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Saturday, 26 September 2009
Album Review: Lisa O'Neill 'Has An Album'
I have read many great things about Lisa O'Neill recently. I was also told by a few people how great her debut 'Has An Album' is and I have tried my very best to ensure I am impartial in my review. Lisa originally from Co. Cavan was Elder Roche's support act on Wednesday night at The Button Factory and on the back of that fine performance from Lisa with her band I invested €10 in her beautifully packaged debut album.
'Has An Album' is a collection of beautifully written folk ballads intertwined with poetic lyrics and insightful imagery. The band in The Button Factory consisted of Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin, Accordion and Irish Harp. Additional instruments on the album include Piano, Cello and Double Bass. Lisa has a very distinct voice which reminds me of a quieter Lucinda Williams or Martha Wainwright.
The overall mood and atmosphere of the album is of an artist on a very personal reflective journey. There's a wonderful tribute to Bob Dylan [Bobby D] and an upbeat tune consisting of nursery rhyme quotes [Pocket Full of Piggies]. In the main the songs are about friendships, relationships and astute descriptions of simple life; "I think those hands around my waist, but I've been drinking so long I can't taste".
I'm finding it difficult to pinpoint an exact aspect of 'Has An Album' that has me so spellbound. I think the simple fact that I am so taken by the album means that this album deserves the highest rating on my review scale:
Lisa O'Neill 'Has An Album' - 12 out of 12
In many ways Lisa's debut reminds me so much of my favourite album ever which is Mark Dignam's debut album 'Poetry and Songs From The Wheel'. Both albums contain great songs, beautiful singing and insightful descriptive songwriting.
Friday, 25 September 2009
Friday's Forgotten Favourites - The Fat Lady Sings
The Fat Lady Sings created two of the best albums in Irish Music history in Twist and Johnson. TFLS were in the main Nick Kelly, Tim Bradshaw, Dermot Lynch and Robert Hamilton. The band had moderate success in Ireland and made great gains in the UK and Europe. However it wasn't meant to be with Nick Kelly's 'Drunkard Logic' to split the band and the music scene. Here's the brief story!
- Fat Lady Sings formed.
- Release of 'Fear And Favour' single
- Release of 'Be Still' single
- Release of 'Arclight' single
- Release of 'Dronning Maudland' single
- Release of 'Manscared' single
- Re-release of 'Arclight' single
- Release of 'Twist' single
- Release of 'Deborah' single
- Release of 'Twist' album
- Release of 'Show Of MySelf' single
- Release of 'Drunkard Logic' single
- Release of 'World Exploding Touch' single
- Release of 'Johnson' album
- Release of 'The Fat Lady Singles / Opera Obscura' double-album. As it's name suggests, the first CD gathered together all of the band singles, while 'Opera Obscura' was a collection of B-Sides and rarities.
When you see the quality of the singles above TFLS will always have their place as one of the best bands to produce music in Ireland. Arclight, Deborah, Drunkard Logic and World Exploding Touch were great singles. Even better were the various b-sides which accompanied them which was compiled together in the 2005 release mentioned above. Songs like the pop song 'What Are You Like', 'Grand Country Wedding' and live favourite 'Everywoman' prove that there is so much more to Nick's songwriting. My favourite tunes include 'Boil', 'Stealing a Plane', 'Gravy Train' and 'Horse Water Wind'.
When TFLS split Tim Bradshaw and Dermot Lynch went to America and with Peter Stuart were recruited for a rock band called 'Dog's Eye View' who released 'Daisy' with Tim and Dermot in 1995.
Singer Nick Kelly has had great success as an independent artist releasing two fine solo albums and getting a Choice Award Nomination for 'Running Dog'. He is now on the verge of an exciting 9 month project for his third album:
9 gigs, 9 months, one precious new arrival...
The first instalment of GESTATION, a unique 9-month project towards the creation of a new solo album by 2005 Choice Prize nominee Nick Kelly. On the last Wednesday of each month Nick performs with different musical collaborators in a full band setting. September 30th is the first night with ANN SCOTT.
Nick has finalised his guest collaborators for his first 'trimester' of gigs - in each case these people will be performing with him during his own set as well as performing their own special guest slots. They are:
WED SEPT 30th - ANN SCOTT
WED OCT 28th - BOO HEWRDINE
WED NOV 25th - SEAN MILLAR
Tickets: €17 including booking fee
Doors: 8pm
Listen to Nick's demos here:
Saturday, 19 September 2009
Mic Christopher Remembered
Mic Christopher would have turned 40 on Monday 21st September! I will let his music and these videos remind you of his wonderful talent.
These three videos are a celebration of Mic Christopher's life from the Irish Language channel TG4. It shows a cool clip of Glen Hansard, Mark Dignam and Mic busking in Temple Bar. Also included is footage from Mic's first band The Mary Janes.
Part 2 of the episode:
I learned so much from these clips. Lovely footage of some of the best Irish musicians in the last 10 years.
Here is a little reminder of how amazing a talent Mic was. I seen The Mary Janes perform 'Friends' on an Irish music programme and I loved it. Then as a kid of about 15 seen the band live in Merrion Square in a Summer gigs outdoor lunch thing. The next and only other time I seen Mic live was in Whelans when he supported the wonderful Dar Williams.
The Mary Janes - Friends [from the album Sham]
Linkage: http://www.myspace.com/themaryjanes
These three videos are a celebration of Mic Christopher's life from the Irish Language channel TG4. It shows a cool clip of Glen Hansard, Mark Dignam and Mic busking in Temple Bar. Also included is footage from Mic's first band The Mary Janes.
Part 2 of the episode:
I learned so much from these clips. Lovely footage of some of the best Irish musicians in the last 10 years.
