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One of the most portable sound systems for musicians offered by BOSE, combines the L1 Model II single bass package with ToneMatch audio engine provides wide coverage, smooth tonal balance, and a suite of studio-class effects and tone-shaping tools. It's packed with proprietary BOSE technology designed to improve your amplified sound.
Like the original, award-winning BOSE L1 loudspeaker system, this Model II sound system is an all-in-one innovation that replaces conventional monitors, mixers and PA speakers. The system's breakthrough loudspeaker produces uniform sound coverage of nearly 180 degrees-onstage and throughout an audience of up to several hundred with little dropoff in volume and tone.
The Model II system's enchanted tonal balance comes from BOSE's Articulated Array speaker technology. The loudspeaker's 24 vertically mounted drivers are precisely angled to create clearer highs and more consistent tone in the room. Even people off to the sides of these stage speakers enjoy well-balanced, detailed sound.
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Combining the T1 ToneMatch audio engine with an L1 system gives you exceptional amplified tone and sound processing capabilities. The compact, four-channel engine provides fingertip control of BOSE's largest library of ToneMatch presets. Just touch a button to make hundreds of precise refinements to the sound of instruments and microphones.
The T1 ToneMatch audio engine is designed to enrich the sound of musicians using any Bose L1 system. Its powerful features and tone-shaping tools quickly bring you closer to the true sound of your voice and instruments. This versatile digital mixer helps you sound your best in live performances. It expands the input capacity of your L1 system and gives you instant access to a host of proprietary EQ presets, standard effects and processors.
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The ToneMatch audio engine puts BOSE's largest library of customized presets at your command. These ToneMatch presets instantly optimize instruments and microphones for any L1 system, all at the touch of a button.
Different presets can be independently assigned to the engine's four channels. For example, select Audix OM5 mic presets for channels 1 and 2, Taylor guitar for channel 3 and Lakland bass for channel 4 - all at the same time.
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Comments about Bose L1 Model II System With B1 Bass Module and Tonematch:
As a working musician i was tired of hailing bulky equipment.. Since i purchased this wonderful piece of equipment.. Set up and take down is within 10 minutes.. Sound quality is unreal! Crystal clear! The tonematch is an awesome little 5 channel mixer.. Guitar and vocal mic Samples are awesome! you will not be dissapointed in this purchase.... And i will say the combination of a roland rd-800 and bose l1 model 2 is unreal!!
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Bose has received many accolades over the years for L1 system, and rightfully so. The concept of having your music behind you, and being able to hear what your audience hears is invaluable. The sound of the Bose is second to none in my opinion also.
But all of those awards could not be evaluated over the test of time. How reliable is this system over the long haul? Can you take the Bose L1 Model II out night after night, Year after year, and feel secure that it will perform for you every time? And to be fair, can you do that with any system? No you can't! But with many other systems there is a work around to most failures. With the Bose, the "ONLY" thing you have any control over is the AC cord and any other cord that you need with your particular set-up. With the exception of the T1 Module,( which you can carry a spare Mixer and plug into the analog jack of the power stand) and still be good to go. When your power stand fails you are done. There is nothing you can do, except try a different AC cord, a different outlet, or turn the unit off for a few minutes then turn it back on to see if it works then. Yes, I am speaking here from the voice of experience.
So if you are a working musician that depends on your equipment, then you have no choice but to carry 2 systems with you for your bookings if you have a Bose.
And when your Power stand fails, out of warranty, and you call tech support, they are more than happy to help you. For a small fee ( plus shipping and tax), and a 2 to 3 week turn around they will happily fix your unit and send it back. Unless you want to buy a refurbished unit for a bit more, then they will send you a refurbished unit right away.
Now the L1 Model II came out in 2007, and somehow when I purchased my system in 2010, I received a 2007 unit that I had purchased from an Independent music store in Missouri. That is according to Bose when I called mine in for repair a couple of weeks ago. Bose says they do not ship out 3 year old units but they didn't tell me at the time when I called in to register the unit it was 3 years old. What customer service!! And the music store had no comment when I e-mailed them about this. Thinking back on this, I think the music store sold me a demo model. Why do I think this? Probably because as I remember, the T1 they sold me at the time had to be sent back the first week. So buyer beware, check your serial numbers on your systems to make sure you are getting what you pay for. If I had known I was purchasing a first model year of this system that was 3 years old I would not have purchased it.
The hardware quality of the Bose L1 Model II in my opinion ranks about 2 out of 5 stars. It is not a matter of "IF" your Bose is going to fail; it is "WHEN" it is going to fail.
Oh, I almost forgot. Bose will be more than happy to sell you a second system so you have a back-up for when yours fails.
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This is a follow-up to my two previous reviews. I just completed my 350th gig yesterday since I started my professional music career in 12/2012. I have used this Bose system exclusively and I have not had any problems whatsoever. The carrying cases are wearing slightly but the equipment is in great shape. The equipment has been exposed to both heat and cold in the car (in the garage). During very extreme temperatures and when I am not playing the next day, the system is stored in my finished basement. I find the Bose system to be one of the best investments I ever made.
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I bought this system with the B2 bass module and used it to both DJ and run a keyboard/Microphone for a live 4 piece band. It was absolutely amazing and filled a 5000 sq ft. room. Everyone was amazed by the output and easy setup of this system. Add a sub and you'll never buy anything else.
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I have been using this system for over 6 years now and absolutely LOVE it. I wish I could give it 5 starts, but about 3 years ago (less than 2 weeks before an important wedding gig) the speakers all of a sudden (in the middle of a gig) became all distorted and just BAD sounding. I thought it was just the loud room or something, didn't get it much thought until the next gig (much quieter) and it was clear something was very very wrong. Long story short, it was under warranty so I mailed the speaker columns back (on my dime I think) and received them back about a week later in the same condition. I called customer service in a crying panic. They said they're diagnostics people saw nothing wrong with them... They obviously did not play or sing through them, because it was very obvious something was not right. After a bit more freaking out (wedding being days away) - they overnighted me brand new speakers columns free of charge and paid for the others to be sent back. This has always left me with an uneasy feeling that something could go wrong again at any moment. Whatever it was I know is rare, but you never know.
