: City Center - Teardrop Children (edit) (MP3)
Here's an exclusive look at the upcoming new record from City Center, the project of Brooklyn-Michigan duo Fred Thomas (of Saturday Still Looks Good to Me) and Ryan Howard. The group been playing for a few years now, initially as just Fred, and their self-titled debut, a swirling collage of buried melodies, came out last year on Type Records.
I saw them last fall, shortly after their debut's release, and they were already moving toward a less-murky, more guitar-based sound. Fred says that this record expands in that direction. The album, tentatively titled See My Skeleton, doesn't have a label yet, but Fred hopes to have it out this September. A first look - an edited version of the song "Teardrop Children" - is above.
Their upcoming tour kicks off with a Monday, March 29th show at Death By Audio (with Soft Circle, Drawlings and Love of Everything). Full dates are below...
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Papa M, Rain Machine, Soft Circle & Kevin Barker helped celebrate a black metal movie @ Knitting Factory - pics
by Benjamin Lozovsky
Rain Machine
Four distinctly non-metal acts came together to celebrate the upcoming release of Until The Light Takes Us, a much-anticipated documentary on the Norwegian Black Metal scene written and directed by Brooklynites Aaron Aites and Audery Ewell. Aites and Ewell made themselves available for the whole show, amiably speaking to fans about the film and taking pictures in front of promotional gear sporting a pixilated harbinger of doom. The event felt less like a release party than a gathering of friends to show support however. Despite moving to Norway while making the film, Aites still has plenty of Brooklyn-informed leanings, and he tapped friend and collaborator Kyp Malone (the two play in local band Iran together) to perform with his Rain Machine project. It ended up being just Malone solo, as he performed songs from the project's self-titled debut album with just a plaintive (and at times shattering) guitar and his quivering, unpredictable vocal charms.
Malone might have a future, although maybe just a small one, in comedy or motivational speaking; he filled up the awkward pauses of a quiet audience with deadpan cracks and mildly inspirational calls to move about, if not at this show, then perhaps sometime in the future.
Dave Pajo, playing as Papa M, was probably the only musical participant that had delved into metal material in the past, but on this night he performed his critically revered post-rock album Live From a Shark Cage. Or at least part of it, because after 5 or 6 numbers, the band left the stage. His ambient, textural guitar lines grew slowly as he looped percussive guitar bits underneath the ambling melodies that joined to form a more grand harmonic synthesis. He too had his peoples out in force, as co-members of his new band Yeah Yeah Yeahs Nick Zinner and Brian Chase showed up to cheer on their collaborator and friend. Pajo plays the album again at ATP's 10th Anniversary Festival in England in December, and he'll assist Zinner and Co in performing their breakthrough debut Fever To Tell at the same event.
Overall, it was very subdued night, with only one out of the four acts even rocking a drum kit on stage. That was Soft Circle, who mixed reverb-heavy, almost surfer guitar sounds with punishing krautrock and dance punk beats, courtesy of drummer (and layering whiz) Hisham Akira Bharoocha. But after listening to all that black metal, can you really blame Aites and Ewell for toning it down a notch on this night? There will be plenty of time for bleeding ears once the movie is released. Catch it in New York starting December 4th at the Cinema Village.
Kevin Barker was the first of four on the bill. We missed him, but more pictures from the rest of the show below...
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Carsick Cars, PK-14, Xiao He played powerhouse Arena (videos) & Glasslands (pics), playing more shows this week
photos by Lori Baily, words by Andrew Frisicano
DOWNLOAD: Carsick Cars - You Can Listen You Can Talk (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Carsick Cars - Zhong Nan Hai (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: PK-14 - Behind All Ruptures (MP3)
PK-14 @ Glasslands
Arriving late [to powerHouse Arena on November 5th] I found the place packed, but I was just able to set up in time to get Xiao He's last tune. This piece was a lengthy improv involving electronic looping, acoustic guitar, and Mongolian style throat-singing - all to bewitching effect. Next up were the catchily named Carsick Cars, a young and winsome trio who played just three songs, opening with the liberating 'You Can Listen You Can Talk' and closing with - reportedly a Chinese underground anthem - Zhong Nan Hai - a silly song about a popular cigarette brand that just happens to be named after the seat of Chinese Government. The point being, as I understand it, that being punk is being beyond politics. Lastly came P.K.14, apparently elder statesmen of the movement. Sporting a tight Swedish drummer, and singing in pure mandarin, one could discern a wide mix of influences from pop to punk, to post-punk, to freak-out rock. I've picked two tunes from them - the more melodic 'Eden' and the wild closer 'Some Surprises Happen Too Soon'. [Punkcast]Punkcast was at the "China Underground Invasion" tour's kick off show on November 5th at powerHouse Arena. It was one of the four NYC shows for the tour that've already happened. Another was the next night (11/6) at Glasslands with These are Powers and Soft Circle. Pictures from the Glasslands show are above and below.