Here is a little reminder of how amazing a talent Mic was. I seen The Mary Janes perform 'Friends' on an Irish music programme and I loved it. Then as a kid of about 15 seen the band live in Merrion Square in a Summer gigs outdoor lunch thing. The next and only other time I seen Mic live was in Whelans when he supported the wonderful Dar Williams.
The Mary Janes - Friends [from the album Sham]
Linkage: http://www.myspace.com/themaryjanes
Friday, 18 September 2009
Friday's Forgotten Favourites - The Plague Monkeys
The Plague Monkeys were a four piece band from Dublin, Ireland. They were Carol Keogh (vocals), Donal O' Mahony (guitars, keyboards and mandolin), Barry Roden (bass) and Thomas Haugh (drums, percussion and keyboard). The band formed in December 1995 until circa 2000 and made some of the most beautiful music imaginable. Think along the lines of a cooler Cranberries or an upbeat Cocteau Twins!
1995 People And Machinery EP
The band make a video of 'The Plague Monkeys'
Release of the 'Navigator E.P.' [April]
Release of 'Surface Tension' [April]
Release of 'Mouth To Mouth' single [November]
Release of 'The Sunburn Index' [October]
The Plague Monkeys split up.
Legacy: Singer Carol Keogh is currently reviving her solo career after spells performing in Automata and with Roesy and Jerry Fish. The album 'Surface Tension' is one of my favourite Irish Albums ever and it's still an album I return to again and again.
Thursday, 17 September 2009
David Geraghty - The Button Factory [Gig Review]
***Disclaimer ..... this review contains no bias or negative comments which will result in Dave going all Chris DeBurgh on me! ***
The Button Factory was the final gig of David Geraghty's short Irish tour to promote the excellent album 'The Victory Dance'.
It was such a great night of music that begun with Miss Paula Flynn accompanied by Greg McAteer on guitar and Jay on percussion playing songs from their debut album 'Miss Paula Flynn'. Personally I can't wait to hear the album. I think it'll be full of Lisa Hanniganesque beauty with Jinx Lennonesque lyrics! The album launch is in Bewleys on September 25th!
The wonderful Carol Keogh graced the stage next. Carol has been in the Irish Music scene for many years and is partly responsible for one of the my favourite albums ever. There will be more on 'The Plague Monkeys' on Friday. The short set with the full band reminded me of The Frames circa Dance The Devil. Here is the set highlight; a cover of one of my favourite songs ever: The Carpenters - Superstar
There was a really decent crowd last night to see Bell Ex Wan's Dave Geraghty perform a set which consisted of a decent mixture of tunes from both of his albums. You could easily tell which album the song was from. If it was an upbeat optimistic tune it was from 'The Victory Dance' and if the lights went down with the mood then chances are high it would be from the debut 'Kill Your Darlings'. Hearing the new tunes live with that amazing and creative backing band somehow heightens their positive effectiveness.
Patchy Set-list:
The Emperor's Hand Me Downs
Watch Her Win
Soft Spot
*2 old tunes.... unsure of names*
Last Time Around
Wear Out Your Name,
It Won't Be Long
Instant Sunshine,
Use Me ... Bill Withers Cover
Tuesday's Feet
Long Time Running
All The Kings Horses
I was only telling a friend that I much prefer Dave's solo songs to the other project he is currently employed with! Dave's onstage banter was funny and he plays the front man on a band very well. It was a very uplifting night and masterful night of music.
Friday, 11 September 2009
Friday's Forgotten Favourites - Revelino
Since the closure of the excellent Irish Music Central site I'm really struggling to find information about the best Irish bands from back in the day! Revelino were moderately successful. They made it onto John Peel's radar, according to Hot Press journalists the band had the third best single released in 1994 and they had their music featured in the movie 'I Went Down'. They were also the Irish band who displayed their Beatles influences very clearly in their music and sound.
Revelino were Brendan Tallon, on Bren Berry on guitar, and Shane Rafferty on drums. Joining them were Alan Momntgomery on bass and Brendan's brother Ciaran on guitars.
They first appeared on the Dublin gigging circuit in late 1994. Their first album was released at the same time which was voted the 47th best Irish album ever in 2005 by Hot Press. 'Don't Lead Me Down' came from the self titled debut and was on the 'I Went Down' soundtrack.
Don't Lead Me Down
The second album 'Broadcaster' was released in 1996 and was much heavier than the debut. 'Step on High" received considerable airplay on the John Peel show. 'Been and Gone' was an excellent album closer and again highlights their Beatles influences.
Been and Gone
The band had been reduced to the Tallon brothers, Bren Berry and drummer Ronan McHugh for the third album "To the End" which was released in 2000. The album contains many good song but fails to reproduce the sound and buzz of the eloquent debut.
Death of a Century
More info: http://www.last.fm/music/Revelino
I Am Not Lefthanded - Everybody Sleeps [Video]
I know I post too many video clips on here. When I go to music blogs I rarely ever watch the YouTube clip. I kind of hope people will watch the clip prior to downloading a sample or going to an artist MySpace! ..... Anyway if there was any justice in the music world I Am Not Lefthanded will become massive! Their video for the single Everybody Sleeps which was made by the band with help of friends and fans was published on YouTube last night!
