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COSPLAY: The Series Ep. 10 – Evil's Awakening
By Sherry | Published: January 26, 2012
Although having just lost two members, the Q-Cosushinkai Cosplay Club must continue with their original cosplay project as promised to Headmistress Kartini. Mysteriously, a ghost of a moe schoolgirl appears before Bando and gives her all the materials needed to start their project. Meanwhile, threat is looming over Nina and the Organization… Author About caoxiaopingI'm [...]
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COSPLAY: The Series Ep. 09 – Dawn of a New Age
By Sherry | Published: January 20, 2012
The ninth episode from COSPLAY: The Series, enjoy it. Vincent and Sukma meeting to discuss old broken promises and the arrival of Nina… Headmistress Kartini claiming to protect the two of them from Nina's intentions, and Nina calling her back to "The Organization," because the secret chamber's location has been compromised… Nina meeting a crew [...]
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There be Pirates Afoot
By Dan | Published: January 16, 2012
We had a bunch of fun with the Ninjas the last time we posted. We are now on to the PIRATES! Avast Ye Maties and climb aboard for a water filled adventure. We are of course going to talk about the sensation known as One Piece. Everything in this series is over the top. The [...]
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COSPLAY: The Series Ep.08 – We All Support You
By Sherry | Published: January 4, 2012
Once again Sukma underestimated Q-Cosushinkai. The Twins' cover were blown, and it turns out that they were blackmailed by Sukma to cause mischief at the club. As an apology, they have contacted Indonesian mangaka Is Yuniarto to give a speech about how cosplay is in fact "a dream come true" for manga artists, clearing their [...]
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COSPLAY: The Series Ep.07 – Double Trouble!
By Sherry | Published: December 28, 2011
When all seems settled and the club was about to celebrate the return of their room, a pair of junior mischievous twins suddenly joins the club, thrashes their things, and mocks them for their lack of cosplay skills. The club gets all angry and pessimistic, and conflict is imminent! Author About caoxiaopingI'm also a devotee [...]
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Situated in St. Paul, this hotel is 2.6 mi (4.2 km) from Indian Mounds Park and within 6 mi (10 km) of Xcel Energy Center and Fitzgerald Theater. Landmark Center and Ordway Center for the Performing Arts are also within 6 mi (10 km).
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Gite / 3 bedrooms / sleeps 5
|Key Info
A perfect holiday cottage, with modern facilities and a warm welcome! Les Tourtereaux is a 18th century farmhouse renovated to provide all modern comforts,whilst retaining the original rural character Ample for 4 to 7 people, this spacious rental home is an ideal self-catering home to enjoy the tranquil and peaceful grounds of domaine De Juliette, close to all attractions and amenities.
Set around a Romanesque pool and walled garden, the surrounding private 7 acres provide additional open fields, meadow, lush landscaped gardens and tranquil havens with superb views.
If you're tired of relaxing in the hammock, then enjoy boules on the full sized pitch, try badminton or you're welcome to freely take one of our bikes out to explore further a field. Swings, climbing frames and ball games are also available, so there is plenty of fun for all the family.
|Sleeps up to 5, 3 bedrooms
|3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms and 1 Shower rooms
|Will consider
|Long term lets (over 1 month)
|Car advised
|Nearest Amenities
|2 km
|Nearest travel links
|Nearest airport: Bergerac 25 km, Nearest railway: Bergerac 25 km
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages
|Some pets are welcome - please contact the owner, No smoking at this property
Features and Facilities
|Log fire, Internet access, DVD player, Boat available
|Shared outdoor pool (unheated)
|TV, CD player, Table tennis, Satellite TV, Wi-Fi available
|Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer
|Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
|Double beds (2), Single beds (1), Cots (1), Dining seats for 6, Lounge seats for 6
|Linen provided, Towels provided, High chair
|Shared outdoor pool (unheated), Balcony or terrace, Private garden, BBQ, Bicycles available, Climbing frame, Swing set
|Parking, Suitable for people with restricted mobility, Not suitable for wheelchair users
|Further details indoors
The master bedroom is simply vast, with a four poster bed, restored fire place, its own doorway to a large verandah and decorated to a high standard. Ample space here for a cot or additional single bed that we can both provide upon request.
The second bedroom includes a double bed and seperate single bed, with its own entrance to another terrace leading to the walled garden around the Romanesque simming pool.
There is a further optional 3rd bedroom as part of a studio gite, which is again vast, but in addition to the double bed has its own kitchen area, TV/DVD, bathroom with additional shower and separate bath and again its own terrace and private views. Please enquire to request pricing for this additional studio gite, which is connected to the main Les Tourtereaux by a connecting corridor.
This extended farmhouse gite is then ideal for large groups or families, perfect for extended families where a couple could be independent in their own studio suite in the third bedroom, but at the same time be part of the group when jointly dining alfresco on the largest terrace across the front of the gite. Alternatively, it is perfect for smaller families and is well equipped with all the home from home comforts with easy access to the pool area and the private dining area with its own open views across farmland and valleys.
The tranquility and beauty of the nature all around Domaine de Juliette here is why so many choose to return and repeat their holidays here. Ask for a copy of our guest book to see comments of others!!
|Further details outdoors
As part of the Domaine de Juliettte, this gite has its own private entrance, garden, and terraces, with easy access (20 paces) to the Romanesque swimming pool. The pool is sheltered in a courtyard that comprises a walled garden, fruiting trees,
climbing wisteria and smooth paving.
Beyond the pool area, the 6 acres of land that surround this holiday home provide play areas, full sized boules pitch, tree swings, open fields for playing ball games and meadow/tree sheltered areas where you could just find a hammock to while away your Dordogne dreams.
|Further details
The pool is equipped with lights for late night bathing, and we do ask for daily access between 07:00 and 09:00 for pool cleaning/maintenance. We ask all pets to be kept close to the gite and away from the pool area.
The Dordogne region
This region offers crystal clean air and fertile ground in which truffles, nuts and mushrooms flourish, and the local farmers breed geese and ducks to produce
the world's most exquisite foie gras. The hot Summer here is perfect for the vine, where local vineyards produce globally acclaimed wines and many other
regional tipples, like Vin d'Noix.
There are many places of historical interest well worth a visit. All the local Bastide towns of Eymet, Monflanquin, Castillonnes, Villereal and the simply
beautiful villages of Monpazier, Issigeac (with its beautiful medieval houses and bishops palace), Pujols and Penne d'Agenais with its winding streets
and the church at the summit of the hill are all within easy drive.
