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We hardly know something about Manoury's life. He lived in Paris. His first name is unknown; before his family name he put the letter C., an abbreviation of citoyen = 'citizen', like everybody else in France. Owing to the fact that many registries were burnt down during the French Revolution (1789), it is impossible to find out something about him personally.
Probably, Manoury was born about 1720. In 1787 he wrote: "About 1750 I was the head waiter of Café de l'Ecole, a coffee house". He did not acquire this position straightforwardly, of course, so we may make the assumption Manoury had reached it after a career in the catering industry. In 1750 he could have been in his 30's. Later he rose in rank and became manager of the Café. Not long after 1787, it passed into other hands.
We can deduce this from a passage in the work of the writer Restif de la Bretonne, who in one of his depictions of Paris called the coffee house Café Robert. I take up a fragment. I walked into Café Robert, formerly called Manouri, and found everybody in an utter state of agitation. A visitor who had lingered over his dinner made a lot of rumpus: he picked a quarrel with any follower of Lafayette, and a half-witted character, an imbecile prig, was so stupid to contradict him, with the consequence that the wrangler almost put him to the sword. With our help the poor man had a narrow escape. In which year Restif wrote these words? Supposedly, we can place the excitement circa 1792. In his function as the commander of the army, marquis de Lafayette got involved in the controversy between the Jacobins and the Girondists. The Jacobins represented a movement that turned against the power of the king, the nobility and the army; the Girondists advocated a democratic government with rights for the individual. In June 1792 supporters of the Jacobins made an attack on the Tuilleries, symbol of king's power. Compelled by his position, Lafayette lodged an official protest. He was accused by the Jacobins: "Lafayette intends to settle a military dictatorship!" In August he fled to Austria.
Directly after his portrayal of the quarrel in Café Robert, Restif wrote the following. In the evening of the 31st, Parisians crowded before the door of Café Robert-Manouri. I was totally surprised to see two attractive young women yelling patriotic slogans; everybody admired them, apart from some aristocrats who loudly shouted: "They have been paid to yell!" It is sound, I believe, to date this street row on July 31, 1792. Restif had said earlier that formerly, in former days, not recently, the coffee house was called Café Manouri. Therefore we may safely determine that Manoury retired soon after the publication of his second book in 1787. We don't know for which reason. Because of his age? Was he expired? Anyway, in 1807 he was dead for quite a time. In this year Alphonse A. Everat, a Parisian publisher, chairman of the Société Philantropique, mentioned Manoury's name in his foreword of a draughts book; he remembered Manoury as an amiable old man.
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In its 1864 edition, "Le Palamède français", a chess journal, published the tale of an anonymus about famous Frenchmen who were fond of draughts. One of them was Georges Jacques Danton, Manoury's son-in-law, as the author supposed. In 1785, Danton settled in Paris as a lawyer. He often played dominoes in Hotel de la Modestie, but like many of his colleagues he was a regular visitor of Café de l´Ecole. The Revolution drove Danton to the pinnacles of the power. In 1792, he became Minister of Justice in the Provisional Government. He also was a member of the National Convention, the Representative Body of the People after the abolition of the monarchy; Danton had voted for the decapitation of Louis XVI. But the Convention was a heterogeneous company, with factions who were after each other's blood, and Danton met with the same faith as the king, through the act of Maximilien Robespierre, who eliminated everyone he considered as his enemy [J.F.E. Robinet, "Danton. Mémoire sur sa vie privée", 1865]. "Danton", the unknown wrote in 1864, "was married with Manoury's daughter". Hundred years later Maurice Nicolas, a French draughts player, discovered that this information was wrong -luckily for father Manoury-, referring to the book "Danton", written in 1932 by Louis Barthou [Het Damspel 1961:72-3]. It is true, in 1787 Danton married the daughter of a coffee house keeper at Place de l'Ecole, but the name of this wife was Antoinette-Gabrielle Charpentier and her father's coffee house stood at the corner of Rue de L'Ecole and Quai de l'Ecole.