All this aside, this system is so easy to use, and light, and impressive looking too. Everyone wants to talk to me about it and can't believe all that sound is coming out of there. It fills any room with great clear sound.
My only other qualm is that some of the knobs of the tone match sound board but the knobs have become tacky and kind of gummy. Now, I leave my total system in the car year round and maybe this is not great for it (I live in eastern VA) - The three knobs right under the screen and also the phantom power button are just gross to touch like they are permanently melted and gooey. The others are fine, so it's just strange.
Otherwise I LOVE this system!!
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This is an addendum to my previous review. I had the opportunity to use the system in live performance the other night. I played at a private holiday party for a local business organization with about 50 people in attendance. The banquet room seating capacity was around 150 with a mixture of carpeting and hardwood flooring. There were a number of large pillars near the middle of the room. I positioned myself in between the pillars but in way that I was visible to all of the tables. The system was about 7-8 feet behind me and not totally visible to all of the tables. In practicing on the system in my finished basement, I have had the Master set at 12 o'clock but I had to turn it down for the performance to 11 o'clock because people said it was too loud. Keep in mind that people wanted to be able to talk to each other while they were eating so I couldn't be too loud and over powering. I thought the system worked great but it was very strange not to have a conventional monitor facing me which I am so used to. I was able to hear my voice and the guitar very well but it was more like I could hear what everyone else was hearing (which is the way it is supposed to work). My voice and the guitar just seemed to fill the room evenly and perfectly and I didn't get the sense that the sound was being produced behind me. It really was quite odd but truly amazing. This is a great system.
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I received the Bose® L1™ Model II System a little over a week ago which I chose as a replacement for the conventional equipment that I have used for so many years. I was looking for a high quality, versatile, more compact system which was easy to carry, set up and use. I conducted a lot of research prior to my purchase which was well worth the effort. I had also heard very positive comments from people who had already used this system in performance. So far, it has met all of my expectations. For a reference point, I am strictly a vocalist and an acoustic guitar player. I play all styles of music but predominantly popular music from the 20's through the 70's and I perform in many different venues. I use all Martin guitars with the workhorse being my SPJC – 16RE Acoustic Electric. The system is compact (5 pieces) – B1 Base Module, 2 Cylindrical Radiator® loudspeakers, stand and audio engine. Each piece comes with its own very nice quality carrying bag. For the setup, the B1 Base Module fits snugly between the legs of the stand (either side) and the entire system takes up only around a 2.5 x 2.5 foot area. Bose ® recommends (ideally) that the performer be positioned approx. 7-8 feet in front of the system. I recommend purchasing the optional audio engine microphone stand bracket which puts the controls at your fingertips (If you sit on a chair like I do). There is also the option of having the audio engine mounted on the lower loudspeaker. All the pieces appear to be solidly built and of very high quality. Set up time for the system is literally a matter of minutes. The lower loudspeaker fits into the stand and the upper loudspeaker slides into the top of the lower one – no wires to connect as the electrical connection is done automatically; connect the base module to the stand and plug in the stand to a power strip (recommended); connect the audio engine to the stand and turn on the system. The microphones and instruments connect to the audio engine. The audio engine provides numerous sound options for microphones and instruments for each channel as well as globally. There are a number of preset options (Bose Scenes) which allow even the most inexperienced person to set up a particular overall sound for their performance (or a song) with just the touch of a button. You can also save your own scenes for future use. For the seasoned performer, there are numerous options to adjust the sound through Mod, Delay EQ, Reverb, Comp/Gate etc. Additional options include Bose's ToneMatch ™ presets designed for your specific instrument or microphone which can then be further modified using the sound options. The sound from the system is clear and crisp even with the volume turned up. This system is very impressive. I am also sure it will be a topic of conversation with your audience just by the way it looks – and sounds! I highly recommend it.
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Pork Satay
IngredientsFor the pickle
- 1 red bell pepper, cut into 1 by 1/4-inch strips
- 3 cups cauliflower florets
- 3/4 cup jicama, cut into 1 by 1/4 by 1/4-inch strips
- 2 red Thai chiles, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch rounds
- 3 cups white wine vinegar
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 bunch fresh mint
For the marinade and satay
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 shallots, minced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons minced lemongrass
- 2 tablespoons white sesame seeds, lightly toasted and coarsely ground
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 1/2 lbs pork shoulder
- Salt to taste
PreparationMake the pickle:
Combine vegetables in a bowl. Bring vinegar, sugar, and salt to a boil and remove from heat. Crush mint and stir into the vinegar mixture. Cool uncovered then strain over the vegetables. Let sit at room temperature for 2 hour and then refrigerate until needed.
Make the marinade:
In a small bowl, combine the vegetable oil, shallots, garlic, lemongrass, sesame seeds, oyster sauce, fish sauce, and caramel sauce,
Heat an outdoor grill or grill-pan. Soak 30 bamboo skewers in warm water for 30 minutes. Cut the pork shoulder into 3-inch strips, 1 1/2 inches wide and 1/8 inch thick. Thread the pork onto the skewers. Brush both sides of the pork with the marinade and season with salt. Grill over moderately-high heat until done, 4-5 minutes. Serve with the vegetable pickle on the side.
