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by Ivan Overton.
We often use the metaphor of stakeholders "being on board". However, how communication is managed on large projects may not always lead to this outcome.
If you want all of your stakeholders to come on board, your train must depart from where the stakeholders are. This seems so obvious, yet it is one of the most common mistakes made in change projects. We all approach life from within our own perspective – each of us have a unique set of knowledge, assumptions, beliefs, values, habits, norms, personality traits, perceptions, fears, hopes, quirks, strengths and weaknesses. Perspectives can differ so greatly that it can be extremely difficult (or even sometimes virtually impossible) for us to understand the perspectives that others have.
When a project team works together, there are strong influences at play that serve to at least partially align perspectives. Team members often spend significant amounts of time together, sometimes under rather difficult conditions. They usually come to realise that they have to depend on each other and that their destinies are linked. Because they are so intimately involved in the process, they usually "buy in" to the project very strongly and at an early stage. A project team therefore tends to develop overlapping areas of shared perspective, and also advances quite rapidly ahead of where the bulk of stakeholders are, creating a large gap in relative understanding and relative acceptance with regard to the project.
This might make it very difficult for the project team to effectively engage with stakeholders:
- Project teams tend to be passionate (and therefore to communicate) about what is important to them (the business case, project phases and key milestones, the composition of the project team, the importance of buy in and support from stakeholders) instead of what is important to stakeholders (how will this affect me, when will I need to do what, how does this relate to everything else happening in the company).
- Most project teams rapidly develop a specialised "language" which is different to what most stakeholders are used to. Acromyms and specialised terminology present a significant barrier to stakeholders who are not part of the project team and therefore have not learnt to the new "language".
- The attitudes of project team members toward the project are usually very different to the attitudes that most stakeholders have. Project team members may overestimate the extent to which stakeholders will support the project, and may feel resentful when stakeholders assign a low priority to the project, show poor support and commitment or even resist the project. From the stakeholder point of view, project team members might appear to be unrealistically optimistic, to act in their own self-interest or as if they have a hidden agenda, and be regarded as being manipulative.
- The project world is very different to the "business as usual" world. In the project world there is greater urgency: Plans change often and with little notice, it is taken for granted that people will go to extraordinary effort to get things done in time, and it is acceptable to schedule meetings after hours and at the last minute. This same behaviour in the "business as usual" world is regarded as being inconsiderate and disruptive. This may result in a situation where project members see business resources as being lazy, uncaring and uncooperative, and business resources see project members as being arrogant, pushy, rude and self-important.
- The challenge is not only that there tends to be a large gap between the point of departure of the project team and the point of departure of stakeholders who are not part of the project team – a further complication is that perspectives will change over time, and what might be an entirely appropriate strategy for stakeholder engagement at one point in time may not be appropriate two months later. As stakeholders progress with regard to their understanding of the project and its consequences, their information needs will change and they will require increasing amounts of personal interaction.
In a classic psychology experiment, Elizabeth Newton asked college students to participate in an experiment in one of two roles: "tappers" and "listeners." Tappers received a list of 25 well-known songs and were asked to tap out the rhythm of one song. Listeners had to try to guess the song from the taps. Each tapper reported that he/she could clearly discern which song they were tapping. When they were asked to predict how many songs listeners would correctly identify, they predicted 50 percent. However, listeners had a much harder time than predicted – to them what was being tapped was not at all obvious. Of all the songs tapped out, listeners correctly guessed only 3 percent. Communicators tend to grossly overestimate the clarity of their message – because they already "got it", it makes the task of "getting it" seem easier than it really is.
The obstacles listed here can be partially overcome by addressing them directly – for example, by reminding the project team not to use acronyms and unknown terminology when dealing with stakeholders, or by ensuring that more time is spent in understanding the perspective of the recipients of project communication. However, this is like dealing with a leaking roof by placing buckets under the leak rather than simply fixing the leak. A more effective primary approach is to ensure that there is truly effective dialogue between the project and its stakeholders, and then to assist the project team in responding appropriately to the feedback they receive. If listeners in the experiment related above were allowed to provide feedback to the tappers as they were tapping, it is likely that the number of listeners who "got it" would have been much higher, provided that the tappers were willing and able to modify how they were communicating (by also humming or whistling, for example).


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Pueblo Crime Stoppers is asking for the public's help to find an identity theft fugitive.
Kayli Clinkingbeard is wanted for identity theft, a class 4 felony.
Clinkingbeard is 20 years old, about 5'4" tall and around 115 pounds. She has red or auburn hair and blue eyes.
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Date: 10/12/07
On the occasion of the anniversary of the Human Rights Day, 10 December 2007, the Preparatory Committee of the up-coming General Meeting (GM) on 23 December 2007 and all members of the Original Shuro-net, likes to congratulate and support the Congress of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR). In a letter dated 27/11/07 to the President of Somaliland, H. E. Dahir Rayale Kahin, the President of ELDR, Mrs. Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck MEP told that her party "adopted a resolution that calls upon the European Union and all of its Member States to give diplomatic recognition to the Republic of Somaliland and actively encourages the African Union to accept that Somaliland is not a secessionist state but rather a democratic entity that has abrogated a union with a failed State. However, our call is conditioned by the existence of a government that respects human rights, a free market, and democracy, with a free press and the possibility of democratic changes of government".
The reason for this is, the letter continues, "in a region of the world where these qualities are in short supply, your country is a beacon of democracy". But ELDR was alarmed by the arrest on 28/7/07 of Dr. Mohamed Abdi Gabose, Engineer Mohamed Hashi Elmi and Mr. Jama Aideed Warsame, the leaders of Qaran Political Association, which she sees can have a serious consequence for Somaliland's recognition.
In a letter to Mr. Javier Solana, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union, the ELDR President is blunter as she says " Somaliland's current political system and its leadership are failing to meet the minimum standards expected of a free and democratic State. Neither does the Somaliland government respect international human rights laws such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights". These are serious accusations.
The courageous support by one of the three main parties of the European Union is so far the best thing that happened to Somaliland's quest for international recognition. But Somaliland does not realize what it is missing. The ELDR, other supporters and friends seem to be getting wary and their goodwill is being eroded by careless Government violations against human rights and the standard pillars of democratic behavior in Somaliland. Glaring examples are the arrest of the three top leaders of Qaran Political Association, the increasing suppression of the freedom of the press and the usurpation of the office of Shuro-net, the umbrella organization of the civil society human rights network.
The friends of Somaliland including Lord Avebury, senior member of the British House of Lords; SIRAJ; Professor I. M. Lewis; Somaliland Focus and Somaliland Forum believe that the Government's uncanny behavior is not helping them to continue airing their support for Somaliland's international recognition. The ELDR President said, "These unlawful processes have already set the cause of Somaliland's recognition back, and if continued, must inevitably halt progress for the time being". This is a dire warning.
