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Steve is a guitarist and music teacher who has been working in the Bay Area since moving to Berkeley in 1984. He founded BandWorks with Jeremy Steinkoler in 1993. In addition to his private teaching and BandWorks classes, Steve has taught at Cazadero Performing Arts Family Camp for many years, worked in London as a music director, taught band workshops in Dublin (Ireland), and contributed to Guitar Player magazine. As a guitarist, Steve has performed at many clubs and festivals throughout northern California, including the High Sierra Music Festival, the San Jose Jazz Festival, and the Sonoma Salute to the Arts. His recording "Sunday" was used by the Augustino Dance Theatre Company. Most recently, Steve has performed and recorded with Andrea Hurley and Her Very Attractive Band, Marie Schumacher's Invisible Band, The Kevin Beadles Band, Lonnie Lazar and the Vaporizors, Chowbucket, and Jemimah Puddleduck, among others. In addition to guitar, Steve has taught saxophone, mandolin, bass, and piano. He is also a registered Music Together teacher.
Since picking up his first pair of drumsticks at the age of 10, Jeremy has gone on to teach private students, drum clinics, and rock band workshops in Ann Arbor, MI; Dublin, Ireland; and all around the San Francisco Bay Area. He founded BandWorks in 1993 with guitarist and band mate Steve Gibson. He has been on the faculty of Cazadero Performing Arts Family Camp for the past 16 years, where he was the Co-Director from 1999-2001 and served on the Board of Directors from 2010-2013. In addition to teaching BandWorks classes and a full roster of private students, Jeremy maintains an active performing schedule, playing around the Bay Area on a weekly basis with his own J. Steinkoler Quartet, the unique saxes-and drums trio Mo'Fone (featured at the Monterey & SF Jazz Festivals), and assorted other projects. He has performed at dozens of popular Bay Area venues and festivals, including the Monterey, San Francisco, and Sonoma Jazz Festivals, Art & Soul Festival, Yoshi's, the Shoreline Amphitheater, and at Lincoln Center and the Village Gate in New York City. He has played with Dave Ellis (The Other Ones, Charlie Hunter), Adam Levy (Norah Jones, Tracy Chapman), Kirk Joseph (Dirty Dozen Brass Band), Guru Garage, Kevin Beadles Band, Hot Links, Christy McCarthy, and many other top touring bands and musicians. His music has been featured on radio stations all over the globe, and his bands have garnered a number of "best of" awards and rave reviews. Jeremy is proud to be endorsed by Vic Firth Drumsticks, Istanbul Cymbals and Aquarian Drumhead and Protection Racket Cases.
Guitarist and composer Matthew Charles Heulitt wields an uncanny ability to bridge the worlds of jazz, contemporary pop, and original music into a tapestry of soulful music. His lines on the guitar draw a constant sense of unfolding and searching that go well beyond the idioms of jazz improvisation. Since 2000 MCH has been a member of legendary funk drummer Zigaboo Modeliste's New Aahkesstra. Matthew is also a member of Grammy award winning producer/drummer Narada Michael Walden's (Jeff Beck, Mahavishnu Orchestra) band and has been featured on 3 of his albums to date. His debut recording as leader, Room to Run (Self Produced, 2009), is an excellent showcase of his talents as a versatile guitarist of uncommon sensibility—exploring material from jazz to rock, folk and ambient— and as a composer of maturity and imagination. MCH also plays in Bay Area sensation, Moetar, whose virtuosic pop/prog-rock, avant-garde, improvisational gumbo- extraordinaire sounds like Yes meets Frank Zappa meets Chumbawumba. Its exhilarating debut recording, From These Small Seeds (Magna Carta Records 2011), makes the bold claim that the marriage between great pop and outstanding musicianship can both entertain and challenge the listener at the same time. As a studio musician Matthew Charles Heulitt has played on hundreds of recordings and shared the stage with Sting, Carlos Santana, Taj Mahal, Mickey Hart, and Sammy Hagar just to name a few.
Stace has always enjoyed music and particularly performing live. He started early with a singing role in the musical "Oliver" when he was about 7. His first musical instrument was the clarinet. He played the bass drum in the high school marching band and baritone saxophone in the University of New Mexico marching band. At 18 he played tenor saxophone in an Elvis impersonator band. He has also played in stage bands, sung and danced in jazz and swing choirs and created his own compositions. In the early 1980's he got involved in the rock 'n' roll scene as a roadie, light show operator and bass player. In 1992 he got married to his wonderful wife Suzanne. They have two children (now 17 and 20), a dog, and a home in Berkeley. He has a BA in Geography from the University of California, Berkeley and has worked as a cartographer for the past 20 years. He co-owns and manages Eureka Cartography, also in Berkeley. Stace has his own band "The Recyclists" in which he sings and plays guitar. He has considerable experience as a youth sports coach and has found that many of the positive concepts and lessons that are taught in sports can be applied to BandWorks as well. Stace is thankful for the BandWorks program and is grateful to have this opportunity to work with such talented kids.
Ari's history with Bandworks goes all the way back to 2001, when he was in his first group as a student. Studying Guitar avidly through his teens, Ari was a member of the Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble, as well as the SFJAZZ High School All Star Ensemble. Outside of school, he led and performed with a variety of bands. In 2006, Ari led his first Bandworks group. He moved to New York City in 2008 to attend The New School For Jazz and Contemporary Music, and has continued to teach at Bandworks every summer since. He has performed in Italy, Switzerland, Japan, and at many top venues and festivals in both the Bay Area and New York City. In 2012, he released his debut album as a leader, Scenes From The Zephyr, on Hundred Pockets Records. www.arichersky.com
At just 25 years of age, Bay Area native Jules Leyhe is already an accomplished musician. Armed with a decade of guitar-playing experience – including a degree in Guitar Performance from the esteemed Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA – this up-and-coming blues guitarist has recently sold out San Francisco's famed Biscuits and Blues. Leyhe picked up his first guitar when he was just 13-years-old, inspired by his father's love of music. In the time since, he has developed a fondness for playing the blues and has become a veteran of the Bay Area music scene. Leyhe has played with roughly half a dozen bands, honing his skills at clubs like The Uptown in Oakland as well as larger venues such as The Great American Music Hall and Slim's in San Francisco. A fan and student of the greats, Leyhe is influenced by familiar names like Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Chris Cain and Albert King and also draws inspiration from his former teachers,Norm Zocher, Julien Kasper and David Tronzo. Leyhe also imparts his guitar knowledge to the next generation, giving guitar lessons around the East Bay.
Kat White's love for music was sparked when she was a little girl singing along to Ella Fitzgerald in the backseat in her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. She studied voice throughout her childhood and found a passion for performing through musical theater and church choir. At Beloit College in Wisconsin she started taking guitar lessons and quickly fell in love with songwriting and with experimenting with other instruments including drums, ukulele, and accordion. She then embraced her inner free spirit and left Beloit to move to California where she found love and an inspiring community of musicians. She now plays with a local indie folk-rock band called Baby Teeth as well as other projects. In addition to teaching at Bandworks, Kat also hosts BW Youth Open Mic at the Starry Plough, and has been teaching private guitar, ukulele, and singer-songwriter lessons since 2009.
