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We feel like we're running an online group therapy session. Pretty much every week, another ex-employee of the Justice Department's Special Litigation Section (SPL) writes in to us, so he or she can
vent their justifiable frustrations whine about the horrific challenging experience of working under super-diva Shanetta Y. Cutlar. Writing in to ATL seems to be a therapeutic experience for these people.
As we mentioned yesterday, one former SPL employee sent us a copy of their completed exit survey. We reprint it after the jump. But first, here's an introduction to what you're about to read:
I quit SPL largely because of Shanetta's mismanagement of the section. I'm attaching a copy I kept of my exit survey — though some of the fields did not print in full, and I redacted some fields to remove info related to my personal identity.
Feel free to post any portions you'd like…. You might want to consider submitting a FOIA request for a full copy of this and any other exit surveys or other information related to evaluations / criticisms of Shanetta if you haven't already done so.
In addition to the written exit survey, I had an exit interview with the front office when I left (which was over two years ago), and I stressed the issues people were having with Shanetta during that interview. So the front office has been aware of the issues with her at least since then, if not earlier.
Interesting. According to this tipster, the folks in the "front office" — i.e., the DOJ powers-that-be — have been aware of Shanetta Cutlar's distinctive management style for quite some time.
Fortunately, they have had the wisdom to leave well enough alone — despite complaints from folks who just aren't up to the task of enforcing our nation's civil rights laws. May Shanetta Cutlar reign forever over the Special Litigation Section!!!
Excerpts from this disgruntled lawyer's exit questionnaire, after the jump.
Now, we don't want to get your hopes up here. This completed exit survey doesn't really contain any new
horror stories information about SPL chief Shanetta Cutlar.
But it does provide confirmation, in the form of written documentation, of what different sources have already told us about the Special Litigation Section under Chief Cutlar.
Here's the first excerpt:
This person left the Special Litigation Section over two years ago. The issues being raised today, and the complaints about that vague thing called "morale," are nothing new.
If nobody has interfered with Shanetta Cutlar before, why should they start now?
Look, everyone — even fancy-pants "lawyers," with their expensive legal educations — must do SOME administrative work. It's a fact of life. So just deal.
To be sure, forcing lawyers to do massive amounts of admin work seems to be a Shanetta Cutlar trademark. Remember Ty Clevenger and the 30+ hours of typing that he and a colleague were forced to do, because SYC allegedly ordered the secretaries not to help them?
We think treating lawyers like secretaries is salutary. Nothing encourages a healthy sense of humility like being forced to do your own typing, filing, and photocopying.
It's no surprise that lawyers in private practice make WAY more than government attorneys (even federal government lawyers at the DOJ, who are paid better than either AUSAs or state government lawyers). Yawn.
Our source now makes way more money at a law firm than they did at DOJ. But do they have a boss as dynamic and fabulous as Shanetta Cutlar? We think not.
Ah yes — Docket Review under Shanetta Cutlar. We've written about this
excruciating process in great detail before. This exit survey provides documentary corroboration, from a new source, of information we already had from other sources.
We can't help wondering: Why does everyone bitch and moan so much about this process? "Docket Review" — taking a look at where all of your different cases stand, together with your section chief and deputies — is routine at the DOJ. So why does everyone make such a big deal about Docket Review with Shanetta Cutlar?
SYC demands that lawyers be prepared when they go in for Docket Reviews. She doesn't want them to waste her time. And she wants them to know the answers to her questions. Is that so wrong?
This is interesting. For those of you who insist in attacking our beloved SYC, we ask you: Are those four lawyers "favorites"? Or do they simply do better work, for which they are rewarded accordingly?
Jeez, you people cannot stop whining. Stop being such babies!
We like this comment to our last Shanetta Cutlar post:
The comments made on this website are all [allegations], which are unfounded and unsubstantiated. Until these allegations are proven to be true, Chief Cutlar will have the last laugh.
I urge everyone to look at the public records of complaints filed against other managers at DOJ. Some of the allegations in those complaints make Mrs. Cutlar look like a saint.
Mrs. Cutlar did not write the book entitled, "How to Be a Rigid Boss," she simply read the book and followed direction.
In sum, Shanetta Cutlar can be tough, stern, and demanding. Should we expect anything less from our leadership at the U.S. Department of Justice?
Earlier: Prior ATL coverage of the Special Litigation Section under Shanetta Cutlar (scroll down)
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The president wields a lot of power, but legislation comes from the Congress. Specifically, if there were to be another AWB, it would germinate in the House of Representatives, which is the body that deals with finance (since the commerce clause of the Constitution is the hook that they use to legislate everything non-finance related). That's where the original AWB came from, passed during the 103rd Congress.
Here's the thing though: the legislation passed during a time when (A) gun owners still had the stink on them that plagued gun rights throughout the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, and (B) both the House and Senate were solidly Democratic. In short, it was the perfect storm.
These days, I don't think that's possible. At all. The House retained (and extended) its Republican majority last night, with the states re-electing enough Republicans to maintain solid control in that body. And while Democrats might still have the Senate and the presidency, I don't see a new AWB getting out of committee in this environment, let alone passing a vote in the House.
In short, for now I don't think there's anything to fear from an assault weapons ban proposal. I don't see how it could possibly be enacted in the current climate. And while the president might not be as pandering as before when he had his own re-election to worry about, he still has the Congressional midterm elections to look forward to. And any movement on his part to do something radically Democratic in nature would push those states where Democrats in Congress are barely holding on to their seats over the edge into Republican control. He doesn't want that.
The system works. For now, I don't think that an AWB or anything like that is on the horizon. But check back in two years.

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The term was also a source of amusement.
As Time magazine asked, "Who are all those upwardly mobile folk with designer water, running shoes, pickled parquet floors and $450,000 condos in semislum buildings? Yuppies, of course ..." (January 9, 1984)
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Scratch the black version, this bright red brass bicycle bell is the one I want. Only $12 too! UPDATE: Oops, looks like I posted this some time ago. Oh well, still a good bell.
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I really love this bicycle bell on Kickstarter. You can help make this a reality for just $35. Pricey, but you get what you pay for because this bell is both gorgeous and beautiful sounding.
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Tangy Almond Chicken Recipe
With its appealing presentation, this scrumptious chicken dish will wow them at your next gathering. "This is a very attractive entree to serve, and the sauce is delectable!" says Michelle Krzmarzick of Torrance, California.
- 6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (4 ounces each)
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 jar (12 ounces) currant jelly
- 1/2 cup prepared mustard
- 1/2 cup slivered almonds, toasted
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1. In a large skillet, brown chicken in butter for 4 minutes on each side. Remove and keep warm. Add the remaining ingredients to the skillet. Cook and stir until jelly is melted and mixture is smooth, about 2 minutes. Bring to a boil. Return chicken to pan. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 12-15 minutes or until chicken juices run clear. Yield: 6 servings.