The GM Preparatory Committee and all members of the Original Shuro-net find it strange the Somaliland Government's attitude to ignore the many concerns of the international community as well as the frequent appeals within the country about the deteriorating situation of human rights in Somaliland. We honestly urge the Government, in particular the President H. E. Dahir Rayale Kahin, to heed the cries for caution and reverse Somaliland's sinking image in the eyes of the world. Instead of meddling in human rights issues like the freedom of the press, the arbitrary arrests of citizens and the gagging of human rights organizations, it is better to bask in the victory of Lasanod which lifts the people's spirit of patriotism and unity.
The country is passing a promising time when the population need not be pushed to desperation and mistrust, but instead given hope that at last the dark clouds of doom are lifting. Confidence building measures to break the ice that goes down well inside and outside Somaliland are: 1) the immediate and unconditional release of the leaders of Qaran Political Association, 2) the release of all detainees under the Public Order Law and 3) the abolition of the illegal Security Committees and lastly the respect of fundamental rights of Somaliland citizens.
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Another masterpiece from Marc. He did one new thing… winning after starting from the pit lane! Again, no words to comment his race… just unbelievable! 100% success in this season, nobody has been able to do something like this since Agostini in the 70's… I am speechless!
Dani did a great job, and he finished the race with a great margin to Jorge. In some laps he was pushing hard, and put pressure on Marc. He did a great job, but today Marc was just a little bit faster.
Marc and Dani both have a great record in this circuit, and our machine works well here, as we saw yesterday with 3 Honda's on the front of the grid. A great job all together!
Really difficult to ask for more. We must be very proud of what we have done so far, and continue working to keep this level until the end of the season.
We will test the 2015 prototype, and of course some set up work for the August race at this circuit. Then some days of deserved rest for all the team, to be ready for the second half.


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The defense returns six of its top seven tacklers from last year. Additionally, Carey Spear returns at kicker and experienced kick and punt returners dot the roster.
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Some major struggles people run into regarding their fitness goals happen in workplace. Whether it is being tempted by fellow worker's treats, knowing what to eat, keeping track of how much you have consumed, or knowing when to fit in a workout, the workplace can sometimes make or break your success when it comes to becoming healthier.
Here are some tips to keep your eye on the prize and get you on your way to that vacation body you have been trying to attain. You want to make a plan by getting your calories under control and also making time for the gym before/after work. So your success will rely on you controlling your energy coming in (your food), and your energy coming out (your activity).
Let's begin by focusing on getting your calories under control. Master Trainer Jerod Langnes, with 24-Hour Fitness, says you should plan out your meals for eating four to six times a day. He says you should eat every 2-4 hours. Eating more often will help your body to hold on to lean body mass (muscle), which gives you the ability to burn more calories and get results faster. But there's another bonus. When you eat on a consistent schedule, you'll be less likely to give in to the temptation of other people's bad food options on the job.
Jerod says you also want to make healthy choices regarding your food choices. Look for foods that will give you the best chance for success. Here are some examples:
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Roger races on
Roger played to perfection today, blowing out the candles on qualifier Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-1 at the Montreal Masters.
Chasing his 50th career title, our star was utterly dominant against an unknown Italian opponent ranked 139. With a first set which was over in 18 minutes, the challenger had little hope as Roger won a 14th match on the trot in Canada. "I'm very content," he said after the match. "You don't expect them this fast. By the time I sat down at the end, I was only just starting to get warm."
Roger captured nearly three-quarters of the 37 first-set points, with Fognini winning his first game at 0-5 to wild applause. The second set was slightly more competitive but the outcome in 44 minutes was never in doubt as Roger broke four times to reach the quarter-finals against either Lleyton Hewitt or Dominik Hrbaty after 44 minutes on court.
It was supposed to b a tough draw for u and a real easy 1 for Nadal...
Turns out quite the opposite...well u know a tough tournament can really increase yer chances to win...we saw that in Wimbledon... U din have much of match p
Stay focus and healthy.
Blessings !
Love the photo of you & Mirka on your front page--Mirka, I must say, looks just so happy--gorgeous.
What a wonderful practise match for you against Fognini--Roger, some of your shots were superb--- a little of Pete Sampras there with the'le


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MUMBAI: Nine out of the 10 most-valued companies in the country saw a dip of Rs 81,898 crore in combined market capitalisation (m-cap) during the week gone by, with corporate major RIL the worst-hit.
However, Bharti Airtel bucked the trend and saw its market valuation surge.
During the week, Bharti added Rs 816 crore to its market capitalisation, which stood at Rs 1,51,008 crore as of November 18.


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Huntsville, Alabama (July 20, 2007) Investigators from the West Precinct arrested two people for robbery last night and cleared 5 other robberies to individuals as a result. Spokesman Wendell Johnson said about 9:30 last night at Drake and Thomas Road, 32-year-old Lisa Sabah pulled a gun on a man and demanded money. Forty-six-year old Henry White pulled up in another vehicle and they took the victim's vehicle.
Investigators Ed Smith and Jerry Trew spotted the vehicles as the bolo was given over the police radio. Both Sabah and White were charged with 1 count of Robbery 1st degree. As a result of this investigation, Investigators cleared 5 other cases where individuals were robbed by the couple in the same area during the past several weeks. Sabah and White were booked into the Madison County Metro Jail.


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Chron.com Podcast: Richard Justice on what Astros should do with last 35 games — 8 minutes (5MB).
Raise your hand if you think Jason Hirsh is done. That kind of thinking drives me nuts. This kid has succeeded at every level of the minor leagues. Every possible measuring stick says he's going to succeed in the big leagues.
He comes up, pitches poorly in two of his first three starts and dozens of people write to say he's a flop. They use Hirsh as an example why the Astros are stupid, Tim Purpura is stupid, Phil Garner is stupid.
Here's the bottom line on this kid: we don't know. I know an answer like that doesn't make for talk-show fodder and doesn't hold up in an era of instant analysis. I believe he'll be a solid major league pitcher. Whether he'll ever win 100 games, whether he'll ever win 20 in a season, I don't know. Do some guys blow away the competition at Triple-A and then fail in the big leagues? Yes, they do. Tim Redding was one of those guys.
Hey, here's a side issue. Why do some of you feel the need to write your posts in all caps? Is that the only way you can express your opinion? One of my best friends–she worked for Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League–does that sort of them. She goes off in an instant. One of her colleagues at MLB said: "When you react like that, I don't know if you've had a death in the family or a late credential request." I read the posts even if they're not in caps. Cool it.
Hirsh is off to a bad start in areas not relating to baseball. He was the last player to show up for work on the day after his first start. He found his locker emptied and most of his belongs, including his uniform, in the shower.
After his third start, he blew off reporters. He got chewed out by Tim Purpura and Phil Garner. He apologized to the two beat reporters who follow the Astros.
