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The Legend of the Cambria GreenMan
September 27, 2013 - Jim Price
If you browsed the obituaries in the Altoona Mirror hardcopy edition (or on this website) during the past few days, you may have noted the name of Bryan Haluska of Patton, who passed away unexpectedly early on Monday at age 30. You might also have noticed a nickname listed, "Cambria GreenMan."
For those unfamiliar with Haluska or his nickname, a local 'superhero' lived in our midst.
I first encountered Cambria GreenMan roughly two years ago. Exactly where I first encountered him I do not completely recall; it may have been during the inaugural 2011 Patched Together benefit concert at Pellegrine's. It was hard not to notice Cambria GreenMan, as I later learned he was called; he was totally clad in a bright green jumpsuit with his head and face covered, topped with darker green shorts, a green ballcap and cape both brandishing the letter "G." As with many people seeing this individual for the first time, my initial reaction was to wonder what this guy's story was. Was he masquerading early for Halloween? Was he a promotional mascot for a product or service? Just what was this fellow all about?
I didn't find out that day, but in subsequent days and weeks I began to see references to "Cambria GreenMan" surface on Facebook, and soon a friend request from GreenMan arrived. I accepted and friended him. In my travels to document live music events, I would see Cambria GreenMan show up in increasing frequency in his outfit, and learned that he was promoting himself as a local superhero. He showed up at live music events. I saw him and a sidekick named "Gray Matter" (you guessed it, clad in gray) in attendance at the 2011 Punxsutawney Groundhog Day celebration. He showed up at Altoona Curve baseball games at People's Natural Gas Field; and if you run the words "Cambria Green Man" through Google Images, you may see a freeze-framed YouTube image of what looks like the green caped crusader running up into the stands at Pittsburgh's PNC Park during a Pirates/Reds game.
As we communicated back and forth on Facebook and I saw his exploits online, I noted that GreenMan frequently showed up at festivals, community functions and charity events. I learned that he liked to promote and help out at charity events, and in fact he was very community-minded. He would show up, do photos with children and fascinated fans, shake hands and be involved.
And as I host trivia contests several nights a week at assorted bar and restaurant venues, GreenMan showed up as a contestant in my contest one night at the Thirsty Dawg Taverne in Patton. (As I recall, he wasn't 'super' on trivia and didn't fare well in the competition that night.)
Eventually I met GreenMan without his costume. I never actually asked his real name; perhaps I wanted to retain some of the mystique of his costumed alter ego and fought the urge to learn the identity of the man behind the mask. But we would sometimes joke about the coincidence that he and GreenMan were never in the same room at the same time, and he would comment that he never could arrive in time to see this character called Cambria GreenMan. I imagine he had that running joke with a number of people who knew his identity.
In recent months, as I delivered the monthly copies of the local music publication I write for, I would often run across the unmasked GreenMan at a favorite hangout, Pepperoni's Pizza in Hastings. He would spend time chatting with shop proprietor and area musician Rick Ramsey. I would often spend 5 or 10 minutes chatting with both of them over a slice of pizza, and continued to learn more about this friend who donned the green superhero costume.
I was notified early Monday morning about GreenMan's passing by another area musician, and it was only then that I learned the true identity of the caped crusader, Bryan Haluska.
Stunned by the news of the passing, I pondered about Haluska and Cambria GreenMan. And I came to the realization that Haluska was able to do something special in his life that many people hope to do during the course of their own lives: make a difference.
Through his Cambria GreenMan alter ego, Haluska was doing his part to make the world (or at least this corner of that world) a better place. He helped charity. And he made people smile. Here was a person who found a purpose and angle to approach life; bringing his superhero alter ego to fruition. And he did so to lift spirits, put smiles on people's faces, and bring some good into the world. He found a way to make his mark, and he made a difference. He became a local legend to those whose lives he touched.
Cambria GreenMan's passing serves as another reminder for us to enjoy families, friends, and the people we interact with in our day-to-day lives, while they are here. Enjoy smiles, laughter, good times, and even superhero outfits; and make memories with the folks you encounter in life. For those are the memories that live on when the unexpected happens in this journey called life.
I tip my hat to Bryan Haluska – "Cambria GreenMan" – for making a positive mark on this little corner of the world, and for brightening the lives of those he encountered while he was here. He made a difference, anonymously and his way. Maybe he never jumped over a skyscraper, stopped a crashing meteor, stopped evil monsters or bad guys, or achieved the speed of sound in his real-life travels. But by bringing joy to others, and working to make his community a better place through his support of charity, he was – in his own distinctive way – a real superhero that area residents he encountered will long remember. May we all find inspiration in his example, so that we too can make our own positive differences in the world in our own unique and special ways.
(A benefit for Bryan Haluska's surviving family takes place on Friday evening, September 27, from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the Patton VFW, 400 Magee Avenue in Patton. Entertainment will be provided by the Royal Nights. Donation at the door is $3, and canned food donations will be accepted for charity. Cash donations will also be accepted.)
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The last photo I took of the "Cambria GreenMan" (Bryan Haluska); this was taken during the annual Kids Come First Benefit concert at the Cresson Sportsmen's Club on August 24. The bright sunlight that afternoon gave his green outfit a glowing quality.
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The fire broke out at a home near East Armstrong and Lower Sacramento roads.
Fire crews with the Woodbridge Fire Department contained the fire after it ignited around 3:30 a.m.
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Chinese talent mobilizes to raise rescue funds
The Shanghai Intl. Film Festival, like so many other public events in China, has been overshadowed by this nation's worst natural disaster in three decades. The May 12 Sichuan earthquake is sure to feature prominently in the minds of festgoers.
"Our festival is going to care about the earthquake disaster, for sure. We will do our best to converge the strength of film people around the world to support the reconstruction in the disaster areas," says one festival organizer. The epicenter was approximately 1,000 miles west of Shanghai.
China's celebrity elite has been using its star power to raise cash for the relief effort for those affected by the earthquake. The 7.9-magnitude temblor, which has claimed an estimated 70,000 lives so far and left 5 million people homeless, stunned China and brought most other activities to a standstill.
But it's about a lot more than money. The public response in China has been incredible, an outpouring of sentiment rare in a country where getting rich quickly has overtaken more traditional sympathies among the populace. China has become a more open country in the past 30 years, and the reaction to the quake is perhaps a sign of a kinder, gentler side ready to emerge.
All public entertainment was banned during the three-day period of mourning, but no one was in the mood for going to the movies anyway.
The situation in China is analogous to the mood in the U.S. after the Sept. 11 attacks — the country is numb, with everyone glued to the 24/7 coverage of the quake relief efforts. Industry players say it will be several weeks before the entertainment industry starts getting back to normal in an atmosphere of shock.
Biz mavens have responded as best they can — helmers are making movies about the disaster, warblers are staging benefit concerts, and everyone is trying to do their bit.
High-profile singer-actor Andy Lau is traveling to the quake zone along with a number of other Hong Kong stars, including Joey Yung and Sammi Cheung. Hong Kong's stars are keen to register a more patriotic response to the earthquake crisis than they did when the mainland was shut down by a blizzard earlier this year — back then, Hong Kong was more concerned about the antics of Edison Chen and the nude celeb photographs stolen from his laptop.
Action thesp Jackie Chan wants to make a film about the earthquake to raise money for victims, as he was so deeply affected by the catastrophe.
Fellow action film star Jet Li has been taking part in the relief effort in Sichuan and will not make a movie for the rest of the year to focus on his relief work.
Other quake-related projects in the pipeline include "Seven Days That Shocked the World," a 26-episode documentary jointly produced by Beijing Broadcasting and Television Bureau, CCTV, China's TV Production Center, Shanghai Media Group, Guizhou TV, the Political Dept. of the Chengdu Military Region, Sichuan Provincial Party Committee Publicity Dept. and Hairun Television Prods., which was to commence shooting June 5 in Wenchuan, just above the epicenter of the quake.
Local thesps such as Jiang Wenli, Liu Ye, Sun Li and Pu Cunxin will take part, lending their services for free. China Film Group also is shooting a documentary about the quake called "Wenchuan," which it is producing jointly with the Sichuan-based Emei Film Group and August First Film Studio, which is run by the Chinese military.
Chinese violinist Lu Siqing and tenor Dai Yuqiang rounded up some 20 musicians for a benefit concert in Beijing, including sopranos Zhang Ye, You Hongfei, Wu Bixia and Zhang Liping, tenor Ding Yi, mezzo-soprano Yin Xiumei and baritone Zhang Haiqing.
Sichuan-born tenor Fan Jingma opened the charity concert with Verdi's "Requiem," and the show raised $2.83 million for disaster relief.
"The song is for the victims. I was born in Sichuan province and I was lucky that I survived in a small earthquake twice. To a specific victim, the disaster is a 100% disaster, while to survivors, it is an accident to be remembered. We should do everything for people suffering there," the tenor said.
