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Local Music Yearbook '05
The Current hit the airwaves. The Varsity opened. Atmosphere played eight nights in a row. And that was just January! How could 12 months that began so well go so wrong? As the Minnesota music community mourned the death of Soul Asylum's Karl Mueller—then watched in horror as another community downriver was washed away—some of us took comfort in the diversions a scene can bring: Zombie Pub Crawl! Scavenger hunt to find a band's CD-release party! Jordis on Rock Star: INXS! Here are the Hopeful highs and Low lows from a year nobody could possibly text-message.
Minnesota Public Radio launches a new station, the Current (KCMP-FM 89.3), with Atmosphere's "Shhh," a locally recorded hip-hop track touting the benefits of Minnesota living. "If you can drink tap water and breathe the air, say shhh," raps Slug in the chorus. But the new MPR building has no running water and is filled with diesel fumes—power was accidentally cut during construction, leaving a backup generator in the basement and the accompanying stench of truck stop. Within weeks, "anything on the Current" becomes a hot seller at local record stores, including the Minnesota music championed by longtime local radio personalities Mark Wheat and Mary Lucia.
In an echo of the Replacements' five-night stand at the 7th St. Entry in 1985, Slug plays eight nights in the same room backed by a live band. The shows kick off an ambitious year for the Rhymesayers, who expand their national roster, renovate their Fifth Element record store, and transform themselves into a Vatican-style nation-state that then buys the city of Minneapolis.
Not to be outdone, Mark Mallman plays seven free nights at the Hexagon in July, celebrating seven years and seven releases. (Wait, isn't seven Slug's lucky number?)
The 90-year-old Varsity Theater in Dinkytown reopens as a music venue for the first time since 1991, with DJ nights, theater events, and beds for seats. The club closes for renovations in March, but reopens again in April. Across town, the all-ages Speedboat Gallery merely closes. Other venues to leave the scene this year include the Norshor Theater and "the MAC" (Twin Ports Music and Arts Collective) in Duluth, BC Night Club and Urban Wildlife's "rock room" in Minneapolis, and the legendary Ralph's Corner Bar in Moorhead, where everyone from Hüsker Dü to the White Stripes played, and where Fargo rockers Battle at Sea send the venue off in May with pyrotechnics and splintered guitars.
R.I.P.: Joel Hickman, musician and programmer at MIDIRingTones.
Doomtree rapper Dessa gets her hair cut onstage at the Triple Rock Social Club, as the DJ plays Pavement's "Cut Your Hair."
The Jayhawks quietly announce they have broken up, 20 years after they formed. The band reunites in December to celebrate First Avenue's 35th anniversary. Quad Muth, meanwhile, who play a squealing bleach bottle and wear fake muscles, loudly announce their own demise. Other ex-bands of 2005 include Tulip Sweet and Her Trail of Tears, Tin Horns, V9R9D, Martyr A.D., and the Midnight Evils—whose final show in September sets an all-time bar sales record in the 7th St. Entry.
Officials at Winona Senior High School send home senior Carrie Rethlefsen for wearing a button that reads "I (heart) my vagina." Other students show solidarity with "I (heart) my vagina" and "I support your vagina" T-shirts. In May the administration allows students to wear this gear on school grounds—but only during a rally around the flagpole. Six months later, five students are suspended for refusing to remove the straps from their "bondage pants."
R.I.P.: Paul Storti, big-band trumpeter and educator.
Sibling rockers Brother and Sister coax 100-odd fans into joining an elaborate scavenger hunt to find...Brother and Sister. Notified by e-mail, the participants gather at a cul-de-sac in Dinkytown, where a co-conspirator hands out clue workbooks and secret agent badges. (According to the scenario, the duo has been "kidnapped.") Soon various teams puzzle over clues such as the following words painted on the Washington Avenue Bridge: "Go to Difficult Mathematics—Heavy Thinking" (i.e., go to the Hard Times Café.) Nine clues in, two contestants run into a masked girl outside the Triple Rock Social Club who forces them into the back of a Budget van. It peels off, barely muffling the sound of live music inside, and a Brother and Sister cover band plays for the captive audience as the vehicle circles the neighborhood. The hunt eventually ends at the downtown YWCA, where the real Brother and Sister play a pool party.
Unique in most respects, Brother and Sister exemplify the year's oddest trend: a proliferation of local rock two-pieces, including Mute Era, Knife World, Birthday Suits, Ova!, Dead Swayze, Ghost Band, and Awesome Snakes.
In a more modest stunt, the STNNNG hold a meat raffle at the Dinkytowner, perhaps eventually tipping the scales in the City Pages "best new band" poll, which they win in September.
The Turf Club in St. Paul gets a new owner, spurring the departure of longtime booking agent Rob Rule and his band, the Mammy Nuns, who played Tuesdays for 10 years as part of the Saint Paul Music Club. Clown Lounge manager Dave Wiegardt also leaves, taking his clown decor with him—though he's back by summer, sans decor. (The basement's jazz regulars, meanwhile, relocate to the Acadia Café in Minneapolis.) The Turf keeps its rep, and eventually reopens the downstairs bar. In October, longtime SPMC soundman and Ol' Yeller frontman Rich Mattson announces he's moving back home to the Iron Range, and it's the quiet end of an era.
Signed at the Bryant-Lake Bowl in 2004, the Minneapolis smoking ban goes into effect, and Hennepin and Ramsey counties soon follow suit. Whatever its impact on liquor sales, the ordinance at least results in a series of memorable nights on the patio at Grumpy's downtown. The Seawhores accompany a Derek Hess opening at the Ox-Op Gallery one evening in July. In September, Doomtree rapper Sims performs a show out back with the Birthday Suits and Cardinal Sin. A few blocks away, the new Nomad World Pub (formerly 5 Corners Saloon) wisely builds a patio.
Looking a little like MF Doom's mask draped over a parking lot, the newly redesigned Walker Art Center hosts a gala opening celebration attended by Kim Gordon, Leonard Nimoy, Yoko Ono, Björk, and much of Twin Cities "society." Olympia, Washington, performance artist Wynne Greenwood (a.k.a. Tracy + the Plastics) rear-projects a video of herself saying "um, uh" and "hmmm" while uttering the same onstage, in person. When the harmonious "ums" die down to what feels like a quiet lull of 10 minutes, an audience member sits up and asks, "Is this part of the show? Are we supposed to be saying something?" Greenwood says, "Um.... uh.... Mm.... Maybe."
Radio K (KUOM-AM 770) moves its FM transmitter, which it shares with St. Louis Park High School, to a 24-story apartment building near Lake Calhoun. The result is a boost in the college station's FM signal (at 106.5) by a factor of three. When the school goes on summer vacation in June, Radio K can suddenly be heard 24 hours a day throughout downtown Minneapolis and the western suburbs. Within months, KUOM has an FM translator station in Falcon Heights to cover most of St. Paul and the northern suburbs, at 100.7 FM.
American Head Charge guitarist Bryan Ottoson is found dead in his bunk of the bus while on tour with Mudvayne, the cause of death later determined to be a prescription-drug overdose. In October, the band plays an emotional benefit show for Ottoson's family, who at one point join the group onstage at First Avenue, as does Jordis Unga of the Fighting Tongs.
R.I.P.: Gene Adams, jazz trumpeter and member of Red Beans and Rice.
Low cancel tour owing to what guitarist Alan Sparhawk calls his own "battle with sanity," and the band eventually loses bass player Zak Sally. But Sparhawk otherwise has a freakishly productive year, touring in other bands (he has at least three), expanding his Chairkickers label, and returning to First Avenue with a new Low for the first time since the trio released its masterful Sub Pop debut in January. For his part, Sally gets busy with comics, publishing, becoming a new father, and appearing as a member of the made-up band Hot Tears in Steve Martin's Shopgirl.
