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I don't want to ruin some ensuing events that I'm sure you've never heard of before.
Charlie was waiting for me. He's my Dad. Colonel Charlie Chastity of the United States Marine Corps, I had not seen him since the last time he came to visit me last summer. I used to go see him but being what some would call "petulant, selfish and ungrateful", refused, insisting that he take a month off work every year to come see me. Ever wonder if you're really the center of the world? I do sometimes.
Well, because the Colonel had to sell his car in order to afford to come see me, the only vehicle he had to pick me up in was the tank his base used for training purposes. It was so lame. I was like, "Um…Charlie,,,this tank is like, so, lame, OK?" and the guy was like, "C'mon Stella, the M10 is cool, it's not just a tank, it's a tank destroyer, with a barrel overhang of 0.86"
Yeah, like from 1942. Only saw service after the war. Lame. It's no Volvo
As he helped me up the ladder and down into the cockpit, I resignedly put on my helmet. I didn't even bother asking him if I could drive, because he was so like that, he'd…duh…totally say no So, up again I went, newest arrival in Spoons, Washington, my head poking out of a hatch, holding onto a .50 caliber anti-aircraft gun for balance. Like, yuk, sooooo embarrassing.
We tried to make awkward conversation as the armored vehicle made it's way at 30 miles an hour along the interstate to my new, old home. Charlie was never good at small talk, choosing instead to bite into his cigar and mutter things like, "Better dead than Red", and I, being a sulken adolescent who was unappreciative of everything around me chose to pout instead. Besides, the conversation was made more difficult as my face was being battered by a myriad of flying bugs. Charlie yelled up and offered some field glasses and I was like, "Uh, are you kidding?" This was going to be so uberbad.
And then it started. Charlie's war stories. The same ones I remember hearing as a kid, when Mom would go out on Friday, not returning until Tuesday and Dad would be all quiet.
""Stella, In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. They promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no-one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire…"
"Dad", I whined, "Can't we just be quiet? I might be 17, but I reserve the right to act like I'm 13, OK?"
"Stella", said Charlie, spitting a wad of chewing tobacco on the cockpit floor while he lit up another ciagr, as the treads of the A-10 rumbled it's way past "Uncle Nabob's Jerky and Ammo.", while juibilant townsfolk lined the streets waving petite American flags and throwing roses.
"Oh, lord", I thought, both exasperated, and conscious of using the word Lord in such a manner.


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Master and Margarita (2005) is a Menippean film based on the eponymous book by Mikhail A. Bulgakov. Set in Moscow under Stalin and in Jerusalem under Pilate, it has several story-lines where history, religion and politics are intertwined. The story of Master (Galibin), a talented author of a manuscript about the biblical Pontius Pilate, and Master's muse - Margarita (Kovalchuk), is paralleled by the biblical story of Ieshua in Ierushalaim, and the deceit of the cowardly ambiguous Pilate (Lavrov), whose character alludes to a Soviet leader. The reality is distorted by Satan - Woland (Basilashvili), and his lieutenants, who are manipulating public events and people's lives by pushing buttons of human weaknesses and sins. Margarita taps into Woland's power, trying to save Master. The character of Master is autobiographical, burning of his manuscript alludes to what Bulgakov himself did under threats from Soviet authorities.


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PURPOSE: To see if more patients were tested for influenza in May and June 2009 in comparison with the same period in previous years, and if the proportion of positive results was the same.
METHODS: Review of virological data from the hospital's database for patients who had influenza tests done in the relevant periods. The number of patients with influenza tests done was compared before and after the start of the outbreak. Case reports of educationally instructive cases of influenza are provided.
RESULTS: There was a trend towards increased influenza testing from 2007 - 2009. In June 2009, 2.348 patients/1000 patient-days had influenza testing performed. This compares with a rate of 0.407 patients/1000 patient-days in June 2007. In May-June 2009, the positivity rate was 12.4%, compared with 5% in the period before the outbreak.
CONCLUSIONS: There has been an increased rate of testing for influenza in our hospital, and that this predated the pandemic. We found that enhanced influenza awareness led to increased influenza testing.
CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: An increased rate of influenza testing predated the epidemic. Educationally instructive cases of H3 influenza were diagnosed in the period before the pandemic, when there was enhanced influenza awareness. Influenza may be causing more morbidity than thought.
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these pages are dedicated to the men of the
327th engineer combat battalion
of world war ii
rifle training qualifications officer list, may '44 after action reports roll call
unofficial battalion newspaper published during occupation of germany
morning reports of company b - nov 1944, dec 1944 (with index of names)
our goal is to preserve
the history of the 327th engineers,
thanks to all who have contributed so far! this is our website. anything you'd like to contribute will be very much appreciated - questions about battalion members, memories you'd like to share, photos, a tribute to a loved one...
october, 2008 - my apologies for not updating the site for so long. personal events have kept me from doing so. i hope to be in a position to be able to add more content from contributors over this winter.
april, 2008 - company rosters from the book, "with the 102d infantry division
through germany"
march, 2008 - photos of amzy e. hibler and men of 2nd platoon, company c
february, 2008 - photos by adrian "bill" benzing of company b.
march 19, 2007 - photos of myles f. smith of company b.
october 22, 2006 - photo collection of alan goldman of company b.
september 18, 2006 - morning reports, december 1944, of company b (with index of names).
august 27, 2006 - hq & service company - unit photo - camp swift, texas 1944
august 27, 2006 - normandy american cemetery photo gallery. includes graves of charles e. isoldi (b co.) and alonzo p. mobley jr. (a co.) photos courtesy veronique, a citizen of france.
august 21, 2006 - 327th medical detachment (& other units) - photos by clarence sawyer jr.
july 30, 2006 - morning reports, november 1944, of company b (with index of names).
july 30, 2006 - added burials & obituaries found online
july 3, 2006 - company b unit photo, camp swift, texas 1944 - with partial identification key.