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Warm mackerel & beetroot salad
Cooking timePrep: 10 mins Cook: 15 mins
Skill levelEasy
ServingsServes 4
A simple but flavoursome salad that's easily made for two or more people
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- Easily halved
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Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 645
- protein
- 24g
- carbs
- 29g
- fat
- 49g
- saturates
- 3g
- fibre
- 3g
- sugar
- 11g
- salt
- 2.37g
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- 450g new potatoes, cut into bite-size pieces
- 3 smoked mackerel fillets, skinned
- 250g pack cooked beetroot
- 100g bag mixed salad leaves
- 2 celery sticks, finely sliced
- 50g walnut pieces
For the dressing
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- 2 tsp creamed horseradish sauce
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If you would like to make your own salad dressing, whisk together 3 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp wine vinegar or lemon juice and 1 tsp Dijon or other mild mustard. Season to taste, then mix with the horseradish.
- Boil the potatoes for 12-15 mins until just tender. Meanwhile, flake the mackerel fillets into large pieces and cut the beetroot into bite-size chunks.
- Drain the potatoes and cool slightly. Mix the salad dressing and horseradish sauce together in a salad bowl and season. Tip in the potatoes – they should still be warm.
- Add the salad leaves, mackerel, beetroot, celery and walnuts, and toss gently. Serve with crusty bread.
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Enterasys to Discuss Key Trends in Security, mHealth and adoption of BYOD Solutions at HIMSS 2013 Highlights Include BYOD Demos, Virtual Tours of Customer Site and Expert Speakers PR Newswire SALEM, N.H., Feb. 20, 2013 SALEM, N.H., Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Enterasys Networks, a Siemens Enterprise Communications Company, will highlight healthcare momentum and provide interactive demos for patient and clinical BYOD adoption from both an IT and patient perspective at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS 2013) Conference & Exhibition. Joining Enterasys in their booth to discuss BYOD, security and wired and wireless best practices are top industry analysts and representatives from Henry Ford Health System and AirWatch, an Enterasys partner and global leader in mobile device security and management (MDM) systems. WHERE:HIMSS 2013; Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA Booth #8529 WHEN:March 3 – 7, 2013 WHO:Vala Afshar, CMO and chief customer officer, Enterasys Networks Tamera Rousseau-Vesta, vertical solutions manager, Enterasys Networks Gregg Malkary, founder & managing director, Spyglass Consulting Group David Hoglund, principal & founder, Integra Systems Henry Ford Health System AirWatch WHAT: Booth Event Details: oHenry Ford Health System: Sign up for VIP Virtual Tours that will showcase the institution's pervasive & continuously available Wi-Fi solution. oMonday, March 4 at 3 PM oTuesday, March 5 at 11 AM & 3 PM oWednesday, March 6 at 11 AM & 3PM oSpyglass Consulting: Join Gregg for a discussion on the results of recent physician and nurses studies analyzing BYOD trends in clinical environments. oTuesday, March 5 at 3:45 PM oIntegra Systems: Join David for a discussion on how to deliver the Life-Critical Wireless Network. oMonday, March 4 at 2 PM oBYOD Done Right-mHealth without Limits: An IT and Patient experience demonstration oMon, March 4 – 2:00 pm oTues, March 5 – 10:00 am & 4:00 pm oWed, March 6 – 10:00 am & 4:00 pm Additional Resources oEnterasys Healthcare Solutions oHenry Ford Health System case study oVideo on Enterasys' presence at HIMSS 2013 oBYOD Initiatives Enable Clinical Transformation white paper oEnterasys Social Media Newsroom oConnect with Enterasys via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Google+ About Enterasys Networks and Siemens Enterprise Communications Siemens Enterprise Communications is a leading global provider of unified communications (UC) solutions and network infrastructure for enterprises of all sizes. Leveraging 160 years of experience, we deliver innovation and quality to the world's most successful companies, backed by a world-class services portfolio which includes international multi-vendor managed and outsourcing capabilities. Our OpenScape communications solutions provide a seamless and efficient collaboration experience – on any device – which amplifies collective effort and dramatically improves business performance. Together, our global team of UC experts and service professionals set the standards for a rich communications experience that empowers teams to deliver better results. Siemens Enterprise Communications is a joint venture of The Gores Group and Siemens AG, and includes Enterasys Networks, a provider of network infrastructure and security solutions, creating a complementary and complete enterprise communications solutions portfolio. For more information, please visit: www.siemens-enterprise.com or www.enterasys.com Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG is a Trademark Licensee of Siemens AG. Media Contacts: Jason King Enterasys Networks +1 603 952 5151 email@example.com Jennifer Grabowski Racepoint Group +1 617 624 3231 email@example.com SOURCE Enterasys Networks Website: http://www.enterasys.com
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It seems the ideologs of the party are leaving for more capitalistic endeavors.
Please oh please tell us he went to work for the WSJ...
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successors and assigns of the parties hereto.
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We have examined the Registration Statement (No. 333-88499) on Form S-1 (the "Registration Statement") originally filed on October 5, 1999 by D.E. Frey Group, Inc., (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), of 2,200,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock (the "Registered Shares"), of which all shares are to be sold by the Company and of which 200,000 shares are subject to an over-allotment option granted by the Company to the underwriters. All of the Registered Shares are to be sold to several underwriters (the "Underwriters") of which Niedeger, Tucker, Bruner, Inc. is the representative (the "Representative") pursuant to an underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") to be entered into between the Company and the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters. We are familiar with the proceedings taken
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Mr. Klain did not do President Obama any favors in his preparation of the first debate. What was he thinking? Tell the President to go to sleep on camera and what happened to all the topics that Romney has been spewing all this time? I am at a loss and disturbed by the lack of energy and chutzpah from the President. I felt like I was back in college in class and trying to keep my eyes open. Really!!!
Please Mr. President, listen to MSNBC and Chris Matthews and his team. They can really help you; they are on your side for sure. Best of Luck.
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When: Thursday, 6 p.m., after a 4 p.m. tour of the Walla Walla Regional Airport restaurant and a 5 p.m. work session.
Where: Regular session at Port of Walla Walla office, 310 A St.; work session at El Sombrero, 428 Ash St.
- Boise fiber farm: Receive an update on the Port-owned property across from Boise Inc. in Wallula. The Port has been working on clearing tree stumps on the land.
- Insurance settlements: Discuss insurance settlements related to a fire at the former Gen-X biodiesel site in Burbank and a fire at Reiff Manufacturing.
- stormwater improvements: Consider improvements at the Curtiss Building.
- horizon/tsa: Receive an update on security screening at the Walla Walla Regional Airport.
- port auditor: Vote on a resolution designating a new Port auditor. The designation must be approved by the municipal corporation. Port officials have hired Patricia Butler as the new Port auditor.
- income and expenses: Review midyear income and expense statements for the Port and airport.
- grants: Discuss a call for Transportation Enhancement grants and state stormwater grants.
- walla walla trends: Consider renewal of the Walla Walla Trends website, an information gathering site for an array of area indicators through a partnership with Eastern Washington University.