These Bastide towns, so characteristic of the area, were constructed by both the French and the English when this area was fought over during the 100 Years
War and the towns frequently changed hands, in the case of Castillonnes having been divided down the middle for many years.
There are many interesting places for walkers and day trips. The renowned prehistoric sites of the eastern Dordogne, the famous cave paintings at Lascaux
especially, the old cave dwellings including Roc St Christophe and many caves with wall paintings, etc. There are also the very pretty towns of Sarlat,
Domme set on top of the hills, Roc Gageac on a cliff beside the river and the castles of Beynac and Biron.
The local historic village Eymet is just a 20 minutes walk away or 2Km by car and hosts in July and August the famous night time market. Flower, music, food and wine festivals are ample throughout the summer across all the local neighbouring villages, with a range of activities for groups for all ages in the family within 30 minutes drive.
Bergerac is the nearest largest town, being 25 minutes drive away and has a bowling alley, cinema, go karting and of course cruises and canoe trips along the Dordogne.
The local lakes just 15 minutes drive away have boating, high dive boards, beaches and sport games for all the family, and there are least 2 horse riding stables within 15 minutes drive of our doorstep.
We freely lend our canoe with a soft-easy fit roof rack for you to take out for the day. Ideal for planning a picnic along the local river Dropt and having a fun splash in the canoe with the children.
There are several golf courses ranging from 10 minutes to 60 minutes drive away, which include the famous French course at Chateau Vigier.
Alternatively, cycling from the door step is ideal, with traffic free roads in every direction, fields of sun flowers, corn and vineyards and the sight of such a vast range of birds to enjoy from the saddle . Two guest bikes are freely available for you to use on your holiday here.
Even the night skies are a marvel here, and we even provide a telescope for those perfect clear nights to be fully appreciated.
Spotting your first glow worm in late evening, or enjoying the marvels of the milky way, shooting stars and the perfect night skies are often the lasting memories taken away after a satisfied holiday here at Domaine de Juliette.
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17 Aug 2013
"Perfect place to soak up sun and relax in peaceful surroundings"
V picturesque setting, gorgeous gardens and great vistas. Charming gite and gracious hosts. The area is full of lovely places to visit, near fantastic wine country, medieval villages. Perfect area for relaxed holiday.
4 Aug 2013
"Perfect, relaxing getaway"
On arrival we were warmly greeted by Brian and shown around. Everything was perfect, lovely views over the countryside and bright private studio Gite. After a long drive we unpacked and immediately went for a swim in the pool which is enclosed in a walled garden area, a perfect way to start our holiday. The rest of the week went by too quickly. Brian and Denise were fantastic hosts and their family and Todd, their dog, were delightful to get to know. The Gites are perfectly situated to go into Eymet if you want to eat out or go for a drink but far enough away to feel like your away from it all. We look forward to returning very soon.
27 Nov 2012
"Definitely returning! Already missing this special place."
We stayed in Les Tourtereaux for 2 weeks in October and enjoyed the most fabulous peaceful break with fabulous views right from the front door. The gite itself is indeed rustic, 300 years old, full of character with beams, original beautiful tiles and then equipped with more accessories and items you'd typically expect in a French gite. It felt more like a farm house holiday home than just a gite to be honest. We enjoyed some of the English TV in the gite, got through a few of the interesting books left there and indulged daily on the wonderful figs available in the garden. Brian was always very responsive via email helping us with suggestions and great recommendations for places to visit / eat out. With the free use of bikes, broad band and outdoor WiFi and the lovely wine they greeted us with, we thought the holiday was very worth while and we'll be definitely returning with friends to make more use of the pool during a warmer time of year next time. The pictures don't do this place justice as the grounds are stunning and everything inside the gite is very clean and well maintained. We also had our security deposit already in our account before we returned home, so a very efficient booking service.
9 Aug 2012
"Perfect 'get away from it all' sanctuary"
We had a fabulous time here. The local scenery is simply beautiful and it was a great place to unwind and enjoy the delights of rural France. The gite was very clean and comfortable and wonderfully cool in the hot summer nights. Very well equipped kitchen which made cooking easy, and a great little supermarket five minutes away for provisions, but also a good range of cafes and bars in Eymet if we didn't want to cook. Excellent laundry facilities too which made life easy with a family! Our teenage boys found lots to do and loved the pool/darts/table tennis/boules plus english tv channels and wifi. And it was a wonderful safe environment for our dog to enjoy his holiday too. Very friendly and helpful owners who sorted out vet appointment and gave lots of good tips on where to go etc. A great spot, very peaceful but with easy access to really beautiful little towns all around the area. We are already saving to come back again! Mark & Sam and boys plus Archie the Giant Schnauzer
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Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop, shown earlier this season, left Sunday's game with an injury. / Ed Mulholland, USA TODAY Sports
Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop, who left Sunday's game early in the first period, will sit out Tuesday's game in Winnipeg.
Lightning coach Jon Cooper told reporters on Monday that Anders Lindback would get the start, but the plan all along was for that to happen. The team recalled Cedrick Desjardins.
Bishop's availability for later games will be decided by the results of tests.
"Deep down, I'm not feeling this has got serious implications," Cooper said.
The Edmonton Oilers shot had scored on Bishop with their first shot of the night, and he went to the bench to have his blocker (right) hand examined. Officially, he's day-to-day with an upper body injury.
Bishop, in his first season as a No. 1 goaltender, is 22-5-3 with a 1.83 goals-against average and .936 save percentage.
Lindback lost 5-3 to the Oilers.
"(Tuesday is) a chance for Lindy to get in another game and do what he's required to do - and that's help us win hockey games," Cooper said.
It was the second goalie injury of the night. Vancouver's Roberto Luongo was unable to play, leading the Canucks to sign 43-year-old Rob Laurie as an emergency backup to Eddie Lack.
The Canucks called up Joacim Eriksson from their American Hockey League affiliate in Utica, N.Y.
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Actually he rather carefully pronounces it as "behind the aft nacelle". Given Cumberbatches delivery and the captions/script matching up, chalk it up to random error of the writers.
Could whoever wrote that line be thinking the connecting-dorsal counted as the forward nacelle? From that POV "aft nacelle" makes sense.
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Given the shape of the forward half of the secondary hull, it's possible that he meant the entire warp drive section of the ship. Which would put life support at the back of the brewery assembly, before the shuttlebay.
Possibly what Marcus was already shooting at when he kept targetting that part of the stardrive both at warp and as Carol hailed him.
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What's going on Tuesday? (DIIV, AlunaGeorge, Empress Of, Pile, Ben Folds/yMusic, Benjamin Clementine & more)
photo: DIIV @ MHOW in 2014 (more by Chris La Putt)
You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights...