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Michael Lafferty served notice today that he has returned to championship form and that he has designs on a record ninth national title by taking a solid victory over Muscle Milk/Shock Doctor KTM teammate Russell Bobbitt at the Alligator Enduro, round three of the AMA/Rekluse National Enduro Series held during Speedweek in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Lafferty's "Alligator" win was his ninth at the legendary event - an event where his aggressive style serves him well. Riding on the minute behind Bobbitt, Lafferty started strong and kept the pressure on
Bobbitt all day, actually catching and passing the defending champ in the fourth of the six tests. At the end of the event, Lafferty finished with almost a two minute advantage over Bobbitt. While Bobbitt finished a full minute ahead of third-place finisher Wally Palmer, who was riding the same Kawasaki he rode to victory at this event last year.
"Missing the race last year made me hungry to ride this place this year," said Lafferty, who missed last year's event due to injury. "Obviously, we struggled at the first round. Then we got a little stronger in Georgia, and at this race we were in the hunt and up to speed and I was just happy to get a good finish."
About the fourth section, where Lafferty caught and passed Bobbitt, Lafferty said the trail was his cup of tea. "It was rough and cobbly and tight and to me it just seemed like it wasn't long enough. I just excelled in there and I felt like the bike worked so good and I was extremely happy with my set-up. But, also, Russ had trouble in the section, and he was actually on the ground when I passed him."
"This win was all about getting my bike set up the way I like it," said Lafferty. "I kind of got off base early in the year, and I'm my own worse enemy when it comes to screwing around with things, but once we got things set the way I like it, then my attitude changed and I started having fun, and if I'm having fun and have a good attitude, then I am going fast," added Lafferty.
Right at 500 entries started the FTR-hosted event, which at one point was threatened by a grass fire which forced the organizing club to throw out the fifth section of the race, since that portion of the trail was block by the flaming inferno. Palmer actually got caught in the fire and finished the race with scorch marks on his riding gear.
Fourth place went to KTM rider Brad Bakken, who took his first-ever podium a few weeks ago at round two in Georgia.Yamaha's Jason Raines finished fifth, ahead of KTM-mounted Carsten Cagle and Husaberg's Nick Fahringer.With the win, Lafferty moved to within 14 points of Bobbitt in the series standings with seven rounds to go on the schedule.
1. Michael Lafferty (KTM); 2. Russell Bobbitt (KTM); 3. Wally Palmer (Kaw); 4. Brad Bakken (KTM); 5. Jason Raines (Yam); 6. Carsten Cagle (KTM); 7. Nick Fahringer (Hsb); 8. Fred Hoess (Kaw); 9. Cole Kirkpatrick (KTM); 10. Ian Blythe (KTM); 11. Brooks Hamilton (KTM); 12. Andrew DeLong (); 13. Nicholas Hunter (); 14. Stewart Baylor (KTM); 15. Jeff Melik (Yam); 16. Rory Sullivan (Hsb); 17. Tommy Veator (KTM); 18. Ryan Rodgers (Yam); 19. John Bogard Jr. (Yam); 20. Michael Grizzle (Hsb).
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Austria is planning to introduce budget cuts and higher taxes totalling 27 billion euros (36 billion dollars) over the next five years, in a package that was to be decided by the cabinet on Friday.
The austerity measures came after rating agency Standard & Poor's stripped Austria of its top ranking last month and the government responded by vowing to reclaim its AAA status.
Pensioners and public servants are to bear a large part of the savings, through lower or deferred pay raises, according to statements by politicians and media reports.
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November 13, 2006
Last night Adrian Warnock flew into Toronto on a short layover while travelling to a top secret meeting in an undisclosed American city. He will be spending a couple of days with Andrew Fountain, who pastors a church somewhere in Toronto. But last night Paul and I drove out to a restaurant near the airport to meet the guy. We had a nice meal together and enjoyed getting to know both Adrian and Andrew. For those who were wondering, according to Paul's calculations, it took Adrian all of four minutes to bring up the cessationist versus continuationist debate.
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Sh*t Happens: The Painful Uphill Struggle Toward Personal Responsibility.
Personal responsibility is a term we in the yoga profession throw around quite a bit.
When I first heard this phrase, it grumbled around in my mind for a while, bringing up all kinds of resentment.
Who are you to tell me that I'm responsible for X or Y happening to me? I was a victim. I was an addict. I was taken advantage of. And so on. You know, that kind of thing.
Okay, fast-forward years and meditative mornings and ass-kicking yoga classes later, and I'm teaching my own classes. I don't know what kind of mystical shift takes place after a dedicated commitment to yoga, but it does (thank god), and the phrase personal responsibility finally began to make sense. And let me tell you, it was not a happy moment for me. I could so easily see the choices and reactions, like breadcrumbs, leading up to all the unpleasantness in my life.
But, I could also see how I had brought in all the good stuff. Correction—I allowed myself to see how I had brought in all the good stuff.
Does this mean that bad sh*t doesn't happen? Of course not. We know sh*t happens. It's on bumper stickers for goodness sake. And I'm not saying that there aren't victims in the world—victims of violence, illness, cruelty, circumstance. But it's not what happens to you. It's how you react to what happens to you, right? What matters most is how well you walk through the fire. I think we can take this as truth; Bukowski was well acquainted with fire, after all.
Victim-hood can become an addiction. We identify with the pity (self or otherwise) and nurse it and feed it and coddle it until we can't tell where we end and our victim-hood begins. We can't avoid every tragedy or violent act or untimely death.
Suffering is a part of life, but accepting that suffering and choosing to take the high road (the much harder road, in my experience) makes you a force. An ass-kicking, karma-growing, inspirational human force.
Platitudes? Yeah, sure, maybe. Certainly when you're in the midst of crisis and see no way out, no way around, it seems that way. But that anger? That outrage? It has a source and it should be expressed through whatever right action is called for.
But after that right action is taken? Nursing that black hole of suffering is only going to suck in more suffering. That's what black holes do, right? Suck stuff in, swallow it, absorb it and grow larger? (Okay, I don't know if all of that is true about black holes, but it's a good metaphor.)