The best year for block parties since the demise of the Lyn-Lake Street Fair kicks off with Cinco de Mayo in St. Paul. (Art-A-Whirl, Pride, the Bryant-Lake Bowl block party, Bastille Day, the Pizza Lucé block party, and others follow.) The West Side fiesta of lowriders and accordions also marks the year of the ascendant Spanish-speaking market: salsa, cumbia, and reggaetón CDs all spill into the bins of K-Mart and Best Buy. Minnesota Public Radio announces the sale of American standards station KLBB-AM (1400) to a Spanish-language chain this month, and the formats switch in November.
The Voltage: Fashion Amplified event sells out First Avenue on a Wednesday night by mixing fashion and music, the runway and the bandstand. In a similar fusion, B-Girl Be's celebration of women in hip hop at Intermedia Arts turns away dozens from a sold-out fashion show in June. Industry Minne-Zine, meanwhile, capitalizes on the trend by taking the novel journalistic approach of dressing and photographing local rockers and hip-hoppers to look gorgeous. The magazine hosts its own, similar event in August at Solera.
An island of local music enthusiasm in commercial radio, Mei Young's Homegrown program moves from KQRS-FM (92.5) to Drive 105 (105.1/105.3/105.7 FM) on Sunday nights at 10:00 p.m., further narrowing the chance that classic rock fans will ever hear Happy Mother's Day I Can't Read. Unfortunately, this is also the same time that Jason Nagel's Minnesota Music airs on Drive's corporate competitor Cities 97 (KTCZ-FM 97.1).
R.I.P.: Percy Strother, blues singer and guitarist. Roger "Buzz" Peterson, trumpeter with Gene Autry's touring band and founding member of the Mouldy Figs. Daniel Heilicher, record distributor and co-founder of Soma Records.
Hundreds attend a memorial service for Karl Mueller, bass player and founding member of Soul Asylum. A year earlier, after he'd begun treatment for throat cancer, Mueller was asked by a visitor what he wanted to say to people who were concerned about him. "I'd say to people just live the best you can," Mueller wrote on a legal pad. "Enjoy the lilacs while you can and slow down. There are also some people I need to thank. I can't do it individually right now, but here I go. Mary Beth you've been a rock. Love forever. The St. Paul Grill has been more than generous to all people concerned. My family is better than I ever imagined. And to my friends—wow. It's been overwhelming, touching & flattering. Thank you all so much."
He put down his pen and handed the pad to his visitor. Then he took it back, and wrote a final thought. "Can we make those Thank You's not look like album credits?"
After 18 years, rock and dance music retail landmark Let It Be Records closes its doors to make way for condos. The Velvet Underground's White Light, White Heat blares in the background as longtime patron John Kass buys the last record sold at the store, a copy of the Beatles' Let It Be. (The business lives on as an online mail-order outfit, www.letitbe.com.)
Walt Mink reunites at the Triple Rock for no apparent reason—and without drummer Joey Waronker. Fans don't seem to mind.
Testing the concept of portable amplification during the second annual Heliotrope Festival, guitarist Scott Brown begins his set with White Map standing outside Franklin Art Works. He then walks into the show wearing his equipment—a backpack fitted with an amplifier (powered by a motorcycle battery), a belt with guitar effects, and a speaker cone that looks like a tuba above his head. Before joining drummer Zak Sally onstage, he's able to weave through the audience unhindered.
Aspiring 16-year-old rapper Nile Greenberg, a.k.a. Blizzard, attempts to step out from the shadow of his father, "Funkytown" creator Steven Greenberg, on an episode of the MTV series Made. Coached by New York rapper C-Rayz Walz, and directed from behind the scenes by local MC Toki Wright, Greenberg achieves his moment of glory at the Dinkytowner, where he declares, "I did it! ... I performed in front of a real hip-hop audience!"
R.I.P.: Jerry Mayeron, pianist and bandleader who worked with Tiny Tim. Ralph BeBeau, "the singing DJ" of radio, and singer of the Nite Riders. Margaret Norling, string bass player and music educator.
Dreadlocked St. Paul singer Jordis Unga belts out a metal-soul version of Nirvana's "Heart Shaped Box" on CBS's Rock Star: INXS, a reality-show competition in which the winner becomes the new voice of Australian band INXS. Though she's eventually given the boot, Sony signs her for an album. In December, her bandmates in Liars Club (formerly the Fighting Tongs) announce they've formed a new band without Jordis, the Payback, with ex-2Ton Crutch vocalist Kris Weiser. Other reasons to stay glued to the tube this year include Drinking With Ian (MCN Channel 6, MTN Channel 15, and SPNN Channel 16), Nate On Drums (KSTC Channel 45), SearchMode (MCN Channel 6), and Strictly Original (WB affiliate KMWB Channel 23).
"Musicapolis: Scene and Seen 1965-2005," an exhibit surveying four decades of local music photography, opens at the Minnesota Center for Photography. Other archiving, restoring, and exhibiting efforts concerning the local scene continue at the Hennepin History Museum, the Minnesota Historical Society, and the Sound Unseen music and film festival. So when do we get the coffee table book?
First Avenue alienates the dance-music scene when it discontinues Ba-sik Saturdays, citing poor turnout. Friday's Energy Lab hip-hop nights gain steam, but the club adopts its first-ever dress code—no doo rags and no plain white T-shirts on Friday nights.
R.I.P.: Jules Herman, trumpeter and orchestra leader at the Prom Ballroom for 35 years. Sam Mersky, longtime jazz musician and house organist for the Minneapolis Woman's Club.
Olympic Hopefuls are forced by objections from the U.S. Olympic Committee to change their name to the Hopefuls. Christ Punchers are forced to tell their grandparents that they're in a band called Christ Punchers.
Tenor saxophonist Irv Williams celebrates his 86th birthday by releasing another outstanding jazz CD, making him either the coolest old guy or the oldest cool guy in St. Paul.
Bands from Austin, Texas, and the Twin Cities meet each other halfway during the three-day North Vs. South music fest in Lawrence, Kansas. Austin's Grand Champeen encores with Soul Asylum's "Cartoon," dedicating it to Karl Mueller, then Kruddler joins them onstage for a rousing rendition of Cheap Trick's "Surrender." Red states and blue states, we're all alright, we're all alright.
I Self Devine discusses "street credibility" with mayoral candidate Peter McLaughlin and others in the 7th St. Entry during a forum presented by the Twin Cities Celebration of Hip Hop. "We live in a gangster society," the MC says. But out-of-town rapper Mikal Lee disagrees. "Young people don't want to be a Bush gangster or a Rumsfeld gangster. They want to be what they see around them."
Northeast Minneapolis ODs on hip when the Spring Street Tavern starts booking bands four nights a week in its downstairs Club Underground. And the renovated 331 Club—a new home for Raleigh's Texas Taco Tuesdays (formerly at the Turf Club)—begins booking bands nightly this year.
A rainstorm causes the power to go out at the Blue Nile during the club's Tuesday oen-mic night, leaving the band without amplification and the room in near total darkness. Soon, a group of rappers forms a circle on the dance floor and begins an impromptu freestyle session. A couple of women in the audience sing harmony, and the show goes on without power for nearly an hour.
Two months later, a urinal cap at the Triple Rock pops off during a sold-out show by Mates of State, sending a geyser of water out onto the floor and flooding the show room. Most fans keep standing where they are, in up to two inches of water.
R.I.P. George Stahl, jazz player and bassist with the Minnesota Orchestra for 31 years. Robert "Dr. Jazz" Caldwell, guitarist with the Jurassic Trio, who performed with Louis Armstrong, and Tony Bennett.
In the wake of the natural and human disaster in New Orleans, every corner of the music scene organizes a hurricane benefit, totaling 40-plus shows by November. On September 9, 150 Minnesota radio stations—from "community-" to Clear Channel—unite to broadcast a live radiothon, "River of Relief," from the Washington Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi, eventually raising $867,596 for the American Red Cross. The following night, New Orleans legends the ReBirth Brass Band play an exhilarating show at the Cabooze for an audience that includes at least 20 flood evacuees. "Katrina took every material thing from me," says trumpeter Shamar Allen. "But she can't take my music."
Myth Nightclub opens in Maplewood with a seating capacity of 3,500 and VIP accommodations, making it the first Las Vegas-style "superclub" in the Twin Cities. Unwisely, the venue's marketing team never adopts the obvious slogan: "Plus you can smoke."
