text: [[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/memoirs_of_an_invisible_man.png]]->''"I want my molecules back!"''-->-- '''Nick Halloway'''Nick Halloway was a fairly ordinary stock analyst until he fell asleep in the building of Magnascopic Laboratories, a company for which he represented shareholders. The building is seemingly destroyed, but people wonder why there's no debris. It turns out that due to a FreakLabAccident, the entire building and everything inside -- including Nick -- has been turned invisible.Desperately hunted by amoral {{CIA}} agent David Jenkins, Nick seeks to build a new life while avoiding becoming a scientific guinea pig stuck in a lab until he dies... or forcibly recruited into being a black ops specialist.Originally a 1987 ScienceFiction novel by H. F. Saint, it was adapted into a 1992 film directed by Creator/JohnCarpenter, and starring Creator/ChevyChase and Creator/DarylHannah. The book analyzed what effects invisibility would have on an average person who kept his morality, and the movie tried to do the same. The book was a small success; the movie was considerably less well-received.----!!Tropes used in the novel:* AttemptedRape: Richard, a friend of Nick's friend George, forces himself on Nick's RomanticInterest, Alice, at one point. Nick, present but unknown to either party at the time, throws Richard off.* BlessedWithSuck: Nick desperately wants to find a way to become visible again, although he gives up [[spoiler:when the scientist who might be able to figure out how to make that happen gets assassinated]].* CursedWithAwesome: Nick eventually figures out a way to make his lack of the usual invisiblity RequiredSecondaryPowers work for him. [[spoiler:When Jenkins corners him at a construction site, Jenkins sees where Nick brushed against some dust. When the view goes to where Nick really is, Nick is holding his jacket to the side, and throws it off the building to fake suicide.]]* DespairEventHorizon: At the end, Nick reaches this, tired of being unable to live normally and of being hunted by the CIA, and he jumps to his death from a construction site. [[spoiler:Except he faked it, figuring that nobody would bother to look for him if they thought he was dead.]]* DrivenToSuicide: At the climax at the construction site, when Jenkins has Nick cornered, Nick makes it clear that he'd rather jump off the building than be forced to work as a black ops assassin. [[spoiler: He's actually faking it, as noted above under CursedWithAwesome.]]* IJustWantToBeNormal: Nick desperately searches for a way to become a normal, visible person again. [[spoiler: Even after he learns that it's impossible, he does his best to make it so that he can live as normal of a life as possible.]]* InvisibleStomachVisibleFood: Applies to Nick. In the movie, there are several scenes in which Nick chews gum, drinks liquid, or otherwise ingests food and we see it hovering in air. In fact, the first time he notices is when he "sees" himself in the mirror, only to find digesting food. [[VomitIndiscretionShot We hear the sound of vomiting]] and the food arches into the air and off-screen. He ends up switching to an all-clear foods diet so that he can't see the half-eaten food in his stomach. Later, as he attempts to hide from the BigBad, he refuses to eat so that he remains invisible.* InvisibleStreaker: {{Averted}}-Nick has one outfit that was rendered invisible along with him, so he can wear that when he wants to remain invisible.* {{Invisibility}}: The plot revolves around what happens when a metaphorically invisible man accidentally becomes literally invisible.* MiraculousMalfunction: It's implied that someone spilling a cup of coffee on a control panel resulted in uncontrolled but permanent invisibility, in a lab whose research had nothing to do with invisibility.* PersonalityPowers: It's [[LampshadeHanging even noted]] when the CIA goes over his file: "He was invisible even before he became invisible."* PowerIncontinence: Nick's issue with his invisibility is that he's stuck that way, and he wants at least the ability to turn it off.* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Part of Nick's problem is that he has only some of these related to invisibility. His food isn't actually invisible until some time after he digests; he vomits the first time he sees himself in the mirror as it's digesting. The only thing that he can put on that's similarly invisible is the outfit he wore when rendered invisible; any dust that lands on him is visible. He can still see just fine, however.* SeeTheInvisible: Usually the footprint method, though the "something all over" method is used intentionally a few times (for example, when Nick and Alice go out to eat).!!Tropes used only in the movie:* TheFilmOfTheBook* VisibleInvisibility: Switches between types 1 and 5, though mirrors and camera footage always work as type 5. Additionally, in one scene where Nick is invisible on screen he gets rained on, and we see the shimmery outline of raindrops on him.----


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16 PDH/ 1 year • Deems courses provided by LA CES approved providers as acceptable for continuing education requirements• PDH = Professional Development Hour (not less than 50 minutes of instruction)• 16 or fewer extra PDH earned between 10/15 and 12/31 may be carried over to next year • CE must be "relevant to the practice of landscape architecture and may include technical, ethical or managerial content"• At least 8 PDH must be directly relevant to the public health, safety and welfare. Examples of such subjects include, but are not limited to, design, environmental systems, site design, land use analysis, grading and drainage, storm water management, playground safety, erosion control, site and soils analyses, accessibility, building codes, life safety, review of state registration laws including the rules of professional conduct, evaluation and selection of products and materials, cost analysis, construction methods, contract documentation construction contract administration, construction administration and project management.Administration:• Board appoints CE Committee with 5 members (majority landscape architects)• Reviews and pre-approves all sponsors and programs• Establishes methods of documentation to fulfill CE requirements • Committee responsible for determining whether a course meets HSW requirements (appeals heard by full board)Activities:• There must be a clear purpose and objective for each activity that will maintain, improve or expand skills and knowledge prior to initial licensure or to develop new and relevant skills and knowledge• Completing/ monitoring college*-sponsored courses (also teaching/instructing)• Completing courses that award CEUs (also teaching/instructing)• Attending seminars, tutorials, short courses, correspondence courses, televised courses or videotaped courses (also teaching/instructing)• In-house programs by corporations or other organizations (also teaching/instructing)• Authoring published papers, articles, or books (upon publication, up to 25 PDH)• Making presentations at technical meetings• Attending presentations at technical or professional meetings• Semester hour = 45 PDH; quarter hour = 30 PDH; monitoring courses are recorded as 1/3 of PDH (e.g., semester hour = 15 PDH); teaching recorded as 2x PDH• 1 CEU = 10 PDH• The Board does not encourage meeting continuing education requirements through correspondence courses. Correspondence course PDH may be acceptable, however the licensee should submit supporting documentation to demonstrate high quality education from the course.Recordkeeping:Licensee has responsibility for maintaining three-year record, as specified. Must provide sufficient detail to permit audit verification. The information is submitted with renewal application and fee.Reciprocity:Continuing education requirements may be met without completing the Alabama form if a licensee resides in another state that is listed by the Board as having continuing education requirements essentially equal or more stringent and the registrant certifies that all continuing education and registration requirements for that state have been met. The board no longer lists specific states, but does accept courses by LA CES-approved providers.Exemptions:• Licensees in the first renewal period• Non-career military personnel on active duty more than 120 consecutive days in a calendar year• Licensees employed as a landscape architect that have been assigned to duty outside the U.S. for more than 120 consecutive days in a calendar year• Due to physical disability, illness or other extenuating circumstances, as approved by the board• Retired licensees or licensees age 65 and over
20 CEUs/ 2 years • One CEU= 50 minutes of instruction• Courses must have direct relationship to the practice of landscape architecture and contain elements which will assist licensees to provide for the public health, safety, and welfare• The two-year period runs from November 1 (odd year) – October 31 (even year) in anticipation of the January 31 (odd year) renewal deadline. • All courses offered by organizations other than LA CES, ASLA, CLARB, APA, AICP and DE Department of Natural Resources must be approved by the Board. These CEUs must be documented by a course agenda, syllabus, or other brief documentation that would allow the board to assess the appropriateness of course content. Licensees or the sponsoring organization can request approval. Approval may be sought after-the-fact, but there is no guarantee of approval.