Manoury had two books published (1770 and 1787), containing combinations without author's name, as usual in this time. But his second book had texts too, a report of a search to the origin of Polish draughts. In years past, a chess or draughts book was only printed after subscription, because of the financial risk; the names of the subscribers were included. It is remarkable that Manoury worked without subscription, obviously his books were in demand. For us it is a disadvantage: we have to do without print number and the names of the subscribers.


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It's been an up and down first half of the season for the Baltimore Orioles. After a fast start, recently the team has been looking somewhat like the Orioles of past years. In the last 20 games or so, quality pitching and timely hitting have been at a minimum. The formula the Orioles used during their hot start has started to unravel after injuries and just simply poor play has plagued them. Injuries to Nick Markakis, Endy Chavez, and Nolan Reimold have decimated the outfield, leaving Adam Jones the lone staple.
The Orioles are right on the line between irrelevance and contention. There are problems that need to fixed and there are ways to do it. At this point it's a matter of trying. Both with the players and the front office.
Since his new contract extension back on May 26th, Adam has completely dropped off in production. Batting a mere .260 in June and July, it seems as though Adam has almost phoned it in at this point. He doesn't hustle down the line or after foul balls near as much and just isn't having many quality at bats. Adam needs to put his money where his twitter feed is and start hitting the ball and not just talk about it.
The trade for Jim Thome hasn't worked out very well either. He is batting a measly .238 since joining the team with zero homeruns; the main reason we traded for him.
The stellar starting pitching during the first part of the year has all but disappeared at this point, with three of the original five starters not even at the major league level anymore (Matusz, Arrieta, Hunter). Clearly if the Orioles want to stay in contention they need to trade for an elite arm like Zach Grienke or trade for a couple of quality arms like Matt Garza and Ryan Dempster. I personally would trade anyone except Bundy and Machado (especially after their Futures Game performances) for Grienke. He is a great pitcher who I think the Orioles could easily sign to a longer deal. He has said he likes the small market teams better because he isn't much of a media guy.
Anyone who has stepped up to play third base has been simply downright awful defensively. Buck Showalter has resorted to putting Robert Andino there but what you make up defensively with him, you give up on the offensive end. There aren't many, if any solutions out there for this problem at this point. Padres Chase Headley has been a rumor but they clearly want too much in return for him. This is probably just going to be a hole the O's will have to deal with for the rest of the season.
Brian Roberts's return was a great story, but that's about all it really was. His average is down to .182 and is still without an extra base hit. Yes, that's right, he doesn't even have ONE. This is clearly not the production that you need out of your lead-off hitter.
Nick Markakis should be returning to the lineup after the All Star Break which should bring some much needed stability to the lineup. For what it's worth, he hit two, two run homeruns during his Friday rehab start with AA Bowie. If anything, it's encouraging to say the least. His return would allow Davis to move to left field which is more suited for his abilities in Camden Yards.
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An attorney has giving the Clover school district an ultimatum: let three students suspended over hazing allegations back in school or face a lawsuit.
After a month of swirling controversy, suspensions and a lost football season, officials said that an alleged hazing incident at Clover High School never happened.
"What we have here is nothing more than locker room horseplay," said solicitor Kevin Brackett on Nov. 3, who decided not to file any charges in the case.
A Clover High School student claimed he was hazed and threatened with sexual assault in a school locker room.
That alleged incident happened Sept. 19, but didn't reach police until two weeks later, on Oct. 6. Brackett said by then, the rumor mill had run amok at the school.
"It's a renegade rumor that ran up and down the halls wreaking havoc on the truth," he said. Sheriff Bruce Bryant said after countless interviews trying to get at the truth, nothing turned up. "There was no evil intent, no malice, no intention to harm anybody," Bryant said.
