text: Elizabeth Minor McAskill passed away on Jan. 9, 2013. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, hostess, and bridge player.She was born in Altus on Dec. 23, 1916, to Elizabeth Virginia Taylor and Frederick William Minor, pioneers in Southwest Oklahoma. Mr. Minor arrived on horseback and homesteaded southeast of Altus in 1887. Mr. and Mrs. Minor had 16 children, with five sets of twins, Elizabeth and twin sister Virginia the youngest of the children.After her fathers early death when she was four years old, her mother raised the remaining 10 children at home alone. She shared many memories of her mother single-handedly managing their large household.She was a graduate of Altus High School and attended Altus Junior College. She married Sam McAskill on March 11, 1940, in Altus. They were married 65 years. While Sam served in the United States Army in Europe during World War II, she worked in the Jackson County Court Clerks office.She and her twin sister Virginia shared each others household and raised each others children. Virginia was married to Bill McAskill and they had four children. The eight cousins were raised together like siblings.Elizabeth was an excellent bridge player and was a member of the Voguette Bridge Club. She was known for hosting a group of ladies for bridge, complete with refreshments and appointments, and then preparing a sit-down family dinner. She and Sam entertained their extended families and friends.At her death, she was the oldest living member of the First Baptist Church in Altus. She was member of the Anne Lee Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.She was proceeded in death by her parents; her 15 brothers and sisters; and her husband Sam.She is survived by her four children and their families, daughter, Jan McAskill; sons, John and wife Bonnie, Tom and wife Denise, and Kim McAskill; five grandchildren,: Terri McAskill Blackwell, Tracy McAskill, Cody McAskill, John Blake McAskill and his wife Ashley Anne, and Betsy Lane McAskill; great-grandchildren, Kelli Elizabeth Howeth, James Ryan Howeth, and Benjamin Cooper Blackwell; sister Virginias children are Sharon McAskill Marlow, Marsha McAskill Kirby and husband Temple, Dale McAskill and wife Beth and Don McAskill and wife Donna.A memorial service will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Lowell-Tims Chapel.Memorials can be made in Mrs. McAskills name to the charity of your choice.On-line tributes can be made to the family at www.lowell-tims.com


text: Shokuchi Deirdre Carrigan has been teaching Yoga in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1988. She began her Yoga studies at The Iyengar Yoga Institute in San Francisco, studying for many years with Judith Lasater, and she graduated from the Advanced Studies Program at The Yoga Room, Berkeley, where she taught weekly classes served on the Advanced Studies faculty. Her primary teacher for over 20 years has been Donald Moyer. Shokuchi founded the Yoga programs at three branches of The Bay Club, San Francisco and taught Yoga in health clubs, yoga studios and private corporations around the Bay Area before opening her own studio in San Francisco. In her practice and teaching of Yoga, Shokuchi emphasizes careful and mindful attention to anatomical function and balance. She has also studied the Sanskrit language, as well as The Yoga Sutra, the Bhagavad Gita, and Vedic Stotra with Dr. Ram Karam Sharma, and Indira Devi, and continues her Sanskrit studies, with a focus on Mahayana Buddhist sutras and commentaries.Shokuchi has practiced at San Francisco Zen Center since 1984, when she attended a Yoga and Zen retreat at Green Gulch Farm, co-lead by Tenshin Reb Anderson and Donald Moyer. She continued to practice and study the Buddha Way with Tenshin Roshi at Green Gulch and Tassajara and was ordained by him as a Zen Priest in March of 2010. She currently lives at Green Gulch, trains as a priest, and serves as Conference Coordinator.Shokuchi received a B.A. in Contemporary Literature from Scripps College, a B.F.A. in Dance from California Institute of the Arts, and an MA in Dance/Video from Lone Mountain College. She performed in modern dance companies for 25 years, and directed KADEKA DANCES FOR KIDS, a company of professional dancers who conducted creative movement classes, teacher education workshops, parent-child dance classes, and family performances throughout the western US.

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John Czarnecki, the Director of Athletics at Hilbert College, has announced that Melissa Wapshare and Melissa Graham are joining the athletics department this year. They will provide administrative support and will perform area-specific duties to support the continued push for overall improvement in the athletics program.
Melissa Wapshare comes "back home" to Hilbert College this August after accepting the athletic department's graduate assistant coaching position. The Buffalo native joins Rob Peterson's women's basketball coaching staff and she also begins her studies in Hilbert's Master of Public Administration: Health Administration degree program after graduating from Hilbert in 2009.
Wapshare brings years of teaching experience both in the classroom and on the hardwood. Since 2007 Wapshare served as a substitute teacher or tutor in various public and a private school located in the southtowns during the traditional school year and was a teacher's assistant at Aspire of WNY Center for Learning in the summer months since 2010.
Most recently Wapshare guided the modified girls' basketball team at Iroquois Central while serving as an assistant coach to the girls' varsity program. Wapshare brings AAU head coaching experience after leading an AAU Buffalo Storm basketball team since 2008. She also directed the junior varsity soccer and softball teams at Mount Mercy and Immaculata Academy.
After graduating with a bachelor of science degree in liberal studies from Hilbert, Wapshare then earned her master of science education, social studies certification, from D'Youville College in 2010. She is pursuing her second master's degree which will prepare her for a lifetime of employment in the non-profit industry.
Melissa Graham joins the Hilbert College athletic staff as the department's graduate assistant in charge of game management with direct support to the sports information office. Graham's leadership abilities and work ethic are a perfect fit for professional expectations and demands that come with the job. Graham will balance her Hilbert commitment, her graduate studies at SUNY Buffalo and will continue her intern work for Senator Patrick Gallivan , who represents New York State's 59th district.
Graham enjoyed a distinguished and impressive basketball career at SUNY Geneseo. At the culmination of her final season, she earned the Geneseo Athletic Department's Leadership and Contribution Award after garnering DIII All-American honors, a spot on the D3hoops.com All-Tournament team and was named as the SUNYAC women's basketball Player of the Year. Additionally, she received several individual team awards (MVP, Hustle Award and Defensive MVP) during her four-year career as a Blue Knight.
