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|Races cap off Saturday excitement at PC Fair
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
With a crowd of 800 people on hand, Phillips County Raceway served up a night of exciting car racing action Saturday, July 27.
Ryan Gaylord once again took the top spot in the IMCA mod division, beating out Garrett Sporhase of Holyoke and Eddie Belec who finished in second and third respectively.
Jessie Taylor, pictured at bottom, and Colton Osborn battle for position during mod racing action Saturday, July 27 at Phillips County Raceway. —Photo by Steve Towery
Gaylord now sits just 18 points behind points leader Jesse Taylor. Sporhase sits in third, just one point behind Gaylord.
Richard Boone was able to edge out Holyoke racer Colt Gibbs and Jim Moore in the hobby races. Gibbs is still the points leader, six points above Moore while Boone sits in eighth place.
Justin Bussell of Imperial, Neb. took the checkered flag in stocks, giving him some breathing room as the points leader. Mike Dancer finished in second and Don Schweitzer followed behind in third.
Bussell leads the next closest points earner, Lloyd Meeske by 52 points.
Tom Nelson Jr. raced his way to a first-place finish in the northern sport mods, beating out points leader Jacob Adler from Holyoke. Ryan Moser finished the race in third place.
Adler sits atop the points standings with 264, 14 more than Mike Lininger in second. Nelson Jr. is in seventh as of July 27.
Justin Bussell poses alongside Phillips County Fair princesses, pictured from left, Kaitlyn Kent and Taylor Hendrix and lady-in-waiting Josilyn Lutze after taking the top spot in the stocks division. —Photo by Steve Towery
Results from Saturday, July 27 include, listed in order of placing:
IMCA Mods—Ryan Gaylord, Garrett Sporhase, Eddie Belec, Jeremy Frenier, John Burrow Jr., Cole Hodges, Greg Sharpe, Colton Osborne, Angie Hayes, James Krehmeyer and Jesse Taylor.
Hobby—Richard Boone, Colt Gibbs, Jim Moore, Greg Dannatt, Michael Johnson, Woody Woodhead and Ron Edge.
Stocks—Justin Bussell, Mike Dancer, Don Schweitzer, Kurt Trusty, Tony Walker, Jason Noyes, Lloyd Meeske and Earl Woodward.
Northern Sport Mod—Tom Nelson Jr., Jacob Adler, Ryan Moser, Mike Lininger, Brandon Clough, Tom Quint and Jacob Fehler.
Racing will return to PCR Saturday, Aug. 10 as mods, stocks, s-mods, hobbies and lightning sprints are all scheduled to race.
Holyoke Enterprise August 1, 2013


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SITE: Boyce Thompson Arboretum is 55 miles east of Phoenix,
in the Arizona Upland division of the Sonoran Desert. It is located near U.S.
Highway 60 milepost #223 on the south side of the road, just west of Superior,
in Pinal County. GPS Coordinates N 33.28094*,W 111.16135* US-AZ mapcode MC3.WC4
The Arboretum lies along Queen Creek, an intermittent desert stream which flows through a picturesque canyon. The Arboretum is nestled against the base of the 4400-foot-high Picketpost Mountain. Elevation in the gardens is 2,400 feet, latitude 33 16' 24" N, longitude 111 90' 24"W.
PURPOSE: The Arboretum was created from 1923 to 1929 as a museum of living plants to help instill in humanity an appreciation of plants. The articles of incorporation allow for all forms of "experiment, research, study and investigation of plant and animal life" and call for "broadening the public interest therein and knowledge thereof." Management is by a cooperative effort by Arizona State Parks, the University of Arizona, and the private nonprofit corporation, which owns the physical facility. These three managing partners seek to maintain an appropriate balance between the public programs and academic endeavors. The Arboretum is primarily a service-oriented institution seeking to ascertain the types of plants that will thrive within the Sonoran Desert; displaying these and introducing them for use within the state and the Southwest; making seeds available to botanical gardens, arboreta, parks departments and government agencies; and offering a wide range of educational services dealing with plant science and biotic communities.
PUBLIC FACILITIES: The Arboretum is open daily year-round, except Dec. 25. During Fall and Winter months from October-through-April admission is taken from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Summer hours during May, June, July, August and September are 6:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Daily admission is $10 for adult; $5 for ages 5-12. Children under 5 years of age are admitted free. Annual memberships start at $50 for two people, $75 per family. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times while on Arboretum grounds. Admission is usually waived one day each year - National Public Gardens Day in May.
The present Arboretum Visitor Center is located at the edge of the entry parking lot just off Highway 60. It was dedicated in October 1988 by Governor Rose Mofford and was in use by January, 1989. Designed by architect Less Wallach of Line and space, Tucson, the center incorporated a cooling tower and passive/active cooling and heating features. The Visitor Center contains a bookstore/giftshop, administrative offices, greenhouse, an orientation room and patios. Drought-tolerant plants, including cacti and other succulents, are made available for purchase by Arboretum visitors at the center.
The historic Smith Building, located a short distance downhill, was the original Visitor Center. Erected in 1925, it is constructed of rhyolite, a native stone quarried directly across Highway 60. It encompasses an Interpretive Center with museum exhibits and displays. Two public greenhouses attached to the Smith Building display living specimens of cacti and succulent plants brought together from many deserts.
The chief attraction at the Arboretum is the system of nature trails, with over two miles of combined length that weave through the botanical gardens. These gardens represent the "living museum" of plants capable of living in the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona. Many are native species; others have been introduced. A series of Interpretive Ramadas are located along the Main Loop Trail to provide information to Arboretum visitors.
The Picnic Area is adjacent to Queen Creek and about 100 yards southeast of the Visitor Center. Shade is provided by an immense Arizona Sycamore tree, several large Athel (Tamarisk) trees and other species of shade trees. Picnic tables and grills are available for use. A Demonstration Garden is west of the Picnic Area. It exemplifies use of drought-tolerant plants for landscaping, and demonstration water-harvesting methods and irrigation techniques.
EDUCATIONAL GROUP LECTURES AND TOURS: Most visitors take two or three hours to explore the Arboretum using maps available at the Visitor Center. Guided tours can be arranged for groups of at least 20 or more people, provided sufficient notice is given. Appointments may be arranged by phone at 520.689.2723, or by email to lpacheco AT ag.arizona.edu (substitute the @ for "AT" for this email to be valid).
The public may visit at any time in small groups. However, organized groups and classes are asked not to come without an appointment, since the facilities (including restrooms, parking lots, trails, etc.) can accommodate only the number of groups and classes that are ordinarily scheduled. Adult supervisors and an orientation session are required for classes below college or university level.
The Arboretum offers a series of public events each year, most of them included with daily admission. Our annual Bye-bye Buzzards Day is in September, seasonal Plant Sales are usually October and March, and November has both a Live Music Festival and our Fall Color Festival on Thanksgiving Weekend. Australia Day is in January, the Language of Flowers Show & Chocolate Tasting times to coincide with Valentines Day each February, our "Welcome Back Buzzards" festival is in mid-March and the Herb Festival in April. Seasonal weekend tours include bird-walks during Spring and Fall, "Plants of the Bible" tours and our "Edible/Medicinal Plants of the Desert walk. For complete event details visit our website or call the recorded message phone: 520. 689. 2811
Annual membership is a great way to support the Arboretum. "Friends of the Arboretum" enroll at levels starting at $50 to enjoy a full year's access and extra guest passes for friends or family. For complete information about benefits of membership call the Friends of the Arboretum at 520. 689. 5248 or else send an email to: firstname.lastname@example.com
THE FOUNDER: William Boyce Thompson was born at Virginia City, Montana on May 13, 1869. He attended the School of Mines a Columbia University, becoming a mining engineer. He created a fortune by studying mines and selecting the most promising for development and investment. He was the founder and first president of Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company at Globe-Miami, Arizona and Magma Copper Company at Superior, Arizona.
Thompson received the honorary title of "Colonel" when he led a Red Cross expedition in 1917 to bring medical supplies, humanitarian assistance, comfort and advice to the Russian people who had just overthrown the Czar and who were still fighting Germany in the eastern theatre during World War I. He reached St. Petersburg after a long trip through arid parts of Asia. During this trip he became impressed with mankind's dependence on plants. He was struck by the fact that all food comes originally from plants. Although he encountered starvation and malnutrition, he was impressed by the many uses made of the rather scarce plants. During the trip he thought of creating an arid land arboretum where plants from the world's deserts could be brought together, catalogued, and their uses inventoried and their seeds distributed.
