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To enter this book is to enter a landscape of complete and utter psychological desolation.
"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."
2008, MacMillian Audio, Read by Maggi-Meg Reed
Home takes place concurrently and in the same locale as its predecessor, Gilead – but this time we visit the household of the Reverend Robert Broughton, Ames' closest friend. Glory Broughton, the Reverend's eldest daughter at 38, has returned home to care for her dying father. And soon Jack, the long-lost prodigal son of the family, gone for two decades, comes home too – looking for refuge and attempting to make peace with his past, scarred with torment.
Jack is an alcoholic – a bad boy from childhood – who cannot hold a job. Thought he is his father's most beloved child, their relationship is a most uneasy one: Jack ever at odds with his traditionalist father. He does form a moving bond with Glory while the two care for the aging patriarch – but she is unable to help him in any real way – in spite of his pleas that she help him stay sober.
Admittedly, Marilynne Robinson is not one of my favourite authors, but there is no doubt she can write! These are richly developed characters, particularly Jack, who is unforgettable. I disagree with the publisher's summary in part: Home is a moving and healing book about families, family secrets, and the passing of the generations, about love and death and faith. I did not find much evidence of healing in the novel, save for perhaps the last quarter of it. But certainly family secrets abound, and it is a moving read about love, death, and faith. Recommended.
I found this book hard to get into and hard to rate. It has some brilliant passages, to my mind, and some nebulous ones. Once past a kind of philosophical section near the beginning, the story begins in earnest. There are many things to like about the book and many that leave the reader with more questions than answers, not always a bad thing. But I found sections of it confusing or lacking. We never know what Jack really did to cause such heartache to everyone. It's alluded to for the most part. Specifics might have added some punch. His character is vulnerable, in some ways very like some alcoholics, and in other ways hard to believe.
I listened to this book on CD, and the reader did a great job with the father's voice. I had a real sense of who he was, what he was like, and a picture of him in my mind. I didn't get that with the other characters so much. And somehow, despite any negatives one might find, the story stays with you after you've read it. I loved part of what happened at the end. It's about grace as much as anything, grace within a family and very close friends. Grace and respect. Every family could do with more of that.
"Home" is a companion piece to Robinson's Pulitzer Prize-winning "Gilead." While Gilead is told from the point of view of John Ames, a Congregationalist pastor and best friend to Presbyterian pastor Robert Boughton, "Home" takes place during the same period of time, but is told the the eyes of Boughton's youngest daughter Glory and centers on the return of her black sheep brother, Jack. Rev. Boughton has long grieved his wayward son, and his 20-year absence from home and separation from his family. Jack is always aware of his disreputable reputation and the wrongs he's committed to which he occasionally alludes. His sense of distance can't really be bridged.
There's very little action in the book, but an abundance of emotion and attempts to communicate and understand both the errors of the past and the possibilities for the future. Ultimately I found this book heartbreakingly sad. Like Gilead before it, this part of the story will stay with me always.
Contemporary to the story of Robinson's previous novel, Gilead, Home focuses on Glory, a woman approaching 40, who has just finished with a long-standing, though ultimately deeply unsatisfying "engagement" with a married man. She has returned to the old family home in Gilead, where her father, a retired Presbyterian reverend is in need of lots of care, possibly on his way to death. There is a terribly resigned feeling to her decision, as if this is the end of her life too, with children no longer an option, and the possibilities and hopes of her life all but dissolved. Her father has letters from one of his eight children, the abberant one, Jack, that he might come to stay for a while. This excites the father terribly. He's desperate for his son, absent for 20 years, even missing his own mother's funeral, to return, but also anxious that this son, Jack, has somehow got himself into more trouble, as is his habit.
After various fits and starts Jack does arrive for a visit, formal and distant, guarded, though respectful. He too seems to be escaping a failed relationship, though his seems more solid, and more is lost, if it really is over, which he doesn't believe. So he waits, sending letters, helping to look after his disapproving father, as his relationship with Glory steadily becomes closer. There is little more to the plot of this story, beyond the repeated monotony of days half-hiding from the world, and tending to a sick old man. But despite this, the novel is incredibly engrossing, because Robinson is such a wonderful, close, subtle study of the human condition. Her style is usually sparse and clear, though occasionally it sparks into lyrical fire. The style is perfectly suited to communicate so much - of the bitterness and oppressing sense of guilt Jack has, for being Jack, really, but also because he is an atheist surrounded by Christians. All his life he's been the black sheep, but really because he was probably the brightest of the bunch, the most free thinking. Perhaps he would also have been the most successful if his father hadn't tried to force him into his own image. Instead, that domineering religiously misguided attempt at dictating a child's life created rebellion and self-destruction, which still continues in Jack in his 40's.
There is so much psychologically to unpack on every page, both in terms of the characters' current thoughts, but also their past decisions and mistakes. What sets Robinson apart as a truly great writer, however, is that this mental world, although regularly implicit, is nevertheless surprisingly clear.
At the same time, the Christian theme figures heavily. Had I not known Robinson was a practicing Christian, I would have assumed it was written by an atheist. Jack, the non-believer, seems to be the kindest of the bunch. The two reverends, his own father, and his father's best friend are, on occasion, positively cruel to him. He occasionally, perhaps for a touch of revenge, discusses theological issues with them. But those issues he chooses seem to make a clear case for Christianity being broken (predestination negating sin and one approved-of punishment for the sins of the father seeming to be the suffering of his (innocent) children). So, if anything, this novel is a story opposing religion. But of course, this is too intelligent a novel to provide such a simple answer.
This is far from a happy novel. It centres on a dying old man, and two semi-washed out middle aged children, who are depressive in their own ways, and seriously questioning what pleasures life has left for them. And yet, there is something uplifting about it because it creates something that feels so very real. In this way it is brilliant, beguiling, and close to a masterpiece.
The glories of Gilead - and of Housekeeping, for that matter - have not quite found their way into Home. One reason for this may be Robinson's decision to write in the third person for the first time, thus suppressing one of her great gifts, which is the mix of wryness, wisdom and self-deprecation with which she infused her first two narrators' voices.
But what remains is Gilead's sense of how character, however unkindly, determines one's fate, which in Home arrives silently but powerfully, like a glacier leaving a raw gash in the landscape. Robinson's output may also be glacial, but the force her words leave in her wake is unmistakable.
These ugly facts [of small-town racism] complicate the beauty of "Home," but the way Robinson embeds them in the novel is part of what makes it so beautiful. It is a book unsparing in its acknowledgment of sin and unstinting in its belief in the possibility of grace. It is at once hard and forgiving, bitter and joyful, fanatical and serene. It is a wild, eccentric, radical work of literature that grows out of the broadest, most fertile, most familiar native literary tradition. What a strange old book it is.