Personal responsibility means that you make the hard choice. You tell yourself that you had a horrible moment/month/year and you congratulate yourself for getting through it, but that it's over. Looking over your shoulder will only give you a stiff neck and a wonky view of life, not to mention the tendency to fall over stuff (that's literal and metaphorical stuff, by the way).
So, first step? Remove yourself as much as you can from your triggers.
If you are recovering from addiction, change your environment as much as you can. Be good to yourself; give yourself time to heal and a clean (mental and physical) space in which to do it. If you are recovering from violence, injury, mourning, injustice, take your time. But take steps forward. Find something, anything for which to be grateful—a cup of tea/coffee, a sunrise, your favorite pencil, clouds, a full moon, the fact that life does (really!) go on.
The most frustrating and often unwelcome (but truest) advice I can give you is that this too shall pass. It will. But it's up to you how you use the passing time. You may not be able to change your immediate situation, but you can change how you react. Your reaction and your next step are always in your power.
The trick? Pausing long enough to realize it. Acting on impulse will just trigger you and probably send you spinning into old patterns. If you can, stop and breathe. Focus on the five senses and let them pull you out of your head (out of your emotions) and back into the sanity of the ground, the earth, the air and sounds around you.
Know your limits and act within them (this is good advice for life as well as the small microcosm of your yoga mat). Stretch yourself a little bit more each day. But if it hurts? Pull back. Try again tomorrow. You have the rest of your life to grow. But start now.
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4 Responses to "Sh*t Happens: The Painful Uphill Struggle Toward Personal Responsibility."
Great article! I've managing PTSD for most of my adult life. I've been through years of therapy, had a yoga practice for years, and practiced meditation in my Buddhist lineage for many years. It wasn't until recently that I was able to discipline myself to focus on my breath and body sensations during flashbacks. I also for the first time, at 47, have voiced my trauma. Keeping silent about it all these years kept me in the black hole. I kept myself locked in my self-induced prison out of shame. It just isolated me, because I pretended to be someone I wasn't for most of my life. We all experience pain, but the suffering is optional.
I am an An ass-kicking, karma-growing, inspirational human force! Woohoo!!!
Great article Amy! I love it. I have kicked my own ass on the mat for several years now (that's literal and metaphorical). It changes you. That much is true. And owning our stuff—owning it and moving on…This makes all the difference. Stop the glorification of "victim hood" and trust the Universe to do its job. It is what it is, as they say—And it really is. Ya know?
Thanks for the thought provoking read.
Much Gratitude
Someone needs to send this one to my ex so she can see our issues were, indeed, not all my fault. Sh*t happens to everyone, and playing the victim card all of your life will only bring on more heartache.


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- Primordius yells: Again...we are torn apart...again...to the cold darkness...
- Primordius yells: It tears at us from the inside!
- Primordius yells: No no no, the pain returns!
- Primordius yells: Who is perfect now? Yes, yes...
- Primordius yells: Your flesh, yes yes, so perfect, GIVE IT TO US!
- Primordius says: So cold, so dark...
- Primordius says: We are the perfect one, yes, yes, not a failure, no no, not a failure...
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Does it really friggin matter what damn color the people in the room were?!
WTF. Why do so many people love to turn everything into a race issue or separate by color. EVERYONE Is human, EVERYONE is getting taken by the banks and other scammers out there not just one group of people.
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I don't see a problem Bro.
Can I call you Bro, or is that offensive?
I only use it in the basest of meanings, we are all Mom Nature's children and all.
I see the world as all financial slaves.
Maybe this was what Joey was looking for, who knows.
I see no problem though as 99.9 percent of the crap politicians say is scripted and well checked.
Either way, I could give a crap about racial differences, we are all the himan race.
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Mubarak faces another legal challenge, and there is also the possibility that prosecutors could file new cases against him to continue holding him. Nonetheless, his possible release could incite fresh unrest at a time the military-installed government is cracking down on the Muslim Brotherhood after the coup last month that ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.
"He'll be out in a couple of days," Farid Deeb, one of Mubarak's lawyers, said of his client.
Underscoring the growing anger over Morsi's ouster, suspected Islamic militants ambushed two minibuses carrying off-duty policemen in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, forcing the men to lie on the sand and shooting 25 of them dead.
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The 25 were given a funeral with full military honors after a plane brought their bodies to an air base in eastern Cairo. Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim, who is in charge of the police, and the army's chief of staff, Gen. Sedki Sobhi, led the funeral.
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Despite the violence, Cairo, a bustling metropolis of some 18 million people, began to restore a sense of normalcy although the capital remained under a state of emergency and a dusk-to-dawn curfew.
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Since his arrest two years ago, Mubarak's fate has remained a curiosity as the nation's political and economic turmoil has deepened. His release from Tora Prison would signal for many that the remnants of the old guard are back in power and the revolution that promised a new democracy has been hijacked by the army and security forces.
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The blocks in this quilt are made with a popular technique that has several names. It's been called Disappearing Nine Patch by Nancy Brenan Daniel, Magic Nine Patch by Karin Hellaby, and Tossed Nine Patch by Eleanor Burns. Kris' quilt was inspired by Julie Larsen from Prairie Star Quilts in Elk Horn, Iowa, who calls it Zig Zag Slash. You can have fun with this technique. We made two identical Nine Patch Units, cut them into sections, then arranged the sections to make two completely different blocks. This quilt is Fat Quarter Friendly.
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From the archives: Allegheny Ludlum's stainless-steel Fords
Here at Hemmings, we have quite a large collection of photos, postcards, advertising materials, and car-related memorabilia that has piled up over the years. Whether they were sent in on a whim by a faithful reader, dropped off by a visitor, were part of a photo shoot, or made a fleeting appearance in an issue of Hemmings Motor News many years ago, we plan to share many of the items that have been relegated to the vault with you.
