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Why Rep. Aaron Schock Will Be Facing Questions About His Orientation For Quite Some Time
All it took was one angry Facebook post from journalist Itay Hod, but his thinly veiled outing of GOP Rep. Aaron Schock stoked a debate that grows by the day. It doesn't matter Hod hasn't expanded on his original comments and that Schock has been silent. The conversation has taken off on social media without the protagonists, although how long Schock can ignore it without ruining his political career remains to be seen.
So far, the only reaction from the body-building Congressman has been to lock down his Instagram account, so that you can no longer see that he follows diver Tom Daley. Although everybody already knows he does.
Completely ignoring the point of Hod's post–that the media can know the truth and still refuse to report it–many journalists have decided they are more comfortable questioning the ethics of outing than reporting on Schock and his antigay record. The bad news for Schock is that they still cover his purported double life as the basis for the stories on the ethics of outing. That includes the right-wing press, which is content to spread the news as a way of attacking "homosexual websites" for spreading the story in the first place.
Buzzfeed ran a long colloquy between two reporters discussing the issue, which simultaneously condemned Hod for not presenting sufficient evidence about his hypothetical Illinois Congressman while acknowledging reporters are overly cautious about reporting on sexual orientation. At The Week, gay journalist Marc Ambinder cited the episode as a case of How Not To Out A Congressman. (CBS also put some distance between it and Hod, saying that Hod hasn't worked for the network for two years.)
Of course, the mainstream media is looking for a smoking gun (so to speak), something akin to a dress with DNA evidence on it to verify beyond all doubt the orientation of the politician in question. Circumstantial evidence won't suffice under that standard.
But Itay has clearly struck a chord among people fed up with the media's complicity with hypocrisy. His Facebook news feed now has more than 6,500 followers, and scores of you-go-girl comments, including one from Tales of the City author Armistead Maupin, who wrote, "You're my hero today, Itay. Probably for a very long time. xoxo."
Meanwhile, Schock's Facebook page is becoming a handy place for angry people to post complaints about the closet and Schock's dismal voting record on LGBT issues.
And that's what makes Schock's problem different. Other politicians who faced outing did so in the era before social media became its own force. Before Facebook, before Twitter, and certainly before Instagram, it was easier to contain the conversation and to count on the complicity of the mainstream media in not addressing it due to insufficient evidence or just plain squeamishness about the kind of reporting it would take to expose someone's true sexual life and explain how it contradicts the public and political one.
That's no longer the case, and Hod's post heralds the change. Coy as Hod was, he started an entirely new type of conversation. It's going to take a lot more than locking down an Instagram account to respond to it.
With that outfit, bitch please!!!
While I really can't stand Congressman's Shock's voting record. I think it begs the question. Should the media be all in or all out..lol
The reality is if they are going to out him then it's fair game to have outed Robin Roberts years back or when she spoke at a seminar sponsored by Chic Fil A. I understand there is a difference between the two but I do think you can't have it both ways. If I were this little twit the excuse I'd use was that I was voting according to the people that elected me. I did see him on a morning political talk show a year ago where he said he burned that turquoise belt.. I bet he wished he could take back that fashion statement.. LOL
If Itay Hod is so fed up with the media's complicity with the hypocrisy, then why was he himself complicit by not providing the evidence? He has the name of his source, why didn't he publish it so it could be verified?
@ncman: Agree 100%. Itay could have named his source who allegedly caught Schock in the shower and challenged the source to explain why he felt comfortable telling Itay this but not reporting it? Why did he not? Itay is protecting the same hypocrites he is fed up with. (Alternate theory: Itay's "friend " is himself and he himself witnessed the shower incident.)
And, honestly, the way the original Hod Facebook posting was written, I can't tell whether the man in the shower with Schock was Schock's male roommate or the male roommate of the unnamed journalist friend of Hod.
Please lets just stop trying to avoid the real issue here. While some people wring their hands about whether or not Hod should have said anything…why? The only reason being called gay is worth hand wringing is if it was a shameful, horrible, disgusting thing that should be hidden.
This is the same kind of B.S. game that the right wing played with marriage and bullying and being labeled bigots, claiming they were under attack if gays wanted to get married, and some in the community again wrung their hands and would gently say maybe we shouldn't say somebody is a bigot.
Well sorry, if they are a bigot, they are a bigot. And if somebody is gay and harming the community for a reporter to report what they know is no problem. Enough Congressmen have reports on who they brought to an event, who they are dating, or engaged to and that is the level of this.
Oh, and the author of this article summed it up perfectly with this sentence…."But Itay has clearly struck a chord among people fed up with the media's complicity with hypocrisy."
Beyond sick of it.
Itay is so drop dead gorgeous, I'd get in the shower with him any day…Sometimes journalist sources don't want to be named, that is not at all uncommon and it would compromise their journalistic integrity to do so…Maybe Schock was just trying to be stylish or it was Easter…He sure looks like a painted Easter egg in that photo…Just to play devils advocate here… I live in Oklahomo and the breeder males who are more affluent are wearing bright and pastel colors albeit in unfortunate combinations.
I guess I am sort of an extremist on this issue. Not because Aaron is homosexual, but because he works to project his discomfort with himself by attacking good gay people like you and me. In other words, I am all for attacking ANYONE who attacks my family, regardless of how they like their sex. If this is his weak spot, then exploit it. My all means, keep digging and shouting until scum like Aaron go in the backyard and hang themselves. Not for loving men, but for hating gays.
I have never ammended a Wiki page, but isn't strange that there is no mention of this controversy on Wikipedia and the fact that his entire time in elected office his sexual orientation has been questioned. I think this is more than relevant considering he has the strongest anti-gay background in congress (you can't get worse than 0% vote)??
@Fitz: There's nothing wrong with that, nothing at all, these people deserve tearing apart for their crimes.
Every person we can get rid of is another hating lunatic out of power.
I don't think he will face ANY questions about his sexuality. His staying in the closet and his voting record, YES. But his sexuality… NO. LOL.
People arguing for his "privacy" are really arguing he is entitled to hide in the closet from backlash of the homophobia Schock creates.
Actually the outfit is very "WASPY"….surprised gays don't know their fashion….
And while they are outing him, I am waiting for them to out Janet Nepolitano, Hilary Clinton, and Sonia Sotomayor (just to name a few). Outing is nothing but bullying no matter how you try to justify it.
@sportsguy1983: As opposed to using your elected position to bully every gay citizen in your district?
@sportsguy1983: So it's ok for hypocrites like Aaron Schock to actively work against LGBT people when he is gay? That's just another form of bullying. Not buying your logic, or lack thereof.
Itay Hod's comments about the media's hypocrisy and decision to maintain the closet for anti-gay politicians is one of the most important aspects of this brouhaha. Years ago when Mike Rogers was outing people, he was viciously attacked for doing so, but again and again, he unmasked homophobes who were trying to have it both ways: having sex with people of the same sex and benefit from all the hard fought-for protections gay people had secured, and yet actively work to reimpose legal strictures against and oppress gay people.
There are a number of homophobic politicians and other high level figures that have been outed but the media will not touch it. Why? Because these people are powerful. To give one example, some years ago the Village Voice featured an article that outed the homophobic Roman Catholic Cardinal of New York, Edward Egan. Not a single other major paper touched the story. Why not even explore it, especially given Egan's homophobic comments and his shameful record on the child sex abuse scandal?
The same was true of Larry Craig, who Rogers outed before his infamous toe-tapping bust in the Minnesota airport. Craig repeatedly supported anti-gay legislation, but not a single mainstream publication would take up Rogers' story. Other politicians who have supported anti-gay legislation and who have been outed include Lindsay Graham and John Barrasso, both current US Senators. (Mark Kirk, another Republican, is a bit more moderate, but he was outed during his campaign for the Senate.) It is not helping gay people or anyone to maintain the idea that being gay is shameful, or to aid and abet homophobes benefiting from gay rights while working against those same rights. Schock needs to answer the allegations, and also do as Charlie Crist (another outed politician) has done, and apologize for how he worked against LGBTQ people.
If you're waiting on the 'mainstream media' to challenge hypocrisy, then keep waiting! Because it won't happen. Just tune into any of the 3 Sunday political talk shows and you're see what I mean. Politicians are allowed to go on national television to deflect, lie and distort with little to no push back from the host. The politicians are keenly aware of this game which is why they play it so well.
@balehead: I already said that you idiot or can't you read…? Breeders always steal from us gays and if we dress like that it's meant to be ironic not high fashion.
So here's something. With so many men being placed in the 'closeted' bracket, there's going to be a few placed in there by accident. How would someone prove their heterosexuality? If we did have a straight guy in there – and after we ruined him by smearing him with an un-necessary, burdensome and illegitimate title – how would he ever be able to prove it to us that he is straight?
And, if we lived in a world where we had to constantly prove to people that we were just as paranoid about their sex lives, as they have been with ours – then we are the ignorant, childish, foolish and illegitimate holders of a legacy that fought for us to transcend these disgusting and outdated practices.
Coming out used to be annihilating – and that was when we were ripped from the staright world by the straight world. Ironic, isn't it – that the one group that held the power to dis-empower the horrible thing that was coming out and the stigmas of the closet – as well as the way that the world views us – ends up making it worse. Well done guys…
That said, I do think that we need to tackle this guy – he needs to be hounded on his anti-LGBT behaviors, and his inability to take a real stand for rights, and liberties – much as his party (and his early speeches) supposedly triumph for. Go after him for his 'flash in the pan' career. If he is homosexual – then allow who he is – a homophobic, conservative politician be enough for our boys to stay away from him.