The Reverend Boughton, is in decline. Glory, the youngest of his eight children, has come home to care for him, and both are grateful and alarmed when Jack, the prodigal son, reappears after an excruciating 20-year absence. Once a charming scoundrel, Jack is now riddled with regrets and despair. As she cares for two broken men struggling toward reconciliation and redemption, Glory is a paragon of patience, a virtue readers also must cultivate as Robinson follows an austere narrative regime, confining the reader to the day-by-day present and the Boughton home. Household chores are infused with metaphysical implications, while what is not said carries more weight than what is spoken. Robinson wrestles with moral dilemmas ordinary and catastrophic, and ponders the mystery of why human beings never feel wholly at home on earth. This is a rigorous, sometimes claustrophobic, yet powerfully spiritual novel of anguish and prayer, wisdom and beauty, penance and hope.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0374299102, Hardcover)Amazon Best of the Month, September 2008: "What does it mean to come home?" In one way or another, every character in Home is searching for that answer. Glory Boughton, now 38 and lovelorn, has returned to Gilead to care for her dying father. Her wayward brother Jack also finds his way back, though his is an uneasy homecoming, reverberating with the scandal that drove him away twenty years earlier. Glory and Jack unravel their stories slowly, speaking to each other more in movements than in words--a careful glance here, a chair pulled out from the table there--against a domestic backdrop so richly imagined you may be fooled into believing their house is your own. Meanwhile, their father, whose ebullient love for his children is a welcome counterpoint to Glory and Jack's conflicted emotions, experiences his own kind of reckoning as he yearns to understand his troubled son. There is a simplicity to this story that belies the complexity of its characters--they are bound together by a profound capacity for love and by an equally powerful sense of private conviction that tries the ties that bind, but never breaks them. It's a delicate sort of tension that you think would resist exposition--and in fact these characters seem to want nothing more than, as Glory says, to treat "one another's deceptions like truth"--but Marilynne Robinson's fine, tender prose imbues this family's secrets with an overwhelming grace. --Anne Bartholomew
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Glory Boughton, aged thirty-eight, has returned to Gilead to care for her dying father. Soon her brother, Jack--the prodigal son of the family, gone for twenty years--comes home too, looking for refuge and trying to make peace with a past littered with tormenting trouble and pain.… (more)
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Again, the process is simple. The left side has templates for print layouts, or you can make your own and save them as a preset. The presets themselves are pretty good, including single A4 and a particular favourite of mine, the Fine Art Matt setting, which leaves a large border and a third of the paper clear below.
To the left you can begin to personalise the print. You can make your own templates to determine the number of images per sheet, or adjust margin or add borders. You can also add your own logo, using the identity plate tool in the Overlays section.
A nice feature is the ability to add print sharpening - this can vary depending on your printer, the paper you use (gloss looks sharper than matt paper for example) and the size of the print. It's worth playing around with this and getting to grips with as it can seriously improve the quality of your prints.
In the Colour Management section you can use the default 'Managed by Printer' box or you can use any print profiles you may have made (or downloaded) and change the rendering intent depending on your choice. Hint - Perceptual is usually best. You can also set print resolution and here I found the default 240ppi usually produces good enough images, though sticklers may want to up this to 300ppi.
Once you have your images laid up on screen and ready to go, click Page Set Up, handily situated in the main screen as well as the menu, to select your printer, paper size and so on, then use print or print settings to access your printer driver. There's nothing within these dialogue boxes that are intrinsic to Lightroom, they just open your standard driver dialogue box.


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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Anglo Gold Ashanti (ANGJ.J: Quote), the world's third-largest bullion producer, cut its dividend and warned of restructuring at its South African operations after weeks of wildcat strikes wiped out $400 million in output.
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Restructuring could mean marginal shafts are closed, leading to job losses at a time when social tensions are running high in South Africa's mining communities and companies are under political pressure to avoid taking such a course.
The decline of South Africa's once dominant mining industry has been hastened by a wave of illegal strikes that have rocked its gold and platinum sectors this year. The violence unleashed has killed around 50 people and unnerved investors.
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It's been a while since I've found one of these make your own start page web sites that I've liked. But I found myself charmed by this one, so I thought I'd share it with you.
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Registration is easy, click the CLICK HERE spot to register and fill out the form. You'll get to name your page, set whether your page is public or private, create a password, etc. Then they'll send an activation link to your e-mail, go click that and you can start editing and saving your page.
Colors/Settings – this option allows you to edit the background. You can select whether there is a wallpaper, a pattern, or just a color for your background. You can even use your own wallpaper if it is hosted somewhere online.
You can click the X button on any of the widgets to get them off your page, and you can add them by clicking Widgets at the top of the page. There are the standard weather, daily quotations, and news to select from, as well as some of the more popular pages around the web.
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The top photos were taken on a beach boardwalk and the bottom in an airport toilet. The toilet traffic cones are surrounding a crocheted puddle I made. I'm hoping they gave a few people a good chuckle.
I've included the pattern below in case you're interested in making some of your own. If you'd like to make some hollow traffic cones, check out this pattern over at the Mad Crochet Lab. Enjoy!
Traffic Cones
4cm/1.6in tall
Skill Level
Easy to Moderate. There are two parts, the cone and the base. The cone is worked in a spiral, the base in rows. The pattern calls for a colour change.
Note on yarn and hook size
I used DK weight yarn and a 3.0mm hook for this pattern. For those using US hooks, I recommend a size C or D, for those using UK hooks, I recommend a size 11. You can use a different weight yarn than DK but it will change the size of the traffic cone. Remember to use the same weight yarn for all colours so that your toy is in proportion. Choose a hook size that will give you a nice tight stitch.
Yarn (DK/8 Ply)
Crochet hook - 3.0mm or size that gives you a nice tight stitch
Tapestry needle
White and Black felt for eyes (optional)
Needle and thread or glue to attach felt eyes (optional)
***This pattern was written using US crochet terminology***
Rnd – Round
sc – Single crochet
sc2tog – Single crochet two stitches together.
sl st – Slip stitch
st – Stitch. This term covers chains, sc, hdc, sl st and other stitches used in crochet.
Make a ring – The starting point for crocheting in a spiral. Use which ever method you prefer.
* * - Repeat the instructions between the asterisks as directed.
( ) – The number of stitches that should be in a completed round are placed in brackets at the end of that round's instructions.
Cone (in Orange and White)
Starting with Orange.
Make a ring.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in ring (6)
Rnd 2: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 st* twice (8)
Rnd 3: change to White, *sc in next 3 st, 2 sc in next st* twice (10)
Rnd 4: continue crocheting in White, *2 sc in next st, sc in next 4 st* twice (12)
Rnd 5: change to Orange (you can now cut the white yarn and fasten it off), *sc in next 5 st, 2 sc in next st* twice (14)
Rnd 6: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 6 st* twice (16)
Rnd 7: *sc in next 7 st, 2 sc in next st* twice (18)
Rnd 8: sc in each st around
Cut yarn and fasten off, leaving a tail of yarn to use when joining the cone to the base.
Base (in Orange)
This section requires you to crochet in the back humps of a chain. Knot Sew Cute has a great tutorial on how to do this.
Chain 9.
Row 1: Working in the back humps of the chains, sc in 2nd chain from the hook, sc in each chain to the end (8)
Row 2-8: chain 1, turn, sc in each sc to the end (8)
Slip stitch evenly around three sides of the base. Check out the photos below for guidance. Cut yarn and weave in ends.
|The ovals indicate where to place your slip stitches.
|The base with its slip stitch border.
***These are guidelines only. Be guided by your own eye at all times.***
Join the cone to the base. Stuff the cone firmly and attach to the base using the tail of yarn left on the cone. You can use pins to hold the cone in place but be careful not to jab yourself.