Bryant described the investigation as thorough, and the case as very important to the department and the community. However, in the end, it was just teenagers being teenagers.
A key reason that no charges were filed was the words and actions of the victim himself. Brackett said the victim changed his story several times, even refusing to talk to police later in the investigation, saying his lawyers told him not to talk.
Investigators told Channel 9 that even eyewitnesses who the victim said would back him up didn't.
"People he told us to talk to, saying, 'They'll vouch that my story is true,' -- they didn't vouch for him at all. In fact, they told the opposite story," Brackett said.
Thirteen students were suspended from school following the incident, and 10 were kicked off the football team. Ten of the 13 suspended students are back in class. The superintendent said Thursday that the remaining three students, all seniors, are taking classes in an alternative setting but will be allowed to graduate with their class.
"There was an incident on Sept. 19," Brackett said. "But it wasn't anything criminal."
School officials will not say specifically what happened in the locker room that day.
One allegation was that someone threatened to sexually assault the victim with a broomstick. Bryant said there was a broomstick there, but it was not used in any threat, and there were no words spoken about such a threat.
Two former Clover students were shocked to hear that no charges would be filed. Michael Watson graduated in June. He said he thought the rumors were true.
"If it's just a rumor, well that's just Clover. You hear rumors everywhere."
Joe Stringfield said the controversy has hurt Clover, but maybe this is finally a good end.
"Everybody now looks down on Clover because this happened, but now they're saying it's not a big deal and no one's even being charged with any of it, I guess that's good in a way," he said.
Superintendent Marc Sosne said after doing their own investigation, the coaches acted appropriately, and the school doesn't expect to make any changes.
Investigators also said they found no evidence of any history or tradition of hazing at Clover High School.
"Your children are safe at Clover High School. We should all just get back to business," Brackett said.
Two other students who also claimed to be victims of hazing did not want to press charges.
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Bangkok (UN Information Services) – The Russian Federation is forecast to slow to six per cent growth in 2008-2009 as tighter liquidity dampens investment and consumption, and following robust domestic demand that led to 8.1 per cent growth in 2007, according to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
In its Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific, ESCAP said the Russian Federation – the world's eighth largest economy in purchasing power parity – was driven on by robust domestic demand growth, led by consumption and investment, with household demand rising 15.2 per cent and fixed investment up by 21.1 per cent in 2007.
The growth rates of industrial output were 6.3 per cent in 2007. The construction industry output remained robust especially in the housing sector, which reported a 22.3 per cent expansion over the first 11 months of 2007, while growth was also reported in the manufacturing, mining and extraction, led by oil and gas.
The Federation's budget was reported healthy due to energy-related earnings in 2007, but with rising budget expenditure by 20 per cent in the last quarter the surplus was expected to decline to about three per cent of gross domestic product in 2007. The budget plan for 2006-2008 is set to focus on significant spending aimed at doubling public sector wages and improving transport infrastructure.
ESCAP said inflation had been kept in check by government-imposed price controls on foodstuffs in October 2007, while the strengthening of the exchange rate also helped keep prices down. Inflation, in fact, decelerated from 9.7 per cent in 2006 to nine per cent in 2007. But, the Survey noted, high energy prices and fiscal loosening were "expected to prevent consumer price inflation in the country from falling below 7.5 % per cent by the end of 2009."
Growth was also being buoyed by foreign direct investment (FDI) flows, seen as playing a key role in developing and modernizing the economy of the Russian Federation.
In the first half of 2007, FDI reached US$25 billion "and could exceed US$55 billion by the end of the year" thanks to an improved investment climate. The amount of inflow now being recorded places the Russian Federation "not far behind the flows attracted by the leading emerging market recipient in Asia, China."
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?A little more of it came down at 2:30 a.m.? today, he said.
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Looking for an 2013 date with Dr. Salama..
