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Ane Brun, Oran Mor, 18/11/13
It's wonderful to see Ane Brun again; once a year isn't often enough, though. Having just released two compilation albums, she's on the road to promote them. However, this isn't a straightforward retrospective in any way, shape or form.
Last year at WOMAD, I asked her about the difference between her first folky acoustic albums and 2011's fantastic 'It All Starts With One', which was huge and sonic and operatic in scale, with washes of strings and keyboards and layers upon layers of thumping drums. Yes, she said, it was deliberately different; a self-taught musician, she had reached the point where she wanted to grow and extend and experiment. That album was a huge leap forward, and an explosion of creativity.
And so this gig is about reimagining those earlier songs, and the results are beautiful and often quite astonishing. Songs like 'The Fall' and 'My Lover Will Go' are reinterpreted with woozy trip hop beats and seductive rhythms over which vocals soar; a pleasant surprise is the presence of the gorgeous Nina Kinert, a bit of a Norwegian wonky pop superstar herself. She adds great texture to Brun's already magnificent voice: 'To Let Myself Go', already a slow burning moody number, gains oodles by Brun and Kinert howling in counterpoint above thrashing sexually charged keyboards and percussion. Most wonderful of all, I think, is 'Humming One of Your Songs' which in the original is melodic and catchy; here, it's slowed right down and thumps the guts like the best of Portishead, Brun as gloriously and seductively erotic as I've ever heard her.
Then, of course, there are the big, big numbers from 'It All Starts With One': that bonkers double drum of 'Do You Remember?; the crushing beauty of 'These Days'; the almost hallucinogenic mantra of 'Worship'. Her final encore – after her version of 'Big In Japan', which would easily get on my compilation of top ten covers of all time – is, of course, 'Undertow', that gloriously delicate piano refrain and that fabulous delicate voice giving themselves up to the biggest, loudest, most thunderous sound on the planet.
Once more, Ane Brun is fabulous. And once more, I'm happy to admit I just love her to bits.
Claudia Aurora, Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline, 19/4/13
What a lovely concert this was.
I saw Claudia Aurora at WOMAD last year, and she impressed me a lot, so I decided to drive through to Dunfermline to see her again. Well worth the trip. The Carnegie Hall is a pretty little theatre in the old municipal manner, but unfortunately word hasn't got out that a fantastic fadista is in town and there are only around 30 in the audience. Having said that, Dunfermline doesn't seem to be the liveliest place on the planet: wandering the streets, I wondered if an evil overload had the inhabitants under curfew…
Still, the audience is warm and receptive. Aurora repeats much of her WOMAD set, and the black and red costume, the side table lit by a red lamp, the wine bottle and glass, all attempt to recreate the fado bar aesthetic. She herself is lovely: warm, charming, sexy and, of course, with a gorgeously rich voice – the venerable and friendly gentleman behind me is most impressed by her middle register, he says.
The most successful numbers from her first album - the fado-walz "Silencio", the beautifully upbeat "Mariquinha" and, my favourite, the flamenco/fado epic tale of impossible love "Cigana" – are delivered impeccably. She also introduces me to fado/bossa nova with "Formiga Bossa Nova" which likens humans to worker ants. "Povo que lavas no rio" is about the poverty and famine of 19th century Portugal and is really beautiful. She sings some new songs she's working on for her second album too, and an absolute stand out is one about a mother pining for her emigree son (how very Highland Clearance) called "Lua" that is gob smacking, with a haunting vocal and a spine-tingling cello solo from the excellent Kate Short. The CD will be worth it just for that show stopper.
The rest of the band, too, are wonderful, including Javier Moreno on acoustic guitar, Andres Garcia on a teeny weeny 12-string guitar apparently called a viola braguesa, and Jon Short on double-bass. The guitarists are especially great: after the interval, they come on stage for a duet that has the "crowd" cheering, Garcia's fingers moving at pretty much superhuman speed.
They come down into the auditorium for an acoustic encore of "Primavera" that is gently haunting, even allowing little Alexander – a toddler belonging to a young Portuguese mother in the front row – to join in the act.
A great night. Dunfermline missed a trick on it.
Rebekka Karijord, King Tut's, 19/1/13
This is out of the Celtic Connections loop, but, after the success of Ane Brun's gig at King Tut's just over a year ago, I had to find out if all Norwegians were intent on demolishing Glasgow with sheer bloody volume. It appears they are, and it's fantastic.
Rebekka Karijord packs as much sound on stage as she can, again filling the tiny venue with mammoth percussion; the beat is astonishing, especially on the really big, danceable numbers like "Save Yourself", "Your Love" and "Use My Body While It's Still Young". These are epic songs, all of them driven relentlessly by fabulous drumming and a wash of ambience that, like Brun, soars high, high, high. She also does reflection beautifully – her own favourite, "Oh Brother", or the hymnal "Prayer" or the keening "You Make Me Real" or her encore, the title track of her first album "The Noble Art of Letting Go", are gorgeous.
Karijord herself is beautiful and sexy and mysterious, full of knowing smiles and genuine warmth. The harmonies she creates with her band – three young, charming, energetic guys – are fabulous, Karijord's range rising higher and higher above them. She finishes the set with "Ode to What Was Lost" which, like "Brun's "Undertow" is as sonically huge as a cathedral, jaw-dropping and goose-bump inducing. It's the first of 2013′s wonderful musical experiences.
Really, this is one incredibly talented young woman who, with her excellent new album "We Become Ourselves", really does deserve worldwide recognition. Of course, she's from that Scandinavian wonky-pop tradition that sits just outside the mainstream, but I urge you; forget going with the flow, buy the album and listen to some of the finest music around.
While this, I am sure, will be amongst the best music I'll discover this year, the gig itself won't appear on the top ten list, largely because of the audience. It's fairly sparsely attended but there are some real fans and many who are willing to immerse themselves in the experience. However, that experience is spoiled by others, including some chatty couples. The worst offenders, though, are a group of guys up the back who behave like adolescent chimpanzees, guffawing loudly and generally spoiling as many of the numbers as they can, despite shooshes and more than a few dirty looks. Comedy wooly hat guy; specky, wild-haired ugly guy – yes, you know it was you. Astonishingly, another member of the audience tells me that they are the friends and partners of one of the earlier support acts, both of which I missed.
So I don't know if they were associated with Plum or with Loudon, but a word of advice, guys: if you want your friends to be booked to play with fabulous musicians like Rebekka Karijord in the future, show them and the audience that has come to hear them some respect and consideration; either that, or fuck off and be arseholes in the local Wetherspoons until the gig is over.
PS – one of the offending parties has chosen to reply to this – see below. I'm a little perplexed by the following attempts to justify his position:
(a) – the sound was too low? Then why weren't you being quieter so you could hear it? The band was playing quietly – so you are incapable of adjusting your volume to compensate? Why should the artist have to play at a volume louder than they want in order to drown you out?
(b) Yes live music is about having fun. That fun is derived from listening to the live music. Chat about it between the songs. If you want to chat while music is playing, put a CD on and stay at home. There are some gigs – huge venues where the sound is ramped up – where your behaviour will go unnoticed; in a small, intimate venue with a small crowd and some quiet, reflective music, your behaviour can be catastrophic.
(c) You admit you were loud, but "not intentionally"? How can you be "unintentionally" loud and intrusive? Could it be that the word you're looking for is "thoughtless"?
(d) you respected Rebekka Karijord? Then why not listen to her, and allow us to too? Does respect not entail paying attention when someone has rehearsed for weeks just to entertain you?
(e) The whole crowd? There were less than 100 people in the room. Your party seems to have consisted of about 8 or 9 people – almost a tenth of the audience. Six people commented to me about how upsetting you were – that's a fairly high proportion too.