Colonel Thompson died on June 27, 1930. The Arizona Legislature stated that it was "profoundly appreciative" of the Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum as a "scientific institution for the purpose of experimentation and research in the matter of native vegetation of the state and the Southwest."
ARBORETUM ACREAGE: Total land used by the Arboretum is 1,075.3 acres. Of this, a 726-acre tract (the north slope of Picketpost Mountain) belongs to the Federal Government. It has been used by the Arboretum as a restricted-access study area and nature preserve under a Special Use Permit from the Forest Service since it was fenced in 1929. Deeded land owned by the Boyce Thompson southwestern Arboretum, Inc., totals 329.75 acres along Queen Creek. This land includes the 100-acre tract of botanical gardens open to the public. A final tract of 20 acres south of U.S. Highway 60 and east of Picketpost House is owned by the University of Arizona
AYER LAKE: A storage reservoir designed to hold 3,680,000 gallons (10-acre feet) of water for irrigation was constructed in 1925. This was later named to honor Judge Charles F. Ayer, legal advisor to Colonel Thompson, who (with the Colonel and Attorney Edward W. Rice of Globe) was an original incorporator of the Arboretum. Ayer Lake is filled by means of pumps, one of which lifts water from Queen Creek over a steep intervening ridge.
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS: The Arboretum has established a collection of living plants composed of 3,201 different types of plants belong to 306 genera in 76 families. Work continues in evaluating plants for xeriscaping (desert region landscaping). In a cooperative study with the University of Arizona, oil pressed from seeds of a desert bush, Jojoba, was discovered to contain a liquid wax useful as a substitute for sperm-whale oil. Seeds of Jojoba have been extensively distributed to scientists and for industrial testing. This has resulted in large-scale planting of Jojoba on marginal farmland in Arizona as well as other arid climate areas.
The early work at the Arboretum in soil-retention by plant roots was instrumental in development of the U. S. Soil Conservation Service (SCS). The original Arboretum Director, Franklin J. Crider, left to become the first head of the Plant Materials Section of the SCS. As such he was one of the important "founding fathers" of the Soil Conservation Service. His original program was a cooperative one headquartered at the Arboretum and consisting of an interlocking project jointly accomplished by the Arboretum, the Forest Service, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Civilian Conservation Corps.
During World War II, the Arboretum distributed young cork oaks widely in the Southwest as a measure of emergency preparedness when the Nazi-Fascist interests threatened the world's cork supply.
Weather observations at the Arboretum, including precipitation and high and
low temperature, have been faithfully recorded daily for over 75 years. Rainfall
averages 17.0 inches per year, equally divided between summer and winter.
Since 1965 guest quarters have been maintained, housing a variety of visiting
scientists, researchers, lecturers and special guests. These scientists bring
a wide range of studies appropriate to desert surroundings to the Arboretum.
The Arboretum can provide housing, research facilities and logistic support
for studies; to inquire about this call 520. 689. 2723.
Since the 1960s, Arboretum bird checklists have been made available to visitors. Because of the diverse habitats present, over 270 species of birds have been recorded here, including many rare and unusual migrants. Checklists for birds, mammals, and for reptiles and amphibians may be requested at the visitor center.
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World AIDS Day 2010, Hanukkah and Rosa Parkspaulabernstein
It's December 1st. You know what that means — the holiday season is in full swing. In fact, Hanukkah begins tonight. But it's also a significant day for other reasons.
Today is World AIDS Day which is intended to raise awareness of people infected by HIV and to help stop the spread of HIV.
It's also the 55th anniversary of the day that Rosa Parks fueled the civil rights movement by refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. Parks was arrested, sparking a boycott of the bus line that lasted 381 days. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led the boycott and the protest spread across the country.
Of course, I want to educate my children about the various meanings of today, but I also don't want to overwhelm them with too much information.
Since the story of Hanukkah is, at heart, a story about miracles, I might talk about how miracles aren't just things that magically happen to us. We can make our own miracle by standing up for something we believe in, just as Rosa Parks did. Or we can work to raise money and awareness about HIV.
At ages 5 and 8, my girls are too young to understand the details about AIDS, but they are old enough to know not to judge someone by the color of their skin or their medical condition.
Tonight when we light the first Hanukkah candle, I will be thinking of the lives that Rosa Parks changed and the lives that have been lost to AIDS.
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Oct 08 2013
Autumn Home Maintenance Checklist – The Garage Plan Shop
Getting your house ready for winter begins as the leaves begin to fall. Inspecting your home and performing routine maintenance now can prevent costly repairs later. Below is a suggested checklist of home maintenance tips you can use this fall:
Gutters – Keeping gutters and downspouts clear of debris prevents them from backing up and damaging roofing especially when cold temperatures cause freezing. Water running behind the gutters can cause problems with rotting, pest infestations, foundation damage and wet basements, so repair or replace gutter hangers and brackets if needed. Check where the water drains to make sure it isn't collecting in a place that will be damaged or dangerous when frozen.
Chimneys – Make sure the flue is operating properly and the chimney gets cleaned properly if you plan to fire up that fireplace this winter. Also, inspect outside to determine if any tuckpointing or flashing needs attention. If you use a chimney cap to protect the top of your chimney, make sure that it is still attached securely.
Doors and Windows – Lower your heating bills by repairing air leaks around windows and doors. Don't forget to replace the screens the storm windows and doors. The cooler days of autumn are an ideal time to replace peeling paint and caulk as well.
Plumbing – Drain the spigots and close the valves to outside faucets to prevent freezing and bursting pipes. Insulate the cavities and don't forget to drain the hose of water.
Attic -Look in the attic after a good rain. This is one way to catch any leaks especially around chimneys and vents. Also check for adequate insulation and seal any air leaks.
Heating – Replace the furnace filter. Do a test run before it gets extremely cold, to ensure that everything is working properly. In the long run, it may pay to have your heating and cooling company clean and inspect your system.
Yard – This is a good time of year to fertilize and reseed lawns. Pay attention and trim any limbs that are close to the roof or power lines. Heavy snow and ice can cause them to fall and do great damage during winter storms. Bring in or protect your outdoor furniture, umbrellas, grills, etc. Make sure all of your outdoor lights and motion detectors are working properly and change their schedules if needed as the days get shorter.
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|School's DAAC accomplishes much, seeks 3 new members
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District Accountability Advisory Committee members for Holyoke School District Re-1J focus on accomplishment. They're given specific tasks by the school board each year, and their input has proven valuable.
Superintendent Bret Miles said he and the Board of Education hope to continue to have a DAAC group they can give meaty projects to. The DAAC perspective is valued on complex issues.
An 11-member committee, the DAAC is currently in need of three parent members—two with elementary school children and one with a child in the JR/SR high. One term on the DAAC is three years.
The group meets on the third Tuesday of each month from 5-6 p.m., and Miles said they're good about keeping the meetings within the one hour.
He emphasized that the DAAC meetings are always open. Any parent or community member is welcome to attend. However, if a vote is taken, then only the official elected members would vote. Typically, the committee takes a consensus, using the opinions obtained from staff within the school buildings.
Miles hopes to hear from those interested in serving in the next couple of weeks so that they can get an agenda at least a week ahead of the Tuesday, Oct. 15 meeting.
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On this date in 1988, Bob Dylan kicked off his current tour. That's right — when Dylan picks up his touring schedule on June 30 in the U.K., he will be entering the 24th YEAR of his "Never Ending Tour."
The "Never Ending Tour" was a nickname that first popped up during an interview for Q Magazine with writer Adrian Deevoy. Deevoy asked Dylan about touring and how he seems to go from one trek to the next without much of a break.
"Oh, it's all the same tour," Dylan replied. The interviewer asked, "It's the Never Ending Tour?" to which Dylan said, dismissively, "Yeah, yeah."
The tour that started on this day 24 years ago in Concord, Calif., (with Neil Young sitting in on guitar!) was originally called the Innerstate 88 tour. Now, as a sort of ongoing joke, fans and writers refer to all of his touring under the "Never Ending" umbrella.