Administration:• Approves CE courses/programs• Approves self-directed study• Considers special hardship requests• Performs random audits.Activities:• CE courses offered by LA CES providers are automatically deemed to qualify for CE • CE courses offered by ASLA are automatically deemed to qualify for CE (also APA, AICP, and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources, Division of Soil and Water Conservation)• Active participation in courses, seminars, sessions, programs, or self-directed activities• Self-directed activities must result in a book draft, published article, delivered paper, workshop, symposium, or public address within the two-year reporting period. Self-directed activities must advance the practitioner's knowledge of the field and be beyond the practitioner's normal work duties, and may include time spent researching, collecting data, preparing, and producing any such book draft, published article, delivered paper, workshop, symposium or public address. Instructors will not be granted CE credit for studies customarily associated with their usual college instruction teaching loads. A licensee must receive approval from the Board for such activities.Recordkeeping: Attestation must be submitted electronically upon biennial renewal of the licenses, with those selected for a random audit required to submit documentation.. A license may not be renewed unless the board approves 20 hours (or extends due to hardship). Exemptions: • New licensees (by exam or reciprocity) in the first renewal period• Licensees on inactive status (candidates for reinstatement following inactive status must show 20 hours of CE during the period of inactive status)• The board may grant an extension due to reasons of hardship (physical disability, illness, or extenuating circumstances)
24 contact hours/ 2 years • Deems courses provided by LA CES approved providers as acceptable for continuing education requirements• Contact hour = 60 minutes of educational activity with 50 minutes of instructional content• No carryover permitted• 16 hours must be related to health, safety and welfare issues• 16 hours must be obtained in structured educational activities• The rules, including the definitions, are designed to apply to both landscape architects and architectsAdministration: • Requires, every two years, the board to randomly audit for compliance more than 1% but less than 10% of the landscape architects required to complete CE courses• Authorizes the board to audit continuing education providersActivities:
'Continuing education' is defined as 'an orderly process of instruction that is approved by an approved organization or the board for a profession…that is designed to directly enhance the practitioner's knowledge and skill in providing services relevant to the practitioners profession or occupation.' It includes an activity that is approved by the board that augments the practitioner's knowledge and skill in providing services relevant to the practitioner's profession. [The language excluded from the above quote does not pertain to landscape architects.] Indicates that courses offered by ASLA are
acceptable, as well as those provide by accredited colleges,
universities, or other postsecondary educational institution, AIA, APA,
CSI, the Board of Registration for Architects and Landscape Architects,
CLARB, NCARB, and other related technical or professional societies,
organizations, or institutions.
'Health, safety and welfare' is defined as the planning and designing of buildings and structures and the spaces within and surrounding the buildings and structures that: (1) minimize the risk of injury to persons or property and comply with applicable building and safety codes; (2) are durable, environmentally friendly, cost effective, and conserve resources; (3) are aesthetically appealing; (4) function properly in all relevant respects; and (5) enhance the public's overall sense of well-being, harmony, and community and integrate effectively with the surrounding environment. Topics include:Codes, statutes and regulations governing practiceEnvironmental and ecological resourcesProfessional ethicsIndiana licensing statutes and rulesLegal aspects of contracts, documents, insurance, bonds and project administrationConstruction documents and servicesMaterials and methodsMechanical, plumbing, electrical and life safetyStructural technologyEnergy efficiencyProject administrationAccessibility issuesSecurity and safety issuesNew technical and professional skills The following meet the requirement for structured educational activities:College-sponsored short courses or seminars on landscape architectural subjectsCollege-sponsored credit courses dealing with landscape architectural subjects (semester hour=15 CH; quarter hour=10 CH)Presentations held in conjunction with meetings, conferences or conventions of landscape architect professional organizations recognized by the board (educational program only)Short courses or seminars relating to professional practice or new technology offered by colleges, professional organizations, or system suppliersTeaching or instructing a landscape architecture course, seminar, lecture, presentation, or workshop (3x credit for the initial presentation only; maximum 9 CH/biennium)Landscape architectural research that is published or formally presented to the profession or public (maximum 9 hours/biennium)Structured self-study courses, presented by correspondence, Internet, television, video or audio, ending with an examination or other verification processEducational tours of landscape architecturally significant projects, where tour is sponsored by a college, professional organization or system supplier (maximum 8 CH/biennium)Professional service to the public that draws upon the licensee's professional expertise on boards and commissions, such as planning commissions, building code advisory boards, urban renewal boards, code study committees, regulatory boards and professional accreditation teams (maximum 8 CH/biennium)The following individually planned educational activities may qualify for a maximum of 8 CH in the two-year renewal period:Planned activities related to landscape architecture, including business and practice efficiency, business development, personal improvement, and new skillsActively participating in a technical or professional society or organization, which must consist of serving as an officer or serving on a committee of the organization (2 CH are earned for one full year of service, with the maximum set at 2 CH)
Recordkeeping: Licensee has responsibility to maintain a 3-year record, including copies of certificates of completion for CE courses. The licensee must provide the board with copies of the certificates of completion upon the board's request for a compliance audit using between 1-10% of licensees required to take continuing education courses.Reciprocity: Allows the board to accept credit toward CE through courses accepted for credit toward CE in other states.Exemptions:• New licensees are not required to meet the provisions for the first biennium in which the licensee is licensed• Licensees serving in the U.S. armed forces• Licensees incapacitated by illness or injury• Licensees may apply for a waiver for other circumstances• Licensees under inactive status
No continuing education requirements
24 CEU/ 2 years
Administration:Affidavits will be chosen by random for audit
Reciprocity: A licensee is exempt from these provisions if the landscape architect attests in the renewal that for not less than 21 months of the preceding two-year renewal period, the licensee was a resident of another state having CE requirements and has met those requirements.