What are we hoping to prove here – that from the deepest hating portions of homophobia comes the biggest homo? We've already done that. We don't just need to shut him down – we need greater dialogue on the issue. This seems counter-productive.
How about everytime that an editor here think about how much they hate this guy – they dig up something that he voted on, or an issue that he commented on, or a bill that he suggested, or how he is wasting time as a public official. Let's raise the bar a little and we'll see him for more than just a confused and sad little thing – but how he is really hurting us, and how we can de-couple not only him – but his many, many other brothers.
@Maharajah: NOTHING is below the belt when someone attacks my family. I'll go after anything that can hurt him, shame him, make him end his political or human life. He is a danger to my family, and he needs to go away. This is just an item, just a tool to use.
All I have to say is that we sure are being quite generous with our use of the term "outed" here. I guess the more accurate term "accuse" has too much of a negative connotation so we just try to use "outed" because it sounds more noble and for a cause. Doesn't the term "outed" pretty much imply an end result of being *out* (or, at least actual proof)? Just like Kangol's suggestion that Charlie Crist was successfully outed — um, no he wasn't. Regardless of whether he's actually gay or not, he claims he's straight and he's married, there's nothing "out" about it — he's in the closet (or actually straight).
Really though, I guess I don't understand how this facebook post is suddenly a major "outing" event in the first place. Compared to the day before yesterday, and today, there's really no new information about Schock. It's just another "friend of a friend" story. You could argue that his Tom Daley follow is new evidence, but that technically doesn't say anything about his sexuality (though even I'll admit it's extremely suspicious). But this is just another story added to the list that we've heard over the years — nothing new. I'll change my tune if/when this alleged TMZ video comes out. As for his clothes — I find it interesting that the gay blogs always scream and whine when straight media/television/etc apply stereotypes to gays…yet if a straight guy exhibits one of those stereotypes that we claim to hate so much, we're more than happy to embrace it and use it!
I guess it's just the lawyer in me that is searching for something beyond double hearsay. Like one of the commenters on a previous post stated: "there isn't a gay guy in DC that hasn't seen Schock at a gay bar." Really? Thousands of gays have seen Aaron Shock at a gay bar and it just so happens at that very moment no one could every find their phone and snap a picture? Awfully convenient. And Hod could certainly throw us a bone by telling us who is making the accusations (or excuse me, "doing the outing") — but of course he'll conveniently and hypocritically keep that information in the closet
I'm not saying he's not gay. He may very well be. And if he is he deserves all the wrath we can give. But my point is that whining that the mainstream media isn't covering this is ridiculous because there isn't a shred of actual evidence beyond "I know a guy who has a friend that totes know's he's gay!" The mainstream media has a bit more dignity than that. That idle gossip is left for non respected gossip blogs like TMZ and Queerty. Oh, and unemployed journalists who need attention on facebook.
[Note: this is not a defense of Aaron Shock – so no need to scream that in replies just because I disagree with you]
If he is gay, then I'm all for outing him. Immediately you make it your "job" to interfere with what people choose to do in this privacy of their bedrooms and their private lives, then you don't deserve much privacy of your own when you're being a flaming hypocrite.
@Maharajah: Just an FYI – when you say go after him for his "flash in the pan" career: up til now, Aaron Schock has been a bit of a rising star. Redistricting in Illinois left the 18th Congressional District relatively unchanged – allegedly because Democrats wanted him to stay happy where he was in the House and not eye any statewide positions. He was widely seen as interested in the Governor's job.
@JDJase: Agree 100%!!
@Fitz: Generally you can look at the standard of person and ascertain whether what they say has worth.
Are all at the lower end of the opinion spectrum, given how they normally post, JDJ regularly defends conservatives and mormons, so it's fine to dismiss them, they aren't even worth the time to address in my honest opinion.
@2eo: LMAO! I have never once defended a conservative and definitely not a mormon (though I am very interested in you finding an example of me doing this — oh wait, you can't). Either you have me confused with someone else, or, as usual, you are making stuff up for your own trolling pleasure. You are on the lower end of the intelligence spectrum. In fact, the reason I put the note at the end of my post saying this wasn't a defense is because I knew idiots like you who are too stupid to read and comprehend the post would shout "you're defending him!!"
I'm not concerned what you think about my opinion though, considering you're one of the biggest trolls on this site along with jimbryant.
@2eo: By the way, the only people who ever say "its not worthy my time to respond!" are people too dumb to come up with a remotely intelligent response. Congrats!
@Fitz: I understand the urgency for you – and I get where you are coming from. I am not as extreme in my views because, perhaps, I don't yet have a spouse or children – so I am not as 'invested'. From here, and maybe in time I'll look back upon me of today and see him as naive (though I really hope not) – but I think that we need to see more of how this is really affecting us. Yes, this guys is scary because of his record – but how did he get there? Who is funding him? Can we shake them off? Can we boycott them if they decide to stay with him? How do we get him out of office? How do we engage an apathetic voter base to get not only this guy – but any other guy out!
I don't want this guy coming after your family – AND I don't want anyone else to be able to do the same. We need to send broader messages – that this is not cool, that we are slamming him on the issues – not one aspect of his life that even if we were successful in finding him to be gay – that will just show how fuc*ed up hate is – and then a month from now – we see him apologize to the public and it's over. This is bullshit because that's how it ends. There is no change – and a few months later someone else takes up the torch.
I want to shut him down, as much as you do – but I also want to shut all of them down, I want to decouple him, and his friends in Florida, and his friends in Washington – and his funders in this country – that go to Uganda and Russia to get them to 'up their Christianity'!
This is a tool – but it's not the only one. It's the most salacious – but not the most productive. If we spent as much energy researching how and why he is capable of being a conservative ass-hat then we could bring him, and all of his counterparts down.
I agree with you – and don't think that we disagree on most – but this is where I think that we would be much better served by being conscious, rather then blindly vicious.
Oh the hypocrisy of the left is at it again. I guess it is okay to out only those people whose agenda you are against. So much for respecting everyone's right to privacy and being objective-no matter how "anti-gay" or pro gay he is. I know a lot of out gays who are against gay marriage and who were against repealing DADT. I disagree with them but if they were in the closet I would never out them. Same old double standard with the left…if we like you and we agree with you we will keep your secret. if not to hell with you.
@JDJase: Will you marry me? I am a man, and if rumors are to be believed – a virulent homophobe/defender. I am marrying you for your logic (you really need to not whip that out around here – it's dazzling to most, understood by some, and just a litmus test for bullshit for most of the others. Oh, and as a homophobe/defender I must suck a mean co*k – so, there's that.
@chaddyboy6: please kindly shove your HATE where the sun don't shine and go back to Freerepublic!
@Maharajah: Heck yes, us homophobe-defending mormon-loving gay-rights-hating conservative-pandering jesus-freak mo's gotta stick together!
@redspyder: But placating him at the local level really stopped his upward mobility? He's a national figure – and would have been one anyway (his GQ spread solidified him with a generation of straight men as a "game-changer"). But look at him now, nothing of the dream that he sold us on a national level. He should have shot for the highest office that he could get – it would only be logical for his career – but as a Democrat is that the best that we can do – placate him? We can cream this guy – he's not only going to lose the vote of any undecided voters (who, instead of googling him now – will only find a bunch of closeted homo posts – which he can re-hab when he comes out later in his life (we are a fickle bunch at times), rather than things that really affect them. And, there are no Democrats that are better candidates than he? At all? In the entire state? We are not a weak party – why are we acting like one?
He needs to be de-powered. Calling him a Homo and attacking him, is the same thing that they did to us. What a fuc*ing joke that we are the ones doing it now – years later, in a 'time of acceptance'. If we fought for them to stay out of our bedrooms – then we should respect the same. If we are going to fight so hard for freedom and respect – we have to show that we are worthy of it. We are not a bunch of bitter queers – we are intelligent voters, liberated men, spirited and talented. We are not going to play to their games – because it only stands to empower one thing – a system that they built that still oppresses us.
If he is a homo – he'll be a sad, lonely, pathetic one. That's his personal life. Opening it up, may benefit us all – but it'll ultimately be his choice. No amount of mud-slinging, or photos, or videos are going to change that. Ask Ted Haggard.
But, we can send a stronger message – and see who is really helping him along.
Ultra-conservatives will lambaste any conservative in office who is simply perceived as pro-choice, pro-gun control or homosexual. The only reason they haven't gone after Schock is because he has voted against every bill that would advance equality for LGBTQ Americans. This, and yet they (and some in our own community) call us LGBTQ folk the bad guys because we "out" people in power.
They are wrong. This story is important because of Schock's voting record. If he were simply another person on the street it wouldn't be news worthy but he is a decision maker on legislation that change the lives of LGBTQ folk. We have every right to know who such a person is.
You said "The mainstream media has a bit more dignity than that".
That's laughable. The one ultimate goal of mainstream media – both conservative and liberal – is dollars. They'd sell their souls for viewers and tell any story they thought could bring in more money. Sure, whether in fear of litigation or some weird sense of propriety, they will want irrefutable proof about Schock before they commit to the story. However, once they have it they will beat the story to a pulp in their efforts to milk every last bit of money they could possibly make out of it.