Today, we found an old postcard featuring three all-stainless steel-bodied cars owned by Allegheny Ludlum Steel, a division of Allegheny Ludlum Industries, Inc. Ford Motor Company built these cars so Allegheny could showcase the functional and decorative uses of stainless steel.
The cars pictured in this trio from left to right are a 1936 Ford, 1967 Lincoln Continental, and a 1960 Ford Thunderbird. Each car was produced in extremely limited numbers and was a valuable asset for salesmen who would travel with these cars to spread the word about the benefits of stainless steel. These cars were not the promotional trailer queens that one would expect from today's limited-edition cars. Six 1936 Fords were made, and each had racked up over 200,000 miles before they were no longer used by Allegheny's promotional team in 1946. Two Thunderbirds and three Lincolns were also produced, and pounded the pavement much like their 1936 counterparts.
Hemmings has covered these cars in other blog posts, and Jeff Koch photographed the 1936 Ford for the November 2010 issue of Hemmings Classic Car. You can also read about all three of these cars in Special Interest Autos #60. These cars are well accounted for and can be seen on display in various parts of the country today.
Hemmings Find of the Day – 1923 Ford Model T speedster
Most Model T-based speedsters tend to use aftermarket bodies from Ames or any of the dozens of companies that provided speed parts for the T in the 1920s or 1930s, but the builder of this 1923 Ford Model T-based speedster for sale on Hemmings.com chose a different path, building his own bobtail dirt-track-style body from stainless steel. From the seller's description:
Titled as a 23 Ford Roadster, Unique-Custom Engineered, built for High performance sanctioned events High performance Rajo engine, S&S Carb with Velocity stacks, MSD high energy dual coil, Custom Mitsubishi Distributor/Drive. Many custom features: Oil system, Intake manifold & Exhaust. Hand formed Stainless Steel body, Forged Alloy Polished hub mounted wheels with Metzler tires. Whippet steering wheel & radiator shell. Sprint car – 3 core Radiator, Brake discs and Hubs.
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When De Lorean moved to Columbus
Columbus, Ohio, isn't widely regarded as a center of automotive manufacturing, and rightly so: Of the 10 or so manufacturers that actually proceeded with automobile production in the city, all had disappeared by the mid-1920s and only about four of them built automobiles for more than a couple of years. Yet one company – De Lorean – thought Columbus would make for a fine place to build some cars call home in the 1980s.
Yes, De Lorean built the majority of its cars in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, before the company went bankrupt following the October 1982 arrest of John DeLorean on drug trafficking charges. According to DeLoreanMuseum.org, De Lorean Motor Company built 9,200 DMC-12s in Northern Ireland between January 1981 and December 1982.
Those latter months of 1982 proved a turbulent time for De Lorean, both the man and the company, but they also saw the arrival on the scene of Sol A. Shenk, a Russian immigrant to the United States, who in 1967 started a business selling closeout and overstock car parts; the business, Consolidated Stores, took off when Shenk switched to household goods and became the company that runs Big Lots and Odd Lots stores across the country. Following the demise of Malcolm Bricklin's eponymous car company in late 1975, Shenk swooped in to buy its remains and sold off the 300 finished cars along with the leftover parts inventory.
"He's doing all right with Bricklin," David Brownell told the New York Times years later. "He's the sole source for Bricklin parts, and since parts fall off Bricklins with some regularity, it's a good business."
Sol Shenk with the last De Lorean built.
Shenk and business partner Jerome Schottenstein wouldn't wait until De Lorean went belly-up to invest in that company, however. In March or April of 1982, when Bank of America seized 1,400 DMC-12s because De Lorean hadn't made payments on a loan, Shenk paid the bank $18 million and took a stake in De Lorean Motor Company. Then just days after John DeLorean's arrest, Shenk hopped a plane to Northern Ireland to begin discussions about buying out the remains of the company.
By mid-November, Shenk struck a deal, beating out the offer made by John DeLorean's brother, Charles. Shenk would pay the company $1.5 million and assume another $8.7 million in debt and in turn receive $1.2 million worth of parts, the exclusive U.S. distribution rights for cars and parts, and $17.5 million worth of unsold cars. That appears to include 649 unsold DMC-12s, part of Shenk's earlier investment into De Lorean, but the total number of cars seems to vary by source, anywhere from 1,041 to 2,800. Shenk initially said he wouldn't liquidate De Lorean; instead, he intended to continue production on a scaled-back basis in Northern Ireland. "It's a beautiful plant," he told the AP in mid-November. "I think that there is an opportunity here to sell cars at a very good price. (John DeLorean) was a big man. I'm a little guy. All I want to do is sell cars." Before the end of the year, though, he'd change his tune after analysts told him the car couldn't be sold at a profit at the price DeLorean had previously been selling it. "I don't think there's much hope – there's any hope – for the car being built," he said. "I think it's a wonderful car, and it's a shame such a well-built car will not be able to be produced."
Almost immediately, Shenk began to ship the leftover cars and parts to the United States – specifically to a warehouse or two on Dublin Avenue in downtown Columbus. Discussion on some old De Lorean mailing lists indicates one of the warehouses was located at 319 Dublin Avenue, but thanks to PhotOhio.org – where we found these several photographs of De Lorean in Columbus – we see that the Columbus De Lorean operations centered around 400 Dublin Avenue, a very appropriate location. At least two of Columbus's more successful auto manufacturers occupied that building: the Columbus Buggy Company, which produced the Columbus Electric, the Buggymobile, and the Firestone-Columbus from 1903 to May 1915; and Allen, which bought the property from he Columbus Buggy Company and operated out of that location from 1915 through 1922.
