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Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians
Coleman, Steve
Coleman, Steve, alto saxophonist, composer, band leader. Steve began playing music just days before his 14th birthday as a freshman at South Shore High School on the south side of Chicago. His first instrument was violin but later that year he switched to the alto saxophone. For three years Steve studied the basics of music and saxophone technique, then he decided that he wanted to learn how to improvise. Looking for the best improvising musicians to listen to is what brought Steve to the music of Charlie Parker, although it helped that his father listened to Parker all the time. After spending two years at Illinois Wesleyan University Steve transferred to Roosevelt University (Chicago Music College) in downtown Chicago in order to concentrate on Chicago's musical nightlife. Specifically Coleman had been introduced to the improvisations of Chicago premier saxophonists Von Freeman, Bunky Green, Gido Sinclair, Sonny Greer, etc., and he wanted to hang out and learn from these veterans. By the time he left Chicago in May 1978, he was holding down a decent gig leading a band at the New Apartment Lounge, writing music, playing Parker classics, and getting increasingly dissatisfied with what he felt was a creative dead end in the Chicago scene.
After hearing groups from New York led by masters like Max Roach, Art Blakey, Woody Shaw, The Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, Sonny Rollins, etc. come through Chicago with bands that featured great players with advanced musical conceptions, Steve knew where he wanted to go next. He felt he needed to be around this kind of atmosphere in order to grow musically.
Hitchhiking to New York and staying at a YMCA in Manhattan for a few months, he scuffled until he picked up a gig with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Big Band, which led to stints with the Sam Rivers Big Band, Cecil Taylor's Big Band and others. Soon he began cutting records as a sideman with those leaders as well as pivotal figures like David Murray, Doug Hammond, Dave Holland, Mike Brecker and Abbey Lincoln. However it was really the influence of Von Freeman and Bunky Green in Chicago, Thad Jones, Sam Rivers, Doug Hammond in New York and listening to recordings of past improvising masters and music from West Africa that got Coleman turned around musically. The most important influences on his music at this time was listening to tenor saxophonists Von Freeman and alto saxophonist Bunky Green (who primarily influenced Coleman as an improviser), saxophonist Sam Rivers and drummer/composer Doug Hammond (who were especially important in Steve's conceptual thinking).
Even playing with these masters only went part of the way toward paying the rent, and so for the next four years Coleman spent a good deal of time playing in the streets of New York City for small amounts of money with a street band that he put together with trumpeter Graham Haynes, the group that would eventually evolve into the ensemble Steve Coleman and Five Elements. It is this group that would serve as the flagship ensemble for most of Steve's activities.
Within a short time the group began finding a niche in tiny, out-of-the-way clubs in Harlem and Brooklyn where they continued to hone their developing concept of improvisation within nested looping structures. These ideas were based on how to create music from one's experiences which became the foundation which Coleman and friends call the M-Base concept. However, unlike what most critics wrote, this concept was philosophical, Coleman did not call the music itself M-Base.
After reaching an agreement with the West German JMT label in 1985, Steve and his colleagues got their chance to document their emergent ideas on three early Coleman-led recordings like 'Motherland Pulse', 'On The Edge Of Tomorrow', and 'World Expansion'. The late 1980s found Coleman working to codify his early ideas using the group Steve Coleman and Five Elements and working with a collective of musicians called the M-Base Collective, which began around 1984. Some of the main people who have been involved in this movement: Greg Osby alto/soprano, Gary Thomas tenor/flute, Ravi Coltrane tenor/soprano, Yosvany Terry tenor saxophone, Graham Haynes trumpet and cornet, Ralph Alessi trumpet, Robin Eubanks trombone, Jean-Paul Bourelly guitar, Kelvyn Bell guitar, David Gilmore guitar, Geri Allen piano, James Weidman piano, Andy Milne piano, Vijay Iyer piano, Jason Moran piano, Kim Clarke electric bass, Kevin Bruce Harris electric bass, Reggie Washington electric/acoustic bass, Anthony Tidd electric bass, Matthew Garrison electric bass, Doug Hammond drums and percussion, Mark Johnson drums, Terry Lynn Carrington drums, Marvin "Smitty" Smith drums and percussion, Sean Rickman drums and percussion, Dafnis Prieto drums and percussion, Cassandra Wilson vocalist, D.K. Dyson vocalist, Don Byron clarinet, Gregoire Maret harmonica, Miguel 'Anga' Diaz percussion and Sandy Perez percussion.
As his ideas grew Steve also learned to incorporate various forms of research to expand his awareness, these techniques included learning to program computers to be used as tools to further develop his conception. He developed computer software modules, which he referred to collectively as 'The Improviser', which was able to spontaneously develop improvisations, harmonic structures and drum rhythms using artificial intelligence based on certain musical theories that Steve had developed over the years. It was also during this time that Coleman came into contact with the study of the philosophy of ancient cultures. This began in the late 1970s with his listening to music from West Africa and studying about he African Diaspora, but in the 1980s Steve began to study and read about the ideas behind the music. He began to see that there was a sensibility that connected what he was interested in today with the ancient cultures of the past.
All of these ideas are documented on his recordings in the form of a sonic symbolic language. However, not being satisfied with reading and listening to recordings, Coleman embarked on the first of many research trips, first going to Ghana in December 1993 to January 1994 to study the relationship of language to music. One of the places that he traveled to was a small village called Yendi to check out the Dagbon people who have a tradition of speaking through their music using a drum language that still survives today. Steve had certain ideas about the role of music and the transmission of information in ancient times and he wanted to verify his speculations. This trip had a profound effect on Coleman's music and philosophy. However the impact of the ideas that he was introduced to in Ghana would not be fully expressed in his work until late in 1994 after meeting the Kemetic (i.e. related to ancient Egypt) philosopher Thomas Goodwin, whose influence on Steve's work was profound and far reaching.
In June 1994 Steve formed the group Renegade Way which at that time consisted of Steve Coleman and Greg Osby on alto saxophones, Joe Lovano and Craig Handy on tenor saxophones, Kenny Davis on bass and Yoron Isreal on drums. This group also did its first tour of Europe in late august 1995 (with Bunky Green on alto taking Greg's place and Ralph Peterson on drums instead of Yoron). A later version of this group consisted of Steve Coleman and Greg Osby on alto saxophones, Gary Thomas and Ravi Coltrane on tenor saxophones, Anthony Tidd on Bass and Sean Rickman on drums, however this group has never recorded a commercially released CD.
Representing both a summation of the previous period and the beginning of another phase is the three CD box set entitled 'Steve Coleman's Music - Live at the Hot Brass' released by BMG France. Each CD in the box set was recorded live in March 1995 in Paris and features one of Coleman's groups, 'Curves of Life' by Steve Coleman and Five Elements, 'The Way of the Cipher' by Steve Coleman and Metrics and 'Myths, Modes and Means' by Steve Coleman and The Mystic Rhythm Society. This last CD was directly influenced by the trip to Ghana and philosophical studies with Tom Goodwin, it was to point in the direction of Steve's investigations for the remainder of the 1990s. Together with an experimental ensemble put together called Steve Coleman and The Secret Doctrine, that brought the total number of group projects that Steve was involved in to five.
The year 1995 was an important year for Steve. He began by organizing a trip that would make a profound impact on his music. While pursuing his philosophical studies and learning more about the transmission of these ideas through music, Steve began to plan to investigate an idea that he had been thinking about for at least 7 years. In an effort to follow the development of certain philosophical and spiritual ideas obtained by studying ancient cultures (primarily ancient Egypt) and following up on the 1993-94 research trip to Ghana, Africa, Steve wanted to meet and collaborate in a creative way with musicians who were involved in certain ancient philosophical/musical traditions which come out of West Africa. One of his main interests was the Yoruba tradition (predominantly out of western Nigeria) which is one of the Ancient African Religions underlying Santeria (Cuba and Puerto Rico), Candomble (Bahia, Brazil) and Vodun (Haiti). Steve decided to go to these places and investigate the method by which the ideas of these traditions were transmitted through music. First stop, Cuba!