may 20, 2006 - more photos by combat photographer joseph d. karr. these photos are other units of the 102nd infantry division, the 2nd armored division, 82 engineers and the 265th field artillery battalion.
may 7, 2006 - jarvis d. warner photo collection contributed by his daughter, kathryn warner. jarvis was from spanish fork, utah. he passed away 6 years ago.
may 1, 2006 - mr. joseph karr, combat photographer with the 167th signal battalion has contributed his photos (including his original descriptions) of the 327th engineers. joe was assigned to the 102nd infantry division to capture on film the daily events leading up to the division's assault on the roer river.
april 14, 2006 - mr. del penhall's photo gallery of company a is up. july - added 15 more!
march 16, 2006 - all 12 editions (65 pages) are now online of the 327th's informal, humorous & often philosophical newspaper produced by david silvette with the assistance of john cornacchio. editions of the newsletter cover the period from may 11, 1945 through september 1, 1945. many individuals are mentioned in the newsletter. i have provided an index of all names.
steve lay, son of lt. harold lay, has provided a 10 page report of rifle training qualifications and a list of "relative rank of officers". these two documents provide perhaps the best lists of members of the battalion while in training may 1944 at camp swift, texas.
october 2005 - after action reports acquired from national archives & records administration were added.
we have approximately 160 photos in the original photo gallery. many of the men are still unidentified. we hope that viewers will let us know if they recognize someone. if you would like to have your photos from wwii or the occupation on the site, we'd love to include them. digitized photos can be emailed. you can also have your original photos reproduced at places like walgreen's while you are right there. (you wouldn't want to let them out of your sight!) then the copies can be postal mailed to us for inclusion on the site.
photo collections are now being added in their own galleries. we can also include any personal recollections, stories, or documents you'd like to contribute.
we are gathering information and photos for tribute pages dedicated to individual members of the 327th engineers. we encourage everyone to do the same. just send an email if you'd like to have a page dedicated to your loved one. we can then correspond via phone or postal mail if necessary.
i have compiled a database of men who served in the 327th engineer combat battalion who are/were also members of the 102nd infantry division veterans association. this includes last known addresses & phone numbers. i will not publish the contact information online. i will, however, provide the information privately to those who wish to contact old buddies. many thanks to hope emerich and carl main of the 102nd infantry division association for sharing their lists.
if you have suggestions, corrections or questions about the site, please don't hesitate to contact me.
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Drace's mouth moved open and closed, no sound coming out. He was shocked and amazed. His had this scrawny little girl pulled out the sword when he couldn't?
He shook his head. The world and it's wonders.
Drace sat down, not really wanting to see the girl yielding her prize. He guessed it was time to make introductions.
Turning first towards the male, Drace held out his hand. "I'm Drace." he said.
The male looked a title weary, but he nonetheless took Drace's hand and shook it.
"I'm Fujitsu." he said, quickly dropping Drace's hand afterwards and going to go look at the dragon carcass.
"Poor little dragon…" he cooed, and Drace wondered if the guy had something wrong in his head.
He finally turned to the girl. She was slashing the sword around, getting the feel of it. Drace's skin rippled in anger at the thought of such a young, untrained female using a weapon that was clearly suited for a male. But he decided to let it slid and walked over to her, once again introducing himself.
The girl smiled and spoke in her sing-sing voice. "I'm Aria, nice to meet you. I noticed you were a dracomancer. I've always wanted I meet one. Can you tell me more about yourself?"
The mention of his being a dracomancer immediately stopped Drace's good mood. He shook his head, fighting to keep down a memory.
"No, I'm sorry." he mumbled, turning slightly away from her.
Aria looked confused, but nodded anyways, turning back to her sword practice. Fujitsu was still focused on the dragon.
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Look inland from the gardens of the San Domenico Palace Hotel and you have uninterrupted views of Mount Etna. North along the coast, clinging to the rocky cliffs, you see the second-century Greco-Roman amphitheatre that dominates Taormina, Sicily's most visited town. But out to the east is the Gulf of Naxos and the glittering Ionian Sea. It was that blue expanse that brought French director Luc Besson to Taormina while filming Le Grand Bleu (The Big Blue) in 1988.
The Big Blue is a masterpiece, a cult classic about free-divers that is in my view unequalled as a visual poem to the underwater world. The story revolves around the relationship between two champion free-divers, one Italian, one French. Loosely based on the real-life rivalry between Jacques Mayol and the Sicilian-born Enzo Maiorca, the film charts their relationship from boyhood to a fictional tragic underwater finale.
Free-diving, or breath-hold diving is, like Sicily, replete with ancestral connections to the ancient Greeks: think sponge and pearl diving. As a sport it is an arcane discipline, whose adherents are apt to practise yoga and form totemic relationships with dolphins. In the 1950s, modern goggles and rubber flippers allowed breath-holding swimmers to reach new depths, and by using a weighted sledge attached to a cable to gain speed they had soon broken the 50m mark. Today, the world record for sledge diving (officially known as no-limits free-diving) is 200m.
The film helped propel actor Jean Reno (Enzo) to international fame. He later starred with Robert De Niro in Ronin and Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible, and will soon be seen alongside Tom Hanks in The Da Vinci Code.
In The Big Blue, Reno is masterly, combining great humour with pathos and sensitivity. His younger, cuter rival Jacques (played by Jean-Marc Barr) is the hero of the film, and becomes the lover of Johana (played winsomely by Rosanna Arquette). Jacques, a scruffy student type, has turned up at Taormina's best hotel as he prepares to compete in a diving contest against Enzo. A snooty concierge claims that there is no room at the inn for Jacques, until Enzo appears and sorts things out.
Besson chose plenty of stunning locations for the film, including the Greek islands, the Andes and numerous glorious Mediterranean bays, but it was the San Domenico Palace and the waters around Taormina that seemed the most impossibly beautiful. The San Domenico is a former palazzo turned into a Dominican monastery in the 15th century, and then converted into a hotel in 1896. Cool cloisters, terraced gardens filled with orange and lemon trees and hung with bougainvillea provide a magical setting for the 105 rooms, almost all of which have magnificent views over the bay.
