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Lillian Cretacci went into Mercy Hospital sick on Christmas Eve, and when she returned to her West Seneca home a few days later, the hospital did something hospitals never used to do.
She received special attention at discharge and then a visit from a nurse at her home to make sure her medications were all in order and a follow-up appointment with a doctor was scheduled.
Business changed big time for hospitals this year, and Cretacci's case is one small example of what's playing out across the nation as a result of new Medicare policies under the federal health reform law.
In October, Medicare started fining facilities, including 12 in Western New York, for too many patients returning within 30 days of discharge because of complications.
And in January, Medicare started rewarding or penalizing hospitals based on their performance on basic quality measures and surveys of patient satisfaction. A disproportionate number of Buffalo hospitals were penalized.
The new policies are meant to make hospitals more financially accountable for the care they provide. It is the government's biggest effort yet in a movement to pay health care providers for the quality and not just the quantity of care they deliver.
Medicare penalized 71 percent of the nation's hospitals, including 12 in Western New York, for having too many preventable readmissions, according to an analysis by Kaiser Health News. The penalties here ranged from $2,000 at Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk to $33,000 at Kenmore Mercy to $938,000 at Kaleida Health, according to initial estimates from the Healthcare Association of New York State.
On the quality measures, 92 percent of hospitals in Buffalo received a penalty and 8 percent got a bonus, making it one of the worst performing regions in the country, Kaiser found.
Nationally, on average, 48 percent of hospitals received a penalty and 52 percent a bonus.
Hospital officials see the measures as works in progress that will require refinement.
"Churning patients through hospitals and not creating comprehensive systems of care, that's not good for patients or for costs," said Joseph McDonald, chief executive officer of Catholic Health.
"Everybody recognizes that the reimbursement system has to take into account quality of care. That historically has not happened," said Dr. Brian Murray, chief medical officer at Erie County Medical Center.
Murray and others noted that the way hospitals have been paid in the past encouraged shorter patient stays and, as result, risked discharging patients too soon.
"Now we're planning for discharge from the time a patient comes in," he said.
Medicare is the federal health program for individuals 65 and older. About 20 percent of hospitalized Medicare patients – 2.3 million people – are readmitted to a hospital within 30 days of discharge, according to a key study on readmissions in the New England Journal of Medicine. About 90 percent of the readmissions were unplanned and cost the government $17.4 billion in 2004 alone, the study found.
Reasons for readmissions
Experts say many of the avoidable readmissions result from medical errors, confusing discharge instructions, poor coordination among different health care providers and inadequate support at the patient's home.
Patients receive conflicting advice. They don't understand how to take their medications. Physicians often don't know when their patients are released, and patients fail to make follow-up appointments.
"The penalty is a counterbalance to excessive cost-cutting at hospitals in which you get your patient length of stay so low that it creates a readmission," said Bruce Boissonnault, co-chairman of the National Quality Forum Steering Committee that looked at the best way to measure readmissions. "It also encourages coordinating care with doctors in the community."
The bonuses and penalties based on the quality of care arise out of another government program called value-based purchasing. Medicare scores hospitals based partly on how well they perform on basic quality measures, such as how quickly heart attack patients receive angioplasty to open clogged arteries and whether surgery patients received the correct antibiotics. The score also incorporates patient ratings on their hospital stays, including how well nurses and doctors communicated with them.
Reducing readmissions seems easy but isn't.
For one thing, not every readmission is preventable, and those that are can be difficult to predict.
In recent years, hospitals, health insurance companies and Buffalo-area community organizations have taken steps to reduce readmissions with varying success.
Urban facilities here employ programs similar to the one Cretacci used at Catholic Health, but they don't receive extra funding for them.
The hospital system attempts to identify patients at high risk for readmission, including those with poor health literacy, depression, five or more medications and little or no help at home.
Nurses visit patients within 48 hours of discharge to go over medications, check the safety of the home and ensure that an appointment is made with a primary-care physician.
"The hospital was a good experience, but I'm not going back," said Cretacci, 73, who was admitted with excessive fatigue and high blood pressure after spending a day preparing a holiday dinner for 17 people and decorating the Christmas tree.
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The program is considered a success with a readmission rate of only 6.7 percent. But officials say addressing readmissions is a struggle that requires constant experimentation and review.
ECMC, for instance, says every patient now leaves with a link to a primary physician, and the facility is moving to individualized rather than one-size-fits-all discharge instructions. Kaleida Health says it, too, is stressing that patients get a timely appointment with a doctor and better discharge instructions.
Although the readmission penalties appear here to stay, there remains debate about their validity.
Studies indicate that hospitals in poorer communities have higher readmission rates than those in more-affluent areas. Hospital officials want the government to take into account socioeconomic status, a factor out of their control. It's also unclear just how many of the discharges are preventable within the 30-day time frame or exactly how much readmissions reflect poor quality.
"The financial incentives don't line up between the hospitals and the doctors in the community. There is no penalty to the doctor who tells the patient to go back to the hospital when it can be avoided," said Dr. Margaret Paroski, chief medical officer of Kaleida Health.
Large, teaching and safety-net hospitals, categories that would include Kaleida Health's facilities, are those most likely to be penalized, researchers found in a study last month in the Journal of the American Medical Association. It's not entirely clear why, although it's thought to be related to the severity of illnesses and socioeconomic status.
Critics also question whether the government is measuring the right thing. They contend it makes more sense to hold hospitals accountable for issues that result in complications and deaths.
"The priorities are off," said Dr. Ashish Jha, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health who has studied readmissions. "Readmissions are important. But if you want to improve quality, begin with mortality rates and adverse events."
Advocates counter that readmission penalties mark an important moment in reforming the payment system. "This is a stake in the ground," said Ann Monroe, president of the Heath Foundation for Western & Central New York. "We're in the shakedown phase of defining what is a hospital's role in keeping people healthy."
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A 200-block Circular Street woman reported Thursday afternoon someone was looking in her windows. Police were unable to locate anyone in the area.
A scooter was reported stolen Thursday night in the 100 block of Melmore Street.
A 100-block Miami Street woman reported early Friday morning her roommate had been threatening her on the internet. She also found dish soap in her water bottles. The women were warned not to contact each other.
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Paula Deen's company has been dumped by every retailer, it seems. Are these companies over-reacting?
Politically correct is TOTALLY out of control!
Has anyone ever spoken a word that they would like to rescind?
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Life is Hard.
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This might be a good time to start ebaying Paula Deen products. People will probably want to add them to their collections like they did with Twinkies.
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Yes, Twinkees...how's that bakers union doing?
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Their doing fine,
Quess they got tired of taking concessions.
Now they can set back and live off the gov, like the country's opther 50 million.
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I'd like to see more concrete proof that it has been an issue since she gained stardom (it seems like it has, but that part is still kind of flimsy). I mean, I'm not exactly shocked if she did before she got famous, she's an old lady from the south. If she is discriminating in her restaurants today still, then yes, she has this ALL coming to her.
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Like most coaches, Urban Meyer grew up and got his start in the state of Ohio.
In 2000, when Notre Dame wide receiver David Givens, his star playmaker was crying after the second game of the year, Urban Meyer inquired as to why? It turns out that Givens said that he was crying because he wanted to help his team win, but couldn't because he didn't get the ball at all during the game. Notre Dame was ranked fifth overall and lost to number one ranked Nebraska in overtime. Urban realized that something had to change. You can not go an entire game and never put the ball once in your play makers hands. Urban's mind started churning.