In Cuba Steve found that the situation was more complex than he had imagined for the people had preserved more than one African culture and these were mixed together under the general title of Santeria. There are the Abakua societies (Ngbe), the various Arara cults (Dahomey), the Congo traditions such as nganga, mayombe and palo monte as well as the Yoruba traditions. But he did find one group called AfroCuba de Matanzas who specialized in preserving all of the above traditions as well as various styles of Rumba.
It was to the town of Matanzas that Steve headed in January of 1996 in order to study the music and also contact AfroCuba de Matanzas and arrange a meeting with the leader of this group, Francisco Zamora Chirino (otherwise known as Minini). Minini was also excited about the project and so it was arranged that the collaboration would take place in February during the time of the Havana Jazz Festival in order to give the expanded group a chance to perform before the Cuban public.
In February of 1996 Steve rented a large house in Havana and along with a group of 10 musicians and dancers, a three-person film crew and the group AfroCuba de Matanzas (who had been bused in from Matanzas) the collaboration was started. For 12 days the two groups hung out together, worked, practiced and conceptualized in order to realize their goal. After their performance at the Havana Jazz Festival the musicians went into a Egrem Studios in Havana and recorded the collaboration. Although this project went well Coleman viewed the results as he did every other project he has been involved in, as a step along a certain path. It did demonstrate another step in the evolution of his music, but it is being on the path that is important to Steve. It also shows that there is a more obvious connection than is generally thought between the creative music of today and the dynamic musical traditions of African peoples living in various parts of the earth. The combined group of Steve Coleman and The Mystic Rhythm Society in collaboration with AfroCuba de Matanzas did a major tour of Europe in June-July of 1997. This year also saw Steve form a large group (big band) called Steve Coleman and The Council of Balance.
1997-1999 saw a continuation of the projects involving cultural exchange with musicians around the world. Partially funded by a grant from Arts International (1997), Steve took a group of musicians from America and Cuba to Senegal to collaborate and participate in musical and cultural exchanges with the musicians of the local Senegalese group Sing Sing Rhythm. Using his own funds he also led his group Five Elements to the south of India in January-February of 1998 to participate in a cultural exchange with different musicians in the Karnatic music tradition. Steve and his group also gave workshops in the Brahavadhi Center headed by the renowned musicologist Dr. K. Subramanian. What Steve learned on the trip to India (along with a research trip to Egypt the preceding month) helped to substantiate the knowledge of the ancient systems that Steve had been studying. These trips were helpful in supplying the additional information necessary for Steve to continue his studies, which he hopes to express through his own music.
This work came to the attention of IRCAM (the world renown computer-music research center in Paris France) leading to Coleman receiving a major commission from IRCAM to further develop his ideas, in the form of interactive computer software, at the IRCAM facilities in Paris with the aid of programmers Sukandar Kartadinata, Takahiko Suzuki, Gilbert Nouno and IRCAM technology. A premier concert in June 1999 featuring Steve Coleman and Five Elements interacting with what Steve calls his Rameses 2000 computer software program was the public result of this commission. In 2000-2001 Steve withdrew from performing/recording and began a study sabbatical. During this period of study he traveled extensively to India, Indonesia, Cuba, Brazil and also continued much of his research as a music professor at the University of California at Berkeley and at CNMAT (the Center for New Music and Technology). He also overhauled his business organization and signed with another record company from France called Label Bleu.
Further results of these studies 2003 saw a major overhaul in the underlying tonality system that Steve uses in his music.
Much of the important segments of this activity from January 1996 on have been preserved in the form of a documentary film shot by Eve-Marie Breglia based on Steve's music and the theme of cultural transference tentatively entitled 'Elements on One' scheduled for release in 2004.
Teaching experience:
University of California at Berkeley: Professor Of Music (2000-2002); Banff School of Fine Arts: Artistic Head (1990-1991), Faculty Member (1985-1989); Improvisation, Saxophone, Composition, Ensemble, Computer
Programming/Computer Music Applications and Music Business
Business experience:
M-Base Collective: Founding Member (Creative music movement); C& M Music Productions Inc.: President (Record company); Funk Mob Records: President (Record company); M-Base Concepts: President (Music publishing administration); Goemon Publishing Company: President (Music publishing)
Motherland Pulse (1985); On The Edge Of Tomorrow (1986); World Expansion: The M-Base Neophyte (1986); Sine Die (1987); Rhythm People: The Resurrection Of Creative Black Civilization (1990); Black Science (1990); Rhythm In Mind (1991); Drop Kick (1992); The Tao Of Mad Phat (1993); A Tale Of 3 Cities (1994); Def Trance Beat: Modalities Of Rhythm (1994); Curves Of Life (1995); The Way Of The Cipher (1995); Myths Modes And Means (1995); The Sign And The Seal (1996); The Opening Of The Way (1996-97); Genesis (1997); The Sonic Language Of Myth: Believing, Learning, Knowing (1998); The Ascension To Light (1999); The Wanderer (2001); Abundance Fullness (2001); Resistance Is Futile (2001); Alternate Dimension Series I (2002); On The Rising Of The 64 Paths (2002); Lucidarium (2003)
As a producer (and sideperson):
Cassandra Wilson: Point of View (1986), Days Aweigh (1987); Geri Allen: In the Middle (1987); Strata Institute: Cipher Syntax (1988); Cassandra Wilson: JumpWorld (1989); Steve Williamson: A Waltz for Grace (1990); Strata Institute: Transmigration (1991); Steve Coleman/Dave Holland: Phase-Space (1991); M-Base Collective: Anatomy Of A Groove (1991-92); Ravi Coltrane: Moving Pictures (1998); Sam Rivers: Inspiration (1998), Culmination (1998)
As sideperson:
Doug Hammond: Perspicuity (1981), Spaces; Abbey Lincoln: Talkin' To The Sun (1984); Branford Marsalis: Scenes of the City (1984); Franco Ambrosetti: Gin & Pentatonic (1985), Tentets (1985); Dave Holland: Jumpin In (1984), Seeds of Time (1985); Billy Hart: Oshumare (1985); Dave Holland: The Razors Edge (1987), Triplicate (1988); Marvin "Smitty" Smith: Keeper Of The Drums (1987), The Road Less Travelled (1989); Cindy Blackman: Code Red (1990); Dave Holland: Extensions (1990); Greg Osby: Man-Talk for Moderns, Vol.X (1991); Satoh Michihiro: Rodan (1995); Abbey Lincoln: Who Used To Dance (1996); Mal Waldron: Soul Eyes (1998); Magic Malick: 00-237/XP1 (2002)
Wolfgang Gratzer: Steve Coleman. Interview, in: Jazz Podium, 34/11 (Nov.1985)
William Kinnally: Funkin' Jazz, in: Jazziz, 3/6 (Oct/Nov.1986), p. 28-29 (with Jamaladeen Tacuma, Kelvyn Bell, Steve Coleman, Ronnie Burrage)
Howard Mandel: Steve Coleman. Music for Life, in: Down Beat, 55/2 (Feb.1988)
Kees van Boven: Steve Coleman, in: Jazz Nu, #141 (Aug.1990)
M. Smith: Steve Coleman Mingles with the Past and Present, in: Jazz Forum, #129 (1991)
Bill Milkowski: Sax Summit / Gang of Two. Steve Coleman and Branford Marsalis Call 'em As They See 'em, in: Down Beat, 59/1 (Jan.1992)
Romain Grosman: Steve Coleman. The Shape of Jazz to Come, in: Jazz Hot, #506 (Dec/Jan.1993/94)
Steve Coleman: Sitting In. Guest Editorial, in: InJazz, #5 (Feb.1994)
Manuel I. Ferrand: Steve Coleman, presente perpetuo, in: Cuadernos de Jazz, #23 (Jul/Aug.1994)
Christian Broecking: Der Marsalis-Faktor. 1995 [book]
Jorien Castelein & Harry Lensink: Steve Coleman. Een alchemist in de jazz, in: Jazz Nu, #194 (May 1995)
Frederic Goaty & Stephane Ollivier: Steve Coleman - Ma musique est pour tout le monde, in: Jazz Magazine, #453 (Nov.1995)
Dan Ouellette: Steve Coleman's Jazz Outreach, in: Down Beat, 63/10 (Oct.1996), p. 28-31 (F/I)
Nicky Baxter: What the Hell Was M-Base Anyway?, in: Jazziz, 13/12 (Dec.1996), p. 88-93 (F/I with Steve Coleman, Greg Osby)
Stuart Nicholson: Life after M-Base, in: Jazzwise Magazine, #4 (Jul/Aug.1997)
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Energy and Water:
Preliminary Observations on the Links between Water and Biofuels and Electricity Production
GAO-09-862T: Published: Jul 9, 2009. Publicly Released: Jul 9, 2009.