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Well after a few hesitations of whether to write my own review, I decided why not. After all had it not been for wonderful people out hear that shared thier storie I'd be at square one. I've wanted this procedure for quite some time now and, it's all I seem to think about this days. After the birth of my first child my body bounced back but, and even after my last. But due bad eating habits stress, life and age my body is not even close to where it use to be. I'm not very tall so all the short women know any weight that you gain is like double on our short stature's. I'm 5'1 and half but, I have booty hopes of n person 5'10 LOL
Now on to the good stuff I have several doctors in mind from all over the place the list as follows: Dr. Salama Dr. Azurin both in Florida then there's Dr. Afifi in S. California followed by Dr. Cardenas and Dr. Campos both located in Mexico. I've gotten a few quotes and I'm waiting on a few. I have concerns about each doctor that I've named because my body is weird and I know someone that shapes well and that is aggressive with lipo and generous with the cc's and of course knows safety is first and foremost.
I want a butt that's slightly wider at the bottom but, plump through the middle and mid projection with some added hips or the illusion but, noticeable from the front. I love curvy shapes it's so feminine. (imo) I don't have unlimited amount money so I'm trying to figure out bbl first without tt or bbl and tt. I have some sagging and skin laxity so I'm affraid I'll end up looking too lumpy and sagging with just the bbl/lipo, I know everyone's body is different because I have seen results from ppl and their skin retracted nicely,
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I have a date set with the famous doctor in Aventura, I like his work and love some of the girls he's done but it seems like women shaped like me are left the same way but, just with bigger square butts from the back but they have decent side projection. Dr. Campos fills the mid buttocks and top but, leaves the bottom part lacking. I'm thinking about risks and that brings me to wanting to try to stay local just in case I have to see the doctor more than the usual post ops. Dr. Afifi is closer she's new on the scene but from what I saw she produced good results.
Until then still searching... I applaud those who have already had thier surgies because, it's not easy finding the right the doctor let alone the recovery.
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I'm glad that I didn't get there and on pre op day find out that I couldn't have surgery once I filled out my paper work stating my medical history. But as I stated earlier I did let his patient coordinator know of my sickle cell trait during booking but, I guess at that time he was still operating on patients with the trait.
I hope to find a doctor soon so I can still get summer time fine.
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Now for the bad news..
Since I contacted Dr. S office about the trait , I'm sure my date was canceled and, given away. It would be amazing if my date is still available. I'm going to contact them tomorrow and, see what they say. If after I notify them of the new findings concerning my health and, he still doesn't won't to or can't do my surgery then, I feel it's just not meant to be with him ( Dr. S.)
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I was told I'd get a call back and, guess what no call. This is bs because, if you won't do my surgery after I clarified that I had a iron deficency anemia not the trait then, all there should be left to do is return my money and part ways.
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Please visit: http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Archery/Programs/Junior-Olympic-Archery-Development/JOAD-Achievement-Program.aspx to find the Olympian award application form as well as a link to the JOAD Scoring Matrix to see how your archers can earn their Olympian Awards.
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Patti Faustini: Part 1 of How you can benefit from the Eastern Montana/North Dakota Bakken Oil Boom: There's oil and jobs!
Posted By Patti F. On January 30, 2012 @ 7:11 pm In Uncategorized | 4 Comments
There's oil in them thar prairies of Eastern Montana and Western North Dakota. And where there's oil, there's money to be made: and in the case of the Bakken oil boom, lots of money. If you can spit in the face of a "wild, wild west" mentality, read on:
Part 1 of this series, special for Woodall's' readers, will address the Bakken oil story, and the money to be made. Part 2 will address the pros and cons of making that money (and there are many of both), and Part 3 will address specific realities of RV life in oil boom country.
Bakken Oil Shale Production:
The Bakken (it's the largest light sweet crude reserve in North America) is comprised of shale rock that covers over 200,000 square miles of Montana, Saskatchewan, and North Dakota. It's estimated there are over several hundred billion barrels of oil there, but much of it is located within the actual shale itself. This does not make for easy extraction, which is why the oil has languished there (more or less) since its 1951 discovery.