Trollol, a gay conservative (indicated by a reference to the "left") is lecturing us about what's fair and decent when his own party is dedicated to making all LGBT individuals second-class citizens. I'm sorry sucking up to your oppressors isn't working out for you, and I'm sorry you identify and sympathize with such a diabolical closet case. But some of us have self respect and will not stand idly by while a major actor in the movement to disenfranchise LGBT individuals takes advantage of the glass closet while brutalizing us legally.
The real proof will come now! This guy is going to be "dogged" wherever he goes, and every time he appears with a young hunk, he's going to have to explain who his "friend is". In other circumstances, I say "leave it alone" as in Robin Roberts, who came out on her own schedule and when she was ready. The difference is that Robin was doing no harm to her gay brethren. Follow him all around!
Are all at the lower end of the opinion spectrum, given how they normally post, JDJ regularly defends conservatives and mormons, so it's fine to dismiss them, they aren't even worth the time to address in my honest opinion.
Ironic is defined as; happening in the opposite way to what is expected, and typically causing wry amusement because of this.
Sweetheart – you sure are IRONIC. Sadly, you could have been iconic – but the hate, the hate just ages a bit*h!
@2eo: Thanks! I'm quite proud to be at the "lower end of the opinion spectrum", which obviously means I post intelligent, well thought out, discerning comments. I don't post to spew hate and anger nor to argue and attack others and their opinions. My standards are too high to sink to that level of nonsense.
Best wishes on growing up and maturing!
@ZaneStuart: I actually agree with pretty much everything you've said, which is why I feel like you missed my point. I never suggested that it's wrong to "out" anti-gay closet cases and expose them for their hypocrisy. (in fact I explicitly stated that if he is gay he "deserves all the wrath we have to give").
My point was merely, right now there is zero proof, and, just as you said, the media will cover it when there is proof. I agree with you that it is an important story, but the point of my post was that as of now there really is no story. This is just another flare up of the same old rumors of people who claim to know people who know things but conveniently won't say who or what. But I guess on the plus side, as Queerty pointed out with all his new followers, Hod got what he wanted out of this.
On a different note, if he ever does decide to do it, now is the time for Schock to come out, because the filing deadline in Illinois has already passed, so the earliest he could face a primary challenge is 2016.
@CCTR: YAAAS Gurl!
@JDJase: @ZaneStuart
And to add – when he is outed, I don't want his legacy to be forgotton. I don't want him to write a NY Times Best Seller and spend weeks on ed gloating about his bad childhood, or how the church harmed him, and then he'll be in our good graces again. This is nonsense – and it happens to often. If it happens once, it has happened too many times. We suddenly develop amnesia and blame those 'reckless pre-closeted days' as a past-life. He has a conscious. Where is it? He comes out, and then he develops it? Does he not now know that he is doing something wrong? Coming out will change that? If we are that fickle as a society – why even fight him at all?
I want so that if he does come out – if he does decided to 'fess up' (and that's working on an assumption that he is gay – of which we have no evidence – and I acquiesce to the notion that if there is any proof – now is the time that it will be coming out), but until then – let's focus on how shitty of a human being he has been. Let's remind the world that we are not all like that. Let's make it so that he has to take responsibility for his sins. If he is half the man that he pretends to be – then he'll appreciate the gesture. Either way, every one affected will appreciate watching him drown – and responsibility will be the comfort to the people that he has hurt so far. We owe it to them – the ones that he is hurting – to show how and when he is doing it.
And, believe me – in this day and age – there is rarely a closet large enough to hide in. But, this mud-slinging is only going to bring us down. Slam him on the issues – there are facts there. This is how we not only win the battle, but how we can win the war!
And, at Queerty in general – come on. Every other post is about outing someone and someone else. Ok, we get it – good for clicks – great for you! But at least do some form of journalism (even if it's the quasi-journalism that you guys practice in the form of repost HuffPo or someone else's stuff) that you are so fond of – at least do something. You guys are a well visited sight, and for no doubt – because you can draw a crowd. Now that you can, please do something more – inform them. This site is good, but it can be a lot better (socially, and consciously at least).
@Volvoguy: My thoughts exactly!
I love the outfit.in my hey day.I sho would wear the hell out of it..It's like Barbra Streisand say..it's easier to criticize than to praise..I tell ya ever one who has a cellphone is a photographer and journalist..
Anyone who runs for office, and wins, should expect all his or her dirty laundry to be aired in public. When that elected official is a member of a minority and zealously uses his or her office to vote for legislation that is detrimental to his or her group, the media has a morall impertive to report on that hypocrisy. It is 2014, not 1954. It is time for honesty in politics and gay and lesbain, bisexual and trangendered people who want to run for public office should be prepared to be open about their sexuality. After all, we insist on knowing about wives, children, religion and myriad other aspects of a candidate's life. This is no different.
@Volvoguy: Seriously, (and this may be very superficial) the belt alone, I mean come on!
@Jackhoffsky: This wasn't exactly a secret to anybody in Peoria who knew the guy or google'd him. He's waaaay to fabulous for peoria. I just think most people in that area just don't really care. Blue collar. You go east to the galesburg area and your literally in Klansville and heavy tea party.. Crazy crap round those parts.
@Volvoguy: you just about killed me with that one. :)
@Fitz: I strongly agree. Anyone who has the goods on our enemies SHOULD spill the tea! These haters say we will burn in hell, so let them burn on Earth.
Sartorially, Schock appears as every other prep school and county club guy out there, gay or straight. His outfit is tame for that crowd, actually. Don't assume anything about his orientation by his clothes.
I'm not convinced his voting record is a reflection of his conscience. I don't necessarily believe his voting record reflects self-hate, either, but is simply a way for him to rise to power in a conservative district. So, if he is gay, he sold his soul. And, he threw his LGBT brethren under the bus. All for his own personal gain.
I'm only ever in favor of outing people in circumstances like this one. The very people doing us harm (including those denying us rights and legal protections) and then living a double life need to be exposed for their hypocrisy. There is no undoing what he has done, but he can atone for it. If Ken Mehlman was able to redeem himself to some degree, so can Schock.
Politicians today can no longer get away with it. Technology has made it close to impossible for the hypocrites to carry on with their lies, double lives, and the harm they do to others while they hold positions of power and privilege. Technology holds them accountable for their votes and their personal lives. Yes, he is entitled to a personal life, but his personal life does not trump our personal lives and livelihoods. And if he is gay, his personal life and interests are deeply entrenched in our personal lives, as many of us are fighting for equality and legal protections merely by living our lives openly.
That is why many people on this forum are so angry and and lack any sympathy for him.
@Maharajah: While I agree with your statement, except for the part about the 'burdensome" label of a straight guy being seen as gay *gasp* omg because I ALWAYS worry omg I hope no one thinks I'm straight. Only a person who believes that there's still something about being gay that needs to hold a kind of stigma or shame to it would say such a thing. And with that said, outing "gay" Republicans is popular for the same reason it's entertaining to point out that the great segregationist Strom Thurmond had a daughter with a black woman. It's still fun to point out and badger the hypocritical nature and carnal desires of our most conservative politicians who don't practice what they preach or stand against.
@JDJase: I don't agree with what you said, "And Hod could certainly throw us a bone by telling us who is making the accusations (or excuse me, "doing the outing") — but of course he'll conveniently and hypocritically keep that information in the closet," any good journalist knows if a source wants to remain silent then its journalistic integrity not to put their name in there. One, you could be eliminating a possible source for future references. Two, other sources would be hesitant to tell you something because they'd know that you don't like to conceal identities. And three, as another person pointed out, just like he was using "what if…" and "hypothetical" this supposed friend of his could really be himself.
If someone is going to out someone else, have that proof. Otherwise it's just insinuation.
I understood your post. I don't entirely agree.
Itay Hod's post on Facebook is only gossip but, knowing it is only gossip – because it certainly wasn't written with any journalistic integrity -, if it manages to get a discussion more cerebral than "kill him" or "let him live in the closet if he wants" going I believe it is of some value.
Then again, after reading the comments that might be a pipe dream…
Those two quotes are nearly verbatim from comments here on the subject of Aaron Schock the last few days.
I know Queerty is more a gossip rag than anything else but it really is disappointing to read comments that thoughtless.
The notion that someone's sexuality is a private matter is deeply rooted in self-loathing and homophobia.
Implicit in any discussions about a straight public figure is an understanding of his or her sexuality.
Talking about their wife, what person they have gone on a date with is all an implicit statement that they are straight.
That we don't want to talk about public gay figures the same way in order to "respect" their sense of privacy is sheer idiocy.
Any sense of "shaming" attached to his actions are rooted in his being gay.
We should be able to talk as casually about his activities, including his shower stuff just like we talk about the activities of straight people in society.
As long as we pretend this is an invasion of his privacy we are sustaining the notion that there is something wrong with being homosexual.
He isn't being outed as much as he was treated exactly like a straight person would be treated in an equivalent situation.
@Bee Gaga: Any good journalist also doesn't report a story unless they have TWO confirmed sources as well as some sort of evidence that what they're reporting wasn't just some thought made up in their head (neither of which happened here). Anyone with "journalistic integrity" wouldn't have reported this story until they had some sort of provable evidence. I'm all for journalists keeping sources confidential, in a serious piece of journalism that isn't solely reliant on "some dude said." Of course, less to Hod's fault, I blame the person who made the accusation to Hod for wanting to keep their ID secret. Like I said before, they feel it's their duty to unveil Schock's secret but wont unveil that they're the one doing it.
