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Twenty years ago, it was as if someone turned on a light. The future blazed into existence with each deliberate word that William Gibson laid down. The winner of Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer didn't just explode onto the science fiction scene - it permeated into the collective consciousness, culture, science, and technology.Today, there is only one science fiction masterpiece to thank for the term "cyberpunk," for easing the way into the information age and Internet society. Neuromancer's virtual reality has become real. And yet, William Gibson's gritty, sophisticated vision still manages to inspire the minds that lead mankind ever further into the future.
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Indiscriminate Reader
"5 stars for coolness, 3 stars for give-a-heckness"
This is a book that, if you are approaching it for the first time, suffers from having been imitated so much that it seems derivative of its own successors. Neuromancer was genre-defining and it blew a million little geeky minds back in the day, but reading it in 2012, I failed to be enthralled by the goshwow factor. 'Cyberspace' is mainstream now, and stripped away of the novelty that made fans back in 1984 say "This is so freaking cool!" the book is kind of a techy-tech high concept thrill ride with cardboard characters.
So, Case is a 'cyberspace cowboy' who used to "jack in" to the Matrix and go on 'runs' (stealing data from big corporations, governments, etc.) in a near-future where the U.S. has fragmented into tribal/corporate nation-states, but the USSR is still around. (In the foreword to this edition, Gibson comments on his own prescience or lack thereof, acknowledging also all the other things he didn't get right which will strike modern readers, like the existence of payphones and the lack of cell phones.) He tried to steal from one of his employers, and in retaliation they poisoned him in a way that left him unable to jack into the matrix again. Now he's a down-and-outer in Chiba City (yes, there's a taste of 80s "Japan is so cool!" weeabooism here) when he gets recruited for a job by a mysterious guy named Armitage who says he can fix him up. Case also meets Molly, a "razor girl" street samurai. With the rest of his motley crew, Case goes on an adventure that takes him into high orbit to the playground of the super-rich. There are futuristic ninjas, artificial intelligences, and your basic cyberpunk RPG adventure. Again, not really fair to dismiss it like that, because this book invented cyberpunk RPGing and cyberpunk everything else, but unless you really love all things cyberpunk and/or Gibson, you may find, as I did, that Neuromancer just doesn't quite live up to the hype it earned in 1984 with its Hugo and Nebula awards.
William Gibson's writing is superbly clever and descriptive, and boy does he spin ideas. But this is the third book of his I've read, and while I appreciate his craft on a technical level, his stories just don't do much for me. I don't care about his characters.
For SF fans, this may be a good book to read to be familiar with, you know, the "seminal" works of the genre, but I just don't feel compelled to go read the rest of the Sprawl trilogy.
"Awesome. The stuff of dreams."
The amazing language used by the author created vivid and realistic images in my mind. The reader's voice was a little creepy, at first, when he attempted the female character voices, but I became accustomed to the sound and compensated.
I can easily see that this was a primary source for many other stories and movies since it was released. Why have I never seen a Neuromancer movie? I mean, we definitely have the technology to create most of what I saw in my own mind. Johnny Mnemonic is the closest thing I have seen in the way of this style of story. Suddenly, The Matrix seems like a cheap copy-cat. I absolutely wish this story would be made into a movie.
"Brilliant, genre-altering vision, poor execution"
I couldn't even get through the first 30 minutes of this book. The reader chose a voice that was supposed to be gritty, dark, cynical. To me, it was an unlistenable reading -- bland, too slow, substanceless, even disrespectful to an audience trusting the audiobook narrator to interpret character voices and drama. I've had a similar cringy reaction listening to authors reading their own fiction. It was just terrible.
And, even more sad for me (I'm feeling pretty silly, considering the other positive reviews and overall legacy of the book), I.... just didn't like the writing. As far as I could force myself to listen, the author's skill in this case was not worthy of the intelligence and concept of his vision -- which was brilliant. Even within the initial pages/words of the book I recognized his creations as conventions now folded into our whole cultural consciousness. From other reader comments here and elsewhere, it's obvious this book is the genesis of a subgenre of fantasy and science fiction we now take for granted. I love the idea, I'm fascinated by the creativity, and I am passionate about great stories that helped shape fiction.
But I just couldn't get through this spoken book.
I started it again thinking I had been distracted and would tie into it the second time. Nope. So I paused the book. I listened to traffic and my head for awhile. I flipped off a driver who cut me off. I called a friend on speakerphone. I tried the radio. That was even worse. I was procrastinating at that point. I turned the book back on. Still not doing it.
I'm going to take advantage of the new Audible "exchange" feature and exchange this book for something by Neil Gaiman, and then try Necromancer again in ink to see if shaping my own voice and style for the book brings me to the epiphany everyone else had. If you got through my review, thanks for reading.
"Still my favorite novel"
No. I've had a poor track record recommending anything of Gibson's to my friends. They just don't get it. Reading (or listening to) his work is like reading poetry: either you get inside his headspace and understand, or you scratch your head and wonder why other people like this drivel.
No. Robertson Dean's narration suits the Bigend Trilogy far better than it does the Sprawl Trilogy. He's laconic and doesn't have much variation to his voice to differentiate between characters. Neuromancer builds to a fever pitch, and Dean can't match it. If you can manage it, listen to the abridged version that's read by Gibson himself. It's out of print, but can occasionally be found on eBay. It's worth it. (Note to Audible - please obtain the rights to that version!!!)
Despite the narration, I'm glad to have this version as well. Unabridged is always more fun.
Kris Delaney
"8-bit Nostalgia for a 21st Century Heist"
The one liners. So much disposable wisdom, it will always remain relevant because Gibson is a talented author.
It's like a western bank robbery set in the future, with Rastafarian pilots and girls with razors in their fingers. Sex and drugs and violence. Exotic locations, and realistic fantasies. Why hasn't this been turned into a movie yet?
Molly's voice. I actually wanted a different actress to step in and read her lines, because Robertson Dean sticks with the voice he's created for her well, but there are some lines that shouldn't be read softly. A dude speaking softly can never sound like a pissed off woman.
When Case see's the third figure standing with the boy, and Jane, and knows who it is, I actually got chills, the hard cold kind that cling to your back.
I listened to this because I've listened to Ready Player One about seven times now, and wanted something similar, so if you want cyber adventure, I'd say you should also check out Ernest Cline's masterpiece.
"What Fun!"
I enjoyed reading Neuromancer as a twenty year old when it first came out. I didn't know if I would still enjoy it twenty years down the road. Well, it's still love! It's obvious to me now that this is noir. it has more in common with The Maltese Falcon than with most sci-fi. It is just the right blend of melodrama, action, mystery, and campiness. I also really like the setting. Having grown up in the 80s, it makes sense to me. I dont know what it would seem like to a current twenty year old.
"The Definitive Cyberpunk"
What is there to say about Neuromancer that hasn't already been said better by someone else? It defined a genre, and so much more. So much of what the internet is has been defined by Gibson's Sprawl books that it's hard to believe none of the terminology therein existed before he wrote it. Any fan of science fiction is morally obligated to read this book.
The reading takes a little getting used to. My husband joked that he sounded like a "computer voice," like the voice that Apple OS "reads" in. Once he gets going, Dean gets a bit easier to listen to, but the voice he uses for Molly is utterly ridiculous. In all fairness, it's probably pretty hard for a man to deliver her lines in any way that does not come off as ridiculous.
Still, I have an abridged audiobook as read by the author, and that is probably the best way to listen to this book. Unfortunately, it's abridged. This reading does make a nice compromise.
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"Great narration!"
I've read this book a handful of times but had never listened to an audiobook version of it.
Honestly, the story is so vivid in my mind I was a little worried about what a bad narration would do to it. Well, never fear - Robertson Dean does a marvelous job! So it has been a treat listening to the story come alive through my headphones. Great job bringing the story to life.
"Mixed feelings."