The show also featured pianist Lang Lang, who played Chopin's "Tristesse Etude" for those who were killed in the disaster.
"I was shocked by the news, and when the organizer of the concert called me, I said 'yes' without hesitation," Lang said.
Jacky Cheung, the Hong Kong singer and actor, also pledged his support to the relief efforts, but he urged celebrities to give a second thought before they set off to the quake-stricken Sichuan province.
"Frequent celebrity visits may add extra burden to the disaster-hit areas where people's lives have not settled down yet," he cautioned.
Volunteers are all over the quake area, in some cases hampering the relief effort despite their obvious good intentions.


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We're getting to know each other nicely.
I have more pictures to show you, but Google has informed me that i have used up all of my free GB on Blogger, so I need to do some research to figure out how to get more storage or switch to another host.
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Monday, November 8, 2010
1984 Unity OCHC shirt
Back in January of 2009, I met up with Youth Of Today "Break Down The Walls" 1987 summer tour roadie, RJ Vail and had a nice little sit down interview/conversation with him. A small portion of our conversation was transcribed and posted here on DCXX, but the majority of it never got posted due to issues that I ran into with the cassette. Hopefully sooner than later I'll be able to salvage more of that interview because much of that conversation would make for a great read here. In the case that you missed that first entry, here's a link to the original posting… RJ Vail 1/27/2009
After my meeting and interview with RJ, I ended up getting a nice little care package in the mail from him. One particular item RJ sent me was this Unity hand cut tank top that he told me he had gotten from Porcell on the "Break Down The Walls" 87 tour. RJ didn't know the shirts' origins, so I shot Porcell a message to see what memories he had about it. Unfortunately, Porcell had no memories regarding the Unity shirt either and didn't even believe that it was ever actually his. Now I'm pretty sure I've seen a photo or two of Porcell wearing this exact shirt, but I can't blame the guy for forgetting one particular hardcore shirt out of hundreds that I'm sure he's owned over the past thirty years.
So now I turn to you, the readers of DCXX for a little help. Something tells me that someone out there has some knowledge of this shirt and can shed a little light on it. I suppose I could reach out to Orange County Hardcore veterans like, Patrick Longrie, Dan O'Mahony, Joe Nelson or one of the Insted guys, but I thought I'd just toss it out there and see what comes back in the comments section. One thing about this shirt that could help in it's research is what appears to be a stamp on it that says, "Stretch's 1984". Ring any bells? Fill us in. -Tim DCXX
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Vision / Dave Franklin B-Day show wrap up coming soon!
Lou Koller takes the stage with Vision to run through three straight Sick Of It All songs and one Vision song, in tribute to Dave, Photo: Amy Edge
Just a quick heads up, I'll be working on a complete Vision / Dave Franklin's B-Day show wrap up, as will DCXX contributor, Derek Rinaldi. We'll also have a nice collection of Ken Salerno's photographic documentation of this epic New Jersey night as well. -Tim DCXX
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Chad and Andrew of Strife part II
Mike Hartsfield and Andrew with Strife in 1994, Photo courtesy of: Mike Hartsfield
What's the dynamic within the band at this point? Has there been any drama, or have you guys always remained close?
Chad: We are really tight. Things feel better now than they have ever been. I think alleviating a lot of the pressures and really just doing what we want to do on our own terms has helped us a great deal. We found the fun in doing this band again. The other night I was picking up Rick to head over to practice and we were talking on the way. He says to me "I'm so excited" talking about this upcoming run. I love those moments.
Knowing that being away from home or work isn't as much of a burden on anyone in the band anymore and something we are looking so forward to is great. Just getting back out there and playing again. Those are the moments that make me happy. I love seeing my bandmates happy, excited and looking forward to what lies ahead. I also love not knowing or caring about what lies ahead. We do this because we want to. It's the time that we as friends get to come back together and do what we love.
Sid and Andrew with Strife, Photo: Dan Rawe
Andrew: Everyone in the band has remained friends and has stayed in touch. More than anything, this is what gets us together. We all lead pretty busy lives, and playing a show forces us to set up time to hang out, practice, and play.
Obviously we have had our ups and downs, but we are close friends. We definitely wouldn't be playing shows together if we weren't. We don't have the pressure of being in a full time touring band, and relying upon our band as our sole source of income. That's really what made us stop playing in the first place. It stopped being fun and became a job. We all had rent and bills to pay, and we were touring consistently. On top of that we were getting slack for our guarantees, which weren't even that high. I think it's easy to talk shit about things when you are on the outside looking in, but we sacrificed a lot to do what we did as a band. It took years of hard work and commitment, and I respect all bands that are out there doing what they love.
Chad pounds the 4 strings with Strife, Photo: Dan Rawe
Give us a run down on all the places Strife has played, which have been your favorites and why? Where would you still like to travel to?
Chad: Well, The U.S. & Eastern–Mid Canada, Hawaii twice, Japan, Australia, all over Europe & the UK. Crazy to think of how many places we've been. We're supposed to be getting back to Japan early next year and South America finally. I'd like to get to Russia, South East Asia and back to Australia.
My all time favorites have been Paris, Prague, London, and we did a tour with Sick Of It All that took us into some really cool looking parts of (French) Canada. Honestly though man, I just love to travel. If it weren't for this band I never would have had a chance to see so much of the world. Even though I am fond of those places it's really hard to name a best. I'm kind of an architecture fanatic and I love old things. I love L.A. but the history only goes back so far. It's a trip to go somewhere and stand in a street that existed in the 1800s and just think about what it has seen.
Andrew: We toured a lot of the years, and this band has definitely taken us to places that a lot of people haven't had the chance to see. Japan and Australia were two of my favorite places for sure. Japan for how different it was from the U.S. and Australia for how similar it was!
Other cool places were Prague, Budapest, and Scandanavia. I love to travel, and I am thankful that we continue to have an opportunity to do so. We flew out to Paris back in March to play the Extreme Music Festival with Agnostic Front and Skarhead. I stayed in Paris for about a week and then flew to Prague to hang out with Matt Enright from 1134 and Travis from Outspoken/Mean Season. It was nice to actually spend time in a city. Touring is great, but most of the time all you get to see is the inside of the venue and the countryside as you drive to the next show.
Rick on his Burn shirt tear, Photo: Dan Rawe
What would you cite as the main 5 collective musical influences on Strife if you had to?
Chad: Us. We're 5 people and we all have pretty diverse musical tastes. Also, I would say early on it was Cro-Mags, Judge, some of our breakdowns fare more on the hip hop side of things. We all love old rap. I'm more east coast on that though. We would go see Chain play all the time, Outspoken, Sick Of It All (I think I saw them 3 or 4 times on the Just Look Around Tour alone). We would watch old hardcore videos at home that Mandel would have copies of or kids like Justin Moulder, Dan Rawe or Tim Mouthpiece sent over. I mean, overall, although we loved a lot of bands in this scene, the influence was hardcore.
Andrew: We are all fans of all types of music, but when we started this band we really wanted to be a band that represented everything that we loved about hardcore. Stage dives, sing alongs, audience participation. Stage presence was equally as important as the music, because that is what we liked to see when we went to shows. We started in 1990, and that was the year that many of our favorite bands broke up. We wanted to carry on that tradition, and keep that spirit alive.
Chad pretty much nailed it with the bands though:
Sick Of It All
Cro Mags
Chain Of Strength
Chad and Andrew at the Roxy in Hollywood, CA, Photo: Dave Mandel
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Vision at The Court Tavern, New Brunswick, NJ 11/6/2010
This Saturday, November 6th, New Jersey Hardcore legends, Vision will take the stage once again at The Court Tavern in New Brunswick, NJ. For anyone that's made it out to one of these shows in the past, they can surely attest that they are always a blast. This time around though might be a little more special, the Vision boys have some surprises up their sleeves to help celebrate Vision frontman, Dave Franklin's birthday. I can't let the cat out of the bag, but I can assure you that some special guests will deliver. Hold Fast… Tim DCXX
Dave Franklin with Vision at The Court Tavern, New Brunswick, NJ, Photo: Ken Salerno
Dave with a Vision sing along at The Court Tavern, New Brunswick, NJ, Photo: Ken Salerno
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Judge poll wrap up
Judge at the Pipe Dragon, Buffalo NY, Spring 1988, Photo: Geoffrey Nicholson
The unpopular vote seems to be the one that I always go with, but that's fine with me. I'll go to my grave swearing up and down that the "New York Crew" 7″ is better than "Bringin' It Down" for two reasons: "Fed Up" and "In My Way." Two of the angriest, hardest, in your face and urgent straight edge songs ever written.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Justice League on Threatening Society
Chris Bratton (Justice League/Chain) and Frosty (Chain) circa 2007, Photo: Dan Rawe
Cool Justice League interview done by Threatening Society Fanzine in 1987, now up on the Threatening Society website for all those to enjoy. Check it out. -Tim DCXX
Sunday, October 31, 2010
I remember Halloween
Bonfires burning bright
Pumpkin faces in the night
I remember Halloween
Dead cats hanging from poles
Little dead are out in groves
I remember Halloween
Brown leafed vertigo
Where skeletal life is known
I remember Halloween
This day anything goes
Burning bodies hanging from poles
I remember Halloween
Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween
Candy apples and razor blades
Little dead are soon in graves
I remember Halloween
This day anything goes
Burning bodies hanging from poles
I remember…
Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween
Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Chad and Andrew of Strife
Rick with Strife in front of a manic crowd at City Gardens, Trenton NJ, Photo: Traci McMahon
I've known these guys for the better part of 18 years now, met them in late 1991, early 1992 while I was in Mouthpiece on our first California tour. I recall hearing about them before that though, Strife was coming up around the same time that Mouthpiece was and I remember feeling this instant connection with them before we even met. Us on the east coast, them on the west coast, both with the same hopes and goals, coming from similar backgrounds, similar ages, both putting records out on New Age, we definitely had a lot in common. Throughout the early 90's we played a lot of shows together, did a weekend with them on their first trip to the east coast, hung out dozens of times and for the most part, have kept in touch through it all.