36 hours / 3 years
Administration: Department approves providers. All courses must be taken from approved providers (see above). The fee for making such application to become a state-approved provider is $900.
Recordkeeping: Licensees provide certification to the department upon renewal that they have complied with the requirements. Licensees must maintain adequate documentation of completion of acceptable CE and education activities and shall provide such documentation at the request of the department. Licensee has responsibility for maintaining six-year record. Exemptions


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Two years ago today, Michael Jackson died at the age of 50. By the time of his death, for many, he'd become a pop-culture freak show, a religious icon and a punchline. Lost in all of that - and in the manslaughter trial against his physician that is still meandering through the courts (here's the latest "development") - was the performer himself.
For a refresher on what a game-changer Jackson was, here's the moment he did it: his performance of "Billie Jean" during the taping of the TV special "Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever" in March 1983. Entertainment Weekly has a nice archival write-up on Jackson's performance, and its impact, here; when Fred Astaire calls you at home to tell you "you're a hell of a mover," you know something new is in the wind. »Read Full Blog Post
Severinsen lights up Christmas in MSO seasonal concert
Nothing ushers in the holiday season quite like Doc Severinsen and 200-or-so instrumentalists and singers raising the roof of Uihlein Hall with seasonal music.
Severinsen, who retired from the Milwaukee Symphony Pops principal pops conductor post in 2007, returned to the MSO podium on Friday with trumpet and flugelhorn in hand. He led a high-energy, festive program of holiday music that meshed classical music with pop, jazz and traditional carols. »Read Full Article(4)
New director, Scrooge give Milwaukee Rep's 'Christmas Carol" a true spirit
In its just-released December issue, American Theatre magazine suggests that, for all its popularity in theaters throughout the country, "A Christmas Carol" may be getting tired.
Such an observation hits home when your "Carol" has been staged for 37 consecutive years. But as four different adaptations and 10 different Scrooges attest, the Milwaukee Repertory Theater's "Carol" hasn't survived that long by standing still. »Read Full Article
Milwaukee Art Museum announces acquisition for AIDS Day
The Milwaukee Art Museum has acquired a new work of art in recognition of World AIDS Day, which is today.


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Inuyasha [VIZBIG Edition] (GN 6)
Title: Inuyasha [VIZBIG Edition]
Volume: GN 6
Pages: 560
Distributor: Viz Media
Release date: 2011-02-08
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Age rating: 16+
With the power granted by a large piece of the Shikon Jewel, Naraku's scheming is in high gear as his minions go forth to do his bidding. Kikyo, the priestess whose duty it once was to guard the jewel, gave the fragment to him, but why? Then Inuyasha takes on another of Naraku's evil offspring, a demon that inhabits the very sword his half brother Sesshomaru wields.
Naraku's human origins may yet prove to be his downfall if Kikyo can exploit his weaknesses by forcing him to make a difficult choice, one that is mirrored by Inuyasha's lost love for Kikyo and a possible future with Kagome!
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The moment was simple enough - a passing of the torch, really.
John Gleason, his voice booming over all others, had just been given the keys to the Caprock football program. The career assistant spoke with gusto of the many opportunities at the school and how the Longhorns would soon turn their difficult past around.
A recorded message at the Caprock football office shortly thereafter spoke volumes about the Longhorns' new head coach.
"You've reached 'Rock football," the message said. "We're not in right now, we're out coaching this year's district champions."
Two years later, the Longhorns are still waiting.
"We want to be able to compete in our district."
Caprock coach John Gleason
In Gleason's two seasons as head coach, Caprock has a combined 5-15 record. Various situations have left the Longhorns struggling in District 3-4A.
Gleason never thought it would be like this.
"My expectations are high," Gleason said. "I felt like we'd have more numbers by this time. I thought we'd be in the playoffs by now. We've worked hard to get some of those things, but right now we're still working on them."
Indeed the Longhorns do continue to work. Heading into Gleason's third season as head coach, the team has made substantial progress both on and off the field.
But that progress has not been without its growing pains.
Overall, Caprock has not earned a playoff berth since 1975. The Longhorns' last winning season was in 1980, and the team has won four games in a season only twice since 1990.
While many of the problems Caprock has encountered are not unique to the school, some of them are amplified. Much time has been put into correcting some of those difficulties, sometimes at the expense of time on the field.
Gleason became the Longhorns' coach in 2000 following Ron Rogers' departure for Tascosa after only two seasons at Caprock. Immediately, Gleason began to put his own stamp on the team - with a renewed emphasis on academics and building from the ground up.
Often, Gleason's job involves more than coaching. He talks about how he's helping build his players into good workers, husbands and fathers in the future.
That begins by hitting the books.
At times during Gleason's first season, the Longhorns were without key players due to academic ineligibility. He instituted mandatory study sessions for many players - helping all varsity players maintain their eligibility last year.
Perhaps more noticeably, the Longhorns were not retaining the players who started with the program as freshmen.
During the 2001 season, Caprock had one of its smallest senior classes in recent memory - 11 players. Gleason said that number was closer to 65 when they were freshmen, but through attrition and several students dropping out of school, it quickly began to shrink.
The numbers for this season are similar, although not quite as pronounced.
"As a freshman, we had about 60 guys. Now we have 20," senior linebacker Andy Kennedy said. "Some guys might have to drop football to get a job and support their family. The guys that are here right now are the ones working hard to help this team."
Caprock also has not been helped by a decrease in the number of students at the school since 1990, even though its 1,563 students is third among the seven-team District 3-4A. Gleason, though, is confident that new communities being built around Caprock should help the team in future seasons.
The lack of depth has hampered the Longhorns throughout much of the last two seasons. Whereas most Class 4A teams are able to use separate platoons of players on both offense and defense, the Longhorns were unable to do so at several positions.
Although Caprock often started quickly against opponents last season, the one-platoon system took its toll.
"The big factor, No. 1, is the fatigue factor," Gleason said. "I thought last year at the beginning of ballgames, we played with everybody. There were a lot of times in our opening drives where we scored or we moved the ball real well.
"But later in the game, the fatigue factor would kick in and we'd give up a big play and stop moving the ball."
"As a freshman, we had about 60 guys. Now we have 20. Some guys might have to drop football to get a job and support their family. The guys that are here right now are the ones working hard to help this team."
Caprock senior Andy Kennedy
Even off-season work has become a greater priority. Kennedy said the coaching staff has put more emphasis on the team's conditioning program, and players have taken notice. With the UIL allowing supervised weight training programs during the summer, attendance at the Caprock sessions almost doubled.
"When you look at a team like Palo Duro last year, one of the reasons they had a great season was because they had a great summer," Kennedy said. "You have to have a good summer to build into the season."
But the difference remains on the field. With a smaller number of returning players, the Longhorns often rely heavily on juniors and sophomores making an impact on the varsity level.