DIIV, Sunflower Bean @ Baby's All Right
DIIV are finally getting around to releasing a new album -- the hard-to-google-and-say Is the Is Are -- and we'll hopefully hear a lot of it tonight at this sold-out warm-up for their upcoming festival tour season.
Ben Folds, yMusic @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Ben Folds' collaborative new album with classical sextet yMusic still doesn't have a title or release date, but you can hear it tonight, live, when Ben and yMusic play their second of three sold-out NYC shows.
AlunaGeorge, Kali Uchis @ Rough Trade
Electronic pop duo and Disclosure collaborators AlunaGeorge have a new album on the way, and to preview the material they're playing just two US club dates. There's tonight's NYC gig and later this week they're in LA. Sold out.
iLoveMakonnen, Key!, Sonny Digital @ Bowery Ballroom
No jokes about what day of the week it is, but the rapper best known for the inescapable "Tuesday" kicks off a two-night stand in NYC tonight. Both shows are sold out.
Pile, Yazan, Vulture Shit, Captain Wizard @ Baby's All Right
Pile returned this year with their newest album, You're Better Than This (on Exploding In Sound), another dose of their blend of '90s-style indie rock and post-hardcore. They were last here in February, but tonight's their first NYC show since the album's release.
Benjamin Clementine @ Joe's Pub
Tonight's the US debut of Benjamin Clementine, whose hyped debut album At Least For Now is out now and has gotten him called a "male Nina Simone" more than once.
Bellows, Small Wonder, Rivergazer, Sharpless @ Palisades
In celebration of Father/Daughter Records' new compilation, Faux Real II (which has real indie bands covering fictional bands from movies and TV), three of the bands will play a Brooklyn show tonight. Also on the bill is Bellows, who aren't on the compilation but are part of The Epoch collective with Small Wonder and Sharpless.
Wiki & Sporting Life (of Ratking), Onyx Collective, Julian Soto, Yung Gutted, special guests @ Knitting Factory
Two thirds of NYC alt-rap group Ratking are playing as a duo at this show, and special guests are promised.
The Karen Gala @ BAM
BAM sends off retiring president Karen Brooks Hopkins with this pricy, "Brooklyn black tie" affair featuring appearances by Mavis Staples, Steve Reich, Rufus & Martha Wainwright and more.
Empress Of @ Elvis Guesthouse
Empress Of, aka NYC art-pop musician Lorely Rodriguez, will preview music from her forthcoming debut album for XL/Terrible with this five-night stand at Elvis Guesthouse which begins tonight.
Cambodian Rocks @ WFMU Monty Hall
Dengue Fever's Chhom Nimol headlines this evening of music covering the wide range of musical styles coming out of Cambodia in the 60s and 70s. Also performing: members of Baksey Cham Krong, The Drakkar, and the songs of Sinn Sisamouth will be performed by his grandson, Sinn Sethakol.
Speaking of WFMU, today on Brian Turner's show (3-6PM) is the second half of his special dedicated to the mighty Fall. Former members Brix Smith and Marc Riley will call in for the show which will also feature lots of rare live recordings.
The Late Night Disaster with Rob Blatt @ Union Hall
This is a "new variety show dressed up like a traditional late night talk show" and for the inaugural show they've lined up appareances from Jon Glaser, Sarah Screams, Ginny Leise, Soojeong Son, Julio Torres and more.
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Sharon Jones, Cee-Lo Green, and Amanda Palmer & Jherek Bischoff added to Talking Heads tribute at Carnegie Hall
photo: Sharon Jones at The Apollo in 2014 (more by PSquared)
As discussed, Michael Dorf's annual charity tribute concert at Carnegie Hall (3/23) honors Talking Heads / David Byrne this year, and since we last spoke, more artists have been announced. Cee-Lo Green, Sharon Jones and Amanda Palmer & Jherek Bischoff have been added to the lineup that already includes Sleigh Bells' Alexis Krauss, Beth Orton, ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, Cibo Matto & Nels Cline, Glen Hansard, Perry Farrell, Rufus Wainwright, Steve Earle, The Roots and more.
Antibalas are the house band. Tickets (benefiting music education for underprivileged youth) are still available. Updated lineup below.
UPDATE: Santigold, Thievery Corporation and Pete Molinari were added too.
David Byrne also just announced a big project with St. Vincent, tUnE-yArDs, Dev Hynes, How to Dress Well and more happening at Barclays Center.
Continue reading "Sharon Jones, Cee-Lo Green, and Amanda Palmer & Jherek Bischoff added to Talking Heads tribute at Carnegie Hall"
Perry Farrell, Steve Earle, Roots, Rufus Wainwright & more playing Carnegie Hall tribute to Talking Heads & David Byrne
Steve Earle in Austin, 2011 (more by Tim Griffin)
We reported before that Michael Dorf's annual charity tribute concert at Carnegie Hall (on 3/23) will feature the music of Talking Heads and David Byrne, and that Bebel Gilberto would be among the performers. The initial lneup has now been announced and also includes Alexis Krauss of Sleigh Bells, Perry Farrell, The Roots, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, Rufus Wainwright , Steve Earle and more. The full list is below, and stay tuned for the rest to be announced (David Byrne, if he's going to make an appearance, will never officially be listed). Tickets, including $10,000 "fantasy" tickets that give you the "ability to join entire ensemble for encore on the stage at Carnegie Hall, Backstage Access throughout the concert, full access to rehearsal day at City Winery, and customized encounters with artists" are on sale now and proceeds go to fund music education.
Speaking of rehearsals at City Winery, they usually put tickets on sale for the show part of that too, but we don't see anything up there yet.
Initial lineup of the Carnegie tribute below...
Continue reading "Perry Farrell, Steve Earle, Roots, Rufus Wainwright & more playing Carnegie Hall tribute to Talking Heads & David Byrne"
Cyndi Lauper playing Rufus Wainwright's holiday show after her own, and after Rufus plays for Christopher Reeve
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Cyndi Lauper, who hosts her own holiday show at Beacon Theater on 12/6, will join Rufus and Martha Wainwright at the first of their two holiday shows at Town Hall later in the month. Cyndi joins a cast of characters at Town Hall that includes Emmylou Harris, Loudon Wainwright III, Justin Vivian Bond, Cibo Matto, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Sloan Wainwright, and more. Renee Fleming, instead of Cyndi, joins the Wainwrights and friends on the 2nd night. Tickets, which benefit the Kate McGarrigle Foundation, are still on sale for both 12/17 (Cyndi night) and 12/18 (Renee night). Tickets for Cyndi's holiday show, which Sufjan, Emily Haines and many others are also playing, are also still available. Full lineup below.