Considering Strife just made their first trip back to the east coast in quite awhile, Gordo and I thought we'd catch up with Chad and Andrew and get some info on their past, present and future. Dig in, more to come. -Tim DCXX
How did Strife come together? Give us the complete back story to the early/beginning days of the band and share some of your favorite memories.
Chad: For the most part we all hung out in high school. You could find us skating in the parking lot of a grocery store by where we lived basically every day. We had a pretty good crew going back in those days. Sid and Andrew, out of all my friends, were the most involved in the punk and hardcore scenes coming up at the time and wanted to start a straight edge band and really grow that scene in our local area. They knew of a singer (Rick) from Moorpark who sang for a band called Monster Club. He was straight edge and they asked him if he'd be into joining the group. He was into it, and they were the first 3 members of the group XStand As OneX. They brought in this kid Scotty Colin on bass. He was a really cool straight edge kid also from Moorpark but he soon started doing drugs so that didn't last very long. I think they played 1 show at Moorpark High School with Outspoken and that was it for him.
After that Sid had called me up and asked if I wanted to play bass. Not knowing a single thing about playing bass I of course agreed and borrowed a bass from our friend Mike. After a few practices of "your fingers go here and you do this with your hands" we played 1 show in our friend Jeff Moore's garage and then another really (really) bad show in Santa Barbara. It was after the Santa Barbara show that we decided to change our name to Strife. It was that bad. Not the show, just how we played (although the show may have been too).
It's hard to remember that far back. You have to keep in mind, I was about 15-16 when we started doing this thing. It was kind of awesome how everything came together. We would practice as much as we could at the Teen Center by our house and our friend Tony's garage. Drive to shows in Riverside, San Diego, Long Beach every weekend. That was a pretty good ways away for us in those days. But they are some of the best memories I have. Experiencing something that positive, such a unified scene at such a young age…if you would have told me back then that we'd be doing this now, years later, recounting all of the shows and fun times we've had over the years, not only would I not have believed you, but I can easily say that this band and these friends have been the greatest and most consistent thing in my life.
Andrew: I started getting into punk and hardcore in 7th and 8th grade. The kids I grew up with and skated with were really into bands like The Descendents, The Freeze, C.O.C., D.R.I, Suicidal, 7 Seconds and other stuff. My next door neighbor was 10 or so years older than me and had an amazing record collection. I would borrow 5 to 10 records at a time and dub them to cassette so I could listen to them at home. He was into everything from Punk, Oi, Ska, Hardcore, etc. I was into a bunch of stuff too, but I was really into a lot of the heavier stuff like Agnostic Front, Negative Approach, Cro Mags, and bands like that.
I started High School and I was one of two kids that were into hardcore. We started mail ordering records and hitching rides down to Zed Records to buy stuff on the weekends. That's when I really started getting into a lot of the NYHC bands like Sick Of It All, Judge, GB, Killing Time, etc. I met Sid, who had just move to Thousand Oaks from Riverside. He played in a punk band out there called S.D.I. and he was into punk and some hardcore stuff. I was friends with his next door neighbor, and we became friends pretty fast. We started going to shows together and that's where we met Rick.
We couldn't believe that there were other kids that were into hardcore that lived so close to us. Sid and Rick decided to put a band together with a few friends. The guitar player was pretty flakey, so I would jam on his equipment with Sid when he didn't show up. I had played a few instruments growing up and I had a guitar. I pretty much taught myself how to play guitar when we started playing together. The first song we wrote was "Dedication" and then continued from there…
Our band was called Stand As One, and our first show was at Moorpark continuation with Outspoken, Downcast (who didn't show up), and Monster Club (Rick's former band which became Still Life). Our second show was another show that we set up, with Chain Of Strength, Outspoken, Drift Again, and Have No Part (who became Mean Season).
We played a few more shows as Stand As One, the last being at the Red Barn in San Diego with Struggle and End Of The Line.
We changed our name to Strife soon after…
Andrew dives into the Middlesex crowd, Middlesex County College, Edison NJ, 4/17/1993
If you had to pick one recording of yours that you feel best represents Strife, which would it be?
Chad: Favorite Strife recording…there are a lot of fun stories that surround every recording we've done but the most fun, and weird at the same time, was probably recording for the Mandell Can Suck It 7". If you look at the back of the record you can see why. Sid's playing guitar and there is a naked baby holding drum sticks. Need I say more? I think the album that best represents Strife would be In This Defiance. One Truth is a good record but we were really still developing our sound for the second record. We'd also been out touring a lot, we got better as players and as a result you have those songs.
I think each record, including Angermeans, just represents a different Strife. We're the same guys but over the years and the more you do this your style develops. There are some bands that put out the same record over and over but I don't think that could be said about us.
Andrew: I feel In This Defiance is by far our best record. I think that is where we really found ourselves as a band, and everything came together perfectly on that recording. I feel like those songs are the perfect blend of heavy hardcore with just a touch of metal, and that those songs still stand up after all these years.
Chad with Strife at Middlesex County College, Edison NJ, 4/17/1993
What's the biggest motivation to keep doing Strife in 2010?
Chad: Well, it isn't money. The truth is we just really love this shit. We love getting excited to get out and play a show, do a tour, whatever. After all this time and all of the past bullshit aside it's still fun as hell and we love each other like brothers. We're all at a point now where we are pretty well settled into our lives and have the ability to balance out home, work and the band. It's not that hard for any of us to really take a little time off and go do a week, weekend, whatever here or there. I'm 35 and I still love hardcore. I work for a concert promoter. Our company does a number of different shows and concerts every year. I'm at about 200 of them. I've seen a band or two. Nothing really gets your blood going like hardcore. Most of the shows I see on a nightly basis I could bring a pillow to. I mean to each their own. I like other forms of music as well but the fact is that nothing compares to hardcore.
Andrew: Strife has been such a big part of my life that when I'm not on stage playing these songs I really miss it. I miss the energy and the rush as well as the friendship. People have changed over the years, but I feel like we still have a positive message to share, and hopefully that inspires some kids to pick up an instrument and start a band or to make a positive change in their life. Luckily our band is at a point where we can get together and play every now and then and the kids still want to come out and hear some of the songs that they grew up on. We are definitely thankful for that.
Rick and Chad with Strife at Middlesex County College, 4/17/1993
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Have a little Integrity, will you?
Music is just like the recording… Dwid's vocals destroy.
"This goes out to everyone out there who's still Straight Edge, it's called Bringing It Back."
I don't know this guy but I want to.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Cro-Mags and Hands Tied in Philadelphia, 11/5/2010
By this time I'm sure the majority of you that were planning on trekking out to Washington, DC for this year's "A Time We'll Remember" fest, have heard the news about it's cancelation. In the case that you're still going to be in the area or just want to check out a killer show, Philadelphia's own, Joe HC, has pieced together a mini-bail out show to take the place of "A Time We'll Remember". Consider it a much slimmed down version consisting of the Cro-Mags, Hands Tied, Cast Aside, Agitator and Outlast. The Broad Street Ministry is a great venue in Philadelphia that holds roughly 300, so get their early or get tickets online, because you don't want to get turned away for this one. For more information go to: www.r5productions.com -Tim DCXX
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Supertouch – "Anything It Takes" 10/10/1992
I just came across this video of Supertouch today, it's from New Brunswick, NJ, 174 Commercial Ave to be exact, the former house of the Bouncing Souls. Apparently the Bouncing Souls would throw these big backyard BBQ parties with half pipe skating and bands. This one was from October 10, 1992 and it was the only Bouncing Souls party of it's kind that I ever came out for.