During a concert at the Xcel Energy Center, members of Green Day invite teenage fans onstage to play the band's instruments. Moorhead's Corey Cook smashes Mike Dirnt's bass guitar, getting himself ejected from the venue and probably ruining any chance of being signed to Adeline Records.
Mint Condition, Spider John Koerner, and many others rock the 25th Annual Minnesota Music Awards at First Avenue. Longtime venue stage manager Conrad Sverkerson accepts the Connie Hechter Award for lifetime achievement. Mentioning Karl Mueller, he says, "I can feel his soul in the room."
R.I.P.: Mike Elliott, jazz and country guitarist of Natural Life, who recorded with Johnny Cash and taught Bela Fleck. Sean Blackburn, Western swing singer and guitarist, who appeared regularly with Dakota Dave Hull on A Prairie Home Companion. Ashanti Yoruba Maasai, manager of Uhuru Bookstore. Glenn Warner, choral music expert at Schmitt Music for three decades.
Dillinger Four's St. Patrick Costello joins the Fuck Yeahs onstage at First Avenue for an unannounced set. All the musicians are wearing custom-made G-strings. Evidently intoxicated, Paddy soon loses his G-string, bends over, and starts yelling, "This is where the chocolate comes from!"
The first annual Zombie Pub Crawl attracts more than 100 people wearing zombie makeup to northeast Minneapolis. One participant leads the crowd in a cheer of "What do we want?" "Brains!" "When do we want 'em?" "Braaaaains!"
The Children's Theatre Company hosts a youth guitar orchestra featuring guitarists aged 12 to 18, performing a concert composed and conducted by New York-based John King. The noise would make Glenn Branca proud. Meanwhile, students in the percussion ensemble of Minnetonka High School become internet stars thanks to a May video of the group covering two songs from DJ Shadow's 1996 instrumental hip-hop classic Endtroducing, "Building Steam with a Grain of Salt" and "Changeling." Led by teacher Brian Udelhofen, the musicians transform material entirely created from samples back into live music, mimicking even the ostensibly impossible-to-play stutter of the drum breaks.
Though scheduled to play the 7th St. Entry, Soul Asylum and new bassist Tommy Stinson switch to the main stage of First Avenue due to PA problems in the smaller room. Twin Tone co-founder Paul Stark is drafted to do lights for the show. With more than a little sadness, singer Dave Pirner leads the crowd in a chant of "Karl, Karl."
R.I.P.: Diana Watters, photographer of many musicians for City Pages. Paula Joan "Polly" Alexander, rock guitarist and founding member of Tetes Noires. E. Thomas Bauer, organist and jazz tenor saxophonist and with the Boyd Raeburn Band in the '40s. Chippewa Falls High School band director Douglas "G" Greenhalgh, his wife, Therese Greenhalgh, and their 11-year-old granddaughter Morgan Greenhalgh, who died in a bus accident while coming home from a band competition in Whitewater.
After six years on the Duluth scene, free alternative rag the Ripsaw folds. "It was a good run," writes publisher Brad Nelson. "A&L Development tried to sue us. Much of the business community blacklisted it. Mayor Doty said he 'didn't read that tabloid'... We did well." While sponsoring Green Man and other local music festivals, the free alternative weekly struggled financially before going monthly in 2004, then bimonthly this year, with contributors migrating to Transistor—a smaller weekly publication. Nelson keeps drumming in the bands Black-Eyed Snakes and Boy Girl Boy Girl.
In other endings, meanwhile, Prince demolishes his house in Chanhassen, and Clear Channel closes its local concert booking office.
Local punk pioneers the Hypstrz become hip among hipsters, reissuing their 1980 album, Hypstrization!, on Bomp! Records and reuniting for a series of shows.
Having taught a workshop at McNally Smith College of Music, toured with Ja Rule, and played a series of instrumental-cover shows this year, Heiruspecs are set to play a climactic charity gig at the Mall of America. But management deems the hip-hop group "not family-friendly" and rejects them from the bill. In December, five people are treated for injuries at the Brookdale Center mall after fans rush the stage during a free concert by family-friendly boy band B5.
During a Cowboy Curtis show at the 400 Bar, a friend of the band climbs the stage to play tambourine, then calls for his girlfriend to join him. "Wouldn't it be weird if your parents were here from out of town?" he says. Then he points them out in the back of the room, along with cousins and friends, and gets down on his knee to propose marriage. She says yes.
R.I.P.: Richard Povlitzki, ownder of legendary country venue the Frontier Club in Fridley in the '60s and '70s. Robert "Dr. Bob" Nelson, Minnesota-New Orleans musician and driver for the Butanes. Yuri Merzhevsky, violinist in Zeitgeist, Klezmerica, and the Minnesota Sinfonia.
The Current broadcasts a day of kids' musical activities from the Children's Theatre Company, where MN Rollergirls hand out programs for events such as an "instrument petting zoo" and a "child-friendly disco." While Mark Wheat spins M.I.A. for hundreds of kids, Redefiniton Radio host Kevin Beacham allows toddlers to scratch records, hip-hop style. "You've got to do it to the rhythm of it," explains one father to his son. But the new DJ just enjoys the sound of it.
Mazta I (right, pictured here with rapper Sunburn) appeared on three of the best local hip-hop CDs of 2005—
I Self Devine's Self Destruction (Rhymesayers), Cheap Cologne's Something Random (Broke-Ass Records), and Atmosphere's You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having (Rhymesayers/Navarre). His smoky R&B singing and freestyle hardcore rapping were all over local stages, finding fullest expression in Eyedea's rap-jazz improv band. "I'm just trying to get everybody to relate," says the singer/MC. "I want to see a crowd with backpackers and suburban kids and the 'hood. Hip hop is a culture, it's not designated for a specific group."
Jordis Unga was a happy dose of genuineness in reality TV this summer, the "waitress from St. Paul" who became an underdog favorite to win on CBS's Rock Star: INXS. She ended up getting voted off the show, but not before catching the attention of Muhammad Ali, who asked her to perform John Lennon's "Imagine" at the November opening of the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky. (In the greenroom, Bill Clinton told her she more than did the song justice.) Surprisingly, the former Star Search contestant almost didn't go through with the initial tryout that got her on Rock Star. "TV is not me," she says. "It just didn't seem like something I could picture myself doing without wanting to kick my own ass. But the people on the audition staff were so excited that I decided it was something I couldn't not do." www.jordismusic.com
The Jack Brass Band's bass drummer Mike Olander and sousaphone player Erik Jacobson aren't street-jazz legends, but they are young heroes to men who are. In the days after Katrina hit New Orleans, the Minnesotans tracked down every member of the NOLA brass band community, putting musicians in touch with each other (when the 504 area code was fried), sending clothes, and even booking a tour for the Stooges Brass Band. In all, their efforts gathered more than 40 instruments and raised more than $4,000. "You're watching CNN and you don't want to, because it's so depressing," says Olander. "Then the cell phone rings, and the hairs on your arm stand up—'God, I hope it's somebody I can help out.'" www.jackbrassband.com
Myth Nightclub in Maplewood opened in September by filling its 3,500 capacity for Nickelback, and has since hosted sellout shows by Young Jeezy and Fall Out Boy. "It's been crazy since day one," says general manager Jeff Kehr. "We had hoped to do maybe 12 to 15 shows in a year, and we've done that in the last 90 days." With its dance-club look and triple-decker height, the venue has detractors calling it the big box of clubland. Yet audiences vote with their cars. "I saw Billy Idol at Myth," admits St. Paul poet Paul Dickinson, proprietor of the late Speedboat Gallery. "As I pounded beers in a van in the shopping mall parking lot, it reminded me of being dropped off at the Thunderbird Motel in Bloomington as a teen to see concerts at the Metropolitan Arena. Delusion is indeed where the heart and home reside."