Speaking of shows Rufus Wainwright is playing that benefit foundations, Rufus is also appearing at a much more expensive show taking place at Cipriani Wall Street on 11/20. At that one he'll be joined by Alexa Ray Joel (daughter of Billy who just announced his 16th MSG residency show), and will be benefiting the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. Christopher's good friend and supporter Robin Williams, who took his own life earlier this year, will be honored at the event. $1500 tickets are available. Hey, it's cheaper than the $100,000 Pacesetter Table option!
More Rufus dates HERE. The full lineup of Cyndi's Beacon Theater show is re-posted below...
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Rufus Wainwright touring, playing holiday shows in NYC with Martha Wainwright, Emmylou Harris, Cibo Matto, more
Rufus Wainwright at Clearwater Fest 2014 (more by Chris La Putt)
Singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright is hitting the road for some North American dates this fall/winter for shows in Italy, Bay Shore, Austin, CT and more. Check out the full list below.
Before Christmas, Rufus and his sister Martha will revive the annual NYC Wainwright holiday shows, 'Noël Nights', at Town Hall on December 17 & 18. Guests will include Emmylou Harris, Cibo Matto, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Sloan Wainwright, Sandra Bernhard, Jenni Muldaur, Teddy Thompson and still more TBA. Tickets for those shows go on presale today (9/17) at noon (password: Mistle) and the general on-sale begins Friday (9/19) at noon.
All dates are listed below...
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We told you ARMS was releasing a covers EP, and you already heard the Guided By Voices track. Now listen to the entire EP, via Spotify, below...
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Roger Waters made a documentary of recent 'The Wall' tour, playing benefit in the Hamptons w/ Rufus Wainwright & more
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still from 'Roger Waters: The Wall'
In a life that is nothing short of a cornucopia of self-designed regrets, two of my most robust regrets are not ponying up the admittedly exorbitant cash money to catch Roger Waters when he toured "The Wall" back in 2010 and 2012. I had friends all over the country emailing me saying "Dude, bro, you have to see this concert. Even the cheap seats are amazing. The staggering scale of this thing makes your seat assignment almost arbitrary. Dude." But I, one of Roger Waters' biggest fans, passed. And for that, I am forever regretful.
Luckily for deadbeats like me, Roger Waters and the tour's creative director Sean Evans have teamed up and produced a live concert film called "Roger Waters: The Wall" and it will be premiering at the Toronto Film Festival on September 6. The film was shot over the course of several tour dates and this live footage will be intercut with other dramatic and autobiographical footage including Waters' recent journey to see the grave of his grandfather, who was killed in WWI, and a trip to Italy to visit a WWII monument near the Anzio beaches on which his father's name is inscribed. Although it probably won't come close to the experience of seeing the tour (which grossed nearly a half a billion dollars) in person, it is sure to be a striking document of one of the most ambitious tours ever undertaken. Details on a worldwide release or a DVD/BluRay/Streaming release are unclear at the moment, but you can be sure that if it'll make money it'll be done.
In other Roger Waters news with a more local and aristocratic flavor, Roger Waters will be among a handful of performers set to delight dozens of 1%ers (the non biker kind) this Saturday (8/30) in the Hamptons at the Perfect Earth Project's Second Biennial Family Picnic and Concert. In addition to part-time Hamptons resident Roger Waters, other performers include Rufus Wainwright, GE Smith (SNL), The Persuasions, Teddy Thompson, and more. Tickets range from $250 to $10,000. Proceeds benefit PEP, an organization that "promotes toxin-free lawns and landscapes to protect human health and the environment." If that's not some bored rich person's idea of activism, I don't know what is. Maybe Roger'll play "Empty Spaces."
ARMS cover Guided by Voices & more on new LP (listen), playing shows, including Rooftop FIlms closing party
ARMS at MHOW in March (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Brooklyn band ARMS (the current project of former Harlem Shakes guitarist Todd Goldstein) will be paying tribute to some of their influences -- specifically Broadcast, Elliott Smith, Guided by Voices, They Might Be Giants, Matthew Dear, Thunder & Lightning, The Faces and Rufus Wainwright -- on a new covers album, Backwards Record, due out September 2 via Paper Garden Records. We've got the premiere of the video for their cover of GBV's lo-fi classic, "Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory." ARMS' take on the song is -- wait for it -- guided by voices. As in they've recorded the cover a capella. You can watch the video below.
ARMS also have two local shows coming up this weekend. First they play Mercury Lounge on Friday (8/15) with Conveyor (tickets), and then they play the Rooftop Films closing party on Saturday (8/16). Doors open at 8 for that, music at 8:30, and by 9 PM they'll be screening multiple short films. More details here.
GBV cover video, with LP artwork and tracklist, below...
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Clearwater Festival 2014 day 1 in pics (Richard Thompson, Rufus Wainright, Spirit Family Reunion, Nicole Atkins, more)
photos by Chris La Putt
Saturday the Great Hudson River Revival occurred for the first time without Pete Seeger, the giant folk singer and activist who called Beacon home, and Toshi Seeger, his wife whose strong shoulder and loving arms gave support to all who craved peace. The festival started early, with thousands descending on the park by 11 a.m., and it didn't miss a beat.The 2014 Clearwater Festival went down in Croton Point Park this past weekend (6/21-22) with tons of folk musicians and multiple tributes to the festival's founder, the legendary Pete Seeger who passed away earlier this year, as well as his wife Toshi who passed in 2013. Day 1 included sets by Nicole Atkins, Rufus Wainwright, Richard Thompson, Spirit Family Reunion and more. Pictures of day 1 are in this post.
Luane Haggerty stood on stage with the Como Mamas. Draped in blue and green, Haggerty sang with the gospel vocalists, projecting her hands with deep heart and fluid grace. An American Sign Language interpreter who learned because her grandmother was deaf, the Newburgh native has been performing at the Revival for nearly two decades. It's one of the few festivals that utilizes regular ASL interpreting.
"I think it's a real statement, a commitment to the deaf community," Haggerty said. "Having the access is a statement to Pete and Toshi and inclusion." [Times Herald-Record]
More below...
Continue reading "Clearwater Festival 2014 day 1 in pics (Richard Thompson, Rufus Wainright, Spirit Family Reunion, Nicole Atkins, more)"
RIchard Thompson at Joe's Pub in 2013 (more by PSquared)
Clearwater Festival will return to Croton Point Park on June 21 & 22 in Croton, NY this year. Performers include Puss N Boots (feat. Norah Jones, Sasha Dobson, Catherine Popper), Rufus Wainwright, former Fairport Convention guitarist Richard Thompson (whose 2013 LP gave his career a bit of a re-boost), Josh Ritter, Tom Paxton, Houndmouth, David Amram, Spirit Family Reunion, Arc Iris and more. Tickets, including 2-day passes and single-day tickets, are on sale now.