I enjoyed listening to Neuromancer. Mostly for it's historical significance and concepts that are, for the most part, still fresh today. But I find that, in retrospect, Books like Gibson's Pattern Recognition are so much more polished and enjoyable than his earlier work.
But I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it. - J.D. Salinger ^(;,;)^
"Not a perfect SF novel, but still an amazing book."
Gibson reinvented the science fiction genre novel with his novel Neuromancer. A Verne-pitched, future novel that seems to have amazingly apprehended and captured much of the core and substance of the 21st century. The closest novel in both form and function is Stephenson's Snow Crash, but Gibson wrote this 8 years (an eternity in cyberspace) previous to Snow Crash. Gibson's prose (and clothing-fixation) is sometimes really REALLY annoying, but his style remains difficult to reproduce or replicate. Some writers can temporarily capture the asiangloss of Gibson's sprawl and cyberspace but lack the methgrit of Gibson's haunted prose clutter. Not a perfect SF novel, but still an amazing book.
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In actuality, their union could thrive, says Tony Plath, associate professor of finance at UNC Charlotte. FNBs Greensboro branches and Bank of Granites in Mecklenburg County give the new bank it will do business as FNBs subsidiary, CommunityOne Bank a presence in two of the states fastest-growing markets. Its $2.8 billion in assets will give it a bigger cushion against the cost of new federal regulation. Close a few of its rural branches, Plath says, and youve got yourself a dandy little $3 billion bank. If FNB cant find an additional $155 million, however, the merger will remain a fantasy.
Whatever its outcome, the merger is illustrative of an interesting development in the Financial 100: Through mergers and acquisitions, some troubled banks are starting to get the capital they need to survive. The deals also allow buyers to expand quickly into desirable markets. The Financial 100s biggest climber, Charlotte-based North American Financial Holdings Inc., made its ascent by buying two banks it also bought three shuttered institutions from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. including No. 11 on last years list, Raleigh-based Capital Bank Corp. Last year, North American wasnt even on the Financial 100, which is based on revenue. This year, its No. 14.
Burlington-based MidCarolina Financial Corp., No. 42 and operating under a regulatory consent agreement, plans to merge with Danville, Va.-based American National Bankshares Inc. Charlotte-based Park Sterling Bank, No. 45, bought a South Carolina bank. Were beginning to see some deals get done, says Ray Grace, N.C. deputy commissioner of banks. Were beginning to see a bit of thawing. Thats a good thing.

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Baltimore, MD (Sports Network) - Adam Jones stroked a pair of home runs and
Chris Tillman combined with two Baltimore relievers on a four-hit shutout, as
the Orioles stifled the Boston Red Sox, 6-0, Friday in the opener of a three-
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Jones' first multi-homer game of the season provided more than enough run
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Jones finished with three RBI, while Manny Machado and J.J. Hardy each smacked
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Now, combining that faith with a little healthy British cynicism, and triggered by watching the Olympics tennis finals on TV, a mischievous but irresistible thought came to my mind.
It used to be that when a ball hit the ground near the line we relied on the human eye to say whether it was 'in' or 'out'. That caused disagreements and discussion – and - in tennis often - sulking, swearing and the full range of petulant behaviour.
Nowadays that is all replaced by referencing the technology. When there is doubt – or one of the players questions a call - then we simply ask the computers. What we get then is a neat little picture representing the appropriate lines on the court and a blob showing where the ball had hit. So, problem solved: disappointment still for one player but, so it seems, total acceptance that the computer is right. After all it is an expensive system working away inside a very expensive box – must be right, mustn't it. Or to put it another way 'computer says in', who would argue?
But what occurred to me is this. All we can actually see is some boxes around the court, and a stylised display with a blob on it. That could be delivered by one person with a tablet showing the court lines and them touching the screen where they think it landed. Very cheap and still solves all the arguments because – naturally – everyone trusts technology don't they!
Now – of course, and before anyone calls their lawyers – I am not suggesting for the merest moment that there is the slightest possibility of such a thing happening. But it's fun to think it might be possible. There is little public awareness of what accuracy the system – and here I presume it does really exist – works to. If you dig around on the web you can find out (the answer by the way for tennis is 3.6mm). You also find out there is some very minor grumbling and questioning going on. But that seem at geek level – in everyday use the audience stands instantly convinced.
So, thinking it through there are a couple of interesting consequences to real IT life:
- Once you realise that trust depends on quality of presentation at least as much as on accuracy, should you focus more on that? Certainly you have to take presentation seriously, because the corollary is that if you deliver perfection but don't make it look good, then no-one will believe it even though you are right.
- Whose responsibility is it to check – and is it even possible? I suspect this discussion will take us into the territory of 'governance'. But even before we get there it implies that User Acceptance Testing needs to do more than look at things. Of course yours does, doesn't it?
I guess my big issue is to wonder how comfortable we are – as the deliverers of the technological solutions for our customers – and especially our users - to have such blind faith. Of course, people being the irrational things they undoubtedly are, that blind faith in the detail is often accompanied by a cynical disregard for overall competence – think faith in ATMs and on-line bank account figures with the apparent level of trust in the banking industry as a whole.
As a little codicil to the story, I registered with anew doctor yesterday – the nurse asked me questions, took blood pressure etc and loaded all the data she collected into a computer. The system was clearly ancient, with a display synthesising what you typically got on a DOS3.0 system. First thought: 'OMG why are they using such old software, that can't be good? Second thought: 'They've obviously been using it for years, so they really understand it, have ironed out all the bugs and it does what they need. It ain't broke so they aren't fixing it'. But my instinctive reaction of suspicion of it for not being pretty was there and I had to consciously correct myself.
Would you as a service provider prefer more questioning of what you package up and present to your customers and users, or are you happy to have that faith? My own view is that the more blind faith they have in you, the more the retribution will hurt if things do go wrong. Or perhaps that's just me being cynical again?


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PADEN CITY - From the start of Friday night's game at Berger Field between Cameron and Paden City, it was clear it was going to be the Dragons' night.
''I knew on that first play from scrimmage when (Hunter) Yoders ran for about 12 to 15 yards that we'd be able to do that all night long,'' Cameron coach Jim Rogers said.
It was actually an 11-yard gain. But that's irrelevant.
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What was relevant was the way Cameron dominated the line of scrimmage. And it happened again and again during the Dragons' 40-18 triumph.
''Give Cameron all the credit,'' Paden City coach Brent Croasmun said. ''They dominated us on the line. And their secondary played really well, too.''
The game was over by halftime. Cameron scored 26 points in the first quarter, the rest in the second, and held a 425-21 advantage in offensive yardage by the time Kelsey Loy was named queen of the Homecoming festivities.
In other words, everything was clicking for the Dragons (3-3).
''We haven't come out this year and been ahead at halftime,'' Rogers said. ''We did that.
''We hadn't taken the field, taken the opening kickoff and scored. We did that.
''And, we haven't come out and played that well on defense. We did that.''
The 11-yard run by Yoders that Rogers mentioned earlier was part of a four-play opening drive that Yoders capped with a 1-yard run with 1:01 elapsed off the first-quarter clock.
On Cameron's next possession, it only took the Dragons two plays to score.
After setting up shop on Paden City's 37, quarterback Logan Routt hit Mark Walker for 14 yards. Next, Routt fired a strike toward the back of the end zone where Ivan Hall made a circus catch for a TD that made the score 13-0.
The two drives epitomized the Dragons' balanced attack. Routt, the sophomore standout, finished 7 of 9 for 189 yards, while Yoders (104) and Devin Starcher (121) both surpassed the century mark in rushing.
''The kids enjoyed this game,'' Rogers said.
''I thought we blocked well. Starcher had a great game and, Yoders, he's a hard-nosed kid who's sniffing the ground all the time.''
Starcher had touchdown runs of 26 and 58 yards in the first quarter and surpassed the 100-yard mark before halftime.
