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Sat, May 26th, 2012, 11am to 11.45am PST – we will be broadcasting LIVE! (as long as the internet connection is strong enough)
Join me for this LIVE netcast celebrating my newest book "Ani's 15-Day Fat Blast". This event is being broadcast from 11 to 11.45am PST on Sat May 26th, 2012 from San Francisco, CA.
Please stop by if you're in the SF embarcadero area:
I'm starting to netcast for the first time again since I conceived of and executive produced 'Fiber' back in 1995, before ISDN or T1 were available! 'Fiber' was the World's 1st online fashion show event ever, and it was broadcast over copper phone lines to the Mbone at UC Berkeley, CA, and then out to the world!
Thanks for joining me here and for helping me celebrate my newest book "Ani's 15-Day Fat Blast"! Love you all xo, ani
dineLA is an exciting 2-week dining event created by the Los Angeles Convention and Visitor Bureau (aka LA, INC) to introduce diners to hundreds of neighborhood restaurants throughout Los Angeles County. LA's a huge county full of many great spots for food and drink. So, to help filter through over 300 participating restaurants, dineLA's invited me to call out a few restaurants offering vegetarian dineLA menu items. I live in West Hollywood, so most of my recommendations are for spots in my area.
For dineLA, participating restaurants offer a fixed 3-course menu for lunch and/or dinner…a great way to taste popular dishes. If a restaurant offers only 1 or 2 vegetarian items on their dineLA menu, many will let you order just those vegetarian items, so do ask. You'll also find a few vegan and almost raw items too.
With so many great dineLA restaurants, it was challenging to choose just 10! Here's a few vegetarian items to look for. If you prefer vegan, ask to leave off the dairy. It's that simple. Click each link below to view their dineLA menu:
:: Check out photos from the dineLA Kickoff Celebration at the W Hotel in Westwood last week with my Exec Chef friends.
Join the discussion on my Facebook page and at Twitter.
Download my free 2012 Healthy Jumpstart report with tips for recharging your immune system, nourishing your body, and boosting your metabolism at www.RawFoodRockStar.com.
New Year's Day 2012 I took a trip out to Pasadena's Rose Bowl to help with the Donate Life float for the Rose Parade, which was on Jan 2nd this year. Donate Life is an amazing organization that raises awareness so we stick that pink dot onto our driver's license, to help save lives by being an organ donor. My dad was a kidney recipient, so this organization rings very close to my heart.
This is the beautiful finished float. The folks sitting on it are the stars of the show…family members of donors from 2011. The stories I heard yesterday were so moving, and I broke into tears numerous times. One woman's 9-year old daughter had gone to the hospital for an ear infection. The hospital misdiagnosed and mistreated her (not uncommon), and she died. Her mom was proud to share how her daughter lives on in others, literally, and that her daughter has saved many lives by being a donor. You can see the portraits of each donor on 6 clock faces, a total of 72 donors are honored.
My good friend Vicky is a 'red jacket' and one of the team leaders on this huge project. She's been here working on the float for weeks from early morning until 11pm. A huge undertaking, whew.
We are all misting the flowers with water before the float is moved outdoors for judging. It was gorgeous in Pasadena, 80 degrees!
Everything on all of the floats in the Rose Parade are all organic! This means only living materials like flowers, leaves, seeds,…all put on by hand.
Look at this detail….mustard seeds painstakingly glued onto the surface. Wow.
Beans and flower petals have all been attached by hand.
This is the bed of roses underneath the clock with the moving hands at the front of the float.
Look closely and you can see each of these red roses has a wish tied onto them.
When the float moved outside into the sun, all the colors popped so brightly! You can see the driver of the float inside the open door. The driver can't see a thing, and is guided by audio by someone outside the float.
At one point, everyone held hands in a circle around the float. It was very moving. And even the judges teared up and cried when they talked with the donor families and heard all the incredible stories. Today, I discovered (since I don't have a TV to watch the parade myself) that our float won one of the top 3 trophies and the craftsmanship award for outstanding showmanship and dramatic impact over 55 feet! Yeah! I also heard that floats cost about a half a million dollars to build! Great exposure and for a wonderful cause.
This was one of the best, most memorable New Year Day's of my life. What a way to spend the 1st day of the new year. Plus, I felt like it was in honor too of my dad, who was so very blessed to have had a kidney transplant, which helped extended his life another 10 or 12 years. I learned that a liver lives for 100 years, so even after someone passes from old age, a liver can be donated to help another person live. Amazing.
I've chosen to be an organ donor for as long as I can remember, and I hope you will also consider joining me in helping save lives so someone else may live one more day! For more information check out Donate Life.
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One of my favorite foods is cabbage because it's super versatile, has hardly any calories, is free of wheat and gluten, is great for digestion, and is beautiful in color (purple and green). It tastes awesome in salads, gives us valuable probiotics as pickled sauerkraut, plus it works perfectly as a "shell" to be stuffed with yummy fillings to make a delicious hand held treat. I'm currently reintroducing heart-healthy fats into my diet from flax and chia seeds (omega-3), some nuts (vitamin E and antioxidants), and olives to keep my skin supple and moist, especially now that autumn is upon us. I picked up a bunch of avocados at the Farmers' Market, but am disappointed they didn't make it into my bag!
Today, I filled up a red cabbage shell with Chiffonade green cabbage. Watch our "How to Chiffonade" video I shot for Vegetarian Times Magazine: http://www.vegetariantimes.com/video/10). Please watch on the Vegetarian Times website to help generate viewer numbers. Thank you!
I'm also embedding it below from my own YouTube channel:
I first filled up my purple cabbage shell with Chiffonade green cabbage. Next, I layered on a Black Olive Tapenade, from Ani's Raw Food Kitchen, page 155, and Candied Onions, inspired by my Buckwheat-Battered "Fried" Onion Rings, from page 116 of Ani's Raw Food Essentials, plus I added maple syrup to sweeten the onions. I then topped it all with artichoke hearts, and would have added avocado, if I had some on hand.
Black Olive Tapenade
Place all ingredients into food processor, mix well.
Will keep for a week or longer stored in fridge.
Candied Onions
Place all ingredients into mixing bowl. Set aside to marinate and wilt for at least 10 minutes. Add syrup to your liking. I choose to make this sweet! Squeeze excess liquid before using.
Will keep for several days in fridge.
This was the beautiful view of the rose gardens as we arrived at the NetKal Gala event….. gathering of Asian Americans in entertainment.