The festival's founder Pete Seeger normally plays every year, but this will be the first one since the folk legend's passing earlier this year.
Full lineup below...
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Rufus Wainwright at Prospect Park in 2010 (more by David Andrako)
Rufus Wainwright is set to release a best-of compilation, Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright, on March 3 via Universal in the US, and he'll be supporting the release with an international tour this year. That tour comes to the US in the spring and hits NYC on April 15 at Town Hall. Tickets for that show go on presale via Rufus' site on Tuesday (1/14) at 10 AM, and Ticketmaster has a Live Nation presale starting Wednesday (1/15) at noon with the general on-sale beginning Friday (1/17) at noon.
In addition to his older favorites, Vibrate also includes a new song, "Me and Liza," which you can stream, along with the list of tour dates, below...
Continue reading "Rufus Wainwright releasing a best-of w/ unreleased song "Me and Liza," touring (dates & stream)"
UK music magazine Uncut put out their list of the top 75 albums of 2012. The top ten leans pretty heavy on long-running '60s/'70s survivors who put out new albums this year, but plenty of the list-topping regulars from newer acts are on there too, along with a few interesting surprises (Sun Araw, M Geddes Gengras & the Congos!). You can check out the full list below.
It's that time of year already I guess. NME quizzed a whole bunch of artists about their favorite album of the year. Bat For Lashes chose Alt-J who recently won the Mercury Prize and who chose Polica as their favorite. That and more, if you can understand what they're saying, in the video, below....
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Freedom To Love Concert postponed (the Marriage Equality gig w/ Rufus Wainwright, the National, TMBG & more)
Rufus Wainwright, The National, They Might Be Giants, Doveman, Beth Orton, Sam Amidon, and more were scheduled to play this show at Beacon Theater on Tuesday (10/30):
The "Freedom To Love Now!" concert has been postponed due to pending weather conditions. Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets to support this concert, Freedom To Marry, and the fight for the equality for all Americans. With all the goodwill, momentum, and awareness this concert has generated, we are rebuilding the show on a future date, likely in the Spring.Meanwhile, everything today/Monday is cancelled too. Listen to Rufus Wainwright and Sharon Van Etten sing "Baby It's Cold Outside".
You may hold on to your tickets as they will be valid for the rescheduled show. We will notify you with updated details of the new show very soon. Alternatively you may request a refund through TicketMaster at this time.
The battle for marriage equality in the US will be far from over even after this election. And, we hope you'll join us in the future as we continue the fight for social justice with the beauty of music. Our beneficiary organization Freedom to Marry is doing everything possible to support the ballot campaigns in the four states in the last week before the election. You can help by making calls for Mainers United for Marriage and Washington United for Marriage without ever even leaving your couch. Just sign up, and an organizer in Maine or Washington will help get you started. Sign up at these links:
Additionally we will keep you posted on "Freedom To Love Now!" developments and other projects at www.freedomtolovenow.com and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FreedomToLoveNow
Thank you. And be safe.
Best wishes,
Simon Rentner, Brice Rosenbloom, Thomas Bartlett, and the entire "Freedom To Love Now!" Team.
In related news, They Might Be Giants are playing a few New Year's Eve shows in Brooklyn (if we make it through this hurricane).
listen to Sharon Van Etten & Rufus Wainwright sing "Baby It's Cold Outside"! (from new holiday album)
This one gets a big "!!!!". Listen to the song, with more info about the above-pictured new holiday album, below...
Continue reading "listen to Sharon Van Etten & Rufus Wainwright sing "Baby It's Cold Outside"! (from new holiday album)"
wet fans watching the Shins (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)
The sold out 2012 ACL Festival happens October 12-14 in Austin and on YouTube (where you'll find the stream schedule if you scroll down - Jack White, Delta Spirit, A-Trak, Alabama Shakes, The Black Keys, Metric, Rufus Wainwright, Alt-J, Garcy Clark Jr., Polica, Kimbra, Steve Earle, The Weekend, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the The Shins included).
If you actually will be there in person, you can also catch many of the bands at one of the many official late night shows (including the Shins)
And, speaking of the Shins, they played Conan O'Brien last night. Watch both songs below...
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Doveman, Rufus Wainwright, National, They Might Be Giants, Justin Bond & more to play marriage equality benefit in NYC
The National at Beacon Theater in 2011 (more by David Andrako)
Doveman (aka Thoms Bartlett) and BOOM for Equality are teaming up to present Freedom To Love Now! A Concert for Marriage Equality, which will happen in NYC on October 30 at Beacon Theater. Doveman, who is known for bringing out tons of interesting guests to his shows, has curated a lineup which includes Rufus Wainwright, The National, They Might Be Giants, John Cameron Mitchell with Stephen Trask, Justin Vivan Bond, Toshi Reagon, fun., and more TBA. Artist lineup is also subject to change without notice. Tickets for the show go on sale Saturday (9/8) at 10 AM and are on Artist Presale now (password: "boomforequality") with a Local Presale starting today (9/7) at 4 PM. Proceeds will benefit Freedom to Marry.
As mentioned, Doveman is also continuing his Burgundy Stain Sessions residency at Le Poisson Rouge, though the dates have slightly changed since we last posted. His next one happens at the Manhattan venue on October 12 and will follow that with another on December 13. Lineups for those shows have not been announced yet.
For Rufus Wainwright, the show falls in the middle of his extensive international tour, which now also includes an Atlantic City show which happens on February 8, 2013 at The Borgata. Tickets for that show are on sale now.
Speaking of Wainwrights, tickets just went on sale for Martha's upcoming shows at Littlefield and Le Poisson Rouge.
Justin Vivian Bond, meanwhile, is hosting Weimar New York for Obama on September 18 at the Abrons Arts Center. The show is a benefit in celebration of President Obama's "unprecedented commitment to the LGBT comunity" and features music directed by Lance Horne and performances by Alan Cumming, Joey Arias, Bridget Everett, Flotilla DeBarge, Rosateresa Castro-Vargas, Dirty Martini, Tigger!, Theo Bleckmann, Curtis Eller, Machine Dazzle, Tammy Faye Starlite, and more TBA. You can reserve seats and donate HERE.
All Doveman, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainright, and Justin Vivian Bond dates are listed below.