Crotchety Dylan reportedly doesn't like the tag. He wrote in the liner notes to World Gone Wrong that, while there WAS a Never Ending Tour, it did end — in 1991 when guitarist G. E. Smith left the band. In 2009, Dylan told Rolling Stone, "Critics should know there is no such thing as forever. Does anybody call Henry Ford a Never Ending Car Builder? Anybody ever say that Duke Ellington was on a Never Ending Bandstand Tour? These days, people are lucky to have a job. Any job. So critics might be uncomfortable with my working so much. Anybody with a trade can work as long as they want. A carpenter, an electrician. They don't necessarily need to retire."
Chill, Bob! I think "Never Ending Tour" is rarely if ever used in a derogatory term (except maybe by Dylan's pencil mustache wrangler).
That June 7 date was far from the first time Dylan and Young played together. Check out the audio from a jam between the two geniuses from 1975.
Born This Day: Musical movers and shakers sharing a June 7 birthday include Steubenville, Ohio favorite son Dean Martin (1917); Welsh sex god Tom Jones (1940); Cincinnati native and one of the more powerful men in the music biz, L.A. Reid (1956); lead singer and guitarist for "College Rock" superstars Violent Femmes, Gordon Gano (1963); Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro (1967); and all-time American music great, Prince (1958).
Prince Nelson Rogers is 54 today and he's one person you would not be blowing smoke ass-ward by saying he looks to be in his early 30s. Prince is not only responsible for some of the best songs of the past 50 years; he's also released at least three instant-classic albums — Purple Rain, 1999 and the masterwork Sign o' the Times (which is in my personal Top 10 all-time greatest albums).
Tomorrow night at Mayday in Northside you can celebrate the Artist Formerly Known as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince's birthday. The club is hosting a Prince dance party — DJs playing all Prince, all night long. For free. Sounds like heaven.
Here is one of the many stand-out tracks from Sign, the rocking and righteous "The Cross."
On this date in 1972, Les Harvey — guitarist for the Scottish band (which many believed would become huge) Stone the Crows — died on stage when he was electrocuted by a microphone. He reportedly died when he touched the (probably) ungrounded mic and his guitar at the same time during soundcheck (with what many believe were wet hands).
Harvey is a member of the sad club of rockers who died at the age of 27. He's also a member of a smaller club of known musicians who died from electrocution.
Keith Relf, singer for The Yardbirds, died in 1976 at the age of 33 after being electrocuted by an (again) ungrounded electric guitar.
John Rostill was the bassist for the British Pop group that gave Cliff Richard to the world, The Shadows (he was also a member of Zoot Money Quartet alongside future Police guitarist Andy Summers). Rostill was found dead in 1973, electrocuted by a guitar that was (again!) believed to be improperly grounded.
French Pop singer/songwriter Claude Francois — who cowrote the classic Sinatra tune "My Way" and sold over 70 million records in his career — died in 1978 at the age of 39. Francois returned to his Paris abode after recording a BBC special and was standing in a full bathtub when he tried to adjust a light on the wall above the tub. He was electrocuted and died. As far as I know, everything was properly grounded in the bathroom.
Lessons: Bathtubs and electronics don't mix. And always make sure your equipment is grounded before touching anything.
Born This Day: Musical movers and shakers sharing a May 3 birthday include singer/actor Bing Crosby (1903); early Blues musician and slide guitarist Homesick James (1914); late Funk superhero James Brown (1933); Pop star with the Four Seasons, Frankie Valii (1934); bassist for proto-Garage band The Troggs ("Wild Thing"), Pete Staples (1944); Soft Rock superstar Christopher Cross (1951); singer for Nu Metal band Saliva, Josey Scott (1971); singer/guitarist for Indie Rock favorites Interpol, Paul Banks (1978); and Folk legend Pete Seeger (1919).
Seeger — who will be awarded a "Distinguished Service" honor from the American Academy of Arts and Letters on May 16 — popped up in the news recently in a manner befitting the revolutionary singer/songwriter who penned (or co-penned) standards like "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?," "If I Had Hammer" and "Turn, Turn, Turn!" He also popularized the spiritual "We Shall Overcome," which became the Civil Rights Movement's theme song.
Seeger's social consciousness in song was used once again in a powerful way last week when tens of thousands of Norwegians joined together for a marathon singalong of his song, "My Rainbow Race" (the Norwegian version is called "Children of the Rainbow") as a way to protest/heckle admitted mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik during his trial for murdering 77 people last summer. Breivek had previously dissed the song because it "brainwashed" children into believing that things like cultural diversity and racial harmony are good. He said, in court, that the song was brought to schools by "cultural Marxists."
"The curriculum is stripped of knowledge relating to the codes of honor that have been so important for Europe for thousands of years," Breivik said. "They put up these songs and propaganda films to get students to despise their forefathers."
Here's Lillebjørn Nilsen leading the singalong (he popularized the original Norwegian version).
Today is the 15th anniversary of the murder of celebrated rapper Christopher Wallace, aka the Notorious B.I.G. (aka Biggie Smalls, aka Big Poppa, etc., etc.). Since his death, Wallace's status has risen considerably and he's widely considered one of the best MCs to ever hold a mic, for both his smooth, laid-back flow and lyrical prowess.
Caught in the middle of the East Coast/West Coast feuding of the time, Wallace (a NYC native) was killed while in California promoting his soon to be released sophomore album, eerily titled (in hindsight, as was his debut's title, Ready to Die) Life After Death. On March 9, Smalls attended the Soul Train awards show in L.A., where he presented Toni Braxton with one of two awards she would win that night (and was booed by the West-leaning coastal feuders in the audience). Wallace left an afterparty at 12:30 a.m. later that night and, about 50 yards from the party entrance, a black Chevy Impala reportedly pulled up next to the vehicle the MC was in and someone in the Impala shot Wallace four times in the chest. He was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead March 9 at 1:15 a.m.
Despite various theories, confessions and extensive investigations, the case, like that of West Coast star rapper Tupac Shakur (killed about six months prior in similar fashion), remains unsolved.
Life After Death came out 15 days after Wallace's murder. It went to No. 1 on Billboard's album chart instantly. Two more posthumous B.I.G. records were cobbled together — 1999's Born Again, featuring tracks culled from unfinished ones on which Wallace had been working, and the similar Duets: The Final Chapter from 2005, which was widely criticized due to the posthumous pairings with artists many felt Wallace would never have worked with in his lifetime. The album's guests included Eminem, Twista, The Game, Nas, Nelly, Scarface, Missy Elliott, R. Kelly, Bob Marley (?!), Korn (?!?!) and West Coast MCs Snoop Dogg and 2Pac. Amazingly, unlike the posthumously prolific 2Pac, the album really was "The Final Chapter"; the only other Biggie releases to come out after that were a 2007 greatest hits collection and the 2009 soundtrack to the film Notorious, based on Wallace's life and death.
Time magazine's website posted a music video playlist tribute today here. And below is "Living In Pain" from the Duets release, which featured Big and Pac, plus still-alive performers Nas and singer Mary J. Blige:
Click on for Born This Day, featuring Bow Wow, John Cale and Ornette Coleman.
Were it not for the Grim Reaper, two celebrated musical couples would be celebrating wedding anniversaries today. Country music superstars Johnny Cash and June Carter (soon-to-be Carter Cash) tied the knot on this date in 1968 in a Franklin, Ky., church. The bride wore light blue; the groom wore (duh!) black. Their relationship was the basis for the celebrated biopic Walk the Line, which showed the couple's rocky patches in all their glory, as well as their dedication to each other. The couple had just one child together, John Carter Cash (born in 1970). The couple managed to put their problems behind them and remained married until June's death in May of 2003. Cash passed away five months later.
June co-wrote (with Merle Kilgore) one of Johnny's biggest songs, 1963's "Ring of Fire," which is said to have been inspired by her conflicted feelings for Johnny.
On this day in 2002, rapper for the Pop group TLC, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes died in a traffic accident in the Honduras. The star was allegedly trying to pass a truck, but another vehicle was coming the opposite way when she made her move. To avoid it, Lopes swerved off the road. The Mitsubishi Montero Sport Lopes was driving flipped, hit a couple of trees and threw all four passengers out of the vehicle. Lopes died from head and neck injuries; the other passengers survived.
Left Eye was just a month away from her 31st birthday.