Angela Gerend played drums in two great punk bands this year, Eufio and Gay Beast (a.k.a. Gabies). When the Gabies opened for V9R9D's final show at Big V's in July, an intoxicated daytime "regular" at the pub drunkenly took the stage. "She started playing air bass, slung low with a chillness that was way more stoner rock than the bassist's complicated patterns," says Gerend. "She'd also get right up in [the drummer's] concentrated stare, and yell, 'Go baby, go!' while jamming her head up and down. Not everyone gets so physically excited for six-minute drum and bass instrumentals. When she got off the stage, she asked me if she had made a fool out of herself. I told her what I honestly believed, that she had revved up the crowd and brought out everyone's energy. Then she said, 'I don't mean to get all dyke on you or nothing, but can I buy you a drink?' I said no thanks, but said I wasn't offended about the dyke-innuendo, 'cause I am a dyke. She put her hands up, and took a step back. 'That's cool. I don't judge.'"
Chris Roberts has hosted The Local Show on the Current (KCMP-FM 89.3) since January, featuring live performances from such offbeat Minnesota bands as the Birthday Suits, the Owls, and Mel Gibson and the Pants. Airing Sundays at 5:00 p.m., the program takes the participatory spirit of MPR's pop-music experiment seriously. "I've gone out and actually gone to clubs to get requests," says Roberts. "I'll take my microphone and recorder and just ask people what they want to hear. I'm still in need of music, believe it or not. There's a lot of bands that just haven't sent me anything."
Myspace.com replaced "the demo CD" this year for new bands and artists, freeing up shelf space for booking agents and critics. The free but private website allows bands to post music, concert information, and lists of favorite foods with alluring ease. "MySpace exists for one reason," wrote a skeptic at the message board TCPunk.com. "They comb through all of this data, seeking and finding patterns with which they can better manipulate the consumer class into ever-greater consumption." But half of the local music scene joined anyway. "It's a perfect 'ghetto' web page for those who can't afford a fancy one," says Ear Candy's Dawn Miller. myspace.com
Toki Wright toured with Brother Ali this year, performed locally with the C.O.R.E. and Aphrill (featuring Nomi of Kill the Vultures), appeared on MTV's Made, and co-organized the three-day Twin Cities Celebration of Hip-Hop at First Avenue. This winter he takes a break from working at the nonprofit youth group Yo! the Movement to travel to Rwanda, where he plans to bring Tutsi and Hutu youth groups together using hip hop. "Being a rap star is a good thing, but I'm more concerned with doing right by people," he says, "and trying to get some equality going for everybody. The thing that irks me about the scene is that a lot of promoters avoid kids of color, avoid kids that look hard, avoid kids that wear long T-shirts and fake platinum jewelry. Kids are kids. Give folks an opportunity to fuck up first." www.amplifiedlife.com
Motion City Soundtrack enjoyed a motion-filled year, playing the Warped Tour, the Nintendo Fusion Tour, and headlining their own sold-out tour of the U.K. (They headline First Avenue on Saturday.) Still, singer-guitarist Justin Pierre was slightly cowed accepting an MTVU Woodie Award for the band's video "Everything Is Alright"—off this year's Commit This to Memory (Epitaph). "I said I felt like Halle Berry," says Pierre of his moment of truth, embarrassed. He's more comfortable dodging bottles from disgruntled fans of bands he's opening for. "It's like a little game of dodgeball while you're trying to play a song. It's kind of fun." www.motioncitysoundtrack.com
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26 Pc Set Of Dishes, Laughlin, Nautilus Bouquet Pattern
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- Sold Date: Jun 13, 2007
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Identification and Analysis of Genome-wide Intra- and Inter-chromosomal Associations in Human Embryonic Stem Cells
We used to think of genes as discrete segments of DNA that code for proteins and that are regulated or controlled by nearby or adjacent DNA sequences. Recently, it has been shown that DNA sequences on the same chromosome that are very distant from a gene may regulate its function, determining if the gene will be turned on or turned off. We have now discovered that DNA sequences that are even on different chromosomes from the protein-coding gene may control this gene. These interactions are often totally unexpected. For example, the NF1 gene, which causes neurofibromatosis, a genetic disease that may lead to the development of brain tumors, lies on chromosome 11 in the mouse, but the production of its protein product is partially under the control of a DNA segment near a growth factor gene(IGF2) on mouse chromosome 7; the same relationship appears to hold true in humans. No one had ever suspected such an interaction, and it is now logical to consider targeting the IGF2 gene as part of our hopes to treat neurofibromatosis. In other words, the discovery of a long-range interacting sequence of DNA provides us with totally new targets for drug development.
Several other groups have also shown that inter-chromosomal gene regulation can control immune genes and the genes that regulate our sense of smell. We believe that many, if not most, genes are controlled, as least in part, by long range inter-chromosomal interactions, and we have proposed a new method to try to define all of these interactions in cultured human cells. It is highly likely that many of these long range inter-chromosomal interactions are important in the regulation of a gene, and therefore, we plan to catalog all of these interactions in human embryonic stem cells, and see whether the interactions remain the same or are altered as the cells differentiate into fat cells, and, in the future, into other kinds of cells. This catalog will provide us with numerous new clues to the regulation of disease-related genes, and will suggest new drug or gene-therapy related targets to treat these diseases. By comparing the list of interacting genes in normal embryonic cells with those in cells harboring a genetic disease, we may develop new diagnostic tools in addition to potential therapeutic avenues.
Our goal is to characterize how genes are regulated by distant DNA segments on different chromosomes. We will develop a complete catalog of these long range interactions, which will provide a list of how one gene may regulate another. This catalog will provide the framework for determining how disease-related genes are controlled and will allow investigators to develop new diagnostic tools and/or new therapeutic targets to treat various genetic diseases. These are targets that had never heretofore been considered because the long range interactions among these genes had not been known. Clinical translation of these studies into new drugs will be of great benefit to the people of California.


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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in Melbourne and Cranbourne are great places for functions, including wedding ceremonies and other special events.
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kind of an odd pair, but opposites do attract.
I can just feel the love Trixie has for herself, I mean Fluttershy.
TrixShy/Flutterie, there's just something about this pairing that I love so much.
Amusingly enough, I read a pretty good TrixShy story the other day.
sooo cute XD
So cuddly...
I was wondering where you went!! Man i don't go on tumblr, you gotta post all your stuff here too!
It's been a while since you've posted on dA.. Great work.
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Disturbing Experimental Cartoon Soundtrack (C4C)
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A friend of mine is studying animation and wanted me to make a very disturbing soundtrack for a cute childrens cartoon he made.
I haven't recorded it yet and i can't show you the cartoon itself, so you just have to imagine a little cute children animation with this at the background. :haha:
I still need to finish it, need about 15 more seconds.
And sorry it's a gpx. file, i couldn't export it to a gp5. :shrug:
This was really cool, I'm not sure if its a placebo but I really got that oldschool courage the cowardly dog vibe from it. The part that comes in at bar 23 is really awesome too, reminds me of buckethead a bit. I'd really love to see this with the cartoon haha. The whole thing is quite cool though, really twisted, yet musical sounding.
And it's great to see more people using guitar pro 6, it's much better than most people give it credit for.
You need your head examined, you absolute nut job.
No way does the MIDI do the GP6 RSE version justice by the way.
Thanks alot :)
That was what i was going for, and i see you got the Courage The Cowardly Dog vibe i tried to make :haha:
:haha: I'd take that as a compliment.
100% agreed.
I just know that many people still use gp5 rather than gp6, so i exported midi :shrug:
It wouldn't let me export gp5.
i think this is too mindblowing to be a cartoon soundtrack :haha: , it sounds wicked and just like it's name, the song is really.......disturbing :haha:
the part during 2:21 is good, i like it....
and the part at 1:46 - 2:12 IMO it reminds me of some horror movie soundtrack rather than cartoon soundtrack
This is very morbid... and I like it. It definitely fits an odd scene in a cartoon, one like Courage the Cowardly Dog as someone else mentioned. The part a few seconds before 1:50 is a little out of place and less disturbing than it is out of place. The part around 2:26 is cool and so is the piano lick after it. For the purpose it is intended to serve, it is very good.