*** If You Only Watch 1 Video On This Here Site Please Make It THIS 1 ***
See the band live:
16 Sep 2009 19:00 Underbelly (zigfried basement) - Underbelly - EARLY SHOW London
28 Sep 2009 20:00 ABC2 - Supporting The Rumble Strips Glasgow, Scotland
29 Sep 2009 20:00 The Forest Cafe - Supporting State of Undress in Edinburgh Edinburgh
8 Oct 2009 20:00 The Stables - Acoustic Session Mullingar
*** If You Only Watch 1 Video On This Here Site Please Make It THIS 1 ***
See the band live:
16 Sep 2009 19:00 Underbelly (zigfried basement) - Underbelly - EARLY SHOW London
28 Sep 2009 20:00 ABC2 - Supporting The Rumble Strips Glasgow, Scotland
29 Sep 2009 20:00 The Forest Cafe - Supporting State of Undress in Edinburgh Edinburgh
8 Oct 2009 20:00 The Stables - Acoustic Session Mullingar
Thursday, 10 September 2009
The Chapters - Perfect Stranger [Album Review]
2UIBestow's 5 word review .... Uplifting album for recessionary times!
Perfect Stranger is a brilliant pop/rock album from a band that I knew very little about until recently. Apparently Dublin band The Chapters have built up a loyal following over the last few years and their live shows are apparently amazing. I can understand this having listened to Perfect Stranger alot this week.
With Perfect Stranger, you get sing-a-long lyrics such as 'You can do anything or you can just breakdown' and 'I Don't Get It Why You Hurt Yourself So'. The album is full of 80's inspired keyboards and melodies. The singer sounds like the excellent Scottish singer Colin Hay from the 1980's band 'Men at Work'. Even some song titles suggest the 80's!
Looking for Love
Perfect Stranger is a great little album of eleven top quality pop songs. Here's hoping The Chapters are able to follow The Coronas and The Script onto the play lists of the popular radio stations in this country!
The Chapters - Perfect Stranger [10 out of 12]
See The Chapters line:
16 Sep 2009 20:00 The Odeon: Sol Revolution Party... Dublin
24 Sep 2009 18:00 Arthurs Day: Guinness Birthday Celebration Dublin
16 Oct 2009 20:00 Roisin Dubh with The Coronas Galway
21 Oct 2009 20:00 Electric Avenue with The Coronas Waterford
22 Oct 2009 20:00 Dolans Warehouse with The Coronas Limerick
23 Oct 2009 20:00 Dolans Warehouse with The Coronas Limerick
24 Oct 2009 14:00 Cypress Avenue with The Coronas ( All ages Show) Cork
24 Oct 2009 20:00 Cypress Avenue with The Coronas Cork
25 Oct 2009 20:00 Cypress Avenue with The Coronas Cork
28 Oct 2009 20:00 Spirit Store Dundalk with The Coronas Louth
29 Oct 2009 20:00 The Clarence with The Coronas Sligo
Sunday, 6 September 2009
New Sounds Sunday - Susan Enan - Plainsong [Review]
English singer Susan Enan has been adopted by the blog as an honorary Irish artist due to the time she spent living in Northern Ireland. Her nomadic periods result in Susan being a worldwide artist but without a championing fanbase as such. As I do my usual reference search on google or elbo.ws I am fascinated by the lack of results. However with one search of Susan Enan on YouTube you get a sense of how well received worldwide her music has become with many clips featuring Susan's song 'Bring on the Wonder' from the TV programme 'Bones'.
Plainsong was released in July this year and ..... "has been recorded in 5 different countries, much of it in Enan's small home studio in Brooklyn. It was finally released in July 2009 and features co-production from Alan Bezozi, musical appearances from Ashwin Sood (drums), Steve Schiltz (guitars), Graham Maby (bass), and vocal appearances from Declan O'Rouke and Sarah McLachlan. It was mixed in London by Alan Branch and mastered by Jon Astley." .... taken from www.susanenan.com
'Plainsong' is an album I've genuinely been waiting for since Susan's amazing Moonlight EP was released in 2003. She has a wonderful voice similar to Dar Williams and Natalie Merchant. The songs could easily be described as plain by many an ear but if you're in the mood for beautifully written candlelight pop music then 'Plainsong' is perfect. The album kicks off with 'Bird' which is the most radio friendly track on the album. Sarah McLaughlan sings backing vocals for 'Bring Out The Wonder' and our own Declan O'ROurke does backing vocal duties on 'Skin, Bone & Silicone'. 'Moonlight' has been given a Jazzy make-over since the EP and is still a great tune. Another highlight for me is the beautiful love song 'On Your Side'. The lyrics are meaningful, usually displaying huge positivity and highly thought-provoking. The use of the trusty string section is restricted to great effect such as on the track 'If You're Feeling Low'. Overall it's a great album!
Susan Enan (ft Declan O'Rourke) - Skin, Bone & Silicone
Susan Enan - Plainsong [10 out of 12]
Get the Album - http://amiestreet.com/music/susan-enan/plainsong
Saturday, 5 September 2009
The Prayer Boat re-release Polichinelle
This arrived in my inbox yesterday!
"We are happy to finally announce the re-release of The Prayer Boat's classic album Polichinelle.
It is 10 years since the album was first commercially released and to celebrate Polichinelle is being reissued as a special 10 Year Anniversary Edition.
The album was released sporadically over a four year period on different labels with different versions, mixes, track listings and artwork.
However, this edition goes back to the very first version which was initially only available at Prayer Boat concerts.
It has been remastered and the original artwork updated to include new sleeve notes by some of those involved in the making of the record.
It will first be released in Ireland exclusively through Independent Records and further releases will follow in The Netherlands and the US. We are also looking to reissue the album in those other countries where it was previously released; UK, France, Spain and Denmark
It is already available as a digital download from all the main digital retailers through Feudal Records in Los Angeles.
We are also happy to announce that Emmett will be performing the album (plus other material) with a full band at a select number of venues.
The first concert will be in Whelans, Dublin on Wednesday, 14th October.
We can also announce a concert at Paradiso, Amsterdam on 20th December.
We'll keep you informed as other dates are confirmed."
I'll be there as Polichinelle is my favourite Irish album ever!
Friday, 4 September 2009
Friday's Forgotten Favourites - Wallmark
This feature brings to the blog a band from back in the day and makes a song and dance about their existence!