Lopes' casket was engraved with lyrics from the TLC hit "Waterfalls" ("Dreams are hopeless aspirations, in hopes of coming true, believe in yourself, the rest is up to me and you"). Lopes gave an interview to MTV News about her first solo album, 2001's Supernova, in which she described her song/poem "A New Star Is Born," which was dedicated to her late father. In the interview, she said, "That track is dedicated to all those that have loved ones that have passed away. It's saying that there is no such thing as death. We can call it transforming for a lack of better words, but as scientists would say, 'Every atom that was once a star is now in you.' It's in your body. So in the song I pretty much go along with that idea. I don't care what happens or what people think about death, it doesn't matter. We all share the same space."
There are a lot of Left Eye remembrances going on in cyberspace today since its the tenth anniversary of her death. Check out word on a new track — and some remembrances from her former TLC pals — featuring Lopes and Bootleg of the Dayton Family here.
Here's a video tribute to Lopes put together by a fan and set to "A New Star," followed by an earlier different kind of tribute to TLC by Cincinnati's own Afghan Whigs (who just announced their first non-festival reunion date in the U.S., scheduled for October in New York City).
Born This Day: Musical movers and shakers sharing an April 25 birthday include: Jazz/R&B saxophonist Earl Bostic (1913); legendary Jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald (1917); influential Blues guitarist Albert King (1923); wildly successful songwriter and producer (with writing partner Mike Stoller) Jerry Leiber (1933); bassist for Classic Rock band CCR, Stu Cook (1945); singer for Prog band Marillion, Derek William Dick, much better known as Fish (1958); singer for Synth Pop legends Erasure, Andy Bell (1964); original Jane's Addiction bassist Eric Avery (1965); and the "Father of Hillbilly Jazz," fiddler Vassar Clements (1928).
Clements' improv approach to Bluegrass was a revelation. Putting a Jazz twist on Roots music makes him a spiritual godfather of the whole "Newgrass" movement.
Clements grew up in Florida and taught himself to play violin at the age of 7. When he was 21, he joined Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, recording with them in the early '50s. Word of Clements' prowess and innovative style traveled and he became an in-demand session player. In 1971, Clements joined John Hartford for the groundbreaking Aereo-plain album, widely considered one of the first "Newgrass" records. Hartford and Clements were joined by Norman Blake, Randy Scruggs and Tut Taylor for the album, which was produced by David Bromberg.
During his 50-year career, Clements would go on to become a crucial part of the progressive Bluegrass movement of the '70s, including appearances on a couple of other trailblazers — the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Will the Circle Be Unbroken and Old and in the Way, featuring Jerry Garcia, David Grisam, Peter Rowan and John Kahn. By the time he passed in 2005 at the age of 77 (from lung cancer), Clements had played with everyone from Paul McCartney, The Monkees and The Grateful Dead to Stephane Grappeli and Woody Herman.
Here's Clements performing with the Del McCoury Band in 2003.
On this day in 1940, American music icon Woody Guthrie wrote his most famous song and one that has become embedded into the DNA of American life, "This Land is You Land." The Folk music legend and notorious fighter for the social causes of the poor and working class is said to have written the song after hearing (a few too many times) Irving Berlin's "God Bless America," which he felt was too hyperbolic. Just like Roxanne Shante's "The Real Roxanne" was written as a response to U.T.F.O.'s "Roxanne Roxanne" (OK, maybe not JUST like), "This Land" was Guthrie's "answer song." Guthrie recorded the future standard five years later, but it wasn't until the '60s Folk revival that the song really took flight, as everyone from Bob Dylan to The Kingston Trio covered the tune. Though "God Bless America" may be the song still sung at baseball games, "This Land is You Land" has endured as one of the greatest pieces of American art, a reflection of what many of us believe our country is all about — "We're all in this together and lucky to be on this wonderful little chunk of dirt, so shut up and quit being so selfish, jerk-ass!" Or something along those lines (maybe I read too much into it).
The song is still common at protests and used in political contexts. Bruce Springsteen closed his acoustic concerts in support of Barrack Obama in 2008 with a version ("Yes We Can" chants added), while Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello serenaded the mass of humanity at the Occupy Wall Street protest in NYC with the song (lost verses and all) this past October.
Here is one of the great "contemporary" versions — a rendition by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, who give the song a sweet vintage Soul makeover:
Click the jump for "Born This Day" featuring Aziz Ansari, the Mark Twain of Kanye West jokes.
On this day in 1911, pulp fiction/sci-fi writer L. Ron Hubbard — who would go on to develop the self-help "Dianetics" program as well as found the Scientology religion — was born. Ninety five years later (to the day), one of his disciples, legendary Soul man Isaac Hayes, asked to be released from his contract with South Park (on which he brilliantly voiced the character Chef) following the cartoon's skewering of the Scientology movement. Hayes initially said he didn't mind the pair's satire of his religion, saying they were equal opportunity offenders, but someone from the "church" must've gotten to him, because he gradually shifted that position. Some reports emerged later that Hayes' announcement was written by someone else; essentially "someone quit for him," Fox News reported.
Still, Hayes was granted his release immediately, though creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone brought him back for an episode (with cobbled together audio previously recorded for other shows), essentially to kill his character off. The episode aired a mere nine days after Hayes (or someone representing Hayes) quit the show.
Hayes passed away about two years later from complications from a stroke he suffered about six months after leaving South Park. Fortunately, Hayes' contribution to music was so large, the cartoon mess didn't impact his legacy too much. It still begs the question of what was worse for Hayes' career — Scientology or South Park?
Last year, a former Scientologist revealed a memo he claimed was from a higher up in the church who was "investigating" Parker and Stone, allegedly spying on the duo and their associates to dig up dirt. According to the former church member, the memos also show that the church gave up its investigation after not finding any weaknesses to exploit. The Church of Scientology has been repeatedly accused of such intimidation factors involving critics and former members who talk about the religion.
I, for one, have nothing against Scientology specifically, and wish all Scientologists the best of luck in reaching the highest level of their spirituality and one day meeting the church's alien overlords (or whatever it is they believe). So please don't start spying on me and digging through my garbage. You'll only find discarded debt collection notices, well-used Victoria Secret catalogs and empty beer cans, anyway. Heil, Hubbard!
And let's all remember Hayes as one of the baddest muthas in Soul music history and not the celebrity who was guided/misguided by his chosen spiritual beliefs or that fat cartoon character who falls off a cliff to his gruesome death on South Park. (Though, you have to admit, that "Chocolate Salty Balls" song was the jam.) Here he is in all his glory:
Click on for Born This Day, featuring Mike Stoller, Terence Blanchard and Common.
There have been several Grammy Awards held on this date. Here are a few highlights from three random Feb. 24 ceremonies:
1982's 24th Grammy Awards were big for Kim Carnes' one-hit-wonderful "Bette Davis Eyes," which won the Record and Song of the Year trophies. John Lennon won Album of the Year posthumously for Double Fantasy. Fun ones: Orson Welles won the Grammy for Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording (?) for the radio version of Curt Siodmak's novel, Donovan's Brain; Sheena Easton was Best New Artist; and former knit-capped member of The Monkees, Michael Nesmith, won Video of the Year for Michael Nesmith in Elephant Parts, a collection of music videos and comedy sketches that helped further set the table for the creation of MTV. Watch Nesmith put his madcap Monkee skills to work all those years later:
Click the jump for "Born This Day" featuring George Harrison's new iPad app.
On this day in 1969, a reported 30,000 people showed up at the Orange Bowl in Miami for the "Rally for Decency," a response to singer Jim Morrison's alleged "indecent exposure " during a concert by classic rockers The Doors three weeks earlier. One of the more infamous arrests in the history of Rock & Roll, an apparently wasted Morrison was reportedly erratic throughout the Miami show; Morrison's people admitted as much, but the evidence that the Lizard King pulled Lil Jim out during the show was never ironclad. Despite tons of photographers in attendance, there wasn't one shot of Morrison whipping it out onstage. (Some in the audience insisted he exposed himself, but others said it appeared Morrison was doing that third grade trick where kids poke their index finger out of their zipper to create the illusion of a penis. Today, it's widely reported that Morrison merely simulated masturbating on stage, which Lady Gaga does every time she goes grocery shopping.)
The Rally for Decency was organized by local teens from an area church in response to the incident. Conservative politicians took great joy in the event; like the right wing "wedge issuing" of today, it was a great way to keep people afraid of scary popular music and rally them to their anti-counterculture side. Morrison's behavior was indicative of the threat Americans faced if the longhairs were not defeated in the culture wars of the time.