Roger Clemens has become a target of conversation in some quarters. Some believe his special treatment is hurting the Astros or that his money could best be used elsewhere. I don't know how we got from a team that can't hit and pitch to criticizing a guy who represents everything that's good about professional sports.
Here's my two cents:
He has the NL's lowest ERA since the beginning of the 2005 season.
Only one player in the clubhouse seems to have a problem with his travel schedule. Remember Nolan Ryan had the same arrangement with the Rangers, and it wasn't an issue there, either.
He's making around $12 million this year. He's worth every penny, both in terms of performance on the field and in what he gives the club off it. If he wants to return for a 24th season, he should be more than welcome. He has earned special treatment. Clemens pays for Clemens. He doesn't limit what Drayton McLane can do in other areas.
A guy who coaches youth baseball called SportsRadio 610 this morning to say Clemens was one of the problems with the Astros. He said that all players should be treated equally. This guy hasn't done enough coaching to be an expert on how every player should be treated. I advised him to read Jimmy Johnson's book on the topic.
I agree with him about sports at the youth level. Dealing with adults is different. Jimmy Johnson didn't treat Troy Aikman the way he treated other players. Bill Parcells most certainly didn't treat Lawrence Taylor the way he treated others. Do you think Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan were treated like everyone else? No, they weren't.
In exchange for special treatment, there's a repsonsibility. Those players have to be consummate professionals, good teammates and producers. Barkley, MJ, LT and others certainly were.
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Did you see President Clinton napping during the Mets game Tuesday night? I'll bet he never dozed off during a Texas-Arkansas game.
Reggie Youngblood, a sophomore from Booker T. Washington, is starting at left tackle for the Miami Hurricanes. He's one of the most impressive kids I've interviewed.
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Jindal signs Medicaid bill
Published: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 10:56 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 10:56 a.m.
Lawmakers will get more oversight of health care programs privatized by Gov. Bobby Jindal after a three-year struggle for the information.
Jindal signed into law Tuesday a bill by Sen. Ronnie Johns setting annual reporting requirements for the Department of Health and Hospitals — reversing course after twice vetoing the measure.
DHH will have to provide detailed information about the Bayou Health program that shifted many Medicaid services to private managed care and a program that privatized behavioral health services.
Jindal had said DHH had concerns about providing the data when the programs were just beginning, but not anymore.
State and federal grand juries are investigating the Jindal administration's award of a now-canceled Medicaid claims processing contract.
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New Release, Momentum, Top Wine App
March 2, 2009
February was quite a month. In typical fashion, I let our planned v2.0 release "balloon" from a manageable set of features to something quite a bit larger than that. Now pleasantly on the other side of the release, I can look back and admit that maybe we should have bitten off something smaller.
However, perhaps it was worth the extra effort and time. Today we were chosen as the top wine app in the app store by Macworld. That feels good and probably justifies the "stress" induced by feature creep. What I particularly like about this article is the author is exactly our target audience – not a wine expert per sae, but a wine lover and interested in remembering and learning more about the wines he tries. I also like his correct (imo) analysis of the Wine Enthusiast Guide app, which has a lot of information but loses some of the key mainstream use-cases.
Our v2.0 release really zero'd in on user feedback, which was incredibly clear. We received hundreds of requests for the following features:
- Cellar filtering
- Editable fields for wines stored in people's Cellars
- More reviews
- Visibility into what other users are drinking
All that's in there. The Cellar filtering took quite a bit of doing, and in the end we settled on a solution that, while perhaps not perfect for everyone, is quite elegant (we think). A simple "search" bar (a common iPhone paradigm) into which you type keywords that you would like to filter your Cellar on, such as Red, Chardonnay, or Steak.
What didn't make it that users have requested? The key items, which will be released in the blink of an eye, include:
- MUCH faster search (we've completely re-vamped our Search back end)
- Cellar sorting (i.e. by rating, alphabetical, etc.)
- Cellar backup
There will be much more, but that's the teaser.
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Jeremy Swerdlow is a mechanical engineer in the Construction Metrology and Automation Group of the Materials and Construction Research Division (MCRD) of the Engineering Laboratory (EL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Jeremy Swerdlow graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 2006. While working on his degree, he joined the Nation Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Construction Metrology and Automation Group (CMAG) in 2003 as a co-op student. As a co-op, Mr. Swerdlow participated in the ROBOCRANE (automated robotic crane) project. Jeremy rejoined NIST and CMAG in the summer of 2009 and is currently working on the IACJS test-bed.
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Definition of mislead in English:
verb (past and past participle misled)[with object]
Cause (someone) to have a wrong idea or impression about someone or something: the government misled the public about the road's environmental impact
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- I agree with them that the evidence does not support the idea that they deliberately misled anyone.
- We learnt to be careful about our preconceived ideas misleading us, not making us critical enough.
- Now if in fact it's not all new money, well, he's misled the Australian public.
deceive, delude, take in, lie to, fool, hoodwink, throw off the scent, pull the wool over someone's eyes, misguide, misinform, give wrong information to
informal lead up the garden path, take for a ride, give someone a bum steer
misleader noun
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- Do you really want to continue with a misleader?
- Isolation could not be overcome by clever tactical adaptation to supposed political reality, but only through the protracted and at times painful struggle to cut a path to the working class through a struggle against its misleaders.
- This requires a political struggle not only against Labour, which openly represents the class enemy, but also against the bureaucratic misleaders of the trade unions who act as the government's fifth column.
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MARIETTA - The city of Marietta has been awarded a $126,169 Ohio Public Works Commission grant to purchase more than 20 acres of platted property for permanent green space that can be used for hiking and biking trails, said Mayor Joe Matthews during Thursday's city council meeting.
The property, being purchased from Bob and Betty Boersma, is east of Cisler Drive and lies between Gibbons Street and Oak Grove Cemetery.
Councilman Michael Mullen, I-at large, said the property purchase is a plus for the city.
"This will allow generations to enjoy these outdoor spaces within the city," he said. "And I was surprised to learn the city now includes more than 1,000 acres of green space."
Councilman Roger Kalter, D-1st Ward, said 15 miles of trails have been developed on that acreage.
Councilman Tom Vukovic, D-4th Ward, said although he's been hesitant to purchase green space properties in the past, the effort is benefiting the city.
"I was a prime skeptic of buying green space at first," he said. "But this is enhancing our city and allows the CVB (Marietta-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau) to promote Marietta as a destination for off-road bicycling."
In other business, 10 pieces of new legislation were introduced, but no action could be taken because Councilmen Harley Noland, D-at large, and Mike McCauley, D-2nd Ward, could not attend Thursday's meeting.
City law director Paul Bertram III explained that it requires six votes to suspend the rules and pass legislation on the first reading, and only five council members were present Thursday.