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text: DANVILLE - In one of the most exciting sectional finals history, rival girls' high school softball teams Scott and Champanville squared off in a rubber match third game to decide the sectional championship Thursday evening at Lick Creek Park.Both teams gave up unearned runs in the beginning of the game, before lots of runs, exciting plays, extra innings and a heart-breaking loss for the fourth-ranked Class AA Lady Skyhawks.With the game tied 2-2, the Lady Tigers of Chapmanville exploded for three runs and took a 5-2 lead into the bottom of the final inning.With the bases loaded, Scott's star senior Allyson "Pig" Johnson came to the plate. With two outs Chapmanville decided to pitch to the All-State candidate and she drove the ball into the gap in left center. The ball rolled all the way to the fence and cleared the bases, tying the game 5-5.In the top of the ninth inning of the extra innings game, Chapmanville scored a run to take the lead again 6-5.In the bottom of the ninth Scott fought back and loaded the bases before a pop fly ended the game and the Lady Skyhawks dream season."I was proud of these girls tonight," said Scott head coach D.A. Harless. "They never gave up and fought to the end. It just didn't end the way we wanted."The tough loss brought out emotions from Scott's players, coaches and fans."It's so difficult to see it come to an end," said Scott assistant coach Rodney Miller. "You work together, travel together, live together, and play together for so long you become family. Then for it to end so suddenly is really hard on all of our emotions."Johnson, the team's leader all season, said the loss of the game was tough, but even tougher was to know that she would not be playing softball at Scott any longer."I loved all of these girls," she said. "They have all been there for me and I am so proud to be part of this team. Knowing it's over is the hardest part to accept."Jennifer Miller also played an outstanding game, as did Katie Marcum and Sara Browning.Kellian Strange, played the game with a black eye after a bad hop hit her on the left check under her eye in the second game on Wednesday."There was no way I was missing this game," she said.Ally Brown, Chasity Ball, Sydney Dangott, Katrina Conley and the entire team contributed."That's what I love about these girls is that whether they are playing in the game or sitting on the bench, they are supporting each other, cheering each other on and being there for each other," Coach Harless said. "We had a great season and it's really hard to say good-bye, especially to the five seniors on the team."Look for a more detailed story and photos in Wednesday's print edition of the Coal Valley News.


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CRESTVIEW — There was no drama in Thursday's District 2-6A girls basketball game between Choctawhatchee and Crestview.
The Indians took control of things early opening the game with a 13-0 run on their way to a 48-19 win.
Choctaw (10-0, 2-0) led 17-2 at the end of the first quarter and was up 37-10 at the half.
"We just wanted to be aggressive and play good clean basketball," Indian coach Don Brown said. "But it got a little nasty at the end of the ball game, but we just want to play basketball as hard as we can play.
"We've got a long season ahead of us. We just have to try do get better every day and do what we need to do to win."
LaKeisa Clay and Brittany Washington were a fast and furious one-two combination in Choctaw's big first quarter as they teamed up for 13 of the 17 Indian points.
Washington, who finished the night with nine points, scored seven in the first period. Clay was good for six of her game-high 17 points in the opening period.
Crestview's first score of the night came with 3:28 left in the first quarter when Jasmine Middleton got a basket off an offensive rebound.
Although Choctaw's Florida State signee Brittany Brown didn't score but one basket in the first period she showed her versatility dishing the ball off to teammates to give them easy baskets.
Brown was able to score five more points in the second quarter and finished the game with nine points.
The Bulldogs (2-4, 0-3) generated a little more offense in the second quarter with Kerrie York scoring four of Crestview's eight points.
The Indians continued to pour it on in the third quarter and a Clay bucket with 5:02 left in the period put Choctaw up 47-12. With the Indians leading by 35 points the remainder of the game was played with a running clock.
Things got a little physical in the fourth quarter as the Bulldogs committed a couple of hard fouls drawing the wrath of the Indian bench, but that was about all the drama that was left in a game that had long been over.
"Choctaw is the best team I've seen," Bulldog coach Kathy Combest said. "Coach Brown does a great job and his daugter (Brittany) is tremendous.
"The defense did what we wanted, but we weren't looking for No. 5 (Clay). Maybe by the time we meet them again our offense will be more in sync."
When the final horn sounded Clay led all scorers with 17 points. Brown and Washington each had nine points for the Indians and Lauren Day added seven points.
Middleton led the Bulldogs with seven points. York added five points and Jensis Coleman three points.


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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars An astute analysis of Canada's WOES !
After months of listening to political drivel in the U.S. campaign to nominate a candidate to oppose the president, surely any other system of choosing a national leader is preferable.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Too focused on Ignatieff
For a book that claims to be about something as broad and epochal as "The Death of Liberal Canada", it has a frustratingly narrow focus. Newman had the idea for this book before the 2011 election when he started following Ignatieff and conducting interviews for a book to be titled The Making of a Prime Minister about the man's rise to power. It seems like when that didn't...
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars An astute analysis of Canada's WOES !,
Theodore A. Rushton (PHOENIX, Arizona United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: When the Gods Changed: The Death of Liberal Canada (Hardcover)
After months of listening to political drivel in the U.S. campaign to nominate a candidate to oppose the president, surely any other system of choosing a national leader is preferable.
Nope. Newman details how Canadians are equally clever in using very different politics to produce a landslide defeat based on the hubris of past success and the blinders of current arrogance. He knows how to infuriate politicians; he quotes them accurately and in enough context that they can't weasel out of gaffes, goofs and "Golly Gees!" with claims of misquotes. It gives him two great advantages; honesty allows him candid access to all who matter, including politicians, and in return he presents a complete "warts and all" picture.
Trust me, I've been there. Political campaigns are intense; success requires an astute candidate plus a dedicated staff willing to literally work around the clock. As Newman says, Michael Ignatieff began with these strengths until his campaign was taken over by good ol' boys wanting to cash in on easy glory.
This book is a post-mortem, like an analysis of why the Titanic sank. As with the Titanic, lessons learned mean big ships are still built and sail safely; the lessons of this book may well become a foundation garment to rebuild the Liberal Party. As an original supporter of John Diefenbaker and Dr. P. B. Rynard, I don't want Liberals to disappear; because the lasting success of Conservatives depends on the intelligence of a good opposition.
Without a good opposition to debate their politics, plans, policies and peccadillos, Conservatives will become a Canadian G.O.P. (Greedy Old Party).
Conservatives skillfully used American campaign techniques in 2011, a system imported by Liberals in the 1962 election. It doesn't imply Canada should copy the American primary system; but it does suggest adopting new and more open methods of selecting candidates.
Newman skillfully cites the arrogance and incompetence of the Worthy Old Elder Statesmen (WOES). It's not unique to politics; the basic errors are much the same as the collapse of once great businesses such as Kodak -- the company that invented digital photography; or Research in Motion -- creator of the world's best business phone. Good companies re-organize and thrive; weak companies, and inept politicians, refuse to change and die.
This is a textbook on how to lose an election, destroy a great candidate and crush a venerable political party. It's essential political reading as an example of what not to do; plus, as a foundation to create reforms. After reading it, perhaps Liberals will organize a new "Kingston Conference" similar to the one held in the wake of the 1958 triumph by Diefenbaker.
Politics is a process of continual rebirth, simply because the interests, needs and whims of voters always change. Newman has written a fine obituary of old Liberals; now, party leaders must decide whether to die like Britain's Liberals or be reborn like Democrats after the 2004 election. President Bush bragged of mandates and holding power for at least a generation after 2004; Republicans were trounced in 2006 and 2008, then revived by 2010. Such is the volatile nature of politics.