Ultimately though, this was a random facebook rambling by an unemployed journalist. Not a lot of "journalistic integrity" going on here. It's just a random hot guy who posted a hypothetical thought that got picked up by people who mistakenly thought he currently worked at CBS.
[Side question: would Hod's post have been blown up by Queerty etc if he wasn't attractive?]
Don't forget, when this post was initially thrown around by Queerty etc, the lead off was always "A CBS anchor posted on fb…" The idea that this was a serious newsman of a major network posting this was the ONLY thing giving this story any legs. And that turned out to be false.
As for your suggestion that Hod himself could have been the source and is the one that saw Schock getting it on: if that were true, my opinion would be that Hod is just as disgusting of a human being as Schock. All he would have to do is say "Yes, I saw them" provide a little bit of proof he was there at the time and place, and the justice that Hod claims to want against Schock would have been served. So in the case of Hod being the source, either he is the biggest hypocritical pussy there is, or else the story is bullshit. (To be fair to Hod though, I don't believe that he himself is the original source – I doubt he's THAT despicable)
@JohnnyMorales: I either don't understand or don't agree. The whole outing/privacy thing is a red herring. He is a fierce anti gay activist, who gets support from fiercely anti gay people. That makes this issue relevant, IN THIS CASE.. and in this case, doing things (ANY things) that cause him public humiliation are on the table. My sincere hope is that the pressure becomes overwhelming and he drinks himself to death. Won't happen. He'll probably do some tearful "respect my privacy" thing, and get forgiven cuz he has nice pecs. But, nice pecs or not, he is an enemy of everyone who believes in being fair.
Again, let me try to be more clear, cuz I am not so great at this kind of communication: I don't really care if he likes men or women. Or labradors. What I care about is that he is our enemy, and HE AND HIS SUPPORTERS would care if he was gay. SO, rumor or fact– use it, stab with it.
Is anyone else here bothered by this notion of "irrefutable proof" and the insistence that it be the basis for any mainstream reportage or discussion about pols like Aaron Schock? What exactly would serve as irrefutable proof of his or anyone's homosexuality?
I ask this because given the secrecy that has long surrounded the closeted, and the MSM's discomfort about the subject of closeted politicians particularly, I wonder if proof considered "irrefutable" could ever truly be offered. What kind of proof are we talking about?
Would footage of Schock having sex with another man serve?
(Probably not; such a tape would never see the light of day, or would likely exist only in some blackmailer's vault.)
What if an ex-lover of Schock's came forward, or tried to publish a tell-all?
(No, he'd either be threatened into silence and disappeared or paid off to keep quiet or both. Probably both.)
What about Schock himself? If he came out, wouldn't that be considered irrefutable proof?
(Of course it would– but given his political affiliation and deplorable record on LGBT issues, what's the likelihood of that happening?)
In these circumstances, what "irrefutable proof" could there ever be? And isn't that entirely the point? All of these scenarios add up to perfect deniability for everyone and anyone who'd rather the subject be left strictly alone.
We're talking about a long, twisty history here: Powerful politicians are made and protected by powerful, moneyed interests who will not hesitate to punish anyone who threatens to rock a boat they do not want disturbed. (Thus it's entirely believable to me that men who have seen Schock at gay bars have declined to offer proof of the sightings; fear of reprisals is a strong motivator for silence, especially if some of those men are themselves living closeted or semi-closeted lives.)
And btw, what "irrefutable proof" do we require before reporting on or publicly discussing the private lives of heterosexual politicians and celebrities? We don't need them to have done something wrong to justify our interest; that the scrutiny comes with the territory of being famous has always been considered reason enough.
@JDJase: Yeah, obviously this post wasn't done in a journalistic way. The main point I was making was the person probably didn't want to be outed (no pun intended) and Hod probably didn't want to out the person himself because. A) He/she is a valuable mole apparently and B) As I stated about other sources. Not to even further mention, the person probably told him that in confidence so he doesn't want to break that confidence and put that person's business on front street. I'm guessing you were using hyperbole, or at least I hope, because what Hod and his source did is NO WHERE near as horrible as what Schock is and has been doing. With that said, I don't think his appearance has much to do with it if a journalist as ugly as the lot of them said the same thing and made reference to Schock or any other politician Queerty would have definitely added it on here. It helped he is (seen) as attractive and that the person he's outing is (seen) as attractive, but even if they were both 60 year old tubes of lard it still would have been newsworthy. To queerty at least. I don't think what he's saying is bs, I think the media does love to hide closet cases even when and especially when they have the history of Aaron Schock. Because, as someone stated somewhere on here, we think being gay is suppose to be "normal." However, at the same time we feel like we should remain hush hush about it until someone makes a statement confirming or denying there's if it's obvious and has been experienced, as in Schock's case, then we're suppose to wait until he says it? I don't think so, given his history he deserves this outing and even if he was an ally I very much support outing. We don't sit and wait for a starlet to confirm them blonde hair or blue eyes because they can obviously been seen. So I'm not and nor am I going to demonize someone else for stating what they think is obvious and has been proved.
In my opinion, every gay politician, activist, journalist etc who actively works against the rights of other gay people should be outed.
I'm not surprised that there are gay conservatives, after all who you fuck doesn't dictate whether you love tax cuts above human rights etc., but those who support anti-gay legislation and language must be outed for the hypocrites they are. Ken Mehlman is a perfect example of an uncle Tom. He was actually knee deep in the 2004 anti gay marriage initiatives around the country which encouraged a remarkable rise in homophobic rhetoric and attacks, all in order to get his boss the presidency once more.
@AuntieChrist: But Aaron Schock is hotter!
@JohnnyMorales: I understood your comment,In fact Harvey Milk said something very similar…But his reasons were a little different…There should be no shame in being gay and since I have been OUT for the last 38 years I've taken quite a few beatings for it and on more than just a physical level…At this point I am tired of all the fighting and bullshit at my age I'm just an irrelevant old queer but I love watching the fur and feathers fly.
Here is a fact.
Barbara McCulski of Maryland voted anti-gay years ago. Michelangelo Signorelli started showing up to her press conferences and asking questions such as "How can you as a lesbian vote for……"
He told them that as long as a closeted lesbian continued to attack the gay community in order to hide the fact that she was gay he would continue to show up and out her.
Her voting record changed immediately.
@Cam: And I think that's entirely fair. Politicians are elected officials and the things they do directly affect the lives and well-being of their constituents. They should be held accountable, with no allowances made for their closets.
…Now if we can just get the MSM to understand this…
Relying on hearsay, conjecture, and the most anachronistic of homophobic gay stereotypes (meticulous wardrobe, cut physique), Hod and Savage have only succeeded in outing Schock as a Metrosexual. Neither would be in the least interested in him if he wasn't 'VGL'.
Schock's voting record only demonstrates that he's a loyal Republican: he votes as his whips tell him. Other Republicans have far more repugnant records, only they don't come up on Savage's gaydar as 'hunk-a-licous hotties'
Us gay men are constantly trying to claim attractive, successful men for our own. Aaron Rogers isn't married or in a relationship, therefore he must be . . . The obvious reason, that as a great NFL quarterback the pussy is flowing like champagne and he doesn't want the party to end, isn't even a consideration. On the other end I've heard gays maintain that Peyton's college sweetheart wife and three children are obviously 'just for show'.
Is Schock gay? Probably. But our cause will not be advanced in the public eye if we libel him. At least wait until you have some real evidence, like with Reckers.
@AuntieChrist: When I went to college I discovered that bright, colorful casual clothes such as Schock is wearing are de rigeur among preppie WASPs. In particular I remember DKEs in atrocious Kelly green chinos!
Savage's gaydar would be going apeshit at a Williams or Amherst homecoming!
facial hair makes everyone look the same, imo
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Arlington, Texas - Midway through the fourth quarter of LSU's season opener against Texas Christian Saturday night, visions of Clemson undoubtedly began to creep into the minds of the Tiger faithful.
Nine months removed from a heartbreaking come-from-ahead loss in the Chick-fil-A Bowl, here again was LSU, threatening to conduct a similar fourth-quarter meltdown in its 2013 season opener.
Like Clemson, the 17th-ranked Horned Frogs trailed by double figures with one quarter to play. Like Clemson, they'd been dominated in the trenches and stat sheet for most of three quarters. And like Clemson, they seemingly were out of it only to slip back into contention through a maddening series of LSU mishaps and mistakes.
Amazingly, inexplicably, LSU was turning the Cowboys Classic into Chick-fil-A II.
This time, though, the Tigers didn't fold. They finished.
After TCU trimmed LSU's lead to 30-27 and brought the Horned Frog faithful to their feet, Odell Beckham Jr. quickly sat them, returning the ensuing kickoff 75 yards to set up the Tigers' clinching touchdown pass from Zach Mettenberger to Jarvis Landry in the final minutes.
Final score: LSU 37, TCU 27.
Instead of Clemson, this was Ole Miss. This time the Tigers were the heartbreakers not the heartbroken.
"We had a lot of poise tonight," center Elliott Porter said. "We didn't freak out."