Besson was by no means the first film-maker to discover Taormina, and indeed the nearby Greco-Roman amphitheatre has been the setting for a renowned film festival since the 1950s. And when Italian or Hollywood stars came to Sicily they stayed at the San Domenico Palace. When Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor began their love affair during the making of Cleopatra (in Rome, 1963), they escaped to Taormina, where they were first spotted in public as a couple.
The wrought-iron bedframe in which Taylor and Burton cavorted is still there, though fantasists should remember that more recent occupants of the suite have included Silvio Berlusconi.
The San Domenico continues to attract celebrities: the Gallagher brothers (Noel and Liam) stayed recently, but apparently requested rooms in separate wings of the hotel. Rod Stewart has sampled the new garden suite, with open-air Jacuzzi, and the Zeta-Jones-Douglases have also stayed. Jean Reno, filming in north Africa last year, took two days off and flew to Palermo so that he could return to the San Domenico for the first time since filming The Big Blue.
Leaving aside the celebrity quotient, and the fact that Goethe and Pirandello stayed here, it is the sense of history that strikes me most about the place. The corridors are filled with fragments of ecclesiastical art and old masters. Afternoon tea is taken in the monks' old refectory, now an elegant lounge where waiters in cream jackets glide silently across marble floors. Two minutes' walk from the serenity of the San Domenico and you are on Taormina's main street, Corso Umberto I, with its narrow alleyways, ice-cream parlours and designer boutiques.
At the Piazza IX Aprile you walk past the Wunderbar cafe, another haunt of Taylor and Burton, with its terrace overlooking the bay. The day-trippers are here in high summer, coach-loads of tourists who come to Taormina on the tour that shows them smouldering Etna and the archaeological wonders of Sicily's Greek civilisation. It is not in itself a beautiful town, but its cliff-top location and sea views make it worth battling the crowds.
From my room at the San Domenico, I could just make out the blue surface of another hotel swimming pool on the rocky promontory of Capo Taormina. Nestled among the rocks, the pool was used by Besson for a scene where Jacques and Enzo stage a drunken breath-holding contest during a cocktail party in their best evening wear. Lower down, beside the beach, I could see the train station where lovelorn Rosanna Arquette disembarks in search of Jacques. But first thing in the morning and last thing at night, my eyes are drawn to the sea, and that great blue space. Then, comfortable as the San Domenico is, I remember Enzo's description of the underwater world: "It is much better down there. It's a better place."
Tim Ecott
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Source: Modern Drummer October 1984
Submitted by: Art Van-Delay
RT: No, I don't think so. I think drummers suffer from a misrepresentation ofimage too often. Traditionally, drummers have been regarded as the stupid onesin rock bands. It's a bit unfair, and because of it, being a drummer is athankless task sometimes. There's responsibility involved in what I do, but it'snice to broaden ones horizon. These days it's funny, because I think of myselfas more of a musician than a drummer.
RS: Why the change?
RT: Well, it's because I've been spending alot of time in control rooms, Isuppose. Also, half my job in Queen is drumming; the other half is singing. Istarted off as a drummer and then all these things like singing and writing sortof followed.
RS: How do you balance your singing and writing with drumming?
RT: Strangely enough, singing and drumming never bothered me, although I knowof drummers who do have problems with the two. See, back when I was in school,the singing bit was forced on me one day when the lead singer in the band I wasplaying with suddenly picked up and left. We had to do the gig and I had tosing. That's basically how I became a vocalist.
RS: Sounds as if it was a very spontaneous thing.
RT: In a way, yes it was. But before that I used to do some backup singing. Ifound singing and drumming much easier than I expected. Mind you, that was along time ago. I never had a time problem, so that was a big plus. Butphysically speaking, it was very exhausting. I mean just playing drums itself isvery demanding.
RS: Do you do anything to keep in shape?
RT: I wish I did. I'm thinking of getting a bit of gym equipment to keep athome because I'm getting older. It's definately time to start shaping up.
RS: How did you get involved with writing songs? Did you always write?
RT: No, I didn't. When we first started Queen and I first met Brian [May,Queen's guitarist], I wasn't really good enough on the guitar to write. Youcan't really write if you just play drums; you need something else, like theguitar. I enjoyed playing the instrument and eventually, I taught myself towrite by watching and listening to other people. It wasn't easy at first, and inthe beginning, the songs were far from great.
RS: How accomplished are you on guitar?
RT: Well, I really don't know how good I am on guitar. I know I have a goodsense of rhythm. I wouldn't say I was accomplished on the instrument, but I'mnot bad.
RS: How do you go about composing a song? Is there any personal methodologyyou use?
RT: These days, I find it much easier to write melodically on keyboardsbecause piano is more geared, I think, for song writing. than any otherinstrument. The guitar is quite a difficult instrument, actually, when you'retrying to compose melodically. You have to have all your chords together, andthen you need something on top. With keyboards, you cam write the whole songright there. So what I've been doing is using a sequencer or something, andkeyboards to write material.
RS: How many instruments do you play?
RT: Guitar, keyboards and drum. That's it really, although I do a bit of knobtwiddling with electronics. I recently got a Simmons sequencer. Sequencers arequite good. I've been using a Simmons mixed in with my regular drumkit for quitesome time now. The trouble with doing that is that you've got to treat them;you've got to go through a lot of boxes to make the drums sound good.
RS: You wrote the single off Queen's latest LP, The Works, "Radio Ga Ga."It's quite an interesting song. Where did the idea to write it come from?
RT: I liked the title, and I wrote the lyric afterward. It happened in thatorder, which is a bit strange. The song is a bit mixed up as far as what Iwanted to say. It deals with how important radio used to be, historicallyspeaking, before television, and how important it was to me as a kid. It was thefirst place I heard rock'n'roll. I used to hear a lot of Dorris Day, but a fewtimes each day, I'd also hear a Bill Haley record or an Elvis Presley song.Today it seems that video, the visual side of rock'n'roll, has become moreimportant than the music itself - too much so, really. I mean, music is supposedto be an experience for the ears more than the eyes.