Just like when there's a big GOP rally today and you can be sure people like The Statler Brothers and Kid Rock are going to make an appearance, the "decency" rally drew a who's-who of squares — according to a report that ran in The New York Times, the guest list included Kate "God Bless America" Smith, white-bread vocal group The Lettermen, Mickey Mouse Club member Anita Bryant and actor/comedian Jackie Gleason, whose huge appetite for alcohol was not only well known, but celebrated (the famous quote, "I'm no alcoholic. I'm a drunkard. There's a difference. A drunkard doesn't like to go to meetings," is credited to the former Honeymooners star, who, of course, also made threatening your wife with violence a running gag on his hit show.)
At the rally, Gleason expressed some wishful thinking, reportedly saying, ""I believe this kind of movement will snowball across the United States and perhaps around the world." Tricky Dick Nixon (another wonderful example of impeccable morals) also expressed support, writing a letter to the teen who headed up the rally that read, in part, "This very positive approach which focused attention on a number of critical problems confronting society strengthens my belief that the younger generation is our greatest natural resource and therefore of tremendous hope for the future."
Eventual culture war veteran Pat Buchanan (then a Nixon aide) gave Nixon a note during his briefings the day after the rally that showed evidence that the administration's interest was politically motivated. It read, "The pollution of young minds … an extremely popular issue, one on which we can probably get a tremendous majority of Americans" (according to history.com).
The rally, of course, failed to get rid of the evil counterculture. And the world hasn't ended. (Yet.)
Morrison died in Paris in 1971 while his indecency case was being appealed (according to Rolling Stone, he was found guilty of indecent exposure and "open profanity" after his 1970 trial). In December of 2010, Florida's Clemency Board pardoned Morrison at the request of departing Florida governor Charlie Crist.
Here's an hour-long concert by The Doors at the Hollywood Bowl. So as to not cause society to crumble once it is viewed, we scoured the footage thoroughly for any intentional or inadvertent penis flashing. You should be safe.
Click on for Born This Day featuring David Grisman, Damon Albarn and Chaka Khan.
Despite Frank Ocean's deft leg-syncing and Taylor Swift's torture-porn-disguised-as-wholesome-circus, Akron, Ohio's Dan Auerbach and The Black Keys were The Grammys' big story last night, winning five trophies, the most of any artist.
While the Keys won the Grammys for Best Rock Album, Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance, Auerbach scored two solo Grammys for his production work, winning the trophy for Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) and also winning one for producing Dr. John's Locked Down, the Blues Album winner.
While Grammys for album winners are usually given to the producers, engineers, mastering engineers and artists, hopefully Cincinnati's Brian Olive will also score one for his work on the LP. Auerbach — who has produced albums by both Olive and Cincinnati's Buffalo Killers — enlisted Olive (an original member of Cincinnati's Greenhornes) to work on the Dr. John album. Olive has songwriting credits on every track on Locked Down, and he's also credited with playing guitar, percussion and woodwinds, as well as providing background vocals. (Check out CityBeat's profile of Olive from 2011, about his Auerbach-produced Two of Everything album, here.)
Kudos to Mr. Olive! That's him — the handsome feller with big side-burns playing sax (and a little guitar) in this video for the album's "Revolution."
Check out all the winners from last night's Grammys here, and click here or here for some extra musings about the show.


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That is gorgeous! The shadow on your central building really makes the whole thing pop.
Hi all,
This is a city map I did for the CWBP. I started it ages ago, when I was but a wee Guild novice, but never got around to finishing it. The file got up to 300Mb or so and I eventually started flattening pieces of it so I could get it finished without serious chugging. I'll link to the WiP thread here so you can see how it developed and get a little of the story I developed for it if you're interested. Honestly, it could probably benefit from a border and nice decoration but I'm not sure what to do with that so I'm going to leave it as is. Hope you like it!
That is gorgeous! The shadow on your central building really makes the whole thing pop.
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Yep, that one is going in my inspiration folder.
* sadly I cannot rep you at this time. =(
Inspiration folder, wow! Thanks, guys. And, Larb, since that means you've repped me recently I guess it's no bad thing. Thanks!
I like this!! good job, now get crackin on that boarder LOL I'm going to read the back story on the build thread now
I like the city a lot, and, like Larb I will put the image into my "inspiration" folder.
If I can do a simply suggestion... try to add some crop fields around the city. Right now seems that the city was build in the middle of nowhere.
Thanks. It absolutely *was* built in the middle of nowhere! i guess I'll gather up the bits of the story from the wip thread and bring them over here. The city'll make more sense if folks read all of that stuff.


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Margery Aldean Bindner, age 95, of Marcus, Iowa passed away Thursday, May 24, 2012 at the Heartland Care Center in Marcus. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at Holy Name Catholic Church in Marcus. Father Armand Bertrand will officiate. Burial will take place at Calvary Cemetery Mausleum in Sioux City, Iowa. Visitation will begin at 3:00 p.m. Monday, with the family present from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Monday night at Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Marcus. There will be a scripture prayer service at 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. The Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Marcus, Iowa is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.greenwoodfuneral.com.
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|Re-1J to meet Oct. 16
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
Holyoke School District Re-1J Board of Education will meet Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. in the board meeting room, HJHS Room #218.
The superintendent's report will include a construction report and quarterly info for the 2012-13 fiscal year.
Action items on the agenda include second reading of policy revisions from Sept. 18 and second reading of policies on repeal.
Holyoke Enterprise October 11, 2012


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|U.S. Attorney's Office December 13, 2011
ERIE, PA—A former resident of Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
The three-count indictment named Eric Lee Stafford, 32, as the sole defendant.
According to the indictment presented to the court, Stafford received, distributed and possessed computer images depicting minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
Launched in February 2006, Project Safe Childhood is a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Led by the U.S. Attorneys' Offices, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
The law provides for a maximum total sentence of 50 years in prison, a fine of $750,000, or both. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed would be based upon the seriousness of the offenses and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant.
Assistant United States Attorney Christian A. Trabold is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Pennsylvania State Police conducted the investigation leading to the indictment in this case.
An indictment or information is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.


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Design by: Maggie Weldon
Skill Level: Intermediate
Size: Pattern using ″F″ hook fits size 3-6 months, pattern using ″H″ hook fits 12-18 months.
Materials: Yarn Needle; Sport Weight Yarn;
Bunting: MC: 8 oz, 576 yd (224 g, 518 m); Small amount Pink (P) and Green (G); Eight ½″ Buttons;
Sweater: MC: 4 ½ oz, 324 yd (126 g, 292 m); Small amount Pink (P) and Green (G); Four ½" Buttons.
Crochet Hook: Size F-5 (3.75 mm) or H-8 (5.00 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge.
Hooded Bunting and Sweater Set Crochet Pattern
There are so many options when it comes to crochet baby clothing. The Hooded Bunting and Sweater Set is one you don't want to pass up on. You'll simply fall in love with this adorable crochet baby and toddler set. The bunting and sweater are two options in the pattern that are sure to keep your little one warm and stylish through the chilly months. They are both delicately adorned with pink roses and fluffy pom-poms. The intricate designs make the sweater and bunting especially feminine. The bunting option is adorable, but it's also versatile piece of clothing. When the baby reaches the walking stage, the bottom seam can be removed. This turns the bunting into a robe or a long jacket.
Hooded Bunting and Sweater Set Crochet Pattern is a cute crochet baby set designed by Maggie Weldon. The delicate stitches and embellishments make this an intermediate skill level that is fun to make. Instructions are included for both the bunting and sweater. Using a size F crochet hook makes a baby garment sized at 3 to 6 months. Adjust the hook size to an H for a 12 to 18 month sized garment. You don't have to make changes to the the number of stitches in the pattern in order to change the size of these cute sweaters. Choose a pastel or light colored sport weight yarn for a soft and delicate sweater or bunting. Both of the these items are perfect for your own child, or make a great gift for a mother-to-be or mother of an infant.
Other popular baby crochet patterns include:
Savannah Ruffled Baby Set Crochet Pattern
Isabella Purple Dress Set Crochet Pattern
Lemon Drop Layette Crochet Pattern
Sunshine Layette Crochet Pattern
Springtime Baby Set Crochet Pattern
Rosebud Ripple Layette Crochet Pattern
Rosebud Layette Crochet Pattern
Intermediate lacey crochet pattern for baby--Just adorable!
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Elvis Presley probably never dreamed of people walking through his house with handheld computers.
Visitors on the Graceland tour now are given iPads for an interactive multimedia experience. Guests will see content based on their location in the house that allows them to see rarely seen video and photos.