Add eyes and a mouth. I used white and black yarn to stitch in the eyes on my yarn bomb traffic cones. I had more time to make the one pictured below so I decided to cut out some felt eyes for it. You can stitch the felt eyes on with needle and thread or you can glue them on. Use some black yarn to stitch in a mouth.
|Traffic Cone with yarn eyes.
|Traffic Cone with felt eyes.
And you're finished. Now, what to do with your traffic cones ... how about making a whole army of them to keep your kids' toys inline? Or what about gluing a magnet to the base to create some funky fridge magnets? Whatever you do, I hope you have fun.
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Paradise Point describes it all! You won't believe the view from the deck or the view from the three stories of windows overlooking the main channel. Features include a large master suite (with a floor to itself) with a view of the water, King bed, private bath, the main level with the kitchen, dining area, large living room w/cathedral ceilings (three stories of windows), half bath and laundry room. The lower level features two bedrooms (one with a view of the lake) and a family room (with a view of the lake). Home sits high above the lake to offer a spectacular view but exit the lower level and it's just a short walk down to the private dock. Covered dock features two large slips w/hoists, pwc slip and swim platform. Home is located just 20 minutes from restaurants, attractions, 110 store outlet mall and more!
While the view from the deck is stunning, the property is not properly maintained/cleaned and therefore this is completely overpriced. My family stayed here August 1-8, 2015 and I was shocked by the level of disrepair the house is in. There are cracks and stains everywhere. The couch is ripped. There are scuffs and holes in the walls. The deck has loose boards and nails sticking out everywhere. There is a spot on the deck that has boards missing that a child could fall down and it is a steep incline down. The inside stairs going to the downstairs area have pieces coming off. All of the window seals are broken, so you wake up every morning to moisture and fog in between the panes instead of the view shown. One of the main floor windows (behind the TV) has so much water damage and corrosion that it is seeping into the carpet. On top of all the damage, it was just not clean. The deck and outside badly need power washed...there is dirt, bugs and algae everywhere. I understand that this house is on the lake, and you are going to get a certain level of "dirty" but this was excessive. There were beer cans all over the property. There was, what looked like wine, that was spilt all over the rail and decking that was not cleaned up. Cigarette butts everywhere. The bedding in the upstairs master was clearly not washed. The dryer does not dry clothes. There are 2 grills on the patio... one is broken and so disgusting, but apparently they are just going to leave it there. We were promised full propane and a reserve tank...one tank was empty and one was half full. There are 3 coffee pots on site, 2 of them don't work and one takes about an hour and a half to brew one pot. Microwave does not heat up food. There are not enough utensils to support the 16 people this property is supposed to sleep. The ladder on the swim platform is missing and that makes it almost impossible for anyone to get out of the lake. If you choose to stay here, bring ALL of your own stuff...the garbage bags don't hold garbage, the towels are junky, the soap doesn't foam, and the toilet paper is like sand paper. I don't want to completely trash this property...we had fun. We just feel that for the price we paid, it should have been better maintained, cleaner and the "amenities" were unacceptable. It was like camping...a place to sleep, on the water with a decent location. But, the view is pretty incredible.


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When reading the Q&A section, the format consists of the e-mail address of the fan that asked the question, then the question followed by the answer. If an individual band member answered, his name will appear in parenthesis before the answer. If no specific name appears, then the question was answered by the band in general or by 311's management. There are over 10 Archives featuring over 500 questions and answers. To select an Archive see the Archive links directly below. ENJOY! (This Q&A with 311 began in 1999).
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100. SA Martinez,I have wondered this for a long time about the song "Creature Feature." What were you going through as you were writing the lyrics? I know that the group believes in being positive, but I was curious as to what you were feeling deep down when you wrote it. Was it during a period of rough times? We are all human afterall.
firstname.lastname@example.com (Justin)
(SA): "It was when I was contemplating breaking up with my girlfriend at the time."
101. Was the name FISH HIPPOS changed to "311" because someone in the band didn't want to make it "big" with such a "strange" name?
RH Lo Ride
(Nick): I thought the name was more humor oriented than our band is.
102. Chad, I'm probably one of your biggest fans. Do you ever like to meet fans like me. I wish I could meet you and speak with you about drums. I read a lot of your articles in magazines, but I really wish you could show me some stuff on my kit, cause I don't really know how to get my toms to sound too good?
firstname.lastname@example.com (your biggest fan, Roy)
(Chad): Hi Roy. Thanks for listening. I enjoy meeting our fans. We sometimes do meet-and-greets when we're on tour. When we're off tour and writing, the band requires much of everybody's time which makes it difficult to meet fans. My suggestion for tuning drums is to make each spot on the drum head, near a tension rod, the same pitch. And find a drum teacher and/or a local drum shop for tips.
103. Do you guys listen to Art Bell Radio Show? And if so have you ever considered being on the show?
(SA): Art Bell is the man. I listen as much as possible. I've never thought of being a guest although I have called in and gotten through on occasion.
104. What was your weirdest/embarrassing/or most horrible experience on stage?
firstname.lastname@example.com (Dana), email@example.com (Amy Chiasson), email@example.com
(P-Nut): My wierdest experience on stage was when I was so enraged at the punk mf in front of me that I dropped my shorts and flexed my sfpincter in his frickin' face, thanks for asking.
105. I was wondering what SA is talking about in "The Continuous Life" when he says "city rednecks who think like the Omega Man." Is he refering to the comic book character?
(SA): I'm referring to a bank hiast in the valley involving two gung- ho bank robbers
106. Is there any chance Chad is gonna rap a verse on the new album?
(Chad): No, sorry.
107. Which one of you is the best baller? Who really tears shit up on the basketball court?
(P-Nut): Well I have to say that I am the only one that plays with other people on a weekly basis, but I have been put in my place by Nick a bunch of times when we all lived together. I love the sport of basketball more than any other, and I thought you should know.
108. SA! Are you still spining wax with Vestax?
email@example.com (John O'Connell)
(SA): I'm still using the 05pro and am looking forward to the 07.
109. What were some difficulties when you first relocated to California? Were you worried about not being able to survive on playing music alone?
SpacePulse (Adam Robbins)
(Chad): Yes. That was one worry. One of the reasons we moved was so we could concentrate on the band. I knew that if we started getting jobs that it would cut into the band time.
110. How can a fan get you to remember them….who stands out in your mind and what did they do to get in touch with you?
(April Hawkins)
(P-Nut): I keep in contact with fans through my mother (Joan) and she is the one who decides which e-mails I read or not, and then I don't get swamped and at the end of the day it's still fun to do.
111. SA: What are your lines about the cosmic conscious in the song Galaxy referring to? "..since i have found the keys to free this energy"? In terms of RAW/Leary maps, do you mean the energy of what they call the 5th circuit? (ie. the one you'd experience by smoking That Crazy Mexican Dancin Weed?) Getting naturally stoned, such as listening to good music & focusing on Mood.
email@example.com (Mats Fjellner/ Sweden)
(SA): You're on the right track, charge ahead.
112. How has success made an impact upon you guys, both musically and lyrically?
firstname.lastname@example.com (Brian Kelly )
(Chad): There's more pressure to do well now.