Taken from the excellent website http://irishmusicdb.com/ "Wallmark were a rock band based around the brothers Padraig and Joe Digan. Over the years, their line up has also included Michael Murphy [Bass], David Kennedy [Guitar, Keyboards & Vocals], Philip d'Alton [Bass Guitar, Piano & Vocals] and Matt Power [Bass Guitar]. In 2003, the band released their debut EP, 'Wait For The People' and this was followed in 2005 by their first full album, 'Everything, Something, Anything'. By this time, the group had slimmed down to a three piece with the brothers joined by Matt Power on Bass. Soon after Wallmark were consigned to history. The trio regrouped for a short period as Whiskey Tango Foxtrot."
Over the course of four years Wallmark released a great album "Everything, Something, Anything" a couple of singles, played numerous headline gigs as well as some top quality support slots. Wallmark supported Paddy Casey in Dublin Castle in May of 2005 as well as supporting everyone from Hothouse Flowers to Damien Dempsey and Delorentos. Wallmark's album was released during our obsession with crooning singer songwriters and well the album is very different to Damien Rice singing about volcanoes! The album is a pure rock album showing clear signs of being influenced by Pearl Jam and AC/DC. Padraig's colourful vocals and meaningful lyrics shines through on 'Everything, Something, Anything'. This band could have made it big!
Melodies & Lines Official Video
Catch Padraig In Anseo next month: http://www.myspace.com/padraigdigan
Tuesday, 1 September 2009
Topical Tuesday - Whipping Boy
WHEN WE WERE YOUNG (Philo Version)
Topical Tuesday is the new feature where I represent a topical item with a sample mp3 from one of Ireland's best artists. The focus for many Irish families this week is the return to school for the 800,000 kids and the difficult situation that has been imposed on them. Through no fault of their own they now have more classmates, less teachers, less subject choices and far more chaos in their lives because of the state the country is in at the moment! Let's hope we don't go back to the time of Philo for the sake of the kids!
When we were kids we used to climb over the back wall into old Dan's scrap yard, then into the snooker hall where most of us kids were barred. And into the Roxy and the Stella where film stars starred. That's were me and Hopalong Cassidy and Roy Rodgers got drunk, and jarred we might have been the saviours of men, the captured captain in the devil's dealing den, and we might have been the magic politician in some kind of tricky position, but like an old old master musician we kept on wishing, we were headed for the number one hit country again.
There's an old photograph of Dan I wish you could've seen, of him and the boys, poised, standing in St. Stephen's Green. Y'see they were part of the great freedom dream, but they were caught and detained and are still locked inside the frame of the photograph. And he might have been, the clever con, the good Samaritan, the Rascal man, and he might have been the loaded gun, the charlatan of the tap dancing fan, but like an old old pioneer from outer Afghanistan he's headed for the number one hit country again.
Old Dan the Raincoat hums the very special notes of his long lost favourite melody. It reminds him of a love affair when he was young and did not care. And the parting, so soft so sadly that he might have been the laughing cavalero, the wise old commanchero, the desperado, the gigolo from Glasgow, the good looking Rudolph Valentino, but like an old old hunter in search of the female buffalo, he's headed for the number one hit country again.
And it's true, true blue, Irish blue, and it's true, and sometimes it reminds me of you.
Cos up til now my youthful age was a useless wage, a torn out page, a worn out gauge, a dirty shade, a big charade, a has been made. And honesty was his only excuse.
I took your love and I used it, and honesty was his only excuse.
Here's the original video for the single:
There's an excellent interview with Whipping Boy's Fearghal McKee over at http://www.drop-d.ie/archives/6782 and it includes some new songs!
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New Year's goals – what are yours?
You don't need a psychologist to tell you that most people fail to keep New Year's resolutions. And of course if you don't manage to do something you intended doing you're setting yourself up for that awful feeling of failure.
The word 'resolution' sounds so formal and off-putting. I prefer 'goal'. And experts agree that if you write your goals down you're more likely to stick to them. I think you also have to make them realistic and make a distinction between dreams and something more tangible. My dreams for 2010, for example, would include a balloon ride with David Tennant, but I think we know that's unlikely to happen. So my goals for 2010 are less exciting, but more achievable: to eat less and excercise more, to finish all the books I start reading (I'm very bad at this), to shout a bit less and to learn a new skill. (I haven't decided what yet.)
What are your goals for 2010? I'd love to know – and if you share them here, it could help you achieve them.
written by Liz Jarvis
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17 Responses to New Year's goals – what are yours?
I have plans to be even more greener and to start learning how to use a sewing machine.I hope I can use my blog as a means to get oher mums interested in joining in.too
I love New Year's Resolutions. Who cares if you don't keep them past January, I just love starting the new year on a positive note. I make loads every year. Actually, I have a whole blog post planned on this one so I shall save mine for later! xx
I've got a lot actually, including conquering the American media as a Freelance Expat Mummy, getting our finances in order, dating my husband again, and maybe even adding another addition to our family. Here's hoping 2010 is brilliant. Thanks Liz…have a great 2010 yourself! 🙂 Karin
I've been thinking about this a lot recently. I will be 50 at the end of 2010 so I'm planning to get my act together before then. I've got a lot of things at the planning stage because it's going to be a major job! So much to do….
Arrrgh! Haven't got to that important bit of putting together the New Year goals (finding work and earning a living will be top of the list, as will making friends here), still getting over Xmas. Waddle waddle waddle…
Hmm….I'm going to make a quilt for each of my two children!!. I've just discovered my inner homemaker! I think this is because at 44 and I'm finally happy with myself. I've got a job that pays enough, a lovely man who loves me, two fantastic kids, and a car that gets me from A to B and occasionally C. I will get up every day with a smile on the outside (even if I don't feel like smiling on the inside!) I am very aware how lucky I am – however I've been through death, divorce and serious illness with my family so getting to where I am today makes me very glad. Happy New Year!!!!!