(f) I'm sorry I missed Plum, I've heard she did a really good set. I think she certainly should keep on playing gigs like this, and she should bring along people who support her. What those people who support her should do is have a little consideration for other gig goers and acts, out of respect for Plum and for the type of audience behaviour she would want. I did not say she should "watch who she brings to gigs" because, as she herself said, you weren't "with" her. She is not responsible for your behaviour – you are. Or do you think she's your mum?
(g) So you've never been challenged? Well, could it be that is because to do so would be to disturb the artist even more? Because an argument kicking off would make things worse? If you weren't aware of the dissatisfaction many were expressing – including, I suspect, Rebekka Karjiord – then that just goes to show how self-centred you really are.
As for the insult – it was deliberate to provoke a response. It worked. So now you know how your behaviour affects many people, perhaps you'll reflect on it. As for being ugly – I embrace my ugliness. Try it – it's empowering.
I've written about this before; it astonishes me how self-centred some gig-goers can be, and it's a pity that, more and more, I am seeing others – audience and artists – having to rebel against it. http://raymondsoltysek.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/the-modern-gig-goer-blessed-with-a-sense-of-entitlement/
Vicente Amigo / Carminho, GRCH, 18/1/13
I had begun writing a post about how flamenco guitarists are really sexy because no other man's fingers can make a woman move like that: I'd also lined up a comment that Vicente Amigo is handsome enough to have stepped out of the Mediterranean episode of your girlfriend's ongoing 50 Shades of Grey fantasy. However, that's had to go, because for the second time in a few weeks, I've been to a concert that's left me missing someone I love.
My dad would have been 100 years old tomorrow. In the 80s and early 90s, when I was just about mature enough to go on a night out with him but too immature to realise how precious that time would be, I took him to a few concerts. They were rare, but by gum we saw some crackers: Paul Tortelier and his daughter at the RSAMD; Rostropovich playing the Bach cello suites at the GRCH. Most of all, though, my dad loved the guitar.
I don't know what kind of school education they had in Silesia in the 1920s, but it could make Curriculum for Excellence eat its heart out. My dad was multi-lingual, was taught chess at school and became a war-time army champion, and learned enough guitar to be a dab hand at it until Russian frostbite turned his fingers to claws and his knuckles to concrete. I think he always wanted me to learn to play, and made the mistake of assuming that because I could manage a tune on a flute I was actually really musical. He bought me a second-hand guitar in my teens, but my hands were too small and soft and I lacked the patience to practice, and so he used it himself, getting frustrated at his inoperative hands.
So he was a huge Julian Bream fan (he thought John Williams a bit flash) and we saw him twice; once, solo at the RSAMD, then, most wonderfully, playing Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez at the GRCH. I remember shooshing him when he got a little too carried away in the adagio; who the fuck doesn't? I wish I hadn't been such a prick, and had just joined him in a chorus of "We love you Julian, oh yes we do…".
Within a dozen bars of Amigo coming on stage, solo, and launching into a dizzyingly brilliant flamenco piece, I wish so much my dad was sitting beside me. He would have been gobsmacked. I can see him now, leaning forward (a habit I've developed), concentrating himself totally, losing himself. I think he would have thought he'd just seen the one of the best guitarists ever: I know I do.
Amigo is some player. His brand of jazz-flamenco is fantastic, those Moorish elements that make flamenco truly multicultural echoed in a band that includes muezzin-like vocals from across the Med. He hasn't updated his website for some time, so I can't find the names of the band members, but they are all excellent. He has also been working with Celtic musicians on a project entitled "Tierra", and the result is a persuasive fusion that hopefully will be recorded. However, surrounded by a dozen musicians, it's always Amigo who dominates proceedings. It may be that his instrument is tweaked a little louder than anyone else's, but it's more down to the fact that whatever he does, it is twice as technically stunning as anyone else on stage. He starts at 9pm: I have to bail at 10.40 with no sign of him leaving the stage. Quantity and quality: how's that for value for money?
I actually came to tick another fado star off my list: Carminho is the latest thing, and lovely she is too. Her voice is more fluid than many fadistas, with grace notes like oil, and she has a subtlety that some big belters certainly lack. She too has been working with a Celtic signer (Maeve… I lose the surname), and while Gaelic and the fado style don't go together too well, certainly Carminho's richness of voice complements the rhythms and melodies beautifully when they do it the Celtic way. It's all precise and pitch perfect and perchink, and in many places gorgeous; however, she doesn't move me the way some do. I don't get the hairs rising on the back of my neck as I do when I listen to Ana Moura; nor do I get that overwhelming feeling of warmth and joy and bonhomie I feel when Ana Bacalhau struts her stuff. But I'm more than happy to blame the venue: as ever, the buttoned-up GRCH is no place to build relationships with a performer. I'm sure if I'd seen her live in the little Aqui del Rei in Faro on a boozy Friday evening, I'd be bowling off into the night in a daze, madly in love with yet another fadista.
My dad would have been too.
WOMAD 2012: Deolinda ****** / *****
No, I haven't got my arithmetic wrong: I actually have given Deolinda six stars out of five. It's my blog, I can do anything I want: so stick.
Deolinda are, of course, that wonderful Portuguese band I have blogged about before and who I adore because of the sheer sunshine of their music. I catch them doing a Taste the World session, and it's really amusing to see their stage dynamic replicated in the kitchen. Singer Ana Bacalhau is up front, elbowing everyone out of the way, chatting away nineteen to the dozen; lead guitarist Luis José Martins quietly gets on with the important stuff as he's obviously the talented cook (his father was apparently a chef); meanwhile, Luis' brother, songwriter and guitarist Pedro da Silva Martins, and bass player Zé Pedro Leitão, who is Ana's husband, beaver away quietly in the background preparing the ingredients for the dishes and organising the salad.
It's a lovely way to spend an hour, watching your heroes cook. They take it very seriously, rustling up some patinishkas (I have no idea if that's spelled correctly) which are salted cod bajhias, along with various salads. The guys get on with the cooking while Ana charms everyone by talking about their career and their relationship with fado ("We don't do fado," she says, "but fado is in our DNA"); at one point, she talks about the band crafting their sound and their songs to suit her voice, and that makes absolute sense. They perform four numbers, my favourites being the breathlessly beautiful "Passou Por Mim", a lovely little tale about a smile from a stranger brightening up a lost life and offering hope for love, and "Mal Por Mal", a swinging calypso about a disjointed, fractured relationship in which the wellbeing of one drags down the other.
Their stage slot just doesn't do them justice: they take to the Siam tent at 12.30am, the last show of the day, when half the crowd are drunk and noisy and just not willing to pay attention to an acoustic band. They deserve better, but they do their best, which is, as always, fantastic.
Ana Bacalhau sure has a sense of dress. She often plays ironically on her surname – for their live concert recorded at the Lisbon Coliseu, she wore an odd creation reminiscent of shellfish – and here she appears dressed in a little black jacket and a sherbert-lemon tutu dress with what looks like a fish motif in large glossy sequins. Sounds hideous? Well, she looks fantastically adorable; I hear a few "wows" muttered behind me. And of course, there's that sweet, strutting, cheeky streetkid presence that immediately commands affection and she begins to win the war against the bubbling horde.
I know that you can only really appreciate a band singing in another language if you either understand the language or know the music: for me, it's the latter, so I've got the CDs with translated lyrics and I've watched the live DVD with the English subtitles on. Therefore, I know just how clever a songwriter Martins is, and how brilliantly his creations suit Bacalhau's delivery. A song like "A Problemática Colocação De Um Mastro" is a terrifically subversive tale of a small town council puffing itself up by celebrating their enormous flagpole, one of those apocryphal morality fables that could have come from a writer like Louis de Bernieres, Italo Calvino or even Iain Crichton Smith. Their music is hugely political, but at the micropolitical rather than the macropolitical level: in that respect, they are not unlike Frank Yamma. Thus, "Parve Que Sou" is a red hot indictment of the austerity measures which are crippling the lives of young Portuguese, telling of a young woman habituated into blaming herself for her lack of opportunities who heart-breakingly comes to realise that the system has lied to her all her life. I've always said Deolinda make me smile so widely; they can make me weep with rage and sadness too.