Another version is made specifically for kids. Visitors can even email their favorite images.
Would iPads have freaked out Presley? Probably not. Joel Weinshanker of Graceland says Elvis loved new technology and was among the first to have a home VCR, a big screen TV and a briefcase phone. He says Presley had the first microwave oven sold in Memphis.


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Looks like everything is coming together as far as picking up the new bike. Should know in a week or two when it's going to be shipped me. Yay!Also, I was looking into that Ecotrons EFI system a little more yesterday. Turns out they have a Bluetooth module that you can hook up to the ECU and a Droid app that turns your smart phone into a Bluetooth data logger. Bitchin'!Scottie
I'm not sure where the idea came from about advancing the cam timing, but a boosted engine typically wants exactly the opposite.
The Garrett GT1241 Turbocharger is well-suited for 0.4 to 1.2 liter displacement applications including motorcycles, snowmobiles and other small frame applications. The turbocharger comes complete with internal wastegate and an actuator. The recommended horsepower for this turbocharger is 50 to 130 horsepower.
Yes, when boosting a motor you want the spark a little more retarded than usual. The idea of advancing the camshafts was more of a thought/question as to whether it would help me achieve a higher RPM redline or not. The trick with turbos, as you probably know Ace, is to get the happy medium between a small enough volume turbine that will spool quickly, but big enough in order to produce respectable boost. Much like your Fireballs, it's not as simple as throwing parts at a motor and saying "That will make 50hp". There is a lot of math (volume figures) that needs to be calculated before the build ever takes place. If it doesn't add up on paper, it will never work well in the real world. Fortunately, Alex knows all these numbers and calculations to base mass, flow and RPMs with the cylinder displacement and head flow.He was also telling me that higher lift cams can help, but with boost, it's more important as to how smooth the air can flow thru the heads/cambers as opposed to HOW MUCH air can travel thru. Because when boosting a motor, you are forcing air into the engine, it is not as important to have a higher lift cam because the air is stilling being forced into the same area. Therefor adding larger valves would essentially have the same effect on a boosted motor as having higher lift on a NA motor. Both are flowing more air, just in slightly different ways.Ice - What turbo charger is that? Always curious about more options. This is directly from Garrett in regards to their turbo I'm looking at, it is the smallest turbo Garrett makes. After using the formula provided by Hitchcocks, I was able to figure out that the actual engine size of a 700cc twin with a +.040 bore with the standard 90mm stroke is good for 746cc, or .746 L. This Garret turbo is actually perfect for my engine size. The turbo from the Ecotrons system is only rated up to 600cc and won't flow enough air to make efficient power at higher RPMs. If I had a Bullet Thumper then the Ecotrons turbo would probably work well, but I'm looking to be breaking some speed records, and for the 1st time ever, I'm ready to throw down some serious dough to build the meanest fastest Enfield ever built.Scottie
I am familiar with the math and the techniques.I'm sure he knows that the intake lobe center angle for a boosted engine is almost always much wider than what is standard on the Enfield twins, and that on boosted engines the exhaust valve is almost always larger than it would be on a normally aspirated engine, along with a more advanced exhaust cam. And that the overlap period is really needed to be very short on a boosted engine with a crossflow hemi, to reduce blowing too much out the exhaust pipe during overlap.Wide lobe center angles are the order of the day for boosted engines.I'm sure he'll agree.
I've heard him mention most of that stuff, I'll definitely show him your message though just to make sure.Ace - Are you familiar with the math for gearing bikes? Is there some kind of formula like HP/speed=gearing for this?Scottie
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North Central College hosts two speakers in a free lecture, titled "Poverty, Medicine and Human Rights in Guatemala," at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, in Smith Hall at Old Main.
The speakers are Arleth Molina, a hospital administrator in Guatemala, and her husband, Carlos Molina, a professor at Rafael Landivar University in Guatemala. The husband-wife team has extensive experience working with the poor.


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A slick new Web site has been launched for Powerhouse Factories, that gem of a design firm in Newport, Ky., that has done commercial work for Duke Energy and P&G, but is best known for its fantastic poster art for concerts both in the Tri-State and around the country. In honor of the new site, Powerhouse is offering a 10% discount on orders from its online store, which has poster prints as well as cool Powerhouse T-shirts, hoodies, tote bags and even beer koozies.
Brian Penick of local music promotions company The Counter Rhythm Group is guest blogging for CityBeat monthly to provide a behind-the-scenes look at his journey to release his interactive industry guidebook, Musicians' Desk Reference. For more on the project, visit its Facebook page here.
Wow, what a month. Extreme highs and lows, minimal sleep and a work schedule that would make an outsider believe I had an armed guard with a shotgun pointed at my back … which in some regard is true, except that I am playing both roles.
I am going to attempt to make this blog entry significantly shorter than the last because, as you may have guessed, I have more work to accomplish. The ever-looming deadline for South by Southwest (SXSW) is creeping up and preparations with everything surrounding the presence of Musicians' Desk Reference at SXSW grow almost exponentially by the day.
This will be my fifth year attending the Austin, Tex., festival/conference (the largest music-related event in the US), and while it is my second time going without performing, I can already tell that this will be my busiest year ever. Taking meetings, handing out promo material and managing schedules for myself and my team are just a few of the things that will fill my week-long itinerary, all for the pursuit of introducing Musicians' Desk Reference to some select individuals for endorsement.
While there are many different potential outcomes to this journey, I feel confident that my inevitable glass of top-shelf Kentucky bourbon at the end of the week will be a salute to success rather than a drowning of sorrows.
The obvious focus of this month, or at least what the intention was to focus on, was our Kickstarter campaign for Musicians' Desk Reference (our upcoming music industry progression eBook for you newcomers). We still have a little over a week to go and time will tell what the final outcome is. My original goal was to have the funding reached by interested parties to eliminate the need for a third party publisher, ultimately keeping the cost down for the user.
Click here to view the project's Kickstarter page.
In the event that this goal is not obtained in early March, never fear, as those who know me have probably deduced, I have several backup plans. Am I thorough? Yes. To the point that I am slightly neurotic? Probably. Regardless, nothing is going to stop the freight train that is Musicians' Desk Reference. Nothing.
So in my attempt to clear my schedule for February to make way for this crowdfunding campaign, I actually ended up with a much busier month that originally anticipated. On top of all of our regular client work, The Counter Rhythm Group hosted our Locally Insourced Cincinnati Music Industry Trade Show, a fantastic show with Bad Veins, PUBLIC and The Ridges. We have been in negotiations with several of our clients for national support tours and we are in the midst of working a potentially huge licensing contract for a client.
In addition to a nationwide social media campaign and a getting ever so close to finishing the book, these past 28 days have seemingly become a marathon that we have just sprinted through. My next vacation is (literally) planned for 2015.
In closing I would like to take a second to thank not only those who have already donated to our Kickstarter, but also to those who (hopefully) will. There is still some time left (depending on when you read this; campaign ends on March 8), and sharing is something we are also encouraging folks to do. I would really like to try and go the independent route with this project, but I am prepared with other options in the end if that is not the case. At the least it has been quite a journey.
I also would like to thank those who have had to deal with my absentmindedness in ("normal," non-music related) conversation over the past few weeks. I would like to say that this may change in the coming months, but knowing myself and how much I want to accomplish with Musicians' Desk Reference, I would just plan on it for the next several months. It is by no means a way of stating that I do not care about what else is going on in the world, but should be viewed as a precursor to how significant I think this project can potentially be. I have dedicated literally half of my life to the music industry and I believe this is my biggest accomplishment to date.
Goodnight, and thanks for reading!
We're now settled in our Super 8 hotel room, alongside the humidity and mosquitoes, and finally have a few shows under our belt. Last night marked the debut for Cincinnati bands at this year's South By Southwest, featured at the Midwest by Southwest showcase. The event was put together by The All Night Party folks at the Soho Lounge downtown.
Among the bands that played, The Sundresses is one of the most experienced when it comes to SXSW. This year marks their fifth time playing the festival and from what these veterans say, it seems doubtful it will be their last.
Check out what the band (Brad Schnittger: drums, guitar, vocals; Mackenzie Place: trombone, bass; Jeremy Springer: drums, guitar, vocals) had to say about the experience below.
CityBeat: What do you think of the festival overall?