Blimey, where do I start! I do have goals and they're mostly the same as last years but this time they will of course be fulfilled…..! I very much like your idea of a ride with David Tennant – the balloon bit puts me off however. Hope you're having a lovely festive season xx
I love Deluded Woman's comment. How absolutely delicious! I love a bit of blessing counting. I also have a lovely man, two wonderful children and a slightly dodgy car that does work. I have, however, left my dream home behind in Ireland, so my new mission is to find myself a new one. I'd also like to find myself some work, possibly get myself a new greyhoundy companion, and go to Paris for my 40th. Happy new year! xx
The usual – lose weight, get fit, try to be more organised etc I got a sewing machine from Santa so I want to put that to good use and make some nice things for the house. Improve my Spanish to the extent that I will be able to integrate myself into the local community more.
Well….. 1. To get to bed before midnight at least one day a week. 2. To find a regular baby sitter – so that my hubby and I can actually do some things together. 3. To shift a bit of weight so that I can fit into his sample size dresses! 4. To be more patient when my children are screaming. 5. To actually remember when parents assembly is. 6. To get to the right airport on the right day and at the right time at least once! Great post Liz.
To lose six stone and write a novel. Perhaps at the same time, and perhaps I could set it at a slimming club! But seriously I will be happy to continue to lose weight by healthy eating and regular exercise, to stay well, to appreciate beloved family and friends and at work, to continue to enjoy it. 2009 has been a very difficult year for illness for those closest to me and I will be most happy to see them well in 2010 and to laugh lots with them. x
Hmmm, mine, or the main one, is to give up the evil weed again…and quit smoking for good, do more yoga and spend a lot less money…oh and stop effing swearing all the effing time… More seriously is to spend time with my daughter doing creative things, visit art galleries more and have a seriously good think about what I want to do with the rest of my life… not much but it's something to mull over for the next few days. Happy New Year to you all too xx
Mine are to be more patient with my children, be more proactive in trying to kickstart my career and lose the many, many pounds that I feel as if I must have put on over Christmas….
I like the idea of goals instead of resolutions. Like Josie I'm planning a post on the subject. I don't think it would be giving too much away to say that I'd like to shout less at my lovely boys and be a better mother.
I love the fresh start of New Year more than I do Christmas, and can always reel off a long list of resolutions. All too often though I've run out of steam by the end of January, so this year I want to make my goals more realistic. Having weighed myself the other day I was shocked to find I am the heaviest I have ever been (even pregnant!) so I need to do something about that. But rather than say I am going on a diet I would rather say that my goal is to be more sensible with food. What I really need to do though is exercise more. I am no longer pushing around a double buggy but instead dawdling at toddler pace so my level of activity has plummeted. So next year I want to start running – completely from scratch. God knows how that will go but I like the idea of doing something on my own, that doesn't require special equipement and where I can listen to my chooice of music (something I hardly ever do nowadays). I have also set myself the challenge to learn to swim, which terrifies and excites me in equal measure. Above all though this year I want to appreciate, accept and achieve Happy New Year 🙂
I don't usually make NY resolutions, but this year have got loads! Among them are ensuring that I update my blog at least twice a week, and also losing the rest of my babyweight (that is still loitering from, um, April 2008, oh dear), raising my level of fitness and eating better. I've no idea what form of exercise I'm going to take up yet, the plan is to try out lots of different things and see what I enjoy and what I don't – I also plan to blog the ups and downs of this project! Happy new year everyone x
I intend to spend more money on experiences and less money buying stuff. I am sick of stuff.

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Ignacy Jakub Massalski
|His Excellency
Ignacy Massalski
|Prince Bishop of Vilnius
|Coat of arms
|Michał Józef Massalski
|Franciszka Ogińska
30 July 1726
Olekszczyce near Grodno
|28 June 1794
(aged 67)
Prince Ignacy Massalski (Lithuanian: Ignotas Jokūbas Masalskis) (1726–1794) was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman.
Ignacy became a Catholic priest and was named Bishop of Vilnius by Pope Clement XIII on 29 March 1762.[1] He was one of the initiators of the Commission for National Education. During his time on the Commission, Massalski set up 300 parish schools.[2]
In 1776 he was removed from the Commission[3] for embezzlement of public funds[4] He was succeeded as head of the Commission by Michał Jerzy Poniatowski.[3]
He was a supporter of the Targowica Confederation and an opponent of the Kościuszko Uprising. As bishop, Massalski was opposed to the kidnapping and forcible conversion of Jewish children. He published a pastoral letter in 1783 condemning such practices.[5]
Massalski commissioned the reconstruction of the Vilnius Cathedral by Laurynas Gucevičius, which brought it to its present appearance.[6] He became the owner of the Verkiai Palace in 1780 and organized its major reconstruction in the Neoclassical style, also by Gucevičius.
Accused of treason, he was hanged in Warsaw on 28 June 1794 by an angry mob in the aftermath of the Warsaw Uprising.
- ^ Hierarchia Catholica medii et recentioris aevi, v. VI, Patavii 1958, p. 442 (Latin)
- ^ Daniel Stone (2001). The Polish-Lithuanian State, 1386-1795. University of Washington Press. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-295-98093-5. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ^ a b Jerzy Lukowski (5 August 2010). Disorderly Liberty: The Political Culture of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Eighteenth Century. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-4411-4812-4. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ^ Norman Davies (30 March 2005). God's Playground: The origins to 1795. Columbia University Press. p. 397. ISBN 978-0-231-12817-9. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ^ Gershon David Hundert (1 August 2006). Jews in Poland-Lithuania in the Eighteenth Century: A Genealogy of Modernity. University of California Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-520-24994-3. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ^ Saulius Sužiedėlis (7 February 2011). Historical Dictionary of Lithuania. Scarecrow Press. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-8108-4914-3. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
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George had a game-best 21 points and 11 rebounds Friday, but the Pacers used smothering defense, solid rebounding and a dominating second half to defeat the Toronto Raptors 101-83 in Game 6, tying the best-of-seven series 3-3 and forcing Game 7 on Sunday in Toronto.