- lease agreement: Consider a lease agreement with New Wind Solutions LLC for the Port's Melrose building.
- lease extension: Consider a request for a lease extension from Macon Brothers Auctioneers.
- winery incubator: Discuss a new wine incubator tenant.
- correspondence Reports: Review leases entered into by staff, a recap of the U.S. Highway 12 celebration event, a recap of the Economic Development Advisory Committee meeting, a report on the Solar Power Tradeshow, an update on he redevelopment of Cargill Pond and a review of the Port's calendar of events.
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So granted, it's a little hot out right now, but we're optimistic that it's going to cool off a bit in time for next week's sure-to-be-awesome pop-up beer garden at the Porch at 30th Street Station, the great new public space located just outside of 30 Street Station on Market Street.
The pop-up beer garden will be around for three days, Thursday July 12 through Saturday, July 14.
There will be local craft beer in addition to some German beers. And of course, there will be bratwursts and sauerkraut, because, well, you literally can't have a beer garden without brats. There will also be some Italian sausage sandwiches because, well, this is Philadelphia.
Bridgewater's Pub will be handling the beer selection so you can trust that it will be well curated.
The hours are 4-8 p.m. on Thursday, 12-8 p.m. on Friday, and 12-5 p.m. on Saturday. And there will be live music all three days.
Plus, don't forget about the pop-up mini-golf course that the Porch has installed for the entire month of July offering free rounds of putt-putt to everyone, with a pretty spectacular skyline view as your backdrop.
Pop-Up Beer Garden at The Porch at 30th Street
When: Thursday, July 12 – Saturday, July 14
Where: The Porch at 30th Street Station
Cost: Pay-as-you-go
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English Introduction to the talks :
1) The Architecture and Culture of Tombs Belonging to the Five Dialect Groups in Perak
Lee Eng Kew
Eng Kew's interest in local history and traditional customs manifested itself when he was in secondary school. After graduation, he helped out at his father's hawker stall while pursuing his interests. In 2004, he became a full time researcher. He also writes a column for the Sin Chew Jit Poh.
This talk focuses on the architecture of tombs in Chinese cemeteries in Taiping, Ipoh and Sitiawan. The tombs examined belong to the Hokkien, Hakka, Cantonese, Teochew and Hock Chew styles.
2)A Study of the Chinese Cemetery and Tombstones in Pengarang
Bak Jia How
A graduate of Jinan University in Guangzhou, Jia How obtained his Masters in the School of International Studies in Beijing University. He was a history teacher in the Kulai branch of Foon Yew High School. He is currently a freelance historian.
Although there were Chinese settlers in Pengarang by the 1830s, historical texts make scant mention of them. In view of this, the old tombstones found in the cemeteries in the area are an invaluable resource for historical research on the chinese communities of Pengarang.
The Jalan Kubor Cemetery
As part of Bukit Brown : Our Roots, Our Future, a series of talks were programmed to enrich the exhibition which was held at the Chui Huay Lim Club, the co-organiser of the exhibition.
Speaker Dr Imran bin Tajudeen gave insights into Singapura's Historic Cemetery at Jalan Kubor which has royal roots. Several old settlements existed in Singapore besides the Temenggong's estuarine settlement at Singapore River before Raffles' arrival in 1819. Among these, Kampung Gelam and the Rochor and Kallang River banks were also sites of historic graveyards related to old settlements of Singapura both before and during colonial rule. The Jalan Kubor cemetery is the only sizable cemetery grounds still largely undisturbed. It belongs with Kampung Gelam history but has been excluded from the "Kampong Glam Conservation District" boundary, and is important for several reasons. It forms part of the old royal port town that was developed when Tengku Long of Riau was installed as Sultan Hussein in Singapore, and is aligned along the royal axis of the town. It is also the final resting place of several traders of diverse ethnicity from the old port towns of our region – neighbouring Riau, Palembang, and Pontianak, as well as Banjarmasin and the Javanese and Bugis ports further afield. Some of these individuals are buried in family enclosures, mausolea, or clusters. Conversely, there are also hundreds of graves of unnamed individuals from Kampung Gelam and surrounding areas. The tombstone forms and epigraphy reflect this immense socio-cultural diversity, and were carved in Kampung Gelam by Javanese and Chinese stone carvers, except for a number of special cases. Several large trees of great age are also found in this lush 'pocket park'. The talk discusses the histories that can be retrieved from this important site and the dire need to protect it.
Speaker's Bio
Dr Imran bin Tajudeen is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture, NUS. His research interests centre around vernacular urbanism, house and mosque architecture in Southeast Asia, and critical perspectives in urban heritage studies. Of relevance to this talk is his article, 'Reading the Traditional City in Maritime Southeast Asia: Reconstructing the 19th century Port Town at Gelam-Rochor-Kallang, Singapore,' published in the Journal of Southeast Asian Architecture in 2005. His research papers have won prizes at major international conferences, including the ICAS Book Prize 2011 for the best PhD paper in the field of Social Sciences.
Part 1 and Part 2 of theEnglish talks from other speakers are also available.
iBBC – Tech Tombs
The iBBC App Guide is a FREE App to accompany you when you visit Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery. It has been developed by the The Bukit Brown Cemetery Documentation Project led Dr Hui Yew Foong. Brownie Khoo Ee Hoon designed the artwork of the map. There will be physical markers on site to guide the way.
Download your App from the Google Android store now, here
Check out a video demo on how it works here
And once you have downloaded you can test the application here before heading to Bukit Brown!
Note: This is a sample of a few tombs. The the App itself has data of over 20 tombs introducing you to the pioneers buried there.
Those with accompanying numbers e.g. Tok Cheng Tuan 1948 are staked and and will be exhumed. to make way for the eight lane highway. You only have a few months left before you can catch this tomb in all its magnificent glory.
The Wayang in the Tombs 1
The Wayang in the Tombs
by Ang Yik Han
(Popular tales performed in Chinese Wayang carved in iconic scenes on tomb panels.)
In the " Romance of the Three Kingdoms" General Guan Yu is immortalised as the epitome of loyalty and righteousness. He played a significant role in the establishment of the state of Shu Han during the period of the Three Kingdoms.
Legend? Embroidered truth? It does not matter, over the ages from at least the Ming Dynasty, the image of Guan Yu smiling and sipping his wine while Hua Tuo scrapped his arm bone has been a source of wonder and encouragement for many.
This tomb is located in Hill 2 and belongs to the Teo Family.
More tombs featuring Guan Yu, here
From Madam White Snake :
From Nezha conquers the Dragon King :
The panels can be seen at the tombs of Poh Cheng Tee and his wife, and mother, in Hill 1, stake numbers 1017 – 1019. Exhumation of staked tombs in the way of the 8 lane highway is expected to begin after April 15th
An independent website, SchoolAsia.Org (http://schoolasia.org ), has featured three case studies on Bukit Brown.