From the new Columbus digs, Shenk then hired another company, KAPAC, to distribute the remaining De Lorean parts inventory. The remaining DMC-12s he sold off directly and through existing dealers. Shenk must have had more demand for the cars than he expected – according to DeLoreanMuseum.org, he hired former De Lorean factory managers to come to Columbus and assemble about 100 more cars from leftover components, including the very last DMC-12, assembled from leftover gold-plated parts in 1983 and used for a promotional giveaway at Big Lots retail stores.
Woman filling out an entry form for a drawing for the last De Lorean built outside a Big Lots store.
How long it took Shenk to sell the cars remains unclear, but by September 1983, Shenk noted that he had sold about two-thirds of the cars and had only a few hundred left. Shenk died in 1994 and three years later KAPAC sold the remaining parts inventory, production and distribution rights, and engineering drawings to Stephen Wynne of De Lorean Motor Company in Texas, who in recent years has resumed De Lorean production much as Shenk did – by assembling cars from leftover parts.
UPDATE (18.May 2012): James Espey of the Texas DeLorean Motor Company noted that the 100 or so cars that Shenk had built were built in Northern Ireland, not in Columbus.
Stainless steel Jeep body production resumes
Photos courtesy Del Blanchard
As much as rust posed a problem to early Jeep enthusiasts here in the United States, it laid waste to the population of Jeeps left behind in the humid and damp Philippines after World War II. Yet, those Jeeps became a huge cultural symbol there once local craftsmen learned to shape brand-new bodies out of stainless steel.
Here in the United States, stainless never caught on as a material for replacement bodies, but one man in Oregon aims to introduce Americans to stainless steel bodies as an alternative to the fiberglass and regular steel replacement bodies currently on the market. Del Blanchard, of Myrtle Creek, Oregon, through his many contacts in the Philippines, imported a limited batch of stainless steel bodies for Jeep CJ-3As and CJ-3Bs about a dozen years ago, but at the time didn't think it'd be worth importing any more.
"I thought it was an interesting experience, but I just let it slide," Del said. "But people wouldn't leave me alone about them."
A couple of years ago, he started planning to import more to satisfy the demand, but found that the Filipino stainless steel body cottage industry had collapsed. For instance, in San Pablo City, which once supported 65 stainless body builders, Del said he couldn't find one still in operation. The influx of inexpensive Japanese automobiles – which featured air conditioning – during that time period made enclosed transportation available to rich and poor Filipinos alike for the first time and thus destroyed the market for old Jeeps. Regardless, Del found one third-generation craftsman there still willing to not only build bodies, but also salvage old dies and create new dies, and now has begun importing shipping containers full of the bodies, with a container or two of bodies stamped in galvanized steel on their way shortly.
"We set out to create a body kit more complete than anything else on the market," Del said. "The only thing we don't include is the chassis and running gear."
He also noted that he has no plans to build CJ-5 or later Jeep bodies, though he does offer the stainless bodies with a 14.5-inch stretch in wheelbase. Prices for the stainless bodies start at $3,988, while prices for the galvanized bodies start at $2,882. For more information, visit CJ3A-CJ3B-bodykits.com.
(Thanks to Wes Kibble for pointing us to this story.)
ACD Museum welcomes stainless fleet from Crawford Museum
The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum, located within the hallowed halls of the famed (and former) ACD plant in Auburn, Indiana, has recently welcomed the stainless steel collection from Cleveland, Ohio's, Crawford Auto Aviation Museum, whose facility is currently being subjected to a restoration of its own.
As you might have guessed, most of the cars in the display are the big three stamped from the Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation: a 1936 Ford sedan; a 1960 Ford Thunderbird; and a 1966 Lincoln Continental convertible. The backstory of these vehicles has been well documented, as well as the history of the fourth car included in the display: a 1981 De Lorean. According to the CAAV, this particular De Lorean is the very first production car to have left the assembly plant in Northern Ireland.
The stainless steel collection will be housed and available for viewing at the ACD Museum through the fall of 2012.
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If you plan on attending the big Hershey swap meet October 7-10, then make some time to stop by the AACA Museum just up the road and view two very special automobiles. This may be your only chance to get an up-close look at the stainless steel-bodied 1960 Thunderbird and 1967 Continental that were made by Allegheny Ludlum Steel and Ford back in the Sixties. Both cars will be on display all through 2010.
Also on display will be that unrestored 1911 Olds Limited that caused a stir two years ago when it sold for over $1 million; you can also see Cadillac's Le Mans Dream Car #3 from 1953 and General Motors' Futurliner #10.
For more information, and directions from the Hershey show field, which is barely two miles away, visit the museum's website: www.aacamuseum.org, or call 717-566-7100.
(This post originally appeared in the September 24, 2009, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)
Ageless Automobiles
In search of some early 1990s Japanese car press kits to illustrate an article in the upcoming June issue of Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, I spent a bit of time rifling through the boxes in the HMN HQ attic. It was there that I came across this promotional brochure created by the Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation of Pennsylvania.
This ephemera celebrated the arrival of the 1967 Lincoln Continental convertible project, which we touched upon in an earlier blog post (Allegheny Ludlum stainless steel cars). It's neat to see how the manufacturer treated this project back in the day, and how they celebrated the 1936 and 1960 Ford cars, too.
We've scanned the brochure in its entirety for your enjoyment. Click on the images to view them in a large format.
Allegheny Ludlum stainless steel cars
A frequent Hemmings online forums poster "Loodvig" has been requesting on the Hemmings web forum that we post pictures of the email that has been circulating about the 1936 Ford stainless steel-body cars. This was a subject Matt Litwin talked about earlier this summer when he came across a stainless-bodied 1936 Ford at Dearborn.
1960 Thunderbird with all stainless body. Only one of two built
A trio of Allegheny's stainless bodied-offerings on display at the Crawford Museum.
Two of the 1960 Thunderbirds were produced, with T304 stainless steel bodies and both traveled around the country to be shown at various automotive events. Each of the Thunderbirds, like the earlier '36 coupes, logged more than 100,000 miles. Three of the 1967 Lincoln convertibles were produced and Allegheny Ludlum still owns two of them. The third is on display with one of the '60 Thunderbirds and one of the '36 coupes at the museum.