Newman deftly outlines the Liberal WOES. Now, Young Liberals must reform or learn to graciously fade into history like a curious oddity from times long past.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Too focused on Ignatieff,
This review is from: When the Gods Changed: The Death of Liberal Canada (Hardcover)
For a book that claims to be about something as broad and epochal as "The Death of Liberal Canada", it has a frustratingly narrow focus. Newman had the idea for this book before the 2011 election when he started following Ignatieff and conducting interviews for a book to be titled The Making of a Prime Minister about the man's rise to power. It seems like when that didn't quite pan out he re-purposed that material, added some segments about the history of the Liberal Party and rushed out the present book.
To Newman's credit, the book does have some interesting things to say about the party, and the insider account of Ignatieff's recruitment and time as Liberal leader are valuable, but I can't help feeling like I've been deceived by the book's title and marketing. It's a biography of Ignatieff and chronicle of his role in the party's history more than anything else. If that's what you're looking for, you'll enjoy this book. If it's not, it may still be worth a read as long as you don't come into it with any false expectations.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars A valuable resource, but unfocused.,
This review is from: When the Gods Changed: The Death of Liberal Canada (Hardcover)
Peter Newman admitted it early, this was supposed to be a book about Ignatieff's rise to power; it was changed mid-stream as a result of the 2011 election. The result is a number of chapters with fascinating revelations about the inner workings of the Liberal party, particularly when pertaining to Ignatieff's recruitment, rise and defeat. However, there are also a number of chapters that come off as either out of place or shallow filler. The biographical elements delve too deep into Ignatieff's history and psyche. A biography of Prime Minister Ignatieff should probably include a discussion of his relationship with his father or a description of the family's summer home in France. An analysis of the decline of the Liberal Party, not so much.
I would definitely recommend this book to political junkies and anyone looking for a bit of insight into the Grits as they enter what may be their last leadership campaign. However, this is not the full and definitive account of the death (or near death) of Canada's natural governing party.
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars An insider's look at the fall of the Liberal party,
A. Volk (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: When the Gods Changed: The Death of Liberal Canada (Hardcover)
Two things to start with. This is probably four and a half-stars, but I went with four. In parts, and especially when referring to broader trends, I would have liked to have seen more factual evidence presented rather than people's comments and opinions. Second, in reviewing a book about a political party, I suppose I should note that I've voted Liberal, Conservative, NDP, and Green in past elections. I really vote for who I think is best at that moment (or where my vote is most likely to be effective). I'm a pragmatist rather than a liberal or conservative. That said, pragmatism usually leads towards the center, the natural domain of the Liberal party. Given the shocking fortunes of the Liberal party in the last election, I thought it would be interesting to read more about how and why those events happened.
Peter Newman is a journalist who has had one-on-one access with all the past prime ministers, except for perhaps Harper. So he chose to follow and interview Ignatieff, whom he believed would be the next prime minister. Clearly, that didn't pan out. This book is an explanation of why that's so. There are really three causes. The first is that Iggy never really caught on to how the game was played. A relative newcomer to politics, he acted more like an academic, seeking truth and dialogue rather than emotions and selling points. The people around him were unable to give him the right advice or help him follow it. That left him badly stunted and looking awkward on camera. Surprisingly, he came away as a man without big ideas, despite the fact that as a professor he had written about some pretty big ideas. Newman reports some of his interviews with Iggy, who indeed comes across as more profound and interesting than he did on the political stage. These are some of the better parts of the book.
The second reason for the Liberal's fate is that they were a party in decline. The arrogance of the Chretien years was matched by the lack of a credible opposition, which made the Liberals lazy and inefficient, if not contemptuous. That left them vulnerable, as did the Martin-Chretien infighting. My most shocking revelation from the book is that Chretien reportedly told Martin he'd stay on a few months longer to take the flack of the Adscam affair, and that the RCMP should handle it discretely rather than a public inquiry. Supposedly, Martin and his advisers said no to both. HUGE mistake. In any case, after Paul Martin, there really was no clear-cut candidate who stepped up to lead the party. Rock, McKenna, Tobin were all names that I remembered with some respect, but none of them stepped up. That led to Dion being nominated, largely because he was bland enough for no one to seriously dislike him. His failure led to Ignatieff and a party reportedly more concerned with saving their own jobs rather than the party.
The third reason given is Stephen Harper. I'm no fan of the man, but clearly he is a master political strategist. His only major blunder was trying to pull the funding of the parties while he led a minority. The resulting coalition against him almost cost him power as he was saved by the questionable action of the Governor General. Since then, he has been solid. Drab, boring and conservative, but solid. The Conservatives $10 million campaign slandering Ignatieff was a great success, leading many Canadians to believe Iggy was in it for himself. His ties to the US were a disadvantage, which is surprising given how similar Harper's policies were to G.W. Bush's and how cozy Harper likes to be to the US. One would think that a Harvard position is something to be proud of, but the Conservatives were deftly able to turn it into a negative. I suppose some credit should also go to Jack Layton, who's raw charisma allowed a third-rate NDP party (in terms of experience, money and organization) to vault handily over the Liberals.
So there you have it. The three main causes of the changing of the guard/gods. Newman states that he thinks this is the end of the Liberal party for good. We will now be heading down a two-party political road. I'm not so sure. The Conservatives were able to reinvent themselves after being gutted down to two seats. The Liberals came back from forty seats after losing to Diefenbaker. Whether they will be able to as the same party, or whether they will have to reinvent themselves remains to be seen. But I sincerely hope that a centrist party returns meaningfully to Canadian politics. Whether or not that's your thing, one can't argue with the notion that more choice is better in a democracy. As I stated up front, I have clearly taken advantage of that diversity to send different messages at different times. I would sure hate for my vote to end up being a yes/no, right/left only option. And that's perhaps the most important message of this book. Democracy is in some ways a fragile, but very human endeavor that relies a great deal on the quality of the people involved at both ends as leaders and voters. Regardless of who you vote for, I for one hope that the both the number and thoughtfulness of our choices and our voices improve in future elections.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Frustratingly uneven,
Stewart Kiff (Toronto, ON, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: When the Gods Changed: The Death of Liberal Canada (Hardcover)
I must admit I was very disappointed by this uneven work.
Newman's writing remains crisp, the problem is his thought and his thesis about the Liberal Party of Canada are a mix of bang on or bozo.
At is core, I sense that Newman is writing this not as an actual practioner of Canadian politics, but as someone who reads a lot about it and talks a lot about it. And the difference shows in this work.
There is some original stuff in here, which is fantastic. But for the most part, I thought I was getting a regurgitated revision of what others like Paul Wells have already published.