This was a revelation to Urban Meyer and sent him on a quest that changed college, and possibly professional, football forever.
Urban was then working at Notre Dame with Lou Holtz, but had higher aspirations. He wanted to be a head coach one day and spent most of his time taking notes and planning to be a head coach. This habit started back at Ohio State when he was a graduate assistant with Earle Bruce and continues till today.
That's when the idea of the Spread Option offense was born.
Urban, then the special teams coach at Notre Dame, and his friend Dan Mullen, a graduate assistant at the time, decided to travel the country, take notes, and find a way to get the ball to their playmakers.
They spent the previous spring with the offensive coordinator for John L. Smith, Scott Linehan, who in Louisville, was blowing the doors off defenses with their spread formation offense. The former quarterback from Idaho, working under Dennis Erickson at Idaho, was the genius behind this new powerful spread attack and was excited to share his ideas with Meyer and Mullen.
Meyer then turned to Kevin Wilson, the offensive coordinator at Northwestern under the late Randy Walker, where he and Mullen learned about zone option reads and how to optimize the spread attack. They further began to study Joe Tiller's passing attack at Purdue as well, which has also broken offensive records.
Early parts of the Spread began to show up in Notre Dame's offense in 2000, but was very cryptic and simple. Meyer still hadn't figured it all out. Initially, they would line up in a spread formation and run a quarterback or running back draw or just hit seam routes. It hadn't evolved or become the spread option that we know today. It resembled a West Coast Offense, but was still in its infancy.
Finally, Urban Meyer was hired as head coach of Bowling Green State University and he used this little school in the Mid American Conference as his offensive laboratory. He implemented an all new offense that was 100% his own new offensive strategy. This little experiment would draw national attention as they wiped out opponents.
Bowling Green went on to become the first MAC school to beat three BCS teams in one season, set offensive records, be ranked as high as 20th in the nation and 16th the following year, as well as open many people's eyes to this "new gimmicky offense" that they were running. They averaged 40 points per game (3rd in the nation) and started out 8-0, when they hadn't won more than six games the past 2 seasons. They went on to win 17 games in his two years there.
The Spread would continue to evolve as he had discussions with Rich Rodriguez of West Virginia who also ran a similar type of offense until it finally became the Spread Option. They key to the Spread Option has always been adapting it to your personnel and players. Rodriguez's spread was a run-first offense, which Meyer preferred.
Urban Meyer moved on to Utah, where he and Alex Smith went on to break numerous offensive records in an undefeated season and then to Florida where he and Chris Leak won a national championship. All this time he continued to develop and enhance his Spread Option offense. At Utah, they went undefeated, scored 46 points per game and racked up 520 yards per game. Impressed?
The New England Patriots, using a variation of Urban Meyer's spread offense broke every NFL scoring record in 2007. Impressed?
How can this simple offensive strategy yield so much offense, and why hasn't anyone else thought of this?
So what is the Spread Option Offense?
First you need to understand Urban Meyer's football mandate, The Plan To Win:
1. Play great defense
2. Turnovers (all position coaches are required to teach ball security the same way)
3. Score in the red zone
4. Win the kicking game (back from his Ohio State days with Earle Bruce who considers the kicking game the most important aspect of football)
Urban would go on to coach special teams himself, realizing that the kicking game is one third of football, and since most teams don't practice it too often, he can gain a serious advantage here.
So, now what is the Spread Option Offense?
The Spread is about matchups. Remember David Givens? How can we get our speedy playmakers the ball? The spread is about getting the ball thrown, handed off, pitched, or snapped to speedy offensive playmakers in space to let them work their magic.
If you have the better athletes, you can win with any type of offense. Eddie George won in the I-formation. You have to have the best talent. After that, it doesn't really matter what offense you run. Urban Meyer thinks that if a coach says he doesn't have the players to run his offense, then the coach needs to be fired. How many times do you hear a coach say, "I don't have a West Coast quarterback, so I can't run my offense." Coaches need to adapt to their talent. Something Meyer did well with Alex Smith at Utah and Leak at Florida. It wasn't until Tebow started that the Spread Option was in full gear (the way Harris used to run it in it's infancy at Bowling Green).
The Spread Option Offense is about an offensive versus defensive numbers game. Similar to a basketball fast break, except Meyer adds a read option. If the quarterback reads the option correctly, the offense is always right! The offense should always outnumber or match the defense.
The Spread wants to use the entire field. Make the defense defend all 53 yards of width and 100 yards of length. The spread wants to even out the numbers. If the quarterback can run, you have 11 offensive players against 11 defensive players. If the quarterback can't run, then you are down to 10 offensive players versus 11 defensive players. If the quarterback hands off to a running back, you are down to 9 versus 11, because neither the QB nor RB can be involved in blocking for the ball carrier.
The Spread is an offensive philosophy. It is not a formation. It is not a collection of plays. It's not a playbook. Everyone has plays and playbooks. It's about implementation of an entirely new thought process and new approach to football which tries to showcase the playmakers. It's a process, not a collection of plays.
The Spread tries to equate numbers. You never hand the ball off to an offensive player unless everyone is blocked or out of the play.
It all starts with the quarterback in shotgun reading the defense. Is it "one-high" or "two-high?" One safety or two? Or no safeties? Meyer's spread also likes count defenders in terms of "plus" or "minus." If the offense has one more blocker than the defense has players, you are "plus one." If you have six defenders in a certain area, you have to make sure you have an equal number of blockers. Pretty easy?
The Spread always starts out from a shotgun formation. Hence, you always read one defender and you do not block him. You always have to have a "hat on a hat", or a blocker on all the defenders. The quarterback has to read the off-side defensive end or linebacker, who goes unblocked at the point of attack, and then the quarterback simply runs the option play. Easy enough?
The problem for defenders is that they try to cover everyone and can't. If the defensive end comes flying around the corner towards the running back, the ball is given to the running back to go up the middle and all defenders are blocked. If the defensive end stays home or goes inside to stop the run up the middle, the quarterback has an option to run to the sideline and take it up field himself, option the ball to the receiver running the option with him or find an open wide receiver down field for a pass. The offense is always right!
So what if a defense decides to have no safeties and put everyone in the box? This gives the offense a "plus one" or one man advantage, and the pass goes to the open wide receiver. Can the defense really cover five speedy offensive player, whether they be running backs, wide receivers or tight ends? If all four defensive backs are in man coverage, will they really be able to cover? Not at the high school level, not in college, and not even in the NFL.
So if there is no deep, the quarterback should hit the deep ball and score an easy touchdown.
Meyer's Spread Option Offense Rules:
1. One high: Equal numbers, you can run the ball and be OK. You are equal.
2. Two high: You are plus one. Run the ball, because they outnumber you in the passing game. They can double your receivers.
3. No deep: Can you run the ball (meaning just a hand off)? No, they took the extra defender and put him in the box. Now there are two answers: You run option, or you throw it. And if you throw it, you better have a better receiver out there than their defensive back (and that's usually the case).
The offense is always right and should always outnumber the defense. The idea is to run these plays and this philosophy in succession and drive defenses crazy. That is the Spread Option Offense. How you draw up the plays, the blocking assignments, and the formations doesn't really matter. Meyer's Spread is able to run the same exact play out of multiple formations. Whereas other spread attacks run multiple plays from the same exact formation. Meyer's Spread is unique in that you can do both.