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After sustaining one too many injuries racing dirt bikes and playing intramural sports, Jon turned to the "safer" pursuit of guitar at the age of 16. He played in garage bands and learned classic rock tunes. After high school, a summer jazz camp led to enrolling in college as a music major. Jon received a Bachelors of Music in Classical Guitar & Performance from Northern Arizona University. He also played in the Jazz Big Band and with local jazz combos. After later studies at the Berklee School of Music in Boston, Jon headed back to the Southwest where he performed and began his teaching career. Performing and teaching in Seattle followed. And finally, a move to San Francisco in 1988. Appearing throughout the Bay Area at clubs and festivals, Jon has played with variety of bands including the The Mini-Watt String Quartet, Natasha Miller, The John Ettinger Group, Jessie Turner Band, Moe Dark & The Love Posse, Presidents Breakfast, Nancy Hall & The Curios, Hurlo Thrumbo, Bob Bradshaw & The Resident Aliens, and Beth Custer (Eighty Mile Beach). He has recorded with several artists including Pete Forbes, Sara Lovell, and Ha Tran.
Jason Reeder first came to BandWorks as a student back in 1999. A fourth-grader, then, who simply enjoyed playing guitar, he never realized he would be coming back year after year as a student, a T.A., and finally as a teacher. In the years between then and now his passion for guitar has only grown, and he's also become a drummer and percussionist, as well. Between rehearsals with jazz and folk groups, he completed a Bachelors of Arts in Linguistics at Brown University in 2011, then moved to the Middle East to pursue a career in translation. He now splits his time between the Bay Area and the Arab World, empowering others to express themselves and be better understood through both translation and music teaching.
A guitarist and audio engineer originally from the Bay Area, Lewis has a bachelors degree from the Berklee College of Music In Boston in Music Production and Engineering, with a minor in Acoustics and Electronics. As a guitarist, Lewis has had the pleasure of performing with George Clinton and P-Funk, Steve Vai, Bernie Worrell, Paul Taylor, as well as touring the historical Mississippi blues scene, and headlining the Beantown Jazz Festival. While in college, Lewis worked under Oscar award winning sound designer, Jeff Largent on recordings ranging from the Plymouth Philharmonic orchestra, to Rockapella. Upon graduating, Lewis moved to NYC, where he was staffed at the legendary Avatar Studios. While at Avatar, Lewis was able to work among, and learn from some of the best in the industry, including Paul McCartney, Tony Bennett, Josh Groban, John Mayer, Carrie Underwood, Anne Hathaway, and Jamie Fox. Lewis now runs his own production company, teaches, and performs around the Bay Area.
Paul Sounder grew up in Tuscaloosa, Alabama at his mom's piano lessons and his dad's jam sessions. Picking up the bass as a teenager, he was immediately immersed in the world of southern rock, blues, funk, R&B, and jazz, always playing with several different bands, sometimes with his dad on drums. He led and composed for funk rock ensemble Reaux Jam Beau until moving to San Francisco in 2006. There he found African and Latin music influenced experimental rock band Antioquia, which he joined and toured the country with until 2012. Paul is now a professional freelance musician and teacher in Oakland who is currently featured on acoustic bass with Jason McGuire's progressive flamenco trio which will release its debut album in the Spring of 2016.
Born and bred in Berkeley, Andrew and is a BandWorks alum, having been in the program for 4 years during High School. He got his degree in Music at Humboldt State University, where his band Blue Street Junction opened for big names such as Blue Turtle Seduction and ALO. Andrew currently shreds as the lead guitarist in the rock band, Dad's LPs, which tours throughout Northern California. Many guest guitarists have joined Dad's LPs on stage, such as Dan Lebowitz from ALO, Josh Clark from Tea Leaf Green, and Jeff Miller from New Monsoon. Andrew loves teaching and working with kids, so in addition to being a BandWorks teacher since 2010, he also teaches music privately and works at an afterschool program during the school year. Andrew hopes his passion and enthusiasm for music inspires his students to discover and develop greater heights toward their own musical ability.
Vincent Spaulding is an accomplished musician and educator with over thirty years experience in the music world. At age 14 he taught himself the guitar and at age 16 was accepted into the music program for talented young teens at the University of California, Berkeley. After graduating from Berkeley High School, Vincent toured with Rodney Franklin, recorded on CBS records with Franklin and Adam Duritz (currently of Counting Crows), and performed with a variety of other local blues, rock and Caribbean bands such as Pure Honey, Caribbean Allstars, members of Fela Kunte band and Zulu Spear for over ten years. He also completed music classes at California State University at Hayward and the Music Institute in Los Angeles. In 1986, he joined the Navy Band and attended the Navy School of Music in Norfolk, Virginia. He was later stationed in Naples, Italy, and for six years toured with the Band throughout the Mediterranean. Upon returning to the U.S. in 1992, Vincent resumed playing at local venues and began teaching to a wide variety of students, in particular to children and teenagers. He currently teaches guitar at New Mozart School of Music in Palo Alto and at the Allen Temple Music Program in East Oakland. In addition he teaches in a private studio in North Berkeley.
Jake began studying music at the age of five and hasn't stopped since. He plays keyboards, guitar, bass, drums, percussion, viola, and sings. While growing up in LA he got his rock chops in a program similar to Bandworks. Later he moved up to the Bay Area to study music at UC Berkeley, focusing on harmony and classical piano performance, and playing harpsichord continuo and viola for their baroque ensemble and singing with the university chorus. He has played in a number of Bay Area bands and currently plays drums and vocals with the Katie Turley Band, and spends a lot of time in the studio doing recording projects.
Eric Dinwiddie (or "Din" for short) started playing guitar at age 7, first learning from the ubiquitous Mel Bay Guitar Primer and then studying with Bay Area jazz great, Lee Waterman. Eric attended Cazadero Music Camp for several summer sessions, which solidified his love of playing with musical combos. As a Berkeley High student in the 80's, Eric took private lessons from Joe Satriani, and played in the Berkeley High Jazz Band. It was there he co-founded The Uptones, which became one of the top-drawing live bands in clubs and concert venues in the Bay Area. Eric has also collaborated as a songwriter and recording artist with Rancid, Matt Jaffe & The Distractions, Hobo, The Fashion Slaves and others. Teaching guitar and bass privately in the East Bay, Eric also greatly enjoys sharing his knowledge and passion for music with young bands.
Andy Maag has played music for as long as he can remember. First piano, then guitar, violin, drums, banjo, bass, voice, and computer music. He's played in numerous bands in Oklahoma, Paris, and the Bay Area, most noticeably with cosmic prog rockers The Other Band on Earth. He teaches guitar, piano, songwriting, music theory, and electronic music.
Eric Getter first picked up drumsticks and joined the concert band in high school as a last-ditch effort to save his G.P.A. During high school in Ashland, Oregon, Eric performed with the Rogue Valley Symphony for 3 seasons (as it's youngest member). After graduating high school, Eric left to study percussion at Portland State University where he obtained his Bachelors of Music degree in Percussion Performance. While in Portland, Eric studied with jazz legend Andrew Hill and played in various local orchestras and theater groups. Upon receiving his degree, he continued on to the California Institute of Arts where he received his Masters of Music degree in Multi-focus Percussion. During his time at CalArts, Eric performed repertoire ranging from the traditional to the avant-garde and presented numerous premiers as well as classics of the twentieth century. During the years following graduate school, Eric performed and taught music from Los Angeles and Santa Barbara to San Francisco, and he currently resides in Mountain View, CA. Eric can now be found playing with the Alt-folk band California Sons, and teaching in schools and privately throughout the Bay Area Peninsula.