The only mistake Cameron made early on resulted in the Wildcats' only score of the first 24 minutes.
With fourth-and-goal at the Paden City 7, Routt threw a pass to the flat which fell to the ground. The Dragons thought it was incomplete. But the official nearest the play never blew his whistle, signifying it was a backward pass.
An alert Brandon Cross picked up the ball and outraced a Cameron defender 90 yards for the score that trimmed the lead to seven.
Levi Knight added a 13-yard touchdown in the second quarter, while Routt found Walker for a 15-yard scoring strike later in the second to give the visitors a 40-6 advantage.
Paden City (1-5) scored twice in the fourth quarter. Zach Heasley scored on a 1-yard run and later threw a screen to Kennedy Cain, who scampered 52-yards down the sideline for the other.
Heasley, playing just his third game in 2012, threw for 108 yards and completed 50 percent of his passes (10 of 20).
The Wildcats have plenty of athletes, but their offensive line is still maturing. All told, every player but one will return next year.
''We couldn't throw deep because Zach didn't have any time,'' Croasmun said, noting the offensive front is comprised of freshmen, sophomores and two juniors who recently joined the team.
''The maturity factor is huge. That's the way it is and that's the way it's going to be this year. We just have to keep plugging away. Hopefully, we'll get older in a year or two and we'll give some people some games.
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The Lord of Terror unleashes hell in living rooms worldwide
IRVINE, Calif.—September 3, 2013—Today, the war over Sanctuary claims a legion of new souls. Blizzard Entertainment is pleased to announce that Diablo® III, the latest chapter in the legendary action–RPG series, is now available for the Sony PlayStation® 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360® throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.
Would-be heroes who seek to confront the Lord of Terror and take the fate of mankind into their own hands can purchase the PS3™ and Xbox 360 versions of Diablo III at retailers worldwide for a suggested retail price of $59.99. The PS3™ version of Diablo III is also available for purchase digitally via the PlayStation Network™. The Xbox 360 version of the game will be available via Xbox LIVE® starting October 4. Both console versions of Diablo III have been fully localized in English, German, French, Latin American Spanish, European Spanish, Russian, Italian, Polish, and Brazilian Portuguese for multilingual demonic warfare.
The PS3™ and Xbox 360 versions of Diablo III have been custom-tailored for gamepad-driven action, with a dynamic camera perspective that puts your hero front and center, as well as an all-new user interface and an intuitive control system that make vanquishing evil feel like second nature on consoles. Players can take on the vile denizens of the Burning Hells alone or in a party of up to four via same-screen local cooperative play or online over PlayStation Network™ or Xbox LIVE®. In addition, the game supports parties composed of both local and online players. Once gamers experience the rush of Diablo III's unique brand of hack-and-slash gameplay from the comfort of their couch, Sanctuary will never be the same.
"In bringing Diablo III to consoles, our main focus has been on making sure we deliver a really fun experience for up to four friends online or on the same couch," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "The game looks and plays great on PS3™ and Xbox 360, especially with the new direct-control elements and new interface. We know players will have a blast battling Diablo on their big-screen TVs."
In Diablo III, players take on the role of one of five heroic characters—barbarian, witch doctor, wizard, monk, or demon hunter—and embark on a perilous quest to save the world of Sanctuary from the corrupting forces of the Burning Hells. As players make their way from the demon-besieged town of New Tristram to the Diamond Gates of the High Heavens, they'll engage in pulse-pounding combat with hordes of monsters and challenging bosses, grow in experience and ability, acquire artifacts of incredible power, and meet key characters who'll join them in battle or aid them along the way.
Diablo III was originally released for Windows® and Macintosh® PC on May 15, 2012 and within 24 hours became the fastest-selling PC game of all time. As of December 31, 2012, Diablo III had sold through more than 12 million copies worldwide.* To learn more about Diablo III, visit the official website at http://www.diablo3.com.
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I have to disagree with the person that wrote "No Hope For Improvement For Our Brandon Wheat Kings." Since the big trades, I find the games are much more exciting to watch. The young players we have are showing the fans what they are made of. They may not be winning all their games but the plays seem to be better, the discipline is certainly there and they are trying hard to win games. We all knew this was a rebuilding year. Let's not write off our players or our coach just yet. I am really looking forward to next season to see where all these young players are going to take us. We have numerous great players that can only get better.
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May 28, 2016
C. Everett Koop, who raised the profile of the nation's surgeon general by speaking frankly about AIDS and the dangers of smoking, has died in New Hampshire. He was 96.
An assistant at Koop's Dartmouth institute, Susan Wills, says he died Monday. She hasn't disclosed his cause of death.
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Shirshov continues: "All of a sudden, in the middle of the session—and it was live!—they started asking these ugly questions about integrity; about why a government official would promote a specific drug, and things of that nature. I could not believe it. And the fact that it was being spoken about, live, on a government-controlled program, is a great sign of where we are heading."
There are caveats; Somers goes on: "Russia is the largest market not yet in the WTO, which can intensify certain trends towards 'over-nationalism' and isolation. And moving forward, the country needs to diversify its economy and one of the priorities needs to be the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector."
As Frank Schauff, CEO of the Association of European Businesses (AEB), notes, there is no other choice. "This industry is a political priority here, and rightly so. When you consider the demographic situation in Russia, the statistics with regard to healthcare, and the pharmaceutical environment, the circumstances are quite disconcerting. In a country where life expectancy is very low in comparison to European neighbors, and where we are still battling communicable disease on a wide scale, things have to be done."


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THE FIRST PERIOD of Jack London's fiction clearly indicates the ways in which both his personal experiences and his reading shaped his outlook. Though London had been writing and sending his stories to publishers for some time, not until December, 1899, when Houghton Mifflin offered him a contract for his first volume of short stories, did he gain any recognition. The first collection, The Son of the Wolf (1900), outlined the plots, introduced the characters, and announced the themes that were later to give London a title of which he was proud. "The Kipling of the Klondike." The stories tell of man's attempts to survive the forces of nature, the threat of savages, and the competition with other fortune seekers in the north country. In The God of His Fathers (1901), London was eager to show that he could vary his themes, though keeping them essentially the same as in the first collection: the survival of the fittest, the deterministic orientation of the universe, and the superiority of the inevitable white man. In his first novel, A Daughter of the Snows (1902), London used his first opportunity to explore in some detail the ideas he had introduced in the short stories. When the novel proved an inept vehicle for London's talents at this point in his career, he turned again to the stories, exploring the same general theses in Children of the Frost (1902).
"The White Silence" introduced London's hero of the Yukon and the Klondike, the Malemute Kid. The story also introduced the dominant philosophical and stylistic patterns that characterize not only the stories and the novel of this first period of London's career but of the whole range of his fiction. Undoubtedly London's most secure position in American letters rests on the quality of these early stories. For even the first one he shows his talent for developing a relationship between theme and character as he places man in the presence of the White Silence:
This description of environment is significant primarily because London's naturalistic heroes must cope with it in order to survive. The inter-relationship between man and nature is of central importance in London's fiction, even as it had been in Crane's Maggie where the city overcomes Maggie. For as Darwinian "animals," the characters in London's northland stories learn that they must adapt to the environment or be subdued by it. This relationship is clearly outlined in the beginning of "In a Far Country."
As a prelude to an "inevitable" battle between the Red Man and the White Man in a later story in the same collection, a similar setting in all its naturalistic splendor is detailed:
The Darwinian concept of survival of the fittest is carefully woven into this pattern of man's struggles. In no less than ten of the first twenty-five stories the survival motif dominates the action, and it is implicit in almost all of the others. Although in later stories and a novel London was to expand the survival thesis to include species generally, in these first stories the emphasis primarily is that of survival of the individual.