At the end of the day it boils down to the fact that the players on the offensive side of the ball are better, faster, stronger athletes and should always win the numbers game. At all levels of football, the offensive players are better skilled and faster. You should always have an advantage. Unless you play recreational football, where everyone plays both ways.
If you ask Urban Meyer if this is really just the Wing T offense rehashed, he will say that it is the Wing T offense to a "T" (pun intended). But obviously, a playbook is simply a collection of plays, whereas the Spread Option Offense is an entire philosophy and strategy.
A lot of college teams began emulating and copying Meyer's Spread. Texas won a national championship with this, LSU has started using it, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, and Auburn have all begun copying Meyer's plays. A lot of teams winning bowl games were using elements of Meyer's Spread.
If you watch Meyer's teams in action and understand his philosophy, Meyer's offense is a run-first offense. After reading the defense, most of the time you run the ball, whether that is up the middle or on an option. They avoid throwing unless the defense allows it. Other places where a type of spread attack is used, they pass first, pass second, pass third. Hawaii loves to pass. West Virginia loves to pass. Appalachian State loves to pass. Further proof, when Tim Tebow won the Heisman he rushed for 22 touchdowns and passed for 29, a total of 51 touchdowns. They were very run heavy. Meyer will always run first, run second, run third, if given the option.
After the New England Patriots 2004 season, coach Bill Belicheck and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels went to Gainesville, Florida to meet with Urban Meyer, scout some of his offensive players and discuss the spread option with him. Over the next few years, they would form a great bond and change the New England Patriots offensive attack from an old, smashmouth, Earhardt-Perkins offense left over from the Charlie Weiss and Bill Parcells era, to a new spread attack. The rest is history!
The 2007 New England Patriots went on to break every offensive NFL record with this new spread attack. They grew tired of stumbling into super bowls and barely winning them by three points. They wanted the offense to be explosive and be able to dictate to the defense. If you watch their offense, they use multiple formations to run the same plays, similar to Meyer's spread. The exception is that the NFL quarterback can't run. At least, not yet.
It will be interesting to see how coach Josh McDaniels implements his offense in Denver. With all the new offensive weapons (great wide receivers, great tight ends, great full back and running back), the best pass-blocking offensive line in all of football, and Kyle Orton at the helm (played in Purdue's spread offense), Josh will have every opportunity to continue the spread offense he began in New England.
Of course, in the NFL, the quarterback doesn't usually run, so you are always playing 10 versus 11. But this may change with the new "wildcat" that the Miami Dolphins have adopted. They also went on to draft Pat White, who ran the West Virginia spread offense with coach Rich Rodriguez. It will be interesting to see what they decide to do with their new talents.
We have added a number of Spread Offense plays and have even uploaded Urban Meyer's playbook to our playbook section. Take a look and enjoy using this simple spread attack.
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Under Josh McDaniels, Kyle Orton was on pace to breaking Dan Marino's passing record until he got injured. Eventually, Tebow would get to start and McDaniels would be fired after a cheating and videotaping scandal.
Josh McDaniels would ultimately draft Tim Tebow, the quarterback that ran Meyer's Spread Option Offense and was hoping to bring more of the spread to the NFL with a running quarterback that was big and durable. That would even out the numbers game to 11 on 11 football in the NFL, which wasn't possible previously with Orton. Tim Tebow may very well be the greatest "option" or wildcat quarterback the NFL has seen and it will be interesting to see what he will do in the NFL with the Broncos adapting to his style of offense. In the 2011 game at San Diego, Tebow had 22 rush attempts, setting the single game NFL record. It will be fun to watch Tebow implement more of the spread in the NFL. It's nice to see that the coaching staff is willing to adapt and adjust and win games. John Fox, Denver's head coach said during the off season that he was planning on implementing the most advanced running game that the NFL had ever seen. Maybe we are seeing that now with Tebow and McGahee.
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Governments in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria, are moving to integrate advances in science and technology into their countries' service delivery offerings. Many have set up agencies to encourage the use of science and technology as a mechanism for accelerating economic growth and reducing poverty through the adoption of current global translational technologies.
Most of these initiatives, however, have been in the agriculture and telecommunications sectors. This is now changing. There are indications that the medical community plans to adopt biotechnology as a platform for better healthcare delivery in the subregion. An encouraging trend is the willingness of countries to collaborate with each other and partner with the private sector in addressing problems in sectors ranging from blood banking to clinical laboratory services at the community level.
Earlier this year, the Lagos State government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Health, announced its intention to introduce biotechnology to enhance medical services and to invest in healthcare technology.
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Jide Idris, M.D., and OGNOS Partners, a public policy consulting firm, recently hosted a meeting entitled "The Future of Medicine: Exploring the Impact of Technological Advancement on Health Policy," in which we delivered the keynote speeches.
The lecture brought together key stakeholders in the health sector to better understand the role of advanced translational technologies in healthcare and also identified solutions toward addressing issues identified in a coordinated and comprehensive manner.
A variety of initiatives to use biotechnology in medicine and how these can assist in the diagnosis or prognosis of diseases, improve the prevention of diseases, and help conceive and execute new treatments in patients were discussed at the meeting.
In our addresses, we discussed how the holy grail of medical research is getting the latest discoveries translated into products that can treat patients at the bedside—and conversely, how observations made in the clinic can guide research at the bench and vice versa, what we call bench to bedside (and back).
We used the analogy that biotechnology is to medical science what cellular technology was to telecommunications. Advances in this field may create the quantum leap needed to overcome the major challenges of healthcare provision in poor and developing countries.
In addition, we stressed the need to develop and implement the right policies for biotechnology to thrive in Nigeria. We also called on government to institute policies that would potentiate the capacity of the private medical sector to optimize its service outputs. This requires a review of the curriculum of Lagos State University, College of Medicine to create the appropriate departments to teach bioinformatics, genetics, patents and intellectual property law, and other related subjects in preparation of the personnel demands that will definitely arise from such major shifts in technology.
Effective health planning needs to anticipate future healthcare technology and take its impact into account. For health policy makers committed to improving national health systems, involvement of these new technological areas in the policy formulation process is essential to ensure that health policy, when implemented, is future-proof.
Appropriate studies of the medical value chain need to be undertaken to accurately determine the most effective mode of engagement with these new technologies. Policy makers need to ask, "Where and how in the healthcare delivery chain can developing country health systems intervene with biotech tools to deliver the most bang for their limited buck?"
Fortunately some of the infrastructure required for the functioning of such a biotechnology-driven healthcare platform is currently being implemented. The first of two privately operated subsea fiber-optic cables has arrived in Lagos, delivering sufficient bandwidth to make cloud computing, collaborations in computational biology, and collaboration between international research institutions a realistic possibility.
Dr. Idris promised that his ministry would "critically look into the recommendations from the symposium," adding that there was the need to embrace technology in healthcare.
"Our current methods of organizing and delivering healthcare are unable to meet the expectations of patients and their families because the science and technologies involved in healthcare—the knowledge, skills, care interventions, devices, and drugs—have advanced more rapidly than our ability to deliver them safely, effectively, and efficiently," he explained.
According to the former Minister for Science and Technology, Professor Turner Isoun, it is estimated that 15 years from now, 50% of the global economy will be bio-economies and knowledge economies.
"Hence, by 2020, any nation that does not align itself economically with biotechnology might miss out on the reward of yet another revolution. No doubt, Nigeria is endowed, but what matters most is how it uses the new information technology of bioinformatics to drive growth and development in the country."