Nonetheless, Gleason believes the Longhorns are closer to turning the corner. Several new assistant coaches dot the Caprock staff, giving the team an added boost of energy.
Even players themselves have taken note of the change.
"We've already had better practices this year than last year," senior defensive lineman Kenny Holmes said. "We have a bunch of new coaches, and our players are coming up in the system. They want to be able to make a difference in the community. We have a young group of guys who want to be out there."
Ironically, Caprock has had more players sign with Division-I programs than any other Amarillo ISD school since 1995. Offensive lineman Stephen Fahnert started the trend in February 2000 when he signed with New Mexico, followed one year later by wide receiver J Fields to Baylor.
Turning that kind of talent into consistency requires years of preparation. Many prospective players heading into the Caprock program have not played before their freshman year. Even Gleason admits that the Longhorns sometimes must play catch-up to help a player rise to the level of his peers.
That kind of necessary improvement is all the more difficult against the caliber of competition Caprock faces each week during the season.
"We're in a tough district, we understand that," Gleason said. "High school football is very competitive up here. We see other teams having success, and that's where we want to be.
"We don't want to put football in front of academics, but this is Texas high school football. We want to be able to compete in our district."
Success on the field is the ultimate hope for Gleason and the Longhorns. Despite their troubles during the last several years, the Longhorns remain upbeat about winning a district championship, and the AISD and Caprock communities have given the team their full support.
"These folks in Amarillo want to see all their programs be successful," Gleason said. "We want a program that the whole Caprock community can be proud of."
Maybe then Gleason's first message may become a reality.
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Hide captionBluegrass legend Del McCoury (in gray suit) made a special appearance for the song "Bumper Sticker."Brian Blauser/Mountain Stage
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Comprised of four-fifths of The Del McCoury Band, The Travelin' McCourys are known for their penchant for keeping one foot in traditional bluegrass as they extend the other into more modern sounds. Their latest collaboration with experimental guitarist-singer Keller Williams is a prime example: The band relies heavily on bluegrass instrumentation, while stretching out into humorously self-aware numbers like "Mullet Cut" and "Bumper Sticker." The latter features an appearance from bluegrass legend Del McCoury, a Mountain Stage veteran.
The highlight of the set comes with the unexpectedly lovely cover of Jessie J's hit "Price Tag," which subtly recalls the song's reggae and funk influences. Bandleader Ronnie McCoury plays mandolin along with Jason Carter on fiddle, Alan Bartram on bass and Rob McCoury on banjo.
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Auburn is in talks to bring Tracy Rocker home as Gene Chizik's defensive line coach.
Rocker, a star at Auburn in the 1980s, could leave Ole Miss after one season, according to someone familiar with Auburn's coaching search. Auburn has hired six of nine assistants.
Rocker won the Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award at Auburn and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004 for his Auburn playing days. Rocker was the defensive line coach at Arkansas the five years before following Houston Nutt to Mississippi.
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NMC's new disk dedicated to the music of Philip Cashian spans some ten years of his output. It includes his Tableaux for small orchestra, Cello Concerto, Dark Flight for six cellos, The House of the Night for oboe and twelve solo strings and his Piano Concerto. I've only spent the morning dipping into it, so will limit myself to saying that this is exciting and brilliantly inventive music, well worth checking out. Extracts are available on the NMC website together with an interview with the composer. The complete disc is available on Spotify.
EMI have just released a new recording of Britten's War Requiem, with Antonio Pappano conducting the Orchestra, Coro e Voci Bianche dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with soloists Anna Netrebko, Ian Bostridge and Thomas Hampson. It's a worthy and powerful addition to the catalogue, though I found the unfamiliar timbre of the Italian choir jarring in this most English of repertoire. It also faces stiff opposition, not least from Britten's own recording and – my personal favourite – Richard Hickox with the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.
On Naxos there is a programme of flute music by Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks. It contains his Flute Concerto, Sonata for Flute and Alto Flute, Aria e Danza and Ainava ar putniem (Landscape with Birds) performed by Michael Faust, Patrick Gallois (flutes), Sheila Arnold (piano) and Sinfonia Finlandia. Also on Naxos, Jeremy Filsell's Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day, Epitaph, If God Build Not the House and Windsor Service; and David Briggs's Pange Lingua and Messe pour Saint-Sulpice receive world première recordings by the Vasari Singers conducted by Jeremy Backhouse. The composers accompany on the organ. Finally on Naxos, there is a new album containing John Cage's A Book of Music for two prepared pianos, Suite for Toy Piano and Music for Amplified Toy Pianos performed by Xenia Pestova and Pascal Meyer.
Chandos, meanwhile, have released a new album of music by John Adams with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Peter Oundjian. It contains his Doctor Atomic Symphony, Short Ride in a Fast Machine and Harmonielehre. It's also worth checking out Chandos's end of stock, better than half price, page; there are a number recordings of music by living composers to be found there, including by Michael Berkely, Jonathan Dove, James MacMillan and David Matthews. Also of interest to many will be a new release on DG of Boulez conducting the complete Mahler Symphonies. I am intimately familiar with his recording of Number 6 ('the only sixth, despite the Pastoral' as Berg said), included in this set. Boulez often divides opinion, of course, but I found it extremely exciting – not remotely 'cold' as he is so often characterised. The rest of the set should, therefore, be worthy of exploration.
'The trumpet does no more stun you by its loudness, than a whisper teases you by its provoking inaudibility.'
So it proved this weekend at Arcomis's extraordinary International Brass Event in Cardiff. This is, by no means, a complete review – I wasn't able to attend the whole event – but I did manage to spend most of Saturday and the first half of Sunday at the festival, gobbling and binging on its many world-class concerts.
As a brass player I suppose I was inevitably going to be delighted at the prospect of hearing players of the likes of Tine Thing Helseth, Allen Vizzutti and David Childs all in one place. Nor did any of them disappoint. For me, however, it was Vizzutti who stood out. Not only does his playing exhibit astonishing mastery, he is also, it turns out, no mean composer either. Of the many pieces of his we heard, I was particularly struck by his Andante and Capriccio, a work that was refreshing in its lack of pretension: well-made music with beautiful melodies and luxurious textures and harmonies.
And amidst all the brass fireworks there was plenty of other new music to enjoy. A crack brass quintet from the London Sinfonietta tackled a technically exhausting programme of Berio, Birtwistle, Lutoslawski, Macmillan and Jackson. Byron Flucher stood out with a whimsical and well thought-out performance of Berio's Sequenza V for solo trombone. I also enjoyed the three works for quintet: Lutoslawski's Mini Overture, MacMillan's Adam's Rib and Jackson's Two Haiku. Despite admiring the incredible control of the two trumpeters in Birtwistle's The Silk House Tattoo, however, I remain puzzled by the work. Perhaps this is because it is Birtwistle at his most pared down, even the theatrical element reduced to a ritualistic marching of the trumpets round an imaginary circle. It all left me feeling a bit cold, wishing I could listen to one of his more luscious orchestral scores. The Sinfonietta concert was followed by a workshop given by players Alistair Mackie and Byron Flucher, entiled A Way into Berio. Aimed primarily at players it also provided penetrating analysis of Sequenzas V and X. Flucher's demonstration was particularly revealing. Uninformed players come to this repertoire at their peril.