After leading 65-64 late in the third quarter, Indiana used a 32-5 run to increase its lead to 97-69 with 3:02 remaining.
Indiana limited the Raptors to 36.7 percent shooting, only 39 second-half points and outrebounded Toronto 44-40, also scoring 20 points as the result of 17 Raptors' turnovers.
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Mumbai: Tata Steel on Thursday posted consolidated net loss of Rs 6,528.51 crore for the quarter ended March 31, following a non-cash write down of Rs 8,355.91 crore related to European operations and fall in demand in the euro-zone. A significant portion of Rs 8,355.91 crore impairment charge relates to the goodwill created on the acquisition of Corus Group plc in 2007, the company said. It had reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 433.46 crore in Q4 of 2011-12. The company said it has not put any of its assets on sale and the impairment was taken after taking a long term view.
"We have not put out any assets on sale...It is not a one year process. It is a journey to regain competitiveness of some of the businesses we have in our portfolio for which we are investing significant amounts...," Tata Steel's group CFO Koushik Chatterjee told reporters in Mumbai. He said the decision to take a write down was correct at this point of time and "it is also backed by plans of restructuring...We are fundamentally looking at improving competitiveness of Tata Steel Europe". Chatterjee also said that his firm is not looking at making any more provisioning at present unless some major event happens.
The company had announced few days back that it will be taking $1.6 billion non-cash write down in its financial numbers for the last quarter. According to Tata Steel, the euro-zone crisis has pushed the European economy into a recession and current steel demand is almost 30 per cent lower than the pre-2008 financial crisis level.
"These severely depressed conditions are expected to continue over the short-to-medium term and have led to a downward revision of cash flow expectations and the valuation of the Groups' European operations," it further said. Tata Steel Europe MD and CEO Karl-Ulrich Kohler said the company is consistently working on improving its costs and differentiating products despite the slump in demand, though outlook for the current fiscal is "not very well".
The company's consolidated net sales rose less than one per cent during the quarter at Rs 34,180.05 crore vis-a-vis Rs 33,860.08 crore of January-March period of FY'12 due to subdued steel demand, particularly in Europe. Tata Steel's net profit from Indian operations also declined by over 16 per cent to Rs 1,309.21 crore during the quarter, while its net sales in India rose over 13 per cent at Rs 10,602.88 crore.
Noting that Indian operations posted a strong growth in production and deliveries, Tata Steel's Managing Director HM Nerurkar said the company will commission its under- construction plant in Odisha on schedule. Chatterjee said Tata Steel has closed project financing for the Odisha project and it recently got funding commitment from a consortium of 21 banks for around Rs 22,000 crore. He added that the recently completed bond issue of SGD 300 million has met company's requirements.
For the financial year ended March 31, 2013, Tata Steel reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 7,057.62 crore as against a net profit of Rs 5,389.77 crore, largely due to the impairment. Net profit of Tata Steel's Indian operations also declined by over 24 per cent to Rs 5,062.97 crore in the last fiscal vis-a-vis Rs 6,696.42 crore of FY'12.
According to the company, its total annual steel deliveries in the last fiscal were 24.13 MT, a little less than 24.22 MT of 2011-12. Deliveries during the last quarter rose 5.6 per cent at 6.56 MT. The company also said that despite weak market demand, its Indian operations recorded robust performance due to ramp up of its 2.9 million tonnes per annum expansion. Its fourth quarter deliveries rose by 28.9 per cent at 2.28 MT, while the annual deliveries were up 12.8 per cent to 7.48 MT in FY'13.
The company also announced that it will not be proceeding with its greenfield steel project in Vietnam in the near future, although it did not spell out the reasons. During the last fiscal, the company raised Rs 31,799 crore debt from various banks and financial markets taking its gross debt to Rs 66,074 crore. Net debt at the end of March, 2013, was Rs 55,421 crore. Tata Steel scrip fell 2.03 per cent to close at Rs 299.50 on the BSE.


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The Other Side Of The Fairy Tales: Hansel And Gretel
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Hansel And Gretel
Well now my curiosity tingled and as I started wandering home to ponder this Red Riding Hood reversal of villains, I began to wonder about the rest of the stories we had so dearly loved as children. So engrossed in thought, that in a short time I realized I had actually become quite lost. Ahead of me was a near forgotten path that seemed to beckon for a closer look. To one side of the path lay an enormous dead log, ages old and large enough for even an adult to crawl through. To the other side of the path, stood what seemed to be the very tree this log may have originated from. A "tree" big enough around to put the greatest of Douglas Firs to shame, and yet something about it wasn't quite fitting to call it a tree. Having inspected it as best I could, I made note to ask someone about this creation, and continued along the overgrown path.
Quite suddenly, the path ended and in front of me stood the most amazing looking cottage I had ever seen! It appeared to be a life sized gingerbread house of sorts. Beautiful glistening white scrollwork and scallops trimmed the roof. Shimmering sugar flowers lined the broken rock candy walkway to a large chocolate chip cookie door. An entire candy store's supplies of gum drops, penny candy, jujubes, hard candy, soft chews, gum balls and jaw breakers decorated the house from ground to roof. Mint leaves and sparkling sugar coated strawberries twined their way up and around a chocolate sign post the held a simple plaque with butter icing writing that stated, "The Gingerbread House." This HAD to be Hansel and Gretel's' gingerbread house and I HAD to speak to the owner!