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Water and energy are inexorably linked--energy is needed to pump, treat, and transport water and large quantities of water are needed to support the development of energy. However, both water and energy may face serious constraints as demand for these vital resources continues to rise. Two examples that demonstrate the link between water and energy are the cultivation and conversion of feedstocks, such as corn, switchgrass, and algae, into biofuels; and the production of electricity by thermoelectric power plants, which rely on large quantities of water for cooling during electricity generation. At the request of this committee, GAO has undertaken three ongoing studies focusing on the water-energy nexus related to (1) biofuels and water, (2) thermoelectric power plants and water, and (3) oil shale and water. For this testimony, GAO is providing key themes that have emerged from its work to date on the research and development and data needs with regard to the production of biofuels and electricity and their linkage with water. GAO's work on oil shale is in its preliminary stages and further information will be available on this aspect of the energy-water nexus later this year.
While the effects of producing corn-based ethanol on water supply and water quality are fairly well understood, less is known about the effects of the next generation of biofuel feedstocks. Corn cultivation for ethanol production can require from 7 to 321 gallons of water per gallon of ethanol produced, depending on where it is grown and how much irrigation is needed. Corn is also a relatively resource-intensive crop, requiring higher rates of fertilizer and pesticides than many other crops. In contrast, little is known about the effects of large-scale cultivation of next generation feedstocks, such as cellulosic crops. Since these feedstocks have not been grown commercially to date, there are little data on the cumulative water, nutrient, and pesticide needs of these crops and on the amount of these crops that could be harvested as a biofuel feedstock without compromising soil and water quality. Uncertainty also exists regarding the water supply impacts of converting cellulosic feedstocks into biofuels. While water usage in the corn-based ethanol conversion process has been declining and is currently estimated at 3 gallons of water per gallon of ethanol, the amount of water consumed in the conversion of cellulosic feedstocks is less defined and will depend on the process and on technological advancements that improve the efficiency with which water is used. Finally, additional research is needed on the storage and distribution of biofuels. For example, to overcome incompatibility issues between the ethanol and the current fueling and distribution infrastructure, research is needed on conversion technologies that can be used to produce renewable fuels capable of being used in the existing infrastructure. With regard to power plants, GAO has found that key efforts to reduce use of freshwater at power plants are under way but may not be fully captured in existing federal data. In particular, advanced cooling technologies that use air, not water, for cooling the plant, can sharply reduce or even eliminate the use of freshwater, thereby reducing the costs associated with procuring water. However, plants using these technologies may cost more to build and witness lower net electricity output--especially in hot, dry conditions. Nevertheless, a number of power plant developers in the United States have adopted advanced cooling technologies, but current federal data collection efforts may not fully document this emerging trend. Similarly, plants can use alternative water supplies such as treated waste water from municipal sewage plants to sharply reduce their use of freshwater. Use of these alternative water sources can also lower the costs associated with obtaining and using freshwater when freshwater is expensive, but pose other challenges, including requiring special treatment to avoid adverse effects on cooling equipment. Alternative water sources play an increasingly important role in reducing power plant reliance on freshwater, but federal data collection efforts do not systematically collect data on the use of these water sources by power plants. To help improve the use of alternatives to freshwater, in 2008, the Department of Energy awarded about $9 million to examine among other things, improving the performance of advanced cooling technologies. Such research is needed to help identify cost effective alternatives to traditional cooling technologies.
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DOE Loan Programs:Information on Implementation of GAO Recommendations and Program CostsGAO-16-150T: Published: Mar 3, 2016. Publicly Released: Mar 3, 2016.
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Department of Energy:Observations on Efforts by NNSA and the Office of Environmental Management to Manage and Oversee the Nuclear Security EnterpriseGAO-16-422T: Published: Feb 23, 2016. Publicly Released: Feb 23, 2016.
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Offshore Oil and Gas Resources:Actions Needed to Better Protect Against Billions of Dollars in Federal Exposure to Decommissioning LiabilitiesGAO-16-40: Published: Dec 18, 2015. Publicly Released: Jan 19, 2016.
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Bulk Fuel Pricing:DOD Needs to Take Additional Actions to Establish a More Reliable MethodologyGAO-16-78R: Published: Nov 19, 2015. Publicly Released: Nov 19, 2015.
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Nuclear Nonproliferation:NNSA's Threat Assessment Process Could Be ImprovedGAO-16-118: Published: Oct 30, 2015. Publicly Released: Oct 30, 2015.
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Department of Energy:Transactions Involving USEC Inc. Since 1998GAO-15-730: Published: Sep 10, 2015. Publicly Released: Oct 13, 2015.
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Problems with Dell Latitude E6400
I bought a Dell Latitude E6400 last September when the hard drive on my aging ThinkPad T42 started hemorrhaging sectors left and right. I could have just replaced the hard drive and kept chugging along with the ThinkPad, but my 1024×768 screen really wasn't cutting it coding in Visual Studio or Eclipse. I wanted a notebook that not only had more portable screen real estate, but could drive a big flat panel at a pretty high resolution. Also, LED-backlit displays were just hitting the market at the end of last summer. My T42 CFL-backlit display was anemically dim. Plus, as I learned by dropping by older T40 a mere 12 inches while inside a padded bad, that CFL bulb is prone to breakage if knocked just the wrong way! (That's why I had to buy the T42 in the first place!)
Originally, out of ThinkPad loyalty, I considered the as T400 as a replacement. However, the LED-backlit versions were not in stock at the time, and the projected wait times were impossibly long. I depend on my notebook for my business, so I needed an immediate replacement. I went with Dell because the E6400 was available and seemed to fit my needs.
My E6400 was configured as follows:
- 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor (P9500)
- NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M with Express Card
- 250 GB Serial ATA hard drive (7200 RPM)
- 14.1" WXGA+ (1400×900) LED display
- Intel WiFi link 5300 a/g/n
- 8x DVD +/-RW
- 9-cell battery
- Windows XP Professional SP3
- Bluetooth, Modem, Fingerprint Reader, Integrated Webcam,
I even had them plant three trees to offset the carbon footprint. Nice option. I would like to know where my trees are in case I want to visit them…
Anyway, among the things I really liked about this machine were:
Stylish design – Definitely a step up from the drab ThinkPad look. Macs are pretty. A lot of PC notebook designs I've seen are either over-buttoned with abominable detailing, or an ill-executed attempt to look Mac-like. The E6400 design is quite elegant and refined in its own right. Though, the "brushed metal" lid is just a cheesy laminate effect and hardly actual brushed metal.
Trackpad and Stick – I don't know anyone else who likes the pointing stick, but I use it 90% of the time. I'm used to having the stick and the trackpad from ThinkPad experience. Unless you like steering with your thumb, the nice thing about the stick over the pad is that it keeps your hands in typing position. But it's nice to have the trackpad to fall back on, because as anyone who's dealt with repetitive strain injuries would understand, the alternative pointing device lets you keep working while avoiding overuse.