Mackenzie: It's just awesome. It's on a regional, national and international level. It's a bunch of awesome musicians that come to an awesome town and enjoy it. It's great and I'm happy to be here.
CB: Has SXSW made an impact on your band's success?
Jeremy: It's hard to tell, you know, it's hard to say because you don't know what would happen if you didn't play. It's a nice feather in your cap, but still.
Mackenzie: As far as making friends, though, and connections, it's done that — it's definitely worked. You meet people you wouldn't meet in Cincinnati. You're in the middle of all these great musicians and if they love you, they'll say "Hey, come to my town."
Brad: One time we gave a CD to the guy from Everclear, in 2006, but, nothing every happened. We saw him on the corner down here and were like, 'Hey, we should give totally give him one of our CDs,' so we did.
Jeremy: Yeah, that's when we were young and dumb
Brad: Yeah, like the guy from Everclear was going to help us out. It didn't do anything.
Jeremy: If we saw him now, we'd probably throw an empty coffee cup or beer bottle at him.
CB: What kind of bands benefit from playing at SXSW?
Mackenzie: It's the big and little.
Jeremy: The flavor of the month definitely … It's funny because everyone here is famous in their own town so they get here and everyone thinks (they're the best), and rightfully so because to get here, period, is a difficult thing. You have to be of a certain amount of quality to play this festival. So all the musicians are walking around with their best clothes on and it's a big fashion show and party. But, you're not going to get signed at SXSW. It's just random and lucky, really.
CB: What's the worst/best part of the festival?
Mackenzie: The best part is the food, the worst is traffic — the food is so good here.
Brad: The best part is the food — I agree with Mackenzie, the traffic is the worst.
Jeremy: Traffic is the worst. Girls are the best.
Kelley Deal of The Breeders and Mike Montgomery of Greater Cincy bands like thistle and Ampline debuted their newest project to eager SXSW crowds Thursday and successfully left them craving more.
Deal (from Dayton, Ohio) and Montgomery (from Dayton, Ky.) formed R. Ring about a year and a half ago. Even though they have yet to release a record, the group attracted a substantial crowd to Frank's on Colorado Street, despite the fact that hundreds were waiting in line to see Tenacious D next door.
Earlier in the day R. Ring played at the DOWN showcase, which was a collaborative effort between Jason Snell, of the Cincinnati bands Chocolate Horse and Ohio Knife, and the local branch of design firm Landor.
R. Ring charmed the crowds not only with their performance, but also with their wit and gentle demeanor.
Before the show, I managed to snag an interview with the pair inside their van. Below is what Deal, a SXSW veteran, and Montgomery, a first time attendee, had to say about the festival.
CityBeat: What do you think of SXSW compared to other music festivals?
Kelley Deal: When I think "festival," I think like a main stage and over here's a secondary stage … I 'm used to it being in one kind of area, so It never feels like a festival here. It always just feels like a gig. I hear about all these fabulous things going on and I'm not from here so it seems like, yeah, I need to see this, but where is it? Mike even downloaded a SXSW app today. Mike, how to do you feel about that?
Mike Montgomery: I haven't used it yet. I just asked one person a simple question — where's this band playing — and this guy said, "I don't know, fuck off, get the app," so I got the app.
Neither one of us have looked at anything to do at SXSW yet. I just wanted to get here and figure it out as we went. I already feel overwhelmed, like there were a million bands and all this stuff happening. It feels like there's too much to think about, so I need to protect my brain as much as possible.
CB: What's the best way for bands to approach the festival?
KD: I prefer to get here and meander about instead of planning this rigid itinerary that you have to adhere to — that sounds like a job, not fun. The first thing we did was pull in and go to a knitting store, because I love to knit.
MM: It's overwhelming, I looked at the app briefly. There were so many words … that I put it back in my pocket.
CB: How does the scene in Cincinnati compare to a music town like Austin?
KD: It does have this trailer-park feel, but all the good parts, like the camaraderie … it's got this very informal quality/type of living, in a way. I haven't seen big beautiful houses with people just showing wealth for no reason other than they have it. All the places we look at they're very cute houses and it seems like they value art.
MM: (Cincinnati) is all I really know. I've been playing and working there for 20 years. You hear people bitch, "Oh, the local scene sucks," but get out there and go to another town, get out and travel. If you're only looking to play at your local club once a month, then it does get boring, it does get old and you play with all the same bands. But go to another city, meet some new bands and bring them home, get it going. I'm always impressed there's always new bands I've never heard of, there's always people doing stuff. It's inspiring that there's a lot of youthful energy and a constant supply of talent in the Cincinnati music scene — but everyone bitches about their hometown.
KD: That's what we're saying about Austin, that's what they're good at — supplying that lifestyle for themselves.
CB: What expectations do you have for SXSW? What do you hope to accomplish down here?
KD: I don't know, what are they offering? Is someone offering some shit?
It seems like any band you can ever think of is inside their box (at SXSW).
MM: We have no expectations. We're here to have fun and play some shows. When I talk about feeling overwhelmed by the conference and bands, I feel like there's something in the air with people thinking this is going to be an advantageous career move or something like that. So that's what neither of us are excited about — that we're going to get something — but it's nice to see people doing stuff in different cities.
It's cool to see friends from home here, too. I was surprised to see so many guys from Cincinnati.
CB: Would you come back to SXSW?
MM: I'm not going to make it a life goal, but if someone invited us again, I'd definitely do it.
Austin prides itself on being weird and this week has proved to be no exception. For instance, on a bus ride from our hotel to Sixth Street, we witnessed a marriage proposal of an older couple who had met the day before on a park bench. The announcement was awkward, more so for us tourists, as the crowd uncomfortably received the news and clapped.
"(Austin) seems to have a lot of quirky personality that's celebrated. People are glad that people are weird," says Stuart MacKenzie, frontman for Cincy's Lions Rampant.
This music town is incredibly accepting and filled with a plethora of motley characters as a result. Whether they're artistic, tattooed, pierced, young or old, few truly stand out among the masses in a city whose motto is "Keep Austin Weird."
The same goes for musicians, which makes South By Southwest such an anticipated event. The likelihood that a struggling no-name band will be picked up by a label is about one in a million. For that reason, the festival is geared toward the industry — not just the fans — which makes for outrageous ticket prices and can make access difficult. But every musician here, regardless of genre, is longing for the same result — to be recognized by someone that matters.
"The downside is that it's super corporate and I've heard that the technology portion is actually bigger than the music conference. It use to be a place where you'd come to get signed and now it seems like a place signed bands go to get more buzz. If you don't have crazy promotion, no one is going to come and check your band out. It's all about the buzz bands," MacKenzie says.
This is the first time The Lions are participating in SXSW, but MacKenzie is no stranger to music festivals. Over the years, his band has performed at CMJ and Forecastle, among others. But the exclusivity of this event doesn't seem to deter the band's morale.
"This whole process has lit a fire, creatively. When I see bands in Cincinnati, most of the people making music I already know, so it's refreshing to see people from different cities doing the same thing you are, so that's exciting," MacKenzie says. "I feel like I need to step up my game now because everyone is doing what I'm doing and it makes you want to record and promote. It gives you a glimpse that's in reach."
The group played their first SXSW gig on Tuesday at the Midwest by Southwest showcase with other Cincinnati bands. They'll play two more showcases before making the trek back home.
The Lions' newest member, bassist Richard Sherman, who has played only a handful of live shows with the band, says he's grateful for the experience.
"I feel like my batteries are charged up and when I get back, Stu and I are going to record a ton … it's good old baptism by fire. You come out of it stronger," Sherman says.
Thousands of miles from Cincinnati, MacKenzie says the SXSW experience is also a reminder that there truly is no place like home.
"Cincinnati bands share guitar players, share drummers, share equipment and help each other out a lot. It's probably like that in every scene, but Cincinnati, especially," MacKenzie says. "However, being in Austin, I'm seeing a bunch of bands that are similar to every band — bands in the same shoes as us, doing the same thing, which is comforting because (we're) normally seen as a weird … It's nice to be around other weirdos."
South By Southwest is a different type of musical festival, catering more to the industry than fans.
For starters, access is extremely difficult. When I was in Austin last week, being a "VIP" was meaningless unless your band was headlining the festival or you were a celebrity. Ticket prices were astronomically priced in an effort to prevent the event from becoming another Bonnaroo or Coachella. Official SXSW bands received wristbands, which allowed them some access to events and shows.