Gently lifting the pretzel door knocker, I tapped on a large chocolate chip. No one answered. To overcome my disappointment, I thought perhaps there was a back door and whoever lived within may not have heard me. Following a trail of lemon drop flowers dancing on licorice whip stems around the side of the house, I discovered a wonderful tea garden in the backyard. There sat a very old lady sipping from a butter cup and enjoying the wonders around her. She smiled, knowingly as I approached.
"You are the one, who is seeking the other side of those viscous tales that have told through the ages, aren't you?" she asked "Bob called, to say you may find your way here." She answered before I could even ask. "Sit, have some wonderful honeydew tea and I'll tell you my story."
"There used to be a garden out front of the house," she began. "But those horrid children ruined it and I've never been able to replace the rare flowers that once bloomed in it. Those children were terribly spoiled little monsters. Hansel and Gretel were their names. A brother and sister, a ghastly ungrateful pair I ever did see. They wanted everything, and their poor father worked so hard to give them everything they asked for. And his wife, their step mother, tried so very hard to be a mother to them. We all heard the stories of how they would torment her when their father was away to work. One day she had had enough and sent them to their rooms without any privileges. Apparently they snuck out a window, planning to have the step mother blamed for it all and ran away. Unfortunately for me, they got lost in the forest and ended up here."
The old woman waved a hand at the house, and said, "This house was built by my late husband many years ago, for travelers that often wandered through here and became lost. He believed no man or beast should starve, so he built this to ensure anyone in need could nibble their belly full and take away enough to keep them healthy until they found their way. They were always polite and very careful to do no damage. What little they took would always be replaced and he had the peace of mind that he had provided some good to strangers. He had long passed when those wretched monsters arrived. They were not careful and instead trampled and stomped my prize garden that held the most satisfying treats of all. They tore off large pieces of the house and ripped up my flowers, and instead of eating any of it, they simply threw it down and wasted it. I tried to talk to them, scolding them for the waste and offering to get them home to their parents. It was getting quite dark when they showed up here and I was not comfortable with children wandering these forests at night. One can not be too careful you know. Instead of accepting my help, they ravaged through my house making outrageous demands and threats. Did you know, they even tried to push me into my own oven! My poor Henrietta, was inside a small cage in the kitchen, one of her wings had been broken when a careless traveler tripped over her in the dark but it was mending nicely, until those brats arrived. It was terrible what they did to her. She was never meant to be eaten!"
I watched a small tear roll down the old woman's' face, handed her a soft handkerchief and refilled her cup with warm honeydew tea.
"Thankyou child." She said softly patting my hand, then continued with her tale.
"Those beastly children chased me around my own house, breaking everything they could get their grubby hands on and yelling terrible things. A kind traveler heard the ruckus from the road and ran up here to see what was happening. He knew this Hansel and Gretel's father very well and he called the man. Of course they were telling horrible stories of how it was I who had caused them a terrible fright and that it was me who had plans to cook them in a stew. Well that father of theirs arrived to pick them up, he listened to their lies, and he actually believed them! The kind man, who had called him, hadn't been here to see who was being pushed into the oven, so he had to just go away with his own thoughts and wonders. It wasn't very long after, that stories and gossip of evil witches and poison candy had travelers scared to wander through this forest. You are the first visitor I've had in many years now. Have some more tea dear."
I asked if anyone knew whatever happened to the children. The old woman seemed to search her thoughts and then answered, "I think I recall a story, many years ago that they had both met with a terrible fate when a very large bridge collapsed. If I'm not mistaken, they had been up to mischief then too. I do remember hearing that they were wanted for questioning in the murder of some fellow named Mr. Dumpty. My best guess is, they never changed their ways and got their comeuppance in the end."
The kindly old woman smiled, and made me promise to return soon. "It's wonderful to share tea with someone again. Please come back soon, and you know, you really should talk to Tiny about this research of yours. He had a dreadful experience with the lies and tales that have been passed down over the years. That monstrous old tree at the end of my laneway was once his bean stock. It's far too late for you start that journey now, but I'm sure he would talk to you another day. Goodbye dear, and do take some of those wonderful strawberry mints with you on your way out.They grow like weeds!"
As I left the Gingerbread House and passed by the bean stock she had mentioned, I noticed that the path didn't seem quite so ugly and overgrown. Or was it just because I had trampled a lot of the wild vegetation down on my own trek to seek the Other Side Of The Fairy Tales?
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"Authoritarian Gridlock? Haste and Delay in the Chinese Legislative System"
Rory Truex, Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University.
Co-sponsored by the Department of Government, Harvard University.
Jessie Bullock
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Yuhua Wang, Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University.
Policy gridlock is often viewed as a uniquely democratic phenomenon. The institutional checks and balances that produce gridlock are absent from authoritarian systems, leading many observers to romanticize "authoritarian efficiency" and policy dynamism. The paper develops a theory that relates authoritarian policy change to the presence of "soft vetoes" within the ruling coalition and citizen attention shocks. A unique law-level dataset from the Chinese case shows that roughly one third of laws are not passed within the period specified in legislative plans, and about 10% of laws take over ten years to pass. Qualitative analysis of China's Food Safety Law, coupled with shadow case studies of two other laws, demonstrates the plausibility of the theory.


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Photographer Navjot Singh has caught some of London's most stunning evening scenes on camera.
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i'm looking to get into. i'll be climbing mt whitney this winter and was wondering if anyone knew some spots along the way or if they want to join us and maybe teach a little?