Born in Piqua, Ohio, Rex has been playing professionally since age 13, starting with festivals and high school dances throughout southern Ohio. He lived in Tucson, AZ from 1979 – 1989, where he played numerous clubs and recorded original music with the band Once Bitten. Drawn by its diverse music and cultural scene, Rex moved to the Bay area in 1989. He has recorded an original album with the band Times Square, who performed opening night for the San Jose Sharks and the San Jose Earthquakes. He has also played the morning show on radio station 107.7 "The Bone" out of San Francisco. Rex currently works with the following bands: Monkey Knife Fight, Blind Pilots, Those2Guy and Latin Funk Express. Rex has been teaching music for 30 years, and currently teaches out of Music-Go-Round in San Jose.
Mike Annuzzi is Redwood City native and has performed at music venues, radio, colleges, festivals, and events all around California. He started writing songs at the age of 8 and later picked up the guitar. He has played for a variety of bands and taught guitar, bass, drums, piano, vocals, music theory, audio production, and songwriting to all ages and experience levels. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music with a concentration in Guitar and Music Business from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Mike has been honored with several awards for songwriting and performance including WCS San Francisco's Song of the Year and his music has been featured on radio around California. For more information, please visit www.mikeannuzzi.com
Seth Affoumado is a musician, teacher, artist and performer. An award-winning photographer (www.sethaffoumado.com) by day and an accomplished performer by night. Seth is the product of a creative family. Seth's passion for music began when he was 5. He studied piano and voice with his conductor/composer dad Ralph Affoumado, and piano in high school with Ira Lieberman. Drums were a natural for Seth. A self-taught drummer, Seth started drums at 6 and has not stopped. A solid performer with an "atomic inner clock" Seth started teaching music at The Blue Bear School of Music in San Francisco, continuing in Berkeley at The Freight and Salvage with his successful, "Intro To Roots Rock" class and then to BandWorks. Seth is a multi-talented composer and performer able to play bass, guitar, drums, B3 organ, piano, and sing. Currently, Seth is the member of The Hot Rods Band, as a singer and drummer. His solo projects are numerous, however his favorite is performing with singer Veronica Page in the jazz and blues quartet Jazz Buffet. He is a sought-after sub drummer and can play just about any style. He teaches drums privately in San Francisco and San Rafael. Seth is proud of the success of his San Rafael BandWorks projects and is excited about his future contributions to the BandWorks performing community. Listen here www.myspace.com/sethaffoumado
Vocalist Carrie Souza, has been singing her whole life and has been performing live music for almost 30 years. In her youth, she took many years of classes with teacher, director and composer, Deborah Rae Thomson, singing solos from an early age at school music concerts. As a teenager she would take bus to the City to sing with a traditional jazz band at the Gold Dust Lounge. Carrie sang lead and backup with multiple bands throughout her 20s before forming and fronting the Mt. Tam Blues Band. For the last four years Carrie has been singing R&B with the popular 9 piece James Moseley Band as a lead and backing vocalist, specializing in harmonies and dance choreography. Carrie also sings lead in the Bait & Switch Blues band with fellow Bandwork's own Jeremy Steinkoler and Steve Gibson. . In addition to singing, Carrie also plays bass and has studied many styles of dance including Bellydance, Hip-Hop and Latin dance. Carrie is Zumba certified, Yoga certified and currently teaches basic salsa with Salsa Marin. Carrie also does voice over for commercials and jingles on the side for fun.
Ariel has always felt most alive when playing and listening to music. At five, she started taking piano lessons with her mom, and then moved on to the violin at age nine. By 14, she realized that the strict rules of classical music didn't let her fully express her wild side, so she picked up the guitar and joined the circus (high school drama class). A couple years after graduating UC Berkeley and taking guitar lessons on and off with BandWorks Director Steve Gibson, she moved into a house of musicians and realized that music was her path. She currently plays fiddle with TJT+A and Fresh Juice Party, and is also slowly building a repertoire of folk tunes. She channels her original music through her band Ariel Wang and the Choir Boys; you can check them out at arielwangmusic.com.
Jesse Strauss is a professional bass player and music teacher, based out of (and born and raised in!) Oakland. He is a Bandworks alumni, and over some years ('99-'03) he got to play bass, guitar, and sing, in Bandworks youth and adult bands. Since then, he's lived on four continents, received bachelors and masters degrees, worked as a journalist, and organized in Oakland against the violence of policing. He now gigs consistently with his own jazz quartet, Bang Data (hip hop/cumbia), and the Sugar Ponies (Americana). Jesse has performed around the Bay in venues from Ashkenaz to the Regency ballroom, and many in between, and has toured up and down the West Coast. In between gigs, Jesse records and teaches both electric and upright bass, and works as a live sound engineer.
Matt Jaffe is a rock n roll singer/songwriter from the Bay Area. After playing at open mics around the area for several years, Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads produced his first album. Since then, Matt formed his band, Matt Jaffe & The Distractions, who have opened for Blues Traveler, Mavis Staples, and Allen Stone, and have oversaturated the live music market. Along with his touring and recording schedule, Matt continues to write songs whenever possible including collaborations with Chuck Prophet and Tom Higgenson of the Plain White T's. Additionally, Matt serves on the board of Bread & Roses and teaches at BandWorks.


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Honda CR-Z - Conscience without CompromiseSaturday 5th June, 2010
When Honda UK invited me to a press event for their new CR-Z hybrid vehicle, I didn't know what to expect. As you grow up, you tend to get exposed and influenced by the cars of friends & family. Despite probability claiming the opposite, I never actually knew anybody with a Honda.
Back in 2001, I once considered a Honda Accord Type R to replace my MX-5 but a divorce ruled family life off the agenda for a while so I bought a Mazda RX-7 Twin Turbo instead. When I'd had enough of that, I considered an Integra or Civic Type R to replace it but ended up with a Golf R32 instead as I just didn't like that torque steer feel of a high power front-wheel drive car. The CR-Z would be the first Honda I had driven since that rainy Civic test drive in 2004.
I learned in the press briefing that the CR-Z is a 2+2 sporty hybrid coupe. They didn't make a big deal about the back seats, but did point out that ISOFIX anchors for a child seat are there if required. They didn't oversell the hatchback luggage space, in fact the 401-litres of boot space with the seats folded down even includes some pretty useless looking cubby holes under the boot floor. They didn't even make wild claims about the performance of the car, with a quoted 0-60mph of 9.9secs. To my continued amazement, they didn't even ram it's 117g/km green credentials down my throat.
All of the above have taken a small hit to produce a vehicle that surprised me big time. They could have made it a little quicker, but it wouldn't have qualified for VED band C car tax at £30/yr - many of it's close competitors end up in the considerably more expensive D or E bands. They could have made it more economic, lowering it's tax banding, but that wouldn't have made it as much fun. They could have made the boot or back seat bigger, but it's a nippy, fun little car and I'm glad they stuck to these goals.