Styled by my favorite fashion designer Linda Loudermilk of all time, plus…she's all about luxury eco! Makeup and hair by the best artist ever, Dorit Genazzani.
The beautiful Lisa Ling (Oprah Winfrey Network, Our America) and her husband Dr. Paul Song.
Bryan Tee from Fast and the Furious. I can count all of 2 Asian actors in film. At least they're representing! Yeah.
From the TV show Dexter, actor C.S. Lee. Okay, this makes 2 Asian actors…one TV, one film, so far. I can think of one more Asian male from TV. Hopefully, you can too.
The NetKal Gala was held at USC at the Annenberg Center.
The event was catered by my friends at Good Gracious Catering. I met Pauline and Joanne at Sunset Magazine's annual Celebration weekend event last spring, where I was invited along with Chef Rick Bayless (Frontera), Candace Nelson (Sprinkles), and Govind Armstrong (8oz Burger). So impressive they included vegan raw along side these TV celebrities.
The food was presented beautifully. And, my friends hooked me up with a vegan meal, of course!
Check out this space, there was a pool and water fountain in the center. It was cold that night though. The ladies were all freezing in their cocktail dresses. I had my coat on for dinner. Dinner was accompanied by performances by 3 Korean pop stars. Sort of made me giggle. USA and Korea entertainment is very different. An incredible event. And great conference the following day with discussions and inspiration for ways to encourage more diversity in the media. Some said it'll take a few years. I'm not holding my breath though….
Thank you Nathan Nowack for these gorgeous photos. Please visit Nathan Nowack for more photos from this event.
Last night, I was invited to attend the 6th annual NetKal Gala at USC in Los Angeles, CA. I'm wearing my favorite Luxury Eco Designer Linda Loudermilk: gown made of organic silk, sustainable glass bead lace, ring and necklace made from recycled and remnant chain silver. Dorit Genazzani is my favorite makeup and hair artist, and I love how she makes me look beautiful…thanks Dorit!
There were over 500 Koreans and Korean Americans from the entertainment industry at the NetKal Gala, including actors, directors, producers, and studio executives. Jane Cha is Exec Producer for Project Runway, Ken Mok is creator and Exec Producer of America's Next Top Model, and Lisa Ling (below) from Our America on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
Kenny G is still going strong, making music and performing. He's my one token non-Asian, and everyone was stoked to see him there. hahaaa
My good friend Namju Cho looks so pretty in her cocktail dress. We met when she interviewed me for a feature in KoreAm Journal.
Food was catered by my friends Pauline Perry, Joanne Purnell, and David Cho at Good Gracious.
Old school friends came down from San Francisco last weekend to host the most wicked day of dance, tunes, and great vibes…and it was the best day I've enjoyed in a while! DJ's Solar (above) and Galen (below) are both Sunset and Pacific Sound crews. (I used to have a multimedia studio back in the day in SF, and we threw a historic NYE party in 1995 together with Sunset). When I lived in SF, all I would do is dance for exercise. It's the best workout ever! Plus, Solar cooks, and of course loves Raw Food!
Here's Galen. These guys still look the same as they did back in the early 90′s! And they put so much love into their music, you can feel it. We agreed dancing, good music, and raves are what keep us young! I was just up in SF a couple months ago, and went to the Sunset boat party hosted on a ferry that sails the Bay from 6 to 11pm. A perfect way to finish off the weekend, always.
Since I'm usually in bed by 10pm, this daytime party in the park was exactly what I needed! The sun was bright and warm in Van Nuys where we all laid out picnic blankets, brought food, and danced up a storm. Galen, Solar, and the Sunset Crew are known for their outdoor parties on Sunday afternoons. They've been hosting them for probably over 20 years now! We'd all end up at Sunset parties after a long weekend. Great way to taper down off the weekend.
Another great thing about partying in the park is that Kanga can join in too! She laid down in the middle of the dance floor early on, and made folks dance around her the rest of the afternoon. She loves to be in the center of everything. She was very popular, and calm, but, …..no parking on the dance floor Kanga!
My lovely lady friends, and Max the dog. Maria's the beautiful blond, and is the talented photographer who took the cover photo on Ani's Raw Food Asia.
Galen spun last, and brought in the sunset while pumping the dance floor. He and Solar both motivated me to go to their after party downtown, which started past midnight, …..and it went to dawn! A Sunset, and then sunrise event! (Small world too because the party ended up in a warehouse space owned by Thomas, who has assisted me in my raw food kitchen!)
Thank you Sunset, Solar, and Galen. Come visit us in LA again soon, and host more outdoor parties for us…please! I miss great SF tunes, the Sunset sound, and vibe. I'd head to SF for their Halloween Boat Party, except Mom's coming to visit me in LA. Thanks for bringing your tunes to LA for us to enjoy! Love you guys! xoxo
To celebrate completing my book, I spent the day on my bicycle. Rode it about 25 miles to and from the ocean, and I was stoked the sun finally came out…even in Santa Monica (which seems to always be overcast, foggy, and cold compared to West Hollywood). While I was in Santa Monica, I stopped at the beach by the pier, where there's an adult playground with ropes to climb, balance beams, parallel bars, and a row of rings to swing on.
Since I'm a monkey (Chinese year of the Monkey) I was drawn to the rings. It looked hard, but it really doesn't take strength, but rather, finesse. You just have to get enough momentum, rocking back and forth, to swing and grab the next ring. That said, my hands were killing me, and I was on the kiddie set of rings! The adult set are really high up, and scary. But, perhaps I'll give them a try next time I visit the coast.
Whenever I find myself West of the 405, which is a rarity, I make sure to stop into see Juliano at Planet Raw for his kick-ass chocolate shake….that revs up my cycle back home. Yesterday, I enjoyed a burrito at Better Life Cuisine, and spent a couple hours catching up with Dr. Z, who owns that building.
Back in WEHO, I stopped at Beverly Juice Club for my favorite green juice shake blended with frozen banana and sunflower seeds (no added sweetener). Had hoped to get to my favorite Koreatown Sauna, but ran out of time. Instead, met my friend and his puppy at the park with Kanga, and they had a great doggie play date together. Then, met up with my brother, Max, for dinner later in the evening.
A great day it was celebrating life, love, health, sunshine, and ….with good friends and family. I'm blessed.
Labor Day marks the weekend my Rhodesian Ridgeback, Kanga, and I rescued one another….9-years ago! How time flies. (and yes, I cake sunblock on my face, as you can see).