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big Wainwright update: Martha doing City Winery residency; Rufus touring (dates); Sloan & Lucy playing Madison Sq. Park
Martha Wainwright, Kate McGarrigle, Rufus Wainwright
A tribute to Canadian folksinger Kate McGarrigle held at Massey Hall on Friday was more celebratory than sombre, with dozens of her family and peers gathering for a joyful celebration of her unique songwriting... Kate McGarrigle -- one-half of the influential Montreal singing duo with her sister Anna -- died of cancer in January 2010 at the age of 63. On Friday, a lineup including Emmylou Harris, Bruce Cockburn and members of Broken Social Scene offered a mix of straight interpretations and cleverly revised covers featuring flavours of rock, soul and gospel...Kate McGarrigle passed in 2010, and the Massey Hall show in Toronto on 6/15 mentioned above featured many members of her family (aka the McGarrigles and Wainwrights. Check out video from a Canadian show that featured Anna McGarrigle, Lily Lanken, Martha Wainwright and Rufus Wainwright performing McGarrigle's songs below.
Friday's concert marked the third such charity tribute to the folksinger -- with proceeds going to the Kate McGarrigle Fund, created to further sarcoma research -- and like previous shows in London and New York, this was a family affair. -[CTV]
That leads us to a a bunch of family news. Martha Wainwright will spend every month of the summer surrounded by gallons of wine, as part of her residency at City Winery. Her summer kicks off on June 24th at the venue, and continues with shows on July 25th and August 15th. Tickets are on sale for all three.
Meanwhile, Rufus Wainwright -- whose song "Montauk" was just named one of the best "50 Favorite Songs Of 2012 (So Far)" by NPR -- will be spending whatever time this summer not on Montauk out on tour which will stretch into the fall. No NYC show has been announced as of yet but he's hitting the rest of the US and Europe pretty hard. All dates are listed at the bottom of this post.
And last but certainly not least: catch Sloan Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche with Suzzy and Maggie Roche at Madison Square Park on August 1st, part of the free Oval Lawn series in Madison Square Park.
Videos and a lists of tour dates are below.
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After teasing us with lineup addictions day by day over the past few days, the full lineup of Austin City Limits 2012 is finally here. Check it out below....
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Rufus Wainwright in Brooklyn (more by David Andrako)
Rufus Wainwright's Prima Donna opera is currently running live at BAM. The NY Times was at opening night and unfortunately wasn't impressed. The Daily News has a review too. Check BAM's site for tickets to remaining performances.
Sick of all this opera stuff, and just yearning for a good old fashioned performance by Rufus? If so, you got your wish, as Rufus Wainwright will return to the Howard Gilman Opera House at BAM on May 9, 2012 for what appears to be a regular concert, and tickets are on pre-sale now.
More tour dates are listed below...
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a scene from "Prima Donna"
Rufus's letter in full (with info on his upcoming shows at BAM and the state of opera in NYC and more), below...
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more Doveman guests, Wainwright events, 2 nights of 'Other Voices' (with Dessners, Glen Hansard, Sam Amidon & more)
Glen Hansard & Doveman @ Le Poisson Rouge (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Doveman's next edition of 'Burgundy Stain Sessions' at Le Poisson Rouge is this Friday night (9/23), and the listed special guests are: Chris Thile, Martha Wainwright, Trixie Whitley and Little Annie. Tickets for the collaborative evening of music are still on sale.
In October, on the 27th & 28th to be exact, 'Burgundy Stain Sessions' kick it up a notch with Other Voices NYC: A Celebration of Music & Literature. Scheduled to appear over the course of two nights at Le Poisson Rouge are: Glen Hansard (The Swell Season), Bryce & Aaron Dessner (The National), Doveman, Laurie Anderson, Sam Amidon, Bell X1, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Martin Hayes, Joseph O'Connor, and Colum McCann. Prestented in conjunction with Imagine Ireland with all proceeds going to FIGHTING WORDS Creative Writing Centre, tickets are on sale.
Speaking of the Swell Season, its other half Marketa Irglova has a tour coming up in November with a NYC show of her own. Bowery Ballroom tickets are still on sale.
The National have six huge NYC shows coming up.
Martha has one big holiday show coming up with her brother Rufus, and one with Rufus even sooner as part of the The Fourth Annual Plant & Sing Festival in Shelter Island, NY.
Rufus's opera 'Prima Donna' happens at BAM in Feb. 2012. Tickets are on sale now.
Furthur are going on a tour that hits MSG on November 10th. Tickets are on sale now. The after party is at BB King's.
As previously mentioned, Ray Davies is going back out on tour. Tickets to the Beacon Theater show are now on AmEx presale and go on general sale Saturday at 10am.
Tickets to all four National shows at Beacon Theater (in case you hadn't noticed) go on sale today (9/16) at 11am.
Other shows now on sale at the Beacon include Steely Dan, Bryan Ferry, Yo Gabba Gabba!, The Jayhawks & Rosanne Cash, Gillian Welch, Weird Al, NY Comedy Fest stuff, two Noel Gallagher shows, and Tori Amos.
Shows coming up and on sale at Town Hall include more comedy stuff and Rufus & Martha Wainwright's "Not So Silent Night" Christmas Show.
"Rufus Wainwright and the City Opera singers/pianist that came with him put on a really lovely and charming show tonight. #FillsMyHeart" - Jennifer Jones
Crowd at Rufus' World Financial Center show (via Daniel Mazur)
Rufus Wainwright packed the house (as pictured above) when he performed excerpts from his opera Prima Donna at World Financial Center on Tuesday (6/28). According to Dumbo Books of Brooklyn, the fantastic performance also featured:
Arias from Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, Bizet and Massenet performed by soprano Anne-Carolyn Bird, mezzo-soprano Laura Vlasak Nolen, tenor Robert Mack, and bass-baritone Matthew Burns, and Kevin Murphy, City Opera director of music administration, on the piano, and a couple of great Rufus Wainwright non-opera songs, 'Damned Ladies"' and the exquisite 'Who Are You New York?'Check out a video from the performance below.
Rufus also recently recorded a cover of Richard Thompson's "Down Where the Drunkards Roll" with his father Loudon Wainwright III. Check out a video of the recording session over at The Guardian.
Loudon will be at the Barnes & Noble in Union Square on July 7 performing music and reading from his essay "My Cool Life" which comes with his new 40 Odd Years boxed set. Priority seating is available with the purchase of the box set which Loudon will be signing copies of. The event starts at 5 PM.
The video of Rufus below...