However, technology has changed things. An extraction process called "fracking" (slang for hydraulic fracturing) has had a significant impact on the oil coming from the Bakken. Fracking is the process of fracturing rocks and injecting huge volumes of fluid at high velocity into cracks; this forces open the rock, which releases the oil. It's those "fluids" that are the source of all kinds of controversies. Apologies to all you real experts out there, but I call 'em as I see 'em, and this is is my best description of fracking. These recent technological developments in oil extraction have led to impressive increases in the amount of oil coming out of the Bakken, and people from oil experts to Pizza Hut "team workers" are benefiting. A lot.
Long story short:
Over 458,00 barrels of oil per day are being produced
Where oil is being produced, there are jobs.
North Dakota has the lowest unemployment rate in the nation (Montana is just riding the coat tails of this economic impact, but that's another story…called politics.)
Workers are needed in eastern Montana and western North Dakota of all skill levels.
Open a map. Look at the dozens of prairire towns around Sidney, MT and Williston, ND. They're probably looking for workers.
If you want highly detailed, specific information, you should check out the Bakken site for current information on the region, local news, and jobs. Of course the site's information is published by Bakken, so it's very pro the oil boom; you'd be right if you think there are many anti-fracker sites representing environmental concerns out there, but my purpose is to let you know about the oil boom, and the jobs.
I hope you return to read Part 2 of my series, if you or yours are looking for jobs. And remember, while the openings are legitimate and impressive, so are the downsides of living in these boom towns.
And for the record, there's no way in …well, there's no way, I'd take my daughter there, but hey…that's just me.
Check back and find out why.
Happy tales,
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Black Friday: Rocka Rolla all nite
Friday, May 11th, 2012 | musiX | No Comments
I've been rawking to this quite a bit lately … and I will stop at nothing to find Judas Priest's Rocka Rolla on vinyl. The album was released in 1974, back when Rob Halford and the crew were more hippie-dippy than motorcycle gang-bangy.
This clip comes from the band's 1975 appearance on the BBC's The Old Grey Whistle Test—sure to make you forget Halford ever sported spikes, yet realize what a huge influence Priest had on rocka and rolla.
Black Friday: Sleigh'r—seasonal in the abyss
Friday, October 22nd, 2010 | musiX | No Comments
"Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy"—Benjamin Franklin
"God hates us all, God hates us all/You know it's true God hates this place, you know it's true he hates this race"—Slayer
The Days of Lore has come a long way (a looooong way) from that day of yore slamming a warm Bud Light 40-ouncer in the parking lot of Arco Arena while waiting to see Metallica play songs from the Black Album. Living in Chico for so many years (where Sierra Nevada in made) and now the sexy, hip beer mecca of Portland it's hard to swig the swill … OK, I have returned on more than one occasion to my roots (more successfully than Metallica), and sipped a Budweiser or three—it is the King of Beers, after all.
Lately I've been diving into the seasonal abyss of winter beers: A tasty holiday IPA from Hopworks, a delicious, malty number called Jubelale from Deschutes (where are you, Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale?), and Ninkasi's Sleigh'r Dark Doüble Alt Ale, available on tap and in 22-ounce bottles. Unlike a beer I tried recently called "War Pigs" that came served with a fucking lemon wedge, Sleigh'r actually delivers on its name—it's black as night, kind of evil (7.2 percent ABV), and if you drink too many your entire next day will feel like hell on Earth. That said, I look forward to letting out a mighty Dickinson wail when Ninkasi's Maiden the Shade comes out next summer. I think Sierra Nevada should get in on the action … perhaps Bock and Roll All Nite? I kinda like it.