Backlit keyboard – It's just flat out sexy. I couldn't go back to a ThinkLight.
LED backlit display – The screen is just beautiful, and very bright! I can use it outdoors in direct sunlight. Indoors, I rarely need to turn the brightness more than halfway up. The display saves on batteries, too, which leads me to…
Battery life – When I first got it, the 9-cell battery was yielding 7-hour run times. Battery life for me means being able to work while commuting or outside in nice weather. It's now lasting about 5 1/2 hours, but still a luxury not to have to worry about your next A/C fix.
Little things – 4 USB ports, SD Card reader.
Fragile keys – Within the first day, the E key popped off while I was typing. I've had this happen with my ThinkPads. The edge of my finger occasionally gets caught on the side of a key and pops it off. Usually no big deal…just snap it back in place. Well, in this case, the little plastic tab that holds the key on broke, so I couldn't reattach the key properly. Dell was helpful enough to send me an immediate keyboard replacement which I was able to replace the next day. Haven't had that happen since.
Ambient light sensor misplaced – I like the idea of the ambient light sensor automatically adjusting the brightness of the display according to current conditions. However, the sensor is below the screen on the left side. What happens is that it senses the light bouncing off your pasty white fingers. It's just really annoying for the screen to change brightness every time you move your hand to and from the keyboard. They should have put the sensor above the screen.
No Break key - I know most people don't use this, but when developing old VB applications or Microsoft Access, pressing <Ctrl><Break> interrupts your code while debugging. I live by this key. As a workaround, I have to open the on-screen keyboard while programming. It's a silly omission. They could have made an Fn shortcut for it. (I wonder if people think the button labeled "Break" will break their computer?) [EDIT] Thanks to Kirk Taylor and others who've commented, I've learned that <Ctrl><Fn><F12> on the E6400 sends Break. Tested in MS Access 2003 and it works! I assume it will for other IDE.
Audio - See below!
It's really a shame my experience with the Dell hasn't been all good. Here are some of the problems I've had:
1. Terrible audio – This became apparent the moment I plugged in to my sound system. I'd been listening to my audio collection from my T42, and when at home, plugged the docking station outputs to my Mackie 1202-VLZ PRO mixer, which outputs to Behringer Truth B2030A active monitors. Never had a problem with this setup.
However, with the Dell, I immediately noticed horrendous static. It's normal to hear some RF interference when you turn the silent output of a computer way up, but this was at normal listening volume. Never mind the fact that the E6400 audio, even output through my sound system, was tinny and distorted…the RF interference made it sound like a cheap AM radio! I expect that from a cheap AM radio ($9 USD or so), but for over $2,000 USD…not acceptable. This notebook is useless for casual listening. If you're a musician, forget it. You might as well scrape your fingernails on a chalkboard.
It's not a driver thing. Booting to a Ubuntu live CD yields the same joy of listening to your hard drive seek in full hi-fi audio…
(Not related, but worth mentioning… The onboard speakers are better on your cellphone speaker phone. Trust me.)
2. Pixel noise on DVI output - When I use my E6400 on my docking station with my 20" Samsung display via the DVI output, I get weird pixel noise on some graphics. It looks like smatterings of hot pixels, but they are not fixed to the display. If the noise is on a web graphic, it will move with the graphic as you scroll the page up and down. This problem was minimal at first, but has gotten progressively worse.
To be fair, I don't have alternate equipment that I can further diagnose the problem with. Therefore, I don't know whether the problem might be in the monitor or in the docking station rather than the notebook.
VGA output to same monitor works fine. Lower resolutions via DVI work fine, also.
3. Ethernet gone bad – I didn't have any problems with the integrated gigabit Ethernet for the first three or four months. Then it started to randomly drop connection here and there. Then progressively worse til it was "acquiring IP address" every couple minutes. Finally, it just stopped working altogether. At home. At work. This cable, that cable, etc. So I limped along on WiFi only for a while. Then WiFi started dropping more and more frequently. (I really need a fast wired connection for database work, though…)
I was able to get by the audio problems simply by not using the Dell for audio (except for mandatory YouTube excursions and occasional Skyping). I set up a desktop at home as a media server. However, the other problems started to interfere with business. So I called Dell tech support…
After accidentally calling the home support number a few times, I finally got routed properly to the business support line. I have to say that the difference was night and day. On the business side, the first person I talked to understood when I explained that the Ethernet connection didn't even work when booting to a Ubuntu live CD. (The home folks, upon hearing this, would continue with their script asking me to go to my XP Control Panel or some nonsense like that…) So business support authorized me to send my notebook in for a replacement motherboard.
(Skipping a bit…)
Okay, so after 8 days without it, my notebook came back. I had explained in a detailed note the above problems, hoping that whatever they fixed would solve them all.
Well, audio still sounds like a trip to the dentist.
The video problem is the same. (Maybe it is the monitor…I dunno. I'll test further when I can…)
Most importantly… The Ethernet still did not work! I know they changed the motherboard because when I reinstalled my hard drive and booted up, it didn't not recognize some PCI devices…so apparently some newer version board than I had before…
Well, I tried the Ubuntu live CD and this time Ethernet did work. So I booted back to XP, checked for the latest drivers, and tried again. No dice. Until I set the Gigabit card to 100Mbps Full-Duplex rather than auto-sensing Gigabit. Fine. Good enough, I guess.
Not exactly the resolution I'd hoped for. But I've lost days and days of productivity due to my problems with this Dell. It's probably a better idea to limp along with the E6400 until I can afford its replacement. I'm going to experiment with virtualizing XP within Ubuntu on it for now. Maybe I'll get a MacBook next and see how the other half lives?
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Albert LOctober 25, 2011
Problems with the laptop Dell e6400 and possible workarounds
- Problem 1
o Not possible to switch internet options (specifically Connections) in Internet Explorer's settings (the menu hangs). Usually, this happens when I boot the laptop on battery. Characteristically, the Dell ControlPoint Connection Manager tab shows during the boot up and it is impossible to make it disappear (i.e. not possible to close it). Also, it is then impossible to shut the notebook down properly. I have to kill the non-responding programs (Windows shows which ones do not close during the shutdown and offers to kill them), as they do not close regardless how much time I give (once I tried some 6 hours).
o Also, sometimes the mobile broadband or even WiFi does not work after booting up.
o The workaround is to shut e6400 down, switch the radios off using the hardware switch on the right hand side, and then boot the computer fully, log in, wait for all applications to load, and then switch the radios back on, using the hardware switch. Normally, this solves the problems.
- Problem 2
o Sometimes (I believe this is also attributed to working on batteries), the mobile broadband (GPRS/EDGE/HSPA) adapter becomes disabled due to the need to "activate" it and impossible to use. The workaround is to reboot the laptop again – annoying.
- Problem 3
o Sometimes, when I switch the brightness of the display whilst the notebook is logging in/booting up (I believe, this happens after logging into Windows), the system starts to misbehave (e.g. display problem 2).
- Problem 4
o When I connect the computer to the docking station, the Ethernet stops working. The workaround is to disable and enable the Ethernet adapter in Windows Device Manager. Well… yesterday it did not help and I had to reboot computer and then enable the device. The Ethernet was then recognized and started working. Unfortunately, the CPU was then loaded 100% (by System Idle process), probably overheating (fun was working loudly), and killing the programs sporadically showing upto 53% CPU load, did not resolve the issue. I think this must be a driver issue (which driver I do not know). Just now, I again did not have the Ethernet and, miraculously, the Ethernet got connected (after some 2 hours of working).
- Problem 5
o The fun is often working excessively, despite seemingly low CPU load (~5-10%; no computations or graphics, e.g. just using MS Word), making annoying noise.
- Problem 6
o I have tried to install Dell Mobile Broadband manager, but it is unable to work, saying that 'The mobile broadband device is not communicating'.