5.0 out of 5 stars When The Gods Changed by Peter C. Newman,
This review is from: When the Gods Changed: The Death of Liberal Canada (Hardcover)
This book was written two years ago in 2011, and its message deeply resonates louder today than even then. The core message of the book is straight-forward and simple: the Canadian Liberal Party is dead. The author, Peter C. Newman, has authored 26 books and hundreds of articles in his many journalistic roles as a writer, editor, and reporter. His writings on Canadian politics---this book included---are among his best.
Newman savagely denounces Michael Ignatieff suggesting that---as the leader of the Liberal Party---he was operating over his head ; the wrong person for the job ; suffered from a bad case of chronic Liberal arrogance; did not understand the party structure and culture; and was seen as an "outsider" in Canadian politics. Newman states clearly that the "operation to install...Ignatieff as leader was the beginning of the end for the Grits as a political force...". Ignatieff never did acknowledge his lack of political skills according to Newman. Newman cogently informs readers that the disappearance of the Liberal Party was, and is, "...self-inflicted..." and was assisted by the sudden and seeminly unexpected resignation of Paul Martin in 2006 ; the bad blood between Jean Chretien and Paul Martin; and that the Liberal Party had lost touch with its roots in the Canadian public.
Newman further argues that the Liberal demise was further augmented by an undue emphasis on political values rather than policies by Paul Martin ; the Adscam affair; the disasterous election of Stephane Dion as Party Leader ; and of course, Michael Ignatieff. According to Newman, Ignatieff "...inherited a politically diconnected and dissatisfied political movement..." when he was crowned the Liberal Party leader.
Newman carefully develops the argument that Ignatieff believed he was the "deliverer" within the Liberal Party ; he was the self-designated redeemer for the Party even though a powerful sense of frustration with him was building in the caucus and the Party well before the 2011 general election. Newman declairs that Stephen Harper has a brilliant mind and that his government will change Canada in ways not yet fully seen or imagined. Whether this prognostication becomes reality is yet to be seen.
While reading this book, a well-known children's song from many years ago---Down by The Station---danced in my head. In taking the liberty to move beyond the Newman book itself, which deals with the past federal Liberal Party, and migrate to the recent Liberal leadship race in Ontario, and the recent federal Liberal Party leadership race to replace interim leader Bob Rae, the image of pufferbellies emerged. Like the pufferbellies in the song, leadership hopefuls in both leadership races appeared in line, or lined-up, each hoping to repair and rebuild the severly damaged Liberal brand in both Ontario and federally. If Newman is correct in his Liberal Party extinction thesis, it is a sorrowful sight to witness people in termination line-ups.
Newman reasons that the Liberals---both federally and provincially---don't matter any more. As it is unclear what Liberal's represent and believe, voters are looking for alternatives. The disappearance of the Liberals both federally and provincially is continuing with little notice. The book is a must read for anyone interested in, and concerned about, the disappearance of what Newman calls "...the deconstruction of the Grits...unassailable fortress...". If Newman is correct, only time will tell who delivers the Liberal Party eulogy, and what the epitaph inscription reads on the Liberal Party gravestone.
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This review is from: When the Gods Changed: The Death of Liberal Canada (Hardcover)
I did not order this book but would have because I do like Peter Newman. I was not invoiced for it nor did I receive it. Peter Newman is and excellent writer.
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This review is from: When the Gods Changed: The Death of Liberal Canada (Hardcover)
When the Gods changed by Peter C.Newman shade a new light on Canadian politics and the demises of the Liberal party.
It is a "must read" for those of us who are trying to grasp how the conservatives party has arrived to be a majority government and how the libs will have to rel=built themselves from here on for the future.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Another Peter C. Newman "I'm smarter than all of you" Book,
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This review is from: When the Gods Changed: The Death of Liberal Canada (Hardcover)
Mr. Newman must have long term memory problems. People have been forecasting the demise of one political party or the other since Confederation...and they are still here. However Mr. Newman thinks he is the smartest man in Canada, because he has published so many books, so he must be. Consider though that most of the premises he wrote his books under were later proved wrong. Many of the Establishment have passed into history, many of the Acquisitors whom he fawned over have gone broke and passed in to history. Conrad Black did not become "King of Canada". Perhaps he (Newman) is like an economist, predicting often, denying wrong predictions and over promoting right ones. The Liberals will be back and after that the Tories will be back and the NDP will still be haunting the Commons too. Why pay good money for yet another pompous opinion piece!
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Where to start? Well they look great - that's the first thing you'll notice. These are IEMs which looks and sounds good. They're b Where to start? Well they look great - that's the first thing you'll notice. These are IEMs which looks and sounds good. They're built from sturdy strong plastics and comes with silicon earbuds of which are not very comfortable and falls off easily. Within 2 months of using it I have already gone through 2 sets of silicon earbuds. I have now replaced the silicon earbuds with memory foam ones which I bought from eBay. They are called MoBeast. Upon switching to the memory foam earbuds, it enhances the comfortability and sound quality ALOT!! So I strongly recommend the MoBeast memory foam earbuds.
I'm coming from a very nice pair of dual driver Ultimate Ears which replaced some pretty decent Shures from a couple of years back so I'm accustomed to very nice sounding IEMs. That should put some context on things when I say these are head and shoulders above anything I've used before. The drive and energy behind the sound these produce is astonishing. The experience is, for want of a better word, massive. Play something bass heavy, close your eyes and you could imagine someone has somehow sneaked a massive woofer into the room. The sound has a visceral edge.
That's not to say these are all about the bass. So far I've tried these out with a range of styles and not found a single one lacking. It was when I listened to Hotel California though that my mind was made up. A great song for testing out speakers/IEMs etc. because of the richness of the sound. No word of a lie, it sounded like a new song. Harmonies were clear and crisp, the plucked guitars twanged playfully as the melody swelled and the drums thumped and crashed with energy and drive. Again let me remind you that these are tested with MoBeast memory foam earbuds.
They're fairly priced and you can't doubt the value. These are fantastic IEMs and if you're in the market for a great set and are happy to spend the money to hear your music so beautifully reproduced I am happy to recommend these unreservedly but only with the replacement of the original silicon earbuds with the MoBeast memory foam earbuds. …
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Truly excellent
I spent 3 hours in Covent Garden today listening to all kinds of over hear phones from £70 to £300 and these match the best. I was I spent 3 hours in Covent Garden today listening to all kinds of over hear phones from £70 to £300 and these match the best. I was going to plunge for the £66 apple in ear phones but at £50 I gave these a punt. I'm amazed at the quality for the price. I'll buy another pair without hesitation before I buy apple ear phones again.
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I've been looking for some headphones for ages, others that I've had hurt my ears and did not sound good at all.
After reading I've been looking for some headphones for ages, others that I've had hurt my ears and did not sound good at all.
After reading loads of reviews etc popped into Apple Store to look and check what the assistants could help me with and decided on Sennheiser i300 OMG these are great fitted well in my ear as they come with 3 different sizes found that I am the smallest which would explain why my ears so sore using others.