SIA Flashback BONUS – by way of Dearborn
As mentioned in an earlier post, my recent 10-day trip actually started in Dearborn, at the Early Ford V-8 meet. To say it was a hot morning could not be stressed enough. After an air conditioned flight and a half-hour drive in an air-conditioned rental, it took several minutes for my camera lens to de-fog after quickly stumbling upon an ultimate Ford rarity right near the small swap meet zone.
Yup – one of the stainless steel bodied 1936 Ford two-door sedans. The proud owner, Ed James, barely had time to catch his breath between the litany of questions that was bombarding him; he had just purchased the car two weeks prior to the meet from an estate sale. According to Ed, the famed Ford had been in the hands of a dentist (who had owned that car since 1960). When he had passed away at age 72, the car was left to his son, and is to date the only stainless bodied Ford still in private hands. As of the meet, Ed did not have any concrete plans for the car, and for the moment, it does not have the ability to run under its owner power; though it is complete. Of the six that were produced by Allegheny Ludlum, only four are known to still exist. Walter Gosden authored a three-page article in SIA #60 (December 1980), which outlines more of the history – we've included it below.


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The Colorado National Monument is a slice of the iconic American West in the grand state of Colorado. Explore the canyons and rock towers as you share the park with desert bighorn sheep and bald eagles. The Rim Rock Drive is a 23 mile scenic drive along the cliffs, and a very popular bike ride. The Book Cliffs Overlook has stunning views and has been the location for countless weddings.
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"Soup and sociability for a worthy cause." (New York Times)
"Chicago's most laid-back, nutritious party." (Grub Street Chicago)
"Kind of like the Iron Chef of soup." (Centerstage Chicago)
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"Priceless." (WBEZ)
Soup & Bread is a free weekly community meal based at the Hideout, a bar and music venue in Chicago.
Each week we round up a handful of chefs, caterers, musicians, writers, artists, and home cooks of every persuasion to donate pots of soup. We serve them up to all comers — along with fresh bread donated by Publican Quality Meats — until the pots run dry or the late-night jazz guys kick us out. It was designed to be an easy, low-key way to get folks out of the house and socializing in the dead of a dark Chicago winter — not to mention, when we started this up in 2009 our friends were losing their jobs left and right. At times these past few years it's seemed the entire city could use a nice hot bowl of soup.
Toward that end, while the meal is free, we solicit pay-what-you-can donations each week that are donated in turn to a wide range of neighborhood food pantries and hunger relief agencies. Over the last six years, through events at the Hideout and out of town in Madison, New York City, Seattle, and beyond, we have raised more than $50,000 for Chicago-area food pantries as well as the Greater Chicago Food Depository (the central food bank serving the Chicago region), the New York City Coalition Against Hunger, and Western Washington's Food Lifeline.
In November 2011 Agate Publishing released founder Martha Bayne's Soup & Bread Cookbook: Building Community One Pot at a Time, a compilation of recipes from Soup & Bread paired with stories of the ways groups around the country use soup to both bring people together and reach out to others. There's a whole lot more info on that here.
A portion of the proceeds from all sales of the Soup & Bread Cookbook and related Soup & Bread merchandise is donated to the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
Soup & Bread 2014 starts January 8 and runs Wednesdays from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at the Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia, through mid-April. There's never a cover charge, and kids are welcome if accompanied by an adult. Come on by and say hi!


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In an industry replete with narcissists, megalomaniacs and crybabies, Clive Davis stands head and shoulders above the crowd. In his new autobiography, The Soundtrack of My Life, Clive sets new standards for transparent self-aggrandizing, at one point comparing himself to another legendary mogul — Moses.
The Soundtrack of My Life is actually Clive's second autobiography. The first, Clive: Inside The Record Business was published in 1975. The story of that volume is retold in the latest, which once again starts in a log cabin in Brooklyn. One of the most enjoyable sections comes early when Davis describes how he got into the music business (he was an associate in a law firm that handled legal affairs for the Columbia Music Club and was brought in by then Columbia Records general counsel Harvey Shein), his quick rise to the Presidency, the fateful trip to the Monterey Music Festival that resulted in Janis Joplin wanting to bang him, his singlehanded popularization of stereo sound, creating jazz fusion by suggesting that Miles Davis incorporate elements of rock into his music, teaching Bruce Springsteen how to move on stage and his subsequent banishment on the horns of a plugola/payola/bar mitzvah scandal. Clive is, and always has been, very defensive about his dismissal and the ensuing high profile government prosecution. He's been on a mission for the last 40 years to clear his name. It is kind of his personal Moby Dick. Author Anthony DeCurtis is commended for capturing Clive's voice while toning down his native imperiousness. That doesn't last very long though, but while reading this chapter I actually felt sympathy for Clive.
Where the book starts to depart from its predecessor is when Clive is hired by Columbia Pictures head Allan Hirschfield to run the company's record label, Bell Records. It didn't take long for Clive to remake the label in his own image, rechristen it Arista Records, and later sell to Bertelsmann AG of Germany. Here is where the book turns into a long slog, a music business War and Peace, if you like. Starting with Barry Manilow, Clive rattles on for hundreds of pages in what can best be described as "Billboard speak". It feels as if you're reading a combination of trade magazine reports, album liner notes and record label copy. Speaking throughout the book in superlatives, Clive recounts how he picked almost every hit song every Arista artist ever had, where he found the song, who wrote it, who produced it, which radio stations broke the record, every chart position and sales figures. It's mind numbing.