But mainly they are fun, fun, fun: they're the kids on the block who will drag their pals out to play in the streets until dusk, which is exactly what they do on the impossibly catchy "Um Contra O Outro" ("Come with me out to the street / Because that life you have / As much as you win a thousand lives, it's your life / that loses if you don't come!"); they are the youngsters who gather in restaurants and drink and joke and sing their hearts out until they're kicked out at closing time; they're the wry, witty cool dudes who constantly burst the bubbles of the arrogant and self-important, in so many songs like "Fado Toninho" or "Patinho De Borracha". They must be a hoot on a night out.
I just have a few complaints. First, when I met them in Manchester, they said they were playing WOMAD, and so I booked up to get there on Thursday. I then discover they were playing Glasgow's RCH on that night. So, instead of seeing my favourite band in my home town, I was 400 miles away. I could have come down on Friday and seen them twice in three days, dammit!
Secondly, at the end of the Taste the World events, there is an unholy scrum to get a taste of the food that has been cooked: you wouldn't believe how sharp some hippies' elbows are, nor how psychopathic they are about free food. So I hang back a bit, and never get a taste of anything they've made. And Luis José's patinishkas looked lovely too.
Thirdly, there is one song on their second album, "Há Dias Que Não São Dias", a sultry, flamenco-tinged slow burner about the pain of passion that is utterly gorgeous, and which I haven't yet heard live.
Next time, I hope. Although, by then, their third album may well be released (around next February, Ana promises) so I may have a whole new set of songs I'm desperate to hear.
Already, I can't wait.
ps – thanks Ana! She let me know through Facebook they are called pataniscas, and I've managed to find a recipe here!
WOMAD 2012: Blick Bassy ** / *****
Blick Bassy is a talented young man from Cameroon, which is perhaps unfortunate for him: earlier in the day, Kayrece Fotso, who charms everyone she meets, has some pretty scathing things to say about Cameroonian men. Still, he seems like a nice guy, so we won't hold that against him…
He has a lovely voice, similar to Smokey Robinson, and his band set up some great Brazilian-tinged West African jazz-funk. However, it's just a bit too samey for me: the programme promises something really different, assuring us that there will be no stereotypical bass solos; and yet, that's exactly what we do get, even if the bass solos are fantastic. The band – and I can't find credits for them anywhere on the internet, dammit – are very good indeed, especially a French guitarist who, in his looks and style and mannerisms, is the spitting image of Tom Cruise but is obviously not a dick or a cult member.
Perhaps I'm tired, perhaps I'm just impatient waiting for Deolinda who come on next, but this kind of washes over me – in a nice way, of course, like soothing warm water in a deep, deep bath.
I obviously have dribbly festival showers on my mind.
WOMAD 2012: Claudia Aurora **** / *****
Hardly a month goes by that I don't find a new fadista to be captivated by; July is the turn of Claudia Aurora, a London / Bristol based artist who is a lovely exponent of fado novo. It's a fascinating insight for me into the development of fado and the relationship fado has with my favourite band, Deolinda.
Aurora has a classic fadista voice, a husky and rich contralto. She also conforms to type, dressed heavily but sexily in red and black, swishing her shawl in the most dramatic of fashions. She is everything one could ever want in a beautiful, heart-rending fadista.
She showcases numbers mainly from her new album, "Silencio", and every single song is sweetly listenable. The title track is gorgeous, a paean to quiet reflection in a world of invasive and pointless noise. "Cigana", the track she ends with, is an absolute standout too, melding flamenco with fado in a hip-swaying tragedy of a gypsy Romeo and Juliet tale: it's really beautiful.
I think I'm beginning to put two and two together with this fado business. Aurora is definitely new fado – I can hear the freshness of it in the influences and the melodies – but it is also recognisably of the tradition. Take "Mariquinha", a lovely upbeat song about a young woman who is jilted at a dance but who has a whale of a time anyway: that, it seems to me, is of the fado tradition. Deolinda, on the other hand, sing of horny young women who go to the dance, strut their considerable stuff and elbow every other girl out of the way to get to the guy. While Aurora sings of lost young women waiting for their men to come home from the sea, Deolinda sing of Portugal's insanely stupid pride in having the tallest flagpole in the world. Aurora sings of the past: Deolinda sing of the depredations of an austerity-choked Portugal in 2012.
This is what more traditional fado lacks, a sense of the irreverent, the contemporary. There's nothing wrong with that, though, and I will still respond viscerally and emotionally to the beauty of it. And I'll always welcome a new fadista into the fold of my favourite musical form. Aurora says she will be playing in Scotland in the new year: I'll be sure to be there.
WOMAD 2012: Joe Driscoll and Sekou Kouyaté ***** / *****
Sekou Kouyaté may be one of the handsomest men on the planet. Tall, elegant, he is outrageously charismatic, with a smile like a lighthouse. He also has the distinct advantage of playing the kora, that fantastically gorgeous, huge 21-string Malian harp-come-guitar that is… how can I say it… more than a little priapic. Women around the arena audibly swoon when he straps it on like… well… a strap on.
Joe Driscoll is, on the other hand, a scuzzy New York punk ass rapper. He can't compete with Kouyaté's gorgeousness, so he doesn't bother trying, wearing a basketball shirt and jeans that have both seen better days. He is effortlessly charming, though, and is clearly in awe of Kouyaté's virtuoso playing, given that he name checks him a dozen times at least. But these two guys – one speaking English with no French, the other French with no English – have forged something very special together through the music they've created, and it's a little blast of genius.
Driscoll's folk / hip hop melds perfectly with Kouyaté's African melodies, and some of the numbers are as danceable as anything this weekend, particularly one written about Driscoll's home town. "Passeport" is available on a free download from their site, and it's great too. What is a master stroke is using the kora as lead guitar; Kouyaté is known as "the Jimi Hendrix of the kora" apparently, but given he's working with three and a half times as many strings as the late great, when he blasts his solos through a fuzz pedal, it's like having Hendrix and a couple of clones up there for good measure too.
Their album will be released in November (I didn't have time to get an early issue at the festival tent) and it will be a must have. Great, great stuff from two guys whose multicultural bromance is producing some scintillating music.
WOMAD 2012: Ane Brun **** / ***** (plus * for the cooking)
I love Ane Brun; she's one of those totally unique voices and characters and writers that make the world a much richer place. The riches she brings are sonic: wash upon wash of utterly beautiful ambience that soars as high as any music I've ever heard. I've already reviewed her fantastic King Tut's gig from last November, and have gone on record about how her "It All Starts With One" LP was my highlight album purchase of 2011, especially the utterly transcendent "Undertow" which, judging by the reactions of some of the audience, wows yet again. It is, I think, one of the most sublimely beautiful songs ever recorded; it's an essential for any sort of a fulfilled life.
I think that experience last year is why I am just a little disappointed. She's one of those I came to see especially, and she is again wonderful – but the King Tut's gig was monumental in its soundscape. Here, there are fairly considerable sound problems, to the extent that she spends most of her opening number, the title track, with a sound man half way up her shirt to fix her radio pack. I don't think it's ever fully solved, because the louche, sexual "Worship" and even the thumping "Do You Remember" sound just a little muddy and insipid. That isn't her fault – it's the fault of playing to a barn with a sound system that doesn't quite cut the mustard – so I still love her, and would walk over hot coals to see her perform again.