Indeed, in many ways this was the perfect opener for the Tigers. TCU is a tough, tenacious and talented opponent. They won't lose many more games this season. Beating them on the road on a nationally-televised platform will bolster the confidence of the young Tigers' roster. LSU will certainly gain more from this game then it will from its next two games -- UAB and Kent State -- combined.
LSU coach Les Miles will have plenty of corrections to make during film study this week. In coaching parlance, the game provided "good film" for the coaching staff. The Tigers will need to clean up their act over the next two weeks before opening conference play against Auburn on Sept. 21.
LSU dominated both lines of scrimmage in the first half, yet led by only six points at the intermission because of shaky red-zone offense and B.J. Catalon's 100-yard kickoff return.
When the Tigers got close, they got sloppy. LSU ran 13 plays inside TCU's 12-yard line in the first half, yet had to settle for field goals on three of the four series because of poor execution. They committed three pre-snap penalties. They failed to open holes on the ground. And Mettenberger failed to complete a single one of his five red-zone passes, although most of the incompletions could be attributed to excellent coverage by Frog defenders.
Consequently, the Tigers held commanding advantages of 256-109 in total yards and 15-6 in first downs, yet led by a mere 16-10 at the half.
"It was a sloppy opener at times for us," Miles said. "We have to be better there (in the red zone). We have to be able to run the football when we get down in there where we're in striking distance."
It was ominously reminiscent of the 2012 Tigers, who, in addition to the bowl nightmare, also squandered a late lead in the season-defining loss to Alabama in the regular season.
"Tonight, sometimes we were on and sometimes we missed some throws and catches," Mettenberger said.
Someone asked Mettenberger if this was what he envisioned from Cam Cameron's new offense. "Yeah," he said. "Minus all the penalties."
When the Tigers weren't imploding, they were impressive.
Mettenberger looked like a different quarterback in offensive coordinator Cam Cameron's offense. He looked confident and in complete control most of the night. He passed with authority and accuracy. In fact, his balls had so much zip LSU receivers had trouble holding onto them.
Mettenberger was the best player on the field for most of the night. The Tigers won, in part, because their quarterback was infinitely better than either of the two signal-callers TCU could put under center.
He completed only 16 of 32 passes for 251 yards and a touchdown but many of his incompletions could be attributed to dropped balls or intentional spikes on plays the Horned Frogs' defense diagnosed.
"I think that Zach will have nights like that pretty routinely from this point forward," Miles said.
The debut of the first-year offensive coordinator's offense was a success. The Tigers displayed a multi-faceted attack that took advantage of every skill-position threat on the roster. As promised, the tight ends, backs and receivers were all involved.
"I felt like Cam Cameron did a very, very strong job," Miles said. "We were much better on offense."
And the Tigers defense looked as stingy and talented as ever. The names change but the game does not. In fact, LSU's defense might be deeper than it was a year ago. They held TCU to 259 yards and 13 first downs on 54 plays.
"They looked like the LSU defense to me," Miles said. "I mean, they flew around. I liked us."
He'll like them even more if they can eliminate the suicidal tendencies. This Tigers team, like those before it, will be able to overcome the inattention to detail, lack of discipline and slipshod execution against inferior opponents like TCU, et al. But they will be their undoing against teams their equal in talent and class. If LSU hopes to challenge 'Bama in the SEC West division, it will need to eliminate the mistakes and mental meltdowns. Until then, survive and advance must remain their M.O.

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SINCLAIRVILLE - The phrase "Stop for the Reds and Save a Life" is the motto for the transportation department at Cassadaga Valley, but it seems not many people are listening.
During the school board meeting held in the multi-purpose room Monday night, there was quite a stir among the board members and administration about the problem faced when bus drivers go to and fro on Route 60.
Transportation Super-visor Bob Gilkinson has been keeping a record of incidents involving people speeding past buses.
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Cassadaga Valley Trans-portation Supervisor Bob Gilkinson shed some light on the problems faced with drivers on Route 60 involving their buses at the meeting Monday night.
"There have been 53 complaints by bus drivers of people speeding past them while their red lights are blinking since Jan. 13," he said. "And 45 of those incidents have been on Route 60."
Vice President Jeanne Oag said she is fed up with motorists passing buses with red lights blinking.
"When those red lights are flashing you have to stop," she said.
Gilkinson noted that recently there have been 21 motorists in one week who did this.
"Law enforcement has told us to tell our drivers if they see this happening they need to get the description and license plate of the vehicle," he said. "This is a difficult task for our drivers when they are trying to keep the focus on the kids and their safety, which is our main task."
Gilkinson pointed out there is no time for bus drivers to get all this information and keep the children safe at the same time.
"The drivers go up to 60 miles per hour when passing these buses," he said.
Gilkinson said they have been working really hard to train students and drivers about the safety of loading and unloading passengers from the school buses.
"Students and drivers have been phenomenal, " he said. "We are doing everything to keep them safe and this is out of hand."
Gilkinson has been working at Cassadaga Valley for five years and believes this year it has gotten worse.
"I don't know if it is because electronic devices are making them more distracted, but this is terrible," he said. "I never remember it being this bad."
Gilkinson said sometimes these cars whip by so fast -three or four in a row - and you can't even see their plates.
President S. Carl Perry agreed with the problem.
"This is a serious safety issue, "he said. "Our drivers have a hard enough job transporting students without having to deal with this."
There are 13 district buses and four non-district buses; the three drivers that complain the most are the ones who drive Route 60.
"It is overwhelmingly worrisome and is continuing to get worse," Gilkinson said. "There was one account last year of an accident involving a distracted driver rear-ending another driver and slamming them into a bus."
Gilkinson said Route 60 is definitely the biggest problem.
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I read Courtney McAnuff's op-ed column, "Calculating the real cost of college" (June 7), and note that she is vice president of enrollment at Rutgers University. She suggests students consider the "community college" route to help lower the total cost of higher education. That is an excellent idea — if students had a guarantee from the four-year colleges that these credits will be fully accepted.
Through firsthand experience with my child at Rutgers, this university limits the transferable credits from community colleges and gives enrolled students the runaround when they want to take summer/winter classes at community colleges. Taking courses anywhere but there is frowned upon.
These tactics add to the cost of education. I am convinced that higher education is a "business." Students and parents are powerless in controlling the cost.
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Kate Bush Mourns Prince
It's almost too much
By Maggie Grimason [ Tue Apr 26 2016 4:59 PM ]
Kate Bush and Prince collaborated several times. In her digital eulogy of the pop royalty on her website, Bush stated:
I am so sad and shocked to hear the tragic news about Prince. He was the most incredibly talented artist. A man in complete control of his work from writer and musician to producer and director. He was such an inspiration. Playful and mind-blowingly gifted. He was the most inventive and extraordinary live act I've seen. The world has lost someone truly magical. Goodnight dear Prince.
Prince appeared on the track embedded here, "Why Should I Love You" from Bush's 1993 album Red Shoes and, in turn, Bush collaborated with Prince on his album, Emancipation.
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Votives, Adult Beverage at Sister
Album release party also features Crime Lab and crttrz
By August March [ Fri Apr 22 2016 8:37 AM ]
Join Albuquerque's rock and roll community at Sister (407 Central NW) on Saturday, April 23 for the album release party for Votives, a heavy, punk-flavored, ambient-attached shoegaze project. Votives latest release, Trails / Hue begins with a low rumble that ultimately advance toward crashing waves of feedback and guitar badassery.
Joining Votives for this special celebration of all that is rocking will be an Crime Lab, crttrz and Adult Beverage, an outfit fronted by Dillon Cullinan.
Cullinan spoke briefly with the Alibi about his latest undertaking, recalling the many changes Adult Beverage went through as their psychedelic sound took shape.
"By spring 2015 the band had finally found it's ideal configuration with Higinio Martinez on guitar, Zach Leyba on drums, and occasionally Briana Lee on bass. Since 2015 we have played countless house shows and venues in New Mexico. We have played alongside Walter TV (Mac Demarco's live band), Destruction Unit, The Memories, Colleen Green, and LA Witch.
Adult Beverage is currently writing and recording for the first time collaboratively. A new 5 song EP is being recording by Will Byrne of Train Conductor.
Asked to describe their current flavor, Cullinan said, "We've been described as having elements of punk, garage rock, dream-pop, stoner metal, noise rock, and psychedelia."
The concert, a glimpse into the instrumentally intense and luminously limitless void in these parts, begins at 8pm.
Shimabukuru and His Ukulele
By Anagamin [ Mon Mar 14 2016 7:15 PM ]
The house was packed last Saturday night for Jake Shimabukuro's concert. It was an intergenerational mix of people; three generations of Albuquerque music lovers came out for the show. There were members of the folk-music community and veterans of the art-music recital scene, families and young people taking in new sounds.
The lighting at Simms Center at the Albuquerque Academy had artistic intent and contributed to the celebratory atmosphere with rich colors. From start to finish, it felt like a flawless performance. I arrived feeling tired and kind of out of it, but left feeling energized and inspired. The artist and his instrument blended so well together. Shimabukuro's ukulele seemed like another arm or the perfect dance partner, attached by life and love.
Shimabukuro played a few experimental tunes that were supposedly dissonant but were still musically enthralling. He followed up with traditional Hawaiian music and thoughtfully interjected three cover tunes, "Come Together," "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "While my guitar gently weeps." The George Harrison tune was especially visceral and heartfelt.