Kanga had been at the Humane Society for over 2 weeks, and no one adopted her. Surprising, since she is a beautiful specimen of this breed. Plus, she came fully trained, so someone had spent a lot of time and energy with her. She was skin and bone, and 50+ pounds underweight with kennel cough and dusty fur. Poor baby.
Luckily, a truck intercepted 20 dogs on their way to get euthanized, and brought them back to a no-kill shelter in Portland, OR called Family Dogs NW. This was where I found Kanga early the very next morning. I applied the same raw food principles to Kanga as I do for human healing, and over the next month or two she gained 50 pounds and regained radiant health on a Raw Food diet. You can read more about her journey in Ani's Raw Food Kitchen, where Kanga has her own dog food chapter.
My brother Max saw this photo of Kanga and said she looks like she's "mugging". I had to ask him what the heck that means. Max said "mugging = posing, like rappers do for pics". Hahaa. Yup, Kanga is a superstar, and very popular too. Folks always stop us to pet her, especially young children.
Kanga's from Rhodesia, which is now Zimbabwe Rhodesia, and the Sahara so she loves the sun, warmth, and sand. She hates water, but it was so hot out that Kanga got her paws wet. I love dog beach because here she can roam off-leash, and run free to play with other dogs.
Kanga and I love laying in the sand and soaking up the sun. It's never hot enough for us, and soaking up sun is one of our favorite past times. I'm happy I got to take Kanga to Huntington Dog Beach yesterday on the final hot day of the summer (it was 90 F) to celebrate her 9-year Bday and Dogversary with me. Thank you Kanga for being my family, love, and for hanging out with me for the past 9-years! I love you.
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GREENSBORO - Four local wrestlers powered their way to the podium this weekend at the 1A and 2A North Carolina High School Athletic Association State Wrestling Championships at the Greensboro Coliseum.
Led by Cody Mathis' individual title at 152 pounds, East Wilkes' trio of Mathis, Zack Prevette and Zack Faircloth each placed in their respective bracket, while Forbush's Storm Long finished fourth to round out the award-winners.
As the second seed from the West, Mathis cruised to the finals with wins over Dixon's Eric Merritt and Daniel Bromar (Mitchell) to punch his ticket.
In the finals, Mathis battled past Robbinsville's Joey Cable in overtime, winning a hard-fought 8-6 decision to capture the individual crown, East Wilkes' first ever state champion.
Prevette followed suit reaching the championship match at 132 pounds.
The senior knocked off Jaleel Hitchins (North Rowan) in the opening round before pinning Robbinsville's Kade Guffey early in the second round to secure his spot in the finals.
In the title bout, Prevette was blanked by Southwest Onslow's Joby Armenta, the No. 1 seed from the east, 7-0 to cap his high school career with a silver medal.
At 195 pounds, Faircloth battled his way to a fourth place finish to give East three place-winners at states.
Faircloth opened his run with a pin of Curtis Jones (Ayden-Grifton) midway through the third period before falling in the semifinals to Dixon's Tyler Hudson 6-5.
In the consolation bracket, the senior blanked Humberto Mendoza (Pamlico County) 4-0 to reach the third-place match.
Faircloth hung tough before falling 6-4 to East Surry's Cody Caskill to secure the fourth-place medal.
Long rounded out the award-winners, wrestling five matches in the tournament, finishing fourth at 126 pounds on the 2A side.
The junior opened the tourney with a surprising 8-3 upset win over Brandon Britt (Topsail) - the top seed from the east. He followed up the win with a hard-fought 7-5 decision over Andrews-T.W.'s Nicouzi Mitchell to advance to the semifinals.
Long fell 5-2 in the semis to eventual champion Cody Walker from Cuthbertson to drop to the consolation bracket.
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Typical Hendo, dropping knowledge lilke H-bombs baby I agree with Dana White on more testing to make sure the Over-rated-roid-a-reems aren't jacking it up sky-high but it should be allowed as long as not abused.
Typical Hendo, dropping knowledge lilke H-bombs baby I agree with Dana White on more testing to make sure the Over-rated-roid-a-reems aren't jacking it up sky-high but it should be allowed as long as not abused.
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Lyoto Machida Not Concerned About Dan Henderson's TRT Use | MMAWeekly.com
"Everybody has their own reasons for using it. I don't know, I'm not a doctor. I'm a fighter," said Machida during the UFC 157 open workouts on Wednesday. "If the UFC says it's okay, I think it's good."
No one is saying you cant use them just that you cant compete and use them at the same time it is as black and white as that.
So based on problems that may or may not exist due to TRT use, they should ban it now before those problems happen or never happen.....
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"I don't call the fighting in my films 'violent', I call it 'action'. An action film borders between fantasy and reality. If I were to be completely realistic in my films, you would call me a violent, bloody man. I would simply destroy my opponent by tearing his guts out. I wouldn't do it so artistically." ~Bruce Lee
No it's not black and white.
Fighters should be allowed to use painkillers for injuries outside the ring as part of a treatment but not abuse it for in-ring use. Same with steroids for the multitude of treatments, just not the ABUSE.
All use is not ABUSE.
Hmm so what if someone is 27.. like lets say Todd Duffee..Is that Ok?
What if you're 33 like Shane Roller or Nate Marquardt?
Where is the line drawn?
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You can have a chiseled body but still have low testosterone.
It is not an impossibility nor is it extremely rare.
Sniggles is shooting truth bullets at you guys.
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Here i am again
Well I used to be on this site back when I was in the armed forces. been a few years since I left, and when I left the forces I left the gym aswell.
Going to the gym used to be easy mostly because I HAD to lol
Now that the pressure is off im trying to figure out how to motivate myself to get back in there.
From what I read on here, I am under the assumption that I should basically just get in there and start lifting more than focusing on making the ultimate routine right off the bat.
I have very strong legs and back compared to the rest of my body, should I still be exercising these muscles as much as the others such as chest and arms etc.
also I know that im going to catch some flak for this one, but I don't really want to focus on my diet so much right now, I'm not fat, not thin, basically right in the middle at 6'1 and 200 lbs. am I wrong for not wanting to work on my diet right away?
any advice appreciated as far as workouts and eating right goes.
basically ive been going to the gym 3 days a week and doing the following
pull ups wide and narrow grip
push ups
sit ups (with kettle ball)
shoulder presses (on machine)
bicep curls with dumbells
I do all of these until failure, then rest and repeat three times
then I usually go swimming for about half an hour.
any advice would be great,
I agree your ideas on getting back into the gym. The concept reminds me of when I was well overweight and had to change my diet to start dropping weight. Initially I had a lot of questions, but what I eventually realized was that the only way I was going to get results is if I actually took the knowledge that I did have and actually DO IT and put it to use. Its interesting to note that in the end, I eventually realized that (putting aside satiety issues and athletic performance) cutting calories was the only thing that mattered when it came to dropping the fat. Thats the golden rule that will never change.