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Black Friday Week: Danava will destroy you
Thursday, October 7th, 2010 | musiX, pdX | No Comments
Continuing with TDoL's super-duper, metal-up-your-ass, season-in-an-abyss Fall Into Darkness preview, I give you Danava. Now, I wouldn't necessarily consider these guys metal (neither would vocalist/guitarist/former TDoL neighbor Dusty Sparkles) … perhaps epic, mind-melting prog rock would be more accurate. I saw these guys play a few weeks ago, and it was LOUD … like make-you-faint, soil-your-pants loud. It was the band's first show in about a year as Sparkles and a new crew have been holed up working on a new record. If you can see them live, do so. Just be sure to bring earplugs and a diaper(s).
Danava will perform Sunday, Oct. 10 at Berbati's with Earthless, Wildildlife and Via Vengeance.
Danava live at Satyricon, April 7, 2007
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Black Friday Week: Black Cobra cometh
Monday, October 4th, 2010 | musiX, pdX | No Comments
A little pre-show to-do list for the forthcoming Fall Into Darkness Festival: 1.) grow hair long; 2.) (re)purchase jean jacket; 3.) do neck exercises; 4.) worship devil, followed by soul exorcises; and 5.) carve Black Cobra into arm with razor blade.
The Days of Lore brings you Black Friday Week to celebrate this year's Fall Into Darkness, which kicks off Thursday in Portland. The lineup for the four-day event is a damn good evil one: Danava, Witch Mountain, RABBITS and Krallice are bands that could potentially bring the PMRC out of retirement.
Then there's San Francisco two-piece Black Cobra. These lads are known for making the racket of many lads, and they do so in the spirit of NWOBHM thrashers of yore—riffs dart and bottom out while drummer Rafael Martinez treats his drums like they owe him money. Black Cobra's latest Chronomega is out on Southern Lord Records; it will make you wish you were 17 again—pissed at the world and looking to hump anything that moves. Well, it will definitely make your jaw drop and your head bang.
Black Cobra performs Thursday, Oct. 7 at Berbati's Pan with Witch Mountain, Stoneburner and Wizard Rifle. The band's new song "Frozen Night" is available for free as part of Adult Swim's Metal Swim compilation.
"Frozen Night" – Black Cobra
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Black Friday: Maiden heaven
Friday, August 27th, 2010 | musiX | 2 Comments
Yesterday I stumbled on to the Billboard 200 chart. The top five caught my eye, and were as follows:
1. Eminem - Recovery
2. Kem - Intimacy
3. Ray LaMontagne – God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise
4. Iron Maiden – The Final Frontier
5. Trace Adkins – Cowboy's Back in Town
Now, that is a motley crue. Upon seeing this, I realize a few things: a) I'm shocked that I am actually familiar with three of the five names, b) I don't even know who Trace Adkins is, but I'd like to punch him in the face, and c) Wait … is that Iron Maiden?
My relationship with Iron Maiden is a long, bittersweet one. It all goes back to that fateful day I won a Piece of Mind poster at the Sun Country Fair in Red Bluff by popping balloons with some darts … or was it when I shoplifted that Powerslave cassette from Kmart? Either way, I think I was in eighth grade. The poster hung on my wall next to a poster of Van Halen with Diamond Dave sporting those assless chaps, and the tape spent time in my $9.99 Dynatone personal cassette player. Maiden was much heavier than most of the music I listened to. They didn't sing about chicks. Or partying. They sang about Pharaohs. And flying. I liked it, but not nearly as much as my Out of the Cellar tape.