Throughout the concert, Shimabukuro used two different instruments, each with different timbres and purposes, blending his instrumental knowledge into each piece he performed.
After each song Shimburakuro and the bass player would fist bump one another, obviously eager and excited to be playing together and for a receptive audience. The stage was very simple, just the two players interacting and focused on the other's playing. Shimurakuro received two standing ovations at the end of the night; the audience was grateful for such an amazing journey and the musicians seemed thrilled to provide it.
Jesse Heidenfeld
REIGHNBEAU Rocks!
By August March [ Wed Mar 9 2016 8:31 PM ]
Good news, everyone!
Local electro-wizards REIGHNBEAU (Bryce Hample plus collaborators Hannah Daney, Colleen Johnson, Madeline Johnston and James Sturgis) have been recognized by music magazine Stereogum.
Their new album, Blood, is currently streaming—along with a brief yet well-deserved laudatory review—at a site known for its focus on lo más chingón in current musical forms.
Check out the solid and synthetic sound of twenty-first century Burque here.
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Marching Forth into the Dream
MarchFourth! at Dirty Bourbon
By August March [ Wed Feb 24 2016 2:33 PM ]
If you dig ecstatic, Burque concert-goers, then tonight, Wednesday February 24, 2016, is your night. The Dirty Bourbon Dance Hall and Saloon (9800 Montgomery NE) hosts a highly listenable show brought to town by forward-looking and far-ranging musical production entity AMP Concerts.
MarchFourth!, a fascinatingly far out, flavorful and funky re-visioning of the American marching band tradition, headlines the event and San Diego Gypsy rockers Diego's Umbrella provides support—albeit it in their own folkified yet punktastic way.
MarchFourth features the talents of 15 musicians and five dancers and acrobats. As a colorful and sometimes cacophonic ensemble, MarchFourth! put a saucy yet postmodern spin on a mainstay of Americana that critics have called sexy, carnivalesque and celebratory. And like all the band geeks you've ever encountered, the marching unit's chops smolder and smother.
Co-conspirators Diego's Umbrella use Eastern European musical conceits mixed up with SoCal punk aesthetics to create a singular musical experience. 18 bucks gets one into this late-winter cosmic carnival; it's a 21+ dealio that begins at 7:30pm.
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New Work by Cactus Tractor
By August March [ Sat Feb 6 2016 5:23 PM ]
New work by Cactus Tractor
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A Lousy Robot Must Be Human
By August March [ Wed Jan 27 2016 9:26 PM ]
"Every life is in many days, day after day. We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts, giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, brothers-in-love. But always meeting ourselves." — Stephen Daedalus
Jim Phillips was a musician from Albuquerque. He directed the creative activities of a band called Lousy Robot. When he died unexpectedly last spring, Phillips left behind a body of work notable for defining a fragile, yet brightly expressed nexus of what it means to be human.
Invoking the wide and melodically winsome swath carved out by power-pop adherents like the Easybeats, Big Star, the Cars and Elvis Costello, singer/guitarist Phillips and his ensemble (Ben Wood, keyboards; Joey Gonzales, drums and Dandee Fleming on bass) added intensity and a profound sense of dark realism to their rocanrol stew.
The result included unforgettably haunting recordings like 2011's Hail The Conquering Fool.
This week, Lousy Robot bassist Fleming reached out to Weekly Alibi to tell about a new collection of recordings by Lousy Robot, available at Bandcamp.
Fleming wrote, "Before his death Jim and the band had been working on collecting outtakes and rarities from previous recording sessions in hopes of putting out a collection of weirdness titled Oddities, Obscurities & Obscenities. The work started with a cover of "Dead Flowers" and an iPhone remix of "Peacocks." During this time, I continued to work on remixes on several other songs. After Jim's death, I found two songs that the group had demoed but never completed. I edited and restructured those songs and sent them to friend and long-time producer John Dufliho to complete.
The result is a work of complex beauty; the circumstances—rendered as music, hopeful and dire—that make up human life.
Bobby Foster
Voices from the shoulder
By August March [ Wed Dec 16 2015 7:58 PM ]
Shoulder Voices Play Burt's Tiki Lounge on Friday
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"A Thousand Rooms in a Thousand Colors"
By August March [ Thu Dec 3 2015 2:16 PM ]
Rock + Enchiladas = Fun
A Night Afloat
A Hawk and a Hacksaw at the Tannex
By Maggie Grimason [ Tue Dec 1 2015 3:09 PM ]
It is a rare occasion to catch A Hawk and a Hacksaw in their hometown. The duo, composed of accordionist Jeremy Barnes and violinist Heather Trost, each of which take an occasional turn on vocals, stay on the move.
Those of us who were lucky enough to make it into the totally packed Tannex in Barelas on Saturday night were treated to music ripe for day dreaming.
In a word, A Hawk and a Hacksaw is magic. Culling folk songs from across many a diaspora as well as writing their own original pieces, the two created a world entirely separate from 4th Street, from Albuquerque, from this continent.
By the light of white Christmas lights strewn across a heavy rug over the cement floor, the two sang in Greek, spoke little, and played for more than an hour with a sustained intensity that is hard to fathom.
This winter, Barnes and Trost are headed to Europe to play alongside full orchestras and busy street corners while further cultivating their inspiring vision of modern folk.
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A 35-year-old man was seriously injured in a trailer home fire early Wednesday morning.
The fire happened around 4 a.m. in the Bel Air Mobile Park on Polk Street.
According to KQQQ, a neighbor pulled the man out of the fire by the time firefighters arrived. The man was found near the front door.
The man was transported to Gritman Medical Center in Moscow with serious injuries. The trailer was destroyed.
Firefighters have not released the man's name.
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Jazz at Lincoln Center on Tour
Concert in Lucerne, February
17, 2001
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, LCJO
Marsalis, Music Director, tpt
Ryan Kisor, tpt
Marcus Printup, tpt
Ron Westray, trombone
Hayward, trombone
Gardner, trombone
Wess Anderson,
as, ss
Ted Nash, as, ss, cl
Walter Blanding, Jr., ts, cl
Victor Goines, ts, cl
Joe Temperley, bs, bass cl, cl
Barron, p
Rodney Whitaker, b
Riley, dr
added on February 20, 2001
Concert review
On February 17 & 18, 2001, in the
context of "LucerneConcerts meet Jazz", Wynton Marsalis' Lincoln Center
Jazz Orchestra (LCJO) played two concerts in Switzerland, accompanied by a
jazz workshop and a jam session, held together with teachers and students
of "Jazzschule Luzern".
Marsalis and his followers are dedicated
to the "real jazz", from New Orleans and Swing to Bebop. One can
argue that jazz is by definition an open form of music which naturally
tends to develop in various directions, but it remains a fact that someone
has to maintain the tradition. We still play and listen to Mozart despite
the fact that we now have Boulez.
On February 17, 2001, the LCJO with its 14
musicians (Seneca
Black, tpt, was not present) offered at the sold out KKL concert hall in
Lucerne an overview over their musical possibilities, ranging from
compositions by Duke Ellinton through Sonny Rollins to Wynton Marsalis. The
concert was not, as some may have expected, part of the Jazz at
Lincoln Center 100
Years of Armstrong celebration.
essential part in the LCJO's success is its steady
personnel, several present musicians can be found in the lineups of the 1990-94
recordings of the CD-box set Live
at the Village Vanguard. If you add the
virtue of hard work and perfectionism, which Marsalis professes, the
orchestra's performance can be fully appreciated. These are people who have
learned the basics before they went on to find their individual voices.
the way, Jazz
at Lincoln Center is the world's largest
non-profit arts organization
dedicated to jazz. Among its activities are national and international tours,
residencies, a weekly national radio program, television broadcasts,
recordings, publications, an annual high school jazz band competition and
festival, a band director academy, a jazz appreciation curriculum for
children, advanced training through the Juilliard Institute for Jazz
Studies, music publishing, children's concerts, lectures, film programs,
and student and educator workshops.
Lucerne, Wynton Marsalis, the Centers Artistic Director, acted more as a
master of ceremonies than an integral part of the orchestra, performing only
in the first tune as well as at the very end of the concert. He announced
different groups of musicians to play, in order to give all the members of his band a
chance to shine.
LCJO began with a sextet, including Wynton Marsalis and Ted Nash on
Farid Barron on piano,
Whitaker on bass, Herlin Riley on drums and a weaker trombone player. It
was a rather timid performance of Staple Cats, the musicians seemed
impressed, even intimidated by the crowd in the sold out concert hall
designed by French star architect Jean Nouvel.
the second tune, Dizzy Gillespie's A Night in Tunisia, the
rhythm section had warmed up. In a quintet without Marsalis, with new
Andre Hayward on trombone and Wess Anderson on saxophone, they
demonstrated their qualities.
Brown's Sand Dune, played by the same quintet, was the first
highlight of the evening. Anderson on saxophone, with his pure and strong
tone, offered an outstanding performance. In the trio section in the middle
of the tune, the rhythm section convinced with its subdued manner.
The Olive Tree, the man of the evening, trumpeter Marcus Printup,
with his clear, strong, warm sound and the ability to climb heights with
astonishing ease, enchanted the public.