The Commissioner for Science and Technology, Kadiri Hamzat, Ph.D., said the theme of the symposium was appropriate since biotechnology allows quicker diagnosis for early treatment, thus saving more lives as well as allowing better treatments and higher success rates at curing or slowing progression of the disease process.
"Medicine today is characterized by the need to know more, manage more, watch more, do more, all with more people involved in doing it than at any other time in our history."
Winston Patrick Kuo, D.D.S., D.M.Sc. ([email protected]), is director of the laboratory for innovative translational technologies at the Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center and instructor in the department of developmental biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Folarin Gbadebo-Smith ([email protected]) is CEO of OGNOS Partners, a public policy consulting firm, and director of the Center for Public Policy Alternatives.
Winston Patrick Kuo, D.D.S., D.M.Sc. ([email protected]), is director of the laboratory for innovative translational technologies at the Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center and instructor in the department of developmental biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Folarin Gbadebo-Smith ([email protected]) is CEO of OGNOS Partners, a public policy consulting firm, and director of the Center for Public Policy Alternatives.
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quote HillandderI agree with this but I have to disagree that they are both on equal standing. Like a contest or a match in tennis or pool there needs to be a #1. My vote goes for FF7 as having a better overall game-play. while FFT would have be 2nd best compared to FF7. FFT story would have to take the win because i felt more captivated by it. However FF7's interactivity wins better game award imo.compare the history of FFT with FF7 is like compare Mozart with Bethoven, is two masterpiece.
quote DewdActually, Black or White Materias have nothing to do with Jenova. Black Materia is a powerful spell which cast Meteor. In FF4 for example, the characters will inform ya that Meteo was so powerful, the Planet itself had sealed it away.you guys dunno me.. but i think ff7 kicks ass story-wise. the black and white materia can only be used in the lifestream, one being the black materia which casts a meteor with jenova in it and the white materia does the complete opposite of that you can choose the future by destroying it with the black materia or save it by using the white materia thasskewl.
quote Snowfox DreamerFFVII has a interesting because it three disk long and the story is long and interesting. FFT is not interesting because it battle suck and it has a little history and past.§ · Did you catch the part of the thread title that said "story-wise"? If you happened to miss it, I'd like to kindly point it out. Now you said FFVII had an interesting story... why? What made it interesting? What made FFT's past 'not interesting'?
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> anyone own a taurus 85 ultralite .38 special?
November 14, 2012, 03:28 PM
If so what do you think about it. I have an opportunity to buy a NIB for $275 out the door
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November 14, 2012, 04:36 PM
I had one a couple of years ago. It was practcial in that it was lightweight, it shot straight and true and it concealed in a pocket holster well. It was an excellent gun and I did not find any flaws in it. I onyl sold it because I realized that I was not a revolver guy. It's a keeper.
November 14, 2012, 04:46 PM
I own an old steel mod. 85 It shoots pretty well for a snubbie. I have shot a few of the ultra lights they also shoot well, they do tend to sting a little in the recoil dept. Invest in a Hogue mono-grip and you'll be fine.
Texan Scott
November 14, 2012, 05:03 PM
I had one, sold it when I moved overseas years ago. Never a single failure attributable to the gun.
Does NOT work well with cheap, heavy, weakly crimped, or unjacketed lead bullet ammo. Those bullets tend to "walk out" under recoil and bind the cylinder.
Recoil is sharp. Fifty hot rounds left my hand a bit sore the next day. All in all, a good CARRY gun, not a a good RANGE gun at all.
Recommend 125 gr standard pressure jhp to carry. The hi-vel 110s use a faster, hotter burning powder that can cause gas cutting to the top strap. 158 gr +p loads are harder to manage rapid fire (especially in a gun with a boot grip and short sight radius) and as mentioned, may cause binding.
As a purely defensive weapon, it's a good buy, ESPECIALLY at that price. Jump on it. Get it, and even if it's not "fun", carry it in good health.
November 14, 2012, 05:10 PM
I own one and still currently posses it, never thought once about selling it. Good gun for the price.
Elm Creek Smith
November 14, 2012, 05:30 PM
I have a Taurus 85SSUL (stainless steel UltraLite). It occasionally rides with or in place of my S&W Model 37. It has the advantage that I'm not worried about shooting +P ammo in it. I have considered trading it for a 3 inch Taurus 85SS, but it's still in the safe.
Sounds like a great price! I paid considerably more than that for mine, but that was before S&W dropped the prices on their J-frames to something more reasonable.
November 14, 2012, 07:46 PM
I have an UltraLite model 85 that I've use as a pocket gun when the pocket is big enough. After 4 years, the bluing is just barely polishing away at the sides of the muzzle from pocket holster wear.
My 85UL shoots every time and shoots as accurately as I can make it go. Since I have the hard polymer grips that come with a Crimson Trace LG-185 grip, felt recoil with +P ammo is stout indeed. Standard ammo is less so, and 148 grain wadcutter's almost feel like .22LR in comparison.
November 14, 2012, 08:40 PM
Yep, I have the stainless ultralite. I got it in 96 when I got my CHL. I carry it quite a bit rotating with a couple of autoloaders and back up my 3" Taurus 66 with it sometimes. Very accurate and the best DA trigger I've ever felt on an out of the box gun.
November 14, 2012, 11:15 PM
its good to hear good things about it. I have been researching on the internet and all i hear is that it is going to break and ill have to send it into taurus.
I realize that every gun manufacture will have problems here and there but from my research it seems like taurus has more problems than most, is this true?
Is there anything inparticular about the taurus 85 ultralite that tends to have problems that i need to watch out for?
Will fiocchi 125gr sjhp bullets work fine? what does the S stand for on the sjhp?
November 15, 2012, 12:15 AM
semi jacketed, which usually means a JHP bullet with some lead at the tip area still exposed. Revolver rounds are made this way and are also simply labeled JHP. https://www.google.com/#q=semi+jacketed+hollow+point&hl=en&tbo=d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=lHqkULzHOMazqgGrsoGIAg&sqi=2&ved=0CAQQ_AUoAA&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=9fcc69d4870e8cd3&bpcl=38625945&biw=1366&bih=638
I recommend buying the revolver in person so you can check out the basic condition and smoothness of the mechanicals of the gun. Internet purchases increase your odds of getting a bad gun, no matter the brand, since you can't inspect it before you put your money down.
Not that I haven't bought a gun on the net before, I have and all were good except a few little things on one. Yet, in person at gun stores I have run across two in the display case that the gun store should have never put out for sale.
November 15, 2012, 01:01 AM
I have an 85 SS2. I looked at the Ultralite versions, and noticed the fit and finish were a bit rougher in general than the standard 85 SS2.
Solid gun. I think I messed mine up, I just sent it in to Taurus yesterday.The cylinder was "backspinning", when the hammer was not cocked. Seems like I recall a hard wack against a steel wall on my way into work. Don't know if that is what did it, or what.. but.. should be a quick repair.
I picked mine up for $289 NIB. Your price is a steal. Grab it.
They feel nice.
November 15, 2012, 01:53 AM
what is back spinning
November 15, 2012, 02:25 AM
what is back spinning
Cylinder was able to spin backwards when it should have been locked.