The trio of acts return to NYC on Friday, November 20th (TONIGHT) for a gig with The Octagon at UWS club Ding Dong Lounge with The Octagon. They follow that up with a tour-ending show at Secret Project Robot (NOT Monster Island Basement as originally listed in their dates) with Knyfe Hyts 81 and Aa on Saturday (Nov. 21). Knyfe Hyts 81 also have a show booked tonight in Manhattan with Sleigh Bells and Javelin.
Their label, Maybe Mars, lists one more stop for the gang. Guitarist Zhang Shouwang (from Carsick Cars) and Xiao He are slated to appear at the closing Performa 09 event, Scratch the Grand Finale at (Le) Poisson Rouge on November 22nd. But that isn't quite a conventional show - the fest writes that "invited artists will be asked to present a five to ten minute work responding to the following subtitles: Dining on Radio Waves; Lust is a Force; Between Noise & Silence; Songs for Architects; and Motion & Magic. The stage will be set with a arrangement of musical and Futurist inspired instrumentation and means from record decks, green light to perfume and the bassoon." Tickets are on sale.
Speaking of unconventional gigs, These Are Powers' next performance will be November 21st at Galapagos for a free edition (RSVP) of Cinema 16 (silent film+live band). For their set, the group will be scoring a pair of PSAs and one educational video from the '60s and '70s. Included in those will be "One Got Fat: Bicycle Safety" from 1963, summarized as such: "A group of children, wearing ape masks, the dangers of biking the hard way in this strange and dark PSA."
More pictures from the Glasslands show, videos via Punkcast from the powerHouse Arena gig, and more details on the upcoming shows are below...
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Papa M performing full album three times (dates) - tonight in NYC w/ Kevin Barker @ black metal movie opening party
by BBG
A pale and heavily photoshopped David Pajo returns from church
As previously discussed, Until The Light Takes Us is the much talked about documentary chronicling the Norwegian Black Metal scene, which after months of anticipation, is FINALLY getting a theatrical release in NYC on Dec 4th (you can catch it at Cinema Village). Featuring a killer lineup of interviewees (Fenriz, Hellhammer, Frost, Abbath, Harmony Korine, and even the elusive and now free Vark Vikernes himself) as well as a soundtrack with many faves of different genres (Darkthrone, Mayhem, Ulver, Thorns, Enslaved, Boards of Canada, Black Dice, Sunn 0))), Múm, many others), fans of all types of music should be able to follow the fascinating story behind one of the most extreme musical scenes in modern history.
Maybe all of the years of research put into the documentary has burned the filmmakers out on buzzing guitars, pained vocals and frost-bitten blasts though, because they recruited bands of a different sort for their release party at Knitting Factory TONIGHT (11/18): Papa M, Rain Machine, Soft Circle, and Devendra Banhart collaborator Kevin Barker. Tickets are on sale. Flyer below.
The director of Until The Light Takes Us Aaron Aites and Rain Machine aka Kyp Malone (of TV on the Radio) are in a band together, Iran, who currently have no US dates lined up. Rain Machine have a total of four.
Papa M, aka David Pajo (who is also now in the Yeah Yeah Yeahs), will be showcasing all of his 1999 LP Live From A Shark Cage at the show as one of only two US dates (the other is in San Francisco on 12/20), with a third date as part of the previously discussed and sold out Ten Years of ATP show in Minehead. Pajo is also prepping to release his new LP, Evila, which is set to blast off in early December. Full tour dates are below.