Inquiry was a cheerful and fast paced tune, again with trumpeter
Marcus Printup as the man of the moment. In the quintet, he was
successfully seconded by saxophone player Walter Blanding junior. The
rhythm section, especially the pianist Farid Barron, had improved as well.
a quartet played the ballad Can't Get Started, with the trombone
player expressing feelings, talking to the audience through his
instrument. The next tune, with Joe Temperley on saxophone, was another
highlight. His swinging rhythm as well as his musical exchange with
drummer Herlin Riley was astonishing.
Single Petal Flower from Duke Ellington's Queen Suite was next.
The romantic and blue feeling of the classical sound was marvelous, with
Joe Temperley on saxophone once more as the shining light. His timing and
color were excellent.
After the
break, the white trumpeter Ryan Kisor excelled in an original composition,
accompanied by the rhythm section. The standard tune The End Of A Love
Affair saw the same lineup again, this time playing an elegant and
timeless composition. Farid Barron's floating piano sound was
A hot tune by Sonny
Rollins was next. Victor Goines and Ted Nash, both on saxophone, were
accompanied by Rodney Whitaker on bass and Herlin Riley on drums. It was
the first and only "avant-garde" tune of the evening.
entertaining duo competition with bass and drums cheered up the audience.
Riley and Whitaker, normally in the shadow of the horn players, excelled
in a subtle duel with no winner. They proved they know more than the
jazz basics.
A quartet, including the
rhythm section and Ron Westray on trombone, offered Body and Soul,
before Wynton Marsalis announced the last tune of the evening, his
composition Sunflowers, from The Marciac Suite. A
septet, including Marsalis, played the joyful tune which included the handclapping
rhythm of the public. In between, the pianist rose to higher spheres. In
the end, the wind section blew their horns to the maximum.
a standing ovation, the 14 musicians offered a New Orleans version of Happy
Birthday to their sound technician as well as the audience. The
evening in Lucerne was no firework of imagination, a somewhat sterile
performance, but a solid and entertaining one with a traditional sound. Trumpeter
Marcus Printup convinced
most. He
is a honorable heir to Satchmo's throne. Wynton Marsalis has stiff
competition within his group and, in Lucerne at least, his fellow
musician Printup kept the upper hand.
(paragraph updated on February 25; names of Kisor and Printup mixed up
before; Kisor, of course, convinced in Lucerne too).
LCJO not only offered two concerts in Lucerne, with another one the following
day dedicated to the music of Louis Armstrong, but also a jazz workshop on Saturday morning. Students of the local
faculty played in front of Ted Nash, Rodney Whitaker and Ron Westray. The
three jazz stars not only commented, but also demonstrated how to play and
improve their sound. The essence of their lesson: to rely on timing and
After Saturday's concert, a
jam session took off at 10 pm at the "Luzerner Saal". The
members of the LCJO were joined by teachers and students from the MHS
Fakultät III (Jazzschule Luzern). This time, Wynton Marsalis played a
more prominent role, even blowing his horn from time to time in the
audience, reacting to what was going on on stage.
My favorite collection remains the sensational CD-box set Live
at the Village Vanguard. Sony/Columbia, 1999/2000. Recorded live by Wynton Marsalis
with three different septet lineups at Village Vanguard from 1990 to 1994.
Wynton Marsalis on trumpet, Herlin Riley on drums, Todd Williams, Victor
Goines and Wessel Anderson on sopranino and alto saxophones, trombonist Wycliffe Gordon,
Marcus Roberts and Eric Reed alternate on piano, Ben Wolfe and Reginald Veal on
bass. Get it from Amazon.com,
Get Selections From The Village Vangurad from Amazon.com,
Check our article on Wynton Marsalis' CD
The Marciac Suite and the book Sweet Swing Blues on the Road.
Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra: Big Train.
Sony/Columbia, 1999. Recorded together with trumpeters Marcus Printup and Ryan Kisor,
saxophonists Wess Anderson, Victor Goines, Walter Blanding Jr. and Joe Temperley.
Get it from Amazon.com
or Amazon.de.
Until today, eight recordings featuring the LCJO have been released by Columbia Jazz: Big
Train (1999), Sweet
Release & Ghost Story (1999), Live
in Swing City (1999), Sweet
Release and Ghost Story (1999), Jump
Start and Jazz (1997), the 1997 Pulitzer Prize winning Blood on
Fields (1997), They Came to
Swing (1994), The Fire of the
Fundamentals (1993) and Portraits
by Ellington (1992).
Sheet music by
Wynton Marsalis.
The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.
Center Jazz Orchestra - biographies
Sheet music by
Wynton Marsalis.
Marsalis is
the Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1961, Marsalis began his
classical training on trumpet at 12 and soon began playing in local
bands of diverse genres. He
entered The Juilliard School at 17 and joined Art Blakey and the Jazz
Messengers.Marsalis made
his recording debut as a leader in 1982 and over the past 17 years has
recorded more than 30 jazz and classical recordings, which have won him
eight Grammy Awards.In 1983,
he became the first and only artist to win both classical and jazz Grammies
in the same year and repeated this feat in 1984. In 1997, Marsalis became the first jazz artist to be
awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in music, for his oratorio Blood
on the Fields, which was commissioned by J@LC. In 1999, he released 8 new recordings in his unprecedented
Swinging into the 21st series, and premiered several new
compositions, including the ballet Them
Twos, for a June 1999 collaboration with the New York City Ballet, and
the monumental work All Rise, commissioned and performed by the New York Philharmonic
along with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the Morgan State
University Choir in December 1999.Marsalis is an internationally respected teacher and spokesman for music
education and has received honorary doctorates from dozens of
universities and colleges throughout the U.S.He regularly conducts master classes for students of all ages and
hosts the popular Jazz for Young
People concerts produced by J@LC. Marsalis has also been featured in the video series Marsalis
on Music and the radio series Making
the Music and, in 1994, he wrote the book Sweet Swing Blues on the Road in collaboration with photographer
Frank Stewart.
"Warmdaddy" Anderson (Alto
and Sopranino Saxophones) began playing the saxophone at 14.
He attended Jazzmobile workshops in Harlem, studied with Frank Wess,
Frank Foster, and Charles Davis and frequented jam sessions led by
saxophonist Sonny Stitt at the Blue Coronet.Before entering Southern University, where he studied with
clarinetist Alvin Batiste, Anderson met Wynton and Branford Marsalis.In 1988, he became a member of Wynton Marsalis's Septet, with
which he toured and recorded for seven years, and has been a member of the
LCJO since it began touring in 1992.As a leader, Anderson has recorded and released three solo
albums entitled Warmdaddy in the
Garden of Swing (1994), The Ways
of Warmdaddy (1996) and Live at
the Village Vanguard (1998).An
accomplished educator, Anderson is a frequent participant in J@LC
educational events and is on the faculty of the new Juilliard Institute
for Jazz Studies.
Barron (Piano)
was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.He has performed with Ralph Peterson, Johnny Coles, Mickey Roker,
Bobby Durham, Wynton Marsalis and many others.From 1993 to 1997, Barron served in the U.S. Air Force, based
in San Antonio, Texas.He has
performed with the LCJO since 1999 and frequently participates in J@LC
Black (Trumpet) was born on April 15, 1978 and was inspired to pursue jazz after
being introduced, at age 14, to the music of Duke Ellington by Wynton
Marsalis.After studying
trumpet at the New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida, Mr. Black
moved to New York City to study with master trumpeter Lew Soloff at the
Manhattan School of Music.Black has performed with Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra,
the Mingus Big Band, the New York State of the Art Jazz Orchestra and the
Manhattan Jazz Orchestra, and has been a member of the LCJO since 1997.
Seneca Black was not part of the lineup in Lucerne, were "only"
14 musicians performed.
Blanding, Jr. (Tenor and Soprano Saxophones, Clarinet) was born on August 14, 1971 in
Cleveland, Ohio to a musical family and began playing the saxophone at 6.In 1981, he moved
with his family to New York City and, by 16, he was performing
regularly with his parents at the Village Gate.Blanding attended LaGuardia High School for Music & Art and
the Performing Arts and continued his studies at the New School for Social
Research.Blanding lived
in Israel for 4 years, where he had a major impact on the music scene,
importing great artists such as Louis Hayes and Eric Reed, among others.He also taught in several Israeli schools and toured the country
with his ensemble. His first album, Tough Young Tenors, was acclaimed as one of the best jazz albums of
1991.Since then, he has
performed or recorded with many artists, including including Cab Calloway,
Wynton Marsalis, Marcus Roberts, Illinois Jacquet, Eric Reed, and Roy
Hargrove, among others. His latest release, The
Olive Tree, features fellow members of the LCJO.
R. Gardner
(Trombone) was born in Chicago in 1972 and raised in Virginia. His family
had a strong musical background, including his mother, his brother and
his father, Burgess Gardner, a trumpeter and music educator who has been
very active on the Chicago music scene since the 1960s. Singing
in church from an early age, he began playing piano when he was six, and
soon switched to the violin, saxophone, and French horn before finally
deciding on the trombone at age 12. Mr. Gardner became interested in jazz
while attending high school and upon graduating went on to Florida A&M
University in Tallahassee, Florida and the University of North Florida in
Jacksonville.In college, he
took a summer job performing with a jazz band at Walt Disney World in
Orlando, Florida, where he caught the ear of Mercer Ellington, who hired
him on his first professional job. After graduating in 1996, he moved to
New York to pursue his professional career. Gardner has performed,
toured, and/or recorded with The Duke Ellington Orchestra, Bobby McFerrin,
The Count Basie Orchestra, Frank Foster, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Chaka
Kahn, A Tribe Called Quest, Nancy Wilson, McCoy Tyner, Nicholas Payton,
Illinois Jacquet, Wynton Marsalis, Tommy Flanagan, Marcus Roberts,
Matchbox 20, Jimmy Heath, Lauryn Hill, and others.He has previously toured with the LCJO in 2000.