I don't really watch kids cartoons (except sometimes Spongebob, which incidentally has amazing music IMO), so maybe I'm just not 'getting' it. I will admit that its hard for me to look at a cartoon, or even music video as a "whole" experience. I often ignore the visual (perhaps because I am horrible at visualizing things in my mind, but can hear things relatively easy) medium in order to take in the music in depth. As such I'm at a disadvantage listening to the song I guess because I visually can't think of anything to connect to the disjointed, jarring music.
It isn't clear what exactly the music is being paired with, animation wise. Is this a tv show? a short animation? What is it about? If I knew what the story was, or if the scene was happy or sad, I could tell you how well it works in the context. I'm just lacking some context here. Take Disney's famous "Peter and the Wolf" from 1946. I'll link the vid. Skip to around 0:45 seconds in. During the opening scenes, the narrator introduces the characters (each with a cute little anthem and animation). The Bird (which flits about high up in the sky) is matched with a flute, whose tambre resembles that of a bird (high register and such). The Duck is a wallowing oboe. As the story progresses the characters theme songs make reprises, there is emotional progression, you can almost hear the story of the characters as the music goes along and tells it.
I'm not saying that you need to listen to a prokofiev symphony to write a piece. I don't even music that well (play piano and tab songs out in gp5 for giggles) but the listener needs some sort of connection to something recognizable (at 2:25 a recognizable 4/4 beat makes an entrance). The variety of different sounds as well as minimal repetition makes it a very uncomfortable listening experience.
Rereading, this is pretty much the worst crit ever, lol. I apologize, its been a long day (finals) and I'm really baked, so I feel like I need to at least offer something positive that I think would help improve the song. Whatever the animation is about, there is a subject (usually people or odd anthropomorphic creatures like cats and sponges). Connect that subject or any of the other important characters or events in the animation to the music somehow. A certain instrument or riff, for example. Or using rests/tension when there is something suspenseful happening. Hope that helps.
Well, i didn't just randomly wrote that. I watched the animation my friend made many many times and wrote what seems fitting to the animation (imo).
Like i said in the OP, it's a children animation and he asked me to make a disturbing soundtrack to make it more like a Courage The Cowardly Dog or Ren and Stimpy style.
And since you asked, the animation is about little creatures (they look like animals but act human) that are playing together some spy game like children, along the way all kind of stuff happens. The soundtrack is meant to make it more twisted than childish.
Thanks everyone for the comments, i just needed to hear some opinions from people who won't just say "oh, that's very good" just to be nice to me. :cheers:
Sorry for necrobumping, but....C4C!
I like it...no certain melody, no sync or whatever but it describes perfectly what's in the title. I can definitely see that as some sort of a soundtrack for a disturbing cartoon.
I guess it's like free jazz but more coherent and listenable.
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Song: "Presidente"
Artist: In Trance 95
Album: The Minimal Wave Tapes, Volume Two
Genre: Electronic
A recently reconstituted Greek duo active from the late '80s to the mid-'90s, In Trance 95 specializes in a self-explanatorily named electronic subgenre called "minimal wave." Now that bare-bones synth-pop has drifted closer to the mainstream — as reflected by the Stones Throw label's well-received Minimal Wave Tapes compilations — the duo ended its nearly 15-year hiatus in 2010.
The dark, murky beats that Alex Machairas and Nik Veliotis explore in "Presidente," as heard on the second of those compilations, somehow sound both dated and futuristic. With discontented vocal samples and drum machines creating a sinister backdrop, the song closes with a stately march that practically glides across headphones as it ends. Though a bare-bones music video was produced in 1988, the song sat on the shelves until recently, but it remains as primitive and relevant as ever.
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Quick Holiday Hairstyles
This holiday season as you stress over what to wear to the countless number of parties you have to attend, you won't have to stress about your hair. Why? Because below you will find two easy-to-do glamorous hairstyles with step by step instructions from celebrity hairstylists so that you can easily reproduce a head-turning polished look to stand out at your next event.
OLIVIA GARDEN HOLIDAY 2014 – Step-by-Step – Retro Glam
Celebrity Hair Stylist, Julius Michael, shares his tips, techniques, and a step-by-step tutorial on how to recreate the stunning retro glam look see above.
• Begin with damp hair, using the Olivia Garden Divine Wet Detangler to smooth out hair and detangle knots
• Section off the center portion of hair directly above the forehead, securing the rest of the hair behind the head using an Olivia Garden Double Clip
• Blow dry the hair using the Olivia Garden Heat Pro thermal round brush to minimize dry time and protect the hair from heat damage. Style the hair in a curl using upward strokes
• Once hair is dry, set the curl by securing the hair in a roll using another Double Clip
• Move on to the hair on the sides and back of the head, blow drying individual sections of hair outwards and downwards towards the chin
• Once dry, clip each section into a roll to set the curls
• To create volume at the crown, divide the back of the hair into two sections. For the top section, blow dry hair upwards first, then use a downward rolling motion to finish drying before pinning it up into a roll
• Repeat with the bottom section at the back of the head
• To finish the look, apply some extra heat from the blow dryer and spray the set curls with an anti-humidity spray
• Allow the curls to cool for five minutes, and then remove the Double Clips
• Gently brush out the curls using the Olivia Garden Divine 100% Boar brush to add shine
Disheveled French Twist
Jenny Balding, Cutler/Redken Stylist, shares her favorite style to take you from work to play. It looks a little complicated, but don't worry, it only takes 10 minutes to achieve this look.
• Start with day old hair as you'll have some texture in your hair and it will be easier to manage.
• Use dry shampoo to really boost the texture of your roots (Redken Pillow Proof dry shampoo is excellent). Spray throughout your roots and even the mid-lengths to create body and texture.
• Shake through with your fingers.
• Use a light hairspray for a little hold – Redken Fashion Work 12 Versatile Hairspray works best as it is a versatile spray. Mist over all and shake up with your hands to really create body and movement.
• Section out the crown and front area and pin to one side.
• Sweep the sides and back together and then twist upwards and pin. Make sure to use hairpins (U shaped pins) so they can really anchor the hair.
• Take your top section and roll under and pin at the crown for a little height in this area.
Loosen the hairline a little with your fingers to work suits your face shape best then add a hair accessory of your choice.
• To finish, add a little shine by misting Redken Diamond Oil High Shine Airy Mist all over – this is very light but gives just the right amount shine you need.
TRESemmé Style Studio
Up until I was in the eighth grade, my mom took the main responsibility for the disaster that is my hair. It took a lot of pulling and smothering palm fulls of Indian Hemp hair products, for her to be able to tame my wild, frizzy coils that always seemed to channel their inner Diana Ross. Then, when I would get my hair straightened, my long hair swallowed me up like Cousin It. As a result, I have always stuck to a basic can't-go-wrong ponytail.
My New Year's resolution for 2013 is to learn how to create a super glamorous hairstyle. I always have the perfect outfit and fabulous makeup look, but I am always completely clueless about how to wear my hair. In order to get ideas, I checked out the TRESemmé Style Studio, a new interactive and customizable step-by-step hair tutorial and tip site of over 100 different hair styles. On the site, you can select your hair type (straight, curly, wavy, with bangs) and hair length (short, medium, long), and occasion (Girls Night, At the Office, Blushing Bride, and Date Night).
The thing I love the most about this website is that it gives you the ability to upload a photo of yourself and get a complete hair makeover using their Instant Styler. I spent a full hour this weekend trying on different hairstyles and colors. It's so much fun! Check out one of my results below:
What is your 2013 hair resolution?
Get Gorgeous Hair Whatever the Weather
However perfectly you have styled your hair first thing in the morning, stepping out into pouring rain, hot and humid conditions, wind or snow can all play havoc with your look. It's important to make sure you are wearing the right hairstyle to hold up to the day's forecast if you want to avoid a hair disaster!
Our favourite celebrities are a dab-hand at keeping their look polished and red-carpet perfect whatever the season, but with a team of hairdressers and stylists to hand it's no surprise. Here are our top tips to try at home, inspired by some of the most stylish celebs:
Mary Kate Olsen's pretty plaits
Heidi-style braids, as worn by Mary Kate Olsen, Kirsten Dunst and Jessica Alba, are the ultimate bad-weather style. Easily done once you have mastered the technique, the style looks best when a little messy and lived-in looking, and is a great way to keep your hair looking good between washes.