113. Any comments on the song Hydroponic?
(P-Nut): Hydroponic is one of our best songs, and one of my favorite to play even though it is one of the easier ones to do so.
114. I'm from El Paso, Texas. A bunch of us down here were wondering about the lyrics to "Lucky." "… I'm takin' it to the bridge and there's a different country…" "… we got the juice it's on tap…" I'm sure you guys must have gone to Juarez, Mexico when you played here in El Paso at Club 101. The bridge to Mexico is only about 5 blocks away from Club 101. If the lyrics are about Juarez, Mexico, tell us about your experience.
email@example.com (Phillip Cano)
(SA): Well, to be honest, no. But I'm not sure a distinction can be made. That is when I am in El Paso, I feel as if I am in Mexico. "Pretty sweet," as Cartman would say.
115. Are any of you guys into Nusart Fateh-Ali Khan's music or style?
(P-Nut): I have never heard of that artist, but that is no surprise because I have been in the studio for about a year concentrating on 311. I need to hear new stuff, The Roots' new album is the goods for your soul.
116. Chad. I'm a drummer and I was wondering, within your first few years of playing, what did you find yourself working the hardest on? Such as Sticking, Different beats, etc.
(Chad): I really can't remember. That was about 16 years ago. The thing you should be doing in your first few years of playing is taking lessons. Because a good teacher will make sure that your lessons are focused and you can tackle your challenges one at a time, and in a logical order.
117. What ever happend to the Count's dog, Lionel?
(SA): Lionel lives with my exgirlfriend. I miss him.
118. As you guys make new cds does it become much harder to write new material? And does it ever come to a point when the music is just a chore?
(Chad): The only time the music feels like a chore is during practice…..but only when it's around the 5th practice in a row. I think writing music becomes a little more challenging because you're always trying to come up with new things. And you become more self-aware.
119. SA…I have read that you no longer smoke pot and I was wondering what made you stop?
Lettieb131 (collette)
(SA): Well that's not entirely true. I stopped for a long while and, well, like I said, that's not entirely true.
120. Who is the girl in "Light Years" who says "Come here, now!" and at the end of "GAP" who says "Oh, that was good"?
email@example.com (Jason Jahnke)
(SA): Wanda Coleman says "when you comin' down…"
121. Were there any hard times in the really early years when the whole dream seemed hopeless?
(Chad): The most difficult time for me was in the begining.
122. SA Martinez is my all-time idol!! Along with being my idol, I memorize everything about him, have a page dedicated to him, and want to be JUST like him!! This is the best chance I have on getting any contact with him. I would like to know the best advice he could give me on how to get started in a band. I can sing, play a little keyboards and I'm going to take guitar lessons. Any advice SA?
(SA): First of all I'm flattered. Secondly, all I can say is find like-minded individuals. They're probably people you know already. And practice.
123. What kind of Ride cymbal did Chad use on the album 311(Blue)?
email@example.com (Mike)
(Chad): I believe it was a 21″ AA Dry Ride from Sabian.
124. How many 311 albums are there and what should I know about them?
Capricorn albums:
Music (February 9, 1993) – produced and engineered by Eddy Offord. Twelve tracks. There is also a clean version of this cd available, noted "clean for in-store play". It has an edited version of Freak Out and does not have Fat Chance.
Grassroots (July 12, 1994) – produced and engineered by Eddy Offord and 311. Mixed by Chris Shaw. Fourteen tracks. There are three album covers for this record; with the logo at the bottom (original version), the top (common version), and the middle (rare version). There is also a clean version that says "suitable for in-store play" on the spine. The clean version does not have Silver.
311 (aka the Blue Album) (July 25, 1995) – produced by Ron Saint Germain and 311, recorded and mixed by Ron Saint Germain and Scott Ralston. Fourteen tracks.
Transistor (August 5, 1997) – produced and mixed by Scotch Ralston and 311. 21 tracks. Rewind about two minutes before the first track to hear the "intro." This does not work on all CD players. The first 5,000 copies of this CD included four 311 stickers inside the package.
Transistor (1997) – Australian release. A two cd set; the first CD is music, the second CD is enhanced with clips from the ETSD home video.
Transistor (1997) – Japanese release. Includes one bonus track, "Gap" (which also appears on the CD for ETSD).
311 Live (1998) – Japanese release. Recorded & mixed by Scotch Ralston. Eight tracks all taken from the New Orleans show of the Transistor Tour.
311 Live (November 3, 1998) – produced by 311 & Scotch Ralston, mixed by Scotch Ralston. Assistant Engineer, Alex Rivera. A compilation of 311 live recordings. Fourteen tracks.
Omaha releases from What Have You Records:
Omaha Sessions (October, 1998) – selections from the early independent 311 albums remastered & repackaged. Available through the Merchandise Section at www.311music.com. or contact 311 Merchandising at P.O. Box 69446, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
Dammit! (1990) – produced by 311. This was when 311 did not include Tim or SA and Jim Watson was the guitarist. Out of print.
Unity (1991) – produced by 311. Out of print.
Hydroponic EP (1992) – produced by 311. Out of print.
Singles and Promotional releases:
Freak Out/My Stoney Baby/Hydroponic (1992) – Capricorn maxi single.
Freak Out/Hydroponic (1993) – Capricorn 7″ vinyl only, promo.
Do You Right (1993) – Capricorn promo, CD & CS.
Feels So Good (1993) – Capricorn promo.
Visit (1993) – Capricorn promo.
Homebrew (1994) – Capricorn promo.
Homebrew/Nutsymptom (1994) – Capricorn promo.
Lucky (1994) – Capricorn promo.
8:16am/Omaha Stylee remixes (1994) – Capricorn promo and vinyl.
Random/Down/Loco clean versions (1995) – Capricorn promo.
Don't Stay Home (1995) – Capricorn promo.
Jackolantern's Weather/Guns (are for pussies) (1995) – Capricorn vinyl promo.
All Mixed Up (1996) – Capricorn promo.
All Mixed Up – Remixes (1996) – Capricorn promo.
Down (1996) – Capricorn promo.
Down (1996) – Mercury promo.
All Mixed Up (1996) – Capricorn promo.
All Mixed Up (1997) – Capricorn promo.
Transistor (1997) – Capricorn promo.
Prisoner (1997) – Capricorn promo.
Beautiful Disaster (1997) – Capricorn promo.
Prisoner remixes (1997) – Capricorn Austrailian import.
Muscicain Magazine's "A Little On The CD Side" – vol. 7 (1993) – Freak Out.
Rawk Tuneup – vol. 5 "Dog Daze of Summer" (1994) – Homebrew.
The Capricorn Sampler – Vol. One (1994) – Lucky/8:16am.
Capricorn Spring Sampler (1995) – 8:16am (remix from 12″).
Capricorn Fall Sampler (1995) – Don't Stay Home/Who's Got the Herb?
Hempilation (1995) – Who's Got the Herb?
National Lampoon's Senior Trip Soundtrack (1995) – Outside.
Hits Rock New School Vol. 2 (1995) – Don't Stay Home.
The Copper Mountain Spring Jam Compilation (1995) – Down.