One thing I remember about this show was just how great Supertouch were that night. As you can see from the video, it was a tight, intimate, garage setting with kids just looking to have a good time. Supertouch were so on point and so heavy and "Anything It Takes" is a perfect example of that. It was a little strange seeing this Supertouch line up that didn't have Andy or Joe, but although not originals, these guys definitely held their own. I'm pretty sure this was the last time I saw them, until the recent reunions over the past handful of years. Hopefully the rumors come to fruition and we get some more Supertouch shows in 2011. -Tim DCXX
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Walter chimes in…
Quicksand at The Anthrax, Norwalk CT, Photo: Jenn Kulawas
Wow! So Quicksand it is…coincidentally, I had a dream last night that we did a reunion show. In the dream we forgot to advertise the show or practice for it and when we hit the stage I realized I wasn't wearing pants either, just tighty whities and what's worse, directly after the set Tom and I got in a fist fight, just like in the old days!
It's nice to know that people still like Quicksand, I really love a lot of the stuff we did together although in this case I believe the deck was a little stacked. I can't help feeling bad for those Walter & The Motorcycle guys, I mean who cast that second vote? Chris Daly? Nelson? Bless your heart whoever it was and thanks to Double Cross for carrying the torch for HC on the interwebs. -Walter
Walter and Sergio with Quicksand at The Anthrax, Norwalk CT, Photo: Jenn Kulawas
Walter with Quicksand at The Anthrax, Norwalk CT, Photo: Jenn Kulawas
Walter fronting Quicksand while someone goes for a dive at The Anthrax, Norwalk CT, Photo: Jenn Kulawas
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Young Republicans "Sabotage Your Cookout" 7″ pre-orders available now
In case you hadn't heard, Chris over at More Than A Witness, who's brought us a ton of great live tapes, is releasing the Young Republicans demo as a 7″. Here's a note from Chris on the release; "Three tracks on this Young Republicans 7" EP would later be reworked and rerecorded for the debut Youth of Today "Can't Close My Eyes" 7" on Positive Force; "Respect For Authority (None)" became "Stabbed In The Back", "Backyard Bomb" became "Expectations", and "High School Rednecks" became Project X's "Straightedge Revenge" note for note on their sole EP on Schism."
Enough of a reason to order one? Yeah, I'd say so. Check out More Than A Witness and get your order in while they're still available. -Tim DCXX
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Walter Schreifels poll wrap up
Walter and Tom with Quicksand at City Gardens, Trenton NJ, Photo: Ken Salerno
As expected, Quicksand ran away with the votes as the vast majority of voters' favorite band fronted by the beloved Walter Schreifels.
Forget for a minute that Walter essentially orchestrated GB on his own and basically wrote everything in the band, that he was a key player and writer in YOT from 1987 on, brainstormed CIV and wrote all that stuff too, and is a versatile bassist and guitarist – the guy has been fronting and singing in bands now for 20 years. Pretty crazy. Obviously some of these projects gained very little attention in the poll results, but if nothing else, it's clear that Walter has a dense catalog of music and lyrics he's been belting out as a frontman for a real long time.
Personally, my vote went to Moondog, but it's no knock on Quicksand. Love Quicksand, the first EP still gives me chills when the Omission bassline rumbles through the speakers – the whole thing is weird and creepy and confusing and awesome and really is in my mind at least, the epitome of that 1990 "which direction now?" Revelation scene. Walter would prove he had a real talent, great lyrics, a unique delivery and his own style in a time where Quicksand spawned a lot of imitators and really paved their own way.
Walter with Quicksand in San Francisco, 1995, Photo: Brian Lillie
But I've always loved Moondog because you can just hear the raw goods in his delivery and style. He's essentially finding his way but his voice just sounds so cool, and some of those Moondog tracks really smoke. Sure it would evolve into Quicksand, but Moondog was a hardcore band dabbling in weird rock stuff, whereas I view Quicksand as a weird rock band that was still dabbling with hardcore stuff.
Rival Schools trailed behind in third place, but I think that had they remained a band longer the first time around, those numbers would be different. They really seemed to be gaining a lot of momentum when they hit the skids – so it's gonna be cool to see what kind of ground they gain now that they are back together. Maybe they aren't a hardcore band, but they've written some great tunes and seeing The Youth and ND in a band together…well shit, that's half of Project X as far as I'm concerned.
Sergio with Quicksand at City Gardens, Photo: Ken Salerno
Oh, and a thing about Wally hardcore: don't let all the rock music fool ya. Walter still knows a thing or two about a thing or two. I'd bet the guy could lay down a classic sounding hardcore EP entirely on his own that would shred if he wanted to.
So…Walter, whatdya say? – Gordo DCXX
Quicksand – 309
Moondog – 73
Rival Schools – 35
World's Fastest Car – 7
Walking Concert – 7
Walter and the Motorcycles – 2
Tom and Wally with Quicksand, Photo courtesy of: Quicksand
Monday, October 18, 2010
Tim Pryce – Powerhouse part III
Dan, Ivan and Tim with Powerhouse, Photo courtesy of: Powerhouse
Here's part three of our interview with Powerhouse guitarist, Tim Pryce. Big thanks to Tim for answering our questions and being one of the good guys all these years. Also, thanks to Ivan for sending me the Powerhouse DVD, which spawned the whole idea to make this interview happen. Check out Tim's new blog, http://timpryce.blogspot.com/ Still friends… Tim DCXX
How did things come together with Powerhouse and New Age Records?
I was writing to everyone I could all the time, making great friends. I think it was Jeff Terranova from Up Front who first got me in touch with Mike from New Age. We used to talk on the phone (back when long distance calls cost TONS of $) all the time. Jeff from CT, Mike in CA and me in Miami. We all hit it off so well, Mike liked the demo a lot, and he was very cool about wanting to do the EP. We were super happy about it.
What memories do you have from the 7″ recording session?
I remember that it went pretty smoothly, we recorded on tape then (this was just before Pro Tools and stuff), so there was quite a process to go through, but we had a lot of fun – and a BIG back up vocal session!!
Ivan brings it down with Powerhouse, Photo courtesy of: Powerhouse
Favorite tracks off the 7″ and why?
For me, A First Time and Still Friends stick out because they were the songs that had the most personal meaning to Ivan and me. I mean… Ivan is still my closest friend… I wrote Still Friends about him – and he sang it loud right back. A First Time was really about uniting everyone together and controlling the strife that we did have in our scene. It meant a lot to us that it seemed to bring a lot of people together.
Once the 7″ was released, what kind of changes did you see within the band and outside of the band as well? Did Powerhouse's popularity peak after the release of the 7″?
Well, we did write & play about 6 more newer songs after the EP came out that we never got to record. Ivan and I were growing into a lot of post-HC stuff, listening to a lot of Quicksand, Rollins Band, Fugazi, Jawbox… even stuff like The Melvins & Helmet. I believe our very last show was with Quicksand in 1990 in Tampa. We wanted to progress a bit – but it was hard to find like-minds at the time – it was frustrating.
When and what brought forth the break up of Powerhouse? If there was anything you could change about how things went or turned out, what would you do differently?
Actually, there was no big blow-out or anything. We all remained close, but were going in different directions. Ivan and I were trying to put something together for a while after that, but then he moved back to Arizona for a bit, so that was put on hold. It's kinda strange that we never really did a "farewell" show, or a reunion, for that matter, but we did stay involved in the scene and the music that was happening at the time.
Back cover of Powerhouse 7″
What kind of interest do you get from kids these days regarding Powerhouse? What are your thoughts on the band's legacy? How do you look back on those days with the band and the band in general?
I still can't believe that anyone really remembers the band as well as so many people do – it makes me (and Ivan too) very happy. When I was playing and doing a little touring with Where Fear And Weapons Meet, I was surprised by how many people I met who knew about us… Lately, we've been talking & getting back in touch with a lot of great people we used to know. There's a really cool HC band down in Miami that plays A First Time in every set! We just saw them play in Gainesville and it was really great. They are called Hardware Youth – great people who really have a blast playing cool HC stuff. They do it really well.
We (Ivan and I) look back on those days with a lot of great feelings. I think we did something really cool and fun, made tons of great friends all over the place, and it feels really good to be remembered in a positive way.
What are you up to these days and what kind of connection do you have to the other members of Powerhouse?
Well, Ivan and I are of course still very, very close. We both have teenage kids and we live about an hour or so away from each other in northern FL, but we're still friends with everyone we played with. Dan (who went on to play in Cavity) & Scott Baldwin – great people… as well as a lot of people who were just a big part of what we did at the time. Sadly, we lost Andy and miss him very much… that is a horrible thing for us to think about. He was a great man, and a great musician as well.
Well, Ivan and I have been working on something that might be really fun with a couple of other great musicians… hopefully before year's end… stay in touch if you're interested! You'll probably hear about it here first!!!
Thanks Tim!!