RS: It's no secret that songwriters and bands are writing songs with videosin mind, more so than actual musical ingredients.
RT: That's right. But it's wrong. Upside down, isn't it? It's really a bitsilly, not to mention ironic, because now a days you have to make a big,expensive video to promote your single.
RS: Back to the album for a second. Besides "Radio Ga Ga," did you play amajor role in the creation of any other songs?
RT: Well, the members of Queen contribute in one way or another in thearrangement of songs.
RS: In 1981 you released a solo album,"Fun In Space". From a drummer's pointof view, what was the solo record experience like for you?
RT: That album was a bit of a rush job, actually. I thought I'd run out ofnerve if I didn't move on it quickly. And I did it much too fast. I spent mostof last year when we weren't making "The Works", making another solo album. It'sin a much different class than the first one. It's a much, much better record.
RS: In what ways? Can you be specific?
RT: Well, for one thing, I took a year making it. I made sure the songs werestronger and simply better. I threw out a lot of songs in the process. I alsodid two cover versions of other people's songs that I'm quite happy with. I dida version of "Racing In The Street" by Bruce Springsteen. I've always loved thatsong. I did it kind of mid-tempo. hopefully the way he would have done it, if hewould have decided to do it mid-tempo. His version, of course, is very slow. Theother cover tune is a very old Dylan protest song which I did sort ofelectronically. The song is "Masters Of War." Strangely enough, a lot of thelyrics hold up quite well today. This one is done slower than "Racing In TheStreet," but it's very electronic. I use a Linn on it. It works quite nicely.
RS: What prompted you into solo recording in the first place?
RT: Well, I felt I was getting more creative, and I wanted a bigger outletfor it than Queen gave me. I wanted, I suppose, to be more than just a member ofthe band.
RS: When you write a song, how do you decide if the song should be a Queensong or one that belongs on a solo album of yours?
RT: It depends on what we're doing at the time. If I get a song on paper andthe others like it, it'll go to Queen.
RS: Have you ever agonised over, say, giving a song to Queen which you knewwould have been perfect for a solo record?
RT: That sort of thing hasn't really affected me yet because I've only hadtwo solo albums thus far. My output has never been that big with Queen. I'venever had more than a couple of songs appear on any one album. I try to keep themore personal songs for myself, I suppose. "Radio Ga Ga" would definately havebeen on my own album if that's what I was doing at the time.
RS: You said you enjoy fooling with knobs and dials. Is this something newfor you?
RT: We [Queen] got a studio in Switzerland, and I very much enjoy playingwith all the new toys that are coming out. I'm certainly more up to date withall the new gadgets out on the market than I ever was a few years ago. I'm alsoa lot more open minded about them. For instance, when electronic drums firstcame out, I didn't really like them very much because I never liked the sound ofthe bass drum. But I've found that the LinnDrum is much better in thisdepartment, and I enjoy using it. One of the things I came to find out is thatwhen people say you can't get a "human" sound out of the Linn, they're simplyoverstating the situation. Of course, there's some truth in it, but mostdrummers who still hold out against electronic drums are only doing so becausethey're fearful of losing their livelihood. It _is_ a threat, because now thedrums are really good. I mean you can even programme in the slight timingdiscrepancies that come with nonelectric drums. You can even push the beat orlay it back. It's all there, and you can do it quite easily. You can make it_sound_ human and all because this technology exists, you simply can't ignoreit. One can't be retrogressive in this business. It's like the musician's unionin England; the union took a ridiculous stand and tried to ban sythesisers.That's like standing in the way of an express train. You can't stop it.
RS: Is it conceivable for you to think that you'll be one day playing nothingbut electronic drums?
RT: I think it's quite possible. I mean the solo album I've been working onhas a hell of a lot of electronic drums on it. There's also a track on The Worksin which we've illustrated that quite well, I think. It's called "Machines."Basically, it starts off where everything's electronic - electronic drums,everything. And what you have is the "human" rock band sort of crashing in. Whatyou wind up with is a battle between the two.
RS: When you're composing songs, how do you set about constructing the drumtracks?
RT: Very often I start out electronically and then overlay the acousticdrums. Of course, each track is different, but usually I'll begin with a Linn orwith a Simmons sequencer on it. It doesn't always work, though. Sometimes it's adisaster.
RS: Can you give me an example of a failure using this approach?
RT: Well, if you have on e of those snappy tempos which is done with a boxand then you put real drums on top of it, it could wind up sounding dreadful.Actually, it all comes down to miking. Today, it's not uncommon to overmikedrums. I mean, putting 15 mic's around the kit is absurd. All the best drumsounds I've ever got came from using four mic's or five.
RS: You mentioned before your interest in the activities in the recordingstudio control room. What brought on this interest? Was it just a matter ofstaying on top of your profession?
RT: Not necessarily. I just found out that I was really getting good resultson the board. And obviously, I've spent half my life in the last 12 years incontrol rooms, so I just got to know more about their potential. I couldn't helpbut take an interest in what goes on inside the control room. But I thinkrecording studios are in the process of changing. Whether people like it or not,the control rooms ultimately wind up three or four times bigger than what theyare now, and the actual studio part will be three or four times smaller.
RS: Then surely you must advocate that young drummers coming up in thebusiness learn as much about the recording process as possible, rather than justsitting back and letting someone else in the band soak up all the knowledge.
RT: They're going to have to. Of course, it depends on how broad you wantyour knowledge to be. If you want to be a drummer and only play drums, fairenough. But I find that very narrow-minded. I could never just sit back and thedrummer, if you know what I mean. Young drummers should really learn thetechnical side of their profession. If you don't, you're going to miss out. Andone owes it oneself and one's talent to make the most of things.