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Rufus Wainwright & Doveman @ LPR (photo by Nicole Gitau)
After missing the last two Burgundy Stain Sessions, I was glad to be back for the fifth installment of Doveman's salon-style shows at Le Poisson Rouge. Between the rotating cast of musicians and the experimental, anything-goes attitude, you never quite know what you'll get over the course of the evening.
Though multiple artists are on the bill, the layout is rather unconventional. Instead of a series of individual performances, all of the artists collaborate and contribute to one long set. It's not seamless, but that's kind of the point. "My goal is for things to be kind of gloriously sloppy here," the host, Thomas Bartlett admitted at one point.
Bartlett (aka Doveman), kicked off the evening with a soft, melodic song on the piano, but it wasn't long before he was joined by a trumpeter and clarinetist who deftly made their way through the crowd and onto the stage, playing all the way. After a few Doveman songs, The GOASTT, aka Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl (of Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger) jumped up from their perch on the side of the stage. Easily one of my favorite parts of the evening, the GOASTT portion ranged widely in emotion and style. One minute it was French spoken word (Lennon) peppered with onomatopoeia interjections (Muhl) and the next featured smooth accordion-rich melodies.
After a few more from Doveman, there was a one-song interlude to "give the band a break" and Barlett welcomed his friend Nathan to the stage to deliver his wildly entertaining "lesbian separatist murder ballad" about the Manson family. Though it sounds odd, it's really the frenetic pacing that keeps things interesting and keep me returning month after month.
As promised, Rufus Wainwright joined in after the break, to wild applause from the audience. Fresh from their Kate McGarrigle tribute at Town Hall, Bartlett and Wainwright (McGarrigle's son) played a few touching covers in addition to one from Wainwright's own discography, "April Fools."
At some point, Muhl and Lennon returned for the grand finale, which, after much buildup and back story turned out to be a cover of "Across the Universe" (with Lennon on backing vox). Apparently, it was the first time Wainwright and Lennon played the song since their collaboration nearly a decade ago for the post-9/11 peace show organized by Yoko Ono. Of course after the Beatles cover, which sent chills down my spine, the encore (the Neil Young cover song "Only Love Can Break Your Heart") was just icing on the cake.
I can only wonder what next month's show will bring.
No guests have been announced, but tickets are on sale for the June 24th show at LPR. Doveman also plays a free show in Prospect Park with Junip and the Books five days earlier. Rufus has some stuff coming up too.


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Alex Coley of Jacksonville, Fla., recently set a new world speed record between San Diego, Calif., and Jacksonville in a new Mooney Acclaim. Coley, along with flight instructor Tim Wadsworth, flew from San Diego's Lindbergh Field to Mooney's home airport in Kerrville, Texas, refueled the airplane and people in 12 minutes and continued their flight to Craig Airport in Jacksonville. At an average speed of 265 knots, Coley and Wadsworth made the 1,848 nm transcontinental crossing in only six hours and 59 minutes.
Here at Plane & Pilot, we know a little about Mooney speed records. Back in March 1994, Senior Editor Bill Cox piloted a stock Mooney Bravo, the Acclaim's predecessor, slightly farther (1,867 nm) from Los Angeles to Jacksonville in seven hours and nine minutes, for an average speed of 261 knots. Cox also set new, Class C1C speed marks for Los Angeles to Albuquerque (294 knots), Los Angeles to Dallas (285 knots) and Dallas to Jacksonville (258 knots). Fourteen years later, those records still stand.


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Xaor's Cave: Ranking Systems
In FIFA 12, EA made a number of changes to the online system which had been with us throughout the generation. Seasons mode made its first appearance on the main FIFA games, having debuted on the 2010 World Cup game, and the new Flow matchmaking system aimed to smoothen the experience of finding matches. Following this, in FIFA 13, Seasons was expanded both to Ultimate Team and the Pro Clubs Championship.
I have to say off the bat that I'm a fan of both of these changes. Seasons adds an extra level of appeal to the one-off-match after one-off-match gameplay that FIFA's online modes represent. The importance of each match is heightened hugely, the final game in a season often being a genuine nail biter.
This was exemplified by a recent Pro Clubs experience I had. The manual club I play with were in the 3rd Division, last match, 3 points needed. Into the 80th minute, things weren't looking too positive. The score was 0-0, and we hadn't had a great number of chances. All of a sudden though, and we had a massive break and found ourselves in the fortuitous position of having 5 of our players breaking down on goal with no defender in sight.
I took up position to the right of the ballcarrier who faced the keeper, who also had an option on his left. This was it – the simplest chance in the world and we'd be in Division 2 for the first time. When the time came the ballcarrier slid the pass to the left. I secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as it wouldn't all come down to me. My relief was short lived as moments later my teammate blasted the ball wide of the far post.
For the next couple of minutes, all I could hear down the mics was pained, wailing laughter. No division 2 for us, and though we wanted it desperately, I'm fortunately part of a club which found it more funny than annoying. Without Seasons, this would have been an amusing moment which would have long been forgotten, but thanks to Seasons this will now be a moment which will live in the memory as one of those truly great gaming moments.
The meaning Seasons adds to each game simply has to be adored. It's a great example of how online in games can be improved by adding a story to them, making them something more than a one off match. EA certainly shouldn't stop here. Deepening the Seasons experience should be high on the online agenda. In this article though, I'm going to focus on something altogether more complex: Does Seasons make for a good ranking system? Does it matter if it doesn't?
The best place to start, if anything, is where FIFA was before Seasons. Prior to Seasons' inclusion, FIFA had a far more traditional ranking system at the forefront of its online which rewarded players for doing well by giving them a higher rank and skill level. All such systems aim to use a variety of criteria to hone in on a player's true rank (Microsoft's own system for doing this is known as 'Trueskill'), and FIFA used to use a system much like this. I don't know the formulae which ran FIFA's system, but, most of these systems are pretty similar to eachother. One of the best known is called the Elo ranking system, which was originally used for chess.
In essence, the system works by looking at the two players ranking, guessing the result, and then comparing the actual result with the guess. If the actual result is better than the estimated result, then the players' rank increases, otherwise it decreases. The more the actual result deviates from the estimate, the more the rank changes. All players start at the same rank (typically 1600), and typically there is also an additional factor which means that newer players' ranks change faster than older players' ranks.
For the most part, this is how FIFA's system worked previously. But how well does it actually work when it comes to ranking players? Well, I could just throw assertions out there, but I can do better than that. I coded up a ranking simulation to show how an Elo type system would work with FIFA. The simulation starts with 10,000 players. Each player has three main attributes: how good they are, how often they play, and how good the team they play with is. These attributes aren't linearly distributed, just like in real life. There are far more 'average' players than there are who are extremely good or bad, similarly, there are far more people who play a fair amount than who play a little bit or a huge amount. Finally, most people play with the best teams, with very few playing with the worst.