Tim Pryce and Ivan White of Powerhouse, 2010, Photo courtesy of: Tim Pryce
Friday, October 15, 2010
Straight Ahead – Knockdown
Holy shit! Never seen this video before and had to post it immediately, fuckin' incredible! If this doesn't make you want to do a sofa dive or a flip on your bed, I don't know what will. -Tim DCXX
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
OFF! at the 6th Street Warehouse, Photo: Sean Peterson
I've been catching word here and there about Keith Morris's (Black Flag / Circle Jerks) latest band, OFF!, but hadn't actually heard a note until today, and I gotta say, I'm pretty damn impressed. Classic, early Black Flag style, Southern California hardcore, played hard, loud and dirty.
Keith's joined by Bassist, Steve McDonald (Redd Kross), drummer, Mario Rubalcaba (411, Clikatat Ikatowi, Rocket From The Crypt, Hot Snakes) and guitarist, Dimitri Coats. It looks like OFF! will be releasing their first EP, tomorrow, October 12th, which will include a limited edition Raymond Pettibon poster. Cool stuff, so lay into the videos and check the links for more details. -Tim DCXX
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Supertouch – Doin' It Live…
Supertouch at The Safari Club, Washington DC, Photo courtesy of: John White
Coming off of last night's Supertouch poll wrap up, Tom Farkas dropped us a line with a cool thing he had written about Supertouch, and specifically their WNYU recording. Pretty cool stuff, and a fitting time for it as well, as this legendary recording is apparently coming out sometime soon on vinyl. Thanks Tom. "Climbin' Aboard!!!" -Gordo DCXX
In the late 1980's New York hardcore scene very few bands commanded more respect than Supertouch. Mark Ryan, Supertouch's singer, was an old school legend and had been the singer for Death Before Dishonor in the last great era of NYHC. This gave them a pedigree right out of the gate. Supertouch's rhythm section was as tight as they come – they weren't some kids trying to keep it together, they were a rock solid machine. Jon Bivano's guitar playing was powerful, creative and reminiscent of classic rock greats, and yet, still as aggressive as any other CBGB matinee regulars.
If there was ONE problem with Supertouch, it was that they didn't have any recordings. Serious devotees of the scene knew all of their songs from going to countless shows but, aside from the occasional blown out crowd recording, no one had access to their music. Most NYHC bands progressed from demo tape, to a compilation track, to a seven inch, and maybe, if they were top notch, a full length. Supertouch could have gone straight to the full-length and pleased the whole scene.
Joe and Mark with Supertouch, Photo: Eric Fennell
When the first Revelation Records compilation 'Together' came out, Supertouch had the track 'Searching For The Light' on the B-side and it was an instant classic. The recording was weak, but the track shined right through. Hopes were high, if Supertouch had gone into a recording studio, maybe we would be hearing some more from them soon. But all we had was that one track, and a head full of memories of all of their other great songs.
So when the second Revelation Records compilation, 'The Way It Is', hit the shelves, there was a chance that we might get some more Supertouch material to devour. And we did, sort of. It was yet another version of 'Searching For The Light'. True fans needed more than this to satisfy them.
That satisfaction came in the form of radio waves. Supertouch played a live set on WNYU. Every NYHC kid had this tape. This was as close as we would get to a full length Supertouch record for quite some time. That live radio set got played countless times, traded, dubbed, lost and found. It was the definitive recording of those songs, at that time.
When Supertouch finally did release a full length LP, 'The Earth Is Flat', it had all different, newer songs on it, leaving that WNYU tape as the time capsule for a bygone era. All of us who saw Supertouch live back when they were doing those earlier songs will always hold onto that radio recording near and dear. The audio may be rough and live and the vocals may waiver, but it's Supertouch LIVE, which is how we remember them. Maybe that's for the best after all.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Supertouch poll wrap up
Supertouch at the Marquee, NYC, Gorilla Biscuits Last Show, 1992, Photo: Adam Tanner
Supertouch are one of those bands that I've always had a lot of great memories of seeing at their live shows. Going all the way back to the first time I saw them, which was either late '89 or early '90 at Rutgers University, to their first show at Middlesex County College in 1990 with Burn and Gridlock. Those pre-"The Earth Is Flat" days, when all they had out was "Searching For The Light" and the "What Did We Learn" 7″ were great. The shows were smaller, but the crowd response was always strong and you would have 50 die-hards singing along to every word. Of course the set would always finish with "Searching" and pile-ons seemed to happen on cue. Good times for sure.
After those few 1989-1990 Supertouch shows that I caught, the band went on a hiatus and nothing was heard from them for quite awhile. Eventually studio tapes started leaking out from "The Earth Is Flat." I remember hearing it for the first time and being pretty damn confused. Not that the "What Did We Learn" 7″ was traditional hardcore, but it was in the ballpark. On the other hand, this "Earth Is Flat" material was like nothing I had heard before. It's hard to put into words exactly what I was thinking at the time because it's been so long, but like I said, I was confused to say the least. As confused as I was, I did not give up on it and kept that tape in rotation that entire summer. Within a couple of weeks I bought "The Earth Is Flat" hook, line and sinker and never looked back. It might have taken me two weeks to "get it", but I did and it's forever stuck with me.
Supertouch at the Safari Club, Washington DC, Photo courtesy of: John White
Once "The Earth Is Flat" was actually released by Revelation, the band got back together and started playing again. The first show back that I remember was at the Marquee in NYC, it was the last Gorilla Biscuits show in 1992 if I remember correctly. I'm pretty sure "The Earth Is Flat" had been out for about a year or so and at that point it had really sunk in for everyone, it did for me at least. I was so psyched to see Supertouch on a big stage, with a huge crowd and all this great material behind them. I can assure you, they shredded the Marquee that night. I was a little burnt on GB at that point and to me, Supertouch stole the show. They were tight and on the money and delivered to a manic crowd that had waited patiently for a year or two to see them hit the stage again. I remember doing a ton of stage dives that night and trying my damnedest to avoid getting clobbered by the menacing NYC dance floor. Somehow I made it out alive and had the time of my life doing it. When all was said and done, that Supertouch set would be one of my favorite show memories ever.
Over the next couple of years I saw Supertouch quite a few more times. Two that stick out would be another Middlesex show, and the last show I remember seeing them at was a garage show in New Brunswick at the Bouncing Souls house. No matter if it was 50 people or 900, Supertouch always brought it. Luckily, over the past few years Supertouch have played a few surprise shows and I've managed to get myself to two of them. Sounds like Europe will now get their chance to "Get Down" and that's a good thing.
Supertouch at Middlesex County College, Photo: Pete Reilly
As for the poll, I could have gone either way. I really love both the 7″ and LP equally and to be completely honest, I'm not even sure which I actually voted for. Both represent different eras of the band to me, but both bring about positives from each side. Obviously "The Earth Is Flat" went home with the win and I can understand that, it is a full LP's worth of material, but in the end, there are no losers here. -Tim DCXX
Supertouch – "The Earth Is Flat" LP – 148
Supertouch – "What Did We Learn" 7" – 85
Supertouch at the Marquee, NYC, yours truly with some stage dive action, 1992, Photo: Traci McMahon
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Nickelodeon (Sun., March 4, 6:30 P.M. ET)
Comedian Rich Hall stars in this anemic comedy special as a snack food entrepreneur. He has a mechanical food-processing dog that flies off for an appearance on the David Letterman show. (In a decidedly odd bit of casting, Hall played the handler of a mechanical bomb-disposing dog on True Blue.)
There's one funny sketch about an overly competitive high school Scrabble coach, but the rest of this show makes Stupid Pet Tricks look positively brainy.
Picks and Pans Review: Tv Dinner Party
updated 03/05/1990 AT 01:00 AM EST
•originally published 03/05/1990 AT 01:00 AM EST


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Remarks by Abraham H. FoxmanNational Director, Anti-Defamation LeagueTo the ADL National Executive Committee MeetingFebruary 6, 2009Palm Beach, Florida
As delivered:
I stand here today to say to you that in all the years, of all my years at the ADL monitoring, exposing, combating anti-Semitism, I have never been so worried, so concerned about the safety and well-being of world Diaspora Jewry as I am today.
It wasn't too long ago, it was the turn of the century, that we were shocked; that here we turned this century – from a century of hatred, destruction, of Holocaust -- and yet still with us is anti Semitism. And we engaged in all kinds of analysis -- new anti Semitism, old anti Semitism, is it anti Israel, is it anti Zionism – wow, a plethora of analysis and articles, and even I wrote a book, called "Never Again?" What is it? How is it? Where is it? When will it? And then it sort of subsided. But then it was limited, it was really limited to Western Europe -- ugly, violent, and yet with a great deal of effort.
And Dr. [Richard] Prasquier [President of CRIF, the umbrella body of French Jewish organizations] can certainly bear witness, we convinced a civilized world how serious it is to stop denying, to confront it, to develop an approach and a technique and have the courage to stand up.
And you know what? It happened. There was a Conference on Anti Semitism in Vienna, in Berlin, in Paris, even at the United Nations. And one by one, some of the Western European leaders stood up, spoke out, condemned it, developed even techniques for how to deal with it. And France became the model of how a caring civilized nation should respond.