RS: Why do you think England has been in the forefront when it comes toelectronics?
RT: I don't know. It's certainly true, but I don't know why. Perhaps theanswer can be found in the attitude of some musicians there, or in the way kidsare brought up there. Generations coming up are sort of force-fed popular musicfrom the age of zero. But then again, I guess that's true of America as well.The English see the music business as a form of release because the standard ofliving is low - vastly lower than what it is in the United States. For instance,no-one has air-conditioning in England. In America you can't go anywhere in thesummer without feeling it. Americans take air conditioning for granted. InEngland, it's almost unheard of.
RS: Queen began in 1971 - some 13 years ago. What were you doing just priorto the formation of the band?
RT: Freddie [Mercury] and I were trying to scrape a living. I was at college,but I wasn't attending very often. However, I was getting a grant and financinga shop where Freddie and I sold artwork. We sold his work and things friends ofhis did at the art college. That's how we kept the band going in the firstplace.
RS: Were you an artist as well?
RT: Not really. I studied dentistry and then did a degree in biology. I neverdid get a degree in dentistry.
RS: Were you in any bands with Freddie Mercury before Queen?
RT: No. I was in a band with Brian, though, and Freddie would sort of runaround with us in those days. He had a couple of band he was in, but he's alwayshad such a forceful personality that he forced himself to develop, because hewasn't such a good singer back then. He's a great singer now - immenselyconfident. I couldn't believe it. We had a jam session with Rod Stewart and JeffBeck, and Freddie was about four times louder. He has marvelous projection.Anyway, Brian and I played together, like I said. It was a three-piece bandcalled Smile. When it split up, Freddie, Brian and I decided to form a band in1970. That's how Queen started.
RS: At the time, what drummers inspired you? Who were you listening to?
RT: I always liked John Bonham, although in England he wasn't thatfashionable. But to me, he was the best rock drummer who ever lived. I'm surelots of people tell you that when you interview them.
RS: More people say Bonham that any other drummer.
RT: Well, it's true. There's no-one able to touch him in the rock world. Hewas the innovator of a particular drum style. He had the best drum sound, and hewas the fastest player. Simply stated, he was the best. Although he wasn't theeasiest person to get on with, his influence was great. He'd do things with onebass pedal that other drummers couldn't do with three. He was also the mostpowerful drummer I'd ever seen. Led Zeppelin was actually more popular inAmerica than they were in England, you know. You had to be a drummer to realisehow good John Bonham actually was. The average person on the street couldn'treally know the difference between John Bonham and the next flashy heavy metalmerchant or whatever.
RS: Why is that?
RT: The average person can't understand the subtleties of drumming or justhow difficult some of the things he used to do were.
RS: At the time, how much of an influence did he have on you and your drumstyle?
RT: A lot. I think there are a bunch of drummers in bands today who arenothing but poor Bonham copies. There are so many, and have nothing of their ownstyle. It's just John Bonham's style, but unfortunately they can't come close tohis sound. RS: How do drummers make sure that, when they're heavily influencedby other drummers, they don't wind up as merely imitators?
RT: Well, that's up to individual, really. You have to develop your ownstyle. If you're any good, you'll realise which bits work best for you. And Isuppose the thing to do is develop them.
RS: What did you do to prevent becoming a John Bonham copy?
RT: Well, I didn't want to sound like him because I knew there was no pointin sounding like someone else even back then in those days. This is true nomatter how much you admire what they do. So I just tried to incorporate certainaspects of his style into my own.
RS: Anything in particular?
RT: Well, obviously the bass drum. I mean, he invented the whole school ofplaying the bass drum in a heavy manner. I learned so much just by listening tothe first couple of Led Zeppelin albums.
RS: What are your feelings on Keith Moon?
RT: Keith Moon was great. In the early days, he was absolutely brilliant. Hehad a total unique style; he didn't owe anyone anything. The first time I sawhim preform was with the Who on '64 or '65. It was just great. The Who was anoutrageous band - real energy, real art. I loved them. I mean, to actuallydestroy your instruments - it was the most unheard of thing in music.
RS: When did you start playing the drums?
RT: [Pauses] I can't remember exactly. Can you believe it? I'll guess and saynine or ten. I remember banging on my mother's saucepans with her knittingneedles. Then, my father found an ancient snare drum in a storage bin where heworked. It was an old wood and brass thing. I started with that. Then I got areal snare drum, and then a cymbal. You didn't just get a drum kit in thosedays. I wouldn't have known what to do with a whole kit even if I had one. Thebig moment for me was when my father redid up a cheap set of old Ajax drums. Itconsisted of one tom-tom, one bass drum, one snare, and one minute Zildjiancymbal. It was about two years or so later that I got a high-hat. Drums weresomething I naturally felt kind of good at. I found the guitar a lot moredifficult to pick up at. With drums, you either have time or you don't. If youdon't have it, there's no chance you'll ever be any good, really. You can'tteach a person time. I found it very easy to pick up and play things like "WipeOut". That was the thing to do at the time. But I've never been into the verytechnical sides of drumming.
RS: I assume you never took lesson?
RT: No, I never did. But I actually used to give them believe it or not![laughs] I couldn't even read.
RS: And you still can't read today?
RT: Very slowly, but not to play. I've always found it totally irrelevant. Ijust always felt that what came from within was what I ought to play. EverytimeI see Carmen Appice he's going on about all sorts of amazing things. He might aswell be talking about cupcakes. No, I'm not really into the technical aspects ofdrumming at all.
RS: Where did you go after getting your first kit?
RT: My friends and I started a band at school. We were terrible - reallyterrible. We didn't have any worthwhile equipment. It just sort of built up fromschool until, finally, the bad bands become good bands. I was always the leaderof those bands, for some reason. I must have been a pushy one. We won a few bandcontests in the mid-60's, which was kind of a breakthrough for me. Then,eventually, I started singing as well. My career just sort of went on fromthere.
RS: Why the drums?