Aside from that, when it came to adherence, there was also one big lesson that I learned when I was in college, and it kept coming back up time over and over again in my life. That is, just about anything is better than nothing, and therefore the best routine you can do is the one that you can adhere to. As an example, if I was working 60+ hours per week, I'd probably only workout once per week. I actually did that earlier this year to get in the best shape I've been in over a decade. With compound movements and rest pause sets, you really can make a workout brutal enough to make it affective enough to stay strong while dieting. The rest I took care of with diet.
Now I'm not saying that one workout per week is the best. But the point is that if it can be effective, and it is, one should never have an excuse for not training at all. Arthur Saxon was the strongest man in the world about a century ago, and he used to only workout twice per week when at his strongest. I've also known world class powerlifters that only workout twice per week. So there really should be no excuse. Keep your workouts simple and hard, 1-3 weight sessions per week should be plenty (depending on your schedule), I suppose unless you want to be a pro bodybuilder, and let the diet take care of the rest.
So in summary: Don't ever quit. If your schedule gets in the way, just make the right adjustments to your workout as necessary, even if that means reducing total time in the gym.
As a side note, I also learned a good lesson this year. Physical activity is good for you. It makes you happy, makes you feel good, reduces stress, and moderate intensity activity even helps your immune system. So if you're spending less time in the gym for what ever reason, hopefully you'll still be doing something out of the gym such as working or playing, or even a nice walk, anything physical.
My additional notes on diet are as follows:
Just like with workouts, keep it simple. Want to see those abs? Eat less and the fat will come off. Simple as that. Knowing and applying that and you'll keep the fat off for life. I promise.
I actually did that a few months ago to get in the best form I've been in over a several years. With substance motions and relax stop places, you really can create a exercise intense enough to create it successful enough to remain powerful while diets. The relax I took care of with diet program.
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Welcome back bro. I too was in the armed forces. I started coming to this site before I went in and continued to come here ever since. You just have to get in there with a little bit of motivation and a little bit of dedication. If you focus on your diet as much as your training you'll get the best results. From my experience when i would just go to the gym and not focus on my diet at all I would get a little stronger and my endurance would improve slightly, but that was about it. When I began to focus on diet as well, pretty much everything improved including strength, endurance, size, definition, etc. That's just something you will have to do if you want the best results. Of course your protein intake should always be high no matter if you're trying to loose fat or gain muscle. I've always made good gains keeping protein intake between 1-1.5g per pound of body weight. Carbs seem to be the money maker for me, I just increase them when I'm trying to gain more size or decrease them when I'm trying to loose fat. For example, I've made good size gains consuming 300-400g of carbs per day and got pretty ripped consuming around 100g of carbs per day. You just have to find out what works for you through trial and error.
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Flicky (フリッキー Furikkī?), also called as Flicky the Bluebird in Sonic Bible, is a fictional female bluebird who debuted as the main character in the eponymous arcade game, and has since become a part of the Sonic the Hedgehog series as a species commonly used as energy sources for the evil Dr. Eggman's Badnik army.
Flickies seem to be in large abundance in Sonic's home planet, as they appear to live on South Island, Little Planet, West Side Island and Angel Island. They also play integral parts in Sonic 3D Blast and Sonic Adventure.
Concept and creation
Several years earlier before Sonic the Hedgehog franchise Flicky was created as the main character starring on her own game. At first the game's name was supposed to be "Flippy," until it was discovered being an overseas trademark issue.[1] Flicky's original designer was Yoji Ishii, a member of Sonic Team until August 1999. Yoji Ishii designed the original game with Yoshiki Kawasaki, who stated Flicky being his favorite character.[2]
As the Flicky later gets introduced to the Sonic series in the original Sonic the Hedgehog in 1991 as minor character, her appearance has been altered by Naoto Ōshima to fit to the cast of animal friends. She was named Flicky in both the Japanese and Western backstories (as revealed in the Japanese game manual and Western documents such as the Sonic Bible), the only one of the animal friends to have the same name in both versions. In the second draft of Sonic Bible, Flicky the Bluebird is known for coming from a large family like other animal friends.[3]
Physical appearance
Flicky is small and yet round-shaped bird, whose plumage color is sky blue and her beak's and feet color generally is orange. Flicky has a round-shaped head, with two large eyes, soft beak and two upward-looking hairs above the forehead. She has two pink cheeks and between the eyes goes to the dark blue-colored, sharp cross-line. Her wings are medium-sized compared to her body and her tail has three soft heads. Flicky has small, white belly and three toes in each foot.
During Sonic 3D Blast and few other 3D games, her appearance got a little alteration, as her plumage color has become more darker, her cheeks are more orange-colored and belly color is more darker yellow. Instead of two hairs, Flicky has also got the tassel above the forehead and brown eye pupils. Other, different colored Flicky variations identified as follows:
- Green, fat ones have big bun in the middle of the head and blue eye pupils.
- Pink/Purple ones have pony tail on both side corners and one long, horizontal directed hair above the forehead. These ones also got the heart-shaped belly and green eye pupils.
- Red ones have long mullet and tail. Red Flickies also have two upward-looking hairs above the forehead and blue eye pupils.
In Sonic Adventure, Flickies appearance is little bit square-shaped with zigzag looking wings and three, aft directed hairs above the head. In recent games such Sonic the Hedgehog 4, Sonic Generations and Sonic Lost World, Flickies have returned their original, soft design.
Game appearances
Early appearances
Flicky first appeared in the eponymous game Flicky, released for Sega arcades in 1984. Flicky was the game's main character, and had to collect her children (all called Chirp), while avoiding enemies Tiger (a tabby cat) and Iggy (an iguana). The game was popular, and Flicky made subsequent cameo appearances in many Sega games in the late 80's, including:
- TeddyBoy Blues
- Flash Point
- Super Monaco GP (in the Arcade version only, when the words "Game Over" are shuffling by letters, Flicky can be seen flying by)
- Bloxeed
Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)
Her first appearance at Sonic series was in the original 16-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog. Here she was one of Sonic's friends on South Island whom Sonic went to rescue as Flicky along the others are captured by Dr. Eggman in order to be power source for his Badniks. Flickies can be found at Green Hill Zone, Star Light Zone and ending cinematic as the player have to free them from badniks and capsules of the ending of third act.