November 15, 2012, 10:15 AM
I have a older SS model 85 that would not be traded for a new s&w j frame. Great older revolver that I carried for 20 years. If you have the skills ease the side cover off and atleast clean it up good , soften all edges on moveing parts and use a light synthetic oil on parts. I added a wolf light hammer spring only so my girls could learn about large cartidges and ened up with a very reliable but scarry light 4 1/2lb DA trigger pull. Just a house gun nowadays.
November 15, 2012, 10:18 AM
I had one.
Even though it was the exact wrong gun for my elderly mother, it is what she insisted upon, so I bought it for her as a Mother's Day gift. After she died I used it.
Nice little gun. Too light for my taste. Recoil was prominent and second shots were slow since I couldn't get but two fingers onto the grip.
While it was not to my personal preference, it was a good little gun. Cheap, dependable and a very nice trigger.
It no longer lives at my house because I wanted something else and a buddy wanted a gun to carry on service calls.
BTW, even the most frothing at the mouth Taurus basher will usually admit that the snubbies (the 85 and variants) are good guns.
November 15, 2012, 11:30 AM
I have owned one for years. It is a UL 85 w/ gold plated hammer &trigger w/rosewood grips. It also has a comp.(?)built into it's short blr. I use Fed.Nyclad 125gr.jhp in it. I don't carry this often, more of a show piece. Great shooter & great buy. Ya done well! I think you will like it as much as I did mine. You will probably shoot it more than I do mine. Have fun &be safe.
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The score: Pittsburgh 23, New York 20
The headline: EARNING THEIR STRIPES: Steelers overcome horrid officiating, their own blunders, to outlast Giants
The bottom line: After looking all but dead a few weeks ago, we're starting to get THAT feeling again about the Pittsburgh Steelers. On Sunday, they absolutely dominated a Giants team, considered by many to be the NFC Super Bowl favorite, in every aspect of the game and overcame four mistakes by the officials and several mistakes of their own to zoom from behind in the fourth quarter and win a critical game that positions them to make a November run on the AFC North top spot.
It was over when: Isaac Redman reeled off the last of his 147 yards – many of them on second, third and fourth effort – to pick up a critical first down just before the two-minute warning that allowed the Steelers to go to victory formation with the Giants out of timeouts.
Play of the day (maybe year): Mike Wallace was having a typical Mike Wallace day – a dropped first down, a duck out of bounds on a play where there was yardage available inside, a botched route on a sack that took the Steelers out of FG range late in the first half – when he showed absolutely otherworldly jets and turned a simple crossing route into a game-changing 51-yard touchdown that got the Steelers within three early in the fourth quarter.
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+ We'll begin with the botched fumble call by Bill Leavy that resulted in a Giants TD, a call that everyone in the world, except Phil Simms, knows was wrong (although we expect the NFL to back the call, as well). All that fans, players and coaches want is consistency. We've seen that play dozens of times in the past 15 years and we know what it is. Just get it right. Don't invent something that isn't there.
+ The same goes on the horrid roughing call on Ryan Clark that resulted in a +4 for the Giants. We understand officials are under a lot of strain and scrutiny with the new rules, but follow a simple rule: If you don't see it, don't call it. Don't THINK you saw it. See it. It's that simple.
+ Also, we'd be willing to bet there was no flag thrown on the obvious clip on Heath Miller on the Giants' TD return because the six other officials weren't fully engaged in the play because they were sure it was coming back.
+ If you're a regular reader, you know how we feel about pass interference in the NFL. It's a joke, with some teams (ahem, 2011 Ravens) building their whole offense around the bomb-and-hope theory of vertical passing. There are enough rules in the NFL favoring the offense. Change PI to a 15-yard penalty and watch the officials get it right more consistently as it becomes just another call for them and not a game changer that they choke on.
Game mismanagement:
+ Oh my Lord, Mike Tomlin, what are you thinking? First, we have no problem with a fake FG, just not in THAT situation. Teams rarely try to block a 19-yard field goal. There's no aggressiveness to take advantage of. Also and more importantly, it's 18 freakin' inches! If you need 18 inches and you want to get it, you do that with your humongous quarterback or your hulking halfback, not with a kicker that my brother affectionately refers to as "The Dainty One." Tomlin cannot get out of his own way on game day and, despite popular opinion, this is not a new issue. It started in his rookie season with an insane two-point conversion decision that cost the Steelers a playoff game against Jacksonville at Heinz Field.
+ Tomlin's second-half challenge was iffy, at best. Not because of the play involved, but because it happened on second down and by "winning" the challenge he left the Giants with a 3rd-and-1 play in comfortable field goal range. In other words, there was nowhere near enough REWARD involved to merit the RISK of the challenge. And yes, the call on the play was obviously poor and winning the challenge seemed likely, except for the fact that we just watched the same officials blow four obvious calls in the first half.
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+ The Steelers are slowly and surely fixing their long-standing offensive line woes. And it starts with the work Willie Colon is doing at guard, where he is absolutely a road grader in the running game and has cleaned up the early-season holds on pass plays. At right tackle, rookie Mike Adams has been surprising good, and accounted for himself well Sunday against the best front four in football. Ramon Foster is making it very easy for Pittsburgh to allow David DeCastro to fully heal from his knee injury, and no matter how many times they try to get rid of him, Max Starks just keeps coming back and making plays. And, almost forgot, the center is an All Pro is he can stay healthy.
+ Conversely, a funny thing has happened to the Steelers defense. They've become a top-ranked unit in the league without sacks or really many splash plays of any kind. Give Dick LeBeau credit for figuring out how to work with personnel who don't match his favorite schemes. A huge part of Pittsburgh's defensive surge has been the play of Will Allen in place of Troy Polamalu (and Ryan Mundy).
+ Special teams are suddenly becoming a high point, with big returns, few flags and great kick coverage. Think what the score might have been if Pittsburgh had scored any points at all off the three long returns (two by Chris Rainey, one by Emmanuel Sanders) in the game.
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+ Mispeaking is a common faux pas for NFL announcers, but Phil Simms reeled off a doozy (and dated himself) in the second quarter when he noted "Mike Tomczak" was excited about the play of the Steelers offensive line.
+ CBS's failure to retain an officiating expert was an obvious embarrassment again. First, Simms waffled on opining on all the bad calls initially. And why shouldn't he? He doesn't really know the rules in any depth. Then, after all the other network's experts already had weighed in via Twitter and called out Leavy for blowing the tuck rule call, Simms tried to rewrite history and declared it a good call because the ball moved ever so slightly in Roethlisberger's hand before he CLEARLY REGAINED CONTROL OF IT in completing the throwing motion.
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Next week: The Steelers welcome their old friend Romeo Crennel and the struggling Kansas City Chiefs back to Heinz Field for a Monday night instant classic. The Chiefs basically have two players who can beat you – Jamaal Charles and Tamba Hali or "this guy" and "this guy" as Gruden will refer to them – and the Steelers can not, repeat, can not let them hang around into the fourth quarter of that game, likely played without Antonio Brown (no such thing as a "minor high ankle sprain") and Chris Rainey on top of the other injuries. We'll say it now, same thing applied in the Titans game, has to be touchdowns instead of field goals, and that's on #7.


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This mix is the perfect companion to any pool/boat/beach party, outdoor grillin' session or even just a relaxing afternoon in the sun. It's all about good vibes and taking it easy.
There's 32 songs (nearly 1hr of jams) that range from future bass to hip-hop with sprinklings of r&b ranging from 100BPM to 140BPM.
It's 100% free. Grab your copy now!