David Childs' brilliant advocacy of the euphonium on Sunday morning was only let down by a programme that was, perhaps, a reminder to composers that this is an instrument that needs and deserves more repertoire. The world première of Mervyn Burtch's Nocturne and Dance stood out, a tautly written work in his characteristically astringent style. Also on offer was Karl Jenkins' Euphonium Concerto, written specifically for Childs. Often infectious and attractive it was, however, sometimes spoilt by taking itself too seriously, most notably in a badly misjudged section of multiphonics – an unnecessary nod to modernist extended techniques from a composer who prides himself in being above such things.
Throughout the concerts were interpolated a series of newly commissioned fanfares. I declare my interest here and say that one of these was written by me. Written in homage to anniversary composers Britten, Lutoslawski, Hindemith, Poulenc and Berio, they also provided musical clarion calls before and after concerts at St. David's Hall (and, in one case, at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama). In addition to this there was a concert of new works for brass that resulted from an Arcomis call. For me this was the beating heart of the Brass Event. As we sat listening in a nightclub-like atmosphere, glass of wine in hand, to the varied and interesting newly written works, the whole purpose of the weekend became clear. In a sense all the high-profile concerts and workshops were a foil, a brilliantly subversive feint that enabled Arcomis to get across its core message: that new music matters and that, whatever your stylistic preference, there is a living composer who can provide you with music you can love. One can only hope that Arcomis is successful in its mission to connect people to the arts. And that we can have another festival soon. Please.
For more information about Arcomis see CT's interview with its director Adrian Hull.
Following their success with the 2011 International Flute Event, Arcomis (Arts Commissioning) have followed-up with a festival dedicated to brass music. The Arcomis International Brass Event takes place from 10th–13th October in Cardiff. It offers an extraordinary range of big name performers including: David Pyatt (french horn); Tine Thing Helseth, Allen Vizzutti and Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet); Oren Marshal (tuba); David Childs (euphonium); the London Sinfonietta; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; and Mnozil Brass. Composers represented include Oliver Knussen, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Edvard Hagerup Bull, James Macmillan, Luciano Berio, Mervyn Burtch and Tobias Broström. There will also be a series of newly commissioned fanfares interpolated throughout the concert series as well as a large number of behind-the-scenes workshops.
Sound, Scotland's festival of new music, takes place from 23rd October–23rd November in and around Aberdeen. It opens with a new work Framed Against the Sky by Brian Irvine. From 24th–27th October there will be an exploration of the world of microtonal music in collaboration with University of Aberdeen, including new works by Christopher Fox and Geoff Palme. The festival will also take a look at how sound and images interact in performances of Stephen Deazley's ManHigh, Joby Burgess's Powerplant and a sound tapestry by Leafcutter John.
In Italy the Venice Biennale 57th International Festival of Contemporary Music runs from 4th–13th October. There are premières of works by Sofia Gubaidulina, Evis Sammoutis, Rebecca Saunders, Andrea Portera, Claudio Ambrosini, Claudio Ambrosini, Kaija Saariaho, Giampaolo Coral, Raffaele Grimaldi, Raphaèle Biston, Ryo Dainobu, Pasquale Corrado, Eric Maestri, Zad Moultaka and many others. There is also a very wide range of more established contemporary music on offer. The full programme is available here.
In Madrid, finally, the 13th Festival Internacional de Música Contemporánea is already underway, but there remains much to hear before its conclusion on 27th October. There are world premières from David del Puerto, Leonardo Balada, Pascal Gaigne, Jesús Torres, Mario Carro, Juan Manuel Ritz, Eduardo Soutullo and Cruz López de Rego as well as music from composers such as Cage, Stockhausen, Ligeti, Gorecki, Bryars and Britten. For the first time, each concert will also be prefaced or finished with seminar discussions with composers and/or musicians.
Do you have a piece of music languishing in a bottom drawer? You are rightly convinced of its merits, but do not have the financial means to get it performed?
When Harry Whalley, an Edinburgh based composer, found himself in this all too familiar predicament, instead of succumbing to bottom drawer desperation he launched his piece Entangled Music on Kickstarter, the website that aims to crowd-fund worthy projects. Digging around on the website I have discovered a whole host of other similar projects being funded in this manner: there is Meditation on 'Haec Dies' by Joseph Fear, a CD recording project of new music for solo piano on the theme 'American Vernacular', a series of vocal pieces by Daniel Knaggs, and many others. In fact, of all the creative categories on Kickstarter in 2012, music was the most successful, with a total of 5,067 receiving full funding.
The successful projects all seem to have something in common. They make reasonable financial demands and pledges can be as small as £1 (or $1 in the States). Harry, for example is asking for just £2,048. At the time of writing, with 13 days to go, he is already at £1,722. It is much the same with the other projects I have listed.
I find all this incredibly heartening. Who said that new music can't survive in the marketplace? As such, perhaps it is time for all of us to pay Kickstarter a visit and start pledging towards whatever catches our eye. And also time for us all to show some self-belief, extract those masterpieces from their dusty dwelling-places and make appeals on behalf of our own music.
I often write about Naxos and, more obviously (it's dedicated to contemporary music, after all), NMC in these roundups. Métier, now absorbed by Divine Art Recordings Group, is another label that is a treasure trove for new music lovers. Their most recent contemporary music releases are: Michael Finnissy's Unknown Ground, James Weeks' TIDE and Carson Cooman's Rising at Dawn. I have listened to the first two of these.
I met Michael Finnissy at an event dedicated to his music at Cardiff University several years ago. He gave a talk to us that was quite unlike those that other visitors had given: it was often personal, sometimes bitter, but above all fascinating, revealing and inspiring. The concert that evening was unforgettable, especially for the chance to hear live his innocuous sounding English Country Tunes for solo piano, at the end of which the pianist is almost crucified on the keyboard with each hand playing virtuosically at extreme ranges. What was interesting from the other works in the concert, however, was that Finnissy's music moves within a range: not everything is hard and angry. That is very much true of Metier's new disc in their series dedicated to the composer.
It contains three première recordings: Kritik der Urteilskraft, Unknown Ground and A propos de Nice. Kritik de Urteilskraft is all restraint and fabulously beautiful long textures before opening out into more Webernesque pointillism. This never, however, entirely gives way to Finsissy's preference for expressive melody. Unknown Ground is a moving setting of the words of various Aids sufferers. It is simply set, the emphasis always on the text, an approach that reinforces its emotionally charged content. A propos de Nice provides an often-jaunty contrast to the other two pieces, though it is interspersed with more contemplative passages that recall Kritik de Urteilskraft. The language everywhere is uncompromising, in spite of the occasional glimpses of English pastoralism. It is not easy music to get to know, but it is worth the effort. For those unfamiliar with his language, the disc is a good place to start.