Goines (Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet) was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Goines began studying clarinet at age eight, and continued his
studies through high school. He
received a Bachelor of Music Education in 1984 from Loyola University and
a Master's Degree at Virginia University in 1990.Goines toured internationally with Ellis Marsalis's quartet
before joining the orchestra of the Broadway musical Black
and Blue. In 1993, he joined Wynton Marsalis's Septet and toured
with the band until 1994, at which time he joined the LCJO.Goines has recorded or worked with Lionel Hampton, Terence
Blanchard, James Moody, Dianne Reeves, and Dizzy Gillespie, among many
others.He has released three acclaimed albums as a leader: Genesis
(1991), Joe's Blues (1998), and To
Those We Love So Dearly (1999).He
has been performing with the LCJO since 1993, currently serves as
Education Consultant to Jazz at Lincoln Center, and serves as the Director
of the Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies - a collaboration between
The Juilliard School and Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Andre Hayward
(Trombone) was born in Houston, Texas in 1973.He started playing trombone and tuba at 11, performing in his
junior high school jazz band and studying with local trombonist Steve
Baxter.Hayward attended
Texas Southern University and landed his first engagement with Roy
Hargrove, touring with the trumpeter to Europe.Summers spent performing at Walt Disney World gave him the
opportunity to perform with many noted singers, including Joe Williams,
Diane Schuur, Eartha Kitt, Rosemary Clooney and others.
Hayward performed with the late singer/bandleader Betty
Carter for five years and has performed and/or recorded with Illinois
Jacquet, Russell Gunn and the Ellington Orchestra under Mercer Ellington.
Kisor (Trumpet)
was born on April 12, 1973, in Sioux City, Iowa and began playing trumpet
at 4.In 1990, he won
first prize at the Thelonious Monk Institute's first annual Louis
Armstrong Trumpet Competition.Kisor enrolled in the Manhattan School of Music in 1991, where he studied
with trumpeter Lew Soloff. He
has performed and/or recorded with the Mingus Big Band, the Gil Evans
Orchestra, Horace Silver, Gerry Mulligan, Jim Hall, Charlie Haden's
Liberation Music Orchestra, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, the Philip Morris
Jazz All-Stars, and many others. As well as being an active sideman, Kisor has recorded several albums as a leader, including Battle
Cry (1997), The Usual Suspects (1998),
and Point of Arrival (2000).
He has been a member of the LCJO since 1994.
(Alto and Soprano Saxophones, Clarinet)the
son of Dick Nash and nephew of Ted Nash, both well-known jazz and studio
musicians, first came to New York at 18. Soon after, he released his first album as a leader,
Conception.Within a
couple of years he joined the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, an association
that lasted for more than ten years.It was in this fertile environment that Nash began to write his
first arrangements, which have been featured on two of the band's
recordings.In 1994, Nash was
commissioned by the Davos Musik Festival (Switzerland) to compose for a
string quartet in a jazz setting, works that were premiered at a Jazz
Composers Collective Concert.This
commission was the inspiration for Rhyme and Reason, his most recent release, which was voted one of
the top five CDs of 1999 by Jazz
Times Magazine.Besides
being a regular member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Mr. Nash has
recently toured Europe with the Carnegie Hall Big Band, and toured and
recorded with Marcus Roberts and with Joe Lovano. He also can be heard on
several critically acclaimed CDs produced by the Jazz Composers
Collective, including the Herbie Nichols Project's Love
is Proximity and Dr. Cyclops'
Dream and Ben Allison's Medicine
Wheel and Third Eye as well
as recordings by Wynton Marsalis.
Printup (Trumpet)
was born on January 24, 1967 and raised in Conyers, Georgia, where his
first musical influences were the spirituals and gospel music he heard in
church.He discovered jazz as
a senior in high school and while attending the University of North
Florida, he won the International Trumpet Guild Competition.In 1991, Printup met and began touring with pianist
Marcus Roberts, who introduced him to Wynton Marsalis.Printup has performed and/or recorded with Betty Carter,
Carl Allen, Dianne Reeves and Mr. Roberts, among others.Currently, Printup tours and performs regularly with the
LCJO and his own band.He has
recorded four solo albums, Songs for
the Beautiful Woman, Unveiled,
Hub Songs with trumpeter Tim
Hagans and, most recently, Nocturnal
Traces.Printup made
his screen debut in the movie Playing
by Heart and recorded on its soundtrack.
(Drums) was born into a musical family in New Orleans, Louisiana and began
playing the drums at age three.Riley was a member of Ahmad Jamal's band from 1984 through 1987 and has performed and/or recorded with Dianne Reeves, Marcus
Roberts, Dr. John, Harry Connick, Jr., George Benson, Steve Turre and The
Clayton Brothers, among others.His
theater experience includes playing in One
Mo' Time and Satchmo: America's
Musical Legend.
In the
spring of 1988, he joined Wynton Marsalis's Septet, with which he toured
and recorded for six years.He
appeared on the cover of the April 1995 issue of Modern
Drummer and is featured in an instructional video, "New Orleans
Drumming Ragtime and Beyond - Evolution of a Style."
Riley has performed regularly with the LCJO since it began
touring in 1992. He has
recently released a recording as a leader, Watch
What You're Doing, which features fellow LCJO members.
Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Clarinet) was born in Scotland and first
achieved prominence in the United Kingdom as a member of Humphrey
Lyttelton's band from 1958 to 1965, which toured the U.S. in 1959.In 1965, he came to New York City, where he performed and/or
recorded with Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Joe Henderson, Duke Pearson, the
Jazz Composer's Orchestra, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra and Clark
Terry, among many others. In October 1974, he toured and recorded with The Duke Ellington
Orchestra as a replacement for Harry Carney. Temperley played in the Broadway show Sophisticated
Ladies in the 1980s and his film soundtrack credits include the Cotton
Club, Biloxi Blues, Brighton Beach Memoirs, When Harry Met Sally and Tune
In Tomorrow, composed by Wynton Marsalis. Temperley is a mentor and a co-founder of the FIFE Youth Jazz
Orchestra program in Scotland, which now enrolls 70 young musicians ages 7
to 17 playing in three full-size bands. Temperley has released several
albums as a leader, including Nightingale
(1991), Sunbeam and Thundercloud
with pianist Dave McKenna (1996), With
Every Breath (1998) and most recently Double
Duke (1999) with several fellow LCJO members. He is an original member of the LCJO and serves as a member of the
faculty for the Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies.
Westray (Trombone)
was born on June 13, 1970 in Columbia, South Carolina. He began studying piano at
5 and was introduced to the trombone
at 11. In 1991, while studying at South Carolina State University, Westray met Wynton Marsalis and Marcus Roberts in a Columbia jazz club and
soon joined the Marcus Roberts Septet for several recordings and national
tours. Westray received his B.A. in Trombone Perfomance from South
Carolina State University and his M.A. from Eastern Illinois University. Westray toured Europe as a member of the group Jazz Futures II
in the summer of 1992. In addition to leading his own ensembles and working as a sideman,
Westray recorded a widely acclaimed album with fellow LCJO trombonist
Wycliffe Gordon entitled Bone
Structure. He first performed with the LCJO in 1993. Currently, Ron Westray serves as lead trombonist and frequently
contributes new compositions and arrangements to the LCJO.
Whitaker (Bass) was born on February 22, 1968, in Detroit, Michigan. He began playing violin at
8 and later began studying bass. Whitaker has performed with Branford Marsalis, Johnny Griffin,
Joe Henderson, Joshua Redman, Stanley Turrentine, Kenny Garrett and
Donald Harrison, among others. Whitaker has also appeared with Branford Marsalis on Jay
Leno's "Tonight Show" and performed on Spike Lee's film
soundtracks for Jungle Fever and Malcolm X.
compositions have been included on Roy Hargrove's Kindred
Souls album and Junko Onishi's Crusin'
and Piano Quintet Suite
albums.Whitaker has appeared on over 70 recordings, including several
acclaimed albums as a leader: Children
of the Light, Hidden Kingdom,
Brooklyn Sessions (Blues & Ballads), and Yesterday,
Today, and Tomorrow.He is the Director of the Jazz Studies program at Michigan State
University and serves on the faculty of the Julliard Institute for Jazz
Studies. Whitaker has toured extensively with the LCJO and has led many
workshops and master classes produced by Jazz at Lincoln Center. - Sheet
music by
Wynton Marsalis.


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NEWBURY - Geauga Habitat for Humanity is in need of building lots and/or homes for rehab in Geauga County, specifically in the Chardon, Newbury, Chester, Burton, Middlefield and Parkman areas.
If you or someone you know has an interest in donating or selling, for a modest amount, a lot or a home that needs to be rehabbed or torn down in the areas mentioned, contact Geauga Habitat Executive Director Betty Kimbrew at 440-564-5848 or visit the Habitat office at 12180 Kinsman Road, to determine if your property and/or location meets the agency's needs.
Geauga Habitat will appraise the property to determine the value and provide you with a tax exemption letter.