- Problem 7
o Sometimes Dell ControlPoint Connection Manager drops the connection established with Intel ProSET/Wireles WiFi Connection Utility. This may happen after I worked for several hours using the WiFi connection established by Intel's utility.
- Problem 8
o Frequently, having Bluetooth enabled drops the WiFi connection (at 2.4 GHz). Interestingly enough, some long time ago (in 2009?), they were able to work simultaneously with no such problems.
- Commonality
o Many of these problems seem to be attributed to switching from the mains to the batteries and back. The main workaround is to boot up on mains, THEN switch to batteries, and, probably more importantly, connect to mains BEFORE shutting down.
o The reinstallation of Dell software solves the many of the problems (I have not tried if it solves all of the problems) … until the first disconnection from the mains and going to battery.
ToHellWithDellDecember 8, 2011
Its brightness sucks. It was working alright for some time. I managed with constant flickering too. But lately its maximum brightness is so low its hard while working. There are these things at the bottom of the screen which seem to give light to the whole screen. Its just plain annoying.
I hate Dell laptops.
BoogieMarch 8, 2012
Had my E6400 since 2010 and following problem:
- Bluetooth breaks wireless connection (need to disable bluetooth on icon to have stable wireless)
- Backlight has gotten very dim after a buisness trip, without any accidents to pc (before it was brighter than my external monitor but it is now A LOT dimmer)
- Today backlight allmost disapeared TOTALY and flickered when i undocked and ran on batteries, so on batteries = useless, powered = heavy eyestrain and almost useless
- problem with my logitech nano vx wireless mouse on this pc. It worked a while then suddenly stopped. Tried it on a colleagues pc and there it works fins so not a mouse issue (probably logitech driver issue though)
- light sensor placed in a stupid place as previously mentioned
ALJuly 6, 2013
Hey… Cool blog, J.R. here… After my house was broken into, my Viao was replaced by a 6400. the 6400 was free, no ac adpter, it came with a generic adapter. It was working fine and you are correct, if your into music, U might as well sing to yourself. but it was doing its job… My question is after loading Norton power eraser I was blue screened fro my efforts. I was on my way to get a hammer for the 6400, when I came across your blog on my desktop… any advise as to what to do? I can not get into safemode or boot up… if you were going to buy a new laptop what would you recomend, are you still with Dell, I have always used Sony, never tryed a Mac… Thanks in advance
amiasAugust 6, 2013
the audio problem is generic problem for laptops when you connect them to studio grade equipment. its a grounding loop which is caused by your mixer and laptop having separate power supplies and thus getting confused about where earth is.
Here are some workarounds sorted in order of expense to apply.
a) only run on the battery when using audio , no grounding loop.
b) turn the gain on the mixer right down and the volume on the laptop right up , this boost the signal more than the noise. Only use the mixer to control the volume.
c) use bluetooth audio (a2dp) and a bluetooth reciever , avantree have good cheap ones. this is quite tricky to setup but cool when it works. expect a few seconds of glitching per day and wire quality sound.
You can also use phones , tablets and other pc's with this.
d) get an external soundcard like an edirol ua-25 , judging by the rest of the kit you have you are a musician so this will be handy anyway. protip: avoid soundcards that don't work in linux as they will be relying on too much software to work well.
André DanielJune 5, 2014
I have a Latitude E6400 since about half a year now and so far I'm pretty happy with it, didn't encounter any of the issues you mention…
Ethernet works fine, I can't say anything for Wi-Fi since I swapped the card with an Atheros one (needed monitor mode support for hostapd and aircrack), however cell reception is pretty bad, it's sometimes at like 2 bars where even a cheap cell phone is at 4 or 5.
Audio works fine, never had any noise but that might be because I replaced the hard disk with an SSD and it doesn't produce any interference.
However, one of the things that surprised me is that you listed the trackpad/stick in the "pros section"… the trackpad on it is just horrible.
I had a Thinkpad T60 before which is supposed to be a lower-end machine, yet the touchpad was a high-quality Synaptics one, very precise, sensible and was multi-touch (two-finger scrolling, yay !) – can't say the same about the ALPS crap installed in the Dell, lower sensibility (but that's ok), no multi-touch (pfff) and most importantly, it randomly glitches out and stops responding, I have to remove my fingers for a few seconds to let it reset, extremely annoying.
But overall it's still a good computer and suits my needs just fine for now, I'm happy with it.
KedarJuly 9, 2014
Laptop is not starting. The cylinder symbol is not getting lighted. Few days back, while playing a video in Ubuntu VLC player, the screen suddenly went blank, like a tv suddenly blacking out. It did not start until 8 hours later despite repeated attempts in the meantime. Once started, it again hanged in Ubuntu. The same process repeated till the start of the laptop again after 10 long hours. When I started in Windows, it did not encounter any problem. But the moment Ubuntu is started, it hangs and after restarting (i.e., pressing the power button for a long time for stopping and then restarting), the cylinder symbol is not lighting up thereby hampering the start process.
The Laptop is 4.5 years old and has no record of hardware problems till now.


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West End sees 'biggest spending weekend' as Christmas nears
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Christmas shoppers are expected to take up their final opportunity to pick up food and last-minute presents in time for the big day.
Yesterday is expected to have become the busiest day of the year on London's high streets.
Sainsbury's has recruited an extra 20,000 staff and sent 2,000 office workers to the shop floor to help meet demand this weekend.
A Sainsbury's spokeswoman said: "December 23 is always the busiest day for Christmas shopping, so to have it condensed into six hours will obviously pose challenges."
Sainsbury's expects to sell 225,000 bottles of champagne this weekend, and this Christmas will sell 90,000 turkeys, half a million kilograms of Christmas cheese, 6,500 tonnes of potatoes and 52 million sprouts.
Consumers are predicted to spend up to £5 billion over the course of the weekend as many retailers opened their doors until 11pm.
Crowds flocked to London's West End braving wet and blustery conditions to make the most of early sales and discounts.
Streets were teeming with people in the capital - where Oxford Street, Regent Street and Bond Street were among the busiest hotspots - and queues built up outside some shops before they opened their doors.
The British Retail Consortium said yesterday would be the busier of the two days - primarily because of longer opening hours.
Spokesman Richard Dodd said: "There is no question that this will be the biggest spending weekend in the run-up to Christmas and therefore the biggest retail weekend.
"It's been a slow start for retailers because, whilst shopper numbers have been building week by week, they have been consistently down on 12 months ago."
But at Brent Cross shopping centre in north London, bosses said sales were likely to be bigger than ever before.
Centre manager Tom Nathan said: "With Christmas falling on Tuesday this year, and with schools breaking up late this year, this weekend is set to be the busiest shopping period, as more people leave their shopping later and later to buy gifts.
"These four days are predicted to be enormous for us in terms of sales - bigger than it's ever been."
But the Local Government Association (LGA) said confidence on the high street remained low.
Its annual Christmas survey found that 84 per cent of town centre managers said confidence among shoppers had either not improved or worsened compared with this time last year.
The LGA suggested that the particularly cold and wet start to the winter could also be taking its toll on the number of shoppers visiting town centres.


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An additional $175 million would be available for congestion-mitigation efforts under President Bush's proposed 2008 budget. Much of the money would come from unobligated balances of inactive highway demonstration projects from past years or other defunct projects that simply never happened, and includes:
$100 million: for the U.S. DOT's Value Pricing Pilot Program (the "VPPProgram"), previously called the Congestion Pricing Pilot Program. The VPPProgram provides grants and tolling authority to up to 15 states or other jurisdictions to deploy and evaluate congestion pricing.
$25 million: for the FHWA's "Corridors of the Future" program. Truck shipments are expected to expand greatly in the next 20 years, and this program is designed to expand highway capacity in areas of the nation where commercial traffic is expected to increase or where congestion occurs.