Star Maps 2 Blocks (1995) – Omaha Stylee (12″ Extended T Ray remix).
GO Big (1996) – Nutsymptom, (Multimedia content).
Nowhere Soundtrack (1996) – Freak Out.
Launch – vol. 9 (1996) – Do You Right video live, interview.
Over The Edge (1997) – Down.
MTV Buzz Bin volume 2 (1997) – Down.
Live from the Conan O'Brian show (1997) – Down live.
New Music From the Mercury Hotel (1997) – 8:16am remix promo.
X-Games Soundtrack volume 2 (1998) – All Mixed Up.
Bam Magazine "Golden State Greats" (1998) – Beautiful Disaster.
125. What videos does 311 have?
Enlarged to Show Detail (1996) – full length home movie.
Contains live concert footage, interviews, backstage scenes and videos for Homebrew, Down, and All Mixed Up – which appears after the ending credits. Plus a bonus CD with four outtakes from the blue album.
As for MTV videos – 311 has eight videos (Freak Out, Homebrew, Don't Stay Home, Down, All Mixed Up, Transistor, Prisoner, Beautiful Disaster).
126. Where were 311's videos shot?
1. Do You Right – Los Angeles and Omaha – Omaha sites included the Children's Museum, the Lied Jungle and the Henry Doorly Zoo, the Old Market and a free concert at Sokol Hall.
2. Homebrew – Los Angeles and Atlanta (Masquerade Music Park)
3. Don't Stay Home – Long Island, NY.
4. Down – Los Angeles
5. All Mixed Up – New York City
6. Transistor – Los Angeles
7. Prisoner – Los Angeles
8. Beautiful Disaster – New Orleans
You can see all the videos at http://www.altvideos.com and soon at mtv.com
126. What are 311's outtakes?
email@example.com (Lou Wagner)
Outtakes are songs that 311 recorded for a particular album, but did not release.
On the Blue Album:
Tribute, Gap, Firewater, Let the Cards Fall (all available on Enlarged to Show Detail EP), Who's Got the Herb? (available on 311 Live and the Hempilation soundtrack), Outside (on National Lampoon's Senior Trip soundtrack), Juan Bond and an instrumental called Next.
On Transistor:
Earth People, Grifters, The Quickening, Everything, Writer's Block Party, Space Funk, Old Funk, To The Future and White Man in Hammersmith Palais (Clash cover, available on upcoming Clash tribute album May 4).
127. Where can I get 311 stuff?
All official 311 merchandise (including t-shirts, hats, posters, stickers, cd's, guitar books, sweat-shirts, etc.) can be ordered through the Merchandise Section of the 311 web-site, 311music.com, or write to join our free mailing list at 311 Hive, 8904 Florence Drive, Omaha, NE 68147. For further info: email@example.com or 617-666-6445.
128. What's this about a live album?
311 released Live! on Capricorn Records November 3, 1998. The record features fourteen live tracks.
129. Are you ever going to re-release the early Omaha albums (Dammit, Unity and Hydroponic)?
firstname.lastname@example.com (Jon Sheehan), firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com (Budman), firstname.lastname@example.com (ed correa)
We just released "Omaha Sessions" which is a compilation of our favorite songs from the early albums. We remixed and remastered the songs so this CD sounds much better than any bootlegs that are out there. The CD is available through the 311 Merchandise Section at http://www.311music.com or through our fan club merch brochure. For further info: email@example.com or 617-666-6445.
130. Are you going to do another Omaha Sessions with different early songs – If you are not releasing the early albums in their entirety?
email@example.com (Veronica), firstname.lastname@example.com (ed correa)
There are no plans for another Omaha Sessions and we don't plan to release the early albums in their entirety. A number of the songs from our early records that didn't end up on "Omaha Sessions" we're already re-recorded for "Music". ie: Do You Right, Feels So Good, etc…
131. I was just wondering what you thought about some of your older fans saying that you lost your roots and that you should revert back to the sounds of Music and Grassroots?
Roots intact…tree alive. We don't think that we've lost our roots in any way. We have always tried to challenge ourselves musically and personally. We want to evolve and we want our music to evolve with us. That has been part of the 311 foundation since day one. We are proud of our early records and we still love playing those songs live (over 50% of our live show is usually from Music/Grassroots) – but we want to keep moving forward…so our new stuff may not sound exactly like the old stuff, but it still has the same roots and it's still part of the same growing, living organism.
132. How does everyone feel about the new record in the making? Mainly, do you guys think that it'll blow up huge like the blue alblum did or do you think it'll be more of an underground success?
GinsingSA (Paul)
We just make our music. It's really impossible to predict whether the industry will support it and whether it will blow up. We'll release the best record we can and we'll tour and then whatever happens, happens.
133. What's that stuff on the cover of Grassroots, and who is the girl inside?
Kska2, firstname.lastname@example.com (craig)
The cover of Grassroots is a photograph of fungus and rust on the side of an old barrell. The photograph of the girl inside is a picture of a vintage 1960's playing card.
134. What's a Brodel?
Brodel is a slang term for brother.
135. Who is the Nazz?
The Nazz – is a term taken from a recording of Lord Buckley, who is our guitar tech's (Trevor Cole) grandfather. He was like a Vaudeville speaker, right before the Beatnik era, where people would just get up and tell stories. One of his most famous ones was called "the Nazz".
136. Who are the south-siders and who are the west-siders?
Nick, Tim, and Chad are from the westside of Omaha. They went to Westside High School. SA and P-Nut went to Bryan High School on the southside.
137. What 311 lyrics are repeated in other 311 songs?
The beginning of Omaha Stylee is from Unity. Interesting to note, the line "311 is down for the unity" happens at 3:11 into the track.
"Nod your head to this" is in Plain and Applied Science.
"Jump up and down cuz that's the 311 style cruise on by the frowners float follow me now with a smile I gotta golden ticket, I'm not gonna even pick it I heard it he said it I heard it but it went but it went the rhythm will make you want to move your body I have heard it once and never ever forgot it" at the end of Nix Hex is taken from the lyrics to Visit. "trip the 'shrooms fantastic and shit gets drastic" is in Loco and Fat Chance.
In the song Sweet and 1,2,3 Nick sings, "phenomenon 1 and 2 and 3".
"my friend the city pity everywhere the enemy" is in Visit and Paradise.
"When I get up to the sun and then I strech out/smoke up-it's beginning to smell like summer/mota." – is in Random and Who's Got The Herb.
138. How many records / videos has 311 sold?
Music is certified Gold (over 500,000 sold)
Grassroots is certified Gold (over 500,000 sold)
311 is certified Triple Platinum (over 3,000,000 sold)
Transistor is certified Platinum (over 1,000,000 sold)
Enlarged to Show Detail is a certified Platinum Video (over 100,000 sold)
139. Who is the Pawn Shop Press?
Pawn Shop Press is a graphic design company run by Jay Papke. They designed the 311 logo and the packaging for Grassroots and Transistor. Jay Papke directed the videos for Homebrew, All Mixed Up, Transistor, Prisoner, and Enlarged To Show Detail (The company is mentioned in the song Nutsymptom: "turn out the dope shit like the one that's called Pawn Shop Press".) You can see their website at www.pawnshoppress.com
140. What religion are the members of 311?
We don't really adhere to any organized religion. We just have our own set of morals and beliefs which we apply to our own lives.