Flickies also appear in 8-bit version of the game with same name, as they only appear by freeing them from the capsule at the end of Green Hill Zone Act 3.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Flickies make next appearance in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, as they repeat their role from first game, only this time in Westside Island. They can be found at Emerald Hill Zone, Aquatic Ruin Zone and Casino Night Zone.
While playing as Super Sonic, Flickies also turn yellowish due the palette issues. Flickies also appear in the normal ending cinematic with Sonic, flying behind the Tornado in herd. Getting to the ending with Chaos Emeralds Flickies are replaced with Lockies and while playing as Tails there are herd of Cuckies instead.
Flickies also appear in 8-bit version of the game with same name, as they can only be found from floating capsules at Under Ground Zone, Sky High Zone and Gimmick Mountain Zone.
Sonic the Hedgehog CD
Flicky also makes an appearance in Sonic the Hedgehog CD at Little Planet, even though flowers fall from the badniks there instead of animals. If you destroy the Metal Sonic holograms in each Round, animals will frolic in the present time, with one of them being Flicky.
Flickes also appear in few rounds' good future, as Palmtree Panic's good future features regular blue Flickies, Collision Chaos's and Stardust Speedway's good futures feature light-yellow Canary-looking Flickies, while Metallic Madness' good future has light grey colored Dove-looking Flickies flying around. Several regular Flickies can also be seen at background of the D.A. Garden feature.
Sonic Chaos
Picture of Flicky is featured briefly at plate of signpost in every first and second acts of zones in Sonic Chaos. As many plates gives different features, the player may got nothing, if Flicky is seen on the plate of signpost.
Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball
Blue Flickies and slightly similar red birds appeared in spin-off game Sonic Spinball as they can be found at all four levels Toxic Caves, Lava Powerhouse, The Machine and Showdown. Flicky also appears at first and third Bonus Stages being in prison with Tails, Wocky and familiar looking characters from the animated series.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
Flickies repeat their roles from earlier games in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and its add-on continuation Sonic & Knuckles. In Sonic the Hedgehog 3, they can be found at Angel Island Zone, Marble Garden Zone, Carnival Night Zone and Launch Base Zone while in Sonic & Knuckles they can be found at Flying Battery Zone and Lava Reef Zone.
Flickies also appear as one of the animals seen frolicking the Mushroom Hill Zone during the beginning of Knuckles the Echidna's story in Sonic & Knuckles. Also when playing as Super Tails, four Flickies that appear to be "Super Flickies" surround him and destroys enemies for him. When Super Tails reverts to normal, the Flickies turn blue and fly away.
Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble
The picture of Flicky is once again seen and repeating its role at plates of signposts from Sonic Chaos in Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble, As signposts are at the end of each first and second acts of zones with different features, Flicky plate on it does give nothing.
Sonic the Hedgehog's Gameworld
Flicky appears in Sonic the Hedgehog's Gameworld, along with Sonic, Tails, Amy and animal friends. Flicky can be seen at background of Gameworld testing its equipments, Egg Switch (being inside of egg and player has to follow which one's inside she is), U.F.O. Catcher (as a toy) and the slot machine of Concentration Game.
Tails Adventure
Flickies appear briefly in Tails Adventure as they appear at the intro and the ending of the game. These flickies are blue and seems to be residents of game's setting, Cocoa Island. In Japanese instruction manual, one of Flickies told to Tails that Battle Bird Armada has appeared on island and its dictator leader has discovered the Chaos Emeralds on the island.
In the end credits, Flicky is seen looking a Tails who creates new model for Remote Robot, which after while working explodes, leaving Tails and Flicky wondering.
Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island
In Sonic 3D Blast (also known as Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island), Flickies are mysterious birds who live on Flickies' Island and can travel through very large rings; these rings are similar to the rings used to enter the Special Stages in many older Sonic games, and the 'Goal Rings' in more modern Sonic installments. Eggman learns of these creatures and decides to transform them into badniks and have them search for the Chaos Emeralds for him.
Sonic 3D Blast is Flicky's most well known appearance. However it is not Flicky who appears, but Flickies, a species. The 'classic' Flicky look is only one of four different kinds of Flickies; there are three others introduced: pink, red and green Flickies.
Sonic 3D and Flicky share similar traits, though collecting rings and Chaos Emeralds are still a part of the game, Sonic's main purpose is to collect Flickies (a bit of a turn around). Five Flickies are to be collected at a time and deposited in a giant ring. Flickies follow Sonic in a line like ducklings; if Sonic is hit the Flickies disperse (only blue and pink Flickies will make an attempt to find their way back to Sonic, the red ones bounce randomly and the green wander aimlessly) and must be re-collected. If they are clipped by an enemy the hit Flicky will break the chain and must be recollected, along with any Flicky behind it. Plus, if you deposit Flickies in the large ring in multiple numbers, your score per Flicky will increase. All of these traits are from the original Flicky game.
This game was ported to PC and to the Sega Saturn. The PC and Saturn versions featured dozens of graphical enhancements, including full animated backgrounds, that suggested that Flickies' Island was inhabited by other species, including construction worker moles. This port also featured a new soundtrack, and a new polygonal Special Stage that was, at the time, quite impressive.
Sonic R
Sonic R features a Flicky cameo (not surprising as it was made by Traveler's Tales, the same British company who made Sonic 3D Blast). Whole flocks of them, in all four of their Sonic 3D Blast colors, can be seen around the start/finish of the Resort Island track.
Sonic AdventureThe primary Flicky in Sonic Adventure appears at the beginning of Amy Rose's quest. It falls from the sky, apparently hurt. Immediately following this event, a robot known as E-100, or ZERO, began pursuing Amy and the Flicky bird nonstop. As Amy's game progressed, the Flicky showed her the picture in the large locket it was carrying around. The picture depicted two other Flickies. Amy assumed that the birds in the picture were family members, and that Dr. Eggman had captured them. These Flickies turned out to be inside the robots E-101 Beta and E-102 Gamma, with Gamma being another playable character in the game. In the end, the robots are destroyed, and the Flicky is reunited with the two other ones.