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Kim Pham and possible arrests in her case have continued to trend in the news this week after it was confirmed that the beautiful 23-year-old female — who was brutally beaten outside a club in a deadly fight — has been removed from life support. A 20-something woman has since been confirmed to be arrested on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and causing extreme bodily harm. Four other suspects are also being reviewed along with video footage that caught some of the violent attack, the NY Daily News reveals this Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014.
The Kim Pham arrest resulted in a single woman being taken into police custody this Tuesday on serious criminal charges. Only hours after a new video of the shocking footage was revealed — amid police trying to search for the female victim's attackers — it was confirmed that Pham was brain dead and being taken off of life support. The beating left the woman in a coma by Saturday morning, and on Tuesday, she was officially declared dead.
A brief video from a stray cell phone also show a crowd circling around Pham while the young woman was brutally punched and kick to the ground, right outside Santa Ana's The Crosby Bar late on Friday night.
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"On Monday, friends and family gathered at a memorial set up where Pham was attacked and beaten."
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In his first major speech, the new Secretary of State focuses on the threat of massive automatic spending cuts looming next month.
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The new US Secretary of State has said the greatest challenge to American foreign policy is actually at home with Congressional spending cuts, rather than China or the Middle East.
In his first major speech as the top US diplomat, John Kerry focused on the latest fiscal showdown between the White House and Congress and the threat of massive automatic spending cuts on March 1.
He said his country needed to resolve its economic issues, otherwise it would be "hard" to tell other nations to do the same.
Speaking at the University of Virginia, the Democrat said legislators needed to avoid "senseless cuts" and he called the budget impasse in Congress a threat.
Automatic spending cuts would jeopardise $2.6bn (£1.7bn) in aid, security assistance and other international programmes, according to his department.
He declared that "deploying diplomats today is much cheaper than deploying troops tomorrow", adding: "In many ways the greatest challenge to America's foreign policy today is in the hands not of diplomats, but of policymakers in Congress."
Mr Kerry went on: "My credibility as a diplomat working to help other countries create order is strongest when America at last puts its own fiscal house in order - and that has to be now."
He cited the adage that "we can't be strong in the world unless we are strong at home".
And he added: "It is hard to tell the leadership of any number of countries that they must resolve their economic issues if we don't resolve our own."
Some $85bn (£55bn) of automatic spending cuts are set to begin at the start of next month, with more than $1trn (£654bn) in cuts over the next decade.
President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner both agree the federal budget needs that level of deficit reduction and more, but sharply disagree over how to achieve it.
The president has called on House Republicans to drop their resistance to tax increases and steer the country away from the budget "meat cleaver".
But Mr Boehner reminded the president the automatic cut idea was originally offered by the White House during the debt-ceiling talks of 2011. He said Congress "reluctantly accepted the president's demand" and claimed it was now up to Mr Obama to find a solution.
Mr Kerry was sworn in earlier this month, replacing Hillary Clinton. His speech in Virginia comes days before he embarks in his first overseas trip as Secretary of State.
During the trip Mr Kerry will visit nine nations, including in the Middle East, but will bypass Israel and the Palestinian territories.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Washington was waiting for Israeli political parties to form a new government after their recent election.
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Mr Kerry will visit Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. The trip ends on March 6.
Conflicts in Syria, Mali and Afghanistan are expected to top the agenda in many capitals.
Mr Kerry, 69, is a decorated Vietnam veteran and long-serving senator who has chaired the Foreign Relations Committee for several years. He was the Democratic presidential candidate in 2004, when he lost to George W Bush.
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Paris Hilton has embraced her inner biker chick.
Who knew Paris had an inner biker chick?
She doesn't...she just has lots of money and can't think of anything better to do with it. Besides, how else could she pose atop a pink, blue and white motorcycle with "come hither" eyes and ample cleavage exposure?
Ride on...oops sorry...for Team Paris
Ms. Hilton announced at a press conference in Madrid, Spain that she has decided to start her own motorcycle racing team. Calling her new crew, "Supermartxe VIP by Paris Hilton" (named after a dance party in Ibiza) the team colors will be...what else? Pink, blue and white.
As one would expect, Paris promoted the launch of her new team by posing provocatively atop one of the bikes in a skin tight, pink and white leather riding suit, complete with rhinestone detailing...cleavage not included.
The Daily Mail reported that the team is set to compete in the 2011 125cc MotorGP World Championship season. As part of her contract with the company, Paris will attend the races for the next five years. She will also be scouting for drivers in partnership with the Barcelona-based team, By Queroseno Racing (BQR).
Uuummm....exactly what racecar driving experience does Paris have that qualifies her to be a "scout?"
Surprisingly (NOT!) the 29-year-old club loving socialite was scene partying it up at Supermartxe VIP party in Madrid donning a skin tight black dress.
Oh, and in case you haven't gotten enough of her, Paris would like to wish you a Merry Christmas too!
Do tell: What do you think of Paris Hilton's latest venture? Just more opportunity for exposure (pun intended)?
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If you've heard about the new Creatures of Habitat exhibit at The Philadelphia Zoo, the name Sean Kenney may sound familiar. Kenney and his team created 32 individual sculptures to make up the exhibit that features endangered wildlife from around the globe. Kenney himself has been a LEGO-Certified Professional since 2005, and he will be speaking about his art work and career as a master LEGO builder at the Allentown Museum of Art in May! He'll also be bringing plenty of LEGO's along so kids of all ages attending the party can join in on the fun!
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Alabama head softball coach Patrick Murphy announced the signing of Chandler Dare (Moundville, Ala.). Dare comes to the Capstone from American Christian Academy in Tuscaloosa.
"We are really excited to sign another hometown young lady," Murphy said. "Chandler's ability to play at a high level was witnessed many times over the past few years with her performances in national tournaments."
The utility infielder is a four-time all-state selection while playing for ACA and was the Tuscaloosa News Softball's Best Selection for the past four seasons as well. Dare set the state record for single-season batting average in 2011, batting .658, which broke her own record of .645 that she set in 2010. As a junior, Dare hit .619 with five home runs, 14 doubles, 11 triples, and had 91 hits on the year. She added 43 stolen bases and 41 RBI to go along with 63 runs scored.
As a member of the Tennessee Fury Gold club team in Chattanooga, Tenn., Dare helped the team to consecutive top 20 finishes at the ASA Gold Nationals in 2011 and 2012.
Dare doesn't just dominate on the softball field, as she is a six-time state champion in cross country and track and field, as well as being named a two-time all-state selection in both sports. She holds the school record in the 100 meters, 200 meters, triple jump, and the 4 X 100 relay team.
"She is a great young athlete who plays shortstop in high school and centerfield in summer ball," Murphy said. "Like Marisa Runyon, Chandler throws right and hits left. She has the speed we were looking for from this signing class."
Off the field, Dare is a member of the National Honor Society, VISTA, BETA Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and the Tuscaloosa Four Runners.


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Spring Football Opens for Wyoming Cowboys on Tuesday, March 22
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Personal: Born Dec. 13, 1994, he is the son of Cindy and Damon Fields. Fields was also recruited by Colorado State. He is majoring in kinesiology and health promotion at UW.


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After several weeks atop the box office in which it is now the first film in 2014 to crack the two hundred million dollar barrier, "The Lego Movie" will no doubt be one of the best Animated films of this year and a true Oscar contender come next year and a sequel is already in the works, so life in Lego building world is looking grand. The film which was directed by the duo that directed the hit films, "Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs" and "21 Jump Street" and the upcoming sequel, "22 Jump Street", Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who have brought the world of Lego to life. Featuring the great talented voices of Will Ferrell ("Anchorman"), Elizabeth Banks ("The Hunger Games"), Chris Pratt ("Guardians Of The Galaxy"), Charlie Day ("It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia"), Will Arnett ("The Millers"), Channing Tatum ("21 Jump Street"), Jonah Hill ("Wolf Of Wall Street"), Cobie Smulders ("The Avengers"), Liam Neeson (Non-Stop"), Nick Offerman ("Community"), Alison Brie ("Community" and Oscar Winner Morgan Freeman ("Million Dollar Baby"), the film revolves around Emmit (Pratte), an ordinary LEGO minifigure who's mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder. He is recruited to join a quest led by the benevolent Vitruvius (Freeman) along with a group of famous Lego stars and misfits including Wildstyle (Banks), Unikitty (Brie), Batman (Arnett), Superman (Tatum), Benny (Day), Wonder Woman (Smulders), and the Green Lantern (Hill) to stop an evil LEGO tyrant named President Business (Ferrell) from gluing the universe together and becoming the ruler of Lego world.