Iron Maiden continued to be one of those bands I enjoyed, but never fully invested in. My friends in high school raved about Somewhere in Time and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. I raved about Dancing Undercover and Crazy Nights. I wouldn't actually 't steal buy another Iron Maiden album until 17 years later (fortunately bypassing the horrible non-Bruce Dickinson albums). I was living in Spain, and Maiden was scheduled to perform at Plaza de Toros de Illumbe on June 13, 2003—I was going to this show. To prepare for this event my roommates and I purchased Live After Death, Iron Maiden's 1985 double live album (a must-own for any metal fan), on CD and played it non-stop for a month. Then we didn't go to the show. By the time the 13th came around the semester had ended, we were broke, and we decided that cañas and bocadillos at Juantxo were much more important than Iron Maiden tickets (because they were). I think my roommate Matt Davidson ended up with that Live After Death CD.
My next encounter with Maiden came a year later in the form of a used vinyl copy of The Number of the Beast given to me for my birthday. The cover scared the bejesus out of me when I was a kid … I mean, look at it for chrissakes! Released in 1982, Beast is the first Maiden album to feature the operatic pipes of Bruce Dickinson … yes, the Bruce Dickinson. And it has a great version of "Run to the Hills"!
I've since repurchased Live After Death ("Scream for me, Long Beach!"). And I finally saw Iron Maiden in 2005 at Ozzfest. I don't even remember who else played—but Maiden was fucking great, and Dickinson's vocals belied his years. It might as well have been 1985. You would think I'd have actually listened to the copy of 2006′s A Matter of Life and Death, given to me by a friend who insisted on its greatness. Yet, I'm looking at the disc as I type this, still wrapped in cellophane. That all changes today. That said, I'll let you know what I think of the new record The Final Frontier when I get around to listening to it in 2014.
"Run to the Hills" – Iron Maiden (Live After Death)
"El Dorado" – Iron Maiden (The Final Frontier)
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Black Friday? Mary Shelley says yes
Friday, August 6th, 2010 | musiX, pdX | No Comments
It's been many a black Friday since the last Black Friday on TDoL—things were getting a little too wholesome around here.
Portland's Mary Shelley has jerked me from my no-metal funk (hmm … a little nervous placing the words "funk" and "metal" so close to one another). Named after the creator of Dr. Victor Frankenstein the five-piece has been shelling out black metal evil under Portland's gray skies for years. They have a four-song demo out filled with slice-and-dice riffs, double-kick, and more changes than a costumer at a Britney Spears concert. Above all else, Mary Shelley has a cellist and an incredibly killer, incredibly unreadable logo. Pretty and horrifically frightening at the same time.
The band's MySpace says their influences are "Nature, horror, literature and music." I can get behind that.
"Beneath" – Mary Shelley
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Black Friday: The Days of Thorr
Friday, November 27th, 2009 | musiX | No Comments
Today's the day. It was one year ago that Black Friday kicked off at The Days of Lore. Of course, the name was taken from that day people treat Best Buys and Wal-Marts like the front row of a Who concert just so they can snag a copy of Rock Band: The Beatles for three bucks.
But this Black Friday is devoid of corporate greed. There are no people. No lines. And I promise you won't get trampled. What you do get is a look at the seedy underbelly of heavy metal. Take Valient Thorr. A friend of mine was recently raving about the celestial, stoneriffic rock outfit from Chapel Hill, North Carolina (or Venus, if you believe the band's bio). Valient Thorr borrows from NWOBHM bands like Blitzkrieg and Iron Maiden and sullies it with the pure rock grime of MC5 and AC/DC, then buries plenty of political and social barbs underneath those mighty riffs.
Valient Thorr is fronted by Valient Himself … no, his name is actually Valient Himself. The band tours relentlessly (they played 272 shows in 2006, not even taking a day off for Thanksgiving), and has performed with the likes of Joan Jett, Gogol Bordello and Motörhead. They released their latest Immortalizer in 2008, which was produced by Jack Endino. Cred all around.
The new video for "Tomorrow Police" is just as silly as Black Friday … the shopping event and the metal feature. But I hear live is where you want to experience Valient Thorr. I just purchased my ticket to see the band in the NGC 2770 galaxy in 2079, and it only cost me 3,000 peggats. Take that, Ticketmaster.
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