The lessons are now here – Conservation Vs Development, Shifting the Paradigm, and a lesson plan on intercultural dialogue, based on the Bukit Brown case study.
The editor, Lisa Li, tells us some schools have taken up these lesson plans for use in class.
"We hope the new site is easier to navigate, with additional features such as a Calendar of Events (educational), Google Translate, more country tags and more regular content (contributed by editors, individuals, NGOs and other organizations)," she writes.
She asks for contributions to this site by:
1) Sharing your educational materials (lesson plans, opinion pieces) for publishing on SchoolAsia.Org.
2) Keeping us updated with any Asia-based educational events you know of, so that we can feature it on our Calendar (we've included 3 events by Peranakan Museum as an example). We'll try to keep track of what's going on on our own, but it is best to email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Please note there are some basic Terms of Use for contributors & users to protect copyright etc.
About SchoolAsia.org:
The website: http://schoolasia.org is a free-access, crowd-sourced, carefully-curated storehouse of lesson plans, stories, discussions & ideas focused on improving education in Singapore. Lesson plan topics revolve around current affairs, humanities and the arts.
The unique feature of this website is that it crowd-sources good quality lesson plans with a local context that teachers can use straightaway in their classes. With this website, we hope to tap on the energy and resources of passionate individuals and organisations to support teachers.
Our aim is also to make it easier for academics, NGOs & other organisations to connect directly to the classroom through lesson plans for teachers. We believe such specialised knowledge would definitely enrich lessons in schools.
This is in line with a key objective of all things Bukit Brown, which was conceived as an educational tool for students and teachers to self-guide. Our blog was born out of the twin desire to record history and, in a nod to our pioneers, contribute to education by sharing what we learn and find. We urge teachers and students to look into these case studies provided by SchoolAsia.org.
Father's Day Tribute
By Norman Cho
My Grandfather – Cho Kim Leong
Someone once told me that no one is truly dead until the last person who remembers him is gone. This statement is one I totally agree with! I may not have known my grandfather directly, but he still lives in the memories of those who knew him and in the stories of him that I learned from them. Far from be any luminary in the social history of Malaya, he was just an ordinary man-in-the-street with his own personal story…
Family Background
Cho Kim Leong was born in Malacca in 1902, into an upper-middle class Peranakan family who lived in Heeren Street, a popular residential district amongst well-to-do families. The two known addresses that the family occupied were 84 Heeren Street and 151 Heeren Street. It was not known which of these two townhouses he was born in, but documental references in his adult years suggested unit 151. He was the son of Malaya's pioneer plantation-owner (for gambier, tapioca and rubber), Cho Poo, and his third wife Kong Moey Yean. He later became the manager of his father's rubber estates in Johore. Little else was known about his early years.
Starting His Family
He was married in Malacca around 1924 and had one son and two daughters. This was his first marriage. He became a young widower in 1933 when his wife fell ill and died. Soon, he looked for a second marriage in hope for a wife who could care for his young children. In 1934, he was introduced to my grandmother – a Singapore nyonya, Yeo Koon Neo (1913 – 1995), whom he married after several months of courtship. A typical date could consist of sightseeing via a trishaw ride, a leisurely stroll along the Esplanade, a movie at the Capitol Theatre or a casual chat over a meal. Their marriage took place in Singapore but he whisked her off to his hometown in Malacca to settle down. They had their first child, Charlie Cho, in 1935, the man who would become my father. During the same year, his mother passed away and left him the rubber estates in Johore. My cosmopolitan grandmother was feeling bored in the sleepy town of Malacca and longed for her Singapore family. She managed to successfully persuade grandfather to resettle in Singapore.
Life in Singapore
Grandfather relocated his family to Singapore in 1936 and settled down at modest bungalow in 421, Joo Chiat Road (Katong). Grandmother was very pleased as she had many relatives living in Joo Chiat-Katong, an enclave of the Peranakans. My maternal great-grandmother came over and lived with them. I suppose she wanted to be close to my father, her toddler grandson. This was the year that great-grandmother turned 60 years of age, a very important age for the Chinese. It is known as the Tua Seh-Jit (Grand Birthday). Grandfather, being a filial son-in-law, threw a big birthday party for her and invited chong poh (Hainanese chef) to cook for friends and relatives who had come in attendance. Trays of kueh koo were served to symbolically mark the occasion. These red-coloured pastries in the shape of the tortoise symbolize longevity. Earlier in the morning, grandfather had personally prepared the longevity noodle and served it to his mother-in-law for breakfast. This noodle (mee suah) was prepared with an egg and served with the sugar syrup that had been boiled with the Pandan leaves.
The following year, another son was born. They named him George. Life was looking rosy for grandfather and his family. Grandfather would indulge in simple hobbies like solving crossword puzzles, reading, collecting coins, listening to music and indulging in his regular dose of Guinness Stout. I recently learned that he was quite good at solving crossword puzzles as he had won the first prize for a submission in 1927. (http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article.aspx?articleid=singfreepressb19271029.2.100.1)
I eventually inherited grandfather's cache of coin-collecting which included coins that dated back to the reign of Queen Victoria. I also inherited grandfather's Guinness bottle-cap opener in the shape of a nude female. It was a gift from Guinness Stout for drinking a specific number of bottles. For some strange petty reason, grandmother confiscated it from him. She did not like the idea of him being tantalized by nude female, even if it was in the form of a bottle-cap opener! Another prized possession that I had inherited from grandfather is the commemorative plate of the coronation of King Edward VIII in 1936. Grandfather was a loving father who had my dad weaned on Quaker Oats until he was almost one year old! The plate was given after six cans of Quaker Oats had been purchased. Not only was he a loving father, he was an affectionate husband as well.
Grandmother was the Elizabeth Taylor of the family… While grandfather was busy earning money, Grandmother would be busy collecting jewellery. He simply could not understand why she needed so many pieces. He had already given her a fair collection of jewellery. Whenever grandmother was not given money for her jewellery spree, she would give him the cold shoulders. The soft-hearted man would eventually give in to his wife's indulgence.
The War Years
In the late 1930s, grandmother's fifth sister and her brood of seven children had come to live with our family. Her husband's business was not doing well and he had to travel to Malaya to solicit for business. Grandfather was a man with a golden heart. He took in his sister-in-law and her children, and looked after them. With war imminent in 1942, two more of grandmother's sisters and two of her brothers took refuge in their matrimonial home.
Grandfather became the sole provider for his family and his in-laws. With commodities at black-market prices, his money was fast running out by 1944. He asked if grandmother would be willing to part with some of her jewellery but she strongly protested. She gave an excuse that they would not be worth very much anyway. Reluctantly, he sold his rubber estates in May 1945, not knowing that the war was going to end in a mere three months.
The war ended in August 1945 and grandfather had lost his inheritance and was left with bundles of worthless Japanese Banana banknotes. The depressed and frail man who had not been in good health during the war years finally died on 16 December 1945, exactly four months after the war. His penniless widow with two sons (aged 10 & 8) in tow, hurriedly buried him and left him in an unmarked grave for the next 66 years…
(Norman had earlier written about finding this grave.)