RT: Well, I used to walk around my bedroom with a tennis racket pretending itwas a guitar. But the drums were noisy and I found out that I better at them.Plus, I enjoyed them more.
RS: Did the Beatles have a significant impact on you as a kid?
RT: No, not at all. When they first broke, you just couldn't get around them.Everything was Beatles. But I was never crazy about their music until therelease of "Revolver". Then they got me. That album was just brilliant and itreally affected me rather strongly. But before that I preferred the Who and theYarbirds - real seminal British bands.
RS: With such early influences as the Who and Yarbirds, do you find it oddthat you play in what many people consider a "commercialised art-rock band"?
RT: No, not really. It's difficult to step back and view the band as otherpeople view it. What's the public's mental image of the band? Do they see astring of album covers? I really don't know. I know I don't see Queen as anart-rock band. When I think of art rock, I think of Roxy music.
RS: Queen has really had it tough with the press, especially American press.
RT: Yeah, that's true.
RS: What do you think brought the friction between the two? I recall somepretty abrasive articles in such magazines as "Rolling Stone" a few years back.
RT: I can't stand that magazine. They're so arrogant - and so are we! That, Isuppose, is the problem. I mean, we are a fairly arrogant band. We have had ourmoments when we were overtly tasteless. But we were also accused of being amanufactured band, which is so untrue. We were just self-generated really.Nobody _ever_ manufactured us. At one point, we were also accused of beingfascists. That was during the time of "We Will Rock You." Some people said itwas a cry of manipulation. It was no more fascist than Ray Charles' "What'd ISay." One time Rolling Stone tried to write a political piece on us. I think theguy was deaf or his battery had run out. But it was very creepy. They have thisvery superior pseudo-intellectual approach to everything. They don't approachanything with their senses. They were very nasty, and I wrote them a very nastyletter back, which they did print.
RS: In terms of nonmusical decisions made within Queen - the businessdecisions, the organisational decisions, things like that - how much of a roledo you play?
RT: Queen is very democratic. It all comes down to a vote. If it's three toone, the three win, unless the one says, "I object to this" or "I won't dothis." Then we don't do it.
RS: The band has survived quite a long time under that system. That'sunusual.
RT: Queen wouldn't be Queen if one of us left the band, or if we did thingsdifferently. The sense of unity has kept us strong. It's the same band todaythat it was when we started. I think that's good. I think that's important.There's an old saying: "The whole is more than the sum of its parts." Thatapplies to Queen.
RS: When Queen goes into the recording studio to record an album, what's yourrole?
RT: I'm totally elastic. The whole thing is down to the song. "What does thesong need?" is the main question. Whatever it needs, I'll do it. If it needs aheavy sound, we'll put the mic's in the right places, but won't use too many ofthem. The size of my kit is important, too. Sometimes I just use a snare, bassdrum and hi-hat. But other times I'll use a big kit with a lot of tom-toms. Itry to remain flexible.
RS: So you don't have one particular or favourite set of drums that youusually use in the studio?
RT: No. I have kits I tend to use more than others. I have an amazing Gretchkit in our studio over in Switzerland. It's got three toms, a snare and bassdrum. It's a great sounding kit. Some kits sound great; others don't.
RS: What kit do you use on stage?
RT: It changes all the time, but I use Ludwig because they've been sendingthem to me for quite some time. I have a single bass drum and a selection oftoms from small to big. I've always tended to use big drums, which is somethingI'm getting away from.
RS: Why's that?
RT: They're so difficult to mike. They tend to be somewhat unclear and lessdefined than smaller drums, I think. Stewart Copeland sort of provided the valueof small drums. He gets a nice, snappy sound out of those small drums. It'ssomething I've always argued with Ludwig about. They made their drums wide, butthey never made them very deep. Today, virtually all drums are as deep as theyare wide. The depth of drums is important. I also usually use a Simmons kitsprinkled around my kit. I use a couple of "RotoToms" as well. Instead of usingthem as toms, I use them as timbales because they seem to cut through real nice.As for cymbals, I use Zildjian and a few Paistes. I always change my cymbalsaround on each tour to sort of suit the mood.
RS: What's your philosophy when it comes to cymbals?
RT: It seems to be very fashionable these days to say, "Oh, I didn't use anycymbals on this record." I love cymbals. I think they're great. They providewonderful dynamics. Quite often, I'll overdub very specific cymbals. FreddieMercury has a cymbal fetish as well. Cymbals are very important; you have toknow which ones to use in which places.
RS: On stage, it seems as if you play your drums extremely loud.
RT: I do in studio as well, unless a song calls for something else, ofcourse. I'm not, however, one of those telegraph merchants. I don't believe youneed those massive sticks, because if you've got decent wrists, which I thinkany decent drummer should have, the snap comes from there. That's what makes itloud. Also, you've got to be able to do perfect rimshots. That's what makes thedrums loud, not eight-foot long telegraph poles.
RS: On the song "We Will Rock You", your beat is very loud and hard. Whatkind of sticks did you use on that song?
RT: Everybody thinks that's drums, but it's not. It's feet. We sat on a pianoand used out feet on an old drum podium. It's rather hard to explain in wordswhat we did, but what you hear isn't drums. We must have recorded it, I don'tknow, 15 times or so. We put all sorts of different repeats on it to make itsound big. There's a catch though. When we do "Rock You" live, I have to do withdrums, so everything is slightly delayed. Everything is to suit the song. Tohave just one way of working would result in the inability to change or adapt. Agood drummer must be flexible. It's imperative.
RS: As in the case of successful studio drummers?
RT: Yeah, but at the same time those people are flexible, but only in termsof the material. What they tend to do is use exactly the same equipment all thetime. Their kits have probably got tape on them which hasn't been removed foryears. I'm not knocking them, but in an important way, they're _not_ flexible.They're good at one particular thing because that's what they do all the time.They might be with Kenny Rogers one week and Motorhead the next, but it's stillthe same for them.
RS: Have you ever done, or considered doing, session work?