Now can hear all the music, bass, voice etc and no outside noise at all great for this price. …
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Had many headphones and earphones over the years, some costing several hundred dollars. Am currently using the B&W P5's with a DAC Had many headphones and earphones over the years, some costing several hundred dollars. Am currently using the B&W P5's with a DAC connected to my Macbook Pro. Pretty good. But I needed a pair of good fitting earphones for travelling and walking the dog. Did a lot of research but couldn't listen because of restrictions on 'in-ear' testing. But the Apple store has a 'try for two weeks with a full refund if you're not happy' policy. So I bought the i300's. Put them on my iPod and was blown away. These earphones are very good. For the money they are an absolute steal. …
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The best £50 you'll spend on in-ear headphones
Firstly I like to think of myself as a bit of an audiophile. I listen to music for a good 4-6 hours most days. I've tried a whole Firstly I like to think of myself as a bit of an audiophile. I listen to music for a good 4-6 hours most days. I've tried a whole range of ear phones, from the in-ear Apple, Logitech Ultimate, RHA's, Atomic Floyd Darts and previous Sennheiser's. I bought the Super Darts before Christmas as I was always intrigued to see what a £200 pair of headphones brings to the table in comparison to a £50+ pair. Granted the build quality and sound is exceptional, but it's all relative. If you're mainly listening to music on your iPhone, the sound card isn't good enough to warrant spending £200. Likewise if the quality of your music is poor then it's not worth it.
I took them back and swapped them for the i300's based on the reviews on here and elsewhere online. At first I thought the mids and bass lacked warmth, whilst the treble lacked clarity, but if you get these leave them for half a day with your music playing through them at half volume to warm the drivers up. After they got through that initial warm-up period I have been surprised about how good the sound has been out of these headphones. The bass response is excellent and the general warmth of the sound is very rich no matter what the music type. Aside from the sound, the mic works very well, the controls are easy to use and so far the build quality looks respectable.
If I had one complaint it would be that the lead isn't quite long enough, but I'm being picky here!
Need new headphones? Get these! …
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Pretty average all 'round really
Headphone performance is nothing sensational, I'm no expert so I won't pretend to critique the bass or treble performance. What p Headphone performance is nothing sensational, I'm no expert so I won't pretend to critique the bass or treble performance. What prompted me to write was my dislike of a couple of features:
1 - The length of the cable is barely enough to carry your device in your trouser pocket, without the earphones being tugged out of your ears.
2 - The cable from the mike to the left hand earbud is half the length of the cable on the right hand side.
Oh, and for good measure, the remote / mike performance is nowhere near as good as that on the Apple earbuds.
I regret buying these headphones and wish I had studied other options harder before ordering them! …
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- 07/02/2013
Yes, they are worn around the back of the neck, in an asymmetric J arrangement (rather than a Y) - I Yes, they are worn around the back of the neck, in an asymmetric J arrangement (rather than a Y) - I like this style as you can leave them loose around the base of your neck when not in use. The cable does not flap around in front of you, its neater routed around the back of the head. …
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has anyone tried these headphones for running? Are they Ok?
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These are not ideal for running as they are not sweat and water-resistant. I found the PMX 685i to These are not ideal for running as they are not sweat and water-resistant. I found the PMX 685i to be the ideal choice as I can still hear traffic and other background noise which is good for safety reasons. …
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Can these headphones be used with the iPhone 5?
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I'm using it happily with my iPhone 5 with all the remote functions.
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CRESTVIEW — The City Council has voted unanimously to present former Mayor George Whitehurst with the Mae R. Coleman Citizen of the Year award during a special meeting.
Whitehurst, 87, the city's longest-serving mayor, is credited with securing land, at no cost, for the present-day Crestview Public Library and Crestview Community Center. He also helped found the Crestview Chamber of Commerce in 1956.
"I will see that he gets this award," Coleman said. "After talking to his family twice, they are very happy to be receiving this award, and I am happy to give it to them."
Coleman asked the council to award Whitehurst, with his family present, following a future council meeting.
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" Experts often possess more data than judgment. " - Colin Powell ....hmmm, those experts surely are not using a scalable Business Intelligence solution to optimize that data which can help them make better decisions. :-) Data is everywhere! The amount of data being collected by organizations today is experiencing explosive growth. In general, ETL (Extract Transform Load) tools have been designed to move, cleanse, integrate, normalize and enrich raw data to make it meaningful and available for knowledge workers and decision support systems. Once data has been "optimized," only then can it be turned into "actionable" information using the appropriate business applications or Business Intelligence software. This information could then be used to discover how to increase profits, reduce costs or even write a program that suggests what your next movie on Netflix should be. The capability to pre-process this raw-data before making it available to the masses, becomes increasingly vital to organizations who must collect, merge and create a centralized repository containing "one version of the truth." Having an ETL solution that is always available, extensible and highly scalable is an integral part of processing this data. Pentaho...
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Several of our executives at Pentaho have shared reasons why they joined Pentaho - you can read their blogs here , here and here . We surveyed employees at Pentaho and narrowed down the top 5 reasons to join the Pentaho team : The fridge is stocked with beer . Corona, Amstel, Sierra Nevada, we have it all! Changing the face of business intelligence is no easy feat. To help us out, the Pentaho offices have dedicated full-sized beer refrigerators, so we can enjoy our favorite cold ones at the end of the day. Be a part of revolutionizing the business intelligence industry . Pentaho was founded in 2004 with the mission to "To achieve positive, disruptive change in the BI space by building an innovative, class-leading BI platform and making it available to everyone by releasing it into Open Source". We are working towards this mission everyday and succeeding! Smart, motivated, and fun co-workers . We may work hard, but we know how to have a good time! From sales meeting to Halloween , we're always in the company of innovative, intelligent, and friendly people. International opportunities . Being...
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Can Business and IT finally live in harmony when it comes to BI? This is not a new concept or question. In fact, for the last several years pretty much all BI vendors claimed that they have solved the "Business and IT Collaboration" needs. Or, at least their marketing departments did! To truly solve a problem, we must first fully understand it. In this case it is important to ask questions such as: Why is there a lack of collaboration between these two groups? What is so drastically different about these two groups that have forced such a gap between them? The truth is that IT needs a central ownership to information to streamline processes and ensure sustainability, while business users want their own self-service and ownership to gain results faster. After all business users have become a lot more analysis and data savvy these days as compared to the past; so, an old-school approach of letting IT do the work and just being the consumers of canned reports doesn't cut it anymore. Perhaps this picture illustrates the differences more clearly. As you can see, these two groups are clearly...