Thursday's seven ordinances and one resolution are expected to be approved during a special council session scheduled at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the community building at Lookout Park.
Among the introduced legislation was an ordinance authorizing a project to replace 5.4 miles of city signage with retroreflective signs that include upper- and lower-case lettering. The upgrade is mandated by the federal government, and will cost around $84,000.
City engineer Joe Tucker has said the city may be able to secure 80 percent of that funding in a grant from the Ohio Department of Transportation. The city would pay the remaining 20 percent.
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A Tale Of Two Taverns
[The Sunday Supplement springs forth from the sparkling keyboard of Dianna Robinson this week. You'll remember Dianna from her review of the Men Diamler and Animal Magic Tricks House Gig. This time she's comparing and contrasting life in two key Toad locations…]
Dylan asked me if I'd write a Sunday Supplement for Song, By Toad about a million years ago. At the time, I wasn't very keen. I had several papers due, a few of which had the ability to cause me to fail out of school. Now I only have a dissertation due. No big deal. Plenty of time to write complete shit about nothing much.
He wanted me to write about the experience of working at the "official" Song, By Toad pub (the King's Wark. Obviously). I feel there are two large problems with this topic, however. The first, and I feel the most important, is that this is a bit overly-pretentious and the basic concept makes me feel too groupie-ish for comfort. The second, and the most important in actuality, is that I don't work at the King's Wark anymore.
I now work in Anstruther, hometown of Homegame, at the Dreel Tavern, which is owned by Chris, an ex-chef from the King's Wark and his girlfriend Ewa, an extended family member of the King's Wark. However, I still live in Leith with Shonagh. And I'm still friends with everyone at the Wark and eat a couple of meals a week there. And still refer to it as "the pub." Just a caveat.
Basically what I'm saying is that I'm not only kind of going to write about that. I'm also going to write about bonding over music in Fife, and the strangeness that is the music nerd-dom.
Beginning at the beginning, though, we can discuss the wonder that was serving the Song, By Toad crew. I'd like to say that it was continually enlightening and that I learned about cutting-edge bands and met fascinating people. What actually happened was that we always ran out of Anapai Pinot Noir and gin, Mr. and Mrs. Toad ended up swearing far too much and usually too loudly, Dylan talked absolute drunken shite and got into arguments about the Sugar Babes, Shonagh hid her head in her hands, and various members of Meursault came along for the ride. The music choice gets alternately slagged and lauded (the latter due to my legacy of cd mixes (I like to think)), and the staff table (which they usually occupied) becomes a loud, no-mans land where the staff fear to tread in case they're mocked for saying 'erbs instead of Herbs (in my own bitter experience). Because you know what never gets old when you're an American living in Scotland? Being teased about how you say things. Just a barrel of fun. A laugh-riot you could say. I wouldn't.
I won't lie, it was nice having music people who were also my friends hanging out at my place of work, which also happened to be a really cool pub with awesome food. But I have no grand illuminations into the inner workings of the Edinburgh indie/alt folk scene. Other than they tend to get drunk. A lot. Which everyone probably already figured out by this point. As I'm not usually impressed with ideas of coolness or (relative) fame, I probably wouldn't have realized that what these gin-soaked people were saying was anything other than nonsensical ramblings. But I digress. Very cool for some, though.
Which leads me to my next topic. Music nerds. They are intrinsically different than other sorts of nerds in that there is a patina of coolness to them. Sometimes, a rather thin patina, but a patina none the less.
Now, this concept of the music nerd should not be confused with the cool kids with the hair cuts and the slouchy jeans. I speak of what Americans call "hipsters." Who also wear slouchy jeans. And have hair cuts, but it's different. Anyway. Hipsters rely almost entirely upon knowledge of obscure indie bands from the mid-80's onwards. But not prior to. Because old music is bad. Especially jazz. Yikes! Anything but that. Not that it's the basis for quite a lot of modern music or paved the way for "controversial" themes in music which constitute several things that the hipster holds sacred. Never mind, that's an old chestnut.
The music nerd, in my opinion, is the UK's answer to hipsters. Mostly because I don't really have a label for them and hipster isn't quite right.
I should probably mention that I am one. Not to the degree that some people reach where they know every member of every band and what their favorite color is. I really cannot be fucked with any of that. I usually don't even know the names of the lead singers of most bands that I like. I don't really see the point – my brain can't hold all of that information and still remember what day it is, and it doesn't really affect how I feel about the music the band produces. I like music because, for whatever reason, I connect with something in it, not because the bassist of X band, which was highly influential in the Seattle scene in 1998 is now in Y band with the singer of Z band, which never really made it into the mainstream, but that only makes them more obscure and therefore cooler.
Obviously, other people don't feel the same way. Those people probably can do all sorts of things like walk and chew gum AT THE SAME TIME, which is more than I can handle. More power to them.
BUT. They are still nerds. Encyclopaedic knowledge of anything is nerdish behaviour. It's just…music is cool. Therefore, the music nerd is the coolest of all of the nerds in nerd-dom. And when they wear Chuckie T's and Journey t-shirts it's ironic. In fact, nearly everything the hipster/music nerd does is ironic, and therefore cool. Irony is the coolest of the literary devices, after all.
The music nerd is a socially awkward being by nature, and they tend to flock together like near-sighted seagulls around a Joy Division record. When two music nerds meet, they must judge each other to see if their particular nerdish beliefs conflict or correspond. It's almost like a mating ritual, you could say, except that these are nerds, and if mating were involved, it would be a maladroit occasion and no-one really wants to think about it. But, as the relationship between music nerds contains a bit of the "us against the stupid world" mentality, mating ritual is a pretty good approximation of the event. Although, if it all goes bad, I would probably say that it's a territorial dispute. Or something. I've sure Levi-Strauss has an opinion on the subject.
I shall use an example from my life to illustrate this phenomenon.
The setting: the fun side of the bar at the Dreel Tavern (you know, the drinkin' side)
The players: me and my new Dreel comrades
Graeme was going to Argos, and Mike decided to take the plunge and purchase his first iPod. However, he didn't have much music on his computer, so he asked me if he could take some from mine to fill the tiny music machine.
What ensued was a solid hour of subtle jabs, recriminations, defensive positions and guarded approval until mutual respect was achieved. Because, you see, two music nerds had just stumbled onto the border of their mutual stomping grounds. And it was on, just like Donkey Kong. "You like them? They're shit." "Yeah, but have you heard this…" "You should really just plunge an ice pick into your skull if you think that's good." "I can't believe you know this band! No one knows this band." etc., etc.
Mike's friend Matt, and outsider to the process, attempted to become involved with the conversation. And, in a typical guy manner, tried to protect me from the insults my music collection was receiving, with such helpful things as "Don't listen to him, he's an ass. You can like whatever you want." All very well-meaning and noble, I'm sure, but completely lost in the game. This was the testing grounds of music nerd bonding, and there is no place for hurt feelings, only strong defences and pointed observations.