In addition, it's only an hour long, so much of her gorgeous earlier recordings like "Humming One Of Your Songs" or "Gillian" or "Sleeping by the Fyris River" have to be jettisoned: the only song not on the latest album is "Balloon Ranger". However, she does a Taste the World session (it's quite charmingly obvious fairly soon that she can't cook, and luckily the Blue Peter Faerie has conjured up a "here's one we did earlier" salted cod stew) and we get the chance to hear some of her more intimate numbers, including "The Puzzle" and "Du Gråter Så Store Tåra" (which, translated as "Tears are much heavier these days", is quite lovely). She tells us a lot about her career and her development as a musician and comes across as a genuinely sweet, down to earth girl from a sleepy little Norwegian fishing village half way up her guitar.
And she's a star, too. Yes, I love Ane Brun.
WOMAD 2012: Raghu Dixit (and a proposal) ***** / *****
I turn up out of curiosity, this not having been on my must-see list. Dixit comes on stage and sheepishly tells us his band are going to play a song about finding yourself. I think, "Oh shit, get my chakras out of here". Then he just blows the Siam tent away and I can't stop smiling.
Neither can he or his band, and that's what makes this such a joy. He is clearly astonished and delighted by his success, as deserved as it is. Think Cornershop, but really, really excellent, with a charismatic lead singer in possession of a full-throated, vibrant tenor and a winning personality and a cool band with a bass player, Guarav Vaz, who rivals Rex Horan in the coolly hairy sweepstakes. No wonder bands like Basement Jaxx and Bellowhead are falling over themselves to work with him.
Most of the set is taken from his latest album "Antaragni" (preview it here) and songs like "Mysore Se Aayi", "Gudugudiya Sedi Nodo" and "Khidki" are great danceable licks. So too is the barnstorming "Well I'm in Mumbai, waiting for a miracle", a song guaranteed to elicit contagious pogoing in any audience listening to it.
Then comes probably the sweetest thing I have ever seen at any gig, ever. Dixit calls for Dave in the audience, who has sent him an e-mail asking him to dedicate "No man will ever love you, like I do" to his girlfriend Jacqueline. And the man in front of me – literally, right in front of me – puts his hand up while his girlfriend covers her face in embarrassment.
Dixit reads the whole e-mail. Teenage sweethearts, they had drifted apart and hooked up again 40 years later after living on the fringes of the same social groupings. It's like we've never been apart, Dave says.
Dixit himself says he always thought the song was a bit cheesy, but he's glad it means so much to others; and, to be fair, it's not exactly a classic song. However, in the middle of it, Dixit shouts to Dave, "You know what to do!" and I swear, right there six inches in front of me, Dave goes down on one knee and proposes, and Jacqueline, bless her, throws her hands in the air and accepts. Cue audience going nuts.
That moment alone was worth five stars, believe me. I wish them all the happiness in the world, and Raghu Dixit all the success he can handle for inspiring such a lovely moment.


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NBC … plucky, sassy NBC … we have a problem.
Let me be more specific. I have a problem. And it's that I want to hear Laura Vivas.
When the Lake Clarke Shores singer got past her original blind audition on The Voice, we never got to hear her sing, so that you guys could devote more time to stories you felt were more important. One of those stories was of Wellington's Cassadee Pope, so I didn't mind that all that much. But we've also gotten every drama from all those pitch-problematic tiny teens who mysteriously all sound like drunk cabaret singers from 1920, and that unpleasant fake Pussycat Doll Domo person.
What we have not gotten enough of is Laura Vivas. Tonight, we were told that she won her battle round, powering through Lady Gaga's Poker Face, and heard a few seconds of it, along with an extended shot of that lovely smile that charmed me in her first appearance. It was fun, funky and excellent. All several seconds of it. Why didn't we get to see her inner thoughts about her battle prep, or celebrity mentor Billie Joe Armstrong? Why can't we ever get all of her performances, or at least as much of other people's?
She's still there, so maybe we'll get to hear Laura sing an entire song. Come on NBC. You can make this happen. It's your show.
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New York Fashion Week Spring / Summer 2014: Get the Makeup Looks!
I know we are only three days into NYFW SS 2014 but I'm already loving on some of the makeup looks that are being sent down the runways. The good news? Most of the looks are totally wearable off the runway and flatter most skin tones.Here are a few of my favorites:
Creatures of the Wind SS'14 – Lead Makeup Artist: James Boehmer, NARS Director of Global Artistry
NVEY ECO: The "ECO" is the Only Part to Envy — Guest Post by Maria Luxen
If you follow my blog you know Maria Luxen is a longtime BFF and has always been very generous with her mad makeup skills. The founder of Makeup Mayhem, Maria is a busy little bee doing makeup for fashion shoots around NYC including the likes of Vogue Italia and ASOS. Since I'm stranded here on the West Coast I miss out on product launches and such and since the NVEY ECO is a new makeup line I figured I would send the expert to the launch party…
When Janna asked me to attend the North American launch of NVEY ECO, an organic makeup line founded and based in Australia, I was psyched! I am yet to find an organic makeup line that has the texture and pigment I need as a makeup artist. Having done some research before I attended the launch party, I discovered that the line was founded in 2005 with the expertise of Rohan Widdison whose mother Helen Abicair founded the acclaimed Melbourne Beauty College in 1958. Rohan has been director of the Helen Abicair Beauty college for the past 21 years. With these credentials, I was sure this line was going to be flawless!
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MAKE UP FOR EVER Makeup Bag Remix: How-to Videos and More!
A few weeks ago, I wrote about MAKE UP FOR EVER's Magical Mystery Tour called "Makeup Bag Remix" coming to a city near you. I was lucky enough to experience this fun event in all its glory when the MAKE UP FOR EVER trucks cruised into San Francisco. I was put into the talented hands of Make Up Artist Genoa, who taught me a few tricks on how to utilize my existing makeup to create a day look and how to use a gorgeous MAKE UP FOR EVER palette (see below) to magically camouflage my puffy eyes AND create the perfect hot pink lip.
Now what was totally unique about this event is I had to beg Genoa to show me new MAKE UP FOR EVER products. That's right, it's the opposite of getting bullied at the makeup counter. These makeup artists stick to their word and show you how to utilize ONLY the products in your bag unless you request to see some new product. I took a few short videos (and please excuse the extremely unflattering angles. I took one for the team) to help you recreate the magic at home.
How to Conceal Puffy Eyes
Shockingly Genoa used the MAKE UP FOR EVER 12 Flash Color Case ($99) to completely neutralize my puffy eyes:
First she patted the white onto the puffiness and then created a sunrise color with the coral and yellow and then layered it on top of the white: (If video doesn't show up for you, click here)
Podcast: Holiday Gift Ideas and 10-Minute Holiday Makeup w/Blushing Basics' Kristie Burnett!
Hello, my lovelies! I hope you all had a chance to tune in to last week's podcast with makeup artist Maria Luxen, "Why Does Your Makeup Look Like Sh*t??" This week I was a bit more tame but still had so much fun with beauty blogger and vlogger Kristie Burnett from Blushing Basics. She is beyond adorbs and you must check out her kick-ass video makeup tutorials on YouTube!
Podcast: Holiday Gift Ideas for Loved Ones (And for Yourself of Course) AND How to Get 10-Minute Holiday Party Makeup (Download for free from iTunes or stream live online)
Posted by janna Tags Blushing Basics, Caswell-Massey, Gift Ideas, Kiehl's, Lush, MAC, MAKE UP FOR EVER, Makeup Artist, SK-II, The Clear Cube, Victoria's SecretHalloween Makeup Tutorial: Sexy Black Kitty, Meow!
Sometimes I have the worst luck… Today I woke up all all ready and excited for my Google+ Hangout (If you don't know what that it is, it's like a video chat that is broadcasted live on Google+ and streams to YouTube). It was hosted by the insanely beautiful (hate her!) Samantha Lim, Editor-in-Chief of the huge online fashion magazine FashionIndie, featuring myself, Christina Farrell, amazing makeup artist and founder of the The Makeup Blogger, and Stacy Reid, Founder and CEO of Tinte Cosmetics (which thanks to Stacy's generosity I will be trying soon!).