In "The White Silence" Malemute accompanies a man and his wife through the Yukon in an attempt to get to civilization before Spring. But the hostile environment overcomes Mason, the traveler, in the form of a huge tree which falls on him. Nature plays the same trick on a group of travelers in "In a Far Country." Some of the voyageurs make the trip safely back to civilization, but two men from the "older" civilization remain behind and fail to survive because of their inability to adapt to the environment.
In these stories London makes clear that the "law of survival" permeates all levels of existence. For when Malemute's dogs weaken in their traces, the stronger dogs devour the weak. And when the dogs are unable to subsist on their own ration, they turn to men in order to survive. After Mason dies, Malemute tries to find food for himself and the woman, only to return to discover the dogs attacking. Darwinian survival is stated in its simplest terms.
Indeed, only the fittest survive either nature's or man's attacks.
The affinity between man and dog is no mere accidental relationship to suggest that both obey laws of survival. In the evolutionary scheme of things both obey such laws because both are part of the evolutionary process. Man is merely a high-order animal, and his survival, his progress toward a higher state, is dependent upon his adaptability. In the northland, environmental and hereditary traits are more forcefully evident because of the heightened struggle. And under stress, man shows his latent animal traits — his atavism — and reverts to that state. The allusion to "son" in "The Son of the Wolf" is probably meant, therefore, to convey that Scruff Mackenzie, the protagonist, is a descendant of some earlier animal form, or simply that his survival indicates his animal nature. London describes Mackenzie as a true product of the wild:
The survival-oriented plot involves Mackenzie's desire to have Zarinska, an Indian maiden, for his wife. To win her he must fight Fox, the medicine man, who has been claiming that his black magic can subdue the white man's. Finally the two engage in physical battle in a fight for survival. The entire fight is a re-enactment of the survival motif:
And in the final stages of the struggle, when Mackenzie is winning, the true son of the wolf emerges:
The atavism in Mackenzie is yet a latent characteristic of the "civilized" man. Precisely the same theory is propounded in the death of the two survivors in "In a Far Country," for when at last they have been overcome by the White Silence (environment) their true nature is evident: "What with the Fear of the North, the mental strain, the ravages of the disease, they lost all semblance of humanity, taking on the appearance of wild beasts, hunted and desperate."6 Thus the survival tendency is pictured as inherent, as animal instinct. The implicit materialism in this view of a biological assumption is the central idea also in "Jan, the Unrepentant" in the same collection. Having been found guilty of killing a man, Jan flees, and during the pursuit his instinct for survival seems to give him courage:
This ubiquitous survival thesis takes on protean forms in London's early stories. For examples, not only is man forced to do battle with nature, with animals, with other white men to survive, the Red Man also provides added challenge. Though the Red Man-White Man encounters are given trite portrayal in London's stories, the central significance is in providing for another dimension of the survival themes. In "God of His Fathers," whose setting we have noted earlier, the struggle is intensely dramatized in a familiar naturalistic pattern. Hay Stockard, a white man, hopes to live in the Yukon. But his arch-enemy, Baptise the Red (an Indian), will not let him, primarily because Baptise wants Stockard to admit that there is no God. An open struggle is precipitated by the appearance of Sturges Owen, a missionary priest. Stockard, married to an Indian girl who is now the mother of his child, and Baptise are continuing their debate when Owen arrives. Baptise refuses to let Owen preach to him, though he is willing for the priest to pass safely through the country. Owen is adamant: he will stay and preach to the "heathen." Though he despises Owen, Stockard vacillates between his desire to let the priest be killed and his inclination to help defend him against Baptise. It is Owen, the cowardly priest, whom London disparages, for in the battle — a futile one in which the wife, the child, and several others are killed — Owen muses on his materialistically-oriented impulse to live in the knowledge of the martyrdom he could achieve. There is little that is admirable in Owen's death; in fact, the story's ending seems to imply that the priest has been foolish in dying for a cause which apparently means very little to him except as it will bring him some personal glory.
The most original aspect of the struggle between the White Man and the Red Man as introduced in these first stories is London's belief in the superiority of the White, Anglo-Saxon race. This thesis, which is a dominate and pervasive one in all London's later fiction, is proclaimed as part of the survival theory. While not Darwinian in origin, the theory is at least Darwinistic, stressing the survival of the species as it adapts to its environment. Scruff Mackenzie, the son of the wolf, is the first character in London's fiction to voice the belief in white supremacy. After Mackenzie has won his mate, he proudly proclaims that his "people . . . are the mightiest of all the peoples, who rule all the lands . . . ."7 And the corollary law of the wolf is "whoso taketh the life of one wolf, the forfeit shall ten of his people pay." (Ibid.)
While the theme is merely hinted at in Mackenzie's brief statement, London uses one entire story to focus on his concept. In "The Great Interrogation" Karen Sayther is London's spokesman for the "new" civilization, for the Anglo-Saxon. Ostensibly Mrs. Sayther has left a comfortable estate in the city to come to the Yukon on an unknown errand. The "interrogation" into which the citizens of the territory are drawn is in wondering why Karen has come. It is shortly revealed that before her sudden marriage to the late Colonel Sayther, Karen had been engaged to David Paine, the hero of the story. She now lives with an Indian maiden and is caught in the matrix of deciding between the two ways of life. He recognizes that Karen has earlier deserted him for Colonel Sayther's money: the materialistic ideals of civilization were evident in the Colonel. Paine thinks of this, wondering, "What was he? A great, gross, material creature, deaf to song, blind to beauty, dead to the spirit. He was fat with laziness, and flabby-cheeked, and the round of his belly witnessed his gluttony—."8 But Karen dismisses David's charges and pleads with him on the basis of their anthropological ties.
David then considers the alternatives, civilization or the primitive North:
While the final outcome of the story argues not for a victory for the "dominate, evolved race" (since David chooses not to return with Karen), London still asserts that the Anglo-Saxon species has evolved to its superiority through its struggle for survival. In a later story in Children of the Frost, written in this first period of his career also, London pictures Avery Von Brunt as he nears an Indian village with the same Anglo-Saxon consciousness: "He, alone, was full-blooded Saxon, and his blood was pounding fiercely through his veins to the traditions of his race. Clive and Hastings, Drake and Raleigh, Hengest and Horsa, walked with him."9
But London is not content with asserting the white supremacy through the voice of his white men; he must also depict the Red Man's coming to the same conclusion. Thus the "Law of Life" for an old Indian chieftain, Koskoosh, is that a Darwinian biological concept explains the way of all flesh and the evils visited upon it. In a resigned mood of despair, Koskoosh laments his defeat:
The "law" is, of course, the "natural" law of the white man's supremacy. Another grand old chieftain comes to precisely the same conclusion about natural selection. In "The League of Old Men," Imber tells a white man's court of his attempts to eradicate the white man before he destroyed Imber's civilization. In the end Imber's people are defeated, for it is the "Anglo-Saxon who have the custom of . . . giving the law to conquered peoples, and oft-times this law is harsh." (Ibid., p. 143) At last unable to fight because of his age, Imber has come to the city to tell his story and to acknowledge the "law." He laments, "I am very old, and very tired, and it being vain fighting the Law, as thou sayest. . . .I am come seeking the Law." (Ibid., pp. 159-160) The white man's law fuses again with the laws of nature in Imber's dim mind as he sits in rapturous contemplation of the inevitable forces that control his life:
In these stories London asserts the Kiplingesque myth of the superior White Race, but he also adapts it to a naturalistic framework. For the survival thesis is clearly Darwinian in import. Too, the tone in which the survival and natural selection principles are adumbrated is obviously naturalistic. In "The Men of Forty Mile," for example, London explains that life in general is explainable in terms of a deterministic framework. In the story the same Scruff Mackenzie is a central figure in a brief struggle with another white man. It is the Malemute Kid, however, who glibly voices a naturalistic assumption in noting that men should understand that life itself is a gamble, a kind of game with no predictable outcome. Thus after attempting unsuccessfully to settle an argument between two men, the Kid concludes: "So you see we do not actually take away the privilege of fighting; and yet I don't believe they'll fight when they see the beauty of the scheme. Life's a game, and men the gamblers."10 Furthermore, London adheres to the technique he has outlined before when in the same stories he depicts the Indians expressing the same kind of pessimism in reacting to a deterministic pattern of survival. Sitka Charley, the Indian hero who appears in many of the tales of this early period, tells of his taking a long journey with a white man and woman. Ostensibly, the story is about "The Grit of Woman," but it finally develops into a philosophical soliloquy in which Charley muses on the deterministic orientation of the universe. The plot, a typical one for London, concerns a white man's great love for his Indian squaw and their many years of hardship in the north. But the couple is finally to be defeated by nature, and the narrative centers around their demise, described in language reminiscent of the meaning of "The White Silence." In the story both the hero and his wife are overcome by their environment. But before the narrator dies, he asserts the pessimist's creed: life, which must be viewed materialistically, is futile and meaningless:
What is not accomplished in Charley's statement is captured in fuller measure in the clearest philosophical statement of determinism in the early stories. Like Malemute Kid's earlier declaration that life is a game, Fortune La Perle, the protagonist of "Which Make Men Remember", comes to the same pessimistic conclusion. Fortune, who is accused of murdering John Randolph, is befriended by Uri Bram. Uri hides Fortune from authorities, and while spending the many days waiting to come out of hiding, the outlaw meditates on his destiny. Obviously allegorizing the man's name for thematic impact, London portrays Fortune as feeling that Fortune's own account of how he came to murder Randolph is enunciated in classic deterministic terms.