You can all visualize it, because you all – to a man – have experienced a similar thing. Maybe it wasn't your iTunes library, probably it was your wall of cd's. Or, if you're the coolest of the cool, your vinyl collection. Or just a scroll through someone's iPod when they've left it around unattended. Music nerds know this ritual in their very souls, because it's a part of us. We love to geek out over music, and we like it when someone actually gives enough of a shit to play along. And when they do, we've found a comrade in arms, someone to shake our fists with at the corporate shit machines that produce pop music. A temporary soul mate, for a few moments in time.
And they all get together and drink far too much gin.
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How Much Should Voice Talent Know About Audio Production?
By Stephanie Ciccarelli
June 15, 2009
As a voice over talent with a home recording studio, how much should you concern yourself with learning more about (or becoming proficient at) mixing, editing, adding sound effects, and music?
Is it of vital importance that you learn all you can about audio engineering?
Hear some expert advice from David Goldberg of Edge Studio.
How Much of an Audio Engineer Do You Need to Be?
Warren Garling of Voice Coaches moderated the expert panel discussion at the 3rd Annual Voice Coaches Marketing Expo. He directed the question of how proficient a voice talent should be in the arts of audio engineering to David Goldberg, owner of Edge Studio in New York City.
David replied, "That's a great question and it really depends on the type of voice over you are pursuing. So, if you are pursuing, for example, audiobooks, the average unabridged audio book is I think 9.5 hours long. And as Dan spoke earlier from Full Cast Audio, it can take four hours to complete one hour of audio. It takes that long because you have lots of retakes, and you make mouth clicks and pops and you have to go back and start things over again. All that means is that when you go back it, you have 36 hours of recording to clean up, 36 hours of editing. If you are not proficient, it's going to suck. The more proficient you become the more money you make per hour, so again in audiobooks, you are paid by the completed hour of audio. So if you're paid, for example, $100 per completed hour, if it takes you four hours to complete that audio including editing or ten hours, you are at a much better advantage if you can do it in four hours.
"With respect to adding music and sound effects: It's a wonderful service if you can be a one-stop-shop for your clients, but adding music and sound effects is very difficult. We've been doing it for 21 years and we're still learning, we really are. Stephanie said you have to continue learning. I believe that if you offer a service to clients, and you don't do it very well, you'll really hurt your relationship with your client, so go to Voice Coaches (people in attendance were all graduates of the Voice Coaches program). David Bourgeois and Jenny (Marcotte) have a wonderful studio and hook up with them, let them do the music and sound effects for you, and maybe do a little markup on the thing, but be a one-stop-shop for your customers."
You Don't Need To Be Ben Burtt, But it Helps To Be Skilled
In a nutshell, David suggested that if you are good at editing audio, you will be able to work faster and smarter. Incorporating and or mixing in different production elements will give you a leg up on other voice talent and will also enable you to offer your clients a one-stop-shopping experience.
Any Comments?
If you have any tips or advice you'd like to share about audio engineering from the perspective of a voice over talent, please leave a comment and join the conversation. If you're an audio engineer, you're also welcome to chime in with your thoughts!
Best wishes,
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This is very helpful. As the business has changed so much and the standard agent-client business model no longer exists solely as such, many vo artists have had to get home setups - some more elaborate than others - to keep up. I've had mine for about 5 years now and it's literally saved me. My agency also exclusively requires auditions to be sent from home unless it's an emergency, so I do probably 90% of my auditions from my own living room. It saves tons of time ultimately to say nothing of the $ it costs to book a studio.Posted by:
Great, great article! I myself am of the opinion that the more versatile you can be, the better for customers AND yourself. Home studio is all but a necessity in many cases, provided you do your homework and don't buy more than you need. Nothing says 'awkward' (or 'expensive') like hunting mosquitos with an elephant gun!Posted by:
Yeppers - the industry has changed. We voice over artists wear MANY hats; talent, engineer, director, post production. It's great! I love it all.Posted by:
I find editing my voice very easy. I just make cuts where I don't see any stuff going on. But Is audio production really as simple as owning stock music and sound effects and knowing how to add them to a voice track? What skills do I need to start offering this service? How quickly can I get going?Posted by:
These topics always baffle me a little bit. In my area commercial recording studios such as mine have all the library music, and other tools, plus years of expertise in production. My studio helps cast voice talent for projects. IOW, we bring you work.
With one exception, the voice actors in my area get much more work from me than they do from their home studios. Why would voice artists (A) want to carry the costs of a commercial facility, (B) not want to cultivate a relationship with their local studios, and (C) instead alienate them and try to compete with them?
Maybe there are a lot of areas without commercial recording studios. If there is one near you, though, it would seem best to steer clients to it for production work (for which is it better suited), and have the studio steer the more lucrative, low-overhead voice work to you.
What am I missing here?
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I worked on the music and editing side long before I became a voice artist, so for me, the integration is natural. To be honest, if it's NOT natural for you--I don't think you should do it.
If you combine bad editing and bad mixing with GOOD voice over, no one's going to appreciate that voice over. Your experience and talent will be overshadowed by what you don't do well.
So if you excel in the voice over area, and have no interest in pursuing a mixing or editing career (which have completely different working mindsets than voice over does), my advice would be to find someone whose already great at this, plays at it instead of works at it, and partner up. Even if it's an 'online partnership' with a non-local, where you ftp files to them to finish, you're going to get *so* much better of an end result than trying to wing it.
Editing isn't just stock music - presets - save - done! Just like voice over isn't just "talking into a microphone" (ever seen *that* in a job proposal? I have! ACK!). There's a finesse to it. There's far more skill involved. And for us, we create our own music, so there's a whole other licensing side to our business, too.
If the idea of spending hours with sound waves, and being able to identify things needing to be cleaned up with sight, not sound, doesn't sound appealing--there are a TON of great behind the scenes folk out there who, no doubt, would be thrilled to have a steady roster of voice artists to work with. Take the time you spend commiserating over editing and put it into the craft you already love instead!Posted by:
Being able to fully produce a project is a plus for every client.Posted by:
95% of the demos I do through voices.com are dry voice. But when it comes to that 'special' demo, where I feel some production elements will help make me stand out among the 120 other demos...I'll use them! Sometimes, it's just a music bed to give the proper feel, others---it's sfx.
I don't like to spend time 'producing,' but when necessary I'll do it, and it occasionally helps.
PS In the past 6 months, I've been doing LESS producing and MORE dry reads
When I was first started working in voice over, I didn't voice - I produced other voice talent. I loved it. It was mostly radio imaging. It amazed me how you can take a voice talent's dry track and add fx and music, giving it emotion and substance.