Kevin Barker, who has also been known to collaborate with Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart, Vashti Bunyan, and Antony and the Johnsons among many others, has one other date on his calendar, Dec 20th at The Stone. His new album You and Me is out now digitally and features many of those same people as guest musicians.
The movie trailer and party flyer with Papa M dates and a video of Pajo covering "Where Eagles Dare" by The Misfits, below..
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by Bill Pearis
DOWNLOAD:: Carsick Cars - You Can Listen You Can Talk (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Carsick Cars - Zhong Nan Hai (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: PK-14 - Behind All Ruptures (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Xiao He - MTV (MP3)
You may remember about a month ago the Sing for China tour brought three Beijing indie rock bands to America for a rare visit. Now once again we're set to welcome three more groups from China, perhaps three of the most exciting underground bands in Beijing -- Carsick Cars, PK-14, and Xiao He -- to American soil. All three bands are signed to Maybe Mars, the most well-respected indie label in China.
The new tour was put together in part by NYC's Zachary Mexico, whose new book China Underground is a firsthand look at China's emerging youth and alternative culture. Zachary says, "It's challenging for Chinese underground bands to come perform in America. There are many obstacles: the high cost of trans-Pacific transportation, the byzantine visa application process, and the difficulty of securing venues in markets where people haven't heard of your music."
Those hurdles have been cleared, and The Chinese Underground Invasion tour begins with a performance on Thursday evening (11/5) at the PowerHouse Arena for the release party of Matthew Niederhauser's book of Beijing rock photos, Sound Kapital.
Carsick Cars, PK-14, and Xiao He will also perform at Glasslands on Friday (11/6) with These are Powers and Soft Circle, and then at Santos Party House with Antimagic on Saturday (11/7). Then they'll hit the road for a couple weeks before returning for shows at the Ding Dong Lounge (11/20) and Monster Island Basement (11/21).
All dates, videos, more pictures, and bio information on the three bands, below...
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Girls, Fuck Buttons & Noah & the Whale are here (not together) - 2009 Tour Dates, guest openers & stuff
DOWNLOAD: Girls - Lust for Life (MP3)
Happy Monday. I'm still wiped out from this past post-CMJ Halloween World Series weekend, but three notable indie rock tours hit town tonight (11/2) (the night the Yankees might win it all in Philadelphia). Luckily all three tours include at least two NYC-area chances to to see the bands, though some will be harder to get tickets for than others.
First up is Girls.
Owens and White first united as roommates in San Francisco, but their lives couldn't have started out more differently. While White was playing in punk bands in his parents' Santa Cruz garage and going to recording school, Owens was growing up as part of the Slovenian sect of the Children of God cult, where secular music was forbidden unless one of the cult's adults decided to indulge the younger members' desire to learn the occasional Beatles or 1960s folk tune. [SFBG]Touring behind their great new True Panther/Matador "album", Girls are now in demand. They probably could have added a 2nd NYC show to their itinerary, but instead they kept it modest. They'll play a single show at Maxwell's in Hoboken (tonight), and then one at Bowery Ballroom (11/6), both of which are with Real Estate and completely sold out.
For those counting, Pitchfork recently gave the Girls album a 9.1. Animal Collective and Dirty Projectors are the only two albums that got higher ratings from the website this year, and only three other "Best New" albums got as high as a 9.0 in 2009. Those are Grizzly Bear, the Flaming Lips, and the new... Fuck Buttons.
Fuck Buttons' "Tarot Sport" was released on October 20th via ATP Recordings. The band kicked off their tour in support of it last night (11/1) in Northampton, MA. Tonight, 11/2, the show is at Bowery Ballroom.
I think they're also back on November 27th to play Market Hotel though that show has disappeared from existence... maybe just temporarily because tickets are still available for tonight's Bowery show. Growing play on all dates, and These are Powers also open tonight. Updated dates below.
These Are Powers also play Glasslands with Soft Circle and three bands from China on November 6th (more about that later), and a Cinema 16 show at Galapagos on November 21st ("we will be performing a live, original score for PSAs from the 50s and 60s").