Get it by parting your hair and putting in two pig tails. Braid each side and secure with elastic bands (choose metal-free ones to avoid damaging your hair), then take the left plait, wrap across the top of your head, and pin behind the right ear. Repeat with the other side.
Eva Longoria's Half-Up Look
When the weather's warm and your hair is naturally more curly, putting half of it up is a good way to achieve a soft and romantic look.
This is simply done by parting your hair down the middle and clipping it up on either side. You could add volume with a little back combing for an evening look. If your hair is too smooth to hold the grips, spraying them with hairspray before putting them in your hair will hold the style more effectively.
Charlize Theron's low side bun
This is the perfect hairstyle to neaten up your look quickly after being caught out in rain or wind; you will be looking effortlessly elegant in minutes. Simply part hair your on one side, braid it to the end, then wrap into a bun shape to one side and pin, holding with hairspray if you have any to hand. This works best for medium to long styles.
Jessica Biel's Ponytail with a difference
A ponytail is the surest way to keep your hair from getting ruined by the weather. A slicked-back style will work best for hot days; try smoothing back your hair with a medium hold gel and pull into a tight ponytail at crown height. Create texture in the ends of your hair for some nice contrast, by spritzing salt spray onto the hair and scrunching, for a tousled effect.
For a more glamorous evening look, you can try adding some volume at the front of your head, which is softer and more flattering for your face. Start on day-old hair for better grip, and back-comb gently at the roots. Spray with a strong hairspray, and create a low ponytail. Take a strand from underneath the ponytail, wrap it round the hair band, and pin in place to finish.
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The Flyin' O'Briens, around the time they made the Harlem Globetrotters wish they'd stayed home.
A friend called former Seattle University basketball great Eddie O'Brien during halftime of last night's Redhawk visit to Oregon State. When informed that the score was 41-27, O'Brien replied, "Great, we're only down by 14."
The Flyin' O'Briens, around the time they made the Harlem Globetrotters wish they'd stayed home.
Turns out that, in spite of the fact that star forward Charles Garcia was rendered virtually useless due to foul trouble, Seattle U led the Beavers by 14 at half, the same OSU team which suffered near-miss, single-digit losses while visiting both WSU and UW the weekend before, and is coached by Michelle Obama's brother.
If that represented shock, then what would happen in the second half of the game would come to represent a level of stupefaction rivaled only by Seattle U's 84-81 exhibition victory over the Harlem Globetrotters in 1952, a Chieftain (that used to be their nickname, before political correctness led them to the aviary) team led by O'Brien and his twin brother, Johnny.
Garcia picked up his fourth foul shortly after the second half began, ensuring that the Redhawks' leading scorer and rebounder would spend at least the next 10 minutes riding pine, leaving his undersized teammates to preserve the lead. Well, they did more than that: By the time the final horn sounded, Seattle U walked off Ralph Miller Court a 99-48 victor, frustrating their Pac-10 hosts with a multitude of trapping defensive schemes. On the offensive end, the Redhawks were sparked by the diminutive point guard Cervante Burrell, whose merciless series of one-man fast breaks led to 17 points in 22 minutes.
"A 51-point loss at home to Seattle U. is a joke, right? Can't happen, right?" This was the headline following the game posted on The Oregonian's website, above a recap which informed readers that the loss was the worst ever suffered by the OSU on their home floor, and tied the largest margin of defeat on any floor in the school's history (the team began playing in 1901).
"Ain't seen nothing quite like that, huh?'' Seattle U coach Cameron Dollar told The Oregonian. "I haven't.''
The Redhawks have had an up and down year as they try to play their way into a conference for the start of the 2012-2013 season, the first in which they will be eligible for the postseason since the school announced its Division 1 aspirations before the 2008-2009 campaign. But the OSU massacre marks the Redhawks' second major road upset of the year, the first being a late November victory over the University of Utah in Provo.
These are precisely the sort of eye-catching victories that should compel the likes of the Big Sky, Big West, or WCC to roll out the red carpet for Seattle U. when it comes a-knocking in a couple years. More importantly for Seattleites, the Redhawks' annual visit to Hec Ed on January 26 might finally mark the rebirth of a legitimately competitive crosstown rivalry that's been cryogenically frozen since Carter roamed the White House.


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Update: Weiner makes it official, resigns "so my colleagues can get back to work, my neighbors can choose a new representative and most importantly that my wife and I can continue to heal from the damage I have caused."
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Earlier: What began as a supposed prank tweet to a Seattle college student has now led to the pending resignation of New York congressman Anthony Weiner. ABC News says Weiner called House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Steve Israel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Wednesday night while they were at a White House picnic to inform them he would step down today.At the same time, his former Seattle Twitter pal Gennette Cordova, who was sent the scandal-launching photo of Weiner's bulging shorts, has closed her Twitter page and is apparently trying to distance herself from Weinergate.
Though Cordova was reluctant to tell her whole story all along, she had chatted more frequently of late with reporters and other Twitter site visitors, tersely noting she felt less "deflated" and objecting to being lumped in with others who, unlike her, had a sexting relationship with the N.Y. Democrat. (One blogger claims he recently had an extended direct-message exchange with Cordova).
But, having been relentlessly satirized as a bimbo of sorts--such as in the poster to the right--she appears to have now signed off. A click onto Cordova's site leads to a "Sorry, that page doesn't exist!" message.


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Bluffton's Buildings and Grounds workers on Monday put finishing touches on an improved spillover parking lot for Town Hall.
Previously, the lot was all dirt and vehicles were parked randomly between the trees.
Rob Mitchell named Hampton Lake president.
Rob Mitchell has joined Reed Development Co. as president of Hampton Lake. He will be responsible for strategic planning of the company's future projects.
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The nightlife scene that was Bluffton Live and Hugo's on U.S. 278 near the Home Depot is no more. Heavy equipment leveled the building, leaving piles of construction debris. In its place will be a Parker's gas station.
Renovations on Bluffton Self Help's new Sheridan Park building are set to begin Wednesday. Bluffton Self Help will stretch its nonprofit legs come November when it moves its operations from Old Town into a 6,700-square-foot facility in Sheridan Park.
This book I am reading has a good golf joke that I never heard so here it is:
"The White House also blasted some of the cuts Republicans have suggested, saying the proposal would "undercut the federal government's ability to meet its core commitments to seniors, middle-class families and the most vulnerable, while reducing our ability to invest in our future."
Where is it in our Constitution that the federal government has "core committments to seniors, middle-class families, and the most vulnerable"?
I saw in the paper this morning and on the news last night about the peeping tom arrest made in Mill Creek. I am wondering who decides what stories like this get published. I am not giving out a name, but last Wednesday a local man was arrested for CSC against a minor and there has yet to be anything in the paper about it. This man is now out on bail living in a neighborhood with many young kids and nobody has been made aware that this has happened.
Politics get in the way of America's wellbeing
I struggle with the image of what America is becoming as blatant greediness seems to be propelling this country into an abyss of indifference toward the general welfare of its citizens.
The time to get involved is now, during the decision-making phase.
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Do Gold and Silver ETFs Make Good Investments?
according to the prospectus not enough to make up a whole bar of gold.The trustee is Bank of New York Mellon, the custodian is JPMorgan and the gold is held in Zurich, Switzerland. The Zurich sub-custodian is UBS. The last audit was by Inspectorate International in December 2009 . The 757 gold bars examined, at that point, were of 99.50% to 99.99% purity. The inspection was at the sub-custodian's vault and there were no anomalies found. In the second quarter, Goldman Sachs (GS) bought 102,195 shares of the SGOL, making it the second largest investor behind JPMorgan, which holds 398,153 shares. Morgan Stanley (MS) comes in third with 85,093 shares.SGOL, ETFS Physical Gold Shares SGOL is the newest gold ETF and was launched in September 2009. The fund has $955 million in assets and 752,017 ounces with an expense ratio of 0.39%. Although the ETF is small, year-to-date it has grown 146% in terms of ounces. There is unallocated gold but
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We cannot say we had no warning. -- Sir Robert Hart
Their sins are numberless as the hairs of the head. . . . The will of heaven is that . . . the foreign devils be decapitated.