So what happened? Well, Murphy's Law reared its ugly head and my Internet decided to take a hiatus. So, unfortunately I missed the first few minutes of the Hangout and once I finally got into the Hangout I faded in and out and even froze a couple times (I could hear the others saying, "She's a frozen kitten!"). Now my drama aside, Christina did an adorable tutorial for an 80s costume and Stacy walked through several different viable Halloween looks. You should definitely check it out here.
After the Hangout was over, I figured it would simply be a waste of a good kitty cat look if I didn't do a YouTube tutorial! Don't worry about writing down any of the products since I'm listing them for you at the end of this post:
Posted by janna Tags Bobbi Brown, Cat Eye, Fresh, Halloween, Halloween Makeup, MAC, MAKE UP FOR EVER, makeup, Makeup Artist, makeup tutorial, Smashbox, Urban DecayInterview with Celebrity Makeup Artist Charlie Green: Part 2
I know I left you ladies hanging for Part 2 of my interview with the brilliant Charlie Green (click here to read Part 1), but A. I decided to be greedy and ask Charlie for a second interview (and she generously obliged!) B. you'll get over it when you read the treasure trove of advice that Charlie bestowed:
Beauty Binge (BB): What risk SHOULD women be taking in makeup that most are not? And how can they easily achieve this?
Experiment! Be brave and try some color instead of safe neutrals… It's only makeup and you can wash it off if you hate it; its not a tattoo! Take an afternoon cruising the makeup counters, checking out new trends and textures. Maybe try and have a couple of makeovers at the counters and don't forget to take your photo on a cell phone to remember the techniques and tips the makeup artist gave you. You don't need to recreate the whole look at home, but if you learned a technique or two then that's major!
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Interview with Celebrity Makeup Artist Charlie Green: Part 1
Betsey Johnson backstage at her show, "Has everyone met Charlie? My favorite makeup artist on earth?"
I remember first seeing celebrity makeup artist Charlie Green on MTV several years ago, with her platinum pixie hair and effervescent attitude she literally sparkled on screen like a Christmas tree caught fire. With over 20 years of painting the faces of celebrities (Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron, Penelope Cruz), top models for the runways (Betsey Johnson, Victoria's Secret, Tommy Hilfiger), celebrities and models for major ad campaigns (Cover Girl, Estee Lauder, Revlon) and magazine spreads (Elle, Vogue, Vanity Fair), Charlie is the makeup artist for delivering sexy, feminine looks. She doesn't stop at applying the cosmetics, she helps companies design them too. She's worked with tons of beauty brands developing and launching products. You know that sexy shimmering body lotion from Victoria's Secret that make your legs look like Barbie legs? Yeah, Charlie designed it. In fact, she worked with Victoria's Secret to design their entire line and then put it to the test on the runways with the likes of Gisele, Naomi, and Adriana.
Posted by janna Tags Amore Pacific, Charlie Green, Makeup Artist, Mary Kay, Victoria's SecretMakeup Artist Pays Homage to My Candy-Colored Sultry Eye!
I hope everyone is having an AMAZING long weekend! I'm about to leave for the Farmer's Market with my husband, but I wanted to post these fun shots (excuse the quality; I took them with my phone) of Audrey Ogg, a Makeup Artist at Milvali Salon in Mill Valley, CA. When I went into the Milvali Salon Friday to get my lashes filled in by the talented Joceyln Sisco, I was blown away when I saw Audrey in a candy-colored sultry eye! She told me she was inspired by my Allure Magazine Beauty Blogger Competition video and wanted to recreate the look. Now keep in mind I saw Audrey at 3 pm and she had put her makeup on early that morning so obviously the eye lost some of its candy-color, but it still looked amazing!! And by the way, Jocelyn gave Audrey those luscious lashes.
Posted by janna Tags Allure, Makeup Artist, Revlon
Bright Lights, Big City: Neon, Neon Everywhere
From the runways to the subways, I'm seeing nothing but neon.
Neon makeup and hair started lighting up the runways last year, and since then this 80s staple trend quickly blinded the masses with an explosion of day-glo fashion and beauty products. Walking down the streets of NYC, I see everything from young girls with fluorescent hair streaks and matching lipstick to career fashionistas furiously typing away on their smart phones with nails painted in the season's latest electric colors.
Don't be intimidated into thinking that if you incorporate a little neon, you're a couple of leg warmers away from becoming Pat Benatar. Just be careful to tone down your outfit and the rest of your makeup (think neutrals across the board) to avoid anything aggressively offensive. Kidding. (kind of kidding)
If you're not in the mood to do a full eye of makeup, just add a little pop of color with neon mascara, as seen on the models at Stella McCartney AW 2012 Paris. Makeup Artist Master Pat McGrath used Cover Girl Lashblast 24 Hour Mascara coated with a blue pigment gel to achieve the look. At home, apply two coats of your favorite volume-pumping mascara in black, let it dry, and then coat with an electric blue mascara like Tokidoki Punk Lash Mascara in Baby Rocker.
Or, for a more subtle look, you can swipe a brightly-colored liquid liner along your upper lash line like my minxy blonde friend Kat (see below). Kat used Sephora Liquid Liner in Fancy Blue to achieve her look:
Go bold or go home. Maria rocks a different day-glo shade every day. She doesn't care if it's 8 AM in Midtown Manhattan on a Monday, she'll be wearing a fluorescent fuchsia. Try a bold pink like Mirabella Lip Colour in Over the Top, which is highly pigmented color yet doesn't bleed. Or, add a pop of orange (after all, Tangerine Tango is the Pantone color of the year) try MAC Pro Amplified Creme Lipstick in Neon Orange, or go for a more sheer shade like Bobbi Brown's Sheer Lip Gloss in Citrus.
If you feel like you're on the cusp of being too shy to pull off this look, take baby steps and paint your nails a different blinding hue every week (or day, if you happen to have the time and dedication). Every brand seems to have a color story this Spring involving neon. Have fun experimenting with the under $10 brands like China Glaze Poolside Collection ($6.50 per bottle / $17.75 for set of 6) and invest wisely in the premium lines like Dior ($23 per bottle). Make sure you test the level of opacity. It may look bold in the bottle, but sheer once its on your nail. To make a neon pop even more, apply an opaque white like Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear in White On as your base coat and then paint two coats of your neon.
Posted by janna Tags Bobbi Brown, China Glaze, Christian Dior, Cover Girl, CoverGirl, Dior, MAC Pro, Makeup Artist, Maria, Mirabella, Pat McGrath, Sally Hansen, Sephora, Sephora Collection, Tokidoki Punk Lash Mascara
Meet Makeup Artist Maria!
I thought I should introduce Maria since she will be making many appearances on this blog. She is a close friend and a very talented makeup artist. She loves experimenting with color (she uses a different eye palatte everytime I see her) and she can take a puffy-eyed, hungover me and transfom me into a glowing beauty (And yet I watch her apply the makeup every time and I still cannot duplicate her efforts). She scolds me often for buying the same product again and again and for using too much product (for example I told her I needed to stop by Saks to pick up more Armani eyeshadow and she said, "What, are you eating it? There's no way!"). Get to know Maria, her talent, and her saucy attitude…
By the way, if you have a question for the lovely Maria, just submit it in the "Ask Me Anything" tab above.
Posted by janna Tags Makeup Artist, Maria


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On August 5, 2003, The Center for Science and Environment, an NGO in India, attacked the safety of Coca-Cola India's products in a press release titled "Twelve Major Drink Brands Sold in and around Delhi Contain a Deadly Cocktail of Pesticide Residues." Though Coke was well within the Indian government's legal limits for pesticide residue in beverages, Coke India CEO Sanjiv Gupta had to decide on the most effective communication strategy to restore public trust and had to weigh a larger policy decision at the same time...