The book gets a little more interesting when Clive addresses the period at the turn of the century when his Bertelsmann bosses tried to force him into retirement (company policy dictated a retirement age of 60. Clive was 68 at the time.) He takes the opportunity to settle some scores with BMG Entertainment CEO Michael Dornemann, who he refers to as an "efficiency expert", and BMG North America CEO Strauss Zelnick, whom he accuses of wanting to get Clive out of the way so that he, Zelnick, could rub elbows with the stars. The plan backfired and Clive , who says he "takes no pleasure" in telling the story, gleefully recounts that he ended up head of BMG in the US while Dornemann and Zelnick both were fired. Clive complains that Dornemann looked upon him as an employee while Clive saw himself as a partner with "phantom equity". Bertelsmann is, always has been and will continue to be a private company held by the Mohn family trust in Germany. There is no stock. By definition, there is no phantom equity. According to sources intimately involved with Arista and BMG , "The Germans couldn't stand Clive because he treated them with absolutely no respect whatsoever. They left him alone and endured his massive overspending but Clive always felt that he was the owner of the business and not an employee. The Bertelsmann guys just could not understand his attitude, especially since they paid him a huge salary, sometimes more than Arista actually made every year in profits. It drove Clive crazy that he never had the big billion dollar score like Geffen or Clive Calder. He was always trying to make up for it in his contract negotiations, which went on continually."
It's clear that Clive only cares about hit singles. A hit is not enough though–it has to be Number 1. That's his whole MO. He comes across as having little regard for album sales, pinning everything to the single. That's fine, but the downside is that you don't make money from singles. Clive would argue that in order to have big album sales you need hit singles. That's not always true, even in Clive's case. Once, when Clive was on vacation, a sales exec saw that an album from a particular artist had stopped selling, though the single was selling well. In an attempt to boost the album sales, he made the correct decision to cut out the single and the album's sales immediately doubled. When Clive returned from vacation, he called the exec into his office and started screaming "You cost me a Number 1 single!" The exec responded, "But Clive, album sales went from 200,000 to 400,000 when we cut out the single." Clive just kept screaming he didn't care. It cost him his Number 1 single.
Repeatedly going into detail about how he was the driving creative force behind all of his successes at Arista, Clive continues to blow more smoke up his ass. The artists who didn't make it didn't listen to his advice, or the public just didn't get it. With a couple of notable exception of album artists like Patti Smith and Annie Lennox, if an artist wanted to have success they had to do whatever Clive said, and all too frequently that didn't work. Remember Curtis Stigers and Deborah Cox? How about the Jeff Healey Band or Taylor Dayne? Not a lot of big catalog sellers. At one point he recounts sitting in an opera box at an MTV Awards show watching a stirring performance by Alicia Keys. At the dramatic finish, the crowd burst into a standing ovation–for him. You can't help but feel Arista were merely vessels for Clive's creativity, to hear Clive tell it. He is the Señor Wences of the music industry. If you don't believe it, just ask Kelly Clarkson who publicly checked Clive's account of their working relationship .
He finally does deal with the Milli Vanilla fiasco is finally dealt with in the book. The duo was exposed as a fraud after winning a Grammy for Best New Artist of 1989. Clive flatly denies that anyone at Arista knew that Rob and Fab had not sung on their Arista US debut album, Girl You Know It's True. He claims he found out along with the rest of the world when the group publicly admitted at a press conference in November of 1990 that they were not the singers on the Milli Vanilli recordings. But according to sources at Arista at the time, Frank Farian, the German producer/songwriter/creator of Milli Vanilla, revealed the truth to Arista senior executives at least 6 months earlier when he delivered the group's follow-up album. Clive was aware of this revelation, but planned to release the album nonetheless because it had "too many hit singles". Clive also rewrites the history of Carly Simon's career reviving 1987 HBO concert Live From Martha's Vinyard. He takes full credit for the idea, as does Tommy Mottola in his recent dud of a memoir. Highly placed sources tell me that the whole thing was in fact the brainchild of Arista creative services director Ken Levy, who had worked very closely with Simon for years. Clive and Tommy conveniently forget Levy ever existed.
It becomes apparent that Clive has practically no life whatsoever outside of business. Thus, you really don't get to know the man. It's all about the chart numbers and hit singles. We don't know if he has any outside interest or hobbies. We do learn that he loves his family very much. And we do learn about his sexuality. This has been the big publicity hook but let's face it: Clive's sexuality is the worst kept secret in show business. Many feel that he chose to come out at this time because a) it's no big deal anymore; b) it would help sell books. As one Clive acquaintance told me, "Clive doesn't do anything unless it benefits him in some way". Cynical, yes. But I have to give him credit. I truly believe that it takes some amount of courage for an 80 year-old man to publicly come out about his 2 long-term relationships with other men, especially as one obsessed with his image as Clive. He certainly doesn't break new ground, but it's one of the few times in the book where Clive shows the faintest hint of being human.
With the Sony-BMG merger, Clive was kicked upstairs, given an invented title of Chief Creative Officer, and now works with a small handful of Sony Music artists, mostly holdovers from his Arista days like Jennifer Hudson and Aretha Franklin. He's no longer the driving force he may have once been. It's become clear that the industry has passed him by. Who writes a book about the industry these days and doesn't discuss the digital revolution or its effect on the business? Clive mentions it only in passing. He seems concerned now only about getting his name on buildings, polishing his legacy. He's seems to be very proud that his annual pre-Grammy party has upstaged the actual event itself to the degree that NARAS was almost forced to share the spotlight by co-sponsoring the event. When talking about the gala, Clive sounds like a cross between Swifty Lazar, Ed Sullivan and the wedding planner played by Martin Short in Father of the Bride. He loves that party.
But let's be clear: Clive is excellent at what he does and is absolutely passionate about the music. He deserves a lot of credit and has accomplished a lot. These accomplishments can't be denied, no matter what you may think of him as a person. However the book could have easily been subtitled, The World According to Clive. I just kept expecting the last page to read "And on the seventh day I rested."