Finally, speaking of cinema, UK band Noah and the Whale screened a movie upstairs at Pianos last night. Today (11/2), they kick off a three night run at Mercury Lounge. Robert Francis opens all three shows, and each night has a different first-of-three opener. Tonight it's Alex and Janel. Tuesday is Essie Jain. Wednesday is Sharon Van Etten. Tickets are still available for all three shows. Video from a recent BBC Radio 1 live session, below...
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photos by Leia Jospe
Went to No Age last night and it was pretty insane. Craziest mosh pit crowd ive seen since warped 05 -CGEsperanza
At no age- have't seen legit crowd surfing since 1999. Love -dandybandit
No Age's show at "Above the Auto Parts Store" on Saturday, October 17th was the last and most straight-ahead of the band's four-show NYC run last week. With shows at two contemporary-art institutions and a well-equipped downtown club, closing out with a packed warehouse show (that featured a carted-in sound system) made sense.
The bill was rounded out by new Sub Pop band Male Bonding (who's going to be around quite a bit during CMJ), Soft Circle and Hot Box. NYC Taper was on hand and recorded No Age's 40-minute set, noting one pre-encore incident - "the show came to a halt when one over-ambitious jumper hit the stage and began bleeding at the end of the song -- and you can't make this stuff up -- called 'Get Hurt.'"
No Age's Losing Feeling EP came out October 6th on Sub Pop. More pictures and tour dates (which include FFF Fest in Austin) are below...
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ATP NY 2009 - Day 3 pics & review (Boredoms, Caribou, Deerhoof, Boris, Jarmusch, Oneida, that crazy guy...)
words by Black Bubblegum, photos by Ryan Muir
some of the stars of ATP NY 2009
What's almost the exact opposite of a soothing set of Seven Swans performed by one of the most delicate singers in indie rock? Try nine drummers (including Hisham Bharoocha, Zach Hill, and Kid Millions among other notables) bashing your fucking skull for so long that the stage manager has to come out to unplug their gear and remove toms from underneath them! That's how I started my ATP Day 3... with the Boredoms blowing my mind.
Starting off with sparse chords on the monstrous multi-neck guitar/percussive device, Eye set a calm and reflective mood... and then the cymbals. And then the toms. And then eight drummers pummeled away led by Yoshimi P-We. And then the synced rimshots that recalled an Animal Collective beat. All of this happened before a ninth drummer was carried into the show like an emperor while doing a call and response with the other eight.
Within about 10 minutes, I knew that Boredoms would take the prize as best show at Kutsher's that weekend. The sheer power of the coordinated drums, along with pregnant pauses and killer synth effects performed via keys, CD-DJ tables, and broomsticks (!) were beyond jaw dropping.
Following Boredoms, I poked my head into Oneida's Ocropolis for the first of many times. For 10+ hours, Oneida basically had the small and very decorated room all to themselves for a long jam session with their friends. Reportedly, the band had tape rolling the whole time (Ocropolis is the name of their Brooklyn recording studio) and had visuals provided by the Mighty Robot AV Squad. With local standbys like BJ Warshaw of Parts & Labor/Shooting Spires fame, Chris Weingarten (ex P&L), Todd P, and many others spotted in the Sportsman's Bar, it seemed like Brooklyn in the Catskills. Unfortunately, I missed every single special guest appearance (word is, and in part according to a sign on the door, Soft Circle, Yoshimi, Aaron from Tall Firs, Zach Hill, Steven Drozd and many others all popped in) but the band was very interesting to watch, alternating between songs, and droney ambient jams.
Caribou was next in the main room and the 16-piece(!) band including Sun Ra Arkestra member Marshall Allen, Koushik, Kieran Hebden (Fourtet) and many others. I had no expectations heading into the set and was pleasantly surprised, although I found the mix to have waaay too much low end.
I ducked out of Caribou early to catch the last twenty minutes of Hopewell who was billed to be playing "The Desperation Suite," "complete with a female choir and avant-garde saxophonist Mark Marinoff". From what little I saw, the three person "choir" did little but coo, ooh, ahh, and coordinate a dance, but the band did close with a rousing cover of Jane's Addiction's classic "Of Course".
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photos by Zach Dilgard
Sunday's free WBAR-B-Q at Barnard College featured performances by Gang Gang Dance, Free Blood, Soft Circle, PackFM, Acrylics, and more. More pictures below...