His Children Remember
There are not many living relatives who remember Cho Kim Leong personally. However, I managed to find out a little more of the man from his children – my father and my aunt. They remembered him as a stern father and a traditionalist who staunchly upheld his principles. They also thought that he was a loving and caring family man who was filial to his elders. He was generous to everyone who needed help. This Father's Day, the descendants salute Cho Kim Leong for being an exemplary human being and an outstanding father!
Norman wrote earlier about building a tomb for his grandfather.
Editor's note: Norman has documented how he searched for his grandfather's final resting place, researching his life, and shared how you can trace your own ancestry. His journey continues as he builds on his knowledge of his roots. Do you have a similar story to share? Whatever the stage of your quest, we support your quest and will blog your journey. We have introduced long-lost cousins to cousins, paired different branches of families. We honour your stories, and will help you share them here as you seek more answers. Write to us at email@example.com
Parallel Lives
饮水思源 Remember The Source of the Water
Elizabeth Ong and Emma Lim
By Catherine Lim
In 2002 in London and Scotland, two Singapore couples stationed in the United Kingdom, welcomed new arrivals, both girls. Born four months apart, the Ongs in London named their daughter Elizabeth and she was their second child. The Lims in Scotland named their daughter, Emma and she was their first born
In 2006, after 13 years abroad, the Ongs returned home to Singapore because they felt it was time for their young family to root themselves to their country and they returned to the family home which with their children now houses 4 generations. Their children, elder brother Alexander to Elizabeth were enrolled in Nanyang Primary School and because they were still very young adapted well.
In 2010, the Lims after 12 years abroad returned home for very much the same reasons, to be with family and reconnect to their homeland. By then Emma had a brother and a sister. Their grandparents had visited them frequently when they were in Scotland and the grandchildren settled down comfortably in Singapore, all under one roof. Emma was able to enroll in Nanyang Primary School.
In 2011 Elizabeth and Emma met for the first time. They barely spoke in the first term of school but by term two their friendship just took off. Both are in the choir; Emma sings alto, and Elizabeth second soprano. Their passions are artistic. Dance lessons for Emma every weekend, and Elizabeth has been talking art lessons since 2007. Their mothers met and play dates were arranged whenever the girls had free moments in their busy schedules of school and extra curricula activities. But mostly the girls just text each other when apart.
As their friendship grew so did their mothers'. It was not long before they realised they had similar experiences of living abroad and coming home. When their husbands came into the picture, the Ong and Lim families found a deeper connection which reached back into Singapore's past and found another friendship which their daughters' echoed.
Elizabeth, is the great great granddaughter of Singapore pioneer and scholar Khoo Seok Wan and Emma is the great great great granddaughter of another luminous pioneer, Lim Boon Keng.
Lim Boon Keng and Khoo Seok Wan
By Ang Yik Han
One was the dapper son of a rich rice merchant from China, a poet and scholar who sat for the Imperial exams. The other was a local born Western trained doctor, recognised by government and society as one of the leading voices of the Straits Chinese community. Khoo Seok Wan and Lim Boon Keng made an unlikely pair of friends. But the historical and political milieu of their times gave birth to unlikely pairings.
Both men were supporters of the reformist movement in China which sought to re-vitalise the Qing Dynasty. Khoo founded the Thien Nan Shin Bao, a local Chinese newspaper sympathetic to the reformist cause; Lim Boon Keng was its English editor. Subsequently, Lim and his father-in-law took over another Chinese newspaper which also adopted the reformist line.
When Kang Youwei, the leader of the reformists, fled China after the Reform's failure, Khoo offered him shelter in Singapore and sucour for the cause. With the threat of assassins dispatched by the Qing government hanging over Kang, Lim worked with Khoo and the Straits Settlements authorities to protect him. Kang moved three times during his short stay of five months in Singapore. The first two places were properties belonging to Khoo Seok Wan and the third hideout was none other than Lim Boon Keng's house.
The two also combined their efforts in education and social reform. They established the Singapore Chinese Girls School with other progressive members of the Chinese community at a time when the proper place of women was at home and female education was look upon with disdain. Half of the funds for the school ($3000) were contributed by Khoo Seok Wan and both men served on the inaugural Board of the school.
Khoo's role in society was greatly diminished in the years following his bankruptcy. He became destitute and had to scrap a living with his pen. Even then, the friendship continued.
The Ong family has in their possession a book of calligraphy and original paintings which belonged to Khoo Seok Wan.
This book bears the signatures of various guests who had the honour of leafing through it, including Lim Boon Keng who visited in February 1927. By then, his full time job was the Chancellor of the Amoy University. Lim's occasional trips back to Singapore were primarily for the never ending task of raising funds for the University, yet somehow he found time to visit his old friend. This signature is testimony to their enduring friendship.
Post script on Emma and Elizabeth
Emma on her friend, Elizabeth:
Elizabeth is pretty and cute.
Elizabeth is smart, funny and my BFF.
Elizabeth has a kind heart and always helps me when I am in need.
Elizabeth on her friend, Emma:
Emma is my BFF and she is fun and exciting to be with.
She always sticks by me through thick and thin.
Emma is pretty and she is a true friend to me.
History You Can Touch
By Lyra Tan Ai-Ling
Today, my mind flits back to Bukit Brown and the stroll I took yesterday (April 21, 2012).
Yes, the cemetery. Sure it's not exactly rolling hills. But the well-trodden paths among the lush rambling greenery and the bits of bush you have to push past, slapping twigs and leaves leaving streaks of rainwater and mud all over your clothes has a strange charm that appeals to the inner adventurer. Nevermind the fact that I had to pull myself out of bed at 6.30am in the morning to get there by 9am- this was something worth getting out of bed for.
And it was on that note that I found it ironic that our little group, despite the National Environment Agency (NEA) issued flood warning and the pouring rain, continued happily traipsing through the mud and grass, umbrellas of all colours unfurling around us. What is this deterrence you speak of? In fact, after a 3 hour walk, we took a quick pit stop at the toilets and abandoned the wet umbrellas in the cars- diving right back into the thick of things with another 2 hour trek in the glorious after-rain coolness.
Look, I don't pretend to be any kind of history buff. In fact, I didn't even take history as an elective in secondary school. The textbook bored me. How could something on a page, about days gone far, far by be something that I needed to know or remember? I loathed memorization. I didn't take history as a subject.
But living history is a whole other story. History you can see, history you can hear. Even better, history that you can touch.
So it is really something when you get to run your fingers across the engraved characters of a headstone, in gold, red or green. When you mentally whisper an apology when you have to borrow a tomb wall for a foothold as you scramble up the slippery hill to the next new find. Standing in a silent circle in the pounding rain, listening to Dr. Lim Su Min sing a love song to an ancestor. History and heritage is in the experiences. Don't stop at the classrooms and libraries. In the field is where it really blooms.