March 16, 2011 by Jake Cornelius
It's release time once again and I'm pleased to announce that Pentaho BI Suite 3.8 is available for download! This release is packed with new features empowering you to add more interactivity to your Pentaho-based solutions and improve performance and efficiency when working with larger and larger data volumes. In today's blog, I'll highlight just a few of these exciting new enhancements: Guided Analysis Building upon the hyperlink feature introduced in Pentaho Reporting with our 3.7 BI suite release, Analyzer Reports and Action Sequences now also provide the ability to create contextual hyperlinks to other pieces of Pentaho content or external URLs. You now have complete flexibility to provide information consumers with guided paths to additional detail or related content found in another report. For example, with a couple of clicks you could create a summary level Analyzer Report for users to explore and analyze product sales, then enable hyperlinks on product names which link out to a detailed inventory report to ensure there are enough units on hand for your top selling products. Dashboard Content Linking Pentaho Dashboard Designer also receives a dose of interactivity with a feature we...
March 16, 2011 by Clarissa Meily
We are trotting the globe to bring Agile Business Intelligence to a city near you. The latest Pentaho seminar series, Fast Track BI , spans over 40 cities around the world, bringing half-day complimentary training sessions to companies looking to implement BI. With Pentaho's unique Agile BI approach, speed of thought reporting and analysis, and out-of-the-box data integration capabilities, you'll learn how to put your business intelligence projects on the fast track to success. 5. It's free! Each half-day seminar is packed with information, training, and business intelligence best practices. Who doesn't enjoy free education these days? 4. See real-life use cases and live demonstrations of the Pentaho Agile BI approach in action. 3. Network with other CTOs, CIOs, Architects, and IT executives in your area to share best practices in implementing business intelligence. 2. Meet the dedicated Pentaho partner in your area to start the conversation on how your company can start leveraging open source business intelligence. 1. Of the Top 5 Open Source Companies , 3 are in the business intelligence space. Now is the time to get familiar with the next generation of business intelligence. See the...
March 14, 2011 by Rebecca Shomair
Q&A is a series on the Business Intelligence from the Swamp Blog that interviews key members of the Pentaho team to learn more about their focus at Pentaho and outlook on the Business Intelligence industry. If you have attended a Pentaho training class, most likely you have had a chance to meet the knowledgeable and entertaining Lynn Yarbrough. To get to know Lynn and our training classes better we asked Lynn 5 questions. 1. What brought you to Pentaho and what do you do? I am a trainer at Pentaho. After almost 20 years in the BI and Data Integration industry working at companies like Information Builders and Hyperion, I wanted to work at a smaller Business Intelligence company and I found a job posting for a training position at Pentaho on Monster. 2. How many classes have you taught and do you have a favorite that stands out? I have been with Pentaho almost 4 years and probably taught 40 classes last year alone. My favorite class is the Pentaho BI Suite BootCamp . I especially love the morning of Day 3, because that when we complete the creation...
March 7, 2011 by Rebecca Shomair
For the shortest month of the year, Pentaho made a lot of noise in the press. Not as much as Charlie Sheen, Egypt and Libya, but we had our fare share as you can see below in our February in review update. New customer references This month we were happy to add Brussels Airport to our list of customer successes . Following a competitive proof-of-concept project to replace both its Oracle reporting and an IBM Extraction Transformation and Load tool, Brussels Airport selected Pentaho for its reporting and ETL capabilities to achieve their goal of a single Information Delivery Platform. You can read their story in English , French and Dutch . "Choosing Pentaho meant we could replace not just our reporting, but also our proprietary ETL tool to achieve our goal of a single Information Delivery Platform. Given we found Pentaho gives us at least 80 to 85% of the functionality of proprietary vendors, the cost savings we achieved are hugely significant at an estimated €350K+." Pentaho in the news Interview: Karl de Bruijn, European IT director, Specsavers Computing.co.uk, Nicolla Brittian The Microsoft Cloud BI Story, Dateline February 2011...
March 3, 2011 by Clarissa Meily
Simply put, we're just about everywhere. The past several months have seen tremendous growth in Pentaho's channel network , allowing us to deliver localized live events and webcasts to you around the world, wherever you may be. From Buenos Aires to Oslo, there is sure to be a webcast, live event, or training session coming to a city near you. Webcasts March 2 - Who buys Pentaho Business Intelligence and Why? - Online March 8 - Pentaho Agile BI, La business intelligence open source - Online, French March 10 - It-novum & Pentaho besprechen die Vorteile des Best Source-Ansatzes - Online, German Live Events March 15 - Business Intelligence that Fits Everyone - Lisbon, Portugal March 16 - Decisioni efficacy a costo ridotto - Rome, Italy March 22-23 - GoOpen 2011 - Oslo, Norway March 23-24 - Internet Retailing Expo 2011 - Birmingham, UK Training Classes March 8 - Agile BI for Business Analysts - Online March 14 - Pentaho BI Suite Bootcamp - Rome, Italy March 15 - Pentaho BI Suite Bootcamp - Nieuwegein, Netherlands March 21 - Pentaho BI Suite Bootcamp - London, UK March 21 - Pentaho...
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The colonized man finds his freedom in and through violenceFrantz Fanon, Wretched of the Earth. The decisive role that Fanon attributes to violence in the colonial context has had an inexorable afterlife in the postcolonial world. Fanon argues that violence functions like a language in the colonial system, such that the militant who seeks to overthrow the colonizer is only writing back in the colonizers own language. The texts we will be reading for the course explore this dialectic of violation and violence but, contrary to Fanon, they present it as a mutating, complex phenomenon that draws its energies from multiple histories and traditions that are not always centered on the colonial experience. Among other matters, these texts expose: The brutalities of despotic states and rulers; the entanglement of family dynamics in resistance to an oppressive state; the effects of the unthinking intrusion of metropolitan values into poverty-stricken societies on the brink of chaos; the dangers and beauty of bearing witness to violation; the collision of sexual excitement, feminine rebellion, political repression, and armed resistance; and the tensions and conflicts existing between different communities that co-exist precariously in the world. However, though these texts have in common a concern with political violence they locate it in relation to culturally specific values such as shame, honor, purity, and sacrifice. In addition, they draw their peculiar charge from the ways the corporeality or the embodied politics of the militant or the victim is made to stand in for the body politic. In representing the material violence of political repression and insurgency these texts lead us to ask with Jacques Derrida whether representation itself is originally violent, and whether violence is congenital to phenomenality, that is to say whether it is the enabling condition and essential feature of speech and visibility. The specific aesthetic challenges and narrative pressures generated by these explosive topics will be the continuing focus of our analyses. We will explore the strategies of historical referencing these texts adopt, and ask whether their sometimes overwrought symbolism undercuts their political urgency. We will consider how the extremity of the subject matter of these texts demands their reaching beyond the conventions of realism into the realms of the magical, the surreal, and the grotesque. Of related interest will be the ways these texts experiment with temporal sequence and continuity, and often stage apocalyptic climaxes that collapse past, present, and future. To explore the role of the public spectacle in amplifying the power and scope of political violence, we will discuss films such as Santosh Sivans The Terrorist and Gillo Pontecorvos The Battle of Algiers.