Finally, Uri and Fortune decide to draw cards to see who will shoot first in a duel through which Bram seeks to revenge his friend, Randolph. London, the naturalistic cynic, disparaging traditional Christian concepts, shows his cynicism in arranging the unusual denouement in which Bram seeks the revenge. The duel is set, with long ardent statements from Bram on the virtues of justice and on the virtues of his friend Randolph whose great name must be avenged. But Fortune's god is quite different from Bram's: "He did not know much concerning Uri's God, but he believed in Chance." And as they draw cards, Fortune feels that surely "Chance (will) not desert him now." The narrator (London) tells the reader, "Chance had been very good to him (Fortune) already . . . and if he tricked now he would have to pay for it afterward." (Ibid., p. 84) But Fortune loses the draw and is killed. As he dies, the fatalist succumbs amid London's refrain: "Fortune did not whirl, but gay San Francisco dimmed and faded; and as the sun-bright snow turned blacker and blacker, he breathed his last malediction on the Chance he had misplayed." (Ibid., p. 85)
The women in London's early stories constitute an integral part of the total view of life in the northland. Not insignificantly London's first novel, also written during this period, centers around a woman. Because of the encompassing manner in which London explores the many avenues through which his naturalism can be expressed, he was wise not to discard the role of woman in these adventure tales. Importantly, then, a superior type of woman is needed to cope with the rigorous life demanded by the environment. A review of the tales already discussed indicates that the role of woman is a central one. In "The White Silence" the woman successfully fights off the pack until Malemute returns; in "The Son of the Wolf" Scruff's squaw is pictured as a sturdy and courageous woman; in "The God of His Fathers" the Indian wife of Stockard gladly dies for her white husband; in "The Great Interrogation" David Paine chooses to remain in the wilderness with his Indian maiden; and in "The Grit of Women" the courage and fidelity of women are emphasized. It may be noted parenthetically that London's alleged disdain for the Red Man is not borne out in a reading of these early stories. The Indian women, particularly, are consistently presented in a courageous and honorable light. Not unexpectedly, then, London advances a theory which also exalts the heroism of a white woman. In the "Priestly Prerogative" his first naturalistic "new woman" enters the scene. In the story, the "new woman" is Grace Bentham. Grace, the wife of Edwin Bentham, has come with her husband to the Yukon territory. Both had been reared in the city and thus are tenderfeet, until Grace sees that in order to survive she must take charge of the family affairs. Eventually, by Grace's clever maneuvering of their money, her buying of land, and her strict urging and directing Edwin to push farther north, the couple emerge wealthy. The "new woman" motif is announced in London's description of Grace's efficiency:
Her greatest energies are then directed in earning a fortune for them:
The "priestly prerogative" is made by a priest in the camp who discovers that Grace is in love with a close friend of the Benthams and plans to leave the Yukon country with him. The priest decides not to tell Edwin, assuring Grace that if she returns and remains faithful to Edwin her secret will always remain with her confessor. In general, the story epitomizes the materialistic aims which all the big fortune-seekers had in coming to the Yukon. Their lives, their hearts, and their souls are at stake in their desire to become rich and to "survive" on a larger scale than their neighbors. Yet the kind of survival which Jack London explores in these early stories was expressed primarily in terms of animal instinct, with an occasional hint of race survival, both views stressing that the species was strengthened by the emergence of the winner. In the study of Grace Bentham, London indicates his early fascination with the strong, Amazon-like woman who became one of his dominate character types in later novels.
Henry S. Commager has well noted London's characteristic position in these early stories, as well as in much of the later fiction:
To make these first stories superior in artistry, London buttressed both action and philosophical comment with a setting that complemented the tone and theme. Thus they achieve coherence and meaning despite Commager's claim that the philosophy is ornamental. What these stories portend is a pattern of naturalistic thought that permeates the greater part of all of Jack London's writing after 1902.
Copyright © 1973 by Earl J. Wilcox
1 Jack London, Best Short Stories of Jack London (New York: Garden City Books, 1953), p. 13.
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Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds is set to receive the prestigious Hal David Starlight Award at the 2014 Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala.
The "Radioactive" hitmaker will follow in the footsteps of previous winners such as Alicia Keys, John Mayer, Taylor Swift and John Legend when he is feted with the prize, which was created in 2004 and named in honor of Hall of Fame Chairman Emeritus Hal David to celebrate the work of young songwriters.
Current organization chairman Jimmy Webb says, "Dan Reynolds is a dream ticket for the Songwriters Hall of Fame Starlight Award.
"He has helped create truly contemporary rock 'n' roll with the band Imagine Dragons. A sound at once musically literate and issue driven yet founded on solid composition and songwriting. We are extremely happy to join Dan with the other distinguished alumni who have received the Starlight."
The Kinks frontman Ray Davies, Scottish singer Donovan and 10cc rocker Graham Gouldman are among the stars who will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2014, while another top accolade, the Johnny Mercer Award, will be presented to music duo Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, and industry mogul Doug Morris will receive the Hitmaker Award.
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It's the 21st century, and we have more tools than ever with which to discover new bands. But all the Spotifys, Pandoras and Soundclouds in the world can't equal the impact of live music. In that spirit, from October 16 to 20, the preposterously huge CMJ Music Marathon will jam more than 1,300 acts and 120,000 fans into more than 80 rock 'n' roll dens across Manhattan and Brooklyn.
The event, now in its 32nd year, showcased U2, Lady Gaga and R.E.M. before they were stars. This iteration of the festival features a parade of acts that have already hit it big or are about to break through, including hip-hop luminary Talib Kweli, New York's own rock veterans The Walkmen and New Zealand singer-songwriter Kimbra, who is featured on Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know." The week also brings comedy shows, films and—for badge holders—a number of informative panel discussions.
Not sure where to start? We're here to help. Below, you'll find a day-by-day itinerary with show recommendations. Once you've made your picks, familiarize yourself with some of the music halls you'll be frequenting all week long using our guide to CMJ venues throughout the City. And remember—while a badge gets you the most access, fans can do just fine buying tickets a la carte and ducking into free shows.
CMJ isn't the only live music in this town; check out our full concert calendar by clicking the link below.