This is a live mix for Texas Scratch League's Viberoom Radio show which aired on 08-15-2015. Viberoom is featured on Beat Junkies Dash Radio and NickNack was the feature guest on Episode 2. Nick put together two 15 min mixes that have been combined here for your listening pleasure. The mix features all new music with a turntablist flare!
Head over to www.txscratchleague.com to download the full 2 hour episode complete with Nick's interview and guest mixes from DJ Ash, DJ Gonz, DJ NVS, DJ Elroy Boogie and DJ La D Da!
The link below is for just Nick's mix.
This is the live mix recorded for the dinner portion of Nick's wedding. It's a mixture of downtempo and sultry jams that set a chill and relaxed background atmosphere for any party.
It's 100% free. Grab your copy now!
This is a live recording from a set Nick prepared for the cocktail party at his wedding. It features a sexy blend of tunes hand picked to get any party started off properly.
The musical journey goes from horizontal disco to r&b to house to chill wave and spans 110BPM to 160BPM.
It's 100% free. Grab your copy now!
Looking for just the mix to get your summer party started? Look no further my friends! This mix has the perfect joints for those long nights and poolside days. Best of all it's FREE.
What are you waiting for!? Get to downloading ;)
A follow up to his popular Honey Drop mix, this go 'round offers a sensual blend of old and new R&B, horizontal disco, boogie and house.
"State Machine" is inspired by the human apparatus which is a complex 'machine' capable of an extremely wide range of 'states' (as in conditions with respect to circumstances). As 'machines' we can relate to one another through these rich and meaningful 'states'. They help to define and shape the paths which we travel throughout our lives.
This album in and of itself is meant to be a stateful sonic journey, traversing a variety of genres, moods and styles (from angst riddled raps to relaxing soulful instrumentals).
Nick's 4th full length release features 17 original songs (50 mins) including gems from A.Dd+, Bavu, Crew54 and LOEGz.
This is a live recording from a set Nick prepared for a house party. It features a variety of disco boogie tunes ranging from the 1980s all the way up to modern day nu disco with a focus on sensuality. The mix was recorded live on 12/15/11
Lay back and enjoy!
In keeping with the celebratory vibes of Cinco de Mayo, Nick has reworked the classic Mexicans With Guns and Chico Mann collab "Me Gusto".
Nick's remix pushes the tempo up to 110 BPM and adds samba rhythms along with chunky low end bass with a thick texture. This one is meant to get the dance floor moving.
Download the 320kbps mp3 file along with hi resolution art below for free.99 :) Enjoy!
The A side title track is a sultry blend of hip-hop and motown-era soul. The B side is a heady 7/8 time psychedelic funk song. We've even included a bonus treat in the digital version ;)
The 7inch vinyl pressing is limited to 300qty.
I have been a Pimp C fan ever since I heard the first word of "Pocket Full of Stones" uttered from Chad's mouth. For me, like most folks, I was hooked when I heard his southern drawl and delivery. He has a way of rapping that literally sounds like he is talking to you.
The other thing you have to keep in mind is that Pimp C and Bun came out when not a whole lot was coming out of Texas. So for a young Texan into rap circa early 90s, I found their music extremely appealing. In fact, it sort of became the soundtrack for my teenage years.
Not only that, but Pimp C specifically repped Texas harder than ANYONE I have ever seen or heard. Who else do you know that can make a convincing argument that Atlanta isn't a part of the South? He officially made it cool to be a Texan.
My hats off to Pimp C. Condolence to his family and friends.
This is a live recording of the set that NickNack performed at Fun Fun Fun Fest on November 6, 2010. The first half of the set was all original music and the second half was a DJ set.
** JohnBeez joined Nick on stage with his Fretless Fader, unfortunately this recording didn't capture that. You can see that in the video clip posted in our video section though ;)
"Dearly Departed Remixed" is new spin on NickNack's "Dearly Departed" full length classic featuring remixes from an all star cast of producers including Ernest Gonzales, Inf, Datahowler, DJ DRM, J Boogie, DJ Apt One, Ruckus Roboticus, DJ Ayres, Ntropy, Brede, BoomBaptist, The ARE, B.Cause, Adrian Quesada and Bird Peterson. The interpretations vary from Nu Disco to Dubstep, each with its own unique twist on the original.
The notion of the album is all but gone these days. It's not often you come across a project that has cohesive quality artwork and packaging, music and a theme that weaves it all together. "Dearly Departed" is precisely that, an album you can touch, feel and listen to from start to finish leaving fulfilled.
This album can best be described as a combination of psych rock and funk. The result is a sultry, soulful downtempo instrumental sound that is sure to move you whether you like hip hop, soul, rock or downtempo electronica. DJ Ayres summarizes best by saying, "I would put this album in the same category as DJ Shadow - Endtroducing and RJD2 - Dead Ringer."
Be sure to check out the Dearly Departed video promo.
Bird Peterson "It becomes a soundtrack for your everyday life."
DJ Ayres "Aside from just being awesome production, I love the depth and mood."
DJ Apt One "From top to bottom, this record has the sound!"
Rehash Media "This new project feels like a heart on one's sleeve."
** Both the CD and Limited Edition version are high quality matte lamination with spot UV and include real vintage photos + a FREE mp3 download coupon!!
The Limited Edition CD includes:
This is the first single off the "Dearly Departed" full length. It features two songs which fit somewhere in between downtempo and psychedelic funk. "Strangest Secret" serves as the entry into this mystical soundscape while "Gathering Shadow" offers a brooding sonic journey laced with turntablist elements.
The 7inch vinyl pressing is limited to 300qty.
Approx 25qty remaining
This is a live recording of NickNack's portion of the opening set that him and DJ Digg (TMC) did for the Prefuse 73 show at Ace's Lounge on 9-24-09.
This is a live recording of an in-store set Nick did in August 14, 2009 using nothing but vinyl. All skips, scratches, hiccups and mess ups are included.
* All cuts/scratches by Enfoe and NickNack, cover art by Ling Chou *
"Lace Up" is an uptempo, electro/hiphop tribute to all you Nike heads out there. We understand waiting in line for the Tier 0 limited edition joints. "Lace Up" is 150 BPM so it will keep the dance floor grooving. We've even included the instrumental and acapella so it's 100% Dj friendly!
"Beat Drop" remix is something Zeale32 had been performing for a hot minute at his live shows, rapping over Nick's "Beat Drop" song. The two linked up and put out this electro, dirty south heater for the clubs. Don't sleep!
This is a series of mashups that Nick put together for all you club DJs. There's a little something for everyone here.
"Aqui en la Playa" was inspired by Nick's travels to Barcelona, Spain. It has that here on the beach, latin-house vibe to it. Can't you just imagine yourself laid back, sipping a long island ice tea?
"Sugar Shack" is reminiscent of that 60's, four on the floor, greasy funk. Thick drums and a tight bass will surely get the floor rocking! The vibe was inspired by the famous sugar shack painting by Ernie Barnes. Hence the track name.
"Beat Drop" is sort of a mixture of electro, 80's hiphop and dirty south. The moog bass has hints of a Too Short influence but with a modern twist by way of the drums. This track will work great in a variety of situations.
Backspin Records is one of the best record stores in the country. This is a live recording of an in-store set Nick did in June 2006 using nothing but vinyl. No Serato and no digital here kiddies.
Nick opted to focus more on psych rock and sample worthy records from his personal collection. There are plenty of tasty treats in this one.