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WBAR-B-Q 2008 (via Flickr)...
WBAR Barnard College Radio presents... 16TH ANNUAL WBAR-B-Q!!!Gang Gang Dance was scheduled to play a European tour in February, until being forced to cancel because of a fire that destroyed all the band's gear. Sine then, GGD's Lizzi Bougatsos curated and DJed a Sessions at Santa's show on March 3rd, and the group played a show at the MoMA the next night (video below).
Join WBAR Radio for their all-day event celebrating their sweet sweet 16!
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In addition to the WBAR-b-q, Gang Gang is set to play Coachella on April 18th and Bumbershoot on September 5th, with other fest dates scattered in between.
Last year's free, all-day WBAR fest was headlined by Japanther.
Video of Gang Gang Dance at the MoMA party, and all tour dates below...
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George Bush subject of documentary of Crawford doc, free NYC show tonight w/ Matteah Baim (and Soft Circle)
"January 2009 will be a time of reflection for the entire country. As America looks to a future of change, the pundits will provide their own spin on what the last 8 years have meant.One such screening is taking place for free tonight/Monday (1/12) in NYC at Chelsea Market.
CRAWFORD, an extraordinary documentary by first-time filmmaker David Modigliani, provides a unique perspective on the Bush presidency: through the eyes of the 705 residents of Crawford, Texas.
B-Side Entertainment is proud to announce a nationwide grassroots exhibition program for this exceptional film - "Host Your Own Farewell to W. - CRAWFORD's 50-State Screening Party". Through February, we will be coordinating grassroots screening events in all 50 states - red, blue, and everything in between."
"Before the film, Matteah Baim will be performing live, and throughout the show there will be free Radeberger Pilsner for all in attendance." I know Matteah most as a friend and collaborator of Cocorosie, Devendra Banhart and Antony, but she makes her own music too. Joining her at this free show, as her band I assume, will be Birdie Lawson and Hisham Bharoocha. I know Hisham best as an ex-member of Lightning Bolt and Black Dice, and most of all as Soft Circle.
All screening details below...
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Quasi, Vetiver, Crystal Stilts, Marnie Stern, +/-, Hot Snakes, Sic Alps & more in This Week in Indie
by Bill Pearis
This time of year is usually pretty slow, show-wise, but this seems to be an especially-packed week for shows. Here's some of the stuff I'm considering attending while I procrastinate on holiday gift shopping and doing all my year-end lists over on my own blog.
Crystal Stilts @ Less Artists More Condos (more by Gabi Porter)
Speaking of, while I haven't posted my Best Albums of '08 yet, I will tell you Crystal Stilts' Alight of Night did make the Top Ten. They're playing tonight (12/17) at Le Poisson Rouge and even though I've seen them more times this year than I'd like to admit (and will probably see them again later this week), I will probably be in attendance. They're opening for Bay Area neo-fokies Vetiver, whose new covers album, Thing of the Past, is rather lovely.
Hot Snakes
Also tonight (12/17), is that double-shot of ex-Hot Snakes/Drive Like Jehu/Pitchfork bands at Santos Party House: Obits, that's fronted by Rick Froberg; and headliners The Night Marchers, which features John Reis and two other members of Hot Snakes. I have to admit Obits is more of a draw for me, as the band also features Sohrab Habibion who used to front Edsel, one of my favorite bands from the '90s DC scene. Obits just released their debut 7", "One Cross Apiece," which I like a lot. Will there be a mini Hot Snakes reunion tonight? Probably not, but you can always hope for a Christmas miracle.
Plus Minus
Speaking of '90s indie rock survivors, Thursday (12/18) at Music Hall of Williamsburg is +/-, which is the band/solo project James Baluyut formed when Versus called it quits in the early part of this decade. Versus are playing shows again - and maybe recording new material (so I hear) - but +/- are still very much their own thing and going strong, having released their fourth album Xs on Your Eyes, back in October. Actually the whole line-up at MHoW that night is pretty great: Philly duo Pattern is Movement (who played a BV CMJ day party this year), Brooklyn indie royalty The Ladybug Transistor, and In Interview who I caught at NYC popfest back in June and who don't play nearly enough.