Like JC said, the majority of my voice work is just dry. Learning the production side early on has helped me in my voice over career. I can usually hear the production in my head as I voice, hopefuly helping producers in the end.
I've done many long form audiobooks, and because of my production background I am able to "speed review" the raw voice track when editing. Which really saves time, without skimping on quality.
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I particularly love doing audio production, and with the economy the way it is, the value added skill may well help increase the bottom line – it has for me.
In the past month I have been asked if I'm able to offer full production, to which I happily affirmed. Both clients were relieved that they didn't need to shop around, they simply gave me the go ahead and then watched as it was delivered directly to their Inbox! They were happy to get the job done to their liking and I was very thankful for the additional income!
I just think that anytime we can offer additional pieces of the puzzle, no matter what we are doing, it's a good thing – provided it is done well.Posted by:
As primarily an audiobook narrator, I have to say that the audio publishing industry is definitely trending toward tighter budgets, deadlines and voice talent working in home studios. For voice talent, this means becoming as proficient as possible with at least the basics of recording and editing for content (and some require ready-to-master files as well). As a side tip, I strongly recommend learning to do a rolling punch-in recording method in whatever DAW you work in when doing long-form narration. I have staunchly refused punching in until this year...but will say that once you figure out the method that works best for you, it does save a tremendous amount of time during the editing process because you ultimately end up with a fully content-edited recording at the end of your narration, without having to go back and listen to each take after you have finished recording the piece.
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Listening is a journey...
I have an extensive library of SFX, royalty free music beds, & work parts in my studio. To be able to offer full production services to my clients along with my voice, allows me to have a continuous stream of income even when my voice over workload is light.
I believe if you can make your clients' job easier for their engineers, it will lead to repeat long term clients.Posted by:


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Burnett said she fell hard the morning of Sept. 11 to hear her husband Tom Burnett calling from inside Flight 93, telling his wife the plane had been hijacked and he was leading a coalition to ram the cockpit and fight the terrorists.
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She recalled the tale of the dire phone call to a room full of students, parents and reporters at St. Mary's College in Moraga Wednesday evening. The school's California College Republicans organized this 9/11 memorial event to give Burnett a chance to tell her story, and to commemorate the upcoming fifth anniversary of the terror attacks.
"I'm not much of a public speaker, but I like that college students ask a lot of questions. They're intrigued when I tell them that they can make a difference," Burnett said,
Burnett talked about the fear she experienced on Sept. 11, 2001. She feared leaving her house, she feared for her daughters, and she feared for the safety of Americans. She even talked about the struggle of coping with her three daughters following the death of their father.
Although it has been a tough journey, Burnett said she feels it's important for Americans to understand they can make a difference and overcome any obstacle.
"If Tom were here, he would tell us he was just doing the right thing. He would laugh when people called him a hero," said Burnett. "Making the commitment to be an everyday hero; we each have an obligation as Americans to do what we can."
Burnett was asked about controversial issues such as national security, the war on terrorism and President Bush's popularity.
"Five years later we are safer than we ever were," She said about national security. Burnett also said she does not agree with the criticism of President Bush.
"I think it's easy to throw the blame when you're not walking in their shoes," she said. "He has had made some tough decisions and I respect him."
Burnett also said she disagrees with the attitudes of many Bay Area residents who are against the war and the military.
"I think that anyone who doesn't believe that war on terrorism is necessary, they don't remember. They don't remember how fearful our nation was that day," she said. "It's heart wrenching."
It was clear Burnett's comments resonated with those in attendance.
Bryan Welden, organizer of the "Lafayette Flag Brigade" five years running said, "it concerns me more than anything that the support after 9/11 was high and now it is diminishing. Young people have said 9/11 wasn't that significant. It deeply concerns me."
Danielle White, Co-President of the College Republican Club at St Mary's, agreed. "It doesn't matter age, race, political party, this is a day we will never forget and to be reminded of the heroism that was displayed for our country."
Burnett said the memorial event dedicated to her husband is a way for people to remember what happened that day.
"Tom always said, `If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.'
"He loved our country," said Burnett. "If he were here, he'd raise his glass and say `live every day as it is your last.'"
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Returning to his experimental music roots, Mark Gane, along with co-composer Charlie Roby, lighting designer Bryson Winchester and several guest artistes (including other members of Martha and the Muffins), will be performing a 12 hour long multimedia performance piece as part of Toronto's Nuit Blanche Festival, starting at 7pm Saturday, October 2nd through to 7 am on Sunday October 3rd.
coloured night: 12 hours 12 tones, 2010 is a continuous musical composition that will link the 12 hours of Nuit Blanche with 12 tones of the chromatic scale, transforming the performance space into a chamber of shifting sound and colour. Based partially upon the subjective experiences of synesthetes, quotations and anecdotal material will act as triggers for compositional and performance guidelines, linking colours and emotions to specific keys. Using guitars, loops, voices, hurdy gurdy, keyboards, cello and other instruments, a changing roster of musicians will improvise from four corners as visitors move through the quadraphonic soundscape of the lobby of 2 Queen Street East.
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Bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative: a crusty, cantankerous old man
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- When the cantankerous old miller dies of a heart attack, he bequeaths his property to his eldest son, his donkey to the second, and the mill cat to his youngest son Mark.
- Now we have responsibility for my 88 year old cantankerous maiden aunt who suffers from moderately severe dementia and resides in a rest home.
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- In the hope of warming up that body, MoMA is now publishing Positif: 50 Years, the first anthology in English of reviews from the cantankerously venerable French journal.
- On the other hand Bach, despite his cantankerously quarrelsome nature, is seen as a genius superior even to Mozart (a rather futile comparison hardly worth attempting).
- We didn't exactly run the school, but there were many things that were left to us, and we debated over them cantankerously.
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I just recently got all the latest Rubik's puzzles from Winning Moves Games. I gotta say it brings back a lot of memories. I remember the first time I got Rubik's 3x3 cube. Actually I got the Rubik's Cube, Snake and the Pyramid in my stocking one Christmas. Frustrated with the cube puzzle I soon found out the easy solution, taking it apart and putting it back together. My brother was able to solve the puzzle by spinning it, but only AFTER he bought a cheat book to do so. Still others who got frustrated just took off the colored stickers and re-arranged them back to their soved state. The Snake and the Pyramid were a lot easier to solve, but still once I solved them, I LEFT them solved. Good to see this classic revived. Also now being offered are a: 4x4 cube, 5x5 cube, a Jr. Cube (2x2), Rubik's World (globe), and Rubik's Sudoku (number puzzle), the Twist (snake) as well as the classic 3x3 mini-keychain, and Jr. 2x2 keychain.
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Even with this large amount of comic books that have been collected in trade paperbacks, there are still a number of great comic books that have never been reprinted (I'd say roughly 60% of them are DC Comics from the 1980s through the mid-1990s). So every day this month I will spotlight a different cool comic book that is only available as a back issue. Here is an archive of the comic books featured so far.