The CR-Z, they tell me, is the "21st century rethinking" of the Honda CRX from the 1980s and they do indeed have a lot in common when it comes to exterior styling - but you don't read my site to read copy/pasted chunks from a press release. I'm not a car journalist, I don't do this for a living and I test drive a car like I would be considering a purchase for myself. I could talk about the looks or how it drives, but all these things are very subjective and do you care if I tell you that I could provoke almost no over-steer, even when slamming the throttle shut at speed on a high speed roundabout?
If you're young, free and single, you won't care about any of the compromises of this car. If you are, however, you'll have a number of questions that aren't normally answered by a brochure or a website. Things like:
- What if I have to pick up my child from nursery?
- Will our child seat fit in the back seat?
- Will our full size modern buggy or pram fit in the boot?
- Will I have to fold the seats to get it in? If so, where does the child seat go?
- What does the stereo sound like?
- What is visibility like?
- What brand of tyres are fitted as standard? (OK, you don't care about that, it's just an interest of mine)
- What about the eco-side of things? How is the car made greener?
Well I asked these questions, so you don't have to.
After the briefing, whilst other journalists were rushing to the cars and pulling out of the car park, I returned to my own car to pick up a few things. My wife thought I'd brought her and the baby on a nice weekend away and didn't realise it was all a thinly veiled excuse to put the baby seat and buggy in the car. Like many parents these days, we have a Maxi Cosi baby seat with the ISOFIX base unit. But would it fit? Well, it was quite some effort. First I had to move the passenger seat to the very front of its rails and then pull it forward to get rear seat access - the mechanism didn't seem too easy for this, a lot of 2-door cars have a single mechanism that will both slide and tilt the seat back. I had to mess around with 2-levers to get it in the right position and, even then, the gap wasn't huge. But, as confirmed by the photos, you'll see I got it in.
I didn't have the actual car seat with me, baby was asleep in it, but it would have been a serious squeeze to get the actual seat through the gap between the front seat and the door frame. Had it not fitted, there is always the easier option of mounting the child carrier on the passenger seat using the seat-belt. A door key secured switch allows the front passenger air-bag to be disabled if required for this and offers the increased advantage of being able to fold the rear seats for extra luggage space whilst carrying the child.
If the Honda reps weren't concerned when I appeared with an ISOFIX seat base, they certainly were when I returned with an iCandy Peach Stroller. The Peach chassis has folded measurements of 30 x 60 x 70 cm. The seat unit measures up at 16 x 42 x 89. Would it fit in 225-litres of VDA bootspace without using the 19-litres of it that are below the floor? As any parent will know, there's only one real way to find out and here it is:
add in the seat unit:
So it's not the biggest bot in the world, but you can get plenty of shopping in and, if necessary, pick you child up from nursery in it. So a big practicality tick in the box for a 2nd vehicle.
The Stereo
The old saying "never judge a book by its cover" could not be more true for this car. It's possibly the cheapest, nastiest looking head unit I have ever seen. Every button and switch on the device says cheap, and this is the premium model with the Sat Nav! So, fearing the worst, I connected up my mp3 player. I'm one of these people who cares about audio quality and I ripped my CD collection in a high bitrate because the serious Mark Levinson premium sound system in my Lexus really shows up the differences. I didn't expect it to make any difference whatsoever in the CR-Z - how wrong I was. Kicking in "Meet me Halfway" by the Black Eyed Peas allowed me to hear Fergie's loud vocals without any distortion along with a thumping bass from a sub-woofer than I didn't know Honda had concealed in the rear of the car. Turning the volume up further shows that this is no ordinary sound system and worth every penny.
Some manufacturers may offer premium audio options, like B&O or Bose, but this unbranded Honda set-up sounds every bit as good as any one of them. Major kudos to Honda for fitting this as standard.
Seems to be a common problem in modern cars, with their thick A-pillars to allow for higher crash safety - you can't see out of them. In it's defence, I didn't find the CR-Z forward visibility to be so bad but side and rear view have a lot to be desired. Pulling out of an angled t-junction, like several on our test route, was very difficult as you simply can't see over your shoulder as you emerge. I almost resorted to sticking my head out of the window at one point when merging with a fast road. If the doors were a bit longer, this would have been improved and, with the baby section in mind, have improved access to the rear seats.
Rear vision is infected with that Japanese plague that is the split rear window. You have a small rear window then, just where you want to look, is the opaque boot lip. Below that is another piece of glass which adds more to available light than actual visibility. Of most annoyance to me was the glass used for the lower window, my polarised sun glasses showed up a very distracting pattern in the glass that couldn't be seen with the bare eye.
The standard tyres fitted on the model I drove are 16" Bridgestone 195/55R16. Why should you care? Because you'll likely have to replace them at some point. An on-line quote from a local supplier gives me a replacement cost of £94.92 per tyre, fully fitted.
The Green Bit
You may hear people say that the Honda CR-Z is a hybrid. Some may say it's not a "full hybrid", you may wonder what that means? Let me try and explain in a clear way how the CR-Z may differ from some of these other "full hybrid" vehicles.
The CR-Z is a 2+2 hybrid sports coupe - this makes it pretty unique on the market. It's also the first generally available hybrid with a manual gearbox, most hybrids use automatic CVT based gearboxes. This kind of car would traditionally have been fitted with a 1.8 or 2.0 litre petrol engine. By making the engine a bit smaller, in this case a 1.5, you significantly improve fuel economy and reduce emissions. This ruins all the fun though, as the economic engine is a bit slow, so they add a 2nd motor under the bonnet that is powered by electric from a bank of batteries located under the vehicle. This gives the car a much needed boost, particularly at low revs and make the car a lot more fun to drive with little expense on fuel economy - the batteries are charged using waste energy as you drive along - a bit like a dynamo powering lights on a bike.
In the case of the CR-Z it has a little electric motor that is purely there to supplement the power from the small engine. By contrast, a "full hybrid" has a much larger motor that is capable of moving the car on it's own - without the petrol engine running at all. So cars, like my own Lexus hybrid, are capable of driving a couple of miles down the road without starting the engine at all. Of course, to do this, it needs larger batteries that are heavier and take up more space in the boot.
One big change comes with air conditioning. On a normal car, the A/C compressor is belt driven from the engine. In a "full hybrid" this wouldn't work as quite often the engine isn't running at all. As a result, a full hybrid system usually contains an electric air conditioner that is driven from the batteries. In the case of the CR-Z, not being a full hybrid, the A/C will only work when the engine is running. On a normal day, you'll notice when you stop at the traffic lights that the engine stops, to improve economy, and then the fan stops. It will begin to get warmer in the car, then the green light appears, you put the car in gear, the engine starts and you pull away. The fan then starts back up and all is fine. On hotter days, as this isn't acceptable to passengers, the engine continues to run and power the A/C. The end result is that emissions are higher on these warmer days. Likewise, even on full hybrids, the engine may continue to run to keep you warm on very cold days.