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What sustains a bands popularity
What is it that allows one band to be popular for years and years through album after album while others just pop up and are big and then just fade away? I ask this again with the mindset of a band maintaing their musicial vision and not just changing to suit the needs of the fickle public.
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When you look at these bands, you notice they're always out playing. Kiss and Rush were especially always out and doing shows. To some degree, the Police did the same thing back in the day. Always touring and staying on a budget so they could stay out there in the public eye. Bonnie Raitt also comes to mind as a road warrior, she had been out on the road for a lifetime before she was even considered for Grammy.
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Bo and his distracting avatar are exactly right. You build a fan base by going to the fans - playing live shows. Take Rush again, for instance. For their first few tours they were playing close to 250 shows a year. That's more days than kids go to school in the US in a year. That built them their fan base. In their case, the fan base has become generational. They still tour as often as possible and concentrate very heavily on communicating their live show, because their fans respond so well. Every tour since the Counterparts tour has had a live album and video released - which sounds like a copout, right? No, it's smart. The fans snap 'em up.
Another important thing to do is to not do sudden one-eighties that alienate your fan bases. Previous posters already talked about Rush's synth period, but I'm also thinking about Metallica and how they had a quick 1-2-3 of the Napster brouhaha, S&M, and St. Anger. That's when they lost me, for instance.
Being reliable is also important. Every time you have to take long hiatuses from playing, recording, or performing because someone's in rehab or because someone can't be bothered to show up, you hemorrhage fans. The public has a short attention span, and in the end there's so many musicians for them to choose from, they won't wait too long for you to get your stuff together.
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Obvious, but write ridiculously good music. Also helps if the music strikes the right balance between being accessible, but not so much so that it gets old and stale after a few listens. Like your Tool example, it just gets better and better the more I listen to it.
I think it also helps to have an air of mystery and not throw yourself out there into the spotlight as much as possible so that every gets tired of seeing you. If people want to see you they should have to go to your show and see you through your music, not just open a tabloid and read everything about you. It also leads to more rabid fans because myths start to be form to explain everything that you don't give away for free, which leads to a cult following.
Don't sell out, in the literal sense, allowing your music to be used in movie sound tracks, and especially commercials/advertisements just leads to over saturation and people getting tired of you.
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Well, if you look at what each 'major' band throughout the last few decades had in common with the next, I think it would be distinction.
Having your own style and your own sound is integral in becoming bit-time, because people like colorful music. If every popular band started to blend into the others, it wouldn't be as fun, or exciting.
Even within genres, bands are far enough from each other in sound to be distinctive. Try saying Korn and Slipknot sound exactly the same to a fan of both.
Oh, and playing gigs helps. Lots and lots o' gigs.
"At the end of the day you just draw pretty pictures on a field and play some rimp ska dimps."
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Prior to Moving Pictures, their albums went gold, and Rush was mostly an opening act. MP went multi-platinum they started headlining stadiums. All those "keyboard" albums went platinum out of the gate, and they never opened for anyone again. The back catalog didn't go platinum until all those new fans went back and bought up their back catalog.
Anyhow, sorry to digress.
To the question, that's a tough one. A few things help, like keeping the band intact, and not losing members to infighting, drugs, and such. Arguments over sharing profits and credits tends to be a big one that leads to break ups.
Another one is avoid being too trendy. Look at the 80's and how many bands crashed and burned because the public got tired of the big hair and spandex. Grunge had some of the similar problems later on when that sound go over saturated on the radio.
The main thing is song writing. The problem with so many bands is after x-number of years, they just plain run out of good ideas. And that's nothing that can be planned for, or avoided if it happens. Most bands don't even realize they've run out of ideas until long after their albums stop selling.
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This isn't a rule or anything, but generally:
(1) If you achieve mainstream, pop chart-type popularity, it's not likely to last very long, unless you can transition into one of the other categories. Those artists tend to appeal to younger audiences and more casual listeners, and what's in and out is very similar to fashions being in or out.
(2) If you can appeal to or grow a "cult" following, you can remain successful much longer as long as your cult following does not perceive you as selling out. They can perceive you as selling out either by you changing the type of music you're doing (if you're cult is not of a type that cherishes you for your diversity), and/or by achieving (1)-type success (which can sometimes happen accidentally). There will still be some attrition as members of your audience age and gravitate to other interests, but especially if you've been around awhile, your audience will tend to turn younger people onto you and they'll be absorbed as part of the cult audience
(3) Some genres attract people who tend to be life-long fans as long as you're doing quality work in the genre. These tend to be (a) genres that are focused on having a high degree of technical skill--like jazz and classical, and (b) genres that have cult audiences, but where they're more cult fans of the genre than of particular artists--for example, blues. (b) also covers some genres that are difficult to consider "cult", because they can sell more albums than (1) above, but they tend to be genres that are perceived as endemic to particular cultures and geographical locations, like country and latin music. Fans of these types of genres will typically stick with you as long as you are doing quality work (quality work isn't as imperative in (1) and (2)--you can have chart success and be fashionable, or appeal to a cult audience without having much in the way of traditional skills), and you do not move too far outside of the genre (like a jazz artist deciding to do bubblegum pop tunes all of a sudden--there's a lot of leeway in the types of jazz they can do, though). "Musicians musicians" also tend to fall in this category.
(1) is the category where people tend to make the most money, but it's a lot of money for just a short period of time. With (2) and (3), you make more modest money, but indefinitely as long as you're careful not to alienate fans. The rarest thing is the artists who achieve (1)-type success indefinitely--like the Rolling Stones (and the Beatles would have had it if they hadn't broken up), and second rarest is achieving (1)-type success and then moving to a sustained (2) career--many classic rock bands have managed that. Category (2) is where you need to be the most careful about not being perceived as "selling out".
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Then they started moving into a more commercial direction--and they subsequently started getting some type (1) success instead, while alienating a good portion of their previous cult audience. That type (1) success brings more money in the short term, but suddenly you've got "fashion" fans (and some holdovers from the cult audience, like me, who like a very wide variety of music, including commercial stuff), and the fashion fans aren't going to stick around forever. So by the Hold Your Fire tour, they were starting to see serious attrition, and they had to try to appeal to the cult audiences more again, which after a couple speed bumps, they've pretty successfully done.
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But the other point remains, the "keyboard" albums sold better out of the gate.
Rush had never had a platinum album until 1981.
Signals, Grace Under Pressure and Power Windows all went Platinum in the year they were released.
I just thought it was odd in the movie, they make it sound like Rush lost a ton of fans during that time period, when record sales show the opposite, that they gained a ton of fans that more than offset the fans they lost, which lead to huge spikes in sales of their prior albums, as all the new fans became fans of the their older stuff.