And I think to most of us, we sighed a sense of relief that things are finally, finally changing. And then, six weeks ago, something happened. And I don't think any of us, any of us could have imagined that what was happening in that tiny speck of land adjacent to Gaza, southern Israel, would so explode in an epidemic, a pandemic of anti Semitism.
And the reason I guess it came as such a shock, because those of us who watched the Middle East knew that every time there was violence, there was conflict, there was intifada, the result would be some anti Semitism somewheres around the globe, certainly in the Muslim world and other places where there was bias and there was prejudice against Israel. But this case? In this case?
If ever, if ever there was a just war, if ever it would be clear to every single decent thinking individual what this was all about, it would be here. Don't forget, because you're going to need to remember it.
Gaza. Israel withdrew. Withdrew. No settlements, no occupation, at a cost, at a tremendous cost of conflict, of pain. Some American Jews so excited about the future contributed millions of dollars to make sure that the greenhouses in those settlements would be handed over to the Palestinians so that 2,000 or 3,000 Palestinians would have a livelihood immediately.
Do you know what it means to a people whose synagogues have been destroyed for hundreds and thousands of years to uproot and destroy synagogues? And the Israeli army tenderly, with love, with respect, removed the mezuzahs, but even more so, dug up the graves of those who were buried in the Gaza, transplanted the cemeteries and said: "Here. You want freedom? You want liberation? You want self determination? It's yours."
And then even with those who said, "you do not deserve to live. You do not deserve to exist. We never will make peace with you" -- in its charter enacted the "Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion" -- even with them, through the goodwill of Egypt, Israel negotiated a ceasefire so that good people on both sides of the border could live.
And then the ceasefire dissipated. And then Israel again and again restrained and restrained and restrained, maybe this and maybe that and maybe the U.N. will act and maybe the world will respond. And so you have a scenario unlike any incident in the last 60 years of where Israel acted almost in fulfillment of a formula that the world had dictated. No occupation, no settlements, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Depend on others to implement that ceasefire, and the bombs kept coming, and the Katushas kept coming and the Grads kept coming and much deeper and more frequently.
Then Israel did, I guess if you look at the statements somewhere that you will find around the world, almost every country well, not all countries, but many civilized countries – said "oh, yeah, there's a right of defense and self defense. Oh, yeah, we probably would react the same way."
But then, all of a sudden, as if the floodgates had been opened, within days an open season had been declared on world Jewry. There's a new legitimacy. I challenge you to find a country in the world from Austria to Zimbabwe, including Iceland, that has its own tzuris, that is immune, that is not experiencing this recurring, returning, more virulent, more vicious, more violent virus of anti Semitism.
And now there isn't even a pretense that this is a political issue. It is almost established fact that Israel is wrong, Israel is evil, Israel is satanic and violator of international human rights and international law. All of these and within 30 days almost become givens. Talk about war crimes, war tribunals; Israelis are being told by their own government to "be careful about travel."
And now it seems that the only issue is how responsible are the Turkish, French, Argentinean, Spanish, South African, British or other Diaspora Jews. How responsible are they for all these horrific Israeli deeds?
You have on the table two important publications. I don't think we contemplated that we would ever again be writing reports in such graphic terms about current day anti Semitism. But it will not – it will not -- reflect the isolation, the anxiety, the fear that we hear in telephone conversations and discussions with our fellow Jews around the world.
There is no measure, but we know what is going on. Jews hiding their Jewish identity in more places in the world than we'd like to admit, removing mezuzahs, not going to synagogue, not being identified, not only in Islamic countries but in countries of liberty and fraternity and the places that gave us the Magna Carta.
And so I give you a full report. I'm not sure if this report would see the light of day and that this world would understand. And I have specific examples but more demonstrations, public demonstrations than we've ever seen before related to this act of self defense. More, more people, more intense, uglier, more in the United States than we've seen in all previous conflicts.
Language, language. The graphics, almost perfected: "The Star of David equals the swastika." You'll see some of it here, you'll see some of it up there. In every country, in every community, I can read the names of cities that should conjure up in your mind art, literature, history. Every city on the globe, every city on the globe has seen these epithets of "Israelis and Jews are Nazis" are forthright. The Warsaw Ghetto and Auschwitz have become epithets. For what? Israel exercising its right to defend its children, its women, its citizens?
This isn't a war. Is that a war? There's no territory. Its right to exist, to breathe. And the world responds in such ugliness, with "Jews to the gas" shouted at a protest in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. We're not immune in this country.
And the attacks, not that it's right, not that it's right that the protest and the attacks should be against Israeli embassies or Israeli consulates. It's not right, so don't misunderstand me.
But at least there's a certain logic and legitimacy if you act out a position on the international scene against a policy of a government you protest and you picket. But no, the protests, the pickets, the vandalism is against synagogues, Jewish institutions. Ironically one is Cyprus. The demonstrations there were not in front of the Israeli embassy, the Israeli embassy that 20 years ago was bombed and destroyed by Iran and its henchmen, and to this day nobody's been brought to justice. But the demonstrations -- in front of the AMIA in Buenos Aires, the Jewish body representing Argentinean Jewry, which was also destroyed by an Iranian bomb 14 years ago; again, nobody brought to justice. And so the demonstrations and the pickets are against Jewish institutions, Jews. Jews are being singled out as responsible.
And there is a dialectic, there is a dialectic. We are one, so one can say there's something wrong. That if you act out against Israel, you're acting out against the Jewish people, but we bear that jointly, proudly, there is a saying which says (speaking Hebrew) "Israel and the Torah are one" (speaking Hebrew) "Israel and Diaspora are one." One in bearing the pain as well as the joint, but we need to understand and we need to communicate it.
This is the worst, the most intense, the most global that it's been in most of our memories. And the effort to get the good people to stand up is not easy. Dr. Prasquier will tell you of his efforts in France.
There are countries that to this day the spokesmen have not stood up to say "not acceptable" -- not in Norway, and not in Sweden, and not in Belgium, and not in Turkey -- although they're changing. But we need to insist that the civilized world stand up and say "no" in every single country on the international arena, to condemn this vicious, hideous, violent, insidious, scary response to one of the most legitimate, legitimate governmental responsibilities anywhere in the civilized world.
I wish I could tell you that I see the end. I wish I could tell you that now that somehow there is a ceasefire, that there are even debates between Hamas leaders as to what kind of a cease fire, although this morning I heard the delegations left Egypt.
I wish I could tell you that maybe the international community now understands that one way to prevent this is to seal the borders between Egypt and Gaza. I can't tell you that.
And unless that happens, there will, unfortunately, be more pain and more suffering and more exercise of Israel's legitimate right to disproportionally protect its men, women and children. Because if we fought World War II proportionally, Europe would be a Nazi continent and Japan would rule Asia.
I have never, never heard the application of proportionality. I have never heard the dastardly argument, "well, only 13 Israelis died." What other country has been given that standard? The only "if one gets killed, you can only kill one?" Every country knows that it's to defeat the enemy, except for one country.
So on our agenda, dear friends, on our agenda for the foreseeable future will continue to be as one, anti Semitism and its ugliest, most scary manifestation. And we will need to continue to stand up to expose, to challenge, and to stand as one, as one people, as one people taking the responsibility and standing shoulder to shoulder, whether it be in Lima, Peru or Buenos Aires or Athens or Paris or Palm Beach or New York City, and we will need you, need you, to continue with that struggle.
We'll make the speech available. The speech is important because it lists specifically examples, horrific examples. It will list for you something we live through boycotts. You know, the start of so much of the pain in Europe 30, 40, 50, 60 years ago in the '30s was with boycotts. Today you will find boycotts against Jews called by an Italian trade union in South Africa by all kinds of good people listing lists of Jewish institutions, Jewish businesses. You'll find it in Turkey, you'll find it in France.
I got a call yesterday from Israel saying "we'll send you a list of Israeli companies which all of a sudden negotiations have ceased in Europe." A company that was told in Switzerland that "the only reason we're dealing with you is we have no other choice, there is no other producer of this," and now we're beginning to hear this again. Israeli ships not being unloaded all because the Jewish people stood up, stood up to defend the lives of its men, women and children.
So take it the text will be given to you. Share it. Share it with friends, share it with your colleagues. Let them understand how hideous and how serious and how threatening this is.
Thank you very, very much.
As prepared:
In all my years at the Anti-Defamation League -- monitoring exposing and combating anti-Semitism -- I have never been so worried about the safety and well-being of Diaspora Jewry as I am today.
It is as if the floodgates have been opened. An open season has been declared on world Jewry.
A new legitimacy - there is no country in the world from Austria to Zimbabwe, including even Iceland - that is not experiencing this recurring returning virulent virus of anti-Semitism.
There is not even a pretense that this is a political issue – that Israel is wrong, evil, satanic, a violator of international human rights and international law. It has become a given.
And now the only issue is how responsible are the Turkish, French, Argentinean, Spanish, South African, British or other Diaspora Jews.