Also on Thursday (12/18): That A.C. Newman Get Guilty listening party at Stanton Public, which I originally thought was last week but wasn't. You can still RSVP for it at Insound. 8-10PM, free beer n' booze.
Sic Alps
And last but absolutely not least, the can't miss show of the week has to be Saturday's (12/20) three floor-event at Knitting Factory curated by indie rock's original keyboard-drum duo, Quasi. Mates of State, Matt and Kim, etc, bow down to Sam Combes and Janet Weiss. The line-up is kind of staggering: awesome San Francisco garage rock duo Sic Alps (who I've plugged before), the aforementioned Crystal Stilts (a late addition to the bill), Jeffrey Lewis, Soft Circle (ex-Black Dice), plus films by legendary animator Sally Cruikshank (one of which is where Quasi got their name) and Craig Baldwin. Oh yeah, Marnie Stern is also playing. Tickets are $20, and worth it.
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I hadn't heard the ambient music of Infinity Window before today. So far so good. And though they don't really seem like much of a live band, their (Taylor Richardson and Daniel Lopatin) tour dates are pretty interesting:
Dec 13 - NY Eye and Ear Fest, Brooklyn, NYYou also might know Taylor from Sunburned Hand of the Man. All Infinity Window dates below...
Dec 15 - Glasslands, Brooklyn w/ Sun Circle, Soft Circle, Bird Show
Dec 31 - Knitting Factory NYE NYC, New York
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Photos by Leia Jospe
No Age, now on tour, headlined Market Hotel in Brooklyn on Monday night (11/10). Like they did one night earlier at Santos Party House, Titus Andronicus opened, except this time they were joined by special guest and fellow NJ resident Ted Leo for a cover of NJ band Misfits' "Where Eagles Dare". This is the same cover Titus played with NJ's Yo La Tengo during a NJ pride moment at Brooklyn venue McCarren Pool's final free show over the summer.
No Age's set got especially crazy towards the end as people started getting trampled and knocked over as other people were charging towards the stage. Soft Circle and Sisters opened the show.
Titus just announced a tour with Los Campesinos!. More pictures from Market Hotel, including one of No Age's setlist, below...
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photos by Chris LaPutt
Chairlift called out sick, so Soiled Mattress and the Springs played the first set of the day at the Yard on Saturday. It also happened to be their last show ever. They ended their set by putting the band's banner inside a flaming trashcan and setting fireworks inside it and giving out free t-shirts to the crowd. Despite wind that was causing the main stage awning to fall off and some technical difficulties, Soft Circle played a decent set. Ninja Sonik was supposed to play next, but was running late so Knyfe Hyts went on instead. More pictures below...
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Peter founded Pappas Properties in 1999 after seven years as partner at The Harris Group. While there, Pappas led his team in developing a number of successful projects including Phillips Place; Ballantyne, a 2,000-acre mixed-use community; Morrocroft, a 178-acre multi-use project; and 330 South Tryon. Prior to The Harris Group, Pappas was a vice president with The Bissell Companies and president of its land development subsidiary, Investment Mortgage Company….Continue Reading
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The MassDevelopment Board of Directors unanimously chose Marty Jones as the Agency's new President and CEO in 2011. Ms. Jones, previously the president of Boston building, development, and property management company Corcoran Jennison, has spent decades in the real-estate industry. She got her start at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in both the Washington and Boston offices.
At Corcoran Jennison, Ms. Jones managed staff and project teams for new development projects that transformed communities, directed asset management for multifamily portfolios, chaired a joint venture between Corcoran Jennison and Beacon Communities, and directed all aspects of the Westminster Company, a 175-employee operation with 66 properties and 5,000 apartment units in North and South Carolina.
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Before joining Urban Atlantic, Victoria Davis served as Deputy Director of the Maryland Housing Fund. Prior to this service, she was responsible for troubled loan resolutions and disposition of a large portfolio of land, multifamily and single-family properties for MNC Financial-South Charles Realty. She also worked with Trammell Crow Residential, overseeing acquisition, development and asset management of multifamily market rate and mixed-income developments.
She holds an MBA in Finance from American University, an MS in Engineering & Construction Management from University of Texas and a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland. She is the Chair of the Green Building Committee of the Maryland-National Capital Building Association and a former instructor with the Johns Hopkins University Master of Real Estate Science program…Continue Reading


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Living Room With Mustard Accents
A contrasting palette lends a sophisticated look.