James Weeks's TIDE, is actually a melding together of three works, a 'composite' composition. These are Burnham Air for solo oboe d'amore, Tide (lower case) for solo cello and Sky for solo clarinet. These are presented apart on the second disc in the collection, together – not exactly at the same time since they are all different lengths – on the first.
Heard alone, Sky is a work of transcendental calm, the clarinet playing in lugubrious long counterpoints with a six-track recording of itself. The slightest event takes on enormous significance, the sound of the player's breath, the beating sounds created by detuning. Burnham Air, by contrast, is a plaintive work of curling scales and arpeggios, key-rattles and wailing detuning. It works its way into a strangely passive but extremely unsettling frenzy. Tide sits in between the feverish machinations of Burnham Air and the cosmic breadth of Sky. It is, perhaps, the least interesting of the three when played alone; the ceaseless glissandi and droning feel a little unvaried.
The gradual unfolding of these three planes in the composite work TIDE feels almost mystical in its inevitability, the whole becoming greater than the already substantial sum of its parts. Especially striking, when the planes start to interact, are the spectral effects created by the shifts in tuning. It feels like Weeks is playing with the waveform essence of music, manipulating things at their very root. The result is music that feels original but in some way also primeval. There is a lot going on, and I can't pretend to understand it all, let alone describe it in words. I recommend taking half an hour to make up your own mind, especially if you have Spotify, where Métier release all their recordings.
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Naxos has four new albums of contemporary music on offer. The first contains John Rutter's Suite Antique, Philip Glass's Concerto for Harpsichord and Chamber Orchestra and Jean Françaix's Concerto pour Clavecin et Ensemble Instrumental. In the American Classics series there is a recording of John Knowles Paine's As You Like It Overture, The Tempest and Symphony No. 1. The Maxwell Davies series also continues with Strathclyde Concertos Nos 5 (for violin and viola) and 6 (for flute). The last consists of world première recordings of John Corigliano's Conjurer, a concerto for percussion and strings, and Vocalise for soprano and electronics.
Whilst chatting to a friend recently he confessed to 'centenary fatigue'. It wasn't, he said, that he was bored with hearing music by Benjamin Britten. He did feel, however, that spending an entire year playing music by a composer whose work is often played anyway was a wasted opportunity. He extended that argument, though less pointedly, to Lutosławski (who, in the UK at least, has received less attention). Why don't we, he suggested, explore music by centenarians whose music is less often played?
Inevitably this set me wondering whom these other centenarians might be, so I decided to have a bit of a dig around. Whilst I found many, only a handful had a discography big enough for me to construct what I was after: an alternative centenary celebration that didn't feature the big two. So here's my top seven, in no particular order. If you click on the name of the composer you can learn a bit more about them, the links on pieces will take you to relevant recordings on Spotify. If you have an account you can participate in this alternative celebration right away. If not, you will see some album information, which will help you track down recordings. Enjoy!
Jerome Moross (1913–1983)
Born in New York, Moross who was a lifelong friend of Bernard Herrmann, with whom he shared an interest in writing for film and television. His best known film scores include The Big Country (1958), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960) and The Cardinal (1963). He also wrote concert works – including a symphony, a sonata for piano and a string quartet – and orchestrated for other composers, including Aaron Copland and Hugo Friedhofer.
Henry Brant (1913–2008)
A Canadian-born American composer who developed the idea of spatial music, in which the location of instruments and singers is a compositional element. Whilst his larger works, such as Meteor Farm (1982), often include unusual instrumental combinations, he also experimented with homogenous instrumental timbres, as in Orbits for 80 trombones, organ and voice; Ghosts and Gargoyles for 9 flutes; and Angels and Devils for 11 flutes.
Alvin Etler (1913–1973)
Another American composer. His compositional style was inspired by Bartók and Copland as well as by some aspects of jazz. His best-known works are for wind (Etler, himself, was an oboe player), including his Quintet for Brass Instruments and Fragments for woodwind quartet.
George Lloyd (1913–1998)
A British composer relatively well-known on these shores, but less so elsewhere. His style was staunchly conservative, which tended to divide opinion, even if few doubted his orchestral mastery. He is best known for his twelve symphonies and a number of concertos. His final work was his Requiem, completed three weeks before he died at the age of 85.
Maurice Ohana (1913 –1992)
An Anglo-French composer with a penchant for microtonality. This trait may have been influenced by his interest in Mediterranean folk music, especially Andalusican cante jondo. It is evident in such works as Si le jour paraît for ten-string guitar and Tombeau de Claude Debussy. A good starting place for getting to know his dense style is on Erato's Ohana: The Collected Works.
Constantin Silvestri (1913–1969)
A Romanian musician whose work as a conductor tends to obscure his significant output as a composer: he wote over forty orchestral, chamber and vocal pieces. One of his best known is his early Three Pieces for Strings. To learn more about him, it is worth reading the interview with Anda Anastasescu on CT, a Romanian pianist who has done much to champion his work.
Norman Dello Joio (1913–2008)
An American composer with a conservative outlook. He studied with Bernard Wagenaar at the Julliard School and later with Paul Hindemith. Within the wind band world he is quite well known, especially for his frequently performed Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn. Other important works include Meditations on Ecclesiastes, for which he won a Pullitzer Prize for Music, and his Variations, Chaconne and Finale.
I start with a reminder that, as well as reading this monthly summary of upcoming contemporary music events, readers should also check CT's concert diary, to which all members are free to contribute. As usual, I've added a number of concerts that I have found hither and thither to this list.
A few especially caught my eye. The first, Total Immersion: The Rite of Spring 1913 is a day-long event to mark 100 years since the first performance of Le Sacre. It includes a showing of the films Ballet Russes and Riot at the Rite, a talk about the work and a family introduction to the evening concert that, of course, includes a performance of Stravinsky's masterpiece. In Paris on 27th September IRCAM are marking the untimely death of Jonathan Harvey with a tribute concert that contains his Two Interludes and a scene from Wagner Dream as well as music by Webern, Bernd Zimmerman and Matthias Pintscher. The Barbican, finally are hosting the UK première of Kimmo Pohjonen and Samuli Kosminen's Uniko. With its 'lighting effects, surround sound and projections' this is likely to be an unforgettable experience.
There are several important festivals in September. Ultima, the Oslo Contemporary Music Festival runs from 5th–14th. Scandanavia's largest contemporary music festival, the theme this year is 'Off-Road', highlighting those who find alternative ways to create musical expression. Composers represented include Harry Partch, Conlon Nancarrow, Alvin Lucier and Frank Zappa. Alongside the festival runs Ultima Academy, an international symposium that includes lectures, workshops and debates about contemporary music.
The Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music runs from 20th–28th September. This year the focus is very much on new works, with the majority being either very recently or newly composed. Having said this, it also will focus on three important Polish anniversary composers: Witold Lutosławski (100th) and Henryk Górecki and Krzysztof Penderecki (80th). Performances will include Lutosławski's Piano Concerto and Symphony No. 3, all three of Gorecki's String Quartets and Penderecki's St. Luke Passion.
In the UK, finally, the North Wales International Music Festival (20th – 28th September) will include performances of Britten's Noye's Fludde, vocal music by Paul Mealor and a rare chance, on the final day, to hear William Mathias's Violin Concerto.
August sees another round of centenary releases, many of which revisit older recordings, either in the form of new collections or remasters.
Decca's seminal 1963 recording of Britten's War Requiem has been rereleased in a new version that uses the original tapes and early LP pressings. They have somehow managed to squeeze the entire War Requiem onto one CD or, if you have the equipment, a 24bit Blue-Ray disc. The second disc contains recordings of the composer in rehearsal, a historical document that will interest many. EMI have released a six CD collection of vocal works by Britten that includes performances, some of which date back to the 70s, of all of his orchestral song cycles: Les Illuminations, Our Hunting Fathers, Serenade, Nocturne, Phaedra and the astonishingly precocious Quatre Chansons Français, written when the composer was just fourteen. It also includes a number of folksongs, sonnets and canticles. On Signum Classics, meanwhile, there is a live recording of the Aldeburgh centenary production of Peter Grimes, featuring Alan Oke as Grimes, Giselle Allen as Ellen Orford, the Chorus of Opera North and Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Britten-Pears Orchestra conducted by Steuart Bedford.
Lutosławski has, somewhat unjustly, received rather less attention than Britten this year. Naxos, however, have been steadily putting this right with a series of recordings, some of which I have commented upon in earlier roundups. They have now bundled these into a 10 CD box set. It includes many of his major works: the four symphonies, Jeux Venitiens, Chain I, II and III and the Piano and Cello Concertos. Whilst the majority of these are performed by the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra under Antoni Witt, the tenth 'bonus' disc reveals an important historical document worth the purchase price of the collection by itself: the final recording of Lutosławski in concert, here directing his Partita, Interlude, Chains I and II I and Chantefleurs et Chantefables.
Not a centenary composer, but one whose death last year makes him worthy of tribute, Hans Werne Henze is the subject of a new 16 CD boxed set featuring the complete recordings made by Deutsche Grammophon. As such, it is not a definitive collection; out of the ten symphonies by the composer, for example, it contains only numbers 1–6. There are, however, a number of other important works, notably his opera The Young Lord and his requiem for Che Guevara The Raft of Medusa.
If you would like a sanitised view of 20th century music, look no further than Decca's new 3CD The Essential 20th Century. It contains some curious choices. Whilst I wouldn't quibble with such works as Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Stravinsky's Sacre or Ives' 3 Places in New England I do wonder why they would include Eric Coates Dam Busters or John Williams' Theme from Schindler's List. I like both works but would call neither '20th Century Classics'. There is the occasional nod towards the more challenging, but even this can feel like tokenism. Schoenberg, for example, is represented by his 1897 String Quartet in D major, not even written in the twentieth century and not remotely characteristic of his oeuvre. Having said this, however, there's enough meat amongst the lollipops to perhaps make this a useful introduction to those whose listening habits struggle to pass 1900. A present for sceptical friends and relatives, perhaps?
NMC this month will release a new disc of chamber music by Alexander Goehr. It features his Since Brass, Nor Stone for percussion and string quartet, …around Stravinsky (based upon the early Pastorale), Quintet for clarinet and strings, manere (based upon a medieval plainchant) and Large Siciliano. As sometimes happens on NMC, the disc has appeared on the website but the audio clips are not yet playable. This will change shortly. Hyperion, finally, has a new disc featuring the choral music of Judith Bingham, performed by Wells Cathedral Choir, Jonathan Vaughn on the organ and conducted by Matthew Owens. Highlights from the disc are available on the website and you are can download one track, Ave verum corpus, for free.
An email today From Tete a Tete:
We are still welcoming submissions from composers for Jane's Contemporary Clinic on 18th August, where the wonderful Jane Manning will spend an hour sight-reading and discussing experiments in vocal writing with MD James Young.
Details on how to take part at http://www.tete-a-tete.org.uk/janes-contemporary-clinic/ .
Concert centres hosting summer festivals are alive with activity this month. Others, such as Wigmore Hall (here's their August itinerary, which you can compare with a normal month, here), are taking a holiday break.
I mentioned ten festivals at the beginning of July, five of which – the BBC Proms, Schlesswig Holstein, Bregenz, Salzburg and La Roque D'Anthéron – continue into August and in some cases beyond. They are all, therefore, worth looking into again. There are also several other festivals that begin in August:
Tête à Tête, the only opera festival in the world that consists entirely of new works, gets going tomorrow. Each evening at the Festival typically features three longer pieces and a couple of shorter works. There is also the chance to go to free 'Lite Bite' unticketed concerts where works of up-and-coming composers are featured. This year these are: Matt Rogers' Recurrent, Will Handysides' Of My Daughter's Prayer, John Webb's Cat-Astrophe and – a much-respected Cardiff colleague of mine – Fleur de Bray's Long Lankin.
The Edinburgh Festival (9th August–1st August) offers a wide range of cultural events, as well as some concerts that feature new music. On 10th August, for example, there is the chance to hear the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform Varèse's Intégrales Amériques and Berio's Sinfonia. Philip Glass will also be present at the Festival, performing in a tribute to the work of the great Beat Generation poet Allen Ginsberg on 13th. A summary of all the concerts in the festival is available here.
Taking inspiration from the 100th anniversary of Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Primptemps, the Lucerne Summer Festival's (16th August–15th September) theme is 'Revolution'. The focus will be on composers, new and old, who initiated radical innovation and whose music responded to political, social and cultural revolutions. Composers include Schoenberg, Shotakovich, Nono, Lachermann, Stravinsky and Israeli composer-in-residence Chaya Czernowin.
Whilst the beautiful venue at Grafenegg, Austria, offers concerts throughout the summer, it also has its own festival, which this year runs from 16th August–8th September. Of chief interest to readers here is a number of performances of music by Australian composer Brett Dean, who will also be in-residence. Works of his on offer include: Testament, Amphitheatre and Komorav's Fall for orchestra and his Concerto for Viola and Orchestra. On 18th August there will also be the chance to see Dean interact with young composers in the final part of a workshop project. The festival programme can be found here.