Writing the score to the film is Mark Mothersbaugh, a former member and lead singer of the 80's band, Devo, who has gone on to great success in writing the music for "The Rugrats" animated series on Nickelodeon as well as writing the music for most of Wes Anderson's films that include "Bottle Rocket", "Rushmore", "The Royal Tennenbaums" and "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou". He recently scored the hit films for Lord and Miller, "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs" and "21 Jump Street" and was involved with both sequels for both films. The score to "Lego Movie" is frankly an energetic mess that to be honest doesn't have a real consistant tone, but it is very entertaining for what it is.
The score primarily features alot of electronics which most will love and most will absolutely hate that almost buries the orchestra for the most part. Tracks such as "Escape", (a solid highlight) "Submarines And Metal Beard", "Emmett's Plan" and "Reaching The Kragle" are good examples of this while excellent tracks such as "Requiem For Cuckooland", "Wildstyle Leads", "Let's Put It All Back", "My Secret Weapon", "We Did It!" and "The Truth" feature what could've been a grand score with a full orchestra at the core backed with a lovely choir that really brings out the full extent of Mothersbaugh's work, which is largely underappreciated. There's plenty to like here and these are the tracks that are definitely noteworthy due to the scores' ecclectic, uneven style which is the major minus here and the song "Everything Is Awesome!!!" performed by Tegan & Sara featured here are also grating to like.
There are moments that are really good, but mostly, it features a video game sound to the music with the remixed electronics that it really takes away from a grander more epic animated soundtrack it could've been. I'm frankly getting a little too tired of the overuse of electronics and a film like this one, it really didn't need it. I could've imagined what a great job Mothersbaugh would've done without the hip-hop styled beats and stuck with a more organic and symphonic score that really would've been a wow. You have the characters on screen already and the exceptional CGI effects, you don't need that grating sound at all. Unfortunately, this has become the norm for just about every score I hear nowadays and it's really really tiring. I really wanted to like this score and I was really looking forward to it and sadly, it is a major disappointment. "The Lego Movie" deserved a better score than it got, but it's alot better than most scores so I'll give it a slight pass, but still a reluctant thumbs down. (The film however is great!)


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Leap FrogThis lighthearted piece embraces a child's ability to be carefree and enjoy the simplicities of youth, enhanced by glockenspiel melodies and upbeat ukulele.https://www.smartsound.com/strata/images/STRATFUT_200.jpgSingle69603-ST$ 39.9569603-EX$ 59.9569603-W$ 149.95Emotions: Happy, Uplifting, Carefree, Gentle, Heartwarming, Innocent, Leisurely, Light, Motivating, Refreshing, Soothing, Tender, Fun, Hopeful Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Artist, Indie Production Types: Commercials, Indie Film Instrument: Guitar (Acoustic), Mandolin, Acoustic, Instrumental, Guitar
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Red Raiders Climb to No. 15 in NSCAA Rankings
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LUBBOCK, Texas - The Red Raider soccer team climbed to No. 15 in the National Soccer Coaches Association rankings released on Tuesday. The top-15 ranking comes after Texas Tech went 2-0 this weekend with shutout victories over UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara at the Jack in the Box Classic in Albuquerque, N.M.
Texas Tech improved to 9-1-0 on the season with the pair of victories marking the best start in program history. Tech has won six-straight while shutting four consecutive opponents.
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College Hockey:More Of The Same: Collegians Strong Among Saturday's NHL Draftees
Collegians Continue To Make Impact At NHL Draft
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The second and final day of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft picked up where Friday left off, with collegiate players continuing to make headlines.
A day after a record 11 players with collegiate ties were snatched up in the Draft's first round, eight more college players became NHL property in Saturday's second round.
Tommy Cross, who will head to Boston College next year, was the top collegian picked on Saturday, going fifth in the second round and 35th overall to Boston. Cross was one of the top prospects heading into the Draft but saw his stock fall recently after injury playing baseball forced Cross to have knee surgery.
As far as Cross' stock may have fallen, another college player made a big jump in the opposite direction. Will Weber, who will attend Miami in 2008, entered the Draft unranked by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau (CSB). So it was quite a surprise when host city Columbus picked him with the 53rd overall selection late in the second round. Weber, as a matter of fact, wasn't even in attendance to hear his name called.
Other collegiate players who didn't have to wait too long to find out their fate included Colorado College's William Sweatt (Chicago, 38th overall), Michigan freshman-to-be Aaron Palushaj (St. Louis, 44th), Boston University incoming freshman Colby Cohen (Colorado, 45th), current U.S. national teamer and future Notre Dame Fighting Irish Ted Ruth (Washington, 46th), and two future Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nico Sacchetti (Dallas, 50th) and Mike Hoeffel (New Jersey, 57th). T.J. Galiardi (Colorado, 55th), who played last year at Dartmouth, but will not return next fall, was also a second-round selection.
Josh Unice, who will attend Bowling Green in the fall, became the top college goaltender chosen, going to Chicago in the third round, 86th overall.
Though any player is happy to be picked in the Entry Draft, it doesn't make sitting around any easier.
"Yesterday, from one point of view was tough," said Cross. "But from another point of view it was an unbelievable event. It was a long wait, but to see my buddies get picked and what happened to them, it was great."
Once Cross was taken, eyes and ears turned to Hoeffel, who was ranked 22nd by the CSB but had to wait until New Jersey picked him at 57, and future Notre Dame forward Ben Ryan, who slipped from 37th in the CSB rankings to the 114th overall pick (fourth round), by the Nashville Predators.
Early or late, long or short wait, being chosen in the NHL Entry Draft is still an honor for any player.
"We thought we had a little bit of an idea [that I'd go] at the beginning of round two, but it proved once again that you really don't know," said Cohen. "We had ideas really early and teams can say they're going to take [a player] and then they don't. We thought there was a chance at Columbus and Vancouver, but I'd rather be [picked by Colorado]."
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Grand Theft Auto V
| This article concerns a future game or content that is unreleased.
Some details may be speculative, and may not turn out to be correct.
|Grand Theft Auto V
|Rockstar North
|Rockstar Games
|PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
|Release dates
Xbox 360 - 17 September, 2013
|Los Santos, State of San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V or GTA 5) is an upcoming video game created by Rockstar Games. It will be the next installment in the Grand Theft Auto series, after GTA IV and Episodes from Liberty City.
The game is set in modern day Los Santos, San Andreas and its surrounding countryside;, and it will be released in Spring 2013 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.[1] A precise release date is not yet known, and a PC version has not yet been confirmed.
We are very proud to officially announce that Grand Theft Auto V is in full development.
Developed by series creator Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto V heads to the city of Los Santos and surrounding hills, countryside and beaches in the largest and most ambitious game Rockstar has yet created.
A bold new direction in open-world freedom, storytelling, mission-based gameplay and online multiplayer, Grand Theft Auto V focuses on the pursuit of the almighty dollar in a re-imagined, present day Southern California.[2]
- For full details of the new information revealed in November 2012, see Game Informer
There are three separate protagonists: Michael, Trevor and Franklin. Dan Houser stated in an interview that one of the protagonists will be the antagonist.
|Michael is a former bank robber, living under the protection of the FIB witness protection program. With his money running out, he is being drawn back into a life of crime.
|Trevor is a career criminal who had previously worked with Michael in various heists and had prior experience as a military pilot, allowing him to operate aircraft.
|Franklin is mentioned to be working as a repo-man for an Armenian luxury car dealer, repossessing cars of those who defaulted on their payment to the dealership. He is also described to be "fit and fashion conscious".