October 16
The English Beat and The Paul Collins Beat at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
Two bands, each once known simply as "The Beat," unite on one fun-filled and potentially confusing bill. Known for hits like "Save It For Later," 1980s ska outfit The English Beat always puts on a lively performance (and, worry not, they're also known to play infectious General Public cut "Tenderness.") The Paul Collins Beat, meanwhile, plays catchy pop-rock. For more info, visit bbkingblues.com.
October 16
The Mountain Goats and Matthew E. White at Bowery Ballroom
John Darnielle brings his undeniable talents as a wordsmith and his merry band of collaborators to Bowery Ballroom. He'll be joined by the idiosyncratic, bearded Matthew E. White. For more info, visit boweryballroom.com.
October 16
Off! at Irving Plaza
Featuring members of Black Flag, Rocket from the Crypt and others, hardcore punk supergroup Off! released its debut full-length album this year. "Full-length," though, is a relative term: the whole 16-song affair clocks in at less than a minute per tune. For more info, visit irvingplaza.com.
October 17
Blondfire with Sky Ferreira and Gabriel Bruce at Union Hall
Sibling duo Blondfire got their name from a friend's misheard comment about a bonfire. It stuck—and the unsigned artists' melodic debut album, Young Heart, catapulted to the top spot on the iTunes Alternative chart. They're joined by soulful rising star Sky Ferreira and poetically inclined Londoner Gabriel Bruce. For more info, visit ticketweb.com.
October 17
The Jezabels at Webster Hall
Female-fronted Aussie band The Jezabels bring their chiming pop vocals and intense, conceptual lyrics to Webster Hall. Listen to tracks "Endless Summer" and "Hurt Me," a previous iTunes single of the week. For more info, visit websterhall.com.
October 17
Manimal Vinyl CMJ Showcase at The Knitting Factory
LA-based record label Manimal Vinyl showcases some of their best, brightest and poppiest with a bill featuring Chains of Love, whose reverb-heavy rock recalls the girl groups of the late'60s; Papercranes, whose vocalist, Rain Phoenix, has a knack for lyrical emoting; and Young Girls, a band which, it should be noted, includes no actual girls. Also performing are Heliotropes, Aact Rraiser, The Analog Girl and a DJ set by Baron Von Luxxury. For more info, visit bk.knittingfactory.com.
October 17
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult at The Gramercy Theatre
They've still got it: the disco-industrialists of My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult are back to celebrate their 25th anniversary with dancey, funky, freaky tunes that make us nostalgic for the heyday of the Limelight. Expect the usual paeans to deviant behavior from releases like The Filthiest Show in Town. For more info, visit thegramercytheatre.com.
October 17
The Virgins at Brooklyn Bowl
Downtown NYC's latest group of standard-bearers, bestowed with the sort of honors once enjoyed by bands like The Strokes and The Velvet Underground (yes, really), perform at Brooklyn's finest show venue–backslash-bowling alley. Expect to hear "Rich Girls," and, quite possibly, to see some in attendance. For more info, visit brooklynbowl.com.
October 17–19
Notes from the Underground: CMJ at Ace Hotel
Talk about a noisy checkout: for three days, DJs from independent record labels Mom + Pop, Frenchkiss Records, Modular Recordings, Third Man and Beggars Group will spin all night in the lobby of the Ace Hotel. While you're there, check out Illcentric Crewtons—a gallery show by famed photographer Ricky Powell, who has captured such artists as the Beastie Boys, Run D.M.C., Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat on film. Admission is free. For more info, visit acehotel.com.
October 18
DIIV, Mac DeMarco, Thieves Like Us and Dignan Porch at Music Hall of Williamsburg
Zachary Cole Smith's dreamy, dark, new-wavey band (formerly known as the easier-to-spell, harder-to-Google Dive) recently released its first full-length album, Oshin. Also on the bill: Mac DeMarco, Thieves Like Us and Dignan Porch. For more info, visit musichallofwilliamsburg.com.
October 18
GZA and Bear Hands at Irving Plaza
You want diverse? We'll give you diverse. This lineup unites two acts that don't have much in common beyond their New York City roots: founding Wu-Tang member GZA (set to perform Liquid Swords) and danceable post-punk band Bear Hands. Also on tap: Killer Mike and Sweet Valley. For more info, visit irvingplaza.com.
October 18
MNDR at Bowery Ballroom
Amanda Warner is the mercurial sort—a tough-to-pin-down West Coast transplant who's been crafting arty NYC electro-pop for a few years now. Her debut, Feed Me Diamonds, was released at the end of August and has the distinction of being the only record we've ever heard to reference Patty Hearst, Henry Ford and Marina Abramovic—and remain danceable. (Read our interview with her for more.) For more info, visit boweryballroom.com.
October 18
Sub Pop CMJ Showcase at Knitting Factory
The storied Seattle record label holds its CMJ show in Williamsburg. The lineup includes Pissed Jeans, King Tuff, Metz and others. For more info, visit bk.knittingfactory.com.
October 18
The Walkmen and Dum Dum Girls at Terminal 5
New York City's own arty garage rockers The Walkmen—who really have been around for a decade!—are on tour in support of their new album, Heaven. Critics generally love the record, which—fittingly, considering its name—finds the quintet in a happy place. The Dum Dum Girls' jangly alt-pop music tackles such subjects as love, loss and life on the road. For more info, visit terminal5nyc.com.
October 19
Fat Wreck Chords/Rocks Off Showcase at Music Hall of Williamsburg
West Coast skate punks Lagwagon headline what is likely to be the moshing-est part of CMJ weekend. Also on the bill: Dead to Me, The Flatliners and Useless ID. For more info, visit musichallofwilliamsburg.com.
October 19
Flowerbooking CMJ Showcase at the Knitting Factory
This eclectic mix of electronic dance masters and remixers (Unicorn Kid and Ki:Theory), rock 'n' roll up-and-comers (Devin and Ghost Wave), melodic rock songstresses (Talk Normal) and a Memphis-born rapper (Cities Aviv) promises to please indie-music fans of many stripes. For more info, visit bk.knittingfactory.com.
October 19
Free Energy at Brooklyn Bowl
This Philly-based quintet plays good, old-fashioned rock 'n' roll. Their first agenda is to get a party started, so get ready to throw your fist in the air, shake your booty and sing along. The Windish Agency Showcase also features Icona Pop, Born Ruffians and a DJ set from Penguin Prison. For more info, visit brooklynbowl.com.
October 19
Sea Wolf and Jim White at (Le) Poisson Rouge
Indie-folk band Sea Wolf, led by singer and former NYU film student Alex Brown Church, are known for their lyrically expressive tracks and artfully composed records. You may know their song "The Violet Hour," which was featured in one of those Twilight movies. Southern country rocker Jim White also plays this showcase. For more info, visit lepoissonrouge.com.
October 19
Into It. Over It. and The Front Bottoms at Santos Party House
Indie pop-punk duo The Front Bottoms are full of surprises. "Maps," for example, opens with a short snippet of "Anarchy in the UK" by the Sex Pistols and incorporates keyboards, synthetic strings and even a whistling hiccup. Tongue-in-cheek lyrics like "one day you'll be washing yourself with hand soap in a public bathroom" complete the picture. They're opening for Evan Weiss' Into It. Over It.—known for slow, emo-tinged tracks, stinging lyrics and tender riffs (a la Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional). For more info, visit santospartyhouse.com.
October 19
King Tuff at Living Bread
Hear Kyle Thomas play the catchy, energetic brand of garage rock that made his self-titled album a college radio hit this year. For what it's worth, this venue is also a deli and juice bar. Living Bread doesn't have an official website, so watch cmj.com for details.
October 19
Panache Booking Showcase with Twerps, Turbo Fruits and More at Public Assembly
Indie-pop outfit Twerps hails from Melbourne, Australia, while Nashville's Turbo Fruits play a gritty strain of garage rock that sounds a bit like The White Stripes. For more info, visit publicassemblynyc.com.