Due to these slight differences, "full hybrids" are generally more efficient than the equivalent basic hybrid model but can be more compromising, usually by having a smaller boot to allow for the bigger batteries. It's fair to say that if it were a "full hybrid" that the CR-Z would be more efficient and may even qualify for a lower VED band due to lower emissions but a "full hybrid" wouldn't suit the manual gearbox without which the car would be all but ruined. Additionally, the required bigger batteries would make the car too heavy and ruin all the fun.
Potential buyers should see the car for what it is, not what it isn't. It's a sporty car that's every bit as fun to drive as my old Toyota Celica but, unlike the Celica, it's still on sale and easily complies with all modern EU emissions legislation. If everybody swapped their old mid-price 2+2 for one of these, they'd have as much fun and contribute towards saving the planet. For me, being green isn't about changing the way you live your life - it's about taking the greenest option that doesn't require compromise. For me, the Honda CR-Z is one of those options.
I took more photos that I didn't include here, feel free to browse my photo album to see them and if you have any questions feel free to post a comment or drop me an email.
Thanks to Steve Kirk at Honda UK for the invitation for an early drive of this great car.
- 1) Csidewolf Said:
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What a cracking review! I must admit i've taken a CR-Z out for a test drive today! What a fun little car, & considering it only has a 1.5 engine + backup, it flies when you get an open bit of straight road! I'll be honest & say I had a massive grin whilst driving it today! So much so I'm probably going to order one tomorrow!
- 2) Michael Adhi Said:
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Great review Ben! Judging from your past cars, I believe you couldn't be any more impartial and so the CR-Z truly is a great car.
Could you somehow test the 0-60 MPH claim using GPS/stopwatch or any other home variety devices?
I love this car, really do. Don't need the speed, don't need the backseat. Just me, the road and the CR-Z. But I live in south east Asia and the only way to own one is to import them... With the usual tax mark ups and bribes, this car would cost me up to US$100K. Someday maybe.
- 3) Rob Perry Said:
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Found your blog from the facebook link, and I have to say you've managed to answer several questions I've not seen answered anywhere else.
I've been in the CR-Z twice, and have a Red Sport ordered. The second time I took a non-iso fix stage 1 child seat with me, and my 2.5yr old daughter to sit in it. We had to have the passenger seat all the way forward for it to work, which left my small dimensioned wife comfortable but we couldn't open the glove compartment like that.
However I've been trying to research stage 2-3 car seats, especially how the ISOFIX fittings work with the back seats so bucket shaped. I believe the ISOFIX bars are quite high up allowing the chair to attach and lay flat against the bulky front part of the seat, ignoring the bucket hole underneath, and allowing the child seat to still have a reclined position. Stage 2-3 chairs don't need the foot, so it would seem in theory anyway that stage 2-3 seats would fit much better and allow the passenger some comfort.
- 4) Vitor Pereira Said:
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"first generally available hybrid with a manual gearbox" - Not really. Civic, first generation Insight.
Other than that, great review!
- 5) Gordon Cochrane Said:
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Good Honda CRZ review Steve,
I first saw it 'on-line' by accident, fell in love with it bought one the same day. Silver 6MT, Canadian version No Nav system.
I do not like the Nav unit / Sound system looks. The Nav unit interface is years out of date. Honda should update this look / interface. I have the 'non Nav' 360Watt system. Great sound as you said. I read somewhere that Honda uses Alpine components.
In Canada and the U.S. we do NOT get the rear seats. Do not want them anyhow.
Enjoy. Gord ex from Cheam, Surrey, U.K.


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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Karin Taylor
My name is Karin Taylor, my home is Australia, my muse is the ocean. For the last 10 years I've been busy creating little art offerings to share, a morsel of friendliness, a taste of sugary nostalgia, a little warmth for the heart, a moment of reflection for a passerby, an intention of goodwill, a kind gesture, these things go a long way. I like to illustrate in a way so that children and adults can relate.
I hope the art takes people on little journeys outside the normal everyday sphere of living, into dreamworlds and other realms where imagination can flow unhindered…to touch a heart, to spin a dream, to share a thought, a love, a special memory..these are the things that make life meaningful for me, for others…. making that connection with my viewer is everything for me, ensuring that I am 'making meaning' with my art is also important. I used to think art was a selfish process, but now I realise it is also a giving and nurturing desire that leads the artist to create for others, to embrace the part of another's soul that cries out to be heard, loved, revisited. My art is the expression of all that I am, all that I wish for and all that I long to be.
My process is generally to draw with a mechanical pencil on paper, then I like to photograph the drawing and paint it in Photoshop CS4 with my wacom tablet. It's a cross between traditional and digital, which translates as 'tradigital'. This is a method I've adopted for some time, but I also like to used mixed media and in the past have used acrylics, charcoal, ink and chalk pastel, my most recent painting was a watercolour, all painted by hand. Each process is has something different to enjoy and I love to play with different surfaces and try new things.
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Here is Alela Diane "White As Diamonds" from the album "To Be Still"
Saturday, October 29, 2011
My name is Kira and I create vegan-friendly plushies, brooches and jewellery when I'm not studying my Sociology degree, volunteering or watching documentaries. I have many strong beliefs about animal and human rights and use my business to help fundraise for various charities to further these causes. In 2011 so far I have raised over $2,000!
I am inspired by my passions, comic books and fantasy novels to create dinosaurs, robots and other cool little critters. I love seeing people's faces when they find something that they adore and are able to take it home with them. I also get a lot of enjoyment out of the feedback that I get.
In the future I hope to shift fully to eco-fi felt and create more products such as patches, shirts and postcards. While I would love to be able to live off Kommoner one day, I also hope to get involved in a charitable organisation in order to help change the world!
Here is some examples of her whimsical work
You can see more of her work at:
Here is a list of who Kira has raised money for so far, well done Kira!
Just an overview of all donations that have been made since I created Kommoner. I am hoping that by having these here I can inspire myself to do better and others to join in.
October '11
Animals Australia - http://fb.me/AnimalsAustralia - 25.15 (as of 26/10/11)
2011 thus far
Brisbane Valley Cat Rescue - http://bit.ly/BVCRF - 194.30
Oxfam Australia to help with the East Africa food crisis - http://fb.me/OxfamAustralia - 1,060
Peninsula Animal Aid - http://fb.me/PeninsulaAnimalAid - 292.80
Buy This Satellite - http://fb.me/buythissatellite - 87.90
ARK - http://www.arkbark.net - 587.00
Uproar - http://fb.me/uproar.org.au - 39.80
RSPCA - https://donate.rspcaqld.org.au/flood - 105.75
Uproar - http://fb.me/uproar.org.au - 103.30
Movember - http://au.movember.com/ - 6.50
Kiva - http://www.kiva.org - 5.64
*Note: These include money raised from bake sales, giveaways, promotions and auctions I've run and does NOT include plushie/jewellery donations given to other auctions/fundraisers.
Items donated to auctions/events for:
*Brisbane Valley Cat Rescue
*World Vegan Day
*Red Cross in New Zealand
Here is the song Kira picked for this blog and this is why she chose it. It does not have a clip to go with it unfortuneately.
I chose this song because I have been learning a lot about sexism and about how people are pretty much brainwashed by the media. This song talks about a young person wanting to look like the people in the media. It's sad, but I hope that one day we can change this.