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As classes resumed in early September 2005, many students wanted to talk about Hurricane Katrina, its aftermath, and its implications on our society and us as business professionals. This collection poses ways to bring the topic of Katrina into the business school classroom, drawing upon but also analyzing and moving beyond what appears in the daily press.
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hollandaise sauce
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Thought I would post this after coming across it recently, you have seen it before but some of these are outrageous
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Can I suggest some other portfolios that could do with some quality management? Not necessarily all logos, but if a good one is among really poor logos, I am immediately thinking copycat...
I show diversity and varying styles, yes, that is what logo design and personal taste is about. Strange you should use the word "copycat." I think you can see a vast difference in logos I have interpreted as "not ready for prime time" (above) and those in my own portfolio. I've had a long and storied career in design to back the fact that someone out there likes my work. Many of us on the site have. Sorry if you don't agree.
As far as copycats go, perhaps SL should target the 100+ logos under the search term "leaf" that all contain the same stylized single split-leaf element, you know - the one you use in "Healthy and Hearty."
But I'm not here to throw stones, rather to pass the time and enjoy the good work that gets uploaded on a daily basis - some of which is yours. Congratulations and welcome to the site. ;)
The leaf isn't clipart... it's just how leaves are done. Vague tear drop shape, width profile 4 to achieve the stem, copy that to a) intersect and b) underlay right next to each other. I can redo those leaves in 30sec each.
But I am sure your dog logo isn't inspired a bit by Pushkin's portfolio of cartoon dogs, right? http://www.clipartof.com/portfolio/pushkin/illustration/happy-beagle-puppy-with-open-arms-440707.html
I still stand by my opinion. Many of your logos go against everything good logo design should look like.
I didn't say it was clipart, for that I'd show proof (that's how it works here). I said it was an over-used element and I gave reference. As far as inspiration - life is inspiration. You would be remiss to state that all your designs came to you in a dream; rather those things you see hear and smell inspire you. It is your interpretation of that stimulus that makes you original. I am no Pushkin and that doesn't bother me - because I wasn't trying to be; but that's neither here nor there. We're all entitled to our opinions, yes, but I didn't single YOU out. If you'd like to purchase one of my designs and improve upon it, I'd be happy to help you with that transaction :P
Obiviously I can see it is a racoon, but I am from the UK and that is an incredibly racist word, no matter what context its used in. Excuse me if i thought it was offensive, but as nancy says, google the term and all you will see is that it is a racist remark. I also think political correctness has gone too far in some cases but you can't argue that its not a racist term. What difference does it actually make to the artist if he/she changed the name so that it doesn't accidentally offend someone?
It makes no difference if the designer changes the name.... But it's the way you went about it. You basically accused the designer Reverse of racism. Why did you do that when we both know there was no racism intended? You could have explained to the designer that they might want to change the name because in the Uk (and elsewhere apparently) it is a racist term.
I saw a design similar to a swastika published to the site around a week ago. I didn't for a minute think it was neo nazi! We both know the racoon design title had no racism attached why bring it up??
Sorry, looking back on my comment it probably does read that I may have been accussing the designer of racism, but that's not what I intended, my appologies. I will choose my words carefully next time. I just believe that it needed to be changed so that it didn't cause offence.
That one sold: http://stocklogos.com/logo/longhong
It is amazing how easily some people can be offended by seemingly innocent things.
When I worked for the advertising agency that had the McDonald's account, an ad campaign was done with the McNuggets – they had faces and talked – the agency started getting complaints because amputees might find it offensive. The campaign was pulled.
Another advertisement was done for Playland in Vancouver. The ad showed a man that had a heart attack being put into an ambulance, brought to Playland and put in the rollercoaster, which started his heart up. Supposed to be funny. Goes through all sorts of screenings before it ever hits the public. It even won awards, but complaints did come in by a couple of widows who had just lost their husband to a heart attack.
So, yes, we need to be sensitive to the many ways we might accidentally set somebody off.
My personal fav is the Images 126 Salon, just goes against everything. How many different fonts lol.
These are all working logos too!
It's funny seeing the Capital One there too, their UK office is based in Nottingham and I see it on a daily basis, have quite a few friends who work there and until last year it sponsored my beloved Nottingham Forest F.C. before thankfully Victor Chandler Betting took over.
Some of them that look like they have come straight out of the matchstick Kama Sutra; it makes you wonder how they didn't see it!.
I like Forest's badge fwiw but I have to admit I don't see much wrong with the Capital One logo, it's not good but not that bad if you get my drift.
Yes, that is a problem in many creative fields. Once someone does something cool, everyone imitates it, and finally, the original itself becomes trite.
It's like what happened with the movie Psycho. When Hitchcock made it, it was startling and new. Now, it's just another psycho killer movie. (a particularly good one, but original impact is lost)
We've got imitations of the Nike swoosh, and the Coca-Cola wave everywhere!
That badge was designed in a logo contest funny enough in the 70's. Just proves that crowd sourcing is nothing new. A graphic design lecturer from the then Nottingham Trent Polytechnic designed the winning logo which was held in the local Evening Post. It shows the River Trent, which flows by the side of the ground and next to Trent Bridge, underneath a tree for Forest.
I love it, it's one of the most recognisable football badges there is, very unique and still modern and timeless nearly 40 years on! A great logo.
Some logos are only for electronic media I guess. A business card is something old fashion. Why to have a business card when you can have website? why to keep you card when he can "save" your contact info into his/her iphone? This just my thinking.. I am an engineer and I dont use nothing that has to do with printed cards or leaflet or brochures etc. I prefer websites skype etc.
To some extent yes, business cards are old fashioned - but they're an invaluable tool for business. There's nothing better than being presented with a very well conceived and printed out business card. A business card, if done right, can and will get you repeat work over a competitor with a boring one. If it's memorable, then chances are your client will always turn to you for work.
Check out some of these beauties: http://www.cardonizer.com/ - lovely letterpress cards, business cards like credit cards etc. I once setup a business card for a millionaire that was a minted coin no less!
Don't under estimate the value and worth of making a great impression with a business card ;)
Not everybody is that tech savvy. Many small business people, like accountants or doctors don't necessarily even have or need a web site. And some people just like the tactile quality of print. It's the same reason that e-books will never completely replace real books.
In case of doctors you dont need a business card as well . You are going for their services. When I visit a doctor I prefer to learn about his CV rather to choose the best business card. I insist business cards are the past. Web-site, QRcode, Facebook etc are the present and the future! But this is just my opinion so don't get offended.
QR codes are great, but they only work if your target customer has a smart phone.
Depending on the country, only between 10% and 40% of potential customers own a smart phone. Estimates varied significantly, but as an example, in the United States, one source says that only 29% of the population owns a smart phone (about 91M in about 313M). A business card is still very useful. Unless, of course, your business targets only people with smart phones. :o)
Valef I think you need to look upon print as not being 'dead' lol it's very much alive and works in conjunction with the web.
I work in the print trade and yes it took a hit when .com boom came but seriously businesses are coming back. They realize that print and the web interact well together. There is nothing better than a lovely designed, freshly printed products brochure for potential customers to browse through. Then for added benefit and to reach a wide range and new customer base there is the web!
Augmented reality is here now with QR codes, print and web are no longer fighting each other they are interacting and bouncing off one another. The brochures that are produced at the company I work for have QR codes in them for links to special offers and YouTube. You see product in the brochure and then there is a working video ad to show how the product works.
Look at business cards the same way. My business card has a QR code on there.
All these suggestions on logos that should be removed from SL for poor quality etc, begs the simple question "why were they excepted in the first place?"
I'm not going to get into the semantics of why some logos are good over bad, but this thread seems to highlight clearly that SL needs a better minimum standard of submissions.