These pictures illustrate the state of the simulation. Each dot is a player. The size of the dot represents how much the player plays. The colour of the dot represents the level of team they play with (blue = worst, red = best). The position of each dot tells you how good they are and how they are ranked. From left to right, the players go from bad to good. From bottom to top, the ranks go from worst to best. The first image illustrates the simulation being run for some time, with millions of matches played overall, and over a hundred for the average player.
Immediately, the image shows up a lot of interesting trends. The most important, is that as you go from left to right, the dots rise. This implies that better players have better ranks, which is obviously as you'd hope. The second noticeable trend is shown up by the colours. At any particular skill level (left to right), the red dots tend to be above the blue ones, and this represents that people who play with good teams are ranked higher than those with bad teams. You'd expect this, as it is a clear advantage. This is a fairly decent representation of the ranking system FIFA used at the beginning of the generation.
At some point, EA sought to deal with the imbalance caused by good teams and bad. They did this by adding in a bias towards those using bad teams. I decided to simulate this too, shown in the following image:
This clearly works pretty well. The blue dots and the red dots are now mixed together, and this illustrates that players who play with weak teams are no longer being disadvantaged so much in the ranking stakes. It's still not perfect though, because it is at its pretty arbitrary. How do you set the biases? How much of a disadvantage is using a bad team against a good team? It's very hard to put a value on. Arguably, EA never got this quite right, and it was always advantageous to use the best teams.
EA did come up with a better solution with the Flow matchmaking system. Since FIFA 12, FIFA has done a good job of creating matches with fair teams. If you play with a 3 star team, you'll very rarely have to play a 4 star team, for example. If this had been mixed in with the old ranking system, it actually would have worked remarkably well, as shown by the next picture.
Where biasing didn't really work because it was difficult to tune correctly, the stricter matchmaking works well without such concerns.
So, what about Seasons? I've also tooled up the simulation to visualise the divisions players are in. In the following pictures, the height of each dot represents their Seasons progress. The higher they are, the higher their division, and the higher within each division, the closer they are to being promoted. Like in FIFA, each division has a higher relegation and promotion threshold.
In this first simulation, the matchmaking algorithm matches players who are in the same division and prefers to match players with similar teams.
It works remarkably well when it comes to ranking people correctly into divisions. There is a very clear trend as we go from left to right towards the higher divisions. It is somewhat blurred, but that is fairly natural because people move up and down between divisions quite a lot.
But this isn't really that great a representation of how FIFA works right now. As many Seasons veterans will have noticed, you aren't actually necessarily matched up to people in the same division as you. A lot of other factors go into matching, and the system doesn't strictly enforce that your competitors are in the same division as you. According to some, the matchmaking system used in Seasons still looks at players' skill levels (which can still be seen from some menus). This strikes me as a fairly flawed concept.
Though there is certainly a correlation between someone's skill level and someone's division, there is also a high potential for divergence. Two players who have just reached Division 1 for the first time may not in fact have similar rankings. If the skill level is still used for matchmaking, this would mean that one player would find Division 1 significantly harder than the other.
To illustrate this, I ran the simulation one last time, but this time the matchmaking matches players based upon skill levels rather than divisions.
The differences between the two Seasons style images is very clear. Though in the latter there is some correlation between skill and division, it is far weaker. It suggests that if skill levels were used for matchmaking in a divisions system, it would indeed see a divergence between the skill level players had and the division they were in.
Immediately, this phenomenon feels recognisable to the experience in Seasons. It illustrates why Seasons, exciting as it is, often feels like a facade. Why going up a division doesn't necessarily feel like you've gone up a level and why going down a division doesn't necessarily lead to things getting much easier. This simulation goes a long way to showing that a Divisions based ranking system is reliant upon a Division based matchmaking system to provide accuracy. Using other ranking criteria simply won't work.
It's not that easy though. The multiple criteria used in FIFA's matchmaking are there for good reason. Though FIFA is an enormously popular game, it isn't necessarily popular enough to mean there is always a perfect match. When we search for a match, we are looking for a variety of things, including a good connection and a fair team match up.
We're also split across a variety of different modes – UT, Clubs, and normal Seasons. Each has additional constraints. In Seasons you can try to match by control setting. In Clubs, there are a variety of filters to prevent coming up against human goalkeepers and the like. With all of these things to deal with, it's easy to see how getting the right matches to support the ranking system can be difficult.
Balancing the quality of matches and the accuracy of the ranking system isn't easy, and for the majority not at the very top, accurate rankings/fair divisions probably aren't that high of a priority. Seasons is fundamentally a facade – but it's one that provides a lot of entertainment value. Unfortunately, while a Seasons like system -can- rank quite effectively, it requires strict matchmaking to do so.
One of the major advantages of an Elo style system, is that it isn't so reliant on strict matchmaking. It can cope with matches being played between players at different ends of the spectrum, whereas in Seasons, matches between Division 1 players and Division 10 do entirely screw things up. Running an Elo style system behind the scenes, like FIFA does now, actually makes a great deal of sense when it comes to providing a ranking system alongside Seasons, but for the sake of the Seasons system, it shouldn't drive the matchmaking. More over, matching as strictly to division as possible should be a high priority.
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Indio City Council members, in a 4-0 vote Wednesday, have approved a plan that raises their monthly salaries by 40 percent - from $687.58 to $962.62.
Councilman Glenn Miller, who is running for state Senate in the 28th District, abstained.
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Completed Geodude & Houndoom drink soup. Funny, they're both weak to water… G6 vs Houndoomsday
Discussion in 'ASB' started by Someoneelse, Apr 21, 2013.
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In May, PS Plus members get six games free across PS4, PS3 and Vita. On PS4, it's the wacky-waving flailing-spaghetti-arm adventure game, Stick it to the Man, which hits US PS4s on May 6. On PS3, Plus members can look forward to Puppeteer, Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 and Skullgirls Encore. Vita gets Surge Deluxe and Limbo.
That's a lot of men, women and puppets on PlayStation devices (plus quite a few Ps). In Europe, PlayStation Plus members get Stick it to the Man, Puppeteer, Payday 2, Muramasa Rebirth and Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational in May.
Get it for FREE
- Key specs
- Prices
- Discussions
- Game format Downloadable, Cartridge
- Touchscreen Capacitive [finger]
- Direction control D-pad, Thumb stick
- Motion controls Accelerometer
- Released 2014-05-06
Sony PlayStation 3 (late 2012)
Sony PlayStation 4