Now I know what it means to want to keep this beautiful piece of Singapore. I have to admit that I was bothered by the fact that it was going to go to make way for a new highway, but I never really gave it that much thought- another process in our ever-speedy development that I'd just have to get used to. But after yesterday's walk, that changed.
There's a heightened sense of connectedness you get from visiting this place somehow- in the words of Hoo Kuan Cien as we commenced the second half of our tour- "I feel so Singaporean right now". This is intangible- it is something you cannot teach people from a textbook. It's a feeling, a belonging, an ownership. It is something brought out of you- something that you ARE, something that comes to you as a realization. When you get rid of the old and keep rolling in the new, you create a people with short term memory. What do you expect Singaporeans to feel connected to if you keep getting rid of things that they have to remember our history and heritage by?
So seriously, if you haven't taken a trip to Bukit Brown, I urge you to give it a go, before it's gone to our ever-constant obsession with the want of a faster journey from A to B. Better still, save Bukit Brown, so that generations to come can go there to make their own discoveries.
Lyra Tan, a 17 year old Arts Business Management student and theatre enthusiast from Ngee Ann Polytechnic shares her thoughts and reflections on Bukit Brown after her first tour there on a rainy Saturday, 21 April.
Walk of Fame, Darkly
by Andrew Tan
In Bukit Brown Cemetery, an avenue, like prime real estate, connects Singapore's prominent families—all inter-related, as these powerful cliques were linked by arranged marriages to perpetuate their wealth and influence through six generations, during 150 years of British rule (1819 to 1959).
1819-1867 Beginnings
The earliest Asian elites in Singapore were comprador-kapitans from Malacca, who brokered with European (mainly British) companies, exclusive credit and arms deals. To procure native products for Europeans, compradors resourced from powerful clan headmen who controlled the supply of coolie labour, ships, and native products—crucial to entrepot success. Business partnerships were tied by arranged marriages between all families.
Family examples: Tan Tock Seng and his family network supplied and distributed manufactures for the British "country traders"; they also married influential relatives of the compradors and Kapitan Cina. Together, this was the first powerful clique in Singapore, which broadened (after Singapore's cessation as entrepot of the opium-arms trade following British victory over Qing China) to include revenue farmers and labour contractors as their enterprises penetrated Southeast Asia.
1867-1900 Rise
From 1867, with Singapore a crown colony, the long established families recruited scholars and professionals as sons-in-law, to perpetuate their vested interests (e.g. tax-free "free trade" policies, opium farms, colonial intervention in tin-rich Malaya) through positions in the advisory board and councils at the municipal, rural and legislative level; appointments rotated among relatives (who advised the Governor on nominations) to ensure advantageous policy continuity.
The immediate decades after Suez Canal opened in 1869 diverted oceanic traffic through Singapore. To compete internationally, merchant families pooled their resources into joint-venture consortiums (in steamships); their offspring intermarried too. Ties between in-laws counted more than paper contracts.
Family examples: Notable Queen scholars (Lim Boon Keng, Song Ong Siang etc) and other top professionals were sons-in-law of well established merchant-shipping families like the Wee-Ho Hong-Lee group, as well as others who partnered in Straits Steamship.
1900-1941 Peak
Insatiable demand for World War One commodities (tin, rubber) produced the first multi-millionaires in Singapore: these nouveaux-riches—their heirs and heiresses were courted and charmed by Old Money. Merging New Money with Old gave birth to multifamily-owned conglomerates (e.g. OCBC, UOB, Straits Steamship) tying together banks, ships, plantations, factories and newspapers.
Large fortunes would aggrandize social ambition: Plutocrats usurped collective and consular institutions (e.g. Ngee Ann Kongsi, Chinese Chambers of Commerce), to connect with powerful Chinese warlords of lucrative market potential, offering to regimes funds for schools and humanitarian relief, using family-controlled newspaper editorials to galvanize mass involvement.
Ability to lead the Chinese masses into action was recognized by the British military; however, these plutocrats on war councils were relocated with their families to India just weeks before the Japanese Occupation.
Family examples: Families from shipping, commodities, revenue farming, and remittances, co-founded the conglomerates of OCBC and UOB, with ties to the burgeoning sectors like film and publishing, and family connections in politics.
1945-1959 Turning Point
In postwar Singapore, enriched by military contracts in the Cold War, scions used their wealth to contest for elected self-government, but the expanded, impoverished electorate rejected these "rich men's parties" (Progressive Party and Democratic Party, whose members were related, merged into the Liberal Socialist Party), in favour of a new regime, the People's Action Party (PAP).
Family examples: Contracts were monopolized by consortiums who subcontracted to each other. Chain of suppliers for the British military coalesced and expanded to retail giants.
1959 onwards Decline
Following Singapore's independence under the PAP, the old elites diminished in economic influence: their once-predominant, century-old monopoly of colonial contracts was overshadowed by the growth of public state-sector industries in partnership with foreign multinationals. Attrition too, their vast landholdings compulsorily acquired by the state for redevelopment.
Their hereditary clan-leadership in communities has been subsumed by government departments that fund and run all neighbourhood activities and amenities. More than cultural and community centres, clans were once the centre of powerful labour unions. They once ran schools; but today, the Education Ministry syllabus and compulsory mandarin has created a generation disconnected with their dialect heritage, previously stressed in clan schools.
Arranged marriages and pedigrees became obsolete as post-war mass education broadened careers and widened choices in life partners. Also, professionalization broke down class barriers. The Women's Charter in 1961 ended the quasi-feudal family structure.
As Singapore developed to become a middle class society, a new breed of technocrats allied with the PAP replaced the Old Establishment.
A multifamily tree, with 1000 people from 100 families, 6 generations interlinked in strategic alliances from the late 1700s to now, will be published in 2012. I shed light on the influential cliques (made up of powerful families) who dominated Singapore's society and economy past two hundred years. Andrew Tan
Alvin reflects on Bukit Brown
Theatre practitioner, Alvin Tan visits Bukit Brown for the first time and shares his impressions and reflections on where he sees its place in the Singapore story – past, present and future
It began with a text message:
Jasmine alerts me to a Bukit Brown walk (Saturday 14 April 2012) on SMS:
Hi all,
Any one up for a stroll through Bukit Brown this Saturday morning 14th APRIL from 9am to 11-ish? The good volunteer peeps of the Heritage Singapore Bukit Brown facebook group have agreed to take us on a walking tour led by the tomb whisperer himself – the brilliant Raymond Goh. Pls sms me if you're inTERESTED. Pls ask along friends family other filmmakers. Children and infants in baby carriers are always welcome! <<jasmine
I responded that I was interested but unable to confirm because it was a very busy week and I might be too exhausted. I'm not much of a morning person. I stalled. Jasmine persisted. And on Saturday morning, I was on the MRT meeting Jasmine at Tiong Bahru Station, jumping into a cab and we were on our way to Bukit Brown.