Gambrel redesigned this gorgeous unit in an 1895 building off lower Fifth Avenue for a client who had just returned from London and wanted to channel the warm, polished interiors he had grown accustomed to abroad. Instead of decorating with staid period references of long ago, Gambrel mixed things up with 20th-century furniture, glossy painted surfaces and hits of colour. The result is a perfect tension between antique and modern. Elements of amber, gold and bronze were tempered with steely grey and icy platinum. "I like the contradiction of a super-saturated colour with an alternatively serene one," he says.
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Location Start/ Finish: approximate location is 100 Fallon Rd Stoneham, MA. Coming Southbound on Rt 93, get off Exit 35, the start is in the parking lot across from the end of the ramp. There is NO NORTHBOUND EXIT OFF I-93.NEW START TIME - The race will start at 7:00 am sharp. There will be a brief mandatory trail briefing at 6:45 am.A nightmarish course of rocks and roots with a bit of elevation thrown in. The race uses the Skyline Trail for a lovely 8 mile loop. There is a water drop at the half way point. This race starts at sunrise and ends at sundown. You have probably never run anything like it, unless you have. Please bring something delicious for the aid station. Oh, and it is in December in New England. It will be cold. You will probably not want to get out of bed to come to it, so only sign up if you really, really want to run. See you at the starting line!


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ArtHouse Co-Op: Sketchbook Project 2011
Sketchbook Theme: "Below The Surface"
This drawing project is loosely based on my idea of the unseen world of microbial organisms, creatures, and beings. None of these little guys have been discovered by modern science yet, but I assure you, they do exist! Do you feel that tingling scratchy squirmy feeling on your arm? It's more than likely a rouge Skrittle or Blaaarg!


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NCAC BOYS: Voyager Academy bests Kestrel Heights for title
Voyager beat Kestrel Heights 66-52 to win the boys' 1-A North Central Athletic Conference Tournament on Friday.
The Vikings repeated as tournament champs and also were the top NCAC team during the regular season.
Both Voyager and Kestrel, along with NCAC member Roxboro Community School, earned spots in the state playoffs as top-three conference finishers, Voyager athletics director Mike Germino said.
The playoffs start Monday.
Franklin Academy won the girls' NCAC Tournament 46-43 over River Mill. Those two teams, as well as Raleigh Charter, are going to the playoffs.
Voyager hosted the NCAC Tournament.
NCAC 1-A Championship
Kestrel Heights 10 15 18 9 — 52
Voyager Academy 16 18 15 17 — 66
KESTREL HEIGHTS — Johnny Whitted 8, Idee Johnson 4, Devonte Barker 16, Zack Featherstone 4, Asa Clark 14, Treyvon Brooks 4, Ishon Banks 2.
VOYAGER ACADEMY — Gary Ford II 5, Charlie Stone 6, McKenzie Barringer 2, Diante Parker 3, Christopher Sause 25, Jay Huff 19, Coltyn Faucette 2.
Records — Kestrel Heights 15-8, Voyager Academy 20-9.


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Haglund is good, he was the AFL kicker of the year last year.
Go figure, its a public school.
Child Rapists dont survive in jail. He's going to take an a** pounding till he is dead.
Whats the myspace site for this? I want to have a good laugh for today.
LOL this situation is becoming hilarious.
LOL this whole situation is becoming hilarious.
Hey I have an idea! Why dont the Hornets actually start winning and then the crowds will come. They always have some sort of meltdown when they have a fast start.
darock1713 I actually am very well educated and proud to be a middle class white citizen. The only difference between me and those people is I dont have to wait for a welfare check to come in the mail and have to use food stamps to pay for daily needs. I earn my money and the decision today of the counsel was a great one in that we are finally cleaning up this city of the trash and filth that is not needed. I have no regrets in what I said.
If they act like animals they deserve to be treated like animals. I say the tazers and the pepper spray was necessary because you have to have order and control. Housing is not a right its a PRIVILEGE.
Maybee those ni***** should actually get a job instead of spending all day protesting and making themselves look even more like dipshi**.