Every so often we hear rumblings that the Jewish community no longer needs an Anti-Defamation League. After all, say some, anti-Semitism is no longer a problem. That American Jews flourish, that Jews live freely in the world's democracies, and that there is a Jewish State of Israel all make their case, they say. I only wish it were so.
While I am practical enough to know that anti-Semitism will always exist in the hearts and minds of too many people despite the great strides we have made in our educational efforts and with the moral leadership of our government, religious and community officials, my hope is that we can keep it at bay, make it unacceptable for the bigots to act out their anti-Semitism.
These past six weeks, my hopes have been dashed by an explosion of anti-Semitic rhetoric and assaults across the globe.
Israel's operation to defend its people from Hamas rockets has had an impact far beyond Gaza and Israel's besieged southern cities. Its repercussions have been and are continuing to be felt by Jewish communities around the world, particularly the Jews of Western Europe and Latin America.
We reported on incidents from Thailand to Peru, but we followed especially closely the situations in the two European countries with the largest Jewish populations.
In France, 113 incidents were reported during the three weeks of the fighting, roughly the same number of incidents that occurred over three months in 2007. In Toulouse, a burning car was rammed into a synagogue, and Molotov cocktails were thrown at several others houses of prayer around the country. At a school in Nice, a children's mural was spray-painted with "Death to the Jews." In Paris, a teenage Jewish girl was beaten by a gang, including three of her classmates, who said they were avenging the Palestinians.
In the United Kingdom, 220 anti-Semitic incidents were reported during the three weeks of Israel's military operation, an eight-fold increase compared to the same time period a year ago. A synagogue was firebombed. Jews were beaten on the street. Graffiti in public areas included "Slay the Jewish Pigs," and "Jihad 4 Israel." At anti-Israel demonstrations, shouts of "Heil Hitler" and "Kill the Jews" were heard, as was the chant at a Muslim rally, "Jews, the army of Mohammed is returning." In Amsterdam, Antwerp, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Caracas, Florence, London, Montevideo and Paris, Jews have been beaten on the street, synagogues have been firebombed and desecrated and Jewish institutions, businesses and homes have been attacked.
• "Jews to the gas chambers" has been chanted at anti-Israel demonstrations in Europe, Latin America and even here at home, and similar calls for death to Jews have been heard across the Arab and Muslim world.
• At anti-Israel demonstrations in Bangkok, Barcelona and Buenos Aires, Israeli flags with a swastika replacing the Star of David were paraded.
• A Norwegian diplomat sent a mass e-mail comparing the plight of the Palestinians in Gaza to the Jews in concentration camps, including side-by-side photos -- 20 Holocaust photos paired with 20 photos of Palestinians.
• Articles about the "Zionist Holocaust against the Palestinians" or other Holocaust equations were a staple of the Arab media during the Gaza operation.
And then there is Chavez. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has emboldened and empowered anti-Semites by his rhetoric and actions and that of his minions. The synagogue attack in Caracas did not happen in a vacuum. It took place in an atmosphere of intimidation and threats against the Jewish community of about 15,000 that has been building for weeks, stoked by the vile comparisons of Israel's actions to the Nazis coming from Chavez and his regime.Hamas terrorists and the leader of their main supporter, Iran, endorsed such incitement. One of the top Hamas leaders, Mahmoud Zahar, called for Jewish children to be attacked around the world. Ayatollah Khamenei of Iran said he would confer the status of "martyr" on "anyone who dies in this holy struggle against World Zionism," by which he means Jews anywhere.
The unsophisticated methods and materials used in anti-Semitic attacks that we have seen to date, particularly in Europe, indicate that the assailants are not Hamas sleeper agents, but individuals who have decided to single out Jews and Jewish community institutions.
These types of attacks may be dissuaded or deterred. But in order to prevent further incidents of anti-Semitism, political, religious and community leaders need to make clear that such attacks have no justification, no excuse, and will never be tolerated.
• In Belgium, attackers tried to burn down two synagogues and a Jewish home with firebombs. Jewish stores and a Jewish school were vandalized. To date, Belgium's prime minister has said nothing.
• In Denmark, two Israelis were shot by a Dane of Palestinian descent. Danish public school principals have called for Jewish students not to be admitted to certain schools for their own safety. Denmark's prime minister, a noted friend of Israel, has said nothing.
• In Greece, a synagogue was defaced with graffiti that read: "The state of Israel murders – whose side are you on?" Greece's Prime Minister has said nothing.
• In Turkey, an Israeli basketball team fled from the court into the dressing room because the crowd became threatening, calling them "killers." Prior to that, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan did worse than say nothing. He called on Allah to punish Israel.
• In Arab countries, the anti-Semitic incitement in the press has been ratcheted up to conflate Israelis with Jewish communities around the world. Every day Arab cartoons incite hatred by demonizing Israelis either as Nazis or with classic anti-Semitic stereotypes such as having horns or lusting after blood. Qatar's al-Watan published an article with the menacing statement, "The Zionists are spread all over the world and are connected through tribal bigotry with solid close ties … The World's Jews should know that their participation in our massacre will not pass silently."
Sadly, such hatred still hasn't been fully shamed into silence in our country.
At anti-Israel rallies in the United States, which promote the usual extreme anti-Israel and anti-Zionist messages, the demonstrators loudly and proudly engaged in anti-Semitic rhetoric and offensive Holocaust imagery, likening Jews and Israelis to Nazis.
At a Dec. 30 anti-Israel demonstration in Fort Lauderdale, a woman was heard shouting, "Go back to the oven, you need a big oven! That's what you need!"
And while these demonstrations have been largely nonviolent, I believe it is not a leap to say the incitement they fomented have led to attacks against Jewish institutions.
• Three synagogues in Chicago were vandalized and defaced early on a Saturday morning by vandals who smashed windows and doors with rocks and bricks and sprayed pro-Palestinian graffiti on the buildings that read "Death to Israel and "Free Palestine."
• Handmade signs left on the door of a synagogue in Dalton GA, showed a Jewish star and swastika.
• In San Francisco, the Holocaust Memorial outside the Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park was spray-painted in red letters about three feet tall saying, "Israel -- there blood is on your hands."
• In Hollywood, California - "Free Gaza" and "swastika = star of david" was spray-painted on a wall belonging to a TV studio.
We're also seeing the economic version of these anti-Semitic attacks – the boycotting of Jewish businesses. While physical assaults against Jews and Jewish institutions are of primary concern, anti-Jewish economic boycotts have a particularly menacing symbolism as actions that marked the beginning of the Nazi terror and isolated Israel for too many years.
• In Venezuela, opinion articles in government-owned newspapers have called for boycotts of Jewish-owned Venezuelan businesses and multinational companies believed to be owned by Jews.
• In Italy, a labor union distributed fliers that urged a boycott of "shops in central Rome linked to the Jewish community."
• In Malaysia, former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad spoke at the National Mosque in support of the "Selective Boycott of Jewish Products" campaign, organized by the Malaysian Muslim Consumers Association. That organization also called for halal certification to be withdrawn from Jewish-owned companies.
• In South Africa, an email campaign is urging a boycott of businesses with "Jewish connections."
• In Switzerland, a sign was put on a kosher store that read "Swiss people, defend yourselves. Don't buy from Jews."
• In Argentina, a far-left politician has organized physical blockades of Jewish businesses, saying the protests target "rat nests."
• In Turkey, Jewish-owned businesses have been vandalized with posters calling on consumers to stay away.
Even America is not immune from calls for anti-Semitic boycotts. Fifteen professors in California recently called for an academic and cultural boycott of Israel. Despite all the concerns we have about college campuses these days, their appeal doesn't seem to be getting any serious support.
Once again we have to ask where are the voices from international leaders to counter the incitement of Hamas and Iran before their threats are translated into violence.
• President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, who is consistently outspoken in condemning anti-Semitism, made such a statement after several synagogues had been firebombed, saying that he "utterly condemned the unacceptable violence, under the pretext of this conflict, against individuals, private property, and religious buildings," and assured "that these acts would not go unpunished." In well-publicized statements, he told French security forces that they must enforce a zero-tolerance policy for anti-Semitic acts, and he convened a meeting with Muslim, Jewish and Christian religious leaders to urge a united religious front to condemn these attacks.
• The Dutch Justice Minister announced that he would investigate allegations of anti-Semitism and incitement to hatred and violence at anti-Israel demonstrations, including whether public prosecutors were enforcing hate speech laws.
• The British government also recognized and condemned the explosion of anti-Semitic incidents. Foreign Minister David Miliband condemned this anti-Semitism at the Parliament, and the Parliament's All-Party group against anti-Semitism expressed its "horror as a wave of antisemitic incidents has affected the Jewish community."
• In Caracas this past Monday, representatives of the United States, France, Canada, Finland, Germany and the Czech Republic visited the synagogue that was attacked on Friday evening, the start of Shabbat, to express their solidarity with the Jewish community and condemn the violence.