Metropolis is a 1927 silent science fiction film directed by Fritz Lang. It is set in a futuristic urban dystopia and examines a common science fiction theme of the day: the social crisis between workers and owners in capitalism. The film stars Alfred Abel as the leader of the city, Gustav Frihlich as his son, who tries to mediate between the elite caste and the workers, Brigitte Helm as both the pure-at-heart worker Maria and the debased robot version of her, and Rudolf Klein-Rogge as the mad scientist who created the robot.
Nick worked in conjunction with Alamo Drafthouse to produce a live turntable score for the film and he performed it live several times. This is a live recording from one of those screenings.
This is the follow-up release to Nick's highly successful "Soundcraftsman v1" scratch tool. This time around Nick tries his hand at creating a unique "break" record.
You could say "Broken" is a break record, but there is a bit more to it than meets the eye. The B Side of this record features four instrumental tracks that express the essence of what a "break" really is. It's all about the drums and bass, that raw, undressed, virgin funk that is the basis of a great song. Use these breaks to practice scratching, beat juggling or even to practice creating songs by adding melodies on top.
If that isn't enough, Nick also included loads of sounds to scratch. Side A features skipless drums and scratches plus over 3 minutes of unique vocal phrases. The phrases he selected aren't your average battle sentences (although there are plenty of those), they can be used in songs and choruses in a wide variety of musical genres.
Lastly, for all you scratch maniacs out there, Nick came up with a unique concept for you to practice with. It's a "Tempo Track" that starts at 66BPM and goes up to 130BPM and back down to 66BPM. This allows you to practice scratching over changing tempos at extremes (really fast and really slow), which will increase your musical chops.
"Soundcraftsman" is a scratch tool for the turntable musician. It features some of the most innovative ideas to hit the world of turntablism. Far from your ordinary scratch record with 4-5 beats and only 2 minutes of scratch phrases, this revolutionary turntable tool is jam packed full of usable scratches, drums, vocal phrases and a completely unique series of notes, scales and chords. It will certainly change how the turntable is manipulated and perceived by the outside world. Welcome to the beginning of a new and exciting era in turntable music.
First off, "Soundcraftsman" allows DJs to easily play almost any melody. There are 6 instruments that feature note improvisation based on scales and each track is organized by key signature. This means that any notes you play will work with fellow musicians or songs, if you are in the right key.
Plenty traditional scratches such as csshh, fresh, drums and vocal phrases are available. All of the traditional scratches and drums are skipless and the CDJ version even has 22 loopable bonus beats for you to scratch over!
"Soundcraftsman" is the follow up release to the highly successful "Improving Silence" album and 12inches ("Mustard Seed" and "Soul Nourishment") which have sold around 9,000 copies worldwide so far. This revolutionary scratch tool will surely prove to be even more of a success.
Feedback from turntablists all around the world:
"If it's anything like your Turntable Treats, I can't wait to get my hands on it!" Big Wiz (Steal Workerz, Def Jux)
"I've banned all other scratch records from my crate. It's essential!!!" Chicken George (www.djchickengeorge.com)
"It's a utility record, finally there is a difference." Enfoe (2005 Vestax World Champion)
"This record is seriiious." Bobby (www.thetruthtexas.com)
"Hopefully this will make more djs aware of musical knowledge...props." 2Tall (www.dj2tall.com)
"Extremely useful...nice original samples, instruments and good sounds." Kypski (www.c-monandkypski.nl)
More details... (explanation, instructions, detailed track listing and music theory)
Watch DMC champ Shiftee do a showcase/how to video using Soundcraftsman.
In 2004 Nick was afforded the opportunity of going on tour with RJD2 and Diverse. He wasn't going to make much money on the tour, but it would serve as a great promotional opportunity, so he took it. While in Montreal, Quebec, the van was broken into (pictured on CD cover) and all his personal records, personal CD collection, mixer, needles, etc... were stolen. His total loss was around $5,000 worth of personal property. Unfortunately this is real life and these things happen. However, Nick decided to put together this mix, in an effort to help cover the losses.
BLAZE jazz band went on a short European tour during the winter of 2004. They played in Barcelona at a place called La Boite and this is the recording from that night.
This incarnation of the band consisted of: Brannen Temple - drums, Ephraim Owens - trumpet, Zach Caldwell - sax, James Simpson - organ and NickNack - turntables.
"Improving Silence" can best be described as a combination of jazz and hip hop. The result is a sultry, soulful downtempo instrumental sound that is sure to move you whether you like jazz, hip hop, soul, r&b or downtempo electronica. The album is a solid 60 minutes of quality music which features a stellar cast of guest appearances such as Laura Scarborough (vocals and wurlitzer), Mike Malone (sax), Ephraim Owens (trumpet), Brannen Temple (drums) and D Madness (electric bass). See what everyone is saying:
"The right mood." Vibe Magazine (Vibe Raters) May 2004
"I can't figure out if I'm listening to a new 12" or some classic Bob James ish." DJ Graffiti (88.3FM WCBN)
"Merging hip-hop and jazz into nothing short of beautiful music, Improving Silence should be heralded as a classic." Austin Chronicle (4 star review)
"Improving Silence is an impressive album that deserves all the attention and support." The Daily Texan
"NickNack's unique brand of downtempo is just what the doctor ordered to counter these stressful days. As a member of the jazz band Blaze, Nick brings a knack for melodic instrumentation to the table, coupled with his hip-hop background as a DJ in his native Texas. The result is a smooth-operating long-player that'll leave you with sweet dreams on wax." URB Magazine (El Dopa) April 2004
"If you're as sick of rappers as I am, then you sometimes just want to zone the fuck out and walk off your hangover with a bottle of orange juice and some music that doesn't feature a screaming moron in your Walkman....So I'm not even going to try to tell you about these records, I'm just going to tell you that they've been good to me as I've stumbled home at four in the morning with a bloody nose and fresh set of batteries...NickNack's 'Improving Silence'[the jazzy one]" Vice Magazine (Fritz The Cat) Vol 11 No 2
"Really lovely stuff with loads of guest musicians and even a few sulty vocals...for fans of Wide Hive or classic GiantStep sounds." XLR8R Magazine (Toph One) March 2004
After Alamo Drafthouse booked Nick to do a live turntable score for the Robot Carnival Japanimation shorts, the demand for this score was so high we had to press it up. To be clear, this is Nick's live turntable set, as heard at the Alamo Drafthouse screening of Robot Carnival.
For those that don't know about Robot Carnival...
Before Animatrix, before there was Neo-Tokyo, there was Robot Carnival. Part grand experiment and part anime showcase it was conceived in 1987 as a chance to get some of the best anime directors to flex their anime muscles in short form. Robot Carnival is a collection of shorts with a mecha theme that offers something for almost every anime fan, even if you aren't a fan of giant robots and the traditional robot revenge epics (although there is some of each in the mix). The collection of 8 sequences is a joy to behold and spans the breadth of the mecha genre. It has an excellent twisted sense of humor in the form of Introduction (by Katsuhiro Otomo of Akira fame, poignant drama in the form of "Presence" (Yasuomi Umetsu director of "Gatchaman" and "Kite") and the languid line drawings of "Clouds" (Mao Lambdo), as well as by the book mech stories for both girls and boys ("Starlight Angel" Hiroyuki Kitazume who directed Moldiver, and Aura Battler Dunbine and was character designer for Megazone 23 and "Deprive" Hidetoshi Omori , the director of Urusei Yatsura [aka Lum] respectively). Rounding out the set is the humorous "A Tale of Two Robots" (by Hiroyuki Kitakubo director of "Rojin Z" and "Blood: the Last Vampire") a parody of Japanese war propaganda films and "Nightmare" (Takashi Nakamura Director of Catnapped and an animator on Nausicaa) which is a nod to Night on Bald Mountain from Disney's Fantasia. There is a reason why this anthology is still being shown in this day and age of "the next new best thing" anime, experience it for the first time or again for nostalgia's sake. (Tony Salvaggio)
If you are into classic hiphop, downtempo, jazz or just good quality instrumental music, then "Soul Nourishment" is sure to satisfy. It is the 2nd single from the "Improving Silence" full length. It features Laura Scarborough on vocals and wurlitzer, D Madness on bass and Mike Malone on sax.