141. How do I join the fan club?
Our fan club is actually a free mailing list. Email firstname.lastname@example.com and include your name and mailing address. You will recieve a newsletter with a color merchandise brochure. (Or you can send your info to 311 Hive at 8904 Florence Drive, Omaha, NE 68147).
142. What are "stranger flowers" from the song 8:16 AM?
The line Stranger Flowers in 8:16 A.M, comes from a book called On the Road by Jack Kerouac. (Interesting to note that On the Road has 310 pages. Could 311 be the next page of this exploratory novel, picking up where it leaves off?)
143. What does "We're all from the same Lucy" mean from the song Electricity?
"We're all from the same Lucy" refers to "Lucy" which is the name given to the earliest discovered human remains by scientists who support the theory of evolution.
143. Who is "Bobby" in the beginning of Silver?
(Nick): We recorded Grassroots in the living room of our house in Van Nuys, CA. There was a big glass sliding door that seperated the living room from the backyard. When I was recording vocals in the living room – Bobby, my German Shepard, was barking in the backyard, so I yelled, " Bobby you be quiet out there."
144. What does the French in Salsa mean?
The French in Salsa, "Je vais a plage parce que la guignol est chouette!" means "I go to the beach because the puppet show is grand."
145. What's the noise at the end of Galaxy?
The noise at the end of Galaxy is Scott Ralston saying, "There is just no denying it, that was it" and Chad says, "Yeah".
146. Who's the sumo guy in the Down video?
The sumo guy in the Down video was the guy in Unnecessary Roughness (a football movie in the early 90's). He is the huge Hawaiian center for the team. A super cool guy.
147. Who is Terrence Henry from the song Silver? What did he do that was so terrible?
"The name is Terrence Henry. Thief of trust and money."
Terence was a friend of ours when we first moved to Van Nuys. We let him stay at our house for a while. When he split, he used our phone card and ran up a huge phone bill… "Called all your relatives and your friends in hell."
148. Who sings Firewater? Is it just Nick and SA or someone else because their voices sound lower.
Nick and SA both sing on Firewater. Their voices sound lower because the tape was slowed down during mastering, to give it a heavier vibe.
149. How did P-Nut get his nickname?
(P-Nut): I was playing bass and rockin' out. My already long head was elongated in an illusion. My friend said, "go p-nut, go!", because my head looked like a big peanut. From then on, the name just stuck.
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Homebuilt Dyno?
This is probably a dumb question, but is there any practical way to build an engine dyno for home use?
The "inexpensive" ones are about $10k.
I don't think it would have to be nearly as accurate as a good shop dyno. As long as it gave relative numbers and could identify the torque peak, that would go a long way towards tuning and evaluating different combos on a mild street engine. You could calibrate it by paying for some dyno time, getting figures, and then adjusting to match.
I did some web research and couldn't find anything besides what's being used by go-kart builders, and most of that won't scale up.
There is no "cheap" way to build a dyno. The dyno itself is not that expensive, around $6000 just for the "dyno core". Then you need a storage tank for the water, we use a 1000 gallon used milk tank, a pump, we use a 10 HP, lot's of copper piping and a control valve, we use a VFD controlled water valve. Now your close to $9000 to $10,000 and it's not installed yet. You need an enclosed explosion proof fire proof room, you need a data aquisition system, that's AT LEAST $5000 for junk and $15,000 for something decent with sensors. You need a computer, printer, a high volume exhaust fan, a fire suppression system, a filtered air intake box with ducting to outside air, and about 1000 other things you don't think of until your into the project.
I don't know of any "cheap" way to get into a dyno. I have tens of thousand in mine and we started out with a good base used system.
The cheapest home built dyno I can think of is an old car chassis, and a G force meter.
You'll look like Mad Max, but it ought to do the job.
I saw an old chassis dyno that simply had large steel rollers with disc brakes at each end. It also had sensors that measured how fast they accelerated and that looked like all it was. I'm not sure how accurate it was but the concept seems firm, XXX Hp will accelerate XXX mass in xxx time.
To do it at home you could design something like a standard transmission linked to the rollers by way of chain, the engine would be reved to the start of the power band, for example 2500 rpm and held steady...then max throttle would be applied until the engine reached max rpm, say 6500 rpm and that time would be measured.
Carb settings or timing could then be changed and the test re-ran. If the time increased or decreased you would know if average power increased or decreased.
A real savvy person could run some formulas and also end up with average Hp...if they knew the exact weight and diameter of the roller.
I as well have always thought about building a engine dyno. If I am not mistaken most engine dynos use a water type brake, which I doubt I could build myself.
My idea was more along the lines of a intertia dyno. You could have some kind of real heavy metal drum (about the size of a 50gal drum) with a clutch mechanism to engage it to the motor and a disk brake to slow it down. It would have to be balanced perfectly and have a sufficent weight (I don't know what that would be? couple houndred pounds?)
Building such a setup I feel is very doable, now the trick is the computer part and measuring the output.
I would love to just have some junk engine in my garage on my own dyno and just make pulls for the hell of it!!
anyone else have any ideas?
I don't think a homebuilt dyno would be very practical but their may be an alternative Have you herd of the G-Tech? They plug into the cigarette lighter and attach to the windshield. They measure the G-Forces and with some electronic wizardry they will measure ¼ mile times and HP and Torque. I bought the first generation one off ebay for something like $40 to play around with. The new ones have alot of bells and whistles and even make hp and torque graphs. These run someting like $275
They are by no means perfect but if set up right they are normally really close. What they are really great for is to measure before and after times, HP and Torque. For someting like testing diffrent setups this may be perfect.
I was thinking about this too.Was thinking chassis dyno though,using an old packer/steamroller drum.
So if weight,mass,and accelleration rate somehow equals horsepower(I don't know the actual equation)can't you figure hp pretty close if you know the weight/mass of the vehicle as well as accelleration rate?
Also I've seen hp rated in kilowatts or megawatts,so how about a drum connected to an old power generator(big one),by putting a load on it and monitoring the current output ?
Or how about this:
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I have a home made engine dyno that we use for Jr Dragster engines. It has a solid steel wheel 30" in diam and 1" thick a 30 hp eng can spin this wheel really quick. I can't imagine how big a wheel you would need to do a perfomance type car engine.
Here is a link to the hardware and software package we use.
Thanks for all the suggestions.
I was specifically thinking of an engine dyno as opposed to a chassis dyno.
I was hoping to build and tune and engine and then get an idea of where the HP and torque numbers were, so I could then use that info to make better final ratio choices rather than building the whole car and then having to keep swapping gears.
It would also help in determining if a 4 speed, 5 speed or 6 speed trans was the best fit for the torque band.
I know it wouldn't be a perfect predicter, but I thought it might be cheaper in the long run than experimenting after the engine was in the chassis.
If the flywheel on that Jr. drag dyno is that big, you would need a huge wheel weighing alot more then I thought.
Since most engine dynos use a water brake, maybe you could find some old industrial water brake(If there even is such a thing) or build your own. All the brake really is, is an impeller of sorts inside a housing and the water creates the resistance.