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Reader Ralph suggested that I spotlight The Heckler, so, well, here ya go!
Plotted and penciled by Keith Giffen, with scripting duties done by Tom and Mary Bierbaum and inks by the late Malcolm Jones, the Heckler was a short-lived series, lasting only six issues before being canceled.
The gist of the series is that the Heckler is a superhero parody consisting of a superhero (the Heckler, natch) who has powers similar to that of Bugs Bunny in a typical Looney Tunes cartoon (you know, malleable, able to pull items out of seemingly nowhere, great speed when necessary).
Here's the Heckler in battle with a bad guy to give you an idea of what I'm talking about…
A later issue introduced probably my favorite villain, John Doe, whose touch…genericizes stuff!!
He comes up with a plan…he will infect the water of the city!!!
This leads to a confrontation with Doe and the gun-toting woman you see above, plus the Heckler plus a pair of thugs sent by the mob to silence John Doe (as they don't want to be genericized, either)…
Awesome stuff.
Man, looking at Giffen's art, it's a real shame that he didn't DEBUT with this style, as I think he'd get a lot more acclaim for his artwork instead of folks remembering how he USED to draw. He is such a skilled sequential artist – such great storytelling skills. I'm glad he's been doing more art as of late. He's so good.
In any event, this series did not last long, but boy was it a fun ride while it lasted!! Hopefully the rights will go back to Giffen and the Bierbaums soon and we'll finally get a collection!
I'm waiting for some journalist (hint, hint) ask Giffen when we will see more of the Heckler, Vext and a revisit to his absurdly underrated Legion of Super-Heroes run (which is a clear contender for Almost Hidden #1 for me).
Heckler was the first time I noticed Giffen's art, so to me, this is how he used to draw! I've never backtracked to earlier stuff to compare…
You've never seen any pages from the Great Darkness Saga?
was waiting for the heckler to show up on thls list hopefuly if keith does indeed regain the rights he not only finaly finds a way to reprint it but does more finaly with the heckler
I have some suggestions for Almost Hidden: The 1980s Red Circle/Archie Adventure Series stuff (never been reprinted), Impact Comics (Ditto), and Femforce #34 to #36 (Shroud War. Closest thing AC got to its own 'event' crossover!)
SUCH a great comic. I was just looking at an old Wizard interview with Giff, where he said that Heckler was the one book he'd like to do more with. (This was…'93, '94?) I hope we can get more of this in the future (I think the rights revert fairly soon, right?), but I love the 6 issues we did get.
"I have been unexpectedly shot in the head and fatally wounded." HAHA!
I love Giff's art, and I know that the Heckler style is the style of his I prefer, but his earlier stuff is pretty cool. I've never really compared/contrasted, but even back with Omega Men 2, he was doing some neat page layouts. I wonder how much he retained with the Munoz … absorption… that he did. There's definitely an influence there/here.
Giff art will be about the ONLY draw for that new OMAC book.
Man, there's a bunch of Giff stuff you could feature here. Not just the ones Ricardo mentioned, but Punx, some of the Lobo stuff isn't collected, I don't think (or it's long out of print). Giff might be the best modern writer/artist with the most different series that are the least collected (if you follow that).
I know it`s been said, but Vext! Vext! I bought all six issues and enjoyed the Vext ouf of them.
I definitely like his Heckler/Ambush Bug style most. For me it peaked with the Doctor Fate mini he did with J M Dematteis. That thing is beautiful
One of the earliest DC comics I bought as new is Ambush Bug #1; the Heckler appeared and proved to be more of the same silliness, except more mainstream (i.e. no fourth wall). It's the kind of thing one wishes were more popular, because it would improve the availability … for me, seeing Giffen's "earlier" style is more jarring because I was used to his Bug style. I can always tell when Giffen has done the layouts or pencils on a comic — just check for the big eye panel.
Here's a suggest: "The Adventures of Captain America" by Fabian Nicieza & Kevin Maguire.
In the near-glut of Captain America reprints from the last year, it's one that stands out to me by its absence.
Damnit, I loved this book, but lost my copies! For some reason, I have three #1's, though; from the quarter bins over the years.
I hate Giffens abstract artwork. I rank him as a novelty artist like sergio argones or fred hembeck. its impossible to take anything he does seriously because it all looks like ambush bug. You must have been one of the chosen 12 people who read the heckler. I was the guy in Ohio.An exageration sure, but i remember the days of waiting for the new comics to come in and it was always here randypan…looks like just you again for heckler. The first issue sold 12 and by the last it was down to me…so im pretty sure this will stay hidden.
In my opinion the heckler fans are akin to the guys in the 70's who would wait around during Andy kauffman shows to hear him finish the Great gatsby. They exist in the margins, and are so full of themselves because they " get it". Crap is crap is crap is crap and no amount of perfume can extinguish the smell.. For anyone under 30 who didnt know Andy kauffman was a ham that was disgused as a comedian that refered to himself as a song and dance man who essentially was the man for the tragically hip untill he imploded under the weight of his own self importance. In the movie man on the moon he was quoted as saying "he didnt even know what was funny" truer words have never been spoken. Andy kauffman fans +crappy artwork= The heckler.
Is there a reason so much of that 80s-90s DC stuff has been uncollected? I've read here and there that it's because DC creators had a better deal in those days, so reprinting it wouldn't be as good a deal for DC financially, but I don't know if I've ever seen that confirmed.
This reminds me very much of Steve Ditko's more personal work, especially the guy who genericizes stuff, but way more mainstream and less rant-y, therefore much more accessible. Good stuff.
@ Sugar shane and the disco ball:
Everyone is entitled to their opinion.
"he imploded under the weight of his own self importance" = died of cancer?
that'll teach him to not make you laugh!
"Andy kauffman fans +crappy artwork= The heckler" > angry fanboy on the internet.
I was a HUGE Legion fan, and when Giffen took over for Pat Broderick, I was blown away. His stuff — even those who say it was too Neal Adams — was absolutely astonishing. And I think he was working carefully with his colorists, because they were doing things I'd never seen before in a comic.
And in about a year, he started sliding into this style. And I hated it.
I still do. His more "realistic" style was incredibly clean and clear and loaded with all kinds of details — the guy basically redefined the "look" of the 30th Century in ways that still echo today, 20-odd years and several reboots later. But this cruder style, with all those blacks and the same nine-panel grid… meh. It will never match what he and Larry Mahlstedt did in the Great Darkness saga.
No No and no again. he died of cancer after he became irrelevant. you must have been the guy who stayed for the great gatsby and laughed a phony laugh that is usually reserved for the people who got the joke and didnt know it was on them the entire time. Here..allow me to entertain you with a Andy kauffman routine….hummm hummm retiitiity titty…yabbagabaa yuck yuck…obnoxious dance obnoxious dance tony clifton obnoxious dance…I hope you enjoyed it
uhh ok.