October 19
Wild Yaks at The Grand Victory
Brooklyn's own Wild Yaks put on one of the rowdiest shows you'll ever see. You may also recall that they were nycgo.com's Official Favorite Band during the 2010 CMJ Music Marathon. For more info, visit thegrandvictory.com.
October 19–20
Kimbra at Webster Hall
Kimbra is definitely somebody that you know. Her soulful vocals were featured on that Gotye song "Somebody That I Used to Know." Maybe you've heard of it. The New Zealand singer brings her soulful jazz-pop sound to Webster Hall for a two-night run. For more info, visit websterhall.com.
October 20
Converse Rubber Tracks Live Celebrates Fool's Gold 5-Year Anniversary: CMJ Showcase at Music Hall of Williamsburg
When Ghostface Killah played a free show at the Prospect Park Bandshell this summer the crowd was so enormous that entry had to be curtailed, forcing a legion of fans to watch the MC's performance from behind the park fence. Expect this free CMJ show to go down in similar fashion. The rap iconoclast and Wu-Tang Clan member will play the Music Hall of Williamsburg, backed by a lineup that includes A-Trak, Flosstradamus and Donnis, among others. For more info, visit musichallofwilliamsburg.com.
October 20
Electric Guest at Irving Plaza
Indie-poppers Electric Guest feature singer Asa Taccone, brother of The Lonely Island's Jorma Taccone. The former helped the latter produce some of his famous funny songs, and finally—with his own band—released debut album Mondo, produced by Danger Mouse, earlier in 2012, after more than six years. For more info, visit irvingplaza.com.
October 20
The Windish Agency CMJ Showcase at The Gramercy Theatre
Com Truise and Poolside headline this electro-oriented bill, but we're most excited for the Brazilian freakazoids in Bonde do Rolê, whose punk-funk-dance instincts are impeccably tailored for short, sweet songs. For more info, visit thegramercytheatre.com.
October 20
Country Mice at Rockwood Music Hall
Four-piece band Country Mice combines Southern twang with Brooklyn indie-rock. See them sing the blues at Rockwood Music Hall as part of the Vinefield Agency & HMG PR Showcase. For more info, visit rockwoodmusichall.com.
October 20
Theophilus London at The Gramercy Theatre
Do us a favor and go listen to "I Stand Alone," the terrifyingly catchy single from London's debut album Timez Are Weird These Days. For more info, visit thegramercytheatre.com.


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The cub weighs grams, or about 4.83 ounces - which is normal for a newborn panda, zoo officials said after the panda team took biological samples Sunday morning.
"The cub is robust, fully formed and is a bright, healthy shade of pink," the zoo said in a press release.
The cub's heart rate is steady and they were able to hear breathing sounds from both lungs, officials said.
"The cub is nursing and digesting successfully," vets said.
The sex of the cub will be known in two to three weeks.
Mei Xiang, the Giant Panda at the National Zoo, gave birth to a second cub on Saturday but it was a stillborn. Zoo officials said in a release that the cub was "never alive."
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(WUSA9) -- A long-time acrobat died onstage during Cirque du Soleil's "Ka" performance in Las Vegas this weekend. It was the first death in the show's 30 year history.
A local high-flying acrobat at another circus in our area talked to us about renewed safety concerns.
"Every single time I run back to the caravan to go to the bathroom and come back," said 23-year-old Kaely Michels-Gualtiere.
No harness, just nerves, and Michels-Gualtiere, twisting and turning on this trapeze. But when you're defying gravity, there is always a risk. This past Saturday a veteran performer of the Cirque du Soleil "Ka" cast fell 50 feet to her death. The wire she was tethered to reportedly snapped.
Michels-Gualtiere told us, "It reminds me everytime you do something, to double and triple check everything and trust the people you work with beyond any doubt."
The stage at the Prince William County Fairgrounds presents its own challenges. There's the extra added element of water, it's higher up and the crowd is just a few feet away.
Michels-Gualtiere is the highest-flying performer. At one point she'll swing more than 35 feet in the air. Remember, it's in front of a live audience where anything can happen. It makes everyone excited and nervous.
Despite the sad news in Las Vegas, this Washington-bred acrobat says she feels at home hanging around in her hometown, still looking to climb to the big stages like the ones at Cirque du Soleil.
"It's a dream come true," said Michels-Gualtiere.
Cirque Italia is on a nationwide tour. It runs from July 3 through July 7 in Manassas, Va. before putting on shows in Owing Mills, Md.


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Miracle girl is mother's daily gift
Cecily Ackerly is an avid horseback rider, an enthusiastic dancer and an incorrigible flirt. The fearless 4-year-old is also a medical mystery whose life of feeding tubes, therapies and endless hospital visits sent Rachel Ackerly's world spinning into a whole new universe.
Which pretty much makes Cecily the best Mother's Day present ever.
"Having a special-needs child changes the way you live," the 37-year-old Ackerly said, watching her daughter toddle around the living room of the family's Cardiff home. "It's a miracle. She is one big, huge surprise."
The second of Rachel and Brien Ackerly's three children — Noah is 6, baby brother Cason just turned 1 — Cecily was diagnosed with a form of childhood epilepsy when she was seven months old. The Ackerlys were told she may not walk, but she walks and climbs and wrestles with her brothers. She still doesn't talk much, but she can communicate through sign language, touch and gestures.
Since that original diagnosis, doctors have determined that Cecily has an unknown genetic syndrome. What her parents know is that their preschool-attending, tricycle-riding, sibling-worshipping dynamo is the gift that shocks and delights them every single day. And in honor of the girl who gives them so much, Cecily's mother is giving back.
"A lot of the families in this situation feel very isolated," Ackerly said, settling into the couch next to Brien. "For us to show them compassion and care means a lot. We have been up at 3 a.m. for the past four years, and we know how that feels."
In 2010, Ackerly launched "Cecily's Closet," a nonprofit organization dedicated to brightening the lives of special-needs children and their families. Cecily's Closet produces and distributes free "Belly Bands," soft cloth wraps that help make life with a feeding tube more comfortable. The cecilyscloset.org website also features Ackerly's carefully curated resources guide, and it helps make recycled wheelchairs, walkers and other pieces of medical equipment available to parents.
But the brightest jewel in the Cecily's Closet treasure chest is the "Sweet Dream" room makeover. Inspired by the way her handy parents remade Cecily's room, Ackerly threw her considerable energy and the largesse of many volunteers into giving special-needs children an oasis to call their own. In the process, she gives their families an emotional reboot that goes way beyond new paint and refurbished furniture.
"Walking into her room is like a breath of fresh air. It's the only room in the house that is beautiful and tidy and has an atmosphere of happiness and hope," said Kathryn Turner of Vista, whose daughter Emmy (now 11) was one of the first "Sweet Dreams" recipients. "When I'm in there, I'm not thinking, 'She can't do this, she can't do that.' This isn't like a gift card to go eat in a restaurant. This is a very personal, private kind of gift. It effects me every day."
When Cecily was born in March of 2009, doctors pronounced her the picture of good health and sent Rachel, Brien and their new baby home. But Rachel was not so sure. She was a second-time mother now, and something felt off. Cecily wasn't really looking at her, and the strong mother-and-child bond she felt with Noah wasn't happening with her little girl.
At Cecily's two-week checkup, Ackerly's suspicions were confirmed. Doctors agreed that something wasn't right, and after months of evaluations and visits to specialists, a neurologist told Rachel and Brien that Cecily was suffering from infantile spasms. He thought it was probably a form of epilepsy, and the prognosis wasn't good.
For a few minutes in that room in Rady Children's Hospital, Ackerly's heart was in a very dark place. And then it went somewhere else.


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Four screens are required for this family of fervent sports fans.
How can a family of sports fans in Kansas follow their beloved Iowa State Cyclones, as well as other competing colleges in the Big 12 Conference?