I guess you could also make something using air resistance like on some exersize bikes. Maybe build some kind of "fan" about 4 foot in diameter with the blades pitched at 90 degrees. with the blades pitched this way it would not pull itself in any direction and should create more resistance. It would have to perfectly balanced to handle the rpm. Hay with something like this it would engage alot easier than a gaint flywheel. I would also build a gaint super thick encloser for it in case a blade let go. I can picture it now, I just cant imagine what kind of sound it would make! A huge fan with paddle wheel like blades spining at 5000+ rpm!!!
This has got my going now, I do some research on air resistance dynos!!
Dateline Anytown USA: Man Decapitated and Friends Maimed During Home-Built Dyno Testing.
You know, the idea of a home built wind resistance machine connected to a 400-500 horsepower engine doesn't sound like the safest thing I've ever heard of. Neither does very large, heavy spinning rollers or flywheels.
Nice ideas but read and try at your own risk.
The people that built my wheel also make major parts for the internaional space station. Yes it has to be perfectley true and balanced, not to mention a good weld on the hub. That wheel will spin almost 2000 rpm at full power. I would hate for it to come apart or come out of the bearings.
My dad had an old Johnny Pop two lung John Deere, you know the ones with the great big flywheel on it. He was tooling around the corner on it one day and that big flywheel decided to make a break for it. Right through the bank's fron window.
I'm glad there were no fatalaties.
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Nobby, it is good that he is talking to you, lets take that as a positive. However, if he is out of work he must have all the time in the world to be making prop stuff?
Are there any members living close to him that can help out, i.e. collect the stuff, or he can ship it inside the us (less cost), then you send them the money to ship to the UK? Sending him more money, although I see where you are coming from, is still a bad idea. Maybe another alternative is to pay a courier such as DHL to collect from his address, if it falls through and you loose your money at least he did not have it?
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There an awful lot of acoustic bands that come around these days. Oftentimes it's hard to differentiate between them (largely because there's a factory somewhere that makes most of them). But don't lose faith! Sometimes good ones come along. They have brilliant lyrics and are incredibly heartfelt. Speaking of good acoustic bands, how bout that Seeker Lover Keeper!
There's a very bizarre phenomena that happens in the American music scene where a lot of times, bands that have enormous success in other countries fail to even get mentioned in any conversations. That's why you haven't heard of Seeker Lover Keeper despite their debut album going gold over in Australia (and Australia's developed a great music scene! Angus & Julia Stone, The Temper Trap, Cut Copy just to name a few).
Wikipedia describes them as a super-group, which is true in the actual definition of the word, each of the three ladies in the group have careers outside the group, but it doesn't seem right to call a group that makes sentimental, smart acoustic songs a super-group. Semantics aside, the band is composed of Sarah Blasko, Sally Seltman, Hally Throsby. Between the three of them, they have toured with Lykke Li, Broken Social Scene, and have done lyrical work for some of Feist's material. I guess you could probably get away with the term "super" with a resume like that. Not to mention the album was produced by Victor Van Vugt who also produced some PJ Harvey tracks and Nick Cave stuff.
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Laurence Shoup is a candidate for KPFA's Local Station Board. He is a member of the United for Community Radio slate.
Here is my basic analysis of the election and what is to be done. The overall context is a community radio station (not a big corporation) struggling to survive in our commodity driven world. Funding is down, creating pressure on everyone involved. There are five key players in this ongoing drama.
First, Pacifica is the owner of the license, a 501c3 and non-commercial FCC licensee. Pacifica is now a completely different organization than it was in 1999 when many of us strongly protested their actions (I was arrested for non-violently protesting at that time). It has a board elected by the KPFA and the Local Station Boards of other affiliates.
The paid staff is a small group (about 40 people) in a self-protective craft union and feeling stressed (and in some ways this is quite understandable as their wages and benefits are at stake). The third group is unpaid staff, about 235 people who do much more work at the station than the paid staff (doing hosting or producing segments for shows, they do 80% of the total work at the station I am told) but who have no real say in the operation of the station (this is an obvious ongoing problem and injustice).
The fourth group are people like you who listen and subscribe (about 20,000 people I understand). The final group is the 100,000-200,000 people who listen but do not subscribe. One central task for the future is to locate and work with this last group and the already paid subscribers to bring in more funding. My own idea is to organize a sustainer campaign based on direct contact on a personal, one to one basis, with the aim of gaining 5,000 new subscribers at $5 a month or more within the next six months.
As you can gather from what I have written above, we of United for Community Radio want democracy, we want to put the people´s/ progressive movement´s interests first, to represent everyone, including the listeners and unpaid staff in a community radio setting. The other side is self-interested, it mainly wants to represent the small number of paid staff (and they make it sound like an epic labor battle, like they are going up against a major for profit corporation, not a small community radio station. And a key fact is that most workers at KPFA are not allowed union representation. In contrast, I believe in one big union for ALL KPFA workers, not just some, but getting there is, of course, difficult). The bottom line is that we need more cooperation among all parties, so United for Community Radio has put forward a positive program, without attacks on the other side, to try to get where we need to be to help KPFA survive and thrive. I wish that I could say that the other side is going forward with only a positive program, you can be your own judge, just look at their mailer, which contains untruths and attacks on us. Kindly look at our candidates and our United for Community Radio endorsers, you can then decide for yourself if their attacks are warranted.
It is important that our entire slate wins, this is how we can have a real impact for our key values, for our radio station and the entire community. KPFA is a beautiful local resource that belongs to our community, all of us. It is a solid building block for our collective future. So help it survive and thrive by voting for our entire slate of 10 candidates, ranking them 1 to 10 in your own order of preference.
Larry Shoup
LAURENCE SHOUP is the author "Rulers and Rebels: A People's History of Early California, 1769-1901" & other books. He's a Green Party stalwart, Longtime community and people's movement activist
The rest of the United for Community Radio candidates are, in alphabetical order by last name:
Virginia Browning
Long time KPFA activist, former radio programmer
Samsarah Morgan
Oakland Green Party, Occupy Oakland Activist, writer on birth health and family Staff Candidates
Ramsés Téon Nichols
Organizing Committee Chair of Local SEIU 1021 and member of SF Green Party
Karen Pickett
Environmental and community activist, writer and editor
Andrea Prichett
Incumbent board member, community activist, teacher, Copwatch founder
Oriana Saportas
Community & Labor activist, former KPFA Local Election Supervisor
Beth Seligman
JD, vegetarian occupier, permaculturist and writer
Kate Tanaka
Incumbent board member, community activist, Green Party stalwart
David Welsh
Labor organizer, delegate SF Labor Council, Haiti Action Committee, Occupy Oakland occupier
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You need to watch The Canyon online not only because of the beautiful Lindsay, but also because it is directed by Paul Schrader (the writer for Taxi Driver and the director of American Gigolo), which is great at creating tension and great decors, and written by Bret Easton Ellis, the author of American Psycho. Even if the movie had a ridiculous budget, and we can estimate that Lindsay worked for free, the team managed to put up a great movie together, and you will be convinced about this is you watch The Canyons online free.