The John Butler Trio - To Look Like You
To Look Like You ( April Uprising 2010 )
Friday, October 28, 2011
Kristina Conatser
About Me
Beauty Within Creation is a shop that was created in hopes that we may all look a little deeper within ourselves, to find the beauty in everything, and to motivate each other. We are all flawed and imperfect, but instead of looking at those imperfections we should shed light on what makes us and those around us beautiful. The little joys, inspirations, and times of faith that we tend to forget are what inspire us to become better, to dream, grow, and to change. When we look for the beauty within creation, we can change our perspectives, our actions, and who we are. I believe that art is an expression of the soul. Art is made with the intention of stimulating thoughts and emotions. It is one of the deepest and most pure forms of limitless expression. It is naturally a part of who we are and it is what we are because we are creation. We are all a form of artwork... each of us individual, beautiful, and inspiring. "The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you."~Jer. 31:3. My hope is that even through a photograph or one single phrase of Scripture, you will be inspired or reminded of a time of great happiness, peace, and joy. My goal in creating this shop is that you may leave feeling inspired, that you may share that bit of joy and inspiration with others. Because the Lord has given me purpose and joy through artwork, writing, and all mediums of creativity...it has been laid upon my heart to share a percentage of any monies I profit from this shop to the ministry I work voluntarily along side"My Father's House Minstry" dba "Anchor Within Us, Inc". You can learn more about the ministry and its' mission by visiting Beauty Within Creation on Facebook. Visit my member page to learn more about me(the artist). Thank you for visiting my shop and may you come back soon. God bless.
Artistic Interests
A few art programs I use include: Photoshop, Inkscape, Tierazon(Fractals), Apophysis(Fractals)
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
Halloween Weekend Sale
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15% of the Zazzle product net sale price will be deducted when one or more qualifying products are purchased and the coupon code SPOOKTACULAR is applied at checkout. The net sale price is the price of the product (excluding shipping and taxes). Offer does not apply to screen printed apparel. For Zazzle Custom Stamps, the net sale price is the difference between the price of the Zazzle Custom Stamps (excluding shipping and taxes) and the face value of the postage. Offer is valid until October 31, 2011 at 11:59pm PT. This offer does not apply to past purchases and may not be combined with any other Zazzle promotional or volume discount offers. If a volume discount applies to your order, you will receive either the discount set forth in this offer or the standard volume discount, whichever is greater. Offer valid on Zazzle.com only.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Barbara Giordano
About Me
I have a blog where I talk about my artwork and life. I have a small chicken flock so I like to discuss them as well. You can see my blog at: sunfluerdesigns.blogspot.com I love followers of my blog so if you have a blog, add yourself in and I will do the same. If you see art you would like on other products, just let me know. I'll be happy to see what I can do for you. :) If you have questions about my work and/or productts, email me at: firstname.lastname@example.com I respond promptly to email.
Artistic Interests
I love working with different mediums, i.e., oil, acrylics, pencils and ink. I also like playing with my art in photoshop to create fun and unique art. All the art you see on Zazzle products in my store was created by me. I do not use clip art, or buy photos or images. My creative interests are not limited to fine artwork. I create meaningful handcrafted jewelry designs with a signature line of jewelry for the adoption community.
Personal Interests
creating, reading, cooking, blogging, music, dancing, white sand, blue ocean water, autumn, dancing, hearing my kids laugh, animals, conservation
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Elephant Pictures
Elephants are a symbol of wisdom in Asian cultures and are famed for their memory and intelligence, where their intelligence level is thought to be equal to that of dolphins and primates. Aristotle once said the elephant was "the beast which passeth all others in wit and mind." The word "elephant" has its origins in the Greek ἐλέφας, meaning "ivory" or "elephant".
According to observations, healthy adult elephants have no natural predators, although lions may take calves or weak individuals. They are, however, threatened by human intrusion and poaching.
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What Causes Dry Mouth?
The biggest culprits of dry mouth are the side effects of medications; both prescribed and over the counter, as well as radiation therapy. Various diseases, such as Sjorgren's Syndrome, which is an autoimmune disease causes dry mouth. Saliva is the primary defense against tooth decay. It helps maintain the health of the soft and hard tissues in the mouth by washing away food debris as well as neutralizes the acids produced by bacteria in the mouth.
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Key Points
Keeping track of out-of-pocket expenses is only the first step to mindful spending.
Tracking all your monthlies and creating a budget is the next area of awareness.
Comparing your expenses to your monthly income can be an eye-opening experience!
Dear Readers,
If you read my last column, you're already familiar with my new 30-day Financial Cleanse. It was inspired by my own rewarding experience with a food cleanse. The Financial Cleanse is a week-by-week program offering three simple steps per week that, hopefully, will be a real boost to your financial health, and maybe to your physical health as well.
The idea behind it is to take control of your spending for 30 days—to practice what I call "mindful spending."
Catching up on Week 1
To get everyone up to speed, let me do a quick recap of Week 1. The first week of the Financial Cleanse is about taking control of your day-to-day expenses. It starts with a commitment to try to use cash for your everyday, casual spending—you know, all the times you just shell out for impulse purchases on things like lunches, hair appointments, morning coffee, outings with your kids, date nights, you name it.
All you have to do is estimate what you'll spend for the week, then go the ATM and get the cash. Of course, you then have to stick with using the cash. Okay, there may be times when cash just doesn't work, but the point is that using cash makes you more aware, more mindful, of what you spend. Ideally, during this first week, you'll also keep a record of what you've spent—and figure out where you could cut back.
Getting going on Week 2
Week 2 takes this spending awareness a step further to track and categorize ALL your monthly spending. Think about it. When was the last time you looked carefully at how much you're paying for utilities, cable and Internet service, and the dozens of other expenses that chip away at your bottom line each month? If you're like most people, a lot of your essential spending is probably done kind of automatically. Now's the time to pay attention.
You can do it in three easy steps:
- Begin to track your essentials as well as out-of-pocket expenses.
If you have a stack of bills, go through them. If you have most of your bills on auto-pay, check recent bank statements. From mortgage or rent to utilities and insurance premiums, add up all your essential living expenses.
Make a budget, by category, separating out your essentials from your nice-to-haves.
Start with the essentials. Make each household expense (mortgage/rent, utilities, phone, groceries, etc.) a line item. Then, list things like car maintenance, tuition, student loan payments, pets, medical costs—EVERYTHING you spend money on in the course of a month. An online budget planner can help you create the categories. And don't forget to prorate expenses that only come up once or twice a year, such as property taxes or insurance premiums.
Next list the nice-to-haves—the extra specials like concert tickets or a weekend getaway—plus the weekly out-of-pocket expenses you're already keeping track of. This should give you a dollar figure for your complete month.
- Compare your total monthly spending to your monthly income.
Here's where the rubber meets the road. Subtract your monthly expenses from your take-home pay. Are you in the black or the red?
Where to go from here
With these monthly numbers in front of you, you can begin to make more mindful decisions. If you have the good fortune to be in the black, perhaps you can direct more money toward savings—or even treat yourself to something special now and then. If, on the other hand, you're falling short, you'll want to take another look at your budget. Where are you spending too much?