Lee Vining – number one ice climbing spot for Southern Californians, is at the bottom of the hill that goes up to Tuolumne off the 395.
vertical to near vertical ice, mostly 1 pitch, a bunch of 80-100 ft top rope routes, all leadable at WI 3-5 I think, a few 2 pitch routes. about an hour approach.
June Lake – when it sets up a handful of moderate less than vertical routes up to 2 pitches. short approach
Tahquitz – once every 5 years or so the Trough and a couple other routes to the far left set up just right for mixed ice and rock climbing at a moderate level. one hour approach.
North Palisade area of the Sierra – V Notch and U Notch, multi pitch coulior ice climbing, U notch is about 40*, V notch is about 50*. Great backcountry ice climbing. a day long approach for most, so this is a multi day trip. late August-October is best ice season, in the summer they are snow climbs.
@b-g-2-2Locale: Silicon Valley
Lee Vining Canyon is where the commercial guides go.
Also, there is a little up around Tahoe.
@owareLocale: Steptoe Butte
Mt Dana, North side of North Peak, Sawtooths. Ice or snow depending on season.
any chance you'd sell some of your gear?
these seems to be a handful of places mentioned on the internet. how does one even find new places to ice climb?
@b-g-2-2Locale: Silicon Valley
That's what commercial guides are for. They know all of the secret spots in their area.
brb, gonna go find some secret areas
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so Greg, or Rich, or whoever you are, why don't you go troll somewhere else
We go ice climbing at Lee Vining and June Lake. It formed in January and the condition is still good for now.
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You can't just memcpy that string to get your values into your vertex buffer (that would even be wrong if you took e.g. strValue.c_str()). You need so called parsing to first split that string (according to the commas) and then convert the parts to floats. I don't use C++ very often but IIRC one can split and parse using strstream and the >> operator. *google* Yep, that's a start.
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what you're doing is trying to copy the "text representation" of a floating point number to a vertex buffer, not the value its self.
you'd need to convert the strings to floats first.
what you want to do is create a RAM buffer the same size as your VB, initialize it with your floating point values, then lock and copy the whole shebang to your vb:
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then lock and copy.
here's a source code snippet from CAVEMAN with the desired operations.
it looks a little uglier than it is, because it does error checking for each step.
by now, its proven stable code, so in the final release version, i may turn off the error checks.
void copy_ground_mesh2(int b,int c) // b is chunk #. c is tex pass # (0-3). { void *p; HRESULT a; int d; // mesh # d=b*4+c+157; // calculate index of the mesh (VB/IB) to copy to a=mesh[d].mesh2.vb->Lock(0,0,&p,D3DLOCK_DISCARD); if (a != D3D_OK) { Zshowscene(); msg("lock ground mesh vb error"); Zbeginscene(); return; } memcpy(p,system_vb,sizeof(Zvertexrec)*system_vb_numverts); a=mesh[d].mesh2.vb->Unlock(); if (a != D3D_OK) { Zshowscene(); msg("unlock ground mesh vb error"); Zbeginscene(); return; } a=mesh[d].mesh2.ib->Lock(0,0,&p,D3DLOCK_DISCARD); if (a != D3D_OK) { Zshowscene(); msg("lock ground mesh ib error"); Zbeginscene(); return; } memcpy(p,system_ib,sizeof(unsigned short int)*system_vb_numtris*3); a=mesh[d].mesh2.ib->Unlock(); if (a != D3D_OK) { Zshowscene(); msg("unlock ground mesh ib error"); Zbeginscene(); return; } mesh[d].mesh2.numfaces=system_vb_numtris; mesh[d].mesh2.numverts=system_vb_numverts; }
Norm Barrows
Rockland Software Productions
"Building PC games since 1989"
Posted 27 July 2013 - 10:42 AM
note that lock returns a null pointer to the VB's or IB's data, which you then use as the destination for the memcpy.
Norm Barrows
Rockland Software Productions
"Building PC games since 1989"
Posted 27 July 2013 - 10:52 AM
parsing and lock, copy <- I already know.
But this method take long~~~~~ time.
No way ?
Posted 27 July 2013 - 10:57 AM
Nope, that "shortcut" you wanna take is, well, wrong, so no way around it. Can't make useful suggestions performance-wise either (since I don't use C++). You might look into C alternatives like strtok and atof or the boost libraries like in that link I found for comparisons.
Edit: Why you need to parse vertex data anyway ? If you wanna fast loading meshes you rather go binary.
Edited by unbird, 27 July 2013 - 10:58 AM.
Posted 28 July 2013 - 03:55 PM
parsing and lock, copy <- I already know.
But this method take long~~~~~ time.
No way ?
once you have your vertices initialized, nothing is faster than memcpy(). lock is required in all cases.
converting hard coded strings to floats to init your vertices will be slower than simply hard coding the floats directly.
so the above code is essentially as fast as it gets.
you can also init the verts when you declare them, but all that does is move the init code (and its overhead) from your code to the app's startup init code stub. probably no speed savings.
but init speed is not what you should be worrying about. anything that gets the float values into your array of floats (which is a RAM memory image of the VB on the GPU) in a reasonable amount of time is ok.
the problem is not that memcpy is slow. the problem is that dynamic buffers DRAW slow. MUCH slower than static. because the CPU must be able to update them quickly, they are stored in memory that the CPU can access relatively quickly, but which unfortunately the GPU can't read nearly as fast as the memory used for a static mesh. as a result, the performance hit for memcpy is low, at the cost of a performance hit in DrawIndexedPrimitive due to the slower memory used to store the dynamic VB/IB.
i actually switched from drawing a number of dynamic ground quad meshes per frame to assembling them into a big static mesh which changes much less frequently and draws much faster.
Edited by Norman Barrows, 28 July 2013 - 04:00 PM.
Norm Barrows
Rockland Software Productions
"Building PC games since 1989"
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