Even ?uestlove has his copy showcased in his personal record collection (watch at 6:20).
Another addition to the Bside Blends Mix CD series. This installment features the best in new hiphop, classics, quality freestyles and turntablism.
This record is what happens when you mix a hiphop turntablist/producer with live jazz musicians. Features BLAZE members, D Madness and Meriah Garrett, plus a skipless turntable scratch section.
Rootdown was a monthly party that Jah Mighty put on around 2002/2003 at the Mercury (above Jazz) on 6th Street.
This incarnation features Houston's own DJ Melodic and NickNack going back and forth on a 2x4 playing everything from downtempo to soul and hip-hop. Don't sleep on this rare treat.
This is a downtempo mix that Nick recorded live in January of 2003. It was done using all vinyl and done live (mess ups included).
Rootdown was a monthly party that Jah Mighty put on around 2002/2003 at the Mercury (above Jazz) on 6th Street.
This incarnation features Dallas' own DJ Baby G and NickNack going back and forth on a 2x4 playing mostly hip-hop. The entire set is live recorded at the club.
Another addition to the Bside Blends Mix CD series. These mix CDs feature the latest in indie, south, east, west and even some commercial joints. Guaranteed to keep your head nodding.
"RE: Construction" is Texas' first hiphop/turntablist compilation. It features a FULL 74 mins of production and scratches by NickNack along with a stellar cast of guest emcees.
This 12inch includes the hit "Real Life" by Soundscape which stayed #1 on Impacts college radio charts for 4 weeks in a row! Quantities are extrememly limited. Get it while you still can.
Bavu Blakes hosts what is technically Bside Blends #2. This mix was heavily promoted at NAMM in 2001. Sorry there's no tracklisting at this point in time.
OK, for the 100th time...Soundscape = NickNack + Bavu Blakes. Bavu is the emcee and Nick is the deejay/producer. Got it? Good. Let's move on...this 12inch is Poetree's and Soundscape's debut release. It features the underground classic "Truth". Be sure to cop it while supplies are extremely limited.
"B-Side Blends vol 1" is the first in a series of live mixtapes recorded from Nick's radio shows (91.7FM KVRX and 88.7FM KAZI--with DJ La D Da). This first installment is 60 minutes in length, and is jam packed with non stop underground hip hop as well as scratching. Nick even laces the emcees with a few instrumentals to flow over. For more information about Bside Blends check out www.bsideblends.com.
This album showcases Nick's production as well as turntablist skills. While the turntable skills present on the tape may not be the illest by today's standard, the overall tape is put together very well. He produced well over 80 percent of all of the instrumentals on the tape, and even did the cover artwork.
This 12inch didn't technically come out on Crowd Control Records, it came out on Five Finger Records (which is no longer in existence).
La D Da and NickNack teamed up to form the Infamous DJs in the mid 90s. La D Da was on Nick's Bside Radio show at KVRX for a couple of years and this tape came out around that time.
"N-Fection" is a true underground hip hop tape. It features 90 minutes of dope hip hop along with scratches and skits. This tape was recorded around Febuary 1997, so most of the songs are outdated now, but some are still hard to find.
"N-Cohearent" was recorded in the fall of 1996. The tape is made up of early 70's Funk, Soul, Jazz, and R&B. Featuring groups such as Main Ingredient, Isaac Hayes, Al Green, Latimore, etc... "N-Cohearant" is a collage of music constructed using only 2 turntables and a Tascam 464 4 track. Nick even produces entire tracks using only turntables.
"Lacerations" was NickNack's first professional mixtape release (meaning the first time he had tape professionally made/duped). It was recorded on his 4-track in 1995. This tape is very similar to "N-Fection" in the sense that it is a undergroung hip hop tape featuring many rare grooves. It is jammed packed with 90 minutes of non-stop hip hop. Cover design done by Point 5.
This came out JUST before Lacerations and was dropped right when Nick moved to Austin, TX to attend UT. He hit up Kinkos to xerox the cover and hand duplicated 50+ copies of the tape himself. Thankfully you can enjoy it digitally now ;)
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In retrospect, Aug. 9, 1974 was probably a tragic day for progressives. Richard Nixon left office because of the Watergate scandal, giving Democrats a dubious victory. After years of criticizing Nixon, they finally got their man. But one may ask, at what price?
For many in the United States, Watergate solely was the fault and crimes of government, the result of what Arthur Schlesinger called "the imperial presidency." Suddenly the engine that had driven liberalism many distances politically was the problem. Forget that a good deal of Watergate was the mobilizing of private resources for governmental favor, the state got the blame. Even Jimmy Carter ran against Washington in 1976.
What is interesting is the mythology of Watergate promoted by ambitious reporters. It was all due to Nixon, who, attempting to muzzle critics, had attempted to bug Democratic headquarters and then not so artfully covered it up. The people's right to know had been secured by brave and dauntless reporters.
Then came the revelation that Mark Felt, J. Edgar Hoover's second in command, was the famous "Deep Throat," Bob Woodward's source. Now the crusade for respect for civil liberties came from Hoover's FBI - an agency that thought nothing of wire tapping Martin Luther King. Moreover, the heroes of Watergate were the conservatives - most notably Sam Ervin of North Carolina. Limited government became all the rage. In the end, the Right were the long term victors.
Democrats, eager to take advantage of Nixon's difficulties, drove him from office to no purpose. Gerald Ford - more conservative than his predecessor - was praised for being dull, able to cook his own breakfast, and when Carter received the nomination, no liberal was represented in the bicentennial year.
Republicans tried to eliminate Bill Clinton on thinner lines. Both parties were somewhat ungrateful: Democrats eliminated Nixon who proclaimed, "we are all Keynesians now" when ending the Gold Standard in 1971, and Clinton who proclaimed the "era of big government is over" in 1996. But the tit for tat use of special prosecution continued, to everyone's detriment. Particularly, it is suggested that it damaged Democrats more.
Democrats are the party of government and there is no avoiding that fact. From 1974 on, political battles were fought on those lines until 2008. Barack Obama's breakthrough re-established the role of the Federal Government as a tool for the good, yet some reporters, especially those that talk about "Obama's horrible year," still are stuck in the 1970's.
Process is not as important as results. After Watergate, everyone desired to be a gate keeper, not an instigator. Obama brought back an era of activism, where holding the hands of self-important reporters was not a top priority.
Obama so far has changed the debate. Now politicians talk of minimum wage increases more than tax cuts. Suddenly, government has become a vehicle for change.
Perhaps the post-Watergate era has arrived.