Maybe that gym membership you purchased two years ago isn't worth it anymore. Or you might look to renegotiate your cable and Internet costs. And what about those credit card bills? If you regularly carry a balance, it might be time to see if you can lower your interest rate. Sometimes all you have to do is ask!
But remember too that it's not so much about doing without, but rather about spending mindfully. Much better to consciously cut back than to unconsciously put extras on a credit card.
Staying motivated
I hope by now I've got your attention, and that you're intrigued by the idea of mindful spending. If you're interested in taking it further, you can download a Financial Cleanse Quick Start Guide.
If you want to see what other participants are doing and learning, check in on my Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz LinkedIn page or join @CarrieSchwab Twitter followers by using the #Financial Cleanse hashtag.
Next week is all about goals. Till then!
Next Steps
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Tweet, Tweet! —– – – – – — – It's DRUM BUM on Twitter!
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This drumset sheds new light on the phrase, "METAL DRUMMING". I don't know if I'd consider it cool or weird. LOL – Definitely "interesting". Heineken's marketing team should all be given a raise!
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One of the best ads in 2008 was the Cadbury Gorilla Drummer Ad with the big hairy beast playing drums to a popular Phil Collin's song. Here it is again in case you missed it:
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Check out this humongous drumset! That's hog heaven for most of us. But I wouldn't know where to start. Maybe that many drums is more distracting than practical. LOL
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These are some of the best bucket street drummers I've ever seen. A great performance reminscent of the drumline movie due to all of the stick twirling and stick tricks.
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You've heard of a wife beater? Well here's a drum beater! Somebody call the law!
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Did you get a new drumset for Christmas? Well now you're going to need a few drum lessons. Aside from knowing how to hold your sticks and how to sit at the kit, one of the first things you need to do is understand what drum rudiments are. Check out DrumRudiments.com for more.
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Biocompatible technology creating antibacterial plastic is the safe and non-toxic answer to nano-silver and Triclosan.
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With this guy, if your morikawa or lucky, can be a really good troll card, your opponent PG's your first attack no trigger but a grade 3, he then no guards and you check a double crit, he then has a heart attack, also, you can mix him up with Ethics Buster for doubling more power and attacking 8 times, ofcourse, this is if you're lucky.
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I personally don't think that this card will be a Beast Deity. It was actually
confirmed to be an Asura Kaiser crossride too, so I don't see the point in this.
For the second effect, during your Stand Phase, all of your rear-guards stand. So are you telling me that this guy will get +5000-+25000 every turn? Fix it to Battle Phase only.
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how cant he not stand one turn
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The revitalization of Greek and Roman antiquity called the Renaissance inspired the graphic arts in Italy appearing in earnest during the fifteenth century. Artists in early colonial Latin America regularly created entwined circular spirals of flora, taken from Roman painted as well as relief features, in basic frescos in pergolas. On a bigger scale, shapes were applied in low relief to the fascia of cathedrals, as in that in Yuriria, Mexico around 1560. These styles attentively mirrored Renaissance qualities recognizable to the Europeans.
Painting on canvas grew to be regular in the sixteenth century, and has emerged mostly in European in addition to American painting traditions. A canvas support expands and contracts with variations in humidity, however the effect is not as radical as with wood. Canvas, however, will decay with age and acidic conditions and might be destroyed effortlessly. In all but exceptional situations, parts of the paint will raise from the picture, a state variously identified as "peeling," "blistering," or "scaling."
Native artists didn't have their own history of canvas art, but evidence says that, during the later part of the sixteenth century, a lot of them completely accepted the European method. For instance, the vaults under the lower choir loft in the Franciscan house of worship at Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico, have depictions in full color in oil on cloth stuck onto the masonry. Juan Gersón, the painter who produced these paintings, was some time ago assumed to be European as he has a Belgian Christian name and assuredly recreated a realistic northern Renaissance method. On the other hand, closer analysis of the facts uncovered that Gersón was in truth native.
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A couple of films came out this summer where dance music, club culture and DJs were in the foreground of the story, which is a relatively rare occurrence. A lot of ink was spilled reacting to them, too. Whilst DJs and electronic producers have seldom been given such exposure in bigger budget movies, filmmakers have historically been very interested in using club spaces as pivotal settings for seductions, drug trips, benders, rom-com hijinks and criminal activity. Pick any genre, and there's probably a movie in it with a good club scene. One could argue, for example, that even Pleasure Island from Pinocchio is just a stand-in for Vegas or Ibiza.
Here, we've rounded up some of the clubs in cinematic history that seem like they would be as fun to experience as they are to watch. Mind you, this is not an exhaustive list. Rather a subjective 'greatest hits'. There are plenty of fictional clubs that would be on the bottom of our list of unreal places to visit: the disco in Last Days of Disco, the SF club playing Swedish House Mafia in The Social Network, the Outlander Club from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, or the tribal rave from Matrix Reloaded.
And, to be clear, this is not a list of clubs playing themselves – like Studio 54 in Studio 54 (which, by the by, if you're going to watch, watch the darker, gayer recently released director's cut), the Hacienda in 24 Hour Party People, NASA in Kids, First Avenue in Purple Rain, or Disco Fever in Krush Groove.
So, bust out your red party gels and grab your [insert era-appropriate drug]. This is Hollywood's version of clubland cool.
The Blood Rave from Blade
While it doesn't appear that this party is a proper club (it's in a meat locker) and is more of an illegal one-off warehouse vibe sort of thing, we're counting it. The promoters appear to service a pretty dedicated, niche vampire/heroine chic audience, and you'd have to assume the promoters are all vampires too. But they couldn't keep it underground enough for the Daywalker to find out the address. It's totally unsurprising that real life has imitated art when several actual promoters in Amsterdam and Los Angeles have staged their own blood raves in the past few years.
See also: The Titty Twister from From Dusk 'Til Dawn
The Club from xXx
Keeping it in ravey territory, this first starring role for Vin Diesel is perhaps one of the most misleading film titles of all time. There is no hardcore sex. Instead, we have a hardcore convoluted plot which centers around an evil consortium called Anarchy 99 who uses a franchise of night clubs as their front. This scene was staged in a Czech electronic testing station, and features Orbital playing their track "Technologicque Park" while wearing those silly flashlight helmets.
Club Berlin from After Hours
There are certainly more well known Scorsese club scenes, but this might be the best one of his portraits of (the long gone) late night Manhattan of the eighties. The fascist punk hardcore club is perhaps the most insane stop in a night full of nightmares for After Hours' Paul Hackett. "Tonight is mohawk night. If you had a mohawk, you could come in."
See also: The club scene featuring Powermad in Wild at Heart
The Club from Vibrations
Do you think it's a coincidence that Daft Punk started donning robot helmets several years after the release of this beloved nineties cult piece of shit? If so, does that mean Vibrations is the most prescient film on techno futurism of all time? All hail Cyberstorm, our great white bionic hope.
The Club from Earth Girls Are Easy
Aliens-posing-as-humans Jim Carey and Damon Wayans are physical comedy geniuses and perhaps the best actual dancers on this list. This scene alone is better than all Step Up movies combined when it comes to battle dancing and future boogie.
See also: Kevin & Perry Go Large
The Club from Coming to America
Before Tinder and OKCupid, there was this thing called dating. And the club was a place to actually meet members of the desired sex. And sometimes it was really painful. This Eddie Murphy classic does pretty much everything right, and the movie is another love letter to a New York that has long since vanished.