RT: I used to do the odd session when the band was starting out just to bringin the extra cash. When I could get it, the session was usually a percussionthing, you know, standing there and shaking something. But session work inEngland consists of a select group of musicians . It's very difficult to getinto that inner circle. You have to be as good as Simon Phillips to crack itthese days.
RS: Why is it like that? Are there so few gigs to go around?
RT: No. It's like a mafia, I suppose. There are a few key people who handlemost of the work. Hopefully, that side of the business - the Tin Pan Alleymentality - is dying. The new bands with synthesisers and all, don't really needsession musicians to appear on their albums.
RS: Is there anything you can do to get the bright tones out of your drumswhen you need them, and the subtle, soft tones when you need them?
RT: Well, I don't like using thick drumheads. That I can tell you. As far asI'm concerned, you might as well be hitting a barrel of lard. Heads should bebright and responsive, and for that, you need a thin head. Some drummers usethick heads and just batter them. What's the point? That's not my approach atall, although I do play hard. I like to hear the sound of the drums. That's whyI use thin heads. But you've got to pay constant attention to tuning them. Ihave to retune constantly throughout a concert. After every song, I retune mysnare drum. It's absolutely mind-blowing. When it's just right, it's just right.Amazingly, a lot of drummers don't tune their drums - or can't.
RS: How did you learn to tune your drums?
RT: I simply taught myself. I always remember what Keith Moon said years ago,because he was very good at this. The early Who records have great drum soundson them. He used to say, "Just make the bottom skin a little tighter than thetop skin." That's how you get that ringing sound. I hate hitting loose skins.Live, it all depends on what hall you're playing. Like at the Forum in L.A.,it's easier to get a great drum sound. But on the other hand, it's hard to get agreat drum sound in Madison Square Garden n New York.
RS: How much do you play your drums when you're not on tour or in the studio?
RT: Well, years ago I used to play them a lot. But ever since we've becomesuccessful, I almost never play them. I don't really practice, but I know Ishould. However, last year I did a little bit of work with Robert Plant. I hadto practice for that because I had to learn the material. But that was the fisttime I actually sat down and practiced for a long, long time.
RS: Do you find it difficult to get back in the swing of things once you haveto go back in the studio or on the road?
RT: Oh yeah. It's a horrible shock. I usually wind up saying, "Oh god, I'veforgotten how to do this!" But then it all comes back. You never lose theability to play, but you forget arrangements and things like that.
RS: What about the quality of your drum playing?
RT: Oh that's affected too. I always need a few days of rehearsal before weget into playing seriously. It always come back, though. As for touring, thehardest thing is building up stamina. In the future, I plan to prepare myselfphysically for touring to make it a bit easier. But there are no exercises adrummer can do to get tuned up to perform except play. You develop certainmuscles when you play the drums, and no exercise seems to work them fully that Iknow of. This is especially true of the legs. Skiing and tennis are very bad fordrummers; unfortunately, these are two activities I enjoy doing. But they workagainst the development of one's drumming muscles for one reason or another.
RS: What are your feelings towards touring?
RT: Sometimes I love it; sometimes I hate it because it's incredibly tedious.We usually have a good time on the road. That always helps.
RS: For a drummer like yourself who has achieved success, is it difficult foryou to carry on that special sort of relationship, for lack of a better term,with your drumkit? In other words, is your drumkit your instrument or yourbusiness tool?
RT: I know Carmine Appice is just in love with drums to a greater degree thanI am or ever will be. As a kid, I just used to love my drums. Now it's just moreand more, a tool, to use your term. That's probably bad. But I must say, I alsofind it quite difficult to talk about drums, because what I know about them Iprobably learned quite a long time ago. I never did get kicks out of talkingabout, say, the latest foot pedals. I find it incredibly boring. I just knowwhat I like, so I don't really think about it.
RS: But how you perceive your drums is what I'd really like to get from you.
RT: Well, sometimes I hate the sight of the damn things! [laughs] Other daysI look at them sort of lovingly. I mean, I'm not Charlie Watts, who's still inlove with his Gretch kit after all these years. One of my problems is that Ichange kits so often. This makes me figure my latest kit is just another kit -that's all. See, it all goes back to what I said earlier on. I don't really seemyself as a drummer in the pure sense. My love of drums has been taken over bymy love of music. In fact - talk about ironies - I collect guitars. When I was akid, I always wanted a lovely drumkit. But I could never afford one. Now I havetons of money and they keep giving them to me. It's crazy. So I collect guitars.I have a reasonable collection of very old Fenders. I love Fender guitars. Icould actually get more pleasure looking at guitars than I do at the drums. Ido, however, have a room full of drums at home. This is all probably sinful tosay since this is a "Modern Drummer" interview, but it's true.
RS: Do you ever exert pressure on yourself to sound better than the nightbefore, or set out to outdo your efforts in the studio or are you beyond thatsort of thing?
RT: I used to do that. But I think I've matured in that I concentrate on theoverall sound of the band now. I know when I play well. On tour, I constantlyhave to play well. If I have a bad night, I feel terrible about it. But I canusually kick myself to get it together even when I'm not having a great night.But my main thing is to look at the effect the whole band is having on theaudience. I'm really more concerned about that than anything else. That's themost important thing when you really get down to it.


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We had a wonderful time here and enjoyed the comforts provided for us. It truly felt like our home. The kids loved the bunk area (and TVs) of course. The beds are amazingly comfortable and the overall experience here was awesome. We were very blessed to have found such a beautiful place to spend quality family time together. Thank you - we will look forward to returning many times.
Beautiful home. Comfy beds. The proximity to the pool was perfect and the beach is unbeatable!