I was relieved that I reached Bukit Brown with such ease. Getting off the cab, friends from the theatre and film communities were already there. And soon we were to be inducted into the Bukit Brown community as we waited for for Raymond to arrive.
The tranquil environment was soothing; ordinary and extraordinary at the same time. Why is the dead impacting on us so much with this Bukit Brown saga? Why is heritage beginning to matter to us? Have we been losing too much of that in recent years and more Singaporeans are feeling the loss?
It's happening at a point in Singapore's history, after GE 2011, after the KTM/Green Corridor episode. It's been bringing Singaporeans from all walks of life together – advocates, interest groups, NGOs and the public. I've never witness a cause being mainstreamed so fast here in Singapore that it is beginning to take on a momentum of a small movement.
Petitions have been started, position papers on both the heritage and habitat of Bukit Brown have been written, outreach activities to create awareness and appreciation of Bukit Brown to draw the Singaporeans and visitors from all walks of life, took flight. Whether it shows a sign of maturity, that Singaporeans are beginning to be stakeholders as citizens of this country is not as important to me as the fact that it's the only kind of Awakening Singaporeans can afford. There is not just a small group of people, a core of activists who can be easily contained, labelled, character assassinated and dismissed.
The realisation that organic change is the best revolution for me accompanied me throughout the morning at Bukit Brown as I took in the stories shared so generously by the tomb whisperer, Raymond Goh. Just looking at all of us being attentive and learning about our history, cultural heritage made me appreciate the moment we were all in as we moved from one tombstone to the next.
Then the Peranakan tombs came into focus. It was not just the Chinese that were buried at Bukit Brown. There were so many Peranakans buried here as well. The tiles that lined some of the tombs made me wonder again how the Peranakans were determined to distinguish themselves from the other Chinese (sinkehs) who came later. The fact that the Peranakans integrated and assimilated successfully in Nanyang again arose in my mind, juxtaposed to our contemporary reality of new migrants arriving at our shores today. What would that outcome be like compared to the Peranakan story of our past? How rich these lessons are or can be and how did this visit to Bukit Brown inspire such multi-layered discourse in my mind? What can happen if history teachers, dramatists and other artists have site-specific happenings, engaging the public. Surely this would be something concrete that the Community Engagement Programme would gladly commission to build social cohesion meaningfully amongst Singaporeans.
Then of course a friend's question bothered me: " Why only now? Before the whole ruckus, who bothered about Bukit Brown? So why bother about it now? It can go, it wouldn't bother me. It didn't bother me before, and so, it shouldn't bother me now. It's a loss I can afford. "
Or can we? As we walked the trail, with nature all around us, I easily fell into deep reflection, sometimes conscious of the people around me and sometimes just amazed at how beautiful Singapore can be. Why do we make invisible what is astoundingly beautiful to replace it with something that comes from economic pragmatism? I can't find it in myself to grief. Maybe because I am 49 and have been toughened over the years. There is never much use fighting for causes, fighting for what we believe in because we will come face to face with disappointment and disillusionment especially when it is already a done deal. Why should this time be any different?
But the above picture shows a group of people strolling downhill towards our next destination and those who were ahead loved the image so much that we all whipped out our cameras, almost simultaneously to capture the image.
Therein lies the hope: this small group of believers were walking down because they had walked up the tiny hill before this. This group of travelers believed enough to submit to the necessary demands of this route. There will always be people who will continue to persevere for what they believe in, shaping expectations along the way, building capacity, developing and strengthening community bonds. This is the birth and nurturing of stakeholders. No cynicism should discourage that impulse. It is not a group of people egging the public on. It is the public coming from all walks of life meeting at the cross road called Bukit Brown.
By the end of the walk, Bukit Brown had become a metaphor in my mind. But it will not become just a cerebral relic. Something in my heart was beating and burning. Something I have missed for some time – the quiet rhythm of a community forming, unbeknown to most of us. Something young and raw but definitely alive amongst the thousands of tombs all around us.
Editors note:
We have included additional photos from the tour including this "hat trick" of great spontaneity and generosity, instigated by Tan Pin Pin. $200 was collected to pay a tomb keeper to clear a couple of graves of undergrowth
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Jason Witten 'proud' of Gavin Escobar for getting stronger, improving as a blocker
Most, including Gavin Escobar, were surprised when the Dallas Cowboys selected the San Diego State tight end in the middle of the second round last year.
Many projected Escobar to come off the board at least a round later.
While the rival New York Giants might not have had Escobar graded as highly as the Cowboys, they weren't far off.
New Cowboys tight end coach Mike Pope, a position coach with the Giants for 23 seasons, said New York had Escobar ranked "pretty close" to where the Cowboys selected him.
"He's got a flytrap for hands," Pope said. "He has tremendous catching ability. He's got those basketball-type skills. He can contort his body and make the acrobatic catches. He's a very, very high percentage catcher. If the ball gets to him, he can adjust to it. And he's very brave running down the field. Because he's a big target, they can hit about any part of the three feet on him. He's courageous."
Escobar played in all 16 games during his rookie season, catching nine passes for 134 yards and two touchdowns. But his snaps were limited for one major reason – he needs to become a better blocker.
To accomplish that goal, bulking up in the Valley Ranch weight room has been Escobar's off-season regimen. Over the last week, Pope, head coach Jason Garrett and veteran tight end Jason Witten have all mentioned noticing Escobar's added strength.
"He's been methodically present and he's worked really hard," Pope said. "When you're 6-7, there's going to be some areas of your body that need more development. Most of the time, that's the legs, and that was his background, being more of an athletic tight end, a space player. He's worked hard this winter and I've been impressed by it."
Witten has reached nine Pro Bowls and caught 879 passes because he's been effective in both the running and passing game. To become more involved in the offense, Escobar must do the same.
According to Witten, the 23-year-old is on the right path.
"We know he can run the seams and can do some things in the passing game, but we need him to be solid in there [on the line]," Witten said. "He's worked hard. To see that package grow for him and being out on the field is going to be a lot better because he can now do both.
"I'm proud of him. I know he's worked hard. It's paying off for him and I think his role will continue to grow. We need that. We need that not only in the slot, but we need that other guy up the middle."
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Featureless Ghost
Out now on Night People is the fresh new Featureless Ghost's album, Personality Matrix, here poppin' off they's video for "Flash" (directed by Fantastic Lands). And vibes is rattling in the most snot-dead form of dance-floor gaze. Not only is the entire LP as catchy as this song, but it also feels like that steamy drive home from the city-sway club in negative-colored anticipation of sleep or sex. Maybe the track is contemplating how long these moments happen, but when the situation occurs (whether it's sex, sleep, or making it home or even to the car), it's just as fast as recalling it as a memory. Personally, the "Flash" is referring to itself as a track that demands to be put on repeat since it's only 2:48 in length. Yet, it is poised and self-sustaining, constructed around subtle snare and hi-hat drumming dissonant from that deep, heart-pounding beat. Harkening vocals that demand attention through catchy anti-harmonized grace and mope brawn. Them pensive scale-changing-key melodies. Mmm. Scope out Featureless Ghost's Personality Matrix on Night People ASAP. There's a sale involved too, so hurry before they gone!