Leisure Room from Outland
The vibes in this 1981 sci-fi space western are a bit ahead of their time. The film depicts a future where space miners on a moon of Jupiter start drug running space meth (because space meth helps you work longer and harder on an oxygen-depleted moon, of course). This scene in particular features some pretty serious proto-techno, courtesy of Jerry Goldsmith.
The Club from Belly
For your first feature film, you could do a lot worse than choosing (the original) acapella of Soul II Soul's "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" over the top of Hype Williams' dramatic, overcranked images and strobe lights depicting a violent murder-robbery. It's even more effective that there's almost no sound design, just that unmistakable vocal.
See also: Belly's Jamaican dancehall scenes, the strip club shootout in Omaha. Basically, just watch Belly.
The Club from Basic Instinct
Sometimes a nightclub is a space to visualize suspenseful/deadly love triangles, like in this Paul Verhoeven tour de force. The scene gets a lot of help from LaTour's "Blue", which sounds like a lot of house music coming out in 2015.
See also: The Crave Club from Showgirls
Hot Traxx from Boogie Nights
Though Hot Traxx was the name of an actual club in the Valley during the seventies, the real Hot Traxx was an under 21 club, so we're thinking this is a nod-and-wink homage and not an actual depiction of a club for minors. The fictional Hot Traxx in P.T. Anderson's breakout second feature is introduced with one of the flashiest opening shots of all time. It's like Touch of Evil for the disco/sex worker set.
Babylon Club from Scarface
This whole movie helped define and influence cocaine as a full-blown aesthetic. Along with Blade Runner, it's one of the most sampled films in human history, and has generated billions in college dorm poster sales. Michelle Pfeifer brings her sweet, frigid dance moves to rebuff Tony's advances to the synth jams of Amy Holland's "She's on Fire".
See also: El Paraíso from Carlito's Way, Tech Noir from The Terminator
The Club from Robocop
A club is often the venue for tracking down a criminal (or person of interest), like in this goofy, borderline slapstick scene from dystopian classic Robocop, which features the funky goth EBM stylings of PTP, a side project of Ministry's Alain Jourgensen. The scene was shot in the real life Starck Club, Dallas' iconic eighties polysexual playground.
See also: Technoir from The Terminator, Club Fever from Collateral
The Club from Buckaroo Banzai
The eighties/fifties are in full swing in this Buckaroo Banzai jam in a New Jersey nightclub. There are at least three saxophones in this scene, and several machine guns. Buckaroo Banzai is a particle physicist, comic book character, neuroscientist, and his own Bruce Springsteen. There's nothing Buckaroo Banzai can't do. Nothing.
The Ink and Paint Club from Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The subtext is thick in this late eighties neo-noir classic. It's a proper underground speak-easy which features vaudevillian performance/adult revue by cartoons for human patrons. Make of that what you will; this is still one of the best films about Los Angeles.
See also: The Slash Club from Cool World
The Loft Party from Party Girl
Featuring Cajmere's mix of "U Got Me Up" by Dajaé, and a cameo by drag queen Natasha Twist, this scene epitomises nineties New York. Q: "What's up, buttercup?" A: "The rent, and I'm not payin'."
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- Anonymous18 October 2011 at 14:21
What a beautiful uplifting gorgeously written blog. You are amazing Marzi. Beautiful girl. xxxxReplyDelete
wow! I have to say it's the kindness of strangers that amazes me the most, and it's these very same people who should make the ones who pretend to be family and friends ashamed of themselves ....ReplyDelete
So very glad that you have experienced such generosity. xo
Simply beautiful Marzi. Sometimes it's hard to recognise the light but when it comes it's so powerful and to acknowledge it brings hope and strength too. I'm so glad you can see the light in your life, I hope overall it outshines the darkness.ReplyDelete
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Magnificent. Sometimes it seems that people who know us the least see things most clearly. I'm going through a terrible and terrifying time myself, and it's simple kindnesses that hold me together. I'm so grateful to the universe that you've been blessed with fresh light, and grateful that you have the wonderful talent and generosity to share it.ReplyDelete
i didn't recognise the blog! like the makeover, sunshine (and love the photo at the top of the post).ReplyDelete
so glad the light is reaching you through the darkness...i'm remembering a quote about needing darkness to see the light. when the lack of understanding cuts too hard it's life-affirming to celebrate all these acts of almost aching generousity that make things easier. the kindness of strangers...almost the most beautiful of all? yet the support of those closest to you can make the biggest difference. my brain isn't working, but my heart is warmer thinking of all these people surrounding you and lifting you up in their various ways.
you might feel invisible marzi, but to those of us who see you your light shines incredibly brightly - and lights up our lives too.
love you. XXOO
your writing is lovely as ever and you r blessed. I am an only child and my parents both had depression so from my bed I often had to put things in order for them ... I have just one friend... I have not found anyone willing to help, people shun me, as soon as they figure out I am sick they literally run afraid they might have to offer help..... I have had years of help aides who were low paid and didnt want to work, left with little food... yet over 30 years later here I STILL am.... appreciate your writing and always have hope for us all.... karin kalabraReplyDelete
It is a fine thing to see and acknowledge the light-bringers and light-bringing elements, as you have done here.ReplyDelete
I am moved also by Kalabra's comment here - very.
Mel - Ditto you Mel Belle xoxoxoReplyDelete
Lee Lee - I actually found it outrageous at first, that it was a stranger that got up and fought for me, when my family hadn't, but I think perhaps they didn't know what to do - my suggestion would be ask. xoxoxo
Shi - It does some days, not every day, not even often, but enough that I can still remember the light is there and that's important xoxoxo
Jayne - thank you <3
KP - I think I would be blinded if it were all light, but I don't want to get too used to the dark. Ditto you xoxoxo
Kalabra - I'm sorry I know what it is to be alone, it has taken a long time for things to turn, I hope you will find some comfort and friendship here. xoxoxo
Reading the signs - It is important I think. And me too xo
- Anonymous2 November 2011 at 12:24
None of those acts of kindness could have happened without your brave openness and transparency about this illness. You've brought this illness into the light, for all of us. Lilith XOXOReplyDelete


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Appears there is a school of thought that even when the Slovs all end up dying of hunger, the virus still lives in the body for ages afterwards. The cleanup would be hazardous and there is a risk of another outbreak if anything goes wrong. The decision was to fire-bomb any place with a population over ten thousand. Those jets I saw the other day were on a napalm run to a nearby town. Sure glad I was out in the sticks when they came over otherwise I'd be picking my fried butt off the ground with a spatchula.
All I can think about is my poor wife. At least the last time I saw her was when she was getting sick. I never got to see her after she had come back again. I hope she died quickly and painlessly.
Somebody in the barrack had a coughing fit in the night last night. After everybody freaked out and went running from the building, the army guys held him at gun point until the tests concluded it was just a smoking cough. Turns out while I loaded up with jewellery, he had the thought that cigarettes would become so rare that the addicts would pay whatever they owned to buy them from him. Think he smoked a fair whack of his own profits the way he hacked and spluttered his way through the night.


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