I've often wondered what kind of person could hate Giffen's work in (what seems to me to be) his prime. Now I know. Thanks!
It sounds kind of strange to judge someone so harshly who doesnt like giffens artwork. I loved giffens artwork during his first legion of superheroes run. in fact he drew a humanoid spaceship in lsh 300 that i thought looked great. so i dont like abstract art, does this put me in a class with gay bashers and the kkk? maybe i even beat my wife and son and cheat on welfare. i must be a lowlife human being because i think keith giffen's signature art style sucks the balls. i didnt know how bad of a person i had become. luckily there are people who are willing to shout down any desenting opinion based simply on the mindset that " if i dont like it …it isn't any good and if you like something that i dont…well you just suck". Thank you for showing me the error of my ways self aware guy with a little blue man in your avatar.
I didn't say what kind of person, but thanks for clearing that up.
Also wasn't aware I was shouting. I'll turn the volume down on my keyboard.
Anyway, I was kidding and didn't mean anything by it. I certainly didn't realize you'd read quite that much into it. As far as I can see the only real common element to Heckler hecklers in this thread is impressively far-ranging mental tangents, which isn't a bad thing per se.
Giffen went through a few art styles – early on in The Defenders it was a pared-down version of his Legion style, then he went completely Kirby-esgue (but doing it much much better than either Al Milgrom – who was good at it – or Ron Frenz, whose work I always hated, even before he tried to become a Kirby clone. I've liked them all, though I have to admit that it took a while to get used to his French abstract style.
I wanted to not turn this to an All-Giifen-praise, or we still miss that reprint from the giff … but its hard to resist
Heckler always reminds me of a looser 'Umbush Bug', Loonier 'Video Jack' ( Epic comics, not reprinted with cary bates), on par with 'PunX' (hope to one day see the 4th issue finally printed)
and a distant cousin is 'The march hare' (it has been reprinted some years ago -Munoz-canibalization period)
In that same period he did some cool stuf ffor marvel , the 3 issues with Conway on 'Justice', the 'peter parker' tale with Mantlo (about arson, homelesses) and 'Daredevil' 247 with nocenti
and lets not forget for the people that love his 1st period legion , the 'Doctor Fate' he did in the backup of Flash ( been reprinted in the late 80's ) and the layouts he did as is first DC work, for W.Wood on 'All lstar comics'
The Giff's munoz-canibalization period is surely akward for some people, but its like comparing realists and expressionists. and some time it takes a real long time to appreciate, to understand.
yeah my bad . I thought i was the intended target. but there is much worse on here. No harm no foul. nothing more touching than a dude and his disco ball
Man, I love the Heckler. And I love how you and I just keep reposting the same John Doe pages, Brian, but, damn, they're good.
Not read Giffen's comedy stuff like Ambush Bug and the Heckler. To me, the overall art style and vibe (especially the look of the Heckler) comes across as Steve Ditko with a sense of humour transplant.
On Giffen's earlier and later art styles: I don't mind either. I got given a load of early Defenders back issues and the stuff with Klaus Janson on inks I liked (maybe because Janson gave it a 'Defenders house style' look – his work over Sal Buscema was great, it gave the pencils depth), even when Keith was in full Kirby-love mode.
Part of me still thinks that "the Heckler" was Giffen's unused ptich for "the Creeper."
The other part thinks that Giffen – frustrated because he missed out on his dream job of writing for Looney Tunes – feels compelled to unload the cartoon character that's constantly floating through his brain wherever and whenever he can be it in the form of Ambush Bug or Lobo or Heckler.
All of me is happy I purchased these six issues.
Giffen's style also changed when he did the Legion 5 years later thing, and the last issue of Invasion. He squinched his figures a little, and thickened his lines… Everything got blockier. I liked that style too. The Munoz phase is awkward, in part, because it drew legal fire from Munoz himself. Some of the panels from Ambush Bug looked like they'd been pulled out of Sinner. Giffen claimed, and I don't disbelieve him, that he was so immersed in Munoz's work that it happened unconsciously. In any event, I really like looking at that era of stuff (the Dr. Fate mini was pretty strong, as was the aforementioned Marvel stuff).
I find Giffen to be one comics' most varied creators- for both good and ill. He's both written and drawn some great stuff- and some terrible ones as well. To the point I wonder if he went through some personal phases that affected his work. (And I had no idea he ever copied someone else, though that might help explain the sudden change in his art style which I disliked btw.) I used to love his Ambush Bug, before he started using it to criticize the fans and other comics people.
I never got to see The Heckler, I simply never found the comic to check it out. I actually like what I see above- characters like John Doe are hilarious. Too bad. If I find a copy of the series some day I will read it. Thanks for the exposure Cronin.
I was one of the few people in my shop to sit through heckler untill the bitter end. I was in a phase where I felt i had to buy everything in case i somehow stumbled on to the new teenage mutant Ninja turtles # 1[ that book caught everyone by surprise and as far as im concerned created the small press boom of the 80's]. I will freely admit to getting sucked in to the comic craze of buying 5 first issues of everything…how else was I going to buy a house and put my son through college?…uhhhh i got nothing. But i will say with pride that i only bought ! copy of x-men # 1… Being smarter than a chipmonk I figured out pretty early that the comics from the silver and golden age were so valuable because they were rare…Print runs in the millions do not add up to anything being rare. In fact i challenge everone to go to their local comic shop and ask to see the overstock…to this day you will see box's and boxs of foil enhanced 0 issues with die cut covers and exclusive first appearances of awesome characters that are sure to be favorites forever like Dark hawk and slapstick. sleepwalker and yes even our old pal the heckler…uhh I need an aspirin
For me also this was the style I first saw Giffen use and I just loved it. I've since come to appreciate most of his evolving styles. I remember buying the first two issues of this series and then kinda forgot about it. It was in the midst of all the 90s excess I was collecting at the time where I read everything out of habit instead of just what I loved. Amidst the grim and gritty Punisher stuff I was really into at the time I don't think my tiny mind was ready for clever satire. I'd love to see these issues released digitally for a great price.
I'd always thought there was a Munoz influence in some of Giffen's work, but I never realised there'd been such a controversy over it.
Oh, yes indeed. IIRC, The Comics Journal had at least one article with side-by-side comparisons of panels of Munoz and Giffen's work where Giffen had duplicated Munoz' work virtually line-for-line. (Maybe it was The Comics Buyer's Guide; I remember seeing the comparison article, but didn't read TCJ very often, while I had a subscription to CBG for over a decade. But I digress… )
Giffen – the Master of the 9 Panel Grid
love his stuff
I think he and Morrison could make a killer combo
Seems awfully similar to Marvel's [Madcap](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madcap_(comics)).
This should definately get a reprint.
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