At any time outside a mission (and in some missions that feature several of them), you can switch between these characters. When not being controlled, they will continue with their lives, so switching to them will put in you whatever situation they are currently in. These three protagonists will have overlapping storylines and will affect each other.
Storyline missions and some hobbies and side-missions will only be available to the specific character. But most side-missions and random encounters will be available to any. Character customisation will be limited to clothing and similar - GTA V will not include full RPG-style customisation, like the fat/thin possibilities in GTA San Andreas, due to the complexity and personalities of the three protagonists.
Rockstar have confirmed that, as GTA V is part of the HD Universe (GTA IV Era onwards), certain characters from GTA IV and its episodes will return, but not major ones like Niko Bellic.
Los Santos
Los Santos and the surrounding areas have been completely remade on a much larger and more detailed scale than in GTA San Andreas.
The world will be bigger than the total size of the worlds from GTA IV, Red Dead Redemption, and GTA San Andreas combined.
Unusually, the entire map will be open to the player right from the start of the game, like in GTA Chinatown Wars, rather than being restricted to a small corner or island until the game permits you to continue. This is in keeping with GTA V's philosophy of letting you do whatever you want to do, rather than being forced to do certain things at a certain time in a certain way.
Named locations include: Vinewood, Little Seoul, Los Puerta Freeway, Vespucci Beach, Downtown, Del Perro Freeway, East Los Santos and Los Santos Bay. There is also expansive countryside including Mount Chiliad, a military base and coastline.
Notably, the game will continue to display distant mountains and buildings from the entire map, even many miles away. This is in contrast to GTA IV where only 1.5km of distance is rendered, and buildings suddenly appear when the player gets close. Now, even lights on buildings and streetlights from the opposite side of the map will be visible when high enough up, creating a much greater sense of the massive scale.
In addition to the multiple protagonists, GTA V will bring many new (and returning) features:
- Planes will return, and as Trevor is a former military pilot, he can fly them from the start of the game
- Also known to be in the game will be: bicycles, helicopters, airships/blimps, trucks, jetskis, convertible cars and freight trains
- Many vehicles in the trailer appear to be directly from GTA IV, with some being redesigned, and many new ones have been created.
- Several screenshots suggest that the weapons in GTA V may be to some degree customizable. Many have been seen with olive-drab finishes, hinting toward the ability to change the paintjob on weapons, as well as attachments such as optics and flashlights.
- There are several modern-day weapons in the game, including the IMI Tavor TAR-21 assault rifle, a Ruger MP-9 machine pistol, and an AK-47 and Mossberg 500 upgraded with modern synthetic furnishings.
- The entire map will be open from the very start of the game
- The map is bigger than the total size of the worlds from GTA IV, Red Dead Redemption, and GTA San Andreas combined.
- The entire map will be visible to the player, instead of only rendering short distances. Even mountains and building lights from the far side of the map will be visible.
- The city and surrounding areas appear to be thick with smog during late evening time.
- Mines and wind turbines appear in the landscape
- Characters
- Some characters from the GTA IV Era will appear in the game, but not protagonists such as Niko Bellic
- Wildlife and animals will appear for the first time, including dogs
- Multiplayer
- There is no single-player co-op, but there will be co-op multiplayer
- Crews will be carried over from Max Payne 3 into Grand Theft Auto V's multiplayer.[3]
Official Information
In November 2011, Rockstar announced GTA V with the first trailer.
Throughout autumn 2012, Rockstar released a range of screenshots from GTA V.
In October 2012, retail posters and displays were leaked showing a release date of Spring 2013 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. A PC date is not yet known. This was confirmed by a Facebook post from Rockstar
On 5 November 2012, Rockstar announced that GTA V is available to be pre ordered and released a "Beach Weather" PC wallpaper. Later that day they announced that a 2nd trailer will be shown on 14 Nov 12.
On 8 November 2012, GameInformer released a 23-page feature on GTA V, revealing masses of information including the three protagonists, the scale of the Los Santos map, and some hints into the feature changes. See /Game Informer for more information.
Trailer 1
For an analysis of the Trailer, see here.
- The music in the trailer is "Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake Overture" by Small Faces.[4]
- For all GTA V screenshots, see: Category:Screenshots of GTA V
Stills from trailer
A beach with a dog.
- Jetski-GTAV-Speedophile2000-prerelease.jpg
Trevor on a jet ski, marked Speedophile 2000.
Hikers at the base of a mountain near Los Santos.
Franklin in a convertible car retracting its roof.
- Windturbines-GTAV-prerelease.jpg
Several wind power generators near Los Santos.
- Michael-GTAV-firsttrailer.jpg
Michael overlooking the city.
The three protagonists attempt to rob a store dressed as exterminators; notice the accessories on the rifle.
- Pumpjack-GTAV-prerelease.jpg
A pumpjack on an oil well.
A police helicopter and officers chasing Franklin
- Vinewood-GTAV-sign-prerelease.jpg
The Vinewood sign.
A Learjet-based plane (similar to a Shamal) flying over the city.
Promotional screenshots
A new LSPD helicopter.
- Lake-GTAV-prerelease.jpg
A peaceful waterside.
The redesigned Cheetah.
Michael flying a jet.
A man with a Parachute next to a mountain.
Three men racing on dirtbikes, possibly Sanchezes.
Two civilians playing tennis.
A man flying a stunt plane over a river.
A man aiming an "AK-47" at a police helicopter. The side gunner of the helicopter has a laser attachment on his weapon.
Game Informer Screenshots
The three protagonists
Michael on a phone
A Squalo
A Comet
- Trevor-GTAV-gun-prerelease.jpg
- Trevor-GTAV-walking.jpg
- Franklin&Chop-GTAV-artwork.jpg
Poster showing artwork and Spring 2013 release date
- Trevor-GTAV-poster.jpg
Poster showing artwork with a man sitting in a Quadbike holding a Sniper Rifle . It was later revealed that he is one of the protagonists
Hints and Speculation about GTA V
Prior to the official announcements, trailers and magazine features of Grand Theft Auto V, a large number of possible clues had been found in previous GTA games and elsewhere to indicate what may have been the setting and content of GTA V. Fans also made a number of educated guesses, and many rumours circulated the Internet. See Speculation of GTA V for a detailed list.
See also
- Los Santos in GTA V
- Businesses in GTA V
- Weapons in GTA V
- Vehicles in GTA V
- GTA V Trailers
- Vice City in GTA IV Era & San Andreas in GTA IV Era - references to the locations of GTA III Era games in the GTA IV Era.
- Community:GTA V Wishlist - the Grand Theft Wiki Community's suggestions on what should be included in GTA V.
- ↑ GTA V release date
- ↑ Rockstar Games Announcement
- ↑ Crews in GTA V
- ↑ Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake Overture/ Afterglow (of Your Love) - YouTube.com
External link
- Grand Theft Auto V - official website


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Tuscaloosa police charged three men with breaking into a vehicle parked in downtown Tuscaloosa early Sunday morning.
A witness flagged down officers patrolling
Temerson Square to report that someone had just broken into a nearby vehicle, said Sgt. Brent Blankley, Tuscaloosa police spokesman.
The officers noticed two men walking to the rear of a nearby business who ran when they were ordered to stop, Blankley said.
Officers followed the men to a car and tried to stop the driver, who initially refused, Blankley said.
The driver eventually stopped, he said. The passengers were questioned and charged with breaking and entering a vehicle. The driver, Keith Derrell Davis, 26, was charged with failure to obey a police officer.
Davis, Kendeldric Rashaud Wallace, 20, and Corey Rashad Simmons, 22, remained in the Tuscaloosa County Jail on Monday.
Bail was set at $15,000 for Wallace and $300 for Davis. Simmons had been released on $15,000 bond.
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