Carmi Swift, owner of electronics installation firm Home Connections KC in Fairway, Kan., designed a theater that not only delivers their sports fix, but makes them feel like they're on the 50-yard line. This ultimate sports haven provides four simultaneous football games, a killer sound system that keeps them glued to the action and a refreshment bar with food and drink always within reach.
The concrete was poured before the theater was designed, so Swift had to do some serious math to make everything fit into a tight space. The ductwork lining the top of the room challenged installers to position a projector while providing clear sight lines. The only location a projector could fit was in the soffit at the back of the room. The raised platform for the second row of seats reduced the headroom and would have made the 6-foot-4-inch-tall homeowner hit his head on the projector.
At the front of the room, the screen had to be low enough to accommodate the soffit and the trio of Samsung LCD TVs. With such strict parameters, the sight line drawings were critical in making all the variables work. Swift says the project would have been a failure had she not taken into account every inch needed for room dimensions, equipment and HVAC requirements. "I worked closely with Runco's and Stewart Filmscreen's support teams to make sure we would be dead on," she says.
The three Samsung flat-panel TVs above the main 110-inch screen keep tabs on secondary games so that the homeowners never miss a play. When it's time for a night at the movies, the Runco projector at the rear of the room switches to the Blu-ray input and automatically scales to anamorphic (superwide CinemaScope) mode for the ultimate movie experience.
The TVs weren't the only tight fit. The homeowners wanted an eight-seat theater in a space only 19 feet deep. Swift snuck in a couple of extra seats near the granite-topped bar, ensuring a clear line of sight for everyone in the room. The prime front-row seats were built to order from Fortress Seating, each boasting an extra 3 inches across to accommodate the tall owner and his two best friends. The remaining seats were custom-sized to fit the room. The arms for the theater chairs are removable so viewers can stretch out across the seats.
Lighting scenes are handled by a CentraLite system that offers the homeowners a range of settings, depending on the activity. A movie mode brings the lights down to near dark to preserve the contrast ratio and black levels of the projected image. An intermission scene brings the lights up slowly to 25 percent to allow audience members to acclimate to their surroundings. A sports scene sets the lights at a comfortable level for socializing. And a cleaning mode turns the lights on bright to enable a thorough cleanup after a day of entertaining.
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Swift stacks the 7.1-channel sound in this theater against any around, including the local cinemas. Credit the Arcam AVR600 audio/video receiver, for starters. The Arcam can make "even a pair of average speakers sound like ones twice the price," Swift says. She also gives kudos to the Tannoy speakers, citing the dual-concentric design of the DC8i front-channel speakers and the iW63DCs surrounds, which deliver "dynamic sound and clear detail."
Before the sound could do its thing, though, Swift had to treat the room to create the best acoustics possible. She selected gray Auralex acoustic panels to line the three side walls, mounting them between strips of Brazilian cherry to help break up the walls visually. The sound-absorbing acoustic panels were custom-fitted with fabric panels to allow sound to pass through freely. The panels also help keep bass frequencies tight, reducing wobbly-sounding standing waves that can occur, she says. Auralex's SpeakerDudes were placed under each speaker and subwoofer to isolate their sounds and reduce mushy audio. Just how good is the sound? "The owners don't want to go out to the movies anymore," Swift says. EH
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Built on three reddish clay hills, the city's streets wend their way inside surprisingly large ramparts. It is a secretive and timeless city which enchants visitors, particularly at sunset, when the crowds have died down and Siena finally reveals its true nature. Siena is famous throughout the world for the magical Piazza del Campo, the heart of the old town and venue for the Palio horse race, which sees the city's 17 contrade (districts) compete against each other every year.
Tourist attractions Siena : Things to see and do
Piazza del Campo
Piazza del Campo I - 53100 Siena
This is one of the world's most famous squares, composed of a series of monuments in unsurpassed harmony. This slightly sloping "shell" or "fan" in pink and white tones is a fine example of those "open-air drawing rooms"..
Public Palace
Piazza dell Campo 1 I - 53100 Siena
This is one of the most attractive civil buildings in Italy. Its harmonious and light size is dominated by the elegant Mangia tower from which there is an admirable view over Siena and over the countryside. On a visit to the apartments you will see s..
Duomo Santa Maria Assunta
Piazza del Duomo I - 53100 Siena
Begun in 1339, the original plan for this cathedral was vast but only free-standing pillars give an impression of how vast; the actual structure makes up but one transept of the original design. It is however magnificent; the façade, a harmony of mar..
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Hotel Alma Domus
Via Camporegio 37 I - 53100 Siena
Prix Prices from : 64 €
Set in a 13th-century building, Hotel Alma Domus offers rooms in the historic centre of Siena, a 2-minute walk from Basilica Cateriniana San Domenico Church. The property has amazing views over the city centre. With air conditioning, each heated roo..
Hotel La Perla
Via Delle Terme 25 I - 53100 Siena
The Hotel La Perla is located in the heart of Siena historic centre, near Piazza Indipendenza, 50 metres from the famous Piazza del Campo and 200 metres from the Cathedral. La Perla is located on the 2nd floor of a medieval palace, with splendid vie..
Piccolo Hotel Etruria
Via delle Donzelle 3 I - 53100 Siena
Prix Prices from : 39 €
Piccolo Hotel Etruria is a family-run property set in the historic centre of Siena, 20 meters from Piazza del Campo through a mediaeval archway. It offers simply furnished rooms with an LCD TV and free Wi-Fi. Each room at the Piccolo Etruria is equi..
Leisure activities Siena
On this afternoon and evening tour from Siena to Chianti and San Gimignano, explore the beautiful Chianti region – an area rich with dense oak forests and cypress trees – and discover its famous wine cellars. Then head to the UNESCO World Heritage-li..
Prices from : 80 €
Experience the beauty of Tuscany in style while driving a vintage Fiat 500, the most classic Italian car. After hotel pickup from Siena, start in Monteriggioni and cruise through the gorgeous hills of Chianti, stopping at a local winery for a wonderf..
Explore Tuscany's picturesque rolling hills on a private, full-day hiking tour with transport from Siena. With your expert guide, enjoy a scenic, full-day adventurous hike through the beautiful Chianti region in Tuscany, full of lush vineyards and qu..
Restaurants Siena
La Taverna di San Giuseppe
via Giovanni Duprè 132 I - 53100 SIENA
This rustic taverna is in the heart of Siena. It serves local specialities such as ricotta gnocchi with melted pecorino cheese from Pienza and fresh truffles. Attractive, solid wooden tables with American-style paper tablecloths. The wine cellar hous..
via Banchi di Sopra 85 I - 53100 SIENA
Costa di Sant'Antonio 13 I - 53100 Siena
Not far from the Santuario di Santa Caterina, this restaurant with a traditional vaulted ceiling is also a contemporary-style wine bar and bistro. Fresh, modern cuisine that is full of flavour.
Tre Cristi
vicolo di Provenzano 1/7 I - 53100 SIENA
This historic Siennese restaurant is popular again thanks to the new, enthusiastic management. Dine on exciting fish and seafood dishes in an elegant décor.
Porri One
via Porrione 28 I - 53100 Siena
This cleverly named restaurant (a pun on the name of the street) enjoys a central location a stone's throw from the Piazza del Campo. The menu features regional favourites reinterpreted with enthusiasm and imagination by Ermanno, the owner-chef, as w..
Osteria le Logge
via del Porrione 33 I - 53100 SIENA
Situated in the center of town, this is a popular trattoria with a characteristic little dining hall with tall china cupboards right inside the entrance, and a more classical, country-style dining room upstairs. Serving local cuisine.
Trattoria Papei
piazza del Mercato 6 I - 53100 SIENA
A quiet, informal restaurant run by an entire family, with the mother creating authentic Tuscan cuisine in the kitchen. After sampling the excellent pasta with wild boar sauce, you might like to take a stroll around the nearby Piazza del Campo.


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