-- Boxer placard
NEWS of Sidney Brooks's gruesome murder reached Peking on 2 January 1900. Just hours earlier the American minister Edwin Conger had written to his government warning them of a hardening in China's attitude toward foreigners. Conger, a bearded Civil War veteran, former congressman, and friend of President McKinley, had arrived in Peking with his family in late 1898. However, he was facing those first perplexing months of 1900 alone. His wife, Sarah, a fervently devout Christian Scientist, was visiting friends in Iowa with their daughters.
The Congers were slightly dull, well-meaning, worthy, hospitable people who took their responsibilities seriously. When Mrs. Conger was in Peking, Thursdays were her days "at home." She enjoyed filling her rooms with the "medley of foreigners" that came to drink tea and chat. Livelier company was to be found at the residence of Herbert Squiers, the athletic, strong-jawed American first secretary, an ex-cavalry officer, and his wife, Harriet, a grand- daughter of John Jacob Astor. These stylish and well-connected New England "blue noses" had excellent taste and an acquisitive streak to match. During their stay in China they amassed such an extensive collection of antique Chinese porcelain that when they eventually left Peking it filled several railway carriages. Several


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|Davenport Must "Wait Until Next Year" for Baseball
|Commentary/Politics - Letters to the Editor
|Tuesday, 27 March 2001 18:00
On Monday, March 19, 2001, Davenport aldermen received a memo that stated, "After three years of negotiation and attempting to reach an agreement to renovate John O'Donnell Stadium and to make Minor A baseball successful in Davenport, the City of Davenport and the Quad City River Bandits have agreed that it is in the best interest of both parties to move ahead and go in separate directions.
The council had before it a lease agreement that provided the Seventh Inning Stretch organization a lease at $7,000 less than the previous lease for a period of one year with an option for an additional year. This put the City of Davenport in a position that they could not negotiate any agreement with any other team until after the 2002 season. But Seventh Inning Stretch could leave at the end of the 2001 season. In addition, it provided a reduction of $7,000 in lease payments. Davenport taxpayers have $7,000 less to cover stadium expenses.
I have been a baseball fan for 50 years. I managed a Davenport city park champion baseball team in the 1950s. I have attended games at John O'Donnell Stadium from 1937 until today. I want to keep baseball playing at John O'Donnell and not run baseball out of Davenport. When I introduced amendments to the lease, I wanted to provide the City of Davenport with the best negotiating position possible to ensure baseball would remain viable in Davenport. The Memorandum of Understanding singed by Kevin Krause and Acting City Administrator Ken Kolwey clearly acknowledges Mr. Krause is not interested in any long-term commitment to play baseball in Davenport, Iowa.
If Mr. Krause had agreed to a definite two-year contract instead of having the option to leave in a year, I would not have made the amendments that I proposed on Monday. We would have a definite commitment for 2001 and 2002. But the way it stands under the current agreement, baseball might be here in 2002, but at the whim of Mr. Krause. That is not a tenable position for the city of Davenport or for the citizens who want to keep baseball at John O'Donnell Stadium for the foreseeable future.
Baseball is a game that I have intently followed since Mickey Owens dropped the third-strike ball in the World Series that allowed the New York Yankees the life they needed to win that series. Brooklyn's annual battle cry became my battle cry: "Wait until next year!" Now Davenport has to wait until next year to know if we will have baseball in 2002. That is not how I was taught by the federal government to negotiate. One must always negotiate from a position of strength.
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I designed this a couple of months ago and it bounced between a couple of the "1 day" shirt sites. After they passed, I created it for a shirt in my RedBubble store... you can find it here is all styles and sizes: www.redbubble.com/people/hodge…
Hey, very cute.
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Great work. Very tempted to buy the shirt now.
That is to awesome, even though I don't watch G.O.T. But I do know the character from it
Who is she? I thought she was Elsa but now I don't know. Beautiful image BTW !
I love it
Yay! Someone else besides me is familiar with "Pete's Dragon."
Pretty cool!
Y'know, I've never really been able to get into Game Of Thrones. Is it it good would it appeal to a Breaking Bad fan such as myself ?
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SurveyUSA has Obama up 56 to 40 in our state, but Politico still has us shaded as a "Leaning Obama" state, which isn't a bad thing. It means we actually get a little love from the national Democratic campaign to ensure victory. Man 'o Scranton Joe Biden is hosting a rally at Cheney Stadium (ha!), 2502 South Tyler Street, in Tacoma. Doors open at noon Sunday, speechifying, rabble-rousing begin at 2 p.m.
One would assume that a certain governor running for re-election and needing to remind everyone she endorsed Obama during the primary, will also put in an appearance.


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Loeb: Tyre choices key to Monte success
23 January 2012
Citroen's Sebastien Loeb has insisted his victory on Rallye Monte Carlo was not easy, even though he dominated the event and eventually triumphed by over 2.5 minutes.
Loeb led the opening round in the 2012 World Rally Championship pretty much throughout and he finished on a high yesterday, by taking the honours in the Power Stage too.
That means he took the maximum 28-point haul from the event, something that sets him up nicely as he bids to take the WRC drivers' title for the ninth time.
Speaking at the finish, the Frenchman added that his success was largely down to being on the right tyres and at the right time, even though conditions were, on occasion, quite tricky and unpredictable.
"I am happy to win a rally that means a lot to me," Loeb said. "There were a lot of supporters alongside the roads and I also wanted to win for them. It's a big gap to second, but I wouldn't say that this was an easy win.
"We had to deal with all sorts of conditions and my lead was largely built on better tyre choices, which were mainly down to the work of Citroen Racing's technical team and our tyre partner Michelin. For the first time in a long time in WRC, we were able to choose between five types of tyres and we always managed to pick the right tyres for the circumstances.
"The Citroen DS3 WRC worked like a dream. I felt comfortable from the start of the rally and I managed to get into a good rhythm. It's certainly a nice way to start the season."
Yves Matton, who is now team principal, meanwhile concurred with his number one driver that tyre choice was critical.
"It's important to start the season on a positive note and great to win a rally as legendary as Monte Carlo. One of the key factors was tyre choice," he continued. "The analysis work performed prior to the rally by our engineers, who had imagined almost every possible eventuality, helped us to make the right choices.
"Sebastien was impressive in terms of his race management. He was patient and took it a little easier when necessary and then pushed when the conditions enabled him to do so."
"This is an exciting result for us," added Citroen's general manager Frederic Banzet. "Once again, I was very impressed by the entire team. It is very satisfying to see everyone working in relaxed fashion. The red army is on its way again!"


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| Savings Account for Newborn - swamie on 12/27/15 at 11:59 pm
leaning towards a Vanguard mid cap mutual fund Other thoughts have been DRIP account Not investing this money to be directed mainly towards education so I haven't considered a 529 What do you recommend?...
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| JBE works to remove work requirements from SNAP benefits - swamie on 12/21/15 at 2:12 pm
[link=(http://theadvocate.com/news/14355513-123/gov-elect-john-bel-edwards-seeks-to-halt-food-stamp-change-affecting-thousands)]LINK[/link] I don't remember this as part of his platform. Among his priority changes, why wouldn't he mention this? [quote]"I will take the next year to work with...
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| CSI: Cyber - swamie on 8/20/15 at 11:35 pm
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| Payton had a high grade on Glennon in '13? - swamie on 5/1/15 at 10:35 pm
Might want to keep that one to yourself Sean....
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nevemind. found a ticket....
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It's still too early to weed and feed right? What can I do to get a jump on making my yard look better?...