There seems to be dispute over these three birds and their gender. In the game, Amy referred to the bird as "Birdie," and is referred as a male. However, in the Sonic X anime adaption of Sonic Adventure, Amy and Cream the Rabbit name the bird "Lily" and refer to it as female. Gamma and Beta are always addressed as males (and have masculine voices), but many people think that the two birds were parents of the blue Flicky, and that Gamma's pink hue implied that he was in fact a female, but this would be the bird's gender not Gamma's gender. Sonic X's Amy said that they were the blue bird's brother and sister. It could also be that the two other birds are both male or female, maybe two siblings or simply friends.
Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure
Flicky along with Ricky are seen reprising their basic roles in Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure as being found inside of Badniks or capsules. Flicky and Ricky can be found at every Zone of the game, while they do come in three, different color schemes: purple, light yellow and red. Animal friends including Flicky himself are seen one time in the game's perfect ending.
Sonic Advance games
Because Sonic Advance and Sonic Rush games started to use different animals as badnik's organic source, Flicky along with original animal friends are not seen doing their basic role. However, Flicky appears after the Moon Zone in Sonic Advance as watching the moon along with Tails, Knuckles, Amy and other animals.
In Sonic Advance 2, Flickies at appear during a cut scene after the final boss is defeated. The flickies break from a Capsule containing Vanilla and witness Sonic recuing her as she falls from the sky.
Flickies appear only at the both normal and true ending of Sonic Advance 3, flying around at Altar Emerald after the Master Emerald restored the world to its neutral and consistent state.
Sonic Pinball Party
Flicky appears briefly in Sonic Pinball Party. In the game Eggman puts the pinball contest against Sonic at Casinopolis, as he's threatening to turn all animals (possibly Flicky too) into his robots if Sonic loses. Flicky can be seen at bottom of several Sonic boards watching the player's actions.
Sonic Rush
Flickies make another exceptional appearances at Sonic Rush in a sense, as Flickies appear as part of background in Leaf Storm, having nests around the zone and at the ending scene of Sonic's story.
Mario & Sonic series
In Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games and Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games she appears in the audience of pretty much every event. These Flickies are based on the their design from original Sonic the Hedgehog rather than the updated designs in Sonic 3D Blast or Sonic Adventure.
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
Flickies return in both episodes of Sonic the Hedgehog 4, once again being rescued from Badniks or capsules. Along with the other old animal friends from the Genesis titles. Unlike other animals, Flickies fly away after being released from capsules in Episode II.
In Episode I, Flickies can be found at Splash Hill Zone and Lost Labyrinth Zone, while in Episode II she appears at Sylvania Castle Zone and Sky Fortress Zone. In the end of Episode Metal, she along others gets shocked by Metal Sonic and runs away as they were around of it.
Sonic Generations
Flickies make appearance in Sonic Generations, playing their basic role this time in challenges, where you must find capsules around the challenge level and free animal friends from prison. Animal friends including Flicky have also collectable trophy.
Sonic Jump
Flicky appeared along with Pocky, Cucky and Picky in the 2012 remake of Sonic Jump. In the intro of game, Dr. Eggman kidnaps them and traps them in the prison unit of his Egg Mobile and flies away with them to the sky while Sonic, having discovered this act, decided to follow him to save them.
Sonic Lost World
Flickies along with other animal friends appeared in Sonic Lost World, where they are shown to inhabit the Lost Hex. During the events of the game, Dr. Eggman, with the assistance of Deadly Six, resumed kidnapping animals, the Flickies being among them, to use them as the energy source for his badnik army. The few group of animals and single Flicky that managed to escape capture remained behind with Knuckles and Amy while Sonic and Tails went out to save their friends, where some of them had fun at the expense of Knuckles and even carried him around.
Flickies, along with other animals in Sonic Lost World, are collectible content used to progress with the game. Once the player has collected a set amount of Flickies and other animals, the player gain access to the fourth Zone in each area. Sonic is able to free Flickies from badniks, smaller capsules and even regular large ones at the end of each Zone. Flickies and animals can also be collected from Circus tents of each Zone. The Flickies themselves are featured in Windy Hill, Desert Ruins, Tropical Coast and Silent Forest.
Other appearances
- When Treasure released Gunstar Super Heroes on the Game Boy Advance in 2005, they paid tribute to Flicky in Pink's stage, where you run through a rotating jungle section rescuing little yellow chicks and guiding them to the exit door of the stage.
- In Sonic Jam, the Sonic compilation released for the system, Flickies fly around the Game's bonus feature called Sonic World. Flicky is named in the Characters section for the first time since the original Sonic the Hedgehog.
- Flicky makes several small cameos at several images as one of Sonic's friends in a PC program Sonic the Screen Saver.
- Flicky also appears in the Dreamcast game Shenmue as a gashapon toy the character can collect.
Apperances in other media
Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic
Flicky along with other animal friends, appears in Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic manga. He appears in few panels in first two stories. In Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic Volume 3' story Sonic Rampage!! he, Pecky and Rocky gets kidnapped by doctor Eggman who uses them as baits to get rid of Sonic. During the moment of truth, Eggman threatened to torture them to death if Sonic would not give up. Despite that, Sonic manages to free Filcky and others from device of Egg Mobile with the speed of sound and after that he finished Eggman.
Sonic the Comic
In the British comic book Sonic the Comic, the Flicky design made cameos often in earlier issues as random Mobians and victims, though as the series developed more anthropomorphic bird characters were used instead.
The Flicky species appeared in Sonic the Comic #104 to #106, in an adaptation of Sonic 3D called "Flickies' Island". They are depicted as much smaller than regular Mobians, and unable to speak regular language, instead communicating by a sort of tweeting that only Tails can understand[4] (although he later says it's not exactly a language, and he only gets a feeling of what the Flickies mean, leading Sonic to mockingly refer to it as "a sort of telepathy"[5]).
In this story, Doctor Robotnik (having been overthrown as ruler of Mobius) makes his new base on Flickies' Island, intending to discover why the native Flicky birds are only ever seen for a few weeks every year. He eventually discovers that the Flickies come from another dimension, and travel to Mobius by means of a floating Mobius Ring. Robotnik catches several of these Flickies to use as organic batteries in his new Badniks.[5] However, his plan was thwarted by the intervention of the Drakon Empire, who had built the ruins on Flickies' Island long ago and left the Mobius Rings as a way of knowing when the Mobians had developed to the point where they could be a potential threat to them. Robotnik was captured by a Drakon Prosecutor and taken through the Mobius Ring to the Drakon homeworld, and the Mobius Ring was deactivated.[6]
Flickies' were later seen in their native habitat on the Drakon homeworld.[7][8] After making a deal with the Drakon's Emperor Ko-Dorr, Robotnik ran his operations from Flickies' Island and continued to use Flickies to power his new model of Badniks.[9] Robotnik's Flickies' Island base was destroyed in issue 132.