• Featureless Ghost: http://www.featurelessghost.com
• Night People: http://raccoo-oo-oon.org/np
Chocolate Grinder Mix 67
Amazing Maze
I had a hard time figuring out what to call my mix this time around, but I'm going with "Amazing Maze." The "maze" theme works two-fold, first named for the wonderful artwork Mr. Brandon Locher so graciously donated to these sounds and to this post, an entry from his new series of intricately meandering line drawings called "Mazes to the Motherlode" (which should be online at the end of the month). But it also works because the music found within these 31+ minutes is of the generally puzzling, lost-journey variety. This music represents the real nomads out there, the explorers of groove and texture. Structures are all but out the door for this one, with many of these cuts excerpts of even longer voyages, endless twists and turns you think are going somewhere definite, but may in fact lead you right back where you started. And like going through an especially tough maze, you'll have to be patient, the longer sections lining out an overall trajectory that's still fixed on the end goal, which in this case is MV & EE's brutally real blues to close out the mix, "Shit's Creek." Because we're all always there in the first place aren't we? It can be quite difficult to find your way out of a good maze. But then again, why would you want to leave?
Stream below, and subscribe to our podcast here.
[00:00] Jason Urick - "Don't Digital" [excerpt]
[05:43] The Weird Weeds - "Side 1 Track 4"
[09:04] Michum - "Mai"
[11:57] David Daniell & Douglas McCombs - "Ley Lines" [excerpt]
[19:00] BEAK> - "Yatton"
[23:40] Venn Rain - "Pussy Willow" [excerpt]
[27:00] Apollo Vermouth - "Orange Cream Dream" [excerpt]
[28:50] MV & EE - "Shit's Creek"
Eternal Tapestry
"Sand Into Rain"
Portland-based psych quintet Eternal Tapestry are one prolific, exploratory bunch, having released music on Not Not Fun, Digitalis, Three Lobed, Night People, and several other labels since 2007. Last year, they signed with Thrill Jockey and have already released three full-length albums and a collaboration with Sun Araw. Their latest is called A World Out of Time, the follow-up to the vinyl-only Dawn In 2 Dimensions, and it's easily their most accessible. Which also makes it an anomaly in their discography: while previous releases saw the band scraping albums together from hours of various jam sessions, their new joint results from a deliberate recording session that sees a refinement in their Meek retro-futurism aesthetic filtered through psych-/Kraut-/prog rock from Cale and Riley's Church of Anthrax.
"Sand Into Rain," A World Out of Time's closer, is perhaps their oddest (read: most normal) track yet, a psych-folk stumbler that for the first time foregrounds the vocals/lyrics that the group so sparingly employs (no other track on this album has vocals). Like their psychedelic video for "Apocalypse Troll," the accompanying video for "Sand Into Rain" — directed once again by guitarist Nick Bindeman — is one for heightening the senses, but it also seems to have somewhat of a narrative, one that is welcomingly absurd and surreal. Check it out here:
A World Out of Time is out now on Thrill Jockey.
• Eternal Tapestry: https://facebook.com/pages/Eternal-Tapestry/130663863669064
• Thrill Jockey: http://thrilljockey.com
Captain Murphy
Duality [mixtape]
Who this is? I know that's Earl. Found him. Well, TMT and IRL pal Samuel Diamond passed Captain Murphy's Duality mixtape along to me today with this: "There's no tracklist or anything. It's all very mysterious. NSFW, there is going to be fucking on your screen. I'm sure if you Google who is Captain Murphy you'll find a bunch of theories as to who [comprises this mixtape]."
Hit this up ASAP right here. And fuck your work, as I just clicked on this video's window and a negative art asshole spread covered my screen… here on the fourth floor of RXR Plaza.
[Update: download the "standard version" of Duality here]
• Captain Murphy: http://www.youtube.com/user/CaptainMurphyVillain
Prince Rama (channeling I.M.M.O.R.T.A.L.I.F.E.)
"Those Who Live For Love Will Live Forever"
Prince Rama have been spending a lot of time in the spirit world. I don't know if they are messing around with Ouija boards or some kind of spirit drug, but they've been communicating with some serious spectral entities. This time they've managed to channel the apocalyptic exercise video vibrations of Inner Messages Morphing Over Resonant Time Always Loving Infinitely Free and Everlasting (I.M.M.O.R.T.A.L.I.F.E.). The video for "Those Who Live For Love Will Live Forever," directed by Julian Bozeman, runs that energy through some very outdated sci-fi effects, like watching The Last Starfighter on that old television in your parents' basement. It's a real retro-achievement, celebrating the hopefulness imbued in the idea of the end of the world.
You can tap into the spirit world above and then buy all of the Top 10 Hits of The End of The World from Paw Tracks in preparation for next month's end-of-days.
• Prince Rama: http://princerama.tumblr.com
• Paw Tracks: http://www.paw-tracks.com
Kostis Kilymis
"A Crutch"
Kostis Kilymis is great. He runs a brilliantly named label, Organized Music From Thessaloniki, which releases meditations on birdsong and politically-charged zither music. He makes doom-laden soundtracks for writhing dancers. He frequently quotes William Burroughs. He makes beautiful cards. And in between this comically hectic schedule, he finds the time to concoct some grimy aural "confrontation" for Entr'acte titled More Noise Ahead.
For this little blighter, Kilymis collects sounds from experiments in the unpredictable and occasionally aggressive world that is audio feedback systems. All the acoustic and electronic noises here are pretty impossible to distinguish from each other, so don't even bother trying. Instead, why not just bask in the "assemblage of tones, noises and auditory responses"? "A Crutch," which was made with microphones, a 4-track, lloopp, and Flower Electronics' Jealous Heart, among other equipment, can be found on More Noise Ahead
• Kostas Kilymis: http://www.kostiskilymis.com
• Entr'acte: http://www.entracte.co.uk
• Organised Music From Thessaloniki: http://thesorg.bandcamp.com


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Justice in Odd Bears Win
In the second-to-last game of 2004, the Bears lost to the Lions at Ford Field after being robbed on a poor call by the officials. And it was the exact same ruling as the one that lost yesterday's game for the Lions, for those that don't remember.
The Bears trailed the Lions 19-13 with less than 2 minutes remaining in the game. Bear quarterback Chad Hutchinson wound up and lofted a 43-yard touchdown pass to rookie receiver Bernard Berrian, who apparently made a beautiful catch on the right side of the end zone. And it was clear to me that Berrian did make the catch.
But the official cited the exact same rule cited yesterday in Detroit's 2010 loss, that Berrian (same as Johnson) did not complete the process of making the catch.
In 2004 the officials failed to overturn their call, leading to the Bears loss. In 2010, same deal, resulting in the Lions loss.
Justice was served. Many more thoughts on this game, most of them negative. Be back later.


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