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| Food and Drink
| How to prank Catholics for lunch - swamie on 2/27/15 at 1:34 pm
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| Seinfeld on tour reviews - swamie on 2/19/15 at 1:47 pm
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| need help starting my gas fireplace - swamie on 1/7/15 at 6:41 pm
only the pilot light stays on, but the fireplace won't light up. I've never used it before so I doubt the thrermopile is bad. Probably just dusty vents, but what else could it be.?...View Topic - Replies (9)
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| HTC One battery is acting strange - swamie on 12/23/14 at 7:45 am
I thought it had been losing battery pretty fast lately, but I just chalked it up to apps I was using. Gave it an overnight charge for the first time in two days and woke up to only having it charged up to 40% in 7 hours. I rooted it, so I may go back to my original ROM, but before I do that...
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| Fantasy Sports Board
| Thoughts on champ. game lineup? - swamie on 12/9/14 at 11:49 am
[u]QB[/u] Romo @ Eagles - last game against the eagles at home didn't go so well [u]RB1[/u] Forte - Saints - no thoughts needed, gonna eat. [u]RB2[/u] Jennings vs. Wash FJax vs GB Herron vs Houston Hill @ Cle Leaning towards FJax against GB in ppr [u]WR1[/u] Brown [u]WR2[/u] B...View Topic - Replies (0)
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[quote]- 48 teams/4 separate divisions of 12 teams each - $100 entry fee - last 6 weeks of season pays out weekly scoring bonuses for top overall league points and top division points - $75/week for overall points, $25/week for top division ($600 total) - 1st place in the division recei...View Topic - Replies (4)
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| Chef Ryan Andre to be head chef at new City Pork location - swamie on 11/13/14 at 9:56 pm
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| Doing my first solo jambalaya tomorrow - swamie on 11/7/14 at 11:25 pm
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Dropped my defense to pick up Jeremy Hill bc my opponent was starting Gio. [u]QB[/u] Palmer Romo - Out [u]RB[/u] Forte Hillman - can't drop, trade pending Gore Oliver Joique - can't drop, trade pending Hill Jennings [u]WR[/u] Brown Dez Allen Benjamin - can't drop, trade pending...View Topic - Replies (3)
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**Bonehead move of the week** Playing in multiple leagues can sometimes catch up with you if you get lazy with the rules. 3/4 of my leagues are commish approval for trades and get pushed through pretty quickly. And this league never trades so the rules weren't fresh in my mind. I offered a t...View Topic - Replies (3)
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Caller ID came up with my cell number. I had to answer just to see what was going on. I hate Rachel so much....View Topic - Replies (18)
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These days, everyone is a photographer. Digital cameras and smartphones are very high quality, and people are taking more pictures than ever. So why not make extra money from the pictures you're already taking?
First, sign up for Foap. It's an online marketplace where companies like Sony and Puma look for images they can use for marketing campaigns.
On this site, it's possible to sell your photos for $10 each, with a fifty-fifty split between you and Foap, so you make $5 on every sale. This might not sound like much, but some users have reported making as much as $4,000 a year with their photos.
And best of all, if someone buys your photo, they don't get exclusive rights. That means you can sell the same image over and over again.
Also check out Twenty20, where users can buy and sell Instagram photos as stock images or to make art pieces, such as wall canvases, smartphone cases and greeting cards.
Twenty20 has the third-largest stock-image catalog in the world. It's even bigger than popular sites like Shutterstock and iStockphoto. And like the name implies, you'll earn 20 percent from sales of any of your pictures, whether they're purchased as stock images or as physical products.
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If you're 30 years old, you need to set aside $448 per month for next 35 years to become a millionaire -- if you earn a reasonable 8% annualized return in a retirement account. Don't have $448 to spare -- or even $248? Maybe you do and don't realize it.
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I'm 47 and had my first IVF today - all went well and now I start my 2ww - send me good wishes and happy thoughts!
47 and my first IVF today!
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I was quite surprised my old zombie drawing became so popular so I decided to give it a little lifting....
A little lifting before there is nothing more to lift...
hihi, love it!
wowww! This picture is so cool!!!!!!
I made a sculpture of this drawing. It 's featured on my home page. Check it out and tell me what you think. Thanks
There's nothing like a good brain to get me started in the morning!
I might have to use this one for a sculptue idea
HAHA ! excellant ! bravo
I just adore this piece! May I please Use this for my Novel if I give full credit, and a copy of the book?
Mmm, well, u know what, let me read the novel first, if I like it, I ll do more of that kind if u want ok?
More, more, more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
perfect just perfect!
ahhaha I love this so much
it's the 2nd zombie i've seen eating itself this week...weird
it's the 2nd zombie i've seen eating itself this week...weird
Now thats just awesome!
wickedly evil, very nice.
He better leave some left-overs for me. I have to eat, too.
very steadman-esque : ) love it!
Haaaa Steadman... I m a huge fan indeed...
That s funny, this one has alwys been my most popular dev. so far...
I did it in ten minutes ten years ago!...
Anyway.. Glad u like it!
That s funny, this one has alwys been my most popular dev. so far...
I did it in ten minutes ten years ago!...
Anyway.. Glad u like it!
I think a lot of times stuff you do in a short time and never think about again resonates for a lot of people strongly. Maybe it's because stuff that is done so fast comes more directly from the subconscious, because you can't think about it too much while making it. Anyways, it's weird : )
that 's really great!i love the composition and colors!
Don't be surprised too much. The original was awesome. This is even better, the color makes it a lot clearer, the bloody red is great. He's such a hungry zombie.
Great style and drawing overall. Excellent depiction of a self-eating zombie.


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@ the UK premiere of Thunderbirds in London, England July 18 2004.
I have no idea what this movie is about and have no intentions on finding out. I
am assuming that it is some sort of kids movie? Looks damn dumb. If I had children
I don't think that I would expose them to this. I am a firm
believer that what you watch on the television can make you
stupider and this looks as though it would fit that criteria.
Have you ever met a Jersey Shore or Dancing with the Stars fan?
I rest my case.
...The Pics...
Anyways. These are actually pretty mediocre candid, or event, or
whatever the hell you want to call them, pics. Her pics are hard to come by but
we wanted to put something in her candids section. I know that I am not
complaining about these because she does look good in them, but a nip slip is
always great. Then again I would assume that there were children at this event
so that probably wouldn't have been prudent. Hell with that, yes it would, it is
tit, not an exploding head. Chances are good that they sucked on one of those
not so long ago when they got hungry. Didn't happen so we will have to settle
for, sort of cleavee, what looks like a braless, and sort of nipply, Sophia showing off some great
leg. The quality of these is mixed. Enjoy!
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The Venture Capital industry is in very exciting times and the whole model is being questions by many- like the Kauffman report which argues that venture capital is broken or this HBR post. The power balance between the entrepreneur and investor is always in question and there are various models being tried out. A very […]
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Huawei's 4-month old Ascend Mate2 is done with Android updates
This week Huawei appears pumped up to announce that one of their newest devices on the market, the Huawei Ascend Mate2, will not be getting any more Android updates. This is the device we reviewed in June of this year - it was released that same month - but now there'll be no more updates to its software. Here's the kicker: Huawei WILL be updating the device in every region outside the United States. It's just its 4G USA-centric release that they've essentially abandoned.


text: I recently completed the spring session of the citizens? awareness academy program which consisted of 10 days, three hours a day, once a week, and is sponsored by the Auburn Police Department. I believe every citizen of our community, if at all possible, should attend one of these sessions and receive the very important and educational information about our law enforcement units. This program provides transparency regarding our law enforcement agencies and promotes citizen advocacy. The schedule included policies and procedures, tours of our police department, county jail (very interesting) and informative talks on the patrol procedures, volunteer program, drugs and DUI, gangs, fraud/ID theft, counterfeit and sessions by the DA?s office, high-risk response unit, weapons, including a day at the firing range, technology and animal control. It ended with a great session by the FBI?s Special Agent Herb Brown on that department?s background and terrorism awareness throughout our country and the world. I must say that this experience has brought considerable insight into our law enforcements? actions, duties, procedures and overall protection that they bring to our city, county and country. The program was very well put together by our Chief of Police, John Ruffcorn, and his staff including the volunteers of the Auburn Police Department. Thank you Chief John Ruffcorn, and kudos to you and your staff. Joseph Rodrigues, Auburn