The Canyons is a movie about making movies, about the dark side of Hollywood and about people that want to do something different. Seeing it at the cinema might not be such a great idea, as we don't know if you are willing to spend a few dollars for it, but if you want to watch The Canyons streaming from the comfort of your home, along with your girlfriend, is a good idea. Of course, only if she is not the jealous type, as you will surely slip some admiration sounds when you would see Lindsay in all those provoking postures.
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But MGMT's sophomore effort is the musical equivalent of leaning in for a hug while someone else is going for the handshake; when it's over, you're left feeling embarrassed and vaguely uneasy. The Brooklyn duo releases their second album, Congratulations, today with a risky gimmick: no singles. For a band known for catchy electro-pop hits, it's an especially dangerous gamble.
And yet it's a risk the band seems to embrace: "I don't know if our new album is necessarily good or not, but I know that it's very honest, and I think that's really important," Andrew VanWyngarden told the New York Times. VanWyngarden, together with Ben Goldwasser, signed to Columbia Records as young grads of Wesleyan University, where they made a name as a band by playing the Ghostbusters theme over and over at house parties. Indie fame later found them when 2007's Oracular Spectacular soared to the top of the charts and to 2 million in album sales.
This new album reportedly had record execs doubting its potential (the terrible cover art probably didn't help matters), and it's easy to see why. There's nothing here like the neon bombast of their synth-pop smashes "Kids" or "Time to Pretend"; instead, VanWyngarden and Goldwasser put forth nine tracks of rambling psychedelia that recall the sound of the band's pre-Oracular EP's, but that don't seem to know when to quit.
Congratulations is produced by Pete "Sonic Boom" Kembler of the 80's space-rock band Spacemen 3, and sure enough, there's no shortage of ethereal flutes and galactic-sounding keyboards. It's a musical paradox; the tracks are short and sputtering, but also weighed down with aimless instrumentation.
Several of the tracks here come off as strange and heaving with conscious idiosyncrasies. "Someone's Missing" is full of falsetto verses that erupt into 45 seconds of stampeding pop before the track abruptly ends. "Lady Dada's Nightmare" sounds like a nightmarish mix of Pink Floyd and Andrew Lloyd Webber, and "Siberian Breaks" is a mind-boggling, genre-reeling 12-minute opus.
Despite their "no singles" mantra, MGMT filmed a video for the song "Flash Delirium," a post-punk pastiche of cluttered vocals and frenetic drums that's also been getting radio play. But here, as elsewhere, the duo burdens the track with excess noise. Is it a deliberate step away from the mainstream-grabbing pluckiness of the band's hits? Perhaps, but good songs have hooks for a reason, and this one might be a good song if the band would dare to unbury it.
Later, MGMT takes a few swipes at wistful ballads. "I Found a Whistle" is acoustic and charmingly plaintive, and the title track is similar ("and all I need's a great big congratulations"), ending the album with smattering of applause. Hey, with a song called "Brian Eno," you have to be playing with a deck of fully-stacked irony.
Congratulations can be best described in unexpected comparisons; it sounds like a Flight of the Conchords album that takes itself seriously, or The Flaming Lips with less confetti and optimism, or a sea of tracks that all vaguely resemble 30 Rock's mock party song "Werewolf Bar Mitzvah."
So who is the real MGMT—the pair of hipsters penning ironic synth-hooks in headbands, or the serious songwriters who just want to craft painstaking, non-commercial surf rock? It seems here the two Brooklyn boys are backpedaling against their dance-pop fame, and maybe even attempting to reverse it. Devoted fans might enjoy this album, but for those looking for another song like "Kids," the woozy experimentation on Congratulations will seem a bit too bloated to its limits.
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You're right, it doesn't make it good. It makes it artistically credible, and I respect that. MGMT have always maintained that they are artists first. "Congratulations" is such a dense and deep record. Just give it some time, I'm sure most people that bash it now for not sounding like the first album will come to enjoy it for what it is and come to actually *gulp* like it.
Shoot. I actually like this record a great deal. But then again, my favorite parts of Oracular Spectacular were the more disjointed non-singles (when you count them, weren't there more psychedelic songs than dance songs on that album too?). But I knew when I heard Flash Delirium that this would be a divisive record.


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The Texas congressman played down the importance of polls showing he may not win in tonight's GOP caucuses in Colorado or Minnesota, or in Missouri's primary.
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- GoPro HD HERO2: Outdoor Edition – Jumping up to the top spot on the list this month, GoPro's compact HD video cameras are a big hit. They're pretty small, which allows the camera to be mounted or worn in any number of ways… on a helmet, strapped to a chest harness, on a racecar… the possibilities are amazing. This particular one is the outdoor package. I've previously written about my GoPro dogsledding story.
- Panasonic Lumix TS20 TOUGH Waterproof Digital Camera – dude, it's orange! This looks like a great casual fun camera, waterproof to 5 meters so it would be great for those summery photos around the pool, at the lake, and so on. It has a 4x optical zoom and will also record 720p HD video. The price is right.
- Sony DSC-RX100 Exmor CMOS Sensor Digital Camera – This camera arrives again near the top of the bestseller list… when something is a strong seller for month after month, we know that it's a decent unit. This is a fixed-lens camera from Sony, with a Carl Zeiss lens and 1080p video. Seems like this one's aimed at serious shooters.
- GoPro HD HERO2: Motorsports Edition – the same GoPro camera as the top seller, but this is the "Motorsports Edition" which comes with different mounting accesories (namely, a suction cup).
- Canon Powershot A2200 Digital Camera – This is a slightly older model but a great value at just over $100. Canon's Powershot A-series offers nice compact cameras (I've used a previous model) with decent image quality. If you're looking for something compact and affordable to throw in a purse or otherwise carry on the go, you could do a lot worse than the A2200.
- Panasonic LUMIX DMC-ZS15 Digital Camera – Panasonic has been producing some good little compact cameras, giving Canon and Sony a worthy competitor in this space. This one has a 16x optical zoom which is great to see in a sub-$200 camera. If you want a camera that's going to offer better photos than your smartphone but isn't going to break the bank… look here.
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- Nikon D5100 CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-S DX VR Nikkor Zoom Lens – Down here in the latter half of the bestseller list we find our first DSLR for the month. The Nikon D5100 is a step above entry-level, but not quite up to what I'd consider "prosumer". It does offer a nice feature set in a package that comes with a lens for just under $650. This camera is positioned in an interesting place as it has a few nicer features than the entry-level 3000-series cameras, but it's definitely lacking in several areas (such as image quality and autofocus system) when compared with its big brother the D7000.
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Celebrate the fall of the wall through movies
November 12, 2009 by Leave a Comment
With all the coverage of the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, I tried to think of a way to commemorate this historic, history-changing event that happened 20 years ago. A generation ago. Anyone 30 years old and younger probably has no emotional link with images of a bunch of young people dancing while they tore down a far away wall covered in graffiti.Continue reading my blog post Celebrate the fall of the wall … [Read more...]


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Hi everyone i just recently moved to Denver from Florida about a year ago and love it out here!
I have owned my subie for about ten months and love everything about it, however its time for some mods!
I just got ordered the new AP V3 and it will be here thursday,being new to this altitude i was wondering if anyone has any advice on suggested maps and what is ideal to run up here. (motor is stock)
any and all info is appreciated!