If you're looking for a private beach home this is the place! The house is in the very back of the neighborhood right across from the community pool and private boardwalk to one of the most beautiful beaches in Florida. Our family of 6 had more than enough room to spread out. The bunk area was a big hit with our 11 yr old son. We thoroughly enjoyed the park like setting of the neighborhood and all the winding paths for our morning walks. It's hard to find any cons to this home. We have been coming to Florida for 20 years and this by far was one of our best trips. The only thing we missed was waking up to a beach view, but everything else made up for that. The staff of invited home was amazing and very helpful if we had any questions they answered them immediately. THANK YOU AGAIN! #BESTVACATIONEVER
Very well done. No complaints. Only positivity. Could have been clarity on the booking - price quoted from one booking group then somehow I booked thru another which added fees and that was disappointing as we were on a job and a budget. The home was perfect.
Lotus by the Sea was the perfect home for our family. The beds were average, but comfortable, the location couldn't be more perfect, and upon arrival the home was extremely clean and well set for our arrival. On one of our last days at the house, the dishwasher broke. Unfortunately, throughout our stay the ice maker was not working properly so we frequently had to go to the store to buy ice. The amenities were great however the sound system throughout the house (which was a great perk) did not work properly, we found it difficult to connect out devices to the system through the network via bluetooth - it would have been helpful to have a more straightforward system and more info on how to operate. Wifi, TV, all worked fine throughout the house. Overall the experience was wonderful and aside from a few small issues, management handled all of our requests and issues with top notch customer service. We are planning to come back same time next year!
Our family of four had a wonderful stay at Lotus by the Sea. We have two small children (4y, 6y) and found the home a generous size for the four of us. In addition it was the best stocked home we've stayed in. It is clear the the owners have gone out of their way to provide beyond just the basics. The beds were quite comfortable, and the floor plan allowed my husband and I to enjoy our evenings with little concern for waking our children in the room they shared upstairs (the one with 2 twins). As great as the home itself was, the location made our stay even better. it was an easy walk across the street to the zero entry pool, and an easy bike ride/walk of four boys to the beach (about 5 min, but they never complained!) I had been concerned about the lack of outdoor shower at Lotus, but the shower at the end of the boardwalk made beach clean up easy, and, most days, we went straight to the pool after rinsing off the beach sand. We enjoyed our stay at Lotus so much that we reserved a week for this fall in the middle of our stay and were saddened to find it already booked for the week we needed next summer. We can't wait to get back!
PROS: I chose this home from the pictures online and the proximity to the pool and beach access. We were happily impressed with the decor and overall amenities of the house. Tall ceilings, long windows with lots of light, and beautiful local photography and art throughout. Great kitchen with everything you need to cook several meals. The home has a bluetooth speaker system inside and on the back porch which was really nice. This house is across from the pool, just a few steps. It's on the end of the street furthest from pool which turned out to be ideal as there was construction of boardwalks behind the pool the duration of our stay and this lessened the noise and traffic. The houses in this neighborhood are all so cute and the boardwalks throughout make it feel quaint, but some are very close together. This house has a buffer on the left side of trees, an empty lot to the right, and no houses directly behind it. There is one house adjacent to the back porch but still plenty of vegetation to enjoy while sitting out there. The pool was ideal for our 2yr old as it has a zero entry side where she wanted to play all day. The pool is very well maintained and has nice amenities like changing rooms and showers. There is a putt putt green across from the house which we would have liked to used, but forgot to check at pool house if they rent clubs and balls there. The walk to the beach is very short, perhaps 8min tops if you are leisurely strolling. We enjoyed the natural beauty of the lake and the dunes on the walk.
CONS: the access to the beach would definitely be of concern if you have mobility issues, or several small children (toddlers and babies) to carry. The boardwalk is a breeze and you can ride bikes down it and park them before the sand begins. But Deer Lake runs in front of the access and has expanded so much that you have to walk under the ropes that protect dunes next to a steep drop off into the lake. The lake is too deep to wade across so forced to walk on dunes, then cross the next door private beach, back to the left to the neighborhood's beach area. We made the walk a couple times with toddler and beach buggy in tow. It's definitely possible but some people would be put off by the trek. A homeowner said the Dune lake is continuously changing shape & route. We went to Deer Lake Park next door one day just because they have a ADA accessible boardwalk directly to the beach.
Overall lovely house, neighborhood, pool, & beach!
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Lake Central High School French teacher, Nancy Tilka, along with her colleague Beverly Bovard, hosted the event on Sunday. Tilka, who also was recognized as the 2015 French Teacher of the Year at the annual Indiana Foreign Language Teachers Association conference, said, "We have many fine students studying French at Lake Central and it's wonderful that they've been recognized for their success."
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Ahh.. the serenity of being on the golf course. You walk up the the first green- after a great approach shot and pull the flagstick, only to be greeted by an advertisment for Viagra. Get used to it, because it's coming to the US after successful results in Europe.
I really don't like this one, but I wonder where we will see it first? It would make sense in a pro event because of constant tv exposure, especially when it's in HD.
Has anyone experienced this yet- and if so what did you think?
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volleyhart says:
I have no problem with it, honestly. I'm sure I'll be crucified by the purists for saying that I'm not bothered by it.
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If it helps keep more courses open (and maybe keeps fees from getting tooo astromomical) then I don't think we should reproach it.
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Advertise away.
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Actually you can read my previous comment both ways, so just to clarify - They can advertise all they want. Put up signage behind the green too if it helps.
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Katz Matzah Ball Soup
2010 just a couple of Days away and Jack Frost is Fucking Shit up out here in the east coast it's Really Cold Outside. I'm trying to catch a Taxi Cab and Nothing. I have a Metro Card and The Bus is no where in sight. Shit I'm hungry. I'm going to Katz. Old Habits. The Fat Guy was Lurking about. Maybe a Pastrami Sand. A Hot Dog with Mustard and Sauerkraut. Then The Good Guy Came from my other shoulder. Don't eat that don't even think about that. I was so cold I said soup please. I didn't say Chicken or what kind of soup. I just ordered some Hot Soup. It's Matzah Ball Soup. My Mom use to always order this soup. A Jewish thing. I was like I'll try it. This Soup is Crazy I luv it!