The Presteigne Festival runs from 21st – 27th August on the Powys/Herefordshire border. There will be the chance to hear Britten's Curlew River played in a double-bill with a new three-act chamber opera by Sally Beamish based upon the biblical story of Hagar and Abraham. Gabriel Jackson is composer-in-residence and will be represented by a number of chamber and choral works, a new piece for string quartet and another chance to hear his Piano Concerto, commissioned by the Festival a few years ago. There will also be premières from Thomas Hyde, David Matthews and Robert Peate.


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Christmas music is still on his list for Milwaukee radio
The temperature is brisk. We've even had a light snow. So where the bleep is Christmas music, Charlie Brown?
Bryan Kubel would never ask so crudely, but the same question has crossed his mind.
Christmas music is his passion. His birthday is on Christmas Eve.
And his present to all of us is the "Christmas Music on Milwaukee Radio" Facebook page - 226 likes and counting.
Feelings about Christmas music, pro and con, are extreme, which makes switching to an all-holiday music format a risk for radio stations that abandon their regular formats - and identities - in a competitive marketplace.
Entercom station WMYX-FM (99.1) and Clear Channel station WRIT-FM (95.7) are the local stations that switch to an all-holiday music format each year. With an assault of Christmas ads, sales, displays and television programming under way, neither had done so as of late Tuesday afternoon.
"The seasons have already changed, so to speak," said Kubel, a polite young man on an academic scholarship at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind.
Kubel hopes to study actuarial science. As a student senator, the freshman also has proposed legislation to make a busy campus intersection safer.
"Christmas has always been in my blood," said Kubel, a self-described "Christmas freak" who turns 19 next month. His birthday is one of three in the family clustered around the holiday, and he always received two sets of presents growing up.
"I've heard of parents combining them into just one set of gifts," he said in a follow-up email, "which I feel is kind of Scrooge-like."
A truly dedicated Christmas music fan can listen to any of numerous holiday music stations on the Internet.
I heard Kenny Loggins' seasonally flavored "Celebrate Me Home" on Clear Channel's "Xmas Lites" service, which Kubel prefers, and Bruce Cockburn and the Muppets on the eclectic Christmasradio.com.
"However, I believe that when it's on the radio, it reaches more people and the cheer spreads faster," Kubel said.
He said WMYX "does an awesome job of making their own custom playlist that mixes old stuff with new stuff. They are my favorite."
Other stations around the country have already switched to Christmas music, and one will likely do so here soon.
Sometimes the switch coincides with the lighting of the holiday lights display in Pere Marquette Park, which is at 6 p.m. Thursday.
WRIT is already branding itself as "Milwaukee's Christmas Music Station" on the air.
And when one station switches, the other follows.
In 2011, WMYX was first to switch at 5 p.m. Nov. 10. In 2010, WRIT switched at 5 p.m. Nov. 18. In 2009, WMYX switched on Nov. 4.
In 2008, both stations flipped out and started playing Christmas music the day after Halloween.
"Flipping early is a PPM ratings killer," said Kerry Wolfe, director of programming for Clear Channel Milwaukee, which owns WRIT, in an email. PPM is a radio ratings technology that measures real-time listener activity.
Arbitron conducts 13 monthly radio surveys each year. The extra is called the holiday book, which tracks listening from Dec. 8 through Jan. 4, and whose results are regarded as an aberration by the industry.
But in an article in the Hollywood Reporter in December, a senior vice president at Clear Channel said that "no other radio programming tactic consistently delivers ratings increases" than playing Christmas music. The article noted that some stations that switched even doubled their ratings. Last year, 100 of Clear Channel's 650 stations carried the format.
In the last Christmas book, WRIT had a 10.6 rating and WMYX an 8.8. They were the top two rated stations in that survey.
"Christmas music is polarizing, particularly further away from Dec. 25," said Tom Taylor, a radio industry analyst and editor of the Tom Taylor Newsletter.
But, he said in an email, "people who like it . . . LOVE it. It does attract new listeners" and "the hope is that you can hold those after Christmas. It's an audience-builder, though some folks immediately tune out when they hear" it.
"Temperature, snow, if someone goes first, those are our factors," to determine when WMYX will switch, operations director Brian Kelly said in an email. "We never schedule a day or time."
WRIT's plans were a bit more specific. Wolfe said the station would wait until the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. "Of course, if someone else flips first, we will be right there with them."
Others mark the holiday with their favorite TV specials. Here are air dates of some of them.
When there are multiple air dates, the first date is listed.
"A Charlie Brown Christmas," at 7 p.m. Nov. 28, ABC.
"Miracle on 34th Street," (1947), at 7 and 9:15 p.m. Dec. 9 through Dec. 13, AMC.
"A Christmas Carol," (1984, with George C. Scott, and 1938, with Reginald Owen), from 7 p.m. to 1:45 a.m. Dec. 16 through 18, AMC.
"Planes, Trains and Automobiles," at 7 p.m. Nov. 21, CW.
"Frosty the Snowman," at 7 p.m. Nov. 23, CBS.
"It's a Wonderful Life," NBC, at 7 p.m. Dec. 1.
"The Polar Express," at 5 p.m. Dec. 6, ABC Family.
"The Santa Clause," at 6 p.m., Dec. 7, ABC Family.
"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," at 6 p.m. Dec. 13, ABC Family.
"Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol," NBC, 7 p.m., Dec. 22.
An exhaustive holiday programming guide will appear in the Journal Sentinel Cue section Thanksgiving Day, and online at TapMilwaukee.com.
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Robotic Empire Will Release Nirvana Tribute Album for Record Store Day
Richmond, Va.-based label Robotic Empire will release Whatever Nevermind, a tribute compilation to Nirvana's iconic 1991 sophomore effort.
Richmond, Va.-based label Robotic Empire will release Whatever Nevermind, a tribute compilation to Nirvana's iconic 1991 sophomore effort.
The highly anticipated 'Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck' documentary will screen in select U.S. and international cities ahead of its HBO May 4 TV premiere.
In the first official trailer, fans get a glimpse into the upcoming documentary about Nirvana's Kurt Cobain.
Thanks to director Brett Morgen, we now know the film's soundtrack will feature a "mind blowing 12 minute acoustic Cobain unheard track."
Kurt Cobain's bank credit card leads a group of new items from name musicians that are currently on the auction block.
Dave Grohl reflects on his days as Nirvana's drummer, specifically talking about the two days of rehearsals leading up to the remarkable 'Unplugged' performance.
This past weekend saw the premiere of Brett Morgen's documentary, 'Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,' at Sundance.
Super Bowl XLIX will determine which city has the better football team, so we take a shot at deciding which one has the more influential music scene.
The excitement around the premiere of 'Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck' brought together Frances Bean Cobain and Courtney Love after nearly five years.
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HBO's documentary on the life of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, 'Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,' will be released alongside a book of the same name.
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