These important, but few statements have been the exception, rather than the rule. We find a vast official silence in the face of loud calls at demonstrations to "kill the Jews," the explosions of Molotov cocktails hitting synagogues, and the crash of bricks breaking the windows of Jewish schools.
Jews around the world were attacked when the second Palestinian Intifada began in 2000 and during Israel's war with Hezbollah in 2006. Security is government's primary responsibility, and an essential component of security is warning against threats and incitement.
Bully pulpits must be used to send a loud and clear message from political, religious and community leaders that attacks against Jews and Jewish institutions have no justification, no excuse, and will not be tolerated, whether in Belgium, Greece, Turkey, Uruguay, Chile or Venezuela. If world leaders do not speak out against anti-Semitic violence and incitement, if they allow the threats of Hamas and Iran to go unchallenged, they will have failed an important political and moral test.
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The food in the main dining room was on par with a good 4* restaurant, and all the waiters were very polite and nice. Breakfast in the Buffet was OK, and we only realised on the last morning you could have a formal breakfast in the restaurant doh!!
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Overall we loved every minute, and were very impressed with the overall running of the ship.
We have booked another cruise already, but are going to try Celebrity again just because a good deal came up!!
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UNESCO Report Highlights Social Sciences' Role in Addressing Environmental Change
15 November 2013: The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) launched a new report on social sciences and global environmental change, titled 'World Social Science Report: Changing Global Environments.' The report was released during the 37th session of the UNESCO General Conference in Paris, France.
The report, which is co-published by UNESCO, the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), highlights the connections between global environmental change, particularly climate change, and challenges such as accelerated production and consumption, population growth, socio-economic and cultural globalization, and widespread patterns of inequality. It stresses that, to address these challenges and achieve global sustainability, there is a need for integrated thinking and responses, and it outlines the contributions that social sciences can make in this regard. In particular, the report finds the social sciences can bring about economic and behavioral changes.
The report concludes by calling on social scientists and their stakeholders to, inter alia, intensify research on the human causes, vulnerabilities and impacts of environmental change, and to "frame the change, enable change, build capacity for change and be the change." [Report Webpage] [Publication: World Social Science Report: Changing Global Environments (Online readable)] [Publication: World Social Science Report: Changing Global Environments – Executive Summary (PDF)] [UNESCO Press Release] [UN Press Release]


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On Jan. 21, Pfister – the daughter of a prominent ski resort developer – wrote on Facebook that her tenants would be kicked out within a month, according to the Aspen Daily News.
"The people that were supposedly taking care of my house are not doing what they said they would do," she wrote in another post, "and they're not paying rent and they haven't paid utilities."
A work force agency did indeed move the couple's possessions out on Feb. 22, when Pfister, 57, returned to Colorado. Four days later, on the evening of Feb. 26, a friend who came by the house found Pfister's body in an upstairs closet.
This week, authorities arrested the doctor, William F. Styler III, 65, and his wife Nancy Christine Styler, 62, on suspicion of Pfister's murder.
The case stunned the close-knit resort community of fewer than 7,000, where Pfister's late parents, Betty and Art Pfister, co-founded the Buttermilk ski area, but much about the investigation remains unknown.
While it took several days for the criminal case to take shape, Pitkin County Sheriff Joe DiSalvo and prosecutor Andrea Bryan remained silent on the details and the break that finally led authorities to the Stylers, formerly of Castle Rock, Colo.
Public records show that William Styler is a graduate of Oklahoma State University's College of Osteopathic Medicine, although he has not been licensed to practice in Colorado since 2005.
Yet the Stylers were under investigation from the start, Sheriff DiSalvo said at a news conference after the couple's arrests Monday at the Aspenalt Lodge, where they were staying after moving from Pfister's home. "We all felt it was crucial … to keep these people within our view," he said.
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Model Railroad Garden: Landmarks of America
The 7,500-square-foot "Model Railroad Garden: Landmarks of America" exhibition at the Chicago Botanic Garden features trains running on 1,600 feet of track, for train and garden enthusiasts to enjoy the delightful sights and sounds of the miniature trains traversing high and low through tunnels, across bridges and around buildings.
Chicago Botanic Garden- Weekend Family Classes
Together, adults and children can explore cool things about how plants connect to science, art, history, and culture. Each program includes a variety of hands-on activities and projects, as well as opportunities to bring the Garden home. Programs run from November through April on Saturdays.
Wonderland Express at Chicago Botanic Garden
Take a magical trip to a winter wonderland of twinkling lights and holiday beauty at the Chicago Botanic Garden when we kick off the holiday season! Outside, 750,000 lights sparkle and welcome you and your family to the Garden's wonderland. Inside the Regenstein Center, a 10,000-square-foot exhibition of miniature trains winds over bridges, under trestles, past waterfalls, and through more than 80 mini-replicas of Chicago's favorite landmarks. Paul Busse, designer of the Model Railroad Garden, created this amazing exhibition exclusively for the Garden's holiday celebration.
The Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival
The Great Highwood Pumpkin Fest will boast fan favorites including all you can carve pumpkins, Trick or Treating, costume contests, Pumpkin Parade, hay rides, pony rides, petting zoo, carnival rides, kids crafts, two stages jam packed with solid entertainment, food and beverage vendors galore and a Superhero 5K Pumpkin Run/Walk. As always, all lit jack-o-lanterns will be placed on pumpkin walls throughout the Festival grounds, with ceremonial wall lightings Friday and Saturday nights, and the grand lighting on Sunday evening.
Bling: The Jewelry & Gift Show
It's time to get your bling on! Amdur Productions is proud to launch a new holiday shopping festival: Bling, The Jewelry & Gift Show. Sending out some love to all of the jewelers and jewelry lovers with this Highland Park, Illinois indoor festival November 18, 19 and 20; located at the Highland Park Country Club. This event is a free admission, free parking for the public.
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Savor the Flavor of the Seasons' Bounty at the Deerfield Farmer's Market. Look for the bright orange carrot. Locally grown seasonal vegetables and fruit, organic and naturally grown vegetables and flowers, fresh-cut flowers, potted flowering plants, annuals and perennials, freshly baked breads, muffins and cookies, hand-crafted Wisconsin cheese, tasty maple syrup and honey, and other specialty products and much more! This market is held in downtown Deerfield at the Metra Commuter Parking Lot, located at 850 Waukegan Rd. (Deerfield and Robert York Ave).
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In a new Halloween event called Night of 1,000 Jack-o'-Lanterns, more than 1,000 hand-carved pumpkins—some as large as 150 pounds—will light up the night at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Replacing HallowFest, Night of 1,000 Jack-o'-Lanterns is the only event of its kind in the Chicago area. The LED-lit jack-o'-lanterns will be staged along a festive, paved pathway, starting at the Esplanade. Along the way, encounter entertaining characters, view the ghostly trains in the Model Railroad Garden: Landmarks of America, and find seasonal light food and drink, such as apple doughnuts, cider, and ale, for sale.
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Apples play a starring role in this lemon and vanilla infused cake. They're in the batter and on top for a pretty presentation, filling every bite with their tart, sweet flavor.
This is a single layer cake cooked in a springform pan. It's buttery and moist with soft, tender apples that melt in your mouth. It's perfect with just a sprinkle of powdered sugar but can also be dressed up with whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
It comes together easily once you get the most time-consuming task done, the slicing of the apples. Now, I know, it's not apple season, but apples are one of those fruits I eat all year-long.
When I see a piece of fruit the first thing I usually think of is what can I bake with it? I can always find beautiful organic ones and aside from eating them with a
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Apples play a starring role in this lemon and vanilla infused cake. They're in the batter and on top for a pretty presentation, filling every bite with their tart, sweet flavor.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line the bottom of an 8 or 9-inch springform pan with parchment paper and butter and flour the sides.
- Peel, core and cut the apples into 1/4-1/3-inch slices. Place in a large bowl and toss them with the lemon juice to prevent browning.
- In a small saucepan set over low heat melt 7 tablespoons of the butter. Remove from heat and add the milk.
- In a small bowl sift the flour, salt, baking powder and cinnamon together.
- In a separate large bowl on low speed beat the eggs and sugar together until yellow and creamy 2 - 3 minutes. Beat in the zest and vanilla.
- Beat in the flour slowly, 1/3 at a time. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and beat in the butter/milk mixture just until a smooth batter forms; don't over beat.
- Gently fold in half the apple slices. Spread the batter in the prepared pan and shake the pan gently to level it.
- Arrange the remaining apples slices over the top in a circular pattern with the edges slightly overlapping. Sprinkle them with about 2 tablespoons of sugar and dot with the remaining tablespoon butter.
- Bake 60 to 70 minutes until the cake starts to pull away from the center of the pan and the top is golden - a toothpick from the center should come out with crumbs but no wet batter.
- Cool on wire rack for 25 - 30 minutes then remove the sides from the springform pan and cool completely.
- Dust with confectioners' sugar and serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream if desired.
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