Archie Comics
The Archie-published Sonic the Hedgehog comic book also chose to adapt Sonic 3D Blast, but in its own separate one-shot called Sonic Blast (they had previously produced adaptations of Sonic & Knuckles and Knuckles' Chaotix in the same way).
In their story, a little closer from the original, Sonic responded to a distress call from an island called Flickies' Island. Robotnik had enslaved the island, roboticized the Flickies and was looking for Chaos Emeralds. Sonic soon found out that the Robot Flickies were weak to seawater, when hit by saltwater they reverted to their flesh and blood forms. Sonic raced through the Zones and defeated Robotnik, who fled.
The Flickies in this adaptation were only the game's four kinds but were not encased in robots instead roboticized: a method devised, in that universe, by Sonic's Uncle Chuck to patch up wounded Mobians during their Great War, but taken and twisted by Robotnik and used to transform the organic creatures of the planet into robotic slaves. Flickies are the only 'Robians' that have ever had a weakness to Sea Water, or water of any kind, mostly they required 'Deroboticizing' via the same machine that roboticized them, unsurprisingly called 'the Roboticizer', to change them back.
Sonic X
In Sonic X, the blue, pink and green Flickies from Sonic 3D Blast made a cameo in the Sonic X anime, when creatures from Sonic's world were taken to Earth. They can be spotted on the news in the episode "Defective Detectives". The blue and green Flicky also make a small appearance in the episode "Running Out of Time". The show confirms that their name is Flicky.
The Flickies from Sonic Adventure also appeared in the show during the Chaos Saga. They all played the same roles as they did in the game, but were addressed as differently. Amy's Flicky friend who she calls "Birdie" in the game was named "Lily" in the show.
On the cover of Sonic X #11 six blue flickies fly around Sonic in celebration of a victory. These flickies look a lot like Lily and the other flickies from Sonic Adventure because they all have the three spiked hairs in front.
Flicky also appeared in a Sonic the Hedgehog series of novels made in 1992/3.
- At one point, DiC were considering using a character based Flicky, though it was red and male, in early animated cartoon production. This concept was scrapped and the character was never taken beyond his one promotional image, though he does bear a striking resemblance to the red Flicky in Sonic 3D Blast.
- In Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles, Flickies freed from a badnik or animal capsule will appear the same color as the player (red as Knuckles, yellow as Super Sonic, etc.) They will flash pink and red for Super/Hyper Knuckles, and will be multicolored for Hyper Sonic, with the only exception being Tails in regular form, in which they will turn out blue.
- The red Flicky is the only one of four variations to not ever appear in Sonic X anime.
- The red Flicky also looks similar to Woody Woodpecker.
- Flicky was originally going to be playable character in Sonic Drift, but was later replaced by Amy Rose.
- In Sonic Advance 2, a Badnik named Flickey looks actually lot like a Flicky, as both of them have a circular shape of head.
- A Hero/Fly Chao can look similar to a Flicky.
- The blue Flicky's design may have been based on, Warner Brother's, Looney Tunes, character, Tweety Bird.
- The Flickies are the only Animal friends with a Super State.
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- ↑ http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/flicky/flicky.htm
- ↑ http://sega.jp/fb/album/03_flicky/03.html
- ↑ "Sonic's main buddies are Johnny Lightfoot, Sally Acorn, Porker Lewis, Chirps, Tux, Flicky the Blue Bird, and Joe Sushi. Each comes from a large family, and each is playful and friendly." - Description from Sonic Bible Draft II page 15.
- ↑ Sonic the Comic #104, "Flickies' Island, Part 1"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sonic the Comic #105, "Flickies' Island, Part 2"
- ↑ Sonic the Comic #106, "Flickies' Island, Part 3"
- ↑ Sonic the Comic #109, "The Evil Empire, Part 2"
- ↑ Sonic the Comic #111, "The Evil Empire, Part 4"
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Now we know the Final Four teams in the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship:
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Why is that song stuck in my head? Burrowing into 'earworm' research
Most of us have had those annoying tunes or jingles that get stuck in our heads on a playback loop, sometimes running for hours or even days.
The instrument for these "earworms" is the auditory cortex, the part of the brain that passes information from the ears to the sensory system and plays a role in creating musical memories.
Typically, people are able to flush the obsession by listening to other music or focusing on another task, perhaps a physical workout, researchers at the University of Cincinnati have found.
For some people, though, the playback goes beyond one song to a whole repertoire of musical hallucinations that go on and on.
Experts consider it a form of tinnitus -- the perception of sound without any actual external sound. Usually this involves buzzing or ringing, but in this case, the distracting phantom sound is music.
Musical hallucinations are vivid, and often seem to involve songs that are religious or spiritual in nature. Women experience the hallucinations more often than men. They're particularly prone if they're elderly and have experienced hearing loss. Some cases have been documented in younger people who have had a reaction to drugs or other types of hearing damage.
At least one British researcher who studied hallucinatory patients found several years ago that the patients didn't use the main auditory cortex to experience phantom sounds, but a more advanced region of the brain that converts simple sounds into complex music. Some researchers think the hallucinations happen as the brain tries to replace sensory input that's otherwise been lost.
One music hallucination hallmark has been that the tunes patients replay are always songs they've heard before, often many times, and seem to carry emotional significance.
However, that may not always be so. Researchers at Loyola University of Chicago Medical Center describe the experience of a hearing-impaired woman, age 60, who suddenly began hallucinating music as she was falling asleep. She couldn't identify the tunes she sang or hummed, but her husband recognized them as popular tunes. The researchers said it was notable that the woman was able to "play back" the music even though she didn't recognize it, suggesting that she may have known the tunes at one time but forgotten them in her conscious mind.
The case may help reveal new information about the mechanisms of forgetfulness, Danilo Vitorovic and Jose Biller write in the journal Frontiers in Neurology. "In other words, is forgotten information lost, or just not accessible?" the doctors questioned.
Perhaps more bizarre is the experience of visual musical hallucination. That is, some people "see" written musical scores, often very ornate, when nothing similar is actually before them.
Dr. Oliver Sacks, a neurology professor at New York University, has been studying these visions of musical notation and described the experience of eight patients in the July issue of the journal Brain.