I know Ivan... I'm just making an observation that a lot of weak designs are getting through, only to be deleted again later. As someone has already said, would it not be better to use time more wisely in weaning out logo cheats? What I find particularly odd is why logos with obvious spelling mistakes also get accepted. I know it's not a big thing, but to me at least it looks and feels unprofessional.
I wonder if this is a too much enlarged photo (which shouldn´t be used for logos in the first place) since it is so full of those little squares, or is it done intentionally...? http://stocklogos.com/logo/assc-mdt1
Edit: never mind, just saw a comment further down that this has been discussed before and that it is (at least) a vector... :)
Really? These made it onto the site? http://stocklogos.com/user/yatingandhi
P.S. User also had the audacity to copy MY logo description.
Can you please delete those from every logo, and inform him that yes, even logo descriptions have a copyright? Geez....
Cleary it goes to show, just because you can use a vector based program, be it Illustrator or Corel Draw etc. It doesn't automatically gift you with the artistic eye to create good logos. One thing that I have found that distinguishes a good artist from a bad one, is whether the artist has made the correct choice in font style for that logo/artwork.
I'm not really one to reply on such logo bashing threads... but accepting that logo submission to this site implies that the design has value and worth. It gives the 'designer' a false sense of security that they're doing some thing right, when in fact they're not. Poor concept, poor execution and poor typography. This does no one no favours by accepting submissions like this.
You really shouldn't accept files from someone who can't be bothered to get the image in the right place in the frame. A little professionalism would be nice.
Also, use of outlines and a drop shadow, which may be unsupported in the format.
hi people, normaly i dont put a hand ( finger ) on a design, caus mine are also not the top designs like nancy`s mel`s or others...but these ones are very ugly in my eyes:
iam sure that if i did those ivan wouldnt accept them ( no effense honey ;) )
This is not a logo per se, but a sign created to replace an old non-working sign for a motel. Here's a three-minute video of a graphic designer named Aaron Draplin telling the story.
(Warning: this video contains strong language)
YouTube video from the beginning
YouTube video from 1:09 (after the introduction)
Makes me nervous to purchase a logo after reading these posts! Logo design is not my expertise. That's why I'm here! How am I to know which logos you guys think are good and which ones suck? Perhaps a rating system would be helpful, but only if they were judged by fellow designers? When I came across this website, I thought it was perfect! All I have to do is find a logo I like and that would work with my business. But if not all you agree that only professional logos are submitted... Thanks for any advice before I choose one!
There used to be a star rating system. It was abused and so it was removed.
As for what makes a good logo, you should start by reading this article (and maybe other articles)
The number of designs that this thread refers to is a very very small percentage of designs on this site. It is unlikely you'd select one of the small percentage. If in doubt, post a new thread in the forums asking for designer input about your favorites. You can also browse designs by most viewed or staff favs.
You're looking for a specific theme, perhaps post that here. Many of us have themed collections of our favorite designs we could point you too.
If you like a logo then its highly likely not an ugly logo. You don't need guidance to like a logo this is your personal taste, however an ugly logo can be noticed from a distance, and I don't think that you will mistakenly pick one.
If you are still uncertain about a particular logo, you can ask your family and friends opinion, people in general will agree on which is good and which is ugly, and it will never happen that all of them will choose an ugly logo.
And these:
Not that this is a particularly bad logo, it's not, I quite like it, but look:
This doesn't give a very good image of the site. I'm surprised Admin didn't explain in a nice way why this can't work, and tell them to re-submit with a correction.
Here's a thought, instead of logo bashing other designers submissionss, maybe we could concentrate our efforts on sorting out ways to get better submissions in the first place.
I personally don't understand why logos get accepted in the first place, only to be retracted later by admin when several designers rip the piss out of them :/
(go4it) - Why are you getting so frustrated about it? - It's hilarious. That's what it is. I suspect the person how created it was fully intentional or he's a lovely funny hilarious person with all sorts of hilarious ideas and just happens to make the funniest LOGO on earth.
Unless it's you who made it?! Is it?
Anyways have fun.
Maybe a bit off topic here, but I checked out the links provided with the original article (about ugly logos) and I find it amusing and ironic that some of them lead to the articles in which, generally, it is declared that stock logos are evil, stock logos contests are evil, stock logos designers are evil too, they ruin the art and the industry and should be banned, exiled, ostracized and eliminated :) Here: http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/01/how-not-to-design-a-logo/
Feeling professional, anyone? ;)
Yes I know of those links and many others. To top agencies and designer these are very much a big threat, I think there is a market for both though. You get what you pay for ! In my case though you definitely get more than what you pay for. We me you get the same service as paying an agency £1,000 for a logo project. That's only while I'm building up a client base though.
This begs the question, how are members (notice I didn't use the term designer) getting logos like this accepted and published in the first place?
If SL is to be taken seriously as a good go to solution for ready-made professional logos, how do designs like this fit into the sites aim to be the best ready-made logo site on the internet?
This would be an unfortunate purchase! At even medium sizes printed it would be nothing but a black square. Kinda surprised it was let through. http://stocklogos.com/logo/ovanet
I've been checking this contest to see just how bad things can get. Aside from the absolute awfulness, I've reported numerous logos for violations.
Isnt a logo in my eyes:
OMG! This has to be someone messing around surely. If I was the contest holder I would run lol.
Also, this http://stocklogos.com/logo/road-0
And lots of others here: http://stocklogos.com/user/emmalou
Could this person really be serious?
Could all these be called logos?
I don't want to offend anybody. I would simply like the opinion of the community.
These are not logos (in my understanding of the word 'logo'), but they are all contest entries, so they are not part of the repository and no one will ever see these on the site.
On the other hand, it nicely illustrates the fact that only users with 5-10 successfully approved repository logo uploads should be allowed to enter contests.
store logos... http://stocklogos.com/user/tomosrobert
Just want your opinion for the "strong fulfillment" contest...
I had an idea but it's not very... Elegant.
It's a mix between chocking and funny, I'll dont do this of course, but I'd like to have your opinion to get an idea of the community here (I'm new).
The concept would be 1 elephant male on 1 other elephant female... You got the idea ;o)
Nothing very dirty just suggestive...
With the baseline : STRONG FULFILLMENT
Please dont kill me, but i'd like to take the... Temperature. Could you upload this?


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When Stephanie Lambert packed peanut butter and jelly to keep her two small children happy on a cross-country flight in June, she didn't mean to pick a fight with the Transportation Security Administration. But after a long security line argument, and the confiscation of the peanut butter (but not the jelly), she felt she had no choice.
Then, after churning through the four-page "SF-95 Tort Claim Package forms," she got something else she never expected: a $3.99 refund from the U.S. Treasury Department.
Lambert was traveling with her husband, a 6-month-old and a 2-year-old on an ungodly early flight in June, and arrived at the airport about 5 a.m. She was flying from Los Angeles to Pittsburgh, and she needed the usual bag of distractions and food to keep her kids -- and other passengers -- sane during the trip. But, she says, her efforts to ensure a smooth flight were foiled when a TSA agent with a bad attitude singled out her family for additional screening. After the usual pat-downs and questions, discussion centered on the jar of peanut butter.
"He just really fixated on the peanut butter and a jar of apple sauce I had," she said. "I keep saying, 'It's not a liquid; it's pureed apples,' but we go went around and around. He also screened my husband multiple times. I asked to speak to the terminal manager, but he never arrived. ... We were there 30 minutes."
Eventually, the screener let the apple sauce (and the jelly) go, but he drew the line on the peanut butter.
"I said, 'Fine.' I left the peanut butter, but I took down names," she said. "The screener was asking for my all my details, so I figured I'd ask for his."
When the family arrived in Pittsburgh, Lambert asked a TSA screener on her way out about peanut butter -- Was it considered a liquid or not? -- and got a vague answer. So when she got home, she turned to the Internet and the found the SF-95 Tort Claim Package forms. Generally, they're filled out by fliers who think the TSA lost something valuable while screening bags, such as laptop computers. But Lambert was after satisfaction, and she didn't see why she couldn't make a claim for the cost of her seized peanut butter.