Several of Cincinnati's biggest artists scored some national attention for their appearances in Austin during the just-concluded South By Southwest festival.
• Among various other appearances in Austin during South By Southwest, RCA Records' Walk the Moon were also featured at the mtvU Woodie Awards Festival. The fest (streamed live online) was an offshoot of the Woodie Awards ceremony, which had Walk the Moon nominated for the new artist award (or, as they call it, the Breaking Woodie … which just sounds painful). Fellow Ohioan, rapper Machine Gun Kelly, ended up scoring that prize.
Here's a video clip from WTM's Woodie fest appearance.
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Yesterday, Cincinnati's own You, You're Awesome performed on WOXY's "Lounge Act" series. WOXY is an independent radio station that began in Cincinnati in the early 1980s and then modified solely to an internet endeavor in 2004. The WOXY folk moved to Austin, Tex., last summer in order to expand their borders along a bigger music highway.
The 2012 SXSW festival has come to an end and it's left us tired, sore and broke. In retrospect it seems like a meager price for a full week of live music, free booze and hanging out in one of the country's coolest cities. But for many bands, it's just another week on the job.
Among the thousands of artists that apply for SXSW every year, only a small percentage are officially a part of the festival. However, that doesn't stop bands from all over the world, like Cincinnati's The Pinstripes, from taking the stage or at least creating their own. Even if it's on their own dime and they aren't part of an official showcase.
The six-member Reggae/Ska/Soul band traveled across the country to perform on the streets of downtown Austin. And, from what band members Matt Kursmark and Leo Murcia say, it seems like they'd happily do it all over again.
"When we play shows and busk, and hustle the best we can, it's, like, hey, we're from Cincinnati. This is what we have to offer and what our city has to offer, and remember it. Remember that you had a good time and you moved your butt. We're trying to shake butts, really. Trying to shake as many as possible," Murcia said.
The Pinstripes, which played a variety of festivals over the years, note that SXSW is unique in that it definitely carries its own, more "industry-focussed" tune, compared to others.
"I was surprised to see that it's an industry party. It's not for the fans, but I'm also surprised at how many fans there were," Kursmark said.
"It's definitely nuts, 'anything goes' to a certain extent. There are a lot of people here who are trying to experience as much as they can, ourselves included, and watching people try to do that is an experience in itself," Murcia added.
However, the exclusivity of the festival didn't deter this group from having a good time or making an impression on crowds, particularly the police.
"The first time we were practicing our acoustic set on the street outside of Dallas in a neighborhood and we were playing outside. It was a nice day … then someone called the cops for a noise complaint. But the cops said, 'Hey you guys sound really good, but I have to shut you down,' " Kursmark said.
Then police officers later asked when and where they were playing at SXSW so they could come check out the show.
"The cops really seem to like The Pinstripes, but the people who like the cops don't seem to like The Pinstripes. There must be some algorithm for it. If you find out let us know. We'll try to avoid it at all costs," Murcia said.
So, what's the best part of the festival for these guys?
"Free. Free food, free beer — that definitely has its negative side of the coin, too," Murcia said.
And the worst?
"It seems a bit exclusive, it caters to certain bands and genres. It's all about Indie Rock, there's a lot of Punk or whatever, but it seems like there's a lot of the general showcases seems to be just popular music," Kursmark said.
However, the band remains mindful of the opportunity SXSW presents. And they just want to keep doing what they know best — keep playing music.
"It's tough to not go see (artists like) Jimmy Cliff (at SXSW), someone who we really admire and respect. This guy is such a direct influence on what we do, but we can 't see him. It sucks It's a bummer, but at the same time the really cool part about it is you go out on the street, play a house show, people are so open to it, People are open to us — people want it. if we can provide that for them, then that's sweet. That's the best part of SXSW and the music," Murcia said.


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Tim Burton is set to direct a sequel to his classic comedy "Beetlejuice," according to a report.
Burton, who directed the hit movie, is reportedly in talks with bosses at Warner Bros. to create "Beetlejuice 2," with Michael Keaton expected to return in the title role as the devious ghost from the underworld, according to The Wrap.
The long-awaited sequel is due to be produced by The Geffen Company, who also worked on the 1988 original, alongside Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg of KatzSmith Productions.
"Edward Scissorhands" director Burton hinted earlier this year that he would be tempted to work on a second "Beetlejuice" film with Keaton, adding, "Those were fun characters, but I'd have to see what the script was like and if it was worth doing – I can't just make it because it's one of the worst ten movies of the year."


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The Kenny Family ShopRites of Delaware have announced that they have joined the Environmental Protection Agency Food Recovery Challenge.
The challenge encourages organizations to donate and divert as much of its excess food as possible to feed families and protect the environment. ShopRite officially launched this food recovery program Nov. 15 on America Recycles Day. The initiatives will help to keep the Food Bank's shelves stocked for its patrons.
The Kenny family has also been a supporter of the Food Bank of Delaware through its year round, community-based, hunger-fighting initiative, ShopRite Partners in Caring, which donates $3 million annually to local food banks.
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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- Nathaniel Simms, who pleaded guilty to his role in a series of 2010 killings in D.C., was sentenced on Friday to 25 years with five years supervised probation.
Simms addressed the D.C. Superior Court Judge, Michael L. Rankin, and the court before the sentencing.
"I want to apologize to these families for all you've lost to senseless, stupid acts," said Simms. "I've made a lot of bad decisions in my life. I've used poor judgement. I've had a lot of good opportunities, but I've wasted them," Simms explained. "I take responsibility for my actions, and I want you to know I'm sorry," he said.
Simms went on to say "I pray for forgiveness, but I feel my God doesn't forgive." Simms hoped that after Friday's sentencing the families of the victims would gain peace of mind.
Before Simms spoke, four people gave victim impact statements. Judge Rankin gave the sentence recommended by the government in an attempt to balance his prompt cooperation with his murderous acts.
Simms was one of six suspects charged in a deadly drive-by shooting in Southeast D.C. two years ago.
By pleading guilty, Simms agreed to provide details of his role in the shootings and testify against his five friends who were all found guilty in May 2012.
The shootings took place in March 2010.
Authorities said at the time that the shootings were the culmination of violence that began over a stolen bracelet.


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Rifle residents who grow impatient and perhaps frustrated at how long they have to wait to turn from White River Avenue onto Colorado Highway 13 to get to Interstate 70 could have an easier and quicker time in the near future.The city began working on the intersections of White River, U.S. Highway 6 and Highway 13 on April 9, causing traffic to be reduced to one lane in either direction on Highway 13 as it enters and leaves downtown Rifle. Assistant City Manager Matt Sturgeon said the project is aimed at improving traffic flow and traffic safety."We're expanding the median so there's only one lane from the First Street and Railroad Avenue stoplight to just past the White River turn so traffic stays to the right," he explained. "The second lane begins where traffic from White River turns onto the highway from a dedicated turn lane. That way you only have to worry about the traffic from I-70 coming into town."The changes will also include a ban on left turns by semis from westbound U.S. 6 onto the White River intersection, Sturgeon added. Instead, semi drivers will have to proceed to the First Street and Railroad Avenue stoplight and turn left onto Highway 13, to get to I-70, he said.The work, scheduled to be finished around May 18, is estimated to cost approximately $175,000, Sturgeon said. It is part of a larger traffic and safety improvement program undertaken by the city in and around the downtown area that, when complete, will total $1 million, he added. Half of that amount will be paid by the city, the other half with a Colorado Department of Local Affairs grant, Sturgeon said.The larger program has or will include improvements to West Avenue and West 2nd Street, Sturgeon said, along with the design of both an extension of Taughenbaugh Boulevard to County Road 320 and the city's Gateway transportation plan.Sturgeon noted longtime resident and former mayor John Scalzo first proposed the traffic changes at the intersection of the three roads about three years ago.The intersection reconfiguration work is part of a long range plan of traffic and other infrastructure improvements known as the Gateway project, Sturgeon said. That project will take many years to complete and would include improvements such as extending Taughenbaugh Boulevard on the south side of the Colorado River.Sturgeon added that more work is planned at the First and Railroad intersection this summer. Kum & Go is building a new, larger convenience store on the west side of First and Railroad and replace the existing Kum & Go just east of that site. As part of that project, intersection work will include adding another turn lane for eastbound Highway 6 traffic to turn into the store. Sturgeon said that work is privately funded and did not know the exact date work would begin.
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