He noted that the hallucinations can occur in connection with a number of medical conditions, including Parkinson's disease, fever, intoxication and visual impairment -- and that all but one of the patients were gifted musicians.
One, a surgeon and amateur pianist who was losing his vision to macular degeneration, started seeing musical notations he said appeared "just like a sheet of real music."
Another patient with Parkinson's reported seeing staves and lines of music on the pages of books. Sacks said it's not clear what parts of the brain are involved in the hallucinations, but speculates they are regions involved in reading words as well as music.
All eight patients reported a common feature of the imagined music scores: discordance.
While the musical scores they imagined were often intricate, when they considered them closely they realized actually playing them would create anything but sweet music and no familiar tunes.
Much of the time, the intricate scores were, in the words of the surgeon, "unreadable and unplayable" or would have created simply a cacophony of tones.
(Contact Scripps health and science writer Lee Bowman at email@example.com . Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.shns.com .)


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The student volunteers from Johns Hopkins University moved their tools, ladders, etc. to another Habitat construction site on March 19.
The sunshine and the slightly warmer temperatures made it possible to work both inside and outside of the future home of Judy Jackson and her family. Work will continue at the 1259 Jefferson Ave. location for a few more days.
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* October 12, 2005: "Yahoo! Inc. and Microsoft Corp. today announced a landmark agreement to connect users of their consumer instant messaging (IM) services on a global basis. The industry's first interoperability agreement between two distinct leading global consumer IM providers will give MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger users the ability to interact with each other, forming what is expected to be the largest consumer IM community in the world, estimated to be more than 275 million strong."
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Aiken's 17th annual Memorial Day Parade on Saturday will have a grand marshal who is very deserving of the ceremonial honor.
Regimental Command Sergeant Major Ronald S. Pflieger of the U.S. Army Signal Center of Excellence and Fort Gordon is the "perfect guy" to be the star of a patriotic event, according to Jim Lorraine, executive director of the Aiken Warrior Project.
"He's a soldier's soldier," Lorraine said. "He's highly decorated, and he's combat-experienced. He's made thousands of parachute jumps."
Pflieger is the highest-ranking enlisted soldier at Fort Gordon. He also is the highest-ranking enlisted soldier globally in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, which supplies information systems and worldwide networks for the Army, Department of Defense and allied nations in coalition operations.
Awards and decorations earned by Pflieger during his 28-year military career include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal (with two Oak Leaf Clusters), Defense Meritorious Service Medal and Meritorious Service Medal (with four Oak Leaf Clusters), and Meritorious Service Medal (with four Oak Leaf Clusters).
Pflieger was involved in Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Restore Hope, Uphold Democracy, Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. In addition, Pflieger participated in the relief efforts for hurricanes Andrew and Hugo.
"He's the type of leader that soldiers can relate to," Lorraine said. "He understands them, and he can get things done."
Lorraine, who is retired from the military, was serving in the Air Force when he met Pflieger.
"Even though he's probably one of the top 10 senior enlisted men in the Army, he's still very much like any other grunt, any another G.I. He's a regular guy, a great guy," said Lorraine, a former officer and flight nurse.
He served as the Deputy Command Surgeon for the U.S. Special Operations Command.
The Memorial Day Parade will start at 1 p.m. at the intersection of Park Avenue and Union Street, where the Aiken Visitors Center and Train Museum is located. The procession will travel west on Park Avenue to Laurens Street. After a right turn onto Laurens, it will proceed to Edgefield Avenue, where it will conclude.
Spectators are encouraged to bring towels, blankets or folding chairs to sit on along the parade's route, according to Joe Featherston, the event's director. He said the parade is expected to have approximately 100 units. Aiken Mayor Fred Cavanaugh, state Sen. Tom Young and state Rep. Bill Taylor, among others, are scheduled to participate.
The parade's organizers are the Marine Corps League's James L. Hammons Detachment No. 939 of Aiken and the Aiken Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America.
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The Harry Middleton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will have an open tent set up on Park Avenue near Laurens Street. More than 1,000 free flags will be handed out just before the Memorial Day Parade's 1 p.m. start. For more information about the flag giveaway, call Carolyn Miller at 803-649-7909.
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Heavy-psych three-piece Ecstatic Vision conjures cosmic soundscapes with their debut LP Sonic Praise (Relapse Records). Self-ordained as "primal," the group's orchestration is undeniably gripping and visceral, altering the embodied state of its listener at an instant. Pressing past the tropes of genre, Sonic Praise is a hypnotic example of the outfit's versatility. The release of Ecstatic Vision's tripped-out LP is hopefully the first of many.
Beginning with the well-titled "Journey," Sonic Praise's opening track unfolds like a swirling chant that gradually builds to bawdy, passionate dirge filled with buzzing riffs and drums. The song's lyricism is straightforward yet amplified by the unrelenting progression of its instrumentation. The declaration of "Journey" is unapologetic. It's not a conversation; it's an invitation. At its climax, the resonance of the recording brings to mind similarly transcendent tracks like Moon Duo's "Free The Skull" or Ty Segall's "I Wear Black."
"Astral Plane" is a tentative tip of the hat to the iconic Sun Ra's masterpiece Space Is the Place, unfolding with driving riffs and drumbeats that elicit the sensation of being transported into the ether. By the two-minute mark, "Astral Plane" is in full swing, impressive guitar work resounding as the track's earlier established foundation persists. Each component of the song's structure expands as frontman Doug Sabolick's vocals urge listeners to "Look in the mirror and tell yourself/this is the place to be." Undoubtedly indicative of the cosmos (metaphorically or literally), "Astral Plane" is trancelike, with its instrumentation possessing the power to cast a psychedelic spell that lingers well past the song's end. Nearly thirty seconds shy of thirteen minutes of length, the temporal duration of the recording is as well warranted as it is executed. "Don't Kill The Vibe" is equally shamanistic, with riffage that feels psychotropic. The LP's title track, "Sonic Praise," begins with primeval distortion comprised of oscillating tempos and forlorn chants. The effect of its prelude is mesmerizing, dark, and strangely beautiful. Thematically cult like, "Sonic Praise" is satisfyingly otherworldly, seducing its listener to give in to Ecstatic Vision's melodic ethos without hesitation.
Sonic Praise's final anthem "Cross the Divide" extends the mysticism of the album's narrative, ending Ecstatic Vision's debut on a plane similar to where it began - one of enlightenment and pure rock 'n' roll. - Dianca London Potts
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