"At the airport, my husband kept saying, 'Would you just let go of the peanut butter? We're going to miss the plane.' But these things really fire me up," Lambert said. "So when I said, 'Honey, I'm going to file a claim,' he wasn't surprised."
Lambert is a rare consumer who was in a perfect position to file such a claim. For starters, she had the original receipt from Whole Foods showing the price she paid for the spread.
Who keeps receipts for peanut butter? Lambert explained that she started her family during the recession, and from the start has carefully watched her money. She saves receipts from every purchase, enters everything into a spreadsheet and tracks every expense. She also has a binder, where she records refunds, returns, rebates and any other correspondence that involves money.
"I fill out forms and keep track of them all the time, so this was easy for me," she said. "I'm responsible for the family finances. If it takes me months, it takes me months. I'm very firm when companies owe me money."
She had another motivation behind her ferocity regarding the confiscated peanut butter, however.
"When they first put in the liquid (security) rules on flights, a screening agent took a $7 lip gloss I had just purchased. Then, the very next day, they changed the rules and lip gloss was allowed. I was furious," she said. "I remember the TSA agent actually took a basketball shot with my lip gloss into the trash bins as I went through security. I'm still mad about that, and I was thinking, 'This is not happening again.'"
On her complaint form, Lambert said TSA agents unnecessarily screened her husband twice, and removed everything from her carry-on bags during the 30-minute ordeal.
"At the time I was carrying my 6-month-old and trying to keep my 2-year-old calm," she wrote. "(The agent's) behavior was completely unwarranted."
She submitted the claim on June 19. To her surprise, she received a letter dated Aug. 24 from TSA that read: "Your claim against the United States in the amount of $3.99 has been granted in full." On Sept. 14, the "refund" was electronically deposited into her bank account.
Naturally, Lambert wasn't really after the money. She says she was trying to make a point.
"I think people really do need to fight for themselves," she said. "In this case, the peanut butter was important to me. I was thinking, 'Hey, I need that. If I have a crisis with a child on a five-hour flight this peanut butter may help me.' I wasn't hopping to Phoenix, I was flying across country and there's no food on the flight for children."
As it turns out, the TSA website does list peanut butter as a banned liquid/gel, if carried onto a plane in containers exceeding 3.4 ounces. Jellies, jams and "creamy dips and spreads" are also banned in bigger portions. There are some exceptions for mothers traveling with infants, however, involving breast milk, juice, baby food and other liquids and gels, which muddies the discussion considerably.
Part of the problem, Lambert says, is that the rules seem to vary from airport to airport, and even from agent to agent.
"I think it depends on how well the information goes down the chain," she said.
Lambert said she spoke via telephone with a TSA representative as she was filling out her tort claim and thought the agent was very pleasant and competent. The agent even promised to review security tape to see if the incident required follow up. That conversation, and her refund, actually leaves her with more good than bad feelings about the TSA. The problem, she said, is that most of the trouble for passengers occurs on the front lines, in the chaos of someone rushing to make a flight with agents who sometimes are too eager to exert their power.
TSA spokesman David A. Castelveter told NBC News that peanut butter jars in excess of 3.4 ounces are generally not permissable as carry-on items, but that screeners can exercise "common-sense discretion." Exceptions generally involve medical needs, he said.
He also pointed to a press release about TSA agents in Los Angeles who stopped suspects allegedly trying to sneak marijuana onto an airplane in a modified jar of peanut butter last year.
The agency has no readily available statistics on tort claims, Castelveter said, but added that Lambert's peanut butter refund claim was "the first time I'd ever heard of something like that."
The Los Angeles Times investigated tort claims against TSA last year, and found that 1,702 claims were made against the agency by passengers traveling through Los Angeles International Airport from 2007 through 2010. Most claims involved items that were damaged or disappeared fromchecked baggage. The average damage claim was $1,437, but most were denied. Roughly 13 percent of those who claimed the loss of a laptop computer were granted relief, but less than 1 percent of those saying they lost or damaged digital camera were reimbursed.
One key to having successful dialogs with TSA agents at checkpoints is time; passengers rushing to make a flight have no time to make their case. In Lambert's situation, she had time to put up a fight because, ironically, her husband is a frequent traveler and the family qualified for express screening.
If you feel like the TSA has wrongly confiscated an item from you at a checkpoint, you can obtain the necessary forms at this page.
Note that if the TSA denies a claim, it can only be appealed by filing a lawsuit in federal court. By law, small claims courts have no jurisdiction over TSA cases.
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Emmett Till was a 14 year old African American boy from Chicago, whose mother sent him to Mississippi for the summer to visit his cousins. One day he went to the grocery store to buy candy. At the store, it was reported he whistled at a white woman. Later that week, he was brutally murdered. That was August 28, 1955. Fifty-five years ago today.
My son is 14 years old. He goes to the corner store all the time to buy a drink or ice cream with his friends. This summer, I sent my son on his own to Michigan to spend two weeks at the lake with his best friend and his family. In 1955, Emmett was having the same summer my son had this year. My son came home. Emmett lost his life.
The murder of Emmett Till is noted as one of the events that motivated the American Civil Rights Movement. It was not only his murder that was shocking, it was also the incredible courage and grace of his mother Mamie. Mamie insisted on a public funeral with an open casket. She wanted to show the world what was done to her son, and what was happening in the south.
Mamie wanted people to see that her beloved Emmett was beaten and had one of his eyes gouged out. He was then shot through the head, and thrown into the Tallahatchie River with a 70-pound cotton gin fan tied around his neck with barbed wire. His body was discovered and retrieved from the river three days later. He was just a child.
Two men, one of which was the husband of the woman who Emmett whistled at, were acquitted of his murder by a jury of 12 white men. They later admitted they murdered Emmitt to "make an example" out of him. The murderers are both dead now, and were never punished for what they did to this boy. They died proud of what they had done.
It is unfathomable that this could happen. How far has the United States come in the last 55 years? On October 21, 1998, Matthew Shepard was murdered for being gay. On August 24, 2010, Ahmed Sharif was attacked in his New York City taxi for being a Muslim. What is happening? How is it possible that today, we are where we were?
I was blessed to meet Mamie Till. When I worked at Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, she came on a tour. It was a weekend, and my son came with me to meet her. He was about 3 years old. Mamie was being pushed around in a wheelchair, and at one point my son told her he was tired and asked her if he could have a ride.
Mamie said of course and pulled my son up on her lap. Once he was settled in, he turned to Mamie and asked her if she was made out of chocolate. She laughed and stuck out her arm. My son licked her and told her she tasted like chocolate. He then put out his arm, she kissed it, and told him he tasted like vanilla. They both laughed and my son hugged her.
It was a wonderful day. I knew of Mamie's story and was so honored to meet her. I remember telling her I loved her. As I look at my now 14 year old son, I love her even more. Mamie was 33 when her baby was murdered. I look at her strength and I am in awe of her in a way that I did not fully understand when I met her.
As parents it is our obligation to our children to share the story of Emmett and Mamie. We must teach our children that more important than black, white, gay, straight, Jew, Gentile or Muslim, we are human beings. If we cannot learn from the past, and not allow history to repeats itself, then what kind of parents are we? The hate must stop.
Mamie's autobiography is called Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America. I encourage you to learn about this remarkable woman. I carry her love for Emmett in my heart. I will teach my son about Emmett, and Matthew, and Ahmed. I will raise my son to have an open heart so that he can change the world.
We must not allow Emmett or Matthew to have died in vain. We must take what happened to them and fight, so that it never happens to another human being. We are all the same. Regardless of faith or color, we are at the core, all the same, and must treat each other with respect and compassion. It may never happen, but it might, so I'm keeping the faith.
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