I was just at their show last week. I was very surprised by the teenagers who knew every word to every song from all of the older material as well as the newer material.
And BTW, I'm jealous you got to see then so far back!!!!
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is that 20 characters?
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What sustains a bands popularity?
Bottom line...The songs.
It's all about the songs.
"And he plays drums."
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Thnaks for the good posts all!
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The record labels have a huge amount to do with whether a band stays on top, especially in the mainstream. If the label doesn't have faith that a band's album has potential, they won't touch it, that's happened to some very big acts over the years. Their alternative is to follow label orders as to what an album should sound like - what producer/songwriters to work with, arrangements etc.
There are very few bands that get to release what they want, when they want and maintain success.
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I know we're talking about mass acceptance, but it is possible to make a living using the DIY approach. Hell, Terry Bozzio said the best thing he ever did was just go off and do his own solo drumming tours - no record label to make happy, and every gig sustained everything he was doing because he was reaping most of the profits. Granted, he's a rare case, but people do it.
He's a prime example of 'making it' because he had a record out and became a success, I know. But he was playing alot before Missing Persons so I always wonder what would've happened if MIssing Persons hit a little later and went with the internet DIY approach as opposed to being handled by a record company?
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My point about major label interference is more in the context of 'making it big', ie. that tiny minority of bands that get national/international promotion. I guess that's why many indy labels continue to exist - it's a reasonable choice for an artist to accept less money/exposure and retain artistic integrity by signing to an indy.
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Be prepared to turn down material wealth.
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Sure, but again, we're talking about that tiny minority of bands who acheive global success - it's not sensible to base a career plan on making it in a famous band. I have no doubt that Pantera listened (or were made to listen) to other people's input when it came to evolving their sound in order to keep selling records.
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A lot of good points, some do stray from the 'sustaining' aspect of the question though.
It's important to remember, the public decides how much popularity a band gets, and how long they can keep it. That doesn't mean that a band needs to constantly change its music or style to remain popular, but there's a fine line between sticking to one's roots, and being a chameleon. I don't know of anyone who's sustained a career strictly doing either.
A band that can be relevant and consistent (not to be confused with predictable) has a shot at continued success over the long term. There's obviously never a guarantee, and there are undoubtedly some exceptions, but some of the biggest bands/artists that have transcended a generation or two have done so by maintaining consistency, while staying relevant. The Stones, U2, Rush, Jimmy Buffett, and Neil Diamond come immediately to mind.
Heck, I'm in a band that's done darn well over 27 years of releasing albums and touring! It's easy to say that Weird Al's just a novelty and doesn't compare to mainstream artists, but don't underestimate his ability to fill 6,000 seat halls (and larger.) As I mentioned, there's consistency - always doing parody & satire - and, relevance - parodying music and artists that are current, or at least timeless, and which have mass appeal at any given time. No sell-out, just doing what he's always done, and keeping it fresh at the same. That's also why the demographic is so wide (the proverbial "six to sixty" age group) and what's kept Al going and growing: there are always new fans, yet the the old fans also stick around.
And there we are again, it's the fans - the public - who decides how long a band can successfully stick around.
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The question then becomes how can a band stay relevant and consistent while staying true to their musical vision?
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I do think that bands experiment with new directions all the time. As long as they are doing it because thats what they really want to do and not because thats what they are being told to do and not because they are trying to jump on a trend to cash in then i think it can be a good thing.
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Your post reminded me of Johnny Maestro who had one hit with Jimmy Webb's I Heard You're Getting Married back in '68 when the Brooklyn Bridge were a pseudo R and B doo-wop vocal group already playing in a style past the current trends. But Johnny remained a respected talent and even became a legend, singing until he died earlier this year at 70.
You have so many bands and musicians out there that have been doing this for forty or fifty years. People tend to get caught in the glamor of the biz, having a big name band and having an impact. But most musicians are doing what they love, regardless of trends, regardless of mainstream popularity. They find their niche and they stay with it. Sometimes they may have an unexpected hit or revival. That is a hard feat even for those who become mega hit super groups. The Four Seasons, "Oh, What a Night" comes to mind, or the revue on Broadway. The Eagles hit with Capaldi/Carrack's Love Will Keep Us Alive in another or John Fogerty's Centerfield. I would wonder if there were ever a one hit wonder group who stayed the course and had another hit ten or twenty years later.
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Although they have remained very popular for their past accomplishments.
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Many bands careers fell off because the label stopped supporting them, dumped, them, went out of business, or some other thing. We saw a lot of that at the end of the 80's.
I had a buddy who's band got signed to a huge deal with Warner Brothers in the early 90's. Then the head of the label was fired, so their A&R man left with him, and the band's CD ended up in 99 cent bin, even though they had no control over the situation.
As Bo said, it can be done, but the same level of success is hard to come by. Millions of bands are out there supporting themselves to an extent using the internet as their main marketing tool, but many of them have day jobs on the side as well. The ones that do it really well are the ones who had prior fame, and can afford to do their own marketing.
Boozio could never do what's he's doing now if he hadn't already had an established career with Zappa, Missing Person's, Jeff Beck, etc.
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the easy answer to this is...
16 year old girls.
really, it is...........
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personally I think it's down to consistently being active where people don't 'forget' about you, i.e. tour dates, radio play, apperances.
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Even if a band never gets on the radio or gets video play i think that doing lots of touring (and now using the internet) that these are huge ways to stay out there so people wont forget about your band.
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I remember hearing on a recording Phil talking in a live concert about the state of heavy metal (when grunge was really big). How people were saying that metal was dead, but yet there were a ton of people at the pantera show that night. So i do think that they are a good case study because they overcame trends and stayed on top (until they broke up). But they did not brake upt because nobody cared about them anymore or because they became irrelevant. They broke up because of Phil and his drug problems and other problems that he was causing.
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as has been mentioned already - genre has a lot to do with it.
Pop being arguably the most ephemeral genre of them all requires more of a chameleon to keep people on the hook. Hence - an artist like Madonna has maintained an impressive run of long term popularity while many others have shone brightly and then burned out. I guess we could have quite a debate over how much of her success is because of the quality of her work and how much is due to her manipulation of image and playing the game of cultural trendsetter/rule-breaker.
I'm not really a fan of country music, but it does seem to me that some of their artists have been able to maintain their popularity for quite a long time. I know acts like Brooks and Dunn and Brad Paisley having been taking home CMA's for what seems like forever. I guess country music has a certain stable/traditional following that rewards consistency more than other genres. Not to say that there aren't plenty of flash in the pan, next big things that come and go as well, and the trend has probably been that country is losing some of it's traditional constituency as it becomes less distiguishable from pop and rock.
At the same time - how do we distinguish between bands that have long term success, are true to their vision, and remain vital without being kind of a glorified tribute band to themselves?
anyway - just a coupla' thoughts, not sure if I really have a point here
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